The Tomahawk., 1921-05-26
HAPPENINGS IN
GOPHER STATE
News From All Parts of Mime
sofa Given in Condensed
Form.
EVENTS BRIEFLY TOLD
Where Busy Readers Will Find News
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| chronicIed for Their
Benefit.
Observation-Disclosures women of the
state will have their annual convention
at the Shattuck school here next
month.
Windom-A company of the National
Guard has been organized here and
sworn into service as the headquarters
company.
Breckenridge-More than 100 dele.
gates from 81 towns attended the an
nual convention of the ninth district
Federation of Women's clubs.
St. Paul-The Farmers State bank
Of Deer Creek has increased it's CAPT
tai from $4,000 to $4,000, S. B. Duea.
state superintendent of banks, said.
Fairmont-Seven Iowa fishermen
who opened the Martin county season
five days too early paid SIS each in
court. Their total catch was seven
bullheads.
| Bemidji-The 18th annual conven.
ton of the Women's Home Missionary
society of the Fergus Falls district OF
the Methodist Episcopal church will
convene in Bemidji May % and 20.
Crookston-D. w. Sewell of the Min.
nesota highway department has been
stationed here as district maintenance
superintendent. Mr.. Sewell will have
charge of the fifth Minnesota highway
department.
Thief River Falls-The contract for
the erection of new school building
to replace the structure known as the
Knox school, has been let. The build.
ing is to be IA rooms and will cost ap-
proximately $4,000.
Fergus Falls-This city has run
about $4,000 behind on current school
expenses this year. A special election
to vote bonds in that amount to make
good the deficit has been decided by
the board of education.
Minneapolis-C. D. Gould, Minneap-
oils city attorney, appointed the tenth
Hennepin county district Judge by Gov
ernor j. A. o. Preus. in accordance
with an act of the last legislature, said
he probably would accept.
Marshall-Marshall capitalists may
decide to back a proposition to estab
lish big 100000 milk condensing
plant here. The establishment of the
plant, it is said, would give new life
to the dairy industry in this section.
| Bemidji-Governor Preus will be the
guest of Beltrami county Saturday.
\ May 81. He is coming to assist in
stump blasting and land clearing and
in the evening will dedicate the armory
which just has been completed here.
Fergus Falls-The contract for the
erection of an armory in this city has
been awarded to William Schustler, the
bid being $3S,63S.50. The city voted
bonds some time ago in the sum of
$4,000 and the state will pay $25,OO0
Hibbing-The new high school being
erected here will be completed about
July 1. according to John Jacobson,
president of the contracting company
doing the work. The gymnasium wing
of the building remains to be complet.
| ed.
St. Cloud-The St. Cloud Kiwanis
club, organized Jan. q this year, off.
| cially was presented with a national
charter at gathering of ESQ Kiwan.
ians, which included delegations from
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Red Wing, Be-
midji and Fargo.
Winona-A gift of $4,000 to the en-
dowment fund of the Winona General
hospital was announced in connection
with the graduation of class of nurses
from the hospital training school. A
contribution of $4,000 also from an un.
named donor for the building fund, also
| was announced.
st. Paul-Oscar Arneson, chief clerk
of the House of Representatives, is
mailing out codification of the high.
ways laws of the state. Printers have
delivered $500 of these booklets, in
which there was an error, stating that
| the motor license tax would be As
per cent instead of per cent.
St. Paul-Charles M. Babcock, state
! highway commissioner, and John H.
Mullen, assistant commissioner and
chief engineer, LETT St. Paul on ESQ
| mile automobile trip to make field in.
vestigations and give public hearings
on numerous trunk highway improve.
ment projects in central and western
Minnesota.
Luverne-To be robbed Of valuables
and later locked in boxcars to solve
their own escape was the fate of Ken.
meth Roberts, John Farney and J. Pc
terson of this place, when they were
accosted by a holdur man in the
Omaha yards here. The three victims
were relieved Of their money and
watches and locked separately In box.
cars. - =.
Bemidji-Rsv. L. ]. Jerdee, pastor OF
the First Scandinavian Lutheran
church here, has been selected by the
board Of directors Of the North Cen.
trail Minnesota Hospital association az
its campaign manager. The hospital
association is Incorporated for 100000
and shares in the association will be
issued for this amount. -.....
st. Paul-Ninety-five men, 40 Of
whom we're Germans in mama and IS