The Tomahawk., 1921-02-17
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approximately $4,000 will be erected
in Slayton during the coming summer.
Work will be begun in early spring.
Luverne, Minn.-Fire of undeter-
mined origin destroyed the Farmers
State Bank building and hardware
and grocery store at Steen, accord
ing to a report here.
Duluth-Of the 2,737 criminal cases
handled in municipal court last year,
drunkenness with 1859, topped the list
Annual report of the city clerk shows
| S42.197O7 collected in fines:
Waseca-A special election will be
conducted here on Monday. Feb. IA,
to vote on $4,000 bonds for the pur-
chase of new firefghting apparatus
and equipment for the city.
st. Paula charter was granted the
Boyd State bank by the State Securi-
ties commission. o. J. Flaa and A. S.
Flaa will be officers of the bank, which
will have capital of $4,000.
Luvcrne-Clarence Steine, IS year
old son of Knute Steine, of Luverne,
had two fingers shot from his right
hand by the accidental discharge of a
shotgun while hunting rabbits.
Duluth-When he attempted to
cross the tracks in front of fast NOV
ing passenger train, John Macki had
both legs cut off and his spine injured.
He died on the way to the hospital.
Rochester--A man giving his name
as r. Radcliffe was arrested here on
charge of passing forged checks on
several business houses. The alleged
bad checks were signed &c. o. John
son.
Virginia-Two hundred and seventy
employees of the United States Steel
corporation in this district subscribed
for $50 shares of stock. This is new
record. This year stock was sold at
sol share.
Fridley-Charles Hayes, farmer
near here, lost both hands in an acct
dent while walking through the Great
Northern yards, when he slipped and
fell in front of a freight train. His
hands. were severed above the wrists.
Minneapolis-Th Livestock club,
an organization of agricultural stu
dents at the university farm, will give
its annual banquet Tuesday night, Feb.
Is, at the Curtis hotel. Professor w.
Fl. Peters, division of animal husband
ry, will be postmaster.
Winona-Archie G. Ames of Mime.
iska, one of the best known livestock
breeders of southeastern Minnesota,
filed petition in bankruptcy. Assets
are listed at $4,000, including farm
lands and buildings, valued at $4,000,
and liabilities at $126,000.
Redwood Falls-It is expected the
Redwood County Rural Telephone
company will be granted permission to
increase it's service rates. The COM
pany has 1000 telephones in opera
ton in Redwood, Brown, Renville and
Yellow Medicine counties.
Red Wing-Joseph Gilbert, former
state manager of organization for the
Nonpartisan league, surrendered to
Sheriff John A. Anderson. He was
lodged in the county Jail to begin serv-
ing sentence of one year and day for
violation of the Minnesota sedition
Rochester-Plans are under way
here for completion of an aviation
club and Lieutenant Colonel CARTS, as
sistant to Adjutant General w. T.
Rhinow, has agreed to come here and
address the citizens on the possibili-
ties and opportunities of civilian avia'
ton.
Moorhead-A referendum taken by
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1873 members show 12O in favor OF a
government guaranty on wheat OF
S2.26 per bushel until July 1, to one
against and a vote of 120 to one in
favor of a repeal of Canadian reci-
procity.
St. Paul-Director of the federal
food administration for Minnesota dur
ing the war, and last year offered the
position of assistant to E. T. Meredith,
United States secretary of agriculture,
A. D. Wilson, director of the extension
service of the department of agricul-
ture of the University of Minnesota,
submitted his resignation to Dean r..
w. Thatcher. Mr. Wilson has pur.
chased 800 acres of cutover land In
Hubbard county, Northern Minnesota,
and as soon as the frost is out Of the
ground is to become FIRST to last
farmer. His resignation is to become
effective June 80, at the end Of the
school year.
Tracy-Forty cash prizes for the
boys and girls baby beef and hog con.
test this year has been decided upon
by the directors of the Tri-State Farm
Improvement association. The calves
in the contest will be shown at South
st. Paul in the fall and there finally
judged and sold.
Owatonna-A majority of the stu.
dents of the Owatonna high school
have signed petition asking the man.
agement of moving pictures to guar.
antee that only better class Of pictures
will be shown here. The protest would
exclude vulgar comedies, sex films
and pictures portraying crime