The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1922-07-13
BrietrMm
All & State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week In Minnesota

Albert Lea-Irene, aged 5, daughter
of MI. and Mrs Sylvester Mulcahy, OF
Albert Lea, died following burns re.
ceived when a firecracker ignited her
dress.
Minneapolis - Firecrackers thrown
by small boys were blamed for 30
fires in Minneapolis and st. Paul on
the Fourth, as fire marshals checked
the list.
WiIImar-Maloy Holland, aged IA,
an orphan at the Bethesda Young Peo-
Piles home here, was drowned in Eagle
lake while bathing. His body was re-
covered.
StapIes-Joseph Wolf of this city is
the new chairman of the democratic
state committee.
nneapoIis-Playing the Good Sam
aritan by giving 81 to Negro who
said he was hungry, cost Eric Lund
$3.50, he told police.
Hastings-The body of an unidentf-
fed woman, about 40 years old, was
found in the Mississippi river, near
Grey Cloud island, about six miles
from here.
Fergus FaIIs-Merle Robertson, aged
IS, and Lenora Ruth, aged 10, killed
themselves here with the same pistol,'
but there is no evidence that the.
double suicide was prearranged.
WiIImar-The Fahlun town board
has passed a resolution which prohi-
bits Sunday dancing and prescribes
that all weekday dances must close.
promptly at 10 p. m. An annual license
fee of $500 also is asked.
MinneapoIis-Five drowned and five
injured by explosions was the toll OF
the 1922 "safe and sane" Fourth OF
July in the twin cities, reported by
authorities at hospitals and police;
headquarters.
lie Roy-In the city park here II,
memorial trees were dedicated in!
honor of LIE Roy young men who gave
their lives for their. country in the,
World war.
Hibbing-Two policemen were shot
and seriously wounded at Holman, %
miles west of here, when they attempt
ed to arrest John Lence, an alleged
moonshiner.
Montevideo-The home of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. r. Turner was destroyed by
fire, and their two children, aged 2
and 4, asleep in the second story, mar
rowly escaped death.
Ormsby-An entire city block con-.
tanning hardware store, general mer-
chandise store and a residence was
destroyed by fire. The blaze, which:
caused loss of $4,000, is said to have
started from firecracker.
Observation-Disclosures of the board OF
directors of the St. Louis County Fair
association have decided to abandon
the present site of the annual fair at.
Hibbing and to establish an exposi.
ton on the new site in south Of Hib.
bling.
DuIuth-Bankruptci filed in Uni
ted States district court in Duluth for
the fiscal year ending June 30 sur.
passed in number the total OF any pre-
vious year since the enactment OF the
law, according to J. G. H. Engel, dep
uty clerk.
St. Paul-Co.operative marketing
has added $4,000 to the value OF wool
on Minnesota farms this year, county
farm bureau officers were informed by
the Minnesota Farm Bureau federation,
in an official statement.
nneapolis-Ralph w. Taylor, 30
years. old, collector for the Pure Oil
company, was held up by three auto
bandits and robbed of $4,000 in cash,
checks worth $1,000 and rs negotiable
coupon books.
MarshaIl-The First State bank and
the Farmers State bank of Client have
been consolidated and the new bank,
with a capital of $4,000 and surplus
of $4,000, will be known as the First
and Farmers State bank.
st. Paul-Charles E. Gunnels. treas
urer of the American Farm Bureau
federation, has been elected treasurer
of the United States Grain Growers,
Inc. He will serve the grain growers
without salary, and accepted the re-
sponsibility as means of extending
the service of the farm bureau.
Hendricks-When quantity OF
liauor was hauled over to South Da-
kota by Minnesota parties to be de-
,livered to a supposed bootlegger's
agent, the latter proved to be federal
agent and arrested five men who
brought him the liquor.
.Windom-The Farmers State bank
of Window, recently closed by the
state banking department because OF
a depleted reserve, has reopened for
business with assets Of $55S,522. H.
E. Hanson continues as president OF
the institution
acknowledgements gophers have
been exterminated in the local ceme-
terry. The pastor of one Of the
churches invented method OF "gass'
ing" the gopher out of their holes. He
took a few feet Of ordinary garden
hose, attached one end to the exhaust
of an auto, inserted the other end into
the runways and packed the earth
around the hose so that no gas would