Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1922-12-14

when they jumped from a burning au'
tomobile in st. Paul.
Jasper-Farmers in this vicinity are
having all their hogs marketed at
Sioux Falls, transporting them by au'
tomobile trucks.
Duluth-Two factions in Fine Lakes
township have begun a district court
battle with the control Of the schools
in District No. "a as the objective.
st. PauI-The state Legislature will
be asked by state officials to enact
legislation to provide proper insur-
ance protection for state institutions.
Rochester-The annual convention
of the Minnesota and North Dakota
Catholic Hospital association opened
here with SO representatives from both
states present.
Minneapolis - The Transportation
Brotherhoods National bank, the sixth
of it's kind in America, will open for
business in quarters of the Metropol-
itan Life building.
Jasper-Farmers and others living
in this vicinity are still repairing dam
ages caused by the Thanksgiving day
wind, which wrecked many small build
ings in this section.
Tracy-Joe Hooker post, Grand
Army of the Republic, at Tracy, lost
two of it's members within 48 hours,
John L. Craig, aged Sc years, and
Charles A. lillian, aged Is.
Dodge Center-Dodge county farm.
ers propose to ask the county commits
sioners to furnish funds to carry
through the work of testing cattle OF
the entire county for tuberculosis.
st. CharIes-Henry Persons, 80, a
Winona county farmer, escaped with
a few scratches about the face and
head when the automobile he was
driving was struck by a train at a
crossing here.
Fergus FaIIs-The fall term of the
district court opened here with the
longest calendar in the history Of o.
tertail county. There are 120 civil
cases and a large number of criminal
cases to be tried.
MISUNDERSTANDING abreast at so
miles an hour two automobile loads OF
men engaged in a pistol duel, were
pursued by a patrolman who comman-
deered a motorcab, but escaped when
their machines outdistanced the cab.
Crookston-While Mrs. D. J. Rice,
her mother and two children were sit
ting in the kitchen of the Rice home a
stove exploded and dozens Of flying
pieces damaged the walls and furni-
ture, yet not one of the four received
a scratch.
Thief River FaIls-If an attempt is
made to push through the proposed
Red Lake drainage project it will not
be accomplished without strenuous
protest from farmers residing in Pen
nington county, affected by the view
ers' report.
Red Wing-In spite Of an eleventh
hour offer to compromise by the Wis
consin.Minnesota Light & Power com
pany, the city council took formal &C.
ton by adopting a resolution calling
for the construction of a municipal
electric light and power plant
St. cIoud-After a chase Of several
miles Marshal Raymond Smith Of
Avon, captured Henry Bormas, Free
port, Mimi, wanted for crashing into
an automobile at Albany and injuring
five persos. Smith fired six shots at
Bormas, all of which took effect in
his car.
Sleepy Eye-That chicken and hog
thieves operating in this vicinity are
directing gas attacks against their
prey in order to silence them, is the
report that ome to officials. Even
the trusted dogs on the farm are made
helpless by a squirt of the gas car
ried by the thieves.
DuIuth-A hearing has been set for
Dec. II at Baudette, Mimi, by the
United States war department., which
has under consideration the applica-
ton of the Minnesota highway depart
ment for the approval Of plans sub
mitted for the proposed bridge over
the Rainy river connecting Baudette
and Spooner.
Huntley-After a days work with
sledge hammers and crowbars, the
vault door at the State Bank of Hunt
ley, which was jammed into an i'm
movable position by a blast placed in
front of it by robbers, was removed.
Bank officials reported that no money
was missing, although the explosion
had caused damage to valuable papers.
olivia-The most important case to
be tried at the present term of district
court resulted in a verdict for the Mil.
waukee railroad company. John T.
Smith of Milwaukee had brought &C.
ton for injuries received while repair.
ing a cabocse, and asked for $4,000.
The jury, composed Of six men and six
women, .'eturned~ a verdict favoring
the railroad company.
Rochester-"Boys, I'm done for.
Hurry up and send word to mamma.
Mother, mother" were the last
words Of Lawrence Wagner, IA years
old, after his gun had been accident