The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1922-07-27
(BrietrMau
All & State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

resident Of st. Paul, Civil war veteran
and adjutant general Of Minnesota il
Governor S. R. Van SAINTS administra
ton, is critically Ill. at his home.
Grand Rapids-Contracts for the con
struction Of the senior high schoo
here have been awarded by the board
of education for $2O5,54O.55, or abou
$4,000 more than the estimate.
Faribault-A joint picnic of thu
Knights Templar of southern Mime
sofa was conducted at Cannon lake
near here. The Knights prepared ar
all day program of entertainment.
Hibbing-At the meeting of the town
board Of Stuntz, Is bids were received
for the filling in of the Iron Junction
road contract.
Crosby-Oscar Tuomi attempted sui
eide in the Crosby Jail by hanging him
self to his cell with chain he took
from his bunk. He was rescued by the
jailer.
Winona-The annual meeting of the
Southeastern Minnesota Education as
| sociation will be conducted here next
| spring, it was decided at a meeting of
the executive committee.
Sleepy Eye-St. Patrick's council,
Knights of Columbus, of Sleepy Eye,
have plans perfected for the entertain
ment of visiting knights at the annual
district picnic at Sleepy Eye Lake,
State Park, Sunday, July 80. Several
bands will furnish music.
Rochester-The first "barberry bee"
in history is planned in this vicinity
when farmers in the northwest section
of the county gather in a drive to
eradicate the barberry bush, 1,5OO
plants CT which have been found in one
small section.
Owatonna-Private services were
held at the home preceding the funeral
of James M. Diment, former postmas-
ter and mayor of Owatonna, because
of the serious illness Of Mrs. Diment.
MinneapoIis-Wh Minneapolis is
going ahead with it's engineering pro-
gram for the development of power at
the Mississippi river high dam, st.
Paul has turned it's atteption to other
power sites.
Fairmont-Omaha passenger train
No. pulled out for the Twin Cities
backward and 40 minutes late because
a union brakeman refused to tell S. F.
Durga, agent, how to release the air
when the train pulled in.
MinneapoIis-A 2 cent reduction in
the price of gasoline and cent re-
duction in the price of refined oil by
all gasoline companies went into ef-
feet in Minneapolis. Gasoline is now
selling at 24.5. cents for standard
grades, with one brand selling at 27.5
cents.
Crooksfon-More than two score pro-
fessional and amateur painters donat-
ed their services at "painting bee"
at the fair grounds here. The "clean
up" campaign was inaugurated to i'm
prove the appearance of the fair build
ings for the annual fair August Z, 8,
9 and 10.
New Prague-The American Legion
of New Prague did it's job we'll. That
was the verdict of hundreds of legion
aries of the third district in Minnesota,
who returned to their homes following |
the close of the third district conven-
ton here.
porter in this district, will resign Oct.
|, because of impaired health and his
business interests. Mr.. Nichols has
served for rs years, being appointed by
Judge. James H. Quinn, now associate
Justice of the Minnesota supreme court
In the spring of 1897.
Kenyon - Apparently disheartened
poorhouse, Nels Rasmussen, aged Ga,
blacksmith here, shot and killed him.
self.
Fairmont-The pea picking season
at this point will be finished soon, Of
flcials Of the canning plant say. The
pack will amount to 40 carloads, twice
the amount of last years pack, $4,000
cans in SO cases. It required three
weeks for 100 workers to handle the
crop.
OrtonviIIe-More than 100 Minnesota
and South Dakota boys and girls at
tended the second annual meeting of
The boys and girls clubs at Simpson
park Lere. Eleven counties in the two
states had representatives at the gath
ering. Two Pope county boys rode
more than 100 miles on their bicycles
to attend the meeting.
DuIuth-Lieutenant Governor Louis
L. Collins, Mayor George E. Leach
Of Minneapolis and Mrs. Sandy Hamil-
ton. president of the state auxiliary
Of the American Legion, will be guests
at the banquets of the Legion and aux
liary posts of the eighth District in
Duluth.
Austin-L.. F. .Liebenstein, agricul-
tural agent Of Mower county, has
of fungous disease of the
smut variety, which, he says, if not
checked, will rapidly spread through
out the entire county. The growth is
known as ergot and so far it has been
found on only few farms in rye fields.
chaska-Sugar beet growers in Min
-...ko will rocoivo at least