The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-08-23
BrietrMm
All & State
Condensed Stories Of happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

five oil cars, were demolished when
an east bound freight train left the
rails west Of here.
Wlnnebago-A new church edifice
Is to be erected here for the Winnie
bago Methodist congregation at cost
of $4,000.
Hbbing-One thousand farmers,
their wives and friends from the nor
thern half of st. Louis county parti-
cipated in the first annual farmers
picnic at the fair grounds.
WiIImar-Arrangem are being
made for the Kandiyohi county fair,
which will be conducted here Sept. 10
to %. 1t is expected the exhibits at
this fair will be larger than for several
years.
Blue Earth-Maynard King, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert King Of this city,
was killed in an automobile accident
two miles east of Fairmont. Peter
Morgan, who was riding with him, was
seriously injured.
Long Prairie-Ben Faust, prominent
young farmer, was killed by lightning
while at work in his barn. His wife
who was with him, was unframed,
but cow she was milking was killed.
The barn was destroyed by fire.
Fairmont-Contracts have been let
for the improvement Of the lake chan
nels between Lakes Sisseton and Budd
and Budd and Hall. The channels will
be deepened and walled with cement,
so there will be no more filling up.
St. James - Announcement was
made here by Congressman Frank
Clague of the appointment of Clayton
Larson, a World war veteran, to be
postmaster here, succeeding P. H.
Grogan.
st. Charles-Hiram Adams, aged IS,
one Of the last seven surviving Civil
war veterans in this community, is
dead here. He had never married.
He had made his home here and at
P"shford since the end of the Civil
war.
Iustin-Threshing Of oats and bar
ley has been finished at the Evergreen
Of the heaviest in years. One field
Of II acres of oats threshed out SO
bushels to the acre, the largest yield
reported this season in this section.
lvanhoe-W. N. Johnson, editor Of
the Ivanhoe Times, has been appointed
postmaster of Ivanhoe, succeeding W..
H. Nevin. Mr.. Johnson was selected
for the position from field of five
candidates who had successfully pass
ed the civil service examination.
Mankato-Charles X. Mayer, who
has been acting president of the Civic
and Commerce association for two
months, was regularly elected to the
position at the annual meeting. Other
officers chosen are: Charles T. Taylor,
and George Atchison, vice presidents;
M. D. Fritz, treasurer.
WiIImar-Kandiyohi county will
send a delegation to the Northwest
Dairy show in connection with the
Minnesota State Fair Sept. 1 to 8.
The dairy interests in the county in
the last few years have greatly in
creased and the delegation will be
large one.
st. CharIes-William Liskow, aged
so, farmer near here, is in a serious
condition as the result Of fight be-
tween a mad bull and a horse. The
bull attacked the horse and threw it
to the ground. Liskow came to the
rescue and though he managed to fight
off the bull with pitchfork, he was
seriously injured when the horse,
while rising fell upon him.
Hallock-Kittson county, which in
1912 grew only 60S acres Of potatoes,
this year is growing more than 10000
acres, one acre for every eight acres
of wheat, according to figures given
to potato tourists, who are inspecting
the fields of several northern Mime
sofa counties, by W. v. Longley, coun-
ty agent Of Kittson county.
Minneapolis-The first $550,000 to
be loaned to farmers Of the state un-
der the Minnesota Rural Credits bu-
reau was available Monday morning.
The installment will be paid by the
WellS-DlChey COHupduy anu lu6 MILL
nesota Loan & Trust company of Min
neapolis, which contracted for the
sale Of the bonds.
Hibbing-The Duluth, Messabe and
Northern passenger train was de-
rallied near the Standard Oil station in
Brooklyn. The engine and two
coaches remained on the main track,
but thestwo cars behind the engine,
passenger coach and baggage car,
went off into the side tracks, tearing
rails and ties apart, for distance Of
several hundred feet
Albert Lea-The Albert Lea Bust
ness Mems league has decided to f.
nance the sending Of two carloads Of
Freedom county Holstein and Guern-
sey cattle to the Minnesota State Fair.
DR.. H. D. Burns, Cy OFT and Fred Ru-
blee are actively in charge Of assem-
bling the specimens to be sent, after
they have been shown at the Free
born county fair.
Crookston-The Northwest School
of Agriculture here, which is in ses-