The Tomahawk., 1923-03-01
BrietrMan
All R State
coudsnssd Stories d Happenings
of the Week In Minnesota

county treasurer at Glencoe. died at
his home Of congestion of the lungs.
He was u years old.
St. James-Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Berntsen, residents of Watonwan
county for the last SO years, celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary at
their home here.
OrtonvilIe-O. ]. Kvale of Benson,
ongressman-elect Of the seventh dis
| trict, has announced the appointment
| Of his son, Paul Kvale as his secre-
| tary.
Northumberland and Irwin Meyers,
brothers living near Bingham lake,
have been bound over to the district
court here on charge Of chicken steal.
ing. They are out on $500 bail.
Luverne-Mrs. H. w. Leslie and her
daughter, Esther, received serious in
juries when the water front Of their
kitchen range exploded, hurting pieces
Of iron about the room. The kitchen
was wrecked by the blast.
Luverne-Edward Gillian died at
his home at the age Of Is years, fol-
lowing long period of poor health.
Mr.. Gilman is said to be the first
white man who entered this territory
in the early days. In 1878 he was
| elected to the office of sheriff OF Rock
county and served two terms.
Morristown-A special election called
by the village council resulted in the
voting of a $4,000 bond issue for the
financing of a municipal water works
system. The election gave the pro-
ject majority of 161 with 2OS for and
AZ against passage. -.
Hibbing-S. M Chambers of Duluth
discussed the proposed county well
fare consolidation bill here at a meet
ing of the Crescent Aid society. He
also addressed the Civic club on the
same topic. No formal action on the
bill was taken.
DuIuth-Pope Plus XII has appointed
Rt. Rev. John T. McNicholas, Catholic
bishop of Duluth, bishop assistant to
the throne at Rome, according to
cable from Rome received here. The
title is purely honorary and will not
necessitate Bishop McNicholas' attend
ance in Rome.
WinonaJThe Mississippi river at
this point is gradually rising after
dropping to a stage exceeded only once
since records have been kept here. The
recent fall reached point nine-tenths
of a foot below what has been desig.
mated here for many years as low wa,
ter mark. ---.
Park Rapids-The rear cars in
southbound Great Northern stock train
were derailed by broken rail neal
Horton, seven miles south Of here, and
Conductor Blossingham Of Melrose re-
ceived bruises and cuts on the arm
and body when the caboose, in which
he was riding, overturned.
St. CIoud-L. H. Dufresne is award
ed $1,000 insurance on his automobile
through a decision filed by Judge j.
A. Roeser multiplying the decision OF
three appraisers, which set the value
at $500. Action was brought by Du.
! fresno against an insurance company
which insured against theft for $1,2OO.
The car was stolen and three arbitra'
tors agreed upon to fix the valuation.
The court ruled the appraisal unfair
Red neutrality-suspicious. of the
Red Wing Cooperative Creamery com.
pany, into the Red Wing Creamery
company, with capital stock of $780,,
900 instead of $4,000, was perfected
at the annual meeting of the cream.
ery's stockholders. Under the reor'
ganization plan e. w. Redmond.
Anoka, and W. e. Redmond, Shakopee,
will take over so per cent of the stock
and the former stockholders OF the
company the other so per cent.
Cioquet-Katherine Campbell OF
Cloquet won first place In the high
school defamation contest in the sub.
district meet here, reciting 1.-THE Fin.
tger of God" Ada Thompson of Bar.
mum, with Madam Butterfly" was
second, and Evelyn Belander, of Du.
luth Denfeld high, third, with "Pro
Patria." In the oratorical contest Ell.
lott Ingebretson of Denfield high, Du.
iuth, took first; Ben Hunter, Crosby,
second, and Donald Rich, Cloquet.
third. Towns represented in the con.
test were Crosby, Barnum, Cloverton,
Sandstone, Denfield of Duluth, and
Cloquet ...
Duluth-Tales of the frozen north
have little or nothing more strange to
tell than the story of how men of the
state highway department Of Mime.
sofa have plowed 5000 people out OF
five feet Of snow for two winters-last
year and this. In the desolate country
along the shore Of Lake Superior, in
Lake and Cook counties, 5000 persons
are dependent on roads for their com.
munication with the outside world.
There is railroad, but in winter 1t is
abandoned under several feet of snow.
This is why the state has provided
giant motor driven snowplows to keep
clear a stretch of 100 miles Of road.
j Fergus FaIis--G. o. Dahl, aged 70,