The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-01-18
BrietrMm
All 3 State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of tho Week In Minnesota

died shortly afterward.
owatonna-R. L. Van Knocker Of
Bancroft, Iowa, has been appointed
city engineer for Owatoana by the city
council
Caledonia The Houston County
Poultry association show opened with
a larger number of exhibits than ever
before.
Washihgton-John R. Mitchell, men,
Der Of the Federal Reserve board
from St. Paul, will leave for a two
weeks rest at Miami, Fla.
st. Cloud-Gust T. Spanos, Of this
city, is offering a reward Of $40 for the
return of Mick" pet timber wolf,
eight months old.
Red Wins-The annual meeting Of
the county agents of Southeastern Min
nesota will be conducted in Red Wing
on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 16
and II.
Minneapolis President Harding
probably will be in Minneapolis in June
to attend the third annual convention
of Disabled American Veterans Of the
World War
owatonna-Building improvements
in Owatonna in 1922 reached a total
of at least 100000, according to re-
capitulation of the years building &C.
tivities made here.
EveIeth-Russell o. Smith, age 9.
is recovering at hospital from a frac-
tured skull received when a lamp post,
broken off when a speeding truck
struck it, felled him.
Red Wing-Thomas e. Boyden was
sentenced to St. Cloud by Judge Al
bert Johnson for a term not to exceed
two years, after he had pleaded guilty
to charge Of forgery.
crookston-C. H. Grist, member Of
the Chicago Retail Merchants associa-
tion was the principal speaker at a
weekly meeting Of the Crookston AS
sociation of Public Affairs.
Granite FaIIs-Rev. o. J. Kvale, who
was elected in the November election
to succeed Congressman A. J. Volstead
has resigned as pastor Of Our Saviors
church at Bensona effective July 1,
1928.
Winona-The first woman to be
elected to office in a Winona banking
institution assumed her position when
Miss Goldie Harrington became assist
ant secretary Of the Deposit Trust Saw
ings bank.
chatfieId-Resumption Of pre-war
train service on the Chatfield branch
of the Chicago & North Western rail-
way was announced after many unsuc-
cessful efforts by citizens for better
train service.
owatonna-The major building pro-
ject begun during the past year in
Guided a new 100000 home office
building for the Minnesota Implement
Mutual Fire Insurance company and
the new National Guard armory.
MinneapoIis-Fire fed by oils and
chemicals, ragged for two hours in a
three story brick structure at Ninth
street and Nicollet avenue, wipfng out
or badly damaging IA stores, causing a
loss estimated at $125,000.
Albert Lea-Masons here believe Al
bert Lea has more past masters Of the
Masonic lodge than any other city Of
its size in the northwest. Western
Star lodge has IA living past masters,
nine of whom live in Albert Lea.
Waseca-Former Sheriff Bernard
Fischer has appealed to the state su-
preme court from the decision Of
Judge Arthur B. Childress following
the recount of ballots cast for sheriff
at the Waseca county election.
Hibbing-Despite the heavy SHOWS
Of last month, peat fires are still, burn
ing in the outlying districts, and an at
tempt is being made to extinguish the
fires before the snow leaves the
ground.
Red Wins-A man giving his name
as D. E. Russell, whom no one here
knew, walked away with $9S by turn
ing quick tricks at two banks. At the
Goodhue County National bank, Mr..
Russell deposited a check for 1884,
saying he wanted 5000 Of it credited to
him on savings account, taking the
balance in cash. At the First National
bank he deposited a check for 1924,
taking s34 in cash and asking that
5000 be placed in the savings bank.
Both checks were made out on blanks
OF Adams, Seaton & Co. Of La Crosse,
Wis. Both checks were worthless.
Mankato-Prizes offered by the
Hubbard Milling company Of this city,
for the best acre of Marquis wheat
raised in Blue Earth county or adjoin.
ing territory, have been awarded. Fol-
lowing are the winners: Clarence
Pohl, first prize of $50 for an acre of
wheat which yielded % bushels and SO
pounds; c. e. Whitney, of Mapleton,
with 20 bushels and Al pounds an acre,
second, $50; A. d. Stanford of Man.
kato township, II bushels and 6
pounds to the acre, third, $50.
Marshai'--J. r. Bailey Of Ihlen,
MINI, had an exciting ride in his au-
tomobile while the car was being
pushed sideways along a railroad track
for $50 feet by switch engine In the
yards here. Bailey was driving across