The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-02-07
BrietrMan
All & State
Condensed Stories Of HappeninSs
Of Tie Week In Minnesots

Mortified - The campaign for
changes in the Mortified city charter
took definite form when appointment
of q new charter commission by Dis
trict Judge F. w. Sem was announced.
Granite FaIIs-The sale Of two farms
near this place within the last few.
days has strengthened the belief that
there will be activity in the real es-
tate business this year.
Pine cIty-Mrs. Sarah Ann Wiley,
aged 1O2, died at the home Of her
son. F. A. Wiley, after brief illness.
She was born in New York state Jan.
29, 1922. She leaves daughter and
three sons.
Observation-Disclosures Lewisohn, field
man for the sugar beet industry in this
county, declares the area to be sown
to beets this year will total 900 acres
and 81 farmers will have beet fields.
Last year the sugar beet acreage was
between 400 and 500 acres.
J. New Ulm-Plans are now going for.
ward for the first automobile and style
show in New Ulm. The event Will
be staged at the armory and Feb. rs,
~ and % are the dates selected. 1t
is planned to make the show an an
nual event in this city in the future.
Fergus FaIIs-An owl threw Fergus
Falls and five neighboring cities and
villages into darkness when he flew
into the Hoot Lake power house in
Fergus Falls, struck a high tension
wire and short circuited the entire
system. The owl fell back into a
maze of wires still alive.
Hibbing-J. M. Mcconnell, head Of
the state department of education, de-
livered the dedicatory address at the
opening of new Hibbing high school
auditorium. Members of the boards
of education of the various range
towns, and two thousand Hibbing citi-
zens attended
WiIImar-A $4,000 addition to the
orphans and old peoples home in
this city will be completed this week.
1t will make the institution one of the
finest in the state. Funds for the
building have been largely obtained
from old folks who wish to pass their
last years there.
HibbIns - The Hibbing high school
will soon be able to boast Of one Of
the best high school bands, not only
States, since the board of education
has decided to purchase equipment
for the high school 100 piece band.
About $4,000 worth of equipment
will be provided.
st. PauI-Wild life is increasing in
the National forests, according to a
report by A. s. Peck of Denver, for
ester of the United States department
of forestry, which has been submitted
to Gov. Preus. Game birds, including
| partridge, pintail grouse and spruce
hens, are about as plentiful as usual,
but ducks are more scarce than in
| other years.
St. PauI-Deposits in the state
banks of Minnesota increased SILL
39S, 114.50 in 1923. A report completed
by A. J. Veigel, state superintendent
of banks, shows that total cash re-
serves within the year rose to nearly
double the amount required by law.
| Total resources of all state banks
have jumped 100000. A large part
of the more than $11,OOO,OOO gain is
In savings accounts.
DuIuth-Commercia clubs and
chambers of commerce of the cities
and villages Of northern Minnesota
will be asked by the Duluth Chamber
| of Commerce to send delegates to a
meeting here Feb. IS for the purpose
Of discussing problems of common in,
terest, particularly projects under way
or that will be proposed for develop
ment and upbuilding Of northern Min.
| nesota.
slayton-Two loving cups were Civ.
en- as the chief prizes at the Murray
county poultry show which has just
been concluded here. Mrs. Josephine
Blissenbach of Murray county was de.
clared to have had the best bird at
the show-a white Orpington hen
and she was presented with one Of the
cups while the other went to Mrs. Ed.
ward J. Gambler of Pipestone county
who was declared to have had the
best pen-Rose Comb Rhode Island
| Red-on display at the show.
Eyota-This little village, nestled
away in Olmsted county, sprung into
nationwide prominence, when the
community school at this place was
designated as the model community
center in the United States" in re.
port just issued by the Delaware State
Parent.Teacher association. Through
it's representatives this Delaware as.
sociation made study Of community
center schools in practically every
state in the union, with the view Of
establishing one of the best systems
in their home state.
Duluth - Clarence Gauthier, aged
| 20, and Carl J. Hammerberg, aged 81,
both of Duluth, were identified as the
two found dead in the ice compart-
ment of a Northern Pacific refrigera-
| fo,. cor which had come from Mime