The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-10-16
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All & State
Condensed Stories Of HsppsninSs
Of The Week IN Minnesota

has decided on the first week Of Aug
ust in 1925 as the date for the fair.
vlrginia-The Virginia rifle club has
requested the council to provide a
rifle range in the Lew recreational
building here.
Hibbing-The village council set
the 1925 tax levy for general corpora
ton purposes at $1,622,200, plus s4S,-
900 allowed as a result Of the annex
alton Of the village Of Kitzville.
WiIlmar-The Kandiyohi County
Bank of this place, which claims to
be the second oldest bank in Mime
sofa. unconsolidated. celebrated its
45th anniversary.
Mankato-Fire Of undetermined orr
gin destroyed the elevator owned by
the Equity Elevator Company at
Mapleton, mourning loss of approx
mately $4,000.
Faribault-Willebar Elmer of New
Ulm was reelected president OF the
State federation OF Catholic Socie-
ties at their convention here. His
election was made by reclamation.
Austin-Hog cholera has broken out
in at least seven farms in Mower
county, resulting in the loss of sew
eral hundred hogs:
FaribauIt - With an attendance
estimated at between 10000 and TO-
900 persons, Faribault celebrated it's
fourth annual open house party.
Rochester-Dr. Horace H. Wither-
slime, ~ years old, prominent Roches.
ter physician and former state sena-
tor, was killed when the car in which
he was driving skidded and turned
over on highway two miles north Of
town.
Thief River Falls-The third annual
| consignment sale Of the Pennington
county Holstein Breeders Association
was conducted here. Forty head of
Purebred Holsteins were sold.
NorthfieId-The mems senate o. st.
| Olaf College has elected Herbert Gjert-
sen Of Madelia president; Loyal Tai
lakson Of Willmar. vicepresident, and
Harold Schiotz Of Ladysmith. Wis,
| secretary.
WllImar-Formation OF an associa-
! ton Of federal employees in every
| congressional district in Minnesota
was proposed at meeting OF
the Association Of Federal Employees
Of Central Minnesota.
caIIoway-Miss Monica Zurn. 49,
year-old Junior Calf Club member.
who won a trip to the National Dairy
exposition for good work. distinguish
ed herself by winning the first prize
in the health contest here.
MinneapoIis-Mrs Eugenia B. Far
mer, Minnesota's oldest suffrage
worker. is dead. Mrs. Farmer has
been an ardent worker for equal rights
for women ever since she was Is
years old.
Manufacturing to lack of suf
flcient appropriation by congress,
the guard must be reduced to main.
tenance strength" % men from here
will be transferred to the Transrorta-
ton Company e of Fairmont.
Pipestone - The Pipestone boys
dairy demonstrating team, made up Of
Donald Merrill, Donald Fairchild and
Howard Wohlford, won high hono-s
at the national dairy show in Milwau-
kee.
Waseca-Carlstad Brothers. con-
tractors who built the new $350,o00
high school building here, have been
awarded a $4,000 bonus by the board
of education for completing the build
ing in ad-ance Of the dato specified in
their contract.
Redwood Falls - That Redwood
ure this year is shown by recent
sales that have been made Of corn
standing in the fields. At the Fred
Werner place, near Vesta, corn in the
field brought $25 per acre.
Grand Rapids-Christ Hansen, a
graduate ola Denmark agricultural
school. has inaugurated COW testing
association, with % herds listed. All
the herds are located in the vicinity
of this city and 1t Is proposed to con-
tinue the test for one year.
owatonna-P. G. Peterson, butter
maker Of the Hope Cooperative
Creamery. was elected president OF
district 10 Of the Minnesota Creamery
Operators and Managers Association
at the annual meeting of that body
here.
Rochester Buried under $500
pounds of coke. George Ross, Roches-
ter transfer agent, was found alive
and still grasping the wheel of his
car when he was pulled from the
wreckage. His truck had been hit by
the Chicago & Great Western special.
DuIuth-Constructi Of two more
mills in Duluth by the United States
Steel Corporation for the manufacture
Of sheets and tinplate, is forecast
by James P. Craig, executive director
Of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tide
water Association. who Is now in
Washington.
Faribault-Rev. Ezra C. Clemans of
OwatOnna former chap1ain of the