The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-11-27
BriettMm
All & State
Condensed Stories d Hsppeninys
q ths Week IN Minnesota

Benson-Dates for the annual poul-
try show here, under the auspices Of
the West Central Poultry Association,
have been set for December Is, 16
and IT,
Benson-A verdict for $4,000 was
returned in District Court here in IA
vor of Peter Scheid of this city in
his personal injury suit against the
Great Northern railway.
Austin-During the four days Of the
twenty-sixth annual Mower County
Poultry Show, which opened here, so
local merchants will cooperate in a
bargain festival"
Thief River FalIs-Thomas H. Chit
tick, chief clerk in the postoffice, af-
ter Is years services here, has been
made a postal inspector with head
quarters at Spokane, effective at once.
SIayton-About 300 township. village
and school district officers met here
to confer as to the best mode OF pro-
cedure to ward off smallpox in this
district.
East Grand Forks-Men excavating
for the building of the Red River Val
ley Sugar Company plan to finish
their work soon enough so that the
warehouse for storing sugar can be
completed soon after January l.
Tracy-Workmen are constructing a
high line from Slayton to this city
to connect with the electric light
plant here which was recently pur-
chased by the Northern States Power
Company.
chatfieId-At the Olmstead County
Sunday School convention here, the
following officers were elected: H. P.
Thurber, Chatfield, president; Miss
Lucille Lille, Chatfield, secretary and
C. w. Shepherd, Rochester, treasurer.
Madison-To be thrown half way
through the windshield Of his sedan
and remain in that position while his
car rolled down a 10 foot embank-
ment, was the experience of Arnold
Lee of Madison.
Fergus FalIs-The case of Cal-Falls
tax rate, for the coming year will be
reduced from 70 mills, the rate this
year, to 7180 mills. Both the city
and the schools made reductions In
estimates for running expenses.
Stillwater-Mrs. Maria, Bolles, pio-
neer of pioneers in the st. Croix val
ley, died at Lakeview Memorial hos.
pital here, 80 years old. Mrs. Bolles
came to what is now saltwater on
June 20, 1S41.
Maple Bay-Helmer Gudmunson,, %
years old, walked from Bagley to
Crookston, a distance of Is miles for
the purpose of being examined by ply
sicians, and dropped dead in the ply
sician's office. The cause was given
as heart disease, exaggerated by exer-
ton.
St. James-The total business Of
creameries in this county for 1923 was
$727,951.47, according to figures re-
Gently made public by Chris Heen,
state dairy and food commissioner.
This includes the business of nine CO.
operative and two privately owned
Creameries.
Crookston-The receiver for the
Merchants National Bank has bid in
the buildings of the Northwestern Min
nesota Fair on an execution to satisfy
a claim for some $1,000 which the
bank held against the fair association.
There are other claims against the as
sociation amounting n all to about
$4,000, exclusive of the claim Of the
bank
MISUNDERSTANDING that the Ninth
Rotary district conference in Hibbing,
April %, "a, 1925, will be the biggest
Rotary convention ever conducted in
the northwest, Edward Flynn, ST..
Paul, addressing the chairman of the
convention committee at a banquet
rendered in his honor, stated that l.
500 Rotarians from the two Dakotas,
Wisconsin and MiNesota, will be in
attendance.
st. Paui-County organizations were
perfected all ever the state as the
brief campaign for funds for me-
mortal statue for the late Knute Mel
son opened. Citizens were asked to
contribute SuLlo So IhC Chlii .
state will be represented in the me.
mortal to be erected on the State
Capitol grounds. The C mpaign will
be for two weeks. and the goal set is
$4,000.
Mankato-W. r. Adams of this city
has been appointed supervisor Of the
fifth district of Minnesota by the Uni
ted States department Of commerce.
and will take the census Of agricGl-
ture this winter, starting about De-
cember. The following counties will
be comprised in the census: Blue
Earth, Brown, Cottonwood. Faribault,
Jackson, LIE Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon,
Martin, Nicollet, Pipestone, Mobiles.
Redwood, Rock, Waseca, and Walton
wan. ..>s "-' go. 't-
Mortified - Lloyd Tallakson Of
Willmar was elected to head the staff
which will produce the 1926-27 Yik-
ing, st. Olaf College Student bi-an-
nual, Dorothy Dahl Of Jackson. was
k~ a.