The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-04-03
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All & State

Luverne-G. Fred Carson, Bay City,
Mich, has accepted the position of
court reporter for the 18th judicial dis
trict, made vacant by the recent death
Of ]. ]. Harper.
Red Wing - Paul Olson, aged "a, a
resident of Minnesota since 1864, and
. pioneer settler of Meeker county,
died here after an illness of two
weeks.
Red Wing-The Gertsman Drug
company and Southern Minnesota
Joint Land and Stock bank suffered
100000 loss caused by the explosion
of an alcohol lamp here.
Mankato-Farmers of Blue Earth
county were paid approximately $4,000
900 in 1923 for their poultry and eggs,
according to an estimate made by COM
mission house men of Mankato.
Owatonna-The war on gasoline
prices was again renewed in this city
with the announcement of A. M. era
vath, garage owner, Of a 2 cent cut per
gallon Of Standard run gasoline at his
filling station, the new price being 1873
cents per gallon.
Observation-Disclosures new NUM-
cipal building is completed at cost
Of $4,000. The building not only
contains the city offices and rest
rooms for men and women. but has a
fully equipped theatre with seating
capacity Of 500.
Pipestone-Standard Oil company
officials announced plans are going for
ward for the erection Of a large dis
trict office and warehouse building in
this city. Work on the structure will
, begin soon and will represent an ex.
penditure of approximately 100000.
virginia-Mrs., Ida Torseth, men,
Der of the Virginia-Eveleth real estate
board, and said to be the states only
woman realtor, has announced she
will seek seat in the Minnesota
house as representative of the 61st dis
tricc.
Slayton-The city council has grant
ed the Northern States Power COM
J pany a rs year franchise to operate in
this city. On May 1 new schedule Of
rates for residents and commercial SER
vice will go into effect, affording a
considerable reduction from those now
in force.
/ ,Dufuth-The front end Of 500 Line
switch engine was set up in district
court here as an exhibit in the case
Of Joseph T. Morando, former switch
engine crew foreman, who Is suing the
railroad for $4,000 for the loss Of a
leg in an accident last April.
puIuth-The birth rate in st, Louis
county was double the death rate dur
ing 1923, accord ling to statistics pre-
pared by J. P. Johnson, clerk of the
! district court. During the year 5.013
! births were recorded and only 2,162
! deaths placed on record in the county.
FertiIe-A. A. Larson, acting presi,
dent Of North Star college, has an
nounced that the college will start a
junior college course at which fresh.
ment college subjects in history, math.
ematic and the languages will be
taught
crosby-Searchers penetrated the
1876 level of the Milford mine here in
hazardous attempt to find more
bodies of the Al miners who lost their
lives in the flooding Of the mine Feb.
s. A crew of five men under Captain
Henry Davey worked back more than
100 feet from the shaft, constantly en-
dangered by the caving drift
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. has been
named as the central receiving point
20 ha hn
try Products association made up of
Martin and Faribault county poultry
raisers. 1t is probable substations
will be located at Fairmont, Sherburn
and Wells.
Redwood FaIls-The announcement
comes from Morgan that c. M. Ben.
dixen,. state Representative of that
place, has decided to file for the re-
publican nomination at the June pri.
mary for state railroad and warehouse
J commissioner. He seeks to succeed
Frank w. Matson of st. Paul. present
incumbent by appointment.
owatonna-The dairy belt racing
circuit has been organized by heads
Of horse racing committees of three
fairs as. the result of meeting held
here. The three fairs included are
the Mankato fair, which will be held
Aug. IS to %; the Steele county fair
here during the following week, and
the Olmstead county fair at Roches.
ter during the week after the latter.
ortonviIIe-A. w. Randall, former
Big Stone county auditor, who was
found guilty of grand larceny in the
second degree by jury, was SEN
fenced by Judge Stephen A. Flaherty
to one year and six months in the state
penitentiary at saltwater. Randall
was indicted on II counts, some charg.
ing him with transportation of the
county's delinquent taxes while he
was county auditor. ~.
Dodge Center-County Agent G. l..
McNelly of Dodge county for several
years, has resigned to become county
agent OF Fillmore county with head.
quarters at Preston. He will take
over his new position April 1.