The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1924-08-14


St. Peter-Pioneers of Nicollet coun-
ty and grainmen here are unanimous
in their verdicts tina. the 1924 crop
now being harvested in this commun-
ity Is the heaviest and finest in "a
years.
Hibbng-Making an ironclad rule
and to prevent any misunderstanding
the st. Louis County Agricultural So
ciety has gone on record as objecting
to any political talks during the coun-
ty fair in Hibbing.
Windom-"Dodder," parasitic plant
which is among the weeds being fought
by the state weed inspectors, has been
discovered in several fax fields in Cot
tonWood county. 1t Is said that in
some fields half Of the crop will be
| lost.
Fergus FalIs-Hog cholera is re-
ported in this locality and a number
or serious losses have been sustained.
The Fergus Packing Company order
ed serum to vaccinate all of its feeding
hogs and numerous farmers will also
vaccinate their herds.
Fergus FaIIs-The organization of
an Ottertail County Taxpayers League
has been perfected here, with COM
mittees named for each of the IS town.
ships and all villages Of the county.
Nearly 300 leading citizens are un the
committees.
Duluth-A new railroad company,
the Duluth and Port Arthur railroad.
is being organized by Robert Waldron
Of Duluth. This railroad will join the
United States and Canadian Twin
Ports at the Head Of the Great Lakes.
Twin City capitalists as we'll as Du-
luthians are said to be interested in
the new project.
Minneapol is-A. B. Gilbert resigned
as state manager Of the Nonpartisan
League. because, he said, communism
has part in it's political activity. Mr..
| Gilbert announced his resignation fol-
lowing meeting of the Minnesota
Nonpartisan League executive conf
mittee, called to indorse candidates in
| the forthcoming campaign.
Bemidji-Two brothers were killed
| and thirG brother was perhaps fatal
ly hurt when lightning struck them
as they were wedding their garden,
eight miles east of here. Lloyd Mel
son, IL years old. and his year old
brother, Elmer, were killed and Cliff
ford, 13 years old, is in a critical con-
| dition at hospital.
Tracy Motor caravans, railway
trains and horse drawn buggies
brought 10000 citizens to southwestern
Minnesota to Tracy to replace 10000
other visitors who had left behind
them $4,000 spent on the first day of
the mammoth benefit festival staged
by AZ cooperating communities to
raise money for the relief of tornado
victims.
Austin-Two sets of tentative plans
have been offered trustees for the
Shaw Memorial Gymnasium for boys,
gift made to the youth Of Austin this
summer. Construction of the gymna-
SUM, which will also contain club and
reading rooms for boys, is to begin by
September 1 at site facing on both
Main street and the Horace Austin
State park.
Austin-To strike a bridge with his
automobile with such force that the
impact moved the bridge inches,
hurled a flooring plank 20 feet and
wrecked the car, and yet escape with
a. few minor bruises and cuts, was the
experience of Stanley Florek Of
Austin. The car crashed into the
bridge, when it struck some loose
gravel.
ochester-Traveling in Packards
and other cars of the most expensive
makes, party Of IS gipsies stopped
and pitched their tents on piece of
land they claimed to have rented. The
officers who went to the camp to in
vestigate and then warned the gipsies
to move on were met with defiance
and were told the unwelcome visitors
had brought one Of their women here
for treatment at the clinic.
Little FaIIs-Probably the youngest
globe trotter that has ever appeared
in this city, was here when Betty
Rose, years old and her mother, Mrs.
Blanche Rose of Pittsburgh, reached
Little Falls en- route tc Seattle. They
left Pittsburgh July 13 and although
they have been given rides here and
there, they have also done a lot of
walking" Little Betty. despite the
strenuous daily exercise. is getting
fat" on the trip.
St. cloud-Tobacco growers Of
Stearps and adjoining counties are to
have a booth this year, for the first
time at the Benton county fair. and
probably at other fairs. This decision
to exhibit followed a conference here
at which the growers we're assured by
D. H. Blattner, who has returned from
a trip in Kentucky, that in this sec
ton of Minnesota tobacco can be
grown even more profitably than in
that state.
h neapoiis-Manifesting a desire
for first hand information upon every
phase of diversified farming including
dairy cows. livestock generally and
crops Of all sorts in order that they