The Tomahawk., 1924-12-04
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q he Week IN Minnesota

Owatonna-A free clinic for small.
pox vaccinations will be conducted as
the result Of joint meeting of the
school board and city ouncil.
Mankato-An electric car, valued
at $4,000 was destroyed in fire which
Is thought to have started from the
wiring in the car at the garage of
George Atkinson.
Benson-Walter Lee, 14-year-old
son Of Mr.. and Mrs T. X. Lee of Ben
son, had hand shot off through the
accidental discharge of a shotgun.
Amputation above the wrist was
necessary. .
St. PauI-Free from all indebted.
ness for the first time in it's history,
the Ten Thousand Lakes of Mime
sofa Association will stage a real
celebration at its eight annual meet.
ing December II, in st. Paul.
Bemidji-George Thompson of Ball
Club, who was seriously injured at
Mizpah when. logs gave way and pin
ned him underneath while he was
working at decking logs, died at the
Lutheran hospital here.
st. Paula committee of railroad
executives began studying the posi-
bility Of erecting a big hotel on top
Of the new $15,OO0,OO0 st. Paul union
station, under instructions of meet
ing Of the directors of the st. Paul
Union Depot Company in Chicago.
Fergus FaIIs-Mrs. o. F. Ulland,
wife Of one of the prominent citizens
here, was found dead in her home
She was reclining in a sitting posture
in bed and had unfinished needlework
in her hands. Death was evidently
due to heart disease
Tracy-Numerous exhibits were
placed at the opening Of the eleventh
annual Corn and Grain show of the
Tri-County Farm Improvement Asso-
citation. The association Is composed
Of farmers OF Lyon, Redwood and Muir.
ray counties.
FaribauIt-E. Storholt of this city,
driving his car to the postoffice, stepped
out to get his mail, leaving the motor
running. AS he turned to leave the
postoffice he was astonished to see
his car careenf1lg down the pavement
on a grade, headed straight for the
river.
Hibbins-Of imporS nee to the min
ing fraternity of the range is the an
nouncement that the various mining
operations Of the NJ. A. Hanna COM
pany for the Mesaba range will be
conducted from the Hibbing office
and the Virginia office will be discon-
tinued.
LitchfieId--A golden eagle with a
wing spread of foet inches was on
display in a local store. The big bird
had been observed about East Lake
Ripley for a number of weeks and
scared the wild ducks in that vicinity.
o. w. Ringdahl brought down the
bird with rifle.
Crookston-The receiver for the
Merchants National Bank has bid in
the buildings Of the Northwestern Min
uesota Fair OIL an execution to satisfy
a claim for some $500 which the
bank held against the fair association
There are other claims against the as
ISOLATION amounting 4 all to about
$4,000, exclusive of the claim of the
bank.
Hbbins-Predicting 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
committee at banquet
rendered in his honor, stated that l.
500 Rotarians from the two Dakotas,
Wisconsin and Minnesota, will be in
attendance.
Thief River FaIIs-Heavy shipments
of grain continue at this point, &C
cording to P. j. Heating, inspector in
charge of the work. 225 cars were in
spected in the 500 yards alone and
four trains each of go cars left this
city within three hours. The record
number of cars inspected here in any
one day was 800 early in October.
FaribauIt-A refund Of $3,909.9S
on a road contract has
been made to Rice county by r. B.
Fraser, it was learned here. County
officers say the refunds was made by
checks to the county treasurer, John
s. Way. The overpayment, was, it is
claimed, because Of an error of the
estimates made by the engineer
St. Paul-County organizations were
perfected all over the state as the
brief campaign for funds for a me-
mortal statue for the late Knute Mel |
son opened. Citizens were asked to
small sums SO the entire |
state will be Represented in the me-
mortal to be erected on the State |
Capitol grounds. The .mpaign will
be for two weeks, and the goa set is |
$50, 200. 2~n
rnesvilIe-Transfer Of all stock |
IN the closed Citizens State Bank OF |
to depositors and the pay
nent of 100 per cent assessment
thereon by the former owners was ef-