The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-09-10
MINNESOTA NEVIS

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Of the State Tax Commission and a
member Of that body for IS years. died
suddenly at his home here.
Thief River FaIls-Nearly 100 bank.
ers OF the ninth district met in an
nual session here. A. F. Labuddle,
cashier Of the First State bank of
Gully, was elected president.
Hastlnss-Formal dedic alton of the
new St. Matthias Roman Catholic
school will be combined with the an
nual harvest festival at Hastings. The
building cost $4,000.
Rock creek-Paving was begun on
No. 1. highway between here and Pine
City. and the work will be rushed as
fast as conditions permit the grading
on the north end Of this stretch.
Duluth-Fire which threatened to
spread through long row of ware
houses and docks on the Lake Superior
front destroyed a lime kiln, with dam
age of 100000.
st. PauI-Attorney General Hilton
was elected president of the Interna.
tional Attorney General Association
which was recently organized at De.
troit
MinneapoIis-Going shopping for
everything from radium to rats cost
tho University Of Minnesota just ST..
100000, for the year ending June 80,
Roy S. Galloway, purchasing agent,
announced.
Crookston-Having gone more than
six months without a contagious dis.
ease being reported, Crookston is be-
lieved to have established a record for
health conditions.
Wlnona-Fifty thousand yellow
perch have been planted in Lake WI.
mona at the request of the Winona
county Izaak Walton league to i'm.
prove fishing in this vicinity.
Alexandria, mass meeting, spon.
sored by the Alexandria club was held
here to discuss a proposed dam at the
outlet Of Lake Carlos into the Long
Prairie river for the purpose of rails
ing the water level Of lakes here.
Wadena-Todd and Wadena County
Bankers Association met Jointly here
and unanimously adopted the county
ranger plan Of the Minnesota Bankers
Association. The sheriffs and county
attorneys from both counties were
also present.
polis-Busines men, ship
pers and representatives of cities on
the upper Mississippi river decided at
conference at the Nicollet hotel to
proceed with plans to put barges on
the river to carry freight at lower
costs.
Luverne-United States Senator
Smith w. Brookhart of Iowa will be
the principal speaker at the Rock
county fair here from September IL
to 16. Senator Brookhart will speak
September Is.
Hibbins-Donald McReady of Min
neapolis. was chosen president of the,
Order OF De Molay at the closing bust.
ness session here when Mankato was
elected as the next convention city.
Acknowledgements coming in from
the rural district show that hail dam.
age in Lyon county was more severe
than had been estimated. Near Dud-
as high as 100 per cent.
neapoIis-Members of the Min.
nesota, North Dakota and South Da.
kota railroad commissions agreed to
cooperate in the fight which the mid
die west Is making against freight
rate increases proposed by western
carriers.
nna %
of the state highway between Belle
Prairie and Brainerd, about a 25-mile
stretch, was let at price OF $140 a
square yard. This Is the lowest price
known for reinforced concrete pave
ment in Central Minnesota.
Duluth-The campaign to prevent
raising or lowering the levels OF
boundary lakes received new impetus,
as subcommittee chairmen got into
action and began naming, their units,
and the formation of a definite pro-
gram Of action.
neapolis-An increase of S13,
OPS, 900 in the farm value Of the 1925
potato crop in Minnesota, over the
1924 valuation, is forecast by leading
buyers and officials of the department
Of agriculture. The total farm value
Of the 1925 crop promises to reach
$25, 100000.
Rcdby-When the state Of Mime
sofa, in it's efforts to increase the avail.
able supply of food in the war, estab-
lished the fishing industry on Red
lake, it put into operation one Of the
best institutions that could be located
among the Indians in this part Of the
state. The state fish-buying station
gives them a cash market for their
catches.
MinneapoIis-The 1925 movement Of
northwest grain to market, despite
it's huge volume. is proceeding with
speed, smoothness and efficiency and
no prospect of car shortage or Of con-
gestion at terminal elevators, freight
yards or sampling points is in sight
for the coming weeks. This was the
gist of reports presented at meeting
of the joint terminal grain committee
~ tho Norfhwest Regional Advisory