The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1925-07-02
BrietrMm
All & State
CONDENSED Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

Jordan - Eight Scott county farm
ers have entered the state ton litter
hog contest.
Jackson-Eight men charged with
illegal fishing paid fines totaling
$412.50 in Justice Court at Round Lake
and Jackson.
Gibbon-A free open air motion pic
tufe series, sponsored by business
men, began here. There will be II
programs this year. officials said.
Grand Rapids-On or before July
1, Grand Rapids will have a new
bank, when the Itasca County State
bank opens its doors for business.
NorthfieId-Mfs. May E. Davis, su.
perintendent of the Minnesota Odd
Fellows home here has resigned effeC.
tive as soon as her successor is Sc
lected.
Glendale - Civic leaders here have.
in a series OF bees" completed i'm.
provement at a new bathing beach at
Beaver Lake and have constructed a
new bathhouse and roller coaster.
BaIaton - Minnesotas Oldest won.
an, Mrs. Louise Bickford Shequen.
died here at the age Of LOT years. She
was born at Stanbridge. Can. Febru.
airy s. 1918.
Morris-A class Of SO pupils receiv-
ed their diplomas from the rural
schools Of Stevens county at the grad
uation exercises at the West Central
School of Agriculture here.
Granite Falls-A new water filtra.
ton plant is being given it's first try.
out and the people OF this city will
have pure water on tap for the first
time in many months.
Observation-Disclosures education for
the deaf was discussed by E. A. Stew
enson; superintendent Of the Fart.
bault School for the Deaf, at bust
ness session Of the biennial conven'
tlop OF the Minnesota Association OF
the Deaf
st. James-Among the graduates OF
the ST. James high school this year,
Miss Lilly Mae Johnson has a re-
markable record for attendance and
promptness. During the IL years OF
her public school life she has not
missed a single day. nor been tardy.
Argyle - Bequests totalng $4,000
are made to institutions here in the
will OF Mrs. F. d. Keye. filed in Pro-
bate Court here. Mrs. Keye died here
June 7. leaving an estate valued at
100000.
St. PauI-The Summit Avenue resi-.
nf n 7 nf J..
900, is to go under the hammer soon
to clear up the estate. For many years
1t has been one of the show places Of
this city.
Northfield-A number of Mortified
farmers and business men are organ
iZing a cooperative oil association
similar to retail organizations formed
in other parts Of the state. The con-
Germ Is to be incorporated with ca
pitallzation Of $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures Of the Mime
sofa river began to recede. Farmers
living in the valley between Hender-
son and Blakeley estimated that about
six acres OF farm land had been lost
on both sides Of the river as a result
OF cutting away Of the banks by the
current.
Northfield-Princess Sylvia Beets, a
5-year-old purebred Holstein cow,
owned by Hunter Brothers of North.
field, has just completed seven-day
official production test. She produced
more than "a pounds of butter. Her
production for the seven days was 626
pounds Of milk, 3425 pounds of but
ter.
Owatonna-Dr. A. B. Stewart Of
Owatonna and P. T. White Of Fari.
bault were reelected president and
secretary-treasurer, respectively, Of
the Southern Minnesota knight Temp
lar Picnic Association at the annual
picnic of the Masonic body at Mineral
Springs park here.
lie Sueur Center-Tales told by mo-
florists who had travelled in the lake
district Of LIE Sueur county indicate
the turtle threatens to become
nemesis Of speeding motorists in that
section. Turtles, migrating from one
lake to another, are said to be numer-
GUS on the highways, their smooth
shells providing a menace to rapidly
driven cars.
Canby-Canby entertained large
crowd when the American Legion
Wild West rodeo and roundup was
staged at the Yellow Medicine Coun.
ty fair grounds. National cowboy and
cowgirl champion riders and ropers
gathered from Oklahoma, Texas, N
Dakota, Montana, Utah, Kansas and
Nebraska to participate in the big
roundup and rodeo.
Moorhead-The question Of seced.
ing from the Minnesota Potato Grow.
ers Association will be taken up at a
meeting Of the Clay County Associa.
ton at meeting called by President
e. C. Benedict for June 80. The meet
ing, to be conducted in Moorhead. has
been called as a result of charges be.
ing made that the state body has
failed to fulfill its contract with the
county association.
- Owatonna-About $50 Steele county