The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1926-05-06
MINNESOTA NEWS

Fairmont-The old site Of Fort
Fairmont, built during the Sioux In
dian uprising In 1852, is to be marked
by a monument and tablet which will
be unveiled. .a....
Mlnneapolls-A resident fishing II
cense law for Minnesota was recon-
mended by the Izaak Walton league
of Minnesota at its third annual con-
vention.
st. Paul-The house of representa-
tives passed bill authorizing the
secretary of the navy to deliver to the
state of Minnesota the silver service
set which was in use on the battleship
Minnesota.
Aitkln-Brush fires famed by strong
winds destroyed buildings on the vii.
liam Feist farm and threatened the
other farms, where buildings caught
fire. Fifty sticks of dynamite ex-
ploded at the Feist place.
StiIIwater-William Bonse, q fire.
man, was seriously injured in fire
that destroyed the old Colonel R. +.
Hersey mansion, landmark for 40
years. The loss was estimated. at
$4,000.
Notwithstanding Of 100000 trees
in Minnesota this year is one Of the
principal goals Of the Minnesota Fed.
Grafton of Women's Clubs, Mrs. Will
lard Bayliss, Chisholm, told delegates
to the Eighth District Federation OF
Women's Clubs convention here.
St. Paul-Because Of crowded con-
ditions prevailing at the st. Cloud
reformatory, which means that there
are too many men to do the limited
amount Of work available, the state
board of visitors has requested that
additional means Of employment be
provided.
St. Clouds prisoners from the
reformatory at st. Cloud who went
on food strike" when meals failed
to please them, were locked in cells
at the state prison at Saltwater,
where they were transferred under
heavy Guard few hours after their
demonstration.
FeIton-A prairie fire which started
about six miles southeast of here,
burning over an area five miles wide
and seven miles long, taking with 1t
800 tons of hay, considerable farm
machinery and an old barn, was fin
ally subdued after fire fighters had
worked furiously through the night.
St. Paul-James A. Larson, long q
prominent figure in political life Of
Minnesota, is dead after three
months illness. Mr.. Larson repre-
scented Redwood county in the legis-
lature for three terms, was assistant
secretary of state for IA years, and
for a number Of years served on
the republican state committee.
st. PauI-Declaring that the low
water levels of the Leech lake district
threaten extinction of the fish in the
lake chain emptying into the Missis-
sippi river at Federal Dam, ]. F.
Gould, Minnesota game and fish COM
missioner, telegraphed the Minnesota
delegation in congress urging gov
ernmental action to reduce the flow
of water through the dam.
inneapolis-An army Of 100000
citizens and school children of Min
nesota, on the opening day Of Amer
lean Forest week, was enlisted to stop
destruction of Minnesota forest re.
sources worth $275,O00,0O0. to launch
a program Of reforestation and forest
conservation aimed at preventing Min.
nesota's 10000 lakes from drying up.
and to plant $4,000 trees in the state.
Rush city-Three men, two Of whom
had just completed voyages across the
Atlantic, were drowned in Rush lake,
it was revealed after the finding of
the third body. The dead, Minnesota's
first fishing victims Of the year, are:
John Kruger, %, Graham. Mimi: Will.
helm Backhus, %, Of Germany; Barth-
olemews Bruinaars, 10, of Holland.
apoIis-Ending lively legal
battle, punctuated at frequent inter-
walls by clashes between government
and defense attorneys, United States
Commissioner Howard s. Abbott or
dered seven of eight Minneapolis men
charged with completely in the alleged
$140, 900, 900 alcohol syndicate conspir-
acy to appear for trial in the federal
court at Cleveland, Ohio, May II.
MarshaII-Tons Iof dirt and silt, fine
as powder, churned up from newly
plowed fields by 50-mile wind, and
sent swirling into the air like great
black clouds, covered dozen coun-
ties in southwestern Minnesota in one
of the strangest dust storms in the
state for many years. The air was
so heavily laden with dust during the
storm that motorists had to drive with
headlights burning. Drifts Of dust
buried fence posts to within two feet
Of the top near Marshall.
st. Paul-Edvard w. Stark, Mime
sofa state treasurer, filed last week
las a candidate to succeed himself at
the November election. Mr.. Stark has
been state treasurer since July 1, 1925,
when he was appointed to that office
by Governor Theodore Christianson,
following the resignation of Henry
Rines, who resigned to become men,
hor of tho rom mis- sion. ne administers