The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1926-04-22
MINNESOTA NEWS

| Ing plans I0r new Dulldlng 10 cost
approximately $4,000.
| St. PauI--Governor Theodore Chris
Hanson filed for denomination on the
republican ticket, for governor Of Min
nesota. ..
Duluth-Francis e. House, president
Of the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad,
who died April 4, left an estate valued
at more than $4,000.
DuIuth-Navigation in the Duluth.
Superior harbor officially opened when
the tug Minnesota shifted to the coal
docks to load coal.
Akeley-Fire departments Of three
towns fought a blaze which destroyed
nearly one-half of the business dis
trict Of Akeley. Dynamite was used
but without success.
Wlnona-Work on government riv-
er projects has started in this vicinity.
The General Allen, towing five barges,
one of which was loaded with signals
for river traffic, passed the city.
Le Sueur-Mrs. Frances Caldwell,
rs years old, wife of Judge F. A. Cald-
well, prominent Minnesota jurist, died
here Of heart trouble after an ex-
tended illness.
Mankato-Miss Mildred Boie Of Man.
kato, Junior in the college Of SCI
ence, literature and the arts at the
University Of Minnesota, won the Pills
bury oratorical contest with defense
Of modern literature.
FaribauIt-Faribault Post No. 43 of
the American Legion is the first post
in the United States, so far as Is
known, to respond to the appeal by
France for contributions toward the
erection of a memorial on the battle
field of Verdun to the Allied soldiers.
Mankato-Six freight cars were de-
stroyed and the threat Of exploding
gasoline and kerosene cars alarmed
the countryside when a freight train
on the Omaha railroad left the tracks
beyond Minneopa park, southwest of
Mankato.
puIuth-After three years Of organ.
lied hockey and title contender for
that time, Minneapolis is now ready
to be recognized as a title winner. The
Millers captured the Central Amateur
League championship by slipping a 2
to / victory over the Duluth hornets.
Norcross-A rattle of musketry and
the mellow notes Of TAPS" from a le-
gion bugle marked the passing of Min
nesota's oldest Civil war veteran. The
veteran was Daniel Wilcox, a pioneer
of the prairie schooner days. who
would have observed the 101st an
niversary of his birth had he lived to
July %.
Morris-The West Central Baseball
league will start its season May End.
The seven teams in the league are
Morris, Hancock, Chokio, Glenwood,
Starbuck, Herman and Benson. The
league officers are ]. D. Landes, presf
dent, and l.. R. Woodbridge, secretary
treasurer, both of Morris.
PIainview-The homestead and per-
sonal property Of E. L. Sylvester, now
in prison, were exempted in bankrupt
cy proceedings in a decision handed
down at Winona. Sylvester is serv-
ing sentence in the state penitentiary
for embezzlement during his tenure
as president of the defunct Plainview
State Bank.
Fort sneIling-More than 5000 men
will receive military instruction at
special encampments at Fort Smelling
this summer. Under present arrange
ments II camp periods will be con-
Quoted with members of the Organized
Reserve corps. Minnesota National
guard, Reserve Officers Training corps
and citizens taking part.
Crookston-Five hundred young men
gathered at monster meeting here
and organized the first unit of the
"Stay West Young Man" club. From
Fisher, Mentor, Fertile and Red Lake
Falls three young men of the west
drove in to change Horace Greeley's
admonition Of old to "stay west, young
men,"
St. Publications. of Minnesota are
called upon to lend their financial and
moral support to the advertising and
publicity campaign being launched by
Lu6 Gu i uOuSduu LdhcS dSSOCldLiOu,
heralding to the nation the advantages
of Minnesota, in proclamation issued
by Governor Christianson, designating
the week Of May as "Ten Thousand
Lakes week."
Morris-A golf association has been
organized with B. J. Benfield of Nor
ris as president. The plan calls for
each of six clubs to hold tournament
every other Sunday. The clubs in
the association are Pomme de Terre,
Graceville, Appleton, Ortonville,
Beardsley, Browns Valley and Mill
bank. When the regular schedule is
concluded the season will close in a
tournament at Millbank.
Minneapolis - Magnus Martinson,
publisher of the magazine, rScandal,"
was found guilty of criminal libel by
a jury in Hennepin county district
court. The charge against Martinson
followed publication of report that
former United States Senator Magnus
Johnson had been arrested for drunk
enness. A. N. Jacobs, editor of the
publication, was convicted in district
court on the same charge and is at
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