The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1926-05-13
MINNESOTA NEWS

/ Minneapolis-Rain, which fell over
southwestern and central Minnesota
and portions OF South Dakota, prac-
tically assured prospects for proper
| development Of seed crops, according
to reports received In Minneapolis.
neapolis-Edmund Pennington,
chairman OF the board OF directors
and former president of the 500 Line,
died OF heart disease at his home. He
was n years old and had been ac-
tivey connected with railroads for So
years.
Shakopee-Plans for combining the
celebration of the seventy-ffth ami
versary OF the settlement Of Scott
county and the foundation of Shake
pee and the annual farm bureau pic
mic have been announced.
Duluth-In addition to SIX volunteer,
unpaid special commissioned patrol.
men and the sir members of his paid
stan, District Ranger Carl s. Lind, Of
the state forest service, has announc-
ed that "a township patrolmen have
been appointed in district two, which
is the north shore district.
st. Paul-Ray P. Chase, state audi
tor, filed as candidate for renomina-
ton to that office. Mr.. Chase was ap-
pointed clerk in the auditors office
In 1915 and was later appointed dep
uty auditor by Governor Preus, who
was auditor at that time. In January,
1921, he was appointed state auditor
and the following year he was elected
to the Office.
MinneapoIis--With q delegation Of
200 Minneapolis persoss planning on
attending the Norwegian national in.
dependence celebration at Oslo May
IT, and with steamship lines booking
many more for midsummer sailings,
group of at least 100 from Mime
sofa were aboard the "Gripsholm,"
first motor ship to leave New York,
when 1t sailed for Sweden.
st. Paul-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 CON-
missioner. telegraphed the Minnesota
delegation in congress urging gov
ernmental action to reduce the flow
of water through the dam.
Red Wlng-Bethesda hospital, Dea-
CONFESS home, st. Paul, and Bethesda
Invalid home at Lake Cervais, will be
disposed of, 1t was decided by the Min
nesota conference Of the Augustana
Lutheran synod here. The institution
will be conferred with other invalid
and deaconness homes and works of
mercy on one site. A new hospital
also will be built.
MISUNDERSTANDING q lively legal
battle, punctuated at frequent inter
walls by clashes between government
and defense attorneys, United States
Commissioner Howard 8. Abbott or
dered seven OF eight Minneapolis men
charged with completely In the alleged
$140, 100000 alcohol syndicate conspir-
acy to appear for trial in the federal
court at Cleveland, Ohio. g
Bemldji-A 14year2old girl is : ma
tional champion after an essay con.
test which attracted the efforts Of
thousands Of boys and girls in the
American public schools-the annual
nationwide contest conducted by the
highway education board of Washing
ton, D. G. This girl, Dorothy Jean
Utley, oldest in family of six chill
dren, has written an essay on my
Conduct on Streets and Highways"
which has won for her local, state and
national honors.
,MarshaII-Tons of 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 a dozen coun-
ties in southwestern Minnesota in one
Of the strangest dust storms in the
state for many years. The air was
80 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.
MinneapoIis-The steamer General
Allen, sternwheeler, pushing four steel
barges that glided all the way from
st. Louis, arriving at the Washington
avenue terminal. The trip from st.
Louis, covering nine days, was made
to demonstrate the practicability OF
the operation OF steel barges on the
upper river and to afford naval en-
gineers, Inland Waterways corpora
ton officials and pilots and river
operators a chance to study the chan
mel conditions.
st. Paul-The cost of running the
state of Minnesota was $31,500.334
during the fiscal year ending June 80,
1925, according to statistics announc-
ed by the department Of commerce at
Washington. The per capita cost Of
maintaining and operating the general
departments of the state was $12.37. /.
Red Wing-The Red Wing CONNER
cial Club was arranging to lend its
full support to barge line activities on
the upper Mississippi river by sub
scribing $4,000 to the Upper Missis-
sippi River Barge Line Company. as
its allotment of common stock In the
organization.
Mankato-Asa c. Barney, 80 years