The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1926-03-18
MINNESOTA NEWS

~HeSs "A 49, ySoA OAo gill VIM
burned the East Gull Lake school
house near here because lie did not
like the teacher, is to be tried at the
June term of District Court.
Sleepy Eye-The. Izaak Walton
League will buy plot of ground near
the Cottonwood river for picnic and
camping grounds. Other outdoor i'm
provements are planned.
Waseea - Squads of Minnesota
rangers win be organized at once and
equipped in Waseca, GAINESVILLE, New
Richland, Waldorf, Otisco and Mata-
wan as the result of a decision OF the
Waseca County Bankers Association.
Dodge center-Nearly 800 Dodge
county village and farm women began
work in poultry production project
which promises to increase the value
of the county's poultry and egg output
considerably.
MlnneapoIis-This city's annual loss
from the smoke nuisance is set at be-
tween 100000 and $4,000, 900 by the
smoke abatement committee of the
Civic & Commerce association.
Observation-Disclosures the heaviest
snowfall Of the year ceremonies of
laying the cornerstone of the new
100000 municipal auditorium, char.
acterized by officials as zone of the
most significant steps In the history
Of Minneapolis" were conducted Sat-
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Duluth-George w. Lorenzo, form.
er cashier of the Peoples State bank
Of Duluth, who confessed to embezz.
ling $83,500 of the banks funds,
pleaded guilty in district court, and
was sentenced to serve not more
than 10 years on two counts.
st. Paul-otis e. Clymer, former
major league baseball player and star
outfielder for the Minneapolis base,
ball team from 1910 to 1912, was IA
tally injured In an automobile accident
at st. Paul. -
Winona-A further step to make
this section of the st&te a sports
mans paradise" has been taken with
completion of arrangements for the
reception of $50 pairs Of Hungarian
partridge to be liberated in Winona
county about March 20.
MinneapoIis-Three thousand farm
ers and dairymen of Minnesota came
to Minneapolis and joined with state
and city officials and business men in
celebrating the formal opening of the
new s350,000 plant of the Minnesota
Cooperative Creameries association.
st. PauI-Profits from the II state
institution farms in 1926 totaled 1884,
900 as result of products raised on
$500 acres Of land as compared to
profits made in 1924 of $156,173, John
Coleman, member of the state board
of control and in supervision of this
activity, announced.
ST. Paula complaint charging
grand larceny in the first degree was
issued against Walter C. Martin, dep,
uty state treasurer. The complaint
was signed by e. w. Stark, vice treas.
urer, and charged specifically the
theft of $1,4S3.34 of state funds on
June 80, 1926.
st. Paula tabulation completed by
the state tax commission shows that
railroads operating in Minnesota in.
creased their gross earnings in 1926
more than 100000 as compared to
the previous year The gross earn.
ings of all roads in the state for the
year totaled $16O,561,S07 as compared
with $153,551,349 in 1924.
ct. Paui--With $50 dangerous grade
intersections in Minnesota already de-
signated as stop crossings" and stop
signals" installed by the railways at
about 600 Of them, the Minnesota rail-
road and warehouse commission will
begin an inspection of crossings on
the last major line to be surveyed-the
Minneapolis & st. Louis.
st. PauI-Declaring that II Mime
sofa is to reap the benefits of the
present tide of Industrial decentral-
ization, it must act at once. Colonel
L. H. Brittin, author Of the proposal
for state industrial promotion bu-
reau, announced that he will offer his
services to Governor Christianson to
organize volunteer bureau for the
work. r.
DuIuth-The supply Of anthracite
coal at the head of the lakes is entire
ly exhausted, but Duluth has little
need to worry over the fuel situation
for there is plenty of soft coal in stor.
age, coal company officials said. Al
the end of the 1925 lakes shipping sea
SON only 100000 tons of hard coal
were in storage at the docks, the sup
ply being much lower than in former
years.
Mlnneapolis-The board OF public
welfare refused to reaffirm its deci
sion to move the Minneapolis General
hospital to site on or adjacent to the
University Of Minnesota campus, tc
be purchased with funds from the gen
eral education board OF the Rookie
| Teller foundation. The university
nevertheless, intends to 60 ahead Will
it's part of the medical development
program projected under the Rookie
| Teller foundations offer.
Shakopee--To insure uniform
high grade of seed corn in Eagle Creel
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