Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-07-19


Home Journal, Outing, Puck, Judge
and Truth ut the Book Store.
- l.. Lanberson aud J. p. Matt
son attended the Republican state
convention at St Paul. us Delegates.
= Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Hilleboe are
happy over the birth of a bonny
daughter, the great event occurring
on Tuesday last week.
Gov. Knute Nelson will address
the people OF Marshall county upon
the political questions OF the day, at
Argyle, July 2Sth, at 1:3OP. NJ.
1t tried hnrd to rain yesterday,
but it couldn't. LATER: 1t could
Fine rain yesterday afternoon. STILL
LATER: Stopped after settling the
dust.
- There will be an interesting EN-
tertainme"t given by the Young Peo-
PIES Society at the Presby yterian
church. Sunday evening, at 7:3O
O'Clock. All are cordially invited.
Il build guaranteed water tight
cisterns and sootless fire proof
chimneys, not leaking water, causing
black streaks. All kinds of masonry
work performed John Peterson,
Warren, Minn.
The Thief River Falls Dramatic
Club played "The Turn OF the Tide
to large sized audience at the Op-
era House last Saturday evening.
Those present speak very highly OF
the entertainment
- A. B. Nelson tells us that he
drove over to Red river few days
ago and found the crops between
the rivers looking fine. X. O. Knut-
son has some corn growing taller
than he is himself and that is saying
great deal.
- Mr.. and Mrs. G. c.. Winchester
are in River Falls, Wis, attending
the funeral Of Mr.. Winchester $ father,
whose death occurred last week. Mr..
Winchester telegraphed to close the
store Oh Saturday afternoon as a
mark OF respect to his fathers mem
ory.
. We are having extremely dry
and warm weather. The thermome-
ter has been sky-larking up among
the nineties for more than a week
Monday it showed 1OS in the shade,
and some say even higher. Th,,
crops seem to stand the hot weather
much better than might be expected.
The Thief River Falls base bah
team came over last Saturday to
play n game OF ball with the Warren,
nine. The visitors tried hard tO win
but failed for the reason that they
did not get scores enough. Evident
ly our boys have learned to play
ball, the score being 33 to 8 in their
fly0r.
- Coy. knnte Nelson is spending
a few days in the Red River Valley
this week looking up drainage mat.
ters. He arrived Monday, accompn-
MED by Mr.. Valentine. OF Breckin.
ridge, chairman OF the Drainage
Com mission, and, stopping off ut
Warren, the two drove to the Snake
river swamp to inspect the location
Of ditch through the swamp, con,
Meeting the Upper and Lower Snake
Returning in the afternoon they pro.
ceeded to Argyle and from there they
went out to look over the Middle
river swamp. On Tuesday morning
lit was the Governors intention tC
drive out and inspect the ditch or
Tnmarac river, west Of Stephen, now
nearly completed, aud then take the
tGain for Hallock to look up the
needs OF Kittson county in regard tc
drainage. The Governor intended
TO raturn on the afternoon train or
Tuesday, but we learn that lie was
overcome by heat on his long drives
to the extent that he was compelled
to lay off at Stephen until the next
day. A SHEAF reporter interviewed
Gov. Nelson on the train coming up
and found him to be very much in
terested in the Red River Valley, anl
quite enthusiastic OH the question o
drainage. He expressed himself III
being in favor Of expentling u quar
ter OF a million dollars for drainage
in the valley, that is, OF increasing
the present appropriation by $50,
900, and believes thnt it would he +
good investment for the state
Many localities have petitioned ths
commission for bitches to be bnilt
this year and it will be impossible t1
accommodate all. After looking
over the field carefully, work will bs
first ordered where it is considered
to be most needed In all probabili
ty a ditch Will be put through til.
mako swamp this year.