Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-05-14
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WHEAT QUOTATIONS..
Whitney leads in low prices.


j. T. Watts, of Crookston, was
in the city Monday.
- A. Garborg made a trip to
Crookston Tuesday.
- Alvin Robertson, Of Grafton, n.
D. was in town Tuesday.
Miss Sophia Lindberg, of Carver.
Mimi. is visiting her brother, John
Lindberg
Anna Anderson has bought the
corner lot next to miller johnson for
$50 dollars.
p. B. Malberg has begun the
erection OF a new residence on Cen
trail Park ave-
-,Erick Fransson is making i'm
provpments on his residence on Cen
trail Park ave.
- Service in the Norwegian L,lth-
eran church next Sunday morning,
May II, at 10 80.
Only fifty cents in advance for
the SHEAF from now until Jan. 1st,
1896. Send in your subscriptions.
Aug. Lundgren has large force
of men employed in the brick yard.
and expects to be able before long to
supply all demands for brick.
- The business Of the Warren mill
is booming. On Tuesday eight car
loads Of flour were ordered out, and
the mill has been running night and
day to FL orders.
Edward Smith, Of minneapolis,
has been in the city this week deiv-
ering and taking orders for cravon.
pastel and porcelain paintings. Rev
Darling speaks very highly OF work
done for him.
Judge Ives will be here next
Monday, May IS, for the purpose OF
issuing citizizen's papers and trans
acting other business that may be
brought before him. The regular
term has been adjourned to July Is.
- Edward Dahlquist returned on
Tuesday morning from Grand Forks,
where he has taken orders for portraits
Of prominent citizens to be painted
by him during the summer. He will
also give lessons in drawing.
oh. Hoffman, of Minneapolis,
the engineer in charge of the state
drainage work in the Red River val
ley, arrived last Friday to investigate
the feasibility of constructing the
ditch it town of Vega. After examin-
ing the ground, he concluded that the
ditch was necessary and practical and
that the state would undertake the
work, provided iCO-f foot right-of-way
can be secured free along the road On
section line, direct west from Hick-
mans corner to the Snake river At
meeting held in Vega On Tuesday,
the right-of-way, after some effort,
was obtained. The work will conse-
Quently lie undertaken, and the water
from the big coulee, which has been a
drawback to the prosperity Of Vega
since it was first settled, will cause
t,N1j 1,ia no moro
- Mr.. C. W. Brown received last
week from the Worlds Columbian
Exposition management at Chicago,
a beautiful bronze medal, in hand
some aluminium case, and an artistic
diploma, for having had the best ex
hibit Of No. 2 White Oats at the
great Fair. The oats were sown
broadcast May 20, on black loan
soil and harvested Aug. 1S. Report
ed yield, 70 bush. per acre; weight,
50 lbs per bush. Award is given for
extra color and plnmpness. Mr..
Brown says the oats were first
brought from the Leonard johnson
farm, Mortified, Mimi, and that
they improved and thrived most
wonderfully in Red River valley Soil
The fact that the Red River valley
carried of most of the prizes award
ed for small grain at the World
Fair, is the best kind OF evidence of
the unsurpassed fertility OF our soil,