Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-04-08
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WHEAT QUOTATIONS..

Middle river is reported to be
rising at Argyle to-day. The Tama-
rae is said to have quieted down.
BY a fortunate combination of
circumstances the premises of J. P.
Madison have thus far escaped being
flooded.
M. r. Brown, the Republican
candidate, was elected mayor of
Crookston at the election held
Tuesday.
1T is reported from Grand Forks
to-day that the water is higher than
IN 1882, and at st. Vincent it is ris.
ing rapidly.
- Ira C. Richardson, formerly
county attorney Of Marshall county,
has been appointed postmaster at
Thief River Falls.
- A few farmers in Comstock
started blowing on Monday. The
water has already run off much of the
eastern country and some seeding
will be done on the ridges this week.
"A few warm days now will dry
the fields and enable farmers to COM
mence seeding. The water has dis
appeared without hardly being no.
ticed. Never were the prospects bet
ter at this time OF the year.
Tile settlers along Red river
were warned OF the approaching flood
and it is to be hoped that all were
able to take themselves and their
stock to places Of safety. That much
damage will be done is almost
certain.
Our school vaca ton was extend
ed for few days ON account OF the
high water. This morning the school
bell rang, and the children scamper-
ed of to school to begin the work Of
the spring term.
- The Great Northern ran train
from Crookston north last Saturday,
but it got only as far as Stephen,
where it's further advance was STOP
ped by wash-outs, and it Immediate
~ returned to Crookstor.
Postmaster Gordon, O. G. VAL
tinson, Harald Royem, A. e. Ostrom,
A. G. Wickman and Louis Olson went
to Crookston on hand car on Tues
day evening to get the mail which
had been accommodating there for four
or five days. When nearing Crooks
ton they met another crew on hand
car, and collision that might have
been fatal was barely avoided by the
Warren boys jumping from their car.
Returning the following day they
brought the long looked for mail land
also. the ready prints for the SHEAF,
for which It's reader will be truly
grateful.
e. T. Frank arrived home last
Saturday. He has just graduated
with high honors from the Chicago
Veterinary College, one of the very
best veterinary schools in the coun-
try, and he will now locate in Warren
to practice his profession. DR.. Frank
is the son of Mr.. A. 2. Frank, of
Brislet, Polk county. but he has at
tended our school and spent 80 much
of his time here from his boyhood up,
that he rightly may be considered a
Warren boy. His many friends here
congratulate him on his success, and
wish him in his chosen profession
that prosperity which his ability and
attachments well deserve.
Reports from Comstock, Viking,
and other towns in the eastern part
of the county say that the water has
subsidized and that spring work will
commence in a few days. In the
country west of us it will take few
days longer for the water to run off.
1t is feared that Red river may go on
a rampage and inundate all the
land between Red river and Snake
river, and should that happen seed