Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-03-27


There are many places in which
the city can eronOmize, during the
coming year and 1t IL probable that
the mayer and aldermen can work
In harmony in shathirec.ion. There
have been plenty 81 littie quarrels in
city matters that may a. well he
dropped by all parties.
VIM. Blanchard returned Saturday
from q visit Of several months with
his two: brothers at Seattle He
says times are good ON the sound at
present. He met several former resi-
pents of Little calls and he says
they are all doing we'll and are
satisfied with the country,
I. W. p: James, OF ST.. Cloud. was
In the city Saturday. Ar. James is as
slstant superintendent of che
Metropolitan Life Insurance com
pany, and was here for the purpose
Of employing agents and starting
them to work In this city. j. 4.
Morrison is his head agent here.
:, The people living iu the neighbour
hood Of Darling siding, u few miles
northwest Of Little Falls on the
''cut-off," petitioned the Northern
Pacific railroad sometime ago to
establish a. depot at that place. The
company has replied that the busi-
ness there would not warrant the
expense.
j. $. Murphy, who went to Clo-
quet Thursday to take. charge OF the
work Of building some boom pers
In the st. Louis river for the North
west Paper company, returned home
Saturday. His mother, VINO
lives at Perham, is dangerously ILL.,,
and he went to that place today TO
see her.
The Anti-Saloon league of nrainerd
is making a determined effort to en-
force the liquor laws in Brsinerd.
/, 1s GENERALLY supposed that Mayor
kuOp had kept the saloons OF that
city closed Sundays, but members OF
the league claim they saw Alderman
Gardner In his saloon last Sunday
and y warrant Was sworn out for
his arrest
G W. French, of Mortified, Ver-
mont, is i'll the city visiting his son,
Jasper Mr.. French states that
Vermont has had an unusually st.
we're winter and is still covered with
snow and ice. Tie lives seven miles
from the capital ri the state, Mont
pielier, which recently suffered great
damage by u freshet. He will re-
main here several weeks.
Anthony Ray mond, Jr., went to
Wadena Saturday 60 see If he could To-
Gale his chest Of carpenter tools. Mr..
Ray mOnd was at Cass Lake and
cttiMe home several weeks ago, being
summoned az Il juror for the March
term Of the district court. Having
decided not to return to Cass Lake
he sent for his tool chest, which has
in some manner become lost between
Cass Lake aud Wadena.
The mississippi & Rum River
Boom company will again take
charge of the work OF sorting logs
at this place. Prior to last season
tn" Boom company had charge of
that work for several years. Last
s-uson the Pine free Lumber CON-
pany did the work. A few days ago
a .ont1ac WAS entered into between
those companies whereby the Boom
company will have charge of that
work for the neA five years.
There are rumOrs OF efforts being
made by the members of the next
council to agree on appointments.
For tn" position Of city attorney
Judge Shaw and F. A. Lindbergh
both have supporters. 1t is under
stood that Alderman Denis, of the
Third ward, wants Bill O'Shea ap.
pointed street commissioner. Me-
cu~ker. Lane and Moeglein are each
willing to act as president of the
new organization.
w. L. Smith, travelling auditor for
the Monarch Elevator company,
W as in the city Saturday. Mr.. Smith
states that there il but little wheat
b ing marketed at any point in the
n)rthwest alt rough 1T is estimated
that fully one-quarter Of last sea-
so,'s crop is in still in the hands OF
the farmers. He thinks the prospect