Warren sheaf., 1905-08-31
GOPHER GOSSIP.

pects to issue 10000 licenses to hunt
birds. .ssss 4.
Ft. snelling.-August threatens to
be record month in desertions at the
fort.
MinneapoHs.-Mi -Minnesota's popular
tion is 1879, ,s04s a gain Of 22s,4l0
since 1890. .
Hastings The steamer Quincy ar
rived from Dubuque, her first trip
up river this season.
St. Paul.-The Minnesota delega-
ton protest against the advertised
sale of White Earth timber.
Westbrook. John Grosser gets the
highest score ever made in a. Mime
sofa butter contest.
Hutchinson.-The southern part of
Mcleod county was visited by the
most destructive storm in its history.
South st. Paul. South St. Paul po-.
IcSmen must not enter saloons un-
les called there to perform their
duty.
Hamline Experiments to breed
animals to resist tuberculosis and
other diseases will be made at state
farm.
st. Paul.--Little Marie Augustine,
painfully scalded by bowl of soup
at her parents home, SOC Partridge
street. sls5
St. Cloud There. are twenty cases
of typhoid fever in st. Cloud, but no
deaths from the disease. have oc-
Cured.
Washington-H Horace s. Conger was
or to1 Se,%N OF 1xy;o
Kanabec county, vice John W.. Bragg,
resigned.
Crookston.-T The Times wants a
park commission to take charge of
the city parks already set apart, and
to provide for more 3. 81 v !.
r Zumbrota.-Zu will have
street fair on Sept 20, 21 and %, at
which time the regular agricultural
show will also be held.
St. Peter.-Seyeral new instructors
for the conservatory of music at Gus
tavus Adolphus college have been en-
gagged by the college board.
Northome.- There are more school
teachers ct the age of short dresses
in Northern Minnesota than in any
other section of the state.
WilderssrFire in the general store
of William Carlstrom burned the
building and it's contents and also
destroyed a residence adjoining.
Hastings. s.-George Barbaras, for
mer president of the German Ameri-
can bank, and one of Hastings old
and prominent citizens, died sud
degly.
ST. Paul-It is now feared that
Mrs. Joseph Pugleasa, who received
will be permanently deprived of her
hearing.
breckenridge G. Valentine,
attorney and capitalist of this city,
died suddenly at his summer, home
at Battle Lake, a short distance from
Breckenridge.
ST. Paul-It is estimated that the
personal property returns this year
will be about .$14,OOOO0O less than the
a18ount fixed by state board of
equalization last year.
Observation-Disclosures Elevator com
pany is organized; capital $4,000;
president, Herman Zimmerman; vice
president, w. w. Flowers; secretary,
Harry F. Davis; treasurer, w. C.
Davis.
Ada:-The Norman County Tele-
phone company has completed deal
whereby it becomes the owner of
the entire system of telephones in
Norman county belonging to the Iron
Range company.
Oslo.--The Citizens State bank,
having capital of $4,000, was au-
thorized to begin business yesterday
by Public Examiner P. NJ. Kerst. H.
L. Melgaard is president and J. C.
cashier.
Moorhead.-Yhe annual pastoral
conference of the Grand Forks dis
trict of the United Norwegian Luth-
eran church convened at Concordia
college, with a large number of pas
tors and laymen present.
st. Peter.-F'red Gilbertson, farm
hand employed by John Annexstad,
was struck by lightning while ad-
justing windmill. The clothing was
ripped off one side of his body and
he was badly burned, but will re
cover.
New Germany.-The State Bank Of
New Germany, having a capital of
$4,000, was authorized to begin busi-
ness yesterday by Public Examiner
P. NJ. Kerst. Theodore Streissguth
is president and Alfred j. Schrno-
brich cashier.
Sabin.- Henry Laurenson was in
jured while running binder on his
fathers farm. He stepped off on the
sicklebar side to adjust something,
when the horses took fright and ran
away, cutting and lacerating his
right leg and arm. His injuries are
serious.
Hastings-Lightning struck the
residence of Mayor Charles Gall, tear
ing up the shingles and passing down
the chimney. The stock barn of
Frank Karnick of Denmark was
burned by lightning. with twenty
tons of timothy hay. The building
belonged to Mrs. Belle O'Brien Of
this city. F.zE. Woodward of Lang
don had q team of horses killed by
The driver was stunned.
St. Paul, August % was one Of
the record breaking days for home
seekers who passed through st. Paul,
according to the officials Of the Great