Warren sheaf., 1909-11-25
GOPHER NEWS NOTES
Minnesota Events Of the Week II
Condensed Form.

SON will be the carriers. Two deliv
cries will be made each day.
BemidH-At the special meeting ot
the board of county commissioners OF
Beltrami county, R. G. Hayner, OF
Tenstrike, was chosen auditor to sue
ceed John Wilmann, removed.
Pipestone - John Schiefelbein, OF
Illinois. who is working on the farm
Of J. H. Manion here, claims to be
! the champion cornhusker of this sec.
ton of the state. Schiefelbein in one
| day shucked III bushels and twenty
pounds of corn, and his record for six
days was 844 bushels and forty
| pounds.
| Fairmont.-The funeral Of Mrs. F.
A. Day was held in the Methodist Epis.
copal church, Rev. H. X. Painter, Of
Merriam Park, officiating. The large
church was crowded. An business
houses were closed from II q. m. to
1880 p. m. Mrs. Day was for many
years a member Of tho Congregational
church here, and was . leader In al
charitable work.
Shakopee. = Wilfrsd Stevens, Of
Shakopse, translator In the service Of
the United States government, has .
working knowledge Of itwenty-odd Ian
Euages and can converse in ~ many
dialects of various other tongues 40
may be demanded Of him. He knows
more diplomatic secrets than any OH.
cial Of the government, with the pos.
sible exception Of the president and
secretary Of state.
4Pipestone;- Colonel r. M. ,Pringle,
superintendent Of engineering of the
indian service, is in Ptpsstone on
business connected with the low.
sring of the creek which runs
across the Indian reservation here
feeding the Falls of Winnewissa. The
government has made an appropria.
ton for the digging and cleaning OF
this creek, and q large tract of land
lying several miles northeast of the
reservation will be drained by the
creek when the government has com.
pleted its work.
Cass Lake,. w. Gregg, eighty.
three years old, forty-five years ago
IN partnership with James ]. Hill,
chairman of the Great Northern board
Of directors, in the wood and coal
business, and once prosperous con.
tractor in st. Paul and Minneapolis,
N both of which cities buildings yet
are monuments to his activity, lies
penniless, without relatives and
wounded near to death in the Cass
Lake hospital, following an accident
n which he was run over by boy
driving heavy sled.
Washington, D.. c. = 1t is under
stood semi-officially that the president
s seriously considering naming Laur.
tz Swenson, now of Minneapolis, to
diplomatic post, either in Europe or
South America, and he has had con-
terence with Secretary Knox. It is
sven said that Mr.. Swenson's name
mas been sent to the state depart
nent by the president for appoint
nent. Mr.. Swenson was for several
years minister to Denmark, and his
:ecord at that station is the thing that
IS attracting the attention of Taft
Duluth. - Frank Sadler, of Ely,
Mimi, miner, was found guilty of
murder in the first degree in the dis
:rict court of Virginia, MINI. 1t took
he jury twenty-five hours to agree.
5adler killed Lawrence Kopre, at Ely,
Aug. last. He had Quarreled with
Tony Jenko, a companion. He saw
Jenko enter Kopre's house and
knocked at the door, thinking Jenko
would appear. Kopre responded in
stead, and Sadler felled him with an
ax. Kopre died a few days later
This is the second conviction for mur-
Ter in the first degree in the county
within week. g,
Grand Rapids.-The reports that the
aunters Of deer and other big game
in the north woods are unsuccessful
are seemingly without foundation, as
there have been several big killings
in this vicinity. On yesterdays east
bound passenger train there were over
a dozen deer which had been killed
since the season opened week ago.
Most of them belonged to hunters
from Sioux City, Iowa, who came up
here and started to hunt on the first
day of the season. Several arrests
are being made by the authorities for
hunting in an illegal manner, such as
using lights, etc.
Thief River Falls Engineer Rob.
ert Follansbee of the United States
geological survey is cooperating with
the state and county engineers in the
drainage plans projected for the re-
clamation of the low and overflowed
lands lying In eastern Marshall and
westerly Beltrami counties and north.
eastern Red Lake county. He will
make this point his Headquarters
One Of the projects is in northwestern
Marshall county and comprises some
l5O square miles Of rich prairie land,
lnterspersed with small highlands
and marks. All this land IL very rich