Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1910-10-07
In. Minnesota
Important happenings Of the
Week Briefly Told.


Winona-BurglaYs forced entrance
into the secretary's ONCE at the tri
county fair grounds here and mad
away with several v0uable articles.
Worthington.-In a thunderstorm 9
barn on the w. M. Evans farm neal
Round lake was struck by lightning
and burned. A horse. forty head OF
sheep and several hogs persisted
Thief River Falls.-Judse Page Nor
ris OF Duluth has returned to this city
from . hunting trip east of this city
The chicken crop II pretty we'll thinned
out In this section. The ducks and
geese are beginning to appear.
Duluth. A Tuomi, OF Ely, was
mistaken by his boarding house
keepers SOL, Arthur Lindgren, for a
chicken thief and was shot in the head
while returning to the house. The
bullet merely cut q furrow in his
scalp.
Litchfield.-The second annual con-
vention Of the Meeker county Sunday
School Association held a two-days'
session in this city. Mr.. Locker Of
the state association and Rev. J. O.
Buswell of Minneapolis delivered ad-
dresses. rsss4
Wyom1ng.-Fire which broke out in
the Wyoming hotel burned it to the
ground. The Hamm Brewing com
pany's saloon, occupied by Fred Jes-
mer, was also burned with a total
loss Of $4,000. partly covered by in.
uranc .-- --.-.
Pipestone.-The highest price ever
paid in Pipestone county for a single
load of seed was when J.. s. P. Mi
chaeL . farmer, marketed. a load Of tim
othy at a local elevator and received
q check for t26O.56. The former rec
ord was 32ls.50. also paid for a load Of
timothy.
st. Cloud-The counties of Stearns,
Benton and Sherburne will hold a tri-l
county agricultural fair in the Com
mercial clubrooms in this city October
II and Is. A large list Of prizes is
offered through the merchants of his
city for the best agricultural exhibits
and poultry.
Duluth. = The Duluth city direc-
tory company, which will put out the
twenty-ninth annual edition Of the city
directory mex week. estimates the
population Of Duluth at $4,000. In the
1900 directory there are SO, 163 names.
When the federal census was taken in
1900. Duluth had = population Of ST.
oe0.
Pipestone.-The annual fair Of the
Pipestone County Agricultural society
Vas largely attended and proved to
be a Of the most successful ever
held in the county. Over $500 per.
sons were On the grounds the closing
afternoon. Superintendent A. d. Will
son and Professor Hacker addressed
the farmers.
st. Cloud. ~ BY jumping through
the . window while the train was
running at . high speed. an inmate
Of the state reformatory escaped from
the odlcsr who was bringing him back
from North Dakota for having broken
his parole and at present is in hiding
in the thick woods between AMMAN
dale and Buffalo with several feet of
chain attached to q handcuf1 on his
wrist. The Escape occurred near
Maple Lake, 20 miles south of this
city.
Stillwater.-The German Catholic
Benevolent society convention Of the
district composed Of Minnesota and
parts Of the two Dakotas met here.
Five thousand strangers we're in the
city. coming in by special and regular
railway trains and trolley cars. The
downtown streets were packed during
the day with homo people and visit.
ors. There were over 400 delegates in
at~tendance. There were ten societies
from st.. Paul, three from Minneapolis,
and others from Hastings, RichlandI
White Bear, Red Wing, st. Peter and
Wayzata.
st. Paul.-C. W. Ames, secretary of
the commission for the erection of a
monument to former Governor John
son, who has recently returned from
. European trip, where he saw An
drew O'Connor, the sculptor, received
4 letter from the artist recently, stat
ing that plaster models and paintings
Of the proposed statue had been
shipped. Immediately after their re,
Sopl W MI. AMS0 - me0lnR OF me
will be held TO study the
sketches and sSccept, or reject Mr..
o'Connor a. the artist to execute the
statue.
Duluth. - A clever bold theft was
perpetrated whom q tray holding 20
diamonds. valued ut $4,000, was stol-
On from the window II the Keystone
Loan company. J. d. Segal. the pro-
pristor. did not discover his loss for
several days. He is unable to give
any adequate description Of the thief.
It 10 believed two men worked the
game. One engaged Mr.. Segal in the
rear OF the store bargaining for an
o%vercoat. In the meantime his con-
federate walked behind the counter
and up to the window in which the
diamonds wer exhibited.
Pipestone.-Actual work Of rebuild
Ing the telephone exchange has been
commenced and a crew of men is at
work. Several carloads OF poles, ca.
bles and = new switch board have been
received. The company will expend
owe $25 900 In the Improvement OF
ito exchange here.
Pipestone.-The state will establish
IN experimental station on the coun-
~ poor farm near Pipestone. Profess.
>-t III