Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-10
GOPHER NEWS NOTES
Minnesota Events Of the Week II
3" Condensed Form.
CONDENSED FORM.

Alexandria.-Annet Olson, held for
the murder of George Traar, broth
er-in-law, on Christmas night, hanged
himself using portion of a bed sheet.
Echo.-The death of G. S. Chapman
occurred here. He was one of the
early settlers of Yellow Medicine coun-
ty and has been postmaster here for
the past five years.
Duluth.-After a most picturesque
fight, extending over several years,
the Duluth stockholders in the Zenith
Telephone company have been given
the price they held out for, and have
sold their interest in the company to
the Tri-State Telephone company of
Minneapolis.
st. Paul.-O. H. Olson & Co., of
Saltwater, and the Hanley-Casey Co.,
Of Chicago, have been awarded the
contract for the new state prison
at Saltwater by the state board
of control. o. H. Olson & Co.
received the award for the structural
work, which includes all the buildings,
prison walls and other appurtenances,
for $1,332,947. The Hanley- Casey Co.,
of Chicago, received the award for the
mechanical equipment for $543, 400.
The total of the contracts awarded
amount to $1,876,347.
Faribault. - Randall brothers, who
are SEEMING the coarse fish out of Gen.
eral Shields Lake in the western part
of Rice county, have made some big
hauls within few days. In one haul
over 100000 pounds of buffalo and carp
were brought to shore in their. $500
coot net. About $4,000 pounds of
coarse fish together were taken out
The f: h are put in crates of 200
pounds each and shipped to Chicago
1t u"ihred twenty-one teams to bring
in the last haul. The fish seined out
of this lake will net the fishermen
over $4,000
WASH. ,ton. A. B. Kaercher, of
Ol,onyiiie, and Charles Johnson, Of
st. Peter are here urging the Min
nesota delegation to secure an ap-
preparation for improvements to the
Minnesota river. They want reser-
voirs at Ortonville and at other places
on the head waters of the Minnesota
to control the flow of water and in
sure sufficient depth of water for nav
igation throughout the year. 1t is be-
1ieved, alsO that reservoirs will pre-
vent overflows and lead to the re-
clamation of large areas of rich
swamp lands.
Hinckley. - The Hinckley CONNER
cial Club decided to hold in Hinckley
conference to develop the country
lying between St. Paul and Duluth.
This meeting will be held in the lat
ter part of May. Invitations will be
extended to all the counties lying be-
tween these two cities and to all CON-
mercial clubs and to all villages to
send delegates. 1t is proposed to call
the conference the Glover Belt De-
velopment Conference" It's object
will be not only to develop this Sec
tion but to work with other similar
organizations.
Peoria, ILL.,, March 5.-tThe govern
ment is failure when truth cannot
be told in a, court of JUSTICE" thun-
dered James Manahan, in a speech
before the Farmers and Grain Deal
ers Association, in convention here,
when referring to his prosecution of
the Hill lines before the Minnesota
railroad rate commission last year.
Manahan said that when he had sue
ceeded in getting James ]. Hill on
the stand he was denied the right to
cross-e~amine him because Hill sent
notice to the men higher up that he
would tell the truth.
Albert Lea.-Freeborn county has
the distinction of having one of the
few lepers in the state within it's
borders, and the person of Regnild
Wangen, and the unfortunate man has
been a county charge for several
years. The disease has been making
gradual progress and will soon termi-
nate fatally, it is said. Mr.. Wagon
lives in the town of Moscow in
little house built for him by the coun-
ty and he is cared for by a man who
seems to have no fear of the conta-
gion. The patient is kept isolated all
the time. He is past the prime Of
life and has been afflicted with the
disease for number of years.
Rochester. - The city council Of
Rochester drafted the terms of fran.
chise it proposes to grant the Roches-
ter Telephone company, upon the re.
quest of the telephone company for
an extension Of twenty years to it's
present franchise. The proposed fran
chise has been submitted to the tele-
phone company, but it is not yet
known whether it will be accepted or
not. Among the conditions of the new
franchise are a gross earnings tax
payable to the city of 21a per cent;
the rates shall not be higher than
they are at present during the life of
the franchise, and the council shall
have the power to regulate the rates
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