Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-10
In Il Minnesota. !
Important Happening of the
Week Briefly Told.


play, The Man of the Hour" will be
seen at the Bijou the week of Feb. Is.
Barnesville.-Contrary to reports
that there are now 1900 carloads of
potatoes, or $4,000 bushels, to be ship.
ped out of Clay county this spring,
the majority of last falls crop was
marketed because of frost and lack
OF potato warehouses.
Bralnerd. - Judge McClenahan has
made an order granting a change of
venue from Beltrami county in the
case OF Paul Fourier, charged with
the murder of Aagot Dahl, in April.
1904. The trial will take place in
A1tkin, commencing May II.
Elk River. - The Northern Pacific
will improve its roadbed between here
and st. Cloud. The increasing bust.
ness demands heavier rails, and
work train Is distributing new steel.
The work began about four miles east
OF Elk River and will be carried west
to st. Cloud.
Walker. - Walter Mcdonald shot
Howard saxton, the day clerk at the
Hotel Chase, two bullets going
through the body of his victim. Nc,
Donald has fortified himself in his
home and says he will never surrend,
der. The doctors say Saxton cannot
live. His home is at Duluth.
Fergus Falls. - C. J. Bowler was
fined $22 in justice court in this city
for having had whitefish in his DOS,
session with the intent to sell them,
The complaint was preferred by Dep.
uty Game Warden Jones. who says
many fish are being caught for mar.
ket in the lakes in this locality.
Walker.-The electors of Walker at
q special election voted to make this
separate assessment and election
district. The superintendent of tho
municipal electric light and water.
works system has filed his report for
1909, showing that the plant made
net gain Of $2,160. Extensive improve
ments were also made.
Lyle.-While a city dray team was
moving large load of merchandise
up Main street to the St. Paul depot
they suddenly fell through the pave
ment. The city water supply pipe
had burst and was undermining Main
street. Foundations, sidewalks and
even buildings are damaged After
considerable trouble the whole water
system was shut of.
Bemidji.-People of note from all
over Minnesota are taking cognizance
Of the development and reapportion-
ment convention which will be held in
Bemidji February 1918, and w. R.
Mackenzie, who is is charge of the
convention, is. receiving many letters
from different sections Indicating that
the convention will be most import
ant getting-together meet. So
st. Cloud.-Lawrence Schulz, son Of
prominent resident of Ronneby vii
lage, Is miles east of st. Cloud, acct
dentally shot himself while hunting
Lawrence and his brother went out
i on a hunting trip, Lawrence carrying
the gun He stepped on a stump,
slipped and fell. The gun was dis
charged, the shot entering his stom-
ach. He died after several hours Of
suffering.
! St. Paul-Fire losses in Minnesota
were $22S,000 greater last December
than during the same month one year
! ago, according to a bulletin just is
sued by John A. Hartigan, state in
surance commissioner. During the
last year the actual loss In Minnesota
by. fire was 100000, an average of
over 1888, 900 each month. Last De-
cember the losses were $340,000. In
December, 1908, the losses we're $112,-
900. A number Of lives were also
lost. Mr.. Hartigan declares that a
large part of the loss is due to care.
lessness.
Austin.-The English conference of
the United Lutheran church of Ameri-
ca will meet here Feb. 10 to Is. The
United church is one of the largest of
all the Lutheran bodies in this coun.
try. There are lab congregations
and 525 pastors. It is composed of
all the pastors who are engaged in
English services and who wish to as
sist the work in the transition period
from Scandinavian to English. Rev,
IN G. Peterson, pastor of st. Johns
Lutheran church of Mortified, is pres
ident, and Rev. Jens G. Roseland, OF
Chicago, secretary. ~.~
St.. Paul.-The state Of Minnesota
spends just $3.50 less each minute
than John D. Rockefeller is said to
earn, If comparison is made of State
/ Treasurer Dinehart's estimate with
the reputed income Of the multi-mil
i lionaire. John D. is credited as max
ing $3O25 with the close of each min
ute, and in the same time Minnesots
spends $24.56. At this rate the state
expenditure is $1,462.03 an hour. $35,
/ 08S a day and $1,052,662.66 q month
The problem of what the state ex
penditure amounts to was worked out
yesterday in the Office of Treasurer
! Dinehart when q report was made tina
during the last six months Minnesota
disbursements amounted to $6,315,
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