Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-02-24
GOPHER NEWS NOTES.
Minnesota Events Of the Week II
Condensed Form.
Condensed Form.

ES01' Aoul.-4 ne annual convention
OF the Minnesota Bankers association
will be held in St. Paul, June % and
%. The, date was fixed by the execu-
tive committee. *s.el ,g
Barnesville. Poor roads are the
cause for the slow movement of grain
from this locality. The farmers say
the roads are the worst in years, and
that it's Impossible to haul any kind
of q load over them. +
GAINESVILLE. The Great Northern
water tank and shed at FELTON,, thirty
five miles north of here, was des-
troyed by fire, considerable alarm was
felt for the business district owing
to the high wind, and an engine crew
with hose went from here and checked
the hames which threatened the town.
Duluth. = The common council of
DulutnEls think seriously of adopting
the commission form sof municipal
government, better known as the Des
Moines system, and President Jordan
appointed a committee of three-Ald-
ermen Shartel, Hoar and Moore-to
Investigate it thoroughly and report.
MinneYpolis.-There are few larger
or betteM known musical organiza-
tons or tour than "The Time, The
Place aid the Girl" Mort H. Singers
La Sale Theatre, Chicago, success,
which will be seen at the Bijou, Min
neapolls, the week of February 9th.
The cast this season musters ten we'll
known artists, headed by Fred Mace
and Elizabeth Goodall.
Pine City. - Cambridge and Pine
City high schools settled the debating
championship of the Eighth congress
sional district at Pine City. Pine City
was unanimously declared the winner.
The winning school was represented
by Philip Hamlin, George Wandel and
Noble Clark. The Cambridge team
was made up of three young ladies.
Wheaton.-The United State gov
eminent has crew of surveyors at
work on Lake Traverse making com.
plete survey Of the whole lake and
the south end of the Red River Of
the North. It is thought some plan for
deepening the outlet on Lake Traverse
Is the object. Traffic on the lake since
the organization of the city of Dia-
mond on the Dakota side has been
very heavy and application has been
made for relief in the way of deepen
ing the channel.
Elizabeth, NJ J.-At the annaul
meeting of the Twin City Rapid Tran
sit1lcompany held in this city, stock
holders authorized an increase in the
number of directors. The retiring
board was reelected, and at subse.
quent meeting of the directors a. E.
Ames and Sir Henry M. Bellatt, both
Bankers Of Toronto, were added to
the board. Horace Lowry and M. B.
Koon of Minneapolis, and Frank Ber-
gen of Elizabeth, N ~, were also
elected directors. ~ 49, 1T
Winona.-Elisha Hogel, eighty-two
years DID, one of the states Oldest
Masons. 'irst superintendent of schools
in Wabasha county, teacher for many
years in athe pioneer days, principal
Of the Wabasha high school inI 1877
and later head Of the Wabasha acad.
envy, IS dead. He came to Minnesota
from New York in 1865, landing at
Minnesota. He has lived in PlaihYiew
and Staples, Mimi, and for many
years was prominent in educational
circles OF. Minnesota. s,,..,..,...a....,
Mankato.-Mrs. Agnes Whitney Say;
age, Of Minneapolis, who represented
the State Woman's Suffrage associa-
'tfon at the meeting Of the Minnesota
state conference of Charities and Cor
Feqtion, / I'm this, CITY,, met, members OF
the. normal faculty and some, of the
students and :, organized a club to be
known as the Mankato Normal, Polit.
teal Equality club. The following Of
sncers were elected: :" President, Miss
Mary Grippe; vice president, Mrs. Belle
IS secretary, Miss Alberta
Noe;s treasurer, Miss, Anna: Parker. !
doMinneapolis. Declaring = that nthe
expresss1fates charged lin 9 Minnesota
are unreasonable, discriminatory and
sby 25a per, cent, Attorney
General Simpson has fled complaints
against the express companies with
the State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission. Complaints are directed
against the ;.sIW ellssF Fargo company,
Adams express econ1pany,as American
Express company, Great Northern E1-
pressst company, 4iNortherng Express
company, United States Express com
panyr and Western Express company.
5 Washington, D. Il C.-The president
has 3 settled a tWo-years' fight over
the postmastership, at Brainerd by
nominating Newton s.. ingersol1 Tor
another term. Ingersoll received his
'hrst appointment, on the recommends
Ttionoof G.BbBuckman; when thasiat
ter Mas1int congress- ! When Ingersou's
termsexpiredy twosyears ago, Represen.
tative abergh recommended ple g. A M
Qpslathsl fqr; 4 the place, The tpostodlcs
department refused to make the
sshahhge, hoawnevsr, Is ifngeeiras0till rad
made 3 good 1ret0rd!o lid aAHAlly II fwias
decided Is submit the Mttersi namerto
thst senate atsis lprobablea that sthdri
will sbo ND objection to- MgersoNsN con,