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

St. Paul.-The annual convention
OF the Minnesota Bankers association
will be held in st. Paul, June % and
20. The date was fixed by the execu-
tive committee.
BarnesVllle. - 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 is impossible to haul any kind
of load over them.
GAINESVILLE. - The Great Northern
water tank and shed at FELTON,, thirty
hve 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 flames, which threatened the town.
Duluth. The common council of
Duluth is think seriously of adopting
the commission form of municipal
government, better known as the Des
MONIES system, and President Jordan
appointed committee of three-Ald~
ermen Shartel, Hoar and Moore-to
Investigate it thoroughly and report.
polis-There are few larger
or bette 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 a crew of surveyors at
work on Lake Traverse making a COM
plete survey of the whole lake and
the south end of the Red River Of
the North. 1t 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, N. J-At the annual
meeting of the Twin City Rapid Tran
sit company 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 NJ. Bellatt, both
bankers of Toronto, we're added to
the board. Horace Lowry and M. B.
Koon of Minneapolis, and Frank Ber-
gen of Elizabeth, N. j., were also
elected directors.
Winona.-Elisha Hogel, eighty-two
years old, one Of the states oldest
Masons, first superintendent of schools
In Wabasha county, teacher for many
years in the pioneer days, principal
Of the Wabasha high school I'M 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 Plainview
and Staples, Minn., and for many
years was prominent in educational
circles of Minnesota.
!, Mankato.-Mrs. Agnes Whitney Saw:
age, of Minneapolis, who represented
the State Woman's Suffrage associa-
ton at the meeting of the Minnesota
state conference of Charities and Cor
rection, in this city, met members of
the normal faculty and some of the
students and organized club to be
known as the Mankato Normal Polit-
ical Equality club. The following Of
f1cers were elected: President, Miss
Mary Grippe; vice president, Mrs. Belle
Darlington; secretary, Miss Alberta
Noe; treasurer, Miss Anna Parker.
( Minneapolis. Declaring that the
express rates charged in Minnesota
are unreasonable, discriminatory and
extortionate by Is per cent, Attorney
L General, Simpson has filed complaints
against the express companies, with
the State Railroad and Warehouse
commission. Complaints are directed
: against the Wells-Fargo company,
Adams Express company, American
Express company, Great Northern Elk
press company, Northern Express
company. United States EXPRESS com.