Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-06-29
GOPHER NEWS NOTES.
Minnesota Events Of the Week In
Condensed Form.

In the state land sale here. Only CSC
acres were sold at an average price OF
1918 an acre. The highest price waa
b8 an acre.
II st. Paul.-Donald Dunn, seventeen
years old, was drowned in Olson'a
lake, two miles from North st. Paul.
In the sight Of two friends, powerless
to help him.
Washington, D. =. - Representa-.
tive Halver Stevenson Of Minnesota
has subscribed for $4,000 worth of
the Panama canal bonds about to be
Issued by the treasury department.
Mr.. Steenerson's bid ranged from
e102.25 to $1O2.75.
Thief River Falls.-This city has en-.
tertained hundreds of visitors from
Northern Minnesota and North Dakota
points, the occasion being the annual
Northwestern saengerfest. The sing
ers are all men. during the three day
musical program but two women hav-
ing been heard. The big event was a
parade, nearly mile long.
Lake City.-Mr. and Mrs. John Wise
Of this city celebrated the fiftieth an
niversary Of their wedding, which oc-
Cured in the town of West Albany,
June 20, 1861. They are. pioneer resi-.
dents Of the country, having come here
with their parents in the early ffties.
Mr.. Wise is 70 years old and his wife
SO. Both are active and in good
health
Faribault.-Th Consumers Power
company will place the new transmits
sion between here and Cannon Falls,
together with all substations, under
one management. The manager will
be B. w. Cowperthwait, who has had
charge of the local office for some
time. Most of the books and records
from the Mortified office have already
been transferred here.
Mankato. - The labor insurgents
made a cleanup at the election
and George Hall defeated George B.
Howley for the presidency after one
Of the most strenuous campaigns ever
held at a State Federation of Labor
convention. The Labor Review of
Minneapolis was elected the official
paper, defeating the st. Paul Union
Advocate. G. G. Jameson, of Winona,
was elected vice-president for the first
district, and b. 3. Hildebrand, of Man.
kato, will represent the second dis
trict on the federation executive
board
st. Paul.-Speakers who consume
valuable time in voluminous speeches
will have to do considerable boiling
down. to get hearing at future con-
ventions of the United Norwegian
Lutheran church of America. Before
the annual meeting, which was held
in the Central Presbyterian church, st.
Paul, came to to close, a, rule was
made that at future conventions no
speaker shall be given the floor longer
than seven minutes. One of the last
official acts Of the assembled church.
men was to accept the offer of James
]. Hill to give $60,0O6 toward an en-.
dowment fund for st. Olaf's college,
Mortified, provided the church sub.
scFibes 100000 within two years. Ap.
preparations for the coming year
amount to $4,000, and of this amount
st. Olaf's college will get $21,OO0
Taylors Falls The twin towns Of
ST. Croix Falls, Wis, and Taylor's
Falls, Mimi, entertained two govern
0rs-McGovern of Wisconsin and Eber-
hart of Minnesota-when the formal
opening of the new bridge over the st.
Crotx will take place. The governors
were greeted by hosts of st. Croix val.
ley people. Senator Victor L. johnson
of Center City was chairman of the
committee and was assisted by Judge
Phil H. Perkins Of Superior, chairman
of the Wisconsin park committees, and
many others, George H. Hazard, ia
Their of the interstate park at the dalles
Of st. Croix, was master of ceremonies.
G. M. Loring, father of the Mime
apolis park system and twice presi-
dent of the American Park and Out.
dor Art association, and many others
from the Twin Cities attended.
Rochester. The forty-sixth annual
convention of the Universalist Church.
es Of Minnesota was held here. The
state officers for the church organize
ton were elected as follows: Presi.
dent w. P. Roberts, Minneapolis; vice
president, T. H. Bliss, Rochester; soc.
rotary, Rev. H. H. Gibbs, st. Paul;
treasurer, e. c. Willis, st. Paul; dele
gates to the National convention at
Springfield, Mass, Rev. Marry G.. An.
drews, Minneapolis: Rev. and Mrs. r.
D. Van Tassel, Rochester; Rev. Al.
drich. Minneapolis. The Women's Uni.
versalist Missionary association elect
ed Mrs. E. ]. Edwards, Of Minneapolis,
president; Mrs. w. A. Larawa, Mime.
apolis, vice president; Mrs. Conway,
Minneapolis. secreatry; Mrs. Towls.
st. Paul, treasurer. The next place for
the annual meeting will be at Owa-
tonna.
Hibbing. The case Of Peter Vorba.
mich, the Water Hen district John
Deitz, still is on trial in the district
court here on second indictment Of
assault in the hrst degree, the defend.
ant being alleged to have fired two