Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-09-21

ity Band as It Appeared at the Mimi
Leaving Alexandria we passed thru
Osakis, a pretty town, and then put
up at Sauk Centre for the night, Here
a county fair had just been held and
the town was in festive array.
Next morning we resumed our jour
ney, Melrose being the first town
reached. AS we rode along we caught
a glimpse of a face which we thought
familiar. We stopped the car and to
our delight found that the person
sighted was none other than Miss
Lois Campbell, former teacher in the
Warren school. She carried a club.
by, rosy-cheeked child in her arms
and called it her own, from which we
infer that she has changed her name
since she left Warren. Like ships
that pass in the night, signal each
other and then proceed, so we had to
do. That is the way of life. But
we were very glad we stopped the car
to greet this friend. Passing thru
Freeport, Albany, Avon and st. 10.
seph We enter st. Cloud, one of the
pretentlous cities of the state, for
dinner Next we pass thru number
of villages and towns among them
Cable, Clear Lake, Becker, Salida
Big Lake. Elk River, and Anoka and
then enter Minneapolis, the metropo-
lis of the state, about sundown
In Minneapolis, Mr.. and Mrs. By
strom visited with Mr.. Rystrom's bro
Ether, Prof Aug. Bystrom, of Minneso
ia College, and the writer and his
spouse, visited with a cousin and a
sister residing in the city.
Shortly after We arrived in the city
it commenced to rain and as long as
We were there, it rained almost con
tinually. This marred the pleasure
Of the visit to some extent. A day
was spent at the state fair, which
seems to be growing bigger and better
every year. 1t is almost getting toe
big now and too expensive to run
When weather conditions prevent a
large attendance, the expenditures are
very likely to over-balance the re
ceipts. The fair is a big object les
son to the people of the state and
worth all it costs. We could not helI
being impressed with the great for
ward strides made in farm machinery
during the past decade OF two. Farm
ing is getting to be more and more q
mechanical operation. Gasoline trac
ton blowing outfits are the latest
thing out and many manufacturers OF
such outfits exhibited there. Manure
spreaders, siles, corn harvesters and
huskers, and ensilage cutters, were
not seen twenty years ago.
Marshall county had very excel
lent exhibit for being the first attempt
and received many favorable com
ments from the thousands of people
who viewed it. Prof. Sjostrand, w
N. Powell and Mr.. Carr were in
charge and were busily engaged tell
/ ing visitors things worth remember
ing about our county. As an adver
Using proposition, the exhibit is
worth to the county a great deal more
than it cost.
An aeroplane making successful
fight, was one of the recent wonders
of the world, that we had the satisfac
ton Of seeing for the first time. Won
derful, wonderful, but very dangerous
business at the present stage OF de
velopment Verify, we prefer to stay
/ on the automobile.
Minneapolis is growing so fast thai
we scarcely know the town from one
year to another When will it stop
We really can't see what all the peo
pie do for living, but all seem to b.
busy at something. A large city is {
human ant hill. The excitement ant
strenuousness Of city life has it's at
fractions, but as for US, give US thu
small country town, with its pure air
Its shrubbery and flowers, its freedom
from dust and dirt, and its socia