Warren sheaf., 1911-04-27
GOPHER NEWS NOTES.
Minnesota Events Of the Week in
Condensed Form.

Dodge Center.-Burglars blew the
saIe IN the postofice and secured
about 500 in cash.
Bratnerd. rd.-Barrows, the first town.
ste on the south range of the Guyana
IRON range, is coming to the front
me sale of lots will begin soon.
Washington Representative Davis
nAs recommended the appointment of
Dr. l.. B. Beck as a member of the
pension examining board at Hastings.
ELK River.-The postal department
nas advertised for bids for the lease
OF a new postoffice building here, to
replace the building which burned last
January.
Minneapolis. - Nearly two hundred
tenants of an apartment house were
forced to submit to vaccination, after
several of their number had been
taken to the contagious ward of the
City hospital suffering with smallpox.
Little Falls.-Boommaster J. L.
Webb has left for Brainerd with a
crew OF men to start drive of 1000.
o6O feet of logs. The water in the
river is very low and it will be two
weeks before the drive reaches Little
Falls.
Rochester.-About $4,000 is being
expended by the Doctors Mayo upon
Mayo and College Hill parks, both Of
which they have given to the city. A.
+. Langlois, one of the leading land
scape artists of the country, has been
engaged.
Rochester Miss Anna Mesky, Il,
living at Orinoco this county, was
burned to death when her dress caught
fire as she was burning rubbish in the
yard OF her home. Before assistance
came she was mass of flames and
died in agony.
GAINESVILLE. - Seeding is well ad.
vanced in this locality, and by the end
Of the week the farmers will lay aside
their drills and await their crops.
The soil is in an excellent condition
to work. due to the warm rains which
have fallen over the valley this week.
st. Paul-With plans made for es.
tablishing on the Mississippi river
large line Of pontoon boats to carry
trade from st. Paul direct to the
Orient via the Panama canal, st.
Louis capitalists have asked for terms
of lease on 1000 feet of the new levees
proposed by change of the channel in
st. Paul.
Moorhead.-At a special meeting
Of the Commercial Club Of Moorhead
officers of the club were authorized to
enter into contract with the North.
western Mutual Investment Company
of Fargo for the erection of a modern
hotel, to be constructed upon the site
of the old Columbia, which was des.
troyed by fire January 3.
Little Falls, Minn.-The M. c..
Graham company dry goods and gro
cery store in this city was closed by
the sheriff on an attachment for the
st. Cloud Grocery company. The st.
Cloud concern states that the Grahams
are in debt for goods to the amount OF
$1,000. The Grahams came to Little
Falls a short time ago from Hankin-
son, N. D.
Minneapolis. - Injunctions applied
for by the street car company
in the federal court restraining the
city from enforcing its recently passed
"strap-hanger" ordinance and its serv:
ice extensions resolutions were re
fused by Judge Willard, who, for
three days had listened to the argu
ments of the attorneys for the street
car company and the city. The court
also rated that the company must
build most of the extensions ordered
Winona.-From dawn to darkness
the farmers throughout Winona county
and this entire section have been at
work on the fields laying the founda
ton for the 1911 crops, which give
every promise at this time of estab
fishing new record for this locality
Farmers never prosecuted seeding
operations more vigorously than in the
present spring and they are taking NO
chances with the tickle April weath.
er. Rural carriers and others com.
ing into the city from the farming sec
tions declare that whole families are
devoting their energies to seeding.