Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-09-28

shotgun. Brooding over financial
troubles is given as the cause.
Brainerd. The First Methodist
church has invited it's pastor, Rev.
Charles Fax Davis, to return for the
sixth year. Mr.. Davis formerly held
pastorates in Minneapolis and Du-
luth.
Badger Contract for the construc.
ton Of Ditch No. 10 has been let to the
Kohler Contracting Co., of Little Falls,
at IL cents per cubic yard and $40 a
mile for leveling road. The total
amount Of the contract is $21, 46O.82.
Hennepin Bridge company was award.
ed the contract for the culvert work.
Rochester.-Roy Baker, for nine
years steward at the Rochester state
hospital, has resigned to enter the real
estate business with his father at Fer.
gus Falls. Masonic orders here united
in presenting him was a gold past.
masters jewel at a banquet in his
honor. He is succeeded at the state
hospital by John Miner, former EN-.
ploye at the state institution.
Winona. - The Winona Tri County
lair was held here last week under
luspicious circumstances. For several
lays all Of the roads leading to the
:ity and stretching for miles into Wis.
:onsin and Minnesota drained into the
lair grounds, where it is announced
more exhibits of farm products and
Itock are on display than were ever
before collected in Southern Mime
,ota. The four days program wan
crowded with events. Governor Eber-
hart, Acting Governor Morris of Wis.
;onsin, and D. w. Lawler of st. Paul
poke.
High cost of canned fruits and to-
natoes has caused M. G. Cutter, pur.
chasing agent for the state board Of
control, to withhold contracts for sup.
lying state institutions during the
present quarter. The contracts were
sid upon in August, but all were so
high they were rejected and new bids
vii be asked for. Even prunes were
priced at IL cents a pound, when the
ltate customarily has bought them for
! and cents. More than 1000 pounds
we're bought, however, because Of
their need. This is only half the
amount usually purchased.
The financial statement Of the Still.
water prison for August, submitted to
he board Of control, shows receipts
IN account of hemp and Irvine to the
mount of $25,843.43 and $12,166.1S
rom miscellaneous sources. In the
after sum were $3,62250 charged to
he warden for Irvine factory labor by
;onvicts, $3,466 for shoe factory labor,
l1,086 for farm machinery labor, and
l46650 received by the ushers from
Visitors. The inmate fund deposited
s $2,820.92, and shows earnings Of
:onvicts for extra labor in the sum of
1904 in the Irvine factories, $752 in
he shoe factory, 1888 in the farm ma
.hinery factory, and $519.s6 in the in.
Ititution support departments.
Mankato.-A change has taken place
n the ownership of the stock of the
Free Press Printing Company, Jay w.
True retiring and disposing of his one
'ourth interest to the other three pro-
prietors, F. w. Hunt, M. D. Fritz and
;. r. Butler. Mr.. True left for Okla.
loma City, Okla, where he has pur-
chased an interest in the printing and
binding Enlistment of the Hommes.
Wilson-Trave Company, Of which he
will become president and manager.
Mr.. True has been connected with the
free Press Printing Company for If
:een years, first as travelling salesman
md later as one of the proprietors.
D. f. Soaring, who has been city edi.
Tor Of the Daily Free Press ever since
The paper started twenty-four years
lgo, also retires.
Pipestone,- automobile party,
IN it's way from Royal, Iowa, to Pipe.
stone, met with a bad accident on
bridge between Lester. Iowa, and
Hills, MINI. The party was composed
IF Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Chesley of
Royal and Miss Mamie Hebron and
Burt Frank Of Pipestone. While
travelling at a good rate of speed over
! small bridge the machine turned
somersault, throwing out all Of the
occupants and making them uncon-
scious. None was badly injured ex-
cept Mr.. Chesley, who received inju-
ries about the head and body. The
accident was caused by the fact that
there was drop Of two feet on the
approach of the bridge and the car was
run across the bridge at such speed
as to make it impossible to stop when
it was seen by the driver that the ap-
proach was in poor repair.
Pipestone Pipestone County
Sunday School association elected
James McGlashen Of Edgerton pres
dent, j. w. billiard of Pipestone, yc
president; Mrs. o. M. Edsill of Cazen-
ovia, secretary, and Miss Allie Humble
of Pipestone treasurer. Hatfield was
selected for the next convention.
Brainerd. George A. Keene and
James M. Elder sent large consign-
ment Of Grow Wing county vegetables.
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