Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1914-08-12
RED RIVER VALLEY KERNELS

/! FED RIVER VALLEY KERNELS !
That alfalfa can be successfully
grown here is becoming more and
more evident. Nordlun1 and Schen-
key have about two acres and half
sown this year that is an eye opener.
1t was scwr on June 10th on fall
nlowed land that had been thorough
t.ly disced this spring followed hy
| narrowing SO that it was in excellent
condition. It was sown with drill
and came up at once and in thirty
! days was from eight to ten inches
high covering the ground nicely. Au-
gust Wertenberg few days ago left
at this Office a sample of second cut
ting alfalfa from q small field Of it
he has on his farm. It is vigorous
growth, fully thirty inches high and
it was cut IN just thirty-one days af-
ter the first crop was cut. This too
is going some and is equal to any
! thing we ever saw in Nebraska. If
frost keeps off until the middle Of
September Mr.. Wertenebrg will have
a third crop. Moral: Sow alfalfa
Middle River Pioneer.
/ Mrs. j. ]. Johnson Of Garden, was
in Tuesday and cashed creamery
check Of SOLOS. No danger Of this
part Of the country going to the eter-
nal bow-wows because of little rust
on wheat. Rust doesn't accumulate
on milk pals in this neck of the
! woods Fertile Journal.
Paul Durand, living west of Ste
phen, was badly injured in binder
accident. While busy untangling the
reins in front of the reel, the horses
| became excited and ran away throw
/ ing Mr.. Durand on the platform and
stunning him. The hired hands soon
had the horses stopped, but Mr. Du-
rand was so badly cut that he had to
be removed to the hospital at Graf
ton.
j The Warroad Pioneer is live
booster for that part of the state, and
we guess there are reasons for it.
! The Lake Of the Woods country is in
creasing in interest. In speaking
Of the crops, the editor enthusiastic
ally exclaims: This years crop in
the Warroad district is a good one,
but not much beyond the average
here. Good crops are the rule, not
! the exception, in this district
Another instance of the disappear
/ ance of the lumber industry from
this section we have at Thief River
Falls from where comes the report,
that the saw mill will close in two
weeks. This mill has been in oper-
alton for seventeen years and now
finds that all of the available logs
/ have been exhausted. At present,
work is being concentrated on clean
ing up boom sticks and sunken logs.
This move will mean that about one
hundred and fifty men will be per-
manently laid off. The planning mill
which employs about fifty men, will
remain at work.
| The Pennington County Fair was
/ success so all say who attended.
There were large crowds every day.
Mickey Mcclure, the aviator, was
one of the big attractions. On Friday
he went up and demonstrated that
even 65 mile an hour gale does not
interfere with modern aviation; he
rose to an altitude of $500 feet.
| The wire grass crop near Lancas-
ter has suffered on account of lack of
moisture compelling the Waite Grass
Carpet Co., to lay off a large number
of men. Only about one hundred
tons of the grass have been piled up
this season.
The Stephen Commercial Club had
up to last Thursday secured 152 men
for the farmers of that vicinity.
The eastern part Of the county has
been terrorized Of late by a wild man
scare. Someone had spread the start
ling news that a half-dressed insane
person was roaming about the woods
and Sheriff Forsberg was called and
a man captured who proved to be
perfectly sane. Last Monday a