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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02

The farmers of: Polk Co. were on
trial Monday and they stood the test
we'll. This is the first time they have
been given chance to vote on the
saloon question and it is gratifying to
find them so strongly in favor of bet.
ter things. Evidently they were not
discouraged by the thot that the two
saloon centers promised for the vets
a majority Of fifth of the supposed
county vote. The spirit that prompt.
ed their Viking ancestors to find a
way or make one prevailed and a way
was found or made, not only to over.
come this big handicap but to go it a
thousand better. Tally one, for the
horny-handed tillers of the soil.-Fer-
tile Journal.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
7. SAVE THE RAIN.

tBy Alfred Wenz,' in Dakota Faprtn}er)
Itstakes as high aas45 tons Of water
in the growing Of one bushel go
pounds Of wheat This seems a dis
couragingly heavy requirement. But
As tons Of water is but a drop in a
bucket of shower. We stand in awe
at the mighty volun1ne Of Niagara.
Niagara is nothing, just little water
falling off the edge-not teacupful
compared with the oceans suspended
above our heads and sprinkled on our
farms in rain.
A shower Of only one inch covering
the county in which The Dakota
Farmer is published weighs over 1885,
100000 tons. More than 113 tons Of
water falls on every acre, yet so
gently that it is a caress to our up
turned faces. Scientists tell US that
our moisture comes mostly from the
Gulf Of Mexico. The freight rate on
grain between New Orleans and Aber-
deem is 50 cents per hundredweight.
If a one-inch shower covering this
county were: to be hauled here in tank
cars, the freight charges would
amount to nearly a billion dollars.
But the Almighty furnishes us 26
times that amount of water through
the year, hauls it 1880 miles for moth
ing, and delivers it on our farms in
snow and rain-the best form of mois-
ture for plants. Compared with this,
the boasted irrigation systems are
toy sprinkling cans. Yet we accept
our rains as a matter of course, feel
no gratitude toward the Great Giver,
and carlessly waste much Of the wat
er he freely bestows. Strange, how
little we think of letting the rain run
off the land and evaporate out Of it;
how quick we are to complain Of
drought, even though we make much
Of the drought ourselves by our care
less and shortsighted ways Of hand
ling our soil.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
Start Now to Keep Books.

In the current issue of Farm and
Fireside, Herbert Quick, editor of.that
publication, advises farmers to keep
full accounts Of their business. He
says in part:
"The best time to start a set Of
simple books is before the work starts
in the spring.
There is satisfaction in knowing
what the farm is doing financially.
Many of us know very well where we
stand without keeping books, and
there are plenty of well-managed
farm businesses carried on without
them. Books, however, do reveal
things to the mind which would be
overlooked or forgotten in the alb
sence Of records.
The spring is the time to begin.
The amount of farm produce is then
! at it's lowest ebb. The. stock has
been carried through the winter, con
Stunning hay and grain. Things pro-
duced for sale are disposed of. The
machinery has been overhauled and
examined as. to its fitness for next
years service. The farmer has a
pretty good idea as to the value Of his
equipment, and knows what he must
buy. @5l4<-:,-s.s:
"The average man will do the best
with a system he Understandable
this is usually the one he makes for
himself. y The chief difficulty lies in
acquiring the habit of setting things
down as they happen, and for this
purpose pencil and pocket memor-
andum book is about all that IS neces-
sary. From this the transactions may
be drawn off to book of some sortft
be kept in the house, where all the en-
tries will be brought together. ,s:.s
THE main thing is to make a start
!; and I q stick to a system, sItfis really
worth while, and the best time to be-
!. gin it is. about now - 4 :'".si
l.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
Renewing Carbon Paper.

When carbon paper has been used
several times the preparation becomes
almost worn off on some parts. while
other parts Of the paper are as good
as new. The process Of renewing is
very simple. and it can be done by
any one without special apparatus. All
that is necessary is to hold the paper
in front of fire or over radiator a
few seconds. The heat will cause the
preparation to dissolve and spread over
the paper. so that when it is dry the
paper will have a new coating. This
can be repeated and in some cases will
double the life of the carbon paper.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
Bills In Trouble.

At the request Of many subscribers
we republish the following poem
which appeared originally in the Den
yer News. - IA: Il.
I've gotta letter, parson, from my son
away out West,
An my Of heart is heavy as an anvil
in my breast. e sss:.s.
To think the boy whose future ] had
once so proudly planned 20
Should wander from the path o right
an come to SIGH an end!
| told him when he left us, only three
short years ago, -. 49,
He'd find himself a-plowin' in a
mighty crooked row.
He'd miss his fathers counsel, an his
mothers prayers, too,
But he said the farm was hateful, an
he guessed he'd have to go.
I know thar's big temptation for a
youngster in the West,
But believed our Billy had the cour-
age to resist;
AL WHICH, Ac 1c1I warmed MIN o the
ever-waiting snares,
That lie like hidden sarpents in life's
pathway everywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful to be
keerful, an allowed
He'd build a reputation that'd make
us mighty proud;
But it seems as if my counsel sort O.
faded from his mind,
And now the boys in trouble of the
very wustest kind.
His letters come SO seldom that
somehow sort o. know'd
That Billy was a-trampin' on NIGH
ty rocky road,
But never once imagined he would
bow my head in shame r.
An in the dusee'd waller his 81 dad
dy's honored name.
He writes from out in Denver, an the
story's mighty short.
| just can't tell his mother, it'd break
her poor Of heart;
An so I reckoned, parson, you might
break the news to her
Bills in the legislature; but he
doesn't say what fur.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02

The"movies" are blamed for the dry
wave that is sweeping the nation and
it is only question Of time before
prohibition will be brought about, ac-
cording to the mayor Of one Of the
large western coast cities. This is
very true, for scarcely screen in the
land but what shows the misery that
the liquor traffic causes.-South Ha-
ven Leader.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
EAINANTS Of steak or .foasts
may be made into delicious
IL stews. using savory season.

( ---a 4 - y,
ings such as a little sweet mar
joram. thyme. parsley, onion salt. etc
Meat may be put through meat chop
per and mixed with enough cream
sauce to hold it together. well season
ed. nodded into. croquettes. dipped in
egg and crumbs and fried in deep fat
Hash makes a tasty breakfast or
luncheon dish. with the chopped meat
Drowned slightly in butter, nicely sea-
soned with salt and pepper, moistened
with milk as a gravy and served with
toast fingers.
Remnants Of boiled or fried ham
may be used in various ways. For
ham timbales put ham through meat
grinder and mix with one raw egg: to
hold meat together Line gem tins
with this mixture pressing it well
against sides and bottoms and bake
slightly. Take out Of oven and drop in
each ham lined tin an egg. returning
to oven long enough to cook the eggs.
Or with a bit of ham, some cheese, a
few slices Of stale bread. some hot
ham sandwiches can be made Mince
ham, mix with grated cheese. spread
on one slice of bread, cover with an.
other, cut in two and brown on each
side in hot butter. Serve hot.
Chicken shortcake is most palata-
BILE way to serve remnants Of chicken.
Free it from skin and bone and cut
into small pieces. Put on to heat with
enough gravy to make it quite moist
Make short biscuit dough and roll
into cake an inch thick. Bake in
quick oven fifteen or twenty minutes
Then split the cake and spread the
hot chicken stew over lower half Re.
place upper half and pour over the
whole Il generous amount Of gravy
Meat loaf OF a boiled shoulder of
smoked pork is often desirable. There
is no waste whatever with the former
and practically none with the latter if
utilized in the right way, while both
are delicious, and when served with
a good salad and simple. dessert form
a very tempting meal. Eor the meat
loaf have the butcher grind one pound
of lean beef and one-half pound OF
pork. Mix together and add salt, pep
per, four ground soda crackers, a small
onion, one unbeaten egg and "a :lialf
cupful of milk Stir the ingredients
all together and press into a bread
pan. Cover the loaf with two cupfuls
of hot water and bake two hours M
moderately hot oven, adding a little
more water from time to time. When
IT. is cold slice and serve on lettuce
leaves with ketchup or chill sauce if
desired. 800:
Boil the shoulder of pork twenty
minutes to the pound after having in
serted about dozen whole cloves in
one side of-the meat. When done al,
low it to remain in the water in which
it was boiled until cold The bone
which is left with: whatever meat can
not be cut from it will give an excel
lent flavor to string or butter beans
it: placed in the water with them while
they are boiling, and they will then
require very little butter if cream
dressing is served OH them
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
Value Of Tire Chains.

Without tire chains the drive wheels
will spin more or less on slippery
places. The presence of sharp pieces
Of stone. cinders or other like material
in the road will then cause cuts and
torn places that would not result II
chains had been on the wheels.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
Gear shift;no

The clutch member of the transmits.
sion must be retarded when one wishes
to throw it into high gear and accel-
Grated when it is desired to go from
high to lower one. This is because
the engine runs slower when the drive
wheels run fast. and faster when the
drive wheels run slow
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
SCHOOL. BUILDING FOR SALE

The old school house in District
No. 40, town of Boxville, will be sold
at public auction to the highest bid
der, at the school grounds, on Thurs
day, June 10th at 2 o'clock p. m.
Building and hot air heating plant
will be sold separately.
John I. Skurdahl, Treasurer.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
How to Repair Your Wall Paper Sat.
isfactoriIy.

In many houses there are often lef,
odd lengths of wall paper, and these
should be carefully preserved. Damage
may be done when moving in, OF later
a chair may be pushed roughly against
a wall, and there Is bad tear. Get
a piece Of the paper, scallop the edges
quite roughly and paste it over the
place. The mend will be unnoticeable.
But il the house is not new and the
paper faded the contrast is startling.
In that case put piece Of the spare
wall paper out Of doors in the sun FOR
two or three days. Dampen It coca.
sfonally. All that is needed is expo.
sure.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02

Grand Forks has raised over $4O,-
600. for a new Y.:M.. c. "A. building
in whilwind campaign. The people
of that enterprising city are not
afraid to dig down deep into their
pockets when necessary to secure a
pubic improvement Of lasting benefit
to their city. Other towns might pro-
fit by its example.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02

Walker Pilot: One noticeable thing
since the saloons went out of northern
Minnesota, is the large amount Of fish
being caught in the various lakes.
This is probably accounted for by the
fact that many sportsmen no longer
carry their bait in a jug.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
Married.

liver Lokken and Verna Isaacson,
both Of Newfolden, were united in
marriage at the U. C. parsonage by
Rev. N. C. w. Knutson, on May goth.
Both bride and groom are highly es-
teemed young people in the .:commun-
ity where they live, and many friends
extend congratulations.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02

and Found" co1un1nssof the Sheaf to.
trace the losers. you lose any
thing; make a bee-line to the tele-
phone, call SO, and put "Lost" adj
in the Sheaf. -. =; ;:9s.sys.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
First Northern Memorial Day.

The first observance of Memorial
day in the north was in 1866 at Wa.
terloo, N. T., when General Murray
had the veterans Of his post decorate
the graves of their comrades. In 1851
7. G. Campbell of Cincinnati marched
his post to the graves and laid wreaths
on them. In 1868, following General
Logan's request there was a general
observance of the day wherever Union
soldiers were buried.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
Finders Are Not Keepers.

The vast majority Of people do not
like to keep what they find whether
it be an umbrella, bull pup, or
bracelet. They want to give it back
to the owner, so they read the "Lost
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02
AUCTION on HOUSEHOLD GOODS

Saturday, June IL, 1915 at one
o'clock at Scandal Hotel will sell at
public auction all my hotel furnish
ings and household goods.
Mrs. Peter Lindquist, Owner.
w. H. Dixon, Auctioneer.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-06-02

Visiting cards printed in the latest
styles at the Sheaf ONCE,
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and after the preacher had anlsh., j,
cowboy thought he had to 20 ny y,
compliment the preacher, as bs Nn'
others doing, and so he sauntered dssN
the aisle with his sombrero under M. vNh .ph
| his breeches stuck in his boots, a hsnSsu.u'
| handkerchief around his neck. Nj nt s
and bowie knife in his belt, and he u.''. NY.
| over and said: Hanged IL 1 didn, ae,
shy of you fellows--but I'll tell Won = f"sl Wy
! here and listened to you for an hour ~ ~
| you monkeyed less with religion thar ~ ~.
fellow ever heard in my life rh.I NY
nave taken away the Lord and dont
know where to find hnn. 1SA'
"A woman who was to lead 49,.
meeting was on her way downtowr u y
perform the task when her attention :. y
attracted by a display of headgear ~ !.
milllner's window. She stopped and lo.l..
at this hat, that hat and the othar ~,
| carefully noting the prices tagged on Az.
and admiring their beauty. suddeniv Y.
remembered the prayer meeting ~. ~.
rushed to the place where It was hss.
held and all out of breath. took ~.
platform. Hurrtedly opening A NV.
book, she said: Now, let's sing No Niis
Her mind was not on that meeting ny.
on your life, ="
Down in New York city some TINA -.
at big labor meeting, there wers SsS zyS
men present, and they were discus,,.y
conditions, when one big, broad-shor,'
dered, deep-chested man got un, an,
said: L propose three cheers for I,.r.
Christ and the very building shook ws
the cheering of that body. The world !.
looking for some Moses to lead It out n
bondage. want to tell you that IN,
biggest mistakes have ever made war.
when temporized with the devil. Whss
1 have been firm and true to God anS
refused to bow and scrape and trtcs
with the world when 1 have hur,A
anathemas of God against ranks Of I'M:
when I refused to subsidize my fear n
criticism, when I stood four-suuare IA
the wind, have been blessed.
when I have bowed and ducked and
truckled, when have played to n,
grandstand, when I have subsidized ny
fear Of criticism, I have miserably failed
There are a lot of fools that think that
success can only be gained by mora
placidity; by compromise on all moral
religious, political and ethical questions
instead of hurting Gods anathemas into
the ranks of their opponents.
FOR FREE CHURCH PEws.
"Thaw out your miserable formally |
believe the pews in'every church ought 10
be free. Oh. know you don't agree with
me, some of you; If you had religion ycu
would. Many poor man is made to fed
like beggar in the house of God becaus.
he's got to stand and wait until SO and 20
comes before he knows whether he can 81
down or not.
"If read the signs of the times Alright
It behooves the church of God to wake W
and fight rs 1t has never fought before
for you'll see the lines between the man
and the devil The church and the saloon
the home and brothel drawn so tightly
that your game will be lost and the peo-
pie keep rushing to hell.
II sound the charge! I sound Ii,
charge How many of you will help me
to save old Philadelphia for Christ? Stand
up. those who are In this fight to win"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-13

If you live the wrong way you will drag
somebody else to perdltion with you as
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Benefit for the Red Cross

A gala performance of "Lieb vaterland'
will be given in the Metropolitan Open
House tomorrow evening for the benefit
of the German Red Cross, the Austria
Red Cross and the German Home Relist
The performance has been arranged BY
n committee of German-Amercans Ia
Philadelphia and 1t will be given by the
company of the Irving Place Theatre
New York. Music will be supplied by q
members of the Philadelphia Orchestra
who have volunteered their services.
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KILLED BY HIS PET

HE had bought that snake when it
was only four feet long, and he had
watched and nursed it until 1t was 35
feet. At first he could have killed it; at
last 1t killed him.
Are you nursing a habit today? Is 1t
drink? Are you nursing and feeding that
which will wreck your life and wreck
you upon the shores of passion. nothwith-
standing all the wrecks you have seen Of
those who have gone down the line?
II never got such good idea of leprosy
as l did by reading that wonderful book
OF the 18th century by General Lew Wal
lace. Ben Hur.' Lew Wallace and Bob
lngersoll were infidels. One day the lat
ter suggested that the former show up
Christianity but, as he read and studied
upon material for his book, he saw the
light and became a Christian.
You remember the Punishment of BEN
Hur and the disntegration OF the family
life and estate, and the return of BEN
Hur from his exile. He goes past his
old home, The blinds are closed and
drawn and all is deserted. He lays down
upon the doorstep and falls asleep. His
mother and sister have been in the leper
colony and are dying of leprosy and only
waiting the time when they will be COW
cred with the rotten remains of others
who have come there. So they have come
TO the city TO get bread and secure water,
aAAA NAASN SEQ lASlI Bun ana DFOLner living
on the doorstep OF their old home. They
dare not awaken him for fear that an
guish Mt learning OF their fate would be
more than he could bear They dare NOT
touch him because It is against the law.
SO they creep close to him and put their
leprous lips against his sandal-covered
feet. They then went back again with
the bread and water for which they had
come.
BEN-HUR's AWAKENING
Presently Ben-Hur awakens and rubs
his eyes and sees great excitement CrhIs
part OF the story is mine) Along comes
biear-eyed old whisky soaked Degenerate
and Ben-Hur asks him what Is the trou
bic. What is the excitement about. ana
ne says, "A couple OF lepeFs have been
eleansed, but there Is nothing TO that tust
some occult power; it's all a fake BEN
Hur goes further on and hears about this
wonder, and they say It is nothing, some
long-haired evangelist who says his name
Is Jesus Christ; it's all fake. Then
ben-Hur goes farther and discovers that
Il Is Jesus Of Nazareth and that he has
eleansed his own mother and sister. He
hears the story and acknoWledees the
Nazarene as his own
The lepers had 20 CRY 'Uncleanl I'm
clean In those days 70 warn the people
They were compelled 70 do that; also. they
"rie ~SiApeiAea ~ law 10 80 on Iuo side
Of the street toward which the wind was
blowing lest the breeze send the germs
or their body 10 the clean and infect them
with the disease. And the victim of this
disease Was compelled 70 live Ia s lonely
part Of the city. waiting until his teeth
began 10 dfon out, his eses 10 drop from
thsiF soekais. ana hls nnsara % drop from
nis hands then he waa compelled b. law
e s. ept laIo ne ionas. dying aueps the
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they are many, picturesque and charac-
teristically forccful-are to be found in
the general account of what took place
yesterday at the tabernacle.
Text: I'd Timothy, 2-15.
1--WE seem to be living in a new era, A
great political, moral, social, economical
era. Whether we have been separated or
combined in our advancement I am not
going to discuss in detail. but I think 1t
behooves the church of God not to forget
that we are facing the powers Of dark
ness and opposition as never in the his
tory Of Christianity.
There never has been a time when the
people were more self-satisfied self-com-
placent. self centered, than they are to-
day Some imagine God Almighty will
condone what evil they do. SO many
people in their own minds are climbing to
heaven because of their deeds of philan-
throphy. but when the end comes and Al
mighty God strikes balance on the
books of record. He will cut square
Some people think that man who lives
fairly good life goes to church. is true
TO his marriage vows. will stand Just as
good show OF going to heaven as the
man who has been on the firing line for
virtue and home and native land and has
been bullet meat and has worked and
fought against the stolcal indifference Of
the people of today. They convey the
impression today that no man will ulti-
mately reach hell. 1 don't believe you
can remember when you heard a sermon
on hell. Well, you'll hear about hell
while am here. God Almighty put hell
in the Bible and any preacher that side
steps II because there are people sitting
In the pews who don't like H. ought 10
get out Of the pulpit. He is simply trim
ming his sails to catch a passing breeze
OF popularity. II you do that you are a
cipher We stamp on our coins In God
We Trust Hot air.
GOSPEL STILL UP-To-DATE.
Lets get back to Christ, back to Pen
teeost, back to the Apostolic beliefs. back
to the beliefs OF our own forefathers,
back TO Gods kingdom Gods got TO come
frst and ali other things can trail. The
trouble Is that you've got lot Of fool
preachers who are breaking their neeks
TO please you society danes. The most
up-to-date thing on earth Is the gospel
of Jesus Christ.
There's lot Of preachers on earth
who can preach the gospel better than I.
but there's not one living who can preach
a better gospel than Bin Not long ago
my mother became very m 1 had her
hurried 70 a hospital In Chicago; got the
best surgeons money could get to attend
her. hired a retihue q nurses q see that
ahe would want Tor nothing. / aaw 3 Il
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Last Nights Sermon

THERE follows the text of the formal.
i prepared sermon delivered last night
by Mr.. Sunday. The evangelist did not
adhere to his sermon. Deviations-and
they are many, picturesque and charac-
teristically forccful-are to be found in
the general account OF what took place
yesterday at the tabernacle.
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riding at midnight, 1 would knock him
of the face OF the earth. / tell you, II
automobiles and carriages could talk
there would be something doing.
Girls, when some young fellow comes
up to you and asks you the greatest ques-
tion that you will ever be asked or called
upon TO answer, next to the salvation of
your own soul, what Will you say7 oh,
this is so sudden That is all a bluff;
you have been waiting for Il all the
time