Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1915-01-15
browns in Water Barrel
Farmers Wife Meets Tragic
Fate. Conscience Grips
Canadian

A barrel sunk into the ground and
used as a we'll claimed the life o. Mrs.
VIM. Dahlstrom near Wadena last
week. The woman was helping her
husband with watering the stock when
she slipped and plundged head-first
into the barrel. She was unable to
extricate herself and before her hus-
band arrived she had drowned in one
foot of water. Mr.. Dahlstrom was
crazed over the accident and ran about
butting his head against the trees in
an attempt to commit suicide. Mrs.
Dahlstrom was nineteen years of age
and was married last June.
A former resident of Lac qui
Parle county now farming in Canada,
is troubled with his conscience and
as result the state of Minnesota
will profit to a small extent. This
man writes the Lac qui Parle county
auditor enclosing a remittance of sew
eral dollars. He says that some years
ago he collected wolf bounty on sew
eral foxes and the matter was worry
ing him. AS the state pays the bounty
the remittance to the county auditor
must be forked over to the state trea-
surer.
\ The small pox scare at Glenwood
has caused a wholesale vaccination of
school children.
Rev. Frank Higgins, the we'll
known "sky pilot" of northern Min
nesota, died at his home IN Ontario,
Cam, last week. Rev. Higgins came
to northern Minnesota every winter to
preach among the lumber jacks. He
was we'll liked and he exerted wond-
,erful influence on the men with whom
whe came in contact.
Reports from some of the northern
counties indicate wolves are plentiful
this year. Many settlers are said to
have been attacked.
Minnesota automobile license re-
ceipts amount to 100000 in the past
three years. On Dec.3 81. 1913, 49,
314 licenses had been issued and on
the corresponding date last year the
number had grown to nearly $4,000.
A philosophical genius who presides
over the destinies of northern Mime
sofa newspaper while the editor has
gone to serve as member of the
stated legislature suggests that the
people of the state forget about the
Belgians and unite in prayer for the
legislative body.
Over at Glenwood a shy young man
has found the movies an ideal place
to promote his love affair. Arriving
at the show one night last week be-
fore the reel had begun to click its
story the fellow had a chance to
nerve himself to the task which he
had already attempted times without
number. Just before the lights went
out he blurted out: "When the
lights fade am going to kiss you.
Will you cal for help?" To which
the girl replied: "No, not if you
think YOU can manage it alone. I"
Just then the darkness hid his
bushes.
SNindlers have been at work
around Waverly. A number of farm
ers had a chance to buy overcoats
at half price from strangers last
fall who required small deposit to
bind the bargain. The money is gone
and the overcoats have not showed up.
Check forgers have operated at
Maditon and other points in Lac qui
Parle county the past week. At
Madison they got away with $85.
Miss Elizabeth Quinlivan has en-
tered the contest for the postoffice job
at Browns Valley. Miss Quinlivan
was out with her petition last week
and secured the almost unanimous sup
port of the city. No other candidate
has appeared for the office and Presi-
dent Wilson will have an easy task in
making the Browns Valley change if
there is to be one.
The price of fuel has been reduced
fifty per cent at Litchield. The farm
ers are to blame. For many years they
have been supplying Litchield homes
with corn cobs at ST. 90 per load but
following the first of the year the
price dropped to fifty cents. The
price reduction in the middle of the
winter came as surprise to custom
ers.
John Johnson. pioneer merchant
at Willmar. died Wednesday morning
of last week at the age of sixty nine
years. He was native of Sweden,
coming to Willmar forty-six years
ago. For thirty years he was engaged