Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1915-07-23
FIELDS AT CHOKIO
DAMAGED BY HAIL
Tuesdays Storm Takes a Heavy
Crop Toll-War Worries
Minnesota Range Towns

damage Dune Dy Tue sCoEm 4uesuay
night last week was greater than first
indications showed. The down pour
was the heaviest there so far this year
and was accompanied by severe hail.
Three fourths of the grain on the
Fred Carlson, Chris Loveras, Jack
Conroy and Henry Ritter farms near
Chokio, was leveled. At Graceville
the barn of W. Flemming was des-
troyed by lightning. The storm COW
cred path about mile wide and
five miles long and reached full force
between ChokiO and Johnson.
Patrolman John Mattson accidental
~ shot and killed an eighteen-year-
old boy at Breckenridge last week.
He was chasing some hoboes who had
engaged in a fight leaving one of
their companions helpless on the
track. Not knowing how badly the
man was hurt he ordered the fleeing
men to stop and emphasized his de-
mands with a shot in the dark. He
missed his mark and the bullet sped
on till it hit Ed. Carmody, an EN-.
ploye of the Breckenridge creamery
who was returning home in company
with his employer. Carmody's faith
er died two months ago and now
Mrs. Carmody is left alone with
three small daughters.
The Browns Valley Tribune has
some good advise for its farmer
readers in its suggestion that corn
growers begin right now the process
of laying by some of their good seed
corn for next year. Prospects are
that seed corn will be a scarce article
next spring, and good seed corn may
command a fancy price. According
to the Tribune many farmers at
Browns Valley are already acting on
the suggestion. Stevens county corn
growers should also think this matter
over.
President Vincent of the university
says the difference between building
roads in this country and Denmark is
this: In Denmark they build perm.
anent road without regard to the
cost: in this country they don't build
them until they have to, and then
with as little outlay as possible. In
Denmark they repair road as SOON
as it begins to show need of repair
while in this country they don't think
of repairing them till they get sc bad
they cannot be used unless repaired.
Some apprehension is felt in north
ern Minnesota range towns over
threatened SCARCITY of men to work
the mines. 400 Montenegrians, Ser
bians and Bosnians left the range
last week for Winnipeg to join d
small army of about 1000 men which
will be transported to Europe at the
expense of the English government to
fight against Austria and Germany.
The departure of so many men at one
time brings the effect of the war
home to the range.
The brewery at Brainerd will close
Friday night next week by order of
the Indian department. A few days
ago it vas discovered that the part of
Grow Wing county in which Brainerd
is located lies within the Indian treaty
territory. The express Offices at
Brainerd have been notified that here
after no shipments of beer or liquor
can be received into Brainerd. Crow
Wing county went wet in the recent
county option election.
Whiskey and brandy have been de-
clared officially to be neither drugs
nor medicine. This decision was
come to by 81 of the formost physi
clans of the United States constitut,
ing the National Pharmacopoeia com
mittee. The new edition of the phar
macopoeia will be issued about January
I, 1916, and after that time brandy
and whiskey cannot legally be sole
ny UFuRRISLS DIS ucU4CluCs
Morris was passed up again las
week which was a fortunate thing fo
Brooklyn, N. Y. According to re-
ports girl in that city was named al
the winner of the first priz- in /;
beauty contest that included tint
whole country. Had Morris beer
permitted to enter that contest thu
chances are that Brooklyn couldn'
have scored.
Fourth of July in Moorhead, witt
circus going at Fargo, left an un
usual condition in Moorhead police re
cords, says the Moorhead News. Fo
many years the city bastile would b.
filled with DRINKS the next day, bu
this year the police records show Their
was not single arrest during tn
''gIorious Fourth.
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