Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-12-20
| What's Doing
In Minnesota

Mortified. - Following the devel.
opment of a. case of scarlet fever, St.
Olaf college has been closed. An EN-.
ploye at the mems dormitory has the
disease.
Thief River Falls. - Only 50 arrests
for drunkenness we're made here from
the first of the year until Dec. 6, as
against 220 for the year 1915. Thief
River Falls went dry the first of the
year.
Lake City. - F. D. Currier, secre-
tary of the Minnesota State Dairy
mems association, has just announced
the completion of the program for the
annual convention, here January 16
to 10.
Lake City. - F. D. Currier, secre-
tary of the Minnesota State Dairy
mems association, has just announced
the completion of the program for the
annual convention, here January 16
to 10.
Duluth.-With 100 members already
signed up, the Duluth Domestic Wom-
ems union is working along plans
which the Industrial Workers of the
World organizers hope will include all
women in this city who make their
living as servants.
Mankato. 49, Charles J. Macbeth,
prominent in the business life Of Man
kato for years and father of Florence
Macbeth, grand opera singer, died in
Chicago. The funeral was held here.
Mr. Macbeth had been a sufferer of
diabetes for years.
St. Paul. - The least Minnesota can
do for its troops on the Mexican Dor
der, In the opinion of Secretary of
State julius A. Schmahl, back from
ten days visit at Camp Llano Grande,
is to provide tent stoves for the COM
fort of the men. Secretary Schmahl
was the first state official from Mime
sofa to visit the camps.
Kimball. The zeal of hunting
dog was responsible for the death Of
ITS master, John Macbeth of this city.
Macereth and Stephen Mclean had
chased mink into hole and the dog
jumped into the hole, but in leaping
out struck the gun Macereth had stood
against a tree. The gun was dis
charged and Macereth struck in the
thigh with the full load.
Minneapolis 49, The American As
sociation of Fairs and Expositions,
consisting of the 60 largest in the
United States and Canada, is to estab-
fish a cooperative publicity bureau at
the Minnesota state fair which will
supervise the expenditure of approx
mately 100000 annually. It is to be
placed in charge of Ray P. Speer, pub
licity manager of the Minnesota state
fair.
! St. Paul. - Increase of 1851 AT in
the total of current money and credits
assessments in the state and 1887 in
the number of persons SO assessed,
the state tax commission Announces
have resulted from reassessments on
that special classification in 1922 scat
tered districts. The new figures show
assessments against 1921 persons to-
falling $3,O45,966 in the districts cov-
cred.
st. Paul. - A public domain depart
ment of the state government crea-
ton of which will be recommended
along more or less similar lines by
various organizations reporting to the
next legislature, was the subject of a
conference Of advocates of the plan,
especially the reclamation soil survey,
drainage and like features, in the Of
fee of the state immigration depart
| ment at the new state capitol.
St. Paul. - Delegates to the annual
meeting of the State Grange at Uni
versity farm recalled the activity of
the grange in the Eighties when that
| body was largely instrumental in pro-
| noting establishment of the school of
| agriculture under university auspices.
Fewer than 100 delegates met, repre-.
| senting chapters in various rural com
| munities. Dean Woods and Prof. c. P.
| Bull of the college of agriculture were
! speakers.
st. Paul. - Dates for coming state
and county sales of approximately So.
| 100000 feet of timber on state-owned
lands in Northern Minnesota, have
| been fixed by J. A. O. Preus, state
| auditor, and Oscar Arneson, chief of
the timber bureau in his department
! About 28000,000 feet of state timber
will be offered at county sales SEIZED.
uled as follows: January Is, 8 a.. M,
Two Harbors; p. M, Duluth; Janu.
airy 16, Grand Rapids; January H.
Walker; January 18, international
Falls. - -=.- 3D..
Minneapolis. = The best of every.
thing that grows in the Red river val.
ley, farm crops, fruits, livestock and
poultry, will be. shown at the annual
farm crop show of the Minnesota Red
River Valley Development association
Feb. 5 to and in conjunction with the
show will be a farmers short course
Many parts Of Minnesota are looking
to these counties to furnish seed for
the 1917 crop and the word has been
sent out that the district has the seed
| An especially good potato crop, d
large part of which was held in ware
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