Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-09-27
Minnesota State News

ct Ill health, Mary Schmauss, 26 years
old, took her life by shooting, at he1
home in this city, She was found in
her room with a bullet wound in her
heart, when her mother investigated
a revolver report
Moorhead. - A bullet that crashed
through window into the F. L. Getty
home here, narrowly missing a mem.
Der of the family and f1attening against
a wall, is believed to have been fired
by property owner guarding his ap,
pie orchard against a band of boys.
st. Paul. - The apple crop in Min,
nesota is only 40 per cent of the aver
age this year, according to the reports
Of dealers, and what apples there ara
are In scattered sections. Hot wealth.
er and the ravages of bugs early in the
spring are blamed for the poor crop.
st. Paul. - October 8, the anniver.
sary of the Chicago fire in 1871, has
been set apart by Governor J. A. A.
Burnquist as fire prevention day. An
organized effort in cities and villages
and on farms is to be made at this
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general cleanup.
Minneapolis. - County commission.
ers of Minnesota are said to have been
converted in considerable numbers to
belief in concrete as a desirable
bridge material. C. E. Nagel, deputy
state highway engineer in charge of
bridges said the bridge-testing DEM
onstration at the state fair had con-
vinced many.
Moorhead. - With drainage work
amounting to $59,3S2.97 accomplished
the past summer and plans laid for an
additional $114,623.33 worth, Clay
countys 1916 record in this respect
bids fair to stand as record through.
out the state. Appropriations have
been made for the work planned bring1
ing the years total up to $173,8O6.3O in
funds voted.
Duluth. - Odin Halden, St. Louis
county auditor, has completed certif.
cation to the state of wolf bounties
About 1000 of the pirates of the Wilds
were killed in st. Louis county dur.
Ing the last Is months and approx.
mately $4,000 was paid out for boun.
ties. Last winter the deep snow made
it comparatively easy to kill wolves.
st. Paul. - Minnesota spent $685.
278.S4 on it's thirty state institutions
In the last fiscal year, and more than
q third Of that sum went to- the Uni
versity of Minnesota, according to fig
ures compiled in the Office of A. c..
Gooding, state treasurer. The state
ment comprised all appropriations, in,
Guiding those for buildings mainte-
nance and the like
Minneapolis, Minn-F1res at the
Foster Robe &, Tanning company plant
and the Campbell Livery company
stable both starting within few min.
utes of each other, shortly after mid
night, resulted in the loss of one life
and damages estimated at $4,000 to
the livery stable, it's contents and ad.
joining buildings, and $4,000 to the
tanning plant buildings and contents.
Saltwater. The forty-second an
nual session Of the St. Croix Valley
Old Settlers association was held at
The Sawyer home here, where during
the past years the same association
has gathered in ever-decreasing num-
bers. The oldest settler of them all,
A. L. Larpenteur, st. Paul, who came
to Minnesota in territorial days, Sept.
Is, 1843, was among the first to ar
rive.
Virginia. - The strike on the Me-
saba iron range has been declared off
by Industrial Workers of the World.
The votes Of local unions in Biwabik,
Aurora, Chisholm, Hibbing and at
other points have made it impracti-
cable for other striking miners to con-
tinue the fight. No vote was taken
In Virginia, according to the l. w. W.,
and it is not felt it will be necessary
to take any further votes.
Rochester. "The ministry Is
poor place to make money The poo-
pie see to it preacher does not get
more than enough for living" de-
elared Bishop Charles B. Mitchell Of
st.. Paul, in an address before the
Minnesota conference Of the Method
lst Episcopal church here. '.Tho min
Istry has q tendency to develop sell
ashness, against which the true min
lster must light" he said.
international Falls. Charges OF
lonfeasance against two more Koo-
shiching county commissioners, not
mentioned in the first allegations Of
illegal expenditures of county funds,
pggregating 100000, which resulted
h suspension Of the county auditor
md three other commissioners, pend
ng investigation, have been filed with
Governor Burnquist, together with q
,stition asking that they likewise be
suspended
st. Cloud. - Vladimir Miller Of Min
leapolis was slightly wounded here in
attempting to escape from the state
reformatory with fellow inmate,
Tony Dlotti Of Duluth. The boys made
their dash for liberty by jumping to
the outside grounds from an icehouso
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