Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1916-01-26
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We are very sorry that the New
ISolumites felt so mistreated at the
hands Of the Vikings that they had TO
resort to the columns of the Sheaf to
voice their grievances.
| If we had known that the New
ISolmites had prepared a special piano
program and that the success of their
program depended upon a piano we
surely would not have objected to
hiring piano at the eleventh hour.
! But the real facts Of the case are
that we asked Mr.. Tornell if we
could hire his piano, he consented
but about New Year he backed out
on his offer. We then asked Mr..
Erickson, who lives three miles out
Of town and he said we could hire
his piano for $500. Later on in the
week we figured that the piano would
cost US about $1,000 with livery
charges back and forth. Well, we
thot that $1,000 was too high a price
to pay for two piano selections as
long as we had no money to work
with and we doubted very much that
the collection would cover that
amount We did not think of asking
| Mr.. Tornell again for his piano be-
cause we thought that when man
refused he meant it and we did not
believe in forcing anyone to do any
thing he did not wish to do.
The same day we decided not to
hire Mr.. Erickson's piano we notified
the New Solumites.
We were as much put out by the
Ichange as the New Solumites because
we had two piano selections decided
upon but we notified the party who
was to render them that she would
have to change them to such selec-
lions as could be played on "our rat
tie trap Of an organ"
Saturday evening, an hour before
the program, Mr.. Tornell asked us
!if we wanted his piano. We told him
that at that late hour it would be Of
no use to us because the party who
was to have rendered the piano selec-
lions had already come to town and
left her music at home.
The New Solmites should have
come to us and explained that they
had not prepared their program SINH
lar to ours in every respect, therefore
they were not satisfied to give up
their piano selections. If they had
done so we would have understood
and we would gladly have hired Mr..
Tornell's piano that evening regard
less of the fact that we could have
made no use of it. But it was under
stood between us that the two pro-
Igrams were to be exactly similar in
every respect; in following our pro-
gram we followed that agreement and
therefore we naturally thought that
having no piano would make exactly
the same difference to both sides.
Another fact we wish to call at
tention to is, namely, that as far as
we can see the question of the piano
was not the reason why the program
was changed from a contest to an
Entertainment, as the correspondent
from New Solum claimed. Even if
we had been able to procure a piano
the two programs would not have
been similar, as had been decided be-
forehand, therefore a contest would
have been out of question.
Now it's up to our readers to judge
whether we're as blameworthy in this
|piano question as the correspondent
from New Solum seemed to Indicate.
We are sorry that this misunder-
standing should have arisen but we
can not help but feel that it could
have been avoided thru an explana-
tion. The Viking Committee
/ Arthur Anderson and Otto Sustad
were out fixing telephone lines on
Monday.
! Oscar Drotts has purchased full
blooded Holstein from C. L. Rud.
On Friday evening C. G. Calder
wood gave an interesting talk on
how to bring about State and Nation
al prohibition of the liquor traffic;
he also rehearsed the history of the
temperance movement from it's in
fancy up to present time. A big
crowd Of attentive people were as
Isembled.
| Ray Larson froze both his feet one
|of the cold days week before last.
! Mrs. Arnt Hanson had the great
misfortune to break one Of her legs.
] Gust Lindell had one of his fingers
broken recently.
| The stockholders Of the Farmers
Cooperative Store Co. held their an
nual meeting Tuesday
Miss Ida Sandy visited with Mrs.
&c. G. Peterson Monday last.
A. o. Brink is making preparations
for the erection of a large barn next
summer.