Warren sheaf., 1917-12-26
MINNESOTA NEWS
ITEMS CONDENSED.

ayt t.s III
ALL THE Big STORIES AND THE.
MOST INTERESTING OF THE
SMALLER ONES CONDENSED.
The Big Fork river ice at Big Falls,
Is now as smooth as race track for
motor cars, and some joy riders have
taken advantage Of It.
More than 800 Willmar women have
already served chain luncheons in the
interest of the Red Cross war relief
fund. These Luncheons have brought
In $325.
A meeting for the purpose of organ
izing Home Guard among the patrl-
otic young men of Aitkin, who are not
subject to draft, has been called to be
held at the court house.
Charles Nelson. a farmer of Svea,
just marketed 6S hogs, for which he
received $2,5S0 The hogs, farrowed
last spring, averaged 260 pounds each,
and brought $15.75 hundred.
Fire destroyed the uninsured home
OF Rasmus Rolscheau, north of the
Roschau lost everything in the house,
including provisions for the winter
Adeline and Nelford Fongsie, 3 and
10 years old, had narrow escape
from freezing to death while walking
to the Belmont school, south of East
Grand Forks, during the recent cold
spell
After deliberating for three hours,
the district court jury at Mankato that
tried Henry Weibold of sLyra. opsthe
charge of seditiops utterances brought
in a verdict of guilty. The defend,
ant will move. for new trial
With an allotment Of $4,000 for
the Red Cross, Mankato has sub ubscriD-
ed $4,000, and subscriptions are still
being received. Every local move
ment started since the entry of this
country into the war has been over
subscribed.
The Willmar city council has decid.
ed that all street lights in the city
will be eliminated hereafter early in
the evening, in order to economize in
the use of coal The board Of educa-
tion has also prohibited all evening ac-
tivities in the school houses.
7 Leorard Beshow, years old, was
killed by her brother Fred at Albert
Lea. Fred was playing with small
rifle which he did not know was
loaded. The gun was discharged, tire!
bullet striking the side of barn ans.
g1ancing, struck his sister standing
to one side several yards out of range.
killing her
Instruction in raising and canning
poultry will be the principal feature of
the Thirty-Second annual poultry show
of the Minnesota State Poultry asso.
citation, January 81. in Arcadia hall
Minneapolis. Officers of the associa-
tion are working with G. H. Benja-
min Of Washington, government ex-
pert, to increase poultry production
in the Northwest
Meatless Tuesdays and wheatless
Wednesdays have been put into effect
at the state sanatOrium at Walker at
the request of the patients themselves
Supt. George w. Beach consented to
inaugurate the program, after a cor.
sultation With physicians made it
clear that abandonment Of the meat
diet usually fed consumptives would
not be injurious.
The heavy fall of snow in the
Northern woods, which has driven the
rabbits south, has made trapping OF
fur-bearing animals more prof1ta bic
this year than ever before, according
to professional tfappers in Southern
Minnesota. With. the prices at their
height and thessdemand increasing
the local district has given much
toward the locaIssupply.
Billy Sunday, Evangelist, probably
will speak in several Minnesota towns
IN behalf Of the prohibition campaign
while he is conducting q series of
meetings at Duluth In. May, Senator
Richard Jones OF Duluth ANNOUNCES.
Headquarters Of the Minnesota Dry
federation will be opened about Jan.
uary in Minneapolis. Senator Jones
is campaign manager for the feder.
ation
Glowing reports of the good results
accomplished Dy tile TWO weeks 10y.
atty drive Of the America First asso.
citation are coming into state head.
quarters. "The statewide loyalty
drive created more enthusiasm and
brought more pleasing results In
awakening the spirit of Americanism
that any except the most optimistic
had thought possible before it got un
der way Robert w. Hargadine, sec
retary, said.
A wager was paid at Winona
hotel that emphasizes that that city le
thoroughly Hooyerized. A guest al
the hotel on Tuesday complained to
the landlord after the main meal that
no meat had been served "If, you
cant serve meat. I'll go out and
a steak" the hotel patron said. "Bet
you IS you can't buy a steak in a
Winona restaurant or hotel today, .