Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-08-07

~ 4OOu COmmOu1LleS TO consumers.
Hastings ohm Droback, As years
old, who had been sentenced to the
Washington county jail on disorder
~ conduct charge. committed suicide
by hanging.
Brainerd. Nine men OF the 1913
draft registrants have volunteered as
chaufieurs and will be sent to the
school for chaufeurs at Indianapolis,
Ind, Aug. Is. .5s s5 s8. .4
Crosby.-W. H. Bamberg, president
Of the Bamberg Exploration company,
dropped dead at his home here. He
had been suffering from leakage Of
the heart. A widow survives. ~
Winona. Although a dog lying a.
| sleep in the same room was killed,
the family of H. P. Felgate, on Prai-
RE Island, near here, escaped unhnrt
when lightning hit the residence
Enthusiastically Sunday, for the
first time since his operation at the
Mayo hospital, took the prohibition
stump when he addressed the Mayo
staff and large number of citizens.
st. Paul. The prospect of viva
cious milkmaid to administer unto
bovines at the city workhouse is not at
all remote, according to H. w. Austin,
general superintendent. Men are not
to be had. -. f.. sas* S:
Duluth.-Defnite arrangements have
been made by St.. Louis county and
Duluth officials, whereby wood is to be
cut and distributed in this district in
an effort to relieve the fuel shortage
this winter. .e.... 49,
| Stillwater.-C. "A. Smith, who is
being held in the Washington county
jail to await the action of the Chi
sago county grand jury, is passing his
spare time by knitting wooden socks
for the Red Cross. \
st. Paul.-Gov. J. A. "A. Burnquist
will be the principal orator at the
laying of the corner stone of the new
state normal school at Bemidji, Au-
gust 10. Judge c. w. Stanton will be
the master of ceremonies. "
Moose Lake.-John Erving, far
mer, living near Kettle River, who
is believed to be insane, set fire to
his buildings following a quarrel with
his wife. Erving drove his wife and
daughter from their home go,
/ Alexandria, the body of
Christ Melting of Valley City, N. D.,
hanging from a tree in pasture be-
longing to Senator Knute Nelson, end
ed a six weeks search. Melting fed
from his home June II after declaring
that he was going to hang himself
He is survived by his wife and seven
children.
st. Paul-Minnesota ranks fifth
| among all the states in the Union in
the population per automobile and the
total number of cars in each state.
There is one automobile owner for
every twelve inhabitants and the total
| number of cars in the state is 10000.
Iowa heads the list with car for ev-
cry eight people.
| st. Paul.-Sixty-s state deputy oil
inspectors must wait until next year
for payment of fees aggregating $4,000.
Only those of Minneapolis, st. Paul
and Duluth receive salaries. The sit
uation is due to the upsetting of. the
precedent of paying fees for the last
of the state fiscal year ending July
81, from the appropriation for the fol-
lowing year. e.. '.:@ +:
Glyndon.- The potato crop in the
Glyndon district has not been blighted,
according to a survey just. completed
of over $4,000 hills of potatoes BY
E. D. Sylvester, agriculturist of the
Glyndon high school, and H. c. Boyle.
The slight trace of blight found was
| less than two sperS cent, and it is ex-
pected, Mr.. Sylvester says, that the
district will produce an exceptionally
fine seed potato this year.
Wabasha.- Sheriff julius Boehlke
discovered that his 14-year-old pris-
oner, Harry Jacoby, who is held here
In the county jail on a charge of MUIR
der; had completed preparations to
escape The prisoner, with the aid of
tin spoon handle, had opened the
window castings and removed the
weights. These, with an iron bar tax
en- from a radiator, were the tools
with which he removed three-foot
square of plaster and two thicknesses
of brick.
st. Paul.-Ruling that issuances of
liquor licenses in the city of Roches-
ter lies entirely within the Judgment
and discretion of the city council, and
that the mayor has virtually no con-
troll of the matter, the state supreme
court today affirmed the order of the
Olmsted county district court direct
ing Mayor Julius j. .Reiter to sign a
license granted George F. Miller The
decision ends controversy between
the Rochester council and Mayor Rel
ter which attracted wide attention.
Bemidji.-The Bemidji Manufactur.
ing company, local organization, is
now engaged in the manufacture of
one million reels on which barbed
wire. to be sent abroad for use by the
government will be wound The or.
der was received but recently and is
an innovation, hardwood having been
used almost exclusively for these reels
In the past. The local company is
man11fa ct11rinr thou ont 80 - No ~ ~