Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-11-06

dgopped dead at his store. He was
about 65.
Minneapolis A meeting of the Min.
Eesota section of the American So
cietyR Of Mechanical Engineers, which
was scheduled for November 4. at Ray
monds@and University avenues, was
postponed until further notice.
Minneapolis. War Saving Stamp
sales in Minneapolis have reached the
amount of $3,400,35682; it was an:
nounced at the Federal building This
puts Minneapolis near the head of the
list of larger cities in the sale of war
stamps.
East Grand Forks.-The East Grand
Forks Commercial club has appealed
to Governor J. A.-A. Burnquist for inn
mediate additions to the small hard
coal supply here as a means of insur-
ing successful combat of the influenza
epidemic ~
=. Minneapolis.-The bennington fam
lily hotel will be used as reconstruct
ton hospital for wounded soldiers of
Minnesota and Western Wisconsin,.
This was definitely announced follow
ing meeting at the Minneapolis Civic
& Commerce association.
PROFESSIONALLY. T.. Meyer came to
grief when he was caught trying to
dispose of $50 pounds of fine pike
which he had caught with a net in
Lake Benton. Meyers net, gun, dog
and fish were coniscated by the game
warden and Meyer was fined $1OO.
Virginia. fire relief fund is
now $16,666. Five hundred dollars
from the Interstate Iron Mining com.
pany, the first corporation to sub.
scribe, came through Mark Elliott.
Like amounts. were donated by the In
terstate company through Bull, Hib.
bling, Keewatin and Calumet ,
Virginia.-Although the schools are
closed, the teachers will not remain
idle, as most of them are to assist the
draft board or do special work at the
schools. OF the 1876 teachers in the
faculty, 120 will work at the. court
house, sixty in the morning and sixty
in the afternoon. They have been d.
vided into groups with a supervisor for
each group. =.
Winona.-With five sons serving the
colors, four Of whom were born in
Germany, Mr.: and Mrs. T.. Bohks of
St. Charles boast a 100 per cent" fight
ing family. Three of the sons. are in
the United States army: and the other
two in the navy The parents in adj
dition have supported every war work
drive. Two of the sons are with the
army. in France, one training as an
aviation mechanic, another on board
battleship,s while the fifth is serving
on a submarine chaser.
MoOrhead:-Moland township farn-
ers donated two carloads of potatoes
for the sufferers in the fire zone. The
response has been generous and prac-
tically every farmer of the township
has donated part of his crop. Gun
der O.. Lee and A. T. Bekkerus, of the
committee thatis gathering the |pota-
toes, were in Moorhead and arranged
with e. D. Grant to store and ship the
potatoes through his house, freezyof,
charge. - ! -.
st. Paul.--Minnesota has been asked
to recruit 100 more carpenters and 200
unskilled laborers for the United
States Housing, corporation. Difficulty
will be experienced in answering the
call, according to J. c. Batten, state
superintendent of the United States
Employment service. Recent demands
occasioned by reconstruction work in
the. forest fire zone and need for men
to handle, coal from the docks, at the
Head of the Lakes, has aggravated
the shortage already existent; said Mr..
Batten:~ a.. '.<.@ - sf5;'S* = =
y st. Paul.-Livestock shipments from.
the f1re.sWept. district around Moose
Lake were practically embargooed when
the Minnesota Public Safety commits
sion issued a formal order prohibit
ing the expectation of cattle without
permit. Representatives of the COM
mission were instructed to make it
clear to the settlers in this devastated
district that these steps were found
necessary and important to the general
rehabilitation scheme now being car
ried out under the direction, of the
safety commission. ~ ~ :
Thief River Falls.-There will be
seven peat demonstration plots located
in Pennington county next year as the
result of the experiments carried out
1t the Golden Valley station northeast
of the city last summer. Prof. Geo.
H. Neson of the soil department of the
university farm, in cooperation with
County Agent Ross P. White, spent
the greater, part of the week inter-
viewing farmers, in the eastern part Of
the county to get their assistance in
farming the peat lands to the east Of
the city. -
Grand Rapids.-At the winter meet.
ing of the Northern Minnesota Devel-
opment association here Nov: 20 and
81, the question of providing perman-
ent relief for victims of the late for
est fires will be discussed. Secretary
Fred T. Lincoln is arranging for dis.
cussions on this question, with an aim
to bring about action calculated to
afford permanent relief and encour-
agement. The slogan of the N. M. D.