Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-02-06
NEWS OF STATE
.TERSELY TOLD
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.

watch.
Stillwater.-All of the mail carriers
@of the city have taken up knitting
sweaters for the local Red Cross,
many having already made good prog
ress along that line.
Chisholm. - Over 40 families must
move their houses from Pig Town be-
tween April I and Is to make way for
the extension of mining operations in
the Tioga mine, which are now under
way.
Noorhead Thrift Stamp day at
Concordia college resulted in the COL
lection among the students of the col
lege of total of $1,700 to be used
in the purchase of government thrift
stamps.
Winona.-H S. Bolcomb, for many
years a umberman of Winona and for
the last 10 years an operator of a lum-
Der company at Seattle, WASH, died
Jan. 81, according to a message re-
ceived here.
st. Cloud.-A new building for the
Nelrose district school, four miles
west of Melrose. has been suggested
rapidly growing in number Of pupils.
There are 20 pupils now.
East Grand Forks. - Government
civil service examinations for clerks
in the departmental service will be
held at the postoffice on Feb. Is, and
HNh Will 1>1 oi,,of f0,oo
for clerks in the field service.
st. Paul.-Frank A. Weld, president
of the state normal school, MOorhead,
has been appointed chairman of Gov
er11or Burnquist's school aid commits
sion. J. P. Vaughan, superintendent
of schools, Chisholm, is secretary.
Crookston-Word has been receiv-
ed from Los Angeles, CAL, of the
death of John r. Becker, former
resident Of this city. Mr.. Becker spent
mis- boyhood in Crookston, his father
being engaged in the ice business.
Neutrality-suspicious. than 1900 persons
heard F. Ostensachen, former Prus-
sian nobleman, at the loyalty rally
here. He condemned the philosophy
of militarism which exists in Germany
and pointed out the restrictions which
that government places on its inhab-
atants.
Duluth. - Slowly but surely the
stocks of anthracite coal on the docks
sat the head Of the lakes are being de-
pleted, and according to G.. P. Craig,
chairman Of the Duluth fuel admins
tration board, only the greatest econ
Sony in it's consumption can prevent a
shortage In the spring. The bitumi-
nous coal situation is slightly better
Moose Lake,. L. Thomas. engi-
geer of the locomotive which crashed
here, was exonerated from blame for
the accident and the killing of seven
children and iniuring of II Others
Thomas almost broke down while on
thc stand at the inquest. Two months
ago his engine struck and killed two
men driving an automobile over a
crossing at Willow River.
MinneapOlis.-"T. utherans in Mime.
sofa will be called o. to raise $780,
900 for social and religious work
among American soldiers and sailors
in this country and abroad" S. H.
Holstad announced on his return from
Pittsburgh, where he represented
Western synods at a meeting of the
= National Lutheran commission for SOL
oilers and sailors welfare. "StatisticS
showed that Minnesota has the second
LARGEST number Of Lutherans of any
state in the Union, Pennsylvania leal-
ing Mr.. Holstad said
St. Paul.-Brewery owners and lie
nor distributors Of St. Paul were
taken by surprise by the action Of the
State Public Safety commission in ex-
tending the bone dry order. but rome
who was i"terviewed could give in
detail an opinion as to how far the
order will affect his business All
admitted that tne order Dcces sarilv
VIII prevent the shipmont Of consi'1
~ara>le liquor and beer which hereto
Tore has been permitted in the 81
econnties now made bone dry by the
commissions latest order.
Fairmont.-Chris Schmidt, German
allen Of Truman, was arrested on two
charges of disloyalty and County At
rorney Allen said dozen counts could
be brought against him. He was hel(
to the grand jury in $4,000 bail. The
complaints charged that Schmidt ad
yised a drafted man not to go to the
war till he had to and that ne stated
"the United States had no reason t(
20 to war with Germany. You ougn'
to have government like we have ii
Germany" Schmidt makes no pre-
tense of being loyal saying he is Ger
man and favors Germany in the war
Duluth.-Tne shortage of substitute
for wheat flour is making it impossible
for Duluth bakers to follow out thu
governments war bread order. Corr
meal and barley flour, the chief sub
sstitutes, practically are called off thu
market, because there has been sucl
a big demand for them and becaus,
most of the mills have machinery To-