Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-01-02
Mime sofa State News

ueDdtlng team WILL meektne Red Lake
Falls high SCHOOL, team at the former
city on Jan. 8.
Burns suffered while playing the role
of Santa Claus at her home on Christ
mas eve, resulted in the death Of Mrs.
Rachael Nelson, Of Moorhead.
The explosion of gas in an empty
gasoline tank being repaired at Park
Rapids seriously injured James Kis-
sock and blew out fifteen windows.
Chief Berg of the International Falls.
fire department is congratulated over
the fact that that city escaped fire
on Christmas day for the first time
In good many years.
AS a result of the seed corn short
age in Minnesota, the Martin County
Public Safety commission and the pub
lie marketing committee have decided
to send questi"Enai.e to every far.
mer in the county to ascertain how
much seed each has and whether he
can spare any for the remainder Of
the state. * -.
The winter term of the Northwest
School of Agriculture at f,,rookston
opened Jan. and will continue until
March %. The usual courses are Of
fered this year and vii. include work
In the various branches of agriculture,
home economics, farm economics, gaso--
line and auto engineering. music and
farm accounts. s.~,...
Mile Laos lake has been opened
by the. Minnesota Public Safety COM
mission for commercial fishing during
the period Of the war. Charles E.
Lucas of Wahkon has been appointed
by the commission as buyer for the
entire Mile Laos lake country and the
state will buy all the marketable fish
offered for sale.
Brigadier General Charles B. Wheel
er, who recently was made acting
chief of the ordnance bureau of the
United States army, is Minnesota
product. He was appointed to the
military academy at West Point by
Senator Knute Nelson, then a repre-
sentative, in 1883 and was the sena-
tors first apointee.
John Bettendorf, son of Peter Bet
tendorf of St. Paul has been ordained
by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Joseph F.
Busch, D. D. Rev. Bettendorf, -cele-
brated his first solemn mass at the
cathedral. He was born and received
his early education in st. Cloud and
was for some time the assistant cash.
Ter of Security State bank. r.~
Every phase of the newspaper bust
ness will be discussed at the annual
business meeting of the Northern
Minnesota Editorial association at
Fergus Falls January II, is, and 49,
Among the speakers will be officials
of the National Editorial association,
Minnesota Editorial association and
Northern association and merchants.
Edith Lindblom, Minneapolis, was
killed and Olga Bcl1mgen, Minneapo-
lis seriously injuse hen an auto
mobilein which they 49, riding was
struck by a Lake Superior transfer
freigh train at a Superior, Wis cross
ing. Florence Winters, Carl Elgstrom
and Robert Lyons, all of Duluth, also
were seriously injured. Lyons was
driving the car !
Immediate curtailment of luxurious
passenger service equipment was
among. the first steps taken BY some
of the railroads operating in Minneso-
Ia, when the; government came into
control of the. nations rail systems.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
announced that it would eliminate
both observation and buffet. smo king
cars from its trains:
+. Motion for a new trial: for Jacob o.
Bentall, Socialist nominee fors Cover
nor in 1916, who was sentenced to
one year in Grow Wing county Jail for
constructing the draft, was denied by
Federal Judge Wilbur F. Booth. T. E.
Latimer, attorney for Bentall, annou,c-
ed he would appeal and seven day
stay of execution of sentence was
granted to enable him to perfect the
appeal !:
st. Clouds new jail, now nearing
completion, held it's first prisoner for
several hours few days since. A
workman employed on the building
went into one Of the cells, slammed
the door and accidentally locked him
self in. 1t was several hours before
he was released. The new building
is the first unit of a municipal group
which is to be erected at. a cost of
$3.50 =
l. Members of the Duluth Board of
Trade have inaugurated a campaign
toward promoting the sowing Of wheat
over the northwest next spring, as
opposed to the probable sowing of
coarse grains. At a special Meeting
of the board resolution was passed
urging the necessity of action by Con.
gress to guarantee the farmers of the
Northwest the cost CT putting in their
crop of wheat during the year 1918, in
order to induce the sowing Of large
acreage.
After thirty five years of welded life
and raising a family of five children
ranging in ages from % to 35 years,
Henry Kornfeld, 64, of Ely; has decid-
ed to ask the courts for divorce from