Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-06-26
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Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
I: Busy Readers.

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Dllworth. so Fargo automobiles
bound for Minnesota Lake, ran into a
speed trap near here. Each paid $40 to
a justice Of the peace who held court
In restaurant. ~
| Red Lake Falls.-A call for sixteen
Red Lake county drafted men to en-.
train for Camp Grant at Rockford, ILL.,,
has been received by the local draft
board and the men have gone.
Baudette.-Mrs. J. L. Banford liv.
ing on a claim near Wayland, sixty
miles south of here, broke her leg
when she stepped into chimney hole
in the second story of her home. 81
St. Cloud.-The library of the late
George Reynolds, prominent men,
Der of the Minnesota bar, has been
donated to the public library by Mrs.
Reynolds. The gift includes 5S8 vol.
umes of fiction, history, science, law
and travel.
Winoaa.-George Meinert, "a years
old, was smothered to death and Ira
| Green, 80 years old was seriously in.
3ured when a sand pit caved in upon
them on a farm near Dover. The
men were shoveling when the food
OF sand engulfed them.
! Red Lake Falls-Rece1t additions
bring the total number of registrants
for the draft in Red Lake county on
June up to 81. Most all of these
young men who turned 81 years OLD
since a year ago. will be in class l..
and, since registration day there have
been several enlistments in the serv-
ice.
Fairview.-Martin county and the
city of Fairmont have lost their coun-
| ty superintendent of schools, city sup
| erintendent of school, war savings
chairman and food administrator to
the war through the enlistments of c.
J. Timms and Horace E. Wolfe for Y.
T. c. A. service in France. The two
men are in the east waiting to sail.
Moose LaGe.-Three sons serving
In the army, one on his way to re-
port for military duty. and two regis
cred in the last registration, is What
Mr.. and Mrs. August Johnson of
Moose Lake are giving to the United
States. Oscar Johnson, the fourth
son to serve the Stars and Stripes
has gone to St. Paul to report for
military training.
Brainerd.-Urged by Fred Lincoln
secretary of the chamber of commerce
and the Northern Minnesota Develop
ment association to help farmers in
the bayfield,, business men are go.
ing to don overhauls. seize pitchforks
during the haying season and go to
nearby farms and help farmers put up
their hay. Many patriotic citizens, pro-
pose to put in their vacation that way.
Baudette.-James, 8, son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. J. Coulter Of Rainey river,
Ont, was drowned here. He and
three small playmates were playing on
a raft. The current carried them into
the swift part of the river and James
fell off. The others, becoming fright
ened, swan for the shore, and, as the
little fellow could not swim, he was
left to his fate. His body was
found about half hour later. but life
was extinct.
Dennison.-The village of Dennison
after the state election ballots were
| counted, was shown to be one of the
| most loyal voters in the state. Of
the fifty-nine ballots cast, the vote
for governor stood: Burnquist 50,
Lindbergh 0. The voters evidently
Were of the same mind with regard to
Knute Nelson for United States sena-
tor. The vote for Nelson against
James A. Peterson resulted in
whitewash for Peterson, Nelson get
| ting SO.
Winona.-Among speakers at the
| summer meeting of the Southern Min
nesota Medical association held here
were Major Jump, U. S. A. Patriotism
was the dominant note of the gather
ing, special patriotic session being
held, with addresses by Maj. Jump,
Pierce Butler of St. Paul, Maj. C. H.
Mayo, Rochester, Maj. T. C. Wither-
| spoon and Maj. Joseph Miller,
Camp Dodge; Col. Henry Greealeaf,
Fort Smelling and President Burton,
University of Minnesota.
Minneapolis.-T will be no OBJ
lection on the part of the government
to the division Of territory by the
Northwestern and Tri.state Telephone
companies, according to word received
by companies officials. This attitude
removes the last obstacle in the pro-
gram for the separation of territory
as ordered and approved by the Rail.
road and Warehouse commission.
Guy H Pratt, general commercial
superintendent of the Northwestern
company, said that normally it would
take eighteen months to effect the
one-unit phone system, but said that
owing to war conditions it may be
many more months before the plan is
put in operation. 49, "a,
Graceville.-A patriotic address by
Governor Burnquist was the feature