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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-09-11
Ted.
Camp Cody June A. R. D.
Company A. Artillery
American Elk. Force. u.
Lawrence Erickson Tells Of Hun Tricks

Lawrence Erickson Tells OF HUN Tricks
France, Aug. s, 1918.
Dear Uncle and Auntie::
just few lines to LET you know that
81 am as well as ever and hope this
letter finds you all well. ] have not
written you for sope time, but the
reason is that we 1--we been kept some
busy these last weeks.
No doubt you are reading about the
drive the allies are making. Well we
are doing our share and i keeps us
busy. For a. while the Germans were
retreating 50 fast that we had some
time keeping up with them.
The fields and woods we passed
through were just full Of dead Ger.
mans. They did not bury their dead.
German helmets, guns and all sorts Of
equipment can be seen all over. We
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-09-11

Sc. PauI.-After a delay Of several
months, announcement haaapeeu made
that the huge government dam in the
Mississippi river between St. Paul and
Minneapolis is to be, harnessed to fur
nish power for lighting and Industrial
purposes in the twin cities. It's es-
timated that the dam could furnish
sufficient cheap power, under govern
ment or municipal control, to save
thousands Of tons Of coal annually,
and at the same time reduce the
power and lighting rate charged by
the electric power monopoly Of the
twin cities. -
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-09-11
TROOP SHIP TORPEDOED.

London, Sept. IA troop ship with
$500 American soldiers on board has
been torpedoed. ALI hands were saved
and the ship was beached.
In stead Of launching the boats, the
men, in order to save time, clambered
down ropes to destroyers which swarm
ed around the stricken vessel. This op-
Grafton was greatly facilitated by the
fact that the sea. was not rough.
The troopship was member Of a
large convoy approaching the English
coast The vessel was torpedoed 200
miles from shore at o'clock Friday
afternoon.
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SIX MEN CALLED
FOR DUNWOODY

The local board has issued a call for
six men for special military service at
Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis.
These men will entrain at Warren on
Sept 1S. Their names are as follows !:
Carl Adolphson, Argyle.
Forest v. King, Warren.
Havlock Nichols, Warren.
Samuel D. Olson, Warren.
Dewitt I. Cobb, Stephen.
Ole ]. Peterson.
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E r


a special train Of War Relics,
accompanied BY the Mammoth
Naval Band from Great Lakes
Training Camp, viii arrive at the
Great Northern depot in Warren,
Tuesday, Sept. 18th, at s o'clock a.
m, and remain until 10 q. m.
An opportunity viii be given all
to view these wonderful relics right
Of the battle fields Of Europe and
officers VIII be there to explain
them fully.
Everybody come! Don't miss it.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-09-11

e Ole Swanson, who lives a couple
miles west from town, threshed a.
bushels Of wheat per acre from one
field. Who says we can't raise the big
yields Of wheat in the Red River Val
ley now that we used to do in the
early days?
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w eek S Food Fact

One million bushels Of seed corn sell
ected now in Minnesota, (Seed Corn
Time, September 1920 will do lot to
help queer. the Kaiser quick Every
corn growers share OF this ZOO, 900
bushels OF seed corn is one bushel for
every three acres he plants to corn. 1t
Should Be Selected Now
In the announcement Of the new
wheat -four regula tons Of last week,
one OF the Victory Mixed Flours' was
omitted. This was wheat, barley and
corn flour, in the proportion Of 8
pounds Of standard wheat -four to 1
pound each Of corn and barley -four.
The price Of sugar is to be advanced
about one cent pound, says the United
States food admins Announce
ment Of the date Of the advance has
not been made, but will be made soon.
Jobbers are allowed to sell at margin
Of only 35 cents hundred pounds in
advance Of the price paid for the sugar
they have, and retailers are allowed to
Esell at only 81, or one cent pound in
advance of the price they paid for the
sugar on hand. They are not allowed
to take advantage Of the coming rise
caused by increased cost Of production
Of domestic sugars and boost their
prices. The food administration is
guarding the consumers pocketbook as
well as conserving sugar
To meet brave Frances grave need
for sugar and our army's equally grave
need for sugar for the next six months,
every American must cut down his
sugar allowance. The food admins
tration suggests six level teaspoons of
sugar daily both for the preparation OF
food and table use. Il
Every county needs a price interpre-
tation board. Such a board, says the
food administration, is a protection to
I the consumer and also to the merchant.
It protects the latter against the possls
Bile charge Of profiteering.
Sugar is coal for the soldiers body
furnace. The rest of us do not need
| it as he does. Let's let him have it. y.
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FROM TIE,
Boy IN KHAKI

also found a couple of aeroplanes which
We're brought down. Most Of the boys
are loaded down with souyeniers. A
bat fefield with the dead lying about is
not an interesting or rather pleasing
thing TO look at but it shows results,
and heFe's hoping we keep them on the
run for some time to come. The Ger
man war lords are sure without heart
or hope. German machinegunners are
found chained to their guns and also
to trees. Here is another trick Of
theirs German Red Cross men out on
the field with stretchers as though they
were carrying the wounded, but coming
to- find out they had a machine gun
concealed under the blankets. A mil
lion other things could be. told about
these Germans. -sss.-.- ..
Whenever they go through town
they raid the houses, breaking every
thing they do not take with them.
They usually grab all the furniture for
their use in dugouts, etc.
Well I have not written anybody for
some time, so with the few minutes I
now have, Il shall try to reach most
everybody, which means short letter
this time.
We are having fair weather and it
is not very warm Most of the boys
have been kept busy for sometime and
are entitled to rest soon. There is
no news at present except war news,
which at present looks bright for the
allies. I will try and write later.
Trusting this letter finds you well
and most happy, am :
Your nephew,
Lawrence Eric son,
Bat. C''' 151st F. a.
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Have q Good Christmas Dinner
Ready Writes Hilmer 7. Erickson,
Son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Erick-
son. Of Warren

+ nave u UOOQ CHRISTMAS UU1llef
Ready, Writes Hilmer I. Erickson,
Son Of Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Erick-
son, Of Warren.
Somewhere in France, July %, 1918.
Dear Mother
Wesare at last settled in little vii
lage m France. We sleep in houses
and are very comfortable. Have you
received any Of my letters? I have
sent two letters before this one am
waiting patiently for a letter from
home.
S It is very difficult thing to write a
long letter because there are SO many
things person has to leave out am
feeling fine, thought can tell you that
much
Have a good Christmas dinner ready
We will have the Huns licked and be
home by that time. ,,
Another Letter Dated Aug. s, 1918.
Dear Folks: 5ssz
feel lots better because I have re-
ceived a few letters, six or seven, I
guess. received papa's letter with
the money and one from Ema and Inge-
borg. Twas. sure glad TO get them
We are drilling every day and the
time passes quickly. Soon it will be
winter again. I am feeling fine, and I
hope everybody at home are feeling the
same way.
The farmers are busy harvesting and
threshing and suppose they are doing
the same at home. The climate seems
to be the same here as in northern Min
nesOta
Well folks, all my letters are short,
but can't think Of anything to write.
Give my regards to everyone. 0
Private Hilmer T. Erickson,
Co. I,a53 "a. S: Inf.
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Hunting Laws
And Regulations

The migratory waterfowl and shore
birds are to have better protection
throughout the United States and Can
ada this year than ever before, owing
to the treaty between the United States
and Great Britain which has been rati-
fed by both countries and for the en-
forcement Of which laws have been
passed and executive orders have been
promulgated.
On July 81 President Wilson made
public the regula lions under the law
which will govern the taking of migra=
tory birds into the United States.
Under these regulations, the open sea-
sons are named, bag limits fixed, and
other restrictions provided for. These
are intended as the maximum seasons
and limits and do not supercede the
state laws, unless the latter provide
greater latitude -
Open Season
The open season IN Minnesota will
begin Sept. 16 and close as provided for
in the state laws, Sept. 3d. on prairie
chicken, sharp tailed grouse, Wilson or
jacksnipe, greater and lesser yellow
legs; Nov. 80 on wild duck, geese, coot,
gallinules, rails The quail season
opens Nov. 1 and closes Nov. 80.
Daily Shooting Limits
The daily limit for shooting migra-
tory birds is from one-half hour before
sunrise until sunset. This is federal
regulation only.
Bag Limits
The state law must be observed as to
bag limits, it providing for smaller
limits than the federal law. Hunters
may take in one day not more than 10
wild ducks, 10 quail, 5. OF anysor all
other varieties combined. They may
have in possession at one time not
more than 40 -wild ducks, 20 quail, 80
Of any or all other varieties combined
Not more than % prairie chickens may
be taken in the season, or 80 quail.
Protected Varieties 49,
It is unlawful to kill at any time in
Minnesota any wood duck, mourning
dove, snipe, (other than Wilson OF
jacksnipe and greater and lesser
yellowlegs), wood-cock, upland, OF
golden plover, ruffed grouse (part:
lridge), Chinese ringneck pheasant
English pheasant, harmless birds.
Other Restrictions
1t is unlawful in Minnesota to shoot
from motor boats or from any boats
upon the open water blinds are per.
!! mitted il constructed within the natur.
fal growths of vegetation) It's I'M
lawful to sell game Of any kind or tc
hunt without license. Licenses may
be obtained by residents from County
Auditors. It is unlawful to place game
/ in cold storage; to hunt at any time If
game refugees.
Injurious Species
The following varieties of birds are
thu only ones classed as injuries By
the Minnesota law which may be killed
lat any time; blackbirds, crows, English
sparrows, sharp-shinned hawks, Cooper
Hawks, great horned owls, gosnwks.
Aliens May Not Hunt
i It Is unlawful for aliens to have fire
farms in possession or to hunt in Min
lnesota except on nonresident license
Persons who have taken out their "firs
papers, are not classed as aliens.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-09-11
BANKERS MEET TO PLAN
FOR NEXT LIBERTY LOAN

The Marshall County Bankers Assoc
ciation met at the II. b. church this
afternoon to consider matters in con
nectfon with the merit Liberty Loan and
plan for raising this covpty's quota
thereof. A number Of the leading
bankers In the county attended the
meeting.
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Theodore Hilleboe Reports Boys Well
. August, 1918.

L
| @ August, 1918.
Dear Mother @
Suppose you must have been worry
ing or trying to imagine what has be
come Of me. AS yet we have not been
assigned to our artillery organization.
At the present we. are attached, for
rations. to the Infantry. Have been to
the front with them once already and
came back whole. IS
Saw Frenchie (Arthur Legault)
about a week ago. a He sure was, glad
to see about 50 of us out of j. old e..
Battery. He says to send greetings.
He seems to be thes same as when in the
states, only jabbering away with all the
French he sees.
This country is O. K. as far as I've
seen it. Have been from northern to
southeastern France and back again.
The people sure seem to be interested
in the Americans too. Can't under
stand what they say but guess they
mean well enough.
have not been able to run across
Christ Hilleboe or Harold Swanson
either. If you know what organiza
ton either Of them is in,, let me know.
OF course it may as well be called an
accident as anything else when p per-
son does run across an old aequaint-
ance. just happened to hear that the
outfit Frenchie and some Of the other
boys are in was in the neighborhood
and kept on the lookout.
AL the boys are well. Art (Witten-
stem and Vic (Helmgren) and I are
| in the same company. We are sure
rather fortunate to be in the same COM
pany. Tell Mrs. Wittensten not to
worry about Art. He says he can't get
paper even at the Y. M. G. A.. It's a
scarce article in this country. Have
carried this piece for two weeks trying
to write a letter. May get some in a
day or two and then Art will write.
Could tell a whole book If had room
to write and if It would pass the
censorship. Will tell you all when ]
get home tho. Guess Pershing was
correct when he said, Hell, Heaven,
or HobOken'', by Xmas The Dutch
sure are falling back. We have won
back, according to reports, all that the
Dutch gained in the last couple OF
1 years.
Well, must close. Hope you folks
are all well. couldn't be better.
Hope to be soon assigned to some artil
lery organization so I can get my per
manent address
Your son,
Ted.
Camp Cody June A. r. D.
i Company A. Artillery
i American Elk. Force.
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Leslie Grange Writes From France.

sz SHdtGd uIOuA, 5CIdllCe. aug. IL.
Dear Folks: $3.50.
st Well this is Saturday evening and I
will start, a letter to you folks. I am
going to town tomorrow. This city is
a little further than the other one, but
it is#a much nicer place.
The captain gave So of our Company
permission to go to the river to take a
bath. It was about six miles so we all
loaded up in two trucks and away we
sWenf You couldn't see us for dust as
the roads are awfu11y Gusty. = y vent
down along the river near the town.
We saw lots of fine country along the
road. This. seems to be a fine part of
the country. The farmers seem more
prosperous They have their grain all
stacked and you should see the fine
stacks, just as neat as can be. They
also have large fields Of alfalfa which
they were cutting. Saw some farmers
blowing with oxen. The ground is so
hard and dry that the don't make much
Roadway. They have fine cattle and
sheep here. -~
Then we went by an aviation camp
where these air birds have their nest.
Some big place and lots. Of machines,
some were pretty well broken as they
do have, a. few accidents once in a
while. saw nine machines in one
flock today looked Like a bunch of
birds. have only seen one machine
fall and he was not hurt, but damaged
the machine some. They are more
common than automobiles.
Then we went by place where they
keep German prisoners and take them
| out to work every day. We passed
some on the road. They waved and
holered at us and looked real happy
1t makes me so mad just to see them
It is now. $40 here and the sun has
just set and it is getting so nice and
cool. Has been so awful hot all day
II just finished my weekly washing and
sewing. y 1.. s
This is Sunday morning and the Y
NJ. CA. is going to give us church ser
vices this morning. They hold services
here in warehouse and we sit or
railroad ties for benches. So you see
Fit makes a fine church.
/ All the rails we have here came from
Joliet, Ill; even the spikes and bolts.
Well this is Sunday evening. l was
called away this morning before
finished We went to the 7. meeting
and the services were fine. The 7. N
IC. A. is sure a great thing for u.s.
I am sitting outside here in wheel
barrow writing this letter. Don't
get in funny places? But it is nice
land cool here.
Last night we Ynre called out for 9
fire here in camp, but by the time We
got there they had it out. It was
tool shed in stone quarry that burned
YES. we have stone quarries here anG
steam sshovels and caterpillar tractors
and>big graders and also Titan tractors
so you see we are not so far behinG
times. Jaw a French farmer thresh
ling today. And such an outfit. Tit
separator has no cylinder like our!
have, just two corrugated rellers tina
squeeze the grain out Of the head ant
the straw is not threshed to pieces. q
comes out Of he back OF the machine n
where the men bind it in bundles ant
stack It again. The engine is a steam
[engine, just q little portable concern
About three men and couple o
women make up the crew.
Well, must 60 now. Hope I shal
lhear from you soon. With love,
Your brother and son,
Il Leslie
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-09-11

Esther Erickson, Warren.
Clara Backlin, Warren.
Thos. j. Jackson, Newfolden.
Emma s. Rud, Viking, Dist. No. IA
Hilda NJ. Field, Oslo, Dist. No. 27.
Myrtle BeDgston, Warren, Dist. Nd
81.
Bessie ). ;sedlacA, Radinm, Dis. No.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
w. Vernon Booth Dies
Of Wound From Bomb
Former New York Lawyer Is
War Victim in Hospital
Close to Front

PARIS, July 15.-Lieutenant w. Yer
non Booth, jr., of the American flying
corps, has died at a Scottish hospital
near the front from injuries received
IN bomb explosion when he was
forced to land after an aerial combat
over the German lines. This injury
nrecessitated the amputation of leg.
ne was buried with full military hon
LIEUTENANT Booth was born in Chicago
IN IN 1889, the son of w. Vernon Booth, and
helen II, 1. Booth, who is sister of Mrs.
fhlllp u. Armour After her graduatioo
from Harvard, in 1913, he studied
law IN New York and was practis-
ing when he volunteered for army ser
wee, but was rejected because he was
under weight and height requirements.
ne then became a member of the La
fayette Flying Corps, in France, but
later went into the American service.
Last April Lieutenant Booth was
married in Paris to Miss Ethel Forgan,
daughter of David r. Forgan. a Chi
cago financier. He had just brought
down a German airplane, and as re-
ward a ten days leave of absence was
granted that he might be married.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
Won Hertlil1g Would
Retain Economic
Grip on Belgium

COPENHAGEN, July 15.-Further
quotations from the speech of Count
Won Hertling, the German Imperial
Chancellor, in the Reichstag on
Thursday last, in which he took up the
subject of Belgium in connection with
the peace situation, are printed by the
semi official "North German Gazette"
of Berlin. 1t quotes the Chancellor as
saving.
1T was never our intention to keep
Belgium, except as pledge by which
to secure Germany against future
perils, and until the danger is re-
moved we cannot surrender our
pledge.
"In peace we must be guaranteed
against Belgium being used for
ground on which to deploy military
forces, but from the economic stand
point we must have guarantees against
being isolated
Belgium to secure close economic re-
lations with Germany" declared Count
Won Hertling. "Should Germany sue
ceed in attaining such an intimate
commercial connection this would
bring about a political agreement with
Germany, in which we should secure
the best guarantees against future
perils from England and France by
way of Belgium"
The "North German Gazette" pre-
ceded its quotation from the Chan
cellor's speech by stating that the first
part Of the speech regarding Belgium
having already been published, the
latter part of his observations is now
issued to the press because the mem
bers of the Rechstag demanded it.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-16
u. S. and British
Forces in Lapland
Advance on Toroki

LONDON, July 15.-American and
British troops have occupied the whole
of the Murman coast, in Northern
Russia, says dispatch from Moscow
to the Central News Agency by way of
Amsterdam.
After capturing KEN, railroad sta.
tlon on the White Sea coast. the dis
patch adds, the American and British
forces advanced toward Toroki. the
Russian Bolshevik authorities having
Withdrawn to Nirok.
The commanders of the Entente AL
lied forces have issued an appeal to the
population on the Murman coast re-
questlng help against Germany and
Finland. 1t is declared that the Muir
man coast is Russian territory under
the protection of the Entente powers.
M. Tchitcherin, the Russian Foreign
Britain demanding that the British de-
tachments now on the Murman coast
be reembarked without delay.
AT the request of the Russians in
that region considerable Allied forces
are now on the Murman coast, which is
on the Arctic Ocean to the extreme
north of Russia. On this coast there
are several harbors which are free
from ice all the year round and are
connected by rail with Petrograd More
forces are being sent and the local
population is cooperating with the
troops which have already arrived to
defend these railways.
Meanwhile the Germans are making
a desperate attempt to secure the con-
troll of the Murman coast. They need
the harbors for submarine bases, now
that Zeebrugge has been closed and
Ostend rendered of little value, while
the British mine fields make it ever
reach the Atlantic.
The total Teuton force in Russia is
thirty-two German and fifteen Austrian
divisions, composed mainly of old and
inferior men. This force is spread over
Black Sea.
In Finland. threatening the Murman
Railway, the Germans have rather
more than q division, but the bulk of
this body is in the south and not easily
within reach of the Murman Railway
The railway may, however, be attacked
by airplancs.
In view of this situation, Stephen
Pichon, the French Foreign Minister
addressed the foreign commission of
the Chamber of Deputies on the sub
ject, and preliminary steps were de-
cided upon. Meanwhile British public
opinion welcomes the news that some
thing is to be done to aid the Russians
and is watching eagerly the progress of
affairs on the Murman coast. The eN
tent Of the German menace in Russia
is fully realized in England