Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-02-19
Minnesota State
News

St. Paul. Plans to bring thousands
of summer recreationists from all
parts Of the nation to Minnesota will
be developed at the annual meeting of
the Ten Thousand Lakes association
at the st. Paul Athletic club in the
near future. Representatives of every
section of the state will attend
st. -Paul.-The America First asso-
citation, Saint Paul hotel, St. Paul, has
been designated as the official agency
for the distribution of Roosevelt Me-
mortal buttons throughout Minnesota,
particularly among school children.
More than 100000 pupils of public and
private schools in St. Paul and Min
neapolis are already wearing these
buttons.
Moose Lake.-This city is rebuilding
at a rapid rate and in a few months
traces of tho great fire disaster of last
October will be largely a memory.
The two banks have consolidated and
will do business in a new building to
be erected on the Knutila corner. John
Carlson has new store building near
ly completed. The five churches will
all rebuild. ~~
International Falls.-Harris Rich
ardson, attorney of St. Paul retained
by the Backus interests to take care
Of their more important litigation, is
here to have charge of the water
works injunction matter, in which the
NJ. & o. Paper company seeks to have
the city enjoined from buying a pro-
posed site for municipal waterworks
pumping plant. I1&@s u (
Northf1eld.-The memorial service
Of Carleton college for Professor Fred
Burnett Hill, which was postponed
from Feb. 8, were held in Skinner Me-
mortal chapel, Sunday The speakers
included President Marion L. Burton
of the University of Minnesota for the
alumni, DR.. Harry P. Dewey, pastor of
Plymouth Congregational church, Min
neapolis, and others
Hibbing.-An epidemic of severe
colds closely resembling influenza has
spread in Lynwood, farming locality
near Hibbing and township health Of
6cials have been asked to take
charge. The epidemic is also preva-
lent in Bengal. The disease appears
to have found most of it's victims
among school children, a number of
whom are in a serious condition.
st. Paul.-Commissioner Fred w.
Putnam of the State Railroad and
Warehouse department has gone to
Washington to attend conference of
the executive and special board COM
mittees of the National Association of
Railroad commissioners. The meet
Ing is called to work out plan of CO.
operation between state commissions
and the Railroad Administration.
49, Winona.- Normal schools of Mime
sofa are rising to the needs of the
northwest, and particularly this state,
growing out of the teacher shortage.
The problem, it is declared, is acute.
More teachers must be made avail
able, according to educational authori-,
ties, and the reconstruction calls for
the greatest strides in the teaching
profession. Greatly increased enrol
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ties for summer terms and the semes-
tiers beginning next September.
st. Paula table showing the num-
Der of men furnished to the army by
each state during the war has been
made public by the War Department.
New York led with 367,S64, and Ne
vada stood last with 5,1O5 in the total
of 3,757,624 men obtained by draft,
voluntary enlistment, or through the
National Guard. Middle Western
states furnished the following num-
bers of soldiers: Illinois, 251,974;
Michigan, 195,485; Minnesota, 99,116;
Iowa, 98,781; Wisconsin, 1921; South
Dakota, 1885; North Dakota, 25,8O3.
Crookston.-At conference of Ben
edictine Sisters with Right Rev. Tim
othy Corbett, bishop of Crookston, it
was decided to Immediately erect a
suitable brick addition to St. Vincent's
hospital, consisting of twenty rooms,
build a suitable boiler room and
laundry and install an electric eleva:
tor.