Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-05-14
news OF St
TERSELY TOLD.
Recent Happenings In Minnesota
Given In Brief Items For
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Given In Brief Items For
Busy Readers.
Baudette. - Mrs. Gunnel Anderson
of her claim before Commissioner Viii.
lett.
st. Paul-Only 10 cases of influenza
have been reported to the state board
of health. In November several hun.
dred cases were listed every day.
st. Paul.-State departments, which
occupied quarters in st. Paul office
buildings during the recent session of
the legislature, are moving back into
the Capitol.
Moorhead.-Ol Thompson, one of,
the Oldest settlers of the Red River
valley, died at his home in Kurtz town.
Ship, eleven miles south of Moorhead,
st diseases incident to old age.
st. Paul.-State draft headquarters
$ = Adjutant General Rhinow's offices
r the capitol have been closed under
>5e equipment and other supplies will
~ Snlpped. TO ChlcagO.
<3emidji-The last big log drive to
81 made down the upper Mississippi
; yer is now in progress and 100000
set of logs are being driven from
AXE Itasca to Bemidji. This years
live is an exceptionally large one.
International Fal]s.-The local i'm.
zygration officers have landed Rus.
!. ..lan in jail who was excluded by thsm
pme time ago. He managed to get
:cross the border after being told that
he was not wanted here, but his free.
dom was short lived.
st. Paul. - Minnesota 1919 session
laws will be ready for delivery in
book form about May 20, 10 days
earlier than those of any previous
legislative session were issued, Julius
"A. Schmahl, secretary of state, an
nounces. The book contains III pages.
- Wadena. - Superintendent F. J.
6perry of Mankato has been elected to
succeed Superintendent L. P. Bunker
of the local public school, who leaves
to enter government work on July 1.
Mr.. Sperry, who has been in charge
of the Mankato schools for eight or
ten years, comes here at a salary of
S2,4OO per year.
Brainerd.-Mike Vukovitch, charged
with running the blockade into dry
Indian country and arrested at Iron
ton, is well known to E. G. Boyd, spe.
cial officer of the Indian agents. 1t is
reported he was seen delivering booze
md fh0 YoH10
liquor. Vukovich leaped from his car
and there was clink to the bottles
in the sack he carried. Vukoyich es.
capped to the woods and the car big
Studebaker six, was seized.
Two Harbors.-A helper in the 10.
cal Iron Range shops got back pay,
check for $1,000, while other EN-.
ployes of the road received various
amounts down to $50. The helpers
classification was placed as boiler
maker, emitting him to the large
amount, Washington advices stated.
There were many checks for $500 and
$500. The safety car yesterday visit.
ed Biwabik, Eveleth and Virginia and
is at other range points today.
Observation-Disclosures of Battery c,
151st regiment of the Rainbow Divi-
sion, were given a rousing welcome
by this community when they arrived
home. It is estimated that about
1000 residents of the town and farm
ers. from surrounding communities
were here to help make the welcome
one that will never be forgotten by
the returned soldiers Ct the 151st.
Following parade in which returned
soldiers and G. A. R. veterans partici-
pated, the returned soldiers were CIV
on banquet.
= Former Governor
Samuel r. Van SAINT, who is rs years
old, gave joint birthday party in his
apartment at the bennington hotel.
For many years Mr.. Van SAINT has
celebrated his birthday anniversary
by taking 10-mile walk, from his
home to the home of his son, Grant c.
Van SAINT, in St. Paul. He had planned
to do it this year, but he demonstrated
in another fashion, by driving with
SMrs. Van SAINT in an automobile from
Florida, more than 1000 miles, in five
days.
II Minneap0lis.-Plans were launched
Cor staging the largest Minnesota state
lair on record in the Northwest when
IL. w. Murphy of Wheaton, mem
Der Of the State Fair board, conferred
with Thomas Garfield, St. Paul, secre-
Gary of the board. The fair is to be
a "Victory Fair" prepared along lines
of grand postwar exhibition Of Amer
seas role in the war. With extensive
Guiding and repairing projects about
Essfo be inaugurated to improve the Fair
Grounds and negotiations started to
Sring together military men and sing
..sssrs Of worldwide note and displays
,asf the Northwest's prosperity, Mr..
Murphy said that there is little doubt
but what this years exhibition will be
fhe most extensive fair ever staged in