Warren sheaf., 1919-07-02
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BemldjI.-'Big Harry" Gunsalls Of
Bemidu was found guilty Of violation
s OF the liquor laws in Federal court at
Fergus Falls and sentenced to one year
and one day in the Federal peniten-
tiary.
st. Pau. Charters have been issued
BY the state securities department to
the East Side State bank of st. Paul,
to be located at Arcade and State
streets, and the Cosmopolitan State
bank of Saltwater.
broke and flooded the town of Currie,
the water sweeping through the main
portions of the town. People were
out In the streets spearing the fish
brought by the food.
Hastings.-Rev. Nicholas Stubenitz-
ky, pastor of St. Matthias Catholic
church of Hampden, celebrated the
10th anniversary Of his priesthood.
Clergy from surrounding towns were
In Hampden for the occasion.
Stillwater.-Joseph Novotney, 81, a
St. Paul bartender, was drowned in
Long Lake while swimming. Novot-
ney had swan to the opposite side and
was within thirty feet of the bank on
his return when he was seized with a
cramp and sank.
Minneapolis.-St. Paul and Mime
apolis will entertain auditors, treas
urers and comptrollers of various
states, and their wives, August II to
IA. The annual conference of officials
holding the strings to the funds of the
several states will attract about 100
visitors. y.
st. Paul-Two hours after he had
been run over by freight train at the
St. Paul Union depot. Thomas Sloper,
48 years old, of Red Wing, Mimi, died
at the st. Paul City hospital. Both of
his legs were severed by the wheels of
the train, on which sloper is alleged
to have tried to jump.
inneapolis.-George F.. Woessner,
Minneapolis motorcycle patrolman,
died from injuries suffered when he
was thrown from his machine against
a tree, while he was speeding to the
scene Of an accident where George
Gum, street car conductor, had been
killed by an automobile.
st. PAULA list of 112 eligibles out
of ISL applicants, taking recent exami-
nations for appointment as deputy
state oil inspectors, was approved by
the civil service board of the state
dairy and food department. Commits
sioner James Sorensen Is to appoint
the deputies for the various districts
and make public the list of successful
applicants shortly.
eapoNs.-Elevator men of the
Northwest who gathered in Minneapo-
lis for the convention Of the Tri-State
County Grain Shippers association are
greatly concerned with the shortage of
cars for the fall crop. It is expected
appeals will be forwarded to Director
General Hines of the railroad admins
tration, asking that the grain cars be
dispatched from the Southwest just as
soon as the harvest is over.
Minneapolis.-That the body of Hel-
en- Toker, IL years old, who was
drowned in -Mississippi river, has
been carried considerable distance
down stream, is the opinion of J. j.
Thompson, professional diver, who
searched the bottom of the river near
the scene of the drowning. The body
Of Mary Doulin, 13 years old, was re-
covered. She and the Toker girl were
drowned at the same time while swim
ming.
Montevideo.-The Minnesota, Lac
Qu1 Parle and Chippewa rivers, over
flowing their banks for miles along the
upper reaches, have caused a serious
condition here. Thousands of acres of
cropped lands are inundated, and it is
dimcult to determine now just what
damages may result. More than 100
farmers have been forced from their
homes and large losses have been re-
ported by farmers because of hogs and
sheep, which have been swept away in
the rushing waters. The greater part
of the loss has been caused by inunda-
ton of corn lands.
st. Paul.-Every Elk in Minnesota
has promised to give his fullest and
heartiest support in cooperating to
make the Salvation Army drive for
316, 100000 a success. At the state
of Elks held in St. Paul
last week the Home Service campaign
was enthusiastically indorsed and the
order voted unanimously to work until
the movement goes over the top. The
intensive campaign for Minnesota's
quota Of 100000 will last from August
10 to IS, and will have as it's general
chairman Julius A. Schmahl, secretary
Of state. The state has been divided
into 81 districts, II of which have the
Elk lodges.
St. Paul.-There is nobody home in
township, in the southern
part Of Koochtching county. Depar-
ture Of the last settler left the town
without even clerk. There is not a
man to hold any of the Offices nor q
single voter to elect an eligible were