Warren sheaf., 1919-11-12

! SHendric icks.-Lew Lende, 81, is in a
serious condition after being acci-
dentally shot and severely injured
while hunting near Astoria, west of
here He was crawling through a
fence with loaded gun.
Thief River Falls.-A. J.. Anderson
and County Agent ]. ]. McCann ara
the sponsors for the sheep club con-.
test to be. held in this city on Nov. IL.
The lambs will be exhibited in the
lobby Of the Citizens State Bank.
Virginia. Growth Of Virginia is re-.
,flected insthe steady gain Of enroll
'ment in the local schools. In October
the enrolment was 1894, compared
with 3.173 year ago, an increase of
i22L Night classes also are popular.
Grookston. Though the average
price per head for boars. gifts and
,ramssat the first annual sale held at
the livestock pavilion was not high,
the attendance reached CLOSE to $50
and every animal put up was quickly
purchased twenty-five hundred and
thiFty.ive dollars was what the entire
lot of animals, including approxi-
smately fifty hogs and ten sheep. to-
tailed. 5S
MoOrhead.-St Louis county waa
declared the winner here of the
county contest in the Minnesota Po-
tato Growers association potato show,
held in conjunction with the associa-
tion's annual meeting. Itasca county
won second; Clay county, third: Kitt-
son county, fourth; Lake county, fifth;
Norman county, sixth; Clearwater
county, seventh, and Red Lake cOun.
ty, eighth,
Minneapolis Judge Jelley in dis
triet court upheld the validity of the
state soldiers bonus bill. He sus-
tai1ed the demurrer interposed by the
attorney generals Office to the action
brought by A. Gustafson, a taxpayer,
attacking the validity of the law. An
appeal will be taken Immediately to
the supreme court in order that an
early ruling of that court may be had
upon the law.
st. Paul.-The State Board of Con.
troll, having turned in $1,650,000 on
collections for twine and ma machinery
made at Saltwater, Henry Rines, state
treasurer, reported a balance of $11,-
258,232 in Minnesota's cash box. The
big remittance by the Board of Con-
troll was credited to the state prison
revolving fund, after approximately
$500p00 had been taken TO cover ad-
vances to the funds under new law.
The balance will be held until Janu.
ary, when it will be used to buy raw
materials for the prison plant.
Duaath. Rather than die by starva-
ton and cold, James Francisco, care
taker for the summer place of C. L.
Simmons Of Bloomington, ILL.,, on
Wabana Lake, seventeen miles from
Coleraine, shot himself A letter he
left explained how he suffered from
blood poisoning that rendered him
helpless and unable to gather supplies
Of wood or reach provisions stored in
the cellar. The body was found by
Jack Hayes, neighbor. Francisco's
signals for help were mistaken for
the shots of duck hunters on the lake,
it IS believed:
St. Paul.-Official statistics present
ed to Governor Burnquist indicate that
the high cost of living has caused
number saof families in Minnesota to
temporarily dispose of their children,
so that husband and wife may both
obtain employment and live in one
or two rooms. High rents, coupled
with the high cost of food, has COM
PEELED a number of women in distress
to turn their children over to the
charitable institutions, according to
S. w. Dickinson, superintendent Of the
Children's Home Society Of Minnesota,
st. Paul. In addition to this method,
parents have placed their children
in cheap boarding houses, according
to Dickinson, and it is alleged that
investigations disclose a number of
cases of delinquency.
4 st. Paul.-Specialists and farm bu-
reau men Of the agricultural extension
division Of the University Of Mime
sofa have started movement to
bring about statewide cooperation by
the cooperative creamery associations.
What many regard as certain tenden-
cies of the times, emphasized now and
then by charges and statements that
certain allied interests are attempting
to control the entire food industry Of
the United States, have prompted the
belief that cooperative creamery asso-
Citations Of Minnesota should stand
together. Under the plan proposed for
more general cooperation by Mime
sofa cooperative creameries the coun-
ty is to be the unit and ultimately q
powerful statewide federation Is to
follow in natural sequence. Owners
and managers Of private plants will
be offered membership In the county
organization. Cooperative creameries
of Minnesota number more than 600.
or an average Of seven such plants
for every county.