Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-06-25
STATE bREVII|ES

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Middle River Middle River win
& celebrate the Fourth OF July, the Wood.
men lodge having taken the initiative
In the matter.
Virginia.-John Aho, 50, committed
suicide here BY shooting himself. It
1s believed he has suffered reyerses
In gambling.
TWO OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES crews
are daily hauling ore to the docks
here over the Iron Range and the ship
ping season is In full gwing. S
Winona. Fred G. Ford, 80 years old,
was struck and killed by passenger
train ct Trempealeau while delivering
2 rural mail route in Z small auto.
Crookston.-The Polk County Farm
bureau members Will hold their first
annual picnic on the grounds Of the
Northwest School Of Agriculture IN
this city.
Crookston.-ln district court YER
dict for $1,425 was returned in favor
OF the plaintiff in the case Of Chris
Brendemueh VS.. Chris Poehs, an &C.
ton to recover for labor.
Brainerd. Rev. Renius Johnson sew
cred two tendons of his left wrist while
chopping poles on his farm in Bay
Lake township and was laid up two
weeks. He breaches Sundays only in
the country.
Bemidji.-A blaze starting in the
rear OF the city meat market here
spread to adjoining business blocks
and caused loss of 100000. Build
tngs destroyed were the Rex theater,
the p. J. O'Leary building and the city
market. -
st. Paul.-Forty forest fires report
81 last month did $4,000 damage to
the state and private property in the
vicinity of Tower, according to the
state forest service Office. Half Of the
fires were caused by sparks from rail
road engines.
Bemidji.- Hope that the new pump
Installed in well No. would bring the
city water supply to 100000 gallons
daily was abandoned by the water
committee of the city council when q
trial showed that it would produce far
less than had been expected.
Duluth.-The annual election for
members of the local school board
will be held on July 10. Four mem
bers are to be chosen and the cleo
toral horizon already is presenting the
faces Of several candidates. Mrs.
julius H. Barnes, wife of the national
grain director, has announced herself
support
st. Paul.-John Overall, st. Paul. re-
sumes today his duties as assistant on
the staff of Clifford L. Hilton, attorney
general. Mr.. Overall terminated pre-
vious term in the state legal depart
ment in January, when he became ill
with influenza, and was reappointed
after the legislature authorized an
additional assistant to the attorney
general.
Moorhead.- Grasshoppers are caus-
ing damage to crops in several parts
OF Clay county. They are the local
varieties, not the Rocky mountain To-
Gust, but they are numerous enough to
destroy the grain and other crops
County Agent A. C. O'Banion and A. G.
Ruggles, state entomologist, went to
the Thorpe farm, northeast of FELTON,,
to investigate.
Crosby. The bodies Of o. "A. Yoe-
man and his son, o. G. Yoeman, who
were drowned in Blackhoof lake, near
here, have been recovered. The young
man was swimming when he was TAX
on with cramps. His cries for help
were heard by his father, who was un-
able to swim, but who nevertheless
went to the rescue. He reached the
side of the boy and the latter dragged
him into the depths with him.
Minneapolis In the week ending
June IA, the United States Employ
ment service Offices in Minnesota
placed 1870 men and 701 women. Min
neapolis headed the list of placements
of both men aand women during the
week, positions being found here for
307 women and SCI men. Placements
by other Minnesota Offices were: St.
Paul, 255 women and 1876 men; Du-s
luth, 1873 women and 511 men; Man
kato, 1 woman and A men; st. Cloud,
no women and 10 men.
St. Paul--Armistice day, Nov. II,
may be made a Minnesota holiday on
which every locality in the state will
celebrate the return of its world war
veterans. The Legion of Honor is pro-
noting the proposal. Governor Burn
quist Endorsed the movement when it.
was outlined by a Legion of Honor
representative. The governor previ-
,ously had announced that statewide
celebration would be in order soon
after the arrivals of all Minnesota men
returning from overseas and has
agreed that Armistice day would fit in
with the general plan.
st. Paul.-Mrs. Claude Dolan, ma
tron Of the Minnesota Soldiers home,
has sent in her resignation, to become
effective July l. The board Of direc-
tors has not yet appointed her success
sor. Complaints have been received
by the board from old soldiers to the
effect that the matrOn was arbitrary