Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-08-20
torn OF and skull fractured. He was

dead when picked up.
Bemid j. The Bemidji Townsite q;
improvement company, said to be de-
linquent on payment Of taxes since
1912 on $50 lots, got out restraining
order for the city to show cause be.
fore Judge Stanton, why its property
should be sold for delinquent taxes
after being illegally assessed, as the
company claimed, in 1917 by the board
OF equalization, which raised the as
sessment 10 per cant.
st. Paul.-The first lease of state
lard at one cent an acre under the
efer by State Auditor J. "a. O. Preus
to attract stockmen from drouth
stricken Western states to good pas
lures on Northern Minnesota cut-over
land has been made. George H. Cros-
by, Of Crosby paid $6 rental on 600
acre tract Of state land near that town
for a Western stockman who will pas
ture sheep there, The rental was
asked by the auditor to comply with
the law and was paid by Mr.. Crosby
that the Western stockman might use
the land without cost.
University Farm More corn is
now grown in the farthest northwest
county OF the state, Kittson, than was
grown so years ago In the southeast
ermost county Of the state, Houston 3
says Andrew Ross, vice director Of the
Minnesota Experiment Station. Corn
with deeper kernels, more rows and
better yielding habits has been devel.
oped. a steady increase in livestock
raising has made farming more profit.
able. The fertility Of worn out soils
has been restored and employment
given to the farmers labor. Besides,
cultivation Of corn has meant cleaner
farms through the subjugation OF
weeds. The result Is much more
remunerative farm. Time devoted to
the adaptation Of a variety Of corn to
local environments is almost sure to
result in larger yields Of better corn
and greater profits from farming"
st. Paul-W. a. Wittbecker, state
hotel inspector, announces that his
department will close all restaurants
and lunch counters at the State Fair,
not properly screened against flies.
The inspector purposes to send depu.
ties to the fair, he said, to enforce the
requirement for screens.
International Falls.-The sblueberry
harvest continues and the berries are
now said to be as good and even big.
ger than earlier In the season. Thou
sands of bushels Of them will go to
waste, despite the fact that an un
usual quantity OF them have been
picked.
Mankato.-Mankato Lodge Of Elks
voted $500 to the home service cam
paign fund of the Salvation Army. 4
Detroit. The skeleton Of man was
unearthed in sandpit near Detroit,
owned by Joseph Ames of Fargo. The
Becker county coroner was notified.
Bemidji- Bemidji local, No.. 2192,
Carpenters union, tablished union
minimum scale Of wages commencing
this week, the scale to be s. cents per
hour
Bemidji. Rev. A. M. Whitby and
family have gone to Madelia, Mimi,
on months vacation before going to
Duluth, where Rev. Whitby has ac-
cepted call.
East Grand Forks.-Two men en-
tered the home of John Dokken, 219
international avenue, having previous.
ly called Mrs. Dokken from the house
on a fake errand, but took nothing.
Moorhead Bids for the basement
of the new high school building will
be opened by the Moorhead board of
education on Sept: g. The call for