Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-12-31

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The annual meeting Of the directors
of the Rosewood Live Stock Shipping
Association was held Monday evening.
Emil Anderson was elected President
and selmer Haugen Vice President,
The work Of the manager was declared
satisfactory. The Tuberculosis testing
OF cattle question was laid on the table !
as no information had yet been secured
from the County Agent, Mr.. HUSKY,
who is at present having two weeks
yaca ton. The managers compensation.
rate was raised to 10 cents per hEn-
dredweight when shipping one carload
and 10 cents per hundredWeight for
each additional car. Being that the
shipping district covers an area Of over
twelve miles long and is situated in.
two counties it was decided to elect
two managers as an experiment during
the coming year, and AdOlph Haugen
was elected manager in the Marshall
county district and John Sjolsyold in
Pennington county. Peder Woldness
was appointed Director to fill the va.
cancy Of John Sjolsvold who resigned
to accept the managers Office.
j "A very pretty Christmas custom was
! re-incarnated in this. community on
Christmas eve when five Of the COM
munity's best singers went from house
to house, and wherever candle was
seen burning in the window, stopped
and beneath that window sang beauti-
full Christmas songs. The intention
had previously been advertised in some
Of the local stores and it Is needless to
say that candles were on Christmas eve
lighted in almost every house, and
Drawing a piercing wind and snow
filed roads the five women kept up
their ''open snow concerts for several
hours to bring cheer and gladness into
our homes on Christmas eve.
Il Dick Hall last Friday closed deal
with A. s. Holm where he became the
owner Of the old Setness quarter section
Of land one mile east of town, and will
take possession In the spring.
! The Rafteseth Bros. have this week
purchased another 120 acres Of their
fathers farm north of town and with
their purchase last fall are now the
owners Of three quarter sections of fine
land near here. John Rafteseth, who
has previously been leasing this land
will move in the spring to his farm fur
Their north which he will equip with
modern farm buildings and in the fll-
ture establish as his home
"Christmas Ghosts were around all
through the community last Saturday
evening showing their skill in masking
and dressing as done by various races
Of people in older days. They visited
almost every house and evidently had
a good time.
Engineer H. B. Rafteseth will leave
tonight for Mahnomen to resume his
dredging work, after having spent
Christmas with his folks here ~,
Rev. and Mrs Geo. Larson, of Thief
River Falls, spent second day Of Christ.
mas here. Rev. Larson conducted fore,
noon services here and left in the after
noon for NOrden where he was also to
conduct services.
Eric Kittelson, of st. Hilaire, was in
town one day this week to visit with
Sam johnson on the Prichard farm.
| Mrs. Abe Strobe and daughter, of
Angus, arrived here last Friday even.
ing to visit with the Sorenson and
Haugen families over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Johnson and son
Earl, Of Thief River Falls, spent Christ
mas day visiting with the Hellquist
young folks north of town.
Rev. Drotts, Of Viking, conducted
Christmas services at the Swedish
church last Thursday evening. I
! A bunch of the local young folks at
tended the Christmas tree festival at
! the Busy Bee school last Monday eve
ming.
! Miss Laura Kron left last Tuesday
evening for Thief River Falls, where
she will visit with friends for some
time.
FOLDAHL