Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-01-28

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will at least be twice that amount.
The street paving total Was s37 936.
Luverne, lille 6ynamithg in a
gravel pitanear here. Fred Skeen was
struck on the top OF the head by big
stone. He was taken to a hospital
where his condition was reported seri-
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Sank Center. "a community house,
which also will be the permanent head
quarters of the local American Legion
post is being planned. The city OF
Sank Center will be petitioned to
finance the project. .3sS5
Mankato,The high school was
closed part of last week because of the
sickness Of the teachers. An attempt
will be made to keep the grade schools
going by filling in with high school
teachers who are not sick. Fourteen
teachers were off duty on one day.
Little Falls. Potato growers from
over the state gathered here to COM
plete plans for the Organization of the
Minnesota Cooperative Potato Grow
ers exchange. The Michigan plan OF
potato marketing is proposed as the
basis for the Minnesota exchange.
Windom-LeonardL okken of Heron
while operating corn shelter on a
farm near here. Lokken was reaching
over the gears to adjust an oil cup
when his hand was caught in the ma.
chinery. The hand was torn off com.
pletely below the thumb.
Winona. A. Henry of Utica, Winona
county, was awarded damages by a
jury in the amount of $4,000 in his
suit again John w. Pfeffer, farmer
residing near Utica, for alleged per.
manent injury caused when Pfeffer is
said to have struck the machine driven
by Henry while driving on country
road near St. Charles on Oct. 6. Henry
sued for $4,000. ~. ts n Z.
Cloquet.-In a fit of jealous passion,
John Ranta, 35, Finnish farmer resid-
i ing five miles north of Cloquet, on the
Saginaw road, shot and killed his wife
and two children and then turned his
revolver upon himself with fatal re-
suits. Ranta, it is believed in CloQuet,
where he is.well known, went violently
insane The Ranta case is the third
case of insanity and gun play near
Cloquet within the last four months.
Lake Benton.-A systematic search is
now being carried on in an effort to To-
cate three $1,000 Liberty Bonds. War
Saving stamps valued at 500 and cur
rency to the amount of $40 which
we're lost on a Northwestern passenger
train running through here. Although
the loss occurred on October 10, last
all efforts to find the missing securi-
ties have failed. The federal authori-
ties have been notified and renewed eff
forts are now being made to recover
the lost bonds and money ~. -
St. Paul-More than 600 members
OF the grand lodge Of Masons of Mime
sofa gathered in annual meeting at the
St. Paul Masonic Temple and elected
officers for the year. Those elected
were: 3. A. Montgomery, Minneapolis
grand master; F. E. jenkins, Faribault
deputy grand master; H. Held, New
Vim, grand senior warden J. M. Nc.
Connell. st. Paul, grand junior war
den; David w. Knowlton, Minneapolis
grand treasurer; John Fishel, St. Paul
grand secretary; Henry hobbs, Rem
vile, grand chaplain se
Brainerd.-George Bennett of Guy
una was found guilty of a charge OF
first degree manslaughter by jury in
district court here Bennett was charg
ed with shooting his wife when he mis-
took her for a deer, Oscar Reno, q
companion of Bennett on the night OF
the shooting, who was indicted also
was discharged, .~. 20
= St. Paul.-Deposits in Minnesota
banks aggregate $444,049, 269-an iii
crease of $1O4,410,411 over the totals 8
year ago, according to the annual re
port by George Sivwricht, deputy su
perintendent of the state banking de
partment. u # -.