Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-02-04
Recent Happenings in Minnesota
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lice is taking them out of stores.
st. Peter. DIR. S. G. Swenson Of the .
University of Chicago has assumed
the chair of oratory and debate of
Gustavus Adolphus college here.
MOntevideO.-J. r. Burnip was re-
elected mayor Of this city at the an
nual election. All present office hold
ers were reelected without opposition.
+ Saltwater. Stillwate, Silks are
making preparations for their annual
minstrel show which will be held at
the auditorium here about the middle
of Lext April.
st. Paul-The State Board of In
vestment has ordered payment Of
$175,O00 on state loans aggregating
| $685. 900 to build and equip schools in
Minnesota towns
Clinton.-Fire destroyed the granary
on the Erick Gjendahl farm five miles
southeast of here, causing loss of
more than $1,000. About 600 bushels
of grain were consumed.
Hastings mail delivery serv-
ice started here February /. Three
carriers will be employed and two de-
liveries day will be made throughout
the city, afternoon and morning.
| Waseca. improvements and build
ing here last year amounted to $780,
900. 1t is expected that the 1920 total
| will at least be twice that amount
The street paving total was $37,936.
St Paul.-The Consumers Flour
Mills company of st. Paul, anstenter-
prise to be capitalized ultimately at
100000, between 100000 and $780,
600 of which is to be invested in
modern mill here, has been chartered
| Hibbing. Census taking in the Hib-
bling district has closed and presentsin
1dications are that Hibbing's population
will total $4,000. It is claimed that
Virginia will show a population of
10000. ss.*s s, n.
T Kelsey S. Chase, formerly president
of the Peoples bank Of st. Paul, was
elected county treasurer by the Board
of Ramsey County Commissioners, to
| fill out the unexpired term of Martin
| J.. O'Malley, who resigned.
| St.zPaul- O'Brien, st. Paul,
was decorated in Paris with eighteen
other American Red Cross workers.,
| for service to Montenegro, since the
! signing of the armistice. He received
| the Order Of Prince Daniels, third
] class.
4 Minneapolis. Fines Of 500 each
were imposed by Judge G. L. Smith
upon four Minneapolis milk companies
held guilty on charges brought by the
state that they had adulterated their
milk in certain instances by the addi-
1 tion of from 40 to Is per cent water.
Bemid Ole Furuseth Of Bagley,
near. here, recently received check
33 acres Of his Clearwater county farm:
The clover crop for seed alone brought
approximately 5000 an acre and the
clover straw may beSused for feeding
| purposes.
Duluth.A record in criminal court
procedure in Northern Minnesota is
believed to have been made when
Adolph Carlson was arraigned, the in
dictment read, six witnesses examined
the jury retiring for nine minutes and
the defendant convicted all in 81 min
1 utes. Carlson was sentenced to one
| year at Saltwater penitentiary.
St. Paul.-The county farm bureau
of Minnesota, of which there lis one in
every county, formed state wide fed
/ Grafton. at a meeting Of delegates in
the House chamber of the new state
capitol The Minnesota federation is
allied with the national federation
formed few weeks ago in Chicago.
The purpose of the federation is to
promote the agricultural industry
along sane and conservative lines in
Minnesota, and in cooperation with
the national federation, throughout the
country. It is also to foster q better
and more enjoyable country life.
Cloquet. Catching fire, presumably
from an overheated stove, the store
maintained by Fred Anderson on the
Duluth road, about six miles northeast
of here, was totally destroyed a.few
i days ago. The building and stock were
4 but partly covered by insurance and
the loss to Mr.. Anderson is several
thousand dollars. The family lived
above the store and were absent ct the
time, having left what they thought
i was moderate fire In the stove. Mr..
Anderson was resident Of Cloquet at
the time Of the fire Of Oct. 10, 1918,
and lost all he had In that conhagra-
i ton.
Hibbing. Concrete foundation for
the new hotel in South Hibbing is I'm
ished and the contract for the building
let to @. i. Haglin & Sons Of Mime
|apolis The hotel will be four stories,
I 1856 by 125 feet, the front facing north
on Howard street. The estimated cost
exclusive Of furnishings Is SAT 900.
Warren. IS. r. Spaldlng Of Warren
recently purchased Supt. r. II. Pos
ton Of the st. Croix County, Wiscon-
sin, County farm purebred register:
ed Holstein COW and her 3-month-old
heller for $4,000, the mother bringing
4 $500 and the calf $500, probably q