Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1921-01-26
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Another speaker of the evening was
Charles p. Craig of Duluth who CON
vincingly presented the cause of the
proposed Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Tidewater project, which when con-
summated will make Duluth an ocean
port and be of immense benefit to the
whole country. especially the North
west. An International Commission of
eminent men from the United States
and Canada has the matter in charge,
surveys and estimates Of cost by COM
petent engineers have been made. and
congress and the Canadian parliament
Will soon be asked to pass the necessary
legislation to Start the ball rolling.
f: "A. Nelson of Minneapolis. director
of the publicity for the government
savings organization gave good talk
on thrift and explained that the govern
ment still needs to borrow the savings
of the people in order to meet it's mani
fold obligations. Thrift stamps and
savings certificates are still on sale and
during 1920 more than $4,000 900
United States. The habit of saving.
fostered by the buying Of government
savings securities, is Of great value. es-
pecially to young people. The editors
are giving the government as well as
the people valuable service by urging
the purchase of savings securities.
Editors are Guests of Northwest
School of Agriculture
On Friday morning a large number
Of automobiles and auto busses. pro-
vided by the citizens of Crookston, con-
veyed the editors over ii magnificent
cement highway. Il mile in length. out
| to the Northwest School Of Agriculture
whose guests we were to be and where
the sessions of the day were to be held
Upon arriving at the school the visitors
were escorted to the various buildings
| where classes were, at work under the
direction of teachers who are experts
in their line. We first entered the
Owen building. named for S. Nj. Owen
editor of Farm. Stock Il Home. who
during his life was prominent in farm
ing and political circles and was IL can
! dldate for governor in Farmers ALI
ance days. Here we saw on the ground
floor a class of boys busily engaged i'll
pOking Il number of cows in the ribs, .exs
| amining the .udders and infinitely in:
speeding every part of each animal
from the place where the horns used
to grow to the tip of the tail. 1t was
a stock judging class. Turning my eyes
toward the instructor who stood watch.
ing the boys in their antics, | recOg-
nized John HUSKY, former county agent
of Marshall county. who now is a mem.
Der of the faculty of the institution. and
l. immediately began to feel at home
The boys who receive instruction from
Mr.. HUSKY will surely have good
knowledge OF live stock. Next we were
escorted to the manual training depart.
ment, where a large class of boys were
! busily ut work with saws. planes and
other tools. constructing various arti
cles OF wood. Prof. FOker had charge
OF the manual training department OF
the Warren high school many years age
and he also had the good sense to marry
one Of Warren's best girls. We besar
| to feel still more ut home. Besides
having charge of the manual training
department. Mr. Foker is also custodian
l l.
needed he is the one who sees tlla
they are done. He is a very versatile
man and in addition to his many Other
duties is also the official cartOonist O.
the institution. The catchy cartoons il
the hourly bulletins distributed amon&
the editors were drawn by him. I
class OF boys at work repairing ant
|Studylng gasoline motors, trucks. auto
and farm machinery of all kinds. wa
next seen. What a splendid thing it i
for Il farm boy to learn these things a
lanOthcr room we saw a large class O
girls busily engaged in sewing garment
Of various kinds and in still anothe
room a class of girls was receiving in
struction in cooking. These girls will
4 know a great deal about Housekeeping
when they marry. A young man VIII
wants good wife will make no mis-
take if he selects a girl who has bee
trained at the Northwest School O
Agriculture.
Next we were taken through the sey
eral barns where pure bred live stoc
is kept, and where boys were see
caring for the animals. The schoc
owns a large number Of pedigree
cattle and sheep and great deal Q
attention is paid to the subject c
breeding. A young man who wants t
make the raising of livestock his bus
ness, should by all means take cours
in animal husbandry at this institution
The Northwest School of Agricultur
is town in itself and time did not pei