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VOLUME XXXII.
THE TYPHOID OR HOUSE FLY
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The Campaign Against It Should Be
Begun Early in the Year
State Entomologist Washburn,
co-operation with the Minnesota
Board of Health, is urging the impor
tance of early measures to prevent
the multiplication of that disease
breeding pest, the house-fly. In the
early spring the flies are Comparative
ly few. But "One pair in April means
millions in August" hence the desir
ability of an early killing.
Remember that the fly breeds in
horse manure in almost any moist
filth, in garbage and similar material.
Where there is no filth there are no
flies. But a single filthy farmyard
may breed flies enough to infect a
whole village with disease, the germs
of which are carried on their feet.
These germs may be those of typhoid
dysentery, consumption or cholera,
and the fly may have come directly
from the source of infection, to de
posit them on our food, on the nipple
of the baby's bottle, or on our spoons
and forks. Fly-borne germs thus caus
ed the death of 5,000 American soldi
ers during the Spanish war.
The first of measures to secure a
flyless vicinage i sa thorough cleaning
up of all refuse-heaps, filth of all
kinds, manure piles, garbage, old
cans, bottles, vaults and earth closets.
Meanwhile put screens on all doors
and windows See that all swill-bar
rels and garbage-cans are tightly
closed. A spray composed of 8 ounces
arsemte of soda, dissol\ed 20 gal
lons of water, to which one pint cf
cheap molasses has been added, may
be effectively used upon manure
heaps. (Keep chickens away from
this)
Another poison, safe and effective,
is made by adding 3 teaspoonfuls of
formalin to a pint measure of half
milk and half water This might* be
placed a Mason fruit-jar inverted
in a shallo-sv dish, and so arranged as
to feed the fluid to the dish as fast
as needed or it might be poured into
an open dish and placed wherever
flies gather. To be kept out of the
reach of children.
The Hodge Out-Door Fly Extermi
nator, baited with bread and milk, is
recommended as the most effective of
traps. It can be had of all leading
hardware men.
Cleanliness, Poison, the Trap. This
is the hygienic triumvirate which is
some day to give us the victory over
the Typhoid fly.C R. Barns
Thomas H. Mack is Dead
We hear that Thomas H. Mack", of
Wanger ,one of the early and honored
pioneers of this county died on Tues
day this week at the age of 74 years.
He was a m* a of fine intelligence and
ability, was prominent politics and
church affairs and many other activ
ities, and is now sincelely mourned
by friends all over this county. We
know not enough of the particulars
for an obituary this week. As an
old friend of deceased and his family
the editor of the Sheaf drops a wreath
to his memory.
NO PROTEST AGAINST DITCH
Judicial Ditch No. 27 located in
towns of Donnelly and Eagle Point,
northwest of Stephen, was establish
ed by order of Judge Grindeland yes
terday. Not a single protest was fil
ed against the ditch at the hearing,
and the petitioners even agreed am
ong themselves to take care of the
bond issue, so unanimously and en
thusiastically ?re they favor of the
ditch When completed every sec
tion town of Donnelly will have a
ditch on each four sides.
WHAT SHOULD WE CALL IT?
""It is now about two years sinces
the Argyle Banner started its cam
paign of insinuation and base charges
in connection with the construction of
certain ditches in eastern Marshall
County, but up to the present time it
has failed to bring forth proof of a
single one of its charges. At first
there were undoubtedly a number of
V& people who believed that the Banner
was in possession of facts that would
improve at least some of its charges, but
|has nothing of the kind has come out
%tjet, the people have lost faith in its
viability to disclose anything that has
i i^the least resemblance"with graft. One
***would rally think that after keeping
on for so many years it should have
been able to prove something. But no,
it all looks the same now as it did
two years ago. The people are tired
of its sickly inuendo, and disgusted
with the way it continues its dirty
campaign. It will not gain fame by
heaping abuse upon people with whom
it cannot agree.Oslo Tribune.
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DIES IN CALIFORNIA
August Bengtson one of the pioneer
settlers of Marshall County who lived
on section one, town of Comstock,
died a few weeks ago at Pomona,
Calif., where he has made his home
for a number of years with his young
est daughter Anna, who is married
there. Deceased was 84 years old
He was a man of more than ordinary
intelligence and was held in high es
teem by the neighbors who yet will
remember him.
The editor remembers passing the
old man's place one fall while he was
plowing v*ith a yoke of oxen, a bright
12 year old boy accompanying him as
the driver Well, that bright boy is
now a rising lawyer at Seattle, Wash.
By the help of a married sister, Mrs.
Rev. Grilli, of Chicago, the lad was
sent to Gustavus Adolphus College,
where he finally graduated with hon
ors. He possessed oratorical talents
of a high order. After graduation
he served as county superintendent of
schools of Isanti county, this btate,
for a time, going later to Seattle,
Wash, where he completed his legal
studies at the state university of that
state. Besides the above mentioned
two c^ldren, deceased is also mourn
ed by two other married daughters.
Thus pass the noble pioneers.
Cooking Class Serves Luncheon
Six young girls of Miss Alta New
comb's cooking class served a dainty
luncheon to six invited guests in the
High School building yesterday after
noon. The names of the girls who
thus demonstrated their skill the
culinary art are as follows Edith Ro
sendahl, Annie Cheney, Helen Godel,
Bessie Sedlacek, Ella Olson and
Florence Johnson The guests were
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Bystrom, Mr. Aug
I undgren, Supt. Mitchell and Mr. and
Mrs P. Mattson A well prepared
and appetizing menu had been pre
pared and was served in a graceful
and orderly manner. It is part of
the instiuction cooking for the
girls to prepare and serve a meal on
their own responsibility' and keep
withm a certain price limit fixed by
the teacher. The price of this lunch
eon was less than $1.40. It requires
a good deal of figuring, planning,
economizing, weighing and measuring
on the part of" the young girls to get
up a meal, but such training will be
found more useful to them in after
lite than any book knowledge they
may acquire. And young girls train
ed in this way never need go begging
for husbands, when the time comes in
their lives that they desire to reign
as queen in a household of their
own
THE WIFE'S UPLIFTING
The best thing that Agricultural
education is doing for the farm is not
after all, to be seen in the increase
in the yield from the land It is in
the lifting of the farmer's wife from
the position of a drudge to her proper
sphere as the center of the social and
spiritual life of the farmstead and as
the connecting link between that life
an dthe life of the community at
large. Labor-saving apparatus for
kitchen and larder improved meth
ods field and barn, which bring to
the family a better income the grow
ing recognition of her right to a larg
er share in the spending of that in
come her more frequent admission
to the role, not merely of companion,
but of counselor and business confid
ante of her husband the touch of
her refining hand in the exterior as
well as in the interior arrangement
and adornment of the homeall these
things are operating powerfully, in
connection with other oft-enumerated
agencies, in making beautiful and at
tractive the hitherto often barren and
monotonous life of the farm. And
beauty and attractiveness are, after
all, more efficient lures toward coun
try living than the greater pecuniary
gains which follow "the new -farm-
ing."
That the betterments of which we
speak are yet largely of the future
that sordid ideas still control the
treatment accorded the house-mother
in too many farm homes, is unfortu
nately true. But slowly and surely a
change is being wrought. Every class
of girls and boys which goes out from
our School of Agriculture is a band of
social missionaries, working for her
emancipation, and for the uplift which
must inevitably follow.C. R. Barns,
Extension Division, Minn. Col. of Agr,
The Thief River Palls News has
been sold by Mrs. Eastman to Marcus
C. Cutter, of St Paul, who has been
a member of the state board of con
trol and is said to be a practical
newspaper man.
WARREN, MARSHALL COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1912
CONCERT IS ENJOYED
One of the finest concerts ever ren
dered in th* Alvarado country, was
given at the Swedish Lutheran Elim
church. The affair was arranged
largely through the efforts of Miss
Wahlund to retrieve the misfortunes
of the Lyric in these parts It was a
good imitation of a Lyric program
done by the best Warren talent. Hans
Urtes, Iver Lodoen, Profs. Abraham
son and Sjostrand, Dr. E. J. Col
berg, and Nels Bystrom appeared in
a sextette that in spite of not too
many rehearsals, did itself proud in a
dozen Swedish numbers. The rendi
tion was no doubt predominated by
individual brilliancy but at times was
marked with good team work. The
Misses Lundgren and Hermanson
gave variety and charm to the pro
gram by their exquisite work on the
piano while Miss Abrahamson and
Mr. Bystrom were very favorably re
ceived. Possibly the best number
was the duett by Urtes and Bystrom
entitled "Solnedgang." We are cor
dially obliged to Messrs. Bystrom and
Lundgren for the service of their au
toes in bringing the program to Alva
rado.
HOUN' DAWG SONG CAME FROM
SWEDES
New YorkIn a s+atement printed
here today, Senator Knute Nelson of
Minnesota, who is a Norseman, de
clared that Champ Clark's now fa
mous campaign anthem, "The Houn'
ibawg of the Ozarks," is not a Demo
cratic tune at all neither did it origi
nate the Ozark mountains as is
generally supposed, but that it is real
ly a base imitation of an old Swedish
Viking song. His fathers, Senator
Nelson says, often went to victory
with that tune in their ears. The sen
Nar jag kom till stadens grin,
Pojkar sparker hunden min,
Det gor de' samma om han ar blot
hun,
De moste sluta att sparka honom
rundt.
A literal translation, which save
for the meter is almosfword for word
the song they sing the Ozarks, goes
like this:
When I came to city's gate,
The boys kicked my dog,
It makes no difference if he is a dog,
They must stop kicking him around.
The song according to Senator Nel
son, can be traced as far back as the
year 1200 and was probably old then,
ator's version is as follows*
TRAINING SCHOOL AT CROOKS
TON
A Boon to Teachers in Northwestern
Minnesota
The Summer Training-School for
Teachers, to be held at the State
School of Agriculture at Crookston,
June 17th to July 28th, will offer un
usual advantages to teachers in the
northwestern part of Minnesota, both
in the quality of the educational pro
gram, and" in'the low cost of transpor
tation and "board". The school will
lay emphasis on rural school work,
and especially on the industrial phases
thereof. The dormitories and dining
hall of the School of Agriculture are
open to teachers at the low rate of $!i
per week. A trained faculty of twenty
members will present, in the work of
fered to teachers and prospective
teachers and prospective teachers, a
wide variety of subjects. Address
"Agricultural School, Crookston,
Minn.," for a summer bulletin
BIG TRAIN-LOAD OF MOTORS
Friday afternoon, May 10, a train
load of 100 Great Northern cars load
ed with 100 new Rumeley Oil Pull
tractors will pass thru Warren on way
to Winnipeg to be distributed thruout
the Canadian Northwest. The train
also will include a few passenger
coaches and a brass band will supply
music while the train load is viewed
here. When you hear the music the
train is here.
This train load is valued at about
$250,000 in the United States but the
Canadian customs duty will bring the
figure higher. The duty on this con
signment would enable a family to
live in comfort for two generations.
The Rumely engines will do more
than twice the work of horses, con
sidering the same investment, and
will work at less ,than half the cost
per acre.
As kerosene is used for fuel, there
being an inexhaustible' supply of the
same, the engines are economical, and
they are as good as new even -after
1,000 days' service, according to prac
tical tests. ^v
The Warren Machine & Iron Works
are agents for these engines. They
always Tiave some on hand and can
not recommend them too highly.,,
BIG GAME ENDS IN TIE
One of the hottest baseball contests
ever seen in Warren was staged by
the bankers and printers last Friday.
It resulted in a tie, 10 to 10, so an
other game in the near future must
decide the supremacy between the
two teams.
The fans enjoyed it immensely, and
the side-line support was about equal
ly divided. A large crowd was pres
ent, as can be seen from the gate re
ceipts, in the form of pass-around-the
hat, which amounted to about $17, all
in favor of the Warren Baseball As
sociation.
It's hard to comment on the score,
'as the official scores made them ille
gible that is, some of the vital points
of the game, as errors, were left very
jintfch out of consideration. But as
,the score, anyway, is official, the
,game will leave a record of profes
sional playing. The judges of un
verified box scores may come to their
own conclusions. In sportdom a tie
game is a mighty good one. T.
"would call it "bully", while W. H. T.
would term it "great."
There were several feature plays
on|both sides. There was a lot of
yelling when "Fatty" Nelson ran the
bases, or tried to. Much enthusiasm
was shown by the fans when Banker
Wood was up to bat. Frank Witten
sten, with his bloomers (so called at
the game) looked like a streak of red
when he went after a fumbled ball in
the field. The crowd roared with
delight and the little boys yelled
"More!" when Oscar Wahlund in
dancing a highland fling jumped too
high ihe air and came down on the
unpadded side of his baseball trous
ers.
The bankers put up a clean game
They have a' good battery, while a re
sponsible critic would add that their
pitcher became a trifle weak at the
Close All fans admit the bankers
had the best outfield.
'Much credit for the clean game, as
well as the discipline in the diamond
is due the conscientious and always
accurate umpire, Dr. F. C. Bakke,
whdse decisions were not doubted at
any stage of the game.
It has been suggested that the de
ciding game be played on Memorial
day, May 30. The score, (as deci
phered)
Bankers
ABRBHPOAE
Anton Johnson, 6 2 1
Aug Johnson, 3b 6 1 1 1
H. Wood, lb 6 1 1
Beckstrand, ..632 2
Taralseth, .511 2
Listug, .511
Wittensten, 5 0 0 2
Thomas 2b 5 1 1
Nelson, If 4 0 0
Printers
58 10 8 11
AB BH PO A E
Wahlund, 6 2 1 2
W. Mattson, ss 6 2 2 1
R. Harris, lb 6 0 1 1
A. Mattson, 2b 6 0 2 2
Olson, 5 2 2 0
Stevens, 3b 5 1 1 2 1
Pederson, If 4 0 0 1
J. Mattson, rf 1 0
Swanson, rf 3 1
Berkland, cf 4 2 1
46 10 9 4 8
Bankers 0 2 1110 3 1 110
Printers 1 0 1 3 2 1 0 1 110
Umpire, Fred C. Bakke.
WARREN BOYS LOSE
The Warren High School ball team,
accompanied by a few rooters, went
to Argyle last Saturday to play a
game of ball. They were defeated
by a score of 9 to 8. The game was
featured by many errors. "The boys
reported they were treated fine by the
Argyle team.
ARGYLE HERE FRIDAY
The Argyle high school team will
play the Warren boys at the Court
House grounds tomorrow afternoon.
The game will be called at 4:45 sharp.
Warren Gun Club Score, May 8th
J. H. Baugh 13
Bert Ayers 17
Hans Swanson 10
W. Haney 17
D. Farrell 15
H. D. Bernard 20
F. Boardman 16
J. V. Ovsak 16
Vic Odman .12
A. Anderson 18
Dan Ayres 15
Iver Winberg 17
Chas. E. Grinder 16
Vic Odman 11
SHEAF.
NORTH STAR COLLEGE NOTES
Last Thursday evening Warren tal
ent gave a concert at Alvarado to a
very appreciative audience. After
the program the kind ladies of the
congregation served a very dainty
lunch to the visitors. Mr. Lund
gren and Mr. Bystrom brought the vis
itors out in their autos, and of course
they brought them safely back again.
At the high school Junior program
Friday evening, Misses Olga Herman
son and Anna Haglund favored the
audience with some splendid piano
music. Miss Abrahamson rendered
a vocal solo.
The program at the last meeting of
the Luther League was ghen by the
North Star students.
Dr. Lenker delivered an interesting
and instructive lecture before the stu
dents, and teachers of North Star Col
lege last Tuesday afternoon He spoke
about the importance of language
study, especially of the keeping alive
of our own mother tongue. Swedish
and Norwegian will be introduced in
to the public schools of Marshall Co,
in the near future. The people in
general are taking more interest in
the Scandinavian languages than ever
before. Let the good work go on.
Verner Nelson, one of this year's
graduates, has secured a very good
position in the bank at Grygla. He
will leave to take up the work imme
diately after graduation. Just watcn
the North Star College graduates go.
They are in demand They make
good.
Remember the Commencement pro
grams during the coming week Keep
posted on the events and attend. If
you do not, you will be sorry. You
will miss many good things. Some
one said you will miss, of yoiK
life, if you do not a*1
%ov ie-
cital.
A splendid pro
at North Star Col HV
evening. The pi!
readings, duets, pi!,,
cipal numbers were,"nowever, the vo
cal solos and duets by Messrs. Myhre
and Prytz. Through their kindness
the proceeds from the concert all
went to North Star College.
The recital last Saturday evening
was well attended considering the in
clement weather.
Wm. Malm, a former student at
S. C. has a week's vacation from his
work at the Farmers and Merchants
bank in Alvarado where he is assist
ant cashier. He called at the college
on his way home.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
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Mr. Bystrom visited at the HigL
School Thursday morning.
Miss Florence Lewis, a graduate of
the class of 1911 visited at the High
School Thursday.
The remaining members of the sec
ond division class served a luncheon
to members of the school board, May
Sth.
Miss Waters is reading the story of
Caesar's Gallic wars in English, to
her Caesar class, on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
The cooking class made ginger
bread last week. "The never-fail giu
ger bread" recipe was indeed very
good, for not one of the cakes was
a failure.
Ruth Dagoberg was absent from
school Thursday of last week.
Another diamond ring was seen in
the High School room Monday morn
ing, being sworn by one of the Sopho
mores.
Arthur Sommers is now able to be
up and we hope he will soon return
to school. Perhaps his speedy recov
ery is due to the solicitous care and
doctoring of one of the Junior boys,"
who claims to be his doctor.
Hurry up Freshmen, and have an
other party The Sophomores are
getting hungry.
Josephine Nelson spent Saturday
and Sunday at her home near Viking.
Mildred Millar was absent from
school Monday.
Mr. Lundgren visited at the High
School on Friday afternoon.
The Modern History class has been
reviewing' since last week, also the
Geometry clasB.
Do not miss the Sophomore program
May 11. Come one and all. Admis
sion fifteen cents.
Miss Ina Shepard visited at the
High School Monday morning.
The cooking class began lessons on
salads, this week. j$ff '%*&%$&
The luncheon that members of the
cooking clan served last Wednesday
to members of the school board was
reported a big success. The cost was
$1.49.
(Teasing
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MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL
NUMBER 19
An examination was held in Farm
Crops last Friday afternoon.
Miss Beulah Smedbron and Mrs.
Crtes visited at the High School last
Friday afternoon.
Several from Warren visited Ar
gyle last Saturday.
The Junior class rendered a short
program, to an appreciative audience
at the. High School buildding, Friday,
May 3rd. Light refreshments were
served after the program. The Juni
or class wishes to take this opportuni
ty to thank all who took part in mak
mg the program a success.
The Warren High School baseball
team played a game with the Argyle
High School at Argyle, last Saturday.
The score was 8 to 9 in favor of Ar
gyle. A return game will be played
in Warren, Friday afternoon, May 10,
1912.
Nellie King was called to her home
in Euclid, Monday on account of the
illness of her sisters. We all hope
that she will soon be able to come
back.
Dr. Lenker addressed the High
School pupils Tuesday afternoon, on
behalf of the encouragement of the
study of modern languages in the
High Schools.
A poem written by Arthur Sommers
and read by Henry Hanson at the Ju
nior Program, Friday night:
When we were the Freshman class
And were freshies as is the rule,
It seemed as tho' we would ne'er reach
That seeming distant goal.
But we are moving toward it
And soon we will be there,
And part for different places
Our different tasks to do.
Some of us will be teachers
And lessons will be giving
Some of us will be doctors
And carve people for a living.
But let us pause before we go
On with this Junior class,
And talk about the members,
And different thingt thd.T ss. ^^|L^
Ihere is Happy, our president,
A position she will fulfill.
She i,s always bright and cheerful,
And never can keep still.
11 hen there is Anna Cheney
JThat ever studious girl,
She knows her German books by heart
I And does chemistry problems in a
I whirl
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Then there ai Edith and Elna,
They never are apart,
jAnd were they to separate
It would surely break their hearts.
iAnd there is Arvid Lindstrom,
That naughty little boy,
Who is always cutting up in school,
girls is his great joy.
iThen there is Harold with his weak
I voice,
That makes the teachers strain their
ears,
But he is a guiet sort of chap,
And of being heard be always fears.
Then there is Mary Millar,
Who is quiet all the while,
She never speaks to anyone,
And was ne\er kncun to smile.
And also Anna Odman,
Ihe noisiest in the crowd,
Where things should be kept quiet,
She never is allowed
We also have two Idas,
Two Idas in one class,
But when the exams come round
They are always sure to pass.
From Dakota came a boy,
His name is Alfred Hayter,
It is sure that his name does fit him
well
He is such a woman-hater.
Then there is Brado
He tho't he would quit last spring
But he got kind of lonesome
And so he's back again.
Also Estelle and Esther,
Whom we must keep together,
You never see them when apart
Except in. real hot weather.
Walter with his easy ways
And that pleasant smile of his,
Will BQme day take himself a wife
And settle down in bliss.
Also there is Edgar
There is nothing he dont know,
Some day he will be a great man
Like Edgar Allen Poe.
As far the rest of this great bunch,
We won't keep your attention
But simply~say as auction bilsL
"Too numerous to mention."
Save $10.00 on your summer suit at
the Peoples Clearance sale beginning
next Saturday,
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