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r-v ft A,* rm ,i -r rB A BIG BREEZY PLEASING SHOW! WARREN SHEAF JOHN P. MATTSON, Editor and Prop. Published Every Wednesday. JBntered in the Post Office at Warren as Second Class Mall Matter. Official Paper of Marshall County. Advertising Rate20c per inch CONTRACT RATES Open Space, 1 yr. 690 inches 18c 1M0 inches 16c tMO inches 15c Regular Space: 1 month 18c 6 months 16c 1 year 15c Local Notices, 10c per line. Reading: notices, (20 lines or over) 5c per line. Card of Thanks, 50c. Lodge Resolutions, $1.00 Want Ads, lc per word. No ad less than 25c. Subscriptions$1.50 per year Payable in advance, 76c for six months. All papers are continued until an explicit order Is received for discontinuance and until all arrear ages are paid. The date following* the subscriber's name shows the date to which the subscription Is paid. The sale of Red Cross Seals in Min nesota passed the 6,000,000 mark and may reach 7,000,000. This is indicated by a preliminary report to National Headquarters by the Minnesota Public Health Association, State Red Cross Seal Manager. Kentucky was the second state to ratify the national prohibition amend ment, Mississippi being the first. For a state that is infested with distilleries and said to be "full of Colonels and the Colonels full of rye", the speedy ratifi cation of the amendment has surprised the country. At the annual meeting of the Nor thern Minnesota Editorial Association held last week in Fergus Falls, Geo. E. Ericson, editor of the Spooner News, was elected president W. E. Verity, of Wadena, vice president, and A. G. Rut ledge,, of Minneapolis, secretary and treasurer. A misunderstanding has arisen in some chapters over display of the Reel Cross ser\ice posters It has been sup posed by some that the crosses given new membei for window markers^velrV to be uted only for Christmas -decora tions. It is ntfw pointed out that these poster crosses are intended to be shown throughout the year and are to keep the work of the organization before the passer-by just as the Red Cross button is supposed to remind non-members con stantly of his duty in this regard. Now Inat the city electric light rates have taken a thii ty per cent jump many families will be interested in knowing that by economizing on electric lights they wilj be assistingJo reduce thccpal shortage. Turn lights off when not needed It is estimated that if an ordinary 25-watt lamp is turned off, even for short intervals, the aggregate saving may easily be an ounce of coal every day for each lamp A 25-watt lamp used instead of a 40-watt lamp saves at least an ounce of coal every two hours. lt. Lake Times are among the many week ly newspapers that have announced an increase in their subscription price to material that enter into the production increase in price, newspapers are still very cheap. We have heard subscribers tion and that they would pay that much if they had to in order to get it. Closing Factories and its Significance. The nation east of the Mississippi, in cluding Louisiana and Minnesota, has been duly impressed With the coal sit uation. Our Federal fuel adminis trator, Dr. Garfield, sanctioned by the President, inflicted involuntary vaca tioning among millions of workers by ordering the closing of factories for five days and every Monday hereafter. All of which is already well known and not needing further elucidation. Bu^the significance of the thing in ternationally impresses with more than domestic considerations. The point Is that the Allies have con sidered us as the greatest coal produc ing nation on the globe, and rightly and yet they find that we are about as badly'Off as they are, as regards dis tribution lt It was only a^few weeks ago that British .ghips began transporting bunker coal from England to the English ships marooned in New York harborand i The Ortonvdle Journal and the Cass 44 compared with this feat "carrying coais to Newcastle" is as nothing The factory-closing order, ^unmerci fully flayed by the press and condemned by the vast majority of persons, had another vicious resultthat of giving aid and eonifort to the enemy. No one need ctoubt that the people of the Central Powers, reading of our drastic methods, will get the impression they are the cause of all this trouble. This thought will give them renewed courage and confidence, for they will think they are winning. Domestic distress and loss has no bearing on the international situation except as it will probably lower our morale. Such a move cannot be whole some for the war spirit of the masses. What hurts our economic strength hurts our fighting spirit and lowers our offensive vitality. Patriotic Americans, however, realize that the men running the nation have not only the power but the responsi bility. The fact that those in highest authority dared to adopt a measure that ran counter.to public opinion is con sidered evidence that the emergency was greater than some of us critics realize. There is one feature about the entire business that is not overlooked. If ser ious harm comes to the nation we will know where to place the blame. Newspaper Advertising Best. Many national advertisers put en ormous sums of money into advertising in magazines, meanwhile spending much less in local newspapers? A study of that situation was recent ly made by the advertising manager of the Ford Motor Company. He found that in 51 cities of the United States, the 149 newspapers had a total circula tion of 15,000,000. In the same cities, a group of the principal leading maga zines had but 880,000 circulation. This test was of course made in the larger cities. But a similar rate would hohf good through the country at large. In any particular community, the circulation of any one magazine is but a small fragment of the population compared with what the local news paper gets. It is probable that the cir culation of theJ3heaf.is, greater in Mar shall county than that^of all the lead ing popular magazines put together. During recent years there-has been a largely* increased tendency jor national advertisers to ue the local ^papers They arjfj beginning" "to realize that that is the fthly tray to^get at^any consider able section of the people- '_" Local merchants could get a lot of help on the advertising problem, by putting it up to the salesmen who come around to represent nationally adver tised jgoqds. If retailers generallv would ask these salesmen to tell their advertising manager that the retailers want their goods advertised in the home paper, a great many advertising mana gers would supply the funds for this purpose. Many of them are doing it now. Let retailers generally take that attitude, and request this form of co operation from the corporations whose goods they are handling, and they can get a lot of help toward publicity. The Soft Drink Trade. With the spread of dry territory, and the ban of the government on produc tion of liquor,othe softgdrink trade gettinhard to be one the bi industries th country mer no doze smok say that a single copy is sometimes fountain. Now the drug stores blossom worth to them a whole year's subscrip- ou wit i th da Originally it was a wea reliev ther enterprise, designed th thirst deser app i hNow Ufn]A ummi wea $2 00 per year In view of the in- an all thes yeare around propositionit and creased cost of paper, type, and other ther. is eai to the desire to warm up as we a coo off of -a newspaper, the increase is well oncse sofj drinks were run as a mere justified. And yet, notwithstanding the i i in th dru businessd Half a flavors were dispense from a stained and mussy looking old marb an in nlckl an meT_ ornamentsl.e Thde drugs may be back rk alcove. In many places soft drinke resorts have become great palaces, rivaling the most elaborate bar rooms. The worst of the soft drink business just now is that it consumes an enor mous quantity of sugar in the form of ices and sodas. The demand of the American people for sweets is some thing limitless. There are plenty of people who can scarcely get through a day without gulping down their heavily loaded ices. With half as much sugar, these con coctions would be just as palatable and not so cloying. Also there are no end of enticing combinations that can be made of the milder fruit acids without much sugar. To the confirmed consumers of hard liquor, the soft drink places is a mere dispenser of dishwater. With a wry face the old soakers come around for their ginger ale in the time of drought. But often they find the soft stuff better than they thought. As a substitute for the saloon, these resorts serve a most useful purpose. CAN^A WIFE MAKE A FAILURE OF A HUSBAND A SUCCESS? See BRYANT WASHBURN andM HAZEL DALEY in Skinner's Dress Suit 10 times better than "Skinner's Baby!" Played one solid week at the Minneapolis Strand to delight- ful audiences. Pronounced by the Minneapolis Journal and Tribune as the best picture of its kind ever shown in the Twin Cities. The Man Over Forty-five. The employment bmeau of the Chicago Employers Association, recent ly undertook to find work tor men over 45 years of age, who ordinal ily have difficulty in obtaining positions. Dur ing the pas year they report having found jobs for 9,190 such. The bureau reports that it has found that grey hairs indicate the age discietion. Many other employment agencies are report ed to be making a special effort to find places for the older men. This is a matter in which the mental attitude of the older men has been part ly to blame. It is not for imaginaiy reasons that so many concerns insist upon having young men. And it is not, so much as people think, because the older men lack energy. A great many of them are full of "pep" and life. Con sidering that they work with judgment and experience, they can accomplish a great deal. The trouble with the older man is us ually that he gets too set in a certain rut, also he is more apt to become dis couraged. He looks back on his past experiences and sees a good many dis appointments and failures. So when he has made a few tries at a thing, he is apt to quit and say it can't be done. An elderly man does not need to work with the high speed and feverish energy of youth. That kind of effort is fre quently "so ill judged that it js not successful. What is needed is the will ingness to keep trying out new things, even if previous experiments do prove futile. No elderly man ought to be satisfied to run along a week in the old groove. He ought always to be thinking how he can heat his old record. The man who -can keep up that habit of mind is not likely to be thrown out of a -position because of his age. If he is thrown out, he will get a recommendation that will give him a new chance. Tri-Nitrotolual. This explosive of *be long naifle, com monly called T. N. ~Tv/ showed Vha't .it could do at Halifax. The war depart ment realizes its importance, as great efforts are being made to increase the production. To build the coke oven retorts neces sary-for production -Of- tnts explosive will take a year. But it can be recov ered to a large extent from illuminating gas plants. Recovery plants can be bifllt^in-^ few months-that will secure an immense quantity. Even at that, only about half enough *of what |he war department calls for can1 Lest We Forget to Do Our Part. A large printed placard has been posted in the shops and work-rooms of the Winchester Repeating Arm Com pany plant at New Haven, Conn., with the following message: "They say, who have come back from Over There, that at night the troubled earth between the lines is carpeted with pain. They say that Death rides whistling in every wind, and that the very mists are charged with^awful tor ment. They say that of all things spent and squandered there young human life is held least dear. It is not the pleasantest prospect for those of us who yet can feel upon our lips the pressure of our mothers' good-bye kiss, i* But, please God, our love of life is not so prized as our love of r^ight. In this renaissance of our country's valor, we who will edge the wedge of her assault jnake calm acceptance of its hazards. For us, the steel-swept trench, the stiffening coldweariness, hardship, worse. For you,, for whom we go, you millions safe at homewhat for you? We shall need food. We shall need care. We shall need clothes for our bodies and weapons forvour It is intense in its human interest, for it is a slice out of fhe life of practically every family a fascinating cornedv drama depict- ing the tragedy, pathos, humor and sunshine of life! Crowded with smiles, laughs and clever humor. Comedy Special! "Musty Suffer" in "15he Fried Egg Hero!" Some Comedy! be secured. But if" all the gas plants will take hold, a tremendous gain can be made". One twentieth of a gallpn of T. N. T. can be had out of eaeh lOOOtfeetyof gas. But as 22,400,000 gallons are called for by September 1918, for "tjitewf proper equipment of our forces, the problem is a big one. But it is a tremendous life saving proposition. If we have' a good supply of toluol, the boys will go over the top protected by a deadly barrage fire ahead of them. It will save'tens of thousands of Uses. "The chief obstacle appeals to be get-' ting the recovery plants built, a!nd get ting agreements with the gas companies about bearing the cost of them., Also it seems to be the case that the extraction interferes somewhat with the quality of the gas served the consuming public. hands. We shall need terribly and without fail ure supplies and equipment in a stream that is constant and never-ending. From you, who are our resource and reliance, who are the heart and hope of that humanity for which we smite and strive, must come these things." (Signed) CITIZEN SOLDIER No. 258, th District, National Draft Army. You can use the Sheaf Want Column to good advantage. If you want to sell anything or there is some article need' ed, try it. ""'*"*"TJL1 "_- JL* Red River- Valley- Kernels Mrs. Andrew Madlaiid, of Golden township, near Edinburg. N. D., was found frozen to death neai her home on Jan. 10th. She had left the house in a moment of mental lap&e due to ill health. Ole Johnson Nuberud, a farmer of Mcintosh, Minn., passed away on Jan 5th, aged 83 years. Thomas Dougherty, a well known Red Lake Falls county pioneer, died on Jan. 12, aged 67 years. The State Bank of Karlstad at its re cent annual meeting after declaring a substantial surplus added $2,000 to the surplus, making it $8,000. Emil Betcher, a well known settler of Norman county, died at his home in Ada on Jan. 12th. He was a native of Germany, where he was born in 1858. The village of Lancaster is discussing the proposition to establish a consoli dated school. The Lancaster creamery paid out $78,910.92 for butter fat during 1917. It made and shipped 207,074 pounds of butter during the year. THE CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERIES OF MARSHALL COUNTY. Marshall county has 9 co-operative creameries. Compared with the rest of the state Marshall county is below the average. or the year 1917 the best co-opera tive creameries in Minnesota paid the farmer an average price, for the year, of 50 cents a pound for butter fat. These creameries are now paying from 55 to 58 cents a pound for butter fat. A very large class of co-operative cream eries in the state paid over 45 cents a pound for butter fat for 1916 and are now paying 54 cents. Poor, half starved co-operative creameries and cream buyers paid around 40 cents a pound for butter fat for-1916. For the year 1916, the co-operative creameries of the best dairy county hi Minnesota, paid the farmers an average price of 37.75 cents a pound for butter fat. The average price paid by the 633 co-operative creameries of the state was 34.51 cents. The highest average price paid for the year 1916 was 39 28 cents. The co-operative -creameries of Mar shall county paid the farmers an aver age price of 31 cents. The best cream ery in the county paid 32.45 cents. The poorest paid 28.50 cents. The best creamery received 48,112 pounds of but ter fat, the poorest 34,005 pounds. A poor price is generally the result of two small a business, poor cream, or poor management. All these are factors that can be improved. A first-class co-operative creamery pays the farmers of the community, from 7 to 10 cents a pound higher price for butter fat, than farmers receive where there is a poor -co-operative creamery, or no co-operative creamery. It pays to work for a first-class co operative creamery.A. J. McQuire, Dairy Specialist, Agricultural Exten sion Division, University Farm, St. -Paul, Minn. LOUIS COLE OF ALMA IS DEAD. Louis Cole (Charboneau), one of the well known and highly esteemed citi zens of the town of Alma, died* at his home eight miles east of Argyle on Wednesday morning, January 9, 1918. Though he had been in poor health the past year, his death was sudden and un expected. He retired at his accustomed time at night apparently in his usual health, and at three o'clock in the morn ing was found dead in bed by his wife, death being caused by valvular heart disease. Louis Cole was born in the state of Vermont Oct. 16, 1851, and when a young man immigrated to Charles City, la. Following the trend of immigration he came to Argyle seven years later bought the farm in Alma township which he maintained as his home until his death, though he had farmed rented land in the vicinity of Argyle for some years. The passing of Mr. Cole removes from the stage of life a pioneer, and a man highly esteemed for the good qualities which he possessed.Argyle Banner. A FARMERS PROBLEM. A farmer hauled two loads of wheat to market, one of 55 bushels, the other of 70 bushels. The elevator man said, "I will pay you $2.10 per bushel for the wheat and allow you 1 cent per lb. for all dockage over 3 lbs to the bushel." The wheat was tested and found to con tain 9 lbs. dockage per bushel. For what amount did the elevator man write the farmers check? Also, if he had not allowed anything for the dockage, how much per bushel should he pay the farmer for the net number^ of bushels of wheat and still make the check for the same amount? i^t i 9P North Star College I the/ in- The enrollment is still on crease. The faculty will give its annual re ception to the students on Monday ev ening, Jan. 28th. The reception begins promptly at seven o'clock p. m. Every student enrolled is invited to be pres ent. On Thursday evening this week, the Whittier Literary society will render a program. Lunch will be served after the program. Friends are invited to attend. Aug. Lundgren and C. E. Sjostrand attended the annual meeting of the Red River District of the Swedish Lutheran church at Kennedy last Tuesday. Rev. Anderson, pastor of the Swedish Lutheran congregation at Crookston, made us a pleasant visit last Monday." Fred Langreder, of Radium, has sup plied us with a few very fine turkeys. The best of it all was that they were donated. Thanks. Axel Clauson, of Cohagen, Mont, and Alvin Turnroll, of Karlstad, Minn., called one day last week. Mr. Turnroll is a graduate of our commercial depart ment. A RECORD SALE. On Wednesday, January 9th, the Equity Go-Operative Exchange, the farmers own selling agency for live stock on the South St. Paul market, re ceived a car load of steers from Robert G. and R. D. Trahms, of Janesville, Minnesota. The best steers brought $13.25, the highest price paid for cattle on the South St. Paul market this year. These cattle were grade Herefords that had been on grass until October 1st, when they were put on corn. These steers attracted a great deal of attention at the stock yards as they were, no doubt, the finest car of cattle that ever came to the South St. Paul market. The price of $13.25 paid was equal to the best price paid for cattle on the Chicago market the same day which should convince cattle feeders that well fed cattle will bring as good a price at the South St. Paul market as anywhere else. These cattle were pur chased by the Katz Packing Company of South St. Paul, and were made into Kozier beef which is a specially pre pared beef for the Jewish people. Before leaving for his home. R. D. Trahms stated that they would have another car of grain fed cattle to place on the market the coming spring and that the same would be marketed through the Equity Co-Operative Ex change, the farmers own terminal sell ing agency. Over 4,000 Languages Now May Be Only Four Century Hence, Authorities Think If" you are asked how many lan guages there are in the world, can you give anything like an accurate answer? Jhe arerage person's knowK edge or ability to speak languages rarely exceeds two besides his native tongue. The late Emperor Francis Joseph, when visiting a Red Cross hos pital, spoke with the patients in their own languages, which showed that the aged emperor was a master of six. It may appear strange, but it is nevertheless true, says an exchange, that there are over 4,000 languages spoken fry mankind, while the number of dialects exceeds this. There are more than 60 vocabularies in Brazil, and in Mexico the Nahua is broken up into some 700 dialects. There are hun dreds in Borneo, while in Australia there IS no classifying the complexi ties. Assuming that 50 dialects, on, an average, belong to each language, gives the colossal total of a quarter of a million linguistic abilities. Some authorities think that a cen tury hence there will be only four lan guages of importance in the world. Central Europe may produce a newer and more straightforward German lan guage, imperial English may reign alone over the North American conti nent, and a more businesslike Spanish will be used in South American states, while Russian may take on some more rich Slavonic dialect, which will blend the races of eastern Europe and cen tral Asia into a harmonious federa tion. So that in the future these four languages will enter into what may be a never-ending competition. Little Things'Worth Knowing/ The best marksmea are generally dhose -with blue or gray eyes. German silver is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc. There is no sllvex In it. There are fifteen technical college^ in Queensland, with 8,000 students in attendance. Under perfect conditions watercren may be made to flower and teed with in eight dayii of planting. Strand Theatre FRIDAY and SATURDAY Adm. 10c & 20c By Mrs P. P. Bernard Alvarado Branch. recently reorganized as a The play for the benefit of the Red Cross will be given on Feb. 6th. Don't forget the date. On this Friday P. M. the ladies hav ing charge of the various branches of work, will meet to form some new rules very much needed. We beg to acknowledge the receipt of one hundred and twenty dollars and nineteen cents from the West Valley and Lincoln Auxiliary. A social meeting of the Red Cross Society will be held at the Masonic Hall on Monday evening at 8 o'clock. The attendance of all members is de sired. At the Red Cross meeting last Friday evening the new by-laws were submit ted and accepted. Mrs. E. Thomas was elected secretary of the society at a salary of fifty dollars per niont Mrs. Farrell, who has done such splen did work, is unable to continue as sec retary, owing to her many other duties. Since December first, the following ladies have joined the knitting class, namely: Hazel Munger, Olga Loken, Helen Mapps, MaySinett, Rose Rosen dahl, Walma Peterson, Bula Robinson, Laura Nelson, Edith Erickson, Esther Walstad, Dagny Erickson, Esther Erickson, Edith Eckblad, Freda Eck blad, Clara Peterson, Miss Foxen, Miss Hanson, Helen Segerstrom, Lillian An derson, The Mesdames Roy Hooper, Will Tuller, C. A. Johnson, Harry Stanchfield, John Halvorson, Herrick, Severene. Joranson. I THE CHURCHES I Lutheran Synod Church. The annual business meeting: of the oongi egation will be held on Wednes day evening, Jan 30th, in Mr Morkas sel's office, at 7 30 o'clock All voting members are requested to be piesent Scandinavian M. E. Church. K. WINBBRG. Pastor. Sunday, Jan 27. Morning services at 411.45, Sunday school at 2 Even ing services at 7 30 Sw. Lath Church of Alvarado. J. W. LUNDGREN. Pastor. Sunday, Jan 27: Services at Alvarado at 11 a Elim at 3 All are wel come Baptist Church of Vegra. C. JSL EKBLAD. Pastor. Sunday, Jan 27 Services at 11 a m. Evening service a.t Alvarado -m the- old school building at 7 30. A cordial invitation is extended to all. First M. E. Church Lu W. BARTHOLOW. Pastor 10.30 a. m. Public worship. 11:45 a. m. Sunday school. G*30 a. m. Epworth League 7-30 a. m. Public worship Resolutions Resolutions of the Faculty of Gustavus Adolpus College on account of the demise of Adolph W. Mattson, January 10th, 191S. Whereas the Lord who holds Our destinies in his providential hand, and who so often reminds us. particularly at the present time, that even youth is mortal, and that the eommencenient that follows upon life's schooling may come far sooner than expected, has de creed that the departure of Adolph Mattson from the halls of Gustavus Adolpus College was* to be forever, therefore be it Resolved, that the Faculty of this college express the sincere feeling of loss of teachers and schoolmates, oc casioned by the departure of this young spirit from our midst That we testify to the cheerful, faith ful and exemplary life which our young friend lived among us, and hope that God has called him to a greater happi ness than earth can give i That we pray that those who have lost a son and brother may find the solace which God alone can give. On behalf of the Faculty of Gustavus Adolphus College. I Conrad Peterson, Secretary, FOR SALE. Owner of N. W. Section 22, Town ship 155, Range 45, Marshall County, will be at Hotel Warren, Wafcsj^ Minn., on Saturday, January 26th. This quarter will be sold at a sacrifice that day. Telephone or call and see me.F. J. Scholtz. "T5*S SKI ^Vi