Newspaper Page Text
"Vr VOLUME XXXVIII.NUMBE1 WARREN SOLDIER DIES"SOMEWHERE JNjRANCF Joseph G. Ericksonys the First One on the Casualty List From This Place. The first Warren soldier to lose his life in the service of his country is Joseph G. Erickson. son of Mr. and Mr* Gotfrid Erickson. old and -well known residents of this city. On Mon day afternoon this week Mrs. Erick son. the mother, received the following heart-breaking message: Washington. 1). March 1M. 101s. Amanda Erickson. Warren. Minn Deeplay, regret to inform you that1sit 'ir- i S offlcil reported that Privat Class Joseph G. Erickson. Engineers, died March seventeenth. cause unde termined. McCAIX. The Adjutant General As is seen, the telegram left the par ents entirely in the dark as to the manner in which Joseph came to his death. In the casualty list published in the daily papers on Tuesday it is also stated that he "died of cause un known". Joseph went to France with the same convoy that brought Secre tary of War Baker there, hence had been across but two weeks when his death occurred. Only a postal card written on the day he reached France has been received from him. If his death was caused by enemy action he must have been taken to the firing line immediately upon landing. But whether death was caused by hostile hot or shell, by mere accident, or by deadly disease, is not known at this writing and it matters not. The all important fact we know, that Joseph G. Erickson. the Warren soldier boy died in the service of his country and valiantly did his duty. Joseph was born on a farm near Warren Aug. 2, 1895. hence was only 22 years. 7 months and 13 days at the time of death. His boyhood and youth was spent in the peaceful environs of our fair little city. Here he was baptized, attended the public schools ,i and Sunday"" School. Here "he was confirmed in the Swedish Lutheran church by Rev. E. O. Chelgren. form er pastor of the church. He graduated from the Commercial Department of North Star College in the spring of 1914. Since his graduation from that institution and even before that time during the summer months, he assisted his father with his werk as a road builder and contractor. Thus smoothly and serenely flowed the life of Joseph G. Erickson until April 6 last year, when the United States entered the European war and began calling for volunteers. Joseph ^.with his intense patriotism, and with fighting Viking blood in his veins and possessing also an adventurous spirit, was not satisfied with being a passive onlooker when his country ""-was in danger. He was no longer content with his commonplace job of building roads in Marshall county. He listened to his country's call and was among the first bunch of boys from Warren to enlist in Company I. of Crook ston. early last summer. He went with his company to the training camp at Camp Cody. New Mexico, where he re mained until a few months ago when he was transferred to the engineer's corps, ordered to Washington. and then to France on the same trans port that brought Secretary Baker to Europe. To die in a strange land among strangers, more than four thousand miles away from home, and without a mother's sweet voice to cheer or sooth- \j^_ ing hand to stroke his fevered brow. f ^and without a father standing by to encourage him in his last big fight, such was the fate of Joseph G. Erick son But it may be that God in his mercy took him away so soon after his arrival in order to save him from a more terrible ordeal and the gruesome and sickening sights that later in the week were witnessed on the fair fields of France. That thoughts of home and friends in Warren did come to him, in case he had time to think at all before being ushered into eternity, is most certain. Had Joseph died at home, he would have been missed ,of course by those nearest and dearest to him for a short time only, that would have been all. Now his name will be enrolled for all time on the scroll of the nation's brave defenders. His memory will al ways be cherished in Warren as the first young man ~from the city to die for his country on foreign soil. His dust is now moldering in the blood drenched soil of France. May the fairest lilies and roses of France be- I deck the place where he rests. But here in Warren the memory of Joseph G. Erickson will always be held in i grateful remembrance. He\vas a War X^ren boy who did his duty. \)f him it ^A^Siay be well said: "When duty whispers low 'Thou must!' The youth replies, 'I can!' The immediate mourners of the de- to 8 Vil 1RREN ceased soldier are his father and mother, his sisters. Esther and Daguy and Edith, the two first mentioned be ing teachers in the county rural schools, and one brother. Ro.v. The parents and other members of the fam ily, while feeling their grief keenly, yet take it as reasonable and sensible people, and have consolation in the thought that their son and brother offered up his life on the altar of his country. "More sweet than is the flow of streams Kissing a blooming strand More glorious far than morning's beams. Is death for native land." It is but fitting and proper that the people of this city hold a special mem orial service in his honor on Sunday next. This service will be held at the Strand Theater at three o'clock in the afternoon. Rev. Albin A. Larson, of Thief River Falls, will deliver the memorial sermon and Prof. C. E Sjo strand will also speak. Appropriate music will be provided. GRADUATION AT NORTHWEST SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE. The graduation exercises of the Un iversity of Minnesota. Northwest School of Agriculture. Crookston. are being held this week. On Monday ev ening there was -a students' music recital: on Tuesday evening Supt. and Mrs. Selvig will hold their annual re ception for the graduates: on Wednes day evening a group of students will give the cantata entitled, "The Call of Summer", in which Oscar Turiheim. of Newfolden, sings bass following the cantata will be a debate between the members of two debating societies upon the question: "Resolved that the government of the United States adopt a policy of permanently regulating the price of staple food products". Milton Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Warner, from near Warren, is the lead er on the affirmative side. On Thurs day afternoon and evening the regular commencement will be held, which will include an address by President Marion LeRoy Bui ton. In tthe Joseph G. Erickson, of Warren, Who Died in France. list of 34 graduates aie the following: Earl W. Johnston, Angus: Harold Paul Morris. Middle River: Martin Saugen. Newfolden Oscar Tun heim. Newfolden Arthm William Skonovd. Viking Josie A. Imsdahl, Oslo: Johanna Monson. Drayton: Carl Dedrick Isaacson, Thief River Falls. U. S. Soldier is Married. Theodore Nelson, of Newfolden. and Agnes Lindberg, of Alvarado, were married at two o'clock on Wednesday this .week by Rev. K. Winberg in this city. The witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. Kittel Nelson, the latter a sister of the bride. The groom is a U. S. soldier at Camp Cody, N. Mex., and was mar ried in his uniforms He had come home on a furlough to have the cere mony performed which united him for life with the excellent young lady he had chosen as a partner. Mr. Nelson will leave for Camp Cody on Suudaj evening. A large number of friends extend congratulations to the happy couple. POSTMASTER AT ARGYLE REMOVED Postmaster H. R. Meisch, of this city, was removed from the office yes terday. Inspector Geo. H. Drake, of the Postal Department, was here to check up the office. E. G. Lasha, mail carrier on Rural Route No. 3, has been instated as temporary postmaster until the vacancy is filled. Friction arising between Mr. Meisch and the local committee at the time of the Liberty Loan drive resulted in his being blue carded, with his removal from office as the outcome.Argyle Banner. J. WARREN, MARSHALtTCOUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 7,1918. [Public School Notes 1 Model School in Connection With the Normal Department to Open April 8th. All children in Warren who will be entitled to begin school next September may attend this school. The teachers of the Normal department, under the supervision of Miss Perkins, will have charge of this school. Parents who wish their children to take advantage of this should take same toi the Wash ington building at 9 a. m., Monday on the date above mentioned. Se\eral of the high school boys are finding it necessary to leave school early this spring to help on the farms. Those who do this must have those who employ them confer with the superintendent that we may know they are really needed at this time. The boys should be engaged where the?* may be of greatest service to their countrj. In most cases, this is in the schoolroom, hard at work, but in some cases it is on the farms or in other vocations where shortage of labor ex ists. Where they leave school, ar rangements will be made for them to take examinations so that credit may be received for the work. We wish the farm job to seek the high school boys and such will be the case, if they are badly needed. It is hoped that everyone in school may. before long, hold a thrift card and be persistent in saving the small amounts for the purchase of thrift stamps. Parents! please remember that you can find no better way in which to encourage your child to be saving: and at the same time he is learning a most valuable lesson of citizenship, that of patriotic service to his country. Professor Martin, of the Moorhead Normal, visited the high school recent ly, where he gave one of *the best pa triotic and helpful addresses we have heard for a long time. A similar ad dress was given at the Washington school Prof. Martin has spent some time in the War Region and speaks with full knowledge of conditions there. He is also urging those in this year's Senior class to plan to become teachers as the shortage of teachers is such that unless more enter the pro fession, many schools will be without teachers next year. This shortage will affect the country schools first as those now teaching in rural schools will be induced to take grades in towns. The State Superintendent of Education is urging school boards and superintend ents throughtout Minnesota, to hire efficient married ladies where they may easily be spared from the home. There ir many married ladies who would teach much better than some unmar ried ones now teaching, so it would he an advantage to everyone if the ser vices of such ones be secured. We do not believe that a married lady should be taken and the home made to suffer as the result but there are numerous cases where such would not be the case. Report of the grades and high school classes holding Thrift or War Savings Cards: Class or Grade Number Senior (not including Normal) ___ 12 Junior( perfect record) 31 Sophomore (one lacking) 36 Freshman (nine lacking) 20 yth grade 20 7th grade (one lacking) 30 Oth grade 1 8 ."t grade 15 3rd and' 4th, Washington J. 10 P,rd and 4th, High School 1st and 2nd, Washington 8 1st and 2nd, High School 6 It is hoped that by another week .several other grades will have a 100 per cent record. BIG MARKET DAY SALE IN WARREN FRIDAYAND SATURDAY Bargain Offerings of Merchants and Dixon's Combination Sale Will Bring Crowds to City. On Friday and Saturday, of this week. Dixon's Sixteenth Annual Com bination and Market Days will be held hi Warren, and if weather conditions are favorable there will be record breaking crowds "In the city on both days. The roads are now in fine shape and automobiles will bring people from distant points. Bargains galore are offered by War ren merchants on these days." Read their ads in the Sheaf this week. COUNTY AGENT MOVEMENT GROWS M. L. Warner, who ha's heen em ployed by the government the past winter in organizing County Farm Bureaus in this state, reports that Houston. Douglas. Koochiching. Olm stead. Sibley. Nicollet. Scott, Lake, Aitkin. Itasca, and Norman counties have decided in favor of establishing such Bureaus. Of these counties, Houston. Pope and Douglas are the only ones that have as yet made no progress for Farm Bureau work. In all the counties mentioned County Agents will be appointed as soon as they are able to find satisfactory men. VEGA FARMERS CLUB HOLDS FIXE MEETING. The Vega Farmers Club held their regular meeting Friday evening. March 22nd. A program had been prepared for the occasion, consisting of several patriotic songs by the audience, a reading by Obert Berg, instrumental solo by Ruth Holmgren, monologue by Nels Palm. During the business meeting ir was suggested that the Club gives a basket social for the benefit of the Red Cross. The suggestion was favorably acted upon by the Club, and it was decided to have this social Saturday evening. April 6th. We wish everybody in the community to come out and help make mSmhiknlv a success. A program will be rendered commencing at S o'clock. Our next regular meeting will be held Saturday evening. April 13th. Everybody is invited to attend these meetings. MEETING OF MARSHALL CO. PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Marshall County Public Health Association will be held at the high school in Warren on Satur* day. March 30th. The program will begin at 7:30 p. m.. as Doctor Elliot must take the flyer to Crookston. Doctor Elliot is physician for Smi nyrest at Crookston and Oak -Park San atorium at Thief River Falls. Besides Doctor Elliot's talk, short addresses will be given by Dr. Wattam of Warren and Doctor Guilfoyle of Stephen and others. There will be a business session for the purpose of electing officers, con sidering the work of the association for the year, and transaction of other business.Elizabeth Rankin. Secretary Marshall County Public Health Asso ciation. MR. AND MRS. RUE RETURN FROM-LONG TRIP. Mr. and Mrs. John G. Rue returned home last' Thursday morning on the flyer, after spending the winter in Kansas. Colorado and Utah. While in Kansas they went out to Augusta. Kansas., to take in the great sights of all the oil wells which are very numer ous in that region.' The largest well flows 23.000 barrels in twenty-four hours. When they were in Utah it certainly did not look to be any short age of coal there, as railroad tracks were being raised with hard coal in stead of gravel. Salt Lake City is a very fine city. There they visited with Mr. Rue's cousin, the Freers. whom he had never seen before,, Mr. Rue and son Ralph took in the coal mines in Colorado, which are 40 miles from Denver and they also made a trip to Longmont, Col., to see the Warren colony there. They found them all well and prosperous and had a fine visit among them. At Denver they en joyed a pleasant visit.with Mr. Rue's brother, Charley Rue. and Mrs. Char ley Wentzel, widow of Warren's first settler, who is staying with them, Mrs. Charley Rue being her daughter. On their way back to Warreii, son Ralph accompanied them as far as to Omaha and from there went to Kansas City, Mo., to take a course at the Sweeney Auto, Tractor and Electrical School, a famous institution with' about 2,000 students from all parts of the United States and some from Japan, the Philippine Islands, Cape of Good Hope, Africa, and other foreign lands. Mr. and Mrs. Rue also visited friends in Red Wing and St. Paul on their way home. The long trip Mr.,Rue says was the most enjoyable he has ever taken. SHERIFF HANSON MAKES WHISKEY RAID Sheriff H. C. Hanson went to Oslo Monday evening to make a raid on the Soo depot for some liquor consigned to that place. He found five barrels full of whisky bottles, labelled as malt, be sides a couple casks. The liquor was confiscated by order of the Commission of Public Safety, which had found out about the consignment being there and had requested the sheriff to act. Some party in North Dakota was the con signee. The seizure ought to be timely warning to others that the illegal sale of whiskey is a very risky business. REGARDING THE THIRD LIBERTY BOND SALE The Third Liberty Loan Drive will start Saturday, April 6th throughout the United States. The plan adopted is that each indi vidual will be allotted a certain amount to purchase this amount based abso lutely upon his net worth. In each Township and Village a Committee composed of representative men have this matter in charge and the allot ments that they make will be just and fair. The important thing to remember is: 1. The Third Liberty Loan must be raised. 2. The amounts allotted each indi vidual must be subscribed by him in order that each Township and Village and our County as a whole raise their respective quotas. The test of our Loyalty and Patrio tism is upon us and I am sure that Marshall County will respond with their full duty. Let us all pull eogether and give the respective Committees every possible assistance within our power and help Marshall County to go "Over the Top" with their full allotment subscribed. Respectfully. H. L. WOOD, Chairman Marshall County Liberty Loan Committee. TEST YOUR SEED CORN BEFORE PLANTING A circular from the Bureau of Farm Industry, urges farmers to test their seed corn before planting. In many states the corn last year was so injur ed by frost or drought that only prompt sorting and individual ear germination testing can prevent poor starts. The circular advises farmers in the Northern States having silos to import strong germinating seed from further south. With unusually early planting and early cultivation to dry and warm the soil surface, such seed is likely to give a better ensilace crop than home grown seed. JUNIOR SHORT COURSE AT NORTHWEST SCHOOL The Eighth Annual Junior Short Course of the Northwest School of Ag riculture will begin April 1. This Junior Short Course is for boys and girls between the ages of 12 and IS. There were a hundred enrolled last year and prospects indicate a larger number this year. The work taken up includes bo.vs' and girK club work of all kinds, lessons in corn, potato cul ture. calf judging, poultry, vegetable growing, and many other interesting exercises Parent* will afford their boys and girls a fine week's outing as well as in struction The onlv cost is S2.o0 cov ering board and room during the week It will be necessary for the students to bring bedding as the school does not furnish this matenal Write to the Agricultural School. Crookston for further information. Died Suddenly From Pneumonia. On March loth, a telegram was re ceived by Elling Olson, of town of Heleglaud. Polk county, that his son in-law. Chas. Haverlandt, of Marion, Mont., was, dead. Mr. Haverlandt died at the Sisters Hospital, Kalispell. Mont, at 7:30 a. m. on the loth, from pneumonia, having been sick only over night. Mr. and Mrs. Elling Olson and son Alfred A. Olson, left Angus on the ev ening of March 15th to attend the fun eral and returned home on the 25th. They also visited for a few days at the Haverlandt home in Marion. Deceased had conducted a general merchandise business for a number of years at Marion, a small place 25 miles west of Kalispell, and is survived by wife and six childrenfour boys and two girls. Mrs. Haverlandt is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elling Olson. The funeral was held from the Pres byterian church at Kalispell on Mon day, March 18th, at 1:30 p. m. and in terment made in the Conrad cemetery. Red Cross Sale. An auction sale for the benefit of the Foldahl Branch of the American Red Cross Society will be held at "Apple Hall on Friday evening, April 5th, at 8 o'clock. Anyone having any articles to donate to the sale please bring them with you to the sale. Lunch will be served. Come everybody and help the worthy cause. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCISTV an** i A SECTION ONE. EUROPE IS SHAKEN BYPOWERFULGUNS BRITISH LINES ARE HOLDING FAST. Germany's Great Offensue is on but Has Been Checked.Defeat Stares the Kaiser in the "Face.His Loses Are Appalling. PARIS IS BOMBARDED BY 70-MILE GUNS. The Nations Cry For Their Lost Child ren and Will Not Be Comforted! When, Oh When, Will the Slaughter End? The much heralded German offen sive commenced last Thursday on the western front and has been raging with unabated fury both day and night since then. Terrible has been the onslaught and most valiant and glorious has been the defense The Kaiser it seems is staking all in one supreme effort to smash the British lines, and is sacrificing human lives without stint. A million men on each side are engaged in deadly combat and powerful guns rip and roar continually, their reverberations being distinctly heard even in Old England. But the Kaiser will not succeed. According to the latest reports the British lines, though driven far back at many points, are holding well and have not yet been pierced. The tide of battle appears now to be turning against the advanc ing German legions. The German casualties for the week are believed to be more than 400,000. The losses of the .British and French have also been large. Americans are reported to be taking part in the great battle and acquitting themselves with valor. The resistance which has been offered by the allied armies to the German advance constitutes,one of the most heroic pages in the annals of warfare. The result ^f the battle is still in abeyance. Foe Pajs Awful Toll to British. Wftfc the British Army in France, March 26.Most sanguinary and des perate fighting continues along the Whole front of the new battle zone. In fact in the northern sector there has been no cessation in the awful work since Sunday morning The Germans have continued to hi.-l gieat forces of infantry into the conflict, depending largely on weight of numbers to overcome the increas ing opposition offered by the heroical ly resisting British. Heavy Attacks at Three Points. On the northern wing of the offen sive the enemy brought up addition al troops after an all night strug gle of the fiercest nature and renewed his efforts to break the British front in the region of Evillers To the south near the center of the line an equal ly strong attempt is being made by the invaders to extend the long nar row salient which they had pushed in south of Bapaume, near Longueval famous in the annals of the battle of the Somme. These places were again the scene of shambles in which the British machine gunners and rifle men exacted a terrible toll of death from tl-e closely pressing enemy Still further south the Germans were pound ing the front hard in an endeavor to push on and get a firm grip on Xelse and swing the British right flank back while the determined defenders ere battling doggedly to force the enemy bacK and recla'im the positions previously held by them along the river Decision In Abeyance. The decision at all of these cen ters is yet in aoeyance. so far as is known at this time and the struggle goes on with unabated fury. The battle on the historic ground about Longueval was perhaps the most spectacular of any along the front. It was a day for machine gunners and infantry. The Germans were pursu ing their tactics of working forward in massed formation and the British rapid-firer spads and riflemen were reaping a horrid harvest from their positions on the high ground. Notwithstanding their terrible los ses the Germans kept coming on, fill ing in the place of those who had fallen and pressing their attack. The British artillery in the meantime poured in a perfect rain of shells on the enemy, carrying havoc into the ranks of the enemy. In this section the, Germans were operating without the full support of their guns because of their rapid advance. In the north, in the region of Ervll lers, the British last night were forced once more to abandon Mory, which had changed hands .several times in the last few days. They fell back for a short distance, and the battle was staged largely along the Bapaume-Ar ras road. The Germans employed a large number of divisions in this as sault which in the early hours was held by the British gunners. 13 a i s 1