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VOLUME XL., i I i 51. WOMEN VOTERS HOLD CONVENTION At the first annual convention of the Tjeague of Women Voters held at the Curtis Hotel. Minneapolis, Mrs. N. O. Staduni, chairman, and Mrs. J. S. Hilleboe, of Warren, and Mrs. C. R. Gillespie, of Stephen, delegates from Marshall county, were three of the seven delegates who represented the Ninth District, and attended the meet ings as well as luncheon tendered the out of town guests by the women of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Mrs. Summer T. McKnight, newly elected president of the Fifth District presided at the luncheon meeting. -Mrs. J. W. Morrison, of Chicago, told how civil service laws may be nullified by machine politics. The League would be instrumental in sorting and correct ing all information of this sort, and thus aid women in arriving at the truth. She also said at a mass meeting held in the auditorium that the Women's League of .Voters was the child and a very vigorous child of the "Woman Suffrage Association", which latter organization its -work being com pleted at this meeting, drew the curtain across the stage of its activities and ceased to exist, except *in history. About 700 women attended the lunch eon and it was an inspiration to listen to the high aspirations and ideals the leaders of-this great organization have for women, in the construction of bet ter laws and through various forms of legisation making our IT. 8. a better place in which to-live and Bring up our families. Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, director of the borough of Bronx, New York City, for the League of Women Voters, be lieves few women wil run for state and national offices, she told Minneapolis women. Mrs. Tiffany was one of the four national speakers who appeared on the program at -the mass meeting held at the auditorium. The other speakers were Mrs. J. W. Morrison of Chicago, Miss Mary McDowell,- of Chicago, and Mrs. P. Louis Slade, of New York. Mrg. Tiffany declared the reason women will also be in the min ority for national.and state offices is the fact that many of them could not hold these offices without neglecting their homes and that this is not what' the women intend to do with their vote Miss Mary McDowell, national cha man of Women in Industry, spoke in a very interesting and appealing way on the unjust laws governing wage earn ing women, and she told of a great many instances in connection with her work to illustrate the fact that the majority of women hi industry were underpaid and were not protected by laws which would regulate their hours of rest, recreation, and the care of their children. Miss McDowell is known as the "Angel of Chicago." Mrs. P. Louis Slade, of New York City, paid a very flattering compliment to the women of Minnesota when she told them that Minnesota was the best organized state in the whole National League of Women Voters. And the women of New York recognized this fact and told Mrs. Slftde to come to Minnesota and see how they 'did it. At file luncheon we also had the op portunity of seeing Mr. and Mrs. Her bert Hoover. Mr. Hoover fold the women he had come on a mission that involved neither race nor politics, but the support of the more than 3,500,000 starving children in Europe. He told us $10 would keep one child alive until the next harvest and asked that every family plan to have one of these "in- visible guests" at the holiday time. Mrs. Walter H. Thorp emphasized the need for rural women keeping in touch with the ity organization and announced publication of a monthly paper by the league to be known as, "The Woman Voter"., Mrs. Thorp will serve as editor, Miss Emily Kneubuhl as associate editor, and Miss Gladys Harrison as business manager. We also had the pleasure of hearing Mrs. T. G. Winter, who addressed the luncheon December 8th. Political parties as of old are dead. The issues are different now, more social, more common sense government. Nine-tenths of good government is living it, the oilier one-tenth is the study of it. Eaow your local government, wha kind of police, kind of milk, water, etc., we have. -Government, like charity, begins at home. We also heard Mrs. Dieudonne, Min nesota chairman Child Welfare Com- WARRE N mittee, League of Woman Voters Mr. William Dodson, director Minnesota Children's Bureau Hon. W. T. Norton, member of Minnesota Legislature President Coffnian, of the University I of Minnesota Miss Elizabeth Hall, I Minnesota Chairman American Citi zenship Committee, League of Women Voters Mr. F. J. Brono, chairman Min nesota Committee on Social Legislation. Well the three clays of the convention were crowded* full of good things, in I foresting and educational speeches, community singing and interchanging of ideas along lines of common interest, a broadening of ones outlook by asso ciation with broad-minded, really cul tured women, enthusiasm, good citizen ship, inspiration. And all felt a great thankfullness that we have such a great field of service in which as an organ ized body of women we can now labor for the uplift and betterment of all mankind. HAMLINE PLAYERS HERE JAN. 1ST. The people of Warren will have the opportunity of seeing a thoroughly cap able group of actors in a worthwhile dramatic piece when the Hamline Play ers of St Paul, Minnesota, appear here on January 1st, in T. W. Robertson's three-act comedy-drama, "Caste", at the Strand Theatre. The cast is made up of students of dramatic ar$, lall of whom have had considerable^ experience on the stage. Sidney Klenitz, %ho appears in the leading role AS George D'Alroy, has pleased many college audiences with his clear and forceful characterizations. He is adnvirsWy typed *?r rBkftero and handles his part with a bearing worthy of a professional. Miss Neva Haus mann, who plays opposite him as Esther Eccles, clearly shows the result of her experience in roles of various kinds. Her work in the emotional parts is es* pecially good. She appeared last year with the Players in "TheJHelting Pot". Miss Mary Holmr who has starred in several amateur productions, is at her best in the pretty, vivacious, .high spirited Polly Eccles, who i responsi ble for much of the humprAin the play Harold Palmer, who.plays^opposite her in the roje of the simple,,but generous jind likeablefplumber, studied* under,J2. farewell.' C. Crawksy, who has appeared,-with Souttje^n and Marlo.we in Shakespeare ean'reportoir', at Culver Military Acad emy". His portrayal is amusing and genuinely realistic. ,P Douglas Ames handles the part of Eccles, the drunken father, with en viable ease and consummate skill. His presentation is worthy of the work of the playwright in creating the most artistic and unoffensive intoxicated* characterization in all literature. The parts of the Marquisse de St. Maur, George D'Alroy's aristocratic mother, and Captain Hawtree, also a lover of rank and a firm advocate of caste are very capably taken by Miss Florence Hennemann and Otto Nail. Miss Hene mann appeared last year as the lead ing lady in "The Melting Pot" Otto Nail took the part of Mendal, the old Jewish musician in the same produc tion. Mr. Nail has been seen in several character parts during his three years ha college and is also president of the Players. BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS NOW. This is the last week of the Christ mas Seal Sale. Now is your chance to aid the public health work of your county state and nation. Buy and use Christmas Seals now. The Marshall County Public Health Association is a voluntary organiza tion. Its officers receive no pay for their Services. Its funds go directly into public health work hi this county. It wants to co-operate with every wel fare worker, every school superintend ent, and every teacher in the county to improving health conditions. It conducts free clinics, furnishes literature on health topics, finances health work in the schools, occasional ly employs a nurse to assist with the work in the county, and carries on a crusade against tuberculosis. The association is affiliated with the Minnesota Public Health Association and the National Tuberculosis Associa tion and the funds for all this work are raised almost entirely by the sale of Christmas Seals. If more seals are sold, more work can be done. Reports of the sale already received, are en couraging. We are looking for a re cord sale. If everybody will boost a little this week, we will go over the top. Buy Christmas Seals Now. WARREN, MARSHALL CpUNTY, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1920. OBITUARY. the home of her son, John Hunter, at Stephen, last-Friday morning, Decern ber 16th. Her maiden name was Mary Naylor. She was born in England in November, 1839. She came to America when twelve years of age, and settled with her parents in Illnois. They later moved to Southern Minnesota. In 185ft she was married to David Hunjle? Rice Lake, Minnesota. They7" iv sta Methodist church. Mrs. Wallace"has been in poor health for a long time. Early last spring she had an accident that has hastened her death. Since her accident she has been as helpless as a child, and has been in bed practically all of the time. She was past eighty-one years of age, and it was not unexpected that the sun of her life finally came to the place of its ^^^^^^^^^^P^^t^^^^^^^^^1"'^^ A OHjriBtmis Glarnl The earth has grown with its tmrden of care, But at Christmas it afomys is young The heart of the jewel burns lustrous and fair, And its soul full of music breaks forth on the air, When the song of the angels is sung. It is coming, old earth, it is coming tonight! On the snowflakes that cover thy sod The feet of the Christ-Child fall gentle and white, And the voice of the Christ-Child tells out with delight That mankind are the children of God. The feet of the humblest may walk in the field Where-the feet of the holiest have trod, This, this is the marvel to mortals revealed When the silvery trumpets of Christmas have pealed, That mankind are the children of God. more than forty years ha$ been a resi-! dent of the Warren community, died at i --..l Phillips Brooks ver Mrs. WiUiaai A. Wallace. I nor 3jh Wallace have been active. Mrs? Wjlliam A. Wallace, who for ha v*e Ver late^ moved to Faribault where M^Huntej^ was engaged in business. She 'wis the mother of three sons, one of whom died in infancy. John is now a resident of Stephen, Minn., and Will, lives at Seattle. Washington. Her husband, Mr. Hunter, was drowned in 1863. In I860 she was married to William A. Wallace. She was one of twelve child ren. Four brothers and one sister sur vive her. One. sister, Mrs. Geo. Hunter, was the mother of the late Mrs. W.,N. Powell. For fifty-four years Mr. and Mrs. Wallace lived together.. Jt was only a-ifptoiweeks ago' that we were cabled uptnLto say to Mf. Wallace what we niusjf today, say to Mrs, Wallace,, /n thie commnulry. fr&en they came here Warren was not here. Mr. WaUace built the first house in War ren. At that time deer were plentiful round about. During the forty years they have been here great changes have been wrought, and they had a part in the transformation. Mrs. WaUace was an esteeme,danmembera omemberEastern Th^y twejeeamphg the.earliest setters resolutions bfe fffctt npon thejecords and sent to the bereaved family and to the local paper.' Eva li. Powell. Carrie Eneix. Ruth Shaw. the Lodge was of the Three and a half million children in Central and Southern Europe are starving this winter. Twenty-three million dollars are needed to provide one meal a daya bowl of soup and a bunand this only for those children whose physical condition is now such that there is any possibility of prolonging theirlives through the winter. Surely the Christmas Spirit abroad in our land"Good Will to Men"can find no higher expression than by con- tributing to this worthy cause. Can wethe Fathers and Mothers of this Countyexpect ty, experience the true Christmas joy, unless we do what we can to relieve the dis- tress of these "Little Ones, in His Name" Ten Dollars will save* the life of one of these children. Surely Marshall county will see that the lives of one hundred of these children are spared the ravages of starvation. Herbert Hoover is in charge of this work and his name is a guarantee that our dollars will be wisely used. This is an emergency job. There is no time for an organized canvas of the citizens of our county, if lives are to be saved. No contribution too small, none too large. Mail your checks or money orders today to Mr. R. E. Thomas, Treasurer, Warren, Minn, Quietly .during setting.^ Fori several years neither she lve The tnes closing years, seeing only the neighbors whao came in see them. patientlyto they sat by ^tetly God's western window waiting for the angels to call. Since last spring Mrs. Wallace has made her home with her Son, John, of Stephen. RESOLUTIONS. Adopted by the Warren Chapter No. 116, Order of the Eastern Star, ^jyhereas, God, who giveth the weary in His infinite wisdom again enteseQ-our Chapter and removed from jour midst one of our beloved members, Mary Wallace. Be it therefore resolved, that the Warren Chapter No. 116, Order f the Eastern Star, has lost its oldest mem ber who served as Chaplain for many years, and while we bow to the will of our Heavenly Father we mourn the loss of our sister. Resolved, that we extend our heart felt sjmpatlry and fraternal love* to the members of the fa"mily in their'hour of bereavement. v Resolved, that tU Chapb^r Room, be .draped in mourning for a period of thirty days^and that a copy of /these The teachers of the public schools have left for their respective homes, most of them leaving Friday evening. The following is list of the teachers and where they will spend the holidays as far as we have learned: Miss Peterson, Crookston Miss Lein, Crookston Miss Holmberg, St. Peter Miss M. Smith, St. Peter Miss Tindall, St. Cloud Miss O'Meara, St. Charles Misses Dahlman, St. C*loud Miss Hunt, Grand Forks Mrs. Erickson, Grand Forks Miss Anna Swanson, Goodhue Miss Pickard, Red Lake Falls. "Give Ye Them To Eat" EUROPEAN RELIEF COUNCIL C.F.PIHLSTROM, Chairman Marshall County. "-,^"c^"- *m _#., ATLJL Farm Bureau News^t B. R. Houser, County Agent. Farm Bureau a Constructive Move ment. Actual paid memberships in the Mar shall County Farm Bureau Association, incorporated, now totals 1,275. This means that even now over 60 per cent of the number of farms in Marshall county are represented in the Minne sota and American Farm Bureau Fed eration. At this time when the fondest hopes of Farm Bureau directors are being realized, it would seem that no time was better than now to take stock of "just what is Jhe Farm Bureau." It is a general opinion that directors in their zeal to put across this sanest and safest of organizations have often befuddled the prospective member. Jdembersbiphas been secured but the thing reaW^hnportant is,,does every farm bureau member know just how great a thing he has done by joining. A member to be "sold on the- Farm Bureau idea should feel that he is actually a very important part of this organized and incorporated agricultural force. He should feel that he has con sented to add his weight to this con structive movement created to promote agriculture, home, and rural life move ment, to make farming an efficient and profitable business, to make rural home life fuller and richer and to improve the community life of the county as a whole. The underlying reasons for bringing into existence, a new rural organiza tion when there are a number of sub stantial farmers' organizations' already in existence were: When* the depart ment and the colleges were changed by Congress with the administrators of the agricultural extension act neither clearly knew the exact agricultural condition in each of the counties and localities of the United States. They therefore did not know just what form" of extension work was most needed in any particular locality. This was par ticularly true hi' the "Northern and Western states where agriculture is greatly diversified.* Theological' thing to do, therefore, as the matter'appear ed to them, wa to employ a man known a* "a1 Comity 'Ajjeut 'thoroughly trained in 'the sertfce''-of* agriculture and familiar from experience with farm practice, and locate him in an area not larger than a county and let him find out from personal examination what the agricultural situation in that coun ty might be, then co-operate with the farmers putting on demonstrations to show better methods in the particular phases of agriculture needing attention in that county. That was the first big idea in the organization of County Farm Bureaus, and a step nearer the farmers than the F. S. Department of Agriculture or the colleges had ever before come. Very soon it was seen that if the County Agent was to learn in any com prehensive way the agricultural situa tion in the county he must counsel with farmers in every section of that county men who had lived their lives there, and made their living from the farnv and thereforeknew its peculiarities in timately, and many of whom also had acquired facts and skill not generally applied in the community but which were "worthy of much wider applica tion. That was the second idea in the development of the Farm Bureau. (Further and complete development to be continued next week). Farm Bureau-Bankers Conference at Crookston. At the joint conference of Northwest Farm Bureau Members and Bankers at Crookston, on December 16th, Mr. Mosher, of the Ninth District Federal Reserve, advised a 15 per cent liquida tion of farm crops now in the hands of the northwest farmers. Banks from the twin cities and adjoining counties were well represented at this meeting and all presented a solid front of the need of relief through even partial liquidation even with prices where they are. Mr. L. E. Potter, president of the Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation, exploded a bomb in the meeting just before adjournment when in the face of great odds he counseled that al though he had yet no specific reason for thinking anything wrong, that he could not understand why big business interests were continually advising the farmer to liquidate. He further ad vised the farmers to hold out a While longer where possible. 5S,'! $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE. MOVES TO NEW BANK BUILDING The Warren National Bank is moving into its^elegant new bank building to day from its leased quarters^ in the Berget Block where it has been located since it commenced business June 5, 1905. In its new home the bank cer tainly has as fine, commodious and well appointed quarters as any bank in the northwest. The interior finish ing of the banking rooms is in genuine Tennesee marble and the furniture, fixtures and decorations harmonize splendidly. The Warren National Bank is to be congratulated upon occupying its own elegant new banking home. This day, December 22, 1920, marks a great step hi the progress of the bank and will always be remembered as a red letter day in its history. DR. ROBINSON'S LECTURE WAS^TNE. The lecture given by Dr. J. Q. Robin son as one of the numbers in the War ren Lyceum Course on Thursday even ing of last week, was edifying and in structive as well as entertaining. From some of the characters in Dicken's Bleakhouse he drew valuable lessons for successful living and it is a pity that all young people within a radius of ten miles of Warren were not there to listen. WEEKLY MARKET REVIEW. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec 17. Despite an evident struggle to main tain a firm tone the markets during most of the past week were marked by uncertainty, timidity, and readily yield ing to selling. Rumors and talk of a pessimistic nature, discoaragement of credit extension anywhere and a re markable public lack of faith in the future are for the time being dominant influences. "Wednesday's general decline was. precipitated by the final Government crop figures. The trade was staggered by the unexpectedly large increases in all of the grams. The final corn and oafs crops total 4.756.422,000 or 590,- 662,000 more than was.produjsdhi&st year. Winter wheat figures were raised to^SSO^i^Ood and the spring wheat re duced *o 209,365,000. which for the spring wheat is about the same as last year. At present the best support to the wheat market, aside from export busi ness, is the existing cash premiums.. In view of the heavy foreign clearances and sales of hard winter and spring wheat some apprehension is expressed with regard to the sufficiency of sup plies of such quality of wheat for the later domestic milling demand antici pated. Byen higher premiums for the better grades, therefore, are expected. It is the unpromising immediate cash outlet for the huge surplus, the near or actual bankruptcy of European buy ers that remain the principal barriers to higher values. But the trade mostly are optimistic that from perfectly na tural causes alone improvement must result in the near future. The problem of readjusting values to new conditions is not to be minimized, but the talk of pessimism without warrant or founda tion is to some extent a restraint on normal trade which should prove only temporary. In coarse grains the point is reached where intrinsic worth must be consider-* ed, and the growers holding policy more or less extensive is certainly not to be ignored. The movement of corn and oats and wheat is most remarkably light compared even with past crops that were much smaller. Wheat pro duction this year is over 150,000,000 less than last year and the export de mand never was so insistent as during the present season. We still adhere to the belief Jthat on the declines all grains are a purchase and that conditions in general ibr a long poll warrant a reaction upward, but pending the settlement of the public mind and the elimination of the "Har Times" idea, which is non-existent ti* markets will undoubtedly reflect tb many elements of uncertainty and vio lent fluctuations should not be unex pected.Quinn-Shepherdson Co. ^s :^f, A sack containing a number of bottlear of liquor was found on the *o*dad near the Pembina farm yesterday. Sheriff Hanson waa notified and Immed iately took possession of the same. Needless to say, no one has claimed the property. ^r