Warren sheaf. [volume], July 17, 1918, Image 4

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WARREN SHEAF
JOHN P. MATTSON,
Editor and Prop.
Published Every Wednesday.
ntsred in the Post Office at Warren
as Second Class Mail Matter.
Official Paper of Marshall County.
There will be a chance this year for
city people to go to the country to
spend their vacations "resting up" on
farms during harvest time. During
mules or pitching bundles will induce
more restful sleep when the day is
done than any amount of time spent
waiting for the fish to bite.
The fifth German offensive since last
spring is now on in all its fury but
according to latest reports it has been
effectively checked without gaining
much ground south of the Marne.
Much credit for checking the on-rush
is due to American troops in this
sector whose valor on the field of
battle have well upheld the traditions
of the American army and also added
new and unfading glory to its achieve
ments
The Service of the Swamp.
There is an inveterate prejudice
against swamps Dry land is riches,
and clear water is a welcome gift, but
the combination of the two in the form
of a STY amp is repugnant
A swamp is looked on a3 rubbish left
in the process of world-making and
the vision of anew heaven and a new
earth in the mind of the man of affairs
has all these rubbish swamps drained
and transformed into finished .grassy
meadows City builders urge that all
subuiban swamps be dredged and their
mud contents resolved into their ele
ments of grassy slope and clear lake
water There is no place in their plans
for a swamp.
The average mortal throws hostile
thoughts and other refuse at the
swamp. To the swamp's edge, the
average mortal brings his unlovely
wastage, his broken potsherds and bed
springs and dumps them in scorn, thus
making an eyesore of what Nature in
tended as an eyesalve. For a swamp
is beautiful to the appreciative eye.
Miasma, Malaria, unwholesome night
air and ague fogs U3ed to be charged
to the debit of the scapegoat marsh,
and still are by many. So we fill with
tin cans, baling wire, crippled stoves,
waste potatoes, corroded metal roofing
this supposed pest hole and think we
do humanity a great favor, as did the
Hebrew of old when he sang: "Moab
is my washpot Over Edom do I cast
out my shoe"
But the swamp is a wholesome and
necessary part of this good earth It
is '-sanctuary for useful birds, who,
would vanish if the dividing line be
tween earth and water were a line and
not a zone. It may not be desirable
to liave so large a proportion of swamp
tovdry
land as Minnesota holds but it
might be dangerous to do away with
the swamp wholly. Our American
grandfathers used to consider forest
trees as weeds, but their sons lived to
regret their folly
An idea is prevalent in Minnesota
that a drainage ditch running in any
direction is the short route to the lost
gold mines of King Solomon, and un
der this delusion much dizzy ditching
has been done. Some fine fish lakes
have been turned into swamps and
some swamps into deserts by reason of
ill-placed ditches It took the Creator
of the world along time to make lakes
and marshes and great wisdom ap
pears mall this work. I would,
therefore, seem fit that in unmaking
these watery area3, the best engineer
ing counsel should be called into use.
Minneapolis Journal.
The $106,000 Calf.
A new record in the sale of pure
bred livestock was made at Milwaukee
last week when a bull calf of the Hol
stein breed sold in a public sale for the
astounding price of $106,000. Twelve
different breeders placed bids on this
calf until the price of $80,000 was
reached, after which time two bidders
competed with one another until the
final price of $106,000 wa3 offered and
accepted.
We call particular attention to this
new record price for bure-bred animals
for the reason that some people are
likely to draw the wrong conclusions
from the facts in the case. This en
ormous sun of money was paid for
this calf because he came from an an
cestry of known producers with re-
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Saturday
Admission 10 and 20 cents.
Wm. S. Hart in
"C6tf BARGAIN"
and Billy West Comedy
"BACK STAGE"
EXTRA!
The picture of the Patriotic Parade taken
at Warren will be shown Wednesday, July
24th, with the regular show.
markable records, and because the
scarcity of pure-bred stock of the best
quality is such that men of means are
willing to pay almost any price in or
der to secure what they want. It goes
without saying that the two final bid
ders in this sale were parties with un
limited means. I is significant, how
ever, that twelve different breeders, at
tendants at this sale, were willing to
pay as much as $30,000 fpr this calf,
which price probably comes nearer
representing the true value of the ani
mal than the price which was really
paid for him.
The unfortunate feature in connec
tion with these tremendous prices for
pure-bred stock lies in the fact that
farmers and smaller breeders looking
for foundation stock are likely to get
the idea that pure-bred stock is toorates
high-priced for them to buy. This is
not true. As a matter of fact, in the
same sale where this bull calf sold for
the record price, many very desirable
animals sold at prices ranging from
$400 to $800 each. The record price
was paid for a strictly fancy pedigree
coupled with good individuality. It is
only the occasional pure-bred animal
that brings such prices. The real life
of the pure-bred stock business is the
trade which comes from the farmer
who purchases a sire or female in or
der to improve his herd The prices for
even this sort of stock are high at the
present time, but not unduly high as
compared with the price of market
stockThe Farmer.
Frequent Causes of Auto Accidents.
When a grown person or a child
suddenly comes out from behind a ma
chine or a wagon standing on the side
of a street
automobile, an accide
the most
The care:
mind. When
ront of a fast moving
is great danger of
situation is one of
auses of injuries,
has this always in
sees vehicles drawn
up along the side of the street, he does
not bang ahead regardless whether any
heedless person may suddenly bob out
from behind them. He recognizes it as
quite possible that some one will come
suddenly in his path, and he is pre
pared to stop in a hurry.
Another common cause of accident,
iff the haste of the speedy driver to
get ahead of machines going at a slow
er pace. It is a terrible aggravation
to a 25 mile an hour man, to have to
poke along behind the leisurely car
running 15. At the first chance he
slips ahead, regardless whether the
road is wide enough or not.
If at the moment lie tries to pass, a
machine is coming from the opposite
direction, conditions favorable to anis
accident are created. The three ma
chines approach each other much fas
ter than anyone thinks. I takes a
good wide road to hold them if they
reach one point three abreast. It fre
quently occurs that the speeding ma
chine, if it is a heavy car, will side
swipe the slower machine it was try
ing to pass. If that happens, the peace
able little fellow going his own way
inoffensively, is crowded into the ditch
and an accident results.
These are two of the many conditions
that lead to many wholly needless ac
cidents. They can all be averted when
automobile drivers realize the respon
sibility they undertake when they pro
pel these very powerful machines
through the streets, in which every
citizen down to the little cvhild has an
equal right.
NOTICE OF TEACHERS
EXAMINATION FOR COMMON
SCHOOL CERTIFICATES
Notice is hereby given that the An
nual Teachers' Examination will be
given at the High School building at
Warren, Minnesota, on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday, July 29, 30 and 31,
1918. The subjects for a Second Class
Certificate will be taken on Monday
and Tuesday, for a First Class Certifi
cate on Wednesday.
DAVID JOHNSON,
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To turn out that job
of printing when*
ever you need it.
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I News
"VVEALL KNEW HIS MAJESTY'S WEAKNESS FOR SOFT WHITE. HANPi
-ANI WE SHUDDERED" (SCENE FROM THE SCR/THE BEAST OF BERLIN)
BemidjiThe new federal building
bere will go into commission in about
10 days, the work of installing mail
boxes now being attended to.
Pine City.A contingent of 110 men
from Pine county will leave here on
Thursday, July 25, for the army train
ing camp at Camp Wadsworth, S C.
Grand RapidsThe haying this
section is well under way, much of the
tame hay having already been cut
The hay will be light again this year,
and will not average over a ton to the
acre on new seeding.
St. PaulAdvances in subscription
are announced by St. Paul pa
pers. The Pioneer Press, a morning
paper, which has sold for 2 cents, will
now cost 3 cents and the Dispatch,
an afternoon 1-cent paper, will sell for
2 cents.
St CloudThursday was the 80th
birthday anniversary of Rt Rev
James Trobec, former bishop .of St
Cloud, who retired to St Stephens,
this county, where a nephew is pas!
tor, there to spend his remaining days
in quiet and rest after his long career
in the priesthood
AnokaThe Minnesota Dry Milk
company building here was destroyed
by fire While the night watchman
was ascending to the second floor to
find out why the lights went out, an
explosion occurred in the basement
Five minutes later the four-story
structure was amass of flames
WadenaMax Pink suffered pain
ful injuries at Park Rapids on the
afternoon of the Fourth when an auto
mobile, driven by one of the drunken
rowdies of that village, crashed mt%
Pink's machine and almost wrecked
it. Morris Merickel and George ClaJ
don were riding with Pink at the ttnfS
of the accident and both suffered,
bruised legs.
Virginia.The legislative program
of the Minnesota Federation of Labor
to be presented at the next session of
the state legislature in January will
be formulated at the thirty sixth an
nual convention of the federation,
which has opened here at the Moose
hall The formulation of the program
is expected to be the mos1
important
business before the convention.
St PaulKaiser Bill might well
look at the garden of Mrs Mary Sauro,
36 Upper Levee, and worry On6 rad
ish raised in this garden would be
sufficient for a meal for one1
whole
family, if the family was addicted ~to
Tadishes. This radish is twenty Inbhe^s
long and eight inches in diameter and
believed to be the biggest produced
in a Minnesota garden this year
MinneapolisOfficers in charge of
United States army recruiting in Min
neapolis have announced that scores
of soldiers are wanted immediately to
till up new units being organized The
men will be trained alongside veteran
soldiers, and will have excellent
chances of getting commissions, re
cruiting men say, because of the new
policy of picking officers directly from
the ranks
Beraidu The official call for 250
men to be sent from Beltrami county
to Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S
C. has been received by the local
draft board This is the largest call
for men yet received by the local
board Of that number 200 will leave
Bemidji the morning of July 2(2, repre
senting the south end of the county,
and 50 will be sent from Baudette,
July 25, representing the north end
Winona.The financial budget fdr
Winona county for the year 1919 was
formally adopted by the county board
prior to adjournment of the July ses
sion The budget provides for an in
crease of about $25,000 over the ex
penditures of the present year, the
advance being rendered necessary by
maintenance of highways and pay
ments on roads which have been con
structed. The budget totals $192,009
Mankato.Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiseman
of this city received news by telegram
of the drowning of their son, Clarence
Wiseman, at Fort Hunt, Va., where he
was a member of the United States
coast artillery. Word has been tele
graphed to the commanding officer to
have the body sent to Mankato for
burial. The lad was born in Hender
son, Neb., nineteen years ago, and be
fore his enlistment attended the high
school here.
Little Falls.John Wosniak, a farm
er living near here, killed three of his
four children by cutting their throats.
Mrs. Wosniak fled with her baby to
the home of a neighbor. Wosniak ad*
mitted the crime when arrested. For
some time the fanner has been in a
doubtful senile condition. Mrs. Wos
niak said he. believed that hia family
A E
was going to starve "Hang me, if
you want to," was the only statement
he would make to the sheriff.
MinneapolisCertain advocacies of
the Nonpartisan league and other
agencies in North Dakota for changes
in the method of handling grain were
condemned and restoration of hedg
ing pn\ ileges in handling of wheat to
the same degree now permitted in
other grains was urged in resolutions
adopted by the Tri-State Country
Grain Shippers' association, which
closed its annual convention here.
A. E. Anderson, Cottonwood, Minn,
was elected president of the associa
tion. Vice presidents chosen were:
W. Jones, Grand Forks, N. Otto
Nelson, Hills, N. D., and J. Brady,
Aberdeen, S.
St. PaulFire in one of the ware
houses of the Northern Insulating
company here destroyed flax straw
used in insulation valued at more than
$1,000,000. The fire had been burning
in the straw, which was contained in
a building 150 feet square, for at least
three weeks and was not discovered
until it broke out, firemen said
St CloudThe Minnesota Rural
Letter Carriers' convention was held
in this city The officers of the asso
ciation are Long, president,
K. M. Stokes, vice president
Hemen, secretary, S G. Schwartz
lauer treasurer
Mentally Deranged.
Isaac Thompson, of Strandquist,
who has been mentally deranged for
some time, became violently insane on
Thursday. He was immediately
brought to the city, where he wa3
placed under a doctor's car, and will
be given special treatment at the War
ren hospital, before steps will be tak
en to place him in an asylum.
FARMERS! If you have some
you do not need or wish to sell, find
a buyer in a fews days' time by
putting a little 25 cent advertise
ment in The Sheaf.
u\ 3. Tood Administration.
Arter de wise ol' owl spft on de
bait he say, sez ee"I gwine ter
sprize you all wid a mess er fishes
'cause you alls mus* save de meat
en eat sumpin* else instid en jes git
out dat ol' game bag en make it
work, too," sez ee. Den he kotch
a big fish and say, sez ee, "t-boot
t-hoot-t-sub-sti-toot," sez ee. Wen
he say dat he means dat when you
alls make riz biscuits jes don't make
'emuse corn meal ter save wheat
flour fer de sojers
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KITCHEN CABINET
If you and I just you, and I
Should laugh instead of worry
If we -should grow just you and I
Kinder and sweeter hearted,
Perhaps in some near by and by
A good time might get started
Then what a happy world 'twould bs
For you and me, for you and met
LITTLE ECONOMIES.
It is a matter of pride with the av
erage housewife today, because of loy
alty, patriotism and a
wish to take her share
of the burden of war, to
be as saving of all ma
terials, of both food,
clothing and fuel, as pos
sible.
We cannot do as usual
in any line of work
business does not go on as usual, we
cannot buy staple foods in large quan
tities as we have done in the past but
we are all willing without complaint
or fault-finding to bear our burden of
the inconvenience of this war, be
cause we know that even our little,
multiplied by a hundred million, wiU
supply the needs of our army and our
allies. Poverty is no disgrace and, if
poor, all the more need to mix brains
with all of the household processes.
The loyal woman who has signed the
food pledge with the conference and
heln__of Jier^family will be.glad and
SILO
CONTEST
$300.00 In Prizes To The Three Fanners
Who Sell The Most TicketsTorThe
"x J&rthwestern Fair, at *S*s:
Crookston, Minn.
The Strandell Stave Cement Silo Co. And
The Fair Association Provide 5
This Fund. vU'*
The premiums will be Riven in the form
of credits on silos to be built this season and
are divided as follows:
$150 to the man selling the most tickets,
$100 to the second man in the contest, $50
to the third man in the contest and to all
other contestants selling $10 worth or more
a commission of 10 per cent in cash after
the contest closes.
The prize money and commission money
will be kept in a separate fund until paid to
the winners whether the fair pays or not.
MR. FARMER
If you need a silo, get into the game. Ap-
ply at once to the undersigned for tickets.
O.K.BERGET,Sec.
f-3-
wining to" study" to makeTboslT meais
substantial and satisfying if she is en
couraged by them to do her best The
constant fault-finding in the home will
make a woman a real martyr if she is
conscientious and determined to keep
her pledge.
Frosted cake should be unseen on
our tables while our people across the
water are starving for sugar. Cake or
candy is too great a luxury these days
to be indulged in at all often. A tea
spoonful of sugar a day saved of each
person's supply would furnish plenty
of sugar to keep our soldier boys hap-'
py and well fed. We are prone to for
get that our little, multiplied by one
hundred million, makes an amazing
amount. We are not accustomed to
think in millions.
Bread Crumb Biscuit.Soak a quart
of bread crumbs in a quart of milk
three hours. Add a half cupful of melt
ed shortening and enough flour with
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder to
make a drop batter add a teaspoon
ful of salt and a teaspoonful of sugar
and two well-beaten eggs. Drop in
well-greased gem pans and bake in a
hot oven.
Gospel Meetings.
There will be Gospel meetings in the
tent east of the Great Northern depot,
in the Scandinavian language every^
evening at 8 o'clock and also on Sun
days until July 28th, conducted by Rev.
H. A. C. Anderson, of Hutchinson,
Minn., and Rev. D. Becker, of St. Paul.
There will be music and singing
If the men in our Army and Navy
can do without luxuries we at home
certainly can.
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