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DIES IN FRANCE
is Received Announcing Death
-tr~ of Edward Rud From Bronchial
Pneumonia.
A message was received from the war
department on Dee. 19, announcing the
death of Edward Rud in France on
^De c. 9, 1918, of bronchial pneumonia.
^This sad announcement brought the
deepest sorrow to a young and devoted
,wife to whom the deceased soldier wasministrator
/married but a few short months before
lie joined the c/lors and also brought
Vgrief to his parents, brothers and sis-
ters and a host of friends. They were
all looking forward to the joyful day
i when he should return, now,that the
war is over, but their fond hopes were
l'0 not to be realized. Edward Rud en-
^5| countered an enemy more deadly than
German shells and shrapnel and was
$ laid low. He died no less^a hero than
T- those who give up thei^fives in the
trenches or when "going over the ?op"
yl' His strong and noble young life has
been offered up as a sacrifice on the
j.altar of freedomand all honor be to
V* him. May those who now mourn him
^and will look in vain for his return,
\^find solace in the thought that he died
^-iin the service of his country for a great
'^cause and that future ages will bless
W* liim for the supreme sacrifice he has
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made.
5V Edward Rud was born Sept. 18, 1890,
"on a farm near Viking, Marshall coun
lfjty,
fs.
hence his age at the time of death
was 28 years, 2 months and 21 days.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Rud,
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well known pioneer resident of Viking.
As a boy he began to realize that
A "Life is real, life is earnest
And the grave is not its goal."
"When fourteen years old he became a
i
Christian and enlisted as a soldier under
I the banner of the Cross. He graduated
Jfrom the Northwest School of Agricul
ture at Crookston in 1912, and was em-
HlployedVby the Avery Tractor Company
P?|at Grand Forks during 1913 and 1914,
Sfahd.in the summer of 1915 by the C. O.
IpD." Tractor Company, at Crookston.
Ifffpuring the winter of 1915-1916 he
Untaught engineering (gas and steam) at
Ifffthe Crookston Business College.
10m- Edward Rud made his home at Mid
lllldle River during the past two years.
liltle opened up a garage there in the
S ^pr ing of 1916, with John Dunrud as
ffljparther .and continued in this business
fSbntil called into the service in April,
1L918.
After being inducted into the army
,he stayed at Camp Dodge until Aug.
foth, when he left for Camp Mills, New
tXprk, and later for overseas. He was
jamepber of Co. I., 352nd Infantry and
^^as made the Company mechanic in
l^&Ir. Rud was married to Agnes Marie
'^'''''i^uaibiii.of Stephen, on Sept. 15, 1917.
Ssides, 6y his young wife, who has
lea to, ^hejr country the one to whom
^e Was tied by the most tender ties of
He, |he dead soldier is survived also
djsffis^parents, C. L. Rud and wife, by
i^lbrWhers, Henry, in the army, Mar
ffi and Arthur, and by his sisters Jen
dn%, pf Bethesda hospital, Crookston,
rs p. O. Sande, and Miss Emma Rud.
?T& jnemory of Edward* Rud will
^e in the hearts of all who knew him
^ejj as in the annals of a grateful
JljSpiip On the service flags his name
Mj^to^ represented by- a golden star.
iSiy Hjs life* so clean, so true, so man
MMSpa^dtie, be an inspiration for
||$c|qng people in the county. Sleep
^undft those &aRfliall county soldiers
|3n the hlopd-drenched soil of France,
VXtMl, perchance, thy dust shall be re
i5i to thy native land. Sweet be
slumber and peaceful thy rest!.
may well be thankful for the ex
inglyvflne winter weather that pre
-'lllttring Christmas. It was just
iigb, for comfort, and the roads
re flne, so that farmers had no
Jj^4 come In to do their shopping
^.holidays, most of them using
^automobiles. The snow is not yet
BttOOgh to prevent cars from run
"With the approach of the new
the cold has-stiffened quite a bit
ioday we have the' WustryV yet
atmosphere of our old fashion
winter.
Week's Food Pact
The Federal Food Administration
now is history. With war restrictions
lifted its activities now cease. Accord
ing tolegal record it lives as an admin
istration until the peace proclamation
is signed but its clerical force has been
greatly reduced and its chief aim from
now until it passes out of existence en
tirely is to see that profiteering and
the way of the profiteer are made, diffi
cult.
"No state administrator in the coun
try will be able to send in his final re
ports with greater pride than the ad
for Minnesota", says A. D.
Wilson, who has directed the affairs of
the food administration for this state.
"Minnesota has responded to every call
with a good-will and a promptness that
are worthy a big place in the war his
tory. It is not an easy matter to so
use words that they may convey the
full appreciation of a deed well done,
but I would like to say to the people of
Minnesota that they have put-.over one
of the biggest food programs of the
country. No accurate figures are avail
able as to the amount of wheat saved
in response to the food administration's
appeal, but it is believed that from one
bushel to one and one-Quarter'bushels'
per capita is" a reasonable estimate. As
nearly as can be determined, 36,000,000
pounds of sugar was saved! reports
from about half of the public eating
houses in the state show a meat saying
of 2,813,000 lbs. of beef 233,000 pounds
of mutton 1,413,000 pounds of pork,
and 896,000 pounds of Jamb and veal.
The same reports show that one million
more pounds of fish was used. In the
matter of greater production the state's
response was splendid. Thousands of
war gardens were grown and thousands
of cans of food preserved from these
gardens. Minnesota farmers produced
more food in 1918 than any year in the
history of the state. In addition to
holding a normal production of dairy
products and beef and making a 15 per
cent increase in pork the following crop
record was made:
Bus. 1917
50,000,00ft
4)0,000,000
120,000,000
38,000,000
7,585,000 1,900,000
33,600,000
Wheat Corn
Oats Barley
Rye Flax
Potatoes
Bus. 191S
85,000,000
108,000,000
130,000,000
45,000,000
8,700,000
2,500.000
32,S00,000
"It will be seen that potatoes, alone,
showed a decrease in production over
the previous year, but that is not as
serious as it looks if we stop to remem
ber that the crop of 1917 was a record
breaker, that the average for the five
years previous had been something over
28,000,000 bushels and that the one mil
lion decrease of this year in production
was an increase of four million over the
normal production.
"While I -would not 'presume to com
mend the people of Minnesota for' this
showing, inasmuch as it represents
their patriotism, I do want to thank
them for the wonderful co-operation
which has been given the food adminis
trator and his eo-Workers in the state.
The press, the pulpit, the schools, the
business and professional men and
women, the boys, the girls, the individ
ual, in truth, have erased any dividing
line between the two and the state has
presented, instead, a company of food
administration co-workers.
"The food administration extends its
congratulations to producersand the
conserversof Minnesota for the big
part they have played."
BULL ASSOCIATIONS
DEVELOP RAPIDLY
The first bull 'association in the
United States was organized in 1908 by
the Michigan Agricultural College. It
was a co-operative venture similar to
those which pave existed in Europe for
a long time. Only Jufly I, 1917, there
were in this country 36 active associa
tions in 17 States, with a total member
ship of 1,158, owning 189 pure-bred
bulls. These co-operative organizations
enable the owners of small herds to
unite in the purchase of one good bull,
so that each may own a share In a reg
istered sire of high quality. Though
still in/its infancy, the co-operative bull
association movement promises to be
come eventually a very great factor in
the improvement of dairy cattle in the
United States.
Be Up-to-Date
From force of habit a person will
continue to write it 1918 for a number
pf days after the first of the year
when he really intends to write 1919.
The habit will soon be overcome, how
ever, and 1919 will glide as easily from
the pen as any former year.
The little yellow address slip pasted
on the first page of the Sheaf on which
your name is printed also has a date,
which should not be forgotten. If it
is marked 1918, or any of the preceed
ing years, it shows that it needs atten
tion, and it should' be corrected! Dur
ing the past month many have made
arrangements- to have the dates chang
ed to 1919, or even 1920: We appre
ciate the number of up-to-date sub
scribers on the Sheaf list and will
make every effort to give them an up
to-date home newspaper- during 1919,
and every year to come:'
NORTHERN PACKING
COMPANY'S $360,000 PLANT
AT GRAND FORKS, N
The illustration above shows the
large plant of the Northern Packing
Company at Grand Forks, which was
built the past summer, the machinery
installed, and is now ready for busi
ness. Including equipment the plant
costs $360,000. The building is of solid
concrete and steel construction, and
although not the largest, is neverthe
less as up-to-date.and complete a plant
of its kind as can be found anywhere
in the United States. The plant has
cooling capacity for the killing of 500
hogs and 150 cattle per clay, and is so
arranged that this capacity can be en
larged to provide ample accommoda
tions for the, slaughtering of 3500 hogs
and 500 cattle pef day. The covered
yards enclose a space of 228 feet by
228 feet and concrete loading chutes
furnish facilities for unloading six car
loads of stock at one time.
The plant has been built and is own
ed by the Northern Packing Company,-
KLOPP TELLS
November 24, 1918.
Dear Father:
As this is the day all soldiers should
write to their fathers back home, I will
write and tell you where and what I
have done over here. First, I must tell
you I am well and feeling like going
back to the front.
I ain still in the" Base Hospital No.
114, Bordeaux, France. It is on the
coast in the southwestern part. The
hospital is about six miles from town,
but I have not been there (in town)
yet, only when coming here I came
through on the train.
Well, I was going to tell you what,
and where I have been and done. The
first thing I did when I came to France
was to drill every day, rain or shine,
until-1 went in the trenches on Aug.
29 and have been there until I got
gassed. The first trenches I was in was
near Metz, only eight miles they said,
to the city. I was on that front until
Oct. 22, and all the while I was there
the enemy threw big and little shells at
us. They came so close I was pretty
scared sometimes, but always trusted
in God to take me safely through.
It was funny to see those six inch
shells burst down in a valley when we
were on a hill. They would come
whistling through the air, then a puff
of black or white smoke, and a loud ex
plosion, and pieces of iron would fly in
all directions. When they came within
30 yards, I did not feel very good, but
those that came that near were mostly,
three inch and of the same stuff. I
have seen shells nearly as tall as I am
and about 14 inches through.
Then when I came off that front, I
went to the Verdun front, or the west
ern front, and was there until I came
to the hospital. On that front, all I
did was to dig a place for the gun, so
the gunner could have protection, and
dug a trench to the reloading station
under shell fire two nights straight.
We had to do everything in the night,
because in the daytime the enemy could
see us, as they were only a little ways
from us. They could hear us and
would throw up flares that would light
up everything for a long way. But
when they did this we would stand
perfectly still and they could not see
us because we were just in the edge of
the woods. This was inthe Argonne
Forest where I was. It was a nice
timber once, but not any more. It was
not nice to be on guard at night in the
timber only a little way from the Ger
man lines and all the rest of the guys
way back, that is the infantry. It was
always two on guard at night we al
ways had the guns loaded, and pistols
loaded and ready to shoot but they
IVE STOCK Pavil
lion at Crookston,
that has just been erect
ed for the Annual Win
ter Show and Sale, held
in connection with the
Annual Farm Crop
Show? The building
costs! 125.000.
~fi#
i
operative concern, that is incor
porated for $1,000,000. A large num
ber of the prominent business men and
''farmers of Grand Forks and other
tivn in the Northwest are stock
Jh^lders in the company. Quite a few
oft the leading stockmen, of Warren and
vicinity, as Weil as elsewhere in the
county are interested in the undertak
ing. But it is largely owing to the
enterprise and foresight of the pro
gressive business men of Grand Forks
that the packing plant has been estab
lished.
(The erection of this great plant in
Gj-and Forks means hluctt for the de*
vrijopment of the life stock industry
all over the Northwest A market is
no provided close at' hand for every
thing in the way of livestock, and
farmers and stock raisers tyill not now
be ^entirely at the1
mercy of the big
paiing plants in Chicago and other
terminal points. :^T^r:-
never came. 1, /J^y^-
I guess you Would not have known
me if I should have come home as I
looked! then. I was mud from head to
foot, jforn breeches, belt, and pistol at
my sijfe, and.last of a$, a niustache. I
felt pretty scared sometimes, but I al
ways remembered Awhat'.: Grandpa
wrote: he wrote and said, to show the
other fellow I was nolcowardj of which
there "ivere plenty to bj^fSe^rii. But now
it is all over, and eve^Ofcfi'is rejoicing,
hoping to go home soon^^
$ ^suppose at this time you are
through,threshin and plowing, the
wood %ll Sawed and ready for winter.
I have not had any letters,for so long.
I doiio't know anything, but th^t does
riot^ofher me now, for I think I will
sponge on my way to the states. There
are some going from here tomorrow. I
am lifted in the casuals because.I was
in hospital and before they ceased
fighting the casuals were sent to a
camp, then to a replacement camp, from
here back to their Cbinpany, but the
Companies have been all filled with new
men sb it is no chauce to get back to
the outfit. 'r".
Maybe you would like to know how
we get our eats. Well, in the Company,
we all had to line up one behind the
other, jthen go by the cans and the
cooks dish' it out. Here in the hospital
we have to have tickets and line up
same as in the field, only that there are
about one-thousand men in the line. If
you do hot wait to get a ticket or go to
the wrong kitchen, you are out of luck
until you get the right ticket.
Did you learn much blacksmithing
this Summer or not? I hope I can soon
be back and make the old anvil ring, if
I have not forgotten all I know. It will
sure be funny to get back and take a
fork pr hammer and try to handle
them. I have not touched either since
I left home. I have handled the pick
and shovel more or less ever since* I
came to the front.
All the time I wrote and told you I
was doing guard duty, I was at the
front, but did not want to tell you be
cause that would make you all worry,
I thought. Now that it is all over, I
do not mind telling you where I have
been because I ain safe, and came
through all right.
The weather here now has been
sunny in the day time but freezes at
night and today it is raining nearly all
day.'!'.
This is a letter that you should get by
Christmas and I guess you will, but I
hope I will there by that time, or
not long aftei\ and I believe I will. I
do not know any more for this time so
will close, hoping this finds you all in
the best of health, as it leaves me.
Wishing you all a Merry Christams and
a Qappy New Year. Give my love to
all, from your son,
William Klopp,
PAGE
I Public School Notes
Mr. Holmquist gave a short talk in
assembly last Friday morning. He
''vhed all a Merry Xmas and Happg,
v Year, urging everyone'to spread
Xmas cheer.
regret that Miss Holinberg is ill
at home with the influenadK^^^
Selmer Hilleboe, who has Jbeen ser
iously ill, is much better now.
The seniors held two public debates
in the assembly last Wednesday and
Thursday. The first night the ques
tion was: Government ownership of
Telegraph and Telephone systems. The
affirmative won but the negative did
well. There was a good deal of com
petition which made it very interest
ing. The second night they debated:
That capital and labor should be com
pelled to take their disputes to legally
established arbitration courts. It was
a state question and was handled
well. The negative won,
The Alumni vs. H. S. are planning
a boys' basket ball game for Wednes
day evening. The girls are uncertain
if they will hold a game or not.
The O. H. Taralseth declamatory
contest which is held every year before
Xmas, was postponed this year on ac
count of the influenza. The contestants
have made their selections and it will
be given as soon as possible.
WINTER RYE FOR
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Reporter, Eillen Harris, insure successful
NORTHERN MINNESOTA
Forty plots of winter rye Were sown
this fall at the Northwest Experiment
Station. Not only are many varieties
being tried out to determine which is
best adapted to our climate, hut also
rate of seeding and date pf^sie^ing
tests are being made. Previous experi
ments with rye have been conducted
during the past few years bu this year's
seeding is more extensive than any of
the previous ones.
Several plot3 of whiter wheat were
sown for comparison with the winter
rye, but from earlier trials winter rye
is a surer crop for this section of Min
nesota. Last year all except two of the
winter wheat plots were winter killed
and only about 25 per cent of each of
these survived, while all of the winter
rye plots wintered very satisfactorily.
Earlier results have shown that some
method of winter protection is neces
sary for winter wheat in this section.
Growing winter wheat in certain sec
tions of northwestern Minnesota, where
the soil is somewhat sandy and where
some protection is offered, has met with
fair success, but winter rye has repeat
edly given excellent returns and- is a
hardier plant by nature.
With this extensive series of plots at
this Station, farmers in this section of
the state may gain considerable in
formation next year by visiting the
fields personally or by inquiry at
threshing time.
John F. Gorsuch Victim of Influenza.
John F. Gorsuch died at his home
near Grafton,, N. D., on Dee. 28, 191S,
of Influenza, after an illness of only
three days.
Deceased was born in Schyler coun
ty, Illinois, on Nov. 8, 1882. He grew
to manhood and lived in Illinois until
in 1915, when he moved to Grafton, N.
D. and engaged in farming. He was
married April 15, 1908, at Ray, 111., to
Ruth Cooper, the wife who now to^
gether with three children mourn the
loss of a good husband and father. The
names of the children are: Emma, 8
years old William, 6 years: and Rus
sell, 3 years. Deceased is also mourn
ed by his mother, Mrs. W. M. Gorsuch,
who lives nine miles south of Warren,
and by six sisters and one -brother,
whose names are as follows: Mrs.
Orba Chockley, Mrs. Harvey Marquis,
Mrs. Mike, Onderko, Mrs. Andrew
Ferencik, Misses Fannie and Vella, and
Charles Gorsuch.'
John F. Gorsuch was a progressive
farmers, an honest and upright man
and a good citizen. His remains were
brought to Warren and were buried in
Greenwood cemetery on Dec. 27, 1918.
The other members of the family have
also been sick with the same dread
disease which took away their bread
winner. The sympathy of many
friends goes out to them in their
affliction. r,
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Christmas in Warren this year pass
ed very quietly. Many of the churches,
as a safe guard against the flu, did not
have the usual festivities of this sea
son of the year, in the Swedish Lu
theran church' was held an enjoyable
Christmas tree entertainment Christ-'
mas Day and on New Year's eve a
watch meeting was held at which the
Dorcas society served a delicious lunch.
But altho it has been a quiet Christ
mas it has not been a cheerless one, by
any means. We dare say that there ia
not a child in the city but was remem
bered in some way by gifts, and most
of the old ones too receivedMpfefH^en
erous Share. No one among btuf people
have had to go hungry, like^jtfaay in
the war stricken countries have Jmd to
do. Surely we haver reason to be
thankful to Him who is the giver of
every good and perfect gift for the
many good things we have enjoyed in
the Christmas of 1918.
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Wfr
YEAR IN kDVANCE.
NHCBEM
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Miss Caroline Hunstad
Jorgensen of Bemidji, were
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Cupid Proves Go*:
Final Wet*, oi :O-J Old
Year.
Sjoblom-Sihlberg.
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Sihl-
Jacob A. Sjoblom and Laura S.
berg, two prominent young people from
Strandquist, were married at the home T*
of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Forsberg, in this t' f
city on Thursday, January 2, 1919, at
one o'clock m. The ceremony was, 2
performed by Rev. S. W. Swenson, of
this city, in the presence of a few near
relatives. The bride was attended by
Miss Lillie Sjoblom, a sister of the
groom, and the groom was attended by
Andrew Sihlberg, a brother of the
bride. After the ceremony a delicious
dinner was served by Mrs. Forsberg.
The bride is a daughter of Mr7~and S jft*
Mrs. M. Sihlberg, well known pioneer iv */^&
residents of the vicinity of, Strand-g?*:^
quist, and is a sister of Mrs. Wm. Fors-^g^
berg, of this city. She is a talented,*.^
and highly esteemed young woman, .the
favorite among a large circle of friends.
The groom is ajrishig young farmer in.
the,'northern part "of the^coimty^ P"**!^
possesses many sterling qualities .tnatf^
careera inJMfei^gS^,^ttwoQkTl a "so of E. Sjoblom,
pioneer farmer of town of Xug*fr
The happy couple will be at1onie
Augsburg after: February firsC r. *$$
A host of friends of the wort^-ypijng^,4%
couple extend to them most heapy eon-tiv
gratulations and wish them' ffii abun-|NSr' 1
dance of joy and happiness in their*
journey thru life. &>
Jorgensen-Hunstad.
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andT^Anton
t\inited i^ _,
marriage Thursday evening, DecT 26,f.l*^
1918, at 6:30 o'clock at the home tjfmie^'
bride's sister, Mrs. John Olson, of this." J^
The bride was attended by Miss
Ingeborg Lodoen and the groom by John 4
Olson. The ceremony was performed"/
by Rev. Tollevs. after which a delicious^
wedding dinner was served to near
relatives and friends.
The bride*is a well known and high
ly esteemed young woman, having lived
here tip to a year ago, when she moved
her-parents to ^.Bemidji. The^^Jn'
groom is a fine young man who is en
gaged in farming.
Mr. and Mrs. Jorgensen left Monday
evening to make their home at Bemidji.
Their many friends extend hearty con
gratulations.
Olson-Hanson.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hanson, of NeMt
folden, announce the marriage of the&W
daughter Agnes Katherine to Mr. Carr
A. Olson, on Sunday, Dec. 29,191S. The
ceremony was performed at the home
of the bride by Rev.. A. X. Skogerbo,
of Thief River Falls.
The bride is an excellent and highly,
accomplished young woman. She is a*
graduate of the Warren High School' $
and since her graduation has been em
ployed as'a teacher "in the rural schools.
The groom is a very capable and ener
getic young man, the son of Erick 01-
son, one of the well known pioneer res-^^- 3-
idents of Foldahl. A host of friendY
extend hearty congratulations to the*
newly wedded couple and wish them a
life full of joy and happiness. They
will be at home in Foldahl after Jan.
15th.
On Tuesday, Dec 24, Minnie J. Ol-,
son and Edward Larson were United in Jx
marriage at the Swedish Mission par-j 4$,
sonage by Rev. C. W. Olson, Both thefe ^'V
bride and groom have lived in Foldahl,'!
where they are well known and respect
ed. .The young couple will make their"
home on the groom's farm in Foldahl.
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r.Miss Ida Sea and John A. Carlson,.
both of Stephen, were married at the^J^
Scandinavian M. B. parsonage in this^
city by "Rev. K. Winberg, on Mondayi*^1^
afternoon, at one o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Wj*
Carlson will make their home in Ste-i '-^J
phen. A host of friends extend heartyy
congratulations to the young couple.
"V* *T'i!SSL*9
J-NEW PRICES ON BUICK CASS. 'g *^cj
The Warren Auto Company has re-^t?-'*
ceived a letter from the Buick Motop|/*W* ^1
Company containing the revised prfceP^,' 1
schedule effective January flrst 1919,:
covering the various Buick models dur
ing the remainder of the season. Four
models have been reduced in,prise andfN^V
the other two remain untouched.' An*v%.
announcement of the new fprices ap^
pears in another column of this issue.
Bright Ywrnc Girl CUne* by Deafly
Bemiee JQUeyl passed mway" on
Thnraday, Dec. 26, after a lidrtfflk^v
nesi from pneomonia following inflow
eiiaa Berniece was born/in town of
Brialeti eb. 20, 1918, and Uved to be
10 years, 10 months old. 8he leaves to
iQOinsi her death, her father, Bstrlck
fBftprl, three brother^John, Per:
dvsi and Richard, alao m^SilsMr.
Florence and Alice. Her mother .died
Aug.,17, a^T^The fm^ral.Sbl^held
on Ssturday, Dee. 28, conducted by
Rev, Cook, 14, greenwood Cemetery,-
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PSf/c.