one of the beat dairy counties in the state.Death of Rev. Herbert Root.Rev. Herbert Root, who won a promt hen t resident of Brainerd some twenty years ago, but since has ls»en a well known citizen of Valley City, N. D., died In St. Paul recently* The folio wins: telegram from Valley City apreared In the Minneapolis Journal:Valley City N. D.—Herbert Root, one of the h«wt known residents of thl6 city, died in St. Luke’s hospital in St. Paul, yeste *day morning. He has been prominent for twenty years In business, political and church circles. He had a paper here some years ago, and one ulght his enemies, during a hot political campaign, entered the office and wrecked it, strewing the type and material through the streets. Two years ago he was assaulted by a blind beggar and nearly killed.Will Supply Hot Air.Winona. Minn., Jan. 16.—FrankT/ilinann nnd \1 Tnro IriPtll