Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-07-13
Home and County News

ie W Z. L. y. VIII lneeu at Un(
home OF Mrs. W. W. Wood, Thurs
day at o'clock.
A state Farmers Institute was
held at Argyle, Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday this week.
The board OF county commits:
sioners met in regular session Mon.
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Services will be held in the NJ. Il
church next Sunday morning by
Rev. j. S. David. Young peoples
meeting in the evening
- The editor CT this paper and hi:
wife returned from their visit to the
Worlds Fair on Saturday last, very
much pleased with what they had
seen.
On Sunday, July 10th, Rev. L.
Norelius, ID. d., the chairman OF the
minnesota Conference of the Swedish
Lutheran church, will be in Vega
and conduct the dedication of the
Lnth. church. .-
- Walter Winchester, son of Mr..
e. Winchester, returned Tuesday
from Oberlin College, where he is /,
student, and will spend his vacation
at home in this city.
- Saturdays north bound train
broke Il t!ue in the engine a few miles
north OF Euclid, and was unable to
proceed until another engine arrived
from CrooEston, reaching Warren at
3p. M.
A hail storm did considerable
damage in town OF Vega nJuly 4th,
the crops OF Il number OF farmers be-
ing either wholly or partially de-
stroyed. The storm extended in ~
narrow strip from the north west
corner OF the town to the south east
corner.
4. ID. keyc and John Myllre, OF
Argyle, were the only Marshall coun-
ty people that we ran up against at
the Fair. We net few acQuaintan-
ces OF way back, and among them
was Herbert G. Mentzer, formerly of
this city, who, with his wife was do
ing the Fair.
The people in Vega defeated the
proposition to bond the town for
Drainage purposes. 1t is very. SUR
prisng that the citizena of said town
q could'take such action on a PROPOSE
4 ton which was so plainly for their
own best interests, and il they would
only think a moment and figure a
Hlittle they would be able to see this.
ESuppose a loan OF $4,000 had been
Amadc, say at 8 per cent, that would
Fhave made $24O dollars interest
kyearly. In Vega there are IS sec
tlons, or $50 quarter sections, and
Bto pay the interest would require
#about $l.35 for each quarter sec
- ton. Is there q quarter section in
the town that would not be benefit
ed in that amount by proper drain
age? Certainty not. Laying aside
all the benefits they would receive in
better crops, the improved roads
ho t,,i
drainage, would be worth more than
that. The roads in Vega are miser-
able, the poorest in the whole coun-
ty. 1t ought not to be necessary to
Say anything about the value OF
drainage. Vega has Tie very best
sol! thar can be found anywhere III
the Red River Valley, and it only
needs proper drainage to make it
productive. You who have lived
there during the past ten years, how
many really good crops have you
had in that time? Only one or two
On well drained lands in the vicinity
OF Warren good crops have been OBJ
tained every year. 1t ought to he
plain to everyone that it will not
pay to farm VIXEN one gets only one
or two good crops in ten years
When the spring is favorable and
the crops can be put in in good
shape, good crops generally follow
otherwise not. III our good Veg;
people ever expect to prosper al
farming, and to lift the mortgages
that have been gathering OF late
years, they must improve theirlands
by proper drainage, and thus make
cIpps reasonably sure. Ditches
must be made large enough to carry
the water in the spring to the river
the proper place for it, and not tc
dam it up on your neighbors' field
There has been n good deal ofsellish
ness displayed in this respect in We
gu, as well as in other towns, ant
this sellislness' is exhibited when tht
drainage matter is discussed. Some
oppose it because their farms ma,
not be benefited quite as much a.
some OF the neighbors. Now that il
narrow view to take, because Wln1
benefits one benefits all, il not di
rectIy ut least Indirectly. Further
more, the expense OF draining might
be assessed to each farm according
to the benefits derived. BY refusing
to take steps for the systemati,
drainage Of their town it looks to III