The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1894-07-12
PEOPLES Protest. Lake Benton

Peoples Protest. Lake Benton: J.
L. Torrens, of Redwood Falls, passed
through Lake Benton Monday, on his
bicycle, on his way to Pipestone and
Sioux Falls. He is principal of the
Redwood Falls high school and is
making the trip on his wheel for the
exercise it affords.
Ole Dokken, of Shutdown, has sent q
petition signed by 20 names for new
postofice at this place, nearly in the
center of the township, the route to be
continued to Redwood Falls, says the
Springfield Advance. There would
probably be one, if not two, more Of
fees on the route, and it would be q
great convenience for people in To-
cality now wholly deprived of postal
facilities. 9
The publishers have received an in
vitation to be present at the wedding
of Ellen M. Smith to Albert E. Hill,
of Norton editor of the Enterprise, at
that place, the ceremony to take place
next Sunday at 8 o'clock p. m. Edi-
tor Hill was over here last Monday,
and we then wondered how country
newspaper man could wear the smile
that adorned his face ell the time that
he was here. Well, here's hoping
that neither the bride or groom will
have any up hill work through life.
The general summary for Mime
sofa, of the weekly weather crop
bulletin for the week ending July Bird,
says that there have been frequent
and beneficial rains during the week,
which have improved the condition of
all vegetation. The temperature has
continued warmer than usual. High
winds on Wednesday did compar-
atively little damage to crops, but
we're very destructive to buildings. One
hundred and nineteen reports from
sixty wheat producing counties show
its condition to be quite as good as
usual, The drouth has caused the
stand to be thin on the sandy soils
and It has headed out nearly every
where with the straw rather short but
the color is generally excellent. Most
all of the correspondents report the
heads healthy. and of good length.
Some slight damage has been done
by hail in a few places. The drought
in the southwestern part of the State
is broken and although much i'm
proved yields with be very light.
Some winter wheat will be harvested
in the southern counties this week.
Oats have suffered more than wheat
and the prospects of good yield are
poor. Barley is turning and cutting
will begin in about a week. Winter
rye harvest has begun; this crop suf-
fered comparatively little from the
drouth and the yield promises to be
large one. The early sown flax is in
very good condition. but the late sown
has only just begun to sprout and its
outlook is very uncertain. The hay
harvest is progressing with the yield
on the whole quite light, although in
many places in the northern and CEN
trail counties a large crop will be Sc
cured. The yield of grass seed will
be light. Corn made a phenomenal
growth during the week and in the.
southern counties great deal is now
too large to cultivate; the fields are-
unusually free from weeds, in some'
localities it was badly bent and brok-
en- by the high winds on Wednesday.
Potatoes are doing nicely except in
few places where they have been dam
aged by drouth and elsewhere by
bugs, which have done much greater
injury than usual. Early pota-
toes are being marketed in the
southern section of the State.
The blueberry crop in Todd and ad-
joining counties will be very light,
owing to the late frosts. Plums are
plentiful, big and healthy looking in
Wabasha and Fafibault counties.
Pasturage has greatly improved since
last report. Chinch bugs are, report
ed in many places but they have so far
done much less than the usual
amount of damage. The week has
been a growing one and the farmers
feel much encouraged. There are yet
a number of places where more rain
is quite badly needed and Hennepin