The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-07-23

Mrs. II. G.. Warner and son Harry
are visiting with H. G. in Minneapolis.
Ex-Sheriff John A. Hunter OF Lyon
county dined, at Hotel Francois Iues~s
day.
Chr. Olsen will probably stand for
the office Of commissioner from the
Fifth district, the office which he now
holds.
The postoffice in Granite Rock has
been removed from the farm OF X.
Schaumberger to the farm of G. A.
Taft in Vail, and Taft was appointed
postmaster last Saturday.
The finest garden tract of corn seen
for some time is that on the Gundlach
lots on Washington avenue, above
Fifth street. The stalks are seven feet
high in some instances.
Conductor Tom Hughes reports that
the fifth member of his family arrived
at his home during the early part OF
last week. The arrival was girl and
Tom refused to carry the passenger any
further than his own house.
The damaged wheat and flax Of the
VanDusen elevator has all been sold or
carted away to the dumping grounds
and now the unburnt or damaged por-
ton of the building property is being
sold out to persons looking for kindling
wood, etc.
Miss Helen Everett gave birthday
party to large number of her young
friends at the Everett home on Wyom-
ing street Tuesday evening. Helen re-
ceived a number of fine presents. She
also served ice cream, cake and other
refreshments to her guests.
The Woman's Relief Corps will give
patriotic social on Monday evening,
July 9th. Short addresses will be
made by some of the loyal citizens, no.
ticeably, Judge Baldwin, Supt. Race
and others. Also Rotations from the
teachers in the summer school. There
will be refreshments of cake and ice
cream.
Hon. VIM. H. Eustis will deliver his
celebrated instructive lecture on ''The
Moors in Spain" at the Methodist
church in this city on Friday evening,
July 81. The lecture includes the AL
hambra, SO well written about by
Washington Irving, the career of the
Moors in the Granada, their career of
prosperity, their high carnival ofliving,
their dissensions and their ultimate de-
feat by the Spanish or Castilian au-
thorities.
The Board of Equalization was in
session Monday and Tuesday. The
Board increased the valuation of real
estate in Brookville 80 per cent, in
Charlestown 3s3, in Gales 5, in Granite
Rock 10, in Lamberton 80, in New Av-
on 10, in North Hero 10, in Paxton TO-
in Redwood Falls 5, in Swedes Forest
10, in Shutdown so, in Sherman 10, in
Three Lakes Is and in Willow Lake
so, while in Vesta it was decreased 5
per cent.
The weekly crop bulletin for the
week ending July 18th, follows: Ex-
cept few small scattered showers no
rain has fallen during the week and
droughty conditions have spread and
intensified until now the entire north
ern part of the State is affected. InA
the Red River valley the ground is re-
ported baked and crusted. The tenn
perature was about the average, except
on Friday, Saturday and Sunday which
were scorching hot days, with the tenn
perature well up in the nineties. Wheat
has suffered the most from adverse
weather conditions and a full crop is
not expected in any part of the State;
it is in best shape in the south third
and going north gets gradually worse ;
until the northermost counties are
reached where it is thin, short and late
Its condition in reference to rust is
slightly better than week ago; some
Improvement having been noted in the
south, while in the north it just about
holds it's own. Oats are in much better
condition than wheat. They are but
little affected by rust. Barley is also
in fair shape and considerable has been
cut during the week. Flax has inn
proved somewhat since last report, but
it is still quite uneven. Corn continues
to make rapid growth and is being
laid by in the southern counties. Po-
tatoes would be benefited by more rain,
but as yet have suffered no great i'm
pairment. Berries are drying up in the
north, but are plentiful in the south
and ripening earlier than usual. Rye
is mostly cut and the crop is thought
to be about an average one. A large
amount of hay has been well secured .
during the week; the weather being
excellent for it's harvest. Insect pests
q ro rom ark ah1v scarca