The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-07-30

DIR. q. w. Miller and wife of Mime
apolis were at Hotel Francois OH Tues
day last.
Mrs. G. D. Griffith of Sleepy Eye
passed through here Tuesday enroute
| for Echo on visit with her son at that
place.
G. E. Mckay finished cutting the
wheat on his SO-acre tract east of the
city last evening. He places his aver
age at Is bushels per acre.
G. E. Dickinson of Philbrick & Co.,
returned from Dowagiac, Mich, this
week. The illness of his mother, of
which he was apprised by wire a week
ago last Saturday, resulted fatally.
Laborers are engaged in excavating
the cellar and basement of the new
Episcopal church rectory on Fifth
street, just west of the church. The
stonemasons will probably be at work
with the foundation next week.
In last weeks issue of this paper it
was stated that Henry Petrie was a
candidate for commissioner from the
Third district. Mr.. Petrie advises THE
GAZETTE that he is not candidate but
that Frank Wohlford of Three Lakes
is and that the latter would like the
support of all Republicans in that dis
trict.
G.. w. George offers bonus to the
first man who can get the first 25 BUSH
els of No. l Northern raised this year
to his elevator. He agrees to pay 81
per bushel for the same. Inasmuch as
wheat is only worth AZ cents at the
present writing there will undoubtedly
be a stampede for the extra bonus of
S13 or $14.
Rev. John Sinclair returned from his
trip to Washington, where he attended
| the gathering of Christian Endeavorers
Of the world, during the early part of
this week. The minister is of the opin-
ion that Washington is the finest city
in the world, not excepting his own
native city of Edinburgh, Scotland, of
which SO much has been said. He was
kept busy taking in the sights of the
Capitol City, while there, and his SER
mon next Sunday morning will be in
descriptive of some of the things he saw
and some of the things he did while
there.
Till Tibbetts and A. Benham came
in from their farms south of this city
Monday evening with joints of grain
stalks in which were cleverly concealed
Hessian flies. The minute insect, look
ing more like a worm with an augur
snout than a fly, was at work in the
second joint of the stalk, and could on
ly be plainly seen when placed under a
microscope. These flies have been at
work in several fields south of here.
judging from the down condition of
certain fields, the inspection of the
heads of which will show that there is
little or no grain in them. They do
not seem to have been at work gener-
ally over the county and the loss on
account of their appearance will not be
large owing to the fact that they ap-
peared too late in the season.
Prof. c. H. Congden, who arrived
here Monday to teach music to the
students of the summer training school,
has charge of the chorus of 1000 child
rem of the public schools of st. Paul,
who are to sing patriotic airs to the old
veterans as they come down one of the
principal thoroughfares of that city on
their annual march in September next
These children will be stationed on an
immense platform and will be arranged
so as to constitute an immense Nation
al flag. Two rows will be clad in white
and two in red and so on until the
stripes have been made. In the upper
left hand corner will be a field of blue.
Prof. Congden states that the spectacle
will be one of the grandest ever seen in
the Northwest.
A. Benham states that good way
to drive the Hessian fly out of the coun-
try is to pillow around the grain stacks
after stacking and set fire to the stubble.
He contends that the flies winter in the
roots of the stubble and that the fire
will destroy them. Those flies that
happen to be gathered in with the har-
vest should be eXterminated by burn.
, ing the straw. He reports several patch
es of army worms on his place. He ad.
t vises the gathering of them in vessels
, piling them ON brush and burning
them, or else plow a furrow along in
J them, which will be the way in which
they are migrating. The furrow should
f be eight inches deep. The worms viii
fall into the furrow and will be unable
to get out. Every two or three hours 6
pole should be run in the furrow-the
, pole to be heavy enough to kill the
: | worms