Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-03-25
Rail Prairie.

Rail Prairie.
March 22-Martin EnKe went to the
Fails on business Monday.
Jacob Andrews. who left for Wadena
"a week ago to look for work, returned
a1ome Friday, but found ITO work
John and Albert Ward went to Motley
eon business Friday.
Messrs. Mac and Ed. Rail returned
home from Lincoln last week. where
they have been working for the Pine
Tree company the past winter.
Christ Pau:son recently moved over
a,ear Alexandria lake, where he will stay
aOr some time.
P. Swanson and John FankiDs went
ito Motley with a load of ties Tuesday:
Mrs. L. An derson, of Lincoln, was the
guest OF Mr.. Lokken over Sunday.
The young folks OF this vicinity gave
Mi>s Carrie Rail surprise last Friday
might. These that were present report
a pleasant time. ~
Mr.. Ridbers, the tanner at Lincoln,
Mr.. Kinney, of Motley, aud Mathe1y,
~of St Matthias, stopped Saturday night
at Mr.. Rails.
John Peckham, OF Motley, is the guest
OF VIM, Jones this week.
Geo. Edeburn and Mr. Mushatt re-
aurned home from the Falls Wednesday,
where they served as jurors while court
convened.
Morrill,.
March 21.-Herb Blaisdell had chop.
7ping bee on the 18th. Herb, this looks
suspicious.
Clyde Youog made a business trip to
Princeton the latter part If the week,
CLYDE was gone oyer Sunday, which
docks suspicious too.
Stuhl & Co. have a new stationary EN-
zgine of thlrty-sx horse power aud will
be able to do better work and more OF it
III their saw mill after this. This COM
tpany tried to sell their plant here, but
men who came here to look at the pros
poets for q saw mill, thought it an I'M
favorable location and id not buy, thus
showing their capacity for correct OBJ
servatiOn to be limited. The forest fires
OF few years ago left our timber look
ing dead. but it is in a good state of
preservation. and for ten Or more years
it will remain so aid one or two 36
horse power engines running night and
day to their full capacity could not cut
all our timber before it will decay.
sStahl & Co. have this far shown lack
of appreciation Of patronage here to the
extent that people have lost confidence
in them as being the right KIM Of men
Scr the work they have undertaken.
But these men are obl,ging gentlemen
and can easily redeem themselves with
sGhe people here if they will show a desire
10 push their work, which we believe
they will do.
Our new to wn board will let road jobs
*on Saturday. the 26th, hoping that the
work may be done while the frost is yet
an the ground. Our town got quite a
lift recently along the line OF back taxes
Being paid up which put within few
dollars OF five hundred in our treasury.
Taking this with our regularly paid
taxes our town board will have the snug
sum OF nearly $1,000 to put on roads
the coming year, which will make many
u backwoods heart tlrob with Joy IN the
GuOtlSHC (uit LIZ VIII udtS d C'D.Nutoy
r:.ad to travel over in place OF mud to
svade through.
The literary and debating society here
will soon close it's meetings for the sea-
son. 1t has somewhat resembled the
old womans dance which was short,
but sweet. ReaIly, we have had a good
time and prohted by it, and will ad-
journ to meet again on a certain eve
ming in October, and will at that time
have the courage to challenge any
country debating society in. Morrison
county to meet us in contest for the
right OF supremacy in ability Of declaim-
ang, debating or reciting.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the sense