The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-06-27

Joseph Teynor returned from
trip to st. Paul on last Wednesday
Ira Pratt left for Waterville las
Friday afternoon, in response to ;
telegram announcing the seriou.
illness of his father.
DR.. Alfred G.. Chadbourne ha:
decided to locate at Wabasso afte,
July 1st. DR.. Lucas, at present il
Wabasso, will give his entire time
to the running Of the drug store a
that place.
Echo Enterprise: Thursday even
ing consolidated bands gave con
cert on the street and we heard {
number of people remark that thei,
playing was fine. The aggregations
will play at Redwood Falls on the
18th Of July.
Miss Lena Theiring left for Man.
kato on Tuesday of last week. She
will visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Gus.
Theiring for couple of weeks, after
which she will go to Bingham Lake
and visit with her sister, Mrs. E.
Blankenburg, and later will pro-
coed to Lime Lake for an outing.
Rev. E. r. Houck and wife and
daughter, Miss Edna Houck, ar
rived here last Thursday afternoon
from Edgerton, this State, where
Mr.. Houck is pastor of the Metho-
dist church. They came by way
OF Lake Shetek, where they fished
for several days. They will visit
with Mr.. Houck s parents for sew
eral weeks.
F. E. Ring and wife returned last
Friday afternoon from their visit to
Edwardsville, ILL.,. and St. Louis,
Mo. Mr.. Ring states that the great
street car strike in the latter city
is much worse than the newspap
ers picture it, and that each day is
liable to bring about collision OF
employees and the authorities that
will result in bloodshed.
VIM. E. Orcutt, who has figured
with his wife quite prominently in
municipal court circles during the
past year, has gone to Minot: North
Dakota, where he has awaited him.
self of the rights of a soldier in the
Spanish-American war, and taken a
half section tract, which he has
made. his homestead. His father
will assist him in opening up the
tract.
Rev. F. J. Barackman left for
Marshall last Friday and remained
over Sunday in that town, attend
ing the dedication services of the
new Presbyterian church at Mar
shall, and also the installation of his
brother, Rev. r. L. Barackman, as
pastor of the congregation. The
Redwood minister preached the in
stallation sermon in the evening,
while the Marshall Barackman
preached the dedicatory sermon
in the morning.
The climate and crop Bulletin of
the weather bureau for the week
ending June IS, follows: In the
Red River valley as far south as the
northern boundary of Clay and Beck
err counties there was no rain dur
ing the week; elsewhere there were
scattered showers on different DAYS,
differing greatly in amount, except
southeastern counties, through in
this latter district there were good
rains on the 9th. The heaviest rains
seem to have extended from about
Mcleod county southwestward to
Mobiles, Rock and Pipestone coun-
ties, in this area the following
amounts of rain were measured
during the week: 2.06 inches at
New Ulm; 1.19 at Worthington, and
.95 at Granite Falls. At Campbell,
Wilkin county, there was 80.
These local rains have given relief,
at least temporarily, to many sec
tons, especially south OF the Mime
sofa river, but Notwithstanding this,
the drought has had a very serious
effect on all the small grains, grass
for hay, pastures and. early flax.
Except in the northern counties,
spring wheat, oats and barley are
beginning to head, but it is said
that the heads are very short.
Owning to the failure of the stooling
process the standing is thin, and
the straw is SO short that there
must be great loss in gathering the