The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-04-25


land Minneapolis.
Archie. Hughes came up from
SLEEPY Eye Friday, and remained
the guest 81 H. G. Ackmann until
saturday afternoon.
! Mrs. G. A. Francois and daugh-
ter, Miss Tottie, returned last Fri
day from a six weeks sojourn with
relatives in st. Paul and Minneap-
Tolls.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Lankard en-
tertained quite a large crowd of
relatives at a dinner last Friday,
the occasion being the second ami
versary Of their marriage.
/ George Jaehning received a tele-
phone message last Saturday morn
ing from New Richland announcing
the serious illness OF his mother.
Mrs. NJ. Liebenguth, asister of Mrs.
Jaehning, left for New Richland on
the noon train.
| Fred. Bager came down from
South Dakota on Thursday afternoon
of last week and has since been
visiting with his parents and
friends in this city. Fred. expects
to be given a station in the course
of a few months.
! W. c. Foster of Tracy. townsite
agent for the Chicago & Northwest
ern railroad company, was in the
city for several hours last Friday
| Mr.. Foster is engaged in booming
the townsites along the Hendricks
extension of the Northwestern.
j J. R. Lankard reports that about
20 lambs have appeared on his farm
during the past month and he ex-
; poets as many more during the
next month. The work of caring
for the new born animals is keeping
Mr.. Lankard and sons very busy.
, Henry E. Grabow OF Granite Rock
who has been in California all of the
) past winter, was in town last Fri
day. Mr.. Grabow went to Califor-
MIA for his health. and while he has
been somewhat benefited by the
t California climate he is still unable
| to speak above whisper, in which
condition he has been for nine
, months, not growing any worse or
, any better.
! Miss Ellen D. Olsen, teacher in
/. district No. 10, Swedes Forest, this
t county, sent H. A. Baldwin, treas
} urer, a check for $31 last Friday as
, contribution of the people of that
district towards the India famine
funk. OF the amount $1625 was
raised by the sale OF baskets at a
social and $14.75 was given by fam
lilies interested in the district,
, which is one of the leading country
, school districts in the county.
Enterprise Encampment No. 30
held very enjoyable session last
Friday evening, the affair being in
the nature of a farewell party to
James B. Mason of this city, who is
member of the encampment, and
who is about to depart for Salmon
City, Idaho, where he expects to
open a blacksmith shop and where
he will reside in the future. Dur
{ ing the evening Mr.. Mason was
presented with an elegant past chief
patriarch's jewel and collar. At
the close of the regular exercises
the ladies of the Rebekah Degree
lodge appeared with well filled
baskets and treated the gentlemen
members to a very pleasing lunch.
) The weekly climate and crop bull
, letin for the week ending April Is,
, SAYS: Snow fell on the 18th in the
southern half of the State, the larg-
est amounts being from 4 to Z inches
: in the extreme southeast. The snow
melted very rapidly, and the water
from it nearly all passed into the
soil, making it wet where the snow
l was heaviest. Freezing tempera-
lures occurred in all sections nearly
, every night, and there were no high
day temperatures. Seeding has
gone on rapidly, except in the
7 Southeast, where the snow and cold
t have caused much delay. In few
southeastern counties all field work
t was practically stopped after the
10th. In western, central and
northern portions, wheat seeding is
nearing completion, and oat seeding
2 is begun; few have seeded little