The Redwood gazette., 1902-07-23
Mrs. Conner, mother of Mrs.

Mrs. Conner, mother of Mrs. L.
N. Tomp1inS, retarursi to Albert
Lea during he ear v po:i'1 of last
week. Miss bessie wl,i return
this week in company v 'th her
aunt. Miss E.nogene Cuun..r, who
will spend several nonlas in this
city.
The farm residence of John H.
Bowers, occupied by VIM. Peck,
and located on Ramsey creek, two
miles north west of this city, was
destroyed by fire about two o'clock
LIST Wednesday afternoon. The
fire originated in a shed attached ~
the residence, aud the origin can
only be accounted for bv can of
gasoline exploding Tie can was
standing very near the shed, and
the excessive heat of that time may
have caused an explosion, and if so
the flames from the explosion set
fire to the shed before they were
discovered. Mr.. Peck succeeded
in getting all of the household
furniture. wearing apparel, etc.,
out Of the house before the flames
had enveloped it. The loss on the
residence was about $500, and it
was insured in the Farmers Mu-
tual of Redwood Falls township for
s265. A peculiar thing about the
destruction was that just as Mr.
Bowers and Marion Johnson were
entering a local bank to close deal
whereby Mr.. Johnson was to be-
come the owner of the farm on
which the residence was situated,
word was passed to Mr. Bowers
that the residence was burned, and
as result negotiations for the sale
of the farm were temporarily sus-
pended.
The elevator owned by Bettingen
& Co. of Minneapolis, and until re-
Gently operated by J. A. Engelbart,
has been sold to W. W. Patton of
Milford, Iowa, who has already
thrown the doors of that institution
open and is now ready to receive
all kinds of grain. Charles W.
Truesdell will work for Mr.. Patton
in the capacity of engineer at the
elevator. Mr.. Patton has also pur-
chased the residence and four lots
owned by A. B. Truesdell located
on the corner OF Washington and
Finn streets, paying 81, POO for the
same. He will move his family to
| Red wood Falls in a short time and
reside in bis newly purchased resi-
dence Mr.. Truesdell and his sis
ter expect to move to Auburn, Cal. :,
about Aug. 1st. Auburn is one of
the first towns westof the Sierras,
and is one of the prettiest towns in
all California The residents are a
lively, energetic people, and the
citrus fair which is given in that
place in January of each year, is a
remarkable exhibition Of what the
soil of California can produce Mr.
Truesdell is likely to purchase a
small fruitrancb ia or near Auburn
The climate and crop bulletin of the
weather bureau for the week end
ing July II, is as follows: The
| temperatures were somewhat high
er in the latter part Of the week
than they were IN the early and
middle parts. There were light to
moderate showers in central west
ern portions during the ~ hours
| ending on the morning Of the 9Th :
in the southern two-thirds Of the
State on the Sth: IN the south aud
| south west on the evening OF the
llth and in eastern central portions
on the evening Of the 18th. The
weather during the week has been
very favorable for all the crops. and
| farm work. except that in small por-
tions OF the south and southeast the
rains have been too frequent for
baying. rye cutting and cultivating
corn. Spring wheat, oats, barley
and fax are generally in splendid
condition, though in the parts OF
the Red River Valley which were
flooded in the spring, the wheat
| is about two weeks later than usual
in southern counties there are scat
tered reports Of rust in wheat and