The Redwood gazette., 1902-08-20
.orge Zumwinkle

cial during portion of last week.
Fully 500 people gathered on the
lake last Wednesday evening, for
the purpose Of listening to the con
cert by the band, the music contin-
|uing from 8 to 9:3O o'clock.
E. w. Reynolds. an attorney Of
Winnebago City. and an adjuster
for the hail insurance company of
that town, has been in Redwood
Falls the past week adjusting losses
to crops by hail in this section.
The Mankato Free Press has the
following peculiar personal regard
! ing former resident Of this city:
|"U. G.. Truax, who was formerly
engaged in the life insurance busi-
ness in this city, was recently mar
ried in St. Paul. He has since
suffered from severe illness.
G. A. Patton, proprietor OF the
elevator formerly owned by ]. A.
Engelhart, returns to this city to-
day for the purpose of making it his
future home. He contemplates NOV
ing the residence recently pur-
chased of A. B. Trnesdell onto the
two lots west of where it is now
located, and erecting on or near the
site of the old residence a modern,
convenient dwelling Mr.. Patton is
young man with a wife and two
children and they will undoubtedly
be welcomed to this city, and farm
ers will undoubtedly be glad to as
sist Mr.. Patton in making his inde-
pendent elevator a success. Mr.
Patton has been in the elevator busi-
ness for 20 years at a point in north
ern Iowa.
The council will probably not ap
point judges for the primary cleo
tion to be held on Sept. 18th, before
Sept. lst, Corporation Attorney
Bowers having advised the council
that the law requires that body to
make the appointments only ten
days before the election Mr.. Bow
ers is still looking up the legal as
pect of the controversy between the
Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. and the
city council regarding the power of
the council to compel the company
to pay the city for running the
pumping station after the time
named in the contract for the com
pletion OF the steel water tower, and
the attorney seems to think that an
action can be maintained. That the
company is endeavoring to crawl
out OF very small hole in taking
advantage Of a technicality was the
opinion OF every steel man in this
city last Wednesday, when bidding
on the North Redwood bridge was
being carried on. If the city can
not recover the company will GER
tainly suffer on future contracts
The climate and crop bulletin of the
weather bureau for the week end
ing August II, is as follows: The
week has been cool one; on the
l
morning of thes 18th the tempera-
lures were much lower than usual
at this season, and frosts were re
ported at Campbell, with a minimum
temperature of 40 degrees, and at
Park Rapids: with a minimum OF 38
degrees. There was very little rain
during the week till the local rains
of the evening of the Sth, and the
general rains.on the 9th; the rains
on the 9th we're locally heavy in
portions of the south Most of the
week has been very favorable for
harvesting, stacking, threshing and
haying. Spring wheat, oats and
barley are now nearly all cut in the
southern part of thessState, and their
cutting is we'll advanced in central
portions. In the Red River valley
the harvesting of spring wheat, oats
and barley is begun, but the ripen-
ing of these crops is very uneven,
aud though harvestiwill be general
in kittson county ,about the 10Th,
there are portions of the valley in
| which it will besCmueh later than
that date. Flax barvestis progress
ing nicely, and in the southeast 1t
is nearly finished. Where harvest
is finished. or nearly finished,
stacking is we'll advanced, and some
threshing has been done from the
shock. The small grain is gener-