The Redwood gazette., 1902-05-21

=. "a. Baldwin was attending to
business in st. P Paul and Minneapo-
Ills during the past week.
Supt S. ]. Race made trip to
Winnebago City for the State high
school board during the early por-
tion Of last week.
Mr.. Norton, auditor Of the Amer
ican Express Co., was in the city
Hast Wednesday, looking after the
company business at this place.
Representative McC Cleary has not
flied the friends of j. A. Looney at
this place that he has nominated
the latter for postmaster at Milroy.
/ Mrs. H. M. Smith of Moreno, Cal,
accompanied by her son, George
! Smith, were expected here Saturday
to visit with relatives in and around
this city.
I The Glenwood Press has come
out for A. J. Volstead for congress,
as has also the Elbow Lake Herald.
| The papers are located in Pope and
Grant counties.
The high school athletes, together
with quite bunch of admirers, left
for Marshall over the st. Louis last
Thursday afternoon, and returned
to this city over the Northwestern
Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
W. N. Cartier Of Phillipsburg,
! Montana. was in the city last Thurs
day, leaving on the early train Fri
day morning. While here MIR. Car
tier closed the purchase for the
well-known COW, Pride of the Glen,
from the Glendale farm.
Mrs. Sarah M. Cheney of Apple
ton, grand chief OF the Order of
Rathbone Sisters, visited the local
order last week, she being the guest
of Mrs. II. M. Aune during her stay
in this city. On Tuesday evening
of last week Carine Temple held a
special session for Mrs. Cheney.
! H. V. Peterson, travelling passen-
ger agent Of the Minneapolis & St.
Louis, was in the city last Friday.
Mr.. Peterson expects to have Gen
eral Passenger Agent Cults and
other officers of the road in Red
wood Falls some time this or next
week. He regards the creation OF
| the artificial lake as big thing for
this city, and wants his superior
officers to see it.
| Joseph W. Riley of Willow Lake
was in town last Wednesday, Sc
curing a license to we'd Miss Cath.
crime Eichten, the marriage to occu1
on June 9th. Mr.. Riley reported
that there would be over a dozer
marriages in that township prior te
| that date, and considered himself
lucky to be one Of the bunch that
| succeeded in cathing on to Willow
/ Lake girl.
i The climate and crop bulletin ol
the weather bureau for the week
| ending May II is as follows: The
| weather was moderately warm early
in the week, and decidedly cool in
the latter part, with frosts on the
morning of the 9th, and tempera-
lures low enough for frosts on the
morning OF the 10th. There were
general rains on the 9th and 11th,
and on the 9th there was consider
able snow in the northern half of
the State, reaching a depth of four
inches in places; farther south the
snow gave place to rain, which had
sleet Or hail mixed with it occasion
| any lhe very wet cOndltlOn OF
previous weeks continue in the Red
River valley, SO that very little or
/ no seeding has been possible. In
other parts of the State field work
has been partly or entirely sus-
i pended because OF the wet condi-
tion of the soil In the southwest
considerable corn has oeen planted,
but elsewhere, exceptin small areas,
warmer weather is being waited for
before planting. Flax seeding and
potato planting are generally well
advanced, and the earliest are COM
ling up; it is said that the soil is in
splendid condition for sowing fax
on newly turned sod. There seem
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