The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-08-12

John r. McPhee and wife were
over from Wabasso last Wednesday.
Fred. L. Warner was attending
to business matters in ST. Paul and
Minneapolis during portion OF
last week.
Miss Georgena Kennedy OF Min
neapolis, who has been visiting
with Mrs. John J. Palmer for the
past month, returned to her home
Wednesday morning.
The members of the Redwood
lodge of'Rathbone Sisters drove to
Delhi last Thursday, and we're en-
tertained there by Mesdames A. H.
Anderson and Alvin Small.
1t was clever act on the part Of
a prospective bride to send her in
tended an invitation to the wedding
and endorse on the back of the in.
side envelope the words: Il dc
hope that you will be present.
Mrs. E. G. Layne, sister Of Mrs
G. W. Mead, who has been visiting
with the latter for some time past
left for her home in California last
Wednesday, going by way of Min
neapolis where she will visit fol
several days with relatives.
The Morton and Redwood Falls
teams crossed bats at the LakevieW
park on Thursday afternoon of las
week and played a rather interest
ing game, the Red wood team win
ming out by score of 5 to l. The
attendance was not large, owing tt
many of the base ball attendants be
ing in the harvest field.
Mrs. AL. A. DeLeo, formerly Miss
Hattie Baker, daughter of the late
SAINT. Baker of this city, visited
with the family of H. G. Baker anc
other relatives in this city from
Wednesday until Monday. Mrs
DeLeo is now residing in Spokane
Washington, where her husband
is connected with one of the rail
road lines running into that city
A letter was received here from
Hon. r. G. Dunn, former state au
ditor, on Wednesday morning last
to the effect that it would be i'm
possible for him to be in Redwood
Falls on Labor Day, Sept. 18th. Mr.
Dunn has a prior engagement in
Grant county on that day. AS
result the officers of the agricultural
society are now looking around for
some good speaker to touch the but
ton that will set the fair machinery
in motion on that day.
One of the biggest transfer deeds
filed with the register of deeds for
some time past is the one placed on
record last week whereby John T.
johnson transfers TO Luella b.
Quveli all OF section 8, Three Lakes
township, except small tract re-
served for church, cemetery OF
school purposes. The consideration
mentioned is $50, 200. This tract
originally belonged to Andrew
Francois, and was sold by him q
short time ago to Cone & Dryden
the real estate agents at Window,
the consideration at that time being
$18,0 Later the real estate firm
sold the track to Johnson for $24,
900, or an advance of $4,000, which
was advanced another 1000 by the
sale made by Johnson last week
If all of these transfers are bona
6de real estate in Three Lakes town
ship certainly has taken a big jumr
during the past few years.
A letter from George NJ. Browne
formerly of Delhi, but now of Glow
erdale, CAL, contains the informa
tion that "fruit, ETC., are fine, bu
this is no place for grain, stock, etc
Pastures are bare, and it require:
a great many acres of hillside lane
to sustain each animal. The pres
ent high valuation of such range!
and the high price of hay and feee
makes the business undesirable
Fruit is drug on the market ant