Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-22
A Trip Through the County x
BY THE EDITOR.

minutes with johnnie Masters, who is
secretary of the Harrison creamery
ADD who kindly granted us some of
his time in going over some matters
with US. Then We drove northeast
wardly. The woods here contain fire.
quent poplar groves and the ground
is thickly covered with hazelbrush
where it has not been cleared. The
west half of Sec. and q considerable
portion of Sec. were once brush
land.
Striking the town line near Horne's
We were given = practical illustration
Of the value of gravel upon the road
bed. just before reaching the line
our buggy nearly mired In the mud;
on reaching the line the road had been
gravelled and was smooth and dry.
We soon reached the home of J. II.
Parsons, who is the clerk of school
district No. 4. We were treated very
Hospitality at this pleasant home
Harry Parsons is q native OF Kandi-
yohi county, being born at the town.
site OF Irving at the outlet OF Green
Lake before the Indian uprising. In
the language of his brother George,
''he is one of the youngest of the old
est settlers in the county" Mrs. Par
sons is daughter of John TAFT at
Diamond Lake. East of the Parsons
home is the bed of what was formerly
q lake, but which has been drained.
After An honest attempt to do justice
to the dinner prepared by Mrs. Par
sons we made our way back within
the boundaries of Harrison town.
Calling at the schoolhouse where Miss
Evaline Horne was engaged at direct
ing the minds of z number of future
citizens, we secured additional school
records. We proceeded eastwardly,
towards Hull's corner. To the north
We had the fat Irving prairie. The
wooded hills which rise to a height of
more than 200 feet north of Green lake
are in full view. This prominent
wooded range we saw later from the
south side Of Dia mond lake, above all
the Intervening woods and hills. We
next called at the home of William
Ref, who Is clerk of school district
No. so.
i We found Mr.. Rieff in the cornfeld,
where he was running q weeder i'm.
provised from . hay rake. Mr.. Ref
was interested in the political situs.
ton. Upon our assurance that it was
an uusolved puzzle as far 40 We were
concerned and that affairs appeared
to be very quiet in the country, MIR.
Ref said that he expected to see the
political pot boil before long. Ate,
securing available information w
proceeded southwark. Our next stoI
was 1T the home OF the town clerk
Wesley Sanders, where our work Of
taking notes from the town records
kept US busy until late in the evening
The Sanders home, which is the origi.
nal presumption claim OF Nathan San
ders, stands In the edge of what ia YET
q magnificent grove. A great many
of the monarchs Of the oak specie
have been cut down and others sue
cumbed to the worm pest which played
such havoc among the natural groves
few years ago. Mr.. Sanders was
very obliging and gave 10 valuable
assistance. Mr.. Sanders provided
bountifully for our comfort. In thu
morning We we're the interested specta
tors of the feeding of tho poultry. A
half hundred ducklings, q larger mum
Der Of young turkeys, Is we'll as chicks
with boosters, brakes, gobblers and thu
anxious hen mothers with families O.
different species made IN animatet
scene while at their breakfast.
We proceeded down the road. W.
found the elder Sanders at work in hi,
garden, and had Z very interesting
interview. He lives on what was thu
old Christian .Mentz claim on tn,
banks of so-ca1led Swenson Lake, bu
which Mr.. Sanders call the Mentz lake
After IN interview concerning tn.
early settlement Of tho town, Mr.. San
ders, in his hearty and feeling name,
bade Us farewell with these words: 81
wish you good luck in your work
boys. Here 10 my hand. It is Of
honest hand, praise the Lord"
= We drove on to the Krsgenbrtua