The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-07-18
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken from
Different County Papers.

amining the hoofs of one of his
horses that had gone lame, A. D.
Scullen found solid gold band ring
firmly imbedded in one of the corks
of the shoe. 1t had the appearance
of having been there for several
days.
Morgan is still agitating the ques-
ton of purchasing public GEM
etery. Some of the enterprising
citizens of that place are pushing
the matter and trying to get others
interested. The leaders are certain
ly entitled to see their efforts
crowned with victory and also a
final resting place for themselves.
Cuddy & Cavanaugh of New Ulm
are about ready to start operations
on the ditch for which they have the
contract in Brown county. Their
machine has arrived and has been
put in shape. 1t is the only ma
chine of it's kind in this part of the
country and differs from the usual
machine from the fact that it cuts
ditch with sloping sides, whereas
the others have straight sides and
are much harder to keep clean.
Waterville Advance: While Mrs.
Peter Menard. was doing her cham
Der work last Tuesday afternoon,
her attention was suddenly drawn
by humming noise in the room
and splinters of fine glass falling
from the window. Upon examina-
ton a small hole the size of ten
cent piece was found in the glass,
and upon further investigation it
was learned that some boys were
shooting a % caliber rifle over about
the M. & St. L. stockyards.
The Willmar city council is having
few troubles of it's own-on the
liquor question. The council is
really anti-license, but at the spring
election in that city license carried
by Is majority. Ever since the
election the council has been cajoled
to grant license and by almost as
strong an opposite force to refuse
it. Now the farmers around that
city, and even up in the northern
end of Kandiyohi county are taking
a hand, and some of them are sign
ing petitions to the council to keep
the old town officially dry. The
official part of it is about all there
is. You can get slough water with al
most any kind of a drink in Willmar,
and there isn't much kicking about
the water, either.
On June 9Th tar paper was spread
over about one square rod of quack
grass. 1t was Tapped enough to
make a complete covering. A few
shovels of dirt were thrown on the
edges to keep it in place. Two days
later the plants were all dead above
the ground and a month later the
roots were apparently dead. The
cost of the tar paper would be from
seventy-fve cents to a dollar per
square rod. Small patches have been
cleared of quack grass by digging
the roots out with fork and re-
moving from the field. This is prob
ably as good method as any where
there are but a few small patches.
Great care should be taken to get
all out and off the ground. Some
times, if the work be carefully done,
digging out once is sufficient, but
two or three times can be calculated
on in ordinary seasons.
The New Ulm Review says that
the burning of Bingham Bros ele-
vator on the morning Of the 10Th
was one of the most spectacular fires
that have been seen in this city
since the burning of the town by
the Indians, and early as the hour
was there were hundreds of people
out in a variety Of costumes to
watch the progress of the fire. 1t
appears that between and o'clock
bolt of lightning that to those who
saw it looked to be as large as the
elevator itself, came down upon the
cupola of the elevator, splitting it
apart and doubtless following the
bucket shaft, or what is called in
the parlance of elevator men, the
leg, to the ground, setting fire in a
most substantial manner to the in