The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-08-22
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken From
Different County Papers.

Here is an item from the Tracy
Herald that is worth at least two
scents: Theodore Kahl has a pair
of pure white polecats, and is cor
responding with eastern naturalists
in an effort to sell them at a fancy
price. They were captured near
here, together with several others
that were colored in the natural
way-black with white stripes along
the back. Their eyes are a beautiful
pink color and in all parts of their
anatomy there is void in coloring
pigment.
The Milroy Echo says that the
worst piece of highway in the
country is the road running out of
that town south thru Gales town.
ship. 1t is impossible, and only thru
the courtesy of John Cain in allow
ing people to drive over his farm
lands, can Milroy people get to
Tracy to lubricate. Editor Wilson says
that he don't blame anyone in par
ticular, 'but we do blame the road
district in general for allowing
things to come to such a pass. A
farmer south of Milroy can't get
to town with a load--bareley with an
empty wagon, and Milroy isn't in
financial shape to go out and put
the roads in condition for public
travel"
About the fercest fish story that
we have read is one wired from
Mankato about New Ulm. The tele-
gram says that nearl y one hundred
loads of wheat that had been partly
burned, smoked and wet in the
burning of Bingham Bros. elevator
at New Ulm some weeks ago were
recently dumped into the Minnesota
river. Thousands of fish, some of
large size, were attracted to the
spot by the rare banquet offered
them, and the residents have since
been living largly off of fish. 1t is
no trick at all to catch bushel bas-
ket full in half an hour. The cid"
has been applied at New Ulm. and
the story is not in every sense a
fish" one.
Madison Press: Some time since
we mentioned the fact that certain
parties were looking over the ground
for the purpose of running an cleo
trical railroad from Fergus Falls
south to the Iowa state line, passing
thru this county from north to south
and crossing the Minneapolis & ST..
Louis railroad between this city and
Dawson. 1t is now claimed that the
projectors have completed their pre-
liminary tour of investigation and
that a meeting will be held at ST..
Paul on the fifth of September for
the purpose of taking final action in
the matter. This is claimed to be a
venture entirely independent of all
other railroads and the organiza-
ton will be perfected on the mutual
plan by people residing along the
line of the proposed road. The
gentleman who seems to have the
preliminary work in hand, Mr..
Hoskiss, has notified the farmers
along the proposed line of the new
road of the St. Paul meeting and
invited them to be in attendance
and take part in the election of
officers, etc.
An agitation has been started by
those who are interested in the
matter, to have the state work the
Fl. Ridgley road from St. Peter
through Nicollet county to the
old fort. The road was originally a
state road and was the main
thorrugh-fare in the early days in
the transportation Of supplies. The
movement is under the new law
which permits the county commits
sioners to select one road upon
which the state will expend money
in an effort to make it an ideal high
way, and in considering this road it
is thought that it will serve the pur-
pose of benefiting a large number
of farmers of the county and at the
same time preserving an old land
mark to the people of the state.
The road has fallen Largely in dis
use in many places from the fact
that many of the overseers have