The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-01-03
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken From
Different County Papers.

At a meeting of the M. w. A.
lodge at Lamberton recently purse
of S1O1 was presented to c. Clausen,
the young man who recently lost his
hand by coming in contact with a
circular saw.
1t invigorates, strengthens and
builds up. It keeps you in condi-
ton physically, mentally and morally.
That's what HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea will do. IS cents, tea or
tablets. H. M. Hitchcock. jan.
The Olivia Farmers Elevator COM
pany has been organized, and shares
of stock are being placed on the
market at $40 each. The original
price was $25, but the boomers
want to give more paper for the
money, and the price was dropped.
The Franklin Tribune says that
the canning factory enterprise for
that town continues to meet with
enthusiastic support, and that while
the promoters have gone home to
spend the holidays contracts have
been left at the bank and farmers
can sign for growing seed corn, or
for stock in the new company.
The Renville county editorial asso-
citation met in Olivia yesterday, and
a banquet occurred in the evening,
followed by bursts of wit and wis
dom from President Sherwood, Jim
Landy, Asa Wallace, Dan. Whetson,
w. A. Reed, Ralph Prescott and
others. Renville county has good
and sociable bunch of newspaper
''fellers."
Farmers around Danube and those
around Olivia, together with bust
ness men of those two sections, have
been rustling during the past two
weeks in endeavoring to secure
sufficient stock to warrant the organ
ization of farmer elevator companies
at those two towns. The movement
on part of either town at one and
the same time has caused consider
able of feeling. The Olivia Times
takes punch at Danube by saying
that Olivia representative are meet
ing with better success than are
those from the Austrian precincts.
Tracy has a pullet factory. The
Herald says that H. L. Starr sold
another bunch of Is pullets at 81
each recently, and is constantly re-
ceiving inquiries about his stock in
trade. His sales for one week
amounted to $50, and being "a liberal
advertiser he gets orders from Wis
consin, Illinois, Iowa and Idaho, and
this makes his birds hard to beat.
Just now there is considerable adver-
Using for the SQUAD business, and
judging from the large amount of
pigeons around here SQUAD farming
could be commenced quickly and
carried on with great success.
J. G. Perry of Rochester was
transferred to succeed F. P. Starr as
station agent at Tracy, Mr.. Starr
having been transferred to New Ulm.
1t is stated that when Mr.. Starr was
checked in at New Ulm and secured
an idea of the vast amount of work
that had been done under the@man.
agement of the former agent, H. L.
Beecher, that he Immediately mott.
fed the proper officials of the
company to the effect that if they
did not give more help he'swoulo
Immediately tender his resignation
Mr.. Beecher's yard and office crew
at New Ulm amounted to just Il
men, when there is actually work
for Is men at that point. Lee
worked night and day to make both
ends meet, and the company seemed
to be willing to turn him into ar
eight day week man.
Lyon county has wiped out it.
Indebtedness and has about 5000
in the treasury for the treasurer t.
look at, whereupon the Minneot;
Mascot remarks that this is Ger
tainly a very encouraging state O:
affairs, and it is to be hoped that i
will continue. But could not som,
; of the surplus funds be used to !;
, very good advantage in fixing W
the roads of the county? Thes'
funds could not be better invested
nor put anywhere where the publ,