The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-06-13
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of General Interest Taken From
Different County Papers.


Granite Falls has decided to hold
a big celebration on July 4th.
Owing to the recent high water
the Omaha Railway Co. has found
it necessary to rip-rap the banks of
the Minnesota adjacent to their
right-of-way between Ottawa and
St. Peter.
Upon the retirement of Mr.. Dahl
as postmaster at Revere a meeting
of the citizens, called for the pur-
pose of selecting a suitable success
sor, unanimously decided in favor
of Miss Florence Nelson, the present
assistant.
/ When the baby talks, it is time to
give HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. It's the greatest baby medi-
cines known to loving mothers. 1t
makes them eat, sleep and grow.
So cents, tea or tablets. H. M.
Hitchcock. 6
Lightning struck the store of the
Renville Mercantile Co., at Renville
Friday night and destroyed about
two-thirds of the stock. A wind
storm on Thursday night took off a
portion of the roof of Helms & Co. s
store there, and tore down good
many signs, etc.
An exchange remarks that there
is more water in the sloughs of this
country than has been seen before
in twenty-eight years. Apropos of
this state of affairs an old Indian, 81
years of age, is quoted as saying
that there were 80 years of wetness,
80 years of dryness and now we
have had three years Of wetness.
From this he figures that we have
q more wet years coming.
A carload of 5000 butter tubs
were unloaded here last week, 60
ing to the Litchfeld, Star Lake,
Forest City and Greenleaf cream
cries. Each tub holds 50 pounds of
hutter, and this means 100000
pounds of Minnesota's golden pro-
duct of the cow. These tubs cost
25 cents piece by the carload, are
made at Elgin, H., and are built
from white ash.-Lithfeld indie
pendent.
Revere Record: H. H. Dahl, the
cashier of the State Bank, postmast-
err, justice of the peace, and village
treasurer, has accepted a position
with the old-Stabeck bankers at
Devils Lake, N. D., and is making
arrangements to move there in the
near future. Mr.. Dahl has been a
main-stay in the village ever since it
was founded, and has been instru-
mental in the upbuilding and pro-
gress of our town, and the whole
family will be greatly missed in
business circles as we'll as in society
of which they were pillars, ever
ready to serve any worthy cause.
Morgan Messenger: VIM. Giem
returned Monday afternoon from
Frobischer, ASA, Canada, where he
has been for the past two months
with his relatives, who are now To-
Gated at that place. He says that
they are all enjoying the best of
health with the exception of Miss
Lillian Giem, who has been in poor
health since she arrived in Canada
and Mrs. Jacob Giem being troubled
with her eyes. He states that they
are getting along nicely with their
work, the only drawback being con-
!, siderable rain which has delayed the
work almost as much as farmers are
delayed in this country.
Tracy will have a new postmaster
in the near future and his name is
D. T. Macarthur. Mr.. Edwards has
decided that he has had all of il
that he wants and will tender his
resignation soon, if he has not al
ready done so. Mr.. Macarthur has
} been asked in writing by some OF
the most interested patrons of the
office to become it's head and has
consented to do so if the depart
ment is as agreement to the change
as the patrons seem to be. His
petition was signed by Mr.. Edwards
the present incumbent. 1t is need
less to say that the office will bt
conducted as it should be if Macl