The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-03-13
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Redwood G03ctte
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is, 1907.
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

Country Papers.
Congressman Davis of St. Peter is
the only Minnesota member who will
accompany the Panama canal con-
gressional party.
The new Farmers Elevator Co.
at New Ulm will incorporate with a
capital of $50, 900 and build an eleva-
tor with capacity of 10000 bushels.
Conductor Burns, in charge of a
way freight, was seriously injured
at Springfield Monday, having been
pinched between two cars while the
train was switching in the yards.
He is suffering from internal injur-
les but hopes for his recovery are
entertained. His home is in Winona.
Enterprise: While experimenting
in the labratory department Of the
Morton high school, Floyd Patten
sustained serious burns by the ex-
plosion of chemical with which he
was experimenting. One of his eyes
and one side of his face was badly
burned, but he will not loose the
sight of the injured eye.
Journal the name of H. l..
Beecher, of the Eagle Roller Mill
company and former agent of the
Northwestern railway in this city,
has been proposed by a number of
his friends, as man who would
make an ideal representative of the
people in the city council and they
feel that he can easily be nominated
and elected.
Echo Enterprise: Over forty
farmers assembled at Echo town
ship hall last Saturday afternoon in
answer to the call sent out to meet
and organize a farmers elevator
company. The meeting held was
somewhat of a preliminary one, but
considerable was accomplished to-
ward the organization. A commit
tee of men, who had been interested
in the enterprise. reported that 81,
400 had a ready been raised for the
purpose Of securing an elevator.
A petition was filed with the board
Of education of this city, last Satur-
day, asking for a public meeting to
consider the matter of additional
school room. The recent proposition
to vote bonds for the erection of a
new school house having failed the
board finds itself face to face with a
rather perplexing question. Addi-
tional room they say will have to be
had as another teacher will have to
be employed for the coming year
and that means another room. Mad
ison Independent Press.
Lamberton Star: Last Friday DR..
Whetcomb, of St. Paul, state deputy
Inspector for the State Sanitary
Board was in the CITY, He drove
out to the farm of Mr.. Frank, who
resides about II miles northwest of
town, to inspect his herd of cattle
that have been sick. The Inspector
found that seven or eight head of
cattle belonging to the above men
toned farmer, were sffuering from
tuberculosis and they were con-
demned. Vetrinary..Surgeon Zindel
informs US that Wednesday nine
head more of the cattle were killed
by order of the state Inspector.
The new postoffice law takes effect
July | and under its provisions the
various grades of postoffice clerks
and carriers will receive. $500, $500
81, 100 and $1,000 a year. In the
future there will be an annual in
crease of 800 for every man who
has been in a certain grade for q
year andshas satisfactory efficiency
/ record. Therefore clerk or carrier
can advance one grade year up to
81 200. The new law carries adj
vances of about 500 year for jan
itors, stenographers and messengers.
1t makes the range for railway
mail clerks $500 to $1,000. Rural
carriers receive 5000.
Dispatch: 1t is likely that there
will be more doing on Sleepy Eye
lake this summer than ever before.
Many of the people of the city are
awakening to the fact that the city s