Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-12

or prospects tor q mldliDg fair harvest
will be poor. Corn is fairly good, but
tho small grain needs rain very much
and It We do not get 1t soon, harvest
will be Q failure.
This 10 the farmers busy time
Haymaking has begun and harvest
10 coming. Get your machinery ready
and make your repairs. J. 81. 0rell
has received q carload Of machinery
and q carload Of Irvine. He 10 agent
for Mccormick Champion and Plano
Binders and will handle extras for all
of them. Mr.. Grell is putting in a
large stock of heavy hardware, ss
stoves, piping, tolts, also building
materials, etc.
Wallace DickensoD, surveyor on the
new 500 line, returned from Mime.
apolis last Monday. where be had been
for : short visit with relatives and
friends, -s~--
John Grell is making Improvements
in his business. He is building an
addition to the rear of his saloon
building and will open q restaurant
as soon o. the building is completed.
George Kiewel, of the Brewing Co.
in Little Fslls, came out to look after
his business interests last Tuesday.
I'm. Roy, head surveyor on the 500
line, informs us that the 10 miles ef
grading under his supervision, COM
mencing the other side of John
Stumpf's place. thence running 10
miles towards ailman station. better
known as headquarters. are to be COM
p1eted By September lst, although. his
work will not be finished until
September 18th. A few miles of his
tract Of 10 miles running BY Pierz are
the worst ON the whole line. He
INFORMS us also that he had q tent put
up for him in the O'MalIey & Mo-
kenna camp, and will move bic head
quarters there, that being nearly In the
middle of his 10 mile stretch. He
win hereafter divide his time between
Pierz and headquarters. -'''
We are informed that Mr.. Jackson,
contractor tor II miles grading, COM
mencinG about one mile east of Hill
man, has q large crew at work and is
making good headwsy. He 10 also to
finish the latter part Of September.
Fish lake has become the summer
resort for Pierz and many Little Falls
people since tho lid is on 20 tight.
Last Sunday yearly half of the popula-
tion ofour village migrated thither and
our burg was deserted: and lonesome.
/ Mat Blake and family and Peter
Kiewel and wife are camping on the
west shore of the lake. They intand
to stay there about three weeks and
have put up ali kinds of tente, for
sleepina, cooking dining, refresh
ments, storage and ps1lor or. con.
versation usage. Their camping
grounds viewed from the other side Of
the lake appear as if q circus was
exhibiting there. Many of their
friends called on them last Sunday
afternoon. Our saloonkeepers were
represented by Frank Faust and Mel
Wermerskirchen and the lid was not
on. The employees on the new 500
line were represented by Marshall
Roy, head surveyor, Peter Lynch,
Tom Madden, surveyor, and many
others working on the line. How
about the young man with the pocket
knife and sausage peel-Ihe hsh
wouldn't bite.
The celebration of the Fourth in
Pierz was . complete success IN every
respect. The program as printed on
the bills and in newspapers was
COII10u OOJ W tAO 1CVtO1s AZ u
o'clock a. NJ, salute Of 26 guns was
fred. At about = O'Clock the eky
clouded and thunder shower passed
over this part of the country. A light
rain fell for quite while, and all
were afraid it would keep on all day,
but Providence was with US and the
rain proved to be blessing. At
about II clock brisk breeze came
from the north and the clouds passed
away-the dust was laid and the
atmosphere cooled of. Then the
procession was formed in front Of the
village hall IN the following order:
Marshall Of the day, VIM. Konen, the
Piesz and Agram band, the Waconta
ball team Of St. Paul, after them the
IRE department ard citizens. They
marched through Main street to both
ends Of the village. The principle
attractioo of tho day was the ball
game between the Wacontas of st.
Paul and Pierz. The game was called
Ut 3 O'Clock. The first inning was
disastrous for Pierz. The st. Paul
boys scored three, two through errors
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