The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-07-17
AROUND TIE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

II lnG 1uO0Cl u CdHtCIy4 DIT I1uLcIllL-
i son, has the contract for furnishing
100000 pounds Of butter testing
above 95 to the United States navy.
The Wisconsin Grain and Com
mission Co. has gone bump, and
Marshall loses its bucket shop.
What the other fellows lost is not
stated.
A young man with the M. & st. T..
bridge crew at Dawson recently lost
an arm and one leg by being knocked
off a car thru the carelessness of
somebody, for which the company
will have to pay dearly.
At Appleton on the 4th, Laurence
Oppengaard of the Madison ball
team, went in bathing after the
game, stepped off an embankment
and was drowned, in spite Of the
efforts OF companion to save him.
The dead man did not know how to
swim.
| Charlie Dripps is it, in the lum-
Der trade at Milroy now, the Queal
yard having sold out to the Hayes
Lucas These consultations have
taken place in almost all the towns
OF this county, and as they mean
less expense to the lumber companies
the buyers are gamers in the
long run.
! Marshall Reporter: DR.. Hard ar
rived in town last Thursday after
noon with his new auto, after two
days trip from the cities. The first
day the doctor made the run clear to
Redwood Falls and then spent the
next day, or rather the greater part
of it coming to this city, owing to
various difficulties encountered along
the road, including one whole hour
spent in getting team past the ma
chine on very bad stretch of road.
The new auto is a powerful Ram
bier OF the two passengers runabout
type. This is only the fifth machine
| the doctor has had since he located
| here,
i Belview independent: A telegram
was received from Granite Falls by
Ole Flataa stating that his brother
had met with terrible accident that
might prove fatal. It developed this
way: Tolof was more or less intox-
/ icated and had decided to take the
train from Granite to Sacred Heart
and when the conductor came to get
his ticket he was unable to find the
same and not having money was
elected grom the train that was go
. ing at fast clip. He was found
: several hours afterwards uncon-
! rscious by the section men who took
him to town and gave him medical
attention. We hear Tolof is doing
; pretty we'll but his injuries will keep
4 him idle for some time. According
e to reports: damage suit will be
| brought against the railroad COM
pany.
A man went into hardware store
at Milroy the other day to purchase
an ak. and on being shown the article
was informed that the price was 81. Is
why can buy the same axe from a
: Chicago house for 80 cents. = very
] well' said the merchant, Il will sell
: it to you for the same price as you
pay the mail order house provided
you do the same with me as you
would with them" Alright" re
piled the customer, handing oyer 9
dollar bill and getting back ten cents
in change. Now" said the mer-
: chant, Il want % cents for express
= charges and cents for money order
, and postage fees" which the pur
. chaser had to hand over. Whereupor
the merchant picked up the axe ano
= put it back on the shelf and told thu
: customer to call for it in 80 days, a
: that would be as soon as he coult
: get it from a Chicago mail orde
concern.
) Springfield Advance: 1t may no
o be generally known, but is is a fac
nevertheless, that according to VIVA
: has been told The Advance by one o,
It the railroad officials the Springfield
) Commercial Club was the prime
g cause for the towns on this division
IS receiving the improved train service