The Redwood gazette., 1907-07-17
An Owatonna merchant remarked


| the other day, 4 read every line of
the county news in the Journal
Chronicle. 1t is the best and quick
est way know Of to keep Informed
about what my friends in the coun-
try are doing and what is happening
! to them. =
| A Kansas man is convinced that
advertising pays. He advertised
for lost five edollar bill, and a friend
| finding one on the street, gave it to
him. A few days later the original
supposedly lost bill turned up in an
old vest pocket. He treated the
boys and says he will advertise again.
Marshall Messenger: The big
Woodmen celebration here last Fri
day and Saturday was not very well
represented by visiting Woodmen
from outside towns. Just how many
were here is impossible to state, as
very few of them registered and
Friday evening was so warm that
there were only about 800 out to
the class exercises in the Auditorium.
A we'll dressed man worked few
farmers near Hutchinson for small
amounts by representing himself as
collection agent for Minnesota daily
papers. He carried printed receipt
blanks, but persons from whom he
obtained money became suspicious
and followed him to Dassel and COM
PEELED him to disgorge. He was
arraigned in justice court and given
fifteen days in the county Jail at
Litchfeld.
County Surveyor Brooks of Man
kato gives a very sensible explana-
tion Of recent high water conditions.
He says that the ditcehs drain such
very small per cent of the immense
territory to the Minnesot rivera that
they can have scarcely a perceptible
influence upon the river. He says
that the fact should be remembered
that there have been five wet seasons
and that the ground is as full Of wa
ter as it will hold. tits Ikea saucer
filled with water. when any more is
poured on it all runs off. The rain
fall this spring have been heavy and
has mostly run off the surface.
Taint so, Annanias Dan McRae. but
we'll print it just to show what a
cheerful liar you are: Farrell &
Keefe. implement dealers at North
Redwood had 'Threshers Conyen-
tion' in their town and all the
threshers in the county were present
as their guests at splendid banquet.
Threshers Bill Owens, F. G. Tuttle,
A. c. Doliff, C. 7. Howard, Jas. Ak
en- and S. G. Peterson were there
and knocked all their teeth out of
their 'concaves" threshing the food
served at the banquet. With a
bunch like the above to feed, it is no
wonder that the hosts had to sell two
complete Minneapolis threshing rigs
to cover the expenses Of the day.
The Preston Times relates the fol-
lowing. which is simply the old, old
story: Not so many days ago an
oily tongued agent of a Chicago
concern visited our farmers. He
brought with him samples of gre
ceries galore and succeeded in get
ting no less than 80 orders, aggre-
eating nearly S700 from our imme-
diate neighborhood. The goods ar
rived last week and simultaneously
an Inspector from the Dairy and
Food department, who proceeded to
examine them, with the result that
he seized and sent to the department
headquarters at St. Paul, one keg
Of vinegar, 43 cans of spices, one
sack of rice and 43 kegs Of coffee,
billed as Mocha and Java and most
of it short in weight. We have be-
fore us copy of one bill amounting
to S28.4l and find upon investigation
that the same can be duplicated at
our local stores for S21.85, a differ
ence of $6.56 in favor of our home
merchants and corresponding loss
to the purchaser"