The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-11-13
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

SanDOrn SonClnol. FeCer y. TlHL
was called to Adrian on Monday
morning by a telegram announcing
the death Of his father, whose demise
took place last Sunday night. He
was buried.yesterday.
Revere Record: Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Virgins Of Lake Crystal ar
rived here Saturday in response to a
message announcing the serious ill
ness Of their brother Jim, who is
reported very low as a result of a
stroke of paralysis.
With the highest average in six
butter scoring contests, the last of
which was held at St. Peter recent
ly, EdwiniHed of Nicollet wins the
laurels as the champion buttermak
er ofsMinnesota. In the st. Peter
contest Mr.. Held did not show up as
we'll as some of the others, but his
markings in all Of the previous scor-
ings were so high that in the final
averages he won out easily. Mr..
He'd was also elected secretary of
the buttermakers' association.
The Mankato papers say that when
d. C. Evans was 81 years of age he
he set out some small apple trees
upon his place in South Bend. The
neighbors joked him about it, saying
that he would not live to eat the
fruit. The trees are now quite
large, and he is eating the apples
from the trees for the third season.
He has the laugh on the neighbors
now, and all will wish that he may
live to enjoy the fruits of his labor
for many years to come.
Granite Falls Journal: There is
nothing SO very exciting in that
story from Mankato about the like
lihood of the Milwaukee road build
ing branch from that point to
Granite Falls. We up this way have
realized for some moons that it was
bound to come in time. When the
new coast line gets into operation
the branch will be built so as to
save a hundred mile run to Chicago.
That distance will be worth much
money to the road.
| Franklin Tribune: Father Woods
announced to his congregation last
Sunday that he would lend cooper
alton to move to build moftuary
chapel on the old Birch Cooley GEM
etery grounds. This would not only
be convenient in conducting funeral
services but would insure a perm
anent title to the cemetery grounds,
and this a strong point in favor of
its construction. If enough funds
are secured the chapel will doubtless
be erected this fall or in the early
springtime.
Walnut Grove Tribune: We are
in receipt of a letter from Jas. A.
Larson requesting US to correct a
miss-statement'' in former issue
that Jas. A. Larson and M. A.
Knight have formed a partnership.
Mr.. Larson afirms that he hasn't
formed a partnership with him or
any one else" This letter contains
news to a good many people here.
including their immediate relatives,
so we are very pleased to print ithis
bit of information.
With the right kind of seed and
| intelligent cultivation corn does re-
markedly we'll in this county, OBJ
serves a Renville county exchange,
and is proved by E. G. Enesdvet of
South Sacred Heart, who exhibited
samples of corn grown on his farm,
at the national corn exhibition held
at Chicago the first part of October
He received first premium on corn
on exhibition from Minnesota. He
took three or four prizes in all,
amounting to 500. In addition to
this he sold $50 bushels of seed corn
to seed houses at a good figure.
from the advertising he received
from his participating in the corn
contest.
The Renville county corn contest
turned out so much like that in Red