The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-14
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Redwood 0o9ctte
WEDNESDAY, AUG. IA, 1907.
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

Sleepy Eye Herald: Prof. ]. L..
Torrens of Madelia spent few days
the guest Of A. j. Stockstead in
Town Stark. He was a year the
principal Of the local schools some
fifteen years ago and is now super
intendent at Madelia.
Marshall Reporter: At Mondays
meeting the council passed an ordi-
nance amendment to not only dou-
BILE the water rate. namely charge
20 cents 100 cubic feet, but also to
make a minimum meter reading
charge Of $1.50 for three months, or
so cents month, whether you use
any water or not. By this 'modus
operandum" the city is to get some
thing like 5000 more a year for
water.
A party Of distinguished railroad
men connected with the Northwes-
tern system, went west recently to
inspect the new line west of Pierre.
including Marvin Hughitt, president,
William A. Gardner and j. M. Whit
man vicepresidents of the system,
and William H. Finley, assistant
chief engineer of the system. E. G.
Schevenell, superintendent of the
Minnesota division, and A. G.. John
son, general agent accompanied the
party from Winona. At Tracy, F..
R. Moulton, superintendent of the
Dakota division joined the party, to
accompany it over his division of the
road.
There is tile famine in Marshall
reports the News essenger, and at
Ia time when there never was so
great a demand for thing. The wet
seasons for the past three years
have shown the farmers the neces-
sity of draining their low lands, and
an immense amount Of the work is
being done. Unfortunately, the
long and unnecessary delay Of the
railroad company in putting a side
track for the local cement and tile
company has prevented the accumu-
lation of stock that is in great de-
mand, which is unfortunate for both
farmers and the local company.
Game and Fish Warden Jordan
was at Lake Washington yesterday,
says the Mankato Free Press, where
he supervised the work of a party
Of men who seined for carp near the
outlet. Three hauls of the net were
made and about one hundred big
fish were secured, weighing about
one thousand pounds in the aggre-
gate. The men had seined out some
in the morning, also. 1t is intended
to do seining once a week until the
lake is practically cleared of the
carp. The fish are handled by Mac
beth & Gardner. They are of two
varieties, one having heavy scales
and the other with no scales.
Lloyd M. Kaufman, the eight
year-old son of James Kaufman,
engineer of the municipal lighting
plant at New Ulm, was drowned
in the Minnesota river recently. In
company with his nine year-old
brother, he was playing on the plat
form of boat house and acct
dentally fell off, and the swift cur
rent carried him into deep water
The older brother jumped in to save
him and by SO doing would have met
the same fate had not William
Hauschke dived after the lad and
brought him to the shore. Mr.
Hauschke at that time saw the
drowned lad rise to the surface fol-
the third time, but was unable to
reach him in time.
/ ST. Peter Tribune: Chickens be.
longing to c. F. Brown, near the
Lincoln school building. were disap-
pearing last week in a way that he
could not understand. They just
simply disappeared as though the
earth had swallowed hem-nothing
was left to indicate the cause OF
their departure. Last Thursday he
noticed that an animal of some kinc
had been burrowing under the chick
en- fence, and thinking it was dog
he purchased strong steel strap
and set it where the nocturnal in
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