The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-02-19
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

| Morgan Messenger: The baby
girl, age four months, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Henning, of
Sherman township, died Monday af-
ternoon. The funeral was held yes
terday at the home, interment being
in Eden German Lu theran cemetery.
New Ulm Review: Sen ator Frank
Clague of Lamberton transacted le-
gal business here Friday and Satur-
day. To Review Re porter he an
nounced his intention of retiring
from Legislative work at the end of
his present term and stated en-
phatically that he would not be a
candidate for reelection.
Mrs. Doris Menk died at the home
of her son Martin Menk near st.
Peter last week, aged II years. The
deceased was born in Mecklenburg,
Germany, and was mother of twelve
children, eleven of whom were pres
ent at her death bed, including John,
William and Fred. of Redwood coun-
ty.
Fred. Hartwick, one. of the old
residents of the village of Morgan,
died on Tuesday of last week of old
age. He was in his eighty-frst
year. He is survived by his wife,
two sons and three daughters, Jo-
seph of Morgan, Ferd OF, Taunton,
Mrs. H. M. Ball of Morgan and Mrs.
Elizabeth Anderson and Mrs. J. w.
Knapp Of Snohomish.
| Post-office Inspector Egge Of Min
neapolis made trip to Lamberton
the first of last week and while
there fined five persons $40 each for
violating the postal laws. The par
ties above referred to. some time
ago collected tobacco tags and sent
them to firm in St. Louis as sec
ond class matter and enclosed in the
sarue package letters to avoid post
age.
! Window creamery held it's annual
meeting recently. The secretary,
T. A. Perkins, showed a good state
ment. After paying out $33, 841.1 IL
to patrons in the course of the year
there is balance of $445.61. The
creamery paid an average of 28.08
cents per pound for butter fat,
which is slightly higher than the
New York market paid for extra
creamery.
i Charter Oak Camp, M. w. A., IF
Sleepy Eye, will extend an invita-
ton to the camps of this district to
come to Sleepy Eye for the annual
Southern Minnesota Woodmen's pic
mic in June. The camp will have the
supportland cooperation of all the
business men of the city, and the
best of entertainment will be pro-
; vided the visiting Woodmen.
Morton Enterprise: The masquer-
, ade dance at Beaver Falls last Fri
day was we'll attended from all parts
of the neighborhood, dancers from
Morton taking in the festivities.
The management sold nearly 10C
numbers and if the weather had
been more clement great many
more would have been disposed of
The dancers were given an elabor-
ate supper by Mrs. Sheer. Beaver
is a hospitable little burg and their
dances are becoming popular. Mrs.
Hugo Quehl secured the ladies'
prize and Harry Hale captured the
gents prize.
A ditching machine which will
probably revolutionize the drainage
business has been built by Humboldt,
Iowa, men. The machine weighs
five and one-half tons and the en-
CINE, turning a big wheel upon
which dirt buckets are attached
moves the machine forward and digs
ditch eighteen inches wide with a
maximum depth of six feet. With
this machine farm can be tiled in
: a few days, where weeks and even
months are required under present
methods. At a depth of SIX feet
about eight rods an hour is the
speed of the machine, while at three
feet hundred rods can be dug in a
day. The cost of the outfit will be
about $1,000.