The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-02-05
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

E. G. Barton. who has been audi
tor for the Queal Lumber Co. for
years, with residence at Wabasso,
has been transferred to territory in
Iowa and South Dakota and will
make his headquarters at Hawarden,
Ia, hereafter.
A dispatch from Echo to the daily
papers says that Rev. F. L. Honey
well of Wood Lake has disappeared
from his home and his whereabouts
are unknown. Honeywell was form
erly pastor at the M. E. church at
Westbrook and moved to Wood Lake
last October.
Morgan Messenger: S. S. Pollard
and family and Mrs. S. Pollard and
H. B. West left early Sunday morn
ing for Brownton to attend the fun
eral Of the latter's grandfather, j.
P. West, which was held Monday.
Harry returned Tuesday while the
Pollards remained until today.
Miss Gwendolyn Eaton returned
home Wednesday. says the Morgan
Messenger. She has been spending
the past six weeks singing at re-
vival meetings at Algona and Erv-
ington, Iowa, and at Lamberton.
She will remain here until Monday
and then return to Albert Lea,
wrere she will resume college stud
les.
Morton Enterprise: Editor Eaton
of Morgan received a quietus to his
great boom to elect all Democrats
from Redwood county for county
and state offices when the Demo-
cratic gathering at Redwood Falls
barred newspaper men and agreed
on plan not to oppose some of the
strong Republican candidates one of
which was the representative from
his home town, C. H. Bendixen.
1t seems like carrying Goals to
Newcastle to read that shipment
of draft horses was recently sent
to Montana from Little Falls, this
state, by w. w. McRae, who has a
ranch near Billings. He came to
Morrison county to purchase horses
for his own use, but found the stock
of such excellent grade that he de-
cided to ship a carload to place on
the market in his home territory.
The state board Of control has
fixed the prices on Irvine manufac-
tured at the state prison plant for
next season. The schedule of prices
follows: Standard, 500 feet to the
pound, u cents per pound; sisal
(white) 500 feet, Il cents; standard
manila, $50 feet, 81 cents; manila,
600 feet, 81 cents; pure manila, $50
feet, II cents. These prices are all
f. o. b. Saltwater, the terms being
the same as in the past.
New Ulm Review: Fair secretar-
les representative the Mankato,
New Ulm, St. Peter, LIE Sueur and
Window members of the Minnesota
Short Ship Racing circuit congre-
gated in Mankato Monday and talked
over plans for next year. George
Atkinson of Mankato was reelected
president, Adolph Burmeister of
this city vice president and E. E.
Miller of St. Peter secretary. and it
was decided to drop Marshall from
the circuit and substitute Austin.
L. H. Cahoon fell from the Mime
apolis & St. Louis bridge over the
Little Cottonwood, near Searles,
and was instantly killed. He was
IS years old and bachelor. He
was taking care of the stock on the
Charles Dietz farm in the town of
Cottonwood. Toward midnight he
decided to walk home from Searles,
and in order to shorten his way
started across the bridge, but lost
his balance and fell a distance of
ninety feet. He had been drinking
and was warned against going on
the bridge.
Franklin Tribune: There is no
use evading this one conclusion, viz:
Renville county is going to be
fierce battle ground next campaign.
Inspired by constant gains in the
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