The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-10-14
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of interest Taken From the
Country Papers.

Morgan Messenger: Miss Sarah
Stewart of Delhi, cousin of Mrs. F.
S. Pollard. arrived here Saturday
and is now engaged as teacher at the
school in the C. H. Frederickson dis
trict.
New Ulm Review: Prof. Jedlicka
delivered an able campaign address
for the Redwood democracy at his
old home in 'Vesta last Saturday
night. He has been invited by the
democratic committee in this county
to make number of speeches and
will undoubtedly agree to do so.
Milroy Echo: M. A. Adams of
Minneapolis, of the Adams Bridge
company was in town the latter part
of last week. and also out in Under
wood with Commissioners Cain and
McCorquodale, looking after the
matter of building bridges across
the big ditch from Swan lake to the
Redwood river.
Granite Falls Tribune: Mr.. Will
liam, who is best known as Sandy"
was here-a couple of days last week
looking after the interests Of the
company for which he is superintend-
ent. He will be located at Redwood
Falls hereafter and have that for
his central office and the change
from Minneapolis is very agreeable
one to him.
Candy Herald: w. C. Keefe. a
regular employee of the state game
and fish commission, was in our city
several days the past week, and on
Monday morning arrested J. Free
land and a Mr.. Card, of Dumont,
Iowa, for hunting in Minnesota with
out a license. The parties plead
guilty to the charge and were fined
S25 and costs each, amounting to S55
for the two fines.
Candy News: Every week there
are farmers here from Iowa, Illinois
and other states, where land is 5000
per acre and cash rent is S. per acre,
where tenants make no progress and
where prospects are not the best for
owner or tenant. They find we raise
fully as good corn and better crops
of small grains and that our pastures
are luxuriant and cattle doing we'll.
At S. per acre they could pay for a
fine farm here in ten years, while in
their state it would take a lifetime.
These farmers are looking for bet
ter prospects and it is highly impor-
tant that they see what we have.
The village of Lafayette, with a
population of 800, in Nicollet county,
was visited by a disastrous confag-
ration on the Goth inst. which de-
stroyed half of the business district
and caused a loss of over $4,000 on
buildings and stock carried by the
various merchants. The fire started
in a shed in the rear of H. J. Molit-
or's drug store where John Wedia
was boiling a large kettle of tar
which he was using to tar the roof
of his building. The tar caught fire
and in a few minutes the building
was aDlaze and for time it looked
as.if the entire village would fall
a prey of the flames.
Mankato Free Press: Preliminary
work that is being done near this
city by a surveying party partly con-
firms rumor that the Northwest
ern road is to send the bulk of it's
traffic over it's old main line, from
Mankato Junction to New Ulm, and
that it will practically abandon the
use of the shorter line between Man
kato and New Ulm. Ten years ago
the railroad company went to heavy
expense to build the cutoff, which
effects saying of some four miles,
but it is said that the results obtain
ed have not come up to expectations.
Owing to the fact that the road was
built through marshy country, the
cost of maintenance has been heavy,
and lack Of yard room at Mankato
has hampered the company in hand.
ling its freight business.
Minneota Mascot: A travelling
man, or a gentleman belonging te
the class said to have been referred
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