The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-06-10
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken From the
Country Papers.

Second district will be the two lead
ing attractions at the Shutdown Old
settlers picnic tomorrow.
VIM. Mack, one of the progressive
farmers of Kintire township, passed
through here Tuesday with his fam
lily on their way to New Ulm to at
tend the picnic, reports the Sanborn
Sentinel.
Thefarmer' selevator at Lamberton
had a narrow escape from fire last
week, and the Star states that the
smell of kerosene in the bin in which
the fire broke out raises a strong
suspicion of incendiarism.
Sleepy Eye Herald: The Redwood
Falls papers contain about twenty
five announcements of county office
seekers. all Republicans. We are
told that this number will be in
creased before the peimaries next
September. The democrats up there
will get into the gameI later and do
some business.
County Attorney Owens is not the
only county prosecutor to get hard
treatment on criminal prosecutions.
In Brown county the juries returned
verdicts for the defendent in every
civil case tried but one, Attorney
Frederickson being theilucky excep-
ton, and two of the criminal cases
resulted in acquittal.
Sanborn Sentinel: While at Lam
berton last Saturday, M. ]. FLAG
was presented with a fine figured
coffee-wood cane by his friend John
Blake who brought it with him as a
souvenir from California. The
wood from which the cane Is made
grows in the West India Islands and
M. j. prizes it very highly.
Springfield Advance: County At
torney Owen was here from Walnut
Grove Monday to attend the COM
mencement exercises. His mother
accompanied him and while in this
city they were the guests of DR..
Lent and family Mr.. Owen will
soon move over to Redwood Falls,
having recently bought a modern
residence.
Lamberton Star: Daniel Mclean,
of Redwood Falls, candidate for
clerk Of the district court, was in
the city last Friday getting &C.
quainted with the voters. This was
the first trip he has made in this
part of the county in the interests
of his candidacy and he made many
friends. He is we'll qualified to fill
the office If elected to that respon-
sible position.
Waseca Herald: There is said to
be promise Of seed time and
harvest, but the promise Of seed
time for corn must have been for
gotten this year. The heavy rains
which commenced on the night Of
May 10th and have continued al
frequent intervals ever since, have
prevented corn planting almost
entirely. This country was never
more thoroughly saturated than al
present, and it is impossible to Dc
any work in the fields.
Olivia Review: A number Of
Emmett farmers were in towr
Monday at the preliminary hearing
oyer the drainage Of Lee Lake
east of Renville. The commissioner.
turned the proposition down las
winter. but the farmers got to
gether and agreed on a new route
and the meeting Monday was fol
the purpose Of meeting with the
board and have an understanding il
the matter. The survey will nov
be made and the ditch constructed
as soon as possible. 1t will rur
northeast into Beaver Creek.
Olivia Times: There has never
been campaign year since thu
primary election law went into eff
feet when there has been SO littl'
doing in Renville county politics a
this year. The few who have filet
have done little to advance theil
candidacy and the public seems to b,
little concerned in the matter. Th,
opinion of many at the county seat i
that there will be comparativel,
4 few candidates for county office