The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken rom the
Country Papers.

! New Ulm Review: J. P. Gull of
Redwood Falls has taken charge of
the saloon in Evan conducted during
the past year by Hans Smith. Mr..
Smith in turn becomes a resident of
Sleepy Eye.
Cottonwood Current: While shov-
cling snow about his barnyard, sew
eral days ago, Joseph Peltier, resid-
ing southwest Of town, found tur-
key that was buried by the snow
during the blizzard of January 9th,
and had made its home in a snow
drift for 80 days, 1t was rescued
but little the worse for it's exper-
fence.
/ Springfield Advance: A success
full basket social was given in school
district Is, Shutdown, last Friday
evening, there being large attend
ance. A splendid program which
had been arranged by the teacher.
Miss Grace Slater, was carried out
with marked credit. After the
program about thirty baskets were
sold. the highest price paid being
$3.50,
1T is not so much to say for a
man that he never had an enemy"
says an exchange. 1T would be
appropriate in an essay on mush, or
a panegyric on putty. 1t makes a
first class epitaph above the grave
/ of an OK. If you have never done
anything to arouse antagonism, to
make anybody mad at you, the name
man has been applied to you merely
through courtesy. You should APP
ply for a place as dummy in the win
dow of clothing store"
Morgan Messenger: The firm of
Nielsen Bros. at Clements, has dis
solved partnership, John Nielsen of
Revere disposing of his interest to
John Steffi, eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas StefH of Three Lakes.
VIM. Nielsen of Clements still re-
tains his interest. The business will
now be conducted under the name
of Nielsen & Steffl. Both the gentle
men are wide awake and industrious
young men and we predict that they
| will meet with success.
Morgan Messenger: Geo. Wild
has storm story that matches
up with the best of them and we be-
lieve it is the goods" too. On Jan
uary %, during the first big blizzard
Mr.. Wild lost three ducks on his
farm, 81 miles east of town. On
March 9-39 days after the storm
Mr.. Wild found the ducks under q
big bank of snow while digging
around his wood pile. Two of the
ducks were alive. The ducks were
very fatwhen lost. but when Mr.. Wild
accidently dug them out they weighed
about half a pound apiece. The
ducks had subsisted on their own
fat and snow water. Exchanges
/ lease copy.
Under a ruling of Richard K.
Campbell, chief Of the federal divi-
sion of naturalization, it would ap-
pear that seventy-six naturalization
papers issued by the Nicollet county
district court in 1902 are invalid
Several weeks ago it was discovered
that the orders of the court grant.
ing final citizenship papers had never
been signed by Judge Weber, now
deceased. and that no entries had
been made of the appearance in
court of the various applicants.
Soon afterward a request for copy
of his naturalization papers was re-
ceived from a man living in Wiscon
sin, and when he was informed Of
the flaw in the records he secured
the services of a firm of attorneys
They took the stand that the verba
order of the court was sufficient
but the ruling of Mr.. Campbell tt
whom the matter was referred hold: