The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-17
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken rom the
Country Papers.

The Morgan Messenger states that
there is some doubt about the Bing-
ham Bros. rebuilding their elevator
recently burned at Gilfllan.
Danube Herald: The Minnesota
Central Telephone company had
crew Of men at work repairing their
long distance line. The work is on
" done temporarily they expect to
rebuild the whole line between Min
neapolis and OrtonviIle which was
almost completely destroyed by the
ice and sleet in January.
Slayton Gazette: A farmer on
route l devised a novel scheme for
beaking the road last week. He
scattered corn along the drifts and
turned his cattle loose. The herd fol-
lowed the corn as far as it was scatter
ed and by the time the herd had ira
veled over the drifts and returned
there was fine track broken.
An old Kansas citizen, who had
been hen-pecked all his life, was
about to die. His wife felt it her
duty to offer him such consolation
as she might, and said: John. you
are about to go but I will follow
you" Il suppose so, Manda," said
the old man weakly. "but so far as
am concerned you don't need to
be in any blamed hurry about it,"
Granite Falls Tribune: The In
dians are great writers and no day
but they are at the postoffice for
mail and they get considerable for
the number who live in this vicinity.
They have many relatives and ac-
quaintances up at Sisseton. where
many of them go on visiting trips at
least once year and sometimes
much oftener.
Morgan had quite an exciting cleo
ton last Tuesday, Mayor Porter be-
ing elected by a majority of only
one and two or three other candi-
dates getting only small majority.
The license issue was the chief bone
of contention and considering that
the German element preponderates
in Morgan, the vote of 48 to 70-a
majority of only p on the part of
the license forces SIS surprisingly
close.
New Ulm Review: The Mlnneso-
ia river surveying crews, under
Capt. Gates A. Johnson, completed
their work into New Ulm Saturday
evening and started down the river
towards Mankato Monday morning.
One Of the results to the people of
New Ulm, is the determlng of the
exact distance between various
points along the river in this vicini-
ty. The crews expect to reach Man
kato by Saturday.
Bird Island Union: Work was
commenced Monday on the erection
of the framework of the new coal
chute, The chute will be 65 feet
high when completed and will resem-
BILE grain elevator in appearance. 1t
is also reported that as soon as the
chute is completed work will be
started on tearing down the old
round-house and that a new siX-stall
building will be erected in its place.
A new turn-table is also slated as
being among the improvements
ordered.
How would our rural stockholders
like to have an annual report like the
following from the Springfield Adj
vance. Springfield rural phone users
pay S1.25 monthly rental: The di-
rectorS of the Farmers q Citizens
Mutual Telephone company had a
meeting Wednesday afternoon last
for the purpose of organizing for
the ensuing year, and the result is
that all of the old officers were in
stalled for another year. A cash
dividend of 10 per cent was declared
which is the same as that of last
year, and naturally highly satisfac-
tory to the stockholders Of the COM
pany.
Brownton Bulletin: About a doz-
en- or fifteen farmers residing in the
vicinity of Lake Marion became
alarmed at the curious actions Of
the ''finny tribe" inhabiting the
lake, and last week set about to give