The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-11-03
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

week that Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Prax-
ell of Willow River are the proud
parents of baby girl born to them
on Thursday of last week.
Milroy Echo: Scott Knable,
brother of E. Knable east of town,
has become dissatisfied with farm
ing in North Dakota. and moved to
this county the fore part of this
week, having leased the Franta
farm east of Lucan.
Seaforth Item: A large barn is
being built on the old Mahoney
farm and number of other barns
and additions this fall. We venture
to say that there has been more lum-
Der sold here the past summer than
for the past three years. By all ap-
pearances there will be a genuine
building boom on next summer.
Says an exchanges: A pretty lady
dropped into a music store near US
few days ago and stepping up to
counter where clerk was sorting
music, she asked: Have you Kissed
Me in the Moonlight" The lobster
turned half way around and said:
1T must have been the man at the
other counter; I've only been here
week"
Vesta Censor: 1t is reported that
the Vesta-Sanborn train service will
soon be changed back to the old run.
the train men laying over at Vesta
The former service was much more
satisfactory than we have at present
and we hope the change will be
made at once, then perhaps our citi-
zens can get their daily papers be-
fore they are week old.
The best speech ever made on the
tariff was made by Abraham Lin
coin. 1t was brief, but to the point
and here it is: lido not know much
about the tariff, but | know this
much. When we buy manufactured
goods abroad we get the goods and
the foreigner gets the money. When
we buy the manufactured goods at
home we get both the goods and the
money"
Granite Falls Tribune: Land is
becoming so high in the eastern and
middle states that renters are COM
ing west to secure farms where the
rent is very low and the land better
than there. 1t has been wonder
to us that there was not an influx of
renters long before. but they are
coming to their senses and crossing
the Mississippi where land and rants
are low.
Walnut Grove Tribune: AS an in
stance showing the crop of corn pro-
duced in Redwood county, we have
learned of the following fact. Ben
Croft has a field of corn part of
which, about four acres, raised about
: 120 bushels Of yellow dent to the
acre. His two step-sons, VIII and
Ed Shafer, the former p years old
and the latter II, worked a day each
in this corn and managed to husk 81
, and 80 bushels respectively.
Springfield Advance: Ernest
Bauch, employed in the local -four
ing mill, was the only fortunate
Springfeldite thus far to have made
lucky drawing in the Indian reser
. walton land drawing conducted by
the government. His number il
178 and should entitle him to an ex
ceptionally choice quarter section O.
land. His good fortune demons
trates that the last to register hav,
an equal chance with those who ar,
first, for he did not register unit
the very last day.
Morgan Messenger: Rev. L. F
Radger, pastor at large for the Man
kato Presbytery, occupied the pull
pit in the Presbyterian church Sun
day morning. The Mise
Gwendolyn Eaton and Alice Norrell
teachers in the Clements publ
S school were visitors here Saturday
Louis Discher Of Bantry, N. D.
arrived here last Friday to make
= short visit with relatives in Morgan
q and vicinity. He was accompanie
by his sister-in-law, Miss Lillia
Picker, who had been at Bantr
y since June.
LuVerne Herald: Lewis Conra