The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-12-29
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items Of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

Country Papers.
The Saltwater Gazette gets the
thing dead to rights when it states
that the passing of King Leopold OF
Belgium is an aid to good citizen
ship.
Echo Enterprise: The recent cold
snap has been very damaging to
freight traffic west Of Watertown.
The road from Condo to LeBeau is
still blockaded, but from Condo to
Aberdeen was cleared late Wednes-
day. In this locality the road was
blockaded only few hours. although
at times the trains are several hours
late.
No doubt F. M. in the Prison
Mirror is correct when he says:
when alone the wolf is a rank
coward. but when in pack he will
tackle most anything. The same is
true of the man who joins a mob.
Collectively he is game but individ-
ually an old woman armed with a
broomstick could make him hotfoot
for the tall and uncut
| A special to the Minneapolis Tri-
bune, dated St. Peter, Dec. 10. reads
as follows: Two car loads of struc-
tural iron were shipped to ST. Peter
last week and the Chicago & North
western road has a crew of men at
work rebuilding and strengthening
it's trestle across the Minnesota river.
The bridge was built in 1872, when
the Winona & St. Peter road was
extended to New Ulm, but about a
year ago the engineering department
pronounced it unsafe for the heavier
type of freight locomotives.
The following idea is suggested by
the Lake City Republican: THE
man who can't afford to advertise
can't afford to light his store at
twilight, buy the clerk broom to
speep out with, or wash his windows.
from business standpoint. Adver-
Using is just as much of necessity
as well-kept stock of merchandise.
You can wink at girl in the dark;
you know what you are doing; but
the girl and Mother Grundy are
none the wiser. Publicity pulls from
the purses of the people"
; A big Christmas gift, totalinq
SIG, 1856 5 was sent out when State
> Auditor Iverson distributed among
the various counties Of the state
1925 warrants, their value ranging
from S. to $40. This money goes t.
1925 individuals. The distribution
is under an old law and is known a:
the annual tree bounty. The prairie
sections alone are benefited. Each
year $4,000 is set aside for thi.
purpose and is distributed OF
; the basis of trees planted by thu
farmers. AS usual Redwood count!
realizes the heaviest, its portion be
, ing 81 1888. IL. Murray county come
next.
Springfield Advance: Chas. New
dali of Lamberton was here recent,
for the purpose of arranging t
move his cement tile machinery t,
his Riverside Dairy farm, in order t
: more conveniently manufacture tn
tile that is to be used in county ditcl
:. No. 16, for which he was recent,
awarded the contract. The ditch i
= to drain the large sloughs south o
town. Mr.. Newdall finds it an cas-
matter to obtain fine gravel on hi
farm, and if the finished product is a
once ready for transportation it vii
be deal more convenient to haul
from his farm than were it neces
sary to make shipments from Lam
berton.
Morton Enterprise: Quite sti
was made on our streets when reg
= resentative of a jewelry house fror
the cities refused to pay Josep
{ Krieger the Franklin liveryman. !
seems dispute arose over a bargai
:. to drive from Franklin to Morto
then to Redwood Falls after tn
:. salesman had made this town. Afte
waiting half an hour the salesma
Y informed Mr. Kriaunr ha had mad