The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-06-08
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

/ ~VeAssss uPNhSe
Walnut Grove Tribune: AS an in
idcation of the amount Of business
transacted in this village on market
day it is interesting to note that the
total number of eggs received
amounted to Alp dozen or 1894
eggs as w. B. Harwood collected
| the data this morning.
Tracy Headlight: The annual
meeting of the Farmers Elevator
Co. will be held in the city hall on
Saturday, June 4, for the purpose
of electing officers. and straighten-
ing up business affairs for the year.
The company has done a very pro-
Ifitable business during the past
twelve months and a dividend of Is
per cent has been declared and will
be paid to the stockholders at the
meeting.
Sleepy Eye Herald (Dem.) Secre-
tary of State Julius Schmahl and
wife of st. Paul passed through town
Sunday enroute to Redwood Falls
to attend the funeral of the late w.
P. Huntington of Bemidji, uncle Of
Mrs. Schmahl, who was buried on
Monday. Deceased was one of the
early settlers Of Redwood Falls. Sec
rotary Schmahl is a popular state
official and will have no opposition
to speak Of at the state convention
in June. He has made good.
A note from friend in the far
west draws the following comment
from the venerable editor of the
Austin Transcript: A friend in Ore
gon in a personal letter to the editor
says that he would not write word
to encourage people to sell out in
Minnesota and go out there because
conditions are different and he has
seen so many homesick people. We
place more dependence upon such a
personal statement than upon vol
umes of boom advertising descrip-
ton.
State Senator Gunderson of Alex
andria, who is said to be a strong
man and an efficient official, in
speaking of county option said:
There is no reason why every voter
in the country should not have a
voice in the matter of granting IL
censes to sell Intoxicating liquors. I
will stand for that principle, not be-
cause the majority of voters in this
senatorial district believe in it. If
the majority of voters should be op-
posed to county option / will stand
for that principle, because | believe
it fair and just"
Marshall Messenger: "Gaspipe
Slim" the frog catcher, at one time
in his palmy career known as H. j.
Younger, is again in our midst and
there is now hopes for frogs legs on
the bill of fare at the Atlantic once
more. Slim, used to claim Marshall
as his permanent address till Hotel
de kactiac burned and then he NOV
ed to Russell. But here misfortune
again overlook him. Russell went
dry This again necessitated d.
change of base of operation and he
tried Sanborn. but that place was
too slow and Slim is back again as a
fixture.
Springfield Advance: Last Satur-
day, May %. marked an event of
especial interest in the lives of Mr..
and Mrs. Christian Emerson Of this
city, an event that comes to only a
few in their lives a golden wedding
anniversary. To still further mark
the suspicious occasion in the men,
DRY of this venerable couple all Of
their children, with but one excep-
ton, were present to enjoy the oc-
casion in the fullest measure. Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Emerson of Lamberton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hans Schroeder and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Ohlsen Of Miller, S. D., Mrs.
Clara Christianson Of Milbank. S.