The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-04-27
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

Country Papers.
Sleepy Eye is organizing a COM
mercial club with nearly a hundred
members to start with. So is Red
wood Falls, but
Mankato and Albert Lea borrowed
500, 900 each from the state school
trustsfunds last week, for the cree
ton of new school buildings.
Olivia Times: The Northwestern
Telephone company is dying hard in
Olivia, but each day finds it closer
to the grave, and it is safe guess
that its obituary may be published
in few weeks. 1t received kill
ing blow on Tuesday when the board
of county commissioners ordered its
seven phones out of the court house
and at the same time ordered the
telephones of the Renville County
Telephone Co. installed in their
place. In doing this the board gives
to Olivia and Bird Island connection
with their local exchanges, leaving
the other towns of the county with
the same service over the Tri-State
that they had heretofore over the
! Northwestern.
Springfield Advance: The country
adjacent to Springfield is well stock
ed up with prairie chickens this
spring, the dry season having much
to do with this condition favorable
to the sportsmen. During the fall
and winter many of the birds came
down for the winter, and instead of
returning to their usual haunts up
north, remained here to nest. The
dry spring is most favorable to
Matching and unless late rains inter-
fere the sportsmen should enjoy
some fine hunting next fall.
Window Reporter: Lightning
struck the barn on the John Sturm
farm in the town of Cottonwood
yesterday morning shortly before
six o'clock, The tenant, Paul Fisch-
er. managed to save four cows and
the horses, but ten cows, seven
calves, harnesses, top buggy and
platform buggy fell prey to the
flames. The barn was totally des-
troyed and the damage is estimated
$4,000. Neighbors responded imme-
diately and saved other buildings
nearby.
The Springfield Advance tells of
farmer returning home from mar
keting in that town and discovering
on the homeward ride that spark
had set fireto the straw in the wagon
box and threatened to destroy both
wagon and contents. In removing
the goods the farmer happened to
think of the bottled beer in case
which he had purchased for home
consumption as possible fire extin-
guishers. and saved his wagon in
this way. Judging by dray load
we saw on the streets here the other
day, this kind of fire extinguisher is
coming into use to some extent in
this vicinity. We know of no better
use to put these goods to.
Marietta News: Did you ever no
tice what a fine place one of our ce-
ment walks is for running one of
these new-fangled coaster wagons
which nearly every kid in town is
the proud possessor of at the pres
ent time? And have you also OBJ
served how easy it is for horse to
break hitching strap when one of
these things 60 by loaded down to
the brim with kids on coasting ex-
cursion? Village sidewalks were
never constructed for coasting, BIZ
cycle riding or automobile paths and
the quicker this practice is stopped
the better. for if the thing is kept
up sooner or later some team will
get away and general smash-up
will be the result possibly life
lost. or some manned for life.