The Redwood gazette., 1910-01-12
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from lie
Country Papers.

Morton Enterprise: DR.. Fl. F
Jaehnings Of Spring Valley, was
here during the holiday rush assist
ing his brother Grover in the drug
store, also Mr.. and Mrs. A. Jaehn-
ings of Wood Lake we're guests Of
Grover Friday and Saturday.
Madison Independent: That bum
old union depot at st. Paul had q
shake up last Saturday when huge
freight engine crashed right through
the brick walls and running into
the baggage room, fell into the
basement. If a freight engine
would knock our old depot off the
face of the earth. there would be
general rejoicing in this city.
Vesta Censor: Mr.. and Mrs. Gus
Larson of Redwood Falls spent New
Years day at their fathers home in
Underwood township. S. A. John
son received message Sunday an
nouncing the death Of his son-in-law
Homer Sayles. He was working as
fireman on the Great Northern rail-
road at Judith Gap. Mont, and the
message stated he was killed in a
wreck. giving no other particulars.
The state auditor has sent out no
tees to the county auditors. warn
ing them that after the 1st Of Janu-
ary ten per cent of all licenses must
be turned by towns and villages. into
the county treasury to be used un-
der the supervision Of the county
board for the Improvement of roads.
Another two per cent of the license
must be turned into the state trea-
sury for the support of a jag cure
institute to be operated by the state.
Brown County Journal: Post
master S. D. Peterson became sud-
denly i'll while attending to his work
at the postoffice last week and had
to be taken home in carriage. He
suffered a hemorrhage caused by a
tumor in the stomach. The patient
had several minor occurrences since
the first attack and on Thursday had
another severe hemorrhage. Mr..
Peterson is also afflicted with shrink
age of the liver. While he is in a
rather precarious condition, hope is
entertained for his ultimate recov-
cry. He has not been in robust
health for some time.
Fairmont Sentinel: Mrs. Ingeborg
Sorenson of Martin county has the
honor of being the mother of more
expert buttermakers than any wo-
man in the state. She has six Of
them, and one son-in-law. and they
haye made good is attested by the
fact that their average monthly
wages are $120 per month. They
are frequent prize winners in the
butter scoring contests conducted in
the state from time to time, and
their services are much sought by
the best creameries. The Sorenson
family came from Denmark. the
home of the worlds best butter
makers.
Candy News: Never before has
Candy had an opportunity to get
electric light and power for couple
of hundred dollars per month and
the chances are good that she never
will again. Think of the $500 per
month paid the Standard Oil Co. by
the city every month and several
dollars being paid the same
concern to feed the gasoline engines
numbering a dozen or more by pri-
vate parties, to say nothing Of the
noise and provoking annoyance and
waste of time consumed by gas en-
gines. the risk of fire and enormous
rates of insurance exacted by the
use Of these machines.
Hutchinson Independent: Hides
IF the buffalo, which some thirty
years ago could be bought for S. to
$40 and which are still occasionally
seen in overcoats and robes, now
bring in almost fabulous prices.
Christ Jensen, northeast of Hutcllin-
son, brought in the tattered frag-
nents of an old robe, which had
oeen kicking around his granary for
zears, the other day and had the
Hutchinson Glove Factory make
shem into pair of mittens. Next
lay he was offered ST for the nit-