The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1910-08-03

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constructed partially of concrete,
two stories in height and containing
the Hazel Run Mercantile company's
store, the Farmers store and the
furniture of three families occupy
ing flats in the second story were
the principal losses.
Morgan Messenger: Miss Gwen
dolyn Eaton left last Thursday to
attend summer school at the Man
kato normal, She will teach at Wa
basso next school year. Morgan
is strictly on the map as far as the
postoffice is concerned. At the first
annual convention of the District
League Of Postmasters of the Sd and
4th classes of the Mankato district,
held at Mankato July 10th, F.. S.
Pollard of Morgan was elected pres
ident for the coming year. P. M.
Lyons of Mountain Lake was elected
secretary.
Granite Falls Journal: The
twelye-year-old son of John Presto
gard, who lives on the old Sorlien
place, was drowned in the Yellow
Medicine close by his home Saturday
forenoon. 1t seems he had gone in
bathing. his two younger sisters be-
ing on the bank. After time they
saw him disappear beneath the
water, and as he did not come up
again they ran to the house and told
their mother and she ran to near
by field and told her husband, who
got to the spot as quickly as possible
and soon had the body of his boy
out of the water, but. he had been
in so long that he could not be
brought back to life.
Princeton Union: There is no use
of attempting to disguise the fact
that serious condition confronts
the people of this vicinity. Tame
and wild hay and small grains will
not average more than 25 per cent;
potatoes will not be worth digging
unless rain falls within the next few
days, and at best there will not be a
SO per cent yield; even corn is begin
ming to show the effects of the long
continued drouth and blistering
weather. During residence of 35
years in Minnesota we have never
known of less propritious season.
We are not an alarruist, but it be-
hooves the people to keep close to
the shore these times. The partial
failure of crops means correspond
ing business stagnation.
Bird Island Union: Ed. Kroner
Mike Huebsch. John Dancer and
John Weiss returned last Wednesday
evening from Washburn, Wis. Will
liam Drummer returning the follow
ing day. All were we'll pleased with
the country and Mike Huebsch pur
chased a forty adjoining the one
purchased by the Union editor in
May. Mr., Dancer is dealing for 16O
acres in the same section and John
Weiss is contemplating the purchase
of 60 acres in an adjoining section.
The party brought back some
samples of clover and timothy which
are on exhibition in the Renville
| County State Bank. The lack OF
rain this spring has not affected the
crops in Bayfield, county where the
crops are all looking fine, while in
other sections the crops are all dried
out.
1 Hutchinson Leader: John Walker
brought IN the other day sample
of the alfalfa crop which they have
been harvesting on the old farm. Il
stands good three feet high, but
this season, owing to the dry wealth
er, will not yield much over two tons
per acre and only one crop. There
has been seven acre patch of this
succulent fodder on the farm fol-
several years, and heretofore two
crops have been harvested amount.
! ing to four or five tons to the acre
Every animal on the farm eats all
the alfalfa it can get. and eats every
straw of it and thrives on it. The
/ raising of alfalfa has been advocated
time and again by speakers at farm.
ers' Institutes in Mcleod county and
the fact seems well proven that it is
the most profitable hay crop that