New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1912-01-31

Miss Marie Rummings OF st. Peter
Is visiting her sister, Mrs. F. 81.
Behnke.
Miss Lille Scbonlsu OF Minneapolis
is visiting with the T. Crone family
and other relatives.
What is q table richly spread
without loaf of "Crean Bread"
made by Wd. Eibner's Home Bakery.
| Miss Sophie Augustine and Miss
Maude Aftermath of Springfield are
spending several days with the Misses
Schramm.
The Mems Club Of the Congrega-
tional Church will meet Thursday
evening of this week to complete ar
rangements for the lecture to be given
here in the near future oy Pres. Cow J.
ing OF Carleton College.
The quarterly tournament of the
North American Gymnastic Union
was held at the hall of the St. An.
thony Turnverein, Minneapolis, Sum
day. The ladies classes participated
in the event this year. Prof. Herman
Helm and Mrs. Anton Schiller, Mrs.
Herman Schemann, Miss Laura
Krause and Miss Helen Engel, MEM
bers of the ladies' class of the local
society were in attendance. At the
same time the Society celebrated their
55th anniversary.
1t may interest our readers to learn
that A. A. Bogen, at one time publi-
sher of the New Ulm Post and now
resident of Taylor, Williamson Co.,
Tex, has become quite q successful
chicken fancier. His specially is Rose
Comb Rhode Island Reds. He has
prepared his 1912 mating list and will
be pleased to send it to any one who
is interested in good breed of
chickens. Mr.. Bogen is also at present
the editor and publisher of the Taylor
Herold.
The all-absorbing question upper
mo It in the minds of some people about
now is this: What will the ground.
hog do on Feb. 2nd, Candlemas Day?
Will he see his shadow and retire for
another six weeks or will he End
weather conditions favorable and
herald an early spring by staying
above ground? If the wish is father
to the thought, dense clouds will make
it impossible for the suns rays to
reach the earth and there will be no
shadow for Mr.. Grounding.
A new horse company has been or
ganized under the name OF New Ulm
& Essig Percheron Horse Co." A
fine Percheron stallion has been pur-
hased from the well-known importers
of fine horses Martin Ullmsn & Co...
of Roberts, Wis. at cost Of $500.
The following directors and officers Of
the company were elected: Pres,
Henry .Schmitz; Secy., A. 8. Dorm.
Treas, Frank Alseuburg; Directors,
Henry sMsnderfsld, William Manders'
field, Louis Manderfsld. Frank Hsuser
and Paul Falk; Manager, Anton
Schmitz. ,..j=." =.
r. w. Bagen of St. Paul was in
our city last week examining into the
real estate transfers n.sde during the
year with view to determining the
value Of farm lands in our county.
The State Tax Commission consider
this the best way to arrive ct fair
assesssble value of farm lands and
sends out its emissaries every year to
compile statistics. It took Mr.. Bagen
several days to complete the work
here. According to his compilations,
the average value of our farm lands
will approximate $50 per acre.
L. J. Anderson of Chicago, a
brother OF G. W. A. Krook, died last
week after suffering from poor health
for some months. Mr.. Anderson has
He was q native of Cimbrishamn,
Sweden, but came to this country just
after the Civil War. He arrived in
Chicago just before the great fire and
his relatives supposed he had lost his
life at that time. However, after
silence OF thirty years he got into
communicati ton with Mr.. Krook and it
was learned that he had lived in
Chicago all the intervening years.
He is survived by four children and
his wife.
The New Sweden Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company at their re-
cent annual meeting decided to renew
their character. Under existing laws,
the lease of life of q corporation Is
only 30 years and the company having
been in existence for that length of