New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-12-01

WIND. That Is what comes of living so
near to the Dakota border.
The Madelia Shipping Association sent
out two carloads OF hogs and one of cattle
one day last week. The shipping asso-
Citations seem to be doing very good
business and furnish the farmer with
good marketing facilities.
Harry Schmiesing of Hanska has
recently purchased the rs acre tract of
land located west of the school house be-
longing to Hans Blessum. The prin-
cipals in the deal were in town last week
fixing up the details of the transaction.
Geiger Brothers living north of Lake
Hanska have recently completed a big
new barn. The structure is SO feet by
20 feet and is one of the finest and most
modern in the county. The contractor
was Martin Casperson Of Sleepy Eye.
Francis Garrioch has been visiting the
past week with his mother and expects
shortly to return to his home in Saskathe-
wan, Canada. Mr.. Garrioch tells of
good crops in his vicinity this year, wheat
averaging 81 bushels to the acre and
selling at 80 cents.
Sleepy Eye farmers are wondering
when the Luce Line is going to show up
and meantime the farmers in the neigh
borhood Of Hutchinson are donating the
right of way to the Luce people thru
their farms.
The Winthrop schools reopened last
week as the diptheria epidemic has
apparently been checked and no. further
cases are reported. Four homes were
attacked by the disease and four out of
the six cases are recovering. There were
two deaths.
VIM. G. Frank, big game hunter of
Springfield, returned last week from his
trip to Northern Minnesota and brought
along an especially fine specimen of the
antlered tribe. A number of his good
friends enjoyed some of the venison Mr..
Franks luck provided.
Cyril Mitchell, well known printer of
Minneapolis, who was recently killed by
the accidental discharge of his gun while
hunting near Two Harbors, Mimi, was
a brother Of Harris Mitchell and of Mrs.
S. B. Estes of Madelia and had formerly
lived in Madelia.
In the neighborhood Of fifty new men,
bers will be initiated into St. Andrews
Council, X. Of c., on Sunday, December
9Th, at Fairfax. The first degree will be
exemplified by the team of the local
council, while the second degree will be
administered by the New Ulm team and
the third degree by the Minneapolis team.
c. H. Eckberg of Bernadotte will soon
have one of the finest and most con-
venient farm water systems in the county.
The system will work by automatic
pump and the water will be piped to all
the buildings of the farm and there will
also be hydrant for sprinkling the lawn.
The L. E. Potter farm at Springfield
is similarly equipped.
Evan had Poultry Day recently
and $4,000 worth of birds were marketed
at that time. A Redwood Falls Produce
Company was buying and it was some
what of surprise to see the immense
number of chickens, geese, ducks, and
turkeys for sale, proving that poultry,
raising is no longer merely side line
for the women folks of the farms but is
becoming one of the principal endeavors
of the farm.
The Consumers Power Company of
Rapidan is anxious to extend it's lines
to Henderson and has been looking over
the ground. They propose to sell the
power to the city which will retail it to
consumers. This Company is getting
into q lot of towns, supplying both from
the Rapidan plant and from Minneapolis,
Shakopee being supplied from the latter
point.
\ Sleepy Eyes Turkey Shoot came off
in winning style. last week and 81 turkeys
went to the crack shots Of the Gun Club
Of that city: just recently the club
has purchased small shed which has
been moved to the shooting grounds and
fitted up with q stove and the warmth
was very grateful to the fellows whose
ffingeY 81 found trapshoo ting: rather chilly
work lIs in November. IS
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