The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-07-07

grove, near the WoouIndn
hall, on the Germantown road
The day was spent in social IL:
tercourse, games, distribution OF
prizes and disposal of picnic re-
freshments. Character Of the
weather and the fact that the
picnic had had one postpone
ment. resulted in a smaller at
tendance over some other years
After Sunday had passed and
Monday morning made its bow,
the event closed with dancing in
the Woodmen's hall.
The first organization Of far
mers in the town of Herman was
at Adolph, about ten years ago
when the Farmers Progressive
Club was founded. Five years
ago, the Farmers Produce Club
of the town Of Herman was or,
ganized with a membership OF
about Is. Today, the member
ship has climbed to about forty
The purposes of this club EN-,
brace about everything that can
benefit a farmer industrially, fl
nancially, educationally, social J
and even morally. The first Of
ficers were, viz: Ed. S. Lawyer,
president; Otto Witte, vice-pres;'
dent; treasurer, F. W. Ruhnke
secretary, Gustave 1Iueck.
The roster Of officers at pres
ent embraces the following, viz
James R. Grady, president; F.
w. Ruhnke, vice-president; c. F.
Witch, treasurer; G.. G. Velan-
Ger, secretary.
Regular meetings are held IN
Woodman hall OH the first and
third Mondays Of each month.
The Farmers Produce Club OF
the town of Herman has worked
hard for better roads with the
result that steady increase and
Improvement have been the re:
suit. The last legislature, in re
Spouse to a petition, split the
township from north to south and
added the eastern portion to the
Third commissioners district
Conditions under the formet
commissioner for the Fifth dis
trict were not satisfactory to the
members of the Club and they
anticipate better satisfaction un
der commissioner Swanstrom ,:
control.
The historic old Hel mantow,
road was originally cut through
under the foremanship Of thu
late E. G.. Swanstrom, father OF
county commissioner Walter A
Swanstrom, who has charge OF
part of this same territory II
the Third district.
The Morris Thomas road, the
Hutchinson road. the Maple
Grove road, and the noted Mill:l
trunk road especially we'll servt
the town of Herman from east tt
west. North and south, the La
Vague, Hams and Midway road:
are important highways.
Five years ago, agitation fo,
telephone service in the town O.
Herman was started. The Duluth
Telephone Co.turned down the cry
of the locality for modern talk
ing facilities, after which an ap
peal was made to the Zenitl
Telephone Company. with the re
suit that the extension was mad
in the fall of 1912, practically
every member of the club, a
well as others, taking service
Steady expansion and improve
ment have reduced parties on on
line from sixteen to eight. TIL
service costs $3.50 a quarter.
Forty or more years ago, {
little old red schoolhouse wa
erected at Germantown Anon,
the teachers were Misses Fam.
Calverly, Meining and Flynn, tn
latter being a sister Of Capt. Coz
Flynn. Since then, the Wash
ington school, a square, white
frame structure, has been tn
place for teaching "the youn;
idea how to shoot. -
At a special meeting last Apr
the voters Of district No. 6, at
special meeting, voted bonds i
the sum of $4,000 for the erecticl
Of a new, two room building
nearby the old structure. Thi
will be Of frame construction, d
stone foundation, provided