Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-04-16
HANCOCK
From the Record

| From the Record
Word received here by Mrs. Conroy
| yesterday in a phone message irony re-
| latives in Benson stated that a telegram
received by them stated that one of the
formerly best known of our old resi-
dents, James MCGOWAN, had died at the
home of his son, Frank, in Pennant,
Sask., Canada, on Wednesday of this
week. We have been unable to get any
| farther particulars as to the cause of
his death or as to whether the remains
will be sent here for interment or not.
1t will bring the keenest regret to the
many old friends of Jim" as he was
known to all here to learn of his death.
It Sure was Some Lemon
Last week George Leuty brought in
a lemon for our inspection that sure was
some lemon, weighing about three
pounds and measuring fifteen inches
around one way and bit over seventeen
the other. 1t had been sent him by his
| father, Will Leuty, who is spending the
winter in what is called the Imperial
| Valley of California and who has bought
a ranch there of some two hundred
acres. The land by the way in that
valley, rents for $50 to $50 an acre and
the renter furnishes his own improve
ments in the shape of any needed build
ings They, the renters, are all Japs or
of the Hindoos and they raise in the
first place lettuce and the like, which is
shipped to New York and other large
eastern cities, then cantaloupes and the
third crop is usually one of alfalfa or
a similar crop three crops being taken
off the same land each year. One in
stance is given where a Jap paid $65 an
acre for 40 acres and after paying ex-
penses had $4,000 clear or $500 an acre.
The Japs and Hindoos are not allowed
to own any land but are glad to rent
all they can get hold of and Mr.. Leuty
has his place rented for the year for
some $4,000, we believe is the correct
figure, and says that inside of five years
land in the Imperial Valley will be SELL
ing at $1,000 per acre and so he bought
while the buying was good. He will
likely be back here for the summer but
plans at present somewhat on making
his home in California permanently.
It was Some Meeting
If any one thought this town was dead
they ought to have been at the meeting
Tuesday night when the report of the
committee which the T. and G. Club sent
down to interview the State Highway
Commission in regard to running the ce-
ment road down on the north side of
the track from the railroad crossing and
through the village on Atlantic Avenue,
was delivered. The committee stated
that the State Commission was more
than anxious to do this but that they
had been persistently blocked by the
local board of county commissioners in
their effort to get a right of way on
the north side of the track and thus
avoid the danger of a grade crossing
and that they had been told that the
village of Hancock did not want the road
on the north side and so on. The mat
ter was discussed and cussed in all it's
aspects and the meeting arrived at no
conclusion excepting that there was a
niger in the fence somewhere and we
will be slightly surprised if the coon is
not smoked out in short order.
Work of Sneak Thief
Some sneak thief entered the home of
John Nelson last Wednesday evening or
night and stole from under the bed a
small tin box in which John has been
in habit of keeping papers of value
and at various times his spare cash