Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-03-31
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| BOWluS Advance, March (24):-Falr-
banks, Alaska, is a long ways from
Bowlus, MIMI, and it is mostly north
at that. It is so far north that the
sun has just commenced rising up
there this spring. Such a country
would not be considered wheat coun-
try among farmers here, but Anton
Viechorek is showing two samples Of
wheat he has just received sfrom the
agricultural station at that place, and
the superintendent Of the station
writes that the farmers around Fair
banks raised about 5000 bushels Of
wheat last year.
One of the samples is Of Chogot
wheat, which somewhat resembles our
local blue stem. The other is called
the Romanow and is also a spring
wheat. It is plump, light-colored
grain somewhat like our west coast
wheat.
Mr.. Viechorek will plant both sam
pies with the intention Of testing the
quality and yield in this latitude.
This side Of the Mississippi river is
going to have real road to the county
seat when State Aid Highway No. 5
is built. No better stretch of perma-
nent gravelled clay road will be found
| anywhere in the state than the four
teen miles of straight road from the
county line, past Bowlus to Little
Falls will be when finished, according
to the plans already made.
The portions to be built this year
include the construction of new
bridge and approaches on Swan River,
of orl <ha C19ror on1
travelling from Bowlus south to the
county line. This disposes of the
most expensive portions Of the work
and the balance can be easily finished
next year.
The contract for the work of grad
ing the stretch south to the county
line will be let at the court house On
April 4th next. The plans call for a
roadway "a feet wide, with deep and
wide side bitches in the cuts and with
guard rails along the entertainments.
At no place will the grades exceed 5
per cent, Is feet in 1907. The whole
distance is to be gravelled at once.
Joseph Brodkorb died last Saturday
afternoon at lilo O'Clock. He had
been ailing for some time and his
death was not unexpected. The funer-
al was held Monday morning at the
local -church, where Father Janski con-
Quoted the services. The body was
taken to North Prairie for burial. 9th
er members of the family have been
buried there before.
Mr.. Brodkorb was born in Oppeln,
in March, lS4S. He married there and
brought his family to this place IN
1871. He lived on a farm south Of
here until in September, 1915, when he
moved to Bowlus and made his home
J with Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Yarka.
| -Four sons are living: John, Joseph
Frank and Paul.
Martin Bros returned home Tuesday
after having been away for 80 years.
He has served two years in the U. S.
Marines and has seen lot of the
world in that time.
Mrs. R. E. Golden was taken to the
hospital in St. Cloud Wednesday morn
ing. She was operated on at once for
appendicitis and at last reports was
doing nicely.
Miss Frida Stang, sister of Mrs. M.
E. Larsen and a professional nurse,
writes that she is employed with the
family of DR.. Egil Boeckmann, the SON.
in-law of J. j. Hill, and that they
spent the cold season in Florida and
are now at the Plaza hotel in New
York, where rooms are $12 per day and
meals from $500. up.