The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-08-06

VIM. G. M. Smith was a business;
visitor in Morgan Monday.
Miss Lois Campbell has gone to,
Bird Island for a weeks visit with
her cousin Mrs. Carrie Smith.
Ralph H. Shoemaker, recently Of
New York, arrived here for few
days visit with his parents Mr.. anu
Mrs. H. M. Shoemaker. From here
he will go to Sturgeon Bay, Wis. to
inspect the cherry crop for the BIZ
reau of Markets.
Mrs. NJ. H. Sandager in company
with Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Olsens
Casper and Oscar Olsen of Redwood
Falls, left on visit to Hipton, Wis
consin, on Thursday of last week
They expect to be away for some
time.-Belview Independent.
A letter from r. G. Hunter, form
erly manual training teacher here
i and for two years superintendent at
Gibbon, to the Standard states that
he is now located at Elkton, Mimi, 4
where he will have charge of the con-
solidated schools as superintendent
for the coming year.-Fairfax Stan
dard
Henry, the 17-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. VIM. Bedow, residing near
Sleepy Eye, and who is dwarf, has
signed contract with Robbins Bros
circus and has left to take up his
duties with the aggregation. The
show exhibited at Sleepy Eye short
time ago and it was at that time that
the lad was engaged.
A 100 acre farm with small I'M
provements located about ten miles
from Willmar, was sold for cash this
week at a price of about $40 per
acre. The owner was a nonresident
and the purchaser neighboring far
mer who fully. believes that the pre-
sent price of farm land has discount
ed all of the unfavorable factors. and
that land values may be expected to
soon stiffen materially.
The local County Agent is to have
an assistant soon, according to Frank
Brown, County Agent Leader of this
district, who was in town Tuesday
Since the tornado in June, County
Agent Kelehan has devoted practically
all of his time to the farmers in the
devasted area. This and regular
work have proven too heavy for one
man and so an assistant is to be sent
down to take care of the club work and
poultry culling work. He is expected
to arrive next week.-Marshall Mes
senger.
The discovery has been made that
several of the flax fields in the Cot
tonwood county are infested with
"dodder" a parasitic plant, which is
among the weeds being fought by the
weed inspectors of the state. 1t is
said that on at least one farm at least
half the crop will be lost. At other
places where "dodder" is found the
loss will not be so heavy. The seed,
is said to have been purchased at
local elevator and was shipped in
here two years ago from North Da-
kota, it is believed.
An automobile accident occurred at
the st. Paul's church corner yesterday
afternoon in which two Wabasso resi-
dents were injured. The Wabasso
party consisted Of Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Kretch, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Kretch and Roman Kretch. They were
on their way home from New Ulm,
where they attended the funeral Of
Mrs. Charles Forster that morning
and as they were about to pass the
church corner going south, they col
lided with light truck driven by A.
c. Keil, who was driving west. The
Kretch car was wrecked and the Keil
car only slightly damaged. Mrs. Nor
man Kretch was thrown from the car
and rendered unconscious. Albert
Kretch had his head bruised and re-
ceived cuts on his legs and arms
Springfield Advance.
LOST-Airdale dog, east of Indian