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Downthe Ozark■Wthe Countythe Razor Back Hog and the Big Red AppleA❖By J. J* LUTZ.* H.A❖❖Thinking an account of a the Ozrks of Southwest Mo.Northeasttriv tothemored people to settle among , and ss Rev. Mr. Cornahan tae pastor North 'of the Presbyterian church at Benton-Okla., yi||e informed me the colored peoplethem no trouble whatever. Somebe disposed to inquirewest Ark., andfalgat ue of interest to some of ,paveminers of the Tlmes-Enterprtse, one mightopportunity of giving *«*j whofanr or not this is a fre* countryinteresting regiontake thisImpressions of thisThe trip from Kansas City was ....------. - .over the Kansas City Southerni which - not take it into their heads to keep athe Kansas and:io,*and wonder whether the people o ^ RW and prairieRogers, Siloam Springs, etc, might, the line lt;follow iMissouriman out because he happened to be aor had a certain3ire in a general direction pass* j Jew or Norwegian or had a certain Inc over to Pittsburg, Kan. then back gbave of hair—From Rogers we wentbeen thar a heap of times tavern is on the west side of the old telegraph road built In an early day and running from Springfield, Mo.,to Smith. Ark. The natives called •'wire road”—Its direction toThe three great battles■f j of the Southwest, Wilson’s Creek, 011 - —*-*- Grove werefought along tne line of the old wire road. To the west of the tavern riseshigh wooded rocky hill, to the northThey greet a stranger with acordial feet to the east, south and JJ^st;“good mormn any timeFt.it thenearly south.evenin' after-dinner whom 1 was walking met a you a glady with a good evenin. looked at my watch and it was exactly 27 minutes past one p. m. A signrPBrta “Board andbetween | mountain side covered with treesig _her haze formedhave no time for the new theology, evolution or the higher criticism, rhc**ain FayettevillelodginTuesday morning I toott the trainat Fayetteville for Prairie Grove. Among the passengers were perhaps* host with decked in living green and bathed in• M !the soft September haze formed apicture not soon to be forgotten.Prairie Grove is a natural battlefield. The high ridge occupied by the Confederate forces, to the north of it a lovely tract of smooth, fertile land,beyond which was the Federal posi-broken by IllinoisThesouth has its pecular characteristicstne same as every section of our country and nothing in the foregoing letter is intended in any way to dis-south. I always haveAtt Arr Brc ❖❖❖credit the thought well of the south as my greatgrandmother was a Virginian.J. J. LUTZ.*❖vF■S*are heavyfUru * tarvi “***» ’ * ' j invwoods and deep hollows, toj25 Presbyterian ministers ana injtn lonlin Mo. Both cities are in a Hh 13 miIes to a small town called „'Sn. district 10»rfield-«He nearest point to the Peaat the town of Kidge battlefield—“three milesdeadtl'ie south was a broad scope of farm |men on their way to ! battle. Theins country partially covered witntimber at the time of the battle. Gen.tion, somewhatCreek and patches of timbervalley across which our troops charged was cleared land at the time of tneMARY HARRIMAN FARMERv*vv%*❖tend the Presbytery. The railroadlineOnr first stop wasCravette just across th#On account of the intensethe parched condition of • 1 • ;iV Vfr.r a time months’’I kir-pf'ItlOTl r. 11 b I 'I ‘111 . -' . i v,,inylt;i!inns Of thet'roueht ourT ( ! th‘Samuel R. Curtis who had commandin Ar- west and a right smart j 0f the Union forces had driven Gema;a native expressed itof Missouri and was en-c i\ r of\\i\* • :BueIV/»mWifa• uther. ft e rlt;t agreeablet o v ii t a,„ ,,..... who as a ladyears was a pupil o:j t1 i;i Kansas 2”. e arsu y had grown in the nu ar\ man of * feet 54 inclm,v.d heavy in proportion.■•s?ful fruit -rov.-H Mil ? I ^which was fought on the 7th Sugar Creek some threefollows a very fertile valley enclosedheavily woodedot Prairie ion either side by mountains. The townnumberingateye can take in almost the‘entire field with one j^ep a'^ | she \s the Greatest Woman Agricul❖A.Vturist in the United States, P^r-Grove now was not in existenceor four miles south of the old tavern, ] the battle. Dec. 9, 1862.The Confed-to itand 8th of March 1862 really began ^ ^ ^ ^ _------- _----------at Bentonvllle 13 miles south oi Pea price In command of the Mis- erate position was on a woodedRidge. This extr* ne point was held ^ Gen McCulloch in command I or gr0ve while on each side sloped iclt; n. Sigel and the people delight Arkansas troops and Gen. Al-10ff stretches of prairie land, hence the , ^ ^ ,in telli ig how Gen Sigel was plke ,n * -from his hr*haps in the World.bvcommand of the In-A, , ■ . . . _. _ . .. . . %nave Prairie Grovethis as well as the land at Peak Ridge should be bought and laid out for a1200 people military park, like Gettysburg. V cks-rh tim * of' burg and Chicamaugua. The daught-v ters of the Confederacy have alreadypurchased ten acres on the timbered, ,idge near town where frequent. re- effectetl for the management loped vtag ^ ^ No better soil isthe state than that around*21*Under an arrangementn,e ridge nms *pr™rte Cmve and us one expressednow beingot theE H. Harriman estate, Miss Mary Harriman, the dead magnate’s eldesttheIa■ ,almost due east and west, the ton- j people earned a living ^easierfederate line facing north, ettevllle road passes diagonally oyer junmarried child, will become ti iw .. greatest woman farmer in the Unitedthe fact that 400 car loads of apples ' 'States if not in the world. She nowshipped from this place in one vjr^ua|jy has control of Arden farm,❖the battlefield and the only budding, t^at it Js a great fruit j consisting ot 26,000 acres.. A ______ *. •, ♦ «» bTV a , ,»on the south side of tne ridge at_th!y{Sowing countryI litr*- .I!t ha tf c rttini.- * t. .1c *«* If 1 ’\h(ft?. i n VThisore ird -t i a\ • ’'i (\ v bc c ii pBid torhe hadfn■ roakfast had airtf \ v t*b rs t )Ct ore and i ba«if he had paidMcCulloch and Pika attacked the northwest near Sugar Creek tnutime of the battle was the lir’e ™*j^aniling factories rie Grove church standing n«ar the s _ uotatoea, 1The town has two whereClose by Arden her father quietly tomatoes,{a uired ‘before his death otherVberries and al5l*‘es! tracts, amounting to $i9,000 acres.* •1d t■«aaiihvi not tThe hotel keeper eaiiihtT h ii t square.Idtious hotel ke howevlt; r descerod1 found an unpreter.-it l y a Mr. Herod, who aimed any blood rola the Great. Mr. Herodvisitors tofoot of the slope near the Fa) ette- canned. They shipped out in 0D® j There are now under actual cultiva-avmg a gap ot three miles between ; vine road. It was used as a hospital. 70,000 pounds of evaporated tJon at Arden approximately 3,000Confederate army. The old church was burned m war * and th(? pianf is engaged In that ■ acres jbe bulk of the huge farm istimes and another little white ch^c‘1: business now: they pay from 25 to 35, wajBte laI,d. These acres are heavily occupies the same site uGen cents a bushel for culls as they and contain several lakes ofthe commander of the Conte J ^ sImk^a from the tree.! marked natural beauty. This willestablished his head is resorted to three,.. e Hss Mary Harriman at Arden*VWUI^S OI .pveniive ofthe firstothermanorateforceswA.I *il ISV'*4 * *ra ia no! hVit!d- where n*■ her anlt;l $], 'otstiici -so we mad* to a I it tb tv,.* n ost historiibarleids in Northwest I;.?. . ..mi Prau-ie GroveFriscoArkansas4 *4- -o'tion to r 1not on 1 fed the hungrythe old battlefield but he officiated as pastor of the Baptist church in the vil-He also informs me that he hadin all forty-five terms of The drive to the battlefield the heavily wooded flint of the long drought1 a g e taucinday foundElkhorn tavern in the possession ofthe Confederates and that wing of theUnion army defeated; on the hand McCulloch’s army was badly beaten and its Commanders McCui loch and McIntosh killed and 1 ik» and his Indians in fierce retreat to wards Indian territorj. McCullochh army joined Price in the night and headquarters, the two wings ot Curtis, army were1 likewise united and attacked vizorvvDregitdbd1AU11I08S gpraving isouarten near a latgf spring in town, H aud the orchard* of 14,000 acres to carenow used by the farmer, for j« tour ^ ^ ^ ^ prmecl the ,❖•I-*!-*!4watering .torses.Shells fromUnion batteries on the other seven beyondthe ridge passedand primed;del“V! amount of culls will be greater t ; h^|good fruit. They also have a \I gar factorySt ItOO 1was over tne hills. In spiteu— *.»town ofCOR S1 u *iresand Siloamcalleduorthm id thatrlt;- ,Udcereac t Pen . ttrain at Graxetie Monday morning no-' 1 ' , i f*:.'4*' It is It I ^ne iniHu* * • 1 *,w town and a northttnetthd largely by north-people. Grave! toy - * ■Having be* .1 inform*umple w* re not allowed to,-Vn to stop over night innamed towns. 1 accostedth- port* r of th* train as h«* wasMandinu nu .h- Catform andctfully informed him tnatif that town. He said ink. ply whites would keepif they could. ‘ 1Poor 1lt; .idinu to th*1word “white ’ up-t.ie corn of great heightThe corn,1♦ V ? n] S * a : t *v; * 1tc^ Ut *^n?e\ n 'town.-colter^ lt;1^ e x ? 1«* o!ration.-1tnlt;battle countr;the above1wth* h**aAthi 1res*pi rie the poopHropA that -wait inu room ta*1for ;4 c‘H f-^pai 1 HrstBlatCRTtions—I wastokv n ?♦ T t!eii Ianu* ilik* F1, a;t itwo ivo^t ini pec T hr)histoustiaElkhorn. luiilibattle oi'ittle\\Ot‘ioo:■Th*n lt;11* h we -1 part 0* ta*• a.- a dmgyof whichcars are (Pow variety with aent off the smoking rar-fu . whi- h -non:*l-. ,1 I*, fi; d that-.- South* rn«nsientonvill** th*towns; f ft t f*■ a!k^ wen i ar.d large circumference.seemed to crow amoitg the flint rocks without a visible sign of soil to nonrisa it and my driver, Mr. Blankett informed me that it would be impossible to find a spoonful of dirt and yet 40 bushels to the acre was an average crop. Peas with a long, thin pod werelargely cultivated—hence the name Pea Ridge. The first object of tercst on the old battlefield was old Elkhorn tavern. Tne Confederateseak ot it as tn*The original tavern wassome time in the -T's and was In Mr. Cox, now dead. The i~ surmounted by a pair of (hence the name.—'1 ne j around which the, burned in war therone which was erected site in an exact counter-part of the original structure. Two uio ston*1 chimneys are on the gable ends. The rooms at thefi ?vplalt; 1•■m t.tc* * ntire i»■ nu!Iilt;ously tuethem from the field about ten oioek. j most!y Kansas troops, lield an ad ( Van Dorn's army retreated thru nr* • vanee*l position in tne mountains at j L roken, heavily wooded region to * be | Cane Hill some eight miles southwest;Altogether she will have super-^aQ vision of a farm of 33,000 acres.*ne'' Already she has taken hold of thef task with characteristic Harriman en-. Walking along the Fayetteville | orgy and skilj. She is greeting per-A trief outline ot this bloody fight { met a farmer* returning from soually the unfinished work ot road-James G. Bhuit, j f hig Wagon. with him were j making, the terracing of hills, land-SM’ two women, one of them had in her!acape gardening, etc,, just as had mouth a little stick rot much larger; been planned by herself and father than a match; this as I was informed j jcintly. In a smart trap drawnstick that some of tne native [bigh-stepping cob, she daily dmW*‘'•:*❖1❖Vis as follows: Genmorning of the 7th driving 1 Conimaading the army of the Frontiet»1vbv a-w*was aeastward. The wagons containing: o{ prairie Grove. Gen. Hindraaa d5' I ,i-on ‘and ' women, ’mostly the latter.) ^ the* farm, giving instruction inthe tents, cooking utensils ard ra^^ jtermined to cut him off by getting in *ige tQ di gnuff The next evening I detail to the foremen of nearly 400 4^had fallen back in another dimsrear. Gen Herron stationed atmen suffered groat gmt io n srection so th* ------ KJ,hardships in their retreat. Jd^RandGretrn *f Prairie Grove, a captain in danger hurried to his relief making a the 34th Ark. informed me that the.j forced march of 110 miles in a little men had exhausted their supplyand the second dav ofT saw a woman in the depot at feiloam now at work,ingfield, Mo., with Indiana, Iowa with the little stick: in her | The Arden Farms Dairy company, itIllinois troops aware of Blunt's moulh anJ a jitlie before at the town | corporation with a capitalization ofof Westvilie, Okla. I noticed a w°- j $HM),000, has her special care. UHaman in a restaurant smoking a long- J noW a paving concern, and it is Missvubsisted of a thru whichof more than three days, arriving the j gtemnied «ipe. But in general I did | Harriman’s desire to increase its divi-The ■ morniJg of the battle. Gen. Hindman t‘ gce tbat the use of tobacco was i^dends for the coming year. The dairy*:*sparsely settled j took position on the ridge to contest ethey retreated, jjerron’s advance. Herron openedcommon in the south than j product3 are derived from 350 regis-in the north. A large part ot Arkan-principally on parched corn. Great ; with his batteries on the south side of “a.;'jacluding the counties of Wash-camp fires kept them from freezing.distance southwest of theIlllnoneratkepttavern Elk's horn original structurei attie raged wa,-times The on the sameA short _tavern and at the foot ot the mom- ate battery at the Borden house. Thetam two monuments have been erec* [confederate infantry supports ralliedto the defense of the battery and re-nof tined. The Confederate monmnect is «white marble shaft erected in memorymen and officers who tell Upon the east face is the following “To the brave Confederatedead who fell on the field, M ircn 68 th, 186*2Slack of Missouri;Is Creek, soon followed by a dea* . and Benton which I visited aree charge, capturing a Confeder-; wi“hout .iaia0n8 and drunken menwere not seen.Leaving Prairie Grove Wednesday to I morning, Sept. 14th I went as far west cn the Frisco train as Tahlequah,Thlekufth was the old Chero-* *captured it. Blunt being obliged make a wide detour did not arrive 011the field till about 4 p. m. when he at-,Oka. ------ . d bricktacked the Confederate left. The kee capital and the r , battle was fiercely contested neither building which h* i^ .d ■• diNorth face “Gen. Wiii. 5.; glde gaining any decided advantage., cil house and ^sfeek stalwart,west face *‘Gtn. iv,r|n„ tiiP nioht Gen. Hindman re-* I shared a seat wi,. * „tered cows. The butter is sold e\e* day in bulk in New York city undercontracts.On the 3,000 acres row under cultivation a variety of crops are raised. The principal ones are corn,wheat and rye. Considerableoat,s, truck•:*gardening is done, too, onions beinga specialty of this branch of the Ar-*said to»»th* m to first *1,1 e *ntire nccupafits are people Scott, Grand moth* r • iahty informed mefetched fromend havingapd balcony The present ,v the name ofScott almost; h a t she “ w a s Tennessee when asouth factArkansas.'During the nlfetreated across the Boston Mountains youngBen McCulloch of Texas:“Gen James McIntosh of Arkansas. thus leaving the Union army in pos-s Glory.Henninger who lives 011 the session 01 the field.inCherokee by the name of Bill The train followed for milesden farm productions. It is be Miss Harriman’s intention to bringt least another 1,090 acres at Ardenunder cultivation t.iis yeai. .... Miss Harriman from early girlhood•:**•HJias been extremely fond of countryKrto ncvai’ rarftd nartiCUlEr*Barren ForU and Indian eaMna aHp-„re. Sheh.nem*- ^ lnfour hundred, she*»\ Dr. Henninger wno m** *** sessum ui *«,« ntr.u. , gettlers were frequent- jy forfield walked with me to a knot m { wftg very fortUnate in finding a ‘ h(? valley but the country (t;,e circle of theof his house upon which a very competeut guide to go over tiie } most part was covered with bas preferred to devote herse obattlefield with me and explain the heavy gr0wth of oak timber and un-1 m0re serious careera n d 1 h *;n til*1Hew clt;dlittle girl and wh*n formed her that he Baker's she rediedMr. Blansett in-had seen her at that she “haufrontUnion battery was postednear its summit where Gen. fell while leading his men. HepotSlackFor several-i-various positions and movements and i de“b“agb° The Cberokees occupiedvearsshe has actively participated in*points of interest in the person ot Mr. I small cabins chinked with the resettlement work in Oe city.lived at Chilllcothe in the nortnern xv D Rodgers, whose father’s farm part ot Missouri before the war. covered a good part of the battlefield. ™* *................The other monument was erected 1 had read in “Battle Corners a very to the blue and grey and contains the : interesting account of a visit to therith mud and stick chimneys on : her most notable charitiesthe gable and outside. There wereAmong is the111 1 ill V/ O v ~steamship ln the East river tor con-tnamed of Gens, Curtis and Van Dorn j old fieldsome large frame dwellings with huge, sumptives. ^ ^ ^ ,g # rea)lystone chimneys. The principal cropsby Noble Prentis, a newspa-, 8maJi fieius of corn, cotton and j beautiful young woman. Her conv-frotn Kansas. Mr. Prentis ^ rt Tbe Porn fodder was burned piexton glows with robust healthy^He^MR. FARMER:—commanders of the army ot tneIt also hears the wordsThe shaft i-s«»Get in the game and seeGREENE BROS.in**Southwest.“A reunited soldiery.. urmounted by a figure, the angel of peace bearing in the right hand anThe monument is theper mantells how Mr. Rodgers, popularly known in the neighborhood as Uncle Bill mounted his white mule and rode over the field with him. It being difficult to cross the many fences withhe drought tut the stalks accomplishments are many. ®he. !“ ae aroubui ,,, musician and a linguist. It istonaceohad ^ome1 pretty fair sized ears ca , both a musician ,earned ,0 conThe cotton crop was light. \Vv j said that ^ ^ ^ (}K Vpnrfvabout aGasoline Engine. Cream Separator, Ma-olive branch.work of a local sculptor, a man from horses we made tne trip as infantry-Washburn, Ark., and of no great ar- j men. The first point of interest wasfew double log cabins and in verse in Japan®Se. ”^ be 2o t the cabins no windows were 0id, but does not look to be 2U.seen attistis merit.nure Spreader or Litter Carrier.A heaw rain coming up manyof interest were left unvisited ; Mr. Rodgers asWe install Pneumatic Water Pressure SystemsHot Water, Steam and Hot Air Heating Plants-A full line of piping at reasonable prices1 the old Rodger’s home built in I*101 .(early thirties and of log construction. Jewell as his fathergret was that our visit had j were South Carolinians. The house “ferred till frosts had come 1 stood on tne nort.i slope of the field, persimmons which loaded ' and slightly in advance of the left or.....*-'west wing of the Confederate posi-GREENE BROS.525 South Broadway.Tri-State Phone 291-J.N. W. Phone 291pointsand one r*not been deferred till frostto ripen the- .the trees in this part of the historicfield. Making our way to th* tavern (where we looked at the pile of cannon 1 balls, rifle shells, bomb shells, grape : and canister that had been picked up on the field and supplying ourselveswith a few relics we took shelter inthe tavern from the storm. A terrific (of light-tion. The battle beginning at the east end of the ridge; the people living in the houses on the ridge, some 18 in number made their way to the Rodgers home where they took refuge in the cellar. The house was out ot danger in the early part of the day so the people enjoyed watching th** artli-them.saw a some otvisible. Many Indians were the small stations along *be ronte-ail the way from full bloodCherokees to those of !* %• T16,1 and even l-64tli Chorokpc, the!;;;,-er oouW not be distinguished tron,the whites. Quite a number of the i Cherokees have advertised tneir prop-.for sale in the Muskogee jFollowing are some ofGeorgeShe is 25 yearsGood camping privilegesAhunters-can be had of H. F. Haynes.from the narrows1180 6tshort distanceat Geneva Lake.9 9crty“Phoenixthe names: Nancy BigkniteWashington, Robert Bushyhead, Mattie England, Dorcas Muskrat, Jennie Birdchoppcr, Mose Squirrel am Henry Rattlegourd.Land Is selling from $10 to $40 peracre. One little Cherokee girl just received an allotment worth $56,000 byFOR RESULTSTRYOURColumnssi not'rd.; .s ss- r r.°r;w3.«t?,.™y......-.....her of artilery among those hills and ley but about 4 p. m. Bluntarmy f mlneral on her land.Mlowa 47 years ago. To ^ - ZZTZl ToJelZT* He.urnlug .0 Weatv.lle nJtion to the grandmother of eighty as ami cnaigeu iueO t’.H. effect of .he lightning amor.g: left nlt;*r the house so the10 hits I people nurried to thebullets struck the old log houseWe then follovv-thewe• •trieso wooded hills she replied powerful 1 ad/’ 1 had a desire to viewlhP Held froa, the mountain .uatmlt Hne of battleOldbut was informed that it w*as a smart leetle step up thar.”—to the mounting.” The effect of the cannonading is seen in a section of an oak tree more than two feet in diameter in the center of which a cannon ball was imbedded.After night fall I took the Frisco train for Fayetteville where 1 spentthe night. Fayetteville is the most important city in Northwest Ark., tht* county seat of Washington C o. and contains a population of eight thousand. Like old Rome it is built on seven or more hills with highct wooded hills encircling the town. Shade trees are abundant and the soil a bright red clay, softened into mud by the rain that fell Sept. 13th. Ihe i last rain ivas June 13th, just thtee months before. Upon one of the lovely wooded hills is the state university of Arkansas. The town was occupied bv our troops in war tines and an earthwork fort erected to protect thetown. One of our National Cemeteries is located here and contains 1282 Federal dead, gathered from the battlefield of Ark., Mo. and Ind.The Confederates alsoprompt in settlementSAFEMANAGEMENTCONSOLIDATEDFire K* Marine Insurance Co.“The Albert Lea CompanyftWritesInsurance Against Fire, Lightning, Cyclone and Windstorms.$350,000 Paid for Losses Since OrganizationHOME0FF,CE ............................ALBERT LEA, MINN.Johnson Brothers Manufacturing Co.SliCCtSSORSjTO SHARP MANUFACTURING COMANUFACTURERS OF THEalong the timber till we came to the Morton house near the center, now occupied by a Mr. Campbell who was Gen. Lee s body guard. This was a double log cabin and a cannon shot plowed thru from end to end. A little old wooden building used as a post office stood on the opposite side ot the road at the time of the battle, the door and weather-boarding pierced by numerous bullets from the Union lineneareastern border of Oklahomacellar ! boarded the Wednesday night train}on the Kansas City Soutnern andwere at Ellendale Friday morning.We noticed tut little of the time war spirit among the many ex-Confederates we met. With most otthem the war closed 44 years ago.The south is changing greatly. Few! old-time hogs of the razor back varle-! ty are seen. The farmers believe in! raising hogs more for weight than forspeed. We did however see one climb over an eight rail fence with remark-alile agility. Lob £*'“ are t0K *■«seen, but the most ot them were built ears ago. They contain the old stoneCapital- $100,000Surplus$50,000Of Albert Lea. Minnesota.(tatted State* Depoaitory• » t * *• *preflldeatC. B. Kellav Pr^ideatV. GtilhrandAitB ..A ‘ce-1 reni^eaiAlfred CT.rl.tophrr.44n . t n.hlet11. II. Clement ----A».t. £**K. A. Nel.on ......A*at. Caaa eDlHKCTORSCC. B. Kellar. V Oulbrnndson, F W. Barlow, a Strauss. Tbos. w.Wilson. Clans H. Flindt. ^ Godley, E. 11. Rich, C. w. ***** son. #* H. Griffin.8 attle to the urert on. the same ride | ■*fl“ — “ whlch tn(nort.ll of the Fayetteville road atoort ; “ “r \lmes were used exclusivelyVwx.^rx now oceunied b\ K. L. | CQok}ng but now nearly everybodyanother house now occupied by Cummings who fought in the battle as a private io the 34th Ark. and later had his left hand shot off at the battle of Poistn Springs, Ark.The next place of interest visitedwas the Borden house on the Confederate right now known as the Hall'Tina n \NK Solicit* business !„ « grant as nb.ral t.rra.are consistent with safe andasfire places beingasuses stoves; the used only for heating purposes they seem to enjoy the crackle of thefiie in the old-fashioned fire place.All the wagons have locks as this is a hilly country; many farmers come toin canvas covered wagonsconservative bankingpien.nnt Office Room* »•!*-ty Depo.lt Bote* for Reat.ui m v » non fnwn ill canvas cutcicu ”house. The old building was burned (|nwn by a |(alr 0( muU.s. The great-T^Ionarcli and ClipperCo., MinneSTEEL WINDMILLS, TOWERS and TANKSContractors for Structural Steel and Machine Wcrk. Fxpert Consultation on Mechanical or ElectricalProblems.*rri-Slate Phone 625-REstimates Cheerfully Furnished.--------- 309 West Mam StreetALBERT LEATerritory.have a cemetery.People from Freeborn .«ota occasionally stray into the townand are allowed to stay. In a con versation with a real estate agent formerly from Ohio I was informedthat a Freeborn Co. man. Samuel M.Bigsley of Gordonsville had recentlybeen there to trade his town properly for an 80 acre fruit farm 20 miles southeast on the St. Paul branch ofWhite River.The Southerners are noted lor then hospitality and sociability and usually greet one another wlta howdy .at the time of the battle this house the 19th Iowa, 20th W is. and 94th 111. charged up the high, steep hillside and captured BlochersConfederate battery in the orchaul back of the house. The supports of the battery recaptured it and drove the Federals down the hill, fwo otu-er desperate charges were made on this position, Lt. Col. McFarland ofthe 19th Iowa being shot from his horse mortally wounded. Mr. Rodget* from this elevation pointed out th*position of the Union batteries an* ot.ier points of interest. A fine oi-cbard of Ben Davis apples had beenplanted since the war on this toe hillside and Mr. Rodgers k ndlyplucked some fine specimens whichThe view from thiswe metnounce“Ten”e-r part of the old settlers moved from Tennesy as they pro-it with the accent on the The old-fashioned split-bot-chairs are seen in stores and hotels, I aeon, corn, bread and biscuit are on nearly every table in spite ot the warm climate. The schools are ‘‘keptin the warm summer months—usuallyThe schools are\V. W. Cargill Co.beginning in July, well attended and race suicide is notgoing on in the south. Nearly every school district has its Sunday schomas they callThe tie-brought north, point was magnificent. The mountainsrose to the height of several hundredand *-‘chureh houses them are quite numerous nominations holding the sway are theChristian, Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian. A Unitarian would be considered something strange in that country and his views would meetwith no hospitality whatever. TheyDenier* »n Aathraelte m»4 »*-tninlnona Coal. Also headquarters for Coke that is especially adapted for domestic use. not soil curtains, hands or floors. No smoke, gas, soot or clinkers.WillPhase SI*.1IC. Sorenson, Agt.«ii
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