The alarm of fire about 1:30 Monday
afternoon was from the City scales and
feed store, Maple and Franklin streets,
it was discovered before it had much
headway and the Are department was
on hand in a marvelously short time.
The olfice and storage barn were burn
ed with some hay.* The fire caught in
the roof of Frank I. Crane's lumber
6heds adjoining aDd nothing but a
deluge of water saved a big loss. The
city scales are owned by Mose E. Bur
ton. Loss about $500. Insured. Mr
Crane's loss will amount to f400 or $500.
Everybody was glad we had a first class
tire department.
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The Austin Weed Exterminator.
T.
A.
Revord has returned from Ro­
chester yrhere a trial of the Quack
Grass Machine was given. The County
Commissioners were there and all of
them were highly pleased with the
work of the machine. They immediate
ly paid for it and voluntarily said they
would like to have the Company give
each and all of them as references to
the tine work the machine did.
Mr. Forest Henry of Dover, Minn.,
State Farmers' lustitute Lecturer, via?
there and commended the excellent
work of the machine. Delegations
from a number of towns were there.
About twelve or fifteen droVe over
from Kasson. Mr. Revord placed
agencies and sold machines in Kasson,
Owatonna and Rochester.
One of the Company's men is now in
Wisconsin setting up a machine and
on Monday goes to Iowa to set up an-,
other. It certainly looks as if this is go
ing to be one of our coming industries.
Evergreens at Half Price.
After May 1st until sold, we will of
fer a choice block of Norway Spruce.
