PROHIBS IN LINE. They Elect Delegates to the State Convention. Alternates - …, Rufus Morton, … (The Saint Paul Daily Globe, Saturday Morning, May 14, 1892, Volume XIV, Number 135, Page 3)
Ernest Sellhorn, R. P. Morton, H. H. and H. M. Farnham were in Minneapolis attending a convention of the Northwestern Clay Brick association on Tuesday and Wednesday. (The Princeton Union, Thursday, May 21, 1908, Volume XXXII, Number 22, Page 5)
Rufus P. Morton of Brickton was one of the lucky candidates, having been elected justice. It would be an honor to any couple to be married by Justice Morton. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, March 18, 1909, Volume XXXIII, Number 12, Page 8)
Owing to having taken up his residence in this village Hon. Rufus P. Morton has resigned the postmastership at Brickton. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, May 25, 1911, Volume XXXV, Number 22, Page 6)
Hon. Rufus P. Morton has opened an office in the Townsend building on First street, where he will attend to his brick and silo business. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, April 18, 1912, Volume XXXVI, Number 17, Page 5)
MORTON, RUFUS P., b. in Nova Scotia, 1862; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Minneapolis; removed to Brickton, Mille Lacs county, 1901, engaging in manufacture of brick; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.] (Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Volume XIV, Minnesota Biographies 1655-1912, Warren Upham and Rose Barteau, Published by the Society, St. Paul, June 1912, Page 528)
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Morton have gone to Larimore, N. D., where the former will engage in potato raising this season. Clarence Young and Chas. Pinz will operate the Morton brickyard under contract – at so much per thousand brick manufactured – during the summer. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, May 1, 1913, Volume XXXVII, Number 19, Page 5)
Rufus P. Morton has returned from Larimore, N. D., near where he raised Triumph potatoes this year, planting 100 acres to this variety. The potatoes planted early, he says, yielded 140 bushels to the acre, but the later ones scarcely came up to an average yield. Insufficient rain – the season was very dry – he gives as the reason for a light late crop. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, November 6, 1913, Volume XXXVII, Number 46, Page 1)
Mrs. Rufus P. Morton. Mrs. Rufus P. Morton answered the final summons last Friday, March 19, at noon. Her health had been failing for several years, and she had been confined to the house the entire winter. Bright’s disease was the cause of death. Everything known to medical science was resorted to in an effort to effect a cure but to no avail, and the end came as a relief to her sufferings.
Funeral services were conducted at the family residence last Monday by Rev. Samuel Johnson of the Congregational church, and numerous sorrowing relatives and friends were in attendance. The floral tributes were exceptionally beautiful and numerous – various societies besides personal friends and relatives having contributed flowers. Interment was in Oak knoll cemetery. Among those who attended the final services were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morton and son, Harold, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Morton, Mrs. J. R. Farnham, Wm. Campbell and H. H. Farnham of Minneapolis, and A. T. Morton of Brainerd.
Deceased, whose maiden name was Belle Wyman Ford, was born at Milton, Nova Scotia, Canada, December 8, 1862. She grew to womanhood at that place and was there united in marriage to Mr. Morton January 19, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Morton came to Minneapolis directly thereafter, and resided at that place until the year of 1901 when they moved to this county where they had since made their home. Mr. Morton operated a brick yard at Brickton in the county until about four years ago, and since that time Mr. and Mrs. Morton had resided in Princeton.
Mrs. Morton was a kindly and charitable lady who endeared herself to all who formed her acquaintance. She was ever patient and cheerful, even during her last illness, and bore her sufferings in the true Christian spirit. While she has passed from earthly scenes she still lives in the memory of her friends who will carry kindly recollections of her in the years to come. (The Princeton Union, Thursday, March 25, 1915, Volume XXXIX, Number 14, Page 1)
Rufus P. Morton, manager and secretary of the Rural Telephone Co., appeared before the commissioners and submitted a proposition to have three additional telephones installed in the court house. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, May 18, 1916, Volume XL, Number 22, Page 1)
R. P. Morton has gone to Nova Scotia to visit his old home and at the same time get away from the frigid Minnesota winter. Nova Scotia has a warm climate in comparison with that of Minnesota. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, December 18, 1919, Volume 43, Number 52, Page 7)
General Discussion [from 35th Annual Convention of the National Brick Manufacturers’ Association in New York, February 1 to 4, 1921]. Rufus P. Morton, Princeton, Minn.: We are not quite so far west as Mr. Oudin. We usually say we are in the west, not the northwest. Minnesota does not loom as large in clay products as many of the other states. I consider myself a rather small manufacturer, as I only have a small plant about fifty miles from the Twin Cities. The brick business with us at present is rather quiet, but I anticipate a fair business the coming season. Of course, I could go into details as to the resources of our great state, the “Bread and Butter state, and I guess we lead in those products. All I wish to say is that personally, and the same is true with the brick men with whom I have consulted, I anticipate a fair business this coming season. There is not a great deal of large work in prospect, but there are a good many small ones, such as school houses. I never have seen so many school houses prospected in any year as at present in Minnesota. I think brick manufacturers will have better business, more like pre-war times, though possibly not quite as brisk. With me, 1920 was not a very good year. (The Clay Worker, T. A. Randall & Co. Publishers, Indianapolis, IN, Volume 76, Number 1, July 1921, Page 75)
R. P. Morton Files for Legislature. Rufus P. Morton has filed as a representative from this legislative district. Mr. Morton served one session in the house in 1911. (The Princeton Union, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, Thursday, February 23, 1922, Volume 46, Number 9, Page 1)