The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1893-01-12
BELVlEW AND IT'S BORDER.

Zl-OC. OTEN ~. hOLEN.
BELvlEw AND IT'S BORDER
The village election for the purpose
of electing officers to assume control
of our newly Incorporated village, will
be held next Monday, Jan. 16, between
10 and four o'clock. That a good,
economical set of officers FROM the
business men of the village will be
chosen, every one is willing to concede,
and the list will probably be made up
as follows, when the ballots are count
ed:
President. .........J. M.iThompson
Councilmen. oh. Mogen, G.. Port
ratz, S. 0. Kolen.
Village Recorder. 80. John Evans
Treasurer. ...............M M. Listrud
Justices of Peace. {. . 40. Gimmestad
H. T. Helgeson
Marshal. A. F. Ellies
Every one knows Jesse Thompson
as young, energetic business man
who has an interest in the village, and
who will be as active as any one in
seeing that the village progresses in q
manner commensurate with the
growth of the surrounding country.
He has excellent knowledge of the
duties incumbent upon the Office of
President and will administer them
fairly and impartially.
Messrs. o. H. Mogen, G.. Portrait
and Stem. o. Kolen are three business
men who will work in harmony with
the probable President in seeing that
the affairs of the village are properly
administered from a business stand
point. They each have good business
faculties and will display them as
trustees of the people.
John Evans is our popular station
agent, an expert accountant and a
penman as perfect as Curtiss' best.
John will make as good recorder as
Martin Listrud will treasurer. Martin
will be as careful with fthe funds as
the comptroller of currency and will
probably be termed the swatch man
of the treasury"
A. 0. Gimmestad and H. T. Hedge
son as justices of the peace will make
good officers of justice, balancing the
scales with equal rights to all. Mr..
Gimmestad has demonstrated his
abilities as justice, an Office which he
has filled to degree of perfection for
Kintire township.
Our popular harness man A. F. Ell
lies is the probable coming village
marshal. He is an active young man
and able to make any arrest called for
by the law. There appears to be no
candidate for the Office of constable
at the present time.
The first fire in the village was last
Friday when fire resulting from a
defective chimney in Frommes wagon
shop, burned hole six feet square in
the roof of that structure. 1t was
quickly extinguished with loss of
but $40.
L. M. Gimmestad returned to the
Lutheran seminary at Minneapolis
last Tuesday. Mr. Gimmestad is on
the sixth year of seven years. course
in the Lutheran colleges at DEBORAH
Iowa, and Minneapolis.
Frank wager has secured possession
of the harness shop of wager & Ellies
he having traded in 40 acres of land
for Mr.. Ellies' interest in the same.
Idella Thompson, daughter to Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Thompson, is danger.
ously i'll with typhoid fever
Halvor Helgeson left for St. Pau
on business last Tuesday.
Justice Gimmestad has filed % cas-
es since May l, 1892.
Jesse Thompson was in Redwood
Falls last Monday.
Ole Hanson was in Redwood Falls
last Sunday.
A. F. Ellies has moved into thu
village.
G. C. Enestvedt has been appoiote {
agent for the Interstate Grain Co. Al
this place.
NORTH REDWOOD