The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-04-12

from business trip to st. Paul and
Minneapolis on Saturday last.
! Fred. Banker has returned from
his winters sojourn in California,
and is now attending to routine
duties on the Banker farm.
K. E. .Glassco has secured q
position with the Edwards Self
Feeder Co: of Newton, Iowa, as q
travelling salesman for that piece Of
machinery during the coming sum,
mer. He will be under the super
vision of w. H. Allen Of Granite
Falls, who has charge of all Mime
sofa territory.
A deed was placed on record last
Wednesday whereby the First Ma.
tional Bank of St. Paul, for and in
consideration of 81, 800, assigned a
certificate to Phoebe M. Fuller for
the southeast quarter of section "a,
Delhi township, the same being the
tract from which the Willard farm
has been managed in years past.
On Wednesday of last week
Treasurer Tenney turned over to
the sheriff the names and amounts
owing of 38 personal property tax
payers residing in Redwood county
who have failed to pay their taxes
for 1898. It is estimated that the
sheriff will not be able to collect
from more than one-half of the de-
linquents.
The assessors oft Redwood county
will meet with Auditor Tompkins
on the last Saturday Of this month
for the purpose of establishing a
basis for making assessments
throughout the county. This year
the assessment is merely on person
al property. The'assessors will al
so be given their books for the pur-
pose of commencing the work of the
1899 assessment.
In the last issue of this paper it
was stated that MesSrs. Beecher,
Weston and Mann of the North
western were making a trip over
the right-of- way of the new North
western extension through the cen
ter of this county. The statement
was in error, as Mr.. Weston was
attending to some creamery bust
ness for his road west of here and
Mr.. Beecher was attending tC
private matters.
Auditor Tompkins was in Morgan
on Wednesday and Thursday, and
while there he transferred his news
paper plant to Roy Whitman, a we'll
known Redwood Falls boy and
printer Mr.. Tompkins found il
almost impossible to edit the paper
and conduct the affairs of the au-
ditor' Office, and so disposed Of the
newspaper plant. Roy is among
the young newspaper men Of the
State and will undoubtedly rustic
to keep the Messenger up to the
standard
It is almost impossible to remem-
Der a time when the sidewalks in
the residence portion of the city
have been in a more impossible con
dition than they are at the present
time. The culverts being stopped
up, the water has gathered in the
cutters until it has overfowed the
walks, and in some places the over
flow extends for several rods. The
city council should see that the bad
places are repaired this summer
and thus prevent a similar oc.
curence next year.
At the meeting of the city council
last Tuesday evening a poll tax OF
50 was levied on all voters in Red
wood Falls, to be committed in work
at the rate of Is cents per hour.
The council received the petition OF
residents on Minnesota and Ninth
streets for the extension of the
water main service on Minnesota to
Ninth and on Ninth to Mill streets
but owing to the fact that the water
main extension fund is about de-
pleted the council decided not tC
take action until the residents WOULD
agree to take up the city warrants
drawing the usual rate of interest
! The committee on ways and means
was directed to purchase a docu
ment cabinet for the municipal
court.
| VIM. Pratt returned to Redwood
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