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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-04-18
WALNUT GROVE.

MIs. r r. 0Ou IcluIucu lIOu ~.
Paul Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. S. Gale were callers
in Walnut Saturday.
Mrs. J. B. Johnson and some friends
drove to Tracy Friday.
Mrs. D. Daley and Miss Lang
shopped in Tracy Wednesday, II
Mrs. Chas. Schmitz has gone to
visit her parents for few weeks.
Mrs. J. E. Doig and son, Gerald, Of
Tracy, spent Sunday with her parents.
Oscar Kempe has SO far recovered as
to be able to call on friends in Walnut
Saturday.
Miss NJ. Dotson of Sanborn attended
tiie> teachers meeting at Walnut
Grove Saturday.
Teachers meeting was held in Wal
nut Saturday, April II, and there was
large attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Anderson will oc-
cupy Ed. Schultz's new house as soon
as it is completed.
Chas. Schmitz has sold his hotel fur
niture to VIM. Wicks. Mr.. s. will re-
tire from hotel life.
Mrs. e. L. Weber came down from
Hamline Monday to assist in settling
up the affairs of her husband in this
section.
The Congregational Ladies Aid gave
a conundrum supper Saturday night.
The attendance was fair. Did not
learn the receipts.
A man is not only out of cents in his
pocket but in his head as well when he
goes on a drunk. Witness-the win
dow of front street.
Chas. johnson has purchased the
dray line and house of Chas.:: Schultz
and will improve the property by add
ing an ell to the house.
Mrs. w. Spornitz returned from Can
by Saturday. Two of her sisters, Miss
Olivia and Nina Unlee, accompanied
her and will remain for short visit.
The entertainment given by the La
dies Aid of the Nj. E. church last Fri
day evening, was success socially as
well as financially. They cleared
about $64.
Cures dizzy spells, tired feeling,
stomach, kidney and liver troubles.
Keeps you well all summer. Rocky
Mountain Tea taken this month. 81
cents. Hitchcock & Co.
A meeting of the Walnut Grove
Farmers Cooperative Creamery asso.
citation will be held in the Woodmeu
hall Saturday afternoon, April 81. All
interestedin the welfare of the above
are invited to attend.
Hon. James A. Larson was in Chi.
cago the past week attending the fun.
eral services over the remains of his
mother, Mrs. Mary Ellen Larson, wife
of Louis Larson of that city. Mrs.
Larson departed this life on April 9th
She was born in Norway, Aug. 2.l828
and was married to Louis Larson in
1854. Shortly after the marriage the
couple emigrated to Chicago, where
they have since resided, with the ex'
ception of seven years residence in
Red wood county. She was the moth
er of six children, four of whom are
dead. AT the time of her death Mrs
Larson was a member of the Hal
| House Ladies' club, assisting pool
working women and men to find EN-
ployment, and also an honOred mem
Der of the SD Illinois Veterans associ
alton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-04-18
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
I.ilCAS GOIrNsrY ~.

STATE OF ONO 10 c CITY OF ToIEbo' ,ss.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &
CO, doing business in the City of Toledo.
county and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of one hundred dollars
for each and every case of catarrh that can
not be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December. A. D.
1856. A. w. GLEASON.
isEAL.l Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Send for testimOni-
ais, free. F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists. IS cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best. Salt
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-04-18
For Sale.

I have for sale new 10 foot pump
ing wind mill and so foot wood tower
purchased before the great rise in ma
terial. e. o. MORGAN.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-02
The Sentinel has at last decided to accept
my advertisement. Whatever appears in
this space alone responsible.
e. M Slocomb, Cash Hardware.

tract he will enforce it. If they
have any beliefin his business judg>
ment, they know also that he will
not enter into litigation if he be>
lieves he holds an invalid contract
Sentiment or political enmity are
bad premises upon which to found
good business judgment.
Embroiling the city into litiga>
ton to pay political debts is very
bad policy. If the members Of the
council will reason with themselves
about this matter, get the judgment
of their attorney upon the validity
OF Mr.. Crosby's contract and if he
says the contract is bad, if they will
then go ahead, they will have done
what they could.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-02
END OF SAN JUAN HERMIT.
Father Shepard Passes Away ir
His Lonely Cabin Near Tel
Iuride at Ripe Age.

Telluride, Colo, April 90
While w. L. Mccall and Leslie
Latch were strolling over the
mountains above Cornet Falls
yesterday afternoon they were at
tracted to Father Shepard's cabin
by the peculiar actions of dog
which has been the only compan-
ion Of the old man for IL to IA
years. They found the old man
suffering with pneumonia and
apparently nearly dead. A doctor
was notified, who. on arriving at
the cabin. found the old hermit
breathing his last.
He was taken sick Monday
afternoon and had been in the
cabin alone ever since. He came
to Telluride in 1888 and had been
prospecting unsuccessfully in Cor
net basin to the time of his death.
He lived the life of hermit and
his place of abode just above Cor
net creek falls was favorite Wis
iting place for women and chill
dren. The remains were brought
to town and placed in the morgue
and have been today viewed by
throngs of old and young people.
Father Shepard was so years old
his wife having been dead for
more than 40 years He was
born near Cincinnati, o. He
was reticent concerning his early
life and nothing is known of him
prior to his crossing the plains in
1859. The body will be buried
here tomorrow. He was familiar
ly known as the San Juan hermit.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-02

The people of the city are desir-
ious OF knowing Mr.. Staley's legal
opinion on the validity Of the cons
tract between the city and David
X. Crosby. Mr.. Staley has had
much experience as lawyer, it
will not be hard for him to deter>
mine whether the contract Mr..
Crosby holds will, hguratively
speaking, hold water. The opinion
the taxpayers do not want is sens
timental opinion. Mr.. Stayley's re-
putation as a lawyer is such that he
will not give an opinion based on
sentiment. Contracts are the eas>
lest forms of law, it will not require
much thinking for Mr.. Staley to
render an opinion, and stop all this
halderash and speculation.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-02
Special Rates.

ST. Louis, Mo. and return May IA and
IS $3.50.
Washington D. G. and return May ls
and l6 $59.75.
Detroit Mich. and return May 20 and
21-5l0O.
Milwaukee Wis. and return June and
2.--45SO.
Cincinnati, Ohio and return July 6 10
and II. 4S5O.
For tickets and further information
call at Colorado Midland city ticket
Office. w. r. Peck, city agent.
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-02

BABfHOOD.
Sound it on trumpet.
So that all may come;
Get your sticks and thump it
On the biggest drum.
Have it piped the loudest
BY piper youth;
For we are the proudest-
Baby's cut tooth.
-Gazoot.
AZ soon Of Sapho struck Canon City
the weather got bad too.
There is man over in Denver
afflicted with political mumps.
Four local brass bands will escort
Sapho up from the depot on their
arrival here.
That troublesome sultan's purse is
probably in his wifes' skirt pockets and
he will pay up as soon as he can find it.
Man boldly asserts that he is woman's
superior and yet he dare not remove his
winter fiannels without his wife's con-
sent.
When a stranger goes to church and
someone does not pass him a hymn
book he gets mad, even though he does
not know a note from mortgage.
II they don't show US the real truth
about that Castlewood dam business
pretty soon we will send Grand juno
ton engineer over to investigate it.
They say now the damage done by the
IL bao ttvr at toHb
That's Uncle Sans "honor- preserving"
way of wiggling out OF the scrape, HAY?
Under the puise of "justice" they
litteraly arrested and fined man over
in Salt Lake the other day for pouring
forth torrents of abuse upon his mother
iu-law"
Prof. Monroe, Government Chemest
says oleo is not so bad. When the real
truth leaks out no doubt stringent laws
will have to be passed to keep farmers
from labelling their butter olsomar-
gine.
A Mr. Gait who conducts a creamery
at Sumpter, ILL.,, has sued Tor divorce
on the grounds that his wife persisted in
beating him with club. He should
have made the old Gait lick the
milk,
Some fuzzle-headed scientist has
figured out that the American people as
a nation are intellectually dsgenerating.
There is some satisfaction in the thought
that we will soon come to our "census"
again.
Fearlessly and without protest from
those who footed the Easter bills a
Colorado minister preached last Sunday
from the text "Easter has no Significance
unless it has lessons Of spiritual i'm
port"
A Chicago woman eloped with the
hired man and stole her husbands
clothes SO he could not tag after them.
She evidently realized the hopelessness
OF attempting to cover up her foot
prints.
Officer Gillespie arrested suspicious
looking stranger yesterday and on his
person was found gold watch. A
thorough investigation OF the case will
he made. - Salt Lake Herald. Better
investigate the works too.
yellow" journal tells OF little Z
year old girl in Alviso, Calf, whose
optical apparatus is so constructed that
she sees everything up side down. She
would make a good mistress for that
topsy turvy house at the Paris show.
Dispatches tell Of an ambitious Indi-
ana man who wore oolored sox and per-
sistently scratched his heel till blood
poisoning set in. He must have
thoroughly believed in the old saw
keeping everlastingly at it brings sue
aAs6
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-02
Mr.. CROSBY'S CONTRACT.

city council is COIIlpoScu Vi OuSiHSoS
men. All of them probably know
what it is to enter into contract,
both parties heing responsible. If
a business man sign contract for
the purchase of a carload of sugar
at stated price and he unfortunate
ly has bought on a rising market,
he must swallow the loss entailed
by falling market The conse-
ouence OF refusal to receive the
cargo of sugar would be the i'm
pairment of credit and law suit to
recover the whole amount of the
cost of the cargo.
The legal counselor Of the city,
Lorin A. Staley, knows if the
council has made binding con-
tract. He knows that the engineer
ing contract has the signature of
the mayor and city clerk and that
the motion to employ, almost unan>
imously passed, is part of the busi'
ness record of the city.
Does he, in view of these circum>
stances, advise the attempt to abro>
gate the contract? We do not know
that he does.
A resolution has been presented
to council to annul the contract
with d. r. Crosby and said resolu>
ton was written in legal language
and terms and our conclusion is
that the person who formulated
such resolution was lawyer. 1t
may and it may not have been Mr..
Staley.
The law, even to a layman is SO
uncommonly plain regarding the
nature of contracts that, few busi-
ness men secure legal advice in
drawing articles of agreement on
contract. Under tho circumstances
then Mr.. Staley should be asked,
as the servant of the city, to give
an unqualified opinion on the valid
ity of the contract. Resolutions
avail nothing. Everybody knows
that council has no power to inval-
idate contract previously made by
resolution. AS a mere business
proposition it will not avail even as
bluff.
The Sentinel has no particular
interest in Mr.. Crosby's contract.
AS far as its technical knowledge
goes upon the payment ofsuch ser>
vice as he is now performing, he
may be receiving TOO much or too
little for his work, The writer
does remember that Manager
Steinmetz testified in council that
six per cent was an average COM
pensation for such service, perhaps
Mr.. Steinmetz don't know. II it is
excessive it can be SO proved, if an
average payment such testimony
can be doubtless secured.
OF the technical part of the cons
tract we have no knowledge or at
least no more than the aldermen
knew when the contract was made.
The point we are endeavoring to
make is that the members OF coun-
Gil should know exactly where
they stand in this matter. If they
will put themselves in D. R.
Crosby's place with the contract he
possesses, they will better arrive at
a conclusion.
They know almost to certainty
that if Mr.. Crosby has 4 valid con-
The daily sentinel., 1900-05-02
Hotel Arrivals.
BRUNSWICK. .

The Brunswick-Julius Reiss, w. ].
Goodfellow, Chicago; w. l. Henderson,
euth; H. G. White. P. w. Clark, h.
e. Hinkley.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05

leaseholder would 50 Craze his land by
diminishing his stock, or changing Its
pasture as to permit recuperation Of the
forage, and from the point Of renewal
Of the virgin yigor of tho range he
would increase his stock. The result
would be. in few years, vast increase
of stock ON the ranges. and the profit
able permanence OF the stock business.
As you are going on now your herds
will soon disappear altogether. and your
business become extinct. Witness what
has happened in Wyoming and Mon
tana.
Fourteenth-"Has it not been the
general observation Of cattle growers
that fences have caused great destruc-
ton among cattle. during storms, by
their drifting until striking . fence
where they remain aud perish? Would
not this be a serious drawback to fenc-
ing leaseholdsp" That is for herdmen
to determine. Railroads learn by ex-
perience and observation where to put
snow sheds and snow fences, and sup
pose that stockmeu can rs easily deter
mine where openings should be left or
fences made removable to accommodate
the drifting Of their stock have not
heard 1t proposed to make fencing COM
pulsory.
The foregoing answers your qnes-
tions.. While they run to the practical
provisions Of leasing law, they sug-
gest In some instances detail that no
law can cover. except by limited fexi-
bility in administration.
The law of domestic relations applies
to husband and wife, parent and child,
master and servant but II does not
guarantee to all In those relations hap
piness and contentment. It merely un-
dertakes to arbitrate the relation equit-
ably when its composure Il broken.
A lease Law can arrest the destruction
Of the range and extinction Of the stock
business; can conserve the water sup
ply. return to the public land states rev
enue out Of the public domain. replenish
the school fund and aid n reclamation
bv irrigation for the benefit Of the fu-
turc SETTLER. It can make the present
occupants of the range snd abntting
owners supreme in its control and use
and allotment. by leaving tho operation
Of the law to their option. and 1t in no
wise interferss with ultimate cession Of
these protected and restored ranges to
the states. II the people Of tho United
States choose that policy. which I think
they will never do. Very truly.
JoAN r. lRIsH.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05

Mock moral crusades are prodtab'e-,
to some. New Workers caa only obtain
seats to see sapho by ordering them
four weeks in advance.
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05


How the Leasers would ~ 1t.
s.u 4, .rc,sco Antif 2i. MOO
pon W n o.,r rc.ser. co,o,Ao,
~. ..s,,r ~ ,r r.,.,nk ~ the
,nos,inas - ..s,.h vo, n-,.rns.d to ssk ma
db dn.ina .ha - - .a.,n. - tha .tccsuNen in
nanv.r = ,h,nr that the nroposition
in ,ha nroam n,a aud ra.olrt,nn .1hich 7
.nhn,,t,ad ~ NO com m;ttee - tte Ma.
t;nnaI TsasstooS .ssoc,ot,on and which
if adon,ad .n.wers or ohsolSt1e any
noss;h,s onno.,tion N tina la.stpr iolicy.
yonr o,est;on. ara .nn,icahla d the
nr,ct,c.I nrov;.,on. of = leasing law.
and the .ccantance ~ tha Law. being
m ado ont;onal to tbo.a n ~ afSseted by
If in cnnnt,ea rrbsrs conditto.s are ir.
reconci,ahIe with the provisiona Of the
law r. vill he inoperstive. and ti,s range
will remain free and lavless n now. l
beiisve hovevar that the objections
ernrsssed In yo,r uuestions can N be
mat and mastared in the lsw, w,snd 80,
with nv present light ON the subject I
traverse them.
First-"If a hons f,de settler mske a
homestead entry on q ieasea fso1e,ic ican'
not the ieasenofoef treeze nin w
resort 70 tne law ot trespassl ~ io,
MS riant OF entry pona nde on lseu
the tract tn reach his holding. This
riRht OF easement Will oe pfoloc III
the Dill. TOT u Is necessary 70 70. Sfi
cuiturai settier and the minerA pos
pector.
Second-"The homestead seeaef gun
In loasehold would nave no Por-
tunitv to lease aouttinR range. sust s'.
the homesteader DO non. .stock o~
His right 70 lease such area OF aoqss'hg
range As is needed for mis- rafm snl nals
OF necessity goes with MS riehe 70 ake
an agricultural entry. ana snes Two
should be projected toeetner. ms
agricultural entry Is NOT oons no put
a pretense enabilng . stock rane 10
enter the ieasehoid OF anotner'' tnes ue
presented is quite dlnerent, ana "a ta~
should protect the Ieaseholder aasnst
such INJURY You VIII oesefve ~ L
have divided your hrst Qucsssons s:to
TWO, and the numerical ofdor hg
changed, the next is &G
Third d-"What assurance can pc
homesteader have that no could 60 n
side leasehold and oneer undess 4he
land laws, when the practice has peen
In the large forest reserves - sslde bv
the general government to eseop all de-
vel0pment BY refusing ensfy" Inc re-
fussl OF entry IN forsse reserve =
utasoepry Ths rsrmiaaanA oe entry OH
leesenosd WIN ps ssssutofy'
Foofto-oupposo tue icase iaW pro-
tects the small ssock 9roWer and ne mas
only 90 head. and can only anofd 10
lease enough lana tof mis- small nerd 40
tkA ~ -
The Meeker herald., 1900-05-05
The : HObs0l
Piano e.

ave-, LoaOSihe.
One WEBER
Piano, used z
months. Price,
39S. New $3.50.
One FISCHER
Piano. used o
m0ntlIs. Price,
SIS. New $25.
One CAPEN
Piano. used IL
months. Price,
4S75. New $3.50.
CHicxKR,N6
Piano, used %
months. Price
$50. New $3.50.
ARLINGTON
Piano. used ~
nnn0tha. Pric0
$500. New $426.
KINGs1ERY
= EW19Vs uBEA q
moaths. Price
$50. New Sa50.
J.w.PEPrER
hWo, used q
Anotba. Price
80. New $125.
fnANKLfN
Ho00, used 3
Qlno1lA. Prizes
- New &l53r
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-19
V,1ffed .Sfafes Geodefic Sur
UeYi1& Corps Finishes
It's Work.

veyors' Instruments above the dat
eastern country where nature had not
supplied mountain peaks for aid in
such feats of measuresnent - just
described.
The highest combination Of towers
was erected across Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois. Many Of these structures
were more than 1e0 feet in height.
One at Green. Ind. held an instru-
ment 152 feet above the earth's sur
face Each Of these lofty edinces ap-
peared to be one huge windmill tower
erected within another. Movements
Of the signaler or observer. standing
upon the top Of the outer structure, did
not disturb the target or telescope
mounted upon the platform Of the
inner, In windy weather canvas
screens covered the windward sides OF
the outer towers. and thus prevented
the vibration OF the instrumantS' sup
ports. AS further protection against
exceptionally high winds. the towers
were guyed on all sides with wire ca
bles. In the Kansas cyclone belt
screens Of thin drilling. such as would
tear in the face of fierce wind, were
substituted for those OF canvas. which
latter were liable to carry the entire
skeleton structure of becycloned
tower to the ground before giving
away. At Still Pond. Md. was erect
ed a curious tower 120 feet tall. which
supported target to the height of 275
feet. This target was the highest
above ground of all these employed.
Between such towers the surveyors
signaled over distances varying be-
tween ten and forty miles.
We seldom hear of an American
mirage. Yet during this signaling it
often occurred that one tower. abso-
lutely invisible from another through
out the entire course Of the day, would
suddenly and most weirdly rise above
the distant horizon Just at sunset, thus
effecting much longer line OF vision
than could ordinarily be utilized. By
actually laying bars Of metal end to
end the surveyors In the course of
this stupendous measurement marked
OF the base lines essential to their
triangulatior work. Thus carefully
measurin. these base lines and later
measuring the angles from either end
to common point. they, by applying
simple formula. could estimate how
far away that point might be. The
temperature of each bar was carefully
measured by thermometers inside and
Its effect upon the length of the. bar
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-19
GENERAL INCREASE
IN WAGES

Washington, Oct. 15.-Carroll d.
Wright, commissioner of labor, has is
sued bulletin giving a summary of
data In a previous publication on
trusts and Industrial combinations. !"
showing the rate Of wages in various
occupations for period extending
back In most cases from the present
year to 1891. The data was secured d.
rectly from the pay rolls Of establish
ments In all sections Of the country.
The information contained pertains to
14S establishments, representing 20 In.
iustrfes and 1902 occupations. Those
Items for which the data for the whole
period were not given were excluded
from consideration in the summary.
All the data included, except those for
mining. relate to manufacturing ipdus-
tries, the data relating to steam rail-
ways and street railways having been
excluded from the industry. The bul-
letin says that while the data from
which the table Of wages was prepared
do not afford the basis for a strictly
scientific calculation of relative wages.
q careful examination Of the figures
lead to the belief that they are fairly
representative and undoubtedly ap-
proximate very closely the actual con-
ditions for the whole country.
The summary shows as follows. the
average OF wages of 1891 being taken
as basis and representing 100:
The Holly chieftain., 1900-10-19
The bulletin concludes az follows.

The bulletin concludes as follows:
1t may be stated that during the
years In which the course of wages
declined, the rates of 1891 and 1892 in
many instances remained unchanged,
and in like manner during the last few
years, In which the general course Of
wages has been upward, the wages In
these instances have not of course, re-
sponded to the general rise. In other
instances the per cent. was notably
large during the years Of depression,
while during the last two years Of the
period the reverse is true and a much
larger increase really took place than
that indicated by the table.
In other words, wages in some In.
stances show but little fuctuation.
while IN other instances they are much
more sensitive, responding quickly to
general conditions of depression or ac-
tlvity. The average condition or gem
eral level only is shown In the table
and while, for the reasons stated, the
fluctuations during the period have not
been 10 great as popular opinion would
indicate, the figures for 1899 and 1900
show gratifying average increase
over the. conditions Of 1891 and 1892.
when wages In gold were higher than
at any period In the history Of the
country prior to the present year.