The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-04-24
Saturday was an ideal spring


an artificial light IS clearly against
the law, aud fishermen should avoid
that way Of getting fish.
Mrs. Bonney, mother of Mrs. " &.
a. Palmer. who has been visiting
her daughter here for some time
past, left for Denver, Colorado. last
Friday afternoo on
The father of G. W. Smith, who
has been spending the winter with
the family Of the latter. returned to
his home 10 Iowa over the North
western last Friday.
NO hydraulic barber chairs were
received by Tenney S barber
shop last Friday afternoon. direct
from the manufacturer, and now
patrons of that shop are given
shaves while seated in these easy
chairs.
An immense steel street .sprink-4
ling tank was received here over
the Northwestern last Friday morI-
ing. It was consigned to Mayor
aAune and will be used for street
.sprinkling purposes during tie
present season.
A new operator has been stationed
at the Northwestern depot in this
city. His name is VIM Schlitz, and
he came here from Waseca. His
predecessor, R. A. Noble, left here
for Lewiston, for the purpose of
running the station at that point,
last Friday.
Walnut Grove Tribune: The coun-
ty surveyor was here last week
surveying a new road leading into
town from the north. The new sur
vey, as near as. we have been able
to. learn, will bring the road on an
angle to the north, avoiding the
hills in the old road and cutting off
a considerable distance. Should
the proposed new road be estab-
.lished it would, no doubt, make the
town more accessible to the farmers
north of here. who draw in heavy
loads.
The small boy, with his fishing
tackle. consisting of an Old iron wood
pole and the usual line, now sitteth
on the banks of the river and jerks
out the festive pickerel, much to the
dismaY of the polished man with
the handsome ngling rod and reel,
who finds it impossible to even Sc
cure a bull head bite. g.
Morton Enterprise: John Ander-
son went over to Mankato during.
the past week to close with the
=Saulpaugh s the deal for the interests
OF the latter in the Morton granite
quarries. The State board
OF charities and corrections has Just
issued a report wherein it is recon-
mended that Renville county build
two jails. Morton bull
frogs are possessed of leaping
power that is astonishing. Eight
or ten barrels of them jump into
Minneapolis from this place every
week now. The Indians catch and
ship them to commission men !,
that is, they ship the legs. of them
and they bring from nine to eleven
cents per pound.
II. NJ. Hitchcock Of this city, who
is regarded as one of the leading
OPTICIANS Of the State, was notified
by long distance telephone last Fri
day morning that he would be
named by Gov Van SAINT as one. Of
the members Of the new board Of
.optometry provided for by Chapter
266 OF the General Laws Of 1901
The new law regulates the practice
OF optometry Ia the State, and while
it does not. affect opticians engaged
in the business in this State at the
time of enacting the law, 1T prevents
IN IN worthy practitioners from here
after coming into the State and car
rying. on the business The law is
the result Of a meeting Of the opti-
clans Of the State, at which. Mr..
Hitchcock had an important assign
ment q connection Withits framing,
and also with securing its passage.
Nj. Hitchcock is likely to be Sc
5lected as president or secretary Of
the new board as soon as the mem
sbers can meet and perfect an orga-
nization