The Redwood gazette., 1902-07-02

The Redwood delegates to the
IState convention left Monday for
for St. Paul to attend the State con-
vention yesterday.
The contractor on the sewer sys-
TEN extension has practically COM
pleted his contract, SO far as the
city is concerned. A number of
private connections are now being
made Redw Falls certainly has
one of the finest sewer system of
any city of its size in the State.
The new steel water tower has
been practically accepted by the
city: although the city engineer, c.
F. Low eth, has not placed his O. K.
on the same, as yet, The city has
been using the tower for a couple of
weeks past, the result of which has
been that the machinery at the
pumping station is receiving a rest
most of the day, and Supt. Parkhill,
as piece of the machinery, is par
ticipating in the rest.
The funeral of the late Andrew H.
Anderson, former auditor of Red
wood county, was held from the
Presbyterian church in Delhi, CON-
mencing at 10 o'clock last Wednes
day morning. Rev. John Sinclair
of the First Presbyterian church,
St. Paul, ofciated, while Mrs. Case
Allen of this city sang a solo. The
local lodge OF Knights of Pythias at
tended the services in body, and
following the services they acted as
an escort to the remains from Delhi
to the Redwood bridge, where the
local lodge of Masons acted as the
escort to the cemetery, the pail
bearers being from the K. P. lodge.
The Masonic burial service was
used at the grave, where an immense
crowd Of friends Of the deceased had
congregated to witness the last
sad rites. After the services at the
grave the father, widow, sister and
brother-in law of the deceased were
escorted to the residence of J. D.
Jackson, where they remained for
few hours before returning to their
home in Delhi.
Prof Max Johnson of the Vesta
schools and Thomas Finn of this
city have been engaged as two of
the solicitors for subscriptions to
the new map of Redwood county,
which is now being arranged for by
THE GAZETTE, and which will be
sold in connection with subscrip-
tions to The GAZETTE only. Other
solicitors will be placed in the field
as soon as satisfactory persons can
be found. Each solicitor will have
a certain territory for his work, and
he will be obliged to insist that all
subscribers to the map and paper
sign a subscri ption blank. Each
solicitor will be provided with a
proper letter so that no fraudulent
canvassers will be able to impose
upon the public.
The climate and crop bulletin Of
the weather bureau for the week
ending June % is as follows: There
has been no rain in the extreme
south west during the week, and
though showers were general else
where on the 18th, 18th, and Goth.
and there were light showers in
the Red River valley on the 10th.
the total rainfall for the week was
small in the southern half of the
State and in the Red River valley.
The weekly rainfalls in Becker,
Douglas and Wilkin counties we're
the largest reported, and these
ranged only from 0.75 Of an inch to
! inch. The temperatures during
the week were low for the season,
and on the morning of the 21st. it is
probable that severe frosts would
have been general if there had not
been fresh winds during the night;
in the south western counties the
winds were light, and frosts caused
temporary injury to corn, young
fax, gardens and millet. The cool
weather has retarded the growth of
corn. which is generally rather
small. The week has been favor