The Redwood gazette., 1902-06-04


I Percy Bradley was visiting with.
friends in Madison during the early
portion of last week. #3
Dr. H. Dredge Of Belview was
a caller on Tuesday Of last week, he
having come down on business con-
nected with the payment Of real es-
tate taxes.
A number Of the high school
athletes will drive over to RenVille
this morning for the purpose Of en-
gaging in some field sports with
5ltae students Of the Renville high
school.
/ Editor W. f. Mailer and wife Of
the Wabasso Standard were in the
city last Thursday en- route to visit
friends at Fairfax, Winthrop and
| New Ulm, expecting to return home
next Tuesday.
| Both lumber yards report an i'm
mense business in lumber this
| year, Notwithstanding the increased
| prices. The latter are likely to
| continue on the increase, on account
| of the scarcity Of timber for lumber
purposes. One of the agents of a
| local lumber company recently
remarked that he was selling
material for building purposes that
he wouldn't dared to have sold
years ago. People took the grade
! in question without grumbling, and
were paying more tor it than they
did for the best grade of lumber
when he first struck this city.
It was mentioned in The GAZETTE
couple of weeks ago that the es.
tate of Chas. Croft was obliged te
pay an inheritanc tax before the
property could be divided. A re.
cent special from Winona seems to
declare this inheritance tax law
void, and if SO the Crofts are en-
titled to -refundment of the amount
they paid over. The Winona spec
ial says that Probate Judge d. B.
| Vance has filed his decision in the
attack made upon the constitution
ality OF the inheritance tax law OF
1901 in administering the estate OF
Nicholas Ries The matter came up
in connection with the final settle
ment of the estate, which if the law
held good could not be made until
1.-The inheritance tax was paid. W.
B. Anderson and Patrick Fitzpat
rick appeared on behalf of the es
tate, arguing the unconstitutional
ity of the law, while Thomas Thomp
son appeared on behalf of the State
Judge Vance holds that the inheri
itance tax law of 1901 is unconstitu
tional and void, and orders distri
button of the estate without the pay
mentof any inheritance tax. Thi.
: is the first decision on the law o
1901, that of 1902 having been de
clared unconstitutional by Judg'
Bazille at ST. Paul last week.
The climate and crop bulletin o
the weather bureau for the weel
ending May 26 is as follows: Tht
midday temperatures we're high al
the week till the 24th There were
rains somewhere in the state daily
except the 22nd; these were nearly
all of thunderstorm character, and
not very heavy except in compara
lively small areas, where they were
heavy rains, high winds, and in
places considerable hail There was
such storm on the 18th in northern
central portions; another on the 20th
in Douglas, Pope and Swift counties
with one death caused by the falling
of a house, and the blowing dowr
of. windmills. buildings etc, and or
the 2lst there was an unusually Sc
we're storm in the Southeast, with
excessively heavy rains lasting from
six to eight hours, which filled
streams and small rivers with rush
ing torrents, and these carried
away bridges and washed out raj
land wagon roads, with seriousdelay
!. to traffic; rolling fields we're badly
, quilted. with much injury to grow
ing grains and recently planted corr
| and potatoes. and low lands were