The Redwood gazette., 1902-10-15


D. +. Bigham returned last.
Thursday morning from fishing
outing at Long Lake, Kandiyohi
county.
The county commissioners have
appropriated 5000 for a bridge in
Sheridan and the same amount for a
bridge in Springdale. Both of these
bridges are to be Of steel, and the
townships will pay the balance on
the contracts yet to be awarded.
G. W. Lent and family leave this
week for Woodbury., Oregon, where
they will reside in the future. Mr..
Lent has heretofore resided in Red
wood Falls township, occupying his
farm in that town for % consecutive
years, and he is now desirous of
getting into warmer climate, and
where fuel would not either be so
scarce or so much of necessity.
W. E. Baker, a former resident
and business man of this city, but
now the owner of a ranch near
Minot, North Dakota, came into
town last Wednesday evening. Mr..
Baker brought two carloads Of cat
tie to St. Paul from Minot. and after
arriving in St. Paul he concluded 10
visit his old friends in this city.
Mr.. Baker is looking we'll, and
states that he is enjoying life in
North Dakota.
A recent issue of the Bertha
Headlight contains a copy of the
articles Of incorporation of the State
Bank of Bertha. of which Prof. John
c. Miller, formerly of Swedes For
est township, where his mother
still resides, is cashier. The bank
commenced business on Sept. 1st
with capital stock of $40, 900. Mr..
Miller holds 50 shares, valued at
500 each, and hence has a control
ling interest in the institution.
Berg Bros. & Warnke have Sc
cured a permit from the commits
sioners to move their stock of
saloon goods and fixtures from the
one story frame building at present
occupied by them in Clements to
the two story brick block which Mr..
Warnke has been building in that
village during the past summer.
The firm gave a new liquor license
bond in amount of ST, 900, when the
commissioners approved their appli-
cation.
Michael Moore of Lamberton was
in the city last Thursday morning,
and while here be announced tc
The Gazette that he would not be an
independent candidate for sheriff,
although his name has been con.
Injected with that candidacy for some
time past. Mr.. Moore stated that
he had enough of an independent
run two years ago, and while he
was fairly we'll satisfied with his
vote then it was not large enough
to encourage him to be a candidate
against popular candidate like B.
G. Schueller.
A second fire passed over the
Texas oil fields on Tuesday evening
of last week, and this time the Star
American Oil Co. of Walnut Grove
of which Hon. Jas. A. Larson is
president, was hit. Mr.. Larson tele
phoned from Walnut Grove Thurs
day morning that the company s
loss was in the neignborhood O
S., 900, and he expected to leave fol
Beaumont this week to see what
can be done to rebuild the plant and
renew operations. The fire started
in the J. S. Corbett we'll near the
center Of Spindle Top avenue, front,
ing the middle section of the Hogg
SWINE tract and swept the section
completely, destroying practically
every derrick and pumping rig.
The fact that there was no wind
prevented the spread of the fire into
the other section. The fire was
started by man who blew out a
lantern over the Corbett we'll. II
exploded and ignited the gas escap-
ing from that we'll.
The Omaha railroad has announced
that a decision has been reached to
double the train service to Des
Moines, and that, commencing Oct.
II, Sunday, a through night service