The Redwood gazette., 1902-05-07
BELv1Ew5 AND IT'S BORDER.


!. "A. O. Gimmestad was in. Redwood
Falls on Tuesday and Saturday.
The board of supervisors of Swedesl
Forest will meet at Andrew Pederson's
place on May 18th for the purpose of
awarding contract Of grading from
100 to $50 feet in length. .
Quite number OF residents of this
township have been in Redwood Falls
attending court during the past week.
All of the parties are either witnesses
or principals in road cases.
G. F. Rain expects to commence
work in few days on putting in the
local telephone exchange. He will
make the rates SO reasonable that
every resident cannot afford to be
without a 'phone.
Everybody is happy and the rain
did it.. There was some hail with the
storm of last Wednesday, but no in
jury was done. The rain of last Fri
day and Saturday gave US sufficient
moisture for some time to come.
]. M. Thompson was in Redwood
Falls last Thursday, attending to busi-
ness matters, and incidently mention-
ing the fact that Otto Goetze of this
place will be candidate for the Re.
publican nomination for register of
deeds.
At the meeting of the stock holders
Of the Bank of Belview held early last
week Christ Olson was elected presi-
dent, G. F. Rain vice-presid dent, ]. NJ.
Thompson cashier and Otto Goetze as
sistant cashier. Lars T. Braafladt was
added to the directory. The bank
statement shows that the institution is
exceedingly prosperous, the result of
which is that there are no Shares of
stock on the market.
Negotiations for the purchase Of the
| plant of the Belview Independent by
Prof. Ehlers of the public schools are
now going on. and it is expected that
they will be consumated in time for
Prof. Ehlers to take charge Of the pa
per this week. Mr.. Keene, as before
stated, will 60 to North Dakota, where
he has q larger field for bis energy.
During his residence here Mr.. Keene
was well liked and Belview people
will regret his departure.
John Lichtwarck, the well-known
butcher, whose home is in Redwood
Falls, but who has<recently been em-
ployed at Madison, came up from
Redwood Falls Monday for the pur-
pose of looking over the field here with
the view of being employed to run the
meat market here. Mr.. Lichtwarck
thinks that Belview would make 8
good place for meat market, but
doubts whether the town can furnish q
living for a proprietor and an employ.
l ee.
/ The candidacy of Otto Goethe for the
Republican nomination for register o1
deeds has been formally launched, and
Mr.. Goethe is now an active candidate
for the place. On Friday he was Wis
iting with people in Vestae and othel
i points south of here. His friends here
are of the opinion that he will get 8
heavy vote in Kintire, Sheridan, Yes
ia, Delhi, Swedes Forest and BelvieW
village, and with the vote that he vii
secure IN other places they have very
4 little doubt of his nomination.
The death of Stem. O. Kolen occurree
at the Lutheran hospital, st. Paul, q
2 O'Clock Wednesday morning. Nj
Kolen left for that hospital over 6 week
ago. suffering from the results Q
blood poisoning, caused by an abrasion
Of the skin on one of his hands. Thi
necessitated an amputation of th
point of thumb and finger, but th
poisoning was not checked as the re
suit Of that amputation and extende
over the entire system. This, togethe
with other troubles, resulted in death
Following the demise the body wa
placed in casket and forwarded t
relatives residing in Renville county
the funeral services being held fror
the Opdahl Lutheran church, Sacre
Heart township, commencing at
o'clock last Friday afternoon, Re,
Fr. Berg officiating. The decease
! was born in Norway in 1856 and cam
to this country with his parents th
following year. He settled in Rel
vile county 36 years ago, where he n
sided up to the time of his removal /
Belview, whers he has been engage
in various lines of business. He was
single man. He leaves five brothe
and one sister to mourn his loss.