The Redwood gazette., 1902-08-13

&l. N. IOmpklnS has been elected
to represent the local lodge Of the
Knights Of Pythias at the meeting
Of the grand lodge in Minneapolis
next September.
III. ". Peterson, travelling passen-
ger agent Of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis, was in the city last Thurs
day and Friday booming the st.
Louis excursion to Duluth.
G. D. Duryea Of St. James was
visiting with his brother, d. II.
Duryea of this city, last week.
While here Mr.. Duryea purchased
a driving horse OF Emil Schmahl.
Col. John w. Shanks was attend
ing to the drug store of NJ. D. Mar
tin at Jasper, while Mr.. Martin
was visiting with relatives in this
city. Col. Shanks returned to Red
wood Falls last Thursday.
Mayor Aune has appointed r. S.
Pickett as a patrolman for regular
duty for the remainder of the year.
This keeps the city under police pa
troll night and day, Chief Lake and
R. S. Pickett dividing the "a hours
between them.
Miss Tena Smith drove to Mar
shall on Tuesday of last week for
the purpose of being present at the
wedding of a relative on the day
following. Miss Bessie Mead, who
went to Ivanhoe, drove with Miss
Smith to Marshall.
Supt Race returned from long
stay at the University training
school on Wednesday evening of
last week. The registration at that
school was l, 100. Mr.. Race was at
tending for the purpose of inspect
ing the school and attending the
lectures on English literature, and
on the Eye and Ear, each SUBJECT
requiring course of ten lectures.
John Schaeter, who recently pur-
chased the frame building and pro-
perty on the southeast corner Of
Second and Mill streets, and who,
it is reported, has purchased the
liquor stock of Chas. Mielke, the
sale to take effect next January, is
now considering the advisability of
constructing a handsome brick bus
mess block on the corner, the same
to take the place of the old frame
building. Mr.. Schaefer is a rust
ling and enterprising citizen and he
desires to improve the city wher-
ever possible.
Alta meeting of the city council
on Tuesday evening of last week
J. H. Bowers was appointed coun-
sci to the corporation at salary of
500 per year. Judge Bowers was
given special instructions to look
into the trouble between this city
and the Chicago Bridge 81 Iron Co..
wherein the council has been hold
ing up about s610 for money expend-
ed In pumping water after the date
set for the completion of the tower
The companAgot its own contract
signed by the city, and some attor-
neys think that they have so many
exemption clauses, pertaining to
strikes, elements, ETC.. as being ex-
cuses for delay, that the city will
eventually get the worst of the
trouble in the courts. There are
one or two technicalities in the con-
tract and inEthe manner in which
the council gave it that might make
the whole transaction illegal, and
cause the company to take what it
can get.
The committee on the coustruc-
tion of the bathing house held a
meeting last Thursday--one in the
morning and one in the afternoon,
with the result that it was decided
to adopt the plans submitted by
Engineer Joseph Corbett, and pro-
ceed at once with the construction
of the building. The bath house
will be 48 feet long and 14feet wide,
and will be erected just south of the
kaoll which runs to the center OF
the bathing pool It calls for hall
for the boys. eight rooms for gen
tlemen and eight rooms for ladies'
and girls. In the center will bethe
Office of the superintendent. who
| will have police powers. He will