The Redwood gazette., 1902-08-20
G. III. Wotschke is now with the
orth estern railroad at Lake Ben

D. b. Laird disposed OF three
gangs and one sulky plow OF the
Deere make last Wednesday.
The GAZETTE has to thank J. c..
Pratt of Clear Lake, Wash, for re-
cent copies of Seattle papers contain
complete accounts of the surround
ing and suicide Of Tracy, the Ore
gon convict who killed many men
before he took his own life. Mr..
Pratt formerly resided in this city
and at Seaforth.
Mrs. K. R. Lunn and son, Ralph
Lunn of Mankato, and Miss Nina
Lombard OIL EFremont, Nebraska,
arrived here over the North western
Wednesday afternoon, and have
since been stopping at Hotel Fran
co.'s. The trio have been at the Out
ing Club near Clear Lake, Iowa, for
the past six weeks.
Peter Swenson, Fat one time res
ident of Swedes Forest, but now re-
siding at Caddo. Stephens county,
Texas, where he is engaged in the
cattle business, writes Treasurer
Tenney that stock of all kinds in his
part of Texas are doing we'll. He
saws that CaddO and vicinity is
healthy with long summers and
short winters.
Ladies of the local W. G. T. U.
will be obliged to call upon resi-
dents Of this city to entertain the
delegates to the State convention,
which will be held in this city about
the middle of September The com
mittee on entertainment will soon
visit the different residents with
view of ascertaining how many will
be cared for by each. The local or
ganization expects between 200 and
300 delegates.
Judge Bowers, having sold his
fine farm in Ramsey creek, willhave
an auction sale of % head of cattle,
registered Aberdeen Angus bull,
Is head of hogs, I60 sheep, five
head OF work horses, a cream sepa-
rator, 40 acres Of corn, a lot Of farm
machinery, ETC., at the farm on
Tuesday, commencing at 10 a. m.
A lunch will be served at the noon
hour. d. L. Crimmins OF Morton
will be the auctioneer and an inter
esting day Of sales is assured.
Meesrs. Cooper, Carlile and Nc
Corquodale, constituting the com
mittee from the board of county
commissioners, on the letting of the
contract for the new steel bridge
across the Redwood river at North
Redwood, held a meeting last Tues
day afternoon and Wednesday,
about eight bridge firms being rep
resented. On Wednesday morning
bids were opened and it was found
that NJ. A. Adams of Minneapolis,
was the successful bidder, his bid
being 50, 229. The span is 106 feet,
and the bid calls for placing it on a
CT Ln
the commissioners and also taking
down the present structure and pill
ing up the material properly at a
site near the bridge to be designat-
ed bY the commissioners. The high
est bid for the work was 50, 800. Two
bids, one by the American Bridge
Co., and the other by the Illinois
Steel Co., were only $40 different in
amount. Thel work is to be done as
soon as possible.
The hotel reporter of the Duluth
Herald, which great daily is man-
aged by Anton G. Weiss. formerly OF
North Redwood, places Redwood
Falls in South Dakota, which is not
altogether pleasant for Judge Evans,
who is holding Office in Minnesota.
The paper says that among the ex-
cursionists that are stopping at the
Mckay to-day (Aug. 11th), are D..
L. Bigham and wife, George L.
Evans. Emil Kuenzli, N. B. Ander-
sen, Harry Clark, Bert Pranke and
N. Y. r. Hunter, of Redwood Falls,
IS. D., and A. F. Pottratz and Ollie
Johnson ofsssBelyiew. S. D. Mr..
Evans is probate judge of his own
county and has held Office for long
term of years. Mr.. kuenzli is a
prominent merchant of Redwood
Falls. This is the first trip any of
the gentleman have made to Duluth,