The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-05-20

George w. Dickinson and sister,
Miss Matte Dickinson, were in Min
neapolis most of last week,
w. S. Southwick was business
visitor to ST. Paul and Minneapolis
during the early portion of last
week.
J. L. Boylson is building resi-
dence on his farm west of town, the
structure to cost in the neighbor-
hood of 81. 500.
Charles Athey came up from Red
Wing on Tuesday evening of last
week and spent few days with his
mother at this place.
Rural school consolidation with a
central school at Lucan is likely to
take shape during the summer. Go
on, gentlemen, and try it.
Mesdames Joseph Tyson and J..
w. Ferris were among the mem
bers of Charity Chapter No. 80, Or
der of Eastern Star, to attend the
meeting of grand lodge of that or
der in Minneapolis last week.
District No. "a, Vesta township,
has the best showing for an Arbor
day observance, outside of our vii
lagos. This is tribute to the mem
DRY of Mary Kopan, the teacher who
two years ago stirred the people Of
the district to do something in tree
planting.
Supt. Race reports that "bird and
arbor day. was in number of dis
tricts of this county we'll observed
notably in districts No. 6, 81. II.
1922, 80, SO, 60, so, IS, all these re-
port trees planted, the yards raked
and appropriate exercises held.
Many trees were named Mckinley
and VanSant. One little fellow in
district No. q, Shutdown township.
insisted that his tree be called S.
j. Race
Louis Perlman, who was in bust
ness in Redwood Falls up to the
latter part Of last year, when he
disappeared and his store was
closed under an attachment sued
out for rent, and it was shortly
after wards ascertained that he left
debts amounting to nearly IS, 900
and only 5000 worth of goods, has
been found at Sheldon, Iowa. Some
of his Chicago creditors made the
discovery, finding him doing the
business under the name of S. Ro-
sen, with stock Of from So, to
So, 600 on his hands. The Chicago
creditors are forcing liquidation of
the Indebtedness.
The farmers telephone company
has been making some extensions
during the past week or two. Sec
rotary Miller reports that the com
pany has extended it's line west
from the city as far as W. FL. Huh
nerkoch s, and that work is now
progressing rapidly on the line to
Delhi village. AS soon as the lat
ter line is completed work will
commence on the line from Red
wood Falls to Morgan. When this
line is completed the company will
have five lines running into Red
wood Falls, with a list of about 100
The secretary is
pleased with the way farmers along
the lines are subscribing for the
phones.
Supt. Parkhill of the city water
works is minus a dog The animal,
one night recently, met a raccoon.
A fight ensued. The two were
ngntlng VlclouSly, not taking into
account their situation, when they
rolled over the bank into the waters
of Lake Redwood. They chung te-
naciously to each other as they
struck the water. Both animals
went down. The dog never came
up again. The coon came up NC
ment later, but was so exhausted
and overcome that he sank, and
like the dog, never returned to the
surface 1t was a peculiar illustra-
ton of the fighting qualities of ami
mails, neither giving up when death
might have been avoided.