The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-05-27
TWIN CITY LETTER
Spring Activity, A Comparison with Last
year-Dr. Ames' Sentence-Dr. O'Hage
st. PaulS Benefact0r- Mammoth Public
Bath the Child of his Conception.
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE

Spring has come again, and as
usual it is heartily welcomed by
people of every age and condition.
| The men have already resumed
their outdoor activities; the women,
attired in bewitching gauze, will
for an indefinite period Industrious
ly WELD the palm leaf and fly dis
perser; the young men will buckle
on their belts an have a fresh
crease pressed liz their last sum
mer's trousers; the girls will roll
their eyes longingly in the direction
of the ice cream counter and the
little tots of both sexes will mean
der about in search of the fantastic
butterfly or the cropping worm. The
genial sunshine has already trans
formed the stern, forbidding as
poets of winter into the unctious
verdure of spring, and is doing
effective work toward the relief OF
the unfortunate victims of catarrh,
rheumatism and billiousness. The
longer we live the more we under
stand and appreciate the sanitary
benefits of sunshine; and the great,
er our understanding and appreci-
alton the greater the JOY at the re-
turn of summer.
Almost every spring has it's pc
culiar characteristics. May of 1902
was SO dry in the vicinity of the
twin cities that gardens could hard
ly be spaded; and seeds we're only
made to terminate by generous
application of moisture by artificial
means. The same month this year
finds the soil so wet that when it is
worked the wind and sun form q
crust on the surface which upcom-
ing plants can scarcely lift. Taking
the state at large, however, the
north and south expanse is so great
that extremely different conditions
are found. While the pastures and
grain fields in some of the southern
counties are veritable lakes, some
of the northwestern counties are sc
dry that seed has not sprouted.
DR.. Ames, whose trial and con-
viction were mentioned at some
length two weeks ago, has since
been sentenced to six years hard
labor at the Saltwater prison. The
spectacle of man white and in6rm
with age, in community where he
has lived since infancy, whose pro-
feSSion is one of the most honorable
ever followed, who has many times
been the recipient of the highest
official honors within the gift of the
citizens of his city, and who yet,
through the kindness of his heart,
numbers his personal friends by
the thousands spectacle OF
such man leaning on his cane
while receiving the sentence of the
Judge for the commission of a helm
Gus crime was perhaps the most
pathetic as we'll as dramatic
ever witnessed in court of Justice
within the limits of this state. And
the central figure in this sad drama
will be, everything considered, the
most notable figure who ever crossed
the prison threshold as a convicted
criminal. Every heart beats in
sympathy for this generous but
misguided man. But he deliber-
ately chose his course and now he
is about to reap the fruits. The
supreme court may, of course, grant
the motion for new trial, through
some error or technicality, but that
would not take away the offense or
relieve the everlasting disgrace. It
is to be hoped that the incident may
be beneficial as warning to other
officials, present and prospective.
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There is in st. Paul a man who
has managed, though not designed
ly, to make himself as much talked
about in his city as ever DR.. Ames
was in Minneapolis. This is DR..
O'Hage, the city health officer. DR..
O'Hage believes in preventing
disease through municipal cleanli-
ness, and in his official career, COW
ering number of years, he has
| followed this idea with all the de-