The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-12-23

township, Renville county, was
brought to DIR. Pease 8 Office shortly
after dinner last Wednesday, anoth-
er victim of the corn shredder. He
had been working the shredder on
his farm that morning, and his left
hand was so caught in the machine
as to horribly mangle the fingers Of
the hand, necessitating amputation
of one or more of the fingers. DR..
Pease dressed the wound and Mr..
Brandt was taken home, glad that
the accident was not worse, but an
enemy of the corn shredder.
The annual report Of the Mime
apolis & ST. Louis railroad was dis
triouted among the stock holders
early last week. The surplus, after
charges of $511,915 is equal to five
per cent. on the common stock. The
earnings were slightly less than
during the preceding year, and the
expenses were likewise less. The
decrease in gross transportation re-
ceipts was due partly to the short
age in crops for the year covered
by this report. Owing to the com
pletion during the year of the Chi
cago, Rock Island & Pacific railway
company S line from Albert Lea to
the cities of Minneapolis and St.
Paul. the company also sustained
loss in revenue by the diversion of
a portion of the traffic to the Rock
Island company. Expenses of ter
minals increased 1888. 95. repre-
senting this company's proportion
of rental paid the St. Paul Union
Depot company and the Northern
Pacific railroad company for the use
of the Union depot terminal facilities
in St. Paul. There was spent dur
ing the year for permanent better
ment of the property, 1919 O35.
which was charged to capital ac-
count. OF this, 1923. 800 represents
expenditures for the reconstruction
of the line between Hopkins and
Chaska. The funded debt of the
company was increased during the
year by 609, nc0 additional t per
cent first and refunding mortgage
bonds. issued to reimburse the com
papy for actual cash expended out
Of its current receipts from opera
ton for improvements and better
ments. The company 5 business
outlook for the ensuing vearis good,
especially in general merchandise
and coal.
A letter received from E. D House,
formerly of Delhi, now residing at
Rathdrum, Idaho. gives some OF his
ideas of the country through which
he traversed in reaching his pres
ent home. He was unfavorably i'm
pressed with the country between
Staples and Winnipeg. At Miles
City, Montana, all that he could see
Was bull pens, a great many cattle
and sheep. At Billings farmers
were blowing and the weather was
beautiful. Livingston has a superb
depot and fine country around the
city. Twelve miles.we,t Of the city
is the eastern end of the railroad
tunnel, 10 pass through which it re-
CURED twelve, minutes of time for
the train on which Mr.. House was
travelling. The Galla,in valley, in
which Bozeman is located, struck
Mr.. House as being a beautiful
country. with the land all.irrigate |.
Farmers were all blowing. Stock
was numerous aud thousands of
tons of hay was dotting the prair-
les. Land is worth from 800 to
$50 per acre. Passing through
Butte in the evening Mr.. House
witnessed "a superb sight in the
fires ascending from the blasting
furnaces, andsthe city illumined by
electric lights. 8 Rathdrum, the des-
tination of Mr.. House, was reached
in 45 hours after leaving Minneapo-
lis. Since arriving there it has
frozen some and the thermometer
has been about two degrees below
the freezing point. He likes the
country very much and is feeling
fine, his cough having left him, and
he has no desire to return 10 Min
nesota. Mr.. House has been at
Post Falls and Occur 'Alene- lum-
boring towns. around which, he
saws there are some fine farms wi / h