The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-03-25

OF Paxton are back fxom their Ne
braska trip.
DR.. Dredge of Belview was doing
business in this city last Friday.
Attorney Dolliff returned from a
trip to Mankato on the 18th.
The Andrews opera company is
touring neighboring towns with
considerable success.
Dr. Penhall of Morton was in Red
wood Falls for consultation the
early part of last week.
Raleigh Jennings, formerly OF this
city, has purchased the J. E. John
son photo gallery at Morgan.
Ex-County Auditor Brooks of
Renville county is now engaged
with the Miller Davis Printing Co.
at Minneapolis.
NO. Robbins and two daughters
returned to Minneapolis last Fri
day, after visit here with Mrs. d.
E. Knowlton, d sister Of Mrs. Rob-
bins.
Darwin Bigham, who has recently
been 10 the employ of Laird-Norton
Co. at Plainview, has been given
sole charge of yard for the same
company at Elgin, MINI.
Congressman Volstead is doing
his seeding early like a wide-awake
political farmer A good sized list
of his constituents in this vicinity
have already been remembered.
Oliver Leavens' youngest girl
was dangerously i'll few days ago,
the only bad case reported among
the many affected by the recent cpl
demic, which has now run it's
course.
March weather is about as tickle
this year as the proverbial April
article. After everything was af1oat
Thursday morning, sharp nor
wester came into play and froze the
mud into picturesque but atrocious
humps, making the roads unspeak-
ably rough.
Sleepy Eye Dispatch: An order
recently promulgated deprives the
Redwood crew of some of it's emolu,
nents by taking away the switch
ing work in the Sleepy Eye yards.
This amounted to something from
20 to 50 cents per day to the boys
and they feel that this is a chilly
spot 10 the world after all. The
yard engineers do all the yard work
aud road crews have all their ener.
gies preserved for the work on the
road.
Supt. Race was called from Win
nebago City to St. Paul last Thurs
day, to meet the committee on APP
preparations ia regard to aid to
rural schools and other school mat
ters, Mr.. Race reports that Repre-
sentative Clague made astrOng pro-
test on the floor of the house against
taking the Normal schools and other
institutions out Of the hands Of the
board of control. and that both Mes
srs. Clagne and Someryille did val
liant service IN defeating the Peachy
bill to diminish the powers Of the
board.
Wonder if our own Carpenter
has been paying Window VISIT
The Reporter Of that town reports
/ that a gentleman from central Iowa
armed with maps, etc, quietly
dropped down in Window last week
with a proposition to build a rail
road from a northern point in Min
nesota into Missouri, and by de-
f1ecting the line east several miles
from a straight line, made it strike
Window. He told number of PEG
pie that the company was organized
under the laws of Iowa. and was
nearly ready to begin operations
. but desired a director or two from
this State, and especially one locat
ed in Window. The directors are
to subscribe for S., 900 of stock. He
also desired local aid for his com
pany. Sounds very much like re
yiyal of the famous g. & NJ.
The much talked of extension O
the Great Northern branch road
now terminating at Hutchinson may
vet have something in it for Redwood
Falls. Willmar sent a committee
to Mr.. Hill recently, and according
,, to the Tribune, the great magnatt