The Redwood gazette., 1903-07-29

Enroll at Mankato Commercial
college, Sept, 1st, and get two
months free.
Ralph M. Lunn is now treasurer
OF the AuburnLynn Shoe Co. at
Auburn, Maine. The company, of
which another Mankato boy is a
member, expects to have a plant in
operation by Aug. 1st.
Grades for the new cement side
walks on the streets previously
named were established last week,
and the city has already commenced
work on the construction of the
walk from the bridge west to the
property owned by Mr.. Crouley
Mr.. Nelson, the contractor, will
find plenty of work to do when he
returns to this city.
Kumm & Donovan and Jos.
Muehlbauer are this week engaged
in moving into their new brick
blacksmith and wagon shop, on
Third street, which has just been
completed for them by Carson &
Olsen, the Madison contractors.
The building, furnishing room down
stairs for both the smiths and wag-
on repairer, and large stock room
on the second floor, is one of the
finest structures ever built for that
joint purpose. Both Kumm & Don
ovan and Mr.. Muehlbauer are much
better equipped and able to take
care of all work in their respective
lines than they have been before,
and their central location as we'll as
convenient room, will undou btedly
be the means of greatly increasing
their volume of business.
The county board of equalization
did some work in raising valuations
on different items of the assessment
!. roll In the townships Sundown
and New Avon were given the
worst of the bumps. Five items in
New Avon were increased in value,
hogs being raised 100 per cent, and
household goods Is per cent Sun
down had five items increased, hogs
being raised 100 per cent. Two
items were decreased In Gales
, township stations and fine bred
mares had their valuation increased
125 per cent. The assessment as
{ returned by Assessor Mckay, for
this city, was not touched by the
, county board. The assessment of
: Queal & Co., in the town OF Granite
Rock, was reduced $4,000. Other
changes in valuation and assess
ments were made, all of which can
be observed by reference to the
proceedings printed on the seventh
page of this paper.
+ W. ". P. Mcconnell, state dairy
and food commissioner, is of the
= opinion that one of the best ways to
, get rid of adulterated foods is for
farmers and dealers to buy their
supplies in the state. ''The boxcar
grocer who brings in adulterated
food from other states" said Mr.
Mcconnell, approaches the farm
err with fattering propositions. He
=. says he will sell better goods than
the local merchant at half price, and
i. after he goes away the farmer finds
!, that he has been duped, Farmers
should buy goods of the local mer-
, chant, who has reputation at stake
and the good of the community at
heart. Then if there is any trouble
he can appeal to the state dairy and
food commissioner and get redress.
If he buys of the boxcar merchant
; he cannot get redress unless we
: are fortunate enough to find the
agent. He has absolutely no way to
prosecute the dealer who lives in
another state. The same is true OF
the dealer; he should buy his gro
ceries, as far as possible, from Min
: nesota firms. If he finds that the
y goods are not what they should be he
can send us samples, and if we find
that they are adulterated the firm
). will be brought to time.