The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-09-02
The contract for the interior dec

The contract for the interior dec
orations of the Masonic hall has
| been let to Jones & Son, and the
work has already been commenced.
The watermelons have come to
town, a carload of them having
been received last Tuesday and dis
tributed among the local merchants
on the following day. They are not
as sweet as they have been in form
err years.
Three trotting horses, together
with ssulkies, harness, etc., arrived
here over the North western Thurs
day morning and were at once taken
to the fair grounds, where they are
now getting acquainted with the
race track.
In the criminal libel suit of Hon.
E. II. Young of Appleton against
George M. Thompson of the St.
Paul Dispatch the Appleton justice
found the latter guilty and fined him
$50. Mr.. Thompson will appeal to
the district court, his attorney, M.
D. Mum, having already given no.
tice of appeal.
A. D. Stewart OF Redwood Falls
township, D. R. McCorquodale of
Delhi and R. E. Tyson, son of JOS
eph Tyson of this city, have been
appointed by Gov. VanSant as dele
gates to the Farmers national con-
gress to be held at Niagara Falls
from Sept. 22d to Oct. 10th.
''Patronize a home school. We
can save money, and we guarantee
that you will find the work of the
Marshall Business College equal to
that of any other school in the
Northwest. Our fall term begins
Tuesday, Sept. Sth. Write for cat
alogue or call and see US. G. E.
Roe, Pres, Marshall, MINI
W. H. Gold and Frank Gold left
here Wednesday morning for ST.
Paul with the view of comforting
with the bank examiner regarding
the transfer of the stock of the Bank
of Redwood Falls to the GoId-Sta-
beck bank. W. H. returned to
Redwood Falls that evening, while
Frank Gold returned to bis home in
Renville
Hon. P E. Bowling of Eveleth
writes that his trotting horses will
be in Redwood Falls to contest for
the purses hung up by the Red wood
county agricultural society next
Tuesday and Wednesday, Mr..
Bowling has some good trotters,
and they will enter in what is like
| ly to be one of the largest field OF
trotting horses ever punched for a
race in this section, of the state.
Clarence Francois has already re-
turned to Redwood Falls with his
celebrated trotting stallion, Dudley
Martin, and the latter will be 10 the
contest, while J. Fl. MCGOWAN OF
Morton, who has been on the same
circuit with Mr.. I rancois, will have
his horse entered Assistant Sec
rotary Evans has received numer-
Gus calls for entry blanks
1t is apparent that Representa-
tives McCleary and Volstead disa-
greed over the patronage of the
Marshall land Office, and as result
when the Office was transferred to
Cass Lake Representative Buckman
walked off with both prizes of the
Office. A Washington telegram to
the St. Paul Dispatch of last Tues
day contains the following: Con-
gresham A. j. Volstead called on
Commissioner Richards, and, al
though disavowing that he was
personally interested in the con-
test between Cass Lake and Bemid-
| il, Mr.. Volstead let it be known that
he had been promised by certain
Minnesota congressman that one of
the former officers Of the Marshal II
land Office should be transferred to
Cass Lake when that Office was es-
tablished. 1t seems, however, that
there was disagreement between
Congressman McCleary and Vol
stead on the question of transfer.
McCleary wanted Shepherd sent to
Cass Lake as register, while Mr..
Volstead desired to have Mr.. Case,
the old receiver at the Marshall Of