The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-11-23

| Mrs. NJ. L. Finn returned early
last week from a trip to st. Louis
and visit with relatives in Bloom
ing Prairie.
| The American Book Co. has just
| issued from lis press Carpenter
Australia, Our Colonies and Other
Islands, book of 387 pages, con-
tanning large amount of valuable
Information regarding those islands,
and written in Mr.. Carpenters
most facinating style for the edit
cation of old and young.
| Philbrick S linen sale last week
was big success, as a direct re-
suit of advertising. The adver-
tisement in The GAZETTE was neatly
arranged and well written and Mr..
Philbrick states that be got more
direct returns from it than. from
any other advertising sent out
from his store. A clever display
OF linen in one of the windows of
his store helped the business along.
Nine licenses to hunt big game
in Minnesota from Nov. 10th to Nov.
Both inclusive, were issued by
Auditor Tompkins. The nine ap-
plicants were G. o. Giltillan, J. G.
Porter, Fred Herchelman, Frank
Gerstman, John H. Kobe, J. H.
Richardson, George Fl. Johnson, M.
E. Lewis and Hon. E. D. French.
The latter applicant left for the
hunting grounds last Sunday, join
ing his son, George French, county
treasurer of Beltrami county, and
NJ. E. Lewis left last Wednesday.
The deer seem to be quite plentiful,
but in view of the many accidents
resulting from mistaken identity in
the northern woods, italmost seems
as if the hunters are taking their
lives into their own hands when
they enter the woods. T. M. Paine
OF Glencoe, returning from an an
nual hunting outing last Wednes-
day morning, told a GAZETTE re-
porter that the danger was becom-
ing greater each year, owing to the
many new hunters jumping into the
woods and nervously shooting at
the first object they see, whether
man or beast. This year he had
narrow escape, falling under log
as the bullets flew around him.
New Ulm Review: The crusher
at the New Ulm Stone company's
plant at Redstone was started up
Saturday and is now running full
capacity. 1t has been tho work of
two months to get it in place and
construct the building, but now
things are running smoothly and
crushing will continue steadily all
winter. Over $12, 900 is represent
ed in this machinery and building.
southeast of the city and the indus
try promises to be one of the larg-
est in New Ulm in the course of a
few years. At present it is in it's
infancy. The quarry at Redstone
has been operated in a small way
for number of years and it's stone
has been used in the construction
of many building in this city, but
it has not been until the last six or
eight months that there has been
reaching out for a larger business
and promise of a big industry
Last spring General Gus Widell,
the Mankato quarry operator, be-
came impressed with the possibili-
ties of the local quarries and the
old company was reorganized with
a capital of $25, 900, $1,000 to be
paid in. the Mankato man becoming
a large stakeholder. Several other
people with capital we're admitted
to the corporation and an aggres-
sive policy planned. Otto Schell
was elected president, Gus Widell
vice president, Joseph A. Eckstein
secretary, and Herman Nagel treas
urer.