The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-03-09


St. Paul and Minneapolis on Tues
day morning Of last week.
County Attorney Howard was
called tog last Thursday
morning to prosecute a case grow
| ing out Of saloon row the night be
fore.
w. S.sCrooks has sold his resi-
dence property in this city to S. G.
Peterson. Mr.. Crooks expects to
leave this week for his new home in
Oklahoma and Mr.. Peterson will
Immediately take possession Of the
residence with his family.
S. J. Race and wife and James
Aiken and wife returned on We'd
nesday evening last from their trip
to Minneapolis, where they listened
to the lecture by Jacob Riis on
''Tony's [Hardships, at the Ply
mouth Congregational church. They
pronounce the lecture immense.
The abstract Of thestax lists of the
several counties in the state of Min
nesota. justlissued by State Auditor
Iverson, gshows THAT Redwood has
the lowest tax rate of any county in
the state, with only 1708. The
rates of.the other adjoining counties
are as sfollows:l Brown 1880, lie
Sueurs2O.12, Mcleod 1898, Nicollet
2O.8O. Renville 1910, Scot 1890.
March came in like lamb, with
every indication ofs spring, but on
the second the lion had its way, the
thermometer tumbling downward,
a lightisnow falling and dancing to
the musicslof strong northwest
wind. This continued nearly all of
Wednesday night, the thermometer
dropping to ten below before taking
an early breakfast. During Thurs
day the sun shone and the thermom-
eter gotEaboye.the freezing point.
JohnsLunn of Sebeka, this state,
formerly a member of the bakery
and restaurant firm of Lunn Bros. !.
OF Redwood Falls, was in the city
last Wednesday. While here he
purchased a safe from O. L. Dorm
berg, and together with purchases
made at Gilfillan he shipped them
to Sleepy Eye, where a car was in
waiting to receive them with other
articles purchased by Mr.. Lunn at
Sleepy Eye for shipment to Sebeka
Mr.. Lunn reports that he Is doing
prosperous,basiness in that portion
of the state.
G. D.E Thompson returned on
Wednesday evening last from st.
Paul and Minneapolis, where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
encampment of the Odd Fellows Of
the state, Mr.. Thompson having
been chief patriarch of that branch
OF the order during the past year.
He was candidate for the position
OF representative to the national en-
campment to be held in San Fran
cisco this year, and was elected by
an overwhelming vote. Mr.. Thomp-
son has been IAN active worker in
the ranks of Odd Fellowship in the
state and this honor is well merited.
In the last issue of this paper it.
was briefly stated that Judge Web
Der had over-ruled the demurrer of
the defendant in the two cases
brought by parties of this county
against the Coe Commission Co. It
appears that this was an error.
The plaintiffs interposed a general
demurrer to the defense and the
counter claims set forth in the an
swer Of the company to the com
plant and instead Of Judge Webber
ruling in favor of the plaintiffs he
ordered that the demurrer of the
plaintiffs be over-ruled. They were
given twenty days to withdraw the.
demurrer and to reply to the allie
cations demurred to. ~
The rebuilding of block to take
the place Of the Houghmaster build
ing. destroyed by fire on the morn
ing Of Oct. I'D last, is now an as
sured fact. On his return from
Chicago Mr.. Houghmaster an
nounced that he was in a position
TO finance the construction of al
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