The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-04-20

to its patrons last Tuesday and
Wednesday some clever bits of adj
vertising matter in the shape Of
leather coin and bill purses, with a
letter telling how to fill them.
By sending so, cents to julius
Pleth, Locator St. Hilaire, Mimi,
you will receive post paid colored
map 28x38 of Red Lake Indian res
ervation. located nine miles east of
st. Hilaire, containing 256, l52 acres
open for homestead, showing quail
ity of every quarter. Also book
giving full information. Reference
either bank, St.iHilaire.
1t was stated in the last issue of
this paper that E. Atkinson of Del
hi was contemplating the resigna-
ton as postmaster at that place in
the near future. After the issue
reached Delhi Mr.. Atkinson 'phoned
THE GAZETTE that this was prema-
ture-that while he had stated that
he would resign some time in the
future the resignation was so dis
tant that it was not worth mention
ing at this time.
Senator Clapp last Thursday Sc
cured the passage ia the senate of
his bill proposing to pension the
surviving defenders at New Ulm
and Fort Ridgley at the time of the
Indian massacre in that region 40
years ago. 1t is estimated that
there are about,100 of the survivors
of that terrible time and it is pro-
posed as they were not soldiers of
the United States army to make a
special case of their work of defense
and grant pensions in accordance
with the general pension laws to
each one.
State Supt. Olsen writes Supt.
Race that so far as the school year
1908 04 is concerned, that where
districts had made arrangements
for hiring teachers prior to his no.
tice relative to the participation of
state aid, which requires a daily
attendance of twelve pupils and a
system of heating and ventilation
as necessary in order that such
districts shall be entitled to the
state aid of 1925, that the daily aver
age attendance of twelve will be
rescinded, but that a system of
heating and ventilation approved
by county Superintendent of schools
must be installed before the appli-
cation is made for this years aid.
The New Ulm Review states that
detectives are upon the trail of
young farmer living near Fairfax,
who is suspected as the incendiary
who fired the Phoenix roller mill at
Fairfax on the morning of Feb. 4th
last, when property valued at 500
900 was OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Only
a short time before the fire the
young man, who has just attained
his majority, and who owns a quar-
ter section of land near Fairfax as
result of sharing in the estate of
his diseased father, engaged in a
quarrel with L. Nichols, principal
owner of the mill. This quarrel re-
suited in blows and the mill owner
vanished his opponent and the lat
ter swore vengeance, making threats
against Mr.. Nichols from time to
time. When the mill burned the
crime was attributed to him and
several detectives were set to work
to investigate. 1t is believed that
they have completely raveled the
mystery and secured the desired
The young man gotwind
Of their work, skipped out, but has
since been located in a town in !
northern Minnesota.
Carl Hoepke was sent to the coun-
" Jail for so days for beating and
abusing his six year old son, and
when he was declared guilty by
Judge Laudon County Attorney
Howard stated that be regretted
hat the old time whipping post had
been abolished, as he was satisfied
hat what Hoepke needed was being
led to the post and 20 or more
ashes applied to his naked BODY.
Commissioner Mead discovered the
,ase at first, and Investigating it
ound that the child had not only