The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-04-13

with her sister, Miss Bessie Bow
ers all OF last week, returning home
Saturday.
D. b. Turrell leaves this week
for Minot, North Dakota, and will
90 to Steele and Washburn. in this
state, before returning to Redwood
Falls. Mr.. Turrell is interested
more or less in real estate in that
state.
McGoyern and Doty, who assisted
the x. of P's. in putting on MY
Friend from Arkansaw are pre-
pairing to put on another play for
the benefit of the Redwood Falls
band. The presentation will take
place during the next two weeks.
Judge "A. r. a. Laudon, accom-
panied by his sister, Miss Anna
Laudon, left for Minneapolis, St.
Paul and Saltwater on Tuesday
morning Of last week for afew days
visit with relatives and friends in
those cities.
Granite Tribune Redwood boasts
of building boom this summer that
will knock all other booms silly.
That is the way to do it and the
first essential is to say it shall be
done, and the next is to do it. Glad
to hear of the coming activity OF
Redwood S capitol for some of the
noise may reach here and wake US
up.
Former Conductor Anderson of
the st. Louis, running from Morton
to Watertown for a long time, is now
a conductor on the Wabash running
into st. Louis. Mrs. Anderson,
who is quite well-known here, was
in town last Wednesday bidding
goodbye 20 her friends, prepare
tory to leaving for St. Louis, where
they will reside in the future.
Tuesday of last week was Master
Harold Aune's eighth birthday, and
an even dozen young men of the
town, about Harold's age, were
summoned by letter left by the post
man at their different abodes, to
appear at Harold S Office at o clock
that afternoon, and help warm up
the Aune residence. They all APP
peared, and Mrs. Aune, who was
assisted by Mrs. G. A. Neufert for
the occasion, was kept jumping to
prevent the ID from tearing upside
down that end OF town. At six
o clock a course luncheon was
served to the bunch, and the II
want Harold to have birthday
every day.
In the contest of the will of the
late Amherst IT. Wilder and also
that of Cornelia Day Wilder-Apple
by of St. Paul list of the securi-
ties assigned for an income for DR..
Appleby is given, and among them
are three bonds of 1000 each
known as the Redwood Falls water
works bonds. These bonds are
four percenters. Mrs. Appleby, in
her will, insisted that sufficient
sureties should be set aside to give
the doctor an income of SO, 900 per
year. The doctor now objects to
the securities set aside by the trus-
tees and claims that he will insist
upon the entire estate left by his
wife. OF the other securities set
aside many are bonds of Minnesota
towns for school, water or other
purposes.
Auditor Tompkins has two souve-
Mrs of the early history framed and
on exhibition at the auditors Office,
where the exhibit is to be kept for
all time. They include two of the
first tax receipts issued by the
treasurer of Redw county. The
first one is dated March Goth, 1866,
and is evidence that James B. Nc
MILAN paid $6.63 in full for all of
his taxes on property in Redwood
county for the year 1865. At this
time the county had no printed
forms for receipts and Jacob Tip
perary, then county treasurer, wrote
the receipt out with his own hand.
The next receipt is one of the first
if not the first, given on the forms
supplied by the county in 1867.