The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1904-03-30
Mavor F.LW. Philbrick made q

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business trip to the cities last
Thursday afternoon.
"A lot Of lumber for the new Anne
| 4 Thune and Knights Of Pythias
building arrived last week, and has
been unloaded at the building site.
The first Strawberries drifted
into the local market last Thursday.
They were quite green, and lacked
the flavor Of good old Minnesota
Strawberries of june days.
Murphy, the blind agent Of the
John Hancock Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co. was making a canvass Of
the town in the interests Of his com
pany few days last week.
"A branch of an apple tree was
laid 90 our desk on Tuesday of last
week, containing some well devel-
oped buds, showing quick growth
following the warm weather.
G. z. Mckay and wife returned
last Wednesday from their winter $
.soiourn in California. and other Pac-
ifc coast and southern states. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckay are delighted
with California, and the winter S
outing has done them both much
good. They arrived home earlier
than originally intended, owing to
the serious illness of Mr.. Mckay S
father.
We need not remind our readers
of the numberless deeds of good
done by the Salvation army, of the
hundreds of thousands ofmen, wom-
en- and children fed and clothed
during the bitter winter. All this
is but part of a tale oft told and now
known of all men. Be it our part
to remember it in practical fashion
during the.week of March 9th to
April Sd, inclusive, when with self
denial and prayer the army all over
the country will endeayor to in
crease itsiresources.
The VanDusen elevator at Nor
gan was completely destroyed by
fire on Tuesday night of last week.
The fire was discovered about Ii
o clock, the flames first making
their appearance on the south side
of the main structure. There we're
5000 bushels of wheat, 1000 bush
els of oats, 500 bushels of barley,
800 bushels of flax and some rye in
the elevator at the time of the fire.
The floss on the building was about
So, 600, in addition to the grain. The
railroad company lost box car,
which was loaded with 81 ,040 bush
els OF wheat. Fred. Ellington was
the company $ agent.
The North Redwood hill is in a
frightful condition for teams, and
those attached to the Lamberton
omnibuses have had their share of
the burden in pulling up the vehi-
Giles loaded with human freight.
Last Thursday the omnibuses were
only partially loaded, and yet the
horses, with frequent stops for
resting, had hard work in reaching
the summit, and Mr.. Lamberton has
since placed triple whipple-trees on
the omnibuses, and is running three
horses on the same. At some fu-
ture period the authorities of this
city, of North Redwood and probab-
y of the county, should take steps
toward having a twenty-foot pave
way on this hill.
The Republican district conven.
lion at Ortonville was strictly a
Volstead convention, more than
seven-elghths OF the delegates pres
mt shouting for the gentleman from
Yellow Medicine county. During
Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday i
the Hon. M. j, Bowling of
Renville and Frank Bentley of Mon
tevideo attempted to line up some
followers to cut from the platform a
plank endorsing Mr.. Volstead S po-
sition on reciprocity, but this be-
came hopeless task, and long be-
fore the convention met the two
gentlemen gave up the idea and Mr.. |
Volstead was not only endorsed
specifically on this point, but also
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