The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-10-11

| In touching up the TAR laSL week
we neglected to mention the excel
lent work done by C. v. Everett
and other members of the commit
tee on sports. That committee
pulled off the street events on
Thursday and Friday, and kept the
crowd interested during the period
allotted for the events. The pillow
fight on the last day was particu-
larly exciting and furnished amuse-
ment to large crowd OF people.
Supt. Race has received notice
from the department of public in
struction that the October appor-
tionment of the current school fund
will give to the school fund OF this
county a sum equal to 50 80 per
pupil for all pupils who have at
tended school the required 40 days
during the last school year. The
superintendent last year was 1920
per pupil. In the entire state 375,
165 pupils will draw apportionment
for their districts from this fund,
making the amount to be distribut-
ed 1862. 881. 80, $60,00 more than
was distributed last year.
This dog story comes from Rem
vile by way of the Minneapolis
Journal: Martin Peterson, a farm
er living five miles northeast of
Renville. is the owner of a dog that
has established a reputation. In
the stacking season the dog disap-
peared, and though search was
made for him, no trace could be
found. Last Friday, while thresh-
ing out of the stack, the dog was
found. 1t seems it crawled into a
shock OF wheat in search of a cool
place. Peterson built a stack
around the shock and thus buried
the dog. When dug out the animal
had been under the stack just 35
days without food or drink. 1t is
alive and we'll but is nothing but
skin and bones.
The library board held meeting
on Monday evening of last week
and aside from transacting routine
business listened to the report of
Miss Fernald. the librarian, for
September. The report stated that
with the exception of Labor day
the library was open to the public
every day of the month. The total
number of volumes issued was FOL,
daily average of %, of which 164
per cent were non-fction. We see
a considerable decrease in the mum
Der of books issued, but with the
opening of school that was expected.
There is, however, a marked in
crease in the non fiction and were
we able to supply the teachers and
scholars with the books they de-
sire, it would be much greater. The
largest circulation on any one day
was So volumes. These figures in
clude the juvenile report, which,
though somewhat better than the
adult, is pot so much so as one
would think, the total circulation
being 347, of which SO or Is per
cent were non fiction. There were
81 new registrations, which bring
our borrower list up to 418. The
readers numbered 361, of which 249
were children, liz adults. The
largest daily attendance was 20.
This month we can report "a refer
ence workers where there were but
four last month, The same must be
said here about the lack of material
for reference work. 1t is called for
every day aud will be even more
needed as the winter advances.
Cannot something be done to secure
this working material? There has
been added to the library seven
sets of books by standard authors,
one OF which, set of Dickens. was
presented by Henry Schleuder.
These have received mechanical
preparation and are on the shelves.
455 books have been catalogued the
past month, and all necessary
mending aud repairing attended to
before allowed to circulate. Many
strangers visit the library aud all
admire the building. They are
unanimous in thinking we have a
good nucleus for fine library