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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-08
MORE LIGHT ON FARMING
Farmers Listen to Sensible Talks About
Roads, Farm Buildings, Crops
and Stock Breeding.
Profs. Robertson and Drew and Farmers
Smith, Henderson, A. D. Stew
and Huhnerkoch in It.

Saturday morning the farmers
were a little slow to get in their
places at the court house, but be-
fore II o'clock fairly good num-
Der of representative farmers and a
few ladies were in their seats.
President Shaver welcomed the
audience on behalf of the club, and
introduced Prof. Robertson as the
first speaker, who gave some of his
actual experiences as a farmer, on
road problems.
Starting out with the proposition,
what can we do with our roads now,
Prof. Robertson suggested that we
could help them by narrowing them.
Brighten up your harrow teeth and
level up the road at the same time.
Fill up the ruts. A good way to
smooth the highway was to fasten a
four by four or two two by tours
slantwise under your harrow, and
then go up one side of the road and
come back the other, so as to throw
the dirt toward the center of the
road. He had done this for eight
or ten years in front of his own
farm, and it helped decidedly. He
had not received credit on his road
tax for this at first. but after some
years new roadmaster saw the
justice of allowing for this work,
and neighbors had taken up the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-08
HUTCHINSON EXTENSION
Every Indication Points to Something
Doing by Great Northern
Railroad Soon.
Company Will Shorten Sioux City Route
by Nearly 100 Miles, Using
Hutchinson Cutoff.
(Marshall News Messenger

The time is past when the pres
ence of a railroad engineering crew
in Lyon county excites marvellous
interest and Mysteries among land
owners. Hence the fact that men
from the Great Northern company
have been studying typographical
conditions east and west of Mar
shall in this county, and that the
engineering department of the road
in St. Paul IS examining the map of
the county and the plat of this city,
has caused no greateomment. It is
well known that this great railroad
system stops at nothing in promot-
ing competition against other lines,
and that shortening lines and i'm
proving grades and rolling stock is
constantly going on, hence it has
long been anticipated that the Great
Northern would be extended from
west to some point on
the Willmar and Sioux Falls line,
as it would benefit the Sioux City,
Omaha and south western traffic by
shortening the distance between st.
Paul and those points by nearly 100
miles. But whether Marshall,
or other points would be
chosen for the Hutchinson connec-
ton has been problematical. Just
now Marshall seems to have the at
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-08

tention of the engineering depart
ment, and it is fact that this coun-
ty is being critically examined. But
later some other location may have
just as much attention, and at pres
ent no definite information is avail
able from the Great Northern offices.
The Sioux City Journal had this to
say regarding the proposed extern
sion:
"The Great Northern railroad is
contemplating an Improvement in
Minnesota which, if made, will
shorten the distance by the Great
Northern railroad from Sioux City
to Minneapolis and ST. Paul by 100
miles. Engineers are already in
the field preparing plats for the
proposed Improvement.
"The Improvement which it is
said is contemplated by the Great
Northern is the construction of a
line from Hutchinson to Marshall, a
distance OF a little more than 100
miles. The Great Northern already
owns a branch line from Minneapo-
lis southwest to Hutchinson, dis
lance of less than 50 miles. How
ever, it runs no farther than Hutch
inson. Marshall is 100 miles south
west from Hutchinson on the line
extending from Willmar to Garrett
son or the line which reaches Sioux
City. The proposed improvement
from Hutchinson to Marshall would
constitute the hypothenuse of a tri-
angle of which the line connecting
Minneapolis and Willmar and the
line connecting Willmar and Mar
shall would be the two sides.
1.-THE construction of this extern
sion is probably in line with the
plan of that road to make Sioux CITY
an important point in the Great
Northern system. The new route
would put the Great Northern in a.
Continued on page 81
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-08

good work of lettering their Sec
tions of the highway.
A common fault was to grade the
roads too high. Just enough slope
for the water to run off was better
as rule. Where drainage was bad
allowance must be made for water
soaking upward as high as three
feet. 1t was foolish to tear up the
hard road bed. Fill up the ruts
and leave no place for standing
water.
Prof. Robertson believes in look
ing after the roadway and keeping
ing it clear of weeds. It would pay
every farmer to seed the roadside
to tame grasses and run his mower
over it two or three times year.
He would not only have the hay,
but would save his fields from get
ting foul with weeds.
A farmer asked, which is the best
grader? You might as we'll ask,
which is the best harvester, was
the answer. Any make will do
good work if the right man is run
ming it. The man on the grader is
of more Importance than the grader
itself, and if your district has a
good man for that work, hang on to
him.
A query was raised as to how far
it would pay to haul gravel, and
Prof. Robertson said five miles, if
the hauling was done in a systema-
tic way.
A. D. Smith was asked to tell
what he knew about concrete in it's
application. to basement barns, and
responded, saying he had hoped
that some of his Delhi friends who
had built such barns would be
present at this meeting of the club.
He had made a few experimental
blocks OF concrete, using cement in
proportions of one-half to one sixth
in the different blocks. The blocks
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-08

had been exposed to the weather
for two winters and he had lately
been testing them with hammer.
The one with the most cement was
the hardest, but he believed either
of the others would serve for build
ing purposes. With pine lumber
at almost prohibitiye prices, he
thought concrete was the coming
material for barns. Some discus
sion followed about concrete floors,
all favorable to their use, farmers
being cautioned to roughen the
surface with board or otherwise,
instead of troweling it smooth and
slippery.
Upon invitation by President
Shaver, A. Ell. Henderson spoke on
the subject of business principles
in farming. Warning his auditors
that he was going to say something
they might not like to hear, Mr..
Henderson made good by quoting
from a book entitled 1.-THE Predica-
ment of Minnesota, which was
filled with statistics showing that
Minnesota farmers are "a wasteful
and unbusiness-like lotas compared
with the farmers of neighboring
states. This unf1attering exhibit
was followed by few suggestions
for enabling the farmers to know
where they are at. Every farmer
should take an invoice of his per
sonal property once a year. Mr..
Henderson exhibited an indexed
ledger by which he kept a record
of expense and income, and which
also showed the amount and price
received for his cream or other
product at any given date. In con-
clusion. he displayed his check book
and told his brother farmers num-
Der Of reasons why they should do
business by check and let the banks
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-08
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Tickets to Minneapolis
and ST. Paul.

Via the Northwestern line, will be sold
at reduced rates March 8 and 4. limited
to return until March 6, inclusive, on
account of the musical festival and
dedication of the new auditorium at
Minneapolis. Apply to agents OF Chi
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-08

When you want anything
new come to US, we buy
only the newest styles and
latest Productions.111@
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-03-08
s"ss As Soon as You Are Ready

Most of our Spring Goods are
Here--Much earlier than usual.
We have most elegant showing of Chldren's Suits
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
Try a Smile.

Try Smile.
If The world will not be conquered by
If your weepp'y y "A viii TIn not raise you when
you're down.
Try smile
If q stOlid countenance
Will not help your cause advance,
Thaw d bit aud take a chance
Fry a smile.
If a scowl don't make your neghborhcod
Try a smile:
If an everlasting gru1nble don't protect
Dash away that childish tear
Check, that sob. it's bad to hear:
Spread your mouth from ear to ear
Try Il smile.
If you've had to let some stronger fellow
Let him know it takes two lickings
to defeat IT, you s,,oi,o
Make him clearly understand
You don't bear the towards brand;
Make him show his strongest hand
Try smile.
If they've told you you are going to the
Try a SMILE:
Try a Smile.
When you've been SO knocked about
That you're nearly down and out,
And are scheduled for pout
Try a smile.
If your very utmost efforts didn't work.
Try a smile:
Though YOU feel that it must be sickly
s1nirk
Try a smile.
Show the world that you can do 1t;
Send giggle gurgling through it;
Don't go get rag and chew it
Try a smile.
Baltimore American.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
TOOK THE Bows ADVICE.
Disnterested Criticism Convinced a
Woman of Fault.

When the coat was brought home
from the dressmakers the woman de-
clared that the sleeves. were too long.
Friends. however, through that sense
of kindness which impels us to tell so
many lies about the fit of other peo-
pies clothes. insisted that they were
Just right" Finally. with all those
fibs to offset her own Judgment. the
woman persuaded herself that, even
though the sleeves did feel so, they
might not be too long to look well, and
she wore them with tolerable COM
fort
Wednesday afternoon the fallacy
with which she had deluded herself
was dealt shattering blow. When
passing news stand in City Hall
park the youthful proprietor thereof
made a dash at her with half dozen
evening papers. which he earnestly
entreated her to buy. Not being then
interested in the latest news, the
woman brushed by needless of his
opportunities. That aroused the boys
ire.
Say he called out, revengefully,
your sleeves is too long. You'd bet
ter run tuck in en-
And the first thing the woman did
when she got home was to take this
advice.-New York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

see, very certainly had not travelled
very far nor very often. Wonder if
there was a porter on the Pullman in
question? If so, why did not the gen
tleman GU object to his presence, in
stead of that of Prof Booker T. Wash
ington, who has, already; been accord
ed, on account of his actual WORTH as
a man. born in the image of God, more
respect, .courtesies and honors, if you
please, than the Anticipated Tennes-
sean can ever hope to enjoy. Only
very few of the white people are as
big fools. are as unjust, are as despic-
able as the Tennessean in question,
and we thank God for it.
Yes, Booker Washington may be
killed by some such inconsistent, un-
christian murderer, but if he is he
will be a martyr to the principle that
a man is a man for a that and a
that and the one who kills h. m will
do so because he believes in that
principle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

The Russians are having a lovely
time of it. with the war at the front
and revolution at home they don't
know where they are at. They how
ever know how to cause the whole
civilized world to be horror-stricken
at their blood thirstiness. They have
to blame somebody for their failure in
the war with Japan so they say it
was because of the presence of 100000
Jews in the army in Manchuria, al
though that number only represents
10 per cent of the army. Their mas
sacre of thousands of innocent people
in St. Petersburg since our last issue
is evidence, if any is needed that they
ought not to succeed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
Flowing by Dynamite.

At Pendleton, Ore, and on several
farms in the eastern part of the state
of Washington, dynamite is used to
break up the ''hard pan" stratum just
underneath the surface. Good soil
and moisture are under the. hard
pan"
In the sagebrush and alkali regions
this stratum of 'hardpan' will not
let tie moisture come to the surface.
nor can tree roots and alfalfa roots
reach the moisture. So the surface is
dry alkali, the mother of sagebrush
and nothing else.
The dynamiters believe that by
smashing this barren and rebellious
stratum they can make the moisture
come up and the roots go down.
Crops have been planted over a con-
siderable tract of dynamited ground.
In the fall we shall know how good a
farmer dynamite is.-Everybody's
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

Invitations are being issued to the
Fourteenth Annual Session of the Tus-
keegee Conference which will be held
at Tuskegee, Ala, Wednesday, Feb.
p. This is always very interesting
meeting and the fact that it is held
on the 173d anniversary Of the birth
day of THE Father of His Country
ought to make it possible for some. of
the speakers to make some excellent
comparisons concerning then and now.
My. if George Washington could only
be resurrected and be present on that
occasion and see what has been done
by Booker Washington in this coun-
try, and who has been declared by emf
nent authority to be one OF the three
greatest men this country has produc-
ed viz: George Washington, Abra-
ham Lincoln and Booker Washington:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
SATURDAY, JANUARY %, 1905.

A few days since Prof. Booker T.
Washington was a passenger from
Kansas City. Mo-, to Birmingham,
Ala. and. as is the custom OF all gen
tlemtn who travel and can afford to
do so. he rode in a Pullman sleeper.
A young Tennessee white man was a
passenger in the same car and. had
been during the night. but he did not
know of Mr. Washington's presence
until the next day. When he espied
the great educator in the car his
eyes nearly popped out of his hollow
pate and he looking directly at Mr..
Washington exclaimed, well, I'll be
-!"
Then the Tennesseean hunted up
first the Pullman conductor and then
the train conductor and made his
complaint. but both declared Mr..
Washington had secured ticket at
Kansas City calling for accommoda-
tions on the sleeper to Birmingham,
and they had no right to eject him.
The complainant then returned to
the sleeper and explained the situa-
ton to other occupants of the car.
found one sympathiZer, who agreed
that the proper thing to do was to
take hold of Washington and throw
him bodily off the car.
They appealed to couple OF other
men 10 assist them. but one declared
he was stranger in strange land
and did not want to get into trouble,
while the other declined outright to
interfere.
The southern men then decided
that. not being sure Of the law on the
subject, they would telegraph the
facts to the sheriff of county ahead.
but the opportunity did not come until
they reached Birmingham. where the
cause of trouble left the train, With
him went the white man who had re-
fused outright to join the proposed
ejectment proceedings. and he proved
to be Washington's secretary.
The rabid Southerner said in Bir-
mingham:
On my return home, L shall see
that proceedings are begun against
the railroad for permitting this viola
ton of the law. This is the only time
in nv life l. ever had to ride in car
with a niger. AS for myself, | am
man of peace, but there's one thing
sure. this Booker Washington is going
to be killed one of these days. mark
my word.''
How absolutely absurd this whole
thing is. The Tennessean, evidently.
had travelled very little, perhaps was
never out of his state before. and
was woefully ignorant too, or he
would have not have made such an
assertion, in reference to riding with
a ':nigger' Many of the Southern
roads have Afro-American train por-
ters sleeping car porters and other
railroad employees and the same is
-tr,,e of the North. And. then: too,
there is only small portion of this
country in which Afro-Americans are
forced to suffer the injustice wrought
hv charging. him first class. fare and
then giving Jim Crow accommoda-
tons. So, as we say, the gentleman
& lGod save the mark!) from Tennes-
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
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wife says.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

HISTORY OF THE COMMUNE OF 1871.
History of the Commune of 1s71
Translated from the French Of Lissagaray
by Eleanor Marx Aveling. New York
International Publishing Co.
History of the Commune of 1871"
translated from the French of Lissagaray
by Eleanor Marx Aveling, is a Well writ
ten volume of history. dealing with one of
those political commissions which have so
frequently shook France to its founda
lions. H.
The translator has performed the diff
cult art of preserving the ,pecUliar cpl
grammatic and pointed style of all French
prose. and tof which Lissagaray appears
to be master.
The descriptive art of the author never
lags from the opening. to the closing
chapter of this book of extraordinary
happenings. - -.
The Commune of 1871 was the culmina-
ton of French weakness and inbecility-
the elimination of criminal torpor that
rested upon those in authority. and which
followed swiftly upon the heels of the
prostration of the French by the wonder
full armies under that prince of military
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