The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-11-22

Washing easier, sweet smelling
clothes, economy ID time and les
sening in of hard work. All ac-
complished by the use of Swift's
Pride soap and Washing powder.
Auditor Tompkins was in Spring
field during the early part of last
week, driving over from that place
on Tuesday. The drive required
eight hours. and when Mr. Temp
kins reached home he was very
near minus a horse, the animal hav-
idg been taken sick on the way
4 On account Of THANKSGIVING day,
the Minneapolis & st. Louis rail
road will sell round trip excursion
tickets to destinations within 200
miles of starting point at rate of
one and one-third fare. Dates of
sale Nov. goth and Both, return
limit Dec. 4 Call on agents for
particulars. Is 2t.
i The potato crop in this section is
so small that it is unable to supply
the local demand and Messrs. Kuen-
Iii & Luscher shipped in carload
of that product last week, from
some point in Dakota. The ship
ment was only of fair quality, but
is probably as good as can be had
I this year.
i L. D. Cooler came down from
Devils Lake, North Dakota, last
| Wednesday morning, he being one
OF the attorneys for Walter Knight,
indicted On two counts for arson.
Mr.. Cooler is enjoying a very sue
cessful practice in North Dakota,
, aud in addition is doing a good real
estate business.
L. G. Vogel, county auditor of
Brown county, was attending court
for a few hours last Wednesday
morning. Mr. Vogel is being men
toned for the position of state
treasurer on the Republican ticket.
| He was candidate for that place
before the last convention. Mr..
| Vogel is clever and genial person
and is popular in Brown county.
/ The state food and dairy commits
sioner is busy looking after box car
merchants this week. Many farm
ers and residents OF the smaller
towns are laying in supplies at this
season of the year, as they have
plenty of money just after thresh
ing The box car merchants are
taking advantage of the situation
and getting busy in various parts
of the state.
| VIM NJ. Mills, who once resided
in Redwood Falls, recently passed
away at his home in Lac qui Parle
township. He was the first white
settler of that county. In 1856 he
settled near St. Peter and prior to
1862 he resided near FIT. Ridgley,
where he lived until the Indian out
break, removing from there to ST.
, Peter, where he resided for two
; years, and then came to Redwood
! Falls. During the whole time be
, lived on his farm at Fort Ridgley
he carried the mail from St. Peter
to the lower Indian agency, eight
: miles east of where this city now
stands. He pre-empted tract Of
land in Lac qui Parle county in
! 1866.
The Tracy Herald unravels one
OF the 6ercest fish stories we have
read in many day. Listen: The
North western railroad company
has been advertising Tracy of late
: years as an attractive resort for
fishermen to get off at. We have a
beautiful little lake near here that
in the early days furnished fine
sport, pickerel being the principal
, stock. Finally the last of the fnny
: tribe disappeared from this body of
water and several years ago it was
stocked with wall-eyed pike, but
we have never heard of a matured
pike being taken from there. That
there are many in the lake is GER
tain, as is brought to light by the
millions of progeny that are bother
} ing engine men who get water here
and which supply comes from this
lake. Last Saturday the tank OF
the round house was cleaned out
: and many bushels of the little pike
were taken out with the water