The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-08-01

The Raymond News tells Of the
death of Julius Spletter, we'll
known farmer residing near that
place, in rather peculiar manner.
Considerable of ditching has been
going on up there and it appears
that Spletter had jumped into the
running water of one of the bitches
to take bath. He was apparently
attacked with cramps, and his body
had been washed down to the dam
of a stream into which the ditch
emptied. His body was found there
by other bathers.
Brown county is making arrange
ments for poor farm, Chairman
Eckstein and Commissioner Ross
were invested with proper authority
to ask for and invite architects to
submit plans and specifications for
county poor house, the cost not to
exceed $4,000 The plans and speci-
fications are to be submitted to the
county commissioners on Aug. 10th.
The present poor house is entirely
inadequate to handle the crowd of
poor and sick, and the commission
ers believed it an economical move
to proceed with the erection of a
new poor house.
There are few editors in our state
who have not made vi gorous and
continuous fight against the mail
order house. This has been done in
the interests of the home merchant,
and without money and without
price. If the editors Of the land
had received regular advertising
rates for all they have said against
the enemy of the country merchants
they could now be wearing dia-
monds. Now the department store
man appreciates advertising space
and is willing to take all the space
the country editor has to sell, at a
good price. What other class of
business or professional men would
work for nothing on the one hand
and refuse business to help their
friends on the other, especially as
many Of the said friends never seem
in the least disposed to return the
compliment or even appreciate it.
Department houses are now engaged
in securing space in this great en-
CINE of publicity country press.
When this is accomplished the en-
barrassment Of the country mer-
chant will have been emphasized.
The St. Peter Herald says that
information had reached that city
to the effect that Duncan r. Ken
nedy, an early day resident of St.
Peter, passed away at his home in
Memo, S. D., on June 26th. Mr..
Kennedy had passed his 83d year.
He was a pioneer Of two states.
A Scotch-Canadian by birth, he came
to Minnesota as early as 1850 and
settled in St. Paul. In the year
Immediately following he was in the
employ of the American Fur COM
pany, having charge Of the trading
posts at Traverse DIES Sioux, as we'll
as at Lac qui Parle. At this time
he spoke Gaelic, French and Sioux
fuently, and his intercourse with
the Sioux gave him an intimate
knowledge of the Indian language
and their customs. When the In
dian outbreak occurred Mr.. Ken
nedy was one of the few white men
at the headquarters Of the Mime
sofa river and when he was return
ing to civilization he was the means
of saving several families. Later he
rendered valuable service to the
government as a scout and inter-
prefer. The deceased was among
the first to join the rush to South
Dakota. Fairly in 1877 he went to
the Black Hills and since that time
he had been engaged in prospecting
in what is known as the Bare Butte
district. At the time of his death
he was interested in valuable mining
property near Memo.
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