The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-01-10

Harvey Harris of the Vesta Cen
sor was among the newspaper men
of the county in town on Tuesday of
last week.
A. A. Bennett came over from
Renville last Wednesday and S. F.
Scott came down from Vesta at the
same time. During the day the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the State Bank Of Vesta was held
at the Gold Stabeck state banking
house, and VIM. H. Gold was elected
president, A. A. Bennett vice-presi-
dent and S. F. Scott cashier for the
ensuing year. The board of directors
remains unchanged.
Crystal lodge, Daughters of Re-
bekah, gave a farewell reception to
Mrs Frank M. Birkenmeyer at their
hall last Wednesday evening. Re
freshments were served ate o'clock,
and during the evening many of the
members wished her success and
good health in her new home. Mrs.
Birkenmeyer and children leave in
week or ten days for Montezuma,
Iowa, where they will join their
husband and father.
The city council has practically
decided to change the city admins
tration from it's present quarters in
the Granite building to the basement
Of the Carnegie library. The coun-
Gil had this in view a year ago, but
owing to a contract having already
been entered into the project was
abandoned for the time being. The
basement will make an immense
council chamber, and inasmuch as
the building is the property of the
city the rent will be free of charge.
This also includes heat and light At
the present time the city defrays
one-half the expense of rent of the
rooms in the Granite block.
At meeting of Redwood county
publishers held in this city on Tues
day afternoon of last week w. C.
Starr Of Lamberton was elected
president, F. G. futile vice-presi-
dent, Clifford Eaton of Morgan
secretary and James Aiken treas
urer. A committee consisting Of
VIM. G. Owens, F. G.. futile and
Angus McRae was appointed to draft
bylaws, and it was voted to have
midsummer outing for the members
and their families, the date to be
fixed by the executive officers of the
association. asa,
Brown County Journal: The mer-
chants of Redwood Falls certainly
appreciate the effect Of advertising
as the REDWOOD FALLS GAZETTE
last week contained in the near
vicinity of eighty columns of adver-
Using matter and consisted of TWEEN
ty-four pages. This is something
unprecedented in country newspaper
dom and the publishers of that paper
should feel high degree of satisfac-
ton from the fact that the mer-
chants of their city appreciate a
good thing when they see it, and
have business judgment of class
which prompts them to advertise.
There are many complaints coming
to the railroad and warehouse COM
mission office claiming that in many
places in the state grain buyers are
taking 33 and 33a pounds per bushel
when buying oats. The legal weight
for a bushel of oats is 80 pounds,
and the taking of any other weight,
unless by special contract, is made a
misdemeanor under the law The
facts are that all oats are sold at the
terminals at 80 pounds per bushel,
and the taking Of more than 80
pounds when buying in the country
is an injustice and practice which
should be discontinued at once. Some
buyers make the excuse that it is
on account of the dockage. This
excuse is not tenable because the
extra weight is taken from the
farmer with clean oats, as also from
those with oats containing much
dirt. Again, there is no dockage on
oats at the terminals. Our advice
to the farmer is to refuse at al
times, and at any price, to sell al
any other weight than 80 pounds per
) bushel and grain dealers are urged
to INV all oats on q 30 DO11nd Dol