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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
A NEW TEMPLE OF WORSHIP.

The new Christian church, which
is now enclosed and nearing compile
ton, is the biggest building enter
prise undertaken in the city this
season. The accompanying half-tone
from the architects drawing fails to
convey a clear representation Of this
imposing temple of worship, which
will stand through the years as a
permanent memorial to it's master
builder, Rev. E. G.. Nicholson, and
the congregation which has Loyalty
supported him. 1t is of reinforced
concrete construction, almost every
block having been made under the
eye of the Hiram Of the temple, who
pins his faith to concrete instead of
to beams Of cedar as did his ancient
prototype. Mr.. Nicholson is an en-
thusiast on concrete as the building
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
Makes Good Gains in City improvements in Church
School and Business Betterments

material of to-day and of the future
His success so far seems to justify
his faith. At the outset, when the
plans of the architect, Alvin Terry
berry of Duluth, were submitted to
contractors for bids, the lowest bid
was over $28,OOO-a formidable fig
ure for congregation not Astounding
with wealthy people. With strong
faith that the work could be done for
much less, our doughty Hiram adj
vised the rejection of all bids and
the substitution of home labor and
the building up the walls of their
Zion by all the congregation. The
outcome so far is that Hiram has
been able to make good. The church
people had bee" and excavated
for the foundation. Car loads of
New Ulm crushed granite and dray
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

loads of cement were dumped at the
mixing grounds at nearby base
ment and despite continued rains,
the beginning of the end is now in
sight. with an expenditure not much
exceeding $4,000 and the volunteer
labor of pastor and people, exclusive
OF the interior furnishing.
When Oliver w. Stewart, the great
temperance orator, comes here next
month to dedicate the temple, he will
have a story to tell worthy of his
best efforts. The date is Jan. 9th.
The Mellen Plumbing and Heating
Co. is this week installing an up-to-
date heating plant in the building.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
OUR CITY SCHOOLS.

Redwood Falls has every reason
to be proud of it's schools. Last
year the new high school building
was built and made ready for occu-
pancy, at a cost of about $23 900, but
this year the largest expenditure
has been made for improving the
grade building. The latter has
served it's purpose fairly we'll since
it's erection, with one serious reser-
vation-it was. poooly ventilated.
This was thru no fault of the board
of education, the old boards having
spent liberal sums of money to en-
ploy experts and pay for installing
a ventilation system which failed to
work, and had to be replaced by
another system. At that time school
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

ness community. The ship that
goes out on sunny seas for it's
trial trip and spins along at twenty
knots or more per hour, has better
tests in store. When it Bullets with
tempestuous seas and steams against
persistent head winds it will not
make so much speed, but if it is
staunch and strong and makes steady
gains in spite of difficulty, the sail
ing master and crew know that their
good ship is worthy of their con-
fidence and will bring them safe to
port.
The season of 1906 has not been
one of average prosperity for most
of the towns along the Minnesota
river, and in Redwood Falls as we'll
as thruout the county, business men
and farmers have been fairly con-
tent to hold their own.
Redwood Falls as a city has done
considerably better than that, and
as the year draws to a close it may
be we'll to count our marcies" and
enumerate some of the things ac-
complished during the past twelve
months.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
THE LIVESTOCK BUSINESS.

A cheering indication of the trend
OF the farming of the future in this
vicinity is found in the increased
interest in stock raising. For the
season of 1906 the stock of the
farmer has been the main reliance.
and tho the season has been a poor
one for hay and not favorable for a
good acreage of corn, cattle and
hogs have been the hope of the
farmer for cash to meet his expend-
itures. A single firm of stock buy-
ers in this city-that of Durham &
Dennistoun-paid out during the
year $125,O00 for cattle and hogs.
about 500, 900 of the amount being
for hogs. This was an increase
of about $4,000 over their last
years business, and had it not
been for fear of the hog cholera
and the small acreage of corn this
season the showing would have been
still better.
Mr.. Durham thinks that expert
ence is teaching the farmers valu-
able lessons on the profit along stock
raising lines. He is advising
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

house ventilation had not been re-
duced to science, and results were
not entirely satisfactory.
At the July school meeting a resolu.
ton was passed, asking the board
to install an up-to-date system OF
ventilation in the grade building.
The board at the September meet
ing employed Chandler & Long
architects, of Racine, Wis, to give
the building a thorough examina-
ton and to draw up plans for a
satisfactory system of ventilation.
Mr.. Chandler recommended the fan
system and automatic temperature
regulation, which is somewhat ex-
penslve, but the most satisfactory.
The board advertised for bids, and
were pleased to find that that the
lowest bidder was E. nj. Mellen of
this city. The plans called for the
building of brick gasoline engine
house on the north side of the school
building and required considerable
other labor for both masons and
carpenters, all of which was per-
formed by home workmen, W. E.
SALISBURY being in charge of the
brick work. The entire system
would have been in operation before
this time, had it not been for delays
in filling Mr.. Mellen's order for the
fan or blower to insure forced
draught for securing regular sup
plies of fresh air. The required
machinery has been made and
shipped, and it is confidently ex-
pected that the complete system will
be in successful operation during the
vacation. The automatic
temperature regulation will be one
of the most valuable features of the
system, as it insures an even tenn
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.

The GAZETTE has chronicled in
detail heretofore other important
improvements and additions during
the past year.
Perhaps the most expensive has
been the installation of an up-to-
date automatic telephone system by
the Northwestern Telephone Co.
The old unsightly network of wires
has been replaced by cables and new
switch-boards and office furnishings
turnout replace the old. Manager
Werner is proud of the fact that his
patrons are not only pleased with
the service they are getting, but
that Redwood Falls has a little the
largest list of patrons in proportion
to population of any town in this
part of the state.
c. Fred. Thompson has made per-
haps the largest outlay for new
buildings in the business district.
His extension south of the opera
house comprises three floors, 4Ox42,
all we'll lighted and convenient of
access. The basement floor is likely
to be occupied soon for restaurant
purposes, the well-lightcd spacious
floor above is an ideal place for
store in most any line, while the
third floor is easily accessible from
the opera house entrance and will
make good rental property. The
building is first-class thruout in it's
appointments and credit to it
builder, contractor Frank Jaehn
Mr.. Thompson also removed the old
fair store to Third street and en-
closed it with brick walls at con-
siderable outlay.
Ed. Pease's hardware store, 4Ox7O
feet in dimensions, with comfort
able and well-lighted reimbursement
of the same dimensions for tinshop
and storage. is a substantial addi-
ton to our business houses, with it's
neighbor store for Apitz the tailor,
who IS strictly in the push with his
well appointed store, 2ox60, his nice
line of goods and his business pro-
ducing advertising.
The Heilman building, 22x7O,
houses about the best appointed
shoe store in any town. All the
fixtures are of the best, and He'll
man & belong long ago demon
strated that they know how to run
a shoe store on business principles.
There are many parlors that are
less attractive and comfortable. The
second floor is finished up in tip-top
style for Mr.. Heilman's family, and
the whole is kept comfortable in the
weather with a hot water
heating plant and lighted by gas
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

At the new high school building a
manual training equipment has been
installed, the bids for the tools being
solicited from local hardware deal
ers, who figured close and gave the
schools the benefit of wholesale
prices, D. E. Laird securing the con-
tract. In addition to installing
manual training, the board has let
to Jaehn & Co. of Springfield the
contract for charging the eighth
grade room by removing a couple
OF partitions so as to give a capacity
for over 90 pupils, instead of about
Az as at present. and have also con-
tracted for the putting in of a rear
entrance to the boiler room by the
same firm, all the work to be done
during the Christmas vacation.
These improvements and the instala-
tion of the manual training eoip.
ment will cost exceeding $500, max
ing the permanent additions to the
two buildings close to the actual
value of $4,000.
1t is only fair to say that the
strongest feature of our city school
system is not its buildings and up
to-date equipment. The faculty is
an exceptionally efficient one. from
Superintendent Mosher down to the
kindergarten teacher. Miss Everett.
In this connection, some facts
CLEANED from the annual report of
state high school Inspector Eaton
will be of interest:
!" Forty-six schools enjoy forced,
that is to say, a fan system of ventil-
alton. So far as my observation
goes, it is the only method that can
be depended upon under all circum-
stances. Over half of the high
schools of the state depend practi- |
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

Our city has a right to boast of
the excellence of it's sewer and
water systems, the complete net
work of cement walks, and the
permanence and smoothness of its
well-graveled streets. All four of
these important features have been
added to or materially improved
during 1906.
Thirty live blocks of cement walks,
none of them less than five feet
wide, have been constructed during
1906, nearly all of them carrying
substantial cement crossings for the
intersecting streets and ALLEYS. Wis
itors from abroad are pretty we'll
agreed that Redwood Falls is now in
a class by itself in the matter of
concrete walks, as compared with
neighboring towns. Practically all
of the cement walks laid in the city
this year were laid by Nelson & Co.,
who have headquarters at Mime
apolis and a branch plant in this
city.
Redwood Falls is also fortunate in
It's location as regards sewerage, the
deep gorges of the Redwood river
furnishing a convenient outlet for
the entire system. New sewerage
and water mains have been added
along IA blocks in 1906. The
sewer and water district will be ex-
tended from year to year to meet
the public demands. Power for the
water service is furnished by an
electric current generated by the
dam, from the Redwood Roller mills,
the same power being ample for
operating the electric lighting plant,
both managed by A. C. Burmeister.
Owing to the abundance of gravel
owned by the municipality, the
streets of the city are kept in excel
lent condition, and have stood the
test Of the continued rains of the
past season.. Good work has been
done on them the past summer by
Commissioner Baker.
The approximate amount of i'm
provements in the city for the year
is 35 blocks of concrete walk, sewer
and water pipes in front of ID blocks,
and 80 street crossings-the whole
valued at over $4,000.
Lack of space forbids mention in
detail of number of residences and
other minor improvements which
would swell the total at the head of
this pace to 100000. The claims of
advertisers cannot be ignored.) !
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

perature for all parts of the build
ing, Independent of the action of
the janitor or fireman.
Another improvement at the grade
building is the substitution of &C.
ment walks for the old plank ones
in front of and leading to the build
ings on both sides. The cost of all
improvementswill be near So, 500.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

cally ON windows for pure air. Much
OF the sickness in schools is due to
colds caught from open windows.
Much Of the restlessness to be no.
ticed in some buildings is due to the
fact that the youngsters have an
inadequate supply of fresh air."
Now that the forced draught and
automatic temperature regulation
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

IDENTIFY takes lot Of money to keep
things hot in this vicinity during an
ordinary winter. The dealers report
plenty of coal at this time, and
Agent Brammer is able to claim
that there has never been serious
car shortage here for several years
past at least.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12
F alls Goes Steadily Up Grade

JILDING UP h e
city under special
conditionsof plen-
ty is not a hard
problem. 1t takes
adversely to bring
out the 2 strong
points of a bust;
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

City improvements,
Christian Church Building,
N. w. Telephone Co. Installation,
Farmers Elevator and Coal House,
C.. F. Thompson Stores two
Heilman Building,
Pease and Apitz Stores,
School House improvements,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

The above states the rate in mills
and shows Lamberton's tax rate the
lowest, with Redwood Falls next.
Next year our city rate will be only
49, mills for school tax.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

are a part of our grade school equip
ment, our youngsters will feel better
and work better.
For fear that an impression might
go out that these good things for the
rising generation carry with them a
high tax rate, the following state
ment of the rates in nearby towns
is taken at random from Inspector
Atoms report:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-12-12

Concluded on 14th page.)
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17
DESTRUCTIVE ARTISTS.


Smarting Under criticism.
BY no means unusual was the de
struction Of the Borglum angels in the
| Cathedral of St John the Divine by the
sculptor himself while smartng under
the criticism that there We're no male
angels shown.
| Gerone, the famous French sculptor,
! had been working for weeks on the clay
model of 4 group representing Spring.
1t had almost reached completion when
the artist became convinced that the
treatment was wrong, and in minute
be had beaten the entire group into a
shapeless mass Of damp clay.
Hoearth destroyed a picture which
bad been somewhat severely criticised
BY one Of his friends, but the most spec
taeular destruction Is related oil Char
tran. who for a time had studio in
New York. He was visited by the nus
band Of an American woman whose
portrait he was painting. $1,000 being
the agreed price. The husband. while
admitting ii to be 4 splendid work Of
art, declared that he could sec abso-
lutelT no likeness 10 his wife III the pie
tufed face, Chartran laid down his |
brush and, taking ont his pentuifo, silt 1
the canvas into ribbons after which he /
bowed his critic out It aflerward de-
7olopod that the man was disparagrng
he portrait merely IA the hope of OBJ
aiming reduction in the price
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17

The Bulletins cartoonist this morn
ing represents the lesser officials in
the community as shifting the duty or
enforcing the law from one to another
until II reaches the sheriff and that
official, it seems has accepted the re-.
sponslbility TO a Bulletin reporter
yesterday the sheriff declared. as
printed in the local columns else
where, that he was in harmony with
the grand jury and Il intend to en-
force the law in every respect" said
he You can make it as strong as you
like" Just how far the sheriff intends
10 go remains TO be seen but If he Is,
as he says. in harmony with the |
grand jury and confines his actions |
within the bounds of its recommends |
ions, he may be sure of popular ap- I
lroval Sometimes public officials go
0 unreasonable lengths in the enforce
nent of certain laws, not because they
ayor those laws. but because they
ayor a loose government and wish to
iscredt the efforts Of citizens for the
etterment Of the moral health of the
This, we trust, is not the
urpose Of the sheriff.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17
TROUBLE IN CHINA.

Our dispatches yesterday morning
indicated that there was some reason
to expect serious trouble in China.
Gen. Weston having been sent in that
direction under sealed orders The dis
patch stated that the ships had been
sent to the Philippines, but there is
no disturbance in those Islands ihat
calls for an increase of troops.
Undoubtedly conditions IN China arc
threatening. Prejudice against for.
eigpers there is growing. and that pre-.
Judicc seems stronger against Amerl
cas- than against the people Of any
other country.
II violence similar TO that which
characterized the Boxer outbreak
should again occur in China it would
be more serious than it was six years
ago. for the nations would become
hopeless Of permanent peace with Chi.
ma under the rule Of its own govern.
ment. The temptation to partition the
vast empire would be greater than n
was during the Boxer outbreak. and II
would be reinforced by an appearance
of necessity.
On the other hand. Japan would bp a
powerful force for the preservation Of
the integrity Of China. She has not
driven Russia out of Manchuria only
TO iamely see other nations acquire ter.
ritory In a region which would threat
en- her power Without Engand's as.
sistance Japan couli not withstand the
comnined powers Of Europe. for they
could destroy her fleet aud cut her off
from the mainland. With England
assistance Japan could defy The world
Tor the two nations would command
the Pacific aud the whole world couId .
not get troops into Eastern Asia in
suiilcient numbers to contest success
fully with the army of Japan. In fact
me whole world could do no better
than Russia did if it could not GET
troops into Eastern Asia in sufficient
not on account Of a lack Of
men. but lack Of facilities for GETTING
sufficient number where they were
needed.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17

in the sleighins parties, when whom
should | sec but old Miss Speolletop
and Mr. Shanghai sitting on the ton
rail Of the fence around the ten acre
lot, They were as close to one another
as they could get without taking off
their coats. and | noticed that lie had
his arm around her.
"Arm$" Intercepted Bill.
We'll, I suppose / should say wing"
said the moon smiling. And" he
continued. Il heard him say to her: oh,
Miss Spockle You are my tootscy woot-
sey. TUX. Tux, tuk-aw"
And she replied How sweet of YOU.
Tux TUX, tuk-aw-say-S
Didn't you laugh?' asked Bin.
We'll rather,2 said the moon "for
he said I hope dear that your house
keeping bin will De MS sweet ana ms
small as your own when You present it
TO ne
But said the laoon laughing atIev
sat SO long with their bnaks together
that they rot frozen fast 10 one an
other, and when | set they were sfil ON
the rail. Il doesn't pay to he too
'poony Good night" st. Louis Post
a worm yO Ct4EpIEE pNCAE
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17
WAS KNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF
At Least Witness Admitted He Was
Addressed Properly.

At Least Witness Admitted He Was
Addressed Properly.
Peter Smith had fallen from am ele-
Faicg tie Kansas City aud was some.
0ra' eh9fsu up and bruised. aud when
b" picked hmse5 up Tho orly bv.
lander. au utter stranger. seeing the
'roT0 ON his face. and noticing that
o" VAS NOT mr. laughed AZ hsa.
vhorruHou Peter promptly called him
q "unhheudcd old fool and vl.led
OF
few months later. the daf'age
.lii oa Peter Smith against The Gle
'aior company was being tried 90 The
CircniJ court whCreia sad Peter
claimed thar Dr. was greatly Injured
5r the fan aforesaid. was picked I'D
unconscious, etc. The Aforesaid
stranger was O. witness for tue defend
an, and testified shat plaiutin was not
picked up unconscious. but that he
picked himself up and walked off,
When asked how be knew that plain
un was not unconscious. ne ranliod.
He recognized me-" He was hen
asked if plaintiff had ever seen him
before, and replied in the NEGATIVE.
Nhore1n0n nc was asked what n-aiu-
ia -ai" ZOO him that caused him fo
h'0t that plaintiff rorrcnlzcd him
Wis Hs7er quoted p'a.nif Ia1-uaeo
~ him given shors his -eriT being.
III" called no . ignkhca5ed Old
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17

The river bulletin this morning indi
Gates general fall of the river, both
above and below here and still there
seems to be fairly good boating water.
The general decline is somewhat sur.
prisng in view of the open winter we
have had it is due to a mid winter
drouth, not to a freeze. As far as may
DC judged now there is little cause to
fear an overflow stage for 1906. 1t viii
take much rain, widespread in area.
% cause any alarm among those who
reside Or have interests in the low
lands subject to overflow.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17
cen Controls nrltaln,s Anairn.

Sir Henry Campbell Rsnnerman. ac-
cording 10 the Dundee Advertiser.
seems to be the FIRST prime minister
of purely Celtic strain Although his
mother was a Zimmerman al Nanches
Ter. her father settled there from Scot
land and mp in Aberdeenshirc. where
the Banncrmans hail from. there Is
little but the Celtic element. Pater-
nally Sir Henry is out and out a Celt
his grandfather and father being fresh
to Glasgow from the heathery high
land hills. Both his father and uncle.
Who built up the great business in the
second city which stiil bears their
name were. when freed from the con-
ventionaliiies OF commercial life. en-
thusiastic highlanders. As business
men their highland mother said IN
them What James (Sir Honrv's
fstheF) pians and William carries out
Gamma 60 rTone
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17

John Doe" has a word to say to
Sheriff Roche in this mornings Bulle-
tin, on page The sheriff Is as-
sured that John Doe" Is man Of
standing in the county ana entirely
worthy of his attention He is one Of
THE People" and the people always
nave right to say what they think
of the official conduct of their SER
rants-so long as they say it in re-
speetful terms and have good ground
for theirs complaints John Doe re.
plies 70 the sheriifs letter in The Bull.
letin Of some weeks ago, and ii the
sheriff has anything to say in reply 10
John Doe The Bulletins columns
are at his disposal The Bulletin de
sires 70 give both sides a show"
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17

a curious detail OF Napoleon Bona
parties costume was The religious care
with which be kept hung around his
neck tie little leather envelope. shaped
Ike heart which contained poison
that was TO llberate him in case Of II
retrievable revcrsos ot fortune. This
poison was prepared after rrcipe that
Cahanais had given tp Corvisart. and
after th" year is0S Tho emperor never
p campaign without having
his little packet Of poison.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-02-17

Young man. snapped ihc vino.
gary faced person on the opposite
SIDE Of the street car. "Tu thank YOU
not to stare at me. If you please"
Pardon me. madam be said. No
ofense vas intended. ! am So near
sighted ! cannot distinguish objects
Two feet away from me"
Your apology comes too late. Sir"
Pardon me again. madam. De re-
Joined. screwine a monocle into bis
eye and inspecting her features. "It
is NOT go much am apUie-5 -as-cr-
an eFr.zuat .1u
Later. when she had studle7 This
explanation in aH ITS bearing. it. was
Zoo late 20 =tc- uror=r resentment.
r. had - -t- .rr