The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-07-04


Il. @. Burden. a well-known citi-
zen Of Springdale township, and
assessor of that town, was in Red
wood Falls for few hours last
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Gen. G. L. Parkhill, at one time
superintendent Of the water works
in this city, but now a travelling
salesman, was in Redwood Falls ear
ly last week. Gen. Parkhill travels
thru North Dakota, and stated that (
while in Edgeley he saw Jones Of
Rock, who announced that he had
decided to locate in that town for
the practice of law, and that he had
renowned Democracy and joined
the Republican ranks in that state
AT one time Mr. Jones was slated
for a position under the present ad- 4
ministration in this state.
One celebrated prophet has pre-
dicted that southern Minnesota will
be transformed into one vast lake,
and from the rains of late it looks as
If he had received "hunch' of
some kind. This whole section of
] the country was, some thousands Of
4 years ago, in the pre-glacial times,
i one vast lake, the lake running from
the Red Lake regions along the
western part of the state down as
far as the Minnesota valley and
4 thence east thru the whole state.
I But the great glaciers showed down
enough Canadian land into this sec
ton to fill up the hole, 50 it will
have to be pretty wet here before
| we build our ark.
F George w. Bunce was in Redwood
Falls during the early portion Of
last week. Mr.. Bunce is one of the
4 prime movers in establishing a
branch factory Of the United States
j Peat Fuel Co. at Evansville, this
state, and while here he announced
\ and showed the documents to prove
4 the statement that he had sold all
I but $4,000 of the $4,000 stock ne
4 cessaIy to establish the plant, and
\ that as a. result all necessary ar
rangements had been made for the
construction Of the plant at James
vile. Mr.. Bunce is enthusiastic over
\ the proposition, and says that he
believes that the fuel question has
I been solved at last. The peat fuel
can be manufactured for about 81
i per ton, and it can be easily sold for
! So per ton, inasmuch as a ton of it
is more effective in producing heat
than a ton of bituminous coal, and
there is no dirt in handling the
product, which, when consumed,
leaves a white ash. Mr.. Bunce ex-
poets that the fuel will be manu-
featured to be placed on the market
this fall
A letter from a. j Cummings,
plaintiff in the celebrated dog eat
: dog" case Of Cummings vs.. Ed
wards Wood Co., announces that he
secured a judgment Of So, 458. 80
: against the defendant company
! This carries with it the costs, and
the latter are very heavy, go or 70
witnesses having been summoned
from all over the country. The
plaintiff proved that the defendant
company caused to publish in large
number Of the papers Of this state,
I, THE GAZETTE being among them, q
libef6us article regarding the past
career Of Mr.. Cummings, and also
that Edwards Wood Co. had re
tanned an attorney to commence a
series Of fictitious suits against Cum
mings, in order to give foundation
to the libelous articles. The agent
of the defendant company would
visit newspaper offices, throw down
the reprint article, and before the
: publishers inspected it would ask
: the price for publication, pay the
!, same, and take the publishers re
,, ceipt. The publisher, on inspection,
could only make good and deliver
that which had been contracted for.
Both concerns are engaged in a
commission brokerage business, and
. the dog eat dog" application is
apparent.
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