The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-07-25

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started again in few days after 9
shut down of six months, with F. A
Locke Of Mason City, Neb., in
charge
P. G. jacobson has resigned his
position as cashier of the First Ma
tional Bank of Madison and M. A.
Stemsrud has been elected to fill the
vacancy. Mr.. Jacobson gave as his
reasons for retiring that the bank
was too combining and he has now
gone into the real estate business.
The Irvine factory at the state
prison began Thursday to run on an
overtime schedule. This is necessary
in view of the heavy demand for
binder Irvine. The men will put in
three hours daily in excess of the
usual hours and this is expected to
continue this and next month. 1t is
understood that the boys get double
pay for overtime.
The New UIm greenhouse, of
which Christ Book is the owner,
and of which Heilman & belong
are the local agents, finds business
growing so large that it has been
decided to build another compart-
ment 20x100 feet, giving Mr.. Book
just double the room he now has.
The New Ulm greenhouse plants
and flowers are the very best re-
ceived here and Mr.. Book is very
reasonable in his charges.
The New Ulm Stone Co. has closed
a contract with the proper officers
of St. Paul and Minneapolis for the
delivery of over 600 cars of crushed
rock which is to be used in the
pavement of University avenue run
ming thru both cities. To fill the
order the New Ulm company will
run full crews both night and day
for some time to come, the manager
figuring on six cars of crushed rock
daily in order to fill the order with
in the time specified.
Echo Enterprise: DR.. S. D. Sour
returned last Saturday from a two
week visit at Duluth and tributary
country, where he claims to have
found an excellent opening for a
physician at Virginia, a town of
about 5000 inhabitants in the iron
range section in St. Louis county.
The opening offered FOR practice he
claims to be exceptionally encour-
aging. The doctor left Wednesday
morning for his new field. Mrs.
Sour and daughter Ethel will re-
main here until Sept, 1st.
The Echo council has awarded the
contract for repairing the water
tower to J. F. johnson of Gibbon,
and the latter is to receive 1,250
for his work. The present tower
has done service for Is years and
thru the settling Of the center sup
ports the upright posts have become
so badly twisted that the tower is
in danger of collapse at any time.
The council attempted to get figures
on new steel tower that would be
within the radius of Echo's ability
to liquidate, but the prices were all
too high and the Dads concluded to
get along with the proposed repairs
until the steel trust came off it's
high horse.
St. Cloud Times: Quite a sensa-
ton was created in railroad circles
yesterday when an engineer and a
conductor, two of the oldest men on
the Willmar division of the Great
Northern, were suspended. The
men were let out on account of in
toxication. The engineer was known
to have been drunk few days ago
when he went out with train. The
conductor had not been drinking
much hut he was lot ont foy +bo
reason that he went out with the
engineer, knowing that the latter
was drunk. 1t is understood that
the officials of the road are making
a crusade against offenders of this
nature and a large number of men
have been decapitated during the
past TWO months.
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