The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-03-20
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Redwood O03ette
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1907.
AROUND THE COUNTY.
Items of Interest Taken from the
Country Papers.

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election was a holly contested one
-126 to 81.
The wife of Rev. E. M. Guilbert,
pastor of the M. E. church at Lam
berton last year, died at her home
in Balaton recently, Pneumonia was
the immediate cause of death.
Hon. w. E. Young, one of the
railroad commissioners of the state,
had a stroke of apoplexy last Satur-
day at his home in Mankato and is
reported as in a critical condition.
Alfred l.. Gerhard has been ap-
pointed for another four year term
as postmaster of Lamberton, with
out any opposition. Mr.. Gerhard
has served the patrons of the office
we'll during the past four years.
-Lamberton Star.
That monster mountain lion which
has terrorized Southern Minnesota
for the past month or two and has
had its exploits told in staring head
lines in several of our exchanges.
was shot the other day by a 17-year
old boy and found to weigh 81
pounds. Sic semper wildcattus.
Journal; At the meeting of the
members of the board of education
Tuesday evening they honored Prof.
E. T. Chritchett, by re-electing him
head of the New Ulm public schools
for the fourteenth time Supt.
Critchett was honored by being
elected for two years instead of one
year, as has been the former custom.
New Ulm Journal: Miss Adelia
Schneider, who has been employed
as clerk in Berkner Bros general
store in Sleepy Eye for the past
several years, has resigned her posi-
ton and accepted more lucrative
one in Redwood Falls. She will visit
several days with relatives in this
city before entering upon her new
duties.
Speaking of the Parlette lecture
at Marshall, the News Messenger
says that 'the attendance was not
as large as the performance war
ranted, and few of the entertain
ments were meritoriously patronized.
The course of 1905 was a failure
financially, the management being
some two hundred dollars short of
expenses. and the season of 1906
Just about made expenses. The
selections of talent was all that
could be desired, but it is fact
that lectures and concerts and read
ings are not the drawing cards they
were dozen years ago. and this is
true of nearly all places.
Franklin Tribune: A large num-
Der of Tribune readers may not be
aware of the fact that there are
now in operation across the river
south of Franklin two saw mills and
these mills are turning out very
good grade of the palmer kinds OF
lumber. The Tretbar boys, it seems
were the first to put in a mill, anC
some time ago they sold out tc
Ansen and Jos. Sherman. Erve
Dresser is the owner of the other
mill. There is some pretty gooo
timber where these mills are in oper
alton, and considering the extremely
high prices of lumber produced by
the trust it is refreshing to hear OF
independent mills turning out lum-
Der for the people across the river
ex-governor Hoard Of Wisconsin
A truer sentence was never uttered
than that by a Minnesota butter
maker at a recent convention in thai
state. He was describing how the
great centralizing plants entice the
farmers to forsake the local cream
cries where they have some influence
and send their cream to the cen.
trailer in some distant city. The
sentence he uttered was this: 1.-THE
trusts, where they thrive, get the
people to help them" The people
today are all wrought up over the
villainy of the Standard Oil Trust,
but this trust debauched the people
into selling out their liberties by
furnishing oil cheap. If the people
can only get anything cheap they
are ready to barter their rights as