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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28
CLEMENTS.

Mrs. Warnke went to Chicago
TUESDAY, morning to visit relatives.
The Misses Zettel Of Welcome are
visiting their sister. Mrs. F. j.
Arnoldy, of this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Epple and family
went to Redwood Falls on Thursday
for pleasure and business. An en-
joyable time was had.
Mrs. August Tonak returned from
Wabasso, where she had been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. J. A. Bellig,
on Wednesday evening.
About month ago Sunday
school was organized at the hotel
parlors. The attendance is increas-
ing. Everybody invited to attend.
Session every Sunday at 3 p. m.
Martin Christensen is now the
genial proprietor of the city meat
market, having recently purchased
the same Of Mr.. Fennern. Martin
says it now keeps him jumping side
ways to keep on hand supply Of
meat equal to the demand.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28
[ o4TH NEWS.

Mrs. V. ". Vine was Lucan Wis
itor the latter part of the week.
Miss Pearl Nearants Of Redwood
Falls is the guest Of the Misses
Hodge.
Chas. Tenney and family of Red
wood Falls visited at the Chas. Davis
home on Sunday.
Mrs. D. H. Markle and little girls
left Monday for their home at Fl.
Wayne. Ind. They were accom-
panied by Mrs. Geo. S. Davis as far
as Redwood Falls.
Mr.. Gimmel and wife and daugh-
ter Mary of Redwood Falls were the
guests of D. H. Patchin and wife
Sunday.
Mesdames Chas. Davis and Mum
drove to Redwood Falls on Friday
for the purpose of securing a board
ing place for their daughters, who
will enter the high school at the be-
ginning of the school Sept. Sd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28
FISH WILL BITE LATER.
Gazette Editor Thinks SOmone Will Catch
Them Later This Season.

Cor. GAZETTE: A number of rep
resentative Redwoodites have found
this retreat a pleasant place to loaf
and take their ease, and select few
have discovered in it a good place
for bass fishing. After Albert Trust
succeeded in carrying away captive
the basso profundo of the whole
bunch last week, however, the Bass
family went into retirement appar-
emily, and absolutely refused to be
hooked by such expert anglers as
D. L. Bigham and R. F. Chambers,
who diligently canvassed the lake
Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week, with but single bass to their
credit, though it was discovered
that there were considerable num-
Der in the swim who had no time
for the lures and tempting bait of
the fishermen. AS Bigham and
Chambers were out for basso, they
retreated home in good order, re-
solved to try their lures in other
quarters. Brother Chambers has
found out that bass are sometimes
as uncertain, coy and hard to hook
as Redwood sinners. and has gone
back to fish for the latter game
again, while Bigham is convinced
that running lines for drainage
bitches is more profitable than put
ting out lines for bass in an off sea-
son.
Tuesday evening "A. G. Burmeister
and family joined the Redwood con-
tingent here by the auto route, COM
| ing through in few hours run.
The Burmeisters are cozilv in
stalled in a lakeside cottage, and
are enjoying their rest regardless OF
meager results in the way Of fishing,
The daily auto rides and boat rides
make the days pass pleasantly.
Last Wednesday we drove thu
eight miles due north Of here *
Hutchinson. which is a. town worth
seeing. Perhaps its create st attrac
ton IS q little reservation covering
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28

here. It is estimated that they will
all be in spawning condition in two
years. and will materially aid in
stocking up the lake with the finest
of all fish.
On the Northwestern train which
arrived here at II o'clock Saturday
there arrived one cage of a dozen
Mongolian or Chinese pheasants.
These birds also came from the
hatchery at St. Paul, and after they
we're placed on exhibition in Hold.
Jones' billiard hall for a couple Of
hours they were taken to the woods
along Ramsey creek and set at
liberty. They took to the woods"
Immediately and seemed greatly
pleased over their liberation and
their new surroundings.
The birds are of a class which the
state game and fish commission has
just commenced to introduce in this
state, the group set at liberty here
being the fourth or fifth group lib
earted in this state. They are beau
tiful birds, and will be an acquisi-
ton to the woods which all sports
men will prize.
Parents are requested to inform
their children that these birds are
all under the protection Of the state
game and fish commission, and that
the extreme penalty will be enforced
in each case where any one of these
birds are destroyed with the gun,
or by trapping, or other means.
The state law, in order to encourage
the propagation and preservation of
them, provides that they are to be
unmolested until 1910, when, in the
case the multiplying has been suffi-
cient, the sportslnen will have a
chance at them. Here in Redwood
Falls the sportsman have all CON-
bined to protect the birds and to
carefully watch and prosecute any
attempt at an infraction of the law.
The Chinese pheasants are rapid
multipliers. Only one bird, the
sparissU, is regarded as deing more
prolific, and no game birds equal
them. They raise large families,
and several during each year. That
they will be found in large quantl-
ties in the woods in and around Red
wood Falls after 1910 is the wish Of
| all.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28
TOMPkINS ON
TAX COMMISSION.
Former Redwood County Auditor
Chosen by Commission for
Important Tax Work.
Selection Made Last Thursday and
Mr.. TOmpkins Commenced
Work Monday Morning.

Former County Auditor Isaac M.
Tompkins was notified last Thursday
afternoon that he had been appoint-
ed to a position on the Minnesota
tax commission. Mr.. Tompkins was
notified by telegram of the appoint
ment, he being, at the time, in the
employ of the Minnesota Valley I'm
provement assn, and engaged in
booming immigration from the pre-
cincts in and around Peoria, Illinois,
into the Minnesota Valley.
Mr.. Tompkins left Peoria for st.
Paul Friday evening, and arrived in
the latter city on Saturday morning,
where he was in conference with the
members of the tax commission for
some time. He came to Redwood
Falls on the night St. Louis train,
and returned to ST. Paul to COM
mence his work on Monday morn
ing.
The tax commissioners have been
looking for a suitable person for the
place for more than two months
past. Mr.. Tompkins was among the
first gentlemen recommended to the
commission, and careful investiga-
ton was made into Mr.. Tompkins'
past record as auditor of Redwood
county before his appointment was
finally announced. In addition to
that record a number of the oldest
county auditors of the state were
asked to express their views on a
suitable candidate for the place, and
nearly all of. them favored Mr..
Tompkins, among the number being
County Auditor Odin Haldin Of st.
Louis, who is regarded es an expert
on the Minnesota taxation system.
Mr. Tompkins will be chief clerk
in the office of the commission. His
work at the commencement was
with the State Board of Equaliza-
ton and the tax commission, which
opened joint session Monday and
which will continue for a month or
more. In a measure Mr.. Tompkins,
in addition to being a tax commits
sion clerk to this board, will also act
as an advisory on the county tax
system.
When the work of the Board of
Equalization is over Mr.. Tompkins
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28

about four ordinary blocks, which
has been left inIa state of nature
and is covered with handsome forest
trees. The city is laid out with a
wide main street for the business
section, and a public square orna-
mented with large trees. flowers and
the Carnegie library building. The
business and residence sections are
well built up, and an air Of general
progressiveness is manifested.
The farms surrounding Hutchin-
son appear to be well kept up, dairy
ing being the leading interest, which
means that the farmers are travel
ing the road to success. All Of the
grain crops are good in this region,
most OF the wheat being stacked
already. Like other parts of the
state, there have been succession
of wet and poor harvests, but this
one promises yield Of. upwards of
20 bushels per acre of fine quality
wheat, for the limited acreage in
that staple, and other small grains
have done well. | saw fine fields of
corn everywhere in going and re
turning on our drive.
Lake Marion is a beautiful sheet
of water, about three miles long,
with fine growth of.timber on the
north shore which constitutes many
beautiful natural picnicSgrounds for
the pleasure seekers who flock to
the lake during the midsummer sea-
son. The hotel is an unusually
pleasant place to stop, and is revisit
ed every year by number of city
dwellers who appreciate the free
dom from care and quiet restfulness
to be found here. There are plenty
| Of boats to be had, with choice of
pleasant drives to Hutchinson, Glen
coe. BroWnton, and other nearby
towns. It is a. good place to rest
and recuperate, and the landlord
and his capable helpmate know how
to make their guests feel at home
While the writer would gladly re-
main here month, the stern de.
mands of duty will call US back tx
Redwood this week, and the week
spent here will only remain as {
pleasant memory, to be revived pos
sibly some other summer.
The statements foregoing regard.
ing fishing are not to be taken as Of
general application. Earlier or later
1 in the season the tickle bass will bt
biting again, and fortunate fisher
men will again boast the big catche.
that Trust and Mckay made here
\ week or two ago. J. A.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28
HIGHEST PRICE
YET FOR LAND
Seventy-seyen Dollars Per Acre is
Price Paid for 12O Acres One
Mile West of This City.
Norwood Farm Near Walnut Grove
Sold for SIS. Drainage to
Enhance Value Of Land.

The Gold-Cooper Securities COM
pany last Saturday closed a deal
whereby Mr.. Edwin Wells Of Free
port, ILL.,, becomes owner of the
Marion Johnson farm west of this
city.
The transaction is more remark
able from dollars and cents stand
point than from any other. as this is
the highest price thus far paid for a
Redwood county farm Of any con-
siderable size.
The farm, located in section thir-
ty-five, town of Delhi, has excellent
natural timber shelter to the north,
and bubbling spring is located a
few rods distance from the modern
farm house which sets well back
from the Delhi road. Good out
buildings are in abundance, and it
goes without saying that Mr.. Wells,
who is a progressive Illinois farmer,
will be successful in his latest UNDER
taking. He will take possession next
spring.
On the south side the county the
w. B. Norwood farm near Walnut
Grove recently sold for SIS an acre
and the price was thought low, i'm
provements considered.
Surely Redwood county has much
good land lying between these ex-
treme northerly and southerly points.
and we venture the prediction that
before many years have passed there
will be few farms to be had at SIS,
or SIT per acre either.
The drainage work which is now
either in progress or being agitated
in every precinct, will restore to the
| farmer most of the bottom and low
land and will insure drainage of all
land during wet seasons. Indeed
the optomistic land dealer of Red
wood county today, hardly expects
to sell land for less than $500 per
acre ten years hence. Surely much
of it will be held for a higher figure.
The bitches for drainage are bound
to bring about the change. A surer
crop is what Redwood county wants,
what it needs. 1t already has the
soil, and perfected drainage sys-
TEN, already nicely under way, will
be a long step toward insuring such.
GAZETTE readers interested in
drainage questions will find Attor-
ney Towards review of the same on
the editorial page of especial inter.
est. Too much cannot be said OF
the question, and a careful perusal
of Mr.. Towards views will be well
worth the time spent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28
FOREIGN CORPORATION THREATENED.
Secretary Schmahl After More Dollars
for the State.

A Pioneer Press article Of last
week states that Secretary Schmahl
recently notified the Aultman En-
CINE and Thresher company of Cleve-
land, Ohio, that unless the company
Immediately appointed an agent in
this state to accept service of pro-
cess in any suits which might be
brought against the company in this
state its license would be revoked.
1t seems that the company had an
agent until about a year ago, when
he left the state. Since that time
the company has practically refused
to appoint successor. Mr.. SchmahI
received complaints from various
law firms throughout the state, stat
ing they had endeavored to get
service on the company's agent. but
were unable to find him. Friday a
formal complaint was lodged with
the secretary of state by Nye &
Dasland, a Moorehead law firm. Mr..
Schmahl then wrote the company
notifying it that unless it designated
an agent for the service Of process
at once and admits the service of
the papers in the cases already start
ed. he would revoke the company's
license and instruct the attorney
general to commence proceedings to
enforce the $1,000 penalty provided
for by the statutes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28

will have charge Of the county work
of the tax commission. A large
portion Of his time will be spent in
visiting the various counties of the
state, meeting with the county aud
itors, and carrying out such sug-
gestions as he and the tax commits
sion choose to make. The remainder
of the time will be spent in the office
at st. Paul.
The tax commission Of Minnesota
was created by the last legislature.
1t will have general charge of the
taxation system Of Minnesota, and
for the past six weeks has been in
dustriously engaged in listing all of
the corporations in the state, to-
gether with their capital stock, etc.,
a large force having been employed
in the office of the secretary of
state for this purpose. It is believed
that the commission will dig up mil
lions of dollars of corporate wealth
heretofore escaping taxation.
Mr.. Tompkins' eight years of
work as county auditor of Redwood
county admirably adapts him to the
work. His financial statement each
year has long been the subject Of
favorable comment, while his work
along the line of tax suggestions
have met with favor not only among
legislators but also among the var
ious auditors of the state, Of which
band of officers he was once presi-
dent.
The appointment Of Mr.. Tomp-
kins, SO far as Redwood county is
concerned, was brought about
through Secretary Of State::Schmahl,
who has been working for three
months past to secure the appoint
ment. To have such an important
place on the most important COM
mission in the state is a credit to
Redwood county. to say the least.
The compensation will increase stead
lily as Mr.. Tompkins demonstrates
his ability for the work.
The selection will probably event
ually lead to Mr.. Tompkins moving
his family to st. Paul, and this will
be deeply regretted by their many
friends in Redwood Falls. The ap-
pointment also takes the second en-
ployee from the Minnesota Valley
Improvement assn, George Welsh
of Morton. as commissioner for the
state. being the first, and the society
can feel endorsed as to the selection
of employees.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28

In order to accommodate its pat
rons, the Minneapolis & st. Louis
railroad has arranged to run extra
passenger trains to Minneapolis and
st. Paul during state fair week,
September I'd to 7th. inclusive, leave
ing Redwood at 5:15 a. M, arriving
Minneapolis 9, and st. Paul $40 a.
m. Returning, leave st. Paul 7:3O
and Minneapolis $40 p. M, same
days. The above is an addition to
the present regular service. See
flyers or call on agents for further
particulars.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28
OVERFLOW LOCALS.

Mrs. Mortimer departed Tuesday
for Minneapolis, there to make mil
linery selections for the fall trade.
Headquarters for Minnesota Ru-
raj Letter Carriers will be estab-
lished at the state fair, on fratern-
ity row. A bureau of information,
place to rest, leave3 pacels and reg
lister, will be arranged. State officers
of the association will be in attend
ance, during the entire week. e. A.
Lane, Sec. MINI. R. L. C. A.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-08-28

q 1.-The man VINO does not adver-
tfse because he tried it and failed,
should throw away his cigar be-
cause the light went out"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

just. considering the investments and
the service.
TO knowingly allow the railroads to
collect more than a fair return on in
VeStmcntS would be an injustice to
the people, and to knowingly prevent
the railroad companies from receiving
what they are entitled to have would
be equally reprchensiblc The peo-
pie should not again trust z rcprcscn-
tativc who would knowingly be unjust
either 10 them or to the railroads.
As the Earnings OF ali Railroads Doing
Business in the State Are Not the
s,aric Per Mile OF Road Operated
Justice Requires That the Charges
Should Not be Fixed Alike on all
Roads.
a railroad company having q large
income from its business in this state
could stand q reduction in rates.
which might be ruinous and unjust 10
another company having smaller earn
ings per mile. Fixing the charges,
therefore, according to the earnings,
appeals to ones sense of fairness, and
has the approval of the Supreme Court
Of the United States.
The court says: ''The statute di-
Vides the railroads Of the State into
classes, according to business, and cs-
tabiiSh IS a maXimum of rates for each
Of the classes. Ii operates uniformly
on caCn class, and that is all the CON
stitntion requires Chicago. &c,
Railroad Company against Iowa, 81,
Y. :, l61
Ii the case of the Railroad Com
panS Ns. Wcllman, 143 L. $. -, the
state Of Wisconsin had graduated the
amount that could be charged by rail
amount Of the earnings Of the rail-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
Stranded Without Money.

When | went to leave Irun | learn
ed that they would have nothing to
do with anything but Spanish money.
And of that kind of money 1 didn't
have quite enough to get Us to Madrid.
/ looked at my letter of credit and
found that although il was good at
over 500 banks, the nearest one men
toned in Spain was 400 miles away.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

Ties in previous year. The court
there held the statute constitutional
anG approved the method. The plan
is followed here.
The only question, therefore, which
= open to debate, as to whether the
bill before the House is constitutional,
is whether in fixing the rates we have
graduated them SO that they Will not
be unreasonable.
the Railroad Companies Have not
lyai!ed Themselves of the Oppor-
tunity Afforded Them 10 Show the
proposed Rates Would be Unjust.
IL determining she question of the
reaSorableness Of the rates proposed
IL the pending bill. the members Of
this House arc left by the railroad
COMPANIES to acquire such informa-
ton for their guidance IS they ar :
aalc TO do, without any aid from thos+
CoinQailes. The committee of this
House extended to the representatives
Of the railroad companies every op-
/ ortunity to be heard No informa-
ton was conveyed which was not
easily obtainable from the reports al
ready made to the North Carolina
CO"pc1 alton Commission.
A careful examination OF the pro-
ceedings had before the committee
VII justify the conclusion that the
desire Of the officials of the larger
railroads, operating in North Caro-
iI1la, was rather to suppress and con-
ceal than to communicate information.
There appeared before the commit
tee Mr.. Finley president of the South
ern Railway; Mr. Thom its general
counsel; Mr.. Anderson, general pas
senger agent of the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad, and Mr. Ryan, general
passenger agent of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway. And the committee
had reported what each Of these gen
tlemen except Mr. Finley, had to say.
members of the committee. With the
view of eliciting information. The
questions We're generally dexterously
evaded. and instead of giving the in
formation. the question was begged.
the ground was shifted, and extended
argument upon the benefit of railroads
to a community, and the injustice of
destroying them. was made. Neither
of these matters so donated was ger
main or pertinent, for there was no
doubt in the mind of any member OF
the committee that railroads We're
beneficial and no disposition on the
part of any member of this House to
destroy them.
1t requires no intellectual capacity
for partial newspapers and partisan
friends of the railroads to say that
the House, or any of its members, are
controlled by prejudice, or unpa-
triotic motives. Saying these things
do not make them true. 1t will be
noted that those who have said these
things pending the consideration of
the matters before this Legislature,
Continued on Page TWO.)
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19
No Exchange of COGrteScS Between
France and Srstin

From Bordeaux to Spain it is a
poor, dull country. Much of it is
covered with small pines which are
bled for rosin When | saw so many
pines and turpentine distilleries it
made me home sick. AS one goes
south it is interesting to observe the
gradual change in the language and
complexion of the people. ON the
FrancO-Spanish border. the French
language is not that spoken at Paris
and the Spanish IS not that spoken at
Madrid. Like the waters of a clear
stream and of a muddy one coming
together, that below the confluence is
unlike that of either above. The
language spoken on the French and
Spanish borders is called Basque. It
was Basque TO me. Their dialect is
a cross between the goose and the
guinea. II was impossible for me tt
craniumS. If they had any idea in
their heads they had an awfully poor
way Of letting il be known. Another
thing makes it more annoying to travel
in that particular section; the French
and Spaniards Go not seem TO be on
very good terms, especially in business
matters. l could not buy a ticket in
France beyond the Spanish line. No
connection is made and one must
spend the night at the line. Before
reaching Spain | found that the
French would not receive Spanish
money even near the borders, The
French. like the Jews towards the
Samaritans, seem to have no dealings
with the Spanish. When / got over
into Spain, l fould that the Spaniards
looked upon the French as Samari
tanS and would have no dealings with
them. This foolishness got me into
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-19

4 Chccrless Time in Spain-The Peo-
pie OF That Country Have Hard
Time, But Are Cheerful and Con-
tcntcd-Thc Bull Fight and the
Prize Fight.
New Ulm review., 1907-05-01

< Only the very best portion of the
berry, from the finest hard spring
wheat grown, is nsed in the manufac-
ture of Daniel Webster flour. 18tf
New Ulm review., 1907-05-01

A. W. Bingham is laid up with an
attack of the grippe.
New Ulm review., 1907-05-01
COUNTIES MUST Do THEIR SHARE
Cannot Draw From Road and Bridge
Fund Without Meeting Ger
tain Requirements.

The attorney general has forwarded
to the secretary of the state highway
commission written opinion as to
the disposal of unexpected appropria-
tions by the state to the several coun-
ties for road purposes. He holds that
it is the duty of the county to improve
the roads and expend an amount equal
to the allowance made ba the state
and no county is entitled to re-
cover it's apportionment in cash or to
have the amount remain to it's credit
after the close of the fiscal year unless
it makes the necessary road improve
ments within the year for which the
apportionment is made and such fact
is certified to the highway commission
within the proper time.
Under the appropriation Brown
county is entitled to So, 500 for each OF
the next two years.