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Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
Or. wiley's Report.
NEW MEXICO.

DR.. Wiley's report on the use Of
borax as a preservative was published
when the National Pure Food bill had
failed Of passage for the seventh OF
eighth time, when state labelling laws
we're enforced with notorious laxity,
and before doctored foods had begun
10 figure in popular fiction. His re-
port on sallcylic acid and %salicylates,
Just issued by the bureau Of chemist
ry, finds the objects of the long cam
paign practically achieved, so far as
legislation is concerned. The poison
squad" experiments, which gave
borax a worse reputation than was
expected, have not placed salicylic
acid in a lower class. AS Mr.. Wiley
sums up his results; "The final con-
clusion in this matter is that
the unenviable position which salicy-
tic acid has heretofore held among
preservatives, as being regarded as
the most injurious of all, is to a GER
tain extent ~undeserved. Like other
ordinary preservatives, 1t is not one
which can be classed as a poison in
the usual sense of the word. When
used as a medicine in many cases of
arrangement of health, it Is like the
other chemical preservatives, often
highly beneficial when properly pre-
scribed by a competent physician. 1t
is when used in the food at first an
apparent stimulant, increasing the alb
Borption and solubility of the common
food elements from the alimentary
canal. II soon, however, loses its
stimulating properties and becomes a
depressant, tending to break down
the tissues of the body rapidly
than they are built up. The ad-
dition of s~alicylic acid and ~salicylates
to food is a process which is
reprehensible in every respect, and
leads to injury to the consumer
which, though in many cases not cas-.
lily measured, must finally be produc.
tive of great harm" Thus we know
the worst. It is the beauty Of the
new legislation, remarks the New
York Post, that no one hereafter need
swallow the stuff without knowing it
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
CREDITS PROSPERITY TO LORD.
Minneapolis Man Does Business IN
der Agreement With Deity.

Minneapolis. Mimi. o. Rob
erts, a well-known hardware man
OF this city. is d~istrustful of his
fellow men as business partners.
so he is doing business under a writ
ten agreement with the Lord. The in
scription on the fly leaf of his ledger
Of each succeeding year since May.
10, 1908. is:
Il promise that, as the Lord shall
prosper me, / will act as His steward,
and give to Him as follows;
IF / make $1,000 annually, 800;
$1,000, $3.50; $1,000, $500; $500.
1926; $4,000, $1,000; $4,000. $500"
Roberts claims that he has pros
pered by carrying out his agreement
antii he has reached the last men
toned figures. He says he has no de-
sire to go back to his old method Of
doing business before he made the
agreement, and in fact would be
afraid to do so, for he is certain that
his present business would never have
grown to its present proportions If he
had continued along the old lines.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
Give Her q diary.

A good Christmas present for a
young wife is a nice diary. She will
write In 1t every day for two weeks.
Then such things as these will begin
to crop out on its fair white pages;
Recipe for wales, Must get two yards
ruching. Paid ~ cents to have tea
kettle mended. Don't forget lining for
kimono. Sold old pair Johns pants to
ragman for % cents. BY and by the
diary will switch on and become an &C.
count book. and It will end its career
as a scrapbook for cake recipOs-
Judge.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
THINKS CLERGY LILY PAID.
Preacher Gives Reasons Why Pulpit,
Are Vacant.

Philadelphia, PA spirited dis
cussion on why there are not more
candidates for the ministry" marked
the closing session of the East Penn
H~ylvania synod in Bethany Lutheran
church. Rev. w. ]. d. Scherer of Ell
mer, N. j., read a paper on this topic
which furnished material for debate
'One of the principal reasons is the
treatment received by clergymen il
their old age" said Mr.. Scherer. "As
soon as they become old, or otherwise
incapacitated, the members immedi
ately tell the minister he is not want
ed and ask him to resign. Such treat
ment impresses young men of the
congregation, who decide not to enter
a profession which will leave them de
pendent upon charity when old age
comes upon them.
Another factor is the salary PAID
to most clergymen. The young mar
sees business men making twice az
much as the pastor and he selects the
profession that offers the Creates
financial opportunities"
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
Great Comet Due in 1910.

The most famous of all comets,
though not the largest and most bril-
liant, will again be visible in 1910.
This is Halley's comet, so called from
its Identification by the great %astrono-
mer who was the friend of Sir Isaac
Newton. Halley's Investigations Of
astronomical records led him to as
sert that the comet which he had
observed in 1852 had appeared in 1881
and in 1907, and to predict its reap
pearance in 1859. The fulfllment Of
this prophecy excited the most in
tense scientific interest and estab-
lished beyond doubt the p%eriodicity of
comets and their movement in orbits
determined by th4 law of gravitation.
It's last appearance was in 1885, says
Leslie's Weekly, its period varying
between rs and zs Years on account
Of the perturbing attractions of Jupi-
ter and Saturn in certain parts of its
orbit. 1t was by that time possible to
calculate it's movements with so much
greater accuracy than before that it
made it's perihelion passage within
four days of the predicted date. 1t
was not then a very grand object to
the naked eye, but the light of its nu-
cleus surpassed that of second-mag-
nitude stars and was comparable with
that of some reddish stars of the first
magnitude, such as A%ldebaran and
Antares. It's tail, while the comet
was approaching the sun, attained to
a length of 20 degrees.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
ADAMLEss EDEN FOR TEXAS.
Chicago Woman Plans Refuge for Sis
tiers Who VIII Work on Ranch.

Fort Worth, Texan Adamless
Eden in Texas is the dream Of Mary
F. Hayden, the Chicago novelist, who
is arranging to establish a colony OF
l 1000 women in Refugio county, Texas
She has acquired title to 5000 acres
and is at work on the plans for hei
colony.
Woman colonists may have hus
bands If that condition cannot be
avoided, but the males must be a mere
notch on a stick so far as the affairs
of the colony are concerned. The
founder will endeavor to procure from
the Texas legislature permission fol
women to exercise the right of suf
frnge in her colony, and all homes
must be in the name OF the wife
Everything that usually is undertaken
on Texas farms will be attempted
truck farming, fruit raising, beekeep
Ing. dairylng. poultry raising and 9th
or kindred farm and ranch pursuits.
Miss Hayden was an intimate frient
Of the late Frances e. Willard anC
wag associated with her for a nuIlbe.
o. years in temperance work.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17

Notwithstanding some recent good
CUR records on British warshlps the
admiralty still seems to lack conf
dence. The plan to make a target of
the wrecked and abandoned battleship
Montague on Lundy island has been
abandoned, for fear the gunners might
destroy a lighthouse that is in the
neighborhood.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17

Strikes have had an unfortunate eff
feet on Ireland. Dublin was at one
time a thriving shipbuilding center
and was celebrated for it's timber
trade, it's iron manufactures and its
steam printing; Limerick was re-
nowned for it's gloves; Kilkenny was
noted for its blankets, while Bandon
was celebrated for its wooden and
linen manufactures. But most of
these trades wlre driven away
through strikes.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
Powerful searchIiaht on WarshIp.

The searchlight on board the new
British %battleship Dreadnought is Of
a new type, being double-ended, so as
to throw powerful beams of hight in
exactly opposite directions, to facili-
tate semaphore signaling. Each light
is of nearly $4,000 candle-power, and.
placed on top of the tripod mast, will
be visible 20 miles.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17

It is stated that the incomes Of doc
tors have decreased rs per cent. in
England during the past three years.
How about the und ertakers? The doc
tors need not give this inquiry a per-
Ionai application. other. necessarily.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17

A Massachusetts man set a trap
gun for burglars. The trap gun usu-
ally gets its setter or his wife or the
hired girl. OF the policeman, but in
some mysterious way this particular
trap gun got the burglar. But it is a
bad and dangerous habit, notwith-
standing.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17

The Man with the Hoe" is now the
man with the roll. The American
farmer this year has taken in Sc, 794.-
900, 900 from the soil. Almost as
much, says Pittsburg Press, as was
taken in by Markham. the nan with
the poem.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17

A cat named Pinkeye has died at
Wilkesbarre. Pa, leaving an estate Of
$4,000 to a sister cat. Each OF the
cats inherited $4,000 last year from
B. f. Dilley, an eccentric millionaire.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17

Peary is quoted as saying that 1t is
warmer in winter at the north pole
than in New York. One can well un-
derstand that II a man went to New
York without money he would feel
the cold more than he would at the
pole.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
1o Abolish ths cuIrass.

The French ministry has decided
to abolish the cuirass. There are 1S
regiments Of cuirassiers in the French
army. The weapon has been famous
for a hundred years, and its traditions
from AusterlItz to Worth are among
the most glorious of the French army.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
Imnortnnt 70 Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle Of CAsToR1A,
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and see that it
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1907-01-17
Have No Confidence In cunners.

In Use For over 80 Years.
The Kind You Have Always BOUent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25
SALE OF DITCHING JOBS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT ON
~ the 10th day of January, 1905 at
O'Clock p. m, at the auditors office in the city
of Redwood Falls, Redwood county, Mime
sofa will sell the jobs of digging and con-
structing the tile branches of bitches Nos.
3 and A of Redwood county, estab-
lished by the board of county COM
missioners of Redwood county, state of A
Minnesota, by their order bearing date
June 2lst and June 10th, 1907, respectively
viz: For the work as one job and also for
one or more sections of 100 feet each, and
also for one or more OF the construction
jobs, each of said sections to be known
and numbered by stakes as shown by
the report of the engineer in said matter,
commencing at the outlet of said branches,
and from thence, successfully, up stream to {
the one including the source, 70 the lowest re-
sponsible bidder or bidders, and that bids are
invited for said work; said work TO be COM
pleted within the time required, and in the
manner specified in said engineers report,
and no bid will be entertained which exceeds
more than thirty cooper cent over and above
the estimate cost of the construction, in any
case, as stated in said order: and the success
fui bidder will be require to give a salts
factory bond, TO be approved by the auditor
of said county, with two freehold sureties
for the faithful performance and fulhllment
of his contract, and TO pay all damages that
NAV acCrue by reason OF his failure 10 COM.
plete the job within the time required in the
contract. The said order and estimates and
profile are on file, and may be seen at my
Office.
The approximate amount of work to be
done in the construction OF such branch
bitches is as follows:
To ditch No there is 6,518 feet of 10 inch
tile, IA. GOT feet of inch tile, 25 123 feet of
6 inch tile. the estimated cost of the above
branches is about $4,000 and the average
depth of cut is feet.
! To ditch No. 4 there is 7 100 feet of Is inch
tile. 5 054 feet of IL inch tile, 1920 feet of
| 10 inch tile, $500 feet of inch tile and
| 50,720 feet of inch tile, the estimated cost
of the branches to ditch No. is SIC, 1870 90
and the average depth of cut is feet.
All bids must be accompanied by certi-
fed check payable to the auditor of said
county, for not less than ten per cent of the
amount of each bid.
The right to reject any and all bids is here
by reserved
| Dated Dec 18th, 1907.
| [sEALl L. P LARSON.
County Auditor Redwood county,
| cost State of Minnesota.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25

ed wide credence According to these
monks, the wise men were three great
kings called Caspar, Melchoir and Bal
thasar. Caspar was the oldest and
from the north. At the time of the
birth of Christ he was sixty years old,
and for more than two-thirds of that
time he had ruled in Arabia Baltha-
sar was black, native of Saba, from
the east, and forty years old. The
youngest was Melchoir, from the south,
whose country was Tarshish. He was
twenty years old.
Impel1ed by some mysterious power,
they dropped all the cares of state and
followed a single star thirteen days
and nights without eating or sleeping
till it led them to Jerusalem.
Then the story follows that of the
Bible until they returned to their own
countries
The story does not stop here. 1t tells
circumstantially the after life of the
three wise men. The good Apostle st.
Thomas journeyed to their country and
baptized them, and all three went out
to preach the doctrine of the Christ.
They were slain by barbarous gen
tiles, and later the Empress Helena,
mother of Constantine, recovered their
sacred bones and took them to Con-
stantinople. Thence they were carried
to Milan and finally found an ultimate
resting place in Cologne, where they
now are.-New York Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25
Bankrupt's Petition for Discharge.
(Copartnership)

TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
i United States, District of Minnesota,
Second Division
In the matter of Fred w. zasKe & Gustave
A. Zaske, co-partnerS as ZasKe Bros, and as
individuals. Bankrupts
To the Honorable William Lochren. Jud ge
of the District Court of the United States
for the District of Minnesota:
Fred w Zaske and Gustave A. Zaske OF
Vesta in the county of Redwood and
State of Minnesota, in said district re-
spectfully represent that on the 18th day
of December. 1906, last past, they were
duly adjudged bankrupts as co-partners
under the firm name and style OF Zaske
Bros, and also as individuals under the acts
of congrt SIS relating to bankruptcy.
That each for himself says he has duly
surrendered all his property and rights Of
property both as an individual and as a
partner and has fully complied with all the
requirements of said acts and of the orders
of the court touching his bankruptcy and
touching the bankruptcy of the co-partner-
ship.
Wherefore. they pray that they may be de-
creed by the court to have tull discharge
from all debts provable against their estate
as co-partners and as individuals uLder
said acts, except such debts as are excepted
by law from such discharge.
Dated this 2lst day of vember. 1907.
Zaske Brothers
BY Fred w. Zaske. partner
By Gustave A. Zaske. partner
Fred W. Zaske, individual
Gustave A. Zaske, individual
Bankrupts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25
Christmas Tree For Cat.

Christmas is the great religious festi-
val when the kind heart finds many
ways Of ministering to the joy and
pleasure of others. The good women
of Boston who originated and sustain
the Animal Rescue league have hit up
on the unique idea of a Christmas tree
for the cats that are waiting for homes
at that institution. A bush Is provided
and trimmed with meat and other suit
able eatableS for such animals, and
just before they are turned into the
room the members Of the Kindness
club are admitted to enjoy the antics
of the cats.
This club is composed of boys whose
ages range from eight to thirteen
years and is the outcome of the
leagues work in poor section of Bos-
ton. They are pledged to do some kind
act each day and to protect animals
from cruelty. After the cats have de-
molished the tree and gone to sleep
the boys are given refreshments and
sent home truly filed with the spirit of
Christmas.-New York Mail and Elk
press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25
Support Home Trade.

If you send your money away from
home does it not occur to you that
you are not helping co build up your
own community, or make it pay
your home storekeeper to stay in
business where you live, and where
he helps you to pay taxes, but that
you are building up some concern in
distant city that has no interest in
you or your property.
Remember that your home mer-
chant accommodates you often by
delivering your goods at your door,
by extending credit to you when
cash is not at hand; he helps to sup
port the schools, churches and other
public institutions, including help
less on
locality; he is your neighpor, work
ing shoulder to shoulder with you
and helps to increase the value of
your own farm or real estate by
making your community more ac-
tive and vigorous.
The tendency for the past few
years has been for people to congre-
gate in large cities, and the more
the farmer helps to centraIize the
distribution of goods in large cities
the more he helps to cut down the
value of his farm and the farm
products. 1t is fol. the interest Of
the farmer to have number of
villages, towns and small cities
throughout the country, rather than
a few large cities. By building up
his own community and helping to
make it progressive, working should
err to shoulder with his neighbor,
the merchants and local business
men, each helping 'the other, con-
duces to the best development of
the country.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25
THE THREE WISE MEN.
Who Were They?-An Unsolved
Christmas Mystery.


Christmas Mystery.
One Christmas mystery remains IN
solved Who were the wise men of the
east-the magi who followed the star
of Bethlehem from afar to do homage
to the newborn Saviour?
The simple story as told in the Bible
Is one of the most familiar in Christ
mas lore. Any child could recite it in
detail. Painters and sculptors have
made it the theme of the most inspired
products of their brushes and chisels,
but to this day the identity of these
wise men remains mystery. A
search of the great paintings in which
the subject is treated produces a be-
wilderment. There are half a hun
dred different ideas presented. The
varying versions Of the books of the
ages are as many.
1t is fair to assume from the fact
that the visitors were received at court
by King Herod and that they carried
gifts of value that they were in their
own country men of royalty or close
to it. Herod evidently deemed it well
to treat them with Difference, for dis
quieted though he was by their news
of the comet that was to lead them to
the birthplace of the Redeemer he dis
sembled and told them that when they
had found the newborn he would re-
turn to worship with them.
Much Of our information about the
early days of the Christian era comes
from the monks Of the fourteenth CEN
fury, who delved deeply into historical
sources since lost to the world. Their
story Of the three wise men has receiv-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25

as a dairy center. It was in Sep
TENDER also that number of ex-
cursionists from Illinois and Iowa
purchased about $4,000 worth of
farm property in the immediate vi
cinity of this city, all at good prices.
The deaths of the month included
Mrs. Ernest King of this city and
Park Worden. one of the first own
ers of Redwood Falls mills, who
removed to Arkansas years ago and
died at Eureka Springs.
Early in October Messrs. Leavitt
and Ringdahl visited this city on
tour of inspection of sites offered
for the proposed state training
school for girls. Oct. 5th the Y. M.
C. A. held a district convention in
this city. On the 18th Rev. Dubois
and wife were publicly welcomed in
the M. E church parlors, and the
month closed with the shutting down
on currency payments at the banks
on the 18th. Mrs. Ellen Rhode Wer-
ner and Mrs. Mary Welter Duscher
were the October brides in this city.
Mrs. Janet Mckay Of Delhi and Roy
Brown were numbered among the
deaths of October, the latter dying
in Minneapolis.
The principal event of November
was the fall term of court, which
lasted nearly three weeks the long
est term for many years. The teach
ers' meeting the first of the month
was very interesting and success
full one. Miss Eliza Marie Larson
was married to Geo. A. johnson of
Grygla, Mimi, in this city on the
5th, and operator Jas. Keegan of
this city and Miss Lillian Gilland be-
gan their welded career on the
10th. A. E. Fedderly died on
on the 9th. Louis Yackel and little
Johnnie Schaffer passed away the
week ending Nov. 10Th, and on the
9th J. w. Fraser died at his home
near this city, the funeral beng
held on Thanksgiving Day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25
Good News Meeting.

The White Ribboners held a cheer
Ing and interesting meeting on
Thursday at the home of Mrs.
Kumm. Devotions were observed.
Some good plans of work were laid.
then each one contributed an item
of good news.
Mrs. VanDolah spoke of the sue
cess the Minneapolis ministers had
in closing the saloons at Il o'clock
each night; causing grief to the
saloon keepers. St. Paul's turn will
come next, as the w. C. T. u, the
Christian Endeavorers and the Bap-
fist young people are working for
it. Mrs. Whittet referred to the
very large number of medal contests
that are being held in the twin
cities. Many of them under the
auspices of Catholic abstinence So
cieties. Mrs. Russell asserted that
Minnesota has 123 dry towns. Sun
day law enforced over practically
the whole state, three Prohibition
legislators, and expects to make
great advances in temperance legis-
lation in 1908. Mrs. Nancy King
observed that the first temperance
society in history was organized in
Saratoga county, N. Y, in 1908.
The Centenary will be celebrated
with great splendor next year. All
nations of the world will be invited
to participate. Mesdames Fuller,
Lusk, Callaghan and A. E. King
also took part in the program.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1907-12-25

ternoon: and that notice thereof be pull lf
in THE REDWOOD GAZETTE. newSpdl
printed in said district, and that all KnO
creditors and other persons in interest II
appear at the said time and place and 81 =
cause, if any they have, why the prayer
the said petitioners should not be grantee
And it is further ordered by the court u
the clerk shall send by mail to all knol
creditors copies of said petition and this &
der, addressed to them at their places
residence. as stated
Witness, the Honorable William Locnre
Judge of the said Court, and the seal there
at Mankato, in said district, on the 9th a.
of December, A. ID. GOT.
CHARLES Z. SPENCER.
(Seal of u s Dist Court Clerk
By MAMIE A. CARLSON. Deputy Clerk.
Gilt