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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25
Western Canada as Seen by Noted
Writer.

Emerson Hough, the celebrated
novelist, who made a somewhat ex-
tended trip through Western Cana
da, during the past summer, grows
somewhat enthusiastic in his de-
scription of 1.-The Last Best West"
which comprises the provinces of
Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Al
berta, as all other writer's who have
ever visited that great country. To
extract from what he has said we
find the following:
THAT black strip across the land
scape- it was not the shadow of a
passing cloud, but the record of a
plough! These yellow gray bands
were the fields of stubble already
reaped. These other bands of green,
of pale yellow, of deep bright yell
low-they were the fields of wheat
among which the binders were yet
to do their work! The centuries-old
soil was finding it's first upturned
exposure to the sun. Surely the
plough had come! There is no more
thrilling experience than this, of
seeing the ancient wilderness just
passing into the first loose fingers of
civilized mans occupation.
Here was the wheat, crowding
up to the trail, high as the wagon
seat as we drove through. At the
edge Of grumbling cow mans I'M
owned but long occupied range, we
reached down and plucked off ripe
wheat in handsful, crumpling out
into the palm the full ears of triple
rowed kernels, magnificent grain,
the food which the world must have,
that grain upon which the whole
civilization of the earth seems so
strangely to depend; for. when the
wheat has come, civilization has TAX
en- hold of the land never again to
loose its grasp. One who loves the
open air and the wild world cannot
suppress sigh of regret at first
thought of the passing plains. at
the thought of the dead romance of
the rancher; but, none the less. there
must come the soberer thought that
| the wilderness of this world, as well
as the scant fields Of the older world
belong to the world and the worlds
peoples.
Extended personal inquiry in the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25

the veins. No one here spoke of
despair or Encouragement. These
men made no repining at their lot
of frontier farmers. Their sole and
engrossing concern was the question
of means of getting out their wheat
to the markets even in western
Canada farming has run in advance
of transportation.
I'm such regions as this, one still
travels as one likes across country,
paying no attention to roads al
though now and again one comes to
roads rudely ploughed along the
section lines, in some cases, near the
railroads. fairly we'll worked. The
time Of the maln-traveled road is
passing rapidly even in Canada.
Soon the fences will come along the
highways and all travel will follow
the lines bounding artificial rec
tangles. ExuIting in our liberty,
for the most part of our party con-
tinued to travel direct toward a
destination. We still held to the
prairies; and still on every side of US
was wheat, wheat, wheat"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25
Cashier w. D. Willard of Mankato
istration.

Cashier w. D. Willard of Mankato
is chairman of committee recently
appointed to organize the banks IN
that district for the operation of an
independent system of examination
at the expense Of the district bank
ers' association. This looks like a
step in the right direction, since no
business men are so vitality interest
ed in maintaining safe banks so much
as the bankers themselves, and the
state and national examination sys-
TENS are entirely inadequate. Min
neapolis and St. Paul bankers have
taken matters in their own hands
for the same purpose.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25

no means all for the list might well
workers and when the idea was
young the writer recalls some very
active boosting" from District Sup
erintendent Cowgirl. These are by
include the larger part of our bust
ness men, ,Chas. Luscher, Ed. Pease,
all the editors and school teachers, a
good many of our ladies and in fact
most of our people being favorable
to the scheme.
1t has been entertaining and In
structive and the failure to engage
the course will he generally regret
tod
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25
MINNESOTA CANNING INDUSTRIES.
Bulletin No. 30, Issued by State CON-
missioner Slater.

Minnesota is the only state in the
union that has special law regulat-
ling canneries. 1t has been in opera
ton two years, and has been of great
benefit to this important industry,
in addition to insuring the consum-
Eers of Minnesota canned goods,
these products having been put up
under the supervision of the state.
Certain sanitary conditions are re-
CURED in each factory, and where
the goods are canned under the SUI
pervision of an Inspector of this de-
partnent, the product may be label
ed Minnesota Standard, Inspected
and Approved" The cost of such
inspection is borne by the owner of
the canning factory. Several local
inspectors have been appointed un-
der the provisions of this law, and a
large percentage of the canned
goods of the state is put up under
such inspection.
In addition to the work done by
the local Inspector, one of the state
inspectors has made regular trips to
all canning factories, Investigating
general sanitary conditions and in
structing owners and professors rel
ative to the requirements of the
law. The inspector in charge of this
work has made a report of his find
ings to this department, and his re-
port is part of the biennial report
which will be made to the legisla-
ture Jan. l, 1909.
The Inspector reports that no ar
tificial preservatiyes, bleachers, col
ors, or filters of any kind are being
used in the goods packed in this
state. Water, cane sugar and salt
are the only ingredients added to
the pure fruit or vegetables. [
quote from his report as follows:
"The quality of the goods packed |
this season is better than before,
and of a uniformity not heretofore
A good idea Of the extent of the
canning industry in this state may
be gained from a study of the fig
ures compiled by the Inspector.
1884, 800 cans Of corn, 531, 800 cans
of peas and 43O,76O cans Of beans
were packed this season; in all A.
408, 100 cans of vegetables and fruit
were packed in 1908.
With a better appreciation on the
part of the consuming public of the
purity of the products canned in the
state will come a greater demand
for them. This industry is destined
to become one the great business
of our agricultural dis
trictS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25

We hope the Boston Herald is
right in it's statement that the Sun
day comic supplement has had its
day. 1t is certainly justified in say
ing that Comic supplements have
ceased to be comic. They have be-
come vulgar in design as they are
tawdry in color. There is no longer
any semblance of art in them, and if
there are any ideals they are low and
descending lower
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25
NO LECTURE COURSE THIS SEASON.

AS is generally known, there will
be no concert course during the
year. For the last few years a very
strong course has been given by
those who have taken the matter up
and it has come to be expected that
afew will arrange for and guarantee
the expense of course for the pub
lie benefit. The gentlemen who
have been on the guarantee each
year have put in their time without
charge and have paid their share
with the rest. All the profits that
have been made have been turned
over to the library, which has bene-
fitted largely from the enterprise of
these few gentlemen.
By exceptional luck they have es-
capped loss, but each year the pros
pectof going outand being compelled
to beg and entreat others as much.
or who ought to be as much interest
ed in both the course and the library
as this dozen or so who did all the
work and assumed all the risk, be-
came more and more uninviting.
1t was sure proposition with the
class of entertainments they were
engaging that weather conditions
would sooner or later leave them to
pay from S. to $25 each besides their
own and family tickets. So this year
they concluded not to tempt fortune
and to pass up the delights of can
wasting the town for season tickets.
There will be no course this winter
unless some new crowd wish to get
behind it in guarantee and work.
AS they are not interested this
year but have retired from the cam
paign for a furlough at least, it is
in order to give credit where it is
due for past results. Messrs. Gold,
Baldwin, Hitchcock and Laudon have
been very active in most of the sea-
sons. j. Albert johnson has been a
force when it came to a canvass.
Rev. Nook was a very effective
worker on the same lines. DIR.
Brand has given literally of time
and money, Mr.. Odekirk was a hust-
Ter. Probably since he came here
Prof. Mosher has put in more time
in effective work than any single
person. Mr.. Race. julius Schmahl.
Rev. Woods and Rev. Chambers have
all one time or another been good
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25
BY JAMES AIKEN
REVIVAL MEETINGS

An editorial comment in enc of
the Tracy paper and later one in
the Minneapolis Journal gives rise
to train Of thought over the moot
ed point about the value of REVEALS.
The Tracy man is very impatient
over them and breaks out, now and
again in reproaches, we might tcall
it -scolding, at whatrhe calls the re-
yival habit in Redwood Falls. The
Minneapolis man speaks of what he
calls the great river of Christian
thought moving independently of
churches and organizations and TAX
ing in all the life of Europe and
America. He points out that life in
these countries is Christian and
not pagan: that the influence of the
Greek, Roman and Jewish eiviliza-
tions has come down to us tinged
and modified by the Christian spirit,
and that charity, benevolence and
justice are distributed always under
it's influence. That workers for the
common good, though often denying
that they are Christians at all and
sometimes discarded and disowned
by the churches, are yet uncon-
sciously working under its spirit and
with its help. That Christianity ex-
lists independently Of all of the
churches.
In the past we have often noticed
that our critical friend at Tracy is
aroused and does valiant work at .
any injustice or oppression-when
he does, his work is in the hig nest
and best sense Christian.
And if this is so there is direct
and certain value in religious work
done on interdenomnational lines,
bringing together earnest men and
women in work done for the good
of others. The writer is, no more
than his friend from Tracy, church
man; he has not taken any part in
any of the revival services but I'M
like him he does know and appreci-
ate the force of good they have been
to this town. He has known friends
of his to stop short in practices that
were injuring them and harming
their families and have seen them
leading better life. He has seen
all dissentions stopped among and
between the several churches while
they worked as one to induce men
to determine to make a new start
and lead new life. He has seen
these meetings and the influence
left by them make his own city san
er and safer to bring up a family
in. And he believes that it is better
to accept such results than to criti-
else some details that did not strike
him as particularly helpful and wise.
A person might not feel moved to
&C up and grasp someone's hand and
yet not be denying Christ" what
ever that may mean. But he has
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25

Editor Child of the Waseca Her.
aid, Bryan Democrat, thinks that
jacobson was led to the slaughter
pen by the combines that are devils
ing every scheme possible to kill off
politically such men as Jacobson and
LaFollet among Republicans and
such men as Bryan among Demo-
Gratis" Possibly so, but anyway
Jacobson was not supported by the
trusts, as some Democrats high in
office would have had US believe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25

Gov. Johnson recently named W..
E. McEwen, present oil Inspector, as
commissioner of labor, vice w. w.
Williams, Bryan Democrat. E. J.
Lynch, formerly of st. James, will
be the new oil Inspector.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-11-25

Lawyer Heaney, graft prosecutor,
still lives, his assassin having atoned
by suicide.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
SOME FACTS CONCERNING
THE COLONIAL FIRE

Blaze originated either in furnace room in base
ment or by spontaneous combustion caused by over
flowing oil in the basement under the store room of
the Cunningham Commission company, which faces
South Seventh street.
Loss on the building estimated at 100000 Said
to be $4,000 insurance on the building. Total loss
by fire. smoke and water to the tenants of the build
ing estimated at 100000. This loss partly covered
by insurance.
Blaze started about seven O'Clock and at O'Clock
this morning was entirely out. The blaze ragged most
ferceIy in the southwest corner of the building
Combination hose and chemical wagon and an en-
CINE from Dayton. also a hose company from Cam
bridge City assisted in fighting the fire.
Chief Miller is in a serious condition as result of
being overcome by smoke He was dragged from the
basement three times. When compelled to quit his
gallant efforts to lead his men in successful fight
against the blaze, he fought fiercey with those who
held him. At 4:3O Chief Miller again on the scene
of the fire, but was once more forced to quit.
Entire block from Main street to South A street
and from South Seventh street to South Eighth street.
threatened by the blaze. terrible confiagraton pre-
vented by the successful efforts of fremen in holding
the blaze within the Colonial building.
The major part of the goods and furnishings of the
various store rooms and offices saved and stored in
Main street stores or placed on Main and neighbour
ing streets.
Entire police department called upon to hold the i'm
mense crowd in check. This was accomplished by
stretching fire ropes on Main street and South Seventh
street.
All the furnishings and records in the EIks club
and lodge rooms on the third floor are destroyed Eks
estimate the loss at about 81 600; insured for about
$4,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

smoke infected men, it is only neces-
sary TO visit the four fire department
houses today. The men are hollow
eyed and their cheeks are sunk. Near
" all of them breathe like an asthmat-
ic, while several OF them bear band
ages on their hands and arms the result
of falling glass. At No. hose house
there are three substitutes on duty To-
dav. One or more substitutes are on
duty at each Of the other three houses,
It will be some time before the fire
fighters entirely recover from their
twelve hours of hard work last night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
FEATS OF DARING.
Several Not Unnoticed by Eager Re
porter.

That crowd about the Colonial
building last night was the most Or
derby, good natured one that | ever
saw" remarked Chief Bailey this
morning at police headquarters. Only
two men of the thousands of people
who Witnessed the fire caused the pO
lice trouble. When they were threat
ened with arrest they faded from
view"
Like most American crowds every
man was willing to lend a helping
hand and to take dangerous chances
TO save property or lives. If a hose
was TO be moved men and boys would
grab hold of it and move it to the de-
sired position.
A reporter on the second flOOr of
the building witnessed an example of
the daring Of the average American
young man. There was a cry of "A
man is suffocating on the third floor"
Immediately ten or fifteen young men
who were helping to remove property
made a dash for the stairway which
leads to the third floor. The dense
waves of sitting smoke which issued
/
to hesitate one minute even though
they knew no person could live for
five minutes in such smoke. Half
way up the stairs police officer malt
| ed the would-be rescuers and assured
them that there was no one on the
| third floor. Then they calmly return
ed 10 the second floor and renewed
their work of removing property.
The police officers deserve a tribute
| for the splendid manner in which they
| conducted themselves at the fire. The
crowd was kept away from all places
OF danger and the officers did every
thing in their power to assist the bad
ly fatigued firemen.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

i'll about forty-fve minutes. Dayton
is fOrty-fve miles distant.
The fifteen fire fighters coming to
Richmond from the Ohio town. were
in charge of Edward j. Madigan, as
sistant fire chief OF the Dayton fire
department.
Madigan in Charge.
When the fire chief arrived on the
scene, George Staubach. president OF
the board of public works. gave Madi.
gan full charge of the fire.
That's the way to talk said the
Dayton. man. He Immediately took
charge of the situation. and from that
time he rapidly secured control of the
blaze. He soon had it confined in the
basement of the Knox five and ten
cent store Madigan and his men
worked like TrOjans.
1t took several minutes to get the
Dayton fire engine in working order
as Richmond has no fire ci1erns and
the engine had to pump water from
the basement of the burning building
there being several thousand gallons Of
water there. This however soon be
came muddy and murky and it ham
pered the working of the Dayton en-
CINE. The Dayton hose, there beins
about 1900 feet, was also used.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

tional bank averred this part of the
contract had not been observed. The
bank also asked for the appointment
of a receiver. Before any action was
taken on this complaint, the Peoples
Loan and Trust Company Of Winches-
ter. brought suit to foreclose mort
gage of $4,000. and applied for a re-
ceiver. The court appointed the Dick
inson Trust company as temporary re
ceiver. Arguments for the appoint
ment of a permanent receiver were to
have been heard April -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
sTAUeACH GIVES ORDERS.
Tells Dayton Chief to "Fire" Men
Who Talk Back.

President of the Board of Public
Works, George Staubach. was on the
scene of the fire during the entire
night President Staubach gave or
ders to Fire Chief Madigan to take full
charge. Later Madigan reported that
one of the Richmond firemen had Civ
en- him back talk. not understanding,
of course, that Madigan was in CON
troll. Staubach promptly said, If
there is any more of that fire the
man who says anything"
Staubach was loud in his praises of
the work of the Richmond, as we'll as
the Dayton and Cambridge City COM
panies. He says that the city of Rich
mond owes them a debt of gratitude
which can not be easily repaid. The
work of these men, said Staubach. was
great. This morning Staubach enter
tanned the lads from Cambridge City
and Dayton. They were the city s
guests and nothing was too good for
the gallant lads.
Other city officials worked like beav-
ers during the night.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
ZIMMERMAN WILLING.
Said He Would Pay the Visitors
Expenses.

When Mayor Schillinger called the
chief of the Dayton fire department by
long distance telephone and asked for
assistance in fighting the blaze at the
Colonial building ne thought it was I'M
derstOod that the City Of Richmond
would foot the bill for bringing the
Dayton companies here. A few min
utes after his conversation the Dayton
chief called up and asked to speak to
Mayor Schillinger, but his honor was
not to be found He was busy else
where. EX-MayOr Zimmerman an
swered the phone and the following
conversation ensued:
Dayton Fire Chief-"WiIl the city Of
Richmond meet the expense of sending
two of our companies there"
DR. Zimmerman-"S Sure, the city will.
If it don't, charge the expense to my
account. l am DR.. w. w. thinner
man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
BUILDING IN COURTS.

The Colonial building was erected on
the site of the old Huntington hotel It
was one OF the most modern office
buildings in this part Of the state, and
was. from the first. profitable invest
ment for it's builder. E. NJ. Campfield.
Lately the building has figured con
siderably in the courts. Some weeks
ago the First National bank brought
suit to foreclose a mortgage given TO
secure a note of 5000. This amount
was to have been paid out of the rent
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09

ried $4,000 insurance. Dougan & Co,
of this city stated today that E. NJ.
Campfield carried between $4,000
and 100000 insurance on the building.
When asked if this insurance would
be paid over to Campfield or the re-
ceiver, the representative OF Dougan
& Co, stated that this was question
which would have to be decided. The
building was valued at 100000.
Men who were in position TO know
of what they were speaking differed
as to the loss Some said the loss
would be more than 100000 while
others said 1t would be less.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
DEPUTY-MARSHAL HERE.
A. J. Freery, Ohio Official, Helped
FIqht Blaze.

One of the men who was busy and
rendered great aid to the fire fighters
was A. J. Freery of Dayton, O., depu-
ty state fire marshal of Ohio. No, on
ly did he give orders which led to the
control of the blaze but he himself
took a hand in the fight. by his eff
forts and orders it was plainly seen
that he knew what he was doing.
Freery is a young attorney of Dayton
and one of his men paid him a tribute
by saying that he was one of the
greatest fire fighters Dayton has had
in her history.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
VOLUNTEERS PLENTIFUL

There were plenty of volunteer fire
men at work last evening. Among
them was Walter Paulus, a former
member of the department, who don
ned his rubber coat. boots and hat as
soon as he saw the proportions of the
blaze was likely to assume. He rem
dered excellent service.
AS fast as a member of the depart
ment was rendered hors du combat by
the smoke. a volunteer would step in
TO his place and carry on the fight
against the flames. Volunteers also
did excellent work in saving property
from the burning building.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
HOSE COMPANY NEEDED.
City Officials Say That This Fact Is
Certain.

Richmond should have another
hose company. The fire last night
emphasized that fact" stated George
Staubach, president of the board of
public works. Richmond needs an
other hose company and an engine.
The latter is needed because it was
demonstrated last night that the water
pressure is not strong enough states
Mayor Schillinger. These same views
are entertained by Councilman-at-Large
citizens share in these opinions. The
water pressure last night before the
Dayton engine was brought into use
was so weak that the streams could not
reach the roof of the three story build
ing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-09
THOUGHT BUILDING DOOMED.
international Harvester Company Re-
moved Stock.

Officials and employees of the local
branch of the International Harvester
company. are congratulating them
selves over the narrow escape OF the
Harvester building last night. Time
after time the hungry tongues of flame
licked the north wall of this building
and hundreds of fire brands shOwered
upon it, but the gallant efforts Of the
firemen TO save the building We're sue
cessful. Nearly all the valuable con-
tents of the building were removed to
places of safety so certain were the en-
ployes Of the company that the build
ing would be destroyed.