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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
Want Chautauqua Next Year.

The Chautanqua season closed last
Sunday with two of the strongest
programs of the entire course and
a large and well-pleased attendance
Walter M. Chambers famous lecture
on the Trial of Jesus from the
Lawyers Standpoint was up to the
expectations of his audience and
more. Considered either as an
Grafton or as an educational review
the lecture was well worth the cost
OF the course to all who are interest
ed in bible history and especially in
Jewish law and traditions. which
Mr.. Chandler has made a special
study. The speaker paid right
eous tribute to the Hebrew race,
showing the folly and injustice of
the popular prejudice against the
Jews. and the cruelty of charging
the modern Jew with the sins and
hypocflsies of the Jewish mobs Of
Chrlst's time. It's fortunate that
large representation of the intel
llgenee of this vicinity heard the
lecture, as any attempt at reporting
it would be wholly unsatisfactory
Norton's band and orchestra fur
nished the musical prelude Sunday
afternoon and fine program for a
large audience in the evening. Of
the various musical organizations
heard during the course, Norton's
seemed to strike the popular note
best OF all, with the Jubilee singers
perhaps close second as favorite
with the children as we'll as adults.
Saturday night cards were passed
to ascertain the demand for Chau-
tauqua course next year. More than
500 course tickets were subscribed
for in the tent, and there can be
little doubt Of the ultimate sale Of
double that number for 1909.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
LEE SWAN MEETS DEATH.
While at Work, Building Aocidentiy Falls,
Crushing Him.

Morton Enterprise.
One of the saddest accidents ever
recorded in this village occurred
early Tuesday morning, when the
citizens were dumfounded by the
report that Lee Swan was fatally
injured by a falling building. He
with four others was assisting in
raising portion Of the floor of the
Clarity building. The building was
IN sections, one portion of which was
braced in an upright position, fas-
tened with braces at each end which
IN some inexplicable manner gave
way with crash. crushing the un-
fortunate boy under an immense
weight of lumber and plaster. Will
ing hands soon raised the building
and he was taken from under it in a
dying condition. His father and
mother soon arrived, but no intelli-
glble sound came from his lips. and
he passed away after being carried
to his home a half hour later. Med
lcal aid was of no avail, it was found
his body was badly crushed and his
neck dislocated.
Lee was an honest. willing young
man with exceptionally good habits
and the bond of affection in the fam
lily was very marked on account of
Lee being cripple and only son.
The deceased was the son of Mr..
and Mrs. E. N. Swan, and was born
IN Brownton, Mimi, Sept. 5, 1884.
He leaves father and mother and
two sisters, Miss Inez and Mrs. G. j.
Simon, to whom the community ex-
tends the deepest sympathy.
The funeral will be Saturday aft
ernoon at 100.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
REBUILDING FORT RIDGEly.
Work on Monster Production Rapid,
Progressing at Minnesota State
Fair Grounds.

For the past thirty days a large
force of scenic artists and stage me-
chanics have been busily engage in
the agricultural building on the State
Fair Grounds in building a repro
duction of Fort Ridgley as it stood
in 1862, an attack on which is to be
the big spectacular feature of this
years fair. Great difficulty has
been experienced by the fair mana
gers in securing photographs of the
fort as it stood in that time, and a
great deal of credit IS due Mr.. O. G..
Wall of Friday Harbor, State of
Washington, who is preparing a
book on the attack on Fort Ridgley,
for the plans and specifications from
which the old fort is to be rebuilt.
Every effort is to be used in re-
producing it just as it stood at the
time. and whie it is possible that
twentieth century imagination will
have to be drawn upon for some of
the main details the production in
the main will be absolutely correct,
IN fact. as correct as the art of the
scenic artist and the stage mechanic
can make it.
Over 10000 square yards of canvas
is to be used, and it will take a force
of thirty men from now until the
opening day of the fair to complete
the work. Heretofore, the small
spectacular features that have been
produced in front Of the grandstand
have occupied space north of the
artificial lake between the fence of
the half-mile track, but this year
the entire infeld of the half-mile
track will be utilized for the pro-
ducing of this mammoth spectacle.
Over 1000 people will take part in
the production, 300 of which are to
be Sioux Indians. As usual, the
evening performance this year will
terminate with superb pyrotechni-
cal display.
The Minnesota State Fair has
grown to such a size that miniature
fire works factory has been estab-
lished on the grounds and many of
the large pieces are to be maniac
tured here this year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
Pasteurized Butter.

Redwood Falls is to be congratu-
lated over the fact that the pasteur-
ization process is used in our local
creamery, from which an increasing
per centage of the butter for home
consumption is now obtained.
According to the present law skim
milk sent from creameries back to
the farms as food for pigs must be
pasteurized. But nothing is said
about killing the tuberculosis germs
in butter fat. 1t has lately been
shown that tubercular bacilii will
live in butter seyen weeks after it is
churned.
1t is pointed out by officers of the
state dairy and food commission
that the only safe way is to pasteur-
ize all the milk and cream entering
creameries. In 1906 there were L.
O19,OO0 mich cowsin the state, to say
nothing of calves, steers and heifers.
Not all of them have tuberculosis.
But examination has shown that the
disease is wide spread and DR.. Ward
of the live stock sanitary board es-
Inmates that it would cost 81 1000, 900
to rid the state of bovine tuberculo-
sis, with other large appropriations
needed to assure it's permanent ex-
clusion from the herds of the state.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
CHILD KILLED AT WABASSO.
Feli Asleep on Railroad Track and was
Killed by Freight Train.

The 6-year old son of Mrs. Miller
OF Wabasso was struck by passing
freight train at that place last Friday
and died from his Injuries the fol-
lowing day.
From the statement of a citizen
We learn that the lad was out with
an older brother Friday morning
fishing in the vicinity of the bridge
west of Wabasso. Some time later
the youngster must have strayed
from his home, which is near the
railroad track. and gone to sleep
near the track, and Weakening as the
morning train from Marshall came
into town was struck on the head
by one of the cars but not by the
engine.
The poor fellow never recovered
consciousness, but suffered great
pain until death relieved his suffer
ings Saturday morning. His moth
er is most unfortunate in having
been left a widow last spring with
six young children. A few months
ago one of the youngsters went to
sleep on the railroad track and was
seen by the engineer just in time
to reverse his engine and rescue
the little one unhurt. That a Sec
ond child should fall asleep on the
same track within a few weeks is
certainly hard to account for.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
Monthly Report of the Librarian.

The library was open for reading
and reference 80 days and for dis
tribution Of books 26 days during
June. Total circulation for the
month, 718 volumes, daily average
of 81 books of which Is per cent
were non-fction and 80 per cent jul
venile.
Ten cards were issued to new pat
rons and to county subscribers.
There were 172 adult readers. 1876
juvenile readers, 10 reference read
sers, total attendance in the reading
rooms, 318.s
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
UfbaCh Gray.

A very pretty wedding took place
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. A.
Urbach in Vesta, July 18th, when
their only daughter Nettie became
the wife of DR.. F. A. Gray, also of
Vesta.
The home of the bride was beauti-
fully decorated. The parlor and sit
ting room were profusely adorned
with white and pink carnations and
smilax while the color scheme of the
DINING room was red and white,
sweet peas being used.
At the appointed hour eight in
the morning -the bridal party, ac-
companied by Miss Hattie Brown,
the brides cousin and attendant.
and Mr.. Walton. Urbach,,, an only
brother of the bride, entered the
parlor to the strains of Lohengrin S
Wedding March. which was played
by Mrs. S. F. Scott. They took
their places in front of background
of green and white, standing under
meath bridal bell of flowers and
ferns, suspended from an arch of
smilax.
Rev. C. G. Adams, pastor of the
Presbyterian church of Delhi, united
them in wedlock, using the ring
ceremony. Only very fewSof the
most intimate friends and relatives
were present.
The bride was attired in dainty
white silk chiffon made up with lace
and satin ribbons over silk, and car
ried a shower bouquetIof brides
roses.
The bridesmaid wore white silk
null over pale blue and carried a
shower bouquet of pink roses. The
brides travelling suit was pretty
navy blue with gloves3 and hat to
match.
After the very heartiest congratu-
lations by those present, a four
course wedding breakfast was served
to sixteen guests.
DR.. and Mrs. Gray departed on the
train for an extended trip
to the East.
The bride and groom are both
well known and highly esteemed be-
cause of their excellent characters
and have the very best wishes of
the community.
They will continue to make their
home in Vesta, where the groom is
a prominent and widely known ply
sician and surgeon.
The out-of-town guests were Rev.
and Mrs. C. G. Adams of Delhi; Miss
Hattie Brown of Brownton, Mimi,
DR.. and Mrs. Aldrich and Miss
Schultz Of Belview; Mr.. and Mrs.
Hegman of Lamberton and Miss
Agnes Olson of Red Wing, MINI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15

apolls, while. the older boys will re-
man with their father. The latter
requests US to express for him his
appreciation of the kindness of our
citizens in assisting him in the hour
of trouble.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15

The Gazette unintentionally made
an error reporting court proceedings
at the last adjourned term on the
9th. 1t was stated that the case of
Gallery VS.. Woods was settled out of
court. 1t appears that the case Of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
ANDREW D. STEWART,
Republican Candidate for Representa-
tive, Redwood County.

| wish through the columns of the
county press to announce my can
dldacy for representative, subject to
the approval of the Republican pri-
maries to be held Sept. 18th, 1908,
and believing that the voters have a
right to know the position of those
seeking legislative honors on ques-
lions of public import, | submit the
following declaration of principles:
The extension of the primary sys-
tenn to include state officers.
Elect U. S. Senators by direct
vote of the people.
Divorce the Judiciary from politics.
Take the county superintendent of
public instruction out of politics and
make his office elective every alter
nate year at the time of the annual
school meeting.
Liberal appropriation of state
funds for the construction of public
highways and bridges.
The enactment Of townsite ditch
law which will give the township
supervisors adequate powers to run
lines of drainage and assess benefits
and damages to abutting property.
Physical valuation of railroad prop
erty is the only true basis on which
to determine freight and passenger
rates.
Rigid state supervision of public
service corporations.
All the legal voters of a commun-
ity should have the right to deter
mine whether or not the saloon
should exist in the community; on
what terms, if any, it should exist.
A village or city does not constitute
a community In addition the sup
porting rural population are includ-
ed | therefore favor making the
county the unit, and give all the
people of the state an opportunity to
express their choice as to the regu-
lation of the liquor traffic.
! have been a resident of the
county since 1871; was educated in
the rural schools Of the county and
at theWinona Normal; taught school
three years; own and operate 900
acre farm four miles southwest Of
Redwood Falls. | have been secre-
tary of the Farmers Mutual Fire
ms. Co. for 16 years; president of
the State Association of Farmers
Mutual ms. Companies for A years;
president of the State Mutual
Creamery & Cheese Factory Fire ms.
Co. since it's organization; director
of State Farmers Cyclone Co.; d.
rector of local Farmers Elevator
Co.; director Of State Bank of Re
wood Falls, and of rural telephone
company.
ANDREW d. STEWART.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15

Your Support Will Be Appreciated
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
WON 5 GAMES
OUT OF SERIES
Redwood Falls Fans Made
Happy With Fast and
Victorious Ball.
Sleepy Eye, Morgan and Boyd
Successfully Drop a
Game or Two.

Redwood Falls certainly made a
good record on base ball last week,
playing six games with strong clubs
and losing only one of them. The
game lost was to Sleepy Eye. or
Tuesday, by a score of 2 to 4.
Wednesday the locals took OH the
Morgan team, which has been having
a phenomenal run of victories since
its organization, with no defeats
until last week. Wednesdays game
here is pronounced battle royal by
those who witnessed it, the only run
made being by Mead of the Red
, wood team in the second inning
Thursdays game was not quite up
to the standard, but was won by
Redwood, 6 to 2.
The Boyd club was taken on Fri
day and Saturday. but on account
of the heat the players were hardly
at their best and the scores tell the
story of rather easy victories for the
home club.
Below we give the record of the
games as furnished by the score
book:
Redwood 81 O 0 2-7
Sleepy Eye....1 0 O 2 o 0 1-6
Battery-Redwood Oline, Francois, Mead
Sleepy Eye Bzoskie, Tins.
Redwood -. 30 0 1 o. 0 %
Sleepy Eye. Oh o~o-4
Battery-Redwood, Osgood Mead
Sleepy Eye, Hunt, Tins.
Redwood .....0 0 o 0 81
Morgan....O o 0 0 0 90
Battery-Redwood, Francois Mead.
Morgan, Smith, Reiter.
Redwood. .........2 o 0 0 1 Sc
Morgan...........1 0 0 0 0 %
Battery-Redwood, Oline, Mead
Morgan, Miller, Reiter.
Redwood .2 0 2 0 SO
Boyd. ..........o o 0 O. 0
Battery-Redwood, Francois, Mead.
Boyd, Nelson. Hoberg.
Redwood. .........2 0 o 2 O DC
Boyd .......1 0 0 %
Battery-Redwood, Osgood, Mead.
Boyd, Morrison, Gibbs, Prescott,
The departure of Company L for
Camp LakevieW will break into fur
ther games for this week and next,
but the Redwood club expects to
play return games with their oppo-
nents after the return of the COM
pany, as we'll as series of games on
the home grounds.
The Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch
intimates that Sleepy Eye residents
were almost tickled to death over
winning last Tuesdays ball game
from Redwood Falls. It says that
the chief feature of the day was the
reception the team got when they
got back from this city THE band
met the team at the depot and almost
everybody in town was there. The
crowd, headed by the band, marched
to the corner Of Main and Fifth
street and for oyer an hour a jollifi-
cation meeting was held. Old men
and boys, business and professional
men Of the city, and last but not |
least, the ladies gave the team the
best reception ever witnessed in this
city. Speeches were made by Ex-
Mayor and Manager Glotzbach, Jos. |
Cutting and others. 1t was sight |
that will not be forgotten soon."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15

Subject to Decision Of Primaries Sept. Is
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15

Republican Candidate for
REGISTER OF DEEDS
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-07-15
Q. w. WHITTET
REDWOOD FAILS. MINI.

REDWOOD FALLS, MINI,
is the only candidate tor representative in
the field who stands for county option, also
the new deal. and will never lie down or
give up the fight till we have state wide pro-
hiDtion of the liquor traffic.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20
CHRIST OF MEXICO

the offerings Of ths pnunps yhssa
prayers have bean bead. Bu4 tnM
bowed black head n cg0wns6
They are almost ALWAYS mssfzng bea
fore him, the humble people Who oo0n
to this church-ofd poems win tha2R
serapes held tightly about kha<n, bar~
footed. or with rope sandals On eheks
feet, their burdens and somhreros lAl6
beside them The wornsn hAvD pulisa
over their bare heads fctd q he pew
bosa- the long wool scarf Ghne EngweR9
the double purpose of CLOAK and ar~dla.
for nearly always there is q bAbT-@
silent, apathetio Indian b&by-eound az
their backs. with bare brown dangling
legs. And thsrs are always oand1as
gutterfng IN the rack before TIA shrine.
No wonder 1t is easier for these
humble folk 20 suplicats this brother
Of their flesh! Is the aesthetic, brown
bearded Christ Of our own artists =
Jew?
There Is only one other black Christ
on this continent. That one Is in
Hayti. the insolent barbarous black re-
public that has borrowed ths white
mans institutions without hfs ideals,
and there they have made the two
thieves between whom the black Christ
hangs, white.
The Mexican figure Is accompanied
only by a small figure OF the madonna,
who Is white.
There is another madonna. not the
one on the altar always covered with
tinsel or artificial flowers, but In a
little niche In the wall at the right OF
the benches that are most unusual in
a Mexican church
The figure Is made OF metal. cIurnsiIy
painted, but the expression Is sweet
and there is a far away reminder OF
Michel Angelo in the p1eated white Golf
on her forhead.
But 1t Is the Black Christ. agonizfng
tnere at the doorway before his circle
OF lowly devotees, who redeems the
church from obscurity, a debased re-
Voting figure, get the brother of the
peon. patient bearer OF the white mans
burdens.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

Little number Twenty four makes
the most on car fare. With the inno-
cent expression of a Cupid on d post
card valentine. he has the utmost in
genuity. He sits pensively in the car
gazing at the billboard scenery as the
conductor passes him the first time.
looking at him inquiringly. The sec
ond time through the car the conductor
has decided that he has not collected
that fare. Twenty-fours expression
makes him doubtful in spite of himself,
however
Say! Did 1 get your fare?" he de-
mands defiantly. Twenty-four raises
his long eyelashes and opens his blue
eyes wide.
Either you or the company did,"
he pipes serenely. That one remark,
Twen ty-four tells in conhdence,a has
made him as much as his wages.
Foiled in his plot to escape paying
fare. as even the most clever is at
times, the messenger boy never fails
the Office he trades 1t for one which
will take him in the direction of the
next call.
Transfers are always legal tender in
the messenger delivery offices, some
times changing hands several times be-
fore they are again punched by the
streetcar conductor. When the time
limit mas passed on one the boy IN
whose possession 1t is borrows a mu-
cilage bottle and penknife. From an
old transfer punched and repunched
the day before he cuts the necessary
figures and pastes them into place SO
skillfully that he can proudly defy the
conductor to detect the fraud. He
then repunches 1T with the knife sew
eral hours ahead. thus giving 1t a
new lease of market value, and per-
haps trades 1t for the Nick Carter"
nickel novel of the next out"
No misgivings as to the honesty OF
this systematios scheating of the street.
car company ever crosses the mind of
the delivery boy. In the broad prin-
ciples of fair dealing with the other
boys and OF giving the customer a
square DEAL" he has a code of his
own, but he has little use for the cul-
tivation of the purely self-rewardfng
virtues. He expresses his views frankly
"Oh, 1 tried all that once" said a
worldly wise little youngster when l
asked him why he did not try not to
be dishonest. But, say, what do you
think 1 got out of It? I thought I'd
be Little Willie, the Only Honest Mes
senger Boy, and point to meself with
pride. But found folks put me down
just as a plain fool. There's nothin'
in it. Your own good opinion of your
self don't give you anything but the
swelled head. It's what the other fell
low thinks that buys you something
Besides, If you're looking out for No.
1 you know somebody's on the job"
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-20

Other vessels have permitted some
survivors to reach safety ere they dis
appeared from sight. but few, indeed.
are the instances when all on board
reached land. Recently the crew of
Japanese fishing schooner was stranded
on barren. exposed spot whence they
were rescued after almost three months
of suffering and privation by the United
States revenue cutter Thetis. and the
crew of the schooner John f. Miller
lived many weeks on a bleak northern
isle, almost perishing.
Figures show that almost 5000 lives
have been lost in the marine disasters
of note in the Pacific north of San
Francisco, and any man familiar with
shipping on the north coast knows that
the list of lost vessels does not include
many and many a stranded vessel that
left its bones to bleach or it's iron to
rust upon the treacherous sands and
rocks that mark the shore. Most dan
gerous of all the coast line from Bering
sea to the isthmus of Panama is the
west coast of Vancouver island. where
scores of ships have met doom and car
ried to destruction their human freight
So Ii Is that veritable army of men
and women and their babes has gone
down in recent years in the North Pa
cific. but most of the treasure ships
those bringing gold southwark from
Alaska-have foundered in the inland
seas along the shore. protected. it
might be expected. from the fiercer
storms that sweep the open ocean, but
in reality beset with hidden dangers
that make the broad expanse. compared
with their narrow channels. a veritable
summer sea for~safety.
These island passages that lead to the
southeastern part of Alaska are dotted
with sunken wrecks, many of which
were sailing southwark with a burden
of the Klondike and Alaska's output
Terrific has been the loss of life ac-
companying the gold trade. for in the
early days In the midst of the great
rush any sort of craft that would
float beyond the harbor confines was
loaded with the gold seekers and dis
patched for the mecca in the north
Boats condemned and boats deerepit
that years before had ended their use
fulncss on the Atlantic. were brought
around Cape Horn to the Pacific to
ferry the argonauts Thousand miles.
Loaded deep with thousands and
thousands of gold hunters these frail
barks put out; is 1t any wonder that
the loss of life was appalling? The
miracle Is that so many reached the
northland. And on the return trip
these same vessels. bringing a load
that seemed more precious than the
last, struck sunken reef or. through