The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-20

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When you paid up your bills at the
new year. did you remember the
! Gazette?
Fred. Benz, who was quite widely
advertised as lost in the Wabassc
and other papers, has turned up and
is now visiting his son w. F. at Sea-
forth.
Gillies lecture Tuesday at M. E.
church. Library benefit. He will
lecture on "The New America or
Jean Valjean," Victor Hugo's
great character.)
Vesta Censor: County Attorney
Owens says Vesta must be an awful
good town. During Mr.. Owen s
two years service as county attorney
he has never been called to Vesta to
prosecute a case.
Lew Hall returned the first of the
week from an extended stay in Den
yer, Colorado. Though Lew likes
the west. he states that an irrigated
country has its disagreeable features
and believes Minnesota looks good
still.
A neighboring exchange puts the
case this way: Redwood Falls citi-
zens have concluded to discard their
Minnesota Central phones and ms tall
system of their own, one that does
not have to pay dividends on water
ed stock"
Brown Co. Journal: Marshall
must be figuring on building court
house. The News-Messenger says
that Representative Forbes has in
troduced H. F. No. ID, authorizing
Lyon county to issue bonds for the
purpose of erecting buildings. This
bill was passed under a suspension
of the rules.
Fairfax Standard: Fairfax has
been out of the clutches of the Min
nesota Central for a number of years
and the local company have not seen
fit to raise the rental and have still
made very reasonable rate of in
terest on their investment. after
giving their patrons "a hour service
with less than $50 subscribers.
Foreman G. w. Ellis of The Ga
zette force received a phone mes
sage Sunday morning informing him
of the death of his brother-in-law,
Lewis C. Weir, the night previous.
Mr.. Weir was street car conduct
or and had been lowering between
life and death for several weeks.
Mr.. Ellis left on the first train for
Winnebago, where the funeral was
held on Monday. The deceased was
a young man Of excellent character,
and was only 20 years old.
Supt. Bebermeyer has received
returns from a large number of
teachers on the proposition to hold
the county association either at Wa
basso or in this city, and SO far
about 70 per cent favor Redwood
Falls, which will undoubtedly be
the place chosen for the meeting, to
be held in February. Supt. Beber-
meyer has the promise of the assist
ance of Supt. Geo. F. Howard of
Olmstead county, one of the most
progressive of the county superin-
tendents in this state.
H. J. Ledbeter finished the dis
posal of his merchandise stock last
Thursday and returned to Mankato
Saturday, Mrs. Ledbeter having
preceded him. Auctioneer Grim
Minis knocked down a good many
real bargains during the sale, which
was a snap for bargain hunters and
rather fierce competition in certain
lines for our regular merchants.
Redwood Falls certainly has been a
magnet for buyers Of clothing and
general merchandise this winter
and people for many miles around
have found it out.
Sanborn Sentinel: Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Fields packed their household
goods and left Tuesday for Redwood
Falls where they go to take charge
of the county poor farm. Mr. and
Mrs. Fields have resided in Sanborn
for many years and at one time con-