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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24

Referring to the recent elevation
of Edmund Pennington to the office
Of president of the 500 railroad sys-
tenn, the Evening Journal sees in
this promotion signal illustration
of that democracy of birth and aris-
tocracy of merit which are the boast
of America. Mr.. Pennington has
risen by sheer force of ability and
energy from humble post as sec
ton man to the presidency of one of
the great railroad systems of Ameri-
Ca. In what other country of all
the world would that be possible?
In the early days young Pennington
operated a snowplow out of Sioux
Falls. He did the work we'll, and he
showed a capacity for better things.
Step by step he has advanced in the
railroad world. until he is now en-
trusted with the highest place in the
gift of the company he has served
So we'll. 1t is an example on which
the young men of today may wei
ponder.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24

the treatment that is effective with
other SHUTS has no effect on these
SHUTS. Dipping for ten minutes in
water kept at a temperature of 1872
deg. to 1873 deg. F. has been recon-
mended. This treatment is hard to
make and not advisable under farm
conditions. Sow seed from a field
that is free from this smut, or a
small amount of seed can be obtained
pure by carefully pulling by hand
from small seed plot the smutted
heads as they appear.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24
One of the bad breaks of the pres

One of the bad breaks of the pres
ent legislature was an act taking off
the lid for the benefit of private
clubs, which the attorney general
had ruled were no more entitled to
purvey intoxicants without a license
than the saloon keepers. 1t passed
by tight squeeze, the friends of the
measure managing to get the one
man necessary to pass the bill into
line. The average citizen will agree
with Representative McGraw as to
the nature of this bill. 1.-The su-
preme court has held that club is
a saloon," he said. eve don't want
to pass a law for the benefit of ma
hobs alone and deny the same priv
ileges to others. 1t is an abominable
bill, the meanest | ever heard of in
this state" 1t is hardly necessary
to state that Representative Bendix-
en- voted against the passage of the
measure. Mr.. Bendixen's record on
all legislation pertaining to temper.
ance will bear the closest investiga.
tior
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24

Uncle ice Cannon was not dis
mounted by the new Congress, but
there are evidences that his autocrat-
ic authority has been spiked by the
revolt against the old rules which
has shorn him of his power in some
degree. 1t was time something was
done. even if it had to be done by
the power of the minority party.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24

The first draft of the tariff bill
submitted.to congress shows some
improvements over the old schedule,
but being more or less compromise
will not satisfy tariff reformers.
Free barley: free hides would
appear to be a concession which will
benefit the manufacturers more than
the consumers, but time will tell,
The demand for free lumber and
free sugar will hardly be appeaseo
by the small reductions made in the
scheduleasubmitted. However. the
new departure made by the bill
seeking.to raise revenue by tariff
on luxuries, will not arouse any
serious. opposition, unless from tes
drinkers. swho will have to pay high
er prices for the cup that cheer.
under the. new schedule. Cigarets
fancy soaps and many articles of tina
nature, will be expected to earn con
siderable revenue to Uncle Sam
treasury, under the provisions of tn,
new tariff schedule, and to these
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24
IA CALL TO PUSH REDWOOD COUNTY.
What Has Been Done on the Coast Can
Be Done in This County.
Correspondence of The Gazette.

Correspondence OF The Gazette.
On our recent journey through
Washington, Oregon and California,
we were continually trying to COM
pare conditions with the particular
vicinity in which we were travelling
and our home county and city. From
these comparisons we sometimes ar
rived at conclusions both favorable
and unfavorable, which may interest
some of your readers.
The state of Washington seemed
to offer the greatest opportunity to
the investor, and from the minute
you strike its borders until you leave
it, you can not help but be impressed
with the progress and push and ad-
vancing values found on every hand.
Millions of acres of land, a few years
ago considered valueless, are by the
dry farming system yielding good
wheat crops the past few years. An
immense amount of railroad build
ing is going on in every part of the
state. The government is spending
millions of dollars irrigating wher-
ever possible. Orchards have been
producing some amazing yields and
the acreage is increasing very rapid
ly. The lumber and mining indus
tries are very prosperous. This con-
dition, backed up bv flood of east
ern immigration and eastern money
accounts for the stories of success
and confidence you hear on every
hand.
Regardless of this fact, we found
that seemingly every piece Of prop
erty had a price on it and was for
sale, and while we had no reason to
doubt many of the yields of wheat
and fruit reported to us, we rather
thought the people of Washington
were banded together to tell of
the best results only, and there was
another side of the story not talked
Of very freely. Orchards that we
were assured had yielded one to two
thousand dollars per acre last year
and nearly as good for number of
years were for sale. often at price
little if any in excess of their annual
yield. The same applied to wheat
lands. Returns of $40 to $50 per acre
were sure, we were told, and land
was for sale at about the same price.
; One notable thing, however, i'm
pressed us. In nine cases out of
ten when we would question a man
closely as to the source of his means,
where he would volunteer the state
ment he had done so and so in Wash.
. ington, we found rising values. in
! other words speculation. was largely
! accountable. We also concluded
that values were being pushed uk
on all lands to point only warrant
e ed by the yields of a small percent
!, age, in other words, placed on q
f basis of what might be produced
:, under favorable conditions. This
same condition as to values existed
to some extent in Oregon and to q
! large degree in California. although
s in neither of the latter states wa:
J. speculation as active as in Washing
+ ton.
Perhaps this is fair. If so, why
don't the landowners of Redwood
5 county pursue the same policy? Why
e don't the residents Of the county
g learn by heart the successes of many
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24

changes there is not likely to be
much objection. But congress will
hear from the country if it does not
meet the popular demand for a re-
peal of the tax on lumber and steel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-03-24
Bad in Montana.

DR.. E. L. Lauzer, writing to the
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

ceptlons to there not being plac
ed on any Of the committees of
arrangements, and not being
represented on the speaker S
program in any way. We know
the committee sought to get DR..
Booker T. Washington, whose
presence would be a credit to the
whites, while not adding any
lustre to Mr. Washington, what
soever. But SO far as being real
ly offended we don't care that
much about mixing with the 9th
er race We have our love. our
heritage and our vaIor-all these
have been too well attested for
dispute. We shall do honor to
Lincoln as long as good deeds
done are a virtue, and II the
white people become so modern
lied and cOmmercialiZed and ar
rogant and selfish, as to even
forget Lincoln, we shall never
dlmInisn that patriotism, that
love, that courage, and that chiv-
airy, exemplified at Bunker Hill.
Fts. Pillow and Wagner, New
Orleans and San Juan Hill.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

La every color-d home let there
be read, Negro newspapers or
(colored) magazines and books
printed by our people. lucul
cate into your children that acial
admiration is the essential ingre
dent for the elevation of This
people. Let US believe and it
shall be so, that black man or
yellow, or brown, or red man. is
endowed wi h as high lntelIecJ
ual capabilities as the white man
for they are. Because man
is of given color or race, does
not presuppose his superiority.
No history nCr ethnology teaches
it. This claim Of Cauca sian in
nate superiority is arrogated by
themselves.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

On March 4th, less than one
month from now there retlreS
from the Senate of the United
States, a mi ghty man. cham
piOn for righl, liberty and JUS
tlce-the highest type Of the
American StateSmau-a man of
p wer, courage and valor-as
brave a soldier as ever entered
upon the political escutcheon and
marched to the frOnter, Hon.
Joseph Benson Foraker. Fora j..
ker retires but the goddess of
Liberty stands unterritied at
Washington-for men may come
and men may 60. but the tree Of
liberty abideth forever-every
age has it's champion.
When Phillips. Garrison and
Beecher had run their careers
there appeared on the scene
ready to take up where they left
off, young man from Massachu-
setls. the cradle of liberty-Chas.
Sumner-how we'll he did his
duty, history well tells. Sumner
died in the cause-1hev all die ia
this great cause Others follow
ed Sumner-Others will follow
Foraker. What mighty galaxy
they are-one by one they pass
off The stage for this is Writ. For
dust thou art and unto dust thou
must return, but yea, their work
do follow them.
On Fame's eternal camping
ground,
There silent tents are spread
And memory guards with solemn
round
The BivOuac of the dead.
Let US sing.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06
OUR ADVERTISING RATES.

For display matter one time, 15s
the inch over one time, 10c, 6 months
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Reading matter, one time, &c the
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For clubs, socials, ect., when mat
ter contains over rs words and unde,
200, send so cents If you desire it pub
lished in full. MANAGER.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

What steps are you fellows
taking to pay off the riot claims?
Have you forgotten the riot that
you allowed to take place here
last August, when not a single
police drew revolver or even
raised a bill. We have not for
gotten.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

Probably the most incompre-
hensible verse in the Bibe is lhe
3D. verse of the II chapter If the
Hebrews. What saye1h ye the
Ologlans?
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

Major R. R. Jackson spoke a
mighty timely truth when he de
clared that the only way to make
some of the trfling men 60 to
work is for the women to stop
supporting them.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

[ tod you once or more times,
hat 1T pays TO pay your debts.
If YOU don / believe it, try it for
1909 and see If you don't have
more money and a happier and
more tranquil conscience.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

Some of these people, when it
gets below zero, wish they we're
down in A ALBANIA. under the
"Blmbo tree .
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

We are glad the preachers are
becoming satisfied only with in
leIllgent preachers, and reject
ing emotional spell binders. >
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06
THAT LINCOLN CENTENARY BAN
QUIET AND THE NEGRO.

The daily papers exaggerated
the case in the superlative de-
gree relative to the colored peo-
pie being offended and incensed
over not being asked to partici-
pate in the centennial affair, and
many white people seem to be ia
error altogether, at what the
colored people do take issue
The colored people did not de-
sire nor expect. to take part in
the S25 (dolIars) per plate ban
quet, which they know is a pure
ly social affair. They take ex-
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

The trouble with the masses of
women is: They are not philo-
sophical enough.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

l.. Y. Sherman is one of the
leading men of the state-would
not it be fine to have him mayor?
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

Did you know these people
want L. Y. Sherman?
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06
EDITORIAL
Saturday. Fdb. 6 1909.

Remem Der January 90 and 80
Tor their terrlDleueSS.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

Political integrity is the road
but thieves reap what is sown.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1909-02-06

EVERY AGE HAS ITS CHAMPION
The Detroit times., 1909-06-16
WATER RATES BOOSTED.
Increase VIII Add 100000 Yearly to
Revenues.

Detroiters will not get water 80
cheaply after July /. BY unanimous
action of the water board, the rates
for all classes OF service we're raised,
Tuesday afternoon. the increase be-
ing for the purpose Of paying for the
new pumping station and additional
mains.
Hereafter the minimum rate for
families will be $500 per year, in
stead Of $3.50: bath tubs VIII be 81
per year apiece instead of 81 for the
first and 60 cents for each additional:
sprinkiing Of 30-foot lawns will cost 81
per wear instead OF 60 cents, and wider
lawns will pay minimum OF $1.40 per
year: automobiles will he figured In
the water bill at s1.20- per machine;
water for each horse and cow Will
cost 81 per year instead OF go cents.
Suburban villages which secure
their water supply from Detroit Will
also have TO stand higher rate. In
common with other large users whose
supply Is metered. These will still
get @ rate of IA cents per thousand
gallons, or S175 for 10000 gallons
quarterly, but will have to pay three
cents per 1000 gallons for all con
sumption over 10000 gallons quarterly
All these increases are expected &c
raise about 100000 per year more
rovenup
The Detroit times., 1909-06-16
CONTRACT FOR ADDITION
TO PONTCHARTRAIN LET
Five New Stories Will Be Added to
Hotel at Cost Of Over
S3OOOOO

Contracts have been let by the De-
tToit Hotel Co, owners of the Pom
tchartrain hotel, for the erection OF
five additional stories, which will
make the building Is stories high and
one of the largest obstetrics in the
country. The change is one that the
company has contemplated for some
time and. as the need for additional
room was becoming constantly more
urgent. The Improvement will cost
$500 000. without the furnishings,
which will swell the figures to over
100000. The contracts call for the
completion of the work before May,
1910. Ii will not interfere in any way
with the business of the hotel.
The added stories will give room for
$50 more guest rooms. a commodious
convention and banquet hall, private
dining rooms, smoking rooms. ladies'
parlors and other features that will
tend TO make for the greatest comfort
and convenience OF guests. The
Albert -Alhrecht- Co has the PfiHet-
pal contract. Vinton e. Co secured
the contract for the interior finish.
The work will sart -at-onee--
The Detroit times., 1909-06-16
BOY HERO z YEARS OLD
RISKS LIFE FOR SISTER, 4
Tries to Drag Her From Path of On
rushing Car. but She Is Crushed
and Dies

NEW YORK, June 16.-Crushed by
a Flatbush-ave. trolley car, Florence
Brown, four years old, daughter OF
Samuel Brown, of No. 21oI Nostrand'
BROOKLYN. WAS taken 10 Kings
County hospital, where she died. Her
brother, Harold, seven years old, who
at the risk Of his own life, tried TO save
Florence. is in his home injured, but
less seriously,
Cautioned by their mother to be
careful of the cars in crossing the ave-
nues, Florence and Harold started
from home for walk. II was toward
Flatbushave that they turned their
steps. On reaching that thoroughfare
Florence dropped her brothers hand
and started to run across the street
"Florence! come back," cried Harold
remembering his mothers warning
The little girl laughed in JOY of free
dom and kept on. He started after
her. An outbound car. with James
Kelly as motorman, was coming alonS
at good speed when Florence n-eHt
on the tack.
Her brother screamed when he saw
her peril. His yell made her hesitate
for a second just as Harold reached
her, clutched her skirt and tried to
drag her aside.
But he was too late. The car struck
her crushing her under the fender and
breaking both her legs. Harold was
knocked down
The Detroit times., 1909-06-16
MRS. COULD 0bSAs|
DAMAGING Story
Is RECITEO !
Steward Of Gould Estate Swears tn
Mrs. Gould Ordered Cocktails III
Morning, Whisky at Noon ana
Brandy in Evening.
Says Millionaire's Wife Was Otter
Observation-Disclosures
in Testimony.

NEW YORK, June 15.-Mrs. How
ard Gould, who is suing her husbaud,|
the New York millionaire, for a sep
aration and alimony. broke down and
wept in court yesterday afternotsu'
when Alfred Richards, steward In
the employ OF the Pullman companya
but formerly steward at the estate O.
the Goulds on Long Island, testified
that he had frequently seen her intox>'
icated and that she had used profau0|
and improper language to persons olES|
ploycd at the Gould place. 1t was the
first time that the former actress mad
lost her composure since the trial De-;
gan. Richards worked at Castle Gould
in June and July 1905. He swore that
he saw the wife OF his employer very
much intoxicated" in July. She re-
manned in her room for period Of
two weeks. he swore, aHd-he sent
much liquor 10 her by her maid In
the morning witness swore, she or
dered cocktails, about noon whtskys1
and in the evening brandy.
He swore she consumed seven bot
ties Of brandy In two weeks. A few
nights before he left Castle Gould bel
swore, Mr.. and Mrs. Gould had dfnner]
together. Mrs. Gould did not eat and
about s 80 she went TO her room.
About 9:20 she began TO ring all Of
the bells in the room and finally set
off the burglar alarm. She complaint
ed that the doors and not been lock-
ed and that he should lock them all
though he told her Mr.. Gould had
gone out Later witness swore She
slammed the door of her apartment In
her husbands face yelling so all IN
the hettse could hear 81 Get out or hers
you little hound"
He swore she came down stairs one
day very much intoxicated" and orr
dered two workmen off the place CALI
ing them vile names and threateu-I
ngg to have them kicked II theyl
didn't GO"
On croSs-eXamination the witnesSI
admitted that he had made an affidavit|
that the incident OF the burglar alarmI
occurred IN september, and swore yes-]
terday 1t took place in July. He could
! not explain the discrepancy
Witness swore he accompanied tho
Gould party TO Ormonde and Palm
! Beach, but Mrs. Gould was never un.
der the influence OF fntoxicants on the
! tripIThis- eeHtfadieted Howard Goufd's
allegation that his wife was grossly
| intoxicated" on that trip. Gould waa
not at Castle Gould at the time Mrs.
Gould remained two weeks in her
apartments. Under strong cross
CONTINUED on Page Two.b
The Detroit times., 1909-06-16
LET EN- KISS9 SURE"
SAYS CHIEF OF POLICE
Pittsburg Official Would Give the Park
Spooners Even Better Ac-
commodations.

PITTSBURG, June 16.-"Let EN- kiss
their heads off. Give them room, was
the gist of an order handed down to
the police by Supt. McQuaide when
asked for a decision on spooning in the
public parks -of Pittsbtrg.
Elderly women OF Pittsburg had gone
TO see the chief Of police 10 have love
making stopped in the parks The Pc
lice have been ordered not 10 In
terfere.
Il don't like the lovers lanes In the
parks-those long dark ways where
lovers have been in the habit OF hiding
but favor more benches where the
light Is subdued enough not to en-
barrass the young people in the park,
| said CHIEF McQuaide.
Let 'em kiss? Sure! And what Il
more. we want to give them better &c
commodations than they have AT thi.
time. We want to put in more benches
where more kissing parties can DC
held. If fellow wants TO take his
best girl to the park and there give
her little squeeze and few kisses,
and she is willing-why, more power
10 them both"
The Detroit times., 1909-06-16
STAGGER UNDER
HEAVY TAXATION
Germany Must Provide for Deficit Of
$l25.OO0,000 Year Created by
Increase in Navy.

BERLIN, June 16.-The new tax
proposals that are now being debated
by the reichstag have simply turned
the nation giddy by reason OF their
radical and sweeping nature.
Air and sunlight are all that is to
be left us free OF taXation,' declared
a leading liberal today. III the gov
eminent program goes through
A deficit of Sl25000,0OO year
created by the increase of naval arma-
ments, must be provided for by spe-
cial taxation, and as the usual SUP
iects OF taxation have about been ex-
hausted TO meet the regular expendi-
lures. the additional burden tax Is
striking right and left. at practically
everything that has heretofore escaped.
The revised scheme of the govern
ment proposes new taxes on brandy,
wine. beer. tobacco, gas, electricity,
advertisements-wh they be ~
newspapers or in street placards-suc-
cesslon duties, fire insurance policies.
stocks. increased land values, land
transfers, coal output, export grain
and milling The finance committee
OF the Reichstag has still other pro-
posals which II will lay before the
body. including taxes on perfumeries
and matches and an increase In the
taxes on tea. coffee and the export
duty on coal and coke.
The schedules are being debated all
together. the conservatives believing
that this plan will increase the
chances of the bill being adopted.
The liberals and radicals are VIC
lently opposing the program on the
ground that most OF the increased bur
den of taxation will fall on the trades
to the exclusion Of the agricultural
classes. The chief complaint OF the
Socialists is that the new scheme does
not Lit the rich as hard as II does the
common people.
The-tet;ttt-., are being bitterly wag'
ed and while it Is probable that
sweeping bill will be adopted, the fu-
ture political complexion of the reich
-ste+eF-#ay -undergo radical changes.
The Detroit times., 1909-06-16
$4,000 IN PRIZES TO
BE GIVEN AERONAUTS
international Exhibition VIII BE Open
ed July 10 In Germany-Guns to
Be Used Against Airshlps.

BERLIN, June 16.--F1nal arrange
ments were completed today for the
international aeronautic exhibition
which will be opened on ~Juiy-ie- AT
Frankfor. On Main, and for whica
prizes amounting TO $4,000 VIII be
hung up. The exhibition hall now In
process of erection, covers 5000 square
metres, while on large field adjoin-
ing. there will be real contests IN
which the heavier air machines and
the didigibles will contest for SUI
premacy. The fact that the Gross
military balloon the pet OF the Ger
man signal corps. will not be exhibit
cd for military reasons is great dis
appointment, especially TO Count yep.
pelin. who had hoped to show that MS
machine Is the better.
There will also be an interesting
side line OF guns for use In combatting,
aerial craft. Both the Erhardt and
Krupp factories are completing guns
70 be shown designed TO reach air.
shIps In flight and also guns TO be car.
ried in the proposed armored balloons