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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
LANDS FOR SALE
In Northeastern Minnesota

This section of Northeastern
Minnesota is the richest and most
advantageously located. Pota-
toes, root crops, small grains,
certain varieties of corn, and
especially timothy and clover
grow prolificdlly. Fodder corn
prodAce ten to fourteen tons to
the acre. Alfalfa is grown sue
cessfully and satisfactorily. All
kinds of vegetables grow wonder
fully fast and are of the finest
quality and size.
Grand Rapids, which is the
nearest market point from most
of the lands quoted herein, has a
creamery and a potatoe ware
house, affording a market for
practically all that is produced on
the farms of this section. The
Iron Ranges, which furnish a
market for all this section will
ever produce, is at our door.
Celery, asparagus, ripe toma-
toes, strawberries and other small
fruits, and other fancy crops have
been tried and found to produce
successfully and profitablY.
Thissection know no drOughtS,
no crop failures.
The following lands are offered
for sale:
$1,000 PER ACRE-160 acres of
unimproved farming land, four
miles from Cohasset on good county
road. Will sell on quick sale at
$14.00 per acre.
$500 PER ACRE-80 acres, one
mile from Cohasset, easy terms.
$4,000 BARGAIN in an i'm
proved farm-80 acres, Is acres
under cultivation, good house,
barn, etc. Close to market on
good road. ,
$500 PER ACRE-160 acres, Il
miles from Grand Rapids on county
road. Good land and some timber.
$l.5OO If SOLD AT ONCE-6O
acres fine farm land, six miles from
market, one-half mile lake shore
and on fine road.
$500 PER ACRE-4Oacre tract,
one mile from market, easy terms,
just right for chicken farm.
$500 PER ACRES acre tract,
about five miles east of Grand
Rapids, part high, rolling land,
part low. All easily cleared and
low land easily drained and will
make the richest kind of farm land
when under plow.
$1,000 PER ACRE-28O acres in
two tracts, four miles west Of
Cohasset on good road, 35 acres
cleared, good new six room house,
good barn for ten head of stock,
good well, good out buildings.
Two tracts adjoin and will sell
either in one bunch or separately.
Also many other bargains
we are sure to have one to suit.
0and values in this section
have gone up Is to 100 per cent
in the past year-the value of this
section as an agricultural region
isjust being recognized, and lands
are sure to go up. Moral, "A
word to the wise is sufficiently
If interested, write to or in
quire of,
AL. LaFRENIERE,
Grand Rapids, = Mimi.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
MISCELLANEOUS

sets work harnesses 2 Single buggy harnesses
Set double driving harness
Fly nets, blankets collars etc. Scoop board
Swill cart and barrel Wheel barrow Feed rack
Chicken coops Bicycle grind stone Tank heater
Ladies chainless coaster break bicycle Hay fork
Sickle grinder 2-Wagon shoes Barrel lime
Some oak lumber including two wagon poles
Pitch forks 40 lbs. Irvine Hog loader
Scoop scales-24O lbs. Some woven wire
Stat corn crib SO grain sacks 20 A. standing corn
About fifty tons good hay Milk cans
Round oak heater wood or coal 3 bed steads
Set of sleigh runners for buggy
Brands Queen steel range and other articles
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17

2 John Deere corn cultivators | old cultiyator
2 4-horse harrows Harrow cart
Emerson 14inch gang pillow, new l year ago
La Crosse sulky pillow, l6 inch Potato hitler
l6 inch walking pillow SIT. Mccormick mower
New John Deere disc harrow with tongue truck
5-ft. Minnesota mower new last year
Dane sweep rake Mccormick self dump rake
Wide tire, triple box wagon Canopy top buggy
Wide tire, double box wagon Old buggy
Combination hog and hay rack Two hay racks
Set bob sleighs Power washing machine
T. G. Mandt manure spreader, one year old
III. P. gasoline engine and pump jack new last year
Owens tanning mill De Laval cream separator
New l-hole corn shelter
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
.Crimn1ins
and Co.

We are now preparing our
lists for Eastern buyers. We
want to list your farm for
sale costs you nothing if
we don't sell it. Don't for
bid you listing with other
real estate men. Records
will show we have been in
the lead in the sale of Red
wood County land.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
IL HORSES

IL HORSES
5 : year old black mare, weight 100
9 year old gray mare 400 in fOal
10 year old gelding, 1900
3 year old black geding 1890
5 year old gray geldng 100
Span of mules and harness
/ 2 year old horse colt black
2 i year old horse colts, black
year old flly colt. l spring colt
50 HEAD OF CATTLE
good young cows all fresh during fall and winter.
/ good grade short horn bull / year old
5 2 year old steers A 1-year old heifers
2 1-year old steers 3 2-year DID, heifers
/ 3-year old heifer 5 winter calves, black
40 HOGS
q brood sows l sow with seven little pigs
Full blood DWoc- Jersey 26 shoats
2 months DID, full blood Poland China
POULTRY
About Is turkeys, some blooded White Hollands
About 100 chickens
MACHINERY
z # Mccormick binder z # Osborn binder
% shoe Van Brunt drill Is shoe Dowagiac drill
John Deere corn planter, 100 rods wire
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-09-17
POULTRY

About 25 turkeys some blooded White Hollands
About 100 chickens
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SO HEAD OF CATTLE
40 HOGS

4 brood sows sow with seven little pigs
Full blood DurOc- Jersey 26 ShOatS
2 months old, full blood Poland China
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MACHINERY

Z f. Mccormick binder z fl. Osborn binder
% shoe Van Brunt drill Is shoe Dowagiac drill
John Deere corn planter, 100 rods wire
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-01-12

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Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1912-01-12
After Many Years

ASSESSOR Dick Randall yOnC County finally his pct
Southern pat!ls yesterdays
the has the
he ha, Clipped In
he down
he made the which rried al
had OF
While equitable he
condition that o in
is scientific
.tand
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At Kitzmever's Drug Store they are
showing a large assortment OF hot
water bottles. They are a new, fresh
lot and Of the best quality. All
prices.
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Buildings suitable for stores or
business of any kind; also residence
property for rent Apply of J. B.
Vieira in the Arlington Flock.
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The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15

foot Of a ridge. well protected from
the southeast winds, we found an
ideal place; and on Monday January
16) We began to unload our cargo.
Two men at once set about the erec.
ton OF the house. while the rest Of
the land party continued to bring ny
the building materials and provisions.
With our i15 dogs, We had draft power
enough, but II WAS often slow work
getting the heavily laden sledses up
to the site. which lies at . height Of
$50 feet. But our dogs know how 70
draw. II Is q pleasure to work with
them. They are ell picked animals
from Greenland.
HE seiidIy OvIit Camp.
at 10 three weeks since We began
the building Of our station and now
everything 10 ready. The desolate Icy
landscape has undergone . great
change. The silence 10 broken.
Where formerly. only Q solitary pen.
Euin or the track Of q seal crossed
The height there now lies . whole lit.
tie village. Our solidly built little
house stands safe and secure. sunk
four feet down In snow - hard -
rock and supported By backstays on oil
sides. We have given II the name Of
rrsmheim. Its longitude II about ICE
deg west. its latitude Is deg. 10 min.
utes south. 20 that II IL probably the
most southerly human habitatiou.
Round II are set up fifteen tents large
enough 10 accommodate sixteen men
each. for the use Of the dogs and ~
storehouses for our provisions. coal,
wood, clothing. etc.
The principal food depo, I. about
. kilometer from the station and con.
tains provisions suficient for two
years. Since we came here We have
lived almost entirely on seal meat
and would not exchange seal steak
for any dish in the world. There are
great numbers Of seals here. and We
shall soon have preserved enough both
for ourselves and oil our dogs for the
winter.
I'VE shal, % What We Can"
I'm few days the Fran will be
ready 20 leave us. She goes north
with greetings and messages aud We
shall begin our journey towards the
south. II Is my intention 10 lay down
a main depot IN so degrees la,G'nde
and = smaller one as far south a. DOS.
sible: and ! hope that. with the ey.
cellent means al our disposal. We shall
get to 81 degrees with the smaller de-.
at If,
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15

as possible We travelled az near south
as possible, the remaining Q kilo
ME, ers.
On December is there We camped
II was an excellent opportunity
There was a brilliane sun. Four oil
US took observations every hour Of
the days twenty.four hours. The
exact result will be the matter OF q
professional private report.
This much Ia certain. that we oh
served the pole as close as II is In
human power to do II with the instru
ments we had. a scxtant and artificial
horizon.
On December n everything was In
order on The spot.
We fastened to the ground Q little
tent we had brought along. u Norwe.
CLAN Dag and the Fran pendant on
the top Of II.
The Norwegian home at the South
pole was called "POiheim."
The distance from our winter quar-.
tiers to the pole was about ! 400 kiio.
meters. The average march a da,
"uH ~ NbOiucNCTb.
We started on the return Trip on
the 18th Of December. Unusually
favorable weather made our way
home considerably easier than the
journey to the pole. We arrived a,
our winter quarters. "Framheim" on
the 25th Of January. 1912. with two
sledges and II dogs. all well.
The daily average speed on the re.
turn trip was 80 kilometers. the low.
est temperature was minus 81 celsius.
t23.S degrees below zero Fahrenheit. /,
The highest minus = celsius. (23 de.
grces above zero Fahrenheib.
Among the results are the determi.
nation Of the extent and character
OF the Ross barrier. and the dis.
covery ~ the connection of South
viciori, land and probably King Ed.
ward VII land. with their continue.
ion In the mighty mountains running
toward the southeast which we're OBJ.
served as far rs IS degrees south.
Ji; which In all probability continue
,cro,s the antarctic continent.
The entire length OF the newly dis.
covered mountains Is about $40 hilo.
me- crs. They have been named
Queen Mauds Range"
The expedition TO King Edward VII
land under the command Of Lieut..
pr,stud has given excellent results
scots discoveries have been cor.
irmcd. and the survey Of the bay OF
Whales and Of the liarrier Dome by
The Prcs,ud party are OF great liner.
est.
\ good geological collection from
King Edward VII and south Victoria
and Is being brought home.
The Fran arrived ~ the Ray OF
Whales on the nin;h of January. She
aad been delayed by the roaring;
'ortlcs" on account Of he casterly
winds.
On January 18Th the Japanese cy.
petition arrived At the Hay Of
Whales and landed on the i,arrier
near our winter quarters. We left
the BAY OF whales on January 3O,h.
II WAS long voyage with contrary
winds. All are well.
RAOLD AMCNDsEN.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15
GEORGE COULDN'T TELL A LIE
Neither Could the seheolboys-shop.
keepers Arrested for Selling
Them Cigarettes.

Eighteen shopkeepers OF lloboken
are wondering II there Is any way oil
getting even with the Rev. Mr.
Wecms for starting The story that
Washington couldn', tell lie, Two
weeks ago Recorder McGovern. at
i..e invitation OF Principal Lafayette
talbot, talked to the boys Of Publ,
cchool No. s for half an hour about
re personal character Of the first
ccident. A, the end OF his talk
80 recorder said:
How many Of you boys would Ike
have the reputation for truth tell
& that Washington had?"
Every boy In the room wen, on rec
I'd.
Well" said the recorder with
nile, T'li give you a chance tC
axe 4 beginning-how many Of YOU
roke cigarettes"
That was q rather different matter
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15
a Boys Sacrifice for His Father.

This IL the story OF boys sacrl
q for a father who accepted the
lrrincc but rejected the boy.
Hale Mcclure, sos Eearborn ave
g, wanted his father, who wa In
lsop. lie wanted an education, too
(. because he wanted his father
0st. the l3.yearold son worked aud
we'd for three years, In order t.at
n Mcclure, the father might re
IN 10 his invalid wife and the boy
40 wanted him.
The father was released. but the
= and his mother say he no longer
ives for Them: that he did not
ONE to see them when he returned
. Chicago, after three years al
ol!et. lie took almost $500 that the
oy had sent to the prison bank tr
ssist. II possible, In OBJ, aiming hi'
clease. 80 say the mother and the
10y. But now the man refuses tt
ave anything to do with them.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15
SKETCH OF CAPT. AMUNoseN.
Arctic Exploration Has Been the
Dream Of His Life Since Early
Manhood.

Road Amundsen. now about 10
years old. has proved himself one OF
the most competent explorers. BE.
sides reaching the south pole he 10
the frst and only man 10 accomplish
the long attempted fea; Of taking .
ship from the Atlantic to The Pacific
BY the northwest passage. lie has
made at q poin, within q short dis.
lance Of the magnetic pole the only
set OF complete polar magnetic oh.
servations ever taken.
Amundsen was born At Sarpsburg,
Norway, and In his childhood moved
with his parents to Chris,iania. His
parents destined him for medicine.
For one year he was q medical stu.
dent. but at his mothers death, when
he was 10 years old. he gave up the
intended career and went To sea. For
. number OF years he cruissd In the
north az a whaler and sealer on Nor.
wegian vessels.
Amundsen had his first taste OF OK.
pl0ration when In 1897 he went %
first of'icer with the Belgica on Ger.
lach's belgian polar expedition. From
what he learned Of the work and ad.
venture OF exploring on this trip ana
from the second Norwegian polar ex.
petition Of 1898, he became filled with
arctic ambitions Of his own. lie form.
ed the project not OF attaining tho
geographic pole sought by 80 many,
but Of trying the Ions. neglected north.
west passage and approaching and
studying while on his way the little
known magnetic pole.
!, took Amundsen several years to
prepare himself for his trip, For two
yenrs he studied. first In Hamburg
under Neumayev, authority on mag.
netism: In Berlin under Schmidt, and
finally at Wihelmshafe nunder l,or.
gen In the meteorological station. His
mental preparation over. he spent
two years more In raising funds and
ou,iitting his expedition,
The Amundsen magnetic expedition
was perhaps the most modest!i tp.
pointed that ever went for pirpos, y
OF discovery into the arduous fed II
the arctic Its cost was $50 Geo, a
large part Of this Amundsens own
money, FriIhjof Nanssn, the Norwe.
gian polar explorer. a close friend
and faithful helper OF Amundsen.
helped raise another large part.
Amundsen was finally able to put MI
from Christiania In the little Alton
sloop Gtoa on June II. 1908.
voyaos Of ojoa.
The GjOa sailed around the north
end Of America, reaching the mouth
! of the Mackenzie river about Septem.
Der 3. 1905. II went by way OF BAT.
hn's bay. Lancaster sound, Barrow
strait. Peel sound. James Ross strait
and Rae strait. Twice It wintered IN
the ice. For . period Of many months
during this voyage Amuudsen main.
tanned an observatory on King viii.
Jams land. at latitude 68 degrees 20
minutes, longitude 80 degrees w"st,
within 80 miles. % he calculated, Of
the magnetic pole.
The northwest trip. fuifil!.ng the
! dream Of the early navigator. brought
Amundsen great renown. HG then
planned an expedition to drift around
70 the North Polar sea. but changed
bis mind after starting and wont d
aad the Antarctic pole.
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15
Labor and the Hen.

The great American hen Ia on a
strike. The trouble began over the
regular work In zero weather and
the egg factories are mostly idle.
As Q consequence prices scared
to thirty. forty and even fifty cents
per dozen. or course at such rates
the egg only finds Its way to the
kitchen OF Mrs. Wealthy. and Mrs.
Common People does without.
We are At the mercy Of the hen.
She rules the roost. Generally speak
ing she 10 a willing worker, but she
demands comfort.-that 10 In her con-
tract. And when her employer lets
the mercury get to skipping about
among Fahrenheit's little figures. she
won't stand for II. She manifests
the true feminine will power and dis
nity--"When she won't. she wOc't
che won't and that's the end ont"
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15

therost south was ~ degrees, q
mnutes) We camped and establish
ell our last depot, depot No. 10. From
80 degrees 25 minutes the plateau be
gan to slope down very gently and
smoothly toward the other side.
On the 9th of December We reached
So degrees 80 minutes, on December
10. IS degrees So minutes. December
II. 50 degrees IL minutes, December
~. SO degrees 30 minutes, Decemoef
-, 80 degrees IS minutes,
Up TO this time the observations
and dead reckoning agreed remarkably
WELL and We made out that We ought
to be at the pole on December II In
the afternoon.
That day was a beautiful one. a
light breeze from southeast. the tenn
perature minus 20 celsius t9.+ degrees
below zero. fahrenheiD. and the
ground and sledying we're perfect
The day went along as usual. and
at 3 p. m. We made halt.
According to our reckoning We hal
reached our destination. All OF us gath
cred around the colors. q beautiful sill
nag. all hands taking hold Of Il
and planting II.
The vas, plateau on which the pole
Ia standing got the name Of the King
Haakon VII Plateau" II 10 q vast
plain. alike In all directions, mile aftel
mile during the night we circleG
around the camp.
In the fine weather we spent tn,
following day taking series OF oh
servatiOns from a. m. to y. m
The result gave us 80 degrees s!
minutes.
In order to observe the pole as clos,
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15
AMUNDSEN. WINS
SOUTH POLE RACE
The Norwegian Explorer Tells Of Nj.
Antarctic Dash.
GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE TRIf
Captain Amvodsen's Own Narrative q
Vie Attainment Of the South
Pole December ~, n,
1911.

-. y
rtehts reseryed)
Hobart. Tasmania. March AT z
q m. on the 10Th ,isy of February
1911. We commenced TO work our va,
coward the south. from that day &c
the nth Of ApriI. establishing three
depo,s. which In all contained q
QusntIty of provisions of about 1900
kiios, Including LOO kiios Of seal
meat, we're cached In 80 degrees. zoo
kilos In 81 degrees and 500 kilos In 81
degrees south latitude.
As no land marks were TO be seen
these depo,s were marke with f,axs.
seven kilome,ers on each side In the
easterly and westerly directions.
The ground and the state of the
barrier we're of the best and special
~ we'll adapted 10 driving with dogs.
TN February IL, we had thus travel.
ed about 100 kilometers. The weight
OF the slcdRps Was 400 kilos, aud the
number OF dogs was six for each
tledge. The surfac. of the barrier
was smooth and fine with no sastrugi
The crevices were yer, local and were
found dangerous In onl, two places.
For ihe rest long. smooth india
tons.
The weather was exec ent. ra!m
or light breeze. The lowest ten.
pera'urc on these dopo' trips was
minus a. celsius or centigrade, ii3
tegrees below zero. fahrenhcit1 On
ihe ith o. March, on our return from
The first 'riu hegiuniu. on the l1tu
OF February, We found out mat he
Fran. had Already lett us. win
pride aud delight We heard that her
smart captain had succeeded IN
sail'ng hcr turth'si south ahd
there hoisting n" colors of his coun'
Try. glorious moment. Tor MIN aid
his comrades, the iurih,st north ana
the fnr'host south. good old Fran
The highest south latitude attained
VAS ~ degrees " minutes
Winter on the Ice Barrier
BEFORE the arrival OF winter We
had 500" kilos OF seal meat IN tn"
dcpois, enough for ourselves AMI
no dogs Eight dog houses, u com
bination OF tents and snow has
were built.
= Having cared for the dogs the turn
came TO use our solid little hut. /,
was almost entirely covered with
snow BY the middle Of April First
We had to get light and air. The
Lux lamp. which had q power 200
standard candles, gave us a bril-.
liant iisht and kept the temperature
up 10 20 degrees celsius ,6s degrees
rahrenheiU throughout the winter.
our excellent ventilation system gave
US all the air we wanted.
In direct communication with the
hut and dog houses on the barrier
were workshops. packing, rooms. eel.
lars for provisions. coal. wood and
oil. q plain bath. a steam bath. ami
observatory. Thus we had everything
within doors N the weather should
be too cold and stormy.
The sun left us ON the cand OF
Aprii and did no, return until, four
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15
MADE SUCCESS SURE
AMuNoseN's CAREFUL PREPARA
TON FOR DEED THAT MAKES
HE NAME IMMORTAL.
KNEW AND SCORNeD DANGER

Mishty Ice earrisr That Had Foiise
oritain's Explorer, Shsekiston
Had Ne rsrrers Tor Norwseisr
Nsro-in Letter, Ne Wrote u OF
heulties to De Overcome,
The Holt County sentinel., 1912-03-15

'On the following day (January ~
We found q landing place we'll suited
for our enterprise. The long 10000
miles voyage was safely accom-.
plished. and we were only one day out
In our calculation. We had arrived .
day too early.
AFTER having safely moored the
vessel to the Ice We set on to find a
suitable place for wintering. This did
not take long. About two and one.
half kilometers from the ship. At the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-10-29
Answers Question.

Pennsylvania should take care OF
that. IL is not a national question but
let INC tell the gentleman who mention ed
1t that there have been times when no
legislature was SO sorely in need of hav-
ing It's acts referred TO the people as
That at the capital of PENNSYLVANIA.
An outburst OF cheers greeted the gov
crnor remark and he turned his speech
to other topics.
Ihe governor said that without a mer-
chant marine other nations would beneIlt
more by the opening of the Panama
canal than the United States. The nomi =
nee advocated a regulation of competi =
lion and the removal OF favors which he
said were bestowed by the protective
tariff.
We have entered tho lists" he said.
TO free the average man OF enterprise
III America and make ourselves masters
OF our own fortunes once again. The
trusts lie like a great incubus on the
productive part OF American brains