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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
The Time Is Short For buying
Christmas Presents.
Do 1t Now.
Delhi Resident
Sleeps Last Sleep
Lars o. Flore Dies at Home Last
Wednesday after Several Months
Illness

After an illness of several months
Lars O. Flore died at his home at
Delhi, Wednesday, December 8. Fun
eral services conducted by Rev. M. F.
Mopmeson, were held in the Lutheran
church at Delhi, interment being made
in the Rock Dell cemetery.
Mr.. Flore was born in Norway Au-
gust 8, 1850. He came to America
with his wife in 1871 and they settled
first at Benson, Mimi, coming in 1884
to. Redwood County where they made
their home until Mr.. Flores death.
Besides his wife Mr.. Flore is sur
vived by five sons, Ole L., Ed. Lars,
Ludwig and Robert all living at Del
hi, three daughters, Mrs. H. T. Hell
geson, Olga and Thea also of Delhi,
and two daughters, Mrs. Lund and
Mrs. johnson Of Everett, Wash. All
the children were present at the fun
eral.
Mr.. Flore was faithful and low
ing husband and father, a lifelong
consistent member of the Lutheran
church and an honest upright citizen
who will be long missed in, the circle
in which he moved.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
Race Would Be
Easy Money, for
Hon. ]. R. keefe
Brown County Papers Predict "Joe''
Will Win at "A Walk in Second
i District
BOTH APPROVE OF HIS RECORD
Much Questioned Man Still Reticent
About Observation-Disclosures
Campaign

Should Joe" Keefe decide to file
for the nomination of representative
at large for the second district, he
will receive some warm support from
Brown County if one may judge by
the sentiments expressed in two Of
that county's leading papers, The
Brown County Journal, and the Sleepy
Eye Herald Dispatch.
Philip Liesch of the Journal says:
Former representative, Jos. r.
Keefe, of North Redwood, who repre-
sented Redwood county in the legis-
lature as member Of the house and
who was defeated as democratic can
didate in strongly republican coun-
ty by G. M. Bendixen by only II
votes at the last election, was in the
city Tuesday. Mr.. Keefe is being
urged by his friends to enter the race
as candidate for representative-at-
large of Brown and Redwood coun-
ties. He is giving the matter SER
ious consideration and unless all signs
fail Mr.. Keefe will soon make his an
nouncement. He was the father Of
the election law which gave the peo-
pie of the state chanse to show
their preference for United States
senator by popular vote and is man
of ability. Mr.. Keefe has been in the
farm machinery business for many
years and has host of friends in
both counties"
Apropos Editor Hodges Of the
Herald Dispatch writes the following:
4sHon. Joseph Keefe, of North Red
wood, was in the city on Monday, en-
route for Minneapolis on business. Mr..
Keefe was for four years member of
the lower house of the legislature from
Redwood county and he made an
honorable and distinguished record for
himself. There has been considerable
talk about him running for the legisla-
ture, as member at large from Brown
and Redwood counties under the new
apportionment, but he has not as yet
announced himself. When seen by us
he refused to be interviewed, only stat
ing it was too soon. From what we
hear and know, there seems to be a
general opinion that Mr.. Keefe is the
man for the position, in view Of the
fact that Redwood county comedies the
senator to Brown county. Mr.. Keefe
is a splendid citizen, very capable
and honorable man and should he de-
eide to file for the nomination, his
many Brown county friends would see
to it that he secured rousing vote.
The situation resolves itself to this:
If Joe Keefe runs for representative
at large, we do not believe any man
would have the nerve to try conclu-
sions with him.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
Aged Man Called
By Quiet Death
Father of C. o. Borg Dies at Ninety
Three Years; Burial at
Carver

Carl Gustave Borg, for the past
eight years a resident of Redwood
Falls, passed away 1.-THE home of his
son, C. O. Borg, Thursday, December
A. Death came quietly and as the
well-earned rest of a long and use
full life. The body was taken to Car
yer, the former home of the deceased,
where interment was made, the fun
eral being conducted from the Luth-
eran Church of Carver.
NJ. Borg was born in Sweden in 1921
and came to Minnesota in 1868 sett-
ling in Carver County where he lived
until coming to Delhi twenty-six years
ago. From Delhi he moved to Red
wood Falls when his son and his wife
came here eight years ago. Since the
death of his wife in 1871 Mr.. Borg
has lived constantly at his sons home
where everything was done to make
him contented and happy
Mr.. Borg is survived by four sons
and five daughters; two of the sons
John and Emil live at Delhi, while
the fourth son and three daughters
live at st. Paul. The other two daugh-
tiers live in Colorado and were unable
to be present at their fathers funeral
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09

Mrs. ]. A. Johnson
TOWed W. Smith
Widow of Former Governor Will Be
Welded To Pittsburgh Man
Christmas
FUTURE HOME AT PITTSBURGH
Wedding To Be Very Quiet One at
Van Slyck Home at st.
Paul
UTURE HOME AT PITTSBURGH

Mrs. John A. Johnson, widow Of the
late Governor Johnson, will be mar
ried on Christmas day to William Al
ley Smith Of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr..
Smith. who has resided in minneapolis
the past two years, is MANAGER of the
Bonner's Ferry Lumber company. He
will return to Pittsburgh after January
/, where Mr.. and Mrs. Smith will
make their home.
The wedding will take place in the
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George F. Van Slyck, Summit avenue,
intimate friends Of Mrs. johnson. Mr..
Smith and his bride will remain in st.
Paul until the first of the year.
No Invitations Issued
No invitations will be issued for the
wedding, which will be solemnized in
the presence of about sixty intimate
friends and relatives. Among the OUT
of-town guests will be Miss Hattie
Johnson, sister of Governor Johnson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo Stark and Mr.. and
Mrs. George F. -Nutter, all of st.
Peter; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nelson of
Walker, Mimi, and Miss Margaret
Sullivan of Rochester, Mimi.
Rumors of the engagement have re-
Cured from time to time during the
year and the confirmation of the re-
port yesterd day did not come as a total
surprise to Mrs. Johnson's many
| friends.
Mrs. Johnson was formerly Miss
Leanor Preston of Rochester, Mimi.
Her marriage to John A. Johnson,
then editor of the st. Peter Herald,
took place in 1894. Mrs. johnson has
made her home in st. Paul since the
Inauguration of Governor johnson in
/ January, 1905.
Governor johnson died September
81, 1909, following an operation at
st. Mary's hospital in Rochester. For
time Mrs. Johnson lived in the home
on Crocus Hill which they had pur-
chased shortly before his death, but
she sold it about two years ago and
now is living at the Bathurst apart
ments, South Dale street.
Mr.. Smith during his stay in Min
neapolis has been living at the Berke-
ley.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
Pay Attention. 10
Uncle Sans Rules
Gift Senders Must Be Discreet And
Honest And Wise in Sending
BY Mail

Many articles of merchandise are
absolutely prohibited transmission in
the mails, therefore inquire before
mailing. Now that the HOLIDAYS are
here the mails are flooded with Christ
mas presents, going to ard coming
from all parts of the world.
The average person knows little
about the postal laws and regulations
of this country and consequently is
apt to make mistake. Do you know
that you cannot mail tobacco III anv
form to a friend in France or that
you cannot mail patent medicine te a
friend in Hungary, if you have one
there? The postal laws of this coun-
try prohibit the mailing to any foreign
country of matter liable to decomposi-
tion, such as confectionery or corfec-
tions. Did you know that, with few
exceptions, you cannot mail to foreign
countries Canada excepted) any pacx-
ct or letter containing gold or silver
substances, jewelry or precious arti-
cles? 1t is true. Nor can you send
any packet or letter containing ar
ticles liable to customs duty in the
countries addressed. That does not
apply to Canada or Mexico or to ar
ticles forwarded by parcel post The
postal laws prohibit the putting of in
toxicating liquors (ardent vinous,
spirituous or malt) in the mails If
you try to send to a friend in some
distant city small flask of fine
whisky its destination viii be Wash
ingtoa the dead letter Office.
One would be surprised at TIE ire
menduous number of violations of he
postal laws and regulations because
of the ignorance of the average person
using the mails. Nearly every pack
age that goes through the mails at
this time of the year is opened by the
postofice department. Some persons
are accustomed to sending package
purporting to contain nothing but pho
tograps through the mails. When
those packages have been opened IN
the postoffices some Of them have bean
found to contain writing, hardker-
chiefs or jewelry, which IS q violation
Of the postal laws and subject to 4
fine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
Sen. Frank CIague
1Sayin' Notllin' =
Redwood County Senator Refuses To
Commit Himself Regarding Con-
gressional Campaign
FRIENDS ARE PERSUASIVE
Sentiment Throughout District Indi-
Gates Big Vote: Split Is Only
Real Difficulty.
FRIENDS ARE PERSUASIVE

While Senator Frank Clague has
not yet announced any political plans
for the cmpaign of 1914, it is notice
able that the desire to have him be-
come candidate for, congressman is
steadily growing throughout the dist
riot. Judging from press expressions,
of the three suggested nominees for
the Republican party the Redwood
Falls Senator is much more favorably
received than either Of the others.
Senator Is Strong
There are several reasons for this,
the paramount one being the very ex-
cellent record the Senator has made.
While Redwood and Brown counties
are new members of the Second Dist
riot, and many feared Senator Clague
was not sufficiently well-known in
other sections to compete with either
Senator Haycraft or Frank Ellsworth,
his statewide record will eleminate
any such fears. The Senator's work
On the appropriation committee alone,
quite aside from any of the many
helpful laws he has made actualities,
bespeak hearty support for him in any
future race he may make.
Split Means Disaster
The only possibility of defeat for
Senator Clague, if one may make
guess thus early in the game, is in
the Progressives putting in man Cd
their own thus splitting the Repub-
Gcan vote. This will simply be hand
ing the election to Congressman Ham.
mond on a silver platter engraved
with the legend From your loving
enemies, the Republicans and the Con.
gresham lis looking for just that tx
| happen. In the meantime Senator
Ciague Is attending strictly to his in
Ecreasing and remunerative. law bust
ness, which he realizes would be ser
iously handicapped by an entry intt
new political fields, particularly az
early entry. He is making no specia
effort to find out the suble points Of
the situation, but wherever business
takes him throughout the district HI
is receiving hearty encouragement ant
endorsement.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09

Arrangements have been made with
the local dentists for another free
examination of the teeth of all children
in the Redwood Falls Public School.
The dentists have very generously
consented to give their services free
of charge and have reserved next
Friday morning for this work. The
pupils will be sent down to the dental
Offices in groups and viii be allowed
to choose their own dentist
Reports of the examination viii be
sent out promptly to the parents
through the school, It is our belief
that all parents will be interested in
having their regular dentist look after
the defects pointed out by this exa-
mination.
C. w. STREET, Supt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
REALTY TRANSFERS

Charles w. Peck to John Clark Its
z, 8, 9, 10 blk 4, Watsons End Add.
to Redwood Falls, $4,000
j. A. McGetrick to May A. Bickel, 100
#. by 100 in blk 2, Hitchcock's End
Add. to Redwood Falls, S2,500O0
Clara B. Thuerwachter to William M.
Smith, It's Q and 10, blk 8, Hitch
cocks 1st Add. to Redwood Falls,
$40 and Val. Consid.
George E. Gagnon to Jos. Muehlbauer,
Its and 8, blk 8, Watson's LIST Add.
to Redwood Falls, $1,O00.00
Myra G. Cain to Emma S. Cole, tr
120 feet by 120 feet in blk 3, Hitch
cocks 3rd Add. to Redwood Falls,
S1,O5O.0O.
Agnes w. Curie, ct al to John Franta,
SEA Sec. IA, Ex Of NEA Sec.
%, Twp. 112, Rye. SO, $4,10O.00.
William M. Smith to Fred W. lander,
Its 9 and 10, blk 6, Hitchcock's 1st
Add to Redwood Falls, $1.0O and
Val. Consid.
Swan F. Peterson to Charles Berg
quist, It's 8, 4, 5, 3, and 10 and SEA-
of NWA, Sec. 10, 113 and 81, SILL
1920
William Hansen to J. A. McGettrick,
Ell of NWA of Sec. rs, Twp. 112,
Rye. 36, s3,840.0O.
Leonard Redding to Ben Coulter, SEA
Sec. %, 10, Rye 81, $14,OOO.OO.
David }. Mcconnell to Martha Lecy,
It /, blk 2, Rosburgs Add. to village
Of Vesta, $825.O0.
Charles Kuenzli to S. J. Sampson,
Acre in Sec. 29, 113, and IS,
$4,000
l. L Thompson to Arthur ]. Cain,
It 10, blk 8, city Of Redwood Falls,
$1,75O.0O.
Anna Ourada to Delos Duel, 1t II,
blk a, village Of Lucan, $425.0O-
Anne Maria Lielsen to NJ. p. Mel
sen, SWH and SWE Of SEA Of
Sec. 20, Ill, and "a, ST., 10000.
John p. Bertrand to John A. Miller,
NWH of Sec. Is, 10 and IS,
s5,0OO.0O.
Nels Madsen to Christian Madsen,
SWH of NV and II 3, Sec 2,
no and 81 -, 900 100.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
MERRY CHRISTMAS

To the readers of the Red
wood Gazette, and to those who
don't read it but should; to all
who on Christmas shall be glad
and deserve to be, or sad and
should be gay; to the rich who
find it hard to be happy and to
the poor who are often the
happy; to the wanderer in the
streets and the well-housed
presidents of banks; to the au-
thor, poet and artist as well
as the artisan, machinist and
laborer, the Redwood Gazette
wishes a very Merry Christmas
and the best of everything.
Like Tiny Tim, we say "God
bless us every one"
The Redwood Gazette.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09

Miss Ada Reid spent Sunday
with her sister at Delhi
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
Hopes Of Early
Green Stuff Die
Local Gardener Fails in Attempt
to Put One Over on Ma
Nature

1t may or may not be interesting
to the public to learn that Sen. Frank
Clague will not have any extremely
early vegetables in his garden next
spring. Not half 50 interesting AZ it
is to the Senator.
Optimism is one Of the strong char
acteristic traits of this man who has
won state wide recognition as "The
most wide awake law maker that ever
sat on the lid of the states treasury
box" He believes that gardening
has charm about it that cannot be
adequately described, and that every
product of the garden is furnished by
nature with something that loves it,
such as the cut worm for CABBAGE and
tomatoes, potato bug for potatoes, and
the ant for the sweetcorn.
About two weeks ago the Senator
carefully arranged in selected space
in his garden an ideal spot, and there
planted some reddish and lettuce seeds
Of an early variety, expecting that
they would lie there dormant all win
ter until the warm rays of Old Sol
in the spring would inspire them with
the idea Of terminating.
This idea was alright and would un-
doubtedly have worked out to the
Senator's satisfaction If Old King
Winter hadn't got stalled somewhere
along the line to Redwood Falls and
the mild weather caused the seeds to
believe that spring had come and that
it was high time to sprout which they
did, just in time TO be nipped by the
chill breezes from the lake last Sat
urday night
Moral Don't eat your spring let
tuce too early
Miss Ada Reid snent Sunday
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09

Do Your Christmas Shopping Early
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09
NOTICE.

The local Office Of The Strauss
Brothers Co., will be closed during
the absence Of }. L. Knapp, who ex-
poets to leave on his vacation about
the 18th inst. and return January
1st.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-12-09

Mr.. Corbett of Minneapolis, who
has been visiting his son, Joe Corbett,
has returned to his home.
Judge and Mrs. Al G. Dolliff and
son Roger were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Francois at dinner Mon
day evening.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10

New York, Jan. i0-In a let. ter to Frank Munsey the mag. azine publisher, made public today, Colonel Roosevelt states that he is opposed to any com. biDation of the Progressives with the regular Republican or ganization. He gives as his reason that the latter cannot be trusted to keep their side of any agreement and such being the case they would not keep faith In addition to this he said that the Progressive party rep resented a principle and it was the desire to secure the fruition therof more than the desire
 for office that caused its birth
 hence. Fusion fs impossible '
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10

across the rushing waters. It was low tide when the Dora struck on the sandy beach. and with the incoming waters she was moved shoreward with the terrific southwest gale and the tremendous wave force gener., ated by the storm. High over the smokestack and rigging the spray was thrown. Bursting steam pipes added their con-. fusion to the general uproar, and the scene was one to in-
 spire terror. Small waves breaking under the bilges work ed with trip hammer effect, and their battering seemed to threaten with surety the com. plete demolition of the Dora. But she was accustomed to rough usage. When the tide
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10

Washington, Jan. t0-It now develops that the preparation of the report of the Alaska Rail .=ead Commission Is So much larger a task than was supposed that t can not be gotten in shape for presentation to the President until too late for consideration by the present Congress. Representatives of ths Copper River R. R. are credited with the statement that the Guggenheim interests will oppose any attempt to fay or the Alaska Central R. R. the line running 10 Seward.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10

to the westward for a few weeks. arrangements had been made to send her to Seattle for her annual overhauling. and the steamer Yukon had been en-. yaged to fill the Dora's sched
 lle to the westward.
 II was early on the morning of Dec. : that the Dora was torn from her mOoring at the Seward dock and hurled across he narrow stretch of water and cast helpless on a sandy beach while a driving storm of sain and sleet ragged.
 Until two hours before day break the Dora held to her moorings. but the strength Of the storm then over powered her. and with a rush she was torn from the wharf and shot
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uany, her owners. surrendered the vessel 10 the underwriters. who sent Capt. E. c. Genereaux the most expert wreeker on the Pacific coast, with 8 special outfit so see what he could do, Upon arrival he at once VIC
 so work and with his usual skill and success easily >as ceeded Ill accomplishing hi> lack. He first had eofier dar built around the steamer and then went to work and pumped the water from the vessel. The hole that was stove in her side was repaired, the offer dam re moved and the high tide easily floated the steamer.
 .At the time she went ashore she had completed her last trip
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10
DORA IN UNDER HER OWN STEAM

reeeded at 2 o'clock in the af.. ternoon, she was perched high and dry on the white. sandy beach. But at high tide the an.. gry seas have pounded her wooden sides and beaten her planking until it seemed as though she would surely go to pieces. However, Capt. Gen. ereaux brought her to rights and not much injury has been done.
 She was pulled of the beach December 27. Four days were spent in drying her out and taking coal and supplies on board, and on the last day of the old year she started south. January , she left Cordova, and since then has been fighting head winds and bad weather
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10

generally. She was to have gone in to Juneau, but the gale sweeping down Icy Straits were too much for her, ond she swung south to Cape Omaney, come between Cape Decis.. ion and the Spanish Islands where the Ramona was wreck. led in 1911, tying up Ter the night al Shakan, and then on to this port.
 Of course the pounding she received while on the beach sprung some of her seams a little so that some water came aboard but her pumps have no difficulay in keeping the water down. Upon arrival at Seattle she will be drydocked and generally overhauled and repaired.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10
BULGARIAN DELEGATES
 RESIGN FROM CONVENTION

London. Jan. l0-Realizing hat they have done all that their government and people viIl allow them to to put an end to the Balkan war, the Bulgarian delegates to the peace convention now in this city have rendered their resig- nations so their government and have asked that others be appointed forthwith to take their places. They realize that the attitude Of the Bulgars Is usch that peace on any less than the complete subjugtion Of the Turks Is impossible un
 less such peace be negotiated dn the battle field with the vic t0ri0us Bulgarlans dictating the terms. They know that his-- tory fails to show a single in stance of any country surrend-- ering q place Of such magnI--
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tude and importance as Adrian. opIe without 1t having been captured by the enemy. This Bulgarian forces seem un-- al..o to do. although reports ar. irving from the front state that both te citizens and soldiers of the besieged city are new re- daced t6 half rations of food. nile health conditions thei 5
 Die. To add to this winters chilling grip has to be contended with, and the supply of wood being exhausted, the .ownfolks are now reduced to pulling down empty buildings to get the woodword out of them, so that fully one half of .l.e town Is now in ruins as the result of the fuel shortage and the gun fire of the Bulgarian army, and still the defenders of the place fight with a valor little short of wonderful.
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10

With her rail gone in several places, but otherwise i'll fairly good shape. the >taunch old steamer Dora made port be- tween eight and nine o'clock this morning on her way south for 6 general ovsrh0uling and repairing. It will be remem- bered that on inc morning ef Dec. : a furious gale tore the Dora from her moorings at the
 dock as Seward and piled her up high and dry on the beach on the other side of the bay. where she lay pounding badly at every high tide for almost three weeks. During that time various attempts were made to haul her off. but without avail so the Alaska Steamship con-
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NORTHLaND LOADING FISH

The steamer Northland is on her way south and is loading frozen halibut at the Nv Eng land Fish company's plant in 4ndlng 10 take on s0n boxes After completing this work she Nlll move to the ketehikan Gannery where she will load HOO eases of salmon and fin ish her cargo b taking on en- ply oil drums at Stronss oil dock
The Ketchikan miner., 1913-01-10
"TEx" BREAKS OUT ANEW
Ketchikan, Jan. 10, IS

Ketchikan, Jan. 10, IS Editor Miner:
 In issuing a challenge to Mir. krauczunas I did so under the impression that he was a rep. resentative member of the So. cialist party, but since then have been informed, by parties that are considered reliable, that he is an opport,nist-you know what that means-there.. fore I offer the amend honor. able to the Socialists and will be pleased to meet anvone of them in public debad F. 1hs .challepie is aren to any Socialist local or in transit un.. til further notice.
 Respectfully. T. J. (TeX) ALEXANDER