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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Exercises Held On
Friday Evening
Largest Glass Is Graduated from Red
wood Falls High School With
Fitting Exercises

The twenty-ninth annual COM
mencement exercises for the Redwood
Falls High School, were held at the
National Guard Armory last Friday
evening. The class of forty-four
members, eleven of them graduating
from the Normal course, was the
largest the city has ever known, and
contained many students from other
schools, who had come to Redwood
schools to complete their courses.
The address to the graduates was
made by Prof. Chas. NJ Andrist, of
Minneapolis, who talked on "The Val
ue of an Ideal" Harold Kumm, the
valedictorian of the class gave
splendid talk on the "Value of an
Education" and Miss Ether Werder,
the class salutatorian, gave an equal
ly fine address on advertising"
Both addresses showed studious prep
aration, keen intellect and were rem
dered in very acceptable style.
Mendelssohn's "Spring Song' was
sung by the Girls Glee Club. The
Boys Glee Club sang "a Summer
Lullaby" and the Girls Chorus sang
"The Dixie Kid" Misses Alberts and
Schmahl played Koelling's "Hungar-
ian Dance" Rev. Jobusch pronounced
the Invocation and Rev. Darrell the
Benediction. The diplomas were pre-
scented by Daniel Mclean.
The graduation of so large a class
is in measure an assurance of the
very excellent work being done in the
local schools and bears evidence to
the work done by the capable men
and women, who have had these stu
dents in charge. The schools have
steadily grown under the tuition of
Supt. c. w. Street, and the corps OF
teachers who have been his co-work-
ers. The fact that within the, past
two years such an unusually large
number of students have come from
outside, some of them for consider
able distance, and at considerable ex-
pense is proof positive that the facul
ty, and school being recognized as
the best in the vicinity.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02

a farmer. However the wagon was
a large roomy one of the platform
type and more comfortable than
many used.
Just how valuable such a wagon
and horses were in those days is
shown by the fact that Mr.. Ferris
later traded the outfit for a hundred
twenty acres of land, which now lies
in about the centre Of the Gilfillan
Farm. This land Mr.. Ferris after
wards traded for land nearer Red
wood Falls.
First Railway Built
Two years after the arrival of TIE
Ferris family the Northwestern Rail
way was built to Redwood Falls.
That spring looking from the win
dows of her home Mrs. Ferris could
see thirty-six new houses in process
of building and scarcely tree in
sight; nothing but fiat rolling prairies
everywhere.
In the winter of 1880, the family
moved to the w. Baker farm, south
of what is now the Winn farm. During
J this winter Mrs. Ferris saw no other
woman from December until March
| when Mr.. and Mrs. Jones, then liv-
) ing on the Winn farm drove across
the fields for visit. This was an
exceedingly cold winter with an abun-
dance Of snow and traffic was almost
impossible. About once in two weeks
Mr.. Baker sent a man to the farm
with mail and provisions, and this
was practically the only means Of
communication with the outside world
The rural telephone service was ever
less efficient in those days than it i!
today.
Graveled The Streets
The good roads of Redwood Coun
ty may be directly traced to the &C
tivities of Mr.. Ferris, who was tn,
first street commissioner and is di
rectly responsible for the gravelins
of Bridge, Mill and Main Streets do
ing most of the actual work himself
Mr.. Ferris has always been connec
ted with the best interests of the cit,
and is at present one Of the strons
nemters of strong Council. Witt
Mrs. Ferris he has always been iden
titled with all movements that tende
toward the uplift of the city and it
people. q.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Mr.. and Mrs. Ferris
Tell Experiences
Put First Gravel on Streets OF City
Thereby Starting The Good
Road Movement

Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Ferris, who
have been residents of Redwood Falls
since 1876, have a store of delight
full tales Of the early days Of Red
wood Falls and vicinity.
In the year mentioned, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferris made the trip from .
Wisconsin town, ten miles south
west Of Madison to Redwood Falls,
IN covered wagon, bringing with
them their son, of three years, and
their daughter 81 two montnlss. The
trip took three weeks, and duzia
that time the family s1ept ID
wagon every night except the Last
when they stopped ct the home Of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Two Men Injured
In Auto Accident
Car Overturns at Lamberton and
Occupants Are Injured, One
Very Seriously

A car owned by Mr.. Hotchkiss, liv-
ing near Walnut Grove was over
turned last Saturday on the road one
mile west of Lamberton and Mr..
Hotchkiss quite seriously injured. He
was pinned under the car, badly
bruised and cut about the head and
sustained fracture Of the jaw bone.
Ole Doe, who was driving the car,
escaped with only slight injuries and
the car was also practically UNI
harmed. While Mr.. Hotchkiss' injur-
les are serious he will undoubtedly
recover. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Marion johnson
Tells Good Story
OF Early Sixties
Redwood County's Oldest Settler Re
members Days of St0ckade and
Grasshopper Scourge
Has Made Trip to Sisseton, S. D..
As Driver of Ok Team Used in
Wagon Train
Walked Barefooted One Hundred and
Fifty Miles to Secure Employ
ment in Harvest Fields

Marion Johnson, Redwood County's
oldest settler recently talked with The
Gazette about the early days of Red
wood County and his story was one
Of intense interest, both as a narrative
of human life and as portrayal of
the many changes in the last fifty
years.
Came in 1864
Mr.. johnson, a lad of fifteen, came
to Redwood Falls in '64, the trip
from lie Sueur being made in COW
cred wagon or "prairie schooner" No
boats were running on the Mime
sofa at that time, the first one, the
Otter, being put on the next year.
So the trip was necessarily made
cross-country, in a schooner with two
oxen as the motive power.
Only Small Settlement
There were not more than twenty
people here at the time the Johnson
family arrived, probably none of them
with the exception Of Mr.. Johnson
and the daughter of Col. McPhail
are now living. The next year, 1860
saw many new families arriving
among them the parents of H. M
Hitchcock, John Thomas, and Lev
Charter, although the latter's father
was here in 1864.
Lived in StOckade
But at the time of Mr.. Johnson's
entrance into the community, the
twenty, souls or less who comprised
Redwood Falls, were living inside the
#stockade built of sod, logs, and poles
perforated by portfolios and enclos-
ing the space now occupied by the
Granite block, and the other build
ings of that same block. While there
were no active hostilities from the In
dams, it was but two years after the
outbreak of the Sioux Indians, anC
the residents were naturally timid.
The Johnson family located on the
Il SlIplSll ldLii, SOAiiS OuI shSiS w
work by day and returning to sleel
in the safety of the stockade.
Drove Ok Team
During his boyhood days Mr.. John
son at one time entered the emplo!
of Maj. Brown, who had govern
ment contract to deliver provision.
to Fort Wadsworth, which has since
become Sisseton. A large number O
soldiers were then located at the For
and camp provisions were brought t.
Redwood by boat and taken scros:
the rest of the distance by OK trains
about two hundred teams usually be
ing used in a train. The entire com
pany was subject to military organ
ization and supplied with scouts b!
the government. After the Dakot;
line was crossed and the region O
the Kota Hills entered this escort o
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02

The bsss 6all fam NET With the
Morgan boys on pisofaaisn Day, and
succeeded Ia trimming the latter by.
a score Of - to 1. Although this was
the first game of the season and very
little practice had been INDUCED in
the locals showed up very strong.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
THE REAL FOUNDERS

AS far as The Gazette has
been able to learn, the follow
ing are the names of the pio-
neers of Redwood Falls, who
came here between the years
1860 and 1870, and will be pres
ent at the Semi Centennial.
These are the real hosts of the
occasion:
Marion Johnson
Mrs. P. D. Hitchcock
II. M. Hitchcock
John Thomas
Levi Charter
Major Powell
D. L. Bigham
III. A. Baldwin
Mrs. Anna Ward
**-* x 4 = y i x
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02

the soldiers was very necessary as
there were still many hostile Indians
in that section.
The trip was a tremendous under
taking considering there were no
good roads, and no bridges. every
stream having to be forded, and some
times wagons, teams and men swan
the streams. Major Brown, who held
the contract for the delivery Of the
goods was the founder and sponsor
of the present city of Browns Valley.
Remembers Grasshoppers
Another vivid recollection of Mr..
Johnson's is the grasshopper plague,
which struck the country in 1865 and
didn't entirely disappear until 1877,
twelve long years when it took super
human pluck to hang on, and the
settlers would have starved utterly
had it not been for the abundance of
game. AS it was many of them moved
away and it took those who remained
wears to recover from the onslaught
of the pests.
Sent to Olmstead
During this period, when starva-
ton stared the pioneers straight be-
tween the eyes, Marion johnson and
his brother, two years younger, were
sent by their father to Olmstead
County, where crops were good, there
were no grasshoppers and plenty of
work. Upon their departure, the faith
er gave each boy fifty cents, telling
| them to seek food and shelter from
the farmers along the route. 1t
I speaks we'll for the humanity of these
same farmers that the boys, when
they reached Rochester each had a
dollar and a half. Every one had
helped, giving them lodging and food
and occasionally small pieces of
money.
The entire trip, one hundred fifty
miles, was made by the boys afoot;
and barefoot at that. Mr.. Johnson
still speaks of the stone bruise he
acquired while en- route, and the pc
culiar gait he acquired because of
it.
Attend =" p. T. Barnum's"
biggest Show on Earth" which
was exhibiting there that day, which
only goes to prove that boy-nature
is boy-nature, fifty years ago, today
and forever! This was the first circus
they had ever seen and the best they
have ever seen.
After the seasons work, and the
boys staid with the same. farmer un.
til frost made further work imprac.
ticable, when they returned home
each the possessor of five dollar:
given him by their employer in ad
dition to the summers wages, which
must necessarily be given to the sup
port of the family. 81 shall never
forget those people and how kim
they were to u.s." said Mr.. Johnson
looking backward down the avenu,
of years, with look that proved tina
no time can deaden the memory o.
friend.
The game fifty years ago was {
source of income as we'll as the basi:
of the food supply. Some Buffalo
were still to be found and there wa:
an abundance of the small fur-bear
ing animals. Mr.. Johnson has upor
several occasions earned an income
of eighty dollars per month from hi:
traps. The occupation had one ser
ious drewback; it necessitated early
rising to get to the traps before The
silent Redskin made them an early
morning visit
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
THEN and NOW

.pensable part Of the public school sys-
tenn throughout the United States. II
.cxertS a commanding influence over the
I2'.OO0 school teachers who are instruct
ing ~lS.OOn.0O0 school children. The old
time ~pcdagogur, who was considered
efficient III he or she could master the
three Rs. is giving way To the higaly
trained normal school graduate who has
spent two or more years in diligemt
study 10 prepare for the profession.
There are more than 300 public and pri-
waite normal schuols Ia the Ursfcd States
today. The number ~ prospective tea IA.
crS enrolled a. students aggregates near
~ lHl.Oo0 Of which three onrthS are
women. The graduate frtm the higher
tearcher' imtitutionS are masters of eur.
ficulums equal 10 those Of the most ad.
vanced universities-sevcraI Of these Ia.
stitu'ions grant pedagogical degrees. The
normal school exists today in practical
~ every civilized country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
SDISTORT
NEWS TO SUIT FACTIONS

count Of Villas defeat. saving his dis
organized army was even then retreatine
TO Torreon, after losing several thousand
killed and wounded. The date of this al
legged defeat was given aS June - while
the Villa victory occurred on June %.
leaving the paper nm apparent chance a.
explain H. discrepancy. Nevertheless
lluerti~ta ~~ympathizer~ here still claim
Villa J. miles from ZacatecnS. reforming
his shattered command hoping 10 renew the
attack.
tarraneista papers here denied the
break between Carranza and Villa. one Of
them going 20 far n 10 bring n rebnke
from Carranza himself. who the other dnv
sent q telegram In which ha not only
acknowledged there had been difficulties"
between them. but that the arrangement
~till existed, and that later ~ would have
something to say about il. The same paper.
which has appeared ~ I'm enthusiastic Villa
partisan published a most hitter attack
against him. saying it was now convinced
VILLA was a bloodthirsty bandit. assassin
and traitor. and that he should be- treated
~ an enemy to Mexico for having turned
m back upon the man who elevated him ~
m high position ~ general Id the army.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
SeANDAL..

It's awful the way that folks talk about
folks"
Said Mrs. Mehitabel Spud:
Its hard enough going to carry our
yokeS
Without gittin' covered with mud.
| know Sally Jenkins has got Il bad
name
And think that her brothers a
honnf:
! know that Jake Lee stole some chick
ems from me-
But why should | tell il around?
Its true that the Langdons don't pay
up their bills.
Aud can't get no credit no more.
! know that insurance helped Emily
Mills
TIN time she ct fire Il her Store.
There's lots Of mean stories that spring
out ~ jokes
When people can't keep their mouths
tight;
Its awful the way some folks talk about
folks.
Aud II makes mr 80 mad | cOdld fight
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03

Se~yenty-five years ago today the first
state normal school In the United States
was opened M Lexington. Mass. The par
l0r Of a boarding house was the cradle
Of this educational system. In those days
IL was thought that a school ITO teach
teachers how to teach" was a :ieedlcss
expenditure of time and money. Unable
10 secure state aid. the pioneers accepted
money offered by Edmund Dwight. who
later became conspicuously. identified
with the new educational movement. The
first class. consisting ~ five girls. had
the Rev. Cyrus Peircr Of Nantucket Al
its teacher. At the end Of the first year
the school. known ~ the Lexington Aca-
denny, had twenty five students-all girls.
II mad demonstrated its worth = thor
ouphly that the legislature voted by a
large majority to appropriate sufficient
funds 10 establish ID a. a permanent ad-
iunct 10 the educational system.
Today the normal Ssho0l IN I'M indis.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
BIRD NEVER SANG AGAIN


From The London TcicgraPh.l
There are few birds which adapt them
selves So readily TO captivity n the
nightingale. Although iA nature the song
of the nightingale does not extend later
than the middle Of June. yet in captivity
the bird will sing NJ "a the time ~ the
autumn mnult and will begin again "a
Christmas. The one detraction from the
merits II The nightingale a. a pet bird
~ It's individuality. Some birds will sing
only when no ones in the room with
them. some will sing under any condition
and some will Ice silent for ever if they
change ownership. Al the earnest soli-
citation Of a friend ] once parted with
4 nightingale which was the finest singer
| had ever heard. and IN IT, new owner
ship. although II was kept IN the same
cage aud was fed ia exactly the SAME
manner rs that 10 which n had been ac-
cu>tomed. il never uttered a note during
the remaining seven wears os It's life.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03

Timothy'S sympathits with the whites
We're not confined a. services In their be-
half: he aspircd 10 common citizenship
with the early settlers. He wa natural
lied and exercised his right to take up
. homestead at the mouth of Alpowa
cr3ek.
The tablet 10 the Indian hero reads n
follows: In memory of Chief Tam mn-
tsa Timothy and the Christian Nrz
Perez Indian rcSrnerS 0f the Stcptor *
petition.
Erected bv the Esther Reed chapter.
Daughters Of the American Revolution.
Spokane. Washington. June II. 1911.
The mnveiling OF the Steptnc monu
ment. ON the site Of a memorable battle
with the federated tribes in 1858. was nj
;endel BY 10000 persons. including the
only white survivors ~ the conflict
Thomas y. Iicali. Michael VI. Kenny and
y. y. Rohn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03

Laredo. Texas. July 3.-Mexican paper
published on the border continue to di~tort
news To suit their factions. OrranciStas
papers persist IN publishing fake stories
Of llnertiSta iilibu~ter- who are preparing
To attack Nucvo LAREDO. They see a
Huerti~ta ~py IN every Spanish speaking
a ranrer who reaches town.
On the other hand the Huerti-ta papers
and there are ~till some left IN this See
tlon-put what l. aptly termed the "rc-
verse English" on every news item about
Mexican military events. They fatty deny
every Villa victory while telling OF wonder
fnl federal successes in other parts of
Mexico. Recently n federal paper III
Guardo del Bravo was suppressed here be-
cause ~ IT, open anti American tone. A
lew week. later the former business man
ager Of thi~ paper and another Mexican
began publishing a tri-weekly called Los
Successes which while equally Hurrti~ta in
tone, wa carefully neutral to the American
government.
A late issue of Los Successes published n
day or two after the Associated Press re-
port a the capture Of ZacateraS denied
the Villa victory. giving i detailed ae-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
Indians Brave Act Recognized
- BY Public For First Time In
History Of Spokane Country

Spokane. Wash. July For the first
time IN the history Of the Spokane coum-
try the brave act Of an Indian has re-
ceived public recognition.
Tam mn tsa, Nez Perez chief.
through his s~ervic. "a the United States
troops. to-day shares equal honors with
Colonel f. J. Steptoc and his band. on a
monument dedicated with impressive rer-
monies at RoSalia. Wash. recently
For more than 30 wears Tam mn tsa or
Tir:oths. a. he was known 10 the white
men. repeatedly exhibited his devotion
to the whites. dating from the time when
Missionary S%paulding. in the "f0s aa.il.
cized the name Of the chief. I'M plotting
the soldiers under Colonel Stcptoc from
almost certain death. and in the rescue
~ Eliza Spaulding. a daughter ~ the
missionary. this rcl man showed that
he valued his Christian teachings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03
STAMPS AS WALL PAPER


lfTOm hf DHfiOOk.D
In a little inn near Chichester. In
England. there IN 4 papcred with
postage stamps. One who saw IL says:
walls. doors. chairs, tables. pie
tnrc frames. every part Of the room ex-
cel,t the floor. Il thickfy covered. while
from the ceiling hang long festoons and
ropes made Of bundles uf stamps for
which there WAS no other place There
are fully 2.OOO.OO0 stamps plaStcrcd up
and 4 million more ia these %fr>toons.
while great bundles. one Of which holds
"a, 0OO stamps. hang among the heavy
loops. The pictures inside the Stampcoy
cred frames arr Of stamps themselves;
the ceiling Is Ornamcnied with u great
star: the arms Of the nc~ighboring town
~ Boenor are over the fireplace. and
the tablrcloth shows thr Eiflcl Tower.
Queen Victoria j. surprisingly lifelikr
ia carefully chosen stamps Of different
COlOrs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03

GREAT TRUST IN TEXAS POLITICS

The most important event II the pres
emit guhernatorial campaign in this state
undoubtedly is the expose of the fact that
James +. Ferguson. the antiramlidatc
for the democratic nomination., was an
I'll last December a member Of the great
electric trust which has already gained
control of q very large number ~ power
plants Ia this state, and which ~ plan
ming 70 control virtually all of the eIec-
trical business i'm the state. There seems
to be no mistake ina the charge that Mr.
Ferguson was a member of the director.
cte of this gigantic trust nm dthat he was
dropped from the board last December
about the time thA hc decided % eater
the race for the democratic nomination
FOR governor
The fact that he was dropped may. ~
course, have been due "a the fact that
Mr.. Ferguson suddenly discovered that
the practical control Of one OF the most
vitality important industrial interests 81
the state by a trust would NOT be \ good
thing for the state. and that his parrot
ism prompted him ON that account. a.
f0rego the fat dividends which such a
corporation must surely pay % It's stock
holders. in order 90 get on the right side,
III so, that were wholly 90 his credit. The
best thing that a man can 10 when he has
been so dull as 20 be entrapped into a
scheme which he afterwards discovers is
not a good sort, is 90 renounce il openly.
There are not lacking those, however
who will ascribe his sudden determine
tion not 10 keep such had company in
public q the fact that he realized how
unpopular such an association would be
on the part OF d man who aSpirel % bt
gnvernOr of Texas. Texas voters natnr-
ally would refuse fatty 10 elect "A GOV
ernor who was a part Of a m%onOpoliStic
Institution. There are not Lacking till
others who, remembering hat Oh" next
legislature will have 10 deal with this
same electric monopoly, ia the way OF
regulating the rates which ID may charge
the great masses al TeNans who consti
tute the consumers "a electricity, believe
that Mr.. Ferguson. as governor. might
be OF much greater asst lance 10 the
trust than he could possibly be merely
as q director.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-03

How ioyouS are these long July y
= days 20 the heart Of the golf play :
= er.
. II is always fair weather on the !
. iinks-the lure OF the little sphere a,
. is INCREASING. =
. Your true golfer takes as much y
: delight IN his equipment n we real >
= angler does Ia his tackle. >
. Clubs and balls are objects with a :
a. distinct character.
lie wants the things that are Just >
. rieht"-"nearIy So" won't do. =
And. Of rourse. he seeks a sure ;
; guide 10 the stores Of responisibil. :
; ity.
And that makes II u turn 10 n
: whisper the advertising columns Of )
= The Herald are ever AZ YOUR service )
= They are first aids 10 good %polfing. =