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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-18

two days that kleptomaniac will have the whole scheme
worked out in detail Just you wait and see! And be-
ieve me- if he had bought that idea we never should
have collected money! Twentyfour hours after
that literature the mails little Arthur Butts will look
like an architects blueprint of lamb stew.
A SUDDEN call from Estate prospect sent me
out of town. Several days later when got back
to the office, look at Walters face told that the
big show had opened.
3'Fatty, he chuckled, it's comic supplement-
Our light -hngered friend swped the scheme whole.
There's mob down there wrecking the place.
They're paging little Arthur at the emergency hospital
Eighteen lawsuits have been filed against him up to
date and red-headed from Dexter Boulevard,
accompanied by Smith & Wesson and broken heart,
is the fire escape waiting to take potshot at Butts
the minute the surgeons get away from the operating
table
"Of course you've guessed by this time how we put
Arthur That suggestion that he use home ad-
dresses the joker When three thousand and sixty
eight separate and distinct caught sight of the
scented envelops in the family mail three thousand and
sixty-seven suspicious women made grab for same,
and Immediately proceeded to throw fits and china.
The Hubby protested, the madden they got
Green the popular color eyes that morning our
town. If anybody could have diluted the local supply
of jealousy with few tanks of nseed OIL he could have
made fortune in green shutter paint.
3But let get back to Walters part of the story
walsh he went on, having learned that he had
pulled the scheme dropped almostclient at
nine thirty Arthur had already collected closed eye
and smashed showcase. There's only exit to the
store; he had stay and entertain the trade
You've been cheated of the greatest hour in history
1t worth years income alone to witness the ar
rival of Malachi Grogan.'
arthur had gone better and added the athletic
clubs to his list.
4'From the de ,orations that pugs cheek take it
from the real champion in this neghborhood wears
petticoats! When Arthur Malachi making his way
through the mob he gave small and took one
big dive under stand of macntoshes. After Grogan
located him he gave exhibition in footwork never
equaled at any ringside. never kicked by pair
of lies; but believe it's memorable sensation
even by proxy!
"'While they were bringing Butts back to conscious
the crowd broke through the police lines and began
to collect souvenirs One dame made for the private
office and searched for her husbands suitcase; failing
to discover which, she attempted to refresh Arthurs
memory with hatpn and line of conversation that
still scalds my eardrums
"'But the prize pippin of the bunch pewt with
sandy sdeburns pellucid voice, and half-ton of
mother-in-law.
@'4Gentlemen, Gentlemen he appealed to the as
sembled multitude Il call upon you to verify my
ment that this thing he futely clutched at familiar
blue enveop in his companions obese fist, lis merely
facetious advertisement
4Whereupon the old lady expressed her opinion that
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Three Badly Hurt
By Overturned Car
Saturday Evening Accident Near
Danube Causes Serious Injuries
to Cars Occupants

A serious auto accident occurred
at Danube Saturday evening, when
car cortaininng three men over
turned while rounding a corner. All
three occupants were badly shaken
up and bruised and one of them, Mr..
Kauesburg of Olivia, was very bad
ly hurt. However his recovery is ex-
pected, although it will necessarily
be slow from the serious nature Of
his injuries
Mr.. kauesburg is the linotype
operator in the Office of the Olivia
Times. The other two occupants of
the car were JOS. Hablish and Frank
Nuremberg. Mr.. Nuremberg is the son
Of Henry Nuremberg, candidate for
Auditor of Renville County.
The driver was trying to make a
rather sharp turn on high speed,
when the accident occurred and the
car completely overturned. Further
details Of the accident were not
learned. The place of its occurrence
was on the road going into Danube,
and just short way from the vii
lage.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Old Resident Is
Called By Death

James L. Thompson, an old resi-
dent of Redwood Falls, died at his
home here last Tuesday evening, af-
ter a long illness. Mr.. Thompson
was eighty-one years of age, and is
survived by his wife and two sons,
Charles D., business man of Red
wood Falls, and Fred J. Thompson,
of Leeds, S. d.
James Thompson was born at Rut-
land, Vermont, in 1888, living in the
eastern states until he removed to
Minnesota. in 1872, locating first in
Dakota County and coming to Red
wood County later.
At the cemetery the burial services
were conducted by the A. o. U. W.
of which Mr.. Thompson was a char
ter member. Interment was made
in the local cemetery.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Exercises Held On
Friday Evening
Largest Class 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-
sented by Daniel Mclean.
The graduation Of so large a class
is in a 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
RObt. Wilson Sends
Word of Greeting
Former Redwood Falls Resident Re-
grets Not Being Able to Attend
The Home Coming
NOW LIVES AT LOS GATOs, CAL.
Recalls Early Days And Remembers
Redwood Falls as Gem of
The Prairies

The Gazette is in receipt of let
ter from Robert Wilson, an old-time
resident of Redwood Falls, who would
fam be present at the Semi-Centen-
nial celebration.
Mr.. Wilson came to Redwood Falls
about 1869, and was connected with
the early enterprises Of the city. 1t
is interesting to recall, in connection
with the recent presentation of Queen
Esther that Mr.. Wilson was the in
structor for a similar rendition in
Mich, 1884, taking the Part of King
himself, Mrs. F. w. Philbrick sing
ing Queen Esther, Major NJ E. Pow
ell. Hannah, F. P. Peabody, Mordecai
and Miss Minnie Aver, now Mrs.
Hubbard of St. Paul.
Zaresh. The cantata was presented
for four consecutive nights in the old
Presbyterian Church and was one of
thes musical events of early Redwood
Fas:tt5.
The following is an extract from
Mr. Wilson's letter of last week.
"You do we'll to stop and set up
this milestone, for while the early,
early days brought US much of the
pleasures of that time, our path was
rugged and the sterner things en-
compassed US, as for instance the
writer, when a lad, in January 1870
walked into Redwood Falls, from
twelve miles below, on the Minnesota
River in Blizzard, passing over the
towns undulating streets of virgin
prairie, which had not felt pillow OF
grader.
''The next two days walking to
Lynd, fifty miles up the Redwood
River, in the same blizzard travel
ing facilities being meager then.
Three families of Us here, resi-
dents of your beautiful city in those
days, have enjoyed "reminiscences stirred
up by the invitation.
Il have seen a good deal of the
great Middle West since leaving the
Banks and Braes about the old river,
and must say Redwood is the Gem
of the Prairies," from which the
writer has graduated to Los Gatos,
Cal, the Gem City of the Foothills"
the fairest spot on earth, the most
elevated town of the greatest valley
in the world
with deep desire to be with you,
and best wishes for your semi GEN.
tennial, | invite you to the Worlds
Greatest Show, in San Francisco, in
1915. The Panama Pacific Interna-
tional Exposition.
Sincerely yours"
ROBERT WILSON.
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 a
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 of two montnhs. The
trip took three weeks, and during
that time the family slept in the
wagon every nightsexcept the last
when they stopped at the home of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
Two Men Injured
In Auto Accident
Car Overturns at Lambertcn 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 Boo, who was driving the car,
escaped with only slight injuries and
the car was also practically un-
harmed. While Mr.. Hotchkiss' iniur-
les are serious he will undoubtedly
recover.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02

The game last Sunday, played at
the fair grounds was very inter-
esting contest and was witnessed by
q large and enthusiastic audience. The
local boys succeeded in taking Wa
basso,s rabbit foot away from them,
by se6re Of q to p Wabasso proved
10 be worthy opponents and those
present witnessed splendid exhibi-
ton of the national game.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02

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 Gilfllan
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 a 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 VIM farm. During
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 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 even
less efficient in those days than it is
today.
Graveled The Streets
The good roads of Redwood Coun-
ty may be directly traced to the ac-
/ tivities of Mr.. Ferris, who was the
/ first street commissioner and is di-
rectly responsible for the graveling
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 city
and is at present one Of the strong
nemters of strong Council. With
Mrs. Ferris he has always beer iden
titled with all movements that tended
toward the uplift of the city and it.
neople.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
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
speaks we'll for the humanity of these
same farmers that the boys, when
they reached Rochester each had a
dollar and 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
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 Stockade and
Grasshopper Scourge
Has Made Trip to Sisset0n, S. D.,
As Driver ct OK Team Used in
Wagon Train
walked Barefo0led 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 a portrayal of
the many changes in the last fifty
years.
Came in 1864
Mr.. Johnson, a lad of fifteen, came
TO Redwood Falls in ga, the trip
from lie Sueur being made in COW
cred wagon or prairie schooner" No
boats We're 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, 1865,
saw many new families arriving
among them the parents Of H. NJ.
Hitchcock. John Thomas, and Levi
Charter. although the latter's father
was here in 1861
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 at 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, and
the residents were naturally timid.
The Johnson family located on the
Clipfell farm, going out there to
work by day and returning to sleep
in the safety of the stockade.
Drove Ok Team
During his boyhood days Mr.. John
son at one time entered the employ
of Maj. Brown, who had a govern
ment contract to deliver provisions
to Fort Wadsworth, which has since
become SiSseton. A large number of
soldiers were then located at the Fort
and camp provisions were brought to
Redwood by boat and taken scross
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 by
the government After the Dakota
line was crossed and the region of
the Kota Hills entered this escort OF
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 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 1855 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
years to recover from the onslaught
Of the pests.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02
= = = = 3 3 3 - : = !, .:
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
H. NJ. Hitchcock
John Thomas
Levi Charter
Major Powell
D. L. Bigham
H. A. Baldwin
Mrs. Anna Ward
= j. + x = s. =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-06-02

The base ball team met with the
Morgan boys on Decoration Day, and
succeeded In trimming the latter by
score of IL 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
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 I'M
til frost made further work imprac-
ticable, when they returned home
each the possessor of five dollars
given him by their employer in adj
dition to the summers wages, which
must necessarily be given to the sup
port of the family Il shall never
forget those people and how kind
they were to u.s." said Mr.. Johnson,
looking backward down the avenue
of years, with look that proved that
no time can deaden the memory of
friend.
Inc game IIty years ago was
source of income as we'll as the basis
of the food supply. Some Buffalo
were still to be found and there was
an abundance of the small fur-b bear
ing animals. Mr.. Johnson has upon
several occasions earned an income
Of eighty dollars per month from his
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
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81

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