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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
Farmers Plan To
DO 1t Electrically
Jug. Walter, Chas. Lussenhop, VIM.
Lussenhop and c. e. Thayer viii
Farm With Electricity
BOTH LIGHT AND POWER USED
Farmers To Have Day and Night Ser
vice To Help in Household
And Farm Tasks

R. F. Wherland, Secretary and
Manager of the Wherland Electric
Company informs The Gazette that
this company is now ready to extend
its lines and remedy all defects, there
~ lettering q service which is al
ready equal to the service in many
cities twice the size. The day service
has been an especially strong feature
in the progress made by this Com
pany.
There is now in transit nearly four
carloads of material, consisting of
steel, insulators which are big i'm
provement on the ones in use at pres
ent, poles, wire. and other necessary
material. The company plans to re-
move the present arms and insulators
and equip the line with steel arms, q
$1,000 volt insuIator that has dry
test Of 10000 volts, and will put on
q ground messenger on the entire line
which will eliminate all chance of
poles being splintered or damaged by
lightning. These changes will be made
at a cost to the company of several
thousand dollars, but the promoters
feel it essential to do this in order to
bear out their promise of making good
which they made to their patrons.
Will Have Two Plants
During the time the change is be-
ing made it will be necessary to main
tain and operate small plant at
Morgan part of the time and at Nor
ton the remainder of the time.
Farmers Will Use Power
While these changes are being made
on the high tension line, line will
be run below for the purpose of serv-
ing rural patrons along the transmits
sion line Four of the progressive
farmers of Redwood County have al
ready contracted for light and power
for use in their farm homes. The
power will be used for lighting the
houses and barns and for motors used
IN washing, churnlng, feed grinding,
etc. The farm owners who are TAX
ing this long step toward progress
and comfort are Aug. Walter, Chas.
Lussenhop and the latter's son, VIM.
Lussenhop on the Morton line and c..
f. Thayer on the line from Redwood
Falls.
The Wherland Company has also
installed the motor in the nearly COM
pIeted Farmers Elevator at North
Redwood and has several other in
staliations of this nature to make in
the near future. There are strong in
locations that several of the small
towns will adopt this service soon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
Garage Explosion
Kills Six WOrkmen
Husband of Helen Huntington Killed
in Gas Explosion Which Wrecks
Garage at Malta. Ohio
FIVE EMPLOYEES DIE TOO
III. W. Ward Receives Telegram Civ
ing News of Sudden Death of Broth
er-in-Law in Mondays Accident

H. ". Ward yesterday received a
telegram from Mrs. Ward. who is Wis
ting in Ohio, stating that her broth
er-in-law, Frank Walker, had been
killed in garage explosion.
Mr.. Walker was the husband of Mrs.
Wards sister. who as Helen Dunning-
ton, visited here three years ago and
is well known to Redwood Falls Young
people. Mr.. and Mrs. Walker were
married about a year and a half ago.
Since his marriage Mr.. Walker has
been engged in the garage business
at Malta, Ohio, and at the time of the
accident he, with FIVE men whom he
employed in the business were at work
in the garage. A sudden explosion of
gas wrecked the entire building and
killed the six men instantly. Full par
ticulars of the accident are not vet
learned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
Council Gives Dog
Owners Warning
Police Instructed To Catch And Kill
All Dogs Left to Run At Large
on Streets or Lawns
Owners Requested To Keep Dogs
Home; Where Is Rover" May
Not Be AnswerabIe
To Dog Owners:

To Dog Owners:
The City Council requests that all
owners Of dogs keep them off the
streets and off the lawns Of the City.
Many complaints have been made, and
in the judgment of many citizens the
dogs of Redwood Falls have become
q Nuisance. In compliance with many
requests that something be done to
remedy this, the Council has instructed
the police to catch and kill all un-
owned, uncared for or stray dogs, and
owners are hereby warned to keep
their dogs absolutely upon their own
premises. The City Council.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
Redwood Gazette'S
Circulation Now
Assured Largest
Redwood Sun Fails To Comply With
Terms of Challenge Which 1t
Accepted July 81
FAILS TO PUT UP MONEY
No Recognition of Terms of Agree
ment After Two Weeks of Watch
full Waiting by The Gazette

The Redwood Sun did not respond
to the action taken by The Redwood
Gazette in putting up 500 to prove
which, of the two publications has the
larger circulation. The offer made by
The Gazette in it's issue of July 20,
was accepted by the Sun in it's pub
LEGATION of July 81. In compliance with
this offer check of 500 signed by
The Gazette Company and drawn on
the State Bank Of Redwood Falls, was
attached to the agreement given be-
low, and given to w. B. Clement, the
member of the auditing board ap-
pointed by The Gazette. On the same
day, august 81 statement was sent
to The Sun.
After waiting for two weeks with
out any recognition of the proposition
from The Sun, The Gazette has with
drawn the agreement, and feels justi-
fed in its assurance of having the
largest bona fide circulation, basing
it's estimate on paid subscriptions only.
The agreement placed in the hands
of Mr.. Clement and the publishers of
The Sun is given below.
"The attached check is given in COM
pliance with and in pursuance to the
offer of The Redwood Gazette Com
pany on the 18th day of July, 1914, in
the columns of The Redwood Gazette
of that date, wherein and whereby The
Redwood Gazette Company agreed to
give One Hundred Dollars ($10O)
toward charity, good road work or
poor of the city, if it be proven to the
satisfaction of an auditing board of
three disinterested persons that The
Redwood Gazette had not on the date
aforesaid larger bona fide circula-
ton, based on paid subscriptions, than
any newspaper published in Redwood
County, Minnesota, provided the Red
wood Falls Sun would make similar
offer if it be proven that the Redwood
Falls Sun had on said date smaller
bona fide circulation than The Red
wood Gazette, which offer of The Ga
zette Company was on the 31st day
of July, 1914, accepted by The Red
wood Falls. Sum-"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
A TIMELY SUGGESTION.

Rumor and false report and
panic fear, weapons Of calamity
almost as keen-edged and dead
ly as war itself, are purely pro-
ducts of our mental state.
So, as we watch the tremen-
dous forces of the Old World
civilization tearing its own
structure apart, as we catch civ
ilization writhing in the throes
civilization writing inthe throes
of what we know is but the
birth Of a new and higher order
let US see to it carefully that,
for our own good and for the
good of all, We retain our men
tai poise and calm confidence
in our own prosperity.
And to this end let US bring
into our lives and homes every
influence that makes for happi-
ness, harmony and peace, that
ness, harmony and peace that
clears our thoughts and helps
US to calm vision.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
May Increase Price
Of Auto Licenses
CHANGE AUTO LICENSE LAW
Next Legislature May Decide On
Some Very Important Amendments
To Present Law

Minnesota automobile owners will
be interested in learning that several
candidates for the next Legislature
have discussed with Secretary of State
Scmhahl the advisability of increas-
ing the automobile license fee from
$3.50 fof three years, to So for the
same period. The plan is to put the
money in special road fund for the
improvement of certain arterial high
days throughout the state.
1t is estimated that there will be
10000 cars in Minnesota when the
new license law takes effect, and a
s. fee would mean 100000 in rev.
enue.
The present license law expires Jan
uary l and until the Legislature can
pass an emergency measure there will
be no license act in force after that
date. Mr.. Schmahl is of the belief that
the old law will be reenacted with
some minor amendments to suit
changed conditions and that there
viii be no increase in the fee. Mr..
Schmahl points out that even should
100000 be raised by this process the
money would be distributed over a
period of three years and make avail,
able only 100000 a year for the de-
sired road work.
Many Licenses Granted
The number of licenses issued since
February l, 1912, when the present
law went into effect is 81, 7S0 and Mr.
Schmahl predicts it will reach the
$4,000 mark before the end of the
year. Of course the use of many of
the cars licensed in 1912 has been dis.
continued and the total number is
sued does not mean that there are
now that many cars in the state.
The secretary says, however. that
the total will be we'll over 5000 and
will easily reach the 5000 mark by
the time the Legislature acts.-Pipe-
stone Star.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
D. M. Tiffany Now
Heard To Admit
"Oats Is Oats >

cts & wise farmer that knows his
own oats" is an adaptation of an old
proverb which applies rather well to
one of Redwood County's most know
ing agriculturists just now, the mean
ing of application depending entirely
upon who is doing the applying.
D. NJ Tiffany, who has reputation
for at least average intelligence, de-
cided that part of a ten acre patch"
of oats was too badly crumpled up
by wind and weather to be worth cut
ting. So he decided to leave them en-
tirely alone. But, having finished his
other reaping, he changed his mind
and decided to get what he could
merely for chicken feed.
AS a result of the second decision
Mr.. Tiffany now has a splendid bin
of oats the disdained crop having
yielded, a modest Sixty-Seven BUSH
els to the acre-really almost half
crop.
Now Mr.. Tiffany's neighbors are
trying to figure out whether his first
indiscretion was due to youthful wild
oats having blinded his vision, or
whether he is. still suffering from an
over-tax of his mentality caused by
knowing that he had The winter
wheat of Redwood County, the yield
being twenty-five bushels per acre.
1t is evident that Mr.. Tiffany can
raise the crops even if he doesn't
recognize his handiwork.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
Tom Thumb Wedding
Is Very Successful
Small Actors Under Direction of Miss
Scott Go Through Marriage Cere-
mony in Realistic Manner

One of the most interesting pro-
grams that has been given in Red
wood for some time was the Tom
Thumb Wedding, presented by the
children of Redwood Falls at the
Methodist Church last Friday evening.
The performance was staged and man.
aged by Miss Scott of Minneapolis.
Costumes en- character were used and
the realism of the production was
remarkable.
Dorothy Larson was the bride and
Jack Tout the groom. Chas. Bur-
meister read the marriage service and
little Dorothy Darrell acted as ring
bearer.
The entire ceremony was complete
from the entrance of the relatives
and friends of the young couple
to the breakfast of ice cream and
cake after the congratulations Songs
were sung by different members OF
the party during the ceremony. The
/ only Earring note IN the service was
the very evident dyapproval to all
marriages in general and this one in
particular, expressed by the three
spinster aunts, Grace Hubbard, Flor
enee Redetzke and Hazel Hitchcock
The object of the performance is
to show what children are capable
of in dramatic presentations with
little training. Miss Scott met with
the children only four times before
their public appearance, and when or
the age of the actors and the num-
Der Of them are taken into considera-
ton. the result is one to be marvelee
at.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18

Mrs. John Lauterbach went to st.
Peter Monday for visit at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Cook. The
two Cook boys who have been visit
ing here for the past two weeks went
with their grandmother.
Misses Lola and Lois Gold enter
tanned at parcel shower at their home
last Tuesday evening in honor of Miss
Edith Burmeister. There were ten
guests present. Nasturtiums, used in
abundance. formed the charming dec
orations of the rooms and tables.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18

TO his story, he had taken to the box
car in hopes of SOLDERING up after a
bad attack of .ntoxication and was
suddenly attacked by the other tran
sient, who attempted to rob him. Dur
ing the melee the slasher pulled a
razor and used it in a thoroughly COM
petent manner.
The man who inflicted the wounds
was bound over TO the November term
OF court on bono of $1,000. Failing
to find bondsman he has been con-
signed to the care Of Sheriff Hassen-
stab.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
Edith BurmeiSter
WedS J.I. Parsons
Quiet Wedding Takes Place at The
A. G. Burmeister Home Tomorrow
Morning at Ten O'clock
WILL LEAVE ON NOON TRAIN
Future Home at Amboy Where Groom
Is Partner in Garage; At Home
After September First

Miss Edith Burmeister will become
the bride of J. Lowell Parsons at a
quiet wedding at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Bur-
meister, tomorrow morning. The cere-
mony will be held at ten o'clock, Rev.
n. de NJ Darrell assisted by Rev.
James Parsons, the father of the
groom, reading the service.
The wedding party will be unat-
tended, Miss Burmeister and Mr.. Par
sons descending the stairs together
as Miss Nina Parsons plays the we'd
ding march by Mendelshohn. Crossing
the library the young people will take
their places before a trellis of sweet
peas and ferns in the bay window of
the parlor. Here Mr.. Darrell and Mr..
Parsons will be waiting for them and
the beautiful ring service will be read.
During the service Miss Amy Barnes
will sing, "Can 1t Be True"
After the ceremony and congratu-
lations, three course breakfast will
be served, eight of the girl friends
of Miss Burmeister serving the guests
in the dining room and at small tables
laid in the library and parlor. Covers
will be laid for thirty. Throughout
the dining room and living room the
decorations will be of white and pink
sweet peas and ferns which will be
used in great profusion.
Miss Burmeister's wedding gown is
| of white crepe meteor trimmed with
Egyptian lace. With it she will car
ry shower bouquet of sweet peas
and maiden hair fern. The going
away suit is of dark green broadcloth
with black velvet collar. With it will
| be worn black velvet hat with white
trimmings and blouse and gloves of
white.
| The wedding will be very quiet
one, no formal invitations having been
issued. Beside the parents and imme-
date family of the bride and groom
the only guests will be the intimate
girl friends of Miss Burmeister. The
guests expected from out of town are
Miss Edith Gunderson of Kenyon,
Miss Evelyn Brown of Morton, Miss
Harriet Clark of Minneapolis, Miss
Alice Lang of Appleton, Miss Nettie
Fladager of Spring Grove and Charles
Lamb of Albany, Oregon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parsons will leave
on the noon train for one of the lake
resorts, their destination not having
been announced. After their honeymoon
trip they will be at home at Amboy,
Mimi, where Mr.. Parsons is partner
in a large garage business.
Miss Burmeister has hosts of friends
in Redwood Falls who will regret her
leaving here and offer the heartiest
wishes for her happiness in her new
home. Miss Burmeister and Mr.. Par
sons were graduated in the Class of
1912 from the Hamline University
where they took the four years of
work. Both are estimable young peo-
pie of splendid character whose future
happiness and success is assured
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18

Misses Ethel and Cora Anderson en-
tertained at parcel shower for Miss
Burmeister at their home last Sat
urday evening. Fifteen young ladies
were present. Miss Burmeister was
the recipient of many useful and
dainty gifts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18
MARKET REPORT.
Tuesday, August Is.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Wells and family,
accompanied by Mrs. John Noble, left
lastweek for an auto trip to Orange
vile, Ill.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-08-18

Miss Maude Little is visiting this
week at the home of her uncle, ]. NJ.
Little, at Seaforth.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
NEWARK's 25OTH ANNIVERSARY IN 1916

1T is well remarked Mayor Haussngs message to the
common Council years too long time TO make
for proper celebration of Newarks 25oth ami
ersary and as city take the necessary action
asking authority legislative representatives. OF the various
counties of the State bill be passed by the Legislature
The plan scope the celebration should be settled upon
WITHOUT further DELAY large industrial city Newark must
make complete exposition of her manufactures ou S shouu
not dominate the celebration The has grown IN oter I'LL
rorant directions today something more than workshop
kown More remarkable than manufacturing grown the
development city few years as financial centre oui
school system something be proud of and the WORK on
and we'll advanced 1916 we can make Spenoo
exhibit of public improvements impress the visitor.
The most interesting feature of the celebration Will De the
history of Newark establishment 1866 to the present
time depicting the periods their characteristics ana GUS
foms and principal the changes from period TO peoo the
growth in population the introduction of new elements by @
grafton gradual development of the municipality hna
Organized in 1886 story primitive Newark Will tell
white as slavery of Punishment for regous opnoh
of the whipping post pory Then again. it Will more
npirngy tell of and of the Revolution coming
own thousands of volunteers left Newark TO hgn
for their country in the great Civil War -,
Mayor Haussngs admoniton begin preparations with
should needed Much to De stuoeo OUT
within the years before the celebration
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06

When BENJAMIN Franklin came to
London from Philadelphia in 1924, &C
cording to writer in the Daily Tele-
graph, he found work as a compositor
in a printing office.
While setting UP Wollaston's RE
ligion of Nature" he felt revolt
against some of the arguments, and
thereupon wrote his own "Disserta
ton on Liberty and Necessity, Pleas
ure and Pain" Moreover, having
written it, he printed it himself He
was then nineteen years of age.
In after years Franklin regretted
his precocious efforts and suppressed
or destroyed most of the 100 copies
of the tract He did this so thor
oughly that only two survivors are
known, and one of these came up in
the HUH sale at Sotheby's, held re-
Gently.
Now for the romance about values.
About 1850 the late Mr.. Henry Ste
vens, the well-known bookseller,
bought this copy for half a crown.
He offered it to the British Museum
at a guinea. 1t was refused. He then
tried two clients, Mr.. Brown and Mr..
James Lenox, at guineas. Nothing
done.
Throwing it into auction at Put
ticks with a lengthy description, he
was rewarded with a bid of 1s
guineas, Mr.. Hotten beating the be-
lated British Museum at that price
In the Hotten sale, 1872, the British
Museum lost 1t again at f22 los, and
1t eventually Joined the HUH library.
At the auction referred to the son
and namesake OF the late Mr.. Stevens
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06

was chatting in the fall of 1884
with the late William p. Frye, who
at time was junior United states
senator from the State of Maine We
were seat-mates in railroad car,
Senator Frye being on his way to
Maine to take part in the presiden-
tial campaign in that State.
I happened to mention to the sena-
tor that | had been greatly interest
ed in Senator Fair, of Nevada, often
watching him carefully from my
place in the Senate gallery, and that
| had been especially impressed by
a peculiar. almost radiant light, that
even at that distance / sometimes
saw, as / thought, in his large, dark,
ever-observant eyes.
Senator Fair would have been an
interesting study personally If there
had been no romance associated with
his sudden accumulation of very
great wealth, by his association with
the big Bonanza group. Mackay, FAR,
Flood and O'Brien. His personality,
even in the Senate chamber, when he
was surrounded by men of the very
greatest intellectual ability, which
was characteristic of the Senate in
the early eighties, was strong enough
to cause observation to be fixed upon
him He was never neglected or
overlooked by those who from. the
Senate gallery watched and studied
individual senators upon the floor.
| said as much to Senator Frye and
he said in reply:
Fair and I entered the Senate at
the same time. He succeeded a re-
markable character, William Sharon,
who for months at time was absent
from his place in the Senate. The
moment ! saw Senator Fair / was
attracted to him. There was some
thing about his personality that re-
minded me of James G. Blaine. His
physical build was somewhat SINH
lar to that of Mr.. Blaine, but the
shape and poise Of his head, and a
wonderful power of flashing luminous
RAYS from his large, dark eyes, were
similar to the characteristics of that
kind possessed by Mr.. Blaine and not
equaled by any other man in public
life whom ! ever saw except Senator
Fair.
Il soon made the acquaintance of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-06
Motor Car Records and Police

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Sir-It has been surprising to me to
learn that there is no copy of the
record of ownership of motor cars in
this State that is available for the
use of the police in any of our mU-
inequalities during the night hours;
that is from say o'clock in the aft
ernoon until o'clock in the morning.
The police are continuously called on
to ascertain the ownership of various
numbers and sometimes when thy
know the owners name they have oc-
castor to ascertain the number and
1t appears that they are only OBJ
tainable by reference to the motor
vehicle department at Trenton or
SOM parts of the list may be had at
the local agency. 1t seems almost
incomprehensible that some police de-
partment in the State should not
have been enterprising and progress
sive enough to secure and maintain
a list of the registrations even If this
list was only held by the police of
one of our larger cities like Newark,
Jersey City or Trenton, the police au-
quickly refer to that department by
telephone and obtain information
quickly and therefore at time when
it would be of value.
In the case of the Packard car
stolen from Ridge street Saturday
night, it would have been of value to
have promptly known the number of
the car, and the following sentence
from the report of the incident shows
Just what happens in every such case:
efforts were made to obtain the
number from the department OF
motor vehicles of Trenton, but
word came back that the office
was closed" A few nights ago,