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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
TAKING WINTER COURSE
AT FAMOUS BLACKSBURG
Attendance Polytechnic Institutes
"Fnrmcrs' Short Course Rather
Sunll-Morc EXpected.

BLACKSBURG, VA, February e.
Thirty-three students have matricu-
lated in the winter course in agricul-
began n four weeks session at the agri-
cultural college of tho Virginia Poly
technic Institute Tuesday, February ..
While ii is cetain that others will
enter within the next week, the at
tendance is far below what it should
be- when 1t is remembered that Nir-
GINA is falling behind other States in
the development OF her agricultural
possibilities, and that less progress has
been made along this line during the
past decade than in many other West
ern and Southern States where condi-
t.ons are not nearly so favorable
Here each year since 1907 the faculty
experts from the United States Depart
m"nt of Agriculture and men in the
extension service have offered :, schcd :
vi" OF lectures and practical dcmonstra-
lions Of theories taught in the class
room and through the farm papers at
Ala expense o! 81 for registration and
the actual cost of living for month,
49, ''i: RESPONSE from the farmers OF
Virginia has never been enthusiastic
Ia the West. and lately IN some OF the
southern states the science Of agricul-
ture has been raised to level with
the other branches of learning, and il
rs WORTH 81 note that in the States
where this has happened hundreds. and
sometimes thousands, Of farmers are
enrolled In tho winter schools of agri-
culture at the colleges OF their own
or nearby States
OK the students here now. thirty-one
are IRON virginia, all sections Of the
state being represented. One, Mrs IL.
" LYON, IL from New York. West
virginia has one representative from
JEFFERSON county. Augusta County
n"ads tn" l!Et with six men, Halifax
/. mas four. bedford two. and eighteen
oih"r counties nave one man each.
JainsH city and York are the counties
I"rlhest east 10 send n student, Fred :
! "Fich inc most northern, and. i'm the
ENtrfn" Southwest Washington and
aaron nav" their representatives
II" regular program Of classroom and
'i"iH "orr for tho course will he varied
IRON ,iinc 10 time with illustrated lee
. tur"s, ANA the registration books will
I remain open until the last week for
'He ""h"ht Of any who NAV not he
hbI" 10 come FOR more than week.
Or 'Ten Tor few days
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CONTINUED on Third PageD
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
Review nnd OutIook.

Il G. Dun n Co.'S special report for
this paper Is as follows.
commercial development has not
neeh as rapid since the beginning OF
sne ne" year as was hoped for and
su'h progress as has been made is
restricted 10 few lines Dry goods
S!othins and other staples show hui
!ttie expansion, and hardware pninfs
ana electrical supplies at wbnles,lr
EeHrct the inactivity of the huildinc
traces shoe jobhers report slightly
accelerated movement in footwear and
this is partly ascribcd 10 adyoncimo
prices Sales OF paper Mt Wholesale
are ia!riy we'll maintained and ar,
ABOUT up To last year for the same
period, but IN common with most other
Nhes. operations are handicapped bv
SLOW collections In some PARTS Of
Southern territory. country merch,,Js
nave been able 10 make curtails OF
'he'r Indebtedness in the local trade
as better prices for cotton have in
duccd planters TO market some of tba
product, and the money received has
oeeh placed In circulation 10y the plant
/ e', reducing his obligations 10 the re-
taller. but this has had but siieh,
| effect on the general situation. as vet.
some Improvement has been made
IN me lumber trade in .he past week.
and fair sales for expor, shipment
/ nave been made. There appears 10 be
Sp"" "ehHHhd Tor box materials. and
these are moving actively, hut most
OF the smaller sawinills are sun closed
down
Building permits issued in January
amounted 10 Sl59.Si0, which was s73.-
o'i less than January 1914. Real es-
tate sales for last month were SsS,
| Dos. against ss9o,0?0 for III. CORE
spending month last year. II IS re-
ported that several now structures arc
! planned TO be built later and fair
! interest Is shown In local real estate
despite the ff-season. Money IS easier
[ locally. but the demand for funds here
F! is small The Federal reserve bank
( has Just made further reduction in
/ The discount rate 10 IL per cent
! up 20 sixty days. and 5 per cent for
/ longcr maturities. Richmond bank
I clear!ngs for January were s3S,i4i-
] a5s, against s3s,735.oso FOR the same
month IN 1914.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
Virginia vs.. California.

a New York man who recently re-
turned from California has been tell
ing reporters in Gotham some stories o.
The way things arc done In the Golden
state. One OF them IL OF the develop
ncut OF a tract of 5000 acres of land
near Pleasant Grove. undertaken by
some stockton men.
The entire tract is being put under
cultivation, and seeding was under "ay
~ the rate of 500 acres day. when the
New York man saw the operation. This
was made possible by the use o. ten
tractor outfits. six OF them steam ana
four gasolenc. These are kept in OYER
alton day and night. the night work be
ing Illuminated by immense search :
iIGhts. which make the fields almost a.
light IS day. When the seeding Is
finished 4 part OF the tract viii be set
out in young friit trees.
Down I'm Virginia the people are get
tin" 20 be against the big farm propo-
sition, prcfcrrng the smaller acreage
and intensive farming. They think il
pays better, and then Nirginiaus arc
constitutionally opposed to big com.
Dimes, especially in agricultural lines
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
FIRST STEAMBOAT EVER,
RAN ON VIRGINIA WATER
Rumsey, OF Virginia, Was Quarter
of u Century Ahead of
Fulton.
ENCOURAGED BY WASHINGTON
Legislature Offered Premium to Per-
son lnventing Boat to Run Up
Stream-StoG of tho Man Who
Accomplished 1t.

There is bill In Congress to build n
monument to Robert Fulton. the al
IeSch inventor of tho steamboat. Re-
| ierring to 1t. Adjutant General Sadler,
OF New Jersey. says IL was John Fitch
VINO invented the steamboat and opcr-
ated II between Philadelphia and Trcn-
ION IN 1856. twenty years before Full.
ton ran his on tho Hudson Said Sad
Ter further:
! have in my posscssion the original
petition of Fitch. asking for the right
10 operate his boats. the original Ger
tihc;'te OF those who accompanied Fitch
on the first trip that his boat made. and
Il number OF other very interesting
original documents relative to tho nnt
ter"
me publication OF the above brings
the ohio state Journal into the dis
cusSion. and II says:
There is further evidence that Full
on himself was on one of the boats
that Fitch operated. The evidence is
most complete that Fitch was the i'm
Nehtor or the steamboat, and that IL
amy memorial is erected Il should be
Tor Fitch. One for Fulton would per
petuatc doubt. ii not II ralschood In
the archaeological and historical rnu
scum In Columbus Is the model of the
engine used by Fitch for his steam
boat"
In this connection it may be well
enough, for the benefit of the Young
people. and the older ones. who are not
well up in the history of the ola DO.
'ninion 20 recall the fact that ~ NIr-
Sihian bull, and invented the nrs,
steamboat
Ht MSEf,- OF VIRGINIA.
FIRST on DECK
Ihat interesting volume school Ills
cory OF Virginia" by Edgar Svden
s,ricker and Ainmcn VI. Burger. makes
me record that in 1854. when. after
virginia ha1 agreed with Maryland ana
pennsylvania to Improve the Potomac
.tiVer aud had chartered the James
rover Company to improve the James
me General Assembly promised to pay
lanes Rumsey for any invention which
would make boat move against tho
current. The year before u7S3) Rum
Sey had built n boat large enough tn
| contain q boiler and engine and sew
erai passengers. II had neither pro-
reilcr nor paddle wheels. such as
steamers now have. but IL was able 10
.,"'ei ny me power OF steam. Along
TIE Reel or bottom was long pipe
open at the stern. The engine was
nothing more than a crud. stcar,
pump. which drew water from under
thc boat and forced il through the
ppe ana out at the stern so rapidly
thai the boat WAS pushed forward
In October. 1888. he made a secret
( experiment on the Potomac River.
which was not entirely satisfactory. but
1t vas successful enourh 10 make the
inventor believe that he could make
The boat success. and to lead him to
ask the Virginia Legislature to keen
others from copying his invention. a
wear later George Washington. who had
+ 4 summer home At Bath, saw the boat
run and later wrote Rumsey he be-
I iievcd 1T would succeed. washingtor
i
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07

y Brunswick County man who signs
u f. G.. jr' TO his letter writes as
follows: ''EIavc YOU observed that the
country is chock fun OF money and
rain II is fact. but what We want
most right now is confidence and som.
sunshine. Confidence is the secret word
to better times fer The whole country.
and with 4 little sunshine 10 follow
VIII make US countryincn get out our
coats and get busy. Everything the
farmer produces IS bringing the high
est prices ever known 10 man save 20
hacco ana cotton, and | guess II ia best
TO cut this CroD about half ANYHOW
know nothing Mil do Il quicker than
low prices. Preach confidence Mr.
Editor. 10 YOUR readers"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
THE COUNTY OF CRAYs0N
AND ITS POSSIBILITIES
Superior Timber and Farm Lands,
Unsurpassed Water-Power, and
Other Advantages.
UNTOUCHED MINERAL WEALTH
Iron and Copper Abundant i'm the
GrOund--Blue Grass for Cattle on
Thousand Hills-More Railways
Wanted.

Virginans talk a great deal, and tho
newspapers sometimes publish great
deal about the hidden wealth" of the
Old Dominion. BY the hidden wealth
they mean the undevclopcd mines thu.
uncut timber, the unDlowed lands. the
'unpasturcT pastures. etc. that are In
those back counties which are yet with
out railway or other transportation
facilities Of the rapid kind. 1t is true
that hidden In the hills Of several Of
such counties are vast quantities Of
pretty much all of the minerals: there
are thousands of acres of valuable tim
Der. and thousands OF acres of unculti-
waited lands. many Of which are as well
adapted to grazing cattle and horses
and mules AZ any to be found In Texas
or on the plains of the far West Tho
lack of transportation facilities is, OF
course. great drawback. but In many
parts OF the state this difficulty Is be-
ing overcome. and In these days OF good
country roads and frst-class turnpikes
the lack OF railroads is not altogether
the serious drawback that It is some
times cracked up tn be. unless we look
at 1t purely from the standpoint Of the
large manufacturing industries
Perhaps there is no county in III.
state that Is richer In minerals. ti,nbc
grazing lands and general farrnln.
lands. and In water power. than tho
county OF Grayson in the southwestern,
Section anu tOucninR on tho North
Carolina limo. or the counties lying on
tho Blue Ridge plateau, with their al
most unreasonable mineral wealth,
Grayson Is. or may he. made one OF the
most important, with Its varied deposits
OF gold, silver. iron, copper. lead mica.
asbestos, granite. limestone and free
atonc.
MUlIOSs OIL" MONEY
HIDDEN IN THE HILLS
or these, iron, copper. granite and az.
bestos are the most important, and IL
the mines were all opened and worked
on the latterday principle. and with
modern appliances, would bring mil
lions of money to Virginia Along the
mountain sides and in the valleys tim
Der IS exceedingly abundant and OF
great variety. Poplar. oak. pine. wal
nut. hickory. chestnut and ash nre to h.
found In vast untouched forests The
blue grass liz indigenous TO the Hou and
wherever forest, or tho part Of one
tx cut down and the land left TO Itself
! the blue grass springs up. and hence
the grazing and cattle raising nossIbili-
Continued on Eighth papc)
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Another ConI Com.anr.

CHARLESTON, w. VA. February O.
To develop 1000 acres of West Virginia
coal land and install mining equipment
Tor daily output of 1000 tons OF coal
is inc plan or the Ivy Branch Coal
Company. just Incorporated here win
$4,000 capital Most Of the necessary
machinery has been purchased. officers
has been elected rs follows: A. l.
Moore. president: James Kay. vice.
president; John w. Moore. secretary.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
VIEWS AND NEAR VIEWS;
HINTS AND SUGGESTIONS
by FRANK y. WOODSON,
Industrial Editor.

This column Is oper TO contribu-
."rs VINO nave something To shy OF
NuSScsttNc nature, and who nrc
wiling Z" mike hint. nnd surre,
lions Looking To the better teycIop-
tnrnf o' the good Old : t ,c. Of Vir-
E!hiH, west virginia and North
Carolina, and who can hold tI,cir
HnSSrstfous down In my one issue
I" from 100 To 2no N.'rdA. Such COM
munich lions. addressed to the In
attention..
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Good time IL Coming.

Another cheerful tillcr OF The coil
writes: "As YOU know wc have had two
drought years hand running. and or
ihe first day Of November last N.
Ironnd vas dry TO Il greater dcp,I,
than ever known in Virginia This
winter We have had the SHOWS and tho
right KIND Of ra!Ns right along. the
ihnh now has IN II the moisture 10 make
Dig crops ihis year. and If there IN any
confidence 10 bc placed IN tho crornd
COntinucd ON Third ragel
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-07-28

three years from the date of the tax
sale at which said parcels were Of
fered and so bid in by the State, will
be offered at public sale, and will be
sold to the highest bidder therefor.
The current taxes will be included in
all cases. No parcel will be sold for
a less sum than the aggregate taxes,
penalties, interests and costs charged
against it, unless the cash value there
of fairly determined by the County
Board and approved by the Mime
sofa Tax Commission, shall be less
than such aggregate; provided how
ever, that all parcels bid in for the
State for the taxes Of 1907 or prior
years, and not assigned to purchas-
ers or redeemed as aforesaid, may
be disposed Of for one-half of the
total taxes as originally assessed;
and provided further, that all tracts
offered at the sale held under Chap
ter SAB, General Laws 1913, and not
sold to an actual purchaser at said
sale or subsequently assigned, will be
offered for not less that fifty (5O)
per cent of the assessed valuation
thereof for 1914 and taxes for the
year 1913 with penalty and interest
in full. Purchasers shall forthwith
pay the amount Of their respective
bids to the County Treasurer. Said
sale will begin at the time and place
named above and will continue from
day to day until every such tract or
parcel shall have been offered for
sale under the provisions of said stat
utes. The list of said real property,
subject to said sale, and which will
be so offered for sale, unless previ-
ously redeemed, is now on file in the
office of said County Auditor, and Of
the State Auditor Of said State.
| Owners or interested parties may
redeem their property by paying the
full amount due to the County Treas
urer, at any time before sale and
within sixty (60) days after proof
of service of the Notice of Expira-
ton of Redemption has been filed
with the County Auditor.
After the Notice Of Expiration Of
Redemption has been served, as pro-
vided in Section 2148, General Stat
utes 1913, the Chairman of the Min
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-07-28
"No Medicine'
"No Surgery"
"No 0steopathy"
Elsie M. Freese
Doctor of Chiropractic

Disease is lack or excess of
function in any part of the body.
All function is controlled by
mental impulses from the brain.
Therefore the cause of disease
must be an interference with the
line of communication between
the brain and the diseased part.
1t necessarily follows that the
only permanent way to do away
with the disease is to adjust the
obstruction and thus restore free
communication. Chiropractors
do this by adjusting the displace-
ment which is causing the OBJ
struction.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 1880; / D.
m. to 4:3O.
Evenings or Sundays by ap-
pointment. Consultation and
spinal analysis free.
Office in Philbrick Bldg.
PHONE 21O.
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Pursuant to the provisions Of Sec
ton 2127, 212S and 2129 General Stat
utes 1913, as amended by Chapter 1872,
General Laws 1915, and Chapter 334
General Laws 1915, notice is hereby
given that on Monday the 9th day
of August, 1915, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, at the Office of the Coun-
ty Auditor in the County Court House
at Redwood Falls, in Redwood Coun-
ty, Minnesota, all tracts or parcels
Of land situate in Redwood County,
bid in for the State, and not assigned
to purchasers or redeemed within
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-07-28
PETITION FOR PUBLIC DITCH
TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF THE
COUNTY OF REDWOOD, STATE
OF MINNESOTA:

i " LIE COON L Do6AAsb W 1890
COUNTY OF REDWOOD, STATE
OF MINNESOTA:
The undersigned land owners, whose
lands will be liable to be affected by,
assessed for. the expense of the con-
struction of the Tile Ditch and Dram
hereinafter described, would respect
fully represent that the public health,
convenience and welfare and the rec
lamation of wet and overt1oWed lands
REQUIRE the establishment and con-
struction of a Tile Ditch and Drain
along the following described route
in the Towns of New Avon, Three
Lakes, Brookville and Shutdown, IN
said County of Redwood, and that the
construction of the same would be
of Public benefit and utility, and is
necessary for the following reasons,
to-wit: To reclaim wet and over
flowed lands, to drain and improve
public highways and for the bene,,
fiji of public health, convenience and
welfare.
A general description of the pro-
posed starting point, route and term-
nus of said ditch is as follows:
Commencing at point in the South
east Quarter of Section Fifteen (l5)
in Township One Hundred Eleven
GID North of Range Thirty-slx (3o)
West, $50 feet East end 400 feet
South of the Center of said Section
Is, thence running Westerly for a
distance of about 100 feet, thence
Northerly for a distance of about 90O
feet, thence in general Northeastern
" direction to the East line of said
Section Is and crossing the East
line of said Section 10. at a point
about 600 feet South of the North
east Corner of said Section 10, thence
Southeasterly across the NorthWes'
Quarter of Section IA IN TOWNSHIP
and Range aforesaid and crossing the
North and South Quarter line u
said Section IA at a point about 8Ot
feet North of the Center of said Sec
ton IA, thence Southeasterly across
the East Half of said Section IA, ant
crossing the East line of said Sector
IA at a point about 1900 feet Nortf
of the Southeast Corner of said Sec
tion IA. thence following the low lane
in Southeasterly direction across
the South Half of Section ID, il
Township and Range aforesaid ant
crossing the South line Of said Sec
ton 13 at point about 500 feet Yves
of the Southeast Corner of said Sec
ton Is, thence Southeasterly acros
the Northeast Quarter of Section "a
in Township and Range aforesaid AM
crossing the East line of said Sectiol
"a at a point about 200 feet Soutl
of the Northeast Corner of said Sec
fion %. thance following the Low
land in a Southeasterly direction
across the North Half of Section IL
in Township Ill, North of Range 8
West and crossing the East line 0
said Section 10 at a point about 10
feet North of the East Quarter Cor
ner of said Section 10, thence South
easterly across the Northwest Quar-
ter of Section 20 IN said TOWNSHIP
III, Range IS, and crossing the Sout
line of said Northwest Quarter o
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-07-28
NOTICE OF FILING OF AND
HEARING ON DITCH
PETITION.
Notice.

Notice.
Notice is hereby given that pc
tition, of which the following is a
copy, has been filed in the Office of
the County Auditor of Redwood Coun-
ty, State of Minnesota, and that a
hearing will be had upon said petit
lion before the County Board at the
office of the County Auditor of said
County, in the City of Redwood Falls
on Friday the 18th day of August, A,
ID. 1915, at IL o'clock A. M.
Dated at Redwood Falls, Mimi, this
14th day of July, 1915.
l.. P. LARSON,
County Auditor.
(Auditor's SeaD .#~sn
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nesota Tax Commission is authorized
to issue deed in the name of the
State, to the person entitled thereto.
(See Chapter 1872, G. L. 1850
Dated at Redwood Falls, Minneso-
ia, July 7th, 1915.
L. P. LARSON,
County Auditor.
Redwood County, MINI.
Seal of County Auditor, Redwood
County, MINI. 51-3t
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State of Minnesota)
)ss.

County of Redwood)
John P. Cooper, J. Knapp, L. P.
Larson, R. H. Somerville, David Par
ker, Carl Fendrick, VIM. R. Parker,
P. O. Clements, Gust Backer, Lewis
E. Rote, Joe F. Prokosch, H. S. Kleck
ner, Carl Steinhaus, Henry Boots,
George Mahal, John Safer, William
Lindeman, Mary A. Dahms, Bertha
Steinhaus, John Schottenbauer. An
ma Clements, Gust Engstrom, Chas.
O. Oakberg, J. C. Gilland, Frank
Wohlford, Peter Frederickson, Carl
Reetz, JOS. Keulbs, Joseph Parker,
Chas. H. Nelson, Theodore Dahms,
II. P. Rasmussen, Math. J. Seifert,
Henry Schamberger, D. G. Mott, Ida
Raddatz, JOS. Seifert, Andrew Neu-
decker, Carl zamzow, Herman KAN
holz, Mrs. A. Dahms, G. Krause, j.
Fischer, Gust Dummer, Frederick
Ewald, Gust Steinhaus, Hulda Stein
haus, F. Geske, W. H. Gold, F. H.
Nepperman, B. F, Bertrand, P C.
Thomson, Amelia Boyer, being duly
sworn, on oath, each for himself, say
that they are the persons who made
and signed the foregoing Petition;
that they have read said Petition and
know the contents thereof and that
the same is true of their own knowl-
edpa
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vided by Chapter Two Hundred Thir-
ty $500, Of the General Laws of
Minnesota for 1905 and acts amenda-
tory thereof.
Dated June 3rd, 1915.
Rich. S. Benham j. Fischer
J. P. Cooper Gust. Drummer
j. Knapp F. Ewald
L. P. Larson D. G. Mott
r. HI. Somerville Ida Raddatz
David Parker Jos. Seifert
Carl Fendrick A. Neudecker
VIM. R. Parker Mrs. A. Dahms
P. 0. Clements G. Krause
Gust Backer Carl Zamzow
Lewis E. Rote H. Kamholz
]. F. Prokosch Mrs. M. A. Dahms
H. S. Kleckner Bertha Steinhaus
Carl Steinhaus Gust Steinhaus
Henry Boots Hulda Steinhaus
George Mahal F. Geske
John Salfer J. Schottenbauer
VIM. Lindeman W. H. Gold
Carl Reetz Anna Clements
Jos. Kuelbs Gust Engstrom
JOS. Parker c. o. Oakberg
c. H. Nelson Amelia Boyer
Theo. Dahms F. H. Nepperman
Agent
H. P. Rasmussen J. c. Gilland
Math. J. Seifert Frank Wohlford
H. Schamberger P. Frederickson
P. c. Thomson b. F. Bertrand
State of Minnesota
)ss.
County of Redwood)
Rich. S. Benham, being first duly
sworn, on oath, says that he is one
of the persons who made and signed
the foregoing Petition; that he has
read said Petition and knows the con-
tents thereof and that the same is
true of his own knowledge
RICH. S. BENHAM.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 4th day of June, A. D. 1915.
TERESA G. ALBRO.
Notary Public, Redwood County,
Minnesota.
My commission expires June LIST,
1918
| (Notarial Seal)
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Notice of Tax Sale of Un-
redeemed Lands in
Redwood County, Min
nesota, under Sections
2127, 2128 & 2129,
General Statutes 1913
as amended by Chap
ter 332, General Laws
1915, and Chapter
334 General Laws
1915.