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The Redwood gazette., 1917-10-24
DELHI NEWS ITEMS

Miss Inez Root of Redwood
Falls, was a weekend guest of
her friend, Miss Gladys Scott.
J. E. Miller is the owner of a
new Dodge five passenger car.
The auction sale of F. E. Gladd
last week was well attended and
everything went at the top fig
ure, cows selling as high as $1O7
and $1O9 each, and other things
in proportion. However the
horse. market seems weak this
fall.
D. R. McCorquodale and broth
er, Dan, Of Echo, went to Min
neapolis Monday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Alex Curtis.
F L. Gladd and wife expect to
move in a week or ten days to
Winfield, Iowa. We Are sorry
to lose Mr.. Gladd and his good
wife from our midst.
NOTICE: All parties indebted
to me kindly call at the Farmers
& Merchants State Bank of Del
hi and settle for same. E. A.
Bailey. 13-2t
Chauncey Tibbetts of Cottage
Grove, was visiting relatives in
Delhi the latter part Of the week.
Miss Mabel Gray went to the
twin cities the last of last week.
Mrs. Arthur Carbert will en-
tertain the Woman's Home and
Foreign Missionary Society at
her home this week, Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. E. A. Bailey and daugh-
ter, Dorothy, left last week for
Verdi where the family will now
reside, Mr.. Bailey being en-
lployed in the Pacific elevator at
that place.
Friday evening at seven
o'clock at the manse the boy
scouts will hold their regular
monthly meeting.
This is the last week in which
to buy your liberty bond Of the
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Pete Martensen Of Renville
county did business here last
Thursday.
George Kohls was rendered
unconscious last week by a
stroke of tightening. He soon
revived and is all right again
Halver Liverud was over from
Renville county Thursday.
| Ole Tufto and wife were shop
pers here Tuesday.
A. O. Gibbs now owns a new
automobile.
G. Sampson and wife were
county seat visitors Thursday.
! A. Engberg is entertaining
company from Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lossow left
Friday for a visit with relatives
at Barron, Wisconsin.
| Mrs. J. Rhude and children de-
parted for ST. Paul last Tues
day where they will visit Mr..
/ Rhude.
Mrs. Palmer and Mrs. Knigh-
ton of Echo, visited Belview
friends last Friday and also
helped Mrs. John Olson cele-
brate her birthday.
Emil Marquardt of Vesta,
was a business caller here Fri
day.
Hans Haagenson and Bert
Knutson returne last Tuesday
from a trip to Canada. Mr.. Haag-
enson brought his two nieces
with him, they will live here the
remainder of the winter at the
BENZ. Haagenson home in Rem
willie county.
r. Heine of Echo, was a busi-
ness visitor here Friday.
Don't forget that 3 cents ON
letters and 2 cents on cards will
be the postage rate on, and af-
ter November 2.
DR.. Emma Aldrich was a pro-
fessional caller at Seaforth, Sat-
urday.
Robert Mccormick of Echo,
transacted business here Satur-
day afternoon.
Oleda Mack departed Satur-
day for Fayette, N. D., after q
visit with the home folks.
VIM. Jennings moved Tuesday
| into the house formerly occu-
Ipied by Art. Eastling.
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BELvIEW NEWS

|
Arne Lyslo returned Sunday
morning from his Twin Citp trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Froelich
Of Devils Lake, n. D., arrived
Saturday for a visit with rela-
tives.
Mrs. Ivie Simpson of Redwood
Falls, was an over Sunday guest
at the DIR. F. H. Aldrich home.
Born Saturday, October 20, to
EMrl and Mrs. Otto Smith, a
daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nitzel are
the parents Of a girl born to
them Sunday.
Fred Yaeger, formerly Of this
place, passed through here Sat-
urday on his way to Watertown,
is. d.
The DR.. Aldrich family and
Mrs. Ivie Simpson were enter
tanned at the Frank Biggers
home in Renville county Sunday.
The boy scouts are making
fine progress selling Liberty
Loan Bonds.
Otto Hagen, son of Helmuth
Hagen, was very pleasantly sur
prised one evening last week by
most Of his young friends, the
occasion being his tWenty-first
birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ziegler en-
tertained relatives from Red
wood Falls Sunday.
The little daughter of Ed.
SANDERS had two fingers OF her
right hand badly mangled in the
cog-wheels of some machinery
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Peterson
of Osakis, Mimi, returned home
the first of the week.
Belview high school basket
ball team is rapidly getting in
to shape for contests with other
towns.
John Martin departed last
week for Portland, Wash,
where he will spend the winter.
Chas. Bahr of Groton, S. D.,
Larrived the first Of last week
| and assumed charge Of the Pa
cifc Elevator Company's busi-
ness at this place. H. Q. Heg-
dial resigned on account Of 9TH
| er pressing business.
A moving picture show is
scheduled for Thursday at the
Odeon.
Interested parties have petit
toned the Judge Of Probate to
appoint G. C. Enestvedt admin
listrator of the estate of the late
r. B. Smith.
Several from here attended
| the r. G. Propp cattle sale at
Echo the first Of the week.
The first number of the "
fceum course to be given here
this winter viii take place next
"wednesday evening.
George Kuck of Delhi, was q
shopper here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Anderson
were Redwood Falls shoppers
| the first Of last week.
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here they went to Ruthton for
a visit with other relatives be-
fore returning to Seattle where
Mr.. Hulteen is employed in the
Government ship yard.
L. Rondberg and family of
Sleepy Eye, spent Sunday with
the j. F. Fox family.
Herman, Louis and Ed. Flick
went to Lamberton Sunday af-
ternoon to see their mother,
who has been very i'll for sew
eral days.
]. P. Sanborn. who mas been
in charge of the Standard Lum-
ber Company's yard here for
the past six months, went to
Paynesville Monday to stay with
his parents until called to Camp
Dodge with the next draft quota.
Matt Knudson left Monday
afternoon for Minneapolis, on
his way to his regular winters
work in the lumber country.
This is Mr.. Knudson's ninth year
in the woods.
Freeman Hansen, who has
been employed by John Bendix-
en- during the past season, left
for Blue Earth Tuesday after
noon. He expects to work there
during the corn harvest and re-
turn to Revere about the mid
die of December.
Chas. Susmilch Of Eldora, Ia,
arrived Tuesday afternoon to be
present at the sale neld Thurs
day on his farm north of town
by Emery Culberson. This sale
closed out the interests Of both
Mr.. Susmilch and Mr.. Culber-
son in this neighborhood. Mr..
Culberson expects to move his
family about the first of the
year to Mortified, where he will
be associated with his brother
in the management of a large
farm.
E.. A. Fairchild went to Wa
basso Wednesday to attend a
meeting of the district school
officers of the country.
j. /. Stanley and John Heg-
wood were business visitors at
Tracy between trains Thursday
afternoon.
Jas. NJ. Hickel and daughter,
Mrs. julie Frank, departed Mon
day morning for Chicago to at
tend the funeral Of brother
in-law of Mr.. Hickey, who died
at Chicago Sunday after a three
years illness.
J. A. Brudeli was>a business
visitor at New Ulm Friday af-
ternoon, going down with a
shipment of live poultry.
M. J. Wentz of Mankato, ar
rived Wednesday afternoon and
is spending a few days looking
after his farm west of town.
J. B. Sawyer drove down from
Minneapolis the first Of the week
and spent the week here look
ing after his business interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. r. Sawyer
departed Saturday morning for
q few days shopping and pleas
|ure trip il the Twin Cities.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-10-24
REVERE LOCALS

Nels Jensen of Morgan, spent
Saturday and Sunday here with
the Chris. Nielsen family. Sun
day afternoon the party drove
to Tracy for a few hours visit
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. E. Hulteen
Of Seattle. stopped off mere a
few days the first of the week
for "a visit with Mr.. Hulteen's S
sister, Mrs. Paul Nelson. From
The Redwood gazette., 1917-10-24
CARLOAD OF PEARS.

We will have another car of
those fancy Michigan pears the
first of next week at $1.50 per
bushel.
ROBERTS & HENSCHKE
The Redwood gazette., 1917-10-24

A 36-inch scrim in
either white or ecru with
a neat lace. edge. A spec
ial value at per yd.. Ice
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
A Comparison.

MT. Editor: The writer hopes that you may find space in your valued pa which Is, or ought to be. of interest to every citizen of the town of Nor
 wich.
 The figures which are submitted herewith have been compiled from the town of Norwich reports covering a 1915 and 1916 and 1917.
 If have been correctly informed
 during the 1914-15 period the board of selectmen were dominated by demo-
 cratic influence while the 1s16-17 pe- riod has been under a republican ad- ministration. The writer believes that irrespective of party, the affairs of our town and city government should be administered by men who can deliver the goods" and the present board of selectmen certainly seem to have measured up to their requirement..
 These figures are taken from the general expense account in the town of Norwich reports and are available to any person who wishes to take the trouble to look them up.
 At the beginning of the 191415 per- iod the town showed a balance of cash on hand of s43.594.04. receipts from personal tax fist, liquor license. town and propertly tax which include mon- eys received from the state for bank account amount to $533, ,4se.33. The total receipts. plus the previous ball. ance. are $577 7,093.37.
 During the 1916-17 period the bal ance of cash on hand was $51, ,930.10 and receipts from the sources mem toned above were $522, ,032.15.
 The total receipts plus the balance on hand amount to $573,962.25, or $3,- 131.12 less money than the previous administration had to work with.
 It would be imposing upon the Bull 1etin to ask them to print in detail a comparative itemized statement of dis bursements for these two periods. However, in view of the common knowledge of the tremendous increas SC day, the present administration has made a truly remarkable showing. The figures show that they actually expended $15,255.66 less than their predecessors.
 To be sure. the 1s14-15 incumbents pox. county tax. Washington street sewer and dog license aggregating $1o, ,459.85 with which their successors did not have to contend. but as an off, items of similar nature aggregating s27, ,577.2S which are shown by the fol- lowing items: Yantic Steam Fire En- zine Co.,, infantile paralysis, Bean Hill Green special accouDt-this item being 3 settlement of legacy of old debts to New London and Hartford and which the present 'selectmen did not lEcur-oiling roads, military census, and an increase in state taxes. Tn ad- 1ition the expenses of common schools and the Norwich Free Academy in creased over $7,000.
 Substantial savings have been ef- 'ected in the following items: town clerks office. outside poor over $6,0OO; over S5.000; bridges, contin- gent, almost 5000; tuberculosis, in-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
USE AVAILABLE SHIPS.

There is of course qualification in the statement which comes from the shipping board to the effect that with in little more than a year we will have an ocean going merchant fleet of more than 1900 ships aggrega ting g. 100000 tons. It shows that the board has gotten down to business and that the shipyards' are now busy turning barring the holdups which are being caused by labor troubles.
 But what are we going to do in the meantime to get the full benefit of water transportati ton? That the coast wise trade has been drawn upon for ships to render this transoceanic ser vice is well understood. Announce ment has just been made that more are to be requisitioned, and when that is done it means that the domestic commerce is going to be congested more than ever. A greater load will be thrown upon the already overbur- dened railroads.
 This situation ought to impress up- on congress the necessity of hastening action upon the favorable report rec ommerding the extension to foreign vessels of the right to engage in our domestic trade during the period Of the war. It is through such vessels that a way Is afforded to relieve the congestion in our coastwise transpor- tation. It is greatly needed now and there ought to be no delay in taking advantage of ships which are avail able
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

sane and interest. some $4,400. The amount charged to sinking fund is all so larger by over $500.
 It has also been stated to tho writer, although not verified by him, that about the first of October, 1914, it was necessary for the town to borrow s15,- 900 and in October, 1915, $15,000 was borrowed. In October. 1916, it was necessary to borrow only $10,000. This year I am informed that all bills are paid except current bills for Septem- Der and the town report shows a cash balance of $28, ,122.61.
 This condition of affairs is the more gratifying, since it is but fair to. gay, that the democratic first seIecrman in 1914-15 was a man of high personal character, and was familiar with the various and arduous duties of the off, flee. The present democratic candidate for this position. is., am informed, a man without previous business train ing, or experience save such as he may have received through holding several minor political offices.
 In conclusion allow me to say that in justice to the men who have so ef- fciently administered our town af- fairs. and in justice to ourselves as citizens, every voter ought to go to the polls on Monday, Oct 1, and vote for the men on the republican ticket, not because they are republicans but because they have delivered the goods"
 A TAXPAYER.
 Norwich Sent 2S 1917
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
THE TOWN ELECTION.

Norwich holds it's town election but once in two years. It is therefore inn portant that the voters of Norwich should give the election which comes pext Monday the full consiG eration that 1t deserves. Norwich wants the best possible men that it can get to manage its affairs. It wants men who ran give It the best service in every office and in selecting such it should give careful consideration to the rec prds of the candidates who are put forth for those positions.
 Wise economy and full efficiency is pr should be. demanded from every ofhceholder. Such The Bulletin be- lieves has been furnished by the pres ent town officials, and it is supported by the record which has been made The business of the town has been well taken care of. Its finances have been conserved and today there is a balance in the treasury which is go- ing to go a long way toward defray- ing the expenses for the coming year In this connection the taxpayers and voters of the town can read with profit the letter by Taxpayer in another column dealing with some of the cold hard facts in this connection Wherever the administration has secured re- ceipts which were not obtained by a previous administration it is to the credit of those in charge that they have been saved and not sGuandered and when the towns books were closed it's bills had been met and a handsome balance remains
 That is the kind of a business ad- ministratio? that the town wants. That is what it is entitled to, and that Is what 1t will be certain Of for the next two years if the republican har nF ha -d Everyone entitled to should vote Monday and vote right. There should be big vote and an overwhelming majority for good government
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
COUNTING NEW YORK BALLOTS

Not little attention has been at- 1 tracted outside of the city of Ne.I | York by the result of the recent pri- 1 mary for the selection of candidates for the city election. On the face of the first count Mayor Mitchell, the fusion candidate. had secured the re-
 publican nomination over the repub- lican candidate. It was by a narrow
 margin and doubts were expressed
 concerning the accuracy of .he count.
 While the republican candidate was
 threatening to ask for a recount May
 or Mitchell actually did so and from
 the progress which has been made,
 although the recount has not been
 completed, Candidate Bennett appears
 to have secured the republican nomi-
 nation, meaning that if Mayor Mitchell
 runs again that there will be three candidates at least in the field.
 The claim is made that the cam paign of the fusion forces was badly muddled and this is offered as the reason for the mayor not receiving the republican. nomination, but whether it was muddled or not.-there appears to be something radically wrong with the way in which the first count was made. Mistakes are likely where bal lots are involved. and had the repub iican candidate been disposed to ac- cept the first count he would have been unjustly deprived of the right which belongs to him as the result of the expression of the voters. provided of course that the recount results in his favor. The situation is such that regardless of who gets the republican ]! New York ought to be 1 convinced of the wisdom and safety | in voting by machines instead of by | ballots and depending on it's present 1 method of counting ]
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
THE ENEMIES IN OUR MIDST.

It has taken some time for the au- taorities to move. against the nests of troublemakers who are playing the game for Germany to the detriment of the United States and it's allies. but the hauling of the dragnet in New York makes it apparent that there is a limit and that such has been reached. But now that the start has been made to clean up such culprits a thorough job should be made of it. It isn't enough to gather in a few and let the rest escape.
 These aliens. as it has been shown by the evidence discovered, are dan gerous to the nations welfare. They are taking advantage of the opportu- mites which are afforded them to work for the enemy. They have totally dis regarded the warnings which have been given them and they have failed to comply with the restrictions that have. been imposed It is perfectly ap- parent that there Is an ulterior pur- pose in such defiance. They are a part of the elaborate spy system about which Germany boasts and just so long as they are permitted to circu-. late freely. to get in touch with the operations of this government or to
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gates was made solely upon the ground

gates was made solely upon the ground that the bartenders and brewery workers. were, in danger of losing their employment (without considering that in these days plenty of other employ ment is available) and because of the well-known solidarity of the labor movement. the convention stood by their brothers whose craft was en- dangered, regardless of the dangerous chara cter of that craft to the com- munity at large.
 Let us nope. therefore. that the workingmen of Norwich will not be led astray by this spacious appeal of the liquor interests through the trades union movement, but that they will follow the lead of such men John Mitchell. and others of national rep utatiOn, rather than that of compara- lively unknown men in the state or g2nization. In fact. I question whether the wcrkingmen of this city will fol- low any mans lead. for I have been speaking in shops and mills of many Connecticut towns during the past two weeks, and the respectful atten- ton and cordial approval given to my message everywhere prompts me to believe that the workingmen of this state will follow nothing but their own common sense, which is sufficient to tell them that booze is a bad thing for any man. and will prompt most of them to vote mo" wherever a li- cense contest is pending.
 Yours truly,
 G. E. RICHTER.
 Darien, Sept. 27, 1917.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-29
. Norwich, Sept. 2S. 1917.
Conditions at the Pestoffiee.

MT. Editor:-Permit me through the colums of your valuable paper to make known to the public of Norwich one or two events that have transpired the supervision and direction of the postmaster. We have all read now and then Of certain Improvements CD which have been made to the build ing and in the mail service. and ot the vast amount of mail matter that is being handled there daily; much in
 excess of all previous records, but the public as whole are not aware O. the irregularities existing in the same
 office under the careful guidance of
 this same postmaster. I refer firstly
 to the case of Harry L. McDougald,
 who has been stamp clerk since he re- ceived his appointment Oct: 27th, 1895: or nearly p years. MT. MacDougald past two weeks. enjoying his annual vacation, and upon his return found himself displaced from his position as stamp clerk to that of mailing clerk, shift. As far as the writer has been able to learn, MT. MacDouga1d has not been given any reason or explanation for the sudden change, however, the writer having been senior substitute clerk for some time past, is more or less familiar with the inside work ings of the institution, and with the tactics employed by it's officials :n ad- 5usting matters to suit their conven- fences, likes and dislikes.
 There is a possibility and a strong probability that MT. MacDougald as, local secretary of the civil service beard might have adhered too closely to the civil service rules and in some way interferred with the postmaster in making another irregular appoint ment.
 I might also add that the man who has been detailed to fill Mir. Mac is next to the youngest regular clerk in rank at the office. There are four or five other clerks who were entitled to some consideration to the position, they having seniority preference over the appointtee.
 The other case is that of the writer. who has been senior substitute clerk at the local post office since October 1st. 1916. In direct violation of the civil service rules, he was denied the appointment being conferred upon Mi chael J. Donovan, who, at that time, 1 was second man on the substitute list.
 These are but two examples of the existing in the local post 1 office and are characteristic of the tac- tics employed therein by its officials l
 There appears 70 be little or no use Tor civil service rules in this office l which are probably laid away and buried in dust (which the deposed jan tor, Clement Reed neglected) in some l remote corner.
 I trust that the innocent public will l sit up and take notice of what I have i placed before them, and that condi- | ions will be adjusted. SO that the l citizens of this city may point with 1 cride at the postmaster and post office l of the Rose of New England.
 Until that time, I am yours in wait i ng.
 JOHN T. F1TZPATRICK.
 Norwich. Conn.,. Sept. 2S, 1917.
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against, he will be held accountable for what he might have done, in the Judgment. In our country in which every man has a voice. no man can say, that he has done his duty unless he exerts his lest influence for the general good.
 Shall we stop, look and listen, and consider the signs of the times, or will we continue to carry on this evil, and continue the war?
 Already we have seen one drafted quota of our citizens leave our midst with the tears of many friends. Do we wish frequent occurrences of these scenes, until "our cities are without inhabitants, and houses without men 9" Do you wish to see the prophecy full filled in the 4th chapter of Isaiah, first verse? If so, keep on voting for the saloon.
 Duty calls to the rescue! Shall we heed the call?
 c. P. BRADWAY. West Stafford. Sept. 27, 1917.