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The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
PRESIDENT SETS APRIL AS DAY
WHEN HE WILL ASK DEcLARA-
TioN AGAINST GERMANY.
US. ALREADY IN STRIFE
SESSION TO CONSIDER GERMAN
ACTION IN SINKING THREE
US. MERCHANT SHIPS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, March 22.-President
Wilson's decision to call Congress
earlier than the date first fixed for
the extra session, April 16, was an
nounced Wednesday. The Presidents 3
mind finally. was made up as the re-
suit of Tuesdays cabinet meeting, at
which practically a unanimous opin-
ion was expressed that while prepara-
tions to put the nation in full state
of armed neutrality were going for
ward, Congress, which alone has the
war-making power, should be sum-
moned.
The President deliberated on the
question until late Tuesday night and
early Wednesday made his decision.
He chose April 2 because he thought
it would be impossible for all mem
bers of Congress to reach Washing
ton earlier.
The sentiment in Congress is un-
derstood to be overwhelmingly in ia
vor of a declaration that as a result
of Germany's acts against the United
States a state of war already exists.
The foremost overt act which
brought the President to his decision
was the torpedoing without warning
of the American merchantmen Vigt-
Sancia with the loss of fifteen lives,
some of them Americans.
When the President addresses Con-
gress he is expected to go into the
details of the situation very fully, par
ticularly as to how it affects the fu-
ture of the United States. While 1t
is not known how much money Presi-
dent Wilson may suggest to Congress
as necessary to meet the situation,
leaders in the Senate have held the
view that not less than $50O,000,0OO
should be granted at once in case war
is declared. 1t is not probable that
legislation giving such a sum would
meet with any opposition.
A volunteer army of 100000 il
planned as nucleus of what eventu-
ally would be an army of 100000
and would be assembled in training
camps.
The Presidents proclamation call
ing an extra session of Congress April
lOllOWS.
Whereas. Public interests require
that the Congress of the United States
should be convened in extra session
at 12 o'clock, noon, on the I'd day OF
April, 1917, to receive a communica-
tion concerning grave matters of ma
tional policy which shodld be taken
Immediately under consideration;
"Now, therefore, 1, Woodrow VIII
son, President of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim and
declare that an extraordinary occa-
sion requires the Congress of the
United States tc convene in extra ses-
sion at the capitol in the city of Wash
ington on the I'd day of April, 1917. At
-12 o'clock, noon at which all persons
who shall at that time be entitled to
act as members thereof are hereby re-
quired to take notice.
"Given under my hand and seal Of
the United States of America, the 21st
day of March, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand, nine hundred and seven.
teen, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and
forty-first."
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
Michigan Guard ordered Recruited.

Detroit, Mich.-Michigan's National
Guard will be raised Immediately from
approximately 5000 men'to 10000
men, according to orders sent from
Washington to Col. John S. Bersey,
adjutant general of Michigan.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
Germans eolna to U. 8. Forts.

Washington.-The 700 interned Ger
man sailors at the Philadelphia navy
yard will be moved to Forts McPher-
son and Oglethorpe, Ga.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24

Petrograd.-The United States is
the first nation to recognize formally
the new government of Russia.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
-Ex,oses $50, 600 600 German Plot.

.Chicago.-Federal agents have un-
covered evidence of a $50, 10000 fund,
collected in-the principal cities OF the
country, to finance German espionage
In case of war.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
HEALDTON SUNK
AND 81 KILLED
v. Q. STEAMER TORPEDoED IN
"SAFE ZONE" CLOSE TO
COAST OF HOLLAND.
GOES DOWN
GERMAN LINE STIFFENS FROM
WEST OF ST. QUENTIN TO
SOUTH OF ARRAS.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, March 23.-Thirteen mem
bers of the American steamer Heald-
toms crew have arrived at Ymuiden,
Holland. They say the steamer was
sunk without warning in the so-called
safe zone" A Rotterdam dispatch
says that it is reported that thirty
four men of the Healdton were either
killed when the vessel was attacked
or drowned subsequently.
Washington.@Americ Consul Ma
hin at Amsterdam cabled the State
Department that the American
steamer Healdton, sunk by subma-
rine off Terschelling, Holland, was
torpedoed without warning and that
twenty of her crew were drowned.
The consul's dispatch follows:
STANDARD Oil ship Healdton from
Philadelphia for Rotterdam. cargo oil,
torpedoed, without warning, 8:15
evening of .21st, twenty-five miles
north of Terschelling, Holland. Twen-
ty of crew drowned. One died of in
juries. Others taken to north of Hol-
land. Submarine seen soon after tor
pedoing. More details to follow.
The sinking of the Healdton adds
another grave chapter to the story of
war waged against American shipping
by Germany to be laid before Con-
gress by President Wilson at the spe-
cial session he has called for Apr. 2.
London.-"The enemy's resistance
is increasing along our whole front,
from west of st. Quentin to south of
Arras," says the official report from
British headquarters in France.
Heavy snowstorms during the day
added to the difficulties of our ad-
vance"
Washington.-Vice Consul Kroh at
Rotterdam advised the State Depart
ment of the sinking, by gun-fire from
German submarine. of the Dutch
tank steamship La Campine, with an
American captain, Gustav Claude, on
March 13, in the North Sea safety
zone" The crew was saved. The La
Campine, owned by the American Pc
troleum Co., was en- route from Rot
terdam to New York.
Paris, March 23.-The total amount
Of French territory liberated from the
German invaders by the Somme Of
tensive up to March 81 is S53 square
miles situated in the four depart
ments of Pas-de-Calais, Disc, Aisne
and Somme. 1t includes 366 towns
and villages, the homes of 1S1,935
Frenchmen. The Germans are still in
possession of 1926 square miles Of
France.
The Germans made energetic re-
sistance to the French between the
5omme and the Aisne, but after spir-
tied fighting north of Tergnier the
French forced them out of several
strong positions. The French occu-
pied number of villages. The vii
lagos are situated to the north of
Soissons. They were carried in the
face of determined resistance by the
Germans.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-24
Norway's Fisheries Booming.

Christiania.-Thev value of Norway's
fisheries in 1916 was LAG, 100000 kro-
ner, as against s7.0OO.0oO kroner in
1914.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-03
Ru0i(te 3uftdnoe.

Bon befreunoeter Settle ipirb Der
.5ranffurter 3eituns" fOlsenber Be
febl beg Stabs9efs bes 9Dhftfoms
handkerchief Der ruffifden Mrmee our
8erflsung geitelt:
Die MnBnuhmen CUR 8efdmpfuns
Der @efapGBgfeit bon Militdrperfoe
men - zines Caters, bas bic @ebeim<
bdltuns militdrifder Nngflegenbeiten
gefdbroet - iino bisber n~irfungslos
seblieben. Rad uns 5usesangenen
Beridten fpirb BON perfonen, Die ben
9ruppen uno benz 8e{fanbt BON Mili5
tdrinititntionen o~ngtb0renL Die erforz
otrli1t Wor{iht nno 3uriidbdltung I'M
be{onberen in @efprdhen aaif Sffentlis
den ptGben niht benabrt. Muh pirb
nieles ben Tamilienanseb0rieen unbez
Dadt mifgeteilt unb gelnngt bann
Durb biefe our fneiteften 9erbreitunsy
gs lit beobGdtet porDen, 6aB Die gez
tennaeidnete perbrederifds @efhndts
5ieteit anmdbli9 itbe 3uriidbaltuns
BON Fh ab1treift. CUR 9flGmpfuns
Der baraus e~ntitebe1btn Gefdbr iino
sebieterifd tpirffumt Mabnabnsen err
foroerli9.
Seine Maieftdt Der &aifer bat auf
1iefen umftnn0 1eine Mufmerffamfeit
gelenft unb ben 8efebl ~erteilt, bab bic
5rnppenBefeblsbaber jeben Rdnges Dor
anem erneut an bic patriotif9en @ez
fiible Der linen anpertrauten Mann-
f9aften appenieren unb iie auf Die et~
fdbrliden Golsen iesliaer llnporfi4@
tigfeit un6 nnbefdeibenbeit in bieier
9infi1t dufmertfam MAIDEN follen.
Der Gar 1T feft iiberseust. baB man
unter 9anonabme prattif9er 8eifpiele
Ear unb iiber5sugeno Ben ganaen Sdas
Den peranf9aulihen tDnnte. Der Der
Rriwfiibruns bur4 bic Sdnabfudt
entitebt, unb Die Bemabrung Der not
tpenbieen 8orfidt erlangen fDnnte TO-
tpobl in @efprddtn als aud i'm fdriftz
ithen @ertebr.
Der Gar befieblt gleid3eitig, ole
Sdulbisen an Der MtBudtuns biefer
grunofdblihsn Jorbtruns. bic ourd
Die 9ebingungen bes arieses on jeoen
treuen Oiener oes 3aren unb Der Set
mat seftelt 1T, Dor benz GeieBe in aler
Strenae perantportlid gu MAIDEN uno
babel CUR a[semeinen 8enntnis gu
brinsen fotpobl bic nmftdnbe bes pols
bradten @erbredens ala aud bic err
folste Beftrafung NIT Nennuns besjes
nigen, Der bes 8erbredens fdulbie be-
FAINT pirb.
(9ea.) Stobsdef General Der Snfans
terie Ilerjep.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-03
8reie Yrtdt fit Seras: Mittuod sen 8. 3annar 1917.
Sc lit nDtia. en- biefe 9tnge imz

Gs lit nDttg, en- btefe Stnge inn
mer nieoer gu erinnern, benn oie Be-
pDlferunesfrage peri4ont audi bas
6eutf9e WoIf nidt. Wir baben IS
ia aliidlihertpei1e lange ni4t 10 tpett
aebradt nie Die Jranaofen. aber fein
Nolt 1T banor geii9ert, penn es iiG
nidt ben @eift bepabrt, Der in Der
ganilie ben Duen bes natiDnalen 2ez
bens febt, unb bic fa6liden Mtttel
fDrbert, ote bas unteritiisen. Gin
9olf pie bic MuHen, bic nod nidt bis
gum Snfeftenpulper, sefdpeige gu
Maltbus porgebrungen fino, TT jener
Gorge nidt unterporfen. Snfoferne
tit bic Graee eine peltpolitif9e, 1dm@
Iid oie, ob es auf bic Dauer mDslid
fem miro, Der rieiig antpadfenoen Be-
pOIferuns gfuBlanos sablenmdbts
fano au balten. Mber bic 5rage TT
nod piel mebr, eben bic, odb Der @etit,
Der tie lDfen fam, aud Die @runolaes
un{erer aultur 1T. Mit Maltbus BIZ
reft bat bas beute fdon fehr tpenig gu
tun. Gs finb alsemetne eeiftise @orz
gdnge Der lebten Sahrsehnte unb ptrts
fdaftliae M0te. bic bic Jraes bel uns
etngefiibrt baben. Mber mir ptRen
penigitens, morum e fi4 banoelt,
nur baB DE einen bies, bic anberen
ienes fir tpi9tissr balten, 8etoes TT
alet6 midtia.
Man ipiirbe feblsreifen. tper1 maj,
slaubt, oab bic SADIE obne ftdrifte Be-
tonuns Der et1ifden Momente ben reda1
ten Weg seben t0nnte, aber es mare
nidt mtnber perbdngnispon gu iiber=
feben, bab anes prebisen nidt piel bell
fen miirbe, ipenn man es gum Bets
ipieG rubis h%inndbme, baB tinberretde
aamilien oft feline Mobnung finben
f0nnen. neil be 9ausberren tie ni4t
Iieben. Mit tleinen MtsteIn nitro
man in Der san5en Gade ntdts auss
ribten; bas ieben mfr an ben Gron5oe
fen, oie nit eerinsfiisisen Steuerbes
freiuneer eine lImfsbr berbetfibren
pouten unb netiirlid gar nidts err
reihten. Wie anoers man Bel uns bic
Widtisfeit Der Jrage empftnoet, 5eir
gen sic neutrality-suspicious. gefsns
fdaften uno ibrs programme. Sic
bebarf ober nod febr Der praftiidrn
RIdruns, mie leiber 10 pieles anbere.
Das tpiro ia bus unsemeine aennasis
den nad benz Rriesel isin: Jrasen,
Jrasen, nidts als Grusen, unb crit
cine fpdte 3eit miro nifien, oh man
Mntiport gefunben bat.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-03

rHHa F-N-f
Die Irme nrlo lab bon oa pie BON
eiiem Hihteriie miBbiaisenO, pbilo-
Iopbiid uno geilta alBerit iiberleger
unf Die peripeinte llno pom Megen,
sarl5 idlappe Shaueiter binab. Der
bing oas Saar, ea bling ibr meiBes
aleio, bic Spiten ouf ibrem Sus
maren IN iid 5lianlmcngeiutfet.
Die lila Gud)iade ungleidl gctupft
bonn Hegen.
lluo weiie uno mofailt Iaate Sr.
aaa: aIu hefiimmerIt Did I'M Die
gergongenbeit beines Mannes2t
@eiBt OIL nid)t nod mas 9iinimeres2
,seoer Manll bot porler ir9eno'a
%erb1ltnis gebobt."
Tortietunr folgt.)
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-03

Be-" lagte Tie uneeriibrt, voallod NOR
oein 9etragen gegell mid ia eigent-
lid nibt. 9u bait mir, lett id)
9ruut bin, oas 2eben reblidD iauer
genlod)t. @em id) BLOB an oeine al,
bernie Giieriuft oenfe! @ott, mic
wor es geidmadlos! Sd bub' oeit
Sllnlor bemnnoert, NIT Dem Sein3
Ybilipp Dem 5uiaob."
yGer5eib mir, Srma. alber ih
ootbte gotl5 9eiuiB, Dab OH es felt.
Ole 9ormin nnt mir geliebt bot"
r&erriidtl"
yIber iest peiB id, fper es lit.
Srria iette iib aiif ibrer Sd)reibs
tild, itemmte Die meiBbeldplbten ,Sil-
re alf Sen Stilbl oouor, uerlf)rdnftc
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SIND Sic KRANK?

Wonen sic nusfiloen, mos S9nen
fehIf nnb mDbten Gle seinno fperoen.
10 foniultieren gle
m. petry, graduifter Chiropractor,
ooa e,u,rferz@ebdube, 222h SO. Goms
~ neree ctr. Sci. grodett 1888.
11mferiuduna itr6 2pniuttaticrt fret.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-03
THE EIGHTEEN HOTEL

mos bebeutet .gbe Gisbteen"? gas
grtpnfo. Simmer SOC. ausaeaeidnete
Mnhiaeiten 25c. Niebrige Speaialraten
nor @pde. Bao frei. grodett 6277: Sn
rentroler Gage. 800 SiibsMlaHro ctr.
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8 "a fddrfen beinen 2ebensblid
unb Trieoe 5u erringen Dir,
Der Worte feds nimm auf bic Reife,
Tann ipirit geredt bu, gut unb ipeife.
M~usfiht-Ginfidt
8orfidt-umiidt
Na1fht- Riidf4t.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-01-03

-.gatex eeratdj 6eeb" unb .Sa=
Ter Gaa Wait" madt bic 9enren legsi'
un6 rentobeI. 1eu rn6 @etreioe: Sup<
nersN9eoj3in. SateI Sch w., 40 -
afprte cit. Sci. grcdett 1888
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8ptels.
ALAMO

325 Mlamp gIasa = biibi9 noblierte
refine 2imraer. SOC, TOT. " pei Sag,
S2.5 so unD auftpdrts per Nooe. o'H mIas5
NIT 2 Betten $500 per A6oue. a'les
Eelephon grodett 658.
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Wefdb1fts= 2nlenner
nols ,IuD &oble.

8ir balten Die bette @oble uno oas
hp,fe Nrennbola. 8robiert nns. Vla5e
Wnob & Gpal Company. grodett 6o55.
Nenes Selepbon 1911.
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6ameu uuo Weaigelfutter.

sFerb. staffel, $40 Oft : gommereeS
ctr. 6em, @etreioe, Wnrten< z SeiO>
;orneu. @effiigeIfntter> S~nfiibntorer-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
D. L. Bigham, County
Pioneer, Called by Death
CAME TO REDWOOD FALLS IN 1867 AND WAS ACTIVE
CITIZEN UNTIL DEATH
DIED MARCH II
HELD OFFICESOF PUBLIC TRUST; LIVED LONG AND
RESPECTED LIFE
Redwood Falls, Mimi.

this splendid character who has
so suddenly departed from this
human stage forever. Who is
there among us, or those who
came in later years, that can re-
call a single unkind deed, or a
single unworthy act in the COM
position of him whom we all
unite in now saying as Antony
said over Brutus: 'This was a
man."
1t was not his lot to possess
much of this worlds gold. He
cared not for that. It was this
spirit in the mantle spirit of
Giving and let live" that made
Darwin L. Bigham beloved by
his acquaintance, by his neigh
bors, and by his friends. 1t was
the great heart-the heart of
helping, of relieving, of fairness
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21
Redwood County State Bank
Redwood Falls, MINI.

delegations made their stand for
j. F. jacobson of Madison. These .
were among the notable occa-
sions of an unusually active po-
litical career given almost en-
tirely to boosting the cause of
his political friends.
Sells First Reapers
During the middle eighties
there was invented what was
known as the famous Header"
reaper, the machine being manu-
featured in Illinois by Hodge
Brothers. 1t clipped off the tops
of ripened grain and these were
conveyed to wagons, from
whence they were conducted to
the threshing machine. Mr.. Big
ham became a travelling agent
for this corporation and was CIV
en- for his territory at the out
set Minnesota and Dakota. He
made such a success in the sale
of the machines that the COM
pany concluded to send him to
the vast wheat fields of the Ar
gentine Republic, and for two or
three seasons he made trips to
that country and successfully
represented his employers in in
PRODUCING and selling machines.
Returning to Redwood Falls he
was elected county surveyor, and
this position together with the
conduct of his farming lands
just east Of town, occupied his
attention for the rest of his ca
reer, he doing a great amount of
civil engineering work for priv
ate parties, exclusive of his work
for the county. In the early
days he was member Of the
board Of supervisors of Redwood
township, he was a member Of
the village council and likewise
a member of the board Of edu-
cation. He was an employee of
the Minnesota legislature on one
or two occasions. His later years
were quietly spent at Redwood
Continued on last pagel
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wood. Mr.. Bigham began to deal
in land and early in 1868 opened
q lumber yard at Redwood Falls,
the first enc west of New Ulm,
and continued this business for
several years. It was vital in
fuence on the type of houses in
Redwood county. He purchased
lumber at SIS to SIC a thousand,
paying SO freight, hauling it
three miles from the landing to
Redwood Falls, and then selling
it for S32 a thousand. His OBJ
ject was to assist in building up
the country rather than to make
money, and the lumber from his
yard was used in cabins from
Redwood Falls to the state line.
The first load of lumber was
brought from st. Paul in 1868
aboard the boat Pioneer" which
he chartered for this purpose.
About 1870 he made a contract
with a lumber company owning
saw mills on the st. Croix river
and that with the boat "St. An
thony" and its barge brought
the lumber to the Redwood land
ing, from which place Mr.. Big
ham had it hauled three miles
to Redwood Falls. The river trip
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(By Julius A. SchmahD

There was ten years difference
in the careers on this earth of
Orlando B. Turrell and Darwin
L. Bigham, and but 48 hours
difference in the demise of the
two men, who for practically As
years had been acquaintance,
intimate personal and political
friends-either father by mar
riage to the child of the other,
and it seems as though the hand
of Divine Providence can be seen
in the practically joint calling
of these two men from this
world of trouble to that world
of rest-that darkness or light
we call Death.
All, what store of pleasing
recollections can we old timers
coniure up in connection with
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-03-21

was one beset with many haz-
ards, and often Mr.. Bigham's
lumber was scattered along the
river bank everywhere from
Mankato to Redwood landing.
The "grasshopper period came
on in 1871 and as a result of the.
scourge and its continuancy for
6 years thereafter, Mr.. Bigham
sold vast amount of lumber on
credit, never received payment
for most Of his sales, and met
with financial reverses from
which he never thoroughly re-
covered.
Filled Many Posts
Mr.. Bigham was one Of the
early county superintendent of
schools of Redwood county and
did much to lay the foundation
for the present magnificent
school system of Redwood Coun-
ty, by reason of his enthusiasm
displayed along educational lines.
He was not considered and did
not even profess to be a pol
ished or finished educator, but
he did display zeal at a time
when the. county was poor in
money, poor in spirit and sparse
ly settled, and this zeal is to be
commended as we review his
work Of that period. He attended
many republican conventions
other than those of the county,
and it was his magnificent work
at certain judicial convention
that brought about the nominal
tion of Alfred Wallin as judge
of the Ninth Judicial District,
but he failed of election and he
afterwards moved to North Da-
kota and occupied a position on
the Supreme bench of that state.
Mr.. Bigham likewise was at the
memorable senatorial convention
held at Tracy during the Octo-
Der blizzard Of 1880 when S. D.
Peterson carried off the senator
ial nomination after the Red
wood, Lyon and Lac qui Parle
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and
Cook Stoves

Cheaper than ever before-less
bushels of grain or pounds of
live stock will buy a cooking
apparatus now than any time
during the last forty years.
RANGES enameled inside
and out, the enamel lining will
prevent rusting and the outside
enamel makes an ornament Of
a household necessity.
Above Range at $4,000.
Maileable Ranges, enamel lin
ing, $4,000.
Malleable, a common lining,
$4,000.
Cast Ranges from $4,000 to
$500.
Common Steel Ranges, $4,000
to $500.
Cook stoves, $500 to $500.
And four good secondhand
Ranges, at $1,000, $4,000 and
$500 and $500, and they are
bargains. Every one of them.
We guarantee satisfaction and
give you a chance to test them
out and return if not what you
want.
Our best asset is Our Salts
fed Customers. Every week we
are adding new friends. Let us
prove to you that we are worth
knowing.
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too infrequently found in the
human breast-that viii cause
him to live with us as long as
our memories shall last.
He came to Redwood Falls the
year that the writer first saw
the light of day, 1867, there to
become pioneer of Redwood
county, to struggle, to upbuild,
and to enjoy or lament the life
of a pioneer. He entered that
career with buoyancy of feel
ing that was maintained thru
out his life; encouraging 9TH
ers, trusting others, sharing in
tier sorrows, sharing in their.
joys. Politically, he was fair to
his opponents and true to mis-
friends, and in the days of the
caucus and convention Darwin
L. Bigham was present to give
his assistance to what he be-
Eeved to be the right.
Born in Ohio.
Darwin L. Bigham was born
in Hamilton, Ohio, November "a,
1843, a son of William and Mar
tina Ross Bigham. He lived on
the farm and in 1859 moved to
Woodford County, Illinois, farm
ing there until 1864, when he
entered Miami university at Ok
ford, Ohio, and graduated from
that institution as a civil engi-
neer in the fall of 1866. The
spirit of the west was in his sys-
tenn and Immediately following
his graduation from that univer-
sity, he moved to Minneapolis
and engaged in the produce bust
ness with A. L. Whitney under
the firm name of Whitney & Big
ham, the store being located on
Bridge Square; and in lconnec-
ton with the operation of that
store Mr.. Bigham travelled ex-
tensively through Southern Min
nesota, buying up eggs, pota-
toes, beans, onions and the like.
thus supplying the farmers with
ready cash and bringing to Min
neapolis many much needed
staple articles of food. 1t was
during one of these trips that
he heard of the location of a
beautiful town near the confu-
ence of the Redwood and Min
nesota rivers, and being told of
the rich agricultural country
surrounding the town, and that
government homesteads were
numerous, he decided to locate
in Redwood Falls.
Came in 1867.
Early in 1867 with Henry Ba-
kerr he set out from Minneap-
oils with horse team, passing
through Watertown in Carver
County, Green Leaf, New Ulm,
Fort Ridgely and Beaver Falls,
crossing the Martell Ferry at
the old Sioux Agency and short
ly afterward reaching the town
in which for nearly SO years he
has been resident. He came
hither just a year or two after
Samuel McPhail, J. S. G. Hon
ner, J. R. Thompson, T. w. Cas-
ter, Edmund Fosgate, Mr.. Spang-
Ter, David Watson, O. C. Mar
tin and Birney> Flynn, and their
! families, if they had any. These
were the men who built the
frame houses in the old stock
AIDE and who were followed a
year later by Hugh Curry, John
Winters, Edward March, L. M.
Baker, Jacob Tippery and Nor
man Webster.
Upon his arrival at Redwood
Falls Mr.. Bigham purchased the
Homer cabin in the old stock
ade, and during this same year
he was married to Anna Slim
son who was born in England in
1912. The Honners and Bighams
continued to live together in that
cabin for the remainder of 1867,
when Mr.. Homer moved two
miles to the Homer home, To-
Gated in what is now North Red