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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1919-03-24

o'clock to meet Fcby. II, 1919 at
o'clock. p m.
A. j. Peterson.
Co. Audit. 4 elk. Il. of 5.
n. ii. Bawden.
Chairman Il. of s.
FEBRUARY 18TH, 1919.
Board met pursuant to Adjournment
all members present.
This being the date fixed in notice
published by County Auditor for receiv-
ing bids for corrugated culverts, the
Board proceeded to consider bids ON
file which were as follows:
Fort Dodge Culvert Co, 50 cts. per
IT, for Class A..and 20 cts. per It. for
Glass Il.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31
EnunerdtO. ~e
Now Appointed
CENSUS BUREAU
CANNED AND
WILL BE +.
HIGHLY OR
LATIONS
ENED.

The following appoh- tments of en-
,lmerators for Redwood county have
been announced by Supervisor George
.P. Gurley of this congressional dis
trict:
NJ. o. Gimmestad-Belview village
and Kintire and Swedes Forest town
ships.
Harvey Hanson Brookville and
Shutdown townships.
Jesse L. Slaymaker- Clements Vii
lage and New Avon and Three Lakes
township.
A. L. Leonard Delhi township and
village, Homer township and North
Redwood village.
John Stauber-G Gales and Johnson
vile townships.
Jens w. Hanson Granite Rock
township and Lucan village.
George Hamilton-Lamberton town
ship and Lamb9rton village.
Earl w. Butcher Morgan township
and Morgan village.
Walter H. SYSTEMATICALLY Hero
township and Revere village. Exclud-
ing Walnut Grove village.
M. c. Ramey-Paxton and Sherman
townships. Including Indian Reser-
vation
A. D. Redwood Falls City.
Including Jail and Poor Farm Ward
/, 2.
William R. Goudy- Redwood Falls
and Sheridan township and Seaforth
village.
6. w. Olmstead Springdale town
ship and Walnut Grove village.
Il. II. Turbes Vail township and
Wabasso village.
Paul Doepke Wanda village and
Willow Lake.
Willoughby Mac Targgart- Water
bury township.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31
|. W. W. Member
Leaves in Hurry
WRECK VICTIM LEAVES BED AND
BEATS 1T WHEN MEMBER
SHIP is DISCOVERED.

One of the victims of the railroad
wreck last Wednesday morning was a
Kurt Leonard Brodden, giving his
home at Sioux City. He had bad
cut below the eye, piercing the eye
ball. He was taken to st. Johns Hos
pital While taking some papers out
of his pocket to show to the nurse, he
accidentally dropped his red /. w. w.
card. The nurse chided him about it.
She went downstairs to get something
and he evidently suspected that she
was going to report him. He jumped
out of bed, got into his clothes and
beat it. In his haste he left a copy
of the official /. w. w. paper, publish
ed in the German language. This has
been turned over to Postmaster VIM.
Mueller. Brodden took the special
train for the cities.
He had settled his claims for $3.50,
but on the train he claimed he was
going to the cities to see a lawyer.
Company employees and physicians on
the train prevailed upon him to stop
off at Mankato for examination by the
company physician. He agreed to do
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31

the Word of God. She even defends
murder of children. While she speaks
very beautifully of the home, her
theories are revolutionary and will
tend to destroy the Oldest and most
important God given institution, the
Christian home.
-FOUR church people, regardless of
their political affiliations, will repu-
date and condemn such teachings,
and may political organization which
would advocate such views will arouse
the moral and religious sentiment Of
our people, as eminent which is
stronger and goes deeper than any
other, and find them to a man lined
up against such UNI Christian propa
ganda.
while the books may rightly have
place in public library for special
reference and study, they are Ger
tainly out of place in a circulating
library for shool children. But a
greater danger to our young people
are some of the modern novels, where
these same ideas are advocated in a
more insidious mar e"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31
A NEW NEED OF
NIGHT SCHOOLS

An alien cannot become a citizen
unless he can speak English
But that is rather a loose require
ment. Any alien can pick up readily
few phrases, enough to induce a toll
erance and good -natured Judge to
pass him into the privileged place of
American citizenship. 1t is not en-
ough.
Beyond any doubt congress will
within short time provide that no
man or woman can become citizen.
either by his own naturalization in the
case of a. man, or by her husbands
naturalization IN the case of mar
rled woman, unless he can not only
and that's a proper provision, and it
speak but read the English language.
But when it is made night schools
will achieve new Importance. 1t will
be wrong to require aliens who want
to become good American citizens to
learn to read our language first, with
out making it possible for them to
learn. And for adults, of course night
schools offer the only chance.
That means that there should be
night schools every where, not only
in cities, many of which have them
now, but in the rural districts as well.
Keeping up night schools for adults
wherever there@are aliens will be a
public duty, and one that ought not
to be neglected anywnre. 1t ought to
be compulsory by law
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31
THOSE NORTH DAKOTA
STATE LIBRARY BOOKS

There has been so much said about
the improperly of certain books
placed in the circulation school H.
brarles OF North Dakota that the fol
lowing article from the Lutheran
Herald published in Minneapolis will
prove of interest to all people who
are interested in the moral and So
clal education of the children, and
that ought to mean everybody:
Sensational charges were made re
Gently in the North Dakota lcgisla
ture by Representative Burtnoss
against the state library commission
for circulating books by Ellen Key
and other radical writer's. The press
reports also stated that Lutheran
pastor had endorsed the books and
we have received letters from sub
scrlbers asking our opinion. We went
up to the book store, which lately
had been raided by wouldbe loyal
people, but they did not have the
copies we were asking for, so we
went to the Minneapolis public IL
brary and inquired. Here they had
all the books of Ellen KAY, both In
the Swedish and American languag pc
We had an interview with Miss Gratia
Countryman, who is perhaps the high
est authority on public library work
IN the state of Minnesota, and asked
her about the library regulations for
buying books. A public library. she
sald,. has to have all kinds of books.
representing all creeds and confes
sions in religion and advocating all
kinds of economic and political opin-
ions. One man had asked her, if they
had Socialistic books, ad she had
answered, that they had, because even
a person who wanted to combat social
ism would have to read their books
and know what they advocated. The
books of Ellen Key were very radical
on Woman's emancipation, but could
be made use of by students of social
questions, but would never be sent
out to school children in the circulat-
ing Libraries.
I'VE have read one of Ellen KEYS
books, '0The Renaissance of Mother
hood" and from this we understand
that she is one of the radical writers
on the woman question. She is a de-
sciple of Nietszche and Rousseau and
looks upon Christianity as an anti
quated, Asiastic religion which in the
course of moral evolution contributed
its share, but is now out of date. The
ten commandments are not up-to-
date, we must have a new morality
to liberate women from the sex slav-
cry of homogeneous marriage. There
is no definite moral law, each gener-
alton must work out its standard Of
ethics, she claims. Individual con-
science is theform substituted for
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31

country in the late war. Anoher mat
ter of congratulation is that our re-
preventative, Hon. Theo. Christianson.
was one of the leading characters in
securing the passage of this law. The
boys are going to remember that fact.
Three circuit judges heard the ar
guments in the case, replacing three
regular members of the supreme
court who believed themselves disqual-
flied because their relatives would
benefit under the law.
The bonus law authorizes $780,
600, 900 bond issue, which members of
the bonus board have said would be
placed on the market at once
Adjutant General Walter F. Rhi-
now, chairman of the state bonus
board, is said to believe this amount
as much as 25 per cent below the
necessary total. His opinion is based
on the size of the average bonus
figured from the fret IS 600 exam
ined of the more than 100000 filed.
The bonus board will get busy at
once and fix a date for the sale of
the first big block of $5,00O,O00 of
$1O,000O00 of bonus certificate of
Indebtedness, W. Yale Smiley, Sec
rotary announced when advised of
the favorable decision.
He said that actual payments Of
bonuses may begin within month or
six weeks.
Everybody Pleased.
The affirming decision of the state
was received with satisfaction by
bonus board members and employees
as well as by state officials in gene
There was speculation as to whe
every provision of the law Will
held valid in the opinion to bd a
later. That the constitutionaIity )
the law is sustained was a rnatt-r of
qualification.
Mayor w. A. Curtis, executive of
ficer in the bonus administration de-
Dartment, said that nearly 10000
bonus claims are ready for presenta-
ton to the board. The present or
ganization can turn out from 800
to 1000 claims a day. 1t was said
that this number may be the maxi,
mum that can be handled and there
fore that the payment of bonuses
may extend over period of fou.
months or longer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31
Court Says
Bonus is Valid
COMPENSATION BOARD is TO BE-
GIN A $40, 600, 900 BOND SALE
AT ONCE.

AS was expected, the supreme
court of this state has declared the
soldiers and sailors bonus law con-
stitutional and in the opinion of all
fair minded men the court has done
the right thing. Under this law Min
nesota service men and women will
receive SIS per month for the time
spent in federal military service.
There are lot of Lac qui Parle coun-
ty service men who will be benefited
by this decision and Lac qui Parle
county people are pleased to know
that the whole matter has been settled
in favor of the men who served their
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31

so. We did not learn whether he did
or not. His hasty departure would
lead one to think that Springfield was
not considered safe place for mem
bers of that organization.
Brodden was Swede, had Cana
dian uniform and claims to have
served two years in the war, losing
two fingers. He had discharge from
the Canadian army in his possession.
Springfield Free Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31

Some one suggests that a law be
passed to prevent people from melting
gold coins. Another attempt to deprive
the poor Of their few remaining plea
sures. Salt Lake Citizen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1919-12-31

The the Moundale Farm Ohorfhons which
will be the fair grounds Friday after
splendid herd
the present herd sire and will not De
sold.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10

ming the compressor by electric pow
er the power plant went lame. and
he is compelled to resort to hand
drilling, which is not only slow work
but very much more expensive. How
ever, he is sustained in his efforts
by the continual improvement in the
size and nature of the ore deposit
He is now working a double shift,
| and would put on a third were it prac-
ticable
Mr.. James expects to commence
shipping ore about the middle of
February. 1t will be necessary to
construct an ore bin in order to ex-
pedite the loading of vehicles. That
will require some little time and in
the interval the ore now being ex-
tracted Is accommodating on the dump.
To what extent ore shipments can be
made remains to be seen when the
tunnel reaches the objective point
The quantity of ore that can be ex-
tracted will be very large even with
the present showing. An enormous
tonnage can be knocked down by
means of an uprise, while the ledge
can be followed to any depth with O
winze. Ii shipments prove profitable,
and that seems certain, there need be
no limit to the quantity of ore ex-
tracted with the opportunity of upris-
ing and sinking on the ledge.
Truly the outlook for banner
year in mining in this part of the
country was never more encouraging
than at the present time.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10
ALMOST A FIRE

The first alarm of fire to stir up
the population for months was turn
ed on about IL o'clock last Friday
night, and there was so much mild
ness in the usual raucous voice of
the siren that few people about town
were aroused by the alarm. Luckily
the service of the department. was not
needed, as owing to the sharp cold
that prevailed the firemen would have
had very unpleasant and uncOmfort-
able job on their hands. About the
hour mentioned a young son of c.
Schassberger noticed flames breaking
out of the roof of the kitchen in the
rear of the Spokane hotel. The tele-
phone Office was notified and the
alarm turned in. The department re-
sponded promptly. but by the time
the hose was stretched Mr.. Devon,
owner of the hotel, had extinguished
the blaze. The fire caught in the
shingles of the roof of the kitchen,
burning out a hole three or four feet
in diameter. The only way to ac-
count for the fire is that Mr.. Devon
had carried out ashes from the back
entrance of the second story during
the early part of the evening, and a
coal had no doubt dropped on the
roof without his noticing it. Very
fortunately it is that the fire was dis
covered in its very insipiency, other
wise big black spot would now ex-
list in the business part OF town, AMI
the size OF the spot would have de-
pended upon the ability of the firemen
to handle the blaze and keep it from
spreading. A more serious feature
of the possibilities of a fire in that
building Is that quite number of
children sleep in the hotel, and had
the flames secured. full headway lives
might have been lost, which would
have been far more deplOrable than
the property loss
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10
4 NOTE OF WARNING

Local Manager Hedger of the Okan-
cyan Valley Power company an
nounces that material is now coming
with which to make necessary repairs
at the power plant in order to insure
the continuation of service. 1t ig
known that breakage recently oc-
Cured at the plant, almost putting it
out of commission, and the machin-
cry has been nursed along for some
time to furnish the slight power that
has been produced, with fear that at
any moment the plant would be fore
ec to suspend operations. To make
the repairs it will require a shutdo"n n
for at least week and the public
might as we'll get ready to face the
inconvenience that that will intail,
1t is not as yet known when the power
and lights will be shut off. Some OF
the material is now here and the bal
anoe is on the way, hence the sus-
pension of service may take place
within the next fortnight.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10
DEATH OF RICHARD CHURCMMAN

Some weeks ago Richard Chnrcn-
man was very seriously injured near
Havillah while cutting down a tree,
end he was brought to the Oroville
General hospital for treatment. The
young man, who was only "a years
Of age, was sOrely broken and bruised
in head and body. and his recovery
at the time was considered doubtful
DR.. Lewis had charge of the case
The doctor, ably assisted by manager
of the hospital, Miss Burns, wilo takes
personal interest in every patient
placed under her charge, did every.
thing possible to restore the young
man to health. Unfortunately Mr..
Churchman contracted influenza. and
pneumonia followed. To cOmplicate
matters, and to add to the difficulty
of combating an always, dangerous
disease, Mr.. Churchman was suffer-
ing from weak heart, which could
| be controlled only by the use of
stimulents. Yet in spite OF all this
J handicap the young man was recOv-
ering. On December 31st Miss Burns
was called to Grand Forks 3y the
serious illness of her mother. and at
, the time she left Mr.. Churchman's
Temperature had gone down to nor
NAL. he was free of pain AMI every
indication pointed to an early recov-
erv. On January 1st brothcrs of the
sitt man notified DR.. Lewis that thew
wished to have DR.. Coons of Tomas
ket. take charge of. or assis: in the
case. Dr. Lewis had already request
cd that some other physicl IN might
bu called into consultation on the
case. both to satisfy himself and the
relatives. but declined to accent Dr.
Coons. The brothers insisted and
DR.. Lewis gave up the case Dr.
Coons took charge of the sick man
January 1st, and being an osteopath
practitioner discontinued the use OF
stimulents and discarded all medi.
cines. The patient at once coirmenc.
ed sinking and early Saturday morn.
ing was very low. At noon that day
the young man died. The remains
were taken to the home of the parents
for burial.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10

where he has been living for many
years. II. N. Martin, attorney-at-law
who is still living at Davenport. lay
ton S. Baldwin, mining engineer and
surveyor. Mr.. Baldwin went from
Loomis to Boise, Idaho, where he died
nearly twenty years ago. Chas. Fl.
Ballard, mineral surveyor. Mr.. Bal
lard is still among the living, but we
do not know his postoffice address.
Loomiston Trading company; after
ward the Washington Trading COM
pany, conducted by Geo. H. Ellis and
Jas. e. Forde, and both gentlemen are
still living making their home at
Spokane, but owning much property
in the county. Oroville Trading COM
pany conducted by Frank Samson
who is spending the winter in Cali
fornia. DR.. Willard. druggist. DR..
Willard passed away some twelve
years or more ago. Geo. H. Noyes,
notary public. Mr.. Noyes was living
at Walla Walla last we heard of him
Geo. r. Wood was advertising stray
cattle. and Mr.. Wood is still living at
his old homestead on Palmer noun
tain.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10
A FORMER LOOMISITE

This Office is in receipt of an elab-
crate holiday publication issued by the
Bend, Oregon, Press. 1t Is 36 page
paper profusely illustrated and most
generously patronized by the business
men of Bend. 1t was a neat piece oi
work for any country print shop to
turn out, but what attracted our at
tention more than the typographical
appearance of the issue and its gen.
eral contents was the following para
graph in the leading article headed
Our Christmas Number"
"Chas. Hofstetter, foreman of the
shop, began printing about the time
Sitting Bull went on his first war
path. His nostrils early whitfield the
odOr of printers ink and the thing
is in his blood To him belongs the
credit of the composition and make
up"
This is the first time we have had
a line on Charlie Hofstetter for 10
these many years. Back in the hazy
distance of the heretofore Charlie
Hofstetter was knocking around
Loomis in the days when that old
mining camp yas in full flower, and he
did considerable work on the defunc.
Palmer Mountain Prospector, OF
pleasant memory. He also took a
hand at hammering drill in some
of the prospect holes thereabouts, did
some prospecting and otherwise turn
ed his hand to anything that would
FURNISH material to pelt the wolf
from the door. Charlie Is a native OF
COlville, scion of one Of the Oldest
pioneer houses of that ancient city.
He drifted into the county from that
section, and when he drifted out we
lost sight of him for ages. Once be-
fore we had a tip that he was down
in Montana, or Idaho, or somewhere,
but it was a vague aad uncertain tip.
Charlie is an all round good fellow,
or was in the old days and we do not
believe the leopard can charge his
spots. We were glad to learn that
he is still in the land of the living
and trust sincerely that he has hit q
pay streak down in the web foot
country and that things will continue
coming his way throughout long
and useful life.
The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1919-01-10
PROMISING MINING ENTERPRISE

Chas. Atkins, of Chicago, tempor-
arily, and we trust permanently, To-
located at Nighthawk, was in. town
Tuesday on business connected with
an important mining project that he
has in hand. Mr.. Arkins is the senior
partner of the firm, or copartnership
Of Atkins & Grant. of Chicago, and
the two gentlemen are interested in
a mining proposition located a shor,
distance from Nighthawk, On what is
locally known as Little Chopaka
The property that Mr.. Atkins has un.
der development is the Stack group
Of claims, old claims that were in.
differently prospected in years past
and which were finally relocated b,
James Stack.
Before taking hold of this propert,
Mr.. Atkins, who has had experience
in the mining game, made a most ex
haustive examination Of the claim.
last summer. The ore, of a silver
lead character. carrying some golt
and copper. was thoroughly tested
and the result of both the examination
and tests were so satisfactory tha
Messrs. Atkins and Grant decided t;
bond the property and do extensive
prospecting Two old tunnels on tn,
claims were cleaned out and are nov
being driven further into the noun
tain. What Mr.. Atkins has discover
ed In the process of development jus
titles him in putting up mill to trea
the ore, and that mill today is wei
on toward completion. 1t is to hav'
capacity of so tons.
The operators are not seeking pub
licity The two gentlemen interested
are putting up the necessary cash t.
carry on the work, construct ant
equip the mill. If the venture proves
a success. and they are confident i
will, or they would not so freel!
spend their money, they will be gen
erously recompensed for the inves:
ment. II it fails then on one will b
loser except themselves. This pa
per trusts that their success will sur
pass all expectations. both as a re
ward for the enterprise the operator
have displayed, and especially becaus
| il Messrs. Atkins e. Grant make pay
ing mine It will do much to stimulat
other mining enterprises hereabonts
thus greatly beneflting the entir
country.