davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kusko times., 1921-08-10
MCGRATH, ALASKA, AUG. 10, 1921
N eWs Notes From
 AlE.Parts of Alaska

IL; t"Dolly'0 Gray is now chief of the Juneau fire department.
 The Ketchikan Commercial Club re- gently declared in favor of fish traps.
 The schooner Bender Brothers re- gently called at Ketchkan en route to Siberia.
 Clarence s. Kahn has been appointed asronomist of the Rampart experi- mental station
 Sergeant Sidney L. Helms Seattle Sfgasf Corps man. has'taken charge of 1he Skagway office.
 An oil stampede occurred at Cordova recently, many claims being located on Hinchinbrook island.
 John Nelson. aged B, was instantly killed at Mile g, recently, while work ing on the Government railway
 John La Montague, widely known merchant of Haycock, died recently in thesDime creek. camp. alters brief eill- ness.
 Thieves broke the plate glass window IF the store of Hiliman 6J Hartley at Anchorage and stole two Colt auto natic revolvers.
 The steamship Alameda made record trip on recent run north, ar irving in Juneau in 66 hours time, in- cluding stop at Ketchikau.
 Thieves have been active in Anchor age recently. 4 robbery was reported ab Charles KafeGTeiu's taInale house. aEd another house near the ball park
The Kusko times., 1921-08-10

| from the States.
 The town of Anchorage will pass or dinauces providing that fines paid for certain cases will go into the city in 1 stead of the Federal treasury.
 In order to care for. this rapidly in- creasing business, c. w. Bolte, d hard- ware man of Anchorage, is preparing to begin the erection of a 25xlOO-foot warehouse.
 About 100, 900 acres of agricultural land are available for homesteads in the Matanuska and Tanana valleys. h the latter valley Mo- l hard wheat is raised successfully.
 Among the many minerals founde on Chicagoff island, Southeastern Alaska, is nickel, several properties having island near Stag bay. A number of walks have been shipped from Bani, Alberta, to the experi- meatal-station at Rampant, where they will be crossed with cattle to propa- gate a hardy breed for Alaska.
 Ouang Walk, an Eskimo murderer, who killed two of his tribesmen to se-I cure a wife, escaped from the Royal Mounted Police at Chesterfield inlet and is now at large in the Arctic re- zion, trappers report
 While enjoying an outing with Sunday school class at Spenard lake, Paul Reed, the 13-year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank l. Reed, of the An ehorage Hotel, fell and broke his right leg just below the hip. While playing with matches & few, weeks ago, Fred M.. the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, of Talr keetna, was painfully burned and was taken:to the hospital at Anchorage, whore his injuries were attended to.
 Al Osgood, a Petersburg man, who says he has had enough of the Outside. to fast him the rest of his natural life. The worst place in Alaska is better than the finest spot I found Outside '' The Cache Creek Dredging Company is, preparing to install hydro-electric plant to furnish power for dredging, instead of steam, as formerly. More than 300 tons of equipment for the. dredge were shipped in during last winter.
 Among the next big bridge projects for the United States Railroad, after completing the Hurricane gulch bridge will be a huge steel viaduct to span, Riley creek. at Mile 374, 233. miles l from Anchorage, and GA miles from Nenana. The bridge is to have total length of 920 feet, including the north approach.
 Chief of Police Mcintosh, of Ketchi- l kan, recently raided the home of MT. and Mrs. E. G. -Grabbe, with no results, as a pitcher containing liquor was 1 dumped into sink where the water was running. The couple were arrested on charge of having liouor- in their possession and gave bail in the sum of Sl 1000 each.
 l J.. H. Nichols, Alaska, representative for rmOur I& (,o fO. tho nact ID yoapc
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
John Burroughs Ser
mon.

The big, outstanding fact about
Burroughs is that he placed emphasis
npon being something rather than
having something; that he practiced
and preached the value of internal
development rather than external ac-
cumulation, and that he believed and
demonstrated that happiness must
come from the inside Of man, rather
than from any condition outside Of
him. There is unending value in this
sermon from John Burroughs:
We all have too much. It should
not be what we want, but what we
can do without. The mania for own
ing things kills people We load our
selves up with so many false burdens
that we become separated from the
real sources of our strength and
health. AS I grow older 1 am more
and more inclined to reduce my bag
gage.
1t was the failure of Burroughs to
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
Special Election
RESOLUTION FOR SPECIAL ELEC-
TI0N

WHEREAS, 1t is deemed advisable
and necessary to construct an or
namental street lighting system in the
City of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, in
accordance with the plans therefor
now on file in the office of the City Re-
corder; and
WHEREAS, there are no funds in
the treasury of said City available
for the purpose of constructing said
ornamental street lighting system; and
: WHEREAS, material benefits will
accrue to the said City and the citi-
zens thereof by the construction of
said ornamental street lighting eys-
tenn; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable
and necessary that portion Of the ex-
pense of constructing said ornamental
street lighting system amounting to
the sum of 100000 should be paid
by the said City at large.
BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED
by the City Council of the City of Red
wood Falls, Minnesota, that special
election be and the same is hereby call
ed to be held in said City of Redwood
Falls at the usual polling places in
said City on the 18th day of May
1921, between the hours of 600 o'clock
A. NJ. and 900 o'clock P NJ, at which
time there shall be submitted to the
qualified voters of said City of Red
wood Falls, the following proposition
calling for their vote and determine
ton thereat, to-wit:
"ShaH the City of Redwood Falls,
Minnesota, issue negotiable coupon
bonds in the sum of Eight Thousand
Dollars, said bonds to bear interest
at rate not exceeding six per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually, and
the principal of said bonds to be paid
within ten years from the date there
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
Let's Go Home.
Catherine Bates, in Gateway Maya
zine, ST. Paul.

1t was a prematurely old voice, a
voice made jangly by competition
with jazz orchestra, that penetrated
through the hall and reached my
ears: eff I had to spend an evening
at home | wouldn't know what to do
with myself. Thank goodness, | new
err have to stay home" Her voice,
with its note of boastfulness, demand
ed the admiration of her little world,
but in me there was only stirred a
feeling of pity for one who, though
satisfied with herself and her constant
Stepping" was really disillusioned
little girl who thought that she knew
life.
Assuredly for her an evening at
home means dreariest boredom-a
cursory glance at the evening paper,
few minutes of latest ragtime, a re-
counting of a few incidents Of the
day-and she is played out. And yet
she is known as clever girl, good in
repartee, graceful dancer and gay
companion for an evening theater or
dance. If she is able to acquire all of
these desirable traits, why can she
not go a little further and be little
less superficial? When home to a girl
means dining room table, bed and
bureau drawer filled with relics of
gay times, and nothing more, there is
something to be regretted-and a girl
to be pitied. 1t is true that her men
friends never think Of spending an
evening at her home, perhaps they too
are devoid of sinner resources from
which to draw an evenings entertain
ment, perhaps they instinctively know
that she would be so out of place at
home that the evening would be dull
or strained at best. Being a success
full hostess is an art that needs cult
walton.
There are young people all about
who are missing some happy times
that will be their dearest memories in
years to come Memories of evenings
when the home folks enjoyed meeting
the young folks; when brothers and
sisters, who had time to do more than
merely to take the conceit out of one
another, entertained Informally; when
the young people sang about the piano
popped corn in the kitchen and, while
they munched it, discussed people,
books and affairs of yesterday and to-
day that were of interest to them;
and finally left with contented, sin
gy feeling in their hearts, even little
happier, perhaps, than after the even
ing downtown amidst exhilarating
noise and hilarity.
From the point of view of pure en-
joyment, for variety's safe if nothing
else, what a relief it would be, once
in while, in these days of innumera-
bic, distracting interests, to be capa-
BILE of enjoying the gay and helpful
companionship of ones folks and
friends-at home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
To Vote Bonds for Ornamental Street
Lighting System, Redwood Falls,
Minnesota.

Notice is hereby given that, pursu-
ant to law and to a resolution duly
passed and adopted by the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Redwood Falls, Min
nesota, on the 25th day of April, 1921,
special election will be held in the
City of Redwood Falls at the usual
polling places in said City on Thurs
day the 18th day of May, 1921, be-
tween the hours of 600 o'clock A. M.
and 900 O'Clock P. NJ, for the purpose
of submitting to the legal voters of
said City the question whether said
City will issue negotiable coupon bonds
of said City in the amount of 100000,
said bonds to bear interest at a rate
not exceeding six per cent per annum,
payable semi-annually, and the prin-
cipal of said bonds to be payable with
in ten years from the date thereof;
said bonds to be issued for the pur-
pose of constructing an ornamental
street lighting system in said City in
accordance with the plans and speci-
fcations now on file in the office of the
City Recorder of said City.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that the vote at said election be by
ballot upon which, among other things;
shall be the words
'In favor of issuing bonds in the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
Blame Placed for
the Porter Wreck
INDIANAPOLIS News.

In its report on the Porter wreck,
in which thirty-seven people were
killed and many injured, the bureau
of safety of the interstate commerce
commission places the blame on En-
ginenan Long and Fireman Block, of
the Michigan Central train. These
men, according to the report, either
failed to see signals that were plainly
visible, or else disregarded them.
1.-The direct GAUGE cf the accident"
says the bureau of safety, "was he
failure of Engineman Long, of
Michigan Central train No. 20 to
observe and obey the signal Indication
of the home signal governing the
movement of trains ever This cross
ing" "a contributing ccuse," was
the failure of Fireman Block to OBJ
serve the signal "and convey the
correct information to Engineman
Long" There is no question as to the
location of the signal, since it was so
placed as to have made it s'both posi-
BILE and convenient for him Oong) to
observe it personally and therefore
"for his failure to do so there is no
excuse"
The record shows that Long had
been suspended five times for disre
garding signals, including failures to
stop, on one occasion for telephone
signal and on another when a block
signal was not burning. One of the
suspensions-which was for thirty
days-was for having run into a
caboose car with its flag out. The
fireman also was suspended once
though the sentence of suspension
was modified into reprimand-for
fixed signal. Long was
once taken out of service for defective
sight. All of which seems to indicate
that the discipline of the Michigan
Central is not what it ought to be.
The federal investigators are clear
ly of the opinion that there is no ex-
cuse whatever for this terrible accident
in which thirty-seven people were
killed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
A Good Sign.

Richard Spillane in the Philadelphia
Public Ledger: Business men of ev-
cry kind and character show more
signs of irritability and i'll temper than
at any time in years.
That's fine.
Don't take it as personal affront
if manufacturer or middleman is pee
wish and fault-finding.
It's good sign.
Did you ever notice that when per-
son is seriously i'll be wants sympathy,
and not a little coddling? He sor-
rows for himself and wants you to
sorrow with him. When he's that way
he is in a very low state of mind and
body.
But when the crisis is past, when his
heart is stronger and his blood is be-
ginning to be pumped through his
veins with more force, he undergoes
change. He gets nervous, querulous
and hard to please. He complains
about everything and is what the la
dies call "as cross as an old bear"
That's a sure sign of convalescence.
That's when the nurse knows the pa
tiert is on the road to recovery.
It's that way with business today.
The business man is reacting to natur-
al causes. He is on the mend and,
being on the mend, is showing he pos
sesses temper.
That you can take as proof that
business is starting back to health
and strength.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
AUDITORS FINAL NOTICE OF
HEARING IN DITCH PRO-
CEEDTNCS

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of
Redwood, SIS.
In the Matter of the Petition of An
drew Jacobson and Others, for Pub
lie Ditch No. 4OA in the County of
Redwood, State of Minnesota.
Notice is hereby given, That pc
tition has been filed in the office of
the County Auditor Of said County,
praying for the construction of pub
lie ditch, designated and numbered by
the County Auditor of such County
as County Ditch No. 40-A.
Branch 1.
Beginning at the Main tile of Coun-
ty Ditch No. 40 in NWA of SEA Of
Section 81, Township 113, Range SO,
running thence through the following
described lands, to-wit: the said NV
4 of SEA and SWA of said section
81 and terminating at station so near
the center of SEA of SEA Of Sec
ton 20.
Branch la.
Commencing at station 33 of
Branch No. l thence running south
easterly in the S1s of SWA Of said
section 81 for a distance of 1900 feet.
Branch 1-A-1.
Commencing at station Of Branch
Ia, thence south 200 feet.
Branch lib.
Commencing at station SO plus So
of Branch l running thence North
westerly for 900 feet to east line Of
NEA of SEA of section 20 said
township.
Branch 2.
Commencing at the Main tile of
County Ditch No. 40 near the center
of the VIZ of SEA Of section 81 of
said township, thence southwesterly
900 feet, as appears by the report Of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
Final Hearing on Ditch No. 48A

the Engineer hereinafter mentioned
and that the names of the owners OF
the lands and the names Of the Num-
cipal and other corporations that will
be affected by the construction of said
ditch, as appears in the report of the
; Viewers hereafter mentioned, are as
follows, to-wit:
Andrew Jacobson, VIM. Warner, j.
o. Warner, Horace Hedges, d. R. Nc
Corquodale, Mary B. Newcomer, l.. 0.
Flore, R. G. Rogers, Maggie B. An
derson, VIM. McDougal, D. F. Nc
Dougal, Joseph Bunting, Joseph Ru-
der, Frank Messman, Frank Patten,
C. C. Little, L. H. Beach, A. ]. Leitz-
bach, C. K. Leitzbach, Delhi Town
ship and that the Engineer appointed
by the County Board of said County to
make a survey of the route of said
ditch has completed his work and
same in the office of said County
pointed by said County Board to view
the same have completed their work
and filed their report thereon in the
office of said County Auditor.
And that, therefore, the County
Board of Redwood County, State Of
Minnesota, will hold a special meet
ing on Tuesday the oath day Of May,
1921, at the County Auditors office IN
the City of Redwood Falls in said
County, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, of said
day, for hearing consideration of said
petition and Of said surveyors and
viewers report thereon; and that all
persons interested in the construction
Of said ditch are invited to appear
and be heard by and before said Coun-
ty Board at said time for or against
the construction Of said ditch.
L. p. LARSON,
County Auditor Of Redwood County,
MINI.
Auditors Sea1) !. 41-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
TO AID FUTURE HISTORIANS.
Manchester Guardian.


The manager of a huge building
that is being erected in England has
been considering the idea of a found
ationstone casket to be EMBEDDED IN
the great mass of ferro-concrete on
which the building is to stand. AS a
reader of Mr.. Wells Outline of His
tory he has been struck by Mr.. Wells
difficulty, through lack of significant
material, in dealing with the worlds
history 5000 years ago. AS he was
told that the concrete foundations
would last at least that time, he
thought that it might be of use to the
Mr.. Wells Of A. D. 1921, if he found
the information about our time neatly
prepared for him. Accordingly he
wrote to Mr.. Wells and asked him to
suggest what would be the most use
full thing or messages to be placed in
the cavity. Here is Mr.. Wells reply:
Difficult to make suggestions.
Probably commonplace things with
their current prices will be of as much
value as anything. Safety-razor,
cotton reel, bottle of pickles and that
sort of thing. A mail order catalogue,
pre-war and postwar. Samples of
patent medicines. Dietary Of ordin-
airy citizen; typewriter, a sewing
machine and so forth. Dressing bag
with fittings. Current book on How
to Behave A kinema reel of current
events. Whitaker's Almanak and
Bradshaw's Continental timetables
(pre-war and post-war), Baedeker's
England. Town maps and plans"
It was typical of Mr.. Wells splendid
public sense that he should have an
swered so readily to this appeal. It
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04

posal Of this nature has sinister
look. Why should not the public know
and have every facility for knowing
how it's money is being spent? Upon
what possible theory should secrecy
surround the public work of COM
munity? Several instances in st.
Paul might be recalled when it would
have been of advantage if the public
had known the cost Of force account
work in it's various stages. Any sug-
gestion of keeping in the dark the
spending of public money, no matter
how, why or where it is spent, is the
suggestion also that the transaction
will not look well in the light. The
chances always are that the more the
people know Of what is being done
with their money, the better will be the
use to which the money is put.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
Says Old Hi Hicks.
Some fellers calls me lazy-weH
Maybe | am, but if / be
TIE I'm to than, Same folks to toll

Ma DS o1li, WV Il NC
It's up to them same folks to tell
Where they have got the best of me;
What if I loaf bit, and sing
Myself to sleep beneath the sun;
Has ever God said anything
Against a teller havin' fun?
The banker tolls away, and counts
His dollars as they ramble in;
I take sunlit path that mounts
Up where the winds begin to spin;
The rich man from his weary toll
Gets more than his two hands can
hold;
I, freely from the common soil
Grab violet and marigold.
Lazy? I reckon that is true;
loaf sometimes while others strive;
But, friend, l ask, betwixt us two,
Who do you think is most alive
The man who bends his head so low
He sees no sun along the sod,
Or he, who puttering lazy, slow
Has time to love the work of God!
Larry Ho.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
THE TEN POINT
FINANCIAL CREED

The national headquarters of the
Y. M. C.. A.. in New York, has issued,
as a summary of many thrift cam
paigns undertaken by the Association
for the education and training of
young men, what is known as the s'Ten
Point Financial Greed" which it would
to adopt as his life's policy. This
creed is as follows:
First-Work and earn
Second-Make budget.
Third-Record expenditures.
Fourth-Have bank account.
Fifth-Carry life insurance.
Sixth-Own your own home.
Seventh-Make will.
Eighth-Invest in real estate.
Ninth-Pay your bills promptly.
Tenth-Share with others.
The Y. M. C. A. is doing a good
work in spreading such wholesome
doctrine. So many do not know how
they spend their money. They do not
regulate expenses intelligently with
the result that their incomes are frit-
tered away. If the Y. M. c.. A. can
iilpldII governing purpose IN the
lives Of boys and young men to con-
serve their resources and seriously to
consider their responsibilities, finan-
cial and moral, to the community, it
will mean that that purpose will be-
come their life rule.
''They spent as they went," is why
so many families have hard Shedding
Thrift is habit, and a good one to
acquire. Too much emphasis cannot
be placed upon it's Importance. The
Ten Point Financial Greed is worth
believing and following. Everybody
can get some good out Of it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04
Object to Publicity.

St. Paul Dispatch: Just why there
should be objection to unlimited pub
licity to all manner Of public work is
not easy to imagine. Senator Widell
of Mankato has offered bill provid-
ing for this publicity in all cases
where the cost reached $1,000, and
the information is that discussion and
opposition are on the program. Dis
cussion is all right, but why opposi-
ton? The proposition is that when
any city, borough, village, township or
school district does any public work
costing $1,000 or more by contract or
day labor, it shall be required to keep
open to public inspection a record Of
all such costs. Opposition to a pro-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04

now lies with the company to get the
opinion Of experts as to the durability
Of these things, even in an airproof
chamber. The subject is an exciting
one, and one on which no two people
have the same views. Suppose it is
only question Of leaving a message
punched in aluminium, or whatever is
the most permanent form for messages
in air chambers, what is The truth of
our time, that would be the most
significant for the angels that are to
live on this earth 5000 years after US ?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04

of; said bonds being for the purpose
of paying portion of the cost of con-
tructing an ornamental street lighting
system in said City in accordance
with the plans and specifications there
for now on file in the office of the City
Recorder of said City,"
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED
that the City Recorder of said City
of Redwood Falls be and is hereby
authorized, ordered and directed to
give notice of such special election by
publication and posting in public
places in said City as required by
law, at least ten days prior to the
date of said election, said notice to be
submitted in the following form, to-
wit:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04

amount of 100000 for an ornamental
street lighting system, and
Against issuing bonds in the
amount of $80O0O0 for an ornamental
street lighting system.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED that
the polls be kept open at said election
between the hours of 600 o'clock A.
M. and 900 o'clock P. M.
By Order of the City Council of the
City of Redwood Falls, Minnesota.
Dated this 25th day of April, 1921.
WILLIAM M. SMITH,
Mayor.
H. C.. RUTTER,
City Recorder @
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-05-04

clutter up his existence with the pos
session of material things and to poi
son his mind with the constant desire
to get possession Of them that enabled
him to comprehend clearly the opera
tions of Nature and the laws of life
Kansas City Star.