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8 Pages I Reapportionment Passes the House Northern Minnesota Wins in Fight For Fair Representation in The Legislature H. H. DUNN FOUGHT MEASURE Tonnage Tax Laid to Rest—Senators Favor Non-Partisan Law For 1 County Officers (By Grove E. Wilson) Reapportionment is now to be fought out in the Senate. A bill reasonably fair to all parts of the state passed the house Thursday by a big majority. The vote followed one of the bitter est fights ever waged in the Minnesota legislature, marked by recourse to every conceivable resort to delay, a mend or defeat the committee bill. One of the leaders in the fight on re apportionment was H. H. Dunn of Freeborn county, former speaker of tfce house. He was assisted by W. H. Wescott, first lieutenant in the house two years ago and C. M. Bendixen of Redwood county. The attack on the committee bill went to the extent of introducing a substitute measure fathered by Mr. Ikinn, Mr. Wescott and Mr. Bendixen and others. The bill was so drafted as to perpetuate the present unfair ad vantage held by the southern part of the state. It's passage would have jneant the unbroken sway of certain Influences not favored by the people the state. Upon a test vote the Dunn-Bendixen endment was defeated by a "vote of to 45. Thus was effectually laid to r^£t in the house the long drawn out fi£ht for life waged by certain inter ests. Of course there will be a hard fight there lieve i.. majority I -Will be has been prevalent during A. that a bill of the districts of the state passed. Victor L. Johnson, chairman .of the Judge Robert senate reapportionment committee characteristic—anyone who has ever Contends that a careful checking of heard him before will know exactly ^tile members of the upper house shows what sort of a speech he made. He that the bill as passed in the house ran the gamut of all the popular topics will go through the senate. Efforts! beginning with Womans' Suffrage, will be made to head off any amend ___ ments so that the measure will not have to go back to the house. The fight in the house on this ques tion was one of the most spectacular to years. The contest lasted for hours pleased all members of his audience, and it was not until after the shades everyone admired him for his forceful of night had necessitated the lighting ness and virility as well as his strik of the electric lights that the vote was 'ng independence. One wonders after taken. It was a case of assault after listening to him why "Doc." Ames assault, flank movement following tank movement but always the ene Mies of the bill being driven farther Jttid farther back from the goal of ilieir hopes. The fight was longer drawn out than tliai on tonnage tax but was not so tense. The vote on this measure was close and the result really seemed in 4pubt until the roll was called. Cleon Knapp, the brilliant young member from Chisholm, lead the fight against the bill and so successfully did he "»arshall his forces that the measure, loudly tauted to pass, lost by a narrow Margin. The leading feature of this scrap was the castigation administered for mer attorney general Young. Some one referred to him as an authority «nd in an instant Knapp and Lewis C. Ipooner were after Young's record, fhey cited a number of instances of lilure on his part to render opinion iter upheld by the courts. It was of iurse bad form to drag Mr. Young fato the debate but the defenders of le measure first alluded to him and IUS invited the attack. Sam Y. Gordon of Browns Valley, rmer president of the senate visited lat body Monday and was invited to dr«A +*-e senators. He spoke very Briefly _-ying that he was glad to again have an opportunity to look own upon the senators since the peo le of* the state had refused him the ight to look up to them. Mr. Gordon was in town to attend e annual convention of the state edi orial association. It was Mr. Gordon rho placed in nomination for the Presidency Gunnar B. Bjornson of tinneota, whose election was predict in The Gazette of last week. Mr. jornson was elected unanimously and (Continued on last page} 4** THE REDWOOD JUDGE R. W. ARCHBALD W. Arehbaid e# the sommerce court. The Second Annual Banquet of Club G. L. Morrill of Minneapolis Talks on Many Things of Interest to Banqueters The second annual banquet of the Commercial Club was held in the din ing-hall of the Methodist church Fri day evening. About two hundred peo ple were present, chiefly members of the club and their wives. The banquet was served by the lad ies of the church at seven o'clock. Following this F. Lobdell, as president of the club, thanked the ladies on be- C. present term a disposition in the aims and desires of the club. late to be strictly fair on all mat- Mr. Dolliff spoke of the Work the rs tnat come before it. If this Spir- Club wished to do, and how heartily it continues and dominates the re- needed the co-operation of all the rest ricting fight there is every reason to dents of Redwood Falls. satisfactory to a He then introduced G. L. Morrill of the Peoples' Church of Minneapolis who made the address of the evening. Mr. Morrill's address was absolutely through improved immigration laws, Washington and Lincoln, his trip round the globe and amalgamated re ligion to the license question. While Mr. Morrill by no means chose to call him "Go Lightly" instead of many other sobriquets. Eastern Star Wins $100 Contest Prize Mock Trial on "Case of Jennie Brice" Wins Prize of One Hundred Dollars Redwood Falls won the state prize in the mock trial on "The Case of Jen. nie Brice" which was held at the court house December 16. It has been known for some time that the O. E. S. which put on the trial, had won a prize. But it was not until Everybody's magazine for March appeared yesterday that it was known that the order had won the first prize in Minnesota. The prize amounts to $100 and is a part of $11,540 which the magazine is distributing in prizes. The Eastern Star is to be congrat ulated upon both the prize and its proved ability. All the tattered repu tations exposed at the trial have been mended by this time so there is no thing to do but rejoice over the money —and spend it! Rev. Darrell will attend the mid year council of Methodist ministers to be held in the twin cities the first part R. Stensvad has received a carload of Cadillacs which are on display at the garage. Mr. Stensvad has dis posed of half the number of cars which he will be able to obtain by May 1, so any one wishing a Cadillac for early summer uaa batter place Us order early. THE FARMER'S IDLE WIFE The farmer's wife, in early days, got up at half-past two She shined the plows and milked the cows, and put the prunes to stew. The breakfast for the hands she'd set, upon the stroke of four, And then she'd bake her bread and cake and scrub the kitch en floor. _But nowadays the farmer's w$ffc has time to call her own. "Good gracious!" says the Gov ernment 'how idle she has grown.' VOLUME XLIV. REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1913. NO. 31. Government, "how shiftless she's become!" SUPERINTENDENT RE-ELECTED C. W. Street Asked to Return as Sup erintendent of Redwood Falls Schools Claude W. Street, who has been superintendent of the Redwood Falls schools for the past year, has been reappointed by the school ^oard, re appointment carrying with it a& in crease of salary. Mr. Street has served the schools and the city most admirably this year, and any compliment or appreciation the school officers have shown him was well deserved. There has probably never been iin.st reapportionment in the senate half of the club, and called upon Judge which is undoubtedly largely due to emphatic and straight from the shoul- which the body will be taken to the False Prophets Are Scored in Sermon Rev. N. de M. Darrell Compares Pres ent Lack of Principle with Old- lime Genuineness The following quotations are taken from the sermon of Rev. N. de M. Dar rell delivered at the Methodist church last Sunday. Mr. Darrell chose as his subject "The Prophets" and his views of some of the modern would-be pro phets in contrast to the genuine ones of the past are especially interesting to the people of the city and county just now. "There are Christian prophets as well as Hebrew prophets: Wycliffe and Luther, Knox and Wesley were true prophets of God, proclaiming against traditional falsehoods and ec clesiastical oppression and dead for malism. Lincoln the emanc i a o r, Frances Willard the high priestess of temperance reform and all brave and nqble men and women who will not! Quigley sell the truth for advantage, who will be loyal to principle—who will not speak with double tongue but will bravely stand before men and courts and Legislatures and Congresses and (Continued on last page) & v 4 v v v v ?H"is V- ^*,-j£- Enthusiastic Crowd Hears Suffragettes Equally Club Arranges Program Tfcip is Exceedingly Interesting And Educational DR. WfA. BRAND GIVES AMHtlSSS Prove Themselves Equal |i. Men When it Comes to i The farmer's wife departed from this vale of toil and tears For happier climes, in those old time, when under thirty years. The farmer got another mate, he somehow always found The ideal wife who toiled through life and rested—un der ground. But now sometimes her yeans add up their full allotted sum. "Great Scott!" exclaims the Intellectuality The program given by the Equality 1 Club at the court house last Monday evening proved to be one of excep tional interest and the auditorium of the court house was packed far beyond seating capacity. 1 Mrs. Francois presided aver toe •{meeting and introduced Dr. W. A. Brand who gave an interesting dis ••.course.on womans' rights and why she is entitled to the ballot. i Dr. Brand made a very tactful ad-! dress, showing the injustice done in I not permitting the equal use of the ballot, and what women would do if it were within their power. He showed that woman is equal to man in every walk and sphere of life, i that under the present system it is government of the Bosses, by the Bos ses, and for the Bosses, rather than People and that women are as much the People as the man. .Miss Cora Anderson pleased the ai$dien& greatly with her reading, "jour Bars to The Key of G." iThe next number was rather an upque affair in which ten ladies sang a (.on*, each represented one of the which now have suffrage, by lar*c I"5"""1 Dolliff to speak briefly on the Mr. Street's influence. This feeling der, and she had the goods to prove it Middle Creek church and the German bearl,,K is a deeP THEY MEET AFTER 50 YEARS OF SEP ARATION AND SPIN MASSACRE YARNS city last Monday transacting business ,. i guesses before he was able to place and while leisurely walking down the this seemingly familiar person. street beheld the sign of Lauterbach s Many bits of reminiscences were Bros. It held his attention at once patched together in the few hours they for he recalled an old friend of 50 spent with each other. Mr. Hiller years back by that name. stated among other things that his Curious to know from whence these brother, D. L. Hiller was the first people came, Mr. Hiller inquired of male child born in the city of New Senator Clague with whom he had Ulm, and that he was born in the log formed an acquaintance, "Why," said building used as the court house of the senator, "those are sons of John Brown county. He also stated that Lauterbach an old settler here, origin- the daughter of a Mr. Deterich, a cabi ally from New Ulm." That was the net maker, was the first female bom lost cord, for it came to Mr. Hiller i within the city limits. that John was an old chum of his in Mr. Hiller promised to pay Mr. Lau. the early 6Cs. terbach a longer visit in the Mr. Hiller^ at ante hastened to find future. 1 the the state she represented. was expressed, ygry^tritely by a high if anyone doubted her statements, —service there conducted by Mr. Page's school student the other day when he T\e male quartet was then called former pastor, Rev. J. Kienholz. O. said: "Yes, Mr. Street's all to .the upon and doubtless the presence of so W. Grapp will officiate as undertaker, good. He doesn't think he's a bit bet ter than the rest of us fellows." Mrs. R. E. Fuller undertook a rath- ville county. er difficult task in endeavoring to ex- In October 1894 he married Minnie plain "Why Some Women Are Not Shoemaker, who died in 1900. He Suffragettes." The few moments al- married his present widow, Mrs. Celia loted to her brought forth many good Page, April 29,1901. They "moved to points of argument in which she did North Redwood in 1902 where they justice to her subject. Miss Mable Wood sang a solo in her There will be a Get Together meet- ing at the high school, Thursday even, ity. Prof. S. Quigley, head of the Ex- tension Department of the University rz f:qppj[W| W?$7& ..arsi^t^ jt y IT r^i '. ',-. HUDSON MAXIM. Who Says All Armor Plat* la Useless Against Modern Guns. Neighbor Resident Called to Last Rest Anton H. Page Released From Long Suffering Last Sunday Morning Anton H. Page died at Ms home at North Redwood Sunday morning. His death was caused by spinal trouble (n)m which he suffer^ greatly for the ,ast thre. have since made their home. There are two children, Alfred anJ usual good form. Miss Wood's voice Herman, to mourn their father, and is exceptionally strong yet very sweet three foster children, the children of and pleasing. the present Mrs. Page. These are, Loretta Francois was also called up- Fred, Edwin and Freda. on for a reading which she gave in an Besides his wife and children, Mr. artistic and masterly style. Page is survived by his widowed moth- The program closed with the sing- er, Mrs. Lueck of Danube, one sister, ing of "America" by the entire audi- Mrs. Draeger of Renville, and his half brothers, Albert, Gustav, Ed., Elmer GET TOGETHER MEETING 4nd Clarence and three half-sisters, Mrs. F. Becker, Mrs. H. Black and Mrs. A. Becker, all of Renville. pal address of the evening. Prof.!not regret that at last he is free from thinker and has j1116 Pam the happy faculty of expressing his thoughts in a clear, forceful and con vincing- manner. There will be no ad- It Ifilfer of Minneapolis, repre-" his o!3 friend who happened to'tie at singing and playing. Every member sentative of the Austin Western Ma- home. He grasped John's hand with is an artist in his or her line, and Red chinery Co., of Chicago, was in the a feelin* of warmth but it took the latter a number of' In his eleventh year Anton Page un'te^ i w*"ch ing at 8 P. M., for the benefit of the respected worker. He is mourned, not parents and teachers of the commun- onl' by his and host of 1 of Minnesota will deliver the princi- *•'-$*•'* I Photo by American Pre**s Associativa. si„ce Tha„ks. giving 1912 he had bee,, confined to his bed Untu death came as a Mrs. C. C. Little is an original "spell The funeral will be held Wednesday binder." One just has to sit still and morning at ten o'clock. The English time in the city schools when there was hear what she has to say. Her talk service, conducted by Rev. G. W. Hiel. so much of harmony and co-operation, on "Results of Woman's Suffrage" was scher, will be held at the home, after many ladies of such splendid talent Anton H. Page was bom in Green caused the gentlemen to feel a trifle Lake county, Wis., Aug. 5,1870. He diffident, anyway something seemed a came to Minnesota twenty-seven years bit wrong with the harmony. ago and located in Middle Creek, Ren- „lease family, but by a friends in both Renville and Redwood counties. His loss will be fe,t» 'et his friends and family can- he had endured so long. The fourth number of the Library Entertainment Course will be given by mission charge and a large attendance Apollo Concert Company at the is hoped for. Light refreshments will Christian Church next Friday evening, be served by the Domestic Science This number promises to be as good, classes. if not even better, than its splendid predecessors. It is the musical enter tainment of the course and will there fore interest many who are musically inclined. There are five members in the com pany all musical, even Miss Spring, who reads wonderfully well beside and familiarity wood has the promise of a delightful evening. MARKET REPORT*. v.. Tuesday, February IS' ftn letter Cattle $4^0 to |7.00 Stockers and Feeders... 4JSO to 6.00 Hogs 7.70 Wheat •. m• V* C. .78 0 .25 Oats Corn *34 Flax $1.19 Barley .40 y e v 4 7 Creamery Butter ............ .37 Dairy ^8 to .30 Eggs J5 Potatoes .36 & HlBT0RK4h^ft Company's Doings SURVEY CROW CREEK ROUTS Committee of Commercial Club Ap pointed to Investigate Project And Report A good representation of the busi ness men of this city met at the coutfr house last Wednesday for the purposa* of hearing what Col. Erie D. Luce* president of the Luce Electric Short Line, had to say in regard to their pro-" posed electric line. Frank R. Lobdell, president of tha* Commercial Club spoke briefly on what the committee, previously appointed' to interview Mr. Luce, had seen of tha work while in the cities, and spoka* very favorably of the work that had been accomplished. Mr. Lobdell then: introduced Mr..Luce. Col. Luce Speda Mr. Luce told how he ana Three Main Lines The three proposed lines are froaC Minneapolis to Watertown, MinneapO* lis to Redwood Falls, and Minneapp* lis to New Ulm. The two latter just as much main line as the first f(Mr car s will run directly to and from the cities without change. The company owns over 100 milOi of nght-of-way west of the cities. Ac tive woA has been carried on in con structing the road and the line is now completed as far west as Lake Minnie tonka. The first 40 miles are to be completed by next fall. Electric vs. Steam Mr. Luce compared the advantages with the Evangelical church in of the electric way with that of steam he was always an earnest and and pointed out many interesting fact*. It is proposed to carry heavy and ligfcl fright over the line as well as passen ger traffic. Rates will be much lower than steam, passenger rates being two cents per mile. Electric cars can be started and stopped at considerable saving of time and expense. It costs about $1.45 for every slop of a steam, locomotive as compared to about flva cents for a stop with the electric cars. Mr. Luce stated the run from here to the cities could be made in aboot three hours. 'f ,? Advance Real Estate Mr. Luce told how property had ia» creased in value to double in state* where electric lines are now in opera tion and Mr. McClellan was called up on to give evidence of the conditions in Indiana, where he has lived man? years and where they use electric linei extensively. Invest Large Amount v The Luces have invested over a nit« lion dollars in this project and a(• adding to it an annual income of $50/ 000. Since last fall the company has sold $200,000 in stock to business men and farmers along the right-of-way. They solicit the support of the people along their lines and have received very favorable encouragement. They would rather place stock with people along the right-of-way than others for this would create an interest *»f those people directly concerned that would be profitable to both. Survey New Reate i Up to the time Mr. Luce visited oar city there had been but one survey Coat brad aa last page 1^1 4::-^ 8 Pages Electric Short Line Meeting At Court House CoL Erie fit Luce Gives tSeiur Comprehensive Exposition of the iq fa Buy Up Terminal With this project in view they infc mediately proceeded quietly to' biflf. •'. property for a terminal at Minna»^ apolis. Mr. Luce told how they haa spent eight years of constant labor is buying up property for a right-of-way into the city. that v- W. L. Luce, had been associated in the7 grain business for many years, owning a line of a hundred or more elevators* v The establishment of farmers' elev&* tors detracted from their business tiT such an extent that they decided to dispose of their holdings. With the accumulation of consider- 4^ able wealth, they sought a new field of investment, finally deciding that tha electric railway had a great future b#» „pi| fore it and that Minnesota and espec* ially the district west of the twin cifc* ies offered an exceptional opportunity for a profitable investment. tj They now own the best terminal of any railway company in the twin citi*| and are located with easy access to a|t I parts of either city. The company owns over $100,000,000 worth of right of-way in Minneapolis alone. & .•/w 'M .1 "f '•A 'C