PART 5 OF 100 YEARS IN SANDSTONE

1905: Quarry workers monument erected in cemetery; Creosote plant built by Kettle River Quarries Company; Hydropower used by Sandstone Land Co. for electric plant; School overcrowded with 400 students; Population-1589; Methodist Church built; Commercial Club organized

1906: Sandstone community donated $200 for San Francisco fire relief; Great Northern Railroad round trip fare to Twin Cities was $2.60, Also one-half fare rates to Minnesota State Fair; School truant officer appointed; Electric bell and chemistry lab added to school; Typhoid fever, diphtheria and cholera reported; School Sandstone and Finlayson; English Spring Water Company shipped 10,000 gallons of Sandstone spring water per week for drinking fountains; Sandstone State Bank established

1907: Anna Frulk opened millinery and dry goods shop; Engineer killed in quarry switch engines accident; Village passed ordinance requiring license for billiardnand pool rooms; Quarryman's State Bank installed burglar alarm; Wrestling fever hit Sandstone; J.M. Charles Reinholdson, Ingraham bought the Northern Hotel property and furniture from Charles Reinholdson, Ingraham also purchased Eaton's pool room

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