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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
Get Pupils Ready
for Township Day
Superintendent Adella G. Pratt An
nounces Friday, January %, as
Get-Together Day

Township Day for the semi-graded
and rural schools of Redwood County
will be held on Friday January %,
at some central place in each town
ship. On Township Day it is planned
that all of the semi graded and Rural
schools of each township meet at
some central place selected by the
teachers and spend the day together.
All parents and school officers are in
vited to attend. Beginning at 1890
there will be a joint program given
by the pupils of all schools repre-
scented. At noon there will be pic
mic dinner in the building where the
meeting is held. In the afternoon the
Township Contest in Arithmetic,
Spelling and Writing will take place.
At this contest the representatives
are selected from each township to
represent the township at the Coun-
ty Contest which will be held at Wa
basso, February 6.
The purpose of an annual Township
Day is to celebrate the fact that we
have good schools in Redwood Coun-
ty and to create enthusiasm to keep
up our standard and to make prog
ress with the times. We are prog
ressing educationally as well as in
other lines. Our rural schools of to-
day are no more like the schools of
fifty years ago than is the farm ma
chinery of today like that used fifty
years ago.
In every way we desire to improve
our rural schools and have them offer
every possible opportunity to the
children of the country. AS the ma
iority of the children of the county
receive their training in the rural
schools, parents and school officers
should cooperate in every way with
the teachers to further any movement
that is apt to better our schools.
It is necessary in this age of COM
petition in all lines that our school
children learn to meet and compete
with other children. Township Day
offers this opportunity.
Parents are invited to pack lunch
baskets and go with the Children to
the Township Meeting. Let us al
join in making January % an educa-
tional day, that will be representative
of the excellent school spirit which
prevails in Redwood County.
ADELLA G. PRATT,
County Superintendent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
Office for Dead
Letters" Now Gone
Government Abandons Department
And Other Provision for Mis-
sent Mail

The dead letter department in the
postal department in Washington is
no more. The last auction sale of old
letters and parcels was held and 81
500 realized; eighty employees were
discharged or transferred elsewhere
and the business is conducted more
efficiently.
The Office was really abolished be-
cause of the big increase in the leg
Utility of the addresses on mailed pack
ages and the big decrease in lost mail,
and because letters directed to per-
sons that cannot be found are more
speedily disposed of through the help
of opening machines and quick clerks.
But while the dead letter office is
to be abolished here the misdirected
pieces of mail matter in the future
are to be distributed to fifteen cities
throughout the country. For instance,
if letter is mailed from Springfield,
Ohio, to Albany, N. Y, and the adj
dress is correct and there is no return
card on the envelope the letter will
be sent to Chicago where it will be
opened. If information as to the name
of the sender is written therein the
letter will be forwarded back to
Springfield.
To Benjamin Franklin probably be-
LONGS thn diStipctio-, of c+or+;oo +ho
dead letter Office: When the seat of
the Federal government was in Phila-
delphia Franklin had a bureau where
misdirected letters were examined. The
dead letter office was established in
1925. Before 1860 few detailed re-
cords were kept of the receipts of the
dead letter Office although one old book
in the department showed that in
1880 there were 100000 letters re-
ferred to that bureau. In 1859, in re-
spouse to Senate resolution the
Postmaster General reported that re-
ceipts of parcels and letters for the
year numbered 100000.
In 1879 there were twenty-nine men
and 30 women employed in the bureau
and the office was mentioned as a
model of industry and efficiency
Last year the force consisted of about
80 persons and more than $4,000 600
pieces of mail were handled. Most
OF it was returned to the senders.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
Local Debating IN
Team ViCtOrS in
Second Contest
Trio of High School Students Prove
Debating Skill at New Ulm,
Friday Evening
WILL GO TO LUVERNE
Cordially Treated by New Ulm People
and Supt. H. c. Hess; Are Shown
Fine New Building

The Redwood Falls High School de-
batting team met the New Ulm team
at New Ulm last Friday evening, and
won a holly contested decision. The
debate took place in the new audito-
RUM of the high school which was
filled with a large and enthusiastic
crowd of New Ulm partisans. After
music by the High School orchestra
and the Girls Glee Club, and a few
remarks by the presiding officer, Prin.
H. T. Peterson, New Ulm opened
the debate on the affirmative. The
question was the same as in the Ty-
Ter debate, "Resolved that all tele-
graph and telephone lines should be
owned and operated by the federal
government"
The Redwood Falls team excelled
in the argument. Though the lapses
in grammar and errors in pronuncia-
ton SO apparent in the Tyler contest
had largely disappeared, their deliv-
cry showed much room for improve
n1ent and their rebuttal lacked in
energy and earnestness. The New
Ulm representatives were unfortu-
nate in having one member who had
difficulty in presenting his part ow-
ing to lapses of memory. The other
two spoke with vim and earnestness
and came back with effect in the re-
buttal. The judges, Pres. c. H. Cooper
of the Mankato Normal, Supt. G. c.
Baker of Albert Lea and Supt. J. S.
Burrell Of Springfield, voted two to
one in favor of the negative.
The boys speak highly of the cour-
teous and friendly treatment accorded
them by the New Ulm people. Supt.
H. c.. Hess was particularly kind in
conducting them through the magni-
fcant high school occupied for the
first time this month. Though the
enrolment is at present but one hun
dred-ffty, the high school has been
built to accommodate three hundred and
is expected to be filled in four or five
years. The gymnasium, though a
common feature in the newest build
ings, was particularly attractive in
the New Ulm high school because OF
it's unusual size The floor space was
fifty by sixty feet and ceiling thirty
two feet high The design is to pro-
vide adequate and systematic physi-
cal training for every boy and every
girl in the entire enrolment, plan
which will surely produce excellent
results, both in bettered scholarship
and in improved physique. The New
Ulm high school is easily the best
equipped in southern Minnesota.
The next debate will take place at
Luverne on the evening of January 20
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
Send Your Corn to
State, Convention
Great State Exhibit of Corn at Owa-
tOnna This Month; Local Men
Will Exhibit

A State Dairy and Corn Conven-
ton will be held at Owatonna, Jan
uary 10, 20 and Fl. Prof. P. V. Fin
ley. agriculturist at the high school
has learned of several of the local
corn growers who are planning to ex-
hibit corn grown in Redwood County.
Thos. Hoskin of North Redwood,
will make an exhibit, John Colville
will probably also send or take some
of the fine corn grown on his farm,
and an effort will be made to get c..
E. Thayer to make an exhibit. This
is an excellent opportunity to show
the state just what Redwood County
can do in corn raising, and it is hoped
several farmers will send exhibits.
Prizes are offered for five lots I'M
der the ten ear contest in Yellow
Dent as follows: Golden Jewell, Min
nesota Is, Uncle Sam, White Capped,
and Yellow Dent, any variety. Under
White Dent prizes are offered for
Silver King, Russell White Dent and
White Dent any variety.
The same entries may be made in
the single ear contests and sweep
stakes are offered for both the ten
ear and the single ear samples. First,
second, third and fourth prizes are
offered for each. Entries must be
entered by noon, January 10. Mr..
Finley will be glad to give further
information or application may be
made to Prof. w. v. Gousseff, Sec,
Owatonna.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
DR.. Emma Drake
To Give Series
of Lectures Here
One of Worlds Great Purity Workers
To Be in Redwood Falls, jan
uary %, % and "a

Dr. Emma F. A. Drake, physician
and lecturer of note, will be in Red
wood Falls three days, beginning Fri
day, January q and will give series
of lectures.
DR.. Drake has recently confined her
activities largely to work along the
lines of the Purity Educational Move
ment lecturing widely on social and
moral reform topics. Her experience
has been gained through years of
work as a teacher, as a minister's
wife, and. as a physician who came
into close contact with many of the
great evils Of her day. All this in
formation and experience has given
DIR. Drake fund of knowledge on
the practical side of the questions in
volved in the purity movement which
has been so widely undertaken by the
best people in the country.
DR.. Drake treats the subject with
perfect frankness, but with such deli
cacy of feeling and with such evident
moral earnestness as to avoid giving
offense. She is speaker of unusual
ability and she wins her way in the
confidence of those who hear her. All
who are interested in this world move-
ment for the publication and better
ment Of the race should bear DR..
Drake at as many of her meetings
as possible.
Friday afternoon, DR.. Drake will
talk to the pupils of the grade schools
and the students of high schools at
their respective buildings. Friday even
ing DIR. Drake will give a public lee
ture at the Methodist Church, her
subject to be announced later.
Saturday morning at ten o'clock,
DR.. Drake will talk to the children,
and Saturday afternoon to the teach
ers of the public schools.
Sunday morning, DR.. Drake will
conduct the service in one of the
churches of the city, and Sunday af-
ternoon at the Methodist Church, she
will talk to the mothers and daugh-
tiers. Sunday evening there will be a
union service, conducted by DR.. Drake
at the Methodist church. All numbers
of Dr. brakes lecture program will
be free to all who wish to attend.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
c. [. Thayer Talks
On Corn Acreage
Grower of Seed Corn Tells Why He
Asked for Names of Big Corn
Raisers of Redwood County

| have been taken to task in regard
to the two hundred acres of corn which
H. A. Baldwin and l were going to
have signed up in Redwood County.
NV friends have been coming to me
and saying, "would it not be better
to advocate smaller corn fields and
4 have them better tended? 2" Friends,
you are right, and in order for you
Ito understand why l was trying to
lget about twenty or twenty-five good
Farmers, who put in that acreage to
sign their names to the proposition
WGS this; Some time ago a party OF
Illinois men were on land tour, came
up here to Minnesota and looked at
lands near Blue Earth. Then they
went back and reported that the larg-
est corn fields they saw were forty
acres. l took exception to this, and
I sent the "Pautagraph' of Blooming
ton the names of about twenty-five
farmers in Redwood County who put
in from one hundred to two hundred
acres each. So if any of you farm
ers receive a letter from Illinois in
regard to the acreage of corn you are
raising. you will understand how it
came about. You see l am a Gopher
now and l don't want any Sucker"
to impose on me or on Minnesota.
Now in regard to smaller corn fields;
l say if you have been putting in one
hundred acres and it was only half
tended, cut it down to fifty acres and
tend it right. You will make just as
much, have just half the work, and
make the weeds good deal more
~trouble. Down in Black Hawk Coun-
ty, Iowa. man, on fifty acres of land
is getting rich just raising fancy seed,
keeping two men besides himself con-
stantly employed. His corn last year
averaged eighty-four and one-half
bushels per acre, wheat forty, and
oats seventy-seven, and all his corn
he sold for seed at $500 per bushel.
Corn is a great absorber of moist
Y and the more farmer can stir
u ground, the more moisture he will
sin Funk Brothers of Blooming
n. H., who are great corn men, gave
test ON forty acres of corn they
ad finished blowing July 6. On
venty acres, after they got their
arvest cut, they went through with
horse, muzzled, in each row drag
ing an old mower wheel, and that
Fenty acres made two hundred and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
County Board Holds
Annual Meeting
County Fathers Elect III. M. Aune as
President of Board and John
Arends Vice President
NEW COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Redwood Gazette Made Official COun-
ty Paper; Publish Report of Audit
ing Board This Week

At the meeting of the County Com
missioners held last week the first
business transacted was the organi
cation Of the Board. H. M. Aune
was made President and John Arends
Vice President. Committee on Jail,
court house, fuel, supplies and coun-
ty home were also appointed.
The salaries of county officers were
also fixed, and $500 transferred from
the revenue fund to the contingent
fund. Several ditch propositions were
taken care of by the Board; Judicial
Ditch No. IA being ordered estab-
lished, and Ditch No. 20 being ap-
proved and its viewers consisting Of
Chas. Ripley, John Price, and VIM.
Helger appointed.
The Redwood Gazette was made the
official county newspaper for the year
1915, and a detailed account of the
Commissioners proceedings will begin
in the next issue Of this paper. A
full report Of the board of audit is
published this week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
Continued on page 81
Two Local Lodges
Install Officers
A. 0. U. w. and Degree of Honor
Held Joint installation Mon
day Evening

The A. o. U. w. and Degree of
Honor held joint installation in the
A. O. U. w. hall Monday evening,
January II. The Degree was installed
first by the Grand Lodge Usher, Mrs.
Inez Meyer of Minneapolis, who was
very efficient in her work. 1t was a
great pleasure to the members pres
ent, to see her do the work so smooth
ly, and all wish to have her return
as often as possible. The following
officers were installed for the ensuing
year: Past Chief of Honor, Mrs. Car
RE Smithers; Chief of Honor, Mrs.
Frank Okins; Lady of Honor, Mrs.
Wolford; Chief of Ceremonies, Mrs.
&c. Siefert; Financier, May Johnson;
j Recorder, Mable Wetmore; Usher,
Edith Wolverton; Assistant Usher,
Evelyn Neal; Inside Watch, Mrs. F.
Brewster; Outside Watch, Arle Castle;
Organist, Mrs. c. Cherry.
K After the installation of the De-
gree. the officers of the A. o. U. w.
were installed by Grand Lodge Off
Ter, VIM. Lawrence of Minneapolis
lodge No. IL, who performed his work
most satisfactorily. The following Of
Gcers will officiate the ensuing year:
P. NJ. w., Frank Okins; M. W., Tom
Siefert; Foreman, Tom Wolverton;
Oyerseer, C. Cherry; Guide, Frank
Brewster; Financier, E Kuenzli; Re-
lorder. j. P. Gull; Receiver, M. Lob
REM; Inside Watch, Ed. Payne; Out
side Watch, Orrin Wolverton.
After both lodges were installed
supper was announced, and the large
crowd retired to the dining room
where an oyster supper had been pre-
pared. On returning to the lodge
room dance music was furnished and
all those who cared to, danced until
the wee sma' hours. Everybody went
home happy, complimenting both
lodges on the good time enjoyed by
every one.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
RECOMMENDATIONS BY
GOVERNOR HAMMOND

That the report of the state
efficiency and economy commits
sion, recognizing the system of
state government, be adopted.
That the primary law be
amended to permit all electors,
regardless of party affiliations,
to participate in each primary.
That the unused lands Of the
state be cleared and drained to
attract settlers.
That constitutional amend
ment be submitted to the peo-
pie giving to the legislature the
power to enact legislation es-
tablishing the initiative and ref
erendum.
That temperance legislation
be disposed of early in the ses-
sion, to clear the way for other
important matters.
That the present "good roads"
policy of the state be continued.
That the election laws be re-
vised in the interest of accu-
rancy and clearness.-From the
Inaugural Address.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
ANNUAL BURNS FESTIVAL

"Scots wha ha' wi Wallace bled"
and all the rest of them, of any clan
whatsoever, will meet at the Arnlory,
January 27, to celebrate Burns birth
day anniversary and have a good time
generally. Dinner will be served in
the Armory dining room, and a gen
uine Scotch program given in the
drill room in the afternoon. The pro-
gram has not been definitely arranged
yet, but it is known that there, will
be readings by professional Scotch
reader from away, and music and
dancing by the Sinclair Pipe Band Of
Minneapolis, as well as numbers by
local talent. The meeting was held in
the K. P. Hall last year, but the quar-
tiers were found too small fors' the
large attendance, over two hundred
people being present, SO it was de-
cided this year to hold the meeting
in the Armory.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
HAS HAND BADLY CUT


Glenn Lukens, manual training in
structor in the Redwood High School,
had the mI tune to badly cut his
hand on an electric rip saw while at
work with his classes last Friday af-
ternoon. The first finger of the right
hand is badly torn and the tendons
severed, and the other fingers are al
so injured in less degree. However,
it is probable that all the wounds will
heal without any permanent injury.
Mr.. Lukens returned to his work at
the high school this morning. Fred
Podoll stayed with Mr.. Lukens from
Friday night until Monday morning,
and proved most efficient as nurse
as well as most comforting as COM
panion. The injury has caused Mr..
Lukens great deal Of pain and made
sleep or rest impossible for the first
several hours after the accident hap
pened. Mr.. Lukens feels that, while
he will be unable to use his hand for
sometime, with the assistance of the.
boys in his classes, the work of the
class room will proceed after this
week, as it had been planned.
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
RedWOOd'S Banks
Show Good Year
First National Bank and State Bank
of Redwood Falls Make Good
Yearly Report
DEPOSITS AMOUNT TO $1,000, o4e
Directors and Officers Elected For
Coming Year; Both Banking Houses
Satisfied With Years Work

The two local banks have been
busily engaged during the last few
days, in closing the years business
and find that 1914 has been a year
of prosperity to Redwood County, if
one is to judge by the business done
at the two banking houses. An officer
of one of the banks informed The
Gazette today that the deposits in the
two banks are higher at present than
they have ever been before at the be-
ginning of the year. Considering the
stress and disquiet felt by banks in
many sections of the country, this
fact is indicative of great local pros
perity.
The deposits in the two banks are
noticeably close, judging from the
| statements made in response to the
recent called report. At the close Of
business, January 81, one bank had
deposits to the amount of $500, 171.S0;
the other $500, 875.15, making a total
of 81 ,0O6,04675. When one remem-
bers that Redwood County has twen-
ty-two money repositories, the above
amount speaks we'll for the prosperity
and thrift of the community as well
as the energy and strength Of the
two banks.
State Bank Meeting
The State Bank of Redwood Falls
held it's fourteenth annual meeting of
officers and directors last Tuesday,
January 5. The year was found to
have been one of reasonable profit,
and the years business very salts
factory to all concerned. The usual
dividend was declared.
The directors elected are, w. H.
Gold, J. P. Cooper, Frank Clague,
Martin Lohrenz, A. D. Stewart, Ira
Reynolds and N. w. Cobleigh. The
same officers were reelected: w. HI.
Gold, Pres; ]. P. Cooper, Vice-Pres.
R. A. Cooper, Cashier and ]. D. Nc
Lean, Asst. Cashier.
J. P. Cooper, in speaking of the
easy financial situation in Minnesota
and her neighboring states, expressed
the conviction that the money condi-
ton in the country tributary to the
Twin Cities is the best of any where
in the country. This is because of
this being an agricultural section,
where business depends absolutely
upon crop conditions. Having had ex-
cellent crops, the section is enjoying
an era of prosperity in spite of
troublesome times elsewhere.
Meeting Held Today
The First National Bank held it's
annual meeting yesterday. The fol-
lowing stockholders were made direc-
tors: A. C. Burmeister, E. Kuenzli
c. A. Luscher, E. A. Luscher, A.
Ward, w. M. Smith, Rud. Stensvad,
H. G. Schmahl and H. A. Baldwin.
The same officers were reelected: H.
A. Baldwin, Pres; A. C. Burmeister,
Vice-Pres.; E Kuenzli, End Vice. Pres;
! F. lander, Cashier; c. H. Baldwin
and Robert Ochs, Asst. Cashiers.
i The usual dividend was declared
and a good substantial amount car
ried to the surplus fund. The year
has been one of fair prosperity to
the bank as shown by it's statistics
and reports. Since January 1914, the
resources have been increased about
100000
ct 49, u.,x II ),
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13

w. B. Clement transacted business
at Hector last week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13

Mrs. Minnie Milbradt, of Seaforth,
was a visitor here Saturday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13

Lars Meyer and Miss Lillian Puck
were married Tuesday, December %,
at the Lutheran church in Shutdown,
at 1000 a. m. A wedding dinner was
served after the ceremony at the home
of the groom's parents. Lars is a
son Of VIM. Meyer, one of the pioneer
residents of Shutdown, and is well
known and respected by everyone.
The young couple went to Iowa for
few weeks visit with relatives, af-
ter which they will be at home on
the farm purchased last year by Mr..
Meyer in Shutdown. Sanborn Sentinel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13

1s Miss Anna Jensen visited Miss M.
w. johnson at Milroy last week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13

Lets Have IT.
The Dickinson press., 1915-12-25

The Grinnell College Glee Club,
which was to give a concert at the
Elk auditorium December Z, will ap-
pear at the Dickinson opera house
on the same date in connection with
a five act S. & C. road show. This
Glee Club is in no sense a make
shift organization, but one that has
won several state laurels in song con
tests. There will be a matinee at
3 and an evening show at 500. The
prices are very reasonable for this
double attraction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert Feskins of
seven miles southwest of South Heart
were in the city the middle of the
week. Mrs. Feskins is not very well
and will likely enter our. local hos
pital after New Years. Mr.. Feskins
has sold about a thousand bushels of
his grain and has about 1000 stored
in the elevator. He has retained
about 700 bushels at the farm for his
next springs seed. He did not pillow
as much as he wanted to this year,
owing to the late threshing.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Lillibridge of
this city were welcoming close rela-
tives of the Lillibridge family this
week for a big Christmas family re-
union. The guests are the sisters
and brothers of Mr.. Lillibridge and