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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. HI. 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 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
ment 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. c. G.
Baker of Albert Lea and Supt. J. S
Burrell of Springfield, voted two tc
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 II
conducting them through the magni
ficant high school occupied for the
first time this month. Though the
enrolment is at present but one hun
fifty, the high school has beer
built to accommodate three hundred ane
/ is expected to be filled in four or five
years. The gymnasium, though {
common feature in the newest build
ings, was particularly attractive IL
the New Ulm high school because O.
it's unusual size. The floor space wa!
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 ever!
girl in the entire enrolment, plal
which will surely produce excellen
results, both in bettered scholarship
and in improved physique. The Nev
Ulm high school is easily the bes
equipped in southern Minnesota.
The next debate will take place a
Luverne on the evening of January 29
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, a physician
and lecturer of note, will be in Red
wood Falls three days, beginning Fri
day, January % 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 a 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
HI A. Baldwin and | 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
lhave them better tended?" Friends,
j you are right, and in order for you
Ito understand why was trying to
lget about twenty or twenty-five good
Farmers, who put in that acreage to
sign their names to the proposition
, Was this; Some time ago 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. / took exception to this, and
| 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 letter from Illinois IN
regard to the acreage of corn you are
raising, you will understand how it
came about. You see | am Gopher
now and / 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 MOI
trouble. Down in Black Hawk Coun-
ty, Iowa, a 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 a farmer can stir
tt ground, the more moisture he will
Elm Funk Brothers of Blooming
"a. 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 thai
tenty acres made two hundred ane
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13
CONTINUED on page 81
Two Local Lodges
Install Officers
A. O. L. 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. 0. 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
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.
Siefert; Financier, May Johnson;
j Recorder, Mable Wetmore; Usher,
Edith Wolverton; Assistant Usher,
Evelyn Neal; Inside Watch, Mrs. F.
Brewster; Outside Watch, Arle Castle;
4 Organist, Mrs. c. Cherry.
After the installation of the De-
&yrGG. Tile OillCSIS VI Vic "a. ". ~. w.
were installed by Grand Lodge Off
,er, VIM. Lawrence of Minneapolis
lodge No. IL, who performed his work
most satisfactorily. The following Of
6cers will officiate the ensuing year:
F. M. w., Frank Okins; M. w., Tom
Siefert; Foreman, Tom Wolverton;
Overseer, 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
ANNUAL BURNS FESTIVAL

"Scots wha ha' WI Wallace blad"
and all the rest of them, of any clan
whatsoever, will meet at the Armory,
January 81, to celebrate Burns birth
day anniversary and have good time
generally. Dinner will be served in
the Armory dining room, and 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 X. P. Hall last year, but the quar-
tiers were found too small for 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
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 a 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
HAS HAND BADLY CUT


Glenn Lukens, manual training in
structor in the Redwood High School.
had the mH 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 viii
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
County Board Holds
Annual Meeting
County Fathers Elect III. nj. 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 $4OO 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 APP
proved and it's 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.
stf 1851 A -~----
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, O46
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, OO6,O 46.75. When one remem-
bers that Redwood County has TWEEN
ty-two money repositories, the above
amount speaks well 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. H
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 oil
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 its
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.
. The usual dividend was declares
! and good substantial amount car
: ried to the surplus fund. The yeal
has been one of fair prosperity t,
the bank as shown by it's statistic.
! and reports. Since January 1914, tn,
resources have been increased abou
i 500, 900.
j 81 .et,s Have It."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1915-01-13

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

Mrs. Minnie Milbradt, Of Seaforth,
was 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 22,
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
a 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

Miss Anna Jensen visited Miss M.
w. Johnson at Milroy last week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-27
PHONE GIRL HEARS MEN
BLOW SAFE; ONE KILLED
Flash at Chicago Heights
Warns of "Yeggs"-Battle
With Police

CHICAGO, oct. PA telephone oper-
stor at Chicago Heights, a suburb, saw
a flash on her switchboard early today,
"plugged in" heard terrific explosion.
notified the police and battle followed,
in which one yeggman was killed and two
OF the gang captured.
Two others escaped and several Sherims
posses were sent out. The dead robber
was about 2S years old.
The prisoners taken In the revolver
fight we're James Moran, % years old, who
said his home was I'm California, and
Thomas Riley. 26, of Buffalo, N. Y.
The gang evidently had intended to
blow several safes in the suburbs.
The first place on their list was the
schoenhoefen Brewing Company's office.
Al 2;40 o'clock Miss Nellie Slayer. the
telephone operator, saw the flash and
heard men talking in the brewery office.
Then came the explosion She telephoned
tho police who tracked the safe-blowers
from the brewery to the Standard Oil
Company yards. There tho revolver bat
lie was staged. None OF the officers was
wounded although at the first shot a
bullet carried away Policeman Coughln'S
cap.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-27
GERMANY BARS TRANSFER
OF CITIZENS VESSELS
No Disposition of Ships Permitted to
Outside Parties
WASHINGTON. Oct. q.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27.
The State Department today made the
following announcement:
THE department has been informed by
cable from Berlin that, under a law of
October q, the German Government for
bids any German citizen who owns or
has share in any merchant ship to sell
or in any way dispose of his interest to
any one who is not a subject of Germany.
This law applies equally to German
subjects in foreign countries"
The new German decree was believed
by State Department officials to be de-
signed to conserve the German merchant
marine for use after the war. It will
prevent the sale or transfer of any of the
$50 German merchant fleet now held in
American waters.
That the German law will remove n con-
troversy involved i'm the Administration S
ship purchase bill is believed. During the
ship purchase bill fight in Congress last
winter it was charged the Administration
contemplated acquiring some of the idle
German vessels.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-27
TRY TO STOP WIDENING
OF EPISCOPAL BREACH
Attempt Made to Have Church Dig
nitaries Withdraw designations


NEW YORK, oct. 2.-Bnorts were be-
ing made today to prevent widening
Of the breach in the Protestant Episcopal
Church that resulted in the resignation
yesterday Of three bishops and two other
members Of the Board OF Missions
Peaceful overtures were made before
the missions body reconvened today.
Several leading church dignitaries were
attempting to bring about a compromise
and cause the withdrawal OF the resig-
nations.
The five churchmen who resigned acted
after they had failed to stop the Board
OF Missions from voting to send dele
gates TO the Pan-Protestant Congress 20
be held IN Panama in February. Bishop
Reginald VI. Weller, Of Fond du Lac,
WIS., declared such action by the Epis-
copal Church constituted an affront to
the Roman Catholic Church, since the
object OF the Pan-American Congress was
10 devise ways for bringing the peoples
Of Central and South America to the
Protestant faith.
-Four other dignitaries who resigned
with Bishop Weller held the same views
ond added that the Pan-American Con-
gress not only was hostile to the Roman
Catholic Church, but would delay the
arrival Of a union Of all Christian
churches. The four others who resigned
were: Bishop Alfred Harding Of wash
ington, ID. c.: Bishop williams, Of Mar
quette, Mich; the Rev. DR. William T.
Manning, OF Trinity Church. New York,
and the Rev. Selden =. Delaney, Dean of
All Saints Cathedral, Milwaukee
Replying to these attacks, George
Wharton Pepper, Of Philadelphia, and
other lay ard clerical members of the
board denied that the object Of the con-
gross was to antagonize the Roman
Catholic Church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-27
10 Philadelphians Wed at Elkton

ELKTON, Md, oct. Occupies mar
ried in Ellton this morning were: An
drew w. Whelan and Ethel V. Crooks,
Louis Messing and Louise Link, Angus
Mclean and Elizabeth Miller, Michael F.
Sullivan and Elizabeth b. Knapp, and
Philip f. Checchio and Delaboto Elveria,
all of Philadelphia; Horace f. Campbell,
Philadelphia, and Olive Spangle, Atlantic
City; Russell c. Shade and Eda l. Faust
Allentown; Raymond Soley, Bryn Mawr
and Marian f. Cotter Ardmore; Floyd
S. Overton and Lucy J. Parsels, Allan
tic City; Ralph d. Morgan, EllIton, and
Marguerite Myers, Cecilton; Ernest L.
Demond and Bessie c. Jones, Northeast
Md.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-27

day with MARI Plekford. Thursdey Friday
Frederick Perry. There viii also BE- shown
society hrm, Melodramatic MOVIES
made under the auspices and direction OF tho
Charlotte Cushfnan Club.
RECENT = wednesday and Thursday. ,Tho
Yankee Girl" with Blanche Ring Friday
and saturday. 'Esmeralda." with Mary Pick
ford.
PALACE wednesday, "zaza." with Pauline
Frederick. Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
"A Girl Of Yesterday with Mary iickford.
STOCK.
WALNUT-''within the Law" with Irene
Oshior ana tho Penn Players. Bayard
Ncllier's exciting ana entertaining drama OF
the falsely accused shop girl who turns
VAUDEVILLE
KEITHs-Iouise Cunning; woman Pro
poses" by the late Paul Armstrong; the bag
gosens: Mlit Collins: the Watson Sstersi
Green Goods" with Arthur Stone and
Marion Hayes; James Dutton and company;
Mae Bronte and Ernest Aldwell. In "A
Boardwalk Filtration" the Amorps Sisters,
and the Hearst-sellg Pictorial News.
GLOBE-M -Murphys Minstrels; Charles schlsler
and uus renkert; Isabelle Miller, IN The
New Boarder", skipper and kastrup; Bar
ctt aud Earl, in The Nut I'm Comedy;
Freddie James; Jack lewis Margaret Jaw
son, IN The Politician the Duquesne COM
edy -Four, and the Riva larsen Troupe
N1NON's GRAND-"The Rovuos OF Broad
Hayes and Thatcher. IN The Bargain Hunt
ers"; Gructt and Gruett the Artois Brothers,
and movies.
Frivolity Girls: Edward Bondoll, In The
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-10-27
NO SNOW TODAY
Silvery Flakes Strewed Environs or
Same Day Last Year

The Oldest Tnhabitant got up this morn
ing and looked out the windows.
mot much chance today fer snow" he
mused.
He wasn't crazy. He remembered that
on this day last year snow fell in the en-
virons of Philadelphia. The weather man
confirmed the belief that today will be
snowless. The sky will be clear most of
the day. he said, with a balmy tempera-
ture prevailing. 1t will not be as warm
as it was yesterday or the day before.
The sunrise tog settled down on the
river and tied up ferries for a few min
utes until the sun peeped over the Jersey
horizon and dispelled the mist.