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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
County Employs
Drainage. Expert
G.. p. Smith of Iowa will Super
wise Ditch System of Red
wood County

C. P. Smith, drainage expert,
arrived in Redwood Falls last
week and will undertake the su-
pervision Of Redwood County's
drainage system. Mr.. Smith
comes here directly from a SINH
lar work which has occupied him
fer the past eight years in
Webster County, Iowa. This
county has the most extensive
drainage system Of any county
in Iowa, and, under Mr.. Smiths
direction, this system has been
made practically complete.
In Redwood County Mr..
Smiths work will be the unity
ing and correlating of the work
of the various engineers now at
work on the several county and
judicial bitches. In standardiz-
ing the plans and specifications
Of the separate bitches, the aim
will be to make each ditch and
ICo NJ dIICuCS q POI VI q oy SCclll
of universal efficiency and SER
vice to all parts of the county.
The office of advisory engineer
which Mr.. Smith now occupies,
was created by the County Com
missioners as a direct means,
not only to lettering the drain
age system, but to saving money
for the county and. ditch petit
TONERS. Mr.. Smith is the "court
of last resort" for the judge on
judicial bitches as he is for the
commissioners on county ditch
es, and represents the petition
ers at all times. Experience has
proved that there is a serious
need for Redwood County TO be
sure the money expended for
bitches is put where it will do a
lasting good, and Mr.. Smith has
undertaken to see that it is so
expended.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
City Park Board
to Improve Baths
BathhOuse to Be RemOdeled
Place Made Clean And SAM
tary And Kept So

The City Park Board, consist
ing of H. M. Hitchcock, H. A.
Baldwin and D. McNaughton,
has decided to make radical
changes and improvements in
the public bath in Lake Redwood.
The bathhouse viii. be the first
scene of action and very decided
changes will be made in the ar
rangements of dressing and
toilet rooms with especial atten-
ton paid to the sanitation Of
the place.
These improvements will in
clude a boy-proof partition be-
tween the two dressing rooms
and such other changes as are
needed to protect the modesty
Of the girls and ladies visiting
the bathing pool. PorcAes and
steps will be added to the front
of the building and the ground
properly graveled.
1t is also the intention Of the
Park Board to put a compe tent
man in charge Of the bathhouse
and to institute certain hours
at which the public may have
the use of it. This is a need
very evident to all who use or
visit the baths, not only to in
sure the proper use of the ad-
vantages afforded and to prevent
their abuse, but to assure the
sanitary condition which the
health of the community de-
mands.
Swimm:,2 +husiasts have
done good WORK in the pool it.
self this summer by a general
cleanup, the building of a spring
board and other improvements.
Now with the proposed changes
in the bathhouse, the addition
Of a springboard for the chill
dren and a lifeline which the
Board propose to install, and
with a man with authority to
take necessary care of it all, the
baths should be one of the most
attractive and enjoyable spots in
the city.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
Medicine Men TO
Meet Here Thurs.
Physicians and Surgeons of
Camp Release Society Enter
tanned by Local Medics

The members of the Camp
Release District Medical Society
will hold their midsummer meet
ing at Redwood Falls Thursday,
July q. The members and their
wives will come to the city by
car and be taken to Ramsey
Park where a picnic dinner will
be served early in the evening.
Later a number of papers will
be read and discussed and other
business of the society attend
ed. to.
The program will be as fol-
lows: Lane Operation for Intes-
final Stasis by DR.. Christianson
of Starbuck, discussion led by
DR.. Johnson of Dawson: Anto.y-
sin by Drs. Clay and Maercklin
of Renville, discussion led by
DR.. Finn of Redwood Falls
Lateral Sclerosis by DR.. Kerns
of Granite Falls and Chronic
AppendlclClS- Called, Dy LIZ.
McLaren Of St. Paul with DR..
Bushey of Arlington leading the
discussion. The local physicians,
Drs. Pease, Finn and Brand,
with their wives, will act. as
hosts on this occasion. About
thirty physicians and their
wives are expected to attend.
This society includes the medi-
cal men of Renville, Redwood,
Yellow Medicine, Lac Qui Parle
and Chippewa Counties. It's Of
icers are Pres, DR.. Clay Of Rem
vile; Vice-Pres., DR.. Cressey of
Granite Falls, and Sec., DR.. H.
Kerns of Granite Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
Annual Tennis
Tournament Soon
Club Offers Cup for Racket Con-
test Starting Tuesday,
August 1

The Redwood Falls Annual
Tennis Tournament will start
August l. The Club has pur-
chased a beautiful cup for which
the various contestants will COM
pete.
It is a tournament rule should
two good players be drawn for
the first game, the .oosers may
again meet the same contestant
for the final game-the winners
play the winners and the loosers
the loosers, until all but two are
eliminated, the winner of the
winners playing the winner of
the loosers. All members must
be in good standing to play.
The first drawing has arranged
for the meeting of the following
players in the first round of the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
Redwood Players
Defeat BeIvieW
Tennis Players Defeat Western
NeighbOrs on Own Field; Re-
turn Game Saturday

Judge A. r. A. Laudon and
DR.. J. w. Inglis met Geo. Hughes
of Echo and DR.. Aldrich of Bel
view ON the Belview courts, in
a closely contested game of ten
mis- last Saturday evening and
the Redwood team won, the
scores for the two sets played
being SO and 81.
K. Hustad and Douglas War
ner met Edit. c.. A. Johnson of
Belview and Robt Mas of Echo
the same evening and were also
victorious, the score being SO,
Ga and 6-2.
The return game will be played
on the Redwood Falls court Sat-
urday evening starting at six
o'clock. It is expected that the
same players will meet as in last
Saturdays contest.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
(By Special Correspondent
Llano Grande, Texas.
Thursday IulU 20


Get out your map of the Uni
ted States, and with one finger
holding the Twin Cities, let
the eye and the free hand start
south, passing through Albert
Lea, Mimi, Hampton, Marshall
town and Oskalossa, Iowa, to
Moberly, Missouri, almost as the
crow flies via the ST. Louis road,
then over to the southwest
through Sedalia to Parsons, Kan
sas, whence angle southwesterly
on a route designated among
railroads as the katy" system
through Muskogee, Oklahoma,
on in the same direction to San
Antonio, from whence switch
southeasterly along the "Sap"
line, more politely known as the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
road, to Sinton, then along the
Gulf Coast route to Harrington,
about Is miles north of Browns
vile and then jump quickly to
the west and finally pause just
three miles beyond Mercedes,
and you have arrived at L,ano
Grande where Comp any L now
has it's Home, Sweet Home"
Yesterday afternoon by 2:30
the 3rd battalion Of the Second
Minnesota Infantry had COM
pletely disentangled itself from
travel-worn tourist sleepers and
by 4:3O had itself and all bag
gage strewn along the front of
an unplotted and quite formid-
able mess of jungle. This camp
ground, in fact until the arrival
of troops here last fall and par.
ticularly until militia troops
were recently poured into this
region, was only patch of typic-
ally South-Texas desert. Incl
dentally there might be some
truth in the remark of some
wearied militiaman: Looks like
we're here just to clean OF the
brush for some big real estate
deal, and then be shipped home
again" Details OF Mexicans have
already cleared off the deilsest
thickets, leaving Individual COM
panies only occasionally to cut
out before any canvas could be
raised. All necessary tents were
up and hunks ready by sundown;
but a week will pass before
streets, tents and regimental
equipment is in snug comfort
for a half years encampment.
Four days and four nights
were passed enroute from Fort
Smelling. The troops special run
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
Merchant Gives
Share to Co. Il"
N. F. Dripps to Give Five Per
Cent of August Cash Sales
to Company L Fund
WHO'LL BE NEXT?
All Patrons of Store Have OPP
pOrtunity to Help Home Boys
without Extra Expense

Ned Dripps is up to his old
tricks again! Not so long ago
but what the Gazette remembers
the instance very clearly, Ned
cashed receipt for dad" Is
ham, giving him perfectly good
coin of the realm on a paper that
stated Dad had paid one of his
honest debts-or honestly paid
one Of his debts. ,h~
That is exactly what Mr..
Dripps expects to do again. only,
this time the Boys of Company
L will be the benefciaries in
stead of any one individual.
Mr.. Dripps is a firm believer
in The Gazette's theory that a
Company L Fund is the proper
means of real assistance to the
lads in khaki and makes this
proposition to his patrons:
During August l will
give receipt for all cash
purchases. There will be
locked box on the cigar case
in which these receipts may
be deposited or the pur-
chaser may hold the re-
ceipt until the end of the
month. A draft for five per
cent of the amount Of these
receipts will be mailed to
Company L September 1.
This draft will be just as
large as you choose to make
it."
Mr.. Dripps' offer applies to
cash purchases only, and not
to cash paid on accounts. The
key to the box in which the re-
ceipts are deposited will be left
in the care of the Gazette editor
or some person with real
reputation for honesty, if the
public so desires.
Mr.. Dripps' offer is a generous
one and should meet thaready
response by every friend of
Company L. There is no reason
why this draft should not
amount to a hundred dollars,
and a hundred dollars of Red
wood Falls money can be put
to no better use than to be in
Capt. Hingeley's hands for re-
lief work among the Boys.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
ANGELL-MARCH

Cards have been received here
nnouncing the marriage Of Mrs.
Lice M. Angel and Thomas
March, two former residents OF
Redwood Falls. The marriage
took place at Long Beach, Cal,
"Wednesday, July 10. Mr.: and
Mrs. March will make their home
at Long Beach. Mrs. March
went to California over a year
ago and has since made her home
in the west. Mr.. March spent
the winter there, but recently
s:;pent several weeks here attend
Jag to business affairs, going
Fnst just a short time ago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
MOON-ELLBON

Miss Carrie Moon and Otto
Ellison of Minneapolis were mar
ried at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Moon,
Wednesday evening, July 10.
Rev. Grover C.. Schurman of the
Christian Church read the mar
riage service. Immediately af-
ter the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellison left for Minneapolis
where they will make their flu
ture home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
LAWN SOCIAL SATURDAY

The Equality Club will have
an ice cream and cake social on
the lawn opposite the McAllister
Saturday afternoon, August 5,
beginning at three o'clock and
continuing through the after
noon and evening. The proceeds
from the social will be used for
the Company L fund. Every
one is urged to attend.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
Promises Cheap;
Depots Expensive
Depot Alterations at C. & N. w.
Fall Far Short of What City
Was Assured of Getting
SMALL ADDITION MADE
No Arrangements in Plans for
Modern And Other Convent
enceS as Expected

Any citizen Of Redwood Falls
who had a dream of the real life
size and up-to-date depot prom
Used the city by C. and n. w.
railway officials for the past sew
cral years, may just as well rub
his eyes and arouse himself
from any such dream, for prom
ises of railway officials were ap-
parently made to be broken, and
this lovely dream is destined
never to be realized. Not con-
tent with giving Redwood Falls
train service which, as one prom
inent citizen who is forced to
use it about four times a week
remarks, 'Is the rottenest SER
vice ever handed any town." the
C. and N. w. is now making elab-
crate CD alterations in the de-
poland when these alterations
are completed, the building will
be admirably suited to the pur-
poses Of a freight depot, and the
the city will be as far as ever
from possessing a comfortable
passenger depot.
According to the understand
ing of the two business men of
the city who took up the depot
matter with the afore mentioned
promising officials, Redwood
Falls was to have a much larger
and a thoroughly modern depot,
with sanitary and convenient
toilet and wash rooms, brick
walks, etc. What Redwood Falls
is getting is the end knocked
cut of the freight room on the
west end of the building, slight
addition-so slight as to he hard
ly noticeable-and a general re-
adjustment of the interior with
a view to somewhat increasing
the space of waiting rooms and
Office. The floor plans as seen
by The Gazette Monday showed
no provision whatever for dress
ing or toilet rooms and when
feminine curiosity aed<sai Ga
zette to ask where they were,
one of the builders rather sheep
ishly remarked "Outside-a
proper place, circumstances force
US to admit.
II is said by those at work on
the building, that a brick plat
form is actually to come to pass
: of brick walks nothing is said.
And let the public not forget to
be properly grateful for the
hardwood floor in the ladies'
waiting room!
And by the way, the city is to
congratulate itself upon the
drinking fountain which looms
up large and majestically-in the
plans! We hope we hurt no ones
feelings by being somewhat
skeptical about this same large
and majestic drinking fountain.
Springfield is hugglng herself
and dancing a joy dance because
she has the promise of a new
G.. and N. w. depot. It is as well
for Springfield to hug and dance
on the promise-that is more
substantial than the reality.
We await the c. and N. w.
official word that we are all
wrong on this, and that Red
wood Falls is to have exactly
the splendid depot she has been
led to expect and which she has
right to expect. We also await,
not patiently, but earnestly, a
change in train service which
shall show a consideration for
the convenience and comfort OF
the people on this branch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26

Mr.. Larson, of Vesta, father
of G.. E. Larson of Redwood
Falls, rhas purchased the John
Jueneman home and will occupy
it as a residence after Septem-
Der /.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26

Mr.. and Mrs. c.. E. Roe left
Sunday for their new home at
Olivia after q visit at the home
Of Mrs. Roe's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. c. D. Borg.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26

The M. and st. L. will run
special trains to Waconia Sun
day, July 30, in order that it's
patrons may attend the Grand
Band Tournament held there.
See the adv. in this issue Of The
Gazette for full information.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26

.Chas. Nichols, of Revere, was
'11siness visitor here Monday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. A. Schaller. Pastor

German services next Sunday,
July 80, at ten o'clock.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-07-26

Jay Knapp
N. B. There is really no sig
nifcance to be attached to the
fact that j. L. Knapp is No. %
in this lineup.
Western Kansas world., 1916-08-05
DOPE THE FLY

Manhattan, Kansas, July "a, 1916
A fly repellent used on diary COWS is
a relief for short time. Also the
fly traps and clean methods in hand
ling and feeding cows help to keep
the number of flies small, believes
J. b. Fitch, associate professor of
dairy husbandry in the Kansas State
Agricultural college.
There are many repeHents that
can be made cheaply." says Mr. Fitch.
The one recommended by the collage
consists of two cakes of laundry soap
dissolved III warm water, 1 IL pounds
of resin, soap. and fish oil, until the
resin desolyes-
"Add half pint of kerosene oil to
the mixture when it is ready to use.
Apply it with a brush or spray pump.
About half pint should be used on
the cow at an application. 1t will be
necessary to make the application
three times week until the hair
has become coated with the resin.
Another receipt recommended by
Minnesota Experiment. station COM
prises one pound of rancid lard and
half pint of kerosene oil mixed
thoroughly until creamy mass forms.
Rub this not too thickly over the
backs of the cows with a cloth OF
with the bare hand.n
Western Kansas world., 1916-08-05
EXPLANATION IN WHAT MAKES
MYSTERY CLOCK GO

Since the patriot hung in it's win
dow sThe Clock of Mystery" with its
inething to deceive you dial, hundreds
of inquirers have asked what the
clock itself asks. "What makes it
CO." Scoi es of persons have entered
our drug store and volunteered infor-
nation. Some said gravity; others
the earth's magnetism and some de-
clared that at last perpetual motion
had been attained.
With similar clocks elsewhere the
the town is humming with possible
explanations for the big time piece.
The beholder sees an octagonal shap-
ed piece of clear glass, suspended
from above by brass chains Around
the rim of the octagon are the figures
of clocks face and at the center the
two hands join on a pivot. Hanging
to one of the hands is a small COM
pass, the size of a "nickel." And
there you are. The clock keeps per-
fect-tfmes~
What makes it go2" The revolt
ution of the earth on its axis every
twenty four hours possesses both a
rotary and a centrifugal force. The
rotary force is neutralized so we do
not notice it by the tremendous
size of the earth's sphere, and the
centrifugal force is neutralized by
the magnetic attractions which
causes articles to fall instead of fly
out into space when dropped.
By supplanting this naturalization
of the rotary motion of the earth in
its daily revolution by a counter bal
ancing influence secured by means of
bisecting spheroid to which a mag
netic compass is attached, and by as
Economically calculating the proper
reduction in size so that the circum-
ference of the clocks dial bears the
same relationship to its axis as the
circumference of the earth, and also
utilizing the attractions of the moon
to the earth, which is found to be
felt upon the hour hand of the clock
when this naturalization is removed
by the above mentioned scientific
discovery, then the hands are allowed
to rotate in accord with the revoI-
ution of the earth the same as the
earth rotates on its axis, except that
the calculation is such that the
hands of the clock make two revol-
utionS to the earth's one. The
clock can seen at W. w. Gibson's
drug store and is worth seeing
Western Kansas world., 1916-08-05
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

We all-belieVe in public fib.aries.
We frequently discuss the library we
are to get s'bye and bye," we do not
find that it is helping the boys and
girls who are growing up in our town
now. Will the next generation need
it more than this9 Will the children
of the next generation be dearer to
US than the boys and girls who now
cheer our firesides9 Will they use a
library better because their parents
have not had such priviIeges2 We
all want a library-for ourselves, for
our neighbors, for the good name of
our town. Why not get it now and
be getting the good out of it. 1t is
only a question OF method. The
library whe built should benefit all
the people. Give us all chance to
help and then the library will belong
to all of US.
Western Kansas world., 1916-08-05
LOST STACKS OF WHEAT

Saturday night about, 8 O'Clock 9
stacks of wheat belonging to Forrest
Eaton of GrinneH were set on fire
result ing in a total loss of about 1000
bushels of wheat
A neighbor living near the field
says he saw a man running from the
SIh to the 9th stack and from there
lost all trace of him.
This outrage has aroused the
country and anyone caught setting
fire to wheat stacks may rest assured
that they will get the full limit of
of the law and should have more.
Hanging is too good for such mis-
creantS.
We understand that a vigilance
committee has been formed to trace
these burnings and capture the guilty
parties We wish the farmers the
best of luck and hope they will cap
ture the parties.-G enfield Cap
Sheaf.
Western Kansas world., 1916-08-05

There will be union services at the
Presbyterian church next Sabbath
evening. Rev. Thompson, pastor of
the Baptist church, will officiate.
Uncle Billy Littlechild shipped in
the first of the week seven cars of
stock cattle from Kansas City. They
are coming two-year- old steers, near
Iy all white faces and were raised in
the Panhandle country, Texas. With
this shipment he now has on his
ranch $50 head of steers which he
will feed for the holiday market 1t
is nice bunch of cattle and Uncle
Billy will make small fortune on his
investment.
Western Kansas world., 1916-08-05
MARKET REPORT

Kansas City Stock Yards, Aug 1st.
1916. The pasture cattlemen have
plenty of resistance left, not
withstanding the continued lack of
moisture, and the lower prices of
yesterday caused many car orders to
be Cancelled. Receipts today are 1900
head, considerable, short OF indica-
tions yesterday. The market aver
ages steady today. exceptions stronA
on cows, medium grass steers slow.
Grazers are going to wait until the
feeder buyer gets ready to buy, un-
less the situation strengthens with
out that influence, before they turn
cattle on the market freely.
Beef SteerS.-A number of droves
of good corn and grass cattle from
Missouri sold at SO. 10 to 9.90, other
fed steers down to S8 25. Offerings
from Kansas pastures were only a
medium grade, selling at S7.O0 to
81 so. Feeder buyer bought steers
yesterday at S7.S5 mates of steers
that sold killers at another market at
81 So, indicating that the feeder trade
is already helping the grass beef
market. Best Kansas wintered steers
would sell around sS SO. Texasscattle
at Sc. so to 81. 10 this week. and some
cheap steers bought here last winter
around $3.50 are coming back from
Oakiahoma this week and selling at
$3.50 to $3.50. Quarantine arrivals
of 40 cars contained good Texas fed
steers at $3.50 TO $3.50, Oklahoma
grass steers at s5 Is to 81 25. Butcher
grades sci. strong, COWS up to 81 SO
fancy mixed yearlings to 50 90 bulls
$3.50 to $3.50, veais is up to Sl1.
Stockers and Feeders.-Choice light
| stock steers sell at $50 to 81 80, and
some f1eshy feeders brought So 90, but
most of the sal S of stock and feeding
steers range rom 81 30 downwa- DIS,
| feeders to Sc 10, stockers Sc 40, some
plain cattle under these prices. Stock
cows and heifers bring $500 TO Sc so.
Hogs.-Hog prices are not yet on a
plane satisfactory to killers, and
most sales are lower today, top SO. 65,
bulk of sales 50 40 to $50, receipts
1900 head. Order buyers are a promi-
| nenG factor and they are able to pick
the offerings over before packer buy
ers start, packers realizing that any
show of strong competition from
| them would boost prices 10 mediately.
The hog market is in a peculiar posi-
tion, with conditions entirely in
favor of growers.
Sheep and Lambs.-The market is
tshowing some weakness today. after
making good gains in the last ten
days, but light receipts are holding
prices up at a high figure Offerings
from the Imper' al Valley. California,
and from Arizona feature the market
| today. receipts sOoG head. Best fat
| lambs today, SO 25 TO SO so, feeding
lambs 80. IS to 50 90, fat ewes up to
$3.50, wethers 81 IS, breeding ewes
S8 so to 80 90. Native lambs are un-
even in quality and run to heavy
weights.
J. A. RICKART,
Market Correspondent.