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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-05-03
MISSOURI VALLEY BOY GUNNER
ON ToRPEpoED BOAT.

Word has been received that
George Wilson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Wilson, living west
OF town, was one Of the gun crew
on the Vacuum. which was sunk
by German submarine last Sat
urday. A number of the gun
crew are supposed to have been
drowned or captured by the sub
marine. Three men have been
landed on the English coast, one
of whom was Mr.. Wilson.
George Wilson enlisted in the
navy in 1916 and was assigned to
the Florida until President Will
son armed the merchant ships.
When he was transferred to a
merchantmen. not even his par
ents knew what ship he was on
until word was received of his
safety following the torpedoing Of
the ship. He is 10 years old.
The Vacuum was a Standard
Oil tank steamer and was return
ing to this country from England
when she ran afoul of the sub
marine. The information obtain
able so far indicates that the crew
of the boat did not see the sub
marine until their boat had been
struck, and it sank rapidly. Part
of the gun crew and part of the
ships crew, one boat load, are re-
ported as missing, but whether
they were taken prisoners by the
submarine or were drowned has
not been determined.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1917-05-03

William Houshten, Jr.
Howard Hoover.
Clifford Holcomb.
William H. Johnson.
Alfred Jones'.
William H. Kemp. Jr.
Maurice Kirlin.
Edward Levitt.
Julius F. Muller,
'Chss. AcKeeyer..
Raymond Moss.
Roscoe Moss.
Earl Miller.
Earnest Mccullough.
Glen James McCune.
Frank McGarty.
Peter OSston.
Ed H. Peterson.
William Ryan.
Otto SchlaGenhauff.
Orie Spencer.
Ward F. Steinert.
Howard Shelton.
Harry L. Tracy.
George A. Warns.
Zenas Warns.
Leland G. Warnock.
Geo. D. Wolfe.
Walter Walls.
Gale Young.
Byron Young.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
County Commissioners
Proceedings

that said bonds, when so executed,
shall be delivered to the said Gold
Stabeck Loan & credit Company, or its
order, upon its paying into the treas
ury of said county the amount of its
bid therefor. and that the proceeds of
the sale of bonds shall be placed in the
General Ditch fund of said county
Be It Further Resolved, That said
bonds and the interest coupons thereto
attached shall be paid out of any avail
able funds in the county treasury of
said county when the funds on hand
in the general ditch fund of the treas
ury of said county are in sufficient to
meet the payment of the interest or
principal of sal bonds when the same
respectively natures, and the county
auditor and county treasurer of said
county are hereby authorized and di-
reeted to pay the interest and principal
of said bonds IN such event, and to take
all necessary steps to that end, but the
funds from which such moneys may be
taken or used for the payment of the
interest or principal of said bonds as
they respectfully mature, shall be re-
plentished with interest from the col
lection of unpaid assessments for said
county bitches numbers 2o, 81, 80, 40,
IL and AZ, and said Judicial Ditch
Number II, respectively, as such as
sessments are collected and received
Resolved Further, That the full faith
credit and resources of said county of
Redwood, Minnesota, and of this
county board, as such, be and the same
are hereby irrevocably pledged to pro-
vide the money for the payment Of the
principal and interest of said bonds when
and as the same become due.
Commissioner Geo Schmeising one Of
the members Of said board seconded
the motto. to adopt said preamble and
resolutions, and therepon the following
vote was taken and recorded:
Those voting in the affirmative:
Geo. Schmeising, John Arends, Ed.
Sseffi, H. M. Aune and JAS P Gaffney
Those voting in the negative, None.
Whereupon said preamble and reso-
lutions were declared duly adopted.
Continued next week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
BARLEY YIELDS,
National Crop Improvement Service. ]

National CroD Improvement Servfce.1
Regarding the best yields of bar
fey, we will say that this is rather a
difficult thing to give because the
yield sometimes depends more upon
the threshing record However, the
average yield Of pedigreed barley of
members of the Wisconsin Expert
ment Association was in 1913. 81 bush
els, 1914, 1873 bushels, 1915, 375 bush
els The yield for 1915 is the average
from over 260 members reporting.
Some of the highest ones are as fol.
lows: 60, 81, Sc. SIS, SO and As bushels.
eft is impossible to state what has
been the highest yield in Wisconsin,
but l think some of these yields for
last year, which was a very good bar
ley season, are quite reasonable, but
do not doubt though that there may be
larger yields than these, but l have
no knowledge of them. ]. Gar
land.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
BARLEY NEXT TO CORN.

[Nationai Crop Improvement ServIce.l
Barley has feeding value next to-
corn. Indeed some feeders place it
ahead of corn for pig food and at the
present prices, barley viii make as
much and more profit than wheat. The
wheat crop has now gone to the
jury" We ,canrot do much more about
wheat but we have two or three weeks
yet in order to put all of our acreage
remaining into barley.
Barley is more profitable than oats.
IN fact. very few farmers make any
money out of oats under the best cir
cumstances and very few barley far
mers ever lose money on harley
There is always the fascination Of get
ting fancy price for fancy barley,
and although less than ore ner cent
of all grains are used for mailing pur-
poses, the additional price which it
gives to barley over cats always
makes money for the farmers. While
perhaps one per cent of the grain
crop is used in brewing, the loss Of
feed value is much smaller because
fully one half goes back to dairy far
mers in the form of dried grains and
other by-products, which for feed pur-
poses is among the best available.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO
FILE CLAIMS, AND FOR
HEARING THEREON,

Estate of Catherine Cummins.
State Of Minnesota, County of
Redwood-ss. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Catherine Cummins, Decedent.
Letters of Administration this
day having been granted to Ed
ward F. Cummins;
It Is Ordered, That the time
within which all creditors Of the
above named decedent may pres
ent claims against her estate in
this court, be, and the same here
by is, limited to three months
from and after the date hereof
and that Monday, the 9Th day of
August, 1917, at 1000 o'clock a.
M, in the Probate Court Rooms
at the Court House in the City of
Redwood Falls in said County:
be, and the same hereby is, fixed
and appointed as the time and
place for hearing upon the ex-
animation, adjustment and allow
ance of such claims as shall be
presented within the time afore-
said.
Let notice hereof be given by
the publication of this order in
the Redwood Gazette as pro-
vided by law.
Dated May LIST, 1917.
A. r. A. LAUDON,
Judge of Probate.
FRANK CLAGUE,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Court SeaD 41-3t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
THE QUESTION CT LkBc7
Probably the Eost serious Handicap
to Put in Maximum crops This
Year Is the Scarcity ct
Farm Lanor.
National Crop improvement Services.

National Crop improvement sersies.l
Many good crop will be ruined be-
cause farmers cannot get labor at the
right time. There are two times of
the year when more labor is absolute
| ly nccessary-at seed time and at har-
vest While our farmers need men at
other times of the year, these are the
two crucial periods.
AS it is to the interest Of every per-
son living in this county to produce
bumper crop this year, we must do all
we can to help the farmer and per-
haps the most important thing we can
do, is to find him right help of the
right class
There are three classes Of farm help
going to be rather scarce. (2) There
are, however, a great many men who
work In factories, in wholesale houses,
drive teams and other occupations
who could possibly be spared during
the rush seasons. 1t is the duty of the
commercial clubs and manufacturers
to make list of these men and offer
them for detached service when ur-
gently needed. There is third class
Of labor which is very efficient and
that is men of affairs who have been
raised on farms who will volunteer
rush. This is the greatest work our
business men can accept to show their
patriotism at this time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
MORE BEANS.
National Crop Improvement Service


A farmer in Hubbard Co., MINI
planted twenty acres Of beans from
which he received BIT bushels, selling
them in the field for $1,185. This is
not the highest record.
The Michigan men and the Colorado
men and, in fact, all states are turning
to beans with great deal of success.
There are three main principles to
be observed in the control of weeds.
They are: first, preventing the weeds
from going to seed on the farm; sec.
ond, preventing the weed seeds being
brought to the farm, and third. in the
case of perennials, starving out the I'm.
derground parts by preventing them
from making top growth.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
creased by the fact that almost

creased by the fact that almost
| all streams and bitches were
blocked by snow which had
drifted so hard that snow dams
were formed which the water
could not penetrate, until it had
risen above the snow banks and
cut thru from the top. When
the water finally broke through
the snow-blocked channels at or
just below the bridges were un-
able to care for the flood and as
a result several grades were
overfowed and damaged to con-
siderable extent. Additional wa
terway will be provided in sew
eral places to prevent a repeti-
ton of these damages.
Muskrats Harmful.
Another source of great ex-
pense and danger because of
their undermining the roadway
in wet spots are the muskrats
These animals should be hunted
to the limit allowed by law es-
pecially in any slough through
which a road passes.
The work in Redwood County
during the year of 1916 was car
ried on by O. L. Kipp, District
Engineer for the State Highway
Commission. He has since be-
come Division Engineer with
Headquarters at st. Paul and is
succeeded by H. E. Palmer, for
merly Assistant Engineer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
A Report on Rotation of Crops.
National Crop Improvement service.l

Irrational Crop Improvement oersice.l
The tenth annual report of the
North Dakota Demonstration Farms
is ready for distribution. The crops
are rotated on these farms. The re-
suits Indicate that rotation of crops
paws. The average wheat yield was
29H brshe1s This wheat was in most
eases followed by corn that had been
MANFRED Oats 5Sb bushels, barley
371a, rye 21b; alfalfa 25s tons per
acre The rotation practieed on each
farm is given in the report as well as
a detailed account of just how each
field was handled
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
PROPER SEEDS
There is Still Fair Supply Quickly
Available,
national Crop Improvement ssries.I

National Crop improvement Ssrics.1
A great many of our farmers will
not plant their full acreage this year
on account of supposed shortage of
seeds. We are informed by the whole
sale scotsman in the country and the
various experiment stations in the
states, that there is still a moderate
supply of pedigreed barley and certain
kinds of corn on hand for quick ship
ment.
Potato is going to be the hardest
seed to obtain. However, in most in
stances, potatoes can go in last The
advantage Of a state Potato Gro-ers'
Association was never more apparent
than now.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
OUR PLATFORM.
National Crop Improvement Services.

National Crop Improvement Ssrvcs.1
The four fundamentals following are
being taught where grain is a factor
First-Establishm of one variety
of each kind of seed best adapted to
soil and climate.
Second.-The fa--ing and grading
to obtain a uniform seed, free from
trash, immature grain and weed seeds.
Third.-treatment of grain diseases
by use of formaldehyde, etc.
Fourth.-Testing for vitality of all
seeds with the assistance of the school
children of the community
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
VALUE OF STRAW.
National Crop Improvement s.VIe..

INatohaI crop Improvement SeNIce.1
Don't burn that straw stack. You
might just as well burn up dollar bills.
In addition to returning actual fer
tilizing elements to the soil, it adds a
large quantity of immensely valuable
humus, if carefully spread over the
fields.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

the ages Of 10 and IS years VII
are interested in this contes
should send to this office at one
for particulars.
Pig Growing Contest.
Any boy or girl between tn
ages Of 10 and 10 years of ag
may enter this contest. If ySl
name has not already been ser
to this office do SO at once. Thi
contest starts on the first ia.
of May when your pig should b
weighed and its weight and az
set down and mailed to this O.
flee. The contest will close tn
first of September. The WHINE
is the one who is able to add tn
most weight to his or her pi
at the least expense.
Acre Yield Corn Contest.
Any boy between the ages c
10 and Is years may enter thi
contest. Full particulars an
blanks sent upon request.
Our motto in this work is "Tt
MAKE THE BEST BETTER.
ADELLA G. PRATT,
Supt. of Schools,
Redwood County
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
PEACE WILL COME AFTER
VICTORY.

| am satisfied that there is no
thought in Britain of a peace by
negotiation in advance of vic
tory upon the battlefield, vic
tory which shall shatter the
prestige of the Prussian mill
tary establishment. | am con-
WINGED that France will
not make peace without
Alsace-Lorraine, and | also
found an absolute agreement
that not alone should Russia
have Constantinople, but that
the partition of Austria-Hungary
we regarded as the cornerstone
Of permanent peace.
AS far as the military situa-
ton was concerned, there was
a fixed belief in the British army
that the German military ma
chine was slowly but surely
breaking down and that the I'LL
innate defeat of this army in
the field was only a matter of
time, conceivably not to come
until 1918, but certainly not to
be postponed longer. The in
dividual British soldier held this
opinion, based upon his own per-
sonal observation of what was
taking place before him, his ex-
perience with the steadily rising
tide of German desertion, and
his recognition Of the declining
force of German resistance as
ne encountered it..
The situation was not differ
ent in France. | went back to
Eerdun, where my readers will
remember | witnessed the Ger
man attack Of last year, and I
went over ground that was Ger
man last year and now firmly
in French hands. | heard from
French officers the story of the
last fighting about Verdun which
regained for the French -Douau-
mont, Vaux, which | visited, and
the ground to the north. To the
mind of the French soldier these
last conflicts demonstrated the
superiority of French organiza-
ton and system over the Ger
man and proved that the new
French commander. General Nj
velle, had found way to deal
with the trench war, which had
become so terrible burden to
the French spirit.
Neither in the French nor the
British army was there any
question as to the outcome, save
IN the matter of time, and on
this point I found the French
more optimistic than the Brit
ish. Both armies are equally
resolved upon peace after vic
tory and both are satisfied that
the signs are already unmistak-
able.
So far as I could judge by
what saw at the front and back
of the front, there is no present
prospect of peace in Europe,
and there is as much determina-
ton as ever to carry on the war
to victory. And | must empha-
size again the fact that the con-
fidence increases as one ap-
proaches the front, and those
most assured of complete tri-
umph are the men who are deal.
ing day by day with the enemy
across the narrow strip of "No
Mans Land" Review of Re-
views.
~ O. MT
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
AMOUNT OF SEED CORN.
National Crop Improvement Service,

StfVTt6.1
From twelve to fifteen ears Of seed
corn are required to plant an acre. All
corn should be terminated right now
in order to test its vitality and you
should throw out every weak ear you
can find. 1t will not pay you to plant
poor corn this year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
FOR SALE:=1 s b.

FOR SALE:-1 8 h. p. ST.
tionary gas engine; l 2 h. p. sta
tionary gas engine; l 5-passer
ger car for sale, in good shape
1916 model; l 7-passenger cal
in good running order, electri
light and starter. Arnett /
Hammer. 37-t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02
INDUSTRIAL WORK
FOR YEAR ARRANGED
Continued from first page)
Bread Contest.

The county Contest in Bread
Baking will take place at the
Wanda Consolidated school house
on Saturday, May 26th, begin
ming at $50 in the morning.
Mrs. Mary Baker of the State
Farm School will have charge of
this contest. Any girls between
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

FOR SALE:-Gasoline Err
gines, Feed Mills, Pump Jacks
Batteries, Auto Accessories. Al
ways have good second hand en-
gines On hand at Joe Muehl
bauer's. AIT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

FOR RENT:-During June
July and August. Five room
modern house, furnished or un
furnished, with large screened
porch which can be used foF
sleeping. Inquire at Gazette Of
flee. 41-t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

FOR SALE:-At market pric
my Poland China Herd boar, G.
Wonder, No. 220281. Pedigre
furnished. Jay E. Franklin, T
l, North Redwood, Mimi. Phon
15L252. 41-2
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

FOR SALE:-Scotch collie
Phone 305. F. r. Kline, Rec
wood Falls. Ait
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

MAYTAG CAR FOR SALE
in good condition. Inquire 0
Frank Japs. Phone 379. 38-t
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

FOR SALE:-A six months
scholarship to a Minneapolis
School Of Stenography, worth
$50, will be sold at a discount
R. G. Hunter. 39-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

FOR SALE:--My Clyde mares
SIX and seven years old. C. A,
Reynolds. 39-3t$
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

FOR SALE:-Pure-bred Bar
red Plymouth Rock eggs, so
cents for setting Of fifteen. Mrs.
Harris Peavey. 34-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

RAGS WANTED:-Clean cot
ton rags for cleaning machinery.
Inquire at Gazette office. 38-tf
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

FOR SALE:-St. Regis Ever
bearing raspberry plants, $1.5C
per 100. Ed. A. Chapman. 1929
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

GIRL WANTED:-Call at the
McAllister Hotel. 38-tt
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1917-05-02

maintenance Large.
The maintenance alone of the
State Roads in Redwood Coun-
ty is large proposition involv-
ing the expenditure of between
$4,000 and $4,000 per year.
This work is carried on briefly
by the patrol system in which
the work is divided into sections
of varying lengths up to a max
imum of twelve miles. A fore
man in charge of a section is
almost constantly employed on
this in doing the dragging, patch
ing with gravel and opening OF
culverts and bitches. Authority
is given to the foreman to en-
play extra help for emergencies
and he is held personally respon.
sible for the condition of the
road within his division. There
are about twenty such foremer
in Redwood County.
Water Damages.
| During the past spring yery
high stages of water were ex.
perienced in some parts of the
county. The difficulties of car.
ing for this foodwater were in.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1917-03-03
A DEMONSTRA.
TION OF TREE
GRATING
(By G. @ewis.)

Wade B. Hewitt, state nursery
man, spent Thursday in St. Tam
many and gave two very successful
grating demonstrations. The firsl
visit waSto Waldheim school. Miss
Rayne, the principal, was so enthusl-
astic over the work that she took
all the boys who were old enough to
the farm of Mr.. A. Lenel, where all
witnessed the method of top and
clift-grafting, ably demonstrated and
explained by Mr.. Hewitt.
When Mr.. Hewitt climbed the pc
can tree and with. his nursery saw
pruned the tree readiness for the
top grating work, all eyes were
open as to what would be the next
step; but when the work was over it
seemed simple enough, and several
said they believed they could do it
too.
The boys seemed to take much in
terest in the work. Miss Rayne did
splendid work in seeing that these
boys had an opportunity to witness
this demonstration.
In the afternoon, visit was made
to the home of F. l.. Dutsch, where
sixteen farmers were found waiting
to see the state tree wizard" do
work that will make worthless tree
a good and profitable one. The two
demonstrations were successful, and
those who were there will no doubt
make profitable use Of many of the
lessons learned on Thursday at these
two demonstrations. Mr.. Hewitt
will be asked to visit this parish
again in April, when other forms of
tree propogating will be explained.