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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
Many Boys Leave

The one hundred three selec-
tives left Thursday, entraining
at Camp Grant, ILL.,, where they
take training for military serv-
ice. They were at Redwood Falls
ming at North Redwood for
Camp, ILL.,, where they will take
training for military service.
The boys were at Redwood Falls
early in the morning, many
coming the night before and at
eight o'clock, when roll was
called they were all present. The
entertainment and dinner pro-
gram for this group was in
charge of the Methodist and
Christian churches and was
very we'll carried out. The short
entertainment at the armory in
Guided an invocation by Rev. c..
F. Martin, solo by Miss Amy
Barnes, a reading by Miss Eva
Henze and talks by several
prominent men of the commun-
ity. Miss Margaret Little,
county chairman of the Red
wood County Red Cross pre-
sented the comfort kits to the
bows in the name of the Red
Cross. DIR. E. c. Horn presided
at the meeting. Dinner was
afterward served at the Metho-
dist church and the boys were
then taken to North Redwood in
cars. The Belview and San
born hands furnished the music
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
Garage Men Meet

A meeting of the proprietors
Of Redwood and Renville coun--
ties met at Redwood Falls last
Thursday evening to meet two
representatives of the North
western Trade association, rela-
tive to the closing of garages
Sundays and evenings and the
lessening of garage assistance
to pleasure seekers, in accord
ance with the wishes of the
government The men who rep
resented the trade association
at the THURSDAY night meeting
were Leslie J. Brooking and w.
C. Bean. The matter was thor
oughly discussed, these gentle
men stating what the govern
ment's wishes in this respect
were and arranging for as many
as possible of the dealers to at
tend the state dealers meeting
at Minneapolis early in July.
The purpose of the proposed re-
strictions is to save skilled me-
chanical labor for actually es-
sential uses, to persuade users
Of cars to make their own re
pairs when possible and to avoid
waste, particularly the use of
cars, gasoline, etc., for purely
pleasure purposes. Thirty ga
rage men of this territory at
tended the meeting here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
More Cholera

The Gazette is requested by
F. L. French, county agent of
Redwood county, to state that
there is a new case Of
hog cholera on the farm of Geo.
Kohls and to ask all farmers
and others to renew their pre-
cautions against this disease,
which would impose serious
losses upon the entire country
if allowed to make Roadway at
this time. The herd of Mr..
Kohls has been vacinnated and
all precautions taken to prevent
further spread of the disease.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
Noise Is Not Patriotism

This year of all others is the
time for safe and sane Fourth
of July celebration. Independ-
ence Day with the nation at
war should be thoroughly pa
triotic observance. The old
time riot of noise, death fire and
destruction, which was suppos-
ed to show patriotism, would be
very much out of place under
present conditions. The country
needs the powder, and it needs
to protect the life anil limb that
were sacrificed in the former
observance, and the millions of
property which regularly went
up in smoke and flame.
The Sane Fourth movement
has made remarkable progress
in the past few years, and this
year should see the end OF the
old absurdity Of celebrating the
nations birthday with pistols
and crackers, with the inevita-
BILE accompaniment of racing
ambulances and changing fire
engines. The deaths from the
Fourth of July casualties, whicn
were 466 in 1908, had. been re
duced by 1917 to II, while the
injuries, which were 1888 in
the first year, fell last year to
1876. Formerly the fremen ex-
pected to be kept on the jump
all day OF the Fourth, but fol
several years, in Chicago ano
! other cities where fireworks
have been prohibited, the mum.
Der of alarms has actually beer
below the laily average.
i The United States is likely tx
burn powder enough this veal
without wasting any Of it Q.
independence Day. It's list O.
:. dead and wounded in the caus,
of liberty will be long enoug,
without adding to it in antici
pated and absurd observance o
the Fourth of July.
rry II Il - :
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
Didn't Make A Hit

If Tom Davis late partner,
who'd like to be District judge,
wants to know how popular he
is in a loyal crowd, he sure
found out at the Northwestern
depot Thursday noon. After
the train pulled in and the draft
boys were all aboard, this pro-
tege of the notorious Tom
mounted the fire truck amid "a
crowd of fully 800 people be
tween the tracks, and shouted
"Three cheers for the draft
boys; hip, hip" but the
"horray" didn't come from the
crowd worth cent, when they
looked up and saw who was try
ing to lead the cheer. Probab-
ly twenty-five men, who stood
close up, responded, but without
enthusiasm. Then he tried 1t
again, but with poorer results
than the first time. A man WHO
is plugging for Townleyism ano
thus aiding in promulgatln2
pro-German propaganda, ano
looking for Nonpartisan support
for Office, is not the right mar
to lead a cheer for the boys Wnt
are offering their lives for tht
safety of America and its tre'
institutions.-Lyon County Re
porter.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
Change Of Status

The attention of all regis
trants is called to Section 116
of the QUESTIONABLE which has
been neglected in several cases.
The section reads as follows:
every registrant shall within
five days after the happening
thereof, report to his Local
Board any fact which might
change or effect his classified.
ton. Failure to report change
of status as herein required or
making a false report thereof is
misdemeanor punishable by
one years imprisonment. 2
Since the recently registered
men will soon be filling on,
their questionaires it is suggest.
ed by the local board That they
carefully read this and all other
sections of the article.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
Redwood Holds
Good Ciautduqua
SEASON CLOSES JULY 4
SPLENDID NUMBERS
STILL TO COME

STILL TO COME
The 1913 Chautauqua season
will close with the program OF
next Thursday evening, after q
series of lectures and entertain
n1ents better than the usual
Chautauqua offerings. While
some Of the entertainment fea,
lures have not been as strong
as others, there has been less
than the usual number of medi-
OGRE numbers and the patrons
of Redwood Falls and vicinity
are very well satisfied.
| Naturally this has been a
war" Clautauqua and the
numbers attracting widest in
|terest are the numbers dealing
with the conflict, whether in
portrayal of actual war scenes
and happenings by those who
have been engaged in warfare
or the lectures which deal with
the cause and remedy of war.
Miss Van Gastel, the Belgian
nurse who talked Sunday after
noon, was in herself mighty
force in the teaching of Allied
propaganda and her address
held a large audience absolute-
lily spellbound for nearly two
hours. This young girl knew
first hand of German atrocities,
of Belgium's outrages and suf-
ferings and her portrayal of
both was vital and vivid. Miss
Van Gastel was the best posi-
bic answer to the argument OF
certain ultra-conservative citi-
zens who have been contending
that there should be no Chau.
tauqua this season as the mon
ey could be better used for war
purposes. If this vicinity had
paid The cost Of the entire sea-
son for this lecture alone, the
cost would have been very small
compared to the results and far
reaching effect of the lessons
; taught. Like the four returned
: soldier boys who gave the en-
tertainment Saturday Miss Van
, Gastel possesses the infinite
:, courage which enables her to
recite the lessons she has learn
ed by such horrible methods,
and to mix with the tragedy the
grim, pathetic humor of the
men and nurses who are living
the life at the Front.
A second strong lecture was
the Monday evening lecture by
Leslie M. Shaw, Ex-Secretary
of the United States Treasury,
who gave wonderful analysis
! of The Government in Business.
| Although Mr.. Shaw's lecture
{ was profound and at times ex-
, tremely technical, he never lost
the attention of the listeners,
: who crowded the tent, during
: the entire two hours of his dis
: course
) Tonight (Tuesday) DR.. Rob-
l ert o. Mathews will give an
+ other Red Cross and war lecture
+ based on his personal observa-
. lions on the battlefields and in
q the hospital. Mr.. Mott, plat
! form manager for the course
/ personally endorses Doctor Mat
: hews as lecturer fully equal
in interest to Miss Van Caste
; or Mr.. Shaw, and recommend:
that all be present to hear his
!. talk. Mr.. Mott also highly com
; mends the American Ladies
!; u Quartet which gives the prelude
l. afternoon and evening. Brandon
Booth will talk the afternoon O
July 4, and the S. U. I. band viii
play both the afternoon ant
evening, giving the entire pro
;. gram in the evening. This ban,
. is known world wide and no on,
> should miss the program.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
Romberg Bound Over

Frank Romberg, of Sleepy
Eye was recently arraigned be-
fore Justice Weicks of Walnut
Grove on the charge of having
inflicted bodily injury upon
Lawrence Van Horn while driv-
ing an automobile in the nom
partisan parade as it went
through that village June II.
Romberg, who is candidate for
senator from Brown and Red
wood counties, was bound over
to the grand jury on $1,000 bail.
The injured child is gradually
recovering.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03
Stores Will Close

The following business places
will close on July 9Th at 1890
a. m, for the remainder Of the
day:
Hubbard-Davis Co.
Aune & Thune.
H. G. Schmahl & Co.
The Palace.
F. w. Philbrick & Son.
Mrs. Eva Schock and daugh-
ter are visiting in Beloit, Wis.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

County Agent French was a
business visitor at Morgan Mon
day afternoon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

C. w. Whelan of Sanborn Wis
tied here Monday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

A. J. Hanson of Minneapolis
was a business visitor here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1918-07-03

Mrs. Mum Of Seafortn visit
ed Redwood Falls Thursday.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23
JANIT0R TIDBALL RESIGNS

made. to punish him but, just then,
Prof. Alletzhaeusser appeared on
the scene, found out the situation
and then proceed to give the
young bully his needings.
A big, dark, stern man with
whiskers would make a suitable
principal for the Stowe school, in
the opinion of many.
Night school students habitual-
ly have smoked cigarettes in the
rooms and halls, even splitting
copiously on the floor. After the
happenings narrated in the fore
going, Prof. Schneider and others
spoke to the students about OBJ
scene writings, smoking, splitting
and other nasty practices. A
young fellow from Morgan Park
who was attending nigh. classes
at the Stowe remarked:
"This is getting to be h
Of a place. One cannot even
smoke over here anymore.
Even Prof. Chadwick is charged
with putting !" coffin nails in
side of the Stowe school. On one
occasion, he Offered several others
the smokes, all Of whom refused.
"Have I got to smoke alone?''
he said. Then, jokingly, he. re-
marked to the, janitor:
"Ill have to get you fired if
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23

yon won't smoke with me-"
"You better get his wages
raised, )" rebukingly observed rec
reational director Bachelor, "for
we need men like him around
here"
Little Tidball has been fired and
now Principal Chadwick will have
to smoke alone unless the "nut''
janitor can be taught to smoke
with him.
A favorite custom Of the pupils
at the Stowe school has been to
throw rejected wads Of gum onto
hardwood floors, thereby compel
ing the janitors to carry around
a putty knife with which to scrape
up the adhering gobs of spear
mint and pepsin.
"When the bunch Of high. Of
ficials came out here, they never
left the room and refused to: let
me show them the obscenities on
/ the walls and other damage to
the building. They came only for
my head and I handed it to them, -
says Tidball. ',' p. -.
If janitor Tidball was as often.
sively, perniciously and persist
emily insubordinate as the. Big
Bunch claimed, then it was the
plain duty of chief engineer Stew
art to have discharged him many
| weeks ago. - ' . ?.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23

"A big, fat Rumanian sat there
and cried:
>''Eef you no wanta buy da
sandwich, den buy da beer. -
That beer was sold at 20 cents
a pint bottle. Two Rip-saw in.
spectors bought and imbibed sew
eral bottles and then brought one
little, lone bottle to the editor.
He has it yet, properly marked
for Identification and evidence.
A patrolman in uniform was in
the hall when the beer selling
was in progress.
The simple Rumanians talked
among themselves about what
hard time they had to get per-
NIT to sell beer. They rehearsed
how they had first to 60 up town
and then come back to New Du-
luth and that it cost $40 for the
permit to sell wet beer in dry
Gary. -
Whom they saw up town.
whether Commissioner Silberstein
or Chief McKercher, they did not
state. They also failed to men
ton. who the man was at New
Duluth to whom they paid the
permit money.
It is common talk upthere that
permits, which cost S. when the
city was wet, cost $40 and up.
wards after the city went dry.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23

leader than some Of the real es-
tate sharks that are trying to bite
off his legs.
If the Rip-saw said one-quarter
of the things about the govern
ment that the dear old News
Tribune does, mob of autocrats,
aristocrats and plutocrats would
storm the Fargusson building with
tar and feather.
Woodrow has seemed to doubt
the wisdom Of having the Japs
keep the Germans out of Siberia.
Mr.. Ipse Dixit who fills the Her.
AIDS editorial columns with brain
matter says, "Let the Japanese
90 ahead" Your course is clear,
Woodrow. Do your duty.
Col. A. C. LeDuc, although a
new member of the organization,
is proving a Jealous worker among
the Knights Of the Double Cross.
He recently hung one Of the dead
ly decorations on socialist Edes,
as kindly a man as ever battered
a prayer or loaned a neighbor a
sack of -four.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23
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SLATED FOR DISMISSAL
CONTINUED from Page ~

more or less Of a myth and made
to conceal trips to resorts in the
hinterland with lady friends, ex-
petitions to the iron ranges IN
the interests of the Wolvin build
| ing or to make medicine for the
benefit Of his ambition to become
sheriff of St. Louis county.
Chief McKercher has exhibited
ample proof that he has a soft
spot in his heart for those who
gamble on the green. Once upoa
a time well known local Knight
of the Goddess of Chance had
quite a pretentious gambling den
on the Bowery.
Associated with this gambler,
was a professional man who vas
credited with acting as the 60
between and whose duty it was
to find out each and every DAY
! if Chief McKercher was lily
or unfriendly.
A patron Of that parlor Of
chance once informed a Rip-saw
inspector that, every evening, be-
fore starting the games, the eau
tious proprietor would call w a
certain number on the. telephone.
"Hello! Hello Is that you,
Johnny?" he would excla;m.
Then, when johnny annswTsrr d d,
the gambler would ask: =.
Everything o. K, Johnnyg"
Then, the reply apparently be-
ing favorable, the canny old pro.
fessor would turn to his W. -
patrons and say:
"Ge 81 the game: is
open.'' -. ",:..:.
Today, there are several
."clubs" on Superior St.. which
are nothing but permanent, per
sistent gambling dens, otherwise
how do the men live who stand
around the doorways of the
blocks between Second and Third
avenues W., on Superior St.?
There are a couple of places at
: Gary where you can get good
game, one of them quite. heavy.
There is a joint at West Duluth
that has been called to the atten-
ton of the Rip-saw several times.
There is grave suspicion that
there's a screw loose at New Du-
luth and Gary. If Chief McKer-
cher does not know it, then ne is
even binder than people suppose.
/ A short time ago, if not now,
five white women were living in
adultery up there with colored
men. Weeks ago, the Rip-saw
told the pathetic story of Lola,
the poor Indian girl, who was
taken out of a tough Negro joint
in Gary.
Today, it is reported, a COM
bined boarding and gambling
house at Gary keeps several girls
I who are reputed to cater to the
lustful desires of the male board
ers but who pose as chamber
maids.
Once before, the Rip-saw told
how the Rumanians celebrated
the Greek Christmas by dancing,
eating sandwiches and selling %
cases Of Fitger beer.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23
BATTERY OF BIG GUNS FROM SCHOOL
BOARD COMPELS HIS CAPITALIZATION.

Stowe School at New Duluth Becomes Center Of
Educational Storm ClOud-Divine Gary Plan
Results in Lax Discipline and Rank Disorder.
Teachers Embrace i'm the Railways and Pupils
Storm Down the Stairs-Obscene Inscriptions
in Toilets Displease the Janitor and His Down.
fall Finally Comes.
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23

next morning an officer had oc-
casion to 60 into that room. He
found Chief McKercher in his
bed, with the door Of his room
open, and the woman prisoner
was out of her cell and in the
large room. When asked how she
got there she is alleged to have
said, "The Chief let me out. -
There is ample evidence that
Chief McKercher, has protected
blind pigs, ;redlight ladies, gamb-
lers and other lawless people or
undertakings.
Only four weeks ago, the Rip
saw plainly and conclusively
showed that Dorothy Hill, one Of
the most notorious redlight wo-
men ever at the Head Of the
Lakes was conducting a blind pig
and redlight dump at No. 6O9
West Third St.
Chief McKercher never denied
the charges, for he dared not at
tempt it. By his silence he ad-
mitted that he was guilty Of pro-
tecting that den Of lawlessness
and iniquity.
Dorothy Hill was not molested
after the Rip-saw exposed her
dirty dump. Although she was
selling intoxicating liquors in a
dry town and furnishing lustful
pleasures for sinful men, she was
permitted to tack up a "For
| Rent sign onsher Mason de Joie,
as the snarly Samuelson would
say, and leave town on a vaca-
ton.
It is fully believed that Doro-
thy Hill knows so much about
Chief McKercher's immoralities
and disregard Of law enforce
| ment that he dare not modest her.
| A Superior man who knows, de-
| clares that Madam Hill knows
| more about McKercher's irregu-
larities than any other redlight
woman.
The underworld folk invariably
refer to Chief McKercher as
dorothy Hills pimp.''
Such a Chief of Police does
commissioner Silberstein back up
| and keep in office.
| e
! No one was convinced or salts
fled with Chief McKercher's par
| tial explanation as to where he
got his mammoth Mormon car. He
told several friends last season
that it was given him. To one
automobile agent, early in the
season, he said:
| EtNo, I'll not buy car. A
company here is going to give me
one.'
There is much camouflage, as
city attorney Samuelson would
say, in McKercher's information
about that car, in the opinion Of
a majority of the citizens.
| Chief McKercher is extremely
difficult to find around head
quarters unless you 60 there in
the middle of the night and, even
then, he is very likely to be raid
ing up and down the city and
county at a speed Of SO and even
IS miles an hour.
Services at the ore docks are
The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1918-03-23
HOW A. E. HUMPHREYS KICK
ED GEORGE H. CROSBY.

Just twenty-five years ago last
Monday morning, Albert E. Hum
phreys kicked and slapped George
Howard Crosby. Later, Mr.. Hum
phreys paid a fine of $25 and costs
for assault and, still later, a jury
decided that the big Virginian
should pay damages in the sum If
$3.50 and costs to the object of
his kicks and slaps.
Humphrey and Crosby were
equal partners in the ownership of
three state leases on Mesaba range
iron lands. When the time came
to pay the annual rental of $1OO
per lease, Mr.. Humphreys suggest
ed that they let the leases lapse
and have Col. Gore, Humphrey IS
secretary, take them out at a cost
Of $25, each, thereby saving a net
sum of $3.50.
Crosby Falls for a Scheme. 3
Mr.. Crosby saw virtue in the
scheme to do the dear old state
OF Minnesota out of a bit of dough,
all to the advantage Of the bank
accounts Of himself and co-owner.
In due course, Mr.. Crosby sent
his check in the sum of $3.50 to
Humphreys, that being: his half
of the three fees. aggregating $75.
Mr.. Humphreys sent back the
check which, caused George How.
ard Crosby to greatly, fear that
he had been thrown out of the
balloon, as it were. $50.
1t was around early breakfast
time on the morning after St.
Patrick s day in 1898. Mr.. Hum
phreys was working diligently at
his office on the sixth floor of the
1.yceum building so as to get
away for trip to Virginia that
evening.
Crosby Shows Up Early.
At about s a. M, Mr.. Crosby
entered the Lyceum building ele.
vator.
"Take me to the floor where
those are," com.
handed the future iron king OF
John Oleson, the elevator ope:
ator. Oleson took him to the sixth
floor.
Mr.. Crosby entered Humphrey 5
office. Looking up, the prince o.
plungers saw his visitor. :
"Good morning, Crosby, he
said.
Glow are you, Humphrey" re-
piled Crosby.
Sit down, Crosby. What can
do for you this morning?"
Humphreys, what did you re
turn my check for?" demanded
Crosby before he took a seat.
Humphreys Pleads Ignorance.
81 haven't anything to do with
that check,' replied the big Vir
gilman. II have no interest il
that matter
"Those leases were held jointly
by you and me-" stated Crosb,
as he seated himself in a chan
and put his feet up against Hum
phrey's desk. 'You proposed
me that we let them lapse and tina
Col. Gore take them out in hi!
name, thereby saving us tn
heavier fees, )" explained Crosby.
"That is something new TO me,
persisted Humphrey. -. ~,...s.
Mr. Crosby heated up some anc
showed excitement. a..
"Be calm, Crosby. Be: reason
able. I'D rather buy those leases
than to have a row. They COS
only $75, anyway, Humphre,
later declared he said to his caller
eco see Col. Gore about them.:'
Crosby Demands the Leases.
II want to see you. I came fo1
those leases. / propose to have
them. It don't make any differ