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The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09
Expect Funds TO
Be Returned Soon
CHECKS FOR MONEY DONATED
TO RED CROSS WILL BE
FORTH COMING

Farmers In Brown and Nicollet
counties, who donated to the Red
Cross, the funds received from the
sale of wheat, which they had on hand
on their farms, when visited by Vidian
B. wye, representative of the federal
food administration of Minnesota, last
summer, will have their money re-
turned to them. This will be accom-
pished as quickly as possible, proba-
bly, within two weeks or ten days.
Word from Washington
The matter has been in process of
adjudication during the past several
weeks A. D. Wilson, food admins
traitor, took it up with the national
headquarters of the Red Cross at
Washington and correspondence has
been going back and forth relative to
details for some time. Finally Clifford
G. Held, manager of the Northern
division of the American Red Cross
at Minneapolis received information
from Washington the latter part of last
week that the funds held by the differ
ent Red Cross chapters donated by
reason of Yves activity, would be re-
turned, and the Red Cross should CO.
OpCIdLC III IlAlS luaLLCI VIII Tile lOOQ
administrator.
Funds Not Wanted.
The attitude of The Red Cross is that
it does not desire to retain funds,
where there is question of the legal
ity of how they originated. The or
ganization does not want to be party
to any controversy of this kind. This
being the case. the local chapter nor
the northern division, will in any man
ner be active in the disbursement Of
the funds, which will be returned to
the several farmers. The Red Cross
will satisfy itself as to the correct
amount of these claims, and a check
for the total will be turned over to
A. d. Wilson food administrator, and
the money will be disbursed from his
office in ST. Paul. This will relieve
the local chapter, and the northern
division of any responsibility in the
matter, as well as the local commit
tee, appointed by Administrator Will
son, to secure data. and which recent
ly sat at the Commercial club for two
days.
Visited Wilson.
Fred w. Johnson, past chairman of
the East Brown county Red Cross
chapter; Geo. Erickson, present chair
man and Atty. w. III. Dempsey, visited
Food Administrator Wilson and Red
Continued on last page.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09
Bankers Meet Here

The Redwood County Bankers As
sociation met in annual session here
last Thursday, the majority OF the
banks of the county being represent
ed. President L. Redding of Lam
berton presided at the meeting. The
routine work of the organization was
disposed of and new officers elected as
follows; A. O. Gimmestad of Belview
president, s. r. Scott Of Vesta, Vice
president and r. A. Cooper of Red
wood Falls sec.-treas. r. r. Lob
dell, representing the Federal Treas
ury Department gave a talk on the
w. S. S. and there was q discussion
Of the coming Vietory Loan. The re-
1,;ring officers Of the Association are
~. Redding, the president, A. @ Gim-
mestad. now president, and W. H.
Ball who served as secretary treas
urer
The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09
Notice

All Red Cross women are urged to
take part in the parade of next Mon
day morning April Ia, when the War
Tank visits Redwood Falls. These wo-
men are asked to be at the Northwest
ern Depot at ten-thirty promptly and
each is asked to wear her sleeve band
as no badges will be furnished. Every
woman who has done work in the
branch IS urged to be present as it is
wished that the Red Cross shall be
well represented in the parade. Every
body come and be PROMPT!
Committee in Charge.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09
TERMS ARE EASY.

The terms of payment for the
Victory Loan Bonds are exceed
ingly easy and should be an in
ducement to purchasers of these
paying little investments. The
payments are as follows.
10 per cent on or before May
10.
10 per cent July Is.
20 per cent August IL.
20 per cent September g.
20 per cent October Z.
20, per cent November IL.
The VICTORY BOND SALE
begins April 21 and closes early
in May. Be ready to take your
allotment at your bank April 21.
s
The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09
- -
ATTENTION. SOLDIERS.

A huge "War Tank manned
by actual Service Men will be
here April Ia at 10 o'clock A.
NJ. We want every soldier who
can possibly come to put on his
uniform and report at Redwood
Falls at 9 o'clock. The tank
will parade the many streets and
we want every soldier in the
county to follow in the parade.
This is your chance to serve
our Government as you willing
ly did in the past by taking part
in this Victory Loan Drive, Men,
it is UP to us to do all we can
in making this Victory Loan
Sale a success, so do not forget
the date and time. Free lunch
served to all men in uniform,
at noon, and a good time is in
store for all. Report to the Of
ficers in charge at the ArmOry.
Committee in Charge.
y * ~ ~ 4
The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09
Morgan HOnOrs
Mr.. and Mrs. Ball
FORTY FIFTH WEDDING ANNI-
VERSARY IS OCCASION OF BIG
SURPRISE ON COUPLE.

A number of the older residents of
Morgan dropped in on Mr.. and Mrs.
a. NJ. Ball on Wednesday evening to
remind them that it was the forty
fifth anniversary of their wedding.
Mrs. FTank Gerstman so skillfully
planned me surprise that her father
and mother did not surmise what was
in store for them until the party was
at their door. However their home has
never lacked for hospitality and fire
was kindled in the open CRATE and the
guests were soon engaged in a game
of progressive rook. After a delicious
lunch, some time was spent in happy
"reminiscences of the early days of
Morgan, and much to the delight of
those present the hostess produced
some old protraits of the friends of a
quarter of century ago. With the ex-
ception of E. H. Albrecht, the propri-
etor of the Big Store, Mr.. Ball is per-
haps the oldest business man in Nor
gan. Only recently he passed his
SEVENTEEN birthday and since the or
ganization of the State Bank. thirty
seven years ago he has never missed a
day, where he has been IN town, of at
tending to his duties as cashier of that
institution His strict integrity coupl-
ed with his good business judgment
has caused the State Bank to be called
"The Old Reliable" In earlier days
he was keenly interested in the public
schools and served twenty-one years as
member of the school board.
Mr.. Ball was welded to Miss Angus
ia Hartwick at Newark, New Jersey
4 r4ra4r Frrs ~
Brown County. 1t was here that Mrs.
Balls father and mother the late Mr..
and Mrs. Ferdinand Hartwick conduct
ed hotel that was then known as the
Halfway House between Redwood
Falls and New Ulm. This was be-
fore the building of the railroads of
the sub branch. The travelling public
made the journey by stage coach often
stopping all night at the Hartwick
home. Mr.. and Mrs Ball disposed of
their farm and moved to Morgan in
1892. Mrs. Ball has done much In the
betterment of the early conditions in
town as she has always been active IN
the social and church work in this COM
munity.
They are the parents of five children
daughter having passed away IN ear
w childhood. The four remaining chill
dren are: Lizzie NJ. the wife of Frank
Gerstmann, a druggist in Morgan;
William H., who is graduate from
Hamline University and from the den
tai department of the University of
Minnesota, is now cashier of the 10
cal State Bank; Walter farmer in
Wyoming; and Myrtle, wife of Ches-
ter Bavis. an attorney living at Wor-
Icester, Massachusetts.
The company which helped to cele-
brate the happy event were Messrs
and Mesdames E. Fl. Albrecht, G. w.
Ellison, f. S. Pollard, FL. B. West,
Frank Gerstmann and w. III. Ball, Miss
May Werring and Mesdames w. S.
Shiels, j. L. Adams, Martha Hartwick
and Alice Albrecht. The company con-
graduated the couple on their many
years Of welded life and sincerely hope
to help them celebrate their golden
wedding Morgan Correspondent.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09

All members Of the Degree of Honor
are asked to be present at the next
meeting, Monday April IA. After
lodge there viii be picnic supper and
q social time.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09
March Settlement
Made For County
SUM OF $126,I77.94s DISTRIBUTED
IN VARIOUS FUNDS OF
COUNTY AND STATE.

The March settlement for Redwood
County has been made by L. P. Lar
son the auditor of the county and the
amount of $126,177.94 has been dis
tributed as follows:
nf o or 10
The Redwood gazette., 1919-04-09

Mr.. and MRS. L. II. Mertz of Red
Wood Falls, moved to Vesta this week
and are located in the south part of
town. -Vesta Censor.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
WARTIME GLUE TESTS
or VALUE TO INDUSTRIES

MADISON, Wis, May 1.-THE war
has placed an opportunity In the hands
OF furniture and panel manufacturers
TO benefit by the Increased knowledge
OF the pecullarlties and characteristics
Of wood and glue. Under the stress
Of wal and the necessity of furnishing
aircraft to the fighting front In large
numbers and n short time, II was found
necessary to supplement the ihforma-
ton available on wood and glue by ex-
tensive additional research work on
these W important construction ma
terIals.
While waterproof Clues have been In
existence for some years, they were not
well known and little information was
at hand as to the correct procedure for
their successful use. During the war
the foreign products laboratory OF the
Z. S, forest service at Madison. Wis,
has been working on problems that
seemed to give trouble to the plants
engaged on war contracts, A large
| staff OF specialists has been engaged
in developing new ideas in the uses
OF Clues and WOOD
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Observation-Disclosures
MANY STATES RESUME
WORK ON HIGHWAYS

WASHINGTON, May 6.-Road
building is to be extensively carried
on in all parts of the country during
the coming months, according to re-
ports sent to the United States depart
ment of labor. Highways that will con-
meet states and in time form wide
transcontinental avenues of uninter-
rupted smoothness and safety are pro-
jected, and work on many of these
has begun.
Pennsylvania furnishes an example
Of this new movement to keep up with
the demands Of constantly increasing
transportation needs. This month the
state highway department called for
bids for the construction Of 1903 miles
Of permanent road in various parts Of
the state. Each section for which bids
were asked is to be part OF one Of
the a~rterial highways included in Gov.
Sprouts primary system. In many
places the roads to be built are to be
is feet in width, or two feet wider
than the old standard. 1t is announced
that within a few weeks bids will be
asked on the construction of several
hundred additional miles of highway.
This extensive road building Will fur
nish employment for thousands Of men
and will be well under way before the
spring is far advanced.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
OF MARKET CAUSES
RUSSIAN STAGNATION

OMSK, Siberia, May 6. (Corre-
spondence of the Associated Press.D-
Discrimination of the peasant and the
huntsman TO part with the products
of his land or of his hunt because he
cannot buy needed manufactured ar
ticles with the money he would obtain
the commercial ~stagnation in Russia
today, Clothing, boots, socks, tools,
machinery, necessities for his house
hold he fain would acquire, but v
a pile of rubles will not bring them
to his door. They do not exist In ST.
and otner cereals and the hunter stores
the furs and skins. Money has lost
its value here.
Fuctuation of the Russian ruble, and
the difficulty and cost encountered by
the tradesmen in getting his goods to
the marNet has reduced commerce to
a minimum. The merchant will not
run risks involved without expecting
big profits and this has caused manu-
featured commodities to soar in price.
Another important factor is feeling.
Several merchants who have been do
ing business in Russia. informed the
| Associated Press correspondent that
called it, was increasing. One foreign
merchant who sends goods to Omsk,
| said:
when I forward a carload of mer-
chandise from Hardin or V~ladivostok,
I { don't know, in the first place, whether
it will ever arrive with the railroad
conditions as they are. l must sent
a representative with the car to pay
cut money on the way to officials ant
employees. Otherwise my car will b.
side -tracked. That is the great evil o
Russia today. Business has developed
into speculation"
Before the war Siberian wheat wal
worth about 10 cents per eight pounds
today it is sold for the normal equiva
lent of about 81. That shows how prices
have jumped. All authorities agreed
that the arrival OF manufactured ar
ticles in Siberia and central Russi;
is an urgent necessity. They haV
great expectations of the American wa
trade board in this respect and poin
out that the well-organiZed Siberial
attend to the distribution.
The things imperative for the sal
walton and reorganization of Russi
are placed in this order: First, peac'
and order; second, efficient operation
of the railroads under the direction
of John +. Stevens, the American eX
pert; third, the economic rehabiita
ton of the country by the concerted
help of the powers. These things at
tanned, the impression generally pre-
walls that Russia would be on Of tn
first great nations to recover from tn
war on account of her great and, a
yet ~undeveloped resources.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
MILLS AND LOOMS ARE
IDLE: COTTON DEMANDED

LONDON, May 6,-Lancashire
mills and looms are idle while the
world is clamoring for cotton. goods
says the Manchester correspondent or
the Daily Mail, which adds that crowds
Of unemployed demonstrated in front
Of the Manchester town hall. Mil
owners have been criticized but the
real trouble, the correspondent says, Ia
that customers cannot afford to pay
the prevailing high charges,
r. u. stockton, president of the Man
chester chamber Of commerce, says that
from Sc, 900, 600 to $4,000, 900 worth Of
yarn and cloth is being held back, al
though badly needed In Holland, Den
mark and Scandinavia, and urges the
removal of restrictions on the export
of manufactured goods to neutral coun-
tries. Unemployment IN the country,
IL rapidly reaching a climax. Men are
coming out OF the army and are said
to be unable to get the work which
was promised them.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
2OOMILER ROCKET
IS LATEST ENGINE
Of MODERN WAR
Invention Of New Highlander
Equally Dangerous on Land
Or Sea, Is Fired Without
Cannon Or Mortar.

WORCESTER, Mass, May "a
rocket as an agent Of warfare over
land or sea, having a perpendicular
range of 70 miles and a horizontal
range of 200 miles or more, and capa-
BILE of carrying powerful charges of ex-
p~losives or deadly gases, has been IT.
vented here by Dr. Robert II. Goddard,
professor OF physics at Clark college,
In his experiments, which he an
nounced today have attained success,
he had the cooperation and worked
by the authority Of the war depart
ment and the Smithsonian Institution
in Washington. and Clark university
and the Worcester Polytechnic insti-
tute. Compared with II, the most pow
erful implements OF modern warfare
are rendered ineffective, scientists
familiar with the invention assert,
Under the system of propulsion
worked out by Or. Goddard. the rocket
could rise to q height above the earth's
atmosphere, where its range would be
increased greatly.
Its ~propulstVe power-which military
men say Is a new contribution to the
science of ballistics- lies in an internal
combustion engine of high power, fed
either by finely pulveriZed smokeless
| powder or charges of liquid explosives
at regular intervals regulated by clock
| work. Experiments with miniature
models conducted here have fully dem
o~nstrated, scientists told today, its sue
| cess against an enemy.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
Good Far at Sea.

Not alone on land would the rocket
play the mischief with an enemy, Small
boats loaded with these projectiles
could creep up on shore defenses or
ships and smother them for a time with
gas or explosives.
An interesting auxiliary apparatus In
cluded in DR.. Goddard's patents pro.
yides a non~rotating head. The rocket
can b. equipped with fins or tail to in
sure accuracy Of flight, but the inventor
also makes provision for securing 70
tation such as Is given to a projectiit
by the rifling of n gun barrel, which, In
the rocket, Is accomplished by a series
Of combustion chambers on the peri
phery containing cartridges, which are
fired simultaneously.
But where the head contains a cam
era and recording instruments 1t mus
not rotate, and DR.. Goddard makes this
possible separating head and rocket
and e%quipping the head with a ,gyro,
scope, so that It travels along without
rotation, no matter what motion may
be given to the rocket, At any prede'
termIned moment the head may be re
leased from the remainder of the mas
and by means Of parachute attach
| ments float down into the atmosphere
| and through it to the earth.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06
Cam BE Fired without Cannon


Instead of requiring a cannon or
mortar to start 1t, one man from any
spot can launch it without apparatus.
This advantage is readily appreciated
in the light of lessons learned from
artillery practice during the war. The
destructive agency is in the head of
the rocket, though II can be adapted
for Photographic work a. well, the APP
paratus being automatically released
from the rocket proper and descending
with a parachute,
DR.. Goddard's invention has an eff
cheney of Ct per cent. The best known
rocket is less than 8 per cent efficient,
The inventor is a graduate of tho
Worcester Polytechnic institute and
holds the degree Of doctor Of philoso-
ply from Clark university, where he
was a pupil of DR.. Arthur Gordon Web
ster. Developed to a high degree, the
Goddard rocket would make the range
of the German supeTcannon hat shelled
Paris from the forest of st, Gobain
seem small.
In the rockets simplest form, manu-
featured at small cost, a foot soldier
would become the equivalent Of a field
cannon for a single shot, for he would
carry on his shoulder an instrument
of destruction, with It's head of gas
or high explosive, and fire 1t from any
point where his legs would take him.
And that would often be where can-
non could not be moved.
For a simple, quick maneuver n
thousand men might discharge a thou
sand rockets, each the equivalent of a
three-inch shell, from firing positions
not easy to locate and quickly evacu-
ated. Or 10000 or 100, 900 rockets might
be placed in position unknown to the
enemy. each in It's simple firing trough.
and wired together in electrical cir
cults, to be exploded after every mar
had left the place, by the closing of a
circuit.
Worked Under Guard.
DIR. Goddard worked on the develop.
ment of his invention from the time
the United States went to war. The
war department and h Smithsonian
Institution appropriated money for tht
purpose. Worcester Tech gave him tn,
use of the electrical laboratory oil
Boynton street, Armed guards stool
watch day and night and the %vicinit,
was Illuminated so that no one couI,
spy on the inventor in the darkness.
Or, Goddard's rocket has an QUITE
cylindrical shell of thin metal, at thu
lower end of which is the combustion
chamber having relatively thick wall
of nickel steel and opening directly a
the lower end into an outwardly taper
Ing nozzle, exactly like the nozzle o
a gas turbine, Inc opening from III
combustion chamber into the nozzle /
Of much less diameter than the cham
Der, having relatively thick walls o
nickel steel and opening directly n
the lower end into an outwardly taper
ing nozzle, exactly like the nozzle OF
gas turbine. The opening from tn
combustion chamber into the nozzle
of much less diameter than the cham
Der itself. The pressure developed b.
the explosion of the cartridge in tn
chamber is enormous. and the %increas
ing diameter of the nozzle permits o
the utilization Of the expansion OF tn
gases. The function Of combustion !
~"speeded up" 30 to speak. The resul
is a high degree Of efficiency. Velocity
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06

and therefore range, increases proper
]tiouste(y as compared 10 the present
standard rocket.
Another important factor in the et-
nGiency Of the new weapon Is n use
of high power smukeleSs powder, when
can not be employed in he ordinary
rocket. For one thing, the eomoustleh
chamber is powerfully walled, but the
chief reason, especially where u Is
planned TO secure large impelling force,
IS that a succession Of small charges -
fired Instead OF q single charge,
The rocket apparatus includes an
automatic feeder Of cartridges to the
combustion chamber from a reservoir
Within the shell, Moreover, a timing
device, worked by a clock mechanism
permits the feeding OF cartridges at
predetermined intervals, that the I'M
pelling force may be used with the ut
most efficiency.
As Illustrating the possibilities OF
long flight with the Goddard rocket, one
Weighing about 80 pounds, including 20
pounds in cartridges, aimed in the alr
would attain a height Of 10 miles
Scientists who have figured the problem
agree that this enormous altitude would
be reached far, far above the last trace
Of the earth's atmosphere. in the va
cuum Of space And 10 miles above the
worlds surface the velocity would De
Tar i'm excess Of that OF a projectile
leaNlHE tue i'uuNh Va " t"'NN ~.
In truth, above a few miles the
rocket would encounter no appreclaple
air resistance. In space there would pe
none. Should the rocket be fired at an
angle for greatest range TO secure as
lance along the earth's surface INC
~3o-pound rocket would travel more tnan
200 miles, Just what the dlStahSe
would be Is u inquire not oplaI"ao,,
from nr. Goddard. hut II Is certain tha'
were the rocket fired FROM Worcester
in the direction Of New York II wouiO
land we'll over IN New Jersey, 49,
These calculations are based on tnt
carrying OF a small load IN me way 81
a destroying agent, But scientists stas,
it would be possible to design a roche'
on a bigger scale, nut small When oona'
pared WIN modern hetNE. uluH%nVS
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-06

These pictures just received from
abroad show present conditions IN me
parts of Europe where fighting is stu
going on. Russian women march with
their loved ones through the snow ana
lce to STAY beside their loved ones.
often the women carry extra 0 and
clothing for the soldiers. The woman
n ths foreground OF the lewar DictugA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-03-20
MANY ATTEND MEETING. ,
First Community Day at Fifth street
Missiop Very Successful.

Mission very SUCCESSFUL
The first community meeting at the
Fifth street mission, held "Wednesday
afternoon and evening under the aus
pices of Mrs. Mary Gregg. county nome
demonstration, and Miss Clara Nj. Nei-
son. assistant to the pastor OF the Con :
gregational church. proved grea'
success from the standpoint OF a'leh
dance and interest manifested.
! The feature of the meeting was the
excellent exhibit OF garments maze
from old material by the women OF
the neigaborhood. Between fifty and
seventy five garments were shown ana
the work was of high grade. The ex-
hibit of canned foods also was larse
and very attractive.
The evening program attracted
crowd that filed the mission BUILDING
to its capacity. The principal speaker
was j. z. Wooters. OF Iowa State Col
lege. Ames. who told of community de-
velopment in Iowa He said that ABOUT
400 clubs have been formed, nearly all
of which had developed in the last
two or three years. Community sing
ing made an inspiring part of the pro
gram an orchestra, composed OF r.. =
Garland. H. c. Brintnall and Mrs
George NJ. Lyon. assisting. A reading
was given by Miss Mabel Martin. ana
the program closed with moving pic
lures one film being devoted to poul-
try raising and the other a travelos,
Here and There in Many Lands.
Another meeting will be held May
?. when a permanent organization
probably willioe formed. At that time
the children's program Will he re-
peated Many men who attended the
evening meeting Wednesday were un-
able 10 see the cfildrens part of the
entertainment, given in the afternoon