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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Eroas for Bad Threats.

Even today many people have
strange beliefs and superstitions All
sorts of quaint rites are carried out,
particularly in connection with chill
dren.
Some mothers, for instance, believe
in cutting their baby's hair at the
waxing of the moon. This ceremony
dates back for thousands of years to
the days when people regarded it as
a safeguard against evil
Another silly superstition is that
of giving children live frogs TO suck.
This is supposed to prevent and cure
thrush" or injury to the throat.
Again, there are still women who
think that they will improve their
children's health by eating raisins
and placing the stones on the baby's
stomach.
Modern science is rapidly abolish
ing these old ideas, but they still hold
their ground in certain places.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
FICTION WRITERS TO BLAME
Girl With Experience Is Disillusione6
Concerning Qualities Of the
strong, Silent Man."

Deliver me- said the girl with ex-
perience, from any more of these
strong, silent men. They make very
good fiction heroes, but personally
prefer man whose chief claim to
strength does not lie in his breaking
all records for silence. like a man
who knows the value of pause or Q
moment in which no one says any
thing, but in which unutterable things
are felt.
"A man who skaters a time like
that, or doesn't even know when IL
comes along, is, as We say, fmpOssl-
ble' If there's anything worse than
a female chatterbox, it's a male chat
terbox, but that's no reason why a man
can't answer Yes when you say. Isn't
It lovely dayr without thinking that
he is violating secret.
"Writers are to blame, / believe, for
building up the fictionally perfect. but
realistically terrible, type of man.
whose stock in trade is an enigmaticai
smile. Consequently, every man whe
is shy, bashful or stupid feels that he
has an excellent alibi. A girl who is
not versed in the ways of men, but
knows her story books backward and
forward, is led to believe that the man
who listens alike to her prattling, her
small talk and her profoundest re-
marks with a mere quirk to the left
side Of his mouth, is fiction here
come to life. After season or two, de-
pending on her perspicacity, she knows
alas, that he is generally just very
dull man. OF course, if he is dull, it's
much better that he should be dumb az
well. The only pity is that he appears
at first, to be what he decidedly La
not"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
TOOK ALL SORTS OF CHANCES
Reckless Motorist Furnished Every
Kind Of Thrill That His Passen-
gers Could Possibly Desire.

The Muscovite who was driving our
had the most original method of de-
scending mountain side that have
ever seen.
Instead Of putting his clutch into
second gear, he would shut off his
power entirely and then go charging
downward at terrific speed, the big
car lurching from side to side of the
precipice bordered road like runa-
way locomotive.
The ordinary curves he took on two
wheels, presumably to save rubber, but
when we were within a few yards of
one of the hairpin turns with which
the road abounded, with nothing but
emptiness ahead. he would suddenly
jam ON foot and emergency brakes ST.
multaneously, thus locking his rear
wheels and causing the stern Of the car
to skid around the corner.
And sometimes, at the narrower
places, where the outside of the road
ended in "a drop into nothing below
you as far as a beggar could spit" he
would give us an extra thrill by grip
ping the steering wheel with his knees
SO that he would have both hands free
to light cigarette.
/ do not think that I am particu-
larly nervous person, but am frank to
say that heaved a sigh of relief when
we reached the bottom. There were
several moments when wondered If l
was going to see the Statue Of Liberty
again.-E. Alexander Powell in Har-
per's Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Wire TeIearaphy for Mines.

In mine disaster it frequently hap
pens that the same agency that causes
the disaster puts the telephone system
out of order That is why mining en-
gineers are experimenting with the
wireless system. In recent tests near
Pittsburgh receiving station so feet
underground got short-wave signals
from outside distinctly, but the audi
bility fell off rapidly as the distance
underground was increased. In ex.
periments in England three-tube set
placed at a 2,OO0-foot level communi-
Gated easily with the pit mouth, and
better results were obtained at great
depths than at points comparatively
near the surface-YOuth's COmpan-
ion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Western Fashions
in Trees.
New York Evening Post

Lovers of American landscape may
take comfort in a history the Emporia
Gazette has just published of arboreal
changes witnessed by that typical
prairie town since it's settlement in
1856. The victory of the elm there
recorded has been duplicated all over
the middle west. Some cities settled
directly and almost exclusively by
New Englanders were planted with
elms at the outset. Quincy, ILL.,, IS
noted for magnificent elms, which
browning the bluffs over the Missis-
sippi, give it the look of New Eng
land village. But in most towns the
elm, with the beech, hard maple, ash,
oak, and few other slow maturing
and beautiful trees, conquered inferior
growths after an initial handicap.
On the burning Kansas prairie, Will
liam Allen Whites paper recalls, quick
shade was wanted. Cottonwood was
the first general favorite, because the
tree was abundant along Kansas riv-
ers, and a switch set out in damp
spot took root Immediately. But as
the cottonwood shot up, it's fleece be-
came a nuisance, floating in at doors
and windows on every breeze, or lodg-
ing in screens and shutting out light
and air. Meanwhile the boxelder had
been planted by hundreds in Emporia
streets, and had grown equally fast.
It's pest was the boxelder bug, which
invaded the town by millions. In the
seventies the soft maple and mulberry
had temporary vogue. But the first
was attacked by worms, and its brittle
limbs were mutilated by the har.l
Kansas winds; while the sticky fruit
of the latter attracted files and bees,
and made purple mire underfoot.
Fortunately, the first settlers had put
cut some elms, and others were add
ed. By the survival of the fittest,
Emporia now ''has become famous for
its beautiful elms."
Holmes, who loved elms and carrie ]
tape to measure the mighty New
England stems, admitted that every
tree has it's special beauty. Even the
locust and catalpa, other quick grow
ing varities once popular in the west,
can boast lovely blossoms. But true
Olympian majesty in deciduous trees
is reserved for the elm, oak and beech,
and it will be a proud day for the
northwest when it can show manplant-
ed growths more impressive than the
green giants of the east.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Symbols of the Nine Muses..

The symbols of the Muses. were
as follows:
Calliope, the epic Muse. a tablet
and stylus, sometimes scroll.
Clio, Muse Of history. a scroll or
open chest of books.
EratO, Muse of love ditties, Tyre.
Melpomene, Muse of tragedy, a
tragic mask, the club of Hercules, or
a sword. She wears the cOthurnus
and her head is wreathed with vine
leaves.
Polyhymnia, Muse Of sacred poetry,
sits pensive. but has no attribute be-
cause deity is not to be represented
by any visible symbol.
Terpsichore, Muse Of choral song
and dance, a Tyre and the plectrum.
Thalia, Muse Of comedy and idyllic
poetry, a comic mask, shepherds
staff, or a wreath of ivy.
Urania, Muse of astronomy, carries
a staff pointing to globe.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03

The faithful in Turkey are now
permitted to wear gold teeth, accord
ing to decree published by the Ang-
ora Minister of Religious Affairs.
The law of Mohammed forbids the
carrying of any luxurious ornament
except a silver ring, the value of
which must not exceed that of a
winding sheet. At the time of Mo-
manned the prices of these two ar
ticles were practically identical.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Motortruek Used by Looaers.

Nothing is more characteristic az
logging as it was done from 1900 to
1900 than the sight of huge truck,
piled high with logs. and hauleG
durOy of the woods trails by four, six,
or even more husky horses. If there
Is one place in the world where O
truck might be expected to fail, ii is
here. But with the right kind of equip
ment it seems just as easy to get the
logs out by gas as by horse; and there
need be no argument over the PROPOSE
ton that, If il can be done at all by
gas, it can be done more cheapiy so.--
Scientific American.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Sept. rs. Oct. $40
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEARING

CLAIMS, AND FOR HEARING
THEREON.
ESTATE OF SWAN p. JOHNSON.
State of Minnesota, County of Red
woods. In Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate of Swan
p. Johnson, Decedent.
Letters Parliamentary this day hav-
ing been granted to Anna Christina
johnson;
1T is ORDERED, That the time
within which all creditors of the above
named decedent may present claims
against his estate in this Court, be,
and the same hereby is, limited to
three months from and after the date
hereof; and that Monday, the 31st
day of December, 1928, 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 APP
pointed as the time and place for
hearing upon and the examination, adj
justment and allowance of such claims
as shall be presented within the time
aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication Of this order in the Red
wood Gazette as provided by law.
Dated September 25th, 1928.
A. R. A. Laudon,
COURT SEAL) Judge of Probate.
A. p. Dolliff,
Attorney for Petitioner. 11-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Fine Examples Of Wood Carving.

Some interesting examples of italian
Renaissance wood carvings were
brought to America in 1918 and placed
in the Carnegie museum. The carv-
ings formerly were in the collection of
M. Emile Pares of Paris, noted an
tiuuarian. All the pieces are of a
religious character and formerly were
part Of the decoration of church,
the name of which is unknown. There
are seven panels, carved in high re-
lief and decorated in pOlychrome.
They depict for the most part Incl
dents from the life of st. John, the
evangelist, and were set either in the
paneling of wall or were part Of the
decoration of interior doors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03

tiOy0 W. LLu0l
Bravinder and The First Ma
tional Bank of Redwood
Falls Defendants.
Notice of Foreclosure Sale.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That by virtue of Judgment of the
District Court for Redwood County,
Minnesota, rendered and entered on
the 9th day of August, 1923, in favor
OF The Straus Brothers Company, a
Corporation, plaintiff, and against
Floyd M. Bravinder, Ethel Bravinder
and The First National Bank of Red
wood Falls, defendants, for the sum
of Eighteen Thousand Seven Hundred
Fifty-eight and 11-1OO. Dollars ($18,-
758.1D, a certified copy of which said
Judgment by the Clerk of said Court
having been delivered to me directing
me to sell said property, l shall on
Tuesday, the 9th day of October, 1923,
at the hour of ten o'clock in the fore
noon of said day, at the front door of
the Court House in the City of Red
wood Falls, Redwood County, Mime
sofa, proceed to sell all the right, title
and interest of the above named de-
PENDANTS in and to the following de-
scribed premises: The North frac-
tional Half Of Section Two (2),
Township One Hundred Twelve (112),
Range Thirty-eight (38), West of the
Fifth Principal Meridian, Redwood
County, Minnesota, to satisfy said
Judgment and the costs amounting to
Eighteen Thousand Seven Hundred
Fifty-eight and 11-1OO Dollars $685.
758.1D together with all incurred
costs of sale, and the interest on said
Judgment from the 9th day of Au-
gust, 1928, at the rate of six per cent
per annum, at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash.
L. j. KISE,
Sheriff of Redwood County
CLAGUE & BARNES,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
Dated at Redwood Falls, Minnesota,
this goth day of August, 1928
Cots.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Human Brain During Sleep.

Most authorities appear to be
agreed that during sleep there Is a
lessened amount of blood in the
brain. This is why excitement pre-
vents sleep, or hard thinking. for
then there is a greater flow of blood
to the brain. This was proved in an
interesting manner by Mosso, who
balanced man on a scale and showed
that the head end would become de-
pressed when the man was made to
think or was subjected to excitement
This knowledge helps in the treat
ment Of insomnia.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
North Redwood

Fred Zeiber of Franklin was bust
ness caller in town Friday.
Hans Hansen returned from Heron
Lake last Wednesday after short
visit with relatives.
Charles and Eunice Huweiler OF
Minneapolis called on friends here
last Monday.
Mrs. Emma Gaffney spent a few
days of the past week in the cities.
The meetings which were held at
the Evangelical church the past week
were very well attended; the dis
courses of the ministry reviving the
minds Of the audience to deep and
serious thought that can only result
in much good being accomplished.
The two young men who started
from Winnipeg, Canada August 18th
by boat, arrived at Mann's landing
west of town September goth, proceed
ing down the Minnesota river the next
day, their destination being to the
coast.
Ernest Lindeman while blasting
stumps was seriously injured, when
the dynamite exploded Unexpectedly
blowing him several feet. He was
rushed to Redwood Falls where DR..
Brand attended his wounds. How he
escaped death is miracle.
Clarence Simondet and Tom Trade
we'll returned from Montevideo We'd
nesday and will conduct their stand
st the Redwood County Fair this
week.
Mrs. Lily Schraeder of Echo is a
guest of her parents.
Walter Zwemke of Minneapolis is a
guest of his parents.
John Hansen of Heron Lake while
visiting here recently was informed
by the bank that he had a checking
account of several. dollars that he
had overlooked at the time of his de-
parture four years ago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Municipal Camps Grow in Favor.

Counties such as ella county, Ariz-,
and Fresno and Mariposa counties,
CAL, and cities such as Denver, Salt
Lake City, Los Angeles and Butte.
now have programs Of county or mB-
nicipal development which provide for
maintaining county or municipal
camps and camp grounds within the
national forests This growing use
means for the national forests new op-
portunities of service Of immeasurabie
public value.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
EVERY STREET IN
REDWOOD FALLS
Has Its Share of the Proof That Kid
ney Sufferers Seek.

Backache? Kidneys weak?
Distressed with urinary ills?
Want reliable kidney remedy?
Don't have to look far. Use what
Redwood Falls people recommend.
Every street in Redwood Falls has
its cases.
Here's one Redwood Falls mans
experience.
Let G. E. Mckay, retired merchant,
E. Fifth St., tell it. He says: Il
can certainly say Doan's Kidney Pills
do just as represented. had con-
siderable backache and trouble with
the kidney secretions. I have always
found Doan's to quickly remove these
troubles and so far as their merit
goes, never hesitate to recommend
them"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Mckay had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo. N. Y.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
"Deadheads."

Deadhead is the literal translation
Of the Latin phrase, caput mortuufn,
which was much used by the old
chemists to denote the residuum of
chemicals when all their volatile mat
tiers had escaped; hence the word is
figuratively used Of anything from
which all that rendered 1t valuable
has been taken away. Spectators or
passengers who do not pay are not
valuable. from a revenue standpoint.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Timely Thoughts.

A well-known lawyer was Gliding a
legal friend for passing him in mo-
torcar without recognition.
SORRY I didn't see you," said his
friend. "Was - driving?
EYES," said the lawyer.
"Well," rejoined his friend, when
is driving you think only Of your
Maker and not Of your earthly
friendsi''
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Giant Tree Many Centuries Old.

A giant pinaceous timber tree in
digenous to New Zealand, locally calleS
Kanri, has been discovered in the
northern forest. 1t has a trunk "a
feet In diameter and 68 feet in girfh.
and it rises 20 feet clear of branches
The tree contains 1876. 600 superficial
feet of timber and Is estimated to be
1900 years old.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
ssThese Rats Wouldn't Eat My Best
GRAIN" Says Fred Lamb.

aIt's hard to keep rats out of a
iced store. Tried for years. A
reichboring store sold me some RAT
Snap It worked wonders. Gather
"a up dead rats every morning. Bought
more RAT-SNAP. Haven't rat now.
Thev wouldn't eat my best grain when
7 threw RAT SNAP around" Three
sizes. 35c. CSC, $1.25. Sold and
Guaranteed by Farrell & Keefe and
gu aH an r,,e e LIFTS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03
Aug. 22-29, Sept. 5-12-19-26
Sheriff's Sale

STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY
OF REDWOOD, DISTRICT
COURT, NINTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT.
The Straus Brothers Company,
A Corporation Plaintiff
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-10-03

Floyd NJ. Bravinder, Ethel
Bravinder and The First Ma
tional Bank of Redwood
Evening star., 1923-07-22
SECOND BIDDLE BOY
ENTERS MOVIE COLONY
Rumor Abroad Some of Family
Fortune May Back Film
Industry.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. July 21.-Another
member Of the Biddle family has an
swered the call of the movies"
He is George Drexel Biddle, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Riddle, and brother
of Craig Biddle, who joined the
Hollywood colony Sc ~al months ago.
George is now out AT the California
city with his mother. who approves
of his ambition.
1t is reported that their great
uncle. George W. Childs Drexel Of this
city. is inclined to frown on their
venture.
Mrs. Craig BiddIe, who was Laura
Whelen, went to Hollywood several
months ago and watched Craig, r., in
some of the minor roles he has at
tanned so far.
When her younger son George ex-
pressed desire to try his luck and
skill as an extra" she readily gave
her consent.
When asked whether the advent OF
the Biddle boys in films was not q
prelude to the investment of some of
the Biddle millions in motion picture
production, Mrs. BiddIe refused 10
deny or affirm the suggestion.
1t had been rumored since the ar
rival of Craig Biddle that he was
studying the movie" business with
a view to taking a flyer in screen
speculation.
Evening star., 1923-07-22

Twice each day the patrol ship broad
casted by radio the location of all
icebergs and a summary of the ice
situation. In addition to this 195
steamships have appealed to the pa
troll for special ice information and
have been supplied with detailed in
structions to fit their particular cases.
1t was found necessary to warn forty
six steamships, who, unawares, were
standing directly toward perilous
icebergs or field of ice. The patrol
received S,26S sea water temperature
reports contributed by Atlantic liners
that assisted toward charting the
boundary of the cold and warm water
in the Ice regions of the Atlantic. A
total of $4,000 words per month, or
approximately 2sS,000 words for the
season, were transmitted by the pa
troll, all on the subject of Ice. It is
believed that this Is the heaviest ra-
dio work that has ever been trans
acted by any coast or ship station.
Several passenger steamships have
been reported this year by the ice
patrol for violating the mutual
Evening star., 1923-07-22


other ships in fog or ice, and direct
them to safety and perform their
duty as "sea traffic cops"
The ice patrol, which this year has
been maintained since the middle of
March. was stopped on July IL, and
authorities have officially declared the
season to be over for 1928. This does
not signify that there will be no more
icebergs to be found drifting in the
North Atlantic until next spring. but
1t means that liability of berg's
menacing the north Atlantic steam
ship lanes is quite remote.
Lieut.. Edward III. Smith, who is
the oceanographer detailed to the ice
patrol, states that, contrary to popu-
lar current reports. there were less
icebefgs in the north Atlantic this
lce-season than normally. There
have been, however, relatively larger
masses OF cold water transported
from the arctic regions to the Iati-
tude of Boston and New York, in the
Atlantic this year than usual.
This phenomenon" says Lieut.
Smith. "is the great temperature fac
Evening star., 1923-07-22

tor that influences climate, as opposed
to the popular fallacy OF great guam
titles OF icebergs from 'Greeniand's
icy mountains One of the causes for
the abnormally cold spring in the
United States this year was undoubt-
edly due to the large Quantity of
freezing cold water which penetrated
so far south in mid-Atlantic."
The ice patrol gathered 416 reports
of icebergs, which, due ito some du-
plication in reports. represents a to-
tai Of approximately 800 icebergs
south of Newfoundland this spring.
Most all of these bergs have, melted
in the warm sea water. When the
ice patrol ship left the patrol grounds
there were not more than twenty
bergs remaining, and, these were
confined to the northern parts
of the Newfoundland banks. In 1922
there were approximately 420 ice
bergs in the Atlantic during the ice
season.
The following figures bear striking
testimony to the amount of work
performed by the ice patrol this year.
Evening star., 1923-07-22
THE SUNDAY STAR wAsHNGToN D. G, July 22 1es-PARr T.


places, as you Clipped the ice In your
refrigerator, only they used explosive
mines instead Of a tiny pick.
!, Lines were shot over the highest
part of the berg" said a report from
the patrol, from which the mines
were suspended, counterbalanced by
a weight on the opposite side. A bat
terry in a small boat some distance
frob the berg ignited the charge.
The fourth explosion broke the berg
squareiy in half. thousands of tons
of ice crashing and roaring with
deafening thunder into the sea. 1t
was a magnificent spectacle to those
who beheld it from the decks of the
ice patrol ship"
Season Over for 1923.
All spring long the ice patrol
ships, operated by the United States
coast guard. under agreement Of
several nations. patrol the north At
lantic sea lanes for the safety of
life at sea They chart position of
bergs. radio the Information to pas
sing ships, receive calls for help from
Evening star., 1923-07-22
atlantic Ice Patrol Takes Hint
From Homes IN Fighting Bergs

this hot July weather, up in the
north Atlantic sea lanes. where thou
sands of passengers pass to and fro
between America and Europe in safe
ty since the great Titanic foundered
on giant iceberg and went down.
1t Is safe there even in iceberg season
because OF the international ice pa
troll.
Tinkle your ice in a tall glass and
try to visualize this picture of the de-
struction of one of the greatest bergs
by a new method. which, according to
the Ice patrol, was the first OF its
kind.
They Clipped the ice in several
Evening star., 1923-07-22

Did you ever. with the sharp point
of an ice pick, chip into that piece
of ice in your refrigerator. digging
into two or three places for that
"tinkling delight" for iced tea, cof-
fee, lemonade or whatnot? And did
you finally split off chunk of ice of
the right size, instead of Il few
splintering three-cornered irregular
shavings?
AS you sit and sip. and sip. and
fan and grow cool. and meditative,
think of the icebergS.
They were, but are no more, now