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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Want White Boxes

The rural carriers from the Red
wood Falls postoffce, in company
with the rural carriers in practically
all other sections of the United States,
are about to start a campaign for
better looking mail routes. They
will request that the patrons OBTAIN
the larger size boxes which are design
ed to accommodate even the larger
parcel post packages, and that these
boxes be painted white. This is a
very modest request and yet it means
much in the betterment Of the service
and also in bettering the appearance
of the wayside mail boxes. The
larger boxes will protect the larger
packages from weather and other
damage, and the white paint will
make them easily seen and cleanly
in appearance. OF course it goes
without saying that these boxes should
have the owners names painted in
black so that they may be easily read,
and that the boxes shall be well
fastened to well set posts. For each
Individual patron to grant this re-
quest will be matter of slight ex-
pense and of little work and the re-
wards for this all along the route
will be out of all proportion to either
cost or effort. 1t is hoped that the
residents of this section will take
kindly to this suggestion when it is
made by the carriers. The white
painting and plain marking will be
of especial benefit to the service when
a substitute is carrying the mail.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Proclamation!

In the year 1923 fifteen thousand
people in the United States lost their
lives by fire. The total property loss
was $3.50, 100000, a>per capita loss
of $500. The loss of life and pro-
perty in 1923 is approximately equal
to the loss by fire in 1922. With
careful attention to the subject of
fire prevention, there should be a
substantial reduction in this loss each
year. The per capita loss could, with
reasonable care, be cut to one tenth
of what it is today.
Fire insurance does not cover this
loss; it merely distributes the burden
of paying for the property destroyed.
At a time when timber is growing
scarcer and higher in price, we can
i'll afford to permit this huge waste
of material. Therefore, l, j. A. O..
Preus, Governor of Minnesota, do
hereby designate the week of
OCTOBER 5th. TO 11th. AS
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
Let nae urge upon every citizen,
not only for the sake of himself and
his family, but for the sake of the
community, that he make every possi-
BILE effort to rid his premises of fire
hazards. Heating equipment, includ-
ing chimneys, should be made safe.
Rubbish should be removed from
Easements, closets, attics and outbuild-
ings. Especial care should be taken
to see that all schools, churches,
theaters, hospitals and other buildings
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Canadian Booth
Among Attractions

"The majority of the people of the
United States receive their education
about Canada from fanciful motion
picture plays which always describe
the country as the frozen North
land of continual snow and ice
with dog teams the principal means
of transportation. They neglect to
say anything about the millions of
acres of beautiful farm lands cap
able of producing the different var
ieties of grain, grass, vegetables,
fruits, etc. in abundance" said Knute
Haddeland of the Canadian Govern
ment Information Bureau. Mr.. Had
deland is here in charge of the Can
adam exhibit at the Redwood County
Fair.
eve have therefore, he continued
9come to show that our country can
produce something beside snow
balls" That is just what Mr.. Had
deland is doing. The exhibit is abb
solute proof that something more
than snowballs can be grown in Can
ada. It is a representative display
of Canadian grains, grasses, vege-
tables, and fruits, the entire exhibit
consisting of products from non-ir-
dgated land. 1t is therefore repre-
sentative of the whole country.
The exhibits were selected not for
high quality but to show what can
be expected under average farming
conditions in an average year.
Samples of Marquis, Red Bob, Barley,
Banner oats, fax, rye, alsike, and red
clover, and various other products
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
State Bank ReOpens
In New Ulm; l OF 25

The Farmers and Merchants State
Bank of New Ulm will reopen at
once, according to a report received
today. This is one of the 25 banks
closed during the business depression
in the past few years that will re-
open as a result of Minnesota's bum
per crop this year.
Reports from nine other northwest
states reveal similar financial adjust
ments, according to A. ]. Veigel,
state superintendent of banks, altho
on smaller scale. Banking, in other
words, is going back to normal after
more than 1000 banks in the north
west have gone thru what he terms
"uprification and wedding out"
North Dakota is second to this
state in opening closed banks, re-
ports show. Fifteen will reopen in
the next two months, the state bank
commissioner predicted. One closed
bank is being reopened in South Da-
kota.
Including the Minnesota banks,
which have been reopened since the
beginning of the period of depres-
sion, 40 out of the Is that closed
will have reopened by January 1st.
The remaining ones won't reopen be-
cause the were sboom time" insti-
tutions, Veigel says, with capital
too small to survive normal times"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Mrs. Price Lyle

News received here Sunday morn
ing, by D. McCorquodale, announced
the death of Mrs. Price Lyle, at
Modesto, California on Friday, Sep
tember IL, following an operation for
gall stones.
Deceased, who was formerly Miss
Rachel McCorquodale, was born in
Bruce county, Ontario, Canada, and
was 68 years of age. In 1866 the
family moved to Wabasha county,
this state, and in 1869 they moved to
Redwood county, settling near Delhi,
where she resided until about 1904
when she was married to Mr.. Price
Lyle, and since that had resided at
Modesto, California.
A husband, four brothers and one
sister survive her. The sister and
brothers are: Dan and Archie Nc
Corquodale of Echo, D. r. McCorquo-
dale of Delhi, and Alec McCorquodale
and Mrs. E. Pomeroy, both residing
in California.-Ec Enterprise.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
DR.. GibSOn'S
Collection Here
MORE THAN 200 STUFFED BIRDS
ON DISPLAY AT LAUTER-
BACHS.

The Collection of birds belonging
to DR.. C. P. Gibson, formerly of Red
wood Falls, has arrived here and will
be on exhibition for the next several
months at the Lauterbach confection-
cry. This collection numbers two
hundred thirty-eight stuffed birds,
practically all of which were killed in
Redwood County. In addition there
are twenty-three small fur-bearing
animals, also natives of the County.
The collection represents practically
lifetime of work on the part of DIR.
Gibson and is the finest collection of
such birds in the state aside from the
one in the State University.
For residents of this section of the
state to have an opportunity to inspect
these birds and to study them at
leisure is very great privilege and
is possible through the kindness of
the Lauterbach Bros. who have pro-
vided a display space for them in
their large show windows and about
their store. 1t will not be possible
for all the birds to be shown immed-
lately as they all had to be dismount-
ed in order to bring them from
Onamia where DIR. Gibson left them
when he went to California. Roy
Ever and Lee Winter went to Onamia
and brought them here at consider
able expense and great deal of hard
work. They are being placed as
rapidly as possible and many of them
may now be seen in the windows of
the Lauterbach store.
All birds in the collection are birds
that were shot in Minnesota and
practically all of them right here in
Redwood County. But not all of them
are Minnesota birds. For instance
the only specimen Of the Sacred Ibis
to be found in Minnesota is in this
collection. This bird is the bird
which is worshipped by the natives Of
India and is found only in the very
southern sections. Its appearance in
the United States is unusual and how
one came to be in Redwood County is
a mystery. However, a hunter years
ago shot it on the southside of the
county and knowing Of DR.. Gibson's
collection, presented him with this
rare bird. A pelican shot here is an
other unusual and interesting men,
Der of the collection. A white robin,
a white coot and a white grackle
(blackbird) are among the unusual
birds in the collection. Many of the
species shown are now extinct.
The tiny fawn. which forms an in
teresting part of the collection is one
of the twin fawns born in the private
park of Till Tibbetts who at that
time lived in the present Mrs. P. o.
Callaghan residence. Some interest
ing bit of Redwood County history is
attached to practically all of these
birds and animals and an effort is
being made to assemble this informa-
tion and make of it catalogue which
will be of invaluable assistance to
those studying the birds. In the
meantime the public library contains
books containing much valuable in
formation for the use Of those who
wish to study this birds as we'll as
to enjoy looking at them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Storm Hits
Two States
SECTIONS OF WISCONSIN AND
MINNESOTA STRUCK SUN
DAY; TWELVE KILLED.

Twelve persons were killed during
a severe wind and rain storm which
swept Minnesota and Wisconsin Sum
day afternoon.
Eleven were killed in two tornadoes,
one which swept Chippewa county,
Wis, and the other which cut mar
row path IL miles south of Ashland,
Wis.
Trees, wires and signs were torn
down by the storm in Minneapolis
and one man was seriously injured
when he was pinned under a falling
tree.
At least 20 persons were injured in
the storm area of the two states, and
damage to property amounted to
thousands of dollars.
The tornado swept through Chip
pewa county about p. M, and was
preceded by severe rain and hail
storm. Farm buildings, trees and
poles were blown down for a distance
of 10 miles. A dozen homes near
Thorp were wrecked, and a dozen
barns blown over. Roads were
blocked with trees.
At Eau Claire Sunday school chill
dren were thrown into panic when
lightning struck the st. Johns Ger
man Lutheran church. An inch of
rain fell at Eau Claire in less than
an hour, flooding easements and
washing out highways.
Thomas Hadler, a farmer living
near Thorp, was lifted from the
ground by the wind and hurled against
water tank on his farm. He was
severely injured, but is expected to
recover.
In Milwaukee several persons were
rescued from yacht in the harbor.
Windows were broken, wires blown
down and <rees uprooted.
In Minneapolis the wind reached a
velocity of Sd miles an hour and the
temperature dropped IL degrees with
in an hour. During the storm more
than an inch of rainfall was recorded
by the weather bureau. Trees were
uprooted, electric light wires blown
down and scattered damage caused
throughout the city.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Three Are Killed

Three persons were killed and an
other fatally injured when the au-
ton1obile in which they were riding
at the rate of fifty miles an hour
crashed into a freight train at AL
lendorf, Iowa, fifteen miles south of
Worthington at LIS Friday morning.
Mrs. Harry Hubert, thirty-seven years
of age was killed instantly and her
husband, Harry Hubert, aged forty
died half hour after reaching the
Worthington hospital. Mrs. Eva See,
aged sixty years, mother to Mrs.
Hubert died at nine o'clock this NOR
ming. The other occupant of the de-
molished motor car was Elmer
Strouse, who was fatally injured.
Attending physicians give no hope of
his recovery. Strouse had his skull
fractured and both legs smashed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hubert were
well known farmers living near Wor-
thington and Strouse was a prominent
breeder of shorthorn cattle living in
the same community. They were
well known to several residents of
Redwood Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Fair Week
Opens Here
FULL LINE OF EXHIBITS PLAC-
ED MONDAY; REAL FAIR
STARTED TUESDAY.

Under most auspicious weather
conditions the Redwood County Fair
opened fall force Tuesday morning
with a steady stream of visitors start
ing early in the morning. Monday
was devoted to the placing of ex-
hibits and practically everything was
in readiness for the Tuesday morning
opening. Last touches were being
put on the booths, and exhibits which
presented an appearance of wonder
full attractiveness. Practically every
department was filled and the quality
of products was the usual high Red
wood County standard. Tuesday was
Sanborn Day and the very excellent
Sanborn band appeared early in the
forenoon prepared to function
throughout the day and evening.
Races Tuesday afternoon include
the special Tri-County Trot or Pace
in which four local horses are to
start. This will be followed by the
2:20 pace with six starters and the
Redwood County running race.
Wednesday afternoon the racing
program will include the 2:20 trot in
which, among the seven horses listed,
are Lew NdHudll, AISH oAu
Espresso Todd, all old favorities here.
The other race of the regular pro-
gram is the 2:17 pace with eight
horses listed and the special is the
e-for-all-running race.
Thursdays program promises to be
possibly the best program of the
week. Two local horses, Meme and
War Tax are listed among the start
ers in the 2:25 trot and Bessie R.,
another local horse, is among the
starters in the 2:25 pace. The special
for Wednesday is the mule race which
is always one of the most amusing and
interesting races.
Friday six horses are entered to
start in the 2:14 trot and five in the
2:1O pace. The special for Friday is
the Ford Novelty race for purse OF
S35.00
In addition to the racing program,
the fair management has this year
arranged for two complete vaudeville
programs, the first of these programs
to be given Tuesday and Wednesday,
both afternoons and evenings, on the
grandstand platform, and the second
which is complete change, to be
given Thursday and Friday, both af-
ternoons and evenings. A clever
am 1al show and several unusual
q. Lobatic stunts are among the acts
listed.
Music for the dancing in the paw
lion will be furnished by Lerchen's
orchestra, a faverite organization
among the dancers of this section.
Music about the grounds and for the
grandstand will be played by num-
Der of bands of Redwood County and
vicinity The famous Springfield band
is one of the big attractions of We'd
nesday. The Redwood Falls band,
Belview, Morgan, Vesta and Fairfax
bands are listed for playing on the
other days of the fair.
The Pike has filled up well and is
as long and offers as much fun as
usual. While there are no startling
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Local Boy IS
Made President
MARSHALL WHITCOMB HEADS
S. M. r. A.; RECENT CONVEN-
TION SUCCESSFUL.

FE. T. Sperling, well-known local
amateur radio operator, won the code
copying contest, which was held in
connection with the annual meeting
of the Southern Minnesota Radio as
ISOLATION at Sleepy Eye, Saturday.
There were about so entries in this
contest, of which three remained af-
ter the elimination. Mr.. Sperling
proved his prowess as a rapid anna
teur operator by averaging 81 words
per minute, which topped the record
of his two competitors, and he was
awarded first prize.
Victor Schleuder, another proficient
amateur of New Ulm, demonstrated
a radio controlled ear during the con-
vention, which made decided hit
with those present. This was during
the banquet program, at which Mr..
Sperling talked on transmitter opera
ton. The principal speakers were
prominent amateur radio operators
of the country, and included Don C.
Wallace of Minneapolis, winner Of
the United States Department of
Commerce cup this year, which was
competed for by all of the amateur
radio operators in the Union. Mr..
Wallace gave an excellent technical
talk.
Clarence r. Rogness of Kenneth,
Mimi, was awarded the cup offered
by John Pfau of Mankato to the
member of the Southern Minnesota
Radio association having the. best all
around station. Mr. Rogness resides
on a farm near Kenneth, and regular
city electrical current not being
available there, he uses special
transmitter.
During the noon hour, the ladies of
the Congregational church at Sleepy
Eye served fine banquet in the
church parlors. Following the re-
past, an unusually interesting pro-
gram was given. The convention
was attended by about Is amateur
radio operators, representing some
20 cities, villages and rural districts
in southern Minnesota.
After the close of the convention,
the delegates visited the amateur ra-
dio stations in Sleepy Eye, New Ulm
and nearby communities.
The following. officers were elected
for the ensuing year: 9BVS Marshall
Whitcomb, Redwood Falls, president;
9BFU Herrick Aldrich, Belview, vice
president, and 9EGG Clarence r. Rog-
ness, Kenneth, secretary-treasurer.-
Brown County Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Frank Day Gets
An Interview

The following little dialogue be
ween Frank Day and an unfortunat
,erson whom Mr.. Day has picked o
or an interview, is reprinted frol
he columns of the Fairmont Dali
Sentinel:
Mr.. Day: "What do you think
of the Leopold and Loeb sent
ences?"
Subscriber, at other end of
were: 81 think the beasts ought
to be hanged"
Mr.. Day: "Don't you think
it would be better for them to
live in prison and be punished for
years ?"
Subscriber: Certainly not,
why should the taxpayers feed
brutes who killed a child in cold
blood. They should be hanged!"
Mr.. Day: "Now, ahem!-Well,
don't you really think it would
be greater punishment for them
to live for years and years be-
hind the grim bars Of the peni-
tentiary, cut off from their loved
ones, looked on with the torture
of conscience, isolated from their
fellow men. O,-what could be
greater punishment than the hor-
rible march of the years as the
prisoners languish in their iron
cells, bounded by the cries of
their victim, their dreams inter
rupted by terror -! !"
Subscriber: "No, l don't. Hang
the imps of Satan and have it
over with"
Mr.. Day: "Well, all right.
I'll write it that way. l wouldn't
try to influence any ones views"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Negro Group
EntertainS Here
TALK BY LAURENCE JONES IN
TERESTING FEATURE OF WE'D
: NESDAY NIGHTS PROGRAM.

On Wednesday evening, September
18th. the Cotton Blossom singers, a
colored quartet, gave a very interest
Methodist Church of Redwood Falls.
This group of young ladies is sent
out from the Piney Woods vocational
school in Braxton, Mississippi, under
the guidance Of Laurence Jones, the
principal and founder of the school,
Pihey Woods is the only vocational
high school in that section of the
country aside from the Booker T.
Washington school In the short
talk which formed a part of the pro-
gram, Mr.. Jones told how he had
found the educational conditions in
the south in a most deplorable con-
dition when he arrived from st. Louis
in 1910. He at once set about bet
tering this condition and his first
school was held in the open air under
a huge cedar tree The school soon
grew and moved into a cabin during
the winter. In short time several
rough pine buildings were construct
ed and the school began to be re-
cognized as permanent institution.
At present school is held in two
brick buildings and another building
is well under way. All the work
about the school is done by the stu
dents, many Of whom work half day
and attend classes the remainder Of
the time.
Mr.. Jones described a commence
ment exercise recently held. The
stage was set with various industrial
appliances and each graduate de-
monstrated his or her skill along the
many different lines in which the
students specialize. Weaving, cook
ing, sewing and other domestic arts
are taught the girls while the boys
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
National Banks
Held Liable
MUST PAY TAX ON MONIES AND
CREDITS.-JUDGE RULES
IN TEST.

National banks in Minnesota must
pay personal property taxes on
monies and credits, as assessed un-
der the state laws, the same as pri-
vate individuals, it was held in de-
cision filed in Ramsey county district
court recently by Judge Charles Be-
choefer in a test case against the
First National Bank of St. Paul.
Functioning of the banks under
federal government supervision es-
tablishes no exemption, the court
held.
The Twin Cities National bank and
the Wabash National bank, both of
st. Paul, joined in the case with the
First National and other banks paid
the disputed taxes in 1921 and 1922
under protest, pending the outcome
of the test case.
The decision was awaited with deep
interest by legal and banking inter-
ests throughout the country, as the
right of a stay to impose such taxes
has been a moot question for many
years.
The question gained especial at
tention three years ago when the
Virginia State Supreme Court held
that the merchant National bank of
Richmond was not subject to the tax
and the ST. Paul banks based their
rights to exemption from the tax on
that decision.
Judge Bechoefer's decision will be
finally appealed to the United States
Supreme Court, according to counsel
for the defendant banks.
1t is said that several million dol
lars are collected in taxes each year
upon monies and credits of National
banks in the eighty-six counties of
the state. Judge Bechoefer cites
Federal and state laws of 1923 as Civ
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-24
Redwood High
SWamps Hector
LOCAL BOYS HOLD TRACK
MEET; TEAM LOOKS
PROMISING.
wild Ricel

The Redwood High School football
warriors swept through the Hector
team for 45-0 victory on Saturday
afternoon. The day was summery-
too warm for football, the players
suffering from the July breezes. The
small crowd on hand saw the makings
of good team. The size of the
score indicates that the Cardinal and
White squad has the punch, for using
straight football they overwhelmed
the Hopefuls from Hector. Practical
ly every man out for football got a
chance to show his wares. Many men
got their first thrill in an actual
games.
The game started with a rush,
Hector receiving. In an attempt to
advance up the pigskin playground
by the air route, Hector suffered for
Capt. Manning shared a wild toss
and tucking the leather under his
trusty wings galloped through dunn
founded Hector's line for touch
down. From then on the game was
Sewed up for the Cardinal and White
tore and ripped the Hector defense
to pieces. Touchdown after touch
down was chalked up. The reserves
were put in and they had plenty of
sport Then the green players were
put through the fire, Coach Hoffert
using practically every man out for
football.
The backfield showed up especially
well while the line was a veritable
rock wall. Taking the day into con-
sideration the Redwood warriors
presented a creditable brand of foot
ball for 45 to 0 victory is not to
be sneezed at. Every man made a
creditable showing and every lad
deserves credit for his performance.
Saturday the Cardinal and White
will invade the camp of the New
Ulmites in an attempt to bring back
a choice scalp. Last year New Ulm
and Redwood battled to a scoreless
tie and this years fracas should be
grand skirmish to watch. Better
come along folks. Let's go.