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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
R.. R. Official
Gives Report on
Crop Outlook
HI. WAGEN OF NORTHWESTERN
ROAD FINDS CONDITIONS IN
MINNESOTA-DAKOTA Salts
FACTORY AND OUTLOOK FAIR.

H. j. Wagon, division freight and
passenger agent of the Chicago and
Northwestern road, Saturday issued
the following crop report:
"Weather the past week over
Minnesota-Dakota Territory has re-
mained cool. We have had light to
heavy rains in Minnesota west OF
Sanborn and over practically all of
Dakota except Hooker to Hawarden
and the Yankton line.
During the past week we have
had from light showers to good
steady rains over the larger. part OF
our Minnesota Dakota Territory.
The writer covered most of our
South Dakota Territory this week
and found conditions generally sat
isfactory The territory between
Pierre and Rapid City has had more
moisture than east of the River,
however, the rains of the past week
have been beneficial and all crops
are showing good growth. Although
the COOL weather has retarded the
growth to some extent, still we are
ahead of last year and with addi-
tional moisture and warmer wealth
eI tIlS SlGudtlOII. WILL SuOW uI tlCl
improvement. We cannot find where
frost has done any damage to the
small grain crops.
''Corn planting is practically COM
pleted and in some parts of our
territory corn is above ground. Past
ures are short but show improve
ment over the previous week.
SIN some parts of our territory
rye is heading out. There will be a
large increase in flax acreage this
year.
Generally speaking for this en-
tire territory we would say as a
whole the crop situation is good
with only occasional spots where it
is dry, due to not enough rain late
ly, however, there is sufficient sub
soil moisture to take care of the
crops in these parts for sometime"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
Auditor Chase
Speaks Here
Mon, June 9Th
STATE AUDITOR WILL DISCUSS
TAXES AT SCHOOL AUDITOR
IUM; COMES AT REQUEST OF
COMMERCIAL CLUB.

Ray P. Chase, Auditor of the State
of Minnesota will speak in Redwood
Falls Monday evening June '8th, CIV
ing his talk on taxation and it's pro-
blems-a talk which he has given in
practically every county in Minnesota
and one which is eagerly listened to
by everyone privileged to hear it.
Mr.. Chase comes to Redwood Falls at
the request of the Redwood Falls Com
mercial Club whose guest he will be
during his visit here. While this is
not his first visit here, it is the first
time he has given this talk on state
taxes and problems they present and
his coming is awaited with eagerness.
The Commercial Club asked him to
come at the earnest solicitation of
citizens who have heard this wonder
full talk and are anxious that their
friends and neighbors shall have the
same privilege. -- ~a~A
The meeting which Mr.. Chase will
address will be conducted in the au-
ditorium of the new school building
which seats several hundred people.
Every businessman whether in town
or on the farms and every woman of
mature understanding will want to
hear this talk and a cordial invitation
is extended by the Commercial Club
through it's President o. A. Stensvad
for all to attend this meeting. All
contingent expenses are born by the
Commercial Club and there will be
no admission fee. There is every
reason for expecting that the audi
torium will be filled with earnest
citizens anxious to hear Mr.. Chase
message.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
Class of Fifty
Given Diplomas
Wednesday Eve.
COMMENCEMENT TAKES PLACE
IN GRADE SCHOOL AUDITOR
IUM FOR FIRST TIME. L. M.
BRINGS SPEAKS.

The annual commencement exercises
took place at the Grade School au-
ditorium last Wednesday evening a
class of fifty students receiving their
diplomas at this time. Scholarships
were presented to Amalia Neitzel and
Harvey Huhnerkoch by Superinten-
dent S. E. Hargis and the presenta
tion of diplomas was made by Presi-
dent A. G.. Rurmeister of the Board
of Education.
To the music of a professional play
ed by an orchestra the class men,
bers made an attractive entrance
through both doors of the auditorium,
marching the full length of the build
ing and mounting to the stage by steps
at it's front. Seated with them on
the platform were the speakers of
the evening, DR.. A. w. Ross who gave
the Invocation and Rev. E. P. Gabriel
who pronounced the Benediction.
Miss Ella Dahmes was the first
speaker, giving the Salutatory. This
was followed by two songs by the
Girls Glee Club under the direction
of Miss Opal Geibler. Miss Amalia
Neitzel then gave the Valedictory.
The address of the evening was given
by Lawrence M. Brings of Minneapo-
lisc who took as his subject, "The
Measure of Man." Miss Opal
Geibler sang very pleasingly, To a
Hilltop and Ho, Mr.. Piper, with Miss
Ruth Cooper accompanying her. Miss
Meci Reed played two violin solos,
choosing Gounod's Ave Marie and
Won Alstyn's Dreams as her selec-
tions.
Special mention was made by Mr..
Hargis of James Byram a young
man who has made an admirable rec
ord in high school work during the
past two year. Mr.. Hargis said: 81
am pleased to make special mention
of James Byram who finished the
eighth grade work several years ago
and dropped out of school. Two years
ago he decided that he needed high
school education in order to prepare
for his chosen life work. In the fall
of 1923 he entered the high school
and in the two following years has
made fifteen credits all in solid sub
jects, with an average of 87.2 per
cent. This summer he will make the
extra credit, sixteen being required
for graduation and will enter the
University in the fall to study medi-
cine. A diploma will be granted him
by the Board of Education upon the
completion Of this work. This is a
splendid and very unusual record and
should be an inspiration to others
who think they are too old to get a
high school education" The high
est number of credits in the class was
made by Muriel Kuester who gradu.
ated with nineteen
Mr.. Hargis also gave some inter
esting data concerning the Class OF
1925, this data having been gathered
through questionaires recently filled
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03

Redwood County taxpayers this
year will pay $22, 329 under the one
mill road aid tax levy, and the coun-
ty receive in return $22,350 to use
on its state aid roads under the ap-
portionment made last week. The
board making the allotments includes
State Auditor R. P. Chase, Treasul CT
Henry Rines, and Highway CommIs-
sion c. M. Babcock.
Two open air band concerts are an
nounced for the people of Redwood
Falls and vicinity. The first of these
will be held Friday evening of this
week on the Courthouse lawn and the
other will be held in Alexander RAM
sey State Park at two thirty o'clock
the afternoon of Sunday, June 14th.
The Friday evening concert is the
first appearance of the re-organized
band and it's friends are invited to
be present. This includes all the
people in Redwood Falls and adja-
cent territory.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
File Claims Now.


Ex-seryice men with disabilities in
order to obtain compensation under
present rulings must file all evidence
proving that the injuries were suf-
fered or aggravated during active
service on or before June 7th, 1925,
except where there is an official rec
ord of the injuries received during
active service. Government insur-
ance held by disabled men should be
converted on or before June 9TH, 1925.
The latest possible date for the con-
version of any term insurance is
July 2, 1926.
Miss F. Lucille JosceIyn, executive
secretary Of the Red Cross, will be
glad to give additional information
and help to any ex-service men who
wish to comply with the above rul-
ings, if they will call at the Office in
the court house.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
Mrs. Helen Robinson

Mrs. Helen Robinson died Monday
morning at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. VIM. French of Olivia, af-
ter an illness of several months. The
body was brought to Redwood Falls
and the funeral service will be held
at the Presbyterian Church at three
o'clock Wednesday afternoon with DIR.
A. w. Ross, pastor of the church,
officiating. Interment will be made
in the family lot in the Redwood Falls
cemetery.
Mrs. Robinson was past seventy
three years of age. She was stricken
with paralysis while a guest at her
daughters home in February and
was never able to return to her home
in Redwood Falls having been bed
ridden since the time of the attack.
She has lived in Redwood Falls prac-
tically all of her life coming here
when child from her native state
of Wisconsin. Her husband passed
away about eighteen years ago and
Mrs. Robinson is survived by her
two daughters, Mrs. French of Olivia
and Mrs. Fred E.. Childs of Maynard
and one brother George Hammer,
resident of North Dakota.
Mrs. Robinson was one of the old
est of Redwood Falls residents and
had many close friends and acquaint-.
ances among. the older people here.
She was for many years a member
of the Presbyterian Church and also
a member of the Womans Relief Corps
for many years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03

Wilbur Lines of Cottonwood was a
Thursday caller here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
Joint Meeting Here.

There will be joint Farmers Club
and Township meeting for Delhi, Hon.
ner, Paxton and Redwood Falls
Townships held at the new Grade
School Auditorium, Redwood Falls
at 500 P. M. Wednesday, the 3rd.
The area tuberculosis eradication
work will be taken up and moving pic
lures shown on the problem of tuber-
culosis, how it spreads, the economic
loss in livestock and its effect upon
the human race.
All residents of Redwood Falls,
North Redwood and Delhi are also
invited to attend this meeting. Mr..
w. A. Peck, Livestock Commissioner
will speak. This meeting is of equal
interest to the farmers and town
people. Sheldon, County Agent.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
M.&St.I. TreStle
Catches Fire
Monday Morn.
TRAGEDY AVERTED BY DIS
COVERY OF FIRE JUST BEFORE
EASTBOUND TRAIN REACHES
SCENE. DEPARTMENT HELPS.

The discovery of burning trestle
on the M. & st. L. R. r. near Morton
Monday morning averted what would
gedy. One of the residents of Nor
ton discovered the west trestle burn
ing just short time before the train
going east was due. His tagging of
the train caused it's engineer to stop
it before it reached the trestle which
was so badly burned that the weight
of the train would have crushed it,
letting the train drop about twenty
feet. The Redwood Falls Fire De-
partment was called to the scene and
by the use of the water in small
lake near the trestle was able to
subdue the flames before the trestle
was entirely destroyed. 1t took about
twenty-four hours to replace the
burned portions of the trestle, and
both mail and passenger service were
much impeded during that time. The
alarm was given in Redwood Falls
at 400 o'clock and the Department
returned shortly before six.
1t is assumed that burning cinders,
raked from the engine of the west
bound train started the fire. There
is only comparatively short time
between the two trains and therefore
the fire had not had time to burn more
than a hundred feet of the trestle
However had the train gone onto the
trestle at all the disaster would have
been great. 1t so happened that there
was an unusually long train, more
than the usual number of coaches be-
ing carried. The discovery Of the
fire and the prompt action of the
fire department combined to save the
lives of many people as well as con-
siderable property loss.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
Attorneys Asked
Change of Venue
for HOpp RetriaI
JUDGE A. B. GISLASON OF THIS
DISTRICT ASKED TO SIT IN
NICOLLET CO., MURDER TRIAL
AT ST. JAMES.

At conference of attorneys on
Tuesday afternoon, it was decided to
ask for change of venue in the Ju-
Illus Hopp murder case, which must be
retired because a jury failed to agree
at St. Peter last week. Either Nc
Leod, Watonwan or Redwood counties
would be acceptable~to the attorneys
on both sides, it was intimated. Rumor
has it that the trial will be held at
St. James, though Judge A. B. Gisla-
son has not yet designated the place.
Attorneys Henry H. Flor and Albert
Pfaender for the defense, and Coun-
ty Attorneys George T. Olsen, I. O.
Streissguth and Alfred w. Mueller
for the state, talked over the dis
position of the case on Tuesday at
ternoon. A distinct compliment was
paid to Judge Gislason when the at
torneys for both sides made special
request that he preside at the retrial.
1t was agreed that speedy retrial
be given. Hopp is out on $4,000
bail.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
MINES. T. E Flinn. c. F. Gales. and

Mines. T. E. Finn, C. F. Gales, and
]. Albert johnson were hostesses at
a pleasant picnic party in Ramsey
State Park last Thursday evening the
members of the grade school teach
ing corps being the guests of the
occasion. A hot dinner was served,
cooking being done on the new stove
in the tourists camp which these ex-
perienced cooks state works perfectly.
Hot strawberry shortcake was one Of
the features which was both unusual
as picnic dish and much appreciate
ed by the guests.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03

What might have been serious ac-
cident happened Sunday evening on
Highway No. A between Sanborn and
Redwood Falls, when the car contain
ing Mr.. and Mrs. John Saxton and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lentz
ran into the ditch and overturned,
due to the bright lights of an oncom-
ing car. Mr.. Saxton suffered with a
broken bone in the face and numerous
cuts and bruises, but the rest of the
party were unharmed. The car was
quite badly smashed, the top and
radiator, windshield and tenders were
damaged. Mr.. and Mrs. Saxton and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lentz
were returning from Olivia, where
they had spent the day with relatives.
-Sanborn Sentinel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03

Albert Walter is the new night po-
lice of Redwood Falls taking the place
of Carl Byram who has resigned. Mr..
Walter will be on duty from eight in
the evening until six in the morning.
His chief duty will be to arrest of
tenders against the speed laws and
anyone arrested and found guilty
will l-be dealt with as harshly as the
law permits. The City Council and
other members of the citizenry of
Redwood Falls have grown very
weary of the constant and persistent
speeding on the streets, especially DUR
ing the evening and night and Offend
ers caught need hope for no kindness
either in the matter of penalties inn
posed nor Of public opinion.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-06-03
Farm Bureau
Picnic at WabaSSO
Tues, June Is
COUNTY AGENT ANNOUNCES
FULL AND ENTERTAINING
PROGRAM FOR ANNUAL GET
TOGETHER. COUNTY INVITED.

The Redwood County Farm Bureau
picnic will be held in Wabasso on the
school grounds instead of the j. j.
Troske grove as was previously an
nounced. The Executive Committee
met with the Wabasso Commercial
Club Committee on Monday May 18
and made detailed plans. The Date
of this big event is Tuesday June
10th.
The change was made in order to
provide better Accommodations for the
thousands of people who annually at
tend this big event. The large spa
cious shaded grounds at Wabasso
with the added protection in case of
storm, better roads and other adj
vantages caused the Farm Bureau to
arrive at this conclusion.
The Wabasso Commercial Club and
the Redwood County Fair Assn are
both cooperating to make this one of
Redwood County's biggest days.
The program is entirely in the
hands of the Farm Bureau. A COM
mittee was appointed to secure a
band, another to arrange for big
attractive ball game, and Farm Bu-
reau committee will work with the
Wabasso merchants in preparing the
grounds for the day.
The Redwood County Fair manage
ment will have full and complete
charge of the dance. This event will
be conducted on plans similar to
those carried out at the County Fair.
Orchestra music of the best obtain
able is assured.
A playground Director will be EN-
ployed to provide something doing
every minute of the day for the,
children. This is one of the new fea-
lures added this year.
The Wabasso Commercial Club will
have exclusive eat and drink stand
rights. Positively no other stands
will be allowed.
The program will be short and
spicy but very highly interesting to
everyone. The Nebraska whirlwind,
Mr.. N. w. Gaines will address the
picnic again this year with a new
inspiration. The Dramatic Debate on
the subject "Does an Education Pay
will be presented by Messrs Cristgau
and Frokjer, band music, male quar-
tet, community singing will provide
plenty of variation.
Push Ball is another new feature
It is game requiring 25 contestants
on team. Vail Township has chal-
lenged any township team in Redwood
County to a final contest. The game
is played with big six foot ball the
same as auto push ball except it is
played by men instead of autos.
The program for the day is as fol
lows:
1000 A. M.-Push Ball Contest to be
concluded by noon.
Playground games of the children
Band music.
1900 M.-Picnic Dinner.
12:45 F. M.-Band Concert. Childrens
games, stories and contests dur.
ing the entire afternoon.
Ills F. M-Address of Welcome, M
N. Sandager, Pres.
Response, N. j. Franta, Mayor.
lao P. M.-Dramatic Debate, "Does
an Education Pay?"
2:30 P. M.-Quartet and Commun-
ity singing.
2:40 F. M.-Address, N. w. Gaines
$3.50 F. M. Sharp-Ball Games.
500 P. M.-Dramatic Debate, "Car
the Law be Enforced?"
8:45 P. M.-Meving Picture, "Sprine
Valley" a 5-reel drama and 9
| one reel comedy.
900 P. M. Wabasso City Hall
The entire program except the bal
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-04
NEW ICE AGE
ON EARTH IN 20, 900 YEARS

if the sun was subjected to the bonn
bardment Of electrical rays.
Accordingly he asked two well
known astronomers, DIR. Schlessing-
er of Yale and DR.. Shapley Of
Harvard, to help him compute the
courses of the nearest thirty-eight
stars for the last 10000 years and
the coming 10000 years.
The calculations show that five Of
these stars reached their closest to
our sun 5000 years ago. That was
the time when the last ice age took
place.
The calculations show further that
seven of the stars will reach their
closest positions to our sun some
time between 1900 and $4,000 years
in the future.
That is why DR.. Huntington pre-
diets another ice age in 10000
years.
ET1AJ. F. S. FOWLER, in a
I'M lecture to the London Zoo
I'll logical Society, reported that
a European catfish in the private
aquarium of the Duke of Bedford
is now so years old.
This however, is believed to be an
unusual age for fish.
Major Fowler gives these figures
as averages; carp, Is years, gold fish,
II, brown trout, 6, herring, 4.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-04
THE MOTORISTS
GREAT DANGER

TINY seven Hoosiers were
killed and a dozen injured
in automobile accidents
Sunday. A fairly uneventful week
end, but the record shows that
railroad crossings and careless
drivers We're on the job as usual.
Almost every Sabbath is an in
teresting and profitable day for In
diana morticians and hospitals.
Many HOLSTERS, on the Sabbath, in
stead of spending the day in rest
and meditation on spiritual
matters go out and meet eternity
face to face at a grade crossing or
under the wreckage of their auto
mobiles.
A few months ago an explosion
in a coal mine at Sullivan cost the
lives of fifty-one miners. 1t was
the greatest mine disaster in the
history of Indiana. The State was
appalled,. Public officials and tech
nical experts studied every phase
of the catastrophe hoping TO de-
wise safeguards to prevent a
repetition of the disaster.
Yet in a dozen summer Sundays
more persons lose their lives in
automobile accidents on Indiana
highways than in the States
greatest mine disaster. The week
ly toll attracts hardly passing
notice.
I Scarcely a single one of these
fatalities is due to the failure or
defect Of the automobile mechan-
ism. Almost every accident proves
the mechanical perfection Of the
motor car and mental inperfec-
lions of it's driver.
No automatic safety devices at
grade crossings, warning signs at
dangerous points on the roads, nor
speed laws and driving regulations
will lessen the accidents. Fool
hardy drivers will continue to
ignore them all-until something
happens and they are spewed all
over the highway in complete dew
astation.
The motorists greatest danger is
not on the highway, but in him
self. He alone can make Sunday
driving safe.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-04
BY David DietZ
NEA Herrice Writer

FRI HE world will be in the grip of
another great ice ago or
- glacial epoch in 20 coo years.
That is the prediction of Ellsworth
Huntington, famed geographic, ex-
plorer, and research associate Of Yale
University.
DR.. Huntington has recently been
conducting Investigations to find out
if daily variations in the suns out
put of energy might not be caused
by the positions of the planets.
Then, it occurred to him that long
period variations in the sun might
be caused by the positions of the
stars.
DR.. Huntington believes that the
planets influence the sun by reflect
ing part Of the suns electrical radi-
ations back into the sun. The stars,
of course, would affect the sun by
the influence of their own radiations,
for the stars send out light, heat and
electrical radiations just as our own
sur does.
Scientists agree that one of the
most likely causes Of a glacial age
would be a falling off in the energy
radiated by the sun.
Such falling off might take place
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-04

persons and property are now COM
mitted in the State to one eight
years ago. Burglaries, hold-ups,
bank rObberies and automobile
thefts have become ordinary in
cidents of the day like the rising
and setting Of the sun.
Some of the perpetrators are
caught and brought to trial-as
large a percentage as eight years
ago. Peace officers and police are
just as active and efficient now as
then, neither better nor worse.
But despite the increase in
crimes, criminals. arrests and
trials, fewer malefactors actually
served time, for their misdeeds in
1924 than in 1917. Soft humanitar-
ianism may decry imprisonment
for offenses against society as bar
barous. But it is fear of punish
ment not moral homilies that re-
strains prospective criminals.
The surest way to reduce In
diana's crime wave is to swell In
diana's prison population.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-04
A LASTING
MONUM EMIT

EDWARD RECTOR, native
r. Hoosier, for many years a
IL prominent lawyer in Chi
cago, who died the other day, will
need neither granite shaft nor
marble tomb to perpetuate his
memory. In his lifetime he built
a better, more lasting monument.
He was one of the greatest
friends and benefactors of De-
PAW university. To that inetitu-
ton he gave more than s1,000,000
in buildings and scholarships.
De PAW university may crumble
to dust. the tooth of time may
gnaw the buildings he gave the in
stitution, but the scholarships he
established will form an imperish-
able monument.
Because of his generosity,
hundreds Of young men, poor. but
ambitious. will get college educa-
lions and perhaps opportunities
for broader, more useful lives,
which otherwise might be denied
them.
Rich mon occasionally die-like
ordinary foll1s-and leave stately
sums to charity, hospitals, art and
whatnot Such philanthropy is
commendable. But the man who
invests in young people, who
makes it possible for many youths
to obtain education, makes a per-
ment of his country. His monu-
ment lives.