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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
A NEW BOOK APPEARS

q Redwood County friends Of
|. n. Tompkins uf Mankato
are reading with interest
his most recent hook, "The
Lure of the Southland,' just
off the press. The book
recounts most interestingly Nj.
Tompk:ns' recent travels from
Mankato to the Gulf Coast an
to some of the southern island.
The travels Aare lecounted in
a simple, narrative style which
carries the reader with the trav-
eler through all the beauties Of
the islands described, and give,
him the personal contact wit.
all the strange and new expert
ences which the author himself
encountered. A traveller Of ex.
perience, and by nature kee-,
observer, Mr.. Tompk,ns has the
ability of discovering the in
teresting and unusual thing for
his own satisfaction, and relat.-
ing it most fascinatingly foc
the pleasure of his reader.
geographically the book is
beautiful piece of printing and
is the product of the Manka.o
Free Press. Through the kind
ness of Mr.. Tompkins a copy
has been put in the Redwood
Falls Public Library.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
FIRST FIRE OF YEAR

At 5:45 p. M. Friday the Redwood
Falls Fire Department was called out
for the first time in 1926 to the home
of Mrs. C. F.. Tolzman. The old
house, more recently used as a shed,
which stands in back OF the present
home was in flames when the Depart
ment arrived. Due to the building
being lathed and plastered the fire.
men experienced some difficulty N
extinguishing the blaze. The flames
were between the outer wall and the
plaster and it was necessary to cut
holes several places in the side of the
building so that the water would get
to the blaze. The fire was caused
by a pan Of ashes, SUPP osedly dead
having been emptied near the build
ing. After an hours work the De
partment succeeded in axtinguishing
the fire without serious amount ef
damage.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
Redwood Co.'S
Fair Is Second
in Minnesota
BLUE EARTH COUNTY LEADS IN
ATTENDANCE AT 1925 FAIRS;
TOTAL OF ALL FAIRS is
1888, 700.

Registering an attendance of So
1877, the Blue Earth county fair at
Mankato placed first in 1925, R. F
Hall, secretary, Minnesota Federation
of County Fairs announced at that or
ganization's annual convention in ST.
Paul last week.
With secretaries of 72 of the states
101 county fairs reporting, including
virtually all of the leading ones, the
standing is:
First, Blue Earth county at Man
kato, 5O,127.
Second, Redwood county at Red
wood Falls, $4,000.
,. Third, Cottonwood county at Wiz
dom, 100000. (
Fourth, Steele county at Owatonra.
$4,000. 3.
Fifth, Hennepin county at Hopkins.
35, 900. =:
Sixth, Brown county at New Ulm
2O,5OO. 80 sa '--- @ -.
Murray county at. Slayton, Scot
county at Jordan, Todd County at
Long Prairie, Waseca county at Wa
SEGA and Dodge county at KassutH
tied for seventh place with an attend
ance of 10000 each.
The 72 fairs reported total at
tendance of 1,18S,7O with total com
bined receipts of $1,0S6,259. Permar
ent improvements were authorized e
the extent OF $117,000.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
GudrdSmen Win
from Madison
And. d.MorgalnI
DEFEAT MORGAN BY SO TO 2z
SCORE; MADISON GAME A.
HARD CONTEST; GUARDS WIN
(. IN BATTLE OF SEASON.

/. Two games played by the Guards
men on Wednesday and Saturday
nights marked the winning of their
fourteenth and fifteenth games. We'd
nesday the boys toured to Morgan
and came through with SO to ,21
victory, while on Saturday night they
nosed out the fast Madison Inde
pendent quint by 27 to Fl count.
The preliminary game of Saturday
was between the Junior High Sharks
and the Co. "L" Cubs which ended
with the matters even, a 16 to Ii
score: Coach Stevens of the Jun
ior High gang did not wish to con
tfnue play with his young bunch as he
thought that the hard work against
their much larger opponents would
do more harm than good
The shooting of baskets from all
angles by Castle and Donlon at the
Morgan game was the feature work
of the evening. Castle led with II
field counters and was closely follow,
ed by Donlon who gathered 10
doubles. Bobzin played a strong game
at center getting away for four field
goals and free throw. Lamberton
counted three markers and Hoffert
made one. Capt. Carity was out of
this game nursing a cold but was in
uniform waiting to be called had it
been necessary.
Probably the greatest battle of the
season was played at the Armory on
Saturday night. Madison who claims
one of the fastest quints in the state
was the shortender of game mar
red to some extent by hi lding of both
teams. Thirty-eight pei sonal fouls
were registered against the, two
teams, each being credited with 10.
Referee Johnson was DC doubt the
master of the situation. throughout
aud had he been more lenient the game
would have resembled the well known
"battle royal although neither team
can be accused of intentional rough
playing. ~
The visitors carried seven men AMI
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Australian ! Sees !.
America as The.
I: Worlds Example "a
MISS. GRACE HOLDER SPEAKS
ON; WORLD PROHIBITIONS. AT
:. THURSDAY EVENING 4LET-.
!. IRE. ~ !.

I r..
That Americas responsibility on the
! Prohibition problem is not alone ma
tional but is world wide; that the
United States is being watched by
all countries which have. this prob
lem still to sclve; and that success or
failure of future worldwide prohi-
bition hinges upon success or failure
of the fight now being made in the.
United States, was the keynote of a
lecture given at the Methodist Church
Thursday evening. The speaker was
Miss Grace Holder of Australia, he,
address here being sponsored by the
Redwood Falls branch of the Wo-
mems. Christian Temperance Union.
"A woman of strong personality, with
a full knowledge and great Inter.
est in her subject, Miss Holder held
the closest attention of her audience
during ar talk lasting nearly two
hours. Friday morning she spoke to
the students of both the Senior and
the Junior High Schools and was as
we'll received by the children as by
their elders.
Miss Holder is a native of Aus
trailia and came to America tive
years ago to study the prohibition
question as 1t is here. She is also
Child Welfare Worker, of interna-
ton reputation. Miss Holder is ono
of a family of nine children all OF
whom were in the service Of their
country during the World War; three
brothers were killed in action on the
battlefield in Europe. Miss Holder
has been close student of the pre-
hibition question in Australia, Europe
and America and is conversant with
the question from every view point.
She pictured conditions in foreign
lands where the liquor traffic holds
sway and drew comparison with
conditions existing in the United
States ai1der the dry regime, and
urged that, for the sake of. humanity,
the voters Of this country stand firm
ly, shoulder to shoulder, in defense of
the Eighteenth amendment, which she
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
P. T. A. MEETING

The Redwood Falls Parent Teach
ers meeting to be held in the Lincoln
School building next Monday evening,
January 25tn, promises to be of
special interest. All classes of the
first six grades and the Junior High
will be regularly conducted between
the hours of seven-thirty and nine.
This demonstration of the regular
school work is being given in order
that the fathers of school children
and other business people who are un-
able to visit school during the day,
may have an opportunity to see the
school in actual operation. At nine
o'clock the members Of the Associa-
tion will meet in the High School
gymnasium where the annual election
of officers will be held. Reports Of
the years work will be read at this
meeting which will be entirely busi-
ness session. There will be no social
hour.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
R. F.. c. Club
Holds Annual
Election Mon.
COMMERCIAL CLUB INSTALLS
d.. CRIMMINS AS PRESIDENT.
MANY BIG THINGS PLANNED
FOR YEAR 1926.

The. annual election Of the Com
mercial Club officers was held at the
Club rooms Monday night, January
18th. d. L. Crimmins was elected as
President to succeed o. A. Stensvad.
All the other officers were re-elect-
ed; Max Pettis, 1st vice president;
Ira Reynolds, End vice president; C..
A. Lauter5ach, secretary, and R. A.
Cooper, treasurer. The Board of Di-
rectors for the year of 1926 are E.
L. Spencer, w. T. Wilcox, John
O'Meara and S. E. Hargis. All Off
GERS and the Board of Directors will
meet next Monday night to appoint
various standing committees for the
year.
Eleven applications for member
ship were passed upon which brings
the total membership to date to 1877.
The new men who have just received
their membership are H. A. Smith,
M. w. Pugh, w. A. Hemler, E. H.
Davis, L. r. Ewart, Walter Backus,
George A. Patton, R. v. Ochs, F. j.
Petrie, R. w. Serkland and Glenn H.
Boltz.
Mr. O'Meara, chairman of the Good
Roads committee, brought up the
matter of paving the State Highway
No. IA from Redwood Falls to Nor
ton. Mr.. O'Meara stated that he has
conferred with the State Highway
Department about this matter and
that there is chance If getting this
work done but not much before 1927
The financial condition of the Red
wood Falls Lyceum Course was taken
up and it was pracrica::v decided tiias
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
Ninth District
Endorses Emerson
as District Judge
JUDGE GISLASON TO RESIGN
ATTORNEYS OF DISTRICT RE-
COMMENE EAMBERTON MAN
AS SUCCESSOR.

That Attorney Albert Emerson Of
Lamberton will succeed A. B. Gisla-
son of Marshall as second Judge Of
the Ninth judicial District, is both
the desire and the expectation of the
members of the Ninth District Bar.
Mr.. Gislason will resign the judge
ship to become partner of Senator
James H. Hall in the practise of law
at Marshall. He has been judge of
this district since 1928 when Cover
nor j. A. o. Preus appointed him to
the office, the work of the District
having become so great thai one judge
could no longer do it. Judge Gisla-
son was elected at the general cleo
ton in 1924.
Members OF the Ninth District Bar
met at New Ulm Thursday for the
purpose of recommending Mr.. Ener-
sen for the appointment which is to be
made by Gov. Christianson, Redwood
Falls attorneys attending the meeting
were, Judge A. C. Dolliff, County At
torney G. A: Barnes, Judge A. R. A.
Laudon and Attorney N. r. Ryersor.
Ninteen members of the Ninth Dis
trict Bar were present at the New
Ulm meeting and other members, un-
able to attend, sent their endorsement
of Mr.. Emerson by letter or telegram
Judge Dolliff reports that the en-.
dorsement was practically unanim
Gus, and that the Governor has beer
informed that the appointment of Mr..
Emerson is much desired by the Ninth
District. In case of his appointment
Mr.. Emerson will share tie work o.
the District with Judge I. M. Olson
of New Ulm as Judge Gislason has
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
VI WALNUT GROVE soLn,:


: The beautiful. grove of walz
NUT timber: known as Boom
howe1|s grove, was sold last
..tweeks.to Tracy parties, who are
> reported to be. contemplating
!. cutting the timber and. turning
: thez land into a cattle pastu-e.'
This town gets it's name, from
rthis grove; and there are. many
who regret to see this old grove
vanish It has been used very
generally in the past as a pic
mic ground by the churches,
schools and other organizations.
In fact there are few towns in
this section which can boast OF
such a beauty spot. We have,
/. been informed that the grove
has been reserved for short.
time; and there has been some
talk of interested parties going
together and buying and thus
reserve it for the future.
sWoodsman, spare that tree"
is really more than g sentiment,
and time ought to come with the
Increase of population and the
return of prosperity when the
walnut grove could be set aside
as a state park, for which it is
suited both by nature and loca-
tion.-Walnut Grove Tribune.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20
A. d. sTEWART HONORED

Since 1911 A., D. Stewart Of Red
wood Falls has been the secretary of
the State Association of Farmers Mu-
tual Insurance Company and last
week when he attended the annual
meeting of this Association, the Of
flee was again given him. He reports
most successful year and very in
teresting meeting. Mr.. Stewart
speciality seems to be serving as
secretary of Insurance companies
since he has also served as secretary
of the Mutual Creamery & Chee;s
Factory Fire Insurance Company
since 1908. His long tenure of Of
flee is q guarantee of good service
rendered the companies of which h.
is an officer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20

Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Gales and son
Rex spent the weekend at Carver and
Minneapolis.
Mrs. William Field accompanied her
daughter, Mrs. C. H. Posi- to Frank
lin Saturday and will visit there for
several days.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20

/, L. d. Baker Of Morton spent We'd
nesday here with his daughter, Mrs.
Jack Henze.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-01-20

William Duncan Of Milroy was .
Monday visitor in Redwood Falls.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-18

Michael Arlen, the Armenian nov
elist, said in New York the other day !:
English novelists are hypocrites
You'd think, the way they talk, that
every man, woman and child In Eng
land jumped relgiously each morning
before breakfast into an ice-cold bath
Brit
"That's the way they talk But in
London theatrical agents Office one
day I overheard a dialogue between
two pretty English girls.
"It's all right, Nell said the first
girl, as she came out from an inner
ONCE. He's signin' on for his bathin
beauty show without requirin' We to
strip
'Crikeyr said the second girl
When I've just wasted sixpence on q
barfP"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-18
Uncnnny Experiment

The appointment Of Joseph Bar
croft as professor Of physiology at
Cambridge university, England, recalls
the fact that Professor Bancroft once
performed an experiment which at
tracted worldwide attention. He was
studying lung diseases. For one whole
week he remained in a glass chamber
from which all the air was pumped
except the smallest amount required
to sustain life. Students watched in
relays day and night to see that the
small motor drawing out the Initiated
air did not stop, for If It had stopped
even for few minutes 1t would have
meant certain death to Professor Bar
croft. When the scientist emerged
from the glass chamber his body had
turned completely blue. Pathfinder
Magazine.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-18

HERIFF'S SALE. BY virtue of a
- writ of fl ia. to me directed, Issued out of
the Court of Chancery OF the State oil New
Jersey, will be exposed to saleatkpublic vendue
on
MONDAY, THE 21nd DAY OF MARCH, 1896,
between the hours OF IA O'Clock and o'clock,
lat One o'clock), in the afternoon OF sal day,
at the Court rouse, in the Borough of Freehold,
County of Monmouth, New Jersey, to satisfy
decree of said Court, amounting to approxi-
mately $9,27I.oo
All that certain tract or parcels of land and
premises hereinafter particularly described,
situate wing and being in the township OF
Milestone, in the County of Monmouth and State
of New Jersey
Beginning at an iron pipe at the corner OF lands
now or formerly of John Ely, and lands now OF
formerly of Robbins Farm; thence running 81
along said land OF Robbins Farm south seventy
FIVE degrees forty nine minutes west, seven nun
4 red ninety nine feet aud eighty hundredtns OF
a foot to point: thence [zl along other lands
oil John w. Stone north, three degrees. WE'VE
minutes east two thousand thirty-one lee. anu
elghty-hye hundredths OF loot
six degrees forty-fve minutes east, one tnousano
aud sixty-four feet and eghty-eigns ~ I
of a foot to an iron pipe in line OF anu 81 Jonu
Ely: thence "a along same south, thirteen de-
Rrees fifteen minutes west, one thousand SIX
hundred thrty-two feet to place OF peRinning,
Containing thirty seven and sevenv-uNe nun
Tooether with right of way and easement to
party of the second part, her heirs, executors,
administrator and assigns, Of ingress and egress
On and over strip OF land about fifteen feet in
width used as roadway aud extending from
the tractof land hereinbefore described to main
road known as the Ezra Road, said roadway be-
ing described as follows
Beginning on the Etra Road at point dis
tant seventeen hundred feet easterly from
stone and iron pipe located at northwest corner
OF property adjoining property OF Charles P.
Clauser; thence running in southerly direc-
ton and across lands formerly of ,rothy Quin-
cey Roosevelt Ceer, which premises are now
owned by John w. stone, for distance Of nine
hundred feet into and upon lands hereinbefore
described, which roadway is more particularly
shown on survey made by Sincerbeaux and
Moore, surveyors, OF Princeton & Trenton, N.
]. dated March 1924.
Seized as the property of Ethel Veronica
Bennett and Peter Bender, her husband. Ell ais,
taken in execution at the suit OF Joseph G. Col
bert and to be sold by
JOHN H. VAN MATER, sheriff.
Dated February "a. 1920
SIMON ENGLANDER, Solicitor.
log linesl L$2646l
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-18

GHERIFF'S SALE.-By virtue Of a
NJ writ of f. ia. to me directed, issued out of
the Court of Chancery of the State OF New
Jersey, will be exposed to sale at public ven
due,
MONDAY, the aad DAY OF MARCH, 1896
between the hours Of II o'clock and S
o'clock lat one o'clock,l in the afternoon OF
ough Of Freehold. County Of Monmouth.
New Jersey, to satisfy decree OF SAID court
amounting TO approximately sI5,594oo'
All that certain tract or parcel of land and prem
lss being part of the tract conveyed to Robert
G.. Robinson ami James Robinson, Jr. by
james Robinson and wife by deed dated in the
year A. D., IS4z situa ed lying and beng IN
The Township Of Freehold, in the County OF
Monmouth and state of New Jersey more par
ticularly described as follows:
Beginning at a stake in the public road Lead
ing rom Mounts Corner to Blacks Mills at
the most noithessterly corner OF John Snock 8
farm and bearing sonth thirty two degrees and
thirty three minutes east from the most south
westerly corner OF James Mortord's wagon
house and from thence running q south ten
degrees and forty minutes east twenty-slx
chains and sixteen links following said
smock's line 70 a CORNER, thence. a following
the said Smoeks line south four degrees west
three chains and seventy-tour links to Daniel
d, Denise line, thence l3l north eighty degrees
east following said Denises line and the line OF
Gilbert Solomon twenty-eight chains and
tweuty-six links to a stake being the fourth
station named in deed of quit claim executed
by amee Robinson ana VIE TO KoDefb =. KIDD
III son bearing date Marcn 6, 1855, thence Al
North nineteen degrees and fifteen minuts west
twenty seven chains and eighty-four links to
station three i'll said deed named being a
stake n the middle of the aforesaid public
road, thence Isl following the middle of said
road south eighty-tive degrees and fifty min
utes west twenty-three chains aud forty links
to The place Of beginning, Containing sew
enty-two acres and six hundredths, strict meas
ute.
seized as the property of Elizabeth
Solomon ct ais taken in execution at the
suit Of Freehold Mutual Loan Association,
and to be sold by
JOHN H. vANMATER, sheriff.
Dated Feb z5, 1926.
JOSEPH NdcDRRMorr, Solicitor.
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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-18
So Easy

George L. Chapman, the Florida
rsaltor, was talking in Jacksonville
about q man named Snodgrass who
had lost heavily In Florida land.
"A couple of crooked realtors got
hold of him." said Mr.. Chapman.
There are crooks, you know, even In
our trade, And then Snodgrass was
such a honehead.
"These two crooked realtors were
playing golf the other day over a new
course they had Just laid out in or
der to boom a building operation, and
1t occurred to them that it would be
good thing 10 christen the holes,
"'What shall we call this third hole,
GeorgeY said the frst Eealtor,
"tCall It Snodgrass,' said the sec
ond.
"'Why call 1t thatr
"'Oh, because it's so easy to do"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-18
WELL CALLED CITY
OF ETERNAL YOUTH.
Damascus Has Seen Many
Empires Come and Go.

Damascus, said to be the most an
cient inhabited city of the world, has
just come through another ordeal Of
FIRE and sword, yet the work Of re-
building the devastated area is al
ready well under way.
From the earliest times the city has
been continually subjected to destruc-
ton and pilIage. On countless occa-
sions she has been sacked and her
buildings leveled to the ground; yet
thanks to her wonderful recuperative
power she has always risen from the
debris radiant and with new lease
Of life.
Damascus is a city of eternal youth.
She is the garden of the desert and
her position is unique in the eastern
world.
For thousands of years the waters
Of Damascus have given refreshment
to millions of people parched with the
heat of the Syrian sun, and her cool,
shady gardens have never failed to
provide their luscious fruits. She has
seen the rise and fall of kings and
kaliphs, of princely powers and domt-
mating dynasties. She has survived
them all,
The life of the city never changes.
The caravans come ana go. The same
cosmopolitan multitude Of Bedouins,
Turks. Persians, Afmenians, kprds,
Jews, Circassians and negroes from
Arabia throng her busy bazaEs which
are a perfect blaze OF oriental color.
The ceaseless hum of the narrow, coy
cred streets, fianked by picturesque
doorways and state courtyards. Is eV-
erlasting, and the recent disturbances
have only caused temporary lun.
For few days there was pause
in the feverish activity of this mighty
market of the East, and the Dazars
were strangely silenced.
Now Damascus is returning 10 Aer
own again, the Damascenes are WORK
ing hard to repair the damaged build
ings, and the old atmosphere is gradu-
ally coming back. Every day the aam-
age appears less, the chattering crowq
of jostling Orientals grows greater
md the hammer of the brass heaters
sounds louder. The gentle t1pAle Of
he camel bell is teard once more. al
hough the great caravans dare not
enture on the open road.
From the surrounding hills Daf4Ae-
us appears great white city em-
edded in a rich green garden. She is
Ike a pearl in a setting of emefalds.
Ter hundreds Of mosques and NINA
cts vie with each other in simple
plendor
From this great oasis the camel
.aravans have century after century
vended their slow and stately way
out into the vast waterless spaces Of
he world. which on the map are
merely yellow patches.
Damascus has seen the beginning
of every existing power. She win
probably see the end of them all.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-18
Ann Old Ercuse

President Jerry B. Sullivan of the
United States board of general APP
Araisers was talking about smuggling.
Nearly everybody can find an ex-
cuse," he said, "for doing bit of
harmless smuggling. We're like the
little boy who was getting dressed for
holiday party.
"Oh, no, mother he said, you
amt a-goin' to wash my ears, too !
oh, no, not on your lifeP
"'Why notY said his mother.
"'Why, consarn It, growled the boy,
don't 1t say on the Invitation that
this Is an informal partyr"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-03-18

Canon Hannay, known to fiction as
George A. Birmingham, maintains that
nowadays the most dramatic sermons
are preached in Ireland. A friend
of his heard preacher in a Con-
naught village expatiating on the ter
rors of hell.
'gThe lions will roar at yez," he told
his congregation. '"The owls will boot
at yez, and the hyenas will laugh yez
to scorn."
Another Irish preacher, having de-
scribed how Jezebel painted her face,
her head and looked out of the win
dow at Jehu, remarked:
"And would you believe 1t, the
huzzy was nigh on sixty years of age"