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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
BY ERDE.

The principal line of political and
educational work among the adults in
the USSR is carried on in the clubs
and reading rooms.
The October revolution has given
rise to huge number of clubs, read
ing rooms, ride corners, Lenin corners,
etc. The extent of activities among
the adults in the USSR in the sphere
of political enlightment, rational en-
joyment and rest may be seen from
the following figures: there are at
the present time in the USSR 1860
peoples palaces, 1886 peasant
palaces, 6,015 workers clubs and 25,-
900 reading rooms. There were in
1915 only 300 peoples palaces regis
tered in European Russia. These
palaces were oppressed by Czarism.
The political enlightment of adults
which has gained momentum in the
development of thousands of work
ers' clubs and tens of thousands of
rural clubs (reading rooms) is not so
much a result of the several legal
centres of the labor movement of Rus
STA before the revolution as of the
underground Bolshevik organizations
in which cadres of workers developed
and carried on extensive propaganda
of ideas for the emancipation of the
working class.
What is our club and reading room
The clubs help the working man to
raise his cultural level, to broaden his
professional and technical knowledge.
The club gives the worker an oppor-
tunity to obtain knowledge in the most
popular form, either in the form of
questions or answers, in the form of
lectures, political circles, industrial
circles, circles of current politics, etc.
The club develops the self activity of
its members. 1t is for this reason
that the enumerated circles are or
ganized in them. At the beginning
Of 1926 there were 25,021 such circles
in the USSR.
The network Of libraries in the
workers clubs deserves special at
tention. There were in 1923 2,146
such libraries; in 1924 the number
was $500; in 1926 it was 8,085. The
number of books in the libraries was
100000 in 1928 and 15,600,000 in
1926.
The number of clubs in 1925-26 was
1000 in the cities of the RSFSR. This
does not include the Red corners.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
The Embryo of a New Life

An account of the club work of one
month December 1926 gives the fol-
lowing picture: the number of per-
formances was PIG per every hundred
clubs; the number of concerts 81, So
cial gatherings 81; lectures 304; liv-
ing newspapers 81; 6 lectures on in
dustrial questions; % question and
answer evenings; evenings of self
activity, etc.
The 5000 trade union clubs of the
RSFSR have now 1,165,000 members.
The number of red corners is already
27,723.
Lately the trade unions have begun
to reorganize their clubs so as to
make them more attractive to adult
workers. At the present time the
young workers predominant in the
clubs. Workers over 80 years of age
constitute only 80 per cent of the club
membership. This correlation is con-
sidered not quite satisfactory. The
clubs after their reorganization will
become not only centres of mass en-
lightenment but also places where
workers and their families can find
recreation to larger extent than be-
fore. Most of the clubs where it is
possible for the worker to seek recre-
alton are well-attended by. adults
after their working hours where they
bring their families with them. Wom-
en- constitute 33 per cent of the club
membership.
Every workers club, every rural
reading room, strengthens the prole-
tartan dictatorship and FORCES the new
elements of life both in the towns and
rural districts.
Every reading room serves an aver
age OF IL villages, embracing from 80
to 40 per cent Of the population. Two
thirds of the active club members are
young peasants. In 1925-26 the agri-
cultural circles in the reading rooms
were attended by over 10000 peas
ants.
The reading rooms usually organize
collective newspaper reading for il
llterates. Many reading rooms have
their radio and cinema installations.
The rural reading rooms are centres
OF political enlightenment even to
greater extent than the town clubs.
The Libraries, anti-illiteracy stations,
red corners and reading rooms in the
villages are all under the auspices Of
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
PRINCESSES AND NATURAL FORCES
BY WIN. PICKENS.

Such strange things do read about in newspapers like
this English princess fes fire in her nightiew AS if
would make difference between princess and other
The forces of nature respecter of
fire will burn princess virgin as quickly it will burn
scrub woman prostitute Why then is any that
princess will from fire? So will beggar-woman-so
must Nature does not respect rank Democratic
nne pretend not to- but the laws of actually
Little kowtowing humans get used to their neriorty
completes that they feel that the laws
must also bend the knee
Of princess" will from a fire in her "nghe"
Any princess who is insane will from fire
less than nightie.
The American certainly full of astonishing
may read that king afraid to eat rychnne
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Continued from Last IGsue.)
The Family Lawyer
XVII,

I HAVE got this far in my manu-
script, when a telegram interrupts
my labors. The bookstores of Bos-
ton have removed my novel, COLL"
from sale, at the instigation of
church censorship. You remember l
wrote, little way back, that when
you get a censor you generally get
fool, and sometimes also knave.
So now we shall see!
1t was my intention in money
Writesl" to be judicious, and leave
out my own writings. But when you
are in a war, you cannot always
choose the battlefield; in this case
the police department of Boston has
made the choice, and so l state that
COLL" is novel portraying Amer
ica's most speculative and spectacular
industry, and incidentally picturing
the moral and political breakdown
of our ruling classes. The censors
will pretend to be shocked by half
dozen brief glimpses of Hollywood
petting- parties; but what they really
want is to shut off book Of rev.
dictionary criticism.
The Boston Herald telegraphs ask
ing what mean to do; and I answer
that I will come and sell the book
myself But meantime the authorities
proceed to arrest a twenty-year-old
booksellers clerk and rush him to
trial. So here am on transcon-
tinental train, on my way to appear
as witness for Mr.. John Gritz of the
Smith and McCance bookstore, in
that city of the bean and the cod
where Amy Lowell spoke to god, and
where Amy LowelPs brother has just
been appointed upon commission to
decided the fate of Sacco and Van
zetti.
The officials of the Union Pacific
Railroad find out, and give me a
taste of Mencken's adventures. The
passenger agent at Salt Lake, City
appears with an automobile and
whisks me off 20 see the great Nor
mon Temple in twenty-five minutes,
and hear the greatest organ in the
world play "Annie Laurie! The
Mormon brethren load me up with
their propaganda; and now | sit, gaz-
ing out at red mountains and fields
Of young sugar-beets, and reading
over again the wonder-story of how
farmers boy in New York state
dug up the golden tablets, Urim and
Thummin, and how god sent the
angel Moroni to deliver new gospel,
the Book of Mormon. You may doubt
the tale, but l have just seen the
angel. shining on the top of his tenn
pie, twelve feet five and one-half
inches high, and made of hammered
copper covered with gold leaf.
In oil the world it would not be
possible to find more naive nonsense
than the Mormon mythology; and yet
these people have huge granite build
ings, and a beautiful city with wide
avenues-apparently the angel Mo
roni revealed the automobile to old
Brigham Young. They have several
hundred thousand faithful and de-
voted workers, and control the sugar
trust and the copper trust and a
large section of the Republican party.
I sit and ponder the problem--which
is better, to have faith in naive non
sense and build civilization; or to
have no faith whatever, and see your
civilization crumbling under your
feet?
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Hail the Seventh Anniversary Of Soviet Armenia.

re than three years after the workers and pea
SAINTS revolution in Russia the people of Armenia abandoned the
path capitalism and established another of work.
and peasant-a Soviet Republic Today the revolutionary
workers of the world greet the seventh anniversary of the
lutionary Soviet Republic of Armenia
For time after the close of the world the awful de-
vastaon Of that country brought countless thousands face to
with starvation They for time the object of char
table ndavors of the capitalist nations But the humanitarian
efforts of the great capitalist powers had peculiar way
ng themselves to the needs of strategy concerning nearby
deposits We recall famous of the greatest
all capitalist humantarans Woodrow Wilson, who pleaded with
the American Save Christian Armenia by sending
United States military forces Asia On closer examination the
in locating the proposed destination of the
troops Save Christian Armenia described exactly the
strip of rghtaway of the oil pipeline between Baku and
Baum and this precisely the opposite side of Armenia
from the point where the troubles complained Of occurring
Not only the approach the Baku oil fields thru Armenia
but also its favorable geographical situation link in the
mperaist chain about the Soviet Union the motives Of
United States imperialism The action of the Armenians in
abshng Soviet republic blasted those hopes aided the
world revolution.
The DAILY WORKER sends revolutionary greetings to
Soviet Armenia and to Nor Ashkha the Armenian Communist
paper the United States that carrying the fight
ming the Armenian workers Of this country the banner
Communism and to the Workers (Comuns) Party of America
section Of the Communist International.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22

the volost political education commit
tee.
Usually the Communist and Young
Communist nuclei take active part in
the work of the reading rooms. The
teachers, rural correspondents, demob-
lllzed soldiers, ETC., are also gather
ing around the reading rooms. The
reading rooms help in the work of the
different societies such as the anti
illiteracy society, the defense society,
ETC., explaining their objects to the
population.
The reading rooms establish rela-
lions with the cultural and economic
institutions such as the agronomical
stations, the model farms, the govern
ment farms, cooperatives, ETC., and
help to organize such institutions as
creches. They help the schools in their
work, etc.
The role of the reading rooms in
the cultural life of the rural districts
is truly enormous.
The role of the workers clubs is
also very great.
The club and reading room are the
embryos of new life.
The homes which formerly gave
luxurious shelter to the manufacturers
and business men are now either
creches, schools or workers clubs.
The mansion where Saltichikha IAN
aristocratic lady who became famous
for her cruelty to the peasants) lived
and gave the command to whip a girl
in the stable, is now reading room.
Times change.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22

The sugar of four nations have joined
sugar supply jack the price No did this
break than sugar up Wall Street What cap
tasts want is not sugar but profits.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22

6. S. KRESGE, the chain store mag
y nate testified in court that he owed
his broker $10,000,000 a few years
ago. The trouble with the workers
is, it seems to me, that they don't
know how to borrow money.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22

ACCORDING to a report of the In
"A ternational Labor Office of the
league of nations $4,000 workers
were killed in the United States in one
year. This is one-fourth the number
of United States troops killed in the
world war. Thousands of preventable
accidents take place in American in
dustry every year, but the employers
are more concerned with making
profits than with safeguarding the
lives of their employees.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-10-26
HUSKING CONTEST
FOR REDWOOD co.
COUNTY CORN HUSKING CON
TEST TO BE STAGED ON EMIL
ALTERNATE FARM ON TUES.
DAY, NOVEMBER 1.

A county corn husking contest will
be held on the farm of Emil Alter
matt, Willow Lake Township, three
miles east of Wanda, and two miles
west of No. Highway, Tuesday,
November l, at 80 p. m.
This will be the local county con-
test planned by "The Farmer" Eacn
contestant will be expected to husk
all the corn he can in a period of an
hour and twenty minutes. Each will
be furnished separate wagon and
driver. Each contestant must notify
the County Agent in advance so that
necessary arrangements can be made
to provide teams, wagons, drivers,
etc.
Everyone interested in seeing Red
wood County's 'bump board champ
announced, and possibly the national
winner, should be present on this oc-
casion to see the fun. The North
west Contest is to be held in Nicol-
let County on November 4th. The
National Contest is to be held at Win
nebago on November 18th, on the
farm of Walt Springer, at 1 o'clock
p. m.-Lynn Sheldon, county agent
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-10-26
CAPTAIN H0SKEN
HURT IN BLAST
co. 81" COMMANDER RECEIVES
BROKEN LEG AND SEVERE
BURNS ON ARM AND FACE IN
ACCIDENTAL BLAST.

An extremely painful and almost
fatal accident occurred to Captain
VIM. Hosken of North Redwood Sat
urday morning at 11:30 o'clock, in
which Mr.. Hosken received a broken
leg and severe burns about the arm
and face from the accidental dis
charge of a charge of powder used
in blasting at the quarry of the
North Redwood Granite Works.
The blast which caused the injury
of Mr.. Hosken was the first to be
used Saturday. A small crack in the
rock on which the men were working
was partly filled with powder for the
blast. A glancing blow struck on the
wedge holding the rock apart caused
a spark to jump directly to the pow
der. Mr.. Hosken threw himself as
he saw the spark and at the same
time partially protected his face with
his right arm. The blast followed,
throwing Hosken about 20 feet onto
a pile of rocks.
Upon trying to arise after being
thrown the victim then found that his
right leg was broken in two places,
and that he was badly bruised. His
right arm was severely burned as
was the parts of his head and face
that received no protection from the
arm.
Mr.. Hosken was Immediately TAX
en- to the Redwood Falls hospital
where the leg was set and treatment
for the burns administered. For sew
eral days Mr.. Hosken's sight and
hearing was partially impaired but
at this time he is feeling much better.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-10-26
LOCALS TROUNCED
BY GLENCOE TRIBE
ARNETT RECEIVERS TUMBLE
AND RACES TO FOUR YARD
LINE; PLUNGES OVER ON
NEXT PLAY FOR SCORE.

By picking up a tumble and racing
sixty yards to be hauled down on the
four yard line and then to take the
ball over on the next play was one
of the thrills furnished by Captain
Arnett in Saturdays game against
the fast Glencoe high school team.
By his long run and the plunge
through the Glencoe line for the
touchdown Arnett made the only
counter for Redwood Falls.
Glencoe came to Redwood Falls
Saturday with the enviable reputation
of having won sixteen straight games
in the last three years of play, this
stretch of wins was increased to sew
enteen after the game against the
locals Glencoe won by 38 to q
count.
The local boys were completely out
classed by the veteran Glencoe tribe;
case of a well organized and ex-
perienced team against green team.
Never in the past few years has
there been a backfield play on To-
cal field that functioned so smoothly
as did the visiting backs in Saturdays s
game. The faultless interference dis
played by the fleet backs for the ball
carrier was almost perfect. The
weakest point of the Glencoe team
was the line. When the locals were
in possession of the ball ground was
always gained through the Glencoe
line.
Although defeated the Redwood
Falls boys played good hard fought
game against their more experienced
rivals. The play in which Winsell
making a right end run and fumbled
the ball which was recovered by Ar
nett and resulted in a touchdown fol
the locals was one of the outstanding
plays of the game. Good blocking by
Winsell after the tumble and block
ing by several other Redwood players
gave the ball carrier chance for a
long run. The fact that most Of the
Glencoe scores have run into 40 and
so points per game without being
scored on gives an idea of the hard
game played by the local team. The
report that the Glencoe high school
football team were rough and would
do anything to win was absolutely
without foundation. The game was
one of the cleanest that has been
played here for years. =
Next Saturday the locals will move
in on the strong Pipestone aggrega-
ton. Pipestone won from Redwood
last season; this game promises to
be one of the hardest of the season
for the local gridders.
The Redwood Falls high schools
seconds travelled to Delhi Friday af-
ternoon, after school, and defeated the
Delhi school team by a 20-6 count.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-10-26
Charter for Proposed
New Bank Application

That Redwood Falls will have a
new bank depends on the outcome OF
the application for charter of the
same. On November 9th, there will
be hearing held before the Depart
ment of Commerce Commission at
which time the Commission will con-
slider the application and hear the ap-
plicants and such witnesses as may
be in favor of or against the grant
ing of the application of the proposed
bank. The names of the men making
the application are w. w. Kfngman,
A. v. OFT, A. w. Thompson and H.
B. Robertson The proposed name of
the new bank in case the application
is granted will be Citizens State Bank
of Redwood Falls. Arrangements
have been made for the housing Of
the bank in the former First Nation
al Bank building on Washington and
Second Streets.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-10-26
MARY E. Peterson
CALLED BY DEATH
MISS Peterson PASSED AWAY
MONDAY AFTER LONG ILL
NESS FROM CANCER. SER
VICES HELD HERE TO-DAY.

Miss Mary Peterson passed away
Monday afternoon at four o'clock at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Phil
brick after an illness since last March.
Death was caused from cancer. Fu-
neral services will be held this af-
ternoon Wednesday, at the Phil
brick home at three o'clock. Rev.
James P. Linn, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, will have charge
of the service. Interment will De
made in the Redwood Falls cemetery.
Miss Maude Peterson of Hutchinson
will have charge of the music and
before the service will play several
favorite selections of Miss Peterson.
The quartette consisting of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Ward, Miss Avis Kvello
and C. A. Fobes will sing, Saved by
Grace, Rock of Ages, and My Faith
Looks Up to Thee.
Mary c. Peterson was born in Nor
way, July 25th, 1865, and was sixty
two years of age at the time of her
death. She came to America thirty
seven years ago and three years af-
ter that went to live with Mr.. and
Continued on page twelve)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-10-26
Installation Service at
Presbyterian Church

The Presbytery of the Mankato
District will meet in adjourned ses-
sion to install Rev. James P. Linn, D.
D., pastor of the First Presbyterian
church this evening, Wednesday,
October 26th, at 7:30 o'clock. Rev.
Badger of Cottonwood, moderator Of
the Presbytery will preside. Rev
A. w. Ratz of Mankato will preach
the sermon and the two charges, to
the pastor and to the people will be
delivered by Rev. Ralph Fulton of
Jackson and Rev. Badger. These
services are all open to the public
and the people of the city are cor
daily invited to attend. Following
the installation service the church has
arranged for a reception to be given
DR.. and Mrs. Linn. The reception
will be held in the Presbyterian church
parlors and will be sponsored by the
local congregation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-10-26
RED CROSS ANNUAL
MEETING FRIDAY
JUDGE CHARLES HALL TO BE
ONE OF SPEAKERS AT WA
BASSO. MISS ESKIL WILL AL
so TALK.

Judge Charles Hall, director Of the
children's bureau of the State Board
of Control will be one of the speak
ers at the annual meeting of the Red
wood County Red Cross Chapter. The
meeting will be held Friday evening,
October 28th, in the school auditor
ium at Wabasso. Judge Hall has
been the director of the children's
bureau for the last five years and
previous to that was Judge of Pro-
bate in Yellow Medicine County for
eight years, following twelve years
of service as county superintendent of
schools. Judge Hall in his address,
will tell how the work for the pro-
lection of children is carried on in
Minnesota. Another speaker who
will take an important part in the
meeting is Miss Norma Eskil, State
nursing representative of the Red
Cross and who will talk on Disaster
Relief.
Other features of the evening pro-
gram will be reading by Miss Flor
ence Sandager of Belview, and play
let, given by the Delhi Unit in Home
Hygiene and Care of the Sick. There
will also be musical numbers and as
sembly singing.
At the business meeting which pre-
cedes the program there will be re-
ports by the Junior Red Cross chair
man, Miss Theo Jensen; the execu-
tive secretary, Miss Mona Callister,
and a report by Earl Whiting, Chap
ter treasurer. After the meeting
there will be short social hour. The
public is cordially invited to attend
this meeting.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-10-26
EDUCATION WEEK
OBSERVED HERE
THE WEEK OF OCT. 81 TO NOV
EMBER 4TH WILL BE OBSERV.
ED IN LOCAL SCHOOLS. PRO-
GRAMS PLANNED.

The public schools of Redwood
Falls are planning to observe Educa-
tion Week, October 81 to November
a. The national and state organiza-
tions have announced Educational
Week for November 7th to 18th, but
on account of this being the week
when the teachers are attending the
State Education meeting in Mime
apolis, it was thought best to observe
Education Week one week earlier.
The faculty is planning to promote
the purpose of Education Week ''to
acquaint the public with the work Of
the schools" and developing the pur-
pose of the good citizen" To this
end the following plan is being work
ed out
l.. Monday, October 81, Patriot
ism and citizenship.
2. Tuesday, November 1, Visiting
day.
3. Wednesday, November 2, Con-
stitutionland Declaration of Independ-
ence.
a. Thursday, November 8, Health
5. Armistice Day program for
Wednesday,, November 9th.
These programs are being planned
in each of the grade rooms and in the
Junior high school assembly and Sem
ior high school assembly. The public
will be interested in the Tuesday ev-
ening program. On this evening all
departments of the school will be
open for regular instruction, at which
time all pupils of the schools will be
assembled in regular session from
1880 p. m. to $40 p. m. The teachers
are planning representative work in
all departments. There will be foul
recitation periods in each room In
grades one to six and two periods OF
the daily program of both the Junior
and Senior high schools will be car
ried out on this evening.
Parents are asked to cooperate in
several respects to make this even
ing's instruction successful. First
have the children attend; second, dc
not send the children before 7:20 +
m. and not later than 7:25 p. M;
third, do not visit with the teachers
or pupils before or during this ses-
sion. A plan is made to give the par.
ents an opportunity to visit and con-
suit with teachers after 8:45 p. m
The program will be SO arranged
that it will be possible for parent
to visit the work in four rooms in
the grades one to six and in two
rooms in the high school departments
1t is hoped that many parents will
avail themselves of this opportunity
to see the schools in operation
Chairs for visitors will be placed in
each recitation room. Supt. Wichmar
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