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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-08-24
SUDDEN ILLNESS
TAKES GIRLS LIFE
YOUNG DAUGHTER OF MR.. AND
MRS. JOHN SCHMID DIES LAST
THURSDAY; BURIAL SERVICE
HELD SATURDAY.

The burial service of the Catholic
church was solemnized in memory of
Alice Lotfse Schmid at the Church Of
Saint Catherine last Saturday morn
ing. The deceased who was the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Schmid Of Redwood Falls died early
Thursday morning after an illness Of
only q few weeks. Her uncle, the
Reverend Bruno Schmid, pastor of
The Church of Saint Joseph in Min
neapolis, read the Requiem Mass with
Reverend Jiracek of Redwood Falls
assisting. Interment was made in the
Catholic cemetery here.
Alice was fourteen years of age
and was born and reared in Redwood
Falls. Just few weeks before death
she became i'll with an abcess in her
ear. This later developed into influ-
enza followed by severe complications
which caused her death in spite of all
that medical aid and the ablest Of
could do for her. She is sur
vived by her parents, her four broth
ers, Clarence, Leo, Floyd and Bern
ard Schmid and her baby sister, Mar
ion. Alice was beloved by her young
friends, and adored by her family to
whom her death came as . great
shock. She was q student in the
Redwood Falls public schools and
would have entered the Junior High
with the opening of the school year.
The burial service was largely at-
tended, not only by local friends of
the Schmid family, but by many
friends frum tie smxuun1in9 towns.
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WATERFOWL CENSUS
To BE DETERMINED
GAME WARDEN JOHNSON RE-
CEIvES INFORMATION FROM
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY REGARD
ING NATIONAL CENSUS.

From the Bureau of Biological
Survey, United States Department Of
Agriculture Game Warden j. Al
bert johnson recently received in
formation regarding the taking Of
waterfowl census. for the purpose Of
aiding in the administration of the
Migratory-Bird Treaty Act. The
Biological Survey is planning .
monthly census of waterfowl through
out the United States.
Mr.. johnson states that the area
to be covered in this census each
month will be the area frequented
by the greatest number of birds. To
comply with the request Of the Biol
ogical Survey Warden Johnson has
selected the east Twin Lake four
miles north of Hendricks.
The first monthly census was TAX
en- by Warden johnson on Saturday,
August 10th, with the result that the
following birds were sighted: IL
green wing Teal, 20 blue wing Teal,
70 Spoon Bills, SO Mallards, Ruddy
Ducks and 20 mudhens.
The species to be considered in the
census each month under the term
AWaterfowT is held. to comprise all
ducks, geese, swans, and coots or
mudhens, but no other waterbirds.
The dates that have been selected
by the Bfologica1 Survey for the tax
ing Of the census are a. follows; Sep
tember 10, October 8, November II,
December 10, January z, 1923; Feb
rwxy II, Enrch 10, April 2, Nay II,
L. 49, 1u1v IN
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R. R. COMMISSION
MAKES DECISION
RAILROAD AND WAREHOUSE
COMMISSION DECIDES THAT C..
& N. w. RAILWAY MAY DIS
CONTINUE TWO TRAINS.

In the matter of the Application Of
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company for an order authoriz-
ing the discontinuance of the accom-
modation trains Nos. 63 and "a on the
Sleepy Eye-Redwood Falls branch
the Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sion made it's decision August 10th.
The commission gave the railway
company authority to discontinue the
operation of the stated trains con-
ditioned upon the continued operation
of one train each way per day. The
decision of the commission means
that in event the Chicago and North
western Railway Company desires to
discontinue the operation Of the
trains 63 and 81 train would be held
over in Redwood Falls over night de-
parting for Sleepy Eye at approx
mately 900 o'clock each morning and
returning to Redwood Falls at 500
O'Clock each afternoon. The decision
rendered by the Railroad and Ware
house Commission reads as follows:
Petition in the above entitled mat
ter was filed with the Commission on
or about June "a, 1927, and pursuant
thereto and on due notice given the
matter came on for hearing before
the Commission at Sleepy Eye, Minn.,
July IL, 1927, and at Redwood Falls,
Mimi, July IA, 1927, at which time
there appeared for Petitioner Mr.. W..
T. Farley, General Attorney; for the
Directors, Mr.. w. R. Werring, Attor-
new of Morgan, Minn., Mr.. L. H..
Brown, Mr.. Geo. A. Barnes and Mr..
N. R. Ryerson, Attorneys, of Redwood
Falls, Minnesota. At said hearings
witnesses were sworn and evidence
received.
The record discloses the operation
of the following train service between
Sleepy Eye and Redwood Falls, Mimi,
by the Chicago and North Western
Railway viz.
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4.ZU IU.lO ReQW q ais lZ.1C 4.4U
as an accommodation train service
daily except Sunday, i. e. a service
consisting of freight cars and equip
ment for the handling of passengers,
baggage, mail and express. The line
in question is branch line from
Sleepy Eye, distance of 25.9 miles
northwesterly to Redwood Falls,
MINI. The service affords means of
transportation by railroad to approx
imately $500 inhabitants of the cities
and villages above enumerated, and
the surrounding communities.
The railroad company desires to
discontinue the operation of trains
Nos. 63 and "a, alleging the business
received as insufficient to warrant
their continued operation, and that
their discontinuance will not deprive
the public of reasonable railroad SER
vice. In support of such allegations
q large number of exhibits citing
earnings and expenses were filed. 1t
is disclosed from said exhibits that
for a period of thirty days, beginning
June 4th and ending July 2, 1927, the
total revenue from passengers car
ried, express, milk and cream, mail
and parcel post earnings, amounted
to $957.79, of which amount there
was earned by train No. 81, $87.31,
train No. 62, $40S.23, train No. So,
$379.47 and by train No. Ga, $82.78.
During this period No. 81 carried 65
passengers, No. 62, 152 passengers,
No. 63, 149 passengers, and No. Ga,
80 passengers. These figures indi-
cate that Nos. 81 and 81 are the bet
ter patronized of the four trains.
During the month of May, 1927,
train No. 81 handled 1S4 loaded cars
and Is empties, No. 62, 179 loaded
and 70 empties, No. 63, SO loaded and
53 empties, and No. "a, 90 loaded and
90 empties.
For the month of May, 1927, the
cost of operation of said trains, made
ND of the wages of the train and en-
pinemen and the fuel costs only,
amounted to $2O53.34. OF this amount
SS57.s4 covered overtime to the train
and engine crew by reason OF the four
train operations. The exhibit shows
that by eliminating trains Nos. 63
and GA the cost of operation will de-
crease to $12S5.96 or a saving OF
S767.38 per month. For twelve
months period this would amount to
$9207.S6.
The present branch line service
connects with the main line passen-
ger and freight trains, substantially
as follows, viz:
No. 81, leaving Sleepy Eye at s:S5
A. M. has no direct connection with
the main line passenger trains, al
though passengers for the branch ar
irving at Sleepy Eye at 1:3S A. NJ. and
ESQ A. n. may make use of It.
Time freight No. 578. westbomds
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Of many eminent men, including
even Shakespeare, and the King James
version of the Bible.
one of the aldermen suggested that,
most important of all, the Constitution
of the United States ought also to be
burned as it, like the Bible, is written
in English. Another alderman pointed
IL way out Of that difficulty by sug-
costing that the Constitution he trans
lated into German. Italian and Polish.
The suggestion was accepted and
it was decided that the Constitution
should be known, in the. three Ian
guages respectively, as Das konstltu-
ton der Nereinigte Staten. il Consti-
tutiono deGli Estati Until and Gzhip
Konstitusheni Amercanska.
New Ford Analysed.
TO obtain an absolutely fair and
unbiased analysis" of the new Ford
automobile the club produced two
engineers of the General Motors Co.
One of the engineers held up a little
toy balloon.
This is perhaps the most interest
ing feature of the new Ford car" he
said. The Frank b. Willis gas tank
capacity unlimited"
Their analysis proceeded
Second engineer-The 1928 model Is
water cooled. The water jacket is the
invention of the new head of the
Anti-Saloon League.
First enginccr-Here is an interest.
ing part. The Frank b. Kellogg stand
ard shift. An interesting feature Of
the Kellogg shift is it's fabrication.
Second engineer--What's that?
First engineer-MeXican petroleum.
Second engineer-Here is a piece of
the new motor. We call this the VII
liam f. Borah engine-turned over a
hundred times and hasn't fired yet.
First engineer-Here is the Charles
Curtis self-starter.
Second engineer-And here IS the
Hiram Johnson reverse.
First engineer-Here is a red tail
light.
Second engineer-But it's broken.
T. X. Model Is Broken.
First engineer-It's the little T. r.
model, put out of business in a col
lison at Albany.
Second engineer-This is the Calvin
Coolidge one-man top.
First enginecr-The backfire on this
car is by the farm bloc.
Second eng1neer-How about the ig-
milton to get it started?
First engineer-That's locked up IN
the White House safe.
Second misunderstanding a car
for use in 1928 be equipped with mud
guards?
First engineer-Yes, big ones. And,
besides, this car is fitted with Charles
T.. Hughes windshield wipers and Cur
It's d. Wilbur snubhers.
The members and their guests pres
ent follow:
Vice President Dawes, Speaker
Longworth of the House, Ambassador
to Italy Fletcher, Ambassador from
Chile Davia, Ambassador from
France Claudel. Minister from China
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Perry. Gen.. John j. Pershing, Z. S.
A. (retiredG IL. X. Philips a. 3.
Pierce. Senator Pine of oklahoma,
Charles Presbrey. Frank Presbrey,
Samuel !. Prescott. Elwyn G. Preston,
James d Preston.
]. c.. Ramage. $. Cowan Ramage,
Roy II. Rankin. Senator Reed II
Missouri. Alfred Reeves. Mark l..
Requa, Stanley NJ. Reynolds, Cob
Wilds p. Richardson. Z. $. A. (re'
tired: Martin II. Rittenhouse, Gov.
Albert r. Ritchie of Maryland, 70.
land S. Robbins, Kenneth l.. Roberts,
Row A. Roberts. William r. Roberts,
Lester c. Rodeno. Nicholas Roose.
welt. Charles c. Ross. William Edwin
Rudce. John T, Ryan. William c.
Ryan.
Everett Sanders, David Sarnon,
Hugh II. Saum. Roger l.. Seattle,
James p. Schick. Frederick c. Schncl.
der. John r. Scott y. f. Scested,
lanes II. Shay. Jouett Shouse, f.. II,
If Simmons. c. Warfield Simpson,
Arthur j Sinnott. Ray l.. Skofcd,
John H. Small. Robert r. Smith, r.
X Smith. Senator Smoot OF Utah,
John Snure. Edgar G. Snyder, Or,
William Mercer SprieE, Harry p,
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crt G. Stewart, Max w. Stoehr. AZ
fred j Stofer, Allison stone, w. p.
storey. Albert William Strong. James
A. sullivan. Mark Sullivan. Arthur
HAYS Sulsberger, Henry Suydam.
Commissioned Sidney F. Taliafcrro,
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Thompson, Melvin T. Thrift, Georss
y. Tidd. Theodore Tiller. Representa-
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derwood.
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West. ir.: George Crosby White,
James G. White, L. p. White. Graf.
ton s. Wilcox. Louis Wiley, William
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Wright. Lester f. Wurfel.
Henry Xander.
Rudolph Yeatman.
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Mississippi. Senator Halves OF Mis-
souri,. Jay G. Hayden. DR.. Joseph NJ.
Heller, Arthur $. Henning, John
| Hertz, George w. Hess, w. +. Hibbs,
I Frank Hight. Laurence Hills. Joseph
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/ Hunt, Edward \. Hurley, c. II. Hus-
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Calico to Lose Honor.

PARIS. December 10 GE9.-A com.
mittee of the Legion of Honor which
investigated a fake altitude record
claim by the aviator, Jean Calico, to-
day recommended that he be deprived
of the Order of the Legion. The flyer
will lose his red ribbon next week.
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There's an ugly plot back of this
affair somewhere" Don was saying,
the firm set of his paw indicating
the fighting spirit behind. This is
TIL twentieth century and all that
and deep-laid plots are supposed to
live mostly in fiction. Just tn same
men scheme and rob and murder In
real life about as much if not more
than in fiction. Big Money is al
ways lure for crookedness. And
God knows Roger Brooks represents
plenty of big money" He spoke
dramatically, oblivious that he was
talking like puppets in the plays he
often scornfully reviewed for the pa
per.
He turned to the city editor
you spoke this morning, Bill,
about running a story about this"
he said. When"
"T'morrow morning." replied Can
field briefly. Just bare statement
of facts; no comments or-anything.
Don nodded his approval
Robert Greedy, assistant managing
editor of the Times, entered the room
at that moment and joined the two
at the city desk. Bill Garfield con-
suited him regarding the proposal to
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looked closer and saw two big brown
eyes swimming in tears. Then he
caught flash of white teeth shin
ing behind adorable red lips. He
stepped near, took another look and
That night little Teddy slept in a
bed the like of which her childish
imagination had never conceived.
And yet it was only servants bed
in the Keene home.
Don's mother had taken the dirty
little waif, washed her and clothed
her in clean garments after which
Teddy sat down to a meal that
seemed to her a feast any queen
might have envied.
That was the beginning of Ted
dy's life, she always told herself
What had gone before had been just
nightmare. And it was the begin
ming of her alteration for Donald
Keene. He was her king, the knight
who had rescued her from the
dragons teeth of poverty, degrade
ton and filth. Small wonder that,
as she grew into womanhood he re-.
NAMED the hero of all her hopes and
dreams.
She jerked her thoughts back with
an effort to the living, vital present.
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Vain hope. From none of the people
he called was he able to get a trace
of Charley Costello.
But the long arm OF coincidence
was doing double duty that after
noon and Lady Luck certainly was
on his side, he told himself when, an
hour later the very man he wanted
most to see hailed him as he passed
the open door of a downtown cigar
store.
Charley Costello had been buddy
of Donald Keene in France during
the World War. Together they had
fought the enemy and the "cooties"
from one sector to another. To-
gether they had gone over the top"
in the barrage of early dawn on No
vember 7th and finished together on
the shot-torn battlefield of Sedan
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

that you will do everything that can
be DONE"
For many minutes after she l.aI
gone Donald Keene sat thinking, tcy.
ing to perfect the plan that had
begun to shape itself in his mind.
One thing was clear to him, he could
do nothing alone. He needed help
and there was one man who If he
could only locate him, would be just
the right man to give him that help.
But it had been more than a year
since he had seen Charley Costello
and he didn't know whether he was
alive or dead. He took up the tele-
phone and called several numbers
hoping that chance would open the
way, would put him on the
trail of this man who. he felt
sure, could and would help him.
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CHAPTER w

Teddy Farrell passed them at that
moment. Perhaps she assumed that
Don's broad smile was for her. At
any rate she turned and came back
to the city desk.
mo word YETI"
The Interrogation dropped from
her lips in tone almost accusative
in it's sharpness. Both men shook
their heads. Donald Keene's eyes,
resting on the girls exquisite face,
held tenderness in their brown
depths that brought a flush to her
cheeks.
Something has happened Teddy"
he said in his comradely way of talk
ing to her, that may throw light
on tn mystery eventually" He told
IAher of his visitor that morning and
Ythe- subsequent events.
AS she listened, and listening,
watched the play in the lines of his
attractive mouth, the winsome wom-
an-like smile that showed the per-
feet white teeth, Teddy told herself
she knew why Donald Keene was so
universally liked by men and loved
by women.
mo girl could help loving him if
he ever smiled at her." she whis-
pered under her breath. For a man
he certainly has TIL darlingest smile
in this whole world'
But little Edna Farrell-to use her
baptismal name-had more reasons
for loving Donald Keene than was
indicated on the surface. Watching
him as he talked, her thoughts went
back along the years to the day
more than a decade before when this
man first entered her young life.
She was just past IL when her
mother, after an illness of months,
died, leaving her without a dollar
and with neither relatives nor
friends to whom she might turn.
The days Immediately following her
mothers burial were dark days for
little Teddy. Homeless, penniless
and friendless she prowled the
streets of the city half starved, lone
ly and dirty.
Then Don Keene came along. He
saw the tiny bit Of humanity hud-
died in the dark jungle of bleak
hallway. 1t looked to be alive so he
prodded it with the ferrule of his
umbrella. He heard it whimper,