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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-05-04
Vesta

Earl Zorn of Redwood Falls was
a visitor here Monday.
Ed. Maxa Of Seaforth was a bust
ness caller here Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Bendix were Red
wood Falls visitors one day last week.
Mrs. j. B. Zeug, Misses Agnes Bar
Der, Della Urke, Ada Rickell and
Mrs. A. C. Hacker were Echo cal
lers Monday evening.
Gus Hacker was a Wood Lake cal
Ter Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Dahl who have
been visiting at Paynesville returned
home Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Melcher of
Echo were Wednesday callers here
Ed. Pearson was a Minneapolis
caller Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Hacker of Echo
motored to Vesta Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Lecie Of Echo
were Thursday callers here.
Mrs. F. Boushek motored to Red
wood Falls Wednesday.
L. Larson of Lucan was a Thurs
day caller here.
Evelyn Pearson left Thursday for
Marshall for visit with friends.
Mrs. Ross Barber and Miss Agnes
Barber were Redwood Falls visitors
Friday.
Mrs. X. Lynn of Ward, S. D., spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. F. Maus.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Hacker motor
ed to Redwood Falls Wednesday.
Elmer Oslo and B. Gill of Echo
were Vesta callers Thursday.
Myrtle Jensen of Lucan was a Fri
day caller here.
Mrs. D. l.. Thomas was Friday
shopper at Redwood Falls.
Ed. Maus of Sioux City, Iowa, spent
the weekend with parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Maus.
W. Barber and E. Smith motored
to Tracy Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ormie Alexander were
Sunday callers in Redwood Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Trase of Mime
apolis are spending this week at the
A. Patterson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Hacker, Ada
Rickell and Harley Manning spent
Sunday afternoon at the Harvey Man
ming home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Johnson were
visitors at New Avon Sunday.
Forest Manning was a Redwood
Falls visitor Sunday.
M. MCCLELLAN of Echo was a caller
here Sunday.
Art. Stage of Seaforth was cal
Ter here Sunday.
Mrs. Bessie Extrome of Milroy was
the guest of Mrs. A. Wyman Sunday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-05-04
SeafOrth

=. Preaching services at nine-thirty
the coming Sunday. Sunday School
Immediately after.
Messers Gardner and Rudbeck of
Minneapolis were business visitors
here one day the past week.
John Hermann accompanied by G.
V. Everett were out from Redwood
Falls on business one day last week.
A group of members of the Presby
terian Ladies Aid will serve supper
in the hall on Thursday May 10th.
Everybody cordially invited.
The Sheridan Town Board held a
business meeting at their office in
the village on Saturday evening.
State exams were held in the vii
lage schools and also in District No.
IL rural the last three days of the
past week.
Mrs. Chas. Davis and Mrs. Henry
Pape were Friday shoppers at Red
wood Falls.
Mrs. Margaret Mum is slowly i'm
proving from her recent severe i'll
ness.
Mrs. Henry Pape and daughter
Lucille attended the school picnic in
their old district in Underwood on
Saturday and report very pleasant
day among old friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Fred Blethen who spent the
past three weeks with her daughter
and family on the farm near Gary, S.
D., returned home on Saturday.
Mrs. Lars Grong and son Leroy
who spent the past week with Mrs.
Grong's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nord-
seth of Candy returned home on Sun
day.
Albert frost accompanied Walt
Jensen to Minneapolis the first of
the week and drove out a new Inter
national truck which he purchased in
the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Davis were Red
wood Falls visitors on Saturday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-05-04

St. Peter won it's fight to retain
it's criminal insane ward at the state
hospital during the closing hours Of
thee state legislature. A bill provid-
ing for the building of new criminal
insane ward within the prison walls
at Saltwater was killed. When the
new $4,000 cottage, approved by the
legislature, is completed, the St. Peter
state hospital will be the largest in
the state. At the present time the
St. Peter hospital has some 80 less
patients than are housed at Fergus
Falls, but the new cottage will in
crease the capacity of the St. Peter
institution by 10. Being unable to
erect the criminal insane ward at
Saltwater, the patients at St. Peter
will not be removed to that institu-
ton for another two years, at least.
Brown County Journal.
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5 Correspondence

the last ten months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Lidenberg were
Candy visitors Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and
Mildred Clancy, Mr.. and Mrs. Emil
Lidenberg were Tracy callers Satur-
day evening.
Claus Nicholson was a Tracy cal
Ter Monday afternoon.
The members of the Twentieth Cen
fury Club attended Club Rally at Red
wood Falls Saturday.
Tom and Rebecca McGinn were
Tracy shoppers Thursday.
Paul De Marco was Lucan caller
Sunday.
Vernon Prail autoed to Tracy Fri
day morning. He was accompanied by
the Misses Anderson and Hansel.
Mrs. M. Nissel is visiting relatives
in Johnsonville Township this week.
Mesdames Mcdonald and Addison
entertained the Congregational La
dies Aid Wednesday.
Mrs. w. Roush and children were
Tracy visitors Saturday.
Tom McGinn purchased new Chew
rolet Coupe last Saturday.
The Juniors served a three course
banquet for the Senior class Friday
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evening at the dining room at the
Trinity Lutheran church. The dining
room was prettily decorated in the
class colors of Purple and Gold.
Mrs. S. McGinn, Rebecca McGinn
and Mr., Milan Virgins and family
visited at the M. Riorden home at
Lamberton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Zieske of Wabas-
so and Mrs. Burton of CORTLAND WIS.,
tied at the E. w. Zieske home Friday
Mrs. M. A. Dahms went as dele
gate from the Parent Teachers AS
ISOLATION to Slayton Wednesday, May
18th to attend the Child Welfare meet
ing.
Mrs. T. w. Prail attended the Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs at New Ulm
Wednesday, May 4th.
Miss Eunice Elliott spent Sunday
with her brother, C. C. Elliott.
Mr.. E. Jamison was a Redwood
Falls caller Saturday.
Miss Esther Swanson spent Sunday
at the parental J. A. Swanson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John De Smith spent
Sunday at the John Irwin home.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. R. Wilson return
ed home Thursday from Humboldt, Ia.
where they had attended the funeral
of Mrs. Wilson's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Swoffer and
Miss Sinnott spent Sunday at Clear
Lake, S. D., with Miss Alice Swoffer.
DR.. Clarence Tillish of Huron, S
D., spent the weekend here.
T. Burridge of Huron, S. D., spent
the weekend visiting friends here.
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Walnut Grove

Mrs. VIM. Lusk and daughter and
Mrs. H. Nelson were Tracy callers
Tuesday.
Tom Masterson and family visited
relatives at Lamberton Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Prail and son
Vernon and DR.. and Mrs. F. w. Praii
and family autoed to GAINESVILLE Sun
day to attend birthday party given
in honor of the eightieth birthday an
niversary of Grandpa Prail.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wiuff and family
spent Sunday at the Leonard Wiuff
home.
Aaron McKague of Revere called
at the Fred Prail home Saturday ev-
ening.
Mrs. d. Pemble returned Saturday
after visiting relatives in Iowa, Ne
braska, and at Faribault, Minn-, for
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-05-04
Highways L1uite You

1-Northern Forest Park. Wiscon-
sin. located on Highways 10. 70
and 81. Within its 76. 600 acres
of state owned land are forty
two lakes Here are old pines
SCARED with Indian hatchets
where the Red men obtained
pitch for the cementing of their
canoes. and thickets which have
probably never been penetrated
except by wild game.
2-Scott Field near Belleville,
Illinois. on State Highway l3.
Americas greatest air ship port
covering over 600 acres of land
The Scott Field Hangar is three
city blocks in length, nearly a
block wide and as high as a
sixteen story building.
SScenic State Park. Minnesota.
1852 acres of virgin pine forest
surrounding Sandwich and
Coon Lakes North of Big Fork
on State Highway 81.
MT Clemens, Michigan. known
throughout America as the
bath city, where $4,000 people
solourn annually to take advan-
tage of the remarkable mineral
water baths. State Highway
l9.
1Caruthersville. in the south
eastern section of Missouri. At
mosphere of the SOUTHWEST
fields of snow white cotton
cotton psckers-the rustling of
the gins" as they separate the
seed and bale the short staple
cotton. Lofty spreading pecan
and walnut trees laden with
green fruits Groves of cotton
wood. State Highway 81.
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6-The Turtle Mountains. ten
miles north of Bottineau, North
Dakota Hundreds of wooded
lakes ideal for camping and
fishing. State Highway 5.
7-Uncle Sans largest manufac-
turing Arsenal. located on an
island in the center of the Mis-
sissippi between Davenport,
Iowa, Rock Island and Moline.
Illinois Only inland arsenal in
the United States, representing
an investment of $3.50, 600, 600.
One of the finest golf courses in
the country. U. s. Highway 3D.
s-The Roundup at Belle Fourche.
South Dakota, held during the
week of July 18th. A fine exhi-
bitionof ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ing up the cattle for cutting
out dividing and shipping to
market This noted roundup
or rodeo attracts people from
many states U. S Highways
10 and IS.
'Tippecanoe Battlefield, in the
southern end of the town of
battle-ground. Indiana Reach
ed by the River Road. running
north from Lafayette.
and Sphinx. near
Oakley. Kansas, on State High .
way 40. These great natural
wonders rise from the level
prairie IN the shape of great
sandstone rocks One of them
bears a startling resemblance
to the famous Sphinx of Egypt
The fact that there Is such a
similarity between the ancient
Egyptian tombs and these sand
stone rocks on the windswep<
Kansas plains makes them of
great interest to the tourist.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
UNITED STATES
IN WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago To-day

American troops played an impor-
tant part in recent British drive be-
fore Cambria. Army engineers labored
for nearly four months behind the
British lines, pushing the vital rail
ways up to the front Two of the
men were wounded. a sub
stantial vanguard of the great army
of American aviators. which eventu-
ally will operate in France, has
arrived near the front. Army fyiug
fields have been established in GER
tain sections and active training is in
full swing, cooperating with the
maneuvers of American troops re-
hearsing ana practicing attacks.
Names of Americans killed in action
with Canadian forces appear daily in
casualty lists issued from ottawa.
3 = Col Houses plan of team work
is adopted by Interalied Conference.
They omit oratory and separate into
groups for discussion. Fifteen ma
tions are represented at historic
gathering in French foreign office.
" Reports picture Austria as much
disconnected with the Italian situation
and growing more and more distrust-
sul of her domineering ally.
German chancellor offers peace par
ley to Russia if envoys with full
power to act are sent to Berlin.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Today one sees that we were not
lust fair to Annie. Not in the least.
Not one of us was fair in our
estimation of Annie. II we had 1t all
tn live over again, however, we would
still choose May.
susie was the girl who had cit" a
word used in that day strictly as
pronoun (the thing in Question, the
nerson in question:, with no side mean
ings whatsoever.
Susie was vivacious where May was
sweet Susie was warm-hearted
where Annie was cold, Susie wore the
hest dresses, and the snappiest stock
ings. the finest hats.
Though we scorned such things,
they made their impression, never
tbeless. They always do. A man
NAV say that feminine wearing ap'
parel sways his judgment not one
whit but he knows not what he SAYS.
and will be forced 10 think otherwise
tomorrow, under the persuasion OF
the truth and certain Parisians.
Susie was the little lady every boy
wanted to walk home from school
with, whom every young man sought
to be by his side on those classroom
excursions to the Capitol and to Rock
Creek Park.
This was not even puppy-lcve, mind
YOU. 1t was not love. it was not af-
fection. 1t was scarcely liking, but
simply and solely the effect of the
feminine upon the boyish heart.
We recall the time we drew May
for our companion on the jaunt to
Capitol Hill, when all the time we
wanted Susie. We admired May, we
revered May. we could think of moth
ing to say against her. Yet we de-
sired to walk with Susie.
Susie wherever you may be today.
we place this tribute al your feet.
X X j;
As to Helen. harsh villainess of this.
our "reminiscences. willingly would we
leave her out entirely. If it were not
for the fact that truth compels us to
put her in.
Helen fooled us. 1t was not until
wears later that we realized how Helen
played upon our sympathy. caused us
to stammer like a fool, made us feel
silly and blush at one and the same
time.
Helen was calculating.
She had discovered the effect which
a simpering look and a certain place
ment Of words might have upon the
young male of the species.
In this she was the antithesis of
May and Annie and Susie. These We're
just little girls. Susie had it but
didn't know it.
Helen did.
The trouble was that Helen only
thought she had the power to sway.
She went through the mental motions.
but somehow she failed to register.
We knew that dumbly. as the old
COW in the meadow must know 1t is
abused when the hired man kicks it
around.
A wOu'd-be baby vampire 0ong be
fore the word had obtained much cur
rency). calculating Helen deliberately
tried to move us to a confession.
Looking at us sweetly over her
shoulder. as the school years were
coming to a much desired land, as we
thought. a much needed end, Helen
said softly:
"Will you miss me?"
We. blushing. stammering. at last
managed to blurt out. II don't know"
And today we still don't.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Shortcomings of the Zoo.

In the death of Hiboy, one of the
two young giraffes brought from
Africa to the Washington Zoo, there
is occasion not only for regret on the
part of the visitors to that institution,
but for chagrin for the lack of suit.
able accommodations for the wild
creatures that are housed there for
public instruction and diversion.
When these two animals were received
here there was no suitable place for
their care. They were located in the
end of the main birdhouse, the only
available space, whereas they should
have been given a wider range in the
open with a proper shelter. AS a re.
suit of this close confinement these
two interesting creatures developed
an affliction incident to their lack of
fresh air and the narrow range of
their habitation. 1t is altogether un-
suitable for them. The male giraffe
has died from a disease that may be
traced directly to the conditions in
which he was kept. This does not re-
fleet upon the Zoo administration,
which has from the beginning of that
establishment been severely handi.
capped by lack of funds. The officials
did the best they could for the giraffes,
but that best was not adequate.
The Washington Zoo has a setting
which Is second to none in the world.
Its growth. however, has been one Of
difficulty. The provision of structures
for the housing of the animals
has been in all cases tardy. In
many instances provisional" accom-
modations have been provided for
new accessions for several seasons
Some of the structures are old, while
others are new. The old ones are to-
day fit for demolition, while the new
ones are crowded and require exten.
sions for the proper housing of the in
voluntary inmates.
The death of this giraffe should
arouse sufficient interest in the proper
development of the Geological Park
to cause a liberal revision of the scale
of appropriations for that establish.
ment. 1t is one of TIE most popular
points of public attraction at the Capt.
tai, giving pleasure to countless thou.
sands of children and to adults as well.
It is an objective of interest to most
of the travellers who visit Washing
ton. It should be the best equipped
OF all American ZOOS instead of being,
as it is now, in many respects make
shift approximation of facilities for
the humane care of the wild creatures
gathered from all parts of the world.
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Civic Relatively.

Readers of history or of Bulwer-Lyt.
toms Last Days of Pompeii" are
likely to gain an idea that this volcan'
ically destroyed city was quite place
as regards size. A statement recently
appeared in The Stars question-and-
answer column indicating how very
small Pompeii really was is apt to
prove surprising to those who have
not been there. While estimates of the
actual area OF It's inhabited portions
may vary. it is certain that the entire
circumference of it's encircling wall
was not quite 5000 yards, distance
speedy runner can cover in about
ten minutes.
Not only was it compactly built
suburban town with narrow streets,
but it was actually a small town. It
is just another illustration of the fact,
so often lost sight of in our modern
, perspective. that the physical size Of
a settlement frequently has little to
do with it's importance or reputation.
In reading of the disaster which over
| took this Roman settlement one Is
inclined to compare it with sizabe
small American city AS a matter OF
fact. it could all have been placed on
fair-sized New England farm 1t
was made noteworthy by the culture
and riches of it's inhabitants and the
awesome mode of its destruction, to.
gether with the excellence of it's mod.
ern excavation.
The Windy Troy" OF whose ten.year
siege Homer sang so eloquently and
at such great length. with it's gates.
it's walls, its Golden House of Priam,
is envisaged by the schoolboy and by
many an adult as some city" So 1t
was. in one sense, but accurate inves.
tigation of the ruins of the half f.dozen
or more superimposed settlements dis
closes the fact that the Troy of Homer
could have been contained in a tract
the size Of three Washington blocks
i This is, at first. blow. but the trou
BILE is with modern perspective. and al
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Straw Hats.

An importer, just returned to New
York from England, foretells that the
straw hat will be extinct to the point
Of being a curiosity within five years
The lightweight Summer headgear,
he AYERS, is already on the wane in
popularity in England, being now
never seen on the Strand in London.
despite the fact that the Prince of
Wales appeared in one last Summer
The halter bases his prediction on the
alleged fact that Americans follow
Englishmen in the matter of styles.
Which is all very we'll but for the
premise, and probably the conclusion.
Just how the New York halter formed
the opinion that Americans follow
British style is somewhat of a mys-
terry. For, as a fact, the political sep.
aration of the inhabitants of this part
of North America is no more complete
than the detachment Of the American
people from the British in respect to
fashions. They led their British
brethren a long way in the abandon
ment of the silk hat" the topper"
of former positive requirement in Brit
ish wear They led them in the adop-
ton of the straw" as an article of
greater ease in warm weather.
Americans are given to fads, but
they are at the same time more intent
upon their comfort than are the dwell
ers in other lands Some of the wom
en- do follow the Paris Styles rather
slavishly but the men do not, as u
rule, study the fashion sheets. In the
matter of the straw hat it should be
pointed out that the wear of this ar
ticle has increased greatly during late
years, and that the limits of the sea
son" for it have been extended.
The idea of passing a Summer In
felt hats in any part of America be.
low the frost line, which is pretty far
north of the Canadian boundary, Is
anathema. Woe betide the merchant
who fails to stock up with all the
usual varieties of this make of head
gear. He may proclaim that the Brit
ish styles forbid the straw, nut the
chances are that his next announce
ment will, be one of liquidation. No
mandate of fashion is going to blow
the straw hat off the American head
Evening star., 1927-11-29
Automotive AmenitiC:

With all our vaunted democracy,
our talk about Gods noblemen,"
together with other catch-phrases
which will occur readily to mind. can
It be true that to some extent there
is a genuine relationship between
manners and money, considerateness
and cash? To him who, with the rush
of Christmas shopping getting into its
full stride, must drive or walk in
bustling streets, such would be
indicated.
Notice, for example, the manners
of motor cars. This phrase is used
because such vehicles seem to possess
q personality Of their own; one seldom
notices driver, but is acutely con.
scious of the size, general appearance
and actions of the vehicle encoun.
tered. The big. costly, sleek, purring
car, whether driven by owner or by
liveried chauffeur, seems to evince
consideration for the rights and the
comforts of others, cars and pedes-
trians alike, too seldom initiated by
the smaller, less costly and more un-
kempt piece of machinery.
AS the reader drives along a thor
oughfare let him mark, for example,
the horn.notes of overtaking cars.
"Get over. you dumb bellp' certain
category seems raucously to snort,
and passes with the fiirt of a gutter.
snipe. Whereas, Il am about to
pass-hope you don't mind" is some
what the note sounded by others
One can almost estimate the wheel
base and the amount of cleaning
nickel-plate by the preliminary
rHonk"
Or il he be afoot and impatiently
waiting TO cross street, let him
observe carefully the tactics of the
Never-ending stream of onrushing
automobiles. Which kind speed mp tc
close the gap ahead, so that only the
most intrepid pedestrian dares te
make a dash, and which, by an almos
imperceptible deceleration, Sigh
twist of the wheel and, often, courte
Gus hand-signal. gives the weary foot
slogger his long-sought opportunity
One Washingtonian catalogues auto
mobiles. grouped roughly by cost, some
what as follows: Cars costing consideE
ably less than one THOUSAND dollars
Evening star., 1927-11-29

he declares, are almost sure to be
hasty, intolerant and rudely impulsive.
Those costing from one to two thou
sand have fairly good, but rather vari-
able manners, like those of an unfor-
tunately underlined person who can
not always keep his mind on what he
has read in the etiquette book. Cars
priced from two to three thousand dol
lars seldom call forth either complaints
or compliments. "Blue-bloods," as he
calls them, in the three-thousand.and.
up class. rejoicing in hyphenated
names and special bodies, usually act
like gentlemen of the old school. in
other words, gentle men," He refers
in the foregoing to domestic cars;
curiously enough, he says that foreign
cars, though almost always of costly
make, sometimes have surprisingly
poor manners.
Doubtless this critic goes much too
far. being carried away by personal
prejudices and predictions. but he
certainly is free from the faintest sus.
picion of the slightest tinge of bolshe-
vistic pink. And that there is some
modicum of truth in his contention not
many will deny. Whether compensa-
tion for form of inferiority complex
be involved is hard to determine. but
the small. cheap car is too often remi-
niscent Of the ill-clad bully who shoul-
ders the weaker off the sidewalk, while
seldom does the long, lustrous and in
nately powerful vehicle emulate the
example of the equestrian of other
days who. simply by virtue of his su.
perior situation, crowded pedestrians
to the wall. On the other hand, it must
be said that it is likely enough that
the tin rattletrap or moderately priced
car would come more speedily to ones
aid. if disabled. than would the super
vehicle.
Some ancient philosopher once point
ed out that it is nice to have riches.
but still nicer to be superior to those
who do have them. This point might
well be considered thoughtfully by
many a mOtorist,