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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
High School Students
Hear Harold Barnhart

The students and faculty of the
Redwood Falls high school had the
honor of hearing Harold Barnhart of
the University of Minnesota and a
member of the famous 1927 football
team at the senior high school on
Tuesday morning. Mr.. Barnhart, who
represents the Josten Mfg. Co. Of
Owatonna, manufacturers of trophys,
gave a short talk on the Minnesota
University, its advantages compared
to other schools of its class and rea-
sons why students should register
after finishing high school.Mr. Barn.
hart was introduced by K. w. Stock
ton, instructor and coach of the local
school. The trophys to be given at
the termination of the District 20 bas-
ketball tournament at New Ulm were
purchased from Mr.. Barnhart by the
district athletic committee several
weeks ago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
J.H. Wichman Reelected
AS School Head Monddu

Mr.. j. H. Wichman will serve as
superintendent of city schools for
another term according to the decis-
ion of the Board of Education at it's
regular monthly meeting held Mon
day night, February 18th. Mr.. Wich-
man first become identified with the
school system Of Redwood Falls in
1926 when he was elected as it's sup
erintendent, post he has held since
that time. During the time Mr..
Wichman has served as head of the
schools he has made clear his con-
ception of what he thought the
schools should be, and how the teach
ing corps should be characterized in
order that they might influence for
the best the boys and girls of school
age. He has wished that education
might concern itself with character,
spirit and moral sense equally with
mind discipline and development. The
Board of Education is to be congrat-
ulated upon its unanimous selection
of Mr.. Wichman as superintendent of
city schools.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
REDWOOD MEN Will
BE AT ROAD MEET
Redwood County Men Interest
ed in Good Roads Meeting
Held in st. Paul Today.

This community in common with
hundreds of others throughout the
state will be represented at the big
statewide good roads meeting, which
will be held at the Ryan Hotel in st.
Paul on Wednesday, February Is, at
10 a. m.
The meeting is called by a COM
mittee which was appointed at re-
cent meeting in ST. Paul and the
avowed purpose is to formulate plans
and create a statewide sentiment in
favor of the twenty million dollar
bond issue which is asked to pave the
heavily travelled graveled highways
that are at present eating up in main-
tenance huge sums that should go on
construction. 1t will also consider
plans of improving township roads.
Mr.. Babcock proposes to use this
money only on heavily travelled roads
where the saving in maintenance will
pay the interest and principal. 1t is
understood that it is not to be retired
by direct tax but from the vehicle
tax and gas tax receipts. Mr.. Bab-
cock claims that bond issue thus
becoming an economy rather than an
expense.
Oswald Lind, state highway engi-
neer and J. J. Idzorek, county engi-
neer are heading a delegation from
Redwood Falls and Redwood County
which, it is understood includes rep
resentatiyes from several villages
throughout the county.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
SHOULD BEWARE
CYCLOPEDIA FRAUD
Reports to Effect That New
York Times Name is Mis-.
represented in Book Sale.

1t has been reported that Redwood
Falls has been visited by book agents
improperly protesting to represent
The New York Times and who have
obtained money for loose leaf ency-
clopedias sold under the name 1.-The
New Times Cyclopedia' under the
misrepresentation that it was pub
lished by the New York Times or in
collaboration with The Times. The
Gazette takes this opportunity to
warn the public that The New York
Times has had no connection with any
such publication.
The most popular method of ap-
proach of the solicitor will be dis
play or sample set of encyclopedias
and then stating that he represents
the New York Times. A down pay
ment is required, the remainder to be
paid in monthly installments and the
books to be delivered as soon as pos
sible.
AS an added inducement to pur-
chase, the solicitor will offer his in
tended victim a free set of five ''lit-
erary gems" as they will be termed,
with the purchase. The purchaser,
also would be entitled to years
membership in the Research Labora-
tory Bureau of The New York Times
without added cost. There is no such
bureau.)
Several arrests have been made
throughout the country of canvassers
who have used the name Of The New
York Times in connection with the
sale of the encyclopedias and the Ga
xette readers are warned to beware of
this misrepresentation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
SHANK WELCOMED
IN REDWOOD FALLS
Noted Morgan Flyer a Guest of
City Thursday Afternoon.
Does Series of Stunts.

After being feted by the people of
his home town at Morgan, Gehs
Shank visited Redwood Falls. for a
short time Thursday afternoon, land
ing at the Fair Grounds at just 1900
o'clock where he was met by dele
cation headed by Mayor A. j. White
and George T. Freyer, president of
the Commercial Club. Merchants
and clerks momentarily deserted their
businesses to welcome the popular
Morgan lad and to join at the armory
in his honor.
At 200 p. m. an address of welcome
was given by Mayor A. j. White and
was responded to by Atty. Werring
of Morgan. Short talks by Leon
Brown and George Freyer followed
the Mayors welcome, after which
Shank was introduced by MIR. Freyer:
In responding to the introduction,
young Shank gave short talk GEN.
tered mostly around his faith in mod
ern aviation and the possibilities of
commercial flying in all smaller cit
les throughout the country. He stat
ed that in breaking the worlds record
for loops he did not care to have the
feat classified as stunt but that
it was made to demonstrate his faith
in the stability of the modern plane
and to prove that the pilots have con-
fidence in these planes.
Aviation is here to stay" said
the young Morgan lad, 'the next two
Continued on last page)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
LOVINA WOHLFORD
Dies At Home of Son, Wells
W0hlfOrd of Sleepy Eye.
Past 80 Years of Age.

Death removed one of Redwood
County's early pioneer settlers when
Mrs. Lovina Wohlford passed away at
10:45 o'clock Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 7th, at the home of her son,
Wells Wohlford of Sleepy Eye. The
aged woman had been bedfast for a
period of about five weeks and the
cause of her death was attributed to
the infirmities of old age.
Mrs. Wohlford, who settled in the
Clements community in Redwood
County in the early 70's, had been
making her home with her son, Wells,
in Sleepy Eye since last October.
She was past eighty years of age at
the time of her demise and had been
in fair health until about the first
of the year.
The funeral services were held at
one o'clock Friday afternoon, Febru-
ary 10th, at the Wohlford home in
Sleepy Eye with Rev. Teachout of
the Sleepy Eye Methodist church Of
ficiating. Six of the children served
as pallbearers. The remains were
taken to Redwood Falls for burial
Mrs. Lovina Wohlford, nee Lovina
Sites, was born September Z, 1847 in
Center county, Pennsylvania. She
was married to Franklin Wohlford in
Illinois and in 1874 immigrated to
Redwood County, Minn., settling in
the Clements community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wohlford were the
parents of ten children of which num-
Der nine remain to mourn their moth
er's death. A daughter passed away
at the age of three years. The living
are: c. B. Wohlford, Orangeville,
Illinois; Seth and Andrew Wohlford
and Mrs. c. Williams, Minneapolis; !;
Joe Wohlford, st. Paul; Arthur and
Benjamin Wohlford, Clements; Frank
Wohlford, Fremont, Sask., Canada,
and Wells Wohlford of Sleepy Eye.
The husband of the deceased passed
away in November, 1926.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
REDWOOD FALLS DEBATE
TEAM MEETS SPRINGFIELD

The third debate of the season for
the local high school team will be
held at Springfield tonight WED
nesday) with that team as opponents.
The Redwood Falls team, composed
of Irene Mckay, Leland Posi- and Ha-
eel Scott will take the negative side
of the question. The judges selected
for the occasion are Supt. Almens
Lake Benton, Prof. Morris Of Man
kato and Mr.. Sperry Of Mankato.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
SIXTH ARTICLE ON
PRODUCTION COSTS
Co. Agent Lynn Sheldon Con-
tinues With Series of Arti-
cles on Agriculture.

1t sometimes gets monOtonous to
hear over and over again some truths
pertaining to our everyday life.
Some of US are slow to pick up new
ideas. Facts about our common ev-
ery-day problems, even though they
may be repeated over and over again,
always bring out some new truths
which are sometimes astonishing.
For instance one of the plants that
was once looked upon as the greatest
nuisances and obnoxious to good
farming is now an established crop,
and proving of great value. The very
reasons for which it was despised
are the very reasons for which it has
been adopted into the regular crop
ping system of thousands of the best
farms of the country, and by farm
ers who once cursed and despised
the sight of it.
One outstanding fact was that it
grew almost everywhere, on good
and on poor soil, on sandy and on the
heaviest of soils, among stones, in
alkali, in bitches, and anywhere that
it was left alone and allowed to pro-
pogate itself. Some farmers exert
ed great wrath over it. They spent
days of toll and much energy deal
ing with such a terrible pest while
other farmers stood by and watched
their performance with some little
interest. They were somewhat un-
easy with their wrought up neigh
bors but eager to see the results.
As this continued various methods
of eradication were put into pSaetice.
(Coutinued on page seven)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
MRS. BESS M. WILSON TO
ADDRESS ''U" WOMEN

Girl students from st. Paul, Min
neapolis and of other parts of the
state attending the University of
Minnesota and comprising the Uni
versity Business Women's club will
have a dinner at 6 p. m. Wednesday
at the Business Women's club of
Minneapolis. Mrs. Bess n. Wilson,
former publishR of the Redwood Ga
xette and q member of the university
BeaEd ef Rsg10 will speak.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
COMMERCIAL CLUB
IN BANQUET T-MEET
Local Civic Organization Holds
Regular Monthly Meeting
at the Hotel Ramsey.

The monthly banquet-meeting OF
the Redwood Falls Commercial Club
was held at Hotel Ramsey on Mon
day night, February 18th, at which
there were fifty members present.
The dinner was followed by the regu-
lar business session, with vice presi-
dent VIM. G. M. Smith presiding in
the absence of president George T.
Freyer.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting were read by Secretary Spen-
Ger and stood approved. Mr.. Spencer
named the committees for the year
1928 which were appointed at the
board meeting of the club on Janu-
ary 17th, 1928. The Board presided
over by President Freyer and with
E. L. Spencer, DR.. c. L. Lynn, DR.. A.
Asleson, Leon H. Brown, G. Nelson
and w. G. Weldon present appointed
the following committees:
Membership, H. M. Hoffman, chair
man; A. P. Falk, o. S. lines, c. c.
Little, Ira Reynolds and Fred Muir
set. Excursions and Advertising,
Lynn Sheldon, chairman; George 7.
Freyer, B. E. Marsh, o. H. Johnson
and L. Sommers. Good Roads, L. P.
Larson, chairman; H. M. Aune, c.
F. Gales, j. ]. Idzorek, j. B. Phil
brick and J. R. Keefe.
Legislative and Municipal, Rud.
Stensvad, chairman; N. R. Ryerson,
w. G.. Weldon, H. w. Ward, c. A.
Lauterbach and L. H. Brown. Manu-
featuring and Home Industry, D. l..
Crimmins, chairman; w. G. M. Smith,
C. L. Lynn, A. C. Burmeister, M. Lau-
terbach, E. F. Buenger and w. L.
(Continued on last page)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-02-15
DEPT. TOURNAMENT
FEBRUARY 24AND25
GibbOn, Morgan, Franklin and
WabassO High Schools to Meet
Here in Two Tournaments.

On Friday and Saturday, February
Oath and 25th the annual sub-dis-
trict or Departmental high school
boys and girls basketball tournament
will be held at the Lincoln School
gymnasium at Redwood Falls.
The towns who will have teams
represented at the tournament are
Gibbon, Morgan, Wabasso and Frank
lin. Each of the named towns will
send boys team and a girls team,
with the winners of the boys tourna-
ment to represent the department
at the district tournament at New
Ulm on March 1st, End and 3rd. The
Redwood Falls high school team will
meet the winners of the Department
tournament in the locals first start
on Thursday night, March 1st.
In the boys tournament there will
be two games on Friday night, the
first starting at 900 p. m. Gibbon
and Morgan, the two strong teams of
the department will clash in the first
game. This game will be followed by
the Wabasso-Franklin game at 1000
p. m. The finals will be held Satur-
day at 900 p. m.
The Gibbon and Wabasso girls will
play in the first of the two girls
games Friday night; this contest will
be followed by the Franklin Morgan
game. The girls finals will be play
ed Saturday night at 500 p. m.
Students in the different schools in
the department may secure tickets at
25 cents each if purchased at their
school before the games. This also
applies to Redwood Falls students.
The regular admission price is so
cents per ticket.
The monitor., 1928-05-25
lilly White" Leader Former Nebraskan
E ID | t O r | A l.

There should be large attendance people,
pecay of the ministers and professional people who
afternoon at O'Clock at the North Side
C. A. Not only will Miss Ruth Collins acting secretary the
Young Womens Christian Association National Convention
Sacramento Ca give her report which made excellent
Social workers will also give the reports which
by them a few days at the Omaha Council of Social
Agencies their return from the National of
Social Work which met in Memphis Tenn. These speakers
will include Miss Lillian Gauss head of the South Side Social
Settlement who has shown deep interest in the welfare of
group; Mr. John Hail. executive secretary of the Omaha
Community Chest Miss Esther the Juvenile Court
MISS McCabe OF the Visiting Nurse Association and
Mr. Orve Robertson of the Associated Charities All these
deeply interested the social problems
front people in with those of other citizens
racial understanding and Fellowship oomed large in the
of the Memphis Conference and the Y W. c. A. Con-
venton and the audience expect rhwhe
and helpful suggestions from these speakers.
Despite the fact that all eye eye
be admitted by those disposed to be fair and openmnded that
there is sincere desire the part of trained social
workers to the welfare of the community
egent and sympathetic understanding of the problems
ice only another for applied Christianity or
solutey accurate applied Religion It's objective is the ame
the ills of humanity poverty crime disease and like
maadies which handicap mankind in attaining the highest
fullest development Social service whether
will admit it not receives its impulse and motivation from
the Christian doctrine of universal brotherhood which
opportunity for the normal development every human being
Social Service, therefore, essentially Christian And if
hearted, interested in the whole of humanity
1t is gradually creeping into the consciousness of America
that the Negros human being therefore he must be consider
ed when human problems press for solution And
workers believe quite sincere in efforts to understand
why we are having social workers from ranks Help
fu contact and association between earnest sincere sober
understanding and goodwill The of this the better
For this reason hope large audience will attend the
service at the next Sunday afternoon to learn what the
mind OF those who working in various agencies for the bet
terment of all classes in the community.
All Of us need larger vision and larger of
sponsbiliy in doing practical work and making individual
contribution to social welfare.
The monitor., 1928-05-25
ARK. PEoNACE BOSS
MUST PAY VICTIM

Memphis, Tenn.-A federal jury
awarded ]. H. Coburn, of Crawfords-
vile, Ark, verdict of $500 in a
breach of contract case against Adam
Jett, Memphis realtor, after deliber-
ating less than one hour.
In the suit the plaintiff, tennaht
farmer, claimed that in July, 1927,
the defendant broke written con-
tract previously signed, for lease of
100 acres on a West Memphis, Ark,
plantation and gave him the alterna-
tive of working as a day laborer at
$3.50 day, or else to leave the crop
and be dispossessed of his house.
Prior to this, monthly payments of
500 were to be paid to the plaintiff,
according to the complaint. The
plaintiff further alleged that entire
proceeds of the cotton crop were
taken over by the defendant.
The monitor., 1928-05-25
LOUISIANA MOB
FOILED IN VICTIM
WRECK PROPERTY
Frustrated in Attempt to Lynch Ne
groes Frenzied Mob Burns and
Destroys Their Possessions
on Farm

Alexandria, LA lynching was
barely averted recently at Long Leaf
near here. Seven houses belonging
to intended victims of mob and
their relatives were fired and other
of the property destroyed by the
raiders, who failed to get their in
tended victims.
The mob violence occurred after
William Blackman had shot and ia
tally wounded deputy sheriff.
Blackman was shot by one of the
sheriff's party and died short time
afterwards. Before dying he said he
mistook the sheriff's party for raid
ers and shot when they kept coming
towards his home.
News of the shooting spread rap
idly and the mob soon assembled and
set out for the Blackman home. Of
ficers, however, removed the kin OF
the slain Blackman before their ar
rival. The mob, finding no one at
home when they arrived, proceeded to
burn, wreck and destroy everything
they could get their hands upon.
There were about IT'S whites in the
mob.
The monitor., 1928-05-25
INJUNCTION DENIED LILY
WHITES BY A MISS. COURT
Sheldon, Former Nebraska Governor,
Now a Southernized Northerner,
Cannot Gust Perry
Howard

Jackson, Miss.-Attempts of lily
white republicans to exclude colored
republicans from the party were fl
nally defeated recently. The Perry
Howard republican faction won vic
tory in the supreme court against
Ex-Governor Geo. L. Sheldon, when
the high court reversed and remanded
the injunction case from Forrest
county in which the Howard faction
was enjoined from holding their pri-
mary elections under a call from the
Howard state republican executive
committee.
Judge Smith, delivering opinion of
the court, division A sitting, reaffirm-
ed the former decisions of the court,
holding that the courts have no juris-
diction to interfere in procedure of
political party machinery under the
primary election laws, even though
the rights of members of the party
may be infringed.
The monitor., 1928-05-25
WAGE DISCRIMINATION BE-
TWEEN RACES sWATTED
High Tribunal of So. African Union
Hands Down Decision Which
Protects Skilled
Labor

Cape Town, South Africa.-Race
prejudice received setback when the
highest court of the Union of South
Africa handed down a decision that
no question of race or color shall be
taken into consideration in industrial
agreements or regulations of labor
where skilled workers are concerned.
For instance, Negro printer is now
bound by law to take not less than
a certain minimum wage and if he is
found accepting lower one his EN-
ployer will be prosecuted and prob
ably heavily fined.
In reporting this court decision, the
Amsterdam Bureau of the Interna-
tional Federation of Trade Unions ex-
presses the fear that the color bar
act, which excludes natives from GER
tain skilled trades, may be applied
little by little to all the machinery
trades in order to prevent the Indian
and native African workers from en-
tering them.
Under two recent acts of the South
African Parliament, disputes between
skilled workers and their employers
are to be established with full power
to hear witnesses and hand down a
judgment in such matters.
The monitor., 1928-05-25
CLORED YOUTH AWARDED
MEDAL FOR HEROISM

Cleveland, Ohio-For heroism in
saving the life of Omar Meyer, jr., a
white lad, Sherman Potter, sixteen
year old youth received an award of
$1,000 for educational purposes and
Carnegie hero medal. The cash
award must be used before Potter is
25 years old and will be dispensed in
installments after he decides what
course of study to take.
Young Potter is a member of the
Boy Scouts and is a student at the
junior high school in Sandusky. In
January, he with group of lads was
skating and the ice broke and young
Meyer fell into the icy waters. Dis
regarding the danger of losing his
own life, Potter plunged in the water
and rescued Meyer. This is the sec
ond recognition he has received, the
other being certificate of heroism
from the Boy Scout chief.
The monitor., 1928-05-25

ip's church was very delightfully."- en-
tertained with social meeting at the
residence of Mrs. Otis Shipman, 2724
North Thirtieth street, last Thursday
afternoon.
The monitor., 1928-05-25
RELIC OF De SOTO
AND HIS SOLDIERS
HINTS AT TRAGEDY
Remnant of Rusty Sword Unearthed
in Northern Georgia Recalls
Exploit of Famous
Spaniard
DISCOVERED MISSISSIPPI RIVER
Negro Soldiers Members of Troop.
Disappointed in Dreams of
Fabulous Wealth De Soto
Dies

Washington, d. C.-Part of a rusty
sword dug up in northern Georgia is
believed to have been lost by the ex-
pedition of fernando De Soto and his
Negro and Spanish soldiers nearly
400 years ago.
In giving an account of the expedi-
ton whose greatest accomplishment
was the discovery of the Mississippi
river, the National Geographical soci-
ETY. records state that De Soto and his
brave followers thought that the pres
ent southern states of the United
States constituted land of superla-
lively rich Incas and planned to loot
their temples" and palaces" of gold
and precious stones.
De Soto's party, including foot
soldiers, cavalry and servants backed
by King Charles v of Spain, left Ha-
vana, Cuba, in May, 1889, and is be-
lieved to have landed on what is now
Tampa Bay, Florida.
When De Soto, advised by his Ne
gro lieutenants had wandered over
what is now Florida, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Lou
isiana, killing thousands of Indian ag-
riculturists and hunters, finding only
towns of huts and wigwams, and los
ing hundreds of men and scores of
horses, the realization came that
there was nothing in the region worth
''conquering."
In 1540 they went into the north
ern part of the present state of Geor-
gia, still fighting and depressing In
dians, and still believing that gold lay
just ahead. The wanderings turned
westward and southwark to the vic
unity of Mobile. The following win
ter was spent in the Yazoo valley in
what is now Mississippi.
Soon after camp was brokin in
1541, the westward pushing wander
ers came upon the "Great River" as
they named it. Paintings have rep
resented this as something of gala
occasion, with De Soto taking posses
sion of the stream in shining arrnor.
In reality it was ragged, unkempts
rusty crew of discouraged men that
found it's way blocked by the muddy,
driftstrewn waters of the lower Mis-
sissippi, somewhere south of the pres
ent Tennessee line.
But this was to be the end of De
Soto's wanderings. He sickened, and
within a few days died. His body was
buried temporarily, and was sunk in
the river, which he had discovered, in
the early summer of 1912.