The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-12-26
Redwood 1928 Events
Pass in Review
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over oUOU people dCCenQeQ the
9th free Legion program at Belview.
Governor Christensen delivered the
address of the day.
17.-City of Redwood Falls issues
Police Tags for violation of traffic
laws in the city.
1S.-Theodore Christensen, for
governor and Arthur Nelson for
United States senator were winners
In the June primary election in the
state and Redwood county. In the
county Governor Christensen re-
ceived 924 votes to So for his oppon-
ent while Nelson received 422, Burn
quist 322 and Rockne 253. The pri-
mary election was one of the lightest
the county and state had ever known.
25.-Richard Glassman of Seaforth
Is killed in an automobile accident
caused from no lights.
25.-June tax settlement compiled
by County Auditor L. P Larson and
County Treasurer A. P. Falk totals
$53S,421.71 and is higher than the
figure of 1927.
July
4.-Chautauqua opens in Redwood
Falls
Be. M. Jorgenson e. Co. pur-
chased the Model Meat Market from
A. III. Hougan.
Go. ''L", including So men and
officers left by BUSES for Camp
Wesley A. Fraser at Lake City,
Minnesota for the annual two weeks
encampment.
IA. w. Park is chosen as man
Of hn pnIu,noI
citation by action of the Board of Di-
rectors.
15.-Robert Schubert, wanted for
robbery in Granite Falls and for for
gerry in Minneapolis was arrested by
County Attorney Leon H. Brown;
after two hour grilling, Schubert
confessed to the robbery and forger-
les.
16.-Delegation from Redwood
county meet with Commissioner
Babcock on the highway dispute on
a proposed removal of several miles
of State Highway No. IA from Red !
wood county.
19.-County Board of Equalization
met to make changes in valuation.
25.-William WIKI of Marshall won
Valley Golf Tournament held at Win
dom.
2l.-Co. 81" returned to Redwood
Falls after spending two weeks at
camp. The Redwood Falls unit again
won the Regimental rifle matches.
25.-Fire destroyed the barn and
out buildings on the Lucas farm, OPP
Grated by John Simpson.
August
5.-Andy Nelson won the individu- /
al golf tournament held at Redwood
Falls.
6.-For the third successive year
the Co. o. Rifle team won the state
rifle matches held at Camp Lake
view, Lake City, Minnesota.
12.-American Legion sponsors
huge aerial show at the Redwood
County Fair Grounds in which Gene
Shank featured in an exhibition Of
stunts.
12.-Howard Marchant of Morgan,
a member Of the American Legion
of Redwood Falls dropped dead on
the streets of Morgan.
25.-The Band department of the
Redwood Falls schools was started
with Mr.. Limburg as director.
23.-District Retail Hardware
Merchants association met in Red
wood Falls with seventy-five mer-
chants from southern Minnesota
present.
September
1.-Krak- O. Wheat Company form
ed in Redwood Falls.
4.-Redwood Falls public schools
open, with registration of 700.
11-District Odd Fellows meet at
Redwood Falls.
12.-Pugh-Imes Company give up
the Buick franchise and take over
the Graham Paige line of automc
biles.
1S-Howard n. Bell died at the
Redwood Falls Hospital
23.-American Legion sponsors
countrywide picnic.
24.-Redwood County Fair opens
with unusually large display of live
stock and farm produce.
ga Lincoln B. Harold presented
a check for payment of a purchase.
The check was accepted and was
found to have been forged on prom
inent business man of Redwood Falls
After questioning by the county at
torney Harold confessed to the crime
October
Approximately 40 students
had enrolled in the various Bible
schools sponsored by the churches of
Redwood Falls in conjunction with
the regular school studies.-Catholic
Order of Foresters hold initiation in
Redwood Falls
10.-County Auditor l.. P. Larson
announced that 1900 hunting licens-
es had been sold to Redwood county
sportSmen; the largest number ever
disposed of in the history of the
county.
15.-The Redwood Falls branch of
the American Red Cross raised over
S270 for relief work for the southern
tornado sufferers.