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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-16
KENNETH MCKENZIE
dies AS RESULT OF
SEVERE ACCIDENT
Death Comes to Redwood Falls
Man Early Monday Morning
at Rochester
MILITARY FUNERAL HELD
American Legion of Redwood
Falls Has Charge of Funeral
Held Today

After ten days of intense suffering
in Rochester hospital where he had
been taken following his accident,
Kenneth Mckenzie passed away ear
ly Monday morning, July IA. The
body was shipped from Rochester to
Sanborn, where it was met by an
American Legion guard and trans
ported to Redwood Falls. The body
laid in state Wednesday (today) at
the armory from noon until 200
o'clock, after which the military fun
eral was held in charge Of the Ameri-
can Legion, assisted by DR.. ]. P.
Linn, pastor of the First Presbyter-
ian church. Interment was made in
the Redwood Falls cemetery.
Kenneth Miner Mckenzie was born
at Evan, Minnesota on July 1, 1887
and had just reached his 43 birthday
a few days previous to his fatal ac-
cident. He received his early educa-
ton in the Brown county schools.
When about 10 years of age his par
ents moved to Redwood Falls where
they have made their home ever
since.
Mr.. Mckenzie joined the army fol-
lowing United States entry into the
World War. He was honorably dis
charged from the service at Camp
Grant, Illinois. Returning home in
1919, he became interested in horse
racing and followed this life, off and
on, for several years. The past few
years he had been spending most of
his time as painter and decorator.
While at work at the Fred Banker
home, southeast of Redwood Falls,
July 5, Mr.. Mckenzie came in con-
tact with live power wires and was
tumbled from a ladder, landing in
such a position that his back was
broken from the fall. He was also
injured internally. He was rushed to
Rochester hospital, where little
chance was given for his recovery.
Six personal friends of the de-
ceased we're selected as pail bearers
at the funeral, while a firing squad
made up of Infantrymen of the Red
wood Falls unit of the Minnesota Ma
tional Guard followed the procession
to the place of burial. The pail bear
ers were DIR. j. w. Anderson, John
Herman, Grover Mansfeldt, George
Barnes, E. E. Lang and Leon H.
Brown.
Mr.. Mckenzie is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Mary Mckenzie, three
sister, Mrs. L. ]. Kise of Redwood
Falls, Mrs. J. p. Kragh of Morgan
and Mrs. Dan Zelmer of Tracy, Min
nesota and one brother, Hector Of
Minneapolis, all of whom were here.
The out of town relatives who at
tended the services are Mrs. Frank
Berg of Minneapolis, Mrs. Clara Nc
Kenzie of Sleepy Eye and Mr.. and
Mrs. Alec Kise of Cottonwood.
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Funeral of Marion
johnson Last Sunday
Oldest Resident of County Came
Here in 1864; Active in
Public Life

Marion Johnson, a pioneer who has
lived in Redwood Falls or vicinity
since 1864, died at New Ulm Thurs
day, July 10, following a lingering
illness. Mr.. Johnson was known as
the oldest resident of Redwood coun-
ty and during the time he has lived
here has contributed greatly to the
development Of the surrounding ter
ritory. Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon in the Methodist
church with Rev. c. w. Gilman in
charge. Interment was made at the
Redwood Falls cemetery.
Mr.. johnson came to this county
Immediately following the Indian up
rising which caused practically every
white to seek protection in more
densely settled districts. Coming
here as a boy he made this his per-
manent home, set out to work for
himself at seventeen, and later re-
turned home to settle on a tract of
land given him by his father. This
land he developed into fine farm on
which he lived until 1905 at which
time he retired. AS a resident of
Sheridan and Redwood Falls town.
ships he offered much to the COM
munities in which he lived, serving in
various public offices such as chair
man of the town board, roadmaster
and member of the school board of
Sheridan township and later council
man and member Of the school board
of Redwood Falls.
Marion Francis Johnson was born
at Watertown, Wisconsin October %,
1849. Mr.. Johnson was married in
1876 to Mary E. Stegner, who died in
1906. To this union ten children
were born, all of whom survive him {:
Hannah, Mary, Josephine, Benjamin,
George, Alwilda, Leonard, Sarah,
Bessie and Florence. In 1913 he
married Mrs. Laura Peck who also
survives him.
Among those from out of town who
attended the funeral were Mrs. E. A.
Bailey, Winner, S. D.; Ben Johnson
and daughter Helen, Cedar Rapids,
Iowa; Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Kotas, Mad
ison, S. D.; Andrew and William
Stegner, Hendricks; George F. John
son, Springfield; Mr.. and Mrs. Glenn
Drake, Mankato.
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Co. | to Mobolize so
for Lake City Camp
To Leave Sunday Over C. & N.
w. for Two Weeks Encamp-
ment at Lake City

Fifty members of Company L. will
mobolize Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock and leave Sunday at 2 a. M,
over the C. & N. w. for two weeks
encampment at Lake City. Other
companies of the 205th infantry
from the southwestern part of the
state will be joined at Mankato
where a special train will carry the
men to St. Paul. The Schedule calls
for their leaving st. Paul at $3.50 a.
m. and arrival at Lake City at 11:35.
This encampment will be the last at
Lake City as the state is building a
new reservation near Little Falls
which will be ready for occupancy in
1881.
The company, under the command
of Capt. Wilbur Lamberton, LIST Lieut..
E. H. Bollum, and End Lieut.. E. H.
johnson, will return from camp Aug
ust 8. Members of the company are
encouraged to have friends and re-
latives visit them while in camp.
Camp commanders have been in
structed to extend every courtesy to
visitors.
The remainder of the roster OF
Company L which will attend camp
is as follows:
LIST Sergeant-H. v. Starr.
Sergeants-Andrew II. Bobzln,
Harry w. Britton, William c. Hauck,
and Bert C. Lamphere.
Corporaly-Frank H. Densinger,
Halvor c. Homme, Merlin w. john
son, Albert C. Fosche, Charles L.
Roberts, Charles F. WEIGH, and War
rem L. Wheeler.
LIST Class privates-Woodrow j.
Browning, Roy E. French, Ernest F.
Hogstad, Erwin A. Hogstad, Leo j.
Jackson, John K. Jacobs, Earl N. Ly-
slo, Sylvester j. Porter, Everette j.
Roberts, Willard I. Starr, Wayne B.
Tenney, and Jim L. WEIGH.
Privates- Wilbur R. Arnett, John
Cassmann, Llyod o. Erickson, Nor
man R. Helm, Charles E. Helmes,
Edwin j. Johnson, Lloyd T. Johnson,
John E. Krieger, Marvin L. Larson,
Marvin E. McMaster, Eldridge A.
Neale, Luverne E. Owen, Wenzel H..
Peck, Edward M. Peterson, Harold
H. Ritzmann, Carl L. Sebey, William
H. Stitz, Edward P. Tenney, Glenn r.
Thomas, Carl G. Weber and David J.
Weber. Cooks-Elmer E. Sabey and
Clarence b. Simondet. Orderly
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WILLIAM WORSECH

William Worsech passed away at
his home in Redwood Falls, Tuesday
evening, July Is, having reached the
advanced age of SO years. Funeral
services will be held from the chapel
in the Odlaug Funeral Parlors Thurs
day afternoon at 200 o'clock with
Rev. ]. P. Linn in charge. Interment
will be made in the Redwood Falls
cemetery.
Mr.. Worsech was born in Germany
and came to America in 1881. He
made his home near Beaver Falls for
number of years before coming to
Redwood Falls.
He is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Amelia Tereck of Renville, five
sons, Emil of Redwood Falls, Ru-
dolph Of North Redwood, John of
Granite Falls and William and Gus
tsve who live in Wisconsin.
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Thousands Picnic in
Ramsey Park Sunday

An estimated crowd of over 5000,
including members of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and En-
ginemen from Willmar and Montevi-
dec, visited Ramsey State park, Sum-
day, to spend the day there. The
railroad people met for their annual
picnic. The Redwood Falls City
band appeared IN . concert during
the afternoon
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A six weeks trip to Europe and
back, as planned by the government,
is being taken by Mrs. w. R. Goudy,
Seaforth and Mrs. August Frederick
son, Delhi, both Gold Star mothers.
The two Redwood county mothers,
who have sons buried in American
cemeteries in France, will leave Del
hi on Saturday, July 10 and return
about September LIST.
Leaving Minneapolis late Saturday
afternoon, the party will arrive in
New York Monday and leave the
United States next Wednesday on the
George Washington, the boat on
which President Wilson made his
famous trip to France in 1919.
Mrs. Goudy, who for over thirty
years has been the Seaforth CORES
pendent for the Redwood Gazette,
will write a series of articles for the
Gazette regarding the trip of the
Gold Star mothers, offering her first
for publication after arriving in New
York City. Others will follow
throughout the entire trip.
The two Redwood county ladies
will return on the U. S. S. Republic.
They will leave France on August 13.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-16
CANDIDATES IN
CAMPAIGN HAVE AN
EQUAL CHANCE
Work and Determination Only
Path to Victory in Sub
ScriptiOn Drive
ACTIVE WORKERS WIN
Candidates Big Vote Period
Closes on Monday, July Fl,
at $3.50 p. NJ.

Every candidate in The Gazette's
Big Subscription Campaign has an
equal chance, for no amount of pull"
can win one extra vote. Only the ac-
tual subscriptions accompanied with
the necessary cash to cover the per-
iods of subscriptions will gain votes.
Plenty of Awards
Determination and work is all that
is necessary to win any of these
beautiful prize automobiles and cash
prizes, and you can do it. Someone
will do it. If you fail to win the
Grand Capital Prize, the $853.OO
Chevrolet Sedan, you have your dis
trict prize automobile and cash prizes
TO fall back on, and failing to win
one of these marvellous awards, you
will be very handsomely paid in cash
for every subscription you turn in.
Will Be No Losers
There will be no losers in this cam
paign except those who become dis
couraged and quit. "Quitters are not
expected to win. A winner never
quits, and gutter never wins"
Candidates Busy
Standing today with their faces to
the future and the thoughts of "Now
or Never" lowering in their minds,
candidates in The Gazette's big
$4,000 circulation drive are rallying
their aids as would general on the
eve of battle, preparing with feverish
haste to make as good showing as
possible as the preparatory period
comes to close Monday, July 81, at
$3.50 o'clock.
Race In Earnest
After Monday night, July 81, the
race for the beautiful Chevrolet Sc
dan, valued at 1858; the classy $67S
Chevrolet Six Coach; the nifty Ford
Tudor Coach valued at 1904 and the
two Cash prizes of $4,000 respec-
lively, will have started in earnest.
Heretofore none of the nominees has
made any strenuous campaign. But
from now on you are going to see
some real work. Why? Because each
candidate knows that it is to his or
her advantage to secure as many
votes as possible, and because each
one knows that he cannot lose.
You have been thinking it over.
NOW PUT 1T OVER. If you have
not as yet sent in your nomination,
do so today. And if your name does
not appear in this weeks standing of
candidates, you will know that it has
been withdrawn for inactivity. How
ever, if you intend becoming an ac-
tive candidate and will make a re-
port to the office we will be glad to
reprint your name.
Out of town candidates may have
the privilege of mailing their sub
scriptions into the office. Just so
that you have your reports in your
respective post-offices by 9:3O o'clock
Monday night, July 81. You will re-
ceive the largest vote count of the
entire campaign.
Now candidates, thrs is the time to
assert yourself, and gain a position
of prominence that will uphold you
throughout the campaign. Remem-
Der: GET THE WINNING VOTES
IN BEFORE MONDAY NIGHT,
JULY 81.
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SCHOOL BOARD ELECTS

With an exceptionally light vote
cast George A. Barnes and Mrs. c..
L. Farver were elected to the school
board for three year terms at the an
nual school meeting held at the Lin
coin building last night. Mrs. Robert
Stewart was elected to a one year
term.
Preceding the election the report
of the treasurer was read. Organiza-
tion of the board for the coming year
will be made at the August meeting.
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GAZETTE INTERVIEWS NO. 2
Name-Fred Rome Observation-Disclosures Merchant
Store Observation-Disclosures Avenue.
Home Address-Grove Street.

Questions
1. When and where you born?
Answer-Norh Dakota, 1890.
2. How long have you been in Redwood Falls?
3. What lead you to enter business in Redwood Falls
AnswerLarge trading and wealth of farming community
A. Who will be the next President Bobby JONES' Chas. Lind
bergh Herbert Hoover
Answer-Any of these gentlemen will be pro-
per environment in Washington. For harmonious
partnership suggest AL Capone.
5. What is the biggest asset to Redwood Falls?
AnswerGood farm land titled by Industrious cosmopolitan
farmer.
6. How much use do you make of Ramsey Park?
Answer pasture family there in the and get my
recreation the tennis courts.
2. What do you think of Ramsey Park recreatona
center?
Answer-Check and double check
g. Have had particularly experience during
your life which has had a effect your future or
career?
Answer-Marred in Unusual me and has had its
g. What is your hobby?
Answer-Seling hardware
TO- What suggestion make for the betterment
wood Falls?
Answer-More cooperation between independent
merchant and still more cooperation between the
chants themselves
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-16

Redwood county now comes to the
front with a record that places it
among the premier corn growing
localities. A stalk of corn grown on
the farmsof Fay Starr of Delhi
stands 2 feet, 8 inches tall and has
three ears on it. This growth is
even more remarkable considering it
was once frozen to the ground by a
late frost. Mr.. Starr has 100 acres
of this corn. The stalk is on display
at the Citizens State Bank.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-16
CLUB PLACES FLOWERS
AT CITY BATH HOUSE

The Redwood Falls Better Flower
and Garden club is installing flowers
in the flower boxes of the new city
bath house this week. LIE Roy BUM
er is doing the work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-16

John Howe, ffty-seven years of
age, who had been resident of Red
wood county for thirty-five years,
passed away Tuesday afternoon at
the Redwood Hotel where he had
made his home in recent years. Fun
eral services were held from St.
GATHERINGS church Wednesday at
900 a. m. with burial in the Redwood
Falls cemetery.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-16
COMPOSES SONG

T'm Going Back to Minnesota" a
song composed by Karl R. Goethe,
has been dedicated to Veterans of
Foreign Wars of Minnesota and the
proceeds of the sale will go toward
a benefit for the Widows and Or
phans home at Eaton Rapids, Mich.
Mr.. Goethe, known as "The Cowboy
Composer" is a brother of Oscar
Goethe of Redwood Falls. The song
is now on sale at the Sward- Kemp
drug sire.
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Uses Machine Gun to
Loot Wiumar Bank
Carry Away $4,000 in Wild
Flight as Gunner Sprays
Streets with Bullets

Five bank robbers swooped down
on Willmar yesterday morning at
1895, robbed the Bank of Willmar
of $4,000 in cash and bonds, and
escaped in a large sedan, carrying
two supposedly wounded companions
with them. The bandits succeeded by
the very boldness of their attempt.
Employees of the bank sounded
burglar alarms at the first appear
ance of the holdups and hundreds of
citizens filled the streets while the
robbery was in progress. A lookout,
armed with a rifie-type machine gun,
stood at the bank entrance and kept
the crowd at bay with occasional
bursts of machine gun fire. Armed
citizens opened fire when the bandits
began their getaway and the gunner
for the bandits replied by spraying
the streets of Willmar with lead and
wounding three people, mother and
her daughter and young man. The
mother is in the hospital with a
severe injury while the others suffer-
ed flesh wounds.
Leaping into the car and firing
with abandon the bandits spend east
ward out of Willmar on highway No.
10. Officials throughout the state
were notified of the robbery and last
night every highway in the state and
the four surrounding states were
nlaced under heavy Guard
The bandits abandoned all caution
in conducting the holdup. One man
was posted at the bank entrance with
the machine gun while three walked
into the bank fourishing pistols. Six
Continued on Page Twelve.)
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Farm Managers End
Tour at Ramsey Park
Dakota and Minnesota Farmers
Inspect Sheffield and Gilfillan
Farms Near Here

L. P. Larson, N. H. Bovee, Fred
Rome and C. A. Luscher were at
Marshall Monday to meet the Farm
Managers Tour and to make final
arrangements for the visit of the
tour to the vicinity of Redwood Falls.
The group which is to visit here in
cludes members of the Northwest
Farm Managers association of North
Dakota and the Minnesota Farm
Managers association. Parker Sand
ers of Redwood Falls heads the Min
nesota group.
The tour left Fargo Sunday and
went to Morris where inspection of
southwestern Minnesota farms began.
Leaving Morris the group is visiting
farms in the vicinity of Appleton,
Porter, Marshall, Slayton, Adrian,
Worthington, Springfield and Red
wood Falls.
The first farm visited in this vici-
nifty was that of F. ]. Sheffield, a
Master farmer, whose farm is locat-
ed in the southeastern part of the
county. This was visited this morn
ing. Here the tour inspected the
purebred Hereford herd and the
methods of feeding employed on that
place. From there the tour was con-
Quoted to the farm of c. o. Gilfillan
where the methods used in operating
over 5000 acres were seen. Over
1000 acres Of this farm is under the
direct management of William Allen.
While at the Gilfillan farm the
members of the tour were given an
opportunity to discuss methods of
management systems of records and
lease arrangements.
Leaving the Gilfllan farm the
group will go to Ramsey State park
where barbecue lunch will be serv-
ed at p. m. this afternoon.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE

The Redwood Falls Better
Flower and Garden club will
meet at 1880 p m. Monday,
July FL, at the home of Mrs.
Julia Glassco. This is an i'm
pOrtant meeting and it is es-
sential that all members posi-
BILE attend.
wish, also, to take this OPP
pOrtunity to thank members of
the club for the splendid work
done during my absence.
-Jeseph Tyson, President.
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LeSueur Golfers to
Appear Here Sunday

Redwood Falls golfers will meet
|. Ee Sueur here in match, Sunday.
IL ID expeetsd the invading team will
J bring sbout Is players to compete
:asninnt the local club. Another match
in which Redvood Falls will figure
will be against Sleepy Eye at that
place the following Sunday, July q.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-16

Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Serkland and
daughter Betty and Mr.. and Mrs. H.
S. Aune motored to Minneapolis,
Sunday, where Miss Betty will visit
for week. The rest of the party
returned in the evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-07-16

Miss Alta Serkland with Miss
Alice Branton of Willmar and Miss
Anita Johnson of Minneapolis is
spending some time in the North
Woods.
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END OF GAZETTE'S PRIZE
CAMPAIGN DRAWING NEAR
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dates. Here is where their courage
upholds them and makes them fight
or the lack of it takes the stiffness
out of their knees and leaves them
trailing in the dust. Sometimes too,
supreme courage urges them on when
they tire and that is the gamest fight
of all.
Votes will pile up rapidly during
the next few days. The Invest part OF
the competition is at hand; and while
the leaders are on the same footing
at the same time those who want to
and will are afforded the opportuni-
ty of the entire campaign to forge
ahead and corral the winning votes.
From now until the finish it is the
time when 100 per cent efficiency
counts.
Second or Extension Subscriptions
Candidates who want to win will
not fail to take advantage of the Sec
ond or extension subscriptions be-
cause their voting values are very
strong. For instance, if subscrip-
ton was paid in the first period the
first period votes will be given the
candidate, thus you will readily see
the advantage of securing as many
extensions as you can in this Third
period: Absolutely NO EXTEN-
SIONS will count for Extra votes in
the final period, or after August IL.
So candidates, GET THEM NOW.
Just to give you an idea how the ex-
tensions count up let us consider.
Mr.. KS subscription. In the first
period he paid his subscription to one
of the candidates. In fact he gave
her a three year subscription, which
represented $4,000 votes for the can
didate. Now in the Third period an
other candidate or for that matter
the same candidate-got an extern
sion from him for another two years.
The second subscription has a value
of 100000 votes on the extension
plan. See how easily you can get
margin of votes by taking advantage
of this last extension period?
Attention Candidates
The special attention of out-of-
town candidates is again called to the
arrangement which has been made
which affords every worker the ad-
vantage of securing subscriptions
right up until the last moment of the
Third Period 9 o'clock Tuesday night,
August 18th. No matter where they
may reside. All subscriptions placed
in the postoffice anywhere before 9
o'clock Tuesday night, August 18th,
will be counted in on the big vote
schedule even though they do not ar
rive at The Gazette office until a day
or so later.
And now for the finish!
The eyes of the entire county and
counties are upon the
gains of the valiant workers. Candi-
dates, you have fourteen days to
make winning certainty. If you
don't win you have only yourself to
blame.
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Miss Theresa Ehlenz departed last
Wednesday night for Minneapolis
and Redwood Falls, where she is en-
joying her annual vacation from her
duties in the office of the county
agent.-Madison Independent Press.
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WIND AND RAIN CAUSE
DAMAGE AT CLEMENTS

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cred people nearby, while. a. barn on
the Mueller farm, southwest of town,
was destroyed by the high wind.
Grain shocks in the surrounding ter
ritory were scattered about and in
many fields Restocking was neces-
sary. Considerable hail also fell dur
ing the storm.
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FOR SALE-Dining room set, Ivory
bed, two sets of springs and a mat
tress. Mrs. Fred Orth. Phone 435.
3-2ts.
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DEAD HOGS, HORSES, CATTLE
removed free of charge. We want
every dead hog. We pay phone
charges. Redwood Rendering Works,
Phone $50. 47-tf.
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FOR SALE-Puritan gasoline stove,
table, chairs, rugs, mohair daven-
port and chair, end tables. All pric-
ed to sell. Mrs. l. M. Stensvad.
Phone 379. 1-tf.
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FOR SALE

TRADE IN-Will allow liberal trade
in on Model A Ford Coupe for new
Hudson Coach not a year old. Call
726. Aft.
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MISCELLANEOUS

POSITION WANTED = Graduate
stenographer with bookkeeping ex-
perience desires position. Fern Wise,
Franklin, MINI. 3tf.