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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-26
The Battle of the BangbOards

IT HAT Theodore Balko of Redwood County won
third prize, and Ray Hanson of Cottonwood
County fourth prize in the contest for the Ma
tional corn huskng championship-that Minnesota
the only State to have two among the
first ve-s particularly gratifying to Minnesotans.
Not so many years ago didn't grow enough
maize to be considered part of the Corn Belt Today
two of hardy shuckers place among the five best
in the Country, despite dust storm with which they
unfamiliar and despite crowds that got in their
way They go down the books expert
huskers than any produced by Kansas, Missouri Illi-
nois Indiana all Corn Belt States since pillow shares
first turned their sod.
But more gratifying still is the news that with
no town of even five thousand population within
hundred miles, this years huskng contest attracted
more than forty thousand spectators-or many
flock to a widely advertised football contest, world
series baseball game championship prize fight Not
only that, but radio kept millions informed of the
shuckb -shuck progress of this battle of the bang
boards and the press associations teegraphed descrp
tive matter to all corner of the United States.
When contest between doing something
full tournament to which of many skilled work
do the most and the best and with prize only
a modest thousand dollars hung up for the winner
draws forty thousand people from hundreds of miles
away then the present American attitude toward life
and its problems and obligations gives for de-
spair If Americans about a farm
workers ability, than about fagpoe sitters endur
record the collapse of marathon dancer
then Americans so silly, after all-Mnneapolis
Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-26
WILD TRUMPETER SWANS
ARE AT LONG PRAIRIE

At Long Prairie wild trumpeter
swans seem to have established head
quarters, C. C. Waters. who is game
warden there, is nursing three wild
swans back to health which had been
shot and left by hunters. The birds
weight about sixteen pounds each.
These birds are protected by law, be-
cause of scarcity, and since their
necks are Is inches long, their wing
spread about 8 feet, it seems strange
tina any hunter would mistake them.
About all the geography they need
in schools nowadays is how to read
a road map.-Ohio State Journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-26

= a Christmas Seal - put j
mite
When view'd as only one
- But as an, army It can fight
With triumphs matched by
none
Combining with its million
mates
To open wide thousand gates
That lead through hope to health
Enlisting also in their aid
All help that science knows.
The great White Plague Is met and
stay'd
The Conclusive record shows
As you exchange your cash for seals
So they, when promptly sold
Transmute our annual appeals
To gifts worth more than gold!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-26
STATS DIARY,
By Ross Farquhar

Friday-well ma went to a bridge
party today and Ant Emmy was load
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-26
The First Thanksgiving Proclamation

IT HE deeply religious side of George Washington
is evidenced in many of his acts during both his
4 public and private life, but nowhere do we get
clearer proof of his dependence upon the Omnipotent
One than in the first Proclamation of Thanksgiving
After assigning Thursday, the 26th day of Oct
ober 1885, to be the first National Thanksgiving Day
and enumerating the blessings for which the people
a whole should give thanks, President Washington
closed his message with the following paragraph,
which might properly guide in the Thanks
giving prayers of the people of the United States in
the year of our Lord 1880.
"And also that may then unite in most humbly
offering our prayers and supplicatons to the great
Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon
our national and other transgressions-to enable us
ALL whether in public private stations, to perform
several and relative duties properly and punctual
ly-to render national government blessing to
all the People by constantly being Government of
wse just and constitutional laws dscreetly and faith
fully executed and obeyed-to protect and guide all
Soveregns and Nations Especially such have shown
kindness to us) and to bless them with good Govern
ment, peace and concord. To promote the knowledge
and practice of true religion and virtue and the in
crease of science among them and and generally
to grant unto all mankind such degree of temporal
prosperity as He alone knows to be best"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Russian Soviet Puts Ban
on Time-Honored Kissing

Moscow's latest edict is "Thou
shalt not kiss!" according to trav-
elers recently returned from Russia,
who relate that the Soviet chiefs,
not content with abolishing church,
crown, marriage-and other institu-
lions beloved of man and woman
are now conducting furious CAM
paign against the kiss. The cam
paign will come as a shock to those
who knew Russia In the good old
days before the war, when friends,
relations, comrades, and countrymen
embraced each other whenever and
wherever they met-sometimes as
many as twenty times day. A kiss
Appropriated to a handshake or to
a lifted hat then. "In no land" de-
clared Alexandra Dumas pere in one
of his travel books, "have l seen
people embrace each other so much
as In Russia" Now propaganda has
invaded literature, and the latest
novel from Moscow ends with this
last page advice: Eighteen-year-old
heroine to her lover: "a kiss? Young
man. do you realize what kiss
means?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
ANCIENT VILLAGE
FOUND IN YUCATAN
Explorer Discovers Town Not
on Amy Map.

Washington.-An occupied Indian
village, surrounded by high stone
wall, has been discovered in Yucatan
by Capt. Robert r. Bennett Of this
city, who is conducting an important
expedition in that land of ancient CIV
iization, under auspices of the Mu.
scum of the American Indian, New
York city.
"This village" said statement from
the museum, lis not on any map that
is known and its discovery is of the
greatest Importance, particularly as 1t
is one of the few walled villages known
to be in existence in Yucatan." No
description of the occupants was
given.
"The ruins are about 1000 years old.
according to one stella dated A. D..
260" said statement based on let.
ter from Captain Bennett. "They cover
vast area Of ground but nothing
was found in the way of art.
THE mounds are very high, with
small temples on top, and ranges of
buildings between them. The grand
level plaza is reached by two terraces
with steps varying from $50 to 200
feet in width.
"After climbing one of the highest
pyramids Captain Bennett saw unnum-
bered mounds and buildings, with an
other extremely high mound some
miles directly to the east. Other ey-
plorers have noted the two lakes Mt
Coba, but from this high pyramid the
expedition noted four of them in a
line. running northwest to southwest ;
the largest Is about one-half mile wide
and three-fourths Of mile long. This
is the one which Col Charles A. Lind
bergh tried to alight on during his re-
cent aerial explorations to Yucatan,
but he found it too small for this pur-
pose and could only skim over 1t and
rise again."
Captain Bennett reported the coun-
try is extremely wild and unexplored
The expedition also includes another
Washingtonian, Crawford Johnson
son of Charles FL. Johnson. The party
left Valladolid on January 10 with six
Indians and nine mules, going first to
Coba.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Only One U. S. General
Died in Action in War

Washington. But one American
general officer was killed in action
during the World war, analysis Of
War department official records dis
closed. Two other general officers
died from nonbattle causes prior to
the armistice, but only one officer
above the grade of colonel is listed IN
the battle casualties for officers of the
American expedltionary forces.
The death of one general officer
during the years of American partici-
patton in the war contrasts with the
death Of ninety-three generals in the
French army during the World war.
Forty one Of the French died in action.
Brig. Gen. Edward Sigerfoos of Ohio.
who went overseas as a colonel In
command Of the one hundred fifty
second depot brigade of the Seventy
seventh division, died of wounds in
October, 1915 An infantry officer, he
was mortally wounded while fighting
with his men at the front.
Another officer who went abroad
with high rank and was killed in bat
tie was Brig Gen. Henry Hill of
Quincy, III. After Brigadier General
Hill, National Guard officer, arrived
in France at the head Of the sixty
fifth infantry brigade in the Thirty
third DIVISION he was given the choice
of becoming a colonel in the service
of supply or major in the line. Brig
adler General Fill was killed in action
after accepting a majors commission.
The American total battle casual
ties were 50.475. OF this number 2O14
| were officers.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Friends Come to Aid
of Old Book Seller

st. Iouis.-Rare bits Of binding,
first editions, beautifully printed and
bound volumes, and just ordinary
musty, secondhand books have been
relocated to the ash heap-superseded
by the radio and talkies-accordng to
George T. Tourville, dean of ST. Louis
booksellers.
For so years ST. Louis book lovers
had been dropping into Georges shop
to browse among the volumes, and
George, always ready to gossip about
his books, enjoyed a lucrative income.
But with the advent of the radio
and the talkies, people were no longer
interested in Georges musty, dusty
| volumes, and the veteran bookseller
found himself in financial straits.
Friends of Tourville, some of, them
men who as lads munched their sand
wiches in his book shop. while they
spent their noon hour devouring a
volume, have come to the rescue.
| These friends have devised plan
to refinance the shop and put 1t on
a paying basis. They plan to incor-
porate the shop and issue stock. Fifty
| shares will be sold to provide n work
ing capital, Tourville receiving the re.
naming which will be non.voting
stock until dividends equal the
amount subscribed.
The veteran boolsman will remain
In charge of his beloved books.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
LITER ACQUlTS MAN
WHO SERVED 5 YEARS
Barber Is Convicted Of
Crime Despite Alibi.

Marquette, Mich.-Whether Stanley
Rider of Detroit is serving 121a to 20
years in the Michigan state prison at
Jackson for crime he did not com.
NIT is question to which Arthur ID.
Wood, pardon and parole commission
er, is seeking the answer.
Anthony Machus, serving life IN
Marquette branch prison, has told Mr.
Wood that he and an unnamed COM
panion, now dead, carried out the hold
up for which Rider was sentenced.
Machus said he had kept silent be-
cause he did not wish to implicate
his companion, but the death of the
latter recently. he said, had removed
this motive.
Believes Story.
Mr.. Wood said he had gone over the
Rider case recently and was inclined
to believe that Machus was telling the
truth. Rider has insisted all the time
that he is innocent. Mr.. Wood init
mated he would recommend pardon
for Rider If his investigation bore out
the story told by Machus.
Rider was found guilty October 20,
1924, Of holding up John A. Dietrich,
superintendent, and Frank G. WELDON,
auditor Of the Detroit Twist Drill COM
pany, February 10, 1923, as they were
transporting an $500 pay roll. Rid
led was convicted on his third trial,
the first two juries disagreeing. His
defense was an alibi.
Mr.. Wood said his inquiries showed
that at the time of the pay roll rob-
berry Rider owned fve-chair barber
shop and was in a comfortable finan-
cial condition. At his first trial the
Jury stood to for acquittal and at
the second trial the vote was IL to ]
for q verdict of not guilty.
Machus Slayer.
Between his second and third trials
Rider disappeared and his bond was
forfeited. He was arrested later al
| the home of relative. Rider also
was arrested in the Staying of Nal
colin McGregor at the Halfway house
owned Jointly by Rider and Harry
(Kid) Harris, but was dicharged when
the chief witnesses were unable te
identify him.
Machus, Chicago gangster, was
one of four men who killed Patrolmar
Casimir Kaliszewski while fleeing aft
er taking $4,000 from the Chene
street and Harper avenue branch OF
the Central Savings bank, now the
First National bank.
Els companions were Stanley Obs
Stack Podulski, his cousin, John Pc
dulslSi, and Walter Filipkowski. Ma
chus, John Podulski, and Filipkowsk
were given life for killing Kallszewski
while Stanley Podulski, convicted o.
another robbery, was given 20 to a
years.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Bride Tells Her Secret

"EOR young bride Of twenty
Il one to lose her vitality and pep
is disastrous, almost sacrilege,"
says Mrs. George E. Pillow, OF
Franklin, Va. "That, however" she
continues, sis just what I did"
IT had only been married a few
months to an athletic husband, who
went everywhere and did every
thing. I tried to keep up with his
pace, and simply collapsed under the
strain. / never was really i'll; just
sallow-skinned, depressed, and life
less. Swimming, dancing, golf, just
couldn't face them. When l began to
lose my clear complexion, / was
desperate.
"Then one day girl friend came
to pay me a visit. In the bottom OF
her little bag Of clothes lay crystal
clear bottle-Nujoll A short wo-
man-to-woman talk--a telephone
call to neighboring drug store-and
my future happiness was settled.
'"That was year ago. Now / too
am never without Nujol, which has
frightened and cleansed my body
like cake Of pure soap. eat, sleep,
swim, and hike with the enthusiasm
Of child. My complexion is all it
used to be-and best Of all am
my husbands little pal again."
The wonderful thing about crystal
clear Nujol is that it is not medi-
cine; it contains no drugs-it cannot
hurt even baby. 1t is simply the
normal internal fabrication which
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04

noying my work or how gloomy the
day, they are always like a cheering
friend smiling at me from my desk"
The warmth in her cheeks deepened
into delicate rose flush OF color
81 am glad my flowers have seemed
friendly to you. They are always that
to me- | love them just as love
trees IT It were not that their crown
ing mission is to bring~us comfort and
solace, | should hate to pick them
Sometimes II seems to me like killing
beautiful things with souls in them
/ feel the same way when | see Il tree
cut down.
Her gaze rested upon the picture
of his wife.
81 often think of Mrs Kirke when
pick my nasturtiums." she added.
SHE is of their beauty colorful. vivid
full of gold and life. Is she well?'
81 believe so. She Is in Paris. |
received Il letter from her yesterday
In which she speaks of you She says
she has not forgotten her threat to
come mp and paint you some day
That will be exciting, her third visit
in three years"
She caught the infection of irony
in his voice, though he was moi trying
to reveal it. The knowledge of his
loneliness sometimes oppressed her II
was one reason why she picked flow
ers for him And she was always
saying something nice for the woman
whose picture was on his desk and
whose life was so apart from his. 80
infinitely separated from everything
in which he might have found happi
ness.
81 have tried to grow hyacinths
about my cottage" she said. 'Bur
they won't live They die love
| them and have given them every care,
and | make myself believe they would
| like to grow for me II they could
| told Mrs Itirke OF my experience
| when she was here year ago. and
| you should have seen her eyes light
up. i am like that. she said. Il
| would die If ! had to live up here.
| Paul doesn't understand You won't.
Yeti would dle-and believe that.
| TOO II isn'i her fault any more than
II is the hyacinth's. They are very
| much alike. A wonderful flower-0nd
| u wonderful woman. think y0nr
| wife is the more wonderful Of the two
giving you up as she is doing, all be.
| cause IF ynnr work.
(To BE CONTINUED)
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
The Crippled Lady Of Peribonka

he knew they would be. He helped
her off with her coat and hood.
She objected a little to taking of
her raincoat.
81 want to talk with you for only a
few moments, If the Inconvenience
isn't too great" she said.
"And want to talk with yOu-for q
long time,' he replied Il am not
working. not even debating, and
have LET my secretary go. have felt
peculiarly the desire to do nothing
this afternoon. The day has been
empty and blue, and 1t frightened only
when saw you coming down the
path. have been thinking about you
quite a bit"
He had never said as much as this
with the steely shutters let down from
his eyes so that the other man within
him was looking through. flush SO
faint that Paul did not notice 1t gath.
cred in Carla's cheeks.
"Thinking of me?' she inquired
.'That is kind of you. like to BE-
thought about-pleasantly And you
could not think otherwise of me when
bring you flowers"
He was glad she had spoken about
her flowers.
"They have been an encouragement
and an inspiration to me for long
time" he said. mo matter how an
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Weather Change.

The weather bureau s,tys that day
to-day changes in the weather one
cold. next warm. thpn perhaps c.,ld
again are mainl. due to ci,anges In
the direction OF the wind and that
in turn to changes IN the dist ribution
ut air over the surface Of the eartl,
The causes operating and their ef
fects nre rather complicated hui z,
back mainly ia circulation between
me equatorial and polar regions
t,,,,spI by Tie ne;iiing of the tr"I,I
cal regiuns aud the reolinp "f III"
polar re,.inlr,) MS modified h, the ef
fests Of the daily rotation OF IN"
enrrh.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Use Ultra Violet Rays
in Crime Prevention

New York.-Science's latest contri-
button to law enforcement agencies
was discussed today, following a DEM
onstration Of new device for burglar
protection which sets off an alarm
as soon as an invisible beam of ultra
violet rays is interrupted or disturbed
by an intervening body
The rays may he used to asphyXi-
ate any intruder with barrage OF
tear gas or set off silent alarms.
Another demonstration showed
how the photo-electric cell or "elec-
trio eve" may be used. Persons en-.
tering room may he counted auto
matically as they cross beam OF
light thrown across doorway, the
shadow Of passing body causing the
"electrIc eye" to communicate with
counting machine.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04

A cataloguing of the uses Vt fhe
sweet potato sounds as though, the
writer had stolen few OF the glowing
paragraphs used by efficient adverfls
ing writer's.
To begin with, they are higiil! val
uable in their regular form MS human
fnod. and the cattle will take an! ief'
over with u bovine frank you for inc
tasty dish.
They may be made into a siruT,
which ts said to prmluce II very su
periOr taffy. When cut into small
particles and properly toasted until
thoroughly carameIed they make a
fair substitute for Chocolate in the
1avoring Of ice cream and covering
of candies Or II yuu are avoiding
sugars. they will produce very fine
vinAgar and can be used as source
of starch.
Then. leaving food FOR Il time. they
can he used To pr,mluce number of
dies and have also heen 'und sue
cessful in tile production of rMnfins
paint They have even been EN-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Surprising Number of Uses for Sweet Potato

pioyed to mend rubber. and have made
gnOd on the job
They will yield up to lUU bushels
an acre. and NJ the average price OF
50 cents blslupl bring In $StD. which
is moi So bad wien compared with
corn and wheat yield. Washington
Post
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Baby Killed With Scissors
Found in Berlin Theate.

Berln.-The Waterman Of the Mol
lendorf theater, in making his rounds
following the Sunday night perform
ance. found the murdered body of
new born girl baby in dark corner
of side room just off the auditorium
proper, the police revealed today. A
pair of bloody embroidery scissors
with which the child had been stabbed
to death lay nearby.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Beauty, Charm, Clear Skin
How Can They be Won?

your body needs. Let Nujol clear
the poisons out Of your body 1--WE all
have them), and flood the sunshine
OF happiness into your life.
1t sounds like a fairy tale, but
millions of people have proved it. So
can you. Get Nujol at any drug store
sold only in sealed packages, with
the Nujol trademark. 1t costs but a
few cents and it will make you feel
like a million dollars!
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Man With Wooden Leg
Loses Other Leg in Fall

New York. Speaking Of hard luck
Thomas ZouIick fell In front OF
subway train. When the police emerg-
ency squad extricated him, they found
that his right leg had been broken.
II the injury had hefallen the left leg.
1t would have been trivial. The left
leg is wooden.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Long Skirts Bad
News for the Seals

Tacoma, Wash.--The return
Of longer skirts and correspond
ing Increase in the length of fur
coats may cause Uncle Sam to
order $4,000 fur seals slain for
their skins the coming summer.
Last year 1900 skins were
taken from the Pribilof herds,
that number being sufficient to
fill the demand for such elite
furs. With the knee length coat.
not as much seal skin wns re
Guired as will be the case In the
newer mode.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Chicken Blood Saves
Bow. Ill With Pneumonia

Lincoln, Neb.-Six-year-old Gene Ro-
land owes his life to chicken. Doc
tors had given up all hope Of saving
his life after he had been stricken
with pneumonia. AS last resort II
chicken blood transmission was admin
istered. Doctors announced 1t was
successful.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Sweater Sui.

A black pluited skirt and cardigan.
with three quarter sleeves. Is enliv
ened by black fnrk.in sweater blouse
with striped orange. rcd and hlack
collar ana deep cuffs The cuffs ex
tend below the cardigans sleeves.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Couture rurban

For evening wear. the c"iffure tur
Oan. nude the exnct color OF ones
hair. should be made In soft fnIds
that run back to the nape at the neck
where q puff Of chiffon looks like q
sn0Ud
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Flowered silks

Stiff lowered silks. reminiscent OF
grnndmother's hest dress. make many
new party frocks, They usually are
mi princess with full, long skirts
with even hens
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
James Oliver Cur,uood
WNU Service
"a, 1920, Doubleday Doran Co., Inc.)
STORY FROM THE START

Introducing some of the peo-
pie of the pretty little French
Canadian village of Peribonka.
particularly the Crippled Lady,
idol of the simple inhabitants.
Paul Kirke is descendant of
sister of Molly Brant, sister of
Joseph Brant, great Indian chief.
He has inherited many Indian
characteristics. His father is a
powerful New York f1nancier.
Paul marries Claire Durand.
daughter of his fathers partner.
He is in charge of engineering
work near Peribonka.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1930-04-04
Can Sleeves

Spring makes much of cap sleeves
A rich woven fabric frock with mai
ural w,ilsiline. cnIlarless neck and
gOred skirt has cap sleeves that f.
snngly.