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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-13

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Having been a reader of The Red
wood Gazette ever since Seward was
the publisher in 1873, was much in
terested in reading H. M. Hitchcock
story Of the grasshopper scourge in
the early seventies. My home was
then in Sections Is and 26, Township
of Swedes Forest and is now known
as the Holt Estate as Fred Holt was
my step-father.
remember distinctly those years
Of grasshopper devastation. Step.
father and used to catch the little
ones in home made continuance, a
board two inches wide and IL feet
long had a bow made Of long slend-
er pole the ends of which were fast
ened to the end of the board in an
eliptical shape and then sheeting
tackled to the top of the Dashboard
and fastened up over the bow so that
it tapered into tent shaped point
and as we dragged this hopper catch
er over the small grain the little
hoppers would hop over the board
and onto the sheeting and when all
that we could haul had hoped in we
took them out and put them in a
closed container and gathered some
more. Later the hoppers were sold
as the state paid cent per pound.
Some used fiat narrow cans smeared
with tar and gathered them on the
tar and then burned them while
others plowed shallow furrow
around the fields and every two rods
a hole was dug. When the newly
Matched hoppers came along the fur
row they hoped into the hole and
starved there as they could not get
out.
So far this refers to the home bred
hoppers from eggs laid the year be-
FORE. On their first appearance they |
came down from air where they were
so thick that it darkened the sun.
Late on July day they came from
a clear sky and we had ten acre
field of corn that averaged three feet
high and the showers rained down on
the corn field and in two hours time
there was nothing left but stubs of
the stalk about foot long, all the
rest had been devoured.
Farmers had no seed grain and as !
step-father was on the town board
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-13
Pioneer, Now Bertha Banker,
Tells of Early Methods of
Destroying Greedy Pests
PAGE TEN

Editors Note-This letter re-
ceived this week contains much
we believe will be of interest to
our readers, especially the early
settlers and farmers. Mr.. Miller
is now vice-president of the
First National Bank of Bertha,
a thriving Todd county institu-
ton in northern Minnesota.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-13
LOG ROLLER
Of National Reputation

Including Jimmy Running, 7-year old wonder Robert
Tomashek, 15-year boy champion; and Clifford Ander-
son, Canadian champion, will give you two hour ex-
Inhibition OF fancy log rolling tricks These include rolling
logs on roller skates, walking chair with roller
skates rolling three foot ball and spinning tiny
three foot log end end in the water etc. THRILLS
galore and entirely attraction for this section of
the country.
Evening star., 1931-06-24
BANDIT SUSPECT TRIO Barred
AS TERRORIZERS OF NEWARK
New Jersey Detective Says Men Held Here
Operated With Three Others-Hold-
Ups in Five Cities Charged.

One Of their number, Sisto, was
convicted in Newark nearly two years
ago of staging 80 hold-ups and was SEN
fenced to serve 18 months in jail.
Sisto played a major part in the
bands organization after he was re-
leased from Jail. the Newark officer de-
clared. Sala, Ross and Vasilion were
brought to police headquarters shortly
after noon today and were to be
grilled by Polistina on the eight hold
ups which they voluntarily confessed
shortly after their arrest by local de-
tectives last week. They also were
to be questioned on q score or more
Newark Jobs"
In addition to the Newark robberies
the "hatlesS trio" have confessed to
staging several in haywood, N. j.; the
robbery of a candy store on the out
skirts of Philadelphia, and the hold-ur
Of q store and taxicab driver In Rich
mond. Va.
Following the grilling by PoliStina,
local detectives were planning to COM
plete theix questioning of the youths
in connection With their activities here
and also to book them on formal
charges preparatory to arraigning them
for preliminary hearing In Police Court
| tomorrow.
Meanwhile, detectives in Newark are
| checking the story of the three youths
| that they were working and living II
that city on April /, when the $6,50C
! Peoples Drug Store hold-up was staged
here. Seven witnesses have partially
identified two of them in the payroll
robbery, police say, but the trio have
stoutly denied any connection with
| that case.
Evening star., 1931-06-24
.13 HELD AS MIGRANTS
GET TRIAL DELAYS
Defendants Taken in Gambling
Raids to Be at Liberty
Until August Is.

Thirteen men arrested recently on
kagrancy charges in the police drive
against gambling, will remain at liberty
under $500 bond until August Is, under
b ruling today by Police Court Judge
Gus A. Schuldt.
Judge Schuldt granted continuances
\ IN the cases of Morris E. (Dutch) Irwin
and James B. Miller. the first two de-
fendantS arraigned. The other IL were
due to be tried this week. but their
cases probably will be delayed until a
decision has been reached in the Irwin
and Miller cases
Charles E. Ford. representing Irwin
and Miller, contended the information
papers on which thev were taken into
custody were insufficient and did not
follow the District Code. He argued
the code provided vagrants we're per-
kons without visible means of support.
The information papers did not con-
lain such charge, merely alleging the
defendants were Giving without work.
The defense attorney said the Court
Df Appeals had ruled any one possess
Ing money with which to pay current
expenses could not be held under the
Judge Schuldt instructed Edward T.
Velliyer to submit authorities in sup
BORT of his contention that the man
had been properly charged. The judge
took no action on a motion to quash
made by Ford.
The cases at first were continued for
week, but Judge Schuldt agreed that
they should be delayed until August is,
after Ford explained Irwin wished to
20 out of town ION business"
Evening star., 1931-06-24
JUDGE HIT VIEWS
TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
Mail Carrier Felled by Automo-
bile Which Barely Misses
Jurist.

In the presence Of Judge Isaac r.
Hit. who passes judgment on erring
drivers in the traffic branch Of Police
Court, William E. Waters, 46, colored
mail carrier from the u Street Postal
Station, received q severe scalp wound,
but escaped more serious injury, when
he was struck and knocked down by an
automobile in front of 1920 r street
shortly after o'clock this morning.
Waters, who resides at 1000 Eleventh
street. was crossing from the north 10
the south side Of the street, when he
was hit by light car driven by Primo
Sojonia Naval, ~, q chauffeur, residing
at 1929 Nineteenth street. The mail
carrier was knocked to the street and
received a long cash in his scalp.
Judge Hit, who lives at 1909 Nc.
Kinley street, was driving east on r
street at the time of the accident. and
according to reports to police, was al
most struck by the west bound driver
who hit the mail carrier.
The driver was taken into custody by
H. C. johnson and r. E. Talbot Of
No. precinct radio car, arriving at the
spot shortly after the accident, and
was being held at No. today pending
the outcome of Waters injuries. The
mail carrier was removed to the hos
pital in the Emergency Hospital
ambulance.
Evening star., 1931-06-24

The 'rhatless trio" Of bandits who
have confessed flve recent robberieS
here were revealed today, police said,
as members of a notorious hold-up
mob" which terrorized Newark, N. j.,
drug stores for nearly three months be-
fore they shifted the scene OF their
operations to>the Capital.
Detective William Polistina of the
Newark Police Department. who came
here t-day to question the three youths,
declared that nearly score Of addi-
tional hold-ups probably will be traced
to the trio, in addition to the eight they
already have admitted to staging in
that city.
Two other alleged members of their
gang, Sam Defino and Sebastian Sisto,
with whcm the "hatless trio" are said
to have collaborated in the Newark
robberieS, and q third man who Is
being held for investigation are being
grilled at Newark following their arrest
on information obtained from the trio
in custody here by Washington police.
The New Jersey detective said that
six men-Peter Sala, Jack Ross and
Nicholas Vasilion, who formed the
"hatless trio" Defino, Sisto and a sixth
man. organized the band late in Febru-
airy and crerated regularly in Newark
until late in May.
The regular procedure Of the six
bandits, the Newark detective said,
| was to meet during the week and make
arrangements for several hold-ups
Then the gang would sally forth on
each Saturday night. steal an automo-
bile and carry out their plans, he as
| serted. Their robberies were nearly
always executed between $50 and
1890 pm.
Evening star., 1931-06-24
RESERVE COMMISSIONS
GIVEN TO CAPITAL MEN
Eric Haquinius Becomes Major in
Engineer Corps-Ten Get
Medical Corps Posts.

Commissions in the Army Reserve
Corps have been issued by the War
Department to the following:
Eric Haouinius, 1900 E street, as q
major of Engineers; Robert M Boil
ton, 1925 Clifton street; Neil P. Camp
bell, 1409 Newton street; Edward T.
Gary. 403 Sixth street southeast; Jesse
F. Casey, 200 Massachusetts, avenue;
Maurice J. Kossow: 2757 Woodley
place; Allen e. lie Hew, 629 Quincy
street: Richard ". Mattingly, 184S
Quincy street: Beveridge Miller. 1879
Forty-tourth street; Harry S. Woitcman,
1850 Park place, and George 2. Wyman,
1903 Valnum street, as flrst lieutenants
in the Medical Corps.
Robert Bruce, 1916 Columbia road,
and Donald G. Dow, SIS Randolph
street, as second lieutenants OF Engi-
neers: John L. Crosby, 1701 Park road
and Sumner s. Kittelle, 2229 California
street, as second neutenants In the
Field Artillery, and Stephen L. Gregg
1850 Euclid street, as second lieuten-
ant, Ordnance Department.
Evening star., 1931-06-24
INTERNES BLAMED
IN DELAY INQUIRY
Probe Of Failure Of Ambulance 10
Answer Emergency Call
NarrowS Down.

Responsibility for the failure Of the
Emergency Hospital ambulance to re-
spond to a call Monday night at 1924
California street, where Benjamin A.
Burleson was i'll. has narrowed down to
two intelnes. it was said today by
Woodbury. Blair, president of the hos
pital board.
One inferno was prepared to answer
the call when he was summoned to at
tend ward patient. He phoned anoth-
er inferno to go with the ambulance,
but for some reason the message was
not understood.
Meanwhile, when repeated calls for
the ambulance came from BurleSon's
home, the telephone operator. thinking
the ambulance was en- route, so in
formed Policeman d. A. Davis and E.
l.. Knarr, neighbor of Burleson's,
who were making the calls.
While not excusing the neglect, Mr..
Blair said "hot weather and overwork"
no doubt lay at the bottom.
The Emergency ambulance answered
a. calls and the emergency room treat
ed 48 patients Monday. The hospital
now has only six internes, but others
are being added this week, Mr.. Blair
said.
Whatever disciplinary action is taken
will follow investigation and recommen-
dations by the Inferno Committee COM
posed of staff doctors at the hospital.
Evening star., 1931-06-24
DOUTHlTT STILL ILL;
/ CASE DELAYED AGAIN
Arraignment on Contempt Charge
Postponed Third Time by
Justice Gordon.

Appearance Of Harry N. Douthitt be-
fore Justice Peyton Gordon, who cited
him for contempt Of court, was post
poned for the third time today.
Assistant United States Attorney
William H Collins told the jurist Jus
tice Department agents have assured
him the editor of the Bluecoat, unofi-
cial police organ, still is too i'll to war
rant his returning here from Phila-
GielDha.
Justice Gordon gave Douthitt until
next Thursday to show cause why he
should not be charged with contempt
pf court for failure to appear before
the grand jury in connection with that
body's investigation of graft charges
against first precinct police.
The accusations were made following
An attack on Douthitt in his apartment
|At the Portner, Fifteenth and u streets.
while confined to Casualty Hospital,
Douthitt declared the police were pro-
tecting gamblers.
Following his discharge from the hos
apdtal, Douthitt went to the home of
his daughter and son-in-law in Phila-
6elphia.
Evening star., 1931-06-24
NAYFLOWER BILL
QUASH|NG SOUGHT
Hotel Counsel Say Court Act
Irregular in Amended
Petition Filing.

Asserting that Justice Oscar r.
Luhring acted "impro9idently' and
irregularly" in granting permission for
the filing of an amended bill of COM
plant by petitioners seeking a receiver
ship for the Mayflower Hotel, counsel
for the hotel moved yesterday to have
the new bill stricken from the fleS OF
the District Supreme Court.
They also say the action was directly
contrary to the Court Of. Appeals order
of June setting aside the temporary
receivership granted previously by JUS
tice Luhring.
Bil Followed Hearing.
The amended bill was filed after
Justice Luhring, pursuant to inStruc-
tionS from the higher court, had heard
lengthy arguments for and against the
original bill
It was charged that permission to
file the substitute bill was given Mrs.
Mabel Walker Willebrandt, counsel for
the plaintiffs, en- an ex parte applica-
ton in the chambers of Justice Luhrtng
and without notice to the defendants.
This, counsel for the hotel aliege, was
directly contrary to court practice,
which requires that notice of such ap-
plications be served on counsel for the
defense before being granted.
The motion to strike was filed through
Attorneys Leahy, Toland and Hughes
with the reservation that it was done
without prejudice to any other motion
that may be filed in the Court OF Ap-
peals for the protection Of the interests
Of the defendants.
Refused to Act.
The PRINCIPAL amendment Is that
Charles C. Moore, trustee under the
second mortgage on the property, has
refused to act for the protection Of the
bondholders. Mrs. Willebrandt says no
answer was received to letter written
Moore demanding that he take action.
The amended bill seeks to draw the
American Bond & Mortgage Co. more
closely into the litigation. 1t charges
the bond and mortgage company owes
the hotel company more than 81 900, 600,
for which suit might be brought.
Evening star., 1931-06-24
AUTOMOBILE TITLE
REGULATION TO Be
ADVERTISED JULY |
New Traffic Act Requires All
Vehicle Owners to Get
Certificates.
LAW TAKES EFFECT
ON JANUARY |, 1882
Seven Employees in License Blu.
reau Transferred to Traffic
Office.

Regulations governing the titling OF
Automobiles, under authority Of the new
Nraf1ic act, have been completed and
will be publicly advertised July l.. The
regulations were drawn up by William
"A. Van Duzer, who will take office as
director of vehicles and traffic July /,
and have been approved by the cor
poration counsel's Office.
Under the new traffic act, utling OF
all automobiles registered in the Dis
trict is compulsory on and after Janu-
AIRY l next. Although not compulsory
between July and January !, the new
department will be ready to issue Ger
Sficates of title in proper cases to all
applicants between those dates. The
regulations are expected to come before
Che Board Of Commissioners for ap-
proval at the board meeting next
triday.
Seven to Be Transferred.
Transfer of seven employees Of the Of
nce Of the superintendent OF licenses 10
The new Department of Vehicles and
Trafic will also be made July /. Ine
group. headed by Miss Alice Buettner,
has charge of issuing license plates for
from their present quarters at the Dis
trict Building to the fourth floor OF the
Police Headquarters Building at 462
Louisiana avenue. where tags Will be
issued after July !.
other traffic matters expected to come
before the Commissioners Friday Incl
dent to the change brought about by
Ehe new traffic act include a design Of
q card to be given to members of Con-
Hress to park their cars in specially
marked areas and many transfers OF
employees now connected with the once
hf the director of traff1c over to the new
Department Of Vehicles and Traf1c.
Staff Shifts Due.
W. H. Harland. now traffic director.
Ind NJ o. Eldridge, assistant trafic di-
hector. are expected to become trafhc
engineer and assistant engineer. re-
spectively, under Van DuZer. All of the
other employees will probably also be
given Jobs in the new organization, and
several additional employees will be taken
on.
Evening star., 1931-06-24
PHONE STOCK SALE
REQUIRES REPORTS
ST, 900, 900 Authorization De-
pends on Semi.AnnuaI Data
for Commission.

The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. will be required to make
semi-annual reports to the Public Util-
tiles Commission on the sale of its ST.
Ooo, 900 additional stock, according to
the text Of the commissions order yes
terday granting the company authority
to issue the stock.
The reports must state the condition
Of sale, to whom sold, the money real
lied therefrom, and the use and appli-
cation Of such moneys" The stock,
the order read, shall be sold at q price
not less than par. and the proceeds shall
be used only for cancellation Of obliga.
tions Of the company.
These conditions apparently are de-
signed to put the commission on notice
as to whether the stock eventually goes
TO the American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co, which now owns all the
stock of the local company.
Last year the local company issued
100000 in stock and sold it to the
A. T. & T., and the commission, on
advice of its counsel, ruled the sale
a violation of the La Toilette anti
merger act, which prohibits sale OF
stock in Washington public utility cor
porations to foreign holding or public
utility corporations. That stock issue
was then withdrawn.
Evening star., 1931-06-24

! ware avenue northeast and New Jersey
avenue northwest. The section of C
street from First street northeast to
Delaware avenue Is to be widened to
56 feet. The new car line win be located
on this street, en- the north side of the
Senate ONCE Building instead Of on B
street on the south side of the Senate
once Building.
This new street car line along c
street will run through cut between
I Delaware avenue northeast and New
Jersey avenue northwest, with tunnel
200 feet long at the line Of North Cap
itol street
The closing Of c street between Della
ware and New Jersey avenues will
throw trafiic into D street. which will
thus become an arterial highway, and
to meet the increased use will be
widened from 80 feet to 40 feet.
Constitution avenue. replacing the
present B street, will start from Della
Evening star., 1931-06-24
MERCURY DROPS
AFTER HEAVY RAIN
Lightning Hits Two Houses
and Pole, Iniuring Woman
in Home.

washington was enjoying clear, COM
Portable weather today, following a
storm in which lightning struck two
houses and a telephone pole in the
southeast section, while heavy down
I,our caused other damage, including
several washoutS of roadways..
A middle-aged woman was signify
hurt when bolt hit her home. A man
and his 2-year-old daughter escaped
Injury when their residence was struck.
The storm, which did considerable
damage throughout this section, broke
a heat wave which had caused several
deaths and prostrations here.
Temperature Drops.
As result Of the storm, during which
about three-fourths of an inch OF rain
fell, today'S temperature was running
about 10 degrees below that OF yester-
day. Weather Bureau omcialS reported.
The forecasters predicted fair Weatner
today and tonight, followed by slight
increase in. warmth tomorrow. How
ever. there is no immediate prospect Of
a return of the torrid wave, they sara,
The mercury probably will not rise
higher than 78 or 30 degrees today, they
Arthur Meyer, %, a student at George
Washington University, was the last
victim of the heat wave. He was found
dead yesterday in his apartment at 1919
1 street by Israel Aspren, with whom ne
lived.
Dr., Elmer Sothoron, resident OF the
same block. examined him and de-
clared his death was due to a heart
attack brought on by the heat.
Woman Hurt BY Bolt.
The woman injured by lightning was
Mrs. John o. Stewart, $685. Nichols
avenue southeast. The bolt knocked the
chimney from her dwelling, darted INTO
a window and struck Mrs. Stewards S
arm. She was knocked to the floor and
her arm was slightly burned.
Dennis Morris and his daughter,
Louise, were in the kitchen Of their
home at ll5 Wilmington place south
east. when lightning shattered the
chimney. The bolt travelled down the
chimney ard damaged the kitchen
stove, but Morris ard his daughter were
unhurt, although tle girl. who was
playing on the flor near the rang2, was
covered with soo..
A Telephone pole at Hcniiwcrth ave-
nue. and Barnes lana southeast also was
hit, with TIE result that 1igh-tenSlon
wires were thrown 20 the ground.
Lightning also caused some damage
in various sections berond the District
line, and roads in nearby Maryland and
Virginia were inundated. while several
minor washouts were reported in the
city.
An automobile was stranded in Rock
Creek, the water rising above the run
ming boards after the engine stalled
The car was pulled out by f1renen after
the driver had carried his feminine
companion to safety.
The storm broke shortly after pm,
causing the temperature to drop from
6S. the maximum for the day, to 10
within an hour.
Trolley service on Pennsylvania ave-
nue. between Seventeenth and Nine
teenth streets was held UP as a result
of short circuits in feed wires.
Evening star., 1931-06-24

Mr. John A. Doe $970 his purchases slightly
better than 10 per cent while John profits $685.
almost 20 cent The of popular priced goods
is favored than his weathier brother the
manufacturers Of his products depend volume production
to insure prosperity To sustain volume and keep at
work. in difficult tes goods must be made attractive
values must increase Hence the advantage to the owprce
dollar ~
49, -
Wages have been sustained at 1880 levels The
that received to buy the 1880 market still
come to John and John B. Doe Their purchasing power
has been amplihed from 10 to 20 per cent and
The examples quoted, while they taken from actual
store records not necessarily the best evidences Of todays
bargains.
Large lots of goods frequently available at exraord
nary price reductions much onethird and onehaf
The exceptional values described may be had in Wash
ngon stores. 1t is impossible to predict how long this will
continue to be true but unquesonaby this is the buyers day
Evening star., 1931-06-24

Raleigh. 1t became q light lunch bar.
1t was a rendezvous for hungry news
papermen and business men. Through
out these intervening Is years 1t has
fingered on in the hope that some day
it could go back into the service for
which it originally was designed. Its
veteran bartenders, in white aprons,
also have remained with the same hope,
dispensing food, near beer and milk,
and cider. but nothing stronger.
The decision Of the owners to con-
vert the bar into a soda fountain may
be regarded as prophetic. At any rate
the long mahogany counter will remain
and so will the brass rail. No change
will be made in the artistic iron grill
work and the huge oil painting that
hangs on the wall, the work Of the IA
nous artist, -Chelmonski.
In fact, nothing will be changed to
destroy the old e-prohibition atmos-
phere. But under the bar, in compart-
mentS where once was stored varied
assortment Of rare old liquors. will be
installed fancy containers for fruit
juices and other ingredients for sodas
Cream puffS, chocolate eclairs and deli
cate French pastries will stand on
shelves where liquor used to be.
And the white-aproned bartenders
while it hasn't been decided yet
may go into training in the art Of mix
ing modern drinks.