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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
Spring Improvement
Program Underway
Local Business Houses Start
Repair, Painting and
RemOdeling

Amid confusion of noises of
pounding, saving and hammering the
spring program of Improvement and
general repair was well under way
this week as w. L. Hardy, general
contractor, simultaneously started
work to put up new fronts for two
business establishments on Washing
ton street.
Paffrath's Hardware store, on the
west side of the street, has the old
front torn down, and workmen have
started to erect new uptodate front.
The entrance walk will be of the mod
ern sloping style. The store is open
for business as usual.
On the opposite side of the street,
the building which will be occupied
by L. Kleinert, is undergoing rear
rangement. The front will be built
according to modern plans. The in
terror will be arranged to accommo-
date the shoe store business which
Mr.. .Kleinert will engage in, succeed
ing Chas. Showalter.
Philbrick's store has been re-de-
corated, and several interior changes
made. The Paris Shop re-arranged
its interior to accommodate an in.
creased ready-to-wear department.
The Schmidt Motor company, success
sors to Carity Mortors, Inc, has
painted its interior and made several
changes.
The Whiting barber shop on West
Second street completed its interior
decoration last week. Leasing q lot
adjacent the Gilliland produce station
and the Coop. station, Stoltz-C arity
opened up q, .used car market this
week. Fred Carity is manager Of the
local branch. This firm has branch
esxin other cities in Minnesota
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
BOARD GRANTS DIRECTOR
LIMBURG LEAVE OF ABSENCE

S. w. Limburg, supervisor of music
in the Redwood Falls public schools,
obtained permission from the board
Of education to accept T. p. Gidding's
offer to accompany him to attend the
national band contest at Tulsa, Okla
hona, the last part of May.
Mr.. Giddings, supervisor of music
for the public schools of Minneapolis,
and one Of the officials of the Ma
tional Band and Orchestra Camp as
ISOLATION, Interlocken, Michigan, will
make The trip by ear which he has
made especially. equipped for camp
ing and touring purposes. =
Representatively the best bands
from high schools all over the United
States will participate in this ma
tionai event. In view of the educa-
tional nature Of this contest, the
board consented to Mr.. Limburg's
leave Of absence.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
Henry Joern Dies
Tuesday Afternoon

Private funeral services were con-
Quoted at the Redwood Falls Catho-
lie cemetery at II o'clock Wednesday
morning, March IL, for Henry AL
bert Joern, who died Tuesday after
noon after a four weeks illness from
diptheria.
Henry, the four year old son of
Mrs. Katherine Joern, was born
March u, 1927 at Morton and had
lived practically all his life in Red
wood Falls.
He leaves to mourn his untimely
passing his mother, two sisters, Luz
ellie, aged 9, and Kathleen Ann, aged
6, and one brother, Herman Louis who
is eight months old.
The sympathy Of the entire COM
munity goes to the family in their
great bereavement.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
G. A. Williams to
Head Slayton Schools

Redwood Falls people will be in
terested to learn that C. A. Williams,
former senior high school principal
in Redwood Falls and for the past
several years superintendent of
schools at Emery, So. Oak. has been
elected as superintendent of schools
at Slayton, Minnesota. In recent
communication from Mr.. Williams he
stated that he was naturally glad to
be coming back to Minnesota again,
and somewhere in the vicinity of Red
wood Falls. He also stated that he
would visit Redwood Falls in the
near future.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
McRAE And BARNES !
LET CONTRACT FOR
new OIL STATION
Nan Byram Will Construct Oil
Station East Of Redwood
River Bridge

Redwood Falls will have thirteen
oil stations upon the completion OF
one on the property of McRae and
Barnes, corner Bridge and Minnesota
streets, at the east end of the bridge.
Contract was let to Nan Byram
this week, and construction will begin
next week. 1t is planned to have the
station in readiness for operation by
May 1, to be leased to the Sinclair
company.
That Bridge street, the route of
Highway No. IA, would be straighten-
ed and a new bridge over the Red
wood river erected has been rumored
for the last few weeks. AS much as
McRae and Barnes were able to learn
this plan is tentative and may not
go through until several years from
now.
Although steps were taken within
recent years to lessen the dangers Of
this approach by making curve on
the west side and installing warning
signal at the top of the hill, it is con-
sidered bad crossing.
Tentative plans call for the elimin-
alton of the rs" curve and setting
the bridge directly in line with the
road. As it is now, the bridge sets
directly across the river but diagon-
ally to the highway.
No definite information has been
available how soon this will take
place, but Mr.. McRae said that they
were going ahead with their building
plans satisfied that it would not be
this year.
Upon the purchase of the Knapp
property by the Sicily Oil company
last fall it was said that construction
would start this spring. Nothing de-
finite has been learned whether the
company will go through with its
plans. =
Should the Sicily people build on
the acquired property across from the
Shell station on Highway No. Ia that
would bring the total number Of oil
stations in this city to fourteen.
The following oil companies are re-
presented in Redwood Falls by sta
ton, curb pump, or bulk agencies:
Standard (Indiana) 6; Purol 2; White
Eagle, Sinclair, Shell, Cities Service,
and Webb independent, buying on
the open market).
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
Neu Uzn, Defeats Redluood
Falls for District Champions

Johnny Finn went in for Corbett
just before the first period ended.
At the start Of the second period
there was double foul, New Ulm
made good their free throw, and
Jaehning's shot failed to hoop the
basket. New Ulm gained another
point on free throw. Jaehning
scored two points on free throws, and
the score was z to 6, with the local
team trailing closely. New Ulm made
two field goals in close succession.
Corbett, back in the line up, came
through for a field goal off COM
bination play, as the half ended 10 to
with New Ulm in the lead.
Keefe started off the third quarter
by shooting a field goal and evened
the score. New Ulm broke the tie on
a free throw. Jaehning missed his
free throw, and as New Ulm made
another field goal they forged ahead
Is to 10. Keefe made good a free
award. New Ulm shot a field goal.
Corbett made one free throw, and
New Ulm shot two free throws, and
the third period ended II to II with
Redwood i've points behind.
Tom Finn shot field goal from
somewhere near the middle of the
floor in the beginning of the last
quarter. Keefe missed two free
throws. Tom came through with an
other field goal to bring the score up
to is, while New Ulm was still in
the lead by one point. Redwood's
attempt to pass New Ulm failed as
the ball stopped back of the netting,
and had to be pushed off. Shortly
after that New Ulm shot long field
goal which ran their score up to 10.
In the last minutes of play New Ulm
put through another marker boosting
it to 81. A free throw before the
final shot and New Ulm emerged the
champions of the tenth district.
The scoring for all of the games of
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
STATE WILL TAR
and OIL One Mile
ON HIGHWAY 4
Will Give $50 Miles of Highway
BituminOus Treatment
This Summer

About $50 miles of graveled trunk
highways will undergo bituminous
treatment, according to tentative
schedule announced by Commissioner
C. M. Babcock. Bids will be received
by the Minnesota Highway depart
ment on March II.
Included in the stretches for oiling
and tarring is one mile in Redwood
Falls on trunk highway No. a { U. S..
No. ~, according to a tentative
list of projects on which bids will be
asked.
From Window to junction with No.
9 near Jackson, 21.4 miles of trunk
highway No. a will be treated. From
Mankato to junction with No. Is near
New Ulm on trunk highway 20. z,
26.4 miles is listed. In Tyler, on the
same route, one mile.
Bituminous treatment is used for
permanent surfacing on many routes
carrying medium heavy traffic, and
also as a temporary expedient on
roads which carry heavy traffic but
cannot be paved Immediately. Roads
so treated are dustless and in many
respects equal to pavement. When
the subgrade is soft in the spring it
is sometimes necessary to restrict the
size of loads.
Bituminous materials come in three
general classes, oil, tar and asphalt,
and there are several grades in each
class. There is study of traffic con-
ditions, sub-soil, cost of materials be-
fore any gravel is treated to deter
mine the right grade and amount to
apply.
Another $50 miles may be added to
the program later in the season, it
was announced. Minnesota now has
1,150 miles of bituminous gravel in
the trunk highway system and the
1881 program will bring the total
close to 1900.
In addition to the new treatments
the schedule calls for 822 miles of
treatment on routes previously treat
ed. Refreshments are required two
out of three years on an average.
During 1880 the Minnesota high
way department made 251 miles of
new oil treatment at an average cost
of $1,357, and refreshments to 260
miles at an average cost of 1892 per
mile.
Seventy miles were given new tar
treatments, the average cost being
$1,838, and 17S miles retreated at an
average cost of 1897. Five miles of
new asphalt treatment cost an aver
age of $1,637, and miles of re-
treatment, average cost 1926. These
costs include the needed new gravel
and work necessary to spread and mix
gravel into binder.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
Quick Summons and Response
Of Local Fire Department
Averts Huge Loss

What threatened to be a serious
fire was averted by the timely re-
Spouse by the Redwood Falls fire de-
pertinent to the Ed. Hart farm near
Delhi last Friday afternoon.
Starting in the basement from an
overheated furnace, the blaze was
eating through the floor upon the ar
rival of the firemen. eWater secured
from the cistern enabled the firemen
to quickly quench the flames before
it gained further Roadway.
Damage to the ground floor was
considerable. After the ERE was
brought under control . hole was cut
IN the floor and water applied to the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
Clague on Air Tour
of Drouth Stricken Area

Trails of Minnesota members of
Congress lead back home, but several
are taking devious and leisurely
routes. ~ a
Representative Frank Clague OF
the Second District, with Paul Kvale
will take an airplane tour over the
drouth area of Arkansas, wishing to
get first hand information as to the
real conditions.
They will also visit army air fields
and flying schools at San Antonio,
Texas; Montgomery, Alabama; New
Orleans; Shreveport, louisiana; Day.
ton, Ohio, and East St. Louis, Illinois.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
INVITATION

The Redwood Falls Faculty
heartily invite all school pat
rons and friends to a public re-
ception given in their honor in
the Lincoln. School gymnasium
Monday, March %, at 500
o'clock. The Faculty sincerely
hopes to receive all who in any
way are interested in the Red
Falls Schools.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12

smoldering embers.
Noticing smoke ]

smoldering embers.
Noticing smoke pouring out from
underneath the rafters firemen on the
outside thought that the flames had
crept up between the walls, but in-
vestigation revealed thu there was
no wood burning. Damzge tn the
floor, walls, and paperiug was estim-
ated between $500 and $890.
The heat was INTENSE, the fremeu
said, and the blaze wouH have des-
troyed the dwelling within short time
had not assistance arziyeii SezEaI
old tires thrown into the fuzu1Ekh Ind
caused it. to overheats md us1xhy
piles of cord wood caught fire, It wzs
said.
This was the fourth ruu Of -
local department. in tn fzk Hzres
months IL 1881. The -Hxt fw is
about 8 miles from Redwunf Enf3k
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
]. Fl. Wichnan Accepts

]. H. Wichman accepted the super
intendency of the Redwood Falls pub
lie school, and the boards agreement
for three year term. Mr.. Wichman
will enter upon his sixth year as
head of the local educational institu-
tions. Members of the faculty were
given until April for acceptance of
new contracts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
WILLMAR MAN BUYS
PARKWAY GROCERY STORE

L. P. Sederstrom, Willmar, who
purchased the grocery business from
E. G. Wilkens, took possession this
week. He will continue with the
Fairway brand of groceries.
Mr.. Wilkens will make his future
home at Appleton, Minnesota. He
did not know just what he would do.
Mr.. Wilkens has been in business here
for the last two years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
NEW ULM DRAWS GLENCOE

New Ulm, champions of Dis
trict 10, has drawn Glencoe for
an opponent in the Friday night
game of the Regional basket
ball tournament which win be
held at Marshall Friday and Sat-
urday. Balaton, victors in their
district win play Appleton at
1880 Friday while the New Ulm
Glencoe game will go on at $40.
There will be one price Of adj
mission at the door, fifty cents
Friday night and seventy-five
cents Saturday night.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
Commercial Club
Queries Gas Price
Investigate Why Local Stations
Charge More Than In
Nearby Towns

Why should Redwood Falls mot
orists pay more for gasoline than
elsewhere in this territory?"
This question provided the chief
topic for discussion at the CONNER
cial Club meeting Monday. Report
of the committee investigating the
situation learned that gasoline gen.
orally retailed at local stations at two
cents above prices in neighboring
cities.
Although the price on gasoline
dropped to 1871 cents last Wednesday
evening, it was said gasoline sold for
AL elsewhere. General sentiment
was that the local companies should
sell at the same price as elsewhere,
because it was felt that this situation
inclined to keep trade away.
Formal protest was ordered drawn
and submitted to the proper authori-
ties for remedy to the local situa-
ton.
It was decided to enlist the services
Of Representative Frank Clague in
preventing u. S. Highway No. II
from being rerouted through Albert
Lea, the Twin Cities, and others, who
are making an effort to have it
changed from its present trail
through Jackson and Redwood Falls.
Spanning the continent from the
Gulf of Mexico to the northern bound
~ OF the North Star state, this high
way is regarded as an important as
set. An association has been formed
by boosters along the present route to
keep it intact, and also to advertise
this trunk highway and bring great
er share of tourist traffic. y
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12
LEGAL GIRL UNIVERSITY
FARM JUDGING WINNER

Gextrude Wittwer Of Redwood Falls
was awarded first place in Jersey
iudenG contests of the school Of agri-
cu1tus University Farm. Winners
IN iudaiug different classes of live
stock received medals given by the
Eaxm Farm, Stock and Home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-03-12

Mrs. E. E. Jorgenson who is a pat
lent at the Redwood Falls hospital, is
reported to be somewhat improved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-07
ATLEE POMERENE
WANTS FALL SENT
TO PRISON CELL
Army Physicians Make Re-
port and POmerene Asks
That He Begins to Serve
His Term

Washington, July 7-(UP).-Altee
Pomeren, special government coun-
sci in the Teapot Dome oil scandal
cases, was expected to go before
District of Columbia supreme court
to-day and demand that Albert B.
Fall serve the one-year term to
which he was sentenced following
conviction on charges of bribery.
Pomerenes decision was based on
a report from army physicians who
examined the former secretary of
the interior at Ell Paso, Tex, recent
ly. Falls attorney, Frank J. Hogan,
was expected to ask the court to
suspend sentence. Friends long have
commended that even trip to Wash
ington, to say nothing of a year in
Jail, would endanger Falls life.
Fall was convicted two years ago
of taking a bride of 100000 from
e. L. Doheny. Justice William HitZ
at that time said he would have sus-
pended the sentence IL appeals had
not been taken. These appeals. all
futile, have delayed the final decision
until now. Hitz meantime has been
promoted to another court.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-07
Barrels Of Beer
Were Ordered
To Be Destroyed
METHODISTS DIDN'T
LIKE BATHING ON
THE SABBATH

Chicago. July 7 - CUP -
A dispute broke out today at the
annual Chicago Methodist en-
eampment near the suburb OF
Des PLANES over younger mem.
bers of the church bathing on
Sunday in the camps new $780,
900 swimming pool. IT'S an
outrage for church members to go
swimming on Sunday" said the
more conservative delegates at the
encampment. I'VE should hold
religious meetings continuously
on the Sabbath so members won,
have time to deseerate the day.
The liberal faction declared
that unless young people are al
lowed to use the pool every day
they will go to nearby public
beaches.
The argument was further en-
livened by reports that two young
women members of the camp had
played game of tennis last Sun
day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-07
PAYMENTS OF WAR
DEBTS Will. REST
FOR WHOLE YEAR
Nations of World Unite to
Aid Economic Recovery
Hoover Plan Accepted
Tin Principle" By France
BY JOSEPH II. BAIRD
Unitcd Press STAFF COrrespondcnt)


Washington, July 7-(UP)-The
nations of the world were united
to-day in an effort inspired by Pres
ident Hoover to aid economic recov-
cry by suspending war debt pay
ments.
With a smile of victory after two
weeks of uncertainty and compli-
Gated negotiations. the president
last night announced Frances ac-
ceptance of his plan "in principle"
All other countries involved had
previously given their approval.
The debt holiday actually will be
retroactive to July /, although the
official agreement reached at Paris
dates from to-day. 1t will last un-
til June so, 1882. Until then all
governments. including hard-pressed
Germany, may keep at home hun
dreds of millions of dollars that
otherwise would have to be paid on;
to meet World war debts and rep
arations obligations.
II Mr. Hoover's dream comes true
the years respite not only will save
Germany from threatened collapse
but will restore confidence, stimu-
late trade. and help put the whole
world on the road to better times
Frances acceptance was embed
led in memorandum signed, II
Paris. 1t provides. in brief. that
Germany shall have a years rest
from reparations and that detailed
problems arising in connection
herewith shall be submitted, to a
CONTINUED on Page 1S)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-07
Just Now Republicans Can
See No One in OPPOSE
ton to Hoover for Presi-
dency - Second Place
Men Mentioned Are Sec
rotary of War Hurley,
Senator Morrow. and
Roosevelt of Porto Rico
CURTIS MAY RUN
FOR SENATE SEAT
BY RAYMOND CLAPPER
UNITED Press STAFF CORRESPONDENT


Washington. July 7.-UP)-
Vice-President Charles Curtis has
returned from a survey Of political
conditions in Kansas refusing to ut
ter one word to indicate whether he
intends to seek reelection or try for
his old senate seat.
This makes him the big unknown
quantity in the republican party's
battle plans for 1882.
President Hoover's moratorium
proposal has silenced the last OF
those republicans who were. letting
their thoughts stray to. other posi-
BILE candidates. But until Curtis
speaks, party leaders, administrator
strategists, and the squad of more or
less receptive presidential pos
sibilities find themselves tied up in
traffic jam. g., 30
Vice-President Curtis sat in his
office, in his huge. hand-carved chair
inscribed ITO the Chief" He was In
his shirt sleeves, digging into large
stack of mail, half urging him to
be a candidate for vice-president
again and half urging him to re-
claim the Kansas senate seat which
the democrats captured with George
McGill of Wichita last fall.
"I'm not going to say anything ur-
til next winter and anything else
that is printed is lie.'' Curtis said.
Ordinarily the yice-presidential
nomination is a last minute affair at
the end Of national conventions, COM.
ing In between the last hot dog
meals of less affluent delegates and
the mad dash for the next train
home.
This year both parties expect 4
close contest.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-07
GANG FEUD MIGHT
Be IN EXISTENCE
AMONG C0NVICTS
Victim of Third Stabbing in
Less Than a Month Was
Buried To-day

Ossining, N. Y, July 7.-UP)-
Sing Sing prison authorities to-day
Investigated possibility of a gang
feud among prisoners as arrange
ments were maded for burial of
John DeLucca, victim of the third
stabbing in less than a month. De
Lucca died in the prison hospital
last night of knife wounds, in
flicted by an unidentified assailant
during a motion picture show Sat-
urday night. News OF the stabbing
was withheld until shortly before
the victims death.
John Mulvaney. another prisoner,
was placed In solitary confinement
to-day by Warden Lewis E. Lawes,
although no charge was lodged. De
Lucca had refused to name his as
sailant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-07
WILEY POST MADE
SPEECH AND Thus
MADE new RECORD
Bashful World Flyer Was
Induced By Senator
Bingham to Break His
Reticence

| Washington, July . UP)-Ac-
claim in Washington for his record
breaking fight around the world led
Wiley Post to break another record
he overcame his bashfulness
about public speaking. That accom-
plishment come only after Senator
Hiram Bingham piled him with
many questions at a banquet in
honor of Post and his navigator,
Harold Gatty. At first Post an
swered the queries with as brief
replies as possible, interspersed
with many wells" and "ahs." Fin
ally in low voice he launched into
a detailed account that included
every landing and take-off.
II don't know what it's all about
yet" Post concluded. 1T seems like
a dream" The Russians were very
hospitable. he said; so generous. in
fact, that they delayed the flyers
twice. At Moscow the flyers had to
wait several hours to attend ban
quet. At the next stop attendants
at the flying field insisted on filling
up the planes gas tanks ALTHOUGH
Post had ordered only a small guam
rough. "They put in about $50 gall
Ions and we couldn't take off at all
1t took us about three hours to get
the gas out of the plane"
Post said he made the flight be-
cause cit was the greatest thing
could think of to do in an airplane."
Bingham gave Post and Gatty GER
tificates of honorary membership in
the National Aeronautic association.
The banquet closed a day of official
and unofficial honors during which
the flyers, their wives and F. c. Hall,
hacker of the fight, were guests of
President Hoover at luncheon and
of the National Press club at a
large reception.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-07-07
CITIES SERVICE
HEAD GOES AFTER
KANSAS PAPER
Henry L. Doherty Asks
Postmaster General
Brown to Bar Kansas
City Star From the Mails

New York, July 7.-UP)-Henry
I. Doherty, a giant of the business
world at the age of so, who once
described his class as "barbarians in
dress suits" has set forth to do bat
tie with two powerful interests in
the middle west-the Kansas City
Star and Governor Harry Woodring
Of Kansas.
Stung by an order forbidding the
sale of certain of his securities
Doherty Is behind the farfiung Cities
Service tnterests-the''s -oilsgas.eiec-
tricity magnate's first attack was
blunt and direct. He asked the
United States government to bar
the Kansas City Star from the mails,
and accused Woodring of being per
emptory and arbitrary" and of be-
ing under the evil influence of the
men who control the Kansas City
Star"
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