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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
BrOOkville

Brookville, August 13-Joseph
Farrell of Sleepy Eye is spending
few days visiting at the Ed. Wolf Sr.
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gehardt Peterson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Christensen
and family motored to Yankton, S. D.
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Frederickson
spent Wednesday visiting at st. Pet
er.
The Misses Viola and Leona Fred
erickson spent the weekend at the
Richard Frederickson home at North
Redwood.
Andrew Hanson and family, Mr..
and Mrs. Arnold Hanson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
P. Jensen, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Kleist
and Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Lamp enjoy
ed picnic dinner at Redwood Falls
Sunday.
Herbert Schultz trucked hogs to
South st. Paul for R. F. Jensen last
Tuesday.
Mrs. Herman Lartz was ill last
week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20

Go out into the laid out gardens
and see the wonderfully trimmed
hedges and see and scent the untold
number of flowers growing there on
soil originally prepared by the great
man himself. The Ladies Mount
Vernon Association, which owns this
beautiful place, disposes of Mount
Vernon flower seeds for ten cents a
packet, and in the course of a year
many peope buy these seeds and
send them home so that they may
have flowers in their own backyards
which originally sprang from seeds
which might have been planted by
Washington himself. For many
years in Rochester had nasturtiums
SO grown.
Whenever you make a visit to
Washington, before you do anything
else, take trip to this home of un-
rivalled beauty and if you never see
another thing in or near the capitol
of the United States, you will feel
that life has given you something
which you will never forget.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
Wanda

Wanda, August 13-Paul Doepkt
was a business caller in Redwood
Falls, Tuesday.
Ethel Otto and Esther Doepke
visited at the John Amann home
Tuesday.
A. P. Rams of Clements was a
business caller here, Monday and
Tuesday.
Herbert Spalding and Joseph Vol
dial were Springfield callers on Thurs
day.
Mavone Dodge left for her home
at Renville Sunday after spending
several weeks at the John c.. Jen-
niges home.
Helmer and Ulrich and Nick De-
dericks were Redwood Falls callers,
Saturday.
Dave Klein of Sanborn was a bust
ness caller here Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Pearson and
son Roger and Dale of Minneapolis
spent Sunday at the Nick Jenniges
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. j. Brasket and
children visited at the Albert Schunk
and John Bierl homes near Wabas-
so, Tuesday.
Matt Stoltz, Peter and Lidwina
Leuther and Margaret Bucholz at
tended the Cracker Day celebration
here, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Borte, Ida and
Raymond drove to New Ulm Sunday
to see M. P. CORES who is a patient
at the Loretta hospital.
Frank Undesser, Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Hagen and children, Mrs. Vina
Dodge and children and Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Rudolph of Renville, Mr..
and Mrs. C. Hagen and Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Melzness of Sacred Heart
were guests at the John C. Jenniges
home Sunday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
False Confessions

vV1HHE there is no doubt that large percent
M age Of murderers and other criminals escape
the punishment they deserve, the number of in
nocent persons who are convicted some of whom are
put to DEATH is perhaps greater than is generally
posed.
This is true even among some who confess to the
crimes with which they charged particularly in
cases where confessions extorted through sthird
degree" methods Several were cited by Robert
Cantwell of the Chicago bar recently including the
following:
In the Boorne case in Vermont, two brothers con-
fessed to the murder, but the supposed to have
been murdered showed up later, alive and we'll In
Illinois, three Traitor brothers confessed to murder
ing man Fisher and witnesses testified to having
seen the dead body, yet Fisher turned up alive In
the same state man named Turner was sentenced to
DEATH but secured trial and before the second
trial could be held the alleged victim returned.
These are only three out of large number of
similar cited by Mr. Cantwe who declares that
he has authentic records of less than 129
who confessed and were executed for murders which
their supposed victims turned up alive afterward.
This is not intended as plea for laxity in bring
ing the guilty to justice, but it to show the
great responsibility which rests upon juries and
judges, as well to emphasize the unrelability of
confession of guilt in It particularly illus
trates the frghtful injustice of lynchng under any
circumstances
The well-known stork, too, seems unable to solve
the distribution problem.
There is some slight hope of reforming everyone
except professional reformer.
More vacations are being taken this summer than
ever, most of them nvoluntarily.
Eskimo singing has reached America by radio and
is said to be nearly as bad as our own.
Married are more composed under cross ex-
animation, being quite accustomed to it.
Even rouge and powder are not so deliberately
deceptive as the bustes worn by>our grandmothers
jumbed headline in Charleston paper said:
"Three Million Rats Killed; Banquet Season Opens"
o.
Even after they are declared void, matrimonial
bonds often yield handsome returns in the way of ali
mony
John McCormcks life is insured for million
dollars but we'd hate to risk that much on radio
crooner.
Japanese judges studying American jury
methods; probably with view to avoiding such anti
quated practices.
We read that Washington woman lost purse
containing SIS and later found it with nearly S1OO
tucked in its folds. Now you tell
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20

! was interested in viewing Wash
ington's library and noting the many
volumes on history and on farming
which are to be found there, all in an
excellent state of preservation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20

his horse and gaz-
ed upon the crops
which were being
grown under his
supervision. / was
plotting a n e W
f ri e n d of mine
a r o u n d M o u n t
Vernon, the friend
being from Nebra-
ska and this being
his first sight of
the historic home
stead down t h e
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
With Beatty
I'm Washington
BY J. TED BEATTY

"And just to think, that over this
ground where we now are walking,
George Washington strobe and rode
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
What Others Think
The Farm Mother

HIS is editorial for women exclusively. II
deals with hot weather-today, and only few
years ago. How many mothers, with one or two
small children find it is chore almost beyond their
capacity to for the youngsters on days such
we had Wednesday and today?
Pretty tough, isn't it?
Then how would you like to draw back the cur
tain of time and what some mothers did, right
here in Martin county, only few years ago. And
perhaps some are doing it today
We recall mother, who % years ago, spent a
day like Wednesday, shocking grain Her eight-year-
old rode horse ahead of the binder all day long
Her sx-year-old son had to "mind the baby" girl
of three in the shade of shock of grain, while the
others worked in the blistering heat
The cutting started at $50 a. M, and continued
until after sundown with brief rest period at noon
Water was hauled in a barrel for the horses and a
jug of water kept "cool," immersed in the bar
rel. Dinner served in the shade afforded by a
wagon, and then for long afternoon of work.
Home after sundown this mother prepared sup
per while her husband did the chores Then she wash
ed the Dishes and bahed the two youngest children
in wash tub. And the morrow brought Just another
such day. And this mother never uttered one word
of complaint.
How do we know?
Because this is written by the eight-year-old SON
-Fairmont Sentinel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
Farmers And Fairs

TAIR time is approaching and prospective exhibit
should be planning to make the most of their
opportunities to show their best products. The
real success of fair, whether it be embracing
state, county, only local community, depends
the number of exhibitors than upon the
number of exhibits.
That farmer can not display great variety of
superior products should not prevent him from
ing at least few. Even though prize is not won,
the effort to win is stimulating and beneficial to every
exhibitor.
In these days of home demonstration agents more
attention is being given to exhibits by farm women
and girls and these should be encouraged in every
possible way. There are few farms which could not
make creditable exhibit of some kind and no farm
should be unrepresented in its local fair.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
If The Editor Told The Truth

THE Ringing Eagle has been severely criticised
lately for not telling the truth about the recent
occurrences in Ringing. D. X. Spreading, editor,
wrote in frst-page editorial June rs. He explained
why he did not give the whole TRUTH by quoting an
Indiana newspaper whose editor had decided print
all the facts The Indiana man wrote local news items
follows
"John Benin, the LATEST merchant in town, made
a trip to Beeville, Monday.
'John Coyle, our grocery man, is doing poor
business. His store is dirty and musty How could he
expect to do any business?
"John Doe the cold-blooded village banker, suf-
fered stroke while cutting weeds the other day.
No visited him while he in bed.
"Dave Conkey died at his home here Tuesday The
doctor pronounced it heart failure, but home brew
killed him.
s"Married-Miss Mary Rhodes and James Briggs,
last Saturday at the Baptist parsonage by Reverend
Gordon. The bride is very ordinary girl who does
not know any more about cooking than jackrabbit
and never helped her mother three days in her life.
She is not beauty by any means and has gait like
duck. The groom is an up-to-date loafer. He has
been living off the old folks at home all his life and is
not worth shucks. It will be hard lfe."-Sooner
State Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20

Shipstead sees no reason why England and France
cannot pay their debts to America is less than
half of per cent of the national income and less
than Is per cent of what these nations are spending
for ornaments Nations a good deal like indivi-
duals. Most people could pay their debts if they would
cut down useless expenditures and actually try to
save.-St. Peter Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
The Driving Motor

S 4 DVERTISING is to business what gasoline is to
~ the motor car, says one of the country's lead
ing men. When the old engine begins to labor
bit tough hill you don't try to help matters by
getting out and punching hole in the gasoline tank
Advertising causes dollars to move rapidly A
dollar which changes hands ten times day and re-
peats day after day for year is worth 1850 times
more than another dollar held in the strong box of
miser who boards his money and denies himself the
improved living conditions he should Winthrop
News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-08-20
The Governor

The Governor
PPARENTLY unwilling to believe that good can
~ come from any party but the Republican, certain
papers throughout the state have been trying
for weeks to get Governor Olson into "hot water So
far the effect upon the voting public to be bare
ly lukewarm.
Party enthusiasm in certain sections has caused
editors drive many miles to interview contractors
and workmen in regard to the governors ultimatum
on road work and wages. They found the criticism
they sought and wrote it up wildly as possible.
Apparently the governor has made some mistakes
in his rulings and some unfortunate appointments to
public office but it is doubtful if voters will be decev
ed by efforts to paint the mistakes luridly than
they deserve His mistakes have been made in good
faith and is only fair to point out that other COVER
nors have erred
The point is that Oson was elected by the people
because they sought change. He is bringing about
the change. If they want to revert to the old system
when they again go to the polls, it's the voters bust
Fairness requires that Olson be given chance
= o
How They Started
@OUNTLESS stories, true stories at that, have
been published to illustrate how poor boys have
risen to fame and fortune in this land of oppor-
tunity list recently compiled includes the fol-
lowing:
John j. Bernet, once fired from his job as black
smiths helper because he could accurately Judge
when piece of iron properly heated became
president of the Erie railroad
Walter L. Ross, president of the Nickel Plate
system, and Harry M. Adams, head of the Western
Pacific both started as messenger boys R. B. White,
president of the Jersey Central began telegraph
operator. Lawrence A. Downs, head of the Illinois
Central, a rodman with surveying
Edward G. Schubert, president of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana was newsboy, and
Robert H. McElroy, vice president Of the
pany, messenger boy
Samuel Rube owner of millions of dollars worth
of New York property, quit job at So week thirty
years ago because his employer would raise him to
$3.50 week.
Thomas Moses, president of the United States
Fuel Company of Illinois, mule driver has
10000 men under his management.
The list might be extended to great length In
every community examples Of men who have risen
from poverty and obscurty by sheer energy and grit
The road is open for thousands more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20
CLEARANCE
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
SPECIALS!

See Our Selection of Cheaper Cars.
COME TO USED-CAR DEPT.
r. l.. TAYLOR MOTOR CO.,
AUTHORIZED CHEVROLET DEALERS.
1901 l4th St. North 1908.
OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS
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FOR RENT-COLORED.
S34.5O.

1886 Kraemer st. NE.
8 big rooms and modern bath with heating
plant and electricity. House is in new
condition.
PHILLIPS & CANDY, INC.
Nat. 1900. Investment Bldg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-20

INN, $500 18th Nw.-Excellent
nome cooked, balanced meals Cheerful
nome atmosphere. meals daily, $25
month; convenient. %
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EE THESE APARTMENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

7O5 End ST. NW.-ATTRACTIVE COR
ner apartment, four rooms, kitchenette and
bath very reasonable rent. See Apt. /. 23s
1897 PARK RID. NW-ATTRACTIVE APT.
4 of two large rooms, kitchen and tiled bath;
electricity. hot-water heat adults only. az
2524 nth ST. NV. (HALF BLOCK SOUTH
of Columbia rd.)-3 rooms, kitchen, bath
and sun porch Frigidaire; south and west
Adults $50 so.
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WANTED-ROOMS
TABLE BOARD.

GOVERNMENT EMPLoYE desires two un-
furnished rooms not exceeding $50, in north
west section. Address Box 323-J, Star once.
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APARTMENTS-FUR. & UNFUR.

AMY GORDON APARTMENT SPECIALIST.
Monthly or yearly lease. 110S, l343 H NV.
District 1866.
NEAR WARDMAN PARK, 2726 CONN. AVE
rooms, kitchen and bath. furnished or I'M
furnished; rooms, kitchen and bath. two
exposures, cleo. refrigeration. large closets
NEAR WARDMAN PARK, 2726 CONN. AVE-
I and rooms. furnished; also 4-room un.
furnished apt. with 2 exposures; extra large
closets, electric refrigeration; rooms kitch-
en- and bath, electric refrigeration; unfur-
nished furnished.
SEE THESE APARTMENTS.
Ready to move in: furnished or unfur-
nished: 2 rooms, kitchen and bath; built-in
furniture that has never been installed be-
fore. See these apis. for price and location
Large corner building, overlooking ROCK
24iO goth st. NV. Resident manager.
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|! FIREPLACE-APT. FUR, $40.
Beautiful building. nrst-class location; bus
and car terminal. Also rms, pantry. large
glass-inclosed sleeping porch, completely
furn, $50: rooms, $40. Adams S578
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ROOMS AND BOARD.


100 LAMONT ST. N.W.--Large. warm room:
choice food; owners home; refined, con-
venient location; special rates to couples.
1907, 10th N.WM,Beautiful front room, for for 2
piano. radio. laundry; reasonable 26a
24O MAPLE AVE.-Board and sunny room
phone. garage. Shepherd 25s6 ---O--'''' -
1885 COLUMBIA RID. N.W.-Beautiful, extra
large; front, sunny room, semi-bath; for two
excellent table; well kept; reasonable.
especially, nice for students and Govern
ment clerks; S35 each. North 1857. 22'
1909 10th ST. N.W.-Nicely furnished front
double room, twin beds, instant, hot water;
good meals; reasonable. 81
1903 ST. NW.-Well furnished single or
double rooms; refined home; convenient To-
cation: excellent meals; reasonable.
THE HILLCREST, 1900 18th N.W.-Large
room: southern exposure, private bath; suit
able or Z; excellent meals; home atmosphere.
EAGLE LODGE, 1928 18th, NV. detached.
Central High $3.50 and $40 monthly;
weekly rates IL desired.
furnished room; twin beds; also single room;
ls4S, MONROE ST. N;w.-Niceiy, furnished
or two ladies. Adams 2596.
1929 ST NV. the e-MH sIS
board, home cooking, garage. 22s
400 NEW HAMPSHIRE. AVE.
Formerly the old Hearst home; and later
the royal Italian LEGATION, has been taken
refined and discriminating taste who appre.-,
front rooms and baths. Convenient loca-
ton Southern cuisine. Reasonable rates.
WANTED-ROOMS
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYE desires two un-
furnished rooms not exceeding $50, in north
west section. Address Box 323-J, Star office.
-.
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THE CRESTHILL,
1430 BELMONT ST. NV.
Adjoining Meridian .Park-Elevator Service.
Electric Refrigeration on House Current.
z rooms kit. & bath, 2 front porcheS SIS. 90
Apartment Lighted Till PM.
THE STRATHMORE,
3501 18th ST. NV.
Convenient to 14th st. Shopping District.
Elevator Service.
Electric Refrigeration on House Current.
rooms, kit. and BATH .........-.... S55. so
Apartment Lighted Till PM.
1852 30th ST. NV.
An Ideal Home Apartment, Near
MontroSe Park.
rooms, kit. and bath front .......$55 90
1856 EUCLID ST. NV.
rooms, kit. and bath (front porch $4,000
2316 + ST. NV.
/ room, kitchenette and bath. ........$32.50
Downtown Apartment.
818 18th ST. NV.
rooms and bath. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $50. 90
Convenient to Govt. Departments.
Newly Decorated.
722 18th ST. NV.
rooms, kit; and bath: entry hall. $4,000
Downtown Apartment
MOORE & HILL, INC. Agent,
730/l7th ST. NV.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12

and his support of Katzmann's procedure: (6) the
complete bankruptcy of every single point relied upon
by he prosecution to secure conviction; and co the
gross unfairness and inogicality of having Judge
lhayer pass upon all motions for a new trial
The major witnesses against sacco and vanzett:
presented as sorry spectacle as the Oxman Estele
Smith Macdonald, Edeau procession in the Mooney
Billings travesty Their testimony was either altered
confused or contradictory or incredible and impos
slble according to the most elementary laws of
psychology.
When one reviews in calm historical fashion the
identification testimony the testimony of the prosec
tlon arms experts; the evidence regarding the ,re
VolVers Of Sacco and Vanzett and the Identification
OF Sacco's cap, one wonders that any twelve sane
men could have accepted such flimsy and dubious
trash as the basis of convcting bum on vagrancv
charge
That it was accepted to sustain a charge of first
degree murder proves the emotional overtonA which
Judge Thayer and Katzmann had created among the
jury.
II So what can be said for the Lowell committee
winch was far removed from the fire and smoke of the
courtroom? Nothing. except that this book-without
heated word--constitutes a colossal Indictment If
the 1nvincibe prejudice and myopa of the president
Of Harvard and his associates
Fraenkel rightly recognizes that il is not his tasL
to ind the gEilty parties but the book is so much
more effective because it is fairly well established
that students of the case are agreed upon the acual
murderers who are still at large and are not sacco
and Vanzetti
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
Muncie and Taxes

One more example of what can happen when
sefgovernment is taken away from cities and lodged
in q despotic tax board is furnished by Muncie
The state tax board, against whose orders the city
OF Indianapolis is appealing to the courts, has fixed
tax rate for that city which Mayor Dale says will
not permit the departments to operate
OF course Dale is not in good standing with poll
ticans. those of his own party,
For a number of years he made the path of the
rulers OF his city very unpleasant. In those days
ccmpacent tax boards did not interfere with the
spending of as much money might be needed TO
keep the machine well creased.
When Dale was placed in power through a po-
litical revolution he began to cut down expenses
and did a fairly good job of it. But the tax board
now orders him to about 20 per cent of what he
has fixed as minimum of expense and his minimum
is many thousands of dollars less than spent by
his predecessors in office
The purpose is apparently plain. Dale will face
an election year SO hence. Rates will have 70
be raised to take care of deficits caused this year.
The case of Muncie is apparently even more flag
rant than that of indianapolis where the school board
and Mayor sullivan we're the targets for tax board
intrusion.
The matter is vital in principle If cities do not
have the power to regulate their taxes they have
lost the power to rule Themselves self-government
in cities is essential to selfgovernment in the state
and the nation.
activity in cutting taxes by this board is even
more worthy of attention when compared with its in
activity in fixing valuations of corporations for taxa
ton purposes.
The wide discrepancies between the valuation used
by the public service commission for rate purposes
and those of the board for tax purposes suggests
that the members of these commissions entirely
different systems of mathematics.
very definite limitation of the powers of this
board and an emphatic declaration against any in
reference with local government should be made by
the next legislature
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-12
Criminal Glands

The 5000 pages and 100000 words of the Wick
ersham report on crime might as well have been
IeIt unwr1tten, in the opinion of Dr. Louis Berman
New York authority on glands who just has COM
peted three-year study of men confined at Sing
Sing.
Or Berman is convinced as result of his work
that crime is caused by faulty functioning of differ
ent glands. Certain crimes correspond to certain
glandular disorders, he finds
II this theory is correct, elimination of crime in
stead OF being thing for moralists to mouth over in
campaigns, is a thing for scientists to eradicate In
stead OF building prisons and still more prisons we
some day will build clinics where ganduar defects in
children can be corrected just as defects in teeth and
tonsils treated now
But the gland theory does not apply to men con-
hned for breaking laws only recently made crime
nor to men who steal in the midst of blameless
life, because they starving
Perhaps if we able to overcome the Ignorance
ana emotionalism which has characterized our treat
ment OF actual criminals we will discover that these
oCher problems also can be solved scientifically
When we learn to divorce the liquor problem from
politics and morals we may discover way to assure
temperance and personal liberty at the same time We
already have studied ways of revising economic prac-
tce so that starvation will not occur and lack onlv
the courage and diligence to apply them.