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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28
Walnut Grove

Walnut Grove, January 26-J. L
Doig and F. E. Prail were Westbrool
callers Sunday afternoon.
| Peter De Smith who underwent al
operation at the Slayton hospital last
Monday is improving.
Mrs. Peter De Smith and son are
staying at the Ed. De Smith home
while her husband is at the hospital
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Virgins calico
at the Sarah McGinn home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. j. Larson called al
the Arthur Arnold home Sunday af.
ternoon.
E. A. Hartung returned home Fri
day from the Cities where he haG
been attending the Lumbermen's con-
vention.
Lee Virgins and son were at Stay
ton Wednesday.
j. G. Weeks, A. w. Olson and Will
lam Rosthumus were at Slayton We'd
nesday to inspect the filter used by
the Slayton creamery.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Klante of John
sonville returned Wednesday from a
two weeks visit with relatives in
South Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albin Anderson and
family visited at the Hjalmer Ander-
son home Wednesday.
C. R. johnson and John Sabin were
at Slayton Wednesday on business
fhn
Rev. and Mrs. j. C. Peters were
business callers in Marshall Wednes-
day.
The Congregational Bible Study
class met at the Theodore Fox home
Thursday evening About 81 were
absent.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Miner were at
Tracy Saturday to see Kenneth at the
Tracy hospital.
Chester Sawyer was a business
caller here Tuesday afternoon.
The Congregational Ladies Aid
met with Mrs. M. A. Dahms Thurs
day afternoon.
Rev. j. C. Peters and son Wallace
went to Granite Falls Sunday where
Rev. Peters filled the pulpit in the
Congregational church.
E. w. Swoffer served on the feder-
al jury at Mankato last week.
The Royal Neighbors held their in
stallation of officers Wednesday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Christensen
and family and Mrs. James McNally
and nephew of GAINESVILLE called at the
Fred Frail home Thursday while on
their way to see their mother who
was seriously i'll at Watertown, South
Dakota. Mr.. Christensen is a nephew
and Mrs. McNally is a niece of Mrs.
Fred Prail.
Tom McGinn made a trip to West
brook Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Weedman and
son Donald were in Tracy Saturday to
visit Kenneth Miner at the Tracy hos
pital.
Mss Lillian Prail who teaches in
the Westbrook High school spent the
weekend at the parental Fred Prail
home.
Kenneth Miner, the 8-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Miner of near
Revere received broken leg while
riding horseback Thursday. The
horse slipped on the ice and threw
Kenneth off. The horse fell on him
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28
Gales

Gales, January 26-Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Nemitz and daughter Lois
were visitors with Mrs. Nemitz' s
mother, Mrs. Fred Lemke Sr. in Yes
ia Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. George Flesner and two chill
dren visited Tuesday at the Alanson
Reynolds home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

A few days after Mr.. and Mrs.
Curley Lowman of Rochester, Ind,
advertised in newspaper that their
pet dog was lost, the animal was re-
turned to them-along with three
pups.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28
RENvILLE COUNTY CUTS

The Renville county board cut the
appropriation for the county agent
from $4,000 to $500 and for the
county nurse from $4,000 to $1,800. j
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

Friends and relatives enjoyed a
dance at the C. R. Johnson home
Friday night.
John Brake and Richard Flesner
drove to South st. Paul Tuesday with
truck load of hogs for Mr.. Flesner.
Mrs. George Flesner and two chill
dren are spending a few days at the
Phillip Reynolds home visiting with
Mrs. Flesner's mother, Mrs. Frank
Reynolds, who has been seriously i'll
the past few weeks.
Mrs. Paul Grunden came home
Sunday from the Cities where she
has been visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence
Kaunzner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shirley Hill and Mr..
and Mrs. Claude Howe attended serv-
ices at the Methodist Episcopal
church in Tracy Sunday evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

DEAD HOGS, HORSES and CAT
ELE removed free of charge. We
lave State license to remove Cholera
hogs. Phone $50 at our expense.
Redwood Rendering Works, Redwood
Falls, MINI. TIT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

William Swartout of Barnes City
Iowa, is still driving the car which
he bought back in 1909.
Your Want Ads in the Gazette
bring you results.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

FOR SALE-Extra good Purebred
Spotted Poland China Boar. Immune.
Price SIS. C. A. Marsh, Delhi, Min
nesota. 25-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

FOR SALE-A few white Wyandotte
cockerels. j. P. Gaffney, North Red
wood. 30-2ts.pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28
MISCELLANEOUS

HATCHERY FLOCKS WANTED
Purebred fiocks. We will Gull and
test for B. w. D. and pay 6, 8 and
no cents above market. Boote's Hat
cherry, Redwood Falls, Mimi, blocks
south of depot. Phone 557. 28-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

WORK WANTED-A young man
with farm experience. Len Iesh,
North Redwood 30-3ts.
WORK WANTED-Young lady wish
es to work for a private family. Mrs.
Emma Meier, Morgan, MINI. 30-2t.pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

FOR SALES. C. Red Cockerels
reasonably priced. Phone 13L25.
Mrs. Ole Nelson, Belview. 29-3ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

STRAYED-A spotted Poland China
boar has been gone from my place
SINCE New Years. Valerius Alter
matt 29-2ts.pd.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

LOST-Yellow gold ring with aqua
marine setting. Return to Gazette
office. 29-2ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

FOR SALE-Two $50 Egg Old
Trusty Incubators at 81 each. Call
16L25 or address w. r. GOudy, Sea-
forth, MINI. 3O-lt.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

FOR SALE-Heatrola, heats five
rooms, excellent condition, cabinet
coal bod, 500. Two wheel trailer
$25. Call Redwood Cleaners. 28-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

FOR RENT-House in east part OF
town. See w. L. Hardy. 16-tf.
SLEEPING ROOM for rent in pri-
wate home, also garage with room if
desired. Call Gazette Office. loft.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-28

FOR SALE-Baby Crib and Child's
Junior Bed. Telephone 419. 29-2ts
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
Admit Soviet Forces are Defensive
SHARP DROP IN
FARM WAGES is
UNPRECEDENTED

The deepening crisis has brot
with it a continued drop in the
wages Of the agricultural workers.
From January 1 to April 1 there
was a drop of four per cent. This
drop is even greater than indicat-
ed since during this period there
is usually an advance in wages
paid TO agricultural workers. In
the five years prior to 1881 there
was an advance of from 80 to So
points from January l to April
with the average increases in the
five years 1926-1931 amounting to
At per cent.
The decline in wages has result
ed from the continued increase in
the supply of agricultural workers.
The Supply as expressed as a per-
centage of demand ON April 1 was
1884 per cent" This means in
other words that for every job
available on the farms there were
two workers without jobs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
Miss. Share Choppers
Strike Agains Misery

NICKSBURG, Miss. - Striking
against their state of virtual slav-
cry, 10 Negro families, numbering
SO persons, share-croppers VI
Holmes county, Miss, have packed
up their belonging and left the
plantations.
Tha share troopers arc On strike
against working for furnish
that is, receiving no 'money. but
only the rotten food, worn7oIt
clothing and weather-beaten shell
ter that the boss class Of Missis-
sippi has been throwing i'll their
faces.
When the SO troopers moved
from their cabins on the planta-
tons to the yard of a Negro
church in Jerusalem, Miss, the
Holmes County Health Depart
ment came to the aid of the land
lords and ordered the troopers to
disband. The troopers refused TO
bulge an inch from the yard. The
health department is therefore
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
DEMONSTRATE MAY DAY In
PLENTYWOOD FOR DEFENSE
OF The SOVIET UNION
Mass Meeting Called for Farmer-Labor Temple
Sunday, May First, 2 P. M.

May Day mass meeting will be held in Plenty
wood on May first as part of the worldwide demon
strations on that day against the imperialist
preparations and for the defense of the Soviet
Union Each day brings additional evidence of the
preparations of the capitalist countries for the at
tack on the Soviet Union The Japanese mperialists
are the spearhead of all the mperiaist forces Their
invasion of Manchura and ruthless bombardnent
of Shanghai was carried thru with the agreement OF
the other imperialist powers because they saw in
this the opening beginning of the armed attack
the Soviet Union the only workers and farmers gov
eminent
The struggles of the Wall Street bankers about
the Japanese invasion of Manchuria has been
around the question of which of them should head
the anti-Sovet war front of all of the imperialists
which of the mshould reap the greatest loot from
the crushing of the Chinese masses and the attack
on the Soviet Union
These bankers and their agents are the very ones
who exploit the farmers of the county. Those who
would lead the armed attack on the Soviet Union
are the ones who have robbed the small and middle
farmers thru every possible means. They are the
ones who now decree that those farmers who cannot
pay their taxes and interest would be evicted from
their homes.
The May Day mass meeting which will be held at
the Farmer Labor Temple will rally the farmers of
Sheridan county in solidarity with the workers and
farmers thruout the United States and turnout the
entire world AGAINST THE IFPERIALIST WAR
DANGER AND FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE
SOVIET UNION. ALL OUT TO THE FARMER
LABOR TEMPLE, MAY LIP.
This mass meeting is called under che auspices of
the United Farmers League, the Comm ,.llist Party
the Young Communist League and ne Young Pho
neers of America
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
FARM PRICES DROP.
THIRTY PER CENT.
In TWELVE MONTHS.
WALL ST. TARIFF WIDENS
GAP BETWEEN FARMERS
SALES AND PURCHASES

The decline in the prices Of farm
products continues steadily after
the slight hesitation in March.
Wholesale market prices of farm
products which had risen from II
per cent of the pre- war level on
Feb. Is to 72 per cent on March Is
fell by April to SO. At this lat
ter level they were 33 per cent
lower than a year ago.
The prices actually received by
the farmers for their goods are
80 per cent lower than year ago.
On March 18th, these prices were
at 81 per cent of the pre- war level
and by the early part of April had
declined somewhat further.
The prices Of the commodities
which the farmer has to buy, were
according to the figures of the
Hoover government itself, still al
1T per cent of the pre-war level
AS a result of this there has beer
a sharp decline in the relative ex
change value of farm product
during the past year.
During the early part of Apri
the relative exchange value o
farm products, that is the yalu
of farm products related to tn
value of the products the farmer
have to buy, was at 81 per cen
of the pre-war level as compare
i with SO per cent a year ago. Thi
shows a decline of about twenty
five per cent in the exchang
value of the farmers products re
lated to the commodities which h
; has to buy. While the prices Q
his products have been slidin
down the tobaggon, the prices {
the commodities which he has
: buy have been kept up by tn
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
TEXAS LAND BANK
SALES MEAN MORE
LOOT FROM MASSES
BANK PUSHES LAND SALES
TO NON-FARMERS AS MORE
FARMERS LOSE LAND

Because of the fact that II per
cent of their sales have been TO
non-farmers, officers of the Hous-
ton Federal Land Bank stated
that, eve believe that the land
market is in the strongest position
it has been for a number of
years" Of the land which has
been sold in 1881 only % per cent
was sold to farmers, the remain
der to city or town jewellers.
The reasons for this as given by
the Land Bank, are:
During the last few years re-
turns on farm investments hav:
not been satisfactory when com.
pared with almost any other form
of security, but almost all invest
ments have proved a disappoint
ment and it now appears tina
there is a feeling among invest
ors that land, selling at presen
levels, offers the safest and mos
satisfactory security"
What this actually means is tina
thousands of unemployed workers
and small businessmen who hav
been driven out of business, ar
using their last savings to fin
some security from the terrors o
the crisis on the farms.
During 1881 there were 10
sales for $521,771 as compare
with 104 sales for 1891, 800 in 1896
The Federal Land Bank is force
to admit, however, that durin
1881, about which it talks so mucl
REQUIREMENTS EXCEEDED
SALES" In order words, at tn
very time when the Federal Ian
Bank was enticing non-farmers OF
to the farms, it was acquirin
more farms from small and mic
die farmers than it was selling I
non-farmers. The acquisition b
non-farmers of farms from whic
small and middle farmers had bee
evicted means that the FEEDER;
Land Bank is now going to exprt
pirate these new owners of the
aittle savings.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
OUTLOOK UFL
GROWS IN INTEREST

A rousing U. F. L. meeting took
place in Outlook Friday evening,
April 18th. More and more farm
ers and their families are turning
out to these meetings. The farm
ers are beginning to realize that
ga strong back and a weak mind
is not bringing results" and find
this is the place to congregate and
talk things over, and participate
in the social side of life, altogeth-
er too much neglected in the past.
After the business meeting was
over, program that was a credit
TO any community, was presented.
Guitar, mandolin and violin mu-
sic was rendered, also songs con-
sisting of solos, duets and quar-
tette was enjoyed by the crowd.
Four readings were presented.
A very interesting letter from
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
CHARLES E. TAYLOR
WILL SPE AK AT IL
MEETINGS IN MINI.

The organization tour which
OOmrade Charles E. Taylor has
been conducting in Koochiching
County, Mimi, has been very sue
cessful thus far. Many member
ships have been secured for the
United Farmers League and many
subscriptions have been obtained
for the Producers News. In the
ten-day period, May PIP, Comrade
Taylor will cover the rest of the
county in his tour.
The dates for these meetings
are as follows:
May Wildwood, Hans Ettestads
Place
May S-Northome, City Hall
May 4-Mizpah
May 5-Margie
May 6-Sturgeon River
May Town of Henry, town hall
May S-Cingmars, town hall
May 9-Dentaybow
May 10-Indus
May 11-Birchdale
May 12-Beaver township
The meetings win begin at 300
p. m. Any changes in the sched-
ule will be given in next weeks
issue of the Producers News.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22

+ Tlsa.i.Is MIMI a.. lin plain
Facts which have come to light
in connection with this strike
show the extent to which the crop
pers, especially the Negro crop
pers, are being crushed by the
landlords. In Holmes County, A.
910 of the total of 5000 farms are
worked by Negro farmers. But
of this total, only 472 fans are
owned by Negroes, and only 265
others have the Negro farm ten
ants received any cash for their
labor. Fully 65 per cent of the
Negro farm tenants in this Sec
ton have been working for eur
nish'-that is, they have been the
virtual slaves of the plantation
owners, working for food and
clothing just as the slaves did 4
the pre-Civil War day.
A Choppers Union was recently
started in the farming neighbor-
hood around Charlotte.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
400 WHITE GUARDS
ATTEMPT PROVOKE
RED ARMY ATTACK
Attack Soviet Railroad Manager of Chinese Eastern
Railway In Hardin
Japanese Imperiaists Use White Guards to Instigate
Attack on Soviet Union

The attack of 400 White Guards on the offices of the
Chinese Eastern Railway in which the Soviet manager
of the railway also attacked is deliberate attempt
the part of the White Guard agents of the mperasts
to ncte the mperast attack on the Soviet Union This
attack on the Chinese Eastern Railway offices was
ried with the full knowledge if not at the direct ns
CATION of the Japanese imperiasts who are in control of
the city and who could plead ignorance of an attack
of 400 White Guards in the heart of the city
In preparation for the direct attack the Union foreign
office of the Japanese mperials in Toxic
the effect that clash occurred between the Soviet Union and the
mpeaists the Soviet Union would the the
statement out by the japanese foreign office tho shows the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
IFI, EXPOSES FAKE PROSPERITY
PLAN OF Wise. COUNTY AGENT
County Agent of Iron County Brings Specialist to Get
Destitute Farmers to Raise Eggs

county agent is nothing but par
asite to US farmers and steps must
be taken to liquidate him. The far.
mers must be shown that the
county agent is of no use to them,
but on the contrary nothing but
harmful. 1t is up to the county
agent to report regularly to the
state officials of the farmers con-
ditions. With the, reports they lay
heavier tax burdens on the op-
pressed farmer.
The County Agent does all in
his power to get our children to
function in the All Clubs, etc., in
order to keep them from organiz-
ing into their own class ranks
with the Young Pioneers and the
UFL youth sections.
The cooper ators organization
that the county agent asked the
farmers to join must be some sort
of offspring of the bosses. How
ever, none of the farmers took ad-
vantage of the chance of joining
it. This, however, would have
been different had not the mem.
bers of the United Farmers League
participated in this meet and un
covered the fake schemes of thes,
bankers tools.
I Farmers, we must wake up I,
the fact that there is no prosper
ty behind the corner for us. w
must join the United Farmer
League and get active in the des
perate struggle that confronts us
Certainly no relief can be secure
. by the Seed Loans the county ag
: ent brings forward. We must OF
} ganize and in masses begin to de
J mand immediate relief and no
z charity. The U. F. L. is the onl
organization that carries on tn
struggle of the poor oppresse
: farmers, and no matter how muc
3 petty talk the county agent an
e his like give us it is only tru
g deeds that show the farmer thel
e is something behind it after all.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22

the Pioneer director of North Da-
kota was read.
Hans Rasmussen gave a speech
explaining that no matter what
your religion might be or what
nationality happens to be yours, it
does not conflict with being a
member of the United Farmers
League. Mr.. Rasmussen ex-
planned that the U. F. L. is an
organization for the purpose of
lettering conditions for the farm
ers.
After the program, the Garrick
brothers and Wunderlich boys fur
nished the music for the dance.
Guests brought lunch and the
League furnished coffee.
On account of work progressing
in the field the next meeting will
not be held until Saturday, May
14th.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
q WORKERS And FARMERS AT
COMMUNIST PARTY SCHOOL
Students AT Minneapolis Appeal for Support for School
Training Them for Leadership

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. - The
1882 district training school of the
Communist Party opened at the
Workers Cultural Center on Mon
day, April 18th with % students
enrolled. It is a real proietarian
school with young workers from
the mining sections of northern
Minnesota and Michigan, ard from
the farms, cities, factories of
these sections and of Wisconsin
and North Dakota.
The Importance of the school to
TO the workers was brought out
clearly at a reception given the
students the Sunday preceding the
opening. A student who is a
member of the National Miners
Union declared that even the min
ers that are working are slowly
starving, that their wages have
been slashed to $50 to $50 a
month. Another student who is a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
MAY DAY BUTTONS
ARE NOW READY

The new May Day Button, is
sued by the Communist Party, is
ready for shipment and distribu-
ton. The button carries the main
slogans of the Party: FIGHT A
GAINST IMPERIALIST WAR,
DEFEND THE SOVIET UNION.
Orders should be sent in at once
for immediate shipment, and sales
should be begun among all work
ers organizations; unions, clubs
leagues, fraternal organizations
etc. The cost is &c per button
and cash should accompany all or
ders.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
FLOOD IRRIGATION
REVEALED AS WORK
OF COUNTY AGENT
SHERIDAN COUNTY FARMERS
ARE UNABLE TO FIND
EVIDENCES OF WORK

The following news item is clip
ped from a Great Falls paper:
BOHEMIAN, April 17.-E. G.
Ferguson, county extension agent
in Sheridan county since 1928, has
resigned to accept position with
the Farmers Seed Loan office of
Minneapolis, according to J. C.
Taylor, director of the Montana
extension service. In his new
work, Ferguson will be in charge
of field work in southern Montana.
At the request of the Sheridan
county commissioners, the assist
ant agent, Edwin Austvold, has
been appointed to fill out Fergu-
sons unexpired term which ends
July 1. Austvold will continue the
extension program organized by
Ferguson, which includes for this
wear emphasis on flood irrigation,
club work, crop standardization
and the more pressing problems OF
locating and distributing seed sup
plies.
Flood irrigation has been one of
the major points in Ferguson's
program and many farmers al
ready started on private projects
will have the work completed this
spring, according to Director Tay-
lor.
Don't that sound good to some
of YOU farmers: "At the request OF
Sheridan county commissioners
Someone has been appointed to
lin out Ferguson's unexpired term
which ends July l."
i When Commissioner Carl Han
sen heard about it, he was sur
prised and said that he knew alb
solutely nothing about it. Nothing
had been said to him about it. III
further stated that the county
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22
FIVE MAY DAY
DEMONSTRATIONS
IN N. OAK, MONT.

Five May Day demonstrations
will be held in North Dakota and
Montana to rally the toiling farm
masses of these states for the
fight against the imperialist war
and for the defense of the Soviet
Union. On Saturday, April 80, a
mass meeting will take place at
the Dover Hall in Bonetrail, North
Dakota, under the auspices of
the United Farmers League at
Is p. m. Demonstrations and mass
meetings will take place in Minot,
Williston, Forbes, Portal, North
Dakota and in Plentywood, Mon
tana, on May 1.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-22

member of the United Farmer,
League described the terrible
plight of the poor farmer. Mort
gage foreclosures, sheriff's sale
are every day occurrences, bu
with program of tax exemptions
no evictions, cancellation of al
debts, the League is organizing
the farmers to fight for these de
mands.
The comrades are learning a
first hand from each other of tn
struggles that are going on in tn
various sections of the districi
These contacts are making Their
realize keenly the solidarity o
their interests, and that by unite
struggle only can their immediat
demands be forced through an
capitalism overthrow.
Each of the students has bee
assigned to units in MinneapoIi
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