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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
Mrs. Eta Schelkopf
Buried Here Monday

Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at the Church of Christ
for Mrs. Eta Schelkopf, so, who was
found dead in her bed at her home
in Redwood Falls Saturday morning.
Rev. Oscar Joneson conducted the
service and burial was at the ceme-
terry here.
Her little grandson, who was
sleeping with her, complained about
5 a. m. that he was cold. He was told
to awaken his grandmother. When
ne was unable to do so, he called her
daughter, Helen, who discovered that
she was dead. Death came between
3 and 4 a. M, it is believed.
Mrs. Schelkopf was the widow Of
Charles Schelkopf who died II years
ago. She was born in this commune
ty and lived here all her life.
She is survived by three sons, Har-
old of Mankato and Walter and Leon
ard at home and four daughters, Mrs.
Myrtle Schroeder, Mrs. Mabel Wolff
and Helen and Bessie of Redwood
and by three grandchildren and a
sister, Mrs. John Arnett.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
II BRAVE COLD TO
ATTEND HORSEMEN'S
CONVENTION SUNDAY
TrOtter Coming Back, Secretary
of Group Tells Race and
Fair Men Here

Although with the thermometer re-
gistering below zero, it was anything
but horse racing weather, II MEM
bers of the Northwest Harness Horse
association attended business and
get-together meeting in Redwood
Falls Sunday afternoon.
DR.. M. R. Higbee Of Albert Lea
presided at the session which follow
ed a dinner at Hotel Ramsey and A.
C. Dolliff, Redwood Falls horse en-
thusiast, welcomed the group. E. c.
Middleton, mayor of Marshall, re-
sponded and was followed on the pro-
gram by E. C. Genereux of White
Bear, secretary of the association and
Joe Runge of Madison.
A. C. Dolliff told of his experiences
with horsemen through IL years as
superintendent of speed and stated he
enjoyed working with the men. He
urged more such meetings.
Tom Bond of Marshall who is said
to be the oldest driver in many miles,
was present. He is 70 years old. For
four years he was driver of Mary
McGregor who belonged to Mr.. Dol
lift.
Admitting that running races have
lost favor in recent years, Mr.. Gene
reux brought the encouraging news
that the ''Trotter is coming back, !"
quoting O. O. Mcintyre and race
statistics.
He reviewed depression years in
which many fairs have dropped horse
racing entirely or cut down the pro-
gram and purses. In most cases, he
told the group, races are back on the
Continued on page eight
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
FUNERAL RITES
FOR JAY POTTER.
43, HELD SUNDAY

Injured in a fall from scaffold
while painting on farm near Vesta
May Is last year, Jay Potter, AZ,
died shortly after s a. m. Thursday at
the Veterans hospital in Minneapo-
lis. His home was at Vesta but he
was well known among Redwood
Falls veterans.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at the Community
church in Springfield and burial was
in the cemetery there.
Mr.. Potter was born September %,
1890 at Springfield and lived there
until he enlisted with Company L,
Redwood Falls. He served with the
company during the World War,
spending nearly year overseas and
was honorably discharged following
the signing of the Armistice.
Later he enlisted with the marine
corps and served one term. Follow
ing that he was employed by the
Standard Oil company in Redwood
Falls.
He is survived by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. j. Potter of Vesta, five
brothers, John of Window, Ralph Of
Quincy, Illinois, Ned Of Vesta, Earl
of Mohall, North Dakota and Charles
of st. Paul and one sister, Mrs. Jo-
seph Kotval of Vesta.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
100 CRAINMEN HEAR
LAURISCH TUESDAY
New Grain Inspector Also On
Program at Conference
In Legion Hall

About 100 members of the West
ern Grain Dealers association, repre-
senting towns and cities in western
Minnesota and eastern South Dakota
attended a meeting held in Redwood
Falls Legion hall Tuesday night.
Christian j. Laurisch of Mankato
who recently filed for reelection as
member of the railroad and ware
house commission, as one of the prin-
cipal speakers. j. H. Lund of ST..
Paul new grain inspector who will
take office today, also spoke.
A general discussion on the posi-
bility of eliminating many of the
grades and classifications of grains
was led by Mr.. Laurisch, Mr.. Lund
discussed the relief given rural Sec
tions.
Those from Redwood Falls who
belong to the organization are George
A. Patton, j. J. Christensen, E. A.
Schultz, Paul Voss, Walter Voss, A.
L. Anderson and Dennis Bell.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
Echo Wins Consolation Contest
From Belview; Capacity
Crowd at Games

Winning over Morton 80 to 20 Sat
urday night in the Class A finals, the
Morgan High school quint earned the
right to represent the smaller schools
of the county in the district tourney
at New Ulm March 8, 9 and III. LAM
berton will be its first opponent.
An early favorite in the tourney at
Lincoln school here, Morgan won from
Gibbon 10 to IA Friday night and
earned place in the finals by defeat
ing Echo 33 to 25 Saturday morning.
Morton flashed better form than ex-
pected in it's first two games and had
many of the fans predicting the Sec
ond bracket champ would take the
meet. a
Echo defeated its neighbor, Bel
view, so to 10 for consolation honors.
Belview drew bye in the first round
and was defeated by So to 18 by Nor
ton Saturday morning.
A capacity crowd saw the final
game in which the Morgan combin-
alton worked its smoothest to rum up
points, taking the lead at the start
and holding it throughout the contest.
Morgan Hard Pressed
Morgan's chances Of entering the
finals of the tourney were slim dur
ing the greater share Of the game
Saturday morning, but the team re-
fused to be awed by few points lead
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
REDWOOD-MORTON
CONTEST IS LAST
BEFORE TOURNEY
Cardinals Defeat LambertOn in
Overtime Period FL to 10
Here Last Week

In the final game before they en-
ter the district ten basketball tour
ney at New Ulm March 8, and TO-,
the Cardinals basketball team will
go to Morton Friday night to meet
the runners-up in the Class A tour
ney held here last week.
Despite the determined efforts of
the Lamberton team which forced
the contest into an overtime period,
the Redwood Falls High team emer-
ged with 81 to 10 victory Thursday
night. One of the largest crowds of
the season saw the game at the Lin
coin school auditorium.
Erwin "Buzz" Smith had the hon.
or of slipping through the Lamber-
ton guards for the deciding basket,
ending the most hair-raising game
played here for a long time.
Coach j. l.. Browns charges led
7 to 4 at the half and were on the
long end of the count until the last
few minutes when A. Rougstad,
guard, slipped one through the net
from the center of the floor to tie
the count. Another basket from
about the same place put the LAM
berton team ahead.
With only a few seconds to go, By
ram raced through the Lamberton
defense for field goal, his only one
of the game. The game ended at II
all shortly after.
In the overtime, Byram connected
for a free throw. Then Anderson,
veteran center for the Lamberton
team, hooked a field goal over his
head. A few seconds later, Smith
came through with his field goal and
the lead was strengthened when Jim
Inglis scored a free throw.
An II to lead at halftime by the
Junior High team did not hold long
after the second half started and the
McCurdy team lost to its larger OPP
ponents, the Lamberton seconds, IL
to IL.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
Morgan Beats Morton 1920
in Class A Tourney Finals

and battled through to victory. Nor
gan scored three points before Echo
tailed but the Yellow Medicine county
team was soon in the lead and at the
end of the first quarter was on the
long end of a Is to count. At half
time, Echo was leading II to Ii and
at the end of the third quarter the
Echoites were leading 20 to 19.
Belview, weakened considerably by
the loss of one of its mainstays,
Thomas Hagen, a forward who is at
flicted with a severe case Of mumps,
offered little competition and the
Morton team scored often despite its
best efforts. The Morton subs played
as much of the game as possible.
Results of the first round were:
Morgan 10, Gibbon Ia
Echo 38, Franklin Is
Morton %, Gaylord %
The Morgan ibbon game started
with the Redwood county team con-
Meeting for seven points while the
smaller Gibbon basketeers were held
to one free throw in the first quarter.
More scoring by the Morgan team,
much of it by Lester Hillger who
dropped the sphere through the hoop
several times for markers, brought
the third quarter score to IA to A.
A valiant effort was made by the
Gibbon boys in the final stanza to
even the count but the lead was too
big to cope with. Gibbon outscored
Morgan z to in the last quarter.
A game which started IS q thrill
ff.ontinued - 49, eswEkl
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
SELL-OUT FORECAST
FOR BRONX MATCH
Early Sales Indicate Capacity
Crowd; Preliminaries, Semi
Windup Announced

Fresh from his match with AL Shu-
Ter of Buffalo, New York, which he
won in little more than three min
utes, Bronko Nagurski of Minneapo-
lis will arrive in Redwood Falls this
noon to headline a wrestling card at
the armory tonight.
The Bronko, who weighed 218
pounds when he met Shuler Monday
night, will meet Billy Evans of Ok
lahoma City, Oklahoma, in the final
match of the card.
Evans was not as fortunate as
Nagurski in the Monday card in Min
neapolis as he was defeated by Cliff
Olson of Baudette in little more
than seven minutes of graphing. He
weighed in at 200 pounds.
Indications Wednesday night were
that there will be an early sellout
with fans coming here from long dis
tances to attend.
Four preliminary matches, one ten
minute and three Is minute settos,
have been scheduled.
Chuck Roberts of Redwood Falls
and Bill Anton of Wabasso will open
the card with the short match; Gil
man Moe of Granite Falls and Har-
old Mosier of Redwood Falls go on
in the second and Jack Uble of San
born and Jim Warwick of Westbrook
are paired in the third. The semi
windup matches Ted Groehler of
Winthrop and Jess Slaymaker OF
Morgan, an event considered worth
top position on the card.
Elmer HeIgeson, Redwood Falls
sports promoter, is putting on the
card. Tickets are on sale at The
Gazette office. Billy Hoke of Min
neapolis will officiate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
John Pool Arrested in MankatO.
Given 2H Year Term By
WOrthington Judge
SOLD BIRTHDAY SERVICE
Abducted Window Boy IA Years
Old; Worked Racket in
Other Nearby Towns

John Pool, who a few weeks ago
sold Redwood Falls merchants
birthday letter service for cash and
then failed to deliver the service, will
swindle no more small city merch-
ants-at least for two and one-half
years.
o. C. Lee of the state criminal ap-
prehension bureau who was in Red
wood Falls this week, revealed that
Pool has been arrested, sentenced
and jailed at Saltwater with 80
months to spend.
Pool was arrested by Mankato po-
lice and turned over to the Cotton
wood county sheriff at Window
where he was wanted for the abduc-
ton of 14-year-old boy. Although
the charge was not pressed because
of the nature of the case, it is I'M
derstood that he enticed the boy in
to his car the morning of February
9. He drove east from Window and
was traced to Madelia. A thorough
search was then made at Mankato
and they were found and the boy re-
turned to his home the Sunday after
he was abducted.
The Window sheriff took him to
Worthington where district court was
in session. Judge C. T. Howard SEN
fenced him after he pleaded guilty
to the charge.
Window and Redwood Falls are
not the only cities that wanted Pool
as he had worked his rackets in
Sleepy Eye, Springfield, New Ulm,
northern Minnesota towns and in
South Dakota towns and Wisconsin.
Mr.. Lee was in Alexandria trailing
horse thieves when the Mankato chief
of police, Pat Henry, called and in
formed him of POOLS capture. Mr..
Lee told the chief to turn him over
to the Window sheriff.
When he finished his telephone
conversation, the sheriff in Alexan-
dria said that Pool could have been
taken to Alexandria and given time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
EXTEND CORN LOAN
PERIOD TO APRIL !
43O, 900 Bushels Sealed i'm Red
wood County With Loans
Totalling $1S9,2OO

Because of the difficulty in get
ting the administrative machinery
into operation and consequent delay
at the outset, Henry A. Wallace, Sec
rotary Of agriculture, has extended
the closing date for corn loans from
March / to April 1. Accordingly, all
farmers in Minnesota who desire to
obtain corn loans will now have plen-
ty of opportunity to get them.
A rush of sealing last week
brought the Redwood county total Of
corn sealed to 100000 bushels COM
pared with $4,000 at this time last
week. At A cents per bushel this
represents $1S9, 200 loaned to farm
ers in this county to be paid back
only If the price of corn rises suffi-
GENTLY to make settlement profitable;
otherwise the government takes the
corn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
Rawleigh Meeting Here

About 40 southwestern Minnesota
Rawleigh products dealers attended
a meeting and banquet held at the
Ramsey Hotel in Redwood Falls Mon
day. The meeting was called for
general discussion by company rep
resentatives. F. A. Wicks, branch
manager of Minneapolis and John
Schneider of Minneapolis, field man,
addressed the group. A. L. Britton,
has been the firms representative
here for six years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
Man Who Stumbled Redwood
Firms Sentenced to Saltwater
MORGAN COUPLE
GUESTS SUNDAY
ON ANNIVERSARY

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Potzler of Nor
gan township celebrated their Thrift
eth wedding anniversary Sunday ev-
ening when the Herman Lussenhop,
Al Ziegenhagen and Rev. Bast fanlil-
les and Rueben Ziegenhagen were
their dinner guests.
Later they were surprised by the
arrival of about 40 more rieighbors
and friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Potzler
were escorted to the parlor, where a
program consisting of a short ad-
dress and prayer by Rev. Bast, sew
eral musical numbers and readings
by various members was given. They
were presented with a purse of mon
ey. A group of women served ice
cream, cake and coffee.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
Beth Morse Given
$4,000 Damages
By Supreme Court
Reach Decision Friday; Mother
Of Girl Killed In Accident
Receives $500

Miss Beth Morse, former Redwood
Falls resident who sustained severe
injuries in an automobile accident
near here March II, 1882, was award
ed $4,000 damages in decision
handed down Friday by the state
supreme court.
Mrs. Nellie H. Barry, mother OF
Miss Elizabeth Barry who was killed
in the accident, received $500 dam
ages. She and Miss Morse brought
suit against Ray Sill and Jay +. Cam
of Tracy, driver and owner OF the
car, respectively and two insurance
companies. They won their cases
several months ago in district court
in Marshall but the case was appeal
ed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
FIREMEN ANSWER
4 CALLS IN WEEK

The Redwood Falls fire department
was called out Thursday, Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday to answer three
calls to homes and one false alarm.
The false alarm was at the Chica-
60 and Northwestern tracks Tuesday
night. A fire had been built under
tank of distillate to warm it and
someone thought it was on fire.
Fire which was started from q
stove at the Richard Soltau home in
the northeast part Of town Monday
morning damaged the kitchen and
smoked up the rest of the house.
Called to the Joseph Nogaj home
Saturday at 1880 a. M, the depart
ment found stovepipe had set fire
to the ceiling. The damage was
slight. A short circuit in drop cord
brought call to the Erwin Kraem-
er home, 375 West Broadway, Thurs
day. No damage was reported.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01
CWA PAYROLL CUT !.
81; EFFORTS MADE
TO FIND new JOBS
Many Taken Off Payroll Apply
At Once For Direct Aid;
New Cuts Coming
QUOTA DOWN A PERCENT
Mediation Board Ask Complaints
Be Made in Writing Before
Hearing Is Granted

In line with the government plan
of cutting the C. w. A. payroll grad
ually to escape a sudden shock to
business and at the same time give
the most needy cases help as long as
possible, the Redwood county quota
was reduced to 2S6 men and 40 wo-
men this week, effective Friday.
This is reduction of 81 and is
more drastic than the ten per cent.
1t is expected that the reductions
will continue at intervals until May
1 when the program is scheduled to
be definitely ended.
Although many who are laid off
apply Immediately for direct help,
the National Unemployment office
is making every effort to find work
for as many as possible.
G. R. Engeman, county manager,
announced this week that there are
a great many farm hands registered
and farmers needing hired hands are
asked to consult him. Others regis
tered are advised to notify the office
if they will accept farm work and
where they can be located on short
notice.
The board of mediation designated
to hear all complaints from persons
who feel they have been unjustly dis
eliminated against announces the
following method of submitting COM
plants to save both the time OF the
board and the time and mileage ex-
pense for the complainant. All COM
plants must first be submitted IN
writing and addressed to the Red
wood County Civil Works Admininis-
tration, Attention Mediation Board,
Redwood Falls. A reply may be ex-
pected within four days after re-
ceipt of complaint. If still dissatis-
fled the complainant will be given the
opportunity to appear before the
mediation board in person. However,
the board asks that appeals be made
only where men feel they have a
clear case.
In question of discharges first pre-
ference is given to qualified heads OF
families with the largest number OF
dependents and no income from any
source. The most recent ruling from
Washington states the veterans are
not to be given any preference when
the question of discharge is being
considered, such preference being gil
ven only at the time of employment.
A number of registrants who are
skilled workers failed to give complete
information as to their exact qualiflc-
alton and experience. PWA employ
ers will not accept workers VINO
would like to do certain work but in
sist that they be experienced in that
line. 1t will be to the advantage OF
such skilled workers to either write Or
call Mr.. Engeman's office giving de-
tailed information.
After March Is the office is auth
orized to cancel the registrations OF
those who have not, renewed their
application. Men who are still seek
ing employment should call or write
the office to that effect.
Figures released in connection with
a CWA safety program show that
Redwood county had five accidents
on it's projects up to the time OF COM
piling the report. This is slightly less
than one per 100 men employed at the
peak which was average for the state.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01

Emil L. Regnier of Marshall, state
senator Farmer-Labor leader, will
address a Farmer-Labor meeting
Monday night in the Currier hall at
North Redwood. Music viii be fur
nished by the North Redwood band.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-03-01

James F. Austin of ST. Paul is
spending the week with his daughter
Mrs. Leo Dolan and family.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-29
PLAN DANCE FOR
TOMORROW NIGHT
SPECIAL FEATURES To BE
PUT ON AT CORAL
ISLE CASINO

A special feature of the floor
show to be presented at the De-
Molay Halloween Dance viii BE-
a fan dance by "CueO" Rodriguez,
well known local comedian.
Various other numbers have
been arranged for the affair to-
morrow evening at the Coral Isle
Casino which viii start at
o'clock.
Members of the organization
have beautifully decorated the
hall for the occasion. A large at
tendance is anticipated.
Bob's orchestra win render a
good program of dance music
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-29
CHOIR GUILD TO
ENTERTAIN WITH
VARIED PROGRAM
HALLOWEEN EVENT WILL
TAKE PLACE TOMORROW
NIGHT At PARISH HALL,
BEGINNING At . O'CLOCK

ml Sueeling announced las
mNAl ~ ms final rehearsal FOL
- &Ark Ol.antefn Rendezvous
80 nmusss 81 the east which viii
A4saf ia the Various number:
NAiFh all make up the weird pro.
Nf4a ia nHtieipation of Halloween
- - given tomorrow night AT !
etieek e -. paul's Parish House,
- thoir Guild IS sponsoring the
esNnk.
T. - fihoi Dance. which will
el@n ne program Of eerie events,
ME~af Misses Dorothy Hjcrt,
Aaflaid blenas, Sybil Roberts
ed fIoasie Baker; Mesdames
A43iel I1nder. Olive Baldwin.
haiie teshran ard Mary Sweet
Has Aemrs. Milton Sawyer and
ssANaassd Sweeting. Especial mu-
Nle ~ this number was written by
fh@fles heiseFts. organist at st.
F@uls ehuFeh. The words for the
Heenissi'e nying song were written
- hasii eWeeting. Mr.. Roberts
sAse arHsnxed ths various special
nlaaN effeeis that viii add to the
shessly eiafaeter II the eve
nlHM
4 whastly ghost story. written
~ Is oeeasloa hy Emil Sweet
He. 80 - relaied by him as the
next numher on the program. en-
AAnxea - hisodcurdling interpo-
iatienA
- Ghost Walk viii be pre-
ssnted next - Misses Harriet
tilaft fiefenee Williams and
AalheFias Diaz and Messrs. Frank
AlsaseK. Gerald Jaycocks and
Ssete buyden.
IA ssmsdY blaekface skit to
fellew $50 - given by sam Gold
Hmfih sd Emli SWeeting. entitled
is ana Hoot Owls" Mr..
ssslasmifA has written for this
ssHml ~ especially eressome CON-
Eslsian called The Dead Man."
eah b. uill read with interpo-
taiIan kaia b. be no less than
haif-rsasinW. especial stress viii
b. asa upon The graveyard set
laxs shieh will characterize the
Natife pfuwruia.
fsanes and fortune-telling viii |
feilee - formal program togeth-
- with = lurid feature designated
~ ~fhe House ~ Horrors" A
faFf ~ this final stunt viii De the l
sefsinR ~ refreshments Tor all I
ahlF = eat after enduring the re-
aetAan from the iittery doings Of
the pFuErani.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-29
porting (estimat-

R~- AOSNAu1dS-
ed ---------------------- 81, 667.S9
"Mr. Willis advises that the
foregoing estimate is based upon
the 1888 tax levy against real
property, not including debt serv-
ice. He states that while he has
availed himself of the best sources
of information, including the
county assessors of taxes and the
records of 169 incorporated towns
and cities, he feels that a COM
pensation of 10 percent should be
allowed for error either way.
"0f course it is impossible for
Mr.. Willis or anyone else to esti-
mate precisely just how much
loss in revenue would follow the
adoption of this amendment, but
with the facilities and sources of
information at his command. and
working as he does without bias or
prejudice, his final estimate will
probably be accepted by the legis-
lature as the most dependable one
upon which to make its calcula-
tions.
From Mr.. Willis report the
people can gain at least some
idea as to the problem which will
confront the next legislature in
providing new and additional
sources of revenue in the event
the homestead exemption amend
ment is adopted" C''i''
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-29

Radio waves of very short
lengths, four TO fifteen meters,
are being used in a new device
for treating lung assesses, car
buncles, infectious arthritis and
other diseases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-29

Mrs H. R. Move and daugh-
ter, Volina, who were spending
several weeks with Mrs. Moves
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lykes Tu--
ner, left yesterday afternoon to
Join Mr.. Move at Portsmouth,
Va.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-29

Clifton Lopez, deputy fire war
den of Kansas. who was spending
a few days in Key West with his
patents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lopez
of Margaret street. left yesterday
for his home in Topeka, Kansas.