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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
WASHINGTON TRIO
BEATEN AS TEAM
Boo Has High Game of SO
Per Cent Ringers, Allen
Trails With "a.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

"A n OLINE, H., August 27.-Clay-
mn ton @. (Boo) Henson, former
Ht horseshoe champion cs the
4 \ metropolitan area of wash
ington, today was hailed a. o poten-
tial winner of the world title follow
ing q brilliant exhibition at Spring.
field, Ohio, yesterday in which he OUT
shone Ted Allen, present wearer Of the
crown, who vii defend 1t In a tourna-
ment here starting Thursday.
In O team match at Springfield,
with Henson, Temple FARRELL, Mary
land champion, and Roy Wilson,
Washington star, opposed to Allen,
Evans and Mccarthy, Henson had the
high game Of SO per cent ringers and
Allen the second best Of 81. The East
erners were beaten, 341 to 336, with
the match tight all the way.
Henson Feared Dark Horse.
HENSON, three time winner Of The
= = Washington Evening Star tourna-
ment, one Of the games leading
events, is regarded as the strongest
dark horse in the world tournament,
which Is sponsored by the National
Horseshoe Pitchers Association. He
comes here with q record Of having
pitched 80 consecutives ringers in in
formal competition, o remarkable feat
If not a world mark. In this perform
ance Henson barely missed having
streak Of As. His thirty-ninth shoe
bounced from the peg and he threw
on six more in a row.
II he holds his current form he Is
bound to qualify In the big tourna-
ment starting Thursday. The pitchers
will throw two rounds Of 100 shoes
each, with the better 100 counting
In the qualification test. The high "a
will shoot it out In a round robin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
How Teams Have Fared.

How Teams Have Fared.
HERE is the standing of the teams
at present. with the number of
matches played:
First team, As points. 4 matches
played; second team, So points, 5
matches played; third team, IS points,
5 matches played: fourth team, 80
points, matches played; fifth team,
IS points, matches played; sixth
team, 81 points, matches played;
womenSs team, 43 points, matches
played.
Next Sunday the first and fourth
teams are slated to meet. The
matches are played on a club handi-
cap basis and the handicaps are kept
strictly up to date. Banagan sees to
that. He has line on every golfer
who leaves the first tee, knows how
h plays and what he scores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
Sports Mirror

Three years ago: Ellsworth Vines
and Keith Gledhill won national dou-
bIes title, defeating Wilmer Allison
and John Van Ryn, g., 6-3A6-2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27

The Montgomery County Women's
League will hold a reorganization
meeting at Silver Spring next Thurs
day night. The league expects to in
crease its membership from six to
eight or ten teams. All women inter-
ested in bowling are invited to attend.
Officers will be elected and rules
adopted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-27
Manorites at Pine Valley.

ManOr1tes at Pine Valley.
\ DOZEN members of Manor Club
n today are sampling the terrors
Of the Pine Valley course at Clemen-
ton, N. j., where the 1896 Walker
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
SHERIFF ARRIVES
DURING HOLD-UP
But Bandits Get Drop on Officer
And Manage to Make
Getaway

With the intention of warning Ken
meth Palmer of Luverne that hold-up
men were headed his way, Sheriff F.
F. Kitterman walked into the Palmer
Oil station just as a bandit was COM
plotting his job, one day recently.
The robber came of out the door
just as the sheriff parked in front of
the station and asked if Palmer was
inside. Brandishing his gun, the rob-
Der replied in the affirmative and or
dered the sheriff to get into the sta
ton and lie on the floor with the two
men who were inside.
Although the sheriff was armed,
the robber got the jump on him and
he was forced to comply. Apparently
as an afterthought, the bandit on his
second trip into the station relieved
Palmer Of a wrist watch valued at
$65. He also bothered the sheriff for
his car keys to block immediate
chase. Between $18 and $40 was TAX
en- from the cash register by the
bandit who had an accomplice waiting
in car outside.
The bandits started their operation
an hour before by robbing station
at Spring Valley and continued on
to Magnolia where they robbed the
Standard Oil Station.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
John Whittet Tells
OF Cold 81 Years Ago

While the mercury lowered about
20 degrees Thursday John Whittet,
pioneer Redwood Falls resident, drop
ped into the Gazette office to tell of
a terrific blizzard and cold wave
which struck Redwood county 81
years ago in 1873, taking a heavy toll
of life.
I'VE were experiencing mild tenn
perature just like today, Mr.. Whit
tet recalled, when suddenly January
z the temperature dropped way be-
low zero. How cold it got we never
knew as there were no thermometers
in Redwood Falls at that time.
The frigid weather continued for
three days, the "a year old pioneer,
related, and the frozen bodies of set
tiers were picked up in various Sec
tions of the county. Three persons of
a party of four returning from Red
wood Falls to their home eight miles
up the Redwood river with wagon
load of provisions were frozen to
death, he said
Besides himself, Mr.. Whittet be-
lieves that the only other persons in
Redwood Falls who were living here
at that time, are James Longbottom,
now about IS years old. and A. C..
Schmahl, n.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
THEFT CHARGED
TO Gee MEMBERS
Grips Containing Basketball
Equipment Found in
CCC Truck

Two grips or hand bags belonging
to the Franklin Independent basket
ball team were stolen from a Frank
lin cafe Monday evening Of last week
Immediately following a basketball
game between Franklin and the CCC
team Of Fort Ridgely.
Hats and caps having disappeared
at various dances at Franklin when
boys from the camp were in attend
ance, led to the suspicion that the
grips had been stolen by some of the
boys. A warrant was sworn out for
a search of the truck, but the boys
had left town before it could be serv-
ed.
Marshal Steen, members of the
basketball team and several others,
drove to the camp that night and
presented their case to the captain.
The grips were recovered the next
morning but the captain was unable
to wiring a confession out of any of
the boys. He set two Of the lads to
Franklin that morning with a note
explaining his position. He also offer
ed to press charges against suspects
if proof of the guilt could be procur-
ed. There were about Is boys from
the camp there that night.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
st. Paul Conventions
Draw Many From Here

The present week is and has been a
busy one for county officials, pastors,
merchants, farmers, editors and
township board members with con-
ventions scheduled in st. Paul for
different groups.
County Auditor Ira Rogers left
Monday morning to attend the Min
nesota Association of County Audit
ors convention which opened Monday
and extended through Wednesday,
while Register of Deeds E. H. Boil
lum, County Treasurer A. P. Falk and
Clerk of Court Frank Baldwin de-
parted Tuesday for meetings Of their
respective Offices.
Russell Whiting, Clare Hauck and
Oscar Randgaard left Sunday for a
convention of the Grand Lodge Of the
Masons of Minnesota, while farmers
were attracted by the Farmers and
Homemakers short course which
opened Monday at the University
Farm and will continue through the
week.
Among those from Redwood coun-
ty in st. Paul for the short course
are, Miss Lenore Golden, county
home demonstration agent; Mrs. c.
D. Clipfell, county home and COM
munity chairman; Mrs. George Al
Ian and Mrs. Fred G. Wells of Pax
ton township, Mrs. M. H. Sandager
and Mrs. William Alexander of Bel
view; Joseph Zwach, L. L. Pack, AL
fred Sabin and Joseph Zeug of Wal
nut Grove; Mrs. j. L. Slaymaker of
Clements and Mrs. John Morgan OF
Westline township.
A meeting of the Minnesota State
Pastor association began Monday
in st. Paul in the Merriam Park
Presbyterian church, and among
those present was Rev. G. E. Martin
pastor of the Redwood Falls Method
ist church. During his stay for the
three day meeting, Rev. Martin will
be the guest of Rev. Paul Grove Of
st. Paul. Rev. o. s. Monsoon, pastor
Of the North Redwood Evangelical
church left Sunday for the convention
accompanied Dy Kew. D. Rutgers OF
Wabasso and Rev. 1. E. Kottke OF
Buffalo Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. o. johnson left
Monday to attend a shoe dealers
meeting in the Twin Cities. A. H
Goldenberg went in Wednesday, also
to attend the meeting.
The Minnesota Editorial association
will hold its annual gathering Friday
and Saturday and several newspaper
editors from throughout the county
are expecting to attend. The Mime
sofa Association of Township Offic-
ials will meet Saturday and is ex-
pected to draw a number of officials
from Redwood county.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
Former LambertOn
Man Pleads Guilty

After several of his Is children
begged for clemency, Herbert Nc
Kirby, former Lamberton resident,
pleaded guilty recently to second de-
gree murder in the district court at
Dickinson, North Dakota, Saturday
and was sentenced to 10 to Is years
in prison. He had confessed to the
staying of his wife. Four of his
daughters and Mrs. McKirdy's moth
err asked the court for leniency.
The daughters told the court Nc
Kirby had been kind but that he be-
came temporarily insane when he
drank. Their parents, the daughters
said, seldom quarreled.
The killing of his wife had been re-
ported as accidental and q .coroner's
jury returned the verdict of accident
al death. A subsequent investigation
resulted in McKirdy's arrest and con-
fession.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
Six to Get Plaques

Six Minnesota cities and counties,
winners Of Governor Floyd B. Olson's
1884 traffic safety contest, win be
awarded plaques by Governor Olson
at an impressive dinner and program
February Is in the Lowry hotel, st.
Paul.
The plaques were donated person
ally by the governor.
All members Of the state legisla-
lature win be invited to be guests at
the dinner meeting, according to an
announcement by A. v. Rohwder Of
Duluth, chairman Of the Minnesota
Public Safety Advisory committee.
In addition, members Of public safety
committees Of the winning counties
and cities win be invited to be guests
and scores Of other persons promin-
emit IN the states public and privats
lie are expected to attend
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
COUNCIL DECIDES
CITY WILL run
OFF-SALE STORE
Mayor G.. L. Lynn Takes Over
Job of Directing Activities
Of City Government

Assurance that Redwood Falls win
have municipality owned liquor
store was given when the city council
adopted motion to that effect last
week as the newly elected mayor, DR..
G. L. Lynn, took over the reins Of
the city government from II. d.
Thorp.
The installation of DR.. Lynn and
the reelected aldermen came some
what as surprise as they were not
expected to take office until next
week. The old council met to can
vass the votes cast in Tuesdays
election, following which the oath Of
office was administered to the new
mayor and ]. F. Knudson and George
A. Patton, reelected councilmen.
John Brueske introduced the mo-
ton "that the city operate one and
one only municipality owned and oper-
ated exclusive off-sale liquor store"
Councilman Knudson seconded and
the motion was unanimously approx
ed. It was explained that this early
action by the council on the question
was taken to allay the fears Of the
voters that licenses would be issued
for privately owned liquor dispen-
saries or saloons"
w. L. Hardy was elected vice pre-
sident of the council, while all ap-
pointive city officials were renamed,
including, Leon H. Brown, city attor-
ney; DR.. Fl. B. Cole, health officer;
Oscar Warner, chief Of police and
Joseph Corbett, fire marshal. Fred
Anthony was reelected city engineer
while Mrs. A. D. McRae and DR.. E.
H. Johnson were again selected on.
the health committee. The Citizens
State bank was again chosen as the
city depository.
Mayor Lynn reappointed the fol-
lowing committees: ways and means,
Knudson and Hardy; streets, alleys
and sidewalks, Patton and Brueske:
sewer and water, Hardy and Knud-
son; fire permits, buildings and
grounds, Patton and Knudson and
band, Brueske and Patton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
New Theatre Will
Locate at New Ulm

Preliminary plans for a new thea
ire to accommodate between 500 and
900 persons were announced Wednes-
day Of last week by Ben Fesenmaier,
New Ulm garage man, who states
that New Ulm will have a new show
house within four or five weeks.
To be located at the present site of
the Fesenmaier garage, the theatre
will be leased to Wellworth Theatre
company of Minneapolis, operators of
houses in Sioux Falls, Rochester,
Minneapolis and other northwest
cities. Building will be along mod
ernistic designs, with the front pat
termed after architecture used at q
Century of Progress Exposition at
Chicago.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
Plan Scout Leaders
Training Courses

Two leadership training courses for
men interested in Boy Scout work
were planned at recent meeting in
Fairfax. One will be continuation ~
the work done last winter and spring
and the other will be for men interes-
ted in new troops being organized at
Wabasso, Morgan and Franklin.
L. A. Lavine, Sleepy Eye and w. @
Fulton of Mankato, area scout exec
utive, discussed "The Job of the
Troup Committee" DIR. C. L. Lynn Of
Redwood Falls, who presided, an
nounced appointment of the following
district committee heads: Mr.. Lavine,
leadership training; o. A. Prescott,
Sleepy Eye, court of honor; w. E.
Paffrath, Redwood Falls, camp; Ed
Palmer, Fairfax, publicity; AL Loom
is, Springfield troop organization and
Mr.. Lavine. finance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
Otto Stassen Rites i'm
M. E. Church Saturday

Funeral services for Otto 81. Stas-
sen, So years old, who died Wednes-
day night in his farm home in New
Avon township, were held at l p.
m. Saturday from the home and at 2
p. m. in the Redwood Falls Method
list Episcopal church, Rev. G. E. Mar
tin officiating. Burial was in the
Redwood Falls cemetery.
Mr.. Stassen was born in Illinois
and settled in New Avon township in
1903. He was active in township at
fairs and served as school clerk and
township treasurer. He also taught
Sunday school in the Methodist
church until his illness last October.
Survivors include his widow, the
former Miss Margaret Schroeder, to
whom he was married in 1913; q
daughter, Mary Ann and . SON, STAN
ley; . brother living in Illinois and
his mother and sister of Spokane,
Washington.
PAN bearers were Ebert Bishop,
Win Wheaton, Henry Hauptli, Rob-
EFT Day, Sherman Parks and Hubert
Whittet.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
IMPROVED CARDS
GIVEN CHANCE TO
UPSET new ULM
Lose to Sleepy Eye After Lead
ing Most Of Game; Juniors
Defeat Wabasso

A grand opportunity to spring q
surprising upset, will be presented
the Redwood Falls cagers in their
game at New Ulm Friday night.
Regarded as one of the strongest
teams in the tenth district and picked
by poll of coaches as the probable
winner of the district title, New Ulm
will face vastly improved Cardinal
aggregation. The Cards demonstrat-
ed last week that they are ready to
meet any opponents challenge and
give them q good run for their
money.
Coming from behind in the fourth
quarter after trailing for three per-
iods, the Sleepy Eye Indians won out
over the Redwood Falls Cardinals
1914 in hard fought basketball
game Friday night in the Lincoln
school auditorium.
Typical of the rivalry between the
two schools, the game was close all
the way, keeping the fans in keyed
pitch of excitement. For three quart
ers it was all Redwood Falls, the
Cardinals playing q careful and de-
liberate passing game, drawing out
the Indians forwards and watching
for a scoring opportunity. When
they saw their scoring opportunity
they dashed in and made the most Of
it. Then in the fourth quarter with
the Cardinals leading 1878, and be-
fore anyone could realize what had
happened, the Indians wiped the Red
wood Falls lead, created one of their
own and held onto it until the final
gun.
In holding the Indians to a four
point victory, the Cardinals perform
ed feat which no other team Sleepy
Eye had encountered so far this sea-
son had been able to do. In all their
previous games the Indians emerged
with more than 20 point margin
Sleepy Eye took two point lead
shc~*ly after the start of the game
when Kuester, the Indians giant
center, sunk field goal but Steve In
glis soon put the Cardinals ahead
with basket and two gift shots to
give Redwood Falls AZ advantage
at the end of the quarter.
The scoring burden fell to Ralph
Tenney in the second period the
speedy forward caging two field goals
with one handed push shots which
went through without touching the
rim. The Indians, unable to penetrate
the Cardinals tight defense, were
held to gift shot and another buck
ct by Kuester, to leave the floor at
the half at the tail end of Cardinal
8-5 lead.
Bob Paffrath started off the second
half by dropping in basket on one
of the prettiest plays of the game
and Inglis added his second field goal,
while Sleepy Eye could only gather
Continued on page eight.)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
SPEAKER Sees Pea
AS PERMANENT AID
in FARM OPERATION
Stockholders Alone Profit by
Operations, Montgomery
Tells 100 Here

Possibility of the extension of the
Redwood Falls Productive Credit as
ISOLATION into a permanent source of
credit for farmers was discussed by
j S Montgomery, secretary of the
Productive Credit Corporation of st.
Paul, in addressing the first annual
meeting Of the local organization
Saturday in the court hsuse.
More than 100 farmers and stock
holders from throughout Redwood
and Renville counties and four town.
ships in Yellow Medicine county at
tended.
Mr.. Montgomery explained that the
organization was created in answer
to the farmers plea for adequate
short-term credit to support seasonal
farming operations and is authorized
to make loans for any legitimate ag-
ricultural purpose.
"No one is making a profit through
your Production Credit association
except the stockholders" Mr.. Mont
gomery stated, "and through it you
can touch the big money channels of
the country without anyone in be-
tween receiving benefit"
Mr.. Montgomery pointed out that
the Pea is purely a cooperative Or
ganization, organized for service to
the farmer of this section and that
the farmers virtually own it through
controlling the voting or class B
stock.
"When the % per cent guarantee
fund has been set aside and the capt.
tai stock investment made by the
Production Credit Corporation re-
paid" he stated, "the farmer will be in
sole ownership of the local institu-
ton, which they can use for all their
necessary short-time farm credit and
which may even be used to further
reduce their interest COSTS. He stated
that to accomplish this, there must be
satisfactory record of payments on
the loans already outstanding and
added that good beginning has been
made in regard to the loans upon
which installments have thus far fall
en- due.
The meeting, held in the court
room, was presided over by Otto
Flom of Belview, president of the as
ISOLATION. Mr.. Flom briefly outlined
the associations activities for 1884
and w. M. Smith of Redwood Falls,
secretary and treasurer, presented
his annual report showing the volume
of business transacted by the assoc
iation during the year.
At late afternoon session Mr..
Flom, Charles E. Dahlgran of Bird
Island, August E. Jung of Hector and
Forest Croker Of Morgan were re-
elected to the associations board of
directors and Thomas B. Hicks of
Tracy was elected new member.
The association voted to extend to
non-stockholders as we'll as stockhol-
ders loans not to exceed $4,000, for
making repairs or improvements to
farm dwellings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
ScOuters To Meet At
New Ulm January 20

The annual banquet of the Mime
sofa Valley council of Boy Scouts is
to be held in Turner Hall in New
Ulm Tuesday, January 20, at $50 p.
m. according to the announcement
made by DR.. C. L. Lynn, local chair
man, who is in charge of ticket sales
for the banquet.
All registered Scouters and any
other men interested in the Boy Scout
program are eligible to attend. A
worthwhile program has been develo-
ped by the council program commit
tee.
The executive board Of the council
will hold its annual business meeting
at 4 p. m. the same day,
Local Scouters who are expected
to attend include: E. A. Johnson, Viii
lard Duea, Rev. j. p. Linn, Ira r.
Rogers, A. P. Falk, DR.. A. Asleson,
w. E. Paffrath, L. r. Ewart, George
Townsend, DR.. C. L. Lynn, ]. L. Par
sons, Fred Macs, John Krieger, L. o.
Alexander, Rev. G. E. Martin, C. II.
Burmeister, E. 81. Bollum and DR.. e.
H. johnson.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
Gazette Will Be official
County Newspaper IN 1885
Commissioners Award Contract
at Annual Meeting; End
Session Friday

The Redwood Gazette was desig-
mated as the official newspaper of
Redwood county for 1886 at meet
ing of commissioners Thursday af-
ternoon.
The personal property tax list APP
pears in this issue and the county
financial statement and delinquent
tax list will be published in early is
sues of The Redwood Gazette and Of
fetal proceedings of the board will
be published throughout the year.
The Lamberton News was desig-
mated as the second newspaper to
publish the financial statement as re-
quired by law passed by the last
legislature.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-01-17
Breaks Left Leg;
Has 1t Amputated

Mrs. John De Vetter is in crit
ical condition at the Marshall hospi-
tai where she had her left leg ampu-
tated following an accident at her
home in Minneota.
Mrs. De Vetter went into the pam
trv at her home where q cellar door
had been left open. She fell into the
opening, breaking the left leg above
the ankle. The bone was set and she
was taken to the hospital at once.
but gangrene set in, making it nec-
essary for the member to be ampu-
tated.