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Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
MAN, THE DESTROYER

+ Nature made the world wonder
full and beautiful, but man comes
in with his sordid notions, and
spoils this beauty and frequently
commits kind of economic suicide
which destroys his own sources of
support.
We get the finest illustration of
this spirit during the spring months,
when the foods rush down the river
valleys, bringing destruction and
death. Just now various tributaries
OF the Mississippi river are again
rampaging. In one section or Ar
kansas and Missouri, $4,000 people
were recently reported homeless.
These misfortunes are due princi-
pally to the ruthlessness with which
the forests have been slaughtered.
Forests around a streams sources
are like a great sponge, which
sucks up reserves of water. The
SHOWS melt slowly under that
shade, the soft earth and leafy
mould absorb vast quantities of
water. Before man laid his de-
spelling hand on those forests, that
vast sponge would soak up count
less tons of water, and allow it to
flow out very gradually. But with
the forests gone, the rains and melt
ing SHOWS rush down the valleys as
water runs off the roof of a house.
It will take so years of patient
forest growth to repair this dam
age.
As the summer goes on, travellers
observe the smoke of great forest
fires. Sometimes this pail of smoke
will hang over areas hundreds of |
miles across. The precious timber |
that was so years or a century in |
growing, is burned up in a night. |
These fires do not start from spon-
aneous combustion. Some care
ess man left his fire behind him.
Man takes beautiful country and
leat towns, and turns them into un-
lightly places by the ugly things he
,uilds or tolerates. 1t used to be
aid that man tanned the wilderness.
Today man needs tanning, so he will
lot create a desert.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
TEXAS WILL CELEBRATE

The people of Texas are to have
next year a great celebration OF
their Tooth birthday, which looks
back to the date when Texas became
Independent of Mexico. No part of
the country made harder fight for
independence from foreign domi-
nation. The people of the. eastern
states were more or less divided in
their resistance to England, but the
Texans were seemingly united in
their adherence of Spanish and
Mexican rule.
The world will never forget the
heroic fighting against a superior
force that took place at the Alamo
at San Antonio, where after a heroic
defense, every one of the 1870 de-
tenders perished at the hands of
the assaulting Mexicans. The Tex
ans earned their right to join the
United States, and have become one
0f its most powerful states.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
ANOTHPR TRFATY sCRAPPFD


The German government says II
Is no longer bound by the provis.
ions of the Versailles treaty, under
which it was forced to reduce its
army to 100000 men, and scrap vast
quantities of military equipment
Does this mean a new war. in which
some people will again urge the
United States to take part, and
squander its life and wealth?
The attempt to hold Germany
down by military force has proved
hopeless dream, and the worst
kind of failure. The French people
live in daily fear of another German
invasion, but probably the steps
they have taken have made a new
war more likely rather than less.
A powerful people like the Germans
can not be held in subsection indefl-
nitely.
So when they were forbidden to
have an army of any considerable
size, they formed organizations that
prepared for national defense by
various subterfuges. Apparently
great quantities Of war material
were manufactured in secret.
viii Germany use those weapons
of war, and its great. man power,
to again throw the world into chaos?
Probably not. They had a severe
lesson in 1918 of the things that
happen when a country sets out to
boss the world. But you can't blame
them for wishing to defend their
own territory, provided they keep
their armies at home. The treaty
that was exacted of them by mill
tary force has amounted to moth
ing. Treaties and agreements must
be the free desire of the people, if
they are to prove binding.
If those nations get to fighting
again, the American people are re-
solved not to be drawn into any
such insensate conflict. If our in
nocent bystanders are in danger of
getting hit in the melee, they would
better get out of the line of fire.
No more armies to Europe, is the
American command.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
AN OLD, OLD GAME

The old joke has it that you car
tell when Spring has come in any
locality, by noticing that the boys
are playing marbles on the walks
viii a Spring ever come when the
boys will not play marbles? Prob
ably not. Governments and consti-
tutions and economic systems may
change and even undergo reVOlu-
ton, but probably 5000 years from
now, the boys will be playing mar
bles just as they do now.
The various games played with
marbles constitute one of the old
est sports in the world, The game
is practically universal today,
played in all lands. Something
about the little rolling spheres fas-
cinates the young mind everywhere.
Very few boys pass through the
youngster age without period when
they contend at this game.
During recent years efforts have
been made by various organizations
for youth, to systematic this sport.
Contests in marble playing have
been held, with great numbers of
boys contending for marble cham
The game is used to
teach boys lessons of fair play.
If the boy who cheats and acts
in an overbearing manner at this
game, can be taught by such a COM
petition under strict rules that he
must play marbles like a gentleman,
you have given him a start that may
change the current of his life.
Shall boys be allowed to play !
marbles "for keeps" some parents !
ask? They argue that when the
winner keeps the marbles, it tends
o make a boy acquire the gambling |
lsbit. 1t is not desirable to have
Boys grow up to become gamblers,
Tor 10 play games for the sake of
he money they can get by playing.
L is much better if they can be
aught to play games for love of the
port, and for the satisfaction that
kill gives.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29
STUDENT JOURNALISTS

More than 1000 newspapers pub
lished by school students competed
for the nationwide scholastic press
contest, the annual conclave of
which was recently held at Columbia
University in New York. Which
suggests that not .all the students
of today conceive that scholastic
glory is best attained by hitting
baseballs and running footballs over
goal lines.
Countless men who are today
prominent in the newspaper world.
got their start by reporting for some
school paper. 1t takes brains to
produce any kind of a newspaper.
and the youngster who can write
something that his fellow students
will read and like, has climbed the
first round on the long and toilsome
ladder Of printers ink.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

You've Got To Watch Them-The
Southern father was introducing his
family of boys to a visiting Cover
nor.
Seventeen boys!" exclaimed the
Governor. "And all Democrats, I
suppose?" .-.
"All but one" said the father
proudly. They're all good Demo-
Gratis but John, the little rascal. He
got to readin'" christian Science
Monitor.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

THE OLD SAYING has it that you
can catch more flies with molasses
than with vinegar, which should be
noted by those who constantly throw
out sour remarks about their home
town.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

THE DOG is often asked to say
Speak" before he gets his bone. The
merchant usually has to speak
through advertising, before he gets
his juicy chunk Of home trade.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

GIVE. and it shall be given unto
thee" said the sacred Scriptures. If
we give service and devotion to our
home town, it gives benefits to US.
Milford chronicle., 1935-03-29

ANYWAY the home merchant is
never forgotten when people want
to raise money for some good cause.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
Mrs. LeSueur Strikes Back
at Senators in Talk Here

Processing liberalism but deny
ing any association with Commun-
ism or Socialism, Mrs. Marian lie
Sueur, whose appointment to the
state board of education has not
been confirmed by the senate be-
cause of alleged leanings toward
foreign theories of government,
discussed the situation which con-
fronts her as well as that which
faces the state at a meeting ar
ranged by the Redwood Falls Far
mer-Labor clubs at the armory
Saturday night
Mrs. LIE Sueur reviewed some
of her life history, dwelling par
ticularly upon the events of re-
cent weeks which brought her into
the public eye. In answer to
charges that she taught commun-
ism in a Fort Scott, Kansas,
school, she stated that the school,
a correspondence course institu-
ton in which Mr.. LeSueur was in
terested, offered the study Of law
to young men unable to go to col
lege and that in its teachings it
stressed the social rights of man
as opposed to property rights.
Mrs. lie Sueur's sole contribution
90 the course of study was an En-
glish text. she said. She describ-
ed her husband as a lawyer who
has always fought for the under
dog and consequently hasn't made
much money.
During the Non-partisan league
days of Minnesota history, Mrs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
Is ACRES FEED
FOR GAME BIRDS
TO BE PLANTED
Refuge Supervisor to Talk
Before Game League;
Farmers Invited

A new proposal to provide ade-
quate winter feed for game birds
will be discussed by Frank D.
Blair, game refuge supervisor of
the Minnesota division of game
and fish, who will attend meet
ing of the Redwood County Game
Protective league Wednesday,
March 10, at the city hall.
The plan is to plant $500 acres
of amber cane in Minnesota, rs
acres of which is to be in Redwood
county. The cane grows tall and
about a pint of seed, relished by
birds, develops at the top of each
stock. The cane can be cut and
shocked and is tall enough so
that it will not be covered even by
deep snow.
The seed is of little value to
farmers but the stocks are said
to make excellent feed. The states
plan is to furnish farmers with
seed with the understanding that
they will grow, harvest and shock
the crop, leaving the cane in the
field to be fed upon by birds in
the winter. In the early spring
before pastures are ready, the
cane can be fed to livestock.
Farmers who may be interested
in this plan are urged by the
league to attend this meeting. Mr..
Blair hopes to have persons in the
audience from all parts Of Red
wood county and from other near
by communities.
It is estimated that feed fur
nished by the state for game birds
will cost $4,000 this year. BY
making provision for growing the
feed in this manner, the expense
is expected to be greatly reduced.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
Redwood Grows

Screen lovers who make the
Redwood theatre their headquart-
ers will see Roberta" heralded as
the picture of the year, before any
other theatre goers in the north
west. Shown here on it's release
date, it is estimated that audiences
of less than 10 theatres in the en-
tire nation will have witnessed
the show at that time.
The Economy store is making
some changes to improve the ar
rangement and beautify the store.
The ready-to-wear department will
occupy the rear of the store, wo-
mems shoes having been moved
to the south side of the building,
New cases are being installed for
mems clothing.
Shell Service stations in the
northwest division are to handle
Goodyear tires in the future. The
Redwood Falls station has won
many company prizes in tire
sales.
Knudson's Jewelry is showing
some jewelry that was the rage"
25 years ago.
Persons not familiar with the
rapid growth of the finn will be
surprised to learn that the anni-
versary sale of the Gamble Stores
this week is only the tenth birth
day event. Almost over night the
company dotted the northwest
with friendly stores under the
direction of p. w. Skogmo and B.
c. Gamble.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
AWARD CONTRACTS
ON SEWAGE PLANT
Fred H. Anthony to Draw Up
Plans, Echo Man Will
Crush Stone

Preparing for the beginning of
work on the sewage disposal plant
in the spring, the city council at
it's monthly meeting Monday
night, awarded the contract to
draw up plans and specifications
for the plant to Fred H. Anthony
and contract for the crushing of
1880 yards Of rock for use in the
project to Frank Chapman of
Echo.
The council also appointed DIR.
c. L. Tompkins, city dairy inspect
or and named C. A. Luscher asses
sor, succeeding j. Albert Johnson.
James Bell was hired as teamster
for work on the streets. DIR.
Tompkins' salary was set at 500
per year, payable quarterly.
City Recorder Frank Hubbard
announced Wednesday that dog Ii
censes must be obtained before
April l. Fees are 81 for males
and spayed females and So for Re-
males. Licenses may be obtained
at the city hall.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
FIRST PLACE IN
DRAMATICS WON
BY NORMA LANG
Hutchinson and Marshall
Entries Win Other
Regional Firsts

Miss Norma Lang Of Redwood
Falls High school placed first in
the dramatic division at the re-
gional declamatory contest held
Wednesday night at the Lincoln
school auditorium, winning over
the best from a large number Of
schools.
She and two other winners will
compete in an inter-regional con-
test to be held next week, the
place and exact date still to be
decided.
Her selection was Russia s
Blessed Damosel." Second place
went to Ernestine Young of Mon
tevideo, giving "a Toast We All
Can Drink.
First in oratorical selections
went to Edwin Svendsen of Hut
Crimson, giving ''Christ of the An
des." Second was won by Afford
Larson of Montevideo who gave
Prisoner at the Bar"
James Mcclure of Marshall won
the humorous honors with "At the
County Fair" and Dorothy Jacobs
of Hector placed second with
Goodbye Sister"
Others who took part in the
contest were Milton Lieu, Cotton
wood; Darold Prail, Walnut
Grove; Gloria Gould, Glencoe;
Ruth Anderson, Tracy; William
Nierengarten, Winthrop and Win
ME Nelson, Milan.
The high school orchestra d.
rected by S. w. Limburg played
two selections, ''King Rose Over
ture" and "Dance of the Rose
Maidens;" the brass quartet con-
tributed one number, "Pizzicato
Polka" and the girls glee club un-
der the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Adams sang 81 Hear the Bees A
Humming" and italian Street
Song"
The judges were Miss A. Paul
inc Sanboe and Carl j. Jackson
of West High school and Mrs. Ed
"a n. Kirkham of South High
school, all of Minneapolis.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
Remember
$4,000 Buyers Make
The Redwood Gazette
Their Shopping Guide
TB Tests for Cattle
Will Start March Is

The area test for TB in Red
wood county herds will start Mon
day, March 18. There will be 35
teams, each team consisting of
one veterinarian and a helper so
that the job can be cleaned up in
about two weeks.
The test is being conducted at
this time because the official ac-
crediation for Redwood county ex-
pires August 1. By testing now,
infected herds can be retested be-
fore that time. The test is being
conducted by the Minnesota Live
stock Sanitary board and the
Federal Bureau of Animal Indus
try. All cattle two weeks old or
over will be tested and indemnity
paid as in the past, provided the
animals are disposed Of as requir-
ed by law.
All cattle owners should have
their cattle in the barn ready for
the test when they receive Motif
cation. Cooperation will make
the job go much more quickly.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
PATTON TO DIRECT
FEDERAL HOUSING
PROGRAM in CITY
Plan Canvass to Determine
How Much Work Can be
Done This Year

George A. Patton, manager of
the Farmers Elevator and men,
Der of the city council, was ap-
pointed Better Housing chairman
of Redwood Falls by H. w. Heag-
erty, field representative of the
Federal Housing administration,
Wednesday.
The administration plans a
thorough canvass of Redwood
Falls business places and resi-
dences to determine what plans
are being made for undermining
and other improvements. The plan
is to have this house to house sur
vey made by ERA workers. The
results of the canvass will be
available to all dealers in mater
ials and furnishings.
The purpose is to stimulate in
terest in undermining homes and
to make funds available for car
rying on the work. Loans will be
made through any bank or other
financial institution approved by
the Federal Housing administra-
ton.
1t will take about two weeks to
get work project request through
the FERA office in st. Paul, af-
ter which men will be assigned to
the canvassing work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
UNDERWOOD UNIT
TESTS VOTE PLAN
Defeat Townsend Plan, Want
Tax Cut, Commissioners
to Handle Relief

Put to its first test Friday night
the A. L. Gerwing plan for obtain
ing the sentiment of the farmer
toward current issues met with
what was termed by Mr.. Growing
as surprising success, when an
overflow crowd attended the meet
ing of the Underwood township
Farm Bureau.
Eleven questions were put to a
vote, with some being rejected or
approved by slim margin and
others by an overwhelming ma
jority. The questions and the re-
suits follow: % Do you favor a
gross receipts tax as a replace
ment tax on property? 20 yes, 10
no; (2) Do you favor the Town
send plan for old age pensions =?
6 yes, "a no; CD Do you want the
membership of both the house and
senate reduced? 1S yes, no; (4
Do you favor one house legisla-
tive body? IL yes, Ii no; go
Should all relief in the county be
administered through county COM
missioners "a yes, 4 no; (6) Do
you favor the livestock weighing
and grading bill; 25 yes, A no; ca
Should direct tax on real and per-
sonal property be reduced? q yes,
no; 90 Should one half of the
gas tax go to trunk highways and
one halfeto county and township
roads? 80 yes; CO. Do you favor
limiting the civil liability in GER
tain cases of owners and operat-
ors of motor vehicles for injuries
to guests and hitch mixers ? q yes,
3 no; (10) Should the state raise
three millions to match seven mil
lion federal aid money? By rails
ing gas tax, license fees or both ?
Ii yes, Is no.
Of the Is that voted on the
tenth question, IL voted to raise
it by a tax on gas, on the theory
that those who use the road
should pay for them. Two voted
to raise it by increasing the Ii
cense fees.
The eleventh question to tax
tobacco, cosmetics, cigarets and
face powder for the benefit of
schools and to relieve the proper
ty tax was approved by 80 yeses
with two voting no.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07

LIE Sueur said she was the author
OF manual used by organizers.
Her interest in the Farmer-Labor
party, therefore, dates from the
earliest beginnings.
Reviewing her year as a men,
Der of the board of education, Mrs.
LIE Sueur said the principal task
of the board has been to revise
the public school social study
course which she declared was
years behind the times. She said
that while the board has been
charged with injecting propagan-
da in textbooks, it has nothing to
do with writing textbooks and
does not even recommend them to
the school boards. She cited ex-
amples of propaganda in text
books favoring large corporations
and rugged individualism and de-
clared the purpose of the present
beard is to give youth both sides
of the story so they may be quail
flied to decide for themselves. She
cited the unusual qualifications of
the university professor elected
to revise the course
Mrs. lie Sueur declared we are
in a transition period in which we
are shifting from individualism to
collectism and said the strife be-
tween classes in this shift is UNI
avoidable. She declares no other
country which has tried the new
thought and practice has been Is
(Continued On Pare I'D
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
LIONS ENDORSE
PLANS FOR CITY
ATHLETIC FIELD
Barnes Named on Committee
Club Opposed to Tax
Proposal

The Redwood Falls Lions club
went on record Monday as unani-
mously in accord with the efforts
of other organizations to bring
about the construction of NUM-
cipal athletic field in Redwood
Falls.
Leon H. Brown, representing
the American Legion, originator
of the plan, explained the progress
made so far and showed prospec-
tive plans which include a foot
ball field for practice and one for
games, a baseball diamond which
can be used for diamondball,
cinder track and tennis courts.
George A. Barnes was appoint
ed to represent the club on a gen.
eral committee to work on the
program. Members of the Legion
committee besides Mr.. Brown are
Glenn Hillig, F. B. Macs and F. B.
Forbes.
Several sites for the proposed
field are under consideration but
no arrangements have been made
to acquire one of them. It has
been definitely established that
the property available west of the
Redwood river bridge and south
of highway 10 is too small for the
field.
The principal expense will be
for land, the plan being to employ
relief labor in it's preparation and
it may be possible to get federal
help on the cost of equipment
Once established, receipts for the
use of the field are expected to
pay for its upkeep and probably
retiie any Indebtedness incurred
in its construction.
After a discussion of the sub
ject by Ira r. Rogers, county
auditor, the club also adopted a
resolution opposing further re-
auctions in the taxable valuation
of homesteads. 1t was pointed
out that reductions in taxes made
on some property in this manner
only increases the taxes on other
property and is not real relief
from taxation as far as the gen
eral public is concerned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07
FARM ROBBERIES
ADMITTED; men
GET JAIL TERMS
Series of Thefts Solved in
Arrest of Sleepy Eye,
Morgan Men

With the sentencing Saturday at
New Ulm Of three men to five
years each in the state penitent-
larry at Saltwater and the st.
Cloud reformatory, . series OF
thefts of poultry and other farm
stock in Redwood and Brown
counties was cleared up.
The three men are Byron Mel
son, % and Eugene Owen, 10, both
of Morgan and William Volk, liv-
ing near Sleepy Eye. Nelson and
Volk were sentenced by Judge A.
B. Gislason to Saltwater and
Owen to St. Cloud.
Their arrest last week followed
the theft of crate AID i've sacks
of chickens from the Joe A. libel
farm in Cottonwood township,
Brown county. Mrs. Volk was
trailed from produce company
in Sleepy Eye, where she disposed
of the loot, to the Volk farm.
Sheriff Jack Reitter and Deputy
Ferdinand Bentzel made the ar
rests. A loaded .32 caliber revol-
Yer was found in Nelson's pocket
when he was taken into custody.
Taken to the Brown county Jail
the three confessed to long list
of robberies in the last several
months. What was stolen in
Brown county was usually dispos-
ed of in Redwood county and the
Redwood county loot sold in
Brown county, they said. George
A. Barnes, Redwood county attor-
rey, questioned the three Monday
in regard to the Redwood thefts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-07

MISSOURI TOWERS
TOPLAY ESTATES"
Saturday 1880 a. m.

Said to be the tallest array Of
basketball players in captivity,
the Terrible Swedes from Glass;
vile, Missouri, a team averaging
six feet five inches in height, will
be on display in the armory
March Is against the Provident
Life Al-State cagers.
Heading the cast from Missouri
is "Big Boy" Stoelting, who tow
ers six feet 10 inches while q
notch below is George Campbell,
who reaches a measly six feet
eight inches, and is publicized as
the "super Snowman" Complet-
ing the skyscraping aggregation
are Sam Wise and Pete Pettigrew,
both six feet. three and Carl How
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