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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
HOME, FURNITURE
LOST IN FLAMES
Diamond Ring, Clothing Also
Burned at Ray Simmons
Home Near Milroy

Milroy-Fire believed to have
been caused from an overheated
furnace completely destroyed the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs Ray Sim
mons near here Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Simmons were at
Humboldt, Iowa, attending the
wedding anniversary Of Mrs. Sim
mons parents. Their two hired
men and a teacher, Miss Rasmus-
sen, who rooms there, were at
home.
Firemen from Milroy and Mar
shall were called but the high
wind made it impossible to save
the house. Some of the furniture,
including the piano, was saved but
the greater part of it was lost.
Miss Rasmussen also lost a dia-
mond, most of her clothes except
ing a fur coat and several valu-
able books. The house was a new
modern bungalow and was insur-
ed.
Mr.. Simmons returned by train
Saturday morning and Mrs. Sim
mons came Monday morning.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
Will TEACH CHILD
CARE AT MEETING
Parent-Teacher Association
Sponsors Series to
Start April 3

Miss Laura Hegstad of the ex-
tension department of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, sent here by
the Minnesota State Board of
Health, will conduct a series of
meetings on "Child Hygiene
throughout the county, beginning
April 1. The series will extend
over a period Of eight weeks, with
one meeting a week in each COM
munity.
The course will include discus
sions and demonsr4 atoms of "Pre-
natal Care" Infant Care" and
"Care of the Pre-school Child" as
we'll as general information or
Nursing in the Home"
There will be no cost and moth
ers of young children are special
l. urged to attend. The Parent
her association is sponsoring
meetings here, which will be-
Wednesday evening, April 3
=. tie Lincoln auditorium.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
State Asks Bids on
Gaedv Lot Buildings

A call for bids for the removal
OF the Louise Gaedy house on Mill
street between Second and Bridge
10 make way for the Redwood
bridge park development project
is issued today by the state high
way department. The bids will be
accepted by Commissioner N. w.
Elsberg at the highway depart
ment headquarters in st. Paul un-
til 10 a. m. March 25.
The home and two small wooden
structures on the lot must be re-
moved before April Is. The house
will be vacated April 1. Separate
bids are asked on each building.
Their work completed, the crew
CT three surveyors, R. L. Towne,
j. NJ. Johnson and K. L. Hansen,
returned to st. Paul headquarters
this week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
2 ONLY SLIGHTLY
INJURED AS CAR
ROLLS IN Ditch
Lamberton Couple, on Way
to Funeral, in Accident
Near Merton

Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Grundt of
Lamberton narrowly escaped seri-
Gus injuries Saturday when their
car skidded on a stretch of ice
north of Morton on highway II
Saturday and rolled over three
times before coming to a stop on
its side in the ditch.
They were enroute to Willmar
to attend the funeral Of Mrs.
Grundt's brother, George School.
Mrs. Grundt found herself in the
backseat when the car stopped
rolling but does not know how she
got there although she remembers
seeing the dome light of the car
during its wild dive.
First passerby to arrive at the
scene was Mrs. Katherine Praxel,
county welfare worker whose
home is at Lamberton. Mr.. and
Mrs. Grundt suffered only slight
injuries and went on to attend the
funeral after helping others who
stopped, right the car.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
CHOOSE ENTRANTS
FOR STATE MEET
AT DECLAM HERE
Redwood Falls High School
Girl Loses Regional
Contest

Harvey Swenson Of Luverne
with his oratorical selection Chow
Much Land Does a Man Need
won first place in the inter-region-
al declamatory contest held Tues
day evening in the Lincoln audit
orium. Miss Jean Wilcox of Man
kato who recited "The Blessed
Damosel" defeated Miss Norma
Lang of Redwood FALL, with the
same selection, for first in the
dramatic division and James Nc
CURE of Marshall in the humor-
Gus division won first with "At
the County Fair"
The judges were Miss Maybelle
Perbix of the Minneapolis College
Of Music, Miss Laura Henry of
Central High school and Levi
Osterhus of Roosevelt High school
of Minneapolis.
Musical numbers were Corn
field Melodies" sung by the boys
glee club; "The Pals Polka" a
cornet duet played by Oscar Jone-
son Jr. and Robert Tiffany and
LA Golondrina" and March Mil
itaire' by the high school orches-
ira all under the direction Of s.
W. Limburg.
The winners in the contest will
compete in the state meet to be
held in the Y. w. C.. A. auditor
ium, Minneapolis, Wednesday eve
ming, March 20.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
Deadline Friday
For Income Tax

Friday is the deadline for pay
ment of federal income taxes. Re-
turns must be postmarked not lat
er than that day, March Is.
That was also the final date for
payment of state income taxes
but the department is out of mon
ey and has not had the forms
printed so taxpayers are given an
extension of time. Just when the
form will be ready is not certain
but the returns will probably not
be called for prior to April Is. 1t
is necessary for the legislature to
make provisions for expenses to
get the collection machinery star
ted. The solons are considering
raising state income tax rates
drastically and making the higher
rates affective on last years in
come.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
? Redwood, 2 Sleepy Eye
And One Springfield Star
On AI>District Quintet

Because of the abundance of
splendid forwards the race Tor
irst team positions was the keen
est. If there had been a place for
three forwards on the all-star
aggregation. Werring of Spring
leld would have been accorded the
third spot. Tenney impressed the
tournament fans all during the
play-off with his deadly eye for
the basket, good share of his
field goals coming from far out
on the floor, when the Cardinals
were unable to penetrate their op-
ponent's defense. Tenney was one
of the hardest players on the floor,
going at top-speed all the time.
Big and rangy, Kleinschmidt was
the spear-head of the Sleepy Eye
attack, leading the forwards in
scoring with 80 points in three
games, II of them coming in the
final setto. His size and long
reach fitted in well with Sleepy
Eyes front line. Tenney dropped
in "a scores in three games while
Werring counted % in four.
Because his size played an i'm
portant role in the Sleepy Eye
victories, Kuester won the call
over Nuremberg of Gibbon for the
pivot post. Ranking far below
Hunerberg in the scoring column,
Kuester's main forte was his de-
Tense ability. An opponent seld-
ON got more than one shot in a
Confined on Page 12)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
Auto License Fees
Payable April Is

The state legislature Tuesday
afternoon extended the deadline
for payment of automobile license
taxes to April Is. The vote was
100 to 60.
Legislative action was taken
pending further consideration of
proposals to retain the low license
fees in effect for the last two
years.
Originally the deadline was
February Is. As controversy de-
veloped over various proposals for
changing the fee schedule the leg
islature temporarily extended the
time for payments without penal
ty to March Is. With the deadline
only three days away and legis-
lative factions seemingly no near
err agreement on the basic ques-
ton, a new extension OF time was
voted by the house in concurrence
with previous senate action.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
North Redwood
Post Office and
Elevator Robbed

A total Of STA in cash and
stamps was obtained in the rob-
berry early Tuesday morning Of
the Farmers Elevator company
and postoffice ct North Redwood.
Gaining admittance through the
elevator office door, the thief e
thieves pulled the dial from the
safe and took about 500 in cash.
At the postoffice, approximately
400 feet from the elevator, q side
door leading into q store room
was forced and q hole smashed
through the wall board, separat-
ing the back and front parts Of
the building, to gain entrance to
the postoffice. The same per-
Torrance Of pulling the dial of
the safe with a clamp and lever
device was repeated and $50 in
cash and $24 in stamps was taken.
Miss Dena Sampson, who was
sleeping in the rooms above the
B. H. Kuenzi grocery store next
to the postoffce said she heard
some noise about 3 a. m. but did
not investigate. w. M. Sommers,
manager of the elevator who is
also postmaster, discovered both
tEefts. Acting Sheriff Harry Bea-
ty and o. C. Lee, operative of the
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension,
were called, but reported no de-
velopments.
It is believed that the thieves
are the same men who raided
Clements and Danube places re-
Gently as their methods were very
similar.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
Bert King, SeafOrth
Pioneer Dies; Rites
Friday Afternoon

Bert King, pioneer resident of
Seaforth, died at his home Mon
day afternoon. Funeral services
will be held at 1870 p. m. Friday
at the A. w. Hubbard funeral
home at Redwood Falls, Rev.
Oscar Joneson officiating. Burial
will be in the Redwood Falls GEM
etery.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
MYRON KURSCHNER
WILL OPEN STORE

Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Kurschner,
who have been associated with
the A and P store here for four
md one-half years, are opening a
tore of their own Saturday in the
building formerly occupied by the
ariety store.
The store will be associated
with the Red and White organiza-
ton, which is an international
group of independent merchants
said to be the largest in North
America. Mr.. and Mrs. Kursch-
Ter have spent considerable time
investigating the Red and White
Continued on page seven)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
HURT IN COLLISION

Mrs. Henry St. Clair of Morton
suffered several bruised ribs when
the automobile in which she and
her son, Samuel, were riding col
lided with another machine near
the Webb Oil station on the east
edge of town Monday afternoon.
Mrs. st. Clair was treated at the
Redwood Falls hospital and taken
to her home. Her son, who was
driving, was uninjured as was the
driver of the other car, whose
name could not be obtained.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
Father Dies

Mrs. Caroline Thomson received
word Wednesday evening of the
sudden death Of her father, H. F.
Siedentop at Kankakee, Illinois.
Mr.. Siedentop, who spent the
winter here with Mrs. Thomson,
left Saturday morning for his
home apparently in good health.
Mrs Thomson left early today for
Kankakee.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
Township Election Results Show
Trend Toward Appropriating More
for Road and Bridg Improvement
Wichman to Direct
Schools Next Year

]. II. Wichman, superintendent
of Redwood Falls schools, accept
ed the contract offered him recen-
tly by the board Of education at
the March meeting Of the board
Monday evening and will direct
school activities here again next
year.
The board also allowed bills
amounting to $S74.9S and accepted
the superintendent quarterly fin
ancial report which was placed on
file.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
DISCUSS PLANS

Aldermen J. F. Knudson and w.
L. Hardy, City Attorney Leon H.
Brown and City Engineer Fred H.
Anthony went to st. Paul We'd
nesday to confer with highway
department and bureau of public
health officials in regard to the
construction of the sewage dis
posal plant.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14

The Vesta P. T. A., band and
All club are sponsoring three one
act plays which will be given in
the Vesta hall Tuesday at 8 p. m.
The plays are "Uncle George Pops
H." "Hist, She's q Man" and
Elmer"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
BURRIS REMODELING
STENSVAD BUILDING

Carpenters have been busy for
the past week in remodeling the
former Stensvad garage, which
was leased last week by Rayburn
Burris. Partitions are being made
in the building so that it will
house three separate business
places. The center one will be
occupied by the city liquor store
which will soon be opened. The
west section of the building has
not yet been definitely sub-leased
by Mr.. Burris, although he has
several prospective tenants. The
part of the building just west Of
the driveway is also for rent, but
nothing for sure has been decide
for it either. The gasoline pumps
of the Bonded Oil station which
are in front of the center of the
building will be moved to the east
in front of the part that Mr.. Bur-
ris will keep for himself, with Of
fees in that part.
The eastern part and the back
will be used as a driveway and for
storage space, with the back shop
as the work shop of the Burris
Body and Paint shop. A side en-
trance and driveway also leads to
the work shop.
The building which Mr.. Burris
has vacated, owned by Mrs. Sar-
Chef of Portownsend, Washington,
the widow of a former Redwood
Falls minister, has been rented by
the Dittbenner and Gluth Imple-
ment company. Mr.. Dittbenner
stated Wednesday that they in
tend to move in as soon as the
building can be reprinted and
several improvements made, prob
ably about April l. The building
that Dittbenner and Gluth are
moving out of is owned by P. j.
kOlhpt
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1935-03-14
EXPECT SPEAKER
HERE ON FEDERAL
HOUSING PROGRAM
Lions and Commercial Clubs
May Hear Expert on
Building Work
Many improvements Under
way in City; Others
Plan Changes

Efforts to obtain a speaker to
explain the Federal Housing pro-
gram, at meetings Monday of the
Lions and Commercial clubs are
being made by George A. Patton,
newly appointed Redwood Falls
Better Housing chairman. Mr..
Patton has requested a speaker for
that date but as yet has not re-
ceived a reply.
In accordance with the Federal
Housing administrators program
a canvass of Redwood Falls bust
ness establishments and resi-
dences to ascertain contemplated
undermining and improvement
plans will be conducted by ERA
workers as soon as the project is
sanctioned by the St Paul head
quarters.
Several improvement projects
are at present underway in the
city while others will be started
soon. The Stensvad Motor COM
pany has been leased by Rayburn
Burris Auto and Paint shop and
accommodations are being made
in the building for the municipal
liquor store and two other
stores. Improvements are being
speedily pushed for the opening of
the Red and White Grocery store
in the building formerly occupied
by Johnson's Variety store, while
the Senter Baldwin home on East
Fifth street is being remodeled as
is the Walter Collins home on
East Broadway. The latter struc-
ture better known as the old Van
Dolah home was one Of the earl
ioct hOuSoS in Redwood Falls
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-23
INSURANCE UP
SHARPLY HERE
January Volume Increases
More Than $50O,000
Over December.

January life insurance business of
43 companies doing approximately
80 per cent of the total volume in
Marion County, spurted to $5,073,-
905, an increase of more than $780,
900, or 1872 per cent, over the pre-
ceding month, according to figures
issued today by the Insurance Re
search and Review Service.
The record for last month marks
the fourth successive month in
which an increase was recorded
over the Immediately preceding
period
Comments by general agents and
managers show that the increase is
far in excess of the anticipated pro-
duction for the month. One office
reports that its seemingly impoSsi-
BILE allotment by the home office
for January was exceeded by a good
margin; another says that its writ
ten business more than doubled any
other single month in the history of
the agency.
The agencies report an encour-
aging outlook for the entire year.
One Indianapolis agency that has
an organization throughout the
state paid for more than 100000 of
life insurance in the first IL days
of February.
The Equitable Life Insurance Co.
of Iowa has notified its country
wide organization that its Indian
apolis agency stands first in pro-
duction for January and that E.
E. Smith of the local agency ranks
first among the personal producers
Of the company for the country.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-23
~ Ss-skSs u - q - . -
HOME BUILDING
over COUNTRY
IN WIDE Squirt
January Increase in Dollar
Volume 104.9 Per Cent,
Reports Show.
By Times Special


WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-Sub-
stantial gains in new residential
construction throughout the United
States are reported by the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics to the Federal Hols-
ing Administration, comparing jan
uary with the same month last year.
The increase in dollar volume for
the country as whole is 104.9 per
cent, while additions, alterations and
repairs gained 15.9 per cent.
Permits for new residential con-
struction Of all types reported to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, De-
partment of Labor, by TIC cities to-
tailed $9,112,295 last month, against
$4,440,236 for the same month last
year.
Distribution of this residential
building activity is shown by the
sectional gains of last month over
January, 1884, as follows: West
South Central, 2273 per cent; Noun
tain, 2016 per cent; East South
Central, 1879 per cent; Middle At
lantic, 1857 per cent; East North
Central 1913 per cent; South At
lantic, 1856 per cent; Pacific, 84.4 per
cent; West North Central, 74,2 per
cent. Only New England reported
loss, with rs per cent less than
for January, 1884.
Sixteen cities reported permits to-
falling 100000 and more for one
family and two-fanily dwellings,
which are eligible for mortgage
insurance by the Federal Housing
Administration. Figures for three
family and four-family dwellings,
which also are eligible, are not sepa-
rated from those for apartment
houses.
Permits for additions, alterations
and repairs of the type that can be
| financed under the Modernization
Credit Plan of the Federal Housing
Administration totaled $12,255, 900
last month, against $10,578,0O0 for
the same month last year, a gain of
15.9 per cent.
New York City led in this claasi-
fication with $2,O93,279, Los Angeles
coming second with $891,72O and
Washington third with $704,065.
Others among the first 25, with
the volume of their permit, are:
Chicago, Ill, $316,671; Detroit, Mich,
1858, 176; Philadelphia, Pa, $3.50, 139;
Boston, Mass, $215,613; Baltimore,
Md, $211,047; Cleveland, O., $780,
$50; San Francisco, Cal, 1874;
Portland, Ore, $18O,62O; Long Beach,
CAL, $128,544; Newark, N. j., $126.-
100; Cincinnati, O., $117,216, with
$155,000 additional for equipment
installations; Oakland, Cal, S116,-
099; Jacksonville, Fla, $116,O34;
Dallas, Tex, $114,551; Miami, Fla,
$104,703; Huntington Park, Cal,
$103,972; Birmingham, Ala, $780,
1877; Providence, R. l., 3,456; Pitts
burgh, Pa, S88,365; Atlanta, Ca,
1880; Rochester, N. Y, $83,374;
birmingham, Mass, $81 ZOO, against
only $700 for the same month last
year. Urbana, Ill, reported $4,000,
against nothing at all for the same
month last year, while Honolulu.
Hawaii, reported $433O7, against
$20,968 for January, 1884.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-23

| from the chicken coop.
Despite this precedent an organ
izatiOn with the bombastic title OF
Institute of Makers of American
Explosives" having Offices in New
York City's exclusive Park-av, has
bridged the gap with consummate
ease. And in the process it offers
palliative for the American farm
er's drought problem.
Frequently the flow of water of a
drilled well can be increased by
blasting, points out the institute in
calling attention to the need of re-
sorting to the use of explosives to
replenish or augment the farm sup
ply of water in sections of the
country where drought has affected
deep wells.
Directions Explained
Ordinarily the explosive is placed
at the bottom of the hole, say the
experts. 1t sometimes happens,
however, that a hole is drilled
through water-bearing area into
a lower dry area. In such a case, it
is declared, the shot should be fired
not at the bottom of the we'll, but
at the level of the water bearing
stratum.
The exact size of the charge is
governed by the depth of the well,
the nature Of the rock to be blasted
and the proximity to buildings. 1t
is said that for a we'll 100 feet deep
an efficient and safe charge would
be from $50 to 300 pounds of so per
cent straight dynamite, while for
each additional 100 feet, this loading
should be increased by about 100
pounds. A less amount of a stronger
explosive could be used
The cartridges of dynamite
should be carefully packed in a CYL
indrical shell, ranging from three
to five feet in length, made of tin
or galvanized sheet iron and drawn
out to a point at the lower end to
prevent it from catching when being
lowered down the hole.
Hole in Shell Urged
~ SAAOCuO We OpCAl dG Tie IOp ana
have wire handle or bail to which
a special hook, fastened to a rope
for lowering, should be attached. A
hole should be provided in the point
OF the shell to permit the flow Of
water up through; otherwise, it
would not sink. The shell should be
made at least an inch smaller in
diameter than the borehole of the
well.
Shooting wells to increase the
flow of water, the institute points
out, has been successful in nearly
every section of the country pro-
vlded 1t was done in a water-bear-
ing stratum. 1t is not claimed, how
ever, that it will start flow where
water was not struck in drilling.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-23
WEATHER AIDS
PRODUCE TRADE
Price Rises in Cabbage and
Onions Bring About
Heavy Shipments.

By Times Special
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The
gain of about IS per cent in car
loadings of fruits and vegetables the
second and third weeks of February
was the result of milder weather in
the north and the rapid recovery
from frost injury in the south, the
Department of Agriculture declared
today. Recent sensational price up
swings for stored onions and cab
bage stimulated shipments of these
lines. Nothing seemed able to jar
the draggy potato markets out of
the rutS, but shipments of potatoes
are increasing as usual toward the
beginning of spring.
Potato trade continues dull de-
spite considerable activity in some
other lines of vegetables. Holdings
on track in the city markets are
not especially large, but fresh re-
ceipts are fully ample for the de-
mand. Most of the midwestern
cities report liberal supplies, slow
demand, and dull market conditions.
Price changes are slight but mostly
downward. Many carload sales of
Wisconsin potatoes at Chicago range
between 70 and Is cents per 100
pounds, and jobbing prices of Mich
igan stock ranged 80 to 95 cents in
st. Louis and Cincinnati.
Sharp advances in the onion
market brought increased demand
at shipping points and considerable
speculative activity was suggested
by sales in western Michigan at
$1.70 to 50 per so pounds, compared
with prevailing jobbing range of
$1.35 to $1.30 in midweStern city
markets. Eastern onion markets
we're slightly higher than midwest
ern on similar stock, but the top
quotation in western New York pro-
ducing sections was $185.
MidweStern white onions sold at
$3.50 to So in Chicago and New
York, and western Valencias brought
mostly $175 to 81. Strong markets
and active demand prevail in far
western producing sections. Michi-
gan Shippers were estimating stock
on hand in mid-February at about
100 cars. The state already has
shipped over 5000 cars, exceeding
last seasons total.
Prices of cabbage has reached still
higher levels since the middle of the
month, selling at two to three times
prices prevailing early in the year.
Supplies of northern cabbage are
fairly heavy and mostly from west
ern New York, although Wisconsin
is still shipping about 10 cars daily.
Wisconsin cabbage is selling in mid
western markets at $40 to $45 per
ton. Eastern markets quote eastern
cabbage from $50 to $40. Texas ship
pers are selling bulk stock at $45
to $50.