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The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
OLIVER WELDON
ENLISTS IN NAVY

Wabasso-Oliver Weldon, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G. We'll
don of Wabasso, left Saturday
morning for Mankato where he
took preliminary examinations for
the navy. He was found satisfac-
tory there and at Minneapolis
where he took his final examina-
ton Monday, and left for San
Diego, California Naval Station,
where he will receive a IL weeks
preliminary training and then be
assigned to one of the ships in
the fleet.
Mr.. Weldon has been waiting
for enlistment since last January
as applications are considered in
the order of seniority. There
were four men enlisted from the
Mankato recruiting station for
July. From the Minneapolis re-
cruiting area there were SO en-
listed. This area consists of Min
nesota and North Dakota and a
few counties in Wisconsin.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
10000 WATCH
TROOP REVIEW
Camp Ripley Presents States
Greatest Peacetime Army
Demonstration

Little Falls-While airplanes of
the 109th squadron, 34th division,
circled overhead, Minnesota's
greatest peacetime military pa
geant was conducted here Sunday,
before an estimated crowd of TO-
90. Company L of Redwood Falls
took part and many friends were
in the crowd.
Major General Matthew A. Tin
ley of Council Bluffs, Iowa, COM
manding general of the 34th di-
vision, reviewed units of his own
division and those of the 92d in
fantry brigade, an independent
organization of Minnesota regi-
ments, as the mile and half line
of marchers passed by.
These included the 34th division
headquarters company of 109th
field signal company and units of
the 68th infantry brigade, COM
manded by Brigadier General Da-
vid S. Richie of Valley City,
North Dakota. The 164 Infantry
band, musical organization of the
North Dakota regiment, gave the
leading half of the parade two
bands.
Likewise, included in the parade
although not part Of the 34th
division, were the 205th and 206th
infantry regiments, whose bands
provided another pair of musical
organizations for the huge cere-
mony. These two regiments are
commanded by Colonel Ivan Bow
en- of Minneapolis and Colonel
Frederic G. Stutz of st. Paul.
Composing the 92d brigade with
its headquarters company, this
part of the parading group was
led by Brigadier General Frank
E. E. Reed of Minneapolis.
The crowd was the largest Camp
Ripley has seen since it was estab-
lished in 1880. More than 1000
soldiers were in the line of march.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Sinclair Station to
Be Opened Saturday

The Sinclair Service station To-
Gated on the parkway at Minneso-
ia street will be officially reopen
ed Saturday, July 20. The station
was closed March and since then
has been turned completely
around, so that it now faces south
and has its pumps and driveways
on the new parkway road. It pre-
viously faced north on Bridge
street.
Glenn Conners has taken over
the management of the station,
formerly managed by Max Pet
tbs. His assistant will be named
soon.
The interior of the station Of
fee and grease and wash room
will be re-decorated and the latest
type gasoline pumps have been
installed. Sinclair products will
be handled as before. Carl r..
Bierke is bulk manager.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Farmers Elevator
Broken Into Friday

For the third time this year,
burglars entered the Farmers
Elevator in Redwood Falls and
went away disappointed Friday
night.
Opening the place next morning,
elevator employees found that the
door of the lumber shed, connect
ed to the building, had been pried
open and panel between it and
the office had been knocked out
in gaining entrance. As no money
is ever kept overnight in the of
fee, nothing was taken but few
gas coupon books.
Tools, stolen from the railroad
Toulouse, also looted that night,
were found scattered about the
office floor, but there were no
other clues for Sheriff L. j. Kise
who was notified, to work on.
It is believed that the burglar
is the same person, or persons
who attempted the other elevator
robberies, as the place has been
entered in the same way each
time.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
1874 ENROLL FOR
SWIMMING COURSE
Standard Diving Platform
and Board Added to
Lake Equipment

With 1914 pupils, far more than
were expected, registered in the
Red Cross swimming classes at
Lake Redwood. Melvin Kranke of
st. James, is arranging for a
water pageant to be held a. week
from Sunday, at the end of the
schedule.
A special feature of the pageant
will be diving demonstrations and
clown acts by Richard English and
Francis Randall, also of st.
James, who with Mr.. Kranke are
camping in Ramsey park. They
also will do trick surf board rid
ing if it is possible to procure a
motor powerful enough to pull
the board.
Wednesday afternoon a stand
ard diving platform and board
was put up in Lake Redwood and
a tower, formerly used on the
diving float was added to it. Ma
terials for the improvement were
furnished by the city and the Red
Cross paid for the labor.
Classes, now in the course of in
SCrucClOn, Will use the plaCIOrm IN
diving contests during the forth
coming pageants. Life-saving de-
monstrations and swimming races
will also be a part of the enter
tainment.
There are 95 beginners and 81
swimmers or intermediates regis
tered with AZ in the life-saving
class and Is in the adult morning
and evening classes.
When he finishes the two weeks
course here, Mr.. Kranke will go
to Lamberton to conduct simil-
ar school there.
At 9 a. m. married women's
classes are held, followed by be-
ginners lessons at 9:45. The
swimmers class in which pupils
are taught to develop their
strokes, diving and preparation
for junior and senior life-saving
comes at 1915 a. m.
Life saving and diving is sch
eduled from 2::30 to $3.50 p. m.
and in the evening a business
mems and women's class is being
held at z p. m.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
STATE CRIMINAL
BUREAU STATION
TO Be POWERFUL
Newly Appointed Supervisor
Says Radio Outfit Here
Will Be Last Word
Expect Construction to be
Started About August l;
Day Range 100 Miles

Redwood Falls will have the
finest criminal apprehension radio
transmitter in the United States,
according to Putnam M. Smith,
newly appointed supervisor OF the
projected station who came here
Tuesday with Mrs. Smith and his
two sons to arrange for a home
into which they expect to move
August 16.
Mr.. Smith, for 20 years a MEM
Der of the St. Paul police force,
will resign his position as super
visor of the St. Paul police radio
station to come here as supervis-
or.
Lauding the work of Melvin c..
Passolt, state criminal apprehen-
sion chief, Mr.. Smith commended
his selection of DR.. Henry f..
Hartwig of the University of Min
nesota's electrical engineering
department, who, as consulting
engineer, drew up the plans and
specifications for the stations
transmitter.
To Begin August 1
"They are the best ever
saw" said Mr.. Smith, adding that
bids for the construction of the
mechanism will be opened July %
and that actual building will prob
ably begin August 1, taking from
60 to 80 days for completion.
Highway patrolmen, two OF
whom will headquarter in Red
wood Falls, and sheriffs through
out wide area will have specially
designed receiving sets, equipped
with an extra antenna and coil,
which will double the normal COW
erage of the station, which usu-
ally is SO miles in the daytime.
The sets will also be sensitized so
that, by simply twisting dial,
officers will get reports from the
station here. from st. Paul and
Minneapolis local police stations
or from WCCO which often in
terrupts it's program to give out
police bulletins.
To Have 8 Operators
For the first two years of its
operation, the station will employ
three operators, acting also as
annOuncerS and the supervisor,
Mr.. Smith. 1t is hoped that its
scope will be enlarged after that
to employ bigger crew and that
more stations will be added to the
system. Open "a hours a day, the
station will direct broadcasts to
sheriffs throughout southwestern
Minnesota, who will be required
to keep special receiving sets in
their offices tuned in throughout
the day.
At night, when interference is
at a minimum, the range of the
station will be greatly increased,
Mr.. Smith says. Broadcasts be-
tween it and the Michigan and
Iowa state police who have SINH
lar systems will be carried on
continually. Five hundred watts
will be the approximate power of
the transmitter, he believes.
The efficiency of the station, to
be located in an extra upstairs
cell at the county Jail, will be
such that a call may be put on
the air 10 seconds after it is re-
ceived, the supervisor says.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Rust Attacks Wheat
Crop; Rye Excellent,
Oats, Barley Varied

With binders in the field this
week, reports on crop conditions
were generally somewhat less op-
timistic than a few weeks ago al
though yields will be far better
than last year.
Black rust attacked wheat some
time last week and in short order
reduced what had looked like an
excellent crop to what several
farmers described as Chicken
feed" Some brands of wheat were
reported to be resisting the attack
better than others, however. Red
wood county's wheat acreage is
not large compared with other
crops.
Rye is reported to be excellent
while barley and oats are lodged
to some extent and in some cases
will not come up to expectations
although in many places yields
will be splendid. Cutting was just
starting in the northern part of
the county this week but was well
underway in southern townships.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Klingman IN Magazine Interview,
Gives Personal Success Formula

manager of the St. Paul office
which then was producing about
$4,000 of business per year.
By 1927 the annual volume of Mr..
Klingman's office had been built
to $45,OOO,000.
On salesmanship, Mr.. Klingman
says, "The first step is to have
something that you believe in so
aggressively it amounts to a re-
ligion.
Another important thing" he
said in the interview, "is to sell
among people you really know. I
don't necessarily mean people you
know personally. I'm thinking
about people whose backgrounds
and problems and ways of doing
things are a familiar story to you.
To present something to pros
pect in such a way that he's apt
to want it, you have to be able
to talk about it in that particular
prospects own language - to
show him where and how it fits
his circumstances. helps solve his
problems and achieve his ambi-
tions."
Mr.. Klingman recommended
studying successful men with a
view to making self improvements
from their pattern. In this re-
spect he is an outstanding ex-
ample of a man who did not COM
nlain of his breaks" but with un-
tiring energy, made q place for
himself in the business world, ris-
ing from q most humble beginn-
ing.
Asked what one thing is respon-
sible for holding people back, he
replied, II would say that most of
US are inclined to think little too
much about our difficulties-we
let down just short of the best
that's in u.s."
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
HIGHWAY IA Will
BE HARD-SURFACED
Delegation from South Part
of County Gets Promise
of Highway Chief

Delegates from Lamberton, Re-
we're and Walnut Grove in Red
wood county and other towns
along Highway IA who interview
ed N. w. Elsberg, state highway
commissioner, last week were as
sured that the small remaining
unpaved strip between Revere and
Walnut Grove will be paved this
summer and that the section west
of Balaton will receive bituminous
treatment, making it the first
hard surfaced road extending
completely across the state.
Twenty-Five men went before
the commissioner, expecting to
request that the stretch from Bal
atom to the South Dakota line be
included in paving projects. They
learned that paving plans for the
year are complete but that part
of the road near Balaton is like
ly to be in 1886 lettings.
The delegation complained that
dust conditions made the west end
of the route extremely hazardous
and after a conference, highway
officials agreed te give the Sec
tion bituminous treatment.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Ditch Bonds Heaviest Part
of County Indebtedness;
City Rates Well

Redwood county and its town
ships, villages, city and school
districts have outstanding in
debtedness totaling $1,410,887.56
which amounts to $68.42 for every
man, woman and child, based on
the 1880 census which gave the
county a population of 20,620.
Of this amount the greater por-
ton is indebtedness of the county,
which amounts to $1,O07, 500 and
is entirely ditch bonds which are
a lien against the property bene-
fitting from bitches built years
ago.
School districts owe the next
largest share, a total Of $288, ,442.-
81 of which $273,753.53 is out
standing bonds less sinking funds
set aside to retire them and $14,-
6S9.38 is outstanding warrants
and certificates in excess of funds.
All figures given here are as Of
December 81, 1884 as contained in
the eighth annual report of inter-
est bearing debts of Minnesota
and it's municipalities issued last
week by the Minnesota Tax Com
mission.
Townships of the county are
bonded for $4,000 (all road and
bridge bonds) in excess of sinking
funds and owe an additional
$2,4O0 in excess of funds. City
and villages account for the re-
naming $100,444.65 of which
$78,980.03 is outstanding bonds
less sinking funds. $67,50O of the
bonds are sewer and water bonds.
Redwood Falls net bonded in
debtedness (included in the figure
for city and villages) is $50, ,98O.O3
and outstanding warrants and
certificates in excess of funds are
listed at $16,939.9O. The 1884
value of real and personal pro-
perty in the city was $894,244 of
which the percentage Of indebt-
edness was 5.36. Only five Min
nesota towns among the 81 with
populations between 1000 and
5000 have a lower percentage
of Indebtedness. They are Blue
Earth, Sleepy Eye, Springfield,
Tracy and Shakopee. Only Blue
Earth, Gilbert, Luverne, Nash
wauk and Keewatin among the 81
are listed as having higher tax
able values.
The taxable value of the county
is given as $12,839,0O7 which
makes the percentage of total
debts to taxable value 1899. FL
fty-three Of Minnesota's 81 coun-
ties have lower percentages and
65 have lower per capita indebt-
ednesses, which is directly attri-
butable to the fact that only three
other counties of the state have
ditch bonds in excess of million
dollars, Renville with $2,161, 900,
Blue Earth (Mankato, county
seat) with $1,O27,5 500 and Free
born with $1,OO4,5O0.
Renville county's total indebt-
edness is $2,812,437.41 which is
20.06 per cent of its taxable value
and $118.94 per capita. Of this
So, 1866 is township indebtedness,
$116, ,683.88 is city and village
debts and $3.50, ,92O is owed by
school districts.
The average per capita indebt-
edness of Minnesota counties,
Continued on Page 12)
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
CITIZENS BANK
TAKES NEW SITE

The Citizens State bank moved,
over the weekend, from the build
ing it has occupied several years
at Second and Washington streets
to the former State Bank and
Trust company building on Sc
cond street which it recently pur-
chased.
The building was completely re-
decorated, even to the furniture,
by Grover Mansfeldt and provides
far more ample quarters for the
institution. L. r. Ewart, vice
president, this week expressed his
appreciation for the many bou-
quets and congratulations receiv-
ed.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Stop Relief Work to Supply Needed Harvest Hands
Second Death Results From Car Accident at Franklin
ASLESON, HILLIG
AGAIN ON BOARD

With only 62 votes cast, one of
which was not marked, Clarence
A. Hillig and DR.. Albert Asleson
were reelected to the school
board of independent district
one at the annual meeting Tues
day evening.
Mr.. Hillig received 81 votes and
DR.. Asleson, SO. Mrs. George A.
Barnes name was written in on
one ballot. DR.. Asleson is presi-
dent of the board, an office which
he held some years ago and was ell
ected to again two years ago. Mr..
Hillig is now beginning his Sc
cond term as a board member.
Reports of the clerk and treas
urer were read and accepted and
it was voted to meet at 1880 p. M,
as has been customary, next year.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
OBSTACLE STANDS
IN WAY OF EVAN
BANK TRANSFER

The banking situation took an
other turn this week when minor
ity stockholders of the State Bank
of Evan filed a request for a tenn
porary injunction restraining ma
jority stockholders from moving
the bank to Redwood Falls.
The district court granted the
petition brought by C. d. Griffith,
large minority holder in the bank,
who wants to see it liquidated in
stead of moved, We are informed.
A hearing on request for a per-
manent Injunction will be held
July 26.
Since papers also were served
on officials of the state banking
department, the hearing on an
application for permission to
move the bank scheduled for
Tuesday was not held.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Scenic City May Send
Official State Band

Hoping to have the Scenic City
band named the official one for
Minnesota day at the San Diego
exposition October 5, S. w. Linn
burg, director of the organiza-
tion, Robert Keefe, business man
ager and S. B. Duea will go to
st. Paul today to confer with
julius A. Schmahl, slated as the
principal speaker for the day.
Mr.. Schmahl is very anxious to
deliver his address with his home
town band as a background. He
has previously urged that the peo-
pie of Redwood Falls promote the
trip.
Plans are to take 40 members,
instead of 25 as originally planned
when the band was scheduled to
play in San Diego August IA, Is
and 16,
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
VERN ROBERTS,33,
FONETTAROBlNSON
FATALLY INJURED
Mrs. Don Inglis in Hospital
With Painful Injuries
About Chest
Rites for Well Known Young
Man to be Held Friday
at M. E. Church

The death Tuesday night
of Miss Fonetta Robinson Of
Tracy was the second result
ing from an automobile acci-
dent near Franklin early
Saturday morning in which
Vern Roberts of Redwood
Falls was fatally hurt and
Mrs. Don Inglis, also of Red
wood Falls, suffered painful
injuries.
Miss Robinson sustained a
broken back and dislocated hip,
Mr.. Roberts several fractured
ribs and internal injuries and
Mrs. Ingis fractured ribs and a
broken sternum when the car in
which they were riding left the
road, plowing deep into the soft
turf at the road edge and somer-
saulted completely over, righting
itself before stopping.
Mrs. Inglis, recovering from a
recent illness in the hospital, had
asked Mr.. Roberts, neighbor, to
drive her and Miss Robinson, her
house guest, to Gibbon to get Mr..
Inglis who was making collections
there for the j. 1. Case machinery
company. They took the Inglis
car and were on their way to
Gibbon when the accident occur
red. The car, a new Plymouth
coupe, was a total wreck.
Found by Passersby
John Brown of Morton, accom-
panied by Miss Alice Tweet of
Franklin, came by soon after the
accident and their attention was
attracted by one light on the car
which was still burning and by
Mrs. Inglis who had been able to
reach the road. They found Miss
Robinson about so feet beyond the
front Of the car while Mr.. Rob-
erts lay close to the rear wheel of
the car. While they were getting
them into their car, Don Inglis
who had found a ride back from
Gibbon. came by and helped bring
them here.
Funeral services for Mr.. Rob-
erts will be held Friday at 1:3O
at the Vern Roberts home in the
Redwood apartments and at 2 p.
m. at the Methodist Episcopal
church of which he had been a
member since childhood. The home
service will be for members of
the family only.
Rev. G. E. Martin will have
charge of the church services and
burial will be in the Redwood
Falls cemetery. Redwood Falls
business places will close during
the funeral.
Leaves Three Children
The body will lie in state at the
Odlaug Funeral parlors from 10
a. m. until z p. m. Thursday.
Besides his wife, the former
May Belle Nelson of Halstad and
his children, David Livingston,
Anne Louise and the yet unnamed
baby, he leaves his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. w. R. Roberts, his broth
ers, Everett, Charles and Donald
Roberts, all of Redwood Falls and
a sister, Mrs. Vernon Worrall Of
Park Rapids.
Mr.. and Mrs. Worrall and Char
les Roberts who has been at Camp
Ripley with Company L came to
Redwood Falls Sunday evening
when his condition was reported
as very serious.
Born in Arlington, November
z, 1901, Vern came here with his
parents about 25 years ago. He
attended the local schools and
Continued on Page l2)
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Rites Held Monday
For Mrs. Ben Boyer

Mrs. Ben Boyer, Al, died at II
a. m. Saturday morning at her
home on a farm near Wabasso af-
ter an illness of a few months.
She is survived by her husband
and two daughters and a large
number of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held at 2
p. m. Monday at the Lutheran
church at Wabasso with the past
or, Rev. E. Bauman, in charge.
The pail bearers were Raymond
Boyer, Roy Werner, Orvie Hohne,
Milton Hohne, William Zimmerli
and David Smith. Burial was in
the Lamberton cemetery.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
$68.42 Per Person Would
Pay Redwood County Debt
REDWOOD WINS
GOLF TOURNEY

Winning the medal play tourna-
ment "a up and turning in a total
score SO lower than that of their
opponents, Redwood Falls golfers
took their second match of the year
from Marshall here Sunday with
"a players engaged.
Palmer Kise, with a 78 and Lor-
EMO Ziegler, playing 81, were low
men for Redwood Falls and the
tournament. Hitler and Wilson of
Marshall played 83 and 85, re-
spectively to keep Marshall scores
down.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
WORK ON SEWAGE
PLANT TO START
EARLY IN AUGUST

Bids for the construction of a
secondary sewage treatment plant
for which bonds were voted at the
January election, will be opened
by the city council July 20.
Specifications, drawn up by F.
II. Anthony, city engineer, include
housing over the present Imhof
tank, completion of the sludge
drying bed, trickling rock filter
and housing for it, dosing and
resettling tanks and pumphouse
and sludge pump.
Contracts will be let immediate
ly after the bids are opened, and
the work will begin at once, it is
expected.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
Brookville Party in
Storm at Leech Lake

Having several nearby trees
crash down around their cottage
as it rocked in q tornado wind,
was the experience Of Brook
vile township party which visit
ed at Leech lake in northern Min
nesota last week.
v. X. Russell, j. P. johnson,
William Erickson, Ray Hanson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Schultz
were in the group. A nearby cot
tage was torn from its foundation
and it required q days work to
get trees out of the way so that
they could move their car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Schultz also vis-
tied at the Clarence Klante home
so miles south Of Leech lake. They
returned Saturday morning with
their limit Of pike.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
PLACES IN CONTEST

Jack Tout, salesman for the
Redwood Falls Motor company,
placed eleventh among men from
four states entered in the district
Ford salesmen's lecture contest
held at st. Paul last week.
Mr.. Tout won the zone contest
here, one of II in the Twin Cities
district which includes Minnesota,
South Dakota, Wisconsin and To-
wa. He was awarded a silver pin.
L. v. Meecham Of Slayton plac-
ed first in the district meet, re-
ceiving . cash prize Of $125.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
DAWSON IMPROVING

Walnut Grove-Fred Fl. Daw-
SON. Redwood county representa-
tive in the state legislature, is
recovering rapidly from the aft
fects of a stroke which he suffer-
ed last week.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18
MAILMEN TO PICNIC

The annual picnic gathering Of
Redwood county rural mail car
riers will be held in Kuhar park
near Lamberton, Sunday.
The Redwood gazette., 1935-07-18

The Redwood Grocery will
close at IL a. m. Friday and
remain closed during the bal
ance of the day.