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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-02
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1S67-NatiOnal Bureau Of Ed
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1932-Entire world aWestruck
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1S36-ConventiOn Of Texans
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IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

1. Water and Sewerage.
e. Bridges to complete Road to Main
land. .s.szz..-
a. Hr9e Port.
t. Hotels and Apartments. $3.50 sssas.
8. Bathing Pavilion.
-.
6. Aitports-Land and. Ssasg1gF s>-s
z. Consolidation of county and City
Governments.
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New dealers put the it in credit.
Time Union. Also the red"
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1927-Babe Ruth signs three
year contract At $70.000 . year
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1S36-Henry Billings Brown,
Detroit lawyer, U. S. district judge,
justice of the u. S. Supreme
Court. born at South Lee. Mass.
Died Sept. 4, 1913.
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1922 Britain's House Of Lords
admits its first woman member
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This morning by order of city
council two prisoners were releas-
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1868-Eleanor Laura McMain,
New Orleans noted settlement
worker, born in Baton Rouge
Parish, La. Died May, 1884.
1S6S-Eleanor A. NJ. Gamble,
Wellesley College professor of
psychology for third of a CEN
tury. born in Cincinnati. Died
Aug. 80, 1888.
1S85-Karl K. Kitchen, New
York City newspaper columnist
and author, born in Cleveland.
Died in New York, June 81,
1885.
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Barometer 8 a. m. today:
Sea level, 30.06.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
Find Evidence
of Glacier in
Shaft of Well
OLD LOG AND STONES
DISCOVERED DEEP
IN EARTH

Evidence of the prehistoric pass
age of a glacier over this section
of the country was uncovered on
the Krengle farm southwest of
Wabasso recently. Wood, evident
ly pine tree, was discovered SO
feet below the surface of the
ground while well diggers were at
work.
Beneath the old log were good
sized stones, nicked and marred
as if by a great force. The earth
around these material was black,
while the clay above it to the sup
face was light in color,
Located on a high hill overlook
ing the surrounding countryside,
the Krengle farm is only a quart
er of a mile from another place on
which wood was found deep in the
earth a few years ago.
Pieces of the wood, probably
thousands of years old, but in a
good state of preservation are on
display at the Shoemaker Second
Hand store in Redwood Falls.
Other souvenir hunters, however,
had carried away the stones before
Shoemakers visited the scene of
the discovery.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
GEORGE frost, SR.
DIES AT SEAFORTH
Resident of Community For
46 Years Victim of
Long Illness

Seaforth - Funeral services
were held Monday morning at st.
Mary's church for George frost,
Sr., 70, whose death occurred Sat
urday at 1890 a. m. at his home
near here. MIR. frost had been i'll
a year.
Rev. John Stolz was assisted in
the service by Rev. Kern of Lu-
can ond Rev. w. j. Skluzacek Of
Wabasso. Burial was in st,
Mary's cemetery.
Mr.. frost was born in Germany
September 3, 1865, but came to
America when he was four years
old with his parents who settled
in Iowa. In 1890 he moved to Min
nesota and settled on a farm four
miles northeast of Seaforth which
was his home until his death.
At the age of 27 he married
Miss Theresa Brey who preceded
him in death several years ago.
Six children survive, Mrs. Joseph
Shemon, Mrs. Steve Shemon, Mrs.
Joseph Troske, Angeline frost
and George and Leo frost while
two children, Joseph and Anna,
preceded their father in death.
Mr.. frost was a member of the
Catholic Order of Foresters and
took an active part in church work.
Pallbearers were John Kramer,
John Rohlik, Joe Lisy, Ambrose
Bernardy, George Bernardy and
Peter j. Schmitz.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
8 TEAM TOURNEY
TO FIND REDWOOD
COUNTY CHAMPS

An eight team softbal tourna-
ment to establish beyond dispute
the real champion of Redwood
county is planned for the last week
in August by Clark Sponaugle, re-
creational director.
Plans contemplate admitting the
two high teams in Redwood Falls
league standings, the two high In
the eastern county league, the high
team in the Sanborn league and
the highly touted teams of Lucan,
Milroy and Lamberton.
A drawing will be made after
the entries close and the first
round games will be played on
fields handiest to the towns COM
peting. Later rounds may be play
ed at a celebration in some town
in the south part of the county,
probably Walnut Grove. s
All tournament games will be
daylight games.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
MANY VETERANS
HOLDING BONUS

Many veterans are holding on to
their bonus baby bonds instead OF
cashing them, leading government
officials to hope the securities will
be retained for years as "nest
eggs"
Figures published showed that,
so far, the treasury has distribut-
ed 81, ,726, 49,, $50 in $50 bonds, plus
about $78,OOO,0O0 in checks for
odd amounts.
However the veterans have re-
deemed only 81, OILS, 10000 of the
bonds for cash. That leaves $780,
000, 900 worth of the securities still
in the hands of veterans. Veter-
ans may draw three per cent in
terest until 1945 if they choose to
hold their bonds. Final figures
will show total of 81, ,932, ,000, ,0O0
going to the former soldiers IN
bonds or cash.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
$1,5OO Posted
forAttendance
Prizes affair
3 AWARDS OF $500 TO
BE GIVEN INSTEAD
OF CARS

Abandoning the idea Of giving
automobiles, the Redwood county
fair board decided at a meeting
Friday evening to make three
awards, each of $500 in cash, at
the fair this fall.
Each of the last three days,
September %, 80 and October 1,
will be cash prize days, the awards
to be made at p. m.
The scheme will. be much the
same as last year, Redwood county
merchants giving tickets with cash
purchases and payments on ac-
counts as a trade stimulation fea-
ture.
Three bicycles will be awarded
to children on tickets which as US
ual will be distributed free
through the schools. In both cases
the winner must be present on the
grounds and report to the judges
within reasonable time.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
There's Coal In Them Thar
Hills Was Contention Here
~ Years Ago This Summer
FUEL ACTUALLY FOUND
BUT MINE FAILED TO
MATERIALIZE

All medals for fortitude must
go to Earl Peabody who, while all
Redwood Falls simmered under
a torrid 100-degree sun and sought
relief from the heavy blanket of
heat at soda fountains and under
shade trees, reflectively recalled
the summer AZ years ago when a
vein of coal was opened up not
ia quarter mile from his farm.
Encouraged by heavy outcrop-
pings of coal along the bluffs from
the Peabody place down the river,
w. S. Stowell and son of Minnea-
polls secured an option on the
farm from F. j. Peabody, agree.
ing to pay $4,000 if their coal
mining project developed.
A small track was built to the
mine which burrowed 600 feet in
to a hill about Is feet below the
surface of the earth. The shaft
was timbered up and crew of
three miners went to work chop
ping out the mineral.
Biologists who analyzed the
vein, two to four feet thick and
about six feet wide, declared it to
be lignite-a coal even now COM
monty mined and used in the Da-
kotas.
During the summer of its oper-
alton not much of the fuel was
sold, but much of it was given
away for samples and advertising
purposes.
Although it made hot fire, it was
found to leave a great deal of
waste and Stacked considerably.
Evidence of the slack was observ-
ed by Mr.. Peabody who saw 600
tons piled almost as high as his
barn. Today that pile has Stacked
away until not trace remains.
Even after two or three weeks of
exposure to the open air, evidenc-
es of slack appeared.
In the same year, 1894, the Sto-
well company also sought to de-
velop kaolin mines located just
west of the Peabody farm. Ex-
perts called it suitable for max
ing good firebrick, but not much
was mined. The clay also contain
ed some copper.
Finally the Stowell company
found the business was not pro-
fitable, and ceased operations at
both the coal and kaolin mines.
On the old Moon place, east of
Redwood Falls, another coal mine
was worked 80 years ago. For a
time coal was given free to far
mers, but subsequent develop
ments resulted in the final aban-
donment of this mine as well.
II still think there's good coal
deep under the surface of this
section of the Minnesota valley"
Peabody said. He said he believ-
ed the old mine was too shallow
to reach the coal of good quality.
"I'd like to have the money to
go ahead and test my belief" he
added, "I'm sure there's plenty
of rich. even burning fuel down
there"
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
THRESHlNC RIG
AT SPRINGFIELD
LOST in FLAMES
Blower Suddenly Started to
Spout Burning Straw;
Wagons Lost

Springfeld-John Ryan's thresh-
ing machine was completely de-
stroyed by fire Friday about 2
p. m. while he was threshing on
the Bernard Turbes farm seven
miles northwest of Springfield.
Two rack wagons also belonging
to Mr.. Ryan were burned and Mr..
Turbes lost a half load of bundles
and his straw pile.
The threshing was being done In
the barn yard, but fortunately the
wind was IN the right direction
to help save the buildings. The
Springfield fire department was
called, but the fire spread rapidly
and was beyond control when il
arrived. The origin of the fire Is
not known. While they were pitch
ing into the machine they heard q
loud noise and fire came through
the blower. The machine was fully
covered By Insurance..
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
COUNTY AWARDS
ROAD CONTRACTS
HEATING PLANTS ALSO
ORDERED AT AUGUST
MEETING

Contracts for the graveling Of
18 miles Of county roads and the
patching Of others and for the
installation of two boilers and a
stoker in county buildings were
let by the county commissioners
this week.
Jaehning Hardware got the
heating plant contract, boiler
and stoker to be installed at the
county home and q boiler at the
jail. The low bid was $2,563.
Four firms shared the gravel
ing work. Peter Cantine Con-
struction company Of Wabasso
will gravel two miles north Of
Milroy and patch other places for
1868. William Schottenbauers
bid Of $922-50 for repairing the
road west from Vesta also was
accepted.
The Star Construction company
!, of Hector was awarded six miles
of the road north from Wabasso
to the pavement, the bid being
81 ,307 while Lucius Marcus of
Raymond got 1--WE miles on the
same road for 81 1856. The Hector
firm also win gravel five miles
south Of Wabasso on the LAM
'berton road at cost Of 81, ,283.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
THIEF RANSACKS
NORTH REDWOOD
ELEVATOR OFFICE

A Corona portable typewriter, a
barley pearling machine and a half
gallon thermos jug was the loot
of robber who entered the Farm
er's Elevator company office at
North Redwood Monday night.
The break-in was affected by slid
ing open the driveway door and
unlocking the office door with a
skeleton key.
The safe, usually left unlocked
was ransacked but 18 cents, the
only cash left there, was not TAX
en-. w. H. Sommers, manager of
the elevator, had bought the pearl
ing machine only two weeks ago.
paying S45 for it.
Sheriff L. j. Kise who investi-
gated the case, the second at the
place in two years, could find no
clues to the Identification of the
robber, but expressed the opinion
that it was a one man job. The
man sought to enter the North
Redwood Granite works office the
same night by tampering with the
lock, but failed.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
.WabassoBeats
Redwood Club
in Finals, 6--1
WINNERS TO MEET LAM
BERTON FOR SECOND
HALF TITLE

Redwood Falls downtrodden
ball club wound up its Twin Coun-
ty league season here Sunday by
losing a loosely played game to
Wabasso, 6 to 1, which gave the
Wabasso nine a tie with Lamber-
ton for the second half champion
ship. Lamberton trounced Wanda,
which had been in triple tie with
Lamberton and Wabasso, % to 3,
at Lamberton.
The playoff for the second half
title of the league will be played
on Cracker Day." August 8, at
Wanda. Lamberton won the first
half title, and victory Sunday will
give the Lambs the undisputed
league title. Victory for Wabasso,
however, will give that team the
second half title and necessitate
a playoff for the season champ
ionship.
The superb three-hit pitching of
Bauer of Wabasso was too much
for Redwood Sunday and the one
Redwood run was unearned. Cuff
scored when he singled in the
second, stole second and came
home as the result of an error.
Bauer was invincible after the
second inning, only three batters
facing him in each of the follow
ing innings. Kickul opened the
fourth inning with a single but
was thrown out on the paths. Baa-
.er struck out II Reds, retiring
the side on successive strikeouts in
the third and sixth frames. His
mates, except for Curtis bobble
which permitted Cuff to score,
played perfect ball behind him.
Bevan, Redwood hurler, allowed
only nine hits, but his wildness
and five errors by his mates had
him in constant trouble. Except for
the fourth inning he escaped with
out much damage. In that fourth
frame, Wabasso counted four
runs which with their single count
ers in the first and eighth account
ed for their half dozen runs.
In that hectic fourth inning Wa
basso batted around although cred
tied with only two hits. Two walks,
two errors and pair of fielder's
choices all aided Wabasso in pill
ing up their winning margin.
After that disastrous fourth
frame, the Reds held the league
leaders in check until the eighth
when pair of errors combined
with another hit resulted in the
final run.
Redwood finished the league
season with one victory on each
half of the schedule, or two wins
tContinued on Page l2)
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
48 Girls Compete
In All Club Meet

Forty-eight girls representing
Redwood, Brown and Lyon coun-
ties took part in the sub-district
All club home economics contests
at the Lincoln school here Satur-
day, with state fair trips and SIM.
liar awards as coveted prizes.
Similar contests are being held
in key towns throughout a wide
area, scored by the same judges
and scorings compared to deter
mine the placings for the district.
Winners have not yet been an
nounced.
Meanwhile plans are going for
ward this week on the achieve
ment day program August 20
which will bring many youngsters
here, some with livestock or han
dicraft to show and others to COM
pete in demonstrations. The de-,
tailed program will be announced
next week.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
Grain Prices
Rise Rapidly
CORN AT $1.02 MONDAY
ALL SMALL GRAINS
HIGHER

Prices of small grain and corn
zoomed upward late last week and
early this week, bringing prices
well in advance of anything paid
at local markets in many months
Corn touched it's peak Monday
when number three yellow brought
S1.02 at Redwood Falls and num-
Ger four yellow was an even 81.
Meanwhile farmers took another
look at parched fields and in some
localities persisted in the opinion
they will get nearly half crop
even without rain.
Scattered northwest rains early
this week caused corn to taper off
to 81 cents here Wednesday but
wheat and barley continued to
climb, wheat hitting $1.33 We'd
nesday while mailing barley was
quoted at 81 cents. Oats were at
80 cents, five cents above a week
ago but one cent below Mondays
high.
With threshing runs rapidly
nearing completion, freshly plowed
fields are appearing in the county
and occasional patches of shocked
corn or corn stubble where the
stocks have gone to fill silos also
indicate a premature fall.
Where corn fields have been
completely Drowned by drouth and
winds, the stock and foliage are
being cut for fodder and ensilage.
Early corn seems to have been at
just the wrong stage to withstand
the hot winds when they hit and is
the more badly Drowned.
Not a few farmers, however, de-
clare that even without rain they
will get half crop of corn which
with good yields of small grain
and good prices give an optimistic
outlook particularly when compar-
ed with other regions.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
City Grants
Beer License
To Golf Club
COUNCIL GETS DESIRED
REPORT ON FLOW OF
TEST WELL

An on-sale license for the sale of
3.2 beer was granted the Redwood
Falls Golf club by the city council
at its regular meeting Monday
night. The beverage will go on
sale Immediately for consumption
only on the premises.
A solution to the water shortage
problem during dry weather in
Redwood Falls, appeared about
to be solved when Tom Seifert,
superintendent of the water de-
partment, reported that the test
well sunk above the pump house
recently struck what appears to
be a spring vein capable of sup
plying the needs of city water
'users. A temporary hook-up be-
tween the well and the pump house
reservoir will be made soon in or
der to establish the practicality of
a permanent connection. A new
gravity spring will be run through
the pipes to the pump house with
in a week to raise the present sup
ply and a second test well is being
drilled by Tom Arnett and his
crew this week.
The water struck in the opera
tions is pronounced very good. II
filters through coarse gravel anC
evidently feeds into Lake Red
wood.
The council set Friday night as
the date for letting contracts fol-
the construction of curbs and gut.
tiers on Third street, Lincoln and
Drew and decided to call for bids
on black top surface treatment fol
streets soon. Friday grading will
start on a portion of Fourth and
Fifth streets where curbs and
cutters have been completed.
Milk licenses were granted II. C.
Schmidt and H. X. Melges for the
Melges Produce company.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
|REA DIRECTORS
TO MEET With
ADMINISTRATOR
NORRIS L. COOKE WILL
CONSIDER REDWOOD
COUNTY PLANS

Plans for 20 miles of high line
serving more than 200 farms with
electricity, will be discussed by
directors of the Redwood county
REA project with Morris L. Cooke
Washington administrator Of the
Rural E3ectrification administers
ton, at Litchfield Friday.
Mr.. Cooke viii be there to at
tend the dedication of the Meeke1
county power project, the first
completed in Minnesota and among
the first in the country.
At their meeting Friday, the
directors planned to attend the ex-
ercises and make arrangements to
discuss their problems with Mr.,
Cooke. They hope to get enough
information to enable them to
Continued on page l2)
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
NeaV Ulm Woman, Survivor
of Massacre, Dies at 50
Mother of Mrs. Mike Lauter.
bach Witnessed Brutal
Killing as Girl

Completing a life replete with the
colorful experiences of pioneer
life and the dangers of the Sioux
outbreak, Mrs. Cecilia Ochs Schil-
ling, mother of Mrs. Mike Lauter-
bach of Redwood Falls, died at her
home at New Ulm Friday after
noon. Born in Erbach, Germany,
October 18, 1852, she came to
America with her parents in 1854
and after staying in the east for a
short time settled in Milford town.
ship, Brown county in 1856.
During the Indian uprising in
1862, when a girl Of ten, she wit
messed the savage killing of a
neighbor woman on her sickbed.
Subsequently, Mr.. Stocker, the wo-
mans husband and the girl escap-
ed from the cellar where they
sought safety while the red men
engaged in a mad dance around
their victim. They dug their way
under the logs while the upper
part of the house was in flames.
Mrs. Schilling was the mother
of six children, Mrs. F. p. Zsch-
unke and Miss Lydia Schilling of
New Ulm, Mrs. Lauterbach here,
L A. Schilling of Springfield and
Albert Schilling of California. Her
husband, Louis Schilling, a Civil
War veteran, died about 80 years
ago.
Funeral services were held at 8
a. m. Monday at Holy Trinity Ca
tholic church at New Ulm and bur-
ial was IN the cemetery there. At.
tending the rites from here were
Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lauterbach and
their children, Miss Mercedes and
Wallace, Mr.. and Mrs. John Lau.
|teEbaeh S.: and J. W. Lauterbach
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
Rancher Boasts Of
Distance From Town

Lamberton-A strange boast is
that of Doloss Hocket and William
Hendricks, ranchers, who stopped
in Lamberton last week.
Hocket's postoffice address is
Belle Fourche, South Dakota, al
though his ranch is 125 miles from
that city. Hendricks calls Biddle,
Montana, his home town but it's
ITO miles from his home. They
claim the distinction of being far
thest from a railroad station of
any point in the United States.
Having sold some horses at
Faribault, they stopped here on
the way back and purchased 419
bushels of grain from the Farmers
elevator. Their ranches are 600
miles from here in a grasshopper
infested and burned out region.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
Father of SO Baby
Derby Victor Gets
Trip to Calendar

Almost any father would
expect to be kidded a bit
were he to win a trip to Cal
lendar, Ontario, to see the
Dionne quintuplets but when
the winner happens only a
few months before to have
been party to winning the
first baby of the year con-
test, the coincidence doubles
the significance of the JOSH
ing.
Emil Kettner of Morgan
won the free trip at the Nor
gan celebration this week.
By arriving at 1910 a. m.
January 1, his first son won
the 1886 first baby derby, an
annual affair sponsored by
the Redwood Gazette and
Redwood Falls merchants.
Mr.. Kettner possibly can
save himself some embar-
rassment by accepting the
$50 in cash, alternate prize
for the Ontario trip.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
Board Settles
School Losses
at$6O,OO1.68
PRELIMINARY SKETCHES
SHOWN BOARD HERE
WEDNESDAY

Insurance company adjusters
and members of the school board
agreed Tuesday night on a settle
ment of $60,001.68 for damages
to the Redwood Falls High school
building and it's contents result
ing from the fire which Quilted
the struRture July IL.
The ettlement was reached af-
ter mAay hours of work on the
part d both the adjusters and
board 3hembers. Both groups had
figures fprepared on the replace
ment aue, depreciation and sal
wage.
The total settlement was made
up of the following items:
On building ...-...-...$54,213.
On contents .----.. 4,986.03
Teachers property 532.02
Watchman service 27O.29
The boards lengthy conference
Tuesday was with K. r. DePue and
Mr.. Beatty of the Western Adjust
ment and Inspection company, E.
F. Halloran of the Hartford
firm and d. A. Chambers of the
Underwriters Adjusting company.
With this step behind it, the
board Wednesday met with its
architects, Pass and Rockey of
Mankato, to consider prelimin-
ary sketches of the new build,
ing. Preliminary plans will be one
of the next steps along with es-
Inmates, considering a bond issue
and an application for a WPA
grant.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-08-06
Vesta Couple Observe
Sixtieth Anniversary

Vesta-Looking back on three
score years of welded life, Mr..
and Mrs. Carl Busitzky were hon.
ored on the anniversary of their
marriage Tuesday. Later in the
month a family reunion is planned
in their honor.
Both were born in Germany, Mr..
Busitzky 81 years ago, and Mrs.
Busitzky SO years ago. They came
to America in 1878 and were mar
ried in 1876. Their home has been
in Vesta since 1908.