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Evening star., 1936-10-18
.HARLOTTE. ". c.: A student
at Duke University was burned

at Duke University was burned
- when his body, coated with
shellac in an initiation. caught fire.
Atlantic City, N. j.: While Louis
Rossman was getting an alcohol rub
in Turkish bath, the gentleman on
the adjoining slab lighted cigarette
- and also Mr. Rossman!
Philadelphia: A hairdresser sham
pooed a woman's hair with gasoline,
then proceeded to curl it with hot
iron The customer died.
Joliet, W:: Wakened by his wife's
scream, The house is afre." hus-
band jumped out of bed and ran six
teen blocks to a fire house. In his dash
he passed seren fire alarm boxes with
out noticing any. The house was
burned to the ground.
Wiiiow Springs. Mo-: To sober up a
drunk rocking on his heels near coal
stove in a garage, helpful neighbor
threw pail of water on the inebriate.
From the explosion which followed.
killing the drunk, it was deduced that
the water" had really been gasoline.
Queer domgs, EN-? Well. they're just
a few random samples from the bale
of scrap books compiled in the last
year by Paxton Mendelsohn, of De-
troit, as Chairman of the Fire Casual
ties Committee Of the National Fire
Waste Council. This branch of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States decided last year to make a
thorough-going study into the ways
and means our Average Citizens en-
ploy to kill and MAIN themselves with
fire. In the aggregate, the clippings
present a grisly story distinguished
chiefly by monotonous repetition.
Everywhere people do the same fool
things in the same fool way.
Very often. too, innocent bystanders
suffer from these mental lapses. In
Arkansas, for instance, a father tried
to perk up sluggish kitchen fire by
pouring kerosene on it - and killed
the entire family of six. This. of course,
is one of the most popular single bits
of foolishness contributing to our an
nual fire toll. despite years of warning.
Kerosene burns are terrible, painful
injuries - SO are the burns from gaso-
line, naphtha, alcohol and the like.
Bristol, Ind: A 2O-year-old mother
heating turpentine and lard on the
stove to use as a cold remedy was
killed when the turpentine ignited.
Miami, Fla: A father of three chill
dren. smoking as he cleaned their
clothes in gasoline. ignited the clothes
basket In his excitement he seized
half-flled dishpan from the kitchen
table and doused the flames. He is
Evening star., 1936-10-18
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how to pick up cards
how to shake hands
and how TO make hands behave 20
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swers 70 these and other questions in an illus
trased booklet on How 90 Use Your Hands
Correctly. Although this booklet is priced at
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Evening star., 1936-10-18

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Evening star., 1936-10-18

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Camay's mildness is another important reason
for the perfect care Camay gives the skin. Tested
against leading beauty soaps-in Laboratories and
on women's skin Camay was the mildest of
them all-def~ifeiy. prorably miider.
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today on this straight path TO loveliness.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
Child's Prospect And Farm

An economist at the University of Wis
consin, DR.. D. E. Baker, expresses the sim
cere hope that his boy, now five, will event
ually become farmer
This is why, reasons the professor:
The farmer has better food, even in
times of depression, than his city neighbors
he has better health; he can accumulate
more property; he is more likely to enjoy
his work than town people; finally, and most
important, the farmer is more likely to rear
family and do his part to promote the gen.
eral welfare of the nation.
From that viewpoint, this economist
ambition for his boy ought to set up an
example for many other urban fathers.
In any event it is one bet in their chill
dren's future that parents cannot afford to
overlook.
And incidentally, laying aside the Gus
tomary jibes directed at farm life, agricul-
ture, in the final analysis is the nations
fundamental business-( McAlester, Okla
homa, News-CapitaD.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
Safeguard Rural Minnesota

New York, No. state in population, has
a constitutional provision that the big city
of the same name shall never have more
than one-half the representation in the state
legislature.
Today there are 12,6O7,575 people liv-
ing in the state of New York, of whom
7,588,O66 reside in the city of greater New
ENTHUSIASTICALLY more than one half.
up state" as that part of New York
outside the city is known, has decided pre-
ference, based on population, in legislative
representation. The arrangement, we think,
is good one. 1t effectually prevents the
tail from ever wagging the dog.
Rural Minnesota should be alive to the
fact that some such protection should be set
up in this state. The three large cities even
now dominate politically, if not legislatively.
Minnesota has a population of $685.
952. More than million of these live in
the three counties which contain Minneapo-
lis, st. Paul and Duluth. True, at the pre-
sent time, rural Minnesota has the best of
it numerically in the legislature but "the
sticks" can always be depended upon to elect
enough bone heads whom the city slickers
can work for their own purposes, particular
ly if they are the kind, and too often they
are, whom a few free drinks can make feel
important.
There has been no apportionment of
Legislative districts in Minnesota since 1918.
One is due pretty soon. Under the new set
up we now have 81 senators and 131 repre-
sentatives-at least three times too many.
The three big counties have AZ of the repre-
sentatives. In the senate they have 81. In
both instances this is about 80 per cent Of
the whole.
Population in Minnesota is increasing
much faster in the big cities than in the
country districts. It is high time we rural
ties were asserting ourselves for some such
protective measure as the constitution gives
"up state, New York. airmont Sentinel.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
Modern Miracles

4 NYONE with one eye open can see why
~ we have accidents. The wonder is that
death tolls are not larger than they
are. Here are actual observations, all very
recent, on the streets of Redwood Falls.
Saturday-Local woman, old enough to
know better, jay-running (not walking) at
Second street near Washington. Owes her
life to fact one truck driver making the cor
ner happened to be doing so carefully.
Monday-FooI driver making 60 miles
per hour on Minnesota street about time
children are headed for school. He could
have moved down half dozen and never
have been scratched himself
Monday-Truck swinging out of alley
between Second and Third onto Mill, high
rate of speed considering circumstances, not
even horn signal to passers-by,
Monday evening-Group of children
playing in street, intensely interested in
game, cars passing frequently, some care
fully, others not.
Monday evening-Local oil company
truck coming up Mill street, about SO miles
per, would be as hard to stop in case of en-
Urgency as an avalanche Car turns onto
same street in heavy traffic without slight
est heed to stop sign. Two youngsters run
across in ,midblock without looking right or
left. Three youths in new car speed by with
accelerator well down.
The miracle is that anyone lives to be
old enough to vote.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
How About It?

~ INNESOTANS have learned to expect
N frequent dissension in the conserva.
ton department. For several years it
has outdone other state units in getting on
to the front pages with first rate battles
over every phase of the departments acti-
vities
In view of this fact it is surprising that
there has been no battle over the plan to
charge parking fees" at state parks. Is
there not one member of the board willing
to 60 to bat for 'the common people" we
hear so much about at election time and who
are the most frequent park visitors? Has
the party in power fought the sales tax all
these years and then adopted one of it's own
volition?
By now the administration must have
tumbled to the fact that all parties and the
vast majority of voters oppose the rs cent
fee to go into effect Sundays and holidays
starting May II. There is still time to adj
NIT the move was not justified and rescind
the order.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
Must Be Persistent

Editors have been told million times or
more by certain men in the community that
they do not need to advertise because every
body knows them. Maybe so, but every
body can forget.
When in Columbia recently we enjoyed
visit with Floyd Shoemaker, secretary of
the state historical society. While there, an
inquiry came over the phone: "Who was the
vlce-p resldential candidate with Hughes in
1916" Shoemaker could not recall, neither
could the writer. We scurried through the
blue books" whose election figures, though
complete, gave only Hughes name in the
tabulations A clerk in the library finally
stumbled onto document with the missing
name. The man had been for years one of
the most prominent men in the nation, and
for six hectic months his name was in the
mouth of every citizen of the United States.
Missouri, Progress)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30

w. T. Moon issued an order pro-
hibiting the dumbing of refuse
within the village limits.
Is YEARS AGO
James Aiken, editor of the Ga
zette for 81 years, sold the publ
cation to Grove E. Wilson of St.
Paul, formerly connected with
daily papers in the Twin Cities
and in Baltimore.-Fire did $125
damage to the automobile of Will
liam Jackson.-H. N. Bell, Civil
War veteran, was seriously i'll
with pneumonia.-Rev. j. j. Ehr-
stein was pastor of the Presbyter-
ian chu1ch.-Clifford Eaton, editor
of the Morgan Messenger, was
placed i'm charge of the county's
exhibit at the state fair.
10 YEARS AGO
Forty-seven candidates were
initiated into the Catholic Order
of Foresters.-The Commercial club
added $500 to the public bath
house fund from the receipts of an
old time fiddler contest.-Helen
Larson was named valedictorian
and Cecilia Mahal, salutatorian of
the high school graduating class.
ID. w. Banker, former Redwood
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
Conventions

NNE OF OUR very good Republican
I friends admits that while he attended
the recent state convention of his par
~ and was present when the delegates to
the national convention were elected, he
didn't know and most of the other dele
gates couldn't say who the persons elected
20 help nominate the COP candidate for
president were supporting. He is bit cur
ious whether they favor conservative Lam
don or liberal Borah or some other aspirant.
1t was partly because conventions were
more or less managed and controlled in the
old parties, sometimes for selfish interests,
that the Farmer-Labor party got it's start.
low we hear the accusations that cliques and
not the common people of that party pick
.nelr own candidates. The Democrats have
two or three conventions and the delegates
still don't know whether they'll be seated or
have to stand
Get right down to it and how is an un-
suspectlng voter going to get a voice in
matters of this very Democratic govern.
ment?
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
OAR and Kyale

CONGRESSMAN Kvale of the seventh
district believes military training in
universities should be voluntary and
not compulsory. He and Senator Nye have
bill before congress to make it so.
Last week the very patriotic Daughters
OF the American Revolution held their an
nual convention in Washington. They had
more than one criticism to direct at congress
out the Nye-Kvale bill was particularly OBJ
Jectionable in their eyes.
War veteran, service organization mem
Der and bonus pusher, Mr.. Kvale probably
never came SO near being called Stacker in
his life.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
Changes Made IN Women's
Division of County Fair

That exhibitors may be guided in Preparing exhibits
for the 1886 Redwood County fair, Mrs c. A. Lauter
bach, superintendent of Division T. Needle and Fancy
Work. has presented the following list of changes, which
will appear along with the other list of premiums the
1896 premium book.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
Backward
Chances
so YEARS AGO
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Bids were called for the con-
struction of the Masonic hall
block.-Emil Kuenzli began work
in the county treasurer's Office
The barn and team of horses on
the Allen farm in Sheridan were
destroyed by fire.-The four year
old daughter of M. Blake of Three
Lakes was killed by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun.-D. J..
Lair was elected village trustee
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of E. A. Chandler.-Edwin
0. Chapman of Redwood Falls
married Miss Elizabeth D. Phil
lips of Amherst, Nova Scotia
The board of health composed of
W. D. Finn, Dwight Bissell and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30
Keep Up The Fight

n JEWS OF THE awarding of contract
N for the construction of a new postof-
flee at Marshall, to be finished late this
year, should spur Redwood Falls civic organ
izations on to greater efforts toward getting
a federal building here.
Present quarters have long been made
quate. Receipts have stepped up rapidly in
recent years and will continue to grow as
the city rapidly increases in population and
volume of business. The number of new
government agencies more or less perman-
ent which logically should be quartered in
such building have been spread out in scat
tered offices, frequently inconvenient, made
quate and expensive.
If there is some secret formula by
which allotments for such buildings are OBJ
tanned, the system could be learned in some
of the successful cities. Redwood Falls
should have federal building.
Each year sees some new project start
ed and carried to completion in Redwood
Falls as the city steps rapidly forward. This
wear the long needed athletic field is well
underway The committee considering ways
and means has found the council ready and
willing to cooperate. Plans are formulated
and appear destined to be carried out. The
support of every citizen in these strides of
progress make them far easier to bring
about.
Perjury, we take it, isn't very serious
crime in Minneapolis. If one has made con-
siderable money under license falsely OBJ
tanned, he may have to pay fine of some
size, but jail term? Apparently the desire
to cleanup the city isn't that strong.
Mussolini says he's willing to negotiate
with Ethiopian government officials on a
give-and-take basis. Yeah-give 'em the
dickens and take their country.-Grand
Hapids Press
There isn't much difference between life
in big city and in small town. In the
city the autos run down lot of people, and
in the town the gossips do the same thing.
Olivia Times.
Why keep picking on AL Smith because
he plans to take walk" during the presi-
dental campaign? He knows his limita-
tions, as he has tried running st. Louis
Star Times.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30

George Wederath of Morton pur-
chased Is acre field three miles
southeast of Franklin and an
nounced plans to quarry for black
granite.-Alice Stewart of Red
wood Falls, freshman at Drake
university, was one of the highest
in scholastic averages in her class.
james Aiken, formerly publisher
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30

Falls resident, died in Sitherlin,
Oregon.-The Redwood Falls Am
erican Legion baseball team lost
to Sanborn 5 to Mr.. and Mrs.
j. H. Wichman of Keewatin visited
here with Superintendent S. E..
Hargis.
5 YEARS AGO
Judge A. R. A. Laudon and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1936-04-30

of the Gazette, died at his home in
California.-The spring term of
district court was postponed indie
finitely due to the sudden death of
the two year old child of Judge
A. B. Gslason.-The Redwood
Falls High school band placed Sec
ond in the district contest at
Montevideo.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
(FrOm Another Correspondent

Mr.. and Mrs. John Dale and three
children of Center City, are occupy
ing the Ed Linehan house for the
summer.
A number of friends of Elder Bo-
strom gathered at his home Sunday
to help him celebrate his birthday an
niversary. Mr.. and Mrs. Getchell and
daughter, Myrtle, Mrs. Ida Cohn and
son of Danbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy
Stiebner and son of Siren, and Mr..
and Mrs. Larry Stress and family of
Webster attended. The young folks
participated in kittenball game. A
delicious lunch was served.
Correne Linehan@is now working
for Mrs. Ida Conn.,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudy Stiebner and
son spent Sunday at the Benson home.
Fritz Hanson recently purchased a
1881 Chevrolet.
The Garden club will meet at Mrs.
Bryson's home with Mrs. Joe Beau
feaux and Mrs. Mccormack assist
ing on May q. Everyone bring
needles, scissors and thimbles as
work will be started on a quilt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lindner called at the
Frye home last week.
In the rural declamatory contest,
Donald Kramer received first place
in the humorous section and Alice
Linehan received fifth place in the
serious section.
Play day was held at Cloverdale
recently with a number of schools
participating.
Virginia Benson spent the weekend
at her home, returning to her school
Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
(FrOm Another Correspondent

The Whitmas and Borg crew is now
working on the Hultgren hill. They
have dug out all the swamp north OF
the depot and are refilling it. This
end of the road should be all done by
the middle of June and they will then
start on the Bruno end. The new
LeTorneau machine has drawn quite
a number of people to watch its OPP
GRAFTON.
The Messrs. Christilaw, Luddens
and Jorgensen, engineers for the
state, Great Northern Railway and
county, respectively, met here Tues
day morning to decide on the new
crossing from the west. The change
is necessary to make it safer. Com
missioner Gebhardt also took part in
the conference.
Father Hayes assisted at the fun
eral of Father OMahoney of Pine
City, Monday.
Hogan Motor Sales received two
more new V-Ss this week, one is for
Mrs. Ann Edin of Duquette, and the
other is for Albert st. George of Fox
boro, Wis.
Cy Halverson was in Minneapolis
again for a few days over the week
end to visit his family. Gladys now
operates a beauty parlor of her own
and is doing we'll.
Eldred Parker is digging the base
ment for his new building.
Jas. H. Hogan and Arnold Fuhr-
mann attended the Republican county
meeting at Hinckley Tuesday night.
Highway No. % from Kerrick to
Duquette has been closed. Traffic is
,detoured north to Streiber's corner
and into Duquette on the gas tax
road.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
Brook Park High Life
High School.

On Wednesday afternoon, May 13
the Brook Park kittenball boys mo-
tored to Sandstone and played their
return game. The score was II to
in Brook Parks favor.
The seniors had a class meeting
Friday afternoon. They discussed
plans for class day and senior day
Glass day will be on Friday afternoon
May %, at three o'clock. Those who
would like to come and enjoy them
selves with the seniors are welcome.
Saturday, May 16, marked the an
nual play day in Hinckley. Many of
the Brook Park students attended.
Those of the Junior high school
who participated in track and won
prizes were Harry Spaude. who won
second place in the broad jump and
Bernice Spaude who was second in
broad and high jump and first in the
potato race.
The boys kittenball team played
Willow River recently. The game
ended to in favor of Willow River.
Primary Grades.
The second graders read "Quack-
Quack, the Fisherman" to the first
graders recently. They all enjoyed
the pictures in their new books just
as much as the story.
The story, Long Ears, the Donkey"
was dramatized recently and jointed
donkeys were made.
Gladys Eklund's fishermen caught
the most fish in the second grade
number contest.
The baskets of Donald Korsch and
Gladys Eklund held the most candy
as they had a perfect mark in num-
bers every day.
Only a few pupils who were not
clean had to stand behind the door
of the house of 1.-THE Old Woman in
the Shoe"
The pupils enjoyed learning the
poem, "a Secret" recently.
BAT Ball. is the favorite game of
the boys and girls now.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-05-21
EAST OF BRUNO

Miss Evelyn Sydow returned to Du-
luth Sunday to begin work after visit
ing at home several weeks.
Miss Shirley and Viola Rupp spent
the weekend at the Ed Rupp home
Miss Anna Rupp spent the weekend
at home.
Mrs. Erwin Plaisted and Mrs. AIDE
laide Ridgley were Willow River cal
lers Monday.
Walter Bowman and daughter of
Duluth, G. Gault and Clarence and
Lloyd Gault of Wrenshal, were callers
at the Ed Rupp home Sunday.
The play, MARY Jane" put on by
the locals at Duquette recently, was
very we'll presented and a good crowd
was in attendance. 1t was put on for
the benefit of the baseball boys. Much
crdit is due the actors as we'll as the
coaches.
Francis Melancon spent Saturday
night and Sunday at home.
Charley Southerton is doing some
redecorating at the Swan Ecklund
home.
Envy Nelson, Viola Rupp, Miss Trax-
Ter and Miss Sydoncress were Sand
stone callers last week.
Several from east of Bruno at
tended the recent shower given in
honor of Miss Weber, teacher at the
Bruno school.