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promise in a letter received by an old
friend here yesterday.
Written March 26 and bearing the
blue and orange stamps engraved with
the likeness of the King of Kings, it
showed the fighting ENJOYS wife was
busy at the time planning new chintz
for her parlor and q new kitchen
stove
Life is simple and very pleasant"
she wrote. I'VE have large piece of
property and it is far more like q
farm than a legation. It is a mar
velous place for the children"
The letter was written to Miss Ann
Gray. a secretary in the Reconstruc-
ton Finance Corp.
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irons Committee: Miss Dorothy Mes
line, floor; Miss Mary Keefs, prizes;
Miss Marie Jones, tickets; Miss Cath
crime Bowers, decorations, and Mrs.
Richard Birmingham, arrangements.
Students of Immaculate Conception
Academy also will assist in the ar
rangements. Music will be furnished
by Pete Macias and his orchestra.
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Emily Post

Sundays Other Features
Get your copy Of :.'THIs WEEK"
with this newspaper, Sunday.
Besides Mrs. Posts article, it con-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
family: A Mothers Day cover,
by ]. Knowles Hare, reproduced
in full color and suitable for franz
ing "Tomorro,0 at. Ddcn,"
Gregorio Somers' story of love
in a Latin American revolution
80. Elsie McCormick's article on
the life of Fred Allen Indian
Captipe," in which the talented
Elsie Singmaster tells a tale Of
mother love in the covered wagon
days D.. and a number Of other
stories to please every taste,
whether it be for romance, mys-
terry, or humor.
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CARD PARTY AND DANCE
PLANNED BY CATHOLICS

Arrangements are nearing compile
ton for the card party and dance
sponsored by the Washington Cath
Ole Radio Hour, to be held May 10
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CONFERENCETO HEAR
MISSION TRAVELLER
DR.. Fred Field Goodsell Sees New
Era in Christian
Effort.

DR.. Fred Field Goodsell. executive
vice president of the American Board
of Commissioners for Foreign Missions,
recently returned from an eight
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EMILY POST EXPOSES THE
"GREAT AMERICAN RUDENESS"
Describes Social Error
Committed Even In
Best Homes

VLIHAT is the great American
w rudeness"? Emily Post,
noted arbiter of etiquette, says
it's the practice of serving the
hostess first at the table.
How this practice began, why
some of our best families think
it's excusable, are explained in
Mrs. Posts article in next Sum
days issue of "THIS WEEK. I"
Mrs. Post also names the few oc-
casions when it is proper to serve
the hostess first, and tells how to
be correct, yet always practical
in this matter of serving.
~Hostess Article" EUery Week
This is just one of the new series
on foods and entertainments that
"THIS WEEK" isrunning weekly
for the benefit of it's women
readers. Besides Mrs. Posts ar
ticles, this series presents the
menus that well-known hostesses
use to intrigue their celebrated
guests. All these suggestions are
not only unusual, but simple
enough to be followed in your
own home.
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If You Are Troubled With
RHEUMATISM

To relieve the tortures Of rheumatic. ar.
thritie and neuritis pains. drink Mountain
Valley Mineral Water direct from famou,
Hot Springs. Arkansas. Mildly alkaline
Deeply satisfying. Endorsed by physicians
for over 80 years. Phone for booklet.
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
Met 1852 IiOS X st. NV,
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Ethiopia

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The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
$l2.lO PER ACRE
AVERAGE PAYMENT
FOR SOIL SAVING
NEW RULINGS OUTLINED
OLD RULES ARE
CLARIFIED

Redwood county's average soil
conservation payment will be S12.-
10 per acre, it was learned here
this week. Payments will vary
according to yields as reported
for base years.
Several rulings clarifying and
in some cases changing the regu-
lations were announced this week
as follows:
Q) Notifications approved to
permit nearly every farmer to
qualify for payment based upon
compliance shown: This means
that if you have less soil depict
ing acres in 1886 that you had in
1885 (last year or base year, for
a parcel of land covered by work
sheet and representing an identj
cal parcel of land whether operat-
ed by you last year or not, even
though you cannot show a Is per
cent shift to soil conserving acre
age, you can, however, collect a
payment without penalty for the
amount of retirement actually
made, based on the percentage
such retirement bears to the max
imum soil conserving payment you
would have received if you had
complied in full.
(2) Good stand of soil-conserv-
ing crop on land from which a
grain hay or annual legume hay is
harvested is classed as soil con-
serving gland from which a crop
Continued on page seven)
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
Man
First Federal
Works Victim
WERNER A. STADICK, n,
DIES AT TRACY; HIT
BY CULVERT

Wabasso-Victim of the first
fatal accident which has occurred
on a federal work project in Red
wood county, Werner A. Stadick
of Wabasso died at the Tracy hos
pital Wednesday about 8 a. m.
from injuries received when he
was struck in the head by metal
culvert Monday at 3 p. m. while
working on a road job one mile
south of Walnut Grove.
A member Of the Schmitz and
Company construction crew. Stad-
lex was riding on the backend of
truck, loaded with culverts, driv-
en- by Rudolph Simon.
He was thrown off when the
truck went over a rough place and
the culvert rolled after him, one
end bashing his head. His skull
was fractured and he was rushed
to the Tracy hospital.
Stadick was 27 years old Janu-
|ary "a. He Is survived by his wife
land one son.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
School Meeting To
Hear Building News

What progress has been made
since the burning of the high
school building Saturday morning
will be reported to citizens of IN
dependent school district one at
the annual meeting Tuesday
evening. Two board members for
three year terms will be chosen,
Parker D. Sanders and L. E.
Backer, incumbents, and G. N
Nelson being candidates.
The board hopes 70 have reach
ed a settlement with insurance ad-
justers at that time, as this task
has been simplified by a complete
inventory of school equipment
even to pictures on the walls, made
about a year ago. The process of
the adjusters is to set replace
ment value on the building, depre-
ciate it in consideration of the life
of the building and deduct wha
can be salvaged, considering also
the cost of salvaging.
A crew under C. N. Nicholson,
high school principal, is removing
what equipment of value is lef,
in the building, inventorying it
and storing it in the Lincoln build
ing. Guards to prevent looting are
on duty at the school in shifts.
The board has secured PWA ap-
plication blanks ana is studying
this matter as well as the selection
of an architect.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
III Again Delinquent
On Car License Fees

One hundred twenty-one seems
to be Redwood county's official
number Of delinquent auto license
fees. At least that exact number
was reported to Clerk of Court
Frank Baldwin last year and he
has the same number on his list
this year.
Notices were issued and mailed
to delinquents Wednesday and
must be answered in ten days OF
warrants for collection will be
turned over to Sheriff L. j.
Kise. The list is prepared in the
office of Mike Holm, secretary OF
state. It includes 40 Redwood
Falls car owners, IL from both
Walnut Grove and Wabasso, ten
from .Lamberton and Morgan, nine
at Vesta, five in Belview, four in
Seaforth and Clements, three in
Sanborn and Delhi, two from Lu-
can, Milroy and Springfield and
one each from Tracy, Morton and
Revere.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
County Board
Levy$2O5,OOO
AMOUNTS FOR COUNTY
FUNDS IDENTICAL
WITH 1885

Redwood county commissioners,
at their mid-year meeting this
week, tore a page from last years
minutes and made all levies for
1886 identical with those of 1885.
The county viii again raise
$205, 900 Of which SIS, 900 was al
lotted for the road and bridge
fund, the old age pension fund
continues at $4,000, the revenue
fund of 100000 was repeated and
poor fund of $4,000 was dupli-
Gated. The one and one-half mill
ditch levy also stands.
Pleasant news to board men,
bers was the information that only
about two dozen residents of the
entire county are delinquent on
personal property taxes, an un-
usually low number due in part to
the fact that certain classes of
property were not taxed under a
law in force last year, since re-
pealed, which greatly reduced the
number of taxpayers. Citations
for cancellation of delinquent per-
sonal property taxes were ordered
where the amounts are smaller
than collection costs would be or
where other factors give little
chance of collecting.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
Ali Members
Begin Contest
SeasonJuly25
ACHIEVEMENT DAY TO
BE HELD IN REDWOOD
AUGUST 20

Weeks, months and even years of
careful preparation will count
Saturday, July 25, when the All
club competitive season begins at
$3.50 a. m. at the Lincoln school
building here with home economics
girls vying for countrywide hon
ors.
Winners will compete with the
champions of Brown and Lyon
counties in a sub-district contest,
also to be held in Redwood Falls,
August l.
Two individual silent bread de-
monstrators will be chosen, two
bread teams, two clothing teams,
one canning team, one room fur
nishing demonstrator, a canning
demonstration, cake demonstrate
or and meal preparation demon
strator while the first place ex-
hibits in thrift, canning and room
furnishing also will compete in the
subdistrict.
The style show queen and the
workmanship girl in clothing will
be selected August 20 at Ali
Achievement day in Redwood
Falls, the date having been chos-
en- this week.
Miss Josephine Burkett of
Brown county and Miss Myrtle
Bang, Nicollet county All leader
will judge the county contests
while Miss Amy Vessel and Mil
dred Schenck of the state All
club department will select the
sub-district winners who get state
fair trips.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
HARVEST IN FULL
SWING IN COUNTY

Redwood county's harvest was
in full swing this week with some
farmers approaching the halfway
stage and others nearly done cut
ting. Reports on the prospects for
good yields varied although most
farmers seem to agree that while
the crop is somewhat light, the
grain is of good quality and will
command good prices. Several said
kernels seemed to be well filled al
though not as numerous per head
as might have been expected if the
hot weather had not hastened rip
ening.
The National Unemployment of
flee here reported a heavy demand
for harvest hands but had expert
enced no difficulty in finding a suf-
ficient number of men.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
Water Pumps
Taxed Heavily
GALLONAGE USED HERE
UP so PER CENT
OVER NORMAL

Taxed to the limit, the springs
above the pump house which sup
ply Redwood Falls with water
We're standing up remarkably
well' in view of the deficiency of
rainfall, city officials said We'd
nesday.
With a load which includes two
comparatively new creameries,
prodigious water users, and more
than 25 new residences to serve,
the pumps were worked to capa-
city this week.
A crew of men under the di-
rection of Tom Seifert, water sup
erintendent, is now at work clear
ing lines to the springs in order to
get a maximum delivery of water.
Normally pumping water into
the reservoirs four times a day,
the water department is now
pumping eight to 10 times during
"a hours. Gallonage used every
day amounts to 10000 which is
about co. 900 more gallons than are
consumed during normal periods.
This is in spite of the ban on wa
tering lawns, in force now for sew
eral weeks.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
CAR DOUBLES AS
TRACTOR; HORSES
TAKE VACATION

The automobile has replaced the
horse.
Right now, Old Dobbin munches
oats in the barn as William Ulrich,
farmer living just east of Red
wood Falls, cuts barley while
chauffering a Dodge car.
With an eight foot binder at
rached, the Dodge cuts at the rate
of four miles an hour-faster than
any team could possibly work dur
ing this hot weather. The car is
run in low gear and does not re-
quire chains.
Ulrich bought the 1924 sedan
from Hillger brothers Monday
agreeing to pay $35 for it, If his
original idea of using it for pull
ing a binder worked
So successful is the venture that
the progressive farmer predicts
his neigh0brs win be asking him
to cut grain on their fields.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
SISTER PIONEERS
Die 2DAYS APART
Mrs. H. Ruddy and Mrs. j.
Lackie, 81 and 80 Years
of Age, Buried

Wanda-An early settler and
long time resident of the COM
munity, Mrs. Hugh Ruddy, 81.
died Friday at her old home near
Wanda, just two days after the
death of her sister, Mrs. James
Lackie of Wanda. Mrs. Ruddy had
been a partial invalid for almost a
year, being cared for by her
daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Evans.
Born Margaret Costello in Port
obello, County Armagh, Ireland
November 1S, 1848, she was mar
ried to Hugh Ruddy of the same
town April 27, 1870. The follow
ing day the couple sailed for Can
ada where they settled at Milton,
Ontario. In November 1881 they
moved to Illinois and few years
later the family came to Lamber-
ton, their home address, although
the farm is located near Wanda.
Surviving are her daughter
Mrs. Evans and five sons, John of
Willmar, James of White, South
Dakota, Hugh of Mankato, An
drew of Washington, South Dako-
ia and Joe of Hammond, Indiana
Twenty grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren also remain
Her husband, with whom she cele-
brated her sixty-second wedding
anniversary in 1882 and a son, At
kinson, preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 1:30 p. m. at the home and
at 2 p. m. in the Methodist Epis-
copal church in Lamberton, with
Rev. Kaslow in charge. Burial was
beside her husband in the Lamber-
ton cemetery.
Mrs. James Lackie, 80, who
made her home with her daughter,
Mrs. Victor Pfeiffer, died July
from heart trouble. Funeral serv-
ices were held at Lamberton in
the Methodist church with Rev
Robert Alexander of Vesta assist
ing. 5s
Abigail Costello was born Feb
ruary 27, 1856 at Portadown
County Armagh, Ireland, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E.
Costello.
In February 1880, she was mar
ried to James Lackie of Toronto
Canada, who died in 1919. To this
union seven children were born
three sons and four daughters, one
daughter, Ruth Ann, preceding
her in death in 1920 and son in
infancy. The others are Mrs. Vic
ton Pfeiffer of Vesta, Mrs. William
Wog of Sanborn, James Edward
Lackie of Wanda, Mrs. Alfred
Wog of Mankato and Andrew Lac
kie of Wanda. She leaves IL
grandchildren, two great grand
children and one brother, Andrew
in Ireland.
Mrs Lackie was baptized and
confirmed in the Episcopal church
in Ireland.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
Highway Department
Oils Highways; City
Jobs to Start Soon

As matter of regular main
tenance highways II and SO where
not paved within the city limits
of Redwood Falls were treated
with tarvia by the state high
way department last week.
Friday night, the city council
win meet to let contracts for
street oiling In specified districts
of the city. The work win begin
Immediately afterward.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
Renville County
Man Victim Of
Binder Accident

Olivia-Albert Harrison, har-
vest hand on the Charles Hean-
ey farm, seven miles south of
here, was kifed late Tuesday af-
ternoon when the four horse
team he was using on a binder
ran away.
Harrison was hitching the team
when line broke and the horses
became frightened. As they start
ed up suddenly, the sharp point
OF the grain divider struck him
in the hip and ripped across his
back, mutilating his body terribly.
He died Immediately.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
FAMOUS WRITER VISITS
MORTON, REDWOOD
FRIENDS

A tow headed little girl IN pig
tails, just an ordinary little bare
foot girl, who surprisingly grew
up to be writer, travelled.
charming and successful, return
ed to Morton, scene of several of
her grade school years, Sunday.
Martha Ostenso who achieved
fame when her novel, Wild Geese
won the Pictorial Review prize In
1925 once again walked the streets
and visited the quarries of the lit
tie valley town whose people she
observed so closely during her
childhood that she still uses their
characteristics and even their
names in her books.
With her younger brother "Bam-
by" Barney" to old acquaintanc-
es in Morton and Redwood Falls,
Miss Ostenso was weekend guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Orth of
Redwood Falls. Both Mr.. Orth
who knew her when she lived at
Morton and Mrs. Orth who is a
more recent friend, regard her as
extremely interesting, possessed
of remarkable memory and acute
powers OF. observation.
While here she returned to Nor
ton in search of an old soapstone
quarry which she remembered vi
wildly. Hunting FOR it, she found
the gully in which it was located,
but in utter disappointment failed
to discover any soapstone.
According to Mr.. and Mrs. Clin-
ton Orth and Mr.. and Mrs. Char
les Orth, who she visits whenev-
er she is in this section of the
country, Miss Otenso is surprising
in her recollection of people and
even now can point out the old
homes of Morton residents. Each
time she is here she inquiries af-
ter "just everybody in the COM
munity."
Daughter of buttermaker, Ole
Ostenso, who worked in the Nor
ton creamery from about 1910 to
1913, the authoress attended the
higher grades in Morton. Mrs.
Peter Gardner of Redwood Falls
who then lived in a house across
from the creamery and was kind
to the little child, is another old
friend whom she sees while here.
Mrs. Charles Orth, she threat
ems, will one day be put into one
OF her books, and persons glanc-
ing through one of her many
volumes will most certainly recog-
nize names from the Morton COM
munity or scenes about it. "The
Waters Under The Earth" Miss
Ostenso says, will convince those
dubious of her onetime residence
here, that the town was once her
home.
Enroute to Seattle and thence to
Beverly Hills where sne does much
of her work, Miss Ostenso did not
talk of her writing when she was
here. She was interested, rather,
in the Orth children and their
friends, whole troop of whom
her brother treated to ice cream
cones. She talked also of her
turkey farm near Brainerd where
this year she is raising 1000
fowls. She also described her
summer home on Gull lake.
Almost legendary in writing
circles in Minnesota is the devo-
tion between Miss Ostenso and her
beloved "Bamby" who accompan-
les her on all her trips, driving
and taking care of the tiresome
little details. They had just been
with their mother who makes her
home in st. Louis Park.
Those who remember her as a
child and know her now, frivolous,
modern, vivacious, are hardly able
to believe that she writes books
and poetry in which tragic, morbid
Continued on page sevenl
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
FIELD THRESHING
TRIAL SUCCESSFUL
Demonstration of Machine
Planned at L. ]. Drury
Farm Saturday

Cutting and threshing grain in
one operation, without shocking,
twine, changing work or waiting
for threshing rig became a reali-
ty on the Charles Huhnerkoch
farm west of Redwood Falls this
week.
New equipment was put into
operation there Tuesday evening
and was going strong Wednesday
One man, Louis Huhnerkock, was
operating tractor and a machine
resembling a binder but perform
ing the work of a western wheat
fields combine, which takes five
foot swath of ripe grain, threshes
it and stores the grain in hop
per, leaving the straw in windrows
like hay picked up with a side de-
livery rake.
AS the hopper fills, the same
operator backs a truck up to it
while an elevator loads the truck
box. Completing the operation
Louis Huhnerkoch was making
periodic trips to town with loads
of oats.
Subject of much discussion
among farmers since offered fol-
sale here this summer, the new all
crop harvester appeared to be a
success. 1t was picking up lodged
grain, threshing the heads clean
and not cutting up the straw as
much as a regular thresher.
The oats was running about As
bushels to the acre, as near as
could be estimated, and weighing
a full 80 pounds to the bushel. AT
the Farmers Elevator here where
it was the first new crop market
ed, it was declared to be of excel
lent grade.
Pleased with the results in the
first trial in Redwood county, the
Continued on page six)
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
Martha Ostenso, Novelist,
EXPLORES GirlhOOd Haunts
Zwach To Speak At
Rural Graduation

Graduation exercises for eighth
graders in Redwood county rural
schools will be held August z at
County Center park in Wabasso,
it was announced this week by C.
d. Clipfell, county superintendent
of schools. John M. Zwach, prin-
cipal of the Lucan school and re-
preventative at large from Brown
and Redwood counties, will give
the graduation address.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
Farmers Elevators
Report Good Years

The Redwood Falls Farmers
Elevator company will report q
net profit for the year of $685.
81, stockholders will be inform
ed at the annual meeting to be
held Monday evening, July 27.
Gross sales amounted to 500, ,1O1.-
"a.
Present officers were reelected
at the annual meeting Of the
North Redwood Farmers Elevator
Tuesday NIGHT. This concern re-
ported > net gain Of $2.561. 80.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-16
City Faces Need For New
School Building After Fire
HIGH SCHOOL WRECKED
| SATURDAY BY WORST >
FIRE IN YEARS =.

Hungry flames which defied the
best efforts of II firemen and Is
or more volunteer helpers gutted
the Redwood Falls High school
building, the city's hall of ad-
vanced learning for nearly three
school generations, Saturday
morning.
Band instruments, Ia typewrit-
ers and a few personal files of in
structors were carried from 1.-The
building but seats, laboratory
equipment, text books and other
school paraphernalia were lost OF
damaged including some new
equipment being placed in read
mess for the opening of school
Shop equipment in the basement
and perhaps small amount of
other material is being salvaged
The loss will run about $4,000
it was estimated. A new insurance
setup was made slightly over a
year ago when the building was
insured for 100000, the contents
for $4,000 and $4,000 was carried
on supplies belonging to teachers
and students. This was on the
basis of a complete appraisal of all
school property made at that
time.
There was little doubt in the
minds of taxpayers who watched
the flames and smoke pour from
the structure but that new mod
ern high school building will be
constructed as soon as arrange
ments can be made, first guesses
being that its present location will
be abandoned and the Lincoln
school ground used instead.
Starting, it is believed, from
faulty wiring in a switch box on
the first floor, the flames evidently
advanced, perhaps over a period
of hours, up the frame partition in
the older section of the building to
the attic where it had gained
headway before anyone knew of
it.
First warning of the fire came
between $50 and 6:l m. when
a loud report was followed by
smashing windows as an explosion
raised the ventilators on the roof
and smoke began to pour from the
building. Gases forming from the
burning of oiled floors in the
tightly closed building are believ-
ed to have caused the explosion.
Firemen arrived shortly before
n a m. and Immediately strung
hose lines and attached both the
new and old pumps and began
pouring water into the building.
At first they appeared to make
headway but a fairly strong wind
which famed the fire from the
first gradually won the race with
time. The construction of the
building, particularly the part
which was built in 1905, worked to
the advantage of the determined
flames while fremen found new
blazes breaking out as fast as they
could beat down others.
Finally sections of the roof be
gan to break in, throwing burning
fragments into the wind which
carried them over an area of sew
eral blocks. Residents north and
east of the school got out garden
hoses and soaked their roofs and
the fremen used some water on
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