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The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
RITES HELD FOR
ROBERT PALMER

Funeral services were held at
= p. m. Tuesday at the Presby-
terian church here for Robert
Carroll Palmer, 10, who died at 6
p. m. Saturday at the University
hospital after a two weeks ILL
ness of sinus trouble. Rev. James
P. Linn was in charge of the rites.
Robert was born October z, 1916
at Corwith, Iowa, and the family
home is now on a farm between
Redwood and Morton.
Surviving him are his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Palmer, two
sisters, Dorothy and Betty Joyce,
at home, two brothers, Milo and
Marvin of Redwood Falls and his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
bert Palmer of Byemoor. Alberta.
A quartet, Miss Alice Stewart,
Mrs. S. B. Duea, Robert Tiffany
and Carl Hubin, sang at the SER
vice and the pallbearers were
Harvey Balko, Floyd Stewig, Clin-
ton Bliss, Robert Whittet, Joseph
and Maurice Nelson. Burial was
In the cemetery here. Al firing
squad made up of Lieutenant E.
81. Bollum, Donald King, Walter
p. King, James Welch, Irwin
Payne, Archie Dennistoun and
Giles Arnett from Company L, of
which Robert was q member, came
from Camp Ripley to assist with
the service at the grave.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
TENNIS TOURNEY
PLAY ADVANCES
6 QUARTER FINALISTS
CHOSEN WITHOUT
UPSETS

DR.. J. Gordon Cole will meet
George Townsend and Orye Korte
will use his powerful serve against
Ardmer Petersen in the quarter
finals of the city mems singles
tennis tournament to be complet-
ed July 10. John Krieger and
Arthur Seifert are also assured
places in the quarterly bracket,
although their opponents have not
yet been determined as two pre-
liminary matches, those between
Keith Mckay and Curtis Lovre
and Tom Finn and Paul Asleson
have not yet been played off.
Regarded as one of the tennis
luminaries of the community, Cole
found himself in difficulties Tues
day when Leroy Westerman fore
ed him to go to three sets to win.
Consistently lobbing back his
shots, Westerman took the second
set from the doctor 7-5, Cole win
ming the other two 6-1, GA.
Korte defeated Leo Kurschner
6-1, 6-1; Krieger beat Rueben
Strand 6-1, GA; Seifert downed
DIR. M. P. Feigal 6-1, Ga and
Townsend took two sets GA, Ga
from NJ. v. Kurschner while Ped
ersen defeated James Parsons GA,
60.
In the only mems doubles match
played, Seifert and Krieger beat
Pedersen and Curtis Lovre, 6-1.
81.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
COUNCIL VOTES
STORM SEWERS

Construction of three blocks of
storm sewer to facilitate drainage
during heavy transforms was au-
thorized by the city council at its
regular meeting Monday evening.
One section will run block on
Minnesota street as an outlet for
water gathered on the high school
roof. At present heavy rains flood
the street, overfiowing from the
sanitary sewer. Between Jeffer-
son and Second streets a half
block of sewer will drain off roof
water and block and a half of
conduits between Finn and Jeffer-
son will carry street water from
the south.
The council also passed an
amendment to the zoning ordin-
ance which makes the rules more
flexible in regard to the front
yardage required on corner lots
under certain conditions.
Permits recently approved by
the building committee include
one for the construction of house
and garage near the west en-
trance to Ramsey park by August
kraemer; the construction Of q
garage by Miss Norma Stensvad:
the addition of q new porch at the
rear of the Harry Hoepner home
and the remodelling Of the Aug
ust Carity estate house into q
duplex.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Athletic Field
Well Ordered
CREW OF Is WORKING
ON ATHLETIC FIELD
GRIDIRON

A well will be drilled this week
end at the municipal athletic field
to supply water for sodding and
for sprinkling the sod in dry sea-
sons after it is laid, it was decid-
ed at a meeting of the recreational
association directors Wednesday
The drouth has affected the
flow of springs which supply city
water and a ban placed on the
use of water for sprinkling lawns
will of necessity apply to the ath-
letic field also, the directors were
informed. The we'll is to be ready
the first of next week.
Sodding of the football gridiron,
part of the city's new athletic field,
started Tuesday with Is men and
two trucks now employed at the
task which will require about
three weeks work.
The sod is being taken from a
meadow on the William Lindeman
farm near North Redwood where
Glen Berg who has had experience
in the work with the Sacred Heart
nursery has charge of the cutting.
The sod is being relaid by a
crew directed by j. NJ. Corbett, in
strips running across the field.
Occasional lengthwise strips serve
to prevent slipping and the sod is
laid in mud to speed growth of the
roots so that the field will be in
shape for football this fall. Water
mains have been laid to the field
with outlets to allow frequent wat
ering during the dry weather.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
JUNIOR BASEBALL
LEAGUE TO START
SCHEDULE JULY l2

Four teams are members of the
Redwood county junior baseball
league which was organized this
week and will begin play July IL
under the WPA recreational pro-
ject of which Clark Sponaugle has
charge.
Managers Of the teams, Mr..
Sponaugle announced, are John w.
Lauterbach, Redwood Falls; Ger
aid Matison, Wabasso; Hans Kag-
ell, Clements and William Pollard
Morgan.
The schedule of games:
Redwood Falls at Morgan July
IL.
Clements at Wabasso July II.
Wabasso at Morgan July 10.
Redwood Falls at Clements July
10.
Wabasso at Redwood Falls July
26.
Morgan at Clements July 26.
Morgan at Redwood Falls Aug
ust 2.
Wabasso at Clements August 2.
Clements at Redwood Falls
August 9.
Morgan at Wabasso August 9.
Redwood Falls at Wabasso Aug
ust 16.
Clements at Morgan August 16.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Salisbury Back
On Subscriptions

Guy Salisbury of Clear
Lake, Iowa, who spent some
time with The Gazette a
year ago is back again this
year working on subscrip-
tions.
We feel that a man trained
n this work is more capable
# handling our subscription
business than if we called to
see you ourselves. Further
more our job of giving you
the best possible newspaper
requires full time devoted to
that end.
From past experience we
know that Mr.. Salisbury
will treat your courteously
and we hope that you will
give him your subscription
when he calls.
He will be assisted by ]. p.
Petit, also of Clear Lake,
Mr.. Salisbury drives a Chew
rolet coach Iowa license 45-
1927 and Mr.. Petit Q Chew
rolet coupe, Iowa license &C.
361f.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
SCHULTZ HEADS
BUILDING, LOAN
STANTON, LAUDON AND
GALLEA RENAMED
TO BOARD

Fireworks anticipated at the an
|nual r1eeting of the Redwood Falls
Building and Loan association
Tuesday evening fizzled as F.. w.
Stanton, A. r. A. Laudon and E.
L. Gallea, members of the board
of directors, were unanimously
reelected at harmonious session.
C. H. Schultz replaced D. w. Gold
as president of the organization, a
position which the latter had filled
for three years. Other officers
selected by the board of directors
who met following the stockhold-
ers meeting are Laudon, vice pre-
sident; Stanton, secretary; E. L.
Gallea, treasurer and Mrs. E. E.
Lang, assistant secretary.
The semi-annual statement read
at the meeting showed a jump to
$50, ,401.99 from $44,068.24 in total
real estate loans over last year.
Real estate loans for the fiscal
year totaled $23,45O and stock
loans $2,805.
Ninety persons were represent
ed either personally or by proxy
at the session.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
AverageCrop
Predicted In
This Section
CORN NEEDS RAIN BUT
SMALL GRAIN is FAIR
TO GOOD

With record prices for recent
years in prospect due to extreme
drouth in less fortunate sections,
Redwood county farmers this
week are beginning the harvest of
a small grain crop, estimates of
which range from fair to good
with the concensus being that the
yield will be approximately aver
age.
The harvest season comes earlier
than expected due to extremely
warm weather and hot winds
which ripened the grain swiftly
this week but most of it is be-
lieved to have filed fairly well
before the heat wave struck.
More accurate estimates of the
crop will be possible when thresh-
ers begin to hum later this
month, but there is no doubt but
what this section has been blessed
with excellent crops when compar-
ed with some areas in this state.
Many sections of the northwest
are completely dried out, a fact
which has caused the grain mar
kets to advance rapidly in recent
days.
In the hail areas around Echo,
losses are reported ranging from
60 to 100 per cent but the hail
damage in Redwood county is
more spotted and some of the
damaged crops made surprising
recovery. This is particularly
true of corn which was well ad-
vanced before the storm.
The corn crop needs rain and
may be damaged some already on
light soil although prospects for
a good crop generally depend
largely on a good rain within
the next week.
June moisture in Redwood
county was well below average,
the rainfall readings for the
month in Redwood Falls totaling
5.44 inches. Last year, according
to records kept by N. B. Ander-
sen, the county had 5.64 inches
during June which still was less
than is actually needed. The last
good rain here was June 80 when
six-tenths of an inch fell during
the hail storm. Only five-hun-
dreths of an inch July 8 has been
recorded SO far this month.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
MRS Office Has New
Hours; Will Supply
Help for Harvesting

The National Unemployment of
flee will be closed Wednesdays.
Fridays and Saturday afternoons
until further notice it was an
nounced this week by John w.
Lauterbach, manager, who may be
reached at the Olivia MRS office
on those days.
The office certified 80 workers
for the Sanborn grade separation
project which started Monday. A
total Of 70 is expected to find
Jobs there when the work is going
full blast.
Harvest hands also will be avail
able through the office and farm
ers needing help are urged to call
there. Should the demand exceed
the supply Of local men, arrange
ments will be made to bring addi-
tional help here.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
REDWOOD FALLS
FIRMS PAINT-UP

Black and silver seem to be
the new Redwood Falls colors
with little bright red thrown
in for decoration.
Sward-Kemp drug company
has re-fnished it's front with
black tile on the base, while the
metal around the windows will
be trimmed in silver. The rest of
the front will be re-painted. Its
neighbor, johnson Shoe Store,
has used black tile as the base
of its store front. Johnson's also
has a new striped awning.
Ben's Cafe and Hanson Drug
Store on the other side of the
street have painted their fronts
in silver, while on Second street,
the Mint Cafe has repainted its
windows with black and silver
decorations, with the words "Mint
Cafe" in green and red in the
middle.
The Red & White Store front
was painted a bright red and the
upper windows pure white Tues
day, while the Redwood Falls
Paint company recently finished
painting its front with bright
red.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
WPA men WORK
SHORTER HOURS
WAGES ALMOST SAME
IN NEW SETUP; 155
AFFECTED

Under the new WPA setup,
unskilled men will work 122
hours per month and be paid SO
cents per hour, their maximum
earnings under this schedule be
coming $43.92.
This is a reduction of eight
hours, approximately, in the
working time required per month
and a reduction of eight cents
in the monthly wage.
Redwood county now has 155
men and women on WPA jobs
of whom II are working ON grav-
cling projects, 10 are employed at
the Lamberton bridge, II on re-
Icreational work, FL on countrywide
road building projects, and 33 wo-
Imen on sewing jobs.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Body
Found After
Renville Fire
WOMAN BURNED IN OUT
BUILDING MONDAY
MORNING

Renville- Second fire victim in
her family, Mrs. Grace Hayes, 61,
of Renville was found burned to
death in a demolished building
near her home at 2::30 a. m. Mon
day by fremen who had put out
the blaze unaware that the ruins
held corpse.
A three gallon kerosene can
which friends testified was not
usually stored in the place was
found among the ruins with the
charred remains.
Deciding that no other party
was involved in the tragedy after
hearing testimony to the effect
that Mrs. Hayes had been worried
about her health of late. DIR. A.
A. Passer, acting coroner, pro-
nounced death due to fire of an
unknown origion. No further in
vestigation will be held.
James M. Reed, Renville news
paperman who rooms at the Hayes
home, was awakened by the noise
of flames which appeared to or
iginate at neighboring home.
He dressed and went to Mrs.
Hayes room where he knocked on
the door, hoping to rouse her.
When he received no response he
rushed downstairs and finding the
fire to be on her property, again
went to inform her. Finding that
she was missing, he presumed that
she had gone to a neighbor for
help and it was not until the
flames were extinguished that her
whereabouts was discovered.
A son, William hayes, died of
burns in 1924 following an auto
mobile accident north of Renville
in which he and a companion
struck a ditch in a car on which
they were using an oil lantern as
a headlight.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Weather Man
Declares Cool
Wavein Sight
THREE DAY SESSION OF
ABOVE 100 WEATHER
TO BE BROKEN

.65 of an inch of welcome
rain fell in Redwood Falls
Wednesday night, benefiting
lawns and gardens locally be-
sides stimulating crops in the
country. The low temperature
reading for the night was II
degrees.
Sizing up a conglomeration Of
maps with fancy lines, high ane
low spots and indicators of wine
direction, the weather man decid
ed Wednesday that relief from ex.
treme hot weather is on its way
and should arrive this evening OF
early Friday.
Although no new records have
been established here, this sec.
tion sweltered in above the cen.
tury mark weather for thres
days with only slight relief a
night.
Mondays high mark of Ion
missed the city's record by only
three degrees while distant point.
in the northwest reported read
ings in the 120 degree vicinity
Tuesday was only three degree.
cooler and the mercury only slip
ped off to 70 that night, starting
on another climb Wednesday.
Readings for the month are:
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09

State Tourney
REDWOOD YOUTH GETS
81, 80 FOR FIRST
ROUNDS

Qualifying for the first fight of
the Minnesota State Mems ANA
teur golf tournament at the Min
neapolis golf club, Palmer Kise,
young Redwood Falls golfer, en-
gagged in match play Wednesday
afternoon.
Monday he turned in an 81 for
the first 18 holes of the SO hole
qualifying round and finished with
an 80.
Eight years ago Palmer and his
older brother, Douglas, received
statewide publicity as the young
est players in the tournament,
Palmer being just 13 years old at
the time.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
No Contagious
| Disease Cases
| In Community
WIDELY SPREAD REPORT
DENIED BY CITY
OFFICIALS

Striking back at rumors which
have circulated wildly through the
community for more than two
weeks, Redwood Falls officials is
sued a statement this week deny
ing that there is any contagious
disease of any kind in the COM
munity or that there has been
and took steps to have the state
ment published here and in neigh
boring towns in three counties.
The statement is signed by DR..
j. w. Anderson as city health Of
ficer who also is chairman of the
county board of health and DIR. C.
L. Lynn, mayor of Redwood Falls.
The rumor is believed to have
started following two deaths, those
of A. B. Knapp, June "a and Mar
garet Alice Cheney, June 25, both
of tubercular meningitis. Physi-
clans of the city agree that the
disease is absolutely not contagi-
Gus, that there was no connection
between them and that it was a
mere coincidence that two occur
red at the same time. The cases
were not quarantined and public
funerals were held.
Although reports have had peo-
pie dying here in wholesale quaint
tiles, the truth is there have been
no new cases of this disease or any
other. There has not been a con-
tagious disease Of any kind in the
city for several months. Reports
that the city has been quarantined
and that the water supply was
shut off are equally without
truth.
Each new rumor has exceeded
its predecessors in proportions,
one particularly wild report being
that persons here have been bitten
by deadly spiders. Others told of
sleeping sickness or sleeping
death which was equally without
foundation.
The reports were first heard last
week but it was believed then that
their very absurdity would stamp
them as false. Scores of persons
called Redwood Falls doctors OF
friends here to learn the truth
The Associated Press got wind OF
the rumor in St. Paul and contact
ed local Representatives.
In spite of the rumor Redwood
Falls had good crowd at it's July
A celebration although not the
mob which attended the previous
year. Bands from neighboring
communities came only after their
officers had checked up on the
rumors and found them utterly
false.
Reports began coming in late
last week that the alarm had been
broadcast over radio stations but
attempts to chase down the rumor
have SO far failed to find anyone
who actually heard such an an
nouncement. The same has beer
true of reports of general alarms
over rural lines from -neighboring
towns.
Some of the evidence would in
dicate that the rumor was malici-
ously spread and it is known that
certain oil station proprietors,. res
taurant men, truckers and others
in frequent contact with the pub
lie made it a point to repeat the
gossip whenever they had listen
ers but whether they did so for
selfish interests will be difficult to
prove.
1t was decided to no longer
ignore the reports Monday at a
meeting of the Lions club at which
K. w. Stockton, president of the
Civic and Commerce association
was a guest. 1t was decided at
that time to ask officials to pre-
pare public statement for public
alton.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
WABASSO TAKES
JULY 4 CONTEST
REDS RALLY IN EIGHTH
BUT LOSE 10 TO 6
TO VISITORS

With the stage set for as dram
attic a ninth inning rally as any
baseball fan would care to see,
two men famed with the bases
loaded in the July contest at the
fair grounds and Wabasso won the
honor it had earned, a 10 to 6 vic
tory over Redwood Falls.
Art Hassenstab's team, here to
show that Wabasso is the county
seat of baseball affairs, led from
the first inning on and held COM
Portable 10 to 3 advantage going
into the final canto.
Then Art overdrew his account
by sending Bauer to shortstop and
calling in Curtis to pitch. Right
away the fun began. Litchenger
and Whiting, with all the area the
latter has to pitch to, walked and
Bevan singled for one run. Schmid
flied out but Worsech walked and
Ekfeldt was safe on an error,
Whiting scoring on the play.
Bauer was back by now but
Clancy walked, forcing run
which brought the score to 10 and
6 and paved the way for home
run to tie the score. Wabasso fans
shook their heads. There was
CONSERVATION in the camp. Fans
who had found the game One-sid-
ed wondered if a miracle could
happen. But it didn't. Discher
and Zitzmann famed and the
game was over.
Wabasso had collected II hits
off Bevan, scoring one run in the
first, three in the second on
Bauer's homer, four in the seventh
and two in the eighth while Red
wood scored once in the second
once in the fourth and in the six
tn Discher poled a home run, the
longest of Redwood's six hits.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
SunstrOke Suffered
By Youth at Morgan

Morgan = Vincent Weber, son
of Frank Weber of near Spring
field, suffered sunstroke while in
Morgan Monday morning and for
a time was unconscious and in
a serious condition.
He came to Morgan to receive
medical treatment and was seat
ed in front of Bertrang's drug
store talking with Wenzel Koe-
mig when stricken. He was un-
conscious during the afternoon
and later in the day was moved
to the home of his uncle, Vim
cent Weber, in Morgan, where
his condition was reported i'm
proving Tuesday.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Redwood Once More
Has Street Markers

Street signs, repaired and refin-
'ished by the company from which
they were originally purchased,
have recently been returned to
their positions along Minnesota,
Mill, Washington and part of Lin
coin streets. Tom Arnett Jr., city
street commissioner supervised
the work.
When more posts are available,
the rest of the long in storage
signs will be put up.
The Gazette, which has for
years stressed the need for the
street signs, will now inaugurate
a campaign to get residents to
place numbers on their houses,
thereby making it possible for
visitors to locate places with con-
venience.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Bridge Approach
At LambertOn in
Highway Letting

Included in ten construction
jobs in nine counties to be let
by the state highway department
July II is the contract for build
ing an approach for the WPA
bridge now nearing completion on
state aid road six, one-half mile
south of Lamberton. The job also
includes digging a new channel
for a short distance where the
creek approaches the bridge to
prevent erosion around the piers.
The job includes 300 yards of
gravel surfacing and 1898 yards
of excavation.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Car Stolen From
Harley Hendricks

A 1886 Ford coupe, belonging to
Harley Hendricks was stolen from
the downtown district of Redwood
Falls Wednesday morning and
found later in the day behind the
Penney store by Cloyce Long.
Hendricks parked the car in
front of the Penney store while he
went into Ken's Barber shop.
When he emerged a half hour lat
er he found the machine missing.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Woman Scalded

Mrs. Otto Jordan suffered sew
ere burns about the face and
chest when a fruit jar in which
she was canning peas exploded,
showering her with scalding wa
ter. She is confined at the Red
wood Falls hospital.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
SHOWS GOOD EARNINGS

Revere Revere Farmers
Elevator, at its twenty-third an
nual meeting, showed net earnings
for the year of $4,048.39. George
Baum is president, Chris Horning,
vice president, c.. A. Halvorson
secretary; A. w. Highly, treasur-
er and Theo. Enstad, Ernest MIL
|er, Hans Hammero and Frank
Maker are directors. p. A. Peder-
son manages the company with
Roger Peterson IS assistant.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Prices Jump as Farmers Begin Harvest
,g Epidemic Here Without Foundation
Commissioners Will
Set Levies Next Week

Tax levies for next year will
be determined at the semi-annual
meeting of the board of county
commissioners beginning Mon
day of next week.
The board also met Thursday
when A. d. McRae was officially
chosen as relief administrator in
the new setup and several more
old age pension applicants were
heard. The county is now contri-
buting various amounts to the
support of its aged residents,
282 checks for June having been
mailed from the office of Coun-
ty Auditor Ira R. Rogers Fri
day.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Golfers To Play In
MankatO Tournament

Redwood Falls golfers viii leave
Sunday morning for a team play
tournament at the Minneopa golf
course in Mankato. j. T. Murdoch.
chairman of the tournament COM
mittee urges that all men mem-
bers of the local club make an ef-
fort to attend.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
3 In Race For
.SchoolOffices
SANDERS, NELSON HAVE
CAUCUS SUPPORT;
BACKER FILES

With the filing of L. E. Backer,
incumbent, Wednesday, a contest
for positions on the Redwood Falls
school board is in sight. Elections
take place July 81, with filings
closing today.
Parker D. Sanders, present Sec
retary of the board, and G. M. Mel
SON had previously filed for the
two open positions, supported by
citizens caucus meeting in the
Legion hall Thursday evening.
Present indications are that
there will be no sticker candidates.
The Redwood gazette., 1936-07-09
Firecracker Starts
Blaze at Morgan

Morgan-Fire, started by a
firecracker, destroyed the avn
ing and charred the front of the
recreation parlor operated by AL
vim Siemer here Saturday about
9 p. m. The awning was a mass
of flames but they were put out
with a fire extinguisher after the
department had been called.