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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
6 Injured in
Car Accident
Near Gibbon
GIRL RECOVERING; TWO
MORGAN MEN HURT
IN SMASHUP

Miss Charlotte Adamsky, II,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Adamsky of Gibbon, was report
ed improving Wednesday at
Union hospital, New Ulm, from
injuries received in an automobile
accident near Gibbon about l a.
m. Monday.
Six persons were hurt, Miss
Adamsky seriously, in the mishap
which occurred about $50 west of
the dance hall intersection. An
drew Altman, q, Morgan farm
hand, driving a Model A Ford
roadster, became blinded by lights
and crashed into an oncoming
car driven by Leo Mcdonald of
Stewart.
Altman and Lester Gluth, 80,
also of Morgan, received lacera-
tons of the face and bruises.
Gluth was confined in the hospital
at New Ulm, complaining of pains
in the back although x-rays show
no bones broken.
Miss Adamsky, passenger IN
the Mcdonald car, suffered skull
fracture and a broken nose. Nc
Donald's right leg was broken and
Lenhart Dettman, %, Of Stewart
received head injuries. Another
passenger Helen Neibuhr, Is, OF
Gibbon sustained scratches and
bruises.
Gluth and Altman were return
ing from a trip to st. Paul.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
; Get Posts in
Jubilee Troops
TRIO LEAVES SATURDAY
FOR WASHINGTON
AND NEW YORK

The Redwood Falls Scouter and
two Boy Scouts who will leave
Saturday to attend the National
Scout Jamboree in Washington,
D. c. have been appointed to
positions of responsibility on the
Minnesota Valley troop.
George Townsend, scoutmaster
of troop IA here, will be assistant
scoutmaster of the jamboree troop
and Robert Paffrath, Redwood
Falls Eagle Scout, will act as
leader of the Golden Pheasants
patrol. John Bovee, also of Red
wood Falls, has been named one
of the two troop scribes and will
be a member of the Golden Goph-
ers patrol.
A total of 40 persons including
81 troop scouts, four Scouters,
three world scouts and two band
scouts will leave Mankato at a.
m. Sunday on a special train, the
Covered Wagon Flyer. Enroute
they will go through st. Paul and
Chicago and will arrive in Wash
ington. D. c. Monday at 2 p. m.
Following jamboree activities
they will leave July II for New
York city where special entertain
ment has been provided and July
Is they will visit Niagara Falls.
They will be back in Mankato
July Il.
Minnesota Scouts will wear
Indian headdresses at the event.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Former Delhi
Man District
Legion Chief
REDWOOD FALLS FAILS
TO GET '3S MEET
BY 3 VOTES

E. A. Samuelson of New Ulm,
who formerly operated leather
goods shop at Delhi, was elected
second district commander of the
American Legion at the annual
convention held in Jackson Sun
day and Monday. J. w. Lauter-
bach, Redwood Falls commander,
was named third vice-commander
of the district.
Redwood Falls made bid for
the 1888 convention but st. James
was selected, just three votes de-
Gliding between the two cities.
Those from the Redwood Falls
Legion post and Auxiliary who
attended were Mr.. Lauterbach, l.
P. Winter, Parker D. Sanders, DR..
J. c. Budik, Mrs. Harold Kickul,
Auxiliary president, Mrs. c. L:
Tompkins, Mrs. L. P. Winter and
Mrs. Budik,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Frantic Hunt Ends
As Missing Boy Is
Found Unframed
SEARCH CENTERS ALONG
RIVER; BOY FOUND
ON HIGHWAY

An eight year old boy got out
the Redwood Falls fire depart
ment, the sheriff, Redwood Falls
police officers and scores of pri-
vate searchers in a frantic hunt
Tuesday evening when it was be-
lieved that he had drowned near
the falls of the Redwood.
Billy Mumford, 8, son of MIR.
and Mrs. Paige Mumford of Min
neapolis was missed about l p. m.
while playing near the old mill
site with his cousin, Betty Lou
Ryerson and a friend of Winthrop.
A quiet search was begun but
when he was not found by $3.50 p.
m. the fire department and
sheriff were notified. Officers and
others secured the banks of the
Redwood, almost torrential fol-
lowing recent rains, fearing that
the youngster had slipped into
the water.
Going on the theory that lost
child keeps right on going,"
Sheriff L. j. Kise began a hunt on
lllC lIlSllWdy. At IIlS 4Oil 1A1ShS
home west of town he found that
Billy had stopped in for drink.
The Inglis family began to worry
after he left and called the March
farm farther down the highway.
They had also seen him go past.
At the Joe Carruth home in
Morton, Sheriff Kise found an in
dependent little boy who had
been given his supper and had
taken a nap and just couldn't UNI
derstand what all the fuss was
about.
Mr.. Carruth found him hiking
toward Olivia about halfway be-
tween there and Morton. He had
walked every step of the way.
The third-grader explained that
he had come to Redwood Falls
with Mrs. Myrtle Ryerson and
children and was unable to find
the Ryerson car so he had "JuSt
started hiking" back to Winthrop.
He had taken the wrong fork at
the Morton "Y."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
PICNIC FAILS TO
TAKE FARMERS
FROM FIELDWORK

Haying and other field work in
which farmers are busily engaged
cut the attendance at the annual
Farm Bureau and Redwood
county All club picnic in Wa
basso Tuesday.
Harry N. Owen, writer for a
prominent farm paper, was the
main speaker and there was
music by the Clements band.
Coffee was furnished by the Wa
basso Commercial club with w.
F. Simpson heading the commit
tee.
Night kittenballs were awarded
as prizes to winners of the soft
ball tournament. North Hero de-
feated Morgan in the finals of the
mixed k-ball contest and the Wa
basso girls beat Morgan. 13 to IL
in the deciding bracket. The
Clements second team took the
boys section from Wanda 9 to
in the finals,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
III. M. HITCHCOCK
SUGGESTED NAME
FOR PLAYGROUND

It was at the suggestion Of H.
nj. Hitchcock, Redwood Falls
druggist and historian whose
home is now in Minneapolis that
Ramsey park received its name.
When the last concerted efforts
to have the tract set aside for a
state park were being made in the
winter of 1910 and 1911, Mr..
Hitchcock, who was one of the
hardest workers in the drive, read
a paper before the Commercial
club in which he suggested the
title.
Alexander Ramsey, first COVER
nor of the state, secured the OPEN
ing of Minnesota soil to white
settlement through the treaty of
Traverse de Sioux. The Indians
first choice of a reservation be-
came known as the Redwood re-
servation and included the pre-
sent park as central point. Gov
ernor Ramsey made trip to this
vicinity by steamer a year or two
before the Indians lost the rights
to the hunting ground by the out
break of 1862.
A bill for the states purchase
of the property from DIR. j. G.
Riheldaffer was introduced in the
state senate by Frank Clague in
February 1911 and Representa-
tive Joseph R. Keefe introduced
the bill in the house. A committee
to aid the representatives was ap-
pointed by Rud Stensvad, presi-
dent of the commercial club.
They included MIR. Hitchcock,
Joseph Tyson and H. A. Baldwin.
In April the legislature an
nounced the grant of $4,000 for
CONTINUED on Page I2)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Engineers Engaged
for REA Project

The Central Minnesota Coop
erative Power association, Red
wood county's REA organization,
has made a contract with Tolts,
King and Day of st. Paul for en-
cheering services on 20 miles OF
lines which should be ready for
service to farmers early this fall.
Plans and specifications for line
construction win be received soon
and when they are approved by
federal authorities, the project
will be released for bids.
The State Bank of Springfield
has been named deposition for
REA funds.
The project calls for 20 miles
of line which will serve 273 Gus
toners.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Convention of
Cemetery Men
Here July IL
STATE ORGANIZATION TO
CONVENE IN CITY
NEXT WEEK

Redwood Falls will be the scene
of the annual State Cemetery
association convention to be held
Thursday and Friday, July and
2.
Mrs. Phebe Fuller, state vice
president, has arranged the pro-
gram which will begin at 10 a.
m. Thursday in the Lincoln school
auditorium.
Carl L .Hagger of Blue Earth,
president of the association, will
open the meeting and the invo-
cation will be given by Rev. G. E.
Martin. Mrs. Fuller will then
introduce Mayor J. F. Knudson
who will deliver the address of
welcome. Mrs. Ida Carruth will
welcome the visitors for the GEM
etery association and G. G. Peter
son, secretary of the Hillside
cemetery of Minneapolis will re-
spond.
Question Box
Other speakers at the morning
session will be Lewis Scotield OF
Zumbrota, secretary-treasurer of
the organization and E. A. Peter
son of Willmar who will have
charge of a question box.
The importance of the perpet-
ual care fund for smaller Gene
teries will be discussed at the af-
ternoon meeting by Paul Daggett,
executive secretary of Catholic
cemeteries in St. Paul and Min
neapolis and Rev. Godfrey O'Sul-
Iivan will also give an address.
At 4 p. m. the visitors will be
taken on an automobile trip to
cemeteries and points of interest
in the community.
4 banquet will be served at 7
p. m. Thursday in the Methodist
Episcopal church parlors with
Reede Gray, superintendent of
schools, acting as POSTMASTER.
Music will be led by S. w. Lin
burg and Mrs. Fuller will read
City of Peace" The burial
grounds of the world will be the
subject of a talk by Rev. j. w.
Mettam of Mankato, district sup
erintendent of Methodist church
eS.
IOwan To Speak
Friday the program will include
an address by Leroy Christie,
secretary of the Iowa state ceme-
terry association; a talk on re-
claiming abandoned lots by F. w.
Hayden, superintendent of the
Glencoe cemetery and an address
by Edmund J. Phelps, landscape
architect of WayZata.
THE Social Security Act as
Applied to Cemeteries will be
discussed by Henry Marks, secre-
tary of Forest cemetery, st. Paul
There will also be talks on
cleaning monuments and other
phases of cemetery work and
there will be a large number OF
exhibits.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Zwach flights :,
ForReducton.
Of Relief
WOULD REDUCE BENSON
$17,OOO,OOO FUND 40
PER CENT

Contending that improved agri-
cultural and business conditions
in the state make Governor Ben
sons proposal Of II millions
for relief exorbitant, John M.
Zwach, representative at large
from Redwood and Brown coun-
ties, is leading a concerted effort
by rural members of the house Of
representatives to reduce the ap-
preparation by 40 per cent.
The governors bill calls for di-
rect relief appropriations of &c.
$50, 900 for each of the next two
years, plus $2,50O,OOO to cover
sponsors shares of relief work
projects and 100000 for drouth
relief. Zwach's contention is that
ST. ,000,000 is adequate for drouth
relief. He would leave the spon-
sors' share provision intact but
reduce the direct relief appropria-
tons $5,800,0O0 for total saving
to the state of $4,000, 900.
Zwach made a vigorous stand
for the big reduction at a meeting
of the house emergency relief
committee, declaring it is time to
get administration of relief back
on a local basis for efficiency and
economy. When he was voted
down Is to 7, he carried the fight
to the floor of the house Wednes-
day.
His plan was immediately at
tackled by members from the
states three large cities, one MEM
Der contending that his allow
ances for direct relief for the en-
tire state would be little more
than is demanded for Minneapo-
lis poor.
On the same day that his relief
amendment was turned down in
committee, Zwach won his fiaht
on the floor to allocate funds to
rural school districts exceeding
the amount fixed in the ORIGINAL
income tax bill. Faced with fir
ures on mill rates in the Twin
Cities, advanced in a plea for
more funds, he produced the rates
in Redwood county towns and
pointed out the added expense Of
educating pupils in smaller
schools.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Highway Engineer
Victim of Purge
DESPITE Protests

In spite of the efforts of a group
of about 100 city and county Of
icials, Farmer-Laborites and
other interested persons, F. O.
Nelson, district highway mainten-
ance engineer at Marshall, was
shifted to position of lesser re-
sponsibility in the recent state
"disloyalty purge
The group visited Governor Ell
mer A. Benson and N. w. Els
berg, highway commissioner, this
spring to protest Nelson's remov-
al from this district.
Highway employees are under
fire on charges of "disloyalty"
and lack of sympathy with the
administration policy, several
higher-ups having been dismiss
ed.
Highway employees of six
counties in district Is who met for
a picnic in Ramsey park Satur-
day refused to comment on the
transfer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Crowds Brave Heat
to Enjoy Festival

Several thousand persons en-
joyed the Gould Million Dollar
Spectacle and the Thomas shows
and rides in Redwood Falls We'd
nesday afternoon and evening and
a bigger crowd is expected today
and this evening, final day of the
June Festival.
The sudden Jump of the mer-
curry past the 100 mark and the
press of work in the fields reduc-
ed the afternoon crowd but there
was no shortage of spectators in
the evening. Predicted cooler
weather today is expected to in
crease the attendance. Free shows
are slated this afternoon and eve
ming.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24

A true sportsman who is a mas
ter with gun and reel but an ar
dent conservationist is Waldo
Marsh, present park superintend-
ent.
He is responsible for building
up the zoo which delights all
children visitors. When he first
was appointed superintendent
nearly seven years ago there was
only one coon in the park. Since
then he has added a monkey, two
wolves, a pair of red foxes, a
wildcat, a badger, wild ducks,
rare golden pheasants and cub
bear.
The animals love and trust him
and even the wolves growl and
nip at each other with jealousy
when he singles one out to pet.
He also cares for two elk, five
deer and six buffalo which roam
a large enclosed section of wood
land along the bluff adjacent to
the golf course.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Breath Strong? Try
Some Surplus Onions

Redwood Falls hasn't seen
anything yet By lDay of q
flood, according to county re-
lief authorities apho erpect
to haze the tDhole community
IN tears neat tDeeE.
OUer 5000 pounds of husky
Bermuda onions are expected
any day nol1 by Miss Beth
Barnes, commodities clerk.
Other surplus commodities
tDhich aDill be distributed nert
tDeek include 6,100 pounds of
cabbage, 1920 cans of milk
and 2,784 pounds of enriched
oats, q cereal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
CELEBRATION AT
DELHI JULY 5

Delhi will celebrate independ-
ence day again this year for the
first time since 1884. Since July
4 falls on Sunday, the celebration
will be held July 5.
Program plans are somewhat
incomplete although it is certain
there will be two ball games, the
Delhi junior team engaging fast
opponent at 1920 m. and the
Delhi league team playing a suit
able opponent in the afternoon.
A parade at $50 will open the
day and there will be a program
with a prominent speaker at 1 p.
m. A big dance in the evening
will close the program.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Redwood and
Frank Repeat
GolfIniumph
81 GOLFERS TOOK PART
IN ANNUAL TOURNEY
HERE SUNDAY

For the second consecutive year,
Redwood Falls won both the in
dividual and team trophies at the
annual Minnesota River tourna-
ment held Sunday at the Red
wood Falls golf course.
N. S. Frank, 1886 tourney win
ner, repeated with 112 for q
holes, two 37's and a 38. Palmer
Kise was runner-up with Al, 81
and So for a tally of ia. L. j.
Ziegler and Arlo Dickerson tied
for third place with scores of lit
and George Townsend who has
been playing only since last fall
but who has gone in for golf with
characteristic thoroughness was
tied for fourth with 121.
Redwood Falls was also tops in
team play, the six entrants quail
flying lowest in the first nine holes
making up the group. The local
contestants included Frank, Kise,
Ziegler, Dickerson, Townsend and
Charles Collins whose score was
1875.
5 Clubs Compete
Five of the nine clubs expected
took part, three Winthrop players
arriving too late to qualify be-
cause of an automobile accident
in which they were involved. No
one was injured in the mishap.
The LIE Sueur team was second in
the team contest in which Man.
kato, st. Peter and Sleepy Eye
also participated.
Sixty-seven golfers took part in
the event, the most important of
the season, which was arranged
by L. J. Kise. Harold Aune was
a valuable assistant in scoring
and registration, according to Mr..
Kise. At the annual meeting
which was held at noon c. H.
Burmeister, president of the club,
took charge and E. w. Currier
Redwood Falls secretary, took the
minutes. 1t was decided that the
1888 tournament will be held a.
Mankato the third Sunday in
June.
Receive Trophies
Flight winners received troph-
les and golf balls were given run
ners-up in all but the champion
ship and first flights.
Frank won the championship
flight with Kise as runner-up;
Leon H. Brown tied for runner
up in the second and w. A. Lippy
won the third.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24

A relic and reminder of the,
early days here is the McPhail
cabin which has in turn served
the purposes of an Indian house,
pioneers cabin, military head
quarters, the first schoolhouse
and hotel, the first doctors office
and medical supply house, a town
residence and farm building.
The building was constructed
by Colonel Sam McPhail in the
summer of 1864 at the time he
secured the site on which he plat
ted the new town of Redwood
Falls. It was built of logs taken
from an Indian house, probably
the birthplace of DIR. Charles A.
Eastman, Indian author and lee
turer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Home Committee
Heads Meet Today

Township home committee
chairman viii hold thier bi-mon-
thly meeting at the home Of Mrs.
William Eide in Swede's Forest
today. Following luncheon, Miss
Lois Reid of the extension divi-
sion Of University farm as acting
home demonstration leader win
outline plans for the house fur
nishing project to be studied IN
the county this fall.
Miss Lenore Golden, home de-
monstration agent, has invited J.
/. Swedberg, county agent and
Mrs. Leota Christensen, new All
leader, to be guests at the affair.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24

1t was erected on a rise of
ground sloping in all direction
from the cabin and stood next to
the alley, facing south, in the rear
of the present New Palace build
ing.
In the spring of 1865 it was en-
larged to a six room house occu-
pied by three families, one of
them that of DIR. D. L. Hitchcock.
During the winter a teacher
was employed by Col. McPhail
who also supplied the schoolroom
for the few children in the stock
ade.
The cabin was next occupied by
the William Mills family who
supplied lodging to transient
Continued on page 12)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24

Ramsey parks lovely winding
roads with their views of shady
glens and wide Vistas of valley
are largely the work and planning
of Joseph Tyson, the parks first
superintendent. Mr.. Tyson is also
responsible for the variety and
profusion of wild flowers there.
Mr.. Tyson was appointed super
intendent by Sam G.. Iverson,
state auditor in 1912. He served
in that capacity for IL years and
was succeeded by Marion Johnson
who first was his assistant.
Assisted by B. J. Reynolds, sur
veyor, Mr.. Tyson laid out the
roads and then begged, cajoled
and threatened townspeople to as
sist him with the road work. They
formed picnic parties and fur
nished teams as well as their own
labor. A herd of goats was used
to rid the park of weeds and I'M
derbrush.
When private property owners
objected because the original en-
trance ran through their lots. Ty-
son, with characteristic determin-
alton, built an even better en-
trance and completed it before
dedication ceremonies.
There were a few jack-in-the
pulpits in the park when he took
charge, but most of the wild
flowers there he brought in after
securing the countryside for roots.
When he found that park visitors
were picking them wholesale,
promising to destroy them, he was
instrumental in securing a law
providing a fine for taking flow
ers from the confines.
Now, at the age of 90, he may
we'll point with pride to what will
be a monument to his love of
beauty and unceasing work to-
ward preserving it for all classes
of people.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
5000 ttended Opening of
Ran1seyPark rs Years Ago
STATE OFFICIALS HERE
IN BODY; GOVERNOR
ACCEPTED TRACT
By Mary Finn

Nearly 5000 persons attended
dedication ceremonies for Ramsey
State park just rs years ago this
week.
Besides the natural beauty of
the new playground there were
other attractions for them, for
every elective officer in the state,
with the exception of Railroad
Commissioner Staples, was here.
Exercises were held at the
plateau which forms the west en-
trance and it was there that for
NAL presentation of the tract to
the people of the state was made
by State Auditor Sam G. Iverson.
Governor A. 0. Eberhart &C
cepted and following his talk
there were speeches by Ed T.
Young and Lieutenant Sam Y.
Gordon, both gubernatorial pros
poets.
Senator Frank Clague, who pre-
sided, called for more speeches
while the huge crowd grew rest
less in the heat.
Mike and Joe Lauterbach recall
that they ran a refreshment
stand in the center of activities
and that parched attendants Of
fered them five cents a glass for
water which they had provided
for washing dishes.
Ball Game Arranged
A ball game between Redwood
Falls and Lucan was one of the
attractions and Mrs. F. w. Phil
brick supervised arrangements
for a picnic lunch.
Julius A Schmahl, secretary of
state, who expressed himself as
prouder of Redwood Falls than at
any time in its history, found
large number of new and old
SWeethearts in the crowd, accord
ing to the Gazette reporter OF
that time. The little Asleson girls
whom he presented to the COVER
nor were two of them.
Haunting defiance at the heat
F. w. Philbrick, A. D. Stewart,
George Phillips, J. P. Cooper and
Oliver Durham listened to every
speech and "cheered when they
couldn't think of anything else to
do" Gazette files record.
Both a mems and Women's
chorus furnished music for the
festivities. w. M. Smith, Arthur
Glib, Norris de M. Darrell, w. B.
Clement, J. w. Neiman and Glenn
and Mike Lauterbach were the
male singers and the women's
group included Mrs. Clements,
Mrs. Neiman, Amy and Alice
Barnes, Eva Hitchcock, Katherine
Callaghan, Mayme and Susie
Lauterbach and Jessie Parish.
Came BY Train
Almost every means of convey
ance brought the crowd here.
State officials came on a special
train to North Redwood where
they were met by Mayor Cooper
and other city officials in ten
autos. H. M. Aune, with the gov
ernor in his car, led the way to
Redwood Falls.
AS there were only about 125
automobiles in the city then and
relatively few in surrounding
communities, the majority of
those attending came by wagon
or buggy. The horses were hitch
ed downtown and the celebrants
went to the scene of the dedica-
ton on foot.
Superintendent Joseph Tyson
led the governor a merry chase
through the glen above Ramsey
Falls in the morning and after a
sightseeing trip the visiting offic-
ials were formally received by
committee including Mrs. Frank
Clague, Mrs. Tyson, Mrs. E. A.
Pease, Mrs. Adella Pratt, Mrs. w.
H. Gold, Mrs. F. C. Hubbard and
Mrs. Emil KuenZli.
The speeches and picnic were
then held and the group left that
evening from North Redwood
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-06-24
Tracy Youth Killed

Anthony OwczarZak, Is, a
Tracy high school junior, died
Tuesday at the Tracy hospital of
injuries suffered when car in
which he was riding overturned
between Tracy and Walnut
Grove.