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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
BLACK TOPPING
BEGAN MONDAY
CRAIG COMPANY GIVEN
CONTRACT AT LOWER
PRICE THAN sc

Work on black-topping 35
blocks of Redwood Falls streets
was begun Monday by employees
Of the j. w. Craig company
which was awarded the contract
at recent council meeting.
The company's bid was for IT
cents a square yard, a cent lower
than last years cost. In 1886 only
IA blocks were treated.
The blocks to be treated COM
prise all those for which petitions
were turned in last fall and this
spring. They are on Second,
Third, Fourth, Fifth, Chestnut,
Wyoming, Broadway, Jefferson,
Lincoln, East and Swain streets.
1t is expected that the surface
viii be more satisfactory than
that applied last year when oper-
atoms did not begin until Octob-
er and chilly weather hampered
the treatment.
George Huhnerkoch has SUBJ
contracted the screening and
hauling of gravel for the asphalt
mixture.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
COLLECTION FIRM
GROWING RAPIDLY
NEW QUARTERS TAKEN
IN DUEA BUILDING;
STAFF ENLARGED

With the addition of several
new employees this week, the
Physicians and Dentists Service
Bureau of which Fred j. Carity
is manager now has a staff of
three stenographers. three solicit
orS and six collectors.
The institution has had a steady
growth since ablishment of the
branch here seven months ago.
In conjunction with the bureau
the staff is also employed in the
Commercial Service company
which makes collections for mer-
chants and business firms. The
bureau collects for physicians and
dentists only.
The territory sefviced by the
company reaches west to the Da-
kota line, east to Gaylord and
Stewart, north to Litchfeld and
Wheaton and south to Pipestone,
including Window, Slayton and
smaller communities in that ter
ritory.
The Redwood Falls branch re-
Gently moved to new offices in the
Duea building. It occupies the
suite in which Laudon and Nor
ten formerly had Offices
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05

RITES WEDNESDAY
NEW AVON FARMER WAS
FOUND DEAD SUNDAY
IN SLOUGH

Military rites were held for
Jens H. P. Gammelgaard, 48 We'd
nesday afternoon at the Gilfillan
Lutheran church.
Members of the American Lee
gion post of Redwood Falls &C
companied a firing squad from
Company L and the Wabasso
post of the organization was re-
presented by color bearers. j. w.
Lauterbach, commander of Red
wood Falls post sounded taps.
Rev. Sherman Bondo preached
the funeral sermon and burial
was in the church cemetery.
death by drowning" was the
verdict by DR.. w. A. Brand in
his death which occurred at his
home in New Avon township
Sunday morning.
GammeIgaard was missed at
about Z a. m. when it was found
he had got out of bed and left the
house. A search was immediate
ly started. He was found lying
face down in slough about four
blocks from the house by Ray
Montgomery hired man at about
$50 a. m.
He is survived by his wife
and nine children, the eldest Is,
the youngest, six months. They
are Alma, Nora, Christina, Mar
tin, Arnold, Ellen, Agnes and
Donald. His brother Chris lives
in Three Lakes township and
their mother lives in Denmark
where Mr.. Gammelgaard was
born November Is, 1888.
He lived in Three Lakes town.
ship for several years before buy
ing his farm in New Avon two
years ago. He was a World War
veteran and a member of the
church at which his funeral was
held.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
BROTHERS MEET AFTER
48 YEARS SEPARATION

Montevideo- separation
of 48 years, M. A. Jump of Mon
tevideo was reunited with his
brother, Walter Jump, whom he
had not seen since 1889. Born into
a large family in Ottoman, Iowa,
M. A. Jump at an early age came
to Minnesota where he married
and later settled on a farm near
Montevideo. Walter Jump also
married and lived in Carroll,
Iowa. Several months ago he
visited with his sister in Califer,
mia and through her learned tfs
address Of his brother. He arrived
in Montevideo last week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
County Board
Wins Old Age
Pension Case
RULING OF STATEWIDE
IMPORTANCE; SETS
BOARDS DUTIES

County boards have the power
to act as fact-finding agencies in
determining how much an ap-
plicant for old age assistance has
shown himself entitled to, what
income the county should provide
for the applicant and how long
liquid assets may last the appli-
cant if used in his support, &C
cording to decision handed
down by Judge Albert H. Ener-
sen in district court. The decision
is said to be of statewide import
ance.
He also ruled that an insurance
policy with a cash surrender
value is a liquid asset but that the
state old age assistance agency is
outside its legal rights in arbit-
rarily denying an applicant as
siStance because he has liquid as
sets in excess of $500.
His statements were contained
in a memorandum on the case of
the application of Frank L. Car
penter of Redwood Falls for old
age assistance. Judge Emerson
ruled that the appellant is not en-
titled to old age assistance from
Redwood county.
The case was heard in district
court March 6 this year. 1t was
first heard before the county
board April %, 1886 and a re-
hearing was held July 2, 1886
after an adverse decision by the
board. MIR. Carpenter then ap-
pealed to the state agency but L.
o. Johnson, state referee, also re-
turned an adverse decision. 1t
was then appealed to district
court.
The judge held that the trans
fer of the Carpenter homestead
to their son, Ernest Carpenter and
his wife Mary Ellen Carpenter in
March 1885 was made for the
purpose of qualifying the appli-
cant for old age assistance. 1t was
further brought out at the hear
ings that Mr.. Carpenter owned
an insurance policy with a cash
surrender value of $1,131.75.
The judge described evidence
that the transfer was made for
money alleged to be due to the
daughter-in-law as indefinite
and unconvincing." He also ruled
that the county shall recover its
cost in connection with the case.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
RainsBoonto
CornCrop;Big
GrainHarvest
THRESHING RESUMED AS
CORN IMPROVES IN
WET FIELDS

Harvest operations in Redwood
Falls vicinity were resumed We'd
nesday afternoon after series of
heavy downpours and showers
which totalled 327 inches here
from Friday through Monday.
The rain is described as "won-
derful" for the corn crop.
Elevator men estimated that
oats were running all the way
from 40 to rs bushels per acre,
wheat about 20 bushels, rye from
20 to 80 and barley which is spot
ted about 20 to so. One field of
80 bushel oats was reported.
Frank Kodet of North Redwood
threshed out the first fax in the
community, his crop yielding
about 20 bushels to the acre.
The North Redwood Farmers
elevator had its biggest day since
its establishment in 1914 Thurs
day when employees there receiv-
ed 1000 bushels.
Approximately 10000 bushels
have been received in Redwood
Falls and North Redwood.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
City Council
Sees Prospect
Of Park Work
COUNCIL HOPES STATE
WILL COMPLETE
PARKWAY

There has been strong indica-
ton that the state highway de-
partment will complete the park
project on the west side of Lake
Redwood, members of the city
council said at their meeting
Tuesday night.
The matter was brought up
when J. L. Storts applied for a
permit to rebuild his ice house
destroyed by fire July 5. The
council left the matter open and
members will interview Mr..
Storts in regard to his plans for
rebuilding. 1t is possible, they
said, that the property can be
acquired by the city, perhaps by
a trade.
When the bridge parkway and
approach were put in two years
ago the city acquired land on the
west side Of the lake for park
purposes. At that time officials
of the highway department pro-
missed tentatively that the state
would aid in development of the
tract Shortly after the approach
was completed some work on
Identification was done on the
bank at the northwest edge of the
lake.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
PEARL BUCKS STORIES
CONFIRMED BY
CORPRONS

Pearl Bucks picture of China
is a comparatively true one ac-
cording to DR.. and Mrs. Douglas
S. Corpron, missionaries to China,
who visited Redwood Falls this
week.
The Corprons should be good
judges as they have lived in China
since 1923 with the exception of
two years and know Mrs. Buck,
her parents and sisters.
AS yet the Chino-JapaneSe
trouble has not affected their sec
ton of the country, but ten years
ago they were forced to leave
China for two years during re-
volution. They spent that time in
missionary work in the Philip
pines.
Their first year in the orient
was spent in Marking where they
lived across the street from Mrs.
Buck. Her sister has a summer
home in the mountains very near
the cottage which the Corprons
have built for their vacations.
They say the famous authors
mother and sisters appear as
characters in ''The Exile" and
that some characteristics of her
father were portrayed in Fight
ing Angel"
''The Good Earth" is dirty
one, according to DR.. Corpron,
whose work as a medical mission
airy gives him a complete picture
of filth and disease. Every year,
he says, epidemics of typhoid, dy-
sentery and malaria sweep
through the section in which he
works.
I'm the United States whenever
there is an epidemic of typhoid,
authorities look for the carrier"
he stated. "In China we take it
for granted that everyone is a
typhoid carrier"
He explained that the water
supply of the country comes from
surface wells, none of them more
than three feet from the surface
and that they are all contaminat-
ed, largely from sewage. The
Corpron children undergo medical
examinations every three months.
Eye diseases are widespread in
China, according to DR.. Corpron
and as result he is specializing
in their study. Every winter he
studies and works at the Rookie
feller college in Picking, perform
ing cataract operations, fitting
glasses and doing plastic surgery
on eyes.
DR.. Corpron attended school in
Redwood Falls through the fifth
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
Delhi,Oiviia
in Double R
LoopPlayoff
TRIPLE PLAY HELPS AS
REDWOOD UPSETS
SEAFORTH

Delhi and Olivia will begin a
three game series Sunday after
noon at Delhi to determine which
of the teams will represent the
Double R league in the Minneso-
ia amateur baseball tournament.
The second game of the series is
to be played at Olivia August Is.
Olivia captured the first half
title but dropped one game in the
second half to tie for honors with
Delhi. In view of the short time
remaining before district games,
league officials decided to give
Delhi a place in the playoff with
out series to break the second
half tie.
Both finished the schedule in
close games when Olivia bested
Clements to and Delhi tripped
Wabasso to 6 Sunday. Seaforth
missed its chance for a playof
game when the Redwood Falls
players backed Steele brilliantly
at bat and afield for a to 3 tri-
umph and 500 rating in the
standings.
Steele not only stopped Sea-
forth with a five hit performance
but slapped out two singles to
help win the game Shorty ZitZ-
mann had a perfect day at bat
with three sharp singles, besides
figuring in triple play and pull
ing the hidden ball trick to catch
King, Seaforth rightfielder, off
second.
The triple killing came in the
eighth when, with men at first
and second King sent a hard drive
to Russ Lauterbach at first. He
touched the bag and threw to
Zitzmann at second.
Joe Coubal started at first but
was switched to catcher when
George Steele, peppery catcher,
sustained three broken ribs in the
sixth on play at the plate. Cou-
bal also connected for two singles
to aid in the scoring.
Altogether the team collected
II hits off Urke in one of its best
games of the season. Missed from
the lineup, however, was Richard
Whiting, third sacker, who rode
the bench with a dislocated
shoulder suffered in the previous
Sundays game.
Since the Wabasso-Redwood
game which was ordered replay-
ed would not make a material
Continued on page 12)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
Kise After Rival
in ResOrter Meet

Determined to even old scores
with Maurice Cain of Wahpeton,
North Dakota, Palmer Kise of
Redwood Falls left Tuesday to
enter the annual Resorters golf
tournament at Alexandria.
Cain defeated Kise in the
championship finals in the event
last year and won the quarter
finals from the Redwood Falls
youth at the recent Breezy Point
tournament. Cain was also cham
pion in that contest.
Kise was accompanied by
Charles Collins of Redwood Falls,
who was in the first flight of the
resorters meet last year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
Missionaries Picture China
as Land of Filth and Fever

grade and Mrs. Corpron, the
former Grace Chapman, gradual
ed from Redwood Falls High
school and taught in rural schools
in the community. They were
married in 1922 and spent a year
in the west before leaving for
China. They are located at Luz
chowfu, Hofei, Anhwei province,
China, 200 miles west of Marking.
DR.. Corpron is superintendent
of the Christian hospital there.
The institution has a staff of 80,
largely Chinese doctors and nurs-
es, and boasts rs beds. The form
er Redwood Falls resident has
put it on a self-supporting basis,
receiving $500 from the Church
of Christ mission fund and charg-
ing large enough fees of those
who can afford to pay for about
$500 of additional charity work
year. No effort is made to show
a profit.
The Corprons are veritable
pioneers in the city of $4,000.
The hospital put in the first cleo
Continued on Page 12)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
Austin Killer
GetsLifeTerm
JENS THOMPSON FOUND
IN BRUSH NEAR
HOUSTON

Less than "a hours after he was
captured near Houston, Jens
Thompson, 34-year-old Freeborn
county farmer was sentenced at
Albert Lea to life Imprisonment
Wednesday for killing of the
three Lukes brothers.
He pleaded guilty to killing
Louis, Joe and Anton Lukes,
neighbor farmers as they worked
in fields near Austin, July %.
District Judge Norman Peterson
imposed sentence Immediately
and Thompson was promptly
taken by automobile to Saltwater.
Preceding the court arraign-
ment, a special Freeborn county
grand jury indicted Thompson on
three counts, one for each of the
murders. He pleaded guilty to all
three charges.
Thompson freely admitted
shooting the Lukes brothers.
Granted permission to give his
reasons for the crime, Thompson
turned to the packed courtroom
and shouted "those Lukes ruined
my life. They done me dirt and
Continued on page seven)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
AT STATE MEETING

Jasper Swedberg, Redwood
county agent and Martin Sand
ager of Belview, chairman of the
Redwood County Agricultural
Conservation association, will at
tend state meeting at Univer-
sity Farm, st. Paul, Friday and
Saturday.
The broad outlines of the 1888
conservation program will be dis
cuSSed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
Paxton Wins Two

The Paxton softball team added
two more wins to its string of
victories this week. Thursday the
aggregation defeated Wanda II to
at the Joe Beran field at Glenn
ents and Sunday the Redwood
Phantoms fell before them 4 to l
at the Goodyear home. The Glenn
ents All team beat the Seaforth
All team at Beran field Monday
night Is to 9.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
County Farm Program
Men Asked to Picnic

Redwood county's rs county and
community committeeman for the
1887 Agricultural Conservation
program have been invited to at
tend a state agricultural conser-
walton picnic at Mankato Tues
day, August II.
Harry Brown, assistant secre-
tary of the U. S. department of
agriculture will be the principal
speaker.
Others interested in the pro-
gram are also welcome. A SINH
lar picnic is geing held the next
day at Detroit Lakes.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
Bechyn Church Plans
Homecoming Festival

Sunday, August %, will be
homecoming day at st. Mary's
Catholic church in Bechyn. Form
err pastors and parishioners will
receive invitations to the celebra-
ton at which women of the par
ish will serve dinner and music
and entertainment will be pro-
vided in the afternoon. Rev. F.
j. Tomek is pastor there.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05
3 County Villages
Plan Celebrations

Beginning a series of celebra-
tons in county villages, widely
farmed Cracker day will be OBJ
served at Wanda Sunday with all
the entertainment features that
have made the day famous.
August IL and IL are the dates
of the annual Wabasso harvest
festival while Sanborn will OBJ
serve Watermelon day August II
with a full day and night program
for fun .lovers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05

of the Redwood Falls Legion post
and five from Wabasso worked on
the roadway. They used six
trucks from Redwood and two
from Wabasso. Most of the gra-
vel was contributed by c. f.
Neuschwander.
The picture shows, left to
right, L. p. Winter, adjutant of
the Redwood county American
Legion post, Leo Dwyer and VIII
liam Schroeder at work.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05

Redwood Falls and Wabasso
Legionnaires turned out Tuesday
night to aid the widow and chill
dren of a former war buddy.
When a committee found that
the muddy road leading from the
highway into the farm home of
the late Jens H. Gammelgaard
would be impossible for his
funeral procession, the former
soldiers gravelled it themselves.
Tuesday evening 20 members
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05

In 1886 however, Redwood
county ranked eighth, producing
Eats 900 bushels on 165 900 acres,
an average yield of Is bushels.
Martin was first with 4,674,8OO
Renville county produced 1906
600 bushels and Brown 1868, 900.
Thirty-eight bushels was the
average yield for 1885 when a
total of 100000 bushels were
produced in this community.
Acreage in corn was LAT, 300.
Fourth in the state, Redwood
was one of the few Minnesota
counties producing over a million
bushels of barley last year.
A tabulation of counties in the
million bushel class in 1886 barley
production follows:
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-05

Mr.. and Mrs. L. Carroll Of
Sleepy Eye visited Mrs. Belle Nc
Ilreavie and Miss Bernidean Nc
Ilreavie last week.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-10-22

remain in vessel undisturbed until
cool.
For thinner sauce just bring water
and sugar to boil-then add berries
and let them cook until they stop
popping. Put 10-minute cranberry
sauce in sterilized jars-pouring the
sauce hot into the jars and sealing
tightly. Keep in q dark, cool place for
future use.
Cranberry Sundae
Method: Place a generous table,
spoonful Of 10-minute cranberry sauce
over a portion Of vanilla ice cream.
Nodded Strained Cranberry Sauce
4 cups cranberries
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups water
Method: Boil cranberries with wa
ter until berries stop popping. Strain
through fine sieve: add sugar and stir:
then boil rapidly for 8 to 10 minutes
or until drop jells on cold plate.
Turn at once into a wet mold and cool.
Cranberry Ham Slices
3 cups cranberries
IL cups strained honey
2 tablespoonfuls whole cloves
2 slices ham (A to in. thick)
Method: Mix cranberries and honey,
cash edges OF fat on ham. Place one
slice ham in baking dish. Spread
the center with mixture Of cram
berries and honey. Top with second
slice. Cover with remaining cram
berry and honey mixture. Garnish
with whole cloves. Bake until done
in a moderate oven $3.50 degrees F.)
about ~ hours-basting occasionally
with liquid in dish.
Piquant Salad Dressing
I cup mayonnaise or cup cooked
salad dressing
! cup raw cranberries, chopped fine.
Method: Mix cranberries with
dressing and serve with salads.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-10-22
BRANDENBURG Sees
HORSE SLEEPING
SICKNESS ON WANE
State Veterinarian Conducting
Comprehensive Survey to
Check Fever's Status

A comprehensive survey to deter
mine the number of North Dakota
horses affected this year by sleeping
sickness and the number that died of
the brain disease is being conducted
under the direction of Dr.. T. O.
Brandenburg, state veterinarian.
Rrsndenburg has enlisted services
Of county agents who are mailing
questionnaires to farmers. He said
he hopes the survey will either prove
or disprove his contention the disease
IS lover the hump and now on the
decline"
The veterinarian said first reports
Of encephalomyelitis in North Da-
kota were received in 1888. The fol-
lowing year there were a few more
cases and in 1885 large numbers OF
animals died when wet weather
brought mosquitoes.
The stage was set for heavy fatal
tiles among horses in 1885," Branden-
burg said, but that was the year Of
drouth and there were no mosquitoes
which serve as carriers"
There were large numbers OF
horses affected and killed this year
but believe the fever has run its
course and I hope the survey this fall
will prove that point" he declared.
The veterinarian said severity Of
the outbreak depends on the natural
resistance Of horses and the number
of mosquitoes. It has caused serious
losses in the horse business because
farmers are afraid to replace their
animals and are turning to power
equipment on the FARMS" he said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-10-22
Today's Recipe

With the approach Of the Thanks
giving and Christmas holidays the
place of cranberries In the dinner
menu becomes increasingly import
ent, for cranberries are usually con-
sidered q necessary addition to the
turkey dinner.
The cranberry IS a versatile fruit.
lending its sprightly flavor to scores
Of dishes, many Of them new on the
housewives list.
Since the fruit Is now on the market
a number Of cranberry recipes will
appear in this column during the next
several days.
Ten Minute Cranberry Sauce
1pound or quart a cups) cranberries
2 cups water
III to 2 cups sugar.
Method: Boil sugar and water to-
gether minutes; add cranberries and
boil without stirring e minutes Is US
ually sufficiently until all the skins pop
open. Remove from the fire when the
popping stops, and allow the sauce to
The Bismarck tribune., 1937-10-22
JAMES. ROOSEVELT
MADE C0ORD|NAT0R
FRS Son to Coordinate 'Execu'
tive Work Of Independent
Government Agencies

Washington, Oct. 0-R-President
Roosevelt set up his son and secre-
tary, James, Thursday, as "a CO.
ordinator of the executive work OF
independent government agencies"
This description Of his job was given
by young Roosevelt as heads Of nearly
q score Of agencies sat down at a
White House luncheon to receive from
him an explanation Of the new pro-
gram. He told reporters the president
hopes the plan will cut down his call
ing list and increase the efficiency OF
the executive branch.
James said he will receive the head
or acting head of each Of the inde-
pendent agencies at set time each
week.
The program also is designed to
keep the independent agencies in
formed OF work Of other agencies
which affects them.
Heads Of the following agencies will
be among those to participate in the
program:
Federal Reserve Board, Power Com
mission, Civilian Conservation Corps,
Civil Service Commission, Farm Credit
Administration, Social Security Board,
Bitumino,,s Coal Commission, Farm
Security Administration, Agricultural
Adjustment Administration, Inter-
state Commerce Commission, Works
Progress Administration, National
Youth Administration, National La
Dor Relations Board, Federal Hous-
ing Administration, Securities and
Exchange Commission, Reclamation
Bureau, and Maritime Commission.