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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Armistice Story: Marine
Views French War Fields;
Calls on German Cousins

p Fred Neitzel, rural mail carrier
of Morton, returned from six
weeks trip to France in time to
celebrate Armistice day at home.
NeitzePs trip with the Amer
lean Legion expedition is an
Armistice day story in itself. At
ter seeing the former battlefields
of Fracce, now green and peace
full, he visited relatives in Ger
many who 20 years ago were at
war with the forces in which he
was enlisted.
Although he served with the
United States marines for IA
months during the encounter, this
was his first trip to France. Ser
wing on the battleship U. S. Flor
ida, he Landed in Europe only
once, that time in England. The
rest of the period was spent on
the seas.
Neitzel liked Paris and the
ours to the former scenes of
battles and enjoyed his visit with
second cousins living alor.g the
Rhine in Germany.
He met no one with whom he
was associated in the World War
and saw only one reunion be-
tween French citizen and for
ner doughboy. That time an old
F'renchwoman met a Legionnaire
a--d with the characteristic i'm
pulsive affection of the nation,
kissed him time and time again.
Neitzel made his trip on the
Bremen, one of the largest liners
in the world.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Prominent Danube
Resident Buried

Danube-Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon at st.
Matthews Lutheran church in
Danube for Adolph Wallert, Y,
resident of Renville county for
over 60 years. Mr.. Wallert died
at the Willmar hospital.
He was born in Brandonberg,
Germany, November "a, 1865. At
an early age he came to Renville
county with his parents. He mar
ried Louise Lang of Renville in
Winfield, later moving to Troy
township. For 80 years he was
rural mail carrier. He served the
village of Danube as treasurer
and officer of the Farmers State
bank and was one of the founders
of the Farmers Elevator and Far
mers Creamery.
He is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Miss Minnie Wallert, Mrs.
Elmer Bredeson both of Renville
county and Mrs. A. j. Tolzman of
Vesta, and six sons, William,
August, George, Ernest, Russell
and Harry all of whom reside in
Renville county.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
County 4-HG,irls Win
In State Competition
IRENE NEUSCHWAND-
Err WILL ATTEND
CHICAGO MEET

New honors have come to Red
wood county All club girls.
Miss Irene Neuschwander will
represent Minnesota in the home
economics girls record contest at
the national All club congress in
Chicago.
Miss Catherine Winn's room
furnishing exhibit which was
judged best in the state will be
sent to the congress.
Another announcement from
the All club office is that Miss
Margaret Whittet has been
awarded trip to All club week
at University Farm in st. Paul
in June. She won the honor with
her thrift exhibit at the fair.
Miss Neuschwander, 20, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Neuschwander of Redwood Falls.
She has been one of the outstand-
ing junior leaders for the last
four years. She is former presi-
dent of the Redwood Mixers, Sec.
ond largest club in the county.
Last year she headed the county
All federation.
For three years she represented
Redwood county at the state fair
in silent bread demonstration
contests, one year placing second.
She was also member Of the
state fair bread demonstration
team for two years.
T1Iie xyaor Io
serve state champion in the state
meal preparation individual
speaking contest and was also
awarded a trip to All conserva-
ton camp for her work in that
field.
She is a graduate of Redwood
Falls High school where she re-
ceived the senior Americanism
award. At present she teaches
school in Brookville township.
She will leave November q for
the congress which lasts an entire
week.
Catherine Winn, whose exhibit
includes an antique table and
chair and a cherry sewing box
which belonged to her great
grandmother, is a freshman in the
college of home economics at the
University of Minnesota. Her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Winn, live in Sheridan township.
Margaret Whittet, IL, one of
the Whittet twins, is member of
the Redwood Mixers. She won
blue ribbon at the state fair with
a jacket dress made from flour
sacks trimmed in rick-rack,
in color from yellow to
brown. Club week, which she
will attend, is training school
for junior leaders.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Rites Held for
SO. Masonic
PIONEER CAME HERE
IN COVERED WAGON
WHEN A BOY

S. Oscar Mason who came to
Redwood Falls in covered
wagon and was active in the
community for many years, died,
early Saturday morning at his
home here following a heart at
tack. He had been ill with heart
trouble for several months.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at the Presby-
terrain church of which he had
been an elder since 1924 and on
the board of trustees for much
longer period. He had also held
other offices in the church and
only a week ago Sunday served
communion to the minister and
elders.
He was born March 10, 1865 in
Houston county and came to Red
wood Falls with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. o. A. Mason when he
was about six years of age. The
pioneers first stopped at the stone
house on the lower Sioux agency
and later settled on a farm just
west of Redwood Falls where
they lived in log cabin.
He attended Redwood Falls
schools ard later graduated from
Minneapolis business college.
He was associated with J. P.
Cooper in a creamery here and
was in the furniture business with
H. N. Bell and later with Ormie
Mcmillan, his cousin. He also
conducted a real estate business
and for a time was a concrete
bridge contractor, working with
his sons.
April 4, 1889 he married Kath-
crime Bobzin in Frankfort, Illinois
and the couple returned here
They have lived in their present
home on Bridge street ever stree
Surviving are his wife and chill
dren, Mrs. Kenneth Clark and
Howard of Minneapolis, Mervin
of st. Paul, John of Sioux Falls,
Clarence of Oklahoma City and
Edward of Blythe, California.
There are also a brother, Willard
Mason of Portland, Oregon; a
sister Mrs. Manus Moon of Pasa-
dena, California and 10 grand
children.
Three children Ella, 18 and
Dewey, IL, who died a week
apart and Marian, who was a
year and half old, preceded him
in death.
Rev. J. P. Linn, recently retir-
ed pastor of the PRESBYTERIAN
church, officiated at the rites.
Pail bearers included S. F. Scott,
A. p. Falk, Kenneth Campbell,
H. c. Wood, G. r. Engeman and
Gilbert Mac Dougall and honor
airy pail bearers were E. A. Pease,
A. c. Burmeister, c. v. Everett,
A. D. McRae, Robert Stewart and
John Colville.
Mrs. j. Albert Johnson, Mrs.
Frank Weeks, Mrs. w. A. Marvin,
Mrs. Maude Winter, Miss Zina
Ackmann and Mrs. c. D. Thomp-
son had charge of the flowers.
A quartet with w. M. Smith,
Mrs. Fred Pfeiffer, Mrs. G. L.
Crooks and Robert Tiffany sang,
accompanied by Mrs. B. E. Marsh.
Among the out-of-town persons
present were Mrs. Ludwig Flore
and daughter, Naomi of Mime
apolis, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Huep-
fel of Springfield and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Strom of Worthing-
ton. Mrs. Strom is niece of Mr..
Mason.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Balko Trying
For Big Prize
.AtFort Dodge
1884 NATIONAL CHAMP
SEEKS $1,000 TOP
PRIZE IN MEET

With $1,000 first prize al
stake, Ted Balko of Redwood
Falls is competing in the "cham-
plon OF champions" corn huskine
contest being staged at Fort
Dodge, Iowa, today.
Sponsored by the Fort Dodge
chamber of commerce, the event
was expected to attract large
crowd while the size of the prize
was a big inducement for the
huskers. Only former national
champions are eligible, including
Ray Hanson of Bingham Lake
who won the 1887 title last week
Balko won the 1884 national
crown.
Results of the meet will he
broadcast from station WHO
Les MONIES, at 4 p. m. today.
Hard Luck Ray" Hanson shook
on the Jinx which followed him
through the fields in five state
contests and four national events
70 top IS other picked bangboard
artists in the national shuckine
meet at Marshall, Missouri, Thurs
day.
1t looked. as though the Bing-
nam Lake, Minnesota, giant had
moved from his four-time runn-
er-up position at the state contest
IN Redwood Falls October %. but
ne held the commonwealth title
Tor only a few minutes before a
mistake in weighing the wagon of
harry Brown was discovered. A
recheck of Browns load gave the
Martin county man a margin of
.OO3 bushels and Hanson had to
be content with second place.
Husking in cold driving rain
and often losing his balance in
the slippery mud, Hanson took
the nations husking crown with
2l.3O bushels. Other contestants
had more corn but his corn had
less husks and cleaners picked I'D
few ears in his wake.
The new champion owns a
quarter section farm in Mime
sofa and rents an additional quar-
ter section. He is married and
has two daughters, one two
months old. He received a check
for 500, the first place award.
His expenses on the trip were
paid by The Farmer magazine,
sponsor of the contest in Mime
sofa as Berry Akers, editor had
promised him expenses if he top
ped Brown in the national.
Cecil Winning, Kansas entry,
took second place with 1874 bu-
smells. Brown was fifth with
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL DRIVE WILL
OPEN HERE TO-DAY

The Red Cross will hold its
annual roll call and membership
drive in the period from Armis-
lice Day to Thanksgiving.
Wallace Simpson of Wabasso,
chairman of the Redwood county
chapter, believes that substantial
i crease in enrolment can be eX-
pected in this county.
The county has been divided
into three districts for the drive
with a chairman in charge of
each. Julian E. Morten of Red
wood Falls is chairman in the
northerS. division, Miss Mile
Scott of Milroy, in the central
division and Everett Lantz of
Walnut Grove in the southern
division.
Last year Redwood county
ranked fourth from the bottom
IN per capita membership in the
state.
Duri g the great floods in the
Ohio and Mississippi valleys,
which affected approximately
100000 people, early this year
the Red Cross had the greatest
refugee problem it has ever faced.
Disaster relief work, though
the most spectacular activity of
the Red Cross, is only one phase
of its many-sided work, public
health nursing, assistance to dis
abled war veterans and their de-
pendents, instruction in highway
first aid, Instruction in home care
of the sick, the making of gar
ments for needy, producing books
in Braille for the blind, and home
and farm accident prevention
being among other activities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
$43, 900 Advanced On
County REA Project

REA has approved another re-
QUESTION from the funds available
for Redwood county's first and
second projects which have been
combired and are now well UNI
derway.
The amount, $16,075.71, brings
the total money advanced to
S43, 900. Most of the money will
be used for construction mater
ials, poles, wire, transformers and
some for office expenses and SAL
aries.
Signers for third project are
being solicited row. Organization
meetings were held last week in
Gales, Belview and Wabasso.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
|CardinalCage
SquadLacking
ZIMMERMAN STARTING
HEAVY PRACTICE
NEXT MONDAY

Redwood Falls high school
athletes will shed hip pads and
helmets Monday for light basket
ball shorts as they come in off the
grid for the winter cage season.
Four or five men not out for
football have already begun prac-
tice but main sessions will start
following the last football game
Friday.
Coach Wally Zimmerman win
have little more than two weeks
in which to whip a team of green
material into shape before the
opener with Morton here Decem-
Der 8. Last years first string was
composed Of seniors and there are
only few former second teamers
and junior high players left for
this years squad.
The first week and a half win
be devoted to fundamentals and
the last week to perfecting plays.
This years team must be train
ed to take the ball out OF the
court for a throw in after a bas-
ket is made by the opposing team.
There win be no center Jumps az
ter scoring.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Sacred Heart Chorus
Will Give Concert

The Sacred Heart Male chorus,
a group of Is singers. will give a
sacred concert at the Methodist
Episcopal church in Redwood
Falls Sunday at 7:30 p. m.
A. E. Iverson, Sacred Heart
editor, is director of the organ
ization, made up of residents of
the village and community, which
has an enviable reputation in this
area. This year the chorus gave a
half hour concert over radio
station WCCO and plans are
being made for a similar program
over the same station early next
year.
A program of gospel songs,
negro spirituals and anthems will
be presented with soloists and a
quartet giving variety to the con-
cert. During one of the intermiss-
ions the director, former minis
ter, will give a short talk on a
religious theme.
There will be no admission
charge but a free viii offering
viii be taken.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Home Demonstration
| Chairmen Will Plan
Program at Meeting

A regular meeting of township
chairmen of home demonstration
work will be held Monday at the
home of Mrs. Herbert VIM of
Sheridan. It will be luncheon
meeting at which the program
for next year will be planned.
This year $50 women in ~
groups are working on house
furnishing project under the di-
rection of the extension division
of University Farm. Miss Char
lotte Kichner, house furnishings
specialist of the farm, is super
vising the project with the as
sistance of Miss Lenore Golden,
home demonstration agent.
The course includes four les
sons. The first, harmony in color
and design, was completed last
month. Next week lessons in rug
making will begin and the two
remaining lessons are on slip
covers and draperies and cur
tains.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Pea Meeting
November l9
EARLY DATE CHOSEN
TO AVOID DANGER
OF BAD ROADS

Plans for an open stockholders
meeting of the Redwood Falls
Production Credit association be-
fore there is danger of snow
blocking the roads were announc-
ed this week by w. M. Smith,
secretary-treasurer. The meeting
will be held at the Redwood Falls
armory November 19 beginning
at noon.
The early date was chosen
rather than the customary winter
date because it is believed there
will be a larger attendance of
members from distant points and
of non-member farmers and their
wives.
In addition to good entertain
ment program and short talks by
local farmers, several charts will
be shown indicating the growth
and progress of the association
from January ! to September 80
and special opportunity will be
given for questions and discussion
from the floor.
The association includes Red
wood, Renville and small part
of Yellow Medicine counties and
now has 341 members. Loans
during the nine-months period
have amounted to 1922, 1863, Dor
rowed for such purposes as buy
ing livestock, machinery and farm
supplies, paying off farm debts
and making repairs and improve
mentS.
The members have increased
their subscription to association
stock substantially this season
and now own $14,850 in shares
which is Is per cent of the total
capital, the rest of the capital
being subscribed by the Produc-
ton Credit corporation of st. Paul
which supervises this association
and others like it in four states,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and North Dakota.
Legal reserves and undivided
profits have grown from $7,348
to $40, 243 in the nine months and
now amount to 10.7 per cent of
the total capital.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Cardinals To
Close Season
AtSpriingfield
3 TEAMS LIKELY TO
TIE FOR LITTLE
TEN HONORS

Redwood Falls ard Springfield
will officially close the Little Ten
season Friday night in a game at
Springfield under lights, an anti
climax to three bitter conference
battles slated for Armistice day.
The Springfield encounter was
originally scheduled for today but
was moved back to avoid airy
conflict with the dedication OF
Memorial field here tonight.
Little Ten standings will be al
tered by results in todays games.
although prospects are that three
teams will finish the season in a
tie for first honors.
The annual battle of Mcleod
county which will attract 5000
fa-s today finds Hutchinson and
Glencoe striving to retain unde-
feated records. The loser will slip
out of the title chase. Marshall
and Tracy, Lyon county rivals OF
long standing, will clash today
with the Tigers long-odds favorites
for their fourth victory and their
first claim on a Little Ten grid
trophy. FairmoLt has already
completed four game league
schedule undefeated so the crown
is likely to be divided between
three widely separated towns.
The third ArmiStice day tilt in
which there will be no armistice
is that between Sleepy Eye and
New Ulm which is a battle to
finish outside the loop cellar.
Redwood and Springfield should
be par teams on the basis of re-
suits in earlier games. The Card
inal warriors felt better about
their lacing at the hands of the
Marshall Tigers this week when
they read that the Fielders had
been razzle-dazzled SO to 0 by
the Cole eleven. That's one point
worse than Redwood was swamp
ed and may mean the Tom entry
has one-point edge. On the
other hand Springfield was sue
cessful over Sleepy Eye but only
II to 0 while Redwood scalped
the Indians "a to 0 which may
indicate the Cards have a good
chance to push up past the 500
per cent rating in the standings.
With the exception of Pooch
Lauterbach and Donald Aarthun
who are out with injuries, the
CardiLals will be at full strength
for the encounter. Seven seniors.
five of them regulars, will be
playing their last game for the
school. Marshall loses ten this
year. including the flashy back
field combination.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
WOMAN HURT AS
CAR STRIKES COW
BELVIEW WOMAN IN
HOSPITAL WITH
NECK INJURY p,

Belview-Mrs. H. H. johnson
suffered a sprained neck which
will keep her confined to the hos
pital for a week or 10 days when
the car which her husband was
driving struck cow about six
miles east of Granite Falls Sum
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson, accom-
panied by Oscar Olson, were re-
turning to Belview when they
came upon a herd of cattle being
driven across the highway. 1t
was dark and Mr.. johnson was
unable to see them in time to
stop.
The car struck one of the ami
mails and rolled over into the
ditch. 1t was badly damaged.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Rev. j. ID. Keith
And Son Escape
Death i'm Mishap

Rev. j. d. Keith of Delhi and
his small son narrowly escaped
death Tuesday morning when a
tire blew out and his car swerved
into the ditch, rolling over on its
side.
Rev. Keith and Alan, s, were
driving about 80 miles an hour
on the road four miles west of
Delhi when the right rear tire
blew out.
After rolling over the car was
damaged in such a way that the
doors would not open and Rev.
Keith was forced to take off the
windshield and crawl out.
Both he and the boy were
bruised but suffered no other in
juries.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
Bank Night Matinee
Arranged at Redwood

To better accommodate the
crowds, matinee performance of
the show The Maa Who Cried
Wolf will be given at the Red
wood Theatre Tuesday at 2:30 p.
m. the management announced
this week.
Persons who attend the matinee
may register and thereby become
eligible for the bank night prize
that evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
|Anidavits Charge
Open Gambling for
Money at 81 Fair
CLAGUE AND BACKER
SIGN COMPLAINTS
ON FAIR GAMES

<I1iueavilS tlldt lIlSy IldQ seen
open gambling for money at the
Redwood county fair this year
were filed by L. E. Backer and
Frank Clague at hearing before
Judge A. B. Gislason in Redwood
Falls Wednesday morning.
The hearing was on a temper
airy restraining order granted
during the event this year by
Judge Gislason after Mr.. Backer
signed a complaint. 1t appears
that there will be considerable
more litigation on the case which
has been continued several times.
Arguments Wednesday morning
were largely on technical points
of law although there were few
flare-ups on the parts of the at
torneys.
Questions Right
Julian E. Morten who appeared
for the fair board argued that Mr..
Backer had no right to ask an in
junction since he had suffered no
irreparable loss from the gamb-
ling.
'1How in the world could it af-
feet him." he asked. "he's not in
the gambling business. He has a
store downtown"
He also cited cases in which
courts held that injunctions are
not the method of dealing with
criminal matters.
There seems to be some ques-
ton as to how this action was in
! stituted," he remarked, adding
that the county attorney chad not
appeared to do anything to stop
gambling, if there was any"
do you deny that there was
gambling at the fair?" County
Attorney George A. Barnes, law
yer for the plaintiff, asked.
1--WE are not admitting that
there was" Morten said.
Morten asked for a dismissal on
special appearance, in which the
jurisdiction of the court in the
case would be questioned.
To File Memorandum
Leon H. Brown, the other attor-
ney for the plaintiff, contended
that the defense had already sub
mitted to the jurisdiction of the
court, showing that Morten had
signed a stipulation consenting to
the continuation of the restrain
ing order. He also argued that
Morton had set up an affirmative
defense, in other words argued
his defense without filing an
answer.
The court asked Morten to file
memorandum on the request for
special appearance within the
next five days.
If it is denied the court will
rule on the plaintiffs request for
the defense to file an answer. If
the case progresses to that point
and the answer involves points of
law, the case will be heard before
the court. If it involves points of
fact it will go to a jury.
Brown stated that 1000 or more
school children were invited to
the fair and that it was plaintiffs
contention the offense charged in
wolves moral turpitude.
"We feel it is matter of great
importance to every Citizen" he
said.
During the argument Morten
insisted that the fair board MEM
ber's characters had been be-
smirched by the action.
"The fair board doesn't want
gambling any more than Backer
or Barnes" he said.
IF that's their attitude why
don't they stop it," Barnes de-
manded.
Brown took the floor to state
that it was not plaintiffs or
counsePs intention to besmirch
any character.
The hearing did not attract as
many persons as were expected
from the general interest in the
matter. Only the fair board and a
few scattered spectators attended.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
ScOuters and Wives
to Attend Meeting

About 20 Redwood Falls Scout
.ersl and their wives viii attend
the annual meeting of the Min
nesota Valley area council in
Mankato Wednesday.
Richard Cook of Redwood
Falls, chairman of the Fort
Ridgely district, will present the
veterans awards at the banquet.
Charles L. Sommers, regional
scout chairman and X. G.. Bentz,
regional scout executive, will be
principal speakers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11
MITCHELL. MITTEN TO SPEAK

William Mitchell of Tracy, for
mer state commander of the
American Legion and A. L. Nit
ten, present state vice-command-
er are expected to speak at a
meeting of the County council in
Lamberton Tuesday evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-11-11

Joe frost, Seaforth garageman,
has purchased Taylor Craft two
place cabin airplane. He will
keep it at Pilot Jack Robinson's
flying field Lear Redwood Falls
where hangar will be built for
the frost and Robinson planes.