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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-10-14
THE GAZETTE NOW HAS NEARLY


80 correspondents scattered throughout the
territory in which we have subscribers. For
the most part they are extremely conscien-
tious in trying to carry out instructions to
send only items which have occurred since
the last publication day of the paper and in
combining their writings to items of interest
outside just the immediate family circle.
When otherwise important items reach us
long after they have happened, 1t Is neceS-
sary to either omit them or boil them to
barest details in order to save space for the
fresher news which every week is more
plentiful than the space in which we must
print it. Subscribers will avoid disappoint-
ment and help improve their paper if they
will accommodate our representatives by
getting items to them promptly or sending
them direct, indicating whom they wish to
have credit for them.
ABE l. HARRIS IN HIS FARMER
Labor news" letter to editors, sees in Presi-
dent Roosevelt's warm greeting for Cover
nor Benson an indication that the chief exc
cutive expects to find liberals all lined up on
one side of the fence and conservatives on
the other, regardless of former party aft
liations, when next we elect president. 1t
so the situation will be considerably less
confusing to voters than it has been in re-
cent campaigns.
MIR. HARRIS ALSO DECLARES THAT
| Tabor, awake as it never has been before,
is ready and willing to cooperate with the
farm population" Up to the point where
the cost of living is affected, we suspect.
SOME PEOPLE LOVE TO FIND THE
other fellows mistakes. For instance when
date in a recent movie here was given as
Wednesday, February IL, 1912, one patron
checked up and found that Lincoln's birth
day that year actually fell on Monday. Hol-
lywood should save it's old calendars.
ONE TIRED HUTCHINSON PLAYER
came out of the game the other night, sat
down on the bench and remarked to the fel-
low next to him, "They hit hard but they
are darn nice fellows" 1t was darn nice"
tribute to athletics as they are handled in
Redwood Falls schools:
THE DUKE AND WALLY ARE CON-
ing to America where we feel certain they
will be warmly welcomed. However, the
Duke should be advised against popularizing
those shorts in which he sometimes is photo
graphed during the tough northwest win
ter.
A REDWOOD FALLS RESIDENT
who was forced to kill little time in the
Twin Cities the other day discovered that
the only show there that hadn't already been
in Redwood Falls was burlesque show.
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Little

The Observing Reporter is get
ting mighty tired of being the
only observing person in this
Mighty Metropolis
How observing are you?
1. What clock in Redwood Falls
bears the legend, ASchleuder's
Standard Timer"
2. In what city officials office
does the picture of Lake Redwood
with IL rowboats and one launch
hang?
3. Who donated the Minnesota
River shells to the Redwood Falls
public library?
4. How did Bill Charlton come
out on his hunting trip?
S. The painters in what build
ing incorporated the word WIS
KEY in their mural decorations?
6. Where is the photo showing
the hauling of oil products by
team, rather than by truck?
z. What city official smokes
Twenty Grands?
8. Where is the basketball that
needs stuffing like a bird and
why?
9. In which physicians office is
! the picture of a race between a
| doctor in an automobile and a
stork flying under his own power
displayed?
10. Who painted it?
II. When does the city council
meet?i
IL. Are there arrangements
for ladies in the Redwood county
jail?
Is. What company did the city
streets blacktopping, just COM
pleted?
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New Avon Society
Elects Officers
By Mrs. Ben SteWig

New Avon-The New Avon M.
E.Ladies Aid and Missionary Soc
iety met Wednesday at the Emil
Anderson home near Wabasso.
Those taking part in the program
were Mrs. Roland Overmeyer,
Mrs. Lindeman, Mrs. Henry
Hauptli and Mrs. Ben Stewig.
Reports of the missionary con-
vention were given by Mrs. Lin
deman, Mrs. Jensen, Mrs. Stay
maker and Miss Lucille Bryan.
The missionary society officers
elected were president, Mrs. Otto
Lindeman; vice president, Mrs.
Frank Boots; secretary, Miss
Lucille Bryan; corresponding Sc
cretary, Mrs. Emil Anderson and
treasurer, Mrs. Jesse Slaymaker.
Mrs. John Stewig, Mrs. Lester
Stewig and Mrs. Ben Stewig were
business callers in New Ulm Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Parker
were visitors of Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Erickson in Winthrop
Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Adolph Steinhaus
attended the fifteenth wedding
anniversary Sunday night of Mr..
and Mrs. R. R. Steinhaus near
Morgan.
In honor of her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Welcome
Wood and son of South America,
Mrs. Joe Beran entertained Mr..
and Mrs. w. r. Parker, Joseph
Parker and family, Mr.. ard Mrs.
Herbert Parker and MIR. and Mrs.
David Parker at Clements Tues
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Quesenberry
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Warner ard son of Gilfillan were
visitors Sunday afternoon of Mr..
and Mrs. Irwin Quesenberry of
near Springfield.
Mrs. Anna Mccall and son of
Luten, Mimi, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Bacon and son Robert and Miss
Elizabeth Parker of st. Paul spent
Sunday with the Joseph Parker
and other relatives here.
MIR. and Mrs. William Berg and
three children spent the weekend
in Yankton, S. D.
MIR. and Mrs. Otto Lindeman
spent Sunday with his brother
Dewey Lindeman at Detroit
Lakes.
Floyd Stewig and Miss Loretta
Schel of Faribault spent Sunday
night with his mother and sisters
and accompanied by Mrs. Stewig
and daughter Marion visited MIR.
and Mrs. Calvin Wheeler near
Sanborn. --...-
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stewig and
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Stewig visit
ed Sunday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. Irwin Quesenberry and Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Oyermeyer at
Springfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schwab
and family, George Schwab, MIR.
and Mrs. Charles Schwab and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Wenzel
Coblirsch and family attended the
fifth wedding anniversary Sunday
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Walter near
Seaforth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wenzel Goblirsch
and children Marion and John
were visitors Sunday night Of Mr..
and Mrs, Leo Prokosch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Schwab
ard family were visitors Sunday
hight Of Mr. and Mrs. Frank He'll
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-10-14
Backward
Chances
SO YEARS AGO


A physician from New York
state was in Redwood Falls with
a view to locating here.-Red-
wood county farmers were war;
ed that the old fake, the cloth
peddler, was abroad in the COM
munity.-Jeweler Smith rented
the Methodist parsonage for his
winter residence.-The Coal Stove
club was holding nightly sessions.
The state school apportionment
for Redwood county was increas-
ed.-Many farmers were caught
by the cold snap with their pota-
toes still in the ground Dun
nington and Warner sold another
quarter section in the morgan
lied township.-Miss Nettie
Truesdell returned from Kansas.
-Ormie Mcmillan was appointed
assistant cashier of the Citizens
State bank.-A. D. Foster moved
his restaurant from the Mill street
corner to Offermar.'s brick build
ing one door west of F. M. Bir-
kenmeyer and company.-Mrs.
Chollar offered a reward to the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-10-14

finder of the red leather pocket
book which MIR. Chollar lost in
his fall at the bridge Potatoes
were selling at 80 cents a bushel.
The John S. Marsh post passed
resolutions recommending the ap-
pointment of Thomas Mcmillan
as commandant of the Soldiers
Home John Lauterbach an
nounced that he had purchased
the wagon business of WATSON and
Bager.-A. Birum announced the
closing of the business conducted
by Laird, Norton and Chollar.-
Miss Ella Davis was married to
Mel Finch.
Is YEARS AGO
Mrs. Kodet and her baby were
seriously injured when they were
thrown from the buggy in which
they were riding.-R. M. Ring
dahl, Democratic candidate for
governor, spoke in Redwood Falls.
The Gazette made arrange
ments to send the Agricultural
Magazine to each of it's subscrib-
ers twice a month.-C. M. Ben
dixen was burned about the
hands and face by stubble fire
that started on his farm near
Three Lakes.-Thomas A. Woods
and Mary Mccormick were mar
ried.-Hubert Whittet left for
Minneapolis to attend the agricul-
tural school.-The annual con-
vention of the Redwood county
Sunday School association was
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ing near Morgan.

ing near Morgan.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Tauer of
Morgan were visitors of MIR. and
Mrs. John P. Welter Sunday af-
ternoon and Sunday night. Mr..
and Mrs. Einar Hoffbeck were
supper guests of MIR. and Mrs.
Welter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Welter
are moving from the farm, where
they held a sale, into Clements
this week.
Miss Helen Kohl and Ira ALEX
were Melrose visitors last week.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. H. Bryan were
visitors of MIR. ard Mrs. Wilbur
Warner Sunday afternoon.
MIR. and Mrs. John Anderson
and son Leo, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Gray and daughter, Sharon Ray
were dinner guests Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Anderson, helping
Patty Lou celebrate her fifth
birthday.
MIR. and Mrs. Leroy Woodford
and son were dinner guests Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. Burgess
Young.
Mrs. Nels Jensen and Misses
Fay Jensen, Lucille Bryan, Vera
Lightfoot, Carol Berg, Ethel Lin
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-10-14
THE REDWOOD GAZETTE

1--WE WE'RE GOOD UNTIL WE GOT
beat now we're terrible" one of the RFHS
football players remarked after fans had
rehashed the game Saturday with true
downtown quarterback hindsight.
We don't believe he described the attl-
tude of most fans, however, for everyone
has known all along that sooner or later the
victory string would be ended, either by a
better team, an unfortunate break or due to
injuries and ineligibilities or combination
of all these factors.
With the strain of such record over,
Cardinal gridders and the board of strategy
will set out, of course, to build new record
The season will still be a successful one,
there are still strong opponents to be dealt
WITH still chance even to win the confer
ence title.
Crying over defeat is foolish We even
refuse to offer alibis beyond stating the act
footballs purpose is not so much to win
games as to develop strong bodies and teach
fair play. Undoubtedly one learns more
about craftsmanship in defeat than in vic
tory.
THERE HAVE BEEN DENIALS OF
reports that Mayor George E. Leach of Min
neapolis would like to be the next Republican
candidate for governor but when a man
starts mallng copies OF MS speeches. Will
his picture to the weekly papers, it is GER
tainty that he has some political advance
ment in mind.
THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
mems latest instructions are to warn ''pokey
drivers that their uncommonly low speed
forces average speed drivers to pass them,
risking headon collisions and therefore
constitutes a highway hazard. The ambit-
ious highway patrol chief may next attack
the backseat driver.
THE POOR JAPS ARE STILL ON THE
defensive, but advancing 20 miles a day
Newark (Ohio) Advocate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-10-14
LEGHORN HEN MOTHERS
EIGHT SMALL KITTENS

Sleepy Eye-A leghorn hen, ap-
parently overcome with maternal
instinct is sharing with cat on
the Ed Triton farm north of town,
the duties of caring for eight
small kittens. The hen ''took" to
the kittens shortly after their
birth and stays with them prac-
tically day and night, except at
lunch time, when the mother cat
appears. Mrs. Triton moved the
kittens once to see if the hen
would follow them. and she did.
The cat does not object to the way
in which she is being relieved of
her responsibility in caring for
her offspring.
Many a master mind can't mas
ter arithmetic-EX.
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held at the Methodist church in
Lamberton.- Redwood county
seemed quite certain to have a
woman, Mrs. Adella G. Pratt, as
County superintendent of schools.
Fred Pryor with his crew be-
gan work filling six miles of ditch
near Gilfillan.-Charles Fleischer
leased the flour mill at North
Redwood
10 YEARS AGO
Mayor A. j. White gave the
address of welcome at reception
for Rev. and Mrs. c. w. Gilman.
The Melvin Daskam post was
host at a Legion-Auxiliary rally
banquet in the armory.-St. Peter
was defeated 6 to by the Red
wood Falls football team.-A re-
cord price of $1,000 was paid for
a 81 acre farm near Redwood
Falls.-The annual Red Cross
drive was scheduled to start
Thirty-five relatives surprised
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul w. Hackbarth
at their home to celebrate their
silver wedding anniversary.-C.
M. Bendixen who represented
Redwood county in the legislature
for many years was appointed
member of the state board of
grain appeals.-Judge Emerson
opened district court with 43
cases on the civil calendar.-Rev.
E. E. Test was appointed pastor of
the Delhi Presbyterian church.
Miss Theo Jensen, superintendent
of schools, announced the annual
meeting of school officers in the
county.-Lynn Sheldon, county
agent, presented a plan whereby
Redwood county poultry raisers
could keep records of their chick
en- business.-State treasurer and
Mrs. Julius Schmahl were visiting
here.-Miss June Johnston ard
Andy Luscher were married.
=
S YEARS AGO
It was announced that $45, 900
would be required to run the
school here next year.-"Stunt
night" an annual get-together of
southwestern Minnesota Lions
club members was held here
The fire department was called to
extinguish a blaze at the Light
and Power plant.-Rev. w. H.
Westby was named pastor of the
English Lutheran church here
The Redwood Falls High football
team was defeated by Marshall
80 to &C. A. Lauterbach, Wal
ter Lamberton, Glenn Hillig, w.
R. Wingate and B. H. Clark were
named on a committee to make
plans for the state Farmers Union
convention to be held in Redwood
Falls.-Twelve Redwood Falls
men attended railroad and
warehouse hearing at Gaylord on
the matter of improving bus SER
vice between the city and eastern
and southern points.-So far that
year the fire department had
answered 16 calls, Is here and
three in the country or nearby
townsville American Legion
sponsored contest with a
Worlds Fair trip as, prize.
Before many months pass San
born will boast a new theatre
costing approximately $4,000.
1t will be built by Theo Hensch
who recently disposed of his
Sanborn Mercantile Company
store.
Sanborn has wanted theatre
for several years and after Civ
ing the matter considerable
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deman, Audrey Ensey, Mrs. Mar
gurite Faherty and Wesley Stay
maker, Clark and Alden Jensen
attended the sub-district rally of
the Young Peoples league at
Springfield Sunday night.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
BETTE DAVIS AT ROOSEVELT
WITH EDWARD G. ROBINSON

Bette Davis was winner of the
1895 Academy gold statue for the
best feminine performance of the.
year
Edward G. Robinson every pic
ture has been great since Little
Caesar" back in 1890.
Humphrey Bogart was the main
figure in the recent "Black To
gion" thriller, and the menacIns
bandit in "Petrified Forest"
Each an individual Warner Bros
star, but now all working together
in kid Galahad an es citing
story Of the prize ring and those
who surround. The p'ttdrie hs
been booked into the Roosevelt
theatre and Is scheduled to have
its first local showing on SUNDAY
Monday and Tuesday.
lid Galahad." writs en- by Fran.
els Wallace, was great. literary
success when it first appe sred as +.
serial in q national weekly maya
inc. Then it ba,ame a bast -eelle,
as novel.
Spencer Tracy DEMONSTRATED his
phenomenal ability for the fourth
successive venture in '"rhcy Gave
Him Gun" which, shows Friday
land Saturday at the Roosevelt
thearte.
This is the Metro C oldwyn May.
er adalttatiou of the best seller by
William Joyce Cowem, former sol
der, who expressed tis hatred o
war in the novel.
Directed by w. s. Van Dyke II
the film has Tracy. Gladys George
and Franchot Tone In the principa
roles
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
SENATORS WILL INSPECT
GRAND CouI.EE DAM

Washington will be- host to n iunkel
of senators touring reclamation prof.
ects following adjournment Of con
gress, Ross K. Tiffany, executive sec
rotary of the state planning council
was advised by Floyd o. Hagie,
Washington representative of the
National Reclamation association.
The senators will study the present
status of western reclamation projects,
including Grand Coulee and Rozs, and
consider new developments.
In the subcommittee are Senat-
ors O'Mahoney of Wyoming, chair
man; Bankhead of Alabama, Ashurst
of Arizona, Adams of Colorado, Hatch
OF New Mexico and Townsend o
Delaware Bankhead is the new chair
man of the senate committee on ir-
igation and reclamation.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
Couple
We'd At fp1rata

Miss Josephine Wanamaker and
Louis Rhodes were united in mar
rage Sunday morning at Ephrata
The rites were reformed at o..
clock, with Mr.. and Mrs. Hershe]
LETTERS and immediate members OF
the two families witnessing the
ceremony.
Both MIR. and Mrs. Rhodes have
lived In Coulee City for several
years and attended the schools
here.
Following the martial vows MI
and Mrs. Rhodes took short hon
eymoon "trip to Seattle, returning
here later In the week. They are
at home to their friends in the
Ms. Lang house.
The editor wishes to Join their
many other friends in extending
the newlyweds congratulations
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
Call Tor Bids
On Road Jobs

Oily MP1A - Highways Director
Lacey " Murrow called for bids last
week on eight highway projects, three
of tho jobs being on the Stevens pass
highway. Bids will be opened and
awards made on July 20. The improv-
ments will cover approximately $50
miles of primary and secondary high
ways.
fhs projects arc: :,
Sunset DEMONSTRATING, surfac-
rug and constructing "a treated pile
and timber trestle ON Q OF mile,
Almira north; constructing light
! bitumlnous surface treatment and
nonskld seal ON 1874 miles, Alm,ra 10
Grand eoulee dam; constructing
nouskid seal on 142 mules of second-
airy state highway No. 4C, junction
primary state highway Nc.4. north of
Wilbur TO junction primary state
highway No. 2, north Of Alm'ra.
Stevens Pass highway Clearing,
! grating. draining and sur scing Oh
Al miles, Merritt to Leavcnworth.
| in Cholan county.
Stevens Pass highway Clearing.
grading, draining, surfacing and con
sructing a reinforced concrete slab
bridge on 2.e miles. Merritt to Lesv-
enworth.
Hteveas Pass highwav-0eoSlnGs
! grading. draining and surfaeing Oh s
miles. Merritt to Lcavenworth.
Manufacturing aud stockpiling
crushed stone SUR acing and mineral
aggregates and constructing = light
bituminous surface treatment on SIS
miles Of secondary state highway No.
3-H, Opportunity south. in Grant,
Lincoln and spokane counties.
/ Inland Empire and National Psrh
highway Grading, surfacing and
constructing bituminous surface treat.
, meats. plant NIX type -ciaye 81" non
skid seal AMI fetresd on primary .stat.
highway No. 3. acctiou 1. Alfalfa Il
Wallula, about 20 miles; section z
kicna to erosser, 14.a miles; on PR
mary state highway No. s; section
Pieton canal intake to Nachee river
1877 miles; on North Bank highway
section 5, Buena to Dry Creek, l:
miles; in Yakima, Benton, Franklin
and WaIla Walla counties.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
CEMENT USED IN
D1sHPPEARING ACT

MWAK and the bureau of reelama-
ton are staging regular Houdini disap.
pearing acts, but with cement i'll place
of elephants or pretty girls
The whole thing is based on the old
standby of the magician that things
are not necessarily what they seem. To
the laymen.t the west of the founda-
ton of the Grand Coulee dam looks
like solid monolith, but it ism It. or
wasn't before grouting was started. 1t
was cast as a series of separate units.
70 the same laymen, the granite FOUND
alton appears solid, but it ism It. The age
did rock is interlaced with cracks and
assures.
The Houdini act has been to force
literally millions Of pounds of special
types of cement into the Spaces be-
tween the units of the dam and into
the creviees in the bed rock, to form a
solid mass.
The MWAK has forced 10000 tons
of cement, mixed only with water and
called grout, into the top 80 to 50
feet of the foundation granite. Hun
dreds of holes were drilled, some 30
feet and others SO feet deep, and the
grout was forced into these under high
pressure.
MWAK records show one hole so
feet deep and a few inches wide was
the funnel through which 1000 sacks
of cement, mixed with water. found
their way into nearby erevices.
Crews employed by the bureau Of
reclamation have used $4,000 sacks.
about 100 tons, of cement to fill
contraction points in the west end OF
the dam. More than 100000 square
feet of adjoining areas were solidt-
led. A sack of cement served to I'M
tie about lis square feet.
The dam was cast in units to facil-
ltate contraction while the concrete
cooled. The temperature of the mass
was brought to normal by forcing riv-
er water through hundreds Of miles
Of pipes buried in the dam.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
OBITUARY

Ira W. Gregg was born near
Bolivar, Missouri, May "a, 1S45
He passed away at his home in
Coulee City on the morning on
July z. 1897, at the age of 90
years, one month and ten days He
had been in poor health for some
time and the end was not unex-
pected.
Mr.. Gregg was the last of the
Civil war veterans in Grant coun.
ty, Washington. The Veterans OF
Foreign Wars post of Coulee City
served as guard of honor and held
gravegtde services
He enlisted in the Union army
in the early part of the Civil wal
and served until the end.
He was a member of the Chris
tian church. Funeral services were
conducted at the Presbyterian
church by the Rev. B. p. Wilson
and interment was in the Mold
cemetery.
Surviving members of the fam
lily are his widow, Ella; two sons
DR.. N. f. Gregg, Coulee City, and
j. E. Gregg of Seattle five grand
children, nine grandchildren, and
other relatives.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1937-07-08
Taps Sound For
Civil War Vet

Coulee City suffered heavy
loss early Sunday morning when
Ira w. Gregg, pioneer Big Bend
resident passed away at his home
here, following an extended siege
of poor health.
Mr.. Gregg, who was 80 years OF
age, was the last surviving mem
Der of the Union army in Grant
county.
He came to Couiee City about
thiTty-five years ago and home
steaded near here. Despite i'll
health during the past months, Mr.
Gregg has borne himself like the
been, and remained bright and
cheerful until the end. He was
Justly proud of having served his
country in its time of need in the
Civil war, during which he served
for time under General Grant.
Funeral and graveside services
were participated in by the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars. A guard
of honor was posted over the cas-
ket at the church and taps were
blown in an impressive manner at
the cemetery. as befitted an out
standing soldier and gentleman.
A huge crowd was present at
the services to pay final tribute to
Mr.. Gregg, and many beautiful
flowers were sent by friends. APP
propriate music interspersed the
last rites.
Immediate surviving members OF
the family include his widow
Ella, and two sons. Dr. N. R.
Gregg of Coulee City, and ]. +
Gregg, Seattle.
Rev. B. P. Wilson officiated at
the church services. Jones & Jones
of Wenatchee were in charge Of
arrangements.
The body was laid to rest in the
Mold eenletaFXs
The community joins in salut
ing and mourning a fallen com
rade, and extends sympathy to
the bereaved family.