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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
Floev of Santa Claus Mail
To Gazette Brings Letters
From All Parts Of County

Redwood county youngsters be-
gan helping Santa Claus do his
Christmas shopping early by
writing letters to him in care of
the Gazette this week.
Santa has promised dollar
apiece for the five best letters
written to him by children under
nine years of age and sent in care
of the Gazette.
Here are several of the letters
which arrived this week:
Dear Santa.
1 want a doll that vets her
pants when she drinks, a farm
with animals, a vilin that will
play, a book shelf and books,
Mickey and Minnie Mouse on a
piece of wood,
Bring my brother Jimmie some
thing nice, anything will do be-
cause he don't know what he
wants, Lots of love,
Nancy Finn"
= -
Springfield, MINI.
November 20, 1887
Dear Santa Claus
/ am a good boy so / hope you
will bring me truck and trail
er and Tinker toys.
I am 6 years old and in the
first grade.
1 still have the toys you gave
me last year.
Merry Christmas to you from
Junior Bruckbauer
Clements, Mimi.
Nov. %, 1887
Dear Santa Claus
am 8 years old and in the
4th grade and / 60 to school In
District IL / have tried to be
good. / would like to have
doll with curls and a sled. My
sister Joyce would like to have
doll too and my brother VERNE
like to have a Bicycle, and some
Candy and nuts. We win have
the furnace nice and warm so
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02

you can warm up before you
leave. Merry Christmas.
Yours truly,
Elaine Jensen
y d
Lamberton, MINI. Nov. 81, 1887
Dear Santa:
How are you this year?
Suppose you are very busy
as it is almost Christmas time.
1 hope it wont be SO cold for
you.
I have one little baby brother
and two sisters.
am z years old.
/ have been good girl and my
sisters and brothers were too.
would like a black board and
some nuts and candy.
From your friend.
Lamberton, Minnesota
November II, 1887
Dear Santa,
How are you?
/ suppose you are very busy
LII I'D ID dll1lOot Nil
I hope the weather will stay
nice so it woundn't be so cold
for you.
have been good girl.
have one baby brother and
two sisters. And they all have
been good two. / am nine years
old. want writing desk for
Christmas. Hope that you will
bring this and some candy too.
Your friend,
Lorraine Pfarr.
=
Lucan, MINI.
Nov. % 1887
Dear Santa
am little girl eight years.
am in the 3rd grade. For Christ
mas you can bring me anything
that you think ! can make use of
and be sure to leave something
for the poor and sick children.
Merry Christmas to you Santa.
June Miller
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
DoubleHeader
Matches Four
RedwoodFives
ELECTRICS CAPTURE
OPENER; MORGAN
TRIPS CLEMENTS

Company L meets the Standard
OIL quint and the Redwood Tro-
jams play the Modern Electrics
in a double header at the armory
tonight in second round games OF
the Redwood County Amateur
Basketball league season.
Other games include Walnut
Grove at Belview and Lamber-
ton at Delhi while the Morgan
Clements game was played ear
lier than scheduled, the Morgan
ties taking the encounter 26 to
IL. - ,.--
With Walblom leading the at
tack, the Modern Electric quint
vanquished Company L, 80 to "a
Monday night at the armory.
Walblom was high point man
with 18 points followed by Zim-
norman who garnered six. Don
Peterson got the remaining four
for his teammates. Les Skattum
lead the Militarists with three
field goals and two free throws,
followed closely by Ralph Tenney
who made seven points. George
Discher accounted for four points,
Buzz Smith, three and Bob Cuff
two.
r. Two Redwood Falls teams went
down in defeat in the first games
of the county basketball league
season Friday night.
Playing with only four men
during the first half, the Redwood
Trojans were nosed out by Nor
gan there 20 to %. Maynard
Steele, Don Simpson, Jack Shaw
and Richard Whiting did double
duty up to the half which ended
Is to four in Morgan's favor.
Then Victor Kraemer who arriv-
ed late helped to bring up the
Trojan's end of the score.
The Standard Oil team bowed
to Clements II to Ia, with Dale
Byram, former high school star,
gathering two field goals and one
free throw for high score for the
gaSmen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
Doctor Warns
OF Children's
Ills at PTA
COMMON ILLS MORE
DANGEROUS THAN
PARENTS THINK

That much can still be done to
further education in health in
Minnesota was shown by DR..
Ralph Sullivan of the Minnesota
Sta,e Board of Health in his talk
on Communicable Diseases" at
The meeting of the Parent-Teach-
e association Monday evening in
the Lincoln auditorium.
CharaCIeTiz:ng scarlet fever,
v hopping cough and measles as
the Dangerous Triad" DR.. Sui
Ivan showed by a series of charts
that all three are a constant men
ace to young children and their
eradication will come only with
the full cooperation Of parents
with physicians. Startling, too,
was the statement that any one
Of the three is more deadly in
Minnesota than infantile paral-
ysis which at the present time
seems to be the most dreaded
and perhaps the most publiclzed
Of all the diseases which threat
en- children.
In view of the nationwide
activity against Venereal dis
eases, DR.. Sullivan's discussion of
social diseases was both timely
and informative. A large num-
Der of people waited through the
exceptionally long program to see
the film on the subject, prepared
by the national medical associa-
ton.
DR.. Sullivan's talk climaxed
the program which included a
duet by Mrs. w. E. Paffrath and
Mrs. c. A. Young with Mrs. E. J..
Stephany at the piano and the
showing of two films on tuber-
culosis by another representative
of the state board of health. The
president, Mrs. C.. L. Lynn, pre-
sided during the meeting and re-
freshments were served by a
large committee Of members.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
Bertha Who? Sister
Asks Sister After
Long Time No See

The happy reunion of tUo
sisters iDho hadn't seen each
other In about 20 gears oc-
Cured in Redwood Falls last
aDeek.
Mrs. Arthur Weiss of Chi
CO, California, arrived here
Unexpectedly to oisit her
sister, Mrs. c. L. Lynn.
Not finding Mrs. Lynn at
home, she Uent dotDntotpnI
,phere she met her.
aren't you Catherine?"
she inquired, q little doubt
: fully.
Eyes," dnslDered Mrs.
Lynn, "But l don't belieue 1
knotD you."
"Why Pm Bertha" an
nounced her sister.
Bertha ,pho?" puzzled Mrs.
Lynn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
Legion Post Will
Entertain Council

The Melvin Daskam post of
the American Legion will be
hosts to the county council at the
Legion hall here tonight.
Ben Andreen, past state COM
mander, will talk on his recent
trip to France with the Ameri-
can Legion expedition and VIII
liam R. Mitchell of Tracy and
Ernest Samuelson of New Ulm,,
district commander, are also ex-
pected to speak.
Musical numbers will be given
and refreshments served.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
Springfield =.
Police Chief
Ends His Life
AUGUST BIGOT FOUND
DEAD IN JAIL
MONDAY NIGHT

Springfield-Chief August BIZ
got,68, of the Springfield police
department was found dead Mon
day night on a cot in the jail
with a bullet through his head
and a service revolver clutched in
his hand. County Coroner G.. F.
Reineke returned a verdict of
suicide.
The body was found by Ernest
Haas, who sleeps in the Jail, about
9 p. m. Officials indicated that
the shot was fired about z p, m.
The .32-caliber bullet entered his
head on the right side just above
the ear.
Upon discovering the body
Haas Immediately summoned 0.
M. Foster, night policeman.
No note was found nor could
anyone give reasons as to why
Bigot took his life.
Bigot who has been chief for
three years, appeared in a jovial
mood at home during the dinner
hour. However, he did put his gun
in his pocket before he left the
house. He was not in the habit of
carrying his pistol.
Bigot, who was born in Ger
many, April Is, 1869, came to De-
lano, Minnesota, with his mother
in 1880. After a few years he
moved to Springfield.
In 1896 he married Rose Berger.
Prior to the time he was on the
police force, Bigot with his BROTH
er, Ferdinand, now of Portland
Oregon, were proprietors of a
saloon.
He is survived by his wife
three sons, Eugene, Arion and
Carl; three daughters, Elinor
Mrs. William Harmon and Mrs
Leonard Merron of Duluth; his
brother; and sister, Mrs. George
Kluegel of Lamberton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
Cards Play Morton
On wGym Floor.
Mervale WOlvertOn
On All-State Team

Mervale Wolverton, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Wolverton of
Redwood Falls, was recently
named all-state guard on state
teachers college football team
selected by sports writer's and
coaches.
Mervale is a junior at Winona
SITS Tsacher's college where he
was co-captain of the football
team this year He has recently
been awarded a scholarship for
which high grades are required.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED

Morgan-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ell
Ter announce the marriage of their
daughter Frieda to Chester Corey,
son of MIR. and Mrs. George Corey
of Morton. The ceremony was
performed at Minneapolis six
weeks ago. The newlyweds will
reside in Minneapolis where the
groom is employed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02
DRIVE SUCCESSFUL

With five solicitors yet to re-
port, Mrs. Julian E. Morton an
nounced this week that the Red
Cross Roll call drive in Redwood
Falls has brought in $225. It is
expected that the. figure will
reach nearly $3.50, high mark
for recent years.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02

Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Corbett
motored to Minneapolis to spend
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert trust.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-02

Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Dunlevy
went to Mankato to spend
Thanksgiving with relatives. =
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
HOLES DRILLED ON BEACH
 AT GOODNEWS ARE BLANKS

William 4. Hesse, Territorial Highway Engineer. Dr. J. 3. Murtie, Of the Geological Survey. and Haw- ley Sterling, Assistant Chief Engin- ger Of the ARC, arrived in Takotna by plane from Bethel and the Good news Bay district.
 Iurrie states that drilling opera tioRs 10 date on the beach at Good news have been blanks
 Shonbeek and Beauon drilled ever 100 feet deep and didn't reach bed- rock or get any sign of a color. Other holes have been sunk near'y es deep and look just as diseourag- ing" the geologIst said.
 The three officials left Takotna Wednesday morning going to Ac- Grath and from there to Anchorage They were travelling in chartered plane piloted by Al Horning-
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
Finish seren prin Crosseuts-

After finishing seven drill cross cuts on the Innoko Flat, between Spruce and Little Creeks, ChZS- Hol- ky and Ali Greenberg have moved their drill to point about quarter Of mile below the mouth Of Victor Gulch. Last Sunday Holky drove his partner GreenDerg and Mrs H 4 Vinal Q Takotna where they intend to take 2 plane; sSTs Einai return ing to Seid0Tia after spending 2 week or mora atsen5iag to business in Cphir, and Alf Greenberg making a business trip to Foigsr. Mrs fi- nal is interested in mining property on Spruce Greek; the property is now being worked by Jaquemai q Weir, under a lease. Mr- Greenberg intends to return to Ophir shortly. on his return to 0phir, he visited Canes Greek and took in all the camps on that busy creek. He says that both dredges are working away at full speed; the new diesel engines on the big dredge running like sew ing machines. He also visit q SchwalsdalI < Vibe's camp on SpauIding Greek, and says they are doing great business there
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
MATTERN GIVES UP SEARCH FOR MISSING RUSSIAN PLIERS

Jimmy Mattern returned to Fair banks Wednesday stating that he had done al that was possible for him to do in his search for the mis- sing Russian fiiers. although he was considerably handicapped by the cracking up of the Ford refueling ship.
 The Ford nosed over on the Tan ana Flats when, unable to locate Fairbanks the pilot attempted to land on what he thought was a smooth, open fiat, but turned out to be a noss-covered tundra. The ship ploughed TWO deep furrows in the moss and nosed over, damaging the plane, but no one was injured. Leaves For Fairbanks
 Capt. J. II. Mclean went to Fair banks for medical attention Wednes- day morning, taking passage with Pilot Jimmy Dodson Of the Wien AiTways.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
DETAILS GIVEN
 ON DEATH VIM. SAVAGEAT FLAT

Wm. Savage was killed in a dyna- mite explosion at Flat Saturday, August II.
 Particu.ars of his death were learned this week with the return of Pat Savage, who was the young mans uncle, and Mrs. Savage, wao returned to TakoTna Sunday.
 At the time of the accident, the unfortunate man, with a helper, Jas. Stenberg. were working ground on upper Flat Greek owned by Pat Saw age. Stenberg was in a cut prepar- ing for the blasting of two large rocks when he heard the premature explosion that caused the death of the young miner. He rushed out to find the badly mangled body of his fellow worker.
 In returning from the powder cache with dynamite to blast the rocks. the young man had evidently stepped on a larg, smooth rock and slipped and fell, discharglng the dy-- namite. Several sticks of uneXploded dynamite and short pieces of fuse with caps attached, were found lying close by.
 The deceased was born in Water bury, Conn, Nov. II, 1911. He Is survived by his father and one sis ter. who still live in Waterbury, and Pat Savage, his uncle.
 The young man came to Alaska in the summer of '34. He lived with Mir. and Mrs Savage at Flat. At the time Of his untimely demise, he had charge of the hydraulic opera tions on upper Flat Creek, owned by Mir. Savage.
 The remains were taken to Anch- orage from where they will be ship ped Outside, accompanied by Mir. Sa- wage.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
JOHN M'GLUhG MEETS DEATH
 BY DR0W MING

Johnny NcClung. 9 years of age, fell overheard and drowned in the Takotna River at Nixon Forks early last Tuesday morning The body was recovered by Q searching party al 2:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
 McClung Jeff the camp ebgut three o'clock in the morning with iuten- 14ons of making 8 trip up- the Nixon E yer where he was establishing a rapline for this winter Later that morning. Curly Anderson discov- ared the boat still tied in place and McClung and the rife missing. Al 1T frantic search and failure to
 nd him, Anderson went 10 McGrath and reported the disappearance Of his partner. 4 search was organized U. S. Marshal McD0nald and the body and the gun were finally recov- vTod the next afternoon.
 The remains were taken 10 Nc
 -ath where an inquest was held
 verdict Of accidental death by
 1Tning was returned.
 l. Is believed that iu the dark the
 fortunate young man had aceldea- ay knocked his rife overheard In
 hurried attempt to recover the zL4A414- Ill., 14E EA44EAAAz-4. 4I5A HIS balance and toppled over the side Of drowning was returned. The jury, named by U- $. Commissioner W. J- Widman, consisted of J. L Wills, foreman, Oddie HaIson, Frank Bel l0vich, Bert Demientie1f, John O. Strand and Wiktor Nystrom-
 McClung came to Alaska Tn June 1893 and had been employed by the ARC here ever since until July this year. at which time he qui1 10 gTe- pare to go trapping this fall He leaves his parents and bror fer and sister in Yakima, Washington. and mother brother, Maurice, ,Eho has been in Takotua this summer, to survive him. The latter was with ms brother at the Nixon camp until he evening before the sad accident. having left a. that time for Iakotna. The two boys wsre planning on spending the winter together trap ping ID the Nixon River
 The remains, accompanied bs Maurice McClung, was taken by plane to Anchorage yesterday after noon where they will be prepared for shipment to Yakima
 Johnny had made many friensS in T2kotna and vicinity during the three years spent here- He was a. pleasant. happy-go-luckE chap and his czrefree air and engaging smile. will be missed by the sornOw-strick= en friends left behind.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
WORK ON McGRATH FIELD AT STANDSTILL

Or account of the recent rains and the flooding of the ground work on the McGrath landing field is at 9 standstiu. The crew has been handi- capped and the work hasn't pro- grsssed as fast as was expected. Continuation of the work will be carried on as soon as the flood wa tcrs abate-
 Assistant Chief Engineer Hawley Sterling informs Us that they are at present undecided as to whether to make the landing field suitable for floats CT wheels. He states that by digging ont a little dirt they would have the former, or by adding a lit tie (quite 2 little), they would have a wheel landing. At the present time, wheel planes are unable to land in NcGraLh.
 A survey of the landing field at Takotna will start sometime shortly after the first Of September.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
DraeIine Operated Three Shifts

Hubert Dibble and Dick Craft are in town euroute to Anchorage from Candle Greek where they have been employed by the Strandberg Com pany- They state that the work there Is progressing rapidly The drag line has been running three shifts digging. g long bedrock drain and II is now practically completed There are 36 men now employed One of the tractors Is steadily hauling freight to Candle along the road built this summer from StrandbeCg Landing about nine miles below Me Gr2Ih- They expect te begin con- struetion Of 2 landing field on the hill where the freight WAS landed last spring oa skis, using their big tractor and bulldozer.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
PUNTILLi DREDGE HAS
 GOOD CLEANUP Is REPORT

Mr. snd Mrs. JaekDeLane and Mrs. Arvid Larson were overnight visi- tors io Takotna, having come in from Little Creek with Warner AL ford last evening.
 The DeLanes left for Canes Creek this morning where they will visit and spend the day fishing. Mrs. De Lane, who Is cooking for Puntilla on Little, has a weeks vacation ending Sunday.
 Jack reports that the Puntilla dredge is on good pay and a recent cleanup of four days run turned out unusually well. MT. DeLane is en- gineer on the dredge, holding down one shift and Chas. Anderson the other.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
DR- SHEER ARRIVES TO RELIEVE DR- ( .RTHELE.

Dr. J. Sher, of the Bureau 0f In dian Affairs. stopped overnight here last evening expecting Da. leave for Mountain Village on the first plane where he VIII relieve Dr. CoE1hel who plans 10 gU to Columbia's Uni versiy's medical center n New York to take up postgraduate surgical work
 Dr. Sher Is newcomer in Alaska, having just reeeuIly cone from Cal lfornia where he has been for the past year The new doctors home is in Colorado. We welcome yon to. the Kuskokwim., Doctori7
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
FREDDIE sTEELEs MANAGER DIS: FIGHT IS POSTPONED

SEATTLE, Aug. 25-Dave Miller, manager of Freddie Steele, middle weight champion Of the world, died early this morning. Death resulted from spinal meningitis.
 The young fighter mourned the death of his one and only manager, Miller having taken Steele from the start and brought him up through the ranks to attain and hold the worlds championship.
 Steele was matched to meet Ken Overlin in a title fight this coming week At the death of the charG- pion's manager, the fight was indeS- ni-ely postponed
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
Will Operate Portable sawmiIls-

Oddie Hallson and Chas- Wood. doubling their boats, carried a load Of freight and mail from McGrath to Medfra to Winans Trading Post. They carried as passengers, Ronald Morrison and Ed Cornwall. Hallson returned bringing Morrison and Jack Dunn. Mr. Dunn has been mining on Eagle Greek during the summer and $ now arranging airplane trans portation to his extensive traplines in the Ton1ona, Dry creek, East Fork region Mir. Cornwall and fam fly expect to spend the winter in the Medfra-Nix0n mine region the com ing winter. He plans to set up and operate portable sawmIlls at both places. He has had long experience in the lumber business in the States.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
CRAVEY'S RETURN TO
 FAIRBANKS AFTER VISIT

.Mr. and Mrs. J. J. CRAVEY, who have been visiting their son Charles and wife out on Canes Greek, left for Fairbanks Wednesday morning.
 The elderly couple enjoyed their visit very much. stating that they were treated very royalty by ev- eryone on Canes.
 Mir. Cravey, being interested in mining, visited all Of the camps on Canes That creek. looks like a pocket country to me- Cravey said, s'I wish I had the time to spend to do some prospecting here Like all old-time prospectors, apparently, the Fairbanks mining man can not look at a possible mineral formation without wanting to go prospecting.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
ARC OFFICIALS MAKE TOUR OF THIS DISTRICT

Following close On the heels of the two engineers, Hawley Sterling and William Hesse, Fred Spach. superin- tendsnt of the ARC activities h far western Alaska, arrived by plane Wednesday afternoon from Bethel via Flat, completing his circle of in- spection of aetivHles being carried on in the Bethel, G0sdrrews and Flat districts
 St&ing and Hesse also made a brief visit to ophir after landing hsre-- -
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
ENJOYING SUCCESSFUL SEASON AT F0LGER

Harold Strandberg and Max Ran tzlla were passengers from Strand berg's operations z1 F0lger y~ster- 1ay noon.
 Strandberg informed the Times that everything Is going fine at Fol ger and that so far they have had a very successful season.
 He left here for McGrath with Ralph Savory where he met his father. The two went from there to Candle, where they expect to start operating the new Candle Greek
 today.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS iS MOVING THE DRAGLINE

Uotila & Hard dragline started on the long trek to Ophir today.
 The crew have been busy setting up the new Northwest machine for the past week. The operator, Har- old Hanson, stated today that with good going, they could make the trip through and De on the ground with in three days, but they have several bad detours to make around which they may encounter some difficulty, which makes 1t impossible to estim- ate the time il will take 10 land the machine on Ophir Greek.
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
sees Mattern,s PIane Craek-Up

Pilot Jimmie Dodson arrived at NcGrath from Ruby with Elmer Bran0ell, well-knoWn mining man. Pilot Dodson was on the Fairbanks field when the tri-motored Ford fuel ing plane that was to refueI the fly ing boat, piloted by Jimmie Mat1ern in the search for the lost Russian fzers, cracked up near the field The plane WAS damaged beyond repair, landing on the soft muskeg and nos ng over onto her back No one was hurt
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
McADAMS LEAVES ON FIRST TRIP TO McGRATH

T. s. McAdams pushed of for Mo Grath today in his newly construc- ted boat.
 He has been spending the last few weeks completing the job of con stTuctlng 9 hve-ton barge and boat combined, powered with 9 Universal Inboard motor. Mac" expects to carry a SHIP kicker along to furnish additional power over the rif1les and wherever else needed
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
FORMER SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY PASSES

PITT URGH, Pa, Aug. 26 Former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon died late this after noon. according to radio report to- night
 Mellon was Secretary Of the Treas ury under President Hoover and was chased as the fourth or filth richest -rsm in the world He was 82 years of aK al. the time of his death
The Kusko times., 1937-08-27
Visitors in Town

After a visit for couple of days al. the Puntila dredge on Little Greek, Frank Naas, chief engineer of the Canes Dredging Company dredge, and Mrs Eaas, accompanied by Frank Larson and ArTid Larson and his wife and Clsude Nyberg, made 2 short visit to town at the end of last week, coming ID with Warner Afford; leaving the same ev- ening for Little and Canes Creeks