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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
FARMERS STORE
OATS AWAITING
BETTER PRICES

Redwood county farmers are
storing most of their new oats to
await a better price than % cents
a bushel, elevator men say.
Farmers have built up their
granaries and are using every
available space in their buildings.
Some oats have been hauled to
elevators to be stored until the
price rebounds.
According to elevator men,
landlords are selling approx
mately half their oats rather than
pay storage and are keeping the
other half in elevator bins.
The threshing season will be
through at the end of this week
with the exception of stacked
grain. Already the elevator rush
is slowing up and employees are
having a breathing spell follow
ing one of the heaviest years they
have ever known. During the
threshing rush as many as eight
carloads of grain were shipped
out of Redwood Falls some days.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
HIT-RUN SPEEDER
CAUSES ACCIDENT
NEW AVON FAMILY IN
TRAFFIC MISHAP
SUNDAY

Four New Avon township resi-
dents narrowly escaped a tragic
ending for their Sunday outing
when a speeding car, weaving
through traffic, caused a smashup
near New Ulm Sunday morning
and continued on its way without
stopping. 3E'' 81
The car which caused the acct
dent was attempting to pass when
it struck the bumper of an on
coming car, turning the oncom-
ing car into the path of the car
driven by Frank Boots, in which
Mrs. Boots and their two small
children were riding.
The Boots car was badly dam
aged and its occupants were
bruised and shaken up but not
severely hurt. Harold Quesen-
berry drove to the scene of the
accident and brought them home.
They had planned to spend the
day at Mankato.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
Sanb0rn, Bird Island
Get PWA AllOtments

A school addition at Sanborn
was made possible this week with
the allotment Of $31 ,065 of Public
Works administration funds for
the project. At Washington, d. G.
it was announced also that $24,-
300 had been made available for
a school auditorium at Bird Is
land.
Other projects in this part of
the state expected to 60 forward
with federal funds supplementing
local bond issues are the munich
pal building at Tracy, for which
$28, 1895 was allotted, a swimming
pool and bath house at Marshall,
$11,728; school addition at
Jackson, $106,055; an electric
plant at Lake Crystal toward
which the government will pay
$44,55O and a school addition at
LIE Center, $37 ,080.
An earlier announcement of al
lotments included $161,58O for
schools at Hutchinson and SAG, 345
for a school at Stewart. PWA
contributed $l18,350 toward the
new Redwood Falls High school.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
BOY SAVED FROM
IN
GRAIN BIN SPOUT

Milroy-Fast work on the part
of his rescuer was all that saved
elght-year-old Marvin Hansen,
son of MIR. and Mrs. Rudolph
Hansen, from suffocation in a
grain spout.
When the grain ceased to flow
from spout through which a bin
was being emptied, Elmer Han
sen investigated and saw the boys
foot sticking out of the bottom of
the spout.
Climbing into the bin, he scoop
ed away the grain until he reach
ed the boys hand and pulled him
up out of the pipe. He was un-
conscious but artificial respiration
restored breathing before the ar
rival of doctor and in few
hours the lad had fully recovered.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
Horse Disease
Leads to Boom
in Machinery
EPIDEMIC SAID TO BE
ABATING; WARN OF
FAKE CURES

Machinery firms in Redwood
Falls are having a mild boom as
farmers have ready money at
their disposal and the sleeping
sickness epidemic among horses is
disabling or killing work animals.
Buster with machinery sales
than they have been all year,
dealers expect to do a larger
volume this fall than during the
same period in 1886.
Veterinarians here are still
working night and day, answer
ing calls to farms where the dis
ease has stricken horses. The
epidemic is abating somewhat,
however.
Veterinarians here have serum
and are only inconvenience per-
iodically by the nationwide short
age of the substance.
They warn that racketeers with
fake sleeping sickness cures are
working throughout the state, al
though they have not been in
Redwood county yet. They adj
wise farmers to disregard them
entirely and to call a reliable
veterinarian should their horses
become afflicted.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
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Profs Tourney
SCHOOLMEN TO COMPETE
SEPTEMBER IL ON
REDWOOD COURSE

The annual Birch Coulee school
mems tournament will be held on
the Redwood Falls golf course
Saturday, September IL, it was
announced this week. About $50
invitations to teachers and school
authorities throughout southwest
ern Minnesota have been issued.
The committee in charge, which
includes Superintendent Reede
Gray of Redwood Falls, George
H. Bornemann of Olivia and J. E.
Nelson of Renville, has arranged
that qualifying rounds will be
played in the morning. Dinner
will be served at the clubhouse
following the event.
Prizes will be furnished by
book companies and school supply
firms.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
Fire Damages Home

The kitchen was badly scorched
and the rest of the house some
what damaged by smoke when
fire resulted from a kerosene stove
explosion in the Kenneth Daskam
home Monday morning.
Mrs. Daskam and the three
children who were having break
fast in the kitchen at the time,
were unhurt. The flames were
put out by the Redwood Falls fire
department.
The fire was the third which
the Daskam children, Donald,
Jean and Jackie, have been
through. They were in the form
er L. p. Larson house when it
caught fire several years ago and
a few months ago Jack, the
youngest, set the curtains of the
Daskam living room afire.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
County Getting Four
Carloads of Poison
for GrasshOpper War

Believing it is better to be pre-
pared than sorry, J. l. SWedberg,
county agent, will accept ship
ments Of three more carloads of
grasshopper bait for Redwood
county. One carload has already
arrived for distribution.
The poison will keep indefinite
ly and if it is not used here this
fall and in the spring it will be
shipped to other communities.
The federal government furnishes
the bait and pays freight eXpens-
eS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
SOftball Tourney
Slated for Sunday

The Redwood Falls softball
tournament to decide the entrant
in. the county playoff to be held
soon will be played Sunday after
noon at the athletic field.
The Model Dairy, top ranking
team, will play the Ford V-8's
and North Redwood will meet the
Redwood Grocery ten.
The aggregations were the top
four at the end of the season.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26

scharge of the office. Fred Macs
who has been with the firm for Is
years and Joe Greene are oper-
ators. Ted Streipe and Max Sch
reiner are employed for inside
work there, each of the four men
working six hours per day. The
outside. crew includes George
Discher, Merlin Johnson and
Kenneth King. James Parsons Jr.
works with them during the
summer months.
Starting the plant 40 years ago
when he and another man were
all the crew required, Mr.. Bur-
meister has built it up to its pre-
sent efficiency and has added
many services including a city
heat plant which serves Sc offices
and apartments. Two big boilers
burn from IL to Is tons of coal
a day during the cold weather
and shoot the steam through pipes
in tunnel system which runs up
Washington street to the alley
near the Sanders office and up
the alley to the Methodist church.
Another main line runs on Second
street from the Burris building to
Montgomery Wards. Pipes carry
the heat to adjoining property.
The main tunnel is four feet wide
and six feet high. Part of it was
installed in 1916 and the system
was completed in 1919.
Came Here in 1889
Mr.. Burmeister found it nee
essary to put in steam engines to
supplement the water power
when he bought his mill here in
1889. When the light and power
equipment was added eight years
later, it was not much of an extra
burden on the power producing
machinery, he recalls with
amusement, as the power was
turned on only from 8 o. m. to
midnight. There were no electric
refrigerators, fans, oil burners or
comparable devices in those days
and electricity was used merely
for light.
In 1910, Mr.. Burmeister added
another first to his list when he
installed diesel engine, the first
used in a power plant in the state.
1t was from 1910 to 1919 that
the company here furnished
power for Morgan, Morton and
Franklin through the Wherland
Electric company which purchas-
ed the 'luice" from him and re-
sold it.
In 1920 the white way in the
business section was installed by
the city, but the power company
still owns the smaller street lights
used throughout the residential
district.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
Slot Machine
Lifters Pull
"ThreeBars''
STATE OPERATIVE NABS
HIJACkERS ON STREET
AT NEW ULM

Two racketeers who used Ii
cense plate stolen from Rud
Stensvad of Redwood Falls while
hijacking slot machines were
nabbed at New Ulm Saturday af-
ternoon by an operative of the
state bureau of criminal appre-
henSion.
Stensvad lost the plate at
Pipestone in April 1886 and it was
later reported as that used on the
thieves car in raids throughout
southwestern Minnesota.
The bureau operator saw their
pictures in the rogues gallery in
the police station at New Ulm and
five minutes later had arrested
the two men in front of the Dako-
ia house.
Stensvad expressed no regret
at their capture Good" he said,
''They cost me two dollars for a
duplicate license" .
David Pleace, 80, and Ed F.
Kautz, 38, were turned over to
Stearns county authorities for
taking cash from slot machines in
Roscoe June 7. They are also
suspected of hijacking machines
in Client in April 1886. At that
time they posed as members of
the state bureau of criminal ap-
prehension.
When apprehended they had
tools in their automobile, includ-
ing a long nipper, screwdrivers
and other implements for jim
mying slot machines.
The two were driving a Ford
Va, and under the footmats in
the car the officer found two
Georgia license plates, which were
on the car when the Roscoe raid
took place A suit case filed with
clothes was in the trunk.
Several bundles of coin wrap
pers, as are used in banks, were
found in the case and supply of
burlap sacks was also in the car.
These were secured from a Wis
consin city. 1t is believed they
were used to shade windows
while pulling a job, or to wrap
around hijacked slot machines.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
First Compliance
Checkup Underway

The first check of performance
under the 1887 Agricultural Con-
servation program is now under
way in nearly all townships of
Redwood county.
Inspection is being made only
on those farm for which request
for-inspection cards have been
turned in at the county office.
Any producer who has not sent in
his card should do so Immediately
if he intends to make application
for a grant payment.
Last year about LOO farmers
in the county completed require
ments under the program.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26

Electric power has been flow
ing through lines to Redwood
Falls users for 40 years and the
man who established the first
plant here is still active in the
operation of the company.
A. c. Burmeister who is run
ming the plant on its third fran
chiSe from the city is one of the
oldest holders of a chief engin-
GERS license in the state.
The plant is the largest private
ly owned plant in southern Min
reSota.
The power house has one of
the most beautiful locations in the
city. It is situated at the foot of
bluff on the edge of the Red
wood river, which curves past
the site and the windows face
other red bluffs supporting gnarl-
ed cedar trees. It was built in
1927, the third power house here.
The first was operated in con-
nection with Mr.. Burmeister's
flour mill, beginning in 1897 and
the second was built on the pre-
sent site in 1908.
Use Two Deisels
The second picture on the left
shows one of the Diesel gener-
atorS. There are two dieselS, two
steam engines and one water
wheel generator which if combin-
ed could put out 1920 kilowatt
hours of electricity day. Mon
day and Tuesday and Saturday
nights put the largest load on the
machines and their busy hours
are from 9 to IL in the mornings.
from $50 to IL summer nights
and from $50 to 10 p. m. in the
winter. The average consumption
of city users is 5000 kilowatt
hours per day.
The water wheel generator not
pictured here has $50 horse
power capacity but develops only
$50 horsepower generally. The
flume from the dam on the Red
wood river does not carry enough
water to run it at its maximum
and it has not been used much
since 1919. Encouraged by high
water this year. Mr.. Burmeister
plans to build a larger flume and
use water power to a greater ex-
tent in the future.
On the right is Bill Schroeder,
inesman, working on one of the
thousands of poles which the
company owns.
The automatic switchboard
centralizes the entire plant, re-
gulating the output and keeping
an automatic record Of the work
ings of the machinery.
Kitchen Classes
Mrs. Maude Gibson Winter is
shown In the model kitchen of the
company's offices on Second
street. In a room completely
equipped with electrical applian-
ces she holds cooking classes for
Redwood Falls housewives four
times a week.
Mrs. Winter is one of the IL
employees of the concern. J. L.
Parsons is superintendent of the
plant and o. G. Austbo has
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
w. III. Quist Takes
O'COnnOr's Place

w. H. Quist began his work as.
game warden in Redwood and
Renville counties Tuesday. He
replaces William O'Connof who
has worked here for several
and who was transferred
to his former territory at Ray.
Mr.. Quist has been in the serv-
ice for four years and has just
returned after a two years leave
of absence His wife and family
are still living at Thief River
Falls
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
New Jersey Car in
Crash Near Morton

There were no injuries in an
accident which occurred late Sun
day afternoon on highway II ten
miles north of Morton.
Cars driven by Lewis J. Davy
OF Rutherford, New Jersey and
Cletus Elfering of Olivia side
swiped as Elfering was making a
left hand turn. The New Jersey
car was quite badly damaged.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
SCHOOLS GET INCOME TAX

County Auditor Ira r. Rogers
has received $31 ,401 of state in
come tax money to be distributed
among schools In Redwood coun-
ty. The money will be sent out
with the next distribution of tax
money. The county's quota was
computed on a basis of 3,489 pu-
pills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
Croker Horse Wins

Morgan Beating its best pre-
vious record, Forrest Crocker's
horse, All Thrill, won first money
IN a race at the DEBORAH, Iowa,
fair Monday. Its best time was
2:08A, three seconds faster than
its previous best mark.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
Build Highway Shop

Walnut Grove will be the ninth
town in the county to have a
highway shop and garage. A crew
of Is WPA workers and a fore
man are already building the
structure.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26

L. j. Aarthun has purchased
the Mrs. Mertyl Ryerson home
now occupied by the Charles
Wagner family. The Aarthun
family expects to take possession
shortly after September l.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-26
GRDDERs START GRIND

Football practice for the Red
wood Falls High school squad will
begin August 80. The boys will
meet at $3.50 p. m. Monday in
room % Of the Lincoln school.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-11-26
Bremerton. Wash.

The pastor of the AN. 3. church,
Rev. c. E. Wright, is in Yakima
this week assisting Rev. Blake in
a revival Mrs. Laura Thomas
pioneer resident of Bremerton
passed away Monday, November 8,
Mrs. Frances Waldrup has re-
turned home from the Olympia
Hospital where she underwent an
operation. Mrs. c. E. Wright left
Monday for California and ST. Lou
is, Mo-, to visit relatives Mrs.
Ethel Butler from Tacoma spent
the week end visiting with Mrs,
Frances Waldrup in Bremerton
Mrs. ]. Dale who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. w. w. Simmons,
has returned home to Washington,
D. c., Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Allen
are the proud parents of a baby
girl. The mother is the former Miss
Alice Burnett. Mrs. Charles
Brown of Seattle, who has been a
guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. Jones, has
returned to her home. Bill Will
liams has recovered from his re-
cent illness, and is able to resume
his duties for the Brener Company.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-11-26
Toppenish. Wash.
Turner Winsi


Leo Turner, the young lad who
has been training in Fresno, won
the decision over Al Lopez, white,
of Firebaugh, California, when he
fought there November II, Turner
put up a swell fight nd likes
training in California verJ much.
He returned to this city Novem-
Der %.
Miss Kathryn Turner won the
first prize, a beautiful manicure
set, for selling the most boxes of
Christmas cards for the Girls
League at the High School Miss
Turner sold eleven boxes of cards
for one dollar each. This money
is given partly to the Girls league
WHO paid for the letters won by
girls in sports.
Those girls winning letters or
rs We're Misses Jewel Allen and
Naomi McBain who won minor let
tiers and Miss Kathryn Turner who
won a major letter.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-11-26

st. Philips Mission, Knott and
Rodney Ave-, Rev. Lee Owen Stone
vicar. Services: Holy Communion,
7:45; Church School, 10 a. pL;
Morning Prayer and Sermon, II a.
M; Wednesday morning Holy
Communion, 9 a. m.
The turkey dinner given by st.
Philips Auxiliary Guild was COM
plete success. A full report was
given when the Guild met Tuesday
with Mrs. William Deiz. Mrs. Al
bert Morton was chairman of the
affair, but owing to illness that
kept her from the meeting, Mrs.
Jack Martin read the report, which
was enthusiastically accepted. Fri
day, November 26 is the day for
the Guild to do its bit for the Good
Samaritan hospital Coffee Shop.
Mount Olivet Baptist Church, E.
First Ave. and Schuyler ST., Rev.
J. James Glow, minister.
A large crowd attended both SER
vices. At 11.OO a. m. the minister
preached on, THE Lord Sets a
Table for Lies Pilgrimage" We
received two new members.
The SOS. Club will meet Tues
day night to make final arrange
ments for activities during the
Christmas holidays. Two short
plays win be presented by the
members on December 10th.
The B.YP.U. is planning a So
cial for thus Wednesday night.
Visitors always receive a cordial
welcome at Mt. Olivet.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-11-26

Y. VI. C. A., williams Ave,
Branch - The World Fellowship
vesper Service held in the Central
Association on Sunday afternoon
was we'd attended. Mrs. Nadeen
Porter presided and Mrs. Rather
inc Gray made brief talk on "The
Basis of Fellowship, in Interracial
Understanding Several members
of the Branch We're present and
enjoyed the services.
The S. Al. S. Club Of the Mt.
Olivet Baptist Church under the
leadership of Miss Ruth Scott win
have charge of the Vesper pro-
gram on Sunday afternoon at .
P. M. in the Branch.
Members of the FREELY Club of
Junior Girl Reserves win enter
tain with a party on Friday eve
ming from 7 to 1920 P. NJ. Miss
B. Hubbard is advisor of this
group.
Mr.. Burt Turner's music class
will hold a party on Wednesday
evening in the Branch.
The caro- party sponsored by the
Girls Work Committee for Girl
Reserves Scholarship Fund was a
very successful AFFAIR. Mr.. G.
Farmer of San Francisco, won the
first prize for men; Mrs. B. Strain
won first prize for women; and
Mrs. Duncan won the consola-
ton prize. Mrs. H. C. Baker was
Chairman for the affair and Mrs.
/. Nancy prepared the delicious
repast.
Members of the Business and
Industrial Girls Club and the Com
mittee Of Management have been
invited to attend a supper on We'd
nesday evening, December 1, at
the residence of Mrs. M. Duncan,
Chairman of the Business and In
dustrial Committee and Vice
Chairman of the Committee of
Management.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-11-26
CHURCH NEWS

Bethel A. NJ. g., The Friendly
Church, Rev. G. F. Martin, pastor,
Mary NJ. Duncan, reporter.
An unusually large group of
young people were in attendance
at Bethel, Sunday. All enjoyed the
Thanksgiving sermon by the
pastor. Two new communicates
were added to the membership.
Visitors were: Mrs. Sue Bulbocks
of Chicago, Mr.. Chester Carter and
Edison Gordley of this city
The Hollywood Wedding" pre-
scented by the Ushert Club last
Thursday night was a beautiful
and successful affair. Many celeb
rites were in attendance to wit
ness the wedding of Robert Tay-
lor" Earl Williams) and Barbara
Stanwyck" MARY Ellen Duncan
The club thanks Mesdames Francis
williams. Mary Duncan, and Ellen
Mae Dancey for their assistance.
Miss Josephine Dancey is the pres
ident of the club.
The Bethelite club has set aside
the largest amount thus far to-
wards the delinquent tax fund.
The ACE. league membership
contest closed Sunday. The captain
for the girls was Carl Deiz and for
the boys was Dolores Caldwell.
Carl won the engraved pin for in
fluencing SO girls to come to the
league during the four weeks of
the contest. Dolores encouraged
II boys in their attendance at En-
deavor." The league is very CRATE
full to Dolores and Carl for their
cooperation.
The A. c. f. presented a large
Thanksgiving basket to a needy
family. Klub Kredyefawn win pre-
sent Here Comes Charley" at an
early date
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Vancouver. B. C.
By Miss Vivian Day

Rev. r. w. Greene chose a rath-
er unusual title Business Men on
a Business Trip for the subject of
his sermon Tor the morning service
which proved most interesting. He
spoke of God being the President
of this great company of which
each of us is a shareholder and
the ministers or messengers of
the gospel were the statesmen
spreading Gods teachings.
Allen Christian Endeavor met
at $50 p. m. the subject under
discussion being "Sin Mars Gods
Plan"
A fifteen minute prayer service
was held before the evening SER
vice led by Mr.. P. Chatters.
Religion the one thing needful"
was the subject of Rev. Green's
sermon. The scripture was read by
Mr.. ]. Cole.
The Dramatic Club which meets
at 800 p. m. Wednesday is plan
ming a debate Resolved that
married women whose husbands
are employed should not work"
An interesting discussion is an
ticipated.
Mrs. R. Nelson and Mrs. Powell
are confined to their beds with
sickness.
The Douglas Forum will meet
on December 7th at the home of
Mrs. c. Taylor.
The American Thanksgiving will
be celebrated by a Bazaar and
Dance given by the Youths Fra
ternity at the Victory Hall.