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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
.AAA Checks
for $93,354
Arrive Here
FIRST PAYMENT IN
1887 SOIL PROGRAM
DISTRIBUTED

Distribution of $93,354.6s in
AAA checks to 642 Redwood
county farmers is being made
this week from county head
quarters.
The checks represent first pay
ment for participation under the
1887 soil conservation program.
The first batch of checks total
ling $40,453.70 arrived Saturday;
the second Monday and the third
Wednesday. About 200 more are
expected.
An average payment Of $145 is
represented in the total.
Checks are sent out in alpha
betical order to a certain extent,
although there are many excep-
tons. Members of the AAA staff
are notifying those whose pay
ments are included in the lot.
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Petersen and
Benson Fight
Chief Interest
COUNTY CONTESTS TO
INCREASE TURNOUT
AT POLLS MONDAY

Widespread intense inter-
est in the primary election
contests, particularly the
Hjalmar Petersen VS.. Elmer
Benson fight for the Farmer
Labor gubernatorial nominal
ton, warrants the prediction
that a record primary cleo
ton vote will be cast in Red
wood county Monday.
Predictions on the outcome
of that contest vary widely
among Benson and Petersen
supporters although it is
generally admitted that rec
ord Farmer-Labor vote will be
cast in the county as many Re
publicans and Democrats will
lend a hand in determining the
outcome.
Redwood county voters, prac-
ticing the policy of voting for
the man." have switched from
one party to another in great
numbers in recent years although
the switching this year may break
even the records of 1884 and
1886.
Historic Shifts
No longer ago than 1880 the
Farmer-Labor candidate for gov
ernor, the late Floyd B. Olson,
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polled 4,245 votes to 2,609 for Ray
p Chase in Redwood county at
the general election while the
Democratic candidate was a very
bad fourth with 165. Four years
later at the primaries, the Demo-
cratic vote jumped to 2,783 as
county voters aided Albert Pfaen-
der of New Ulm against a big
field of New Dealers while two
Farmer-Labor candidates shared
1899 votes and four Republicans
got total of Lab.
That fall the Republicans car
ried the county, backing Martin
Nelson, making his first run, with
1926 to 1884 for Olson while
John E. Regain, Democrat rmper,
got 1877. That was the year the
Farmer-Labor platform was bonn
barded with Communist charges.
Further evidence of the indie
pendence of county voters is
found in the 1896 campaigns
when the Republican candidates,
Nelson and A. c. Gilbert drew
1,766 votes to 1895 cast in the
Benson VS.. Magnus Johnson cam
paign and Democrat candidates
got 939. The primary vote that
year was notably small but in the
fall 5,248 voters favored Benson,
many of them Democrats after
Fred Curtis was withdrawn and
1854 balloted for Nelson.
Record Over 5000
Well over 5000 votes were cast
IN the 1884 primary while at the
1896 preliminary event less than
Continued on page four)
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WEED-FREE FARMS
MAY BE CERTIFIED
CROP IMPROVEMENT
COMMITTEE WILL
STUDY PROPOSAL

A plan to certify weed-free
farms will be discussed at a meet
ing of the Redwood County Crop
Improvement committee tonight
in the office of County Agent j.
l. Swedberg, originator of the
idea.
The proposal is to issue certi-
ficates to farmers selling seed, tie
guarantees to show that the farm
on which seed was grown is free
from noxious weeds.
The plan may reach statewide
proportions eventually if adopted
and found successful here. Mr..
Swedberg discussed the project
with Ralph Grim, state weed
head.
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Trio of Mishaps
Whet Superstition
Of Local Doctor

A Redwood Falls doctors sup
erstition that cases of similar ma
ture come three at a time, was
borne out late Monday afternoon
when three little boys, all about
the same age, suffered injuries
in falls. DR.. T. E. Finn received
all three cases within the same
hour.
Dick Budik, 8, son of DIR. and
Mrs. j. c. Budik fractured a leg
bone when he fell from bicycle
on which another child was Civ
ing him a ride.
A more severe leg break was
sustained by Ronald Hultquist, g.,
son of Mr. Mrs. r. A. Hult-
quist of Delhi. Ronald fell from
a porch.
Falling from his high chair,
Donald Carl Becker, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Floyd Becker of Fari-
bault, received a deep cut in the
hip which required stitches. The
two-year-old and his mother are
visiting his grandparents, MIR. and
Mrs. M. R. Myers here.
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Filtering Plant For
City Contemplated
LARGER RESERVOIR
FACILITIES WANTED;
MAY GET GRANT

Determined to improve Red
wood Falls city water this sum-
mer, members of the city council
and officials are lining up plans
for filtration of the supply and
construction of additional reser-
voir facilities at the city plant.
They will take the matter be-
fore PWA officials in the Twin
Cities soon in an effort to obtain
federal funds for the project.
Officials have been working
on the matter for more than a
year and are agreed that the only
feasible system would be to put
in plant for filtration and
aeration which would remove
iron and manganese.
]. Their Investigations have shown
that installation of a water-soft-
ening plant, such as has been
proposed in previous campaigns
for water-improvement, is not
feasible. Cost of operation of
such plant is high and figures
show that about seven users in
the city buy more than so per
cent of the water supply. For
hotels, creameries and restau-
rants, biggest users, softened wat
er is unnecessary.
Removal of iron and manganese
by filtration and aeration will
do away with sediment which
necessitates frequent flushing of
mains, soften it to some extent
and eliminate tastes.
Growing use of cooling systems
and domestic water softeners has
raised water consumption here
in recent years to peak of $685.
600 gallons a day. Officials esti-
mate that additional reservoir
space to store 100000 gallons
would be necessary to the filtra-
ton project.
eve will have to find more wa
ter. 1t is adequate now, but in
dry years we will need a greater
officials say.
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Rites Held for.
M. 0. Byram,
Here SO Years
FORMER CONTRACTOR,
THEATRE MAN DIED
IN LOS ANGELES

Milton Oscar Byram, IT, resi-
dent of Redwood Falls for hall
a century and of Redwood county
for a longer period, died last
Thursday in Los Angeles, having
gone to California two years age
for his health.
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at the home of his son
R. F. Byram and later at the
Presbyterian church with Rev
William A. Dalton in charge. Bur-
ial was at the Redwood Falls
cemetery.
Pail bearers at the rites were
George A. Patton, A. M. Dennis
toun, Waldo Marsh, Rud Stems
vad, J. Albert johnson and Henry
Buechner and women who had
charge of flowers included Mrs.
J. Albert Johnson, Mrs. Julia
Glassco, Mrs. Rud Stensvad and
Mrs. Emma Redetzke.
He was born January IL, 1861
in Ohio. His father, Ezra Potter
Byram, was a native of that
state and his mother, the former
Nancy Duvall, was born in In
diana. When he was a child the
family moved to Fremont, Iowa,
later going to Walnut Grove.
June 26, 1885 he married Eliza
Engebretson and March IT, 1886
they moved to Redwood Falls.
They lived here since, except for
the last two years spent in Cali
fornia.
Mr.. Byram was pioneer con-
tractor, having built the present
Redwood Falls armory, the form
er Japs garage and the former
Lobdell and Francois building
and several residences. He was
awarded the contract which pro-
vided for the moving of the form
er Redwood county court house
to the present site of the Red
wood hotel where part of it is
still in use. Later he became own
er of the New Dream theatre. He
was member of the fire depart
ment for many years and served
for a time as chief.
Besides Mrs. Byram with whom
he celebrated a golden wedding
anniversary in 1885, he is sur
vived by their children, Mrs. G.
E. Heinze of Los Angeles, Mrs.
Oscar Murset of st. Paul, r. F.
Byram and R. H. Byram of Red
wood Falls, Ted of Madison, Wis
consin. James of Young America
and Kenneth of Ballclub.
There are two sisters, Mrs.
James Richmond of Watertown,
South Dakota and Mrs. Matthew
Lenninger of Salem, Oregon and
two brothers. c. w. Byram of
Redwood Falls and S. S. Byram
of Clara City.
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2 Ex-Convicts
.LeaveCarHere
STOLEN MACHINE LEFT
AT NORTH REDWOOD
BY YOUNG MEN

Sheriff L. J. Kise recovered a
car stolen at Towner, North Da-
kota, Monday and got line on
the two ex-convicts who left it
at North Redwood after trying
unsuccessfully to get work in the
village.
Clayton Wills, IS and Lawrence
Bartosavitch, 81, of Minot, North
Dakota, who stole a 1881 Chew
rolet in the Dakota town June 2
were believed by authorities to be
headed for Redwood Falls or
Duluth. Sheriff Kise was noti-
fed Monday morning and recov-
cred the automobile soon after
ward. On it when found were
license plates stolen from Will
liam Perrzo of Benson.
The youths had been at North
Redwood previously and Barto-
savitch was known in this COM
munity under the alias Larry
Barton. Both have prison records.
They came to North Redwood
June and remained there for a
few days with acquaintance.
Then, saying they were broke
and had been refused work at the
rendering plant, they left. They
said they were going to. Mankato.
They left the machine with an
acquaintance whose name was
withheld by Sheriff Kise as he is
innocent of any connection with
the crime. The North Redwood
man could use the car, they said,
and they would return for it in
a month. Sheriff Kise doesn't ex-
pect them back.
In the car at the time of its
recovery were an oil can, syphon
and funnel, indicating they had
stolen gas on their way here.
Warrants for their arrest have
been issued and KIND is join
ing in the search for them.
Kise has the car in custody and
it Is expected that the owner will
come here for it soon.
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PWA GRANT FOR
LINCOLN SCHOOL
REPAIRS SOUGHT
PLAN IMPROVEMENTS
BOARD BUYS POWER
LAWN MOWER

Application for a PWA grant
for repairs and remodeling of the
Lincoln school building will be
made by the Redwood Falls
school board, it was decided at
the regular meeting Monday eve
ming.
George Pass Jr. of Mankato,
architect for the new high school
building, was instructed to pre-
pare a PWA requisition which
will ask funds for reroofing the
grade and junior high school
building, finishing the basement
lunch room and remodeling the
home economics room and lava
tories.
Members of the board also vot-
ed to purchase a power mower
for the school grounds.
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Match Equipped Cigaret is
Invention of Redwood Man

Possibilities of marketing
snatch equipped cigaret" are be-
ing investigated BY Ingolf M
Stensvad of Redwood Falls VINO
recently received patent on the
invention.
Stensvad's cigaret is provioed
with a paper match attached SO
that the tail of the match pro
iects beyond the end of the Gig
aret. The match not only provio-
&c means for lighting the smoke,
hut enables the user to pull the
cigaret from the container WIN
out damaging other cigarets. :,
It is packaged in the usual
naper container, a strip OF rough
material generally used in strlk-
ing matches being attached TO me
bottom of the pack.
redwood Falls residents, ex-
pressing much interest In the
idea. agree that the cigarets would
be fine for use while driving a
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Record Primary Election Vote Forecast
OLD FARMHOUSE
BURNED TUESDAY

An old house on the Harlan
Huhnerkoch farm five miles west
of. Redwood Falls on highway 10
was marked up as total loss by
the Redwood Falls fire depart
paent, called at 2 a. m. Tuesday
as flames destroyed the building.
The place was being used as a
brooder house as a new residence
has been built and $50 baby
chicks persisted in the flames, be-
lieved to have started from an oil
stove. The building had been sold
and was to have been moved this
week.
Firemen remained at the farm
until $3.50 a. m, prepared for a
shift in wind which might have
endangered the new Huhnerkoch
home, just 10 feet from the lam
ing structure.
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DON'T SPOIL YOUR BALLOT

Young people voting at primary election for the
first time Monday and older voters who may not have
had experience with the Consolidated Primary Elec
ton Ballot used in Minnesota in recent year should
bear in mind that while it is longer necessary for
you to declare your party afaton at the polls since
all voters receive complete ballot for all the parties
THE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO MARK
THE CANDIDATES OF MORE THAN ONE PARTY.
Ballots which candidates of more than
party are marked are declared spoiled and not
counted You may vote for many candidates, not
exceeding for each office as you wish on any
party ticket but it is not your privilege to vote for
FarmerLabor candidate for congress and Republic
candidate for governor for instance.
Study the ballots printed in this issue before GO
ing to the polls
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Low Interest Rates
On Farm Loan Voted

Washington-(P = A bill to
continue low interest rates on
certain federal farm loans became
law today despite objections by
President Roosevelt. The senate,
following similar action in the
house yesterday, voted to override
Roosevelt's veto of the legislation.
The house vote was 244 to 81. The
legislation will continue the
three and one-half per cent inter
est rate on certain land bank
loans and the four per cent rate
on land bank commissioner loans
through 1910.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
Architects Report
Bemidji Contract
"EXtravagant"

st. Paul-(P)-A committee of
the Minnesota Association of Arch
fleets reported to Governor Ben
son today that waste, extravaganza
and illegalities have so jumbled
the Bemidji teachers college pro-
ject that the architects should be
discharged and all contracts of
more than $500 cancelled. The
committee was appointed at the
request of the governor after a
100000 legislative appropriation
proved inadequate for construction
of a gymnasium. The report said
public funds have been wasted,
bids were limited to select few
and charged Architect M. o. Foss
of Fergus Falls had violated his
contract.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
Rev. Martin to
Be Pastor at
Worthington
REV. EDWARD LEE OF
WASECA METHODIST
CHURCH COMING

Members of the Redwood Falls
Ministerial association, which he
proposed, honored Rev. G. E.
Martin at a luncheon Wednesday
and that evening members of his
church and friends gathered in
the Redwood Falls Methodist
church at a farewell reception for
Rev. and Mrs. Martin.
They and their daughter Lor-
raine will leave either this eve
ming or Friday morning for
Warrington where Rev. Martin
will assume the pastorate of the
Methodist church, preaching his
first sermon Sunday.
He will be replaced in the Red
wood Falls and New Avon
churches by Rev. Edward Lee
who has been minister of the
Waseca Methodist church for five
years. Rev. Lee expects to be
here Friday but will return to
Waseca to conduct services Sum
day. He and Mrs. Lee have two
daughters, Hortense and Joan, of
high school age.
Rev. E. D. Groenig, recently
made district superintendent of
the church, will conduct services
at the New Avon and Redwood
Falls churches Sunday. Rev.
Groenig was pastor of the Worth
ington church until Rev. Martins
appointment.
Rev. j. w. Mettam, former dis
trict superintendent, was appoint
ed chaplain of Rochester hospi-
tails while other appointments in
this vicinity included: Fairfax, R.
H. Mercer; Lamberton, Johnson
vile, G. w. Kaslow; Luverne, E.
G. Meierbachtol; Morgan, Eden,
E. w. A. Gebhardt (replacing
Rev. H. A. Potthoff, retired);
Morton, Franklin, A. S. Earl; New
Ulm, S. L. Richards; Sleepy Eye,
G.. H. Duling; Springfield, San
born, John Gresham; Tracy, Net
tiewyynt, j. w. Rossiter and
Walnut Grove, Holly, Emmanuel
Nelson.
In his eight years of ministry
here, the longest term of any
pastor in the church's history,
Rev. Martin has received about a
third of the present membership
into the church. New organiza-
tons, since he came here from
Plainview are the young married
peoples club and the Builders
classes.
Rev. w. Henry Westby presided
at the Ministerial association
luncheon at Hotel Ramsey We'd
nesday noon. Toger Nelson, pre-
sldent of the Civic and Com
Continued on page six)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
CROP INSURANCE
MEETING TODAY

A countrywide crop insurance
meeting was held at l p. m. to-
day at the Wabasso city hall. A.
R. Karr of Fairmont, wheat in
Surance block man; Anton johann
neck, Redwood county crop in
surance supervisor and County
Agent ]. l. Swedberg We're speak
ers. Township meetings on the
subject will be held throughout
the county soon.
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Search Continues
For Missing Lad

Pine River, Minn.-(P = The
fate of lost four-year-old Richard
Harley Ware remained the secret
Of a dreary spruce and tamarack
swamp today. One thousand five
hundred posse men continued
their systematic check of the IA
square mile bog into which the
child disappeared Saturday. Hope
for the safe return of the lad
faded with each hour. Military
authorities directing the hunt or
dered a systematic check of the
swamp that was expected to be
completed tomorrow.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
Strikers, Workers
Battle at Winona
USE TEAR GAS BOMBS
TO BREAKUP RIOT
AT MOTOR COMPANY

Winona-(P)-Tear gas bombs
were hurled and fists flew freely
when pickets rioted before the
strike-bound Winona Motor COM
pany plant last night. Striking
mechanics sought to evict en-
ployees who were working in the
garage shop despite the labor dis
turbance by tossing tear gas bombs
into the building. The melee end
ed when police escorted the work.
ers from the shop and took them
home in police cars.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
Farmer-LabOrites
Plan Park Rally

Paul Rasmussen, candidate for
secretary of state and Matthias
Orfield, deputy encouragement,
will speak at countrywide rally
of the Farmer-Labor party in
Ramsey park Sunday afternoon.
Speaking is to start at p. m.
Tom Davis, Minneapolis attor-
ney, has also been invited, mem
bers of the county executive COM
mittee said. He has not definitely
accepted, however.
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Ford Garage Wins
District Contest

A SIS check was presented the
Redwood Falls Motor company at
lunch in Hotel Ramsey Wednes-
day as prize in a Ford Motor
company sales contest. The Red
wood Falls concern won over all
others in the st. Paul district in
Guiding Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, Iowa and Wiscon-
sin in the event promoting the
sale of new and used cars.
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Kidnapper to Die :
In Electric Chair

+ Miami-(P) - Franklin Pierce
Mccall, 81, was sentenced today
to die in the electric chair for
the kidnapping of Jimmy Cash
Jr. Judge H. F. Atkinson said
the governor will fix the date for
the execution later. Mccall re-
fused to talk when the judge
asked if he had anything to say.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
Gazette to Keep
Election Vigil

As has been our custom
for several years, The Gag
cite staff will receive re-
turns from the county audi
tors office as fast as they
are sent in Monday night
and give out information on
the tabulatiOnS to all who
call the office by telephone.
Our numbers are 1854 and
338.
No information is likely
to be available before 8 or
$3.50 p. m. and persons call
ing after that time are ask
ed to make clear which Of
fices they are interested in,
to conserve time.
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SILAS WEBER
RITES TODAY

Silas E. Weber, rs, died at the
Redwood county home Wednes-
day. morning. Funeral services
were held today at the Hubbard
Funeral home and later at the
Nettiewyynt church in Gales
township. Rev. c. C. Swalwell
was in charge.
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Ru1n0r Unfounded

Reports circulating in the COM
munity last week that Hjalmar
Petersen's appearance at Monte
.video was interfered with by a
mob of angry voters are entirely
unfounded, The Gazette deter
mined in a telephone CONVERSE
ton with the editor of the Mon
tevideo News June 7. Becarxa
the rumor continued this week,
The Gazette was asked to correct
it.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
IMPROVE STATIONS

Two Pure Oil stations in Red
wood Falls, the Roy Warner and
Dick Gray concerns, installed new
computing pumps this week. Both
places are receiving exterior re-
decoration.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16
HURT BY CORN PLOW

Francis Jackson was treated at
the Redwood Falls hospital
Tuesday for a severe hemorrhage
from a cracked lip, sustained
when he was struck by corn
pillow lever.
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CoNFERENCE TODAY

Sunday School workers of the
Presbyterian church will have
their monthly conference at the
home of Mrs. Lulu Kohler at 8 p.
m. today.
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E. B. Orion was summoned to
Mankato Wednesday morning to
serve on the federal petit jury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-06-16

Grace and Audrey Anderson
came from Clear Lake, Iowa
Monday and were overnight
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. J.. Salz-
wedel. With Mr.. Salzwedel, they
left Tuesday morning for Mime
apolis where they are attending
summer school at the university.
Grace Anderson is sister of Mrs.
Salzwedel.
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car, hunting or fishing and even
at home when the exertion of
getting out of an easy chair to
hunt a match seems too strenu-
Gus. Cigaret manufacturers should
be interested in the invention
which would increase the num-
Der of cigarets smoked, since
matches are always available
with them, Stensvad thinks.
He first got the idea last Feb
ruary while at home with the flu.
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Continued on page six)
Evening star., 1938-10-14

Made with knit COL
lars. cuffs and waist
bands. Sizes 36 to 80.
Good quality jackets
at . sAving you just
can't AFFORD to pass
up.
Evening star., 1938-10-14
Both Sides Lose Heavily.

SHANGHAI, Oct. II R.-Heavy
losses we're admitted by both sides to-
day as the 464-day-old undeclared
Chinese-Japanese war swept over $780,
900 square miles in IL Chinese
provinces.
Invaders from the sea smashed to-
ward the Canton Kowloon Railroad
in South China with the aim of sever
ing vital communications systems
which IS months of frequent bombings
have failed to cut.
More than 500 miles to the north
other japanese columns, warships and
bombing planes. redoubled efforts to
pierce the ring of defenses around
Hankow, the provisional capital
Bitter fighting ragged in the Sinyang
sector, on the Peiping- -Hankow Rail-
road 100 miles north of Hankow, where
the defenders said they had recap
tured Liuling and thereby blocked a
projected japanese drive down the
railroad to Hankow.
Desperate battles were being fought
around .Yangsin, the barrier to cam
Evening star., 1938-10-14
Admiral Byrd & Westerner
Pony Skin Jackets

Some with two top
Upper pockets. two
bottom m litary
pockets. Sport back
style in tan only.
Sizes SO to 4S in
the lot.