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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17

Group Rallies;
Meeting
CRIMMINS ON TRAIL
OF LEVY BOOSTS;
ASKS EXPLANATION

A mass meeting of Redwood
county taxpayers at which the
question of publication of relief
items will undoubtedly be dis
cussed has been called for Mon
day, March %, at / p. m. in the
Redwood Falls armory.
Invitations to speak have been
extended President James P. Nc
Donnell and Secretary Norman A.
Bergen of the Minnesota Taxpay-
ers association. Local speakers
will also discuss Redwood county's
tax problem, termed "criticaP' at
a conference of taxpayers We'd
nesday.
d. L. Crimmins president of the
Redwood County Taxpayers as
ISOLATION, issued a statement
which read in part;
Redwood county taxpayers are
alarmed at the large increase in
taxes. 1t is almost unbelievable
that taxes can skyrocket as they
have. We want to know why and
we certainly wish to know wheth-
er these increases are justified.
"Just look at the record in Red
wood county for county tax lev
les: 1884, $2l2,1z7; 1885, SITE, 1896;
1885, $344.590; 1887, $405, 1868" 4
He complaineds particularly
about the road and bridge fund
increases stating, "These increases
are made in spite of the fact that
thousands NJ dollars in nor,
money have been turned over to
the county treasury from the
state gas tax fund this year."
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Spring Epidemic Of Bad Check Men
Sure as Violets, KNIID Men Warn

Whenever spring comes around,
check forgers and petty racket
GERS spring up with violets, OBJ
orators at KIND contend.
Public check writer number
one this spring is fiushed-faced
gentleman who hibernated after
little forgery job at Cass Lake
IN October and reappeared last
week at Lakefield, Willmar and
Window.
He uses an indelible pencil
and the names Oscar Erickson, r.
Reed, Ernest Olson and Walter
johnson. Sometimes he uses gold
trimmed glasses and he's always
certain to have check blanks from
the last town through which he
passed, using them in sort of
rcund-robin order.
He is between 35 and 40 years
of age, five feet seven or eight
inches tail and weighs between
las and $50 pounds. Filling sta
ton attendants, especially, are
urged to be on the lookout for
him.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
POP and CANDY
PAYS DOCTORS
FOR GRID HURTS
REFRESHMENT SALES
AT TOURNEY GROSS
$376; AID ATHLETES

Athletes at Redwood Falls High
school who were injured during
the 1887 grid season and did not
collect for doctor bills under the
provisions of the blanket athletic
insurance policy carried by the
school will be the beneficiaries of
a policy conceived by their coach,
Ben Tom.
Tom organized students to sell
pop, candy and similar merchan-
disc to the huge crowds which
packed the high school auditorium
at the district basketball tourna-
ment, proceeds to go to men in
jured in battle for their alma
mater.
The school took in about as
much as it paid out for athletic
insurance claims of Ted Kruger
for a Clipped tooth, Clarence
Discher for cracked collar bone
ard George Steele for broken
nose, all of which injuries are
covered by the policy.
Injuries not covered were sus-
tanned by LauritZ Aarthun, Leo
Joe Lauterbach, Herbert Bollum,
Ross Lussenhop and Donald Aar-
thun. Tom expects that sales pro-
ceeds will practically pay for doc
Continued on page twelve)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Northwestern
Seeks to Remove
Gilfllan Depot

Abandonment of the Gilfillan
station on the Chicago and North
Western railroad is practically as
sured although it will be neces-
sary to go through the formality
of hearing on a petition to aban-
don the depot, coal house and a
portion of the station platform,
at the station at 4 p. m. Monday.
Representatives of the railroad
and the state railroad and ware
house commission will be there.
1t is not anticipated that any OBJ
jections to the proposed move
will be made.
The station has outlived its USE
fulness. No agent has been MAIN
tanned there for 20 years, since
Gus Otto, now of Wanda, was as
sistant at the Morgan depot and
used to take the train out to the
Gilfillan station for work there in
the mornings.
As the gram elevator and
stockyards at the station are not
mentioned in the petition, it is ex-
pected that the company will
maintain service for them.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
REGIONAL DECLAM
WINNERS CHOSEN
WINTHROP, APPLETON,
NEW ULM STUDENTS
AWARDED FIRSTS

Delford Moerke of Winthrop
was awarded first place in the
oratorical division of the region
al declamatory contest held at
Redwood Falls High school Tues
day night. His selection was
Shanghai"
Robert E. Scott, superintendent
of Hennepin county schools, Mrs.
Scott of the Minneapolis School
of Music and Speech Arts and
Mrs. Hazel Aamodt sof MacPhail
school were judges.
Second place in the oratorical
section was won by Frank Will
cox of Montevideo who gave
Professor Anonymous"
In the dramatic division, Lila
Kemske of New Ulm was judged
first with Faith and Doris
Schimmel of Maynard, second
with "Jean Marie"
John Dougherty of Appleton
Continued on page Sky
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Loan Offices
Unite; Duea
ToHead Both
REDWOOD, RENvILLE
FARM ASSOCIATIONS
TRY GROUP PLAN

Under a new plan of operation
for national farm loan assocla-
lions, the Redwood and Renville
offices have been grouped and are
now operating in Redwood Falls.
S. B. Duea, secretary-treasurer
of the Redwood organization, has
been elected to the same position
by the group and will serve both
associations. The office is locat-
ed in the Duea building across
from the postoffce.
The new plan, providing for a
more stable income and making
a stronger financial position
possible, was worked out by the
federal land bank of st. Paul and
farm credit administration of
Washington, D. c. in co-opera-
ton with directors of the national
farm loan associations.
Another factor in the plan is
economy in operation of the as
sociations. The Federal Land
Bank is providing a monthly al
lowance to each association, de-
pending on the number of loans,
and from these allowances and
other income each association
pays its proportionate share of
the operation of the group office.
Mr.. Duea has been secretary
treasurer of the Redwood farm
loan association for 10 years, dur
ing which time the association
has completed over $5,000,000 in
farm loans to borrowers in Red
wood, Renville and Brown coun.
ties. With the combining of the
two associations into one group
office, the volume to be serviced
from this office will exceed
S7,000,000 in loans. Tim O'Con-
nor of Renville served as Secre-
tary-treasurer of the association
at RenVille before its grouping
with Redwood.
In the serVicing Of loans distant
from the group office, it is Mr..
Duea's plan to have certain days
in that territory in order that the
borrowers may obtain the same
service as received from their
former secretary. Formal notices
of the change in location will be
mailed to each borrower as soon
as possible.
A L. Fosteson, Federal Land
Bank representative from st.
Paul, is supervising the installa-
ton of the office and will spend
some time with Mr.. Duea in COM
pleting the group office setup. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
$500 Check Taken
at Auction Bounces
CHECK PASSER HAULS
) AWAY TEAM, LEAVES
PIGS AND COLLARS

The Danube State bank took
S503 bum check as clerk at the
Henry Zaske farm auction four
miles south of Danube last We'd
nesday afternoon and the check
passer is now richer by team of
horses.
The man who passed it used
the name William Lande and the
check was on the State Bank of
Sanborn. He bid for two horses,
five pigs and two horse collars.
The horses were loaded into
his truck and he drove away
with them, remarking that he
would return for the pigs and
collars the next day.
c. c. Croker and j. M. Stew
art, Redwood Falls auctioneers
who cried the sale, said there
were three men in the group con-
sulting with the bad check passer
about his bids, obviously for eff
feet. ALI three were strangers.
The man waited until the auc-
tioneers and most of the crowd
had left the farm before he took
the horses, probably holding off
until the Sanborn bank had clos
ed and the Danube institution
could not get in touch with them.
Friday Sheriff Henry Heaney
of Renville county gave the story
to radio station KIND after the
check was returned marked mo
account"
'.Lande" is 35 to 40 years of
age, five feet seven inches tall
and weighs about 160 pounds. He
has a dark complexion, talks
slowly and was wearing a cap
and leather jacket.
He was driving a 1884 Ford
truck with the cab painted
sandy color, fairly new paint
job. The box was about two feet
high and green. Rough boards
were built onto it to form cattle
truck.
His haul was a team, a sorrel
mare six years old, weighing
about 1900 pounds with a white
stripe on the forehead and bay
gelding five years old, 1900
pounds, with no markings.
Persons in the Sicily oil station
at North Redwood saw him driv-
ing up the hill to Redwood Falls
about 5 p. m. Wednesday with
both horses in the truck.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
DEATH OF PRISONERS
FRIEND RECALLS HIS
GIFT OF 100000

News of the death of Clarence
barrow, famous attorney for the
defense" brought memories to an
other stormy petrol of public life,
Francis H. Shoemaker of North
Redwood.
Defender of the oppressed and
captive, barrow expressed his
sympathy for Shoemaker, a long
time friend, by arranging huge
banquet in his honor at the Nor
rison hotel, Chicago, upon the
ex-congressman's release from
Leavenworth penitentiary in 1880.
Among the 800 attendants at
Darrow's coming OUT party for
Shoemaker were Mrs. Victor l..
Berger, president of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin board of regents;
John Fitzpatrick, president of the
Chicago Federation ofsLabor and
Dan Hoan, for 20 years mayor of
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
AnnualBureau
Meet Saturday
FRANK WHITE ASKED
TO ADDRESS GROUP;
TO ELECT OFFICERS

Officers will be elected at the
annual meeting of the Redwood
county Farm Bureau in the Wa
basso hall Saturday. The meet
ing begins at 1880 p. m.
An attempt to secure Frank
White of Marshall, state bureau
president, as speaker is being
made.
Present officers of the organ
ization include Joseph Zwach of
Milroy, president; Lloyd Pack of
Walnut Grove, vice president;
Henry Zachte of Lamberton, sec
retary-treasurer and Mrs. Otto
Flom of Delhi, home and COM
munity chairman.
Business considered at the ses-
sion will not be so extensive as
that taken up at previous annual
meetings as the bureau has been
de-centralized by the organiza-
ton of township units.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Breaks
Spring
Flood Strain /,
20 FOOT SLAB BREAKS
OFF; CITY SPARED
LIGHTLESS HOURS 4

Pressure of the spring flood
waters of the Redwood river rip
ped a hole over 20 feet long in
the light and power company's
concrete flume on the east side Of
the gorge north of the dam about
midnight Saturday.
Water pouring from the hole
meant a loss to the utility COM
pany which had just begun en-
ploying water-power to generate
part of the electricity used in the
community. Deisels again took
over the entire load, but after a
crew directed by E. E. Lang tenn
porarily boarded up the gap We'd
nesday, water power was again
used.
Water for cooling the deisels
and for the steam boilers enters
the plant through pipe from the
lake through the flume, which also
was temporarily out of service,
and the plant would have been
forced to close down a short time
had the accident happened at a
peak load'' period. Instead the
supply of water on hand and in
the heating system sufficed until
repairs were made.
Company officials knew the
flume was weakened at the spot,
but expected the eight or ten inch
thick concrete to hold until re-
pair work could be done during
the summer when water is at a
low level.
The temporary repair will serve
until summer.
Chunks of concrete eight to 10
feet long were hurled into the
chasm when the flume gave way.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
$50 Attended
Farm Institute
EVENT SUCCESSFUL IN
EVERY WAY, CROWDS
ADVISE SPONSORS

A farmers institute attendance
of $50 Wednesday and 500 Thurs
day was estimated by j. I. Swed-
berg, county agent, who assisted
in arrangements.
Those present expressed plea
sure in the excellent program and
appreciation for the hundreds of
prizes given away by Redwood
Falls stores in cooperation with
the Civic and Commerce associa-
ton which sponsored the event.
Thursdays program included
morning discussion of the latest in
weed control by L. M Stahler of
the Lamberton experimental
farm.
In the afternoon DR.. Charles E.
Cotton of the state livestock
sanitary board talked on sleeping
sickness in horses, stating that he
does not expect a repetition of
last years serious epidemic this
summer. He explained that out
breaks of the serious malady run
in cycles.
Women heard Orinne johnson,
fashion editor of the Farmers
Wife, speak on fashion trends for
1888. "And all of them can be
bought in Redwood Falls" sew
eral women remarked with salts
faction after Miss Johnson dis
played several good-looking
spring and summer outfits.
Berry H. Akers, editor of the
Farmer and popular in the COM
munity, closed the session with
an outline of the farm and bust
ness outlook for the coming year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
BASEBALL, WEEDS AND
GAME GROUPS MEET;
BENEFIT PLAY

Not someplace to go but which
place to go will be the problem in
Redwood Falls this weekend.
The Redwood Falls Motor COM
pany opers its three day auto
show at the armory this after
noon, promising wealth of good
free entertainment.
This evening "Her Step-Hus-
band" a Parent-Teacher associa-
ton benefit play will be presented
at the new high school. Baseball
enthusiasts who do not care for
dramatics or auto shows will meet
in the city hall to form a Redwood
county league.
Free dances are planned at the
auto show Friday and Saturday
evening, an eight piece swing
band furnishing the music. Bruce
Patterson. formerly with Duke
Ellington's orchestra, will be fea-
tured in banjo numbers.
Francis pug Lund, former
Minnesota grid star, has charge of
the show which brings cutaway
chassis displays, full line Of
standard and de luxe Fords, COM
mercial bodies and Lincoln Yep
hyrs. Not only is the show free,
there will be door prizes.
Friday the annual county weed
meeting will be held in the court
rooms, beginning at 1880 p. m.
THAI evening the Redwood
County Game Protective league
will meet in the city hall to out
line the years plans and plan
the fox and crow hunt under team
captains w. E. Paffrath and Ira
r. Rogers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Remodel Building
For New Concern

RemOdeling of the front part of
the Burris building for occupancy
by the Anderson Pontiac company
after April l is underway.
Members of the Burris force are
putting in partitions and decorat-
ing the place and large plate
glass window at the front has been
installed by Emil Worsech-
Mr.. and Mrs. George Anderson
and their two children of ST. Paul
have taken the first floor Of the
NJ r. Myers home and the Myers
have moved upstairs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Auto ShOav Features Busy
Weekend, Starting Tonight
SanbOrn Exchange
Sold to Iowa Firm

Sanborn's telephone exchange
is among Is in southern Mime
sofa and northern Iowa recently
purchased by the Central Iowa
Telephone company with head
quarters in Toledo, Iowa.
Minnesota exchanges purchased
also include those at Lyle, Kies-
ter, Alden, Adams and Leroy
They previously formed part of
the Iowa Union Telephone COM
pany.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
APRIL | Will BE
MOVING DAY HERE
SERIES OF SHIFTS TO
INCLUDE APARTMENTS
AND RESIDENCES

A series of moves by Redwood
Falls householders is scheduled
for April /.
c. E. johnson, chief of police,
has purchased the M. R. Myers
home occupied by o. j. Ross on
East Second street and will move
there from an apartment above
the Second Hand Trading Post
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Whittet will
take the johnson apartment, NOV
ing from the Hilda Mielke house
on East and Broadway.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Anderson
will take the home vacated by
the Whites and Arthur Weier
and family viii move into the
present Anderson home on Mill
street, which is owned by Mrs.
Belle .McIlreavie.
Another employee of the Gand-
rud Creamery, Albert Van Beck
will move his family to the r. v.
Ochs house south of the Catholic
church, in which Weiers have
been living. The Van Beck fam
Continued on page sixs
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Vesta High School
Pupils Coming Here
WILL CLOSE 2 YEAR
COURSE; DELHI WILL
MAINTAIN SCHOOL

Vesta High school will be clos
ed and the approximately 80 stud
ents who have been attending
there will be enrolled in Redwood
Falls High school next year, it was
decided at a meeting of the Vesta
ard Redwood Falls schoolboards
Monday night. 5Vesta's institution
has had only the first two years of
high school.
Rumors that the four year Delhi
High school, with an enrolment
of So, would also be merged with
the Redwood Falls system are I'M
true, Superintendent John Saari
of Delhi said Wednesday.
J "Our high school will be open
next year. The school board has
acted officially on the question"
he stated.
Additional state aid for the ex-
ira pupils will more than offset
the expense of accommodating
them, according to Reede Gray,
superintendent of Redwood Falls
schools.
Vesta will receive state trans
portation aid for bringing stud
ents here by bus each day, result
ing in saving to the district be-
sides making facilities of the lar
ger school available to students.
The state board of education is
encouraging such consultations
wherever practical. @
Not yet officially notified that
Delhi would not join our system
next year, the school board rehir-
ed all teachers Monday night, dis
cussing possibilities of obtaining
additional instructors if extra en-
rollment warrants.
The boards resolution re-em-
ploying the entire faculty stated
that salaries will be set on the
basis of no general increases, but
increases to those who have not
been receiving what is considered
the maximum for their respective
positions under present economic
conditions.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
ClarenceD arroavO Once Gaze
Dinner Honoring Shoemaker

Milwaukee.
The two men were together at
another much smaller banquet
with only about 80 guests and en-
tirely unpublished, at Darrow's
request. It took place at Jane
Addams' Hull house in the Chi
cago slurns.
Following the Loeb-Leopold
trial, barrow received a personal
check for $1,000 for his services
in saving the thrill murderers"
of Bobby Frank from the electric
chair. He arranged dinner with
only a few of his and Miss Adams
friends present, endorsed the
check and turned il over to the
great social worker for use in her
projects. Shoemaker made the
presentation speech, he said.
81 believe money should be
spent for social work among
young people, rather. than to sup
port them in prisons after they
have embarked upon a life of
Confined on Page 12)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Presbyterian
Church Elects
wYorkMan
REV. DALTON, NATIVE
OF ENGLAND, TAKES
CHARGE IN APRIL

Rev. William Albert Dalton of
Oneida, New York, has accepted
a call as pastor of the Redwood
Falls Presbyterian church and
will move here with his family
the latter part of April.
Rev. Dalton visited the city two
weeks ago when he spoke at the
Presbyterian church at Sunday
morning services and at Union
services at the Church of Christ in
the evening.
A native of Birmingham, Eng
land, he lived in New Zealand for
three years, working for the gov
eminent. While there he did mis-
sion work among the Maoris and
Chinese through the Y. M. c. A.
He came to America from New
Zealand to train for mission work
in China. After graduating from
the Moody Bible Institute in Chic
ago, he entered Manchester coll
lege, st. Paul. While there he was
state president of the Student
Volunteers.
Later he entered Yale Divinity
school, receiving the degree of
bachelor of divinity in June 1921.
His first parish was at High
land, New York, where he re-
manned for more than seven years.
In 1880 he became pastor of the
Cochran Memorial Presbyterian
church att Oneida. He will close
his pastordte there Easter Sunday.
Rev. Dalton is an American
citizen and his wife, a native of
Connecticut. They have three
sons and daughter. Two of the
boys are in college and the third
finishing his second year of high
school. The girl is in the third
grade.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Production Credit
OPENS Olivia Branch

With farmers demands for crop
financing already active, announ-
cement was made this week by
w. M. Smith, secretary treasurer
of the Redwood Falls Production
Credit association, that the as
ISOLATION is in the best possible
position to serve farmers.
For the convenience of borrow
ers the association is opening a
branch office in the Helms block
at Olivia Monday. w. G. Johnson
of Hector who has been receiving
training at headquarters here will
have charge of the branch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Nelson Brothers
OF Major BOwes
Troupe Coming

The four Nelson brothers who
rose from amateur ranks at Oliv-
ia to the height of amateur stand
ing, membership in Major Bowes'
troupes, will entertain in person
at the Falls Theatre Sunday and
Monday.
Graham McNamee, famous
radio announcer, calls them the
most versatile quartet he has ever
seen. They play so instruments,
coaxing music from tubes, bottles
and balloons. They also whistle
and sing in novelty arrangements.
They have been with Major
Bowes for two years, touring all
the major cities of the United
States.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Buy and Run Gas
Customers Sought

Two strange youths fled from
the Texaco Oil station on highway
10 without paying for eight gal
lors of gasoline and two quarts of
oil which they ordered from
Frank Dornfeld, manager, about
10 a. m. Sunday.
They wheeled their 1886 Ford
out of the station while Dornfeld
went for water for the engine, the
hood still up and copper oil can
on the running board.
Sheriff L. j. Kise is investigat-
ing their identity. One boy was
driving while another, lying in the
back seat, gave orders for the
gasoline.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Wolf Bounty Frauds
Charged by WenZel

st. Paul-(P)-Wholesalefrau frauds
in connection with the payment
of wolf bounties in Lyon and
Murray counties were charged by
Conservation Commissioner Her
man c. Wenzel Wednesday after
warrants were issued for four
persons. Wenzel said the men
are wanted for collecting wolf
bounties on fox carcasses. There
is no bounty on foxes. The COM
missioner asked Attorney General
Erwin for an opinion whether
county auditors and township
clerks can be prosecuted for MD
feasance. in connection :. with
fraudulent payments.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
State 4-H Leader
Will Speak Here

Miss Mildred Schenck, state All
club agent, will lead the discussion
at the first clothing project leaders
meeting in the Redwood Falls
city hall at 2 p. m. Saturday,
April 2. Clothing requirements for
all five years of club work in the
project will be outlined. All
clothing project members and
their mothers, as well as leaders,
are invited.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-17
Rites at Morton
For Thomas Ryan

Morton-Funeral services for
Thomas Ryan, 66, who died We'd
nesday morning in st. Paul will
be held at st. Johns church at
$50 a. m. Friday. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery.
Surviving are his wife, son,
Harley and two daughters, Eliza
beth and Katherine of st. Paul.
He was an uncle of James Ryan
of Morton.