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Evening star., 1938-01-09

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Hollywood are those of dis
tlnctly select group who make
u living by committing murder
mayhem and arson, robbing banks
holding up mail trains, browbeating
defenseless woman and perpetrating
other fiendish deeds without number,
That's because the motion picture is
business where the law of averages
works in reverse.
CT screen, one doesn't need cob
lege education to pursue a life of
CRIME. But in pictures it's different.
The large majority of Hollywood's S
most skillful meanies carry college
degrees
On the other hand, the handsome
hero who stamps out their wickedness
Tor the finale and shows up their crude
mannerisnls in the drawing room is,
more likely than not, merely a grad
uate OF the school of hard knocks
who finds 1t difficult to balance a tea
cup on one knee
The explanation for this con-
Trajectory situation is fairly simple.
Screen heroes get by on personality,
good looks, physique and little acting
ability. Screen villains, however, have
a tougher job. They must give the
impression of intelligence and learn
Ing and one can't do that without a
background of education.
Life stories Of the screens leading
bad men reveal all the evidence neces-
sary to prove that young men aspiring
to career of villainy in the movies
should first of all look to their higher
education.
THERE'S Warren Hymer, dean of
HollyWood's tough guys. who has
been pugilist, a gangster, hoodlum
and a Sturble-bum in so many pic
lures he's forgotten the number. No
more menacing figure turks on the
screen and his figures of speech would
logically trace his origin straight to
some alley. Hymer is a graduate of
Yale. an accomplished pianist and
something of an orator.
Lionel Stander, who talks through
his nose and nearly always plays some
type of muscle man in pictures, is an
alumnus of Columbia University.
Lloyd Nolan. cold-blooded killer of
"Ebb Tide" and the bandit of Wells
Fargo is the possessor of an educa-
ton gained at Stanford University.
Gravel-voiced Andy Devine's char
acterizations on screen and radio sug-
gest nothing SO much as stupidity and
yet Andy is one of the most educated
men in Hollywood, if the number of
colleges attended means anything. He
was student-and played football
at Santa Clara University. Arizona
State Teachers College and ST. Bene-
diets in Kansas.
One of the most monstrous figures
in the gangster era was Harold Huber,
who still seems more at home behind
a machinegun than in the comedy
parts he now essays. Huber earned
three college degrees at the New York
University, one of them an LII. B.
4 S BASIL RATHBONE, vino plays
the cunning Sir Guy in THE Ad-
ventures of Robin Hood" and is the
choice of many fans as top bad man
of them all, sums it up: Heroes are
usually boring =. villains never are.
And 1t takes a good deal more knowl-
edge to be interesting than it does to
be dull" Rathbone spent three years
in English universities before the war
and has been constant student ever
since.
Edward G. Robinson, still rated as
screen gangster No. /, is a graduate
of Columbia University, with a master
of arts degree.
(Copyright 1888. by the North Amerlc ~
Newspaper Alliance, Inc.)
Evening star., 1938-01-09
Film Villains
Hollywood's
Brightest
Most of the Bad Men
Garry Degrees
From College.
By Harold Hefeynan.
HOLLYWOOD

HCLI4 Y WOOD.
. HE most intelligent men in
Hollywood are those of a dis
tinctly select group who make
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Cards Chances
Not Bright in
New Ulm Tilt
HUTCHINSON TO PLAY
HERE TUESDAY; PEDS
TO OPPOSE JUNIORS

Coach Zimmerman's hopes of
upsetting the strong New Ulm
team Friday night received a
severe setback when four mem
bers of his squad were reported
out because of ineligibility or
sickness. Cardinals who will not
be in suit when the team Jour-
neys to New Ulm are Aarthun,
WEIGH and Wolverton while Leo
Joe Lauterbach also may not see
action.
With his team at full strength,
Zimmerman anticipated giving
the Brown county quint a battle,
but with only a half squad pros
poets against last years district
and regional winners are not
bright New Ulm recently de-
feated Springfield 40 to 20.
Hutchinson brings a strong
team here Tuesday for the first
home game since the holidays. AS
preliminary the faculty and
the junior high team will mix.
Earl StortS, Norman Otto, Ell
lis Lang, George Steele, Bill
Stensvad, Art Neuschwander, Bill
Inglis, Bert Hustad and Gene
Rote of the junior high squad will
meet the New Ulm juniors there
Friday night.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
ELECT OFFICERS
OF CREDIT UNION

Election of officers, adoption of
bylaws recommended by the
state banking department and
other annual business was dispos-
ed of at the meeting of the Scenic
City Credit Union in the city
hall Monday night.
V. S. Peterson, managing di-
rector of the Minnesota Credit
Union league and o. M. Olson,
treasurer of the Twin Cities Oil
Co-operatives Credit Union, were
speakers at the meeting.
c. E. Goodyear was made pre-
sident of the organization for an
other year. j. F. Knudson was
elected vice president, j. Clifford
James was named secretary and
A.. M. Dennistoun, treasurer. R..
v. Ochs is the fifth member of the
board of directors.
Mr.. Dennistoun, Mr.. Knudson
and Mr.. Ochs were selected as the
credit committee and the super
visory committee includes L. N.
Benson of Morgan, c. D. Clipfell
and August w. Kraemer.
The union operates in a way
similar to building and loan as
sociations. Members purchase
five dollar shares and maintain
savings accounts. Small loans
are made to members of the
group.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Morgan Man
Heads County
REA Project
SECOND UNIT TO GET
CURRENT BY FIRST
OF FEBRUARY

L. B. Fredericksen of Morgan
was reelected president of the
Central Minnesota Cooperative
Power association at a meeting of
over 200 stockholders in the
Clements hall Tuesday afternoon.
Other last years officers retained
are Anton Prokosch of Morgan,
vice president and C. E. Luesch-
err of Redwood Falls, secretary.
New members Of the board of
directors for the year include
John Zwach of Milroy, George
Claussen of Redwood Falls, Hen
ry Lau of Tracy and Fred Scharf
of Morgan. They replace A. P.
Rams of Morgan, L. L. Pack of
Walnut Grove, G.. N. Gales of
Seaforth and Henry FLETCHER OF
Vesta.
Directors who served last year
and were reelected are William
P. Eichten of Wanda, Elmer Sim
on of Springfield, Albert Hansen
OF Lucan and William Kirschtein
of Morgan.
The group voted to raise the
limit of shares allowed one per-
son to so, So that owners of sew
-eral farms in the callnty can buy
share for each farm.
1t is expected that the second
100 mile REA project will be
completed so that current can be
turned on February l.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Foreclosures
Hit New Low
ONLY 3 FARMS SOLD
TO SATISFY CRED
ITORS IN 1887

Mortgage foreclosures in Red
wood county hit a new low in
1887, according to figures COM
piled by Sheriff L. j. Kise.
In the year just closed only II
foreclosure sales were held, a 13
year low. Value of real estate sold
by the sheriff was SAL, 934.94 as
compared to $164,448.69 in 1886
when there were 10 foreclosure
sales.
Excellent crops and good farm
prices probably account for the
fact that only three Redwood
county farmers lost their farms
last year. A $50 acre tract brought
S11, 1000 at foreclosure proceedings,
indicating that the farmers equity
was small. In other instances
$13,976.61 was realized for a 149
acre farm and $4,709.83 for a 100
acre tract.
Only one business place in the
county was lost through foreclos-
ure while six residence properties
were so forfeited.
Forty-three sales netted $372,-
1851 in 1885 but the mortgage
foreclosure peak in recent years
was reached in 1892 when pro-
perty bid in at $1,248,613.90 was
foreclosed to satisfy 126 creditors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Joseph Tyson, Pioneer Park
And Fair Leader, Dies at 81
MASONS HOLD RITES
FOR FIRST MEMBER
OF LOCAL ORDER

Joseph Tyson, who came to
Minnesota as a pioneer and was
a leader in the organization of the
Redwood county fair and the
establishment of Ramsey State
park, died Monday morning at
the Redwood Falls hospital.
His last illness of % days was
the only serious one he suffered
in his active 90 years.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the Masonic Temple We'd
nesday afternoon by Rev. J. p.
Linn, former pastor of the Pres
byterian church and Glenn Hillig
had charge of Masonic rites at the
Redwood Falls cemetery.
Members of the Redwood Falls
Commandery, of which he was
the first member, acted as honor
airy pail bearers and formed an
escort in the funeral procession.
Those named as honorary pail
bearers were Henry Buechner, A.
G. Schmahl, A c. Burmeister,
Frank Clague, C. C. Little, DIR. j.
w. Inglis and Walter Hassenstab.
w. S. Brammer, Gilbert Mac
Dougall, w. M. Smith, A. P. Falk,
J. L. Parsons and Roy Warner
were active pail bearers.
He was born in Grasmere,
Westmoreland county, in the
English lake country August "a,
l845. In 1855 he came to the
United States with his parents,
Joseph and Ann Tyson who set
tied at Shelbyville, Illinois. After
10 years the family moved to
northwest Missouri near Mound
City where his father purchased
a large tract of land and conduct
ed an extensive livestock business
until his death.
When he was "a years of age he
pioneered into the wilds of Min
nesora, camping for night near
Redwood Falls, but going on into
Yellow Medicine county where he
took a homestead two miles south
of Wood Lake. He raised wheat.
hauling it with oxen to market at
New Ulm, until the ravages of
grasshoppers and other plaques
took his crops and he turned to the
cattle business. In those DAYS he
herded cattle on free range, walk
ing as far as Missouri and back as
the livestock fed on prairie grass
es. He travelled over 5000 miles
In a covered wagon.
In 1882 he formed a partner
ship with w. F. Dickinson, the
firm known as J. Tyson and COM
pany and continued in the cattle
business. He was to become
known as the foremost breeder of
Aberdeen Angus cattle in the
United States. His herd was rails
ed from pure bred stock which he
bought on trips to England and
Scotland.
The company purchased tract
of land three miles east of Red.
wood Falls known as the Glen
dale stock farm, which became
one of the show places of the
state.
Mr.. Tyson was president of the
Minnesota Livestock Breeders as
Continued on page six)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
z Injured in
Car Accident
ELMER SWARTZ, FAIR
FAX GIRL IN NEW
ULM HOSPITAL

Elmer Swartz, son of Earl
Swartz of Wabasso and Pearl
Seesz of Fairfax are confined at
the Loretto hospital, New Ulm,
with injuries received in an auto
mobile accident a mile and a half
west of Franklin at 11:30 o. m.
Saturday.
Miss Seesz, attractive Fairfax
High school girl, suffered a sew
ere flesh wound running down the
right side of the nose, cuts under
the eye and on the leg and facial
bone fractures. Swartz is able to
be up at the hospital but is being
watched for possible DEVELOPMENT
OF infection in deep cuts about the
face.
Lawrence Stallbacher and Al
VIVA Kuester, both of Fairfax.
who were riding in the back seat
OF the Swartz car were uninjured.
SwartZ was travelling west
when his Model A Ford struck a
car driven by Harold Firle of
Fairfax. Some witnesses say the
Firle car was stalled on the high
way, but he states that he was
moving slowly. The Swartz car
was damaged beyond repair and
the Firle car was also badly dent
ed. Firle is a farmland, working
for Henry Dale in Camp town.
ship.
Swartz, who is employed at the
Ralph Weeks farm near Redwood
Falls, is nephew of Harry
Swartz and a brother OF Mrs.
Clarence Kraemer Of Redwood
Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
City Council
Sets Salaries
ORGANIZATION MEET
ING HELD TUESDAY;
ALL OFFICERS REMAIN

Business will go on as usual in
the city of Redwood Falls during
1888, with one exception. Thomas
Arnett Jr., police officer and
street commissioner, will receive
a SIS month raise in pay. Other
wise, all present city employees,
their salaries and council commit
tees remain the same as in 1887.
At the council organization
meeting Tuesday night, Alder
man George A. Patton was again
made vice-president of the coun-
Gil to act in the absence of Mayor
J. F. Knudson. Leon H. Brown
was appointed city attorney and
F. H. Anthony, city engineer on
a fee basis.
Clarence johnson was renamed
chief of police at salary of S110
a month and Arnett will receive
S55 a month as day policeman and
S35 as street commissioner. Tom
Seifert will be superintendent of
the water works and sewage dis
poSal plant at a salary of $3.50 per
month. He is assisted by Harry
Burdick at the disposal plant.
The salary of F. B. Forbes, city
recorder, will be maintained at
$500 a year. DR.. c. L. Tompkins
was reappointed dairy inspector,
to receive $25 a month and J. M.
Corbett, fire marshal, will receive
$50 a year. S. w. Limburg, Scenic
City band director, will receive
$500 year from the city. Salary
of F. w. Stanton, city treasurer,
will be SIS month.
Other business included the
continuation of theatre licenses at
a dollar a year and setting the
same sum as license for each
dance held here. Robert Regnier
was granted pool hall license.
Renewal of the liquor store
lease for another year was made
and the city approved the usual
grant of $3.50 for maintenance of
Continued on page six
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
"THE NEWS" NEW
SHOP AT THEATRE

''The News, a magazine and
tobacco shop, will be opened this
week by Martin Freise and Leroy
Flore in the Falls theatre shop
which has been vacant since the
theatre opened in September.
The firm will carry all types of
publications in the magazine and
newspaper field and cigars and
other tobacco products.
New shelving ard cupboards
are being built this week and the
general color scheme of peach and
deep rust in the shop will be car
ried out in fixtures.
Freise is former Redwood
Falls policeman and owner of the
Green Parrot cafe. Flore will still
be associated with his father in
the contracting business.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Gallagher On
District Bar
Program Here
so ATTORNEYS ATTEND
DINNER; HEAR CHIEF
JUSTICE OF STATE

The largest gathering in the
history of the ninth district bar
association was held. at Hotel
Ramsey Saturday evening.
Places were laid for SO at the
banquet which preceded the an
nual business meeting and social
get-together.
Ben HeinZen of Ivanhoe, Lin
coin county attorney, was elected
president of the association re-
placing Frank Clague of Redwood
Falls. Henry Flore of New Ulm
is the new vice president and Will
linn R. Mitchell of Tracy was. re-
elected secretary-treasurer. A. r.
English of Tracy was again NAM
ed to the board of governors.
Honorable Henry Gallagher,
chief justice of the Minnesota
supreme court, was principal
speaker of the evening. He dis
cussed the workings of the court,
explaining that justices are as
signed cases in rotation, by order
of seniority and stating that con-
ferences on questions up for hear
ing are held Immediately after
each hearing.
Paying special tribute to
Judge Andrew H. Holt, 80, oldest
member of the supreme court, he
asserted that Holt has the keenest
analytical mind of any member
on the supreme bench.
He recalled that he had worked
as clerk of the state senate's APP
preparation committee when Mr..
Clague was chairman of the group
and that he and Mr.. English were
reared in the "bloody third
ward at Waseca.
Other speakers, introduced by
Mr.. Clague who acted as toast
master, were James H. Hall of
Marshall, president of the state
bar association, who exhibited a
picture taken at the first meeting
of the district bar in 1919. He re-
called that the organization was
formed when he won a $25 law
suit and gave a banquet for at
torneys in the district.
Judges Charles A. Finn of
Window, Judge Albert H. Ener-
sen and Judge A. B. Gislason also
gave brief talks and Mr.. Mitchell
described his audience with the
King and Queen of England while
on the recent American Legion
trip to Europe.
With 100 other Legionnaires he
attended an informal reception
given by the monarchs whom he
described as charming and grac-
ious.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
LIST INCLUDES 6 MORE
THAN IN 81; MOST
BILLS ARE HIGHER

Fifty-one Redwood Falls firms
and individuals will pay personal
property taxes in excess of S100
this year, six more than last year
and seven more than in 1885,,
Redwood Falls Light and Power
company heads the list again
with S4,808.49, a $3.50 increase
over 1887 and nearly $1,000 more
than in 1886. Citizens State bank
is second again with S2,664.55,
nearly $500 more than the prev
ious year and more than double
its assessment in 1885.
Montgomery Ward is third on
the list while six other retail
firms and one manufacturer will
pay in excess of $3.50. Twelve
firms will pay assessments rang
ing from $206 to 1907.
The 81 taxpayers will contri-
butte S18,525.31 toward financing
the school district, city, county
and state compared with S16,558-
20 paid by the same group last
year.
The gain in number of firms on
the list is due to higher assess
ments of established firms and the
higher rate, rather than the ar
rival of new firms, several of
which We're not here May / and
viii not break into the persohaf
property tax columns until next
year.
Only IL of last years As high
taxpayers got reductions this
year. one of them dropping out of
the 500 class by few cents. The
other 40 on the list will pay more
this year.
Firms which moved to larger
quarters and therefore carry lar
ger stocks, increasing the city's
advantages as shopping center,
find their progress reflected in the
tax figures. A list of the high 81
and their comparative figures for
the two previous years appears
on page z.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
81 City Taxpayers
To Pay Over 500
DATES OF FAIR
AUGUST 22-25

August %, 23, "a and rs
will be the 1888 dates of the
Redwood county fair, The
Gazette was advised in a call
Wednesday from Minneapolis
where several fair officials
are attending the fair assOcia-
tiO1 convention.
Board members at meet
ing this week, had decided
upon dates the last week in
August but pushed the fair
forward several days when it
was discovered that a conflict
with the Waseca fair made it
impossible for the show here
to remain in a ring which has
many advantages in buying
attractions.
The change from late Sep
TENDER to August was made
because of recent bad luck on
weather and at the request of
the All organization which
can discontinue Achievement
day through setting the Red
wood fair ahead of the state
fair.
At the fair board meeting it
was decided to again have a
Thrill day if satisfactory ar
rangements can be made.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13
Sherman Girl
Heads County
Ali Program
40 ATTEND ALL DAY
LEADERS MEETING
AT CITY HALL

Au Della Thompkins, 81, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Thomp-
kins of Sherman township, was
elected president of the Redwood
county All club federation at an
all day meeting of Junior and
adult leaders at the Redwood
Falls city hall Saturday. Miss
Thompkins replaces Wesley Stay
maker, present state All club
president, as county head.
Other officers unanimously
elected by the 40 leaders attend
ing the session are Harrison Sch
miesing Jr. of Lucan, vice presl-
dent and Katherine Whittet OF
Redwood Falls, secretary. The
advisory board for 1888 will in
clude Otto Bloedow, Wanda; Mrs.
Nick Eidem, Lamberton; OrVllle
Dahmes, Clements and Mrs. A. d.
McCorquodale, Paxton.
The group voted to send three
adult and three junior leaders as
delegates to Farm and Home
week at University farm which
begins Monday, January IT. Elk
penses of $3.50 each will be paid
by the federation to delegates
who include Mrs. j. L. Slaymaker
of Morgan, Mrs. H. A. Winn OF
Seaforth, Glen Armitage of Red
wood Falls, Miss ThompkinS, Mr..
Schmiesing and Verge Trent of
Lamberton. Alternates are Mrs.
Robert Bellig of Wabasso and
Helen Kruse of Gales township.
Discussing program planning
under the direction of Miss May
Sontag, state All club agent, the
group set, as a goal for the year,
an enrolment of 525 members, all
enrollments to be recorded by
May Is. An enrolment campaign
will be held from January Is to
February Is.
Last year the goal was set at
900 and 500 members were en-
rolled.
The group plans a county play
and music festival and county
picnic in conjunction with the
county Farm Bureau.
Project meetings will be en-
couraged and all clubs will be
urged to have a planned program
of work. The group recommends
the keeping of more and better
records and will work to increase
the percentage of project COM
pletion.
W. H. Quist, Redwood county
game warden, gave brief talk
at the meeting, offering his serv-
ices to clubs throughout the coun-
ty and asking the cooperation of
All club members in pheasant
conservation.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-01-13

DIRECTORS WILL HAVE
AUTHORITY TO ACT
ON MOST MATTERS

Toger Nelson, manager of the
Gamble store, was elected presi-
dent of the Civic and Commerce
association at the annual meeting
held Wednesday evening at the
Legion hall. Ted Ahrens was re-
elected secretary for the third
year.
A new precedent was set when
the club voted to give the incom-
ing president authority to pick
his own board of five directors,
who with the officers, will have
authority to handle association
matters not deemed of sufficient
Importance to warrant calling a
meeting of the entire body.
About rs members attended the
meeting at which mulligan stew
was served cafeteria style. Ernie
Schramm entertained with two
tap-dance numbers Immediately
after the luncheon.
Myron Kurschner, retiring pre-
sident, appointed a committee
consisting of E. j. Stephany,
chairman and w. R. Roberts, L.
E. Backer, Toger Nelson and G.
N. Nelson to recommend a clos
ing schedule for 1898. The COM
mittee's suggestion that the same
days as in 1887 be observed as
holidays and that since Christmas
and New Years fall on Sundays
that the Mondays after be OBJ
served, was adopted. Business
places may stay open the three
evenings prior to Christmas eve
if proprietors wish.
The club accepted the financial
report of the secretary and the
Christmas decorations report Civ
en- by Louis Sommers, chairman.
A S91.02 deficit was shown in the
latter due to more extensive
lighting this year. The club also
decided to have the Christmas de-
corations lighted December l this
year and remain in place until
after New Years. A vote of
thanks was extended by the as
ISOLATION to Henry Radtke and
Frank Baldwin for the unusual
yule decorations at the court
house.
Mr.. Kurschner reported that the
club had written to the state game
ard fish commission asking that
1000 pheaSants be released in
Redwood county this spring. A
letter was received informing the
club that no pheasants would be
available until July or August and
then after survey as to places
most suitable and most needing of
new stock. Redwood county was
promised every consideration.
DR.. E. H. Johnson was appoint
ed chairman Of committee to
work with the Game Protective
league on increasing the number
OF spawning ponds at Mann's
lake to three, and damming up the
lake with a control to let out
water if necessary. This would
allow the spawning of bass, sun
fish, pike and other varieties of
fish all in the same year.
w. M. Smith reported that the
state highway department has al
lotted S25O,000 for the completion
OF U. S. highway II and that conn
pletlon of the road this summer
was sincerely promised.
1t was voted to sponsor a far
mers' institute here March 8 and
Y. A vote of thanks was given
Myron kurschner, at the close of
the meeting for his work as presi-
dent.