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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-10
GiLfillan Buys Mill Street
Lot for Memorial Building
WOMEN'S RESTROOM,
CITY COUNCIL ROOM
TO BE PROVIDED

Continuing a philanthropic pro-
gram benefiting communities adj
jacet.t to his farm lands in Red
wood county, Charles o. Gilfillan
completed plans thsi week for his
latest public gift-a rest room and
city council building in Redwood
Falls.
Like the museum and library
building dedicated at Morgan
August 3, the Redwood Falls
structure will be Q memorial to
his father, Charles Duncan Gill
fillan, prominent pioneer resident
of the county.
Construction will start immed-
lately and the building should be
ready for occupancy within 80
days.
It will be located on Mill street
next to the Redwood Falls station
| of the Scenic City Cooperative
Oil company which sold the lot
to Nj. Gilfillan last week.
Designed primarily as a long
needed convenience for women
and children of Redwood Falls
trade territory, the building will
/ include women's rest room on
the entire first floor.
On the basement level will be
a council room and city-recorder's
office. with vault for permanent
records. Public toilets will be in
stalled on this floor.
The building will be all brick
OF the most modern type and fire
resistant. Plans specify it shall be
80 feet wide and nearly As feet
long.
The gable roof will be of slate
ard steel frame windows will be
installed.
The first floor women's and
children's rest room will be en-
tered by a short flight of steps.
Plate glass will enclose the big
room from the vestibule.
The basement floor may be
reached by stairs from the front
entry or from the north side of
the building. There will be a-Walk
leading to the side door and
shrubbery will be planted in the
adjacent yard.
So complete are Mr.. Gilfillan's
plans that all equipment and
furniture in the building are ar
ranged for. Lighting fixtures will
be of late design and city heat
facilities will be available. The
council room will be completely
furnished before dedication of the
building.
Tile flooring, like that in the
Morgan community building, will
be laid in the first floor room.
The basement council chambers
will be floored with colored GEM
ent.
Hours of operation will be adj
justed to public needs and a police
matron, as required by law, will
be on duty whenever the building
is open.
Except for the council and city
recorders quarters, there will be
no facilities for men in the place.
L. R. Ewart and DR.. J. c. Budik,
Redwood Falls mayor, make up a
committee to act with John Fran
Yin of Morgan in overseeing con-
struction. Franzin supervised
building of the Morgan memorial.
Dorr and Dorr of Minneapolis
are architects for the place, hav-
ing designed the Morgan building.
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Minneapolis
Wants Man
lin Jail Here
AUSTRALIAN MICKEY
NABBED AT MORGAN
HAS BAD RECORD

Australian Mickey" held in
the Redwood county Jail after ar
rest at the Morgan celebration
August 3 as a known pickpocket,
is wanted by Minneapolis police
but not under the name he gave
when he plead guilty to a vag-
rancy charge in Redwood Falls
municipal court Friday.
Authorities here learned by let
ter this week that Frank Forestal,
Minneapolis chief of police, is in
terested in Mickey whom he
knows as w. H. Cook. The pick
pocket gave his name as George
Morris in court proceedings here.
Forestal enclosed a picture
which is Australian Mickey Nor
ris Cook, to the life, according to
jailers here.
They're keeping him and two
companions in hook until reports
on fingerprints taken by Sheriff
L. j. Kise reach here from the
federal bureau of investigation at
Washington d. c. Then Mime
apolis police can have Mickey if
they want him.
With another known pickpocket
Continued on page two)
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Corn Watched
.AsGrain Crop
.Threshes Well
GRASSHOPPERS GIVEN
POISON DIET IN
PARTS OF COUNTY

All eyes are on corn as the
harvest of one of the finest small
grain crops in Redwood county
IN years is completed and the
threshing season past its height
Wind this morning twisted and
laid low some of the exceptional
ly tall corn near Redwood Falls.
Hybrid varieties will probably
straighten again and farmers hope
that the open-pollen type stalks
will rise, too.
The shower today measured
.55 of an inch before noon. Tues
day there was a rs inch rain and
August 2 precipitation measured
.25 of an inch. The months total
so far is 1.55 inches.
So, far, the corn yield promises
to be the greatest in years. Most
stalks have two and three ears
and if sufficient moisture falls
the crop should be huge. Grain
men estimated that a dry spell
broken this month by heavy
rainfall, cut the estimated corr
yield from eight to 10 per cent
however.
Quality and yield of small
grains have been unusually fine
some say the best in 10 years
some the best in three.
Oats have run from 35 bushels
an acre to 70 and 80 in some
cases, with the average between
so and 60. The grain is general
ly heavy.
Barley yields reported are from
80 to SO bushels an acre and
weights run around As or AZ
pounds.
! Quality CT fax is good, with
production ranging from 10 to 20
bushels an acre, IL on an aver
tage.
\ Another crop menace, 'hoppers
were reported thick in Johnson
|iville and Waterbury this week
h They're in the corn, but accord
fling to County, Agent j. I. Swed-
berg, no great losses are anti
cipated.
Quantities of poison bait were
spread in those localities, mostly
with an eye to preventing a de-
structive hatch next spring.
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after you get numb you don't
notice it," he said.
They came up an old sheep
camp including 100 broken down
buildings, musty and full of in
teresting relics-gold pans, axes,
sleds, bottles, old packs. Leonard
found a newspaper dated 1898.
They made a mistake the next
day. They should have crossed
the river, but instead fought up
the west bank for about three
hours through an impossible
tangle."
Charge ard fall, push, pull,
fall into holes and off rocks.
Couldn't even see out"
Laudon finally made it across
the river. Then they lost each
other and wasted hours getting
together again. my pack weigh
ed 60 pounds when we started
out. Now weighed 1000 pounds
and / was literally bristling with
thorns and minor cuts.
"Then we came around the
corner and could see the pass.
Next it quit raining and the sun
came out and we got the first
look at the most gorgeous scenery
/ have ever been privileged to
see-great snow capped noun
tains, miles of glacial ice fields,
hundreds of silver waterfalls,
fuzzy red clouds like smoke hang
ing behind the peaks.
Then they started over the pass,
going hand-over-hand on the
cables up the slopes like the old
98'ers did.
Continued on page A.
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Fairgrounds
Beer License
Turned Down
COUNCIL SETS HEARING
ON IMPROVEMENTS
ALONG MILL STREET

City councilmen set two hear
Ings and letting for their Sep
TENDER meeting, turned down the
application of the Redwood coun-
ty fair for license to sell beer
at the grounds and disposed of
several routine matters Wednes-
day night.
The beer permit failed for want
of a second when a motion that it
be granted was put by E. o. Char
lebois. The board has operated
30 beer place at the grounds
since beer was legaliZed, except
In 1886 when a permit also was
refused, and has commended that
it materially reduced the drink
ing of hard liquor and simplified
the policing problem.
$500 on Petition
With Sc per cent OF the 'front.'
age represented on a petition and
several others repeatedly favor
able although away and not con-
tacted, the council set a hearing
on the petition for street improve
mentS on Mill street from Third
to the railroad tracks, on Fourth,
Fifth, Flynn and South streets
between Washington and Mill
and Chestnut from Washington to
Minnesota. Except for Mill street
which to be be regarded and re-
blacktopped, the blocks are parts
of streets omitted when other
blacktopping was done here. All
the sections will have curb and
gutter and Mill street, new storm
sewers, when the work is COM
pleted.a
Also at the next regular meet
ing, probably September 5, the
council will have a hearing on a
petition for sewer and water on
Fifth street between Swain and
Gould streets. EAST from the L.
B. Cox home).
Reject Bids
Bids received and tabled at the
June meeting were rejected and
the council decided to call for
new offers on a ammoniator and
chlorinator in connection with
bids for pumping equipment.
An application for an off-sale
beer license made by the Fitger
Brewing company, which has a
wholesale establishment here, was
referred to the city attorney.
A transient photographers Ii
cense was granted Glen Bacon of
Des Moines for two days at $40
and w. A. Knighton was granted
a milk license.
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AUXILIARY HERE
HIGHLY PRAISED
WELFARE WORK CITED
FAIRFAX, SLEEPY EYE
DRUM CORPS SECOND

Redwood Falls unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary was
awarded a citation for the best
child welfare work in the second
district and a special state citation
for ''the splendid all around pro-
gram of child welfare and in re-
cognition of its outstanding single
effort = the exceptionally fine
work done for a motherless fami-
ly of six children" at the state
convention which closed its ses-
sions Wednesday in Minneapolis.
Mrs. F. b. Forbes is chairman of
the child welfare committee.
Attending the Legion and Auxi-
liary programs and meetings were
MIR. and Mrs. E. L. Gallea, Mr..
and Mrs. L. P. Winter, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. B. Macs, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Schottenbauer, DR.. and
Mrs..J. c. Budik, Mr.. and Mrs. G..
N. Nelson, Mrs. w. r. Roberts,
DIR. T. E. Finn, Mr. and Mrs Glen
Hillig, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Cook, Mrs. c. L. Tompkins, j. w.
Lauterbach and Mr.. and Mrs. E.
H. Bollum.
Second places in the A and B
classes of drum corps COMPETE
ton went to Sleepy Eye and
Fairfax, the Sleepy Eye corps be-
ing deposed as state champion by
Chisholm while Fairfax finished
second to Litchfield.
One of the convention attrac-
tons was Lamberton's lanai, a
deodorized skunk, who brought
the post of which he is mascot
considerable publicity.
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Pinball Case
Slated Friday
JUDGE emerson GIVES
LECTURE ON MORALS
OF YOUNG PEOPLE

Redwood county's pinball mach
inc case will be heard in district
court here Friday morning by
Judge A. B. Gislason. The session
will begin at 10 a. m.
w. r. Werring, Morgan attor-
ney, has served a notice of motion
asking for a temporary injunction
and restraining order to prevent
Sheriff L. J. Kise and County At
torney Tom Reed from interfering
i'm the operation of pinball mach
ines in his home village, Sanborn
and Wanda and at the Sanborn
junction.
Alfred Riley, 81, Wanda farm
hand, was sentenced to a max
imum of six years in the st.
Cloud reformatory on charge of
carnal knowledge of 13 year old
girl in district court here Wednes-
day morning. His mother sobbed
during the proceedings.
After passing sentence, Judge
Albert Emerson remarked, "The
morals of our community, among
young men and young women, are
entlrely TOO lax lOT llle Sooo VI tiiS
state and nation"
. Riley, too, wept during the ex-
animation after he plead guilty.
He told Judge Emerson that he
had only gone through the fourth
grade in school and that he had
been drinking since he was II
years of age.
Alden Sheffield, appointed by
the court, was counsel for the
youth.
Bernt Schjenken of Renville
was scheduled to come before
Judge Emerson for sentencing on
a bad check charge but did not
appear. He will be taken before
Judge Gislason Friday morning.
Schjenken was bound over TO
district court by Judge N. r. Ry-
erson who heard his case in NUM-
cipal court here Tuesday. Oscar
B. Siaastad of Belview signed the
complaint, charging that the Rem
vile man passed a So check writ
ten on the O'Cornor Brothers
State bank of RenvilIe April ID,
without sufficient funds.
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Lowell Laudon Makes Thrilling Trip Into
|Klondike; Lost for Hours in Chilkoot Pass

Thrilling adventures in the
wilds of Alaska were experienced
by DR.. Lowell Laudon, professor
in the engineering school of Tul-
sa university, who has not yet
returned from a northern trip
with two of his graduate students.
DR.. Laudon is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. R. A. Laudon of Redwood
Falls.
The three panned for gold
and found some.
They helped rescue an Indian
girl trying to drown herself.
They were lost for hours in
their trip across the difficult
Chilkoot pass from Skagway into
the Klondike gold region.
Now DR.. Laudon, and John
Leonard of Tulsa and Dan Feray
of Beaumont, Texas, are on their
way home. But it will be few
weeks until they arrive.
The professors wife received a
letter detailing a few of the
thrills through the Chilkoot pass
IA picturesque place that has
been the subject for many writers.
Everyone in Skagway knew
we were going and when we got
back they about gave us the
town." Lowell related. ''We were
the king-supermen. I learned
why, also. The last party over
was two years ago and they were
five days overdue with planes
and everything else hunting
them.
"And the last party before that
was in 1881. A lone prospector
made it."
The first day of the trip took
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while the McPhail cabin replica
will be taken to nearby celebra-
tons, with the added attraction
of several girls dressed in colon
ial costumes who will hand out
programs.
Desiring more candidates and
more competition among entrants
in the queen contest, the jubilee
committee decided to give round
trip fare to the New York Fair to
the first place girl in addition to
the commission which all candi-
dates receive for selling pageant
tickets.
Work was to start this morning
on lowering the fair grandstand
acts platform to avoid interfer-
ence with the view of the produc-
ton. The judges stand will be
moved off the field, to be replace
ed before Tuesdays program.
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3 new FACULTY
MEMBERS HIRED
A. C. DAMBERG, WABAS'
SO, REPLACES WALL
BLOM ON STAFF

Three new instructors have
been employed in the Redwood
Falls schools to replace members
OF the faculty who resigned, Sup
erintendent Reede Gray announc-
ed this week.
A. c. Damberg, WabaSSo coach
last year, was named to succeed
Charles Wallblom who plans to
continue insurance work in St.
Paul. Under a new arrangement
Wallace Zimmerman will hold the
position OF head coach, in charge
of football as well as basketball.
Damberg will assist him with the
sports.
Damberg was head coach at
Eveleth, Excelsior and Slayton
before going to Wabasso.
Both women selected to replace
Helen Cory and Hazel Myhre have
masters degrees.
Marvel Wooldrik of Sleepy Eye
will teach Latin and German
here. She has bachelor of science
and master of arts degrees from
the University of Minnesota and
has taught at Dickinson, North
Dakota, for five years.
The new eleventh and twelfth
grade English teacher is Helen
Peterson of Grove City who has
been teaching for four years at
Eden Prairie. She also has bach
elor and masters degrees from
the university and has since at
tended Columbia university
summer session.
Gertrude Bauman of Tracy will
succeed Catherine Mclean as
fourth grade teacher, as announc-
ed last spring.
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Fair Directors
Pleased With
Platform Acts
PIKE TO BE LARGEST
IN FAIRS HISTORY;
EXHIBITS PLENTIFUL

"Not a weak number on the
program" Redwood county fair
directors declared Wednesday af-
ter prevuing grandstand acts
signed by the Cloverleaf circuit,
at the Waseca county fair.
Members of the circuit buy
their acts together, giving the per-
formers six or eight weeks run
and thereby making a substantial
saving. They also are assured of
approved attractions as any poor
act that is inadvertently bought is
culled out before the show reach
es the late August part of its
schedule.
A. P. Rams, vice president; w.
A. Hauck, secretary and c. A.
Lauterbach made the trip to
Waseca. Mr.. Lauterbach said the
crowd thoroughly enjoyed the
program and that he heard many
favorable comments.
Revue Exceptional
Acts include the Manhattan
Jamboree each evening, consider
ed the outstanding revue playing
northwest fairs this season. The
company carries a band and fea-
lures the Paul sisters, formerly
featured with Paul Whiteman's
band and "Tillie the Horse" a
comic number. Lighting, scenery
and costumes add much to the
show.
Other acts on the afternoon and
evening program include the six
skating marVelS, an outstanding
girl troupe; Harry Froboess who
thrills his audience with antics
on swaying pole; Fortunello and
Cirillino, pantomimic comics; the
Noble trio, tumblers and parallel
bar artists; the Dunbars, doing a
human pillar act and the Dober-
mann Pinschers, trained by Willie
Necker, an amazing animal act.
Pike Expanded
The Redwood county fair pike
will be the largest in it's history,
it was learned this week. Last
year the fair board brought in a
number of rides and shows of the
West Brothers company, easily
the largest carnival troupe OPP
Grating in this region.
This year the Vests entire
show will be here, necessitating
the extension of the pike eastward
to make room for the many novel
rides, an example of which was
the Octopus, SO popular last sea-
son.
1t was too early this week to
make an accurate prediction on
the number of fair exhibits, but
there is every indication that they
will be both numerous and ex-
cellent.
County All clubs have larger
memberships than ever and there
are several new clubs. so the de-
partment's biggest worry is to find
accommodations for both young
sterS and projects. The early har-
vest will no doubt increase the
number of grain exhibits, besides
giving more farmers time to
bring in other exhibits. Much of
the industrial space is spoken for
and the machinery exhibits are
expected to be numerous, with
several new lines.
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them to place called Long
Beach. The next morning they
got to Dyea beach. "And," accord :
ing to Laudon, "there our trouble
began.
"The river had cut out the
trail and was whacking up the
the east bank. So we fought
brush up over, waded in ice wat
er, then it rained and got the
brush wet. The valley floor was
five miles wide and totally chok-
ed with alder and devils club
(prickly-Worst in the world
Occasionally all day we saw
snatches of old overgrown trail
wire, wagon wheels, sleds and Sc
forth. Mostly we just fought
brush, crawled and waded. I
fell down a thousand times with
my pack piling over my head.
"We camped late in the rain in
deep dripping woods with no idea
where we were. River was flood
ed out of its banks and just rum
ming everywhere in little channels
through the brush.
The next morning they came
upon Canyon City 10000 people
in 1899 now a pile of fallen-in
lumber and cans.
eve were off the trail and on
the wrong side of the river and
lost" Lowell said.
They stumbled across the trail
while trying to cross the river to
find it on the other side. "At
times we only made about a half
mile an hour" he said.
Wading in glacial ice water,
they were all nearly frozen. "But
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3 State Fair
Girls Selected
FOUR HEALTH CONTEST
YOUTHS TO COMPETE
AT COUNTY FAIR

Three Redwood county All club
girls were awarded free trips to
The state fair as prizes for individ-
ual and team demonstration pro-
ficiency displayed at their annual
Achievement day in Wabasso Fri
day.
Theresa Brey and Marian Price
of the Wabasso White Rabbits
were selected the best team par
ticipating ard Eugenia Heindsel-
man of Walnut Grove won the in
dividual contest Eugenia is a
member of the North Hero Zip
pers.
Helen Brandt and Merron
Tompkins of Sherman were judi
ged second in team competition
and Hazel Tompkins of the same
township second in individual de-
monstration.
The girls topped 20 entrants at
the meet, judged by Mrs. Edward
Kelm of Sleepy Eye, former
Brown county home demonstra-
ton agent.
Four entries for health contest
finals at the Redwood county fair
were picked by Mrs. Scott Schoen
from representatives of several
clubs throughout the county. They
are Aage Schou of the Morgan
Jolly Troopers, Roland Dahmes of
the Clements Crusaders, Dolores
Okins of Revere and Grace Bloc
dow of Wanda.
Boy and girl winners of the
health event will also receive state
fair tours.
Using a basic dress, Miss Brey
and Miss Price demonstrated
making it into school, church and
party costumes with the use OF
belts and other accessories.
Miss Heildselman demonstrated
cooking North Hero Goulash" in
the meal preparation bracket. All
ingredients in the dish, even the
bacon, are raised on her home
farm.
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Colorful Convention
Adds to Enjoyment Of
On-to-Niconet Trip
$50 INCLUDING BAND
AT PARK; BROADCAST
BOOSTS JUBILEE

Absorbed by American Legion
crowds in Minneapolis Monday,
Redwood Falls On-To-Nicollet
delegation enjoyed colorful acti-
vities of the convention as much
as the two Minneapolis Milwau-
kee baseball games for which the
trip was made.
About $50 persons, including
Scenic City band members, made
the Onion icollet trek. Most of
them were in small parties, choos-
ing separate place of amusement.
Big groups came together only
for the radio broadcast from
WCCO's studios at 4:45 p. m. and
for the twilight and night ball
games at Nicollet park where a
special section behind home plate
and along the third base line was
reserved for them. The band was
seated in separate section near
err third base.
Fans saw two good, games, the
Millers winning the seven inning
twilight session to l and COM
ing from behind to take the night
game 8 to Z.
Hot clashes, between players
from both teams and umpires,
with Wasdell being chased to the
showers in the eighth inning of
the second game, added a few
dramatic points.
Parker d. Sanders and the
Scenic City band were the heroes
of the day. Mr.. Sanders stepped
up to the microphone, quietly
folded his hands and talked on
the Redwood county fair and Dia-
CONTINUED on page four)
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Substitution
Can Seat 500
PATTENS WILL HOLD
FIRST AUCTION IN
CITY SATURDAY

Five hundred persons can be
seated in the Redwood Falls Live
stock Market sales pavilion to be
used for the first time Saturday
afternoon when the first of week.
ly auctions planned by F. E. Pat
ten and Son will be held there.
An addition AZ feet wide and
so feet long has been added to
the building which is now 24O by
SO feet and can accommodate a
considerable amount of livestock.
It is located just west of the fair
grounds.
Two hundred head of horses,
cattle, hogs and sheep will go
over the block Saturday, besides
machinery and many small artic-
les. Mr.. Patten said Wednesday
that consignments exceed expec-
tations.
He expects to manage the sales
and do the auctioneering while
his son, Earl, will continue as hog
buyer.
The Pattens previously conduct
ed a sales pavilion at Delhi.