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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Money Lost in
Dwelling Fire
FEARED AGED WOMAN
WAS IN HOME UNTIL
SHE RETURNED

Walnut Grove-Fear that Mrs.
Emil Miller was trapped in her
burning home ran through the
crowd that gathered when fire
completely destroyed the dwelling
s.qrday afternoon.
"A considerable sum of money
in an old trunk went up in flames
with the house and furniture.
Mrs. Miller seldom left the
place, SO when Leonard Syverson,
a neighbor, saw the smoke about
3 p. m. he rushed to the house
and opened the door to see if she
was there.
The room was filled with
smoke and flames and he was
unable to enter, but a dog came
out.
He went to another neighbours
home to call the fire department.
When firemen got to the place,
nine miles north of town, the fire
was out of control.
No one knew whether Mrs.
Miller was inside until she and
Mr.. Miller returned at supper
time. The elderly couple rent the
farm, known as the Dallenbach
place.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Salaries,Bonds
May be Taxed
PRESIDENT PROPOSES
LIFTING EXEMPTIONS
FROM INCOME TAX

Washington Up = President
Roosevelt urged congress today to
make all private income from all
government salaries and all fu-
ture government securities subject
to the general income tax laws
of the federal and state govern
ment
Federal tax officials have esti-
mated federal revenue would in
crease $300,000,0OO annually as a
result. State governments would
benefit by large revenue increases
from reciprocal authority given
them to tax federal salaries and
bonds.
In a special message MIR. Roose-
welt also advised congress that re-
cent supreme court decisions
have made some state salaries
and some state securities subject
to taxes. He asked legislation to
prevent the persons whose in
comes would thus be taxed re-
troactively from suffering in
CAPABILITIES.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
81 SCHOOLS SHARE
$3,033 STATE aid
FOR TRANSPORTING
APPROPRIATION FALLS
SHORT OF AMOUNT
PROMISED

Fifty-four Redwood county ru-
raj schools received $3,033.90 for
transporting high school pupils
for the year ending June 80, 1888.
The money was included in the
$50, 1858 state aid which was
sent out from the county auditors
office Last week.
Auditor Ira r. Rogers and Ruth
Hillman completed the job of ap-
portioning the balance of state aid
to schools for 1888, handicapped
by the absence of L. N. Foreman,
deputy auditor, who was at home
following a tonsilectomy.
He worried about it, anyway, he
reported on his return to the Of
flee Friday.
The transportation form of aid
was distributed to school districts
for the first time. The state was
to have paid two-thirds of the
cost of the service but the legisla-
ture appropriated only enough
money to pay As per cent of its
share. Districts must stand the
remainder of the cost.
Following are the schools and
the amounts received by each:
District S, $22.95; 6, $64.8O; z,
$77.85; 8, $48.6O; 9, $43.20; 10,
$64.80; II, $5.85; Is, $32.40; IA,
$32.40 Is; $213.75; 10, $52.65; 26,
$106.65; 81, $124.65; %, $94.65;
20, $54.00; 80, $378.45; 80, S20.25;
40, 5000; A, $21.6O; AZ, $14.40;
At, $59.40; 48, $54.O0; SO, $16.20;
So, 5000; 81, $21.60; So, $40.95;
So, $101.70; 60, $50; 62, $21.l5;
63, $4,000; 81, $16.20; IS, $32.40;
&C, $40; 69,$118.80; 10, 5000;
II, $4,000; 70, $32.40; 70, $48.60;
rs, $4,000; rs, $16.20; IS, $56.70;
81, $4O.O5; 80, $97.20; IS, 1910
80, $32.40; "a, $32.40; 80, $24.3O;
10l, $57.15; 103, $24.30; 106, $21.60;
108, $184.50; 112, $3.50; 1l3,
$97.20; lis, SGT.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
ICE HARVEST is
DELAYED; WARM
WEATHER CAUSE

j. A. Storts; Redwood Falls ice
man, usually has his big ice house
full by this time of year, but the
weatherman delayed him for two
weeks.
He started his harvest January
II when the ice wasn't quite ripe
for cutting, but it's the correct
thickness now and Mr.. Storts ex-
poets to finish Saturday.
His crew of IL to IA hands will
reap 5000 tons of ice before their
work is through.
Afraid to wait until ice attain
ed the desired thickness for fear
ne wouldn't get any, he started
when it was IL inches thick.
Within a few days, however, it
was up to the IA inch standard.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
'Stassen Moves
Toward More
Consultations
VETERANS RELIEF TO
COME UNDER RELIEF
ADMINISTRATION

st. Paul-(P)-Consolidation of
the veterans relief set-up with
the state administration was
forecast today by Governor Har-
old E. Stassen who asked an at
torney generals ruling as to the
legality of the move.
The veterans administration
currently is headed by Howard
Y. Williams, FL appointee under
the state executive council and is
separate from the relief admin
istration. Stassen proposed vet
Grams relief be administered by
an assistant to the state relief ad-
ministrator, Alfred w. Locke
whom he appointed yesterday
when Herman Aufderheide of
New Ulm resigned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
C&C to Sponsor Institute;
New Dues Schedule Adopted
NELSON, HOEPNER, AND
EHLERS ELECTED AS
1889 OFFICERS

A new dues schedule and bud
get plan were adopted, plans for
activities including early spon-
sorship of another farmers insti-
tute were furthered, officers were
elected and such matters as clos
ing dates for 1889 were settled at
Well-attended annual meeting
of the Redwood Falls Civic and
Commerce association Tuesday
evening.
Toger Nelson will direct the
activities of the association again
this year as president and John
Hoepner, appointed secretary dur
ing 1888, was elected to the post
without opposition. Martin En-
lers was elected vice president
and Mr.. Nelson was again given
the right to name his own board
of directors, that plan having
worked out satisfactorily last
year.
j. 1. Swedberg, county agent,
was instructed to continue efforts
to set dates and get speakers for a
farmers institute in February or
March. The association voted to
sponsor the event and furnish
noon lunch or lunches, depending
on whether it is possible to secure
talent for a two day institute
without duplicating any part of
Last years program.
Dues were placed at $3.50 for
everyone after discussion of a
plan approved by the directors
which would have made regular
memberships SIS and social privil-
eyes for those desiring them, an
additional SIS. All members will
have use of the clubrooms under
the compromise plan.
To Budget Expenses
Members authorized prepara-
ton of a budget of the years
needs, to include Christmas de-
corations and expenses for other
activities for which Individual
solicitations previously have been
made. Directors will allocate such
expenses in accordance with the
size of firms and benefits they are
likely to derive from them and
post the list, which will be sub
ject to review where an objection
is raised. Then the assessments
will be collected in a lump sum
or inStallments and much solicit
tation eliminated.
The committee on closing sug-
gested that during January and
February and the first two weeks
in March, the official Saturday
closing hour for dry goods firms
be 8 p. m. and for grocery stores
10 p. m. This was adopted as well
as the suggestion that Memorial
day, July 4, Labor day, Thanks
Continued on page two)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
WPA Projects
Over, Men Ask
Direct Relief
40 MEN LAID OFF AS
SOUTH COUNTY JOBS
ARE COMPLETED

That direct relief rolls in Red
wood county will lengthen for the
duration of the winter was almost
certain this week as men on two
recently closed WPA projects ap-
piled for county aid.
Approximately 40 men have
been laid off public works in the
last two weeks. The dam on the
Cottonwood river at Lamberton
and the rip-rap project on high
ways north of Walnut Grove have
been completed.
The outlook for new projects,
particularly in those sections, is
peSsimistic.
PWA projects like the Morgan
library and school and the Lam
berton village hall may absorb
some WPA workers, it is hoped.
Twelve WPA workers applied
for direct relief Monday. liz
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
It's Old Stuff but Chinese
Checkers Keeps Merchants
on Jump to Supply Demand

"It's just the old game of pyra-
mids that / used to play on a
checker board with regular
checkers when I was kid" one
Redwood Falls merchant says.
But as Chinese Checkers, the
pastime has the community on the
jump.
The fad was widespread enough
here during the holiday season,
but since then demand for boards
and marbles has steadily increas-
Cd.
A total of 61O games have been
sold here since the oriental diver
sion was taken up by Redwood
Falls residents late last fall.
Every one of the six business
men who handle Chinese Check
ers say calls come in for boards
every single day.
Strangely the most expensive
type of set available, the dollar
board, sells better than cheaper
types which go for as low as rs
cents. The best board is wooden
and durable.
One merchant was warned of
the impending craze last spring
and bought two dozen sets as a
flyer. They stayed in stock and
stayed in stock until the help was
sick of looking at them. When
winter came, though, they went
out in three days and now he's
having trouble getting more from
wholesalers.
The game is supposed to have
originated in China hundreds OF
years ago, but it came here from
the south rather than the east.
Statesmen working Iowa and
states farther south reported the
popularity of the game months
before it became the rage here.
One reason for the games ap-
peal is that all ages of players
can indulge. Several proud pa
pas report that Sonny and Sister
have them beat all hollow
1t is played on a six-pointed
star board by from two to six
players and requires sets of mar
bles of 10 each for each player.
The marbles are lined up in
groups of ten in the points of the
star and the trick is to get the
marbles to the star point on the
opposite side of the board.
Marbles can move one space
forward, sideways or backwards
and can jump their own color or
any other color, and if conditions
are right can move the whole
length of the board.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
AAA Meetings
Start Tuesday
PROGRAM FOR 1889 TO
BE EXPLAINED AT
COUNTY MEETINGS

Educational meetings on tn.
1899 soil conservation program
will begin this week in Redwood
county. The set-up will be ex-
planned by County Agent j. L.
Swedberg and some member of
the county AAA committee at
each session.
Any one interested can attend.
All meetings will be held in vii
lage halls.
Tuesday, Seaforth and Delhi
will have meetings, both sched-
uled for 2 p. m.
The Belview meeting will be at
1880 p. m. Wednesday. The same
day a meeting will be held at the
Redwood Falls city hall at p. m.
Morgan and Clements meetings
will be held Thursday at 2 p. m.
Meetings at Lamberton, Walnut
Grove, Sanborn, Wanda, Vesta,
Milroy, Lucan and Wabasso are
planned for the week of january
80, the exact dates and hours to
be announced later.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
CONVENTIONSDRAW
MANY TO ST. PAUL
FALK ELECTED VICE
PRESIDENT OF COUNTY
TREASURES GROUP

Redwood Falls was somewhat
de-populated this week as office
holders and business men Jared
forth to annual conventions in the
Twin Cities.
Some of them returned with
honors.
A. P. Falk of Redwood Falls
was elected vice president of the
Minnesota Association of County
Treasurers at their session in
Hotel Lowry, st. Paul, Tuesday.
R. v. Ochs was named one of
five members of the legislative
committee of the Judge of Pro-
bates association which closed its
convention last Thursday.
Other court house officials in
st. Paul for convention this week
were Frank Baldwin, clerk of
court and Ira R. Rogers, county
auditor while J. 1. Swedberg,
county agent and Lenore Golden,
home demonstration agent, are at
Farm and Home week. .
City officials went Tuesday and
Wednesday to the annual confer
ence of the Minnesota League Of
Municipalities. Leon H. Brown,
city attorney and F. B. Forbes, re-
corder, were there for committee
meetings Tuesday. Brown is
chairman of the leagues liquor
control group and Forbes serves
on the utilities committee.
Mayor j. c. Budik, George A.
Patton and Oscar Hillger, council
men and j. F. Knudson, former
mayor, also attended the session.
Glenn Hillig, president of the
state jewellers guild, and o. A.
Knudson, director, reported an
enthusiastic meeting of the new
organization at the Minneapolis
Y.M.C.A. Sunday.
Minnesota editors meet Friday
and Saturday at the Lowry.
Charles Duncan and Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Schoen will attend from
Redwood Falls.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Meeting Date Superstition
Holds; Banqueting Firemen
Answer Fire Call at Vestd

Members OF the Redwood Falls
fire department have developed
little respect for an Irishm;gl's
superstitions.
At their last regular meeting,
firemen discussed plans for their
annual feed which according to
the bylaws, should be held the
last Thursday before January 90.
That would make the affair
slated for tonight, but Fireman
Oscar Randgaard planned to at
tend Grand Lodge of the Masonic
order this week and they wanted
every member to enjoy the din
Ler.
Remember" warned Chief
Joseph M. Corbett, ''The only
other time we changed the date
of the yearly feed was in 1881.
And the night we held it, the
Gales store fire occurred. We
worked for six hours that night"
But the firemen just laughed
and laughed and planned the
event a week early.
While they were gathered al
the fire hall Thursday evening, a
shed ard granary at the T.. c.
Meyer farm two and one-half
miles southeast of Vesta went up
in flames.
The laddies had finished eating
their chicken, cooked to perfec-
ton under the direction of Mike
Richards when the Meyer fire
started about tbs p. m.
Gasoline in a shed where the
Meyer car was parked shot up in
flames when Elmer Meyer lit a
match.
The car caught fire ard was
burned beyond repair although
members of the family and
neighbors who were visiting there
got it out of the shed, which was
destroyed. Conrad Meyer sustain
ed burn on the hand while
carrying articles from the burning
Continued on page two)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Negligence in
Serious Injury
Proves Tragic
MAN HELD FOR ARSON
FOUND SUFFERING
OF OLD WOUND

Tragic negligence was disclosed
in municipal and probate courts
here this week as authorities
sought to fix responsibility for a
fire OF apparent incendiary origin
Eldor Schwartz, 27, of Shutdown
is accused of setting fire to the
dwelling which he occupied as
tenant on the Mrs. Ethel Meyer
farm.
The blaze took place December
"a and a claim for insurance
made.
State fire marshals and other
authorities learned that some
furniture and goods had been
moved out of the house previous
to the fire. Careful investigation
further revealed that adjustment
asked was exorbitant.
Brought to municipal court for
hearing last week, Schwartz was
seized with an epileptic fit.
Examination by two Redwood
Falls physicians showed a tumor
of the brain, caused by skull
fracture about IA years ago.
Schwartz had never consulted a
doctor about his injury.
Sheriff L. j. Kise took him to
the state epileptic institution at
Cambridge Tuesday. Doctors here
said they expect he will get relief
from the pressure caused by the
tumor and lessening of his fire.
quent fits.
Proceedings against him in
municipal court were continued
when he was taken to probate
court for commitment to Cam
bridge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Seek Fiireag
In Sleepy Eye
School Blaze
3 SET FIRES RESULT
IN DAMAGE OF $4,000
TO $4,000 SATURDAY

Sleepy Eye-Children here re-
sumed classes Tuesday in the
hastily repaired public school
building while state and local au-
thorities sought to ferret out a
firebug who set three fires in the
\, structure late Friday night, caus-
ing damage estimated from So 900
to $4,000.
Two fires were ignited in the
attic which caused most of the
damage and might have led to
complete destruction of the build
ing but failure of the "bug" to
pull shades on one side of sec
ond floor corridor where the third
fire was set caused discovery of
the attempt by Michael Foil Jr.,
who saw the reflection of flames
on an upstairs window as he pass
ed through an alley on his way to
his home about IL: Is a. m. Satur-
day. He called the fire depart
ment.
The "bug" had broken UP a
desk for kindling and had drawn
shades on two sides of the room
to keep his work secret. Firemen
made short work of this fire only
to discover smoke belching from
the attic where two incendiary
fires were licking away at the
walls and roof. Paper and kind
ling had been used to hasten des-
truction.
Had the flames been noted Is
minutes later, according to Fire
Chief Mike Fohl, they might have
broken through the roof and
spread with the wind to complete
ly destroy the structure. Arriving
in time e firemen chopped holes
in the telling and played water
onto the flames until they were
extinguished.
Damage to the building was
caused both by fire and water and
will necessitate extensive repairs.
Apparently the fire setter re-
manned in the building after the
basketball game Friday night.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19

ming, January 80. Advance sale
of dance tickets will be put on by
Boy Scouts here, the Scout col
lecting the most money to receive
complete uniform.
An artificial lung, or respirator,
for Redwood county is the goal of
the local committee, None is
available outside Larger cities.
One-half of the funds raised
will be sent to the National
Foundation to combat infantile
paralysis and the other half will
remain here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Turtles Profitable
Sideline For Farm
Family at BelvieW

John KnudSOn, Belview
farmer, has developed a new
industry.
He catches turtles and ships
them to Philadelphia for the
eastern soup market.
Between the close of the
harvest season and December
1, he shipped two tons of tur-
tie meat. He gets ID cents a
pound for them, SO his gross
for the season was around
$3.50.
KnudSOn says that he, his
wife and son can skin and
de-meat 100 turtles in four
hours.
The river country is a good
mink country, too, he found.
While he was sharing the tur-
ties, he trapped 20 mink on
the side.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
March of Dimes Will Start
Next Week; Ball January 80

The March of Dimes" will get
underway Monday or Tuesday,
according to Leroy Flore, county
chairman of the drive for funds
to combat infantile paralysis.
School children will ask resi-
dents here to pay a dime and
wear a button in the campaign
against the disease. A fountain
pen and pencil set will be award
ed the boy and girl selling the
most buttons.
The drive will eliminate in the
Presidents Birthday ball at Red
wood Falls armory Monday eve
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Congress Urged To
Condemn Hopkins
Attitude in Speech

Observation-Disclosures Bail
ey, North Carolina, Democrat, told
the senate today that Harry l..
Hopkins, by making political
speeches while he was WPA adj
mbnistrator, had set an example
(which must be condemned by the
congress"
Bailey emphasized his objection
to a radio speech Hopkins made
in 1887 in behalf of President
RooSevelt's supreme court en-
largement bill.
Senator Norris, Nebraska indie
pendent, recommended meanwhile
that congressional critics of Hop
kins examine congress itself to
find out about politics in relief.
Norris said Investigators should
ask WPA officials for correspond
ence from members of congress
who wanted jobs for their friends.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Take Pictures? Photo
Club Being Organized

A new camera club was plan
ned at meeting of photo fans
Friday night and already consid-
cradle interest in joining the or
ganization has been expressed by
amateurs in the community.
Both beginners and those who
have advanced in the intricacies
of the hobby are invited to join.
Applications for membership
must be in by February /.
Details may be learned from
John Apuli. Charles Duncan, H.
A. Schenck or Kenneth Jacobs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Legal Slot Machines
Taxed To Help Pay
Pensions, Proposed

st. Paul-(P -Legalizing slot
machines and assessing them $40
weekly along with proportionate
levies on pinball machines and
similar devices with the revenue
to finance increased old age pen
sions is proposed in a bill Sena-
tor Richard Kelly of Chisholm
said he is drafting today.
Senator Kelly estimated the tax
would raise $15,OOO,0O0 of the
$17,000,000 needed annually, he
said, to pay the cost of raising
pensions from a $50 to $50 month
ly maximum.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Prime Minister'S Son
Endangered in Blast

Tralee, Ireland-(P)-A violent
explosion today in the rear of a
hotel where Frank Chamberlain,
rs, son Of the British prime min
lister, was staying, shattered hun
dreds of windows and damaged
the building. Some believed the
blast was an attempt on the
youths life. He has been guarded
by three detectives since his ar
rival Monday for a vacation. Po-
lice blamed the outlawed Irish
Republican army which is accus-
ed of series of explosions in
England.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Julian E. MOrten Will
Return to Practice

Julian E. Morten of Redwood
Falls resigned Wednesday as sec
rotary of the state executive
council and will return to Red
wood Falls to resume full-time
law practice about February l.
The council named William H.
LamSon to succeed him. LamSon
served as secretary until Morten
was appointed to the position last
March Is. The board continued
the secretary's salary at $4,000 a
year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Cleric Has Kind Words
For JitterbugS

Chicago-(R)-There is nothing
wrong with jitterbug dancing or
the youngsters who swing it, be-
lieves the Rev. c. w. Clark of st.
Louis University.
"Jitterbug dancing isn't as bad
as they say It is" he declares.
whats more, even If it were bad,
youngsters wouldn't be to blame
for it. We 'oldsters' created it
and passed it on to them"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
Loss Small in First
City Fire of Year

A roof fire at the Mrs. Belle
McIlreavie home about 6:45 p. m.
Wednesday was the first city fire
Of 1889. Carbon few out of the
chimney and set portion of the
roof ablaze. Loss was slight.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
CREDIT UNION MEETING

Scenic City Credit Union stock
holders will hold their annual
meeting at 8 p. m. Monday in the
Redwood Falls city hall, accord
ing to Clifford James, secretary.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19

Two tables Of contract were
played at small gathering We'd
nesday evening when Mrs. H. E.
Kickul entertained. Honors were
won by Mrs. Hayes Morse and
Mrs. John Murset.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
ATHLETIC FIELD MEETING

The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Redwood Falls
Recreational association will be
held at 8 p. m. Tuesday, January
"a in the city hall.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
LICENSED TO WE'D

Lloyd D. Hansel of Walnut
Grove and jeanette Busse of San
born; Oscar B. Siegfried and
Eleanor D. Meyer of Delhi made
marriage license applications this
week.