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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
ORDER OF RUNEBERG
PICNIC ON SUNDAY

Circle No. /. Order OF Runeberg.
will hold its annual all-dsy picnic
at scandia park on Five Mile lake
next Sunday.
Visitors from many points IN
Washington and Oregon are eh-
pected TO attend. The COMMITTEES
Is headed b. Carl Samson Of Taco
ma and a fun day Of activities 10
promised.
G. Herman Asttson viii BE-
master Of ceremonies for a pro-
gram Of speaking. music and songs.
Sports. with soft-bsil games and
races Of ell sorts for both young
and old. will be a feature. Dancing
in the evening will complete the
day with music by Gord's scsndi-
nayisn-Americsn orchestra
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04

Loading Of 500 900 feet of lumber
aboard the Swedish motorship Dag
mar Salen provided capacity job
Thursday at the Dickman mill dock.
The Dsgmar Salem, 2,s53-ton
vessel In service for the Salem line.
is scheduled to continue loading all
night and sail Friday morning for
Seattle. She then goes down the
coast to Los Angeles and continues
her run TO Japan, China, Honolulu
and Manila. Her lumber cargo
is destined for China and the Philip
pines.
Berthed in Tacoma TO discharge
several hundred tons OF Philippine
concentrates and to take on gen
ersl freight, the British motorship
silverbelle nosed into the Smelter
dock Thursday morning.
To South Africa
She will finish shifting Of cargo
and sail about p. m. for South
Africa and the East Indies.
The Charcas continued TO take
cargo at the sperry dock. The AS
toria, new arrival at the Tacoma
Harbor mill, il taking lumber
destined for California, and was
due TO sail during the evening.
At Port piers, the Japanese
tramp motorship Kosei Maru faced
another days loading. Cargo was
being Transferred both from rail-
road cars and from scows anchored
alongside.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
GOLFER. -. SCORES ACE

Io>Do>--.A hole IN ere It the
age ~ 70 IL TIE feat Of Alfred
Mcr>e. lie DID il with wooden
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
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500, 900 Feet of Lumber Loaded
On Dagmar Salem at Dickman Dock

The u. r. Mccormick was ex-
Port piers August or 8 for a 2. 000-
acceptance of 500 tons Of bulk
wheat for California ports. An
other wheat ship, the Oregon, q
French line motorship in continent
tai service. Is scheduled 10 arrive at
Port piersAugust OF s for a 1000
ton cargo OF bulk wheat.
Announcement was made by the
Isthmain Steamship Co. of inspg-
uration OF new semi-monthly SER
vice between gulf and Pacific
coast ports.
Regular Runs
The =. y. steelworker and 3. =.
Steel Age will make the regular
runs. according TO Norton. Lilly a
Co. general agents. The former
Ia slated TO arrive at shaffcr No. !
pier Sept. IL. and the steel Age
will arrive Sept. as. Both have
been callers at the port Of Taco
ma before, and henceforth will
make the regular runs from Mo-
bile and New Orleans.
Ships In port: Dasmsr Saien 1t
Dscsmsn mill. silytrb<lle. smsltsr
dock. Chsrcss. spsrry dock. Astoria,
Tacoma Hsrbor mill; kossi haru.
Port piers.
Ships due: Thursdsy. CarollniAn At
Baker doct Friday. siiyerado At Mo
Cormiot doct. Harpoon, shsffsr No.
] doet; Coast Shipper. sperrf docs
Granville, Centennial mills ~. ~
Mccormick, Port rifrs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
FARMER KILLS
Wife AND SELF
Is Sticks of Dyna-
mite Used; Step
Daughter Hurt

OREGON CITY - A 40
year-old farmer whose wife
left him because Of his at
tempts TO modest his step
daughter, Is. had exseted 4
bloody revenge today. though
at the cost of his own life.
lea rhiilippy. 81 remote Lone
Elder. Ore. last night brought .
ls-stick dynamite bomb 10 the
Oregon City trailer house occupied
by hk wife, Marian, and the ktrl,
Ruth. and literally blasted Mrs.
phInlppy and himself to bits.
The explosion - witnessed by
nelghbors who rushed TO their
porches when the girl screamed IN
terror lsveled the trailer house,
broke windows In nearby homes.
and killed both rhillippy and his
wife instantly. The ster-dsnxhter.
horribly mansled. Was in . very
serious condition At the Oregon
CITY hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. RAY Ellison, NEXT
door neighbors. said Phiilippy had
been in the vicinity thronk hout
the day. driving back and forth In
front Of the house. Officers In
vestigating the tragedy said he
purchased the dynamite and electric
"caps' about 2 p. m, al an Oregon
City hardware store.
Mrs. Ellison said Phillippy.
carrying = small package. went to
his wife's door shortly after night
fall. Ruth opened the door. and
her step-father handed her the
package. and apparently spoke to
her. She screamed and set the
bundle down. A split moment
later the explosion rocked the
neighborhood. II was heard two
miles away. in Oregon cty's bust
ness district,
Officers said Phillippy reported
ly had attempted 10 modest the
girl. who wa only is but looked
20. on two occasions. and that
after his last offense Mrs. Phillippy
and Ruth moved to Oregon City
July "a.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
BACkACHE,
LEG PAINS MAY
Be DANGER SIGN
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04

the original roof. Completed, there
will be sn unohstructed view the
entire 200-foot length Of the hail.
The balconies that ran along the
sides of the old hall for 13s feet
on each side are being extended
the full 200-foot length OF thu new
hall and with four rows OF chairs
on each side will seat about 1900.
There is even room for a fifth row
on each side IL desired.
Formerly We're Open
In former years. the steel over
head trusses were open and repre-
scented a decorating problem every
time the srmory was put to civic
use. In the new plans there will
be a continuous ceiling the entire
length OF the auditorium, so feet
above the floor and carrying the
new lighting. Thermax material
is being used for this purpose and
all walls and ceiling will be painted
and decorated.
The Standard Construction CO.,
doing the final work on a price
Of approximately SAT 900, is carry
ing its contract through under the
direction of the Tacoma architects,
Russell, Lance 4 Muri. Super
vision for the state military de-
partment is under Col. Alfred w.
McMorris, the assistant adjutant
general, who has directed all the
extensive armory construction and
remodeling throughout the state.
New Heating System
The armory's old heating sys-
tenn was entirely ripped out and
modern system installed in its
place. The final contract pro-
vides for rehabilitation of lavatories
and new concrete work not in
cluded in the original contract.
1t. Col. Howard Wright, COM
manding the 14sth Field Artillery.
Washington national guard, is the
station commander; Maj. Joseph ].
Middlesworth, Ret, the custodian.
In regular use, the armory
houses the various units of the
14sth Field Artillery. the head
quarters troop, Path cavalry divi-
sion, the federal instructor and
various veterans organizations.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
Herring Fishing
Ban Is Ordered

JUNEAU-The bureau Of fish
cries announced today II had re-
ceived authorization from wash
ington. ID. C., 10 prohibit COM
mercislhsrring fishing, except for
bait. on the west coasts Of Chi
chagof and Bsronof Islands and
vicinity and along thu southeastern
coast OF Baronof island.
The ruling WAS believed TO be q
result Of protests by salmon trollers
who said herring seinsp were de-
stroying the King salmon feeding
grounds in the sitks region.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
MANY FOREIGN GUESTS
VISIT STATE DISPLAY

OLYMPIA Z. y. BcGoyern Of
the Warrington state Progress
commission today ssid that yisit-
ors from u foreign countries
signed the guest register 40 the
Washington display at N. Golden
Gate International exposition In
San Francisco during the first 1872
days the display was open. The
total Of 1.743 registered foreign
guests included representatives Of
such remote places ~ Arabia Al
gisrs. Siam and Siberia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
HERE'S MORE ABOUT
CIVIC AUDITORIUM
kTARTs ON PAGE ONE

srsl. set up the state appropriation
for the improvements in his bud
get. Gov. Martin and the legisla-
ture saw the provision made and
applications for PWA grant of As
per cent sent to Washington.
First Insufficient
First appropriations and grant
weren't enough to do a complete
Sob as the adjutant general and
his staff had pictured ii and sup
Elemental funds were sought. In
der the initial contract involving
close to 100000 extensive changes
were made in the lower floors.
new floor was constructed north
ward through the old cavalry drill
area and was made an extension
OF the main drill hall.
Those thousands OF parents and
friends who attended the Stadium
and Lincoln high school COM
mencement exercises in June recall
how the old north wall of the drill
hall had been pierced by wide open
ings. the remaining pillars con-
stituting a visual obstruction be-
tween a large part of the audience
and the stage at the far south end.
All that now is being cleared
out. Rounded steel trusses sup
port the old roof Three more Of
those huge trusses, each weighing
eight to nine tons, are going up to
support the 62-foot extension OF
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
PROSECUTORS, MINERS
TO SEE FILMS FRIDAY

Five reels OF motion pictures
will be shown at the meeting OF
Washington Pospectors and Min
ers association at 3 p. m. Friday
at the Carlton hotel. There will
be a two-reeler. STORY Of Ashes
tos," and a three-reeler, Geology
Of Petroleum" The public In in
yited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04

Tnusdsy Mrs. Ellens learned
her husbands whereabouts. He
was in the nearby Allco Camp hos
pital after spending five DAYS in
the wilds with a broken leg.
According to Provincial police.
Ellens slipped from a stump on
f.ooo-foot ridge, breaking his left
ankle. July %. For the next two
DAYS, he lay helpless until he man.
aged 10 crawl to a nearby lake.
where he whitfield pair OF crutehes
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04

Johnny aheffl<Id 10 ke<rInr
Dusty nsrk<i<y .nd the '-pebes n
Arms@ company On pms and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
GAS GIVEN
SLIGHT EXTRA COST
All. Work Guaranteed

For the past - wears ! have
given the people Of this COM
munify a QUALITY DENIAL
SERVICE AT LOW PRICES
prices they could afford 20 pay
and its with pride ] point 70
a clientele Of more than $4,000
patients a. proof Of the salts
faction M work gives. ] per-
form all branches " dentistry
WITHOUT PAIN and notEitb-
standing ny Low PRICES, 40
not hesitate To fully guarantees
all my work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04
Missing Man Is
Found In Hospital
Hobbies to Civilization After Spending
Five Days in Woods With Broken Leg

HANEY b. C-When John Elens S5-year-old naturalist
OF Miner B. C. shoudered his pack last July 21 and kissed
ms wife goodbye his last words were"f I'm back by
July 20, call the police" Then Elens out alone on
PHOTOGRAPHIC tour Of Mount Blanchard 10 miles north
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04

driver IN the hcxey three. 10
yard heie with |. sekky sresn ard
vita visibility per 81 the Hrsm-
han Gosf club Cheshire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-04

and bound his leg in splints. On
July "a he shouldered his eo-pound
pack and set out down the noun
tain. holding his injured limb stiff
ly in front OF him.
Two days later, on July -.
he had covered seven and a
half miles and was within sight
Of the Allco camp. His weak
cries for help brought aid. and
he WAS carried to the hospital.
Last Saturday. when he failed
to return home, Mrs. Ellens acting
on instructions asked police to
search for her husband. When
Constable d. w. Taylor arrived at
the camp. the missing man WAS
already on the road to recovery.
Haney is 80 miles east of Van
couver.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-16
EDUCATION WEEK
BRINGS VISITORS
333 CALL ON GRADE
SCHOOL CLASSES;
HEAR PROGRAMS

With the best response in re-
cent years to repeated invitations
"to visit your schools" Redwood
Falls observance of American Ed
ucation Week ended Friday.
There were 333 visitors in the
grade school during the week
with nj. Alice Ide's room having
the largest number in proportion
to enrolment. Forty parents and
friends visited the classes of the
grade school principal, making a
record of 100 per cent figured on
the Is girls and boys who are in
her third grade room.
Mildred Wilson's room had 80
guests; Leona Hainzl, "a; Emmy
Taeuber, 81; Virginia Guernsey,
%; Inez Wetmore, Al; Geneva
Thomson, II; Gertrude Bouman,
81; Jean Ann Morrison, %; Jean
Mclean, "a; Helen Meehan, II;
and Bernice jacobson, 20.
Few parents braved the indig-
nant displeasure of their junior
and senior high school children to
visit those departments, but prov
ed their interest in the work be-
ing done by listening in" to the
programs broadcast each day over
the sound system.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-16
Doliff Heads
Charter Board
CLAGUE AND HANSON
OTHER OFFICERS;
TO HEAR. EXPERT.

A. c. Dolliff was elected chair
man of the Redwood Falls city
charter commission, Frank Ga
que, vice chairman and M. o.
Hanson, secretary, when the
board organized Monday night in
the city hall. Leon H. Brown,
city attorney, was appointed
counsel to the commission.
Mr.. Brown will go to the Twin
Cities Friday to procure a chart
er expert from the Minnesota
League of Municipalities as
speaker for the next commission
meeting. The authority will dis
cuss forms of government adapt
able to Redwood Falls.
The attorney has also been in
structed to get copies of modern
charters in use by cities of the
fourth class for consideration by
the group.
Probabilities are that the COM
mission will be divided into small
committeeS-on taxation, and SIM
liar problems-each to study its
assigned subject, report at one
meeting and secure an agreement
Continued on page three)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-16
Offer Prize for Suitable
Name for Memorial Building

With the c. D. Gilfillan Mem
orial building on Mill street near
ing completion, the problem OF
an appropriate and unusual name
for the structure arises.
A prize of SIS is offered the per-
son submitting the name which
is selected for printing in gold
leaf across window of the build
ing. Entries will be received at
the Redwood Gazette office up to
10 p. m. Saturday.
Everybody is eligible" said
the Redwood Falls man who an
nounced the prize offer. "We'd
like something unique, not just
'Women's Rest Room" or Com
munity Rest Room"
Rural women for whom the
place is primarily intended are
particularly asked to participate
in the contest.
The slate roof in four colors,
giving the effect of medium and
pleasing blue, was completed
Monday and John Franzin, sup
ervisor of construction, though,
the whole structure would be fin
ished within three weeks.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-16
City Has 2 Fires at Once,
First Time in Its History

, Fire history was made in Red
wood Falls fuesday.
The department worked at two
fires at once for the first time, SO
far as available records show.
And Chief j. M. Corbett, faith
full fire-eater for a quarter of a
century, missed them BOTH He
was out with the county highway
truck.
Called to the home of Mrs.
Mary Schweinfurter about four
miles north of North Redwood in
Beaver Falls township at 2:.i5
D. M, members of the department
found three stacks burning not
Tar from the barn. "A hay stack,
oats straw stack and fax straw
stack were destroyed in the flames
which originated at the hot box
of fax straw baler while work
was underway. Loss, estimated at
$3.50, was confined to the stacks
and the machine.
Phones Damaged
While most department mem
bers were at the ,hree-hour Rem
vile county fire, the barn at the
Wallace Steele home in the south
section of Redwood Falls was
| ignited.
The barn, insured for $500, col
lapsed as fire-fighters reached the
/, scene and was a total loss. A pet
| white rabbit was burned and j
good pair of skis inside was de-
stroyed. Two rugs and clothing on
the wash line were burned before
Mrs. Steele could reach them.
Telephone repairmen took q
beating on that nre. Seventy-five
feet of SO strand cable and cable
terminal located in the alley near
by, were destroyed and 40 phones
IN the southeast part of town put
out of commission.
Paper Barns Hit
A cable splicer, Charles Larson
of Marshall, was called from
Jackson and came Immediately to
pegln repair work. Part of a tel
epnone crew worked until 3 a. m
Wednesday and others worked
u..til noon that day to complete
the job.
Two deputy state fire marshals
B. H. Ginrher and Howard Thorn
as, happened to be in Redwood
Falls curing the two conflagra-
lions.
They issued two orders one
forcing William Dehnke to move
his paper-storage house outside
the city limits and another ask
ing Hugh Greene to clean up his
barn, formerly used for housing
old papers and magazines. Greene
said he is going out of business.
FIREMEN CALLED TO CAR
Redwood Falls fire department
was called to west Broadway al
$3.50 p. m. Wednesday when &
short circuit developed in a cal
owned by Will Shelton of Vesta
His daughter, Nan Shelton, who
was visiting at the Bernard Lore
home noticed smoke issuing from
the machine when she started it
A real blaze failed to materialize
and there was no damage.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-16
City Has Is
Lots on Sale
AMONG 60 PARCELS.
TO BE AUCTIONED
DECEMBER IA

{ Sixty parcels of land forfeited
to; the state for taxes delinquent
since 1892 are listed for auctiQp
at the Redwood county auditors
office December Ia. - ~
Their values, appraised by the
board of county commissioners,
range from 81 for parcels in Red
wood Falls western addition, to
$4,000 for an 80 in Underwood
township. Purchasers must pay
the total cost of all parcels going
for $3.50 or less at the time of the
sale; not less than 10 per cent of
the purchase price in cases of
sales over that amount and the
remainder to be in no more than
10 equal installments within a
year, with four per cent interest
on the unpaid balance.
Only two villages, Wabasso and
Morgan, do not have lands offer
ed at the annual sale. Redwood
Falls ranks high in the list with
Is parcels to go on the block;
Wanda has nine; Milroy and
Sanborn, five each; Revere, three;
Walnut Grove, Belview, Clements,
Lamberton, Lucan and Seaforth,
two apiece; Delhi, Rowena, Vesta
and Wayburne station, one each.
Rural tracts include one each
in Charlestown and Redwood
Falls townships; two each in I'm
derwood and Willow Lake.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-16
Doctors Hope To
Save Youths Leg

Doctors at University hospital in
Minneapolis hope to save Samuel
Hemmingsen's left leg, the Red
wood Falls boys brother William
Hemmingsen of Sanborn said on
his return from the institution
Wednesday.
1t was previously believed that
1t would be necessary to amputate
the limb. The boy is suffering
from an abcess within the femur,
upper leg bone, according to the
Redwood Falls physician who ex-
amined him.
Samuel, IA, was taken to the
hospital last Thursday by his mo-
ther, Mrs. Huldah Hemmingsen.
His sister Neoma who went there
Sunday is also still with him.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-16
RED CROSS FLAG
SYMBOL OF WIDE
ROLL CALL WORK

This is one week in which the
flag of the Red Cross replaces the
American flag atop the Redwood
county Courthouse symbol of 4
concerted drive for membership
throughout the entire communi-
ty. Smaller flags, too, made by
women of the sewing project I'M
der the direction of Mrs. Emma
Sandager, flutter on county
streets.
Today members of the Lions
club began a canvass of the busi-
ness district, 40 volunteer women
having worked through the resi-
dental section earlier in the week.
1t is suggested that employees
of downtown establishments
might place their membership
stickers in uptown windows
alongside those of fellow work.
ers, making attractive displays
throughout the entire section.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-16
A. M. ON ROADS,
P. M. ON RELIEF
IS TAX PROGRAM
STATE, COUNTY, TOWN
SHIP OFFICIALS TO
DISCUSS PROBLEMS

Taxpayers of Redwood and adj
Joining counties will survey prob
lemS of roads and relief with
legislative representatives and
commissioners, township and viii
lage officers as participants in the
discussion, according to d. L..
Crimmins, president of the Red
wood County Taxpayers associa-
ton which is sponsoring an all
day meeting in Redwood Falls
armory Wednesday.
The morning session, starting at
$50 will be devoted to highway
discussions. Dinner will be serv-
ed at noon by women of the
Methodist church and the entire
afternoon will be given over to
study of county welfare with
James P. Mcdonnell, president
and Norman A. Bergen, secretary
of the Minnesota Taxpayers as
ISOLATION giving their views on
relief.
"There appears to be some diff
ference of opinion as to the best
method of handling the county
road situation" says Mr.. Grim
minis, "And this meeting will Of
fer taxpayers an opportunity to
give their views so that public
opinion can be crystallized on this
subject in the hope that the most
efficient plan can be fostered.
'Relief is becoming one of the
most critical issues, not only in
this section, but throughout the
country. Other counties have been
adopting various plans in the
hope of keeping poor relief levies
within control and these plans
will come in for analysis" accord
ing to Mr.. Crimmins.
These meetings are open to the
public. Senator Alex Seifert of
Springfield and Representatives
John M. Zwach and Harvey
f,Swennes as well as county, viii
lage and township officials have
been invited.