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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
QUEEN CONTEST STANDINGS

by the presentation of Redwood!
Parade of Progress" a $1,000
production directed by John B
Rogers Producing company.
The pageant, as outlined by
Earl Carpenter, director, will in,
clude::
Prologue: Featuring the
crCwning of the Queen of Red
woods Diamond Jubilee by
Governor Harold e. Stassen.
''Dawning of Creation. A
symbolic scene depicting the
birth of the world. -
THE Dakotas Celebrate an
Ancient Victory. A typical
Indian village with legendary
ceremonial dances.
Indian Outbreaks. The con-
flict of white and red men.
Samuel McPhail POUNDS
Redwood Falls. Covered wa
CONS, cows, horses and the first
white settlement.
First School of Redwood
Falls" Reading, writing and
arithmetic as prompted by
the hickory rod.
"The First Election. We
the people express our feelings.
The First Fourth of July
Celebration. The making of
the first American flag and
the ensuing festivities.
Howard Clark, fur trader"
Fur bargains are offered and
taken.
Early Church Service" The
steps of progress as led by
Christianity.
THE Iron Horse" Cleaning
lines of steel toward progress.
''The Gay Nineties". Young
blades and bellies, tandem BIZ
cycles, bustles, and the horse
less carriage.
"The World War;. Dramatic
tabIeaux portraying scenes re-
membered all too well.
Grand Finale. The entire
cast-A living wheel of pro-
gress.
Mondays program includes the
largest parade in the city's his
tory. Nearly 40 firms will be
by huge custom built
floats, while the band, drum
corps and military units will ex-
pand the parade to considerable
length. The parade will form
on Drew street, two blocks west
of Memorial Field and travel Is
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Tennis Match
is Scheduled
MARSHALL, REDWOOD
MEN IN JUBILEE
CONTESTS

Five Marshall men, making up
three singles and two doubles en-
tris', will come to Memorial
Field Sunday to meet Redwood
Falls strongest tennis players in
Diamond Jubilee match. The
match begins at 2:30sp. m. =
Joe Armstrong, Arthur Seifert,
Dick Carlson and M. ". Kur-
schner will present the city's de-
Tense against the Lyon county
invaders.
Attractive bronze trophies for
Armstrong and Dorothy Brikholz,
city man and woman champion
and another for the doubles It'll
lists yet to be determined, have
arrived and are on display in the
Redwood Gazette window. They
will be presented the champions
by the tennis maintenance group.
Players must win for three
years to keep the trophies perm
anently.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
FORD GARAGE is
BEING REVAMPED

Extensive remodeling to in
sure quicker and more efficient
service for patrons is under way
in the Redwood Falls Motor COM
pany garage.
+ instruments from the modern
repair shop on the second flooC
will be removed to the main floor
and the show room and office
space is being altered to provide
room for the change. Space on
the second floor will be utilized
for the body and paint shop,
storage space and a used car show
room. Joe Mahal is in charge of
the alterations.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Park Bridge
Is Completed;
Kitchen Begun
DELANEY HOPES TO
HAVE DEDICATION
OF STONE SPAN

The Ramsey park bridge was
completed today. Battery boards
for the new stone kitchen, reject
DRY and concession building are
up. Stone masons are at work on
the two new parking areas in the
old tourist site.
AS these developments came, C..
J. Delaney, supervisor of the park
WPA project, was attempting to
arrange dedication ceremonies for
the bridge, hoping to have them
during the Diamond Jubilee.
The natural stone span has been
under construction since August
"a. 1888. 1t crosses the Redwood
river near the Girl Scout cabin,
below the present buffalo pasture,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
VACANT LOT GOES
AS CITY BUILDING
ACTIVITIES BEGIN
GILFILLAN MEMORIAL
WORK WATCHED BY
"CONSULTANTS"

One of the few remaining va
cant lots in the Redwood Falls
business district was being rapid
ly prepared this week for the
construction of the Charles Dun
can Gilfillan memorial building,
which will house a rest room and
city council meeting place.
AS kibitzing sidewalk consult
ant engineers loitered to watch
the fascinating work, the Paul
Schuman company of Morgan to-
day completed excavations for the
structure. John Franzin of Nor
gan is supervising construction,
which will proceed Immediately.
The buildings, similar to the
one recently dedicated in Nor
gan, is the gift of c. o. Gilfillan
to the city.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Depot Employees VIII Dress Up
Sunday for Visit of Fine Train
Skinner SPECIAL TO
s'WHISTLE IN AT
1910 p. M.

What w. S. Brammer, depot
agent, calls ''the fanciest train that
ever came to Redwood Falls" will
bring the $50 Osman Temple
Shriners from st. Paul, and other
passengers, over the Chicago and
North Western Sunday.
Scheduled to leave st. Paul at
a. m, it will arrive here at l2:10
70. m. after making one brief stop,
at Mankato. Cars will bear the
insignia of the order and the train
will include as many air-con-
ditioned coaches as are necessary
to avoid over-crowding, lounge
car and baggage and special cars
as needed.
In charge of the train will be
high official of the Omaha rail-
road, G.. H. Feyder, assistant gen.
eral passenger agent; Stafford
King, state auditor and Walter
King, recorder of Osman Temple.
Met at the depot by Shriners of
this section, the group will pro-
coed to the armory where Louis
Sommers will attempt to Guido
his best mark, the Ted Balko af-
fair last fall, in preparing a de
luxe Dutch lunch, assisted by
George A. Barnes.
The group will parade to Mem
orial Field where they will put on
free program at $50, to last well
over an hour, the shrine band,
drum corps and chanters taking
part. The football field will be
used, the crowd being seated in
the stadium as far as space per-
mits. The softball tourney will be
in progress at the same time and
the performance may be seen at
distance from the amphitheatre.
The Eastern Star lodge will give
a banquet for the group after the
performance and they will depart
at 7 p. M, arriving in st. Paul at
11:30 p. m.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17

an unusual piano harp are among
the musical instruments of Vie
past. Old timers stand four deep
in front of the Lauterbach win
dow, chuckling over photographs
and tintypes of old friends. The
Citizens State bank naturally fea-
lures commemorative coins, with
prominent place for the Jubilee
wooden nickel among them.
Interesting antique kitchen i'm
plements provide the motif fol-
the Red and White store display
Grandmother's sauerkraut stomp
er, butter molds, brass kettle and
teapot are shown, but Gramp is
not forgotten, for whiskey jug
relic from "blind pig" operat-
ed in Redwood Falls in the earfy
80's is also included. The Hillig
and Knudson jewelry stores dis
play quaint and beautiful old
jewelry, tea sets, and glassware
A colorful selection of shawls of
the last century decorates the
window of the j. c. Penney COM
pany. One is over 200 years old.
The Paffrath and Jaehning
hardware stores feature fine col
lections of guns of ancient vint-
age. Paffrath also includes horns
of an OK which one broke Red
wood county land, snow shoes
more than century old and q
collection of arrow heads, coins,
and carpenter tools. Jaehning's
exhibit is also featured by the
baby buggy built by Henry
Jaehning IS years ago which
transported the four elder Jaeh-
ming boys. Sharp contrast to the
sleek machines of today is offer
ed by. the old washing device.
Green's Variety store displays
the interesting Indian relics col
lected by DIR. w. A. Brand and
Backer's 5 and 10 cent store in
cludes old dolls, toys, muskets,
coins and bills in its window
space Sward-Kemp's main at
traction is spinning wheel 100
years old. Hanson's Drug store in
cludes symbol of the profession
among its articles, a bronze NOR
tar and pestle more than 80 years
of age.
Ehlers and Habicht reveal what
the well dressed young lady of
the 70's wore in the way of dress
es, bonnets and accessories such
as fans. Gay quilts frame the
display. Edna Lees shop fea-
lures a bonnet of 1876 among
such pioneer implements as a
candle lantern.
The Redwood Grocery has
china two hundred years old dis
played. Charlebois shop shows
old muskets and tools, and the
Schultz store window is stocked
with oxen yoke, collar yoke and
an old saddle. Smith Agency's
wax flower wreath brings back
memories of the over-stuffed
Continued on page five)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Fast Field is
Promised For
Golf Tourney
COURSE IN FINE SHAPE
FOR JUBILEE MEET;
KISE TO PLAY

A fast field in the champion
ship flight is assured for the Dia-
mond Jubilee golf tournament
Sunday with the entries of Pal
mer Kise and other links lumin-
aries. Between rs and 100 parti-
cipants are expected, with Thu
tee-off sche duled for 9 a. m.
''The course is in swell shape,
and I do mean SWELL" says Lor-
EMO Ziegler of the tournament
committee. Special trophies for
winners in several brackets are
provided. s....
c. F. johnson of Morton, Har-
old Melges and Stanley Zieglcr
tied for blind DOGGY honors at the
Redwood Falls golf club Sunday.
Palmer Kise scored low net and
Mrs. o. H. johnson high.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17

blocks. It's course will be alon
Drew to Second, up Second t.
Mill, the full length of Mill {
Broadway, over to Washington ar
back to Third where it will di
band after passing the cour
house.
Semi-final games in the soft
ball meet will be played at ]
and the parade will start at 1919
There is no charge for the softb;
semi-finals.
Miss Minnesota
Monday afternoons progra
includes the softball champion
ship game at 100 and the Lar
berton-Fairfax battle at 3, t
latter for a $3.50 purse. FART
led the Western Minnesota LIZ
que all season, although defeat
by Gibbon Sunday 6 to 0 in
playoff. Lamberton hkewis
headed the B-W-R league. B"
tween games the jubilee comm
tee and Redwood Falls Mot
company are bringing a surpr3
Decentralization Ridden of Mi
neapolis, adjudged "Miss MINI
sofa" at Lyndwood park last Su.
day. will appear and do an acrr
batic dance before the ampl
theatre. She also will ride
the garages float in the para
Monday. The charge for
entire afternoon program is
cents.
Monday evening "Redwoot
Parade of PROGRESS" will be DIV
the second and last time. folio
ed by the Jubilee dance at
arnorv. with music bv
Menke's orchestra. Tickets
the dance are 81 per couple.
Tuesday morning at 1870 II
parade will form apain. this tir
coming I'M Washiroton street I
Third. over to Mill and turnin
~ Second to proceed TO the f9ir
grounds where it will circle befOr
the orandctand. Here the bnf
possible Via,V of II will he ohtair,
ed. .Fronn this poirt on all celebra
ton activities will take place a
tho fairgrounds.
Entry dav over. the gates wi
open Tuesday morning for 4 fai
program that sets An all-tim
record for variety. Each big da
will have a new feature. tn
horsn races entertaining grand
stand crowds Tuesday afternoon
with Thrill day Wednesday AN
auto and motorcycle races Thurs
day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17

comparative youth. Inc SoNSI-
nor will be here to crown the
queen and miss America" with
due ceremony.
Colorful always is the county
fair, this year featuring a differ
ent program each day: horse rae
es, Tuesday; Thrill day, Wednes-
day and auto races, Thursday.
Briefly the program includes:
homecoming services at all the
churches at the usual hours Sun
day, followed by picnic for
Redwood Falls Pioneers at RAM
sey park at noon. At l p. m.
the group will meet in the park
to organize and old residents will
be called on to speak. At the
same hour the first round of
the softball meet will begin at
Memorial Field, Vesta playing the
Redwood Falls champ, Lucan en-
gaging Wabasso, Clements chal-
longing Paxton and Wanda meet
ing Milroy.
Sunday afternoon the Osman
Temple band, drum corps and
chanters, including 100 Shriners,
will arrive from st. Paul and
stage a parade and demonstration
at Memorial Field. This program
and the softball games are en-
tirely FREE.
Sunday evenings program will
be given at the Redwood county
fairgrounds where a pageant tic
ket is the only admission charge.
There are no reserved seats, and
there is no charge for parking
Pageant tickets will be sold for
35 cents at the gate but may be
purchased this week at -four for
81. After concert by the
Scenic City band, short service
in commemoration of the church
es part in building the community
will be held. At 8 p. m. Cover
nor Stassen will speak. followed
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Fair At WabassO?
Crimmins Tells
How 1t Started

The fine hand of Art Hassen-
tab was evident in news dis
patch carried by the Wabasso
Standard today, which among
other things castigates the Red
wood Falls council for refusing
the county fair board beer lie
enSe. j.,
Extra says the Standard
'Dan Crimmins, veteran tax
scrapper at Redwood Falls has
offered to deed to the Redwood
County Agricultural society
tract of land-if the fair board
wishes to move its site to the
east limits of the village OF Wa
baSSo."
It's true. Dan did offer to deed
the land. But here's how 1t hap
pened.
During the harvest festival IN
Wabasso last week, Art emerges
from the bank and greets Dan
thusly. 'We're celebrating the
Redwood county fair here today.
well" says Dan, when you're
ready to celebrate the fair here,
I'll be ready to deed you the
land"
II felt I was running no chan
ces." Crimmins said today.
CATER Crimmins made the re-
mark. Art asked, How'd you like
to see that in print"
Crimmins retorted that he
didn't care what was printed,
(And he DOESN'T.
Here the beer question was re-
latively quiet today-quiet except
for rumblings.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Largest Edition
Weighs Over Ton

Easily the largest edition of The
Gazette ever published, this issue
contains five sections for a total of
68 pages, all but eight of which
are tabloid. This is equivalent to
80 pages of regular size.
The 1000 copies printed requir-
ed 1888 pounds of paper, one and
one-Sixth tons.
The work of compiling material
has been going on for several
months, but the actual putting to-
gether of the paper started last
weekend. The first section was
printed Monday evening, others
az they were completed through
the week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Attics Ransacked for
Interesting Exhibits

{ Descendants of Redwood county
pioneers dug deep into attic
trunks this week as Redwood
Falls merchants added to the col
or of the approaching celebration
by filling their display windows
with relics of the past. A show
in themselves, the museum pieces
are for the most part related to
the businesses of the firms dis
playing them.
The Music store, for instance,
has both of its windows filled
with ancient instruments and pic
lures of the bands of by-gone
days. The "a year old organ
used in the Whipple mission and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17

Some idea of the number
exhibits can be gained from Tho
fact that the All department has
125 boy exhibitors registered for
the Club Inn. which houses only
10. Tents will be provided to &C
commodate the extras.
| Races Changed
Tuesdays races have been
changed from original plans. the
harness race to be special event
with nine entries and the pro-
gram to include chariot races,
with three teams of horses and
two teams of mules and running
races, with horses and mules.
The grandstand acts will be of
the high caljbre shown in recent
years while the Manhattan JAM
boree" each evening before the
9rordstand har color. dancinf
girls. music and comedy. Thera
will be bands each dav, Sanbor
taking part in Tuesday program
T4amberton and Redwood Fall
Darius WSuIjeSO@N dru hO1Sdu
and Clements. Thursday.
Thrill day will feature SmokE
Harris. champion dare devil ar
others Of the troupe. MANAGED +
Walter Klausler Last wears nr6
gram was the fairs best thr'
dav and this year the best Or
stunts and many new ones vii
be tried.
The fair board har IL entrar
for the auto races Thursday.
suring over an laps of profe
sional comuetition The progra
includes time trials with one ];
allowed each driver. a first hes
of seven laps open to the six al
ternate fastest cars, second her
Continued on page five)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Girl Waits At
SanbOrn- Parents
At LambertOn

Frantic parents broadcast Tues
day for Merle Shrader. 10. of ST.
Paul who was to have met
them in Lamberton with their
car at 100 p. M, failed to show
up.
She was waiting for them at
Sanborn, waiting for about five
hours. in fact.
Early in the evening she re-
turned to Redwood Falls to try to
locate them. Deputy Sheriff Harry
Beatty found her at Hotel Ramsey
where she went to telephone.
1t was a case of mixed arrange
ments between Merle and her
father, Clifford Schrader, former
Murray county agent. Merle had
been visiting at Slayton.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
FARMERS INSPECT
.FALLOW PROJECTS
SOUTH COUNTY WEED
ERADICATION is
STUDIED

Summer fallow projects for the
eradication of creeping jenny on
DIR. Henry Boelke's farm in Char
lestown township and the G. P.
Boelter place in Lamberton town
ship, were examined by 20 Red
wood county farmers Wednes-
day.
c. H. Schrader of the state weed
inspectors staff and j. l. Swed-
berg, county agent, led the tour.
The tremendous task of Kidding
a farm of noxious weeds was in
dictated in the Boelke farm re-
port. First plowed May 20, the
field has been treated with duck
foot cultivator six times since and
will be gone over twice more be-
fore rye is sown this fan.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17

f
Pictured here Gre some of the
Diamond Jubilee attractions.
Miss Minnesota, at left, in pri-
pate life is Marion Rudeen of
Minneapolis. An accomplished
ncrobatic dancer, she soill per-
form betloeen the finals of the
county softbalt tourney and the
Fairtar- Lamberton game Monday
afternoon, besides riding in the
Parade that morning.
The Shrine band pictured
aboUe is on the Sunday after
noon program (Which also includes
the drum corps and chanters of
the organization.
The small cuts at the left shot0
t,Do of the floats to be entered IN
the mammoth parade.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
UNDERGROUND
STATE OFFICIALS
DESERT CAPITOL

The city will be a mecca for
Minnesota officialdom next week.
Stafford King, state auditor, ar
,riveS on the special train.
Governor Stassen will rush here
from Greenbush in the far north
west of Minnesota where he
speaks Sunday morning.
julius A.. Schmahl, state trea-
surer, will arrive home from the
west coast for Tuesdays program.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17

Fair, Jubilee Offer
Features
Huge Pageant, "Redwood's Parade o.
Progress" Parades, Sports, Thrill Day
Auto Race Day-WOrth Attending

Most coorfu and elaborate celebration held in Redwood
Falls in all its history the Diamond Jubilee will open Sun
day morning continue through the Redwood county fail
ending Thursday evening. H..
Purple is the theme color for seventyft amiversar
all coors will be used in the parades and pageants
the decorations and by the bands and marching units
Colorul will be the county sofba championship tourna
ment golf and tennis meets and the baseball attrac
ton Fairfax vs. Lamberon Coorfu politically is the rise
of Governor Stassen to that position of Importance in hi
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
New Avon Farmer
Taken From Field
For AppendectOmy

New Avon-Alvin Quesenberry
was seized with an attack of APP
pendicitis while running truck
with threshing rig on his faith
er's farm Tuesday. He was TAX
en- from the field to Redwood
Falls hospital where he under
went an operation that evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Window Displays
BEST" Says Retail
Group Secretary

Redwood Falls window dis
plays are the best I've ever seen
and I've seen lots of them"
George E. Began, secretary of the
Minnesota Retail Merchants as
ISOLATION said today as he visited
the city on business. Mr.. Bogan's
home is at Albert Lea.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
HALF TON OF COFFEE,

Melges Grocery this week re-
ceived a shipment of 1000 pounds
of Folgers coffee, the largest ever
made to a Redwood county mer-
chant by the company, Harold K.
Melges, proprietor, is advised.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Stores to Close

Redwood Falls business places
will be closed all afternoon Wed
nesday. for the first time i'm recen
fair history. The Civic and Com
merce association voted to close a
noon that day and remain close
all afternoon, at a meeting, March
80.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-13

Aleutians that stretch withon 500 miles of Soviet soil--storm- -wracked outposts where even to fly IS to fight nature.
 PROTECTION IS
 S12,OO0,0O0 JOB
 To protect these installations the Army will need eventually not one thousand men but five thousand. and is building central base ready for the G. H. c. Air Forces long range bombers to use as takeof for ights against all attacking fleet. The job will cost 12,0oo,000, and will be done in 194l.
 To link up this and other help for Alaska, with its source in Cali fornia, both services are strength ening themselves in the northwest. Seattle gets a major naval air base for not only patrol planes but an airplane carrier, and Astoria, Ore, Q submarine and seaplane base. These bases will receive a good share of the 5000 aircraft the Navy hopes to have. Also the Army is holding back from maeuvers in the South one Regular Division-the3rd to rehearse In the Northwest this summer, in conjunction with the Navy, the difficult amphibian opera ton of defending that Russo-Jap- anese frontier of ours.
 NATURE AND HAWAII
 ARE OUR BEST BETS
 Of other defenders, first stands Mother Nature, who gave Alaska a jagged coastline, mountains, and a climate that sometimes means 60 below.
 Understandably, the 6o,00o people are no softies and remark that there's good hunting in Alaska and good shooting" They have been asking better defense and will raise the first Alaskan National Guard, small detachment.
 Canada would probably join in Hemisphere defense with a naval base at Esquamault. Partly for such defense, a proposed highwty via Canada would connect our Northwest with Alaska.
 But, strangely enough, that Arc tic Territory's best defense Is a tropic territory - Hawaii. So long as that center of our sea-defense line holds out, affording an op- erating base for the United States Fleet, and so long as that Fleet un- defeated sails the Pacific, our Rus so-Japanese frontier may be raided or bombed - but he who tries to cross 1t for keeps will find that the water up there is not only very cold, but very, very deep.