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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
CITIZENS GOING
ON-TO-NICOLLET
MONDAY EVENING

Parker D. Sanders will speak
over WCCO, Minneapolis, at 4:45
p. m. Monday, advertising the
Redwood county fair and Red
wood Falls Diamond Jubilee as a
feature of the city's On-To-Nicol-
let day.
The Scenic City band will play
on the Is minute program, plans
being to take band members to
Minneapolis by school bus. They
will leave from the schoolhouse
at noon.
Many other Redwood Falls
baseball fans will leave later in
the day to attend the Minneapolis
Milwaukee game at Nicollet park,
beginning at $3.50 p. m. A spe-
cial section will be reserved for
Redwood Falls attendants.
The West hotel in Minneapolis
will be headquarters for Red
wood residents.
M. L. Holmberg, H. E. Kickul
and A. j. Green, the Onto
Nicollet committee, will make a
survey of the city later in the
week to determine the number
of residents who plan to attend.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Self-Service A & p
Store Opened Here

In its new location in the COM
pletely remodeled Dream theatre
building, the A and P Food Store
began .self-serving" its CUSTOM
ers this week.
The new store features gliders
in which customers place items
they wish to purchase as they
shop" among the displays. An
other innovation is that fruit is
displayed more for the benefit OF
persons on the inside than in most
display windows. Items are
checked and wrapped as the GUS
toner leaves the store.
Waits market is located in the
rear of the store where customers
may make meat purchases in their
shopping rounds. New shelving
and fixtures are done in deer
green with red trim.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
HEARING SLATED
ON CONDEMNATION
ST. PAUL COURT WILL
HEAR POSTOFFICE
SITE MATTER

A hearing on acquisition of the
Charles F. Neuschwander proper
ty as part of the new Redwood
Falls postoffice site will be held
in st. Paul federal court Thurs
day, August 10, it was announced
as condemnation papers were
served on the property owner and
other residents here by United
States marshal Monday.
The federal court will deter
mine whether the property is of
public use and that the taking is
according to law.
Charles F. Neuschwander and
Jennie Neuschwander, his wife;
Mayor J. c. Budik, Ira R. Rog
ers, county auditor and Mr.. and
Mrs. William Gray, residents OF
the house on the site, were served
with the papers. The inclusion
of others than the owner is the
usual legal procedure. In some
cases the county or city may have
. claims against property being
taken by condemnation.
Appraisers will be appointed
after the hearing if condemnation
goes through.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
VOW! The Annual Paxton.
Redwood Feudin' Fumes

'Pop" Ewart, owner and finan-
cial hacker of the City Slickers
will marshal his men for theil
annual game with the Clover
Kickers of Paxton Friday, Aug
ust IL, at Memorial Field.
"The fray begins at the crack
of dusk" Ewart announces.
Bills advertising the event will
be on the streets this weekend.
They list Bill Smith as umpire,
announcing, "He still has one
good leg to shoot Off" He will be
assisted by ''Frankenstein" Ochs.
A kangaroo court will be held
on all decisions, with ambulance
service free.
Mayor ]. c. Budik will toss the
first ball and everybody will duck,
according to the publicity COM
mittee.
. Redwood Falls players include:
fssTick-Tock" Hillig; 'Knee-Ac-
ton" Holmberg, "Rosy Cheek"
Bollum, "Bring-'Em Back Alive"
Buckley, "Tarzan" Tersteeg,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03

n.y., free acts at 8, a performance
by the Sleepy Eye drum corps at
8, massed band parade at $50, a
surprise feature at 10 and further
concerts and a dance later in the
evening.
The $4,000 building, partly
financed through a PWA grant of
$15,750, is a combination library,
museum, band practice room and
bandstand, so well planned that
the unusual combination seems
perfectly natural and so arranged
mat the, several rooms may be
used at ore time with no one
group in any way disturbing an
other.
The building is of modified
English style, built of red brick,
with slate roof. On the lower
floor, partly below the ground,
are the vault, boiler room, band
practice room, museum, store
rooms and wash rooms.
On the upper floor is the lib
rary. with fireplace and large
reading room. The band stand ex-
tends, much as a porch, from this
Continued on page six)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Pageant to Begin
At Creation, Come
To Modern Times

To the brilliant tempo of royal
music, the spectacular pageant
portraying the beginning and
growth of Redwood county be-
gins with the coronation of the
Diamond Jubilee queen by Gov
ernor Stassen. Through a huge
avenue and bank of flags formed
by the VFW, Legionnaires and
Boy Scouts, will proceed the
coronation party bedecked in the
colorful attire necessary to such
an occasion.
Immediately following the cor
0natiOn, the audience will be TAX
en- backward in the March of
Time to the dawn of creation, de-
picted in a symbOlical scene
amidst beautiful symphony of
color and movement.
The story itself, "Redwood's
Parade of Progress" compiled
from historical facts, lends itself
splendidly to adaptation in the
pageant form of portrayal and
promises to be splendid prOduc-
ton IN every detail.
In 10 espisodes presenting the
growth of Redwood county, many
thrills will be evidenced as the
Dakota Indians and their chief
celebrate the ancient tree cere-
mony in ceremonial dances of vic
tory. The Dakotas also go on the
war-path against the whites only
to meet their fate at the hands of
General Sibley, Colonel McPhail
and their soldiers.
Old scenes and anecdotes will
be recalled, too, as pioneers arrive
and build their homes. Pioneers
will be reminded of the sting of
the old hickory rod as Julia Will
liams, the first school teacher i'll
Redwood Falls, takes over the
task of instilling in her pupils,
knowledge so necessary in later
| life.
The appearance of tandem and
hi.;h- wheel bicycles, hOrseless
carriages, bloomer girls, picture
hats, and bustles promises to be
high spot of the production, as
the bellies of the COS and gay
young blades prepare for a picnic.
The grand finale is production
Continued on page five)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
WERRING SEEKS TC
RESTRAIN OFFICIALS
"FROM INTERFERING"

A notice of motion asking for a
temporary injunction and re-
straining order to prevent Sheriff
L. J. Kise and Tom Reed, county
attorney, from interfering in the
operation or use of certain pinball
machines in the villages of San
born, Wanda and Morgan and at
the Sanborn junction was served
on the two Redwood county Of.
ficials Tuesday.
w. R. Werring, Morgan attor-
ney. self-styled pinball champion
of his home town and champion
of the pinball cause, filed the
motion with the district court
The petition further asks
for an order restraining the
authorities from eOnfiscating
the machines and arresting
operators.
Originally set for hearing Aug
ust 18 in Redwood Falls, the mat
ter will probably be argued
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Paxton School
COMMISSIONERS SEEK
FEDERAL INCLUSION
OF COUNTY ROADS

School district six in Paxton
township was reorganized at a
meeting of the Redwood county
board of commissioners Tuesday.
The new organization will in
clude only the two schools at
tended by white children, leaving
the Birch Coulee Indian school,
formerly a part of the district, to
be supervised and supported by
the federal government.
No DIRECTORS to the move ap-
peared at hearing scheduled in
connection with the board meet
ing.
The school exhibit building at
the Redwood county fair grounds
will be re-roofed before this sea-
sons fair, commissioners promised
c. D. Clipfell, superintendent of
schools. 1t has been in disrepair
for several seasons.
Commissioners also voted to
raise the salary of the judge OF
probate's clerk $40 month.
A resolution requesting M. j.
Hoffman, state highway commits
sioner, to include IS miles of
Redwood county roads, now state
aid highways, in the federal aid
secondary system, was approved
by the commissioners.
All of the state aid road from
the west county line east to con-
meet with highway SO at Morgan;
all of state aid road number one
from the south county line to the
north county line; and some state
aid and county roads in Johnson
vile, Vesta, Kintire and Swede' S
Forest townships are included in
the petition. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03

sS1tuteS lntenQlnS 10 SEM lneiu
to collectors and other friends.
The committee expects to realize
a small profit on the venture, in
addition to the publicity.
The queen contest promised to
be even more exciting as nominal
tons of popular girls began to
come in. Among early nominees
are Florence Tenney, Mavis Rey-
holds, Bernice Pettis, Margaret
Jaehning and Jean Lauterbach
of Redwood Falls, with Margaret
Dahlberg and Fadalyce Druck
coming in from WabasSo.
Members of the committees an
ticipate the nomination of at least
20 to 80 more contestants within
the next few days. Cooperation
of all contestants friends is ask
ed in order to help nominees
achieve queendom.
Vote ballots being printed in
the newspapers, as well as the
vote coupons on tickets, may be
left at Diamond Jubilee head
quarters at the Smith agency. At
a later date, ballot boxes will be
placed at several vantage points
in and around Redwood Falls.
Advance tickets went on sale
Wednesday for the historical
Il e.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Vesta Inn Operator
Faces Three Counts

Cash bail totaling $3.50 was fur
nished by Leo Cardinal, operator
of the Log Cabin inn at Vesta,
who was arraigned in Redwood
Falls municipal court Monday on
three counts, maintaining gambl-
ing devices, selling liquor to a
minor and selling liquor without
license.
Cardinal pleaded not guilty to
every charge and was bound over
to district court under $3.50 bond
in each case.
Sheriff L. J. Kise, who made
the arrest, confiscated punch
boards, equipment for "14"
game and jar game.
John Spoo signed the gambling
and license complaints and Gerald
Briggs signed the complaint on a
liquor sale to a minor.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
1888 Attend
CountySchools
ENROLMENT 9 LESS
THAN LAST YEAR
REPORT SHOWS

Redwood county's school pop
ulation dropped mine pupils in
1899 from 1888, comparison of
figures from the annual reports
of c. D. Clipfell to the state de-
partment of education reveals.
There are 4,893 students in all
rural, graded and high schools in
the county. Last year, pupils total
ed 1902.
Girls outnumber boys in the
high school and graded elemen-
tary districts, 1404 to 1875, but in
the ungraded districts boys stood
1,159 to LOSS girls.
Three hundred thirty-four stud
ents entered school for the first
time last term and 1862 completed
the eighth grade.
The greatest number of pupils
in the county range between the
ages of eight and Is, Mr.. Clipfell
said, 3,276 falling into this class.
There are 1,048 between the ages
of five and seven and 564 from
I6 to 20 years of age. Only five
county pupils are under five or
over 81 years of age.
The school year seems long to
most scholars, but pupils in grad
ed districts attend classes only
1903 days per year and pupils in
ungraded schools only 1854 days
a year on THE average.
One interesting item in the re-
port reveals that "a of the county's
schools have nine month term,
while only 10 run on an eight
month schedule.
Eighty-eight rural schools en-
ploy one teacher only, while 10
have two or more. There are lot
schools in 103 districts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Gowling Appointed
To New High Post

st. Paul-(P)-Richard A. Cow
ling of st. Paul, key figure in
young Republican ranks since
1885 and secretary of the all-party
Stassen for governor committee,
today was elevated to the newly
created post of administrative as
sistant to the governor.
Gowling, shortly after Governor
Stassen took office, was appointed
secretary of the big Three
which was abolished by the 1899
reorganization act. Since then he
has been secretary to the depart
ment of administration.
AS administrative assistant,
Gowling will serve as sort of
liason between the governors Of
flee and various state department
heads.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Morgan Shows
Appreciation
For Memorial
c. o. GILFILLAN WILL
GIVE FIRST SPEECH
THIS AFTERNOON

Morgan residents are frankly
showing their sincere appreciation
at dedication services today for
o~.e of the finest and most useful
memorials in existence anywhere,
the Community building erected
by c. O. Giifillan in memory of
his father, Charles Duncan Gill
fillan.
The dedication service is taking
place in Vernon park, attractive
setting for the structure. Boy
Scouts were to have charge of the
flag raising service at lis p. m,
assisted by the Morgan band. 1t
is the first time flag has flown
from the new steel flagpole.
j. A. A. Burnquist, former gov
ernor who returned to public
office as encouragement in jan
uary, will deliver the principal
address according to the program
but the throng of neighbors and
friends present were most anxious
to hear the words of Mr.. Gilfillan
who today is breaking resolution
of long standing to deliver what
he calls my first speech" He adj
mitted nervousness.
Bands To Play
Throughout the day amuse-
ments have been arranged for,
ball game between Fairfax and
Springfield, street sports, free acts
at 4 p. m, concerts by the Nor
gan, Redwood Falls, Springfield
and Fairfax bands. (The Scenic
City organization to play at Z p.
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spectacle, "Redwood's Parade of
Progress" These key tickets af-
ford purchasers the opportunity
of buying four regular tickets for
less than the price Of three. Tick
cts may be obtained at headquart-
ers or from any of the prospective
queens.
Among important decisions at
a meeting of the jubilee general
committee Tuesday noon was one
to- switch the pageant from the
football field to the fairgrounds.
1t will be cheaper to remove and
replace the judges stand and
platform, necessary to make the
area suitable, than to provide
bleachers, dressing rooms and
toilet facilities and take proper
care of the gridiron turf, the group
decided. The grandstand will
seat many more than the stadium
and adequate parking space is
available there.
Rules governing the contest for
election of the queen and her
court follow:
/. Purpose of the contest - to
select by popular vote IL girls to
participate in "Redwood's Parade
of Progress. Winners to be de-
signated as follows: Girl winning
highest number of votes,-Miss
Redwood, queen of Diamond Ju-
bilee.
Girl winning second highest
number of votes-Miss America.
Girls winning third to twelfth
places, attendants to Miss Red
Continued from page six)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Walnut Grove Will
Have FO-CO Day

Walnut Grove-August 8 is FO-
CO day in Walnut Grove, the
event being named with the first
two letters of the word flour
counties" The village is located
in Redwood. near Cottonwood,
Murray and Lyon counties.
j. 0. Christensen of the Uni
versity Farm will speak, followed
by a doll buggy parade, in the af-
ternoon. A community sing, am
ateur hour, Ali style show and
old time dance make up the eve
ming program.
The Twentieth Century club
flower show, directed by Mrs. E.
A. Hartung, will be held in con-
nection. Committees for the event
are:
Publicity: Mrs. c. E. Lantz, Mrs.
Cecil Simmons.
Continued on page ~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03

SISSY" Paffrath, "Allis-C." Bur-
meister, Ed Johnson, with two
great years at Vassar behind him,
S. B. "Tiny" Duea, E. H. pain
less" Johnson, Basil Clark, the
home run king, Wilbur Lamber-
ton, the strike-out king, The Ter
rible Twins, ''Donuts" Gallea and
Pancakes" Randgaard, "Slidin' "
Bake, Shorty" Nelson, wizard
at third, "Two-strike" Kickul,
"Slim" Hanson and "Tiger" Nell
son, pinch-hitter. superintendent
of Strategy" Aune will work from
the bench.
"Killer" Kelly's Paxton players
include EMILY" Garnhardt, Doc
Tompkins, piggy" Parks, "Per-
cheron" Thoma and Windy"
Cragg.
Instituted last year, the perform
ance is all for fun-and to help
finance Jubilee activities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Last Minute
Appeals Made
For AAA Fund
ADJOURNMENT PLANS
THREATENED AFTER
ECONOMY VOTES

Washington - (P) = Secretary
Wallace's demand for more fam
money headed such variety of
last minute appeals for funds at
the capitol today that weekend
adjournment plans once more
were threatened.
While the house neared show
down vote on the administrations
$500, 100000 housing plan = for
which defeat was predicted by
Republicans - Wallace and a
group of other officials and con-
gresSmen beseiged the Senate APP
preparations committee while it
studied the sessions third and
last deficiency appropriation bill.
Approved by the house yesterday,
the measure carried only $54,000,-
600 compared to budget recon-
mendation of $215,0O0,0O0.
The secretary of agriculture told
senators that failure of the house
to provide $119,00O,000 for the
commodity credit corporation, the
agency which make loans on cot
ton, corn, wheat and other major
farm products, threatened the en-
tire farm program.
He urged that the COMMITTEES
restore to the bill the full sum
which the house eliminated at the
insistence of an economy bloc.
Senator Adams, Democrat, Col
orado, acting chairman, SID
there was no chance the commit
tee would complete hearings and
send the bill to the senate today.
Speaker Bankhead of the house
told reporters the prospects were
that congress would adjourn Sat
urday night ''but I don't make
that prediction-yet.
cts all conjecture to know
what's to happen in the next 4S
hours"
Meanwhile it was disclosed al
the White House that in anticipa-
ton of final congressional action
on several hundred bills, Presi-
dent Roosevelt asked interested
government agencies to report to
him on the measures in advance
The presidents usual procedure
is to ask a report on a bill after
it has cleared congress and is
ready for his signature or veto.
Senate leaders of the deadlock
ed conference on social security
amendments met for an hour but
said afterwards they had made nc
progress toward reconciliation.
Should this bill fail of passage
it would mean that, barring action
in a special session, old age insur-
ance payments could not bt
started in January 1910 as the
bill provides and that social Sec
urity tax revision could not be
effected this year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
8 TEAMS To ENTER
JUBILEE FEATURE
LUCAN AND MILROY IN
OPPOSITE BRACKETS,
OPENS AUGUST 20

Red hot competition for the
Redwood county Softball cham
pionship was predicted Wednes-
day night as pairings were drawn
for the annual tournament which
will be a feature of the Redwood
Falls Diamond Jubilee program.
Fortunate pairings place Lucan,
winner in 1886 and 1888 and Mil
roy, 1887 champ. in separate
brackets, each with heavy COM
petition assured in preliminary
rounds.
The first round games, to be
played Sunday at Memorial Field,
are:
1 p. m.-Vesta VS.. winner of
Redwood Falls city league.
2 p. m.-Lucan VS.. WabassO
or Sanb0rn (To be played Off
3p. m. Clements VS. Paxton
4p. m.-Wanda VS.. Milroy
Winners of the first two games
will play at $50 a. m. Monday
and the second pair of winners
will tangle at 1890 The cham
pionship will be decided at 1870
p. m. as preliminary to the Fair
fax-Lamberton baseball game.
Admission to the first six games
will be free. Tickets to both the
championship softball game and
baseball game will be Is cents.
The jubilee committee has post
ed $85 for the tournament, the
winner to receive $50, the runner
up $40, teams defeated in the
semi-finals, $3.50 each and all
others SIS each.
Vesta and Lucan have already
sent in player lists and SIS de-
posts, which must be in by Aug
ust 10 on penalty of having an
other team chosen for their place
The deposits will be returned
after the meet to all teams which
are present at games as scheduled
The approved umpire list in
cludes Wallace Zimmerman, Geo
rye Matson, Robert Baldwin ano
Leonard Merth.
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Legal Action Started
To Defend | iinban, as
Plaything, From County

August 8, if arrangements can be
made with District Judge A. B.
Gislason who is now on vacation.
County authorities say they want
to have the matter disposed of at
the first possible date.
The complaint filed sets forth,
among other things, full descrip-
ton of the type of pin ball mach
inc involved. The machine, says
the document, is equipped with a
slot in which to insert coin .sof
nickel denomination" which REL
leases ball, shot by plunger
into various holes or slots on the
playing board.
(In other words, common,
everyday pinball machine.)
The petition further alleges
that the machines are Operat-
ed only for amusement and
players buy chips from pro-
prietors of the establishments
in which they are located.
The successful player, it
AYERS, receives chips good
only for more plays.
Chips are labeled, "This token
awarded for Skill" on one side
and on the opposite face, "This
token has no cash or trade value"
Councils in the three villages
mentioned in the motion have
licensed the pinball machines, the
petition sets forth.
Outgrowth of recent orders by
the sheriff and county attorney
that gambling devices must be
removed from county towns, the
motion has no connection with
their orders that gambling on viii
lage streets during annual cele-
brationS shall stop.
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August Busy
Season For
Celebrators
COUNTY TOWNS STAGE
ANNUAL EVENTS IN
CLOSE SUCCESSION

Redwood county festival fans
will have no shortage of enter
tainment opportunities this month
as county towns prepare for one
and two day celebrations featur-
ing sports, music, concessions and
in most cases free acts.
Today's observance of the de-
dication of the c. D. .Gilfillan
memorial building at Morgan
opens the months festival activ-
tiles, to be eliminated in the
county fair and diamond jubilee
here August 1924.
The schedule for the next two
weeks includes:
August 6-Wanda's Cracker day
August 7, 8-Belview's Popcorn
days
August 8-Walnut Groves Fo-
Co day
August 11-12-WabassO Harvest
Festival
August Is Sanborn's Water
- N{{lGtOn O3Y
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
Pageant Rehearsal,
Wooden Money and
Queen Election On
80 to so Nominees Expected in Contest
To Select Miss Redwood of Jubilee

Preparations rushed on many fronts this week as
the opening date of the Redwood Falls Diamond Jubilee and
Redwood County Fair, August 20, draws nearer.
Launched the wooden money campaign and
contest while rehearsa for the pageant Redwoods
Parade of Progress in full swing the cast of 375
members meeting in sections for preliminary training
Wooden money the hit of the week as merchants
began to distribute the souvenir pieces OF the methods
of pubiczng the jubilee Customers expressed consider
able interest and several exchanged coins for the wood sub
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-03
PETITIONS SIGNED
FOR MILL STREET
CURB and GUTTER
EXPECT IMPROVEMENT
THIS FALL; STATE
WILL RE-BLACKTOP

Preliminary work on important
improvements for the unpaved
section of Mill street were under
way this week.
The majority of Mill street pro-
perry owners have signed a petit
ton for curb and gutter construc-
ton, now being circulated. The
work will be done this fall. New
storm sewers will be installed at
the same time.
A temporary seal coat OF oil
was put on the stretch by the
state highway department, which
will regrade and place a 50-foot
roadway of bituminous surface
there after the installation OF
curbs and cutters.