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Moose Pass miner., 1939-08-04

Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth stenbarger of Anchorage are spending Mr. Westenbarger' s annual vacation period in this region. They had their car sent down from Anchor age over the Alaska railroad.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Now Is Time To
Move Shrubbery

If you plan to DO any trans
planting of shrubs, do it right
now, says John H. Harris, Exten-
sion landscape specialist of State
College. November and December
are the best months for moving
plants and they will start their
next growing season in better
shape if they are given the win
ter season to become acclimated
to the new location.
eff the plant to be moved is de-
cidous (drops its foliage in the
winter), it is not necessary to
remove a ball of earth with the
plant" Harris advised. ever
greens require the removal of
dirt with them. A two to six-foot
native plant is usually the best
size to move. Care should be TAX
en- to remove all the roots pos
sible with the plant and avoid
bruising the roots any more than
is absolutely necessary"
The specialist said that it will
be found helpful in moving ma
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Contour Strips
Do Double Duty

Erosion control and improve
ments of soil fertility are both &C
complished by contour strips on
steep farm land, says w. D. Lee,
soil conservationist of the State
College Extension Service. "Then
there is a third advantage from
strip cropping in that it affords
protection to terraces" he de-
clared.
Lee said that many farmers in
the erosion control demonstration
areas, directed by the Soil Con-
servation Service, are using strip
cropping to advantage. This type
of rotation is comparatively new
to many farmers in North Caro-
lima.
On slopes where the fall is not
very great, it is common prac-
tlce to have two strips in row
crops and third strip in a close
growing crop, alternating in this
order all the way down the hill.
But on sleeper slopes, where
the erosion problem is greater, it
IS advisable to increase the pro-
portion of close-growing crops by
sowing down every other strip"
the specialist stated.
The use of legumes in close
growing strips enables a farmer
to gradually improve the fertili-
ty OF all fields, and at the same
time protect them against erosion.
Several farmers have reported
20 to Is percent increase in crop
yields since they first adopted
the practice of strip-cropping, Lee
said.
By retarding and spreading
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Scald Hogs In
l5O-Degree Water

Water should be $50 degrees
Fahrenheit for best results in
scalding hogs. at killing time, adj
vises H. w. Taylor, Extension
swine specialist of State College.
He suggests a novel way to test
the temperature of the water:
dip your finger into the water
three times in rapid succession.
If it burns severely the first
time, the water is too hot, but if
it burns the third time, the wa
ter is just right" Of course it is
less painful to buy a thermome-
ter, but those Instruments are
easily broken around farm,
and they are often are costly.
Taylor said the water usually
can be brought to the 150-degree
temperature by adding one buck
ct of cold water to one-half bar
rel of boiling water.
No hog should be fed for "a
hours before it is to be killed, but
during that time it should have
plenty of water It is easier to
get good bleed when the system
is not gorged with foods, and the
extension specialist pointed out
that the meat will sour while in
cure unless the hog bleeds strong
ly when it is killed.
''Never overhead or excite an
animal before killing" advised
Taylor, because this produces a
feverish condition which prevents
proper bleeding. The meat al
ways cures better when the small
blood vessels are free from
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
Miss Gertrude Craybeal's
Latest Play Will Be Shown
At Ashland Saturday Night
Aunt Jemina's Secret" is tt
tie of New Production by
This Talented Writer.

Ashe county's talented dramatist
and playwriter, Miss Gertrude
GRAPHICAL, has recently compile
ted another play, entitled Aunt
Jemina's Secret" and this thrill
ling three-act mystery-comedy
production will be presented for
the first time this Saturday night
at the Ashland school, where
Miss GRAPHICAL teaches.
A fine cast, starring Miss Helen
McEwen, librarian at the River
view high school who plays the
role of ''Aunt Jemina", an old
time negro mammie who knows
all, sees all and seldom tells any
thing, has been selected.
The parts OF other characters
in the play are filled by June
GRAPHICAL, Velma Jenkins, Violet
Lewis, Helen Osborne, Ruth Stu
art, Bill GRAPHICAL, Broadway
Farmer and Walbert GRAPHICAL.
There is tinge of sadness near
the beginning of the play as one
character relates the story of her
life, revealing hardships, disap-
pointments and perhaps death.
AS the pot unfolds itself,
there is an unusual romance and
great confusion because of Sc
cret that has never been told. AS
fear seizes Aunt Jemina, she re-
veals the truth and call is we'll
that ends welr'.
Miss GRAPHICAL, the author, is a
graduate of A. S. T. G. in the
class of 1899. She was an honor
student and took an outstanding
part in dramatizing religious en-
tertainments. DR.. Rankin, dean of
the college, described her pa
geant as being one of the best he
had ever seen.
Many of her friends are urg-
ing that she continue her work
and studies in this field at Duke
University and predict for her
bright future.
The performance will start at
8 o'clock Saturday night.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26
blood and food PARTICLES"

blood and food PARTICLES"
There are two general methods
OF curing pork-the brine cure
and the dry cure. Most other me-
thods are merely variations of
the two. In all cures it is abso-
lutely necessary to take all of the
animal heat out of the meat, but
it should not be frozen. Taylor
invited interested persons to
write to the Agricultural Editor
at State College, Raleigh, for Ex-
tension Folder No. "a, killing
and Curing Meat on the Farm y
1t is free upon request.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26

tive plant to dig a trench around
the plant one season before NOV
ing it. This trench should be Is
to "a inches deep, and the dis
lance from the plant should be
great enough to avoid cutting the
larger roots. The object in dig
ging the trench is to stimulate the
growth of fine roots near the base
of the plant
After the plant is removed
from the soil, it should be i'm
mediately set out in it's new po-
sition. If it is to be transferred
some distance before transplant
ing or if there is otherwise any
delay in transplanting, the plant
should be packed in moist shaw
ings or at least a wet sack kept
around the roots.
Harris emphasized that the hole
in which the plant is to be reset
should be considerably larger
and deeper than is necessary to
take care of the longest roots.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26

run-off water, the strips of close
growing crops at intervals down
the slope keep silt out of the
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26

flew lines of terraces and pre-
vent them from overlapping.
This is especially noticeable dur
ing heavy rains.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-10-26

A winter cover crop demon
stration to show the value of
Austrian winter peas as a cover
crop for corn has been started
on the farm of John F.. McFaY-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02
so YEARS AGO

James Mcmillan was altogether
pleased with the hot water heat
ing system in his new house. AL
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02
Rach44aa& 1a>scm

though the first cost was larger
than for hot air heating, the saw
ing in fuel ard improvement in
respect to hygiene made hot wat
er cheap luxury.-Mrs. H. F
Clipfell was appointed Redwood
county president of the WCTU.-
George Backer and w. H. Lance
were each presented with little
boys.-Police Abbot told drunk
Ilodger at the calaboose that he
had killed a man the night before.
The imbiber took the bait and fell
back with a groan, reviving
enough to ask who his victim war.
Mr.. Albeit mentioned the name of
a crony and the victim of the farce
exclaimed, 1--WE killed my best
friend" The offender was re-
:lieved when he faced a plain
drunk charge in court. He then
vowed total abstinence. = j. B.
Zeug of Johnsonvile was erecting
"a substantial barn.-Evelyn Der
went and o. w. Mcmillan were
married. Mr.. Mcmillan was as
4sistant cashier of the Citizens
,bank.tr- A prairie fire burned
down "A bridge in Shutdown town
ship.-Hugh Greene advertised
that stray red heifer came tc
his place.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02
Seaforth Family
At State Meet
By Argeline w. frost

Seaforth - Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde
Davis, Betty and Donald Davis
attended the corn husking contest
at Amboy Thursday. On their way
back they visited Mrs. Robert
Waterman and son at Spring.
field.
Joseph Lisy, Erwin Leuk, Mrs
Fred Stage, Arthur ard Walter
Stage went to Minneapolis Fri
day to visit Fred Stage who is in
a hospital. Mrs. Stage remained
with her cousin Betty Meier in
Minneapolis.
Vivian Dahl spent Friday NOR
ming at Redwood Falls.
Mrs. yAlbin Menke {Sylvia
Goche) of Bancraft, Iowa under
went an appendectomy Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin, Goche and
MIR. and Mrs. William Atkin mot
ored to Bancroft to visit her Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Gaines of
Minneapolis and Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Hopfenspirger of Mime
apolis spent Sunday afternoon at
the B. A. Fuhr home. They came
for the pheasant hunting.
Mrs. Bendtsen, two sons and a
daughter of Minneapolis came
Saturday to visit at the A. M.
RohlilS home over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Augustine
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02

the Lauterbach's have run out of
babies.
-
Professional Pride Department
z One of our better-knoWn and
most ubiquitous characters was
bouncing around the clerk of
: courts office, announcing that she
is lawyer (Which, of course, she
;isn't).
I; "The only trouble with her."
says Redwood Falls attorney, "Is
! that she has decisions of grand
eur"
F in spelling and the back of
our hand to a certain Sophomore
! President who drove a high school
homecoming float painted like an
ambulance and labeled "Hospitol"
:. and "Ambulacre."
!. -f-f-
The Falls theatre staff was nom
plussed the other night to receive
report that they had locked a
sleeping beauty inside. This is an
unusual occurrence as the picture
showers are usually on their toes
or their knees-to prevent such
an occurrence. They have a good
south county customer who lies
down on the floor when he gets
DOGGY. &c..
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02

The planet Jupiter is covered
by a layer CT ice 10000 miles
thick.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02
Maa 9izAe Ra>,s

Old Willard HoImberg amt
what he used to be. Up at the
bowling alley Frank Powell points
to Mrs. Holmberg and asks is she
Millard's daughter.
Frank claims this is sincere
query. He claims it is impossible
to estimate Millard's age. Which
reminds him that it has always
been impossible to estimate his
own age. He says that when he
came here over 20 years ago, well
into middle age, he had a coal
black mustache, not grey hair
in it. And it was SO long he could
curl the ends over his ears. !.
$50
Oh, it was Identity Week all
right. -
A salesman approached Art
Green of Green's Variety store
and asked, 'Is Mr.. Backer IMP.
NO." says Art, "This is Green's
Variety store"
81 know it's Green's Variety
store" says the, salesman But
doesn't Mr.. Backer work here?"
-
An amazing fact was disclosed
when Sue Lauterbach Gallea won
pair of rompers at the Catholic
bazaar and cast about for pos
sible giftee Believe it or not,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02

Cyrillus and Germaine Augustine
ard Miss Kethup of Comfrey were
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Ber-
nardy Sunday.
Allen Fuhr, infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. Myron Fuhr, has been at
the Redwood Falls hospital since
Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Baldwin
and Mr.. and Mrs. William Hauck
of Redwood Falls; Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Hassenstab, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mike Fagen and Mr.. and Mrs. Ly-
man Hassenstab of Wabasso at
tended the Presbyterian dinner
Sunday.
Young Ladies Sodality members
held their annual Halloween
party at the parish house Monday
evening.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02
Youth Burned In
Alcohol Explosion

Truman = Henry Schofield of
Truman received severe burns
when can containing alcohol ex-
ploded, spraying his face and
head.
Henry was on his way to church
when he met his uncle, Bert Har-
his, whom he wanted to show an
electric soldering iron he had just
purchased.
Stopping at a garage where
Henry kept the iron, he picked up
a can which he thought was
empty and touched it with the hot
iron. There was a sudden explo-
sion and alcohol was sprayed over
the lads face, forehead and right
arm.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02

called at the Paul Doepke home
Monday.
Albert Spalding and Helene
Langholz attended Luther Lea
que rally at Clara City Sunday.
Nick Dedericks of Bird Island
visited friends here Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Doepke were
Walnut Grove visitors Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Dallmann
attended a birthday party at the
Theodore Mammenga home in
Waterbury township Wednesday
evening.
MI. and Mrs. Don Warren spent
Wednesday evening with friends
at Sleepy Eye.
Mrs. William Langholz return
ed Tuesday from Waverly, Iowa
where she visited her son Rudolph
and other relatives and friends
over the weekend.
Mi. and Mrs. Frank Fernholz,
living north of Wanda, were hon
ored at a farewell party at the
Wanda hall Friday evening. They
are leaving for De Graft.
Henry Jenniges and friends OF
Minneapolis called at the Nick
JennigeS Sr. home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben Montie1
of Danube and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Nelson of Lamberton visited
friends here Friday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02
Boy Couldn't Play
Even If He Was Son
OF Superintendent

Heron Lake = "Sorry, but il
can't be DONE" said Coach Frank
Torreano of the Heron Lake High
school football team when asked
whether Robert Owe Nordvold
son of Superintendent and Mrs
Owe Nordvold, would play in the
game between Heron Lake and
Okabena Friday night.
"The boy is a little light in
weight and hasn't mastered all
our intricate plays ard therefore
it would be folly to use him, even
if he is the superintendent son.
Torreano continued.
Robert Owe, born Thursday
night, is the first child of Super
intendent and Mrs Nordvold.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02
Dark Horse May Capture
National Corn Husking Croun
BIZ the AP Feature Service

Lawrence, KansaS-The Mid
west, where corn is king, expects
an unknown young farmer to be-
come agriculture's No. l hero
November 3-the national corn
husking champion.
The 1889 husking bee is ex-
pected to draw between 100000
and 10000 person to a 40-acre
field outside of Lawrence. Mighty
few football games attract any
thing like such crowd.
The event is wide open for the
dark horses this year because
eight of the 10 former bangboard
busting champs are not entered
The two qualified ex-kings are
Fred Stanek, blond Bohemian
giant from Fort Dodge, Iowa, a
four-time winner, and Carl Carl
son, 41-year-old Audubon, Iowa,
farmer-bachelor. Carl is a brother
of Elmer Carlson who hold the
United States husking record
Ais bushels in 80 minutes.
A. Quarrel Started 1t
Offering only a trophy and 500
in cash, the national husking con-
test has grown from an Iowa af-
fair, started by Secretary of Agri-
culture Henry Wallace out Of cur
iosity in 1924, to agriculture's pre-
mier sporting event.
Wallace had an argument with
a staff member of his farm paper
over the cornhusking speed of a
farmer. 1t developed into a de-
bate on the question. "HoW much
corn can a man huSk in given
time?"
well settle this thing" said
Wallace. well have a contest to
find cut.
The event was publicized and
about 800 people turned out. Fred
Stanek was the winner, husking
1875 bushels.
Small Cash Prizes
Wallace made it an annual af-
fair and since then it has attract
ed contestants from throughout II
corn belt states: Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, Hi
nois, Indiana, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Nebraska and
Kansas.
Farm publications in each state
sponsor state contests, choosing
a state champion and runner-up.
These % winners are qualified
for the national husking bee.
Besides the 500 for first place,
the national contest pays $50 for
second place, $25 for third, SIS
for fourth and $40 fer fifth.
eve have refused much larger
cash prizes" says Raymond H.
Gilkeson of Topeka, Kas., general
chairman of the 1889 contest. eve
want to keep this strictly an anna
teur, sporting farm event."
The 1889 contest field, on
University of Kansas farm, was
planted early this spring. Despite
drouth it is expected to yield
from go to 70 bushels an acre, far
about the 1889 state average.
!. No Time. To Rest - Fl
The site has been arranged in
% strips, one for each contestant,
with six rows of corn about a
quarter of mile long in each
strip.
No time out is allowed after
the contest starts. 1t is a test of
endurance as we'll as skill.
1t takes 1000 officials and
guards to conduct the event. Be-
tween each contest strip, 10 rows
of corn are cut down to make
room for spectators. Forty guards
are assigned to each husker to
keep the cheering crowds back
from his corn.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02
Church At Wanda
To Hold Bazaar
BY Esther Doenke

Wanda-St. Matthias congrega-
ton will have supper ard baz-
aar at the Wanda hall Sunday.
Genevieve Jennigcs, Victor
Eichten and Donald Harrington
visited Florence Pelzel at Morgan
Wednesday evening. !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Doepke and
Esther called at Walnut Grove
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Evans
were Mankato visitors Saturday.
Stanley Doyle of Lamberton
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02

FROM ALL APPEARANCES The
most unsafe place in this war is in the Eng
lish navy.
THE WILLMAR BASEBALL TEAM
has advertised some slightly used bats for
sale' to pay club deficit. Any team that
uses it's bats only slightly is certain to have
a deficit.
IF OUR COUNT is RIGHT, A NEIGH
boring weekly paper has nine columns, writ
ten by five or six columnists. This COM
munity is so wel-behaved it's difficult to find
dirt enough for one.
NOTHING DRESSES UP A STREET
like curb and gutter and blacktop. Even
residents of Redwood Falls who didn't sign
petitions for such improvements wouldn't
have them taken away today for three times
the cost.
-
THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF SWING
music we have heard was given by the man
who said it reminded him of collision he
once witnessed between a truck load of
empty milk cans and another containing
three crates of ducks.-Heron Lake News.
STAIN HAS OPENED HIS CAM
paign against lazy workmen in Russia by
ed. The penalty may not be considered so
severe. Everybody knows few fellows who
would rather be shot than go to work.-Ben-
son Monitor.
IN POINT OF PERSONS GAINFULLY
employed and those in pursuit of an educa-
ton the democratic public school system of
the United States is the largest institution
of it's kind in the world Nothing to compare
with it has ever before risen in history
Mortified News.
DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Norway lost 800 ships by sinking, more than
any other neutral power. Yet she held her
tongue, continued to do business at fat
profit with both Allies and Central powers,
kept her pride in her pocket, STAYED OUT,
and SAVED HER BOYS.-Hennepin County
Review
/ TWO SEASONED REDWOOD COUN-
ty farmers were talking about the weather
up at the courthouse Tuesday. Both agreed
they never saw nicer year. Neither men
toned that the fall has been unusually dry
They've lived here long enough to know that
dry falls are offset either by heavy SHOWS or
wet springs, almost as routine as the taxes
they were in to pay.
WE HOPE THAT THE TIME WILL
come when every school house in the land
will be bright at night. We hope that par
ents and those who have reached maturity
will be back in school rooms seeking educa-
ton. The facilities exist. The school houses
are used but part of the days. There are
many hours in which they may be used for
other purposes than teaching the three RS.
Grand Rapids Herald.
THE REPORT OF THE RECREATION
association board on Memorial Field costs
was one of the most interesting bits of read
ing in last weeks Gazette. Here is fine
example of project made possible through
made work, a permanent Improvement in
which the workmen can take pride. Yet it
cost little more than would have been re-
CURED to support the same families under
dole system.
Next logical development at the athletic
field and one which could be financed almost
as easily is swimming pool
Several nearby communities have OBJ
tanned swimming pools as federal projects
and have found them self-supporting and
highly popular.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-11-02

The oldest known fossils are
found in rocks 900 million years
old.
The earth maves around the sun
at speed of 20 miles second.
Evening star., 1939-12-31

East and West had kept out of
the bidding until the contract of six
spades was reached, when West,
having four spades to two honors
and the king and one heart, thought
it was time to put in double, which
he did. Although it proved to be
disasterous, it looked as if it were
the right thing. especially since the
spade bid came in on the second
round.
West, who was Mr.. Hoffman,
however, was in a quandary regard
ing his opening lead, but as the
three other suits had been named
by his opponents in the bidding, he
quite naturally led a small heart
hoping to make trick in that suit
or set up one in his partners hand.
Declarer won with the ace and lead
ing his singleton king of diamonds
overlook it in dummy and played
the queen and jack of the suit, dis
carding his two losing hearts.
When the original lead was made
and dummy went down. Mr.. Nichol-
son realized that Vests double
meant he had the king of hearts
and probably the king and three
other spades. His double indicated
that much.
If the king of clubs were in East's
hand he saw possibilities of max
ing the contract, provided, of course,