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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
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After Lows of
Fl Below Zero
TIE-UP AFTER STORM
{ TEMPORARY; ROADS
CLEAR AGAIN

The weather had its ups and
downs this week. Today marked
an up.
The cold mark of the wee he trs
this morning was five degrees be-
low zero and the mercury had
reached a fairly comfortable zero
about the time business places
were opening for the day.
A short-lived blizzard, the
worst of its kind in recent years,
swept into the community last
Thursday.
Six and one-half inches of snow
which fell Thursday and Friday
were caught up by the gale and
packed into heavy drifts through
out the county. Bus and train
schedules were delayed, school
buses were tied up and scores
were snowbound in the commune
ty overnight.
County plows, going to work as
soon as the blast died down Fri
day, had most roads open by Sat-
urday night. Some stretches near
Delhi were cleared Sunday.
Two FL degrees below zero
temperatures were recorded dur
ing the week by N. B. Andersen,
government weather observer.
The weeks record.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
PARENTS HONORED
AS SCOUTS ATTAIN
RANK OF EAGLES
COURT OF HONOR HIGH
POINT IN ANNIVER-
SARY WEEK HERE

Parents of Leo Joe Lauterbach
and John Bovee took part in the
impressive ceremony which made
them Eagle Scouts at Court of
Honor, the high point of the OBJ
servance of Boy Scout week here.
Other Scouts were advanced in
rank at the court which was held
Monday at Lincoln school. Rob-
ert Marquardt, assistant Scout
executive of the Minnesota Valley
area, assisted in the exercises and
Rev. Clyde D. Lindsey, j. j..
Salzwedel, Clifford James, John
Hoepner and Richard Cook, Red
wood Falls Scouters, were on the
stage.
J. J. Lauterbach and N. H.
Bovee presented badges to their
sons who in turn presented them
to their mothers in the Eagle serv-
ices.
Life Scout awards went to
Everett Lynn and Kenneth Par
sons, both of troop 33 and four
Scouts of troop IA received Star
ranks. They are William Cook,
John Lauterbach, Henry Nupson
and William Inglis.
Frank Forbes and Rodney Clark
were advanced to First class and
Charles Allen, Robert Cook and
Stanley Slocum to Second class.
, Scout life guard awards went to
David Feigal, George Barnes,
Donald Gold, Paul Duea and Bill
Continued on Page 81
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
County Farmers Get
Crop Bases For '39
135,919 ACRES OF CORN
ALLOTTED, REDUCTION
OF 1,S0O ACRES

Crop bases for the 1899 AAA
program were mailed this week to
every Redwood county farmer
from the soil conservation office.
They were figured on the basis
of the countrywide allotment of
135,919 acres of corn, a reduction
of about 1900 acres from that of
the 1888 farm program.
Total acreage of soil depicting
crops allowed by the government
in Redwood county this year is
318,308, a reduction Of about 1,5OO
acres from last year.
George ClausSen, county AAA
head, emphasizes that appeals
from, bases must be made to the
county committee within Is days
of the date of base announce
ments. The letters are dated Feb
ruary II and ID
After the Is day period, no APP
peals can be considered, he said.
Reasons for appeals must be
made in the farmers own hand
writing before his problem is TAX
en- up.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
HALLOCK HOTEL
FIRE VICTIMS
BODY REMOVED

Hallock Up - Searchers dug
the charred body of woman
from ruins of the Kittson hotel
today and started looking amid
the clouds of smoke for the body
of a salesman also believed trap
ped in the fire that destroyed five
buildings yesterday.
Eloise Jensen, 80, stenograph-
er in the Farm Security admins
tratior's office in Hallock, who
lived in the hotel, was trapped in
/ the ruins.
She was the daughter of Nor
man Jensen, owner of enc of the
five buildings which burned in
the Hallock business district. She
was last seen shortly before the
fire when she informed friends
she was going to her room. A few
minutes after the blaze was dis
covered at HAS p. m. Tuesday,
flames blocked the hotel stairway.
A salesman who registered un-
der the name of Robertson was
also missing following the fire.
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Gliding that an offer of use of a
set of griddles for such events
should not be passed up, and then
spent much more time trying to
estimate how much flour, how
much butter, how much syrup,
how much coffee, cream and sugar
would be required to accom-
modate how much of a crowd.
They determined to have enough
of everything, and more on tap if
their estimates ran short.
They also decided to tempt a
greater crowd than steaming
PANCAKES might by declaring it
a day of hot specials in Redwood
Falls and to ask each merchant to
serve up an extra special buy on
something-each different item
and to advertise it far and wide
through cooperative plan which
should assure success.
Next week the Gazette will
reach out to more than double
the usual number of homes to tell
interested persons everywhere in
the territory of FREE PANCAKE
DAY. In the meantime every
reader is urged to tell the neigh
bors, relatives and friends that
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
PROGRAM PLAN
SESSIONS SLATED
Z MEETINGS ARRANGED
FOR All OFFICERS
AND ADULT LEADERS

All club program planning
meetings in various parts of Red
wood county are scheduled next
week. All club leaders and Of
ficers will attend.
The meeting schedule follows:
Cali start at 8 p. n.y.
Monday-County agents office,
Redwood Falls. Leaders and Off
GERS of Redwood Mixers, Paxton
Go-Getters, Arrow Champs and
Four Leaf Clovers.
Tuesday-Two meetings.. L.
Slaymaker home, Morgan. Jolly
Troopers, Morgan Spotlights,
Three Lake Beavers and Glenn
ents Crusaders to be represented.
Mrs. Jack Kotval home, Vesta.
Leaders and officers of Milroy
Imperials, Underwood Willing
Workers, Vesta Girls club and
Sunnyside Workers.
Wednesday = Two meetings -
Nick Eden home, Lamberton.
For Charlestown Happy Workers,
Lamberton Ever Readies and Re-
we're Thimble club officers and
leaders.
Henry Zachte home, Lamberton.
Leaders and officers of Wabasso
White Rabbits and Wanda Will
ing Workers.
Thursday George Kohls home
Belview. Leaders and officers of
Oak Grove, Belview Boosters,
Sheridan SIS. and Galloping
Gophers.
Friday-Esther Freeburg home,
Walnut Grove. Leaders and Off
GERS of Springdale Climbers,
North Star, Gales Rousers and
County Toppers.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
ZwachSubmits
Bill on Relief
List Publicity
CIVIL SERVICE BILL
BEFORE HOUSE FOR =
EARLY DISPOSAL

st. Paul-(P)-The state house
of representatives today had be-
fore it a bill which would permit
county welfare boards, with the
approval of the board of county
commissioners, to publish their
proceedings once month. 1t is
sponsored by Representative John
NJ Zwach of Walnut Grove.
Legislative leaders expected tc
get the civil service bill over its
first major hurdle in the house by
the end of this week. That would
put it in the senate's hands for
action next week.
AS it now stands, the bill draft
ed by the house civil administra-
ton committee provides for COM
petitive examinations for all can
didates for state jobs except those
who have been on the state pay
roll at least four and one-half
years. Some of the labor mem
berS of the house have expressed
dissatisfaction with the provision,
contending that all holders OF
state jobs should be "blanketed'
in without taking any examina-
ton at all. The provisions of the
bill would subject thousands OF
Farmer :. Laborites appointed
since January l, 1885, to examin-
ations. Other factions feel that
all state employees should take
qualifying examinations and ex-
pect to try amending the law for
this purpose.
The possibility of reducing rates
in the Minnesota income tax law
began to fade Wednesday as legis-
lative leaders turned to the task
of rewriting the law and changing
some of its provisions.
Revamping of the law will be
tackled late today by the senate
tax committee Revisions contem-
plated would correlate the state
law to the federal income tax SO
far as gross receipts, expenses, de-
pletion, depreciation and gains
and losses are concerned.
The likelihood that the current
rates, also the subject of heavy
complaint around the state, will
not be altered this session was
brought out by Representative
Rollin G. Johnson of Forest Lake,
chairman of the house tax COM
mittee.
"The budget submitted by the
governor" he said, sis based on
estimated revenues from present
tax sources, including the amount
expected from the income tax. II
we alter the rates, we will cut off
some of the revenue and throw the
state budget out of balance"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
DELINQUENT LIST
INCLUDES LANDS
IN ALL DIVISIONS
$38,264.37 OR 4.4% OF
1887 TAXES NOT PAID
IN COUNTY

Owners of SGT parcels of land
in Redwood county have $38 ,264.-
81 in real estate taxes delinquent
since 1887, a list published in this
issue of the Gazette reveals.
Delinquency is nearly A per
cent of the $874,611.69 tax levy
that year.
Stree the list was made up as of
January l this year $9,162 in 1887
taxes and penalties were paid up.
Those items are omitted from the
published list, of course.
Not a single city, village or
township in the county is free of
1887 tax delinquencies.
Walnut Grove leads villages
with 80 delinquencies ard the city
of Redwood Falls tops the list
with taxes on rs parcels of land
remaining unpaid.
Of the townships Morgan ranks
the lowest in delinquencies with
only one recorded. Lamberton and
Paxton are high with 20 each.
Other precincts and their delin-
quencies are: Brookville 3; Char
lestown II; Delhi township 9;
Gales 4; Granite Rock 10; Homer
10; Johnsonville Is; Kintire ID;
New Avon Z; North Hero IL; Red
wood Falls township IL; Sherman
6; Sheridan 9; Springdale 9; Sun
down 8; Swedes Forest 4; Three
Lakes z; Underwood 10; Vail 8;
Vesta township 2; Waterbury IL;
Westline Z; Willow Lake Is; Bel,
view 10; Clements 10; Delhi 7;
Lamberton Fl; Lucan g.; Milroy
Is; Morgan 8; North Redwood Ia;
Revere 10; Sanborn "a; Seaforth
6; Vesta Z; Wabasso 9 and Wanda
20.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
TRAINS COLLIDE,
TWO MEN KILLED

Quincy, Miss.-(P = Two men
were killed and seven injured, one
probably fatally, early today in
head-on collision between a fast
Frisco passenger train and
freight train, one mile west of
here
The engineer and porter on the
passenger were killed and a man
riding behind the freight engine
was critically scalded.
The passenger, rounding sharp
curve, plowed head-on into the
freight train which had stopped.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
Relief Costs
$1,000 Higher
Than in 1897
PER FAMILY EXPENSE
RUNS TO $1,0S2 IN
ONE HEALTH CASE

An accounting of every
cent of we'll over two million
dollars handled by Redwood
county officials last year is in
Guided in the annual financial
statement published in this
weeks issue of the Gazette.
Among interesting facts
revealed is that the county
received $322.66 in filing fees
$3.50 for county filings and
$62.66 for state filings. Auction
GERS paid $50 for licenses.
Fines and costs of municipal
district and justice courts brought
in $330.93.
Total welfare disbursements for
the year were $l99,872.46, about
81 900 over 1887.
Direct relief to the poor ranged
from 81 for call at doctors Of
flee for a Redwood Falls man to
1,082.53 spent for medical and
other aid to a man with a heart
ailment who died during the year.
There are ii children in the fami-
ly.
Payroll Over $4,000
The second largest direct relief
payment went to man who is a
patient at the Walker tuberculosis
sanitarium and his family. Funds
spent in that instance amounted
to $748.11.
Salaries paid by the county to
commissioners, auditor, treasurer,
judge of probate, clerk of court,
county attorney, superintendent of
schools, the sheriff, jailer, court
reporters and court house janitor
| and several clerks in the offices.
included, amounted to $50, 230 80.
There was an added expense of
81, 871.4 8 for travelling expenses
for some officials.
I Jurors serving in district court
here. drew $1,814.2O. Miscellan-
eouS expenses of court terms in
Guiding fees of attorneys appoint
ed by the court, bailiff's pay,
meals for juries, transcripts of
evidence and witness fees amount
ed to $658.88.
Expenses of insanity examina-
tons, mileage and witnesses in
probate court amounted to $685.
90.
Coroners fees and mileage for
the year were $3.50.
Assessors attended a meeting to
get posted on their work and
were paid for their time as well
as mileage to the session. This
amounted to $245.70.
S2,319 For Repairs
Court house and Jail repairs
cost $2,319.89, the removal of two
| court house steeples and the re-
roofing of the Jail bringing the
item to new heights. Supplies for
court house and Jail cost $515.69.
1t cost the county $955.5O to
board its guests at the jailhouse.
Crow and wolf bounties paid
out to county marksmen totaled
$3.50.
AS allowed by state law, the
county promotes patriotism i'll
paying veterans organizations for
their work in Memorial day cere-
Continued on page eighty
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
C AND C ADDS EVENT
TO YEARS PROGRAM;
WILL OFFER BUYS

March l will be moving day for
some, tax day for many and per-
haps an anniversary day to few
but in REDWOOD FALLS it will
be PANCAKE DAY for EVERY
ONE.
Plans were virtually completed
at meeting of directors of the
Civic and Commerce association
Tuesday noon to squeeze in the
special event, which about. winds
up the PANCAKE season and
make it something to remember.
The armory bias been secured
and the day will be devoted to
dishing up and serving, with but
ter and syrup and coffee on the
side, all the PANCAKES that re-
sidents of the community can con-
sume-all entirely FREE.
From sometime during the
morning until late afternoon, a
crew of griddle experts will mani
pulate the turner's as fat, brown
CAKES rise and are dished up to
be served to waiting customers.
Directors took little time in de-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
Farm Auction
Prices Above
Last Winter
CROWDS LARGER, BIDS
BETTER; 10 SLATED
FOR NEXT 10 DAYS

Farm sales have been exception
ally well attended this winter
with prices proportionately bet
ter, according to reports of Ga
Zette-advertised auctions already
conducted.
Power farm machinery is in
particular demand but horses are
selling good and horse drawn ma
chinery is described as going
pretty fair" At a sale near here
this week, five purebred gifts
brought from SAL to sS43.50, cows
went to $3.50 and heifers, under
two years, to SGT. Feeding pigs
sold well and oats brought 80
cents per buShel.
Sales are thicker than ever Tor
the next two weeks, the schedule
including the following:
Today-LarS Meyer and c. A.
Marsh.
Saturday-Christ KurtZ
February 20-John Anderson
February 2l-August Frederik-
sen Estate
February pm. F. Christen-
sen and Sons.
S. l.. Park Bred
Sow Sale
February 23-Bert Virgins
February 24-Oscar H. Schmidt
February 25-J. w. Masching
The Frederiksen sale was post
poned because of the blizzard last
Friday and will now be held
Tuesday. Announced for a later
date last week, the Oscar H.
Schmidt auction is slated Febru-
airy "a.
The Schmidt sale, ten miles
northwest of Redwood Falls, Of
ferS 10 head of cattle, five horses,
hogs, farm machinery and house.
hold goods. Christ Kurtz, at his
sale Saturday, offers 18 cattle, 10
hogs, three horses and farm ma
chinery He lives on the old Earl
Peabody farm, a mile north of
Redwood Falls.
An event which undoubtedly
will attract buyers from the
greatest distance is the annual S.
l.. Park purebred Hampshire gilt
and sow sale which this year of
fers 55 head. Requests for book
lets used in advertising the event
have come from breeders in many
states. The event is February %,
same day as the M. F. Christensen
and Sons auction, one of the big
sales of the season, particularly in
machinery.
Also large sale is that of Bert
Virgins, a mile west and two
miles north of Redwood Falls,
next Thursday. Mr.. Virgins has
20 good Holsteins, five horses,
seed, feed and some furniture for
sale, besides long list of machin-
cry.
The John Anderson sale includ-
es power machinery, 81 cattle and
three horses. The place is three
miles west of Gilfillan.
One of comparatively few sales
in the Vesta area this year, the j.
W. Masching auction February 25
offers machinery, cattle, horses,
chickens and some household
goods. The place is two and one
half miles west and half mile
south of Vesta.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
3 County Hardware
Men i'm rs Year Club

Three Redwood county men
will become members of the Min
nesota Retail Hardware Dealers
association 25-year club at the
annual convention of the group in
the st. Paul auditorium Tuesday
through next Friday.
c. G. Seeman of Milroy, A. ".
Pearson of Revere and the man
agement of the Dahms hardware
at Walnut Grove will be indicted
into the quarter-century club.
Homme and Sebey of Echo and S.
A. Smith and Sons of Renville
will also receive the honor.
w. E. Paffrath, Carlyle Jaehn-
ing. AL and Ronaldo Drogosch of
Redwood Falls expect to attend
the conclave.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
TWO MEN KILLED
AT PENNINGTON

Pennington Up = Two men
were killed and another injured
today when their automobile and
a truck crashed headon five miles
south of here.
/ Killed were Harold Robinson of
Castle Rock and August First, a
farmland near Castle Rock. Verne
Castle, third occupant. was SER
iously injured. James Frame, also
of Castle Rock escaped with
slight cuts.
= Bob Vogels, 80, of Faribault, the
truck driver; escaped injury. The
auto was demolished.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
EB MARTIN, ONE
OF CITY'S FIRST
RESIDENTS. DIES.

Eben Moves Martin, who came
to Redwood Falls with his father
O. c. Martin and Colonel Samp-
son McPhail, its first two citizens,
died in Portland, Oregon, January
10, according to word received
Wednesday from his. brother,
Grant Martin.
Mr.. Martin was IS years of age.
He lived in New Avon township
for many years before moving
west.
Grant Martin, now living in
Minneapolis, is the only survivor
of the family of eight children.
Eben Martin is survived by
seven of his 10 children.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
Here's A Bellringer!

KIND today rang the bell
with a brand new type of
crime.
Through their microphones
operators ''t0Iled" of q bell,
a large church bell, stolen in
the night from q church at
Bayard, Iowa.
Authorities thought junk
dealers of the area would
stand checking.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
Morgan Memorial
Grant Increased

Morgan - An increase in the
PWA grant for the library-mus-
eum-community building to be
erected here as memorial to c.
D. Gilfillan has been increased
from $10,140 to $15,750, the will
age council was advised this
week. G. O. Gilfillan will give
SIS, 900 for the project which will
cost $4,000 instead of $23, 1000 as
originally planned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
Pea MOVES INTO
BURRIS BUILDING

The Redwood Falls Production
Credit association staff moved in
to a suite of attractive offices
Monday. Located in the Burris
building, the offices are light and
airy, decorated with tan and
cream Nu-Wood.
The move was scheduled for
February l but delayed because
new office furniture did not ar
rive in time.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
POpe's Important
Role Stressed by
Hitler Ambassador

Vatican City-(P) = Reichfuer-
her Hitler's ambassador to the
Holy See informed the college of
cardinals today that the new Pope
they are to choose would play an
important role in the development
CT new world.
The ambassador, Diego Won
Bergen, spoke when he led the
diplomatic corps of which he is
head to call upon the cardinals
for formal presentation of condol-
ences on the death of Pope Plus
XI.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
WABASSO WOMAN
is 100 YEARS OLD

so-"Grandma" Hammer
schmidt celebrated her one-hun-
dredth birthday Monday after
noon at the home of her SON
George B. Hammerschmidt.
Guests who joined her on the
unusual occasion were Mrs. John
Goblirsch Sr., Mrs. Mary Cob
lirsch, Mrs. Charles P. Goblirsch
Mrs. Mary Brix, Mrs. Frank
Starken, Mrs. John Zeren, Mrs
Mary Kretsch and Mrs. Joseph
Schunk ST..
She was presented with birth
day cake.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
Postofice Staff
Expects Building,
Gets Red Wagon

Part of Redwood Falls flea1
poStoftfce arrived here Tues
day, although the site of the
federal building is still in the
process of selection.
The addition lDill be housed
in the old building until the
neW structure is lDatertight.
1t is a fine apagon for the
package deliUerypla1l 4, with
bright red lDheelS and hand
les.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
On Inquiry Committee

Senator Alexander Seifert, Brown
and Redwood county member in
the state senate, has been named
a member of the legislative COM
mittee which will carry on the in
vestigation of state departments
Five senators and five members OF
the house make up the committee,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
Postpone Weed Meeting

The annual Redwood county
weed meeting scheduled for
March l has been postponed until
April l on request of c. p. Bull,
new state weed commissioner.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
PRUDENT USE OF
RESOURCES URGED

Washington = P) - President
Roosevelt submitted to congress
today a national resources COM
mittee report proposing policies,
investigation and legislation to
carry forward a broad national
program for the prudent utiliza-
ton and conservation of the ma
TONS energy resources"
In special message the presi-
dent said national policies, con-
corning coal, oil, gas and water
power, must recognize the avail
Utility of all of them instead of
prescribing separate programs.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
C AND C TO SPONSOR
BANDS ST. PAUL TRIP

The Civic and Commerce asso-
citation will "underwrite" trans
portation expense of the Redwood
Falls High school pep band, 25
pieces, to the Alexandria Red
wood Falls game at the Hamline
university field house in st. Paul
Saturday night, directors decided
Tuesday. The band will go in the
Vesta school bus, expenses
amounting to about SIS.
Directors also heard repre-
sentative of the Credit Records,
Inc. office at Marshall. The firm
is considering establishing an Of
flee here.
Further plans for levying lump
sum assessments for the year were
worked out and the Diamond
Jubilee celebration and Farmers
Institute were briefly discussed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
ECONOMICAL CONGRESS
EVEN CUTS OWN BUDGET

Washington - up - The house
appropriations committee continu-
ed its economy drive today by
recommending an appropriation Of
only $22,150,698 to run the legis-
lative establishment for the next
fiscal years. 1877, 248 less than
the estimate.
This reduction was effected
despite the fact that the COM
mittee, alarmed by an engineers
report that the roof of the senate
and house wings of the capitol
fall far short of modern safety
requirements, reluctantly includ-
ed" $585,000 to remedy the de-
feet.
The committee turned thumbs
down on request for 100000
for installation of moving side
walk" in the subway linking the
capitol and office buildings ex-
planning it was mot impressed
with the feasibility of the system
and considers the cost excessive"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-02-16
County Disbursements Over 2 Millions
Merchants Will Serue Free
Pancakes in City March I

whatever else they may have
planned for March l, they must
also plan to stop in Redwood Falls
for serving of steaming PAN
CAKES.