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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29

ed for Stassen because they
thought they were going to gel
more liberal old age assistance
and those on relief and WPA vot-
ed for him because Benson was
not giving them enough" the FL
bow Lake newspaper publisher
remarked.
Petersen followed the line OF
the speech he delivered before the
county commissioners convention
in Minneapolis February s, with
comment on the Twin Cities press
treatment of the speech.
There were only about Is boos
from that crowd of 900,' he said,
referring to newspaper reports
that there was "a general round
of boos." They came, he said,
when he hit the state old age as
sistance lien law. "As for the
Sinking of responsibility by
children toward their parents, ]
doubt there has been much OF
that" he added.
''It was an unwise move to low
er the state gasoline tax from
four cents per gallon to thret
cents, which law becomes effec-
tive September /, 1940," in the
opinion of the railroad and ware
house commissioner.
Assuming we need the -four
cent gas tax, this reduction of one
cent, amounting to over $4,000, 00(
annually, must be made up in
some form of taxation or roads
will suffer.
LET us not have legislation thai
tends toward, increase in genera,
property taxes such as the law
that decreased the gas tax"
The homestead lien law is "s
monthly small loan law for the
home-owners, while we continue
with pension act for those who
have no property" Petersen stat
ed, at is ruthless law and un.
fair in its application.
''It seems that even our youth
full state administration needs an6
gladly accepts the aid of its elder:
in the federal government" hi
said in reporting that federal
loans and grants in Minnesota
during the fiscal year 1899 total
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
WOULD DEFER

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Continued from page l.
for all workers willing and able
to work, we believe it is the OBJ
legation of government to provide
useful employment at a living
wage" is a platform plank.
Another favors a universal old
age pension plan. Pending en-
actment of such law, we favor
repeal of the Minnesota old age
assistance law and the liberaliza-
ton of the law as far as possible
under the provisions of the feder-
al act"
Favor &c Gas TAX
Enactment of a four cent tax on
gasoline was urged by the con-
vention which opposed the diver
sion of any portion of the tax to
any other than highway purposes.
Opposition to repeal of the one
mill road and bridge tax was also
expressed.
An increased iron ore tax and a
plan that would in time replace
most other taxes through the in
come tax and revision of the bank
tax law $50 that law, rather than
agreement shall govern taxation
of banks" were also prescribed.
eve are opposed to the issu-
ance of tax exempt government
bonds" tine platform concluded.
Insisting that 80 per cent of
the people of Minnesota should be
on one side in the fight between
conservatism and liberalism, Mr..
Barker, former speaker of the
house of representatives, said,
"Our problem is getting people to
vote for their own interests and
we've got battle on our hands.
II don't say the federal admin
istration is 100 per cent, but I do
say people have to do some think
ing" he said in citing opposition
to the federal farm program which
brought 100000 into his county
in soil conservation checks alone.
I'm the last election people vot-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
3 Youth Freeze
Feet After Mishap

Three pair of frozen feet result
ed when a car full of Redwood
Falls students slid into the ditch
on the bottoms road between
North Redwood and Morton Sat-
urday night, the engine died and
two of the boys were forced to
walk for aid.
Earl Storts-who had his faith
er's car-and Charles Young
walked four and one-haIf miles
toward Morton after the machine
left the icy road. They reached a
farmhouse whose occupants gave
the group a ride to town.
Storts, Young and Bill Cook,
who remained with the car, sus-
tanned frozen feet and Stort's ears
were frozen, too. Others in the
group, Clarence Trefry, Bertha
Richard and Arlene Zieske, escap-
ed without inquiry.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29

channel, it is being built by using
excavation from the open bitches
to build shallow bikes on each
side of the ditch, forcing flood
waters to enter the channel
through inlets or catch basins
located behind the bikes and car
ried to the channel through tile
and corrugated metal outlets.
Similarly, the tile bitches are
provided with catch-basins in
every low spot transversed by the
tile so that flood waters will be
taken off quickly and without
erosion.
All tile lines are laid below
frost line, not only to prevent
freezing but to forestall sapping
of soil moisture needed for the
growing crop.
Even with all the refnements
employed in this drainage project,
the cost of construction has been
so much below past prevailing
prices that sufficient money re-
mains in the construction fund to
take care of another drainage
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
Lame Pheasant, Badly Beaten
In Fight, Rescued by Pastor

"a mower. But a substitute foot
has been formed and the bird
limps about like a crippled per-
son wearing leather pad at the
point of leg amputation.
Rev. Birkholz rubbed vaseline
into the head wounds received in
the fight and even cleansed the
eyes with boric acid.
Game Warden AL Boysen,
whom Rev. Birkholz called into
consultation, said the minister
couldn't let the pheasant go in its
present condition. AS soon as he
has guided the pheasant through
convalesence, he intends to free
it, Rev. Birkholz said.
The pheasant's name?
"Peg-Leg Pete"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
Sleepy Eye BadmintOn
Men Surprise Selves

A travelling troupe of Sleepy
Eye badminton players came to
Redwood Falls Tuesday night SO
afraid of a trimming that Ollie
Neudecker, who arranged the
match, wouldn't give the names
of his team members.
They didn't know their own
strength.
Out of % games with a Red
wood Falls team which included
Ken De Groat, Clark and Elmer
Sponaugle, Russell Whiting and
Fred Pfeiffer, the Sleepy Eye men
took 81,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29

Rev. E. A. BirkholZ, natural
enemy of the pheasant in October,
is the fowls friend in February.
He saw beautiful cock lying
dazed in the snow along the Red
wood Falls Wabasso road Sum
day afternoon as he was returning
from call on friends. Rescued,
the wounded bird is being nursed
in the Birkholz chicken coop.
1t must have been a fierce fight
that felled the cock, because there
were hundreds of birds, pheasants
and other species, watching as
well as participating when he
came along, the Lutheran minister
said.
One Of the pheasant's legs is
missing below the joint, shot off
last hunting season, or cut off in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
Checker Team Has
Won IL Out of II

Eleven wins out of an even doz-
en- matches is the proud record of
Redwood Falls checker team
which meets Milroy here Monday
night. Their only defeat was
hard to take. 1t came from the
Redwood Knights, the city's sec
ond checker organization.
Last Monday night Redwood
Falls won from Wabaso II, 48 to
Is and the week before they de-
feated Wabasso l, A to 20, play
ing both games at Rabbit head
quarters.
Loren Krusemark is manager Of
the team which also includes Viii
liam Stonebeck, Clifford Wilkin-
son and Ben Pelz.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
It's The Tourney
Season; Volleyball
PlayOM Starting

Six teams will begin play in a
Redwood county volleyball tour
nament at the Lincoln gymnasium
tonight. Further matches will be
played at Wabasso and the meet
will be completed next week.
Aggregations, entered are: Bel
view, Wabasso, Zieske's of Wabas-
so, the Morton Indians and two
Redwood Falls teams. The city's
first team includes John Hoepner,
Phillip Beardsley of the Social
Security office, Ken De Groat, Ell
mer Sponaugle, J. j. Salzwedel,
Robert Dorf, Raymond F'reise and
Donald KohlS,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
Resident Engineer
Traces Benefits Of
Government Spending
NContlnued from page one)

Continued from page one)
with the help of the government
through the PWA in furnishing
he capital necessary to build
such worthwhile projects as the
schools in Walnut Grove, Revere
Lamberton, Sanborn, Morgan,
Mllroy and Redwood Falls.
Redwood county is the onlv
one in the United States that has
had the progressive vision to OBJ
tam the economic help of the
PWA IN solving the farm drain
age problem" he pointed out.
The ditch will reclaim thou
sands of acres and make many
more thousands more productive.
he averred. 1t has been called the
finest laid-out drainage system in
the state.
Constructed to eliminate ero-
sion and filling of the drainage
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
CCC PLACES OPEN

Applications for April enroll
ment in the Civilian Conservation
Corps are being taken at the Red
wood county welfare office IN the
basement of the public library.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-02-29
The Weather

Average max. temperature 21.8
Average min. temperature 3.4
Average mean temperature 1875
Total precipitation for Febru-
airy .87 inch.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
MUNICIPAL HELP
RAISES COSTS
(Continued from PAGE One)

Continued from Page One)
met by the city, not the county.
eff the City of Key West were
financially able to assume all of
its own obligations, the per
capita cost of the county govern
ment would come down nearly in
line with other counties listed in
the lower operating brackets" :,
Commissioner Monsalvatge said.
''The fact that the county has
been contributing county funds
for certain municipal functions
has been a constant source of
criticism by the state auditor.
Members of the commission in
dictated that public opinion here
seems to favor continued county
support of some functions the
city is as yet unable to assume.
For that reason, they state, they
have been loath to repudiate
some of the city's bills. They be-
lieve, for example, that the coun-
ty should help maintain the city's
fire department because with
drawal of county-support would
have a serious effect on fire in
surance rates and the general
public welfare.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
RECREATION
PLANS START

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ball court is planned. Estimates
for material costs for lumber
and building materials for other
facilities designated, are to be
drawn up this evening for pre-
sentation at the City Council
meeting next Thursday night.
That body is expected to o. K.
an appropriation for this ma
terial.
Included in the initial move
was a social program to be Of
fered service men at American
Legion hall at regular periods.
Full Committee Meeting
At the meeting last night,
Chairman Charles Taylor out
lined results of investigations
made by the committee since the
first meeting last Thursday.
Colonial park was mentioned as
was move to obtain all or part
of the library hall for the service
men.
Commander Quinn addressed
the group and expressed himself
as being satisfied with progress
being made to date.
Additional subjects touched
upon included dances to be spon-
sored by the city government at
the National Guard armory, pat
ronage at diamondball and bas-
ketball games and a request to
get fishing guides to offer serv-
ices to the navy men who desired
to learn something of the world
famous Key West fishing.
The meeting was followed by a
short meeting of the executive
group.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
SPONGE HELP
NOW In BUDGET

Continued from Page One)
contained in the appropriations
bill when it is submitted to the
present Congress for considera-
ton.
Florida's congressional delega-
ton last year appealed to the
bureau to make an investigation
of the blight that had killed off
an estimated 80 per cent of the
sponges. The result of that re-
quest, which was backed by the
Chamber of Commerce here, was
that DR.. Paul S. Galtsoff, an ex-
pert, made an investigation here
with the assistance of. the Mon
roe, County Fisherman's AS
ISOLATION. He recommended a
sponge rehabilitation program.
1t is reported that the sponge
beds in which the Tarpon Springs
and Cedar Keys spongers operate
also will come under the pro-
gram that would be financed I'M
der he budget request.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
Noted Radio
Singer At Cabana

Jack Crawley, noted former
singer with Jimmy Livingston's
notwithstanding orchestra, is in
troduced today for the first time
in Florida at Fred Marvirs Ca
bana. Jack will play his guitar
and sing the songs all like to
hear in regular appearances at
The Cabana.
Tonight is Country Store Night
at The Cabana with prizes and
fun on hand for all. The Three
Girls of Note are still with The
Cabana and Carlos and Johnnie
are behind the bar.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
THE LOWDOWN
FROM HICKORY GROVE

I been reading where the Ma.
tive Sons out there on the Pa
cific, they are kind of in a guam
dairy. They got a problem on
their hands. Too many visitors.
The sunshine, and oranges, and
the one-piece bathing suits, they
are bringing in the tourists. But
instead of visitors with cash in
their jeans, they are getting the
New Era travellers. They are
swarming all over the place. And
they are overstaying their well
come-like a poor relation.
A New Era traveller, he is the
new kind resulting from expert
menting down there on the Sky
larking Potomac.
They invented a new kind of
farm down there-a marginal
farm. 1t was one where it was
hard to make a living thereon.
But so far as I can find out,
making a living any place, it is no
one-afternoon job-if you are a
farmer, or a barber, or tailor.
But anyway, the experiment on
marginal farms got under way,
and any farmer with a kind of
rowing nature and none too fond
of perspiration, he got a tank of
gas, and lit out.
He is now a marginal rover
and a new kind of problem, in
Sunny California.
Yours, with the low down.
10 SIERRA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
CLASSIFIED COLUMN

Advertisements under this head
will be inserted in The Citizen at
the rate of one-cent llc) a word
for each insertion. but the mini
mum for the first insertion in
every instance is twenty-five
cents t25c).
Advertisers should give their
street address as well as their
telephone number if they desire
results.
Payment for classified adver-
tisements is invariably in ad-
vance. but regular advertisers
with ledger accounts may have
their advertisements charged.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16

in the wind, Povey took off again
headed for Cuba.
Meeting Peterson's ship mid
way across the Straits, Povey
stood by" while he made the
perilous trip. 1t was Povey's in
tention to land in the water, if
necessary, to lend assistance to
Peterson should he be forced
down..
Three of the ships remained
overnight in Key West and left
early today for Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
PLANES FROM
CUBA HERE

Continued from Page One)
vana during the movement of the
planes from Cuba to Miami.
Povey was the first ship to ar
rive here from Havana. He came
in a powerful Waco, which had
no trouble with the head winds
encountered enroute to Key
West. Informed by radio that
John A. Peterson, flying a light
Beachcraft, was having difficulty
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
Today's Horoscope

Today indicates a profound
mind but with a sensual nature
There is thoughtful undercur-
rent and a peaceable nature, but
great force when the anger is
aroused. You should learn to
make your way by force of gen.
tie persistence. There is taste
for travel that should be graft
fled if possible.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
SchelbenS Arrive
For Second Year

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schelben of
Greenville, Miss, arrived here
over the highway Sunday to
spend the winter at Boca Chica
Fishing Camp.
Here for their first time last
year, the Schelbens liked Key
West so much that they returned
again this year. They are regu-
lar subscribers to The Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
Monroe County PIT. A.
Meets Tomorrow

Monroe County Council of Par
emit Teachers Association will hold
an important meeting tomorrow
afternoon, 800 o'clock, in the
auditorium of Division Street
School.
All members are urged to be
present as plans for the coming
School of instruction will be dis
cussed, according to the presi-
dent, Mrs. Mervin L. Russell.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
MANY OF THE GUESTS avail,

ed themselves of the perfect
weather yesterday to journey to
the Country Club for a round of
golf. Among those playing the
course were DR.. and Mrs. L. w.
Metz, c. B. Cole, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis c Sudler. Mr. and Mrs. L.
r. Hogle, and Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Colt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
FOR SALE

HOUSE and TWO LOTS, nine
rooms, all modern conven-
fences, beautiful lawn, double
garage. All taxes paid, furn-
ished, radio, piano, typewriter,
etc. $4,000 cash or $500 down,
balance in 115 years. Robt. j.
Lewis, 1911 Won Phister street.
dec11-s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
GETTING UP NIGHTS
CAUSED BY

Getting up nights may be
caused by sluggish kidneys. Kid
neys often need help same as
bowels. If excess acids and other
wastes are not regularly eli
minated, it may lead to burning,
scanty or frequent flow, back
ache, leg or rheumatic pains,
headache or dizziness. Keep kid
neys active. Get box of
.BUKETS from any druggist.
Your Csc back if not pleased in 4
days. Locally at Olivieri's Drug
Store.-advt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16

FOR SALE-2 lots, each 50x100.
Run from Washington to Won
Phister street. $3.50. Apply
rear 1877 Petronia street.
apr14-s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
Sese0ssSOsessssOsOeOssOs
CASA MARINA NOTES
esseOOs0OOoOOeoOoo0sSeoO

MANY OF THE KEY WEST
YOUNGER SET were among
those experiencing at the Casa
Marina last evening. Among
those seen were Miss Cornelia
Ricketts,, Miss Barbara Taylor,
Isabel Ball, Miss Betty Mo-
reno, Miss Marie Thompson, Miss
Mary Louise Spottswood, Miss
Patricia Gorham, John Allan
Long, William Warren, Jr., and
Walls Zurhurst.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
UNFINISHED SYMPHONY OF KEY WEST

Soft murmuring of the sea;
Wavelets playing the sand;
Sunbeams warming liesurely
The flora, smiling on the strand
Tom-toms beating omnously;
Red skins moving down the lea
Louder, louder grows the strain.
And answering conquered's loud refrain.
Bones staccato ghostily ~. ~
AS echoes die in victory,
And lone Key Largo's dismal chant
Is left to sing the funeral cant.
Then, suddenly there rose a strain
With martial music, and again
The pirates notes stilled, until
The theme con motto, loud and shrill,
Awoke and settlers came from far and wide,
And life seemed good The coming tide
Brought music, loud crescendoed;
The lively strains fortzendoed
Midst martial air. prosperity
Grew strong and regal Industry
And commerce came to loud climax
The glad refrain, and louder
But steadily there grew theme
Of discomfort and trouble;
The strains died down
To a murmuring sound
The drums began to double
Some moved away; the troops moved in;
war began to bubble
With feversh stride
railroad ride l-z.r
The population double
Again crescendoed loud the strain;
Again the joyous glad refrain
But soon the sombre melody
Of want and death and poverty
Became chant funereal,
AS hopeeSsnesS spread over all;
A world depression brought the theme
To toneless wailing. It would seem
AS tho the symphony must end
Ingloriously But no! Unbend,
Key Vest Thy hopeless prayers are heard!
For from President the word
Goes forth-"Arise! the beauties of Thy shore
Will smile transfgured evermore!
For tourists all will come to Thee
Thy gorgeous plants and trees; to see
The smiling Skies the start nights,
The blue blue waters; wondrouS sights
Of fish and flowers and flora green,
Within Thine islet may be seen
The whole year 'round".-So gather we
and hear anon,
Key Vests Unfinished Symphony!
BY "NONNA".
st. Fla,
194O
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
Mr.. AND MRS. P. L. HANNA

of Miami Beach, and Mr.. and
Mrs. J. Goode Hundley, also of
Miami Beach, while fishing
halliday with Captain McQuaide,
caught a forty-five pound sail
fish, taken by Mrs. Hanna cher
first; a 33-pound barracuda, TAX
en- by Mr.. Hanna; a 30-pound
kingfish, caught by Mr.. Hundley.
and two barracudas averaging Is
pounds each.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16

TWO LOTS on Washington
street near White. $3.50 for
quick sale. Apply 1919 Pearl
street. jan5-s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
ANSWERS TO
TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ
Below are the Answers 70 TodaY's
Daily Quiz printed on Page 2

l. A mechanism for restoring
suspended respiration.
2. Saltpeter.
8. He retired undefeated.
4. Yes. 4
5. Hinalayas.
6. The race is exclusively for
three-year-oldS.
z. Yes.
8. Roberto Wachholtz.
8. Ku-rik' -u-lum; not ku-ri-ku'-
lum.
10. Peru.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
NEWS FROM
PIRATES COVE
Sas0OsssUGa0OasesS00O0O

MR.. AND MRS. PAUL E. MEL
SON of Detroit, and Mr.. and Mrs.
c. F. Robb of Princeton, Ind,
while fishing with Captain Earl
McQuaide at Pirates Cove Fish
ing Lodge, caught three amber
jack, ranging in weight from 81
to 40 pounds; eight large black
groupers, four dolphins, two bar
racudas, and one kingfish. Mrs.
Nelson lost a sailfish at the stern
of the boat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16

MRS. C. A. NICKLAS and her
daughter, Helen Nicklas, of
Spring Lake, N. j., were at La
Casa for dinner last night with
Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Neville and
Mrs. A. B. Aldridge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-16
CAPTAIN McoUAIDE repc

CAPTAIN Mc0UAIDE reports
that permit are very active on
the flats near the camp. He
hooked two and landed one in an
hour and a halls fishing during
the past week. Fishing for large
shark is very good in the chan
mel running from the Atlantic to
the Gulf of Mexico past the
camp dock, many having been
seen on the edge of the channel
at low tide.
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