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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-11
Stride Made
In Offensive
Against Weeds
BLACK FALLUWING Is
BRINGING RESULTS;
LAWS IMPROVED

About rs members of the Red
wood county board and township
boards attended the Redwood
county weed meeting at the Lin
coin auditorium in Redwood Falls
Saturday.
They had a calm and congenial
session and this year black fall
low, not sodium chlorate, was the
point of interest.
George Hammerbeck of the
state department of agriculture
spoke at the morning gathering,
explaining forms employed by
local weed inspectors and giving
provisions of the weed and seed
law.
New seed and weed rulings
now in effect are: two super
viSOrs of the town board may
act legally with the town
chairman on weed matters;
all screenings must be thor
oughly ground or otherwise
devitalized before beng re-
tailed to farmers; it is now
illegal to sell seed if it con-
tainS any creeping jenny.
Previously 80 jenny seeds to
the pound were allowed.
Twenty-Five seeds of other
nOXiOus weeds to the pound
of agricultural seed are still
tolerated under the law.
Reviewing changes in methods
of weed control and eradication
found through recent experiments
at the Lamberton weed farm, G.
H. Schrader, also of the state
agricultural department, describ-
ed the new procedure for black
falloW eradication of creeping
jenny, or bindWeed.
He advocated blowing the jen-
ny-infeSted land in the spring and
then going over the plot with a
duck-foot cultivator every 10
days.
Until recently experts thought
it necessary to cultivate every five
or six days-noW they advise that
every 10 days is sufficient.
About Septmeber Is, the land
should be thickly soWn with rye,
about two bushels to the acre and
when this is harvested in the
summer ard the Stubble burned,
the process of keeping the plot
black should be started again
You can't kill jenny in one
year or even two" Mr.. Schrader
said, 1T might take three years."
In the first year, the
method which "starves out"
the long tough roots of the
jenny, kills them Is to Is
inches down, he said.
The fight lying ahead of those
engaged in the compaign against
jenny is not an easy one, he indi-
Gated, when he reported that ''the
shoe pincheS," in the case of in
festation of soil with jenny seeds
after the roots have been elimin-
ated. At the Lamberton farm, he
said, workers sifted out an even
bushel of jenny seeds per acre of
land.
Fer every dollar lost on live
stock, by diseases and so forth,
the farmer loses $12 through
weeds, he said. For every dollar
lost in plant diseases, he loses two
in weeds and for every dollar
eaten up by grasshoppers, he
loses So through weeds.
But we can do something
about it if we all move in the
same direction" he encouraged.
"If we do a vigorous job on a
friendly basis, we will have rs
per cent of the farmers back of
U.S."
Sodium chlorate, the most prac-
teal method of eradication of
weeds in small patches, should be
applied 10 to II feet beyond the
edge of the patch as the roots
radiate, he said 1t does not mat
ter whether it is applied dry or
in solution as it permeates the soil
rapidly in either case and is alb
Continued on page six)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-11
No Telling
About Census
CITY GAINED As PER
CENT ONE DECADE;
FEW IN ANOTHER

There's one sure thing in Red
wood county-you can't be sure
about the census. ~ h
In the last three official counts,
figures for the county and county
towns haven't even been consist
emily inconsistent.
Redwood Falls, for example,
gained only six in population
from 1900 to 1910 for an increase
of 3 of one per cent. Then the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-11
New On Faculty

Frances Prinz, left, tDho a1ill
begin her duties as school nurse
tDith the opening Of school meat
September, is graduate of the
School of Nursing at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. Her home is at
Long Prairie.
Marion E. Hanson Of Hutchin-
SON, right, a graduate of Mankato
Teachers college iDho has taught
third grade for ttDo gears at Nor
ton, has been elected to a similar
position here.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-04-11

"We're winding up on the
census this week." said May
or ]. c. Budik, urging anyone
who has not been counted to
call the census office, and the
mayors office or leave his
name with the police depart
ment or p0stoffice.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Farmers Agent
Cites Changes

II you were an owner OF one Of
the first automobiles manufactured
40 years ago. your liability insur-
ance policy would have been a re-
vised team and wagon policy &C
cording to G. l. Sovereign, local
representative of the Farmers
Automobile Inter Insurance Ex-
change.
The present automobile liability
policy is the outgrowth Of the team
insurance policy Of 80 years ago,
when a high percentage OF goods
was transported within the cities
by teams and wagons. Any old
timer will recall runaway team,
which. entirely out OF control.
would 90 rumbling down the cob
blestone streets of any Of our
larger cities. Liability in connec-
ton with the operation Of teams
and wagons was covered under
team insurance, and when the
automobile and truck supplanted
the team and wagon, the insurance
policy likewise took on a different
form.
Motor Car owners were first in
sured against fire at the rate Of the
building In which the machine was
stored. Tn. poor logic Of this
arrangement was soon realized be-
cause a car might be IN a fireproof
building one night. and the next
night in a shed beside an excelsior
factory where the fire hazards
would be many times as great.
The convenience Of insuring an
automobile completely In one com
pany has not always been possible.
explained Sovereign. because fire
and theft insurance was formerly
secured from one company and
liability and property damage and
collision from another.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18

South Side Nash Dealer
Speaks Of Vacations

Vscationlng America. with n
hearty appetite for travel. is pick.
ing July ms it's fnvorite motoring
month this year And July. IN
turn, In offering the tourist nm
unusual variety Of ~vonts and
fetes designed 10 lure him onto
the highways and byways Of the
nation.
Such diversified travel induce
ments aa the Democratic national
convention at Chicago and thu
Indian Sun Dance at Pocateilo,
Idaho. Will induce many n vana-
ZIONIST TO take 10 tho road" sc-
eording TO J. X. Packer. local Mash
dealer.
Attributing a marked Increase
In Nash summer sales Ia the popu.
lsrity Nash enjoys with vacation.
lists and travellers. Packer. who
heads South side Nash. pointed
10 Weather Eye air conditioning
and convertible bed features "a
factors having mn important bear
ing on sales made "a people who
like 10 no places. The Mash con.
ditionsd air system provides dust
less ventilation under all road con.
ditions. he said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Dodge Sales Are
Best Since 1887

Retail deliveries made by the
country's Dodge dealers during
the week ending June - were the
largest for any June week since
1897. according TO Forest n. Akers,
vice-presldent and director Of sales
OF the Dodge division Of Chrysler
corporation.
Dodge dealers sales 30 far re-
ported for the first three weeks
of June, 1910. show an increase
of 24.5 per cent over the same
period of 1889. During the same
first three weeks of June. tho
Dodge dealer organization In re.
ported To have sold used vehicles
at the rate Of 81 900 a month.
which in an increase OF 32.07 per
cent over the same period Of last
year.
Akers said IL Is his opinion that
the business OF Dodge Will con-
tinue at least at the current level
for the next several months.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Buick Continues
Sales Increases

FLINT. Mich. -~ Registering =
pronounced eontra-Sasonsl trend
with sales volume showing =
steady increase during tho past
30 days. domestic retail deliveries
Of Buick motor cars during June
were reported today by w +.
Hufstsder. general sales manager.
at 26.iso units. an increase over
the previous month and 3s9 per
cent ahead Of last year
The volume compared with
2s,0e2 sales IN May. a gain Of ~
cars, and WITH 1871 IN June last
year, an incr, ase Of $3.50. Accord
ing TO Hufstsder, il was the first
time in six years that Juno volume
exceeded that OF May and only
the third time In Buick history
that an upward trend had occurred
during this month
Hufstader said the trend indi-
Gates a record July business in
relation to the season. AprH was
the peak month this year. with
Buick sales totaling 2s.6oe units.
while November was the high
month for the model season with
29.4is cars delivered at retail IN
the United states.
Sales Of used cars during the
month totaled t5.6sl units COM
pared with s6.ss3 in the same
month last year. gain of - per
cent and representing 2a-day
turnover of used car stocks
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
United Adds
Daily Flight
Three "A Day
Coost To Coast

Effective Immediately. United
Air Lines has insugursted = third
daily flight from Seattle 10 the
midwest and east 10 give the
Puget Sound area one daylight and
two over night sleeper services
over its coast-to-coast route. IL
was announced today by c. J. Mid
dleton, district traffic manager
The new eastbound service, ee-
casioned by steadily growing trsf-
fic and designed TO provide Seattle
air travellers with ample accom-
modations. viii be in addition 10
United's four daily Mainliner
flights to California. seven daily
flights to Portland and two daily
flights to Vancouver. r. c., Mid
dleton said
So arranged are the new sleeper
flights that one becomes a fast
limited" type Of schedule with
only four stops between Seattle
and Chicago. five between Seattle
and New York, This Mainliner
sleeper plane will leave Seattle
after the business day. at $50 p.
m. with arrival In Chicago At the
breakfast hour, and New York
shortly after luncheon. The other
sleeper service calls for a day
plane leaving Seattles Boeing field.
at p. m. to conect with a Main
liner sleeper which continues on
east Middleton reported that
United's decision 10 add a second
sleeper service between this area
and the Atlantic seaboard was
based on an increasing demand
for berth accommodations, first
offered to this districts air trav-
elers by United in 1899, He also
reported that no change will be
made in the company's Daylight
Flyer" leaving Seattle at 1880 a.
m, with arrival in Chicago at
1870 p. m. and New York before
the breakfast hour.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Historical Group
To Meet Wednesday

Members OF Tacoma chapter.
Northwest Railroad Historical so-
ciety, Will meet Wednesday at =
p. m. in one Of the chapters
coaches at South Tacoma depot
Plans Will be discussed for q rail
fan" excursion 20 be held late In
the summer. The public IL invited
TO attend the session. j. L. Rob
erts. president. stated
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Russia and Sweden
N euoiiaiinu Pact

source said today that the trade
pact negotiations between Russia
and Sweden were near completion.
Swedish industrialisis were said
to fear, however. that sweden was
incapable of producing the i'm
mense steel rails. locomotives and
rolling stock Russia proposed TO
purchase.
II was confirmed that the agree
ment called for Russian payment
In substantial oil deliveries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18

Every year more and hettef
motor cars appear on the roads =
roads that wcrc never intended for
high speed engines on rubber tires.
And today thcw roads are help
less 10 cope with the eyer-incrras.
ing volume and speed Of traffic.
Nincty-eight per cent Of state
highways in this country are only
two lanes wide.
We build great bridges. but we
design them for only two or three
lanes of traffic In zach direction.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18

There viii No N intermediate
speeds In tomarraw's oar vnu Will
drive according IN the hutinn ynu
push The cars hehind srd In frunt
~ you are kept II the same cnns
slant speed. There ran 10 M ena.
llslans
A. Intervals slan9 the mntns-
way there viii ~ traffic eonttnl
tawers. Thsss tswers Will cuntful
traffic In socordancs with b,och
system. The radio In ycuv cAv viii
keep you informed II the weather
or any sesd condition nat vtelhis.
There viii 10 no hlow-outs ~
fass Perfected tires wiii ensure
against this
There will hs M headlight glare.
Your ear w,il not have 10 Ne
headlights. sssspt m the country
roads The ma,srwsy viii b. self.
illuminating. A. car moves sloua.
tbs pavement ~ The particular
lane directly ahead ~ili h. suio-
matiosiiy illuminated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18

hit AZ early
American rad
engineers The
post. the stage.
and la,rr the
wagons OF com.
merce and agrf-
culture followed
their paths
So for years
We kept on re.
slirfacing an 4
widening the old
COW and horse
paths. We have
spent mor~ than
80 billion dollars
doing a. Hut
every year the
death toll goes
on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18

mltted IN IN 10 miles an hour. hut
has TO crawl along AT 20 Ard
they shnuld be designed Ia take
care Of future nc~d.. rather than
the temporary conditions that exist
whsn they are built.
because the life Ut read shauid
he At least 10 wars. traffic trends
should he projected III least that
far ahead before the rad 10 built.
Highways should l~ designed. not
on the basis ~ present day re-
quir-m~nts. bat on the probable
requirements 70 years hence.
This expres. motorwsy wpuid
no, only separate traffic moving In
opposing directions. but each lane
% traffic going In The same dirrc.
ton would he segregated. You
would enter this motorwsy Al In
tervals from the fresier road All
cars In tho ssme lans would be 70.
quir~d to move al tho sans con.
slant sped.
You could enter the motofwsy.
pass from ono speed iane Ia lana
~ greater or irsnsr speed without
fear ~ collision. side swipinE
would bw prevented. n would he
impossible Ia cut In and out III
lanes There would be soft shout
ders hut you could not get your
car off tho road onto them.
Can KEPT IN LANE
NY MAGNETIC CONTROL
THiS individual lane control may
i be accomplished IN several
ways, but probably by electric
magnetic control In tho cantsr ~
each lane. keeping tho car ON liz
ooursm NOR. accurately than an
airpIans Ia kept ON lts course by
radio beam.
Car speed control will probably
be by button on the wheel. II will
he more accurate than shifting
gears and aooeleraiing or brskinx.
Two years ago you diaied the
radio In your hons 10 yet . sta
ton. Today you prsss q button.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Danish Traffic Death Toll With Foolpoof Highways
To Match Automobile Of the Future, Pleads Geddes
Designer Deplores
TodoY's Roods

The following Article wAs written
especially ~ SFA service and ire
Tacoma Times ~ the famed designer
Of the FntufanA al she Nee fcfk
Esff
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Too Good To BE Truei

The year 1910 will 20 down in history as one that fooled
the boys who make and sell transportation notwth-
standing the fact that it election year that there
war in Europe, and that the writer just about broke
Even the most optimistic did not expect the new and
used car demand TO reach the high levels it has attained
since the 1910 models year. and
who responsible for the purchase of materials from
which our automobiles made badly fooled
A few of the manufacturers ran short full 80
days before it time to begin work 1941
models leaving their dealers throughout the country
IN the peculiar position of the fisherman without
tackle lots of business but nothing to sell.
For months we have been reading of sales gains by
dealers in section of the country of the biggest
May in history of increases ranging from 40 to 100
per cent. And to make the picture brighter one
have learned that the used market has kept pace
with the and that for the first time years
dealers really sitting pretty
The local situation has attained the same coloring
the national and our Tacoma dealers have enjoyed
most profitable year. They will enter the 1s4l
model year in the best condition they have been in
for quite a spell.
However, after having chated with many of them |
learn that their supply of current models is limited speak
mildly and that the motoris who is serious about buying
1910 had better get going because won't be long
until he will find it difficult indeed obtain any of the
popular 1910
I'm not spoofng you :. that's the way things .
'elp me-
Speaking of Fish!
And fisherman! When you mention the
of the boys who pull them out don't forget to list
P. N. Irwin, local Dodge dealer, well up with the
leaders.
The other day off Camano Island he yanked
21-pound King from its salt water bath pretty
specimen would want to gaze upon.
That One Again!
The other night about so members of the staff at the
Titus Motor company terminated sales contest with din
at the FRS.
The winners ate chicken and the losers beans on the
bean side of the ledger Len Letter Del Sprague Bill
Holmes, George Davis, Jim Gilbert and Dick Frayne.
Dobbins Paradise!
OF the thousands of motorists who will head for
the famous vacation regions of northern Michigan
this summer many will by ferry to Mackinac
island where they bound TO be intrigued by the
charm and picturesque atmosphere of earlier day.
Clinging to tradition which prohibits the of
automobiles, this historic old island is of the last
places in the world where the motor does not
rule the highway
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
ny NORMAN NH. arppEs
MA Service special
Correspondent

IT rs fact. not legend. that cow
L paths became the streets Of New
Works. famed wali street district.
Truly. cows were our first road
planners Ruffaloes also did their
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
DObbin's Paradise!
What Would Barnun, Think?

In 1896 Barnums circus pastered the countrys with
advance posters telling about its clowns ladies pink tights
and the fabulous Duryea motorwagon The horseess
riage, crude aroused the curiosity of the nation,
overshadowng in interest the freaks and other attractions
Thousands of persons paid dime to catch glimpse of the
strange vehicle that would the roads without
horse
Little did those crowds in the gay COS suspect
that the side-show freak in few decades would de-
velOp into a fabulous King Midas of taxes" comments
the American Petroleum Industries committee. ''The
motor vehicle has generated flow of tax money to
government far beyond that resulting from any other
mechanical device. The annual tax revenue accrung
TO government from the operation of motor vehicles
exceeds the total taxes collected by the federal, state
and local governments in 1896, when the automobile
a sde-shOw curiosity.
in 1896 total tax in the United States
proximately $1,000 100000. The highway in this
country paying that much in gasoline taxes alone.
They also paying annually than 100000 in
registration fees and several hundred millions of dollars
in various other charges Thus the little sdeshow atrac
ton has become major performer in the nations tax
show"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
Let's Meet Cameron!

Next Monday night at the Winthrop hotel W. Cameron,
the mouth piece the Ford Motor company assistant to the
motor manufacturer and commentator the Ford Sunday
Evening hour will be the guest of the city at banquet and
reception.
This affair is not alone for motor car dealers and
others interested in the industry but offers golden
opportunity to all citizens to hear and who
knows what it's all about and who will probably tell
much of what he knows.
Mr.. Camerons talk to Tacomans will not be broadcast
and only those who attend will receive his vital
These times when America well afford to listen TO
of Camerons calber and it is to be hoped that the
crystal ballroom will be packed to overlooking.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18
ROAD HARDLY HuiLr
BEFORE ouTMODEn


You should be familiar with the
i fact that no sooner IL a new
road built than II IL outmoded.
That IL heeaur the life 81 a road
Is NO much longer than tho lifc OF
n car. The car has heen improved
much mor~ rapidly and funda-
mentally than the road.
Motorways should be designed
In terms of the automobile. M.
press moturways exclusively for
travel of so or more miles at a
stretch. They should be laid down
first In densely populated sections
TO relieve present local roads They
should join hcavily populated sec.
tons but avoid the cities them.
selves.
They should BE- designed 10 III \
mnohine that In built 10 30 80
miles an hour, that Ia legally per.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-18

although fheFe may 10 20 Ianrs
fs-dtng into the bridge Of each
end II requires no imagination to
visualize tho faliscy of attempting
To funnel 20 lanvs into three.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-07
AUTO INSURANCE q LOANS

FOR BETTER USED CARS
FOR QUICKER AUTO LOANS SEE
TACOMA AUTO EXCHANGE
45th a. So Tacoma Way Ga 1000
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-07
u. S. Export Boom
Largely War Trade

WASHINGTON u. s. export
trade IL booming. but the figures
show 1t IL pretty much = war
materials boom Exports have
run better than $3.50. o0o. 900 q
month since Jan. highest figure
IN yesrs-but exports Of such
staples a. corn. wheat. tobacco.
fruit and passenger autos have
actually gone down.
Sharply up are exports Of iron
and steel products. metal work
ing machinery. siarcraft parts and
accessories. chemicals, tractors
trucks and raw cotton-sll Of
which are highly useful In war.
Also significant Is the fact that
the bulk Of the increase In our
export trade Ia made up Of IN
creased sales 10 the allies.
samples. France bought no u. s
aluminium At an IN the banner
year a 1887, and Is now buying
1t At the rate OF $500. 900 a month
Enxland's purchases Of aluminium
have likewise jumped from Al
5000 monthly average tire,
years ago to $3.50. 900 for March.
French purchases Of U. s.-mad'
notwithstanding machinery are fis'
times the 1887 average: Engiisi
purchases Of our Industrial chem
icals have doubled, and 80 on
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-07
MARRIAGE
LICENSES

Marriage license applications
have been filed with the Pierce
county auditor by zanoni E. Carr,
-. Ingleside apis. and Mildred Z.
Kyle, 80. sos Ea. Harrison. Ia
coma: Lyonel Virgil Hamblin, 20,
1927 So. 3lst St. and Mary Della
voss. rs, 1892 So. Pine: Ralph
Mcintyre Harvey, %, $3.50 Ea.
Spokane St. and Lillian Mildred
Anderson. "a. 500 No. C st; Hir-
oshi Shigihara. 25. Seattle. and
Chiyoka Tomita, 81, 1884, Mar
ket St, Tacoma: C. Homer Ostig-
ing, so. Boston. and Una NJ. Ayers.
~. Chicago; Andy S. Arcane, "a,
Brentwood. Calf, and Goldie Bea-
trice Hill, %, Sacramento: John
chappell, 5S. Ashford. and Mary
E. Rose, as. Mineral: John Arthur
Sellers. %. Route 1. Box 62e.
Puyallup, and Eulah Nadine
Hinkle, 10, Shaw road. Puyallup.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-05-07
Local Market
Prices Steady

New shipments received by local
wholesalers Monday included to-
matoes. lettuce. cabbage. caun-
flower. oranges and bananas
Prices were unchanged.
Strawberries were quoted at
$50 per i2-box flat. and So per
crate. Oranges ranged from So to
$3.50. depending upon size and
quality. Bananas were six cents
per h.. with large supply re-
ported on hand. ripe and ready
for distribution.
Meat and poultry prices held
steady. a. did flour, cheese. eggs
and butter.
Above quotations are wholesale.