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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
TOWNSHIPS Will
ELECT TUESDAY
PRINTED BALLOTS TO
BE USED UNDER NEW
ELECTION LAW

Townships voters throughout
Minnesota will elect officers and
set tax levies for the year at the
annual township elections to be
held Tuesday, March IL.
This year the elections will be
conducted under the Australian
ballot system. where candidates
for office are required to- file at
least two weeks prior to election,
or where five voters have filed an
application to place the name on
the ballot. Polls are to be open
from 8 or 10 m. to p. m.
The clerk of each township
must give ten days notice of cleo
ton by publishing such notice in
a newspaper having circulation
within the township or by posting
such notices within the township,
or by both cat the discretion of
the voters" according to the law.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07

the Pacific side.
1--WE arrived at the Bay of
Fonda in the Coiba Islands the
next day and the president went
fishing. He caught a few skip
jack, red snapper and tuna at this
point The same night we got UNI
derway from the Cocos Island,
located about 400 miles from the
canal. 1t is known as the original
Treasure Island-where the Brit
ish pirate Morgan buried around
60 million in gold which he plum
dered sfrom ships and the city of
Panama which he laid in ruins.
After three days there, we
started back to Pensacola.
1.-THE presidents fishing trip
was a success although he didn't
catch the sail-fish he wanted to-
CATCH"
"He is a wonderful person and
all man." was Albert's comment
on the president.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
A IN ATTENDANCE

In the 16 years of the
Scenic City COOPERATIVE Oil
c0mpany's operation, there
have been. ZIG official meet
ings-which is not news.
But here's a record.
OF those ZIG sessions, C. ID.
Clipfell has missed only two.
and A. M. DennistOun only
eight.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Mrs. Arvid Gandrud
Wins Diamond Ring
On Date OF Wedding

A diamond ring is coming to
Mrs. Arvid Gandrud of Redwood
Falls who won the jewel in ra-
dio contest sponsored by Wayne
King and his orchestra.
Like most diamonds, this one
has a romantic history.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gandrud cele-
brated their seventh wedding an
'niversary Saturday, so Mrs.
Gandrud requested that the King
orchestra play II Love You Tru-
ly," which was sung at their mar
riage ceremony.
He played 1t the evening OF
their anniversary and announc-
ed that Mrs. Gandrud would re-.
ceive the ring on the merits of the
reasons which she gave for her
choice of the musical number.
Mrs. Gandrud was downtown at
the time of the broadcast and did
not hear her name announced but
happened to hear the song played.
The ring has not yet arrived, she
said this morning.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
z Permits for
Homes Issued
BUILDERS TAKE AD-
q VANTAGE OF EARLY
WARM WEATHER

Two more permitsj for new
homes in Redwood Falls were
made out by City Recorder F. b.
Forbes this week and several FAM
lies were occupied with moving
or plans for changing homes.
Excavation for MIR. and Mrs.
Theodore Striepe's new house on
Mill street got underway Tuesday
and the home is expected to be
completed by June l. A five room
story and one-half residence, it
will have an attached garage. 1t
is located between the William
Parker house. occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Vernon Schmidt and the
former w. C. Starr house in which
the Walter Palmer family lives.
Mr.. Striepe, employed by the
Redwood Falls Light and Power
company, has engaged Charles
Johanneck as builder.
Louis Fenger who lives on a
farm near Rowena has a permit
to build a one-story frame house
and garage a block east of st.
st. Johns Lutheran church and
south of the Henry Dornfeldt
residence. Valuation OF the pro-
posed building is set at $4,750.
The Jesse LeClaire family has
moved from an apartment in the
Ed Daun residence to the L. p.
Larson house in the northeast
section of the city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Willard Robinson and daughter
who lived there have taken the
Mrs. Grant Martin house in the
southeast part of town and Mr..
and Mrs. Richard Saltau who liv-
ed in the Martin house have NOV
ed to the old Moon farm three and
one-haf miles east of Redwood
Falls. Ed Henderson farms the
land. Mr.. Robinson and Mr.. Sal
tau are employed by the Red
wood Falls Motor company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Dawson
(Evalyn Madden) who were mar
ried at Marshall February %,
have rented an apartment in the
A. Aitchison home at Washington
and Chestnut. Mr.. Dawson be-
gan work Monday as manager of
the Swift and Company produce
station on Second street, replac-
ing Melvin Ness.
Game Warden AL Boysen and
Mrs. Boysen will move Saturday
to an apartment on the second
floor of the Emil Wersech home.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. F Anderson who
formerly occupied it have moved
away.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Keil and
children Pomona and Kenneth
have moved from Delhi to the
farm of the late A. A. Wilson east
of Redwood Falls. The w. T..
Wilcox farm. on which they were
living is now occupied by the
Rollie Watkins family which
moved there from Birch Coulee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sonnicksen
and family have moved to a farm
between Wood Lake and Echo.
Their former home, next to the
Charles Johanneck residence, is
not yet occupied.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Kuenzli Rites
Here Saturday
PIONEER DIED TODAY.
LIVED IN CITY
FOR 81 YEARS

Gottlieb Kuenzli, "a, died at his
Redwood Falls home about 1870
a. m. today and with him went
much of the history of early days
in Redwood county.
He was born in Switzerland,
February L., 1856, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Bernard Kuenzli and
came to America with his family
at the age of nine years, going first
to Wisconsin and then to North
Redwood. Arthur Kuenzli, nep-
heW, now lives on the original
Kuenzli homestead there.
October 10, 1898, he married
Mrs. Albert j. Anderson of North
Redwood. About 81 years ago
they moved from their farm to
Redwood Falls and bought the
house in which he lived since.
It was purchased from Mrs. John
Palmer, the former Lottie Sch
mahl. Mrs. Kuenzli died March
9, 1928.
He married Mrs. Eddie Schleu-
der in 1924 and she, with his two
daughters, Mrs. Leon Ortiz of Mil
bank, South Dakota and Marion
Kuenzh of Faribault, as well as
two ste p-daughters, Mrs. j. A
Lindsey and Mrs. H. o. McPheet-
ers, both of Minneapolis, survive.
He also leaves five sisters and
brothers, Ben, Lena and Bertha
Kuenzli CT North Redwood, Char
les Kuenzli and Mrs. Herman
Werder of Redwood Falls. There
are nine grandchildren.
His son, George Kuenzli, died in
1889.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Saturday at the Redwood
Falls Methodist church with Rev.
John Bostrom in charge.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
c. A. LAUTERBACH
NAMED ASSESSOR
COUNCIL ASKS BIDS
ON STORM SEWERS
AND BLACKTOP

c. A. Lauterbach was reap
pointed city assessor by the Red
wood Falls council at its regular
meeting Monday night. He will
receive $500 for the work which
will get underway about April /.
In the meantime, Mr.. Lauterbach
is completing re-appraisal of city
real estate valuation.
Nine more blocks of blacktop
on Redwood Falls streets are
planned by the council which APP
proved City Engineer F. H. An
thongs specifications on the pro-
ject and ordered a call for bids
on the treatment, bids to be OPEN
ed at special session the eve
ming of March, %.
Five blocks run into Mill street
which the state will surface with
blacktop as a part of the highway
II project and four will be south
and east of the schoolhouse.
Storm sewer construction over
eight blocks in the east section of
the city and near Redwood Falls
High school is another city pro-
ject for which plans were made.
The council approved easements
for sewer construction obtained
from c. E. Cobleigh and j. J..
Christensen and acted favorably
on plans and specifications pre-
sented by Mr.. Anthony. WPA
labor will be used and bids on
material, for the project will be
opened March %.
The council appropriated the
usual $3.50 for maintenance of
Redwood Falls armory and voted
to install an additional lavatory
on the first floor of the city hall.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
POLICEMEN PLAN
DANCE APRIL is

The Redwood Falls Police de-
partment will hold its annual ball
April is, having booked Red Per-
kins and his Original Dixie Ram
blers for that date. Two popular
entertainers, Anna Mae Winburn
and Perkins will be featured.
1--WE assure you good time, !"
Police Chief c. E. Johnson said.
ssYou all had a good time last
year This year we were FORUM
ate in booking. a great band and
you will have d still better time.
There will be music for both
young and cid"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Harold Whittet Sails
For Home After Six
Years in Europe

Harold Whittet is on his way
home after nearly six years in
Europe, his family was delighted
to learn through a cablegram
Monday night. What ship he is
taking or when he will arrive was
not divulged, but his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. James Whittet, are
hopeful that he will be in Red
wood Falls within 10 days.
Harold has completed his stud
les for the priesthood, taken at
the University of Louvaine in
Belgium and since the war start
ed, at st. Brieuc in France.
He and two friends are accom-
panying the body of dead friend
to America.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
3 BurgLarsRaid BeluieUP ostoff ice;
Flee When DiscoUeredat Gift Shop
ELEVATOR OFFICE AND
SEAFORTH YARD ALSO
VISITED IN NIGHT

Three men obtained over $3.50
in cash and stamps in burglary
of the Belview postoffice early
Tuesday morning and broke into
Aagot Omtvedt's gift shop next
door but were frightened away
before they looted the establish
ment.
Burglars were also disturbed in
the course of a break-in at the
Pacific Grain company elevator in
Belview five hours earlier and the
C. M. Youman's Lumber company
office at Seaforth was robbed of
a few pennies the same evening.
Jimmying two back doors at the
postoffics, the men knocked the
dial off the safe and secured 40
silver dollars, the private collec-
ton of Postmaster John Peterson;
about $l19 in federal funds and
around $40 in stamps, including
IA duck stamps, according to in
vestigators.
They had just broken open the
back door of the Omtvedt gift
shop when Mrs. Clarence Ander-
son whose home is across the al
ley got up to look at her children
and saw the burglars. She called
Mr., Anderson who ran outside
barefooted, without a gun, and
shouted, "Stop or I'll shoot"
He saw three tall, heavy-s1t
men wearing long dark overcoats.
Two of them ran while one hesi-
tated for a few moments, then
fed, too. Then Anderson, man
ger of the Belview liquor store.
heard car start about a block
away.
The time of the escape was $50
a. m.
At IL p. m. Monday, the office
window of the Pacific Grain COM
pany, managed by Louis Crying,
was pried open but burglary of
the place was forestalled when
Mr.. Gryting's father, who was in
a nearby barn with a sick bull,
heard the noise and went to in
vestigate. He did not see the
robbers who left Jas he approach
ed.
At Seaforth, the burglars enter
ed the lumber office with some
sort of pass key, Investigators be-
lieve and took a few cents from
the safe, which was not locked.
SIT was the work of an organ
lied gang" according to a state
crime bureau operative who came
here on the case. Other invest
gators were Douglas Kise and
Douglas Reed, postal inspector, of
Marshall
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Employment
Aids Market.
Shippers Told
SHIPPING ASSOCIATION
PROGRAM COMPLETES
SUCCESSFUL YEAR

A history of enthusiastic and
successful annual meetings being
written by the Redwood Coop
erative Livestock Shipping as
ISOLATION was continued Monday
night when the organization pre-
Sented a program attracting a
crowd which nearly filled Red
wood Falls High school auditor
ium.
They heard Walter Gardner,
editor of Cooperative Shipper
and familiar to scores of attend
ants as market reporter for radio
station WDGY.
The four Nelson brothers of
Olivia presented diverting pro-
gram of musical novelties, assist
ed by their fifth brother" Rob-
ert Tiffany of Redwood Falls who
came from the University of Min
nesota to sing and play the trum-
pet for the organization, of which
his father is secretary. Henry
Jaehning's two songs were a pro-
gram highlight and Louis Bunge,
association president, did his US
ual good job as master of cere-
monies.
But business came first with
the co-operators and at their ses-
sion they elected Jerry Mahoney
of Redwood Falls as director for
a three year term, replacing HUI
bert Whittet who protested
against third terms in general but
was given % votes out of 80 any
way. ...
Directors will meet Friday at
the D. M. Tiffany home to or
ganize and elect association Of
ficials.
- Bylaws of the association were
changed to allow Earl Bliss, man
ager, to truck for others besides
members.
Mr.. Bliss report of association
business up to January l showed
that a total of 5,585 head of live
stock having a net value of $ll5,-
1887 and weighing 1,922.310
pounds had been trucked. Hogs
led, with 3,647 shipped through
the association and cattle were
next, 1,124 having been sent to
market through the association
Five-hundred thirteen sheep and
3O1 calves made up the total.
Trucking costs were $4,180.6S
and the association dividend func
was $914.30.
Although there's a big supply
of hogs in the country and storage
stock is piling up, the demand is
good now because war industries
are employing men and increas-
ing buying power, Gardner TOLD
the shippers. ......
Adding that the direct demand
for war supplies is negligible, he
said, "In this war the United
States is not giving credit to bel
ligerentS, so countries at war arr
spending their cash here for wal
materials and buying food from
other countries on credit, secur-
ing beef in South America, NUT
ton in New Zealand and pork in
the Balkans and Scandinavia.
"Your dividends indicate that
your organization is run on ar
economic and efficient basis" he
told the Redwood group, urging
members to get more farmers in
to the cooperative. "Get your
neighbor into this organization
not only to help yourself, but
him -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Queen Elizabeth
Completes Dash
Across Atlantic

New York - R) - With the
Union Jack proudly flying at her
mast, Britain's new % million
dollar liner Queen Elizabeth-the
largest, fastest ship afloat- arriv-
ed within the safety of New York
harbor waters today at the end of
her bold dash 5000 miles across
the Atlantic. A wartime fugitive
fleeing the danger of German
bombing in assaults on Britain,
the Queen Elizabeth successfully
evaded the threat of German UNI
dersea attacks and triumphed in
its risk of a mobile blow against
British claims of supremacy of
the sea.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
STOCKHOLDERS OF
COOP OIL WILL
CONVENE MONDAY
JOHN VANDERMEID TO
SPEAK; "OIL MAN"
TO BE SHOWN

John Vandermeid, field man
for Midland Cooperative Whole
sale of Minneapolis, will be prin-
eipal speaker when stockholders
of the Scenic City Cooperative
Oil company hold their annual
meeting Monday afternoon in the
Redwood Falls American Legion
hall. .....
Directors chose Pancake day
for the annual session so that at
tendants can enjoy the days spe-
cial activities while they are in
the city.
Terms of c. D. Clipfell of Red
wood Falls, president and A. NJ.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Monday is Pancake Day in Redwood
PUBLIC INVITED TO
EAT FREE PANCAKES
AT ARMORY HERE

Monday, Mafcn LII, is Tdn-
cake day in Redwood Falls.
A shopping event, as well
as a culinary adventure, sec
ond annual Pancake day is
expected to top its predeces-
sor-a complete success-in
attendance. The armory has
been obtained for the affair
and committees are making
every effort to speed the
service so that thousands can
march down the pancake line,
receive their helping and eat
in comfort with a minimum
of delay.
of course the pancakes are
free, along with syrup, butter
and coffee - and the entire
family is welcome.
Ten days later than last year,
Pancake day is less than two
weeks before Easter and coincid-
es perfectly with shopping plans.
Dozens of ads in this issue OF The
Gazette tell of buys not only in
Easter finery but in necessities in
every line-don't fail to study
these pages carefully.
Arthur Green is chairman OF
Pancake day this year and is
learning that the mess sergeant
has more strenuous duties than
his superior officers. In fact he's
concluded the life of buck pri-
vate has them all beat.
Among the duties handled by
the pancake day staff, which in
cludes L. O. Alexander, M. l..
Holmberg, John Hoepner, E. w.
Lauster, L. P. Winter, Tom Tyson, .
Dale Byram, Jack Corcoran, E. L.
Gallea, George L. Hanson, Lee
Neuschwander, Ed Wells, E. H.
Bollum, Jack Reynolds, Harry
Wilcox, Mrs. r. F. Byram, Mrs.
Carrie Smithers, Mrs. Emma Red
etzke, Mrs. Pearl Carruth, Mrs.
Ruby Neale, Andrew Bobzin, Sey-
mour Hall, Harold Kickul, Mrs.
L. A. Cheney, Blair Philbrick, and
others, are the obtaining of hum
dreds of pounds of flour, coffee
enough to stock a grocery store,
gallons of syrup, watts of butter
and cream, sugar and other incl
dentalS.
Plates for 10000 pancake fan
ciers have to be available and
there is the borrowing of hum
dreds of forks and spoons.
1t takes battery of griddless.a
supply of gas for heating them,
stoves and pots for coffee land
more incidentals - aprons, caps.
dish towels.
This arranged, there's the re-
cruiting Of a crew Of workers,
strong armed men who can pour
batter, turn pancakes and dish
them up from mid-morning to
late in the afternoon. That's an
assignment. Then more men to
serve the others, to keep tables
cleared and clean and to wash the
cups and silverware. Still more
to mix the batter and keep the
griddle men supplied, to keep
syrup, coffee, butter and other
items always on hand.
Pancake day truly represents
an achievement in community CO.
operation. It's day of sufficient
importance to warrant coming a
long way to see how it's done and
enjoy hot, brown tasty cakes
made and consumed in wholesale
quantities.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
SWEDEN SEEKING
AN ARMISTICE IN
RUSSO-FINN WAR

Stockholm - (P) 80 Sweden is
seeking to arrange an armistice in
the Russian-Finnish war, usually
reliable sources said today, add
ing that Russian peace terms re-
Gently had been presented to Fin
land.
An unconfinied report said that
Russia demanded surrender of
the Karelian isthmus and other
parts of the military area.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07

Edmund Petracek with "The
Share-Croppers Plight" won
superior rating in the original
cratory division of the district de-
clamatory contest Monday eve
ming at the New Ulm High school
auditorium and Jean Lauterbach
received a similar award in the
interpretative reading division.
Using a part of the one act play
"The Valiant" she shared honors
with Beverly Brown of Fairfax
who read Through The Clouds"
Jack Minium of New Ulm won
in extemporaneous speaking in
which division Dolores Neale of
Redwood Falls also, was entered.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07

Dennistoun of Wabasso, secretary,
expire and two directors will be
elected for three years to replace
them.
A motion picture, "The Oil
Man" and some short subjects
will be shown at l p. m. when the
gathering opens and, the business
meeting will begin al, 1870 p. m.
There are GIT stockholders in
the organization.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
SIXTEEN COPS IN
PAYOFF, WITNESS
AYERS AT TRIAL,

Minneapolls-tH1 - Still spill
ing the beans" Elizabeth (Fren-
chy1 Ryan today listed is law
enforcement officials she said
shared in payoff of about $685.
month for protection of her
brothel at 242 Hennepin avenue.
The star state witness at the
trial of Charles Grunewald again
named the defendant who is de-
putty head of the police morals
squad and Al Palmersten, chief
of the squad, as among those who
were paid for protection.
She also listed for the first time
the names of some of the police
,sergeants and beat patrolmen
who, she said, were assigned parts
of the payoff.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
Direct Relief
Cases Halved
FEBRUARY COSTS CUT
FROM S4,14S YEAR
AGO TO $3.50

A drop of about so per cent in
direct relief expenses and a near
ly parallel decrease in the num-
Der of cases in February 1910,
from those of February 1899, were
reported by the Redwood county
welfare office this week.
2 Last year direct relief costs for
the second month totalled 81, 148-
SO compared to $2,520.88 for the
same period this year. There
were 238 cases on direct relief in
February 1899 and 122 in Feb
ruary 1910.
Relief officials attributed /. the
saving to taxpayers to strict
econonny in aid allotmentS.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
FIREMEN'S BALL
SLATED MARCH rs

Redwood Falls firemen will be
joined by the public in the forty
third annual Firemen's ball at
Redwood Falls armory March rs.
Thorstein Skarning Jr. and his
orchestra will furnish music for
the dancers.
Tickets for the event will 60 on
sale this week. The committee in
charge Of arrangements includes
Firemen Oscar Randgaard, Clar-
ion Byram, William Yonetz, Dale
Byram, Mike Richard and Walter
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
WELLES ARRIVES
IN PARIS TO-DAY

Paris-(P)-U nder-secretary of
state Sumner Welles, accompan-
led by Joseph P. Kennedy, United
States ambassador to London, ar
rived here today for talks with
French leaders on his fact-finding
mission for President Roosevelt.
Welles conferred with President
LIE Brun and Premier Deladier.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
AT ZONE MEETING

C. H. Burmeister, president and
Charles Duncan, secretary of the
Redwood Falls Lions club attend
ed zone meeting of the organ
ization in New Ulm Wednesday
night. They heard District Gov
ernor Carter of Winnipeg. Lions
from Faribault and Minneapolis
were also represented.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
co. T. INSPECTION

Friday, April II is the date set
for the annual federal inspection
of Company L, Captain Wilbur H.
Lamberton learned this week.
Major Ulsaker of the regular
army will be inspecting officer.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-07
LARD TO BE GIVEN
COUNTY FAMILIES

Needy persons in Redwood
county will receive packages of
lard Monday, Tuesday and We'd
nesday, according to Mrs, Pearl
Fuller who is in charge of surplus
commodities distribution here.
She and William F. Johns have
had the greasy task of dividing
lard which came in 100 pound
drums, into individual family
cartons.
Redwood county's share of
shortening, 1920 pounds, was part
of carload which arrived on the
Chicago and North Western
tracks here for this and 10 other
counties.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-28

fiat and the knees will take the
hint and straighten up. The
pull on the neck. back Of the
ears, must be done in earnest,
though.
There is a lot said against the
nap or general inactivity follow
ing the big dinner. Don't pay
any attention 10 il Doctors
viii advise you 10 take at least
a half hours rest after a full
meal. The stomach will have
enough to do without adding the
strain Of physical exercise. Wait
for an hour or so, then wake up.
There is nothing TO be compared
Nth III EeeGLEeStL to Seothe- the
nerves and give the skin a
smooth. placid loneliness.
We know you have a grand
time and want TO take this op-
portunity to wish you a very
Happy New Year with all the
success and good health pos
sible. We appreciate your at
tention and good wishes 70 this
column and hope we will have
the good fortune TO serve you
throughout the coming year.