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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
JurorsChosen
ForApril Tern,
emerson TO CONDUCT
DISTRICT COURT
STARTING APRIL 8

Petit jurors for the spring term
of district court in Redwood Falls
were drawn Saturday by Clerk of
Court Frank Baldwin and sum-
moned to appear April 10 at 10 a.
m.
Judge Albert Emerson will come
here April 8 to hear court cases
before jury trials open.
Jurors are: Mrs. George A.
Alexander, E. E. Bliss and Amos
Whitman of Redwood Falls. city:
Sven Anderson and A. ]. Biorn-
dahl of Kintire township: c. C.
Brosch and v. Weber of Morgan
village: Mrs. T. T Schmidt of
MORGAN township: w H. Clements
and Earl FnSey of Three Lakes
township: Mrs. Peter Frederick
son end Lillian Gluth of Brook
VILE township; Charles CORES of
Willow Lake township: Hector
Guimond of Sprinqdale township.
Arthur Howe and Christ Rome
stad of Lanoberton village. O. D.
Shelton and Elmer Vnllmer of
' anbarton townshin; Mrs. Will
Fam .1ohanneck of Veil township.
Mrs. Charles F. Lantz of Walnut
Grove: J c. larson of Milroy:
Peter Mckay of Delhi township:
albert MieIke of Sheridan town.
shin: Adolph Nielsen of Shutdown
township; Mrs. Llovd Peavey of
Wahasso. Lewis Peterson of Cal
pc. Carl ROLAND of Westline: Mrs.
John Schweinfurt of Seaforth:
Otto Weber of Charlestown town.
ship and Mrs. John Ziegler of
Belview.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
EMPLOYABLES ON
RELIEF TO GET
EXTRA 2 WEEKS

Employable men en- direct re-
lief and their families will be
given a two-weeks extension of
time on the Redwood county well
fare rolls this spring because of
an unusual delay in the seasons
farming operations and allied act
ivities, members of the county
welfare board decided at meet
ing Tuesday.
Last year, employables were
cut off direct relief lists April l..
This year they will be given aid
until April Is. Between 40 and
so per cent Of the 113 families on
direct relief will be affected by
the cut, according to Jean Tuck
er, executive secretary of the
board.
The commission heard nine new
old age assistance requests and
granted five. Two cases were
closed, one was suspended and
there were three deaths among
OAA clients last month. Cases
now number 1928.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
TO STAND
UNITED IN PEACE

London-(P - The British and
French governments agreed today
that during the present war they
would neither negotiate nor con-
clude an armistice or treaty of
peace except by mutual consent.
This decision was taken at the
sixth meeting of the allied sup
RENE war council, for which
Frances new premier Paul Rey-
maud came to London accompan-
led by the allied generalissimo,
Maurice Gustave Gamelin.
The allied war leaders also
agreed, said a communique, not
to discuss peace terms before
reaching complete agreement on
conditions necessary to ensure
effective and lasting guarantees of
security.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Child Hurt In
Fall From Car
CLEMENTS GIRL, 3, Is
BRUISED AND CUT
IN MISHAP SUNDAY

Clements-Darlin Spices, three
year-old daughter CT Mr.. and Mrs.
Earl Spices, received head injur-
les when she pulled open the
latch of the car door and fell onto
the road while the machine was
in motion Sunday afternoon.
She was with her parents who
were coming from Shutdown to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Christ Thomp-
son here when the accident occur
red about 1870 p. m.
= The child was able to get up
and meet her father when he
jumped out of the car to pick her
up. She was brought to Redwood
Falls hospital for treatment.
She sustained a conclusion,
head bruises and decorations of
the face and one eye was filled
with sand.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Young Republicans
Will Hold Caucus

Young Republicans of Redwood
county will hold caucus in the
office Of Clifford James, acting
chairman. at 8 p. m. Monday.
1t is called in response to a re-
questSof the state executive coun-
Gil of the Young Republican lea
que that county caucuses be held
to qualify delegations to the lea
CUES state convention at Hotel
Ryan, st. Paul, April 6.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
ittleHope Of
Peace Seen As
Welles Lands
NON-COMMITTAL; WILL
CONFER TONIGHT
WITH PRESIDENT
BIZ the Associated Press

DU tue ASSOCtuISu fTSSS -
Under-Secretary of State Sum-
ner Welles returned from Europe
today as non-committal as ever
about what he learned on his
fact-finding mission for Presi-
dent Roosevelt to Berlin, Rome,
Paris and London.
To ship reporters, he gave the
same answer to virtually every
question, mo comment"
In Washington, where Welles
will report tonight to the Pres
ident and Secretary Hull, there
was little optimism that peace
would result in Europe from his
journey. The war saw scant de-
velopment.
British fighting planes over
the Shetland Islands shot down
a German plane. However the
British admitted that two of their
own planes which took pert in
extensive reconnaissance flights
last night over northwest Germ
any failed to return. One was
shot down by Netherland pursuit
planes over Dutch territory and
the other by Germans over Helgo-
land Blight.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Haul Hamburger Hurriedly
To Hungry Hombres>>By Air

on Cracker day from the air"
Robinson said. He was there to
take up passengers.
Along in the afternoon Frank
Steffl, cafe owner, ran out of
hamburger and asked Robinson
to bring him IL pounds from
Redwood Falls. So the flyer found
man who wanted a round-trip
and was willing to pay for it and
came here and picked up the
meat.
Not much later, the Clements
hamburger supply ran out again
and Robinson was commissioned
to come after 20 more pounds.
Dirlam's Market operators think
their establishment is the first and
only one in the county to have its
hamburger delivered via air ex-
press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Crash Driver
Set Free By
Mankato Jury
ESCAPES JAIL TERM;
TWO LUCAN GIRLS
DIED IN ACCIDENT

A district court jury in Man.
kato Thursday returned a verdict
cf mo guilty" in the case of the
state of Minnesota VS.. John Ber-
nard Sullivan, 81, of Sioux Falls
and Manhato, following his trial
pm charge of criminal neglig-
knce.
Sullivan was the driver of an
automebile last November Is
which crashed into a power pole
IN Mankato, killing Mildred, 20,
and Ruby Klante. 10. Lucan,
Students at Mankato beauty Gull
mre school.
i After the verdict had been read,
Judge Harry A. johnson lectured
he youthful defendant on the
dangers of drinking while driv-
ing and reckless driving. The
court advised Sullivan to be more
careful in the future.
Sullivan then rushed over to
the jury box to thank the jurors,
eight men and four women, who,
by their verdict, gave him free
dom instead of a possible Jail or
prison sentence.
In summing up the states case
County Attorney Milton D. Mason
pointed out that there was ade-
qcate warning at the scene of the
accident for even the most reck-
less driver to slow down.
Defense Attorney John Regain
reviewed the evidence introduc-
ed in the case and stated that
this boy has suffered enough
Two of the women jurors, Sui
Ivan and his father and mother,
who sat beside him throughout
the trial, wept as the state and
defense presented final pleas.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Gray at Wisconsin
Meeting of Educators

Reede Gray, secretary of the
Minnesota Council of school execu-
tives, is in Madison. Wisconsin,
this week as one of Is Minnesota
delegates to the meeting of the
North Central Association of Col
leges and Secondary Schools.
Subject of the meeting is the
certification of teachers. c. p.
Archer, president of the Minneso-
ia Education association. Dean w.
E. Peik of the University of Min
nesota and j. G. Rockwell, state
commissioner of education, are
among those attending.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Hire New Teacher

!. Marian Hanson, third grade
teacher for two years at Morton,
has been elected to a similar posi-
ton at Redwood Falls. She viii
take the place of M. Alice Ide,
who has resigned. Martha Stems
holt will resume her duties at the
Morton school next year.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Golfers To See
Cole Pictures Of
Canadian Rockies

DR.. j. Gordon Coles pictures
of hunting trip in the Canadian
Rockies will be shown at the an
nual meeting of the Redwood
Falls golf club in st. GATHERINGS
church basement Tuesday eve
ming. The movies have attracted
unusually favorable comment in
Twin Cities sportsmen's circles
where they have been shown. i
Tickets for the club banquet
are now on sale under the direct
ion of r. v. Ochs.
The event begins at $50 D. m
with a dinner and afterward
there will be committee reports
and election of directors.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Redwood Men to Open
New Richland Store

Lloyd Melges and Walter Mertz
Jr. of Redwood Falls will estab-
lish a Red Owl agency grocery
store in New Richland next
month. They have leased a build
ing and ordered stock, planning to
open the place about April S.
Melges has been associated with
other members of the family in
the Melges Grocery and Produce
here and Merit worked for Red
Owl stores here and at Wells.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

1t was ground beef. but it
wasn't grounded Monday.
That was the day Jack Robin
son flew the hamburger.
V. c. Hopfenspirger of Glenn
ents had his annual auction of
farm machinery. and equipment
and the crowd was tremendous.
1.-THE town locked like Wanda
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Seeing Eye Dog On
Assembly Program

Ralph Jackson and his Seeing
Eye dog Crissy will appear on an
assembly program at 8: 10 b. m.
Tuesday in the high school audi
torium here. There will also be
an exhibit of handicraft. The pro-
gram is sponsored by the Univer-
sity of Minnesota.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
BARNES IN CHICAGO
ON DITCH MATTERS

George A. Barnes left for a
conference at the Public Works
administration office in Chicago
Tuesday after a special meeting
with the Redwood county board
of commissioners on county ditch
problems.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

done in studiousnesS. Left to right,
Alan Sickman, vice president;
Agnes Alexander, secretary; Bet
ty Ann Lenke, president and Paul
Lemke, reporter, are sholDn work.
ing on the club program.
Singing practice occupies the
Oak Groues in the third picture.
Left to right are Donald Sieg-
fried, Mary Beckendorf, Gladys
Monsoon, David Monsoon, Burnette
Mckay and Harold Hultquist.
The lo,Uer picture sho1Ds the
Sunnyside Workers as they gath
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
BASEBALL MEETING

Managers of Redwood county
baseball teams are reminded of
meeting in the Redwood Falls
city hall at 8 p. m Tuesday to
form the Redwood County Base
ball league for another season.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
POSTPONE MEETING

A meeting Of the Scenic City
Credit Union, scheduled for April
/. has been postponed until Mon
day evening. April 8 when it will
be held in the Scenic City CO.
Operative Oil company office.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

cred Saturday afternoon to dis
casS projects and enrolment.
Front roa1, left to right: Gordon
Alexander, Alton Anderson,
Elaine Sickman, Arlene Boushek,
Glenna Alexander, Lorraine An
derSon.
In the back roaU are:Paul Lem
lee, Mrs. Ed Anderson, leader,
Hubert Sickman, Sidney Boushek,
LuUer1te Frotdnd, Milton Siclsntan,
Doris Anderson, Phyllis BouShek,
Agnes Alexander and Betty Lem
ke.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

The Oak Grove Al club of
Delhi organized at a meeting last
Ueek and County Agent j. /.
S1Oedberg UaS there to take the
Studious study shoUn at the top.
Pictured, left to right, are. Dauid
Monsoon, Leslie Mckay, Dorothy
Flom, Junior leader; Mary Jean
Beckendorf, Gladys Monsoon, Bur-
nette Mckay, Harold Hultquist,
Donald Hultqtist, Donaid Sieg-
fried and Floyd Moritz.
To the left IN the second ro,D,
are officers of the Sunnyside
Workers of Vesta, not to be out
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

Washington -tP- American
aircraft plants. an official report
today disclosed. have delivered
about 1900 war planes to French
and British fighting forces in the
last IA months and are rushing
production on orders for 2,700
more.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

WdbdsSo public school, standing
IN front of part of his group of IS
pupils.
School has been called in the
second photo and Mr.. Rhodes
stands at the back of the room.
Early arrivals at one of the
classes tOere Mrs. Arthur Mckay,
Mrs. Hugh Mckay and Mrs. Wes-
ley Mckay, all of Delhi, shoton
In the foreground of the bottom
picture. In the background Doro-
thy Flom of Delhi and Mrs. M. C.
Rdmey of Redwood Falls to,on-
ship can be seen.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28

Representatives of ciuic
organizations throughout
Redwood county are
learning hoto to suing
the baton for community
singing at a series of
three song schools ,1hich
lDill be concluded Mon
day. The top picture
sholDS j. Clark Rhodes,
song leader at University
High school, Minneapolis,
iUho is conducting the
Qll-dGu schools in the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
FIREMEN CALLED
TO BARN BLAZE
AT 3 Am. TODAY
FLAMES LIGHT WHOLE
SECTION OF CITY
CAUSING ALARM

Inc sky over Redwood Falls
and snow en- the ground through
out the city reflected the red of
flames which destroyed an old
barn at the Will Ahrens home on
the south edge of town early this
morning.
Awakened by the fire trucks,
some residents saw the bright
light of the flames and thought an
elevator or even a whole section
of the city was on fire.
The structure, insured for about
5000 and containing little of val
ue, collapsed before firemen, call
ed at 3: Is a. M, reached the scene.
Night Officer c. L. Maurstad
put in the alarm when he saw the
glow in the sky. The Ahrens
place is located across the Chica-
go and North Western railroad
tracks, west of highway II.
Firemen could not determine
the origin of the blaze.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1940-03-28
Basketball
First Half

Mountain Lake II, Tracy Is
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05

Montana lost another of its piO-
neer Adventures recently when
John e. Griffin died in his home
at Chinook of heart disease. He
was IS years old and a native Of
Port Glasgow, Scotland. In Scot
land, Griffin learned the trade of
diving suit maker and received his
education there. He Joined a vol
unteer company in Scotland and
received some military training.
Because he was threatened with
lung trouble, he left for Canada and
later came to Chinook He was &C
companied on the trip by his sister,
Mrs. Frank Thibedeaux. Since his
brother, James, had already come to
Montana, John joined him and worked
on the range as a cowboy for IL years
before he left for the gold stampede
in Alaska.
Although he found gold and made
considerable money there, he put it
unsuccessful. He worked for the Cop
per River 81 Northern railway as a
civil engineer during the construc-
ton Of the road and for another year
was a guide for a geological party
of the United States government. The
party went as far north as Point
Barrow and paid Griffin high COM
pllmentS Tor his work
Upon his return from Alaska, Crit
fin came to Chinook to open the first
molten picture theater He opened the
first show in the old Orpheum build
ing and later opened the Griffin the
ater He was engaged in the theater
business until his death and was one
of the first and best known figures
in the motion picture business of the
state. He operated the theater as an
independent business, buying his pic
lures in the open market.
He built Griffin hall, which was
used for community center and held
about 400 people
Volunteering in the World war, he
was rejected for active duty but aided
in campaigns for war funds. He man
aged a FLU hospital" for six months.
For many years he was justice of the
peace at Chinook and was a member
of the Masonic lodge and the Presby
terrain church.
In October, 1911, he married Mar
garet Crooks. They had two children,
a daughter, Isabelle, noy Mrs Herbert
Bonifas of Chinook, and son. James,
who died at the age of g.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
JOHN E. GRIFFIN.
PIONEER, DIES
OPENED AND. OPERATED FIRST
MOTION PICTURE SHOW IN
CHINOOK

Rode Range With Charles NJ Russell,
Dug Gold in Alaska After Coming
to This Country From Native Scot
land.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
care. and dressed in their best finery.
Ride TO Death

care. and dressed in their best finery.
Ride to Death
Reaching level ground the two In
dams began firing at the troops and
Indian police The fire was answered
at once, the fire Of the cavalry being
rapid but ineffective. One Of the In
dian policemen made a better show
ing. One of the Indians and his horse
toppled in a heap
The bullets of the soldiers and po-
lice could not find the second man
as he rode across their front. He rode
thrc Ugh point-blank fire, but his life
apparently was charmed for the mo-
ment. He rode shooting and singing
past the troops and out OF the agency.
Turning, he raced back and had
passed a second time before he was
hit. Warrior and pony died at the same
time
1t was finished. The Indians closed
in and claimed the bodies. taking them
away for mourning
Only one white man was wounded,
and a horse was killed.
No man who witnessed the affair
could ever forget that a Cheyenne In
dian could die bravely. The Indians.
for many years at least, would not ap-
proach after dark the spot where Head
Chief and Young Mule had died.
They said the spirits Of the two
brave young warriors haunted the spot.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
SIX VALLEY MEN
IN COOPERATIVE
FARM SECURITY GROUP SPON-
SORS VENTURE NEAR
NASHUA

Borrowing money to purchase
land from the farm security adj
ministratiOn and securing old
buildings used while the Fort Peck
dam was being built for homes
and work units, six Valley county
men and their families are well
on their way OF a cooperative
If possible, they win be in active
production on 785 acres of land
near Nashua.
The cooperative farm plan has
taken several years to work out but
such progress has been made that
drilling of wells started Wednesday
and excavation for Easements will fol-
low. The association has borrowed
$4,000 from the farm security, $19,350
Of which was spent for purchase Of
the old Ben Durreu tract OF 1,03495
acres, five miles southwest of Nashua.
Construction of homes and farm
buildings viii cost $12,786 while irri-
cation structures, leveling, draining
and other development work on the
land will cost $23,100. The sum Of
S4664 has been set aside for con-
tingencies.
Taking advantage of the sale Of
houses and barracks at Fort Peck, the
cooperative purchased houses and
III DrAA dNnAos 4AAS A4OAoSo AAafC 0CC4A
moved from Fort Peck, while the bar
racks were wrecked and the material
will be used for barns, poultry houses
and other farm buildings.
The Durrel tract has been divided
into seven farm units, with a COM
munity pasture of 249.95 acres on dry
land. Each farmer will have his in
dividual farm, varying In size from
IS to 1856 acres. The original set of
Durrell buildings will house one fam
lily, six of the Fort Peck houses will
be used for homes and two viii be
labor houses.
Farmers who are members of the
cooperative association and who will
be resettled on the developed tract
include Melford Kalstad of Glasgow;
Burton N. Davenport, Nashua; Walter
K. Newton, Glasgow; Harold S. Red
din, Wagner; E. Francis Rusher, GlaS-
Cow, and Frank Ferrin, Nashua.
Total irrigable land before leveling,
draining or ditching is about 80 acres,
which is planted to alfalfa.
improvement Of the land will re-
quire leveling of $50 acres, construc
2.8 miles of drains, 3 miles Of road
and 4 bridges, exclusive Of a large
number of small irrigation structures.
The Nashua cooperative Is spon
sored by the Milk river farm security
project of which II. L. Lantz is man
ager. Work of developing land, con-
struction of houses and farm buildings,
of the tract and other work
Incidental to resettlement of seven
families is being done under super
vision of the farm security.
E. Francis RuSher Is president of the
cooperative association. Walter K.
Newton, vice president; Burton N.
Davenport, secretary, and Willard
ford Kalstad are directors.
Because of the location, state of de-
and other contributing fac
tors, livestock will probably be the
major enterprise of the farmers. Al
though each farmer will follow his
own inclinationS as far as his indi-
viduRl farm is concerned.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05

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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05
Hardware Meeting At
Great Falls. Oct. 1926

The Montana Implement and Hard
ware association will hold its 32d an
nual convention in Great Falls on Oct
IS and 20, G. w. Smith, chairman Of
the convention committee, has an
nounced.
Smith said he had arranged a two
day educational program which win
include several outstanding speakers.
Paul M Mulliken, executive secre-
tary of the National Retail Farm
Equipment association, will speak on
Where Do We Go From Here?" and
Hobart Thomas of Indianapolis, di-
rector of extension activities for the
National Retail Hardware association,
will discuss the value of cooperation.
Fred Bennion of the Montana Tax
payers association, will speak on taxes.
Another speaker will be E. M Keeley,
counsel for the Montana trade COM
mission
c. M. Wall of Helena Is president
Of the association. w. G. Wallace of
Anaconda is vice president and M. p
Trenne of Helena is secretary-treas-
urer
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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-10-05

No one loved a good story more
than w. w. (BiHD Cheeley, late
president of the Montana News
paper Association. Whenever he
picked up a good one, he was
prone to write about it In his own
style in one or more Of his publ
cations.
With a belief that many persons
who knew the Montana characters
involved In these anecdotes will en-
Joy them and that others, who may
never have heard of the persons
mentioned but who also like good
story viii appreciate the style, this
paper will from time to time pub
Iish some of the oId-tine remi-
niscences. This is one Of them