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THE REDWOOD GAZETTE *
PUBLISHED TO PROMOTE THE BEST INTERESTS OF REDWOOD FALLS AND REDWOOD COUNTY
VOLUME LVIII.
ARMISTICE DAY
ADDRESS GIVEN BY !
HARRY ACTON
SECRETARY TO GOV. CHRISTIAN
SON DELIVERS ADDRESS BE
FORE LARGE AUDIENCE IN
ARMORY.
Harry Acton private secretary to
Governor Theodore Christianson de
livered the principle address of the
Armistice Day program held at the
Armory, Redwood Falls, Thursday, 1
November 11th. Those taking part
in the parade assembled at the Lin
coln school building where at 9:30
a. m. the parade started and march
ed through the business section of
town to the armory where the pro
gram was carried out. E. L. Spencer,
commander of the local post of the
American Legion presided.
Mr. Acton’s talk was a resume of,
the World War and the first Armis-j
tiee and he summarized the theme of
his address thus:
“Let us, out of the World War
Armistice, try to engender such a;
spirit for the whole world it will be
the armistice of all wars, but let us i
enter into no armistice with forces j
of evil, whether here or abroad. There I
can be no armistice with those who j
would teach the children that all our j
wars were folly, that the Americans
who brought them about were eager
to kill and maim their fellow-men.
“We want no more war, and every 1
true American wishes we had never j
had to engage in one. But we can i
rightly be proud of the part we play
ed in the World War and to show that
pride, we should honor both the dead !
and living who served, care for the i
disabled, perpetuate the American I
spirit which gave us victory and have
no armistice with those who have
proved or do prove they are not in
accord with Americanism.
“Here, then, is our message for
Armistice Day: a call to hallow'Tne
memory of those who made the su- j
preme sacrifice; a call to honor the
valiant deeds that won the day for
democratic government; a call to
stand vigilant over our birthright as
a nation; a call to look toward the
rising sun of that day when war, and
misery, and hate shall be no more.
The program consisted of Invoca
tion by Rev. Ackerman, a vocal solo
by Miss Flygare accompanied by Miss
Thompson, a trio by A. F. Dahlberg,
Harold Starr and F. H. Anthony. The
audience sang America and Rev. Jir
acek gave the Benediction. Five vet
erans of the Civil War and members
of the G. A. R. were in attendance;
they were H. N. Bell, O. J. Swan,
Orsin Wells, Chas. Beer and A. A.
Wilson. Those veterans represent
ing the Spanish-American War were
Henry Amberg Louis Juenger, Fred
Zehetner, and C. H. Whiting.
BROTHER OF LOCAL
WOMAN SENT TO
SPAIN BY PRES.
MRS. ALICE WARNER RECEIVES
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF
BROTHER AS NATIONAL REP
RESENTATIVE AT EXPOSITION.
Judge R. N. Matson of Cheyenne,!
Wyoming, the brother of Mrs. Alice
Warner of Redwood Falls, has recent
ly received an important appointment
from President Coolidge. The Wyom-'
ing State Tribune of a recent issue
carried the following story of this ap
pointment.
“Hon. Roderick N. Matson of Chey
enne, Wyo., has been appointed by
President Coolidge as commissioner of
the United States to the international
exposition which is to open at Seville,;
Spain, in the fall of 1928. His duties '
will necessitate his presence at Se
ville for an indefinite period. He
“probably will go to Spain next year.
Mrs. Matson will accompany him.
“Selection of Judge Matson as one’
of the commissioners to direct Amer
ica’s participation in the exposition at!
Seville was recognization of his know-1
ledge of international law and general
international relationships. He was
appointed after President Coolidge
nad made a survey of the qualifica
tions of prominent men of all parts
of the country and his selection fur-j
ther distinguishes Wyoming, a state of
small population, as a part of the
country which produces citizens cap-
able of ably administering national j
offices. On the comparative basis of
papulations, there is no other state
which has nearly so many citizens in
ugh federal positions as has Wyom-,
: ng. I
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
Hear W. J. Arnold of “The Northwest Associated" Speak at
the Armory Thurs. Eve, Nov.lß. Commercial Club Invites You
RUFUS R. RAND,
Minnesota State Legion Commander,;
who will be the principal speaker at
the sub-district Legion Rally in Red-!'
wood Falls, December 3rd.
G. A. DEWERD’S
MILL DESTROYED
BY FIRE TUESDAY
FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED AT
5:30 A. M. TUESDAY TO ANS
WER CALL AT LOCAL FEED
MILL; STORAGE SHEDS SAVED.j
The G. A. deWerd feed mill and'
storage elevator suffered a complete
loss by fire Tuesday morning. The
fire was discovered by Mrs. Huhner-!
koch at about 5:30 a. m. at which time i
she immediately called Mr. deWerd
and the fire department. Upon ar-j
rival the fire department found that,
the fire had made great headway and,
, that it was practically useless to try
to save the building. The fire start
ed from some unknown cause in the|
storage shed which connected the
main building on the west and by the
j time the department had arrived the i
blaze had made great headway in the
main building.
Handicapped by the lack of hy
drants near the scene of the fire the
department played two streams upon
the blaze through the doors and win
dows. The building, formerly the j
Bingham Bros, elevator, was com
pletely covered on the outside with
tin which made it impossible for the;
firemen to break through. The stor- j
age sheds at the east of the building;
were carefully guarded and were
saved.
Mr. deWerd states that the total
loss approximates $8,000.00 and that'
the building and contents were fully
insured. Because of the fire the
feed mill will be closed but will be
opened as soon as the debris can be!
cleared away and a new building
i erected. A full line of flour and feed
i that had been‘stored in the storage
sheds undamaged by fire can be had
at all times.
W. J. ARNOLD TO
! GIVE COMMUNITY
: TALK HERE THURS.
. i
EVERY MAN AND WOMAN IN |
COUNTY INVITED TO HEAR
“APOSTLE OF SUNSHINE” IN
'TALK.
Invited by the Redwood Falls Com
mercial Club to give an address at
Redwood Falls, W. J. Arnold repre-’
senting the '.Northwest Associated;
and the Sunset Magazine will speak |
at the Redwood Falls armory Thurs- i
day evening, November 18th. There
is no admission fee, the Club paying
, the expense of bringing Mr. Arnold
here, and all members of this com-j
. munity are invited to attend. Since:
i Mr. Arnold’s address is of especial in- J
! terest to the men most vitally in- j
I terested in the progress of the North-,
, west a special inviation is given all
the farmers to attend.
This is Mr. Arnold’s first appear-j
ance in Redwood Falls although he is
a speaker of national reputation and!
is known as the “Apostle of Sun-j
shine.” However, Mr. Arnold’s sub-i
ject matter is not a mere optomistic ■
and lighthearted passing over of,
problems. Rather he shows how the j
problems now troubling this section'
may be solved if there is a united
; effort of communities to assist in their 1
(Continued on page twelve)
REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1926. _
County Agent Sheldon
Makes Annual Report
SENATOR CASHMAN AND SECRE
TARY JONES TO ADDRESS AN
UAL FARM BUREAU MEETING
AT WABASSO TODAY.
This is the day of the annual meet- I
ing of the Redwood County Farm j
Bureau at Wabasso. As announced
by County Agent Lynn Sheldon,
through the Gazette of last week Sec-:
retary Jones of the State Bureau and
Senator Cashman of Owatonna will
be the chief speakers of the meeting, j
Mr. Sheldon will give his annual re- j
port of the work done in his office.;
The following constitutes a summary'
of this report:
“County extension work is an edu
cational service rendered cooperative
ly under the Smith Lever Law pro
viding for the extension of the prin
ciples and experiments from the col
leges and United States Department
of Agriculture to the people living in
rural communities. This program is
carried on cooperatively by the Coun
ty, the County Farm Bureau, the Col
lege of Agriculture and the United
States Department of Agriculture.
“A large part of this program is
developed by way of demonstrations
of -various kinds of farm practice.
Instead of a farmer going to a text
book to learn these principles he may
attend a demonstration where the ac
tual movement of doing the job is
shown by the county agent, who is
employed to do this work, with the as
sistance of State specialists where
needed.
During the year just closing 61
method demonstrations were conduct
ed. At each of these a group »of
farmers gathered to study some par
ticular method of doing a farm? job
according to the best information
from the College or U. S. Department
of Agriculture.
“The following demonstrations were
conducted: Corn 4, Wheat 1, Oats 1,
Rye 1, Barley 1, Alfalfa 5, Pastures
2, Tree Fruits 7, Grapes 6, Home
Beautification 2, Forestry 8, Rodents
1, Green Bug and Web Worm 1, Dairy
1, Beef Cattle 5, Poultry 6, Rural En
gineering 7, Bee Keeping 2. This is a
CARITY MOTORS
PUTS ON ‘TORO”
ESSAY CONTEST
TWO SUBJECTS OFFERED EN
TRANTS; PRIZES RANGE FROM
$25.00 TO $5.00; CONTEST CLOS
ES NOVEMBER 27TH.
The most recent essay contest to
be announced in Redwood Falls is the
Ford Essay contest, announced last
week by Carity Motors, Inc. The
prizes for the four best essays are
cash prizes ranging from $25.00 to
$5.00 making desirable prizes for high
school students who may wish to en
ter. Residents of Redwood County
and four of its neighboring counties
are eligible to enter. The contestant
is offered the choice of two subjects:
“Why has the Ford Motor Company
sold 14,000,000 cars” is the first and
the second is “Why has the Ford Mo
tor Company sold 4,000,000 cars in
the past twenty-five monthfe. The
contest closes at eight o’clock the ev
ening of November 27th and the win
ners will be announced at the New
Dream theatre Wednesday evening
December Ist. There will be a spec
ial showing of the film “The Ten
Millionth Ford” and the announcement
of the winners will follow.
Fred Carity, of the Carity Motors,
Inc., has announced '-the following
rules for the contest:
“Anyone living in Redwood, Ren
ville, Brown, Yellow Medicine and
Lyon counties is eligible to enter
this contest, except employes of the
Carity Motors, Inc., and members of
their families.
“Essays are limited to two hundred (
words, must be typed or written in
ink and on one side of the paper only.
“Manuscripts must be enclosed in
a sealed envelope and deposited in;
the box at the Carity Motors, Inc.,
garage before eight o’clock in the ev
ening of Saturday, November 27th >
or mailed so as to reach the Carity
Motors, Inc., not later than eight
o’clock the evening of November 27.
“The name and address of the writ
er must be plainly written or typed
on a blank sheet of paper, as the first
page of the essay. This sheet will
be detached, numbered and retained
<Continued on page twelve)
total of 61 demonstrations with an
attendance at three demonstrations of 1
671.
“Another type of demonstration j
work is conducted individually rela
tive to some particular farm problem 1
where the farmer conducts some par-j
ticUlar demonstration where the meth
ods used are carried out according to
the direction of the extension service i
and records of the results are made
and comparisons drawn.
“In this kind of result demonstra
tion the agent worked with 209 farm-1
ers during the year in development of
the following projects: Corn 1, Wheat
1, Oats 5, Barley 5, Flax 4, Alfalfa
12, Soy Beans 10, Sweet Clover 25,
Pastures 3, Fruit Trees 7, Grapes 6,
Home Beautification 1, Forestry 19,
Beef Cattle 7, Swine 4, Poultry 20,
Farm Management 45, Bee Keeping
5, Rodents 14, Insects 15. Total 209.
“It is quite generally understood
that the county agent does not run
around over the county imposing his
services or butting into people’s busi
ness. Request must first be made for
this assistance. Some have hesitat
ed to ask for assistance because they
thought it would cost them something.
This service is rendered without cost
to anyone requesting assistance, and
increased returns from improved farm
practices are assured.
“A special effort is made to do
group work by communities where it
may be possible to reach more people
at the same time and with the same
expense. But this does not stand in
I the way of anyone in Redwood Coun
| ty receiving assistance without charge
who may desire it, merely for the ask
[ ing. This likewise applies to organ
: ized communities w r here more work
! is carried on in groups.
I Meetings bearing on various sub
jects in tlie development of the pro
gram of work for the year are called
for a_*pecial purpose or presented at
j meetings of some local organization.
This has proved a very good means
of bringing before the people thnely
subjects pertaining to farm problems.
The following is a list of such meet
continued on last page)
GUST. MATTSON
UND WM. SCHMITT
f TAKEN TO PRISON
j
FOUR CHARGED WITH FORGERY
j ARE SENTENCED BY JUDGE
OLSEN; WOMENS SENTENCES
I SUSPENDED.
i Three residents of. Springfield
charged with forgery in the second
degree, were give sentence by Judge
iI. M. Olsen in District Court here
| Friday. The miscreants were Gust.
! Mattson, Wm. Schmitt and Annie
j Schmitt, his wife. A fourth member
I of the party, Gertrude Mattson, wife
of William Mattson, was sentenced
Monday. The plea of guilty was;
made befoi'e Judge Everett in Muni
: cipal Court here last week. The two,
men were each sent to.the state pris
on at Stillwater to remain until re- 1
leased as provided by law. The wo-1
men were both sentenced to the State
Reformatory for Women at Shakopee!
with sentences of the same length. In 1
their case, however, the sentences!
! were suspended for one year on good
behavior. This suspension of sent
| ence was given since each of the wo- j
! men is the mother of several young !
| children.
j These four people were arrested
' recently at Lamberton when Mrs.;
Schmitt attempted to cash a suspic-;
ious looking check. Lamberton mer-j
chants, having been warned against ai
group which had been doing this' fn,
other sections of the County, held the!
woman until the arrival of Sheriff L.
J. Kise and his deputies. The woman
was arrested, her arrest leading to
i the arrest of her husband and Mr. j
and Mrs. Mattson. In addition to:
cashing forged checks the four had;
also been taking parcels from parked:
automobiles, working in various of j
the smaller towns on Saturday even-!
ings, selecting a different town each!
The men will be taken to;
Stillwater today to start serving their;
sentences.
A. H. Vihstadt returned
from Minneapolis where he spent sev
eral days last week. He was accom
panied here by G. W. Gold of St.
Paul who was a weekend guest at the
Vihstadt and D. W. Gold homes.
WANTED—FIVE HUN
DRED CITIZENS’ HELP
In the recent election held in
Redwood Falls more than eleven
hundred votes were cast in the
two wards of the city. This
seems pretty fair evidence that
there are at least that many
people past twenty-one years of
age within the limits of Red
wood Falls. Now that the an
nual Roll Call is oh it seems
little enough to expect that at
least five hundred of this num
ber shall prove they are main
taining the honor of the com
munity by their dollars as well
as by their votes. A member
ship in the Red Cross for one
year is only one dollar, and that
it is little enough to give as a
“Thank Offering” to the great
cause of charity as it is serv
ed by this wonderful organiza
tion. Helping with this Roll
Call means helping to further
the work of the Redwood Coun
ty Child Welfare Board which
is financed by the Redwood
County Red Cross Chapter. Ev
eryone is privileged to help
with this through the simple
process of taking out a Red
Cross membership.
REDWOOD FALLS
ENDS FOOTBALL
NOVEMBER 13
HIGH SCHOOL LOSES TO ST.
PETER 19-6 WHILE INDEPEND
ENTS PLAY SCORELESS TIE
WITH SPRINGFIELD NOV. 11.
Saturday, November 13th marked
the closing of the Redwood Falls
high school football season. The lo
cal team met defeat at the hands of
the St. Peter high school by a 19-7
score to end its season. In this game
Redwood showed its inability to take
advantage of the breaks of the game.
St. Peter’s touchdowns came directly
from passes.
The closing of this season marks
an unsuccessful attempt for Redwood
Falls’ bid for fame through football.
Coach Stockton started the season
with prospects for a winning team but
hard luck early in the season prevent
ed several of his regulars from play
ing, thus putting the coach in a tick
lish position a few days before the
opening game; forcing him i,o use
green men that had never play
ed the game, Coach Stockton brought
i the team through from a most disas
j terous beginning to defeat the highly
, touted Marshall team 6-0 for Red
wood’s only win of the season. The
prospects for a winning team for next
year are much brighter.
Playing their second scoreless tie
with Springfield the local Independ
ents closed their football season Nov
ember 11th. The scheduled game with
Pipestone for Sunday, November 14,
was cancelled on account of rain.
Playing some of the fastest teams in
the country the Independents did well
(Continued on page twelve)
LOCAL CLUB TO
SPONSOR ANNUAL
POULTRY SHOW
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
OF COMMERCIAL CLUB MON
DAY NIGHT SELECTS JAN. 11
TO 14 AS DATES.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Redwood Falls Commercial Club was!
held at the club rooms Monday night, J
November 15th. With an unusually,
small turnout for this important;
meeting those present acted upom
some important business.
Flains were laid for the Redwood
Falls 1927 Poultry Show which is to
be held four days, January 11th to
14th. The committee appointed in
charge of the arranging of the Poul
try Show is Geo. Freyer, chairman;
Harry Hoffman and Gotlieb Kuenzli.
The committee will decide the build
ing that is to be used for the show
and announcement of this will be,
made at a later date. The same com
mittee has decided to extend an in
vitation to the Egg and Poultry As-!
sociation to hold its annual meeting
in Redwood Falls. A place for this
meeting will be decided upon later.
The meeting will be held during the
second or third week in February.
The matter of learning what might
be done in the way of organizing am
other bank for Redwood Falls was dis
continued on page twelve.)
JOHN F. MURSET
PRESENTS “THE
LITTLE PARADE”
LOCAL BOY WRITES, DIRECTS
AND PRODUCES PLAY GIVEN
UNDER AUSPICES OF LEGION
DRUM CORPS NOVEMBER 25-26.
In writing, producing and arranging
“The Little Parade,” John F. Murset
has accomplished an act with which
lovers of amateur plays will be more
than pleased. A great deal of time
has been spent by Mr. Murset in se
lecting his cast and writing parts for
the various skits which assure the
people of this vicinity two hours of
good fun. The production will be
given in the Armory the nights of
November 25th and 26th.
The program is as follows:
ACT 1
Scene I—April 6th, 1917—Willard
Starr and Rex Miller.
Scene ll.—Camp “Black & White.”
Officers Harry Warner, Mill Evans,
| Ed. Bollum. Soldiers: J. Stocksted,
Clem Hillig, E. L. Spencer, Walt,
j King Rex Miller, Gale Gibson, Rob
| ert Fuller, Elmer Sebo, J. C. Budik,
Lee Hendricks, Frank Welch, Ori*
Imes, Frank Baldwin.
Scene lll—The Flower Girl. Mar
garet Jean Boltz, Harold Starr, Ber
nice Hendricks, Bill Guthrie, John
Murset.
Scene IV—“La Belle France.” Cast
: same as scene 11.
i Scene V—The Battle of Rollin’
I Bones. Gale Gibson, Elmer Sebo,
Lee Hendricks Ed. Bollum, Wm.
Evans, Robert Fuller, J. C. Budik,
Frank Welch.
ACT II
j Scene I—Armistice Day in France.
Cast same as scene 11, act 1.
j Scene ll—The “Champ’s Elysees”
' Theatre, (a) Music of Yesterday and
Today. Hazel Lieverson, Martha
, Lane, Victor Johnson, Harold Starr,
1 Meci Reed. Chorus: Bernice Hend
ricks, Margaret Jean Boltz, Flor
i ence Pryor, Alice Kuenzli, Erma
Jones, Bernice Larson, Ruth Hillman,
(b) “Settled out of Court.” In order
of their appearance:
Norma Bennet Martha Lane
Tom Bennett Rex Miller
Billy Wade Victor Johnson
Kitty Wade Hazel Lieverson
! Scene lll—Miller, Guthrie, Murset.
Scene IV—“The Casino De Paree.”
’ Featuring Claire Hauck and His
, Band. Chorus: Bernice Hendricks,
Margaret Jean Boltz, Florence Pry
. or, Alice Kuenzli, Erma Jones, Ber
nice Larson, Ruth Hillman. Danees
by Ruth Hillman, Ervin Callery.
Ervin Callery, Bub Callery, Robert
Fuller, Harold Starr. Harold Starr
, at the piano. Grand Finale, entire
' cast,
DR. J. A. MYERS
IS NEW HEAD OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
SUMMARY OF YEAR’S ACTIVI
TIES SHOWS FINE THINGS
DONE; CLINICS OFFER OPPOR
; TUNITIES FOR PREVENTION.
| The Minnesota Public Health As
sociation is now headed by Dr. J. A.
Myers, Professor of Public Health at
j the University of Minnesota and au
l thor of several books on the subject
of tuberculosis, as the result of elec
j tion of officers of that organization in
St. Paul last week. After three years
of presidency, Dr. H. Longstreet Tay
j lor, who organized the association in
, 1907, resigned in favor of Dr. Myers.
Included in the annual report, which
!is of state-wide interest, was this
general summary of activities, read
by Dr. E. A. Meyerding, Executive
Secretary:
Examinations of 8,236 men, women
and children at tuberculosis, infants’
and children’s public health and ortho
pedic clinics; 5,401 examinations
through nursing service in 31 towns
and six counties; enrollment of 38,-
833 children in 1,586 schools in a
health crusade program; purchase of
4,297 books on health education, for
the schools; distribution of 155 school
scales and five baby scales for infant
welfare centers; 10,000 measuring
charts; 309,682 pieces of health liter
ature; 42,000 health games; 105,000
health service emblems; 4,600 ther
mometers; thirty-one exhibits of
health projects and 348,000 copies of
the Northwest Health Journal.
A state-wide poster contest, a high
school health play contest, lectures
and film showings were included
among the other activities.
(Continued on page twelve.)
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