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I THE REDWOOD GAZETTE
! Published By
| REDWOOD GAZETTE PUB. CO, Inc.
I SCOTT BCHOEN, EDITOR
! Entered as Second Class Mattsr, at tha
I Postoffice, Redwood Fade, Minnesota,
| under Act of March 8, 1179.
| 67 Years of Service to City and County
' MEMBER
| National Editorial Association
j Minnesota Editorial Association
' Redwood County Proas Association
lOne Year (Within 60 miles of City) 91.60
One Yea* (Elsewhere In United States) 92
One Year (Outside United States) 92J0 j
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REDWOOD FALLS HAS A MOST
important stake in Ramsey park. Play
ground of a large area, it attracts many
visitors from surrounding communities and
persons from other states passing through
as tourists. It is a popular place for picnics
and parties of local people during several
months of the year.
Of late the feeling has developed here
that Ramsey park is not well regarded at
the office of the state park board in St. Paul.
Changes made there without consulting
members of the local park board have in
many cases met with little favor, particular
ly from the people who were interested in
the park before it became a state park and
preferred it as it was. Made in the name of
economy, some of the changes seem to have
involved little saving. At present what is
regarded as the “last straw” is the threat
ened removal of park animals, for economy.
We question whether condemning the
state officials for their efforts or even send- j
ing petitions to the conservation commis
sin will get us anywhere. We suspect that a
well mannered delegation sent to St. Paul
for a conference with state officials, deter
mined to bury whatever hatchets have been
brandished on either side, would accomplish
more for the park.
*****
EVERY BUSINESS MAN WILL TELL
you that a good share of his mail since the
first of the year has been the announcements
of price changes—advances in almost every
case. Most of them have been made with
out warning beyond the hints that traveling
men have risked giving on private hunches.
It is this constant upward trend in the cost
of materials and labor that has made it
necessary for The Gazette to restore its sub
scription price to the pre-depression level of
$2 per year. Unlike other price advances,
this one becomes effective next Monday only
after six weeks of warning during which
many have heeded the advice to “pay up and
save.” If you have not done so already, we
urge you to take advantage of the chance
which is still good Friday and Saturday. In
fairness to other subscribers, we can make
no concessions on advance subscriptions af
ter Saturday. Old subscribers in arrears
whose names will be removed from the list
at that time may be reinstated by paying up I
their back subscription at the rate at which
the obligation was incurred, of course, but
all advance payments will be at $2. Please
do not ask us to do otherwise.
*****
ONE OF THE WISE MOVES OF THE
last legislature on which we neglected to]
comment is that of making the state high
way commissioner’s tenure of office four
years. Making him subject to removal only
for cause, the act comes the closest to civil
service legislation of any passed by both
houses and as such is applauded by all who
hope some day soon to see the abolishment
of all that smells of the spoils system. The
act gives Mr. Elsberg free rein to run his de
partment as we believe he has always want
ed to run it—without interference from
politicians. The benefits will be reaped by
taxpayers in more good roads for the same
money.
*****
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT HAS TRA
veled 105,000 miles during his four years in
office, a distance equal to once around the
globe in each of his years in office. In that
time he has passed through Minnesota three
times, coming as close to this section as
Willmar on one occasion. He has visited 46
of the 48 states besides Hawaii and several
Central and South American countries.
Travel serves a president in many ways. It
offers relief from the pressure of Washing
ton life, it builds political friendships and
gives an opportunity to observe conditions
and people.
*****
THE MARSHALL LADS WHO CON
ceived and executed a practical joke on a
good many motorists before they landed in
court had a pretty good idea, even though
it was dangerous and too rough treatment
to be meted to car drivers indiscriminately.
Having prepared a dummy about the size of
one of their number, they would all run
across a street at night in front of a car and
the last one would drop the dummy where it
would be struck by the panic stricken motor
ist. Naturally it riled the driver. But don’t
some of them need a rude awakening?
*****
BEST CARTOON OF THE WEEK
shows a man watering his lawn in a down
pour of rain. The ground bears*the label,
“depression needs” while the man is “con
gress,” the heavy rain is “recovery” and the
water from the nozzle is labeled “govern
ment spending.”
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ANY SUBSCRIBERS WHO FOUND
the 48 page law supplement issued with last
week’s Gazette inadequate to cover all their
shelves to the desired thickness will be glad
to know that we have a few extra copies on
hand with which they may finish the spring
housecleaning chore.
• * * * *
A KANSAS NEWSPAPER RUNS
YArthfi, marriages, deaths and divorces un
der the following head: hatched, matched,
dispatched, detached.
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THE REDWOOD GAZETTE, REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA Thursday, May 13,1937
THE GAZETTE’S EDITORIAL AND FEATURE PAGE
HENRY A. WALLACE, SECRETARY
of agriculture, discussed land booms and
safe prices for farm lands in a recent talk.
His speech is summed up in this concluding
paragraph:
On the whole, I think it is a good thing
that farm land values in the United States in
the spring of 1937 are only 85 per cent as high
as they were before the World war and only
16 per cent higher than at the bottom of the
depression in 1933. If farmers get their fan
share of the national income during the next
ten years, farm land values will and should
advance. But I hope they never advance be
yond a fair relationship with farm income.
Farmers and especially young farmers don’t
want a repetition of the 1920 foolishness. They
want stability and security. They want to go
ahead steadily year afer year, feeding and
clothing the people of the nation, and getting
a fair price for so doing. They want to make
their money by farming and not by speculat
ing in land. I hope the United States depart
ment of agriculture and the land grant col
leges can co-operate with these young farmers
in building for security and that we shall never
again be afflicted by the excesses of a land
boom. Fortunately there is no evidence of
such a boom at the present time. Land values
are recovering in a sensible and conservative
fashion. *****
REDWOOD FALLS BUSINESS MEN
who saw “The Bride Wakes Up” at Heron
Lake last week are enthusiastic about this
motion picture cooking school film, a full
length feature which contains an interesting
story as well as a thorough lesson in cook
ery, which will be shown at the Redwood
Theatre at 2:30 matinees Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday. It is impossible to bring
the outstanding talent which conducts such
schools in large cities to the smaller places
but in the movie cooking school, the small
city and country woman is offered the very
best in culinary instruction in her local
theatre. Even in the big city schools, it is
an accepted fact that only those in a few
rows of seats near the front get the full
amount out of the lesson. With camera close
ups, this difficulty is avoided in the movie
school. We recommend “The Bride Wakes
Up” to our readers. We believe you will en
joy it. Come early and often and bring
your friends.
*****
PUBLICITY RELEASES FROM THE
state highway department frequently review
the number of arrests made by the state
highway patrol during a specified period.
Usually they contain this sentence: “Con
victions resulted in all cases.” It certainly is
a strong recommendation for the patrol, one
to be coveted by all law enforcement officers.
It indicates that when a patrol motorcycle
or car pulls alongside of your car, they real
ly have the goods on you. It speaks well
also of the small city courts in which most
of these cases are heard. Apparently they
are not so easy “to fix” as tags in some of
the large cities have been in the past.
*****
INCIDENTALLY, THE RELEASE
this week contains the news that federal
highway aid allotments to states in which
part of the road funds are diverted to other
purposes have been reduced by the bureau of
public roads. Fortunately Minnesota mo
torists, while heavily taxed, have the satis
faction of knowing that their gas tax and
license fee money is spent on roads. They
haven’t been “robbed” to support other
governmental functions.
*****
THE FARMER-LABOR PARTY DOES
n’t like the conservative senate but it really
is one of its best assets. Every law passed
and signed that doesn’t prove popular can
be blamed entirely on those reactionary sen
ators. And those laws that would have been
popular had they passed, certainly they were
all killed or mutilated in the senate cham
bers.
*****
THE EDITOR OF THE WASECA
Journal, which is now constructing a new
building to house its plant makes this re
port on progress: “We are coming along
fine. The roof will be on in less than two
weeks and the mortgage is on already.”
*****
A SLEEPY EYE MAN HAS THE Dis
tinction of having sung duets with Aimee
Semple McPherson. Whether that is a claim
to fame or not depends on whether you
judge her by the good she may have done
or the trouble she certainly has got into.
*****
ONE MAN’S LOSS IS ANOTHER’S
gain according to an old saying but the
Fairmont Sentinel comments that the Farm
er-Labor party has slipped considerably
since the first of the year without appre
ciable gains on the part of other parties.
*****
“SOAK THE RICH” IS A GREAT
slogan. Trouble with the scheme is that the
rich got that way because they were a little
smarter and quicker than the rest of us.
We’ll pay their taxes the same way we paid
them their profits.
*****
THE MORE WE READ ABOUT THE
coronation, European troubles and other or
deals which confront a modem king, the
more we suspect that Edward made a good
deal when he traded it all for Wally and a
half million dollars.
*****
HAYCRAFT, FORMER GRID STAR,
stiff-armed Latimer in the warm-up game
and won the nomination. Now he must re
cruit the leader of the other faction to run
interference if he hopes to score in the big
game this June against Leach.
*****
COMMENTING ON THE REMOVAL
of women and children from Bilboa in the
Spanish war area, The Lake Wilson Pilot
suggests taking out all the Spanards and
letting the other fellows fight it out.
NEW MOTION PICTURE
SHOWS OLD FAVORITES
Backward jj
Glances |
5 YEARS AGO
A special grand jury was called
to indict Freddie and Marshall
Groves who were captured by
Sheriff L. J. Kise after they had
held up Gilbert Johnson in the
Gamble store here. —Mrs. Phebe
Fuller was elected vice-president
of the county federated cluos at
their annual rally in Belview.—
J. V. Weber of Slayton was cho
sen Memorial day speaker.—
Warren Aver ill who held up and
robbed M. L. Pettis, service stat
ion man, was convicted of the
crime at Marshall.— H. J. Neu
mann became the partner of S. B.
Duea in the insurance business. —
Miss Martha Wingate and Lloyd
Rasmussen were married in Min
neapolis.—A temporary hangar
was being constructed on the air
plane landing field east of town.
—A freak pig with seven legs, one
head and two bodies was born on
the Roy Castle farm near N*fHi
Redwoow but did not live.. —
Michael Kramer filed for his six
th term as representative-at-large
from the fourteenth district.
* * * *
10 YEARS AGO
J. H. McGowan, prominent
Morton resident, died. Grace
Wester was queen at the annual
school May fete. —Eight persons
were injured when cars driven by
Leroy King of Lamberton and
John Tiegel of Lamberton collid
ed near Lamberton. —Through a
consolidation, the local F. S. Jones
company store came under the
management of the J. C. Penney
company.—L. E. Backer was
chairman of the Redwood Falls
Chautauqua program committee.
—Sergeant Willard Whittet re
ceived his diploma from the Fin
ance school of the United States
army.—Janie Streeter won first
in the county bread baking con
test at Willmar and Belva Wheel
er and Miss Streeter took second
places in the sewing contest. —
Wilbur Japs was elected to an
honorary mechanical engineering
fraternity at the university.—Miss
Margaret Prokosch and Charles
A Goblirsch were married.
Frank Sheffield of Springfield
was scheduled to talk at Cattle
Feeder’s day at University Farm.
HERE’S NEWEST TASTE SENSATION!
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Cooked bananas are the “golden opportunity” for housewives and
Banana Scallop*, pictured above, qw* the newest members of the*
eooked banana family!
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25 YEARS AGO
Florence Johnson, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion
Johnson, got a pretty ring from
her father on her birthday.—S.
S. George and C. B. Root of Mor
gan purchased 70 acres of land
south of the tracks for use in
connection with their livestock
business. — Mrs. John Schmid was
visiting relatives in Morgan so
John tried his hand *it cooking.
The first morning he started on
flap-jacks and the result was a
tragedy. At meal time he could
be seen stealthily approaching af
restaurant.—Monday was “ladies”
day in the court house as the
officials were attending the county
convention at Wabasso. Mrs.
Weldon was acting as clerk of
court, Miss Rose Hunter had
charge of the treasurer’s office
and Miss Marie Thune of the
auditor’s.— D. L. Crimmins set
out a buckthorne hedge around
his handsome residence on Lake
View Heights.— Robert Stewart
went to Louisville, Kentucky to
attend the national Presbyterian
assembly.— J. F. Hesnault and
family, Mrs. W. J. Swoffer, F. F.
Goff and Miss Gladys Swoffer of
Walnut Grove returned from Cal
ifornia.—Miss Matie Callaghan
accepted a stenographic position
in Sutherlin, Oregon.—D. E. Laird
the hardware man, sold a whole
string of corn planters as the de
mand of farm machinery was
strong.—At the county convention
in Wabasso, Robert M. La Follette
triumphed over Theodore Roose
velt. —B. James Reynolds accom
panied by Glenn and Donald Gold
drove out from Minneapolis in a
new Ford car which was deliver
ed to Frank Clague.—The Wom
en’s Relief corps was raising
money for an Old Soldiers monu
ment. —A rare book being sent to
Rev. J. J. Ehrstein of Redwood
Falls from London went down
with the Titanic.—President Vin
cent of the university was select
ed as the high school commence
ment speaker.—Mrs. Peter Yantz
living within a mile of North
Redwood had not been out of her
yard for 27 years. She had never
seen an automobile, electric light,
telephone, moving picture nor
heard a talking machine.
* * *
50 YEARS AGO
The Chautauquan planned to
picnic in Peabody’s grove.—By
ram and company moved two
school houses west of town, one
a distance of a mile and a half.—
Aune and Ringdahl opened a new
clothing firm here.—B. Fixen at
Vail sold 35 head of steers to
Palmer brothers.—Monday and
Tuesday were cold enough to
make the iceman think his oc
cupation was going.—The grad
uating class of the high school
include Blanche French, Malvina
Hammer, Carrie Goodrich, Elsie
Pryor, Alvina Theiring and Wil
liam Flinn.—Henry Schleuder of
Albert Lea was here with a view
to opening a jewelry store. He
expected to take possession of the
room occupied by Muller’s saloon.
—Rev. J. M. Thurston of the agri
cultural department believed that
tons of grapes could be raised
along the Minnesota and other
rivers in this vicinity.—W. E.
Baker was elected delegate to
the State Business Men’s conven
tion at Mankato by the Board of
Trade.—Charlie March, travelling
salesman for a Minneapolis house,
was visiting his father here.—A
library sociable was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Hines in
Delhi.
OFFICERS CHOSEN
BY MILROY CLUB
By Emma Johnson
Milroy—The Milroy Womans
Study club held its annual picnic
at the home of Mrs. Veda Morgan
Thursday. This meeting closed
the work for the year. Officers
elected were Mrs. Lillian Mell
gren re-elected president; Mrs.
Sarah Broutie, vice president;
Mrs. Mary Ann Reed, secretary
and Mrs. Rose Regnier, treasurer.
The marriage of Mrs. Ida Mer
cer and Currie Mercer of Mar
shall took place Sunday, May 2,
at 7 a. m. at the Presbyterian
manse in Balaton. Rev. S. G.
Williams, friend of the bride, of
ficiated. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sol
seth of Milroy, the latter a sister
of Mrs. Mercer were their attend
ants. After a wedding breakfast
they left for a short trip to De
triot.
Little John Charles Wolf re
turned to his home in Tracy Sat
urday having spent the past week
at the Chris Mikkelson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Smith and
son Russell and daughter Helen
of Hendricks, Mrs. Martin Moe of
Presho, S. D. and Mrs. Peter
Gunderson of Ola, S. D. were
visitors at the Brakke home here
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Filipek of
Redwood Falls were visitors of
Mrs. V. Novak Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Oluf Solseth and
daughter Lois and Mr. and Mrs.
John Solseth and daughter Shir
ley were Sunday dinner guests at
the William Christopherson home.
The Luther league gave a
Mother’s day program Sunday
evening at Our Saviors Lutheran
church. The hostesses were Mes
dames Sam Peterson, Osborne
Rolland and Mike Christiansen.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Christop
herson of Redwood Falls were
Sunday dinner guests at the Bud
Campion home.
Mrs. Mabel Blake of Hendricks
is spending this week with her
mother, Mrs. Martha Solseth.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wegner
and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ahlness
and family were called to the F.
C. Wegner home in Lucan Friday.
Mr. Wegner is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. John Munn and
family were Sunday dinner guests
at the Howard Truax home at
Vesta.
Rev. and Mrs. Alexander of
Vesta called on Mr. and Mrs. C.
G. Seeman Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Ahlness
and son Leroy and Mr. and Mrs.
Math Ahlness and daughter Mir
iam attended the wedding anni
versary of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
(hurry UP! we'll be')
LATE FOR THE COOKING I
SCHOOL MOVIE 1
wH I'LL HAVE My)
I HAT ON IN
A SECOND l
A MOVIE full of beauty tips!
How to keep skin lovely
the way 9 out of 10 screen stars
do—with Lux Toilet Soap.
Use rouge and powder all you
wish! Lux Toilet Soap’s active
lather removes them thor
oughly guards against Cos
metic Skin. Be sure to keep
your skin smooth and clear the
Lux Toilet Soap way!
LuxlouhSoap
__ j _ Little
PROMOTION of the sale of
electric razors by Harold Aune
and Bert Crosby has slackened
appreciably since Bert Marsh
used his in their hotel room at
7:30 a .m. Said the salesmen of
their own product, “When you
leave take that outboard motor
and bunch of flies with you.”
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REDWOOD COUNTY’S claim
of being way ahead of her sister
territory, Renville, was affirmed
this week by our Olivia corres
pondent. She says Olivia will
observe Memorial day June 30.
—t—t—
AND OUR Milroy correspond
ent writes of an event which oc
curred Thursday, April 6. Maybe
our calendar’s wrong!
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TUT TUT to Rev. J. D. Keith
who sends in his church notes on
the back of a musical score of a
Ziegfeld Follies Hit.
Asleson at Hanska Sunday.
A business deal was transacted
Tuesday when C. G. Seeman sold
his 160 acre farm south of Milroy
to Emil Bitker.
Gustav Wagner and Amy Grot
to were visitors at the Maurice
Grotto home at Hanska Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Larson and
family of Vesta were visitors at
the Otto Have home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reed
were visitors at the home of Mrs.
Barbara Rzeug at Redwood Falls
Sunday.
Cecil Simmons of Walnut Grove
was a caller in Milray Monday
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Mikkelson
visited Emma Johnson Saturday
night.
Charlotte Regnier returned to
St. Paul Sunday having spent two
BRIDES
Find Out Quickly
f' That
SUNSHINE
i COOKIES
Are An Important Item In Every Meal
12 Packages Sunshine Clover
Leaf Wafers
Given away at the Motion Picture
Cooking School
SUNSHINE WAFERS,
COOKIES and CRACKERS
For Sale By
ALL FOOD STORES IN REDWOOD FALLS
LOOSE-WILES BISCUIT CO.
Makers of the Famous Sunshine Line
FINDS OUT
ABOUT KNOX JELL
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IJ n The cooking-school picture, "The Bride Wakes
Up”, tells about the bride who found out
there’s a real difference between ordinary
flavored gelatine desserts and Knox Jell. Knox
\ Jell is extra rich in flavor—extra smooth in tex
// 1 \ ture extra good in quality. It is the only
/, I \ flavored gelatine dessert made with genuine
II \ Knox Sparkling Gelatine.
I lemon, lime, orange,
/ raspberry,strawberry
it at your grocery
KNOX JELL
IXK AID C9ABAITEED DV THE DAK CIS 0F Kill SPARKLING 6ELATIIE
► FORTHCOMING OPERATION:
Rev. E. A. Birkholz is planning to
have the growth on his face re
moved.
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NICE PEOPLE: After signing
a pledge to keep their cars off the
streets Saturdays, one business
firm was represented uptown by
THREE automobiles.
—t—t—
SANDY, schoolhouse timekeep
er, surveys Gendarme Tom Ar
nett’s feet and remarks, “I think
you’ve got something there.”
—t—t—
CHUCK BURMEISTER was
the proud recipient of a special
delivery Tuesday . . . and from
none other than Hinda Wassau.
—t—t—
THE FALLS THEATRE is not
a WPA project as the couch
standing outside the building
would indicate.
weeks at the H. E. Regnier home.
The Milroy kittenball team had
its first workout Sunday.
The American Legion auxiliary
will meet at the home of Mrs.
Osborne Rolland Monday evening
May 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Klein and
family of Tracy and Mr. and Mrs.
John Maholda of Redwood Falls
were visitors at the John Dobias
home Sunday.
The class play of the Milroy
High school will be presented
May 21 and 22.
Rev. and Mrs. Alexander and
son David of Vesta were supper
guests at the Peter Scott home
Tuesday.
W. N. Svenning and V. J. Enge
bretson motored to Glenwood
Friday, returning Sunday.