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Deputy Sheriff Henry Beatty spent J F. B. Forbes spent Christmas at Christmas with his family at Lam- his home at Northwood, Iowa

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CHRISTMAS BANKING CLUB Come in, let us show you how in SO weeks you can have *Wgg£

All you need to do is to bring in 1 cent, 2 cents, 5 cents or 10 cents, and join our Christmas Banking Club. Each week following you increase your deposit the same amount vou started with.- For instance, if you join the 5 Cent Club, second week you deposit 10 cents, third week.. 15 cents, and increase your deposit a nickel each week.

IN 50 WEEKSr 1(T CENT CLUB PAYS__— $127.50 5 CENT CLUB PAYS— a 63.75 2 CENT CLUB PAYS__._ 25.50 1 CENT CLUB PAYS 12.75

Or you can make the largest payment first and deerease your payments each week.

We also have 50 cent, $1.00 and $5.00 clubs where you pay in the same amount each week.

We add 5 per cent interest. -Come in and ask us about it.

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Lester Schultz visited at Morgan over the Christmas holiday.

Thomas Kirby of Belview, trans­acted business here Wednesday.

L. C. Fechter left last Monday for Iowa to attend to business matters there.

Dr. W. W. Carlile of Morgan, was a Redwood Falls business visitor Sat­urday.

A. J. Hanson spent several days last week at the home of his parents in Belview.

Erick Anderson went to Sleepy Eye the first of last week for a visit of several days.

Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Reynolds went tjp Minneapolis Thursday for a visit

several days. ' Miss Nan Hunter of Northfield, is

ft guest at the home ,of her sister, " Mrs. Wm. M. Smith.

F. J. Newman of The Leader was • a business visitor in the Twin Cities last Thursday and Friday.

Miss Ethel Werder will return to Hamline Wednesday to resume her work at Hamline University.

Chas. Wolff of Delhi, called at the Gazette office Saturday and had his name added to our list of subscribers.

Miss Eva White is at he ne from Norwood spending her Christmas va­cation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A." J. White. k;D. O. Alexander and his two broth­

ers were here Thursday, the brothers coming down to have their question­naires made out.

Dr. and Mrs. M. C. Piper of San­born, were Redwood Falls visitors Friday, driving over in their car in spite of the severe cold.

Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Jackson and three sons spent Christmas with rela­tives of Mrs. Jackson at Janesville. •They returned Friday afternoon.

' Miss Agnes McGetrick came home from Winona where she is studying at thek college of St. Theresa and is spending her holiday here with her mother.

The total receipts from the sale of Red Cross stamps in Redwood Falls amounted to $88.46. The sale was managed exclusively by the Girls' Club of the high school.

'Attorney Frank Clague spent Christmas with relatives at Vernon Center where Mrs. Clague went sev­eral days before on a visit to her

• mother, Mrs. Stella Porter. ( E. M. Currier of Nort Redwood, last week purchased a nifty Reo roadster from Farrel & Keefe of Red­wood Falls. Geo. Amberg of the Farrel & Keefe garage went to Min­neapolis Saturday to drive the new car out.

Mrs. Ed. Lund of Walnut Grove, came to Redwood Falls last week for a visit with her sisters, Mrs. R. A. Cooper and Mrs. A. Hassenstab. Mrs. Lund's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Lyman, and her brother, E. A. Lyman, were also here and the Lyman family was all together for the first time in many months.

Owing to changes in orders the school of telegraphy for drafted men will not open the 7th of January as heretofore announced. The delay is occasioned by new directions specify­ing different equipment from that de­scribed in the original directions. The delay in opening will not amount to more than a week or ten days.

W. M. Molstad of Delhi, was a Redwood Falls business visitor Sat­urday.

Claude Schmid of Combined Lakes, Wis., is visiting with friends here in the city.

Arnold Schmidt of Danube, called at the Gazette office while in Red­wood Falls Saturday.

Miss Florence Hoffman is spend­ing her Christmas vacation with her parents at Sleepy Eye.

Miss Matilda Janotta left last week for Morgan for a week's vacation at the home of her parents.

Misses Victoria and Rose Wodnoick went to Owatonna last week to spend the Christmas holiday with their par­ents.

C. W. Whelan of Sanborn, was a Redwood Falls visitor Wednesday and called at the Gazette office to get his new auto tags.

Misses Bernice Hodge and Purnell Cain left last week for Deming, New Mexico, where they will visit friends for several days.

Mrs. F. W. Hall left*for Austin last week after a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Hall. Mrs. Hall's home is in Granite Falls.

Misses Johanna Yackel and Bern-detta Paton, who are teaching at Mil-roy, are spending their vacations at their respective homes here.

E. A. Lyman now a cadet in the Dunwoody School is spending his Christmas furlough with his sisters, Mrs. R. A. Cooper and Mrs. A. Has­senstab.

Geo. Reiser, Anton Hogen and John Gebhardt, who are working here with John Schilt, went to New Ulm to spend Christmas with their respective families. ,

Mrs. E. C. Green arrived from Ro­chester Saturday evening for a visit with friends in the city. Mrs. Green is a house guest of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Neufert.

Mrs. A. B. Swan and her daughter of Hibbing arrived last week to be with Mrs. O. J. Swan who was phy­sically unable to attend the funeral of her son at Watertown, S. D., last week.

S. F. Peterson of Belview, called at the Gazette office while in town Saturday and renewed his subscrip­tion for another year. Mr. Peterson is one of the Redwood County callers who always makes at least one call every year to the Gazette.

We regret to say that'John C. Zies-ke, old and respected citizen is very ill. His son Henry of Fresno, Calif., is expected here to see him.—Sleepy Eye Dispatch. Mr. Zieske has sev­eral friends in Redwood Falls who will regret to learn of his illness.

R. Stensvad, local distributor for the Northwestern Cadillac Company of Minneapolis, went to Springfield Wednesday, returning Thursday with the report that he had sold Chris Melde of Springfield a 1918 Cadillac roadster for spring delivery. The pur­chase price of the car with equip­ment is $3,018.50, and it is one of the most complete and up-to-date road­sters sold in this section of the state.

Archbishop John Ireland very re­cently observed the 56th anniversary of his ordination as a priest and the 42nd anniversary of his consecration as' a bishop. The archbishop, who has been ill, is making splendid pro­gress toward complete recovery of his health and is feeling fine, Rev. Thomas A. Welch, his secretary, said. Many messages of congratulations were received at the residence of the archbishop during the day.

berton. Mrs. I. G. Alexander of Lynd, vis­

ited last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Starr.

Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tiffany left last week for a visit at the home of their daughter at Wood Lake.

Miss Bessie Elliott, a teacher in the high school at Kasson, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mis. W. P. El­liott.

Ben Fuller, a student at the State University, is at home with his moth­er, Mrs. Phoebe Fuller, for the Christ­mas vacation.

Mrs. Pitmon, formerly Miss Bertha Meier of Redwood Falls arrived last week for a visit with her parents at their home here.

Miss Francis Lohrenz? who has been , working at Detroit, arrived last week for a visit at the home of her father, Martin Lohrenz.

Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Ogren returned Friday from Centre City, Minn., where they spent Christmas with Mr. Ogren's parents. ""

Mrs. L. Schulte and Mrs. J. Schwein-furter went to New Ulm last week to spend the holiday season with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fischer.

Miss Clara Raveling returned last week from the hospital at Redwood Falls following an operation several weeks a,go.—Wabasso Standard.

Miss^Grace Whittet, a student at Hamline, will return to St. Paul Wed­nesday to resume her studies after spending Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whittet.

Miss Eva Henze, who is studying music in Minneapolis is spending Christmas at the home of her par­ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Shoemaker.

C. R. Terhell was a business vis­itor "at Redwood Falls Saturday. Mr. Terhell is a resident of Vesta and drove down to get his new auto li­cense tag.

A number of friends gathered at the home of Miss Agnes Nogaj last Thursday evening to celebrate her birthday anniversary. A very pleas­ant evening was spent.

Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dennistoun and son of South St. Paul came up last week to attend a family reunion at the home of Mr. Dennistoun's par­ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Dennis­toun Sr.

Miss Mary Wiggins, who has been spending her Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wig­gins, will return to St. Paul Wednes-

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Julius Melges Saturday, Decem­ber 29.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mooreheac1

have gone to Canada for a visit with relatives.

Ralph Steele of Edgar, Montana, is a guest of hig parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steele.

Miss Irma Schmahl will return to St. Paul Tuesday night to resume her work at Hamline University.

Miss Isabel Clark is home from Mohall, North Dakota, on a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Clark.

Attorney Frank Clague left Sun­day for Windom on a business trip, expecting to be away two or three days.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wise were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Okins at their home at Belview for Christ­mas dinner

Mrs. J. W. Inglis is visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Mont­gomery at Vesta. She will return home Thursday.

Mrs. Frank Hobart and her twe children of Fort Dodge, Iowa, spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bruer.

Charles Meyer, who has been suf­fering with typhoid fever the past week, was taken to the hospital at Redwood Falls Wednesday.-—Wabas­so Standard. . .

Earl Schwartz has been sick the past week with typhoid fever. He was taken to the hospital at Red­wood Falls Wednesday.—Wabasso Standard.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Zrust and children arrived from Minneapolis last week to spend Christmas with Mrs. Zrust's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. E. McKay.

Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Roe returned to their home at Olivia last week af­ter spending Christmas at the home of Mrs. Roe's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Borg.

Miss Agnes Steele, who is a stu­dent at the Winona State Normal School is spending her Christmas holiday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Steele.

G. P. Smith and his son Hubert went to Wyoming, Iowa, last week to attend a family reunion at the home of Mr. Smith's mother. They returned Saturday.

Mrs. Adella G. Pratt will go to Tracy the last of this week to assist in the boys and girls work at the Tri

day to resume her studies at the J county Fair held there. She will re-Hamline University. j turn next week.

Miss Jennye Hartwick of Morgan, j m. A. Ebright returned Saturday teacher in district No. 75 located nearinjght from St. Paul where he spent Seaforth, reports that her pupils sold j the week at a school of instruction 1,000 Red Cross Christmas seals. This held for the salesmen by the firm is the only one-room school in the ' with which he works. county reporting such a large sale. ffhe ladies of St. Veronica's Guild

Mrs. Geo. Reynolds of Faribault,! wjn be entertained at the Parish is a guest of her mother, Mrs. Laura house Thursday afternoon from three Hunter, and of her sister, Mrs. Wm.'to five o'clock. The hostesses will M. Smith. Mr. Reynolds, who was be Mrs. Aune and Mrs. Bollum. a Christmas guest at the Smith home, j Misses Edith Bollum and Inez Wer-returned to Faribault the last of last ' der left Thursday of last week for week. • ' Camp Cody, New Mexico, where they

Miss Tillie Deike is now knitting wju be guests of Miss Bollum's broth-her fourth sweater for the soldier er> Lieutenant Edwin Bollum of Cbm-boys, this work all being done at odd pany L. moments as Miss Deike is' employed , jyjj.. an(j Mrs. Robert Sommerville during the day and is a very busy entertained at dinner Christmas Day young lady. She has knitted since the guests being Mr. and Mrs. J. C. she was a small girl, thoroughly en- Bruer and family of Paxton town-joys the work and has been very help- ship, Mrs. Hobart and children of ful in getting other workers started fort Dodge, Iowa, and L. Guth of in the work. : f . "i . *' 1 Redwood Falls. \

Monday evening Harry Mills wa.; Mrs. Mary Flinn and Miss Grace taken before justice court and plead pease will leave Wednesday morning guilty to a charge of assault^ and for Los Angeles, California, where battery and was given a fine of $10 they will spend the remainder of the and costs, amounting to $12.60. The winter. Mrs. Adelle Robinson of St. trouble came as the result of an ar- pauj wjh accompany them and will gument between Mills and Elmer Tau- also spend the winter in the west, bert and others. Mills without the Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Marvin enter-slightest provocation struck Elmer tained a family, party at dinner at on the forehead and the fine was im- their home Christmas day. The par-posed as a result. It doesn't always tv included Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Clem-pay to be to quick with your fists— ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Clements, even if you are a bit handy with and family, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Clem-them.—Belview Independent. ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Clelnents

E. D. Barensfeld, formerly a mem- and family and the Misses Ada and ber of Secretary of State Schmahl's Myrtle Clements. staff, learned today that he has been Albert Terhell, who enlisted in the successful in his examination arid has First Minnesota Infantry %July 2, is been promoted to ensign. Hg is .home at present at Deming, New Mexico, on leave. He has been a cdrfesVtfad- He likes the soldier s life and has at ent for the Digpatch at the Great all times written to home folks and Lakes Training station since the be- friends in Redwood County of which ginning of the war. A former navy he has many. He succeeded in being man, when the war t>roke out he or- transferred to the signal corps some

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WISHES EVERYBODY

A-HAPPY

NEW YEAR

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ganized the first group of 137 Paul men to enlist in the navy a first class quartermaster, he be

St. time ago and is making good progress As in that line at present.

Mrs. Jennie M. Colson of Washing-came an instructor at the Great ton, D. C., announces the marriage Lakes station. All of these men, he of her daughter, Miss Lva D. Colson, said today, are now on the seas, and Henry Smith, or Dec. -0, many are in the war zone.—St. Paul 1917. Both the bride and the groom Dispatch- 1 wer-e formerly of Beaver Falls. Mr.

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f J*ter from pa Reynolds states workg t ^ District of Columbia that he and Mrs. Reyflolds arrived at p the largest institution of its Deming, New Mexico, the morning of kind th n*ited gtates The bride December 20 and were glad to get • said be a t ical western irl

XWe SrV/y It -«-«• ̂ a short stay at Topeka, Kansas, en-route. Upon their arrival at Deming they were met by C. C. King and f f NOTICE. taken to camp where they saw the Beginning January 1, 1918, we will boys of Company L. Mr. Reynolds ' charge patrons on the routes 2 cents says they are looking well but are j per pound of butter fat for hauling,

Mrs. A. E. King is recovering from her recent illness.

Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Callaghan are visiting at the Johnson home at Milroy.

Miss Gertrude Moriarty has' gone to her home at Redfield, S. D., to spend New Years.

Parker Sanders of the University of Minnesota is a guest of Andy -C. Luscher during the Christmas holi­day. '

Miss Helen Everett is home from Devils Lake, N. D., to spend her va­cation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Everett.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Barnard of Albert Lea, were Christmas guests at the home of Mrs. Barnard's sis­ter-, Mrs. G. P. Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Goudy have gone to Blue Farth County for a visit with Mrs. Goudy's sister, Mrs. Ash-ford, and her sister, Mrs. Merrill.

Mr. and Mrs. John Blair Philbrick entertained at dinner Sunday even­ing in honor of Lieutenant Clinton H. Baldwin who is here from Camp Dodge, Iowa.

Recently a Minneapolis attorney was compelled to refund three dol­lars, which he charged a registrant for aiding, him to fill out his ques­tionnaire. No attorneys are permitted to charge for this work.

If you want to know how long to allow cows to stay out in the winter, just take off your coat and go out into the yard and stand around a while. When you begin to feel un­comfortable, and feel like going into the house, put the cows in the barn. —Ex. f

A stranger was found lurking neai school south of Glencoe and latex

ordered the teacher to leave the build­ing. An hour later, the building was discovered to be on fire. A note on the window sill warned the teacher that she had better leave th 3 vicinitj or harm would come to er. —Ex.

Paul Erickson, a young man who was employed on a farm near Gran­ite Falls this summer, has begun a ten-year term in the Leavenworth prison for avoiding the draft and talking against the country he lived in. He had registered in Goodhue county, but left when his number was called. He came from Sweden a few years ago, but had taken out his first papers.—Dawson Sentinel.

State Auditor Preus proposes * sell­ing dead and down state timber for fuel purposes and is preparing to ask the safety commission to issue an order allowing such. The f resent timber laws are not applicable. Min­nesota has millions of feet of state timber that would make excellent fuel, but relief in a fuel way does not lie entirely in an order permit­ting its use as such. The principal trouble in a fuel way now seems to be the lack of transportation.

Walter J. Mueller of Springfield, has accepted the position of book­keeper with the Farmers State Bank of Wabasso.—Wabasso Standard.

The first drafted men under the military service act will be called to the colors on Jan. 3 in Canada. The first draft will be in the neighbor­hood of 20,000 men.

Sportsmen of Blue Earth and Nic­ollet counties are arranging for a wolf

i hunt to be held on the game preserve j between Mankato and St. Peter on | New Years. Twelve timber wolves I were recently seen on the preserve, , | No rifles will be allowed,

j C. D. Burris left Mahnomen Wed-: nesday night for his former home in 1 Illinois, and from there he expects ' to go to Palm Beach to spend the remainder of the winter. This is good Palm Beach weather.—Mahnomen Pioneer.

' Secretary of War Baker has a plan to permit farmer boys in the army to return to their homes at periodical

j intervals to assist in crop production. He outlined the plan to New York

! farmers, who protested against con-! ditions created by the scarcity of la-i bor. | Mrs. Minnie Sharratt, who has been : postmistress here the past five years, ; received communication last weok ! from the department stating that she ! may appoint someone as acting post-i master. She resigned last August ! and is very anxious to get permis­sion to leave and join the rest of the family who are now residing near Ogilvie.—Seaforth Item.

Mrs. C. R. Davis, wife of Congress­man Davis, has returned from the orient, where she has been visiting her son, Capt. Russell Davis at Pe-kin. He is in command of the Amer­ican legation guard. Mrs. Davis is spending the holidays at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Walter Poehler of Minneapolis. She will join Congress­man Davis in Washington soon. .

A municipal Christmas tree was a part of the holiday festivities in Tracy. The K. of P. lodge had the prepara­tions in charge and the affair was held Saturday afternoon. It is said that thousands of people were pres ent during the progrom. The tree was decorated with the national col­ors and electric lights.

Leo Schueller. formerly of Alah-nomen, is expecting to get across in very short order. He will leave the United States the 2nd or 3rd of Jan­uary for France. His father and-mother, Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Schuel­ler, of New Ulm, went to Lake For­est, La., to spend the holidays with him before he sails. Leo enlisted in the aviation corps less than two months ago, but the art of flying seems to have been very natural with him, and he has made rapid progress. He will doubtless distinguish himself when he gets into active service.— . Mahnomen Pioneer.

RUD. STENSVAD, Prop. Scenic City Creamery^

most of them suffering from a hoarse­ness caused by the dust which he states is "something fierce." He al­so expressed admiration for the camp 0ne of the oldegt estabiished busi-and states that the sight of it makes nesg houses . Marshall changed hands one wonder how so much could be j «,{„ „rVw_ v n accomplished in so short a time. this week, when K. C. Humphrey

„ jmade a deal for the Chas. Healy The like of this don't exist any- . store, which was until recently F. M.

where in the world. The farmers over j Healy & Son. Mr. Humphrey moved near Comfrey can't be beat for their, into Marshall from his farm in Ami-appreciation of a good rural carrier. | ret about two years ago, since which Here is what George Hanson, the ru- . time he has been head man with W. ral carrier got from his patrons on p, Francois. Inventory is now be-his route: 7 chickens, 2 ducks, 3 geese, ing taken in the store and the deal 76 pounds beef and 2 pounds of lard. This was four days before Christmas. What he got up to Tuesday was not known to us. , How often a carrier, who does not get the pay he ought to, does his best in rain, cold, bad roads and other inconveniences, to please his patrons and then gets kicked. They don't even thank him for his work. Evidently most of the patrons out of Comfrey are made up

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will be closed and Mr. Humphrey will take possession about January 1. Mr. Humphrey's first duty when he came to Marshall was that of making the city tax assessment, and he has since increased his large acquaintance and made many friends in the Francois store. We wish him success in the new venture. Capt. Chas. Healy ex. pects to be called into service at any time, which is no doubt the reason for

of the real milk of human kindness, i his selling at this time.—Marshall •—Sleepy Eye Dispatch. News-Messenger.

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