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The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
Two ROUTES
TAKEN Off
Change in Rural mail Delivery
Leading Out From Sank
Centre

Two of the rural mail routes lead
ing out from Sauk Centre will be
discontinued after the trip of June Is.
That's the order that was received
by Postmaster o. B: Boobar from
Washington early this week.
The two routes that are to be
abolished are Nos. and 8. Carriers
Mcintyre and Swartzbauer will then
be out of jobs so far as carrying mail
is concerned.
The reason for the abolition OF
these two routes is that there is not
a sufficient number of patrons living
on them to pay to keep up the SER
vice as at present.
These people will be looked after
by the other carriers. Most Of the
people living on Route Z will be
served by the carrier on Route g,
while the rest will receive their mail
by way of Melrose.
Route will be served by the car
riers on Routes and 1. The car
riers on Route will also have some
extra work. Carriers on Routes 2
and will not be affected.
The additional work to be perform
ed by these carriers will entail the
frightening of their routes to nearly
thirty miles.
Along with the extra work, however
comes a little balm in the form OF
an increase of wages.
There will be a saving to the de-
partment of something like $3.50 a
month as a result of these changes;
while the people will have just as
good service.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16

ing was cold, cloudy and disagreeable
generally with a drizzling rain falling
through the afternoon and we'll into
the night.
But if Monday was bad Tuesday
was worse, for then there was
another snow storm THE beautiful
fell throughout the day and all night.
1t was soft, clinging, slushy stuff that
stuck to the garments and made the
pedestrian look like as though he
had been in a snow drift. 1t was
also very wet About six inches had
fallen by Wednesday morning, when
the clerks and other unfortunate
citizens who had to go around to
business early, were seen picking
May flowers with snow shovels. At
this writing Wednesday noon-con-
ditions appear trifie better, but
prophesies are mo good" this season.
Local
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
RAILROAD MATTERS
Passengers No Longer CompeII-
ed to Buy Tickets Before
Boarding a Train

Before the 2-cent rate law took
effect the railroads used to compel
passengers to buy their tickets at
the stations or pay the conductors ten
cents extra if paid on the train.
Under the new regime this is a
thing of the past. If the road, through
its conductors, collects more than the
two cents per mile prescribed by law,
it lays itself open to prosecution for
a violation of the law.
Consequently there is nothing pro-
hibiting passengers getting on trains
without tickets and paying their cash
fares to the conductors The latter
will have to take them and that, too,
without the ten cents extra as fine
for failure to buy a ticket.
The railroads probably will not like
this very well. 1t gives the con-
ductor a fine chance to knock down"
cash fares. In the aood old days be-
fore regulations were as strict as they
have been of late years, the average
conductor soon became wealthy at the
expense of the company This new
ruling will give him chance again.
The probabilities are that the roads
will soon agree on some form of
mileage book. OF course, there will
be no rebate as that would be against
the law. But it will be to the advant-
age of the road as we'll as to that of
the travelling public to have some
such things in vogue.
The gossips are still busy with the
proposed Northern Pacific-Soo swap
whereby the latter would take over
the Little Falls and Dakota line.
However, there seems to be nothing
definite to tie to as regards a trade.
Construction work on the 500 branch
from Brooten is progressing and it is
given out that Brooten is to be- q d.
vision point. The little town is
pricking up it's ears over this report
and is very 10th to accept as true any
rumors of a trade with the other
company.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
MORE WEATHER
Mild Winter, Wintry Spring or No
Spring At All; Take
Your Choice "

Sauk Centre has just experienced
another "spell of weather" IT'S as
bad as anything that has preceded it
and some think it's worse. What
makes the ofense so well nigh unen-
durable is the fact that, last Sunday,
the weather man did a little some
thing, to redeem himself. He had
given Minnesota in general and Sauk
Centre in. particular six weeks of the
worst brand of weather that ever
came down the pike this time Of the
year. Even oldest Inhabitant 4
hasn't been saying a word the past
week. =
Sunday was, in Bowery vernacular,
a peach" Of a: day. The sun shown
brightly all day and the temperature
was such that it was entirely unnec-
essary to wear wraps when out of
doors. It looked as though gentle
Spring had surely come. Owners Of
autos were out with them enjoying
the balmy weather, and those who
have launches on the lake took them
out for a: little exercise. People
strolled through the park and basked
in the sun, while lovers sat in quiet,
sequestered spots. held each others
hands and sighed and sighed and
sighed some more. ~ 'e--. =.
It's well people had their laugh
Sunday; the bold. bad weather man
had his the next day. monday morn
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
FIRE

Along in the middle of the after
noon last Saturday fire broke out In
the residence occupied by J. P. Hart
mann near the Keller Mfg. Co.'S
shops. The fire department respond
ed promptly and in short time the
blaze was extinguished. The build
ing was damaged to some extent but
no damage was sustained by the
household goods inside, thanks to the
energetic work of the fremen. The
loss, it is understood. was covered by
insurance.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16

north-bound train on the Bemidji
branch of the Great Northern, which
has led some to conclude that he
went to Cass lake to look after his
interests up there.
Sauk Centre people generally will
be glad to know that Mr.. Eddy has
decided to remain here and will join in
good wishes for his success what
ever Inc of business he may decide to
engage.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
MAKES EN- yuUIRM
Twin City and Duluth JObberS
Object to Sauk Centre Having
a Square Deal

The recent ruling of the Minnesota
State Railway and Warehouse Com
mission whereby wholesalers in the
smaller towns are put on the same
footing as the Twin city and Duluth
jobbers makes the latter squirm.
The matter was fully explained in
the last issue of The Herald. No
sooner had the ruling of the commits
sion been given out than the big job
bing houses wriggled so badly that
their writings were audible all
over the state.
Duluth jobbers have entered a
formal protest against the rates pro-
mulgated by the commission and even
threatened injunction proceedings in
the courts to determine whether or no
the rates shall be allowed to stand.
A number of big Minneapolis whole
sale houses denounces the new COM
modify rate as wholesale discrimi-
nation" One city wholesaler asserts
that in most of the towns favored by
the new rate there is ''only one whole
sale house. That's true but the
question naturally arises whether or
not that one house has not the same
right to exist and do business as has
the big house in the city. At least
that's the way it looks to people in
Sank Centre, ST. Cloud and other
towns affected by the commissions
ruling.
In an interview relative to the mat
ter Commissioner Staples is quoted as
follows:
these Western distributing towns
had been built up by the railroads by
means of commodity rates which al
lowed them to compete with other
cities and the commission does not
propose to ruin the enterprises thus
created by making prohibitive rates.
These towns, to which we made COM
modify rate reductions, are those
which the railroads formerly favored
in that way. We would be glad to
have the courts pass upon these rates.
At the time the fourth class rates
were reduced last summer we made
a note of the fact in our order that the
rights of these Western distributing
centers, or small terminals, would be
recognized, and that if the railroads
did not establish satisfactory rate
the matter would be adjusted by the
commission. That is what has been
done in the reduction Of these fifth
class rates"
A letter written to the railroad
commission by c. R. Rust, Duluth
jobber. has been made public at Du-
luth, and is very hitter toward the
commission. Members Of the commits
sion state that it is "too impertinent
to merit reply" from them.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
HlGm SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT

The invitations to the commence
ment week exercises of the, gradu-
ating class of the Sauk Centre High
school are out. The invitations are
artistic and the printing was done. at
The! Herald ONCE and cannot be- ex-
celled at any print shop in the state.
, The class of 1907. numbers eighteen
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
DIED AT BRAINfRD

Miss Thina N. Swanson died in the
hospital at Brainerd May 9, aged "a
and a half years. She had been in
the hospital three weeks. Miss
Swanson was the daughter of Nels
Swanson and her home was at Lit
tie Sauk. The funeral was at
Brainerd last Wednesday and burial
was from the Baptist church. She
leaves her parents, two sisters, Mrs.
H. P. Langden of Fergus Falls and
one at home, and two brothers at Lit
tie Sauk She was a cousin Of Mrs.
John Becker of Sauk Centre.
:
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
COURT BUSINESS
Record Of Doings Hefore the
Stearns County Bar Of Justice
SEVERAL CASES TRIED
Convention of County Superinten-
dents Opens With Several Big
Ones Present

arguments were submitted last
Wednesday in the case of J. R. Ben
nett as surviving partner of the firm
of Calhoun & Bennett VS.. N. P.
Clarke. G. w. Stewart represented
the defendant and J. D. Sullivan and
Reynolds & Roeser the plaintiff. The
judge took the case under advisement.
In the case of Matthias Kanton VS..
the board of supervisors of the town
of Holding Judge Taylor filed de-
cision reversing the board. The ac-
tion was begun over the building of
a road at Holding.
In the case of Ella Hammond of
Chicago VS.. Alice C. Mcclure the
jury rendered a verdict for $50. The
suit was brought for $3.50 for dress
which the defendant ordered. It is
stated that the case will be appealed.
In the case of Henry Klassen ct al.
VS.. the county board Of commission
ers the action of the board was re-
versed by Judge Taylor. Some time
ago the board ordered road between
Millwood and Oak.
The jury brought in a verdict for
the defendant in the case of Peter
Schmidt vs. the Great Northern Rail-
way company. The suit was brought
for $4OO for injuries received in a
collision with a freight train last
January.
The case of August Imdieke VS.. II.
3. Edelbrock ct al. has been settled.
The case of Nick B. Rassier VS..
John Merkling and the case of Steph-
en- Mates as administrator VS.. the
Great Northern Railway company was
settled yesterday. The action was
brought for $4,000 for the death of
nine-year old son of the plaintiff.
The boy was run over by a Great
Northern freight train at Waite Park
two years ago.
The case of ]. C. Piler VS.. N. ].
Moses has been continued until the
December term of court N. M. M.
The convention of the county su-
perintendents began today. The COM
mittee on course of study met Wed
nesday morning when the procedure
in formulating a course of study for
the rural schools was discussed. One
thing decided upon was to insert all
the common branches in the course.
Those attending the meeting were
Supt. D. C. Knutson, Minneapolis;
supt. J. F. Larson, Saltwater; Supt.
Paul Ahles and Pres. Shoemaker, st.
Cloud, and Supt. Olsen of st. Paul.
Wednesday evening the educators
were the guests of the normal school
and attended the play, "Robin Hood,
which was put on by the students in
the assembly hall. An informal re-
ception was held in the parlors pre-
yious to the play when the guests
and students enjoyed a short social
session..
The regular program will begin
today. About 60 well known educa'
tors in the state are present.
N. M. M.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
MEMORIAL DAY
Detailed Program For The Parade
and The Afternoon Exercises
at the Hall

Arrangements are all complete 1Or
the observance of Memorial Day in
Sank Centre.
At $3.50 in the morning the parade
will form at G.. A. r. Hall on Main
street in the following order:
Mounted Police.
Band.
Fire Department.
G.. A. r. Post.
Public School Children.
Mayor Ward, Hon. ]. r. Howard
and C. B. Miller in carriages.
City Council in carriages.
w. R. C. in carriages.
Citizens in carriages.
The procession, under command OF
M. l.. Webb, marshal of the day, will
proceed to the cemetery where the
graves of fallen comrades will be
decorated with flowers in accordance
with the form laid down in the ser.
vice book of the G.. A. R.
The afternoon exercises will be
held at G. A. R. Hall at 2:30, Hon. j.
R. Howard presiding. Here the fol-
lowing program will be given:
Announcements by the chairman. 80.
Prayer ........... Rev. ]. S. Kingan
Song ................L Ladies' Quartet
Reading of Lincolp's Gettysburg
Speech "A. NJ. Welles
Vocal Solo ..................
Grafton ......... Hon. c. B. Miller
of Duluth
Song School Children
%. The Audience
Benediction.
3 The Joint committee of the G. A. r.
Post and the Fire Department re:
quest that all business houses be
closed on Memorial Day between the
hours of 8 a. m. and noon, and be.
tween and p. m. Everybody is
cordially invited to attend the Me
mortal Day exercises, both at the
cemetery and in the hall. = /.
: M. L. Webb, Marshal of the. Day
urges all who are to take part in the
parade to be on hand promptly at
$3.50 a. m. at the G. A. R. Hall. -.
At a. meeting of the joint com
mittee in charge of the exercises,
held Monday night, subcommittee
consisting of DR.. H. F. Lamb, Prof.
Townsend and M. L. Webb was ap'
pointed to arrange for a concert to
be given in G. A. r. Hall on the eve
ming of May 29, the proceeds to be
applied toward defraying the Memor.
ial Day celebration.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16

VIM. McCadden, who spent the win
ter IN Kansas and Oklahoma re-
turned to sauk Centre on Friday.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1907-05-16
TRADE AT HOME
To the Interest of Everybody to
Support Home Industries
GET BETTER BARGAINS
Local Merchants Better Able to
Serve the Public Than the Supply
Houses Can Do

The following editorial comment
from the Redwood Gazette shows that
thinking people are rapidly finding out
that it pays to trade at home, es
pecially if they live in the smaller
towns in the interior. The article in
question reads as follows:
The Franklin Tribune quotes
the testimony of well known
travelling representative of the
John Leslie Paper Co., of Mime
apolis, to the fact that clothing
can be purchased at a lower
price in the representative towns
in this part of the state than it
can be in Minneapolis. Mr.. Win
ter, the gentleman referred to,
said that he purchased the suit
uS WOIS dI hutCIuC, anu Cc1lCu-
lated that he had saved about
three dollars, that being the diff
ference in the price of suits of
precisely the same quality in the
two places. Other people have
discovered that reliable goods
are cheaper at our home stores
than in the cities-and why not?
The cost of doing business in
the cities is incomparably greater
than here-rent, clerk hire and all
the varied forms of publicity
which are even more necessary
there than in the country towns.
And if your bargain turns out to
be a poor one the home dealer
has to make good or loose the
good will of a customer. With
two excellent stocks to choose
from here, it is poor business to
run off to the cities for clothing,
and the same rule applies to dry
goods and everything else.
Interviews with local business men
go to support the theory advanced in
the above editorial comment, namely,
that local merchants will do better by
their customers than will the city
dealer or the supply house.
The expense of running a store is
less in small town than in the city.
goods can be returned if not salts.
factory and local merchants really
understand the needs of their custom
ers far better than anyone else can
Hence the desirability of patronizine
the home merchant.
In this connection it may not be out
of place to call attention to the
special offer of the Minneapolis re
tailers, which holds good all next
week, to pay the railroad fare to
Minneapolis and return Of all persons
within a radious of 100 miles who
visit the city during the time speci
fed, provided they purchase $4,000
worth Of goods during their stay.
"This offer looks good on its face.
remarked a well known local merch
ant in conversation with The Herald
Monday. "But on close examination
it will not stand the rays of the
searchlight. City merchants are not
in business for fun any more than we
are. Thery'e not going to give away
any goods, neither are they going to
make an offer of free railway fare un
less they expect to make good some
where else in the bargain. The purch
aser is bound to be 'let down some
where in the deal. And II he would
only realize that the home dealer car
and will give him a better bargain any
day in the year than the city dealer
will, he would make a practice o'
spending his money at home"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-15
PAPERS ARE MISSING
Files OF Iowa CITY Publications
of Year 1856 Wanted BY
the State
RECORD OF THREE SAILORS
Samuel F. Ellis, of Des Moines, Gives
to Historical Department Rare Col
lection of Indian Relics-Contalns
Articles From Dozen Tribes -
White and Black Wampum.
RECORD OF THREE SAILORS
10 rlmes-republican.

Special to Times Republican.
| Des Moines, July 15.-The state ms
torical department is short files OF the
Iowa City papers for the period OF
1886. and Whereabouts, during the
times when the Free Sellers were IN
| prominence. The shortage is very
| marked because the capital was at
| Iowa City at that time and there were
matters of Importance in the papers
that cannot be had from any other
source. An effort will be made by the
department to find papers ossf that Pc
Rod SO they can be added to the col
lection.
The absence Of the files for that
time was called to the attention OF the
department to find papers of that pc
from a Kansas man for some Informal
ton concerning a Free Soil company
that was formed in iowa City for the
purpose of laying out a town In Kan
sas and selling town lots to Free SOU
ers.. The company was formed ana
the land acquired and arms and am
munition were secured for protecting
the town and It's inhabitants. Sena-
tor Plum was a member of the COM
pany A search is being made for rec
ords that will disclose the members
of the company and other infbrtnation
of historical interest.
The departments indian relics col
lection has recently been considerably
augmented. by a private collection of
fered by Samuel FEllis. Of this city.
Mr.. Ellis collection consists Of Wear
ing apparel and tensils, and articles
of different kinds, there being 106 in
the collection. The department al
ready had a collection of Sioux tribe
relics. but the Ellis collection. which
is especially strong in Sioux relics,
does not contain an article that is a
duplicate, and consequently makes the
Sioux collection very complete. The
articles in the collection are the result
of many years of labor on the part of
Mi. Ellis, and he intends to continue
the work of gathering such relics to
add to those he has sent to the his
torical department.
The collection includes articles from
the Usage, Sioux, C'amanche, Navijo,
Kiowa, Tama. Patigt,nian. Mocha. Six
Nations and Chippewa tribes. In the
collectioH is a lot of black wampum
! which Is genuine. This is very rare.
| The wampum Is made from shells. II
| Is rolled out by the Indians into round
tubes. the holes having been drilled
with4a drill made from the bristles OF
wild hogs. The white wampum is TAX
en- from the inside of the shell. which
/ Is white, and the black, which in re-
ality is purple, from the outside. There
/ is less purple in the shell than white,
hence the purple is the more valuable
| Much of the wampum on sale is manu-
| featured by modern machinery and
not by the Indians.
Z. In addition to the wampum the col
Election contains tom tom drum
medicine rattles, war bonnets and 9TH
er articles that are valuable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-15
BAYARp RESIDENTS VERY Low
Mr.. stoffer Has Brisht's Disease. and
Wife Pnsumonia-other News.


specia, to times Republican.
Bayard. July 15.--Mr. and Mrs r.
B. Stoffer. OF Bayard, are both lying
critically III at their home. Mr.. stofer
with Bright's disease, and Mrs Stoher
of pneumonia.
J r. Smith, an old-time merchant
of Bayard but now Of Rockham, ..
D.. is here visiting relatives and
friends.
e. r. Mays is building a, fine new
two story dwelling here.
DR.. Il. +. Munger's fine new cottage
lis nearing completion. This VIII be
as fine a little cottage as there as IN
Bayard when finished.
Jude Talman. living south OF town,
lis demonstrating to the people OF
this vicinity what can be done in Iowa
by systematic and diiigent toll He Is
building a finc barn and residence.
which will when completed cost about
$4,000
The streets are being graded and
graveled in fine shape. and the roads
leading into town are getting fine
coat OF gravel. let the good work go
on.
Mrs. Ida Cornish is in Des Moines.
where she was taken about three weeks
ago for an operation for appendicitis.
She was in II very critical condition,
but was improving the last heard from
her
The race meeting just closed at the
OBrien-Moler racing track was the
best ever About 5000 people attend
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-15
A Bath in the 7o,s.

Henry James, the famous novelist
arrived at ten o'clock one night at a
Florida hotel and could get nothing tt
eat The hotel was magnificent and
expensive, but its rule was to serve
no food after certain hour, and ir
consequence Mr.. James went hungry
to bed.
Discussing this hardship afterwards
he said:
Il felt, indeed. like the tenderf', y
who visited an Arkansas hotel bach
in the '70s.
1T was primitive hotel, and the
guest, on his arrival, said to tht
landlord tentatively:
"Landlord, I'd like BATH
".All right was the reply.
And the landlord went out, return
ing in ten minutes with tin can OF
soft soap, a towel, pick and a shove
1.-THE eastern guest took UP the cal
of soft soap and the towel, but at the
pick and shovel he looked askance.
"What are these for?' he said.
avail, stranger said the landlord
the waters low, an yell hev to dam
up the creek"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-15
Harlan Gets Next Meeting.
For Nature Students.

William Archer, the noted English
critic, said at one of the meetings o:
the Reformed Spelling Board in New
York:
II have been rather surprised. hs"e
in the states. with the general ignor-
ance OF what we spelling reformers are
trying to do Our aims are not at all
understood We have no idea of going
to such ludicrous extremes as many
people think.
"In fact, the average mans idea OF
reformed spelling is good deal like
the two young ladies' idea of natural
history.
"'what part of the animal does the
chop come FROM said the first young
lady Is 1t the Lego
ooh, not at ALL said the other
laughing. The leg. How ridiculous
1t is, of course. the jaw bone. Have
you never heard of animals licking
their ehops?'"