The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1907-07-04
MARKET DAY
A SUCCESS
Sauh Centre Did Herself Proud
On the First Trial
EVERYBODY PLEASED
Town Filled With People, Farmers
Buy and Sell and Business Men
Are All Satisfied


Sank Centres first market day was
highly successful. ~......
In the first place the weather man
smiled. He began early in the morn
ing and kept it up all day long. 1t
was an ideal day.
Secondly, people turned out in
goodly numbers and the city had the
appearance of a circus day. Farmers
focked to town from miles around
and all of them spent the day here.
When they went home they were
satisfied.
The crowds were trifie late in
arriving, though there were some
early corners. But the bulk OF the
people did not come until near noon.
Main street north from Third was
the spot selected for the market place.
Here the city, council had placed
plenty Of posts to which stock and
teams could be tied.
This being Sank Centres first
effort at market day there was more
or less uncertainty as to the outcome.
Farmers hesitated little about bring
ing their stock to market, fearing
they would not be able to sell it, so
the array of stock and other salable
things was not so large or so OF as
high grade as il might have been.
At the close of the day, however,
most of them admitted that the next
time they would be on hand with a
good lot OF stock.
The auction took place in the after
noon, Chief of Police Connolly
officiating as auctioneer. The auction
passed off we'll and all seemed to be
pretty we'll satisfied. Private sales OF
stock were quite satisfactory. One
man sold COW valued at $50 for
$37. so; another disposed of an animal
which he held at $25 for the neat sum
of s31.
The business men Of the city all
express themselves highly pleased
with the outcome. The merchants
quite generally had made special
prices on some one or more lines OF
goods for market day. The purchases
were liberal considering the fact that
the market day idea was on trial. The
bargains offered were all good and
every merchant lived up to his agree
ment. There were some doubtful
ones among the business men but
these were all converted to he belief
that market day is a good thing.
While the day was set aside chiefly
to business yet there was something
In the way of amusement provided.
The Juvenile band played at intervals
during the day and they furnished ex'
cellent ihdsic. In the evening the
band gave a dance in the city hall,
which had been furnished them free OF
charge by the city council A goodly
number of young people attended the
dance and a pleasant evening was
spent.
The next monthly market day falls
on Monday, August 5, The commit
tees in charge will see to it that the
second is a better event than was the
first. The committees worked hard to
make things 60 and they were re-
warded with success.
The biggest load of wheat marketed
-st,the mill was by Joe Miller ana Il
,we;ghed 125 bushels and ~ lbs. Mr,
miller received the prize OF 100 lbs. o.
:: -four.
I,ee,& Gingery's cash prize OF YOU
for the largest hog weighed on then
/, scales went to r. M. Goodei, I'M
hog weighing $50 lbs.
The Rest Room was popular
!. place all day long. Up 70 p. M
Marion Clark had counted % womei
!. Tho had ayailed themselves OF it's ad
!, vantage. They then came 90 thick sn'
eayel up the count 81