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The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-08-13
GRANITE WORKERS
Local Institution in Which Sauk
Centre Takes Pride
WELL EQUIPPED PLANT
In Operation Less Than Two Weeks
But Has Already Taken Orders
From Various Localities

A local manufacturing concern in
which Sauk Centre takes great pride
and which evidently has bright fut-
ure before it is the plant of the Sauk
Centre Granite Company.
This company, as stated in prev
ious issues of The Herald, was form
ed here a few weeks ago. John
Wolfert Olaf Frick and August Zit-
ur all three granite workers of long
experience who until recently were
connected with the industry in st.
Cloud, were the moving spirits in
the plan to form company here.
Local capital was interested and on
Monday, August 3, the works started
up. John H. Book of the Sauk Cen
tire Grocery Company is treasurer and
Thos Hughes secretary.
The plant occupies commodious
building a block east from the Great
Northern station. 1t is equipped with
81 horse power gasoline engine, a
polishing machine and an air COM
pressor.
The polishing machine is operated
by Mr.. Zitur. The rough granite is
subject to three processes. The first
machine is called a "rougher". 1t
uses steel shot and the rough face
of the stone is taken Off. Then fol-
lows the second process in which
carborundum or ground emory is used
being applied by wheel. The third
polishing wheel has face of felt and
is known as a buffer. This, puts
the fine, high polish on the stone.
These three processes are interesting
to watch.
In the eng gine room is an
air COMPRISING plant. This
consists of an air plump
operated by the engine, and a strong
steel tank. The compressed air is
conveyed to the cutting tool through
flexible tubing capable of sustaining
high pressure. 1t operates a cutting
chisel which in the hands of the skill
ed workman is employed in lettering.
Mr.. Wolfert operates this machine
and is an expert at it.
Mr.. Frick is an all round handy
man who understands the business
from the ground up and can do any
thing. He generally cuts the rough
blocks down to the proper size for
other operations.
While the concern has been at
work less than fortnight, yet 1t
has accomplished a good deal In
that time. Orders have been taken
for wholesale work from Ohio, Iowa,
Illinois, South Dakota and many points
in Minnesota. The work thus far
turned out is of the best, and the
present high standard is bound to be
maintained.
The opening of this manufacturlng
plant means much for Sauk Centre.
The supply of raw material is OF easy
access. the shipping facilities are
good and there is every reason to be-
lieve that a bright and prosperous
future awaits the company.
Visitors are welcome to the plant an'
any who have doubts as to the prac-
ticability of operating a plant OF
this nature here will have them dis
PEELED by looking over the concern.
1t is a hive of industry and is bound
to grow and prosper.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-08-13

The clerks in the Sank Centre stores
ask people to do their trading early so
that they can have evenings of.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-08-13
COST OF LIVING
Comparative Prices of Today and
Of Yesterday
HALF A CENTURY Ago
Excerpts Made From an Old Memo.
randum Book Which Was Written
in the Early Fifties


In a recent number of the Brooklyn
Eagle appeared an article by Kate
Upson Clark, who tells of exhuming
an old memorandum book in which
a woman recorded some of her ex-
penses for various objects in 1851.
The prices she paid afford opportuni-
ties for interesting comparisons, some
but not all of which are favorable to
the present time.
For instance, she paid in railroad
fare for a couple of trips good deal
more than she would have to pay
now, but she paid only % cents a
dozen for her washing-"beautifully
ironed and brought to her door
and $40 month for her board, which
she says was good, too.
She had dag1erreotype taken, and
she paid $3.50 for a single picture.
She could do very much better than
that now, of course; she could get
any number of pictures of herself
for ridiculously small sums, and if she
bought a kodak and placed it in the
hands of an admiring and faithful
friend she could have pictures taken
all day at a minimum of expense.
But she bought pair of shoes for
sl.25. and had dress cut for 371s
cents; both of which items will be
likely to cause the modern woman to
groan in envy of the good fortune of
women a couple of generations ago;
though the chances are that the lin
tied amount of. spending money then
common would quite make up for the
difference in prices, and that if the
woman, of 1851 were looking on she
would be quite as envious of the
modern woman's spending allowance
as the modern woman is of the low
prices Of 1851. The accounts bristle
with half and quarter cents. Some
times things cost a flip which was
6A cents, and sometimes 1evy,"
which was 121s cents.
This woman of the SOS bought
pair of rubbers, which she called
gums" and paid S71s cents for them.
For her pew rent in church she paid
&C 2-3 cents quarter; which would
hardly be satisfactory now in churches
that rent pews. Her gowns Were made
of "debage, 'delaine,' and null,
and she paid $175 for the fitting and
making of one. She wore congress
CATERS, for which she paid 1925 a
pair. She bought copy of Agnes,
the Key to Her Coffin" a book the
memory of which is confession
OF some years of life. For teaching
school eleven weeks she received $50
and she paid 25 cents for having a
tooth pulled This being before the
days of anesthetics, she took the
tooth-pulling plain, and had to grin
and bear it without the comfort of
modern lethal drugs.
There is an entry of waters,
which reminds us that there were no
gummed envelopes then, and that let
ters were folded and then sealed
with waters. She was also buying
"cachous," small lozenges to be eaten
for the Improvement of the breath.
III ner ldIHp SHe UuiuCu liuiu,
dangerously inflammable oil which
preceded the safer kerosene or "coal
oil' of the esteemed Standard Oil
company.
The above article is taken from the
Duluth Herald and is reproduced here
as of interest to the people of the
present day who complain of the price
they pay for the different things
they are compelled by necessity to
procure in order to enjoy modern
life.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
FIGHT TO SEE THEIR DEAD
Portuguese Anxious for Final View of
King and Crown Prince.

Lisbon, Feb. 11.-There was almost
riot on the part of the populace to
get into the cathedral where the bod
les of King Carlos and Crown Prince
I.uiz are lying in state. The crowd
waiting outside for chance to get a
last sight OF the murdered king and
his son was so great that the police
were unable to close the cathedral
doors at the hour appointed for the
beginning of the ceremonies of the
final interment 1t is estimated that
no less than 10000 people were striv-
ing at one time to make their way
into the cathedral. The police and
the gendarmes made futile efforts to
drive this mass back from the por-
tails. 1t was quite impossible to even
hold the people ii. check The surg
ing multitude thrust the police to one
side and forced in side door to the
cathedral, through which it poured
into the main edifice.
Cavalry finally was summoned to
dispense the crowd and found it nee
essary to charge before the people
woulG move. There were no casual
ties.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
THREE BIDS ACCEPTED.
War Department Purchases Several
Flying Machines.

Washington, Feb. 10.-The secretary
of war has approved the recommends
tion of the board of ordnance and for
tification that bids for furnishing heav-
Ter than air flying machines to the
United States government be awarded
as follows: ]. Scott of Chicago, for
$4,000, to be delivered In 1876 days,
A. M. Herring of New York, for $780,
600, to be delivered in 1S0 days;
Wright Bros. of Dayton, o., for $4,000,
TO be delivered in 200 days. These
three were the only bids out of the
forty-one received that complied with
the requirements of the advertise
ment. They have been examined by
a board of experts and are believed to
embody the principles OF practical fly
ing machines. 1t was part of the
agreement in issuing the call for bids
that none of the particulars of the
bids were to be given out for publica-
ton but were to be retained as conf
Dental
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
WOULD NAME LABOR TICKET
Gompers Asked to Call National Con.
Vention.

New York, Feb. 11.-At a meeting
of the Central Federated union Pres
ident Samuel Gompers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor was re.
quested by resolution to call a con-
vention of labor union representa-
tives from all over the country for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
president and vice president of the
United States and adopting platform
FOR a National Labor party. The re-
cent decisions of the supreme court
ir which labor laws were declared un-
cons titutional were criticised and it
was declared that laboring men
throughout the country must combine
to change the Constitution. Judges,
1t was said, owed their appointments
to men opposed to labor and must be
superseded before labor would re-
ceive the justice to which 1t is en-
titled.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11

self. After receiving a reply, dated
Dec. 8, in which Mr. Bryson said he
would be In Washington within a day
or SO, Mr.. Douglass saw the president.
The story of the conference at the
White House was told in a letter
which MIR. Douglass Immediately sent
to Mr.. Bryson, saying:
"The president bluntly told me that
[ would have to recommend another
man" Mr.. Douglass said that he
urged the president to reconsider, but
that he was insistent.
MIR. Foraker said he did not want
to comment upon the correspondence
beyond showing the pressure that had
been brought to bear on one man
who had expressed his personal view
On matter on which he had right
to express them"
Mr.. Foraker asserted that he could
establish to the entire satisfaction of
any unbiased mind that there are q
hundred such cases in Ohio. He said
that estimate was no exaggeration,
although the presidents hand could
not be traced to all of them He said
they had been engineered by men who
represented the president.
During his statement the senator
was compelled to suspend in order
that the senate might receive a mes
sage from the president. The ap-
pearance OF the White House messen-
ger at this juncture provoked much
merrimRnt
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
CORRECTS HIS TESTIMONY
Witness in Capitol Graft Case Gets
Titles Mixed.

Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE first
act of Stanford b. Lewis of Philadel-
phia, assistant to Joseph M. Huston.
architect of the new state capitol,
when he took the witness stand at the
trial of J. H. Sanderson, contractor;
former Auditor General Snyder, for
mer State Treasurer Mathues and
James M. Shumaker, superintendent
of public buildings and grounds.
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the state was to correct his testimony
when he implicated former Attorney
General Hampton l.. Carson in an al
legged 'whitewash" of those who are
accused of fraud. Lewis in his cor
rection said that he had confused the
titles of state officials and where he
said attorney general" he meant "au-
ditor general"
Mr. Carson who was at the time at
tornev general, took no part in the
conference where the alleged white.
wash" of state officials was discussed
according to Lewis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11

.iEETS MANY POLITICIANS
Secretary Taft Puts in Busy Day at
Kansas City.


Kansas City, Feb. 11.-Secretary of
War Taft, who Is in this city, was the
principal figure In number of con-
feTences, receptions and other forms
of entertainment Secretary Taft ar.
rived by way of St. Louis, accom-
panied by Walter S. Dickey, chairman
of the Missouri Republican central
committee, and half a hundred other
prominent Republicans from st. Louis,
Kansas City and other Missouri cities.
Breakfast was served at the Midland
hotel, after which there were confer
ences with Republican committeeman
from several nesr5y states who had
come here to talk over with the sec
retary party conditions in their dis
tricts.
Victor Rosewater, editor of the
Omaha Bee, and William Hayward,
chairman of the Nebraska state CEN
trail committee, were among the first
to be closeted with Mr.. Taft Later
he received delegations from Kansas,
Oklahoma and Texas.
Following these conferences there
was a reception at the Missouri Re.
publican clubs headquarters.
In the evening Secretary Taft was
the guest of the Association of Young
Republicans of Missouri at a mann
moth banquet in Convention hall.
Twelve hundred plates were laid and
most of the prominent Republicans of
Missouri, as well as many from Kan
sas, Oklahoma and Nebraska, were
present
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
DENIES THE ACCUSATION.
President Not Using Federal Patron.
age to Assist Taft.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Answer has
been made by President Roosevelt to
the recent public statements that he
has made use of federal patronage to
further the presidential interests of
Secretary Taft. The answer is in the
form OF letter addressed to William
Dudley Foulke of Richmond, Ind, and
includes a letter from Mr.. Foulke to
be president sugges ting the need of
such q statement.
The president begins by characteriz-
ing the charges as false and ma
licious." He follows this with an an
alysis of all appointments sent by him
to the senate for its action to show
that In no case has the proximity of o.
presidential contest influenced his ac.
tions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
MORGAN SAT IN GALLERY
Senator Depew Praises Action of New
York Banker

Washington, Feb. 11.-Senator De-
pew replied to a recent charge made
In the senate by Senator Culberson of
Texas that during the recent panic
the secretary of the treasury favored
New York city in depositing public
money in national repositories
The danger that was so great, he
said, was avoided by the wise action
of the secretary of the treasury, as.
sisted by that phenomenal genius,
j. Pierpont Morgan, who, associating
with himself the bankers of New
York, provided the means by which
the assailed banks could be saved"
At the time this utterance was
made Mr.. Morgan occupied a seat In
the private gallery of senators and
was a careful listener to all that was
said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
Deafness can not be Cnrad

by local applications, as they cannot
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There is only one to cure deafness, and
that is by constitutional remedies. deaf
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tube. When this tube is inflamed you
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ing and wnen it is entirely closed deaf
ness is the result and unless the inflem-
alton can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition hearing
will be destroyed forever nine cases out
of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
we will give One Hundred dollars for
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that cannot be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure Send for circulars Free, Sold by
druggists.75c. f. j. CHENEY & co.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
Thousands Need Relief.

Philadelphia, Feb. 11.--An appeal
for aid for destitute people in the
Kensington mill district of Philadel-
phia, one of the greatest industrial
centers in the world, was made at a
meeting OF the Central Labor union.
The union appointed a committee to
act on the plea of delegation of tex
tile workers, who claimed that from
$4,000 to $4,000 men, women and
children in the Kensington district are
In need of relief.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11

II owe 1ebt of gratitude that can
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of Westfield, Iowa. for my rescue from
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
Plant Resumes Full Force.

Nangatuck, Conn, Feb. 11.-Em-
ployes in the grinding department Of
the Goodyear Metallic Rubber Goods
company ard the Goodyear India Rub
ber Glove company to the number of
900 have returned to work after be-
ing in idleness since Dec. IA owing
to the open winter. Before the end
Of the week the plants will be run
ming in full force, employing more
than 1000 persons.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
FORAKER HITS BACK
Replies to Presidents Statement
on Federal Patronage.
CITES ONE SPECIFIC CASE

Ohio Man Selected for Postmaster of
His Town Turned Down With a Rep
rimand When He Said Taft Was
Losing His Following.
Washington, Feb. 11.-Senator For
aker has made reply to the presidents
statement concerning charges that
public patronage has been used by
him Cthe president) for political pur-
poses. He took the floor in the SEN
ate on question of personal privilege
and, reading at length from the pres
ident's correspondence with William
Dudley Foulke, proceeded to explain
his own attitude towards the federal
patronage in Ohio.
at is difficult to prove cases of this
character" said Mr.. Foraker, "be-
cause ordinarily there is no evidence
reduced to writing bearing on them"
but, fortunately" he added, I'VE
have one case in Ohio where there is
written testimony / do not charge
anybody with bad faith. / supposed
all the while that the president was
acting upon recommendations made to
him without knowledge of basis of
fact upon which these recommends
tions rested" He referred to the re-
cess appointment of Charles H. Bry-
son as postmaster at Athens, o., who,
ind tNyith ic
solicitation upon recommendation of
Representative Alfred Douglass. He
then read from local paper an inter
view with MIR. Bryson in which he
stated that Taft lost his following in
Ohio and Foraker had greatly grown
In strength.
AT the conclusion of the reading of
the interview Mr.. Foraker observed
that there was nothing in it hostile to
Secretary Taft, but that it expressed
an honest difference of opinion on a
subject entirely within his rights Of
individual opinion Mr. Bryson re-
turned to Athens, said Mr. Foraker,
entirely unconscious that he had made
any trouble until a few days later
when he received q letter from Repre-
sentative Douglass telling of talk he
had with Postmaster General Meyer
on the subject of the appointment
According to this letter Mr.. Douglass
had been sent for TO be told that the
president had decided not to appoint
Mr.. Bryson after ALL Representative
Douglass said that the postmaster
general was nice about it, but deter
mined, and evidently was carrying out
the presidents orders"
Appeals to the White House.
From the postofIice department Mr..
Douglass went to the White House,
where he took up the matter with Mr..
loeb. the presidents secretary, who
said the president could see mo rea-
son for appointing men to Office who
were not In harmony with his pol
icies." Mr.. Loeb, according to Mr..
Douglass letter, said the president
was determined that Mr.. Douglass
should recommend another appoint
ment
Mr. Foraker said that Mr.. Douglass
had told Mr.. Bryson that 1t would be
advisable for him to come to Wash
lngton and take the matter up him
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
Punitive Expedition Planned.

Calcutta, Feb. 1.-THE Indian gov
ernment has decided to send immedi-
ately two brigades of troops under
Major General Sir James Willcocks
into the Bazaar valley, on the north.
western frontier, to punish the Zak.
kakhels, 4 powerful tribe of Afridis
who have been raiding villages in
that territory and ambushing mem.
bers of the mounted police.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS.
House Committee Gives Navy Depart
ment Half What II Asked.

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE house
committee on naval affairs has voted
to recommend an appropriation for
the building of two battleships of the
Delaware class, instead of the four
battleships recommended by the navy
department and urged by the pres
ident
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
King Edward Seeks Change of 40,

London, Feb. liking Edward has
gone to Brighton for change of air
His majesty has suffered considerably
from sore throat recently and this
trouble has entailed sleepless nights.
Sir Felix Semon, physician extraor.
dinary to the king. has been In at.
tendance on his majesty.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11

1t is a we'll known fact that persons
living in the pine forests do not suffer
from kidney diseases. One dose of
Pineules at night usually relieves back
ache. 30 days treatment S100. Your
money refunded il not satisfied. Sold
by Schultz & Ketcham.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
Two Perish In Nebraska Fire.

Sioux City, Ia, Feb. 10.--In fire of
unknown origin at South Sioux City,
Neb-, the rooming house of Edward
Streator was burned to the ground.
Two lives were lost and five persons
injured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
Colorado Bandit Kills Austrian.

Pueblo, Colo, Feb. 11.-Joseph Russ
and six Austrian companions were
held up by a lone highwayman. In
the melee that followed Russ was
killed by bullet from the bandits
revolver.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-02-11
This is worth Remembering.

AS no one is immune, every person
should remember that Foleys Kidney
cure will cure any case kidney or blad-
der that is not beyond the reach of medi-
cine Holiday & Porter: