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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

Duluth's brace of boy bandits,
who bound and gagged a night
clerk and porter in hotel, rob-
bed the till and later shot po-
liceman dead on a street car,
were convicted and sentenced,
one to Imprisonment for life and
the other to hard labor behind
the bars for thirty years, just %
days after their appalling crimes
were committed. Both lads are
under sixteen years of age.
Something is wrong in t h is
twentieth century civilization OF
which we glibly boast. when
such occurrences are possible.
The only creditable thing about
the whole horrible affair is the
sureness and swiftness wi b
which justice overlook these
youthful criminals.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
Happiness.

q 49, VAVSsU0SSs
Happiness comes to u all. or 70
nearly all OF 90. IN fragments. No
body can arrange for whole months
happiness in advance. We may have
happier moments in the II months
than In the one. They may come at
a jolly dinner party. in the exchange
Of condolences with q friend, in q
good right and left when shooting.
in clean smite to sQuare-leg, In q
couplet Of verse or single page Of q
book or the sight Of well fitting sail
close hauled. But promised joys are
the most elusive. He who would sit
down to enjoy the sunset. to hear the
wind sing in the grass or surge beau.
tifully through trees to listen to the
song of birds or the cries of sea fowl
in a marsh or the 1ote of church bells
rising from valley--he who would
do these things to reach happiness
will find Certainly If he be alone)
that his mood turns to melancholy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
Read Somewhat Peculiar.

That there is not much in name
after all was proved amusingly day
or SO ago, says the Philadelphia Times.
when prominent business man re-
ceived postal from his son and
daughter-in-law, saying: I'VE are on
our way to He'll, but it's not as hot as
you would expect. More than that"
continued the postcard, tits as easy
to get out Of as to get into" The
news came as quite a surprise to the
man, as, knowing his son and daugh-
ter-in-law, he scarcely pictured them
on their way to the Internal regions.
It turns out, however. that He'll is q
village in Norway OF 1883 inhabitants
and is in nowise rival to its name.
sake. 81 wouldn't mind it at all. de.
clares the recipient of the news. IF be
only hadn't sent it on a postcard"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
pisraeIl and the cabman.

To be recognized by cabman sets
the seal on fame Disraeli was really
and truly famous. Lady Dorothy
Nevill calls to mind Beaconsf1eld
boast. He was getting into a hanson
when the driver opened the trap door.
81 know who you are, sir" he said,
sT have read all your books. bar
Lothian" But there is a reserve to
every medal. Beaconsfield once suf
fered a setback. Il walked with Glad
stone on Tuesday" wrote Lord
Houghton, "and when he left me q
gentleman came up and said. Might
I ask If that was Mr.. Disraeli? Such
ia fame."-London Chronicle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02


The regents Of the Minnesota
State University and the Board
of Control are likely to be in
vestigated because they have
been using other than Mime
sofa stone in state buildings.
Both bodies are composed of
good, honest, high grade bust
ness men, The trouble seems to
lie with the architects. Wonder
why these gentry generally re-
commend the use of material
from outside the state.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

The recent cleanup in the af-
fairs of the Minnesota State Fair
has apparently been a good
thing. If the institution is not
run on business basis from now
on, the new broom that was cleo
ted to sweep clean will be set
aside for another one.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

Reapportionment m e assures
should receive due and honest
consideration at the hands OF
the legislature this winter. The
northern part of the state de-
mands nothing more than simple
Justice and should have it.
Southern Minnesota cannot af
ford to resist these demands.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
POSING FOR EFFECT

The genius at the head OF the
postoffice department is trying
to make the public believe that
he Is trying to put the postal
service on paying basis. In
order to attain this result he has
adopted oppressive measu r S
with the railway mail clerks, by
ordering them to take substitute
runs in addition to their own
regular runs. The clerks natur-
ally demur and a number of
them refuse to submit. The en-
tire force of railway mail clerks
is up in arms over the matter,
but there will probably not be a
strike, better counsel having
prevailed. The clerks will now
endeavor to enlist public sym
pathy in their behalf.
These clerks are efficient, con
scientious employees of the gov
eminent, who risk their lives in
fimsily constructed cars at sal
aries that will never make them
rich. It is skilled labor that
they perform. 1t is also ex-
-hausting labor and takes a good
deal out of a man. Each man
has a week on and week off,
the latter time to be spent in
studying up on rou ties and
changes in order to give the best
service possible. Additional
hours of work means an un-
necessary strain upon the, men
and poorer service for the pub
lie. The clerks maintain, and
that with apparent reason, that
the government should furnish
substitutes.
While at the matter of reform
why does not the department
put forth an effort to stop the
railroads from bleeding the gov
eminent by charging outrageous
prices for hauling the mails?
These mail contracts are and for
years have been a scandal. If
the mails could be hauled at rea-
sonable rates the department
would not have to try to effect a
saving by taking it out of the
hides of the railway mail clerks
But the postmaster general
seems to be following in the foot.
steps of the president of the
United States, who not so very
long ago proposed a raise in
rates on second class mail mat
ter as a means of helping te
make up the deficit. Could il
have been due to the fact, as
has been frequently charged
that the president took this
means to get back" at the press
of the country for criticising his
public acts? There is something
rotten in Washington and some
of tie rotteness is in the post
office department..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

A great howl is arising from
certain Legislators because the
Minnesota State University asks
for a lot of money to run it.
Bless your hearts, gentlemen,
the ~" is big thing and can
not be run on a two cent basis.
The same legislators fell all over
themselves the first week of the
session to pass their own ex-
penSe bills.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

G. 81. Bronson has just been
reappointed postmaster at Osak-
is. In addition to being a first
class postmaster who fills the
position very satisfactorily and
treats the public with the great
est possible courtesy, MIR. Bron-
son is an able and successful
country publisher and one of the
best fellows on earth. Congrat-
ulations, Bro. Bronson; may
your shadow never grow less.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
YaIe's Athletic Students.

! Yale has 1868 students in athletics
and gymnastics, according to statistics
published by Professor William Ander-
son, director of the university gymna-
SUM. He estimates, however, that
nearly 300 are in more than one kind
of sport and that there are not more
than 1,60O of the 1912 students of the
university who are In actual physical
exercise for sports sake for general
conditioning. As gymnasium work is
compulsory for freshmen all members
of that class are included in the sum-
mary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

The thriving village of AkeEey
wants a School of Agriculture
located on the cut-over pine
lands near that town and a bill
has been introduced in the legis-
lature establishing such school.
The measure is a worthy one, as
the problem of making practical
use of the thousands of acres OF
cut-over lands is a serious one.
The Herald believes -Akeley
should have the institution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

Not very long ago William
Howard Taft was doing his level
best to read progressive republi-
cans out of the party and keep
them from enjoying any federal
patronage. Now that his stand
pat friends have thrown him
down and progressive doctrines
are the popular doctrines and
spreading like wildfire, this same
William Howard Taft is posing
as a progressive. Comment is
unnecessary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

The Progressive Republican
League recently organized in
Washington, made the stand
ALTERS sit up and look around.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
To Make Flynn a Rackstop.

President Dreyfuss Of the Pittsburg
club has written Manager Fred Clarke
to consider the advisability of using
Jack Flynn behind the bat next sea-
son as substitute catcher for Gibson
and asking an answer on the matter
as soon as possible Since Chicago re-
fused to waive on Flynn the Pittsburg
club has decided to hold him. AS
Hunter seems sure Of the first base
dob. President Dreyfuss wishes to
place Flynn SO that he can get some
value out of his services.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

Northwest N e e DIS Smaller
Farms" says an assertive head
line in city paper. If farms in
the northwest were any smaller
than ours, there wouldn't be
very much farming. Still, some
country editors possess some
real estate.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

Highwaymen are giving Min
neapolis people a touch of high
life these days. They even held
up a policeman and robbed him
of overcoat, watch, purse and
star. Lots of advertising in
that, though it is rather of
the questionable kind.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

After being in state of in
nocuous desuetude for nearly a
year, the charter commission,
hearing that The Herald was GO
ing to print an article about how
that body had been giving an
exhibition of how not to do it.,
got busy and held a meeting the
night before The Herald was is
sued. Nothing like little news
paper publicity to promote ac-
tivity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
Black Eye. a, eton.

In proposing 1.-THE Imperial Forces"
at the annual venison dinner at Wind
sor, Mr.. r. A. Basanquet, an old Elton.
Ian, said they wanted every boy in
England to be able to defend himself
and practise the noble art of self-de.
Tense. He had black eye in his day.
and he did not see half enough black
eyes at Eton.-London Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

The editorial page and the
sport department of the Duluth
News Tribune are both in the
same section on Sundays, and
both are hot stuff"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
sonom. Girl eoId For $4,000,

sonoma Girl (2O41z), the famous
trotting mare which won the Transyl-
vania stakes in 1907, has been sold by
Miss Lolita Crabtree TO @. w. Moore,
owner of the Dromore farm, st. Claire.
Mich, for price reported to be $780,
O00
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

These be strenuous days for
the Interests, the lobbyist and
the political boss.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

Pierpont Morgan's digestion
has gone back on him. Too
much water in his stocks?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02


L. G. Hull, the only American who
was appointed to the presidency Of the
athletic association at Oxford univer-
sity, will compete for the New York
Athletic club next summer:
! Last year Hull captured both the
hundred yard dash and the quarter
mile at the annual dual meet between
Oxford and Cambridge, his time in the
hundred being exactly ten seconds.
He was Immediately elected president
OF the athletic body, to serve in that
position Of honor for one year.
Graduating last spring, Hull return
ed to America. but instead Of taking
up the law business in Michigan he
settled in New York and became a
member of the Winged FOoters.
HuIl's record in the sprints is such
that great things may be expected Of
him when he receives the benefit of
Bernie Wefers' training, and those
who have watched Hull in the club
house gymnasium say that he will
surely prove one of the star runners
Of the next outdoor season.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

Base ball teams will go into
training, in a few weeks, for the
season of 1911. Then it will not
be very long before the fan will
be in his native element once
more.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
Commander Sim. Of the Navy.

:
Commander William Sowden Sims of
the United States ship Minnesota,
whose speech at the recent dinner to
the American navy In London has been
the subject Of international correspond
ence, was for several years naval aid
to President Roosevelt.
The banquet at which the speech
was delivered was given in honor of
the officers and men Of the American
feet In the English channel and was
one of the functions which marked the
visit Of the vessels to English and
French ports. Replying to the welcom-
ing speech of the lord mayor of Lon
don, Commander Sims, according to
the press dispatches. said that, speak,
ing for himself, he believed that if the
time ever came when the British en-
pire was menaced by an external en-
envy they might count on every man.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

Congressman James A. Tawney Of
Minnesota, most prominent Of the
standpatters who fell by the way
side last fall, may enter President
Taft's cabinet after March 4. Rumor
first selected Mr.. Tawney for the
Panama canal commission, but later
asserted that he would succeed Sec
rotary Ballinger when congress ad-
journs. Friends are working in his
behalf and assert there is no doubt of
his fitness and that the appointment
would be popular.
Twice chairman of the house COM
mittee on appropriations, Mr. Tawney
for many years has been a prominent
figure in congress and in national pol
itics. Nine successive times he was
the choice of his constituents in the
First district Of Minnesota, then he was
defeated in the primaries for renomi-
nation. This reversal of the opinion
Of the voters was due to insurgency
Mr.. Tawney was criticised for his ac-
ton on the Aldrich-Pa bill, for his
support of Speaker Cannon and for
his stand pat attitude generally.
Congressman Tawney is native Of
Pennsylvania and learned the black
smiths trade in the shop of his father.
In 1877 he removed to Winona, Mimi,
and worked at his trade until admit
ted to the bar in 1882. He was elect
ed to the Minnesota state senate In
1880 and the following year began his
congressional career
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
shafer to Coach JAP Ball Team.

Snarer TO Soacn Jap Bali cam.
! Japan is taking rapid steps toward
adopting baseball as an extensive
sport The Waseda college of Tokyo
has gone SO far as to engage Arthur
Shafer, utility infielder Of the New
York Giants. to coach and play with
its nine, and Shafer has departed to
take up the work Of instructing the
,Nipponese college lads about the in
side points Of our national pastime.
The Waseda college is going to great
expense in having Shafer come and
teach baseball, as he was forwarded
transportation and will receive large
salary for the couple Of months he In
tends to stay In Japan. Shafer Il a
former Santa Clara ball player. Three
years ago he was the star sh0rtstop
of that nine and in 1908 was taken
east by Johnny McGraw and given a
tryout with the Giants. Last year he
served as utility fnfielder and knows
enough of inside baseball to be profit
able to the Japanese team.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
ADVERTISING RATES

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cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
(EPIsCOPAL)
Evening Service at 1870
Sunday School 1900 m.
REV. S. J.. MITCHELL, Rector.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Services, Morning, 1890.
Sunday School, IL m.
Evening Service 1870
Prayer Meeting Wednesday. Eve 1870
Bible Study, Friday evening 1870
Everybody Welcome.
CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF
THE ANGELS
Services every Sunday at S o'clock
low mass. 10 O'Clock high mass.
Afternoon service at o'clock p. m.
Every day mass at 8 o'clock a. m.
REV. T. F. O'CoNNoR. Pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02
Ube Churches.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Sunday morning 1890 preaching
service. Sunday School at 1850 a. m.
g. E. society $3.50 p. m. Evening
service 500 p. m. Wednesday even.
ing 500 p. M, prayer meeting and
bible study.
FREDERICK II. OEHLER. Pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-02

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Services every Sunday at 8 O'Clock
low mass. 10 O'Clock high mass.
Afternoon service at Q O'Clock p. m.
Every day mass at 8 O'Clock q. m.
REV. A. ARTZ Pastor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-01

We can now ring the bells and
make merry when we please, since
our school building has nice new
bell.
Our school is getting on we'll Pu
pills and teachers are working hard
to make it the banner school of the
county. They are just as earnest in
having a jolly time out OF school as
they are with their work in school
The latest evidence of this was the
party of last Saturday night, when
Willie Davidson and Guy Rose
brought a wagon generously supplied
with hay and collected eight others
dncluding our teachers, Misses Davis
and Scott. as chaperones). The party
then went to Miss Jewel Smiths
where they were Joined by four others
and decided to go to Mr.. Baxter's TO
srend the evening. On reaching Mr..
Baxter's and being promised a nice
hen by Mr. Baxter, We decided to
build a camp fire and have a roast.
Every one had a jolly time.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-01
PHYSICIANS NOW CAN PEER IN
TO THE HEART AND LUNGS
AND STOMACH.
A SCREEN KILLS THE HEAT
An Improved x-Ray Machine at tho
General Hospital Which. Makes It
Possible to Trace Capsule a Pa
tient Has Swallowed.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. S1.-Two pa
tients were examined yesterday morn
ing in the X-ray room at the gen.
eral hospital. One had been treated
a number of years for chronic indi-
gestion, and when examined by the
X-rays it was learned that he was suf-
fering from cancer of the stomach.
The other patient was suffering from
heart trouble. OF that he was cer-
tain. Yet, when the patient was ex-
amined it was learned that he was
suffering from pleurisy in the lower
part of the chest. The lungs were
pressing against the heart with the re-
suit that the heart was affected,
though the real seat of the trouble
was pleurisy. This much did science
reveal in a few minutes.
For several years the city has had
an X-ray machine at the general hos
pital and it has been used much in
surgical cases. If a patient had a
broken wrist and the surgeon in
charge wished to make sure that the
bones had been properly set the patti
ent was taken to the operating room,
the X-rays turned on him, and radio
graph taken. By means of this pic
| ture, guesswork was eliminated: the
physician knew instantly whether the
bones had been properly set. Before
the X-ray was invented the bones Of
/ tentimes would be improperly set and
there formerly was no way to know
this until the injury was healed. Then
Disagreement usually resulted.
In 1895 the X-ray was invented by
Professor Roentgen of Paris. At once
it was heralded as a wonderful agent
Doctors began using it without thor.
oughly understanding the mechanism
or the composition of the rays. Ply
sicians couldn't understand why the
rays burned when there was no heat
in them. And in the few years i'm
mediately after the invention a few
patients and many physicians were
burned. The reason so many physi
clans lost their hands was because be.
fore turning the rays on the patient
the doctor formerly thrust his hand
in front of the rays to test them.
AS with every other invention there
have been many improvements since
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-01
'0|L COMPANIES ARE PLANNING To
AMEND THE STATE PROBATE LAWS

Oklahoma City, Okla, Feb. 1.-The
agents OF the big oil companies of
the state presumably the Standard
| Oil Company and the Prairie and pos
sibly some of the independents who
work with them, are backing a bill in
the house, which seems TO be Intend
ed to make easier the stealing of a
wards property. The bill amends the
present law relating to leases so as to
provide that 1t is not necessary to
give notice of the sale of oil and gas
/ leases, either by publication or by no.
tice posted.
The object of the bill of course Is
to permit the oil speculator to secure
control of the valuable oil and gas
lands belonging TO the minors of the
east side of the state, without paying
a fair value for them. As matter
of fact the bill seems to have been
drawn with the idea that the minor
is nuisance, and had no right to
the protection OF the state. For the
past three years there has been
tendency upon the part of a large
number of men who make II a busi-
ness to secure lands and properties Of
minors without paying proper COM
pensations therefor. to eliminate all
possibilities OF competition. The
chief argument of the bill now before
the Legislature is that it will elimi-
nate competition and that when a
man goes out in the country and finds
a valuable piece OF minors land, he
will not be put to the necessity and
embarrassment of coming in compe-
tition with other people in his effort
to secure this land from the MINOR.
The plan has some merit and that is
absolute frankness upon the part of
its sponsors as to its ultimate OBJ
ject.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-02-01

gus and into the stomach. The ply
sician has a perfect silhouette of the
vital organs in motion and he can tell
instantly whether the action is nor
NAL.
At a minutes glance the doctor of
today learns by actual sight what
the physicians of two decades tried
, to learn through the sense of touch
and by other diagnoses in years gone
by. The microscopic apparatus used
Alright is a supplement to surgery and
medicine that will be necessary some
day to every physician. 1t is the
latest contribution which science has
to offer to the medical profession.