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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

ire girl. The brides father, Mic
Roerig, was one of the prominent
farmers in this vicinity until within
a few months ago, when he removed
to Browns Valley. The Tribune says:
"On Tuesday, Oct. 81, occurred the
marriage of Miss Margaret Roerig,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. N. Roerig,
formerly of Sank Centre, Mimi, to
Mr.. Nickel Meyers at St. Anthony's
church in this city, at seven O'Clock
a. M, Rev. Father Tebourt, officiating.
"After the ceremony the wedding
party drove to the home of the brides
parents where bounteous breakfast
was served. The bride was attired in
a white messaline satin gown trimmed
in baby Irish point lace and ball trim
mings, with bridal veil and smilax,
and carried boquet of brides roses.
The brides travelling dress was a
cream colored serge trimmed in black
with hat and gloves to match. The
bridesmaid was Miss Elizabeth Roerig.
and the best man Henry Meyers.
brother of the groom.
'The bride is one of Browns Valleys
most charming young ladies, having
taught school at st. Cloud and Long
Prairie successfully for several years.
The groom is young business man
of Lismore, Mimi, a son of Carl Mey-
ers of Adrian, MINI. Mr.. and Mrs.
Meyers left on the nine o'clock train
Jor points in South Dakota and Iowa
They will be at home after Novem-
Der Is at Lismore, Mimi.
''The wedding was attended only by
the relatives of the bride and groom.
The only out of town guests were
Miss Margaret and Henry Meyers,
of Adrian, Mimi, sister and brother
of the groom"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
NO MORE FOOTBALL
Unable to Secure Any More
Games, Sank Centre High
School Team DiSbandS

So The foot ball team of the Sank
Centre high school has disband-
ed for the season, owing to inability
to secure any more games. A great
effort has been made to get both
Little Falls and ST. Cloud to play
Sank Centre, but the latter has a
full schedule and the former seems to
be suffering from a bad case of ''cold
feet" Last week Little Falls asked
Sank Centre for a game, but at the
last moment declined to play. giving
the reason that they were going to
Minneapolis to see the Minnesota-C Chi
cago game. Efforts to get Little Falls
here for Friday, this week, elected
the reply that the team was to dis
band on account of injuries. Moth
ing was said of injuries last week.
Sank Centre has the best team this
season for years and has cleaned UP
its opponents in fine style without
being scored upon. 1t has the same
right to claim the championship of
central Minnesota as has st. Cloud.
The locals are thinking of making a
collection of hot bricks to send the
Little Falls eleven for foot-warmers.
Anybody want to chip in and help?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
COME TO SAUK CENTRE
Six Evening Meetings BEING Held in
School Houses In This In
mediate Vicinity
PRACTICAL SUBJECTS
Attendance is Good and Farmers
Show Much Interest in the
Various Discussions


The campaign now in progress, by
the authorities of the State Agricul-
tural School, assisted by Supt. M. d.
Aygarn, Instructor X. A. Norsen and
the Board of Education of Sank Cen
tire, along lines intended to benefit
the farmer, proves to have been a
successful one. 1t is now nearing its
close and all concerned feel that the
effort has been well worth making.
N. E. Chapman of the extension di-
vision of the State School Agricul-
ture, is the expert of the bunch of
educators spreading the good gospel
OF better farming. Mr.. Chapman is
armed with documents, charts, photo
graphs and other impedimenta to il
lustrate the topics on which he talks
His particular speciality is poultry,
though he knows whole lot about a
good many other things. He is an
interesting tall,er and ;exudes valuable
information from every pore. His
genial smile captures and holds his
audience.
Mr.. Norsen has hobby. 1t is the
cow. Mr.. Norsen doesn't literally
ride horseback on the cow He sim
ply tells what he knows about ''Bossy''
and that's a good deal. Mr.. Norsen
has a good supply of charts with
which to illustrate his talks. The in
formation he gives out in his address
ses is of great value to farmers, as is
evidenced by their close attention to
him
Supt. Aygarn talks along general
lines, placing particular emphasis on
the value of instruction i'm agricul-
ture, manual training and domestic
science. Mr.. Aygarn also explains
the problem of association" in pub
lie schools. His talks are chock full
OF information and presented in an
attractive and logical style and are
well worth listening to.
With this trio as a 'headliner'' the
propaganda of better farming is be-
ing spread abroad throughout this
region, and fine results may be looked
for. Supt. w. A. Boerger of ST.
Cloud, superintendent of schools in
Stearns county, goes along with the
bunch and presides in very accepta-
bly, manner at each meeting. Local
citizens are taken along with the ex-
perts and these are called on for a
word. Tuesday night in district No.
20, DR.. J. A. Du Bots was present and
gave rafting good talk. p B. Ham
son and r. E. Hansen of the Board of
Education were present but neither
one of these genial gentlemen would
consent to appear in the role of ora
tor.
To.enliven the program of Tuesday
evening, three of the pupils of the
school i'm this district gave recitations
in a pleasing manner highly credit
able to both themselves and their
teacher. Miss LeIa White of Sank
Centre. These were Misses Fern
Molitor and Mary Neal and Master
Donald Bonner. Both were given a
'shand."
The meeting Monday night was
held in district No. PILOT and the
school house was nearly filled with
interested farmers, their wives and
children. The pupils of the school
presented program consisting of
recitations by Dola Gummert, Adela
Continued on page
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

Hon. John r. Howard, Indian agent
at White Earth, Mimi, arrived in
Sank Centre Wednesday night for a
days visit. Mr.. Howard is looking
and feeling well and says that Attor-
ney M. G. Kelsey, who went there re-
Gently, is doing fine and enjoying life.
Gus Beaulieu, says Mr.. Howard, is
still perniciously active.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
STFARNS COUNTY FAIR
Home Talent Play to be Given at
the Opera House NOyem-
Der II and q

d. ASHcS Uullu VI lIle OlluTCil Ol
the Good Samaritan has decided to
take up home talent play entitled
"Stearns County Fair" This play
was written by Annie Sara Book, a
West Virginian who has made the
drilling and producing of home talent
plays a speciality. This home talent
play has been her biggest and most
successful. Wherever it has been
given it has been an immense sue
cess, as it no doubt will be in Sank
Centre. The plan and plot of this
play is very simple nothing but a
County Fair scene with all manner
of people coming to the fair. 1t will
be real picture of the real old time
County Fair, with displays innumer-
able of rich, yellow pumpkins, big po-
tatoes, immense squashes, monstrous
ears of yellow corn, red apples and
any and every kind of fruit and vege-
tables raised by the farmers of the
county. Not only will there be dis
plays of these farm products, but the
needlework, machinery and handiwork
of the thrifty inhabitants of this
county will also occupy conspicuous
space.
While the displays above described
are always looked for at the County
Fair yet the real interest of this par
ticular county fair is in the dialogue
of the visitors at the fair and in the
musical numbers to be presented. AS
the scene opens the loud monthed
takers, lemonade man, side Snowman,
balloon man will almost deafen you
with their mighty yells. Then fol-
lows quick succession of farmers,
old maids. school boys, jockeys,
preachers, bride and groom, gold brick
men, city visitors and all the charac-
teis one Gan possibly imagine at a
county fair, each with an appropriate
dialogue and conversation. All these
dialogues are of the most humorous
nature and have a life and spirit to
them that convlses and amuses even
the most staid audience
But after all, no amateur entertain
ment at this day and age can be a
success without plenty of good lively
up-to-date music, and we will have it
in the County Fair. One of the big
musical features is chorus by so lit
tie girls between the ages of three
and nine. It's one Of the prettiest
and cutest ever. There will be an
other children's chorus and six young
men and young ladies choruses. All
Of these are the latest, catchiest song
productions and are presented in a
beautiful, attractive manner. The
Guild has decided to produce this en-
tertainment Nov 81 and %. The
committees have been appointed for
the various departments of the pre-
liminary work. The best talent of
the city will be invited and there can
be doubt of the fair being rousing
success.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
COSTS GOOD CASH
Army on States Pay Rolls is an
Expensive Proposition
THfRE'SALOT OF THEM
Big Marble Pile on Capitol Hill
Bursting With People Who
Live on Public Money
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
ST. PAUL, MINI, Nov. 8:-A little
over six years ago the government
machinery of the great state of Min
nesota, now Boosting population of
over 100000 and an industrial and
agricultural output that has distanced
many of it's much older neighbors,
was housed in a building that covered
less than half block of ground. The
force of janitors could be counted on
the fingers of one hand and the state
auditors department was regarded as
having the largest pay roll in the
building. On hill to the north the
legislature was building a great mar
BILE palace. 1t was necessary, for the
old building was bursting with life
and the plan of government by boards
was then getting it's start and the
opinion was that they should be pro-
perly housed. In January of 1905 the
officers and departments were moved
to the marble pile. The then attor-
ney general had so much room that
he looked upon the vastness of his
quarters as a joke. The state treas
urer had a spare parlor and he loaned
it at times to the state auditor.
There was space galore and depart
ments Wed with each other in adding
to their holdings. The halls were a
case of magnificent distances.
That was less than six years ago.
Today vault and living space is at a
premium and the old building, aban-
doned then it was presumed for good,
S agai n bursting with life. All the
old offices in it are filled. Since the
transfer to the fiew building was
made has come into being an immi-
grafton board, state banking de-
partment, formerly connected with the
public examiners department, new
forestry force, state highway COM
mission and a department for the
testing of weights and measures. l
could not begin to enumerate the
small boards which meet occasionally
and draw their per diem from the
states strong box. The last session
of the legislature made fully three
hundred additions to the payroll, and
there are more to come. The other
morning, standing in front of the big
marble pile, l saw this great army
straggle in by twos and threes. From
g O'Clock until near the noon hour
they passed through it's massive
carved portals. And they told me,
too, that fully seventy-fve girls and
women earned their daily bread in
this big building and that their sal
aries ranged from $1,000 to 81 300 a
year. Enough, you say, to keep a
bread winner and his six Riddles in
comfort. In the old state capitol the
activity was just as marked, but the
numbers were not so great.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

All this undoubtedly surprises you,
dear reader, but for your further in
formation / will say that what 1 saw
was only fraction of that great army
employed in keeping the states ma
chinery running. 1t was the heads
and their assistants that were housed
in the two capitol buildings. The
privates are scattered over the state
and when Uncle Sans mails were in
adequate to the job network of
wires served<to keep them in touch
with the powers that be. That the
growth of the state has necessitaeed
vast additions to those needed for the
enforcement of the laws and the car
rying out of its policies is admitted
but there are many who believe that
selfishness rather than good business
Continued on page 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

The Browns Valley Tribune of last
week chronicles the marriage of Miss
Margaret Roerig, former Sank Cen
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
YOUNG LIVES JOINED
Miss Vera Parker and Mr.. Charles
Wilson Swift Married at Home
of the Bride
RIPKA-GRITZ MACHfR
Two Well Known Young People OF
This Vicinity Join Their For
tunes for Life

At O'Clock Tuesday evening, No
vember I, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Parker
in Ashley, occurred the marriage OF
Miss Vera Parker to Mr.. Charles Will
son Swift, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Swift. The officiating clergyman was
Rev. S. L. Mitchell of Sank Centre.
The bride wore handsome gown
of navy blue silk and carried white
carnations. T h e bridesmaid, who
was prettily attired in white, was
Miss Charlotte Swift, sister of the
groom The best man was Mr.. Ray
Parker. brother of the bride. The
wedding march was played by Miss
Alice Parker.
The rooms of the Parker home were
handsomely decorated for the occa-
sion with evergreens and white carna-
lions. The bride and groom stood
under canopy of white and green
while the marriage service Of the
Episcopal church was read.
Following the service bounteous
wedding supper was served. The
bride and groom were the recipients
of many beautiful and useful we'd
ding gifts, including a check for
S10O.0o
The guests were: Mr. and Mrs.
JAS Swift of Ashley: Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Parker, Mr.. and Mrs. J. c.
Swift and Miss Blanche Lee, all of
Sank Centre: Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Gray.
Mr. and Mrs Swift will begin house
keeping Immediately at their home
on the old William Gray farm in
Ashley. Both the bride and groom
are we'll known and most estimable
young people and come from two of
the best families in this region.
They will. be at home to their friends
after December l.
Two we'll known young people join
ed their life fortunes at O'Clock
Tuesday morning, when Miss Katrine,
oldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Ripka. was married to Mr.. William
Gritzmacher. The ceremony was per-
formed at the home of the brides
parents, seven miles south of Sank
Centre. The bride was prettily at
tired in a dainty gown of cream silk
poplin with wreath and veil and car
ried a large bouquet. The brides
maids were Misses Title Ripka and
Alma Gritzmacher and the best men
were Herman Hager and Chas. Miller.
Following the ceremony there was
a wedding celebration at the home of
the brides parents which continued
through the evening. All present en-
joyed the occasion greatly. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gritzmacher were the recipients
of a number of beautiful and useful
presents. The out of town guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Miller and
daughter, Mrs. Frank Dvorsak and
Mrs. Navanatil and Joe Trousil, all of
Alexandria: and Miss Rosaline Weis-
ser of Melrose.
The bride is the daughter of one of
Getty Groves most prominent farm
ers. The groom is farmer and has
resided on his fathers farm for sever
al years.
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The Williamson enterprise. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1907-1911, 1911-03-30
WHEN A,MAN
lMAQQIfS SMa
.HvGlAH7Y [RlO[D[S[IAIS EIlTC1a[E[flALlT Al
AL117lR. 4s.n7E CIRCULAR STAIRCASE
Tilt NAN TN LOWER TEN, ETC.
.zE7fRXkl QhZe1x,s

Now look here, miss. he said;
you've played your trick. and you've
had your fun. The Lord knows it's
only folks like you would play April
fool Jokes with fortune! II you're
the sinsible little woman you look to
be, you'll put that pearl collar on the
coal In the basement tonight, and let
me find it."
Il haven't got the pearl collar" I
protested. Il think you are crazy.
Where did you get that bracelet?''
He edged away from me, as II he
expected me to snatch 1t from him and
run, but he was still trying in an ele-
phantine way to treat the matter as
joke.
4 found 1t in drawer in the PAN
try" he said, among the dirty linen.
And II you're as smart as think you
are, I'll find the pearl collar there In
the morning land nothing said. miss"
So there / was. suspected of being
responsible for Anne's pearl collar, as
IL had not enough to worry me be-
fore. OF course could have called
them all together and told them. and
made them explain to Flanagan what
/ had really meant by my delirious
speech in the kitchen. But that would
have meant telling the whole ridicu-
lous story to Mr.. HARRISON, and hav-
ing him think us all mad. and me
fool
In all that overcrowded house there
was only one place where I could be
miserable with comfort So stayed
on the roof, and cried little and then
became angry and walked up and
down, and clenched my hands and bah
bled helplessly. The boats on the
river were yellow. horizontal streaks
through my tears. and an early search
light sent its shaft like tangible
thing in the darkness. Just over my
head. Then, finally. curled down In
a corner with my arms on the parapet.
and the lights became more and more
prismatic and finally formed them
selves into circle that was Bella's
The Williamson enterprise. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1907-1911, 1911-03-30
DECORATIONS FOR BRASS BED
Idea That Makes for Comfort and
Adds to Appearance of
Room.

Brass beds look charming and at
tractive and often brighten an other
wise dark bedroom. but many people
complain that they are far colder
than an ordinary wooden bed that
has high head and footboard to pro-
tect them from drafts. To overcome
this objection "a clever woman de-
vised a scheme which not only cor.
rected this defect. but also added a
decorative note to the room.
The hangings and window seat were
made Of gray chintz, having garlands
of pink roses scattered over the sur
face. She bought more of this mate.
rial and made covers that slipped
easily over the brass rods at the
head and foot of the bed. These were
finished at the bottom with dainty
frills of the material. A frill was also
fastened around the mattress. which
showed beneath the bedspread
N The covers were found not only to
add much to the physical comfort,
but were also useful in protecting the
brass from the usual dents and
scratches that are apt to come with
the daily wear and tear of much
used room
They were made to be removed
easily If required for special occa-
siouS
The Williamson enterprise. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1907-1911, 1911-03-30
ORIENTAL EFFECTS IN COLOR
Especially Seen In Quaint Tapestry
Like Effects Being introduced
for Evening Wear.

The oriental effects in color and
fabric popularity known as "byzan-
tine" are still very much to the fore.
Especially are they seen in quaint
tapestry-like fabrics which are being
introduced for evening wear. Although
the pattern of these is large and bold,
the fabric itself is very supple. and
dresses made from It have the full
moyen-age appearance.
To drape this fabric properly re-
quires the hand CT an artist: the OBJ
ject Of which little preachment is to
tell the amateur dressmaker to be.
ware. The golden threads. for in
stance. which often run through the
fabric. must be SO disposed as to
show well In any light and yet not to
hide the beauty Of the color On the
whole. II Is wiser when you are deal
Ing with such goods to let skilled
tressmaker ct least drape the mate
rial around the nEure.
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syNopsIs.

n
James Wilson Or Jimmy rs he - called
~ his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
embition In life was to BIO taken seriously,
put people steadily refused to do so, his
art II considered huge Joke, except to
himself. II he asked people to dinner ev-
sci. KsxpsIsssd iro M Jmy maries
renge to celebrate the first anniversary r..
en- rhs psTfy e N from 5n ne
Aunt Selma. who will arrive In four hours
g visit him and his wife. Jimmy gets his
Ffes she doubles his allowance He neg
tects to tell her Of his divorce. Jimmy
taxes Kit into his confidence. he tries to
9evlse some way so that his aunt will not
learn that he has no longer d wire. He
sugSests that Kit play the hostess for one
Plight. be Mrs. Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Sc
az planned. inns Jap servant Is taken
IL 81. leila Sssia, Jimmys divorced wife. enters
En en n n%s@ ana asks Kt who = being "a.
It is Jim. Kit tells her Jim IL well and is
u the house. Bella tells Kit It wasn't
gan se anted to but the
porch and discovers a man tacking a
card on the door. He demands an ex-
end eson .e ms tie Rens or T. Sc
their predicament. tfe women shed fears s.
pseads 0V wt HI q t s the real
situation of things. She finally tells him
nI Bella's Incarceration I'm the basement.
The AL important question arises as to
who y to prepare the meals ana perform
the other household duties. HARRISON nm
ally solves. the matter He writes out
slips containing the varios1s departments
OF his or her duties. KIT attempts to
make an ome1et for Aunt Selma but fails
N the attempt and Is in very nervous
state when HARRISON comes to her rescue
s and tells her how to make It. After the
Mftfng OF the quarantine several letters
one IS addressed to Henry Llewellyn,
lduique. Chile, which was written by Har-
bison. He describes minutely Of their IN
carceratf ton, also Of his infatuation for
Mrs. Wilson. HARRISON attempts to patch
up one quarrel after another between KIT
and Jimmy. Aunt Selma Is taken III with
Ia grippe Betty acts az nurse
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sew that n an instant, for - shut D.,
teeth over something that souadc,
very fierce. and strobe awsy from me
to stand looking out over the river
with his hands thrust In his pockets
OF couree the thing should hav,
done was to ignore what he had said
altogether. bat he was SO uncomfort
able, SO chastened, that. feline, fefci
nine. whatever the instinct is, could
not let him 60. had been y
wretched myself.
What is 1t you woulc like to say?'
/ called over to him. He did NO.
speak. Would you tell me that am
a silly child for poutingr' No reply;
he struck match. "Or would you
preach a nice little sermon about
people about women-loving their
husbands?'
He grunted savageiy under his
breath. M
BE quite honest. pursued relert-
lessly. Say that we are q lot OF
barbarians, say that because my-be.
cause Jimmy treats me outrageously-
oh, he does; any one can see that
and because loathe him-and any
one can tell fhat-why don't you say
you are shocked to the depths"
was little shocked myself by that
time, but couldn't stop. hayinf
started.
He came over to me, white-faceG
and towering. and he had the audacity
to grip my arm and stand me on my
feet, like bad child-which was.
dare say.
"Don't!" he said In q husky, very
panied voice. You are only talking
You don't mean it. 1t isn't you. Yo,,
know you care, or else why are yol
crying up here2 And don't do Il
again, don't do 1t again--or I will
You will-what?"
Make q fool of myself, as I have
now. he finished grimly. And thel
he stalked away and left me Their
alone. completely bewildered. to fin,
my way down in the dark.
CROPPED along. holding to the rail
for the staircase to the roof was very
steep, and went slowly. Halfway
down the stairs there was tiny land
ing, and stopped. ! could have
sworn heard Mr. Harbison's foot
steps far below, growing fainter.
even smiled little. there in the dark
although had been rather profoundly
shaken. The next instant ! know
had been wrong; some one was on the
landing with me. could hear short
sharp breathing, and then
am not sure that / struggled: in