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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
ADDITIONAL LOCAL

The Gradatim Club will meet next
Wednesday afternoon with Miss Alice
Dean.
The curtain goes up at O'Clock
Saturday night when the Juvenile
Bostonians appear at the Opera
House.
Henry Smith was remembered, last
Saturday, which was his birthday, with
postal card shower by his many
friends
The Woman's Guild of the Episco-
pal church will hold a food sale at the
Perkins drug store, Saturday after
noon, March Is.
Funeral services for the youngest
son of Mrs. Jos. Parks were held at
Westport Wednesday, and interment
was in Birchdale cemetery.
The ladies of the Degree of Honor
will give coffee at the home of Mrs.
A. V. Sutton Wednesday afternoon,
March 29, to which the members and
their friends are invited.
Roscoe Shaw, who sprained an ankle
a few weeks ago, is nearly ready to
discard his crutches. Mr.. Shaw stout
ly AYERS that crutches are pretty good
things to have in case of an emery
ency, but that he does not banker af-
ter wearing them as a regular thing.
II. S. Berlinger, manager of the
photo and landscape department of
the Jewell Nursery Company of Lake
City, Mimi, was in town Monday and
leased the room lit the Pendergast
building recently vacated by moving
picture show, for year for headQuar-
tiers for the company.
Coarse, heavy yarns are not used to
give Armorl Plate Hosiery it's great
wearing qualities. The secret is in
the dyeing process, which does not
injure the yarns. Ask one of our
clerks to show you. The Golden
Rule.
The interior of the Sank Lake CO.
operative Creamery building is re-
ceiving two coats of'paint, artistically
applied by the competent butter
maker H. G. Wentworth. The new
churn which was recently installed in
the creamery works like a churn.
The creamery is doing good business
and with the opening of spring the
output will materially increase.
One day last week, while employed
digging well on the f. A. Hendricks
place southwest of this city, Peter
Steffen was badly injured. A beer
keg was used as a bucket to haul up
the dirt from the well. While the
bucket with a load of dirt was about
half way up the rope carrying it broke
and let it fall. The heavy bucket hit
Mr.. Steffen on top of the head and
felled him instantly. The workmen
who were hauling the bucket up went
to Mr.. Steffen's assistance as quickly
as they could. He was taken from
the well right away but remained UNI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

cultivated crop.
Mr.. Olson then turned his atten-
tion to corn. Corn, he said, is good
crop but can be made a great deal
better. The trouble now is that the
average farmer cultiyates too many
empty hills. He emphasized the imA
portance of having the crop ripen
thoroughly. The proper kind of seed
isNone of the main things to be con-
sidered; poor seed will yield poor corn,
and good seed good corn. Here he
made the points that the best seed is
that grown near home, seed should be
properly cured. Ten years ago, he
said, the average corn yield in Mime
sofa was Is to 20 bushels per acre;
row it is 40 to 60. Mr.. Olson answer
ed many questions. and much informa-
tion was elected by>his talk.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
JOINED IN WfDLOCK

A pretty home wedding was solemn
lied at B p. M, last Friday, when
Miss Josephine Brant and Mr.. Clar-
ence Smith were united in the bonds
of matrimony. The ceremony took
place at the home of the brides par
ents on Oak street. r. r. Kells per-
formed the ceremony and tied the
knot good and tight.
The bride was prettily attired in a
gown of light brown silk and carried
pink and white brides roses. She
was attended by the groom's sister,
Miss Minnie Smith, who wore hand
some blue costume. The best man
was Mr.. William Brant, brother of
tbe~bride. The rooms. of the Brant
home were prettily decorated for the
occasion. Only relatives were present.
In the evening wedding dinner was
served.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
INTO LINE.
BarkiSeS Who Would Serve the
Public Say So
THE SPRING ELECTION
Petitions Filed for the Different Of
flCes in the Gift of the Sank
Centre Voters

Aspirants for city offices in Sank
Centre have been busy during the
past week taking the necessary steps
for getting their names on the official
ticket. Up to-date the following
have filed their petitions with the
city clerk:
For Mayor-John N. McGibb0n.
For Treasurer-Dr. j. A. Du Bots.
For Alderman, 1st ward VIM.
Pangburn.
For Alderman, End ward Elmer E.
Compton.
There is still an opportunity for
other Barkises to get into thegame,
as the time for filing petitions does
not expire until midnight on Satur-
day of this y So far asllnown,
however, there are are no others who
want a city office aAlderman Geo. r.
Borgmann of the second ward declined
to be candidate again, as he says
he has sufficient for a time at least.
So Mr.. Compton became candidate.
The election takes place on Tuesday,
April 4.
The proposed new charter will not be
submitted at this election. City At
torney M. G. Kelsey has not complet-
the work of revising it. A special
election will have to be called later.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23

polls.
If you believe in direct legislat ion
and that the power of government
should be in the people 6rge your
representative to support a bill for
this amendment. The amendment
will carry if the people have chance
to vote on it. as no state has yet de-
feated such a measure.
Several states have direct legisla-
ton now and according to the best
evidence none of those having it
would go back to the old system.
Direct legislation broadens the
minds of the voters along economical
and political lines andF makes for bet
ter citizenship, for the responsibility
of government rests upon each indi-
vidua5 and. it is necessary that he
know as much as possible of public
questions SO as to be ready to act on
a moments notice like well trained
soldier on the firing line in time of
war
Under the present system the aver
age voters interest in candidates and
public questions ceases win n he leaves
the election booth for experience has
taught him that his influence and as
sistance will not be needed again I'M
til the next election.
Direct1egislation has been great
boon 20 Switzerland and other cOun-
tries where it has been in operation
for years.
Practically the only objection to di-
rect legislation comes from profess
sional politicians and from those hav-
ing special interests to conserve. The
manner of applying direct legislation
varies slightly in detail jim the different
states. but in substance is the same.
There are a great many reasons why
direct legislation should be adopted
in Minnesota, bes ide the strong
tendency it has to root out dishonesty
and graft in politics.
Dishonesty, boodleism and incom-
potency in politics today are the
greatest menace our form of govern
ment has to contend with, and the
only remedy at hand is to make re-
publican form of government in fact
what it is now only, in name, viz:
'By the people, for the people and OF
the people," cutting out boss rule,
graft, special privileges and conserv-
ing to the people equal opportunities
and just and equitable laws.
| (Note. This outline of the initia-
tive, referendum and recall was pre-
pared by W.. T. Orcutt, travelling
salesman for a ST. Paul grocery firm.
Mr.. Orcutt "makes" Sank Centre
regularly. He has had his outline
printed in folder form. 1t is very
concise and clear and THE Herald
urges its readers to puruse it care
! fullly.-Editor Herald.)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-03-23
FOR The SCHOOLS
Move to Secure Appropriation
for Agriculture
WANT NEW DEPARTMENT
Petition to State High School Board
Asking State for ApprOpri-
ati0n of $500

There is a move on foot to secure,
for the Sank Centre public schools, an
appropriation of $4,000 from the
State High School Board to support
department of instruction in agri-
culture.
The legislature of 1909 appropriated
sufficient money to enable the board
to grant aid i'm the sum mentioned to
each of ten schools in the state for
the purpose named.
There is now before the legislature
bill providing for an appropriation
sufficient to enable twenty more
schools to establish department of
that nature. The bill will probably
pass. Sank Centre wants to come in
on this appropriation.
The petition in question is being
circulated among the farmers of this
locality and the business men of the
lefty and thus far a number have
affixed their signatures. John n. Nc
Gibbon of the Board of Education is
circulating the paper. He is enthus-
iastic over the matter and believes
that by getting into the game early
and staying right in it this city has
an excellent chance to land this APP
preparation.
The Sank Centre public schools
have had in successful operation, for
the past three years, manual train
ing department. "A department for
teaching girls domestic economy is
coming in the near future. The in
}struction in agriculture will enable
the boys to secure right here at home
valuable information relative to the
science of agriculture.
The appropriation of $500 simply
provides for the running expenses of
the department. The schools must
themselves furnish the land. Ten
acres is the amount required for the
department. This land can be either
bought or rented. On this land the
pupils who take the course in agri-
culture will raise grains and vege-
tables according to the most improved
methods and under competent in
StructOr.
The ten schools that have already
protited by the state appropriation
have found the experiment to have
been eminently successful. The Her
aid is in receipt of forty page PAM
phlet from Argyle, Marshall county,
containing an account of the work i'm
the public schools of that place. Ar
gyle is place of something like one
thousand or more population and has
fine school building. Manual train
ing, domestic science and agriculture
are all taught in the public schools.
The instruction in agriculture in
cludes laboratory work and work up
on the farm of 1929 acres owned by
the district. L h e department is
equipped with reference and text
books, six compound microscopes and
other necessary apparatus. The farm.
is ten blocks distant, from the school
building. Each boy taking the course
last wear nlantpd and cared for a oar
den 20xl20 feet. The pamphlet gives
half tone views of boys at work on
the farm and in the manual training
department, and of girls employed at
sewing and at cooking. The people
of Argyle are enthusiastic over the
work along all three lines.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
GAVE SELF UP
AFTER BILL PASSES
Joseph cooney Listens to Legislature
and Then Decides to 90 to
Jail.

SACRAMENTO, March 7.--Joseph
W. Cooney, wanted in San Francisco
for the murder Of his cousin, James
Cooney, walked into the assembly
chamber listened to the arguments in
favor of the abolition of capital pun
ishment, and, after assuring himself
that the bill had been passed, sur
rendered to Sheriff Finn Of San
Francisco, member of the senate.
Cooney entered the chamber during
the forenoon and took an obscure
seat. No one paid any particular at
tention to him in the crowd of spec
tators. 1t was observed, however,
that he listened intently to the argu-
ments in favor of the bill providing
for the abolition of capital punishment.
When the BIZ. doing away with legal
executions was finally passed by the
assembly Cooney, apparently grea .ly
relieved, calmly went in search OF
Sheriff Finn, whom he found in the
senate chamber. To the sheriff he re-
vealed his identity and declared he
desired to surrender himself.
Cooney killed his cousin because he
fancied his landlady has transferred
her affections to him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
PLOT TO KILL
PRESIDENT TAFT
Pair OF Western Men Locked up Be.
fore They Gould Garry Out
Their plans.

SPOKANE, Wash, March Gap
tured, just when plans for assassinat-
ing Mayor Pratt are thought to almost
have reached maturity, John Steele
and Stuart Moffatt, now in the city
Jail. are considered by the police as
the murderers of Captain John T.
Sullivan, and accomplices in a plot
to kill President Taft. This is the
gist of statement of Martin ]. Burns,
captain Of detectives, issued today
after conference with Chief OF Po-
lice Doust.
The arrest of the two men came
Friday night Until Friday night,
said Captain Burns, "the plans were
to wait until after the city election to
kill the mayor. That night our men
heard Steele mako his report to Mof-
fatt after visit to the Pratt home in
which he said that the house was
guarded day and night.
"He told the group around him an
other night that he was high enough
up in anarchistic circles to know that
President Taft would be killed as
soon as he left Washington after
congress closed"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
DUPONT COMPANY
VIOLATED LAWS
Big Powder Making Concern Is chars
ed With Having Organized
Trust.

PHIL Pa, March T.
That e. l. Dupont Powder Company
of Wilmington, Lei, violated the Sher-
man antitrust law for fourteen years
was the charge made by James Scar
let, chief counsel for the government
in its suit against the powder COM
pany The government alleged the
powder company formed combina-
ton to regulate powder prices and
control the trade.
During the argument the judges of
the United States circuit court asked
Mr.. Scarlet what decree the govern
ment wished, and the attorney re
piled the government was not pros
ecuting for the purpose of striking
any one down, but was trying to pre-
vent the Dupont Company, with its
sixty-eight branches, from continuing
to violate the Sherman act.
Mr.. Scarlet said the Dupont Com
pany after being warned by the act
Of congress to desist, formed other
companies for the purpose of controll-
ing the powder trade The case was
taken under advisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
TOO MUCH SMOKE
FOR FLANNERY
Man Had Half His Tongue Cut Of
For Excessive Use Of
Tobacco.

NEW YORK, March 7.--As resllt
of his love Of tobacco, Thomas E.
Flannery, New York hotel man, is
minus half of his tongue today. Not
withstanding the unusual operation
which he underwent, he was able to
speak fairly distinctly and take liquid
nourishment today
In the operation it was necessary
to administer the anaesthetic through
the larynx. Fully half of the tongue
effected by a spreading growth was
removed. The patient had been an in.
veterate smoker, using on, an avrage
twenty cigars a day as well as sever
al pipes of tobacco.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
WALKED into
POLICE ARMS
Amateur Burglars Were Frightened
, Out Of Their Wits When
the Officers Nabbed
=
Them.
CAUGHT RED HANDED
Had Booty All Packed up and Were
Starting Away With 1t
When They Were
Captured.

DALLAS CENTER, Iowa, March
1.-Two robbers carefully picked out
$3.50 worth of dry goods in the store
OF H. q. Gould & Co., and packed the
merchandise in suitcases while Man.
ager Clark, of the store, and couple
Of deputy marshals waited the COM
pletion of the job before swooping
down on them
In breaking in the rear door the
men unknowingly sprung the burglar
alarm, notifying the telephone cen
tral, who notified Clark and the Of
ficers. When the men had carefully
packed everything they wanted and
started to leave they walked into the
arms of the officers. The robbers
were novices and unarmed. They
were frightened almost out of their
wits when confronted. They were TAX
en- to Adel and jailed, but refused to
give their names. The men came from
Waukee on stolen handcar. 1t is
believed they are from Des Moines
One is a tall, ark man and the other
heavier set and of lighter complexion
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
BOY WITH KITE
TURNED THE TRICK
Flag is Now Flying From School
House After Six Years
Absence.

CAMPBELL, Mo. March CHARLES
Sanders, pupil of the Campbell high
school has gained a reputation for
ingenuity and incidentally showed
that others besides Benjamin Frank
lin can use kite to good advantage
by practically flying flag to the tail
flagpole on the cupola of Campbell's
educational institution.
When the high school was built
eleven years ago an extra long flag
pole was placed on the building.
Some six years ago the rope that held
the flag rotted and since then the
bare staff has become an eyesore to
the residents.
No one dared to climb the flag pole
to replace the flag. although the
school board offered many induce
mente.
Recently the agitation regarding
the need of patriotic decoration was
revived by Supt. F. W. Snider and
young Sanders declared he could float
the stars and stripes without imperil-
ing his neck. The boy made ring of
heavy copper wire large enough to en-
circle the pole. To the ring he at
tached cord and sent the ring on its
skyward mission by means of large
kite.
When the kite was directly over the
pole he drew it down until the ring
dropped into place. 1t was a simple
matter after that to run up the flag.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
SCREENED TRAIN
IN FLY BELT
Precautions to Be Taken to Avoid
Danger Of Passengers Be-
coming Sick.

LONDON, March THE manage
ment of the new Cape to Cairo rail-
road in Africa, is planning the most
elaborate precautions to get it's pros
pective passengers safely across the
Sleeping sickness belt which the
line must traverse between Broken
Hill and the Congo frontier.
AS a preliminary measure the route
is to be inspected for "glossina pal
palis,' tn, deadly fly which transmits
the disease, and as soon as the limits
of the belt have been definitely es-
tablished, it will be arranged for the
railroad to cross it by the most di-
rect course and at Its narrowest
point. Within the danger zone there
will be neither stations, buildings nor
stopping places. The trains will simp-
lily rush across it at their hest speed
that the passengers NAV be exposed
to the risk Of infection for the short
est possible space of time.
Passenger coaches and freight cars
will be guarded by coverings of fly
proof gauze and on each side of the
track, to minimize the opportunity for
ffy-breeding, there will be clearings
at least 100 yards wide. Inasmuch
too, as scientists do not believe the
fly at present exists south of the Con
go-Zamesi watershed. the trains tc
the southwark will be run as separate
sections to avoid the possibility OF
carrying the pests from the infected
to the non-infected area.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
LOAN SHARKS
Are DOWNED
Unique Campaign Against The Shy.
locks Who Charge Enormous In
terest on
Loans.
PREY ON NEGROES
Railroad Employe Hires Young At
torney Who Goes Into Court
and Starts injunction
Case.
[Gate City Special Service. I

[Gate City Special Service.
HOUSTON. Texas, March There
has been inaugurated and seemingly
carried to successful conclusion In
Houston one of the most UNIQUE cam
paigns against the loan sharks which
has ever been evolved In the long
struggle to get the upper hand and
put these usury collectors out OF
business. In spite of the fact that
the loan companies have always been
able to prevent the passage of state
law that would break their hold upon
the wages Of unfortunate working men
who fall into their clutches, COM
paratively obscure lawyer in Houston
envolved scheme which has through
the cooperation of the courts proved
an effectual remedy In nullifying the
claims of the loan agents.
When wage Garner makes a loan
through one Of these companies charg
ing 80 per cent per month on all loans
he signs a power of attorney giving
the company authority to collect his
salary in case he fails to meet his In
terest and principal payments when
due. 1t was this very stronghold OF
the loan shark that has been success
fully attacked in the Houston courts
When hard pressed employe Of d
railroad company defaulted In his in
terest after having paid over three
4 hundred dollars interest on an orig
NAL loan of thirty dollars and the loa,
agent threatened to file application
with his employer for the usurious in
terest claimed to be due, the railroad
man told his troubles to a young at
torney and that astute young maj
| went into court and demanded an in
| junction claiming his client was abou
4 to be deprived OF his means of liveli
| hood though Illegal measures as tn,
( interest claimed was in violation o
the state usury laws. The injunction
was granted and the loan agent or
4 dered to file in court all papers re
lating to the case Seeing he wa
making fight against the loan shark
the railroad company permitted tn
4 employe to hold his position and t1li
example served to open the way TO
the filing of scores Of similar suits
In every instance the courts have is
sued the injunction orders and tn
loan agents afraid to appear in ope
court and expose their unlawful prat
tees have turned their victim
loose.
Il Because of many ignorant negroe
in the south, these loan sharks hav
waxed fat south of the Mason an
Dixon line but now the way seems t
have been opened to effectually pu
them out of business not only in thi
state, but the Houston plan will likel
be put into effect throughout tn
country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-07
OFFICE BOY
MADE FORTUNE
Won $4,000 In One Day BY Having
Advance Tip on the Stock
Market.

NEW YORK, March How an Of
fee boy can win $4,000 in Wall street
speculation in short order was the
get-rich-quick exploit unfolded by w.
j. Roman, a telephone boy in the Of
flee Of James r. Keene. He made
this amount when the bottom drop
ped out of the Hooking pool, according
to his testimony in the bankruptcy
proceedings OF Lathrop, Haskins &
Co, one of the stock exchange firms
caught in the collapse of the pool.
Creditors OF the firm are endeavor-
ing to show that Mr.. Keene was re-
sponsible for the failure of the pool
and that young Roman, knowing that
the collapse was iminent, turned his
knowledge to good account.
Roman testified that when the crash
came he had already sold 500 shares
Of Hooking coal at figures which pre-.
vailed during the upward movement
He had heard of the trouble over
night and wanted to "get out" he
said.
Mr.. Keene knew nothing of his
transactions, he testified and he kept
the stock in his own safety vault in
the Produce Exchange After the
crash he bought back 200 shares OF
Hooking at 26, he declared.
According to Roman he has a $4,000
account with trust company. and
owned 342 shares in different railroad
companies.
He baked at stating his salary, but
finally wrote the amount on slip oi
paper and handed it to the referee.