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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
The Worlds Chief Ruq Market.

The worlds increasing demand for
Oriental carpets has caused certain
changes in the rug business particu-
larly tending toward an enlarged out
put through the intervention of mar
chants in Constantinople and Smyrna,
who are establishing factories of Per
sian carpets in both Turkey and Per
STA. Another new feature of the rug
business is the growing practice on
the part of merchants in Constantine
pie Of shipping direct to the United
States from Persia instead of from
Constantinop,e. This explains why
the shipments of Persian rugs from
Constantinople to the United States
as consolidated at this oG;ce show a de
crease. On the whole Const antinople
maintains its position as the worlds
principal rug market. German buys
Oriental carpets in ever increasing
quantities in order to satisfy her own
requirements and those of Scandi
navia, South Africa and Canada Ham
burg, being a free port, is becoming
an important distributing center for
Oriental rugs, more or less at the ex
pense of London. 1t is figured that
SS,250,000 worth of Caucasian and Per
sian rugs are shipped in year from
Constantinople and Smyrna, more than
half of which go to Hamburg.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
NOTICE. TO SUBSCRIBERS

On and after January 1, 1912;
the subscription price of the
Sank Centre Herald, outside the
counties of Stearns, Todd, Pope
and Douglas, will be S1.50 per
year in advance. Statements
will be sent to subscribers at
least ten days before subscrip-
tiOns become due, and all papers
going to points outside the
counties named above will be
dropped on expiration of sub
scription unless renewed on or
before that date. Canadian sub
scriptions $500 per year strictly
in advance. All subscribers af-
fected will confer a favor by re-
newing promptly on receipt of
notice.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
Some Rules fer Health

The Women's Imperial Heath asso-
citation is the name 4! an organiza
ton in England of wh..h Dr. Mary
Scharlief is pTesidens. that runs a
caravan through the country, so that
mothers may be taught in their own
homes how to take care of their
babies. These are some of the rules
that are laid down for the mothers
and their children: Keep window ;
open day and night: do not spit;
breathe through the nose by keeping
the mouth shut drink pure water. eat
slowly well-cooked meals and Guilt
vate regular habits; wear loose cloth
Ing of seasonable material; take regu.
lar open-air exercise in the sunshine,
if possible; wash whole body at least
once a week; work but do not worry;
get house drains certified by sanitary
authority"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
His Portrait.

A laugha bic incident happened at
the Sheffield tWestern Australia) ~.
bert hall on recent Saturday night.
While Miss Gertrude Bingham was
singing man in the gallery was talk
ing loud enough to be heard. and did
lot heed the remonstrances of those
near him. The next turn was Frof
FentOn Cross, clever sketch fist
and shadowgraph;st The man il the
gallery continued his talk u cent
know your name" said Fenton Cross.
but will draw your portrait" and IN
ten seconds he sketched an unmistak.
able profile of a donkey. The audi.
ence cbeered the joke heartily and
the noisy member of the audience was
silent fer the rest of the evening"
Tit-Rits
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
Indigestion in HOGS:

When hog has Indigestion change
its diet to lighter feed at once and if
possible put it on grass. a Stop of mid
dlings, mllh, bran, very little corn
meal and fiaXseed meal is generally
good to give, to which limewater is
added at the rate of one ounce per
quarter at each meal. When the ami
NAL is doing well again the limewater
by degrees may be discarded. Another
important thing is to see that the slOp
oarrel and feed trough are kept scru-
pulously clean.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Under the heading Marriage
Licenses" the esteemed Fergus
Falls Daily Journal prints the
following startling item: ''Wm.
A. Hunt to F. G.. Barrows and
V. A. Wright, lot 5, sec. 80, and
lots | and 2, sec. 81, 1873 and AZ
and other tracts, $1.OO." That
doesn't make it nearly as embar-
RAISING as it might have been
had an account of a wedding APP
peared under the head of 'sReal
Estate Transfers. !" Kill the
proof reader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Some of the Twin City papers
are giving Sam Gordon a raw
deal in their news reports and
editorial comment upon the lieu
tenant governors request Of the
attorney general to tell him
where he was at" Granted,
for sake of argument, that Sam
made a foolish move in taking
any action in the matter, he is
entitled to fair treatment, and
that's what he has failed to re-
ceive. A newspaper, be it big
or little, cannot afford to be un-
fair. Abuse is not argument
and ridicule is a two-edged Weap-
on. The people know it and
Judge accordingly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
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A New Method of
Killing Quack Grass.
BY =. r. Barns, Extension Di-
vision, Minnesota AgricGi-
tursl College.
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Senator Thomas z. eastman, in the
Farmers Institute Annual for 1911, de
scribes a new method of killing quack
grass, by which, it is claimed. during
the past twelve years, he has extermi-
mated it on 500 acres of land: raising
crop each year while the killing
was going on, and doubling the value
OF the land by the process.
The process is based on the very
reasonable theory that if the land is
stirred often enough, and to a suffi-
Gent depth to keep it from growing,
the quack grass will be starved to
death. The ordinary pillow, disc and
harrow being insufficient for this, and
some much advertised machines fail
ing to bear out the promise of the adj
vertisers, Mr.. eastman devised
Quack digger of his own This ma
chine is about five feet wide; so heavy
that it sinks into the ground from five
TO eight inches, and requires four
horses to pull it. 1t tears up the
ground thoroughly.
Before resOrting to the quack dig
ger, the land is subjected to repeated
plowings and diskings: following each
operation with a drag, at intervals of
not more than three days apart. Then
1t is gone over with the digger; then
1t is again dragged; and then the
same field is crossed with the digger,
followed yet again by the drag. The
aim thereafter is to go over the land
at least once a week with the quack
digger, for a period of six weeks. If
there is much rain, the quack digger
is run over the field oftener, followed
each time by the drag. After said
six weeks have passed, the land is
again plowed; this time a little deep
er; and, if it is the spring of the year,
it is Immediately prepared for corn.
1t is necessary to plow the second
time in order to get at the roots that
have not been reached by the quack
digger after the first blowing. Mr.
eastman says: IF the corn is proper
ly cared for, the process | have out
lined will kill the quack."
It is at once apparent that all this
Flowing, disking, dragging, and tear
ing up of the ground with the quack
digger, must involve a heavy outlay
for labor. On the other hand, Mr.
eastman claims, as the result of such
approximation, the production of
sixty bushels of corn to the acre, and
the doubling in value of the Land
tbOught of previous owners at low fig
ures because of its being overrun with
Guack) in single year. Mr.. eastman
further claims that not only is the SOL
greatly improved by the fertilization
which the dead quack roots afford, bur
the intense working of the land so eX
poses it to the air as to greatly enrich
the soil; so that it will produce splen-
did crops for a number of years, even
though it was badly run out in the
beginning.
To the live, energetic farmer, VIZ:
ing to pay, in effort, the price of
cess, Mr. Cashman's method wopid
seem to offer very effective way
redeeming land from nu9c1- W.
the other kind of man, who prefers 10
take things easily" its suggestions
of intense activity may be provocative
only to the making of WY faces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
Excellent Mexican Shrimns

The shrimps from the coast OF the
Gulf of Mexico are OF good size, gen.
orally fully three inches in length and
frequently exceeding this measure
ment. They are much larger than
those caught on the British coast and
the north Atlantic coast OF the United
States. They are in fine condition the
year round and may be caught in the
lagoons any season of the year with
out fear OF interruption by northers.
at least not for more than a day or so
during any time of the year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

If the farmers would give more
thoughtful study TO the matter of road
operate in the creation and main
tenance OF good roads, they would
soon discover that the time and money
thus bestowed was we'll spent; and
that many a dollar now spent in in,
effective methods, and in repairs on
harness and vehicles, could be saved.
Nothing leaves heavier tax on the
farmer than the rough road; and the
muddy road is its companion tax
gatherer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
When Every Man Was an Enemy.

During the medieval period doors
were small and narrow. so that only
one person could ISIS through at q
time, owing to the universal need for
protection against attack. For this
same reason doorways were some
times set in a recess, comma ded by
openings through which arrows could
be shot The doors themselves were
constructed in one piece and not d.
yided from the center, and were fast
ened by strong oak bars, which could
be drawn across from one side to the
other.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Elmer KnutSon. manual train
ing teacher in the St. Cloud pub
lie schools, is candidate to sue
coed the late lamented F. A.
Whittier, the Red Wing slap
stick artist. knutsonS an ex-
pert, a fine fellow and his st.
Cloud boys swear by him. He
would make a good man for the
Red Wing job.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Asa Wallace isn't so busy
holding down the job of assis-
tant fire marshal that he-5 can't
get out sixteen page Christmas
issue of his Fairfax Standard
that's a gem from every view
point. When it comes to print
ing good paper Asa's right
there every time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

\ Gamers convention was
Field in St. Paul last week. The
first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November. 1912, there
will be a Gamers convention
held at the polls throughout Il e
country, when a job lot of aspir-
ing politicians will be canned. .
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Spooner Of Morris is the latest
man to be mentioned for the
governorship. IF he were nom
mated and take the stump and
hurl some Of his lengthy, sarcas-
tic periods into the atmosphere,
the opposition might be expect
ed to melt away like frost before
a warm winter sun.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

drafters. Put a good harness on
them, and tell the boy this is his
team to work, and there will be no
question about the care they will get.
You will find the boy, after days
work. out currying off the horses,
making sure they are comfortable.
speak from experience, and know
that when these horses are offered
for sale they will bring good prices
George p Grout.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

A lot of fellows are making a
great to do because some other
fellows are trying to put Eber
hart in a hole" Wouldn't it be
just as we'll to try to get Eoer-
hart out of the very deep hole
into which he has already put
himself?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Gus Beauleau, recently cleared
in the U. S. court at Fergus
Falls on the charge of swindling
White Earth Indians on land
deals, blows his horn and abuses
Agent John r. Howard in the
las. issue of 1.-The Tomahawk. y
Gus is liable to reach the end of
his rope fine day, and then he
won't feel quite so gay.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
The Matter With Them.

What Is the Matter With Our Pub
lie SCHOOL," is the title of page ar
ticle in the Sunday issue Of the New
York Times. We submitted 1t to
high school boy who shall for the
present be nameless, and this is his
answer: TOO dog-gone many of them
amt got nobody that's heavy enough
to play center."-Chicago Record-Her
aid
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Now that the western COVER
nors have returned to their re-
spective lairs, the old world may
be expected to right itself and
Wag along as usual.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
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Nut Growing
In Minnesota.
BY c. r. Barns, Extension ,Di-
vision, Minnesota Agricul-
tUrsi College.
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1.-THE sound of dropping nuts" has,
been heard this fill, in Minnesota as
elsewhere, with unusual frequency
and in places where it has heretofore
but seldom fallen upon the ear. And
where the listener has appreciated the
value of the signal, and has made
haste to gather up the abundant shag-
barks, butternuts and black walnuts,
and the scarcer chestnuts, his reward
has been ample. For not only do nuts
afford royal feast, but the prices
they bring in city markets have been
for number of years exceedingly
high. Shagbark hickories have retailed
at 10 cents a pound, or from Is cents
to Sl.50 peck; butternuts at IS
cents and upwards, and black walnuts
at from 40 to IS cents a peck. Chest
nuts have readily brought 20 cents
quart, or $50 a peck.
In view Of these figures, at which
the nuts from few trees will bring
enough to build silo or make some
valuable additions to the dairy herd,
one recalls with keen regret the reck-
lessness with which so many nut trees
were a few years ago cut down for
timber or used as irewood. 1t will
take so long to replace them. And
yet the demand for their replacement
is growing yearly, as the study of the
comparative values of foods is pursued
in our schools, and nuts are found to
hold the very highest place The
trees are also exceedingly valuable for
timber.
The choicest of the nut bearing
trees, capable of enduring the Mime
sofa climate, is the shagbark hickory,
often called the shellbark Some per-
sons have imagined the shagbark and
the shellbark to be two different va
rieties, but this idea has its only foun-
dation in the fact that different trees,
of the same kind, often produce nuts
differing greatly in size and quality
In sheltered locations, and in protect
ed groves, the shagbark will do we'll
in all parts of Minnesota south of Ait
kin county; particularly in the south
east portion, where, in good soil it
will reach the nut bearing stage in
about forty years. Mr. H. A. Fair
child of St Paul, who raised on a
nearby farm what is now very lucra-
tive grove, attributes many failures by
others to the removal Of the taproot
il transplanting. It is probable too,
that in many instances it is to the dry
ing out of the ground in winter. rather
than to extreme cold, that the diving
of trees must be attributed. The DieS
DRY merits the same care, TO pr i
against drOuth, that is he-an oc
an apple tree.
The butternut am black rs 1.t ats
hardy in the larger pof' ~ a{iace
sofa; but, i.e the ~ or lae} F..
respond to proVa easa The
e. smut Is more teder. ana needs
pret5rtionately me- e protection; but
he high ntarNet iue OF its produce,
fter i 4eaea ne bearing stag
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

The Walker Pilot announces
that's it's not for Eberhart but
if that gentlemen is renominat-
ed it will support him. It's edi-
tor is Dar(e)ing fellow.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

The esteemed Minneota Mas
cot excitedly inquiries: "Could d
monograph be governor" We
can't answer that question, dear
Mascot, b t beg to suggest
that the photograph has some
thing to say that's worth listen
ing to all the time, and that S
more than some governors can
do. We're naming no names.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Chinese eat eggs fifty years
DID," reads an asSertlve daily
newspaper h e d inc. The
Chinese havn't a thing on Sank
Centre folks in that line.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
Priceless Manuscript Found.

Professor Kennedy of Edinburgh
university describes a hitherto I'M
known MSS. of the Old Testament,
which he names the Codex Edenbur-
gensis. which he has discovered in
the Advocates library, Edinburgh. It
is said that for size, conditions and
caligraphy it has few rivals among
world
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

The secretary of state didn't
propose to have Minnesota s
great seal used to @. K. an extra
session call, by gum. julius has
a pretty long head on him.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

What's the matter with Min
nesotas peripatetic executive
staying at home while and get
ting acquainted with the North
Star State?.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Gopher foot ball artists re-
specially decline to meet the
Badgers. Don't blame them;
they ought not to until the Mad
ison outfit learns to be decent
spOrtSmen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Teddy Is likely t. push b 9TH
Bill aud Bob OF the political
earth. If he did, the plain
people wouldn't be likely TO sit
in sackcloth and ashes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

The land show at St. Paul is a
bowling success, especially from
the viewpoint of 'Looie' Hill.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

The political schemers, big
and little, who thought to make
a monkey of Sam Gordon by
getting him to call an extra SEES
sion, ought to have a hindsight
that's better than their foresight.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

The Battle Lake Review raises
it's still, small voice aginst Alvah
Eastman o I congressman at
large. The Review looks lone
some,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Anyway, Looie" Hill got a
job lot of advertising out OF that
western governors jaunt.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Query? Did Ed Smith put up
a job on some of Sam Gordon's
enthusiastic but gullible hackers?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Those legislators who figured
on a few weeks more fun at the
states expense will have to wait
a while.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Sam Gordon should pray to
be d liyere d from his fool
friends.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

Taft finds it difficult to rest
nights on account of the loud 81
lence that issues from Oyster
Bay.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

That extra session gun seems
to have been loaded.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

The festive straw vote is be-
ginning to disport himself.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
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The hen always does q good
job in laying a fresh egg, and
the producer will have done
job equally good for himself
when he shall have seen to it
that the egg reaches the con-
sumer while it is still fresh.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
PROFIT IN HORSES.
Farmers Would Do Well &c Raise Good
Drafters

Good, smooth draft and heavy farm
horses are bringing good prices. Brood
mares, and stations too, fer that mat
ter, will produce stronger and better
colts for having been kept at work on
the farm. If the farm boy shows an
interest in horses, raise some good
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
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:. The loafer in the dairy herd
. is the cow which doesn't give
. enough milk TO pay for its
/. keep; in the beef herd it is the
steer which refuses to put on
; flesh; in the house, it is the
man who sits around and
takes things easy" while his
. wife brings in the wood and
: water.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Morning Service 1920
Sunday School 11:45
Evening Services 7:30
Rev. w. j. Brown, Pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-12-21
Che CHURCHES.

ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Services every Sunday at O'Clock
low mass. 10 O'Clock high mass.
Afternoon service at 2 O'Clock p. m.
Every day mass at O'Clock a. m.
REV. a. ARTZ Pastor.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-11-24
EXPRESS COMPANIES.

The express companies are now
the subject of inquiry by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. There
is little question that material re-
auctions will result, and that the
places insisting on such reductions
will get them.
1t may be of interest to some of
our readers to be reminded that SO
pounds or less can be sent by ex-
press from any point in Virginia
to any other point in Virginia for
fifty cents. We believe this is in
virtue of an act of the legislature.
We know that occasionally the ex-
press companies forget about it.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-11-24
4 New Discovery
Science

You should look out for your
good. A new page III the full
book of science has been-tSrusS
and one which is a benefit to- the
human family by discovery Of
Dr.. Thos. Fauntleroy of the Elec-
sro Magnetic Sitter, the use of
which is to remove from the -four
The wear and tear of corrugated
chilled Steel Rollers which grind
he flour and also any foreign
metal, such as nails, screws, scrap
wire and tacks, all of which are
always found in the dirty railroad
oox cars, which the wheat is
shipped in. The removal of these
particles of iron or steel will pre-
vent construction of the bowels.
liberation ofthe stomach and vdrk!
iormis.
Anyone who is interested in the
installment of the Electro Mag
netic Sitter in flour mills or privaffi
families, call and see DR.. Ihos. r.
Fauntleroy, K. D. Hospitals taun-
ton, Va.
Wanted-Half dozen good men
who are hustlers, to represent me
to the Millers; no limit to salary if
work is satisfactory. For Steel
Eliminated Flour address E. "A.
Hammer, Mcdowell, Va. 5f