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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
CHASING a Bio Bill.


There were people tearing their
hair at the treasury department in
Washington the other day. A hun
dred-dollar bill got loose, and the
hustle to find it was simply tragedy.
A clerk in the pension Office wanted
to give hundred-dollar bill to his
mother for a birthday present. He
sent Jackson, tho colored messenger
of the commissioner Of pensions, down
to the treasury department with a
lot of small change to get a new 500
bill. Jackson, instead of putting the
bill in his pocket, as he thought he
had, tucked it into wrinkle in his
shirt. 1t spilled out, and landed on
the floor of the treasury department.
When Jackson discovered his loss Me
nearly had a fit. He hustled back to
the treasury department, however,
and there they told him it could not
have gone far if it wanted to. 1t had
been picked up by the time he got
back, and put back in the vaults with
the expectation that whoever had lost
it would come after it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS
NO Need . Take any Further
Risks

Why will people continue to suffer
the agonies of kidney complaint, back
ache, urinary disorders, lameness,
headaches, languor, why allow rhepa-
selves to become chronic inv:lids,
when a certain cure is offered them.
Doan's Kidney Pills is the re msdy
to use, because it gives to the kidneys
the help they need to preform their
work.
If you have any, even one. of the
symptoms of kidney diseases, cure
yourself now, before diabetes, dropsy
or Bright's disease sets in. Can Sank
Centre residents demand more con-
vincing proof than the following:
Mrs. Albert Tollund, of Glelw God,
backaches at times that it was hard
for me to stoop and if remained on
my feet for while, became all
tired out. Hearing much about
Doan's Kidney Pills, l finally gave
them trial and they lived up to
representations. The contents of
two boxes disposed of every symptom
of my trouble"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents, Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
take no other
E. p. Remington.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
School Days.

Country schoolmasters have pecu
liar experiences unlike their city
cousins A rural pedagogue relates
that one day he received from a small
boy a slip of paper which was sun.
posed to contain an excuse for the
nonattendance of the small boys big
brother. He examined the paper, and
found thereon the word, "Cepatomto-
gotaturing." Utterly unable to de.
cipher the puzzle, he appealed to the
small boy. who explained that It
meant that his brother had been kept
at home to go taturing" is. to
dig potatoes!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
Bio Hose.

What is said to be the largest rub
Der suction hose ever made was re.
Gently made for Philadelphia dredg-
ing firm to be used In a deep water
operation about to be undertaken. The
outside diameter Of this hose Is 33
inches. while inside it measures g.
The 1,290-pound spiral spring which
comprises the foundation of the hose
was rolled cold from q rod one inch in
diameter. The rubber and fabric en-
tering into its construction weighed
3,215 pounds. The rubber and duck
were applied in alternate layers with
coatings Of gum, after which the en-
tire piece was placed in container
and vulcanized with live steam.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
His Lapse Into Profanity.

A good solid type Of western On
tario gentleman not long ago told of
the only time when he had been guilty
OF profanity. He and friend had
gone fishing. and for some time luck
was dead against them. At last, how
ever, they seemed to be about to get
at the one time the reward for their
patience. Both corks were bobbing
beautifully, and it was in the excite
ment OF the moment that the man who
was very careful of his language was
trapped into lapse. I've got a
good bite" said the friend, eager
ly, and with fully as much earnestness
the man who never had INDUCED in
unprintable talk whispered: $50
have l."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
For Sale

pair Of runners for buggy box,
$500.
l 2-seat carriage, good, $500.
l driving team, known as the Rush
team.
buggies, second hand, S. and $40
3-year-old bay colt.
l coming 5-year-old colt.
brood mares 3.
Call at MRS. G.. S. MCCURRY's farm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09

any attention to these matters. They
go through asa matter of course and
the unfortunate author of the bill
tries to forget it as soon as he can.
But this time it was different. On
this motion being made by Mr.. Matt
son very mild hammered man rose
from one of the back seats and moved
an amendment that the bill be print
ed and placed on general orders.
Then the fight was on in earnest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09

Mrs. Mary Schauble has sold her
millinery business here to Mrs. L. E.
Trattles. Mrs. Schauble, who has
been at st. Cloud for some time, was
in town this week looking after the
transfer. She will be here again
March l and will run the business for
Mrs. TrattleS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
GETS AFTER THEM
Representative MiEette PrOGS
Telephone Companies
WOUl D REGULATE THEM
Introduces q Bill Which lie Claims
Will MAKE the Northwestern
Come to Time."

Hon. Frank E. Minnette of Sank
Centre has introduced in the House
a bill providing for the regulation OF
telephone companies. Mr.. Minnette
in an explanatory letter to The Herald.
says that, if passed, this bill will
make the Northwestern come to
time" The gist of the bill is in sec
ton which compels telephone COM
panies to make connections with
other companies.
Section l of the bill declares tele-
phone company to be common car
rier and subject to the laws of the
state regulating common carriers.
The other two sections of the bin
read as follows:
Sec. 2. Every telephone company
shall be required to furnish to the
public equal and reasonable service in
! the transmission of messages over
their respective lines, and shall be
permitted TO make reasonable charges
therefor. and the Railroad and Ware
house Commission of this state is
hereby given the same powers and
duties with reference to the business
of telephone companies as the COM
mission now has over other common
carriers unless otherwise provided i'm
this Act.
Sec. 3. Every such telephone COM
pany, whenever the public welfare or
convenience will be advanced or pro-
noted thereby, is hereby required to
connect at point of intersection
with any other telephone company
whose construction and equipment
reaches the ordinary standard of eff
cheney and shall provide proper facili-
ties therefor at such point of inter
section, and in case any such teie-
phone company shall fail to connect
at point of intersection as required
! by the provisions of this act, the Rail-
road and Warehouse Commission of
this state is empowered and it is here
by made it's duty, to order and direct
such company SO failing to connect at
said point of intersection with any
other company, so to do whenever the
public welfare and convenience will be
promoted or advanced thereby, and
proceedings before the board of Rail
road and Warehouse Commission to
require such company to so connect
las hereinbefore provided, may be
commenced in the same way and
manner and the procedure before said
Board of Railroad and Warehouse
tCommission in reference thereto shall
| follow and be as near as practicable
as the proceedings provided for in
Sections 1868, 1864, 1865, 1866, 1867
and 1868, Revised Laws of Minnesota,
1905. and the amendments thereto,
and whenever such order is made re-
quiring a company to so connect, such
company, if it feels itself aggrieved
thereby, may appeal therefrom in the
same manner and within the same
time as appeals are allowed to be
taken from orders made by said COM
mission fixing rates of railroad COM
panies. On such appeal the orders of
the commission therein shall be prima
facie evidence of all matters contained
i'm said orders and where no appeal is
taken or if an appeal be taken and
the order of said commission be af-
firmed, the order may be enforced by
the Attorney General in the same
manner as orders relating to the con
troll of railroads.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
Early Coins.

Certain passages in the "1liad" of
Homer would lead to the inference
that coins of brass were struck as
early as 1884 B. c. Tradition affirms
that the Chinese had bronze coins as
early as 1920 B. C. But Herodotus,
the father Of history" ascribes the
Invention" of coins to the Lydians.
about nine centuries B. c., and there
IL no satisfactory evidence that coins
were known prior to that date.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
DISTANCE TARIFF
Continued from Page l
million of dollars annually.

The principal change in the general
road law at present in force in the
state involved in Mr. Dunn's bill is
in respect to the supervisory of the
construction of roads. He proposes
the appointment of a sufficient num-
Der of deputy road engineers prac-
tical road builders-tO supervise the
work done on all the roads. of the
state. They are to be paid by the
state, but their services are placed at
the disposal of county and township
boards. 1t is not made mandatory
that the boards consult these engi-
neers. They can build the roads I'M
der their own supervision their own
way if they want to. But in case
they prefer to have expert advice, as
it is natural to expect that they
would, all they have to do is to call
in one of these assistant state engi-
neers. Without additional cost 10
to the county he will make plans and
specifications for them, consult with
them as to materials, ETC., and super
wise the work while it is being done,
and this may be either by contract or
by days work, as the county or town
ship board, as the case may be, may
prefer. Payment can only be made
for the work done, however, after the
engineer has certified that it is &C
cording to contract.
These assistant engineers are APP
pointed under civil service rules and
can only be removed for cause. Only
49, 900 of the $4,000 appropriation
made by the bill is for the necessary
expenses of the highway commission
at St. Paul. The balance is to be
used to pay the men who are con-
stantly in the field. "We want no
drones on this job," said Mr.. Dunn,
"no ornamental wall flowers. The
men we employ will have work to do
and they will be kept at it. You
may" he concluded, Eat this session
enact laws that you ought not to ems
act but if you pass this bill all your
sins will be forgiven you."
One never knows what is going to
happen in the legislature. The other
day the liveliest debate in the session
came up on the report of the general
legislation committee recommending
that H. f. No. so and so be indefinite
ly postponed. Generally no one pays
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
Long Engagements.

Beware of long engagements. Don't
wait to be rich before you take a
wife. Give her the luxury of helping
you become successful.-Rev. A. M.
Bailey, Methodist, Akron. o.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
The Failure.

eeymour-Thpre are 60 chicken
magazines published in this country.
Ashley know there are; those
publications were the cause of my
brother-in-law's failure in the egg
business.
Seymour-How was that!
Ashley-Why, he subscribed for
them all and it took him SO long to
read their contents that he could never
ind time to feed his hens.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09

The mild hammered man proved to
be S. N. Lee of Clay county. The bill
was his. 1t provided that state funds
might be loaned on improved farm
property. The upshot of the matter
was that Mr.. Lees motion prevailed,
the bill will be printed and there will
without doubt be another fight over it
when it comes up again on general
orders.
JOHN LAWSON
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09

A horse that works all day must
have good collar to fit his shoulders.
Il uscllner can fit them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09

am now ready in my new location
in the Pendergast building on Third
street to do business with my old and
new customers. John Kuschner.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09

Just in-new car Gold Medal Flour,
and mixed feed. Albert Dahlem,
grocery department..
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02

Sidewalks-16 miles of cement side.
walks and many improvements and adj
ditions are under construction.
Street railway-Six miles of electric
railway in the city limits connecting
the business part of the city with the
suburbs and passing the new state In
dustrial Institute and College for girls.
Light and power companies There
are two companies in the local field,
the Chickasha Gas and Electric COM
pany which operates the gas plant and
owns and operates the water power
dam just below the city; the Chicka-
sha Light, Heat and Power company,
owned by the II. NJ Byllseby COM
pany. Chickasha has the lowest mu-
nicipal lighting rate Of any city of 10,-
600 and up in the United States and
which Is furnished by privately own
ed company. Rates to manufacturers
in large quantities is furnished as low
as one and one-half cents per kilowatt.
The great gas, oil and coal fields Of
Oklahoma are less than one hundred
miles away and borings for oil and
Kas will be made in Chickasha in. the
near future.
Telephone system-1,17i telephones
in use In Chickasha, 1900 installed
and ultimate switchboard capacity Of
1000 lines, and 80 operators are EN-
pIoyed daily Only $50 lines were in
use FIVE years ago.
Fire department-Adequate to pro-
tect property from loss, with sub-sta-
tions in residential and business dis
tricts.
Hotels. restaurants, etc.-Twelve ho-
tells, 20 restaurants, and numerous
apartment and rooming houses-the
Geronimo, the Rock Island eating
house, is recognized as the best Of
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02
The
Transplanten Tree

Phillips bit hard on the stem Of his
strongest pipe and shoveled furiously
to fill yawning hole which only q
few hours before he had dug In his
front yard beside the porch walk. Az
he worked he kept his back carefully
turned toward the premises OF Fulton,
his next-door neighhor.
T never should have expected such
disgusting treatment from Fulton,
Phillips confided to his pretty young
wife when she came to call him to
breakfast
why. Fulton started me on this
horticultural game" went on Phillips
when he was seated at the breakfast
table. When we came out here last
spring didn't know the difference be-
tween poison ivy and hazel bush.
Fulton Is the fellow who got me inter-
ested and now he turns around and
plays this shabby trick on mel" Phil
lips reached for piece OF toast.
Who but Fulton first dragged me
three miles to the woods along the
river? He got me to digging up vines
and bushes there in the woods and
Juggling them home on my back to
transplant in our yard" Phillips
tragically waved his piece OF toast on
high.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02

classes Of people"
Population -1O,33O. U. S. census
1910 In 1900 population was about
5000.
Area-SA square miles.
Altitude-1,0S ,0S4 to 1853 feet.
Mean annual temperature-6S de.
grees.
Average annual rainfall-3S inches.
Assessed valuation Of city property
-s6,Ooo,OoO
Real value city property-slO,OoO,-
600.
Total bonded indebtedness-s445,-
900.
Tax rate-city, county and state for
1910, $500 per hundred, the lowest
rate in the state in city Of first
class, basis OF value considered.
Postal receipts-$S1, ,S7O.O7 for year
ending July /, 1910; $16,561.27 for
the year ending July ]. 1905, and an
appropriation OF $175,cOO for a new
federal building.
Waterworks owned by municipality
Cost $15O,0OO; twenty-seven miles OF
water mains; capacity Of plant, 1,50O,.
600 gallons daily; water tower with
tank capacity OF 100000 gallons, top Of
tank being 81 feet above the base and
located on the highest point in or
surrounding the city; water drawn
from Washita river, river that stays
in its banks, is more like river than
any in Oklahoma, and furnishes an I'M
limited supply Of running water.
Sewerage system-14 miles Of sani-
tary sewers, six miles Of storm sew
ers and about five miles OF sanitary
sewers under construction.
Street paving-l1 miles, mostly as.
phalt a small part being brick; also
1G miles Of graded streets.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02
BIG GAME or NORTHWEST
Danger Of Complete Disappearance
Can Only Be Averted by
Prompt Action.

Northwest Canada and portions Of
Alaska still contain great numbers
for large game, but in some localities
this has already become very scarce.
This is almost the last spot in Amer
lea where big game is abundant;
there remains only the arctic regions.
II is evident that in new country.
lacking transportation facilities and
invaded by great numbers Of civilized
men, who must depend In large meas.
ure on the country for subsistence.
the larger native fauna will soon dis
appear. In this northern region tray-
elers, trappers and prospectors sub
sist very largely on the game and
fish that they take, and great guam
tities Of wild meat are brought into
the settlement for sale.
There has been enormous waste by
the white game Killers, and If the
waste by the Indians has been less Il
Is only because the Indians are fewer
in numbers. In some localities the
continued and reckless killing of game
for sale In the mining camps las re-
suited in the almost complete disap-
pearance OF such game Besides this
there are not a few people who 20
into the country In search of fine
game heads and who XIII with tho
usual selfish reclSlessness. They have
been known, after days hunting.
to leave to spoil on a hillside enough
meat to supply prospectof with pro
visions for a whole winter.
The chief game animal in much OF
that country is the moose. which Is so
abundant that from good lookout
high up on the mountains moose can
be seen almost any fine day BY the
aid Of field glasses. In certain por-
tions OF the country west OF the Mack
enzie river caribou are stli seen
IN great herds at the proper season or
the year. but these herds appear to
be growing constantly smaller.
Mountain sheep are yet abundant
IN many places, and. owing to their
habits Of life, are perhaps in less I'M
mediate danger OF determination than
the moose or caribou
II Is obvious that as the settlement
of this northern country proceeds the
game must disappear Ii Ia only by
the establishment OF game refugees
IN these regions that it can be pre-
served. and at the present time the
residents Of that northern country
are interested In the game only SO
far as Il may be turned into money.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02
eaIIoplna Kitchen.

The British soldier is notorlously
,ond Of his rations. and like every other
soldier is poor fighter when his
meals do not appear with proper regu-
larity
So that Tommy Atkins may not be
kept second date from his beef ami
tea the army has rigged up novel
"galloping Kitchen, cooker on
wheels, which cooks as 1t goes and can
rattle along on It's gun carriage over
the toughest roads horse can take.
the provender boiling away all the
time.
There is a boiler divided into four
compartments and irebox below.
nothing more. The arrangement could
not be simpler and II saves the annoy.
anee Of setting up a whole cooking out-
ut at every stop when the army is on
q rapid march. and also assures a meal
to the detachment that Is away from
camp on scouting or skirmishing OK.
pedition.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02
nIdnt Know Tennyson.

II any one asked him about persons
be would tell delightful frank anec-
dotes concerning. maybe, the great
men he kuew and loved and measured
exactly. He liked spice OF fun in
everything, too, and his face beamed
as he described q walk with Tenny-
son he had lately taken. They heard
footsteps behind, and the great man
frowned. How they dog as. Huntl
How shall we escape them7'
gust sit on the stile TIL they pass
said the matter Of fact artist. They
did So and two lads IN knickerboca-
crs marched by swinging their sticks
and not even turning their heads.
TenRyson was chapfallen.
DO you know, Hunt" he said x
do not think they know who am
Very likely, my dear Tennyson. and
they would not even know II you told
them. Recoilectione sof Holman Hunt
In the Acadsmy. Asasza---'''
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02

IF YOU ARE LOYAL 10 chIcKA.
sHA, you WILL PATRoNlzs THE
HOME MERCHANTS.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02

Every time we change and test
meter it cost US about One Dollar.
Thisis one Of the necessary expenses
Of an electric light company, the same
as book keeping and office rent. 1t is
absolutely necessary to keep all our
meters tested frequently and in first
class condition, to keep us certain that
we are treating our customers fairly
and measuring their current accurately.
2 The expense Of making a test is too
large to make them at everybody's
wish, and our meters are the best made
and do not need frequent testing. Yet
whenever thel is good reason to think
a meter is wrong, we test it, cheerfully,
and we keep our meters at all times up
to high degree Of accuracy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02
AS TO OUR SENSE or HUMoR
Life Would He Dull Without It, But
lie Manifestations Are Beyond
Estimation

dignihed, retired Judge in the
east was brought near to death late
ly through fit Of laughter caused by
a comparison of woman in a bobble
skirt to a giraffe with its feet tied to-
gether. The possessor OF keen sense
Of humor would hardly find this con.
vulsing, but 1t nearly killed the judge.
SO, too. man in Lawrenceburg, Ind,
laughed for ~ hours over the idea
Of trading mule for shayed-tail
horse.
A sense Of humor is often a safey
valve to human beings Life would
be a dull thing without it, but its
manifestations are beyond estimation.
A recent writer speaks of the fire.
auency with which # spoils the most
pathetic scenes at the theater; CT how
that which should incite pity IS mis-
taken by the thoughtless for a subject
OF mirth, The criticism is deserved,
but it is to be doubted II It will cor
rect misplaced sense of humor
which seems to be inherent in con-
siderable portion Of the human race.
There is no accounting for taste,
even in matters Of this sort, and there
Is no way to prevent grave and rev
ckend iurists or mule traders from. be.
coming victims Of an undeveloped or
a too greatly developed sense OF
humor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1911-01-02

GREETINGS

We wish to thank you for your
liberal support during the past year,
and it is a genuine pleasure to ammo
unce that we have succeeded during
the past week in making satisfactory
arrangements which will enable US
to remain in our present quarters
during the coming season.
Our store will be entirely remodel
ed and enlarged and every effort
will be put forth to continue this as
"Chickasha's Leading Womens
Ready -To-Wear Store"