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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14
DANCE. At city hall Tuesday
evening, Aug 10. Be there. adv

Assistant Cashier Rice of the First
National bank spent Sunday and Mon
day with Mrs. Rice at st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. MCGEE of Wadena
with an automobile party passed
through Sank Centre Wednesday.
A dance will be given in the city
hall Tuesday evening, Aug. 10 for
the benefit of the base ball team. adv
We candle all our eggs. You will
have no loss if you buy your eggs
from us. McCracken & Burgess. adv
Herr Limperi CHI, Jr., of St. Cloud,
was looking after the interests of the
Jugendfreund, in SauH Center Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Marshall and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Rowe dined at the
cottage of Lyman Kells, Ward Springs,
Sunday.
Miss Ruth Grundman of Pellas,
Iowa, daughter of Henry Grundman,
formerly of this city is visiting Mrs.
Rose Irish.
Mrs. Glen Scoville and Miss Jane
Smith of Willard were guests of Mrs.
Geo. Conkey of Sank Centre on Fri
day of last week.
A large number of Sank Centre
families have taken up temporary
abodes on the shores of the beautiful
lakes in this section.
Said John to Mary, You're the
Light Of my eyes,
At the Stearns County Fair, your
Pie took the price,
Mrs. Lydia Strebel of Gaylord is
visiting in Sank Centre at the home
of her brother Cashier Strebel of the
Merchants National Bank.
j. J. Costello came down from
GAINESVILLE Sunday morning for a
brief visit with relatives here. He re-
turned Monday evening.
Miss Bonnell, teacher at the Girls
Home School returned Wednesday
evening from months vacation at
her home in Minneapolis.
G.. I. Dobbs spent last week in the
Thorborg gravel pit, eleven miles
west of Tintah, in Grant county, as
telephone operator for the crew.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. McCulloch re-
turned to their home at Melrose Mon
day after quite an extended vacation
spent in the vicinity of Sank Centre.
Leland Lofgfen, clerk in the First
National Bank will return the latter
part, of the week from three weeks
vacation spent on the Lakes and Isle
Royal.
Mrs Fife Long Borchert and Miss
Della Fable of Osakis spent last Sat-
urday in Sank Centre visiting with
Mrs. A. w. Dahlem, sister Of Miss
Faille.
Joe Schoenhotf and Geo Fish made
a flying business trip to Osakis Mon
day. incidentally disposing of num-
Der of season tickets to the Stearns
county fair.
DR.. J. p. Chisholm and family of
Lisbon. N. d.. are guests at the home
of Mrs. Dan Buckley, four miles north
of Sank Centre. The doctor is a broth
er of Mrs. Buckley.
Miss Jessie Buckley has accepted
the position as teacher in splendid
rural school about two miles west of
Osakis and will begin her labors the
latter part of September.
The ladies' of St. PauI's church
will give an ice cream social on
the church lawn Friday afternoon
and evening, Aug. 18th. The pub
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14
The new postal regulation which in
creases the weight of parcel post pack

ages from II to 20 pounds Will 60 into
effect August 18th, 1913. This rate
will only cover parcels for delivery
within the first and second zones. The
rate of postage on parcels exceeding
four ounces in weight shall be five
cents for the first pound and one cent
for each additional two pounds or
fraction thereof when intended for To-
cal delivery, and five cents for the
first pound and one cent for each ad-
ditional pound or fraction thereof
when intended for offices within the
first and second zones
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14
Additional Local on Page eight.

Dance at city hall Tuesday night
adv
Will Seiben's little girl is seriously
i'll.
W. L. Peck registered at the Pal
mer House Friday.
Mr.. Cooley returned from visit tc
Wadena Wednesday.
Joe Schmith of Melrose was Saul
Centre visitor Tuesday.
PaynesviIle VS.. Sank Centre at the
fair grounds Sunday. adv.
M. KritZman of SWanviIl9 was {
Monday visitor in Sank Centre.
W. ID. Mason of Melrose tarried fol
a time in Sank Centre Tuesday.
} Twenty-Five per cent discount or
all our Boys Suits. Nathe-Adv.
W. H. wye of St. Cloud spent a
portion of Tuesday in Sank Centre.
Rev. Fr. Fuss of Padua was bus
mess caller at Sank Centre Monday.
Get some of those California Elber-
ia peaches at McCracken & Burgess
adv
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Carver left for
Swanyile for q brief visit Wednes-
day.
c. II. James of St. Cloud was tran
sacting business at Sank Centre Mon
day.
II. J. Wagner of West Union was a
Sank Centre visitor Saturday of last
week.
August Borgert of Melrose was
transacting business at Sank Centre
Monday.
A T. Sizzling and S. M. Tuester of
Alexandria were Sank Centre visitors
Tuesday.
Mrs. Pearson, of the Girls Home
School left for a two weeks vacation
Thursday.
Geo. Williams and Mr.. Davis of
Long Prairie were in Sank Centre
Monday.
w. w. WiIke, the Grey Eagle bank
er took dinner at the Palmer House
Wednesday.
Mgr. J. B. Segers has arranged a
game with the fast Paynesvill ball
team here Sunday.
Miss Anderson, Matron at the
Girls home school returned from her
vacation Thursday.
r. Harrington, farmer at the Girls
Home School, left for short trip to
the cities Wednesday.
Moritz Haeshen and family Of Free
port drove over to Sank Centre in
their big auto Monday.
A little son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs, Frank Streye Of Birchdale town
ship, Tuesday, Aug. IA.
Mrs. Lew Irish went to Willard
Tuesday afternoon for two days Wis
it with Mrs. Bert Butler.
Mrs. Rhoads of M inneapolis is
visiting in Sank Centre at the home
of her sister Mrs. Rotert.
l am offering high-grade Deere &
Weber $50 single-seated buggy, al
most new, for $35. It's a bargain.
Ed. Evans.
Edward Burfenning and family Of
Litchield are guests at the home of
V. L. Burgess, Sank Centre.
Joseph Arneson and family Of
Elbow Lake we're over Sunday visit
ors with Sank Centre relatives.
Would you enjoy the summer
evening on the porch? A ham
mock is the first consideration
Buy one from Grover & Wedge
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14

FOR SALE OR RENT-Nine room
modern house, bath and all conyen-
fences. Apply to O. H. Doolittle. If
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14

GOOD GIRL WANTED At once at
Exford's restaurant, for all kinds of
work. Good Wages.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14

TENT For SALE-Size 9xl2, almost
new. For sale cheap. Inquire at
Herald office. If
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14

FOR SALE-Some good farm mares,
clean and all right. See A. Salmond
eff.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14

w A NTS
FOR SALE,ETC.
One Cent a word for each insertion.
no ad accepted for less than
IS cents.
Farm Wanted

Some choice st. Cloud city property
with difference in cash for a good
farm. Write us for particulars. Far
mers Loan and investment Co., St.
Cloud, Mimi. Adv. TIA
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14

Would you enjoy the summer
evening on the porch? A ham
mock is the first consideration
Buy one from Grover & Wedge
Co. before they are gone. adv
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-08-14

The ladies' of St. PauI's church
will give an ice cream social on
the church lawn Friday afternoon
and evening, Aug. 18th. The pub
lie are cordially invited. adv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
LIKES COUNTRY
HERE THE BEST
Wolf Dairyman Returns from North
Dakota Trip Satisfied With
St. Louis County.

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Haenke return
ed early in the week from Rhame.
Bowman county, North Dakota,
where they spent week visiting the
family of Mrs. Haenke's brother. The
trip was very enjoyable one, Mr..
Haenke says, and profitable one as
well, for it made him realize more
than ever the worth of northeastern
Minnesota for farming and stock
raising. 81 met an old friend from
Milwaukee out there" said he, ''who
only few years ago settled out in
Bowman county. He took. over twen-
ty thousand dollars into the country
but on account of repeated crop fail
ures he has lost practically all his
fortune. This has been practically
the experience of many other men
out there. These men were misled at
those broad plains, where apparently
all that was needed was to put in a
pillow and turn over the virgin soil.
They invested lots of money in land
expecting to make a quick and easy
fortune, but they found that prairie
was not the only thing needed. Mois-
ture, also, they found was a great
essential to raising crops, and this
proved to be very unreliable. In fact
they save only about one crop out of
four out there, and besides they are
so. far from market that the trans
portation costs eat. up all the value
of their grain" When Mr.. Haenke
told them that he was realizing about
$500 a month from the sale of dairy
products kept on only forty acres Of
land here, they. could hardly believe
him, but he assured them that an
acre of pasture here would keep as
much stock as forty acres out there.
Many of the farmers out there are
making preparations to leave the
country and Mr.: Haenke got them so
deeply interested in this locality that
a number will undoubtedly come here
to look the country over. Mr.. Haenke,
who is the model farmer of this Sec
ton, is every day more and more sat-
isfed with the results of his efforts.
What he has accomplished any man
with good sense and willing to work
and stick to it. can ACCOMPLISH for
himself, for Mr.. Haenke began with
practically no money whatever. To-
day we will venture to say that his
farm holdings and dairy business
could not be bought for $4,000, and
he has been only about dozen years
in developing his place, located about
three miles west of Eveleth. He
looks for an unprecedented growth in
this locality during the coming year.
-Eveleth News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26

Dam, DAMN, DAMN THE IssuRREcros,
II that hnd peaceful Phlippines
Where the bolo-Inan hiking night and day,
Where Tsgalos steal and lie, where Americans die
There hear the soldiers sing this evening lay:
.#.#5*.# CHORUS =.:#$ z.*
damn the crosseyed kaack ladrone
Underneath starry flag, civize with Krag
And return beloved homes. z I il Ill.,.
There's land of dory dreams; far from Filipino themes
Where the bolc are busy night and day.
Where they WELD the gladstone taking huge and CORY hacks
At shining pate or lock of hoary hair. j xx z>: -
=. .:.-.-.. <2# CHORUS. ~.~--4
Damn DAMN the nsurrectos kakak ladrone
Underneath the starry flag cvlize 'em with Krag
Ere they own beloved homes
Otme there few, all the members hack and hew
At the stand pat bunch in manner far from nice,
They believe making Hay Warren for day by day.
When pie IS each wants the biggest SLICE
large and growing bunch that this inurrecto bunch,
Would have been the chaps cop the fleece of god
hunt would have pulled better STUNT
Had he the crowd that left us in the cold.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
4CHARITY FOR a POOH, LOsTSOIJ -

~ BY All means, 50 far Is the charges are con-
[cerned, let Judgment BE Withheld On Police Com
missioner S. a. Nelson, suspended at the last
meeting Of the city council pending the investi-
cation Of charges Of official misconduct PREFER
led against him BY Chairman P. A. Coffey Of the
police and fire commission. =*s
Nelson is one of the most grossly incompetent
men who has ever served on public board in the
city Of Virginia. He is Mayor Murphys most
glaring political mistake. So far as the charges
against him are concerned they may be enlarged
or minimized as the fancy dictates or as the Bit
ter partisanship which characterizes city poll
tics in this city may seem to warrant. The
Nelson affair is at best one of the Roman spec
tacles which we must have from time to- time in
Virginia to maintain our municipal equilibrium.
The regrettable feature about it all is that
MIR. Nelson is receiving so much unwarranted
notoriety. He is very worthy individual in
many ways, but he is being taken by far too
seriously. He is the King Dodo Of the police and
fire commission of this town. He was from the
ranks of the hewers of wood and drawers of wa
ter to his honor the mayor. He is as totally un-
fit today to serve as member of any public
board in the city of Virginia as he was on the
Jay thdI Mayor murphy eAd1teu Hill. 1eOp1e
like S. A. Nelson, with all their unfortunate pen
chants for doing things both good and bad and
Indifferent, are the individuals who make uncer-
tain the seats Of the mighty. They are unsatis-
factory to say the least and highly Indispensable.
Just at this time he is the mayors offending
right hand, but his pluckng off and casting away,
it appears, may be somewhat difficult
If Nelson is guilty of any of the charges
brought against him he should have been
arrested and jailed on the spot and the Enter
prise believes by far the best place in this city to
try him is the municipal court In any event
he should have even, exact justice. AS study
in the bitter conflicting political ambitions of men
the Nelson incident is interesting, as a serious
proceeding it closely borders on the extremely
ridiculous.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
FORMER VIRGINIAN
DEAD OF TUBERCULOSIS

Arthur Laury, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Laury Of Virginia, and we'll
known in this city, where he. had
many friends, died Sunday at Phoe-
nix, Ariz., of tuberculosis. Edward
Laury left Monday for Phoenix and
will bring the body back to Cokato,
Minn., where funeral services will be
conducted next Sunday. All the
family from this city will attend.
Arthur Laury was about 80 years
old. Until a few months ago he was
for some years located at Red Lodge,
Mont, where he was engaged in
business. Failing health compelled
him to give :uP4s1 business, however,
and he returned to Virginia last sum-
mer, remaining here with his par
ents for short time before leaving
for Phoenix, where he was directed
to go by physicians, in the hope that
his health might be benefited. Be-
sides his parents hs%left five brothers
and four sisters, all of whom ex-
cept Emil Laury of Biwabik, reside
in this city. News of his death was
received with regret by many friends
in Virginia.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
ADOPT THE CHARTER AMENDMENTS.


The charter commission has completed it's
labors and the revised city charter will be sub
mitted to the people for their endorsement at an
election February g.
The charter amendments should be adopted
The revision of the charter was made necessary
for the reason that the old charter provisions
obsolete in so far as they concern the conduct
Of the city electric light and water plant. Un-
der the revision those obstacles have been dis
|posed Of. 49,"
The charter provides for poor fund, it fixes
a contingent fund for the mayor it provides a
fund for the financing of public amusements, it
fixes the salary of the city assessor and his assis
tants on fair basis and it provides that the po-
lice and fire commission in the future shall con-
sist of three instead of five members, among
other things.
This last provision has aroused some oppo-
sition to it. That opposition is purely of politi-
cal nature and therefore not to be seriously con-
sidered in determining the merits of the charter
amendments as a whole A board of three men,
bers is much more apt to be harmonious and ef-
ficient that is larger body. Who makes the
appointments is not particularly important.
The adoption Of the charter is necessary to
the conduct of the affairs of the city of Virginia
in business like manner. No one has anything
to gain by working for it's defeat beyond the
qualification of political grudges which are not
worth entertaining in matters of this kind and
which most seriously affect those who treasure
them. BY all means let the charter amendments
lie adopted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
MISSING GIRL is
LOCATED AT DULUTH

Katie Stakka, II years old, who
disappeared from the Central hotel
in this city Thursday of last week
and whose absence occasioned her
brother, who brought her to the city
from International Falls, grave
anxiety, was located by the police at
Duluth Saturday. Miss Stakka had
left Virginia and gone to the Head
bf the Lakes, where she accepted en-
ployment in a hotel. The young wo-
man was left at the Central hotel by
her brother, who paid her board and
room rent for a week in advance.
Stakka then returned to international
Falls. Upon his return the young
woman was missing and her disap-
pearapce was reported to the police.
The young woman explained that she
intended to meet her brother in Du-
luth and was surprised to learn that
her leaving Virginia had caused
something of sensation.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT; :.
CONDITION is SERIOUS

Joe Genstak, employed as section
foreman by the Duluth. Winnipeg 4
Pacific railway at Arbutus, married
and the father of family of small
children, is in a serious condition at
the Lenont hospital in this city. Gen.
stalk was accidently shot near Arbut-
us last Saturday.. He received the
full charge from a shotgun in one
thigh near the groin. The loaded
gun had been laid on handcar which
Genstack and others were placing on
the track. When the car was allow
ed to settle on the track with jerk:
the impact was sufficient to discharge
the weapon, Genstak was standing
directly in front of it. He was
brought to this city Sunday by DR..
Fisher, and while his condition is
serious, unless infection sets in he
has chance for recovery.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
DROSS FOR THE MELTING POT.

Prof. Robert D. C. Ward of Harvard, says
the United States is taking more pains today to
see that Hereford bull or Southdown eve,
imported for the improvement of our cattle and
sheep. are sound and free from disease than it
takes in the admission Of an alien man or woman
who will be the father and mother of American
children.
Professor Ward has said something.
The first of this week there was sentenced
to the state penitentary in this district court
in this city, for the crime of manslaughter in the
first degree, man who is of very common type
on the Mesaba range and elsewhere in the coun-
try where big industrial concerns require cheap
labor He could not read or write. He had
never attended school either in his native land
or here He was far below the average in in
telligence. He apparently did not realize the
enormity of the crime he had committed which
snuffed out the life of fellow being. He was
typical of large share of the criminal element
who pass through the courts of this section,
mentally incompetent, unfit for citizenship,
menace to society.
The national immigration laws should be
stricter There is no place in America for the
man who cannot at least read and write intel
off here than in the country he came from. He
is not a valuable employee at any price and his
future here cannot be much of an Improvement
on what it would have been in the land from
which he came, for there are as many here as
there to exploit him and to take advantage Of
his ignorance.
There are good many prisoners in the
state penitentiary from St. Louis county, who
would not be there if the national immigration
laws were stricter and there is good deal Of
criminal business before our courts that would
never require their attention if Uncle Sam paid
proper heed to heading off undesirable immi-
grants. There is room here for every immi-
grant who is capable of approaching America
and taking advantage of American institutions
for self improvement but there is no room for
the mental and moral incompetent, who is now
so freely admitted under lax and inadequate i'm
migration laws. We have quite enough to do
to take care of our own incompetents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
CALUMET'S CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY.

The sympathy of the entire country goes out
to the grief-strcken homes of Calumet, Mich,
where 80 people, most of them the children Of
copper mine strikers, were killed in panic
caused by false alarm of fire, just as the gifts
from an deliberately decorated Christmas tree
were about to be distributed under the auspices
of the Women's Auxiliary of the Western FEEDER
alton Of Miners.
The tragedy is all the more terribly coming
at Christmas time and following, as it does,
months of industrial unrest and depression char
acterized by riot, arson and murder in the Michi-
gan copper fields. All of those killed are from
the families of striking miners and So families
are bereaved.
The Calumet tragedy emphasizes one fact and
that is that at gatherings of children every
where too much precaution cannot be taken to
safeguard against panics of just this kind The
doors of the Italian hall at Calumet appear to
have been unguarded when an unknown man
entered and raised the cry Of Fire" In the
mad rush that followed to the exists 80 people
lost their lives. Of this number II were chill
dren. The man who gave the false alarm es-
capped and has not yet been apprehended.
Calumet's tragedy will give opportunity for
both sides to the bitter labor struggle in the
Michigan country to pause and reflect. It will
bring bitter sorrow to many homes already ad-
versity-strcken by reason of the copper country
strike. Now, more than ever, if there reason
for outside influences to interest themselves in
Michigan to the end that the warning factions
there may be reconciled and that man and man
shall give each other justice.
In soothing the sorrow and relieving the
distress that must necessarily follow such 8
great calamity hundreds of people the country
over would be glad to aid. The Western FEEDER
alton Of Miners, however, has refused relief
from the citizens Of Calumet. No doubt it is
we'll familiar with the needs of the situation
and will do everything that can be done to allevi
ate the distress that has been occasioned b,
this terrible tragedy.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26
NEW POSTCFF1CE FURNITURE.

NEW POSTGTFICE FURNITURE.
The Christmas gift to the Eveleth
postoffice was in the form of COM
plete new set of fixtures. They were
installed between Saturday night and
Monday morning, and when the pa
irons entered the Office Monday they
were taken completely by surprise.
Every part of the old fixtures had
been removed and in place thereof
appeared the handsome new furni-
ture with new boxes, new desks, new
windows and all. The finish Of the
wood work is mahogany, which with
the gilt metal work surely makes an
inviting place of Uncle Sans busi-
ness house, and, Postmaster Hatch is
as proud of the new things as he is
of his chickens.
The new installation was made by
]. C. Poole, who recently released the
quarters to the postoffice department
for period of ten years 1t was a
pretty big undertaking to make the
change during the holiday rush, but
the work was handled very well, and
save a little confusion in locating the
hew boxes and getting the new com
binations, the handling of the mails
was not interrupted .-Eveleth News.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26

The iron and steel trade is looking up. There
is generally more optimistic outlook for the
coming season than two weeks or month ago.
Nineteen hundred and fourteen is going to be a
big year on the Mesaba range in business way
and the uplift in iron and steel while crafty
ing follows well established precedent that
pessimistic preseason forecastes seldom are
made good in the realization u H. pr
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-12-26

+ the Christmas spirit only continued the
year around what fine old place this world
would he. l. u. h **== .s.:.s>