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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
WRETCnfD SERVICE
Sank Centre Mail Comes in Irreg-
alar Manner

Ever since train No. 5 on the Great
Northern was put on its present
schedule the mail service here has
been more or less satisfactory, princi-
paily less. This train formerly left
the cities late at night and brought
the accumulation of the days letter
mail. Now it leaves St. Paul at 7:3O
and Minneapolis at p. M, and con-
sequently the mail comes here at diff
ferent times and from different direc-
tions. Some of it is sent out on a
late train on the 500 to Glenwood and
comes in here at 900 a. m. Some
goes by the way of Little Falls and
arrives here the following afternoon
at 4:33. Last week Monday The Her
aid ordered small package of goods
from the John Leslie Paper Company
of Minneapolis by parcel post. 1t
was shipped promptly Tuesday morn
ing. "Wednesday noon it came in
from Bemidji, Wadena or some point
up that way, being delivered here by
the Great Northern branch line train.
The Long Prairie papers last week ar
rived one day late, coming in over the
Northern Pacific at 4::33. These are
only two of the queer things that
happen to Sank Centre mail right
along. Much complaint is heard. For
this condition the local postoffice is
not to blame. Nevertheless, the pub
lie is gowing weary of the poor service
from the cities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
Members Of 1913 Appear Before
the fOotIightS

What Happened to Jones" was de-
picted by the senior class of the Sank
Centre high school, at the Opera
House, Saturday night. Lots of things
happened to Jones and to some other
people as well, but the larger part
of things came Jones way Along to-
wards the last Jones was in a posi-
ton to sympathize with the man who.
when cyclone struck him, remarked:
"Everything's coming my way" Jones,
in everyday life is Harold Bishop, son
of H. W. Bishop of Westport and
nephew of L. S. Bishop of this city.
Jones is drummer" who sells
hymnals in some places and playing
cards elsewhere He gets tangled up
with several propositions, including a
pretty girl to whom he is finally be-
trothed. Most of the time he mas
querades as bishop and appears in
clerical garb. Bishop played the bis
hop well; in fact was the star per-
former of the east.
There is a professor of science and
real bishop in the play, both of
whom have an awful time of it in the
mixup. Frank Calkins took the part
of the professor well, while Elbridge
Cass as the real bishop acquitted
himself creditably. Theresa Brophy
as the professors wife shared the
honors with Bishop as headliner.
Mathilda Book was the pretty girl
who captured the heart of Jones and
performed the part ereditably. Elsie
Holman as Helma, the Swedish SER
want girl, had the Scandinavian dia-
lect down pretty pat and acted her
part f1ttingly. Frances Eddy as
sentimental spinster in love with the
real bishop caused much laughter.
Continued on page s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
GOOD SUGGESTION WANT PURE WAFER
Relative to Handling of Funds of
Public Schools
PUBLICITY DESIRABLE
ST. Cloud Journal Press Comments
C. NJ. Spraoue for letter to
Board or Education

Commenting on the communications
sent recently to the Board of Educa-
ton of Sank Centre relative to the
handling of the funds of that body,
the St. Clond Journal Press, in an
editorial May 9, headed publicity
Good Business says:
sc. NJ. Sprague, president Of the
First National bank of Sank
Centre, has written a letter to the
board Of education suggesting that
the school board should secure the
highest reasonable rate of interest on
the daily balances O f the school fund,
The opinion of the attorney general
has been asked and he is in doubt as
to whether the board has authority
under the act creating it a special
district to designate a depository to
the highest bidder. Mr.. Sprague sug-
gests that if the board has not this
authority the law should be amended,
so that the school district can secure
interest on it's funds.
'"The suggestion is sound one,
based ON good business principles. 1t
was only few years ago that the
funds of school districts and cities
were considered private snap for the
treasurer, and this official collected
the interest on funds placed in his
charge and pocketed the interest.
This was also the custom of high up
officials, even to treasurers of state
funds. and it was a very profitable
graft. The people are beginning to
wake up to the fact that the money
they pay in taxes is their money, and
Continued on Page s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15

fatherless, with a large farm, heavily
mortgaged, on his hands. He decided
that the scrub stock which has father
kept were not paying for their keep.
He had his mother sign a note with
him and purchased registered Hol-
stein bull for $1,000, also several head
of females at about the same price,
and started ill., The result was that
on Dec. II at the dairyman's sale held
at the New York State Armory at
Syracuse, n Y, he sold fourteen head
of Holsteins for the sum of $10,930, an
average of $3.50 per head He was also
elected president of the New York
State Dairyman Association What he
has done others can do.
Does high priced stock pay? Read
what John Arfmann. of Middleton, N.
Y, has to say about the young sire
which he purchased when seven
months old for $4,000. In apublic
speech made during the Dairymans
sale at Syracuse, he said: "The invest
ment of $4,000 in King Segis Pontiac
Alcarta has paid and is paying the
best of any investment we ever made
in Holsteins." Mr.. Arfmann received
$500 for bull calf, one day old, which
was sired by his $4,000 bull. This
calf was born in the armory the day
before the sale and sold for the high
est price ever paid for so young a
calf. This proves that the better ami
mails you buy the better price the
other fellow will pay you for their Off
spring.
In regard to cow testing associa-
tons some will say that it is all
humbug. A Swedish dairyman, who
prided himself on having one of the
finest milking herds in the country,
joined a cow testing association in
1897 and during the first year his herd
of seventy cows gave an average of
500 gallons of milk He sold off forty
two of his poorest cows, and kept
twenty-eight of the very best, which
he bred to a registered bull out Of a
well known heavy milking, high test
ing COW. In 1865 he again had a milk
ing herd of seventy cows, all descend
ed from the twenty-eight COWS which
of 200 gallons in that year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
could be flushed and the well water
again be pumped into them.

could be flushed and the well water
again be pumped into them.
This water question has forced it
self upon the council. At the last
meeting of that body it was discussed,
and Alderman Geo. O'Gara, president
of the council, instructed the water
committee to investigate and report
at the next meeting. Mr. O'Gara is
an enthusiast ic supporter of the well
proposition. He believes something
should be done in the immediate flu
ture to improve the city's water sup
ply, and i n the we'll he sees the rem
edy. So far as he can see the project
will not be an expensive one to carry
out. In any event, Mr.. O'Gara holds
that the city authorities should act
without delay to give the city an
ample supply of pure water.
Mayor John n. McGibbon believes
in action as soon as possible. The
condition of the lake water is such,
he says, that there is danger of sick
ness as result of its use: The mayor
thinks wells of ample capacity can be
provided for sum not greatly in ex-
cess of one thousand dollars. That,
in his judgment, is sum the city
would be fully warranted in expend-
ing in the case. The wells of the
city are many of them dangerous, as
typhoid fever cases have been traced
directly to the we'll water. With a
supply Of good water from the wells
provided by the city according to the
proposition now under consideration
the danger of an epidemic, the mayor
says, would be obviated.
In this connection, TheHer.ld has
interviewed several business men and
each man talked with declares i'm ia
vor Of the project. 1t is not improb-
able that there would be some oppo-
sition and some doubling Thomases,
though SO far as known the idea seems
to be generally accepted as good one
and the project considered entirely
feasible. The water committee is in
veStigating and will submit report
at the next meeting. President
O'Gara tells The Herald that so far
as he knows the council is favorable.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
Sank Centres Supply Is Not
Above Repr0aCh
PLAN 70 IMPROVE IT
Proposition to DIG Wells So That
Lake Water Shall be Purified
by Filtering

That Sank Centres water supply
needs fixing seems to be the general
opinion.
For the past three years, since Sank
Lake has been so low, the water has
been in condition that it cannot be
used for domestic purposes with any
degree OF satisfaction, while as for be-
ing dit to drink that is wholly out of
the question.
While the water in the lake is at
such low stage weeds and mud get
into the pipes and igiye disagreeable
odor to the water, especially when 1t
is heated. 1t seems to be generally
conceded that the time has come to
do something to insure water that is
pure for the use of the city.
The proposition now before the city
council is that of digging one or more
wells, SO that the water from the
lake shall filter through the sand and
thus be purified so that it shall be fit
for all domestic purposes.
The city already has one well, at
the pump house, but its capacity is
not sufficiently great to provide a sup
ply at all times. In fact, this well is
easily pumped dry i'm a comparatively
short time.
1t is thought that by digging one
or two additional wells i'm the vicinity
of the pump house, sufficiently large
amount of water will be obtained to
meet all necessary wants of those
who use city water. In time of fire
the pumps could be switched to the
lake, and after the fire the mains
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15

6. u. Vandesteeg Buys Jeweiry and
Optical Business and Takes
Charge June I
A. Il. GROVER RETlRES
v. 6. Wedge Purchases Partners
Interest in Old Established
Hardware Business

Last week marked two changes in
the personnel of the business men Of
Sank Centre. The first to be an
nounced was the sale, by Mark II.
Doolittle. of his jewelry and optical
businest.
The purchaser is c. II, Vandesteeg,
who, along with the business, bought
the Doolittle residence property on
Elm street. Mr.. Vandesteeg will
take possession the first of June. He
has a wife and son and will bring
them here when he comes to take
over the business.
Mr.. Vandesteeg comes here from
Truman, village on the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway
in Martin county. Mr.. Vandesteeg is
an experienced jeweler and is grad
uate from two optical schools. He
has been in business some years and
has been successful in his ventures.
Mr.. Vandesteeg spent Monday here
looking over the field and arranging
some of the details of the transfer OF
the property. While here he was
the guest of his brother DIR. +. C.
Fandesteeg. Mr.. Vandesteeg is well
pleased withSauk Centre and the out
look for doing an excellent business.
He visited the Commercial CLUB rooms
and said that he expected to join that
organization and do everything in his
power 10 further, in legitimate way,
the business interests Of Sank Centre.
MIR. Doolittle, who has been in bust
ness in Sank Centre six years, has not
decided what to do, but will leave
here in the not far distant future.
He will probably go to Wisconsin, his
old home, about July 10.
The other business change last week
was i'm the hardware firm of Grover
& Wedge Company. Mr.. Grover re-
tires, Mr.. Wedge purchasing his in
terest. The firm name will continue.
The house is a corporation.
The change took place Friday morn
ing, when the deal was closed. Mr..
Wedge took immediate charge of the
business, which will be continued
along the same lines as it has been,
all the employees of the firm remaining.
Messrs. Grover and Wedge came
here in November, 1911, purchasing
the business of the Schleusener Hard
ware Company, which had been estab-
lished for some years. They are both
enterprising young business men who
have worked for the upbuilding of
Sank Centre.
Mr.. Grover has not yet decided what
to do but is likely to leave Sank Gem
tire and engage in business elsewhere.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
HE'S DOING WELL
J. A. CanghreH is Recovering from
Surgical Operation
Especial Telegram to The Herald)

Especial Telegram to The Herald)
ROCHEsTER, MINI, May 13 Mr..
Caughren is doing remarkably well,
considering the seriousness of the
operation, and is getting along very
nicely. Unless some unforeseen COM
plication takes place he will be around
very soon.
MRS. J. A. CAUaHREN.
(Mr. Caughren underwent q surgi-
cal operation at Rochester last Saturs-
day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15

r. Raymond of st. Paul and family
are located in their cottage at Ward
Springs for the summer. They took
up their residence there last week.
Mrs. R. L. Snyder of st. Paul is their
guest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
HOl STEMS ARE GOOD
Mortified Bankers Attribute Pros.
perity to Business in That Line
of Stock
FARMERS MAKE MONEY
They Raise Good Cattle and COnse-
quentiy Their Bank Accounts
Are Satisfactory

The following article, printed few
weeks ago in a st. Paul newspaper
under a Mortified, Mimi, date, is OF
interest to every stock grower in Min
nesota. 1t will pay for careful per-
usal.
Mortified has two banks whose to-
tai assets amount to more than ST.
900 900 each. The statement of the
First National shows total resources
amounting to $1,O47,O and that OF
the Mortified National, $1,O42,0oo in
resources.
The hank officials attribute their
.urosperity to the business in pure
bred Holstein cattle which has de-
yeloped into great proportions in this
section in the past few years. The
Holstein herds of the country tribu-
tarv to Nordfield are bringing thou
sands of dollars month to breeders.
How many thousands of dollars are
-,ure bred cattle of any breed bring
ing in to the farmers in the vicinity
of Kasson?
How many farmers i'll the vicinity
OF Kasson. are breeding pure bred
cattle?
How many farmers in this vicinity
of Kasson are testing their herds and
fnCing out what each COW is doing,
and getting rid of their star board
ers." or. in other words, disposing OF
the COWS which the test shows are not
making good?
In the vicinity of Albert Lea and
Austin you will find the conditions the
same as they are at Mortified.
Those who are dealing in pure bred
Hoisteins in that vicinity are the ones
who have the largest bank accounts.
The same thing is true in the country
surrounding Lake Mills, Wis, which is
situated in the southern part Of Wis
cousin in Jefferson county. Jefferson
county, for several years, has pro-
duced more dairy products than any
other county in the United States, st.
Lawrence county, N. Y, for many
years was the leading county in the
- United States in the production OF
dairy products, but for several years
Jefferson county, Wis, has forged
ahead. Lake Mills is noted from the
Atlantic to the Pacific for her beauti-
full Holstein cattle. Last year over
5000 900 worth of Holstein cattle were
shipped from that county to all parts
of the world. Six car loads went to
Japan, ten car loads in one shipment
Went to southern Idaho, three car
loads to Mexico, one car load to New
Zealand, one car load to Australia and
car load after car load is going every
day to Dakotas, Montana and the Pa
cifc coast. Twenty years ago dairy
ing was almost an unknown factor in
that section until three farmers de-
eided to buy registered Holstein bull
| and from that start it has grown un-
til last year 100000 went into the
pockets of the Holstein dairy farmers
in that vicinity.
ask you, farmers of the vicinity of
Kasson, would it not pay you to do
the same thing? But some of you will
say, 1--WE cannot afford to buy pure.
bred cattle at present prices
Let me tell you what one young
man did in ten years. E. H. Dollar, of
Henyelton, N. Y, was stenographer
, working at small salary, when at
the age of twenty-four he was left
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
Sank Centre, Mimi, Nav II, 1913

Sank Centre, Mimi, May II, 1913
Mr.. A. M. Welles, Editor Sank Centre Herald
Sank Centre, Mimi, Dear Sir: We wish to
compliment you on the value Of your paper
as an advertising medium. We credit your
paper for the bulk of the business done dur
ing our big sale. Last week, out of eight far
mers who called at our store in one day with
the view of securing bargains, seven vol
unfairly told us that they had seen our ad-
vertisement in The Herald. We heartily re-
commend The Herald to all advertisers who
wish to place their wares before the farmers
and the general public in this community.
Yours very truly,
Mann Music HOUSE,
By H. A. Mann
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15

LosT-Automobile lamp. Finder
return to Buchers meat market for
reward. Adv.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1913-05-15
1t Pays to Advertise

The Mann Music House of this city con-
Quoted a special sale continuing through two
weeks, closing last Saturday. The Mann
Brothers used half page advertisement in
The Herald each week, supplemented by
bills printed from the first one. The sale
was a success. The following unsolicited
testimonial indicates what the house thinks
Of the drawing powers of The Herald
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-05-17
Re.Un|on on Decoration Day

The annual reunion of the Off
Gals of the Eastern Shore Trust
Company will be held in Cambridge
on Decoration Day, Friday, May 30.
A large number of representatives
Of the Companys banks will attend,
six or eight towns and as many
counties being represented. In the
afternoon the regular business meet
inc will be held, and in the even
ing, at 8 o'clock, the officials of the
Company, and all its depositors who
desire to do so, will attend a lecture
TO be given by Rev. DR.. H. NJ.
Wharton, and addresses by Cover
nor Goldsborough and Thos. w.
Simmons, Esq, at the Auditorium
Admission to the lecture and adj
dresses. which, promise to be most
interesting, will be free to the Com
pany's officials and depositors, but
all that desire to attend will have
to procure tickets, which can be
obtained at the Trust Company s
bank in Cambridge. The enter
tainment is intended as a treat to
the Company's depositors, and on
ly depositors will be admitted.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-05-17
EpWorlh League Anniversary.

The Epworth League of Zion M.
Z. Church will hold its anniversary
service in the auditorium of the
church tomorrow evening. The Off
GERS of the League, who will have
charge of the services, are:
President, Miss Bertha Robinson.
1st ice-President, Miss Nellie b.
thum.
End President, Miss Mamie
Robbins
3rd Vice President, Miss Anna
Harrison.
4th vice-President, Miss Gretha
Warren
Secretary, Miss Bessie Bradshaw.
Treasurer, Miss Blanche Mat
thews.
Pianist, Miss Florence Marshall.
President of the Junior League,
Miss Frances Matthews.
Since the organization of this
branch of the League, ''The McCabe
Memorial this special service has
always been largely attended. One
of the interesting features of the
program will be the singing by the
League choir, recently organized.
We trust that all of the members
and friends of the church will make
it a point to be present.
Secretary.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-05-17
Reply 10 Capt. Robbins

Capt. Jos. Robbins:
Dear Sir.-In reply to your letter,
will say that your suggestion for an
explanation of what was meant by
sailing rules was entirely uncalled
fer; you know that it was not at all
necessary, for there are few who do
not know what is meant by that
phrase. You say in your letter that
I accepted your challenge under COW
er of sailing rules" l want to say
here, that / accepted your challenge
under no cover of any sort: 1
MEANT BUSINESS.
l have never lodged, but have
always been ready to sail. All the
lodging has been done by you.
Neither have l sat around the
wharves, corners or other public
places, and talked about it, or criti-
cized and slurred you.
I have come to the conclusion
that when you issued that chal-
lenge you thought l would not ac-
cept, but you know now that l
did mean business, and there is no
need of trying to deny it, as j ask
ed nothing that was not perfectly
honest and fair to us both.
In conclusion, will say, l do not
think there is nay business in you,
and shall not answer any more OF
your letters unless they are more
nusiness-like than any | have yet
read. Henry Leland.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-05-17
ELkS BENEFIT PLEASES
Comic Production at Auditorium
Abuses Patrons.

+ Cambridge had another opportuni-
ty last night to see one of those
beautifully staged and well-acted
amateur performances given under
The direction of Mrs. Franz Naylor.
And it is really remarkable what
excellent results Mrs. Naylor can
produce with the talent of this city.
1t is quite generally conceded that
there is no scarcity of amateurs. in
this section, and this allows the di
rectress wider range from which to
select plays. Heretofore the pro-
auctions have always possessed
plot, but the one of last night was
complete farce.
The first act gave one look at
the drawing room of Clarence Agla-.
more's home, at Surrey, England.
Into this delightful Eden, which was
inhabited by Clarence Eglamore (Mr.
Richard Dixon) and his bride, Jul
iiet miss Katharine Wallace) ap-
peared fusSy, meddlesome, bossy
Mrs. Cummin, Mrs. Eglamore's mo-
defects, Mrs. Cummin, of Edgbaston,
exhibits more vanity than is allotted
to womankind. AS too much"
mother-in-law, Miss Sophia Roberts
was the scream of the evening. With
apparently little effort upon her
part, she portrayed the character of
a woman who was domineering, snob-
bish and conceited.
Miss Wallace acted the part of
Mrs. Eglamore with her usual grace
and skill. The gowns which she
wore were incomparably exquisite,
and she attracted the attention of
Capt. Sands by the lovely manner
in which she wore her beautifully
arranged roses. AS mistress of her
new home, and also as hostess at a
card party, she was perfectly charm
ing. Her guests were Misses Verda
Bayly, Elizabeth Henry, Ethel Ross,
Kathleen Hooper, Marie Dixon, and
Messrs. Benz. S. Insley, ]. Elliott
Waddell and Henry l.. Johnson.
Mr.. Richard Dixon was, as usual,
a favorite with the audience. His
portrayal of Clarence Eglamore was
superb, and he was as popular as a
ben-pecked husband as he was as
ieadino man in "An American Citi-
zen The appearance of Susy
Plain, in red blazer and cream
flannel skirt, was a signal for fun,
for as soon as Miss Mabel Woolford
comes upon the scene of actiony ey- /
eryone expects amusement to sabe-
gin. Miss Woolford loses herself in
her part, and her acting is always
devoid of self-consciousness. She
was accompanied by her mother Mrs.
Plain Miss Helen Ziegler) f
Mr. Russell Davis,as Horace Egla-
more, the rich old uncle of Car
ence, was very good, and Captain
Sands, (Mr George Bourns) an old |
gossip, and a nuisance to Susy |
Plain, was quite amusing. In the |
first act, Mr.. Benz. Insley had a
minor part,as Mills.a gardener EI
len miss Julia Ruark) and Fr l-i
EFT Miss Charlotte Bramble1 made
neat little maids. 80
The play. which was given ufder
the auspices of the Benevolent PRO
tective Order of Elks, was patrohiz
ed by a large number of the mem
bers and their friends.