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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
NAMING A BATTLE.
Opposing Armies Do Not Always Give
It the Same Designation.

Opposing Armies Do Not Always Give
It the Same Designation.
Many of the worlds most famous
battles have two names. Thus the bat
tie of Waterloo is known by that name
only among English speaking peoples.
The French call it the battle Of La
Belle Alliance. The battle that decid
ed the war between Prussia and Aus
tria in 1866 is known among the Ger
mans as the battle of SadOwa, but the
Austrians call it the battle Of kOenig-
graetz. In the war Of 1870, between
Germany aud France, the great ell
gagement that the Germans call the
battle of Gravelotte is spoken Of by
the French as the battle OF st. Privat.
The same thing was common in our
civil'war. The battle that is known III
the north as the battle of Bull Kun
would not be recognized by most south
erners under that name. In the south
it is invariably called the battle Of
Manassas. So the battle that the Fed
eral generals called the battle OF Pitts
burg Landing was by the COnfederates
called the battle of Shiloh. Antietam
IL called in the south the battle OF
Sharpsburg. The writer. sOutberner.
whose father was a Confederate 9th
Ger. was twenty years old before he
ever heard Of the battle of Antietaln.
although he was familiar with all the
details Of the battle Of Sharpsburg.
The reason for this is that the Op-
posing armies always name the battle
from some prominent geographical
landmark. and as they look at the field
from different points of view they nat,
urally settle ON different names. Thus.
at Waterloo. the battle took its Eng
lish name from the little village where
Wellington made his final headquar
ters and whence ha sent to England
the first dispatch that announced his
victory. So In 1866 the headquarters
Of the PrusSian army was near the vii
lage of SadOwa. whereas that of the
Austrians was near the village of KOe
niggraetz. At Gravelotte the little vii
lage Of that name was al important
point in the German lines. On the side
of the French the hamlet of st Privat
was the key to their battle formation
As long as they held that they were
invincible. but when the Germans as
sailed 1t in the rear and drove them
out the day was lOst.-YOuth's Com
paniOn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
Saved His Cigars.

Twill you have q cigar?" said the
host. "These are some my wife gave
me for q birthday present. Help your
self. Let me give you light"
Every man present said he had sworn
off smoking.
"Why did you tell lie about those
cigars. John?" asked his wife after the
gentlemen had gone. you know
didn't give them to you for birthday
present"
"You just keep quiet. Mary. That
box of fifty cigars cost me just $1O
and l can't afford to give any Of them
away"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26

In our hurry to nave things
done We do not succeed we
blow mp. The curse ut this age
n rush. 1t makes children Old
before their time: II wrecks men
In the prime Of their manhood:
II shOrtens lives and tills the
insane asyiums. and ON women
II TEARS hardest ut all. ''lDO 1t
nuwr' "Get busy ''Stpp i've
lyr' Hustler are the orders OF
the hour. and IN these phrases
Ties the greatest weakness Ut the
age. Children to-day have no
time for mud pies. they must tie
precWiOus little men and wO
men. must lead the life OF adults
Their st.hOOi work Is u rush that
leaves them little education rbe
modern woman puts tremendous
nervous energy into everything
she does. and this rush scheme
of existence rs hardest on her
No great thing IL ever done 10
q bury. and set We are proud
of being strenuous Rev A +.
Keigwin. New York
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
QUEER ANIMAL TRAPS.
Not Intended as Such, but They Prove
Deadly Lures.

Not Intended as Such, but They Prove
Deadly Lures.
That almost unerring instinct which
carries animals through grave dangers
has led in many instances i'll the Mid
way n: 4 Sunset oil fields Of California
20 their undOing. Chief among such
victims arc rabbits and water fowl.
A jackrabbit and a cOttOntail find a
nice round. smooth hole. There are
many such in the oil fields. where Oil
piping is necessity for the transpOrta-
ton of oil to the refineries. The rab-
bits decide to set up housekeeping
there. The cottOntail desires perma-
nent home and the jackrabbit wants
a refuge safe from malevolent man.
Soon they discover their habitat is
being moved. No doubt they are
frightened. but they instinctively stay
within their retreat. One end of the
hole is closed. Even then they do not
leave Soon the other end of the hole
Is darkened Then it is darkness eter-
nal for the furry pair.
Some time later it Is discovered that
a newly laid oil pipe line is choked
After great labor the line is disjointed
and the remains Of many rabbits re-
moved. Thousands Of rabbits have
been thus exterminated in the oil fields
The death rate among water fowl is
even greater. Again. as with the rab
bits. instinct leads them to certain de
structiOn. Every little lake Of oil In
the vicinity of gusher is a trap fol
the unthinking birds. At twilight ant
dawn these tar colOred lakes appear a!
bodies Of water to the deluded fowl
Scientific American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
The Market In Cauls.

We believe that there is still some
market for cauls among sailors. who
retain their belief in the efficacy Of the
membranes as protection against
shipwreck and drowning. Notices of
"Cauls For Sale Within" were to be
seen recently in windows in the vicin-
ity Of the docks Of both London and
Liverpool. but it is some time since
we have noticed an advertisement Of a
caul for sale in the daily press. 1t may
be remarked that the sale of cauls, so
far from being very anc ent custom
is a comparatively modern innovation
The witchcraft Of the middle ages de
clared against the caul retaining any
virtue whatever If parted with by gift
or sale to any but u member Of the
child's kindred. London Lancet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
Unhappy Hindu Women.

The Hindu holy hooks forbid a wo-
man to see dancing. hear music. wear
Jewels, blacken her eyebrows. eat dain
ty food. sit at window or view her
self in a mirror during the absence OF
her husband and allow him to divorce
her If she has no sons. Injuries his prop
erty. scoldss him. quarrels with another
woman or presumes to eat before he
has finished his meal. - Liverpool Mer-
curry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
When You Select Your Turkey.

In selecting your turkey or chicken
chU'se bird that Is heavy 10 prol'Or
don to its size Avoid those fowls that
have a prominent breastbone. aud pass
over those having coarse skin and rough
sraies gu the legs for these show old
age Select bird that has clean
smooth. yellow feet aud iegs. moist
aud delicate skin and pump breast.
which. when pressed with the thumb.
will he elastic
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
The Struggle.

The road to eminence and power
from an obscure condition ought not
to be made too easy nor thing too
much of course. If rare merit lie the
rarest of all things ii ought to pass
through some sort of probation. The
temple of honor ought to he seated Oh
an eminence. Ii it he open through
virtue let it be remembered. too. that
virtue is never tried hut by some ditti
Guilty and some struggle. Burke.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
curry.
Her Advantage.

"Tf you keep on. Willie. yon'il soon
know as much as your teacher. SAID
the minister patroniZingly.
"Huh-. exclaimed Willie I'D know
as much now as she does II looked
Mt the hook all the time like she does
Chicago News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
Big time AT BRAINERD
Development and Crop improvement
Association Will Hold Joint Con-
vention There Dec. Ia.

Crop Improvement ASSOCIATION mas Is
sued it's program for the meeting
which will be held here jointly with
the Northern Development Associa-
ton on Dec. 1, 2, and 4. The mid
winter seed exposition will be held at
the same time. Following is the pro-
pram:
Tuesday, Dec. 1, Forenoon
Registration of delegates and visi-
tors.
1O:3O-Call to order by President
C. w. Glotfelter.
Address of Welcome-Mayor of
Brainerd.
Responses, president of Crop Inn
provement association, president of
Northern Minnesota Development As
ISOLATION.
Greetings, president of Brainerd
Commercial Club, G. P. Sheridan.
Appointment of committees of both
associations.
Announcements.
Afternoon.
Announcement of corn prize win
ners.
"Soil Fertility Problems" A. ].
Gafke, Brainerd.
Tobacco in Minnesota" Charles
Lien, St. Cloud.
Clearing Lands" A. ]. Mcclure,
St. Paul.
Evening
Entertainment given for the dele
gates and registered visitors by the
Brainerd Commercial Club.
Wednesday, Dec. 2, Forenoon.
Announcement Of winnings on
grains.
minnesota Seed Law" o. w. Os-
valid, University Farm, St. Paul.
minnesota Grain Grades" w. E.
Thompson, state grading department,
St. Paul.
Rotation of Crops" Prof. J. H.
Shepherd, Fargo.
Afternoon.
Announcement of winnings on Pota-
toes.
"Potato Varieties and Seed" Rich
ard Wellington, University Farm, st.
Paul.
"Potato Markets and Marketing"
Marketing" L. D. H. Weld, Uni
versitv Farm, st. Paul.
At 800 o'clock the ladies auxiliary
will hold a reception in the CONNER
cial Club rooms.
Evening
Banquet (informal), admission by
ticket, rs cents.
Address, DR.. Cyrus Northrup, pres
ident emeritus, University of MINI.
Thursday, Dec. 3, Forenoon
Business Meeting Minnesota Crop
Improvement Association.
Reports officers and committee
men.
New Business. ),
Election of Officers.
Presidents address, C.. w. Gfotfel-
ter, Waterville.
"Needs in Northern Minnesota" D.
A. Wilson, St. Paul.
Afternoon.
"Crops for Northern Minnesota" o.
I. Berg, Grand Rapids.
breeding Plants for Northern Con-
ditions," E. J. Delwish, Wisconsin col
lege.
"Crop Improvement an Opportun-
itv in Northern Minnesota" M. j.
THOMPSON, Duluth.
Permanent and Sanitary Farm
Improvement" E. S. Fowler. Mime
apolis.
Evening
Address, minnesota as a Resort
for Tourists" J. Adam Bede.
Friday, Dec. A, Forenoon
Under the auspices of the Northern
Minnesota Development Association.
Address, Educational Develop
ment," Dean A. F. Woods, University
of Minnesota.
Address, J. C. Mcdowell, agricul
turist United States Department o.
agriculture.
Address, Efficiency" c. P. Craig
Chairman Minnesota Efficiency Com
mission.
Address, Logan. w. Page, publi
road department, Washington, D. c
Afternoon.
Reports Of committees and election
of officers.
Adjournment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1914-11-26
LET Us GIVE THANKS
UNTO THE LORD"

: The ancient Hebrews kept the
feast Of thanksgiving with great
rejoicing and religious ceremony
They called II the feast Of In
: gathering"
In Leviticus we are told that
the Lord spake unto Moses and
!! said:
I'VE shall do no servile work
! therein. and also on the fifteenth
Z day Of the seventh month. when
!! We have gathered in the fruit Of
the land. We shall keep a feast
unto the Lord. seven days. and
ye shall rejoice before the Lord
your God seven days"
Again in Exodus IL mentioned
the feast Of harvest. the first
fruits Uf thy labOrs, which thou
hast sown in the field. and the
feast Of ingathering. which IL the
end Of the year. when thou hast
gathered 10 thy IaDOrS out Of the
field"
All of these feasts occurred
after harvest time. when mate
rial blessings were both alum
dant and obvious and the people
not only had the disposition. but
the time. to he thankful after
the labor Of crop gathering was
over.
In these Thanksgiving prOcla
nations the people were com
mandpd to take holiday to feast
and to rejoice. ant al! the prW.la
nations since that day down to
those annually issued by Uur
governors have not improved
upon this
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19
North Dakota CI,a,,ta,,qua

This is one of the most magniti-
cent drawing cards in the pack OF
Devils Lakes attractions and for nat
ural advantages is one of Natures
priceless gifts vouchsafed to Devils
Lake and North Dakota for all time.
No other city in the Chautauqua circle
in the United States has been able
to duplicate it, it is an endowment
from the Creator. Il gift that is more
precious and lasting than Natures
store house of gold, for it cannot be
mined and carried away by the avarlce
of man, but instead is dedicated to the
higher ideals of life as represented
i'll the great educational work oil the
Challtauqua field.
Natures All summer Play Grounds
The Chlutauqua association grounds
are located six miles from the city,
bordering Devils Lake that has IL shore
line of ten miles wide and thirty
five miles long. the sea water of which
is sky blue. with Il sandy beach. and
graduating depth from the shore from
four to one hundred feet, making it
an ideal boating and bathing field. The
association has expended about $780,
900 in buildings, fences, electric light
plant, pumping station, tennis courts.
cement walks, parkwayS and drives,
making it the most complete Chau-
tauqua ground in America. Among
tne manly nOIanlc features we Nbulu
name the Chautauqua Auditorium.
with Il seating capacity of 5000: two
hotels of 100 and 200 guest rooms: Il
summer school building with acc"mo-
dations for 500 teachers and baseball
diamond with bleechers holding 1000.
The bookings of the North Dakota
Chautauqua assembly of Devils Lake
cover the pick of attractions includ-
ing the lectures from men of national
repute, readers. singers and high class
dr;t,na, together with HYDRO plane and
other novelties, for the reason that
there is always an assured attendance
for all the assembly attractions hook
ed, as the territory TO draw from COW
ers practically all of North Dakota.
The Devils Lake Natrh ana Boat
Club OF 100 members owns sailhoats.
canoes and gasoline launches. Adjoin-
ing the ChautauGua grounds is the
North Dakota State Military Encamp-
mcnt grounds containing 1000 acres,
located OH the north shore of Devils
Lake. all heavily timbercd except the
parade grounds which have been
cleared. Another of the midsummer
inviting features are the 1000 campers
who own tasty cottages or tents tn
enjoy Nature in its fullneSs among
the wide spreading trees of tho forest
with lure Of wild roses, violcts. blue
bells. lady slippers, redmen, honey
suckle and ferns: wild fruits, cherries.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

mind put the stamp of approval on
Devils Lake as one of the great re-
ceiving and shipping railroad centers
of North Dakota. Then in 1911. the
Great Northern Hotel was built Il
l25-room house. three-story with
basement, press brick structure. Tho
last word in hotel architecture. fittings
and furnishings costing 100000; q
$4,000 opera house, one of the finest
in the Northwest; a $4,000 public
library: s150.0oO federal building and
post Office. the pride of North Dakota :
the western Hotel, another $4,000
tlree-story press brick. equal to any
hotel in its class i'll the West; the
Sevilla Hotel, Il $4,000 threc-story
press brick. and the widely known,
popular Colonial Hotel, giving tram
sirnt accommodations for five hundred
guests, making Devils Lake one of the
leading convention cities of the state.
Among other statewide drawing cards
Of Devils Lake is the North Dakota
Chautauqua Auditorium and the North
Dakota State Military IIncsmpment
grounds. both located on the North
Shore Of Devils Lake. 1t is also one of
four sub-districts of the United States
district court of North Dakota: the
terminal division of the Great North
ern Railways three divisions, Breck-
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

This appointment is very satisfying
to the citizcnS OF Devils Lake who
nave business to transact with Uncle
Sans largest public service depart
ment in which the whole people has
~ personal interest. Mrs. Bloom has Il
delightful personality and during her
thirteen years of residence in this city
has won ,hc esteem and confidence Of
the public, having been actively en-
gagged in church and charitable work.
besides taking an active part in city
welfare problems where she has dis
played unusual executive ability, tall
ents will come in good stead now that
she has received the appointment aS
postmistrcss of Devils Lake. Her up-
polntmcnt is well mcrited. not only
as a recognition of her ability, but
that her husband. J. I'll. Bloom editor
and publisher of the Devils Lake
Journal, established in September
1904, the only democratic daily paper
in North Dakota Il live progressive
newspaper that carries the United
states press reports, giving a complete
dolnSs. In addition to the daily there
is also published the Devils Lake
Weekly Journal that has Il statewide
In interviewing the major
portion of the business men and far
mers i'll getting the material for this
wrte-ltn on Devils Lake and the Lake
Region we found a universal express
SION of APPROVAL of Mrs. Blooms ap-
p"intment and the concensus of opin-
ion is that it will unity the community
and set the wheels Of progress in
motion for Il bigger ana better Devils
Lake.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

The big wholesale house in this big
territory, is the Lake Grocery conf
pany. wholesalers in all lines pertain
ing to the grocery business. This COM
pany started business in 1910, and for
every year during the past four, its
trade has increased by jumps and
bounds, until today the annual sales
exceed 100000. giving employment
TO four travelling statesmen, while on
the payroll there arc sixteen The
trade zone Of the Lake Grocery COM
pany extends west to Towner, south to
Aneta, east to I.akota and West on 500
Line TO Drake and all their feeders
north. The growth and supremacy of
this house is more than assured as ii
has built up its wholesale grocery
business on the strength of the terri
tory that belongs to it. and with the
filling of the territory. its business will
naturally double and treble. The Lake
Grocery company is incorporated for
100000. and is housed in its own
building" three-story, press brick.
size IGX150 feet, steam heated and
electric lighted, fitted up with all the
conrenicnces known to the wholesale
grocery business.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

of prosperity in wheat crop yields as
those of the Lake Region. These pio-
ncerS came HS Immigrants to build
new farm homes most of them had
only enough money to locate. on Il
quarter section of Uncle Sans domain
in North Dakota, but within the short
span OF twenty-five years all OF them
have become well-to-do, and many
of them are in the hundrcd-thousand-
dollar class. Every dollar of this money
rcpreScntinE the profits harvested
from thpsoil. So amazing was the crop
yield as to make ii the wonder land
for the wheat farmer
The soil of tn" Lake Region. like
other sections of North Dakota for
wheat sick and finally refusing to give
the old time yields. Then came the
oif-crop years with such persistent
regularity. that to escape them, diver
siiicd farming took the place of
wheat with the result that Il quarter
section now produces as much as IA
section under the old pioneer system
of wheat farming.
In the Lake Region territory, there
is no vacant or wild land, except
school lands. which arc priced at
nearly improved farm land values.
The real buys arc in improved wheat
farms. that ;lre being sliced up into
100 to $40 acre units This has been
made necessary under the Propaganda
of Better Farming. Which spells corn
and hogs. alfalfa, clover and siloS,
dariyiTG and stock raising, potatoes
and root crops, small fruits. last but
not least, crop rotation. wheat oats.
barley and flax. The real money maxi
crs of the farm, and when fully in
auGuratcd throughout the Lake Re-
eion, land values will jump to 500
1" Si50 an acre.
Tho day of cheap improved farms
in the Lake Region is all but passed.
What we mean by cheap improved
farms with suitable buildings, average
soil for sale at less than 500 an acre,
and in this belief we arc ably seconded
by j.. r. Crane OF ST. Paul, farming
expert of Mr.. James J. Hill, who in
an address at Grand Forks on Novem-
her 21st. 1914. said:
Land values in North Dakota will
be worth and sell at $3.50 an acre in
three years time
An Epoch In City Building
When the Dakotas were Il terri
tory. before it was divided into two
states, the pioneer settlers OF Devils
Lake plated the townsite in 1882.
The population consisted of II hand
ful of sturdy pioneers. men who had
come from many WALKS OF lie TO build
q new empire il. the picturesque
plateau set in Il ,liadcm OF beautiful
lakes. TO create Il city of the first
magnitude. in the now Lake Region
of Eastern North Dakota. They had
an abiding faith in this praticular spot,
Il faith that has since developed into
the fifth city of the great state of
North Dakota. that the next census
will rank as the third in population
ar Il Tn, irt, I
has made wonderful progress. for in
1890 it's population was only S46. i'm
1900. 1.729 and in 1910, 5,157, and
today is I, city of 1000 population A
steady and consistent growth, based
soley upon the development of it's
agricultural resources tributary to it
and that of the Lake Region. Devils
Lake is now starting upon the second
cycle of its existence in the golden
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

where patients are treated who are
afflicted with contagious diseases.
During the past year Mercy Hospi-
tai has handled three hundred surgi-
cal cases besides medical cases. from
the territory of Devils Lake, Ramsey
county and the Lake Region The re-
gular medical staff includes four men,
bers while patients have the privilege
of their own medical attendant.
Mercy Hospital has a training
school for nurses that ranks equal to
any In the Northwest The
course covers three years train
ing, lectures + and demonstrations
are given at stated times by physici-
ans and surgeons and the medical
staff Of the hospital. A diet kitchen
has been added to the hospital for the
nurses and Instructions given In pre-
pairing food for the sick.
e Merck Hospital and Training School
for nurses 10 under the supervision
Of Mother Superior of the Order OF
Sdsfers Of Mercy. Devils Lake, N. D.