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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-22

A farmer in northwestern Iowa
bought farm from a man in South
Dakota, paying $1,000 to bind the
bargain, says an exchange When
the time came to complete the pur-
chase and receive the deed the Iowa
man found that he could not raise
sufficient funds to carry out his end
of the contract, so he notified the
South Dakota farmer and asked that
the 1000 paid to bind the bargain
be refunded to him. The Dakota man
refused to pay back the $1,000. He
said that it was given him to bind
the bargain inasmuch as it was not
his fault that the deal did not go
through he did not think he ought
to pay it back. The Iowa man sued
him and when the case came up in
court the judge decided that the ST.
600 should be paid back. He said
that the contract for the sale of the
land was practically a deed and as
such it required the signature of the
wife of the man making the sale, and
inasmuch as this was not in evidence
the contract was not binding. The
judge held that the owner of the land
still held the title thereto and in view
of this fact lie had no claim upon the
intended purchaser. There is a point
involved in this decision that is worth
remembering.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-22

Some folks want the faith to re-
move mountains when they ought to
be content with the faith that would
remove molehills, for that is about
the size of their troubles.-The
Christian Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
LYMAN PRAIRIE

Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bottomley from
Winnebago, are visiting with Sanford
Jones and family.
The Lyman Prairie Sunday School
went to Grove Lake Sunday to attend
the Rally Day services. The program
was very nice and a picnic dinner was
served at the parsonage to all who
stayed from Lyman Prairie.
Don't forget the Variety supper to
be held at A. M. Davis place, Nov. Is.
Everyone is invited.
Mrs. johnson is preparing an en-
tertainment for Friday evening, Nov.
10. A Basket Social will be given
after the program. All are invited to
come and help the school children.
The exercises will be held at the
church.
Miss Alice Ritter, Mae Rurdick.
John Alice, and David Aloe, are
leaving Tuesday for their new home
in Dakota
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bottomley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Jones spent
Tuesday in Ashley visiting their
neice, Mrs. James Jardine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
PLEASED WITH PROSPECTS

James A. Nichols, Minneapolis, j.
III. Meister and II. w. Bockus, of Fra
zee, spent Thursday of last week in
Sank Centre, inspecting the business
of the Nichols, Hicks, McNairy
Wholesale Grocery Co., which recent
ly opened up for business in this city.
All of the gentlemen are stockholders
in the concern, and expressed them
selves as very well pleased with the
business done to date and prospects
for material development in the flu
ture. Mr.. Meister and Mr.. Bockus
are vice president and secretary re-
spectively, of the Methodist Chisholm
Lumber Co. Mr.. Nichols is one of the
prominent men in the Shevlin- Car
penter organization, and besides is an
active member of the Minnesota
Board of immigration. His acquaint-
ance extends al over the Northwest
and he knows Minnesota and her
needs as few men do, making him a
very valuable member of the immigra-
ton board. Mr.. Nichols favored the
Herald with pleasant call.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
THE STATE. SCHOOL AID is CUT
Educational Institutions Fail to Get
Full Amount, Owing to Action
of Legislature.

Special aid to Minnesonta public
schools this year is being paid on a
basis of 80 per cent of the amount
the schools are really entitled to-.
The fact that the 1915 legislature, in
answer to popular clamor, held down
its appropriations resulted in the
cut.
These facts were brought out in a
statement by C.1G. Schultz, state sup
erintendent of education yesterday.
He said the schools should get
s So, 163 900, but must bow to legislat-
i've economy and accept $1,740,771.
This amount will be divided among
1896 schools.
Ramsey county will receive $16,800
as its share of the purse contributed
by the state to foster better educa-
ton. Six high schools, seven, semi
graded schools and twenty-five rural
schools will be aided by the state.
st. Louis county schools are en-
titled to the largest amount of aid of
any of the counties, and will obtain
$59,340 from Walter j. Smith, state
treasurer. Ten counties are entitled
to more than $4,000. They are Cass,
Itasca, Hennepin, Marshall, Otter
Tail, Pine, Polk, st. Louis, Stearns
and Wright.
The amount. of annual grants to
schools in the last five years follow:
1911, $1,359,991; 1912: 81, 379, POI ;
1913, $1551,522; 1914: $11, 1884, 576;
1915: $91, 740,771.
Five years ago there were 4,195
schools and departments receiving
aid, now there are 1906.
Payment of the large amount of
special aid to the schools means that
the state must go into the market
and borrow money each year.
Walter j. Smith, state treasurer,
recently borrowed $12,0O0,O00 with
which to pay this aid and run the
affairs of the state until March, when
revenue from railroad and telephone
company taxes will be coming in.s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
HOME SCHOOL NOTES.

On Wednesday evening, Nov. 3rd,
many helpers from the School at
tended the Organ Recital at the Con-
gregational church. In the afternoon
Mr.. Woodruff and Mr.. Hamersly
visited the School, going through sew
eral Of the cottages. They expressed
themselves delighted with everything
they saw, being particularly impress
ed with the beauty of the architecture
and the excellence of the good taste
displayed in furnishing the buildings.
Thursday, Nov. 4th, Mrs. Morse re-
turned from a restful and profitable
month spent in California. Beside at
tending the National Congress of the
American Prison Association, at Oak
land, visits were made to both the
Panama and SanDiego expositions,
and to the institutions and social or
CARNATIONS of the larger cities of Cal
ifornia.
Friday, Nov. 9TH, was Visiting Day
for the girls of the School. An unus-
ually large number of visitors were
entertained.
Last Monday evening Mrs. Albee
left for few weeks vacation which
she will spend in her home in West
boro, Mass.
There have been several guests at
the School during the week, among
them Miss Moody, of Duluth, Mrs,
Haas of st. Paul, and Mr.. Crane of
the Great Northern Railway.
Both girls and helpers attended the
entertainment at the Caughren thea
tire on Tuesday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
STONE MEASURE.
There Is No Regular Unit, and 1t Fairly
Revels In Variety.

There Is No Regular Unit, and 1t Fairly
ReveIs In Variety.
Owing to the variety Of uses to
which stone is put, there is no regu-
lar unit of measurement employed by
the quarrymen, the stone being sold by
the cubic yard, cubic foot, ton. cord,
perch, rod. square foot, square yard,
square. etc. Building and monumental
stone, especially the dressed product,
is usually sold by the cubic foot or the
cubic yard, although this unit varies
with the class of stone and with the
locality; a large quantity of rough
stone is sold by the perch, cord or
ton.
Bubble and riprap, including stone
for such heavy masonry as breakwater
and jetty work. are generally sold by
the cord or ton. Fluxing stone and
stone for chemical use-as for alkali
works, sugar factories, carbonic acid
plants and paper mills-are sold by
the long ton. Flagstone and curbstone
are sold by the square yard or the
square foot, the thickness being vari-
able and dependent on the orders re-
ceived. Granite paving blocks are sold
invariably by number, but the blocks
are not of uniform size, the value de
pending on the size of the block and
the labor necessary to cut into the
shape desired. Other paving material
is sold by various units, such as ton
or cubic yard.
Crushed stone is usually sold by the
cubic yard or ton. the short ton be
ing more generally used. The weight
of cubic yard of crushed stone varies
from 1890 to 1900 pounds, the average
weight being about $500 pounds. In
certain localities crushed stone is sold
by the square of 100 square feet by
foot, or 100 cubic feet. Crushed stone
is also sold by the bushel. 211a bushels
representing cubic yard of about
200 pounds.-G Geological Survey Bull
letin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
The Senate Barber Shop.

Here's an odd thing about the Unit
ed States senate barber shop: Although
the number of senators has hardly in
creased at all. the number of shaves
has increased at a surprising rate in
recent years. The reason. is simply
that the senate is now inhabited large
ly by comparatively young men with
smooth faces or wearing mustaches at
most, and they are obliged to get
shaved every little while. whereas the
old style senator with a riot of whisk-
ers never had occasion to visit barber
shop except every few months to get
his hair trimmed Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
SHE WAS A TRUE WIFE.
The Story of Crisis and the Way II
Was Happily Handled.

The Story OF Crisis and the Way IL
Was Happily Handled.
A woman has just told us of what
she did the night her young husband
found himself bankrupt. His factory
was closed, he had lost all he owned
plus a good deal more-and, as he
locked at 1t, life was about at an end.
He reflected that he had taken his
wife from happy and charming home
and that he had brought disgrace and
poverty On her. 1t occurred to him
that well placed bullet might be the
best all round solution of his Difficult
ties.
His wife, at home, made poignant
surmise as to what he was thinking.
Suddenly it occurred to her that here
was a chance for team work-an op.
portunity to show what being a wife
really meant. She prepared de-
licious little dinner, she made her home
as inviting as she could, and she ar.
rayed herself in her most becoming
dress.
Her husband returned, not to dis
heveled and sobbing woman, to a
neglected house and a drama of dis
aster, but to home where everything
spoke of resolution, of continuity, of
expectation. The fire on his hearth.
his simple, well cooked dinner the
courageous eyes of his attractive wife.
restored him to a true sense of values.
He was able, amid all his confusion of
purpose and torment of realization, to
see his failure as only retrievable
episode in his life.
He is now successful manufacturer,
his debts are paid and he has a happy
home with a son and a daughter in it.
He was saved from being a suicide by
the fact that woman was sportsman
like at the right moment = Golfers
Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
BLUE RIBBON BUTTERMAKER

The State Dairy and Food Depart
ment has recently closed SIX
months contest for buttermakers. The
state was divided into districts, the
buttermakers in the district Compel
ing against each other. Two diplomas
were awarded for each district, and
Buttrmaker Jacobs of the Sank Lake
Cooperative Creamery, was one OF
the successful contestants in this dis
trict, the other being the buttermaker
at Carlos, who was fraction of a
point ahead of the local man. The
product from the Sank Centre cream
.ery brings premium on easternsnar-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
Disguised.

One day while her grandfather was
paying visit to Fiorence's home the
little girl said to him:
"Gran'pa. your talk about 'persever-
ance winning is all u ,nsense.'
well, well, child!' cried the grand
father. "Why do you say that?'
why" said the little girl. I've
worked all the afternoon blowing soap
bubbles and trying TO pin them on
mothers hat. New York Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
SUNDAY CLOSING MOVEMENT

Several of the churches last Sun
day voted resolution in the form of
a petition to be presented to the bus
mess men to close all places of bus
mess as far as possible on Sunday.
Some of the business men have ex-
pressed willingness to close in case
their competitors could be induced to
do so. Not all the churches likely to
act have yet done so and as soon as
all have considered the resolution the
same with the names of the curches
acting will be published.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
CELEBRATES BIRTHpAy

Little Mary Irish entertained a few
friends at her home on lower Main
street Saturday afternoon between
and s o'clock, the occasion being her
tenth birthday. The little girls spent
the first part of the afternoon attend
ing the matinee at the Caughren thea
tire. At the close of the matinee they
returned to the home where games
were played and light refreshments
were served. The little hostess was
the recipient of many gifts. The fol-
lowing We're present: Dale Dobbs,
Winnifred Benson, Octavia McNam-
ara, Elizabeth Irish, Marie Merfeld,
Olivia Matthias and Pearl Matthias.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
SAUK CENTRE FINDS Sell
High School Football Team Walk All
! Over Appleton by Score of SIS
to O in Saturdays Game.

Sank Centres High School football
team found themselves last Saturday
and won from Appleton team in lop-
sided game which resulted in 800
score.
Sank Centre started out with Fish
a center, Lembke and Bisel, guards,
Allen and Wagner tackles, Lee and G..
Pangburn ends, Farr and E. Pangburn
halfbacks, Hanson fullback, and Sc
gers quarterback. At the end of the
first quarter Sank Centre had piled
up 10 points by means of three touch
downs and kicking goal once. When
play was resumed "Stub" Lyman, who
just recently returned from a farm
in North Dakota and is seemingly as
hard as nails, took Farr's place as one
of the halls; he pulled off several
corking plays during the balance of
the game E. Pangburn and Lyman
were most consistent ground gamers
for the locals, but the ends, half and
quarter carried the ball for gains at
times. Sank Centre worked several
criss-cross and trick plays but the
best trick play of the game was pulled
by Appleton in the second quarter and
the ball was advanced good distance
down the field only to be lost on
downs.
A unique feature of the game and
one that is very unusual occurred IN
the third quarter, when Appleton re-
covered the ball on her own eight yard
line only to be showed back over the
goal line. The Appleton kicker got
int action for punt in the next play
but as the ball was directly in the
center of the goal posts and several
wards back of them when delivered to
to the punter, when kicked 1t struck
the cross bar and bounded back, APP
pleton falling On it for safety which
gave Sank Centre two points and the
ball was put in play on Appleton,s
90 ward line. Another feature was
when Dewey O'Gara, who was sub
stituted for E. Pangburn in the last
quarter, carrying the ball in crisis
cross trick play, hit Appleton's big
gest and best" and knocked him cold
for a few minutes. The spectators
surmised that Dewey kicked the man
in the head with the tennis shoes he
wore. The game ended after Sank
Centre had, made eight touchdowns,
kicked goal five times and received
two points on the safety, amounting
in all to 55 points.
Appleton best work was done by
their quarterback but he was taken
sick and retired at the end of the
first half. The visitors came 80 miles
over three different lines of roads,
staying over night at one of the towns
along the road each way in order to
get the game with Sank Centre. We
understand that they had an idea they
were bidders for the state champion
ship. Their bubble went bump Sat
urday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
A TABLE OF L0GARITHMs.
Its Use In Working Out Complex
Mathematical Problems.

UtdehSfuabtCdi GTOpiSfHSs
A logarithm is an exponent, and an
exponent is number showing how
many times another number has been
used in any multiplication. Ten times
10 equals 100. 1t was used twice, and
its exponent is 2. Ten cubed equals
1000, and its exponent is 3; while 10
to exponent 4 equals 10000, and SO on
out toward infinity. But suppose that
we wish to use 10, say ~ times or 1ss
times instead of twice Then the ex-
ponent must be computed, and expo
nents thus computed are always print
ed in tables.
Thus, as am now writing. the pa
per, as always. by day and by night,
is very near precious book, a table of
logarithms for all numbers from ! to
100000. computed out to seven deci-
NAL places. To give examples of their
use. suppose that you wish to multiply
8 by II. Look in the table and you
will find the logarithm of s to be
.903O900 and the logarithm of II to
be 1.0413927. Add these and the sum
will be 1.9444827 Look along the
column and it will be seen that this is
the logarithm of SS.
Easy. But suppose you wish to null,
tiply two strings of figures of from to
a dozen. In the great standard mathe-
matical sciences. such as astronomy,
physics and chemistry. the multiplied
ton and division of immense numbers
are required. Thus. let us square the
number 3155S149-that is. multiply it.
self by itself. tedious job But this
toll can be saved by the use of loga-
rithms. Thus, the logarithm of 3155S149
is 7.49912S9. taken directly from the
table. Then, to square any number
multiply it's logarithm by 2, and this
logarithm multiplied by equals
14.998257S. Now, by looking In the
table, the number of which this is the
logarithm is 99591 GEOLOGICAL Hours
of work are performed in few min
utes.-Edgar Lucien Larkin in New
York American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
BOUND OVER TO GRAND JURY
North Dakota Men are Held in Jail
at Glenwood Charged With
First Degree Murder.

Glenwood, Mimi, Nov. 10-John
jacobson and George Nelson of Lig-
mite, N. D., were bound over to the
grand jury by Justice F. E. Reed of
Glenwood, following preliminary
hearing here yesterday. They are
are charged with the murder of the
Mitmoen brothers, who were found
dead at their farm home near Lowry
on May IL, this year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

ONE HALF SECTION-unimproved
land, Roseau county. Very best black
loan, with clay sub-soil One half
mile from railroad and thriving in
corporated village, Fast developing
community with many miles of new
roads under construction. Bargain
for quick sale, $3.50 per acre. One
half cash, balance term of years at
six per cent. Chas. A Moody, War
road, Roseau county, Minre sota. 23-5
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
A Little Ambfauous.

Musician You didn't get around to
my recital last night. Friend-No. l
had splitting headache. However.
everybody told me ! should have gone,
because you would have made me for
get all other suffering. = Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
Heard on the Train.

.eWhat book is that you are reading.
Jim?.
1.-THE Sorrows of Satan. :"
well. I'll say this for you, Jim; you
always do take considerable interest
in the troubles of your friends. Dos
ton Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

FOR SALE-Quarter section, UNI
improved Roseau county land. Seven
miles from railroad station and mar
ket. Black loam with clay sub-soil,
easy to clear. no stone, pure water.
Good graded road past land. Owner
forced to sell quick. Price $3.50 per
acre cash. Chas. A. Moody Warroad
Roseau county, Minnesota. z3-5
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

In the life of man there is but one
real love. The trouble is that he usu-
ally can't tell which one it is.-Smart
Set
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

kets. The only regrettable feature in
connection with the Sank Lake
Creamery is that some of the farm
ers do not appreciate its value and
ship their cream to the Twin Cities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

wise men say nothing In dangerous
times. -Selden.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

GIRL WANTED-Good girl, who
understands cooking, wanted at the
Waldorf Cafe. 23-tf.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

LAND-240 acre improved farm
for sale, in Roseau county, no waste
land. At $40 per acre. Inquire of
John Hector, Sank Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

THOROUGHBRED SHEEP have
two thoroughbred Shropshire bucks
for sale. They are very fine animals.
Inquire of VIM. McDougal, Sank Gem
tire, or on the P. Grams farm, Ward
Springs. 23-24pd t3IiE
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

FOUND-On the shores of Fairy
lake, a gold band ring, with convex
surface, initials engraved on the in
side; also a flat band ring. Owner
or owners can have same by. calling
at the Herald office, proving property
and paying for this notice.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11
information. Miss Frances Myers.
Mgr, Glenwood, Ninn., Box 496. 22tf

land have a fine tract of ag-
rlcultural land situated in Cass coun-
ty, about go miles north of Sank Cen
tire which | will sell cheap and on the
most favorable terms. Call on or
address ]. B. Sauer, Sank Centre,
Mimi. 21-4pd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-11-11

FGR SALE-A toppy bay driving
horse weighing LOO pounds, sound
and 5 years old. F. H. Eckenrod,
Home School for Girls, Sank Centre.
241tpd
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1915-12-03

money obtained from the sale of these
seals Is used to procure visiting nurses
free dispenssries and in many other
ways help in the fight against tuberou.
Iosis and other preventable diseases.
It is grand work and one that mer.
it's the help Of every individual in our
fair young state. The seals are sent
out by Mrs. E. P. Wsnzsr. of Armour,
South Dakota, who is the state chair
man. II any town does not have the
seals on sale write her and she will be
glad to send q supply.
Seals from other states cannot be
sold In South Dakota according to the
rules and regulations of the National
Red Gross. Last year the states we're
divided into Glasses according to pop
ulation and South Dakota ranked .flfth
in the number of Red Cross seals sold
par capita In class "a" consisting OF
nineteen states and this year let us
make an extra effort to bring it to the
head Of the GLASS. Our schools ere
urged to make an effort to secure the
Red Gross Pennant which is offered BY
the National Red Cross. Ask the
agent in your town for further inform
alton in regard to tho "pennsnt con
test" now on in South Dakota, or write
to the state Chairman. The seals are
sold for one cent each and the work II
done everywhere BY voluntary helpers
Buy your seals early.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1915-12-03
Sophomores
WHAT RED CROSS SEALSDO

Every Red Cross Christmas Seal
that is sold 10 real bullet in the fight
against tuburculosis. These seals
last year helped to support thousands
of needy tuburculosis patients and to
give them a chance for life. They pro
vide for many visiting purses, whose
hundreds Of thousands Of visits brot
instruction and cheer to numerous
patients. They helped maintain dis
pensaries In scores of cities, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, where thous-
ands of consumptive patients received
free treatment, aid and advice, They
provided the means to purchase mil
lions of copies of circulars, pamphlets
and other literature with which the
public has been educated about tubur-
culosis. They have established and
helped to maintain more than 300
open.air schools for children who need
open-air treatment. These are Just q
few of the ways in which the S45O,OOC
received last year was expended. This
year million dollars is needed. Sure.
ly any one can help by buying at least
ten seals.