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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30
BOOK IS ENDORSED BY BINGHAM
Editor of Duluth Herald Enthusiastic
Over Literary Quality of of Sim
clair Lewis Latest Novel.

The following letter received by the
editor of the Herald from Stillman H.
Bingham, editor of the Duluth Even
ing Herald, one of the brightest news
paper and keenest literary men of the
state, we consider more compliment
tary of Sinclair Harry Lewis latest
story "The Trail of the Hawk" than
all the columns of literary criticism
that have been bestowed upon the
book:
"Dear Mr.. Wallace: I don't know
whether you have noticed it or not,
but Minnesota-and Sank Centre
have given the country a new novelist
that believe will be known far and
wide before he is much older. l have
recently finished reading for review
Sinclair Lewis new novel, "The Trail
of the Hawk" and if you have not
read it l want to tell you to do it
quick, for know that you will find it
treat. It's about real people. It's
sweet and sound and true. It's rich
entertainment and good literature. If
it strikes most people as it struck me,
1T will not only be "best seller" but
those who read it will be calling for
more. Twas struck by the trueness of
the pictures of Minnesota, and drop
ped line to Mr.. Lewis, whom I never
had heard of before, to congratulate
him on his book. He writes me that
he was born in Sank Centre, and went
to common and high schools there be-
fore going to college. Now 1 want to
congratulate Sank Centre on turning
out the finest literary product 1 have
known to come from Minnesota. 1 en-
close copy of the review of the book
l am publishing in The Herald today.
Every truly,
"Stillman H. Bingham,
Editor Duluth Herald"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30
THE DIFFERENCE

During the visit of the senior sena-
tor to our fair we were asked to state
the difference between Senators Clapp
and Nelson.
In the early days before the devil
invented the tango, the Turkey Trot,
the Bunny Hug, the Grizzly Bear
Glide, Buffalo Bump, Crocodile Crawl,
and Auction Bridge, favorite amuse-
ment at evening entertainments where
young people assembled, was the ask
ing and answering of conundrums. At
a party held in Sank Centre, years
ago, a dignifed professor asked this
one of crowd of young people.
"What is the difference between the
North and South pole"
A sweet young thing gurgled "Why,
all the difference in the world" And
that was the answer, but she didn't
know it.
The same difference exists between
the two senators.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30
AT SUM OF ss75,s51, ss5
Minnesota Tax Commission Figures on
Personal Property-May Be In
creased by Later Returns.

st. Paul, Sept. 27.-The wealth rep
resented by personal property in Min
nesota aggregates $675, 651 ,665, accor-
ding to figures given out by the Min
nesota tax commission.
The assessed valuation of this
amount of property is $226,281, 149.
These figures may be increased by the
equalizing of returns by the commits
sion.
Personal property in Minnesota is
divided into four classes and is as
sessed at certain percentages of the
full value of the property. Class I con-
sists of mined ore, assessed at SO per
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30
THE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN

Probably no occurrence of modern
times has stirred up so much comment
pro and con as the huge loan recently
floated in this country in the interests
of the Allies.
Its promoters tried to create a SEN
timent in its favor by declaring that
the money will only be used in the
purchase of food and clothing and not
one cent will be spent for munitions
of war.
There may be a difference between
furnishing soldier with a uniform
coat, chunk of bareback or a piece
of salt pork and supplying him with
rifle and a cartridge, but we are
such a dunderhead that we cannot
distinguish the difference.
We cannot see any need of trying to
create sickly sentiment or of making
excuses. Any Individual or nation;
resident of, or located anywhere in
this world has right to come here
and borrow money, and to buy any,
thing we have for sale, provided such
action is not prohibited by interna-
tional law or forbidden by United
States statutes, and the regulations
of the borrower to other individuals
and nations cuts no figure whatever.
What would be thought of a bank if
it refused to make loan to Smith be-
cause he was having a scrap with
Jones?
In this case the money will be
spent in this country and we will get
both the principal and the interest.
If, at the close of the war, the bor-
rowing nations are unable to pay, the
lenders will lose, but to the men and
corporations making the loan this loss,
if incurred, will be a mere bagtelle;
they are simply taking lenders risk.
If the purchased supplies fall into
the hands of enemies of the buyers,
that is the borrwer's risk; it does not
make any difference to the man who
raises a bushel of wheat who eats the
loaf of bread it makes.
Some one has asked why not bill
lion dollar loan to Germany as we'll
as the Allies? Only one reason. Ger
many QOeS NOT WanC TO DOrrOW OIL
lion dollars or any other sum.
We are no Jim Hill, Pierpont Nor
gan or John D. Rockerfeller-in fact
our reputation as a banker is no bet
ter than that of Bryan as bartender
yet we will guarantee that if Kaiser
Bill, head push of the Teutons, wants
to borrow a billion dollars, more or
less, we will agree to underwrite the
loan at a less rate of interest and in
less time than it took Mr.. Hill to per-
form his financial coup.
Gee, but we would like to have Will
helm appoint US an agent to float a
loan for him in the United States. We
would make a record for financial
speed unparalleled in the history of
money matters, and we would make
enough out of the deal SO that our
coal bill for next winter would not
IVORY US, and we would guarantee that
no questions would be asked as to
what he intended to do with the cash.
What we are trying to get at, al
hough we have taken rather a round
about way of doing it, that this loan
is purely a business matter and moth
ing for anybody to get excited about.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

Beloit, Wis.-Clarence Montroy is
earning money to pay his way through
school by allowing automobiles to run
over his body at mile-a-minute clip.
Then he takes us a collection in the
crowd. He also bends horseshoes in
his teeth as a sideline. He was left
an orphan when his father murdered
his mother, sister and brother and
cmmitted suicide.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30
WE TESS UP

The Sank Centre Herald says it
has been waiting anxiously for
some editor with courage enough
to condemn our state fair man.
agement for permitting Chicago
catalogue house to use the fair
as a medium for advertising pur-
poses, and that it has finally de-
cided to take up the task itself.
The Herald must travel by slow
freight. The fair management has
been roasted by scores of Mime
sofa papers Immediately follow
ing the fair, and editorial from the
Journal-Press, "Some One Has
Blundered," has been widely cop
led by the state press. But slum-
Der does not appear to weaken
the nerve of the Herald editor.
st. Cloud Journal-Press.
We fess up to slumberous proclivi,
ties. The only thing that we are Ii.
able to do that doesn't cost us any.
thing and for which we are not crit.
icized, is to sleep.
We further Tess up to the fact thai
it was the Journal-Press editorial
"Some One Has Blundered," that in,
spired the article we wrote. But we
said country editor and we had al
ways thought of the Journal-Press as
a metropolitan sheet for which mis-.
take we hereby tender the apologies
kind of an apology.
At the time we indited the article
in question, the only notation of the
outrage perpetrated by the State Fail
Management on Minnesota's interest.
was the Journal-Press mention, but
since then almost every exchange W.
have picked up has denounced the &C
ton; some of them before, but mos
of them after the date of our editorial
So we consider ourselves endorsed. w,
would rather be right than be first.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30
FREIGHT RUNS DOWN OLD LADY
Mrs. Helena Mertes Becomes Bewild-
cred and Steps in Front of En-
- CINE in Avon Yards.

Within four hours after the Great
Northern company's crack passenger
train had killed Stephen Zenner on
the Osseo crossing in this city, an
east-bound freight instantly killed
Mrs. Helen Mertes, rs, in the village
OF Avon yesterday afternoon, saws
Monday evenings St. Cloud Times.
The accident occurred at A 80 o'clock.
Mrs. Mertes was cleaning a few
kernels of wheat left scattered about
the side track after the major evil
dence of last weeks wreck had been
cleared away. When salvage has been
made, there still was a quantity of
dirty wheat suitable for chicken feed
to be CLEANED along the tracks.
Apparently bewildered when she
heard the train approaching from be-
hind the woman must have momen-
tarily thought she was standing be-
tween the main line rails instead of
on the siding. Stepping quickly to
the side, she left the siding and
placed herself in front of the freight
engine under which she was crushed
to death.
Mrs. Mertes is a native of Germany
She came directly to this state upon
leaving her native land and for more
than 35 years has resided near and in
Avon. Her husband died some time
ago and she is survived by three sons
and two daughters who have been
summoned. Arrangements for the
funeral mend their arrival
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

A "wet" orator in Minneapolis de-
clared that Prohibition multiplies di-
vorce." We were court reporter for
six years and took testimony in 70 di-
vorce cases, where wife applied for
a divorce on the ground of habitual
drunkenness on the part of the hus-
band, but never once where she APP
piled for separation on the grounds of
habitual sobriety.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

cent; class 2, household goods, wear
ing apparel, ETC., 25 per cent; calss 3,
live stock, agricultural products,
stocks of manufacturers and mer-
chants, implements and machinery,
etc., 33 1-3 per cent. All other per-
sonal property is in class and is as
sessed at 40 per cent. This class in
cludes bank stock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

A Mr.. Raab, Of Duluth, announces
that he will become candidate for
Governor. There is as much demand
for his candidacy and as many rea-
sons why he should run as there is for
a lot of other candidates in the field.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

Charles A. Towne, former congress
man from this district, and one of the
most brilliant orators in the country,
closes campaign for the vets in Min
neapolis, Sunday night. How the
mighty have fallen!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

Big business concerns do not adver-
tise because they are big; they are big
because they advertise.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

The devil giggles every time ne sees
married woman leading a poodle
dog down the street with string.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

Lots of girls get married simply
because they haven't anything else to
do.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

The display of apples and orher
fruits at the Stean.s County Fair sur
prised those of us who have lived here
all our lives and astounded outsiders.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

Philadelphia, Pat takes so cents
to commit suicide by the gas route in
Philadelphia. When Viola Day grew
tired of life, put pipe on a gas jet,
the other end in her mouth and lay
down to die. the quarter in the meter
ran out and her life was saved.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

The "Best" editorial appeared in a
northern Minnesota paper last week.
We quote it in full:
eve are too busy to write any
thing this week"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

Whenever a dollar is made by dis
honesty it chases away a lot of dollars
that might have been made honestly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

No one ever heard of booze creating
a statesman, but it has ruined several.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

1t is whole lot better to earn a
living than it is to make a living.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

1t is always the man who is pinch
ed that does the squealing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

The only way wife can be mana,
ed is to let her have her own way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

Some men are so thin skinned that
they cannot distinguish between a
friendly josh and serious accusation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

A town in North Dakota boasts of
a dog that is so fastidious that he
brushes his teeth with his tail twice a
dav
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

There is no need for worry about
seed corn. Stearns county can supply
the entire state if the farmers take
care of it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

The man who never steps on any
ones toes isn't much of a traveller.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-09-30

Those two practical farmers, Moses
E. Clapp and Charles A. Lindbergh,
are very busy just NV telling their
fellow farmers how to farm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
CHICAGO VIA AUTOMOBILE.
Mayor Heuser of Spillville Finds
Oiled Roads the Best on the
Line.

Mayor G.. F. Heuser of Spillville
travelled to Chicago last week, via
automobile, returning home Sunday
says the Ossian Bee. He encounter
ed all kinds of roads-some good,
some bad and some worse-among
them being oiled roads, dirt roads
and macadamized roads. The dirt
roads, he asserts, were badly wash
ed and rutted, while the macadamiz-
ed roads were rough and "cuppy".
made so by the heavy rains. On the
trip, going and coming, he claims the
oiled roads were by far superior to
any other, the rain having little or no
effect on them whatever. This speaks
we'll for oiled roads, and coming
from a man of Mr.. Heuser's rank, his
statement may be relied upon as alb
solutely true.
Oi,ing of roads is past the expert
mental stage, and in another two or
three years every county and town
ship road in the United States will be
treated with oil.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
Celebrates Golden Wedding and Then
Visits His Mother.

Knoxville, Ia, Sept. pa re-
markable record in longevity in the
local field has been brought promin-
emily forward this week by the visit
of Warren Olney of San Francisco,
Calf, at the home of his mother in
this city.
Mr.. Olney is one of the most prom
inent attorneys of the Pacific coast.
On Sept. II he celebrated his golden
wedding with Mrs. Olney, surrounded
by his children and grandchildren
and great grandchildren. And on the
following day left for Knoxville for
a visit with his mother.
The mother, who makes her home
with her son, Jasper Olney and fam
lily in this city, will be "a years old
her next birthday. The son Warren
of California, will be rs his next
birthday.
Mrs. Olney, senior, became resi-,
dent of Iowa before this part of the
country was organized as Iowa terri
tory.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
CANNING CORN AT ELGIN.
Last Years Fields Produced to
Tons, This Years Fields Only
1 to Tons.

The factory machinery was put
in motion Monday and the business
of canning this years crop is now
in progress.
A visit to the factory Tuesday eve
ming showed that more than ever
machinery is displacing hand labor,
as the force employed is not nearly
that of former years, when most Of
the work was done by hand. Only
one side of the factory is in operation
so far.
The corn brought in this year is as
good as ever in quality, for it tastes
just as it always did. The ears, how
ever, are small and the kernels un-
even. Fields that last year produced
5 to 7 tons of sweet corn to the acre
are this year only bringing in from
1 to 2 tons. There will be good
many fields to go through yet, as
those, that were first supposed to
have been injured by the frost, are
maturing nicely.
The length of time that the fac
tory will be in operation will depend
upon weather conditions. If heavy
frost should come il would ruin the
corn and stop the process of packing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
SUP. KUHN OILS ROADS.
Does Some Good Work i'm Vicinity
of Calmar and Conover.

The piece of road from Calmar
northwest towards Conover that was
given an application of oil month
or so ago by County Supervisor
Kuhn of this district, distance of
about three miles, was given Sec
ond application this week.
Another stretch of about two
miles from the railroad north on
what is known as the east road to
DEBORAH, has received one treatment
of oil. This was started by some of
the enterprising farmers in Spring
field township and helped along by
the business men of Calmar. Farm
ers who subscribed to the fund are,
H. H. Wangsness, A. Knutsen, c. H.
Knutsen, S. H. Lee, julius Olson,
Anton Hogenson, T. Jorgenson, and
G. E. Jorgenson.
1t is getting rather late in the sea-
son to do that work, as it is too cold
for the oil to work well, but we hope
this work will be continued next
spring. 1t is no longer an expert
ment and is the best dirt road that
can be built, almost equal to paw
ed road and very much cheaper
Calmar Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
gnblie Opinion.
A Dry Fair Week.

Dewitt furnishes a new brand Of
advertising. The saloon keeper there
used 80 inches of space in recent
issue of the Observer to advise his
customers that his place of business
would be closed-Monday, Labor
Day and Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, fair days. He advised them
all to stock up we'll so they will be
able to enjoy the fair. incidentally
fhe heads his advertisement, Dry
Fair Week." AS last week was the
week in question it proved to be
anything bua a dry" week.-Mt.
Vernon Record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
DOUBLY PROVEN.
DEBORAH Readers Can No Longer
Doubt the Evidence.

This grateful citizen testified long
ago.
Told of quick relief-of undoubted
benefit.
The facts are now confirmed.
Such testimony is complete-the
evidence conclusive.
1t forms convincing proof of merit.
H. S. Pulver, Usage, Iowa, says:
81 suffered from attacks Of backache
which were especially severe across
my kidneys. Colds always aggravat-
ed the trouble and / finally conclud-
ed my kidneys were affected. Doan's
Kidney Pills made an improvement
in my case in few days and after
using one box, the backache left and
my health in general improved.
could lift without twinges across my
kidneys and my back was no longer
lame or sore at night"
OVER NINE YEARS LATER, Mr..
Pulver said: Il still use Doan's Kid
ney Pills occasionally and couldn't
get along without them"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Pulver has twice publicly rec
commended. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
Negro Runs Amuck at Oelwein.

N
A negro employed in a pantoriun
at Oelwein was brought to the coun-
ty Jail charged with the crime of
stabbing nine white men, in an al
tercation in Oelwein Monday after
noon, in which one of the men was
stabbed nine times. The name of
the man stabbed was given as Beck
ner, whose home is at Maynard. The
officer at Oelwein making the arrest
of the negro had difficulty in getting
the assassin to the train, and there
was a strong attempt to gain poss-
ession of the colored man and take
the law in the hands of indignant
people.
The stabbing was done with an
ordinary pocket knife, having a long
blade, and the occasion of the diff
Guilty was the indulgence in a drunk
en- alteration.
The negro was said to be paroled
convict from the state of Illinois.
The negro whose name is Stan
hope Leclaire, probably will get
what is coming to him in district
court on this new offense, and also
will be turned over to the peniten-
tiary on his broken parole.-West
Union Union.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
All Home Base Ball Teams.

The Waukon base ball team has
disbanded for the season and the
association finds itself $500 in the
hole besides the $500 subscribed by
the business men at the opening of
the season says the Postville Re-
view. Similar results have obtained
in most of the surrounding towns
where players have been hired,
When a city like Dubuque can't sup
port a salaried team it is absurd for
small towns to try it, and we opine
not many of them will attempt 1t
again. If the towns in this section
would all stick strictly to nome
players, there would be just as good
base ball, better home patronage and
no going in the hole.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
Record Lamb SHIPMENT.

Burdette, Ia, Sept. Z1.-Cne of
the biggest shipments of lambs ever
made to this section was received
the last of the week by Moon Broth
ers, who operate big farm and cat
tie ranch north of this station. The
shipment was made from Omaha and
consisted of $500 lambs. They will
be put out on the big pastures of the
Moon ranch and later fattened for
THE Chicago market. 1t required
fourteen cars to haul the shipment.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
The Week i'm History.

Monday, Sept. 81. - Gambatta,
French president attacks NJ. Theirs in
the south of France, 1872.
Tuesday, Sept. 2S.-Insurrection
of Red Republicans at Lyons, France,
1870.
wednesday, Sept. 29.-Death of
Marshal st. Arnaud, in France, 1854.
Thursday, Sept. S0.-John McC!os-
key, Catholic archbishop of New
York, made first American Cardinal,
1876.
Friday, Oct. Peace of Amiens
concluded between England and
France, 1901.
Saturday, Oct. 2.-Major Andre
hanged as spy, 1880.
Sunday, Oct. 3.-United States
makes treaty with Colombia, 1924.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
His Rest Was Broken.

o. d. Wright, Rosemont, Neb.,
writes: Il was bothered with pains
in the region of my kidneys. My rest
was broken by frequent actions OF my
kidneys. / was advised by my doctor
to try Foley Kidney Pills and one 80
cent bottle made a well man of me"
They relieve rheumatism and back
ache. Engbertson's Pharmacy. Sept.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-09-29
WEDDING STATIONERY.

Printed or Engraved in the latest
style. Quality the best. Samples
may be seen and prices quoted at
Public Opinion office. 12-tf.