The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-07-22
VISITS OLD TOWN.
E. D. Compton, Well Known Char
acter for Years Returns After
Absence in Canada

E. D. Compton, who spent most OF
the 81 years of his life in the town of
Grove Lake; who hauled wheat to this
city with an OK team, before the days
of benzine buggies, and sold it for so
cents bushel; who worked in the
woods for Jerry Howe when he log
ged on Moran Brook, was prominent in
public affairs in western Pope county
for rs years and was one of the "char-
acters" of frontier days, but who for
the past nine years has been resi-
dent of Eyebrow, Sask., Can, blew in
to town on the early train Tuesday
morning, on his way to Rochester,
where he accompanies his brother H.
r. Compton, of Oklee, Min. who is to
take medical treatment at the Mayo
hospital, and is sojourning with his
brother, E.. E. Compton for couple
of days. - ~ ...-.. -
He is the same obstreperous, obstin-
atte, Optomfstic opinionated Old
Gene" as he was when he was famous
as the greatest hustler for M. w. A.
members in western Minnesota, only
he seems to have had dozen years
sloughed off by Canadian ozone and
looks that much younger than he did
when he went away. He expressed
surprise that Sank Centre and sur
rounding country had made such won
derful advancement during the last
nine years without him to run the
country, but he has made complete
switch of his loyalty from the North
Star State to "Our Lady of the
Shows" has transmogrifed himself
into regular British born Canuck. He
has almost forgotten how to talk
United States, but can enunciate "Am
and Heggs" in a way that cannot be
distinguished from a genuine cockney.
1t is suspected that he has the Union
Jack concealed about his person and
that he carries a monocle in his vest
pocket but he did not think it prudent
to exhibit them in town where so
many of the OLE subjects of the Kaiser
were running AZ large.
Mr.. Compton is sanguinely enthus-
iastic about the future of Canada. He
declares that only its edges have been
developed, and that when all its limit
less resources are opened up it will
be one of the greatest and richest
countries of the world, easily sustain
ing a population of 100,000,000 people,
and that the children of futurity will
see the capital of the United Republic
of England, Ireland, Scotland, India,
Australia, South Africa, New Zea-
land and Canada located at Eyebrow,
and the two great English speaking
Republics will dominate the earth.
When that time comes he predicts
that peace, amity, good will, brother
ly love and prohibition will rule and
reign among all the sons of men.
Gene assures the Herald that these
things will come to pass because all
his past predictions have been verified
and he knows more now than he ever
did before.
Mr.. Compton states that the crops
in the province Of Saskatchewan are
looking exceptionally fine except they
are a little shy of moisture chat
sounds funny here) and the country
is revelling in the hope of q bumper
crop and good prices.
He says the laws of Canada are
much the same as the United States
and that the rules and regulations of
the municipalities of Western Canada
are largely patterned after ours, the
only difference being that they are en-
forced. There is an Unborn respect for
the law in native Canadians and this
respect is hammered into outsiders
who locate there if they don't adopt
it Voluntarily.
For example there is law pro-
hibiting Sunday base ball and if any
body attempted to start Sunday
game the whole caboodle would be
landed In Jail before the first batter
up got to- first base Thefe is 3 law
foFbidding the hunting and shooting