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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

choice selections. AS an initiatory
step Geo. H. Fish, Esq, has consented
to give a public reading on Monday
evening, 18th inst, at the congrega-
tional church at TN o'clock p. m. We
can assure the public that his selec-
ton is one of the choicest specimens
of English literature, and we are
equally confident it will be well read.
One of the objects of the meetings is
to organize a society for mental and
moral improvement.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06
Capser and Sprague

The large store room in the corner
of Moore's block has been leased for
a term of five years by Capser and
Sprague, who will in a short time fill
it with a mammoth stock of dry goods
and clothing. They intend to keep one
of the largest establishments of the
kind in the state.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06
HOW REPUBLICANS SHOULD
VOTE.

The primary elecClOn WHICH Will OS
held on the 10Th day of June is the
most important election that has ever
been held in this state since the days
when the dark clouds of the Civil war
hung like a funeral pail over the ma
tional horizon.
A United States senator, ten repre-
sentatives in congress and almost an
entire state ticket will be selected.
Every thinking man cognizant with
present conditions knows that, bar
ring the miraculous, the men nominat-
ed by the Republican voters will be
selected. The November election will
be simply a ratification meeting.
These be parlous times; great is
sues are at stake and strong passions
are excited. Our foreign relations are
strained to the breaking point and our
internal domestic affairs muddled as
mixed drinks.
Never in the history Of the Republic
was there a greater demand for clear
thinking, lofty craftsmanship, wise
legislation and able administration.
Owing to our crazy-quilt primary
system there will be and is a multi
plicity of candidates for every posi-
ton, many of whom the ordinary man
would not employ to drive junk wa
gon, who are journeying to and fro
like a pestilence, loudly proclaiming
that upon their selection and election
depends the safety of the Nation and
the welfare Of humanity. Each one
assures the dear public that if he is
not the chosen one, hell will be to pay
with the water pipes busted. There
will be no caucauses, conventions or
public meetings held where thought
full men can thresh out candidatial
merits and provide for a survival of
the fittest. It is every candidate for
himself and devil take the hindmost.
In such free-for-all scramble, gall,
demagoguery, brazen claims, vocifer-
BUSINESS, CAB, CUTS and cash are apt
to count for more than brains, merit
and ability.
Upon each Republican voter rests
the responsibility of national welfare,
and the Republican who shirks this
responsibility is guilty of treason to
the Republic. The duty of a citizen
to faithfully and conscientiously dis
charge his civic duties in time of
peace is as great as it is for him to
perform his military duties in time of
war, and it is as dishonorable for him
to fail in this performance as it is
for soldier to desert his post in the
face of impending battle.
There is only one way to rightly
perform this duty and that is to care
fully weigh the ability the character,
the honesty and the merit of each can
didate asking for his suffrage and
then cast his ballot exactly as he
would cast it if he knew it was the
last act he would perform on earth.
Cast it in exactly the same manner
as he would if he knew that as soon
as he dropped his ballot, indicating
his choice, into the box, he would be
summoned before the Great Judge of
the Quick and the Dead to answer for
the deeds done in the body.
If this method is followed, it will be
be well with Columbia; if it is not
God have mercy on the Republic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

am the alpha and omega, the be-
ginning and the ending. I am the old
est thing in the world and the new
est. I am the pride of the past, the
joy of the present and the hope of the
future. The feeding spoon slips from
my frail hands but I hold the destinies
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06
A POLITICAL FAULT

Every year on which an election oc-
ours, the common political fault of
the voter is that he lets the candi-
dates for United States Senator, Gov
ernor and Member of Congress mo-
nopoliZe his entire attention and oc-
cupy his entire thought to the COM
plete neglect of all the other official
positions many of which are as i'm
portant, if not more important, and
which have as much, if not more to
do with the public welfare than those
above mentioned.
The offices of Lieutenant Governor,
State Auditor and Attorney General,
when it comes to matters of public
welfare, the only thing that interests
the every day citizen, the men who
pay the bills, are fully as important
as that of the Governorship, yet in the
last election the combined votes for
the office of Governor totalled more
than 10000 more than the combined
vote for State Auditor, who has juris-
diction over vast greater interests
and whose duties are much more i'm
portant than are those of the Cover
nor. The office of Attorney General
is another on whose ability and fidel-
ity to duty are of more Importance
than those of any other official, vet
over 10000 who voted for the head
of the ticket failed to register any
choice for this office. The office of
Lieutenant Governor exercises more
influence over legislation than any
other state official inasmuch as he
names the senate committees that vir-
tually shape legislation, yet over twen-
ty thousand men who voted for the
Governorship failed to manifest any
choice for this most important office.
Not only does the Lieutenant Cover
nor possess more influence in legisla-
ton than all other officials combined
but three times in recent years Lieu
tenant Governors have succeeded to
the Governorship, once by resignation
and twice by the death of the holding
incumbent. Without uttering a single
word of disparagement to these Gov
errors by inheritance, it is safe to
say that not one of them would have
ever been executive of the state if
they had not inherited the office in
the first instance. In view of past
events it is scarcely an exaggeration
to say that in this state the Cover
nor's office is hereditary instead of
elective.
No official that will be chosen in the
coming primaries is Of more import
ance than that of Lieutenant Cover
nor and the Herald takes pleasure in
commencing Hon. Thomas Frankson
to the attention of the voters for this
position. He has had an extensive
legislative experience, he is success
full, self-made business man, his abil-
ity is unquestioned and his honor and
integrity unimpeachable. Should he
be called to fill the Governorship by
reason of the death or resignation of
the incumbent he is capable of filling
the executive chair with as much dig
nifty to the position and credit to him
self as anyone that is likely to be
chosen for that position.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

One would almost think old winter
imagines he is the president of the
United States the way he fingers,
flirting in the lap of Spring.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

Just when mere men began to con-
graduate themselves on the saving
that their women folks would achieve
by shortening their skirts the dear
creatures chucked the saved material
into the circumference of their gowns.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

The distinction between the sexes
is illustrated by the fact that when a
little boy is whipped he don't want
anyone to know it, but when little
girl is spanked she tells everybody
about it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

If women voted there would be
fewer smart men elected to office but
more good ones would be chosen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

Those who are so loudly grumbling
about the appropriation of eight mil
lion dollars for the punitive expedi-
ton into Mexico, should bear in mind
that this sum would only last the war
ring belligerents in Europe from
breakfast to dinner.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06
Reading Society.

NtduINY OOCIeCy.
In the absence of intellectual enter
tainment in the way of public lectures,
number of our citizens have been
discussing the advantages that might
result from public readings from the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06

One good thing about late spring
is that it delays house cleaning time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-06
~ YEARS AGO ]
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM Z
HERALD OF 1872, j. & 8. I
SIMONTON, EDITORS !
HERALD OF MARCH 80, 1872.
A Garnet Dagger.

A Carpet Dagger.
C. J. Tuttle is elected town clerk in
the town of Little Sank, Todd county.
Charley is a carpet Dagger.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-12

beat comes in to help stall away
some time.
Is the house sold out like the b. o.
m. said? Well, we should smile-it
is not! There are about 80 couples
sitting in the 10 rows in front of the
p. f. and they paid the same price for
their seats as the p. f. did. Now do
you know the reason for there being
bars on a box-ofice window?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-12

new york-a teller who ones a cir.
kus came into the Offise yesterdy &
was talking to the boss about his cir
kus which is. over in jersey this week
well he was telling all about the
lines & leppards & bears & other an
finals he had
just about then a kid comes in with
a telegram for this man & he opens
it says it is from bill, the head keep
er of the animuls, & he says l Of the
leppards has eskaped & is running
a0Cund wild about town
and, the man says, bill is l of them
kind Of felers who work akOrding to
orders & if he don't have no orders
he waits until he gets them
so the man sets down & rites a
telegram to bill e. said in the tele-
gram, shoot him on the spot, don't
take no chances on his killing amy
childrun
then he went on G told us some,
more about anmuIs a. Low some
times they eat the keepers who 20 in
there cages & they are very wild {
feroshiOUs
in about y hour anutheT telegraph
boy came in with anUthCT tclaC'am
for this man who opens il & TcCr5 it,
which was like this
yOuT>LeIeg IoL. says n c'CCj ne
leopard Oh he snOi "-h'~a ~ 20
you meen, & it was sined by bill
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-07-12

@aL.~.
Oh, Leon! Put on your shoes and
wash up your rubber collar and we
wilLdo a little footwork on the rialto.
There's a special bird Wen have to
do some Thackery about.
What bird is that, Anthony?
It's the theater box-ofice bird, Ed
mund.
Oh, goody!
- All, here we is, my boy!
All, here we is. My! lookit the col
lar on it, it's so tight I should mag
inc it would stop the circulation and
keep the bird from thinking,
1t does, Oswald, but that's no ham
dicap to the box-office man. Notice
the blase expression on it and the
haIf-closed, naughty eyes? You'd
think it was doing its job for charity.
A fellow comes up to the window
and asks for some seats, the box
Office man gives him the once over
and if he looks kind of seedy he says
nothing, reaches back, takes a cOu-
pie of tickets, puts them in an en-
Velope and shOves them out to the
poor fish.
Where are they?" asks the p. f.
"Twenty-third row" snaps back
the b. o. m. with an expression on his
face as though he has relatives in
Mexico.
Haven't you anything better than
that?"
Nope, that's all that's left, unless
you want a box"
The p. f. is defeated. That night
he goes to the show and sets away
back where he can hear the ushers
humming and where the cop on the
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Barber Shop Moves
to Larger Quarters

To better care for an increasing
patronage E. j. Bergman has re-
moved his Perfection barber shop
to more spacious quarters in the
Bush building, next to the Idaho
Cafe. Mr.. Bergman contemplates
equipping his place with o-chair
outfit and will be in a position to
give his trade first class service.
Ed says he intends to put Idaho
Springs on the map in the barber
business, as Geo. E. McClelland,
our present mayor and future
congressman, will put the mining
business on the map, and the people
of Idaho Springs well have at least
two things to boast of.
Gilliard Kaplan, an expert bar
Der from Denver is working at
the Perfection, also Theo. A..
Keith. who is an old timer at the
business, having worked in Idaho
Springs off and on for several
years, and George Winters, who
had been working for Ed. at
Nederland.
Now, while you are boosting tor
McClelland, boost also for the Per-
fection barber shop, the only up-to-
date barber shop in Clear Creek
county. adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Prisoner Escapes;
Is Recaptured

Earl Smith. who on last Friday
concluded that the society of the
other inmates of Sheriff Straub's
lodging house was distasteful to
one desirous of breathing and en-
joying the pure mountain atmos-
phere. obtained his freedom by re-
moving a portion of the rear wall
of the building. He was recaptur-
ed near Kremmling on Sunday
and has again taken up his abode
with the sheriff.
Nothing will afford the young
man another opportunity of depart
ing until after the October term of
the District court, even if it tbecomes
necessary for the congenial Al to
barracade and guard the building.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Presbyterian Church

Rev. Leonard v. G. Mytton, Pastor
10 a. m-Sunday school. Come
and receive your welcome.
IL a. m.-Service with sermon
by the pastor. Subject: "The
Faithful Servant"
$50 p. m.-Christian Endeavor.
The young peoples service.
7.3O .. m.-Praise service.
7:3O p. m. Thursday-Prayer-
meeting. Studies in the Gospel
of John.
Visitors are cordially invited
to all services.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Cold Weather
Is Surely Coming!

And in order to protect the little
fellows on the way to and from
school it will be necessary to get
them some good warm gloves and
caps and, honestly, I know of no
better place to buy them than at
the
The SC, 1Oc, and 25c Store.
A. THAMES, Prop.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Newsy Notes From
Georgetown District

J.L. Cutting and W. H. Jones
were over from Empire on Tues
day of last week.
P. P. Barbour of Idaho Springs
was a business visitor in George
town during the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Robson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Robson
motored up from Denver for the
day last Sunday.
A marriage license was issued
on Tuesday to Ollie Bales and
Viola Badger, both colored parties
from Denver.
Messrs. William Woodward, Don
Mcdonald and Mr. Peterson, chap
eroned by Dad Cain, were in
Georgetown Wednesday.
Mrs. Annie D. Osborne is work
ing in the county treasurer's Office
assisting in preparing the annual
delinquent tax list.
Miss Norah Nash, who is en-
ployed at St. Joseph's hospital in
Denver, is spending two weeks
vacation with her parents in
Georgetown.
Alex Fingel of Denver visited
in Georgetown between trains last
Sunday, being the guest of Miss
Signe Nelson, the popular ard
efficient telephone operator.
Herman and Lou Crist, Fred
Hitchings and Walter r. Hancock
spent the week end at Naylor lake
making one of the largest and best
catches of the season.
Hanson, Walthers and Co.. the
successful leases at the Capital,
are having shipment of their high
grade gold ore treated in the comp
any's mill. AS the work has Just
com menced no returns are yet
available.
A marriage license was issued
last Wednesday to Mr.. A. W.
Pomeroy of Silver Plume and
Miss Evangeline Rodda of George
town. Both parties have numerous
friends in upper Clear Creek, whose
hearty wishes for a long life of
happiness are extended to the
popular young couple.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Charley Won't Run

Charles A. Crosson was nominated
for assessor by the voters at the pri-
mary, and Mrs. /. G. Werber as county
superintendent of schools, but both
have advised county Clerk Hafer that
they are not desirous of accepting their
respective nominations. This leaves
the democratic candidates, J. M. Culley
and Mrs. Nellie Gleason, a clear field
for reelection without opposition.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Indiana Hen Raises
Large Brood of Quail

Bedford, Ind.-A son of Eliza
Smith, when working a wheatfield,
found quairs nest containing thir-
teen eggs. He took the eggs to his
home and put them under a setting
hen. The hen hatched them out,
Since then Biddy has raised them
with her other chicks and seems as
proud of them as though they were
her own kin.
She looks after them the same
as the others, feeding them grass
hoppers, etc. The little quail run
to her when she calls them and
hover under her at night the same
as her own chicks.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Calvary Church

Sunday Sc ervi C s-Children'
service 9:45 a. M; morning SER
vice and sermon, II a. M; evening
prayer, 1890. A cordial invita-
ton to all. Rev. Edwin J. Skin
neT in charge.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
M. E. Church

Sunday School-1O a. M.
Preaching-I1 a. m.
Epworth League-6:45 p. nj.
Preaching-7:3Op. m.
Everybody made welcome.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday,
7 30 p. m.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
REPUBLICAN THRIFT IS
SQUANDERED BY WILSON
Built Panama Canal Out of Cur
rent Revenues, Periodically
boarding Bonds in Treasury
Which Democrats Fitch
to Hide a Deficit.
CARNIVAL OF OEBAUCHERY
IN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE

Senator Penrose Believes the Looted
Condition Of the Treasury Will
Necessitate the Withholding Of
Contracts for Battleships and De.
lay the Whole Scheme Of Prepared.
ness - Nations Money Frittered
Away to Finance Hare-Brained and
~ Advised Projects.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
SACRIFICED coUNTRY's
HONOR AND INTEREST

Mr.. Wilson's defenders say he
has kept " out Of war;" A.
4 matter Of fact his policy In
Mexico has combined all the
evils Of feeble peace with all the
evils Of feeble war. He has &C.
cured none Of the benefits Of
war; but he has not avoided
war. He has sacrificed the hon.
or and the interests Of the coun-
try; but ne has not received the
thirty pieces Of silver.-From
the speech Of Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, delivered at Lewiston,
Maine, In behalf Of Charles e.
Hughes.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29
Sunday Services at Swed-
iSh Lutheran Church

English service at Ii a. m.
Swedish service at 7:3O p. m.
Sunday school at 1000 a. m.
Come, let us worship the Lord,
our Maker.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29

Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Cannady
have removed from their Chicago
creek horne to this city for the
winter in order to have the ad-
vantage of the school for the child
rem. They are living in one of J.
M. Browns cottages on Soda ave-
nue.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29

Take a wide-mouthed bottle of
clear glass and fill it with. fresh
water. Then put into it two tea
spoonfuls of finely powdered alum.
In fair weather, and when 1t is
likely to continue fair, the liquid
will be clear, but at the approach
of cloudy or rainy weather the
mixture will become feathery look
ing. This barometer will indicate
change OF weather SO hours in
advance.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29

Work will he started this week
to widen the mountain road be-
tween Evergreen and Bergen Park.
The road will be closed three or
Jour weeks aud travel will be
diverted over the Cub creek road
at Evergreen.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29


Mrs. Elizabeth Craig spent
several days with friends in Dem
yer this week.
Mrs. B. R. Wall went to Denver
Monday to attend the funeral of
Bruce Roberts.
Wilson may have won out on
his eight-hour proposition but on
his eight-year deal he is doomed to
defeat.
Mrs. J. Crist of Georgetown was
visiting with Mrs. Joe. Burke and
other old friends and neighbors in
this city.
| Mr.. and Mrs. w. 7. Chappell
returned last week from their trip
to Michigan and will remain here
for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Dumont re.
turned Sunday from brief honey
moon trip to Denver and will make
their future home in this city.
The ladies of the M. E. church
are planning a dinner and supper
for election day, SO that all may be
fed conveniently during the "battle
of ballots.
WANTHD-Two hundred thousand
people in the Sunday Schools of
Colorado October l, 1916. Will
you be there? 4
Wilfred Griffith. one of our old
time boys, returned yesterday from
a four years sojourn in Iowa and
Illinois, and will remain here this
winter.
Mrs. Grace Pattison of Topeka,
Kansas, is with her sister Mrs
Lee Johnson since the death of
little Dolly. Mrs. Pattison will
remain for some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Woodward
and daughter Dorothy motored
over to Kremmling, Thursday
where they will attend the Routt
county fair. Dad Cain was left in
charge of the Tavern during their
absence.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Shaffer
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Woodward,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Meyer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Orvil1e Taylor and Mrs. A.
A. Stover motored over to Monarch
lake last week and enjoyed a few
days outing and fishing. They re-
turned Sunday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Adolph Nelson
| motored to Denver and Estes
Park the early part of the week.
Mr.. Nelson is of the opinion that
a trip from Idaho Springs over
Lookout mountain and back via
Morrison and Bear creek excells
in scenic beauty the much herald
ed trip to Estes Park.
Just what this community will
do without Mrs. Noxon is hard to
surmise. She has been an efficient
nurse, and is endeared as only a
nurse can be in many a home.
Miss Bessies many friends sincerely
hone that the change to the climate
of Arizona may proves of great
benefit to her health.
If the weather permits, I. G.
Stafford and family will motor to
Denver Saturday and spend Sun
day with Mr.. Stafford's parents
and brothers in celebration of Mr..
Stafford's fathers 10th birthday
anniversary and his younger
brothers, 23rd birthday annivers-
ary. Mr.. Stafford Sr. has been ill
for some weeks and confined to
his bed.
The meeting Of the Social Ethics
club held last Friday afternoon
with Mrs. T. A. Jones was a very
interesting one as science was the
subject and one full of surprises.
Mrs. Jones had paper on Edison
and his work which was we'll worth
hearing. Mrs. Phillips had charge
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29

L. M. Hupp is the proud owner of I
brand new Chevrolet car which he will
use in his auto service business. He
has disposed of his Ford truck.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29

Do you know that an editor or a
reporter for a newspaper can in
his rounds stop and ask hundred
persons "What is the news?" And
ninety out of the hundred will re-
ply Nothing special, and yer fifty
out of that number know some
thing that if not found in the next
paper will astonish them greatly
and dissappoint them more, and
perhaps makes them madder than
hornets. Don't be afraid to let the
newspaper man know it.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29

The annual value of poultry and
eggs sold is more then that of the
silver, gold and pig iron produced
There is millions of mouey in poul-
try and eggs, and but small capital
req uired. The annual import of
eggs in England approximates 100,
600, 900 dozen, and into the United
States 100000 dozen a year.
Here is an industry in which the
demand is creating than our home
supply. Look we'll to the poultry,
and they will assist you to find the
golden egg"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-09-29

DENTIST
DR., W. T. Cam over Merchants and
Miners National bank.