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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-09-07
GET YOUR STOVE REPAIRS
EARLY-BETTER ORDER NOW. G..
HILLERUD & co. adv


HILLERUD & co. adv
Miss Rama Weisner left Tuesday
for St. Joseph to resume her studies
at St. Benedict's Academy.
When you are planning your hunting
trip, call for Service Car to haul you.
Telephone 60. Adv15-1t
Miss Helene Donart returned Satur-
day evening from two weeks visit
with relatives and friends at Barnes
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Parker left
Wednesday morning for a weeks visit
in the twin cities and at the state
fair.
L. S. Bishop of Minneapolis visited
with relatives and friends in this city
and Westport from Saturday until
Monday.
Miss Agnes Brophy departed Sat1r-
day for GAINESVILLE to resume her
teaching duties in the GAINESVILLE
schools.
Miss Beryl Cotter has returned to
her home in Long Prairie after a
months visit here with relatives and
friends.
Miss Agnes Buckley and her guest,
Miss Katy Saffert of Minot, N. D., Wis
tied all last week with friends at
Melrose.
Charles A. Koterba left Saturday
for visit at Great Falls, Mont, and
vicinity. He expected to be gone
about week or ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Bowman Of
Westport, visited here last Monday
at the home of Mrs. Bowman's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Curley Johnson.
Fred Bohne came up from st. Cloud
Tuesday night for a brief visit with
his mother, Mrs. Chris Bohne, re-
turning to his home Wednesday morn
ing. e.
Miss Florence Parker, who has Wis
tied here practically all the summer
at the home of her parents, left Fri
day for Willmar to resume her school
duties.
Miss Ruth Holmes of Glenwood Wis
tied here Saturday with Miss Mildred
Simonton enroute to Clarissa where
she is member of the public school
faculty.
High grade picking vinegar at AL
bert Dahlem's. adv
Frank Franta left Tuesday to re-
sumo his studies at St. Johns Univer-
sity at Collegeville. He is taking
special course and will graduate in
the spring.
LEES LICE KILLER WILL RID
YOUR HEN HOUSE OF LICE AND
MITES. NOW is THE TIME TO
CLEAN. GET 1T AT G. HILLERUD
& co. adv
And. Wicklund has rented his farm
in Ashley township to Spring Hill
farmer and will move into the city
with his family as so.,n as he takes
off this seasons crops.
J. N. McGibbon, P. B. Hanson and
w. A. Moore were among the Ssuk
Centerites who left on the early morn
ing train Wednesday for Minneapolis
to take in the state fair sights.
PETERS SHELLS ARE OF SUPE-
RIOR CONSTRUCTION-"STEEL
WHERE STEEL BELONGS. AT
FORDS PROTECTION TO THE
SHOOTER. G. HILLERUD & co. ad
In the "Sock Shower" announce
ment last week, the Herald stated that
Victor Conklin would be married to
Alleyne Gilbert at Dowagiac, Mich,
April Z. 1t should have read Sept. z.
Don't forget those dull knives and
shears. Take them to G. Hillerud &
CO., this week, have them sharpened
free and see the different grinders for
farm, shop, carpenter and household
use. FF adv1t
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-09-07

B. F. Dubois was a business visit
CT in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
Fancy Dairy Butter wanted at AL
bert Dahlem's. adv
Mrs. Ed. Gallagher left Saturday
for a visit with her parents at Osa-
kis.
Wanted, girl to learn Millinery at
the Bee Hive Millinery. Mrs. j. F.
Coyle. 151t
Miss Irene Deyoe visited with
friends in Long Prairie several days
last week.
Frank M. Eddy left this Thursday
morning for a two days visit at the
State Fair.
Service Car is at the beck and call
of hunting parties during the entire
season. Telephone 60. adv1o-1t
Miss Bessie Maxwell visited last
week in Swanville at the home of her
brother, Earl.
Fancy dairy butter wanted at AL
bert Dahlem's. adv
Miss Helen Brecht has returned to
her home in Long Prairie after visit
here with friends.
Henry Schmid left Wednesday noon
for Minneapolis to make a brief sur
vey of the State Fair.
Miss Lucy Barbeln and Mamie Bob
men of Melrose visited in the city last
Thursday with friends.
Miss Anna Friedlund left Saturday
for Fargo where she will teach this
year in the public schools.
Miss Madeline Donohue of Melrose
passed several days here last week
visiting with girl friends.
Miss Anna Heger left Saturday for
Howard Lake where she will teach in
the public schools this winter.
James Brunskill left Tuesday morn
ing to pass a few days in the Twin
Cities and take in the state fair.
Miss Emma Forsberg left Saturday
for Bemidji where she will teach in
the public schools the coming year.
Miss Matilda Forsberg left on Sat-
urday for Fargo where she will again
teach in the public schools this year.
Theodore Swinton left Monday for
Milwaukee to visit his other, whom he
had not seen in % years. She is 80
years of age.
Howard Marshall left this week for
Saskatchewan, Canada, where he will
run one of his fathers threslling en-
gines this fall.
Miss Katherine Larson returned to,
her home in Fergus Falls on Sunday
after a weeks visit here with Miss
Florence Becker.
Peter Robischon and son, George,
left Tuesday for Collegeville where
George will resume his studies at st.
Johns University.
Fred Fischer left Tuesday to visit
relatives and friends in the Twin Git
les for a few days and to take in the
sights of the state fair.
"GERMOZONE," THE BEST
CHICKEN REMEDY ON EARTH
FOR CHICKEN AILMENTS. GET
1T AT G. HILLERUD & co. adv
Mrs. Dexter Whitcomb and little
daughter of Kensington, Mimi, visit
ed here Monday and Tuesday with
son and brother, George Whitcomb.
I have a limited supply of choice
asters in all colers, very fine. For
sale, only so cents per dozen; dcliv-
cred anywhere in Sank Centre. Mrs.
C. M. Bryant, Hoboken. 15-1tp
P. A. Peschel of Wahpeton, N. D..
assistant cashier of the National
Bank at that place, visited Monday
and Tuesday with J. B. Schoenhotf.
Get out into the world. The new
days are waiting for you. Make a
start by attending Mankato CONNER
cial College. adv l5-l8
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-09-07
announcement

have purchased the Tombers Wood Mill Shop and
preparedo handle all work connected with the business
in first class manner and asking you to give trial
whenever you have any repair work to make.
In this mill will make and repair Sash, Doors, Win
dow Frames, Door Frames, Door, Window and Porch
Screens Porch Sash, Porch Columns, Lawn and Porch
Furniture Colonades, Book Cases, Hall Seats, Stairs Kit
chen Cupboards Ice Chests and Boxes Store Fixtures Bee
Hives and anything else made of wood.
will also sharpen Tools of all kinds, Scissors Knives,
Saws, Axes, Scythes, Etc
Carpenters and Builders, let figure with you your
Mill Work and Frames. will you money and give you
first class work.
Shop is located Main street. One block North of
Third Street. See Sign Phone 81.
VAI.. - n:44...~. MANUFACTURER OF EVERY
Will. " DIll1l10u THING IN WOOD
every Day Day or uk centre'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
Alabama's Progressive Farming

The large results of crop diversifi- cation in Alabama last year will en- courage the ambitious farmer not only to continue along diversification lines but to broaden his activities.
 The report compiled and issued re- gently by the markets bureau of the department of agriculture and indus try made even a better showing than had been forecast. Despite the falling off in Alabama's cotton crop on ac- count of the boil weevil-1 ,050, ,000 bales in 1915 as compared with 1,751,- GOO bales in 1914-and notwithstand- ing the lower price of many food crops, this state is $10,000,000 richer than it was a year ago by reason of the large increase in it's farm prod ucts. There were great gains in corn,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

hay, oats, wheat, sweet potatoes and peanuts and in live stock.
 Nothing could be more cheering or more stimulating to the progressive farmer than statistics such as this state presents. If he did we'll last year he will prosecute this years work with even greater intensity and do correspondingly better.
 The bankers are enthusiastic in backing the diversification movement. Never have they taken such keen in- terest in the crop question or in the methods and practice of the farmers. The spirit of cooperation between the banks, the merchants and the men who till the soil is strongly in evidence now and this cooperation, if con- tinued, should bear abundant fruit, and make Alabama one of the richest states in all the union.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
A Letter to the Boys

tipped in his of quietly attractive picture with $00ooo in bafed pole bosom full of secres buildings! bushe dash daring holdup in the night
  deed! Pals isn't be added 
  his rusty He cunning an Indian him. and
  with the the the uures of city fe- -anthe improvements still life bandit bold inability
 
 hinder danger bell Macbeth hath murdered seep! death of rest It possibly much this criminals finally home and lie down in once more difficulty that wives and children and parents and ght they will and
  pleasure bandhe realization that have left hind us us protect all like ''piker"
 names by thieves committed old fashioned ugly,
  other disadvantage the off blazing shri n o swift flights
 all the can of desperaon will anguished confession his deed
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
Postoffice as Barometer

The postoffice revenue is accepted throughout the business world as a fairly good barometer of commercial progress in any given city. It occa- sionally happens that peculiar condi- tions obtain which cause the postal re- ceipts to be abnormally large or be- low normal, but as rule the revenue of a large office indicates quite clear ly the degree of thrift enjoyed by the community.
 The receipts of the Birmingham off, flee for the twelve months ending March 31, showed a large gain over the corresponding period of year ago but yet they fall below the receipts of southern cities of smaller popula- tion than Birmingham. For many years past Atlanta, Richmond, Nash vile and Memphis has each reported a total revenue of over $600,000. The Birmingham postoffice got into the $500, ,OOO class two years ago, ane notwithstanding the steady gain re. ported for the past three months il still lacked nearly $65,000 of coming up to the $500, ,O00 mark.
 This may be accounted for in two ways. One is the fact, as Postmastel Smyer points out, that several larg' business concerns buy their stamps and stamped envelopes in other cities the other is the fact that the govern
 ment allows Ensley to maintain
 separate postoffice, and the receipt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
of that office are about $25,OoO a

of that office are about $25,000 a year.
 Several months ago, through Cham Der of Commerce activities, most of the railroads that had been purchasing their postage for local use outside of Birmingham, changed such policy and began to patronize the Birmlng- ham postoffice; but the receipts could be further augmented in an ap- preciable measure if all corporations and business firms would buy at home. Not dollar is saved by buying post age in New York or Chicago. On the other hand the prestige of the Blr- mingham postoffice is hurt by the poor showing made in comparison with other cities of approximately it's size. As the postmaster says: Tt should be remembered that the postal receipts are the greatest advertise ment of the progress of any munich pality; that all trade journals through out the country print the postal re- ceipts as vital news"
 The borough of Brooklyn, with population of 1000, in Greater New York, is allowed to hold on to it's postoffice. But with perhaps only one other exception, Los Angeles, no city except Birmingham has more than one postoffice within it's boun- diary lines. The postoffice department
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
Friction in the Navy

The navy department is confronted by a greater number of difficult prob lems than the war department and for that very reason there is call for absolutely harmonious relations be- tween officers and experts and the civilian administrator of the service.
 In the working out of a naval pre- paredness programme there has been lack of agreement not only on large questions but in many matters of lesser importance.
 When Secretary Daniels appeared before the naval committee of the House of Representative few days ago for final review of the admin istration plans it was plain to see that the navy would be greatly benefited if there were well organized central authority for the exercise of disci- pline and for expert direction of all important details. The Secretary said, among other things, that the Unnecessary complement for ships was one of the most vexing problems faced, as it was seldom that two cap- tains agreed as to the number of men they needed" The whole matter, he said, was being worked out by board
 of officers.
 In the early days of the thew navy" when the late William C. Whit ney was Secretary and Col. Hilary A Herbert was chairman of the House committee; and later, in Mr. Cleve- lands second administration. wher Colonel Herbert was Secretary, there
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
TO THE END

By c. G. Rosetti wonder if the ahgels
 Love with such love as ours, If for each others sake they pluck
 And keep eternal flowers
 Alone am and weary,
 Alone yet not alone: Her soul talks with me by the way From tedious stone to stone. A blessed angel treads with me
 The awful paths unknown. If her spirit went before mo
 Up from night to day, It would pass me like the lighting
 That kindles on it's way. is should feel it like the lightning
 Flashing fresh from heaven: should long for heaven sevenfold moro. Yea and sevenfold seven: Should pray as have not pray'd before. And strive as have not striven. She will learn new love in heaven,
 Who is so full of love; She will learn new depths of tenderness Who is tender like dove.
 Her heart will no more sorrow,
 Her eyes will weep no more: Yet it may be she will yearn
 And look back from far before Lingering on the golden threshold
 And leaning from the door.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
Manganese in CIeburne County

With the phenomenal advance in manganese ore and it's scarcity on the market, MT. O. N. Olson of Fruithurst is being congratulated on his recent discovery of rich vein of this valuable mineral, lying on top of the gold vein in his property near this place" said Miss Louise Jones of Fruithurst. Here tofore MT. Olson has prospected his land solely with refrence to it's gold bearing value which is of high quality and in sufficient quantity to make it profitable. from practical mining standpoint.
 However, his discovery of a large vein of manganese ore, together with fair quantities of copper-nickel, gives much promise to Cleburne county, aside from the increased value of MT. Olson S property C1eburne has never been properly prospected for minerals. but it is undoubtedly rich in ore deposits and will, we believe, compare favorably with any county in the state when it is de- veloped'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
Romance in Crime

Detectives recently discovered the sshus;ness manager" of gang of tram robbers located in one of Birmlng- hams most imposing office buildings. Apparently clean cut, capable man of affairs, a member. of several clubs, ;t is said, and highly regarded by hls neighbors, for several years he was involved in successful train robberies while posing as an eminently respecta- ble dealer in automobile sundries. NO me but the detectives suspected that he was really the "brains" ot the mo- torious Harrison gang, whose actlvi- +;es netted them large sum of money.
 Webb. himself, when he fled just before the detectives came to arrest him at his downtown office, IS be- l;eved to have carried away $10o,00o in unsigned currency, the spells of recent robbery It appears that he not only acted as general supervlsor' but also distributed the loot when It happened to be of an incriminatlng character. Several other members of the gang were presumably in the au- +omobile business, but the principal use they made of automobiles was to effect their escape after holding up trains.
 It is a far cry from the picturesque border bandits of other days, or the late Rube Burrows, to the principal members of the Harrison gang, par ticularly Webb, the directing head, apparently leading a tranquil, rather prosaic life, "good mixer" and re- puted to be socially ambitious. The old fashioned train robbers were rough fellows in their time, albeit afraid of nothing, and they had none of the polish under which Webb so successfully concealed his identity.
 With Rallies" in real life we are tolerably familiar. The so-called ssgentleman burglar" is not uncommon nowadays, but to find his counterpart among train robbers is surprising and stirs the imagination. Clearly, fiction writers who deal with the criminal clement have not yet exhausted their resources. The master train robber opens to them a field that is compara- lively new.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

was little or no friction; but now that the service has expanded to great pro- portions petty troubles have arisen frequently and every Secretary since Colonel Herbert has been criticized and handicapped
 In the war department harmony all along the line from the Secretary to the rank and file has been proverbial. Friction is seldom heard of. It should be so in the navy, and must be so if Uncle Sam is to get the best results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
A TIMELY CARTOON

From the Mobile Register.
 A cartoon with fun as well as truth in it is a welcomed gift in days when so many of the draftsmen are engaged purely in grouching against things as they are. The Birmingham Age-Herald's skits are customarily good, but we particularly like the one of Sunday last, entitled, Put ting it all Over Birmingham" Little boy gone down to look at the Warrior river: Cordova and Tuscaloosa are in swim min';'' and the latter splashes good bit of the fluid over the scared little Birmy. the fluid bearing the inscription, "Cheaper freight rates" Tuscaloosa, with q grin and a shout. says to Birmingham: Gee kid. the waters fine!''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

might find some way to allow the re- ceipts of the Ensley office to be con- solidated with those of the Birming- ham office, without affecting the en- tity of the Ensley office.
 These are things for Chamber of Commerce consideration. A year hence the local postal receipts should reach not only $6O0,0O0 but $75O,OOO, for that would put it in a class with Rich mond, which sometime since crossed the $7OO,OOO line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
NED BRACE TALKS ABOUT THE PUBLlC'S
 JUDGMENT OF ACTS OF PRESIDENT WILSON

the people to refer to it as job or an imposition upon them. Whatever transaction there be it should be in the open.
 The days of secrecy in corporation management have passed. \ City Commissioner Barber seems to be bit miffed at the daily newspapers of Birmingham and is advocating publishing city advertising in a weekly. MT. Bar ber's advocacy of such tactics would in- dcate that he desires to put Birmingham back into the country town class and have no other newspapers published within it except weeklies
 There are no weekly newspapers pub papers, appealing to only certain elements of the people.
 The legislature provided that city ad- vertisng should be printed in newspapers of general circulation in order that the public would know what ordinances were passed and what appropriations made.
 Heretofore the city printing has been divided between the three daily newspapers of Birmingham, each one printing it for the rate provided by law.
 Regardless of Mr. Barber's opposition, the majority of the commission. being practical business men, will continue the policy of making public their acts in the daily newspapers.
 The report of the Federal Grand Jury on the county jail was so thoroughly con vincing that this building in every way is unfit for habitation that the public has become aroused to the actual neces- sity of new jail.
 It is crime almost bordering upon mur- der to incarcerate human being in this jail. It is a mass of germs and filth and it's construction is such that it cannot be cleaned and kept clean. As long as the filthy building remains in use the tuberculosis camps will be filed This jail is nothing more than breeding place for disease.
 Let a new jail be provided for and at once
 Z.A2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02

H OPTICAL situations are mercurial. N The success of the American ~ troops in Mexico, the avoiding of serious complications with Germany and the general skill with which President Wilson has handled the acute situations which have confronted him have made him deservedly popular with the Ameri- can people.
 Woodrow Wilson has surprised the country. and particularly the republicans thereof, with his masterful skill in all diplomatic controversies. He has like wise shown nerve and force and real activity. He has the nerve of Roosevelt, the diplomacy of Mckinley and the grim determination of Cleveland.
 The old line republicans of the Root type and the bull-moosers of the Roose- welt and Perkins variety have been non- plussed by Wilson's skill They are in him.
 Three months ago it appeared that the democratic party would be disrupted. There were conflicts between the White House and the Capitol. The democrat leaders and President Wilson were at cross purposes. But today there is har- nony and admiration on the part of the congressional leaders for the balance and judgment with which President Wilson has solved the many problems presented Wilson is undoubtedly big man. He has made good, and it looks now like he will be returned to the White House by the people in November.
 The railroad situation in this country is reaching an acute crisis. Dire pre- dictions are made that the trainmen will
 
 strike and the railroads of the entire country will be tied up for several weeks. Such conditions would, indeed, be unfor- tunate, now that wave of prosperity is gently rolling over the country. Things are not booming in the south, but they are getting better, and to cut off trans portation at this time would be suicidal. There are practical and common sense men dominating the unions controlling the railroad men. The general managers of the railroads are likewise practical people. The two should get together and find the means of settling their differ
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-02
Shelby Must Diversity

Farmers in Shelby county are up against it this year." said Will Coats, Ia prominent farmer of Pelham, who was in Birmingham yesterday. "The boil weevil hit us good and hard last year, and will no doubt come even stronger this year; so there is only one thing left to do and that is to diversity crops, raise more cattle and hogs. Our land will not produce cotton without ferti- lizer. and it is so high we can't afford to buy it and raise cotton to be partly destroyed by the weevil."