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The Sauk Centre herald., 1916-10-05
RELIEF ASSOCIATION MEETS
Hear Satisfactory Financial Report
and Elect Officers for
Ensuing Year.

The annual meeting of the Sank
Centre Fire Department Relief AS
sociation was held Tuesday night in
the assembly room of the city hall
with President ]. N. McGibbon and
Secretary R. E. Hansen presiding. FL
rancial reports were received, claims
allowed and officers elected for the
coming year.
Treasurer B. F. Dubois reported
that at the beginning of the fiscal
year in July, 1915, the balance in the
treasury was $2296.5S. Receipts dur
ing the. year were $153.75 interest
from the city, $12.96 interest from
banks and $188.99 from the state in
surance fund; a total of S2657.28.
Expenditures were $500 for the
purchase of the new auto truck, So to
DR.. Lamb for medical services and 81
to Michael Schwartz for injuries; e
total of $2512, leaving a balance il
the treasury at the beginning of the
fiscal year in July, 1916 of $145.2S
This has since been augmented b,
an award of $21O55 from the stat,
insurance fund. However, the asso
citation at its meeting Tuesday nigh
awarded to Walter Cummings,
member, SIP for disability resultin,
from collarsing from heat last Mem
orial Day and paid Secretary Hanse
$40 for two years salary, leavin,
$333-S4 in the treasury at present.
While the association funds shranI
hugely during the past year becaus
Of the purchase of the fire truck, al
members agreed with President Nc
Gibbon when he stated that the none
had been we'll invested. 1t was ais
pointed out that the state aid for thi
year was larger than in many years
due to renewed growth of the city
and that the allowance next yea
would be even greater. The existing
fund was considered sufficient for al
demands. All the old officers wer
reelected as follows:
President-John N. McGibbon.
Vice President-W William Peglow.
Treasurer-B. F. Dubois.
Secretary Rudolph E. Hansen.
Tnustees- es-Joe w. Kusba, Josepl
Miller, John Whitson, A. F. Strebel
Finance Committee-R. R. Kells
Howard Magee, George O'Gara, A
| N arkson.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1916-10-05
MRS. HUGH WATSON is DEAD
Well Known Sauk Centre Girl Passes
Away at Home in
Minneapolis.

The hosts of friends in Sauk Centre
of Mrs. Hugh Watson, best remember
ed here as Alta Woodruff. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C.. Woodruff, will be
grieved to learn of her death last
Monday at her home, 2619 Clinton
Avenue South, Minneapolis. She had
been ailing only few weeks but she
sank rapidly and an operation per-
formed as last resort was futile. v.
L. Burgess, a cousin of the deceased,
with his wife, went to Minneapolis
Sunday morning to be at the bedside,
returning Monday evening. At that
time the end was announced as only
a question Of hours. All the members
of the immediate family were pres
ent when death came. Funeral SER
vices are being held in Minneapolis
this Thursday afternoon. Full par
ticulars will be published in the Her
aid next week.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1916-10-05

imous call has been sent to Bishop
Mitchell for his return. Especially In
view of the fact that Rev. Duel is
just completing a cosy new parson-
age, his family will no doubt be allow
ed to enjoy it. Mr.. Duel stated to the
Herald on Monday that he would like
to come back to Sauk Centre, al
though he had an opportunity to take
up pastoral work in one of the
churches of the larger cities but would
prefer to continue his work among
the good people of Sauk Centre.
The Herald joins other friends of
Rev. Duel in the hope that Bishop
Mitchell may assign him to Sauk Cen
tire.
Because of the pastors absence
there will be no services at the Me-
thodist church Sunday other than the
session of Sunday school at the usual
hour.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1916-10-05
METHODISTS IN CONFERENIE
Rev. r. w. Duel Attending Annual
Sessions of His Church Beng
Held at Wadena This Week

Rev. R. w. Duel, pastor of the First
Methodist church, Sauk Centre, LETT
Tuesday for Wadena to attend the an
nual sessions of the Northern Min
nesota conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. The sessions Will
conclude Sunday at which time Bishop
Mitchell will give out the assignment
of pastorates for the ensuing year.
The Northern Minnesota conference
takes in all that portion of the state
north of St. Paul and Minneapolis
Mr.. Duel has served the Sauk Centre
Methodists for a number of years and
the Herald understands that a unan-
The Sauk Centre herald., 1916-10-05

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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
GOT TOO DEEP FOR MOLLY
Seemed Easy at First to Answer Ger.
sus Mans Question, But Diff
Guilty Came Later.

The front door bell rang, but Mrs
Murphy was scrubbing her kitchen
floor and had no intention of letting
that disturb her.
MOLLY! Molly" she called, answer
that"
Molly carefully placed the Image"
she was busting on the shelf, then
opened the door to face the census
man.
Mother inf" he asked.
mo" lied Molly, judging from his
general appearance that he must have
something to sell.
swell perhaps you'll do. How many
children are there?"
Molly calculated mentally. "Thir-
teen" she said, finally.
"The oldest-name, age, and date of
birth?"
This was difficult, but Molly had lied
and must see the thing through.
MARY, twenty-five years old Janu-
airy first" she guessed.
Yes; now the next"
e PATSY, twenty, February 2" she
guessed again. Then suddenly she
saw her way clear. 1t was easy. "Ill
give them all to you," she said. 40
seph, eighteen, March 3; Kathleen, six
teen, April 4; Susie, fourteen, May g."
And so she joyfully pursued her
course, dropping two years and adding
n month and one day to the date at
each name, until she reached "Tom,
age two, November H." She bit her
lips. There were two children left,
without ages!
"And?" the census man questioned,
with a smile, as he counted the eleven
names.
"Oh," said Molly, II forgot; two of
us are dead"
When the census man called the next
day, Mrs. Murphy herself answered
the ring.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Don'ts for HomebuiIders.

If you want to prevent trouble and
inconvenience after you have moved
into the new home, observe these
'don'ts'' while building:
Don't cut down any trees on the
building site until you are ready to be-
gin building, and then only enough to
provide room for the house. This pre-
vents unnecessary sacrifice, and after
the house has been lived in for a
while, one can easily determine what
others must go.
Don't, with a white interior trim,
have other than quartered white oak
floors.
Don't when finishing the interior Of
the new house be unmindful of the
quality of the paint used thereon.
Paint serves two ends, it protects and
improves the appearance of the house,
and the n ingredient in its compost
ton necessary to the fulflment of this
purpose is zinc.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
IPraislno Poverty.

When a man argues from his per-
sonal experience that poverty has made
him what he is, he erects on q some
what wobbly basis a somewhat ques-
tionable idol. Were all small boys de-
ported al an early age to the North
pole, It is probable that those who
managed to get back to Philadelphia
by foot would have had another deep
and full experience. But the story
would not be complete unless II In
Guided a choice collection OF bleaching
bones.-New Republic.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
is RIGHT TO ANNOY SACRED2
How Jersey City Courts, by a ReceSE
Decision, Allow Property owners
to Exalt Ueliness.

The sacred right Of the property
holder to make himself q public nui-
sance is reaffirmed by the decision OF
the New Jersey supreme court, says
the New York Tribune. 1t appears
that this right was menaced by a stat
ute which made it unlawful to dis
figure with advertisements the Pali-
sades along the Hudson. The statute
is found to be unconstitutional or the
ground that the legislator may deprive
the owner of the right to use his LAND
for such purpose only when the signs
are a menace to public health or NOR
ais.
This kind of individual liberty is
one of the unfortunate limitations un-
der which our whole system lab0rs,
The public has other interests to con
serve besides those of health, safety
and morality. 1t is a mark Of indif-
ference to beauty bordering on barbar-
ism hat esthetic considerations re-
ceive so little recognition in the eye
of the law. The zealOusness with which
the courts are bound to protect the in
dividual in the use of that which is his
own permits the defacing of our scenes
of natural beauty with every conceiy-
able form of hideousness.
Something more than a right Of
property is invaded when one indi-
vidual may ruin for millions of people
the beauty of q piece of natures handi.
work.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
The
Thorns!
II
Blu GENEVlEVE ULMAR


Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)
THE last rose" announced Edna
Brock and there was a shadow of re-
greet in her tone.
"Oh, what a beautyl" enthused
Blanche Reed and added the final
trophy of the denuded bush to the
great bouquet Edna had patiently
picked for her. "Why, you have hurt
yourselfl !"
Edna had, indeed. She WINGED and
paled slightly. The hand that had
disengaged the last rose had been torn
across the fingers with a long deep
scratch. The blood flowed freely, but
she wrapped the disfgured member In
her handkerchief and said lightly:
"Oh, that is nothlng-I am used to
the thorns, dear"
There was n deeper meaning to the
words than shallow needless Blanche
Reed knew-no bitterness, but q GER
tain spirit of resignation that for the
moment sent a grave expression to the
comely face of the speaker.
you see, the Aid society is very
active since that handsome young Doc
tor Trevor came to Leevllle. They
say he is a rising man in his profess
sion in the city," ratified on Blanche.
"and we all have our caps set for him.
He's rich, too. Thanks for the flow
ers. dear. Doctor Trevor gave me the
lame of one Of his poor patients, so
! am anxious to get her the flowers"
Gdna sat nursing her injured hand
after the departure of her chattering
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Ii]CNITfIGEWN
-AM
o~~~9
PROPER PLANNING OF CITIES,
Method Has a Deeper s~ignificaneel
Than the Mere Laying Out OF Hu-
man Dwelling Places.

IL am very glad to hear that among
the objects of the American Civic as
ISOLATION is that Of getting rid Of the
impression that city planning has
mainly to do with the large cities Of
hundreds of thousands of inhabitants.
and indeed that is not solely concerned
with these cities, but that one of the
main functions of city planning is TO
deal with the small town and even
with the small village community so
said Mr.. Thomas Adams, the we'll
known English town planning expert,
now civic adviser TO the commission OF
conservation of Canada, in opening an
address at the convention of the Amer
lean Civic association IN the subject,
1.-THE Economic Basis Of City Plan
ming"
Continuing, Mr.. Adams said Town
planning does not deal with the beau
tifcation of the town but town plan
ming, 1 should rather like TO put ~,
includes the establishment of the ex-
ternal features of the town both ia
regard to it's public buildings and In
regard to it's transportation. But these
matters are only part of what should
be properly regarded as city planning.
And when we come to analyze the
fundamental things in city life we find
that really we ought not to begin with
the establishment or with the beauti-
full in the city, but that after the route
of civil life, the two things that matter
are the industrial and the residential ;
are the factories and home life. You
want not only TO look forward for tho
next thirty, forty, or fifty years in re-
gard to your park systems, but you
want to make sure that in the next
forty, fifty or sixty years every per-
son who builds q new home will be Sc
cured against disease which may be
created by anything that can be pre-
vented. You want to make sure that
the conditions shall be healthy in re-
gard to housing as well as in regard
to the general civic aspect of the city"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

ence of Edna had changed n prison
into a palace. Twice that day she Wis
tied the little invalid. The one fol.
lowing she gathered up from her own
little store and the donations of kindly
neighbors various articles of utility
and comfort in which the humble
home was lacking. The third day as
she entered the tenement room she
came face to face with Doctor Ire
vOr, just leaving.
He greeted her with q Frightening
eye. In his quiet but earnest way he
commanded her for the marvellous
transformation she had made in the
environment of the poor home and In
the invalid. His heart warmed to-
wards her and Edna felt n responding
thrill.
Once again she met the doctor. II
was the day when the little child,
singing happily, was able to sit up in
bed, past all danger.
All the time Edna had been COM
PEELED to keep the thorn-injured hand
bandaged. 1t had panied her at times
and looked red and swollen. Now that
the strain of her nursing was over she
noticed it more closely and realized
that 1t was a poison or infection in
jury. She applied a soothing lotion,
Blanche had invited her to an eve
ming lawn party. Her hand panied
her so greatly, however, that she
phoned her friend that she would not
be able to go.
What was Edna's surprise about six
o'clock when Doctor Trevor drove up
in his automobile.
what is this l hear" he observed
in his clever, pleasing way, "about an
injured hand and no complaint to me,
who must be your physician since you
have been my friendly nurse? Dear,
dearl you have neglected this, Miss
Brock" he added, ms Edna shyly
showed him her hand.
Doctor Trevor dressed the wounded
member and told Edna he had been
advised just in time. "You also need
rest and diversion after your engross-
ing care of my little patient" he
said.
And then he suggested that, as she
was not going to the lawn party, and
rs he did not care for the function, a
moonlight run around the lake would
delight him, and so it came about.
Blanche Reed quizzed Edna indus
triously after learning of three of
these auto trips that had taken place
in one week. She upbraided her for
monopolizing this particular star of
the village social life. But Edna was
noncOmmittal, and only innocent,
happy and contented.
There came the day that called Doc
tor Trevor back to his duties In the
city. Quite m ovation was given him
that evening by Miss Reed and her
coterie of special friends. Edna was
not present at the function. She sat
in the garden of the little home, feel
ing sure that the last good-by of Doc
tor Trevor would be for herself.
He came swinging along in the mel
low moonlight, CHEEKY and hopeful.
He took her hand, after he had spoken
a few words.
"Dear little hand!" he said, and
kissed it reverentially-'bearing the
thorns, that others may have the
roses. Let it guide me in silent paths
Of duty that have made your life so
sweet and true!"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Studiously Regarded a Bouquet of
Flowers Lying IN the Ground.

companion. She was thinking of this
young DR.. Willis Trevor who had come
to Leeville TO spend the summer, and
recuperate from the strain of an e
tensive practice. Edna had been cas-
ually introduced to him. She was in
terested in his broad humanitarian
Ideas. Doctor Trevor seemed to be
n of those restless mortals who was
happy only when occupied. He gave
his services free to the poor and had
co-operated with local societies in adj
vanclng sanitary and philanthropical
work. The vain, selfish motives of
Blanche Jared on Edna. Then she
sighed and bound up the wounded
hand with a little culver about the
lips.
always the thorns." she mur-
INJURED.
So life had seemed to her. She ap-
peared ever to be the lamb of sacri-
flee" for others. She had given up
an advanced education for the sake of
a sister. Once wealthy and the fam
lily high in local social circles, her ia
Their and she herself had well-nigh beg
CARED themselves to start a son and
brother in business. The latter had
lost the entire investment, and those
who had helped him were forced to
proceed thereafter on an economical
basis.
Edna tried not to miss the old social
life. She had " loved yet. She
felt her girlhood was going by with
something missing out of it.
1t was an hour later when Edna, go
ing down the street on an errand to
a village store, paused and studlous-
ly regarded a bouquet of flowers lying
on the ground at the edge of q field
filled with boys playing ball. They
were in the full blaze Of the sun.
my flowers! !" uttered Edna, fairly
indignant, is If some cruel needless
person had deserted her dearest
friends at the wayslde.
AS she lifted them lovingly from the
ground, however, a little fellow, a
member of the ball-playing coterie,
ran up to her. She recognized him as
a brother of Miss Reed.
"Oh, please! those are my flowers"
he advised Edna-"that is, my sister
asked me to take them to a sick girl.
Yes, here is the card with the lame
on"
Edna read the address and readily
co~mprehended the situation. The
fighty, unreliable Blanche had tired of
her set task and had left its commits
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

most ridiculous .~pretenses and In a
manner scarcely credible at the pres
ent day.
ave find a declaration of war
from a private individual. Henry
Mayenberg, against the emperor; an
other from the Lord P%rauensteln
against Frankfort, because a young
lady of the city refused to dance with
his uncle; another in 1850 from the
baker and domestics Of the margrave
of Baden against Esllngen, Reutlin-
gen, and other imperial cities another
in l462 from the baker Of the Count
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
For CITY improvements.

The College of Forestry connected
with Syracuse university has exam
ined and outlined methods of improve
ment for public shade trees in 20
cities and towns in the state Of New
York. 1t has been found that In the
cities there are 10000 miles of streets
of a character capable of sustaining n
growth of 100000 shade trees which
can be made worth 500, O0O 1000 in in
creased property value. Buffalo is
thoroughly alive to the possibilities OF
the situation and spends annually
about $4,000 for the planting and
conservation of shade trees along its
public streets.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

ruin and restitution. Upon the slight
est pretext-often indeed with no ex-
cuse at all--the feudal baron would
sally forth from his stronghold in or
der to carry fire and sword into the
territories of some neIghboring chief.
""This abuse says Cox In his His
tory of the House of Austria was
carried to so great an extent that not
only sovereigns and states engaged in
hosulities from interest or revenge,
but the lesser barons, and even assoc
Citations Of tradesmen and domestlcs,
sent defiances to each other on the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
PrussIans and Germans.

Many authorities hold that the orig.
inal Prussians were not of the same
breed of the old, or South, Germans,
being of the Hunnish or Monaghan
stock. The kinship of the English,
Dutch, Scandinavian and South Ger
mar is i~ndisputable, but the Prusslans
(ethnOlogically speaking) are not In
cluded in the Teutonic circle. They
are, to say the least, originally of non
Teutonic blood.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
A Rlunder.

1t was bathing time and from the
bedroom of twin boys came the sound
of hearty laughter and loud crying.
Their father went up to find the cause,
whats the matter up here?" he in
quired.
The laughing twin pointed to his
weeping brother. Nothing" he gig
gled; "only nurse has given Alexander
two baths and hasn't given me any
at ALL"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

Palatine Louis against the cities ~
Ausburg, Ulm and Rottweil; n In
l471 from the shoeblacks of the Uni.
versity of Leipzig against the nro.
vost and some other members, and enc
~ ar from a cook in E~ppensteIn.
with his s%cullions, dairymalds and dsh'
washers against Ohio, count of SoIms ,
But this lawlessness and miscbie.
vous spirit did not expire with The aho-
lition of the right of private war"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
PRIVATE WARS WERE MANY
Any Pretext Would Serve to Start a
Long and Bloody Conflict in
Feudal Times.

"0f the many privileges conferred
on the mobiles of Europe by the feudal
system, none was more jealousy
guarded or more frequently exercised
than the right of waging private war"
DR.. Macmillan writes in the Scottish
Review. "This lawless custom was
the cause OF untold misery. ~barbarity,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
Value Douhled.

The yearly value of agricultural
productions of the United States has
doubled in the last 10 years; in the
same period the population of the
country has increased one-third.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

The public library Of Cincinnati
makes and lends lantern slides.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16

OR weeks the German undersea
boat Deutschland occupied the
first page of every newspaper
in the land, to the exclusion Of
the Mexican problem and a
considerable part of the Euro
pean war news. Her journey
nnrnSS the ncnnn from Rrnnnn
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-20

Miss Ethclyn Steward returned
home from a visit in Augusta last
sunday
The contract for the heating plant
of the High School building and the
Town Hall at Norridgewock has been
awarded to Nash & Niles of Skowhe-
gan, the work to be complied by the
first of September. The boiler will
be large enough to heat the entire
building at one time. AT first it was
thought that a smaller boiler would
do. as the hall would not be used very
much during school sessions, but it
was finally decided to install one
large enough to give satisfaction
under any conditions. The plaster
ing of the schoolrooms has been com
pleted and nearly all the steel cell
ing is on and it begins to look as
though everything would be ready on
schedule time.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-20
4 CENT TO EACH OF HER
RELATIVES
Miss Anna Gilman's Brother Well
Known in Sk0Nhegan In Years
Gone BY

The recent death of Miss Anna Gil
man and the subsequent finding of
her will, has aroused considerable in
terest in this section owing to the
fact that her brothers, Frazier and
Theopolis Gilman were well known
in Skowhegan in years gone by and
married Skowhegan girls. The first
wife of Frazier was Miss Annie
Dealey, the sister of Charles Dealey
of this town by whom he had two
children, John and Mae Gilman. She
died many years ago and he has mar
ried again. Theopolis married for
his first wife, Lillian Garland and
she now lives in Waterville. The
will of Miss Gilman, who died in
Rowayton, Conn, July 5, and was
buried in Greenwood Cemetery, it is
claimed was made many years ago
and was deposited with clerk of the
Probate Court in Cambridge, Mass.
The document claimed more than a
million dollars and yet the relatives
are said to be cut off with one cent
each, the reason for this action being
stated in the will to be that during a
lifetime of fifty years she had never
received a kindness or courtesy at
their hands. It is understood that
Miss Gilman went to England shortly
after the will was made and was
there confined in hospital for the
insane, the famous Brooks House,
situated in the heart of London amid
beautiful surroundings. After quite
a period relatives learned of her and
Frazier Gilman went to England to
locate the unfortunate woman. After
wards she returned to America, and
established her home in this coun-
try. The indications that the eccen
trieities of her earlier days followed
her through her entire life. Miss
Gilman is a relative of John r. Nc
Clellan of Skowhegan.