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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-08-16
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James Kane's sister is paying him
an extended visit.
Joe Kane transacted business in
Westport Monday.
Several from this vicinity did shop
ping at Sank Centre Saturday. :
Earl Brown of Sank Cer tire spent
Sunday at the Frederick home.
George R.. Borgmann of Sank Cen
tire was Westport caller Monday.
Will WEIGH and C.. c. Frederick
shipped car load of cattle Monday.
Otto Shocks family called on the
McBroom family Saturday afternoon.
Stacking is in full blast now and
grain is reported thin but the quality
is first-class.
Lou Bucholm and Bert Hall made
business trip to Sank Centre Sat-
urday evening.
Anna Kane, who has been teaching
in North Dakota for several years, is
spending her vacation at home.
A heavy rain was welcomed to this
vicinity Saturday evening, which will
boost the corn and potato crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Clark of Ed
gerly, N. D., are visiting friends and
relatives in Willard and Westport.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tipler and Mr..
and Mrs. C. w. Clark and the Shook
family spent Sunday at c. H. Cooper's
farm.
Lawrence, Willie, Lee and Carl
Frederick and Fay O'Brien made an
auto trip to Sahk Centre Sunday eve
ming.
Miss Ada Wilcox and Hillrud In
gram are making an extended visit
with the formers sister, Mrs. G. D.
Cass. @
Bert Frederick and family spent
Sunday evening at Jake Frederick's
farm and Monday evening at C. H.
Cooper's.
John Rue and Carl FL nn passed
through Westport Sunday enroute to
Dakota, where they will work with
their teams.
Thomas and John Sullivan attended
the home talent play and dance in
the State Road school house, Sank
Centre, Thursday night.
c. c. Thoen motored down from .Cy-
rus and spent Saturday night with
Mr.. and Mrs. Mortenson, ard Sunday
with Arthur Johnson's family.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. l.. Van and Miss
Ada Miller vacated the hotel Friday
night and left for their parents homes
in Nebraska. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cook will open the hotel again in
about a week.
Miss Elvira Frederick returned to
her home Saturday evening after
spending two weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Jos. Beste, and friends at Nc
Cormic Lake.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-08-16

Mrs. Henry Eibensteiner of Melrose is
dead as the ruesult of burns received
by tipping over a pot of boiling coffee.
The lad reached the pot during his
mothers absence from the room. He
lived for 48 hours following the acct
dent.
Minnesota entered upon the new fis-
| cal year more prosperous than ever
before, according to State Treasurer
Rines. Increasing $1,499,973 during
the last year, the states permanent
trust funds now total $26,245, 1920.
In addition there is credited to these
funds approximately $12,OO0,OO0 of
contracts on sales of state lands draw
ing per cent interest, which makes
the grand total of trust funds more
than $3S,OOO,OOO.
The Minnesota Public Safety Com
mission made a recommendation to
Gov. Burnquist that Sheriff Joseph j..
Urness of Mahnomen county be forth
with removed from office, charging
that he had violated the LIQUOR laws,
permitted a liquor law violator to es-
cape and refusing to turn over to the
federal Indian agent liquo- siezed in
the case. The complaint was made out
by County Attorney Cooper. Gov.
Burnquist has refused to comply with
the request of the Safety commission.
Thursday of last week Segfred
Lundberg and his mother arrived in
Fergus Falls from Cloquet. They pur-
chased some choloform and a revolver
and went to nearby lake where they
attempted to carry out a suicide pact.
The mother was shot through the head,
dying instantly, while the young man
is in Fergus Falls hospital mortal1y
wounded. The young man was in
poor health, and his condition is
thought to have resulted n the deter
mination to die together.
Gus Bealieu, one Of the best
known characters in Northern Mime
sofa died Thursday of last week on
the White Earth Indian reservation
near Detroit. The deceased was So
years of age. Mr.. Beaulieu was pub
Usher of the Progress, the first news
paper started on the reservation. He
was a virile writer and was an ardent
defender Of the rights of the Red man,
welding strong influence with tue
people of his race.
There will be monster. patriotic
demonstration at Morris, Sunday af-
ternoon, Aug. 10, at which time
thousands of people from ten counties
in West Central Minnesota win gath
er to demonstrate to the world at
large that this section # the state
stands squarely back of the govern
ment in it's war for humanity's sake,
Hon. M. J. Bowling of Olivia will he
the principal speaker.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-08-16
LEGAL NOTICES
Citation for Hearing on Petition for

Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Determination of Descent of Land.
Estate of Betsey Biedleman, Deceased.
State of Minnesota, County of Stearns,
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Betsey
BeidIeman, Deccdent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the determination OF
the descent of the real estate of said
decedent. The petition of N. o. Nor
gordon having been filed in this court,
representing that said decedent died
more than five years prior to the
filing thereof,-Ieaving certain real es-
tate in said petition described, and
that no will of decedent has been prov
ed nor administration of her estate
granted in this state, and praying that
the descent of said real estate be de-
termined by this court:
Therefore, You, and Each Of You,
are hereby cited and required to show
cause, If any you have, before this
court, at the Probate Court Room in
the Court House in the City of St.
Cloud, in the County of Stearns, State
Of Minnesota, on the oath day of Aug
ust, 1917, at Nine o'clock a. M, why
said petition should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said Court.
and the seal thereof this 30th day Of
July, 1917.
(SeaD ]. E. HIMSL.
L. L. Kells. Probate Judge.
Attorney for Petitiner. ell
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: REAL news In EACH line
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
TERSELY TOLD FOR THE
BUSY READER

Poisoning of fifty bed patients i,
the state sanatorium for consumptive"
at Walker on June 81 was made prH
lie only when the state board of Wis.
itors made final report on it's IT,
vestigation, following complaints :.
Governor Burnquist, and a separa+
inquiry by the State Board of Fe"'r
The report finds the complaint "''-
fortunately true" and recommends Sc.
we're punishment of an emplcve h'"~-
ed for the infection suffered by the
patients.
When lightning struck the
dence of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Jnh~-
at Fergus Falls the electric light WI,
were severed and the house lef-
darkness. Hearing the baby crying
Mr.. Johnson lighted candle and W
in the room, where he found the IL.
monht-old child in it's crib almost com.
pletly covered with pieces of plaster
that had been knocked off the co.,
ing. When he picked the child up j
gave glad little cry and reached
and tried to grab the candle, none the
worse for the experience.
The little 4-year old son Of Mr.. pr
Mrs. William Werth of Lyon TOWNSHIP
Wadena county, wandered away froso
home one day last week and was To-
in the woods for "a hours. The Ii+-'
chap became separated while his 70
ents were gathering blueberries. IT,
,nighbors were appealed 70 I'D ~
large number responded. The J;
fellow was found within 40
where his family were picking berri"'
He was partially undressed but y"
bad mental and physical state of ex'
haustion. He fully recovered afta"
few hours.
| On Friday of this week the 60
of Albany will vote upon the propc.
sition of disposing of the munich"
electric lighting plant to The Within
intrests at st. Cloud. Mr.. Within
has made the village an offer =
$4,000 for the plant exclusive of ~
| building. The probabilities are thu
the proposition will carry as the W.
| erty has never been self-sustainir~
The Ottertail Light and Power Co.
of Fergus Falls who furnish the juice
for a large number of towns in West
ern and Northern Minnesota, hav'
found it necessary to erect another
dam in order to give their patron.
adequate service.
The Zeurcher drug store at Melros'
was burglarized one night last week
Entrance was made through bacl
window. Mr.. Zeurcher had his none!
in different places about the store, bu
the thieves were apparently wei
posted as every box but one was. 10
Gated. The loot amounted to $140, il
hard cash. The only clew was th'
marks of the soles Of new pair o
tennis shoes.
| The little 4-year-old son Of Mr.. ant
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Mr.. and Mrs. E. Rachny went to
Long Prairie last Monday. Mr..
Rachny drove home new Overland.
The Martin brothers were fixing un
the telephone line last Monday. They
have been in very bad shape since
the storm.
Fred Martin went to Akeley last
Saturday on business trip; he re-
turned home Sunday evening with q
seven passenger Michigan car.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-08-16

The National Non-Partisan League.
a North Dakota political olganize+:o~
which this year transferred its activi-
ties to Minnesota, now has an a,tivo
rival in the Minnesota Non Partisan
League, with J. A. Stoneburg, PROM
inent Isanti county farmer and stcc*-
man, as its official head. The new
organization unfurled it's flag to- tho
breeze this week when it sent broad
cast the first issue of its official
organ "The Non Partisan" The ma
per is given over principally to an ex-
posture of the money making aims of
the North Dakota organization and
it's officers. While it costs SIS to
break into the Townley bunch, So is
the price for those who affiliate with
the Minnesota product.
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Adolph Dusek spent Sunday after
noon at the home Of James Winters.
Miss Morris, Miss Minnie and Lora
Miller visited at Joe Dubrova's Sun
day.
Jerome and Dan and also Mary ano
Rose Dusek visited Joe Duhrova Sun.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Myers of Fredonis
Wis, visited Mr.. and Mrs. James
Winters.
Mrs. Alex Botz returned from
Browerville, where she has been Wis
iting with her parents.
James Norris, who i senl.lov-
James Winters was badly hurt Sun
day afternoon playing ball.
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Harvey Jackson spent Sunday with
w. S. Martin
Orphia Gregg spent Sunday at
home with her parents.
Mrs. C. B. Jackson visited with
friends and old neighbors for a few
days.
Evelyn Anderson, who visited witt
her grandparents the past two months
at Bixby, returned home last week.
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WANTED---Names and addresses
of people suffering from ECZEMA
and other skin diseases. For valu-
able information address R. M. Sheets
Brainerd, MINI. Gil pd.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-02-13
WHO PRODUCES THE METALs7
Some Figures That Are Interesting In
View Of the Present Great World
conhaoration.

The national advantage Of holding
premier rank among the worlds metal
producing countries has been accentu-
ated by the war. To both belliger-
ent and neutral nations the control Of
the output Of any metal has become
IN important asset. either through sup
plying domestic needs or by increasing
revenue through sales to nelghbors less
fortunately situated. The international
scramble for metals has directed ut.
tention most forcibly to the sources
Of the worlds metal supply and has
brought Into prominence some Of those
that hitherto have been obscure or
relatively unlmportant.
Among precious metals 90 per cent
Of the worlds production Of gold Is
controlled by Great Britain. The
United States holds second rank with
30 per cent In pig Iron and steel the
United States easily holds first rank
with an average production Of about
10 per cent Of the total. Germany
follows with about % per cent. Great
Britain Is third and France and Rus
STA divide fourth place. The United
States stands prominently In the pro-
duction Of copper. lead and zinc. OF
late years we have produced about IS
per cent Of the worlds output Of cop
per. We produce about one-thIrd Of
the total lead and about 80 per cent
Of the zinc In normal tlmes.--Metal-
lurgical and Chemical Engineering.
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The Best Philanthropy,

Be sure that you give the poor the
aid they most need, though II be your
example which leaves them far behind.
II you give money, spend yourself with
Il, and do not merely abandon It to
them. We make curious mistakes some
times. Often the poor man Is not 20
cold and hungry MS he Is dirty and rag.
ged and gross. &. There are thou.
mnd hacking nj the branches Of evil
to one who Is striking mt the root, and
Il may be that he who bestows the
largest amount Of time and money on
the needy Is doing the most hy his
mode Of life TO produce that misery
which he strives In vain to relieve. II
10 the plous slave breeder devotlng the
proceeds Of every tenth slave TO buy
Sundays liberty for the rest.-Tho-
rsau-.
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.

WHEREAS. under ordinance II was
ordered that the qualified voters Of
the City OF Bryan that charter COM
mission be appointed to frame a new
charter;
AND WHEREAS, said Commission
was appointed and they reported
their action. together with said char
ter to the City Council OF the City OF
Bryan on the 9th day Of February. A.
ID. 1917. and that the said charter
commissioners. who so framed said
charter. fixed the date OF submitting
the charter to the qualified voters OF
the City OF Bryan on the 23rd day OF
March. A. ID. 1917. same being not
less than Forty (40) days nor more
than ninety (9o) days after the com.
pletion OF the work OF the charter
commission.
II IL. therefore. ordered that an cleo
tion be held In said City OF Bryan on
said 23rd day OF March. A. ID. 1917.
and that all qualified voters OF the
City OF Bryan are entitled TO partici-
pate In said election. and that those
In favor OF said charter shall have
written or printed on their ballot
For the adoption OF the charter" and
those against the adoption OF said
charter shall have written or printed
on their ballots Against the adoption
OF the charter"
That said election shall be held un-
der the General Election laws OF the
State OF Texas now IN force: and G..
L. Jones is hereby appointed Presid.
Ing Judge OF said election and NJ. L.
Vitopil and Elmer Dodson. judges and
they are authorized TO secure such
additional clerks as may be required
TO hold such election; said election
shall be held at the City Hall OF the
City OF Bryan. and the polls shall be
open from a. m. TO Z p. m. as pro.
vidcd by law: said officers OF said
election are ordered to hold said cleo.
tion and make due return OF same
TO the City Council within one day
after said election.
A copy OF this order signed by the
Mayor of the City OF Bryan shall serve
rs a proper notice OF said election.
and the Mayor Is directed TO cause
,tice OF Election to be posted up at
place designated for the holding
said election. and at three public
ices In the City Of Bryan and by
blication OF said notice for at least
liRTY t3o) days prior to said date
election.
approved February 9th. 1917.
est. w. w. HARRIS.
7. SMITH Mayor.
Secretary. d go
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known miles on either side. A second
volley, and not man remained to res
cue or 10 fly.
The child was still unlnJurcd. The
bullets had passed over her head, and
none had struck her. Both sides. each
dlstrusting the other. waited till night
fall. All through the afternoon. at In
tervals. the baby could be seen, when
the fog lifted. Each side formed vol
unteer party Of half dozen to make
the rescue after night had fallen.
The two parties started simultane-
ously. crawling through their barbed
wire and working their way across No
Mans Land. They met In the middle.
There was no chance for explanations.
The rifles spoke. the bayonets did their
quick work. Star shells. shot up. re-
vealed the twelve In. deadly grapple.
Buoyed up by the sense Of their mis-
sion. neither side would yield. They
fought each other to death there, in
that dcsolate waste Of water-fllled
craters. Not one man returned.
On either side the soldiers waited In
Increasing apprehension until morning
showed the heap Of bodies around the
crater. Within II the child could still
be seen. She had fallen forward on
her face. She might be dead. but there
was still the Wild hope that she was
living. Perhaps she slept. And the
soldiers. many Of whom were married
men, were filled with anguish and the
resolution 10 save her. or 10 bring back
the little body for burial.
II was evident that another day could
not be allowed to pass without the res
cue. Projects were mootcd. II was
suggested that the artillery should be
brought to bear, upon the enemy
trenches. with n view TO a general ad-
vance Into them. But this was deemed
too dangerous an undertaking. II was
not humanity possible that a general
advance could be made without stray
bullet striking the little form within
the crater. Il was an Irishman who
solved the problem.
"Surc. who wants TO hurt babyf"
he asked. "Lct's ask them 20 send out
six men to meet ours. and wen save
her."
The idea found general acceptance.
Notice boards were quickly written In
three languages.
'Dcn't Ore. We are going to pick up
the Kid" ran the English one. And
Ire French ran similarlr-lt wns at tho
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FREE TRANSPORTA-
TON FOR EVERYBODY
Bill Ready to Be Introduced Providing
For Free Riding for All State
officials, Legislators, Etc.
tBy Associated Press,

Austin. Texas, Feb. 13.-Free trans.
portation over the railroads OF Texas,
not only for the members Of the legis.
lature, but also for the governor, lieu
tenant governor and most other state
officials, is proposed in bill which
may be introduced in the lower branch
OF the legislature. Representative
Monday Of Marlin is the author of the
proposed measure.
Mr.. Monday has let 1t be known that
he will not introduce the bill unless
he obtains sufficient pledges to insure
its passage.
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Between
the Lines
- ~
By
FRANK FILsoN
Scspyrisht isis 81 ". 8. csspms,

A baby between the lines Of
trenchesl
The troops had advanced BY night
under the searchllght; they had taken
up Q new position within a hundred
yards Of the enemy, on what had been
Z farm. And at dawn they could all
distinctly see the child sitting up In the
hole made BY q ten-inch shell, one
hand extended toward the ruined
buildings.
1t was q raw and foggy morning, and
presently, while the men still gaped,
the mist came down and hid the child
from sight. To show q head above the
sandbags ordinarily meant instant
death. But now q dozen men leaped
from the trenches and ran forward.
There came a fusillade from the
enemy, and half Of them fell dead In
their tracks. The rest staggered on
ward, wounded, to collapse one by one.
Only one man reached the edge Of the
crater before he collapsed, shot through
the heart.
The fog lifted. By Q miracle the
child had escaped injury. She was
still seated there In the she'll hole.
From the opposing trenches a dozen
men came crawling forward through
the wires. Those Of their opponents
opposite them forbore to fire. But to
the right and left were soldiers who
were Ignorant Of the situation. A
fusillade rang out, and Of the dozen
men only three were left to work their
way forward.
"Cease firingw came the order.
But II Is hard to control body Of
troops that stretches away for un-
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Junction Of the two armies. On the
opposite slde Of No Mans Land The
Germans had put up q notice to IL
same effect IN their own language.
They quickly exchanged II for an
other. swheni" they asked.
AT twelve o'clock" answered TIE
Enslish.
Il meant an hour to walt. All the
eyes were strained upon the baby. She
had not moved since the morning.
There was every fear that she was
dead. And half an hour before the
time 1T the artillery behind the Brit
ish lines began to rumble. Showers Of
shells broke upon the opposite
trenches. The artillery Of the Germans
answered. And since nothing was
known at the rear about the child, and
because Its life or death was q small
matter In the general run. the attempt
was abandoned.
All that day the soldiers on either
side crouched In their trenches and
waited for the artillery to cease. A
general attack had been ordered for
six o'clock on the Franco British front.
There were few now who cherished
any hope Of saving the babxs life. Yet
none Of the shells bad fallen near the
crater, and the little body was still
visible there.
At six o'clock the British artillery
suddenly ceased. The men leaped
from their trenches and ran forward.
cheering. Np
But to their surprise their opponents
did not walt for them but ran forward
also, perhaps inspired by the same mo-
tives. The two parties met on half.
mile front. Bayonet FLASHED with
bayonet there was fierce thrust and
parry, men fell dying, the cries Of the
wounded rent the air, and neither side
would give way.
II was not until the combat had been
thinned out by the loss Of thousands
that the two lines of enemies sullenly
withdrew and made for their respective
trenches. But there were those on
either side who remembered.
And, moved by q simultaneous i'm
pulse, six men from either of the con-
flIcting armies rushed toward the shell
crater. Tacitly they ignored each
other. A big Scotchman leaped into
the hole and emerged, carrying In his
arms an enormous rag doll, with q
painted face Of bisque.
1t was rlddled with bullet holes, and
had evidently been abandoned by the
former owners. Perhaps the very child
whose playthlng 1t had been had long
ago grown tired of 1t.
Yet 1t was strangely human In ap-
pearance, and the head, with The gold
en- curls, dropped forward like that Of
tired child sleeping.
There was a stunned silence on
either side. With no thought Of fight
Ing. the men intermingled and clus-
tered about the figure. How many
thousands had died for this rag doll II
was grotesque aud pitiful.
The Scotchman laid the doll down
In the crater and flung little earth
over 1t with his foot. He looked up at
the faces Of the enemy.
"It's for trine like this that good
mems lives have been flung away" he
said bitterly.
There was silence, till young stu
dent answered him:
"Are we any wiser7" he asked
quietly.
The other appeared as II about to
answer him; but instead he turned
his back, and, calling his men, marched
them back toward the trenches, under
tho mufferinp NJ fha gunQ
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INcRElSE N PLV
FOR THE GOVERNOR
Report Of cemmIttss Showing Why
HIs salary should d Ralssd to
Ten Thousand Per Annum.


Austin. Texas, Feb. lS.-Supporters
of the proposal to increase the salary
Of the governor Of the state find argu-
.ment for their contention that the
present salary Of $4,000 Is inadequate
In the report Of two members Of the
legislature wto conducted an investi.
cation OF expenditures for the govern.
or's mansion during the past two
years.
The report shows that the Thirty.
fourth Legislature appropriated $4,000
year for fuel and other incidentals
at the executive mansion. and that In
addition to this sum the governor ap-
proved deficiencies amounting TO
$3.50. OF this last amount. according
to the report, s2.54s was expended In
connection with expenses incurred at
the governors home.
The total expenditures at the gov
ernor's mansion. according to the re-
port, In addition to the $4,000 salary.
was $e,54s.11.
A proposed constitutional amend.
ment now pending would increase the
salary Of the governor to $4,000.
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D. A. r.

There will be a called meeting Of
the local chapter of the d. A. r. at
the club rooms in Carnegie Hall Wed.