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The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
A Daylight Saving Scheme.

~ SdyuSus S0NspS SS'SuhSs
Instead Of setting clocks an hour for
ward in spring and an hour backward
in fall, Professor LecOrbun suggests to
the French Academy Of Sciences q
simple method Of making the change
gradually and with the seasons. This
consists Of altering slightly the length
Of the pendulums Of clocks at the win
ter and summer solstices, so that be-
ginning with Dec. 21 they would gain
thirty seconds day, and beginning
with June 21 would lose thirty seconds
q day.
The effect Of this would be that by
March q they would be forty five min
utes ahead and by June 21 they would
be an hour and thirty minutes ahead.
After which the pendulums would be
changed, and the clocks would lose at
the same speed.
Under such an arrangement we
should have to set our watches for
ward or backward half minute every
night.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
COMFY THINGS FOR SOLDIERS
Red Cross Specifications for Sleeve
less Jackets, MuffIers and Wrist
let's for u. S. Army.

The Herald publishes herewith the
latest specifications for the knitting
OF sleeveless jackets, mutflers anu
wristlets as approved by the Comforts
Committee of the American Req
Cross. Mrs. E. j. Lewis has entire
charge of the Knitting Department OF
the local Red Cross and will glad
ly furnish yarn for knitting and give
the necessary information to all in
terested., The specifications follow:
Sleeveless Jackets.
Cast on 80 stitches.
Knit 2, purl 2 stitches for a inches.
Knit plain until sweater measures
Is inches.
Knit % stitches, biud off "a stitches
fol neck.
Knit % stitches.
Knit 5 rows on each shoulder, cast
on "a stitches.
Knit plain for 81 inches.
Purl 2, knit 2 stitches for a inches.
Sew up sides, leaving 9 inches for
armholes.
Two rows single crochet around
neck and one row single crocheI
around the armholes.
No. 5 Celluloid needle.
Mufflers.
Cast on so stitches or 10 inches.
Plain knitting for SO inches.
NO. 5 Celluloid needle.
Wristlets.
Cast on 81 stitches.
Knit 2, purl 2 for IL inches.
Sew up, leaving Pinch space Tor
thumb a inches from top.
No. 8 Bone needle.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
TORPEDO BOAT DEsTR0YERs.
They Are Unarmored and Are Helpless
Against Gunfire.

They Are Unarmored and Are Helpless
! Against Gunfire.
Every one is familiar. Of course,
with the ordinary torpedo boat, swift
vessel OF. from 400 to 600 tons in dis
placement, carrying no defensive ar
NOR, but armed with tubes for dis
charging the deadly torpedoes.
To counteract these wasps Of the
sea, according to the Popular Science
Monthly, type of vessel was design
ed of about double the size Of torpedo
boats, a little greater speed and in ad-
dition to torpedo tubes, armed with
rapid fire six to twelve FOUNDER guns,
for the .ayowed purpose of destroying
torpedo boats.. Lately all the great
nations have stopped building torpedo
boats as originally designated and are
building torpedo boat destroyers.
Recent engagements have developed
the fact that torpedo boat destroyers:
are used almost wholly as torpedo
boats. So they are really battleship
destroyers. To defend the capital
ships from torpedo attack the dread
naughts and battle cruisers are armed
with secondary batteries Of rapid fire
guns from four to six inches in diane
ter. One well placed shell from gun
of that size will ordinarily put de-
stroyer out of business. as the destroy
ers have no defensive arm0r whatever
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Wisdom of Persia.

Purity is for man, next to life, the
greatest good. That purity is procured
by the law Of Mazda to him who
cleanses his own self with good
thoughts, words and deeds.
Thou shouldst not become presump-
tuous through any happiness of the
world, for the happiness of the world
is such like as a cloud that comes on a
rainy day, which one does not ward
off by any hill.-From the Zend-Avesta.
Ancient Persian Scriptures.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Restless Nature.

Nothing in nature is absolutely per-
manent. Changes are going on slowly
but steadily. every moment. parts OF
the earth being elevated above the sea,
parts sinking below it. the ocean wear
ing away the coast in one place and
building it out in another. and so on to-
infinity.
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& = - H -
Proof 6f kha Fact.

II can prove to the satisfaction of
the court that my client in stealing the
watch of the complainant was actuat-
ed by the most laudable motive of
economy"
"What was that, sir?"
"He merely wanted to gain time
Baltimore American.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Dad Get. Back.

$50 you are going to marry chorus
girl. hey?"
Snow, don't kick mp fuss, dad. Two
can live as cheaply as one"
'.T1l give you a chance to prove that.
Not a cent increase Of allowance do
you get."-Lonisyille Copriey-J Journal
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Fighting seasickness.

There is one place In ship where
the voyager may be at rest. This writ
er discovered it during a mid-Atlantic
storm when he went down to the bath
room, tumbled into warm sea bath
and floated. The vessel was perform
ing the most amazing antics, but the
water in the bath kept its usual grav-
fly, and the bather floated with smile
upon its bosom.-London Taller.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
pIdn,t Win by His Teeth.

A Philadelphia dentist had the nerve
to publish picture Of Washington
with this statement underneath:
"Our first president owed his wonder
full health to sound teeth
I assume that the dentist knows more
about teeth than he knows about his
tory. Washington's teeth were his one
physical defect. They amounted al
most to a facial blemish when he
smiled, and one sour critic Of our first
president who knew him we'll said the
reason he so rarely laughed was his
dislike to showing the ravages Of decay
in his mouth.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
UNCLE SAM ORDERS
SACKERS' ARREST.
GOVERNORS OF ALL STATES AD-
VISED TO START IMMEDIATE
ROUNDUP OF DODGERS
REGISTRANTS ASKED TO AID
OHIO LEADS IN CENSUS, WITH
ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN AND
IOWA NEXT


leniency ended last night for men be-
tween the ages of 81 and 80 inclusive
mp- who failed to register for the
E war last Thursday.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
has sent to the governors of all the
states a message asking them to Gin
augurate from today a vigorous, ag-
gressive and effective enforcement of
the penal clause Of the selective ser
vice law against all who have by their
failure to register brought themselves
under those provisions.
The penalty for failure to register
on June 5 is Imprisonment for a year
and enforced registration but General
Crowder Immediately after Registra-
ton Day recommended that local reg
istration boards provide further op-
portunity for delinquents.
The Department of Justice yester-
day notified United States attorneys
to release those already arrested for
failure to register providing they
have now registered.
Draft Plans Near Completion
General Crowder has nearly COM
pleted draft Of regulations to govern
exemptions and exemption boards, and
expects to lay it before Secretary
Baker in a few days for approval.
The general believes no class should
be exempted as such but that local
boards should decide on the circum-
stances in each individual case. He
favors use of some device such as
a Jury wheel for drawing the names Of
those to be examined by the exemption
boards.
The regulations will be made public
in detail after Secretary Baker and
President Wilson approve them. Cen
eral Crowder's message to governors
said:
"Quotas are to be assigned to the
several states in proportion to pop
ulation as determined by the Bureau
of Census and not in proportion to the
registration. The result is that every
person who has failed to register is
seriously increasing the burden OF
those who have registered. -.
Citizens to Aid in Work. -,
'It is requested that effort be nov now
made to detect and to arrest persons
subject to registration not registered
and to bring each promptly to the at
tention of the nearest representative
of the Department of Justice. Care
should be taken that the lists pre-
scribed in paragraph 80 (men regis
tered) are promptly posted and al
registrants should be asked to ASSIST
in bringing non-registrants to the at
tention of the police. .-,
"In case of doubt as to the age OF
persons who have not registered the
tabulated records of political organic
ations and other local records should
be consulted and data may be ohtalneo
from the Bureau of the Census.
Among states reporting SO far, onlo
stands first in the proportion OF regis
tration to the census estimate Win
113 per cent. Illinois has 1O4.7, WIS
consin has 104.6, and Iowa 1888 per
cent. Washington is the lowest with
500 per cent.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Continental conaress.

The first session Of the continental
congress was held in Carpenters hall,
Philadelphia, Sept. 5, 1774, with forty
four members present. All the colonies
were represented except Georgia and
North Carolina. Peyton Randolph Of
Virginia was president and Charles
Thomson was secretary.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Asphalt.

Asphalt. with which so many roads
are paved, was found by accident
Many years ago in Switzerland natural
rock asphalt was discovered. and for
more than a century it was used fDr-
the purpose Of extracting the rich
stores of bitumen it contained.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
FIRST STEPS SET FORTH
BY UNITED STATES
WAR OFFICIALS.
time limit NOT SET
EBases For Exemption From Selec-
tive Service Not to Be Made
Known Until President
Wilson Approves 1t.

The War Department authorizes
the following:
The steps in the operation of the
Selective-service law, which follow the
registration and precede the actual
A departure of selective men for
~ military or industrial service,
nave been officially explained for the
first time in statement by Brig.
Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, Provost Mar
shal General, who has had supervision
of the forming, instructing, and equip
ping of the countrywide registration
machinery which Tuesday registered
about 100000 men for war service.
"Registration marks the compile
ton of the first well-defined step in
the execution of the selective-service
law," said Gen. Crowder. "The ac-
tual recording has been practically
finished in single day, but the ar
rangement and copying of the cards
their segregation into appropriate
groups, the publication of lists, and
the garnering in of delayed registra-
tiOnS will consume a week or ten
days. In the meantime the mach
inery of the registration is being read
justed to serve as machinery for the
further execution of the law. This
work is proceeding rapidly and should
be completed coincendently with the
tying up of the loose ends of regis
tration.
Define Cal for Men
"When this is all done, regulations
governing the jurisdiction of the local
boards will be issued and the. mach
inery will then be ready to proceed
to the drawing, which will result in a
determination of the order in which
registered men will be examined for
the purpose Of their selection for
military or industrial service. When
tbs list of order is determined it is
expected that the War Department
will be able to make a definite call
for men, and as soon as this data is
available the number necessary to fill
the first call will be assigned to the
several states.
The policy of decentralization, the
application of which has so success
fully consummated the registration
will be adhered to throughout. The
various states, knowing the number
of men which they must call and the
order in which each particular man is
to be examined, can then assign to
the various local boards the task of
selecting the number of men neces-
sary to complete the quota for the
locality Under the jurisdiction of
each board.
Cannot Set Precise Time Limits.
"Precise time limits cannot be set
at present for the reason that it is
desired to have uniformity of opera
ton of the machines throughout the
United States and to have each step
taken simultaneously throughout the
nation. Mountainous, heavily wood
ed,and sparsely settled states can
not move with the expedition of COM
pact and densely populated states.
While dates are not to be named pre-
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
ead.

Lead was early known to the an
clients. Aiusions to 1t in Scripture in
dicate that the Hebrews were well
acquainted with it's uses. The rocks
in the neighborhood Of Sinai yielded it
in large quantities, and it was found
in Egypt.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Enforced Geniality.

higgins is the gloomiest man I
know Of"
"And yet his wife is always making
him get his picture TAKEN"
"Of course. The photographer Is the
only person who can persuade him to
try to smile and look natural"-Wash-
ington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Correct.

"It's easy to find out what time it
is," said married man. IF the hall
clock says $40, and the drawing room
clock says $50, and the dining room
clock says Cos, and my watch says
6:15, and my wife's little dinky watch
says 6, it's O'Clock in our house,
Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Putting on the Screws.

"I never knew such a complaining lot
Of customers" growled the baker.
aSame here" answered the butcher.
"They seem to take advantage Of the
TACT that we can't get along without
'em In our business" New York
Times.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Psrsevsranoe,

Perseverance Is more prevailing
than violence, and many things which
cannot be overcome when they are to-
gether yield themselves up when taken
little by little.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
10 Be sure.

.'The planet Saturn has two rings
"Only two! They must be doing
pretty well with municipal reform."-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
In Constant Trainins

'.That ballet dancer is wonderfully
expert"
"Well, she never gets out of practice
for a minute. She is always kicking"
kansas City Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
One Of Those Questions.

"POp!
''Well. what is 1t nOw?'
"Say. pop, did the dog star ever have
the dipper tied to its tailT-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
lHe and Aoe.

Life does not count by years. Some
suffer lifetime in day and 30 grow
old between the rising and the setting
Of the sun.-Augusta Evans g
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14

It never rains roses. When we want
more roses we must plant more bushes
EGeorge Eliot.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
cleai, Up week.

Customer-Is there any gravy on the
bill Of fare? Waiter No. sir; there
was, but it was wiped or.-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14

Man Is his own star, and that soul
that can be honest is the only perfect
man.-Eletcher.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14

To know how to wait Is the great
secret of success.-De Maistre.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
Stop Waste---Save

Thrift is an essential part of every
patriots duty.
Europe after two years of agony
learned to abstain from luxuries, to
economize in comforts, to be frugal
of necessities.
III
Let us profit by that example.
Preparedness by means of economy
and saving is the spiritual and moral
duty of every right-thinking Ameri-
can-NOW.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1917-06-14
WELL KNOWN MASON DEAD

Col. J. C. Munro, of st. Cloud, mem-
ber of the Masonic fraternity for over
so years, passed away at the family
residence in the Granite City Wed
nesday morning after a short illness.
The remains will be taken to st. Paul
for burial this afternoon after short
service under the auspices OF Nazar-
enc Commandery, Knights Templar.
Several members of Pilgrim Com
mandery of this city attended the ser
vices. Mr.. Munroe was splendid cit
izen and was widely known outside OF
Masonic circles and will be sincerely
missed in his home town. He was
born in 1843.
MARKUSON ARRAIGNED
John Markuson, the notorious ex-
coroner of Todd county, who abandon
ed his wife and children at Grey
Eagle something over a year ago, was
arraigned before Judge Roeser OF st.
Cloud last Thursday. He pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to one years
hard labor at Saltwater. On the plea
of Mrs. Markuson that he might work
and thus support the family, and by
promising to abstain from the use OF
the use of intoxicants and further
more support his family, the court
suspended the sentence.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
BOYS OF The NAVY
Greatly Enjoy Laurant's Great Show
Magician's Genial Manner Also was a
Pleasing Feature of his Appearance

Chaplain E. w. Scott Of the Unit
ed States Navy in letter to Mr..
Laurant from San Francisco, Cal !,
writes in part as follows:
Il want to tell you that your en-
tertainment was one of the most en-
joyable that we have ever had here.
The boys enjoyed it immensely and
reminded me Of it often during the
week following l have had many
inquiries as to how you got down in
the audience for the last number,
and have always played wise and
asked why they didn't use their eyes
as | did (not). The crowd enjoyed
the joke on me as had just received
that watch as prize and had only
recently been showing it about Yer
lily doth pride come before a fall!
Zone reason for your success here,
aside from h e spectacular skill
which you displayed, is the genial
way in which you always take your
audience into your confidence. That
will be a great asset wherever you
go, but in no place somuch as among
a lot of boys. They do not think Of
you as a paid entertainer, but as
an old friend with whom they are
spending an evening together around
a festal board. Officers and ladies
and the men thoroughly enjoyed the
frank and rapid way in which you
worked, and in fine the whole eve
evening. I need not say that I en-
joyed the pleasure of meeting you,
and the good grace with which you
worked with the poor paraphernalia
we could supply you"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
IN DAYS OF YORE
items from the River Falls Journal Files OF
ThiFty-Six and Twenty-Five Years ago

Thlrly.six Years AJo, Jan. s, 1881.
Emil Mayer is reading law in the
Office Of A. P. Weld.
D. J. Collins of Glass Valley
caught large timber wolf recently.
T. w. Finn of Glass Valley has
hauled the largest load of R. r. ties
of any man in the Valley.
D. w. Kline has been appointed
Deputy Clerk of the county, and has
taken charge of the office.
Sam Bateman's harness shop at
Ellsworth was destroyed by fire on
Wednesday morning of last week.
J. G. Keith will resume the duties
Of landlord of the Keith House at
Ellsworth some time next month.
Married-In Ellsworth, Jan. 2,
1881, by Rev. G. N. Foster, Mr. w
A. Knapp and Miss Alice A. Green,
both Of River Falls.
Big River-John Engle and Clay
Ward were wrestling and in some
way Johns foot got fast and both
fell, breaking one Of Johns legs and
dislocating the other 1T the ankle.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04

market authority, claiming tn t
$50, 100000 was cleaned up through
INSTRUMENTATION received from the
Administration. Lansing, who seems
to be the administration goat, IS
again out in denial of any leak in
his department.
Newspaper men of the district
have sent me letters regarding the
supply of paper pulp and Importance
of probing the high price of paper
which is declared by those who pay
the bills, to be hold-up. This in
formation has been forwarded to the
Trades Commission, now investigat-
ing the paper question. Congress-
man Champion of Michigan, appear
ed before that Commission last week
and urged that the Federal Trade
Commission be given power to fix
prices by legal determination. To
use his words, "all publishers ap-
parently are getting newsprint pa
per at devious ways and at terribly
extortionate prices" If the Trade
Commission wants additional power
to stop this monopoly, he declared,
Congress would give it. The diff
Guilty with the situation up to the
present time appears to be that
while no reasonable excuse has been
offered for present prices, the doc
tors diagnosing the case, fail to
agree as to the exact cause of rene
dy. If Champion has solution that
is practicable and merited the auth
GRITTY it would probably be forthcom-
ing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
Local Winners at the Corn
Show

At the second annual First Ma
tional' corn show which closed in
St. Paul recently 1876 silver and "Gol-
dyn" bronz loving cups were offered
as district prizes. Follows are the
winners in Wisconsin District No. /,
which includes this territory: LIST
Henry Brewer, Huds IN; 2nd-Cyril
P. Alton, River Falls; 3rd-G. w.
Ruemmele. Troy; 4th-A. L. Wilcox,
Hudson.
In the boys contest Lester Han
son, Raymond Larson and Geo.
Nicholson, of Polk county, won 1st,
End and 4th, and Carl Witt Of Dunn
county won Ord in this district.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
Twenty-Five Years Ago Jan. z 1892


The Gas Co. are now putting in ex-
tensive improvements in their plant.
Lyman Weld has returned to his
studies at the Law school in Ann
Arbor, Mich.
Hon. N. P. Haugen was admitted
to practice before the United States
Supreme court on Monday last.
Miss Eliza VIM of this city COM
menced her third term as teacher in
one of the Martell schools last Mon
day.
Enrolment at the public school for
the winter term is as follows: high
school, so; End grammar, sc: No. 5,
"a; LIST grammar, a.; intermediate,
81; End primary, 40; 1st primary, SIS.
The River Falls Fire Insurance
company elected the following di-
rectors for the ensuing year: Ly-
man Healey, ]. w. Barrett, C. V.
Guy, 0. Strahl, j. S. Copley, VIM.
Taylor, VIM. M. Barker, H. S. Mar
shall.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
Treat Hens Right and They'll
Reciprocate

There is probably not a better
equipped hen-coop in the Northwest
than that of Curtis johnson of this
city, and that is undoubtedly the
reason why Mr.. Johnson gets rec
ord returns from his fiocks. His 1913
pullets produced 1858 eggs during
the month of December, just passed.
In Mr.. Johnson's opinion poultry re-
suits depend entirely on the proper
care of the flock, and he believes
that correct housing and right
handling would bring the winter
price of eggs down to a reasonable
standard and at the same time make
the business more generally profit
able.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
THE Man OF
MANY MYSTERIES
Peoples Lecture Course Number, Nor
NAL Auditorium, Jan. 8, 1917
BE ON TIME, sis O'CLOCK
LauranS's Big Musical, Magical
Fantasia

This season is to mark real epoch
in the career Of Eugene Laurant, 1.-THE
Man of Many Mysteries" His Lyceum
program will be made up Of latest Won
ders in magic, large illusions. imper-
sonations and musical numbers, the
whole staged and costumed in very
elaborate manner.
During the intermissions musical
numbers will be presented by the Lau
rant Instrumental Trio.
In Laurant's new program live pi-
geons are seen suddenly to appear i'll
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
MARRIED
Symes-Sherin

Miss Ethel Sherin and Mr.. Ber-
tram A. Symes were married last
Saturday, Dec. 80, at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Sherin, in EstervilIe. Iowa.
They will be at home to their friends
after Jan. Is. 1917, in this city,
where Mr.. Symes has charge of the
Consolidated Lum ber Company's
branch office. The Journal unites
with their many friends in extend
ing congratulations and best wishes.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-01-04
Lev. Farley on Homer Roll

Of II men elected by Tau Beta Pi,
honorary engineering fraternity at
the Wisconsin university recently,
6 are from Wisconsin cities. They
are j. Leverett Farley of River Falls.
Stephen C Gribble of Linden, E. B.
Kurtz of Cedarburg, H. F. Mielenz
of Milwaukee, S. C. Lawson of Mad
ison, and R A. Grant of Milwaukee