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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-23
Young Men Who Are
Now Of Draft Age Gu
en- Opportunity to Enlist

Within the next few days President
Wilson will attach his signature to the
new draft bill, requiring all men who
have attained the age of Fl years
since June 5, 1917, to register for
military service. Registration Day has
not been fixed, as yet, but will more
than likely be on the same date as
last year, June 5. This action will
place over 100000 additional men az
the call for the country, and is ex-
pected to furnish about 100000 Class
1 men.
In view of the foregoing facts, Ma
jor John d. Yost, Recruiting Officer
for the Minnesota District, is urging
all young men who will be, required,
under the law to register, to get into
service at once, while they still have
an opportunity to select the branch
Of the service they most desire. The
minute man is registered under the
Selective law he becomes ineligible for
voluntary enlistment in the Army, and
when called by his local board must go
into the corps they select for him.
Hundreds of High School boys in
the state will have to register next
month. Most of them are particularly
we'll suited for specialized branches of
the service, and an excellent oppor-
tunity is afforded them in the Army
for further training. Innumerable
training schools have been established
by the War>Department in various
sections of the country, and high
school boys are especially well fitted
to attend them. Credits can be secur-
ed from practically every high school
in the state by boys who wish to get
into the Army at this time. AS the
time is short, Major Yost advises them
to act at once, and to enlist before
the end of May. Only three weeks re-
main.
Army Recruiting Officers through
out the Minnesota District have been
instructed to make special efforts to
secure men who will have to register
next month, and to point out to high
school boys the advantages of getting
into service now rather than later.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-23
Senior High School
Students Scores Hit in
1T Pays to AdDertise''

A rousihg good play, the best of its
kind ever produced in Sank Centre
was staged last Friday night at the
Junior high school auditorium by the
Senior class of 1918. The production,
cit Pays to Advertise" was farce of
type that is hard to get across to
an audience, but none can say that
the cast did not get it across. The
crowd set up one roar after another.
Although the play lasted over two
hours, it went off with bang and
finished up the same way. The plot
was good, the logic was correct, the
humor was real and the actors were
far above the average.
The story was of young man who
started into business by himself, a
proceeding he never would have
thought of had it not been for his ia
ther and the girl he loved. Once in,
and he took a plunge doing it, he was
gritty enough to stick it out. His
partner, Peale, was strong for adver-
Using, was also it might be added,
strong on the slang. On the PROPOSE
ton of advertising hangs the story.
How they lodged creditors, inveigled
money out of every one that had a
nickel, plotted and figured; how they
alternately despaired and hoped and
how they intimately won, made up the
finest little farce one could hope for.
1t is unusual to find home talent
play where each character, no matter
how minor his part, seems to nave
been especially fitted for that part.
Lillian jacobson as Mary Grayson,
portrayed the modern business women
who not only understood the world of
business, but lost none of woman's
charm thereby. Miss jacobson COM
bined the difficult characteristics of
this role with admirable ease.
The Countesse DeBaurien (Olive
Minette) the fake French countess,
had the most difficult part of the en-
tire play, that of speaking French, a
tongue with which she was unac-
quainted. While perhaps some might
have criticised because she did not
speak as rapidly as the French or
dinarily do, the fault was intentional
and good one, in that the outlandish
stuff was thus partially understood
by the audience. To say that the
Countess looked and acted "liketa mil
lion dollars" is about as sincere a
compliment as can be paid. The
butler, Earl Johnson, was so true q
representation Of the real English
"the carriage awaits without, me
Lud" that he was not recognized for
some time. What with a regular
cockney accent, and a habit of giving
the audience panic for fear he would
break, Sank Centre defes any butler
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-23

.. Cross carnival at Sank Centre Satur-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Ben Messer left for College
Vile Saturday for an over Sunday
visi with her sister and family at the
Joe Rau home near that place.
Miss Neuman left for her home al
Pierz Saturday for a weeks visit with
her parents at that place.
S. B. Wiener the bonanza dairy
farmer of Albany stopped off here or
his way home for short visit with
friends. Mr.. Wiener had been a,
Millerville, Douglas county to heir
organize the State Farm Bureau.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-23

will now be employed on the Rees
farm.
Miss Emma Rasmussen, who has
suffered severe attack of infiamatory
rheumatism, although improving, il
still confined to her home.
Ole Rasmussen made business cal
at Charles Erickson's Friday last.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Jacobson
Esther and Herman motored to Saul
Centre Friday.
Several from here attended the
class play, "It Pays to Advertise" in
Sank Centre, May II, and pronounced
it one of the best plays of it's kind ever
staged in Sank Centre.
Leonard Larson was employed 9
few days last week by Mrs. ! A.. w
Larson.
Oris Halvorson has been spending q
few days with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Rees.
The friends of Ivy Larson will be
glad to learn that he is again able to
be about after his long and severe
illness.
A great number from here attended
the Red Cross Sale in Sank Centre last
Saturday and also the dance that
evening.
Miss Bernice Erickson spent the
week edn in Sank Centre with her
sister Frances, returning home Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lying and
children were Sank Centre callers one
day last week.
The solicitors for the Red Cross
were called last Friday to a meeting
at the Warner school house. Specific
plans were laid for the carrying on
of the campaign by which Kandota
shall raise her quota of $3.50.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-23


of English blood to surpass him.
Rodney Martin, Alphozo Bentfeld,
was the handsome hero who went
through the fire eof changing from a
spendthrift to business man with an
intensity that proved his metal. He
made an excellent partner to the
fresh express agent, namely Dewey
O'Gara, who was the scream of the
evening. Dewey was in his element
and when he didn't say something
that was funny, he did it. The ''irate
parent" Denton Reed did his work SO
realistically that many an observer
trembled every time he addressed his
son. Aloysius Diebel as Ellery Clark
the dude son of the Ivory soap king
was another element of fun, although
his lines were all too brief. Each one
of the minor characters, Jessie Han
sen, Charlotte Wagner, Genevieve
Beck, Gilbert Stegner, and Albert
Hansen were an agreeable surprise in
themselves. They had worked out
their lines and characters perfectly.
As everyone who has ever had a
finger in such a pie knows, it is one
thing to put on farce and another
to get it to the audience. 1t has to
move and move fast. Unstinted credit
is due the coach, Miss Sharkey, for
accomplishing this.
The house was full and something
over $3.50 was realized. This money
is to go go towards buying chairs for
the dining room at the Junior build
ing.
The Mandolin club played before
the entertainment and between acts.
They were thoroughly enjoyed and
heartily applauded.
The play is to be repeated tonight
for the benefit of the Sank Centre
band. The band is in sore need of
uniforms and through the courtesy of
Miss Sharkey and the cast, the re-
pition Of ut Pays to Advertise
will be the means of raising this
money. The Home Guard have as
sumed charge of the ticket sale and
there will be no doubt that the audi
forum will be filled once more. The
following Thursday, the class play at
Willard for the Red Cross. Half of
the proceeds will be turned over to
the Willard branch and the remainder
to this branch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-23
COUNTRY NEWS
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PONDENTS OF RURAL
COMMUNITIES
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Mrs. Perry Stewart made bust
ness trip to Melrose last Monday.
Stephen Key returned from Brow
erville one day last week.
The basket social and dance give,
by Miss Alice Grnaham last Saturda!
evening was a great success, $50 be
ing the amount raised
Miss Ernestine Stewart who is at
tending school in Melrose spent the
week end at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy l.. Scott enter
tanned Geo. Grundman and family al
dinner last Sunday.
Robert Craig of Willard came down
last Wednesday and spent several days
visiting his sister-in-law Mrs. Craig
at the Wilcox home.
Miss Maude Mann was the guest
of Miss Glenn Peterson last Wednes-
day evening. .
H. w. Walker and son made a bust
ness trip to Melrose one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Scott were the
guests at supper at the Austin home
Saturday evening.
Geo. Grundman and son made a
business trip north of town last Fri
day looking after stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Kortan left on
Saturday for Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Ingram and
family spent Friday evening at the
Scott home.
Mrs. M. Mann and Maude spent
Thursday evening at the Joe Deter
man home.
Miss Florence Hennemann was the
week end guest of Miss Leone Ingram.
The Helping Hand Society met with
Mrs. Geo. Grundman last Wednesday,.
The attendance was extra good The
regular meeting will be held with
Mines. Fay and Harry Houston near
Stewards bridge. The ladies tied and
finished a quilt for the Red Cross
auction and nine dresses almost finish
ed.
Mrs. Joe Kortan is staying with her
grand children during her sons alb
sence in Iowa.
The young people from this vicinity
attended the Strobeck barn dance
Saturday evening.
Miss Maude Mann spent Monday
and Tuesday at the Pangburn home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-23
Thomas ]. Flahaven

Candidate for the Legislature from
the West end of Stearns County,
Forty-Sixth Senatorial District.
Endorsed by the Nonpartisan Lea
que. Lived in Stearns county for SO
years; taught school II years; college
education; farmed for the past 20
years; organized the first Rural Tele-
phone Company in neighborhood.
Town assessor eight years; town
treasurer nine years; member school
board Is years; President Farmers
Stock Shipping Association of Sank
Centre for the past five years. Bought
Liberty Bonds and supported Red
Cross. One. hundred per cent Ameri-
can, nothing else, and strong sup
porter and believer in President Viii
son and his war policies.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-05-23
Announcement.

This advertisement was prepared by
and is published in the interest of
Thomas J. Flahaven, for which rs cts.
per column inch will be paid for each
insertion.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-09-26
6 Months Front
Line Duty Gives
Gold Sleeve Bar
Badge of Honorable Service al
Home Is Fourth Liberty
Loan Button

General Orders, No. So, recently is
sued by the War Department in Wash.
ington, provide:
"a gold chevron = to be worn
on the lower half of the left sleeve
by each officer, field clerk and
enlisted man who has served six
months in theatre of operations dur
ing the present war = -
A war service badge-bespeaking
active participation in the conflict
abroad. What pride the wearer will
feel, in that little piece of adornment,
of standard material and design!
To the onlookers, what honors will
it suggest; what endurance and valori
War service badges are not to be
confined to the Army and Navy alone.
The great numbers of those who stay
at home may have a badge of service
and distinction. With the issuing of
the Fourth Liberty Loan button there
becomes available for every loyal
American mark of war service, a
badge of honor for war work well
done. "
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-09-26
KILLED BY GERMAN HELMET
American Soldier Hunting Sou
venir Picked Up Charged 3
\ Headpiece. .S =.

Shamokin, Pa.-Writing from dug
out in No Mans Land, France, Leo
Conner, a corporal in the Twenty-third
United States infantry, forwarded to
his sister here, Miss Cecilia Conner, a
bunch of strange flowers he had gath
cred while on patrol duty.
Conner had promised a younger
brother German steel helmet as a
war relic, but in writing Informed the
brother that he was doomed to dis
appointment until the Americans reach
Berlin. He had seen fellow soldier
pick up a steel helmet and then fall
dead.
The helmet had been electrically
charged by the Germans. -- s..@
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-09-26
WOMEN GIVE WHEAT,
SONS AND MONEY

American women, everywhere, ano
Western women second to none, have
borne their part in the fight. They
have saved their meat and their wheat
they have given their husbands ano
sons. Their money is going now. In
the first, second and third Liberty
loans they have invested their dollars
Opportunity to serve has come again
The Government is seeking funds. II
is asking for the third of its three-folo
need-men, munitions and money.
The hand that rocked the cradle is
holding the purse strings in these mo-
mentous days. For their boys Western
mothers will not withhold the needed
gold. America has started on the road
to Berlin. The way is long one
and travelling is difficult. But the jour
ney must be made, and the pilgrims
must be equipped. u
1t is no longer a question of "shall
we buy bonds with American mothers
That was answered when the boys
went over there. 1t is no longer 9
question of "can we buy bonds" The
experience of the first three loans has
answered that.
The question for Western women, II
company with women all over the land
to answer is what is the limit to
which / can, by sacrifice and saving
by going without and working for
what is the limit which / can reach p
CAN'T STOP SHORT
OE RERIJN COAL.
1t would be sorry ending of jour
ney to have America stop short Of Der
lin. 1t is inconceivable that OUT sol
diers should stop short of that goal.
Can you, women of the West, pause IL
the great task which has been set fol
you? Can you halt for an instant In
the face of the country's need?
Will all of those planned purchase!
weigh in the scale with the call which
comes ringing across from those plains
where the boys are fighting? 1t is tt
keep your boy on the march toward
the final goal that the Government
asks you to lend it your utmost.
: II regret that have but one life Il
give for my country" said Nathan
Hale, as he assembled the enemy.
gallows.
Ours is the task to save lives fol
our country, to save by lending our al
at its request. The Fourth Libert!
Loan gives American mothers and sis
tiers new opportunity to make impos
sible a regret that they had but ont
chance to give.
The Fourth Liberty Loan is ours
What is our utmost? The countr,
awaits our answer.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-09-26
CHILDREN RUN TO
SOLDIER PALS At
ARMY MESS CALL
French Tots Share Yankee Sol
diers' acknowledgements
War Parts Great
By Mrs. Hazel Pedlar Faulkner


1.-The little children in this neighbor
hood have learned to distinguish thu
mess call.
Immediately it is sounded, the.
troup out from every conceivable cor
ner, taking their places around the
men, watching with eager, hungry eyes
every bite that is dished out. A fellow
can't eat his prunes very comfortabl!
with such an audience, and the mel
here have divided every meal will
these little fellows, who are the chill
dren of men saving France"
A hometown private, one of the
Engineers who has. been building rail
armies in France, sent that message
home. He is one of the men who hal
been dividing his daily ration of soul
and beans, of meat and prunes, will
the children who are the soul o
E,ranco
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-09-26
MURDER OF NATION
BY RUTHLESS HUNS.
How the Poles Were Slain ane
Starved and Frozen During
the German Drive.
r. c. Waleott Tells Of the Scenes OF
Horror He Witnessed Along the
Road From Warsaw to Pinsk.
Million Persons Homeless.

This ! have seen. ] could not
believe it unless ] had seen it
through and through. For sew
eral weeks lived with it; !
went all about it and back of it;
inside and out Of it was shown
to me-untiI finally ! came to
realize that the incredible was
true. 1t is monstrous, it is I'M
thinkabIe, but it exists. 1t is
the Prussian system.-F. c.
WaIcott.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-09-26
CRUELTY and LUST
WEAPONS0 OF HUNS
Conquered Peoples Shameful!y
Treated for Advantage of the
German State.
Prussian Officers caIIousIy Tell How
Starvation and Abuse Are. Made
to Serve Their Purpose-cap-
tive Women Made Slaves.

This . have seen. could not
believe 1t unless ! had seen IL
through and through. For sew.
eraI weeks lived with IL; ]
went all about IL and back Of
it; inside and out of IL was
shown to me-until finally .
came to realize that the ineredi-
BILE was true. IL Is monstrous,
it is unthinkabIe, but 1t exists.
IL Is the Prussian system-F.
C. Walcott.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-09-26

Germany has limited the amount
that prisoners may spend to SIS a week
for officers and $3.50 for privates.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1918-09-26

At stated intervals the government
probes the cost of living and invariab-
ly confirms our suspicion that it is
high.-Seattle P.-I.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-31
CLASSIC DRAMA IN JAPAN
Both Chorus and Music Accompanv the Pantomime of the Actors
 on the Stage.

The actOrs-SOnS of the sons of gen. erations of actors passing on as a legacy of great price to the right to act in these strange "No" plays of old Japan-entered and made their ex- It's by way of the bridge. At their approach, Gertrude Emerson writes iu Asia, unseen hands lifted and held back curtain of persimmon and iris colored silk that hung at the door of the dressing room. Their costumes had wide skirtlike trousers and all the fires and contlagrations of an autumn wood or mountain forest burned in the color of the brocades. Sometimes they had the streaming white hair of ghosts. They. stamped with their white stockinged feet on the polished floor, which gave out a muffled echo. With their flowing sleeves they hid their faces, turning and swaying in rhythmic dances. With their fans they wrote the meaning of their dances in the air-the climbing of a mountain path to forsaken shrine, a gift of water to weary pilgrim, the picking of herbs, the flight of bird across the sky, the falling of flowers-or of tears. The chorus sang in suppress ed tones, holding their breath inter. minably, explaining, now the action, now the thoughts passing through the mind of the actor. The musicians beat on their drums and above all other sounds walled the flute, thin and trem. 111o11S y,iorcinOlv sod 13l>n n lost ro,,1 tormented of demons.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-31
FROM CABBAGEs TO KINGS
Writer Impressed by Accumulation or Subject Matter of Every oeser'p'
 tion in Print.

Perhaps the most valuable instru- ment for perpetuation is the printing press. writes Bruce Cummings in SCI ence Progress. No sooner is an event over than it is reported in the daily press, and the newspaper preserved in the British museum for all time.
 Within the sacred .rotunda of the British museum reading room may De perused the novels of Charles Garvice, as we'll as the great Chinese encyclo' pedia of the Emperor Kiang-hi in 5,O2O volumes.
 In books our knowledge to date is rounded up and displayed; you may read a book on lump of coal, a grass blade, a seaworm, on hair combs, car pets, ships, sticks, sealing wax, cap bages, kings, cosmetics, Kant. A very thick volume indeed was published last year upon the thorax of field cricket. It would require learned man to catalogue the literature that deals with such comparatively trivial subjects as the history of the Punch and-Judy show, or the history of play ing cards.
 At the present rapid rate of accumu' lation the time must come when the British museum, thousands of years hence, will occupy an area as large as London, and the Encyclopedia Britain nica be housed in a building as big as the Crystal palace; an accumulation of learning to make Aristotle and Scaliger turn pale.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-31
CIVIC BEAUTY.

Civic beauty is to be admired at all time. However, under war conditions various "city fathers" feel indisposed to expend moneys for Improvements at this time. In fact they are unable to do so. If they desired. But much can be done by the citizens in making their streets, lawns and homes attrac- tive. This with a little effort and manual labor.
 As a instance of the fact, one should walk down East Fifth street in Pine Bluff between Kentucky and Florida avenues. This street is not paved, but the neat, trim cut lawns and hedges with growing flowers is indeed notice able. They are in a marked constrast to other streets in a more advantage ous area.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-31
AirpIane Needs Strong Wood.

A modern airplane propeller is ont of the strongest and most perfect products of mans handicraft.
 Some airplane engines run at 1,7O( revolutions minute and can be geared up to 2,O00. An engine of this power would use nine-foot-six-inch propel Ter and the speed of the blade ends would be in the neighborhood of 600 miles an hour.
 Revolving at this terrific rate, the slightest imperfection in the wood from which the propellers are made would tend to disrupt them and cause them to fly to pieces.
 For this reason only the best and hardest wood from the heart of the tree is used for propeller blades. Il takes 2,000 feet of timber in the rough to furnish 200 feet of wood good enough for propellers.
 Black walnut is the very best kind of wood for propeller blades, for, be. sides being immensely tough, it does not splinter when hit by a projectile Next in the order named, come mahog any, white oak, ash, maple. birch and cherry.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-31
THE DEATH kNELL

With the final adoption of the pro- hibition bill by the senate yesterday and the signature of President Will son expected today. "John Barley corn" has possibly made his final ap- pearance in the ring. The action of the law-aking bodies means that he has been declared knocked-out for the count of ten.
 It being foregone conclusion that President Wilson will sign the measure and the law to be in operation next June, "John" and his allied friends had just as well announce that they have quit "the game" in this country for all future time. That the refree's count of ten marked the final ap- pearance.
 It is not probable that another re- turn engagement vii! ever be played on UuitSd ststss coil. With the close Of tho war. this popular favorite will
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-08-31
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have been forgotten. No one will have the temerity to "put on a return engagement There may be a few promoters, composed of ex-brewers, saloon men and other seconds" who would take the chance of returning "their star" in the ring.
 The "old fans" of "John" who have fought many battles with him will have forgotten him and will refuse to return to the ring-side. They will de- clare that John" is back-number and that they will not pay out their money to "has-been."
 The National Prohibition Amend ment is the death warrant of "King Booze" in the United States for all time to come. He must seek other fields to conqueror or else take his fate gamely.