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The Washington times., 1918-03-13

to call "our twentieth century civili-
zation" was described by Danton,
Just before he had his head cut of.
He said the world was "in a fright
full welter." This "welter," no doubt,
is what Colonel Roosevelt means
when he speaks of "Armageddon." "
It might be called "Ragnarok,
"Sheol," or "Gehenna," but by these
names or any other it is costing
more than any one can imagine, or
think, or guess at-even with the
figures of money cost under his
eyes.
The Senate and House acted to-
gether yesterday in a way which
gives some little suggestion Of what
all this means as soon as their re-
suits are brought together and COM
pared.
While the House was debating
and amending the Legislative, ex-
ecutive, and judicial appropriation
bill, the Senate amended and passed
the billion dollar urgent deficiency
bill. 1t is called an urgent def
cheney" bill to show that deficits
have been discovered which the
enormous appropriations already
provided leave uncovered and "ur-
gent" Senator Thomas had said in
discussing the bill that for every
million now appropriated another
million is likely to be spent and
asked for as an urgent deficiency"
This may be an extreme illustration,
but it is not safe to call anything an
exaggeration which suggests the
way the country is bleeding
money" from arteries as well as
veins. To guess at what it means,
compare with the billion dollar def
cit the total of $50 SOC, 900 asked for
as ordinary expenses Of the three
great departments of ordinary gov
ernment-executive, legislative, and
judicial. This total is merely the
COST OF CIVILIZED GOVERN
MENT.
II Is all the Government will need
to cost. II civilization ever exists as
a reality. 1t has increased greatly
since the total for all expenditures
for all kinds including war and navy
was thought excessive at half a hill
lion, but still it was almost incredib-
ly small. Compare this $69,500, 900
with a thousand million Ia billion)
dollars in round numbers in an Ar
mageddon urgent deficiency bill. But
the total for urgent deficiency's was
a round number" billion. II was
really S1.1S0,000.000. Compare $780,
900, 900 as a fraction of a billion
with what government might cost in
a semi-rational world. Then try to
estimate the total cost OF Ragnarock,
Sheol. Armageddon or Gehenna-as
it must be paid for after it is appro-
priated by unanimous votes without
roll call.
The Hght Of the day and one Of the
great fights OF the year thus far.
Was made on a motion TO strike out
the appropriation Of S1,75O,00O asked
to cover a deficit in the case of the
Food and Fuel Administration. The
motion to strike out was lost Sen
ator Reed. who made II, exhibited
the expenditures OF the Food Ad-
ministration item by item. Summing
up, he said that 'in all the history of
the Government there has never been
such a saturnalia OF extravaganza
as has been and is going on in Food
Administration. A drunken sailor
landing in port for the first time
in four or five years and filled full Of
New England rum, never threw
money around as they are now
ding" He spoke for two hours and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

convenience of the debtor, was always
mistaken one and certainly has no
place in the mind of any person at
this time, when every available dol
lar must be marshalled for service,
either in carrying on the war or in
carrying on the business Of the
country.
Some merchants, more or less
alarmed over the situation, contemp-
late selling for cash, only: but this is
going to an unnecessary extreme. The
adoption of this policy universally
would result in business paralysis
either la time of war or of peace.
What is necessary is that credit he
limited to short periods and that the
time of payment be definitely under
stood and payment in full made at the
time set. Merchants and consumers
must cooperate with each other; the
merchant by accommodating the
consumer to a reasonable extent in
the matter of credit, and the con-
sumner by strict observance of the
terms on which he is accommodated,
such terms being, of necessity, less
liberal in many cases than formerly.
Sank Centre Business Mems Assn
ad-Victor T. Conklin, Sec.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

capital is for most merchants difficult
or impossible to secure. Wholesale
houses and manufacturers are in the
same situation with respect to higher
prices and need Of increased capital
as are the retailers, and they are
trying to relieve the condition of
shortening credit terms and pressing
collections. The retail merchant is
obliged to follow the same course.
Actual capital must be worked to the
limit. 1t cannot be allowed to lie
dormant on the books in the form
unsolicited accounts. Consumers
who study conditions understand al
this. They know that there has beer
increase in the price of almost every
commodity, this increase in some cases
amounting to 100 per cent. They know,
too, that it is very difficult to secure
some classes Of merchandise at any
price and that in order to secure his
share of merchandise of that char
acter the merchant must either have
cash or unquestioned credit.
The man or woman who owes an
account should hasten to pay it with
out dun or demand. The idea enter
tanned by some people in the past that
payment of debt might wait on the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25
JUST IN TIME.
Some Sank Centre People May Wait
Till It's Too Late.

Don't wait until too late.
Be sure to be in time.
Just in time with kidney ills.
Means curing the backache, the dir
ziness, the urinary disorders.
That so often come with kidney
troubles.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for this
very purpose.
Here is Sank Centre testimony OF
their worth.
Mrs. C. o. Larson, Birch st. says;
'I had been having a lot of trouble
with my back; dull ache had settled
just over my kidneys and through my
sides and every time I turned quickly
sharp pains caught me. The way my
kidneys acted showed they were badly
disordered, so / got Doan's Kidney
Pills at Hanson & Emerson's Drug
Store and started taking them. ! was
helped very quickly and soon cured
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Larson had. r-Milburn Co.
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.-adv.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25
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THE AMERICAN CREED.

I believe in the United States
of America as a government OF
the people, by the people, for
the people, whose just powers
are derived from the consent of
the governed; a democracy in a
republic; a sovereign nation OF
many sovereign states; a per-
feet Union, one and INSOFAR
able; established upon those
principles of freedom, equality,
Justice and humanity for which
American patriots sacrificed
their lives and fortunes.
| therefore believe it is my
duty to my country to love IT,
to support its constitution, TO
obey its laws, to respect its flag
and to defend it against all
enemies.-William Tyler Page
Friendship Heights, Md.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

does not know what the word loyalty
means. AS a result of these articles
Peterson has been convicted by a
Federal court and sentenced to four
years service at Leavenworth. Pc
terson made a splendid record as
county attorney in Hennepin county
and later as a member. of the state
legislature. He began to degenerate,
apparently, in the campaign when
John A. johnson was first elected
governor. Peterson's actions are all
the more strange when it is taken into
consideration that he has a son in the
service of Uncle Sam.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

A number of the Western States
promptly refused permission to pull
the championship meeting of Willard
and Fulton, in the fistic arena on July
4. Col. Miller the promoter has finally
wished the bout on Minnesota, and
decent people from all sections of the
state are flooding the Minnesota Com
mission of Public Safety with protests
urging them to refuse permission for
the ego" The governor of Colorado
suggested that if these fellows were
bound to scrap there was ample OPP
portunity for them to get action by en-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

Young men from Minnesota serving
with the colors in cantonment and
France will not be deprived of their
vote. The attorney general holds that
that law enacted at the time of the
Mexican trouble provides for this. The
Commission of Public Safety have
sent ballots to the various counties to
be forwarded to the soldier boys, Civ
ing them an opportunity to participate
in the June primaries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25
DR.. A. L. BLK,
DENTIST
Office over Merchants National Bank
SAUK CENTRE, MINI.
DR. H. F. HENNEMAN
DENTIST
Office over Hanson & Emerson's
Drug Store.
Citation for Hearing ON Final Account
and for Distribution.

and for Distribution.
Estate of Jacob S. Frederick, De-
ceased.
State Of Minnesota, County of Stearns.
In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the estate of Jacob s.
Frederick, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the final account
and distribution of the estate Of said
decedent. The representative of the
above named decedent, having filed in
this court his final account of the adj
ministration of the estate of said de-
cedent, together with his petition pray
ing for the adjustment and allowance
of said final account and for distribu-
ton Of the residue Of said estate to the
persons thereunto entitled. 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 Rooms in the Court House, in
the City Of st. Cloud in the County Of
Stearns. State Of Minnesota. on the
3rd day of May, 1918; at nine o'clock a.
M, why said petition should not be
granted.
Witness, the Judge of said Court, and
the Seal Of said Court, this 9Th day Of
April, 1918.
]. B. HIMSL,
(SeaD Probate Judge.
i L L. Kells. Attorney for Petitioner.
45-47
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25
Retail Credits in War Times
I'm Sank Centre, Mimi.

AS a result of the war, retail mer-
chants are facing situation so un-
usual and difficult that it cannot be
successfully met without the aid and
cooperation of consumers generally.
Owing to the higher cost of practically
all classes of merchandise more capital
is required to carry quantities of stock
usually carried, and this additional
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

Alderman C. E. Digit of Minneapo-
has been refused a denomination
by the Socialist party. "The
truth, is" said Mr.. Digit, "and it can't
be evaded, my stand for answering
loyalty to the government has not met
with approval in the Socialist party
Bentall recently sentenced to five
years at Leavenworth is Socialist,
and so is Townley.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25
Save and Lend Your Savings

You can render double service by lending
your savings to Uncle Sam. He needs
your savings now. You will need them
after the war; if you keep them till jan
uary l., 1923, you will get your money back
with 4 per cent interest, compounded
quarterly. They may be redeemed before
maturity at any post-ohice with interest to
about per cent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

The Kaiser's effort to ram German
Kultur down the Threats of a peace
loving world has cost the German
government a sacrifice of 100000
men. Isn't this pretty high price to
pay to satisfy the lust of crazy
monarch?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

listing under the colors of Uncle Sam
and going to. the front. A gathering
of all the thugs and pug-uglies in the
country in the Twin Cities July A
would certainly not reflect any credit
upon Minnesota.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

The Herald does not believe for a
minute that one Charles Lindbergh
will receive the Republican nomination
for governor of Minnesota. The people
of this great commonwealth are in
no mood to elevate into the position
of chief executive one who has the in
dorsement of an organization the
leaders of which are being continually
arrested for seditious statements.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

To those who have watched the po-
litical career of James A. Peterson
the well known Minneapolis attorney
it is rather hard to fathom his ac-
tons during the past few months
Peterson is admittedly man O.
ability. He has long had covetous
eye upon seat in the United States
senate. For months he has carried
on an insidious attack against the
federal government. 1t is claimed
that he believed the people of this
great state would be with him in this
TRADE of Misrepresentation and it
would be stepping stone by whic'
he could land in the senate. Some
months ago he found an organ willing
to publish his screed, the misnamed
Minneapolis and st. Paul American
published by one Paul F. Dehnel, who
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

Watch Uncle Sans ship building
program speed up now that Charley
Schwab has been placed at the head
of the department. Yes, this is sure
enough "rich mans war;" all right,
as we'll as a poor mans.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

James Ormond the "Wet" attorney
from Morris discovered Tuesday even
ing that it is not safe to charge the
citizens of Sank Centre with disloy-
atty even by innuendo.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

Wonder if it isn't beginning to
dawn upon the Kaiser and Won Hind
enberg that the American Sammies
are not too fat or too proud to fight :?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25
"DOLNG YOUR BIT
Is Not Enough
The Fullest Measure Of Service

The Fullest Measure Of Service
Is the measure of our personal re-
sponsibility in this war. Homes
united, families enrolled, resources
conserved, waste eliminated means
AMERICA INVINCIBLE.
Every Man, Woman and Child
Should think and act and serve to-
gether. What each one Of us does
during the next year
Will Decide the Fate Of the World
When each of us learns to sacrifice every
interest in the National Service, Germany's
doom will be sealed.
Live in health and efficiency, but without
extravaganza and without waste.
Here is an opportunity for each to share
In the Joy of service; as important as the
service rendered by the man at the front.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

1t is said that Speaker Champ
Clark of the lower house of congress
can have the appointment to fill "Gum
Shoe" Bill Stones place as member of
the U. S. senate from Missouri.
Champ would rather be Bis frog in
a small puddle than be lost sight of
when mingling with men of the type
of Senators Nelson and Kellogg of
Minnesota, and will decline the honor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25
Buy War-Savings Stamps

And hold safely the results of your patri-
otfc thrift against a time of need. 1t helps
to win the war. And your dollar will buy
more after the war;
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25
They Are Ballots for the Rights
Of Mankind

A Savings Stamp cost 81. IL in January, and
to this price one cent has been added for
each month since January. This stamp will
be worth $500 on January l, 1923.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-04-25

There's no secret about the durability of
Iowa Gates. No. wires-heavy steel tub
ing-close mesh superior construction
every part galvanized 8 times heavier than
fence wire-the adjustability at the outer
end. to raise over distractions, to meet the
different kinds of gateways, to raise over
snow, to raise high enough to let hogs and
poultry 60 underneath. yet retain larger
Evening journal., 1918-04-26
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

soalloped celery is a good luncheon
dish
Cold mashed potato may be added to
doughnuts
Cold cereal can be mixed with the
corn bread batter.
Always study your house before buy
Ing new furniture.
The white OF an egg makes a good
application for a burn
Shortening for pie crust should be
"cut" into the -four.
A good vegetable stew can be made
with brown beans, carrots, turnips and
onions
Every family Of five persons should
buy three quarts Of milk before buying
any meat.
Brown SUGAR should be used in max
ing chocolate nut cakes.
The juice Of a lemon is better than
vinegar on sliced tomatoes.
Succoiash can be made with dried
lima beans and canned corn.
Lime in various forms IS the best
dlslnfectant for the household.
Cornbread can be made with white
eornmeal and rye meal.
Young radishes should he eaten with
a little Of their green tips.
Evening journal., 1918-04-26

educated German soldiers, a man OF
high morale and education. He said
We are In tho position Of men who
have put all their money into COM
pany and are wondering what Is hap
pening to it. but consider that at pres
ent the only chance Of saving II is to
leave things In the hands OF the direc-
tors. That cannot go on forever and
It win be very bad for the directors
n they lose our money A few days
later I found British officers defend-
ing German artillery prisoners from a
physical attack by their own infantry,
who were furious at the lack Of Rrtll-
lery support during the battle
"It follows that II this period Of the
coming summer Is bridged. as II will
be. thenceforUard the scale should
swing quite quickly IN the Allies favor.
American ships. guns. airplanes and.
above all, men. will prove lrst an i'm
movable buttress and later an lrresist-
ible ram. II this inference is true, We
come very near 70 finding a date for
the end OF the war As soon as tho
weight Is preponderingly against them.
the central powers Will strain every
nerve TO make peace. at any rate b0-
fore the winter Of 1919, which will be
Americas year."
Evening journal., 1918-04-26

he attacks, the better for US The
German IS a great learner; much more
remarkable even In military affairs, as
learner than as an originator. He
learned and amassed for this attack al
most all the forms OF 'frightfulness
used against him during the war. He
copied our trench mortars-much the
best then invented-and our trench ar
tinery. lie doubled their number. He
copied our deadly device Of thrOwing
gas in cylinders from mortars. On the
advice Of General Won Armln, who COM
manded against the British In the
Somme battle II have seen the gen
erals memorandum, ne equipped his
infantry with hand-carried flame
thlOwers, which are chiefly ustful for
inspiring terror. he built little ar
mored cars for carrying forward am
munitlon, Of which absurdly eXagger-
ated accounts were published In Ger
many FOR public consumption. He made
light, very mobile guns much on the
American model He built vast under
ground tunnels and caverns capable Of
cOncealing a division Of men at a time.
and concealed in them flrst his stogm
troops, then his reserves. He brought
up not only field guns and howitzers
especially The standardized 5.9s), but
almost enough long-range guns OF q
semi-naval type (they were planned and
manufactured In Austris) to drop a cur
tain Of fire on lines OF communication
ten miles back. More than this, the
German had prepared the whole ground
Df advance q year before, a thing never
before done In the history OF war.
British doctors as well as intelli-
gence officers examine most Of the
prisoners. The doctors ind that q
great number Of the younger classes
OF 1918 and 1919 are as much as two
years behind the development proper
to their age. They have been underfed
in uncomfortable homes. The lntelli-
gence officers lnd In regard TO their
spirit much the same that the doctors
ind In regard TO their bodies. The
young recruits are not among the best
and cheeriest soldiers, as almost with
out exception are the young French
men. On the contrary, they are con-
tinually cOurt-msrtlaled for complaints
and RIGHTEOUSNESS. They come from
homes where the women folk have for
two years talked Of little but OF the
struggle to get food, Of death and
wounds and the hopes Of peace. The
warrior. the Berserker. spirit Is no
longer theirs"
On the other hand:
During breakfast In Amiens, at the
very height OF the Somme battle in
1916. was lnyeigled into a discussion
on the morale OF soldiers by my imme-
diate neighbor, Mr.. Lloyd George. Mill
tary men, said. unite in saying that
there Is no courage like the first
courage. Aha he answered, with the
quickness to develop an idea that is
his leading Characteristic, that is yet
another reason why we must win His
point Is much stronger today than
when It was made. One Of the many
inestimable gifts that America will
bring the Allies Is a constant supply OF
this 'nrst courage and Il viii perhaps
include new courage IN the domain Of
general strategy as well as on ths
stricken field.
About this same time. too, I had {
long discussion with one OF the better
Evening journal., 1918-04-26
EXCLUSIVE StyIes and Models in

Mercerized Fibre Silk and
Shetland Sweater Goats,
offered tomorrow at a
price that every woman
can afford to pay. Ask
to see these. Slip-over
Sweaters from $6.75 to
$12.50. Read this corset
news.
Corsets are essential to
every woman, but more
so for the stout figure. We
make a study Of the styles
adaptable to the stout fig
ure. Prices from $3.50
to $500.
For the slender figure a
daintv rrbhpr fon rorcef
Evening journal., 1918-04-26

II so, make a special trip to
our drapery section; it may be
sunshade or porch screen or
perhaps an awning. If so we
have them in all the popular
sizes. First we offer painted
bamboo porch screens, 6 to 10
feet, from $500 TO $500.
Cliftwood Sunshade, wide
slat-6 to 10 feet, $500 to
$3.50 each.
Evening journal., 1918-04-26

Very attractive electric Floor
Lamps, including silk shade, at
$500 and .$22.50 each.
Ready-to-hang Awnings, so
to 4S inches, Sass to $3.25
each.
S2.4S Linene Couch Cover,
full size, to 90 at S1.5O each.
A special lot of sunfaSt Cur
tains, $3.50 value, to 90 at
$3.50 the pair.
2S6 pairs of Marquisette
Evening journal., 1918-04-26

Many pretty styles in Lingerie Embroidery Hats
Also plain and embroidery Pue Hats for the little SOC
hem. $4.OO each
Evening journal., 1918-04-26

Curtains, white or ecnn At
$500 the pair.
179 oil opaque Window
Shades in yellow and tan only.
Soc value at soc each.
Half Sash Curtains, good
quality marquisette, rod in
cluded, S5c value for 60c the
pair.
$50 yds. Cretounes, odd lots.
Values to soc the yard, to 20
tomorrow at 25c the yard.
Evening journal., 1918-04-26
HandkerchiefS and
Jewelry Priced
for Quick Selling

We place on sale a special
purchase of ladies' all-linen
Handkerchiefs, odd initials, at
15c each.
One lot of ladies' muSSed
Handkerchiefs that were used
for decoration purposes. 121sc
and 15c values TO 60 at &c.
Children's all-linen colored
bordered handkerchiefs at 15c
each.
Children's school Hand
kerchiefs, fancy colored bor-
ders at &c each, or a for 25c.
Fancy colored Bead Neck
Chains, Oriental combinations,
SOC, 75c, $1.O0 each.
Fine Jet Neck Chains, some
plain jet, others with ember
and pearl combinations. S1.50
to $500 each.
We have a very choice as
sortment of Pearl Neck
Chains, short, medium and
opera lengths S1.50 to $1,000
each.
We have in stock the new
Vernon patterns in Oneida
Community Par Plate Table
Silver. We invite our patrons
attention to this new pattern.