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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
English and American Speech.

1t is said that it is harder for q
Lincolnshire farmer to understand q
Lancashire miner than it is for any
two Americans from different sections
of the United States to understand
each other. The reasons advanced fol
the uniform standard in America are
the wide use of textbooks. and the
fact that our public schools are forced
to devote much time to the teaching
of English on account of the large
number of foreigners in the schools
There are many provincialisms in our
language but most of them have been
scattered over the whole country and
are understood by all-Exchange.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
SHOWED SKILL AS ENGINEERS
Ancients Did Remarkable Work Con.
sldering the Limited Mechanical
Means at Hand.

That ancient Greek and Roman en-
gineers were ingenious as we'll as
sltillfuI Is proved by the works that
ere still eXtant for instance when the
Eupalinos, island of Samos, water
works mentioned by Herodotus were
constructed in the middle Of the Sixth
century Il. G., tunnel about one mile
long was driven through the KastrO
mountain certainly respectable
achievement when one considers the
limited mechanical means at the dis
posal Of the builders. From the books
of the AleXandrian mathematician
Heron, one sees that ancient engineers
knew how to figure beforehand the
direction Of tunnel. The fine medical
instruments, of which many have been
excavated, give evidence of high me-
chanical skill. Ancient instrument
makers manufactured clepsydras (wa-
ter clocks) that could be carried in
pockets and devices used by Hero
philOs to measure the temperature of
patients. The present-day slot machine
and taximeter are limitations of sim
liar ancient inventions. Even to bal
listic war machines ancient people APP
piled ideas which play an important
part In modern warfare-the poly
bon" being in certain meaning, the
predecessor of our repeating arms, and
the 'monankon," of the mine thrower.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
Printing Stamps by Millions.

Few labor-saving machines are more
Ingenious in combining a number OF
operations, or more impressive in the
amount of work they do, than the new
Stamp-printing presses of the United
States bureau of printing and engrav-
Ing. Each press, with two operators,
moistenS, prints, gums and rolls total
of 100000 postage stamps in an
eight-hour day, states an article in
Popular Mechanics The perforations
are made both lengthwlse and, across,
both che roll and the punches being
adjustable for position. One operator,
in front, takes care of the unwinaing
roll and adjusts its path to the per,
forHtorS by means OF il screw. The
other operator, at the rear, regulates
the speed of the machine and inspects
the finished work. Finally, the roll is
cut into sheets of 400 stamps each.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
"PASS THE BUCK"


We do not mean in the generally
accepted Technology of the univer-
sal slang. We do net mean to pass
the buck the understanding that a
buck is dollar. Keeping the bucks
IN the pocket or in the bank will
never pay debt.
Pass the buck along to your
creditor. Ten bucks paid out in
early morning will travel a long
way before sun sets that day. 1t
1t will pay perhaps, hundreds Of
dollars of debts and will keep ON
circulating until some tight wad
sneazs around the corner and puts
it deep down in his pocket and
violates the golden rule.
There never was a better time to
our memory or experience when
passing the buck could accomplish
40 much as TODAY. Pass the buck
and keep it goingl-Quitman Free
Pree.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
Gulf Coast sulphur Deposits.

At some remote time there must
have been tremendous volcanic activ-
ity in the region which is today the
gulf coast of Louisiana and Texas
for in those parts are found deposits
of sulphur vastly exceeding in guam
tity any known elsewhere in the world.
They are covered over by hundreds OF
feet of later Sedimentary material, and
to get at the sulphur deep wells have
TO be sunk. Superheated water is
forced down the pipes to melt the sui
phur. which is fetched to the surface
by the power of compressed air. On
cooling 1t is ready for shipment, being
90 per cent pure.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
INVOKED NAME OF HARVARD
How Indignant Hoeton Woman was
Pacifed by Assertion Which Some
what oVerstepped Truth.

The burying ground on the Boston
common has what is probably the most
unusual stone in the city. 1t was set
up an memory of Mrs. Sally Morse
(wife of Samuel MOrse), who died
July %, 1899, of the cramp in her
stomach, after about one hours illness,
aged twenty-six years and two
months"
One day, relates the Detroit News,
the door of the cemetery office IN the
city ball was flung open and POM
pous matron entered and requested that
the stone on the common be destroyed,
because O. the indicate and unlady-
like inscription. The visitor waXed
more insistent as the secretary pleaded
a lack of authority to destroy any
thing. Finally the caller took dra-
matte stand and demanded that some
action be taken while she waited. The
secretary happened to be great ad-
mirer of George Washington, but he
had work to do, and he saw one way
out
MADAM" he whispered impressive
ly, Chat stone is of great value Har-
ward university has just been making
an investigation and has pronounced
that stone important evidence Of the
first authentic case of appendicitis.
Madam" he continued, that stone
cannot be destroyed
At the magic name Of Harvard the
visitor retreated, vanquished, and
went forth to tell her friends of the
appendicitis stone" as 1t came to be
callpd
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
BURROwED BY PRAIRIE DOG
"pevIps corkscrews" Found In West
srn Mountains and Plains Are no
Longer Mystery.

OF the many fossils which have
come out OF the mountains and plains
OF the West. few have excited wider
interest than the devils corkscrews."
found, I'm rocks Of the Miocene period,
in northwestern Nebraska. They are
usually white, and stand out clearly
against the bun background OF the
rock which incloses them, often attain
Ing a length Of IL feet, with many
twists and turns, ending Mt times In
large bulb, with occasional side pas
sages.
When first discovered 1t was thought
that these gigantic "corkscrews' were
huge petrified vines Of roots of some
strange plant. Study Of the "cork-
screws" however, failed to reveal any
traces Of plant structure. Later the
skeleton OF an animal like the badger
was found I'm a large bulb near the
end Of the "corkscrew," and bones OF
a small camel and small deer were
found In others. After that it was
discovered that many Of them con
tanned bones Of small burrowing
animal about the size of the western
prairie dog. Excavation of actual re-
cent prairic-dog burrows, after filling
them with thin plaster Of paris,
showed an interesting fact: the bur
rows of the prairie dog and the pre-
historic "corkscrews" were closely sim
liar The mystery is considered
solved.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
Credited With the Word Bohemia.

The novelist to whom nature owes
the word bOhemia-nOt in the geo.
graphical sense, but moral condition
was perhaps Henri Munger, If the
word can be ascribed to any one
writer
Henri Murger, novelist and poet.
was born March d. 1922, in Paris.
He made attractive to his readers the
irresponsible life of artists and stu
dents in Paris, and left some classic
tales and songs of diSs0lute thriftlesS-
ness and literary impecuniosity. Murg-
er was trained for the profession of
law, became for q time secretary of
Count Leo Tolstoy, but, like that earli-
er bohemian, Villen, he chose dissi-
patton rather than decency. He died
in a charity hospital in Paris in 1861.
A monument has been erected to- his
memory, but not without protest. Sew
eral of Murger's songs have been trans
lated by Andrew Lang In Ballads and
Lyrics Of Old France" published in
1872
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
UNPAID DEBTS AS FRIENDSHIP
BREAKERS.

Here's Lay Sermon" which
was handed to the Moultrie Obser-
yer to be passed along:
There is no surer way to lose a
friend than to let n mans account
get so big that he cannot pay it.
As soon as it reaches such dimen-
sions he begins to be conscious of it,
fearing that it may get around
among his fellows, he begins to
throw out little stabs and slurs
about the man who he fears may
tell wha. he owes.
II is these debts which we can
not pay or which have assumed
such proportions that they worry
us which trouble the waters of
friendship.
So the question arises which is
kinder, to be exactirg for prompt
payment when the obligation is due,
or SO lenient that the one who owes
can forget the obligation, even going
on to make it tigger?
Teach your children that the man
to whom they owe money has q
right to it when it is due.
They should not expect some-
thing for nothing, and they should
not go on making bills bigger un-
less they can figure to get them
balanced when due,
Every one wants friends and
needs them, and the surest way to
keep your friends is to pay your
bills when due. -
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
DRAWING an Audience.

Professor Letterkink-Tm delighted
to see so large a gathering in the
house. i never spoke to an audience
of more than 40 before. Your towns
men are interested in science?
The Local Editor-Not much, But
my compositor in setting up the ad OF
your lecture on the "CoSmic Forces,
left the as" out of "Cosmic."
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
Her SUSPICION.

Mr.. Gotham-I see Brooklyn won
an has applied to the courts for help
from being loved to death by her hus-
band. who, she says, kisses her 300
times day.
Mrs. Gotham-Can't understand how
man can do so many wrong things
that he has to apologize as much as
that.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14
FRIDAY JANUARY IA, 1921.

Among those who Indignantly de-
mand the right Of free speech, are
the children who aren't allowed to
talk back at their teachers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14

Some dangerous places along the
roads about Lcesburg are left UNI
protected, because the drivers that
don't go over them don't need it.,
and those that do go over will never
do it again.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14

H. Italy they propose to penalize
able bodied citizens who refuse TO
work while in this country they
are principally afraid lest some one
work overtime, or do too much.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14

Claimed that modern ball room
dances originated from the steps Of
the Indians. Must have been just
after the frewater was passed
round
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1921-01-14

Some people who always need
alcohol for their weak backs, have q
supply sufficient TO rub down a
number OF regiments.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27
HUMANITY'S DEBT

The courts of Minneapolis last
week granted verdict of $1.00 to
man for the sum of $4,000 for
false arrest. The case may be ap-
pealed and it may not, at any rate
the victim of the circumstances will
be put to considerable expenses and
no end of mental grief, because of
the blunder of a court Of justice.
Recently our attention was call
ed to the case of man who after
serving fifteen years in a state pris-
on, was found to have been innocent
of the crime for which he had been
committed. He was released from
prison, of course, but was his release
sufficient recompense? The Herald
thinks not, decidedly not.
Fifteen years of this mans life
was forfeited for the laundering of
a court of justice. Broken health
and with his confidence in his fellow
man shattered, this human wreck
was returned to society. That was
without penny to be-
gin anew, life already advanced in
years, and all because society had
assumed" that he was guilty of a
crime.
Such cases as this are not uncom-
mca in the general run of conditions
anywhere in the nation, but strange
to say, no provision has ever been
made to recompense the victim of
such persecution. Every sense of JUS
tice, every moral code, cries out in
behalf of the person who is a victim
Of false arrest and false conviction.
That they are permitted to come out
into the world alone and without aid,
IS crime against humanity.
A law on our statute books to adj
Just this gastly situation would not
be adverse of our civilization. When
in individual makes a mistake, he
must pay. Let the state take upon
tself the same responsibility.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27

formed a great impeachment. To main
tain the flow of water it was found
necessary to put in one intake pipe
from the lake to we'll
Had this sand been removed down
to the then lake level which was then
at its lowest, and the wells filled
around with crushed granite or
screened gravel, l am of the opin-
ion that Sank Centre would now be
receiving sufficient supply of pure
water. Now that we have a 24-inch
open intake pipe from the lake to the
well | am of the opinion that if a
suitable crib was built and filled
with crushed granite forming a res
ervoir around the intake pipe, Sank
Centre would get sufficient supply
of pure water.
Sank Centre has done considerable
experimenting on ideas of high pric-
ed engineers most of which have
proved a failure and l believe it
would be we'll to experiment a little
upon home grown ideas.
e. H. Osborn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27
WELCOME BRETHERAN

+. The Herald takes exceptional
pleasure in welcoming the members
of the Northern Minnesota Editorial
Association to Sank Centre for their
annual January convention in 1922.
In extending this welcome to our
bretheran, the Herald is voicing the
sentiment of every individual in Sank
Centre.
The members of the press who
have gathered on previous occasions
are well aware of the fitness of Sank
Centre as convention city. Sank
Centre is highly pleased to be class
ed as such and is grateful to the
newspaper men who have seen fit to
confer this honor upon the communi-
ty.
Sank Centre is sorry that the
"boys' did not see fit to give this
city both of it's annual gatherings. We
could very we'll find time and III
clination to entertain them during
their summer outing too. But Sank
Centre will not get both feet into the
manager. Duluth has been chosen as
the summer outing host, and as such
Sank Centre offers congratulations
to Mmnesota's sea port.
The newspaper men are welcome
and more than welcome to make
Sank Centre their meeting place.
This city will throw wide the doors
when the brethren troop within our
gates next January. -.. r
Again, we say, Sank Centre is
grateful for the courtesy extended
it by the newspaper. Thew, and all
other convention organizations will
always find welcome in old Sank
Centre. l..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27
OVERCOMING THE MONSTER

The Senior Glass Of the Sank Cen
tire high school overcome enc of the
greatest social problems of their
young career when they voted last
week to appear in a stipulated uni
form at their graduation exercises.
This decision no doubt. required in
many cases the sacrifice of person
al ambitions but it paved the way to
a future of safe, economic conduct,
so far as graduation exercises in the
local school are concerned.
The class is to be congratulated
upon their action in this matter. 1t
shows forethought well worthy of
the training they have received dur
ing four years in the nigh school,
the results will follow them through
life.
Under the conditions arrived at by
the class, no girl member may appear
at graduation exercises other than in
"A prescribed uniform. The cost of this
uniform must not exceed $40.
There is no question but that grad |
uations in the past have been prob |
lem and very serious one to the
PARENTS of many girl graduates. Fin
Try and the ambition. to 'sout dress.
ser class mates at graduation, has
zen the secret purpose Of most
oet has been accomplished by this
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27
CUTTING THE COST

From the publicity office of the
Great Northern Railway comes the
startling information that the COM
pany is going to aid the pubic in
cutting the cost of living"
This discovery is wonderful mas
much as it has to do with the slash
in dining car prices from two or
three dollars a plate to $1.a hand
out.
Nothing is said in this bit of rail-
propaganda however, about reduc-
ton n the costs of those little rail
services in which the public is most
Interested. The price of a dining
car meal is more or less immaterial.
The rank and file of the travelling
public do not patronize diner and
to those who do, the cost of their lit
tie splurge is of small Consequence.
When the Great Northern talks
about cutting the cost of living in
with it's dining car rate,
it is to laugh. The ink is hardly dry
on the roads late increase in passen-,
ger rates to say nothing of the exhor-
bltant and scandulous increase and |
cost OF freight and expressrates the
'oot of all evil where living costs
ire concerned.
A sllcing off of a dollar or two in
iIning car rates may be considered
oinething to talk about by railroad
ompany, but if those organizations
'lsh to impress the public with its
'ood Samaritan policies, it will take
besides a change in the
ltlandish rate usually charged for a
sgular IS cent meal. The travelling
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27
Income Tax HELPS

For the purpose of assisting tax
payers in filing their income tax re-
turns for the year 1920, a deputy
collection will be assigned to each
county for period of one week, more
or less, according to the number of
returns filed for previous years. The
deputies will be stationed principally
at the county seats. In counties hav-
ing one or more large towns outside
the county seat deputies will divide
their time between such larger
towns.
Division headquarters at Minneap-
lis, Duluth, Winona, Mankato and
st. Cloud will be kept open from
February first to March 18th, in
charge of the division chief and his
assistant. In addition to this, rev.
enue agent has been assigned to each
division headquarters. His duties
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27

every girl. To further this end, the
cost has been considerable; even dis
couraging to some, and to what end !?
What has been accomplished by this
display of clothes? Has it figured
in the girls future or in any way
bettered her chances in life? We
think not. On the other hand the
practice has had tendency to Gre
ate spirit of discomfort, perhaps
even jealousy among her class mates.
The conditions arrived at by the
Class of 1921 is concrete and entirely
sane. They have set a pace which
will meet with the approval of the
majority.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27
tiff will apply to the Court for the
relief demanded therein.
VICTOR T. CONKLIN.
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Sank Centre, Minnesota.
NOTICE OF LIS PENDENS

NOTICE OF LIS PENDENs
District Court, Seventh judicial
District.
State Of Minnesota, County of
Stearns.
Milton Smith, Plaintiff, T.
VS..
Alexander Moore, and also all other
persons unknown claiming any
right, title, estate, interest, or
lien in the real estate described in
the complaint herein, defendants.
Notice is hereby given that an ac-
ton has been commenced in the
above named court by tie above
above named plaintiff against the
above named defendants; that the
purpose of such action is to deter
mine the adverse claims of the above
named defendants and each of them
iii and to the following described
premises in Stearns County, Mime
sofa:
The north ninety-nine feet (99 fly
Of lot numbered three 81, Of Audit
orS subdivision of the South half Of
the North half, IS. IL of N. 1-2)
and the North half of the South
half IN. 1-2 of S. 1-2) of Section
nine (9), Township one hundred
twenty six Twp. 1861 Range thirty
four (34) according to the recorded
plat thereof on file and of record in
the office of the Register of Deeds
in and for Stearns County Minnesota.
That such action is brought for the
purpose of obtaining judgment that
plaintiff is the owner IN fee simple
of said premises, and that defend
ants and each of them have no es-
tate or interest therein Or lien there
on.
VICTOR T. CONkLIN,
Attorney for Plaintiff,
1-13-27 Sank Centre. Minnesota
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-01-27
WELL. WELL. WELL,


One day, few years ago while at
the Home School pumping station
saw some men engaged in sinking
large perforated iron tubes in the
lake. I said to one of them, building
a well are you?" Yes, was the an
swer l received. And squirting one
eye at me he inquired. Ever hear
the story of the three holes in the
ground?
No.
Well, Well, Well, was the story
l got. So when l see by the Herald
that the city contemplated digging
wells along the lake, shore for a city
water supply. I could not refrain
from exclaiming, Well! Well! Well!
If were to build a, well in the vi
cinity of. Sank Lake / would build it
on top of the ground Ia other words
on top of what was once dry land.
Some where in the lake or mill pond.
Before the reader condemns me for
being crazy or talking through my
hat. l wish to tell of some of my ex-
perience in the we'll game in the vi
cinity of Sank Centre and my opin-
ions, deduced therefrom.
| helped dig the first we'll sunk at
the Home School, which was dug
about ten feet from water edge and
about Is feet below lake level, and
| observed the water entering the
well brought in q very fine white
sand, which boiled up like aant hill
in the bottom. Showing the sur
rounding field to contain a find sand
which not only caused an impede
ment to the flow of water but also
follow the flow of waterrmI. ,aitheff
follow the flow and finally fill up the
well, which it did. And the State |
finally built wells in the lake, which
are now furnishing the school with
an abundance Of as fine pure water
as one could wish for.
The conditions in the vicinity of
the city pump station are similar al
though somewhat different. The bed !
Of the lake. or mill pond is partially |
Of the original black dirt and years
collection of sediment, decayed veg |,
citation, SCOT and ashes from the !
mill smoke stack forming a COM
pound which we might call muck.
A few years ago ! had a hand in
boat house en- the north
shore of the mill pond. To form a
place we dug a riverway 20
'eet long, IL feet wide and three
below water level and to within six
inches of the water edge, without
laving drop of water in the reser-
'oir. Showing this muck to be not
My an impeachment but an absolute
assistance to the flow Of water. When
We were ready to let the water in /
he reservoir we did it graually, and
o long as the flow was not over APP
fortunately one barrel per minute
ne water disappeared in the sand
nd gravel in the bottom of the re-
ervoir
The well from which the city has
ug IN drift compound OF sand,
oW getting its supply of water was
irt, logs and other decayed vegeta-
on. II was sunk about ten or twelve
et below water level ard while be-
g constructed it was noticeable in I
e morning before the pump was (
arted that the water in the well
ood about three feet below the lake &
vel. Showing the water in the well {
e that in the reservoir was seek G
3 the level of the river below the G
IN. @
When the wells were sunk as deep 2
possible they were then filed Z
'und with the dirty sand which Y