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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-11-03

tne best scores ever made by q Todd
county buttermaker and Fred is en-
titled to congratulations on his fine
showing.-Long Prairie Leader.
The Leader has brought to the at
tention of Congressman Knutson the
injustice of the law which permits
personal injury cases to be brought
in any county in any state the plain
tiff desires, and he writes us that he
will Immediately introduce a bill to
have this law depealed. This law
which was pushed through congress
the taxpayers of Minnesota rp-
by the labor unions has already cost
wards of $4,000 and stands to cost
them that much or more every six
months or each series of district
court terms. At the last term OF
court in Todd county five cases for
injuries sustained in Montana by
parties who had never even lived in
Minnesota were brought here for trial
at Todd county expense. A similar
bunch of cases were on trial in
eleven different Minnesota counties
this fall. Congressman Knutson's
prompt action will be appreciated we
are sure by the taxpayers.-Long
Prairie Leader.
Herman Adams, who is employed
at the plant of the Kiewel Associated
Products, Company of this city, mar
rowly escaped being crushed to
death Wednesday afternoon, when he
got caught between a heavy truck
loaded with coal and the wall of a
building, as the truck was being
backed up. AS yet, the attending
physician has been unable to deter
mine whether Mr.. Adams was in
jured internally, but he is resting
and no serious consequence are look
ed for. He is over 50 vars DID,, Theo.
Schiller, truck driver for the company
was backing load of coal to the
coal pit entrance and Mr.. Adams was
10 n6lp ~ ClIlu w SOAhS w
open the door. He started to open
the door from the inside but chang
ed his mind and came back to open
it from the outside. The driver dto
not know this and when Adams fail
ed to open the door as quickly as he
expected he got pinched between the
truck and the edge of the wall near
the door, the truck catching him in
the abdomen. Fortunately the truck
driver heard him yell as he got
caught and he Immediately reversed
the motion of the truck, saving Mr..
Adams from being crushed. He was
rushed to st. Gabriel's hospital and
an examination made. No bocec
were broken and as far as could be
ascertained there were no internal in
juries aside from the hard pressure.
Little Falls Herald.
Jack Hunter, who resides in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-11-03

fire early Friday morning. The fire
department was called but the build
ing was SO far gone that it was inn
possible to save it. The origin Of the
fire is unknown. The building was
partly covered by insurance. Grey
Eagle Gazette.
Will Sabart met with serious ac-
cident Saturday morning while
shredding corn at his farm north
west of the village. In some man.
ner Mr.. Sabart got his right hand in
the rollers Of the shredder and it was
necessary to amputate the thumb
and index finger. Grey Eagle Ga
zette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-11-03

AZ YEARS AGO
HERALD, Nov. z, 1879.

On Monday afternoon a spirited
runaway enlivened Third street for a
few minutes. A team belonging ia
Mr.. T. .Fladeland took fright and
made an Intellectual attempt to in
terview Gov. Barto in his office, but
finally concluded to stop little
short of the governors easy char
and contended themselves with gaz-
ing into the window. The wagon to
which they were attached was badly
bent.
Stearns county election returns
give the following majorities:
Rice for Governor-1300 votes.
- Barnum for Lieut.. Governor
S52 votes.
Moosbrugger for County Treasur-
.er-4S0 votes.
Taylor for County Attorney--26O
votes.
Evans for Judge of Probate-39
votes.
German for Supt. of Schools
votes.
Lake Henry, Eden Lake, Zion and
Grow Lake not heard from.
About seven o'clock Wednesday ev-
sening as Messrs maitland and Bur-
nett of this village were driving
home from Pomme de Terre on the
bridge over Ashley creek in the
town of Ashley, they ncountered
Lewis Johnson and another man, anu
the bridge being too narrow to allow
the teams to pass, both halted. Mad
land and Burnett offered to back
out and give unobstructed passage to
Johnson. Evidently the arrange
ment was not understood, and John
son in attempting to back off, forced
the rear of his wagon through the
bridge railing and wagon, horses and
men tumbled into promiscuous
heap into the brook fifteen feet be-
low. Both horses were drowned, but
tn men escaped without injury. The
team, handsome pair of iron grays
were valued at $350-an offer of
1925 had been refused for them on
Wednesday.
There are few women who have
sufficient nerve to face a horse thief
at dead of night, and not only
thwart him in his nefarious business,
but require him to undo the work
already begun. This however was
the experience Of Mrs. John White,
who lives on the Pindall farm, about
seven miles from Sank Centre, on
the Westport road. While alone in
the house here attention was directed
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-11-03

Jack Hunter, who resides in
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Big Expenditure for Luxuri...

Observation-Disclosures tax retunl
have been given curious applications
in connection with problems now be-
fore the conference ON Limitation Of
armament Statlsucians for the GOV.
ernment have labored hard to bring
the relative figures MS to military e1.
pendltures and the amounts spent by
the people of the country for amuse-
ments and minor Injuries ont 80
sharply that their Significance would
be seen at IL glance, one set of tables
shows that, against S41S,0O00oO spent
for the army, the people expended
1884, 100000 in soda and cOnfections
and 1868, 10000 for perfumery, jewel
ry, silk stockings and other articles
for personal adornment The smokers
poured out 81, ,l5l 100000 for tobacco
in all forms. Baseball fans, theater-
goers, cabaret frequenters and thoss
attending concerts paid SS91OOoO@
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(I!|{lN8yslll,|s
ISt1tz||albkX|
NARY GRAlAA BONNER
sAmMY.s CIRCUS WISH.

Sammy wanted to be clown.
Clowns could be funny. Clowns did
not have to think hard. and thinking
hard was "A great effort. Clowns
didn't have to practice for music les
sons. When they played in the circus
they played wrong notes and everyone
laughed and clapped.
Clowns could say any silly old thing
mt all and people thought they were
funny. At least II seemed that way.
Now the circus was coming to town
in few days and Sammy was making
his plans.
He would get up very early, as he
always did when the circus came to
town and he would help unload and
he would help when they put up the
tent at the old fair grounds where
they always had the circus.
And then he would talk to one of
the clowns and he would tell him how
he longed to be clown and he would
ask to go along too, and he would
explain that he had brought along n
bundle of clothes so that he would not
be burden to them when he knew
they were busy travelling from town
to town.
He could just see the clown grin at
him and clap his knee and say:
We'll, you're the fine little manly
chap"
Now on circus days Sammy's fam
lily had always allowed him to spend
the whole day at the fair grounds.
They had let him get up early to meet
the train. But he had always been
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By Hapsbur2 Liebe

him anything in advance. So he went
with her to see for himself.
When at last they stood inside the
weatherbeaten palings, Elizabeth
pointed and said:
Look there, and thank GodH"
Dale looked and saw. The color left
his face, then came back. He shut his
eyes, swayed a little on his feet, op-
ened his eyes, looked and saw again.
He turned to the young woman with
great joy shining on his face.
II haven't been so glad" he told
her, 'for twenty-five years."
The chiseling away of the lower five
lines had not only obliterated the
curse: it had left an almost perfect
cross. Then John Moreland's bare,
cold and tireless hands had gone to
work and made it. in every respect, a
perfect cross.
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wished that /, too. were dead -.
That great and silent wilderness
smothered me. imagined that could
hear voices calling to me. saying
"Cainl Cain!
"They came from the laurel thickets'
from the trees overhead, from the
ground, from everywhere. You see' l
wasn't all bad. even in my wild-oats
days. Then thought of the law, ana
ran.
But the cry of child from the
cabin 1 was leaving halted me peiore
had gone thirty yards. David More
lsnd's wife had left him with Daoy
only a few weeks old, which l didn
nav any particular attention to until
that morning. that black morning. All
that time there was no other house
for miles around. l couldn't leave the
child there to die OF starvation, after
killing its father. So l went back ana
got the baby, and all its clothing, and
took it away with me. ! left 1t at
farmhouse down in the lowland, and
went to another city, and started lie
afresh.
But later / married. and shortly
after that / went to the farmer ana
persuaded him to let me adopt the
child. / brought 1t up as my own, and
educated it, us sort of compensation.
And | came to love it But 1t was
years before my wife loved 1t. She
didn't like children then. But she does
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| blushed in spite of herself as she
faced him.
To hide her confusion, Elizabeth
turned to the tall and lanky By Heck,
who had come in behind Bill Dale.
How are you, By?" she greeted
him.
"Hongry," grinned By Heck, taking
her hand awkwardly. II never eft
nothin' but couple o. baked possums
and a peck or two O. sweet 'taters fo'
dinner, and I've been as busy as the
dev-as thunder a'doin' nothin' ever
sence. DOM nothing shore does make
me hongry, M-M-M-Mlss Babe"
Supper was announced, and they
went into long, log-walled room that
served as both kitchen and dining
room.
Bill Dale sat beside his father and
talked of nothing but coal veins-big
and little coal veins, long and short
broad and narrow, deep and shallow,
blue and black coal veins. Babe Lit
tleford, who wouldn't marry him, who
had come back to the hills to torture
him with beauty that he had never
believed possible in any woman.
shouldn't know that he was even
thinking of her!
He talked coal with his father until
bedtime, and he was wiser in the ways
of the black diamond when nine
o'clock came. After Ben Littleford
had haltiugly conducted family pray
ers-and in this he mentioned even
Dale bade them all good night and
started for his office to sleep, rolled In
a blanket on the floor. There was a
lack of beds at Ben Littleford's that
night.
A little later, John Moreland drew
old Ben out to the cabin yard. The
skies were clear, and the moon was
shining brightly; everywhere there
was beauty and peacefulness.
Ben softly, 'Tve got to bother ye
a minute. as late as 1t is. 1 wanted ye
to find me a hammer and a chisei and
a lantern"
1--WE got 'em all three right thar
in the house, replied Littleford. But
what'n the name O. Torment and
tnunueration uo Se Will Will nam-
mer and a chisel and a lantern, John,
old friend?"
The answer came straightforwardly
1t was the Moreland way.
I'm a-goin' up thar to whar pore
David he's buried at, and cut off some
them letters often the stone, Ben. 1
CANT sleep ontel it's done. You can
guess what part I'm a-goin' to cut off,
CANT yep
YES" said Littleford. Babe told
me about what happened up thar
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Mine Sweeper Is Booze Runner.

Portsmouth, Va.-The naval mine
sweeper Redwing, with a complement
of sixty men, is under naval guard al
the Hampton Roads submarine base
following discovery and removal OF q
large quantity of liquor An inquiry
has been ordered by Rear Admin
Philip Andrews, commandant OF thn
naval district. The liquors removes
from the mine sweeper were reportss
to include Canadian whisky, line
brandies and Cuban rum.
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afore dark. And I'm pow'ful glad
ye're a-goin' to do It, John, old
friend"
He went with Moreland to the little
enclosure on the highest point of
David Moreland's mountain. He held
the lighted lantern while Moreland
worked. They were there for hours.
When the work was finished David
Moreland's brother arose from his
knees in the snow, put the hammer
and the chisel into his pocket, and
spread open his cold, cramped fingers
"Ef David could know" he said
wearily, II believe he'd be glad at
/ done 1t. Anyway. 1t makes me feel
better"
Ben Littleford put big hand on
John Moreland's shoulder.
"Yes," he agreed, "ef David could
know about 1t, he'd be glad 'at ye done
1t, John. The hain't no doubt o. that.
And who can say he don't know about
itfr
Elizabeth learned Of 1t early ON The
following morning. When breakfast
was over. sbs whispered to John K.
Dale that thers was something she
had - show lzim. M wouldn't tsll
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"eecame Great Friends"

with group of boys who had spent
the day together around the circus SO
that Sammy's family didn't worry
about him.
The boys always stayed for the eve
ming show too. 1t was such fun to see
the tent when it was lighted at night.
But this time Sammy did not go
with the other boys-or rather he left
the other boys early during the day.
Sammy's mother did not worry when
he did not come home to lunch, as she
knew it was circus day-she did not
know that he didn't mean to come
back at all.
Yes, he left the other boys and be-
came great friends with one of the
clowns. The clown was particularly
nice clown-just as jolly as he could
be, and everyone seemed to like him.
He played the cornet in the clowns
band and one of the things Sammy had
always wanted to do had been to play
the cornet. How wonderful to be
able to play it without practicing-
just blowing and playing any way
at all.
He was invited by the circus people
to have dinner with them. How thrilled
he was, but as he watched the dinner
cooking his appetite somehow left him.
The soup smelt of grease and the po-
tatoes looked so unattractive in such
great numbers. And he didn't eat the
way the others did. They enjoyed
what they ate, 1t was true, but he
couldn't somehow enjoy their food.
There was so much of it. Not that
he had ever before complained of too
| much food No, indeed no!
But this was too much. The pota-
toes were piled much too high; there
was so much Of everything (for of
course there were so many people,
that 1t took away his appetite.
And then, too. the smell of grease
He didn't like that in the least
But oh dear, oh dear, when he talked
to the clown he found that one had to
practice to make funny mistakes.
They couldn't just be mistakes. They
had to be funny. And In order to
make them funny one had to practice.
Oh. yes. there was studying to do
even for the circus. It was hard work.
Entirely too hard work.
And after dinner, when he watched
the performers going into the tent for
the afternoon show and bowing before
the people when their acts were over,
he began to care less and less about
being in the background Of a circus.
1t was In the audience where the fun
was. For when the performers came
out they didn't come with a dash and
a wave Of the arms and a Joyous shout
such as they did inside. As soon as
they got beyond where the people were
they all took 1t as part of a days
work and not as though 1t were thrill.
ing work.
Oh. no, Sammy would not Join the
circus. For II he did he knew that the
circus would no longer be the thrilling
thing that 1t now was but that Il
would be work 5ust like school and
such things &, And the circus mus
never be. like that to him. So he de
cided he would not Join the circus
= after all
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now. She Is paying now, and 1 am
paying. Don't you understand. Bill
don't you understand"
There was a choke In his voice to-
ward the last. Bill Dale went to his
feet. His eyes were wide, but he did
not seem unhappy; and for that Eliza
beth was grateful. John Moreland sat
as still, with his bearded, viking face
as expresslonless as though he had
known it all along.
"And so l really am in my own
country!'' cried Bill Dale. II am a
Moreland, and the Morelands really
are my own people"
"Yes, you are in your own country,
and you are Moreland-and your
baby name was David" said John X.
Dale.
1t was then that John Moreland
spoke.
Bill, when l fust seed you, you
made me think o. my brother the day
he was married. l amt never fo'got
that l sartainly ain't surprised none
at all. We didn't know about the
baby. Cherokee Joe told me the baby
had died"
"And now, son." pleaded old Dale,
his voice breaking, SAY that you for
give me-"
Bill Dale. David Moreland's boy,
knelt beside the old sheepskin-lined
rocker, took the old coal kings hand
in both his own and bent his head
over it.
ITS all right" he said thickly. "Its
all right
Elizabeth Littleford arose and stole
blindly out of the house. Her foot
steps led her, quite without her real
izlng where she was going, across the
meadow and to the river above the
blown-down sycamore. And there OF
that sacred spot, where she had frs
felt her heart leap at the sound Of
Bill Dale's voice, she sank down II
: a heap in the snow and CRIED ant
: cried.
Twilight was gathering rapidly, bu
( she did not notice 1t. She did no
: notice. either, that the air was grow
ing steadily colder with the approach
t Of the mountain night. To her
0 warm sun was shining above In
q bright blue vault; to her the spirit o
s summer was everywhere; in her ear
e there was the liquid song of a meadow
}. lark, the sweet twittering of wood
!, thrushes, the low humming of will
|. bees. The pouring of the crystal wa
r. ters between the two boulders abov
o the pool made music to her, and blent
d ed with 1t she seemed to hear the voic
Il Of a big, clean, strong man
+ II was thinking Of the difference bt
IS tween you and some other women
II know"
l. Then a ray Of hope shone into he
heart. Bill Dale was really a Nor,
], land and, therefore, Of the hill bloc
o even as she was Of the hill blood. an
d that should make them more nearl
equal. She told herself that he wouldp
70 be so apt to condemn her for beip
It able to take human life easily q
. one Of another blood would be-: b
6 would be more apt to understand. An
II yst the women - had known wsl
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ADOPT stringent Rs'''us''"., =,

Philadelphia. = Reso' ~ sale q
cigarettes to women, anu .sare adopssd
better standard of dress ~" II Wons',
by the National Council ..S q wa ~
favoring legislation sb IN horn out .
Of the father to cniia.sr .l, inhernrcs
wedlock and lesaliz,ISs .nothsr 9, }.
from both parents, sno sno..s;s ~. ~ 4
cisrins q l that the msrriss l,s 49, = uos T.
than 16 years ana p1 y \
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paw. s,so,ooo for pieturs.

New York.-Joha McCol,N" 1on ,or the
singer, has paid s15o,oW ,nv ~, H,ll
"Portrait of Man by FRAN a,,sctIou
The Halls painting, from u the s,,Ui.ter ,O to
of Count Zamoyski, Poiis'. ,,,'s country
France, is on its way TO .n,, ,St abroad
The total of paintings bousu. adv runs
by Americans this year a'ie'
into millions.
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svl,etproof Motor cars

San Francisco.-Three rn,nnJ,1etproot
tor cars equipped WIN .nrned over
metal plates have been aid thss
to- San Francisco police 70 ,,'ts a Pc
in combating automobile Dan' ~ have 1
lice officials expect soon to .,d three
total OF ten armored cas-
machine guns.
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1wo s.roes Lost at Sea.

Boston.-rhe loss of the pa,ss n,.yr'
Governor Robey and Carrie U,.n ~ II
with six men aboard, Off Na'es ,,.s No.
a storm, was reported by the tus !. Nv ~
tune on her arrival at New Nv III.
cording to word received " y TN
agents here. The barges were ,ar thIs
of the Neptune from Norfolk iO' -
port.
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Ancient Roman Election.

Ancient Pompeians had both primary
and general elections, similar to those
we have In every town and city each
spring. They were In the midst of
an exciting local election, It IL indi-
Gated, when Pompeli was destroyed b
70 = D.
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Wholesale Destruction of Liquor.

Pittsburg, Kan.-Federal proa'0.'
tion agents working with local au'nor
tiles in an anti-liquor drive tie -"
ten days have destroyed SUN sal,u~
of whisky, 1000 gallons of nome Wv.
and 1000 gallons of corn masn' ~"
stills also were seized.
The evening world., 1921-04-29
NOTED PROFESSOR
OF HARVARD SEIZED
AS HOOCH MAKER
Louis AgaSSiz Shaw Had Finest
Still Raiders Had
Ever Seen.

BOSTON. April 2o.-L,ouis Agassia
Shaw Assistant Instructor in Applied
Physiology at the Harvard Medical
School. was arrested by Federal au-
thorities to-day charged with manu-
featuring liquor AZ his home, No. 90
Marlboro Street, in the Baclcbay sec-
tlon OF the city.
Prohibition agents who raided the
house said they found an elaborate
still in operation on the top floor in
a room adjoining the bath room. They
seized the apparatus together with
five gallons of moonshine whiskcy
described as an excellent product.
FIFTY gallons OF mash were DESTROYED
by the officers. At the request Of
Shaw, they said, the still was carried
out through a rear door and taken
away in a taXicab.
A summons was served on Shaw
for his appearance at the Federal
Building where a warrant was served
on him and he was arraigned. He
pleaded not guilty and was released
in $500 cash bail, Il hearing being
set for May 6.
The agents described the stil as
one OF the finest that had come to
their attention.
Shaw has maintained private re-
search laboratory at his Marlboro
Street address.
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LYONS MAY RESIGN
AS RESULT OF ROW
Secretary Of State and Governor al
Odds; First Deputy Parker
Moves Desk.

ALBANY, Aprl ga row IN the
Office Of the Secretary OF state came
10 light to-day when the desk ot Addi-
son B. Parker the first deputy, was
removed from tho private office of
Secretary john j. Lyons, and a report
was circulated about the Capitol that
Mr. Parker na- re- .gnod.
II was further rumored that Secre-
tary Of state Lyons has prepared his
resignation and will h- to the
Governor as soon rs the bh signed
which will take the automobile License
Bureau out Of the jurisdiction Of the
Secretary Of state and plJco It in the
office Of the new Tax Commission. It
's said that MT Lyons has accepted a
FNcdoral appointment
Tho Secretary Of state has oeen
out~pokcu 10 boz, opposition 10 the
remova, o' tne Automobile License
Bureau uon n.- office. lie has cx
poctco to g,. tine euppo-' % NJ
Parocn r.,t deputy but NJ. plrnr.
has consistently stood u, tine GO,
C-oC-S policies
Sccr.DA Lyon E. u.. .. N..aa,
and = I- said a. DO. u'. us f44f he .s
on ns wlt lo WlS1rltp1. NJ
Pa.aeT , said ,u 90 40 Is nome 20
WafertOrn' Second d putty Charles
~ ran, who .s N charge, refuses TO
talk.
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GRAND Jury TELLS POLICE
| TO GET BIG BOOTLEGGERS,
NOT THE LITTLE CONSUMERS
SEAMEN APPEAL
TO HARDING TO
PREVENT PAY CUT
Marine Workers Quit Conference
to Ask President to Intervene
to Avert Strike.

WASHINGTON, April 2s.-Marine
workers representatives, breaking
away from a conference with ship
owners and Admiral Benson to-day,
went directly 70 the White House to
ask President Harding to intervene
and prevent a seamen's strike.
Union officials announced they
would ask the President TO induce the
owners 'and the United States Ship
ping Board, represented by Admiral
Benson as chairman, TO withdraw
their decision to reduce seamen's
wages 10 per cent. on May !,
The offer to let President Harding
decide the whole wage and working
condition dispute was dramatically
made BY Andrew Furuseth, seamen S
leader after one proposition after an
other made by the seamen had been
rejected by the ship owners or by
Admiral Benson.
I'VE offer to put tho whole 1ues-
ton unreservedly UP 10 the Prcsi-
dent and the marine unions will abide
absolutely by his decision" declared
Furuseth.
I'VE will not agree TO arUtra tiou
by President Harding" WAS the an
swer Of the owners spokesman. Ad-
miral Benson also rejected the aI'bi-
tration proposal,