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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-08-18
COUNTY NEWS
Items from Live Correspondents
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The Botz family visited at Iwinski's
last Sunday.
Laurel Connolly spent Sunday with
Lyman Gibson.
Alfred Kruger is employed at the
Woodlawn Farm.
Mrs. Iwinsi called on Mrs.
Grundmann Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. H. Otte were
Melrose visitors Sunday.
Ed. Schumann called on Paul Will
cox Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Connolly callo
Fay Huston's Sunday.
Tom Killen of St. Cloud called at
Grundmann's Thursday.
Mrs. Iwinski visited with Mrs.
Grundman on Tuesday.
w Oll, VudI Clia 1uSt coAhiA SfNAA-
Monday evening at Lloyds.
ArIeigh Demro is visiting at the
Knapp home in St. Paul.
Grandpa Tank is spending a few
days with his son Frank.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Botz were callers
at Nick Schwartz's Monday.
Mrs. F. Tank and children spent
Friday at Albert Gamradt's.
Miss Anna Anderson visited Sum-
day with Mrs. Harry Knapp.
Misses Elvira and Teasel Kennedy
spent Sunday at the Lynch home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Determan spent
Monday evening at Will Schleys.
Miss Fern Stegner spent Sunday
with her brother in Sank Centre.
The Live Wire Club will meet at
H. Walkers Friday night, Aug. 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilson's childre'
spent Sunday afternoon at Lloyd's.
The Kingsbury family drove to
Monticello Sunday and spent the day
Meuril Kinesbury returned home
Sunday from Reyier where she has
been visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. B. Knapp re-
turned to their home in St. Paul last
Thursday.
Mrs. Kingsbury and Mrs. Wake
field spent Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. Botz.
Mrs. C.. Botz and Mrs. Martin
called at the Jake Botz home We'd
nesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lloyd and
Henry took dinner Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. John Lloyd. -
Mrs. o. W. Serley spent from
Friday until Monday with her sister,
Mrs. o. K. Samuelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. D. Wilcox and
Allen and Marjorie Garfield were en-
tertained at Elliot's Sunday.
The little Kingsbury girls, Marjorie
and Laurice are visiting with Mrs.
Morck at North Grant, Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. No''+;"' and
daughter and Frank Dinkle we~n call
ers at the Botz home Wednesday.
Leo. N. Demro returned Saturday
from Willard where he has been en-
ployed during the 800 f"'1r months
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyril Richards and
son and Mrs. Geo. Rice spent Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. Harry
Knapp.
Steven Deizel returned to his home
Sunday after two weeks employment
at Long Prairie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Walker and
two children drove to Crab Orchard,
Neb., for a few weeks visit.
visit.
w. C. Elliott was taken to the
hospital at St. Cloud Monday even
ing. He stood the trip five and was
resting easily at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyril Richards and
little son Bobbie, spent Friday night
at the Wilcox home, returning to
their home in St. Paul Saturday
morning.
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Louise and Rose Messer were Sank
Centre callers Monday.
J. G. Radermacher was at Sank
Centre on business Friday.
John Ritter and family of Little
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
House Sustains
Olcott's S VetoeS

The house this morning sustain
ed the governors veto of bills 22
and II. B. 6S of the special ses-
sion, which were passed by the
senate over the veto January 10,
by accepting the committees ad-
verse report and indefinitely post
poning.
Senate bill II by Joseph, to
amend laws relating to inherit
ance tax laws, multiplying transfers
of property within two years of
death to evade inheritance tax, re-
ceived a divided report. The oppo-
sition was headed by Kay of Ma
rion and Martin of Marion favor
ed the bill. Korell claimed the law
was uniform with the federal law.
The measure was indefinitely
postponed.
H. B. 206 by Hindman, regu-
lating office hours in counties Of
over 100000 inhabitants or more
was passed. 1t provides a half hol-
iday for county employees on Sat
urday.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
Don't Spoil a Good
Meal With a Bad
Stomach

1t Is really pitiful sight to see
80 many thousands of people wor-
rying about what they can eat and
what they can't eat.
Dyspeptics, they call themselves
but they stretch the imagination
when they do it.
All these people need to make
them healthy, cheerful and of
sound appetite is box of Mo-
Ma Tablets
The stomach of a dyspeptic is
overworked and run down. 1t needs
help to digest the food, but more
than that, it needs a prescription
that will cleanse, renovate, strength
en- and put elasticity into the
stomach walls.
Mi-O-Na is the prescription that
will do this and do it so promptly
that you'll wonder why you did
MT try It before.
1t stops belching of gas and dis
tress after eating in five minutes.
1t is undoubtedly the greatest
stomach tonic ever given to the
public by a specialist in stomach
diseases.
D. j. Fry and leading druggists
every where sell Mi-O-Na on the
money back plan.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
Couple Married
Twice Granted
Divorce Again

Twice married and twice di-
vorced, brings the matrimonial his
tory of Mary Dobrkovsky and her
husband, Frank Dubrkovsky up to
date. -sT
The couple were married some
time ago but gained a divorce in
1916, they married again in 1918
and We're granted a second divorce
hv Judge Bingham yesterday. Mrs.
Dobrkovslly based her complaint
on cruelty and desertion and claims
that her husband swore at her.
and refusedto support her. There
is also some property difficulty, the
sum involved being about $4,000
which the court is asked to adjust
The woman in an Austrian and
talked through an Interpreter while
in court.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09

The winter was fast going. Aho
one fine day in February Fatty
Coon crept out of his mothers
house to enjoy the warm sunshine
and see what he could find to
eat.
Fatty was much thinner than he
had been in the fall. He had
spenr so much of the time sleep
ing that he had really eaten very
little. And now he hardly knew
himself as he looked at his sides
They no longer stuck out as they
had once.
After nosing about the swamp
and the woods all the afternoon
Fatty decide that there was no
use in trying to get a meal there
The ground was covered with
SNOW. And except for rabbit
tracks-and a few squirre.s'-he
could find nothing that e. en- sug-
gested food. And lo0l . at those
tracks only made him hungrier
than ever.
For a few minutes Fatty thought
deeply. And then he turned about
and went straight toward Farmer
Green's place. He waited behidd
the fence just beyond Farmer
Green's house; and when it began
to grow dark he crept across the
banrnyard.
As Fatty passed a small, low
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
Baby Bearcats
Defeat Guardsmen

With the combination of Shafer-
Logan-Caughlin performing in
true Bearkitten aggressiveness, the
WILLAMETTE Babes defeated = the
Company NJ quintet last night at
the armory before a good gather
ing of students by the one sided
score of 81 to 6. The game mark
ed the first public appearance of
the rocks, and although their
passing was ragged, the power of
their offensive is not to be gain
said.
Shafer, Logan and Jones were
the chief scorers for the yearlings.
while Gardner for company NJ
registered two thirds of his teams
tallies, having scored two field
goals. "a S%FFMS
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
Eggs Sell For
Is Cents; Low
Mark For Years

Eggs have reached their lowest
price in years in Salem today witt
the announcement by a local con-
cern that they were retailing coun-
try eggs for rs cents dozen. Other
concerns are holding theirs for 28
and 80 cents. but even at this last
price eggs would seem to have
reached their rock bottom price.
Portland, Or. Feb. 9.-Follow-
ing three cent decline in egg
prices today the best price paid
by commission men was 25 cents
The commission men in turn were
offering eggs at % to 80 cents for
candled stock and 33 to 35 for Sc
lects. Retail prices were 40 cents.
San Francisco, Fek. 8. - Egg
prices continued falling today, the
highest grade Of fresh extra ranch
eggs selling for u cents a doz-
en- on the San Francisco Whole
sale Dairy Produce exchange.
Prices We're graded as low as 27 y
cents for undersized pullet eggs,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09

Fatty could not eat fast enouph
He wished he had two mouths
he was so hungry. But he did
very well, with only one. In no
time at all he had made q great
hole in the ham. And he had no
idea of stopping, But he did stop.
He stopped very suddenly. For the
first thing he knew, sometime
threw him right down upon tbe
floor. And the ham fell on ton
of him and nearly knocked him
senseless.
He choked and spluttered; for
the ashes filled his mouth and his
eyes, and his ears, too. For a
moment he lay there on his back.
but soon he managed to kick the
heavy ham off HIS stomach and
then he felt little better. Rut
he was terribly frightened. And
though his eyes smarted so he
could hardly see, he sprang M
and found the doorway.
Fatty swallowed a whole mouth
fuI of ashes as he dashed across
the barnyard. And he never stop-
ped running until 'Ne was almost
home. He was puzzled. Try as
he would, he couldn't decide what
it was that had flung him upon
the floor And when he told his
mother about his adventures
he did a whole month later-she
didn't know exactly what had han
pneed, either
1T was some sort of tran
probably Mrs. Coon said.
But for once Mrs. Coon was mis-
taken, 1t was very simple. In
his greedy haste Fatty had merely
bitten through the cord that fast
ened the ham to the pole. And Of
course it had at once fallen, carry
ing Fatty with it!
But what do you suppose?
when Fatty had grown
up, and had children of his own.
he often told them about the
time he had escaped from the
trap in Farmer Green's smoke
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
Just Folks
BY EDGAR A. GUEST
(Copyrighted)



l heard a stranger boasting Of the
glorles OF his state.
He held that California Is the
greatest of the great;
Tho chap who sat beside him lived
somewere in Illinois
And he boasted Of her riches and
her comforts ana her joys;
But while | listened % them make
their native splenIors known.
I'd have sworn that they were
talking Of the state l call my
own,
Nebraska or Dakota. Florida or
Tennessee,
Or Washington or Maryland
wherever you may be
You1l find thel and is peopled with
devoted hearts and true
Who love the state they live in
and the old Red. White and
Blue,
And you'n find the distant srang-
or in a proud. exultan' tone
Boasts about the slate he lives IN
as you boast about your own,
There are charms this court~
over. there prs ioyc in every
state,
Here are forty eight divisions and
each one If them Is srrat
And l like the eyes tha, sparkle I
ana the toush oi honos- pride
And the fervor Of the peouie 4
wheresoever they abide,
Who rejoice in their poSsessions-i /
for by such n love is shown 4
That each one OF us Is faithful to /
the home he calls his own.
IN Michigan or Kansas ia Idaho
or Maine.
Tho hearts Of men art hating 20
the self-same loyal strain.
The love OF an that's lovely sets
The eyes Of an ag.ow
And the old flag laughs fa hear
us as O. looks on us below.
For it proves we are united as Of
home we proudly hrar
Ono great country-loving people
undeg-neaih the starry F1ae. {
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
Silly SentimentaIism

1t hard to understand the refusal of legislators pass
proper marriage laws which will tend to check the breeding
4 OF degeneracy The bill defeated today the house. to
amend the present law provide medical examination
and certificates of freedom from venerea disease for both
sexes was only initial step in what must someday be
recognized essential program vital to the welfare Of the
nation and Of the race-yet it received few votes
The excuse given by several legislators that to compel
woman to submit to examination to physical fitness
for marmony is reflection upon American wOmanhood
1s about as silly bit OF scky sentmentaism as could be
put forth 1t is reflection upon womanhood than
the law already in effect is aspersion upon American
manhood
Facts facts and to be becouded by sentiment
concealed by folly much longer The question cannot be
lodged evaded One has only take trip the various
state institutions about Salem see the result of ignoring
physical qualifications for marriages The defective Grim
Ina feeble minded and insane constituting population Of
several thousands mostly the result of paying uxotc
tribute to American manhood and womanhood, while the
growing gt of divorce courts offer further evidence
OF the benefcence of neglect.
The sins of the fathers and mothers too still visited
upon the children unto the thrd and fourth generation as
they in biblical times The race cannot violate the laws
OF nature without paying the penalty and clean mind and
healthy body are impossible from tainted parents The
intent Of the proposed law not to insult anyone but
to safeguard the rising generation and future generations Of
society.
The need of restrictive marriage laws is felt in every
community AS instance since health cards were required
for people handling food in Portland food establishments
many found unfit for such work The of girls
examined showed 307 suffering from venerea diseases
and still at large pouting Others often marrying in
their diseased condition The offspring Of such fill our
state institutions and a burden upon society
AS Dr. Kellogg of the Battle Greek Sanitarum said
building arisocracy of lunatcs idiots
These have reached
mutitude5O0 lunacs 100000 crmna 100000
10000 Idiots 10000 epepcs supporting these
dleness
crpples increasing
time check is put
Yet attempt to provide the simplest restrictions
upon marriage of the unfit is styled IAN insult to woman
hood Just why any healthy should object to being
certified to is hard to fathomtho everyone realize the
objections of the unfit.
State regulation only partially solve the problem for
state laws be evaded by crossing the border But
ng the border is itself confession of unftness that
he Portland divorce suits following Vancouver marriages
onrm Any Oregon girl has good reason to be suspicious
bridegroom who evades the law poor and Intellectual
exists What needed is federal law covering the sub
ect the adoption by the states of uniform marriage
aws-but silly sentmentaism bars the way. b
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building he noticed ueiiOiO' 10
smell And he stopped right there
He had gone far enough Ihe
door was open a little way. And
after one quick look all around
to make sure there was nobody 10
see bim-Fatty slipped inside
II was almost dark inside Farm
or Green's smokehouse-for that
was what the small, low building
was called. 1t was almost dark,
but Fatty could see just as well
as you and l can see in the day
time. There was a long row OF
hams hung up in line. Under
meath them We're white ashes'
where Farmer Green had built
wood fires, to smoke the hams
Bur the fires were out, now; and
Fatty was in no danger Of being
burned.
The hams were what Fatty
Coon had smelled. And the hams
were what Fatty intended TO eat
He decided that he would eat them
although of course he could
never done that--at least, not IN
one night; nor in a week, either
But when it came to eating, Fat.
tvs courage never failed him. He
would have tried to eat an eleph-
ant. if he had the chance,
Fatty did not stop to look long
at that row of hams, He climbed
a post that ran up the side OF
the house and he crept out along
the pole from which the hams
were hung.
He stopped at the very first
ham he came to. There was no
sense in going any further. And
Fatty dropped on top of the ham
md in a twinkling he had torn
off big, delicious mouthful.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
To
Bonus Measures
Are Accepted

The soldiers loan and bonus
bill will be reported out of the
committee on military affairs to-
day, with amendments proposed
by the American Legion at a pub
bic hearing Tuesday night.
Adjutant General George A.
| White presented at this hearing
facts and figures regarding Ore
CONS soldiery in the world war,
showing that 34,430 men from this
state were in the service, of which
1927 were volunteers and 16,158
were drefted, and that the aver
age length of service was nine and
nine tenths months.
He declared his belief that not
more than fifty percent of the
soldiers would apply for aid un-
der the proposed legislation, and
that after deductions were made
for educational funds advanced,
the cost to the state would be not
more than $4,256,825.
Speakers presenting arguments
for the bill or proposed amend
ments were Edward J. Eivers,
state department adjutant of the
American Legion Michael Brennan
of Portland, Ben Doris of the
Eugene post, G. L. Goodell, state
vice commander; Chaplain Will
lam S. Gilbert, state department
commander, and George A. White,
adjutant general of the state.
Leon Baketel spoke for the dad
dy club" and Mrs. r. ]. Hend-
ricks for the state war mothers,
and Mrs. F, A. Elliott for the Sa-
lem chapter of the ladies auxiliary
in appeals for the passage of the
bill.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
The Restless Sex

Chambers Author of Barbarans The Dark STAR etc
copyrighted Robert w. Chambers)
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09

ment is marching out Of step witt
you"
There's only a corporars guart
of us in step to the music" smiled
Helen. You are looking
radiant Steve! I've never seen
you as enchanting"
Il feel like enchanting the world
like a sorceress all ready fol
business. E. This is a wonder.
ful day, Helen"
what are your engagements? p
"Two lessons this morning.
don't know whether I'll go
Luncheon with oswald at Tintos
But it's so stuffy there in June
and the summer garden is Sc
grubby.'
You're not going. them"
Il don't know. / don't want to
hurt his feelings" said the girl,
reluctantly.
Helen sat up. flung off the bed
clothes, and swung her superb
young body out of bed.
My baths running over. Sit
there and talk, Steve"
But Stephanie turned to the
window. her lips still edged with
the same indefinable smile, and
gazed at space through the net
ted squares of sunshine.
Breakfast was served in the
studio presently. Helen Joined
her in bathrobe and slippers,
knotting the belt around her waist.
I'm wonderfully hungry" eX-
claimed Stephanie.
IT'S more than you've been for
several weeks. steve"
Again the girl laughed, not meet
ing Helen's glance.
What do you think of mar
riage ?" she inquired presently. Il
hope you haven't the very horrid
Ideas of Harry Better"
What are Harry's ideas?"
He says it's the curse of civili-
zation." said Stephanie. "and the
invention Of meddlesome and sup
erstitious imbeciles. He says that
the impulse toward proereation is
mechanical and involuntary, and
ought to be considered so without
further personal responsibility;
and that the state should nourish
and educate whatever children
were worth saving to replenish the
waste. and pun the others out OF
the way"
Harry" remarked Helen. talks
for taiking's sake very often"
Hes quite serious. His ideas
are revolving. Never have I known |
A man who is SO savageIy an icono- Z
,last as Harry Better"
Helen smiled.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
Loganberry
Laughs
by Robert QullIen

No doubt they do the wormJ
wriggle at a moth ball.
The thirsty have wept Ions
enough. Let us dry our frontears
The profiteer reflects sadly that
hard times butter no parsnips.
In Utopia, the perfect land, mel
doubtless marry women to reform
them.
Lo, the poor Indian, doubtless
worried a great deal about the
flood OF aliens coming in.
The secret of success consists in
working so hard that you don't
have time to spend what you make
A furry tongue on the morning
after may indicate that the hair
tonic Is beginning to work
The ability of Petrograd's citi-
ems to survive leads one to suspect
that most Of them are Armenians.
If this crime wave doesn't sub
side, ii may yet BECOME necessary
to bring Sergeant York out of re-
tirement
Democratic office holders Won
der who started the story that the
Inauguration won't cost anybody
anything.
There is reason for the existence
of everything except n skunk and
the man who thinks he Is a hit
with the ladies.
Speaking Of military caste, per-
haps you have noticed that Gener
al Drouth shows a profound re-
spect for Private Stock.
No doubt the smart guy on the
Adamsyille News wrote lot of
clever paragraphs when women
began to wear shorter fig leaves.
AS we understand the reformers,
the two great dangers of the pres
ent day are concealed arms and |
revealed legs.
Given 10000 more years Of prac-
tice, mere man may yet learn to
hold an infant Of the species with
out endangering its back.
When girl Is in love she Is will
ing to begin married life with
nothing. And then after few
years she begins TO call him that.
when they have perfected that
device TO telephone to Europe, per
haps they will perfect one that
viii enable us to telephone across
town,
When a woman says she would
not marry the best man in the
world. she means that the ungrate-
ful wretch wouldn't yield to her
entreaues.
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Better drew him abruptly back
to the foot of the stairs:
IF you're lying I'll kill you,
he said. do you understand"
Eyes. And If you make any
yellow scene here Harry. after I've
taken your wife home, I'll come
back and settle you. Do you un-
derstand? ,. For Gods sake y
he added coldly. "if you've got
any breeding show it nOw!"
The tense silence between them
lasted a full minute, Then, very
slowly. Better turned toward the
cloak room where, just within the
door, his wife stood looking at
him.
His sanguine features had lost
all their colour in the greyish pal
lor that suddenly aged him, He
went toward her; she made the
slightest movement of recoil but
faced him calmly.
"Im sorry" he said in a voice
like a whisper. II am-the fool
that you--think me. a.. I'll
take myself off"
lie bowed to her pleasantly, turn
ed and passed Cleland with his
hat still in his hand:
I'm sorry, jim: l know you're
all right; and Tm-all wrong.
all wrong"
Come to the studio tomorrow
win you. Harry?" whispered Gle
land.
But Better shook his head, con-
tinuing on his way to the street
"Tu expect YOU" added Cleland.
Come about noou!"
The other made no sing that he
had heard
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house.
exrit't raity $ childt,s
9.Ury, . ~, And thew
tell it over a., aSs e
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09
Chapter XXVI

Stephanie was awake with the
sparrows the next morning, and
her face betrayed not a trace of
the pallor and fatigue which had
made Helen little anxious when
she came into the studio after
her interview with Cleland.
II never had such sleep In
my lfe!" she announced. saunter-
ing into Helen's room. already
bathed and dressed. when at last
she heard the latter's bath run
ming. Il feel about sixteen.
Helen"
"You look it. dear. what was
the matter with YOU last nlght2
Jim came about nine"
Ibid he?" said the girl. turn
ing Ito conceal a smile. What
did you do to entertain him"
Talked about YOU" said Helen,
watching her where she stood
al the sunny window. ahsently
pleating the sash curtains between
idle fingers.
WAS he edified@"
tie seemed TO De. when
changed the subject ne went al
way"
Steph1nie. at the window. sud
denly laughed outright. but her
back remained turned
Men are funny" she said.
"Women are funnier Steve"
What Are you a traitor TO
your seNe"
sometimes, said Helen. ab-
sently Il feel that my sex be- /
trays me--aud a few others of myI
own mind"
stepbanie turned and looked atl
her fin lauehiug;
'Ifke The Kite" she said.
'onfblain that the rest o. II
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-09

pUtsburg. Kan, Feb. S.-Two
other mines are idle today In pro-
tcst against the arrest ef Alexaude'
Howat. district president of the
mine workers and five other un-
ion officials on contempt charges
according TO reports to the south
western interstate coal operators
association. They employ leo meu