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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
United CreamerieS Find
Eager Eastern Market
Cooperation Brings Market to Farm
Reversing Established System
OF Many Years.

Litchfeld, July 14-Making the
eastern market come to the Mime
sofa farm is the latest achievement
OF cooperative marketing enterprises
in the northwest, according to John
Brandt Of Litchfield, secretary of the
new Minnesota Cooperative Cream
cries Association, Inc.
Twenty cooperative creameries in
Meeker, Wright and Kandiyohi coun-
ties, which have united to form a
shipping unit, have reversed the
traditional system which compels the
producer to hunt for his market, Mr..
Brandt says.
"The 20 creameries in the unit have
shipped 26 carloads of butter in the
last three months" Mr.. Brandt said
today. "4he saving resulting from
lower freight rates, obtained by ship
ping in carload lots, has amounted to
as high as Sc cents hundred pounds.
The association also is buying tubs
and salt for it's members, and seven
creameries have begun grading with
view to shipping large quantities of
one standard to command a better
market.
'The most significant result of CO.
operation, is however, the influence
welded by this little unit of 20 cream
cries in the large markets. Already
three buyers representing the New
L. I, To- olr 10
markets, have come to US seeking the
business of the association"
When a unit of 20 creameries can
accomplish such results, officers OF
the Minnesota Farm Bureau fedora
ton said today, the new statewide as
ISOLATION, designed to include 500 to
600 local creameries, should be able
to save large sums for the Minnesota
dairymcn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Head of Little Sank
State Bank Passes Away
Herman s. Nelson, Sank Centre Resi-
dent Died in Minneapolis Hos
pital Tuesday.

Herman S. Nelson, president of the
Little Sank State Bank, died at the
Rest Home Hospital, Minneapolis,
Tuesday, July IL, aged 68 years, after
an illness extending over a period OF
six months.
The deceased became resident of
Sank Centre several years ago when
the Little Sank Bank was established.
He came to this city from Slayton,
Murray county, where for many years
he had taken an active part in public
affairs. He served as representa-
tive of Murray county in the 1909
1911 sessions of the Minnesota legis-
lature. Prior to that time he was
register of deeds of Murray county
and postmaster at Slayton.
Besides the wife, two sons are the
immediate family left to mourn. The
boys are George, a resident, of Stay
ton, and Lawrence H., cashier of the
Little Sank State Bank. Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. H. Nelson passed through
Sank Centre yesterday afternoon en-
route for Slayton to attend the funer-
al which will be held Thursday after
noon under Masonic auspices.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Alleged Auto Thief is
Arrested Near Belgrade
Samuel E. Carter Picked up by Sheriff
Ben Schooner on Dietrich Farm
Yesterday Morning.

Samuel E. Carter, employed by
William Dietrich of Belgrade as a
farm hand, was picked up by Sheriff
B. E. Schooner for the Hennepin
county authorities who hold a war
rant against Carter for Grand lar
ceny. The arrest was made Wednes-
day morning.
Deputy Joseph Schultz connected
with the Hennepin office took the
prisoner to the mill city.
Carter told the authorities plaus-
ible story concerning the placing OF
the felonious charge against him, and
has the officers fairly convinced OF
his innocence. He declares that an
acquaintance in Minneapolis engaged
him to sell an automobile and that ne
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
ROD ANDzGUN,CLUB
ELECT OFFICERS
CHARLES HARRISON AGAIN AT
HEAD OF LIVE SAUK CEN
TIRE ORGANIZATION
Big DELEGATION TO BRAINERl
ANNUAL MEETING OF MINNIE
sofa GAME LEAGUE IN SEES
SION THIS WEEK

Charles Harrison was elected to
succeed himself as president of the
Sank Centre Rod & Gun Club at the
annual business meeting of that or
ganization held at the Commercial
Club rooms last Friday evening.
l.. L. Kells was elected to succeed
Frank Lee as vice-president, TT. Lee
having taken up his residence in st.
Cloud some time sirce TT,
no other changes in the official per-
sonel OF the organization and the fol-
lowing officers continue to hold Of
fee:
David Caughren, treasurer; John
{. West, secretary; Alex Benson,
superintendent of the Gun Club; v.
e. Wedge, superintendent of the Cast
ing Clug; Joseph Miller, superintend-
ent of lakes and fish fry.
The Sank Centre organization was
one year old at its meeting last Fri
day, and during the first year of its
existence has played an important
part in the game welfare of the To-
cality. During this year jusl passed
the members of the associatlcn have
planted $50 cans of bass, pike and
trout fry in the lakes and streams of
the vicinity and have caused S125
worth of wild celery to be planted as
an lnducement to wild fowl.
A number of important clauses in
the new state game laws have been
drafted by this Club and at Fridays
meeting, petition was drawn up to
prevent the sale of game fish caught
in Sank or other lakes in this locality,
same to be forwarded TO The state fish
and game department.
Big preparations are being made by
the Sank Centre club to sent large
delegation to the state convention of
the State Game Protective League
which will be held at Brainerd. on
July IA, Is, 16, II. Two delegates,
L. l.. Kells and Alex Benson with
Eugene Richards as alternate, were
elected to represent the local body at
this gathering.
President Harrison, however, stat
ed Monday that he hoped to see a big
attendance of Sank Centre sportsmen
at the Brainerd meeting. There will
J be two days of business meetings and
two days of sport. All who can are
earnestly requested to take part in
this program and help represent Sank
Centre at the convention.
During the past year, the annual
dues of the club have been cut from
So to 81 as an inducement to bring
new members into the organization.
The present membership is 40, but
Mr. Harrison is hoping that many
more of the younger sportsmen will
come into the club in time to reap
some of the benefits during the en-
suing year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
STRONGEST RACING
CIRCUIT in HISTORY
STEARNS COUNTY FAIR SHOULD
HAVE MANY HORSES AT
THIS WARS SHOW
SEVEN WEEKS FOR HORSEMEN
STEVENS COUNTY TAKES STATE
FAIR WEEK MAKING lay
OFFS UNNECESSARY

The racing program at the Stearns
county fair promises to be a very
good one this year. Quite number
of applications from horsemen have
been received by the secretary and
he looks forward to a large number
of good horses. Tuesday lone
horseman from the province of AL
berta, Canada, by the name of w. L.
Stevenson came in with a trotter and
intends to work out his horse on the
local track. He expects to make the
entire circuit. Mr.. Stevenson will
have two more of his PAGERS shipped
in before long.
Work is now in progress on the
local race track to put t. in the best
of condition for the fall event. Mr..
Stevenson has observed some of the
tracks along the line of his travel
and states that the Stearns county
track is one of the best he has ever
seen. Hence, he is staying here to
work out his horse.
In the Big Six circuit, as organic
ed last winter, the dates of the State
fair week were left open, no fair in
the circuit choosing those dates. Last
week Secretary Gillig received COM
munication from the circuit secretary
announcing the application OF the
Stevens county fair at Morris for a
membership in our circuit for the
program on those open dates. Their
requisition has been granted and the
horsemen coming to this circuit will
have steady run of seven fairs in
the circuit. This makes our circuit
the largest in the state, and the most
prominent This fact was virtually
recognized at the meeting last winter
of the State Federation of Fairs in
MINNEAPOLIS even before Morris was
included.
Without doubt every patron of
the Stearns county fair this year will
see a very good racing program and
there is no reason to believe that any,
thing in that class should be a dis
appointment.
The classes are as follows:
August 81, 2:30 trot and 2:20 pace.
September 1, 2:15 pace and 2:3O
pace.
September 2, 2:2O trot and 2:25
pace.
The purses are all $500 each, with
added money.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Big Community, Program
At City Park Tonight
Dan Wigle, Former Secretary of st
Paul Civic and Commerce As
ISOLATION will Speak at 8:45

Sank Centre folks have a real en-
tertainment in store for them this
Thursday evening in connection with
the regular weekly band concert.
Dan Wigle, former secretary OF the
st. Paul Civic and Commerce ashocia-
ton who is devoting his entire time
to community development work, Will
address the public at the city park at
8:45 o. m. He is a most entertaining
and instructive speaker and it is hop
ed that he will be greeted by large
audience.
Promptly at z o'clock the Sank
Centre business men will partake of
an informal dinner in Mr.. Wigle's
honor at the Palmer House. Follow
ing this dinner Mr.. Wigle will adj
dress the business men on matters of
vital Importance to the development
of Sank Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Farm Leaders of Twelve
States to Meet Soon
Important Bureau Policies to be Dis
cussed and Decided in st. Paul
Next Week.

st. Paul, July 14-lmportant farm
bureau policies will be decided here
next week, when the leaders of the
farm bureau declarations of IL states
meet to discuss agricultural problems
of the middlewest.
The board of directors of the Min
lesota federation is to meet at state
headquarters Monday, while the two
following days will be devoted to the
midwest conference.
The, relationship of the farm bur-
eaus to the U. S. Grain Growers Inc,
and it's plans for establishing grain
sales agencies in the middle west is
the most important matter to come
before the interstate conference.
Two far-reaching cooperative en-
terprises will be taken up by the Min
nesota directors. The meeting Mon
day will decide whether the state fed
GRAFTON will pool coal orders for far
mers throughout the state, and pur-
chase the winters fuel for a large
part of the rural Minnesota direct
from the mines. Under plans draft
ed by the American Farm Bureau
federation, farm bureaus in coal pro-
ducing states will employ buyers to
handle orders from other states, while
deliveries to individual farmers would
be made through present local dealers
or through cooperative elevators or
exchanges. The Minnesota directors
also viii consider financing the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14

of any highway in the county, and is
SO situated as to accommodate more
citizens of Stearns, as well as a
heavier through traffic than any
other.
A letter is being prepared setting
forth the situation and requesting
that the road stated be the first to
receive state work, and the COM
munication will be addressed to Com
Babcock and signed by the
county commissioners, Senator j. D..
Sullivan, Representative J. B. Pat
tison and City Attorney and ex- SEN
ator R. B. Brewer. st. Cloud
Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
BOYS PICKED UP HERE

Two Indian boys, John Warren and
George Ledian, inmates of the Indian
School at Wapeton, N. D., We're
picked up here last Wednesday morn
ing. The lads had run away from the
school to join the circus. When taken
into custody here they made no OBJ
lection, and stated, after having been
placed in jail to await arrival of the
Dakota officer, that they had had
enough of circus life" and were will
ing to go back The boys were APP
parentely about Ia years of age and
bright little chaps of the Sioux Ma
ton,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Ask that Main County
Road be First Paved
Will Petition State to Improve the
St. Cloud-Sauk Centre Highway
First.

What has been designated in the
county as state road number one, in
Guided in the state trunk highway
system, the highway from st. Cloud
to Sank Centre, will be the first road
in Stea1ns county to be paved if the
state department is guided by the adj
vice and wishes Of the county COM
missioners, and st. Cloud representa-
tives in the legislature and senate.
The road in question, which passes
through st. Joseph, Avon, Albany,
Freeport, MeIrose and Sank Centre,
is stated to bear the heaviest traffic
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
A FAMILY REUNION

The Alex Benson family on Sunday
celebrated family reunion at their
home in this city, the first in a per-
iod of five years, when all members
of the family, Is in all, have been
assembled under the same roof at one
time. The gathering consisted of Mr..
and Mrs Alex Benson and their elev-
en- children, two of them. Water OF
LeVerne and Mable of Moorhead,
coming here for the occasion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
DEMPSEY DRAWS COLOR LINE
Says He Believes Public Doesn't Want
Him to Box Blacks.

Omaha = Jack Dempsey, worlds
heavyweight champion pugilist, who
passed through here on his way to Salt
Lake City, in statement denied that
he is willing to fight Jack Johnson, cor
any other Negro fighter"
II will never fight a colored man."
Dempsey said. There is nothing To
this talk of me meeting Jack Johnson.
I am confident the public don't want
this fight and while I will govern my
self to large extent according to the
public wishes, can't see my way clear
to fight Johnson or any other colored
man"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14

had agreed and started northward
with the car. At Anoka, however, he
had stripped the gears and placed the
machine in garage, notifying the
owner by postal. In need of work,
he asserts, he wandered into the
country and aided the Belgrade far
mer with the haying. Intending to
return on Saturday last, he stated
that his employer persuaded him to
remain.
Whether the Minneapolis judge be-
lieves the prisoners account of the
transaction remains to be seen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
launching of the statewide dairy mar
keting and service agency, the Min
nesota Cooperative Creameries as
ISOLATION, Inc.
.CHAMPEEN" GARDNER

Henry Wagner, third trick man on
the Great Northern divides his spare
time between watching the new bum
galow on the north side of the river
near completion and care for his gar
den. AS a gardner Henry is about
the "champeen" of this section. July
II he brought to the Herald office a
full developed and thoroughly ripen-
ed tomato picked from his patch.
Home grown tomatoes in July in this
section Of the temperate zone are un-
usual.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Weed Cutting bee"
Latest Municipal Plan
Boat Owners and Others Asked to
Take P,.rt in New Community
Project

A "weed cutting bee" is the latest
community project to be advanced for
the general welfare of Sank Centre
The first undertaking of this kind
occurred Tuesday evening when a
number of boat owners and persons
interested in the general appearance
along the water front, gathered at the
city park, and DOMINIC bathing suits,
and armed with rakes and scythes,
cleared out the weeds along the park
shore line.
Although the work accomplished by
the city weed cutter is entirely salts
factory, the craft is of too deep draft
to permit operations in close to the
shore.
In view of the exceptional work
done Tuesday, the committee in
charge of the weed cutting operations
composed of Aldermen Bohall and
Rydholm and with Julian Dubois and
w. A. Moore, now ask for weed
cutting "bee' to be held Friday even
ing. The project now in mind is the
clearing of weeds from the waters of
Sank Lake along the shore line at the
Tourist Park. This, they believe,
will not only add greatly to general
appearances, but will develope an ex-
cellent bathing beach at the park.
The committee asks all persons
interested in this timely undertaking
meet with them at the park at $50
Friday evening armed with the nee
essary tools to aid in clearing out the
weeds from the, lake. Bathing suits
will be necessary for the laborers
must wade into the water to carry on
their work. .ilto J.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Portion Of Country Club
Tract Will Become Fine
Residential Section of CITY

The crying need for desirable resi-
dence lots in Sank Centre is about to
be realized. A few weeks ago the
directors Of the Sank Centre Country
Club began negotiating with the
Home Savings Investment company
of Willmar, Mimi, to plat and put on
the market a tract Of % acres on the
north side of the river, recently taken
over by the Country Club.
The Home Savings Investment Co.
made direct proposition for the out
right purchase Of this tract of LAND
at last Thursday evenings meeting OF
the stockholders. The proposition
was to pay the Country Club six
thousand dollars in cash for this
tract. The offer carried with it a
guarantee to develope and place or
the market all of the land in
question. This offer if accepted will
place the Country Club entirely out
of debt, and would leave them all the
ground necessary for the Tourist
Park, community park and golf links
and does not include the lake shore
lots plated short time since. The
Is lots plated on north Main street
are however in the tract, but the re-
venue from the three lots disposed OF
prior to the negotiations with the
Willmar company will revert to the
Country Club.
The Home Savings Investment Co.,
specialize in the opening up and de-
veIoping of new tracts in the cities
and towns of the northwest, and have
been very successful in this work.
Their proposition was fully discussed
at Thursday evenings meeting and it
was voted to accept the offer.
Representatives of the company
called at the Herald Monday and in
discussing the matter said they would
have the ground all plated and ready
for the market within few weeks.
The lots will not be less than SO feet
in width by 166 feet in depth. The
company plans to make this new adj
dition a desirable residence portion of
the city, and restrictions as to the
character, of houses to be erected will
be included in all deeds. 'aa> +
Sank Centre citizens did not realize
the beauty of this tract of land until
the Country Club began to develop it
for recreation purposes. The Herald
predicts that within the next five
years practically every lot in the adj
dition will have a modern coy home
1t is the logical direction for the city
to expand.
The Herald understands on very
reliable authority that the Home Saw
.ngs Investment company are in a
position and are willing to assist pur,
chasers of lots in building suitable
homes. The terms they will Offer
will be most advantageous to tn
homemaker. The new owners are
asking only the cordial moral supper
Of the community in the development
and sale Of the new addition. This
hey are entitled to-,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
St. Paul Girl Makes Record Lean.

st. Paul-Phoebe Fairgraves, an IS.
year old st. Paul high school girl, who
had not ridden in an airplane six
months ago, broke all existing records
for women parachute jumpers, when
she leaped from a plane at height OF
1920 feet over North Minneapolis, and
landed safely 20 minutes later in field
about mile from New Brighton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14

Park, alloting Is acres for this pur-
pose. The Tourist and Community
Parks join and extend along the lake
shore from the south end of the
Country Club grounds to and includ-
ing the first point into the lake. This
will afford an ideal bathing beach and
tract OF sufficient size to care for
large picnic parties. The Country
Club will have supervision of the
parks and plans are in the making for
another "Bee" to put the property in
first class shape. 1t is the desire of
the City and Club that any and every
one shall have free access to the Com
munlty Park at any and all times. 1t
is desired that local people shall use
the community park, leaving the
Tourist Park exclusively for the use
and benefit of the visitors within the
city.
The club will employ a caretaker
who will be on the job continuously
to care for the golf links, roads and
parks. He will very likely be made
special policeman. Brown Bros,
have generously offered free use of
team with which to drag the road
around the grounds whenever needed,
and it will be part of the caretakers
job to drag and keep up the roads.
One hundred dollars was appro-
priated at Thursday evenings meet
ing with which to complete the tennis
court, and when completed the courts
will be among the very best in the
Cinders will be used as
a base to give the courts drainage
with clay as a binder.
The club committee working in
conjunction with the committee from
the City Council reported that 100
Tourist Park signs were in the ma
ing and when complete will be placed
upon all highways leading to Sank
Centre. There will also be six large
signs placed at. the main entrances
to the city.
I The weed committee also report
ed that a remarkable success was be-
ing obtained in eradicatrng the weeds
from Sank Lake, and that the work
would be continued until their COM
plete eradication had been accompl. sh-
ed. To permanently eliminate weeds
from the lower end of the lake is a
condition deveautly to be wished for
as it will mean better water supply
and greatly enhance the beauty OF
the city.
Peoule who were trife skeptlc
relative to the success of the Country
Club at it's inception are now agreed
that it is the greatest movement for
community development ever inaugur-
ated in Sank Centre. The Tourist
Park is attracting an increasing num-
Der of customers" and many OF
those who intended to stay only over
night are so delighted with the &C
comodations and surroundings that
they are spending their entire va
cation on the shores of Sank Lake.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
caruso Denies Voice Gone.

Buffalo, N. Y.-Bruno Zirato, secre-
tary to Enrico Caruso, received cable
gram from the famous Italian tenor,
denying reports his voice probably had
been impaired permanently by his re-
cent illness.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
WEATHER DAMAGED CROPS

Supt. John C.. West of the Sank
Centre schools, returned to the city
Saturday after four day tour of the
GAINESVILLE district in the interests Of
the state bureau of agriculture. Mr..
West states that the wheat and oat
crops are suffering from rust and in
a bad condition in the vicinity of
GAINESVILLE, but that the corn crop is
a bumper this year all over the state.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Blimp sfast Hurts Four.

Washington The naval blimp ca ex-
ploded at the naval air station at
Hampton Roads. Va, burning and In.
juring the four persons who were
aboard. according to reports to the
Naval department.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14
Aid Copper Exports.

Washington-The War Finance Cor.
poration announced that it had adj
vaneed $4,000 to a banking concern
for financing the expectation Of 500
tons Of copper to Italy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14

Christian Endeavors Urge World Peace
New York-More than 10000 dele
gates to the sixth worlds Christian En-
deavor convention gave a tremendous
demonstration to an appeal for war
less world" and demand that the
United States join some international
association to promote world peace.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Merten are the
proud parents of baby girl born on
Monday, July II, 1921.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-14

The Country Club have also made
an agreement with the City Council
committee relative to the Tourist