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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
Amateurs AttemptltO
Burglarize N. P.IDepot
Small Amount of Booty Secured
Office Safe Withstands Attack
Officials Notified

An attempt to Jimmy the safe
in the Northern Pacific depot here
was made Monday night.
The evidence of the attempted bur-
glary was discovered early Tuesday
morning when members of the depot
force arrived to begin their days
work.
Two suit cases left in the baggage
room were rifled, but beyond VIII:
might have been taken from the suit.
eases and 100 pound sack of sugar,
nothing is known to have been taken
by the burglars.
In working to open the safe, the
burglars used a jimmy bar left on the
grounds by carpenters. The work
was evidently that of amatures, sup
posedly tramps.
Marks on the dial of the safes
showed that the burglars tried to-
jam the dial off of the safe with bars
and the dial was so twisted that it
was necessary for Agent Parker to
open the safe with a bar before he
could begin business operations on
Tuesday morning.
The first evidence of the attempt
ed robbery was discovered by Petef
Trones, baggageman at the Northern
Pacific, when he went to work Tues
!day. In the baggage room, the rob
bers left a broad trail, showing that
they had entered the building through
the baggage room, and had attempt
ed to gather up everything in sight,
In the office there was evidenca
that desks, drawers and fling cases
had beer rifled, but lack of equip
ment prevented the breaking into OF
the safe.
Agent Parker notified the president
of the Northern Pacific road of the
robbery Immediately after the fact
became known to him, and railroad
detectives and Sank Gentle police
officers are working on the case.
Tuesday morning, no evidence of a
'onvicting nature had been discovers
ed by the police, although numbeE
: clues left by the bandits may evi.
IDENTIFY lead to their apprehension.
Due to the fact that there are no
night trains over the Northern Paci-
fc here, the absence of night oper.
ator at the Northern Pacific depot
made operations easy for the bandits
A work train standing on the sid
ing near the depot, was occupied, but
persons sleeping in the train report~
ed Tuesday that they had heard no.
thing during the night which might
have lead to the discovery of the
robbers in action.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
NELSON GETS NEW TRIAL

The case of Gustaf Nelson, charged
with the murder Of Joseph Middleton,
will be tried in Fergus Falls instead
of Alexandria, Judge c. A. Nye hav-
ing on Monday ordered that the trial
be transferred from Douglas county
to Fergus Falls. Gustaf Nelson was
tried for the crime at Alexandria,
with Judge John A. Roeser on the
bench, and the jury found him guilty
of murder in the first degree, carry
ing penalty of life Imprisonment.
The state supreme court ordered a
new trial on the grounds that the
evidence failed to support a first de-
gree verdict. Senator ]. D. Sullivan
of st. Cloud is chief counsel for the
defense. The case has attracted I'M
usual interest due to the fact that
Gustaf Nelson is a son-in-law of
Senator Knut Nelson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
Joseph Vogel Is Called
After Lingering Illness
Deceased Had Been Sank Centre Re-
sident for q Years-Buried
from st. Paul's Monday.

Joseph Vogel, father of B. o. Vo-
gel, died at the family home in Sank
Centre Saturday, April 30 at $40 a.
M The funeral was held Monday
morning from st. Paul's Catholic
church and burial made in the family
lot beside his wife who died three
years ago. Rev. Anthony ART of
ficiated at the service. Five grand
sons, Edward, and Alloys Miller, AL
phonse and Werner Vogel, Cecil
Botz and John Vogel, nephew, were
pail bearers.
The deceased has been on in
valid for nearly six years, and has
been a resident of Sank Centre for
the past twenty-seven years. He was
born in Germany in 1888 and came
to America in 1866. Before the
family came to Sank Centre they
lived at ST. Michaels, Mimi, and later
in Otter Tail county. 49,
The following children are left to
mourn, Ben Vogel, Mrs. Lenora Ran
dali and Mrs. John Miller of Sank
Centre; Sister Sybilla, o. S. B., of
GAINESVILLE, Mrs. Josephine Botz Of
New Munich, Nina Vogel of Roches-
ter, Mrs. Henry Botz of st. Joseph,
Mrs. John Hauck of Bethel, Mrs. E..
Woodbridge of Denver, Colo, and
Mrs. E. Koop of Brainard, all but one
of the children being present at the
funeral. A brother, Valentine Vogel,
of Chicago was also present at the
funeral.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
JUDGE IRA MILLS
Died ON MONDAY
MINNESOTA'S OLDEST STATE
OFFICIAL SUCCUMBS TO A
PARALYTIC STROKE
R. R. Commissioner Is YEARS
RECOGNIZED NATIONAL AUTH
GRITTY ON RAILROAD LAW
FUNERAL FRIDAY

st. Paul, May 3-Judge Ira B.
Mills, chairman of the state railroad
and warehouse commission, died at
his home here at 4:3O a. M, today.
Judge Mills had been member of
the commission since 1898, when he
was appointed by Governor Knute
Nelson. He served as district Judge
at Moorhead, Minnesota and later as
an assistant attorney general previous
to appointment as railroad commits
sioner.
Judge Mills was the oldest state
executive from the point of service
as'well as in age, being 70 years old.
Judge Mills was taken ill on April
s, while meeting with legislative
committee in an advisory capacity.
He suffered second stroke of para
lysis few days later.
Judge Mills is survived by one son,
Ernest, of St. Paul, and one sister,
Miss Sue Mills of Minneapolis. Ernest
Mills said his father was the oldest
public! utility commissioner in the
United States from point of service.
Funeral services for Judge Ira B.
Mills, will be held at 2 o'clock Fri
day at the Dampier-Fisher Under
taking parlors, St. Paul. Burial will
be made in Oakland Cemetery. DR..
Harry Noble Wilson, pastor of the
Central Presbyterian church, OF st.
Paul, will officiate.
Charles E. Elmquist, former MEM
Der of the Railroad Commission,
Comm issioners o. P. B. jacobson and
Fred Putnam and A. L. Finn, traffic
expert Of the commission, Secretary
Thomas Yapp and Assistant Attorney
General Henry C. Flannery all con-
nected with the Railroad Commission
will be the pail bearers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
Favorable Publicity
for Sank Centre Soon
Minneapolis Tribune Will Devote A
Page to Ladies of This City in
the Next Few Weeks

Several months ago the Minneapo-
lis Tribune began devoting page to
the fair women of the cities of the
northwest. This feature appears in
the Sunday edition. Mr.. Burke rep
resenting the Tribune was in Sank
Centre short time ago and made ar
rangements to devote page to Sank
Centre ladies. A letter received re-
Gently by the Herald from the Trib-
une states that their schedule is
made up for about two months and
that it will be along in July before
this city is reached. It may appear
before that. In the meantime, better
follow the Sunday Tribune closely.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
Will CELEBRATE
MEMORIAL DAY
AMERICAN LEGION AND G. A. r.
WILL COOPERATE ON
PROGRAM
DETAILS Are NOT Completed
PROMINENT SPEAKER WILL BE
SECURED TO DELIVER
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS

Plans for the proper observance of
Memorial Day, which will embody
church services on the Sunday pre-
ceedlng Memorial Day, and fitting
observance of. the day on Monday,
May Both, were commenced by the
Robert James Swift Post, American
Legion at their regular meeting in
the Commercial Club rooms Tuesday
evening.
On this occasion both the Legion
and the Auxiliary were in receipt of
an invitation from the G. A. R., and
the Women's Relief Corps Of Sank
Centre to join them in attending the
special church services on Sunday,
May goth, and these organizations ac-
copied these invitations and will at
tend the services in body.
Complete plans for the Memorial
Day program have not been decided
upon, but Supt. J. C. West of the
Sank Centre schools, is in charge Of
the speaking program and this fea-
ture together with the music, will be
conducted under the auspices of the
school.
A speaker will be chosen later to
deliver the annual Memorial Day adj
dress.
AS far as is now known, the days
schedule will not differ in many re
spects from that of former years. The
parade will take place in the morn
ing and the cemeteries will be visit
ed as usual and appropriate services
by both the G. A. r., and the Legion
will be held. A firing squad will be
furnished by the American Legion.
In the afternoon speaking pro-
gram with music will be held in the
Junior high school auditorium.
Those who are expected to take
part in the parade are the Grand
Army and Women's Relief Corps:
American Legion and Woman's
Auxiliary; City Band, Fire Depart
ment; School Children, Boy Scouts
and Civilians.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
YOUNG MAN DIES

The following taken from the
Hackensack Independent will be of
interest to Sank Centre friends of the
deceased:
vernon Thomas Forest, the six
teen-year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. r.
S. Forest, recent settlers near Hack
ensack, died at their home Tuesday.
Burial will be Thursday in the new
cemetery.
"The young man had been ill for
two weeks with pneumonia. He is
survived by the father and mother,
four brothers, Fay, Percy, Laurel and
Burton, all making their home with
the parents and two sisters, Ula and
Pearl, both of whom reside at home,
and one sister, Mrs. Avis Holverson,
of Sank Centre. A cousin, Benjamin
Franklin Forest, is also here.
The funeral will be in barge of
Rev. B. L. Richardson of the Backus
and Hackensack Congregational
churches.
:'The Forest family moved here
two weeks ago from Sank Centre and
are living on the Lewis Smith farm
mile from Hackensack. Vernon
came to this country in January and
has spent part of the time on the
farm and working for others.
"The. young man had made many
friends and there have been numer-
Gus expressions of sympathy for the
bereaved family"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05

and national legislation, and to work
with his neighbors to promote local
farm interests.
"Stearns county, with 4,500 of the
best farmers in the state, should
have a full share of this new move
ment of organized agriculture" said
L. E. Potter, president of the Mime
sofa Farm Bureau federation. "a
county so deeply concerned with
developing better markets for its
dairy products cannot afford to do
less than any other county"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
BOY ELECTROCUTED

Clyde, the Is year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Wallace Page, who reside
one mile north of Swanville, was cleo
trocuted Saturday evening. Curiosity
drew the lad into the enclosure about
the high tension line transformer
sub-station of the Peoples Electric
Service company of Grey Eagle.
Wires in that enclosure carry a mini
mum of $4,000 volts and a maximum
of 33,O00.-Little Falls TRANSCRIPT.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
HOLDEN HERE TONIGHT

P. G. Holden, director of agricul-
ture for the International Harvester
arrived in Sank Centre this
noon and will talk to the people of
the city and vicinity at the Junior
auditorium this evening. The pro-
gram will commence at O'Clock.
Mr.. Holden, who is a national auth
ority on agriculture, will speak here
on Potatoes and Potato Culture"
The meeting is under the auspices of
local promoters of agriculture.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
Willard Store Burglar
lied Sunday of Last Week
Wearing Apparel Taken from Store
of w. r. Butler & Sonar
rests are Made

Last Sunday morning burglars emit
cred the store of w. r. Butler and
Son and took away a great deal of
wearing apparel. The robbery was
discovered shortly before nine o'clock.
Sheriff Ness was notified and before
noon the two men were lodged in the
Pope county Jail in Glenwood.
Mr.. Butler does not always go to
his store on Sunday, but this Sunday
morning Re did because che of his
patrons wanted something for MS
Sunday breakfast. When he came to
the store he discovered that robbers
had been there during the night. He
called Sheriff Ness at once on the
telephone. Mr.. Ness at once jumped
into his Ford and reached Willard in
a very short time.
When he reached there and looked
over the ground he found that the
|store had been entered in the same
way as it had been entered last Au-
gust and that the goods taken were
|of the same kind. Mr.. Ness decided
that it was the same men as last
year. He traced the men lost wear,
but he had been notified toe rate. NOW
he had been notified in time and he
decided to follow the trail that they
had followed last year and by doing
this he had them in a short time.
1t was found that last ear they had
gone west of Willard about two miles
and crossed a swamp and spent the
day near the woods. They had then
come to Glenwood and boarded the
train. Mr.. Ness, Mr.. Butler and Mr..
Brugman went west of Willard and
crossed the swamp on foot. They
found them lying in the edge of the
underbrush beyond rise of land in
the place where they had spent the
day last year.. They had cigars, cam
ned goods and gum of the brands that
Mr.. Butler sells, but stated they had
procured them from a farm boy. The
wearing apparel was found in suit
cases hidden in the grass.
Mr.. Ness brought the two men to
Glenwood and lodged them in Jail.
They had a hearing before Justice
Reed Monday. They waived an ex-
animation and will be taken before
Judge Flaherty as soon as lie returns
to Morris and will plead guilty.
One gave the name of Robe. Le-
Roy from Springfield, Mo. ,anL is %
years old. The other gave the name
of Roy Anderson and is 25 years old.
The latter has a record as he has
served four years in Anamcosa, Iowa.
When Mr.. Ness confronted him with
his record and his picture, he admit
ted that his correct name was Willie
Simpson, who is wanted at other
places for larceny.
Simpson looks like hardened cri-
minal, while Leroy acts and looks
like a man who has got into trouble
for the first time. They are now
lodged in Jail here awaiting the re-
turn of Judge Flaherty.-Glenwood
Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
SENIOR CLASS PLAY,

"And Home Came Ted" the Senior
Class play to be given this Friday
evening at the Junior High School
Auditorium is very interesting
comedy. The young people of the
class, consisting of six boys and six
girls with their coach, Miss Maude
Davis, have been working hard for
the past two weeks to make the play
the best ever given in Sank Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05

the time of her demise. She was a
native of Tennessee. There are three
sons who survive, namely, David of
Hill City, Shelby and Hugh of Sank
Centre.
Mrs. Noble made her home with
her son Shelby until the first of the
year when she went to Hill City to
make her home. She was taken sick
shortly after her arrival there.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
FAIRY LAKE RESORT OPENING

W. A. Zimmerman VIII formally
open Fairy Lake Resort for the sea-
son, Sunday, May 18th. One of the
features of the opening will be a ball
game between Glenwood and Swan
Vile. Next weeks Herald will carry
more details of the opening.
The opening dance at Fairy Lake
will be given Wednesday evening,
May 18th. Hands orchestra will fur
nish the music. ..
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
AGED LADY DIES

Mary Jane Noble passed away at
the home of her son, David Shelby
at Hill City, Sunday, May 1. The
deceased has been i'll for some time
with pneumonia. The remains were
shipped to Sank Centre Wednesday
and immediate burial was made in
Greenwood cemetery, Rev. C. S.
'Sparkes, officiating.
Mrs. Noble was 81 years of age at
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05

The murder charge against Delberf
Smith, former Grey Eagle boy, has
been withdrawn, according to infor-
nation given out by Hennepin county
authorities this week. He has been
sentenced by the federal court, to-.
serve 25 years at Fort Leavenworth
for the holding up of the mail train
on the N. P. railroad near st. Cloud. (
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
DEATH OF MRS. CLARA ALLEN


Word was received in Sank Centre
this week of the death of Mrs. Clara
Allen, step mother of Mrs. John How
ard of Minneapolis and of the late
Mrs. A. Barto. Mrs. Allen was a
former resident of Sank Centre, leav-
ing here about eight years ago for
Woodstock, Ill.
Mrs. Allen was taken ill at the
home of her son, Orren Allen, at
Campbell, Mimi, and died on Sunday,
April oath, after a short illness. In
terment was made at Woodstock, ILL.,,
beside her husband and three chill
dren who have proceeded her. The
deceased was born in England, No
vember 1st 1889.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05
DEPOT REMODELED

A complete remodeling of the in
terror of the Northern Pacific depot,
was finished this week by a work
crew who have been engaged here for
the past two weeks. The depot and
railroad property here will be given
a complete overhauling later. The
work just finished is a marked inn
provement to the old conditions.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred B. Rowe arrived
last week from Minneapolis for Wis
it with Sank Centre friends.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-05-05

FRS. Noble was "a years Of age at
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-06-23
EXPERTS CONDEMN
RANGE FIRES
SAY THEY DESTROY BETTER FOR
AGE PLANTS.

New Orleans, La.-Copies of q re.
port reaching forestry officials here
from the u. s. Department of Agri-
culture greatly strengthen the stand
taken by the State foresters against
woods and grass fires. Few people
have denied in the past that annual
fires. burning at any and every sea-
son, have kept millions of acres Of
Louisiana cUt-over land from reforest-
ing, Bulletin s27 OF the Federal Bu-
Feau of Animal Husbandry, issued
May 26, now condemns fire as ''the
worst enemy of the spread of carpet
grass and lespedeza," and remarks
that "the ranges deteriorate rather
than improve so long as fire runs over
them annually" The bulletin, which
Is the last word in the study of the
possibilities of cattle raising on piney
woods range, flatly denies that burn
ing the range in the spring makes
earlier grazing, saying, "as a matter
of fact, the grazing on burnt-over
ranges is no earlier and may be con
siderably retarded"
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-06-23
LA. STRAWBERRY CROP
is LARGEST IN HISTORY

Unofficial returns on the strawber-
ry crop of Tangipahoa Parish show
that over one million crates of berries
have been shipped during the longest
season on record. More than 400
cars were shipped at an average of
700 crates to the car with the berries
bringing an average of $3.50 per
crate.
This means that the crop yielded ov-
er $3,50O,000.00 for this parish, which
has in the past year stood third in the
United States in the returns in dollars
and cents from acres in cultivation.
The first is Los Angeles county, Cal
ifornia, due unquestionably to its cit
rus fruits. and the second is Lancas-
ter county. Pennsylvania, due in large
measure to its large amount of truck
grown and its splendid system of dis
tribution. all the towns Of the county
having curb markets. These figures
are based on government returns for
l9ZO. 1t this parish did so well when
the crop was short; this year when the
strawberry crop alone is over three and
one-half million dollars, it ought to
rank first
The strawberry section in Tangipa.
hoa is a piney woods section that was
not thought suitable for agricultural
enterprises until, by cooperative eff
forts and cooperative selling made
possible by the Farmers Association. it
has grown to be one Of the leading par
ishes in the United States.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-06-23
COLONY GETS DEED
TO STABLES TOWNSHIP

The Llano Colony marked another
milestone in its history in Vernon Par
ish Saturday, June 18th, when the
Gulf Lumber Company decided to the
Llano COLONY Company the forty
acres of land along the railroad track.
This gives the coIonists title to the
old town Of Stables. the site where the
mill stood, and it includes the two
story hotel, the eight-room hospital,
several other good houses-about a
dozen of them, three large sheds, a
four-cell dry kiln which has been con-
verted into a theater, two sweet pota-
to evaporators. and a brick dryer, a
concrete power house, other sheds, the
commissary and office buildings.
This is in addition to the 1000 acres
purchased in May from the Gulf Lum-
Der Company.
The deciding of this land to the col
onists will enable them to continue with
their plans TO erect a large brick ho-
tel on this site Also it will allow them
to dedicate a right of way to the. state
for the purpose of making the new
state highway.
The Gulf Lumber Company estima-
ted this forty acres at a valuation of
$4,000.
Vernon Parish Democrat., 1921-06-23
STATE CONSTITUTION is
FINALLY PASSED 1877 TO


By vote of 1877 to | the new con-
stitution for the state of Louisiana was
passed by the Constitutional Conven-
ton last Saturday afternoon.
The one delegate voting against its
adoption was George T. Martin Of
Caldwell Parish. who said he would
not vote for anything that he was not
willing to submit to the people for
ratification.
Former governor Pleasant alos did
not sign the new constitution, because
he thought the oil interests were all
lowed to read into the constitution
their desires for the severance tax at
a low rate.
The tax involves millions Of dollars
each year and is one Of the principal
parts Of the state taxes. and should
have been handled squarely on its
merits without being influenced in any
manner whatever by any officials Of
the state government.
What the Convention Did and
What They Did Not Do
Here are some of the notable things
which the Constitutional Convention
at Baton Rouge accomplished.
/ Reorganized the state judiciary; in
creasing the supreme court from five
to seven; reduced the district courts
| from 81 to 29; provided for complete
clearing Of judicial calendars within
1.-THE next three years.
i Building great state highways sys-
TEN on license tax on motor cars and
two cents gasoline tax, yielding about
100000 year.
Limiting rate of state taxation to
l5N mills. with possible limit of 534
mills; providing for classified property
tax and income tax of 3 per cent after
1924.
Severance tax, 2 per cent for state,
per cent for parishes, up to $780,
\ Creating new suffrage qualifications
education, intelligence and under
standing clauses, created 63 registrars,
elected by police juries. subject to re-
moval.
New educational system, creating a
state board, supervisory powers over
all; eight members elective. three ap-
pointive by board.
Allocated " mill to L! S. u. and A.
M. College after January /. 1925, and
i 100000 to other state institutions.
| Allocated $5.000,000 out of sever
lance tax from June 80. 1922 to Jam
uary |. 1925, for building a greater
agricultural college.
Abolished railroad commission; Gre
ated state public service commission
with powers.
Inserted inhibition against aliens
owning land in Louisiana.
Virile impeachment and removal;