The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-08-03

when first we interviewed him. that
he wanted to be sketched; in fact. he
rather thought he didn't And we
pretty ss girl went la to the 0U directors:
room in the rear of the. bank. where
the president was "closeted" with
somebody, when we arrived and. in
aeDig 1G mis- repsd nee iooking
man" Understand. now. we did not
misunderstood her. What she UNI
doubtedly meant was that we didn't
look like a holdupper; For even that
forth, there ensued an argument, and
we were finally told to come back at
two. This we did and got the sketch.
Mr.; spragus is veteran M, OF the
Grand lodge, Independent Order OF
A Near Golf Champion
Also trifie .gun-shy. was D. b.
Caughren president of the merchants
National Bank, but after bit we per-
suaded him. We do wish these bank
ers would come through promptly IN
stead of stalling SO. 1t would save so
banker, and it is not for us to pre-
sumo to undertake the changing Of
the leopard's spots. Let 'em ride, say
we. Caughren. by the way, is an ar
dent golfer--a near champion at cow
pasture pool says Asa, the Wallace.
j. w. Ward manager of the tele-
phone company, is not, and never
has been, we guess. a banker. He
loath nor eager. apparently, but just
willing to oblige. When we had fin
ished the sketch, he took us for a
ride to his place at Birch lake. nine
is a. fine ride out there. through
handsome country, and the lake is a
regular marvel of beauty. There are
numerous springs on Mr.. Wards es-
tate. to one Of which we dove pos
sibly half mile through thick woods:
1t is not. like the others. a natural
spring, but one that was brought in
by drilling only a few feet into the
earth. right beside the lake. The
it fast without suffering discomfort.
Dwellers beside the lake have the
spring waters piped into covered
boxes, which serve as refrigerators.
That PARTICULARLY cold spring was
crooked stick Mr.. Ward has hand
some wife and a railroad station
named after him and the springs. y
Ahai take slant at Asa, the
wallace, editor and publisher of the
Sank Centre Herald for the past ten
years and one of the Invest members
among the newspaper men OF the
state: Said Asa al Got t., that hfstooa o1 Mep
Well, then I'll have to shave" We
didn't know which sketch he meant.
we having made Of him certainly
dozen. We can state. however, that
he needed the shave.
ASketch Between Pegs
With DR. Andrew F. Moynlhan we
had no speech. The sketch was
made while he was engaged in a
with S. P. Hansen and others in the
lobby Of the Palmer house. Andrew
is. we were told, brother OF Dr.. 7.
j. Moynihan of Cannon, Balcome
and Moynihan. st. Paul. 4oa 20
sketh l.. l.. Kells attorney and pres
ident of the Sank Centre Commercial
club, and both times to his seattle. He
is much better looking than we rep
resent him as being. Better luck
next time, L. L., say we.
Don't you think B. F. Du Bots,
vice president of the First State bank
and secretary of the Stearns County
Fair association, has a sweet face?
He's sweet Teller even though q
banker-a little retiring. to be sure,
but lacking the appearance of think
ing that the sketcher may be plan
ming to blackjack him. Should he
less his father. the doc, will give him
the boot.
]. F. Cooper. city clerk, equaled a
banker in the matter Of stalling off
the sketch. then fiidgeted all the time
GALLEY THREE -.
and looked every which way during
the ordeal-which was ours. Plenty
Of people said that he is one of the
best fellows in the town, that he is
a model man, in fact, but Wen tell
the universe he's not a model model.
Another Twinkle
All! John M. McGibbon, there's a
fine Scot. Hoo's a, wi ye tn dee,
5 5Sank US Br fer speir hqhY An DO
John is president of the Sank Cen
tire school board and superintendent
of the electric light plant. He and
Mrs Mac have dentist son, daugh.
twinkle but his eyes do.
S. P. Hansen divides his time be-
tween his grocery store and Doc Du
Bots, with an occasional reasonable
doc happens not to be sitting.
Know what dat Doc Du Bots done
to me?" said s. P. to US. 'One day
wass awful bissy, and he called
up and Says, Come right up to my
ting important, he says. So 1 left
what 1 was dom an clum dem
stairss, and dere he wass, in hiss back
room, wit one Teller laid out on dat
op'ratin' chair an a part. of him band
aged up, an another Teller on tn
floor. nekked, being sewed up, or some
thin. In a corner dere wass a little
dago man, cryin' fit to bust, and tn
air was full Of either. and I hate dat
of me?' / Says, and doc, he sayss,
II jest wanted to know if youed ever
saw a dago with his clothes off," he
sayss."
xEd Hansen, clothier and haberdash-
er, is not related to S. P, except i n
the matter of his relish for a joke.
He told us about a big blacksmith
who used to function at his trade in
Sank Centre, but who deserted that
way of life to become actor-man-
ager of a show. There. were some
vaudeville turns, but the smoth
opened the bill himself, coming out
in a frock coat and reciting the, Dec
laration Of Independence. Ed was in
Fergus Falls when the troupe played
there and he persuaded some friends
to accompany him to the show. The
actor-manager had got no farther
with the declaration than when, in,
the course of human events" when
one Of Eds party cried, ''Haw-haw-
haw1! back to the anvil for you" It
broke up the performance.
A Busted Bubble?
J. B. Schoenhoff is the efficient
president Of the Stearns county fair
and proprietor Of restaurant which
he keeps in good condition. He is
constantly making improvements.
Whenever his books show a consider
able profit accrued, he puts in new
fixtures or has the floors scraped. He
used to be in another line of business,
where lunch sometimes was free. It