The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-05-25
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Minnesota Guernsey Cow Sells For
SS,OOO-Jean Du Luth's Cornet, a
Minnesota cow which holds the worlds
greatest Guernsey record, was sold Tor
ern National Guernsey Breeders sale
held at Wheaton, Ill. This dairy
queen has a record Of 20,026 pounds
Of milk, containing s5S pounds Of but
terfat, in year. George +. Grout,
formerly professor of dairy husbandry
at University Farm, is managing own
er of the Jean Du Luth farms.
To say that between 5000 and 1000
persons are seeking office In MIME
sofa at the present time would seem
an eXaggeration, but such is the case
and if verification is wanted 1t Is round
in the largest number Of candidate fill
ings ever known in the history or the
state And to add to the voters troub-
les the open season is still on as far
as filings for county offices are con-
cerned Filings for state offices clos
ed May TO- but those having designs on
county jabs have until May 20 to get
in under the wire. In nearly all or
the Sc counties of the state the num-
Der Of elective offices in each is II.
This means a total Of 1,462 elective
county positions and as an average OF
four persons are contesting for each
the answer is easy. 1t is SIMPLY a
case Of plain arithmetic. Add to this
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trict judiciary, ten congressional jobs
and the various state offices for each
of which there is an average OF three
contestants and the figure 1000 is east
ly within the limits OF conservatism.
Some are Of the opinion that the num-
Der of candidate filingse which will be
passed upon at the coming primaries
will be nearer 5000. For the nine
places which are strictly state offices.
four complete tickets have been filed
a SacrafarV of state. Thew IN
clude the ticket endorsed at the re-
cent Republican state convention, an
opposition Republican ticket with
Ernest Lundeen and Frank Ellsworth
as it's chief sponsors, complete Dem
ocratic ticket with Thos. j. Meighen
and Mrs. Peter Olesen in the role Of
rival candidates for the Democratic
nomination for United States senator
and a complete ticket bearing the
Farmer-Labor brand. Only two of the
tickets mentioned, the Republican and
Democratic, will figure in the June
primaries. The Farmer-Labor cand1-
dates are without opposition and will
not be listed. The ticket in opposition
is an eleventh hour affair and has the
earmarks of radical backing.
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For the time being Democracy has
the spotlight and its glare is centered
on bunch Of last minute filings that
threatens to tear the unterrif1ed as
sunder. The big talk is the unexpect-
ed and last minute entrance Of Themes
J. Meighen of Preston as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
United States senator in opposition to
Mrs. Peter Oleson, the convention nom
inee and the further addition Of George
L. Siegel as a candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for attorney gen.
eral. Both have political record that
is strongly tinctured with radicalism.
Mr.. Meighen's appearance on the scene
started tongues wagging. Some Of the
gossips had it that the Meighen fling
was in the interest of the Farmer-La-
Dor crowd with DR.. Shipstead the
Nonpartisan League candidate for sem
ator as the beneficiary while others
contended that it was for the purpose
of securing control of the state organ
ization for presidential campaign pur-
poses two years hence. That there
was something in the latter was seen
in the prompt completion of the Demo-
cratic ticket following Mr.. Meighen's |
filing. Internationally Mrs. Oleson