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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22

farmers become on dairy marketing,
the larger the number that will mar
ket their cream the Blue Valley way.
But as a matter of fact, Blue Valley
has always and is today spending
much money and time doing construc-
tive work along the lines of helping
farmers make more money from their
cows, aside from the price paid for
butterfat. This perhaps has been on.
ly natural, when it is remembered
that most of the Blue Valley cream
cries have been opened in sections of
the country where farmers had paid
little attention to dairying. There
fore it has been necessary for Blue
Valley to help them and inform them.
and this service has become part of
the Blue Valley Creamery System.
For this service we employ dairy ex-
perts who have grown up on the
farm and understand what the farmer
is up against. The service is free to
any farmer.
Better Da:rying Follows Blue Valley
The great increase in dairy produc-
ton following the opening of every
Blue Valley creamery has been due
partly to the better price paid by Blue
Valley and partly to the constructive
field service rendered by Blue VAL
ley.
This field service has taken many
forms-school house meetings, farm
visits, town meetings, moving pic
lures, phamplets, free distribution OF
whole books on practical dairying,
conducting boys and girls clubs, and
special dairy trains out for week at
the time, carrying experts and dairy
cows, giving demonstrations and hold
ing dairy schools in one town after
another, spreading practical dairy in
formation and arousing. interest in
dairying among thousands of people.
For many years we also published a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Blue Valleys Field Work

The second hard competitor Of Blue
Valley-the poor cow and lack of
knowledge of dairying and marketing
on the part of some farmers-;s still
with us, but Blue Valley never let's
up on its warfare on this competition.
We claim no credit for whatever we
have done and are doing to Danish
the poor cow from the farm and to as
sist farmers to a better knowledge of
dairying and of marketing dairy pro-
ducts. Farmers prosper as the pro-
duction per COW and their knowledge
of dairying increase, and as they
prosper in the dairy business, Blue
Valley prospers. The better informed
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
WORN NERVES

Nervous troubles, with backache,
dizzy spells, queer pains and irregular
kidneys. give reason to suspect kidney
weakness and to try the remedy that
has helped your neighbors. Ask your
neighbor!
Mrs. J. S. Peterson, Sank Centre,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Blue Valleys Experience

Blue Valley has had the same ex-
perience over and over in city after
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22

city where we have established Blue
Valley creamery. In every case it
has meant increased cream produc-
ton and increased business. And in
every case it has meant more money
to the farmer.
We have had to meet all sorts of
competition wherever we have estab-
lished Blue Valley creamery and
have today the keenest sort of COM
petition at every Blue Valley cream
cry in the purchase of cream and in
the sale of butter. Ever since Blue
Valley first showed other creamery
men that good butter could be made
from hand separator cream, we have
had competition, and we always ex-
pect to have it.
Blue Valley believes in competition.
In the long run competition is the
great balance wheel that keeps all of
US running straight if we stay in the
race. 1t pulls us on to do our best.
Those we serve, whether we buy from
Chem or sell to them or work for
them in any capacity, get the benefit
of competition in better service.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
About Blue Valley


What makes Sank Centre such a
good town for farmers to trade and do
business in?
Competition between it's merchants
and business men, of course. 1t is
this competition that insures the farm
ers the best possible service and the
best prices. 1t is this competition
that is creating more and more trade
for Sank Centre and building it up to
be the best town in the territory for
farmers to trade in.
If the man who opened the first
store in Sank Centre had bought the
whole town site and refused to sell a
lot to any other storekeeper, he would
have gotten all the business and "con-
trolled'' all the trade to this day. But
only small number of farmers would
have traded with him, his business
would always have been small, and
Sank Centre today would be a flag
station. The farmers themselves
would have Stunned the place. His
Control would have killed all bust
ness growth.
SOWpeIltlOH UOOu luuS
Farmers, being just as good bust
ness men as anybody else, know that
competition is good thing and is
necessary to give them the best prices
and the best service.
The first storekeeper in Sank Gem
tire didn't keep out competitors by
buying up the whole town site or 9TH
erwise building a fence around his
business. Nor did those who came
here since then. They didn't hold in
dignation meetings, when new COM
petitor came to town. They didn't
try to scare their customers with stor-
les about the awful things the new
competitor would do to the communi
ty. They didn't move heaven and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22

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Regular meeting of the Water,
Light & Power Commission February
5, 1923 with Commissioner Henneman
absent.
Minutes of the previous meetings
read and approved. The following
bills were audited, allowed, and or.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22
Control" an Empty Phase

Blue Valleys business has become
very large, because the Blue Valley
Creamery System pays full value for
the cream according to it's quality al,
therefore can meet competition, S
long as we can and do pay letter
price, more and more farmers will
naturally find out about it and patron
ize us.
There is no hidden reason for Blue
Valleys growth. We control" no
territory, where we can pay whatever
price we please, if we were so minded.
AS a matter of fact, every Blue Val
ley creamery pays higher price for
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22

Herald Want Ads Do the Business
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WATER, LIGHT AND POW
Err PROCEEDINGS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-02-22

arth to keep him out. They weren't
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-15
Tentative Organization Formed

At a meeting OF about forty farmers
at the Skowhegan jersey Creamery
last Saturday there vas tentative
organization of a Cooperative Mar
keting Association under the direction
OF A. r. Clement Of Portland, manager
of the Maine Farmers Exchange. and
working in the interests of the State
Chamber of Commerce. Walter Mo
CURE was elected chairman and p. {.
White secretary. The organization
committee is composed OF the follow
ing: George Foster. Chester Wood.
Mrs. S. H. Beal Of Cornville: Wilbur
Taylor of Athens; Palmer French of
Scion: c. II. Fuller of Norridgewock:
Raymond Kicker, S. B. Moore. Thos.
Dean, Fred Moody Jr., Of Skowhegan:
w. r. Blanchard of Madison The
organization will ship hay first and
later potatoes. eggs and other prod
uce
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-15

at the top OF my husky voice. Which
soon brought the durwan--the watch
man-and his boys to my room. They
were armed and carried lanterns.
CLOTHES TORN OFF
" Out the window, after them out
the windowt l yelled. pointing TO
the torn screen through which the
robbers had made their exit. But
the durwan and HIS Malay boys mere
ly stood sbeechless in their tracks
and stared at me. IT was then that
| discovered that the robbers had
torn my clothes to shreds and | was
clad principally in baby ribbons"
Such an experience might discon-
cert as less intrepid woman, but Mrs.
Meehan says she would rather live
in Singapore than in any other city
i'm the world.
ut is only one degree from the
Equator she told us, but the nights
are always cool. II Is of course, the
gateway between the East and West,
for every ship bound east or west
of Suez must stop there. There are
delightful, though according 10 our
standards rather crude hotels, and
British clubs. Sitting in the shade
of your hotel awning, you can look
down the street and see all the nation
alities Of the world going past, the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-15
IS DESCENDANT Or OLD
SKOWHEGAN FAMILY

The following article written by
Pauline Ferguson is of special inter-
est to Skowhegan people since Mrs.
Florence Burgess Meehan, about whom
the story is written is the daughter
OF Mrs Lillian Philbrick Burgess, a
native of Skowhegan and now living
in Los Angeles. Mrs. Burgess is
the daughter of Joseph Philbrick, an
uncle of S. ". and F.. r. Philbrick.
Mrs. Meehan is the wife of Hugh
Meehan, representative of the A. B.
Dicks Supply Co. in Chicago.
Armed with 80 automatic and a
lot of money the size of Liberty
Loan, Mrs. Meehan went forth to con-
quer the Orient. whose dealers are
notably'the most shrewd and sagacfous
in the world
She journeyed throughout India
and Palestine, trading direct with
native peddlers and in curious, lit
tie known shops never before Wis
tied by a lone white woman. 1t
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-15

was In these remote bazaars, far from
the beaten path of the tourist, that
she discovered the surprising efficacy
of the curse.
Some of them were UP streets so
narrow that two rickishas could not
pass, and smelled worse than any fer
tilizer plant" she related, while ex-
hibitlng a mass of oriental snapshots
in her apartment the other day. you
get used to that, though, after you
have spent several weeks in the ORR
ent, and whole days wandering up
and down such a street.
NOT A HURRY JOB
Time, which is considered so pre-
cious here in America, has no value
whatever over there. A native deal
er may agree to have n consignment
OF goods ready for you on a certain
day, but II you manage to get it five
days later you are in luck. Then,
there is the frightful amount of time
you waste in bargaining Life is
practically nothing else in the Far
East. Bargaining, bargaining, bar
gaining,-it goes on from morning IN
til night
If you are willing to sit on a straw
floor mat in some stuffy little shop,
haggling for hours. first with subtle
courtesy, then with voeiferous elo-
quence and finally with insulting ve-
hemence, you may be rewarded with
a real bargain. But then again, You
may have TO return the next day and
go through the same tedious pro-
cedure.
After the first few times, l found
cursing was the most effective bar
gain-getter, so | cut short the pre-
limfnaries and dashed into the in
vectives. II they cursed my ances-
tors in Hindu, would curse theirs in
English. They couldn't understand
what l said, but they knew from the
way 1 yelled at them that it was
curse. l found I wish your grand
mother was in Hollywood to be parti-
cularly effective 1t always brought
q look of reluctant admiration from
my cursing competitor
GLOOMY MERCHANTS
"The Cashmere merchants, who
have melancholy faces and large
limpld brown eyes, did not curse, but
they expected torrents of abuse from
their customers. This they would
receive with fine detection of spirit.
Memsahib so cruel they would say
reproechfully. 'Memsahib want all the
profit. Tears would we'll up In the
limpid eyes. 'Memsahib have alrea-
dy made us paupers.'
But all the time I knew" said
Mrs. Meehan, that l could have got
the goods even cheaper If Ia had
another day to insult them in"
Trading with Chinese peddIef, at
tired in nothing but a loin cloth,
is very different from trading with
westernized Chinese dealer in Los
Angeles, and yet it has it's similiari-
ties
THE CHINESE PEDDLER
For three days, Mrs. Meehan bar
gained with a Chinese peddler, pos
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are eliminated from the school boards.
They have an unquestioned right to
refuse to vote for any man or men,
for che reason they assign or for any
other, and to urge the rest of us to
follow their example. The neces-
sity or the wisdom of their action
is not clear to me, but what of that.
Here again I am judge for no one but
myself.
There is this to be said, however:
| contemplate with anxiety and regret
the bitterness already aroused and
cannot escape forebodings as to the
outcome. Based upon my present
knowledge, the activities of the Khan
seem to me harmful and wholly un-
necessary. In by-gone centuries and
chiesy in other lands, the rivalries
of religion have caused untold misery.
hung; "heritics" Chose not agreeing
with the dominant ecclesiastical par
ty) were more likely to be burned.
There has not been, happily, very
much of this in America but our CO.
lonial days did not have an entirely
clean record.
Our generation has been one long
era of religious peace. Nothing but
the most desperate need will justify
return TO the strifes of creed. We
must not be swept of our feet by any
mans fiery zeal; novelty and mystery
must not tempt us away from the
home anchorage into uncharted seas.
Such delay as is necessary for calm
judgment cannot be fatal The days
of tolerance are too precious, too
beneficient and too agreeable to be
carelessly abandoned. For myself,
overwhelming evidence must he pre-
scented to convince me that they need
be abandoned at all
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-15
FEELS MORE LIKE
40 THAN 81
Since He Began to Take
"Fruii-a-tiYes"
Made From Fruit Juices and TOnicS

One of the happy results of using
Fruit-a-tivcs +" for Constipation and
Bilious Attacks, is the tonic and
invigorating effects on the entire
system.
Mr.. W. II. ostrandef, of ss5 Grant
ST., Buffalo, NY. writes q 10 more
strong cathartics or salts 50 long as
Fruit-a.tives are obtainable. No
more bowel troubles-they have
disappeared like magic. l feel moro
like 40 than Gu.
"Fruit-a- tives" are made from the
juices of apples, oranges, figs and
prunes, and valuable tonics, and will
always relieve Constipation and
Biliousness.
soc. a box, 6 for So 80, trial size 25c.
At dealers or from Fruit-at iyes
Limited, Ogdensburg, NY.
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Ponr QuOl?
nv Roland T. Patten)

,.ao of the above title, could
u p,a s,, two common English words
Re ns.a .. I chose the French be-
hs' nav mean q little more than
a srs English equivalent of
' trothers ana sisters, all thra
gu, Tho seem to be Joining the Kn
ne, y w." IN large number. see the
hli n IN catholicism and Judaism
Fna nv nroclaim. no other course,
NV Is open to them. AS l hope
nonon - he thought sincere. must
sen .seeut upon conclusive evidence,
es su tbe sincerity of others. l
s'io aa with perfect propriety, how
S nat | see little or nothing of
an aer OF which these good peo-
ua ato go much ado. passed
n the public school system, the
Fous gu W years in Skowhegan. We
s'e e,ong in perfect harmony, as
Ftu ! ran recall. In that early
% doubt If there were any He
among my schoolnates but
must have been Baptists. Con-
a,ionolists, Catholics, Methodists,
s'.so,sts. Christians, and, l have
,.nht pagans infidels and agnos-
W. am sure that the question of
or belief was never made : an
oyen in the most remote sense.
recall that one boy, from an
s.;can household, left school be-
!. he was required to read aloud
s..a NJ scripture. 1t so happened
no was from a family spoken of
.aan,ics This latter fact, prob
hid nothing to do with his re-
He had an impeachment in his
w and claimed he could not. with
limitation, read in public. 1t
no that the irreligion of his par
caused them to give him bad adj
inf I am sure the incident was
,rimarily, one of religious belief.
sanpmber one other case where
t.,holic girl, as l was told, asked
10 excused from reading or re-
NJ the Scriptures in what we then
NJ morning exercises. The young
nan herself was a ladylike, con-
sutious student, altogether a sweet.
,out character, deservedly beloved,
rected and popular. did not
see what harm could come of
anticipating with us in that sim
service. The passing years have
bpsht me understanding as to why
reouest was made. will have
lawn that | can't even now, appre-
10 how reading a verse or reciting
nsalm with us would have been
Imml to her or to anyone, but who
| that should presume to Judge for
srs in a matter of conscience? I
Of course, compelled to make NOR
distinction for myself but the mess
nave made of It has given me no
hilton to discriminate for other
ple.
Arcording to newspaper reports the
IN proposes to see that, in Port
"a at least. and presumably else
ere Catholics and perhaps Jews.
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Letter from James X. Frost

The following letter was received
by John {. Griffin the latter part OF
September from J. K. Frost, former
resident of Skowhegan.
Friend john.
| spent a few very pleasant
hours this afternoon at The Cop
ley, and was carried back IS years
to good old Skowhegan and Won
der if the club is doing anything
of this kind after all these years
If it still exists How are they?
Do any of the old friends ever
come to Boston? A long time
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since / hive seen any.
Yours truly,
J. r. FROST,
6 Brown Terrace,
Jamaica Plains.
Massachusetts.


Nj Frost lived mere for many years.
Vas foreman Of the stitching room
IN Keene Brothers Shoe Factory. now
fhc arms Mil lie and his family
were prominent in the social life or
the town We conId always. depend
on jim 10 take part in amateur thea
fricals. i8r which he had much fa-
tive ability
Mr.. Frost has evidently treasured
he memory Of his histronic efforts
in Skowhegan for, in the letter to
Mr. Griffin, he sends program for
The production Of Caste" given by
The Milburn Club. February II. 1891.
For that event, 50 the program an
nouneed tickets We're on sale at the
store OF Charles F. Ward. II is Of
further interest TO note that the chr
tain was advertised 10 go mp az eight
o'clock and that, from the program
account. carriages may be ordered
al 10.2D." This reference To carriages
Is a reminder that there was not even
one automobile in Skowhegan at that
time. Charles r Ward. above men
toned, was tie first TO own a motor
car, he initiating automobile traffic
in Skowhegsh in about 1901 with a
Stanley Steamer.
The other members of the caste
We're. Louis A. Anderson. Thomas
H. Anderson, Harry c. Graves. Mrs.
X. p. Sherherd. Mrs. F. o. Sawyer,
Mrs. T. W Allen and J. F. Duncan
Louis A. Anderson moved away long
since and became a prominent wooden
manufacturer Thomas II. Amber
son died in Portland. Mrs r. W. Al
len is now a resident OF Greenville.
Mr.. Duncan was employed TO come
here as coach.
The older Show hogan residents will
recall that Mr. Frost also took part
in other plays given by the Mflburn
Club, among them "Octoroon. The
same club also gave several minstrel
performance, in which Mr.. Frost took
part.
Mr. Frost sends the program for
the Copley Theatre for the week OF
September 24th and clipping from a
Boston paper announcing that caste"
was to he seen at that theatre. The
copleY Il viii be recalled. is the thea
tire from which Miss Catherine Willard
came 10 Somerset County to be lead
ing lady at Lakewood for the prln-
cipal part of the summer theatrical
season Of 1923 and il was to that thea
ire 10 which she returned after the
close OF her engagement here
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And the service one gets is simply
marvellous. did not know what real
service was until I lived in SinRa-
pore, where there is a special Malay
boy 10 perform every task. Here IN
Hollywood it's as much az ! can do
using all my persuasive powers and
a large part Of my salary, TO keep d
cook
Mrs. Meehan IS finding Hollywood
rather tame after the Holy Land. Her
80 automatic now reposes quietly in
bureau drawer, and for whole
fortnight she has not heard i really
elegant curse.
what | hope TO do" she confded.
rs to establish myself as an Oriental
specialist. working first with one STU
do and then another. in that event
might have one headquarters here
in Hollywood and another in Snga-
pore, and spend part Of each year in
the Orient"
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MARVELLOUS SERVICE

majority Of them, too In their curious
native dress
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-03
DISCUSS PLANS TO. HOLD OBSERVATI ION IF ARMIST|CE JAY
National Legion Headquarters
 To Name Day For ~ Celebration

Forty representatives of various organizations in Birmingham and leaders in civic and community life Tuesday night gathered in the dining room of the Tutwiler hotel at the call of President Dan B. Dimick of the Birmingham council Boy Scouts of America, to consider and discuss arrangements for proper celebra- tion of Armistice Day. Mir. Dimick presided, and short talks were made by several persons.
 In announcing the progress of the plan for the celebration and discuss ing it's general features. Mir. Dimick pointed out that while his organiza- tion was sponsoring the movement possible to make it a great success it was necessary for every club and association to cooperate and lend it's support The greatest benefits of such a celebration, he pointed out, was in planting in people of all ages a deeper reverence for American in stitutions and a greater pride in American achievements.
 It was voted to elect central com mittee, which would in turn select the chairmen of the various other committees. six in all, that will han dle finances. music, speakers, decora- tion of soldiers graves, etc. MT. Dimick was unanimously elected chairman of the central committee, with J. W. Donneley. former presi- dent of the Rotary club; Mrs. Earl Pettus, president of the Axis club; Arthur Greenwood, commander of the American Legion, and w. E. Nit chell and C. A. Moffitt as members.
 As the American Legion is to se- lect a day for a nation wide cele- bration, it was decided to await the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-10-03
MAN-GIRL'S HUSBAND IS UNABLE TO TESTIFY
Court Rules Testimony Out In
 Strange Case

CHICAGO, Oct. 2.--The first time in the history of jurisprr dence that the testimony of a man was excluded in court case. because he is the hus band or another man, is believed to have occurred here today during the trial of Frederick Thompson, accused of the murder of Richard Tesmer, in- surance adjuster, during a holdup last June.
 Thompson posed for 20 years as a woman and for 14 years years as the wife" of Frank Carrick. Carrick took the witness stand today to tes- tify in behalf of Thompson. When he admitted that he was the husband of Thompson. Chief Justice John R. Caverly. of the criminal court, ruled that Carricks testimony must be eX cll ded because under the law hus- band and wife cannot testify in be- half of one another.
 Carrick had just been called to the stand and asked a few preliminary questions when the state objected to his testimony on the grounds that he was Thompson's husband. When Carricl admitted he married Thomp- son in 1912, his testimony was ex- cluded.
 The state completed it's case against the defendant in less than day, depending principally on the widow of the man slain. Mrs. Tes- mer positively identified Thompson as the laughing blue-eyed grip who shot her husband to death after the slayer and a male companion had held him up. She declared Thompson was attired as a woman and that there was no doubt that he was the slayer.
 Thompson appeared in court again today clad in silk garments and with his hair in braids over his ears.