The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-10-04
AIM. LEGION WILLING
TO BUILD ROAD SIGNS
SAUK CENTRE AS
ORIGINAL MAIN STREET"
SUGGESTED
WOULD DRAW TOURISTS
ARMISTICE DAY OBSERVANCE,
PLANS STARTED-JAMES
STRICKER CHAIRMAN

Inc regular monthly meeting OF
Robert James Swift Post, American
Legion, was held in the Community
Club rooms Tuesday evening. The
attendance was the best for some
time, good majority of the members
being present.
Arrangements were started for the
proper obresvance of Armistice Day,
Nov. II. James Stricken was named
to take charge of the arrangements
with authority to call on any men,
bers for assistance. In this conjunc-<
ton a letter was read from Mayor
Nelson of st. Paul whom the adjutant
had written requesting that he de-
liver the Armistice Day address at
Sank Centre. Mayor Nelson stated
that he regretted that it was inn
possible for him to accept the invi--
tation as he found upon his return
to st. Paul that arrangements had
been made for him to speak else
where. The adjutant was instructed
to get in touch with Archie Vernon
Past Commander of the Minnesota.
Department of the American Legion,
attorney at Little Falls, and extend
an urgent invitation to him to de-
liver the Armisticel Day address.
DIR. H. F. Moynihan reported for
the committee of which he was chair
man in regard to the disqualification
of the tubercular patients of Mime
sofa ex-service men under the act
passed by the last Legislature Great
ing fund to be known as the State
Soldier Welfare fund which author
lied and directed the State Board of
Control or other body having charge
of any State insane hospital, SAN
itoroum for consumptives or other
state institution or of any county
hospital or sanitorium for consump-
| tives in which disabled ex-service
persons are inmates or patients to
collect from the United States Gov
eminent the maximum allowance for
their support and maintenance, pro-
viding that excess of such allowance
above the cost of maintaining such
inmates be paid into the State Sol
diers' Welfare fund and establishing
such state soldiers state welfare
fund, and providing for the manage
ment and disbursements thereof.
DIR. Moynihan stated that investi-
cation disclosed that the Board of
Control had Immediately raised the
price charged for the ex-service men
who were inmates of the state in
stitutions and that there is no money
available in the State Soldiers Fund;
therefore, apparently nothing could
| be done.
The proposition of erecting sign
at the intersection of Highways 3, 4,
and % near the Henry Bergman
farm, calling attention to the fact
that Sank Centre was the boyhood
home of Sinclair Lewis, author of
"Main Street." as suggested by Hugh
Wallace at the mass meeting, last
week, was discussed and motion
made by Bert Bonner was passed that
! a committee be appointed to confer
with the City Council relative to
erecting and lighting of such assign.
The opinion of the Legion men
seemed to be that two signs, one on
Highway %, 800 feet west of the M
! tersection, and one on Highway Nos.
and a, 800 feet east of the inter-
section, would be best. Bert Bonner
was appointed committee OF one to
confer with the Council and propose
to them that the Legion would either
| furnish the material or erect land
| paint the signs if the city would do
| the rest and furnish the lighting for
| night use. At the mass meeting Hem
ry Bergman stated that he would
take the responsibility in seeing that
the lights were turned on at night
and off in the morning.
1t is believed that signs of this
kind would divert tourists icto Sank
Centre that would otherwise pass by
without stopping. The Legionaires.
feel that this is one way in which
they can help build up the commune