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ming water in the sink. There isn't
anything around here that isn't high
grade Did you see that other cup.
board over there? It's full of china
mot cfpckery but china. don't
know where he gets his bacon, but
never saw that quality served out
TO ranch hands before. They must
live high 49,
The Wreck wiped. the last dish. es.
capped from the apron and glanced at
his watch @
Only nine O'clock. he said.
We've got all day to make that
tram
I'D clean forgotten" declared
, Sally But we'll find out all about
it from Charley McSween
Charley re-entered the kitchen
presently tilted chair against the
wall and sat down
We'll have little talk he an
nounced Better set down %
Sally drew chair for herself. but
the Wreck propped himself against
the table He wanted 10 be ready
for emergencies Somebody might
nave spread an alarm
DO you believe IN acts Of Prov
''tence'" asked the foreman. after a
moment of thought.
The pair from the flivver ex.
,nged glances.
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LAS | said a while back. we had
Chinese cook here and a Chinese
dishwasher Ordinarily we don't run
10 fancy cookin But got that pair
Of Chinks for special reason. I'm
expectin the boss AS near as can
make out from his letter he's about
due today He don't come OFTEN.
but when he does he has to be fed
right
But these here Chinks jumped on
me yesterday Some of the boys got
10 fooin' with EN- and scared EN-
most to death So they jumped and
left me fiat. with the boss comm {.
What was ! goln TO do" You can t
run out and pick up cooks like jack
rabbits And when you do get EN-
they re mostly very plain workers.
| said 10 myself. Charley McSween.
you're In a hell Of fix You ain
got a cook and you amt got time to
go and fetch one And all the time
| was rememberin' how particular
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CHAPTER VII
In Lieu of ChinIAS

II A sort Of interrogative exclama.
ton.
20 You and me-, ~ iz1Nl
81 All right.
81 "A genus of plant suckers.
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QUEER DANGEROUS DAYS.
ABOVE THE BANDITS.
CHEAPER SUGAR, PLEASE.
WORTH TEN MILLION.

We live in queer, dangerous
days. In Seattle the Government
wants to dismantel an innocent
looking broadcasting station.
Every evening a lady, wife of the
proprietor, sent through the air a
beautiful bedtime story. What
could be purer, more innocent?
The Government says MANY
things could be more innocent, for
the bedtime story sent out con-
tanned code information for boot
1eggers. That's queer.
Every week a firm on Long
Island sends a $4,000 payroll to
New Jersey by flying machine.
The idea Is to keep above the
bandits. In due time bandits also
will get flying machines, just as
they got high-powered automo-
biles.
C :,
President Coolidge is consider
ing the tariff on sugar. That
tariff, so high, is a hardship on
plains that it is higher than it
need be to give profit to sugar
growers in the United States.
Sugar is necessary to the
health and growth of children,
necessary, also, by the way, to
those that obey the Constitution
and do their distilling inside OF
their own bodies.
The President undoubtedly will
settle the sugar question having
in mind the needs of millions of
American mothers.
This story comes from Ann Ar
Der concerning the magnificent
University of Michigan. Twenty
years ago a mining property at
Ligoma, Ontario, was decided to
the university. The giving of the
mine was then looked upon as a
joke; it hadn't any value.
But the Board of Regents Of
the university will soon give de-
tails of the discovery that the
mine is VII tn r
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That will DO two things. Il Will
put the ten million dollars, through
the university, into the building
of better brains. A good use for
the money.
1t will give sharks that live on
fools text to use in the selling
of worthless mining stock.
Edison has his mind on flying.
May it be many years before he
starts his great fight.
The helicopter will let men rise
straight up from the earth. Eagles
can't do that.
We shall fly at speed un-
dreamed of now and the flying
machine will revoluionize civil
zatien.
All that he says is true and
much more. But the revolution in
civilization will come in mems
brains, and come slowly. 1t won't
come through machinery, although
that will help.
Men invented machines that
ought to have freed the slaves.
But they fastened wage slaves TO
the machines. They invented fly
ing machines, and their first real
use was dropping T. N. T. and
poison gas on other white men and
on ,saya9eS.
Science moves swiftly, the brain
moves slowly, and civilization
moves slowly with It.
Dr.. D. E. Germ, Of France, on
his way to America, should have
as warm a welcome as we usually
reserve for princes and others that
never did a days work.
DR.. Germ comes to demonstrate
a new method of treating pneu-
monia, before the members Of the
New York State Physicians Or
ganization. With this new method,
six hundred cases of pneumonia
were treated, without one death.
DIR. Germ also treats perniciops
anaemia without blood transfu-
sion.
May wheat has passed s1.64. 1t
will sell higher. Farmers are
rushing their grain to market
now, feeling that these prices will
do. You will remember that this
column predicted $3.50 wheat
when the price was below 81 20.
Unfortunately, gamblers have
probably made more than farmers,
although the farmers, for whom
this is written, have also profted
those that held their wheat.
A frst-class gross business Of
six thousand million dollars year
for the big first-class railroads
ought to make some profits posi-
be, with reasonable economy and
modern methods.
However, it is so much easier
to raise freight and passenger
rates than it is to economic or
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the boss is about his meals"
He spent few seconds in thought
and resumed
Maybe you can see why asked
you about acts of Providence Only
this mornln SAID to myself. Moth
in but an act OF Providence will
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BEGIN HERE TODAY

The NERVOUS Wreck" an eccen-
trio young easterner who rs a guest
at the BARN ranch IN Montana:
drives Sally Morgan. daneh'"' ~
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No" said the Wreck
Yes said Sally
That makes It fifty fifty declared
Charley McSween. which Is a pretty
:. $500. y. hnlieNn
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Ify IUur LUCK WIN his deep Une

excellent puzzle below arranged by Alex Franz
The design good words well
will dig, however
Below the puzzle the and horizon
tal-that are contained therein.
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AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE
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no. damage TO parts. Said wheel.
havin been removed from the SheL.
is hid elsewhere. nobody but Prov
dence KNOWN where II was put"
Charley McSween spread h;s hands
with an eloquent gesture ~
Now you get an idea Of the way
Providence works. he SAID
The Wreck stepped 10 the door OF
the kitchen and looked out INTO the
yard When he came back he was
removing his spectacles
Il can hex you he said. to the
foreman
No. you don I. said Sally. as she
stepped IN front OF him Not yet
at any rate Mr. McSWeen kindly
leave the Kitchen We want to have
q little talk about Things
Charley McSween moved hastily
toward the door
The cook always the buss III the
Kitchen he said
CHAPTER VII
In Lieu of ChinIis
TINE Wreck wanted 10 follow
Charley McSween outside. bu,
Sally had grip on his arm that
he could not loosen without being
rough She dragged him to a chaj-
pushed him into 1t and stood guar
GO Be Continued
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NOW CO ON WITH THE STORY

NOW GO On WITH THE SIUhf
"Of course can" said Sally But
| couldn't wait for them thus morn
ing -
81 ri figured you could make EN-. ="
nodded the foreman. Can you cook
meats" I.dont mean plain fryin', but
all kinds of ways?"
Quite number Of ways" she
smiled
II bet you can do tricks with eggs.
like maxim. omelettes and scrambles
and things like that"
Il can do some tricks" she con-
fessed
II bet you can" he said admiring.
~. as he arose from the table. Il
sure did enjoy that breakfast II
you folks will excuse me for little
while. I've got some things to do
just set around and make yourselves
comfortable In case you feel Hike
cleanin' up"
He glanced al the pile Of dishes IN
the sink
'Of course wen wash the dishes"
said Sally We'll be glad TO"
Charley McSween nodded and
sauntered out of the kitchen Sally
looked the Wreck IN the eye.
Il suppose you thought you had
TO say that she remarked
Only reason said It." he an
swered returning her look. couples
touring around in flivvers are sup
posed 10 be married
Reckon you re right, she ad
mitted son. well. 1t s not impor
tant You might bring these break
fast dishes over TO the sink Ill
wash and you wipe
He was not very dexterous at wip-
ing. but he got through it without
breakage q She put an apron on him.
much to his irritation. but he sub.
mttee because she explained that it
was sort of regulation in kitchens.
Il don't suppose you've noticed
things around here vn"" '|'''o@ - CO."
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o,it OF EasOillIc iuv> Wreck tGics
To borrow Ave gallons from the oc-
cupants Of a passing car When
they refusI. the Wreck holds them
up al the point of a gun and forci-
biy takes some Of their gasoline
Next morning they stop at a ranch
and meet the foreman Charlie Nc
Sween. who is in a quandary be.
cause he has lost his cooks just be-
fore the impending arrival of the
owner ."Can you cook biscuits.
,ma'amo" asks the foreman
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very kind to us. We've had
derful breakfast and we'd just /"
to obllse you But W. happen L"
catching a tram W.
In fact we re reah
now So don Se' ho~
McSween. although otherwise
be glad to help you out W"u'on
we Henry
The Wreck eyed her critically
1t doesn't make any difference
whether we would Or We wouiun [.
he said The punt Is. W. don
The foreman drew al his pipe Tor
half a minute and stared 1T the Hoor
I'm sure sorry you feel that way
about Il he unused sort VI NJ
urei YOU were just honeymoonln
around. with nothin particular to do
and that YOU II pitch 10 II pay you
ID understand | II pay ruu Fesu
81 ChInk wages ain maxim any
dlStInctIuns because YOU don nap
Den To be professional T." Inc hrS'
ness
Cant be done said tiC Ni"' q"
with an impatient gesture anu an
other look at his watch We nap
pen To he catching tram just now
Speaking vi paying OF course W. "
paw for our breakfast
Charley McSwern dismissed IT,"
idea with gesture. and studied tE'
pair with reflective eyes Then he
sighed
1T amt Tor me. he said. TO :"
flynn into the face ut an act ot
Providence IN believer IN meet
in Providence half way when she
turns up a card for you m sorry
I'm plump sorry-that you. ma am
and your husband don feel ike you
ought to stay But wen make It az
pleasant for you a. We can. and We
won't keep you no longer than Is
necessary
Sally arose 10 her feet with gasp
of SURPRISE and soughr the eyes OF
the Wreck He was borIng glance
In the direction Of Charley McSween
Let me understand you. he said
Are you talking about Keeping us
here. whether we want TO stay VI
not"
That's the unfortunate idea. saId
the foreman. iesretfully
The Wreck laughed nervously
You II be quite busy Keeping U.s."
he said Come on. Sally
Charley McSween numbered hlri
self from hts chair and stood up
You don't get It all yet he saa
You don't either OF you understand
the workln's Of Providence Now
II seems that when Providence
fetched you here. and the Ied>
proved that she could cook. and the
gentleman proved he could wash
dishes and dry en-. II wasr. I for n
ordinary human beng TO set HIM
self up 10 say. No eSo says t.
Providence. What are We goln To ~
to persuade these young marr'e"
folRS to take hold of this here emei.
gency job and see II through" And
Providence says. Leave II to me
Now. II seems Providence knows
how to operate one OF these Aipvers
So Providence takes thai fiiVvor and
runs II down into one Of the sheds
u"".- an" that much Providence
80, of az,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-14

Warehouse Company for warehouse
facilities. Those present at this
meeting were: Hagbarth Bue, Pres
ident; j. A. Voelker, Vice-President:
William Cordes, Secretary; j. A.
Krall, Treasurer; M. R. Johnson |;
A. A. McPheefers, General Manager
and A. w. Rogers, Sales Manager.
The offices of the Egg Exchange
will be with the Central Warehouse
Company, adjoining those Of the
Minnesota Cooperative Creameries
Association. While the Egg Ex-
change will work in conjunction with
the Creameries Association, using
the credit and traffic departments OF
the latter association, it will be
maintained as an entirely separate
organization. 1t is the feeling of the
Director of the Exchange that by u.s.
ing some of the machinery of the
Creameries Association they can
maintain the organization in the be-
ginning at minimum of expense and
a maximum of service.
Under the present arrangement all
district associations are to market
their poultry and eggs through the
Exchange which will act as a central
selling agency. The products of the
Exchange will be marketed under
proper brands which will be estab-
lished by it in the near future.
ga large percentage of the eggs
marketed by the Exchange" said
Manager McPheeters, "are going in
to the extra grades. To our know
ledge Minnesota eggs have never be-
fore ben put out undr an extra
grade"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
trict adjoining Sank Centre has NOR
than it's quota.

trict adjoining Sank Centre has more
than it's quota.
Some of the farmers have been
putting up a game fight for ten years
or more, and have the thistles well
under control, while some of the
other farmers are not so fortunate.
Our rented farms at present are the
worst seed beds and present prob
lem.
While weed inspector does not
like to tell his neighbor to- cut out
his thistles, it is like having the
preacher on Sunday telling us to do
the right thing.
1t is high time that the thistles
are being cut as when they are
prevented from going to seed rs per
cent of the fight is won.
Sank Centre is famous for several
reasons. 1t has the worlds cham
pion Brown Swiss Cow and some
wonderful Holsteins; it is located in
the land of milk and honey. 1t has
one of the finest institutions of i
kind, for girls in the Union; for the
famous author of "Main Street"
1t also has some of the best cooper
ators in the country and few of the
poorest.
Let this community be noted for
it's cooperative weed fighting and let
us all trim down those thistle patches
before they ripen. A weed inspector
without the cooperation of the COM
munity can do very little.-A weed
trimmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-14
BY WILLIAM l. DALEY.

the Bureau of Internal Revenue and
the Prohibition Unit of the Treasury
Department, a scandal which will re-
establish political matters as the
leading front page attraction for the
reading, and presumably voting
public. According to well informed
observers, the inquiry will be staged
with all the trappings and a sense of
dramatic values which made the Tea
pot Dome Probe nine-days wonder.
The curtain will be raised late in
September by Senator Couzens, Re-
publican of Michigan. He made a
gesture last spring but illness, and
strategy of those opposing the in
quiry prevented the Senatorial in
QUESTION. The Senator, once part
ner of Henry Ford, is candidate to
succeed himself, and obviously with
out the stamp of party regularity :"
He claims that these government bur-
eaus, in particular, have been mis-
managed at the expense of taxpayers
as a whole. Those opposed to the
whosesale grilling, claim that the
Senator is inspired by personal ami
mus resulting from public CORES
pondence with the present Secretary
of the Treasury. It has been agreed
that the investigation will be under
taken prior to the elections. The de-
termination to hoold another quiz
concerning morals of those in public
office may have been a coincidence,
but, it is said, suspicion of making
political capital out of the disclos-
ures, if any, may be reasonably
drawn. The ultimate effect of the
Couzens inquiry on the fortunes of
the Republican and Democratic par
ties, leaders say, is merely conjec-
ture at this time.
The report of the Department of
Agriculture, after survey of farm
regions, shows that the American
farmer has increased his purchasing
power and materially improved his
condition in the economic fabric of
the country. According to current
stories here, the continued prosperity
of the farmer will insure the re-elec-
ton of thos congressman from rural
districts who tinkered with farm Leg
islation at the last session but pro-
duced nothing in actual relief for
hard-passed constituents. In days of
plenty it is easy to forgive and many
harassed candidates for the Wash
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LOST HANDS IN WAR

The late Michael Bowling is cred
tied with the wise observation that
"the only place you can cripple a
man is in his head" and Bowling
knew, for he lost both hands and
both feet in a blizzard. His philos-
ophy is demonstrated anew by Paul
Bozaar, a Rochester IN. " man,
who lost both hands in the war.
When Senator Harding met him in
October, 1913, he said "My boy, if
there is ever anything l can do for
you, write me or ask me-" Later
when Senator Harding had become
President Harding, Bozaar did ask
him for help to get job. The Pres
ident at once suspended the civil SER
vice rules, and Bozaar was appro-
priately given a position with the U.
S. Veterans Bureau and is punding
a typewriter at a great rate of speed
with his artificial hands. In a letter
to his comrades in his American Lee
gion Post he says, 81 have taken my
draw with grin; that same grin is
still with me. l have found the sled
ding exceedingly rocky at times, but
my philosophy of a smile and NO
worry, coupled with an Unsuitable de-
sire to get somewhere, has helped me
surmount most of my difficulties. y
The premature explosion of a defec-
tive hand grenade at Fort St. Mango
France, was responsible for the loss
of Bozaar's hands. He is now
equipped with a complicated double
hook attached to the stump of his
right arm which enables him to write
legibly, drive an automobile, and at
tend to all his personal needs unas-
sisted.
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ington representative Of farming dis
tricts will appreciate this fact.
If the agriculturalist voted as a
class, the crops would be political
vane pointing the way in which the
wind was blowing. With evidences
of growing industrial depression,
speculation today deals with the So
called '1abor vote" Through La
Toilette and Wheeler were highly
gratifed at the endorsement of the
American Federation of Labor, theft
are no assurances that the vote, as
a class can be delivered. 1t is char
acteristic of the average American
to recall his liberty of choice at the
polls. Altogether, there is no ground
for complacency anywhere.
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Special to Sank Centre Herald


Washington, Aug. 14-Now that
the candidates have formally accept
ed the nominations for the Presidency
and other major offices, and all
doubts as to an eleventh-hour decli-
nation of these honors have been COM
pletely dissipated, the contenders po-
litely invite the attention of the peo-
pie to themselves and the platforms
of their parties. Comment is to the
effect that custom must be served
even with notification rite which is
nothing more than an exchange of
Fluctuations.
Though the campaign is manifest
ly in its early stages, it is significant
to note the change in tactics. Nc
longer do the leading contestants for
this great office revile each other
Mud-slinging has had it's day and hap
PLY a new program, based on the
fact that it is possible to be gentle
time, is under advisement. 1t is true,
of course, that occasionally eXcep-
tions may be noted in some localities.
In these instances, it has been stated,
that the local issues and the men in
volved are responsible for discord
rather than the men and matters con-
nected with the national ticket.
Nobody has ever disputed the time
worn proverb that "Politics is the
science of exigencies." Unlike the
movement of the sea, it is almost i'm
possible to determine with the slight
est degree of accuracy, the tide of
the elections. Travlers returning to
Washington report that it is a diff
cult matter to keep finger on the
public's pulse. Few can tell what
the symptoms mean. They say that
the other popular summer forum, re-
sort hotel verandas, confines itself
more to a discussion of a notorious
murder case now pending in Chicago
than to the great economic and polit-
ical issues upon which three great
parties ask the voters to render de-
cision in November. 1t may be a sad
commentary upon the people, but a
comparison of the space allotted to
the morbid and sensational features
of the Chicago affair will show that
political news is running a bad Sec
ond in the daily race for public at
tention. Leaders are frankly worried
about this Indifference.
There are some who profess to see
in the forthcoming investigation of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-14

wound.
2. Apply sterile piece of gauze.
3. Wrap with sterile gauze ban
dage.
4. Fasten with adhesive plaster.
Chicago, July 20. Especially Sum
mer vacationists were warned to be
more careful of bruises and slight
wounds, because of the seriousness
of infection, by DIR. Harry w. Gen
ties, chairman of the first aid COM
mittee, Chicago chapter of the Amer
lean Red Cross.
'The tragic death of young Calvin
Coolidge, Jr., has served dramatical-
ly to show that no wound is slight, I"
DR.. Gentles declared. 'There is al
ways the danger of infection. When
the skin is abrased or cut, do not go
on with your tennis or golf-avoid
further irritation. If the swelling,
pain or redness continues, consult a
doctor.
cit is a great mistake to wrap a
handkerchief around a bruise. Thous-
ands of infections prove to doctors
that so-called clean cloths are never
free of germ life.
Especially Ill summer SQOulQ DTulS-
es be watched. Vacation activities,
outdood sports, mountain and sea-
shore pastimes bring frequent minor
scratches and bruises. Vacationists
should be as careful as their doctors.
eff you get slight wound or
bruise, do note neglect it. Serious
sickness may result, and occasionally
septic poisoning may cause death.
There are four simple things that one
should do:
"First, apply half-strength tincture
of iodine to the wound, or better, use
glass ampoules. Never apply near
the eyes, between the thighs or for
wound of the intestines. 1t is mis-
take to wash the injury. Iodine is a
destroyer of germs, and is very effec-
tive, as war surgeons proved.
"Second, apply sterile piece of
gauze, folded into convenient pad.
Third, wrap this dressing with a
sterile gauze bandage. Fourth, fast
en- the bandage with adhesive plaster.
''It is simple to do, but it may
save you much suffering later. There
is no need to fear septic poisoning
from summer injuries, if you do this.
The American Red Cross is teach
ing thousands of men, women and
children these simple rudiments of
first aid. 1t means the saving of
many lives this summer"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-14

The monthly reports of the sup
erintendent and the secretary were
read and ordered filed.
Superintendent McGibbon pre-
sented joint pole contract with the
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.,
which contract was gone over and
the superintendent was authorized
to execute said contract on behalf
of the Commission.
The Secretary was instructed to
publish the monthly reports of the
superintendent and secretary along
with the minutes of the meetings, in
the future.
Adjournment.
V. T. Conklin,
Secretary.