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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-25
Minnesota Gasoline Tax Is
Called Safe and Sane Bet
State Practically Forced to Follow
Suit-Vote Only to Fix Use of
Funds, Says Gas Tax Man

AS a tip to "bet-a-million" MEM
Der of the newspaper fraternity and
to all Minnesota automobile owners,
Nickles N. Dimes, gas tax advo-
cate, this week declared it is safe
bet that gasoline will be taxed next
year in this state.
"Now that SO out of the 48 states
have and like the gas tax most 9TH
ers are to adopt it soon, what is the
common sense move for the legislaa-
ture of a leading tourist state like
this?" queried the gas tax man. Its
almost sure that our car owners can
not go into Wisconsin, Iowa, the
Dakotas or even into Manitoba next
year without paying a gasoline tax,
and it will be only reasonable that
visitors from those and 35 or 40
other states should pay similar tax
here. that will mean 100000 or
more of extra income to the state.
It's fairly safe bet that Minnesota
with thousands of auto tourists using
the roads here every year will not
be last to adopt the painless and
popular gas tax"
The strong probability that there
will be gas tax to pay in any event,
Nickles N. Dimes added, should
arouse the owners of nearly 500, 200
motor car and trucks to make sure
the money will be spent to their adj
vantage-for more good roads on
which to run their machines. That
will insure the necessary majority of
eyes, votes on the proposed Amend
ment No. 1 which simply will author
ize the legislature to place in the road
fund the receipts from the gas tax,
when one is levied, he explained.
1t was made plain also that the
plan is to tax none but gasoline for
fuel in automobiles and other motor
vehicles driven on the highways, ex-
empting that for farm tractors, sta
tionary engines, dry cleaning and like
uses. Late reports from states now
collecting gas taxes show that the
cost to the average car owner is less
than 81 year which is paid in nick
les or dimes according to the quantity
put into the tank, and, it is conserva-
lively estimated, will yield $4,000
900 of road improvements annually.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-25
cent of this production was of the
types usually purchased by farmers.
SUPPORTS GRAIN MARKET

Endorsement of the Grain Market
ing Company, the grain cooperative
association recently organized in Chi
cago, was given by the Executive
Committee of the American Farm
Bureau Federation at its meeting in
Chicago last week.
After a statement to the effect
that the Farm Bureau has studied
thoroughly the organization Of the
Company, its purposes and accom-
plishments, as presented by its grain
committee, the federation officials
passed resolution endorsing and
commencing the Grain Marketing
Company and urging upon farmers
the use Of it's facilities, either through
their cooperative elevators, pools,
agencies, private elevators or direct
ly.
The resolution also urges farmers
to affiliate with the Grain Marketing
Company so that they may participate
in the patronage dividends and thus
market their grain at cost.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-25
AUTOS oUTGRoW HIGHWAYS

Highway construction is not keep
ing pace with motor vehicle produc-
ton, says the Kentucky Road Build
er. The automobile has outgrown
the road.
While motor vehicle registration
has increased $500 per cent in
twelve years, as shown by the actual
figures, expenditures for highway
construction have increased only a
little over 500 per cent.
Germ not only to manufacturers of
motor vehicles, but to public officials
and commercial organizations who
fear that unless more improved roads
are provided the highways will be-
come far more seriously congested,
impending traffic and making travel
more dangerous. Now from 500 to
900 machines pass over road
that formerly Accommodated only fifty
in days time. Road revenues in
one state ten years ago averaged
1852 per vehicle. Today they aver
age SIS per vehicle.
The motor vehicle is no longer
looked upon as a luxury or as mere
pleasure car, it has become neces-
sity. The pleasure that a farmer
gets from his automobile is very
small in comparison with the service
it renders him in his business. More
than 80 per cent of the cars in this
country, about one-third of the total
number of cars, are owned by farm
ers and persons living in the country
or towns of fewer than 1000 inhabi-
tants. rig
| Approximately 100000 automo-
biles and motor trucks were made
last year adds the highway transpor-
tation journal, and very large per
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-09-25

Show which will be held November
IL, IL, and Is. Not only have the
pavilion and stock barns been sub
stantially enlarged but restrooms
have been provided for the comfort
of the boy and girl exhibitors.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

Mrs. Walter Barron was hostess at an enjoyable birth day party and dance given at the Barron home Monday evening in honor of Miss Muriel Forsythe. Upward of twenty friends of the affable and charming young lady were present and a most de- lightful evening was spent with music and dancing as the principal amusements. A de- licious luncheon was served at midnight, when the hand somely decorated birthday cake was cut amidst the con- .gratulations of the partici- pants. Miss Forsythe was the recipient of many beautiful presents from her numerous friends in Hyder and Stewart, where she formerly resided.
 Those present were Mes danes Geo. Mehlfeld, Hardy Haughn, Edgar Provinse, Jos. Green, Walter Barron; Misses Marian Hunt, Nave Coombs, Dorothy Mehlfeld, Miss Cole, Miss Williams; Messrs. Geo. Mehlfeld, Edgar Provinse, John Ryan, Owney McFadden, Victor Durand, E. R. Stivers, Fred Cameron, Ben Oien, J. K. Green, Frank Reichenback and Master Johnnie Barron.
 H. A. Mellish, assayer at the Premier returned last week from a three weeks trip to Eastern Canada. Mrs. Mellish, and baby, who accompanied him on the journey east, re- in the east.
 More Local News Page 3.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

tne Premier Gold Mining Co, left for the South Saturday, after spending a week at the | Premier mine.
 Jesse J. Kahn, president of the Daly-Alaska Mines Com pany, was a passenger to his home in Vancouver on the Prince Rupert Saturday.
 w. E. Dunlle, representative 1 of the United States Smelling and Refining Co.,, was an ar 1 rival on the Prince Rupert l Saturday.
 Ice Cream Specials-The Mid get Emporium.
 Rev. Theodore Hatton, new ly appointed pastor of Hyder M. E Church arrived Saturday lon the Grand Trunk, accom- panied by Mrs. Hatton and their three children. Dr. Hat ton will deliver his first ser mon Sunday evening. Sunday school will be held at II a. m. Sunday morning.
 In a telegram to w. L. Balch, Iof the Hyder Dock Co.,, the Pacific Steamship Company advises that the steamer Ad- miral Watson will be placed on the Seattle-Hyder run dur ling the winter months, taking the place of the Curacao, which has taken care of the local traffic during the sum- mer.
 The Watson will sail from Seattle on her first trip under the new schedule October 15, and will leave Seattle there after every fourth Wednesday until further notice.
 Get the new style eveready flashlights and batteries at the Hyder Drug Co.
 l Mrs. J. A. Talbot and family Twill leave Thursday for Ketch- Iikan, where they expect to remain for the winter. MT. Tal- bot will continue active man agement of the Salmon River Dock Company until later in the season, when he will join his family. With his depart ure Jens Pederson, who offic- lated in the same capacity last year, will take charge of the dock and Standard Oil station.
 Announcement was made last week that the Canadian National Railways steamers Prince Rupert and Prince l George will be temporarily taken from the Stewart run and will be superseded by the Prince John. The depart ure of the Prince Rupert Sat urday marked the last time either vessel will visit this locality for matter of six weeks or so.
 l The change also involves change in the time schedule, the Prince John being slated to arrive here at 10 D. m. Thursday night, leaving at ttha same hour Friday evening, after laying over "A hours.
 Flash LiGhts-The Midget Elm pcrium.
 In an interview with MT. Pat. Daly, known far and wide in mining circles as "the man who made the Premier" the Herald has obtained an inter- esting series of pertinent ob- servations on mining and other local conditions, based on his long experience and wide acquaintance with al- most every development in the district since the earliest Edays of the camp. It will ap- bear in the next issue of the l Herald. Watch for it.
 -=.- - For Rent. Furnished Cabin.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

If you want to find it, go.- to The Midget Emporium.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

For Rent, Furnished Cabin, See Gus Erickson.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

Jack Mckay, of Ketchikan, who is interested with Arthur Moa and others in the de- velopment of the Hovland properties on Fish Creek, ar- rived on the Prince of Wales Thursday to take a look at. the ground.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

Latest releases in Brunswick and Columbia records at the
 Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

School Supplies-The Midget Emporium.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

Dr. Richard Butler, who had his right hand severely burn ed by a gasoline explosion in his office recently, is once more about but it will prob ably be another two weeks or so before he can resume his practice. The injured hand is reported healing nicely but still painful
 John Bryden, who also sus- tained severe burns on one hand at the same time, is al- so getting along nicely.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

Miss Muriel Forsythe has talk. en a position at the Ideal Cafe.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29

Get the new style eweready flashlights and batteries at the Hyder Drug Co.
Hyder weekly herald., 1924-09-29
LOCAL TOPICS

Miss Muriel Forsythe has talk en a position at the Ideal Cafe.
 Ernest Bryson, of Bryson and Harner, packers, was among the number leaving for Ketch- ikan on the Wales last week. Mir. Bryson has been suffer ing severely from rheuma- tism lately and plans to visit Belle Island Hot Springs in the hope of cure, after which he may possibly pro- ceed to Wrangell, to join the Dease Lake stampede in case the reported strike in that To- cality is genuine.
 Latest releases in Brunswick and Columbia records at the Hyder Drug Co.
 The Hyder Fuel Company has greatly improved the ap- pearance of its warehouse and office building at the up- per end of the government dock approach by a coat of paint.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01
TRANSFER KILLED
 OVER IN PORTLAND
Struck on Grade Crossing by
 Air Line Train

Portland, Conn, Nov. l.--Joscph Carta, 4j years old of Middlctown, teamstcr, was killed at Bridges crossing here yesterday afternoon when his wagon was struck by an Air Line train bound for Williman- tic. Mir Carta was driving three horses and was On his way 10 Eas, Hampton. He Was dragged 150 feet and suffered a fractured skull, a crushed chest and two broken legs The middle horse was killed instant. ly, the other two horses escaped and the wagon was demolished.
 It is not clear how the accident occurred, as the driver had a clear view of the track for several hum dred feet. The crossing is not pro- teCted by q flagman. The train had just pulled out from the Middeltown station and was travelling between Is and 2O miles an hour at the time of the accident.
 Coroner Smith and Medical Ex. aminer Bush were notified. The coroner will hold an inquest Mon- day. Mir. Carta leaves a wife and seven children.
 A.yA. Kenschen was tBe engineer of the train and A. Damon the con- ductOr.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01
FAMOUS FILM PLAY
 PALACE NEXT WEEK
Merton Of the Movies" With
 Glen Hunter, to Be Shown

Why do you laugh when the comedy hero socks The comedy ,il- lain on the head with a mammoth War club"
 Nobody knows.
 It k one of rhc unso.>pI mystpr- les Of tho drama. IL .S thc reason tEat students of the drama say all comedy is based upon tragedy
 While this statement Is unduha- bly true, it has never been more adroitly demonstrated than in "Mer- ton of the Movies," one of the out standing story and stage succcsscs of recent years,
 In this epic of moyie)and, You laugh al Mcrton's uncOuthness while your heart contracts with pity for his youthful ambition -- burning. soaring him-that seems destined never to come true,
 James Cruze. who made "Thc Covered Wagon" directed "Morton Of the Moyies." The story by Harry Leon Wilson has been followed in every detail and combined with the play which was one of New York's sensations last year
 Glenn Hunter, whose stage DOT trayaI Of Merton" made him an overnight fayoritc, plays the title
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01
MUSIC
NEWS OF INTEREST ABOUT THE SPOKEN SZ4GE SILENT DRAMA AND MUSIC

role in the picture version. Viola Dana, star of first magnitude, is featured In the leading feminine role.
 "Mcrton Of the Movies" due at tho Palace on Sunday, is a story Of an awkward country youth who Is consumed with a desire to become famous motion picture star, His Idol is Harold Parmelee, darling of the Holden Studios in Hollywood.
 In his spare moments, Merton practices tho well known Parmalee technique oR the clothing dummies Of the Gashwiler general store in Simsbury, Illinois, where he Is a clerk. He buys a mal-order cow hoy oultt and uses the patient DeS- ter unciOnt Gashwiler delivery horse, as htA flashing pinto pony
 His dr~sms are his secret until fhe ratcsnl Sunday morning when Merton counts Dexter fin the back ydri Of the store to have sOnie pic- lures taken and Dexter, sLddcnty ImhIc1 -,ith new life, dasheg dowI the Wlo-c street and leaves Mer- ton in IL 3ust in front Of tho church a' the congregation is com- ing fowl GashwiIer discharges him and Merton goes to Hollywood.
 On TrbIsday Ernest Torrerce and Arr e Nilsson will be seer in The SiGtshow of Life" as taken from Locke's famous story "The MoLtcbank," Harold Lloyd comes the following week in his new com eqy scream Hot Water"
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01
CRAZY QUILT REVUE
 CAPITOL HEADLINER
Norma Talmadge Stars in Photo
 Play Feature

The first three days Of next week the Capitol will present q unique bill Of Keith vaudeville that will offer many surprises and novelties as the Crazy Quilt Revue, thc headline act, offers a novelty that has never been seen here before. A crazy qnilt is made up of bits Of all sorts of material and for this reason Kelso Brothers and Co. call their act the Crazy Quilt Revue" This act contains most everything, q bit of this, and bit of that put together in most attractive manner. They arc really quartet and the company consists of another man and clever miss. COvington and Kent will pre- sent blue songs from which they are known in vaudeville as the King and Queen of Blues" Few people sing blue songs better than CovinE- ton and Kent, they are also dancers their steps being dcftly fitted 10 syncopatcd melodies. Billy DeLislc and Co, will be seen in "A Variety of Surprises" They have reached a degree of proficiency which ranks them among the experts of their kind. DcLislc's work is notable for it's ncatncss and precision. "Outsidc the Circus" is the title Of another act that will win the plaudits of all. Everybody goes 10 the circus and everybody knows the thrills and fun to be found outside the circus arc almost as great as those found in- side the tent. "Outside the Circus" Is intended to give a glimpse of life around the big top. l. is presented by people thoroughly familiar with circus life and is not only a bit of amusement but also graphic pie ture of circus days. The added feature will present Dclmar's Fight ing Lions, positively the most eXci- ting and sensational wild animal act on the American stage. Vaudeville and so when vaudeville goes to the jungle for talent it is only natural that it should come back with the
 King of Beasts. The monarChs are represented by Delmars Fighting Lions. Lions are seldom seen outside the zoo and so Dclmar has taken every precautiOn in bringing these lions before the public. steel cages
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01
NEW. YORK'S NEW
 SHOW IS REVIEWED
"Dizie to Broadway" Rated We'll by Critics

During this week New York saw the opening of smart and speedy negro revue which eXccls others in finish, according 10 the first night CTS. The New York Times critic says Of it:
 "DiXie to Broadway is among the smartest Of negro shows. This revue, which came to the Broadhurst last night, has all the speed and zcst that has come to be associated with the negro reVues, but cXcels the others tn that 1t has precision and finish. It lacks a really lrst-ratc comedian. but the shortcoming is not d serious one. Many Of the white-face shows are in a similar predicamcnt and still they manage to prosper,
 On several occasions last night the new revue worked it's audience up to high pitch Of excitement. The negro revue has at least one charac- tcristic that the other revucs have not; when certain degree of excite ment has been developed in the audience if communicates itself to the performers, and cndcaV0r gives way to fcrvor as the players con- tlnue their work. There were times last night when emotional waves crossed and rocrosscd the footlights.
 In it essentials "DiXin to Broad u1v' fnllpu-e hn Il e. tertainments of it's kind. It is q tradition that in these shows tho chorus girls must be light in hue and the comedians particularly black. Dixie to Broadway" carries the diversion even further: q good half of 1t is racc-conscious. and in the main 1t IS the more entertaining half Perhaps the best thing in the show was a negro version Of Balicn's March of the Wooden Soldiers, wit h tripping measures substituted for more stately tread. This was a num- Der, incidentally, that went pretty far back. It even gave half a dozen chorus girls an opportunity 10 ap- pear as negro Eva IanSQayS--aD b. solutely the last six limitations of Eva Tanguay that this reviewer eX- poets ever to Sec
 And then there was Florence Mills. Miss Mills has style and vcrve, and voice and personality. Over looking for the moment an extreme ly small pickaninny who led 1he chorus in "Bambalina" paraphrase, the evening was deci- dedIy Miss Mills's. Others who should he mentioned are the team of Winifred and Brown, who appear in a diversion entitled The Sailor and the Chink," a trio Of dancers named Nit, Jones and kccne, and practi- cally all of the chorus. The members of the latter are all good-looking and something more than vivacious, and they have been eXpertly trained by Lew Leslie,
 Dixie to Broadway" also has the distinction Of containing the seasons best rhyme. It Is Georgia and "Ap- plaud you"
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01

being placed before the fuotlights to insure safety, The feature photoplay presents Norma Talmadge in "Ashcs of Nengeance, story of France in the sixteenth century, Conway Tearlc, Wallace Bcery, and goo actors com prise the supporting cast, For Sun day night double photoplay features will be offered, one presenting Lloyd Hamilton in His Darker Self" and the other "Tho Chechahcos, with
 Eva Gordon and William Dill, The scenes wore taken entirely in Alas ku. On Tuesday night of next week \ special election night performance will be given with the show starting for the last time al lu.U0 p. III. Election returns from q direct wire will be announced during the show,
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01
NO EXTRA TAX.
Hall Does Not See Need of Addi-
 tiOnal TaN.

Although additional appropria- lions must be made this year tO tho health board to make up for money spent during the epidemic, 10 the school board for the purchase Of coal, and to the street and sewer de- partmcnts for necessary work, Chairman E. r. Hall of be board Of finance and taxation believes an ex- tra tax levy will not be needed dur ing this fiscal year, In addition to the appropriations bond issues for school purposes will be made
 Chairman Hall, discussing the City's financial condition yesterday, plimented Chairman Frank l.. ConIon of the board o' public works for his successful administration Of that department, A great amount of work has been done al reasonable expense 10 the city under Conlons supervision, Mr. Hall explained.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01
TWO FEATURES AT LYCEUM.

Although the regular perform aces at the LyCnum next week will be curtailed since the theatcr has been rented for amateur perform anCes there will be no curiainment of Sunday night show and two corking good pictures have been secured Racing for Life" and Hit and Run.' Among the pictures 10 be shown following this weeks recess will be Elinor Glyn's His Hour" and Mae Murray in The Enchan- treSs'
 Racing for Life" stars Eva No yak and William Fairbanks, sup ported by Philo Mccullough and Wilfred Lucas. It is a drama Of speed and action throughout and features as the big climax, a spec tacuIar automobile race.
 The companion feature, Hit and Rm," features Hoot Gibson in the role Of Swat Anderson, q baseball player in the far west where cactus makes life miserable for the out fielder. Rcd" Mccarthy, baseball scout for Joe Burns club, is riding on a transcontinenta train with his daughter, Joan. At a water hole in the desert the train stops and the passengers watch a bunch Of cow boys playing baseball. Then McCar- thy saw an untrained puncher hit a ball and he signed him up on the spot. At the spring training camp the raw recruit was the laughing stock until he went tO bat Then all was different except with the clubs secretary who was jealous because Joan seemed to like the newcomer. The big blowoff comes in the ninth inning of the crucial series and it has a thrill just as the recent world series held for the fans.
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01

vision of Antonius Stradivarius, In Cremona, Italy, by his pupil Carlo Bergopzi. in l721, It is q part of the Wurlitzer collection. Bunchuk will play the Poem" by Fibich.
 The opening of Madame Pom padour" at the new Martin Beck theater in New York has been set for Monday night, Nov. 10.
 Oscar Shaw will be seen in the new Music Box Revue"
 The cast of "New Brooms," Frank Craven's latest comedy. will include Clarence Handysides Harry Leighton, John Diggs Dorothy Blackburn and Helen Weathcrby,
 Mary Morris who played the Governess in Fashion" will have the leading feminine role in "Dc- sire Under the Films" the O'Noill play coming to the Greenwich Ni- lagc,
 In keeping with the opening Of the Ziegfeld "Follics" in it's fall edition this week Billie Burke will have no increase in first night prices for her opening in Annie Dear" at the Times Square thcatcr on Tuesday, for as Florcnz Xieg- field puts it. "The custom has been that most attractions charge $l1 for opening nights. but unfortun- ately get nothing after that"
 Jack Hines of the Society Of Illus trators, who has important role in Artists and Models" has sold two dog stories to motion picture company ot cnahle Stronghcart, the canine actor, to register his best emotions in them.
 Tom Burke, the Irish tenor in Hassard Shorts "Ritz Revuo." has written new Irish ballad called "Windsor Blarney", which he will shortly turn loose in the Ritz pro- duction.
 Despite the warm reception which Doris Keane is receiving in Los Angeles, she ended her California engagement Friday night and will bring Starlight" by Gladys finger, up for judgement on Broadway.
 In honor of the approaching marriage of Miss Ethelind Terry, prima donna of Kid Boots," and Martin B. Jones jr.. associated with White Cargo" at DaIy's Sixty-third Street Theater. Mir. and Mrs Charles Stewart entertained friends at the Club Lido Venice Thursday. Among those whe were lister as being pres
New Britain herald., 1924-11-01
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Amateur hunter (to his guide) - What was the name of the species l just shot?
 Guide -- I just looked and he says his name is Robinson. - An- sWers.