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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Metre Grove Bank Re-organ-
lied and Opened for Business
Sixty-four Stockholders, All Resi-
dents of Community-Institu
: Closed Last Fall on Solid Basis

The Metre Grove Farmers State
Bank, which was closed last Novem-
Der, will reopen on Wednesday, July
End, at which time, W. A. Smith
of the State Banking Department,
examiner in charge of liquidation,
will turn over the bank to the new
stockholders organization.
The reorganized bank will have
sixty-four stockholders, all residents
of Metre Grove and vicinity, and the
capital stock will be $4,000 with a
surplus of $4,000. The banking
house furniture and fixtures will be
$4,000.
Depositors of the bank at the time
it was closed by the state banking
department, have all signed agree
ments to take 80 per cent of their
deposits in certificates of deposit in
the new bank, due in from one to
four years, and the 80 per cent of
checking accounts will be opened at
the rate of 10 per cent month.
The Montana paper which remains
as security for the balance 70 per
cent of the deposits will be. the pro-
perty of the depositors but will be Ii
quidated by the new bank organiza-
ton without charges.
The election of officers for the re-
organized bank will be held at the
time of the reopening of the bank
Melrose Beacon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Farmers Daughter Meets
With Painful Accident
12.Year-Old Birchdale Township Girl
Loses Finger On Right Hand In
Unusual Manner

The twelve-year-old daughter of
Wesley Martin residing in Birchdale
township, about eight miles north of
Sank Centre, met with a very painful
and unusual accident Sunday eve
ming.
The little girl jumped from the
second step of a step ladder on
which she was standing. In some
manner ring on the third finger of
her right hand caught on nail of
the ladder and stripped the flesh from
the bone to the first joint, severing
the finger at the joint, the ring per-
forming the operation.
Medical aid was Immediately sum-
momed and diagnosis disclosed the
fact that it was necessary to per-
form an other amputation operation
close to the hand because of the man.
ner in which the flesh had been
stripped from the bone. While the
injury is very painful the little miss
is recovering as well as could be ex-
pected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Former Sank Centre Man Is
Shot and Killed By Robbers
Charles Sneesby, Police Officer at
Devils Lake, N. D., Dies On Post
OF Duty Last Thursday

Charles Sneesby, former Sank
Centre citizen and police officer at
Devils Lake, N. D., was shot at
100 A. M, Thursday morning, June
26th and instantly killed by robbers
in the act of robbing the post office
in that city.
Definite information relative to the
deceased has been very difficult to
obtain by the Herald, but after in
tervlewing a number of the early
citizens it is probable that Mr..
Sneesby left Sank Centre about %
years ago when he located at Devils
Lake at which time he was employed
by the Great Northern Railroad COM
pany and several years later was in
the cement business in Devils Lake
before going onto the police force in
that city.
Mr.. Sneesby was a son of Henry
Sneesby who later in life married
Mrs. Fiesler, foster mother of Charles
Fiesler, formerly of this city but
now owning drug store in Mime
Eapolis. From the information OBJ
tanned, Mr.. Sneesby was about So
years of age. A good many years
ago he was united in marriage to
daughter of Alonzo Hunter who re-
sided in the vicinity of Cedar Lake
but all of the family have been away
from this section for several years.
The deceased made short visit
with old friends in Sank Centre about
a year ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
New St. Cloud-St. Joe Road
Opened to Public Today
recting Traffic Out of Granite
City on Cooper Avenue

At 900 a. m. Thursday the recent
ly completed strip of paving on high
way number three leading out of st.
Joseph toward St. Cloud will be
opened to the public. With the OPP
ening of the recently completed
stretch the detour which has been in
use for some time is to be discon-
tinued.
A crew of men from the mainten-
ance office of the highway depart
ment here were out Wednesday to
change the road marking and from
now on the road via Cooper avenue,
which has just been reconditioned,
will accommodate st. Joe traffic. There
has been some delay on the paving
project and it is doubtful if con-
crete will be poured on the second
stretch of roadway until next week.
There is little doubt, however, but
that the entire paving project will be
completed within contract time
The stretch which has been COM
pleted and which will be opened to
traffic tomorrow is two miles long and
leads from st. Joseph to the point
where it joins the newly marked
highway. The Cooper avenue road
will be discontinued as trunk high
way when the paving project is COM
pleted and the new road opened to
the public.-St. Cloud Journal-Press
of July 3.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Former Sank Centre Resi-
dent Good Booster for Town
John Powers Urges His Friends to
Spend Their Vacations at "The
Original Main Street"

John Powers travelling salesman
who formerly made Sank Centre his
headquarters but who is now located
at Mason City, Iowa, is still an ardent
booster. for "The Original Main
Street, as evinced by the fact he al
ways comes to the aid of his friends
who are undecided as to which part
lof Minnesota they should spend their
summer vacation. He recommends
that they try Sank Centre, and of
course they are never sorry,
The last party accepting his tip
consisted of Jay E. Decker, of Jacob
E. Decker & Sons, pork and beef
packers of Iowana hams and bacon,
accompanied by his sons, j. Enmer-
son, Milton H. and Dudley A. Deck
er, Joel c.. Hanes and Joel F. Hanes
all of Mason City, Iowa. They re-
turned to their homes Saturday last
after spending two weeks, camping
at Fairy Lake where they made some
very fine catches.
These gentlemen were lound in
their praise Of the courteous treat;
Iment accorded them in Sank Centre,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Board Lets Contract to
High School Building
Class Rooms Will Be Enlarged and
Others Added By Contractor A.
M. Anderson 50 5

At a meeting of the School board
held the latter part of last week, A.
M. Anderson was awarded the con-
tract to remodel several of the rooms
in the Senior High School building.
The class rooms on the east and
west side of the second floor were di-
vided into three sections each and
were entirely too small to meet the
schools requiremtns and each Sec
ton will be divided into two rooms
which will make four satisfactory
places to conduct classes without the
necessity of employing more teach
ers.
The old gymnasium in the base
ment of the Senior High school
building will be re-modeled into one
large class room.
The improvements will cost in the
neighborhood of $1,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Convention Sets Record for Most
Noise, Praise Women Speak
is ers, Words,

Madison Square Garden, New
, York--This convention has set
the following new distance rec
ords. Se@
Largest number Of candidates
ever placed in nomination-16
, of them.
a Noisiest demonstrations. ever
staged and the most Of them.
Most thousands of words spok-
ZEN in praise of candidates in
nominating and seconding
speeches.
More speeches by women than
from any other similar gather
ing. ..s..
Largest number of governors
ever assembled in a political con.
vention.
More avowed candidates for
the presidency present in per.
sonal charge Of their campaigns
than ever before.
Longest time ever consumed
in drafting and agreeing upon a
platform.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Northern States Power Buys
St. Cloud Public. Service Co.
The Company Supplying Electric
Current for Sank Centre Goes
Under New Management

According to newspaper dispatch
es from st. Paul under date of July
End, the Northern States Power
Company has purchased the st. Cloud
Public Service Company better known
locally as the Whitney organization,
who are supplying the electric cur
rent under contract to Sank Centre.
The st. Paul news dispatch is pub
lished herewith:
"St. Paul, July 2.-Purchase of the
st. Cloud Public Service company
by the Northern States Power COM
pany of st. Paul, was disclosed here
today. The st. Cloud properties,
which include valuable power rights,
are valued in excess of S3,500,000.
-. "The annual gross earnings of the
ST. Cloud company have been about
s75O,0O0 in recent years, according
to businessmen here.
"The acquisition of the st. Cloud
corporation, which is owned by the
Whitney estate and controlled by
Wheelock Whitney, was negotiated
by R. F. Pack, vice president and
general manager of the Northern
States Power Co.
'The H. M. Byllesby Corporation,
of which the Northern States Power
company is subsidiary, is developing
a large expansion in the Northwest
in competition with the General Elec-
trio company, according to reports
here.
"The fight for supremacy in this
field has made the ownership of the
st. Cloud company essential, bust
nessmen here said today, in comment
ing on the sale.
"a large number of other indie
pendent light and power companies of
varying size, will be acquired by the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
and declared that they would return
again next year.
PASSENGER SERVICE
CASE.UNSETTLED
Continued from Page One)

of the city and Attorney James
called General Manager Bell to the
stand. He went on to explain that
the primary object of No. / and No.
~ was for through passenger traf-
nc to the coast. That the company
did not want local business on these
trains and if they were to compete
with the Northern Pacific and Mil
Waukee it was necessary to make as
few stops as possible. He admitted
that stop could be made at Sank
Centre without seriously inconven-
fencing the schedule but that if the
request of Sank Centre was granted,
they would be compelled to stop the
trains at a number of other points
enroute, which would make it i'm
possible for them to compete with
their rivals for through business to
the coast. He called attention to the
fact that number of stops indicated
were not for the purpose Of taking
on passengers, primarily, but were
made necessary for the successful
operation of the trains.
City Attorney Kells questioned
Mr.. Bell as to why it was possible
for the Northern Pacific, for instance,
to travel several miles more and
make ten or dozen or more stops
between here and the coast and still
make as fast time as the Great
Northern. Mr.. Bell stated that he
was not familiar with the Northern
Pacific schedule but assumed prob
ably the difference in running time
was caused by the severity of the
grades over which the Great North
ern travels as they were more diff
cult than either those on. the North
ern Pacific or the Milwaukee.
Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioner jacobson took the case under
advlsement and the decision may be
handed down in a week or it NAV
take a month.
Mr.. James stated to the Herald
editor at the conclusion of the case
that if the Railroad and Warehouse
Commission decided adverse to them
that they would carry the case to the
United States Supreme Court if nee
essary, because if they were COM
piled to stop Nos. 1 and 20 in Sank
Centre it would make it impossible
for the Great Northern to compete
with the schedule of the Northern
Pacific and Milwaukee as a number
of other cities along the route would
insist that they be granted the same
privilege as this city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Determined on Ruhr Occupation.

Paris-Premier Herriot is deter.
mined that the Ruhr must continue to
be occupied and that funds to cover
the expense OF the occupation must be
provided, even though he should be de-
feated by his .insistency on this point.
He made his stand clear In the Cham.
sber % Deputies, declaring that to
leave the Ruhr would be tantamount
to- Abandonment of the rights OF
France and when he asked for q vote
Of confidence on the question, It was
given 400 to 26. The Communists
alone voted in the negative.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

~
New York-By a vote of 353 to 742
the democratic national convention
rejected League of Nations plank
embodying the deathbed views OF
Woodrow Wilson. This plank was
submitted as a minority report by
Newton D. Baker, former secretary OF
war. The delegates, two to one, sup
ported the plank on the league as
framed by a majority of the platform
committee-it has national referen'
dunn attachment. ~.
The plank that was adopted had
been denounced by Mr.. Baker as fan
tastic, illegal, unconstitutional and an
unavoidable vagary-providing sort
of "nostaI card'' referendum. n1L,
81
WiIsonian Idea Collapse Climax. ~,
The collapse of the Wilsonian idea,
at convention where every mention
of his name has been received fer.
emily and almost with an air Of wor'
ship, came at the close of two hours
Of argument filed with dramatic eli.
MAKES. ); -,.4as.-..-..--, 49, -,
Mr.. Baker in his peroration sum.
moned the spirit Of Woodrow Wilson
to the convention hall. With choking
voice, he said his departed -chieftain
stood beside him on the platform and
that he, Baker, was merely mouth.
piece through whom Woodrow Wilson
himself was admonishing the democ
racy to stand by the League of Ma.
lions.
Saturated with emotion, Mr.. Baker
said Woodrow Wilson won the war
won the world, won the peace and
died for what he had won, and that
the democratic party although wor
Shipping its departed great, is afraid to
stand by Wilson's great ideals.
In one dramatic fragment he spoke
Of Woodrow Wilson. at the Great
White Throne in honor, minute
later, as an imaginary republican edi
tor. Baker spoke of the headline he
would scream across the front page
were the convention to adopt the ma
jority referendum league plank-"dem
ocratic Convention Repudiates Wood
row Wilson," - -
That was the contrast he played up
on-Woodrow Wilson honored II
heaven for his deeds and ideals, but
dishonored in his own party.
Platform Adopted. :,
After declining by the hair breath
margin the Ku Klux Khan by name
the democratic national convention
adopted the party platform amid
scenes of indescribable confusion.
The vote on the Khan issue was
541 800 in favor of the plank de
nouncing the hooded order by name
as demanded by the anti-Klan demo
Gratis, and 542 800 in favor Of the
plank condemning religious and racial
intolerance but not mentioning the
Khan. The narrow victory goes to the
plank reported by the majority Of the
resolutions committee and defended
by William Jennings Bryan.
After the acceptance Of the religious
liberty plank-without naming the
Klan-the platform was adopted by 9
viva voce vote and the convention ad
journed until $3.50 a. m. Monday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
BREAKS LEG PLAYING BALL

Sunday afternoon as Roland Stew
art who resides on the Sank Centre
Melrose road, was practicing kitten
ball with the Mccormick Lake team,
preparatory to meeting the Sank
Centre business men July 4th, he
suffered a very painful accident.
While running between bases he
stepped into a hole and was thrown
to the ground. 1t was first thought
that he had dislocated his right ankle
but an X-ray diagnosis Tuesday
morning disclosed the fact that the
ankle joint was broken and that the
limb was also fractured in another
place. While the fracture has been
reduced and Roland is getting along
fine, he will be compelled to root for
his pals from the side lines in the
July 4th game.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

General Electric and Northern States
Power company during the next six
months"
The properties involved include a
powerhouse at st. Cloud, which sup
plies light and power for 55 Mime
sofa towns, two gas plants and the
ST. Cloud street car system.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03


After three hours of oratory it tool
two hours beginning at midnight to
call the roll, poll numerous delega
tions in which votes were contested
and total the result while Chairman
T. j. Walsh wore himself to a FRAGILE
in the effort to preserve order.
The result was so close as to give
neither the victorious faction much
cause for congratulation nor the de
feated faction much reason to lament
it's fate
Mutterings still were heard among
the anti-klan elements to the effect
that they would not support the
party that had declined to repudiate
the invisible empire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
Second. storm Sweeps Tracy Area.

Tracy, Minn.-A severe electrical
storm, lasting from 10:30 p. m. Fri
day to ! a. M. accompanied BY ter
rife wind, a rainfall totalling 2.75
inches, swept through the big
tornado area in Lyon, RedwnN, sMnr.
ray and Cottonwood counties. Trees
were snapped OF and uprooted by the
wind, q few small outbuildings were
damaged and many Of the families
who lost their homes In the tornado
and who are living In tents, Eere
thoroughly soaked, but so far. as
could be learned no one was injured.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

WANTED FROM OWNER = 40
acres improved land with buildings,
will pay cash. Give full information
of improvements and best cash price
in first letter. Address 801 Metro
politan Natl. Bank Bldg. Minneapolis.
F5-6-7-8 pd. - 2 '-sss
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR SALE1Two registered bull
calves and 9 months old. Colanthi
Johanna Lad breeding with a King
Ollie Homestead cross. Can yau beat
it O. S. Cass IS If
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
The committee report adopted OF
the Khan issues are as follows:
FREEDOM OF RELIGION
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FREEDOM OF PRESS

The democratic party reaffirms it,
adherence and devotion to those card
inal principles contained in the con
stitution and the precepts upon which
our government Is founded, that CON
gress shall make no laws respecting
the establishment of religion, or pro
hibiting the free exercise thereof, OF
abridging the freedom Of speech or OF
the press, If the right of the people
peaceably to assemble and to petition
the government for redress of grew
ances, that the church and the state
shall be and remain separate, and that
no religious test shall ever be requir
ed as qualification to any office Of
public trust under the United States
These principles we pledge ourselves
ever to defend and maintain. We in
sist at all times upon obedience to the
orderly processes Of the law and de
plore and condemn any effort te
arouse religious or racial dissension
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

STRAYED-To our farm Wednes-
day, two ewes and two lambs. Own
er may have same by proving prop
erty and paying for this ad. Fred
Crippen, 61a miles southwest of
Sank Centre.-6-7.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR SALE-Eight room modern
house. Hot water, cistern, barn,
woodshed, hen house, garage, and
garden spot. Ideal location. H. F.
Henneman. 48tf.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

WANTED-To know of a party
who would invest about $4,000 to
build little home in a small town
near Sank Centre. 1 own lot. Proper
ty and security with reasonable in
terest. Inquire at Herald pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR SALE-Restaurant, fixtures,
and building. Opposite Northern Pa
cific depot, Little Falls, MINI. Esther
Poison, 1851. I'd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR SALE-Two 80 acre farms
joining, school house on land; lay,
and field land. Consider small house.
NJ. A. Molitor, Box 20, Sank Centre.
40. pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

WANTED-To hear from owner
of good farm for sale. State cash
price, full particulars. D. F. Bush,
Minneapolis, Mimi. So pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

GIRL WANTED = For general
housework. Apply of Mrs. Ben Du-
Bots at Fairy Lake, or Ben Dubois
at First State Bank
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

KINDLING WOOD-For sale. Dry
pine bundled edgings make excellent
lindling wood. Get them from us.
Steiner Lumber Co. Phone SIS 46tf
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR SALE OR TRADE-8O acre
improved farm near Sank Centre for
residence in town. If interested in
quire at the Herald office. 1876.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR RENT OR SALE-Seven
room modern house. Will give i'm
mediate possession. For price in
quire of B. o. Vogel. 5-6.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR SALE OR RENT-Four
room house with glassed in porch and
electric lights. Inquire of Mrs. Ida
Hylaman or Elmer Hylaman. 5-6-7-8
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR SALE-One complete acety-
lene gas light plant all in good condi-
ton; reason for selling plant not in
it? o. S. Cass. 5tf
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

LOST-Eastern Star pin. Find
er please leave it with P. H. Nickel.
Reward. 1t I'd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03

FOR SALE-Full blood Airdale
pups, male and female. John J.
Ceynar, Tel. A F-20, Sank Centre
4-6 pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-03
CLASSIFIED WANT ADS /:

FOR RENT-Hay land. INQUIRE
of B. O. Vogel. 5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-07
HISTORY SCHOOL
 BOOK DEFENDED
Dr. Tidwell Denies Text Ii Antagonistic To
 Christianity
MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 6.-If

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 6.-If
 (sTATE CAPITAL BUREAU
 there is anything antagonistic to the Christian church in the text books in the Alabama publis schools, Dr. R. E. Tidwell, assistant state supertendent of education, declared Thursday he didn't know what it was. Incidentally, it may be remarked that Dr. Tidwell is an active member of the First Baptist church of Montgomery and assistant teacher in it's Baraca class.
 Dr. Tidwell was asked about a news dispatch from Attalla to the effect that the Sunday School association of that city had denounced certain pas sages in school history as being ''unsound and untrue" as to using the early history of the church. In this news item was also stated that letter of protest would be written to Dr.J. W. Abercrombie, state superintendent of education, on the subject. Dr. Aber- crombie was out. of the city Tuesday and Dr. Tidwell stated he did not know whether such letter had arrived at the office or not.
 Dr, Tidwell stated that he had read the news item in question and thought that the critism must have been leveled at the world history in use in public schools, as that volume was most likely to deal with the early history of the Christian church. However, he said that he had never noticed anything hostile to religion in the book and would