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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
Figure 1t Out for Yourself

That is exactly what happened in Sank
Centre during January.
The Blue Valley SWEET CREAM
Creamery paid the farmers who sold it
Special Sweet Cream during that month an
average daily price of 65.19 cents per pound
of butterfat
If all the cream sold in other local mar
kets of Sank Centre and for which the farm
ers received only So cents and less, had been
sold as Special Sweet Cream to the Blue
Valley SWEET CREAM Creamery, the farm
ers here would have been paid at least Two
Thousand Dollars more for their cream.
They didn't, and SO they lost Two ThOus-
and Dollars.
Figure it out for yourself. The Blue
Valley average price for Special Sweet
Cream was 7.19 cents higher than the So
cents paid by the next highest local market.
Multiply the 7.19 cents by the number of
pounds of butterfat received by the latter
market and by any other markets here, and
you will find that at least Two Thousand
Dollars was lost to the farmers here during
January alone,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
Young Kandota Township
Farmer Dies of Pneumonia
Ill Only One Week-Buried From
Long Bridge Nor. Luth. Church
Wednesday Afternoon

Arthur w. Johnson, aged 26 years
died at the Sank Centre hospital, Sat.
urday March 1, Of pneumonia, after
an illness of one week.
The deceased was a farmer resid.
ing in Kandota township with his ia.
Their, Ole J. Johnson. The funeral
was held at the Long Bridge church
Wednesday afternoon, conducted by
Rev. Vatne of Osakis, assisted by
Rev. Brun, the latter having con-
frmed the deceased. Burial was made
in the Long Bridge cemetery.
Besides the aged father, the imme-
diate relatives left to mourn are a
brother, Earl, a student of the Sank
Centre High School, and a sister,
Alice, of Portland, Oregon. The mo-
Their died nineteen years ago. The
Johnsons are pioneer residents of
Kandota township. All relatives were
present at the funeral except the
father, who was ill.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
Two Thousand Dollars
Lost by the Farmers
Here I'm January

A loss of Two Thousand Dollars to
farming community in one month is enough
to make everybody sit up and take notice.
If it happened in the office of a town or
county official, it would start an investiga-
ton.
That much money in January would buy
a lot of coal. 1t would buy a good many
warm coats for the men and women on the
farms, and it would supply great many new
pair of shoes for the kiddies.
It would pay great many taxes and pay
the interest on great many loans for one
month.
1t surely is disheartening for farmers to
feed and care and milk cows, do all the
ahead, only to be up against loss of Two
Thousand Dollars at the end of the month on
the sale of the cream!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

Lewis, where they are attempting to
breed the model cow,
The Minette family have lived in
this vicinity for many years. Mr..
Minette and George were both born
in the vicinity of Sank Centre and
have resided here all their lives. Dur
ing the years that they have been
breeding pure-bred Brown Swiss they
have sold large number. at fancy
prices and at the present time they
have a herd of So pure breeds. They
are practical and successful dairy
men and they know exactly what
every cow is producing all the time.
No boarders stay long in the Minette
herd.
It is distinct honor for COM
munity to own an animal that is a
world champion, and the Herald
heartily congratulates F. p. Minette
and Son upon the success they have
made and are making out Of their
Brown Swiss herd of pure breds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

expert worker, she found time to aid
other young women bookkeepers in
solving their difficulties.
Investigators reported that the
shortages began before the end of her
first year in the bank. According to
Miss Lewis written statement as re-
ported by county officials, the checks
uniformly were for $25 or $55 and
approximately $1,000 was diverted
from the bank funds since last
Christmas.
Only general accounting for her
expenditures, totaling $4,000 with
her salary included during the last
two years, have been made, it was
stated. The bulk of the money was
spent for clothes for herself, for
elaborate gifts of trinkets and wear
ing apparel for her girl friends, for
taxi-cab transportation in connection
with her frequent parties at Twin
City cafes and for her habitual
treating of her friends.
Apparently Miss Lewis had few
men companions, county officials
said, her parties generally being
comprised of young women. During
| y
frequently was her companion, he
told bank officers, but declared he
had no suspicion that his sisters elias
tic finances had any other source
than her salary.
Miss Lewis carried an account in
the East Side state bank but her
balance there was small, it was stat
ed. 1t did not develop that her ac-
count there was used in any way in
connection with her additional funds.
Miss Leila Lewis plead guilty Tues
day noon and became prisoner at
the State Reformatory for Women at
Shakopee Tuesday night.
Miss Lewis spent the afternoon at
the sheriff's office, deputies yielding
to the plea of her father that she be
not locked up in the county Jail,
while awaiting transfer to the re-
formatory.
She was permitted to go to her
home accompanied by deputies to get
some clothing she desired to take with
her, and then was returned to the
sheriff's office, where she remained
for two hours awaiting the transfer
to prison.
Under the law applicable to male
prisoners, the sentence for the crime
to which she pleaded guilty would
be up to five years Imprisonment, but
the law relating the Incarceration of
women in the reformatory carries no
definite penalty, according to attor-
neys, and her stay there will be in
definite, although it is probable that
she will not be considered eligible to
parole before she completes one year
of service.
Miss Lewis appeared to have re-
gained her composure somewhat be-
fore she was taken away to prison,
although at times, while awaiting re-
moval at the sheriff's office, she
broke into quiet sob. At other
times she conversed with women
deputies and friends until shortly be-
fore taken to the reformatory.
At Shakopee she sobbed herself to
sleep in the small cottage room
where she will serve her sentence.
For the next few days she will
mark the bingham dresses furnished
her by the state, will undergo exam
nations, and will get adjusted to her
new life. Then she will be assigned a
task in the performance of which she
will seek regeneration.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
lOO2.6 LBS. BUTTER
MADE BY LOCAL COW
CONTINUED from First Page)

place he won all honors with Doro-
thy and State Championship over all
breeds as well as a free trip to the
International Livestock Show at Chi
cago later in the year.
George, the junior firm member
last winter put seven cows on test,
milking them four times each day,
one of them being Believe, now
champion of the breed and over all
breeds for her age. Her highest
milk production for a day was 99.6
pounds of milk with a butterfat test
of four per cent.
The Minette farm is located on
Gopher Prairie," one mile from Main
Street, made famous by Sinclair
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
The Blue Valley Pledge

Besides, you have solemn pledge to the
farmers of this community:
We pledge you to continue the
high prices in relation to New York but
ter quotations for Special Sweet Cream
that have paid you since the opening
of the Blue Valley SWEET CREAM
Creamery.
We will be glad any time to meet with a
committee representing the farmers of this
munty and put this pledge in such form and guar
antee it in such way may be agreed upon
No farmer will be asked by sign any
contract bind himself in any way to We
not afraid that prices will be low,
pared with those of other markets, that have
to tie our customers o with a contract. Mutual
confidence is far stronger tie than a signed piece
of paper.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06


high butterfat prices.
We have shown you
in cold figures month
after month just what
our margin has been
between what we pay
for butterfat and what
we get for it when sold
as butter. This mar
gin, you have seen, so
far has been from TIA
cents to 8.67 cents per
pound of butterfat.
Certainly, with such
margins for costs of
manufacture, selling
and profits we are safe
in making our pledge
to you.
And we are glad to
make tin any form
you may deem strong
enough - to prevent
the One Thousand Doll
lar and the Two Thous-
and Dollar a month
losses you are now taxi
ing. These losses are
entirely unnecessary
and can easily be pre-
-AkAI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
Blue Valley Always
Makes Good

Think back to the very first announcement we
made of establishing the first Blue Valley SWEET
CREAM Creamery here.
Every statement we have made since then has
been backed up by facts and performance. Every
promise has been kept.
just last week showed you in this space how
great Kansas farm paper backed up every word
we have told you about dairy and creamery develop
ments in that state. 1t proved that told you the
truth, and that all assertions that have been made
about killing creameres and competition in Kansas,
which is typical belt state, are falsehoods
Blue Valley always makes good and every day
more farmers find out that it pays to sell Sweet
Cream to Blue Valley. There no Two Thousand
Dollars month losses for the farmers in the Blue
Valley Creamery System.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
High Blue Valley Market
Permanent

You have been told by so-called farmer
leaders, that if you didn't take these big
losses, Blue Valley would have no local
competition and would lower it's prices.
Stop and think.
Even if every farmer within hauling
distance of Sank Centre sold their cream to
the Blue Valley SWEET CREAM Creamery,
it would only be small part of the big vol
ume that goes through the plant every day.
Our Sweet Cream comes from all over a
territory where about 100 creameries are in
operation. Most of these creameries are CO.
operative, some of them among the highest
paying in the state. These creameries made
over rs million pounds of butter last year.
We have to buy the greatest part of volume
of cream in competition with these 100 creameries
not in competition with local markets in Sank
Centre. Therefore, prices will be the
gardess of local competition. The big less you take
month after month doesn't get you anything
in the form of protection against fancied losses in
the future.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

That makes a dead
loss of Three Thous-
and Dollars on Cream
in two light winter
months. How much it
has been since the
Blue Valley SWEET
c r E A M Creamery
started in business
last July, we do not
know, but the cautious
farmer might we'll take
time to figure it out.
We will be glad to
furnish anybody our
past prices.
These losses, piling
up month after month,
will run into big fig
ures-too big for any
community to stand.
No far7aer should ever
be required to milk
cows for pleasure and
lose thousands of dol
lars just to please
speakers who are here
today and gone tomor-
row, and who most
certainly never take
their share Of the loss.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR sSALE+20O bushels Mime
sofa No. 13 ear corn, 72 pounds to
the bushel, Coo per bushel. George
H. Smith, ten miles northwest Of
Sank Centre, on the Charlie Miller
farm, 31a miles west of the Heart
ner corner.-40 pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
Losses PiIing Up

In December, as we pointed out recently,
the loss was at least One Thousand Dollars
Now in Januaryit was Two Thousand Dol
lars
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR SALE OR RENT-6 room
house, modern except furnace. Good
cistern. Across from Methodist
church. Key can be obtained from
Roy Working. James Swift, phone
25-F-230. 38tf.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

WANTED-Good steady man for
general farm work Z or 8 months.
Good wages will be paid to right
party. No gutter wanted.-Henry
Hartung, Sank Centre, Mimi, 40-41.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

LOST-From moving van Feb. %,
a package of laundry containing gen.
tleman's shirts, two child's Bingham
dresses, baby rompers, aprons, stock
ings and two outing flannel night
gowns. Please notify Mrs. r. S.
Austin, st. Cloud, Mimi, Box 129
for reward. 40
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
Why We Can Make
This Pledge

We know keep this pledge because our
manufacturing and direct marketing system enables
to pay you these
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR SALE-At private sale, all
my household goods including one
nearly new electric washer. J. O.
French, telephone 18 W.--40 pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR RENT-Farm on shares; will
furnish seed; good pasture and hay
meadow. Write or phone owner. P.
M. Kennedy. 81 If.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

LOST-Ten point Eastern Star pin
on streets of Sank Centre, about Feb.
10. Finder please return to Herald
office.-38tf.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR SALE-Full blood, 3-year-old
Short Horn bull, papers furnished.
Phone 10 F IL. Robert j. Veeder,
R. F. D., Sank Centre 37-40 pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

WANTED-To hear from owner
of good farm for sale. State cash
price, full particulars. D. F. Bush,
Minneapolis, Minn.-38-39-40-41 pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR SALE-Corn silage $3.50 per
load; come and get it. o. S. Cass.-
39-40.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR RENT-Seven room modern
house, two blocks from Main Street.
Inquire at the Herald office.-35tf.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR SALE-Seven room house,
South Main street. Mrs. Geneva
Dahlem. 40 If. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR RENT-Four fine rooms for
housekeeping, second floor Beidle-
man Block. Inquire of o. B. Win
slow.-40-41. = 81.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR RENT-M. E. Mcintyre
house in Hoboken. Inquire of Mer-
chants National Bank. 40 If.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR SALE-White Holland Tur-
keys; Toms and Hens. Mrs. Mable
Williams, R. F.. D. No. 1 Sank Centre.
40-41. pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR SALE-Honey, bees wax, and
seed corn. Frank Weeddeck, Route
8. Sank Centre .40-41. pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
CLASSIFIED WANT ADS

FOR RENT-Comfortable little
home. Inquire at Herald. 40 If.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

WANTED TO RENT or g
rooms furnished for light house-keep-
ing. Leave word at Herald office.
40 pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

WANTED - Girl for chamber
work and also girl to help with cook
ing. Good wages. New Park Hotel,
Brooten, MINI. 1910 pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06
How Big Is Your Loss
Going to Be?

How big is your loss going to be for
1924? Twelve thousand, fifteen thousand,
twenty thousand dollars? Or still more?
Only you farmers yourselves can deter
mine it. 1t all depends on you. Whatever
the loss will be, it will be big handicap to
the whole community. No farming commun-
ity is so rich that losses of two thousand or
even one thousand dollars month after
month are not felt by every man, woman
and child in it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

FOR SALE OR TRADE Poland
China Boar, also a few turkey COB
blers. Inquire C. j. Barry at Win
Pesheck farm, R. R. 40 pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-06

Notwithstanding home for in
FAINT, three months old. $500 a
month. Mrs. A. F. Moynihan. 39-40
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-05
Little Stories For Bedtime
By rAoRMroM W. BURGESS

the old stump looking for a place where it might be possible for him to climb up. On one side he found place where the stump was partly broken down and routed away. Even this was way above MT. Toad's head, but it was his only chance. Mir. Toad took long breath and jumped as hard as he could. He bumped his nose and fell back sprawling.
 Ouch" grunted Old Mir. Toad, and scrambled to his feet.
 When he got his breath he tried it again. Once more he bumped his nose and landed flat on his back. "Oh !' said Old MT. Toad as he kicked to get over onto. his feet once more. Then he tried it again and again and again, for he is very persistent. At last he man. aged to catch hold with his hands and hang on. Then little by little he pulled himself up until at last he was fairly on top of the old stump. Eagerly he looked out over the Green Meadows. Then with sigh of satisfaction he set tied himself to rest and watch Old Granny Fox, for now he could see her. Next Story: Old Mir. Toad Takes a Message to Peter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-05

child to bring it up never having heard the words, and then thrust it on the world to meet them on all rides.
 An interesting example of the word must" used decidedly for the bene- fit of the child was given to me the ether day. A New York woman has daughter of 15 who is already show ing great talent and promise in an Imaginative, rather fantastic way. As would go with that sort of tempera- ment, the child dislikes all practical questions. In discussing her the mother said to me:
 "I lay more stress at the moment on ny daughters standing well in her mathematics than in any other study It school, because I realize that her Imagination must have the balance of ! certain amount of logic and stability. If she achieves this, her imaginative powers will yield far bigger results.
 l am sure she is right.
 As we grow older we attain the real kzation that in order to become prOfi-, eient in the thing we want to do we must very often develop our minds and our forces in channels which may seem to have nothing to do with the thing Vt redlly love. we cannot, however. expect children to understand this, and unless the parents at times make them do things even against their will" they are not given the help they need. Such children will probably live to re- gret very much later on the lack of training and the forced study ,of the childhood.
 As matter of fact, the value of doing something which we may not particularly care about or have n natu- fal talent for is not only confined to childhood. I remember that during my first summer in the Stuart Wal kers repertory company Mir. Walker told me that he was going to give me many roles which I was not as interested tor as well fitted for as other kinds) because the training in those roles would materially aid me when l came to do the ones I pre- ferred. When we are older we can appreciate the intelligence and value of such training, but as children we cannot. Consequently, I belive it is without question up to the teachers or parents to direct the child intelligently and, if need be, decidedly use the word must"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-05

Eagerly he looked out over the Green will go where I can watch her, and try to find out what she is hanging around here for. It must be for some thing"
 "Of course, it's for something. Any one with any wits at all would know that, and that something is to try to catch Peter," replied Mrs. Peter, and her voice sounded rather snappy.
 You see she was worried. She knows just how sharp and cunning Old Gran ny Fox is, and in her own mind there wasn't a doubt that this was part of some clever plan on the part of Granny to catch Peter. For the life of her she couldn't see through it herself and she was disappointed because Old MT. Toad didn't seem to have any better idea than she had as to what, Granny Fox was doing.
 Old Mir Toad took no notice of the sharpness in little Mrs. Peter's answer. You better go stay with Peter a while," said he. "I think I'll go watch Granny Fox and see what can find out"
 So Old Mir. Toad hopped along one of Peters private little paths and pres ently came to the edge of the dear Old Brier Patch. Then he discovered some thing which had quite slipped his mind when he first started. The grass of the Green Meadows was so tall that he couldn't see over it! You know he is a very squatty sort of person. Old Mir. Toad looked quite as foolish as he felt. He had come to watch Old Granny Fox and now he could not see her at all because the grass was above his head.
 Would you ever suspect Old Mir. Toad of having pride? He doesn't look as if pride ever bothers him. Somehow we are very apt to think of people who are humble and commonplace and home ly as having no cause for pride. That is a mistake. They often have just as much pride as others who seem to be more fortunate. Old MT. Toad had said that he was going to watch Old Granny Fox. His pride wouldn't allow him to go back to Mrs. Peter and confess he couldn't see over the grass. At least he couldn't go back until he had tried every way he could think of to see over that grass How he did wish he could climb like his cousin, Sticky-tOes the Tree Toad
 But he couldn't and he is altogether too sensible, is Old Mir. Toad, to waste any time on vain wishes. He looked about this way and that way, to see if there might be something he could get up on so as to see over the grass. At length he discovered an old stump, where once upon time good sized tree had stood. It was right at the edge of the Old Brier Patch and was just wee bit higher than the grass of the Green Meadows. Now Peter Rabbit could have jumped over that stump without half trying, but to Old Mr. Toad it looked like a mountain, If only I could get up there l could see, he sighed.
 Then he hopped all the way round