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Milford chronicle., 1924-01-04
TOLD In A FEW LINES

The Women's Auxiliary will meet at
the home Of Mrs. Charles Prettyman
at 2:S0 p. m. on Wednesday, January
9th.
The Ladies Aid of Wildwood will
meet in the Community Hall, Friday
evening, January 4th at 1880. All are
welcome.
The Sussex County Pomona Grange
will be held in Columbia Grange Hall
on Thursday, January 10th, at IL a.
m. All patrons are cordially invited to
attend.
Raymond Masten, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Burton P Masten of Milford,
won a $50 prize in the subscription
contest just concluded by the Every
Evening of Wilmington.
There will be a meeting of the
Community Association on Tuesday
evening, January 8th, in the High
School Auditorium at 8 o'clock. A
large attendance will be appreciated.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-04

Peril. Tersity is essential. The
- cts up in the world, the
in the morning.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-04
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to extend our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors
who were so kind to us during the ill
ness and death of our only son and
grandson, MILFORD Jackson, and also
for the beautiful flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. J. Jackson.
1t Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Spicer.
Milford chronicle., 1924-01-04

Anyway, it is a credit to any town
to have firemen who are good rum
ners and policemen who are not.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24

both the railroads and the highways.
At this stage of the highway pro-
gram with constantly increasing call
on limited funds, the department is
unable to justify any expensive whit
er maintenance
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24

eque." The picture is thrilling and
intensely appealing.
o.
An ultra-modern beauty parlor in
full operation is one of the interest
ing scenes in "Prodigal Daughters"
a new Sam Wood Paramount picture
starring Gloria Swanson, which will
be on view at the Caughren Theatre
next Friday and Saturday, Feb. LIZ.
Therein are seen all the appliances
commonly employed by experts in the
are of restoring youth" to the fair
sex, so far as appearances go, at any
rate. Louise Dresser, who playes the
mother of the prodigal daughter,
has her face lifted while her hus-
band, Theodore Roberts) is abroad.
There are many mysterious imple-
ments that give one the impression
at first glance of sort of up-to-date
inquisition chamber A strange look
ing instrument for putting permanent
waves in waveless tresses; vibrators,
kneeders, all kinds of curriers' and i'm
plements for manicuring, choropidiz-
ing and the like are scattered about
in profusion.
Miss Swanson, the star, does not
appear in this scene, but it is one
calculated to fascinate the feminine
contingent. 1t was necessary to get
an expert to set up the apparatus and
arrange it correctly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
,runk highways or Babcock roads.

trunk highways or Babcock roads.
Printing official figures of what
auto owners paid for roads in 1923,
highway bulletin this week points out
that the individual car owner can
easily figure what the roads paid
back. He can estimate how much
more it would have cost to run his
car last year, except for the better
highways, and the extra use and
comfort he got from them, the bull
letin suggests, and probably will
conclude that his auto tax money is
being well invested.
The cars and trucks registered last
year, at 5000 each, covered collec-
lively 2,271, 975, 900 miles. At 10
cents mile the running cost would
have been $227,197, 5OO-the 1923
bill in Minnesota for car and truck
depreciation, repairs, tires and gaso-
line. If recent highway improve
ments can be credited with reducing
the operating cost to z cents from 10
cents mile, the savings total $685.
159,250. Savings figured at only 1
cent mile-a tenth-run up to S22,-
219, $50, of three times the auto tax
total. Thus 81 of auto taxes brought
back So return. Most car owners
figure the good roads savings at more
than cent mile, the bulletin adds,
and that may explain the growing
sentiment in favor of more auto taxes
to hurry good roads.
The 1923 motor vehicle total of
454, 1895, prove extremely conservative
the earlier estimates by Charles M.
Babcock, state highway commissioner
Stating that the state should be on
the safe side, the commissioner placed
the totals at 100000 cars and trucks
in 1928, 425,000 in 1924 and 45O.-
900 in 1925, and fixed 100000 in
1927 as the "saturation point" Indi-
cations now are that the 100000
mark will be reached this year and,
engineers said, the need for more
highway improvements to effect max.
lmum savings becomes corresponding.
ly more imperative.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
Highway Fund Use for the
Greatest Benefit to All
Policy and Limitations ON Available
Cash Precludes Winter Mainten-
ance at Expense of Summer

Winter maintenance on Minnesota
trunk highways is limited solely to
the north shore section of Trunk
Route No. 1 on which the people in
large region are wholly dependent
for other than wire communication
with the outside world.
Clearing snow and keeping open
the big 7,000-mile state system would
cost upwards of half a million dollars
each winter, and leave maintenance
funds depleted the following summer
before the end of the season when
highway use is more than ten times as
heavy in winter months. The policy
of the state highway department is
that the limited funds should be used
for the greatest good of the largest
number, save only in the case of alb
solute public necessity.
The announcement is repeated in
answer to number of inquiries such
as always reach the department Of
ficers after the first snow storm each
winer. Many bus companies are
keeping their routes open at their
own expense, but the state is operat-
ing only in the single instance.
When the public decides that traffic
demands warrant the keeping open OF
trunk routes in winter and provides
the necessary funds, the department
will undertake the task. 1t is a mat.
ter of simple economics:
The public pays for what it gets
Old territorial roads, the arterial
routes now making up large part
of the trunk highway system, have
been closely paralleled by railroads
which are operating in all seasons.
The expense of snow removal from
the railroad lines is borne finally by
the public. The question is one OF
whether theapublic wants to pay the
doubled expense of keeping open
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24

ton of five responsible people, the
charge being 81 for each % books
sent. All transportation charges are
paid by the state.
To individuals or isolated families
who cannot make use of the group
Libraries, package libraries are sent
by parcel post. Specific books are
sent when they can be obtained, or
material on special topics for debates
or papers is supplied. Package Ii
braries are lentf or month, the only
charge being the postage both ways.
When there is a free public library
or county library giving service in
the community, books are lent
through the local library.
The Library Division, Department
OF Education, Historical Building ST..
Paul, will be glad to give details to
interested persons.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
State Highway Jobs Ahead
Means More Work for All
Necessity of Speeding Road Better
ments, With Every Citizens Help,
Cited by National Aide

q q p p y y y q p q y unn II y q
q Good Roads Assignments y
q For all State highway depart p
q ments- u
q Total mileage of state y
p highways 100000 q
p Improved to January y
q l, 1924 ...... $4,000 q
q Work Ahead -. -. 139,80O y
q y
q For Minnesota highway de- y
q partment- y
q Total mileage OF state y
p highways 80. 1000 n
q Improved to Jan. 1, 1924, y
y about ..............3 5000 p
p Work Ahead ........ 3,400 u
y y
q For every good American citi- y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
Coop. Creameries' New
York Office Supports Self
Freight Refunds and Claims Collect.
ed alone Pay All Overhead
Over $15,OOO Paid Back

The New York office of the Min
nesota Cooperative Creameries as
ISOLATION sustained itself in 1923, ac-
cording to a report just made public
by A. j. Mcclure, general manager.
The total cost of the office, in
GLIDING salaries, rent and all inciden-
tails, was over $4,000, a sum equal
ed by the amount of claims collected
and rebates obtained on freight over
charges.
"We appreciate" says Mr.. Nc
CURE, "that these claims might have
been collected without our New York
Office, but the cost would have been
at least half the collections. 1t shows
what farmers can accomplish when
they get into business and are rightly
organized"
The New York office last year
handled 2,201 cars of produce, which
contained 57,032,642 pounds butter
and 38,575 cases of eggs. The value
of this business was slightly less than
a third of million dollars.
On all of these cars, creameries en-
joyed through freight rates, instead
of being obliged to pay part-car rates
as would have been in the case in
most instances, had there been no as
ISOLATION for the local institutions to
work through.
Conservative estimates place the
freight saving on the business hand
led through New York alone at 1924
226.00 which is considerably more
than the total cost of maintaining the
entire association.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
Free Book Service Avail
able for Rural Readers
Farm Bureau Units Can Get Travel
ing Libraries by Paying Postage
to Department of Education

To serve people living on farms
who have no access to public ibrar-
les, Minnesota maintains a free
travelling library, from which any one
in the state may borrow books. This
service should be especially helpful
to Farm Bureau Township units and
Farm Clubs.
This service was established in
1899 under the Publis Library Com
mission, but in 1919 was taken over
by the reorganized State Board of
Education. Libraries for community
use are made up in boxes of % or so
books. Each box contains large
proportion of good fiction, as we'll
as up to date books in biography,
travel, popular science and present
day topic. Some libraries consist en-
tidely of children's books; other con-
sist wholly of books for adults. While
these libraries are in fixed groups,
six books on a specified subject may
be added on request, without extra
charge.
The books are sent upon applica-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
Herald Ads Bring Great Results


A rough and tumble fight of two
lads, resulting in one of the bloodiest
feuds ever waged in the Cumberland
Mountains of Kentucky, is feature
of Mary Miles Winters latest Para
mount picture, 'The Trail of the
Lonesome Pine" which comes to the
Caughren Theatre next Sunday and
Monday. The fathers of the boy
fighters appear on the scene and sepa-
rate the lads with some difficulty.
Then the better halves of both fami-
lies arrive. The fathers start warm
argument over the cause of the boys
fighting, and the mothers begin to
take up the quarrel. What. ensues
constitutes one of the most thrilling
photo dramas of the current season.
Antonio Moreno, featured as leading
man, and Ernest Terrence head an
unusually fine supporting cast Of
players.
One of Fannie Hurst's noted stories,
'The Nth Commandment" said to be
similar in appeal and dramatic
strength to the same authors "Hum-
oresque," has been screened by the
Cosmopolitan Corp. for Paramount,
and it will be the feature attraction
at the Caughren Theatre next Tues
day.
The story deals with department
store girl who marries fellow clerk
who later develops tubercular trouble.
Told that her husband will die unless
he goes to the country for long
stay, the unhappy wife, all but penni-
less, resorts to desperate methods to
obtain the money required. This de-
velopment is the expansion of the
theme of the picture that there are
other than the Ten Commandments
which men and women must not vio-
late.
The leading roles are portrayed by
Colleen Moore, James Morrison and
Eddie Phillips. The picture was di-
rected by Frank Borzage and adapted
by Francis Marion, both of whom coll
Elaborated in the making of "Humor-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
WASHINGTON LETTER

BY WILLIAM L. DALEY
Special Correspondent Sank Centre Herald
Copyright 1928 by National Editorial Association

present law which expires June 80.
Advocates of drastic restriction favor
the substitution of the census of 1890
for 1910 as the basis of the quota
system, allowing the admission of
racial groups. 1t is believed that rep
resentatives of various governments
will protest these proposals which
practically debar the races of south
ern and eastern Europe.
Senator Sterling, of South Dakota,
has introduced a bill creating an i'm
migration board which would have
broad control over immigration.
Senator Curtis, of Kansas, has sub
mitted a bill which proposes a re-
vision of the tax on theatre tickets
and have the proceeds set apart for
the payment of soldiers bonus. SEN
ator Edge, of New Jersey, introduced
a bill which would repeal the excise
taxes on automobiles and accessories.
The Senate unanimously adopted the
Reed resolution calling for an investi-
cation of general propaganda de-
signed to influence legislation. The
bill was the outgrowth of the Box
peace plan award, and agitation for
tax reduction and a soldiers bonus.
Hearings are now under way but it is
doubtful if the inquiry will be worth
the expense.
q
Representative Hills, Republican
of MARYLAND, has introduced a bill
for investigation of dry enforcement.
He claims that the bill was inspired
by the speech made by Governor
Pinchot, of Pennsylvania, before the
Anti-Saloon League last week to the
effect that prohibition enforcement
was the worst scandal in the nations
history. Commissioner Haynes de-
MES the allegations of Mr.. Pinchot
and it is generally believed that Mr..
Hills resolution will meet quick
death in committee, as both parties
are DESTROYS of avoiding the prohi-
ton issue before the election.
The report of the Public Printer
reveals the extent of wastefulness in
Congress. A special study shows
that the total waste in publications
printed for free distribution by the
departments will be fully twenty-five
million copies, an estimated loss OF
S5,O0O,0OO. In addition to the esti-
mated loss of one million in eight
years on the free publications which
Congress likewise failed to distribute.
The Public Printer is urging the sale
of government publications as a rem
edy for this extravaganza.
The Cabinet is giving it's attention
to the problem of warding off eco
nomic distress in certain localities in
the Northwest where bank failures
have been reported. At the sugges-
ton of the President and his advisors,
the Federal Reserve Board and the
War Finance Corporation have taken
steps to extend credits in order that
the depositors may be relieved and
business continue along ordinary
channels. 1t is reported that in the Da-
kotas there are sections where banks
are established to every 500 deposit
tors. 1t is known that the federal
government discourages this practice
when it is possible for other banks to
handle the business on larger scale.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
Every $1.00 Paid for Auto
Taxes Brings $500 Return
Splendid Showing Made by Minneso-
ia Highway Department With Its
Limited Funds

Automobile and truck taxes Of
$7,337,526 on 454,395 machines
were collected last year in Mime
sofa. Those were the only taxes on
motor vehicles, also the only direct
taxes for the improvement and up
keep of 1000 miles of the. heaviest
travelled roads in the state-the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24

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p you any return. =
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The highway work scheduled and
appeal for speeding programs on
sound economical grounds is from w
C. Markham, Washington, D. c., ex.
ecutive secretary of the American
Association of State Highway Of
fcials, made up of highway executives
of all states. Highway transport,
said Mr.. Markham, is cross section
of rural, industrial and social life in
America. Prices, values and com
partnership are gagged by it.
Highway rolling stock today il
valued conservatively at over ST.,
000,000,000. What are you doing tt
conserve its life? Farm machinery
left to the whims of the weather, soor
loses it's utility and value. Highway
rolling stock, driven over unimprovee
roads, has its life shortened by one
half. A properly constructed ane
maintained highway reduced cost Of
transportation, increase property
values and stabilizes market prices.
Mr.. Markham's figures show be-
sides the 100000 miles of state Of
primary highways in the United
States, 100000 miles of feede,
roads. Minnesota has in addition tt
100 miles of trunk routes, 96,O5(
miles of local or feeder roads.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-01-24
Notice of
Annual Stockholders Meeting

meeting of the stockholders of the Sank Lake Co
Operative Creamery Association will be held the Sank Centre
Community Club Monday JAM g. 1924 commencing at
the election of directors for term of three
director and for the
other business that properly before the meeting
GEORGE STRAUSS
Secretary.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-23
faint of Charity Is
to Be Thing of Past

The faint of eharit,t will be removed
from veterans relief in Chicopee,
Mass. If members of the American
Legion have their way about it.
Administration Of a fund for relief
of needy veterans has long been IN
der direction of charity workers en-
ployed by the city council. If a vet
eran applied for aid, his name went
on record as receiving charity which
Is said TO have kept many a former
soldier from applying to the fund.
founded primarily to help the former
service man along Until he became
settled.
In a special resolution sent tn the
city council the post asked tb.r dis
bursement of this fund be In the
hands of a veteran familiar tn the
mems cases and that such relief no
longer be considered as an act of
charity.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-23

audience and that the producer to
certain degree can control the class
of his audience by the type of Die.
ture he produces.
Two years ago the American Legion
began a campaign for cleaner and
more truly American films The cam.
paign has been conducted bv the
Legion's film service under the dlrec.
ton of Meyer. As a part Of the cam.
paign the Legion has produced several
pictures for exhibition IN theaters
throughout the country under the
auspices of the 1000 local Legion
posts. These pictures have been edu.
cational, historical and entertaining,
and the enthusiasm with which they
have been received, according 10
Meyer, is evidence a plenty that The
people of America want more whole
some films.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-23
To Probe Neglect of
Veterans in Hospital

An investigation of reports of
neglect of war veterans at the hospi-
tai and vocational training school
maintained by the government at Per-
ryville, Md, has been undertaken by
officials of he American Legion.
Col. d. John Markey, department
commander of the Legion in that state.
Major Warren s. Lloyd, department
adjutant and DR.. Arthur P. Herring,
commissioner of mental hygiene, made
personal visits to the hospital In this
connection.
Four veterans in the tailoring school
of the institution charged that the
equipment for proper Instructions in
that trade was lacking and that
acquisitions for such equipment and
material had not been honored. The
veterans also charged that necessary
text books were NOS supplied
This hospital figured in the recent
senatorial investigation of the vet
Grams bureau, Under Director Charles
r. Forbes. 1t was declared by certain
witnesses that 100000 worth of
supplies were salvaged and sold to a
firm in Boston for 100000.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-23
Tattered Flag Priced
by Canton, China, Men

During the war a Chinese soldier,
Sam SOo-Hoo, lost his life while serv-
ing with the American army in France.
Prior 10 burial the body was wrapped
in an American flag, but some OF his
countrymen removed the flag, and
placed It over his grave, where it
flew from a bamboo pole until it be-
came tattered.
When the body was sent back to
Tol-Shan, his native home. an Ameri-
can Legion delegation in France sent
what remained of the flag to his rela-
tives The Legion then assisted the
widow in obtaining the claims on the
government.
In token of the appreciation. the
family Of the man gave to Canton,
China post of the Legion the tattered
emblem which had waved above the
grave in France This is one of the
priced relics of the post.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-23
What Soldiers VIII
Do With u. S. Bonus

"What the soldiers will DO with this
bonus after they get it seems to be an
idle question. VIII they spend it care
lessly buying expensive automobles'
Five hundred thousand questionnaires
have been sent out asking the men L
they prefer money, farms, homes or
insurance rights. The answers show
that two-thirds of the veterans asked
for farms, homes or insurance rights.
If the Legion men were big enough to
fight for he United States, tbey are
big enough to do what 8 right"
This was the answer Of National
Vice Commando William B HeaIey Of
the American Legion to charges that
moneys received from adjusted com
pensation would be wasted His state
ment was made before womcn's clubs
at Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1924-02-23
CHECK UP ON CRIME
BY ALIENS IN u. S.

Crime by aliens In the United
States is believed of sufficient per-
eentage to have considerable influ-
ence for further restriction of immi-
grafton. This is the contention of the
Americanism commission of the Amer
lean Legion, which will use the re-
suits Of survey of such crime in sub
Stimulating the Legion's plea that all
immigration be suspended over fixed
period of years
illicit traffic in drugs in the United
States is directly traceable to aliens
in the nation" Garland w. Powell,
director of the Americanism commits
sion of the American Legion has de-
clared. "The Legion does not impute
that all crime in the nation is COM
mitted by aliens, but many law viola
tions can be laid at the doors of those
who disregard our laws, and who do
not pay allegiance to the nation In
which they live"
In preparing for a survey Of all
courts, prison and penal institutions,
requests have gone out for the num-
Der of cases pending against aliens for
robbery, murder, violations of the pro-
hibition and narcotic acts and other
crimes as compared with such cases
against Americans. Similar informa-
tion is sought from prison authorities
and heads of penal institutions.