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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-05-29

1865 Gents
Special Sweet Cream the Blue Valley
Creamery during of
1865 pound of buteraL
Compare our April price price
which other farmers selling the grade OF received
pounds for the month";
so cents day!
who sold 300 pounds received $1,000
The who sold 400 pounds got $4,000 The who
$3.50 from Blue Vaey$2 day
in the month.
from5 n (and
produced 500 pounds of buta month";
thing you? surely from
three good without them and without the
feeding without
profit specially when production large and butter markets
much lower than last winter?
just figure how much better off family would
the mail every day. without any extra labor or expense on your part
That exactly the farmers who sold Special Sweet Cream
the Blue Valley SWEET CREAM during April In March
their profit month their
pound of buefa larger than those who sell other markets.
5 easy to produce and Special
of from customers grades
grade of cream day.
higher prices
marketing of Blue Valley butter the best known brand of butter
years o system
standing that possible sell pound of Blue Valley
butter City OF 4492
cents pound.
pound quarter pound
pound
the the butter (492
cnts 5615 cents. The following table shows the result:
Received for butterfat bought in April .....5e.15c
Paid for butterfat in April ................ 4e.65c
Margin for in April 6.5Oc
price in Special
paid Valley Creamery in
April
pound bute We believe putting all the
published month after month"; fully uses high prices
Special Sweet
justified price of
Valley butter depend them giving
after month after
Sweet Cream the Blue Valley SWEET CREAM Creamery
fifty cents One Dollar depending
milk.
just prices with all judg
you sell
Special Sweet Cream to the Blue Valley SWEET Creamery
Start
: ~ ~ . - Blue Vale
! -, Creamery {
e'ns Sank Centre, Mimi.
Valley the Straight Line HddIen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
|-hG'agONCE
 Wm0X.EE-,RE X.EE-, R.

A Mere Mans Impressions Of That Fur Coat -"s Shopping Trip With The Wife. 'fThe conversation being largely be- r5 tween the, ,saleslady and the man. as the 2, wife tried on the coats.) E;~ /. Look at that garment. It's Fitch!" "A which?"
 Not a which, mister, a Fitch-a genuine Fitch and no fooling."
 '"The real thing?
 Positively stradivarus. You know what a Fitch is, don't you?" ,}x Not exactly. What is itT
 "Why Fitch is, CT, era Fitch is-ahen its something like a deer and has long ears."
 Where do they come from?"
 "The ears?'
 "No, the Fitch,'
 "Fitchburg. But maybe you'd like a cara cul better. You know what caracul is, don't you?"
 Its city in South America."s Don't be so ignorant! A caracul is a merry-go-around and the caracul coat is made from the fur taken off the horses"
 You're think of carrousel, nor .caracul." You should tell me what I'm thinking Maybe you'd care for natural squirrel" T hate squirrels, natural or unnatural" "You know what natural squirrel is, don't youY q suppose it's a squirrel that has nc inhibitions." How about mink?" ..- "Td never let my wife wear mink"
 "Why not?' "It's terribly hard to remove beer stains from it."
 Would she care for sables?'
 Would you please be reasonable?"
 We've got new line of sables this year. ' "What do you call 'em?' "Augean sables." ,...
 q remember reading about 'em."
 "Oh, let me show you our wonderful Kolinsky."
 "Is he the one who was standing near the elevator as came in"
 Its a fur, not man."
 "Kolinsky a fur!''
 Sure It's kind of Jewish polar bear very smart" Where do they trap it."
 "They don't trap it. Kolinsky is business seal. The hunter hunts it with herring. When the Kolinsky comes close to get the herring the hunter slaps it with a certified check and it's all over."
 "Where does Kolinsky come from"
 'Isidor-beg standardization! ]!
 Lets see-how many fur coats have you shown us?"
 "Forty-six."
 And how much of your time have we taken up?"
 About three hours"
 Well thank you and my wife thanks you. Now we'll go downstairs and buy a cloth coat"
 Curtain as the saleslady murders the happy but economical couple.) :,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
AMBASSADOR JussERAND.

The diplomatic corps at Washington will be the poorer for the retirement Of Ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand, dean of the diplomatic corps by virtue of his twenty-two years of continuous service. As one observer points out, five years is a long time for an ambassador to spend uninterruptedly at one capital. Ten years so rare as to be almost unparalleled. Thus the twenty-two years of Jusserand are all the more remarkable. They are remarkable, not only because of his un- questioned acceptability to the American government regardless of the party in power, but also because he has been the unvarying choice of the numerous and rapidly-changing French ministries under whom he has served. The French pre- miers have always felt confident that their interests in Washington could never be in better hands than those of Jusse- rand. The American government has always cordially reciprocated that sen- timent
 M. Jusserand has long been an ad- mirer of the United States. English is a tongue of which he early became a master, both written and oral. He mar ried an American girl sojourning in Paris. He is an authority upon certain periods in American literature, and his writing, produced originally in French for French students and scholars, are used in this country even in the graduate schools as reliable works of reference. Some of his writings have been so val uable that they have been widely trans lated, not only into English, but into many other European tongues as we'll He is admired by scholars of every land for his erudition. His books would form a five-foot shelf from which any person can gain deep cultural education. He has surprised even technical men by his technical lore in other besides literary and historical subjects, although he lays no claim to scientific attainments.
 The field covered by his writings on English subjects may be illustrated by such titles, translated, as: The Drama in England from the Conquest to the Inn mediate Predecessors of Shakespeare; The Romance in the Time of Shake speare; Wayfaring Life in England in the Middle Ages; Piers Plowman; Lit rary History of the English People. In English he wrote: A French Ambassador at the Court of Charles II. Americans who read the magazines of the better, or at least more literary or political sort, are acquainted with his careful and sprightly English style and his sane views. That part of Jusserand remains with us.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
THE NEW ACTIVITY.

Now that the national election, with the more or less uncertainty of the result which usually accompanies such contests, is out of the way, there is in industrial and commercial interests a renewed ac- tivity which is manifesting itself in many ways. Railroads are making large pur- chases of materials for betterments. The fall business in nearly every part of the country is showing improvement and the holiday trade promises to surpass any record for several years. A period of buying activity has set in, and manufac- turing interests are booking orders far. ther and farther ahead.
 In the Birmingham district the situa- ton and outlook are all that could be reasonably expected. Confirmation of reports that the Frisco railroad would soon make improvements in this city representing an investment of million and half dollars, has been made by the president of that system. Coal and iron production are steadily increasing in volume. Many new enterprises are in the planning for the early future, in cluding several large industrial plants and improvements in those already estab. lished. The untitled tonnage of the United States Steel Corporation in the last reports shows healthy increase Building operations in the city and sub- urbs continue extensive with every prom ise of new high records. Labor is we'll employed at good wages, and the material markets are under heavy demands. Post office receipts show a large gain from month to month, while bank clearings are steadily on the increase.
 One of the most significant signs is the activity in real estate. Good profits have been made for months in the turn over of this kind of property. and prices are continuously upward.
 The outlook for an extended period of prosperity in this district was never more encouraging. Not only is the district at tracting widespread attention as a de sirable place for investment and resi- dence; but the people of Birmingham are manifesting greater faith in the opportunities and possibilities than ever before. The fact is that Birmingham is taking on her logical stride for progress and development.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Forum, Of The People
Election Results Satisfies This Writer.
. The AQa-Hara1d

To the Editor of The ge-Herald:
 The smoke of last Tuesday has blown away and some of the public officials and men ot mental worth have tried to figure out just what caused the outcome of the election. One university dean says the people were insane, while others say this and that It was not my election because did not vote and my position will more fully explain just why the election went as it did if the true facts were known and that is, people had not forgotten the eussed mixup playedsby.a ceFtain bunch l of politicians in the New pEerks convention and when that convention z notninated MT. Davis, after it was clearly shown that others were much more acceptable to the public, the public did not care further just how it turned out. Since they had such a cgqod man as MT,
 Coolidge to voteE for even theugh he was Republican the results seouln not be other K wise 1T %Ufffd @have voted f6f*Mr. Coolidge if my state had been in doubt as to the out come, but it being sure for Mr. Davis my vote would not have aided in the least. The New York convention, klan issues Davis fight on Coolidge, a branch of religion, and the fact that Mir Davis was too closely connected with Wall Street is all the explanation needed as to why the American people were insane on last Tuesday. The writer did not con- tribute his money to the Republican cause nor his vote, but for one, is perfectly satisfied with
 .'E J. A. TIIORNHILL.
 Albany-Decatur, Ala, Nov. 10, 1924.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13

policy in Italy and portions of the Near East. It is doubtful, however, if the new government will approve the relinquish. ment of Singapore as naval base, and the base will probably be resumed.
 Friendliness of lively and encourag. ing sort towards the United States is ex. pressed in the following:
 Not only was the London conference
 valuable in itself, but it had special .significance,sin. that it marked tho re-
 entry of the United States into Eur ,ean
 affairs. His Majesty's government while
 fully understanding the peculiar circum-
 stances which render difficult continuous
 cooperation of America in Europe af-
 fairs, cannot but express their appre-
 citation and gratitude for the leading part
 played by America in the negotiations
 which eliminated in the London protocol,
 now in fair way towards execution.
 All in all, the rest of the world has every reason to be satisfied with the present British regime, while internally the processes of industrial and economic recovery will be fostered, mot by chang. ing the basis of our system," but along lines that would prove of the utmost stim. ulus to production and employment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Northern Autumn

Along the alder aNhed lagoons Dim, dropping autumn afternoons Illumine birchen avenues With amethyst and amber hues4 While cool, still waters. where trout lie, Reflect the flaming sunset sky. Wild asters line the woodland way. Wild roses and. erect and gay, The goldenrod Is radiant As cricket% sAFil their farewell chant And from the North where bright clouds die Wings forging South. wild geese whirl by. Grim winter comes across the glade, The crickets hush, the flowers fade, The birds retreat. But let that be- The seasons are the same to me. You went-all days drag dark and slow My winter came so long ago!
 John Hanlon in the New York Sun,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
THE COURTHOUSE,

The narrow margin of votes by winch the county courthouse bond issue car ried last week shows that the voters are not heartily committed to the project. The vote stood 11,4O2 for, and 10,245 against the measure, a majority in it's favor of only ,157. It is significant to note that little more than half of the qualified voters of the county registered their views on the project.
 Everybody admits that the present courthouse is inadequate and that mod urgently needed. But the people of this community were not reliably informed of the plans, nor the method of additional financing. That accounts for the hesita- ton to authorize the enterprise, The board Is now under special responsibility to discharge this obligation sincerely and to the best of its ability.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
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When AnatoIe France Failed.

TT IS little known that Anatole Trance, who
 became the standard bearer of French =. literature, failed to obtain bachelors deJ gree. M. France was fond of telling the story on himself. Tt was Father Hase who questioned me at the examination" he was wont to tell. <
 That good German, a profound Hellenist, had been appointed professor at the College de France by the Empire, which was Tn way a sort of internationalist organization.
 "Mein young friendt," he said with true German geniality, you have been highly rec commented to me-"
 And he continued, but will dispense with his accent: -*<
 Look here, am going to ask you some easy questions. The Seine runs into the English Channel does it not?"
 "Yes, sir, I answered, with my most engag- ing smile.
 Good, very well. And the Loire runs into the Atlantic ocean"
 "Yes, sir"
 Good again. The Gironde also flows into the Atlantic?"
 "Yes, sir, certainly"
 "Your answers are admirable. "The Rhone flows into Lake Michigan, does 1t not?" ,,~ .-. Full of confidence, had not even listened to the insidious question" .gyti..5s
 "Yes, sir, answered, still smiling" r "Ls that so? The Rhone flows into Lake Michigan" growled Father Hase. My young friend, your don't know anything about 1t. You are as ignorant as donkey. Your mark will be zero."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
THE BALDWIN POLICIES.

Premier Stanley Baldwin undoubtedly vindicated the judgment of the British people in their recent political upheavall, when he publicly embraced the commend able features of the Macdonald foreign policy and reserved comment on those features that aroused public distrust of the Macdonald impracticalism. In re- spect to Russia the prime minister re- marked that it was premature to make public any conclusions. There is convinc- ing evidence that the Macdonald drift towards too close an association with the soviet was the basic reason for his re- tirement Premier Baldwin warmly en- dorsed the recent treaties looking to the recovery of Germany and of Europe, and
 announced 8 continuation of the foreign
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
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 5H IN I1T BY < STD~ 'leWa4/z4XSOW T2Nk4LL uUDEZL
HOW COULD SHE FORGET IT?

HOW COULD SHE FORGET IT? Do you remember that last hour we met; :. The twilight road, the long orlzo n
 climbing; A wind that breathed of rose and mignonette i; The vespers chiming? High on the crag where towers the riven pine We paused, while burned to ask the sunsets ember. Your hands were chill cradled them in
 mine.
 Do you remember? spoke the words long inardculate; Warm in your eyes l saw your answer
 burning, And while we said farewell you vowed to
 wait For my returning. And I? I swore to be forever true By all youths oaths, audacious, mad, i'm
 prudent. Do you recall? Yes, darn it all, you do! hoped you wouldn't!
 Ted Olson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
The Right Word
THE GREAT ARBITER. (Find the Error in This Article
By W. ITS NICHOLSON

| "A Stahleman Literateur has mentioned Eindldy Murray, Noah Webster, and Goold Brown as grammatical titans." But who IS the great .arbiter in an issue of the correct ness of locution? Is it any one of the fore going authorities? Is it a modern, practical grammarian such as MacCracken, Sandison, or Fernald? Or is it the modern practice of careful speakers and writers? Or, in other words, is it modern usage?
 You will be given another opportunity" is the sentence, which has caused this dis cussion. "A Stableman Literateur" has Acknowledged that "grammarians undeniably differ as to the correctness of the foregoing sentence, but points out that Murray, Web ster, and Brown condemn it and approve the following reconstruction Another oppor- tunity will be given the readers"
 There is little use in quoting other modern writers of grammars, because "A Stableman Literateur" will read the words of wisdom and say merely that they do not agree with the words of Murray, Webster, and Brown.
 Therefore, "The Right Word" will vel come from it's readers any excerpts from the works of modern authors of repute, which will either endorse the stand taken by A Stable man Literateur,' or show him that the con- struction has become so "incorrigible" that it has made a place for itself in the family of good English idioms.
 We wonder what "A Stableman Literateur' thinks of the split infinitive as, asked him to earnestly consider the proposition.ro
 Yesterdays Error.
 Wrong: ..... for whoever one might quote might be considered ....
 Right for whenever one might quote might be considered .... "
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Watching The Parade
By JOHN PILGRIM
THIS morning I had club car chat with
 the editor of a magazine. He ran over

'dlS morning l udu cAuo Sot SN"S "-N-' the editor of a magazine. He ran over
 his list of contributors with rride. q don't care for So-and-So," l said. He hasn't very much on the ball. No plot, no character, no drama. Just morals"
 The editor became grave. l thought at first that he resented my attack on his con tributor, but I was wrong. The contrib hadn't fooled him any. He knew that the stories were pretty poor, pale, thin tctlon. He admitted that if it were possible to print nothing but stories of the Kipling level in his magazine he would not print any other Kind
 But we've got to have wheel horse or two," said he. The contrib may never bat very high average but he always bats. His stories may not be epoch-making. They may, perhaps, be the least interesting of all the stories in the magazine Well, some story must be that. It is possible that he never strikes out any new line of thought. Not many of us do. When we do, the new line is apt to be wrong |;
 And he gets his stuff in on time," said the editor.
 Do you know, there's heap of har1 sense in that editors point of view. When he gives an order to his contrib for story about Bill and Mabel, to be delivered next Thursday, he knows that Bill and Mabel story will be on his desk at 9 a. m. of the appointed day. He knows pretty well what sort of story 1t will be- Nothing to horrify any one, and no one will rise from it's reading uttering irrepressible cheers. It will be just a Bill and Mable story.
 But it will be on his desk at a. m. Do YOU get what I mean?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13

tics in the park board would destroy its usefulness. That purpose was in great measure defeated in the legislature.
 The extent to which the commission has played politics in this connection IS shown by the fact that, though the park board has been in existence for many months, it's hands have been so tied that it has failed to function. Meantime there are over two hundred thousand peof pie of this community whose interests and rights have been ignored while the city commission pursues its policy of disregarding the public welfare in order to perpetuate its political interests. The establishment and maintenance of parks is wholly a business proposition which can be realized only by divorcing it from the pernicious effects of politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
GOING DOWN.

Dear Reader:
 If this happens to. catch the eye of some business woman, may I ask this question :: Are you referred to as "OUR Miss smith Y or do they speak of you as plain Miss Smith?"
 When customers come into your store or where you are employed, do any ot them ask for you? " Do you know that for every woman who goes to the library, searching for selt-help literature, there are twenty men asking Tor books that will help them in their work! Remember, 1t Is not what you read that does you good, but what you mentally digest,
 Very sincerely yours,
 ALFALFA SMITH,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Brief Nature Studies
IN sTUBBLE fields in the suburbs nigh
By J. OTIS SWIFT

IN STUBBLE fields in the suburbs mighty
 hosts gather in autumn. gleaning, waste seeds and rising in clouds of iridescent me- tallic green and purple, flecked with buff and white, to perform military manouvres in the air as described long ago by Pliny. The Flu ropean starling is a beautiful bird, mocking some of the notes of native songsters and perhaps sounding on these shores the notes of foreign birds it's ancestors associated with.
 It has it's enemies and defenders, and though here only a few generations, is said to be already learning to migrate, as it does in Europe. It's aerial turning, wheeling, charging volplaning and soaring, in perfect order as if at the radioed command of an in visible leader, is one of the astonishing and interesting features of its fall gathering. It has changed little in habits in the last few thousand years. saS
 Perhaps it will outlive humanity, which some think has outstaid its welcome, and be- cause of its ability to change has at last created so highly mechanical and stupendous civilization it will be destroyed by its handi' work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
THE rwoPARTY SYSTEM

One party. under the American system,
 may be more conservative than the other. At times 1t Is the Democratic and at times the Republican party. One party may be con servative in certain policies and radical or ilo-
 eral in others. But there are progressives in both parties, there are liberals in both parties. there are conservatives and radicals in both of our historic parties This is the American as opposed to the Europeah sys- tem of party government.-Boston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
Commissioners scruggs and Suttle and

Commissioners Scruggs and Suttle and Engineer Keller are congratulated on their rejection of rawhide in favor of gravel in recent contract for road con struction. Gravel is less expensive to build and maintain than rawhide, and is the preferable substitute for that type of paved highway which growing motor traffic makes each year more imperative and inevitable.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13

Already has there started agitation as how best to celebrate the hundred and fiftieth anniversary, two years hence, of the Declaration of Independence. A very good way would be for every citizen to read and ponder that splendid doc ument.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
A Gnnd Tima NYas Had Ry IohnnyI

As mother was rushing around the house in great hurry to get her oldest boy off to school, he having been late twice that week, she looked up to see her 4-year-old boy on the table with his little hands on the hands of the clock.
 What ARE you doing?" asked his mother. 'I am holding the clock back so Johnny won't be late for school" he answered.
 Alfred Wilson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
TOO BIG TO BE DIsLODGED

Perhaps the strangest of all the strange results of the campaign is that Senator BOrah is still a Republican in good and regular standing.-Ohio State Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13

By an overwhelming majority Cincin. natl has voted for general manager of it's municipal government, thereby dem- onstrating that the people of that com munity prefer business principles to pro- fessional politics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-13
TALKED BY PETTY POLITICS,

A strong effort was made by public spirited citizens to keep the park system out of politics, when the movement was started for the creation of park board. It was foreseen and freely said that poli-