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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24


Others pitched horseshoes until the
women announced that Is quarts of
ice cream was about TO be served.
There was an unusual amount of
optimism prevalent owing to the
prospect of bumper crop through
out this territory.
Among those present at this en-
joyable outing We're: Mr.. and Mrs.
James Swift, Sank Centre; who are
visiting their sons G. H. of Minot, and
w. S. Swift of Caprio this summer
Fred Swift, another son came down
from Scobey, Mont, where he has
large farming interests, to visit his
parents. The others present were
Duke Thompson and family, Ed and
Willis Mcclure, John Lewis, and
James Lewis and family, John DON
nelly and family, VIM. Lewis and
family, Robert Gray and family, Her
bert Gray and family, Mrs. Chris
Lewis, Archie Thompson and family,
Mrs. Henry Thompson and daughter,
and the Rev. and Mrs. Geo. H.
Swift, rector of All Saints Episco-
pal church, Minot."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
Preparation for Refunding
Income Tax Going Forward
Actual Mailing of Refund Checks
Will Start as Soon as Preliminary
Work Is Completed

Preparations are going forward
rapidly for the refunding to individ-
ual taxpayers (who paid in full on
March 15th) of one-fourth of the
amount of Federal Income taxes as
paid by them for the year 1923, as
provided for in the Revenue Act of
yn924," says L. M. Willcuts, Collector
of Internal Revenue for the District
of Minnesota.
The work of preparing the neces-
sary schedules and the refund checks
is going along nicely, and the actual
mailing of same will be done as soon
as possible.
Inasmuch as the Revenue Act OF
1924 provides that these refunds Be
made without action on the part of
the taxpayers, it is not necessary to
file claim of any kind or go to any
expense to get this refund.
The reduction does not apply to
corporations.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
AROUND THE TOWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Holme and
son, James, and Mrs. Joe Lovaas of
Minneapolis arrived in Sank Centre
Sunday evening for weeks visit
with Sigurd Holme and other rela-
tives and friends.
Anthony Schoenhoff assistant cash.
Ter at the First State Bank is en-
joying his annual vacation which he
started Wednesday morning. Some
time hence Anthony plans on visiting
the Twin Cities and Chicago.
Miss Christene Lofstedt of Pase-
dena, California, who is spending the
summer visiting at the home of her
parents in Glenwood, spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Sank Centre as a
guest of Mrs. H. S. Halverson.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Costello and
son Curtis, and niece Miss Marion
Arneson who have spent the past
week in this city visiting Mrs. Julia
Costello and brother, j J. Costello
left Sank Centre by auto Wednesday
morning for their home at Coopers-
town, N. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. L. Burgess ac-
companied Rev. and Mrs. C. S.
Sparks to Glenwood Sunday where
Rev. Sparks occupied the pulpit of
the Congregational church of that
city while Rev. Elmer Benedict of
Glenwood occupied that of the Con-
gregational church in Sank Centre.
Thomas Haley, motor tourist, has
been confined at the O'Gara Tourist
accommodation rooms over the garage
for the past ten days suffering a
very severe pneumonia attack. Mrs.
Haley has been attended by local
physician, with Mrs. Haley his wife
doing the nursing. His condition at
this writing is reported as most ia
vorable.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Boutell Of
Sank Centre, and son Francis ana
wife and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Coanbs
of Chicago who have been visiting
here for the past two weeks, left
this morning Thursday for motor
trip to Itasca Park and other points
in Northern Minnesota, of several
days duration.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
FINE CONCERT PROGRAM

The weekly concerts given by the
Sank Centre band at the City Park
Thursday evening of each week dur
ing the summer months are attracting
increasing crowds and are proving
very enjoyable. The following is the
program arranged for this Thursday
evenings program by Director DR..
A. L. Blk:
March-"The Navy Forever" -.
.,.............. ]. M. Maurice
Selection from Comic Opera
"Said Pasha" 1850. Rich Stahl
Cornet Duette-"The Two Little
Bulfuiches" ......... H. King
Allen and Blk
Serenade-"Dream of Autumn
F. H. Losey
March-"National Emblem -.
.......... 1888. E. E. Bagley
Selection-"Isle O'Dreams" -.
............... Ernest r. Ball
Fox Trot-"You's Got to See
Your Mamma Every Night
49,. Billy Rose and Con Conrad
March, emper Fidilis" 49,. Sousa
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
Sank Centre Alfalfa Club
Will Have Booth AT Fair
The Members of Organization Work
ing Hard to Increase the Interest
In This Valuable Cow Feed

At a meeting Saturday afternoon
of the officers Of the Sank Centre
Alfalfa Club, it was decided that the
club will have an Alfalfa booth at
the coming Stearns County Fair.
Membership in the club will be linn
tied to any farmer tributary to Sank
Centre that has an acreage of Alfal-
ia. A slogan adopted by the club is
40, 900 Acres of Alfalfa on Sank
Centre Farms"
Plans are being made for very
attractive Alfalfa Club booth at the
Fair. Officers of the Club are Ell
bridge Cass president; Henry Borg
mann, vice president; George Grund,
man, secretary. Directors elected
Saturday are the following: Mat Jen-
isen, Joe Osendorf, Paul Kruger,
Tony Beck, A. G. Wrate, Robert Kin
sella, Ed Schurman, Bernard Walters,
r. G. Penrose-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
Having Wonderful Trip In
Wilds of Northern Canada
DR.. Claude Lewis of St. Cloud and
Brother Sinclair Enjoying Every
Minute of Unusual Outing

A few days ago DIR. E. J. Lewis of
TINS city received an interesting let
ter from his son, DR.. Claude Lewis
OF st. Cloud, who with his brother.
Sinclair, the famous author, make up
a portion of a party touring north
ern Canada-about 1.500 miles by
canoes.
This trip, as the Herald has pre-
vlously stated, is sponsored by the
Canadian government, and is in di-
rect charge of Indian Commissioner
Taylor. The purpose of the expedi-
ton is to settle any differences there
may be existing among the various
tribes, to pay the annual annuity
and to look after the state of health
of the Indians. DR.. Claude Lewis is
the doctor in charge of the party.
The letter received by DIR. Lewis
was written July from Lac La
Ronge, Sask. The expedition had al
ready travelled some distance by
canoes. DIR. Claude said they had
been in a wilderness for several days
and that the sight of human beings
once more was gratifying one. He
says they have enjoyed some wonder
full scenery, caught some real musca-
lone and that he and Harry (Sinclair)
expected to bag some fine trout at
Lac La Ronge.
The manner in which the Indian
guides carry luggage over the por-
tages is revelation to the Minneso-
ia men. DIR. Claude says they handle
from 200 to 500 pounds without APP
parent effort, and that if the water
is not too deep they jump in and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24

gineer Meyer stated that the dam
when improved according to the
Plllsbury plans would develop $50
HIP or $4,000 XIV hours in twelve
months.
The low level of Satlk lake is a
serious annoyance to the citizens of
Sank Centre and if the city were in
a position to take over the dam and
fiowage rights and maintain a suit
able lake level, it would not only en-
nance the beauty Of the lake in the
city but would make Sank lake a
much more inviting place for sum-
mer homes which would mean more
business for the community. The
time will undoubtedly come when the
city will be in position to take over
this valuable property.
When the Commission take over
the generating of electricity in De-
cember either additional units must
be installed or arrangements must be
made with the Public Service Com
|pany for Standby service" which
means in effect that the high line
Will supply energy required over and
above the amount generated by the
local plant operating at maximum
capacity.
The Pillsbury report recommended
the installation of a ITO XIV Diesel
engine which would double The cana
city of the local plant. This addition
al equipment taking the ratio of
increase energy required for the past
several years, would equip Sank Cen
ire for about seven-year period and
will cost approximately $4,000. Mr..
Meyer stated that if the dam was
purchased the addition of an IS XIV
generator and engine would answer
the same purpose. He further stated
that the addition of a single unit of
85 XIV would handle the Sank Cen
tire load at the peak for about three
and half years, but that there
would be no standby" or reserve
power. This would cost approximate
lily $4,000.
The st. Cloud Public Service
Corporation had submitted a propo-
sitlon to furnish the city with electri-
cal energy required above the ca
pacity of the local plant ON sliding
scale. After listening to Mr.. Meyers
explanation the Commission may de-
eide to adopt this plan for a year al
least to see how it works out. 1t viii
fdelay the investment of any more
money in the municipal plant for the
duration of this contract.
The City completed the erection OF
the municipal plant in 1917. Be,
cause of vibration trouble five years
ago contract was entered into with
the ST. Cloud Public Service Co. to
supply the electric energy on a basis
of 2.2c per XIV. The city retails this
juice to the small consumer at 10
cents per XIV. The lowest offer the
st. Cloud concern has made to supply
the current on a new contract is
02.50c per XIV. Experts figure that
the city can manufacture it's own
energy and place it on the switch
board we'll under two cents.
At the time the plant was erected
there was $4,000 bond issue
fourteen thousand dollars of these
bonds have been retired and the
pole line has been thoroughly rebuilt
and modernized and paid for at a
cost of $4,000 and at the present
time the Commission has about ST.
900 in its various funds.
The Light and Power Commission,
Messrs F. w. Perry, Geo. O'Gara and
DIR. H. F. Hennemann are giving
painstaking care in arriving at de-
cision that will be for the best in
terests of the entire citizenship.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
STEARNS co. FAIR. /,
AUGUST Is, 26, u
ENTIRE POPULATION OF AL
BANY AND VICINITY ARE
COMING AUGUST 26
GOOD SPORTS PROGRAM
BELGRADE AND BROOTEN WILL
ATTEND IN A BODY AUGUST,
TWENTY-SEVENTH

The Sank Centre Herald has not
been Officially notified" that the
Agricultural Society of Stearns
County will hold a fair this year, but
we are convinced that they will hold
the best ever in Sank Centre Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug.
rs, 26, and Fl, and the Herald will
boost for it instead of whining be-
cause we did not get small piece of
printing. 4
Heretofore, for the past several
years, the association has set aside
four days for the fair, the first day
being entry day, at which no admis-
sion fee was charged. This year
each of the three days will be fair
days in reality. Monday, Aug. rs
will be School Children's Day when
all children and young people of
school age will be admitted free.
The program for the first day has
not been definitely worked out, ex-
cept that the free acts will be given
and there will be enough of interest
along other lines to make opening day
well worth while.
Albany has live wire Community
Club organization and the officers
have requested that Tuesday, Aug.
26 be set aside as Albany and Com
munity Day. This bunch of boosters
will bring their own band with them
and will proclaim in 10 uncertain
terms that Albany is not only on the
map but that they are for Albany,
Western Stearns county and the
Stearns County Fair. Beside the
Free Attractions there will be horse
racing on Tuesday and a snappy
baseball game between the Little
Sank and Browerville teams. These
teams have each won game from
the other this season and the game
at the fair Aug. 26 will settle mat
tiers for the season.
Wednesday, Aug. 27 will be Broot-
en-Belgrade day. Brooten will bring
their band with them, and like Al
bany their towns will be closed and
forsaken on the day set aside for
their annual pilgrimage to the
Stearns County Fair. The rivalry
between these two live wire towns
base ball teams is always keen and
the contest for supremacy this year
has been difficult to settle. They
will fight it out for the final victory
of the year at the fair Wednesday
Aug. 27.
Watch the Herald from week to
week as the fair dates draw near for
a complete resume of the program
and what fair visitors can expect this
year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
Well Known Young Woman
Sails for Japan Aug. 10
Dorothy Malvern Now Married, Will
Spend Five Years at Toxic
Husband Instructor

Many Herald readers will be in
terested in knowing that Dorothy
Malvern, of St. Paul, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. N. P. Malvern who have had
a summer home at Little Birch Lake,
Ward Springs, for the past several
years, was married in June last year
to A. R. McKechnie, childhood play
mate. The past school year was
spent in New York City where Mr.
and Mrs. McKechn6e attended CO.
lumbia University.
The gentleman has spent three
years in Japan as English teacher in
st. Paul's University (Episcopa) :.
He has signed contract to return to
Japan this fall and remain for five
years. Accompanied by Mrs. Nc
Kechnie he will sail on the President
Cleveland from San Francisco Aug
10 for Toxic where they will make
their home and Mr.. McKechnie will
again resume his educational work in
the University.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKechnie accom-
panied the lady's mother, Mrs. NAL
vern, arrived in Sank Centre last
Friday and are spending ten days at
Little Birch Lake.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
Delegates From 700 Cities
: to Discuss Dairy Problems
Governor Preus Has Mailed Letters
to Mayors of Minnesota Cities
Asking for Cooperation

Delegates appointed by the mayors
of 700 Minnesota cities and villages
will meet with members of the North
west Dairy Exposition committee at
the State Fair grounds on Thursday
September to discuss the future of
diversified farming in Minnesota and
the Northwest.
Governor Preus has mailed letters
to the mayors of every community in
Minnesota asking them to appoint
from one to three delegates to attend
the conference.
cit is needless for anyone to di-
rect your attention" says the COVER
nor's letter, "to the contrast in pro-
ductive power between single crop
farms and those upon which a variety
of food stuffs is produced assume
that you are personally and officially
interested to a very large extent in
promoting the latter kind of farm
ing.
"With these things in mind, and
with the prospect of very success
full second Northwest Dairy EXPOSE
ton to be held in conjunction with
the Minnesota State Fair at the u.s.
ual time this year, invite the coop
Grafton of yourself and the leaders
of your community in statewide
meeting to consider how best to get
a proper rotation and Investigation
of money crops, this meeting to be
held upon the Minnesota State Fair
grounds on Thursday, September
4th, 1924 at 1900 o'clock noon."
1t is expected that nearly $500
delegates will attend this conference
for the purpose of fostering increased
diversification of crops in the
Northwest
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
Former Sank Centreites
Picnic at Carpio, N. D.
"Reminiscences of Old Town and Cen
eral Good Time at the w. S. Swift
Home Thursday July 18th

The following account of picnic
held by former Sank Centreites al
Carpio, N. D., will be of interest to
many Herald readers:
Thursday July II, large crowd
assembled at the home of w. S.
Swift, Carpio, N. D., for general
good time with plenty of good things
to eat. "reminiscences of the times
20 to 80 years ago on farms about
Sank Centre took the place of adj
dresses by village orators. The af.
ternoon was devoted to base bail an6
nearly every man present did his
best to outdo Babe Ruth at the bat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
Seasons Most Severe Storm
Strikes City Early Monday
Rainfall of About Three Inches of
Untold Value to Crops-More
Serious Elsewhere

Early Monday morning this sec.
ton was visited by decidedly the
heaviest rain of the season-conser.
vative estimates placing the actual
fall in Sank Centre at three inches.
1t was a veritable cloudburst fol-
nearly a two hour period. The rain
was accompanied by quite a heavy
wind and some electricity with the
result that the heavy stand of small
grain was quite badly lodged. 1t is
expected that most of the grain will
rise sufficiently to mature and permit
cutting and that the loss from the
wind will be nominal.
Telegraphic reports indicate that
the rain fell pretty generally all
over Minnesota and North and South
Dakota, Sunday evening and early
Monday morning greatly benefiting
the crop situation in all sections.
With favorable weather from now
until harvest Minnesota and the two
Dakotas will harvest the finest crop
of all grains in years.
Corn has been little backward
because of late planting and unfav-
orable weather but it is coming along
fine now with usual fall the corn
crop in this section will be very sat
isfactory.
Four summer cottages at Swan
Lake seven miles north of Fergus
Falls were demolished in violent
windstorm early Monday, which, ac-
companied by lightning, at several
points in the state started fires
knocked over telephone poles and did
other scattered damage.
A church IL miles southeast of
Fergus Falls was struck by lightning
and burned. The home of Nels E.
Swenson in Little Falls was fired by
lightning and at Duluth the fire de-
partment put out four blazes started
by the storm. Five. barns in Otter
tail county were blown off their foun-
dations.
The greatest damage is reported to
be from the lodging of grain. Some
grain near Pipestone and Pelican
Rapids will not come up again, &C
cording to dispatches.
A barn and a windmill were de-
stroyed on the farm of John Nouner,
10 miles northeast of Detroit, Mimi.
A three-car sheet iron garage was
lifted 20 feet into the air at Little
Falls, carried over the top of an oil
filling station and deposited on the
other side of the street.
The Norwegian Lutheran church at
Tordenskjold, in Ottertail county,
was burned to the ground. 1t was
built in 1874.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
NEW BUS LINE

A new bus line service will be es-
tablished between Little Falls and
Morris Friday morning of this week
The service will operate seven days
a week. The plan is to leave the
Buckham hotel at Little Falls at 900
A. NJ, arriving at Palmer House at
1890 A. M. and at Morris at 1890
P. M Returning the bus will leave
Morris at 100 P. NJ, arriving at
Sank Centre at $3.50 P. NJ, and at
Little Falls at $50 in time to connect
with the bus for Minneapolis.
The bus will pick up passengers
anywhere along the route and carry
them any distance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
SWALLOWS METAL. HOLDER

Tuesday afternoon, Richard, the
four-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hoffman accidentally swallowed
a little candle stick holder. A ply
stefan was called and the little fell
low was taken to the hospital where
X-Ray pictures were taken, he was
then removed to his home. Although
the little lad has not suffered from
this experience he is being kept
quiet until the swallowed obstacle
passes the vital points of his ston-
ach.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
DIED IN CALIFORNIA

James Hall received word the lat
ter part of last week of the death of
his sister, Mrs. Blanche Stevens,
which occurred at her home at Los
Angeles, Cal. The deceased was
about AT years old. Besides the hus-
band five children are the immediate
family left to mourn. The deceased
came to Sank Centre with her par
ents when a small child and lived
here until she removed with her hus-
band and family to Long Beach
about % years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24
STEARNs STEERS TOP MARKET

p. Graham Of FreWpOft, set the
weeks top on fat steers on July
16, when he sold bunch of Here
fords at S9.40 per hundred weight at
the South st. Paul cattle market.
The 13 head in this consignment aver
aged 1858 pounds, and were some
of the best offerings from Central
Minnesota this summer, and the quail
ity and finish proved that they had
been in capable hands. Included in
the shipment Mr.. Graham also had
one 1,400 pound cow that brought
$500 per hundred weight and heif-
er that sold for $3.50.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24

drag the canoes over fully loaded.
The expedition will reach LaPas,
the end Of the trip, Aug. 20, after
which DR.. Claude and Sinclair will
take trains for the return trip, ar
irving in Sank Centre about Aug.
25th.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24

Rev. Mattocks of the Methodist
church at Grove Lake attended the
picture shown in the Congregation
al church in Sank Centre Tuesday
evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24

Gordon v. Morse left Sank Centre
Tuesday morning on a few days
business trip to Minneapolis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-07-24

Miss Wanna Lynch who was
formerly employed in Sank Centre at
the Leader, but now of Morris, Mimi,
spent several hours visiting in this
city Wednesday evening at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. H. ]. Wagner and
other friends.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-03-29
A WORTHY MOVEMENT

The prompt response of many leaders in various
munes to the call for aid in securing employment for dis
abed former service is sufficient to indicate that there
many who have not forgotten the services of those who
went into the firing lines the Wounds of war left
when they returned to civilian life They must either be-
objects of charity in most must be aided by
the government The United States Veterans Bureau train
ed many of these former soldiers for occupations
factory worker who could not return to that life because Of
weakened lungs trained for open air occupation,
blinded trained in Recommending similar occu
patton Having trained the the Veterans Bureau
confronted with the problem of securing employment for
them and in doing this the Bureau is appealing to the
patriotic impulses leading citizens andorganzations in all
parts of the country.
Some complaints have been registered against the
methods Of training used by the Veterans Bureau and the
choice of occupation for many of the tranees. Knowing
what do of the made of the Veterans Bureau by c.
r. Forbes it not great stretch of faith to believe that
serious bunders made much money wasted vet
injured rather than helped. But the Veterans Blu
is able to point many instances where disabled men
have been trained to occupations and have made good
who has been through battle fire. has touched
the depths of despair from wounds which appeared backen
hi hole future, and has pitched in with the governments
help and fitted himself for occupation in all probable
IL W tackle his job in civilian life with ne ndefatig
abb spirit which manifested his service during the war
Vile rendering aid to the disabled patriotic duty many
business firms may gain unusually faithful employees by
operating with the Veterans Bureau placing these
facilitated former service