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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
was less than one-fifth- Of that
amount or $14,000,000.
The State Fair Attendance
Was Heaviest Since 1920
AL, 1892 People Jass Through Turn
stiles-Will Pay Out Financially
1925 Dates Are Set

The biggest attendance since the
peak year of 1920 was obtained by
the 1925 Minnesota State Fair and
Northwest Dairy Exposition, which
closed September IL, according to
official figures just announced. The
attendance was AL 1882, compared
with 413,673 in 1924.
Despite the heavy budget for edu-
cational departments, the fair was a
financial success. Receipts from out
side gates, grandstand, and evening
horse show, were larger than year
ago. Concessionaires and exhibitors
reported a successful week in every
way. The midway shows crossed a
bigger sum than in 1924. Final fig
ures will not be available for a
month or six weeks.
The dates of the 1926 state fair
have already been set by the board
of managers. 1t will be held Septem.
Der A to IL, opening and closing on
Saturday, as this year. A budget of
$4,000 for the school exhibits de-
partment for next year has already
been approved, to permit work to be
begun by Superintendent George F.
Howard.
Early plans for the 1926 fair will
be considered by the board at its reg.
ular meeting, October 2.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
Millions of Wills

Almost at the moment that Water
loo bridge yielded to the strain Of river
traffic its splendid neighbor, Somerset
house, is reaching the point Of reple-
ton. 1t is getting too full for COM
fort. The storage space in its vast
vaults grows perceptibly smaller, and
the finding of other accommodation is
receiving the attention of the board Of
works.
In these vaults the volumes and in
dexes Of births, marriages and deaths
dating from the year 1887 are piled
seven feet high. There are more than
100000 names in these books.
Apart from these registers there are
some millions of copies of wills in the
vaults, and on payment of a shilling
any will can be inspected.
Here may be seen the wills Of many
famous people, including Shakespeare,
Doctor Johnson and Sir Isaac New
ton.-Tit-Bits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24

great families of the white or Cauca-
sian race, the two others being the
Aryans and the Semites. They are
supposed to have been closely allied
to the Semitic family, and to have
broken away from it at very remote
epoch; but when and where this sep
aration took place are matters of pure
conjecture. According to one theory.
they formerly occupied the regions of
the Euphrates and the Tigris and made
their way thence through Syria and
Arabia into Africa. Their leading his
toric representatives are the Egyp-
tians and possibly the Chaldeans.-
Kansas City Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
Work English Farms
as in DAYS of Old

Driving along country roads any
where in England, you will be struck
by the number of men at work
in the fields with hand implements,
usually hoes. Women using like i'm
plements are not an uncommon sight.
Over the greater part of the country,
hedges are an obvious obstacle to
power machinery.
But English agriculture grew up on
cheap and abundant labor. A surplus
Of hands rather than a scarcity has
been a common condition. Cheap la
Dor is not an incentive to improve
ments. Besides, old ways and old
ideas are not to be got rid Of by
wave of the hand.
A scholar who has given much atten-
ton to the subject recently said that
If the steward of a manor in the reign
Of Henry III had revisited farm vii
lage in the reign of George II he would
have found little change-the same
quality of live stock.
That means stretch Of five centu-
ries. ut least one outstanding thing
that strikes an American as odd he
would fad unchanged today.-Will
Payne In the Saturday Evening Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
Transition Easy From,
"Tin,epiece" to "Watch"

In taking a timepiece from his
pocket 1t is safe to guess that the
average man gives no thought to the
question Of why his watch Is called q
watch" The explanation dates far
back int history, and through many
languages.
The original use of the word
watch" was to indicate keeping
watch" or ito be on watch" From
that 1t was an easy change to use the
word to indicate the person set to do
the duty of sentry in keeping watch, "
and this person became known as "the
night watch" when his duty was at
night.
From this the word came to be used
as designating the period of time
which a sentry was on duty, as in
the phrase ''the length of his watch
was three hours" Next came the
application Of the word to a speci-
fed time Of the night. This use is
found in the Gospel of St. Mark in
the phrase ''about the fourth watch
Of the night" mark 6:4S).
It was natural development that
this should lead to the use of the
word to designate a timepiece for
keeping track Of the time. In this
sense its earliest use was with ref
erence to a candle, marked off into
sectional lengths, each length being
planned to occupy certain length Of
time in burning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
AUTOS DEMAND GOOD ROADS

Foregoing estimates on motor We
hicle expenditures, mileages and tax
es, carried out along conservative
lines, are based upon official registra-
ton totals for the state and prora-
tons for the counties in highway
bulletin.
Official records show that more
than ten times as many automobiles
are owned in Minnesota now as COM
pared with ten years ago when the
total was 42,035 for the Swear Ii
cense which took SIS in addition to
the personal property tax and togeth-
err exceeded the present average state
lieu tax.
Further, it shows that Minnesotans
are spending nearly fifteen times as
much for cars as for roads on which
to run them with reasonable economy
and good roads advocates insist that
more put into roads will mean far
less spent on automobiles. Often re-
ferred to as large, road. funds look
small when lined up with OUTLAWS for
cars and car running expenses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
According to Instructions

A sentry in an army camp down
South heard footsteps and roared his
challenge. From the darkness came
the quavering reply:
"Ah's a citizen of de United States
wifi nah lady friend"
Instructing the colored rookie as to
the proper way to challenge, the sentry
sent him on his way. A few minutes
later form approached and in answer
to the challenge came:
"Ah's de man yo' toll to say All was
a frien' Of yo' all."-American Legion
Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
100000 Automobiles Are
Using Minnesota Highways
Automobile and Trunk Expenditures
Dwarfing Expense-Cutting Con-
tributions Toward Better Roads

Stearns county autos and trucks
probably number 11,176 and repre-
sent an investment aggregating ST.
$4,000.
They will be driven altogether this
year about 55,8S0,0O0 miles at an ap-
proximate running cost of So, 185, 900.
They will yield about S284,500 in
auto and gas taxes toward the i'm
provement and maintenance of state
or main highways.
Better roads are credited in coun-
ty agents reports with an average re-
duction of cents a mile in the cost
of running cars in Minnesota, and at
that rate are saving Stearns county
car owners upwards of $1,686,600
this year for their taxes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
Northwest Railroads Rest
Case; Farmers Frame Quiz
Carriers Attempt to Show Agricul.
in Flourishing> Period of Prosper
ity-Hearings Postponed

The railroads closed their case last
week in the hearing before the Inter
state Commerce Commission in which
"a western lines are asking blanket
increase of per cent on all freight
rates.
The hearing was adjourned until
Oct. 26 to give the Farm Bureau ana
Others representing the shippers in
terests time to review the testimony
submitted by the railroads, prepare
questions for cross examination of
witnesses and develop, prepare testi-
mony. Then the evidence against the
petition will be submitted at series
of hearings to be held in various sec
lions of the affected territory.
The first of these hearings will be
held in St. Paul on Nov. 9, at which
time the Minnesota Farm Bureau will
submit an exhaustive brief showing
The data it has collected bearing upon
the situation.
At the Chicago hearing which OPP
ened Sept. 8, the railroads first pre-
scented voluminous testimony, exhibits,
figures and charts to prove that they
were not earning a "fair return" on
their capital. They then tried to show
that agriculture is in highly pros
porous state and that an increase in
freight, rates could not harm the
farmer.
So far only the railroads side of
The story has been heard, no rebuttal
Testimony has been offered, and as
yet none of the railroad witnesses
have been cross examined.
o. w. Sandberg, transportation di-
rector of the American Farm Bur-
eau, says: "The railroads have drawn
a clear line. They have thrown down
the gauntlet to agriculture. They
have said that I'VE are not making a.
much as we should and so we will
make the farmer pay US more it is
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
Ancient Peoples Not
Really So Backward

Inhabitants Of the earth 5000 years
ago were not so backward as one
might think, discoveries by members
of joint expedition Of the University
Of Pennsylvania and the British mu-
scum to Or Of the Chaldees have
shown.
Flint blades, about the size of
safety-razor blades, that were indie
structible and never needed honing or
sharpening, were found. The blades
were still as sharp as when used, with
out holders, by the prehistoric dan
dies.
A sewerage system in the temple Of
the Moon God, used to dispose of
blood from animals used for sacrifices,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24

the old game Of making the farmer
pay the BILL"
Other Farm Bureau officials point
ed out that it was significant that the
railroads should abando ntheir purely
technical income case in the first
presentation to show that agriculture
is prosperous. 1t would seem that
the railroads fully realize they are
only justified to a blanket raise when
such a raise would not be harmful to
the basic economic theory.
The contest over this rate increase
petition should be conclusive evidence
of the need for a strong organization
like the Farm Bureau to defend the
interests of agriculture and the Of
ficials of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
feel they are entitled to the support
of every farmer in the state in carry
ing on this work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24

equaled many of those today, accord
ing to the scientists.
Relics will be divided equally be-
tween the two museums. They show
that many things thought to be mod
ern inventions were used in Or Of the
Chaldees more than fifty centuries ago.
and, it Is said, prove that life then did
not differ greatly from ours.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
Must Make Opportunity

Time and tide, the adage says, wait
for no man; neither does anything else
that nowadays is run on schedule The
great struggle Of modern life is to
mako connection with opportunity, for
this makes possible success.-Grit.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24

Lost Caucasian Race
The Hamites were one Of the three
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
Totals ........ 5O9,8O1 SAT,
1924 CompIete.
IUAf OO1IiE1StOs
~ 1925 Eight months only.

IJZO Eight HOnlIlS UIIy.
Nearly 100000 privately owned
automobiles are listed in Minnesota
now, against 465,165 at the end Of
last year, a gain of nearly $4,000
pleasure cars this year. Private mo-
tor trucks have increased during the
last eight months to 40,010 from 81
445. Trucks for hire showed gain
but there was drop in the number
of passenger buses. For every bus
on the roads now there are more than
1900 private passenger cars. Num-
erous other comparisons of possible
interest are cited in the bulletin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-09-24
AUTO USE INCREASING

Automobile and truck registra-
tions by classes for all of last year
and the first eight months of this
wear show a continued increase:
, 1925-01-29
The Best Cough Syrup
Is Homemade.
Here's an go way 70 nAve -. and
ret rave the best cough remedy
you ever tried

You've probably heard OF this we'll
known plan Of making cough syrup
at home. But have you ever used
III Thousands of families, the world
over, feel that they could hardly keep
cheap, but the way 1t takes hold OF a
place In your home.
Into a pint bottle, pour 2ns ounces
OF PineI; then add plain graduated
sugar syrup to fill up the pint. Or,
II desired, use clarified molasses,
honey, or corr syrup, instead OF sugar
syrup. Either way, it tastes good,
never spoils, and gives you a full pint
of better cough remedy than you
could buy resdy-made for three times
its coat.
1t is really wonderful how quickly
this homemade remedy conquers .
cough-usualIy in "A hours or less.
II seems to penetrate through every
air passage, l~oosens a dry. hoarse or
tight cough, lifts the phlegm, heals
the membranes, and gives almost i'm.
mediate relief. Splendid for throat
tickle. hoarscnces, Group, bronchitis
and bronchial asthma.
Pinex is a highly concentrated COM
pound of genuine Norway pine az
tract, and has been used for genera
tions for throat and chest ailments.
To avoid disappointment ask your
druggist for "2is ounces Of Pinex"
with directions. and don't accept any
thing else. Guaranteed TO give sbso-
Lutte satisfaction or money refunded
The Piuex Co., ". Wayne. Ind.
, 1925-01-29

Gently injured in ar accident Is
again able to be about.
Ed Davis of Bonneville Is here OIL
business 0 a few days.
Judge p. W. Metz of Basin is in
the city this week.
Ralph Bell, of the Continental oil
company is in Casper from Denver,
a guest at the Townsend.
A. c. Dana. Of the Reasoning Oil
company Is t%ransactins business at
fairs here today.
j. Joseph arrived in the city this
week from Cleveland. O.. and will
spend a few days here t%ransacting
business affairs.
w. e. Graden OF Riverton is here
on business.
W. T. Funk an official OF the Car.
ter oil company is in Casper on bust.
ness from Denver.
II. Houghton was a Casper ar
rival yesterday from Lander. .
j. W. DeAreritt spent yesterday
here on business from Douglas.
Andy Patterson, cigar salesman, is
attending to business affairs here
from Denver.
Il. L. Copsey spent last evening
here from Thermopolis.
C. C. Alexander OF LIngle is hero
on business.
Il. C. Sprout is a Denver business
caller here for n few days.
, 1925-01-29
CITY BRIEFS

II. C. Fitzpatrick of the Kasoming
OIL company spent a few days this
week in Cheyenne on business.
William Utzlnger OF the White
Motor company has been spending
several days in Rawlins on business.
Robert Blackmore left this week
for an extended business trip TO
Alabama.
Joe Lippert, drilling contractor,
left last week for Denver and Kan
sas City TO spend three weeks or a
month on business.
Glenn Leidecker expects TO leave
the latter part Of the week for his
former home in Marion, o., TO visit
there for a short time.
wess Payne spent a few days I'm
Douglas this week on business in
connection with his homestead.
Jeremiah Aiahoney 10 NJ bienuV
today attending 4 business affairs.
NJ. r. Sullivan OF Billings Is in
the city on business having arrived
yesterday from Denver where he
has been spending tho last week.
Clifford Muller Of Denver is trans
acting business affairs here today.
Archie Post is now In charge Of
tho Arkeon Weekly, taking the posi-
ton formerly occupied by Lewis
Oesterle who left last evening for
Denver.
Jack Alexis Leary, division
freight and passenger agent Of the
, 1925-01-29
YOU NEED A MEDICINE
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEST

Have o ever stopped TO reason
why it is that so many products
that arc extensively advertised, all
at once drop out of sight and are
soon forgotten The reason is plain
Etho article did not fulhl the
promises Of the manufacturer. This
applies moro particularly TO a medl.
cine. A medicinal preparation that
has real curative value almost sells
itself. as like an endless chain sys.
ON the remedy is recommended
by those who have been benefited.
to those who arc in need OF 1T.
y prominent druggist says Take
for example DR.. Kilmer's Swamp
Root. n preparation I have sold for
many years and ntver hesitate to
recommend. for in almost every
case 1t shows excellent results, as
many Of my customers testify. No
other kidney remedy has SO large a
sale"
According 10 sworn statements
and verified testimony Of thousands
who have used the preparation, the
success Of DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.Root
Is duo TO the fact. so many people
claim. that It fulfls almost every
wish in overcoming kidney. liver and
bladder ailments. c%orrects urinary
troubles and neutralizcs tho uric
acid which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle
OF Swamp-Root by Parcel Post.
Address DR.. Kiimer & Co, Bling
hamton. N. Y, and enclose ten
cents; MISC mention this paper.
Large and medium slzo bottles for
sale NJ all drug stores.-Adv.
, 1925-01-29

ney for a three weeks stay in Java.
from which place they will 60 to
Europe and will return to New York
about June.
u. l.. Patton, United States mar.
shall. Mrs. Patton and granddaugh.
ter, Patsy Bell Brooks, will arrive
in Casper on Monday from Chey-
enne and will spend soma time here.
George Penly of Salt Creek is here
for a short time on business.
Miss Frances Smith of Midwest is
a guest at the Gladstone today.
f. Miss Ruth L%espearance Of Salt
Creek is spending a few days in the
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. a. rlsdale of sus.
sex are guests in Casper for a few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. Stevenson spent
yesterday here from Lander.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. f. Duke and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank McNeal of Parco
were arrivals yesterday and arc
guests at the Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Merritt are
visitors here from Minneapolis, hay.
ing arrived Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. B. Douglas are
out Of town visitors here from their
home in Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. y. Vivian of Col.
orado Springs were arrivals In Cas-.
per on Monday Of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Hanson who
have been spending the last few
days in Casper departed this morn.
ing for Rawllns.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. V. Nealson have
returned from Thermopolis where
they have been visiting with friends
since last Sunday.
George Hudson. son OF Mrs. Ann
Hudson. who underwent an opera-
ton recently at the Lincoln Street
hospital. is improving rapidly.
, 1925-01-29
Honor Cups Are
Presented TO Students.

AT a meeting held this week at
the wyoming state university at
Laramie a music recital was given
which Included numbers by Gertrude
Mckay of Laramie, Eva MAJ Smith
u Rock Springs, Clara Young of
Green River and Miss Darlington.
Three songs from Green Timber
we're sung by Laura Powell of Lara
mic accompanied by Miss Smith. a
report on the Associated Students of
the University of Wyoming, a stu
lent government body, was read by
the president. Harold Gilbert of Ian
der, after which A. s. u. W. cups
we're presented to the following de
baters. Wesley Kerper Of Powell, FL
mer Kissack of Laramie; Pauline
Bunting of Cowley. Ida Grow of Tor
r~ington. Francis Shier Of Mitchell.
Neb.; George Guy Of Cheyenne,
James McClintock OF Sheridan. Har-
old Gilbert of Lander, Marion Field
Of Casper, Erma stevens Of Chey-
enne. and Hazel bowman OF Lara
ME.
, 1925-01-29
ALLEGED BRIBE
TAkER PLEADS
mot GUILTY

TOPEKA. Kan, Jan. 2e.-CBy The
Associated PressGCari j. Peterson.
state bank commits sioner under ex-
Governor Jonathan NJ. Davis. ap-
pearcd In city court today and plead
ed not guilty to charges OF acting as
the former governors agent 10 an
alleged sale of a pardon TO Walter
Grundy, convicted for embezzlement
in Reno county.
Ex-Governor Davis win be ar
raigned Saturday or sie same war
rant. Because OF n o'ight Illness,
according to T. j. Hurley. marshal
of the court, the former governor is
reluctant TO leave his farm near
Bronson. Peterson and Davis will re.
ceive preliminary hearing February
6. Peterson was released on a 81, 900
bond.
, 1925-01-29
McMullin's Formula
Nothing like it for
Colds, Coughs, Flu,
Cr;r Weak Lungs, Asthma,
"Trip Bronchial Troubles
For Sale by Casper Pharmacy
RADIO STATION
O. |. c.
Broadcasting from America
Thcater-Stend Byl

Rafael Sabatini was the author
Of "Scaramouche' and The sea
Hawk" Now comes another Sab
atini story made into a great mo
ton picture-"Captain Blood.
Movies have been described in
such glowing terms that there
TsRrcely seem to be words to de-
scribe a picture as fine as Rafael
Sabatini's Captain Blood" :.
From the first when Peter Blood
is arrested and sent slave to be
sold at Barbados. to the final scene
when, as Governor of the island.
he wins the hand of Arabella Bish-
OPP, there is not a dull moment. The
slave market, the i~nsurrection OF
the slaves, the attack on George
town. the capture of the Arabella
by Blood and his fellow rebels
convict, the encounter with the
French fleet, duels between Blood
and a pirate chief, and with d
Spanish officer: the burning of n
snip and tie sinking of the Ara
bella are a lew Of the spectacular
l.ehlights IL the production. These
follow each ether in rapid success
SION.
The love interest is well hand
led. the major thread being car
ried in commendable manner by
J. Warren Kerrigan as Peter Blood
d Jean Paige as Arabella Bish-
'op. Kerrigan has a role differ
emit from any he had previously
cssayed in his long and varied car
Ger. Those who admire this e
satilc actor will surely enjoy his
work in the production. Jean
Paige has lost none Of her. charm
and ability during her brief alb
sence from the screen. II any
thing. she has returned with more
grace and charm.
Captain Blood" in all its SPLEEN
dor will be presented at the Amer
tca Theater Thursday. Friday and
Saturday, February 9th. 9Th and
9TH, at the regular admission price
Of 40c for adults and loo for
children. .
, 1925-01-29
PAGE THREE

Mr.. Brothers said his questioning
of Dolan probably would determine
whether he would grant q waiver OF
Immunity to Jimmy o'Crnneil. for
mer utility outflelder for the Giants.
who yesterday sent a telegram 10
the prosecutor, stating he would not
appear for questioning unless he
were granted immunity.
, 1925-01-29
Fun Frolic Friday
Evening at NJ. T.. Church.

The big and little. rich and poor.
young and old and the halt. lame
and blind will all enjoy the Fun
Froiic in the social rooms OF the
First Methodist church tomorrow
evening.
This will furnish IN evening of
pure, unadulterated fun and foolish.
ness which everyone likes to indulge
in once in a while.
While the colored minstrel troupe.
purporting to be direct from Bir-
mingham. Ala. will no doubt be
among the more popular of the large
number OF features. other conces-
slons and performances will receive
their share OF patronage. One spe-
cial concession called Three
Chances for a Kiss'' will undoubted-
ly arouse considerable curiosity and
competition.
A palmist of more than ordinary
psychic ability will read the present,
past and future of those who are
Interested in this sort of pastime.
While many and varied are the at
fractions OF all kinds OF games.
Bankers and fakirs will direct the
throngs to any place desired.
whether to tho hot dog booth or the
baby show. or to mysterious Sybll
who will answer any question pro
pounded to her.
Blues and nickels and pennies will
dispense like dew before the rising
sdn in this atmosphere OF fun and
jolity.
The public Will be more than vel
come.