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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
Highly Respected Getty Twp.
Woman Called to Reward
Mrs. John Ripka Died Early Satur.
day Morning-Funeral at Pad
ua Monday

In the death of Mrs. Mary Ripka
which occurred at the family home in
Getty township Saturday, May 2, at
{ 2:45 A. NJ, one of the most estim-
able women of this section was called
to her reward. The deceased suf-
fered a paralytic stroke some time
ago and never recovered from it's eff.
fects.
Mis-. Ripka was the daughter of
Joseph Miller of this city. She was
born in Jacobs Prairie, Stearns
county, June "a, 1866. She moved
with her parents to Getty township
wheE child, and here the balance of
her life was spent. She. was .unitet
in marriage to John Ripka bet 22,
1883. The ceremony was performed
in the Gettys Grove Catholic church.
Size was the mother of five children
Mrs. William Gritzmacher, Mrs. Wal
ter hummer, Mrs. VIM. Spaeth, and
two sons John Jr., and Elmer, all of
whom are living.
Besides the husband and children
mentioned above the mediate family
left to mourn are: Joseph Miller. the
aged father, John A. Miller, of Alex
andria; Chief of Police Jos. E. Miller,
Sank Centre; Mrs. VIM. Peglow and
Charles Miller of this city.
Funeral services attended by
friends and neighbors which taxed the
CAPACITY of the large st. Anthony
Catholic church of Padua, were held
Monday morning at 300 o'clock, con-
Quoted by the pastor, Rev. FIR. Pfeif-
fer. The remains were laid to rest
in the family lot in the Bohemian
cemetery, Getty township.
The pallbearers were: John Spaeth,
Greenwald; Jos. Miller and Henry
Miller, Sank Centre; Henry Deters,
St. Cloud; Michael Weiner, Regal,
and Thos. Flahaven, Getty township.
Mrs. Joseph Spaeth was the cross
bearer.
Out of town relatives and friends
attending the funeral were: Mrs. Jos.
Troesel, Lake Reno, Mimi; Mr.. and
Mrs. Starr and Mr.. and Mrs. John
A. Miller, Alexandria; Mrs. Geo.
Adolrhson, Osakis; Mr.. and Mrs !.
D Michael Weiner, Regal, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Deters, St. Cloud.
The deceased was devout Christ
ian being lifelong and consistent
mmeber of the Catholic faith. She
devoted her life to her loved ones,
and was ever ready to lend helping
hand or a word of sympathy and
cheer to her neighbors. The love and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
Legislature Makes Many
Changes in Fishing Laws
Stearns Placed In Northern Zone
of Counties-Bass Fishing Open
ing Delayed Until June Fl

Important changes have been made
in the fishing laws of this state. by
the recent session of the legislature
New dates for the opening of the
bass, crappie and sunfish seasons, de-
creases in, the daily catch and total
possessions limits, increases of catch.
able sizes on some varieties, and an
increase in the nonresident fishing
license fee from So to So are among
the important changes.
For the regulation of bass, crap
pie and sunfish fishing, the state has
been divided into two zones, by an
imaginary line running east and west
across the state from Cambridge on
the eastern border to Browns Valley
on the western border, with a differ
ence of "a days between the opening
of the seasons on these species in the
two zones.
The five counties of which south
erns portion is in that zone and the
remainder in the northern zone are
Chisago, Isanti, Pope, Stearns and
Stevens. Fisherman contemplating
a trip to lakes in these counties are
advised to consult map to avoid
violating the new law.
The southern zone will be thrown
open to bass, crappie and sunfish
fishermen on May 20, and the north
ern zone, in which Stearns County is
located, on June 81. This change
was made because of the later spawn
ing period of the species in the cold
spring lakes of the northern area Cd
the state. The bass season former
ly opened throughout the state on
June Is, and the crappie and sunfish
season on May Is.
Other changes in the laws relating
to bass. increase the size limit from
8 to 10 inches, decrease the daily
catch limit from 10 to s, and the. to-
tai possession limit from 20 to Is
Fishermen will. continue to be per.
mitted to use three flies on a line in
angling for bass.
The size limit on crappies remains
the same, 7 inches,- but the daily
catch limit has been reduced from
20 to Is, and the total possession
limit set at %, while no limit wa
specified in the old law.
The size limit on sunfish and rocl
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

bass remains the same, also, 5 and 6
inches respectively The daily catch
limit on both species combined is re-
duced from 25 to Is, and total pos
session limit set at 80, while no limit
was stated in the old Law
The season dates on wall-eyed
pike, Great Northern pike, pickerei
and sand pike and saugers, remains
the same, May Is. The daily catch
limit on wall-eyed pike has been re.
duced from 10 to 8, and the total
possession limit from 20 to 16, while
the daily catch limit on pickerel has
been cut from rs to Is, and a tota,
possession limit set at 25.
The muskellonge season remains
the same, May Is, with 30-inch size
limit as before, but reduction in the
daily catch limit to 2 .s. ,
Various other changes relating tt
spearing fish, small and large game
fur bearing animals, and miscellan
eous items, are contained in the new
laws, which are published in full
in supplement form in this issue Of
the Herald r.,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

The construction company who
have the contract to pave the three
mile strip east of Sank Centre on No.
3 have began their preliminary work
and this job will be rushed to COM
pletion as rapidly as possible.
District headquarters of the High
way department have removed from
St. Cloud to Sank Centre and all of
the work done on No. between this
city and St. Joe this year will be dir
ected from the Sank Centre office.
There has been much discussion
about the route Highway No. a
would take after leaving Sank Centre.
Several have been suggested besides
the present one. The Herald editor
asked Mr.. Babcock if anything defin-
lite relative to No. had been decid-
ed upon y. the department; he said
me decisian had been made, nor would
there be until the Department was
prepared to go ahead with the work.
Nothing could be done with No. a, at
present.
1t is the policy of the department
to make permanent improvements
first on Highways where traffic is
heaviest to cut down upkeep costs.
"Main Street" is decidedly on the
map. ~.-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
KILLED BY TRAIN

Carl Struck, travelling salesman
for the Buzza Greeting Card Com.
pany of Minneapolis was instantly
Killed Monday afternoon at 5 o'clock
Two miles west OF Ashby, when his
Dodge sedan stalled on a railroad
crossing and was hit by Great North
ern passenger train No. eastbound
due in Sank Centre at GAP P. M.
The engineer observed the car ap-
preaching the crossing at high rate
of speed, and according to his YER
sion he thinks that when Struck no
ticed the approaching train tried to
stop his car, stalling the engine with
the front wheels in the center of the
track. He got out of the car and
was standing beside it on the side
next to the approaching train. When
the pilot of the engine hit the stalled
car it crushed Struck between his
own car and the tender.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
Municipal Bodies Hold
Joint Meeting Tuesday
Council And Water, Light and Power
Commission Get Together to Dis
So cuss City's Business

Tuesday evening Mayor VIM. Park.
er called joint meeting of the City
Council and the Water Light anG
Power Commission to discuss matters
affecting the operating expense OF
the City government. Under the char.
ter both of these bodies have certain
functions to perform without the ad,
wise of the other.
There seems to be a misunderstood.
ing upon the part of the public as to
just what duties several of the men
employed by the Water, Light and
Power Commission perform and il
was suggested that it would be well
for the Commission to be invited tc
appear before the next meeting OF
the Sank Centre Community Club
and give detailed report of the
function of the Commission.
The Light and Power plant is de-
cidedly the biggest business controll-
ed by the city. The Commission have
made a remarkable record, and the
Herald is convinced they are manag-
ing the plant economically.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
Highway No. 3 Between
Sank Centre and Freeport
Will Be Paved This Year

Friday forenoon of last week Asa
M. Wallace and DR.. J. A. Dubois
representing the Sank Centre Com
munity Club, County Commissioner
Ferd Bergman and a delegation of
citizens from Freeport met with State
Highway Commissioner Charles M.
Babcock at st. Paul to discuss
the feasibility of completing the
paving between Sank Centre and
Freeport this year.
The delegation were most grac-
iously received by Mr.. 'Babcock and
after some discussion the Commission
made a definite promise that the re-
quest of the Sank Centre and Free
port citizens would be granted. Con-
tracts for this work will be let in a
few weeks.
- During the course of the confer
ence Mr.. Babcock also atated that the
Highway Department would this year
grade Highway No. between St.
Joseph and Albany so that it could
be paved next year. The remaining
strip between Albany and Freeport
may not, however, be paved until the
year after as this road is in an excell-
ent one and is standing the heavy
traffic in pretty fair shape.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
Pandolfo Freedom Appeal
to Be Heard In St. Paul
St. Cloud Promoter Serving Leaven-
worth Sentence Alleges Errors
Were Committed at Trial

Samuel C. Pandolfo, former pres
ident of the Pan Motor company anC
the man who at least made st. ClouC
known over the entire United States
by his effort to revolutionize the au-
tomobile industry, has filed through
his attorneJs, writ or error in the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals and on June nine that tribunal
sitting at St. Paul, will consider the
writ.
Pandolfo was sent to the Leaven-
worth penitentiary in 1923 to serve
ten year term for using the mails
to defraud in connection with the or
ganization of his company. He tried
to revolutionize the automobile in
dustry by selling stock in his enter
prise to small investors all over the
United States and then to manufac-
ture high grade automobiles to sell
for $500, according to the prospects
of his company.
Pandolfo launched his new fight
for freedom last September when he
applied for a writ of habeas corpus
in United States district court in
Kansas, directing Warden W. l..
Biddle to show cause why he should
not be released.
Federal Judge John c.. Pollock,
however, promptly denied the writ.
Pandolfo now seeks to show that
the lower court erred in denying the
application for the writ of habeas
corpus.
Pandolfo's tenacity in seeking to
prove his innocence adds another col
orful chapter to his career, which at
tracted nationwide attention from
the time he set out to organize q
big automobile factory on the small
investor idea to it's elimination in the
sentence to prison by Judge Kenesaw
M. Lands in Chicago December 16,
1919.
Pandolfo did not enter Federal
prison until four, years after his sem
tence. In the interim he utilized
every legal effort to forestall inn
prisonment and it was not until the
United States Supreme court had
passed on the case in 1928 that he
was committed to the penitentiary.
His appeal now is based on his ap-
pearance before the Federal Trade
commission in 1919. He contends
that the Immunity clause" of the
Federal Trade commission act, which
provides that persons summoned be-
fore the commission by subpoena
cannot be prosecuted on evidence de-
veloped through their own testimony
should have acted as safeguard t.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
Fifteen States to Pave
Over 5000 Miles in 1925
Minnesota Probably Will Fail to Get
Place Among Live States Hard
Surfacing Over 100 Miles

Fifteen states are banning to lay
from 100 to 1,200 miles of highway
paving this year, but Minnesota be-
cause of lack of working funds prob
ably will not be added to the progress
sive good roads group, says a high
way bulletin this week. 1t is graf
flying to the great army of automo-
bile owners who are paying all ex-
penses of trunk highways which serve
four out of five road users, it adds.
The announcement may console those
crying that minnesota is going good
roads crazy"
The average for the fifteen states
is 500 miles of new paving for 1925
and the list with mleages planned by
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
waIIGH CLASS ENTERTAINMENT

y" oauK Tenure people WISHING MIN
neapolis who are looking for real
entertainment will be well repaid by
attending the Shubert theatre and
enjoy the splendid performance of
the cambridge Light Opera Company
which opened 10 weeks season last
week. Manager "Buzz" Baingridge
has assembled a high class company
who are presenting the best known
musical comedies and light operas.
The productions are welcome re-
lief to the cheap Vaudeville bunk
one comes in contact with in the TwIs
Cities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

Kandota township farmer, and Carl
Eckberg Sank Centre contractor,
being his sureties.,
The complaint, named L. H. Nell
son, former cashier of the Little Sank
State Bank, now serving a term in
the ST. Cloud reformatory, jointly
with Mr.. Hendrickson. Mr.. Nelson
however, was not arriagned. At
torney w. F. Donohue of St. Cloud,
represented Mr.. Hendrickson at the
Fergus Falls hearing.
Mr.. Hendrickson claims, the Her
aid understands, that Nelson told him
the money was on deposit for this
Certificate of Deposit and that he re-
lied entirely upon Nelson's statement.
Mr.. Hendrickson has been a very
well known resident of this section
for many years. He is confident that
when the case is brought to trial he
will be completely exonerated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

Andrew H. Hendrickson, vice pres
ident of the defunct Little Sank State
Bank and active head of the Todd
County Credit Company, whose loans
were handled by the Federal Inter-
mediate Credit Bank of st. Paul,
was arraigned before the United
States District Court at Fergus Falls
Tuesday May 5th ON a warrant is
sued by the United States govern
men in which he is charged in eff
feet with selling Certificate of De-
post of $4,000 on the Little Sank
Bank to the intermediate Credit
Bank when, the complaint alleges,
Hendrickson knew the certificate was
worthless
At the arrangement Mr.. Hendrick-
son waived preliminary examination
and was bound over to the November
term of the Federal court in the sum
of $4,000, Carl Ecklund, we'll known
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
TRY OUT FIRE SIREN

Saturday evening Fire Chief Geo.
Fish with a number of his fremen
tried out a new siren which was sent
to this city with all freight charges
paid by the Erich Siren Manufactur-
ers for a sixty day trial. The siren
which was installed by M. A. Cole
of the Electric Shop was set in mo-
ton at TOO o'clock Saturday. eve
ming. Firemen were stationed in all
parts of the city where heretofore
sounds of fire alarm could not be
heard, with all the fremen assembled
from the outposts, each and every
one reported as having heard the
alarm with no difficulty. A meeting
will be called in the near future to
decide whether or not it will be pur-
chased
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
State Highway Men Ride ,
At Four Cents Per Mile
District Maintenance Superintendent
Travel Large Mileages on Trunk
Routes at Small Expense

Light, medium-priced automobiles
are being run on Minnesota's bette,
roads now at total cost of less than
5 cents mile, while only few years
ago the average was more than 10
cents mile.
In Stearns and all other counties
of the state, little over four cents
mile is the average cost of running
a light touring car on trunk routes
or Babcock roads. The actual Abs
cents mile figure for 1924 was the
average returned by AT county
agents, except that it does not in
clude .55 cents mile charged by the
agents for interest and insurance
State road maintenance men travel al
most entirely on trunk routes while
the county agents probably drive
more on county and town roads.
The maintenance superintendent
paid an average of $3.50 each to run
their cars last year and their aver
age travel was nearly 22,5OO miles
The expense included gasoline, oil
tires, depreciation, repairs, garage
rent and other items, save interest
and Insurance. All drove the same
make Of light touring cars-not
Fords, however. They are allowed
only actual expenses for automobile
travel, rather than the flat 10 cents
a mile given some public employees
else they would have profited by g
good margin.
Mileages for the individual super.
lntendents ranged from STA to 81.
843 miles for the year, five exceed.
ing $4,000 miles and four falling be-
low 10000 miles. Their mile costs
ran from 2.95 cents to TOO cents
seven being between 8 and 4 cents
and six between and cents a mile,
Larger mileages showed a tendency
to reduce mile costs.
The figures are made public as in
dicating that better highways are
fast reducing the expenses of Mime
sofa automobile owners and that mon
ey Withheld from needed road i'm
provements goes with more added as
rule for higher expenses on vehicles
using these roads.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
TOLAY CORNERSTONE
OF CHURCH SUNDAY
OUR LADY OF THE ANGELS
PARISH TO HAVE IMPRESS
SIVE SERVICE
CUSTOM 5000 YEARS OLD
RI. REV. BISHOP BUSCH is IN
CHARGE OF CEREMONY
PUBLIC INVITED

Work on the new church structure
being erected by Our Lady of the
Angels Parish corner of Eighth and
Ash streets has progressed sufficient
ly so that the corner stone will be
laid Sunday afternoon at 800 o'clock.
The ceremony will be performed by
the Right Reverend Joseph F. Busch,
Bishop of st. Cloud, assisted by mem
bers of the Catholic clergy from sur
rounding towns. Rev. John Fearon,
pastor of Our Lady of the Angels, ex-
tends a cordial invitation to the peo-
pie of Sank Centre and vicinity,
Catholic and non-Catholic, to be pres
ent.
The custom of holding some sort
of celebration to commemorate the
laying of the first stone of public
edifice is very ancient one, dating
back certainly some five thousand
years. At least since the thirteenth
century the laying of the cornerstone
of Catholic church has been attend
ed with some ritualistic observance.
1t is usual to enclose in the corner
stone itself metal box containing ar
ticles that may indicate to future
generations something of the life and
character of this, such as copies of
our newspapers, coins recently mint
ed, as we'll as a document in Latin
and English setting forth the fact of
the laying of thei cornerstone, to-
gether with an enumeration of the
civil and ecclesiastical officials Of
the day and the names of those who
are participating intimately in the
ceremony itself. To this is added a
prayer that God may bless those who
contribute of their substance towards
the building of the church, and those,
too, who may enter the sacred edifce
to implore the favor of Heaven
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
Robert Swift Legionaires
Hold Interesting Meeting
Matters of Importance Discussed and
Decoration Day Plans Made-To
Cooperate With C. A. r.

The Robert James Swift Post of
the American Legion and the Wo-
mems Auxiliary held their regular
meeting at the Community Club
rooms Tuesday evening. Several
items of Importance were discussed
but no definite action was taken.
Among these were the American Lee
gion Endowment Fund for Disabled
Men and the Orphans of Veterans.
The need and purpose of this fund
was explained to the Legionaires by
Commander Weisner. A committee
will no Goubt be named in the near
future to arrange plans for raising
the quota that will be allotted to Sank
Centre. Another subject, was that of
accommodating to Washington the
names of several young men in this
vicinity as candidates to attend the
Citizens Summer Training Camp for
three weeks this summer. Three
camps are open to those from this
section, namely, Fort Smelling, at
Minneapolis; Fort DesMoines, Iowa ;
and Jefferson Barricks, st. Louis Mo.
Robert Swift Post will only recon-
mend young men of high calibre who
will be credit to Sank Centre by
making good.
Plans were made for Memorial Day,
the Legion cooperating with the G.
A. R. in every respect to carry out
the program the old veterans have ar.
ranged for the proper observance Of
the day. N
Commander Weisner respectfully
requests members of the Legion to
fall in line with the G. A. R., Relief
Corps, and Auxiliary at the Library
Sunday, May "a at 1000 o'clock and
attend the Memorial services which
will be held at the Episcopal church
by Rev. R. A. Crickmer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07
. MINNESOTA, BIRTHDAY

The states 9th birthday will be
celebrated at the Old Capitol, St.
Paul when the annual meeting of Ter
ritorial Pioneers will be held. Those
over 80 will be guests of honor at a
dinner at which Gov. Christensen
and other state officials will attend.
Sank Centre should be represented at
this gathering.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

protect him from prosecution.
In denying the writ of habeas cor
pus in the Kansas Federal court
Judge Pollock ruled that his ap-
pearance before the Federal Trade
commission had no connection with
his trial in Chicago.-St. Cloud
JOurnal-Press.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

Mrs. J. F. Coyle returned from
Minneapolis last Thursday evening
wher she had spent several days pur-
chasing equipment for the Mari Posa
Beauty Parlor which she opened We'd
nesday morning in connection with
the Style Shop on Main street. Mrs.
Coyle has secured Miss Helen Nc
Gee of Minneapolis, a graduate from
the Madam DeGuile School of Beau
ty Culture to take charge of the work
in the Mari Posa Parlor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

Largest new mileages generally are
in states which for pavements, notab-
ly Illinois which is entering upon a
new. $100, 100000 bond program of
paving after exhausting the first
$50, 900, 900 issue.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

H. Christensen and family of
Brandon. Mimi, accompanied by Miss
Agnes Davidson of Evansville spent
Sunday in Sank Centre at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. M. A. Cole
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

Friday evening class. of 26
Woodmen will be initiated into
Woodcraft at Swanville. All Wood
men are invited to attend this class
initiation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

esteem in which she was held was
attested in small way by the large
concourse attending the last sad rites
Monday morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-05-07

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