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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
Trial of Lawrence Nelson
Opened Monday at Long
Prairie---w0n1en on Jury

morning as outlined in the Herald of |
last week.
The State is represented by Coun-
" Attorney William Wood and w. F.
Oonahue of St. Cloud, appointed as
istant attorney general for this &C
Jon. Attorneys Mansfield of Mime
polls, Barron of Wadena and Print
# Long Prairie, are looking after Mr..
presiding judge. The jury consists of
six men and six women and was COM
oleted by 200 o'clock Monday af
ternoon, as follows:
Mrs. Hiram Kilbourn, Bertha.
Gust Botkin, Burleene.
Henry Redfeld, Hartford.
Mrs. Robert Workman, Hewitt.
Mrs. R. T. Freeman, Bertha.
J. M. Johnson, Gordon.
Henry Didier, West Union.
Mrs. David Roddis, Leslie.
Thomas Carry, Turtle Creek.
Mrs. Fred Curtis, Gordon.
Martin Bergman, Bertha.
Mrs. Fred Hebron, Burtrum.
The trial of the case is proceeding
very rapidly. The evidence intro
duced up to Wednesday evening indi-
Gated about the following line of
action by the state and defense: The
State
1. That Mr.. Nelson's account was
overdrawn $3,11 when the bank clos
ed.
2. That he either cashed or auth
cried to be cashed checks for men
| who had no accounts in the bank,
which checks totalled some $4,000.
8. That he took money from the
accounts of Arthur jacobson and G. j.
Johnson by charging the sums to their
accounts without being authorized to
do so.
4. That he borrowed money from
the bank in excess of the amount per-
mitted to be loaned to one man.
It is apparent thus far that the de.
tense will endeavor to show:
1. That the overdraft would have
been taken care of if the bank exam
iner had permitted Mr.. Nelson to put
into the bank notes against G. W.
Flory, bond salesman, the notes be-
ing secured by the stock of company
lat St. Cloud selling mari. The state
4 will claim the notes and stock were
without value. The defense will claim
that they possessed value and if &C.
copied by the bank and the amount
credited to Nelson would have wipeC
out substantially the overdraft. "
2. That the. checks cashed for the
parties in question who had no &C
counts in the bank were cashed be-
cause the Todd County Credit com
pany, an organization with which Of
ficers of the bank were associated
had foated loans to these persons
that they had a credit with the
company and the checks were to b.
:, charged against that credit. Further
more, these checks were taken out o:
: the bank some days previous to tn
: bank failure and contributed in M
way to the bank failure.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
Henry Garfield Buried
With Military Honors Friday
Large Numbers of Old Friends and
Neighbors Pay Tribute to De-
ceased Civil War Veteran 3.

The funeral of J. H. Garfield was.
held from the family home in the
north part Of the city last Friday af-.
ternoon at 2:30, the Rev. R. A. Crick-
mer rector of the Good Samaritan.
Episcopal church officiating.
John Henry Garfield was born in
Merriam township, St. Louis county,.
New York, October 10, 1916. At the.
age of seven years, with his parents
he moved to Hastings, Minnesota, and
later to Poplar Grove and Eureka
where he received much of his school,
ing. ....<
AS boy of Is years, he ran away
from his home at Eureka and enlisted
in the army, March 16, 1864, serv-
ing in Company X of the Eighth Min
nesota regiment. He was mustered
out July 18th, 1865 at Charlotte, N.
c., and discharged July 81, at Fort
Smelling, MINI. % '..- '.
A short time after his discharge.
from the army he came to Sank Gen.
ire and April %, 1870 was united in
marriage to Rosetta Anna Richards.
To this union were born three chill
dren, two of whom are living, Level
leyn w. Garfield of Minneapolis and.
Mrs. Iris Betz of Sank Centre. The
child preceding in death was Nina,
who died at the age of five years.
Mr.. Garfield has lived continually
in Sank Centre tn past 55 years with
the exception of seven years spent in
North Dakota. He was progress
sive hard working and highly esteem
ed citizen. He served for IL years as
County Commissioner from this, the
Fifth District of Stearns County. He
also served in various town board Of
| fees.
The family moved to Minneapolis
last fall to spend the winter, and Mr..
Garfield passed away there March 10,
at the age of IS years and months.
Interment was made in the Green
wood cemetery with military honors
in charge of the B. R. Palmer post OF
G. A. R. assisted by the Robert
James Swift Post American Legion.
The Herald joins with the large
circle of friends in extending consol-
alton to the widow and children left
to mourn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19

The investigation of the af-
fairs of the Todd Co. Credit Co.
have been completed and a de-
tailed report is now in the hands
of the Federal intermediate
Credit Bank of St. Paul. No
figures are available as to the
findings, but the Herald under
stands that the Todd County
Credit Company is a corpora
ton with $4,000 paid in capital,
and that it had made practical
ly as many loans as it could,
with this amount of capital. Und-
Ell the provisions of the law a
credit corporation of this sort is
allowed to discount agricultural
paper with the Federal Bank in
the amount of ten times its cap
ital stock, which in this case
would be 100000, so that the
amount of loans made probably
amounted to this figure.
The Herald is reliably inform
ed that the investigation has dis
closed the following allegations:
some loans made are too heavy,
loans have been made on prop
erty which never existed, and
others may involve the question
of collision between the borrow
err and the Credit Company or
its representative. In some
loans forgery is alleged. In many
of these loans court action will
probably be necessary to clear
the matter up.
The Todd Co. Credit Com
pany is one of hundreds of such
companies in operation, and do
ing business with the Federal
intermediate Credit Bank, the
latter being a bank created by
the government to help those
farmers who are in need of "in-
termediate" credit a chattel
loan for a period of six months
to three years..
1t is not the purpose of the
bank to work any undue hard
ship on any legitimate borrower,
in fact the Herald understands
many of the good loans in the
Credit Company were renewed
by the banks representative
while he was at Little Sank.
If any of the allegations
prove to be correct, and any
fraud, collision, or forgeries can
be proven, it can be expected
that Uncle Sam will prosecute
the guilty parties to the limit.
1t is pretty serious matter to
Try and get the best of Uncle
Sam, as the penalty is heavy.
The governments action has
been awaiting the results of the
investigation just completed,
and such action will probably be
forthcoming shortly now.
The case of the State of Minnesc
against Lawrence Nelson, cashier
the Little Sank State Bank, in viii
the latter is charged with embezz
ment started in the Todd County D
trict court at Long Prairie Mond
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
Buffalo Regional Champs.

The final game between Buffalo
and Appleton for Regional Champion
ship honors was fast and very rough.
Both teams fouled repeatedly.
Pulling the same stuff in the even
ing game he had got away with in the
afternoon game against Pine River,
Stotts, center of Appleton, was given
four personal fouls before the first
quarter was over. Buffalo had more
stamina and with their man-for-man
defense they had unlimited driving
power. They are mighty quick to
take advantage of any "break" in the
game and were entitled to win.
Sank Centre folks are pulling for
the Buffalo boys to cop at the State
tourney at Kenwood Armory Mime
apolis, starting today. They meet
Moorhead in their first tilt this Thurs
day afternoon.
Buffalo won the Regional champ
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
MRS. WHlPPLE INJURED

Monday evenings Minneapolis
Journal carried the story of an in
Jury which befell Mrs. Mabel r.
Whipple, we'll known in Sank Centre,
Monday. the lady is engaged in
Welfare work in the Flour City and
while riding in an automobile with
Deputy Sheriff Jack Kittridge the
ear ran over bump and the lady was
painfully hurt. She was Immediately
taken to the University hospital. 1t
was first feared she was seriously
'lurt but diagnosis disclosed that be-
sides painful bruises she was not SER
iously injured. Mrs. Whipple is a
sister-in-law of Mrs. R. E. Hansen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
Contract Let for New Church
for Our Lady Of the Angels
Edward Hirt & Son, St. Cloud, Sus-
cessful Bidder-Work Will Start
as Soon as Weather Permits

Monday Of this week the contract
for the erection of the new and
thoroughly modern church edifice to
5e erected by Our Lady of the An
yels Parish of Sank Centre to replace
the structure destroyed by fire
Christmas morning, was let to Ed
ward Hirt & Son, St. Cloud.
The blue prints call for one of the
handsomest church edifces in all Gen.
5ral Minnesota. Work will be started
as soon as weather conditions permit.
1t is expected that the new structure
will be ready for dedication about
the first of the New Year, 1926.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19

of the Minstrel cast for rehearsal.
Hereafter rehearsals will be held on
each Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
The men of the company are begin
ming to get pretty well popped up
over the Forthcoming show as they
realize they have their work cut out
for them to surpass last years offer
ing. Keep the change of the regular
Club meeting date in mind.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
SMALL BLAZE

The fire department was called to
the J. H. Garfield residence in Brook
.yn about 600 o'clock Thursday eve
ling of last week to extinguish a
small blaze caused by defective
chimney. Only the chemical was nee
assary and very little damage result
ed. Due to the fact that the fire
bell failed to work, no great number
If fremen responded when the siren
vas turned on thinking that only
test was being made. 49,.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
WARNED TO TEST SEED

afmefS can save thousands Oh
acres planted to corn in 1925 from
failure and millions of bushels in
the total yield of the 1925 crop by
testing their seed corn now, say the
University Farm Experts at St. Paul.
Last years corn was unusually high
n moisture, condition which makes
the germ easily frozen and killed.
Now is the time to test seed corn be-
fore it gets too near planting time.
If seed corn is found to be no good,
there is more time to obtain good
seed.
"It is extremely important to test
seed corn this year," says Andrew
Boss of the University Farm. "Seed
corn should be tested every year but
this year it is imperative.
Tests made by C. C. Massie, veter-
an seed specialist of Minneapolis show
that of 200 samples of corn sent in
oy farmers, 81 per cent tested be-
low 80 per cent in termination and
SO per cent above 80 per cent. Corn
testing less than 80 per cent usually
results in a poor stand of plants and
a poor yield, said Mr.. Massie. These
farmers who have sent in seed corn
for testing are better than average
farmers.
Corn having the average moisture
content of IL per cent will stand Or
binary winter weather without freez-
ing but when you cinsider that this
last year corn was not ripe and had
20-25 per cent moisture, and very
cold weather, the winter has frozen a
much higher per cent of it.
Frost killed the corn this last year
in many sections before it was ripess
1t lost it's best month for drying out
consequently the average new crop
corn is testing only about SO per cent
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING

The annual meeting OF the VoteIS
of the school district of the town OF
Sank Centre (Sauk Centre city, will
be. held in the office of the Senior
High School building Saturday,
March, %, for the election of two
directors for a term of three years to
succeed DIR. H. F. Hennemann and
George Steiner. Both gentlemen have
made, very efficient officers and as
both have filed for reelection they
will probably not have any serious
opposition.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
Saunders and two Young

Adjt. M. Saunders and two young
lady assistants spent Wednesday in
Sank Centre soliciting funds for the
Salvation Army. Adit. Saunders is
a veteran in the Army work and took
charge at st. Cloud last September,
coming from Deadwood, S. D.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
CLUB MEETING DATE CHANGED

Because of the need Of the COM
munity Club rooms for rel earsel of
the Minstrel show to be put on under
the auspices of the Club April 20,
21, and % at the Caughren theatre,
President Sig Holme has changed the
date for the holding of the next reg
ular Club meeting from Thursday
evening March &c, to Friday evening
March 9th. Thursday evening is
the best adapted for many members
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
REV. ART LOSES SISTER

FIR. A. Art received a message
Wednesday from Hachenburg, Ger
many conveying the sad news of the
death of his oldest sister, Mrs. Cath
crime Leukel who passed away Tues
day morning. Mrs. Deukel was Sc
years old and is survived by three
sisters in the old country, one broth
err in New York, besides FIR. ART Of
this city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
County,

the prizes and trophies Of the vic
tors. Sweepstakes prizes were given
by the Minnesota State Food and
Dairy Commission. Prizes for the
winners in each of the breed contests
were the gifts of the different breed
associations. Second and third rib
bons in each class were furnished by
the State Fair association. -.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
COUNTRY CLUB MEETING

The annual meeting Of the stock
holders of the Sank Centre Country
Club will be held at the Community
Club rooms Thursday evening of this
week for the purpose of hearing the
annual reports of the officers and
electing a new board of directors for
the ensuing year. If you are stock
holder of this live organization keep
this meeting in mind and be on hand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19

Miss Lena Moe, trimmer at the
Style Shop, who was injured by a
fall in the Main Street Cafe a few
weeks ago has sufficiently recovered
to resume her position at the Style
Shop on Main street.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
NEW STORE FRONT

The front of the Boston Store has
been torn out to make room for the
enlarged and modern front to be
built by Contractor Anderson. The
blue prints indicate that when the
improvements are completed there
will not be business front in Gen.
trail Minnesota to compare with it.
Meanwhile the Boston has not retired
from business as one might think.
They are caring for their trade as
usual even with the handicap. 1t is
expected that it will take about three
weeks to finish the job.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19

J. A. Rickert, vice president and ac-
tive head of the Federal intermediate
Credit Bank of st. Paul, passed
through the city this Thursday, on
his way to Long Prairie.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19

Bjorgan for Stotts.
Scoring: Field goals-Templin 2,
Anderson 2, Miller 2, Stotts, 1, Hast
ings 2; Free acknowledgements, l
of 8; Anderson, of 3; Boeerner, 3
of 5 Grimsrud. of 2; Miller, of 2;
Hastings, 0 of 2.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19

Mr.. and Mrs. C. R. Bruce oere
passengers to Minneapolis from Sauk
Centre Wednesday where they will
be professional business visitors.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
Sank Centre Loses Consolation Game

The Sank Centre team met Pine
River in the Consolation game as the
curtain raiser in the evenings enter
tainment. Taking the showing of the
two teams in the afternoons games
as a working basis, the locals should
have won hands down, but Old Man
Jinx was still on the job and they
were. defeated by a 1920 score. The
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-03-19
SAUK CENTRE MARKET
THURSDAY, MARCH 10
WHEAT

No. 1 Dark Northern, HID.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
FIRST RAINFALL
 IN THIRTY YEARS
South American ''Dry" Coast
 Experiences Wet Spell

New York, April i.---Important data concerning the climatic reversal caused by the mysterious Nina cur rent along the cost of Peru and Equador, winch has resulted in tho first rainfall the dry coast" had known in thirty-four years, has been gathered by Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy assistant director of the American Museum of Natural Ills tory.
 Dr. Murphy recently returned after spending four months in scien- tific investigation Of the region, in company with Van Camper Heilner, scientist and writer.
 The unexpected downfall, he said, had demoralized the guana indus try, one of the principal enterprises in Peru. In 1924 the Peruvian. go- vernment exported 1ts,000 tons of the fertilizer valued at s9,0OO,OOO, but the present deposits, Dr. Murphy said, are total loss.
 ''Not house roof nor the deck of a boat in the whole region had been made to withstand water" Dr. Mur- phy said, "so that the most amazing conditions followed the rain. Cattle were lost and farms everywhere were washed into the sea. The streets of Talara were found filled with fish. r,. A x.,otar ba sa enla rpn1 the small mountain streams that they over flowed. Rain-water minows had sprung up in no time, and these had been washed into the thoroughfares of the village.
 At Elena we found burros, cattle and goats feeding on paper cable tape discarded by the telegraph authorities. Three days after the rain began, the region was bursting with green, and in two weeks the
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
NEW R. R. CORP.
New York, Pittsburgh and Chicago Railway Company To Build s44 Miles Of Track.


 Washington. April f..--A new rail- road corporation. the New York, Pittsburgh & Chicago Railway Com pany filed application with the h. terstate Commerce Commission today for permission to build s4 miles of track with a main line 2S3 miles long running almost entirely across Pennsylvania. East to West.
 The company was organized in Pennsylvania last January and rep resented that 1t was not associated with any existing railroad. While no plans for financing were filed, the application said construction would be financed by sale of stocks and bonds.
 The Maine line will run from AL legheny to Easton with 30 mile branch at Pittsburgh junction and a S1 mile branch at Brush Run. The application said the object will be to furnish "a direct low-grade line from New York harbor to the west via Pittsburgh" There have beeh pproposals by the New York Central to link up a line through Northern Pennsylvania by using existing rail- roads to shorten the distance from New York to Chicago. The proposals for railroad consolidation in the east have raised considerable contro- versy in the railroad world as to which of the greater trunk lines might be enabled to connect the West with New York by the short est distance.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
SUMMER WHITE
 HOUSE IN MASS.
Coolidge and Party Will Stop at
 SWampScott

Swampscott, Mass, April 1,---Pre- ,arations to receive President Coo idge and his entourage here next mmmer were begun with receipt of news shat the president would oc- ,upy White Court" recently leased ,or him by Frank W. Stearns of Boston. from June IS until mid August. In response to a message from Washington the police of Swampscott and Lynn prepared to do their part in cooperation with the secret service operatives in pro- tecting the summer White House" in the summer months.
 A letter received from Washing ton said that President Coolidge planned to reach Swampscott in June and to remain until the middle of August when he would leave for Plymouth. Vermont. to spend two weeks with his father. Colonel John c, Coolidge. It was expected that part of tho White House force would arrive shortly before the president in order that the business, of the first executive might proceed with out interruption. ..
 White Court, which is situated on Little's Point, one of the choicest headlands of the Massachusetts coast, is owned by the estate of the late Frederick, E, Smith of Dayton. Ohio. It includes about 6 1-2 acres of land and has 400 feet of water frontage. The house is large wooden structure of 26 rooms built in 1905. #.
 The president Is already familiar with the surroundings of his new summer home from his frequent visits in the past ten years to the home of his friend and sponsor Frank ". Stearns, whose estate Red Gables adjoins White Court.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
Great Britain Growing
 Wetter and Wetter Yearly

London, April l.-GrcaV hT''1,'' ,s rottinr vettcr and wetter, accord ing 10 figures compiled by the lnitea Kingdom Alliance, the big proh'o'- tionist organization, u
 In a report just issued the an, .rrn asserts that, during 1924, 52 shiIltngs were spent on beer TOT syerv 20 shillings spent on milk and that the total beer bill Of the coun- fry was f1sS,OOO,OoO. against an eX- no,ditnre u for milk of f76,Ooo,ooo'
 The alliance also figures that the total spent on all intoxiran's Ill 1924 amounted 10 fS16,ooo,o00, as compared with fao7, ,OOO,OOo in 1928
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
Crescent Beach Hotel
 Is Damaged by Fire

Now London. April Fire yes terday partially destroyed the Fran- colct hotel, a 30 room hostelry al Crescent Beach. Mantle, and threat ened many of the cottages at the re- sort before it was brought unaer control. The loss was estimated at s7,5oO. The fire started in a small cunboard near the chimney, prob- ablv from sparks from a stove in the kitchen, The house was not open to guests and the proprietor was the only person in the building at the time. He had been at the hotel for some time makin galterations preparatory to the summer season.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
NO EARLY TRIAL

Mount Vernon, New York, April 1. The action of Leonard Kip Rhine lander to annul his marriage to Alice. Beatrice Jones Rhinelander on the. ground that she had deceived hm as to her race, will not be tried in the supreme. court at White Plains for many months, it was learned at New Rochelle. No ar rangements have been made to sub- poena witnesses for the trial.
 7 According to the latest informa- tion MT. Rhinelander, member of l. prominent New York family. has been out of the state for months.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
TRUCK RUNS DOWN BOY

New Haven, April 1. - While hitching on a truck fin Washington avenue last night, Charles Ricchio, 10 years old fell and the rear wheel passed over him. At the hospital it was found that the boys legs had been broken and he is also suffering from g possible fracture of the skull, His condition is serious. The truck was operated by Samuel Cher nook, .s.
New Britain herald., 1925-04-01
VALE PROM REPORT

New Haven. April 1-Iale's Jumor promenade committee which man. aged the prom" last month, the outstanding social affair of the jun for year, today showed it's financial sheet with s9,607.47 outlay and only .S5s.Sa deficit. The latter item is less than in several years. Bathing caps were furnished guests for a plunge in Carnegie pool, walters re- ceived $50 in tips, the chairman s spoon cost $50 with s extra for plating, one orchestra received sI60o and the university s25S4.