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The Sauk Centre herald., 1926-07-01
MCCORMICK LAKE

John Frank called at Bosl's Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Kraemer called at Bosl's Sun
day morning.
Fred Kruse called at Kortan's
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Beste of Melrose called at
Jake Keys Monday.
Gust Vessel cal ed at Gust Grab
er's Tuesday evening.
Mr.. Stever of Melrose called at M.
Bosl's Friday morning.
Mr.. Hulenkamp spent week at
the Henry Reisner home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Walker spent
Sunday evening at Bosl's.
Mr.. Miller of st. Cloud called at
Bosl's Saturday morning.
Rose Ahren spent Tuesday evening
at the John Kraemer home.
Robert Hoffman Of Melrose spent
a week with the Bosl boys.
Charles Kortan took a load of stock
to South st. Paul Tuesday.
Will and Frank Kortan spent Sun
day evening at the Kruse home.
Nate Simmons of Sauk Centre call.
ed at Kortan's Friday afternoon.
Miss Luella Halverson spent Sun
day with the Huisman children.
Elmer and Herman Ostendorf call
ed at John Kraemer's Saturday.
Miss Tillie Kortan spent Tuesday
with her grandfather Joe Kortan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust GRADER and
family spent Sunday at Grey Eagle.
Miss Margaret Key spent Monday
overnight with Luella Halverson.
Henry Halverson of Kandota is
working at the Ole Halverson home.
Evelyn and Gladys IwinsH spent q
few days with Ethel and Edna Claude
John Frank of Melrose spent Wed.
nesday morning at John Kraemer's
Mrs. Kaeherine Ehr and son spent
Thursday and Friday at Leo Weber's
Miss Lillian Duttle Of Iowa is
spending few days at the Huisman
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thiesen OF
Melrose spent Saturday evening at
Bosl's.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ahren of Melrose
spent Friday at the John Kraemer
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Botz spent
Thursday evening at the Joe Weiner
home.
Gilbert Halverson and son Donald
helped at the Ole Halverson home
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kemper OF
Melrose called at Kortan's Sunday af-
ternoon.
Clemon and Mary Hulenkamp call
ed at Henry Reisner's Saturday af-
ternoon.
Johnny Rue and mother Mrs. Ber-
tha Rockwell called at Carl Pauly's
Tuesday.
Leo Weber and son Louis and
daughter Emma called at Carl Pauly's
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pauly and
daughter spent Sunday evening at the
Carl Pauly home.
Mrs. c.. D. Wilcox and son Bruce
and Miss Leora Key called at Lloyd s
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. W. King and
family spent Monday evening at the
Charles Kortan home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kraemer and
family attended the band concert at
Melrose Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huston of
st. Cloud were overnight visitors at
the Joe Kortan home Saturday.
Mrs. D. G. Wolfe and John and
Miss Martha and Mrs. Paul Wilcox
spent Sunday evening at Tanks.
Mr.. Otte and son Richard, Mr..
Ben Weiner and Mr.. Carl Schwanke
were Round Prairie callers Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruse and daughter
Henrietta of Rock Rapids, Iowa spent
over Sunday at the Huisman home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Knapp and
son Donald and Mrs. Mann were din
The Sauk Centre herald., 1926-07-01

Long Prairie and visited with Mrs.
Fred Dinkel. Mrs. Lindsey and sons
remained at Long Prairie to visit 9th.
er relatives.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1926-07-01

II you want all the news an the
time read the Sauk Centre Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1926-07-01

Make out your own wonder list Of places
peav you- and set out to find them. There
is nothing to stop you. Roads are good and
Red Crown Gasoline Is easily obtainable every
where throughout the entire Middle West.
An nature win speed you on your way as
you travel new paths Of beauty. Fill the
t1nk with Red Crown - and you're of.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
Stagger the School Hours!

Organization of schoo1boy patrols
to aid the younger children in going
to and from the schoolhouses and
to protect them from the traffic will
perhaps be a material aid in the
prevention OF accidents due to the
impulse of the little ones to dart
across the street regardless of con-
ditions. and due also to the indif.
ference Of some drivers for the
safety of pedestrians. But the effec-
tiveness of such a system Of safe
conduct for the youngsters is not
assuredly dependable. There will still
be grave danger. The little children
are not to be wholly relied upon to
place themselves under the care Of the
slightly older ones and the latter are
prone to forget such a responsibility
after a time.
There is one method of lessening
the risk, however, that is much more
likely to yield results, and that. al
ready suggested by The Star. Is to
"stagger" the school hours to avoid
coincidence of the school rush and
the regular morning and evening
traffic rush. That can be done by
an administrative order. II would
considerably alter the schedule of
the teachers and the pupils. but it
would undoubtedly save lives. 1t is
a simple equation. At 9 o'clock the
two streams Of traffic. school and
vehicular, conflict. At $3.50 they
do not conflict.
The great majority Of the traffic
accidents to children occur in the
morning, not after school. For the
schools are dismissed before the
afternoon rush begins. Even If the
school hours were changed. the
afternoon dismissal rush would not
yet reach the time of the traffic con-
gestion. Assemble the school chill
dren at 9: 80 and the chances of acci-
dents would be reduced to a small
minimum.
Such change would cost nothing
1t would relieve the police force of
the need of special posts at points
of heavy school traffic and vehicular
traffic in the morning. There would
ne no expense for barriers Or signs.
1t could be effected with a days
notice. Let 1t be done, not as an
experiment, for the result In greater
safety is assured. but as a definite
means of protecting the children.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
Decadent American Drama.

The sad deCadence of the American
stage is again in evidence In the offer
just made by Chicago promoter to
a young woman who recently attract.
ed public notice by her marriage to a
much older man Of wealth and quite
lately renewed her notoriety by alb
ruptly leaving him after running up
heavy bills for attire and frtpperies.
II is stated that the tender made to
her involves the payment of S? 900 a
week for a series of brief appearances
in a musical revue" SO far as has
heen disclosed. she has no talent for
the stage, has no musical ability, no
acrohatic accomplishments, Is not a
dancer oc especial quality. In short.
from an entertainment point Of view
aha Is a "dud" Yet she is rated TO be
worth $1,000 week-unless this Is
mere stage money" for publicity pur
poses--to a manager who hopes to get
that much and more back from the
dear public in crowded houses.
The a,na:ory antics Of a silly. old
man and an avartcious girl are mighty
poor dramatic material. especially
when only the precious happer Is her
self to "go on the stage" and show
herpelf 'ln person." as the line now
runs in the announcements. There
Evening star., 1926-10-09

might be some excuse for the exhibi-
ton Of the pair of them as horrible
example Of human folly. But. veri.
tably. the circus side show is the
Lrorer place for such an exhibition.
Surely not the dramatic stage. low as
that rostIum Of thcspian talent has
fallen in these times.
Yet who Is TO blame for these pre-
posterous proposals for public enter
tainment, Of which the present enter
prise is hut the latest? The dear pub.
lie is to blame. Freaks and moral
failures draw the crowds. Or rather.
they usually do. Sometimes even the
besotted public balks, as In the case
OF the celebrated lady of moral tur-
pitude" fame, who essayed n dramatic
career with a vehicle Of her own writ.
ing. and who proved to be. in the par
lance of the theater. complete flop.
and who went broke in consequence
of her misguided bid for public patron.
age. Had she gone on as feature of
"A revue she might have made good.
Pretty nearly everything goes there.
Perhaps Peaches will not draw
the crowds that the producer esti.
mates. 1t Is to be hoped that he has
miscalculated the extent Of public
folly in this case. and that the en-
gagelnent of the young woman will
prove to be q financial failure. 1t
would be somewhat encouraging in
these desolate days of dramatic de,
generacy If that happened.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
stride q housekeeping horse. s

stride a housekeeping horse. Scat.
tered over the plaza are groups of peo,
pie, the men wearing high hats and
the women crinolines. The children,
who are very small in the engraving,
appear to be wearing pantalettes. At
the foot of the Senate steps are
bumper posts to prevent vehicles
from grinding too close.
A striking feature of the vdgnette is
the earthen terrace at the north side,
sloping around to the west. This ter.
race was changed nearly half a cen.
tury ago to the present marble ter.
race which tanks the building around
the north, west and south sides.
Taken altogether, this picture on
the two-dollar bill will repay exami-
nation and study. 1t presents a scene
that few now living recall. Perhaps
the despised twos will now be more
highly appreciated as works of art.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

has come an object lesson within the
last few days of how identically like
problems of risk and vacillation Of
demands and prices have been met by
big business. This comes in the line
of the biggest business in all organ
lied industry-the steet combine be-
tween all steel interests in France,
Germany Belgium and Luxembourg.
Steel is no more stable than Is cot
ton or wheat. 1t f1uctuates in mar
ket price; it is in great demand at
one time, and slumps the following
year. Conditions utterly beyond the
most farsighted directors arise which
may kill the market or stimulate it.
How do the wise men of Europe
meet such a crisis?
Not by asking the general taxpayers
| to shoulder the loss, nor by assum-
| ing that they are abused If their re-
spective governments do not store q
few million tons of low-priced steel
and hold it for a speculative rise.
Their method is simpler than any
such governmental machinery. They
require every steel producer to pay
into the treasury Of the combine 81
a ton for each quota ton produced,
and 81 a ton for each ton above the
allotted quota. That creates an IN
surance fund on which to draw to
cover slumps or losses. 1t stabillzes
the industry.
But such combine is impracticable
now among agricultural producers, for
| they are not organized. They cannot
control the production In other coun-
| tries in competition. Neither could
the steel interests until organized.
In grain and cotton chambers OF
commerce or boards of trade, it's the
practice Of conservative buyers to
"hedge" on all contracts Of sale or
purchase. If they buy 1000 bushels
or bales "to arrive" agreeing to pay
a certain price, they at once sell
short" an equal amount at as near
| the same price as possible, so that
one transaction offsets the other, or
nearly so. Farmers cannot do that
out in their fields; they cannot sow
| seed grain on 100 acres and refrain
I from sowing on another 100 acres. SO
| that if the crop fails to sell at a profit
they may congratulate themselves
upon the fallow field which produces
! no loss. But what they can do Is to
| avoid putting all their eggs into one
| basket.
| The Atlanta Constitution declares
| that that is what Georgia farmers are
| now doing. 1t comments:
Cotton comes nearer being sur
plus crop this year than ever before.
| The farmers generally have balanced
their production, and not only grown
other money crops in addition to cot.
ton, but have grown food and feed
crops, thereby relieving them of the
necessity of converting the income
from cotton, to pay the supply bills.
In short, farm economists declare,
diversiflcation of crops. plus an in.
| surance fund like that of the steel
combine paid in by member pro-
ducers), solves the problems of gam
bling production Of the one-crop
farmer, whether 1t be cotton or grain.
| Copyright 1925. by Paul v. Collins.)
Evening star., 1926-10-09
Roll Out!

A we'll known Chicago bandmaster
claims that most Americans start the
day all wrong because the alarm
clocks which waken them are shrill,
nerve-racking, sometimes discordant.
He or she who is thus reused from
pleasant slumber is apt to wake
with a shrinking Of the nerves and a
gloomy outlook on the days doings
and life in general.
No one who must suffer the sounds
of these contraptions for fifty-two
weeks In the year is likely to dispute
this man, who goes on to advocate
a new type Of clock. which shall be
full of deepthroated harmony, and
which may even offer operatic selec-
tions.
There seems to be an opening here
for the inventive genius Of the many
technical experts having to do with
radio. Cannot some master mind
contrive an attachment for the re-
ceiving set, however simple and in
expensive, which could be set ahead
for the desired matutinal hour? Then
at the appointed time the set. pre-
viously adjusted to tune in with the
proper station, could I'll the sleeping
room with melodious. and mellifiuous
strains.
Think Of the JOY of being brought
back to earth to the sound Of violins
and violoncellos softly playing Il
Awake From Dreams Of Thee or
"Come into the Garden, Maude. for
the Black Bat. Night, Has Flown!
Opportunity lies here fors "a nice dis
elimination on the part Of those who
make up the programs for the differ
ent stations. Some mornings they
might include stirring drums and
bueles in a military reveille. Let 1t
Rain" would be likely to be featured
in Aprtl and in November. There Is
O. wide range Of appropriate choice.
All during the morning toilet workers
and scholars would be cheered and
soothed with real music. The broad
casting stations would be performing
a public service appreciated by nearly
every one. with the possible exception
of certain proprietors of clock facto-
ries.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
A Two.Dollar Work Of Art.

Few people like two-dollar bills.
Just why is matter Of much specu.
iation. Some dislike them because
they are apt to be confused with the
ones. Some think they are unlucky.
At any rate. two-dollar bills are, If
not actually at a discount, decidedly
unpopular among the users Of money.
They circulate" rapidly. because al.
most all who chance to get them pass
them along Immediately. They are
for their volume the understanding
bills in all of Uncle Sans currency.
Those who thus shove" the unwei.
come twos speedily fail to appreciate
their intrinsic beauty. and especially
their chief mark of denomination out.
side of the numeral. the central
vignette. That picture is well worth
study. Yet it Is doubtful whether one
out of a thousand of those who handle
two dollar bills realizes that It relates
a bit of local history of interest.
Look at a two-dollar bill even with
out u SIttSS dIlu tLIckC WAL OO QISSCASCu
a picture Of life in Washington nearly
sixty years ago. For this vignette
was made in February. 1868, from q
photograph taken. 1t Is believed,
shortly previous. It shows the east
front of the Capitol as it might have
been seen from the main entrance OF
the present Senate Office building. 1t
Is one of the most attractive views Of
the Capitol ever made in an engrav-
ing. There is nothing unfamiliar or
strange about the structure itself, but
it's surroundings are decidedly differ
ent from those of today. Over on the
right.hand side is a street car drawn
BY two prancing horses. an old-styled
four.wheeled car, headed apparently
for that point in the grounds to which
car tracks are laid to this day.
There is a coach and pair nearby. a
coach OF a type that has almost
passed out Of use. Immediately be-
hind It Is a two-wheeled gig, the like
OF which has not been seen on the
streets of Washington for decades.
Just in front Of that is a white.
trousered. high.hatted gentleman BE-
Evening star., 1926-10-09
Gloomy Deans View of Britain
Not Shared Generally lin u. S.

from earth? Is not the pathway Of
the centuries strewn with the wrecks
Of governments and institutions. of
theories and faiths that have gone
down in the ravages of years? Where
in all history has any nation ever
taken hold of Immortality" The San
Francisco Bulletin adds it's opinion
that in his prediction the dean has
the support of history, and II he
means that Britain is to lose her posi-
ton Of world leadership he has the
support of fact-she has already lost
it,
1.-THE occupants of an island whose
entire coast line is almost a continu-
Gus succession of harbors never can
cease to be a great maritime people,
and while their land contains enor-
nous deposits Of coal and metals they
can never fail to be a great manufac
turing people"-such is the prediction
of the Buffalo Evening News. which
does not think Great Britain'S posi-
ton as a world power depends on "the
maintenance of an empire Of overseas
dependencies" but only on ''the
preservation Of unity and efficiency
in their own island"
The Arkansas Democrat says: "Our
sympathy certainly goes out to Dean
message would be if England had the
prohibition question on her hands, or
the automobile fatalities problem. or
the scandal-in-higher-o offices problem.
or--but why go on? What a fine solu-
ton it would be to our worries and to
Britain's if we could swap few of
our social and economic puzzles for
few of Englands." declares the
Democrat.
However. according to the viewpoint
of the Terre Haute Star, the world
should not be too rough on such pessi.
mists, particularly a man in the posi-
ton of Dean Inge, who commands
wide attention. lie must serve a use
full purpose. His compatriots get up
on a rainy morning feeling none too
enthusiastic about starting on another
round of work and responsibilities. for
they have blue Mondays in Great Brit
ain as we'll as elsewhere" and then.
continues the Star. they pick UP
their morning paper and read what
Dean Inge has said about the British
in particular and the world in general.
Then they have a real good laugh and
start the week off in a cheerful frame
of mind"
Evening star., 1926-10-09

@. When was the direct primary
first used?-E. J.
A. The earliest system Of direct Sc
lection of candidates by the primary
method was the Crawford County
system Of Pennsylvania. IN the early
COS. The first direct primary OF q
state was that Of Minnesota, Henne-
min County, in 1899. Wisconsin In
1903 adopted the primary method for
all nominees.
O. VIII a gallon of gas left in a
can without a cover lose It's strength
in a day?-E. f. r.
A. When gasoline evaporates II Is
not said to lose It's strength: HOW
ever. the lighter parts evaporate first.
How much il eyaporates in "a hours
would depend on the temperature.
draft and many other existing condi-
tiOnS.
O Who were Abraham Lincoln S
school teachers?-J. w.
A. Lincoln's first teacher was An
drew Crawford; his second, a man
named Sweeney; his third. Azei W.
Dorsey.
O. Where is the chief source or sup
nIy IOE lEOe ACeS CO o
taurants?-H. F.. K.
A. The localities in which especlai
ly important frog hunting is done are
the marshes of the western end OF
Lake Erie and Lewis and Grand reser
yoirs in Ohio the marshes OF the sac
ramento and San Joaquin RIVERS
California; the valley OF the kanka
kee River, Indiana; Oneida Lake
Seneca River and other waters OF
northern New York. and the st. Fran
els River and the sunken lands OF
the Mississippi, in Arkansas ano
Missouri.
O. II a fighter Is knocked out of the
ring in q prize fight. Is he considered
out Of the fight with his contestant
a winner?-W. b.
A. No, not IL he gets back into the
ring within 10 seconds. In the Demp
sey.Firpo fight the former was
knocked through the ropes. but was
back in the ring before he could be
counted out.
Q. would like to know if counting
in the United States goes any higher
than decillion?-F. r. II.
A. The highest numeration so fal
as we know is vingtillion. which is
a considerably larger number thar
decillion. A vingtillion is one fol
lowed by 63 ciphers.
@. What does it cost the Govern
ment per mile to construct roads In
national parks?-E. W. r.
A. The Government has just let a
contract for the construction of q
road 1.3 miles in length at an ap
proximate cost Of $35 ,420. This road
will connect the Government camp
with the scenic drive around the rim
Evening star., 1926-10-09
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

of Crater Lake in Crater Lake Ma
tional Park.
O. Where can 1 obtain a COPY of
the song which was sung in the play
Quarantine" ?-k. L.
A. The secretary to Helen Hayes,
star OF this production. says that this
solo was composed by Mr.. Bladmer.
but has never been published.
@. In the regional soil maps Of Ne
braska we see "loesS hills" and "loess
plains" Please give exact meaning
Of this term.---J. III. ..
A. The word ''loess" Is a geologi.
cal term which means a pale. usual
ly yellowish, homogeneous calcareous
clay loan or fine sand Of Pleistocene
or Holocene age, found chiefly bor-
dering on river valleys or serving TO
form valley bluffs and extending over
a wide area of Central Europe, Asia
and the United States.
Q. II one plants aster seed from a
bed of mixed colors. will the seed
come true. or will they be hybrids:-
w. u. G..
A. The Bureau of Plant Industry
says that the seeds from certain
colored asters will not necessarily
produce asters of the same color.
Q. What United States railroads
operate in Canada u. f. II.
A. The following operate in Cana
da: Boston and Maine. Central Yer
mont. Duluth. Winnipeg and Pacific.
Great Northern. Maine Central. Mich
igan Central, New York Central.
Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania. Pere
Marquette, Rutland and Wabash.
-
@. Is 1t possible to see the end OF
the rainbow resting upon an object
T.. p.
A. The Weather Bureau says tina,
the light of the rainbow comes to us
from all the water drops the sun is
shining upon in the direction of the
bow. If the shower is some distance
away the lowest drops may he in line
with the surface, land or water,
within the shower. in which case the
bow, as we'll known, has all the ap-
pearance of standing or terminating
upon the surface at that point. But,
as implied, this is only an optical IL
lusion. owing to that spot and many
drops giving the rainbow colOrs being
in the same direction from the Oh
server.
The resources Of our free inforn,d-
ton bureau arc at your SCrriCc. You
are inr,ted to call upOn it as often as
you please. 1t is being maintained
by The ETening Star solely to SerrC
you. What question can 1ce dnStrrr
for you? There Is no charge at oil.
ercept t,co cents in stamps for return
postage. Address your letter to Tho
Epenin1 Star Information Bureou.
Frederick J. HnSkin, director. Wash
tngton, ID. C.
Evening star., 1926-10-09
THINK 1T OVER
Ten Commandments.
By William, Matlier LesCis,
president George Washington University.

DR.. Charles w. Eliot had an effec>
tive mind because he had an orderly
mind. He wasted little time In
vagrant thoughts or glittering gener-
alities. When most people discuss
education they express many half
formulated ideas. When DIR. Eliot
discussed education his thought was
logical and helpful.
In reading some of his pronounce
ments on elementary school training
1 have come across a number OF
striking statements. Gathered to-
gether they may we'll be adopted by
teachers and parents as the ten
commandments of education. Here
they are:
1. Enlist the interest of every
pupil in every school-public or pri-
vate, elementary or secondary-in his
daily tasks, in order to get from him
hard, persistent and willing work.
2. Relate every lesson to something
in the life of the child. so that he
may see the application and useful
ness Of the lesson and how 1t con-
Germs him.
8. Teach all subjects wherever
possible from actual objects. to be
accurately observed and described
by the pupils themselves.
4. Make the training Of the senses
a prime subject every day.
s. Teach every child to draw,
model, sing and read music.
6. Increase individual work.
Z. Give every pupil abundant OPP
portunities to judge evidence. to
determine facts and TO discriminate
between facts and fancies.
3. Teach groups of subjects to-
gether in their natural relations
Q. Reduce the size of classes.
lengthen the school day and shorten
the present Summer vacation.
10. Keep the atmosphere OF every
school charged with the master
sentiments of love. hope and duty.
tCopyright. 19:6l