The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Corporation Formed to Take
Over Plants and Business
of Both Papers
ONE PAPER THIS WEEK
Former Owners Actively In
terested in Management of
New Organization

After several weeks negotiations
the merger of Sank Centres news
papers, the Herald and the News
was consumated when the articles OF
incorporation were filed Saturday
morning with the Secretary of State,
The incorporators of the Sank Cen
tire publishers, Incorporated, are Asa
M. Wallace of the Herald, Ed. l.,
Rathe of the News, and M ]. Elem
ing formerly publisher of the Nor
wood Times.
The consolidation IF the plants
must not be inferred as forcing eth
-er the Herald or the News out Of
business, as both could have r,r: n
ued to be published
The paper goes to the subscribers
of both papers this week. There will
be some Implications until the lists
are adjusted. Under 1ha plan OF
sale both lists were turned over to
the corporation as they st ,ol Decen.-
Der first. Any subscriber paid in
advance on the News will be given
proper credit on the Head BY the
same token anyone in arrears on niS
or her subscription to the News WI
be deducted on the Herald account.
The name Herald has been retain
ed not for the purpose of submerg-
ing the News, but a four word head
ing is oat OF balance, end the further
fact that the Herald is the oldest
active business in3titltica in Sank
Centre. 1t will celebrate its 9th
birthday next June When the Her
aid was established it was TIE most
l.4o,.l,, n,,hsichf 4
east of the Rocky Mountains except
for a small paper published at Fort
Gary, Cam, now Winnipeg.
The capital stock of the new cor
poration is $4,000, all paid in. The
officers are: Asa M. Wallace, presi-
dent and editor; Ed. l.. Rattle, vice
President and associate editor; NJ. j.
Fleming, secretary-treasurer and
general manager.
The writer is mighty pleased to
have the splendid ability of Mr..
Rattle ss a component part of the
new corporation. He has been a
splendid competitor and in his new
capacity as associate editor he will
be very valuable addition to the
personnel of the organization.
Mr.. Fleming first came to Sank
entire at the invitation of tine Herald
editor about a month ago. He is a
newspaper man of mature experience,
a high-type business mand and the
citizens of Sank Centre will find him
a splendid addition to the community.
1t will not be possible for Mr.. Flem-
ing to move his wife and two children
to Sank Centre for the present.
The combined publication goes to
Its readers this week as a standard
7-column quarto newspaper. For
the time being it will be printed on
the press at the News office. Short
ly after the first of the year the size
win be slightly changed to the mod
.ernized 7-colunn quarto.
Plans for the early spring pro-
vide for the material enlarging of
the Herald building on Fourth street
when modest two story addition will
be erected to the east of the present
building. This will be used for bus
mess office and storage room on the
first floor with editorial rooms on the
second. This addition will close up
a gap between the Herald building
and the First State Bank and will i'm
grove the business appearance of
the street. 81