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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23

Although other states are max
ing large appropriations for ad
vertising summer travel, the assoc
iation should ask the Legislature
for only $25, 900 for 1927 work.
The legislature should adop,
the suggestion of Warren Tngdale
of Minneapolis that "Land of Ter
Thousand Lakes" be put on Ii.
cense plates of Minnesota cars.
Much progress in good roads
has been an important factor in
attracting visitors, with paving ex-
tending in all direction. By 1928
there will be a continuous pave
ment from Minneapolis to Man
kato, as well as to Duluth, Brain
erd and Sank Centre.
Other reports were made by
Arthur l.. Roberts, Winona, pres
ident, and G.. B Mills, Minneap-
oils, treasurer. Speakers were
Fred H. Doellner, Winona; E..
F. Hayward, Minneapolis; George
H. Selover, Minneapolis; Frank
S Lycan, Bemidji; E. C. Hillweg,
Minneapolis, and Howard Everett
st. Paul.
although the year now closing
has been filled with distressing ele-
ments as far as tourist states are
concerned" Mr.. Hotaling said,
Minnesota has been blessed with
the most successful year in it's
history"
Check of visiting automobiles on
highways and checks of tourist
camps, railroad traffic and of sum-
mer resorts all point ito the record
of more than 100000 tourist
visitors, he said. He showed in
detail how the records were made.
Work for conservation of natur-
al resources has been important
this year, the export pointed out.
Success of the forestry amend
ment at the November election was
one of the achievements of the
year by conservationists, Mr.. Ho-
falling said.
Considerable lakeshore property
has changed hands, he reported,
and 1927 should be better
every indication is that the
tourist business for next year will
with favorable weather conditions,
far exceed any year in the past"
his report concluded. "It will be
the cumulative results of years of
continued advertising. With each
recurring year highways not only
of the state but of those leading
to Minnesota are being improved,
it easier for those from a
distance to come to or section. :"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23

his pistol, while I must have
tainted, for the last / can remem-
Der was a loud report and a show
er of glass that fell around me.
Chow log I was unconscious ]
do not know, but the first thing ]
remember clearly was hearing a
mans voice which seemed miles
away. At first I could not catch
| what he was saying, but then I was
able to grasp his meaning.
"'Poor damn young'n' he was
saying, 'and this Christmas, too. /
expect he's got an cid Nanny up
North that would give sight just
to have him with her now"
FINALLY, on opening my eyes
and looking around, l found I was
lying on a rude shakedown in the
corner of the room, while bending
over me, was the sweetest little
woman / have ever seen. One of
my hands was held tight in hers,
while she softly stroked it as she
would have done child's When
l opened my eyes, she smiled and
looked toward the foot of the bed,
where, on following her gaze, I
saw Monk standing. In his hand
he held the rags with which my
leg had been bound and from the
pain in my leg when / tried to
move it, / knew he had been set
ting and dressing it.
GAS my eyes met his, he smiled
and held out his hand, and taking
mine in grasp that was more re-
assuring to my rising fears than
words could be, he said, Don't be
afraid, sonny! It's no joke that I
hate the Yanks like poison, but Pm
not making war on women and
young 'uns like you. You go to
sleep and forget all about what
has happened
During my stay at the Monk
home, grew to love the man as
if he were my own father, while
pretty Mrs. Monk did everything
for me that a mother could do for
her own child.
'sMonk was away from home the
greater part of the time, and /
was left with Mrs. Monk and the
children. Charley, boy of seven,
and Louise, girl of two or three. !
"For over a month / lay there,
helpless, talking to the children or
watching the mother as she went |
about her simple household duties. |
CAT last, about the end of jan
uary, "a body of our troops rode up
and was taken away and sent
back home. But, as long as live,
can never forget that one Christ
mas, and Monk, the raider, when
a stranger he took me in and in
sickness tended me"
AS the story drew to a close,
Monk, the Chicago drummer, rose
to his feet and held out his hand
to the aged minister. "Jim," he
said, in a broken voice, "don't you
know me. I am Charley, Monks
son."
With Ia glad cry, Smith sprang
TO his feet, and as they stood
there beneath the swaying lights,
hand clasping hand, silence filled
The compartment which was brok-
en- only by the beating of the wind +
n the panes.
When the train drew into Glen
wood, Mimi, Smith turned to
Monk and said: "This is my home,
and wish you would
come home with me for Christmas"
And for answer, Monk picked up
MS grips and together they left the
rim, while chorusof happy
voices sang out a Merry Christmas,
IS they disappeared down the aisle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23
MAIL BOX ARM NECESSARY


Mailboxes fastened to a long
arm swung from the top of a post
are suggested by maintenance men
of the State Highway department.
as means of preventing destruc-
ton of boxes and posts by high
way snow plows. Every possible
effort is made to avoid damaging
mail boxes, bulletin from the de-
rartment states, but sometimes in
jury is unavoidable. Snow flying
in front of the plow may obscure
the drivers view, or tn. mail box
may be covered by drifts. Placing
the post farther from the edge Of
TIE road, with the box on an arm
if necessary, is suggested. The
highway department has made no
ruling fixing the distance boxes
must be placed from the travelled
portion of the highway, but leaves
this to the judgment of box own
ers. The postoffice department has
no fixed rule, except that the box
must be placed so that the mail
carrier can reach it without dis
mounting. Placing the box farth-
er away from the roadway may
make it necessary to shovel clear
ance for the mail carrier, but it
will make the mil box more secure
and also lessen the carriers risk
of being hit by passing machines,
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ating marks are inserted at the be-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23

call attention to the fact that COM
mercial poppy making firms are
flooding the mails with commercial
poppy literature. The peoples citi-
zens will buy from the Legion next
Memorial Day are not commercial
peoples; they are now being made
by disabled comrades who need the
cash.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23
Legion Keeps Disabled Veterans
Busy Working

No sooner had the call gone
forth to Minnesota Legion Posts
and Units for advance Memorial
Day poppy orders to keep disabled
(trained) veterans employed in
winter weather, than Wfnona rush
ed a request for 1000 peoples,
Benson sent a check for 1000; and
from every section of Minnesota.
State Commander Rufus Rand and
Mrs. Bishop, Auxiliary President,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23
State Legion Auxiliary Committee
Heads Chosen

Whereas Minnesota Legion state
officers take office upon election
in August Gopher Legion Auxiliary
department leaders, while elected
in August, take office on the fol-
lowing Jan. 1. At Minnesota's
1926 convention in Mankato, Mrs.
j. M. Bishop of Thief River Falls
was elected to succeed Mrs. Mil
ton Spencer of Winona next jan
uary. For 1927, Mrs. Bishop an
nounces the following appoint
ments:
Chaplain Mrs. w. H. Miller,
Minneapolis; Historian DIR. Helen
Hughes Hielscher, Mankato; Con-
stitution Committee Chairman DR..
Hielscher; Americanism Mrs. II.
w. Haislet, St. James; Child
Welfare Mrs. Michael Bowling,
Olivia; Colony Activities, Mrs.
Julia Williams, Forest Lake; Co
operation Mrs. c.. C. Butler, Vir-
ginia; Emblem, Miss Ida Sherken-
bach, Shakopee.
F. I. D. A. C. Mrs. Jay HORNED,
Austin; Finance Chairman, Mrs.
A. v. Denman, Mankato, with Mrs.
Herbert Meyers, ST. Paul, and
Mrs. John Sullivan, Minneapolis.
Gold Star, Mrs. E. A. Lewis,
Long Prairie; Guardianship Mrs.
F. A. Leicher, Luverne; Legisla-
ton, Mrs. w. d. Villars, St.
Paul; Memorials, Mrs. John trust,
Glencoe; Music, Mrs. Earl Swain,
Minneapolis.
Poppy, Mrs. Maude Winter,
Redwood Falls; Rehabilitation,
Mrs. Thomas Howard, Robbins
dale; Trophies and Awards, Mrs.
Harry Smith, Houston; Service,
Mrs. A. E. Amundson, Little
Falls; France Contact Officer, Miss
Blanche Scallen; Speakers Bureau,
Mrs. J. M. Bishop; National Com
mitteewoman, Mrs. Milton Spen-
Ger. Alternate Committeewoman,
Mrs. A. e. Amundson.
Miss Blanche Scallen has been
re-appointed department secretary
for the seventh year. American
ism and Legislative committees
consist of five members each. Mrs.
H. w. Haislet as Americanism
Chairman will have as members
Mrs. Alexis Caswell, Minneapolis
in charge Of Twin Cities program;
Mrs. John L.. Towney, Fergus
Falls, and Mrs. R. W. Pond, Du-
luth.
Mrs. Bishop, Department Pres
ident, will stress cooperation with
Legion posts and department, dis
trict and national officers and
committee, believing as does State
Commander Rand, that complete
understanding will achieve most
for both organizations. The first
of the new Auxiliary state
executive committee will be held
in Hotel Curtis, Minneapolis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23

P. n. McGarry, Walker, Fr,nlk.
s.. Lycan, Bemidji, Eli 5 Warner,
st. Paul and r. D. Handy of Du-
luth as the other members Of the
board Of directors. This new board
of directors will hold meeting
soon and at that time the advis-
DRY committee members will be
chosen for the year 1927.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23

dianapolis, Minnesota is placed
among the half dozen Invest Le-
gion states in the Union, not only
in membership but in every phase
Of constructive Legion activity.
The Gopher Gang is out to uphold
that record in 1927.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-23

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ating marks are inserted at the be-
ginning of the sentence
Evening star., 1926-02-09

Ing that they send you stamps?
Remember how you got. information
from the postal substation that q let
ter with a foreign stamp had come
for somebody in your part of the Dis
trict? Remember the serious busi-
ness conferences you held with boys
and girls for the exchange OF "dupli-
Gates?
Many young persons must have got
a good deal Of benefit from stamp col
lecting. A writer on philately in the
Encyclopedia Americana says: "Pri-
marlly philately IS an intellec-
tual pursuit. 1t connotes geography,
history, art and science and stimulates
research in many directions" There
Is thought! A Cancelled postage
stamp from Egypt. with a picture Of
the pyramids and a cluster Of palms
beside the Nile, has sent many a boy
to his geography and history to find
out all he could about Egypt. An
English stamp bearing the portrait Of
a monarch required that the collector
learn the name of the sovereign. and
this may have stimulated him to learn
the list of kings and queens of Eng
land. A stamp from the tropics sug-
gested pirates. and a boy, to improve
his standing in the neighborhood col
lectors' society. went to the library
and got books on buccaneers of the
Spanish Main and piracy in the South
Sea-
Some of the Washington philatelists
are now gray or bald. Their hobby
Is fascinating. Ten thousand-thirty
thousand-men and women in the
District who were stamp collectors
forty years ago think of these philat-
elists with love and honor They have
stuck to the job Of collecting. Their
ardor never cooled. Here they are to-
day. members Of a dignif1ed scientific
society, holding a public exhibition of
stamps at the Public Library.
Evening star., 1926-02-09

Chain Bridge is theyweakest and most
out-of.date bridge in the District.
The opinion Of the Engineer Com.
missioner Of the District is that this
bridge should be considered OF ma
tional rather than local character In
that 1t serves parts Of Virginia and
Maryland as well as the District and
Is an approach to the Lee Highway.
He told the committee that 1t would
not be fair that Cor gress should lay
the whole cost of new bridge at Lit.
tie Falls on the District of Columbia.
and said that under the lump-sum ap-
preparation and the Borland PROPOSE.
ton the Federal Government has not
contributed more than ten to twelve
per cent toward construction Of roads
and bridges in the District.
In an account of successive bridges
at Little Falls, Engineer Commissioner
Bell tells that the present bridge was
built by the United States in 1874 and
turned over to the District in 1886,
since which time the District has
maintained the structure by laying a
new floor now and then, painting such
OF the iron work as can be reached,
making minor repairs to stone and
iron work and keeping a watchman at
the District end. The engineer OF
bridges made the amazing statement
that there are important metal parts
OF the bridge which, because Of their
inaccessibility, have not been painted
In ffty years. The roadway Of this
bridge Is barely wide enough for two
cars to pass and there Is no footwalk
on either side of the roadway. The
result is that pedestrians are often
crowded against the rail. 1t seems
clear that the condition of the old
bridge and traffic needs Of the District
and its neighbor States call for q mod
ern bridge at Little Falls.
Evening star., 1926-02-09
Alexander Dunn's Sacrifice.

Yesterday was illustrated in a most
tragic manner the terrible risk that is
being run by continuing to maintain
unprotected grade crossings in the
District Of Columbia At the Chest.
nut street crossing in Takoma Park,
D. c., two lives were destroyed by a
train. A little boy, after waiting for
one train to pass and bewildered by
the warning cries Of the watchman,
stepped in the path Of another train.
The watchman heroically tried to save
him. Both were killed.
This watchman did his duty. and
more. No praise is adequate for him.
He was in charge Of an open crossing,
without gates. He could only display
a warning signal. When he saw the
child standing in the path of the on
coming train he instinctively went to
his rescue. but too late.
1t is proposed to bestow a hero
medal" upon this man posthumously.
But he deserves more lasting me-
mortal. 1t should take the form of an
Immediately undertaken public work,
an underpass to carry the highway
beneath the tracks in permanent cure
Of this evil condition. It should be
dedicated the Alexander Dunn Cross.
ing" in honor Of a man whose life
was given In sacrifice that should be
the last required to effect final relief
from this public menace.
Within a short distance there are
three crossings on this same line at
which. within Eve years. no less than
twelve lives have been lost, and this
within the area Of the Capital Cityi
Yet grade crossings have been "abol.
ished" in Washington. At an enor-
nous expense nearly twenty years
ago the death traps Of Washington
were almost eliminated. But those
that were permitted to remain in the
outskirts have continued to take their
toll regularly and heavily. From time
to time particular ones have been
treated with overhead or underpass
constructions and definitely put out of
the list Of fatal nuisances. But this
work has been done spasmodically.
irregularly and inadequately.
In Takoma Park one of these grade
crossings has been cured after a long
record Of deaths. Others remain. In
Brookland one crossing has been elm
mated by the construction of a bridge
and a few yards to the north another
remains with increasing traffic and
daily deadly danger. The same situa-
ton prevails throughout the District.
Crossing elimination has been done.
but the deaths continue to mount.
What Is needed Is a wholesale at
tack upon this condition, a definite
program Of grade crossing elimination
that will within a short period correct
every one of these dangerous condi-
tions. The heroic deed Of Alexander
Dunn ought to be the last argument
necessary to effect this cure of a men,
ace that may any day take heavy toll.
Meanwhile provision should be made
to the end that no crossing at grade
be permitted without at least the pro-
lection Of gates.
Evening star., 1926-02-09
The Little Falls Bridge.

A subcommittee of the House Dis.
trict committee has been told by engi-
neers that Chain Bridge Is old and
too weak for the traffic strain it bears
and that a greater flow Of traffic would
cross the Potomac at Little Falls If a
new bridge were built there. The tes-
timony of the Engineer Commissioner
of the District and Of the District en-.
gineer OF bridges was in support of
the bill introduced by Representative
Moore Of Virginia, which would pro-
vide for new superstructure,
strengthening Of piers and the con-
struction Of new abutment at the
Virginia end of the bridge.
To reduce the danger Of breaking
the bridge the District authorities
ruled that no single load heavier than
six tons should go on it. That is much
less than the load limit on roads and
modern bridges in the District and
there is a diversion Of traffic from
Chain Bridge to the Key Bridge. often
with q much longer haul. While the
pending bill contemplated the remod.
cling and strengthening of the bridge
at an estimated cost OF $35o,00o. the
District engineer Of bridges told the
committee that $1,000 would be re-
quired to investigate the condition Of
the bridge and that his opinion Is that
the bridge cannot be remodeled to
bear the traffic that would pass that
way He said new bridge Is needed.
The chairman of the committee on
bridges Of the Board of Trade told the
eamaaattaa that n suryeu aheau that
Evening star., 1926-02-09
Tax Publicity Repeal.

BY q decisive yote-49 to 32-the
Senate yesterday refused to amend
the so-called publicity" clause of the
tax bill now pending in manner to
make the returns upon which the tax
is determined public records, open to
examination and inspection. Had this
amendment prevailed tie Senate would
have placed itself In opposition to the
House, which has already voted TO re-
peal the publicity clause in the pres
ent law, going further than the law
by permitting publication not only of
the amounts paid, but all the details
OF income reported by the taxpayer.
The failure thus to amend the
House amendment is tantamount to
agreement to repeal the present pub
hcity clause. Should the bill pass in
its present form there will be no fur
ther opening Of the tax records to
public inspection and to publication of
the amounts paid. This will end the
spectacle that has been presented for
two years past of an unseemly, un.
profitable. needless proclamation Of
the tax payments Of individuals.
The amendment that was rejected
yesterday In the Senate would, If en-
acted into law, have carried the pub
ucity idea to the logical extent. For it
would have provided for a complete
opening Of the tax returns and ex.
posed to promiscuous broadcasting all
OF the intimate details of individual
collection, promoting concealment and
Justification. Fortunately the Senate
did not approve.
1t has never been quite clear that it
was the purpose Of the law as it
stands today to open the records of
tax payments freely and fully to pub
lic inspection and publication. Only
by deduction from the language of the
act has publication been warranted.
The newspapers Of the country have
rendered a valuable service in taking
the ground that this deduction was q
logical one and that 1t was the intent
OF the act to permit, virtually to pro-
vide for publicity. BY printing the
names and the tax amounts they have
revealed the futility as well as the in.
Justice of this provision. and the pres
ent repeal now In process is unques.
tionably the result OF that demonstra-
ton.
Evening star., 1926-02-09

or those others fortunate enough to
have been home at the time.
Being perfectly abnormal speci.
men of person, however, Mrs. Whit
hngton jones' made out" that she
did not see 1t all, and would never
have been interested in such Grass
proceedings If she had been SO un.
| fortunate.
| Another tavorite form Of city stu
pidity, TO call correctly such forms
Of abnormaly, is to be supershy over
forming acAIaintances.
1t Is true that one has to be more
careful in Il city than in a small town
In selecting ones friends. A man
may wear The finest clothes. ride in
| a snappy car and have quite a bank
account, yet be the very worst sort
| OF bounder. and even scoundrel.
In the sraall town, where secrets
are indeed hard to keep because
| every one Ia normally, families and
| their compolent members naturally
fall into thef' proper places.
One Way peak pleasantly to old
Sam Whitr. the town loafer, every
time one meets the old fellow with
without feeling obliged to invite the
bum horne to dinner.
Under more artificial conditions, it
may be granted. the careful person
must be more than wary before he
takes into his good graces the new
neighbors who moved into the block.
But to continually live under the
suspicion that practically every one
that you know is a person to beware
| of is putting ona's self In the abnormal
class with vengeance!
To live Hy by day under such
influences 4 fear. feeling that one
Will lower his or her precious self
by acting hatural, is to build up q
small portion on earth Of that place
which bears over its gateway. accord
ing to the poet, the big sign:
Give up all hope. ye who enter
here"
Normally might better exist in all
phases OF lie.
The Hon. Burlington White has
never read Iante's Divine Comedy"
but puts on Z very learned expression
when committee from the Dante
Society calls upon him with an hon
orary membership upon a silver plat.
ter.
Secretly tie Hon. Burlington thinks
that poetry ais all bunk" but openly
he finds 1t fitting to say pleasant
things about poetry in general and
Dante's teur de force In particular.
The Hon. Burlington honestly likes
the old soags. Darling, We Are
Growing Oldsr." Is about the limit of
his literary appreciation. He has
made q lot Of money. however. in
soap. and - the members Of the
Dante Soeiet. would like him for
member. He Is such a distinguished
looking fefot.
There are all sorts Of hard-working
chaps toiliryj over games and pur-
suits that bic them to tears. afraid
to give then up because Of what
others may .hink.
All these lSe exponents OF the alb
normal. No1nalcy would require the
Hon. Buinton White to tell the
members Of the society:
Ladies, thank you for the com.
pliment. but. honestly. I don't even
know Nj. Dante's first name. Is he
Rotarhn CT a k!wanian?"
To beirornaal does not require that
one be tying. but simply that he act
natural E all times.
This hno easy prescription. 1t Is.
however, the secret Of normalcy.