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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
WOMAN, CHILDREN,
TERRIBLY BURNED
Two Deaths, Result From HoIocast on
Farm Near Avon Early Tues
day Morning Sd.

A mother and her five children, all
boys, are in critical condition at ST.
Raphael's hospital, st. Cloud, follow
ing kerosene explosion early this
morning when the mother started a
fire in the kitchen of her farmhouse,
four miles south of Avon, says Tues
day evenings St. Cloud Times.
The condition of the five boys, the
oldest of whom is nine years and the
youngest two, is critical. The mother
is severely burned and it was indicat-
ed this morning that she would not
recover.
When Mrs. James Koska, near
Avon, started the fire in her kitchen
stove at 8 a. m. today, shortly after
her husbands departure for his place
of employment in town, she thought
the fire of the evening before was ex-
tinguished and after placing kindling
in the stove she saturated it with
kerosene prior to applying a match
The live. Goals in the bottom of the
stove ignited the kerosene, however
while she was still holding the large
container and its contents exploded.
The mothers clothes burst into
flames and in the excitement the five
children chung to her crying and at
tempting to extinguish the blaze
which spread to their clothing. The
mother forgot her own injuries and
attempted to save the children while
William, her eldest son, ran to their
nearest neighbor. Adolf Sebilski, a
quarter of a mile away, to summon
aid. The mother succeeded in saving
the other four children but collapsed
when rescuers arrived.
Mrs. Kosba was badly burned. The
injuries of the children are confined
mainly to their hands and faces which
were badly scorched while they chung
to their. mother. Hopes are enter
tanned for the recovery of William,
while the condition of Victor, 8,
Melvin, z. and Leonard 5, were said
to be good Tuesday morning. Edmund
aged 2 the youngest member of the
family is suffering severely from
shock and burns, and his condition
was said to be grave.
Mr.. Kosba left his home at SIX
o'clock for Avon where he is engineer
for the Schneider and Danaer factory.
His wife got up an hour later and
started the fire.
eff my wife had only taken the
children outside instead of trying to
save them and the house" the father
said this morning, everything would
have been alright. =
Kosba started his winters work IN
the Avon factory yesterday morning.
He said he was trying to earn little
extra money during the winter
months because he has just purchased
new tract of land on which the
family was living at present. Their
farm home is situated south of Avon
in the vicinity of Spunk Lakes.
Kosba's brother, Frank, lives in st.
Cloud, another brother, John, at Mel
(Eontinued on Page Twelve.)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
ReU. c. S. Sparkes
Starts New Decade
Splendid Cooperation of People Has
Placed the Congregational Church
in Fine Condition

Rev. C.. S. Sparkes, pastor of the
local Congregational church has just
completed his tenth year of ministry
in Sank Centre. Coming to this city
in November 1916, from Sleepy Eye,
Mimi, after a successful five years
pastorate he accepted the task of
building up the Sank Centre church
which had been without a resident
pastor for five years.
A specialist in Sunday school work
he soon built up a splendid school
with modern methods and attracted
to the work many competent teach
ers. The church property was freed
from debt and then many needed i'm
provements were made. Today the
church is one of the best equipped in
the city, has no debt on church or
parsonage and is efficiently organized
in all its various branches. 1t is self
supporting, receiving no outside aid
and contributes generously to mis-
sion work both at home and abroad.
The membership has been steadily
built up and is larger today than
ever before. A loyal and generous
people constitute the membership and
they have given their pastor splendid
support during his ten years of SER
vice. Rev Sparkes has not only serv-
ed his church but has always been a
willing worker in all community en-
terprises. AS war pastor he enrolled
in the Home Gaurd and became its
supply officer and later rose to be the
officer of the National
Guard with the rank of captain. He
saw service during the forest fires
of 1918 and the Fergus Fails cyclone
disaster; also as captain of the
Machine Gun Company at Fort Shell
ing in 1920. He was chairman of the
Near East Relief for Stearns county
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
President Indorses
Golden Rule Sunday
Nation Wide Observance of Move
ment to Bring Relief of Poor of
World, Dec. 5th

President Coolidge and Gov Theo.
dore Christensen are heartily spon.
soring the international Golden Rule
Sunday observance Sunday Dec. 5
In line with other public officials
Mayor L. w. Whitson submits the fol
lowing open letter to the people Of
this community:
Nov. 80, 1926
To the Citizens of Sank Centre
December 9Th is Information
al Golden Rule Sunday. It is
sponsored by President Coolidge
and by leaders of all faiths and
callings A representative Ma
tional Committee urges our par
ticipation in its observance and
| am glad to endorse their re-
quest.
"Golden Rule Sunday is
most appropriately placed mid
way between Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Its purpose is two
fold: To awaken us to a great
er appreciation of our own
blessings, and emphasize our
responsibility to the less for
tunate in all parts of the
world.
"The central idea of the days
observance is the substitution
of simple and meager cor
phanage" meal in place of our
usual bountiful Sunday dinner.
In doing this the plight of THE
destitute in the worlds poorest
lands is made more real to us
and to our children.
ITO the orphaned children
who are the benefciaries of
Golden Rule Sunday the recent
earthquakes in Armenia have
brought additional suffering. 1t
is evident that unless we help
these children they will perish.
I therefore hope that Interna-
tional Golden Rule Sunday
will be observed in every home
in our city.
Sincerely yours,
"L. w. Whitson, Mayor'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Fish Houses Put Under Bat
by Commissioner ]. F. Gould
Sank and Big Birch Lakes are Among
Those Affected in Central Min
nesota

Permission to use fishhouses on the
ice of over one hundred lakes in
Minnesota had been withheld by the
staate game and fish department, in
Guiding Is lying partly or totally in
Benton, 'Stearns, Sherburne, Todd
and Morrison counties.
The lakes effected have been des-
ignated as state game and fish re-
serves. The lakes affected by the
order received this week by Nicholas
Thomey, Stearns county auditor, fol-
low:
! Benton county-Little Rock.
Sherburne county - Briggs, Elk,
Julia Round, Big, Eagle, Long and
Rush lakes.
| Stearns county - Grand, Rice,
Pearl, Big Birch, Koronis and Sank
flakes.
Todd-Swan, Long, Mound, Big,
/ Pine Island, and Latimer Lakes.
Morrison - Alexandria, Peavey
Pierz Fish, Fish Trap, Sullivan, Sham
ineau and the fiowage waters of the
Mississippi river between Blanchard
Rapids and Little Falls dams.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02

for two years and successfully raised
the county's quota of several thou
sand dollars. He was appointed a
speaker for the Safety Service Com
mission during the war and after
wards was appointed to the Speakers
Bureau of the American Legion, an
appointment which he still holds. He
was also for four years, Protestant
Chaplain to the State Home School
for Girls. He was admitted into the
Masonic fraternity. in 1918 and is at
the present time commander of the
local Commandery.
Rev. Sparkes has been honored by
his denomination in different ways
and is at this time one of the men,
bers of the board of directors of Min
nesota.
A special anniversary service will
be held on Sunday morning, Dec. 9Th,
at 10:45, when he will speak on "a
Decade of Service"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
MRS. W. B. MITCHELL
| OF ST. CLOUD IS DEAD
Descendant of Old Puritan Family
Was Active In Women's
Work.

st. Cloud, Nov. 27-In the death of
Mrs. W. B. Mitchell, for whom fun
eral services were conducted today,
st. Cloud lost one of it smost promi-
nent women. Mrs Mitchell was the
mother of H. 2. Mitchell, editor of the
Bemldji Pioneer. She was the wife
OF w. B. Mitchell of St. Cloud, a
pioneer newspaperman of Minnesota
and was n years old when she died
Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. Mitchell, before her marriage.
was Miss Emily Whittlesey of Mariet-
ia, Ohio. The deceased was a de-
scendant of one of Americas oldest
Puritan families. Her father, VIM.
A. Whittlesey, studied law with
Joshua H. Giddings, who subsequent
ly became congressman of Ohio.
Mrs. MitchelPs only brother, Capt.
William Beal Whittlesey, was killed
at Mission Ridge during the Civil
war.
Mrs. Mitchell was leader in So
cial, civic and church circles, in St.
Cloud. She organized the Reading
Room society, which has been in
existence Al years. In the Mime
sofa Federation of Women's Clubs,
the deceased was active and at one
time held the Office of vice president.
Mrs. Mitchell also organized the St.
Cloud Presbyterian missionary So
ciety in 1879 and after serving as
secretary for several years, became
president, an Office she held for 20
years. For 55 years Mrs. Mitchell
was active in the Ladies' Aid Society.
She also organized the st. Cloud
chapter of the Daughters of the
American Revolution and filled the
Office of first vice regent since it's or
ganization in 1922. Surviving Mrs.
Mitchell in addition to her husband
and sony-H. q. Mitchell of Bemidji,
are seven daughters. There are II
grandchildren living.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Bridge Across the Narrows Of
Sank Lake Now an As
sured Fact
TO BE BUILT THIS WINTER
Nolan Brothers, Minneapolis
Contractors, Were Award
ed the Grading Job

Babcock Highway No. a between
Sauk Centre and Long Prairie across
Sauk Lake Narrows and through the
villages of Little Sank and Round
Pralrle is now a definite fact
| Tuesday Nov. 80, Highway Com
missioner c. M. Babcock opened
bids for the grading of this 18-mile
stretch of highway. The Herald was
IN telephone communication with the
department at St. Paul this Thurs
| day morning and received the in
formation that Nolan Brothers Com
pany of Minneapolis were the low
bidders, their price being $131,326
and they will be awarded the con-
tract as soon as the details can be
worked out
The Herad predicts this strips of
road will be paved within a five-year
period.
The machinery will be on the
ground during the winter and work
will start as early as the spring of
1927 opens up. The grading will all
be completed next year.
Tuesday afternoon OF this week
F. E.. Miller, engineer of the High
ways bridge department called at
the Herald office and stated he had
completed his soundings of Sank
Lake. His notes will be sent into the
department within a few days. It
will take couple of weeks to get
out the specifi cations and blue prints
and three weeks more to advertise for
bids and let the contract for the
bridge.
Mr.. Miller said it was absolutely
essential that this bridge be erected
during the present winter. 1t will be
the economical manner in which to
handle the work and the bridge men
will be out of the way of the graders
in the spring. Mr.. Miller said a So
foot span would be ample to handle
the water.
Highway No. going north out of
the city will cross Sank river bridge
on Main street and viii leave Main
street about SO or rs feet back of
the oil station erected in the north
part of the city last summer There
will be a gradual and safe curve at
this point. 1t will leave Highway %
cbout at the south end of the white
railing just north of the Costello home
in the edge of the city. 1t will fol-
low the section line to S,uk lake
crossing the Northern Pacific spur
with an overhead bridge. Sank lake
will be followed practically its en-
tire length, between the vily:lges of
Little Sank and Round Prairie the
Great Northern track will be follow
ed.
This route is over mile shorter
than any of the other proposed routes
between Sank Centre and Long Prai-
RE and besides accommodating many
farmers along the way it will be one
CT the most picturesque drives in the
entire system of Babcock Highways.
The citizens of Sank Centre and
the territory affected have worked
diligently for long time to secure
a bridge across the narrows of Sank
lake. Time will fully demonstrate
Mr.. Babcock's judgment in selecting
this route.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Whist Players to Grey Eagle

The Sank Centre whist sharks
have accepted the invitation of the
Grey Eagle gang to meet them in a
bloody battle of cards at the Grey
Eagle Community Club rooms We'd
nesday evening Of next week, Dec s.
The Eagles are mighty anxious to
sink their talons into the hides of the
sMain Streeters," as they are smart
ing over the defeat handed them in
this city last winter After they
have mal-treated their guests to
their satisfaction they will supply
wholesome refreshments. If you
can make this trip, line up your part
ner for the evening and report to v.
&. Wedge at the earliest possible
moment in order that Grey Eagle
may know how many to prepare for.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
INSPECTION DATE CHANGED

The annual inspection Of Pilgrim
Commandery of Knights Templar has
been altered from the 9Th to the 18th
to accommodate the Grand Commander
who will attend with the Inspecting
Officer. A banquet at the Palmer
House Hotel has been planned for
600 at which time the local and
visiting Sir Knights will be enter
tanned after which the Inspection
will be held in the Masonic Temple at
700. The Inspecting Officer will be
Sir knight R. H. Schumacher, Grand
Sword Bearer. Many out-of-town
Sir Knights are expected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Herald and News of
Sank Centre Combine
NEARLY MISSED HIS
OWN WEDDING

Thanksgiving morning as J. R.
Hines was driving to Sank Centre
to be married in the afternoon to
Miss Malinda Lembke, at the home
of the lady's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
HI. c. Lembke, in the afternoon,
came near missing out on this i'm
pOrtant event of his life when his
Ford coupe skidded on the icy
pavement near st. Joe, turned
turtle, and was completely wreck
ed. Mr.. Hines was accompanied
by Arthur Lembke, and neither
were injured. A good Samaritan
driving by shortly after the ac-
cident picked the young men up
and brought them to Sank Centre
and the wedding was performed on
schedule time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Glendale, CAL, Man
'.Kids" Sank Centre
Brainstorm of Californian Makes .
"Ghost Town" Out of Original
"Main Street.

Judging from copy of Glen
dale, CAL, newspaper of recent date
40 former Sank Cemeteries gath
cred at the home of l.. w. Gin
gerry and enjoyed themselves as only
Sank Centre folks know how. Ear
Welty, columnist of the Glendale pa
per assumes because a few of the
residents of glorious Central Mime,
sofa have drifted to the section where
they have only climate" to offer
that "Main> Street" will eventually
close up shop and migrate to theil
burg.
The real "Main Streeters" who are
in the Gopher State, and glad of it
are wondering how this newspaper
guy got the idea in his newspaper
bean that Sank Centre. is a "ghosl
town" Sank Centreites are toe
we'll satisfied with their lot to get
sore" over the slam, even if the
story is a good one Mr.. tWelty says
Back in Minnesota a charm
ing little city faces virtual ex-
tinction because Glendale is on
the map. Despite the wealth
and beauty of the state of "Ten
Thousand Lakes" the citizens
of Sank Centre are packing
their goods, buying railway
tickets or cranking the family
automobile and starting for
Glendale. If the present rate
of withdraw keeps up it win be
only a matter of few years
until Sank Centre takes its place
with the "ghost towns" of
America.
"Such prediction is based
upon housewarming party Civ
en- by l.. W. Gingery, local
furniture dealer, upon the &C.
casion of his opening a new
home here. Sank Centre beasts
population of about 5000 per-
sons when all the folks come
back for the annual reunion.
Yet, at the Gingery party there
were 40 former residents of
Sank Centre present.
"We've all realized for a
long time the attraction our city
has for residents of the midwest
but this concrete example is ex-
ceptionally interesting.
Hizzoner, the mayor, and city
council of the Minnesota mu-
nicipality had better erect bar
ricades about their city or there
won't be enough voters left to
hold an election.
mine chances out CT ten Hiz-
zoner .sn't worrying about that
for he'll be in Glendale too"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Township Road Aid Put Up
to Commissioner Babcock
Chairman of State Good Roads Com
mittee Seeks Support for Pro-
posed Amendment to Law.

Ole Langhaug of Evansville, chair
man of the Minnesota farmers good
roads committee, conferred Tuesday
with Charles M. Babcock, state high
way commissioner, on the aims OF
his organization. Its purpose, he ex-
planned, is to get the state constitu-
ton amended so that part of the
state road funds can he distributed
for use on township roads.
eve do not want to take anything
from the trunk highways" mr.. Lang
hang said. IF we get the constitution
amended It win be mp to the legisla-
fure, and it could put an extra cent
I'm the gasoline tax to use on town
hip roads. That would be only
about So year for the average man
Who owns car, but it would do lot
l;or our farmers roads. Many of us
lave to drive five to eight miles be-
lore getting on a trunk highway or
rlyen state aid road, and if we have
: wait until those roads are all per-
1lanently improved it will be many
fars before we have roads any bet
r than they are now.'
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Contract Let I Tuesday,
for Highway No. 4
NEW CANCELLING
MACHINE INSTALLED

A new, up-to-the-minute stamp
cancelling machine has been in.
stalled by the government in the
Sank Centre pOstoffice. Postmas-
ter ]. A. Schoenhoff states that
this machine will greatly facilitate
the handling of Christmas mail.
However, the residents of this
community are urged to mail their
packages as early as possible in
order that there will be reasonable
assurance they will reach their
destination in ample time and in
good condition. Post master
Schoenhoff will appreciate the
public's cooperation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
Gets Jail Sentence

Martin CRUDE, of Alexandria who
was arrested in this city on Nov. %,
bound over to the district court on
$500 bonds, Monday Nov. 20, charged
with liquor transportation. Mr..
CRUDE appeared before Judge Roeser
in district court Nov. 25 and pleaded
guilty to the charge and received a
sentence of 800 fine and 80 days in
the county Jail.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
BOYS BAND NOT A CERTAINTY

A number OF the younsters OF the
city met at the Community Club
rooms Saturday afternoon with Carl
R. Rust, and the initiatory steps were
taken to organize a kid" band in
this city. Mr.. Rust has been con-
Quoting a similar band at Ortonville
for some time and the Herald under
stands he has made a success of. it.
The plan is to have the city abpEos
pirate a stipulated sum to support
the band and the balance necessary
to employ the leader to be subscribed
by the business houses who are to
sign up for 12-month period. There
appears to be a sentiment about the
city that Mr.. Rust will not allow his
pupils to acquire secondhand instru-
ments and that they must purchase
them where ne dictates. He viii
hold another meeting Saturday at
which time the differences will likely
be ironed out.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02
L. Goodsell Injured

Friends of L. Goodsell will be
sorry to learn that he is laid up with
a badly bruised knee which he re
.ceived Tuesday evening at about 500
.osbock in front of the Molitor home
on Fourth Street. Mr.. Goodsell was
walking in the street owing to the
Scy walks. A lad riding a pony APP
preached him and in passing the pony
SHE'D at an object laying in the road
and bumped Mr.. Goodsell, throwing
him to the ground. He was assisted
home in a taxi and made comfortable.
AT the present time he is recovering
nicely.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02

Mrs. C. l.. Crow first cook at the
Waldorf Cafe went to Minneapolis
Tuesday on a business trip.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-02

Mr., and Mrs. Leonard Ritter spent
Sunday evening visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mars. s.. G. Syhwarz-
bauer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
SIX TEAMS SEEDED
FOR TITLE DOUBLES
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. August 30.-Drawings for
the United States lawn tennis cham
plonship. to begin today at the Long
wood Cricket Club, find four Ameri-
can and two French teams seeded
An early match between the leaders
OF the American Davis Cup. team
Norris Williams and Vincent Rich
ards-and one of the leading foreign
threats-Henri Cochet and Rene La
coste--seems likely from their posi-
ton in the first quarter of the draw.
spirited play from the outset is
looked for irony the first-round match
OF William Johnston and Edward G.
Chandler with Lionel Ogden and
Cranston Holman. Foreign players
include representatives from France,
Japan, Canada, Mexico and Australia,
although France and Mexico are the
only two with teams in the tcurna-
ment.
FIRST QUARTER.
RICHARD y. Williams. I'd. Bryn Mawr. Pa.
ana Vincent Richards. New York 0nationai
CHAMPIONS rI,itnI l9:5l. vs.; Lem Baker and j. w
III Kansas City missouri Valley
alex Alex Graves, Chicago. and Henry Guild
B BOSTON. Vs. Barry Wood. ir, and c. A.
pra Arncld Jones H. and William 1ngraham;
ITO. luence, vs. Dr. Edward B. Benedict and
r. Alfred s, Dabney New York and Carl S.
Planman, Boston. vs.. Henry Dochet. Lyons
ana Jacques Brugnon Paris English cham
SECOND QUARTER.
Lewis y. White Austin. and Ioujs Thai
I,ia' DALLAS 'national clay-court cham
New Orleans, Southern championsl.
IT, f0s s Ma RsG" LAND land and cs:
Butlin, Mexico City
Ike Kenneth Appel and John Van Ryn. New
New York anu a. "o''
Henry Norton and Leslie Johnston. ST..
PauI tNorthWestern champions). VS.. G.
more middle Atlantic champions).
THIRD QUARTER
San Francisco vs.. Lionel ogden and Gran.
st9 q1oh Holmdan San Francisc9
Franz Shields New eft' VS. Fries Mer a"q
and Neil sullivan. Philadelphia.
r, George E. Abbott. Boston. and Frank
me-, Allison Fort Worth. and John Barr,
w ENNIS and f. B. Pierce, Salt Lake City
ira and Rene Lacoste. Paris (Enslish cham
pIons. 1880.
FOURTH QUARTER.
William T: Tilden. I'd. Philadelphia, and
h ana Sco r. an IT, Spr1l1ged vs. Wal,
washbnrn, New YORK. Vs. Malc a +. "i Hi
and Henry 1: Johnson. jr:. Boston;
S. Howard yosheI. New York.
j. Bro RGs,o Fenno jr and Josiah Wheel
Greg. and James Davies. Los Angeles
(Pacific coast champons,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-30
FILIPINO NET TOURNEY
TO BE FINISHED TODAY

The District Filipino tennis title will
he at stake today when Hess and Ian
sang meet at $3.50 on Monument courts
in the final round of singles.
Hess, the champion, defeated Coro-
mel yesterday. 10--8. 60, while Ian
sang eliminated Soriano. 60, e..
Resident Commissioner Guevara will
award the Joint Welfare Service
trophy and the Osmena cup to the
victors tomorrow at the conclusion of
the doubles.
Hess and Del Rosario meet Lansang
and Coronel for the doubles champion
ship.