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Evening star., 1926-11-12
PRESIDENT IS TOLD
OF IRRIGATION EVIL
Veteran Weather Man Claims
Reclamation Projects Breed
Storms for East.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, November 12-On the
ground that irrigation of arid land is
a prolific cause of devastating storms
Elias B. Dunn of Orange n. j., head
Of the New York weather bureau
from 1884 to 1898, sent a letter to
President Coolidge yesterday. pro-
testing against further reclamation
projects in the West
by unremitting stimulations of an
irrigation program" Mr.. Dunn wrote,
you are. Mr.. President adding am
munition to natures destructive
forces. killing or impoverishing the
man at the productive plow. filling the
Evening star., 1926-11-12
FACE DISFICURED
WITH PIMPLES
AND BLACKHEADS
druggist proves a friend N need

Kalispell, Mont, March 1.-TWO
years ago my face was an awful
sight. The skin broke out with
pimples and blackheads and itched
all the time. / washed it frequently
and applied various salves, but
they helped little. One day l asked
druggist for a good cure for my
case, and that night | took home a
small jar Of Resinol Ointment.
Every morning and night / washed
my face and applied the ointment,
rubbing it in good. After a few
treatments / noticed the pimples
were starting to decrease and in
two or three weeks they We're prac-
tically gone. [ was so well pleased
with the results that | now keep
Resinol on hand and recommend it
whenever can" (Signed) Elkn E.
Rnrrv 1929 Third Ave West.
Evening star., 1926-11-12
ROBBERY SUSPECT HELD.
Man Sought in $135,0OO Mail
Hold-up Taken in Chicago.

HICAGO, November II R.-
Tommy Holden, sought since last
September as a suspect in the $685.
900 mail robbery in Evergreen Park,
a suburb, was arrested here yester-
day in a fiat in which the police also
found a young woman. who said she
was Lillian Griffin. 90 and a man who
gave his name as D. J. Kearney of
nofraif
Evening star., 1926-11-12
GOLD DEPOSITS FOUND.
Silver Ore Also Present in Newly
Discovered italian Veins.

ROME, November II R.-New de-
posits of gold and silver bearing ore
have been discovered near GiaVeno'
in the Cottian Alps, according 10 ols-
patches to the local newspapers.
The deposits will yield from 50 10
SO grams of gold a ton and from IS
to 23O of silver. The conformation OF
the ground permits the construction
of galleries for the extraction OF
I q
Evening star., 1926-11-12

Rattan trunks are popular in Europe,
but are said to be too light for the
strain Of travel in this country.
Evening star., 1926-11-12
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
FERGUS FALLS. Mimi, November
12.z-Gust Comstock, worlds champion
coffee drinker, has learned the truth
of the old saying. Uneasy lies the
head that wears the crown
After slipping So cups of coffee in
IL hours yesterday he could not sleep.
For some time the king of the coffee
tipplers tossed about-but eventually
overcame his insomnia.
Comstock, who drinks an average of
20 cups a day, ordinarily sleeps like
the proverbial top.
His performance, marked by the
tripling of records set by II contestOrS,
Evening star., 1926-11-12
Modernize Historic Church.
,cial Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEWPORT NEWS, November -.
Extensive improvements to historic
Grace Episcopal Church. built in
1900, at Yorktown, are being made. A
vestibule is being installed and bel
fry erected. The building is being
modernized. The cost will be $4,000.
Evening star., 1926-11-12
AIMEE PROBE WIDENS.
Declared on Train With Ormiston
After European Tour.

LOS ANGELES. November II up.
The Examiner says district attor-
ney's investigators have learned that
Kenneth G. Ormiston. fugitive radio
man, and his blue mystery trunk y
were aboard the same train which last
Spring brought Aimee Semple Nc
Pherson back to Los Angeles after
her European tour. Ormiston is said
to have boarded the train at Chicago.
District Attorney Keyes has an
nounced he will attempt to identify
the contents of the trunk as belonging
to Mrs. Mcpherson when the evange-
list faces trial in District Court here
on a conspiracy charge in connection
with her story of being kidnapped.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22
Have You Uric Acid Trouble 2
Many Sank Centre Folks Are Learn
ing How to Avoid 1t

Are you lame and achy; tortured
with backache, and rheumatic pains :?
Feel nervous, depressed, and all
played-out Then look to your kid
neys! When the kidneys weaken uric
acid accumulates, poisoning blood and
nerves, and many mysterious aches
and ills result. Help your kidneys
with stimulant diuretic, Use Doan's
Pills! Your friends and neighbors
recommend Doan's.
John M. Brown, Sank Centre, says:
"I had lame back and couldn't stoop
or lift without sharp, darling pains
catching me through my kidneys. The
kidney secretions were highly colored
and passed irregularly. Three boxes
of Doan's Pills cured the lameness in
my back and corrected the kidney ac-
ton.
Over seven years later, Mr.. Brown
added: "Doan's cured me of kidney
complaint and I still use them as a
preventive.
Coo, at all dealers, Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, N. y.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the
payment of the sum of eight thousand
four hundred eighty dollars, which is
claimed to be due and is due at the
date of this notice upon a certain
Mortgage, duly executed and delivered
by A. C Ryan and Maud Ryan his
wife Mortgagor, to s. d. Jardine M ,rt-
gagee, bearing date tthe LIST day of
March 1915. and with a power of sale
therein contained, duly recorded in
the office of the Register of Deeds i'll
and for the County of Stearns and
State of Minnesota, on the 18th day Of
August 1916, at 400 o'clock p M. in
book 80 of Mortgages, on page AL.
Which said Mortgage, together with
the debt secured thereby, was duly
assigned by The Probate Court Of
Todd County, Minnesota, in the matter
of the estate Of s. D. Jardine Deceased,
MORTGAGE. to Emma Jardine, James
Arthur Jardine. Roy Obediah Jardine,
Grin Summers Jardine. May Eliza
beth Conrie, Hazel Define Matterson,
Doris Katherine Jardine, Cashius
Keith Jardine and Alice Ariel Jardine
By its Final Decree in said matter
dated July Bird 1922. and recorded in
the office Of Register of Deeds in
Stearns County, Minnesota, on the
9Th day of February 1926 at 500
o'clock A. M, in Book 'sY'' of Misc. on
page 80. and by said James Arthur
Jardine. Roy obediah Jardine. Grin
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22

due and is due at the date of this mo-
tice upon certain Mortgage, duly ex-
ecuted and delivered by Nels Q. Nor
gordon and Amelia Norgorden his wife
Lee his wife, Mortgagors, to Andrew
Wicklund, Mortgage, bearing date the
LIST day of March 1920, and with a
power of sale thereien contained, duly
Of Deeds in and for the County of
Stearns and State of Minnesota on the
Bird day of April 1920, at 800 o'clock
A. M. in Book IS of Mortgages, on
And Whereas, The said Andrew
Wicklund the Mortgage and holder
of said Mortgage, has duly elected and
does hereby elect to declare the whole
principal sum of said Mortgage due
and payable at the date of this notice,
under the terms and conditions of said
Mortgage and the power of sale there
in contained; and whereas there is ac
payable at the date of this notice the
sum of one thousand fifty-four 16-100
dollars, and whereas the said power of
sale has become operative, and no ac-
situted, at law or otherwise. to re-
cover the debt secured by said Mort
gage, or any part thereof.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given
that by virtue of the power of sale con-
tanned in said Mortgage, and pursuant
to the statute in such case made and
provided the said Mortgage will be
foreclosed by sale of all that part OF
the premises described in and conveyed
by said Mortgage, which has not here
to before been released, by partial re-
lease of record, viz: The Southeast
Quarter of the Northwest Quarter OF
Section Numbered Thirty-three (33) in
Township numbered one hundred TWEEN
tyseven CPD North of Range num-
bered thirty-four (34) West of the
fifth principal meridian, according to
the United States Government survey
thereof, in Stearns County and State
Of Minnesota, with the Entertainments
and appurtenances; which sale will be
made by the Sheriff of said Stearns,
County, at the front door of. the Court
House, i'll the City of ST. Cloud in said
County and State, on the 18th day of
May 1926, at 500 o'clock P. M, of that
day, at public vendue, to the highest
bidder for cash, to pay said debt of
one thousand fifty-four and 16100 dol
lars, and interest, and the taxes, il
any, on said premises, and fifty dol
lars, Attorneys fees, and the disburse-
ments allowed by law; subject to re-
demption at any time within one year
from the day of sale, as provided by
law.
Dated, March 80, A. D. 1926.
Andrew Wicklund,
Mortgage
A. H. Hendrickson,
Attorney for Mortgage,
r. F. D. 2, Sank Centre, MINI
Published April 1-81522-29, May 6,
1926.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22

Summers Jardine, May Elizabeth Con-
rie, Hazel Define Matterson, Doris
Katherine Jardine, Cashius Keith Jar
dine and Alice Ariel Jardine assigned
to Emma Jardine by written assign
ment dated the 18th day of February
Register of Deeds, in Stearns County.
Minnesota; and whereas there is &C
tually due and at the date of this no.
tice and in default the sum of eight
thousand four hundred eighty dollars,
with interest thereon at the rate of
per cent per annum from the LIST day
of March 1926, and whereas the said
power of sale has become operative
been instituted, at law or otherwise, to
recover the debt secured by said Mort
gage. or any part thereof.
Now, Therefore, Notice is Hereby
Given, That by virtue of the power OF
sale contained in said Mortgage, and
made and provided, the said Mortgage
will be foreclosed by a sale of the
premises described in and conveyed by
said Mortgage, viz:
quarter (SkNEA) and the West hall
Of the Southeast quarter Wisely OF
Section number two (2) in township
number one hundred twenty-six Q26)
(s5). and commencing at the North
east corner of the Southwest quarter
(SWA) of Section number eighteen
(18) township number one hundred
twenty six (126) North of Range num-
Der thirty-five $3.50 running thence
South forty (40) rods thence West
sixteen Q6) rods, thence Northy forty
(40) rods. thence East sixteen (16)
rods to place of beginning, containing
in all 164 acres more or less according
to u. S. Government survey thereof
subject to all legal highways, in
Stearns County and State Of Mime
sofa. with the Entertainments and ap-
purtenances; which sale will be made
by the Sheriff of said Stearns County
at the front door of the Court House
in the City of ST. Cloud in said Coun-
ty and State, on the 3rd day Of May
1926, at 200 o'clock p. NJ, of that day
at public vendue, to the highest bidder
for cash, to pay said debt of eight
thousand four hundred eighty dollars,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22
Citation for Hearing on Petition fo
Administration

Citation for Hearing on Petition for
Administration
State of Minnesota, County of Stearns
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter Of the Estate of Lyd-
iaette Orendorf also called Lydia E.
Orendorff Decedent.
The State of Minnesota, to all per-
sons interested in the granting of ad.
ministration of the estate of said de-
cedent: The petition of Carrie L. Or
endorff having been filed in this Court,
representing that Lydiaette Orendorf
also called Lydia E. Orendorff, then a
resident of the County of Stearns
State of Minnesota, died intestate on
the 18th day Of October 1924, and pray
ing that letters of administration OF
her estate be granted to l.. l.. Kells
and the Court, having fixed the time
and place for hearing said petition
Therefore, You and Each of You, are
hereby cited and required to show
cause, If any you have, before this
Court at the Probate Court Rooms in
the Court House, in the City of St
Cloud in the County Of Stearns, State
of Minnesota, on the 7th day of May
1926 at 800 o'clock A. NJ why said pc
tition should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said Court
and seal Of said Court, this 18th day
of April 1926.
(Court Seal j B. Hims1,
Probate Judge
l.. L. Kells,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Published April 15-22-29, 1926.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22
Valuable Contribution to Earlu
History of State Made By
Sank Centre School Students

| area of about two acres. At the
northwest and southwest corners two
bastions constructed of oak logs were
erected. They held about forty men
each. On the inside there were sew
eral log buildings, including a guard
house, hospital, and the officers
quarters. The Pendergast log barn
was used as the Quartermasterss Com
missary and warehouse. On the west
| side there were stables which would
accommodate about one hundred and
fifty horses and mules. Joseph Cap
ser had a trading post just outside
the Stockade. The Stockade also
proved to be a convenient quarter
for the numerous families and the
food supplies. Night guards were
put out on the bluffs and on the
main roads, with orders to report i'm
mediately if any signs of Indians
were discovered.
In 1868 w. Adley built the Sank
Centre House on the spot now oc-
cupied by the Palmer House. Until
it was burned down many years after
it was the leading hotel in this part
of the country. Its rates were $1.00
day and regular board, $3.50 per
week. Those who could afford to
stay there were regarded as "aristro-
Gratis"
1t was not until after the close of
the war of 1865, that the city really
achieved Importance as a center of
traffic and standing in the business
world. The rich fertile land sur
rounding Sank Centre proved a great
attraction to the incoming settlers.
A flour mill was built in 1866, by
Moore & Mcclure and had capacity
OF seventy-five barrels per day.
The Sank Centre Religious Organ
izations have also played a prominent
part in the city's development. As
early as 1860 Congregational min
lister was sent to this locality by the
American Home Missionary Society.
He held services in the log school
houses and the farm kitchens. His
work was so successful and the peo-
pie so anxious for a church that
early in 1866 regular pastor was
sent to Sank Centre-Rev. A. X.
Fox, who preached in a small shanty
formerly used as a hospital for
soldiers. This building also served
as school house. Different denomi-
nations took turns in conductiong SER
vices in this. upholstered, implanted,
uninviting place.
In the fall of 1864 the first services
of the st. Paul Catholic church were
held at the house of Joseph Capser by
Father Matthias. The early pastors
suffered many hardships because of
their great difficulties in securing liv-
ing quarters. Their small wages
were also insufficient to keep them
The first banking institution was
established in Sank Centre in 1872 nv
Andrew j. Smith. 1t was a private
banking institution and went out of
existence in 1896. The Bank of
Sank Centre was established in 1880
with Solomon Pendergast as presi-
dent and l.. Kells as cashier. It was
private bank until law was passed
wiping out all private banks, and
then it, was called the First State
Bank of Sank Centre. The First Ma
tional Bank was organized in 1884,
with Henry Kellar as president and
c. M. Sprague as cashier.
The first railroad, the Great North
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22
THE BEGINNINGS OF MY
COMMUNITY


The history of Sank Centre has had
many trials and successes, and il
is surrounded with all the romantic
glamor of those early times. The
word "Sauk" means beauty, satisfac-
tion, contentment, prosperity; and
'tCentre" means that it is the very
center or heart of these possessions.
The real beginning of the city was
in 1855 when a party ow adventur-
ers consisting of seven persons, who
called themselves "The Sank Centre
Townsite Company" of which Alex
ander Moore was the leader, settled
here.
The first residence was ''dug OUT
which was on an elevation on the
south side of the river, lined with
tamarac poles-a typical squatter's
habitation. In 1856 the dam across
the river was begun by Moore and
Jaques and nearly finished. A small
log house was built by the company
but the panic of 1867 came on
and everything came to a stand-still.
S. M. Bruce, who had purchased an
interest in the proposition, remained
to "hold down the claim" while the
Others hiked back to their homes. In
the spring of 1858 a flood carried
away the dam; and it was not rebuilt
till 1860, when a saw mill was erected
on the site. The same year Jesse
Draper, an Indiana hoosier, started a
blacksmith shop where what is
known as the Bruce Block now
stands.
The first public meeting ever held
in Sank Centre was on July 10, 1857,
to form the "Sauk Valley Claim As
association" to protect the settlers
from claim jumpers.
The first post office was established
on the south side of the river in
1858, with W.. Adley as postmaster.
Men used to walk from st. Cloud to
Sank Centre and leave the mail here !;
then they would go on to the next
to win. Very few letters were writ
ten in those days. Sometimes letters
were written on chips of wood, or
pieces of bark and scratched on with
charcoal. Sometimes just a few
words were written on paper. The
mail was placed in a little room ten
feet square. The rate for a letter
was five cents and three cents for a
card.
The first store was established by
Pendergast & Fish in 1861. There
was very little money in circulation
at that time so the people usually ex-
changed produce for the necessities
needed in their home.
In 1861 H. A. Boobar built a resi-
dence and moved into it with his fam
lily; it was one of the first real FAM
lily homes in the city.
The first school meeting was. held
on the 18th of April in 1861. S.
Ramsdell was moderator and S. M.
Bruce was clerk. Miss Nellie Har-
mon was employed as teacher, and
she was paid the munifcient sum of
three dollars week and board.
After the breaking out of the Civil
War all immigration ceased; and in
1862, at the outbreak of the Sioux,
the people gathered for protection
This stockade was located where the
church of our Lady of Angels now
stands. 1t was constructed of tama-
rae logs, the walls being about
twelve feet high and inclosing an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22
IN, reached Sank Centre in August

ern, reached Sank Centre in August
1878.
The first newspaper started in
George Mclaughlin started the Sank
Valley News which had existed about
two months when the editor and
proprietor locked the office door. In
1867 Joseph H. Simonton bought the
outfit, and the first issue of the Sauk
Centre Herald was given to the pub
lie. He and his brother Samuel con-
Quoted the paper until 1879, when
they sold it to Charles F. HendryX
whose son is James B. Hendryx, oul
Sank Centre author. For nearly three
years the Simonton brothers did all
their own work, setting up the entire
type by hand. Advertising rates
were about the same as they are now
An advertisement once placed was
seldom altered, some running three OF
tours years without change. Rhym-
ing ads were popular. During all the
thine the Simonton Brothers ran the
Herald, the subscription price was
maintained at $500; and it was pay
able in any old thing: venison, beef
butter, eggs, lard, wood, flour, grains
of all kinds-in fact, it would be
hard to name any article that was
not legal tender for subscriptions. AT
times in the fall the office resembled
a grain elevator, for sometimes il
was so crowded with flour that there
was hardly room to work. In the
summer time everybody paid in wood
and in winter, when wood was essen
tial to life, no wood was brought in :.
When the Herald was established
the nearest railroad point was St..
Cloud; all supplies were freighted in
by team and all passengers came out
by stage. Matt Schiefer and Hugh
Biggerstaff are the best remembered
stage drivers.
Books were not plentiful in the
early days of Sank Centre; but Read
ing Clubs were formed, and they hao
a sort of circulating Library by ex-
changing their reading material with
each other. 1t was not until 1869
that Library association was Aform-
ed with Solomon Pendergast as presi-
dent. Membership fees were fixed at
one dollar year for gentlemen and
fifty cents, for ladies. This organl-
cation kept up the movement until in
1878 when it was merged into the
Bryant Library Association.
By 1879, Sank Centre had about
seven hundred and fifty people, two
flour mills, not more than half a
mile of wooden sidewalk, and about
three brick buildings. There was
but one line of railroad with two daily
trains. There were no waterworks or
electric lights, no street lights of any
kind, no telephones, and no parks.
There were about four churches, one
rather small schoolhouse, and but one
small grain elevator. Today Sank
Centre 1ourishes with modern homes,
churches, schools, and business meth
DDS, due to the hardihood Of the early
pioneers.
Florence GRADER.
Sank Centre Senior High School.
Sank Centre, MINI.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-04-22

Default having been made in the
payment of the sum of fifteen thous-
and nine hundred dollars, which is
claimed to be due and is due at the
Mortgage duly executed and delivered
by A. G. Ryan and Maud Ryan his
wife Mortgagors, to S. D. Jardine
Mortgage, bearing date the LIST day of
therein contained, duly recorded in
the office Of the Register of Deeds in
and for the County of Stearns and
State Of Minnesota, on the 18th day Of
Book 80 of Mortgages, on page 145.
Which said Mortgage, together with
the debt secured thereby, was duly as
signed by The Probate Court of Todd
the estate of s. D. Jardine Deceased.
mortgage, to Emma Jardine, James
Arthur Jardine, Roy Obediah Jardine,
Grin Jasdne May
Katherine Jardine, Cashius Keith Jar
dine, and Alice Ariel Jardine.
By it's final decree in said matter
dated July srd 1922. and recorded in
Stearns County Minnesota, on the 9Th
day of February 1926, at 500 o'clock
A. M. in book "Y' of Misc: on page 80,
and by said James Arthur Jardine,
Jardine. May Elizabeth Conrie, Hazel
Define Matterson, Doris Katherine
Jardine, Casnius Keith Jardine, and
Alice Ariel Jardine assigned to Emma
the 18th day of February, 1926, and
of record in the office of Register of
Deeds, in Stearns County, Minnesota;
| and whereas there is actually due and
claimed to be due and payable at the
date of this notice the sum of fifteen
thousand nine hundred dollars, with in
! terest thereon at the rate of per
cent per annum from the LIST day Of
March 1926. and whereas the said pow
| er of sale has become operative, and
no action or proceedings having been
instituted, at law or otherwise, to re-
cover the debt secured by said Mort
gage, or any part thereof.
Now, Therefore, Notice is Hereby
Given, That by virtue of the power of
sale contained in said Mortgage, and
pursuant to the statute in such case
made. and provided, the said Mortgage
will be foreclosed by a sale Of the
premises described in and conveyed by
said ID MeSr rtlgth o1 VIZ: 49, 49,.
Der thirty-five $3.50 in township num-
Der one hundred twenty-seven CPD
North Of Range number thirty-hve
(NWAl of Section number two (2) in
township number one hundred twenty
six (126) North of Range number
thirtysfive ls5} Except private burial
more or less according to govern
ment survey thereof, subject to all
legal highways, in Stearns County and
State of Minnesota, with the heredi-
taments and appurtenances; which sale
will be made by the Sheriff Of said
Stearns County, at the front door of
the Court House. in the City of St.
Cloud, in said County and State, on the
Bird day Of May. 1926, at 600 o'clock
P. M, of that day, at public vendue.
to the highest bidder for cash, to pay
said debt of fifteen thousand nine
hundred dollars. and interest, and the
taxes, if any. on said promises, and
fifty dollars. attorneys fees, and the
disbursements allowed by law; subject
to redemption at any time within one
year from the day of sale, as provided
by law.
Dated March 18th. A. D. 1926.
Emma Jardine,
Mortgagee
A. H Hendrickson.
Attorney for Mortgage.
r. F. d. Q, Sank Centre Mimi.
Published March 1925, April 1915
20, 1926.