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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-04-14

or's Subdivision of the WE of
Section Is, Township 1875, Range
"a according to the plat of said
Subdivision on file and of record
in the office of the Register OF
Deeds within and for Stearns
County, Minnesota.
2. That the proposal of Paul
E. Johnson, Civil Engineer acting
for the City Engineer, for the
performance of engineering servi-
ces in connection with the laying
and construction of said sewer be
accepted and that said engineer is
hereby instructed to prepare and
submit to the City Council plans,
specifications and requirements for
said sewer together with an esti-
mate of the cost thereof, as re-
quired by law.
8. That this resolution is passed
and proceedings shall be taken in
connection with the laying of said
sewer in accordance with Sections
1880 to 1906 of the General Stat
utes of Minnesota for 1923, to-
gether with all amendments there
of.
Alderman Pangburn seconded the
motion to adopt the foregoing reso-
luton and it was unanimously car
ried.
Proposed Ordinance No. 166,
being AN Ordinance regulating ex-
cavations and excavatlng in the
public streets was offered and read
for the first time at this meeting;
also proposed Ordinance No. 1877
being an Ordinance providing a
system of house numbering and
was read at this meeting.
City Attorney l.. l.. Kells, was
appointed a committee of one TO
attend the Crookston meeting on
the matter of Freight Rate Dis
elimination to be held March 22nd
Mayor Whitson brought up the
matter of licensing and regulating
taNicabs and thought the City
should have an Ordinance govern
ing this class of service and stated
that he was now investigating reg
ulations required Of taxicabs in
other cities and would bring the
matter up again soon.
The meeting adjourned.
j. d. Cooper, City Clerk.
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.iuefud's
Hardware
Agricultural Notes
u. of M. Fruit Stock to Be


AoSAy ASoSSu
Agricultural college stations in
Illinois, North Dakota, and Mani
toba, the Federal Great Plains
station at Mandan, N. D., and the
Canadian experiment farm at Nor
den, Manitoba, have been supplied
this spring with stock of the latest
varieties of large-sizei plums de-
veloped by the fruit breeders of
the University of Minnesota at the
State Fruit Breeding Farm. Eight
different varieties of plums have
been sent on request to the Hi
nois station. Some INFESTED seed
lings from Minnesota have also
been furnished to these outside
points. All of this stock will be
tested in new surroundings for
hardness and fruit bearing quail
tiles. Shipments have also been
made from the fruit breeding farm
to SO trial stations over Minnesota,
including six branch experiment
stations. This stock consisted of
proven productions from the Min
nesota fruit breeding farm and
the production of outside stations
deemed worthy of further trial.
Certified mosaic free stock of the
Latham raspberry will be shipped
to widely divergent points. In
lection in university owned stock
has been reduced by persistent roy
uing until it has become less
than l per cent:
An acre of corn has a much
higher feeding value when fed to
dairy cows as silage than it has
when cured and fed as fodder, ac-
cording to the Blue Valley Cream
cry Institute. The superior value
Of silage over fodder is attributed
largely to the smaller waste in the
handling, curing, storing and feed
ing of silage and to it's greater
palatabilty. Principally because
silage is much more palatable than
corn fodder, more of it is con-
sumed, thus making more nutrients
available for milk production.
These facts are borne out by an
experiment made by the Iowa ag-
ricultural experiment station in
which corn silage was compared to
corn fodder in well-balanced ra-
tions fed to dairy cows. By Civ
ing corn silage a feeding value of
$3.50 ton, or $4,000 for an acre
yield of eight tons, the relative
value of corn fodder was found to
be SILT for a production of 3.4
tons per acre. However, as there
is about five per cent greater adj
ditional loss resulting from curing
fodder than there is from curing
silage, the acre valuation of the
fodder is reduced to $16.21. An
acre of corn folder in these trials,
therefore, was given but 45 per
cent the value of an acre of sill
age for feeding to dairy cows.
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Council Proceedings
Adjourned Meeting


Adjourned session of the March
End regular meeting was held
March 18th, 1927 at 7:3O P. M.
with all the members in attendance
save Alderman Salmond.
The matter of the purchase of
500 feet of Fire Hose was taken
up. Pursuant to advertised notice
seven hose companies submitted
bids and samples of goods bid ON,
viz; Plant company of Minneapo-
lis and Chicago Hose Company sub
mitted propositions by mail and a
personal representative appeared
for each of the following Compan-
les, viz: Bi-Lateral, Eureka, J. N.
Johnson Co., j. F.. Auel Co. and
w. S. Mott Co.
After considering the goods
offered and the prices herewith
for the several samples, the Coun-
Gil finally decided on the purchase
of $50 feet of Wax & Gum Treat
ed hose, Republic Brand of the J..
F. Auel Co. and $50 feet of the
Wax & Gum treated Hose Delux
Brand of the w. S. Mott Co., at
$1.15 per foot, both lots F. o. b.
Sank Centre, and the Mayor and
Clerk instructed to enter into con-
tracts for the purchase of sudh
hose.
The Clerk reported on hand in
the Sinking Fund for payment of
Street Light Bonds the sum of
SITS. 25 and on hand in the Sink
ing Fund for payment of Water
Works Bonds the sum of $3.50. SO
and recommended that an order be
drawn on each of these funds for
said amounts and placed in inter
est bearing certificates, and the
Clerk was directed to have this
done.
The bill of Peter ]. Svennebee
of $35. 90 for ground rental for
the City Sign for the term of three
years was allowed and ordered
paid.
The Clerk was directed to~draw
an order in favor of Mayor L. w.
Whitson to defray his expenses at
tending the Freight Discrimination
meeting at the State Capitol last
week in the sum of SIP. 90.
Alderman Gray offered the fol-
lowing resolution and moved its
adoption, viz:
The City of Sank Centre,
Stearns County, Minnesota, through
it's City Council, does resolve as
follows:
1. That for the protection of
the public health and the conven-
fence and necessity of the said
city and the inhabitants thereof, it
is necessary and it is hereby de-
termined that a sanitary sewer be
laid and constructed along the
following course, to-wit: Begin
ming at the south end of Elm street
at the sanitary sewer now in use,
which is the outlet for this sewer,
thence running southeast to Grove
Lake Avenue, thence southwest
along Grove Lake Avenue to the
center of its intersection with Rail-
road Avenue, thence southeast
along Railroad Avenue to the
center of its intersection with Get
|ry Street, thence South along
Getty Street and Keller Avenue
and terminating in said Avenue
opposite a point IS feet south Of
the north line of Lot AZ of Audit
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Water Light and Power Commission
Adjourned Meeting


Adjourned meeting of Water, Light Power Commission
March 1927 with all commissioners in attendance The meeting
called order by who stated the
to be further consideration of the contract with the Central
Minnesota Power Milling Co., regarding surplus water passing
the Sank Lake dam.
After considerable discussion it finally moved seconded
and carried that the of g. 1927 relative the
sale surplus water the Central Mimi Power Milling Co be
amended to provide that the Commission contract sell all
plus water to the milling CD foot head at
the DAM from November April annually and
9) foot head from April 1st November LIST annually said
tract period eight from October 1926
Adjournment
V. r CONKLIN, Secretary
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Regular Meeting
Regular monthly meeting the Water Light Power Com
mission, April 4, 1927, with attendance
President called the meeting to order and the
meetings read The fol-
lowing bills then allowed and ordered paid:
Light & Power Fund
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Tragedy Ends a
Gay Party

When Sonia became conscious she
saw two men carrying something
limp and soaked with blood. The
world reeled and she tainted.
When her vision cleared again she
asked, WAS that Maxine?"
BY the stricken faces of Mac and
Franklin she knew it was.
But she can't be dead" whim-
pered Sonia. "She was cuddled I'D
in Macs arms just a moment ago."
But Franklin assured her that
Maxine was dead
When the ambulance came, Sonia
attempted to walk to 1t but tainted.
When she regained consciousness a
nurse was bending over her in the
hospital. She began to mutter be-
tween her teeth.
What is it?" asked the nurse,
bending over the bed.
Sonia closed her eyes and repeated
over and over again, DIR. Don Still
water. Send for DIR. Don Saltwater"
adding his uncle's telephone number.
At the sound of Don Stillwater's
name Sonia felt assured. He would
straighten the tangled snarl she had
gotten into. She fell back upon the
pillows as If she had already shifted
the burden to his shoulders. Almost
Immediately she FELL asleep.
She awoke to darkness and the
comfort Of his gentle hand. She
lay quietly trying to gather strength
IN toll him
"Maxine's dead. :"
II know"
At the awful memory of the scene
on the mountain road she began to
cry.
Don comforted her and then she
told him everything about the trip,
how she had felt that they should
not go and how wrong 1t was. She
said that she had caused Maxine's
death.
Don quietly told her that it was
no ones fault.
Am I badly hurt?"
"Only bruised, Sonia. You'll be
all right in a few days"
He telephoned her parents at
Stockton that she was all right and
that they reed not worry.
Time after time that night she
was aroused from the verge of sleep
to feel the car pitching over the
embankment. ~
Time after time the little nurse
assured her that it was all over now.
But was it? Sonia thought. For
Maxine in the San Francisco
morgue, it was indeed over. But
for her, bruised and tortured by re-
menlbrance, there might be years
ahead. Sonia lacked the strength
to face those years. Her self-confi-
dence had been shattered. She was
afraid
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A Refusal
Makes an Enemy

The following evening BERTHE,
whom Sonia thoroughly disliked, in
sisted on coming to the apartment
to see her To get him away from
the apartment where Maxine was
nearly sick from worry over the
quarrel she had had with Mac, Sonia
consented to take ride with him.
On the way back to the apart
ment BERTHE attempted to kiss her.
He stopped when she threatened to
walk home if he continued in such
manner
Furious at the rebuff, BERTHE told
Sonia that Franklin Crane was a
rotter, who was drunk half of the
time and only held his position
because his father had been an in
innate friend of Jed Thomas and
because of his mothers large for
tune.
The evident truth of these state
ments Infatuated Sonia.
take me home," she ordered, las
fast rs you can. Never mentit
Franklin Crane to me again or SIAN
der him. If you do I'll tell him"
When she entered the apartment
she found Maxine clad in black satin
and with eyes glowing.
Sonia, Mac called me up just aft
err you left, and he's coming right
over to spend the evening. Every
thing ic n X -
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By Vida Hurst

| with her. at her apartment on Rus
sian Hin. After she found out that
she would not have to pay any more
at the apartment than she had to for
the drab little room at the Y. w. c..
| A.. Sonia accepted.
After few days Franklin Crane
showed up at the office and ex-
| planned to Sonia that he had been
kept away on business or he would
have looked her up before. He made
a date with her for that evening
The rest of the day Sonia felt as
If she was floating on rosy cloud.
All the world seemed bright and gay
to her. But she successfully hid her
feelings from Franklin.
The evening seemed eternal. TO be
held lightly but possessively close to
his heart seemed to be the heaven
she had heard her father talk about.
Green eyes half closed, she danced
with him again and again. She
seemed to have lived all her life.just
to come to this moment in his arms.
God, girl, but you can dance" he
said
She could not tell him that it was
because she had been a part of him
long years before the world began.
While they sat at their table be.
tween dances he told her Of his life
and travels. He told her Of his in
valid mother and explained that it
was because Of her that he was alb
sent from the Office so much.
A light began to dawn upon
Sonia. She had never really believed
that he was the drunkard Maxine
said he was. Now she understood.
How cruelty he had been wronged
by the slanderous tongues at the
office.
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Franklin Hurts
Sonia by His Weakness

The next day Crane came to the
hospital to see Sonia. Sonia. wor-
ried about the future, asked Frank
lin to marry her Immediately, as she
wanted a home and the protection
of a husband. Franklin laughed at
the idea, of responsibility and told
her that it would be impossible for
him to marry her for some time to
come.
Disguised with Franklin Cranes
weakness, Sonia decided to marry
Don saltwater II he still wanted her.
When Don came the next after
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Those Who Did Not Read Sonia the Following Complete Synop
Specially Herewith Presented for the First M

On the way to the ferry the next
morning to catch a train for home,
she bought a paper and learned that
Walter Henderson had been found
drowned that morning. She imme-
diately thought that he had killed
himself because she had refused to
marry him.
isn't it awful?" she said to
Franklin. IT had no idea that he
cared like that"
That's your trouble" he an
swered, "You have no idea of the
hell you are responsible for"
. She could not go home now. She
had to be in San Francisco to see
if anything developed. She could go
home in few days. She phoned her
father at once.
Sonia Gives Her
Honor For Franklin
Monday Franklin and she were
summoned to the inquest for Walter
Henderson. She was surprised to see
so many people there. Jed Thomas,
BERTHE, Franklin, another salesman,
the dead mans house keeper and the
Italian fisherman who had found the
body.
The little fisherman was the first
witness. He told how he had found
the body. The housekeeper ex-
planned that he had always been
cheerful and never moody. AS to
the satisfactory state of his finances,
Jed Thomas testified, augmented by
the president of Henderson's bank.
A doctor testified that the body
had been in the water approximately
thirty-six hours. It was determined
that death had occurred some time
between 1870 o'clock Thursday night
and Friday morning.
Sonia was called. She recognized
the emerald ring found in Hender-
sons pocket as the one he had Of
fered her and told of their brief en-
gagement.
BERTHE told Of the quarrel Franklin
Crane and Henderson had had the
afternoon before the night Hender-
son had died.
Franklin stated as an alibi that he
had spent the night of Henderson's
death in his cabin alone. Unable to
prove it and seeing that he was in a
trap he looked appealingly at Sonia
II Will tell everything" screamed
Sonia. Mr.. Crane was not alone
Thursday night. I went with him
to his shack in Marin County"
Where you remained all night?"
she was questioned.
yes"
She did not falter until they were
outside and the photographers
flashed their cameras toward her
Then her first bitter realization Of
what the lie had cost her came. =.
well wasn't it typical that she
should be thought guilty of some
thing that she had not done?"
In the afternoon she sent out for
papers. She WINGED as she read the
things that they said about her.
Beautiful Young Girl Confesses
Love to Save Her Sweetheart" "Ad-
mits Spending Night in Lovers
Shack" Lovers Tryst Exposed at
Inquest"
One head line shouted, Lover
Lies to Save His Sweetheart's
Honor" That brought a bitter
smile.
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Sonia Explains
To Franklin

The next day Sonia called Frank
lin up and made a date with him for
lunchI She explained to him that 1t
was Don, a hometown boy, whom
she had married, and not Henderson
as he thought
Never had she seen him so ner-
vous. His hand shook like leaf
when he raised a glass to his lips.
She withstood all his pleadings for
her to stay in San Francisco the four
months that Don was to be away.
She was determined to go home. She
promised, however, that as soon as
Den returned to be released from her
marriage and marry Franklin.
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A Visit and a
Salary, Increase

Hearing some one call her name
at the office the next morning Sonia
looked up and saw her father COM
ing toward her. She had never real
lied until she saw him just how
homesick she was.
Her father explained that not be.
ing able to wait any longer to see
her he had secured a two-day leave
from the grocery and had come
straight to San Francisco. Sonia
regretfully cancelled an engagement
with Crane that night to be with her
father.
After her father had left the next
day, Sonia was called into Jed
Thomas office and told in a colorless
way that she was to receive a raise
of SIS a week and to say nothing
about it to any one in the office.
Sonia's joy over her raise was
short lived. BERTHE, whom she de-
tested, insisted on knowing why she
refused his invitations and stated
that it was because of her infatua-
ton with Crane.
Angered by this Sonia told him
she would go out with him no more
but she would be friendly with him
when circumstances threw them to-
gether.
You'll regret the way you've
treated me-" he cried out, his face
livid. you'll see, my pretty lady,
The time will come when you will
be glad to accept favor from me. I"
A Kiss and New
Interest I'm Life
This threat made Sonia mentally
shiver.
Sha accAnfed era mas invifa fint, 20
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A New Realization
Comes to Sonia

When Don came to the apartment
that night to tell Sonia good-by
Sonia met him with the old chal-
lenge in her eyes.
I'D give anything in the world
if I could love you," she cried pas
sionately.
Don swept her into his arms and
Sonia responded to his kisses in a
frightened way. They thrilled her in
way that she had never been
thrilled before. She realized that she
loved him. The thought came like
blow. She forgot Franklin Crane in
the ecstacy of Don's kisses.
MY little wife" Don cried. Now
you will go with me to Berlin"
No" Sonia said. This has been
so sudden that I want a little time
to get settled to the fact that love
you. -Four months will soon pass
and will be waiting for vow"
After Don had gone and Sonia was
in bed the door bell rang. To Sonia'5
horror Franklin Crane, about half
drunk, stepped in.
she told him that everything be-
tween them was off and that she did
not want to see him again. He left
after a while, swearing that 1t was
Henderson that was turning Sonia
against him.
The next day when Sonia went to
the Office to resign Franklin Crane
accused Walter Henderson, before
the whole office. of being the one
who was taking Sonia away from
him.
Sonia left the office with Hender-
son and told him that she could not
possibly marry him now. The shock
of this seemed to make an old man
of him. Afterward Sonia wished that
she had been more explicit. She did
not wish to hurt him. He had been
good to her and she liked him.
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once. The first day at the Office he
did not show up.
- That evening Maxine told Sonia
that Mac MacGregor, her lover, was
a married man. Sonia was very
much shocked but told Maxine that
she did not blame her. She then
told Maxine of Franklin's engage
ment.
The next evening Franklin and
Sonia went riding and Sonia asked
him about the engagement.
IT'S true" he groaned.
Sonia said nothing. She had been
sure enough of it, but his own adj
mission made 1t more sickeningly
definite.
After talking for some time, Fran
kiln assuring her that he loved but
her. Sonia told him that she could
forgive him if he would break the
engagement and marry her. This
Franklin refused to do. He stated
that the shock of 1t would kill his
mother. Sonia then told him that
everything was off between them.
Sonia's return to the apartment and
again asked her to marry him.
Staring at his broad, well tailored
shoulders, Sonia felt that he could
never become distasteful to her. He
was too we'll bred to inf1ict himself
upon her when he felt he was I'M
welcome. She craved a surcease
from suffering, an anasethetic to
deaden her pain. Might she not be
able to find it in his home? She
thought so.
There would be no thrill to it"
she thought sadly, but at least
there wouldn't be this wracking tor
ment."
"Will you marry me. Sonia, even
If you don't love me as I want you
tor" Henderson asked.
IT think I WILL" she whispered.
But don't mention 1t to anyone yet.
I will finish the month at the office
and then If we are both still of the
same mind will marry you imme-
diately."
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A Good Catch"
On the Horizon

The following day after the affair
with BERTHE, Walter Henderson,
whom she had met at Maxine's party,
asked to be allowed to call on her
that evening. Sonia gave her con-
sent because she thought it would
stop the gossip going the rounds of
the office about the attention that
Franklin Crane was paying to her.
When Maxine learned of the en-
gagement she stated that Henderson
would be a good catch for any girl,
as he is fairly wallowing in money"
Sonia dancing in a silver gown
with emeralds on her white hands"
Like a flash, Sonia remembered her
dreams before coming to San Fran
cisco.
Walter Henderson was new type
to Sonia. He was about 40 yearS-old
and very masterful, as one who
knows the power of money. Every
thing seemed "open sesame" when
he spoke. She liked to go out with
man so sure of himself. She told
him about Stockton and of the opin-
ion they had of her back home. She
also told him her idea of morals.
THAT one should be a good sport
and play the game, taking his
losses" she smiled, like a gentle
man. This is my idea of morals, as
near as 1 can express it,"
Henderson warned her that "shhe
eHnderson warned her that "she
continued to room with Maxine This
hurt Sonia and made her uneasy, but
Henderson would explain no farther
When they arrived at the apart
ment Henderson attempted to kiss
Sonia, but thinking of Franklin
Crane, she refused him.
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Don Tells Sonia
He Is Going Abroad

The following day Don Saltwater
came to the office to see Sonia. They
greeted each other warmly and
something kind in his big firm grasp,
made Sonia cling to his hand. After
a chat about Stockton, Don told So
MIA that he was going to Berlin for
a years study before he opened his
office in San Francisco. When Sonia
told him that she would be busy over
the week end, Don said that he would
call her later.
When Don had gone. Franklin
called Sonia on the telephone. He
told her that owing to his mother
having a sudden heart attack it
would be impossible for them to have
the weekend party at his shack in
Marin County. The disappointment
of this caused Maxine and Sonia to
quarrel. Maxine declared that Frank
Inns mother wasn't sick but that he
was on spree. This made Sonia
very angry. Finally, after Mae had
called on Maxine and had laughed at