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The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17
How Extension Aided Livestock
Interests

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Interests
Livestock projects played large
part in the "a per cent increase in
effectiveness of service of Mime
sofa county agents in 1926, as re-
ported by F. E. Balmer of Univer-
sity Farm, the state leader.
The total number of farms Co
operating in improved practices
relative to livestock included 1886
in dairying, 1,041 in beef produc-
ton, 1903 in swine, 456 in sheep,
and 1888 in poultry. Farmers
assisted in rationing totaled 6,572,
of which 1866 We're, in dairying,
Ala in beef, 627 in swine, 123 in
sheep, and 2,042 in poultry ration
ing.
A total of 2S,465 dairy cows
were under test for butterfat pro
duction in 1926. an increase OF
6,297 over 1925. Farms assisted
in obtaining purebred sires num-
bered 891 dairy, 342 beef, 567
swine, 201 sheep and 1,206 poul.
try. In addition 1922 farms were
assisted in obtaining high grade o1
purebred female breeding stock.
Poultry culling continued to bt
an important activity in that $780,
farm discarded $4,000 birds oud
of $4,000 birds handled. A to
tai of 3,202 farmers were assiste,
in plans whereby cattle were test
ed for tuberculosis, and hogs wer
vaccinated for cholera on 1,16'
farms.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17

In commercial orchards where
much pruning is necessary it is
commonly done throughout the
winter, whenever the weather con-
ditions are suitable for working in
the orchard. Where it is possible
to select the time, probably little
while before growth is renewed in
the spring is desirable, las~only a
short period elapses then before
growth is resumed and healing be-
gins. In general pruning during
the dorman season is advised.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17

In an English hospital a one
armed major and blind captain
fought six-round draw. We've
had plenty of the same kind, some
of them being known as The Bat
tie of the Century.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17
Walls of Dairv Barns

In cold climates the walls or a
dairy barn, whether built of brick
or concrete, should be provided
with air spaces, says the United
States Department of Agriculture.
1t is advisable also to insulate the
ceiling. Otherwise moisture will
condense on the inside walls and
ceiling during extremely cold
weather.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17
Scarifed Seed

Scarifed sweet clover seed is
that which has been run through
a scratching machine to break the
hard seed coat so that the seed can
absorb moisture and germinate
more readily, according to the
United States Department of Ag-
riculture. Use scarifed seed for
planting between March Is and
April Is, but unscarifed seed for
earlier planting.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17
Thursday, February II, 1927

seal Of said court, this srd day of,
reDlus, A ]. B. HIMsL.
Judge.
L. L. Kells,
Attorney for Petitioner.
Published Feb. 10-17-24. 1927.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17
Legal Notices
CHAPTER NO. 164

AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO
DOGS PROVIDING A TAX
THEREON AND PRESCRIBING
A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLA
TION THEREOF.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17

Citation for Hearing on Petition to
Sell, Mortgage or Lease Land
Estate of William e. Atkinson.
State of Minnesota, County of
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-02-17

Milk Production Shows Drop
Feed and pasture conditions.
rather than charges in COW popu-
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
The Responsibility for Chinese MassaCres.

Admiral Latimer an American officer commander-n-
chief of the batteeets mperast powers in Chinese
armed organized military units paradng daily thru the
trenches barbed entangement extended far
yond the boundaries of the foreign settlement with the forces
manning steadily increased steady baage of provocative
propaganda the mpest the Peoples Armies marching
steadily toward Shanghai demoralzng and defeating the mill
upon whom the mperass have been depending
the labor unions and Chinese civil population of Shanghai enraged
by financial eXacons of the Shangung forces
ready aid the Peoples Armies in possbehis
birdsye the present situation in and around the
largest port in China.
army Chang Tso Lin meeting resistance
the WI Pei Fu who has apparently made his
mind aid the Peoples Armies preventing the advance of
Chang along the line of the Hentsn ankow railway line The
mc of the foreign correspondents and the much overes
mated Chang Tung Chang has been forced to extend his troops
a front which he cannot defend
Lately the mperst has been specuating joyousy
split in the ranks of the KuOminang Peoples
Pary) but the recent public by COMMANDMENTS
Chief Chang Ka Shek the effect that he supports the rpub
can revolutionary the party which leads the workers and
peasants movement has dampened the mperat hopes in this
direction
coming from all emphasizes the continued
consolidation of the Peoples Government behind it's
armies and the spread of trade union and peasant organization
the face of these facts the refusal Of the mperaist
recognize the Peoples Government is anamoun dec
aation of and in this light that the show of mperast
military force around Shanghai must be viewed
Withdrawal of all foreign armed forces from China and recog
milton of the Peoples Government is the most important demand
be raised by the worlds labor movements The action Of the
British Communist example the of the worlds
working has placed the responsibility for the recent
aces Shanghai squarey upon the shoulders of the British
government All impeas governments share in this response
by and the working class in the respective countries will insist
placing the blame where it belongs.
AS long single foreign soldier warshp remains Chi
Chinese waters the mperast powers cannot
this responsibility.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
BOrnO Barks

When President Borno the particular specimen of colonial
depavy that the state department has picked for its gurehead
in Haiti visited the United States last year he met with
outburs of popular indignation Haitian exes him at the
dock and wished him everything but luck The liberal press
posed him and limited quite openly that without the bayone and
machneuns of American marines to protect him the Haitian
population would make him the sole enrant long distance Car
ribbean swimming contest
But President Coolidge entertained this Haitian Judas had
his picture taken with him general placed the of Of
fca approval this gobraided jumpngack of American i'm
perialism.
Neted by the exposure of Borno the state department TAX
ing its revenge Senator King whom least of all will
of radical tendencies has been denied permission to
visit Bornos domain 1t the from Utah said
unknd things about conditions in Haiti He said them in
the senate but Boo backed by the state department to be
above the senate.
We await anxousy the the game. If the Amer
lean labor leadership has spark vitality left it will make
of this incident the murder of Cuban trade unont the
invasion of Nicaragua the attempt browbea Mexico and the
host of other incidents of state department control of the cons
tona machinery to start offensive against Wall Street
that will give life the whole labor
The daily worker., 1927-03-15

CHICAGO, March IA. (FP. Who
will build our roads and dig our
bitches if we shut off immigration,
the question usually put by interests
that want to swamp the labor mar
ket of the country, is being answered
by other interests from the same
side of the class line. Publicity dis
tributed by tie Chicago agents Of the
Foote Co., makers e paving machin-
cry, reads:
Hundreds of laborers with shovels
would be required to mix the same
amount of concrete in the same time
in the old fashioned way. But now
only single man is required to
operate the machine and the only use
for a shovel is to pat the concrete
smoothly inc its place and to clear
up the loose gravel spilled by care
less ti1ickdriver."
The paving machine builds more
than foot Of standard concrete
The daily worker., 1927-03-15

Running true to form the rent law commission and AL Smith
have greatly strengthened the position of the landlords 1t
that the provisions osnsb prohibiting rise in rents of
priced SIS per month and have been extended for
but the official baage laid down tenants who have insisted
their rights under the law indication that rigid resrc
ons will be enforced against the rackenting fraternity
The formal extension Of the law, however, makes it easier
for tenants to organize resist exacton and is only by this
method that the law itself be made of real value
AS is the law merely acknowledges the existence Of hor
rbe housing conditions working districts Mass organ
aons of tenants initiation of rent strikes of actual
conditions united front of trade unions working class aterna
societies housewives leagues etc. will compel enforcement of the
formal provisions of the act
The daily worker., 1927-03-15

THE District Executive Committee, District
i No. 8, Chicago, mourn the loss of the leader
Of our Workers (COmmunist) Party and Of the
working class, COmrade c. E. Ruthenberg. We
pledge to follow in his footsteps. We pledge to
carry out his last will to close our ranks to meet
unitedly the attacks of our enemies, to fight on
and to win the struggle against the most power
full Imperialism. In the course of this struggle
we will mobilize and lead the great masses of the
American working class, as he taught us to
mobilize and lead them to final victory
His untimely death has left gap in the ranks
of the revolutionary working class movement
which was hitherto filled by cOmrade and leader
in the struggle whose integrity, rebel courage,
determination, fearless adherence to the princi-
Piles of cause of Communism earned for him and
our Party the respect and following of broad sec
tiOns of the working class.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
SUCCESS OF IMPROVED ROAD BUILDING MACHINE
MAKES IMMIGRATION OF LESS IMPORTANCE NOW

highway per minute During the
summer the machines in use build a
total Of so miles of highway each,
day between sunrise and sunset. A
single machine will build half mile
a day.
Mixing and spreading of the huge
bucket of concrete on the roadbed,
the company announces, "takes place
in less time than il used to take for
a husky laborer to roll up his sleeves,
spit on his hands and get ready to
mix concrete with a shovel.Y
The labor so displaced gets no un-
employment insurance or job bonus.
The enormously increased profits 20
to the machinery makers and the
road contractors.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15

Is this proletarian drama? Is
Earth" food for workers because it
deals with simple people, because it
isn't cluttered with intellectual pat
ter, because it goes out in the fields
and huts and mountain tops, into
community of people, a mass?
Well, what is proletarian drama?
Does it include folk drama? Nobody
knows. No American has written
one. AS for Europe: Toller? An
dreyev? How much does Broken
brow" or "King Hunger" mean to
working class audiences? Not much.
/ can't say that the New Play
wrights Theatre is a working mans
theatre. But this l can say: 1t has
produced two honest plays. Loud
Speaker" is an honest satire on
American politics and "Earth"-is an
honest peasant play. eff somebody
writes us an honest workers play"
say the directors, 1--WE will produce it.
We want one2 They are breaking
ground. There is much ploughing to
be done before a strong tree can
grow. When the proletarian artist
comes he viii find his right furrow.
Meanwhile, we ought to help them
plough.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Forge the Iron Unity of the Party!

We pledge our solid support to the Central Ex-
ecutive Committee of our Party in their great
and difficult task, made more difficult thru this
irreparable loss.
We pledge to build our Workers (COmmunist)
Party, the American section of the Communist
international, and to draw thousands of new re-
vOIutiOnary recruits into its ranks, for only in
this way can we fill the loss our Party has suf-
fered thru the death of COmrade Ruthenberg.
Comrades of District No. 8! Close your ranks,
forge the iron unity of the Workers (COmmun-
ist) Party. Forward with closed ranks under
the leadership of our Central Executive Com
mittee and of the Communist International to
new struggles and to final victory.
Long live the leader of the world revolution,
the Communist International
Adopted unanimously Arne Swabeck, general
secretary.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15

A Black Folk Drama
Earth" Weighs God in the Balance and Finds
Him Wanting
Reviewed by HARBoR ALLEN.

AS it is produced by New Play
wrights Sind Street The atre,
Earth" by En- 10 Basshe, has it's
faults. 1t is crowded on a shallow
stage, much of its fineness is lost by
an inexperienced cast in the beat of
tom-toms and the rattle of gourds,
it's speeches grow monotonous for
length, its singing stops the story.
Yet it remains a great play.
A white man speaks "ln Abra-
ham's Bosom" In Emperor Jones
Negro strips off the white veneer
and goes black. The greatness of
Earth" lies in the fact that it's Ne
groes are real, primitive Negroes.
Say what you want about slips in
dialect, Em 10 Basshe's Negroes
think like Negroes and feel like Ne
groes. His feeling is always right;
that's what makes Earth" great.
Suppose Earth hasn't a "plot."
Suppose it doesn't move in curtain
climaxes to a Sidney Howard end.
1t is time the drama graduated from
the grade-school Of plots as the short
story has abandoned the schoolboy
tricks of o. Henry. When Earth"
is finished it has told its story and
exhausted its theme. 1t has said its
say on man and the world. That's
enough.
On its surface this play of Negro
peasants is pure emotion. It's emo
'tion pours out in a torrent of pray
ers and invocations, chants and spir-
ituals. At times the play dissolves
into rhythm and voodoo dancing. A
band of Negroes forms a sort Of
Greek chorus to the simple action.
Yet under this simple action and
under this pure emotion, Earth" is
full Of irony. Here is religion,
planted in a simple mind, grown to
ripe fruit. The fruit it bears is
poison. God is a policeman around
the corner. God is a school teacher
with sour looks and rod, who grins
at you if you know your lessons and
swats you if you don't. The Negro
mother of the play expects God to
treat her as she would treat friend.
When she "gives" God the voodoo
witch doctor whom she strangles be-
low the cross, God gives her a stray
cow in return. When the cow is
drowned in the marsh, God has gone
back on his bargain. He has cheated
her. In the end the black chorus
which has now condemned her, now
exalted her, torn by fanaticism,
swaying from Jesus to voodoo, tram
pies her to death.
Senon the witch doctor can trick
them, but he can't help them. He is
as helpless as God, who, for all their
walls and prayers, doesn't show up.
They want something to believe in.
They starve, their crops are burned,
they fight, they kill one another. God
doesn't give a damn.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Extend Sympathy

Three Workers Of Norwalk, Ohio:
I'VE mourn with the thousands of
other comrades, and friends, all over
the world, in the passing of Charles
+. Ruthenberg, the brilliant, courage
Gus, beloved comrade.
eve extend our sympathy to the
comrades who were close to him in
his work of the movement, to those
who will shoulder added response
bility.
"His record will emblazon the
pages of history, few years hence"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
"Our Great Teacher" I"

Shop Nucleus No. 2, Dist. 5, vesta-
burg, Pave comrades have deep
sorrow Of losing our great teacher,
our comrade, G. Z. Ruthenberg Our
promise is to continue in the struggle
for which he lived and died"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Strengthen The Ranks.

Lenin Branch Workmen's Circle, N.
Y.-"The death of Comrade Ruthen-
berg is a great loss to the labor move
ment in the United States. He was a
sincere and courageous fighter for the
workers cause.
"The sorrowful loss of the able
leader should strengthen the ranks of
the only true working class party in
America.
"Long live the Workers (Commun-
ist) Party of America." )"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Memorial Meeting For
c. Ruthenberg at Royal
Palace, Friday, March Is

The Brooklyn Section of the
Workers Communist Party will
hold a Ruthenberg memorial meet
ing on Friday, March 18th, at Royal
Palace, 16 Manhattan Ave-, Brook
lyn.
The speakers will be: ]. Louis
Engdahl, VIM. w. WeinstOne, Re-
becca Grecht, L. Pruseika and
Jewish speaker.
The famous Lithuanian chorus
"Aida" will sing. Admission free.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Shall Follow His Advice.

Workers Party, Denver, Colo.--The
city executive on behalf Of Denver
membership grieves death Of Com
rade Ruthenberg as great loss to the
class of America.
"Shall follow his advice and redou-
BILE our efforts to build the party"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Unexpected Shock.

/. A. BIasutch. Kellogg, Iowa.
"Sueh sudden and unexpected shock
as the death of our trustworthy
leader, c. f. Ruthenberg, has
shocked the whole revolutionary
movement in America, and let wish
that he will forever rest and his work
that he left unfinished shall grow in
leaps and bounds.
81 will extend my sympathy to the
staff of his companions"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15

Lettish Bureau Expresses Sorrow.
THE executive council of the Let
L tish Fraction Bureau expresses
it's deep sorrow at the loss of the
leader of our party and the revolu-
tionary working class, Comrade c.
f. Ruthenberg.
Comrade Ruthenberg was one of
the few American Communists who
quickly learned to understand the
Bolshevik principles and policies
which came into prominence during
the Russian revolution. He taught
the American Communists how to
apply Bolshevik policies to American
conditions.
He relentlessly fought against all
right and left deviations from the
clear cut Bolsheyik line.
Comrade Ruthenberg was a true
working class leader in every bitter
fight.
He led the fight against the war,
and the capital class recognized
in him their dee enemy and sent
him to Jail.
He led the fight for Communist
Party in America and the capitalist
class again saw in his activities a
great danger for their rule and sent
him to Jail.
He led the fight against suppress
ion of the Communist Party and
boldly fought for a legal Commun-
ist Party in a Michigan Court, and
the capitalist class again threatened
to throw him in Jail.
Comrade Ruthenberg was a fighter
for the working class, even in the
darkest moments. He never lost
courage, and from his death bed he
said to the American working class:
"Ciose your ranks; the American
workers under the leadership of our
party and the Comintern will win.
Fight onp
Yesl Let US fight and win!
Fraternally yours, F. Zelms, secre-
tary, Lettish Propaganda Bureau.
South Slavic Workers Mourn Loss.
South Slavic Fraction Workers
Party, Luzerne, Pa.-"We mourn the
death of our comrade, C. E. Ruthen-
berg and pledge to carry on his work
ourselves, to honor his memory"
Loss To Labor Movement"
Progressive group of Carpenters,
N. Y.-"We mourn the loss of our de-
voted comrade and leader, C. E. Ruth
enberg.
eve feel the labor movement has
lost one of the most active and de-
voted fighters for the Liberation of the
workers from the clutches of capi-
talism.
"In paying respect to our dear COM
rade we pledge to go on with the
work he left off and carry on the
struggle until the workers will be-
come the rulers Of society"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Omaha Makes It's Pledge.

Omaha, Neb., Workers (Commun-
ist) Party.-"We are at loss to
find words to express our grief at
Comrade Ruthenberg's death.
eve pledge ourselves to help
build a great monument in his mem
ory, powerful Communist Party;
especially do we pledge that Omaha
will become an active, alert unit of
this monument"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Heed His Message"

international Labor Defense, Paca-
tellO, Ida.-"In behalf of Pacatello
branch International Labor Defense
wish to express the great feeling of
sorrow with which news of Comrade
Ruthenberg's death was received.
Realizing he would not have the labor
movement cease progress even to
mourn death of so valuable leader the
labor movement should heed his last
message to close it's ranks and carry
on"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15

by the of Stone regrets that modern students
shun Puarch for Bocao and Bruce Barton for Joyce
The students like Sex stuff the virtuous Stone They
might though The students might get nasty
read the Old Testament
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
ROOM w ANT ED

OFFICE WORKER wants large light
room with all conveniences with
family OF comrades. Moses Kahan
5510---i3th Avenue. Brooklyn.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
NO Carry FORWARD The Work.v

Sub District No of McKeesport,
Pa.-"The members Of the Workers
(Communist) Party mourns the loss
of our great leader, C. +. Ruthenberg.
eve members of the Workers
(Communist) Party of America
pledge ourselves in the name Of the
American proletariat to carry forward
the work in which Comrade Ruthen-
berg showed such fearless and loyal
devotion.
Long live The Communist Inter
national!
Long live The Workers (Commun-
ist) Party Of America"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
BROADWAY BRIEFS

"That French Lady," new comedy
by Samuel Shipman and Neil Twomey,
will open at the Ritz theatre this eve
ming with Louis Mann and Clara Lip
man featured.
"Bye Bye Bonnie" was transferred
from the Ritz to the Cosmopolitan
theatre last night.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Wheeling Pledges To Carry On.

Nucleus Number / Of Wheeling,
West Virginia.-We mourn the death
Of our beloved leader G. f. Ruthen-
berg. We pledge to redouble our ef-
forts to build the Communist move
ment in America.
Long live the Communist Party
of America and long live the Com
munist Internationally
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Negro Workers Express Grief.

American Negro Labor Congress:
"The growing number of class con-
scious revolutionary Negro workers
of this country who had come to
know c. E. Ruthenberg cannot but
suffer an indescribable shock at the
announcement of his death. 1t is a
tremendous loss to the revolutionary
movement of this country.
"Ruthenberg was fearless, ener-
getic, sagacious and well typified the
best in the American revolutionary
movement. May his memory ever
abide with us."-Lovett Fort White
man, National Organizer.
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
Workers in Pledge to Garry On"

Cleveland Workers Pledge To Fight
Needle Trades Section T. U. f. L..
Cleveland, Ohio.-"We the Needle
Trades Section of the Trade Union
Education League of Cleveland are
deeply grieved over the sudden death
Of Comrade C. f. Ruthenberg.
"We remember Comrade Ruthen-
berv as a staunch fighter for the
working class in Cleveland.
Especially he was the champion
taking part in almost all the strug-
giles that the Cleveland workers
fought.
"He was our inspiration in all our
battles and with bowed heads we
mourn his death and pledge our
selves to carry on the fight where he
left off"
The daily worker., 1927-03-15
"white and Black Workers Unite

American Negro Labor Congress,
New York Local. at is with
heartfelt regret and sorrow that we,
the members of the American Negro
Labor Congress have learned of the
death of one of Americas great fight
ers in the struggle of labor.
"While death has taken him away
from US his life's work should serve
as an inspiration to all Of us.
eve can best commemorate the
memory Of Charles f. Ruthenberg by
uniting the white and Negro workers
in the common struggle"