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New Britain herald., 1927-04-08
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New Britain herald., 1927-04-08

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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
After Fourth of
July Accident
Norman Degree Badly Burned
When He Ignited Pile of
Powder at Fair Grounds

Norman Degree, seven year old
son of Mrs. Degree of this city,
was severely burned about the face
and hands shortly after noon
Tuesday at the fair grounds while
playing about the fire works loca-
ton.
It seems there was a quantity of
unfired powder scattered about
which the lad had collected into a
pile. After doing this he touched
a match to it. The powder ignited
Unexpectedly, flaring up into his
face and on his hands and arms
burning them severely and also
setting his clothing afire. Com
panions managed to extinguish the
flames from his clothing before he
was burned about the body.
The lad was rushed to the City
Hospital where his wounds were
dressed and at this writing he is
resting as easy as can be expected.
The attending physician says that
if further complications do not set
in he will completely recover.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
1927 Stearns County Fair
Was Successful Venture
Michael Graham
Answers Summons
Was a Pioneer of Stearns County
and Highly Respected and
Beloved Citizen

The Lord saw fit to call from
our midst one of the old pioneers
of Stearns county, when on Sat-
urday, June 25th, Michael Graham
passed to the great Beyond, being
called very suddenly while he
slept. His death occurred at the
Arthur Graham home near Sank
Centre, where he had gone for a
visit over night, and was due to old
age.
Michael Graham was born in the
county of Tiperary, Ireland, De-
cember 26th, in the year 1841, be-
ing past IS years of age at lis
death. He came to this country
with his parents at the age of eight
years and settled in the state Of
Ohio. They moved from there to
a lie mestead in Minnesota in one IF
the old time prairie schooners IN
the year 1861.
When just young man he par-
chased the farm in Getty township,
which he still owned at the time of
his death. He was the youngest
of family of eight children, all
being called to the great Beyond
before him.
For the past twenty years he has
lived at the home of Mrs. Ellen
Graham, near Melrose.
The Solemn Requiem Mass, sung
by Father Kilian, assisted by Faith
ers Welp and Fearon, was held at
the st. Patrick's church Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock.
He was laid to rest by the side
of his mother and father in St.
Patrick's cemetery here. The fun
eral was one of the largest held in
this community.
Those in attendance from a dis
lance were: P. F. Graham of
Havre, Montana; Rose Graham,
Caroline Graham, Mrs. Joe Janicke
and Mae Jones of Minneapolis
w. F. Donohue and family, Mrs.
Henry Mayberry, Mrs. Mary At
kinson, Mrs. Mary Kennedy, Mrs.
Peter Spoie,,, Mrs. VIM. Thul, Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Graham and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Graham, Mr..
and Mrs. John Graham, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Olmstead and son,
Donald, and Mrs. S. Robinson of
st. Cloud.
There were also many other rel
atives and friends present.
The active pail bearers were Mike
Allen, John Flynn, Robert Kenna,
Fay Houston, Joe Roelike and
James Kinsella.
The honorary pail bearers were
Mic Meyer, Thomas Dwyer, H. F.
Loosbroek, w. F. Donohue, E.. W.
Quinn and w. H. Mccarthy. j. C.
Moarnan was cross bearer.-Mel-
rose Beacon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Military Men Killed
In Auto Accident
Mai. Hemsted Was Brother-in-Law
of Roy Scott-Wife Quite Well
Known in This City

Thursday of last week Capt.
Roy Scott received a message an
nouncing that his brother-in-law,
Mai. Oscar Hemstead had been
killed in an automobile accident at
Winona.
Mai. Hemsted was United States
and Minnesota National Guard
property and disbursing officer.
Early Thursday morning he left
Lake City with Lieut.. Barker in a
Buick car for Sparta, Wis, where
the 125th Field Artillery was go
ing into camp. The accident hap
pened as they were crossing the
high bridge over the Mississippi ait
Winona. The car went through
the rails and dropped so feet, kill
ing both men Instantly.
Maj. Hensted was SO years of
age. He leaves wife, and two
babies, a little boy A years old and
a little daughter four months old.
He was given military funeral at
St. Paul Saturday. Burial was
made at Sandstone Sunday under
Masonic auspices.
Maj. Hemsted had never visited
Sank Centre. His wife was Miss
Alfretta Scott, and was quite well
known here as she had visited her
brothers family several times be-
fore she, was married.
6 Capt. Scott and family attended
the funeral.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Central Mimi. Golf
Tourney at Little Falls
Walter Moynihan of This City VIII
Defend Championship-Local
Team Will Play

Nearly one hundred golfers from
10 Central Minnesota clubs will
gather at Little Falls Monday and
Tuesday of next week to take part
in the eighth annual tournament
of the Central Minnesota Golf AS
ISOLATION, which will be played
over the course of the Little Falls
Town and Country Club.
Special interest attaches to the
event this year locally inasmuch as
Walter Moynihan, who won the
title at Alexandria last year, will
be the defending champion. It is
hoped that he will be able to re-
peat this year although an unus-
ually strong field will make a
strenuous effort to lift his crown.
Medal play in the qualifying
round is scheduled to start Mon
day morning at 8 a. m. and
match play in the afternoon, with
flights of eight. Semi-finals will
be played Tuesday morning and
finals in the afternoon. Consola-
ton play will start late Tuesday
morning.
Team play will also begin Tues
day morning and each club send
ing five or more players will be
eligible for the event, the five play
ers scoring lowest in the medal
play taking part. The Sank Gen.
tire team will very likely be COM
posed of D. B. Caughren, H. A..
Falk, S. F. Strong, DR.. H. F.
Hennemann and Walter Moynihan.
Cups will be offered as prizes
for the team play, for the cham
pion and runner-up, for the med
alist and for the winners in sever
al of the initial flights. Clubs that
are entered include St. Cloud,
Willmar, Litchfield, Benson, Mon
tevideo, Ortonville, Alexandria,
Morris-Hancock, Detroit Lakes,
Crookston, Park Rapids, Brecken-
rdige-Wahpeuon, Bemidji, Brain
erd, Hibbing, Glenwood, Crosby
Ironton, Little Falls and Sank
Centre.
A business meeting is slated for
Monday evening, when new Off
GERS will be elected and the loca-
ton and date of the 1923 tourney
decided on. Sank Centre will
probably make bid for the event
although competition can be ex-
pected from a number of oUher
clubs. DR.. ]. B. Hoist and A. l..
Stone of Little Falls are president
land secretary, respectively, at
present.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
First Local Handicap
On Sunday Afternoon
New Grass Greens at Country Club
Will Be Opened Will Be
Five Prizes.

Seeking to inaugurate the use
of the new grass greens for the
first time Sunday in manner be-
fitting the Importance of the occa-
sion, the tournament committee of
the Country Club has arranged for
a big local handicap meet, with
five prizes for the lucky ones who
qualify for them with the proper
scores. Although the putting sur
faces are far from being as true
as further growth later will make
them nevertheless they will be
more satisfactory than the tempo
rary ones now in use.
In the handicap event the first
prize will be Roycraft driver or
brassie furnished by Hanson &
Emerson. Second prize will be the
choice of any pair of golf socks at
the Model and third prize a golf
cap donated by the Boston Tog-
gerry. Beginners low score will be
rewarded with choice of any put
ter or midiron at Dowswell's and a
fifth prize will be given in the
blind DOGGY event. The high score
prize is open to all.
The membership committee has
been putting on a drive this week
and every individual should re-
spond when called upon. Golfers
in Sank Centre are privileged to
play for as nominal a yearly fee
as anywhere in the United States
considering the character of the
course itself, which with the new
greens now ranks with the best.
The course, besides being another
park and beauty spot, is a distinct
civic asset, in which golfer and
citizen alike can take real nride.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
MAN STRANCLES
ON PIECE OF MEAT
John Leach Of Omaha Dies
In Camp East Of City
Evening Of July 4
HIGHWAY CONTRACTOR
Son Uses Airplane From
Home In Kansas to Fly
To Sank Centre

John Leach, of Omaha, Neb.
road contractor who had a portion
of the contract of grading High
way No. A between Sank Centre
and Long Prairie, strangled to
death Fourth of July evening
while at supper after the crew had
gone into camp for the night on
the Jos. Weisner farm one mile
east of Sank Centre.
The gentleman was rs years of
age and was eating a piece of
meat when a portion of gristle
lodged in his windpipe.
Medical help was summoned
from Sank Centre as rapidly as
possible but before the doctor ar
rived Mr.. Leach had expired in
great agony.
Besides the crew Mrs. Leach
was with her husband when the
accident happened.
Mr.. Leach was one of the best
known highway construction men
in Minnesota as he had complet-
ed several large contracts in the
Northwest during the past severa!
years. He was moving his crew
from Robbinsdale where job had
recently been completed. He had
lived at Omaha, Neb., for many
years.
The remains were brought to the
Berggreen undertaking parlors
where they were prepared for bur-
ial. They left on No. A, last eve
ming for Omaha, where burial will
take place.
A son, Vernon Leach, had ar
rived in Sank Centre the morning
Of the Fourth, with his wife and
babe. He is confined to a bed re-
covering from a strained back.
Besides the wife Mr.. Leach
leaves a family of seven sons and
four daughters, all grown. All of
the boys are in the contracting
business, as are several of the
sons-in-law. The children are
widely scattered.
Clyde Leach, son, residing at
Mulvine, Kan, left Wichita by
airplane shortly after 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning and arrived in
Sank Centre shortly before six
landing on the F. P. Minette
farm southwest of the city. En-
route the plane landed and stopped
for an hour at Omaha, Neb.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Two New Members
Named for Committee
Federal Commerce Department
Taking Active Steps to Per-
petuate Northwest Forests

ST. Paul, July 5, 1927-Ap-
pointment by Secretary of Agri-
culture Jardine of two new mem
bers to the Lake States Forest Re
search Advisory Committee was
announced today by Raphal Zion
Director of the Lake States Forest
Experiment Station.
The two new members are DIR.
Henry C. lCowels of the Depart
ment of Botany, University of
Chicago, and o. l.. E. Weber of
the Watab Paper Company, Sar-
tell, Minnesota, who were ap-
pointed to serve on the committee
for two-year terms. They sue
coed E. E.. Parsonage of Mime
apolis, Minnesota, and A. T. Ro-
berts of Marquette, Michigan, who
served on the Committee for the
last four years, and whose terms of
appointment have expired.
The Advisory Committee acts in
cooperation with the Forest Ser
vice of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture in correlating
the research activities of the fores-
try agencies in the region in adj
vising the department as to the
research program of the Lake
States Experiment Station, and in
assisting to bring about better for
est practices throughout the Lake
States region. The rest of the
Committees membership has been
continued, but placed on a definite
term basis, as follows:
One-year term: Herman Lunden,
Michigan Hardwood Manufactur-
ers Association, Lewiston, Michi-
gan; G. M. Comet, State Depart
ment of Conservation, st. Paul,
Minnesota; C.. l.. Harrington,
Wisconsin Conservation Commits
sion, Madison, Wisconsin; A. L.
Osborn, Northern Hemlock and
Hardwood Manufacturers Asso-
citation, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Two-year term: John M. Bush,
Upper Peninsula Development
Bureau, Negaunee, Michigan; l..
j. Young, State Department of
C Conservation, Lansing Michigan
H. c.. Horribly, Northern Pine
Manufacturers Association, Clo-
quet, Minnesota; d. G.. Everest,
American Paper and Puly Associa-
ton, Rothschild, Wisconsin.
Three-year term: Prof A.. K.
Chittenden, Michigan State Col
lege. East Lansing, Michigan
Dean w. C. Coffey, Department OF
Agriculture, University of Mime
sofa, st. Paul, Minnesota; Dean
H. L. Russell, College of Agri-
culture, University of Wisconsin;
Madison, Wisconsin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Ouer Jealous Jews
Nabbed by Warden

Sunday, July 3. Game
Warden Charles Harrison
met up with a pair of very en-
thusiastic Jewish fishermen on
Sank Lake, who were putting
in double time fishing outside
the law, each using two lines.
Morris Canter and J. Resnik-
off both of St. Paul were the
offenders. When they were
taken into custody by Harri-
son they had already caught
IS sun6sh and at the rate they
were pulling them in it would
have been only a short time
before their boat would have
been filled to capacity.
They had with them about
SIS worth of fishing tackle
which was confscated. The
gentlemen were fined $35
and costs and had to return
home with their appetites
still craving fish.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Boy Scouts Are
Conducting Camp
Sank Centre Parents Are Urged to
Send Boys to Encampment for
Healthful Outing

"The Boy Scout commissioner
from this district asks us to try to
stir up a little interest among the
parents of Boy Scouts in Sank
Centre and get them to send the
Scouts to the camp which is To-
Gated at Annandale, about 65
miles from this city. The purpose
of this encampment is not military
as so many Incorrectly suppose. It
is intended to promote the ideals
of the organization, train the boys
in it's various crafts-nature craft,
pioneering, woodcraft, first aid, etc.
while at the same time providing
a pleasant and enjoyable vacation
with physical training, boating and
swimming, all supervised by capa-
BILE instructors.
'The season for encampment be-
gan this year June ~ and ends
July 16. 1t is divided into weekly
periods which cost the Scout from
Sank Centre 81 for each week.
Two boys from here have already
attended, Richard Bergman and
Edward Kells. The former spent
two weeks and the latter will spend
the whole five. Parents OF Scouts
are urged to send the boys this
summer if at all possible"
The above article was prepared
by Richard Borgmann for the
Herald and turned in last week for
publication, but it was unavoidab-
ly mislaid. Dick has returned
home and is very enthusiastic about
the opportunities given the Scouts
at the camp for wholesome and
amusing recreation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Father and Daughter Are
Killed by Dynamite Blast
Accident Occurred Near Duluth
Tuesday-Police Investigating
Suicide Theory.

Duluth, July edward Hol-
land, 43, living in the Second Riv-
erside addition, above Smithville,
was so severely injured that he
died in a short time and his three
year-oli daughter, Peggy, was in
family killed late yesterday when
a heavy charge of dynamite, set
off, police believe by Holland him
self, exploded in the cellar of the
house, wrecking the building and
seriously wounding two other
daughters, Maxine 6, and Marion
4, who were in the basement with
him.
Mrs. Hollond and her six-day-
old babe, also in the house when
the blast occurred, were not in
jured. She was taken with the
babe and the two injured girls to
the Duluth hospital.
Mrs. Holland who was in the
front room of the house farthest
from the blast, escaped with the
infant through a window opening
in the yard below the house ran
toward the home of Charles On
trait. Holland was dying when po-
lice arrived.
Holland has been considered by
police unbalanced since February
and had been under surveillance
of sort. According to neighbors
fears had been held that he would
harm others, but no such wholesale
attempt against his own family
was suspected.
The house was reduced to splin-
tiers on the inside, while the walls
were bulged and the windows
blown out. The floor was shatter-
ed and the supports in the base
ment loosened.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Urges Cooperation As
Farm Problem Solution
Land O. Lakes Manager Speaks
at Convention of Institute
in Chicago.

Chicago, July 6-The problems
of agriculture must be solved
largely through the efforts of the
farmers themselves, through coop
Grafton, greattr efficiency in oper-
ating methods and diversifcation
of incomes, A. j. Mcclure of Min
neapolis, general manager of the
Land o. Lakes Creameries, Inc,
told members of the American In
stitute of Cooperation at its an
nual convention in Chicago Wed
nesday.
Incorporation of $4,000 MEM
bers of more than 400 farmer
owned creamery associations in
Minnesota and Wisconsin has made
possible the successful operation of
the Land O. Lakes Creameries, a
service and sales organization
which handles the cream output of
the $4,000 FARMS" Mr.. Mcclure
said. "The success of the central
lied group, in turn, has resulted
in substantial increases in incomes
of the big army of farmer mem
bers. Farmers everywhere can do
much to end their problems by
similar organized effort"
Other speakers on the institute
program were D. G. Carter, editor
of the Dairymen's League News,
who characterized the farm woman
as cooperative agriculture's
greatest ally" and Professor M.
Mo1tensen of Iowa state college at
Ames, who pictured the develop
ment of the cheese industry in the
midwest and urged intensive adj
vertising of products as essential
to continuance of that develop
ment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Deer Run Wild at
Fairy Lake---Maybe

This Thursday Morning
Ben F. Dubois, banker and
proprietor of the Fairy Lake
resort reported that his hired
man, Louis Huber, declares
that he saw a deer (fawn)
running wild near the Resort
late Wednesday evening.
At this season of the
year deer running par
tally wild at lake resorts in
Minnesota are not an uncom-
mon sight, it is said, and very
likely sometimes fawn on the
male of the specie. However
a sure enough fawn running
wild within four miles of
Sank Centre is SO unusual
that one wonders if the spring
water at Fairy lake hasn't
personalities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
Purebred Livestock
Transported by Plane

The mere crossing of the At
lantic in an airplane has
ceased to cause undue excite
ment.
Indy has prophesied that
the plane would be used more
and more for commercial
purposes.
1t remained for Fort
Dodge, Iowa, firm, Mooney &
Larabee, to ship livestock by
the air route.
Tuesday of this week they
purchased a three months old
pure bred Brown Swiss bull
from F. p. Minette & Son
of Farview farm, Sank Gen.
tire.
The new owners were pond
ering over the best method
of shipping the animal when
a large plane landed at the
Minette farm Wednesday
evening shortly before six
o'clock, bringing one of the
sons of the late John Leach
from his home in Kansas to
Sank Centre.
When the plane landed Mr..
Mooney was at the farm and
immediately started negotia-
tions with the driver to trans
port the calf to the Iowa
farm. Arrangements were
soon completed. The calf,
weighing over ESQ pounds,
was securely loaded into the
plane and the start for Iowa
was made at ZOO .. m.
Thursday morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
TRAFFIC HEAVY; NO
BAD ACCIDENTS
Streets and Highways Ad-
jacent to Sank Centre
Packed Over Fourth
ESCAPES MIRACULOUS
John Steinbauer Cut About
Head; Other Painfully
Bruised

The auto accidents in Sank Cen
tire and vicinity during the week
end and over the Fourth were few
and most of them minor ones,
which is very fortunate consider
ing the amount of traffic in the
city during the staging of the
Stearns County Fair.
A very peculiar accident occur
ed on Highway No. A near the
Jack Costello residence when an
Oldsmobile and Ford passed each
other humping hub caps. The hub
cap of the Olds was struck in such
a manner that it flew from the
wheel to the rear and piercing the
windshield of an Oakland car fol-
lowing a short ways behind, and
striking the driver causing him to
lose control of his car and land
in the ditch, with minor damage to
the car and driver.
Martin Kennedy driving Chew
rolet coupe was struck by North
land bus on paved Highway No. g.,
east of Melrose when he was turn
ing onto the paving from side
road just ahead of an on coming
bus. He was we'll onto the paving
when the bus struck the coupe
from the rear, whirling it about
and tipping it over on the right
side badly damaging the Tenders
and springing the body out of
shape. Kennedy received minor
injuries from flying glas.
John Steinbauer was quite Sc
verely cut about the head when
his Chevrolet coupe collided with
the rear end of another automo-
bile on Highway No. 3 between
Sank Centre and Melrose. Stein
bauer was following car which
without warning came to a dead
stop, causing him to smash into the
rear end of the strange car. The
front of the coupe was badly dam
aged, the radiator, headlights and
front tenders receiving the bulk
of the shock. The windshield was
broken when Steinbauer was
thrown through it. His head was
badly lacerated which made it
necessary to take five stitches in
order to dress the wound.
While parked in the Fair
Grounds st. Cloud car rammed
into the right sideof Chris Bjone's
Nash touring car badly damaging
the body and Tenders and wreck
ing the DOORS.
There were numerous other
slight accidents or near accidents
at various street intersections.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-07-07
BUMPERS LOCK; DRIVER DIES

Peter Miller of Cannon Falls
was killed when his automobile
went into ditch on the Jefferson
highway four miles south of Elk
River Wednesday morning. A.
Redcliff, a hotel proprietor of Cam
non Fails was seriously injured
and was taken to hospital at
Anoka. o. F. Peters, also of Can
non Falls, the third occupant of
Miller's car, was not injured. The
accident occurred when Miller at
tempted to pass a car driven by
DIR. M. B. Will of Bertha. The back
bumper on Miller's car caught the
front bumper of the VIII car,
throwing both cars into the ditch.
DR.. Will, who was alone in his
car, was not hurt.