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The Washington times., 1927-07-27

loyal British newspaper tells you that this picture shows
The Queen at moment Of delightful relaxation" Il shows
her Also very happy all Of middle age should be-
She j. taking tea in the grounds Of the University College,
celebrate the centennial Of that ancient institution Students
are singing the crowd sings with them, Pilgrims From
Many Paths We Came and the Queen amused beats time to
the music while the students sing
Singing in crowds has taken great hold upon England
The King himself recently joined with hundred thousand 81
them in Community Sing led by an American the only
man in England that can keep hundred thousand singing
together.
The King Of England, gOodnatured George sets good
example when he sings at the top Of his voice with 100000 Of
his subjects going wherever the British people want to see
him, taking part in everything.
And Queen Mary sets good example, too wearing sensible
hats and sensible dresses Her skirts do not drag on the
ground yet they DO her legs She would be setting
bad example to her children she dressed ooisy and she
doesn't allow those that TOO ooihy dressed to come to
her grand parties at Buckingham Palace.
OF course we WOudnt trade Calvin Coolidge and Mrs
Coolidge Tor all the kings and queens earth The President
and his wife also set good example, but should recognize
our own shortcomings and praise British royalty when de-
serves it-for change.
N this country have TOO little community singing and
Incidentally we have many too few middle women that
REALLY HAPPY.
TOO many OF our old women are struggling desperately and
painfully to look younger than they This time spent in
beauty parcrS might be better spent having good time with
thsir grandchildren.
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ATHEISM
BYTE Powers
Copyright. 1897. New York
8eEiamed : . Patmt ofn0
BY DR.. Frank Crane

A ND threatened with . movement among the
~ school children in favor Of Atheism.
A gentleman addressing Congress Of parents and
Ieanes called attention to what he termed
organized In various cities.
They all said to be directed Society Of the Goddess
Devil ~ = nseis y 'ne
There claim that there God that there il M Heaven
ana no hell and that the church dangero nx
on IN society Its objective is cegen in the
and to teach that all the happiness in this
ne for there is other. ~ = - ~
At the time evanpeists one nIaca or .n..h.
are eectryng congregation and another with hs; nnaI.
and saving many patches of sinners ~FFS"-o
After all, why not?
lnee children know about as do their edrr
doing - -' ' - 'neH suers are
The trouble is that mankind is incuraby relieious
along Its pathway from the most ancient 70 the uresent
time IS mas persisted in believing in future life and in Cod
The organizations this concert have ben
None OF them perhaps perfect they had not existed
we Wouto nave made Others perhaps bad.
There danger that humanity going To change ;s
instincts because of the efforts of children Humanity
has the fixed belief future life its nohest spec
have been acuated by this idea Nobody has been abe
to dsprove for the simple logic
touch it. 1t lies deeper than logic neradcahle instinct
Perhaps some day emancpad be to keen mn
its morality and decety without assistance of this be
But that day yet far ahead of to come At an
just at present need the Of immorv and ~
God just the earth needs the sky The no parcr se
to anybody but this earth would be pretty place without
e continues to spread its above us source Of
light by day and of inspiration by night and "a onc
earth needs the sky probably human race viii s.J
concept of the eternites - 0u sums
Copyright Newspaper syndca,.,
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Az. n AlhT r1Q EAUT:
0eKVeoDQ Plck5 Oh re
By ELSIE ROBINSON
YOR-Efc."

damage in the office, while ha'G
In that state, to offset his three
weeks good performance. So
they've had to let Dan go again.
And nobody wants to give him
another job.
Dams pretty bitter about It.
Treating him like that, after all
he's done for his friends!
Nobody has any use for YOU
when you're down and out" he
sneers.
The women folks are beginning
to steer clear Of little Mrs. Ellis,
When she first came to town last
fall everyone was crazy about
her. Such q pretty, appealing
little thing-only % and already
widowed and making such 4.
brave struggle to make both ends
meet. Everyone did their best to
help her. Someone was ALWAYS
running in with . slice Of choco.
late cake or q bunch Of early
roses. Or maybe a little type
writing job for her to do. And
she was always cheerful and
grateful--and chatty. You couldn't
ask for. better fun than to spend
an hour with Alice Ellis.
Then, presently, people didn't
rush In so often. There was an
epidemic Of Quarrels in the neigh
borhood, among people who had
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with her malicious lies.
And now the neighbors don't
run in to see Alice Ellis any
more. And she cries great deal
in self.pity and sobs that nobody
has any use for you when you're
down and OUT
You've met them such a weary
number of times, my friend,
haven't you?
The lazy people, the shiftless
people, the dishonest people, the
meddlesoYne people. the extrava-
CANT people, who never geem to
get ahead although they seem as
able, and often az likeable az
the rest Of the human tribe. But
there's always some one little
thing
Like Dams drunkenness or
Alice's spitefulnega--
Some one little thing that nj.
ways holds them hack.
But win they face that thing
and take the blame like honest
folk and make q brave fresh
start?
They win not. They merely
NOBODY HAS ANY USE FOR
YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN
AND OUT
And they really believe that
they've been framed! They have.
BY themselves.
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SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DE-. g, a. II. Reed

WIRE balloon fIy-traps, care
w fully baited with sugar, jam
or syrup, catch large numbers of
flies, which can be killed by plac-
ing the trap in an oven or boil
ing water for a minute. A good
bait Is an equal mixture Of milk
curd, brown sugar and water that
has been allowed to stand for
twenty-four hours.
The efficiency of most fIy-traps
depends on the fact that flies dis
cover openings in concave sur.
face and miss them in n convex
surface.
Giant fiy-traps of wire.gauze or
muslin with a similar entrance
to that Of balloon trap are very
successful, especially out of doors.
They contain q small receptacle
with formaldehyde solution, CIR
arsenite, or soda syrup, to kill the
flies. Arsenical poison is best
placed in a covered tin with Wicks
protruding through it's lid.
Fly sprays are: Crude kerosene,
nash-point 125 degrees, and solu-
ton of formaldehyde, eight ounces
to one gallon of water. "A very ef-
fective solution is the mixture of
one point of A to one gallon of
B-A is soft soap, one pound;
paaVso f3;v, all 10 y1nir4u rrya Fa,, Ro,,y.
and a half pints; B is Tornado
tyde four ounces, water one gallon.
The best way to fight flies is to
fight them before they are born.
This simply means that all con.
ditions that favor their breeding
must be abolished.
To protect the windows of build
ings which have to be entered fire.
quently Is a mistake, when the
rooms are permitted to become
huge fly-traps. 1t is more effective
to protect al food with muslin, or
keep it in cupboards with galze
doors and to allow a free circula-
ton of air in the room.
Latrine buckets should never
be allowed to remain open when
not in use, and should be coated
with paraffin oil daily.
Manure heaps may be treated
with per cent solution of borax
crystals, by means OF watering
cans. The fresh manure should be
thoroughly saturated. This meas
ure is effective and does not Inn
pair the fertilizing properties of
the manure.
Borax. sprinkled on garbage,
refuse, damp floors and crevices
and stables. ETC.. will prevent fly
eggs fom Matching, and in house
refuse bins and heaps two ounces
of borax will effectively prevent
breeding.
The borax should be sifted
around the outer edges of pile
OF manure, for it is there that
the fly maggots congregate. The
manure should then be sprinkled
Immediately with two or three gal
Ions of water to every eight
bushels. A little of the borax
should be sprinlled on the fresh
manure as it is added daily to the
pile.
Crude tar oil will protect man
ure from fly breeding IL one gal.
lon is used to every hundred
square feet of surface. Close pack
ing of manure to produce a rise
in temperature over 114o F.. which
is easily obtasned. will kiln All
maggots in II. The manure should
he turned over every day for the
first three days, TO insure that
Al parts are subjected T. heat
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NEGOTIATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY Helen Rowland
And sim We Love Them

And sim We Love Them
TNHE most tragic thing in life
i for a woman IL to stand by
and watch q man slowly but
surely convalesce from an infatua-
ton for her.
When q skilled woman-tamer
begins making love, 1t il so easy
for q girl to mistake his bravado
for bravery, his gall for gallantry
and his casual kisses for infatua.
tiOn.
A soothing wife" IL one who
has the same effect on a mans
nerves as the purring Of the cof-
fee percolator and the soft, reas.
surfing bubble of the steam-radia.
tor on cold winter morning.
A mans wife is like the buttons
on his clothes; he never notices
her presence, but her absence al.
ways leaves him feeling sort Of
helpless and sorry for himself.
At first, one love affair win go
to a mans head and make him
feel gloriously giddy; but, after a
while it requires at least two or
three to give life any real kick"
A man can usually be trusted
to keep other peoples secrets; but,
when q woman has managed to
keep one or two of her own,
she has used up all her self.
control.
Before marriage q woman's post.
script Is q sentimental reassur.
ance; after marriage 1t is more
likely to be q caustic REMINDER.
Never conclude that your hus.
band lied to you, when he told
you, before marriage, that you
were the only woman he ever
loved. 1t may have been TRUE
then.
When the devil runs the eleva-
tor he always makes it pleasant
going down."
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YOUR DEBT TO YOURSELF
By Lucy Lowell

IFE is very much like . bank:
~ what you put into it you are
sure to draw out.
Fill It with love and faith and
good-humor and square-dealing and
you win find those coming back to
you from every side.
But deposit suspicion and hatred
and sharp practice and you will
find yourself suspected and dis.
liked. You will go your way won.
dering why everyone tries to take
advantage of you.
Like attracts like; the dominant
qualities of your own heart will
rouse to activity those same quail.
ties in the hearts Of others.
Life is perfectly balanced; moth
ing happens without reason.
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Airplane Joy Riders and the
Policing Of the Air

FOOL aplane oyriders are beginning to humanity
BY violating all principles Of safety and eli national and local
air regulations intended to protect the public
The inevitable remedy appears to be the creation 81
nquadrons Of air cops.
That be the view Of the chief Of Washington
police department who Is seeking to find the local oyriding
arman who staged wild flights past apartment house windows
and flew low TO frghen and endanger many people
Between careless and reckless automobile drivers and air
men Of the type the dangers to humanity are increasing
and II going to be necessary adopt vigorous methods for
enforcing existing and new laws Of protection
This particular aman broke regulations against low flying
and stunt flying in conged and violated the important
Federal act which requires that al aircraft whether licensed
or unlicensed shall bear distinguishing identification marks
The Federal prescbes that any plane in flight shall
bear numbers not less than thirty inches in height
and about twenty inches in width These shall Be placed ON
four different parts be plainly visible when the ma
chine il less than 1000 in the air. They must Be upon
the lower surface Of the lower left wing upon the upper sur
face Of the upper right wing and both sides Of the rudder
The numbers must stand ont plainly either IN black on white
background in such contrast Of coors to make them
easily visible.
Inspectors Of the aeronaucal section Of the Department Of
commerce presumed to know whether machines here or
elsewhere conform these acquisitions but the nsnection
force probably too small to keep Of all machines
Joy riders and booeggs using the air win naturally seek
20 avoid the Identification marks required by law and 90
ne are to have plenty Of instances in the future Of changing
identification numbers conceang thenone too pleasing
In jeopardy.
AL Navy and Army craft are plainly numbered and 80 are
licensed machines engaged In interstate traffic. The diff
suites now looming appear to be with unlicensed pleasure
O. oner planes not navigating beyond the bounds Of their
States.
The police chasing Of bootIsgRsrs may soon become al
most - exciting sport that engaged in between
policemen and bOotlegges and speedss owning automobiles
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To have friends 4 man must
show himself friendly; those whom
ne regards as enemies win look
upon him with enmity. Oddlv
enough he need speak no word or
perform no deed to establish his
attitude; II 1t fills his thought it
wan be known and understood as
II shouted from the hollsetope
You have met the person whose
boast Is that he believes in NO
ones word or MOTIVE until those
nave been proved to him by some
thing more tangible than faith.
And have ever you known him
to be one who kept his word and
motive wholly about question? He
u 80 busy doubling Others that
ne cannot hold fast to truth for
himself. Give life your best: life
will return 1t to you.
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been friends for
years. GOODNESS.
Suspicion. Then
two old friends
who had guar.
relied decided to
compare notes,
and everyone
followed suit.
And 10 - the
trails all led
back to pretty
Mrs. Ellis and
her little chats.
Pretty Mrs. Ellis
and her bab-
bling tongue
that nicked ever
50 lightly over
everyone's repu.
tation - limiting
this-suggesting
that - whisper
ing this bit Of
Bcandal-poison.
ing the whole
n0fRhh orhood
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ONCE-OVERS
Seek for the Best !!
Rv ]. ]. MIINnY

As stranger in large city you are tempted to lower your
easiest to get acquainted.
u the old home town mingled with its best people.
lou would like to become member of
pu you cannot meet the kind of people you
barriers. Tss -
You know these people do things you have been taught do
moi PAD, but just indiscreet and independent.
Lou know they not your intellectual standards.
Ihey nave few ideals and little guide them.
Perhaps like loneliness TO
axe up those with whom they could make friends easily
hey have regrets would have, but they drive
TSy disturbing thoughts by filling life with excitement -
aaa a Atta Yhla LONGER, viii fnd XonI kind e Es.
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LISTEN, WORLD!
DAN has been
"cannan arain

IAN has been
Dcanned again.
Drinking. Too
bad about Dan.
Smart as a
whip. Has a
way with him,
too. You can't
help liking Dan.
And he does his
work wonder
fully. r h ere
isn't a better
man In his line
in the city than
Dan. But he
will drink. Goes
along steady as
a clock for two
or three weeks.
Then zowie, he's
off the wagon
painting the
town red. And
the worst Of it
Is. he usually
does Onou Rh
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Music may be divine, but IT'S
living is its dying. 1t gushes and
Is drunk up by the thirsty silences.
Hope against hope. and ask tin
We receive.-MOntEomery.
Light 10 the task whan many
aAA@ Tia toils-RESanA,
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WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

Oh, well has it been said that
there is no grief like the grief
which does not speak.--Longfel-
low.
He hears but half who hears
one part Only.-Aeschylus.
He hath no power that hath
not power to -usas-1Raiiays
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JAYWALKING
IN D. C.

Editor Of The washington Times:
IT HAVE just read an editorial
i in the Times about jay-walk.
ing. sometimes jay walk my.
self and / certainly feel safer
crossing the street in the middle
of the square where / only have
to look two ways, to the left
the first--half OF the street, to
the right the last half.
At the corner even though the
sign says ''go," you have to
watch for the man dashing
around the corner and for the
ono making a left hand turn.
Sometimes they both come at
once and then YOU have to make
q leap for life," which Is rather
hard on q middle-aged woman.
MRS. e. D. MATCHETT.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17

st. Cloud, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jerome Dusek took dinner and
spent the afternoon at Charles
Kortan,s.
Mrs. c.. F.. Botz called on Bosl's
Friday afternoon.
Sylvester Botz spent Sunday at
home.
MIR. and Mrs. Stephan Key and
Keith Kennedy left for California
Sunday morning where they will
spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. F. Botz and
daughter Lauretta and Ruth Marie
and son Norbert visited with Mr..
and Mrs. John Berscheit and were
supper guests there Sunday.
For the highest price
Ship your stock with the Farmers
Shipping Association
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17
Mccormick Lake

Mrs. Mike :Bosl and son Alfred
were callers at C.. F. Botz's Sat-
urday.
Mr.. Pelle, of Melrose, was call
er at Charles Kortan's Sunday af-
ternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Walker were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Reese Sunday.
Mrs. H. w. Walker, of Sauk
Centre spent Monday with Mrs.
Iwinski.
Raymond Botz and Art Metzer
spent Sunday with Richard Otte
and Clarence Kulzer.
lMr. and Mrs. Harry Huston, of
st. Cloud, were overnight guests of
Joe Kortan Saturday. ..-.
MIR. and Mrs. Herman Iwinski
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Bosl spent
Tuesday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Walker.
MIR. and Mrs. Louis Huber and
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Reese visited
Tuesday evening with Kennedy's
and Keys. --
Evelyn, Gladys and Verna
Iwinsk called on the Botz girls
/, Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Bosl and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leo Walz at Greenwald.
MIR. and Mrs. Ben Putnam
spent Sunday evening with Twin
skis.
Miss Agnes Young and brother
Gordon called at Charles Koruan's
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kramer and
family were business callers at C.
F. Botz's Saturday
| Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Bell and
family took supper and spent
Sunday evening at Charles Kor-
tan's.
Miss Lauretta Botz spent Fri
day afternoon and was an all night
guest of Dorathea Fischer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Huber
spent Sunday evening at the Ray
Walker home.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Mann and
son Kenneth took dinner and spent
Sunday afternoon at Iwinski's.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Schurman
and son Werner attended a birth
day party at Theo. Schurman's
home at Melrose Tuesday evening,
it being Mr.. Schurnan's sixtieth
/ birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C.. F. lBotz spent
Sunday evening at Jake Botz's at
Sauk Centre.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Pickett and FAM
lily were supper guests and spent
the evening at Iwinsh's.
Miss Helen Kortan spent Satur-
day at Joe Kortan's.
Little Betty Scott spent few
days last week at the Grundman
/ home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huston, of
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17
West Union

Winter set in with a day bliz-
zard already.
Marthaler Brothers delivered a
big Radiola heater to the Selensky
school.
Bell Maus and Dave Beck, Jr.,
are gravelling the new town road.
S. Thinner, of Melrose, was here
on business last week Friday.
R. Woodward rented his resi-
dence and will occupy same short
ly.
Mr.. McCumber moved his fam
lily from New York Mills and will
be located in the Vorpahl resi-
dence.
j. P. Didier was on the sick list
the past week.
A. Rueckert shipped 2 cars of
mixed stock to South ST. Paul last
Tuesday.
Jos Weis was visiting with his
sister in st. Paul the past week.
For the highest price
Ship your stock with the Farmers
Shipping Association
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17
Northern Kandota

BY the looks of the weather at
this writing, it sure looks like Mr..
Snowstor1n came to give us a good
winter.
Earl Warner, who had the mis-
fortune to break his leg a short
time ago, is getting along as well
as can be expected.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Tronss
and children, of Minneapolis, spent
the week end here with relatives.
Herman Hultgrn and Henry
Halverson were Sauk Centre visit
ors Sunday evening.
Miss Ellen Warner, who spent
the last few weeks in Minneapolis,
returned to her home here Satur-
day evening.
A larg number Of young people
from this vicinity gathered for a
party at Pete Anderson's home last
Thursday evening. All there re
ported a good time.
Orlando Paske, who is attending
school at st. Cloud, spent the
week end here with his folks, Mr..
and Mrs. F. L.. Paske.
Miss Emma Rasmussen spent the
week end here with her folks, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Rasmussen.
John Ritter delivered stock at
Sauk Centre last Tuesday.
Miss Alice Upton and Clara and
John Ecklund and Sylvia McKlus-
ky called at the Allan-Dale farm
Saturday evening.
Walter Weinberg attended the
dance at West Union Tuesday eve
ming.
The Missionary society held ser
vices at the Bethel church both
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Stiles

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Winnegge and
family spent Thursday evening at
the Miller Hanson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Gallagher
and Robert Stebbens, of Padua,
spent Sunday at the George Wikle
home.
MIR. and Mrs. Matt Micnels and
family were dinner guests at the
w. M. Miller home Sunday.
Hazel Hanson was an overnight
guest at the George Wikle home
Thursday.
Carrie Williams called at the
Gottlieb Pastian home Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. J. P. Dunn and son Leon
ard and Miss June Curley called at
the George Wikle home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. Meyers and son Aloius
called at the John Reble home Fri
day afternoon.
Hank Sorenson called at uhe Mill
er Hanson home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Williams
and daughter Helen and sons
Leslie, Dale and Clair spent Sun
day at the Alex Paske home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Miller Hanson
and family spent Sunday at the
Caroline Paul home. ~
J. H. Wikle is spending few
days with his brother George WIKI
le.
MRS. Joe Maly called at the Matt
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17
Country NelDs Letters
Items from Live Correspondents of
the Rural Districts

Michels home Friday evening.
Miss Armelia Sandow is visiting
with her sister Mrs. Gottlieb Pas
tian at the present time.
Frieda Reble was an overnight
guest at the Harve Williams home
Sunday.
The Maly boys spent Sunday at
the Dwight Carpenter home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Miller and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Matt
Michels and family spent Sunday
afternoon at the Gottlieb Pastian
home.
Mrs. Leroy Gallagher called at
the A. D. Carpenter home Sunday
afternoon.
Mrs. j. P. Dunn and son Leon
ard and June Curley called at the
John Reble home Sunday evening.
Mrs. Eliza Bailey and son
Harry spent Sunday evening at the
Geo. l.. Wikle home.
Elsie Pastian and Frieda Reble
spent Sunday afternoon with Car
rie Williams.
Walter Michels spent Sunday af-
ternoon with Walter and Herbert
Reble.
Pearl Wikle called at the A. D.
Carpenter home Sunday.
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Ship your stock with the Farmers
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The surprise party given at the
Joe Maly home Saturday evening
was attended by a large crowd.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17

Wednesday and Thursday evening.
Mrs. Kilian told us very interest
ing things about the condition of
China.
Mr.. and Mrs. John M. Peder-
son and family are enjoying a
visit from their neices, the Misses
Gladys and Ethel Sennis, from
North Dakota.
Joe Eckberg, of Sauk Centre,
spent last Sunday with his folks.
For the highest price
Ship your stock with the Farmers
Shipping Association
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17
District n

Teacher $3.50. Verdella Harder
Reporter -. Mildred BosJhardt
Editor 80. ..... Viola Farrow
Our much needed text books
arrived Monday.
New decorations have found
their place in our school room.
We have had our heights taken
and marked down according to our
weights. Next spring it will be re-
peated to see if we have worked
too hard. -
There were only Is present
Tuesday due to bad weather.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-11-17
LOCAL NIMRODs GET LIMIT

Atty. G. {. Barnard, Gus. And
erson and Thos. Clough autoed to
Frankfurt, S. D., last Friday, near
which place they hunted pheas-
ants. To state that they were
lucky is saying the least, for they
returned to this city with SO of
these beautiful game Birds. each
man getting his limit, which is 21.
These birds will be prepared for