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The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20
Better Seed Show
Monday, Jan. "a
Farmers Will Hear Much to Their
Advantage if They Attend
ALI Free.

Arrangements for the Better
Seed Show to be held in Sauk
Centre Monday, Jan. "a, when
the Northern Pacific Special will
be on track near the depot from
1:15 to 500 P. NJ, are complete.
The officers of the Stearns
County Fair and the Community
Club are cooperating with the of
ficers of the N. P. to bring as
many farmers to town as possible
for this important meeting.
The seed situation is very grave,
particularly in this section of
Minnesota, and any farmer can
learn much to his advantage by
attending this show. Thousands
of pieces of literature have been
sent to the creameries in, this ter
ritory and through the mail to in
dividual farmers calling their at
tention to the meeting and its i'm
portance.
The Agricultural Department. at
Washington will be repre- sented by
Robert H. Black. The University
acknowledgement of of Ag-.
riculture, will be represented by
Andrew Boss, Vice Director Ex-
pertinent Station; F. w. Peck, Ag-
ricultural Extension Director; R.
F. Grim, Crop Improvement AS
sociation; A. D. Haedecke, Crop
Improvement Association; A. II.
Larson, Seed Analyst; E. C.. Stalk
man, Plant Pathologist; R. &c:
Rose, Plant Disease Specialist; T.
A. Erickson, Junior Club Leader;
A. j. Kittelson, Association Club
Leader.
The train will have two TO-
foot baggage cars attached one of
which will contain the latest ap-
proved devices for the testing and
caring for seeds, and the other will
have display of seeds of peculiar
interest to the Northwest farmer
After the train arrives an hour
will be devoted to the inspection
of the train. At 2:30 an adjourn
ment will be taken to the Caug-
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20
Mrs. Moynihan, Secretary
Files Child Welfare Report
Mothers Pension Aids in Report
to District Court are Reviewed
By Judge Roeser

The report to the district court
on the widows pension cases
handled in Stearns county the past
year was rendered Friday by Mrs
A. F. Moynihan of Sauk Centre.
secretary of the Stearns county
child welfare board.
The report shows that 81 wi
dows, and guardians of dependent
children, received county aid dur
ing the year. On Jan. 1 of this
year there were 81 mothers re-
ceiving aid from the county and
state. During the year >16 cases
were discharged upon the ren1uv-
al of dependency and sixteen new
applications were approved. Six
applications were denied, five are
pending.
Some 326 children were provid-
ed for by the funds and the total
expenditure totalled $21 sos. The
average cost per dependent child
per month was 81 for the year.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20
Free Attractions Of Un-
usually High Calibre
Have Been Booked
PATRIOTIC FIRE WORKS
Premium List to Be Out
April First-Directors
Appointed

Much important business IN
connection with the 1927 fair was
transacted at the meeting of the
Agricultural Society of Stearns
county at the Community Club
rooms, Sauk Centre, Monday eve
ming.
Vice President Ben Otte. and
Charles Harrison, who represented
the association at the meeting OF
Federated County Fairs held at
the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis,
last week, gave exhaustive and in
teresting reports of the meeting.
Mr.. Harrison, had been commits
stoned by the Fair Board to book
suitable free attractions OF high
calibre for this years fair. Be
cause the 1927 fair starts Friday
and does not close until Monday
evening many of tie booking
agents were 10th to contract their
better attractions for the Stearns
County Fair as the dates would
be hard to fill, MIR. Harrison
however, succeeded in booking two
attractions of extremely high cal
ibre and of a decidedly different
nature than anything ever seen at
a fair in Central Minnesota be-
fore. The Maxwell family appear
ed at the Minnesota State Fair
last year. They will he the head
line attraction at the Stearns
county fair this year. 1t is an
equestrian act which is both edu-
cational and pleasing to watch.
The Wigand Acrobatic troupe
was also booked. They come very
highly recommended.
The Northern States Exposition
Company who have appeared in
Sauk Centre on several occasions,
are very anxious ito take on this
years fair if they can arrange
their bookings.
There will be Saturday, Sunday
and Monday evening programs
this year. The fair will close
Fourth of July night with the most
elaborate fire works display ever
attempted by county fair as,
sociation. There will be over l.
800 feet of set pieces and the pro-
gram will be of a patriotic ma
ture, starting with the landing of
the Pilgrims, the various episodes
carrying one down to the present
day. This is a very high priced
attraction.
The big feature of Sunday af-
ternoon will be the spelling con-
test for the championship of
Stearns county, directed by Coun-
ty Superintendent VIM. Boerger,
and the Stearns County Male
Chorus, also directed by Mr..
Boerger.
The Herald was awarded the
contract for the printing of the
Premium list. President Schoen-
hoff will call the department
heads together within a short time
when the list will be carefully
gone over. The plan is to have
the copy in the hands of the
printer not later than Feb. Is
so that the books can be in the
hands of the farmers not later
than April first.
President Schoenhoff urges all
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20
Contract for Bridge Across
Sauk Lake MARQUIS Will
Not Be Let Until Sbrine
THE DOG POISONER
is ABROAD

If you have a. full blooded
dog or any other pet which
you prize very highly, better
tie him up for a few days as
the dog poisoner is abroad.
Within the past several days
upwards of nine dogs found
poison and are no more.
Some of the animals were
real pals to certain kiddies
about town and are missed very
much; while others may have
been tramp dogs of no value it
takes a mighty mean man to in
discriminatory distribute poison
in this manner. If dogs run
loose which are unlicensed
and unclaimed other methods
ought to be used to get rid of
them.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20
Fair Officers Take Actiue
Steps to Perfect Program
of Stearns County ShoW
ARMY OF MICE ATTACKS
CALIFORNIA TOWN

Bakersfield, Calf, Jan. 18-
Countless hordes of mice, driven
from their burrows in the vast
clothing, bedding and forage.
wheat fields of Buena Vista
lake bottom by recent rains, are
overrunning thousands of acres
in Kern county in what Profes-
sor E. Raymond Hall calls the
most unique migration of it's
kind in the history of the Unit
ed States. Professor Hall of
the University of California Mu-
scum of Vertebrate Zoology,
says they are not field mice, but
house mice. The invading
swarms, covering the country in
places like moving carpets, are
slain by thousands as they de-
YOUR poisoned grain dumped in
trenches ploughed across the
line of advance, and swarm over
the dead bodies Of the victims
into homes, destroying food,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20
Westport Lad Is
Pneumonia Victim
Clarence Frederick Passed Away
Wednesday Evening After An
Illness of Ten Days

Clarence Frederick, the 16-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Frederick died at the parental
home at Westport Wednesday eve
ming, Jan. 10, at $50, after an
illness Of ten days with pneumon-
la.
The young man caught cold
while returning from Sauk Centre
and took to his bed Immediately
after reaching home.
Funeral arrangements have not.
been made at this writing. Thurs
day morning at 1900 o'clock.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20
BRoWN-URNESS MOVE

This. week the Brown -Urness
Motor Co., Chevrolet and Buick
distributors for Sauk Centre NOV
ed their display room from the
'Pangburn building just south of
the Main Street Cafe, to the Main
Street Garage recently re-opened
by Carpenter & Walker. This
gives the Brown -Urness Co., the
most elaborate auto display room
in the city. They expect a ship
ment of the latest Chevrolet models
within a few days..
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20
EDITORS AT GRAND RAPIDS

The citizens of Grand Rapids,
headed by Tony LeFsreniere Of
the Independent and Mr.. Rossman
of the Review, will be hosts to the
Northern Editorial Association this
Thursday evening, Friday and Sat-
urday. Grove Wills, of Eveleth
formerly of the Herald force, is
president of the organization. The
Herald editor sincerely regrets his
inability to, meet up with this
bunch of splendid fellows this year,
but circumstances would not per-
NIT it..
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20

Charles Klar has rented the re-
pair shop at his Third Street
Garage to Rudolph Klar and Ru-
dolph Bryngelson who took pos
session the first of the month. Both
men are high grade mechanics and
will no doubt maintain the eff
cheney of the shop.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20

British farmers have found that
the milk output may be increased
by the use of artificial light. The
Herald says. 1t also has a mark
ed effect upon the crop of wild
oats.-El Paso Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20

Following the revelations of
death through poisoned liquor
comes the news of two killed and
one hurt by a waterspout. APP
parently nothing is safe. Chatham
News.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-01-20

Political differences are not as
dangerous as political indiffer-
ences.-E Paso Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-13
DEATH To
STOP HANGING
By international News Service

BY international News Service
CHICAGO. May 13.-Elin Lyons,
police slayer and Colombian soldier
Of fortune. trembles in his death
cell at the county Jail today. fearful
that each turn Of the lock is mes.
senger come to notify him that the
dreaded march to the gallows is to
begin.
Lyons was to have died at Z
o'clock this morning. Then he was
told that his attorney, Irving Break.
stone, had obtained q last minute
writ Of supersedeas from Supreme
Court Justice Warren Duncan, in
Marion, ILL.,, but that the stay
would not be official until the writ
IL filed with the clerk Of the SUI
preme court at Springfield.
A copy Of the writ must then be
delivered to the sheriff here.
Breakstone began his race with
death last night. Meanwhile Sheriff
Graydon went ahead with plans to
hang Lyons. When he was advised
by telephone. however, that Break.
stone had secured the writ, the
sheriff agreed to delay the hanging
''as long as legally possible" ex.
planning the "deadline" was sunset
hour today.
The law prescribes that q con.
demned man must hang between
sunrise and sunset of the day set
for the execution. Otherwise the
State would have in custody a man
legally dead. though in fact alive,
who could invoke the law to gain
his freedom.
Sheriff Graydon, with everything
in readiness for the hanging, is
awaiting official news from Spring
field that the writ has been filed.
He said he il confident Breakstone
will 'make it'' before sunset.
Springfield IL six hours by train
from Marion. The zero hour is s
o'clock this afternoon.
The stay, operative for 30 days,
is the third granted the Colombian
adventurer since his conviction OF
the murder of Policeman Julian
Bonfield, killed during hold.up last
December. The condemned man
claims to be the adopted son of
former collector of customs in the
little South American republic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-13
New Owners Of W.. & v.
r. r. to Hold NY. Meet

Plans for the continued operation
of the Washington and Virginia
Railway viii be discussed at meet
ing Of the representative Of the
bondholders and noteholders, who
purchased the road recently, either
In New York or Philadelphia next
week.
Gardner l.. Boothe. attorney for
the company. said the new, owners
expect to operate the road ana it
Is not believed the travelling public
will be affected by the change in
ownership.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-13

sf.1 against the winners s1.s points.
Honors in other events won
throughout the school year win be
awarded May % at the annual com.
'pany competitive drill. Yesterdays
drill Was held at Howard University
Stadium.
Reviewing officers were: Lieut.
Col. John p. Green, Lieut.. Col w.
a. Hamilton and Major Edward L.
Webster.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-13
Armstrong Schools
Cadets Win the Flag

Armstrong High School cadets are
IN possession Of q large silk Ameri.
can flag. won In competition be-
tween battaIions of the twenty.
fourth regiment. Running a close
second for first honors was the
first battalion Of Dunbar High
School, accommodating q rating .of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-13

Ice cream freezers invented in Ger.
many have the gearing at the bot.
tom and glass tops, enabling the
contents to be seen at all times.
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With a collection Of $500 900 spec;
mems, representing $4,000 species
the Smithsonian Institution In Wash
ington qualities as the world
largest bughouse.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-13

Biggest show in town at Polls
tonight, Benefit Of flood sufferers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-13

French interests have established
the first power ginning plant In
Syria, where the production of cot.
ton Is increasing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-13

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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-09
Warthen, Once Ousted,
Reelected Treasurer
In Warren County. Va,

FRONT ROYAL, Va, Nov. O.
A. L. Warthen has been reelected
county treasurer over S. Byrne
Downing by a majority of 143.
Downing carried Front Royal dis
trict by a majority OF 81 and Rock
land by 3, with Warthen carrying
the rest of the county.
John Fl. Downing was reelected
commonwealth attorney over Wal.
ter G. Olmstead by a majority of
over 400.
Roy r. Collins, sheriff, was re-
elected over Oscar Reid by a ma or-
ity of $50. Marvin Trout was re-
elected clerk of the court, s. d. Boyd
commissioner of revenue, and Brig
Gen. S. G. Waller for the House of
Delegates. The last three were I'M
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-09
Woman Filler to Enter
u. S.-HOngkOng Hop

NEW YORK, Nov. "a woman
flier, Miss Ruby Thompson of
Dallas, Tex, il planning to com
pete for the $50 900 prize offered by
Colonel William f. Easterwood,
wealthy Dallas real estate operator,
for the first flight from Dallas to
Hong Kong. China.
simultaneously with this an
nouncement today, Colonel Easter
wood, who is at the Hotel Pennsyl
vania here said he would try to
induce Mrs. Frances Grayson to
abandon her transa tIantic flight am
bition, and attempt to conquer the
Pacific.
Three requirements are made for
contestants. Three stops are al
lowed one at San Francisco. one
at Honolulu and one at Tokyo.
The winning pilot must fly a plane
not provided by the colonel. and
must register in advance with the
National Aeronautic Association at
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-09
Ohio Ballots Surge RI
Over Anti-SalOOn Bill
Like Mississippi Flood

COLUMBUS. Ohio, Nov. g.
Ohio's proposed justice of the peace
fee bill. sponsored by the Anti.
Saloon League has been defeated
by more than $50 900 votes, it was
indicated here today with rs per
cent Of the States precinct in.
cluded in the count.
The proposed chiropractors bill
which sought separate State medi.
cal board. was defeated by It's. 700
votes, according to indications.
The justice of the peace fee bill
named for its author. State Senator
l.. +. Marshall. sought to legalize
justice of the peace courts fol.
lowing the recent decision OF the
United States Supreme Court which
declared justices should not hear
cases in which they had a finan.
cial interest.
Under the former custom. JUS
tees of the peace collected fees
out of fines assessed in their courts
which were obtained mainly from
violators of prohibition and traffic
laws.
The Ohio Legislature in session
at the time of the Supreme Court
decision handed down by Chief
Justice Taft, allegedly acting at
the dictatiOn of the Anti-Saloon
League passed the Marshall bill.
Cincinnati, home of Chief Justice
Taft, voted nine to one against
the proposal. while Cleveland, Ben.
der's home city, voted five to one
against the bill.
Highland county, a rural section,
home of former United States Pro.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-09
OHIO turns, KENTUCKYG COP.
SAVES RACING; Ware WINS

widows of Confederate veterans to
vote without payment of the poll
tax
While the general assembly will
be overwhelmingly Democratic. as
usual, some of the regulars seeking
reelection encountered stiff oppO-
sition. especially from Independent
Democratic candidates.
Lindsay Gordon, delegate from
Louisa county, barely staggered in
ahead of his independent oppon-
ent, W. A. Cooke.
John II. Downing of Front Royal
was reelected Commonwealth at
torney for Warren county by a
400 majority over Walter G. Ohm.
stead.
A. l.. Warthen was reelected
county treasurer by 1876 ma jority
over S. Burn Downing.
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independent opponent, f. "A. Boyce,
showed surprising strength, run
ming 800 ahead of his ticket E r.
Kirby. Democratic incumbent, was
reelected sheriff over B. W. Mid
dleton.
Others apparently elected are F.
w. Richardson, county clerk. over
H. II. Millard: F. w. Huddleston,
county treasurer, over w. Gray.
and J. U. kincheloe. commissioner
of revenue. over F. J. Wagner.
Supervisors of the county were
elected as follows: Mark Turner.
Dranesville; D.. w. Buckley. Center,
vile; c. n. Stewart, Lee; w. F. P
Reid, Mount Vernon; c. H. Powell,
Falls Church, and H. V. Leigh,
Providence.
In Alexandria all three Statewide
referendums were adopted by 81
per cent of the votes cast. J. Fred
Birrell, Democrat, was elected to the
House of Delegates by a vote of
645 to Ill for his opponent, Kemp
Rush
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Continued from First Page.)

eight Of them. and opposed but one
The voters did likewise.
The one that Smith opposed
ernor's term four years and SYN
chronized the State election with
the presidential election. was
favored by the league.
In Kentucky, Judge Elem D
Sampson. Republican. whose views
are considered as liberal was
elected governor over ]. c. W.
Beckham. Democrat a militant dry
who was pledged to drive horse
racing from the State.
The Anti-Saloon League looked
with kindly eyes upon tHe Beckham
platform.
Wet Wares VictOrs
Elsewhere the results ran about
as expected.
The Ware machine in Philadelphia,
which is very. very wet. swept it's
mayoralty candidate into office in
the person of Harry Mackey, and
elected it's candidate for Congress,
James M. Beck, formerly Solicitor
General Of the United States.
From the second congressional
district of Ohio, Charles G. Tatgen.
horst, Republican and wet, has
been elected to Congress to sue
coed the late Representative Steph-
ems.
In the thirty-fifth district of
New York, c.. E. Hancock, Repub-
ncan, has been elected to the
vacancy caused by the death of
Representative Magee.
The party lineup in the Seven
tieth Congress has been unchanged
by yesterdays special elections.
Smiths Prestige Grows
Political leaders on both sides
Of the partisan fence were agreed
today that Gov. Al Smiths prestige
has been enormously increased by
his victory yesterday.
Had the measures which Smith
sponsored and fought for gone
down to defeat they would have
figuratively begun laying flowers
on his political grave in Washing
ton today, for defeat would have
indicated that the Governors
tremendous popularity in his own
State had begun to wane.
However, it's another. Smith VIC
tory, another smashing personal
success, and it is weighed. accord
? 3ngly by those who have their eyes
riveted upon the next Democratic
national convention.
Foes Beaten Again
The anti-Smith wing of the Demo-
cratic party were hoping that the
governor would suffer a reverse
yesterday. 1t would, have been of
inestimahle aid to them in their
plans to checkmate him next year.
But, as one of them expressed it
today: s,-,
How can we stop q man who
wins all the timer"
Whatever else Smiths victory
has accomplished, it is universally
agreed that it has shown the ma.
ton that New York is more
strongly entrenched behind it's gov.
Nrnor than ever.
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opposed. All of the board OF super.
visOrS were reelected.
Warthens reelection comes after
a hard fight, following recent order
entered in the Circuit Court by
Judge Phillip Williams when War
then did not give a bond for $50. 900
after A surety company declined to
continue as guarantor and the treas
urer's office was declared vacant
and he was ordered to turn over his
books to the clerk of the court.
Later. however. Warthen was given
20-day stay pending decision by
the Supreme Court Of Appeals which
temporarily reinstated him in office.
The heaviest vote in II years was
cast
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-09
FORBUSH' s WIFE
SEEN IN n. J.

CONTINUED from First Page)
Chief of Police White said he
might call in police dogs to lead
the hunt.
Seen BY Hunter
A fitting form in the Lockwood
forest seen by Richard Jones, a
hunter, gave the clue that brought
the search that had been conducted
in Rock Creek Park, Washington,
Virginia, New York State and else
where into this section.
The same woman, wearing a be-
draggled blouse and skirt, asked for
drink of water at a farmhouse
on the Charlestown line. Since then
several other hunters have seen the
bobbed. haired blonde in the woods.
The description furnished by
Jones tailed exactly with that of
the missing Mrs. Forbush.
Mrs. Forbush has been lost to the
world since October 81. While en-
route to Florida with her husband.
Mrs. Forbush was seated beside him
in a Washington theatar when she
suddenly asked to be excused for
q
Since then he has not seen her.
Search Goes Forward
During the absence of the Rev.
Forbush, Mrs. Ellen G. Ramsey,
mother of the missing wife. is di.
recting party of hometown
friends from Canadaigua, \. Y, In
the search around Washington.
When Mrs. Forbush first disap-
peared it was thought a mental dis
order might have caused her to hide
in the woods. This had been the
case on two previous occasions when
she ran away.
Friends of the woman point out,
however, that if she is still alive she
must be getting food somewhere.
She was very familiar with the
country around Claremont, having
devoted much of her time to hiking
through the woods while on a visit
here last summer. The theory has
been advanced that she may have
cached supplies of food last sum-
mer for use on her hikes and that 4
she now is drawing on these.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-11-09
REED PROBERS
HIT IN BATTLE

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9.-A
second setback was handed the
James A. Reed Senate committee
today in the fight to gain posses
sion OF the Delaware county bal
lots used In the November election
when William $. Ware was elected
to the Senate.
The Federal Circuit Court Of AID.
peals today dismissed the Reed
committee appeal from the recent
ruling of Federal Judge Thompson
that the local courts had no juris-
diction in the affair and that the
matter was up to the United States
Senate.