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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
HORSE SUPPLY SHORT

Because Wisconsin horse buyers
have been picking over the horse
supply in Minnesota, the supply of
work horses in this state is pretty
well exhausted, according to in
formation received at University
farm. The supply of surplus
horses in Illinois and Iowa is also
said to be practically exhausted.
In view of this situation, Wayne
Dinsmore, secretary of the Horse
Association of America, with head
quarters at University farm, fears
the shortage may become acute.
One reason for this, he says, is an
increasing demand for horses for
short haul delivery purposes in
Chicago and other cities. Dairy and
baking companies both find the
use of horses for delivery purposes
more satisfactory than the use of
automobiles.
Animal husbandry men at the
farm school, therefore, are advis-
ing Minnesota farmers to push the
breeding of good draft horses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23

The Corinth Canal was started
by Nero about 1000 years ago.
The project was abandoned and
finally completed in 1898.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
Fur Breeders Will
Hold a Short Course

Furlbreeding has acquired such
a start in Minnesota that the De-
partment of Agriculture of the
University of Minnesota has recog-
nized the industry by offering a
special short course for fur breed
ers. The course will last two days
and Saturday, June "a
and rs.
Leaders in the fur industry
throughout the United States, the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, and the University of
Minnesota will cooperate in pro-
viding the program.
Among the subjects to be dis
cussed will be: Handling fox fe-
males, breeding for fur, cost of
production, diseases, parasites,
sanitation. fu: values, the beaver,
mink, muskrats, ,ditetics in relation
to fur, pedigrees, genetics.
Among the speakers will be
Frank G.. Ashbrook of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
prominent members of the Amer
lean National Fox Breeders asso-
citation and of the Minnesota Fox
and Fur Breeders Association, and
specialists in various departments
of the University of Minnesota.
Friday at 6:15 p. m. there will
be dinner and question box at
the Nicollet Hotel, Minneapolis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
Dairy Expert Will Lecture on
Bossy at the Stearns Co. Fair

Hugh G. Van Pelt, world fam
Gus dairy cattle expert and noted
Judge at National Dairy shows,
will be one of the drawing cards
which will bring hundreds of farm
ers to the Stearns County FAN
here on the opening day of this big
county conclave, Saturday, July
End. Mr.. Van Pelt, who has spent
his life studying, selecting, Judg-
ing, feeding and caring for dairy
cattle, will demonstrate to the
Stearns county farmers at the Fair
his method of selecting profitable
dairy cows. He will use typical
dairy cows from Stearns county to
illustrate the five essential points
of a profitable dairy COW, and will
show how a farmer can pick a
money making animal.
AS a boy Mr.. Van Pelt fed and
MIXED the winning herd in the low
cost production test at the st.
Louis Exposition. His own dairy
herd in Iowa, the foundation of
which was selected by the method
of picking money-making cows he
is to demonstrate at the Stearns
County Fair, has earned him a ma
tionwide reputation.
Mr.. Van Pelt has been profess
sor of Dairying at Iowa State Agri-
cultural College, Iowa State dairy
expert and manager of the Dairy
Cattle Congress. He has lectured
in every state in the union and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
Minnesota Motor Deaths
Decrease In 1927 List
Safer Highways, Newspaper Warn.
ings, Held Factors in Reducing
Auto Accidents 3.

Minnesota was one of eleven
states in which deaths from auto
accidents were reduced in 1926,
according to figures compiled by
the National Safety Council. The
total deaths were $50 in 1925 and
319 in 1926, a decrease of IL. !
per cent. Only five states, Nevada,
New Hampshire, New Mexico,
Rhode Island and Wyoming, had
larger per cent of decrease. The
total deaths for the United States
were 1921 in 1926 and 1925 in
1925, an increase of 5.18 per cent.
The building of wider highways,
elimination of sharp turns and 9TH
er hazards, and the marking of all
dangerous places, both by the State
Highway department on trunk
highways and by many counties on
secondary roads, was an important
factor in the reduced mortality.
When it is remembered that the
automobile registration in Mime
sofa increased log per cent in
1926 over 1925, the reduction in
accidents becomes more notewor-
thy.
"Good traffic laws, efficient en-
forcement, and elimination of high
way hazards are three important
factors in accident prevention" C..
M. Babcock, commissioner of
highways, states. Another big fact
or is safety education. Safety re-
quires eternal vigilance. The
need of carefulness must be con-
tinuously and repeatedly brought
home to drivers, passengers, pedes-
TRANS, parents and children. The
newspapers of Minnesota are en-
titled to a lot of credit for the
cooperation they have given to
this department and other agencies
that are trying to promote high
way safety. They have given a
large amount of space, without
recompense, to traffic laws and
safety propaganda, and this has
been of incalculable value. -
The figures on auto fatalities
for Minnesota do not include
deaths in grade crossing accidents.
Figures compiled by the Minnesota
Railroad commission show "a kill
ed in collisions between trains
and automobiles in 1925 and 20
in 1926. The "Stop" crossing law
and the elimination of grade cross
ings have contributed largely to
this result.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23

wagons, early railroad trains, and
other forms of transportation will
figure in Mr.. Babbock's descrip-
lions of pioneer conditions.
1t is announced that anyone in
terested may join the 'fhistoric
tour" An automobile bus has been
chartered which will leave the Min
neapolis bus station on Thursday
at $3.50 a. m. Seats on this bus may
be reserved with Mr.. Theodore &C..
Blegen, assistant superintendent
of the Minnesota Historical Soci-
ETY..
The Stearns County committee
on local Arrangements is headed
by Mrs. Fred Schilpin of st. Cloud
and includes the following citizens
of the county; Mrs. c.. l.. Atwood,
Mayor j. A. Benson, William
Boerger, r.. b. Brewer, J. C.
Brown, Robert H. Brown, Mrs.
C. H. Dragoo, Reverend E. ".
Campbell, Mrs. E. Evertt Clark,
Gordon Clark, Miss Marianne
Clarke, Mrs. A. A. Claxton, Right
Reverend Alcuin Deutsch, w. F.
Donohue, Dr.. J.. A. Dubois, Al
yah Eastman, Hugh Evans, Frank
Fandel, p. B. German, Sister
Grace Mcdonald, Reverend Charles
Gruenwald, Dr.. Hans Hansen,
Judge J. B. Himsl, j. R. Jerrard,
Miss Isabel Lawrence, Mrs. ]. P.
Mcdowell w. B. Mitchell, Mayor
William Parker of Sank Centre,
Ray j. Quinlivan Judge j. A !.
Roeser, William Sartell, Dr.. George
E. Sherwood, w. W.. Smith, Oar
ius Steward, Mrs. Mary Stewart,
J. D. Sullivan, Frank Tolman,
Mrs. "A. j. Tschumperlin, and c.. E.
Vasaly. The Kandiyohi county
committee on arrangements is
headed by Senator Victor Lawson
of Willmar and includes Scion l..
Benton, A. A. C. Blomquist, DR.. B.
J. Branton, j. F. Branton, A. o.
Forsberg, F. G. Handy, P. B.
Hong, Eben E. Lawson, and Ga
briel Stone.
The earlier state historical con-
ventions have been held at Duluth,
Redwood Falls Detroit Lakes,
Winona, and Mankato, in success
sive summers since 1922. 1t is ex-
pected that several invitations will
be received at the St. Cloud and
Willmar sessions for the conven-
tion to be held in 1928.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
Traffic Ordinance
Fits New State Law
Uniform City Code Is Drafted
by League of Minnesota
Municipalities

A model traffic ordinance, pre-
pared by the committee on safety
and traffic of the League of Min
nesota Municipalities and reported
at the convention in Minneapolis
last week, will be considered by the
Sank Centre city council.
ANY old ordinances or parts of
ordinances that conflict with the
new state traffic act, are void. The
new state law, however, provides
that municipalities shall have pow
er to pass an enforce ordinances
identical in effect, except as to
penalties, with the provisions of the
state law. The purpose of this is
to simplify prosecution of traffic
violators in municipal courts.
The state law also gives munich
palities specific power to provide
by ordinance:
For the regulation of traffic by
means of traffic officers or traffic
control devices.
For the prohibition Of other than
one way traffic on certain high
ways.
For the regulation lof parking
within their corporate limits, pro-
vided that no parking on state
shall encroach upon the
portion maintained by the state,
except by permission of the state
highway commissioner.
For the establishment of loading
zones for taxicabs and buses with
in which no parking shall be per-
mitted.
For the regulation Of the use of
highways other than trunk high
ways by commercial vehicles.
That pedestrians shall obey the
directions of traffic officers and
traffic control devices.
The traffic act also gives munic-
qualities power to limit the speed
of trucks whose weight, including
load, exceeds eight tons, and to in
crease the speed which shall be
prima facie unlawful upon arterial
highways. But with these excep-
lions, municipalities are expressly
forbidden to alter the speed re-
strictions in the state law, or to
enact or enforce any ordinance
contrary to the state law.
The model ordinance reenacts
all the general provisions of the
state law, with some added regu-
lations. Each city which adopts
the ordinance, may add, omit or
revise portions of it to fit local
conditions, as long as there is no
conflict with the state law. Copies
of the state traffic law, in conven-
lent pocket size, may be obtained
by writing to C. M. Babcock, COM
missioner of Highways, or Mike
Holm, secretary of state.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
UNUSUAL ACCIDENT

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Clark and
Mrs. Flora Westerdahl of Cox
alto, miraculously escaped death by
electrocution, when the automo-
bile in which they were driving
struck pole with live wires
thrown across the road during the
severe rain and wind storm last
Wednesday evening. The accident
occurred between Cokato and How
ard Lake, where several power
poles had blown down, one cross
ing the road. Several other autos
passing before escaped the pole and
wires. A shock of electricity pass
ed through the car and smashed the
rear window in the coupe. The
car was badly warped, burned and
smashed. The occupants suffered
from cuts sustained from flying
glass and electrical shock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23

demonstrating on live animals has
been followed in practically every
section of the United States where
there are dairy farmers. Every
fall he receives scores of requests
from all parts of the country to
give his COW demonstrations, but
handling the details of his large
dairy interests prevents him from
accepting more than three or four
of - these invitations. Stearns
county farmers are to be congratu-
lated that they will have this rare
opportunity to see a world famous
dairy expert at work on different
types of cows.
Stearns County Fair this year
promises to be one of the best ever
held in this community and the
attendance, due to many added at
fractions, is expected to be re-
cord breaker.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23

conducted dairy trains organized
cow testing associations, bull clubs,
calf clubs and has judged more
dairy cattle at the big shows and
fairs of the United States and
Canada than any other man in the
country. He now oversees the
selection, breeding and feeding of
the cattle on nine dairy farms. He
has helped thousands of dairy
farmers throughout the country
own better cows and make more
money. Mr.. Van Pelt is a practical
man, doing a practical work that
appeals to and helps practical
farmers.
r It has been said of Mr.. Van
Pelt that he is one of the few men
in agriculture who can hold a huge
crowd at fair such as our Stearns
County Fair, almost regardless of
other attractions. His method of
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23

the dairy cattle judging contest AL
fred Mueller of Sherburne coun-
ty scored the most points, with
Ezra Reineke of Todd county a
close second, and Lucille Lehn of
Douglas county third. The first
team honors were won by Hubbard
county and the second by Todd
county.
The advanced breadmaking
team, composed of Hazel Hintz
and Gladys Amundson of Becker,
Sherburne county, was first in the
contest to represent the central
district at the Minnesota State
Fair and Northwest Dairy Expo
sition. The Excelsior team, from
Hennepin county, placed second.
Winona county sent the largest del
egation to the course and was
awarded the attendance banner.
Nearly 200 enrolled in the class
for the study of leadership which
was directed by the state club
leaderand his assistants and T. l..
Bewick, the Wisconsin state club
leader and his assistants and z L.
structional work. A. E. Anderson
director of extension in South Da-
kota; H. M. Jones, the South Da-
kota club leader, and Earl j. Coop
er of the club department of the
Holstein-Friesian association of
America, were introduced and
complimented and encouraged the
Young leaders. Minnesota, thew said
was outstanding in boys and girls
club work and in the development
of leadership that will later count
for so much in the development OF
citizenship. Director F. w. Peck
in his address to the class empha.
sized the Importance of vision
ability to plan, initiative, and en-.
thusiasm in the program and work
of prospective leaders.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
Minnesota Grading Job
Done Without Horses
"New Stunt" in Construction on
Minnesota Highway Attracts
Nationwide Attention

"a brand new stunt, moving dirt
by gasoline and moving it fast
a power shovel and dump wagon
tjob-26 men working in two shifts
and not horse or mule in sight. "
That is the way the Earth Now
err, a national grading contractors
magazine, describes a job complet-
ed recently on Minnesota trunk
Highway No. so, between Hamp-
ton and Cannon Falls. Describing
the scamp without a corral" the
article says that in the interest of
veracity it must be confessed that
there was a lonesome looking two
horse team hitched to scraper
leveling the loads as they were
dumped.
A gas-air shovel was doing the
digging, but instead of long string
of teams with dump wagons of
Ia yard capacity, there were two
caterpillar tractors drawing two
wagons, also equipped with cater
pillar treads, one wagon carrying
eight and one nine yards of dirt
in load. The big wagons moved
at almost double the speed of
horses and worked in wet weather
when horse-drawn wagons would
have mired. Then with the doub-
lie shift, the work was completed in
very short time.
The big wagons discharged their
loads evenly over the road and the
caterpillar wheels compacted the
big fills more uniformly than would
be possible with ordinary wagons.
Contractors from many parts of
the United States witnessed the
new method of road building.
Modern machinery and engi-
neering skill have made the roads
of today possible. Without them,
we would still be travelling on
dirt trails. And as more efficient
machinery is developed, it will
hasten the day when our highways
can be made adequate to TWEEN
tieth century traffic.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
Plaid Ginghams Said
To Be In Style Again

Plaid cotton materials are In
style again and are becoming con-
spicuous among the ginghams on
the cotton goods counter, says Mar.
ion Weller, associate professor of
home economics, University Farm,
st. Paul. Old fashioned patterns of
Scotch and tartan origin are being
made by many cotton manufactur-
ers. Bright colors are featured IN
many of these.
Plaids are useful for street and
house wear and are very appro-
pirate for children's clothes. Small
Ter patterns are to be preferred for
children. Girls and women may
choose almost any pattern which
has becoming colors. A plain col
or matching the dominant color in
the fabric is the best for collars
and cuffs or vests. White or black
often makes a very pleasing eff
feet. A plain colored hat harmo-.
nizing with some color in the plaid,
or else an all black hat, is in bet
ter taste than one in which many
colors appear
But ginghams will not he con-
fined to plaids. They are being
made in rather unusual designs.
Broken checks or imitation cross
stitch designs are common, as well
as spots or figures with embroid-
ery-like effects. For the most part,
checks are small, and in some in
stances take the guise of stripes
/ crossed to form checks. Soft toned
backgrounds make these artistic
and becoming to almost anyone.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
Agricultural Notes
Juniors Win Prizes

At All Short Course
June 6 to 10 were red letter days
for 725 All club boys and girls
APO boys and sos girls-who went
from all parts Of the state to their
seventeenth annual short course at
University Farm. Counting lead
ers and their assistants and college
student attendants the course was
attended by about 500 club work
ers.
The forenoons were used for
class room instruction and for live
stock judging; the afternoons for
educational trips, and the eve
nings for entertainments in the
auditorium. The class in rope
work numbered $50 as compared
with SO at last years course. Elsie
Hack, club girl of Springfield,
won the halter making contest over
the entire field. Lester Carlson of
Thief River Falls was second, and
Stanley Halvorson of Milan third.
Nearly 100 juniors took the poul-
try course. All the home economics
classes for girls were well filed.
More than 10, a dozen or more
of whom were girls, took part in
livestock judging contests. Glasses
organized for the study of types
of farm animals, care and manage.
ment, fitting and showing, were
largely attended. Medals were
presented to Carl Radke Of Steele
county. Vernet lStottereau of
Pipestone county, and Paul Judg-
enson of Steele county, who were
first in the order given in general
livestock judging. Of the teams
the Rock county trio was first and
the Steele county trio second. In
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23
Farmers Equip for
Spud Disease Fight

The enemies of the potato-and
they are many, including diseases
and insect pests-will have a hard
time of it in Hennepin county this
summer. According to reports re-
ceivei by r. C. Rose, plant die
sease specialist of the extension di-
vision, University Department of
Agriculture, 46 new high-pressure
spraying machines have been pur-
chased by Hennepin county pota-
to growers this spring. These
added to six already in use in the
county, provide a fairly good arma-
ment for the defense of the potato
at least, for those growing po-
tatoes on commercial scale.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-06-23

Farmers using the high pressure
sprayers load their sprayers with
both bordeaux mixture for the pre-
vention of disease and with poison
for the insects-buis and leaf-hop-
pers and flea beetles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Two Of New YOrk's
Finest" Run AmuCk;
While Drunk

Two policemen, off duty, ran
amuck yesterday morning. In bor-
rowed automobile they drove into a
show window at 10th Ave and 47th
St. Luckily no one was present,
otherwise they would have been seri-
ousK injured or possibly killed.
Both policemen were slightly cut
and obtained treatment from an am
bulance surgeon. When they were
taken to the 47th st. police station
it was discovered that they were
both drunk.
One of them, Howard Gunderman,
is under arrest charged with driving
a car when intoxicated. Both Gun
derman and his colleague, Joseph P.
Sullivan, have been suspended from
the police force on charges of intoXi-
cation.
This is the latest case Of a series
that has taken place in the last few
months of policemen arrested for
murder, assault, robbery and other
crimes that they are supposed to
protect the general population from.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
WORKERS PARTY CONVENTION GREETED BY WORKERS
IN CLEVELAND, DETROIT AND CHICAGO

Greetings were received yesterday
at the Workers Party convention
from the Young Workers League of
Cleveland, the Bulgarian Bureau of
the Party, Detroit. and the South
Slavic Bureau, Chicago.
They read as follows:
The telegram from Cleveland reads:
Branch l, Young Workers League,
greets the Workers Communist
Party in it's Fifth National convention.
We hope that you will prove success
full in your deliberations and decisions
towards the meeting; the problems
constituting the working class today,
and towards drawing large masses of
workers close and into the ranks of
the Party"
The Bulgarian Bureau wired:
wish you success for establishing
unity in our Party and efficient work
to liquidate all faction struggles once
forever. Long live Workers Com
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
DAILY Workers, Held by
the California Official
BusybOdies, Now Freed
(By a Worker Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Sept A.
While in the sinful act of sending
money to The Daily Worker at the
postoffice, located in the Federal
Building, bundle of about 25 copies
of that paper disappeared under your
correspondents very eyes. The
policeman on duty was looking for
Sacco-Vanzotti sympathizers. His
watching eYes noticed the headlines
in the August 25th issue Of The Daily
Worker. They were: French Work
ers Urge War On American Legion"
"Mass for Funeral Sunday for Sacco
and Vanzetti."
The papers were finally located
at the offices of the U. S. Marshal
and the writer nearly landed in jail
They said that it was out of order
altogether to bring "Bolshevik" or
81. w. W." literature into the Fed
eral Building But postoffice Of
fetal told them that The Daily
Worker goes through his hands every
day as legal literature. Then the
cop let the correspondent go.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-05
Try to Stop "Revelry,'
Exposure of Harding

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4.--To
prevent the play "RevelIy" from con-
tinuing, injunction proceedings and
appeals to Mayor Kendrick and Pub
lie Safety Director are being made
to stop it's continuance. "Revelry"
is an exposure of President Warren
G. Harding's administration.
On the ground that the production
"flaunts the Federal government and
ridicules high officials" Bernard R..
Cohn, local lawyer, filed with Judge
Joseph H. Taulane a bill in equity
through which he hopes to obtain an
injunction against the play. Judge
Taulane fixed next Tuesday, 10 a. M,
for hearing on the bill before Judge
James Gay Gordan.
"Revelry" will play at the Theatre
Masque, New York, beginning Sep
TENDER IL.