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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
Farmer Shoots Man
In Haystack ON Farm
Unidentified Body Found After
Shot Believed Directed at
Animal

Little Falls, Nov. 3-Shooting at
random in the direction in hay
stack where he thought coyote
or some other destructive animal
was burrowing, Carl Van Hercke,
a farmer near here, shot and killed
an unidentified man.
Aroused from sleep by his dog,
Mr.. Van Hercke armed himself
with shotgun and began an inves-
LEGATION. He thought he heard a
movement in a nearby haystack,
and thinking it was a coyote or
some other animal, shot in the dark
without taking aim.
Upon arising today, he went to
the haystack to obtain feed for his
stock and found the body of man
about 80 years old, dressed in
working clothes, lying on the top
of the stack. The charge entered
the mans head.
Van Hercke reported the killing
to Sheriff Paul Felix, who started
an investigation. An inquest will
be conducted late today. Van Her.
cke{ was not held.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
DRIVING IN SMOKE

Use extreme caution in going
through smoke from fires along
the road sides, is the warning
sounded by the State Highway de-
partment. Slow up and sound
your horn, the warning urges.
Turning on your lights may also
help approaching drivers to see
your car. Burning weeds and
rubbish along the roadsides is one
of the autumn duties of highway
patrolmen. To avoid setting fire
to adjoining fields, meadows or
wooded regions, it is often neces-
sary to do the burning when the
wind blows towards the road. Sew.
eral accidents have been reported
where drivers have gone through
smoky: stretches without slowing
up. The same precaution is neces-
sary where the fires are on adjoin-
ing lands, or in case of fog or
snow storms.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
JOHN KERNICHAN
CALLED TO REWARD.
CONTINUED from Page One)

year when the Board of Education
gave him leave of absence. He
went west with his cronies of long
standing, Al Salmond of this iity,
and Henry Reed, of Minot, N. D. +,
and spent six weeks in California.
This visit was one of the high
lights of a busy and methodical
life, as he had an opportunity to
revel among the flowers he so
dearly loved.
It was eminently fitting that the
funeral services should be con-
Quoted from the Public School
buildings where he had served
many years so faithfully and COM
petently. The services were
held from the Junior High School
Auditorium this Thursday after
noon at 400 o'clock. The ser
vices were in charge of Rev. T. B.
Shorts of the Methodist church and
Rev. C. S. Sparkes, pastor of the
Congregational church. The pail
bearers We're old and close friends,
AL Salmond, G. I. Dobbs, John Lar
son, Ben Vogel, and Anton Nelson
of this city, and Henry j. Reed,
of Minot, N. d.
There is not a child attending
the Public Schools, from Senior
down to the kindergarten, who
has not known Mr.. Kernighan
during the entire school life.
When the announcement of his
death came a pail wass cast over
the entire school, student body and
faculty.
The children of the grades put
their pennies together and bough
floral tributes for the man who
had always had a CHEEKY word for
them or ready to do kindly act.
There is an Old and true saying
that man loved by a small child or
a dog is a good citizen, because
you can't fool either. The life
of Mr.. Kernighan splendidly ex-
emplifies this truism. The funeral
was attended by large outpour-
ing of Sank Centre folks who de-
sired to paya their last respects
to their transformations friend.
The remains were laid to rest in
Greenwood cemetery.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

many unthinkable extravaganza.
Yet the money would build thous-
and miles of concrete roads, which
would save the owners of automo-
ibiles, trucks and buses, each year
more than that amount, and would
save the trunk highway fund more
than "a million dollars year now
wasted on maintenance of gravel
ed roads that are constantly deter
iorating. 1t is surprising that a
single individual in the state can
be opposed to the Babcock plan,
which spells, progress and econ
omy. Minnesotans have an idea
that the Penn. state is slow, and
lacks go-aheadness-but it is far
understanding the North Star State
in better highways.-St. Cloud
Journal press. -:..' ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
Fashbacks
20 Years Ago
Excerpts From the Herald
of 20 Years Ago

The Great Northern is preparing
to move its water tank to point
further up the track from the sta
ton. Meantime a smaller tank
is being erected temporarily to
serve the purpose until the removal
is completed.
Three days of rain the latter
part of last week put sufficient
moisture into the ground to last
for some time. The weather pre-
viously had been pretty dry.
Mrs. Martha A. Gordon, of st.
Paul, department president of the
W.. r. c., was in the city Friday
and inspected the local corps. The
work was gone through with Mrs.
Gordon instructing where neces-
sary. She was highly pleased.
Mrs. Gordon told the corps of the
state meeting and also of the ma.
tional meeting at Saratoga. She
and other Minnesota women stood
an hour and a half in a pouring
rain that they might shower "Old
Glory" with flowers when Mime
sofa veterans passed in parade
with the huge flag that takes thir-
ty men to. carry. Mrs. Gordon
said the cheers that rose amply re
paid them for the wetting they got.
Mrs. Gordon was the guest of Mrs.
Charles Brown while here. ..
Thieves entered Mrs. A. Barto's
rooms in her building on Third
street last Monday and stole fine
gold watch which, was present
from her late husband, the Hon.
Alphonso Barto, former lieuten-
ant governor of Minnesota. The
watch was valued very highly by
Mrs. Barto both for its intrinsic val
ue and on account of the associa,-
tions. Some person, probably the
same one that stole Mrs. .Barto's
watch; stole-4a silver watch from
the rooms over Swift's bakery on
the same day. Chief of Police JAS.
Connolly is endeayoring to locate
the thieves and recover the prop
erty. ...1. = %. 49,;
Sank lake is frozen over and the
ice is thick enough for skating in
places. '''s, 80. 30 ...'.. -& ~.
Wintry weather Bit. the town
Saturday afternoon Some snow
fell along late in the day, and dur
ing the night the temperature
dropped materially. Sunday morn
ing It was so cold that furs were
quite acceptable. Monday and
Tuesday continued cold with the
wind in the north most of the
time.
Buster Brown" and. "Tfge"
were in evidence in Sank Centre
early this week. A travelling
agent for a shoe manufacturing
house arrived here on Sunday
evenings flyer accompanied by "a
dwarf and "a fine bull dog. The
next morning the dwarf was rugged
out la Cluster Brown" and the
resemblance was very striking. The
outfit attracted considerable at
tention.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
PENNSYLVANIA AND MINI.

Pennsylvania is one of the pro-
gressive road building states. 1t
has about 1000 miles of concrete
permanent construction. In many
sections of that state, particularly
through the northern section it
cost much more to build highways
than in. Minnesota. There is a
concrete highway across the entire
northern section, over two noun
tain ranges, that is much more
sparsely settled than the southern
and central sections, which natur-
ally have~the larger share of per-
manent sconstructed roads. That
state has spent nearly $4,000, 900
a year For the past four years,
while the proposition to spend
$40, 900, 0D0 by Minnesota in two
years every cent of which would
be paid by owners of motor We
hicles, and not penny from di-
rect taxation, is considered by
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
Local Firm Was Active
In Recent Sale Contest
Sell 200 Per Cent of Allotment
During October-Total Sales
112,064 E :.

The Chevrolet division of the
General Motors conducted a sales
contest during the month of Octo-
Der. Each state was divided into
districts, the districts selling the
fewest number of cars during the
period were to stand a turkey sup
per for the winners while they
were to eat beans.
Carpenter & Walker, of this city,
were in the contest with the towns
northwest of Minneapolis. The
local conpany's allotment for
October was seven cars. They
sold IA but lost out by two cars
The banquet was served at the
Breen hotel, St. Cloud, Thursday
evening of last week. Messrs. Ben
Carpenter, Fred Walker and Dean
Brown, Of this city, and Dick Os-
tendorf, of Melrose, attended.
va The Sank Centre firm served the
banquet. The tables were di-
vided. The winners, of course,
kidded the losers while they were
enjoying roast turkey. The local
contingent ate sparingly of . the
beans during the first course, as
: they had a card up their sleeve.
The second course was beans for
the winners and turkey for TIE
losers. "A protest was made but
the company manager ruled that as
long as the. Sank Centre district
had sold 200 per cent of their al
lotment they were also entitled to
turkey.
The contest was nation wide and
during the month of October 112,-
064 new Chevrolets We're sold in
the United States.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

J. "A. Pendergast, of Grey Eagle,
was in the city Wednesday telling
of his miraculous escape from
drowning when he accidentally
dropped into a 80 foot well last
week at his Grey Eagle home.
Excerpts From the Herald
so Years Ago
1t is estimated that the flax crop
of Stearns county this year will
amount to $4,000.
. Notwithstanding the scarcity of
money, a pocket book containing
several dollars, after having been
advertised a week, still remains at
this office waiting for the owner to
claim it.
Winter will soon be upon us, but
in all families that are supplied
with a Spaulding Stove Drum he
has no terors. They only cost SIS
and will save twice their cost in
wood in one winter.
The school house will be open on
Saturday afternoon from 2 o'clock
until 5, and from 7:30 o'clock I'M
til 9 in the evening, at which time
members of the Library associa-
zion can get books from Mr.. Cook,
the librarian. The new books will
arrive in about two weeks.
Stages leave Sank Centre for
Alexandria every day except Mon
days at z A. M. For Long Prairie
every Wednesday and Saturday, at
Z A. M. For Glenwood and Fort
Wadsworth, every Monday and
Thursday at $50 A. M. and for
Lake Johanna every FRIDAY at 7 A.
M.
The markets-The Sank Centre
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
District 1873

Veronica Paul ...... Teacher
Estella Winter -. ........ Editor
Marion Berchite -. Asst Editor
The Bus; body Club held it's
meeting Friday afternoon the US
ual business was transacted. AT
ter the meeting games were play
ed. Ermalinda Miller described
the new game to be played. 1t was
Ground and Round the Village"
The following pupils enrolled
Monday:
John Bieringer-Sth grade.
Robert Beste-8th grade.
Herbert Beste-7th grade.
Leo Schloegl-6th grade.
The report cards were distrib'
uted on Tuesday. Those having an
average of ninety or more dur
ing the month of October are as
follows: lila Berschite, Joseph
Beste, Louise Bieringer, Gene
We've Minette, Verena Minette, Es-
tella Winter, Rose Schloegl and
Ralph Schloegl.
Superintendent w. A. Boerger
was caller in our school Tuesday
afternoon.
Our school received a supply of
new books on Monday.
Robert Schloegl was absent from
school Wednesday and Friday.
Raymond Schloegl, Rose Schloegl,
Eraa Miller and Bernard Bier
niger were also absent one day
last week.
The weekly spelling contest was
held Wednesday afternoon be-
tween the 5th and 9th graders and
the 7th and 9Th graders. The con-
tast apdad in q tia
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
Minnesota Railways Haul
Much Highway Material
New transportation Methods Sell
dom Put Older Ones Out of
Business, Experience Shows

Some idea of the magnitude of
the job of building and maintaining
trunk highways is given in a bull
letin received by The Herald from
the State Highway department CIV
ing figures on the materials used
by the department this year. 1t
shows that nearly 1900 carloads
of materials are being used in
1927. If highways and automo-
biles have taken some business
away from the railroads they seem
to have brought the railroads some
other business in return.
The largest shipments were those
going into new pavements, 1900
cars of cement, 4,425 cars of
sand, 1895 cars of crushed rock
and gravel, and 80 cars of calcium
chloride. Since the department is
paving only little more than half
as many miles this year as last
year, the shipments in 1926 were
correspondingly larger.
The construction division also
used 80 cars of reinforcing steel
and expansion joints for pave
ments, $50 cars of bridge material,
40 cars of guard rail and $50 cars
of tile and culverts.
The maintenance division used
this year 20 cars of cement, 10
cars of sand, 800 cars of rock and
gravel, 55 cars of calcium chlor-
ide, 258 cars of road oil and tar,
20 cars of bridge material, Is
cars of guard rail, so cars of
road machinery and equipment,
100 cars of snow fence, five cars
of signs and markers, 10 cars of
tile and culverts, and 1875 cars of
gasoline and lubricants.
The above figures give only the
materials shipped by railroad.
Nearly all the gravel used both on
new roads and in maintenance is
hauled by truck, as there are only
few sections of the state where
it is necessary to ship gravel for
road surfacing. For paving, how
ever, washed sand and gravel or
rock of uniform sizes are used, and
in many cases this cannot be OBJ
tanned locally in sufficient quanti-
ties.
Apparently the highways are
not putting the railroads out of
business. Each new mode of
transportation develops new bust
ness. If the time comes when ev.
cry family will own an airplane,
there will still be plenty of "gas
buggies" on the highways. -.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
St. Cloud. Sept. II, 1927
Dear Teacher:-
IT. ..lI.-I -f Al

St. Cloud. Sept. II, 1927
Dear Teacher:-
The publishers of the
Sank Centre Herald are about
to put on a subscription con-
test in which six valuable
pieces of playground equip
ment will be offered as prizes
and Of which explanatory
material is herewith. enclosed.
Ordinarily this office does
not concern itself with mat
tiers Of this kind, but where
our own county newspapers
are concerned we gladly give
our assistance, knowing that
they have always been more
than willing and ready to
help our schools. Among the
foremost in this respect is the
Sank Centre Herald, whose
publishers have been close
personal friends Of mine, as
well as of our schools for a
number Of years. believe
their offer to be genuine and
that the schools which are So
inclined may proftably par
ticipate in their contest 49,. p.
All inquiries relating to
the contest should be made of
the Sank Centre, Herald,
Sank Centre, Mimi:
Respectfullyayouss,
William A. Boerger,
Co. Supt. of Schools.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
$8,339,OO0 State Aid
Will Reach Schools Soon
Distribution to Follow November
Tax Settlements by Counties
Stearns to Receive $127,483

More than $8,339,00O will be
! distributed as state aid to schools,
departments and classes in Mime
sofa, this fall, j. M. Mcconnell,
state commissioner of education,
announced Saturday. A portion of
this has already been distributed,
but the bulk of it will be forward
ed to school treasures as soon as
counties make the November tax
settlement to the state.
More than $500 school districts
will share in the distribution of
$3.50, 148,82.
"Even though the last legisla-
ture amended the state aid laws,
reducing certain items of aid 10
per cent, the appropriations avail
able were still found to be short, !"
Mr.. Mcconnell said. GAS a result
it was necessary to pro-rate these
items at 9S.8 per cent"
This, he explained, applies to
special departments, special class"
es, supplemental, building, associa-
ton, transportation and socalled
regular aid. Payments made in
accordance with this. provision,
however, shall be payment in full
and no further obligation shall be
regarded as existing against the
state, he said.
Payment is made on the basis of
attendance last year in many cas-
es. The following shows the class.
es of aids and amounts to be paid /:
October apportionment of the
current school fund, at the rate of
81 per pupil, $2,041 ,248; Smith
Hughes federal vocational aid,
$139,519.5s; aid to public school
libraries, $29,516; aid to evening
schools for adults, $21, 1929; tuition
for nonresident high school pupils,
81, 0S3, 401; aid to Misunderstanding
departments, 1912, 1872; aid to spec
ial departments in agriculture,
trades, industries and home econ
omics, $300,277.90; aid to special
classes for defective children,
1881 ,485.57; supplemental aid to
districts having a high tax levy,
$1,552,328.S6.
Building aid, $65,491.56; as
ISOLATION aid, $26,453.70; trans
portation aid, $792,870; regular or
flat aid, high school districts, $780,
1924; graded elementary dis
tricts, $345, 365.2s; high school de-
partment districts, $97,812; I'M
graded elementary or rural dis
tricts, $967,5S0.02; gross earnings
tax aid to school districts with at
least 20 per cent of railroad prop
erty exempt from taxation, $780,
251.0S." -
st. Louis county will receive the
greatest amount, $801,214.05.;
Hennepin second with $765,S31.
A; Ramsey third with $342,4S2.-
SO. O. s
Other counties which will re-
ceive large amounts, are:
Itasca, $238, 720; Stearns,N 1921
4S3; Crow Wing, $139,113; Otter
Tail, $167,824; Anoka, 500, 629 {;
Blue Earth, $98, 661; Clay, SILL
200; Goodhue, $93, 1886; Morrison,
$95,789; Dakota, $83,432; Free
born, $82,637. ...
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
MRS. DOCKS MOTHER DIES

Mrs. Thee. Dock received word
Monday relating to Ire death Of
her mother, Mrs. William Shippey,
of Hawley. The deceased was ST
years old and pioneer of Hawley.
Death followed chronic heart i'll
ness. Mrs. Dock left Monday
morning enroute to Hawley while
Mr.. Dock left Wednesday in order
to attend the funeral which is be-
ing held today, Thursday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

millers are paying from 63 to
IS cents for wheat. Oats is worth
SO to 40 cents. Fresh pork finds
ready sale at cents per pound. A
good deal has been brought in dur
ing the week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

First Congregational Church
Services Sunday Nov. 10 as
follows:
Sunday school at GAS.
Morning service at 10:45.
Vespers at s 100. .
The morning service on Sunday
will be patriotic in spirit and the
pastor will preach on "The Chris
tian Attitude toward War" Mid
week service every Wednesday this
month at 7:45. Visitors always well
come. ......
Cecil S. Sparkes, Pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

MIR. and MrssrA. F. Strebel and
daughters drove to Minneapolis
Sunday returning with Mrs w. S.
Dean, mother of Mrs. Strebel,
who will make her home with the
StrebePs indefinitely. The lady is
slowly recovering from a recent
major surgical operation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
Zion Lutheran Church

Zion Lutheran Church
Services Sunday, Nov. 10. at
10 A. M. in the English language.
Sunday School and Y. P. Bible
class at II 90.
/" Confirmation instruction Satur-
day 1000 Az M.
Julius A. Stein, Pastor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
First Methods. Episcopal Church

Morning worship at 1890.
; Subject: "Nhe Evidence of God
for the World"
, Sunday School 11:45.--a1..., ... -,
/ Epworth League GAS.
Evening service 1870.
Subject: "The Diety of Jesus"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

Episcopal Church
Regular Sunday service at 1U:30
A. M.
Second Sunday of the month,
evening services at 500 P. M.
Holy Communion the first Sun
day Of every month at 1890 A
M. .',. .-u
Church School at IL: 45 A. NJ
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

Our Lady of the Angels Church
Early Mass at 500 A. M.
High Mass, sermon and Bene-
diction at 1000 A. NJ.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

!, Mr.. and Mrs. E. j. Kraft of
Minneapolis, and Mrs. Brown
Barr, of Denver, Col, will drive up
from Minneapolis Armistice day to
spend the day at the A. F.. Sire
bel home. The ladies are cousins
of Mrs. Strebel. 80 -:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
The Churches

St. PauPs Catholic Church
Sunday-Low Mass at 500 A.
NJ; High Mass AZ 1000 A. M. ;
Fespers at 1880.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10

Seventh Day Adventist
Sabbath school 1890. Of.
Preaching services 1880. ~. C..
Visitors always welcome. 49,.
,,,ua" G. l.. Budd, Evang.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-11-10
STILL AMPLE Time
TO WIN BIG PRIZE

Continued from Page One
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Church School at HAS A. M
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