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The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
Sauk Centre Students
Carry Off Honors
Win One First and Two Seconds
in Three Events in COMPETE
ton with ID Schools

In the annual District CONNER
cial contest held in Fergus Falls
Saturday, May 7, Sauk Centre won
a first place and two second places
in three contests.
Alpha Lying, of Sank Centre,
won first place in the Advanced
Shorthand contest; Richard Sweet
man won second place in the Be-
ginning tipping contest; J. and Rob-
ert Schoenhoff won second place in
advanced tipping.
District No. 2 is made up of the
following schools: Sauk Centre,
Detroit Lakes, Perham, Frazee,
Breckenridge, Fergus Falls, Glen
wood, Alexandria, Osakis, Melrose,
Moorhead, Barnesville, Wadena,
and Long Prairie. Three contests
are held zone in Advanced Short
hand, in which Alpha Lying, of
Sauk Centre, won first place; the
Fergus Falls entrant second place;
Detroit Lakes, third place. In the
beginning tipping contest, Breck-
enridge won first place; Richard
Sweetman, Sauk Centre, second
place; and Perham, third place.
In the advanced tipping contest,
Frazee won first place; Robert
Schoenhoff, Sauk Centre, second
place Fergus Falls, third place.
It can be seen from this that
Sauk Centre carried off major
honors, winning three places out
of possible nine. Sank Centre is
the only school winning three
places, one in each contest.
Each school is allowed two en-
trants in each contest. Reva
Drinker, in Advanced Typing;
John McCracken, in Beginning
Typing, and Evelyn Mortenson, in
Advanced Shorthand, were the
other entrants from Sauk Centre.
All of them made creditable
showing.
Miss Hunt, who has charge of
the commercial work in the Sauk
Centre school, is deserving of a
great deal of credit for the splen-
did showing made by her pupils.
Sauk Centre may well feel proud
of the success of her representa-
tives.
Alpha Lying, Richard Sweetman
and Robert Schoenhoff, by virtues
of their winning places at Fergus
Falls, are eligible to enter the
state contest to be held at the
State University in two weeks.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
MRS. COYLE SELLS OUT

On Thursday, May 5, negotia-
tions were completed whereby the
Coyle Millinery and Beauty Par
lor, owned and operated by Mrs.
J. F. Coyle for the past two
years in its present location, was
sold to Mrs. Bertha Lindsay of
Wahpeton, N. D., who will take
possession June 18th. Until that
time Mrs. Coyle will have charge
of the business. Mrs. Lindsay
has been engaged in the millinary
business for the past % years. Miss
Myrtle Swanson will remain with
the new owner. Mr.. and Mrs.
Coyle have no intention of leaving
Sank Centre, a fact their many
friends will be glad to know. They
will continue to occupy the fiat
above the millinary store.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
Single Youngster Is
Whole Student Body

Pinckneyville, Ill.-A single
6-year-old youngster constitu-
tes the whole student body of
the Kraft school in the coun-
try near here.
There are other children in
the district, but the others
all attend a parochial school.
For the benefit of Theodore
Mayer, the district maintains
a public school and a teacher,
Miss Marion Vettch, who daily
travels eight miles from
Pinckneyville to tutor him.
Through part of the winter
she had to travel over a 13-
mile detour on horseback.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
Local Scouts Win
Honors at St. Cloud
Troop 18, Sauk Centre, Active in
Roundup Held at St. Cloud
Friday Evening

Several members of the local
Boy Scout troop No. 18 accom-
panied by Scout Master Clyde
Thomas, Asst Scout Master, Ralph
Kowalke and Deputy Commission
er, w. B. Morgan went to st. Cloud
Friday, May 6, where they par
ticipated in the Boy Scout Round
Up held at the Armory in the
Granite City, starting at 700 P.
M. George R. Borgmann, Herman
Vennewitz and w. M. Parker will
lingly furnished their cars to- af-
ford the transportation of the ag-
gregat;on.
The following taken from the
St. Cloud Times of Saturday, May
z, gives an interesting account of
the activities Roand-Up.
''THhe most impressive showing
Scoutdom has made for many
years in the history of Central
Minnesota was the roundup staged
last evening at the st. Cloud arm
ory when Scoutmasters and troops
from seven counties were present.
1t was a great and interesting dis
play of the work of the modern
boy as it is developed by the Boy
Scout movement. Three hundred
Scouts were present with many
interested spectators.
"Backed by the joint Boy and
Cadet bands, which filled half the
gallery at the Armory, the program
of the evening was carried off with
such dispatch that it closed half
an hour ahead of schedule.
Besides the awards made to
second and first class, star, life
and veteran Scouts, the boys also
exhibited the training the troops
are given in a series of demon
strations including water aid, wat
er rescue, fire making, angler
casting, fire by friction, and pio-
neering.
"The Court of Honor was open
ed by three Scouts giving the pro-
logue depicting the courts Of the
crusaders, the Indian and the
Scouts by Warren Mcqueen, Ar
dell Calvin, and Howard Luther.
"The Scouts were enthusiasts in
their applause of those boys who
received honors at the meet last
evening and the handclapping was
almost continuous.
"Among those interested in
Scoutdom who were presented at
the court were Nicholas Aihles,
Major Carter, William j. Rau,
Oscar Magnuson, and Frank
Jung, DIR. III. W. Goehrs and
Walter Skeates.
"In the closing exercises all
campers gathered around the
council fire, the flag was lowered,
and taps was blown"
In the award ceremony How
ard Luther of st. Cloud was the
only member of the central area
troop to be made am Eagle Scout.
The awards were given by c.. w.
Armstrong, the Scout executive at
st. Cloud, who presided at the
Continued on Page Ten)
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
CONSUMERS WILL, MOVE

The district manager OF the
Consumers Wholesale Supply Co.,
arrived in Sauk Centre Saturday
to assist the local manager G. S.
Bristol in moving the stock from
its present location on the south
side of Third street 10 the build
ing in the Bruce block on Main
street one door south of the Gold
en Rule store. The change will
he made the frs. of the week.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
Man Charged With Mur-
der Of II. Bjone Arrested
Dog Saves z Boys From
Freezing to Death

Laramie, Wyo., May IL =
From their cots in the division
hospital here, two boys told
how a 13-year-old bulldog,
"Pug," saved them from
freezing to death in a driv-
ing Wyoming snowstorm.
For 48 hours the dog kept
Glen Holden, IL, and George
Holmes, 13 years old, from
succumbing to the cold while
they huddled in a roadster
stuck in a snowdrift IL miles
northwest of here, the boys
said.
George was semiconscious,
with one foot frozen, and Glen
could scarcely speak when the
two were found by Sheriff
Edwin A. Bailey and a posse
of eight men.
"'Pug' wouldn't let us go
to sleep" Glen told hospital
attaches. "He kept rolling us
over with his paws and lick
ing our faces. Then he'd rub
up against US and maui us
around to keep us warm"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
Work on Number
4 Will Start Soon
Grading Adjacent to Bridge Will
Be Completed Before Bridge
Contract Is Let

The Herald editor almost daily
receives inquiries as to when con
struction work Will start on High
way No. 4, between Sauk Centre
and Long Prairie. Last week, ir
order to secure some definite
information a letter was addressed
to State Highway Commissions
C. M. Babcock asking for informa
ton. This letter was turned ovel
to o. l.. Kipp, construction en-
gineer of the state department
and under date of May 2 he wrote
as follows:
MIR. Asa M. Wallace, Pres,
Sauk Centre Publishers,
Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
Dear Sir:
Your letter of the End, with
reference to construction on
Trunk Highway No. 4, be-
tween Sauk Centre and Long
Prairie, has come to my at
tention for reply. / wish to
advise that the culvert and
bridge contractors are al
ready on the ground, and No
Ian Brothers, the grading con-
tractor, expects to have grad
ing outfits on the ground with
in ten days or two weeks.
The contract for the bridge
across the Narrows has not
yet been let, as we plan to
complete the grading adj
jacent to this bridge before
starting construction on the
bridge itself.
Yours very truly,
Department of Highways,
C. L. Kipp,
Construction Engineer.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12

In answer to the appeal for
funds to aid the flood sufferers of
the South, published in the Herald
of last week, $50 of the citizens of
Sank Centre and adjacent COM
munity had responded up and in
Guiding this Thursday noon.
A tidy sum has been contributed
hut not nearly what th;s commun-
ity should 70. Including the city
and adjacens territory there are
at least 5000 people. Small con-
tributions are as welcom. as small
er ones. Tie drive viii; be kert
open at leas. another weel. before
ne funds are sent in to ..he Red
Cross. 1t should not be neces-
sary to make a personal drive to
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
$50 Sauk Centre Citizens Con-
tribute to Fund---More Needed

have the people do their bit in this
neritorious movement. TIE Her
a'o has fa...h that the peoe.e of
rms community will do their share
voluntarily.
The flood waters an. not abat-
ing. and t'aliy thousands of people
ale being made homeless. All fund
are expended by the American Red
Cross, and the history of this or
ganization shows that in emergen-
cies they make dollar go a long
ways in the right direction.
When the drive has been COM
pleted the Herald will publish a
list of the contributors. Will your
name be ON the liss?
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
Deserving Young People
Looking for Employment
Child Welfare Board Have Several
Boys and Girls to Place for
Summer

For the past several years the
Stearns County Child Welfare
Board has been in the habit of plac-
ing in employment for the summer
vacation, deserving boys and girls
whose mothers are widows or who
have no one interested in them.
This year employment is very
scarce and the Board is having diff
ficulty in finding work for a larg-
er number of applicants uhan they
have ever had before.
There are eleven boys varying
in age from ten to eighteen years
for whom places are wanted by
June first. There are nine girls
from thirteen to seventeen years
who are anxious to find work be-
fore that date.
Three young boys merely want
a place on the farm where they
can work for room and board and
thereby lessen the expense at home
and be off the city ctreets.
Four boys from fourteen to
seventeen have worked on farms
before and want from $40 to S15
month for the summer vacation.
The girls want housework, care
of children, or any sort of work
that they can find where they can
earn enough to buy their clothing
for school in the fall. They ask
wages varying from S1.00 to $500
a week.
All are bright energetic chill
dren anxious to relieve their moth
ers and they are not afraid to
work. Any person having work
of any sort who is willing to take
one of these children, is requested
to get in touch with this paper on
write Stearns county Child Wei
fare Board, box 486, Sauk Centre
Mipnocofo
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
SHIP BULL. TO ILLINOIS

Last week F. P. Minette & Son
sold Dorothy's Son of Far View
14119, to Wilken Bros, owners of
the White Star Farm, Danforth,
Ill. The bull is pure bred and
registered Brown Swiss born Sept
25, 1926. The price received was
$1,000. Shipment was made Friday.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
CEMETERY MEETING

The annual meeting of the Oak
land Cemetery Association will he
held at the Community Club rooms,
Monday, May 16, at 500 P. M.
Officers and members are request
ed to be present.-H. w. Bishop,
Secretary.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12
.SeUer Contract
Awarded Tuesday
Korland & Lee, Starbuck, Low
Bidders in a Field of Nine
Competitors

The City Council met in special
session Tuesday afternoon to open
bids for the construction of 2,085
feet of sewer starting on Keller
avenue and connecting with the
main sewer at the south end of
Elm street.
Plans and specifications were pre-
pared by Civil Engineer Paul R.
johnson of Alexandria. The con-
tract was let to Korland & Lee, of
Starbuck for $25SS.13, consider
ably below the cost estimate of
the engineer.
Two local bidders, G.. Hillerud,
and A. L. Ingram, were among the
nine firms bidding for the work.
The bidders were.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12

The SUCCESSFUL blddefS nave
their material in this locality as
they are building a number Of
culverts on State Highway No. a
in Kandota township. 1t is under
stood that the successful con-
tractors expect to have the job
completed before the first of Aug
ust.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1927-05-12

L. L. Kells made a business trip
to st. Cloud Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-12
SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS


A week from today several hundred Ell Centre
children will begin the school term.
Contrary to the belief formerly held by many
that the beginning of school is an event to be dread
ed by the younger generation, the majority of them
now look forward to it with real pleasure. Those of
the older generation who will recall little single
room schoolhouse, cold as ceboX in winter, else
too hot from a roaring fire in a wood-stove may be
surprised at this fact but it is true nevertheless
Stop almost any youngser the way to school
and ask him how he likes it. and in at least eight
out of ten he will tell you that he doesn't mind it. The
other two will possibly claim that it does agree
with them, but the chances thev are bluffng or
think is the proper thing to pretend that they do not
like school.
There are many reasons for this change in atti-
tude. Schools and school methods have changed much
in the last two generations. Buildings better and
more comfortable and of study are made much
more interesting
No little responsibility for the change rests with
the teaching force: The cold forbdding atmosphere
with which the school teacher used to surround her.
self has the of the little red schoohouse and
the Three Rs. Instead of ruling by fear the teacher
now leads by obtaining and keeping the respect and
confidence of her pupils Where the schoolmarm used
to take particular pains not to dress attracvey and
seemed to think her grip on her pupils made it
sary for her to appear masculine and forbdding, the
modern teacher seeks to set example to her pupils
in dressing becomngly and making neat and attract
i've appearance.
The od-stye teacher possibly was essential to her
day 1t was day of sternness and rule by rod. None
can rightfully condemn her the methods she prac
ttced They were part of the system of which she
herself part. Many successful today owe
much of their to the old-time school teacher
But the modern school-teacher is not to be re-
preached for living modern life. 1t should be
recognized that she is human and entitled to enjoy
life the the rest Of and the only rules of
conduct that need be suggested for her those by
which any woman Of good breeding is instnctivey
guided
Ell Centro's schools and FL Centros teaching force
are par with the high standards maintained by
the state of California. Our youngsters are fortunate
that they enjoy the advantages of an education
under pleasant surroundings and inquiry will undoubt
edy that the youngsters we'll aware of this
fact
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-12
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CRIME CONTROL

An institution whose work and
benefits are seldom realized or ap-
preciated by the people at large, is
the State Bureau of Identification,
established by the legislature of
1917. Actual work was begun Jan
uary l, 1918, with a cracker box
serving as file. On July l, 1926,
the bureau contained 163,422 finger
prints, c3,979 individual record
cards, 1866 criminal photographs
and 29O,SS1 criminal index cards. By
these and many other detailed and
special files the bureau was able, as
part Of its work during the last
biennium. to identify 22,576 persons
as having prior records, and return
1,l04 stolen articles valued at
$532, $685. The identifications estab-
lishcd by the bureau save the state
many thousands in the number of
jury trials and contingent expenses.
What secan be made of the des-
crt juniper which grows so profuse-
~ IN inc antelope pains anu MO
jave and Guyana deserts?
The juniper berry has many val
liable medicinal qualities and is es-
peciallv used in medicines for the
kidneys. The fruit was eaten by
early Indians and has also been used
in the manufacture of gin.
How does the state arrive at the
minimum wage for womcn'
The minimum wage is based upon
cost of living surveys made by the
Industrial Welfare Commission.
What is the meaning of Mendoci-
no'
The city and county of Mcndo-
elmo were named after Antonio de
Mendoza, first Niceroy of New
Spain.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-12
THE BLIND TOURIST

Most travellers have trouble enough seeing Europe
with perfectly good pairs Of eyes, wherefore they join
touring parties under expert guidance Alameda
Adams, blind music teacher of Cleveland, has
turned home after spending year touring Europe,
and reports that she saw" it completely and salts
factoriy.
Miss Adams took a companion with her, but after
the first two months travelled alone With knowledge
of French and Italian and confirmed habit of taking
of herself she able to find her way every
where and get any help she happened to need.
Il am blind in vison,' she says, "but not in feel
ing with my and fingers. When l came
to great city, got guide, and usually competent
one. challenge anyone to describe the great muras
of ST. Peters the of the Louvre better than
myself them just people with their faculties
of sight see hem, because through my mind stamped
the image my brain"
This will stand out as a notable achievement of
class of handicapped people who steadily over
coming their handicap. 1t proves again that people
do what they want to do, regardless of disability,
and that when is gone others may be substi
tuted for it. We getting far from the days of the
blind mendicant who begged because there moth
ing else for a blind person to do Thousands of self
respecting blind folk today refuse the gift of
sympathy, making their way with complete conf
dence and self-respect.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-12

"Oh, [ didn t have to go today,
Bumple answered, taking off his
wooden head and putting it on up
side down, which made him look
very funny. For all the Wogglejigs
could do these tricks-take off their
heads, tails or legs and scramble
them all up.
"Why didn't You have to 60 to
school?' asked the bunny gentle
man.
"Because 7 had nv lessons so
we'll on friday Bumple replied,
that the Lady Mouse Teacher said
| necdn I come this Monday. But
I almost wish | was in school, said
Eumple with II sigh.
"What's S the reason for that -
asked Mr.. Longears.
"Oh, everybody else * in school
'ceptin me, answered Bumple,
though if the Lady Mouse had been
there she would not have let him
talk like that. ~ haven t got no.
body to play with" (Wasn't that
talk just terrible')
"Then come advcnturing with
me- invited the rabbit, and | wish
YOU could have seen Bumple smile
upside down. 1t was really funny.
"But put your head on straight, =
said Uncle Wiggily, "or you'll be
walking criss-crOss.
SO Bumple changed his wooden
head and then he and the rabbit
gentleman went on together until
at last they reached a place where
there was a big flat smooth rock
like "A table. They climbed up on
this to look for adventures, but there
seemed to be none there until, all
OF sudden, up on the rock jumped
the Fox.
.'Now, I have you, Uncle Wig
gilyi' howlcd the Fox. 81 have you
on this bare rock where you can t
get away from me. And there arcn t
any loose stones or anything else
for YOU to throw at me. Ha! Ha! -
''Oh, is that so3' suddenly cried
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-12

Eumple. "Well, ] have something
t. throw at you!' With that the
Voggleiig hoy pulled loose one ot
his green wooden legs and threw II
a. the Fox, hitting the bad chap in
his left eye. Then Bumple took out
another green wooden leg and bang
ed the Fox in his other eve, making
the unpleasant creature howl twice.
81 guess made mistake. ,
snarled the bad chap. q didn t
know ANYBODY could throw their
legs away like thati' And off he
ran not harming Uncle Wiggilv at
AL. Then the bunny and the Wog-
glciig boy scrambled down off the
smoth rock. Bumplc picked up his
legs and put them back on and
Uncle Wiggily said it was as Jolly
on adventure as he ever remember
ed.
so that 3 what happened, and ii
the bicycle will run along to the
store by itself instead of waiting
for the roller skate to give 1t
ride, | II tell you next about Uncle
Wiggily and I'm 5 umbrella.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-12
EGYPTIAN FElEINISlN

1t seems odd TO speak of fen1inism in Egypt. Yet
there is such thing and it is eXemplified at its best
by Nine Charaou Pascha now in this country
She is here mainly to study woman suffrage, as
preliminary to a campaign for suffrage and feminine
rights in general in her own country. One thing she
is determined to abolish is Egyptian polygamy. Not
that poygamy, practical problem, still exists in
Egypt, she explains; but it is still in the law and she
wants to wipe out the technical right of man to
have than wife. AS for universal suf
frage Nine Charaoui Pascha says that is not the i'm
mediate goal of the feminist group but admirable
goal for the next generation.
"For the present" she tells Americans. efforts
are directed to the education of Egyptian to
the point where they will meet the requirements Of
suffrage. For this reason the feminist movement
ters in widespread education of and children,
rather than in a campaign for the vote"
There is good sense. No country knows better
than America the futty Of granting suffrage to any
large class of the population without preparing it by
education for the of citizenship rights Education
is the chief need of Egypts women today. For that
matter, it is the chief need OF women and both.
everywhere Neither sex in any country functions
anywhere near 100 per cent politically and socially.
The girls don't catch such big fish the men, in
their summer vacations. Still, they make pretty
coed catches.
Imperial Valley press., 1927-09-12
Bedtime Stories
By HOWARD E. GARIS
Copyright, 1927, by Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate
UNCLE wIGGILY AND BUMPLE

Now that Uncle Wiggily had come
back from the seashore and lived IN
his hollow stump bungalow again.
and also now that Boppv, I'm and
tie six wooden Wogglejigs lived IN
their Bungleump near the bunny
gentleman, it often happened that
Mr.. Longears had adventures with
Bumple. Dumple and Maize. Those
We're three of the Wogglc. .iigs. The
others were Gazie, Dazie and Wum-
pie.
One day when Uncle Wiggily had
helped his wife and Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy get the forty-twclvc
little bsnny boys and girls off to
the Hollow Stump School, the rab-
bit gentleman looked in the glass to
see if his pink nose was twinkling
properly, and then he said:
"I am going adyenturing.
''That is nothing new! = chuck
led his wife. ''You do that every
day.
- But I don t have the same ad-
ventures every day, and Mr.. Long
ears also laughed. "That is the
beauty of it. When l start out |
never know what is going 20 hap
pen.
And we never know whether or
not You are coming homc,' sighed
Nurse Jane.
What do You moan" asked
Uncle Wiggily quickly.
Wen, answered the muskrar
lady housekecper, 1--WE never know
but what the Fox, Wolf or Bob Cat
Iight carry you off to their den
and bite off your ears, Then You