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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Great Northern Will Extend
Automatic Block System
Safety Device Will Be Extended
Between St. Cloud and Fargo
to Cost $4,000

Automatic block signals will be
installed on the Great Northern be
tween St. Cloud and Moorhead
Junction, completing the automatic
signalling on both Great Northern
routes between the Twin Cities and
Fargo, C. o. jerks, vice-president
in charge of operations announced
today.
The Great Northern line via
Willmar is protected by the block
signal system the entire distance
from St. Paul to the coast.
The colored light type of signal
will be used, Mr.. jerks said. In
stallation will be carried out by
the company's own forces. Foun-
dations for the signals and battery
boxes will he placed this fall and
the signals will be installed next
spring.
The signals show brilliant red,
green or yellow light whenever q
train approaches within 5000 feet
Powerful lenses produce a piercing
ray which is clearly visible under
all weather conditions. If the light
is green the engineer of the ap.
preaching train knows that there
is no train either in the track sec
ton Immediately ahead or the sec
ton beyond that. If the light il
yellow there is a train in the sec
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Cubans Cling to Old H..
instrument of Death

The one machine that the Span
iards are credited with having inn
ported into Cuba 1874 years ago is
still in use. .<t.
1t is the "garrote," instrument Of
death, which greatly resembles an
old picture of an Inquisition ma
chine of torture. For many years
the garrote served the Spaniards,
dealing death to Cuban rebels.
Since the expulsion Of the Old
world rulers it has been used at
the Havana penitentiary as the Of
fetal instrument of execution.
No place but in Cuba is the gar
rote used officially in executions.
A prisoner operates the beheading
device and gets money and time
decrease in compensation for his
services.
The Havana garrote is said to
have taken 1874 lives since 1t has
been in Cuban use. Before that
It was used in executing Spaniards
accused of high treason.-Kansas
City Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
or Dob5in

O horse, you are wonderful
thing; no buttons to push, no horns
to honk; you start yourself, no
clutch to slip; no spark to miss, no
gears to strip; no license-buyins
every year, with plates to screw on
front and rear; no gas bills climb
ing up each day, stealing the joy of
mot'ring away; no speed cops chug-
ging in your rear, yelling summons
in your ear. Your inner tubes are
all o. X. and, bless your heart,
they stay that way; your spark
plugs never miss and fuss, the way
they do in some old bus. Your
frame is good for many a mile; your
body never changes style. Your
wants are few and easy met; you've
something on the auto yet.-Ameri-
can Forests and Forest Life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Brazil Roads

Overabundance of patience, plenty
Of pluck, and large measure of
stamina are the three essential
qualities that motorists in South
America must possess, particularly
when travelling over Brazilian roads.
In southern Brazil roads are not
only almost impossible most Of the
time, but are generally hopelessly
impossible from the standpoint of
touring comfort. Traversing them
constitutes one of the most severe
tests to which motor cars and tires
can be subjected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
1874 Killed at Railway
Crossings in Year Of 1927
Number Three Less Than Proceed.
ing Year-Carelessness Respon-
siblc in Most Cases

Deaths from the operation of
highway vehicles in the United
States, according to the grade
crossing committee of the Ameri-
can Railway Association, reached
23, ACT in 1927; in other words,
these vehicles sent to their doom
the equivalent of the entire popula-
ton of a fair sized city. Of this
total, accidents at railway grade
crossings contributed 1874, or
4 per cent, of the deaths. Total
highway fatalities in 1926 were
Fl ADJ, so that the 1927 figure
shows an increase of 10 per cent.
On the other hand, the number at
tributed to railway grade crossings
was a per cent lower in 1927 than
in 1926 and the ratio of grade
crossing fatalities to total deaths
in highway accidents declined from
90 per cent to 8.4. If grade cross
ing accident deaths in 1927 had
shown the same increase as did
other highway casualties, then g.
270 persons would have lost their
lives, as against the actual figure
of 1874. In other words, the
railroads, by eliminating crossings,
providing greater protection and
by educating the public to 'cross
crossings cautiously" in one year
alone may he credited, theoretical
ly at least, with conserving the
lives of almost 800 persons. The
American people are paying an
awful price in human lives for the
popularity of highway transporta-
ton and it is encouraging to see,
in some quarter at least, a tend
ency toward reducing these casual
ties
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

State Grain Inspection Depart
ment, and find out how much pro-
tein his wheat carries. If around
HOO it is normal, and there will
be no premium. For each addition
al percent there is a distinct added
price value. Last season they add
ed protein values very high, in
some instances as much as Coo ad-
ditional for 14.00 per cent protein.
This season the protein added value
is not as great since the milling
demand for it, at least at the be
ginning of. the season, is not so
keen. But the price premium is
there, and it behooves the farmer
in this year of less than cost of
production farm prices to know
whether or not he is getting his
proper milling value premium.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
BobWhites and QuaiIs

Many people think that the bob
white and the quail are distinct
species of birds. ,"Bobwhite" is
merely the common name for the ma
tive American quail, particularly the
"Colinus Virginanus" or virginia
quail. The quail is called bob
white" from the note of the male,
which Is accented on the second
syllable and sounds like "bobwhite."
In the southern states the same bird
is called partridge" a name used
in the North for the ruffed grouse
or pheasant.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Cleaned Up Yellouu Fever

The Rockefeller foundation In
1916 dispatched q commission to
Guayaquil to confer with local and
national officials relative to active
measures against the yellow fever
plague. A proposal was made in
1918. This was accepted later by
the Ecuadorian officials and the
propaganda was started shortly
thereafter. The story has been
told by scientists that a bucket
and tank brigade was started and
it was only short time when they
cleaned up and drained the stag
nant pools under the direction Of
General Gorgas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
WRONG MAN HELD
HERE FOR MURDER
Continued From Page One)

day and arrived in Wadena Sum
day evening.
Sheriff Robinson, of Becker, ac-
companied by his deputy, T. W..
Daggart, and driver, arrived in
Sank Centre from Detroit Lakes
shortly before noon Tuesday. They
had pictures of the man wanted.
The young man held in this city
tailed quite closely as to height
and weight of the man wanted.
There was a striking general sim
ilarity with the picture.
Sheriff Robinson has visited a
number of suspects held at various
points since the murder, all OF
whom prior to the Sank Centre
visit had been discharged. The
Becker county officials thought
enough of the prospect they had at
Sank Centre to take him back with
them to Frazee for the Inspection
of five eye witnesses to the muir
der. -,
Wednesday morning the Herald
editor called Sheriff Robinson by
phone for further information. The
sheriff stated that after a careful
survey by the eye witnesses the
young man was discharged.
In his statements at Sank Cen
tire the prisoner said that when he
left. Wadena he had intended to
visit his sister living at Glenwood.
He said he was 20 years old. He
was married about two years ago.
According to his story his married
life was not happy and he was TAX
ing a vacation for few weeks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
1929 Auto License Plates
to be Changed in Design
665, 900 Plates Have Been Ordered
to Cost SOS, OOO-Black
Background

In 1929 the well-dressed Mime
sofa automobile will wear license
plates with white letters on a
black background, it was announc-
ed today by the arbiter~ of plate
styles and colors, Mike Holm, Sec
rotary of the state.
To provide Minnesota automo-
.biles with the plate adornments.
Herbert w. Austin, state purchas-
ing commissioner, recently pur-
chased 665,000 pairs of plates on
which bids were opened some time
ago. The successful bidder was
the Western Stamping and Manu-
featuring company of St. Paul,
which also furnished plates for use
this year.
The contract calls for the APP
proximate spending of $65, 900, the
plates being actually purchased on
per plate basis delivered. The
cost of each plate will be about
cents. In addition to automo-
biles, buses and motorcycles which
will have white and black, other
motor vehicles will have plates
with the following color schemes
Dealers demonstration plates.
red letters on buff background
trucks and trailers, series T, x, Y
and z, white letters on a maroon
background; tax exempt plates
yellow letters on a dark greer
background; public utility plates
with letters on light green.
Distribution of the plates does
not begin until January 1, 1929. Ir
1927 more than $10,000,000 was
collected in motor vehicle license
taxes and it is likely that receipts
this year will be approximately a:
large.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
For State Builders

They who preach patience to the
people as the sole remedy for the
ills by which they are oppressed,
or who, while they admit the ne
cessity of a contest, would yet
leave the initiative to be taken by
their rulers, do not, to my thinking,
understand the state of things com.
ing upon us. It is not
enough to precipitate a monarchy
into a gulf; the gulf must be closed
up, and durable edifice erected on
it's site.-From Faith and the Flu.
ture," by Mazzini.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Historic CITY.

The suburb Oslo of the city until
recently known as Christiania rep
resents the original city which was
founded on this site under the name
of Oslo or Opslo by Harold Sigurds-
son in 104S. Six hundred years
later the city was destroyed and
a new one founded by King Chris
tan, which was then called Chris
tiania. The decision to resume the
ancient name was made by the Nor
wegian parliament.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
The Largest Dials

The art of the clockmaker has
achieved many remarkable tri-
umphs. Sometimes it is a clock
wonderful for the completely of its
movements and it's busy population
of automatons that attracts our ad-
miration, like that in the Cathedral
of Strassburg; at other times the
immense size of the machinery and
the dials excites establishment. This
is the case with the celebrated
clock in the Church of st. Rom
bant at Mechlin. This clock Is be-
iieved to possess the largest dials
that exist in the world. There
are four Of them, one on each side
Of the great square tower, and their
extreme diameter Is nearly 37h
feet. The figures showing the hours
are nearly 61s feet high and the
hands have a length Of nearly
e feet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

You can have a shoe built to sell
for practically any price, and
there is a price due to labor, ma
terial expense, and other overhead
below which a manufacturer can
not build shoes and stay in bust
ness. We believe the children's
shoes we offer at $2.98 in sizes
liz to 2 supreme value. Moth
ers who have bought them for
their children agree with us. They
are purchased through Midwest
stores, in fast growing buying Or
ganization of rs Independent
owned department stores through
out the northwest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
When Land Was Cheap

An interesting fact in the history
OF our country is that on April 16,
1851, the province Of New Jersey,
in America, was offered for sale in
England for the sum Of $4,000.
Then good farm could be bought
for a pair of boots.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, Mimi
Generator and Motor

The bureau of standards says
that generator Is used to generate
electricity. a motor turns cleo
trical energy into mechanical en-.
ergy. The same machinery may be
used as either motor or genera
tor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Peanut Cultivation

Peanuts deplete the fertility OF
soils if the entire plant and nuts
are removed, but if the vines are
fed to live stock and the manure
returned to the land and a proper
rotation practiced peanuts improve
the soil
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
individual Rights

If all mankind minus one were
of one opinion, mankind would. be
no more justified In silencing that
one person than he, If he had the
power, would be justified in silenc-
ing the world.-J0hn Stuart Mill.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Big Lumber Industry

The largest numbering operation
I'm the world is conducted on the
island Of .Anticos.i, at the mouth of
the st. Lawrence river. 1t supplies
about 10000 cords of pulpwood
year to American industries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Social Events

TUESDAY NIGHT OF LAST
week the girls of the Junior choir
of the Congregational church gath
cred at the home of Miss Vione
Steege to surprise her with a fare
well party. Miss Steege was their
choir leader for time and helped
sponsor their work that enabled
them to go to summer camp at
Glenwood.
The girls presented Miss Steeg;
with a delightful farewell gift
Contributed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Testimonial

An obesity doctor received the
following from a golfing patient !:
"Dear Doctor-That diet you put
me on is working wonders. Yester-
day, for the first time in months, /
holed out the penultimate button of
my dress waistcoat"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Simple Remedy

A recent test shows that college
tennis players are the brightest,
football players, football players not
40 clever and sprinters the stupid
est. Now we know just what to do
make the sprinters play Tennis
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

DR.. and Mrs. G. H. Vandesteeg
and family returned home Thurs
day of last week from Louisville,
Mimi, where they spent several
days visiting with the lady's par
ents and with other relatives and
friends.
DR.. and Mrs. J. F.. Dubois
were called to Elgin, ILL.,, Friday
owing to the death of the lady's
father, C. J. Mattocks. Funeral
services were held Monday. DR..
Dubois returned home Wednesday
evening while Mrs. Dubois and
children will remain for longer
stay.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Farm Bureau Will Ask For
Increased Duty on Corn
Federation Files Brief With u. S.
Tariff Commission-71s Cent
Raise Requested.

Washington, Sept. 4.-The Am
erican Farm Bureau Federation to-
day filed with the tariff commits
sion a brief asking for an increase
in tariff on corn from Is to % u
cents per bushel, declaring that the
present tariff does not equalize the
production costs for the United
States and Argentina, the princi-
pal competing country.
Hearings on the application OF
various farm organizations for a
higher tariff barrier on corn were
held before the commission a
month ago. Manuel Durand, Ar
gentine consul, the only witness
who appeared in opposition, read
a statement from his government
and the federation's brief criti-
cised Durand's testimony in detail
/ Although declaring that Argen-
tine imports represented a rela-
lively small percentage of the to-
tai domestic production, the feder-
alton brief said that only about II
per cent of the domestic crop was
shipped out of the territory where
it was grown and " a still smaller
percentage reaches the Pacific and
Atlantic coast markets where the
Argentine corn is mainly sold.''
For these reasons, the brief added,
Durand's statement that Argen-
tine corn does not compete with
domestic markets is not borne out
by the facts" w
The organization quoted from
market records to show the ode
pressive effect on domestic mark
cts of imports form Argentina. "
These quotations rejecting as they
do the market situation with re-
spect to corn, show wildly that
"the threat of Argentine importa-
tions is used by the bears to beat
down the price or prevent the price
rising as it would be expected to
do in year of domestic short
age"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

MONDAY EVENING MR.. AND
Mrs. Asa M. Wallace celebrated
their fortieth wedding anniversary
with a family reunion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

THE MISSES ANNABELL AND
Harriet Erwin entertained at
Bridge party Wednesday after
noon. There were five tables.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
N0ISler

An open mind is all right, but the
open mouth is often worse than an
open acknowledgements Journal
and Courier.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06
Emma Jettiich
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Shoes
forSchool

Clever oxfords in Black and the
new Dark Brown Calf Skin I'M
imitation Alligator trim, combi-
nation last with a restful built-in
unbreakable arch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

MRS. H. T. AUSTIN ENTER
tanned at a 1870 luncheon We'd
nesday in compliment to Miss
Alice Quigley.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

Miss Gladys Yule, of Albany, N.
Y, who has inherited S10,000,000
from her father, says she will not
enter society.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

ATTORNEY AND MRS. L. l..
Kells entertained 16 guests at din
ner and Bridge Saturday evening,
the occasion. being their Goth we'd
ding anniversary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-06

MR.. AND MRS. GEO DICKI-
son, Mrs. John Lloyd, Arthur
Lloyd and Henry Lloyd enjoyed a
one o'clock dinner at the Harold
Dickson home Sunday.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-01
East Berlin Items

More than 100 members of the Community club attended the Hal lowe'en social and dance held last evening at Community hall. The dance was preceded by a grand march in which all dressed in Hal lowe'en attire participated. Squash and pumpkin pie, cider and coffee and crullers were served.
 Next Tuesday November 6. Miss Olea Sands, home demonstrator of the Hartford County Farm bureau, will hold an all day cooking class in the social rooms of St. Gabriel's Episcopal church. The session is open to all women in the town of Berlin who may be interested. Miss Sands will also talk on Square Meals"
 A game with the Plainville Blues is scheduled for Sunday afternoon on the Percival avenue field in kensington. The Plainville Blues de- feated the Partners several weeks ago to o on the Plainville field. The locals expect to retrieve this de- feat in Sundays game. Practice will be held this evening at o'clock on the Hubbard school field. Some shifts will be made in the line up for Sundays game.
 Transportation arrangements for the Yale Maryland game at New Haven on Saturday. November 10 have been completed so that 1t will be possible for those members of the boys and girls clubs who wish to attend to do so. More than 50 are expected to go.
 The prize for the best costume at the Halloween party held at the Methodist church by the Junior league was awarded to Francis Dyer. The party was we'll attended.
 The Wesleyan Dramatic club will hodl a rehearsal this evening at s o'clock at the home Of Miss Betty Pratt in West Cromwell.
 Community hall is being made ready for the Pythian Sisters fair to be held in the main auditorium Mon- day evening. There will be an en- tertainment program for the evening, a comedy skit to be given by the members of the organization. Danc- ing will be enjoyed.
 Halloween was celebrated in the usual manner by the youngsters who paraded the streets garbed in ghost iy weird attire. No report of vandaI- ism was heard although there was an unusually large number of the younger generation about.
 The Boys club will meet tomorrow night at Community hall.
 The library will be open tomorrow afternoon and evening for the ex- change of books.
New Britain herald., 1928-11-01

the republican women's parade in New Britain Saturday evening. The parade will start at o'clock from near the Burritt hotel and will be g torchlight affair. Mrs. Trumbull will lead the local unit.
 High School Notes
 "Applesauce." by Barry Corners, has been selected by the high school dramatic club as it's first offering. This play. a three-act comedy, will be presented early in December. Tryouts will be held during the first part of next week.
 The school department is desirous of obtaining quick returns on the questionnaires recently sent out re- garding the one session plan at the high school. Only slightly above a fourth of these blanks have thus far been returned by the parents. At present the vote is 75-23 in favor of one session.
 The senior class will hold Hal lowe'en costume dance in the high school gymnasium tomorrow night.
 Barker Under Bond
 l.. B. Barker of West Hartford appeared in court here yesterday afternoon before Justice M. o. Ky der in connection with the death Of Robert E. Lydon of Milford, Mass. who died at the New Britain Gen eral hospital from injuries received last week when run over by Bar ker's car and another. Barker was charged with criminal negligence and released under bonds, the case being continued for three weeks to await finding by Coroner J. Claude Gilbert of Hartford.
 Public School Hearing
 A public hearing on the report of the committee to revise and codi- fy the educational laws of Connecti- cut will be held by the state board of education in the Plainville High school at 5 o'clock tonight. The ac- ceptance of the report is said 10 mean that Plainville schools will re- ceive more state aid, and all inter- ested are invited to attend.
 Eurrey Administrator
 Deputy Sheriff E. w. Furrey has been appointed by Judge of Pro- bate M. o. Ryder to act as admin istrator of the estates of Gunther F. Richter and his wife. Veronica Richter. Richter was burned to death on September 80 and his wife died that night in Middletown. shepherds of Bethlehem A meeting of Trumbull Star lodge o. s. B., will be held this evening at 7:3O o'clock in Legion hall. A Halloween social and dance will follow. All members and thel' friends are invited.
 Briefs
 A daughter was born yesterday te Mir. and Mrs. c. Theodore LaBonnt of Whiting street.
 The young people of the Congre' gational church will hold a Hal lowe'en social at s o'clock tonight in the church parlors.
 Plainville Wins The Plainville entry in the state bowling league found it's way back onto the right road last night D! downing the Southington team 1T two games out of three. Howartl' bolstered up Plainville and hit S6l with Murphy. Silverio and Mastri' anna all doing 3S7 or better. and tho team total was 16S6. The scores: