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The Washington times., 1928-02-21
BY Gene Tunney

Worlds He8vyWelgnb GnNmudOM
n il amusing sometimes in look
inc backward, to see what q great
difference in life Is made by certain
decisions worked out by ourselves as
Young fellows. For example, my
GOOD friend. Eddie Eagan, is con-
SANITY reminding me OF the time
when I was almost ready to enter
Yale University. bent on = business
career.
That was Just after the war when
hundreds of thousands of young
men were called upon to make decl-
siona which affected the rest of their
i've. After q lot of mental wrestling
with myself, decided against Yale
IN favor Of professional boxing.
Pagan often asks me whether ! am
sorry and I frankly cannot truth.
fully say.
suppose there are compensations
In whatever route one follows. The
path TO the heavyweight boxing title
has not been one OF roses and 90
not think the one through the uni
varsity and to business success
would have been much easier.
wvnen Joined the Marines /
asad Already had q taste Of box
M ars3 considered IL the greatest
nn0rt I knew. But i had liked
ntudy. too. and when Willie
Green. Billy Jacobs and Eddie
O'Brien, who were my first ring
sponsors, talked to me about
nr0fessionaI boxing paid but
title attention TO them. %
seemed D long way from the 80
ana $50 purses that were paid
bv the small clubs, to anything
worth while In the game.
In France. army life seemed to
mt aornething into us which APP
neared 10 make us older, mentally
and physically. I have sat around
the barracks many night and
heard young men who had never
been obliged to do any thinking for
themselves at home, laying plans
like q group OF generals for the
things they expected to do when
they got home.
IL was under such circumstances
that met Eddie Eagan, and, az We
had both done some boxing, we en-
rolled for the A. e. #. boxing elimi-
nations and vowed that We would
box our way 10 the top OF the heap.
EaRan was listed In the middle
weight class and In the light
heavies.
How we survived the finals, both
winning out in our classes, has been
often told. The only disappointment
was that because Of my shattered
hands. the result of constant boxing
against heavier opponents, could
not 20 out after the interallied as
well as the Al. z. r.. title. Eagan
was more fortunate and won the in
teralIied niddleWeight crown In the
summer of 1919.
AT any rate the time finally
came for returning to the United
States. Eagan and / boarded
the same transport and spent
most Of the voyage talking over
pIans for the future.
. 1rsz ~. AR L.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21
MORE POLO FIEL Ds

The Meadow Brook club III Long
island has obtained 81 additional
acres on which three new polo
fields win be laid out, making i
total 81 eight fields suitable Cor
Championship play.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21

AT any rate the time finally
came for returning to the United
States. Eagan and / boarded
the same transport and spent
most Of the voyage talking over
plans for the future.
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Breath!

Such a Saturday crowds, crowds
and then more crowds Of eager
buyers who know a REAL 1egiti-
mate sale when they see one. AL
though the biggest day in our 49,
year business career cut big in
roads into our stocks there's still
plenty Of good selections left.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21

'Gene. said Eddie, I'm going to
The Washington times., 1928-02-21

Eagan certainly carried his
own resolution through to
finish. He became captain Of
the Yale boxing team and, hay-
ing developed into q heavy
weight, won the intercollegiate
championship Of that college
class.
The Washington times., 1928-02-21

Jack Smith and Larry BOer1er
will leave Thursday night for
Cincinnati where they are to
Join the Toledo team Of the
Americas Association. The
"Mud Hens viii prepare for
their campaign at BILOXI Kiss.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Common Cold" Loaded
Watch it Very Closely
Neglect May Possibly Lead to More
Serious Conditions, Say Medi-
= cal Experts

st. Paul, Dec. 12-It may still
take the public another ten years
to understand that common cold
is serious matter, for a so-called
"cold" is an infection just as in
fiuenza and pneumonia are. When
the time of full realization comes,
common sense will make the isola-
ton of an individual with a cold
an easier matter than at present
and those who suffer from colds
will go to bed for a day confident
of more rapid recovery. Because
people generally do not consider
a cold dangerous ailment, the
Minnesota State Medical Associa-
ton in bulletin today points out
that colds often lead to other suf-
ferings of a more serious order.
The opinion is expressed that a
rest of from twenty-four to forty
eight hours when the first symp-
toms appear, will do much to cut
short the period of illness.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Raymond Bros. Truck
Terminal Completed
Rapid Growth of Local Business
and Conditions Made More
Room Imperative

Remodeling work on the Motor
Inn Garage, recently acquired by
Raymond Bros, to be used as a
freight depot, is rapidly nearing
completion. The floor has been
lowered to permit the entrance Of
large trucks. A large freight plat
form has been built at the rear of
the building. Trucks enter the de-
pot from a side entrance on. Oak
street and back up to the platform
for unloading and loading, and
then leave through the front en-
trance on Main street. ~
The business conducted at the
Raymond Bros. depot is customary
of a freight terminal. Truck lines,
connecting with Raymond Bros,
and running to distant points north
and west of this city drive into this
depot for loading. Local freight is
hauled out of the depot by B. O..
Vogel. Raymond Bros. trucks lad
en- with freight and very often tow
ing tailers, arrive in S;:uk Centre
on schedule time during the night.
They are unloaded and the freight
is sorted at the platform ready to
be reloaded into its proper truck
the next morning.
1t is not unusual for SO and 60
tons of freight to be handled at the
truck depot during single nights
operation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
AIR TANK in NOBLE
FIRESHOP BLOWSUP
Doors Blown From Hinges,
Windows Shattered, and
Confusion Rampant
c. D. MARSHALL HURT
Vern Barnette Only Occupant
of Building at the Time,
Unhurt

A huge pressure explosion, which
shattered windows and damaged
considerable amount of fixtures,
occurred at the F. D. Noble Tire
Shop on Main street, at about
1920 Tuesday morning.
The explosion was caused by the
end blowing out of a compressed
air tank. According to Mr.. Noble
the tank was filled with los pounds
of air. 1t has safety valve which
blows at $50 pounds of pressure.
Vern Barnette the only occupant
in the building at the time, was
standing near the street door in an
other room. He was uninjured.
The force of the explosion shat
tered glass in every window in the
building and in some instances
caused it to fly several feet. The
door leading into the room, which
housed the tank and some other
tire mending apparatus, was blown
completely from it's hinges.
C. D. Marshall, who was passing
the shop at the time, was struck
in the hand by a piece of flying
glass, cutting an artery. Bits of
glass also struck him in the face
bruising it somewhat, although he
was not seriously injured.
Mr.. Noble estimates the damage
to the building and fixtures at ap-
proximately $500. The loss is not
covered by insurance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
RADIO INTERFERENCE

The question of radio interfer-
ence is causing owners and listen
ers increasing trouble. Long Prair-
lie has recently passed an ordinace
the purpose of which is to cause
certain types of electrical appli-
ances to be properly grounded. A
Radio Listeners League has been
organized for which a charge of
$1.00 per member has been made.
Within the past week the National
Radio Engineers, of Minneapolis,
have sent representatives to that
village and the complete survey of
the town will be made.
Mayor L. w. Whitson, of Sank
Centre, has become interested in
the movement, and it is understood
he will urge upon the City Council
the advisability of passing a SINH
lar ordinance and that some sort
of organization be perfected to fl
nance a survey Of the radio condi-
tions in this city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Game Killed Should be
Reported to Department
Big Game Hunters Are Asked to
Send in Data as to Deer Taken
This season

The state game and fish commits
sion is anxious to learn to as &C
curate an extent as possible, just
how many deer have been killed
during the season. For that rea-
son all who have taken out big
game hunting licenses are urged to
report to the game and fish COM
mission whether they secured a
deer or not. All that is necessary
in making this report is to detach
the slip at the end of the license,
fill in the blank spaces and send it
to the commission. Early attention
to this matter would be deeply ap-
preciated by the commission.
Holders of licenses to hunt
small game are likewise requested
to send in a report of the number
of birds they killed. T,ssese reports
may be sent in any time up to
January 1, when the duck hunting
season closes but prompt reports
are desired. a..
Data secured through these re-
ports are among the most effective
means the commission has of keep
ing check on the propagation and
supply of game and is an import
ant factor in the conservation sys-
tenn which the commission is en-
,deavoring to maintain.
Hunters should deem it their
duty to cooperate with the commits
sion in this matter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Government Statistics
Show Rats are Expensive
Rodents Destroy Over $4,000, 900
Worth of Property in United
States Each Year

1t is pretty hard to realize that
common, ordinary house rats de-
stroyed $500, 100000 worth of
property in the U. S. last year. Yet
that is the statement the govern
ment is sending out, and it has no
reason for magnifying the destruc-
tion. In this new and interesting
bulletin, dealing with a pest which
every Murraylander is familiar
with, it is pointed out that the rat
is not only a deadly enemy of man
kind but he is one of the most cost
ly, when his destruction is measur-
ed in dollars and cents. .
Rats kill and destroy far more
than they eat; they increase fire
hazards by carrying matches to
their nests and chewing them until
they burst into flame; and they car
ry feas which are often loaded with
disease germs, thus starting cpl
denies which sweep entire COM
munities. They multiply rapidly
and quickly overrun any place in
which they are allowed to gain a
foothold. Last year, it is stated,
the loss in corn alone, consumed by
rats, reached a total of 100000.
While the government is glad to
furnish advice on getting rid of
these pests, the suggestion is of
fered that school pupils be encour-
aged to hold rat-killing contests,
with prizes offered by local mer-
chants to those bringing the larg-
est number of dead rats. It has
been worked in scores of COM
munities with good effect.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Emil DahIem Breaks
Leg in Auto Accident
Car Went Into Ditch on Highway
2S-May Be Injured
Internally

Emil Dahlem was the victim of
a serious automobile accident
shortly after noon Tuesday, when
his Chevrolet coach was ditched
about three miles north of the city
on Highway No. %.
Mr.. Dahlem left the Main Street
Garage about noon, stating that he
was driving to Grey Eagle. AS he
neared the Norman place, he lost
control of the machine and it
swerved into the three foot ditch
on the left side of the road. Trav-
cling at approximately rs miles an
hour, the car struck a culvert
and was thrown on it's side into a
wire fence. A fence post rammed
the left rear window of the coach,
pinning it in its careened position.
Soon after the accident farm
err passing that way eXtricated
Emil from the wreckage and brot
him to town. A physician was
called and after a hurried eXami-
nation he was removed to the Mel
rose hospital. A thorough exami-
nation disclosed that he had sus-
tanned a fractured left leg above
the knee and two broken ribs. His
face was also severely bruised and
cut up by flying windshield glass.
At the time of the first examina-
ton it was not determined whether
Emil was injured internally or not.
Physicians are awaiting further de-
velopments to determine his condi-
ton in that respect.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
YULETIDE SPIRIT
ABROAD in THE CITY
Elaborate Street Decorations
Add to Holiday Enthus-
iasm of Community
NEEDY WILL BE FED
Each Church, Society and Sun
day School Have Arranged
Special Programs

The Herald goes to press about
10 hours earlier than usual this
week in order to permit the car
riers on the Rural Routes to de-
liver the paper Thursday to give
shoppers an opportunity to study
the list of advantageous Christmas
bargains offered by the Sank Cen
tire business men.
The completeness of the street
decorations and Community Tree
sponsored by President Fred I'm
ger and Chairman Ben Morgan and
committeeman, of the Black Cats,
is attracting much favorable COM
ment from visitors. A well known
travelling man in speaking with the
Herald editor a day or two ago
said that the Yuletide decorations
in Sank Centre were much better
than the most profuse of any town
in his territory outside the Twin
Cities.
The decorations have done much
to spread the Yuletide cheer and
the baskets to be supplied the needy
families of the city the day before
Christmas insures them a fine,
wholesome dinner. This is the
practical Christmas spirit.
AS the custom in former years,
many of the business places of the
city will be closed all day Christ
mas.
Postmaster J. A. Schoenhoff
stated that while mail will be dis
patched on Christmas day, the
windows for the delivery of mail
will not be open. Neither will the
carriers on the city delivery or rur-
al routes work. This is as it should
be. For some reason or other the
business at the postoffice has not
been as heavy as in the past few
proceeding years. Of course late
deliveries of packages may swamp
the postoffice force before Christ
mas.
Almost every home in the city
will bring a reunion of loved ones.
The churches have made splendid
arrangements for the celebrating
of the Christmas season. The Her
aid publishes herewith complete
detailed program of the activities
of the churches:
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Wild Duck Evades Nimrods
for More Than Five Years
Mallard Drake, Shot Recently by
New Ulm Man, Was Banded
in 1928

When Anthony Simmet, popular
young local tonsorial artist, re-
Gently shot a mallard drake, while
hunting at Swan lake, he noticed
that the bird carried an aluminium
leg-band bearing the number 205,-
932, and a request that the Biologi-
cal survey, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington,
D. c., be notified by the person to
whose attention it might come. This
was done.
On Monday, Mr.. Simmet receiv-
ed a reply to his letter, from Paul
G. Redington, chief of the Biolog-
ical survey, stating that the bird
carrying legband No. 205932 was
malIard,. banded at cuivre Is
land, Firma, Mo-, by L. V. Walton,
on March %, 1928.
"By means of these numbered
aluminium bands" says the letter
from the Biological survey, "Im-
portant Investigations relative to
the migrations and other facts in
the life histories of North American
birds are being advanced. The
bands are attached to the birds by
volunteer cooperators, both in the
United States and Canada, who
serve without pay.
"Success in the bird-banding
work is, therefore, dependent up
on the reports of persons in both
countries, on such banded birds as
come to their attention. The in
formation furnished by you is i'm
portant, and we thank you for your
interest and cooperation"
The mallard drake bagged by
Mr.. tSimmet must have been an
unusually wary fowl to escape the
myriads of hunters who annually
invade the haunts of water birds,
many of which they succeed in kill
ing. "A sketch of the mallard's life,
since being banded, would prove
very interesting reading, especial
ly to nimrods and others interest
ed in wild game.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
RAPID STRIDES IN
AVIATION In YEAR
United States Has Made Ad-
vance in New Transporter
ton Mode in 1928
RESEARCH: CONTINUES
Little Danger with Competent
Pilot and Thoroughly Test
ed Ship, Experts Say

A phenomenal record of progress
in all branches of American avia-
tion is revealed in the annual re-
port of Major Clarence M. Young,
Director of the Aeronautics
Branch of the Department of Com
merce. The growth of air COM
merce and the air craft industry of
the United States, Major Young be-
lieves is due in no small measure
to the strict enforcement of federal
Regulations which has inspired
public confidence in the safety of
air transport.
During 1927 American factories
produced nearly 1000 aircraft
having total value of 14,250, 900
as compared with less than 1900
valued at $8,S7O,OOO during the
preceding year. Exports of air.
craft and parts during 1927
amount to nearly $2,0O0,O0O an
increase of approximately IS per
cent over 1926. During the first
half of the current year our total
sales in foreign markets of aircraft
products were 38 per cent greater
than the entire shipments of last
year. i
Air transport, Major Young de-
clares, has now attained a definite
place in the economic scheme of
transportation. The established
airway system is the backbone of
our commercial aviation, although
operations over this network form
only one-tehth of all civil flying.
These routes now cover 11,191
miles on which 27,817 miles are
flown daily. Of these, 1886 miles
are under mail contract and 200
mail planes fly 23,324 miles daily
over these routes. There are now
$3.50 miles lighter, 1900 miles I'M
der contract for night flying, and
5,308 additional miles considered
for lighting during the fiscal year
1929. The cities actually connect
ed by the routes at the close Of
the fiscal year numbered 80 mil
lion people. By the close of the
current fiscal year it is believed
that almost all of the larger cities
and many of the middle-sized com
munities will be connected by air
CONTINUED on Page Six)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
OFFICERS CLEAN
UP TOUGH OUTFIT
Stolen Goods and Still Are
Brought to Light While
Searching for Furs
FATHER PAYS BIG FINE
Three Sons Doing Time in
Long Prairie Jail-TO Face
Another Charge

Matthias Riehm, a farmer of
Krain township, north of Freeport,
was brought before Judge R. r.
Kells, in Municipal Court at Sank
Centre Friday, to answer to
charge of possession of muskrat
hides found on his place.
Complaints had been made at
various times by residents in the
vicinity of Goose Lake, east of
Grey Eagle in Todd county, that
four or five men were often seen
on the lake apparently spearing
muskrats. Friday of last week, they
were noticed there by a party, who
Immediately notified Deputy Game
Warden Totten, of Little Falls, and
Deputy Game Warden Mossman, of
Grey Eagle. The call came to them
at Grey Eagle, where they we're
eating dinner Friday noon. They
left at once in the direction of the
lake and upon reaching there found
the fur law violators in action. The
men on the lake sighted the two
game wardens approaching and left
Vic iohc az d QulCh pace. lOICeH
and Mossman trailed them for
some distance, where they were
seen getting into an automobile.
Previous to this the license on
this machine had been taken and
through the state department had
been identified as belonging to
Riehm.
The officers went to the Riehm
place and a search made, in con-
junction with the Sheriffs Of
Stearns and Todd counties, who
were conducting search for stol-
en- goods belonging to the Holding
ford Hardware store, which was
looted recently. A thorough
search of the premises disclosed a
number of shotguns, quantity of
ammunition, flashlights and other
hardware goods. Seventy-fve
muskrat hides boxed and ready for
shipment to Percy's Fur House, Os-
kosh, Wis, were uncovered from
Continued on Page Seven)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Gustav Schaefer, Grey
Eagle, Died Sat-, Dec. 8
Funeral Services Held at Evangel-
ical Church of that Village on
Tuesday Afternoon

Gustav Schaeffer who has been
i'll for several weeks passed away
at his home in the village Satur-
day evening. Mr.. Schaeffer and
family have long been residents of
this vicinity; moving to the vii
lage during the past fall. A few
weeks ago MIR. Schaeffer went to
Minneapolis where he consulted
specialists in regard to his health.
Since his return home he has been
confined to his bed.
Gustav Schaeffer was born July
IA, 1860, at Bolmecke, Provinz
Cachsen, Germany. He came to
Sank Centre where he resided for
five years then coming to Todd
county, living on farms west of the
village. Thirteen years ago he
moved with his family to the Nc
Lain farm where they resided until
they moved to the village last fall.
He was united in marriage to
Miss Sophia Wilhelmina Holler at
Lake Henry, Mimi, on Feb. 8,
1891. To this union five children
were born, one having died in in
fancy.
Four children, Henry, who re-
sides at home, Elsie, Of st. Paul,
Arthur, of Minneapolis and Ewald,
who resides on the farm, together
with their mother survive the de-
ceased.
One brother living at Michigan
City, Ind, and one brother, five
sisters and three half-brothers in
Germany, also are left to mourn.
Funeral services were conducted
from the home at 200 o'clock and
from the Evangelical church at
2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon,
with Rev. Eitel, of Long Prairie,
officiating. Interment was made at
Lakeview cemetery.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
Two Girls to 0ne,Boy
Have tuberculosis
Scanty Clothing, Dieting, Largely
Responsible for Conditions, Say
Medical Experts

1929 will be Youths Health
Year in Minnesota.
This announcement was made
today by DR.. E. A. Meyerding,
executive secretary of the Minneso-
ia Public Health Association, in
urging widespread use of double
barred cross Christmas seals on all
holiday mail.
Tuberculosis still continues it's
deadly work almost undated
among the young girls of the state,
although in all other age groups the
death rate has made a remarkable
Decline" DR.. Meyerding states.
"To save our girls from this di-
sease is to be a special project in
the 1929 Christmas Seal work, and
the extent of the campaign will be
limited only by the funds available,
so people are urged to buy gener-
ously of the penny stamps during
the remaining days of the sale.
Gin an effort to arouse people
of the state to this important prob
lem, 100000 circulars giving sta
tistics showing the present situa-
ton and listing underlying reasons
have been mailed to physicians and
others throughout Minnesota.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-12-20
City News Items

Mrs. AL Nathe spent few days
this week with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob KaIla at Albany.
Albert Nathe, accompanied by
his mother, Mrs. Anton Nathe, Wis
tied with relatives at Greenwald
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fay Cooper and
son Larry, accompanied by Mr.. and
Mrs. R. 4. Scott, motored to Min
neapolis Sunday and spent the day
visiting with friends.
Richard Kempter, son of Mr..
and Mrs. r. R. Kempter, of this
city, was taken to st. Cloud last
week, where on Thursday he SUBJ
mitted to nasal operation at the
st. Cloud hospital. He returned
home Saturday. Tuesday Mr..
Kempter took him to- st. Cloud for
further medical attention, regard
ing the previous operation.