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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-13
Country News Letters
Items from Live Correspondents of
the Rural Districts

Iwinski, for the past three months
Mrs. Iwinski and Mrs. Simons are
sisters.
Rita Pauly spent the week end
at home.
Lester Iwinski spent Sunday a,
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Bromen.
schenkel called at the &c. F. Botz
home Sunday evening.
Ben Otte and son Richard call
ed at Harry Knapp's home Monday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Dicks and
family, Miss Edith Gamradt and
Mr.. and Mrs. Bunker, of Alexan.
dria, Mr.. and Mrs. Max Gamradt
and children, of Princeton, MRS,
Ella Gamradt and children and
Mr.. R. Gamradt were supper
guests at the Tank home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert Primus
and sons, of Howard Lake, had
supper and spent the evening at
the George Schurman home Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Grund-
man, of Pelle, Iowa, and Earnest
Grundman and daughter Irene, OF
Minneapolis, spent the week end at
the George Grundman home.
Mrs. Eta Wilcox spent Tuesday
at the Harry Knapp home.
Mr.. and MRS. C. If. Botz and
sons Sylvester, Lawrence and Rich
ard and daughter Ruth Marie,
spent Sunday at the Frank Dinkel
home at Long Prairie.
Mrs. Harry Knapp called on
Mrs. Nelson and Mrs. Strong Fri
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. August Sauer and
family called at the George
Grundman home Friday evening.
Alex Walter, of Melrose, and
Rev. Joe Walter D. D., of Column
bus, Ohio, called at the c. F. Botz
home Friday afternoon.
Mrs. George Grundman and
daughter Dola called on Mrs.
Huber Sunday.
Mr.. Iwinsh and family called at
Harry Knapp's Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huston, OF
list. Cloud, were overnight guests
of Grandpa Kortan Saturday.
Mrs. Thomas Dwyer and daugh.
tiers, Marvilla and Anna, motored
to Duluth Friday returning home
Sunday evening.
George and Evelyn Kortan
called on Mrs. Jerome Dusek Sat-
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huston, OF
st. Cloud, and Mr.. and Mrs. Mann
and son Kenneth, of Kandota, and
Grandpa Kortan took dinner and
spent Sunday afternoon at Charles
Kortan's.
Charles and Will Kortan helped
Joe Middendorf Saturday.
Mrs. c.. F. Botz and daughter,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-13
Stiles

C. D. Marshal called at the Mar
tin Peterson home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Egan were
callers at the Geo. IWikle home FRI
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Williams
and daughter Helene and son CLAIR
were supper guests at the SANDY
Simpson home Sunday.
Jack and Lois Wikle We're CALL
ers at the6 / l.. Ilgen home Sun
AIbertd ] Leo Michels were
callers at tni William Miller home
Thursday morning.
Matt Wiener called at the Mar
fin Peterson home "Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry lilies en-
tertained a number of friends at
their home Tuesday evening. The
evening was spent in dancing.
Every one enjoyed a good time. .
MIR. and Mrs. Geo. WiAe and
family spent Sunday at the A. A.
Rouse home at Padua.
Mrs. K. Pfieffer spent Wednes.
day afternoon at the Martin Pet
erson home.
Hazel Hanson was a supper guest
at the Gottlieb Pastian home Tues
day evening.
Carrie Williams visited at the
Miller Hanson home last week.
Gene Taylor called at the Geo.
Wikle home Wednesday afternoon.
Albert and Leo Michels called
at the A. P. Rorabaugh home
Thursday morning.
Leland and George Ilgen, who
have been spending the past two
weeks at the George Wikle home,
returned to their home Sunday.
Hazel Hanson spent from Sun
day to Tuesday at the Harve Viii
liams home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Peterson
and family spent Sunday after
noon at Little Sank.
Mrs. Geo. WiNe and son Pearl
and daughters Ruth, Grace and
Lois, spent Monday afternoon at
the Sandy Simpson home.
A number of friends and neigh
bors of Mr.. and Mrs. George Ped
ersen were entertained at their
home Friday evening. The eve
ming was spent at cards and dane
ing. A good time was enjoyed by
all present.
MIR. and Mrs. Martin Peterson
and daughters Lucille and Rozella
spent Sunday evening at the Geo.
Wikle home.
For best results ship your live
stock with Herman Hager. Phone
227. Adv IA If
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Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dold motor
| ed to Albany Sunday to visit with
Mrs. G.. Dold.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John Fritz
| lar, a baby girl on FRIDAY, Sept. z.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hummer
and daughter, lone, spent Satur-
day evening at the home of Ernest
Ball.
Henry Dold, who has been i'll in
the Melrose hospital for the past
two weeks, returned to his home
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Quade and
family spent Sunday afternoon at
the home of Bill Kind in Melrose.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Kind
and son Elmer, and Otto Lietz mo-
tored to Mayer Saturday to visit
with relatives and friends.
Miss Josephine Anderson, the
school teacher, is boarding at the
home of John Hummer.
Mrs. Andrew Fritzlar is staying
at the home of John Fritzlar at the
present time.
Rob Betow and Gregor Dold
spent Sunday evening at the home
of William Quade.
Gregor Dold is working for
Henry Matthiesen at the present
time.
Misses Elizabeth and Anna Mat
thiesen called at the home of Will
liam Quade Wednesday evening.
Arthur Quade is employed at
Henry Jennisen's home at the pres
ent time.
Laura Quade spent Sunday af-
ternoon at the home of Henry
Quade.
Bill Betow visited at the home
of William Hummer Sunday.
Ben Cheadle went to visit his
brother, Alvin, who is very ill.
Henry Jennison called on Will
liam Quade Sunday.
Miss Elnora Goodpaster, who
spent the summer months with her
parents, started her school Tues
day.
Alvin and Agnes Hummer called
on William Quade Monday eve
ming.
Lillian Lietz is employed at the
home of Albert Lietz in Sank Cen
ire, at the present time.
Elizabeth and Anna Matthiesen
spent Wednesday evening with
their brother, Jack.
For best results ship your live
stock with Herman Hager. Phone
227. Adv IA If
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-13
Birchdale

Mr.. and Mrs. John Knauss from
Nerstrand, Mimi, who spent a
week camping at the Bosshardt
cottage at Sank Lake, and visiting
with relatives, returned to their
home last Monday.
MIR. and Mrs. J. Trumjble, who
visited at the Cities few days, re-
turned home last Tuesday.
School opened in District &c
last Monday with Miss Agnes Mel
son as teacher.
Mrs. C. Haden spent Friday af-
ternoon with Mrs. F. Martin.
Richard Thomas has rented the
Edd Oldham farm in Birchdale for
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-13
Unity

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Fritzlar
and family spent Thursday even
ing at the home of Geo. Kind.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-13

the coming year.
Warren Kirgher has rented the
farm formerly owned by Fred
Rachey.
Mrs. Trumble visited with her
daughter last Sunday.
Mrs. r. Thomas and baby are
staying with her parents. The lit
tie one has been at the hospital a
few days but is better now.
For best results ship your live
lstock with Herman Hager. Phone
227. Adv ID If
MR.. AND MRS. P. j. BROPHY
and daughter Irene, Mrs. j. b.
Brophy and son Pat, of Chicago,
Mrs. Ruth Pryne and daughters
Lorraine, Maxine and Betty Mae,
were entertained at a six o'clock
dinner Friday at the John Costello
home at Ward Springs.
ON MONDAY MORNING,
Sept. 8, at $50 o'clock at a nup-
tial mass held at the Seven Dolors
church, Albany, Miss Eleanora Kali
Ia, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J !.
KaHa, of Albany became the bride
of Mr.. Theodore Gaspard, of
Moorhead, MINI. Miss Gertrude
ikalla was the bridesmaid and Mr..
Frank Gaspard acted as best man.
After the ceremonies a wedding
dinner was served at the home of
the brides parents to near rela-
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaspard will
make their home at iMoorhead
where the groom is employed.
|SJJRSCRIRE FOR TIIE uEpAI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-13
q EXTRA HIGH GRADE HoLSTEINS

Cow years old Two cows years old
cows years old. Cow years old
Cow years old Two cows years old
Heifer years old Six heifers year old
5 heifer calves. Registered bull 5 years old
Some of these cows are fresh now, balance
will freshen during fall and winter
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-09-13

II May pigs Register,
Papers can be furnished il
3 purebred sOws
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
new MOVE in
ARROYOCASE
Wells Asks Contempt
Proceeding For
Expenditures

An application requesting that the
three commissioners of the Arroyo
Navigation District be held FOR con-
tempt Of court was filed with the
state supreme court at Austin Sat
urday BY q. N. Richards OF Browns
vile. agent and attorney for }. X.
Wells. a property owner within the
Arroyo Navigation District.
The application alleges that the
commissioners Of the district. J. B.
Chambers and Tyre Fl. Brown Of
Harlingen and J. r. George of Rio
Hondo, have expended approximate
ly $4,000 az the district funds,
which the applicant contends Is in
violation of the injunction issued By
the civil district court and which
was reversed BY the fourth court
of civil appeals. The expenditure.
il is alleged, was made from $780,
600 received from the sale or bonds
voted when the district was organ
lied.
Wells secured an injunction in the
civil district court upon the grounds
the law under which the bi-county
district was organized is unconsti-
tutional. The district appealed the
case and secured a reversal. Wells
Immediately filed an application
for writ Of error with the supreme
court where it now awaits actor.
"We hold that the Injunction
granted by the district court IL not
dissolved until the final mandate IA
handed down by the supreme court, 2
Richards said, "and that the expen-
ditures from the bond fund or any
Continued on page ski
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
Prohibition To Be
Issue, Thomas Says

DALLAS, Sept. S.--tPi-A predir-
tion that the party stand on prohibi-
tion will be the chief bone OF con-
tention in the coming democratic con-
ventiOn here was made in w statement
issued today NV Cullen F. Thomas,
prominent Dallas democrat and dry.
~Deservedly the platform will en-
dnrse Tine administration Of state Mf-
fairs As honest. faithful and decent
the statement said.
~ Governor Smiths telegram
Df acceptance added an unexpected
postscript to The national platform.
Raskob's prohibition dcliverance came
20 dry democrats as an unmelcome
inflicti0n. Governor Smiths accepts
ance address. amplifying his nr0hibi-
tion views, Is u challenge To the pro-
hibition sentiment Of the nation in
side and outside the democratic party.
How will the organized
democracy in Texas answer the bold
proposal 10 renew the old-time part
nership between the government and
B0Ozeg The issue is made. To dodge
il would not BE- brave. To Re silent
might mean 10 indorsc.
ia believe the platform should un-
equIv0callv declare Tor che prcHervH-
tion of the eighteenth amendment.
unamended. and for the maintenance
Of the prohibition enforcement laws
unimpaired. Hr
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
PARTIES Use
WEEK TO MAP
OUT CAMPAIGN
East to Feel Brunt OF
Speaking But All of
Nation VIII Be Visit
ed, Writer Says
BY ID. FIELD BRITTLE
Press Staff Write


NEW YORK. Sept. S.-fFi-This
has been q week OF political map
making, a blocking out Of zones Of
effort that will win or lose the presi-
Dental prize in November, with both
democrat and republican III siKnifi-
cant agreement that the major opera
sions must be IN the East.
For long ia has been manifest that
practically every mile OF cast and
west and south will feel the heat Of
the campaign but the weeks march Of
events has developed certainty that
the helraguered eastern voter will
bear the brunt OF it, for he and his
fellows in five closely grouped states
hold in their hands 80 electoral votes
that is one more than a third Of the
total required for elections, and il ia
conceivable that the ultimate decis-
ions may hinge upon possession Of
the bulk Of them.
To Battle For East
Herbert Hoover and Alfred Smith
will make their greatest individual
effort in this immediate vicinity,
where they can speak at once to New
York with her commanding as votes,
Massachusetts, with Is, New Jersey
with IA, Connecticut 7 and Rhode
Island 5. They comprise the eastern
arena, with the battle ordered to the
democrats liking. and il is to claim
them on the record Of their historical
republicanism that Hoover has allot-
ted them two speeches, one in Newark
September IL and another in New
York City the same date in October.
with perhaps a third to be delivered
in Boston. II is to forcibly take them
over on the prohibition issue and by
personal effort that Governor Smith
will close his campaign here where he
began il.
Hoover 20 South
With the vice presidential nominees
hard at work and only eight weeks
of the campaign remaining, the pres
idential standard bearers are slow to
reveal their plans, but those that have
been given TO the public show neither
side is taking for granted success or
defeat in any section, regardless Of
traditional inciinations.
The South. where Senator Robin
son now is carrying the democratic
Continued on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09

Ell PASO. Texas. Sept s.--tPt-.
All but two Of the twenty-six air
pianes that left Fort Worth this
morning in the New fork-l0s An
relcs Class A transcontinentai
derby had checked in at the air
port here or were accounted Tor
a. midnight. The missing pilots
we're A. ~. kreider. HaEerstown,
Md, and George w. Brill, Mon
terey Park, Calf
Ell PASO. Texas, Sept. S.--tPl-A
new leader. Theodore W. Kenyon OF
Boston, in a challenger plane,
forged To the front today when the
first of the Class "A transcontinental
air racers checked into I'll Paso Tor
the night. Kenyon, eighth TO nor
off al Fort Worth this morning
landed az 1925 n. m, mountain time
Second to roar across the line AZ
III Paso's new municipal airport, ded-
icated BY the racers today, was VI
N. Emery. Jr-. Bradford. Pa--ten
seconds behind Kenyon. Robert
Drake, Pittsburgh, in the lead into
Midland and Pecos. came In third
landing at 1929 p m.
Staging neck and-neck race
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
Maine Campaign
Ends In Oratory

PORTLAND. Maine. Sept. s.-lPl
-Maine's state election campaign
closed tonight with oratory in al
most every hub Of population in the
state with Senator Curtis, republic
can vice presidential nominee,
ourding the final blast for his
marty in prosperity" address
here.
Participation Of the vice presi-
Dental candidate in the campaign
has given a national tinge to the
republican contest for state Off
GERS and a United States senator
to be elected Monday.
Republicans are anxious 10 roll
up a majority in this usually re-
publican state to point to as a
sign of November prospects. The
democratic candidates for governor
and United States senator have ac-
cepted the national issue 80 far as
IL affect a state election and both
have stood firmly by Governor
Smith. the democratic standard
bearer.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09

RAP ANTI-ALS
Virginia Methodists
Say Organization
Used For Hoover

RICHMOND, Va, Sept S.-tF)-
One hundred and thirty-three per
sons who described themselves as
members. friends and supporter"
of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
South, residing in the Tazewell dis
trict of the Holston conference,
made public n statement tonight
charging the churrh's organization
Il being used TO promote the cleo
tion of Herbert Hoover
IN the statement as nm organized
These activities were characterized
assault" upon the candidacy Of Gov
ernor Smith, which 'is in effect an
assault upon the democratic organi-
zation Of every southern state"
Among the signatures tn the state
ment were those Of B. T. lson. dis
trict lay leader; Henry n. Stuart.
former governor Of Virginia, and
Congressman George C.. Peery Of the
ninth Virginia district.
The statement also discusses the
prohibition question. summing this
~ with the declaration that there Is
no possibility Of the repeal Of the
eighteenth amendment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
State Farley In
Dallas Expected
To Crush Anti'S

regulars holding N commanding ma
jority. political leaders forecast.
Protests are expected from Dallas,
Tarrant and Harris counties, and pos
sibly one from Wichita county.
Governor Moody and his friends
will control the convention IN the
custom or allowing the successful
gubernatorial nominee and his fol-
lowers 70 dominate IN followed.
The Dallas county delegations will
be headed by Lieutenant Governor
Barry Miller and State Senat0E
Thomas B. Love. Love WA one 0f
the leaders In the state in the fight
against Smith preceding the state
convention at Beaumont.
There isn't amy authority for uS
to appeal To liz We are denied seats
in the state convention" Love said
today, "but the anti-Smith delegates
can hold convention and pass res
olutions denouncing candidates they
oppose"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
To Take Appeal
In Wichita Falls
Dems Injunction

WICHITA FALLS. Sept s.-tHj-
An appeal will be taken from the in
junction granted here by Judge Mar
tin restraining Democratic County
Chairman Edgar Scurry from inter-
fering with J. W. Nicholson in the
discharge OF his duties as precinct
committeeman IN precinct III, Wichita
county.
Fifteen members Of the county
committee. including Nicholson, we're
ousted at the first meeting Of the new
ly named county committee earlier in
the week. it being charged they were
not supporting all the party nom
inecs. A slate Of delegates 10 the
state convention in Dallas September
IL named by the old committee also
was ousted AZ the committees first
meetir- ~A today new set was
nam
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09

DALLAS. Sept. s. -tPl- Alvin
Moody of Houston. chairman or the
anti-Al Smith democratic party of
Texas, declared here today that there
would be two separate dmocratic
state executive committees in Texas
during the next two years if Che reg
ulars" attempt to force anti-Smiths
TO take the oath OF allegiance 10 ths
democratic national ticket INC the state
convention here Tuesday.
MIR. Moody was in Dallas for u -
ries Of pre-convention conferences
with other leaders of the anti-Smith
group and with leaders of the repuh-
lican party.
''No definite action has been decid-
Cd upon as vet" Moody said. but if
the regulars try KIN force uS to pledge
ourselves to Smith WE will hold n
separate convention and choose =
state executive committee and other-
wise perfect separate party machin-
cry"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
WATER RIGHT
SUIT TO test
STATEPOWER
Riparian Owner Files
Action to Prevent
Diversions From the
Rio GraEde

a suit designed 70 test the power
Of the state board Of water en-
gineerH in reference 10 sppropriating
water from the Rio Grande and con
ferring the right Of use upon non
riparian lands was filed in Cameron
county district court Friday
The defendants ln tnr aeon, which
was instituted BY u. II. Jones OF
brownsville. owner Of 4, 800 acres east
Of the III Jaruin tract, are Cameron
County Water Improvement Dis
trict No. II, recently organized;
Cameron County Water Improvement
District No. 8, the Los Fresnos sys-
TEN; the Port Isabel Irrigation Co.,
Bayside Development Company, Dixie
Development CO., Port Isabel Co. and
numerous owners Of lands IN the
coastal area OF Cameron county.
Claim Vested Right
Claiming a vested right in the
waters of the Rio GSande, the plain
tiff asserts that the appropriation of
waters Of the stream by the state
board of water engineers is violative
of the constitution Of the state, and
that the courts alone have the right
~ &AINNACMAE ANN FAAbAAAt "a NA@tAAn
for the water.
The pleadings also allege that the
non-iudicial board il permitted TO
grant valuable property rights be-
longing 10 the owners OF riparian
lands without due process of law and
without adequate compensation. The
allegation H. made that the action Of
the board, In addition to being vio-
Iative Of the state constitution, vio-
lates the treaty Of Guadalupe Hi
dalgo between the United States and
Mexico and the l4th amendment to
the constitution Of the United States.
May Define Powers
Much interest will attach 10 the
suit, according 10 irrigation in
terests, suit is expected that an in
depreciation Of the state and federal
laws relative 10 riparian rights and
defining the powers OF a state board
in appropriating waters Of an inter-
national stream will be involved.
Lands in Cameron county which
would he affected are those which lie
CONTINUED on page two)
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
Hughes Elected
To World Court

GENEVA. Switzerland. Sept. s.
tPl-Assuranee the United States
would he represented on the world
court for another two years az
least was given today when the
league council unanimously and the
assembly, al 10 q, elected former
Secretary or State Charles Evans
Hughes to fill the unexpired term
OF John Bassett Moore. resigned.
The council and assembly conduct
ed the balloting Independently Of
each other.
Sir Eric Drummond. secretary
general or the League or Nations,
Immediately dispatched telegram
to Mr.. Hughes in Italy, where he
il on vacation The message was
sent through the American ambns-
sador 20 Italy, Henry p. Fletcher.
In the election hopes were voiced
informally that the choice Of Mr.
Hughes would reawaken interest In
the United States regarding the
question Of American adherence at
the world court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-09
MURDER BILL
RETURNED IN
CHURCH Case
Brownsville Youths
Face Trial in Con-
nection With Death
At Point Isabel

A joint indictment charging Truitt
Cowan and Simon Celaya, Browns
vile youths. with murder in connec-
tion with the death Of DIR. Garitty
Church at Point Isabel on the night
Of August Is, was returned by the
Cameron county grand jury Saturday.
Cowan's bond was fixed at $4,000
and Ceiaya's at $2,500. They were re-
leased after the bonds were approved.
This is the second indictment re-
turned against Cowan i'll connection
with the case, the first charging
driving an automobile on a public
street while intoxicated.
According 10 the testimony brought
out at the preliminary hearing, Cowan
and Celaya were in the automobile
in which the dead body Of DR.. Church
was found. Following the hearing the
boys we're released on bond. Cowan
also made bond on the first indict-
ment returned By the grand jury
Wednesday.
Nineteen indictments were filed BY
the grand jury Saturday, including
several in whiSh capital offenses are
charged. nose upon WnlCn arrests
have been made include:
FREDERICK Leai. charged with mur-
der in connection with the death Of
Antonio Moreno at La Paloma.
Roy Stuckcys charged with murder.
Francisco Rivera, charged with as
sauit with intent TO murder. in con-
nection with shooting on the river
road near San Benito.
Carl Opal. driving on public high
way while intoxicated.
Francisco Juarez and Juan Herman
dez. burRlary and theft.
Jose Montez. burglary and theft.
Guadalupe Cervantes, assault TO
murder.
Rafael Gonzalez. forgery; three
counts.
Eugene Burns fJimmy) Chastain,
burglary and theft; three counts