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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-05

Where are the State penitentiaries
of Virginia and Florida located?
The State Penitentiary of Vir-
GINA is st Richmond and the State
Penitentiary of Florida is at ITALIA
haSSee.
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Who was the architect of st,
PauPs Cathedral in London?
Sir Christopher Wren.
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Who made the first successful
swim across the English channel?
Captain Mathew Webb.
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Who commanded the British at
the Battle of Waterloo?
The Duke Of Wellington. sc
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Questions and
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Where does the expression "somcS
thing rotten in Denmark" come
from?
Shakespeare's Hamlet, Act 1,
Scene 4.
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How did the custom of coIOring
Easter p0oS Ori0iuafa0

1t is very ancident. LIE Brun says
that the ancient Persians had the
custom. The Jews also had sim
liar custom from an early time, and
may have learned it from the Per-
slams. The custom is much older
than Christianity and the Christian
Easter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16

experienced brick manufacturer,
was in Sank Centre Tuesday. In
company with Mayor Minette he
visited points along the shore of
Sank Lake and secured samples of
clay which he took with him for
the purpose of analysis. Mr. Hill
debrand pronounced the clay the
best he has found in any locality
and said that it would make any
kind of brick, pottery, thing or ar
ticles of that nature. After tho
roughly testing the clay Mr.. Hill
debrand will make an effort to in
terest local capital in the PROPOSE
ton to erect capacious plant here
for the manufacture of pottery,
thing and other products of that
nature. He expects to return here
in the near future.
There was a general mix-up OF
passenger trains on the Great Nor
thern Monday. No. IL eastbound,
came in ten or more minutes late
with a blazing box on one of the
trucks. 1t took some time to put
it in shape. No. II westbound was
ten minutes late. The branch line
passenger came in just in time to
get in the way of the Oriental
Limited westbound. AS Nos. II
and IL had to wait for the branch
connections, there were four pas,
senger trains massed here at 2:15
The Limited got out ten minutes
late and the locals followed short.
ly after. The branch train left
fifteen minutes late. This is some
thing that rarely happens, to see
the four trains here all together.
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ing south of Fourth street and

ing south of Fourth street and
east of Main street; the second
ward lies south of Fourth street
and west of Main; the third ward
is north of Fourth street and west
of Main; the fourth ward is north
of Fourth street and east of Main ;
all that portion of the city north of
the river constitutes the fifth ward.
In case of fire telephone "Central'
and the operator there will touch
the button and the indicator at the
fire house will show in which ward
the fire is; the fire bell will also
ring. Chief Geo. Fish is satisfied
that the system will work well.
The Sunday stage now leaves
Long Prairie at 5 so a. M, reach
ing Sank Centre in time to connect
with the eastbound Oriental Limit
ed. This enables passengers from
UP the branch to reach st. Paul on
Sunday. The change is to take eff
feet next Sunday. Returning the
stage leaves Sank Centre immedi-
ately after the arrival of the Flyer
at 2:14 as heretofore.
"A. F. Strebel celebrated his
birthday anniversary on Tuesday
and was the recipient of a number
of presents from his host of admir-
ing friends. One of the gifts was
rubber ball attached to a string.
Friday and Saturday were rainy
days and for forty-eight hours con-
siderable moisture was deposited.
Sunday morning the weather
cleared up and all nature smiled.
The temperature has been delight
full since that time. The rain as a
rule did no damage, but south of
the city where the grain was not
more than half cut, it lodged to
some extent. The corn and potat-
oes were greatly benefited.
H. c. Hildebrand, from Iowa, an
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
CHAPTER XVI

I expected to be able to locate
nv position approximately on the
coast of Europe by the terrain.
Ireland is somewhat mountainous;
England rather hilly on the south
ern end; France is lowland along
the coast; Spain is mountainous.
Therefore the coastline should in
dictate the country, and my ac-
curate position could he obtained
by the contours of that coastline
and by the position of towns, Nv
ers and railroads.
During the time of construction
it was necessary to arrange for all
equipment to be carried Oh the
flight; including equipment for
emergency use in forced landing.
After the first few hours there
would be enough air in the fuel
tanks to keep the ship af1oat Tor
sorle time. 1 also carried an air
raft which could be inflated ir sew
eral minutes and which would
weather a fairly rough sea.
In addition to food for the ac-
tual flight, l carried five ttins of
concentrated Army rations each Of
which contained one days tcod
ana which could be made to lest
mach longer if necessary. l car
ried two canteens of water; one
containing a quart for use iurir g
the actual flight and the other con-
tanning a gallon for emergency.
In addition to this water, had
an Armburst cup which is a device
for condensing the moisture from
nurlan breath into drlny water.
Tie cup is cloth covered and cor
tains a series of battle plates
through which the breath is blown.
The cup is immersed in water and
then removed and blown through.
The evaporation ct the water on
the outside coois the cup walls
and battle plates on which the
breath moisture collects and runs
down to the bottom of the cup.
The following is list of the
equipment carried on the flight:
2 Flashlights.
1 Ball of string.
Ball of cord.
1 Hunting knife.
Red flares sealed in rubber
tubes.
Match safe with matches.
1 Large needle.
Canteen-4 OTIS.
I Canteen-1 OF.
/ Armburst cup.
1 Air raft, pump and repair kit
5 Cans, Army emergency ra
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
Agricultural Notes
Main Honey Flow at End;
What to Do Now

Bees, like many human beings,
behave best when kept busy. When
the honey flow is strong, the bees
rarely sting unless badly treated.
When the flow slackens, as it does
at this time in Minnesota, the bees
become uneasy and irritable and
are likely to attack a person who is
simply passing through the bee
yard.
Preparations for the close of the
main honey flow should he made in
August. Unless the keeper is very
careful dark honey will be brought
in and mixed with light. This is
not highly important to the aver
age beekeeper who cares nothing
much about the color or particular
flavor of his honey and leaves it on
the hives until September. But
commercial honey producers and
others who prefer light colored
and mild favored product should
take their honey off not later than
a week after the bees are giving
signs of a lack of honey flow.
J. w. Thompson of the bee cul-
ture division, University of Mime
sofa, warns that unless great care
is taken the beekeeper may remove
honey that has not had time to rip
en-. Immature honey, he says, will
ferment very quickly if extracted
and left in a warm room. To be
perfectly safe comb of honey
should be at least three-quarters
capper or covered. Then it can be
extracted and used for it is ripe
enough to keep. ...
Mr.. Thompson says the entrance
to the hive should be diminished
in size at the end of the main hon
ey flow so that the inmates will
have less vulnerable space tt
guard in repelling robbers. The
natural inclination of the bee is tt
collect honey, wherever it may be
found, for food in the winter. Il
a hive is left unguarded, bees vii
proceed to strip it of it's supply o-
winter stores. By making the en-
trance smaller, the beekeeper helps
all of the colony but more especi
ally the weaker ones.
Hives should not be left open af
ter the honey flow is over, ant
honey should not be exposed in the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16

leaf roller. Aninis or plant lice
are also abundant in the new
growth. The maple, oak, and pop
Lar are the favorits host trees of
the forest tent caterpillar and 9TH
er defoliators. These insects sell
dom kill the trees outright, but
they are a check on development
and there is always a possibility
that they will he able to survive in
numbers sufficient to defoliate the
trees for three successive seasons
and thus destroy them.
Defoliators attacking shade trees
can be controlled by spraying with
an arsenic solution. Arsenate of
lead is probably the best, as it
sticks to the leaves somewhat Se&-
ter than paris green which can be
used if preferred. A contact spray
is needed to kill the aphis. Effec-
tive control can be obtained by u.s.
ing blackleaf 40, nicotine sulphide,
or kerosene emulsion. The aphis
sucks the juices and is particular.
ly active on young white pine.
"Now is a good time to check uI
on the survivals in the plantation
by counting and noting their con
dition and growth" says Mr.. An
derson. eff one has many trees
planted good way to check sur
vivals is to count only certain row:
and multiply by the number Of
rows. If the plantation is small, i
may be well to count all the trees
"A visit to a frstclass forest plan
tation to study methods is otter
well worth while"
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</-~ y a. An Epic of the Al
NV Col Charles
~ Lindbergh
An Epic of the Al
tions.
2 Air cushions.
1 Hack saw blade.
Copyrighted

lions.
2 Air cushions.
1 Hack saw blade.
Near the end of April the fac
tory work was completed and early
one morning, the forty-six foot
wing was taken out of the second
floor of the factory onto the top
of a freight car and then lowered
to a waiting truck by means of a
gasoline crane. A few days later
the plane was completely assembled
in it's hangar, and on April %, or
sixty days after the order had
been placed, l gave "The Spirit Of
St. Louis" her test flight.
The actual performance was
above the theoretical. The plane
was off the ground in six and
one-eighth seconds, or in 165 feet,
and was carrying over 400 pounds
in extra gas tanks and equipment.
The maximum air speed meter
reading was 1913 M. P. H. and the
climb excellent.
The load tests were made from
the old Camp Kearney parade
grounds near San Diego. At day
break, one foggy morning, I took
off from the field at Duth Flats
and headed for the Arny's three
kilometer speed course along Co
ronado Strand. The visibility be-
came extremely bad over San Die
60 harbor and I was forced to
land at Rockwell Field, North Is
land, and wait for the fog to lift
before running the, speed tests
The sun soon dispelled the fog
and I took the plane four times
over the speed course at an av.
erage of 129 M. P. H. in slight
cross wind. / was carrying about
twenty-five gallons of gasoline anG
over 400 pounds of extra tanks
and equipment.
On the way to Camp Kearney
ran number of tests on the rela'
ton of motor r. P. I'M. to all
| speed, and by the time reached
the old parade-grounds' field
had collected quite a bit of valua
BILE test data.
l decided to run one more tesr
before landing and had it abou'
half way completed when I allowed
the data board to come too close Il
the window where a gust of ali
carried it out of the cockpit.
was flying over mesquite, over fv'
miles from Camp Kearney, a
about a 1000 foot altitude at tn
time, and could only spiral arount
and watch the board f1utter dow
into the top of a mesquite bush
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
FZashbacks
.- 20 Years Ago
Excerpts from the Herald of 20
Years Ago.


The farmers creamery is being
given coat of paint. This i'm
provement makes the building look
fine and ''helps some"
Supt. VIM. Angus is busy these
days preparing for the opening of
the public schools. He looks for a
good attendance this year. The
teaching corps is full and all the
teachers will be on hand for the
opening of the term on Monday,
Sept. z.
Chief Geo. Fish of the fire de-
partment tested the new electric
fire alarm Monday evening and
found that it worked satisfactor-
lily. A system of signals and
alarms is in preparation and will
be put into operation as soon as
the council adopts it.
The announcement of the mar
riage of Miss Lydia Thomason and
Mr.. Laurel Kells, which is to take
place at the home of the brides
mother in this city on Tuesday ev-
ening, Sept. 1 has just been made
public. Both of the young people
are well known and have hosts of
friends here. The wedding will be
a brilliant social event.
The city has been divided into
five fire wards for convenience in
locating fires. The division on the
south side of the river is at Main
and Fourth streets. The first fire
ward is that portion of the city ly-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
Thursday, August 16, 1928

Mrs. Belle T. Erion of Memphis
is suing her husband for divorce,
claiming he made her wash his
home brew bottles.
Two daughters of the late R. C.
Phillips of Middletown, Ohio, will
share his $950,000 estate if they
remain unmarried according to the
terms of his will.
Florence COX, aged 16, of Chica-
go, was sentenced to go to bed at
10 p. m. for Is months for steal
ing coat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
Windbreak Should be
Guarded From Pests

Young winibreak plantations
deserve protection from weeds and
insects, says Parker o. Anderson,
extension forester of the Univer-
sity of Minnesota. The weed and
bug pests are particularly active
this season. The drouth in the
spring gave insects a good start,
and the abundant rainfall since
has caused the weeds as we'll as
the young trees to prosper. Weeds
rob the trees of moisture and food.
Plantations should be cultivated
and kept clean if the trees are to
make the growth expected of them
Mr.. Anderson has received many
reports of damage to farm and
municipal paintings by leaf eating
insects like the forest tent cater.
! pillar, the army worm, and the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
yards Of environs. To do SO is to
start robbing on scale which will
mean heavy losses.
New Attack Launched
In Battle With Weeds

Some plants have the weakest
hold on life just before or when
their blossoms appear. Others are
known to he the strongest at those
times. When weeds are their
weakest, then is a good time to
strike them, and strike them hard.
A. C. Arney of the division of
farm crops and plant genetics at
University Farm is in charge of an
investigation to determine, if pos
sible, these weak spots in the car
GERS of such bandit plants as
quackgrass, sow thistle, Canada
thistle, leafy spurge, and Austrian
field cress. Roots of each are he
| ing dug every ten days during the
season to determine if the stored
food which they contain decreases
or increases or remains stationary
The roots are preserved and ana
lyzed for sugar, nitrogen, water
soluble starches, and starches that
are insoluble in water.
Whether or not the joints in the
armor of these outlaw plants will
he found is yet to be determines
but Mr.. Army forecasts some in.
teresting information late in the
fall. g-
Results so far obtained by staff
men. at University Farm and the
branch stations indicate that per
nicious weeds can be controlled by
the use Of chemicals. Experiment!
are being conducted with sodium
chlorate, potassium chlorate, sodi
UNI dichronate, sodium disulphate
and sodium arsenite. Farmers o:
Kansas have been killing weeds OF
good sized tracts with sodium chic
rate and have found that the cos
is justified. They do not have tt
deal with quackgrass, however.
Thistle patches in Minnesot;
pastures and small areas of quacl
and other pests can be cleaned ou
with two or three applications o
sodium cholrate. The expense il
such instances would not be burd
ensome because the ground cover
ed would he limited.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
Use of Windrower
With Combine Studied


zone of the outstanding prob
lens in connection with the use Of
the combine harvester thresher in
Minnesota is to get the grain suff-
iciently dry to keep in storage,
says A. J. Scwantes of University
Farm. ''To obtain this end it
should stand in the field a week or
ten days after regular binder cut
ting time before harvesting with a
combine. This additional period in
the field involves some risk from
weather and shattering due to ov-
er ripening. Just how great this
risk is for different varieties un-
der various Minnesota conditions
is being determined in experiments
conducted by the agronomy de.
partment of the university.
"The windrower, a machine
which is making it's first appear
ance on Minnesota farms, is used
in conjunction with the combine
harvester thresher. 1t consists es.
sentially of the platform with q
moving canvas and similar to q
binder platform. It cuts a swatl
~ or 16 feet wide. The grain is
laid in a windrow on the stubble
as it is dropped from the end Of
the platform. ! D..
"After the crop has been in the
windrow for few days it il
picked up and threshed with the
combine harvester. The combine
for this purpose has a special pick
up attachment placed upon the cut
ter bar which picks up the wind
row and deposits it on the plat
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16

form as the machines move along.
1t is then fed into the thresher
just as it would he in the straight
combine method.
Advocates of the windrow
method of harvesting say that
work can commence at regular
binder harvest time. The grain
will dry out in the windrow to a
moisture content sufficiently low
to make it keep satisfactorily in
storage. In weedy fields the wind
row method is said to be particu-
1arly advantageous because it al
lows the green weeds to dry be,
fore threshing. This facilitates the
| threshing operation and eliminates
green weed seeds from the grain
as may he found in grain that ha:
been combined directly without
windrowing.
| ''The windrower is a new ma
chine under our conditions and nat
urally several problems pres en-
themselves. These are being stud
led at several points in the state.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
DUY YOUR 1923
~ TICKET TO THE

Great Minnesota
State Fair and North
west Livestock Show be-
tween August Is and Is,
irsyour city, and save Csc.
These advance sale thrift
tickets will be on sale in
your city between August
Is and Is, at so cents.
singly or in any number.
$4,000 used these tickets;
a year ago. Why not get
yours in advance at this
big saving?
As in other years these thrift tick
cts can be used by purchasers in
several ways. The ticket will ecnait
adult or automobile to the outside
gates; adult or child to the unre-
served section of the Crsndstand,
Bleachers or Night Horse Show, or
can be exchanged at value Of so
cents in the purchase of reserved or
box seats in the Grandstand or at
the Night Horse Show. The ticket
will be good on any day of the Fair.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
DR.. Jesness to Lead
A University Division

DIR. Oscar B. Jesness, native Min
nesotan and graduate Of Inc u :
versity of Minnesota, will. on SEP
TENDER 1 become chief Of farm
management and agricultural eco
nomics which were recently con-
solidated into one divisi IN at Uni
versity Farm.
DR.. Jesnees was born a. Mrfris
and reared on a farm Near that
1place. After graduating from the
University of Minnesota IN 1912.
he taught in the high school at
Winthrop for a year and then be-
came assistant at University Farm
and did grduate work in econom-
les. In 1915 he joined the bureau
of markets of the United Stat. 8
Department of Agriculture and re-
Imained with it until 1926 when he
was elected professor of agricul-
tural economics and chief of the
section of markets of the Univer-
sity of Kentucky. He has been
with that institution until his res
Iignation to return to his alma
mater as head of one of its i'm
portant divisions.
J.; CDR. Jesness has visited Mime
sofa regularly and is well &C
quainted with the work of thu Iii.
vision," says DR.. Andrew Boss
, vice director of the Minnesota Ex.
pertinent Station. "iIe only r..
Gently completed work here for the
, doctorate while specializing n
marketing. College men brow
him as one of our sound econonl
lists. He has been active in re-
search and is rated as an excellen,
) teacher. Combined with these
, qualifications is his fami'iarit!
with farm problems and his eras
on the marketing and co operative
: fields. Minnesota is extremel!
5 fortunate in being able to secure
: DR.. Jesness to head the combine;
: division"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16
Douglas CountyFair
Alexandria, MINI.
August y, q, "a, Is

Northwestern Minnesota's Greatest
County Fair and Pageant Presents
THE GREATEST PROGRAM OF
ENTERTAINMENT
EVER ASSEMBLED IN
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA
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YOU'LL ENJOY BOTH
SAMoRoFF and SONIC
A BIT OF OLD TIME RUSSIA
ED and JENNIE ROONEY
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2 WHIRLWHIND FEATURES 2
The Rooneys were long featured
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& Bailey
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-08-16

Tearing down an old wall, J. c..
| Curtis, of st. Louis, found a bag
containing $3.50 in gold.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
AMUNDSEN TO FLY

OSLO, June 15.-Capt. Roald Amundsen intends to fly to Spltz- bergen and assist in the rescue of Mobile, it was announced here today.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-06-15
FAMOUS ROCK LANDMARK OF
 RIO UNVEILED

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 15- The MOrro do Castello, famous rock eminence which is called "the cradle of Rio," is disappear ing rapidly under the combined attacks of several hundred men and much dynamite.
 Work which had been suspend. ed for several years, following the removal of part of the rocky hill to make room for an exposi- tion on the shores of the bay, has been resumed and in few months modern buildings will rise where the rock once stood.
 When Mem de Sa founded the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1867, the Morro do Castello was tho center from which the city spreaG. One building erected there later became one of the richest con- vents of the city and was long a landmark. By reason of the par tial raging of the rock for the 1922 exposition, the convent was abandoned by the Capucine fath- CTS and they established them selves in another locality.
 On the city side of the rock which remains there are few struggling streets, among the first built in Rio, the houses of which are occupied by the very poor. They now ask themselves if they must sleep in the streets, for the steam shovels are rapidly approaching their homes.
 Poor people have no rights" is the word passed from mouth to mouth of the inhabitants soon to be dispossessed.