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Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-18

~- WICHITA, kans.--" Red Fitz
simmons. Los Angeles, knocked out
SolIy Montgomery, Dallas, Texa'
heavyweight. in the eighth of II i
;ound bout here last night.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Mixture of Nicotine
and Soap Helps Ferns

Indoor ferns as rule have few
insect or disease enemies, but
when they do get into trouble no
time should be lost in taking eff
fective remedial steps, a writer in
House and Garden asserts. This
hit Of advice, indeed, applies to
all plants, whether growing in the
house or outdoors.
Perhaps the commonest, fern
enemy is scale on the stems or
leaves. When the infestation ap-
pears the plants ought to be turned
upside down (of course, holding
the soil and roots so that they can
mot fall out of the pots) and dip
ping in a pail filled with a mixture
of one ounce of nicotine solution
and one-half ounce of soap dis
solved in water. After dipping, the
plant should be kept in the shade
for "a hours. A weekly spraying
with the same mixture is an ad-
visable supplementary procedure.
In case the scale infestation has
made much Roadway before discov-
cry, it will be we'll to remove en-
tirely the most affected fronds be-
fore administering the prescribed
treatment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Worn to Ribbons

One could tell by the expression
of disgust on his countenance that
he was not thoroughly enjoying the
Saturday afternoon shopping tour
with his wife. His arms were load
ed with packages and with l weary
posture he slumped against coun-
ter while the wife fumbled among
some ribbons to find certain color
or shade. After long time
handling the merchandise, she
turned and said: b.
swell, Re will just have to 60
somewhere else."
"Great smoke" exclaimed the hus-
band, who flushed with impotence,
shave you ever in your life found
the thing you sought in the first
store you entered?"
While the wife tried to explain
the Importance of finding an exact
shade of ribbon, the saleswoman
chuckled inwardly and another hus-
band or two passing cheered the
sentiment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Held "Dead" Language
Had Peculiar Charm,

Children of the Hittite race who
went to school in Asia Minor about
1000 B. G. had to learn dead lam
guages just as the modern school
boy learns Latin. Baked Cay tab
lets found in the capital city of the
ancient Hittite empire have been
deciphered by scholars who say
that eight languages are represent
ed on them, written in the neat,
wedge-shaped characters known as
cuneiform writing.
The Samaritan language was then
long dead, but the Hittites learned
it and taught it to their children
because they believed that charms
sung in the old language were Pc
.culiarly effective. In some of the
tablets the Samaritan text is fol-
lowed by columns containing the
same text translated into official
,Hittite language and into Babylon
ian and also a column pronouncing
the Samaritan words. BabylOnian
was apparently the language Of
diplomacy among the Hittites.
Several thousand tablets were
discovered in a palace and a tenn
pie used as a record Office by Ger
man Psychologists some years ago,
but early attempts at reading them
were hampered because the differ
ent languages were not sorted out.
Writers of long records on the
baked tablets were careful to indi-
cate the sequence from one tablet
to the next, and usually at the end
of the document the author wrote
his name, his profession and place
of residence in modern fashion,
Washington Star.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Consort of Napoleon
Made Baths Popular

This business of taking a daily
bath, although now pretty well es-
tablished as a hygienic measure,
really got its start not as an aid to
health, but as beauty fad. The
woman who made the bathtub ia
nous was none less thar the little
West Indian Creole, born as Tas-
cher de la Pagerie, who rose to be
Empress Josephine.
Before the advent of the Nine
teenth century baths had exclusive
ly been a sign of ill health, an &C.
centricity, in fact, INDUCED in only
on medical advice. Josephine's
habit of bathing every day in CHS
eled silver bathtubs, and of con-
stantly washing in silver basins of
all shapes and sizes, therefore, sur
lprised France not incOnsiderably.
1t does seem that Josephine car
ried the bathing business a little
far. According to the records she
spent three hours each morning at
her toilette, what with selecting the
days makeup costume, and Access
series. But as social arbiter of the
day she did establish the bath as
q fashionable practice in the Eu-
rOpean courts.
Apparently it wasn't to preserve
that schoolgirl complexion that Ma
poleon's consort went to such ends.
The records reveal that she spent
5000 francs q year for rouge, or
approximately $500 translated into
prices of tOday-a considerable
daub Of rouge Baron De Meyer
in Harper's Bazaar.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Northwest Ashley

MIR. and Mrs. Earl Eldred at
tended the party at the Andrew
Miller home Tuesday evening CIV
en- in honor of Mr.. Miller's birth
day anniversary.
Sister Angelus and Sister Freda-
borga, who have spent the past
week at the home of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Bentfeld, left
for Milwaukee Thursday.
Miss Hazel Beck spent Thursday
afternoon with Miss Helen Kane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stucke, OF
Minneapolis, spent Thursday eve
ming at the ]. M. Miller home.
Leonard Westerlund, who was
on the sick list last week with APP
pendicitis, is improved at this
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Berg left
Wednesday for their home in Pom
tiac, Mich.
MIR. and Mrs. Hubert Cans en-
tertained relatives from st. Cloud
over the week end.
Henry White, Jr., spent the
week end with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry White, Sr.
Mrs. Dan Kane, Helen and Dan
iel, Jr., called at the Tony Bent
field home Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Walters and
family spent Sunday afternoon at
the Henry Marthaler home near
West Union.
Mrs. Earl Eldred called on Mrs.
Dan Kane Friday.
Joyce Kane, of Duluth, is
spending the summer with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
Kane
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Salu Heaven as a Land
of Perpetual Summer

In religion as developed by the
Assiniboin Indians those who were
good went to a hot place after their
death and those who had been at
odds with established customs went
to an eternal punishment Of frigid-
ity. This tribe frequented the
Northwest, where the highest alti-
tudes and mountain climate I'M
pressed them with the idea that
continual sunshine and freedom
from winters icy blast constituted
about the highest happiness OBJ
tainable, says Father De Smet, a
missionary who lived for a while
with the Assiniboin.
"They believe that in this heaven
the climate is tropical and game
is abundant and the rivers are well
stocked with fish. Their hell is the
reverse: its unfortunate inmates
dwell in perpetual snow and ice and
in the complete deprivation Of all
things" he wrote. Thus, this tribe,
instead of saying that a departed
one had gone "west," referred to
his having "gone south. detroit
News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Not if He Could Help 1t

The other evening a young mar
ried woman took her three-year-
old son to a church supper. Her
mother was a member of the Or
ganization that was giving the sup
per. AS the daughter and her son
were about to seat themselves at
one of the tables, the mother, who
was helping serve, said to her
daughter: "If that kid were mine
I would have cleaned him up
little before I brought him here.
why didn't you wash him? His
hands and face are a ~'ght!"
81 did want to wash his face and
hands," said the young ultramod-
ern mother, "but he didn't want to
be washed. I asked him if he want
ed me to wash him, ard he said,
NO Didn't you, honey?"
"Sure! I don't want to be
washed" agreed the little young
ster with an Independent, self-sat-
isfied tone of finality.-Indianapolis
News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Stiles

C. D. Marshall called at the Mar
tin Peterson home Wednesday af-
ternoon.
Albert, Charlie and Walter
Michels spent Sunday afternoon at
the X. Pfieffer home.
Maybelle, Doris and Dorothy
Ruehmann and Myron Upton call
ed at the George Wikle home SUI
day evening.
A. D. Carpenter called at the
Martin Peterson home Wednesday
afternoon.
Frank Miller, Walter Cheney,
Joe Michels and Grace and Lois
Wikle called at the Miller Hanson
home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Norman cali
ed at the K. Pfieffer home Sunday
morning.
Mrs. VIM. Miller and Mis-.
John Reble spent Tuesday after.
noon at the Matt Michels home.
Margaret and Evelyn Michels
and Helen Williams spent Tuesday
afternoon at the George Wikle
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Pfieffer and
family, Pearl, Jack, Ruth, Lois,
Grace and Mae Wikle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gus Berndts and family spent
Sunday at the Martin Peterson
home. - ~
Marcella PREFER called at the
George Wikle home Sunday eve
ming. t
Mrs. Caroline Paul entertained a
number of friends and neighbors
at her home Sunday evening in
honor of her birthday anniversary.
The evening was spent in card
playing and dancing. Everyone en-
joyed fine time. =,
w. M. Parker and sons called at
the K. Pfieffer home Sunday at
ternoon.
Walter Cheney and Joe Michels
called at the George Wikle home
Sunday evening.
Lois, Grace and Mae Wikle call
ed at the X. Pfieffer home Sunday
morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Resistance to Fire

The word fireproof is probably a
less appropriate term than fire re-
sistive. Buildings can be con-
structed so that they can withstand
q complete burning out Of the con-
tents without any collapse Of struc-
tural members. There will, of
course, be damage to finish and
trim. They can also be construct
ed to Withstand exposure from
fires in adjoining buildings with
out communicating fire to the in
side Of the building, although here
again there may be damage to fac
ing material and window glass and
shutters. Fire-resistive buildings
greatly decrease the destructive
ness Of fires in providing less likeli-
hood of rapid spread, greater ease
of extinguishment, and less hazard
ito neighboring structures.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Famous Jewish Order

The Essences were a Jewish
brotherhood which was founded
probably after the Maccabees at
least two centuries before Christ,
existing to about 200 A. D. The
records of them are not found in
the Bible or rabbinical literature, but
certain profane writer's, such as
Pliny, Josephus and Philo describe
them as religious separatists, hav-
ing strict code Of ceremonial OBJ
servance much more rigid than the
ordinary ceremonials Of Judaism.
They also were celibate and lived
in communities holding all things
In common. The requirements for
membership were most rigid, re-
curing long periods Of fasting and
discipline. There is no probability
that Jesus Christ was an Essence.
but it has been advanced that John
the Baptist was true type which
would be acceptable.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Country News Letters
Items from Live Correspondents of
the Rural Districts

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Curtis and
children visited at the Ben Denzer
home last Thursday.
Violet Trumble visited with her
sister Mrs. P. Rachey from Tues
day until Friday evening.
Emil Kleinschmidt had another
dance in his new barn last Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Martin
visited at the Chris Schultz home
near Osakis last Thursday.
Archie Drager and children and
Mrs. S. Drager from Little Sank
visited at the Paul Rachey home
last Sunday.
Mrs. Adeline Coyle, and friend,
from st. Paul, came up Sunday
and took her children and her
mother over to C. H. Schultz and
visited there. They went back in
the evening.
June rs
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Brayton, from
Deer River, were in this neighbor-
hood few days visiting with old
time friends.
Amanda Holmes, from Brainerd,
visited with her parents over the
week end.
The Van Brunskill sale last Fri
day was largely attended and
things sold good.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
The Trouble

The car had broken down and
the pair Of legs protruding from
underneath seemed to indicate that
repairs were in progress.
'Had a breakdown" inquired a
passerby.
ooh, no, only playing hide-and-
seek with the works." came the
1auf1ed voice from underneath the
ear. But the questioner was not
easily daunted.
"What power car is itT"
"FOrty horse"
"What's wrong with it?"
"Well, as far as KNOW" came
the answer, "thirty-nine horses
have bolted, and the remaining one
lis too upset to answer questions"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Dust and Mud Take Turns
On Minnesota Highways
Gravel Roads Suffer Both in Long
Dry Spells and Rainy Seasons
Says c. M. Babcock

A month ago dust was hanging
in clouds over many of the heavily
travelled highways in Minnesota,
but during the past month fire.
quent and continued rains have
left many stretches below par.
Where they are not rough and rut-
ted they are likely to be slippery
after rains.
"These changes with weather
conditions emphasize not only the
need of paving several hundred
miles of the more heavily travelled
routes, but the need of bringing to
standard grade and crawling the
routes which have not yet been
graded to modern trunk highway
Standards" Commissioner c. M.
! Babcock says.
During the long dry spell some
of the routes became so dusty that
it was hardly safe for machines to
travel closer than a quarter mile
apart, although the road surface
was good. Such road is incapable
of taking care of the peak loads
on Sundays and holidays. Paving
will increase the capacity of such
roads several times.
During June when rain fell al,
most daily in many parts of the
state, the gravel roads of modern
construction where traffic is mod
crate remained generally good
But where traffic is heavy the best
gravel roads cannot stand up wher
it rains daily, while the roads
which are not graded and graveleo
to modern standards will be badly
cut up even under moderate traf
| fc."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Sound WaDes

Light and electricity and sound
are the results Of entirely different
vibrations or waves. Sound waves
travel in gases, liquids and solids,
and their speed varies according to
the material, its temperature, etc.
Light and electricity travel through
a medium which we call the ether,
and always at the same speed.
There are other vibrations, such
as the X-ray and wireless teleg-
iraphy rays which are still different.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Neu York Had No Shotu

Towns as we'll as persons have
always shown disposition to get
the "big head" on any possible
provccation. When the Erie canal
was in course of construction Gov
ernor Clinton of New York visited
Lockport, which the citizens
dreamed was to be the great in
land city of the continent. Buff
falo was hardly born. Lockport
was to be the key of the commerce
that was to flow from the Great
Lakes and the true seat of the great
Touring mills and manufactures
north of Mason and Dixon's line.
The governor did not throw any
cold water on their enthusiasm, but
ventured to remark that New York
would derive immense advantages
from the canal. Whereupon the
wiseacres shook their heads and
said to him: "Too far from Lock-
port, governor. Too far from Lock-
port I"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
PAGE SEVEN

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Determan
with Anna and Margaret spent
Monday evening at Iwinski's.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kramer spent
Tuesday evening at Ben Ramp
hake's home, at Metre Grove.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ahrens spent a
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
John Kramer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Brown called
at the George Grundman home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Dinkel and
daughter Doris, spent Friday eve
ring al Botz-.
Betty Scott spent few days at
Grundman's last week.
Miss Margaret Botz spent Tues
day at the Iwinski home.
Will Brown called on Botz's
Tuesday.
Mrs. Jacob Mondlccl and
daughter Bernadette and Mr.. and
Mrs. George Schurmsn and sens
Werner and Bobby spent Sunday
afternoon and We're supper guests
at the Theodore Schurman home
at Melrose.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Martin, of
Moorhead, and Mrs. Fred Dinkel,
of Long Prairie, were overnight
guests of Mrs. Martins sister, Mrs.
C. F. Botz and family and spen.
Sunday there.
George Schurma1 was business
| caller at MelroSe Monday fore
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Flank Dinkel and
daughter Irene and Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Dam, of Long Prairie, we've
Sunday dinner guests and spen.
the afternoon with the c. F. Botz
family.
Mrs. George S.hurman called on
Mrs. John Mondloch and Mrs.
Ray Prasch Monday afternoon.
MI. and Mrs. Ole Halverson
anu Perry Stewart w4e supper
guests at Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Botz's
hume Sunday.
Irene Kraemer called on Lau-
retta Botz Monday morning.
Mrs. Otte and Mrs. C. Botz at
tended a meeting Thursday eve
n;Lg.
Mrs. Kennedy and Teasel were
DIN cr guests at the Grundman
th3me Sunday.
Mrs Scott and family took dir
Ter with Grundman's Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kramer and
family spent Friday evening at
Chr Mader's at Greenwald.
Henry Ahrens called on john
Kramer's Saturday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Talking About Oneself

Speech Of mans self ought to
be seldom, and well chosen. I knew
one was wont to say In scorn. "He
needs be a wise man; he
speaks so much of himself !;
and there is but one case where
In a man may commend him.
self with good grace and that is In
commencing virtue in another,
especially II 1t be such a virtue
whereunto himself pretendeth.
Speech Of touch toward others
should be sparingly used; for dis
course ought to be as a field, with
out coming home to any man.-Lord
Bacon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Birchdale
.July2

July2
Mrs. F. Martin and Corrine and
General Coyle visited at the Wesley
Martin home Monday till Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Denzer and
children visited at the C. H. Schultz
home near Osakis last Wednesday.
Vera, Myrtle and Gail Martin
went to Anoka last Thursday to
attend camp meeting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05
Mccormick Lake

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Houk
spent Monday at West Union.
Mrs. Ray Walker and Mrs. c.
F. Botz called on Grundman's
Friday.
Norman Iwinsh spent Friday
evening with Raymond Botz.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05

Rev. Francis Wrigley, chairman
of the Congregational Unions AS
sembly, advocated the preparation
of shorter Biblein an address re-
GENTLY.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05

It isn't fair to yourself or to
your boss to stick to IL Job that
doesn't hold q certain amount Of
challenge for you.-American Mag.
Iaxine. -----------l
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05

In the year 1915 the aggregate
volume of business done by COOP
erative marketing and purchasing
associations in the United States
was $653,838,000. In 1925 this
had increased to $2,400,000,000.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05

of grassland and woodland burned.
Forests are playing very import
ant part in rebuilding the south's
industrial and domestic prosperity.
Timber is one of the most valuable
natural assets-much too valuable
to be destroyed or injured by fires.
Generally speaking, it is a mis-
take to harvest piece of white
pine or southern yellow pine un-
der 80 to 40 years old, says the
Forest Service, United States De-
partment of Agriculture. Some
owners are in a hurry to realize on
their timber and cut it younger for
small sawlogs, pulpwood, crossties,
or firewood. In most cases they
make a sacrifice in profit by doing
this because their pine is growing
then at about it's fastest rate. 1t
would be unwise to withdraw
money from a bank while it was
drawing from double to triple the
rate that it averaged over thu
whole period.
Cooperative marketing, gener-
ally, is getting on better business
basis, in the opinion of Chris l..
Christensen, who is in charge Of
the division of cooperative mar
keting in the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Farmers are
gaining a clearer understanding, he
thinks, of the aims and purposes of
cooperative marketing and what
may be expected in the way of
practical results. They are begin
ming to realize for example that
there is no single exact form of or
ganization that can be rated as
"best." A cut-and-dried formula
does not insure success. The or
ganization must be adapted to To-
cal economic and social conditions.
The important things to study are
the kinds of work the cooperative
can do and the services it can rend-
err. Farmers are getting away
from the idea that merely by Or
ganizing they can fix prices for
their products or achieve an i'm
mediate alteration in marketing
conditions. They are getting down
to the bed rock of sound financing,
better grading and packing meth
DDS, efficient management and
skillful merchandising.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05

Hog men are realizing that pigs
raised on the same old pastures
year after year suffer heavy loss
es from intestinal worms and other
disorders. A change of pasture is
important.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-07-05

The south holds the highest re-
cord for number of fires and area
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
Recent Wedding Abroad of
Special Interest Here.

A wedding of unusual interest to
Washington was that of Miss Omea
Domville Brewin, daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. F. r. Brewin of st. Simons rec
tory. at Toronto. Canada, and Mr.
Woodbury. Willoughby, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William F. Willoughby of this city.
The marriage took place Monday, June
4, In Ellsworth, England. Rev. Maurice
Holme officiating, assisted by Rev. w.
w. Colley, In the presence of small
company of relatives and intimate
friends.
The bride was given In marriage by
her uncle, Mr.. Julius BreWin, and wore
a becoming costume of white corded
crepe made after model Of the CO.
lonial period. Her veil of rare old Lime
rick lace Is an heirloom In her family
and she carried pink roses and lilies of
the valley.
Miss sylvia Cayley was maid of honor
and wore apricot color taffeta fashioned
like that of the bride. and a hat of
organdie to match. Little Miss Marga-
ret jefferson was train bearer IN a
dainty frock of white taffeta and or
candle, and. like Miss Gayley, carried a
Mr.. Andrew Brewin of Toronto,
brother of the bride was best man.
The ceremony was followed by re-
ception at Ellsworth House, the home
of Mrs Clinch. and later Mr.. and Mrs.
Willoughby left for wedding trip, she
wearing a costume of periwinkle blue
lowered silk and coat and hat of blue.
They will make their home in Warsaw
Poland, where Mr.. Willoughby is sec
rotary to Mr. Charles S. Dewey, former
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and
now American financial advisor to the
Polish government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-24
Program of Festivities
AT Sherwood Forest

An attractive program of dances has
been arranged at Sherwood Forest for
the season and include special dance
on July 3, which really is the Fourth of
July dance and a costume dance in
August
The dances are held every Saturday
and every other Wednesday in the club
house and are largely attended by
Washington. Baltimore, Pittsburgh and
other folk who are at Sherwood Forest
for the Summer. The first dance was
held SATURDAY. evening. June 16
Unique and attractive costumes by
the cottagers are planned for the cos
tune dance in August.