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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-06-07
REVIEW OF BOTH
SIDES OF MAIN STREET
CONTINUED from Page Four)

sinker. We offer no apologies; we
accept the stigma. Suffice it to
say that we have mended our ways
and Strengthened our byways,
which latter is more than erudite
Boston has done, with its crooked
streets still following their early
,cow-path formation.
And now when l call up the old
times, it is not the crassitude of
that period that attracts my at
tention, but it is the spirit of in
finite merriment which seemed to
pervade the entire communiCv. l
verify believe there was more
fun to the square inch of Main
Street than in any town the wide
world over. The fastidiously
minded may call it horseplay if
they choose. But it was invigorat-
ing. For a sense of humor is a
saving grace. The possession of
it prevented Abraham Lincoln
from becoming a victim of melan-
choly. The lack of it made John
Calvin a cruel man. And it can
be said of Main Street that it has
made but meagre contribution to
the number of patients in our n
sane wards. Laugh, fellow mortal
You are the only animal to whom
that gift was granted. Why not
use it? Even the Olympian gods
had their spells of vociferous
exclamation.
The early settlers who pioneered
Main Street were a peculiar peo-
pie. The foreign element was
wholly of German, Scandinavian,
Irish and English origin. The
States east of us supplied the ma
tive element, Maine and Indiana
being much in evidence. There
was no such thing as uniformity of
tastes. They were strongly indi-
vidualistic, never having been
poured into the same mould.
Bless me, how those quaint char
acters step out for me from the
shadowy past. There is that very
tall and very angular veterinary
who hailed from Indiana. He was
certainly pure-bred Hoosier
though not registered. How many
times l have heard him address
the clerk at the drug store and
say: 'fBoy, put up 6 ounces equal
parts uf Tincture Iron an Tine
ture Bloodroot with a lettle more
Iron than Bloodroot." And there is
the other veterinary, of fine COM
handing presence and military
bearing-he had been in the army
who was given to periodical
sprees, during the progress of which
he was never observed to stagger
from side to side, but steadily be-
came more and more painfully
erect until finally when about to
tip over backward, he would bring
his dissipation to an end and re-
sumo his ordinary temperate ways.
Commenting upon the various bev-
erages, he was wont to express
himself to the effect that "beer
was all right in its way but it took
too long to get returns"
A thousand incidents productive
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-06-07

of hilarity come crowding in upon
me. There was that little affair
between Old Man Mattson and
Charles Weymouth. l have used
the appellation Old Man Mattson
for / never heard him spoken of
in those days as old Mr. Mattson.
And there is some logic in evidence
here for the primeval instinct of
the Main Streeters had probably
caused them to recognize that Man
was created before Mister and con-
sequently deserved first place. Mr..
Mattson at one time had been a
Methodist exhorter; but he had
back-slidden, and had long been
engaged in using an emphatic vo-
cabulary to castigate the very SEN
timents he had previously en-
dorsei. He it was who busily en-
gagged one hot summer day in rak-
ing into little conical piles the
hay he had cut on a small plat own
ed by him, at the completion of
his labor stood hopping his stream
ing brow, and congratulating him.
seld that he had prevented any
damage to his crop occurring from
the rain he thought due to fall in
a few hours. But the unexpected
happened. Suddenly, without any
warning, a fierce gust of wind
swept in upon him strewing the
hay again all about the field. kais-
ing his sweaty face and threaten
ing fist toward the skies, this de-
generate son of Adam was heard
to calculate: "By Heck! If ! were
a God, I'd be a God and not a d
fool!"
Now let me construct a little
scenario; Dramatis personae, Their
etic Old Man Mattson and ortho-
dox Charles Weymouth; Scene, the
porch of the old Sank Centre
House where these two worthy
citizens were engaged in vehe-
ment discussion upon the Bible.
Surreptitiously enters one Owen
Hyland as Satan entered Eden.
Slyly he places a giant fire-cracker
under the chair occupied by Mr..
Mattson. There follows a terrific
explosion, and a most tremendous
leap into space by the two theolog-
ical debaters, with the old back
slider scoring. The Herald, whose
very capable and versatile editor
for many years was Charles F.
Hendryx, now living in Cincinnati,
hale and hearty of mind and body
in his Sind year-notice how Main
Street conduces to longevity in
reporting the event stated that Mr..
Mattson had jumped Is feet. This
exaggeration was too great to be
borne by the irascible old gentle
man. Meeting the editor he pro.
ceeded to belabor him; "You have
been guilty of a gross lie, Mr..
Hendryx! You know / didn't jump
any Is feet" Now it has long
been a recognized fact down to the
present time that all Herald edit
ors have soon acquired a remark
able agility in extricating them
selves from dilemmas. The facil-
ity they employed and the felicity
they enjoyed in furnishing an abb
have never been surpassed.
"Mattson," replied Hendryx,
"You shouldn't blame me, for /
wasn't witness of the act. But
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1928-06-07

the man who reported it to me is
a good Republican, and he said you
jumped SO feet. So I reckoned it
would be perfectly safe to cut it
in two in the middle"
wonder if ever there has been
an evenings entertainment more
fully enjoyed than one vouchsafed
a certain Main Street gathering
in the long ago. What made it
most intensely enjoyable and long
to be remembered was an i'm
promptu demonstration put on by
one of the principal performers.
We had erected a building at the
enormous expense of Five Thous-
and Dollars, for public purposes ;
and which in our rapidly develop
ing civic pride we dubbed the City
Hall. The entertainment was to
be the first band concert given by
the newly organized band. Its
leader and organizer was Mr..
Oehl who was our jeweler or, in
the common parlance Of Main
Street, our watch-tinker. Mr..
Oehl was a debonair little gen.
tleman with considerable mus
ical ability who had come to us
from New York City. This gave
him great prestige which was fur
Their enhanced from the fact that
he was the possessor of the only
swallow-tailed coat known to our
community. And, of course, in all
matters involving social customs
he, having been reared in the
great metropolis, was our ieg;ti-
mate authority. We had built a
small stage in one end of our pub
lie edifice, for probably there was
lurking in our sub-consciousness
an idea, that as the lily of the val
ley springs from the little respect
ed earth mire, so some good thing
might eventually sprout from the
muck of Main Street. And if
there should he some latent histri-
onic talent slowed away in the
mentality of the younger genera
tion growing up in our midst, we
were thus giving first aid.
Band leader Mr.. Oehl had
made an elaborate and perfect ar
rangement of his programme down
to the minutest particular. The
band was to begin its selection just
prior to the raising of the curtain
by a boy engaged for that pur-
pose; Mr.. Oehl was to stand, of
course, with his swallow-tail to
the audience, and the concert
would be on full blast. But again
there was a happening of the un-
expected. For the swallow-tail
was little closer to the front of
the stage than it should have been.
1t was caught in the rolling cur
tain, and what met our astonished
: and delighted gaze was the sus-
pended posterior anatomy of our
musician who was rapidly going
aloft doing his best by voice and
baton to get the attention of the
young rascal handling the curtain
pulleys and he relieved of his
predicament. 1t was during this
ascension that an important dis
covery was made by the audience,
for Mr.. Oehl's coat being drawn
up as far as his shoulders would
permit, there was revealed shirt
Of quite ancient vintage and in a
Nogales international., 1928-10-12
80 Years Ago

| (From "The Oasis" Oct, 13,189S)
Monday Ed Massie, a mine su-
perintendent at Cananea, was a
visitor at Nogales.
Sunday morning Aurelio Sandi-
val, of Nogales, Sonora, returned
from visit in Los Angeles.
This week Frank Athearn, ex-
press messenger on the Nogales-
Guaymas run, has been on the
sick list.
Thursday morning United States
Consular agent F. M. Crocker, ar
rived from Guaymas for visit in
the line city.
Don Francisco Tapia, presidente
of the municipality at La Colorado,
Sonora, has been visiting friends
in Nogales, Sonora, this week.
Tuesday Judge Guillerrno H.
Robinson, chief counsel for the
Sonora Railway, arrived from
Guaymas on business in the feder-
al court. Thursday he returned TO
the. Sonora metropolis.
Nogales international., 1928-10-12
A SILLY DECEPTION

The Tucson Citizen is running occasionally
its editorial page what purports to be statement
of or from Herbert Hoover of his position on the
Colorado River controversy. It appears in box form
styled Hoover and the Colorado River and be-
speaks friendliness for Arizona in her fight to pre-
vent the passage of the Swing Johnson bill
Claude Smith, President of the Smith Robinson
Club at Tucson. in statement published in the Ari-
zona Daily Star declared that this was "slly de-
ception" 1t would certainly seem to be SO.
day after Hoovers formal acceptance
speech he publicly declared in Los Angeles that he
favored the highest dam at Boulder Canyon that
the engineers recently pointed would recommend.
This was hailed by the friends of the SwingJ ohnson
bill fortnight declaration in their favor But
stronger STILL Hoover has appeared before the Con-
rressona Committee having the bill under considera-
ton and urged it's passage, as Congressman Swing
of California (afteT whom the bill is partly named
recently declared publicly, report Of his speech
appearing in the Los Angeles Examiner of Septen1-
Der 23rd
Now, Hoover cannot be for the bill in Washing
ton and California and against it in Arizona, do
charge him with such duplc.ty; but we do say
that it is nonsenscal to ask intelligent people to be-
lieve that Hoover will do anything whatever to block
the efforts of his fellow Caforn ans and particular
ly Senator Johnson to have this bill passed next De-
cember when Congress meets.
But the Citizen says that after the Los Angeles
speech Hoover his trip east stopped at the Grand
Canyon and there told number of Republican poll
ticans that he friendly to Arizona's claims.
This not public utterance Indeed it was not
only private but for ten days mention made
Of it at all. Not word. appeared in the morning
papers following the conference at ALL until some
Phoenix gentleman comes forward and lets the world
in the secret Did Hoover then ratify this state
ment, or has he approved it in any public way?
Not to knowledge and the Citizen has not men
toned any such action
Hearsay doesn't go in politics any than it
does in the law courts AS friends the lawyers
say it is irrelevant and incompetent The public is
entitled to and does utterly disregard private state
ments of candidates that have to be pedded about
and do not bear the unqualified endorsement of the
candidate
Whatever Hoover may have privately stated to
his Arizona Republican supporters at Grand Canyon
is entitled to consideration whatever and we agree
that Claude Smith right in declaring the Citi-
zen's statement "sy reception.
Nogales international., 1928-10-12

in peril and in triumph, of courage, modesty and
steady judgment.
Truly the recipients of the Roosevelt Medal have
been we'll picked for they represent the ideals that
motivated Theodore Roosevelt
Like Charles Evans Hughes, Roosevelt was
noted administrator; like Frank M. Chapman he was
OF scent fic turn, seeking always to add to the
worlds knowledge of the Kingdoms of Nature; and
like Colonel Lindbergh, he gave American youth
wonderful example of courage and achievement.
The anniversary of Roosevelt's birth could not
be celebrated in a more fitting manner than in the
ward of the Roosevelt Medal to the three extraordn
ary Americans selected for the honor
Nogales international., 1928-10-12
ROAD TO SUCCESS

In the attainment of solid, well-founded success
there has been found substitute for honest labor
with the hands mind The ages have recognized
this imutabe truism, yet every age, including
the present. has had it's skeptcs, its unbelevers its
seekers after fame and fortune without paying the
price in work.
Some sage has said that to attain
half much effort you would exert in attempting
to seek success without work There is much wisdom
in the axiom that it takes less mental effort to climb
to legitimate success than to climb to an iegitmate
success. Legitimate achievement requires no fortifica
tons, no protection. Ilegitimate achievement de-
mands in its retainment than in its attainment
1t is a gross injustice to humanity to say that if
there is any thing, than another, that
lists very much of the attention time and effort of
the people is in scheming and planning to get
thing of value for moth ng. The number of socety's
parasites is large but the number of honest hard
working supporting pillars of society is preponder-
ousy larger
Obsolete saying ',Howdy, stranger want a
ride?"
Heads may be some thicker out in the sticks;
but the milk is also
-O--
Dogs don't seem smart when you observe the
kind OF people they take up with
Crigl Iv ling what other man did
long ago that people have forgotten.
-O---
He isn't born polit clan unless he thinks the
first person singular is unanimous
You can't make yourself happy, but any fool
avoid the things that make him unhappy.
Nogales international., 1928-10-12
HONORS FOR THREE

The seven1ieth anniversary of Theodore Roose-
vets birth, to be celebrated October 27 will be
marked by the presentation of the Roosevelt Medal
for Distinguished Service to three of the most remark
able men of this generation.
The three Charles Evans Hughes, former
Secretary of State, Frank NJ Chapman, noted orni-
thologst. and Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
Mr. Hughes is honored for his work in the ad-
minstration of public office and in thesdevelopment
of public and international law; Dr. Chapman for 4
studies of American bird life, and Colonel Tindbe~-
for the example he has given Aroer'car 10uth II
Nogales international., 1928-10-12

Wednesday George w. Atkin-
son of Calabasas, went over into
the Sasabe region to receive a
band of Sonora cattle he had Nnx-
chased from cattlemen resident
in that vicinity.
Tuesday George Wanless, agent
for the Mexican Ore Company at
Hermosillo. was at Nogales, re-
turning home from business visit
at Ell Paso, where his agency ships
its ares purchased in Sonora.
Thursday evening ''The Oasis"
editor and his smaller boy, Duane
Bird, went to Tucson. They are
expected to return tomorrow Or
Monday.
Thursday evening Sheriff Bob
Leatherwood dropped into Nogal-
es with a lot of subpoenaes for
witnesses to BE- in attendance on
the district court at Tucson Mon
day next; and he served all before
Friday noon.
Mace Burgoon, engineer at the
Nogales- Electric Works, has re-
signed the post and will take
long needed rest. Thursday he
went to Tucson for short visit.
Thence he expected to go to Phoe-
nix to sojourn there few days.
Nogales international., 1928-10-12
LOTS FOR SALE

Mrs. Nicolas Rodriguez, now in
Nogales, wishes to sell her lots
on Noon street. Beautiful loca-
ton. Apply 129 Bostwick Court.
(Pub. 9-28 to 1929
Nogales international., 1928-10-12
FARM WANTED

Want to hear from owner having
good Arizona farm for sale. If
bargain, send price and descrip-
ton. F. B. G., Box 495, Olney, Ill.
(10-5 it,
Nogales international., 1928-10-12
Classified Ads

FOR SALE-By owner, one Of
the choice homes of the city.
Cheap, if taken at once. Terms to
suit buyer. Address Box A, care
of Nogales International.
Nogales international., 1928-10-12

FOR SALE-Fivee-room cottags
at unheard of price. Rents for $50
a month. Address Box B, care of
N0gales international.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-08
COAST GUARDSMAN
KILLED IN Crash
Side Car and Motorcycle
Go Into Ditch in
New Jersey

Wildwood, N. j., Sept. s R'-One
coast guardsman was instantly
killed and two others were serious
ly injured early today when tn, II
motorcycle and sidecar. went into .
ditch at a turn of the road between
Wildwood and the seashore road.
They were members of the crew
of Eagle Boat No. 35. Of New Lon
don. Conn.,, which, accompanied by
Eagle Boat No. 3S, came to Cape
May to attend the Atlantic deeper
waterways convention.
The dead man was l.. Caswell IS.
engineman, 1st class. of Fairhaven.
Mass.
The injured are Homer Williams,
%, fireman. Port Texas. and William
z. Irwin. 20. fireman, Minneapolis.
The injured are in a hospital at
North Wildwood. Williams with both
legs broken. and Irwin with a frac-
tured skull. They are in a serious
condition.
The men got leave from their ship
yesterday, and came to Wildwood.
1t Is supposed they were returning to
Cape May when the accident cc-
Cured. The motorcycle left the
road at a sharp turn on the Rio
Grande boulevard. and catapulted
into the brush beside the road. turn
ing over.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-08
Many at Mothers Day
At Eucharistic Congress

Sydney, Australia, Sept. ~
Mothers day at the Eucharistic
congress brought out congregation
of 100000 women who attended the
pontitical high mass celebrated in
the vast arena at the show ground.
Onlookers, estimated at 100000
more brought the total attendance
to the record figure of a quarter OF
a million.
Previous to the high mass at the
arena, 10000 children received holy
communion at st. Mary's cathedral.
They entered the edifice in relays of
10000 each.
Genial sunshine poured down on
the thousands of mothers. In the
midst of the great assemblage Car
dinal Cerretti, papal legate, presided
at the altar.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-08
Legion to Bury Maine
Man Thought Murdered

Danvers. Mass, Sept. s R-John
Rudleys Of Portland. Me, whose
body, with head cut, was found on
a mud fiat here was lowered into a
pauper's grave in Potter's field here
yesterday. A few hours later, the
body was hastily disinterred by de-
mand of an indignant American Le-
gion. post which had learned that
Budleys had had a World War rec
ord.
The body of Budleys. who was
though to have been a victim of a
bootleg feud. is to be placed in a
flag draped casket and will be bur-
led with full military honors by the
Drapeau- -McPhetres post so. Amer
lean Legion, probably Sunday after
| noon.
New Britain herald., 1928-09-08
HARRY SINCLAIR
Intended victim
Internal Revenue Men Charged
With Planning Eltordon
OIL MAGNATE IGNORANT
Probably Knew Nothing of Affair,
Government Believes, rs Arrests
We're Made at Request OF His
Legal Department.

New York, Sept. s.-{P>-Harry
f. Sinclair stood revealed today as
the intended victim of what authori-
ties termed an extortion scheme OF
two internal revenue agents.
AS federal grand jury began in
vesigation of the activities of Elmer
+. Andrews. and Edward F. Brown,
who were arrested Thursday on
complaint OF Reginald f. Ragland. of
counsel for Sinclair, the oil man was
identified as the person for whom
the agents had agreed to approve
some $2,0O0,O00 in income tax re-
ductions if they We're paid $4,000.
Estimates We're that the reductions
would save $250.00O in taxes.
Hugh McQuillan, chief of the in
telligence unit Of the internal
revenue department, said the deduc-
tions claimed by Sinclair were regu-
lar SO far as he knew and there was
no reason to suspect they would not
be allowed. Federal Attorney Charles
II. Tuttle said Sinclair had taken no
part in conferences between the
agents and Ragland before the two
men were arrested, and probably
knew nothing of the whote matter.
1.-THE whole business was handled by
his legal department." Tuttle said.
Two Arrested
Andrews and Brown were arrested
as they were leaving Ragland's Of
fee. In Andrews straw hat the ar
resting agents said they found $10.-
600 said to have been paid to him
on account on the advice of revenue
officials to whom the alleged attempt
at extortion had been reported.
Continued on Page 13l
New Britain herald., 1928-09-08
EIGHfht$tSS
welded; Dr.. {
Frances Aida Brings Action
Against Gltt Caslln
HUSBAND IS IN EUROPE

NVSCO OH0 Ce1Axc1 A1Su D41Oe&nGs
Who is Head oe Company, Have
Been Separated Past Three Years
New York. Sept. 8 R-An
eighteen year romance of the opera
was at an end today in divorce pro-
ceedings brought by Nine. Frances
Aida. Metropolitan Opera House So
prano, against Giulio Gatti-Casaxza,
director of the company.
The suit charged incompatibility,
the singer announced here. and vas
filed six weeks ago in Nogales. SON.
ora. Mexico. by Mexican attorneys
acting for Nine. Alda's counsel. Re-
ports that the action would not be
contested were not confirmed as
Gatti-Casazza Is now in Europe.
I'VE have been separated now for
three years." Nine. Aida said, but
we have always been perfectly good
friends. We intend to remain per-
fectly good friends, plan to sing
next season as usual at the Metro
politan Opera"
Gatti-CaSaza's contract with the
Metropolitan. where he has been
impresario for more than 20 years,
runs until 1881.
Before she moved to her country
house at Great Neck, Long Island.
while her husband established a
residence in New York hotel.
Nine. Aida was quoted in Paris as
having said that the impresario
made an ideal husband except for
his temperament, which she said
was not conducive to a happy home
life.
They were married April 3, 1910.
Gatti-Casazza was born in Ferrara.
Italy, and was a naval engineer
when he succeeded his father as
chairman of the board of the Fer
rara Municipal theater. At 2S he
became director at La Scala in
Milan, where he remained until
1908 when he was appointed to the
Metropolitan.
Nine. Aida was born in New Zea-
land. She made her debut at the
Metropolitan In 1908. Among Der
best known roles have been Mar
guerite in Faust" Desdemona in
'Cthello," and the title role in
Madame Butterfly
New Britain herald., 1928-09-08
New Bedford Has First
Payroll Robbery in City

New Bedford. Mass. Sept. 5 Up
In the first payroll holdup in New
Bedford's history, last night, Ralph
Archer, paymaster of the Firestone
Mill, manufacturers of tire fabric,
was held up by lone bandit while
on the way from the office into the
mill with box of pay envelopes. The
bandit grabbed handful of en-
velopes, totalling 1906, from the
box. which contained s5,40O, and
made quick exit through the cot
ton shed.