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NOW CONTINUE
CHAPTER 27

THOR 80 hours after that first note Barbara and William
ID Bryce kept watch Each hour added to their torment
until their very veins dripped with it. Where was their
little dark-eyed boy? Who had taken him? What were
they doing to him now9 Fearful Weak with
dread they waited for the silence open and give out some
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The Washington times., 1929-12-04
Startling Situations Thrill
Reader of New Novel
THE STORY THUS FAR
BY ELENoRE MEHER1N
Author of "Chiclxis" and Other Famous Ser

the lad of her dreams in the person of Guy Elliott,
of old William Bryce. Happy days follow NTH Pat and
Guy IN love. Then Barbara Bryce, young w.do'o
of Bryces SON, Wh her seductive ure Pat nGr0ets at
BorbarGs beauty and Wonders If Guy Is moved by It,
Later Guy receives visit from Barbara and her young
son. upon aOhom old Bryce SquGnders a fortune Tom
Burns a0orkan RACES about the untairness Of Uealth
HIS nvakd dying for a0ant of necessities VINE"
Bryce refuses loGn Burns leaves Swearing revenge
The meet night, IN the factory Guy hears stedIthy
jootstep.
1t is Burns 1Oho has robbed the sdfe He IS captured
6y the 1vCtchnGn and arrested.
Bryce refuses to imtercede for Burns and he Is put IN
prison. .....
In Pats home preparations are being made for her to
to enter college, Hearing much gossip about the youth
of today Mrs. Damn prays that Pat in remain the S0eet
girl she u.s. .
Puts father dies. Her mother entrWss bonds left OF
the father to Brce Uho has lost beGViy IN the stock
market Brice uses the bonds illegally.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
American Legion
127 Posts Install Legion
Road Sign

Up to March 1, 1929, the dis
abled veterans in the Minnesota
Legion Auxiliary workshop at Min
neapolis had made 434 Legion
signs for 127 Minnesota posts. Each
sign, two feet in diameter in blue,
white and gold, asks motorists to
HProtect Minnesota Children" ex-
cept that the home town name is
substituted for Minnesota.
Posts installing Legion road
signs are at Preston, Eveleth, Vir-
ginia, Emmons, Glencoe, Cokato,
Hanska, Park Rapids, Zumbrota,
Hibbing, Roosevelt, Houston, Madi-
son, Hackensack, Breckenridge, St.
Charles, Blackjack, Heron Lake,
Duluth, Taylor Falls, Olivia, Wells,
Clearwater, Osakis, Brownton, Os-
10, Lester Prairie, Westbrook,
Lindstrom, Sacred Heart, Hen
bricks, GAINESVILLE, Bronson, Ros-
eau, Moorhead.
Also Big Falls, Morgan Park,
Kelliher, Montgomery, Crookston,
Tower4Soudan, Remer, Springfield,
Jordan, Garvin, Arlington, Roth
say, Long Prairie, Fairfax, Rem
vile, Pipestone, Becker, Keewatin,
Hayfield, Rice, Wadena, North St.
Paul, Red Wing, Bemidji, Hastings,
Maple Lake, Sank Centre, Hallock,
Elbow Lake, Deer Creek.
Also Belview, Jackson, Beroun,
| Austin, North Branch, Osseo, La
fayette, Stacy, Rochester, Apple
ton, Maple Plain, Lake City, Wat
kins, Cambridge, Stanchfield,
Princeton, Redwood Falls, Howard
Lake, Pennington, Brooten, Edger-
ton, Halstad, Barnum, Fergus
Falls, Braham, Hitterdahl, Paynes-
vile, Dassel, Buffalo Lake, Wykoff.
In addition, while the following
points have no Legion posts, near
by posts have erected signs at
these villages, with the name of the
| village in the center: Backus,
Kent, Doran, Hines, Kelly Lake,
Peraey, Constock, Dillworth, Aver
| i'll, Georgetown, 'Sabin, Gary, New
Duluth, Lawnsdale, Rainier, Delhi,
Rockford, Lyndale, Loretto, Gran
dy, Isanti, Zimmerman, Morgan,
Woodstock and Trosky.
! Orders for Legion road signs
have also arrived from outside
states, including Columbia and
/, Antioch, Illinois; Topeka, Kansas
Nashville, Tennessee; Chase City,
Virginia; with inquiries from Lee
gion posts in New Jersey and Al
ALBANIA. The signs are placed near
schools and on roadways entering
towns.
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which range in size from a few
hundred to six thousand. Some of
these are of recent origin, arising
from changes which are apparently
taking place in economic and in
dustrlal conditions. The deyelop.
ment of good roads and the exten-
sive use of the automobile, for ex-
ample, are having a decided effect
upon the small town as a trading
center.
"Rural districts are not as de-
pendent as they once were upon
small towns located few miles
apart. 1t is easy to travel fifty
miles now, where formerly one
went ten. This brings the small
towns into competition with each
other, and also with the larger
communities. Furthermore. The
extension of chain stores and
banking into the smaller communi-
ties, as well as the extension of
mass production in manufacturing.
are evidences of a trend in the in
tegratlon of commerce and indus
try. The effect of these factors is
already being felt on the life of the
small town. It is the purpose of
this conference to analyze these
and other conditions which are af-
fecting the economic and social well
1are OF such communities"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
COST OF EDUCATION

Taking note Of the widespread criticism of ed
ucational methods and the large expended for
schools of all kinds President Glenn Frank of the
University of Wisconsin admits that improvements
in curricula and methods ought to be made, yet he
points out that on the whole the money devoted to
education is good investment
He submits some figures which tend to show
that the proportion of tax money spent for schools
is by no means excessive. He states that less than
one-fourth of all tax revenue goes for the support
OF public elementary and secondary schools. Com
pared with the total national income this is less than
two and one-half per cent
The main point, however. is not whether we
are spending too much for education, but whether
we are getting our moneys worth for what is spent
The right answer probably is that we ought to
spend more than we do, provided that the money
SO spent be devoted more to the essentials of edu-
cation and less to frills and flub-dub
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
HOOVER AND BUSINESS

If one may judge by his many utterances on
the subject, President Hoover will be found during
his administration to be strongly determined to
preserve equality of opportunity and encourage pri
vate initiative in business and industry, as distin-
guished from paternalistic and Sociastic policies
lie will be equally determined that business
and industry shall obey the law, and that reason
able regulation of their activities shall be enforced
In his inaugural address he said:
The election has again confirmed the deter
mlnatlon OF the american people that regulation of
private enterprise and not government ownership or
operation is the course rightly to be pursued in our
relation to business"
Fortunately for the country at large, honest
business and industry have nothing to fear from the
new administration. Regardless of our political
views IN other respects, patriotic Americans we
may unreservedly commend the attitude of Presi-
dent Hoover in this vital matter
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14

The editors of the state who are sponsoring
the so-called Minnesota Plan of farm relief offer
the plan as practical and quick method of taking
care of the surplus crop problem. We are import
ing immense quantities Of farm products which
could just as well be produced in America as not
tariff against these products will encourage their
production on American farms. Acreage devoted
now to producing crops in surplus if turned to the
production of these imported crops will certainly
have the effect of cutting down the production of
the surplus crop. Thus the tariff can be made an
effective agency in solving the surplus crop prob
aem even though the tariff is not designed to affect
the surplus crop directly. If northwest sentiment
can be made to unite behind proper revision of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
HOOVER'S GRATITUDE

One of the few figures in national life
came to know was Herbert Hoover, with whom, as
secretary of commerce. my business threw me into
contact, writes Edward w. Box On one occasion
was told this story by of his chief assistants
1t seems that two boys working their way
through Leland Stanford university. Their funds
got desperately low and the idea came to one of
them to engage PaderewsE for piano recital and
devote the profits to their board and tuition. The
great pianist's manager asked for guarantee of
$4,000. The boys went ahead and staged the con-
cert They worked hard, only to find that the
cert had totaled them only $1,000. So, after the
concert, the boys sought the pianist, told him of
their effort and result and handed him the entire
$1,000, accompanying it with promssory note for
$500 and explaining that they would the
amount at the earliest possible moment and send
the money to him. "No boys' returned Padere-
wsk "that won't do" Then tearing up the note and
returning the $1,000 to the boys, he said to them
'"Now, take out of this your expense give your
selves each ten per cent of the balance for your
work, and let me have the rest" The years rolled
by, the great Paderewsk striving with might
and main to feed the starving thousands of his be-
loved Poland. There only one in the
world who could help Paderewsk and his people.
Before he could stretch forth his hand for help,
thousands of tons Of food began to come into Po-
land for distribution by the Polish premier After
the starving fed, Paderewski journeyed to
Paris to thank Herbert Hoover for the relief sent
him. "That's all right, Mr.. Paderewski," was
Hoovers reply 81 knew the need great. Be-
sides, you don't remember it, but you helped me
once when l was student at college, and was
in hole"
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is not much farther ahead.
1T will be readily seen that
the highway systems of the two
states are hardly comparable and
that Senator l.. p. Johnson and
Representatives Oscar Swenson
and ANDREW Finstuen either did
not go far enough into the situa-
ton to uncover the true facts or
else did not choose to disclose
them. Reports state that one of
these gentlemen claims that "Good
Politics justifies such half truths
and misstatements.
Further analysis of the stitua-
ton discloses that starting in 1923,
Indiana had a two cent gas tax
which was increased to three cents
in 1925. Minnesota had no gas
tax prior to 1925, when two
cent tax was instituted. Indiana
has had a somewhat lower average
vehicle tax than Minnesota but
has had a 25 percent greater reg
istration. No mention was made in
the article of the fact that Indiana
also collects a personal property
tax on automobiles. Indiana's to-
tai area is less than so per cent of
Minnesota's' yet it's population is
rs per cent greater. The funds
accruing to the Trunk Highway
Department in Indiana are used ex-
clusively on highways, while Min
nesota has assumed $34, 100000 in
county bonds, the interest and prin-
cipal of which come out of the
Trunk Highway Fund. 1t is not
surprising that Indiana, with fewer
miles of trunk routes to maintain
and no county bonds to pay, has
been able to devote a much larger
portion of its income to paving than
has Minnesota
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
State University to Study
Small Town Problems
June Conference Announced as a
Special Project in the Forth.
coming Summer Term

Minneapolis, March pa con-
ference on the problems of the
small town has been announced by
the University of Minnesota as one
OF a series of special projects that
will be carried out in connection
with the sessions of the summer
quarter. 1t will be conducted dur
ing the week beginning June "a
and will undertake "a study of
the various questions affecting the
economic and social life of the
small communities"
Principal topics of discussion, an
nounced by j. C. Lawrence, chair
man of the summer session COM
mittee, will be: The future of the
small town from an economic and
commercial standpoint; town adj
mistration, finance and taxation
sociological problems of the small
town, including child guidance, de-
nominationalism, church consolida-
ton, education, and the newspaper;
and public health including discus
sions of milk supply, sanitation,
, clinics and disqualification, and rur-
al medical practice.
The conference will run through
three sessions each day, with round
table discussions Of specific prob
lens. Evening meetings will be
addressed by prominent speakers.
Results Of the round table discus
sions and the principal addresses
will be published.
The university's announcement
on the problems Of the small town
says:
'There are many pressing prob
lens confronting communities
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14

busiest and apparently most dan
gerous crossings have surprisingly
good records" the report says.
"Other innocent appearing cross
ings of single track, jerk-water
branch lines have records that are
terrifying" State records are
quoted showing that relatively
more accidents occur on local than
state roads.
eve believe the lives saved JUS
tify every dollar we have spent for
grade crossing elimination on the
Minnesota trunk highways" C. M.
Babcock, commissioner of high
ways, said in commenting on the
report. "The saving in lives, how
ever, cannot be computed in dol
lars and cents but Mr.. James re-
port shows the saving in time can
be computed. This alone pays for
grade separations and the saving in
lives is clear gain"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
Hours Lost at Railroad
Z Crossings is Enormous
Time Saved Pays for Separations,
Report Shows-Saving of Lives
Clear Gain

The saving in automobile driv-
ers' time will alone justify the cost
of eliminating railroad grade cross
ings where traffic is moderately
heavy, according to a report made
by u. w. James, engineers in the
u. IS. Bureau of Public Roads and
chairman of the grade crossing
committee of the American Road
Builders association.
Traffic counts were made at six
crossings near Cleveland, Ohio, and
it was found that from 319 to l.
867 cars were stopped daily at
these crossings. The loss of time
to the drivers totaled from Is to
SO hours per day, which would
equal from 6,570 to 24,185 hours
lost at each crossing in a year.
Computing the time value at 81 per
hour, he figured that investments
of from $110,108 to $419,750 at
these crossings would bring re-
turns of 6 per cent in time saved
alone.
The crossings investigated were
blocked from 5 to 20 per cent of
the time; in other words, the effic-
iency of the highway was impaired
from s to 20 per cent by the grade
crossing. The crossings Investigate
ed were protected by gates or sig
nails. At crossings where all We
hicles are required to stop, the ag-
gregate loss of time might be much
greater, even if traffic is less, the
report adds. Where vehicles are
required to slow down without
stopping, the loss of time also runs
into large totals.
The report suggests classifying
grade crossings by taking a census
of both the highway and rail traf-
fic. The time loss, however, does
not vary directly with the traffic
but must be checked separately
With this data and estimates of the
cost of each grade separation, a
state or municipality can work out
a program of crossing elimination
The grade crossing problem can.
not be approached by a money val
uation of lives lost, the report
points out. If each death cost the
railroads $4,000, the total cost
per year would be $23,710, 900. TIC
eliminate all crossings at an esti.
mated unit cost of $4,000 would
cost seventeen and a half billion
dollars. The interest on this in.
vestment would be fifty times al
great as the saving in damages.
The accident hazard cannot be
computed on a traffic basis, the
report also points out. Some Of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
Thursday, March Ia, 1929
with a loss placed between 5000

with a loss placed between $4,000
and $4,000.
Red Wing-lThe huge beacon
light at the Red Wing air field at
Hager City will be removed in the
near future to a point near Dia-
mond Bluff.
Hibbing-The new ski slide here
has been dedicated, and forty-tw0
riders from the northwest partici-
pated in the event.
st. James-Wlhether st. James
shall issue bonds to the amount of
$4,000 for a new school building
will be voted on at the special cleo
ton March 18th.
Minneapolis-One workman was
instantly killed and another SER
iously injured in a dust explosion
at the plant of the Ralston Pur-
ina Co. here.
Waseca-Plans for new build
ing for the St. Johns Lutheran
congregation have been authorized
and architects have been instructed
to proceed with the plans.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
Sly hrOfhe

Six brothers living at Bonneteree, No. have
reached the ages of from So to "A without marry
ing. Recently they took stock and arrived at the
conclusion that by remaining single they had missed
half of their lives. Twas Adam Bede who used to
tell the story about wrangle between married and
single men as to which lived the longest The YER
dict after joint debate was: "That while married
men don't live longer than single men, it seems
longer"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14

Philadelphia bootleggers last week stole hearse
in which to transport their merchandise. The Phil
adepha booze merchants have the reputation of be-
ing hard boiled. After few blocks they discovered
the hearse contained the body of small child and
they deserted it like rats leaving sinking ship
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14
u. S. Attorney General Helped
Form Organization


April %, 1919 these men gath
cred in st. Paul to form the first
state branch Of the new American
Legion that had been born in Paris
the previous March 1916, 1919:
From St. Paul Harrison Full
Ter, William D. Mitchell now at
torney general but still member
of st. Paul Legion Post Eighty
Robert Burns, George Clipper,
Cook, George Dittman, William
Farley, Charles Fuller, Mark &C.
han, Walter Kennedy, Everett
Winter, Samuel Lipschultz, Earl
Miller, M. J. Rogers, Harold
Schaub, George Slade, Raymond
Tenant, John Upham, Henry Wed
elstaedt. Ten others came from
throughout Minnesota. Harrison
Fuller was first chairman; w. D.
Mitchell, first secretary.
Browerville-Fire destroyed the
st. Patrick's Catholic church here
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14

The city election for the purpose of selecting
three aldermen will be held Tuesday, April q and
apparently all is "quiet on the Potomac" A SEEM
ing peace in this mans town at this stage, however,
doesn't mean a thing.
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tariff ought to be able to get it easily and quick
". However, united sentiment is necessary. The
rural editors Of the state are endeavoring to help
unite this sentiment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14

Rev. A. A. Secord, of Alexand-
ria, was a Sunday guest at the A.
M. Steece home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-03-14

Browerville-Fire destroyed the
st. Patrick's Catholic church here
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three were on the deck hanging partly
over the side
We were living on coffee, soup and
hard tack. AS cooking was impossible,
except in kettle in the engine room.
The $50 members of the crew were
huddled together hour after hour in
the lower part of the ship We were
getting radio flashes giving only meager
details. but they were sufficient to let
us know that our sister ships were
faring AS badly as we, or worse. Some
headed for Norfolk and the formation
was completely broken up. That night
there was an indication that the first
respite was approaching. The seventh
day the fury of the storm subsidized
Our steering gear had been damaged
and We were virtually helpless.
Vermont Appears.
We eventually got in communication
with the battleship Vermont. On the
eighth day the seas had moderated
considerably and the Vermont appeared
on the horizon. When we took our po-
sition we found that we had been
driven from our original course APP
proXimately 1000 miles.
The Vermont, after considerable diff
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HARDY AGAIN HIT
IN ORM|STON CASE
Prosecutor Expects Notebook
to Show Jurist's Part in
Settlement.

p, the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, February 81
More evidence purporting to connect
Superior Judge Carlos S. Hardy with
the efforts in 1926 to clear Aimee Sem
pie Mcpherson of the accusation that
she clandestinely met her Angelus Tenn
pie radio operator. Kenneth G. Ormis-
ton at Carmel. Calf, was being gath
cred in the San Francisco Bay district
today by ASsemblyman M. I. Cronin.
Cronin is one of the prosecutors in the
forthcoming impeachment trial OF the
iurist
In Oakland Cronin interviewed Mrs.
Virla Kimball whose name was brought
into the Mcpherson disappearance case
by her twin sister. Mrs. Lorraine Wise
man Sielaf Mrs Sielsff appeared dur
ing the investigation Of the evangclist's
kidnapping story and said she was with
Ormiston at Carmel She later repudi-
ated the statement and declared Mrs.
Kimball was the woman
Sues Evangelist for SANDER.
On the strength of an AFFIDAVIT given
10 Mrs Mcpherson by Mrs Sielaff. the
evangelist declared Mrs Kinlball 10
have been Omissions companion at
Carmel. Mrs Kimball then sued Mrs
Mcpherson, alleging SANDER
Mrs Kimball disclosed yesterday that
she had an affidavit signed by Mrs
Mcpherson and stating that she MRS.
Kimbaln was not the woman in Ornis-
toms company In Los Angeles. S. S
Hahn. attorney for Mrs Kimball in
the SANDER suit. announced that Mrs
Mcpherson not only had given his CHI
ent an affidavit establishing her inno-
cence, but also had made a cash settle
ment of the case.
Mrs Kimball was reported to have
told Cronin that she had received no
communications from Judge Hardy. but
that Mrs Sielaff had received many let
ters from the jurist.
Facts Disclosed i'm Notebook
The examiner declared that note
book containing entries by Mrs Sielaff
of meetings with Judge Hardy at his
Los Angeles home had been located
and would be made available to the
prosecution in Hardys case. The note
book purported to show that Mrs. Nc
tween the lurist and Mrs. Sielaff dur
ing the time the kidnapping story was
under investigation
Hardy is charged by the State As
sembly with committing miSdemeanors
in Office III connection with his alleged
activities to clear Mrs Mcpherson of |
the various accusations growing out of
the disappearance case He admitted !
receiving $4,000 from the evangelist. but |
declared it was free will Offering" |