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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-05
Telephone Rate Hearing
Held Tuesday, Dec. J
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lation of the common battery sys
tenn would be justifiable He dwelt
at some length on the time saved
the subscriber in getting calls
through.
The work of Solicitor Fender
CAST was to ask the witnesses the
necessary questions to bring out
the facts the company particularly
desired the public should know and
also become part of the record
Of the hearing.
At the conclusion of the introduce
ton of the -company's testimony
Mr.. VanCamp asked if there was
any one present who desired. to
bring out further information rela-
tive to the proposed rate increase.
DR.. w. Johnson entered a pro-
test against the increase stating
that in his judgment the present
rates were entirely too high.
Attorney A. H. Hendrickson, rep
resenting the Sank Valley Rural
Telephone Company. asked Mr..
Mason several questions, particu-
larly to the effect the new system
would have on the efficiency of
the rural lines. He said he was
opposed to the increase of the
rural rate, not from his own par
ticular case, but because he was
quite certain that at least Is per
cent of the rural phones would be
disconnected if the increase was
granted. He called attention to the
fact that when the connecting rate
was increased from Is to 80 cents
in 1921 several subscribers had
their phones disconnected and had
not since had them reconnected.
He said also, that with fewer sub
scribers the labor and expense OF
keeping up the rural lines would
make the burden on the remaining
subscribers very heavy.
J. F. Cooper made inquiry as to
why it was necessary to expend
$4,000 for building to house the
telephone company in this city. He
was informed that 40 per cent OF
the cost would be charged against
the toll business, leaving $4,000 as
the building investment for the To-
cal exchange. This amount appears
like a heavy investment for local
exchange purposes.
Mr.. Swancutt upon being asked
when the company contemplated
starting the work building and
making other improvements, said
that if the petition were granted,
very soon after the new year.
The Railroad and Warehouse
Commission have taken the petition
under secisement and will very
, likely hand down its decision be-
for the first of the year.
The following tabulated state
ment shows the present rates and
the nronnSed net rates:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-05

model Greek Theatre. We intend
to make the parthenon and statue
Of Athens also.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
WATCHFUL WATERS
By Herbert Kaufman

r ORD LEvERHULME, when still Sam Lever the soap,
II maker told the writer he patched big hole in his
change pocket by observing the strange antics OF bOaman
in the river outside his factory at Port Sunlight
Day after day the would row about SWIMMING scum
from the water polluted by tankage from the plant
Investigation disclosed that the poacher was collecting
gycerine being annually thrown away In thousand
ton quantities
Even the shrewdest indusa overloOs occasional bet
Those who continue blind such eakages drop out OF the
of neffceny alone keep march
ing on. ..r
magnate whose spanking pair and cankng harness never
failed to gather crowds rolled through Dublin streets in
fashy brougham emblazoned with the slogan See what
snuff DONE"
Lundy began as shopkeeper in obscure quarter
of the town.
His profits Just about covered rent kpps and meaes and
suspender buttonwhen suddenly fire left him without
chair to sit in.
For several weeks after the catastrophe moved the
broken spirit and hope until increasing number OF
folk probing in the ashes fixed his attention
Women and pokng through the charred rubbish
repvinng ruined stock and utterng whoops OF JOY when
they located tins of scorched snuff.
ROusing himself from ethargy he opened cGntsiner and
sniff only to find that the fiery ordeal had lmmeas
urably improved the flavor of the stuff
Driving the nteropers FOote rescued the remainder
of his goods and resuming business in makeshn shack pro-
ceeded the quality of his tobacco
and riding to affuence with coachman and foot
man the box.
There are always enough tmers in the
Frank Munsey was winnowing through Arguments for
other months printing credit when haftone Illustrations
hove like rescuing sail the horizon of publishing and
changed his magazine from wallowing derelict to cup
winner.
and half played innings.
doubt offering its gloomy lies and discourage
becomes pathfinder for ambition as but the
shouting
Your Bemonts and whitneys and Bilingses maintain
stables and breed thoroughbreds because the reflects
their spirit It constantly confirms experiences convc
that watchfu waiter looks for favorable open
ing in van-and longest shot, if carefully maneuvered
win through at the last minute.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
THREE BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
T HIS optimistic cartoon is published by Senator capper
i of Kansas in his "Capper's Weekly.
But Will 1t Hit7

Mr. CAMPER ardent prohbitiont believes in the posi-
blitv of enforcing prohibition LITERALLY ABSOLUTELY
and sTICCEssFULLY lust children up to certain age
believe in Santa Claus fairies and such desirable folk
In this cartoon which Mr. capper calls Three birds with
one Stone you President Hoover about to hur huge
begging. ,
dle the other two will be easier.
Yes, WHEN but it is a big When"
You may think that the bootleg vulture with vice
side crime the other is frightened You are mistaken
he is doing his best to keep from laughing.
He that the President cannot out and arrest boot
ieggers himself give orders to others And old
vure bootlegger knows what he do with little of the
money that he takes in.
Here and there an unimporant little bootlegger may 60
Jail. Or whole chain of bootleg enterprises may be tenn
porariy interrupted
But WHO going close up $4,000 illicit stills manufac-
turing whiskey and gin in the United states7
WHO is going to enforce prohibition when judges and
iurs enent in their treatment of the boogger and
when high responsibility the banks the professions and
business DEAL with the booteggers APPROVE them and
boast Of their bootleg purchases?
Vice. crime and booeggng form powerful trinity They
have built up such organization of crime bribery and
general lawlessness in America civilized nation earth
Machine guns wholesale murder poison gas explosive
bombs sawedof shotguns. Such the weapons of old
vulture bootlegglng.
Law enforcement has pleasing sound. And everybody
knows that President Hoover is most earnest in his desire
to enforce the prohibition law to the utmost
But vice. crime and bootleggng have learned that
Is powerful than law enforcement that those supposed
to enforce can be bought or deceived BOTH.
It will take weapon more powerful than the law enforce
ent rock to knock those three ugly birds from their perch
And that more powerful weapon is AN AWAKENED PUB
Lie CONSCIENCE.
Unfortunately there is sign of public conscience
DDdking s YET.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Give the President Power to
ReOrganize Governmental
CONGRESS may be quite reluctant to delegate
Establishments


~ President Hoover in the matter of reorganization OF
establishments in the interest Of efficiency and econ
omy but the President do the job better than can be
done by legislation. 49, . . "a,
The work too is in line with executive than with
legislative right and authority.
Representative Dainger the author of bill giving the
President power reorganze the various departments bu
reaus and commissions, and Mr. Hoover would be allowed
two years complete the mission not enough time to do
properly might be found that certain consoida
tions mistakes.
The President is for reorganization AL Smith, had he
been elected would have been for reorganization Congress
is for it. every time Congress starts to do it by egsla
ton influence of office holders who might be ousted or
denoted Senators and Representatives and this
gums up everything; stops legislation altogether The same
the President would prevent action Reorganization
would be accomplished mistakes made they could
be rectfied by direction of the President made under
bill passed by Congress- they could only be rectited By
Congress, after long delay
Congress created departments bureaus and commissions
but Congress not possibly know much about their
workings their interappng and dupcation the waste OF
time and money, the executive head Of the Government
under whom they come
Reorganization would not large reduction in
employees many think and most of those losing their po
tions would be absorbed elsewhere in the Civil Service
The principal losers they the who lobby against
legislation Congress- would heads and chiefs of estab
ishments Consolidation of two bureaus would do away
with good many highly paid jobs Subordinate employees
would be taken Of
and thoroughly No Government administration
better than It would give much greater efficiency
get rid of of red tape and loss of time and
siderable money in salaries.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

TH1LD training has become a
" science.
No longer Is it q hit-and-miss
method.
Child.training principles have
been devised that can and should
be mastered by, every earnest
parent whoever he may be.
realize full we'll that it is far
easier to give advice on child
training than it is to carry the
principles into execution, no mat
ter how sound they may be.
In the child we have an embryo
being that can be trained just as
you train a plant or a tree. to
grow straight, bear more flowers
or more fruit.
Sometimes parents think child
training is overdone, that it has
too many new tangled notions.
To hear the average grandpar-
ents talk, one would be apt to
believe it.
Children did very well in the
past. they claim, without so much
fussing and science.
ness, discomfort, nervousness and
general restlessness in the world
today?
Since a man or woman is
merely An expansion Of what he
or she was as a child, is it not
logical to assume that we Of to.
day would be far better off,
physically. intellectually and ~~ir-
itually, had al Of us had the ad-
'vantages of child training that
modern science now has to offer?
To be sure. in the olden days
we had no such science.
But now that we have it, when
the best minds have worked on
the problem, Is it not our duty
to give the benefits of the new
knowledge to our children?
Don't. for instance, baby and
fuss over your child too much.
You should, of course. be al,
lowed to enjoy the love of your
child. Also. every child should
have plenty of affection. But don't
overdo it, Don't pet so much
that your child becomes help
less, querulous dependent.
Don't always give in" to your
child.
Giving the little one his own
way makes it easier for you. 1t
saves trouble. But only in the be-
ginning will you find such
course easier. AS the years go
by, when your boy or girl grows
up to be snobbish, willful and die
tatorial you will regret your leni-
ency and carelessness more than
words can tell.
And try not to use the word
Don't" all the time. Employ
some other method of negation.
Don't be destructive. Be construc-
tive. Don't tell him what not to
do, but tell him what you wish
him to do.
Don't be cold and harsh,
Let your children feel that no
matter what the trouble they can
always come to you. II you are
a father, be a good pal. If a
mother, let him know that you
never will fail to understand.
The above "Don'ts" are but a
few of those that might be listed,
although l believe they cover the
commonest errors of child train
ing.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Hearst Papers Advocate:

l. An agreement of Engltshspeaking peoples to pre-
serve peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the oOorld.
g. Proportional representation in the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than tco Senator'S.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portiomnsent IN the House of Representatives
g. A separate Department of the Army of the Nauy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
of National Defense.
A. Federal action to the limit of Federal poooers to
abolish Mteracy IN the United States under Secre-
tdry Of Education
s. Election of Congress in November. Installation on
the 1st of January folIoWing. Inauguration Of the
President 1st of January neat after November
election
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Baseball Fan and Fisherman

TERBERT HOOVER is just good baseball fan he is
fisherman. As medicine ball pitcher he also knows
how to put them over 1.-THE plate
The President will have the good will of the country out
door devotees, and they numbered by millions:
When the President goes American League game here
he stays through may not get excited He does not throw
pop bottles at the umpire yell take him out but in his
dgnified way he enjoys the national pastime
As fisherman he enjoys the sport and the close touch with
nature With medicine ball for exercise and fishing for
taxation his burdensome duties he ought to keep in
excellent shape Occasional attendance upon ball game will
also be helpful
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
MEDITATIONS
OF A WIFE
-Bv Helen Rowland
Every Woman Loves .
Gentleman"

COMEBODY is always rising to
~ protest against the graceful
and charming gesture Of hat.
lifting,
Sometimes it's a doctor who
fears that chivalrous lads are
courting colds in the head. Some
times it's a feminist, who feels
that removing the hat to
woman is an insult to her sex.
And now a popular writer sug-
gests that women would be much
happier if men refrained from
barring their heads, when a lady
enters an elevator.
Oh, ladies, ladies! Please don't
throw away the last little rag
and vestige of graceful manners
left in this busy. utilitarian old
world.
In the scramble of modern life,
one beautiful and ornamental
custom after another has fallen
into disuse, and we are rapidly
becoming a nation of hoodlums.
We gulp our meals, jostle each
other in a crowd, bawl each other
out in traffic, and leave our
bowling to the walters.
1t takes just two seconds for
a man to remove his hat, and
another two for him to put 1t
on again. Surely, he can afford
to cling to that charming little
ceremony, even though he has
Just pushed woman through
revolving door, or beat her to
seat in the street car.
A gesture Of chivalry, here and
there. is as refreshing as the
sight of a florists window in the
midst of a dingy and sordld
street. 1t gives you positive
THRILL. and makes the whole
world seem more lovely and
human. 1t is a bright touch OF
trimming on a dull machine age.
When a man performs an un'
expected little act of courtesy, 1t
does not make a woman feel that
SHE is superior" It makes
her feel that HE Is superior
that he has that rare thing, good
breeding. It puts him in the
prince Charming" class. and
sends a glow right through her.
that buttons up the back.
All the smart clothes and
snappy haberdashery in the
world cannot make a striking inn
preston on women. as just
touch of mannerliness. Anybody
can wear ornamental clothes
these days; but polish and orna'
mental manners are positively
unique!
If we MUST be utilitarian and
fling away all the graces and
beautiful things of life. then we
shall have to do away with ilacs
and hyacinths and roses and
honeysuckle: with sunsets and
stars and moonlight and poetry
and music. They have positively
no Utility in the world. They just
FEED THE SOUL!
1t isn't a mans morals. so
much as his manners, that make
him lovable. Women have clung
to husbands who were burglars
and forgers and second-story men
abroad but perfect gentlemen
around the house. And they
have deserted many good
man" who answered them in
grunts or growls and never
stopped to put on their galoshes
for them. Nothing CRATES on
woman's finer .sensibilities like
an uncouth mah. And nothing
fascinates her like a polished
one.
Every woman loves GENTLE
MAN! DO let's encourage men
to go right on removing their
hats before ladies'. That's all
that is left of the beautiful flower
of chivalry!
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
LISTEN WORLD!
Just Common WOodchuck
By Elsie Robinson

MERE becoming very con-
w scious of our Selves these
days.
Popular psychology has wised
us up to the fact that we are in
dividuals with a lot of unique
completes, retlexes, inhibitions
and other fancy Innings. AS a
consequence, we're apt to think of
ourselves as limited. de luxe edi-
tions with almost no connection
with the rest of the universe.
And we're donating all sorts of
special privileges and exemptions.
BUT I'M DIFFERENT"-is
the slogan of the day.
Well. that's true. Each one of
us is different, to a small but
important degree. BUT WE'RE
NOT BY A LONG SIGHT AS
DIFFERENT AS WE THINK
WE ARE.
We're still SO per cent like
everyone else
We're still mostly common wood.
chuck.
And we'd save ourseh and our
neighbors a lot of grief if we'd
accept this fact.
Most of the things you feel
everyone has felt. You may use
a slightly different vernacular in
describing your feelings to your
self or your friends but the reac-
tions on your intersticine glands.
intestinal tract and blood stream
is identical.
When you cry there is neither
more or less salt in your tears
than there is in the tears of the
bootblack round the corner or the
Millionaire in the next block.
When you get mad or excited
or frightened your adrena1 glands
manufacture the standard brand
of juice-not some special. copy.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Spreading Germs
Barber Shops and Pullmans

TUMAN beings talk about health but do not think or
realize much about it. Upton Sinclair described citizen
fearing the yellow fever staying outside crowded shop wait
ing until it empty to avoid contagon While he stayed
outside mosquito bit him and gave him yellow fever
Theodore Davis, of Milwaukee says BARRIERS should not
shake out the floor they do hairs that they from
customers In electric fans lift the small hairs into
the air and customers breathe them n with germs attached
The Pullman car porter worthy of his hire ought have
generous tip But he ought not to earn by standing
passengers up the middle of the violently brushing
collections of germs from their clothing into the lungs
other passengers.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20

righted extract with your mono
gram on the label.
Mostly common woodchuck.
The coloneIs lady and Judy
OGrady are sisters under their
SKINS" is a great little COB of
truth.
Which fact may seem most
humiliating at first glance. Natur-
everyone else. But you had bet
ter thank your lucky stars that
you are. For think OF all the
work it saves you.
Think OF that vast mass of
human experience which becomes
your common heritage and that
vast store of human companion
ship which becomes your common
treasure.
Life's lonely and difficult busi.
ness at best. 1t will be far less
lonely if you will realize that mil.
lions of other people are treading
the same trail with exactly the
same dreams in their hearts and
blisters on their heels. 1t will be
much less difficult If you will ac-
cept the fact that their findings
will work for you as we'll as for
them.
Try 1t out for while. Stop
thinking that You're the Only One
Made by That Pattern-take a
check on yourself and see in how
many ways you fit in with the
general pattern of all humanity.
You'll be surprised!
And If you keep at it long
enough you'll also be grateful.
It's a great relief to stop trying
to be different and resign one
self to being a common wood
chuck-TO STOP TRYING TO
DO NEW THINGS AND TO USE
ONES ENERGY TOWARD Do
ING THE OLD THINGS A
LITTLE BIT BETTER.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
The knowledge Test for
Readers of The Times

Fill each blank:
An aeoian harp is a a----- harp.
g. Carrara, in Italy, is famous for its -.
8. Joseph "Typhoon."
d. De Facto
s. is the jester in Scott's "vanhoe."
6. Tennyson calls the wave the largest
T. silver wedding is the - anniversary
g. The abbreviation P S.
g. The Sunday before Easter is -- Sunday.
TO- The sabbatical year is year in --
Do you know:
IL President after rs
of teaching?
H. Who the beloved disciple?
49, Who wrote "The Little Minister?
a. What the meaning of the expression to haul over the
Goals?
IS Where was damask linen originally manufactured?
Answers Magazine Page
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

If we consider the frequent re-
liefs we receive from laughter
and how often it breaks the
gloom which is apt to depress the
mind and dampen our spirits VITA
transient, unexpected CLEANS OF
joy. one would take care not 10
grow too wise for so great
pleasure of life. -Adolsoh'
A favor ig to a gratetuI man
delightful always; to an ungrate-
full man only once. SENECA
The Washington times., 1929-04-20

live on the sunny side of the
street; shady folks live on the
other. / have always preferred
the sunshine and have tried to put
other people there. If only for an
hour or two at a time. wilder.
Be sure that religion cannot be
right that a man Is the worse
for having Penn.
When we do not act. the gods
abandon us, -VoltaIre.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20

Mr. Canper ardent prohbitionst believes in the posi-
bily of enforcing prohibition LITERALLY ABSOLUTELY
and SUCCESSFULLY just children up to certain age
believe in Santa Claus fairies and such desirable folk
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Do You Know

The Junfrau Joch Hotel, in
Bernese Overland, is the highest
hotel in Europe. It is 1880 feet
above sea level.
Starving professors, lawyers
and students of Hungary who
cannot find employment are
barred from membership in the
National BegSars Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-14
3 OFFICERS FROM. HERE
ORDERED TO TRAINING
Glass Designated for Course at Air
Corps Tactical School at
Langley Field.

Three Army Air Corps officers now
on duty in this city are among a group
ordered to report not later than August
Is for training at the Air Corps Tactical
School, Langley Field, Va.
The new class is composed Of Maj.
George E. Stratemeyer, United States
Military Academy, West Point: Maj.
Benjamin G. Weir, procurement plan
ming representative at New York; Maj.
Barton K. Yount, assistant military at
tache at Paris; Capt. Frederick I. Eglin,
Duncan Field, Tex; Capt. Harrison w.
Flickonger, Air Corps representative in
charge of inspection and procurement
activities at Buffalo, N. Y; Capt John
I. Moore. Kelly Field. Tex; Maj. Henry
]. F. Miller, Langley Field, Va; Capt.
Ross @. Hoyt, Office Of the chief of Air
Corps, this city; Lieut.. Arthur K. Ladd,
office of the chief of Air Corps; Lieut..
John D. Barker, Office of the chief of
the Air Corps: Lieut.. Robert j. Brown,
jr., Langley Field; Lieut.. Orville L.
Stephens, Mitchell Field, N. Y, and
Lieut.. Charles NICK. Robinson, Fort
Benning, Ga.