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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Young Couple Will Be
Married on the Stage
Wedding Will Be Feature Follow
ing Friday Evenings Perform
ance of Obrecht Co.

The Christy Obrecht Show is
playing their annual weeks en-
gagement in this city under a large
tent, corner Fourth and Oak streets
this week. The engagement will
close Sunday evening.
Christy, Fritzie and Don Obrecht,
popular favorites, are still with the
company of course, but all the
other members are new. AS a
whole the organization is the
strongest Christy has ever brought
to this city. If you enjoy the
spoken drama you will like any
of the Obrecht shows. The follow
ing are the bills for the balance Of
the engagement:
Friday evening = Honest Sim
ners." A very strong comedy-dra-
ma.
Following the close of Honest
Sinners" there will be a public
wedding on the stage. Two well
known young people have accept
ed Mr.. Obrecht's offer of $1,000 in
cash for any couple to be married
on the stage.
Special Saturday Matinee-"Tom
Sawyer and Huck Finn" charact-
ers made famous by Mark Twain.
Saturday evening and
Yegg Man" a roaring comedy.
Sunday evening-"Where's My
Teddy" A great laughing show.
The Obrecht company are showing
at popular prices in a large water
proof tent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Todd County Fair at Long
Prairie Aug. l9-20-21-22
Strong Program of Sports and En-.
tertainment-High Class Live
Stock Exhibits

The annual fair of the Todd
County Agricultural Society which
will be held at Long Prairie next
week, Aug. 10, 20, 81 and %, gives
every promise of eclipsing its pre-
decessors entertainment features.
exhibits and attendance.
The officers have been lavish in
the expenditure of money booking
entertainment attractions of un.
usual merit.
The sports program will be fea-
tured by three baseball games.
Tuesday afternoon Bertha and Cla-
rissa will play. Wednesday Long
Prairie and Browerville will meet
and Thursday the winners of the
previous contests will play for the
championship of the county.
For the past year or more the
Old Settlers Of Todd County have
teen perfecting a permanent or
ganJZation. A suitable building has
been ererted on the fair grounds
by the association. This memorial
will be formally dedicated at loo
p m. we dnesday.
There win be evening shows
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
evenings, each program concluding
with a fine fireworks display.
Todd county folks patronize the
Stearns county fair very literally
and the Herald is sure any Sank
Centre person attending the Todd
county fair at Long Prairie next
week will be well repaid for their
time and expenditure.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Minnesota State Airport
Tour to Visit Glenwood
Tuesday, August 20, Designated as
Airport Day-Many Planes
Coming

Tuesday, August 20, is the day
on which Glenwood will be visited
on the Minnesota State Airport
Tour. A squadron of between four
teen and twenty planes will swoop
down at the airport and spend the
day here. Officials of the tour have
inspected the field and made the
necessary arrangements for the
visit.
These planes are making tour
of the various airports of the
state previous to taking in the
Carnival of the Air at the Mime
sofa State Fair. In the group are
found some of the most noted and
most daring air pilots in the coun-
try. Leading the fight is a group
of Navy fliers under command of
Lieutenant Frank E. Weld and M.
D. Crawford and Ensign K. M.
Krieger, the latter being a SON of
Mr.. and Mrs. @. I. Krieger, of Glen
wood.
A star feature of the tour will
be the arrival of the great Brown
vile, Lone Star, tri-motored, IL
passenger cabin plane, one of the
most famous planes in America.
being the pathfinder that carried
President Gales, of Mexico from
Brownsville, Texas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Stopping in Center Of
Highways is Dangerous
Law Prohibits Parking on Paved
or Main Portion of Any
Highway

The state traffic law provides
that no person shall park or leave
standing any vehicle, whether at
tended OF unattended, upon the paw
ed or main travelled portion of any
highway outside of a municipality,
when it is practicable to park out
side the paved or main travelled
portion of the highway. 1t further
provides that in no case shall a
vehicle be left standing on high
way unless there is clear width
of at least fifteen feet for the free
passage of other vehicles, nor UNI
less clear view of said vehicle
may be obtained from a distance
of 200 feet in each direction.
This law is frequently violated,
according to reports made by the
new state traffic patrolmen, many
drivers stopping in the middle Of
the road to fix tires, leaving the car
there while making purchases at
roadside stands, or going on other
errands. This practice is extreme
ly dangerous. The patrolmen have
warned many drivers but they
reach only a portion Of the offend
ers. Every time a driver violates
this rule he runs the risk of SER
ious accident.
Another dangerous practice is
stopping to look at cars which
have been in accidents. If you are
first on the scene, and can be of
any help, stop by all means, but
pull your car to the side of the
road. If the injured have been
taken care of, keep moving. A
congestion of cars at the scene of
an accident very often leads to
more accidents and helps no one.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Farmer Painfully Injured
While Repairing Well
VIM. Quinn, Residing West of
City, Had Miraculous Escape
from Death

Will Quinn, farmer, residing
about four miles north of Sank
Centre, on Highway No. 4, met with
serious accident Monday after
noon, while making repairs on the
well on his farm. The gentleman
miraculouslys,. escaped death ac-
ccrding to the report Of the doctor.
The accident happened while Mr..
Quinn and his son were repairing
a well. They had raised the pump
and Traced it with boards in such
a manner, SO that they could work
in the wall. Mr.. Quinn was on
the ladder in the well when the
pump fell hitting him on the top
Of the head. He climbed up in a
aazed condition ano was immed-
lately taken to Doctor Moynihan's
office for treatment.
According to DR.. Moynihan's re-
port, the pump must have hit him
a glancing blow, which spared his
life. After treatment Mr.. Quinn re-
turned to his home and at the pres
ent time is getting along fine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Mrs. Margaret Vets
DiedSafarday.Aag. 10
Mother of Mrs. w. j. Barron :
Funeral Tuesday Morning
Was u Years Old

Mrs. Margaret Ella Vietz, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. w.
j. Barron, Sank Centre, Saturday,
Aug. 10, 1929, 8:15 p. m, after an
illness of four years.
Margaret Nagel, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Michael Nagel, was born
at Springfield, Ill, Feb. 25, 1852.
She came to Sakota, Mimi, with
her parents when she was four
years old.
Fifty-eight years ago she was
united in marriage to H. P. Vietz
at La Crosse, Wis. The immediate
family left to mourn her death are
four sons and two daughters: Will
liam, Edward, and James, of Chi
cago, ILL.,; Frank, Muskegon, Mich;
Mrs. Lizzie Fryand, Haley, N. D.,
and Mrs. w. j. Barron, Sank Cen
tire. All of the children were at the
funeral.
Mrs. Vietz came to Sank Centre
with the w. ]. Barron family
eight years ago, and since made
her residence in this city. Because
of frail health she did not get
about much but those enjoying her
acquaintance became greatly at
tached to her.
The funeral was held from the
Church of Our Lady of the Angels
Tuesday morning at 800 o'clock,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. John
A. Fearon. Burial was made in the
Barron lot, Calvary cemetery.
The following were the pallbear-
ers: J.. A. Schoenhoff, L. P. Hint
zen, Jos. Rehkamp, Thos. Kinsella,
John Mondloch, Edward Minette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Valuables Stolen From
Req. Argf Recovered
Children Hunting Choke Cherries,
Find Loot Near N. p. Tracks
Tuesday Afternoon.

Tuesday afternoon while Louise
and Rosamond Parker, daughters
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Parker, and
Don and Phyllis Kempter, son and
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. r. r.
K empter, were picking choke cher
ries along the N. P. tracks, one
mile east of the city, they found a
tin box. Immediately seeming a
mystery they brought the box to
the Lampert Bros. Lumber Co., to
Mr.. Kempter. After investigation it
proved to be the property stolen
from the residence of Rev. A. Artz,
sometime ago.
The box was hidden in some
bushes about a block east of the
railroad bridge to the right hand
side of the tack 1t contained
valuable papers, some 5ewelry and
about 500 in coins at the time of
the robbery. Everything was in
tact excep- THAT the money had
been removed
It is thought that it was the Job
of local talent for they were afraid
to take the jewelry, having no
place to dispose of it.
Later that afternoon, Chief of
Police JOS. Miller, who was i'm
mediately called to the lumber
yard, in company with the children
went to the scene of the hidden
booty, and found some of the paper
coin boxes and some keys. Mr..
Miller returned the property to
Rev. Artz, who was pleased to get
it back. The jewelry contain
ed in the hox were heirlooms and
valued highly by Father Artz.
Chief Miller gave the boys and
girls treat for finding the prop
erty and reporting to him immed-
lately.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Highway Patrolmen Get
Elk River Bank Robbers
Not Part of Their Regular Duties,
But They Were Ready for
the Job

Minnesota's new state highway
patrol demonstrated it's usefulness
last Friday when Earle Brown,
chief of the motor patrol, and Pa
trolman L. A. Auspos captured
three bandits who had robbed the
First National Bank, of Elk River.
Brown was travelling on T. H. No. 8
and had stopped to talk to Auspos,
who lives at Elk River, when they
received the report of the robbery.
They started in pursuit of the
bandits Immediately. The pursuit
ended in the capture of the bandits
near Zimmerman, less than two
hours after the robbery.
Capturing bank ROBBERS, however,
will not be regular duty of the
highway patrolmen, according to
C. M. Babcock, head of the State
Highway department. The law
creating the highway patrol limits
their powers as peace officers to
the enforcement of the laws re-
lating to the use and operation of
motor and other vehicles on the
trunk highways. In pursuing bank
robbers, Mr.. Brown and Mr.. Auspos
were acting in the capacity of pri-
vate citizens. Under the general
law any private citizen not only
has the power but it is his duty
to aid in the apprehension of per-
sons known to be guilty of fell
ony.
"The main purpose of the high
way patrol is to keep traffic NOV
ing safely on the highways" says
Mr.. Babcock. I'm this case they
simply happened to be there at the
right time and performed an Incl
dental duty in an efficient man.
ner."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Ben Altman Spring
Hill Citisen, Died
Resident of Community Since 1880
Passed Away Sunday
Aged IS Years.

Ben Altman, prominent citi-
zen of Spring Hill, brother of Fer
dinand Altman, of Sank Centre,
died Sunday at his home after be-
ing ill six months. Death was due
to complications of old age.
The deceased was born in Holt
dorf, Oldenburg, Germany, Janu-
airy 9, 1854. He came to this coun-
try in 1880 and settled in Spring
Hill which continued to be his
home until his death. On Febru-
airy II, 1884, he was married at
Spring Hill to Veronica Heinze
and they farmed near Spring Hill
until they retired and moved to the
village.
Mr.. Athmann is survived by his
wife, six sons and four daughters:
Henry, Joseph, Hubert, Christian
and Alloys, all of Spring Hill, and
John of Elrosa, Mrs. Mike Wander
of Spring Hill, Mrs. Hubert Mich
aels of Munich, N. D., Mrs. Chas.
Bohlig of New Munich and Mrs.
Julius Kochmann of Mahnomen.
He is also survived by the follow
ing brothers and sisters: Mrs. Pet
er Braun of Greenwald, Mrs. John
Heinen, ST., of Melrose, Ferdinand
Athmann of Sank Centre and
Clemens Athmann of Mahnomen.
There are fifty-six grand children.
He was a member of the St. Mich
aeps Society at Spring Hill.
The funeral was held at Spring
Hill Wednesday morning at $3.50
o'clock, Rev. J. Buscher officiat-
ing. The six sons were pail bear
erS,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Elderly Man Injured
in a Mystery Accident
Charles Markson, Over Eighty
Years Old, Has Arteries in
Temple Cut

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Markson,
both aged over 80 years, accom-
panied by their daughter, Clara,
recently arrived in st. Cloud for
a visit with Mrs. Penrose. The trip
was made by auto.
Sunday the Marksons, in their car
accompanied by Mrs. Penrose and
daughter, in another auto, drove
from st. Cloud to Sank Centre to
spend the day with Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred B. Rowe and Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross Penrose. Mrs. Rowe and Mr..
Penrose are cousines of Mr.. and
Mrs. Markson.
After an enjoyable day they
started late in the afternoon for the
return trip to st. Cloud. All went
well until the storm broke when
they were a few miles west of the
Granite City. Mrs. Penrose and
daughter reached home in safety
to discover that the Gibson car was
not coming.
Miss Penrose started back to
investigate and found the ladies
being brought to st. Cloud, badly
bruised. The arteries in the tenn
pies of Mr.. Markson's head were
cut and he was rushed to the ST.
Cloud hospital. The car was badly
demolished
What happened to cause the
Markson car to go into the ditch
Is not clear in the minds of the
Mt,rkson's.
The elderly gentleman is resting
as easily as possible because of his
advanced age.
This was the first visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Markson had made to Sank
Centre in over 20 wears
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Eastern Butter Market
Practically Steady
Egg Prices Slightly Higher Than
Last Week-Poultry Situation
Unchanged

Eastern butter markets, during
the week just passed, have averag-
ed about the same as week pre-
vious. This situation indicates that
there has not been much change
in marketing conditions. Current
production is declining, which is
normal for this season of the year,
even so, the volume available for
the consuming demand is slightly
heavier than a year ago. Trading
as whole is fair, with some sur
plus still accommodating in storage
warehouses.
Chicago butter market on 90
Score Standards today is 421a
cents, New York 90 Score Extras
43R. Cooler weather conditions
which prevailed throughout the
east during the past week have
stimulated consumptive demand
and trading has improved.
Chicago egg market on Firsts
is 1914 cents an advance of 21a to
3 cents dozen as compared with
a week ago; New York market on
Firsts is 33H to 1914 cents. With
lighter volume of eggs being pro-
duced and in most territories the
quality irregular, quotations and
selling prices have strengthened
on good quality stock.
There is no material change in
live poultry markets Chicago and
New York during the week Just
passed. Weather conditions have
been such as to improve consump-
ton, but with liberal supply, quo
tations have worked slightly lower.
Chicago live poultry market to-
day is quoted as follows: fowl, leg
horns "a, heavy colored 81, springs,
leghorns %, light weight colored
70, heavy weight colored 81 to %,
old ROSTERS % cents. Produce Re
view, Swift & Co., Chicago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
Golfers to Long Prairie

The Sank Centre Golfers will go
to Long Prairie Sunday to play
an inter-club in the Todd county
Country Club in the Todd county
city. Long Prairie is said to have
one OF the sportiest courses in
Central Minnesota with exceeding
ly well kept sand greens. This will
be the first opportunity many of
the local players have had to play
the course and it is expected a
large number Of golfers will make
the trip. Those going will register
at the Corner Drug Store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
WOMAN KILLED BY
HIT, RUN DRIVER
Waite Park Lady Sacrificed
by Criminal Negligence of
Avon Young Men
CAPTURE AFTER CHASE
Boys Face Second Degree
Manslaughter Charge
Mother Saves Baby
(Sf Cloud Times)

Complaint and warrants for
Theodore Litchy, 10, and Isadore
Litchy, %, Avon, charging both
men with manslaughter in the Sec
ond degree were expected to be
formally drawn Monday, according
to Stearns county officials, follow
ing the accidental killing of Mrs.
Frank Pohl, 40, of Waite Park, on
the west side of the Waite Park
viaduct at $50 o'clock Sunday af-
ternoon.
Failing to stop their car after
striking and almost instantly kill
ing Mrs. Pohl, who is the mother
Of four children, the men speeded
up their car, and a short distance
further on left the pavement on
Highway 8 and turned off on the
old quarry road Charles Saund-
ers, Stearns county motorcycle high
way patrolmen, pursued the Avon
youths IL miles, and was forced to
attain a speed of 2 miles per hour
in an attempt tc overtake the two.
Mrs. Pohl had been visiting her
brother, Leonard Geisel, who lives
on the south side of the pavement
at Waite Park. The Pohl family
lives near the ST. Joseph Catholic
church on the north side of the
pavement. After leaving her broth
er's home, shortly before $50 D. M,
Mrs. Pohl and her two daughters,
Alvina, 4, and Clara, 13, came to
tho nauopo ont ord cfor tod - orz.,
it almost directly in front of the
j. c. Stallboerger store. Clara ran
to the other side and waited for
her mother and sister. Mrs. Pohl,
who apparently underestimate the
speed of the car which was coming
over the top of the viaduct began
to cross the pavement, holding her
little daughter by the hand. When
the noise of the approaching car
warned her of it's approach, she
looked up and seeming to sense
danger, thrust her little girl to the
side of the road. An instant later
she was struck by the speeding car.
Her body, badly mangled, was
thrown distance of 10 feet from
the middle of the pavement, and
witnesses of the mishap said that
death resulted almost instantan-
eously. One limb of the dead wom-
an was thrown into the front en-
trance of the Prov garage, a dis
lance of so feet.
Charles Saunders, motorcycle pa
trolman, who had just taken his
motorcycle into the Prov garage
because of starting shower, and
who was watching the highway,
was told by Waite Park resident
that these fellows need watch
ing as the Avon car started down
the viaduct. While Barnhart Prov,
proprietor of the Prov garage rush
ed to the side of the dying woman,
Patrolman Saunders gave chase to
the Avon car. Mr.. Prov said that
Mrs. Pohl breathed family several
times after he reached her.
DR.. M. J. Kern, Stearns county
coroner, stated today that while
Mrs. Pohl suffered the amputation
of one leg, and broken bones, to-
gether with severe head injuries, it
probably was the internal injuries
she received that caused her death.
The car, he said, was evidently go
ing at a terrific speed to cause the
injuries found on Mrs. Pohps BODY.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
OLD TIME RESIDENT HERE

Mrs. Chauncey Simmonds, Of
Minneapolis, was in the city Sum
day renewing the acquaintance of
old time friends. She enjoyed din.
ner at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. F. Cooper and spent the after
noon with other friends. Mrs.
Simmonds lived in this community
forty years ago and has not been
in the city since that time. It is
needless to say that she noted
great many changes. She will be
better known to the old timers as
Miss Hattie Hawley. Her parents
owned and operated the farm now
occupied by Nick Bromenschen-
KEEL, 21a miles south of this city
Mrs. Simmonds returned to her
her home Sunday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
DIED OF CANCER

John Thull, 80 years old, died
this Thursday morning at 2:45
from cancer of the stomach and
liver following an attack of the
ffu. The deceased leaves a wife
and seven children, tine eldest IS,
TIE youngest 2. The funeral will
b.. held from the Church of Our
Lily Ct the Angels, saturday
morning at 300 o'cloc:S ii the rel
j. tives fioa Canada arri:e in time;
IL not the funeral will be held
Monday morning, Aug. 10.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
TUESDAY, AUG. u
Stearns County All Boys
and Girls Clubs Will Com
pete at Sank Centre
MANY WILL EXHIBIT
Winners and Projects will Be
Sent to State Fair-Rules
and Prizes

achievement LAY, the perlOu IN
the development of their projects
the Boys and Girls of the All
Clubs of Stearns county, will be
held at the Stearns County Fair
Grounds, Sank Centre, Tuesday,
Aug. 81.
The Clubs taking part in the
achievement Day program are,
among theirs: Gopher Prairie, Sank
Centre; Ashley-Raymond, Melrose,
Freeport, Albany, District No. 62,
Spl,ng Hill township; Greenwald,
Farming, Paynesville and Bel
grade.
1t will be recalled that the pro-
jects were exhibited at the Stearns
County Fair, July 1, 2, Band 4. AT
this time the prizes were awarded
foc sewing and baking, but the live
stock and garden projects were left
to be finally judged on Achieve
ment Day.
The program is being arranged
by County Leader George Minette,
with President ]. B. Schoenhoff and
Secretary G. Hillerud, of the Fair
Association, cooperating.
Mr.. Minette stated to the Herald
editor Tuesday that there would be
80 head of dairy cattle, Is baby
beeves and enough sheep and hogs
exhibited to bring the total well
over 100.
The boys and girls of Stearns
county first became actively inter
ested in the All Club movement
this year-the critical year. They
have made splendid progress and
their success is remarkable. They
should be given every encourage
ment and cooperation by their par
ents and the public generally to the
end that the All Club work will
become a permanent institution in
Stearns County.
The Agricultural Society OF
Stearns County sponsoring the
movement will pay the boys and
girls approximately $500 for their
projects.
The live stock and agricultural
projects will be judged, the win
ners of the trips to the State Fair
will be decided and the youngsters
will receive their cash prizes from
the Fair Association.
Leader Minette requires that all
exhibits shall be on the fair
grounds by $3.50 a. M, Tuesday
Aug. 81. The youngsters can take
all of their projects home with
them that evening.
There will be no admission charg-
ed for this event and it is hoped
that many will view the exhibits.
President Schoenhoff states that
a sales day will also be conducted
and any farmer having anything
he desires to sell will have the op-
portunity to bring it to the Fair
grounds on this day when the ar
ticles will be offered for sale at
auction without cost.
Sunday, Sept. 8, the Boys and
Girls All Clubs of the entire coun-
ty will hold picnic at Albany
County Leader George Minette has
succeeded in engaging Gov. Theo-
dore Christianson and All Club
Leader Erickson to be present and
address the boys and girls on the
importance of the work they are
doing. A full program of sports
and entertainment will be arrang-
ed.
The Herald publishes herewith
the rules and regulations of the
various projects to be exhibited
achievement Day, together with the
prizes offered by the Fair Associa-
ton, as published in the 1929 Fair
Premium list:
CONTINUED ON Page Ski
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
BAND CONCERT

Monday evening, Aug. 10, the
Long Prairie Band will play a
concert of an hour in the Sank
Centre City Park. The primary
purpose of this concert is to adj
vertise the Todd County Fair. The
Long Prairie Band are a splendid
adult organization and they are
sure to please. The public is most
cordially urged to enjoy the con-
cert which will start at s o'clock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-08-15
ANNUAL CHICKEN DINNER

The annual chicken dinner and
picnic cf It. Rernard's Church of
Ward Springs will be held Sunday,
August IL. There will also be var
ious games and amusements
throughout the day. Everyone is
invited.