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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Portable Mail Boxes Are
Best for Main Roads
Cooperation With Highway De.
partment viii Save Farmers
Loss and Annoyance

Mail boxes are one of the things
not to be neglected when you are
getting ready for winter, says a
State Highway bulletin. This adj
vice applies especially to those who
have their rural delivery boxes on
a trunk highway or any county
road where snow plows are operat-
ed.
The Highway departments main
tenance men have studied the mail
box problem ever since snow re-
moval was first started. No matter
how careful the pillow operators are,
they cannot avoid hitting some mail
boxes when the snow is deep or
when flying snow obscures the Wis
ion. The only safe way is to use
portable mail boxes which may be
moved away and which will not be
damaged if hit by the plows.
One favorite method is to place
the box on a tripod similar to the
wooden horses used a few years
ago for shocking corn. Another
which has been observed in
a number of places is to set the
mail box post in an old 10 gallon
milk can and fill the can with rock
or concrete. Either type can be set
out in the proper place when the
mail man is due and lifted out of
the way before the plows come.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Duck Hunters Find Bodies
Of Wagonga Lake Victims
Two Minneapolis Men Were Taken
From Water After Five-Day
Search

Willmar, Nov. 12-Bodies of ]. c.
Miller and Earl Nelson, of Mime
apolis, who were drowned while
hunting in, Lake Wagonga, near
Willmar, were recovered Monday
night after a five-days' search by
several hundred persons.
The bodies were found shortly
after dusk by a party that had
gone on the lake only few mo-
ments before. Nelson's body, the
first recovered, was found near the
center of the lake, quite a distance
from the spot where Miller's pipe
was first recovered.
A party of duck hunters from
Pennock, Mimi, armed with Crap
ping hooks made the find. Mil
ler's body was found not far from
that spot few minutes later by
Nels Christensen of Atwater.
Both bodies were removed to
Willmar and will be returned to
Minneapolis on Tuesday for funeral
services.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Fergus Falls Woman Met
Shocking Death Last Week
Neck Scarf Catches Wringer Cogs
Shutting off Breath of Mrs.
Ferdinand Peters

A shocking accident occurred
Thursday, Oct. "a, which resulted in
the death of Mrs. Ferdinand Peters,
of 825 Springer avenue. She was
putting clothes through a wringer
on an electric washing machine
when a knitted shawl she had knot
ted about her neck was pulled into
the wringer with the clothes. Mrs.
Peters evidently hadn't time to UNI
tie the shawl before she was drawn
with it into the wringer and must
have been strangled. to death al
most instantly. When her husband
found her the wringer was still re-
volving and the current was on.
Her head was pressed tight against
the rubber revolving cylinders and
life was extinct Mr.. Olson, the
milkman, had arrived to bring the
milk and Mr.. Peters went into the
house with him. DR.. Vigen was sent
for at once, but there was no need
of an inquest. Mrs. Peters was
about so years old. She was born
in Wisconsin and was the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Thorn who
lived on farm in Otter Tail coun-
ty. She was. the wife of VIM.
Bradow, who died in 1922, and
seven out of Is children are living.
They are Alfred Bradow and Mrs.
A. Thurman, of this city, Mrs. Rue
and Mrs. Anderson, of Warren,
Mrs Carl Wieland, of Minot, Erwin
and Will Bradow, Of Backus. They
were all here yesterday to attend
the funeral of their mother.
The funeral took place yesterday
at o'clock, in the German Luth-
eran church on Union avenue, with
Rev. VIM. Friedrich in charge of
the service.
The church was filled with sor-
rowing friends and relatives. Mrs.
Peters was a fine woman and she
will be sadly missed by all who
knew her-Fergus Falls Tribune.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Growers Hold Tobacco
BalingD Demonstration
Educational Meet to Be Held al
Theodore Peters Home, Near
Elrosa Sunday

A tobacco baling demonstra-
ton will be held at the Theo-
dore Peters home, near Elrosa,
next Sunday afternoon, Mo-
vember 18th. This meeting will
be held for the benefit of the
members of the Sank Centre
Tobacco Growers.
This associations first year in
the tobacco growing industry in
this community will be quite
successful despite the unfavor-
able weather conditions. Nearly
two carloads of tobacco was
raised, though many of the
members had only a small crop
and some of them no crop at all.
However, all are willing to try
again the coming year, as it is
an interesting as well as a pro-
fitable crop to raise.
The association now numbers
twenty-nine members, who have
some. very good tobacco on
hand to be delivered soon after
the first of the year. Some of
the members have their crop in
such splendid condition that
they have already commenced
bailing. The bailing can be
done anytime after the tobacco
is dry UP to the time it is to
be shipped.
This should prove to be an
educational as well as a profit
able meeting to all interested
in the tobacco industry. All
members of the association are
urged to be present. Also all
those interested in this project
are heartily invited to attend
this meeting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Jury Gives Widow $4,000
Verdict in Liquor Trial
BOotleggers Furnish John Demp-
sey Poisoned Liquor Must Pay
Illinois Court Decides

Peoria, ILL.,, Nov. Mrs. Gertrude
Dempsey, whose husband, John,
died last spring allegedly after
drinking poisonous liquor, won a
judgment of $4,000 in the United
States district court from Lotus
Fels and Walter Neibert.
Mrs. Dempsey sued under a fed
eral law which provides that per
sons suffering financial loss, injury.
or damage from consuming illegally
procured liquor have cause for leg
al action.
In her original bill, Mrs. Demp-
sey had named, besides Fels and
Neibert, Morris Mansfield and
Mansfield's wife Jessie. Action
against the Mansf1elds was dropped
by her attorney.
Mansfield, twice freed on MUIR
der charges when the. juries disa-
greed, has been named in six in
dictments charging murder.
He is alleged to have been in the
wholesale liquor business and to
have furnished the poisonous liquor
to FEELS and Neibert which the lat
ter sold to Dempsey.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Indians Take .Firewater"
from Radiator; Three Dead
Anti-Freeze Refreshments" Served
at Moccasin Poker Game
Saturday Night

Onamia, Mimi, Nov White
mans anti-freeze solution, drawn
from automobile radiators and
used as "firewater" at a gambling
party has caused the death of three
Chippewa Indians on their reserva-
ton near here, while a fourth is
in serious condition today at an
Isle hospital.
Stricken several hours after they
had drunk the concoction which a
14-year-old boy stole from two au-
tomobiles parked by hunters, the
dead Indians are Frank Mitchell,
26 years old; Charles Jackson, %
and, John Dorr, 26. John Racer,
20 years old, is seriously i'll and
may not recover.
The boy last week drained half
of the contents of each of the two
automobiles, county officials learn
ed, and mixed what he had taken.
The boy was a brother of one of
the victims.
Two days later group of seven
decided to play "moccasin," an In
dian gambling game. The game
began and the mixture taken from
the automobile radiators, was
brought forth. One of the radiat-
ors, officers learned, contained al
cohol and water, while the other
had been filed with another solu-
ton. Contents of both are be-
lieved to have been deadly.
The seven gathered at Indian
Point, IL miles from here, gambled
all night and early the next day
went home. Two died a day after
the party, while Dorr became vio-
lently till the next day and died sew
eral hours later.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Annual Red Cross Rail
Call Week Of Nov. II 1929
Funds Will Be Used to Provide
Trained Nurse for StearnS
County

Roll Call, the annual Red Cross
membership enrolment, will take
place between Armistice Day and
Thanksgiving in Stearns County.
DR.. H. B. Clark, Chairman, Stearns
County Capter of the organization
said today:
1.-THE Red Cross is a membership
organization, and it is the obliga-
ton of the Stearns County Chapter
to make it possible for everyone to
participate personally in the vari-
Gus services which have become a
part Of our national life. Foremost
among these services is disaster re-
lief in which the Red Cross is pre-
eminent, as the official relief
agency. The organization also, re-
fecting the interest of the Ameri-
can people in preventive health
measures, is the largest single ena-
ployer of rural nurses in the Unit
ed States. Other health activities,
notably first aid, life saving and nu-
triton are rapidly growing"
For two years the Stearns Coun-
ty Chapter has maintained Coun-
ty health nurse.
Beginning January LIST, Miss Es-
tella Baron will continue the work
started by Miss Burke who re-
signed because of i'll health.
Miss Burke has personally visit
ed one or more times hundred
and fifteen active cases in Stearns
County. To successfully isolate
115 active cases of tuberculosis is to
prevent the spread of hundreds of
others in the next five years.
Red Cross could do nothing bet
-er than to lessen the possibility of
persons in Stearns County from
contracting tuberculosis by continu-
ing their present county health
program.
All of these activities must be
maintained and expanded to meet
the needs of our modern life. This
maintenance and expansion depend
upon memberships received during
Roll Call. More than any financial
consideration, however, it is the be-
lief of the Stearns County Chaper
that the local, national, and inter-
national Red Cross services and
their support mean satisfying ex-
preston. Of desires and cooperation
of individuals and communities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
St. Benedict College to
Present Play Nov. 1913
Will Produce Celebrated Case" in
Cooperation with Cathedral
Players, st. Cloud

The expression class of the Col
lege of st. Benedict collaborating
with the Cathedral Players of St.
Cloud will present "A Celebrated
Case" to the public on November
II and 10. The play is full of ac-
ton, intrigue, and suspense, all
worked out on the colorful back
ground of the time of Louis XIV, of
France. A play of this period offers
great possibilities in the matter of
costuming and stage setting. The
costume designers at the College
of st. Benedict report exquisite
hoopskirt gowns for all the women.
and equally gorgeous costumes for
the men. Probably no big play CIV
en- under the auspices of st. Bene-
dict has presented so much gor-
geous pageantry as does THE Gel
ebrated Case" The chief charm of
the play, however lies in the depth
and suspense of it's interesting plot.
The young men of St. Cloud and
the college girls have chosen the
play with great deal of care in
order to present something especial
ly appealing to popular taste in the
hope that the proceeds may mater
tally assist the new Benedictine
mission in China. st. Benedict's
Convent has never before sent Sis
tiers to China to do missionary
work. Next June six sisters will
leave for Picking, China. In order
to raise funds for this very expen-
sive project, "A Celebrated Case"
will be presented at st. Joseph,
Mimi, in the st. Joseph School
Auditorium on Sunday afternoon,
November II, at three o'clock and
Tuesday evening, Nov. 10 at 500
o'clock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
HUBBY GETSLIFE;;
WIFE, 20, in JAIL
Bandit COnfesses to RObbing
Gushing Bank of $500
October %
PARDNER HELD in JAIL
Robbery Was Committed So
His Wife "Wouldn't Have
to Work So Hard"

A 2O-year-old girl sat in a Jail cell
at Long Prairie Saturday night,
weeping while her 29-year-old hus-
band, in another Jail, awaited to
go to prison for the rest of his life,
for robbing the Cushing Farmers
State Bank, that his wife of a year
might not have to work so hard"
The arrest and sentence of the
husband took place within "a
hours.
The girl, daughter of an Erics-
burg, Mimi, millhand, does not
know that her husband, Carl J..
Gerlach, Tuesday probably will
start for the state prison to begin
serving a life sentence imposed o n
him in District Court at Little
Falls, Mimi, II hours after he had
been arrested.
Gerlach confessed to Sheriff Paul
Felix of Morrison county, that he
with companion, Wilbur Sim
mons, of International Falls, held
up and robbed the Cushing Bank
October % of $500. In court he
admitted his guilt.
Simmons, held at Thief River
Falls, where he was arrested is to
be brought to Little Falls to face
charge of bank robbery.
Mrs. Gerlach may be charged
with receiving stolen property. She
admitted to Deputy Sheriff K. C.
Adams that she had been hidden
in a car used by her husband and
Simmons, and left outside the
bank when they entered to rob the
institution. They made their es-
cape in the car.
She denied that her husband had
any previous criminal record and
claimed it was the first time he
had lever done anything wrong"
Both Simmons and Gerlach until
recently worked in the mills at In
ternational Falls, where Gerlach
met his wife.
Carl told me he was going to
rob the bank SO that / wouldn't
have to work so hard" Mrs. Ger
ZACH said. II don't care so much
for myself-but all this will reflect
so much on my folks"
Mrs. Gerlach and her husband
were arrested within eight miles of
the scene of the bank robbery-at
the home of Gerlach's brothers,
where they had gone to visit after
the holdup.
After splitting the loot obtained
from the banak, according to con-
fession of Gerlach, the three drove
to international Falls.
Simmons remained there, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerlach returned to
the farm home near Long Prairie.
Despite the fact the license plates
on the blue sedan owned by Ger
ZACH and used in the robbery, had
been changed three times, broad
cast descriptions of the car gave
the clue that led to the arrest.
Sheriff Felix was informed of a
blue sedan seen near the Gerlach
farm home. Mr.. and Mrs. Gerlach
were kept under surveillance two
weeks before they were arrested.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
MRS SUSANNA MINETTE

= uIleTdl SERVICES IOr MIS-. SUSAN
ma Minette were. held Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock, from st.
Pauls Catholic Church, the Rev.
FIR. Anthony ART officiating. The
body, which was sent from Great
Falls, Mont, arrived in this city
Friday morning at three o'clock.
The service was largely attended
by relatives and friends, who by
their presence attested the high
esteem in which the aged lady was
held. The pail bearers were: AL
phonse, Peter, Leo and Nick Gasp
ers, of Metre Grove. and Ed Mi
nette and Aloysius Nathe. Frank
Schwartz was cross bearer.
Mrs. Minette passed away at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. r. S..
MacLachlen, with whom she had
made her home during the past two
years, in Great Falls, Mont, on
Monday, Nov. 4th, at one o'clock,
at the age of 70 years. She was
born near Port Washington, Wis,
oct. 3, 1856. On January 18, 1874,
at the age of Is years, she was
united in marriage to Nicholas Mi
nette, the ceremony being perform
ed near the placeof her birth.
In the month of March, 1874, she
came to Sank Centre with her
husband and they located on
farm miles south of this city. At
that time the railroad came only
as far as ST. Cloud They lived on
this farm for over thirty years, and
then moved to st. Cloud where
they resided for four years. Leav-
ing the Granite city they journeyed
to Montana, taking homestead
near Winette, where they remained
for eight or nine years. They then
returned to Sank Centre. where the
deceased resided until August 1927,
when she went to Great Falls,
Mont, to make her home with her
daughter, Mrs. r. s. MacLachlan.
Six years ago next May the de-
ceased was preceded in death by
her husband, Nicholas Minette. be-
side whose remains she was laid
to rest in st. Paups Catholic cene-
terry.
Six children were left to mourn
the loss of a loving mother. They
are: Frank Minette, of Clear Lake,
Iowa; Jos. Minette, of Brainerd.
Mimi; Mrs. r. S. MacLachlan. OF
Great Falls. Mont, Mrs. Nick
Schuman, Of Rapelje. Mont; Peter
Minette, of Vancouver, British CO.
lumbia; Henry Minette, of Flor
ence,- Arizona; Mrs. Ed Coyle, of
Lewiston, Mont. One son died in
infancy. Henry and Peter Minette
and Mrs. Ed Coyle yere unable to
be present at the funeral.
Mrs. Minette came to this city
fifty-five years ago and during her
long sojourn here made many
friends who cherished her memory
and grieve with the bereaved rela-
tives, over the loss of kind and
true friend. She was active in the
work of st. Paurs Parish for years
and was in many instances looked
to as leader.
The relatives from out Of town.
who attended the funeral are:
Mrs. Henry Kemper, a sister, and
her daughter, Fronie. Of Albany;
John Caspers, a brother. and his
sons, Alphonse,. Peter, Leo and
Nick. of Metre Grove; Mr.. and Mrs.
John Nathe, Of Metre Grove; Mrs.
Continued on Page SKI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Sheriff adams Enroute
Home WithL II. Werre
West Union Bank Embezzler Waiv-
ed Extradition at San Fran
cisco to Face Music.

Sheriff Adams, of Todd County,
was expected to arrive in Frisco
Saturday evening armed with ex-
tradition papers issued by Gov.
Christensen for the delivery of
John H. We're wanted for embezz-
lement in connection with the clos
ing of the West Union State Bank.
October 18th.
We're waived extradition and it
is presumed Sheriff Adams left for
Minnesota with his prisoner not
later than Tuesday. He is expect
ed to arrive in Long Prairie late
today, Thursday, or Friday.
Mrs. Maus, Werre's paramount,
was left to her own devices in the
Western city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
POULTRY MEETING

DIR. II. L. Hennemann, president
of the Sank Centre Poultry Associ-
alton, has called a meeting of the
members Of the organization and
all others interested in better poul-
try to meet at the Community Club
rooms Wednesday evening, Nov. 20
for the purpose of electing officers
and setting dates for this seasons
show. Several other cities in Cen
trail Minnesota are holding poultry
meetings and to hold it's place in
the poultry sun Sank Centre must
get busy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Raymond Brothers Pc
ftion to Extend Line
Would Extend Service from Sank
Centre to Misunderstanding
November 10

The state railroad and warehouse
commission announced Tuesday it
will hear the application of the
Raymond Brothers Transportation
company of st. Cloud for permits
sion to operate a motor truck
freight line between the Twin Cities
and Wadena November 10.
The hearing of other truck lines
which were ordered to show cause
why they should not cease carry
ing new automobiles from Duluth
to the Twin Cities is. postponed
from November IA to November 21
at Duluth.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
MOTHER SHREDDER VICTIM

Monday while working about a
corn shredder Leo Doege's right
hand was caught in the rolls and
the member was so. badly mangled
that amputation of the third and
fourth fingers was necessary after
he had been taken to the hospital
in this city. He is getting along
nicely at the present time and it is
hoped that the balance of the hand
may be saved without difficulty.
The corn shredder is the cause of
more crippled hands than all other
pieces of machinery used on the
farm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
THE GIRL SCOUTS

The Girl Scouts of Troop No. 2
met Tuesday evening and finished
the portfolios which will be mailed
some time this week to the Grip
pied children and orphans. The
Woman's Auxiliary is sponsoring
a food sale to be held at the Cor
ner Meat Market Saturday after
noon, Nov. 16, at 200 o'clock for
Junior and Senior troops to raise
funds for the equipment of the
two troops.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14

Mrs. Jennie Simonton returned
recently from a several weeks visit
with her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Frank Simonton and children, at
Calgary, Canada
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14

Mrs. Fred Otto. of Willard, spent
Tuesday as a guest at the Henry
Otto, Jr., home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-11-14
Boys Band Concert
Friday. November ~
Fine Program for Senior and jun
iOr Observation-Disclosures
Used for Music

Director P. w. Hanson has ar
ranged for a concert by the Senior
and Junior Boys bands at the Jun
ior High School Auditorium Friday
evening Nov. %, at 500 o'clock.
These organizations are entitled
to, and should receive the support
and cooperation of every citizen.
The programs rendered at these
concerts are musical treats.
All children, including High
School students, will be admitted to
this concert. A nominal charge will
be made for each adult. The pro-
ceeds of the concert will be used
to purchase concert and band mus
ic and instruction books. Director
Hanson has arranged the following
program for the concert:
Junior Band
America carey
Our Leader March -...--.--. Ascher
Andante and Waltz, Flower
Bell AScher
March Project .-..---..,...--.---..--. Bennett
Senior Band
Selection = Thanksgiving Hymn,
Sacred.
March-Multonion .-:--..-..-- Buchaltz
Overture-Magneta --.-.----....--.---. Huff
Neutrality-suspicious. .+...-... Hall
Overture-Dawn in the Forest
jarrett
March-American Soldier 49, Myers
dedicated to Robert James Swift
Post American Legion Sank Centre)
Selection -.-.---.---,..-..-.... Drum Corps
Main Street -. Weidt
Star Spangled Banner ..--..-----.--. Key
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-24

O10 rays RcfiVeus
DESPITE the many interesting new
plavs produced in London this year
there are no fewer than seven revivals
in the West End. all successful.
One of the most important is Ber-
kelley SQUARE" the fantastic and beau
tiful play John Balderston wrote In
collaboration with J. C. Squire. and
which is now running at the Lyric In
a revised and more elaborate version
prior to its transportation to New York.
This tells the story OF young man
in love with the eighteenth century.
who Is enabled to jump back 200 years
to the time of DR.. johnson and the
famous Duchess Of Devonshire. I'm
fortunately, he falls in love with girl
of the past and she with him. The
tragic lovers who thus meet for mo-
nient across the centuries are beautifully
PLAYED in this production by Miss Jean
Rcrhes Robertson and Leslie Howard.
The other REVEALS include the ever
ecpular "Beggar's Opera" which now
puts in yearly appearance at Sir Nigel
Playfair's tkeater in Hammersmlth
Sheridar's "rhe Rivals" at the old VIC
Mr.. Lonsdaie's Aren't We Alp, the
French farce "Mr. What's His Name
in which Seymour Hicks disports him
self at the Lyceum; Quality street
and Major Barbara"
tcenyriKht, 1919, by the North American
Newspaper Alliance
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-29
8 ELEANOR EARLY

want you so fearfully. There
nothing 1 wouldn't do to get you
You see, I love you, dear. In my
cruel way. 1 love you. And-Im
something like you-there's not
much I wouldn't do to get the thing
1 want. You ought to understand
that. Molly"
"Oh, ! understand" she told him
YEARLY. You're a good deal of a
devil. Bob, but I understand. Go
away now. I'll give you an answer
day after tomorrow"
Bit you've had time to think
it over!" he protested.
No She shook her head. DAY
after tomorrow"