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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-25
: School Glasses
Elect Officers


MALLEN, Sept. 25.--Three high
school classes OF McAllen public
school system elected officerS at
meetings held Monday.
They are ns follows:
Senior class: Frank Allen, pres
ident; James Martin. vice preSi-
dent. Nellie Hanover, secretary
treasurer: Eugene Cox. sergennt-at-
arms: Misses Bernice Hufstuttler
and Maxine Firstos, sponsors.
Junior class: Porter LeaveIl,
president: Run Sherwood, vice
president; Katherine Pate, secre-
tary; Virginia zachry, treasurer:
Harold Earnest. sergennt-at-nrms:
Miss Anna BurtlesS, Newman Ilnith
and =. -. Uzzell, sponsors.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-25

son OF Britt. Iowa. arrived Mon
day.
Leo J. Larer Is here from Elk
hart. Ind.
w. L. Estes Is I'm the city on bust
ness.
J. 7. Pierce came AZ Tuesday
from Galveston.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-25
129 INSTRUCTORS
ON T.. I. A.

DENTON, Sept. 25.-zR)-A fac
ulty OF l29 instructors has been
obtained for ths Texas state COL
lege for women &C. I. A. for the
1880 session.
sixteen members have been add
ca TO the staff this year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-25

to suit your income. Our reasonable prices will
be a pleasant surprise to you. Visit our nearest
store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04
Experts Explode Fallacy
that Moon Affects Crops
u. S. Weather Bureau Insists that
Claims are Based Entirely on
Superstition

Curiously persistent are the
various superstitions relating to
the effect of the moon on the
farm crops. One of the most un-
reasonable of these beliefs, says
the weather bureau of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
is that if the horns of the new
crescent moon tip downward, it is
a "wet" moon, portending rain.
AS a matter of fact, on any
given date and position Of the
crescent moon is always the same
in places having the same altitude,
so the same kind of weather would
necessarily prevail, were this sign
of latitude extending around the
globe. Again, near the equator,
in part of the world notorious for
its heavy rainfall, the young
moon is generally in an almost hor-
izontal position, or, according to
the proverb, it is almost always a
"dry" moon. If the moon could
be viewed from the north or south
pole, on the other hand, its posi-
ton would be, for the supersti-
tious, indicative of 'wet" weather,
but these regions are characterized
by so little rainfall and snow that
they rank among the arid parts of
the globe.
Other superstitions relating to
moon are those which offer guild
ance in form practice such as SOW
ing or reaping, breeding or butch
ering, shingling or shearing, or
any other farm activity supposed
to be affected by the clark" or
the Eight" Of the moon. The
scientist points out that the chief
thing affecting the growth of crops
at any stage are: Temperature of
soil and air; composition of ada
cent atmosphere; kind and inten-
sity of light; presence or absence
and severity of plant disease; me-
chanical condition of the soil, loose
or compact; fertility of the soil
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04

Washington trip year ago when
she was chosen an alternate. At
the 1927 State Fair she was award
ed a 500 scholarship for placing
first in the quick bread making
contest. In 1928 she and her team
mate won the county, district, and
state contests for Class B demon
stration teams and were given a
trip to the National Club Congress
in Chicago. Her work as leader
dates back three years when she
organized class of IL in baking.
Alden Flygare has always lived
on farm and says he expects to
remain on the farm. He has been
a club member nine years, and
has served the last five years as a
local leader. He has won trips to
the international Livestock Expo
sition in Chicago, the State Fair,
the Junior Livestock Show, and
other similar events.
Donald Gibson has been particu-
larly successful in his poultry
work. His own flock of white Leg
horns is one of the best in the state
and he is also in partnership with
his father in the farm poultry en-
terprise. At the 1927 State Poul-
try show he won a prize on every
entry in competition with the best
breeders in the state. Also at the
recent annual show of the Mime
sofa State Poultry association he
won the grand championship of the
Junior department, an award bas-
ed on quality of exhibit, poultry
judging, and record and story of
his work. To his leadership is
largely attributed the develop
ment of club work at Meadowlands
his home community, this work in
turn leading to the Introduction of
courses in agriculture and home
economics in the towns public
schools.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04
Farmers Should Beware
Of the Bargain Alfalfa
Seed Purchased from South Da-
kota Company Should be
Tested Before Planted

Men who have purchased or who
have contemplated the purchase of
the so called Bargain Alfalfa"
should beware of the foul seed
contained therein.
The following extract comes
from N. J. Holmberg of the State
Department of Agriculture:
"An official test of so-called
Bargain Alfalfa" has been
analysed by the State Seed Test
ing Laboratory and in accordance
to Chapter 387, Laws of 1927,
the results of the test and other
information is here given:
The alfalfa seed was recently
shipped by the Quincy Seed and
Nursery Company, Yankton, S..
D., to Mr.. Charles Hayek, Port
er, Yellow Medicine Co., Mimi.
The label showed only the germi-
nation IS per cent and the purity
95 per cent. That means that 95
pounds in each 100 pounds is al
falfa seed. The laboratory analy-
sis at the State Seed Testing Lab
oratory shows the following ger
mination: 81 per cent plus hard
seeds, Purity 91.5; per cent of
weed seed 8. rs, including approx
imately $50 Dodder seeds per
pound of alfalfa. This would
mean 10000 or more Dodders per
acre or one Dodder seed to each
three or four square feet. There
were also ITS per cent of other
crop seed including 2.25 per cent
sweet clover seeds which sell for
10c per pound or less. That is not
the whole story-this sample con-
tanned twenty-five kinds of nox-
ious weed seeds.
Minnesota's Pure Seeds Act calls
for labelling of all agricultural
seeds sold in the State and the
items required are those quoted
above. Quincy Company has
avoided labelling seeds sold into
Minnesota and several tests of
samples taken at various points
have tested approximately as above
quoted.
State Dept. of Agriculture,
N. J. Holmberg, Com.
Any men who now have some
of this seed should send it in to the
State Seed Testing Laboratory at
the University Farm, st. Paul,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04

and quantity of other vegetation
or weeds present. The moon has
nothing to do with any of these
conditions affecting crops. 1t has
no influence on weather or soil.
Even the light of the full moon is
not intense enough to have any
affect on plant growth or plant
diseases. The chief good accom-
plished by these old beliefs, as
embodied in rural lore; is through
the systematizing of farm work,
fixing time for various activities,
and the force impaired to the fire.
quently necessary injunction, "Do
it now"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04
City News Items


Paul Steichen spent Sunday with
his parents in st. Cloud.
Ed Bergman, Henry Thielen
and Jos. Rehkamp visited friends
in st. Cloud Sunday.
Roy Sandman went to Glencoe
Saturday morning for an over
Easter visit with his father.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Lies motored
to st. Cloud Sunday to enjoy the
Easter day with home folks.
Jos. Sauer, of Waverly, Mimi,
who spent the Easter holidays with
his family here, returned to re-
sumo his duties in the bank Mon
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John 'Sauer, Of
West Union, motored to this city
Sunday afternoon and spent the
evening at the home of the form
er's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. B !.
Sauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. III. G.. Rydholm
and son, Robert, motored to Min.
neapolis Sunday and remained un-
til Tuesday with Mr.. Rydholm's
sisters. The Misses Ellen and Jane
Hedin, who spent their Easter va
cation here, accompanied the Ryd-
holm family to the cities.
Virgil lSieben, son of George Sic
ben, is employed at the First Ma
tional Bank. His duties are per-
formed after school and on Satur-
days. This is Virgil's last year
in school and after he graduates
he will be steadily employed at the
bank.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. w. Sprague and
children motored to Saltwater Fri.
day for "a visit with Mr.. and Mrs
Chas. hammers. Mrs. hammers
will be better known as Miss
Esther Sprague. Mr.. and Mrs
Sprague and daughter, Margaret
returned Sunday afternoon, while
Susan and Faye remained until
Wednesday, when Mrs. hammers
brought them home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04
Main Street.
Cash Market
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Observation-Disclosures
''Big Four" Selected for
Washington Trip in June
All Club Workers in Minnesota
Are Achieving Nationwide
Fame in Their Projects

Outstanding records of achieve
ment over a series of years in All
club work have won the highest
honors bestowed upon a club men,
Der for Jeanne Tellir, of Dakota
county, Annie Peterson of Hub
bard county, Alden Flygare, of
Martin county, and Donald Gibson,
of st. Louis county. They have
just been selected by committee
of the state club staff at Univer-
sity Farm to represent $4,000
junior club members of Minneso-
ia at the third National All Club
Camp in Washington June 10 to
25 inclusive.
Four others, also worthy of this
great honor, were named as alter
mates as follows: Lillian Rose, of
Rice county, Madeline Rienke, of
Traverse county, Robert Ash, of
Kittson county, and Edwin Busian,
of Olmsted county.
Space does not permit of de-
tailed statement of the individual
achievements of the "Big Four"
Jeanne Teller in her third year in
the baby beef project exhibited
the reserve champion steer at the
Junior Livestock Show. In 1927
she was awarded the McKerrow
trophy for her long time record as
a club member. She excelled al
so in the sewing, poultry, and
bread making projects, but She is
proudest of all, she says, of her
leadership work the last three
years. To quote her words, "Noth-
ing gives me the satisfaction that
it does to know that many boys and
girls are in club work because of
some effort of mine"
Annio padorcon olpooe& ,,ox IL -,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04
Little Richard Helps

Little Richards mother was
showing a prospective tenant some
rooms she had for rent. The sea-
son being summer, she emphasized
the GOODNESS of the basement where
the kitchen and dining room were
located. Richard, thinking to help
his mother, opened hot-water
faucet and said: "See, even the hot
water is cold" Boston Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04
Butter Market Over Half .
Cent Higher in Chicago
Egg Prices Unsteady with Increas-
ing Supply-Poultry Receipts
Light; Market Unsteady

With butter values on a fairly
attractive basis, trading has been
freer and the market has shown a
steadier feeling. Buyers who
previously have been holding off
are showing moderate interest, at
the same time keeping close to &C
tual requirements. Receivers
have been disposed to sell freely
because of the nearness of in
creased receipts.
Chicago market today on 80
score standards is 451a cents,
which is half cent higher than
same day last week. New York
market on go score extras is 461a
cents.
Receipts of fresh eggs are quite
liberal. The market has shown a
slight variation throughout the
week, with no change today COM
pared to last week. The feeling
today is that a lower market can
be looked for in the next few
days. ....-..s
Chicago firsts today are 27 cents
which is unchanged. New York
firsts are 81 IA to 81 3-4 cents.
Receipts of live poultry have
continued light throughout the
week. Trading at present is not
very active. A slight increase in
estimated receipts caused decline
in prices. Light fowl found ready
sale but heavy stock moved slowly.
Chickens have sold well and
when included in cars with fowl
have helped the sale.
Chicago live fowl market today
is quoted as follows: leghorns 81
cents, colored light weights 33,
heavies 80, shaggy young ROSTERS
81, cocks 20, springs % to "a
cents.-Produce Review, Swift &
leo. Chicago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04
Fresh Hamburger

Hamburger is a delicious
meat that can be served in so
many ways. Try meat loaf
with tomato sauce, use 1t
with tomatoes and onions in
your spaghetti, mix it with
chill powder and tomato
sauce for Spanish rice, or
mould it into patties and fry
a crisp brown.
You can serve our hamburger
with complete confidence as to
its high quality.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04

Mimi, and have a Purity and ger
mination test made. There is no
cost outside of postage and accord
ing to the company's guarantee the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-04-04

seed can only be tested and re-
turned before planting.
John E. fowler, County Agent
Wood Lake News.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05

To provide entertainment for the lonely traders, trappers, missionaries, police patrols and explorers who are spend ing the long winter at isolat- ed posts in the Far North" the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, of New Haven, Con- necticut, will give regular A. hour programs of entertain ment on Saturday nights to February 23. The company which will transmit it's enter sainment over Westinghouse radio stations KWY, and KFKX at Chicago, EBZ Spring field, WBZA at Boston and KDKA at Pittsburgh, expects to send messages of cheer to the "hardy, fur clad pioneers in the shadow of the distant pole"
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05
BLACK GOLD.
(From the Wallace (Idaho)
 Press-Times.

|
 Press Times.
 Engineers and scientists from 20 nations have been in con- ference at Pittsburgh on soft coal. The average citizen doesn't consider this a very thrilling subject. It can't com pete for his attention with a football game, or even a peace ] conference. But properly con- sidered, it has thrills enough.
 The experts are trying to de- velop conservation methods that would make visible coal supplies last for a thousand years or more, instead of being exhausted in few hundred years, as they will be at the present rate. That would be equivalent to discovering more new coal deposits than are now known in the world. The scient- ist and engineer are the great est prospectors.
 Bituminous coal is probably more worth conserving than any other raw material in the world, except iron. It is inval- uable as fuel, but that is mere 1 ly one of a thousand uses, mostly of recent discovery. but starters in an incredible line of productive develop ment.
 We can get from soft coal fuel for our gas engines when petroleum plays out, in the form of liquid or explosive powder. There are countless dyes, odors, flavors and drugs in a lump of coal. There is ev-
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05

While out for an afternoon hike recently a Dawson man ran onto the body of a man lying slightly off the trail near the old Yukon reservoir. He had been shot through the head and had evidently lain there for some time. The dead man was identified as Thomas Waller, an oldtimer of Daw- son and vicinity, aged between 65 and 70. Evidence was con- elusive that it was a case of suicide. The dead man had
 built a sort of a cairn of stones and brush and, evidently lying on his back, had pulled the
 trigger of his gun with his toes.
 The gun was found lying on the body and the shot had talk en effect under the chin, blow
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05

en rubber, or a substitute for it, and other materials as in- exhaustible as the resources of chemists minds.
 All the gold ever mined is a trifle compared with what in- dustrial chemistry and engi- neering will yet get out of this wonderful stuff, of which the American people possess half the earth's known store.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05
operation early this year.

A case brought by the gov ernment to annul the proceed ings and set aside the final proof of Dan Callahan's ap- plication for a homestead in the Fairbanks district was heard recently in Fairbanks by Robert w. Taylor, register, and Lynn Smith, receiver, and resulted in a dismissal of the government case. The action was based on the charges that Callahan had not maintained a bona fide residence on the homestead, for at least seven months in each of the three consecutive years before ap- plying for a patent, and that he had not built a habitable dwelling thereon.
 That the predatory animal menace is assuming very grave proportions in the district north of Anchorage is the word recently brought to Anchorage by a fur farmer of the Wasilla section. He reports that a pack of eight timber wolves were recently caught in the act ot eating a large moose which they had killed. Two men saw the wolves in action. They were engaged in clearing a trap line when they came upon the track of the wolves. They fol- lowed them and saw the ami mals devouring their victim.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05

ing away part of the head. Waller had been missing since September 19. The police had searched for the missing man in the vicinity where the body was found, but had not hap pened to stumble over the re- mains, which were somewhat off the trail. It is believed the dead man had been in i'll health and this caused him to take his own life.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE FOR THE JUNEAU LAND DISTRICT, AT ANCHORAGE, ALAS.

IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE FOR THE JUNEAU LAND DISTRICT, AT ANCHORAGE, ALAS. KA.
 
 In the Matter of the Application of B. GUGGENHEIM, of New York, N. Y., for patent to the Ready Money No. 3. Alaska Premier Fraction, Alas ka No. 2, Alaska No. 3, Alaska No. l, Ready Money No. 4, Ready Mon- ey No. 5, Ready Money, Tauras No. 2, Tauras No. 4, Tauras No. 8, and Tauras No. lode mining claims, embraced in Mineral Survey No. 1850, situated in the Hyder Mining and Recording District and Precinct, First Judicial Division, Alaska, and forming one contiguous group.
 Serial No. 07086
 AMENDED NOTICE OF APPLTCA- TON FOR PATENT TO THE READY MONEY LODE CLAIM.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That B. GUGGENHEIM, a citizen of the United States, whose post office ad- dress is 1115 Broadway. New York, plication in the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, for patent to the Ready Money Lode Mining Claim contained and men tioned in the above entitled group of contiguous mining claims, includ- ed within Mineral Survey No. 1850, situated in the Hyder Mining Dis trict, Territory of Alaska. and about eleven miles north of Hyder post office, Alaska, and on the south bank of Salmon River, and more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
 READY MONEY LODE
 Beginning at corner No. 1, thence U. S. L. M. No. 141S previously de- scribed, bears N. g deg. S5 min. w. 2745.66 feet; thence N. 73 deg. 45 min. E. 1500 feet to corner No. 3; thence S. 20 deg. 30 min. E. 547.53 feet to corner No. 8; thence s. 73 deg. 45 min. w. 1500 feet to corner No. 4; thence N. 20 deg. 30 min. w.. 547.53 feet to corner No. 1, the place of beginning, containing an area of 18.S03 acres, conflicting with King No. 1 lode, unsurveyed, 1,643 acres, Eleven Mile Lode, Survey No. 141S, 2.110 acres, and Tauras Lode, Survey No. 1519, exclusive of it's conflict with Eleven Mile Lode. Survey No. 1418, 2.092 acres. Con- flict with Eleven Mile Lode exclud- ed. All other conflicts included. Net area claimed 16.693 acres"
 The amended application is made, and this notice is being re-posted and re-published for the purpose of giving the correct description of said claim which is as hereinabove described.
 United States Location Monument No. 1418 to which this survey is tied, consists of granite rock 24 X 10 inches, showing 6 inches above the ground. in latitude 56 deg. 02 min. N., and longitude 130 deg. 0S min. w.
 The names of owners of conflict. ing claims are not known to appli. cant. The total area embraced in said above described mining claim is 16.693 acres.
 The magnetic variation is 90 deg east.
 Any and all persons claiming ad. versely any of the above described veins, lode, or premises, or any DOT tion of said mining claim, are re uired to file notice of their adverse claims with the Register of the Unit ed States Land Office at Anchorage Alaska, within the period of publi cation or eight months thereafter or they will be barred by virtue oi the provisions of the statutes. J. Lindley Green Register
 First Publication Dec. IS, 1928 Last Publication Feb. 16, 1929.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05
BRIEF ITEMS FROM ALL
 PARTS OF THE TERRITORY
EVENTS IN THE NORTH AS PORTRAYED IN THE
 PRESS OF ALASKA

Captain Jack Grigsby, demo- cratic candidate for lieutenant governor of South Dakota and borther of George G. Grigsby, of Ketchikan was elected to office. in the recent election by a substantial margin.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05

Although a thorough search has been made by the coast guard cutters Unalga and Cy- gan and several other vessels of the halibut fleet, no trace has been found of the missing halibut schooners Imperial and Brunvold, which left Yakutat Nov. IA for Ketchikan.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05

some years past has been a resident of Anchorage, suf- fered a paralytic stroke a few days ago and is under treat ment in the government hospi- tai in that place.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05

The body of Herbao Muatka- jarvi, rancher and woodchop. per, was found on the Farm er's road, near Cinema Slough in the Fairbanks district re- gently. A falling piece of tim Der had, apparently, struck him, breaking his neck.
Hyder weekly herald., 1929-01-05

An amendment to the Alaska fisheries conservation law to prevent preparing for sale as food salmon dead over AS hours is proposed in a bill pre- pared by Delegate Sutherland.
 Under the measure it will be unlawful to "can, salt, ice, freeze or preserve for sale as food, for consumption, salmon more than AS hours after killed"