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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Jack Cotton Has Very
Narrow Escape in Auto
Gentleman Is Husband of Vera
Jamieson-Car Skidded on
Icy Pavement

Jack Cotton, of Warsaw, N. Y,
husband or the former Miss Vera
Jameson, of this city, had a very
narrow escape from death when
his high powered automobile
struck a piece of icy pavement
while the gentleman was driving at
high rate of speed between Buff
falo and Warsaw, Tuesday of last
week.
When the car struck the ice it
skidded against a cement abut-
ment on the highway and landing
in a ditch, turning over twice,
When Mr.. Cotton came to he dis
covered that the car was on fire.
Using his knee he managed to kick
out the windshield and ESCAPED
through the hole. This was no
small task as the gentleman is a
sizeable fellow. After getting out
of the car he rolled in the snow
and extinguished the fire on tn.
back of his overcoat.
Mr.. Cotton was badly cut about
the head, his knee is seriously in
jured and considerable of his hair
was sacrificed to the god fire.
While his injuries are painful
Mr.. Cotton will recover with per-
haps bad knee, thankful that he
remains in the land of the living
after his thrilling experience.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
LEGISLATURE WILL
PICK BUILDING SITE
State Commissioners by A to
VOTE REVERSES De-
cisiOn of Last Week
MAJOR FAVOR DELAY
Purchasing Chief Explains
SOlOns Desire to Pick
Structure Location

st. Paul, Dec. 23.-Erection of
a $1,500,O00 state office building
Monday was referred by the state
office building commission to the
1881 legislature for decision as to
SITE.
Reversing a decision to proceed
with the building on the Univer-
sity avenue site in st. Paul, the
commission today decided to put
the whole controversy up to the
legislature.
This action was taken after H.
w. Austin state purchasing COM
missioner and member of the
the building commission, informed
his colleagues he would vote to
put it to the legislature ION the
ground that the legislature evil
IDENTIFY wants to locate the build
ing"
A poll taken of legislative mem
bers last week showed a majority
of those responding as favorable
to delay, until the next session.
The vote to defer was 4 to 8.
The commission then voted to pro-
coed with preliminary work so the
legislature will get a complete re-
port on sites, estimated cost of
land and buildings and tentative
plans.
Mr.. Austin was out of the city
but wired word of his position,
saying "as majority of members
of the legislature appear anxious
to select site for the office build
ing, I am in favor of permitting
them to do SOL
Voting for postponement were
A. J. Peterson, Walter Butler, Sen.
ator Summer P. Mcknight and
Mr.. Austin. Opposing it were
.. Representatives r. w. Hitchcock
Henry Rines and Senator Gustat
Widell.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
John Morris Died i'm
Minneapolis Dec. Goth
Deceased Had Been Resident of
Getty Township for Many
Years-Funeral Tuesday

John Morris, resident of this
section for over so years, died at
the home of a sister, Minneapolis.
Dec. 20, 1929.
Mr.. Morris was single man. He
received treatment in the Swedish
hospital, Minneapolis, for 10 days
before going to his sisters home a
short time before his death.
The deceased was SO years and
seven days old at the time of his
death. He was born in Canada,
coming to Minnesota with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris, ma
tives of Ireland.
For many years Mr.. Morris re-
sided with his brother, Mike Nor
ris, of Getty township, coming to
Sank Centre last fall to live with
sister, Mrs. E. w. Bond.
The funeral was held from the
Church of Our Lady of the An
gels at 1000 o'clock a. M, Tuesday
morning, the pastor, Rev. John A.
Fearon, officiating. The remains
were laid to rest in Calvary ceme-
terry, east of the city.
Mr.. Morris, was a quiet, 'unas-
Stunning citizen, having many
friends among the old neighbors
who have known him since early
boyhood.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Course In Aviation Has
Appeal for "U" Students
New Engineering Department Is
Growing More Rapidly Than
Older Subjects

Students at the University of
Minnesota are showing keen in
terest in aviation, with the result
that 20 are enrolled in the recent
ly established course in aeronaut-
ical engineering which is now but
two years old.
Many of them believe with w.
B. Stout, aviation engineer, of De-
troit and Minnesota alumnus who
says: There are two dangerous
periods in an airplane ride. the
motor trip to the field and .he mo-
tor trip away after one has come
down. Stout spoke at the midwint-
er commencement exercises on
December Goth.
In the course offered by the Col
lege of Engineering every aspect
of airplane design, construction
and maintenance is learned. The
only thing the university instruct
ors do not teach is the actual fly
ing. A liason is maintained between
the university and the United
States Naval Reserve whereby
students may obtain fight training
during stated periods of service in
the reserve.
Among the faculty members in
the department of aviation engi-
neering is a man who was a flying
officer for the Russian Imperial
army during the world war, Pro-
fessor John Alderman. He left Rus
STA when the revolution took place,
studied airplane engineering in
CONTINUED on Page Sikh
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
ALUMNUS COMING
In LARGE NUMBERS
First Annual Homecoming
Event, Dec. 81, Passes
FOndest Dreams
OVER 200 REGISTERED
Each Old Grad Can Bring
One Friend to the Party
Banquet, Dance

Genuine interest in Sank Centre
High Schools Homecoming is
shown by the fact that over zoe
registrations have been made al.
ready. This is considerably more
than was anticipated, so it was
found necessary to exclude present
high school students from the ban
quet.
Each alumnus is entitled to
bring one guest, whether wife, hus-
band or friend. They are invited
for all the events of the Home
coming, including the banquet
which will be held at the Com.
munity Club rooms. Serving will
begin promptly at six o'clock. Spec.
ial check rooms for wraps will be
operated in the band room and in
the fire hall.
Hap Cashiers orchestra has been
engaged to play the banquet and
for the dance at the Armory, which
will follow directly after the bas.
ket ball game between the Sank
Centre and Me]rose high school
teams.
Registration may be made on
Monday and Tuesday of next week
at the Gopher Prairie Inn" Those
unable to register at this time will
register at the concert in the after.
noon of the Homecoming, or if nee.
essary, at the six o'clock banquet
Everyone is urged to buy his
ticket when, he registers as it NAV
be impossible to seat everyone al
the first table, in which case earl
lest registrations will be given pre-
ference. Reservations may still be
made by getting in touch with
Florence Capky.
For those not acquainted with
the prices, we list them again:
$1.75 for ticket which includes
all events.
If it is impossible to attend al
events, separate tickets may bt
purchased at the following prices.
75c per plate for the banquet.
35c and Csc for the basket bal
game.
$100 per couple for the dance
$25 each for extra ladies.
The following is the program o.
events:
Tuesday, December 81
1. Concert-Junior High Audi
torium at 80 O'clock.
2. Banquet-Community Clul
rooms at 500 o'clock.
3. Basket Ball Game Junior
High Gymnasium at 600 o'clock.
4. Dance-National Guard Arm
DRY after the game.
Donald Rattle, Charles Rattle
Harold Skoglund, Pat Dubois, ant
Camerosn Larson will act as ush
ers at the various events.
Don't forget to register on Mon
day or Tuesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Barley Stripe Menace
Is Growing in Northwest
State Is Likely to Increase
the Losses

st. Paul, Dec. 23.-Barley stripe.
disease, has become very de-
structive among some varieties of
barley in Minnesota, according to
findings of Dr. E. C. Stakman and
II. A. Rodenhiser, authors of a
circular just issued by the agri-
cultural extension division of the
University of Minnesota.
In view of the increased rroduc-
ton of barley as. a feed crop. the
announcement is one of special
concern to Minnesota farmers. The
bulletin adds that in fields of Min
sturdi, barley stripe has existed on
from 5 to 80 per cent of the plants,
and in Svansota or Minnesota 40,
the disease is apparently increas-
ing. Improved Manchuria, Min
nesota 1S4, on the other hand,
,tContinued on Page Sikh
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Many Claimants for
Humbert Reward Money
Ida Snyder Given $50 CT the $500;
Balance Divided Among Fl
Others

The captors of Leo Humbert and
Joe Hendricks after their sensa-
tional Jail break at st. Cloud and
robbery of the Metre Grove State
Bank for the second time a few
days later, were entitled to a re-
ward of $500.
A large posse were on the out
skirts, or really in at the capture
near New London. Sheriff Ben
Schooner was up against a stiff
proposition when it came to decid-
ing who was entitled to the money.
There were %; claimants a num-
! Der of them telling graphic stories
of their part in the capture.
At the time of the capture it was
quite generally understood that Ida
Snyder, 16-year-old girl, had play
! ed the really star in the actual cap
ture of the two bandits.
The problem pecame too knot
ty for Sheriff Ben Schooner and
he turned the entire matter over to
District Judge John A. Roeser for
settlement. The Judge handed
down his decision Monday. He
awarded the Snyder girl $1,000 and
divided the balance equally be-
tween 81 others after the costs OF
the court have been deducted. The
q receiving awards are:
Deputy Sheriff Art McIntee,
Joseph Jerabeck, Ed. Erickson, Art
Nelson, Manley Ogren, o. E. Hag-
en-, J. w. Davis, Sam Dilley, Dallas
Metcalf, Wesley Prince, Alfred
Carlson, Martin Shipstead, Delbert
Stevens, Carter Severeld, Carl STEM
bakken, Sam Evans, Gust Dahl
brock, John Drakenberg, John
Hoeppner, Jack Dilley and p. o.
Sonstegard
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Kandota Lad Champion
Grower ofMinnesota 70
Reuben Eckberg Awarded Gold
Watch by Seed Company for
Best Ear Entered

Last spring well known seed
company of the Northwest divided
the corn belt of the Northwest in.
to three districts and offered the
first prize of a gold watch to the
boy or girl in the Boys and Girls
Corn Growing contest growing the
best ear of corn in 1929 from Min
nesota 10 variety.
District No. 1 included Minneso.
ia, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
Reuben Eckberg, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jonas Eclkberg, of Kan
dota township, Todd county, was
one of the 1000 or more entrants
in the three districts comprising
the corn belt.
Under date of Dec. 16 Reuben
was very agreeably surprised to re-
ceive word from the seed company
that he had been awarded first
prize for raising the best ear of
corn in the First District, with the
information that the gold watch
would be forwarded as soon as ii
had been properly inscribed and
that it should reach him before
the Holidays.
Reuben is elated, of course, over
his success, and is anxiously await
ing the arrival of the watch, but
he had not received it up to Tues
day noon.
There were three prizes awarded
in each district.
The success of Reuben indicates
that he has the making of a spler
did farmer and that the soil of this
section is particularly well adapt.
ed to growing Minnesota 10 sue
cessfully.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Veteran Presbyterian
Pastor Died Dec. q
DIR. e. v. Campbell. of st. Cloud,
Was SO Years of Age-Mar-
ried Sixty-Five Years

Rev. E. v. Campbell, SO years of
age, founder of the First Presby-
terrain church of that city, and it's
active pastor for well over half a
century, died at his home Mon
day after short illness of pneu-
monia.
Rev. Campbell came to st.
Cloud in October, 1864, and one
month later established the
church.
DR.. and Mrs Campbell cele-
brated their 65th wedding anniver-
sary few months ago. There
are three children: Paxton G.,
Biloxi, Miss, Mrs. E. G. Williams,
who has resided with her par
ents for many years, Fenton
Campbell.
For many years the deceased
was very active in the civic af-
fairs of st. Cloud. and is given
credit for the establishment of the
present splendid public school
system of the Granite City.
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Contract for Alexandria
Osakis Paving Awarded
December Contracts Bring Average
Cost of 20 Foot Concrete
$24, ITO Per Mile

Contracts for 65.4 miles of 20
foot concrete pavement, to be built
in 1880, were awarded last week by
the Minnesota Highway depar-
ment, at prices lower than either
the 1880 jobs let in october or the
1929 jobs let last spring. Accessi-
bility of materials en- all the jon
in the December list helped to bring
down prices, but better bids are
generally received when work is
let in the fall or winter, Commits
sioner c. M. Babcock states.
Last weeks letting brings the
total paving let for 1880 construc-
ton to 1925 miles of twenty foot
width and SO miles of 81 foot slab
The average contract price for &c
foot pavement for 1880 is SIG, 1896
while the cement, which was pur-
chased separately, will cost SITS
per mile, making the average cost
per mile S24,11O. The average con-
tract price for 20 foot pavement
built in 1929 was $24,333. Due to
uncertainty as to the department S
funds, the 1929 contracts were not
let until spring.
Bids were also opened on several
bridges and one thing job. The
list of low bids follows:
T. H. No. Iowa state line to
end of pavement north of Albert
Lea, 14.9 miles, and T. Fl. No. 9, in
Albert Lea, lie miles Hanlon &
Okes, st. Paul, at $278, $50.
T. H. No. 3-Alexandria to Osa-
kis, Ill miles, Clement F. Sculley
st. Paul at S197,17S.
T. H. No. dorchester to Byron
go miles, Charles Weaver, Anoka
at $161, 300.
New Ulm to Sleepy Eye 1875 miles
and T. H. No. Is, in New Ulm, o.
mile Woodrich Construction Co.
Minneapolis, at S207, ABB.
T. H. No. 10-Pennock to end OF
pavement near De Graft, 14.2 miles
r. ]. Kappahn, Duluth at $2Q9,772
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
6,946.59 6,955.4S

There was large reduction in
trunk highway mileage effected py
1929 grading jobs or 1923 jobs
which had not been completed
when last years inventory" was
taken. This was offset by the adj
dition to the system of trunk high
way No. u, from Blackjack to
Baudette, a distanceof 755 miles,
leaving net increase of 9 miles.
Trunk Highway u was estab-
lished by the legislature under the
clause which permits adding routes
to connect new county seats. It is
of sub-standard grade. In spite of
this, the total mileage of sub
standard grade is 1913 miles less
than a year ago. There is a re-
duction in the total graveled mile
age, due to the fact that many
stretches of gravel have been shift
ed into the bituminous treated or
paved mileage.
The mileage listed as "earth
standard grade" is on routes re.
Gently graded, which will be paved
or graveled in the spring. The
earth and gravel of sub-standard
grade is on routes which have not
been graded by the state. Due tc
light traffic, however, many OF
these routes are in as good condi
ton as some of the standard grav.
ell routes carrying heavier traffic
Distance reductions have averag.
ed better than 10 per cent on the
stretches where grading has beer
completed this year. A list of these
jobs shows 1872 miles of newly
graded permanent highway taking
the place of 372 miles of temper.
airy trunk routes. Through this
construction there have also been
eliminated 45 grade crossings and
236 sharp turns. A typical case is
the work on T. H. No. % from Lit
tie Falls to Swanville. On this
job the old distance was IT'S miles
and the new distance 1863 miles
while two grade crossings and six
dangerous turns were eliminated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
AGED LADY FALLS

Friday afternoon Mrs. Herman
Lying slipped on the sidewalk near
the Bryant Library and in an eff
fort to save herself she fell frac-
turning two bons of the left wrist.
Mrs. Lying is quite advanced in
years, but is getting along very
satisfactory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Exposure Kills Aged Man

August Weber, 80 years old re-
siding near Paynssville was found
frozen to death Sunday by mem
bers of his family. He had re-
tired as usual Saturday night but
evidently arose in the night and
went outside the home. He had
wandered a half mile.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26

Morris Arneson, LG.; Cameron Lar
son, c.; Fay Domke, R.G.; Pat Du-
Bots, F.; Victor Sieben, L. c.; Jas
Benson, f.
Front Row, left to right; Jas.
O'Gara, re-; Dean Kinsella, LG.;
Richard Borgmann, c.; Clifford
Domke, c.; Butch" Iwinski, c.;
Clarence Eckberg, F.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26

one but the boys have been. re-
spending to Michelson's coaching
quite satisfactory Norbert Frank,
forward, has been selected as
Captain ;fornthis game. The follow
ing is a picture of the 1929 squad:
Back how, left 20 right: Norbert
Frank; F.; Lawrence Korf, r.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26
Concrete, Oil, Tar Mileage
of State Have Increased
Graveled Trunk Highway Mileage
Reduced-TOtal Held Down
Despite Added Route

A net increase of Ill miles of
pavement and 25S miles of bitum-
nous treated gravel, is shown in
report on the status of improve
ment of the trunk highway sys-
tenn, made public this week by c..
M. Babcock, Commissioner of
Highways. The report is summed
up in the following table:
Nov. 1 % Nov. 1 20
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26

The Sank Centre High School
team which meet the Melrose High
school basket bali team ct the jun
ior High Auditorium Alumni on
Homecoming night, Tuesday, Dec.
81, at 500 o'clock, should be in
fairly good condition for the game.
The team is practically q green
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26

Mrs. J. p: Steffes Is quite serious.
ly Ill, suffering with erysilpelas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-12-26

A Happy New Year-rhe Herald
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that at present there are about half
that number of troops in the country.
Hint was given later that the number
would perhaps be increased soon
Riding ups from An-Tung, which is
the first town on the Manchurian side
of the Yalu River, we could see evidence
of japanese military occupation Of the
railroad strip, which is marked by a
line of white stones set in the fields
on each side of the track, making a
space about 100 feet wide. This space
varies, understand according to the
terrain. The right of way, furthermore,
wldens into considerable spaces at
terminals. All through this space
japanese troops were observable. And
1t was observed by one Of the members
of our party, with special knowledge
Of the situation, that 1t was limited
that the railroad force itself is po-
tential military organization, to be
transformed and used as such in case
of emergency.
At every bridge head along the
line is a concrete circular blockhouse,
situated at the strategic point for de-
Tense of the line. I noticed such pill
boxes" also at a couple of tunnels.
There are more than 20 tunnels on this
branch of the South Manchurian Rail
way in the run from An-Tung. This
line was originally built by Japan as
a military road during the Russian War.
Later, when 1t was desired to transform
1t into peace-time railway, the Chinese
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BY GIDEON A. LYON.

the Liaotung Peninsula and the rail-
way to a total period of SO years, which
is the term usually stipulated in most
foreign concessions in China"
Situation Complicated.
There, in a brief compass, is the
background of Japan's position in Man
cturia But the situation which we find
here, on arrival in this ancient city with
its new part and its old part, the latter
still walked, is too complicated to be
briefly explained or easily understood.
We had not been here more than eight
hours than we were given party by
American residents of Mukden, at which
the after dinner talk revealed COM
plete confusion of understanding and a
wide variation of sympathy on the part
of our hosts, many of whom have re-
sided here, or hereaboutS, for years.
In the simplest possible terms, Japan
is in South Manchuria because of po-
litical and business necessity China
is the sovereign power But, while the
Chinese government at Nankin. headed
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wished Japan to continue to follow the
meandering mountain course which
had Of necessity been adopted in hasty
construction. Japan insisted, however,
on more direct route, involving the
cutting of the tunnels. 1t took long
period of negotiation to bring about
adoption Of the latter route, now fol-
lowed. Hence the 'pillboxes." At one
point yesterday, where some reconstruc-
ton work is in progress, at bridge.
/ noted q Japanese soldier with his
gun standing watchfully on the top of
one of these concrete forts.
Banditry Is Practiced.
Banditry is practiced constantly in
this area, I am told Sometimes it
takes the form of attempts to block
the railroad line by the derailment OF
trains. These bandits are not POLITICAL
ly minded. They may be soldiers who
have become tired of waiting for their
pay, or famished for lack of rations, or
they may be peaceaEle farmers between
raids. They are always Chinese, never
Japanese. This condition naturally
calls for a peace-keeping police force,
call it army or what not.
In the background of this complex
is Russia, once master here in the old
cZarist days, then challenged by Japan,
beaten in war that changed the po-
litical situation in the Far East, and
subsequently suffering revolution that
has changed only the methods OF acqui-
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by Chang Kai Shek, Is the titular au-
thority, the real Chinese power Is
welded by the young General" as the
residents call the son of the late
Chang Hsieu Lin, who was assassi-
mated some months ago by the blowing
up of the railway train In which he was
travelling. The young General" who
is about % years of age, has an army.
Nankin China. to employ as nearly
descriptive term as 1t is possible to
use regarding this strange complication,
has no army here. Nankin- China de-
ponds upon young General" for police
work in Manchuria.
AS far as Manchuria is concerned
this arrangement between Nankin and
Young General works out well
enough, 1t would seem. But no one
knows how long young General" is
going to be content with acting merely
as Nankin's chief of police In this part
of the country. Nor really does any
one know how long he is going to have
an army For the Chinese war lords
in these days quite often have found
their armies suddenly melting away, or
passing over to another leader.
Japanese Troops in Country.
Under the terms of the contract witt
China, Japan has the right to main
tain $4,000 troops of her own here
in South Manchuria, TO protect the
railway lines. I was told yesterday by
two different persons closely connected
with the japanese organization here