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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
oldest Radio Station
in Virginia Graveyard

There are many strange radio sta
lions in the world, but one of the
strangest, perhaps, is the station
that is located in a graveyard. The
redeeming feature of the whole
thing is the fact that it is not a hu-
man but a ship graveyard.
Anchored in the James river near
Fort Eustis, Va, are some 200 ships
of the Emergency Fleet corporation.
Built for use in the time of the
war and now Of no use to the gov
eminent, they are tied up awaiting
sale, or death by decay. Tied up
in 10 units of 20 ships each, they
spread out over this historic river
for some five miles.
When the high winds blow down
the river the boats occasionally
break away from their units and
60 drifting down the river, a men,
ace to navigation. Also, when the
high winds blow, the little land
phone line that runs to Yorktown
Is carried awa.'. 1t is in times
like this that the radio station,
which is located on the flagship Of
the fleet, comes into operation. A
call is sent to the navy yard at
Newport News and tugs are dis
patched to return the refractory
boat to the fold.
Even in calm weather the trans
mitter gets an occasional workout
by transmitting messages received
by phone from the Yorktown mine
depot to the navy yard. Fort Eus-
tbs, near which this peculiar little
station is located, is also the home
base of the only railway artillery
unit in the United States army.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Catfsh Peculiar

Catfish are called catfishes be-
cause they have feelers on the
head, like cats "smellers." They
have no scales, their bodies being
naked and smooth, or mailed with
long plates. The different species
vary in size from dwarfs two
inches long to six feet giants. The
stone-cats and the mad-toms, sell
dom more than three inches long,
sting painfully, but not dangerously.
Only a few fossil catfishes have
been found. The present scaleless
members of the group evidently
come from scaly ancestors. The
peculiarities that distinguish them
are caused by specialization of some
parts and by degeneration Of other
parts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
President Pays for Food

If food is bought by the Presi-
dents wife simply for family sup
per for herself and husband the
cost of 1t Is no concern of the
United States of America and must
be met by the President in his ca
pacity as head of a private house
hold. The President, says Worlds
Work, out Of his own resources
feeds himself and some twenty
servants at all their private meals.
If, however, the food is bought
for an official entertainment, such
as one of the four unacceptable an
nual dinners, the cost is met
through a voucher conveyed to the
disbursing officer of the public mon
eys appropriated for travelling ex-
penses."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
From Earth to Sun

The distance between the earth
and sun varies from something more
than 100000 miles to something
more than 94,O00,O0O. The mean
distance Is calculated to be about
92,SOO,OOO. The earth is nearest
the sun in early January and
farthest away in early July. That
the distance has nothing to do with
the seasons may be seen from the
fact that while it Is winter in the
northern hemisphere, it is summer
in the southern. The real reason
for the seasonal changes Is the fact
that the earth's axis is at an angle
(23k degrees) with relation to it's
path around the sun. At that sea-
son of the year when our northern
hemisphere is tipped toward the
sun, its rays fall more directly upon
us, and we have summer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
For Insomnia Sufferers

AS treatment for insomnia, there
Is advised a systematic mapping
out of the day; early rising. then
work, punctuated by regular meals,
followed by half an hours rest
after each, fair allowance of ex-
ercise and recreation, the latter to
be pursued genuinely and not as
make-believe. Physical exercise is
beneficial, and discipline in the Sc
lection of food a necessity.
A glass of hot milk and a bis
cult or a hot-water bottle often
have remarkable effects, while the
bedroom should be quiet and cool,
with an open but darkened window.
Hot baths before retiring are help
full in some cases, but may aggra-
vate others.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Cable Insulation

One can hardly see any connec-
ton between hoop skirts and the
electrical industry, but one may be
traced, strangely enough, which
took place in the early days of
the electrical development. The
first cables were not insulated sat
isfactorily till Walter T. Glover, an
Englishman who braided steel hoops
with cotton, had an inspiration.
Crinolines were going out, so was
his business. So he used his ma
chinery for insulating copper wire
with cotton braid, and he soon had
no cause to regret the passing of
the crinOline.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Drive Cow to Mixer
Is Newest Dairy Plan

Milking cows is being done in
new way by experts of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture at the
dairy experiment farm in Maryland
and the plan being used may have
several advantages for Minnesota
dairymen, in the opinion of DR.. c.
H. Eckles, chief of the dairy divi-
sion, University Farm, st. Paul.
This plan involves driving the cows
to the milking machine, instead of
taking the machine to the cows.
A mechanical milking unit of
standard make is used, but instead
of the usual portable receptacle for
the milk, it is drawn into a station
ary container located between two
stalls. Cows are driven into the
milking stalls from the rear and in
stead of being tied or sanctioned
they are detained by movable gates
placed in front of the stalls. These
can be opened from the rear by
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
What L. Poverty?

Frank Schubert died and left
great riches to the world-the
riches of beauty translated through
the glorious medium of music.
Those who came to look into the at
tic of Schubert declared that he
had died in poverty. He was the
poor figure of financial tragedy.
Lately a bit of his manuscript sold
for $1,000. But this does not es-
tablish his wealth. The great riches
he left are for those who can ap-
preciate them. Men may die with
out money, but they need not die
in poverty in the larger sense
Grove Patterson in the Mobile
Register.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Fish-Oil Ice Cream

Ice cream made from fish oil.
snow and sugar recently was an un-
expected winter dish of Eskimos of
Alaska. The Odor was strong but
the dish is said to have tasted bet
ter than it smelt. Eskimos caught
great numbers of eulachon, a
species of smelt which is sometimes
called the candlefish because it con-
tains so much oil. These they placed
in holes lined with heated rocks,
and after the fish were cooked they
were placed in covered baskets on
which the women trod with bare
feet to extract the Oil. During
cold weather the oil has much the
consistency of butter. To make the
ice cream, the oil was melted and
sugar and snow were added, then
stirred in.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Gems His Playthings

Many, varied, and strange are the
belongings kept in safe deposits.
During the recent visit to England
of the ruler of a semi-independent
Indian state a score or more of
gorgeously apparelled retainers WIS.,
tied the premises of one company
every day to collect three heavy
chests filed with cut and uncut pre-
cious stones. These were taken
away for the dusky potentate to
play with, and returned to the
vaults when he tired of his daily
amusement. The jewels were said
to be worth over $10,000,OOO and
were probably the most valuable
collection ever stored at one time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Agricultural Notes
Letting Biddy Loaf in
Winter Cuts Profits


Poultrymen who desire high an
nual egg yields should not allow
their hens to loaf during the whit
er, because time lost in that way
is almost never made up. This is
shown by records kept for the
past two years by about forty flock
owners scattered throughout Min
nesota. These poultrymen cooper
ated with the agricultural extern
sion service of the University of
Minnesota, supplying their records
each month to Miss Cora Cooke,
poultry specialist, who has tabulat-
ed the results and formulated con-
illusions designed for show which
methods and practices were most
successful.
Out of 16 high-producing flocks
that averaged 181 eggs per hen for
the year 1928, only one produced
less than 80 eggs per hen during
the winter. But out of Is low-pro-
ducing fiocks, averaging only 81
eggs per hen for the year, thirteen
produced less than 20 eggs during
the winter. These figures furnish
good evidence that the winter pro-
duction is very important element
in high annual output. The prin-
cipal causes of low winter produc-
ton, Miss Cooke found, were late
maturity of pullets, inadequate
housing and poorly balanced ra.
tions.
According to the figures, high egg
production per hen is the surest
way to good profits. Poultrymen
who secured high egg yields had to
increase their feed costs. but re-
turns were enough greater to
more than pay the difference 1t
! was found that a high egg yield
does not necessarily increase the
mortality among hens. On the 9TH
er hand, the conditions which are
conducive to high egg production
are most favorable for the health
of the flock. Mortality of both
chicks and hens was highest in the
low-producing focks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Swedes Made History

Sweden's international relations
were kept alive by the contact be-
tween the home country and Swed-
ish emigrants and settlers abroad.
Thus in the year 375 Swedes pene-
.trated as far south as the Black
sea and founded an Austro-G Gotham
dominion. Others settled on the
British islands and in Normandy.
Headed by the great statesman and
warrior, Rurik, one group went east
across the Baltic and founded the
empire of Russia, named after the
coast district Of Roslagen, near
Stockholm, whence came it's found
ers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Old American College

Dartmouth college at Hanover,
N. H., is an outgrowth of a school
founded at Lebanon, Conn.,, by FL
eazar Wheelock for the Christian
education of Indian youth. Funds
raised in England and contributed
largely by Lord Dartmouth enabled
Wheelock to move $50 miles to the
Hanover plain, five miles north of
the junction of the nnecticut and
White rivers, and so allowed him
to enlarge the scope Of his work.
The province of New Hampshire
gave charter to the new Dart
mouth college in 1859.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Minglins Old and New

Curfew In the ancient city Of
Rouen, France, now rings by cleo
tricity. The curfew bell has here
tofOre been worked by hand, but
now It has been wired to the great
clock, said to be the oldest in the
world, In the tower. As soon as
the clock strikes nine, the bell be-
gins to toll automatically and. con-
tinues for quarter of an hour.
The clock itself was manufactured
In 1889 and for FIVE centuries 1t ran
without repair. 1t has only one
hand, marking the hours.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Hernandez Found Dahlia

It was in 1870 that Philip II of
Spain sent Francisco Hernandez to
Mexico to compile an official report
of the tree and plant life Of New
Spain. He sent seeds to the director
Of the Royal Botanic gardens In
Madrid, who, says Nature Maya
zine, disseminated the dahlia
throughout Europe. Hernandez
found the dahlia, not as a wild
flower, but in the cultivated gar
dens Of the Aztecs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Why Borah Couldn't Come

The Golden Book recounts the
story of how Mrs. William Borah,
wife Of the senator, arrived alone
at a diplomatic breakfast in Wash
ington during the late days Of the
Coolidge administration when the
Kellogg anti-war treaty was still
in process Of negotiation. Asked by
Secretary of State Kellogg what
had become of her husband, the gen.
tie and literal Mrs. Borah replied:
"He said that If you asked for
him, Mr.. kellogg, I was to say that
he is at home working on your
id treaty."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
History of the Diamond

India was the original home of
the diamond as jewel. For GEN.
turtles India remained the sole
source of Europe's diamond supply.
About 1730 diamonds were discov-
cred in Brazil. In 1867 diamonds
were discovered in South Africa.
South African diamonds constitute
more than 80 per cent of the
worlds supply. From their dis
cOvery to the present time they
have yielded 90,OOO,OOO carats. The
diamonds Of the world probably
represent value Of $5,0O0O0O, 900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
An Eva for Color

A little girl recently skinned her
knee and her mother promptly ap-
piled bright-colOred antiseptic.
Several days later the mother
served cold meats and catsup. The
little girl, seeing her father gener-
Ously helping himself to catsup, de-
handed: Mother, l want some
meat with mercurochrome on it."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Montan. Hold. Cold Record

Scientists believe that the maxi
mum low temperature at the North
pole is from so to 60 degrees be-
low zero. Lower temperatures have
been recorded in the United States.
For instance, a temperature Of 68
degrees below zero has been record
ed at Havre, Mont.-Pathfnder
Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Origin of Caledonia

The word caledonia" is the Latin
name for North Britain, now Scot
land. 1t was first used by the
Roman writer, Lucan. It is now
chiefly used POLITICALLY. The word
is popularity believed to be derived
from "Coild0oine," which means
'men of the woods" The first syl-
liable, however, may be from "Gaul"
and the meaning then would be
"Gaels of the dunes" or hills.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12

Mile. Jeanette Degrue, of Mar
seilles was committed to an asyl-
UNI after stealing $500 and burning
it to heat a teakettle.
Frau Anna Zertrus, of Dresden,
was heavily fined for selling her
baby for $500.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
No Standing Still

Progress is essential in this life.
But whether it shall be forward
or backward is for you to decide.
You cannot stand still. This is
impossible. The world is only a
stairway on which men go either
up or d0wn.-Grit.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12

When a legislator declares he's
going to study the merits of a pro-
posal, he means he's going to study
constituent reaction to it.-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Thurs, Sept. 10
10 Head Cattle

Roam Cow, years old, fresh
Red Cow, years old, freshen Sept. 20
Red Cow, years old, fresh in October
Red Cow, 5 years old, fresh in November
Red Cow, 3 years old, fresh in November
Red Cow, years old, fresh in November
Red Cow, years old, fresh in December
Red Cow, years old, fresh in December
White Faced Cow, years old, fresh in De-
cember
Red Cow, years old, fresh in December
Red and White Cow, 6 years old, fresh in
January, 1880
Grade Roam Short Horn Bull, year old
TwO-year-Old Heifer
n Horses
Bay Gelding, Dick, years old, weight about
1900
Bay Gelding, Dave, 8 years old, weight about
Bay Mare, Sally, 9 years old, weight about
1900
Bay Horse, white face, Badly, years old,
weight about 1900
IS Pigs
Two Chester White Sows, born in 1923
Thirteen Young Pigs
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Farm Machinery

Hay Rack Mccormick Rake
Dane Hay Buclker Mccormick Mower
Moline Corn CultivatOr Kentucky Drill
Deering Grain Binder
Section Wooden Harrow
KOvar Spring Tooth Harrow
Deere Gang PlOw Deere Sulky PlOw
Truck Wagon Pump Jack
Lumber Wagon complete with box
Ford Touring Car Set of BObs
21a H. p. Waterloo Gas Engine
ClOverleaf Manure Spreader
2 Sets Double Work Harness
Primrose Cream Separator
Stock Tank and tank heater
GrindStOne, new Cream Cooler
Two 3O-gallOn Oil Barrels
Peninsular Range, Wood and Coal Heater
Two Rockers Cupboard
White Enamel Kitchen Sink
Kitchen Utensils
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
Feed and Poultry

Two and One-half Stacks of Hay
About $50 Bushels Barley
About 700 Bushel Oats
l9 Geese. About so Barred Rock Chickens
Other articles too numerous to mention
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-09-12
SALE!.

As farming will sell Live Stock Farm Machinery and other personal
the
OF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
OTHER COUNTRIES
TOCONS|DER ARMS
Macdonald Says Washington
Visit Preliminary to
Larger Conference.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, September 28.-Prime Min
lister Macdonald, in message to the
national executive of the Labor party
prior to his departure for the United
States, referred to the forthcoming
disarmament conference at Washington
and said that any agreement achieved
could only be preliminary to larger
agreement, which must be reached III
conference with the other naval powers.
1--WE are not trying to present any
other nation or nations with fait ac-
compli which they must take or leave" !"
said MIR. MacDonalds message. which
will be read at the opening Of the an
nual Labor conference next Monday.
What we are determined to avoid Is
that the general march forward toward
disarmament may be held up In the
future as it has been in the past, while
the two great naval powers, ourselves
and America, halt by the wayside to
argue about their special difficulties.
"I think that we can now say that
the kind of agreement necessary TO
prevent that is well within reach. ana
go to meet President Hoover in the
hope and expectation that the degree
of friendly understanding achieved dur
ing many weeks of distant correspond. :.
ence will be strengthened and rendered
closer by few days of personal con.
tact. I also feel. quite irrespective of
the particular points we have been dis
cusSing, that establishment of such con-
tact is immensely to be desired and that
nothing could be of more value to tn
ternational good will than mutual con-
fidence between the governments OF the
United States and Great Britain"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
MAN SHOT AFTER
ATTACK ON WOMEN
Bricks Used as Weapons, But
Only One Woman Is
Seriously Hurt.

After a colored man with brick
bat had injured two women, one OF
whom was accompanied by her small
daughter, as they passed by the H
street and the K street viaducts under
the railroad tracks, near Second street
northeast. early last night, suspect
was shot and captured In battle with
a motor cycle policeman.
Frightened by Screams.
Mrs. Anna Boucher of the Penn
hurst Apartments, 4S II street north
east, walking through the H street via
duct. was attacked by the thug. who
struck her on the head with brick.
She was not seriously injured, however
away. She was taken to Sibley Hos
pital, and after treatment by stan
physician. was able 10 return to her
home. ..
shortly afterward. Mrs. Josephine
Martin, 1913 Third street northeast
bound on a marketing tour with her
daughter Josephine, was assaulted. pre-
sumably by the same man. who had
been lurking in the shadows Of the K
street viaduct.
Mrs. Martin was also struck on the
head. but the thug again was fright
ened and fed. She was taken In a
machine to Casualty Hospital. where
DR.. Phillip Stebbing found she suf-
fered from decorations Of the head,
shock and possible fracture Of til;
skull.
Policeman Hunts Man.
Meanwhile. Motor Cycle Policeman
zeno Wright, attached to the trafic
bureau, was dispatched to the scene
Of the attacks and found a colored
man skulking about near Second and
X streets northeast. He hailed the
man. who then turned on him and
struck him In the face with a brick
The officer reports he then pulled
his pistol and shot the man twice. both
bullets striking the man In the leg
The suspect. who later identified him
self as Robert Jones. 40. of Dingman
court, was treated at Casualty Hos.
pital. Later. he was taken to the ninth
precinct for questioning. He was being
held there last night. pending further
investigation. No charge had been
made against the man late last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-29
West Indian Typhoon Passes
Over Eastern Keys Into Gulf
and Is Moving Toward Fort
Meyers and Tampa Area.
NASSAU GETS FULL FURY
OF TROPICAL CYCLONE
Rarricaded Miami Feels Backlash
of Storm-Freak Twister Dam
ages Fort Lauderdale-Key West
Swept by 70-Mile Wind-Home.
stead Is Reported Cut Off.

PALM BEACH, Fla, Septem-
ber % (P).-The Radio Marine
Corporation radio station
WOE here tonight reported re-
ceiving an SOS call from the
tanker Garnet HurlingS, which
reported that it was aground
on Sombrero Key.
BY the Associated Press.
After raking the Bahamas with
a destructive three-day lash and
buffeting the lower East Coast OF
Florida with heavy gales, the trop-
ical storm last night moved rapid
y northeastward through the Gulf
of Mexico, menacing the Florida
West Coast.
This most unusual storm, which
had changed its course three times
since lowering more than two days
over Nassau, the Bahamas capl-
tai, apparently will continue
aorthweStward course for IL hours,
the Weather Bureau said.
5O-Mile Wind.
Influence of the storm center
was felt last night along the strip
of West Coast from Cape Sable t.
Fort Myers and Punta Gorda,
Barometers dropped and wind We
locities ranging up to so mileE per
hour were reported by Govern
ment observers.
Key West, as we'll as the eastern
mainland of Florida, escaped the
full fury of the winds that tore
Nassau and caused many deaths
and enormous property damage.
Streets of Key West were Uttered
with minor debris, but the loss
was said not to be great.
Heavy damage was experienced
in the homestead section south oil
Miami and in neighboring towns
but there was no loss of life and
but a few persons were injured
slightly. Fort Lauderdale, Is
miles north of Miami, had the
most unusual blow of all. A freak
twister from the ocean tore sew
eral buildings and hurt 10 per-
sons.
Tampa in Path.
Gales of near hurricane force were in
dicated for the section Of the west
Coast south OF Tampa, While noTtIltdSt
storm warnings were out for the coast
from Tampa to Pensacola. That the
East Coast section might have another
spell of wind vas seen in Weather Bu-
reau warnings for southeast storm,
Jupiter to Miami. and southwest storm
in the Key West section.
Key West. south of the storm cen
| ters path. was buffeted by gales which
reached 60 and 70 miles an hour.
Waters flooded many of the island city's
streets and minor damage was inflicted
on property and trees. Several boats
were believed to have been sunk in the
harbor.
Nothing yet was known of the fate OF
the Isle of June and the Bahamian, two
freighters with 20 men. unreported since
they entered Bahaman waters shortly
before the storm. Numerous small
craft were thrown on the shores.