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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
County Dance Permits
Put up to County Board
Recent Minnesota Legislature Pas
ses Law Regulating Popular
Form of Amusement.

Among the recent laws passed by
the state legislature is one which
has given the County Commission
ers the power to issue permits for
country public dances in the coun-
ty.
Chapter 264, House file 1876, states
that lin any case where a permit
for one single dance is desired, the
Town Board Of the town where the
dance is to be held shall have q
right to grant the same, but any
person owning or operating a
dance pavilion or dance hall in any
such town where dances are to be
held regularly during the year or a
part thereof, must make applica-
ton for such dance permit to the
County Commissioners and provid-
ed, that this shall not apply as
hereinbefore stated to counties
having population Of 225,00O or
more"
The law also requires that this
permit be posted in the dance hall
during the time of the dance.
Dance halls in the vicinity of Sank
Centre will have to comply with
the new ruling or action by the
sheriff's Office will follow.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
Leach and Kunze Enter
Battle for Mayors Office
Light Vote is Cast in the Mime
apOlis Primaries Held Monday
Finals in June

Minneapolis, May 14-George E.
Leach, incumbent, and William F.
Kunze, banker, today were assured
the right to meet in the general
election June 10 for the mayoral-
ity of Minneapolis.
Leach and Kunze, today's count
revealed, were the victors in the
city primary election Monday,
winning larger plurality than any
of the other eight candidates. One
Of the lightest votes in the history
of the city was cast-a total of
$1,000. Kunze led Leach.
The aldermanic section of the
election drew much of the atten-
ton away from the mayorality
candidates, four aldermen having
recently been convicted and sent
enced to prison for bribery in con-
nection with their official duties.
Practically complete returns to-
day showed Alderman D. Harry
Rendell, eighth ward, as the only
member Of the city council in dang
er Of losing his post, the other
present members being elected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
CAR RAMS BICYCLE

Russell Walker, ten-year-old SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Walker, was
the victim of an unfortunate acct
dent Sunday evening. The lad was
riding bicycle and upon arriving
at the First State Bank corner was
hit by a car and thrown from the
wheel. Russell was slightly injur-
ed and was unable to attend
school until Tuesday afternoon.
The driver Of the offending car, A.
Hansen, of Brooten, came to this
city Tuesday and it is understood
settled the damages. After the
accident Sunday night he gave the
boy a dollar thinking that would
cover the expense incurred through
the accident, however, the boys
suit was ruined and the bicycle
needed repairs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
YOUTH MISSING 3
WEEKS FOUND DEAD
Michael Merten, Nephew of
Sank Centre Man Drowned
in Mississippi River
DEATH IS ACCIDENTAL
Body of Companion, Clarence
Olson, Is, Found Near BY
o.. Gould Not Swim

Monday evenings st. Cloud
Times carried the story of the find
ing of the body of Michael Merten,
aged Is, in the Mississippi river in
Sherburne county. He had been
missing since April %.
The lad is a nephew of Ben Mer-
ten, of Sank Centre. In company
with a companion, Clarence Olson,
Is years old, the boys went on a
hiking trip along the shore of the
river.
The following story from the
Times will prove of interest:
1.-THE body of Michael Merten, Is,
student of Riverside school, was
found Sunday afternoon at 2 p. m.
floating in an eddy of the Missis-
sippi river west of Bright's island
Sherburne county, after a search
which started April %, the day af-
ter the youth disappeared with
Clarence Olson, 16, son of Barney
Olson, living near the Northern
States Power company dam.
walter Halleckson, Is, son of
Martin Halleckson, route 1, farmer
discovered Merten's body several
miles north of his fathers farm, as
he was strolling along the river
The body evidently had come in
with the sweep of the river, and
had become entangled in the roots
of a grove of willow trees lining
the river bank. Young Halleckson
notified Kinney Dyson, Haven
township justice of the peace, and
the remains were taken to the
Daniel funeral parlors where DR.
E. E. Page, of Elk River, Sher.
burne county coroner, pronounced
death due to drowning last evening
after an examination had been held
and the body identified as Mertens
Merten disappeared on April %
three weeks ago, from the day he
was found. He and Clarence Olson
went for a hike south along the
Mississippi river on a Sunday
morning, and failed to return. Al
that time indications pointed to the
fact that both boys may have left
to apply for positions at one of the
northwest air fields. A search by
private parties, and Sherburne and
Stearns county deputy sheriffs was
conducted, and the river between
st. Cloud and Clearwater was drag.
ged in the hope that some trace OF
the two boys could be found. Wher
the river failed to give them up
and they were not found on one OF
the numerous islands along the riv
er, officials mutually decided that
both boys had run away.
The fate of young Merten leaG
the officers to believe that Clar
ence had met the same fate. Search
was continued and the body of the
Olson boy was found a short dis
lance from where Michaels body
was located.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
REDUCES TALKIE PRICES

Manager Mullen, of the Caugh-
rem, is so well pleased with the
patronage the Sank Centre fans
are giving his show house that he
will inaugurate Vitaphone talking
pictures Sunday evening, and will
open with talkies each Sunday eve
ming hereafter. Sunday evenings
bill will be William Boyd in "The
Leatherneck." There will also be
two reels of talking comedies. The
admission forGSunday and Monday
evenings will be Is and IS cents.
The admission Tuesday, Wednes-
day and Thursday evenings will be
20 and 40 cents, instead of Is and
SO cents. as formerly. These pic
lures are showing this week at the
State and Minnesota theatres, Min
neapolis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
Ashley-Raymond Ali
Club Adds IL Members
Organization Holds Enthusiastic
Meeting Friday-PrOject Dis
cussiOn by Group

The Ashley-Raymond All club
held it's third monthly meeting at
the A. I. Cowlthorpe home Friday
evening. In the absence of the
president Vice President Russell
Nicholson presided.
The roll call was conducted by
Harvey Veeder after which Miss
Nelson led the group in club songs.
George Minette, county club leader
was present and addressed the club
members. Discussion groups were
formed by those engaged in each of
the several kinds of projects. The
next meeting will be held in school
house number 1876 Friday evening,
May II.
The following II new members
were admitted:
Name and project
Irene Spaeth, poultry.
Marvel Tongerson, sewing.
Thelda Vaale, sewing.
Henry Essler, dairy calf.
Olive Cook, pig.
Estella Cook, poultry.
Idella Cook, sewing.
Norman Radermacher, potatoes.
Virginia Radermacher, sewing.
Florence Petit, sewing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
NEARLY 100 KILLED
IN GAS EXPLOSION
X-Ray Film Blaze Fires Dead
ly Gas in Famous Cleve-
land, O., Clinic
FUMES HALT RESCUE
Victims Trapped in Wheel
Chairs, See Approach of
Death Fumes

Cleveland, Ohio, May 15-At least
80 lives are known to have been
lost and scores of persons injured
in the deadly explosion and fire at
Cleveland clinic hospital today.
Many. of the dead were victims of
poisonous gases and suffocated in
agony. Others died from pains or
burns. Most of the victims were
patients, who were powerless to es-
cape the death they could see ap-
preaching them.
Two hours after the building
took fire, all of it's occupants had
been removed and the fire had been
extinguished.
Most of the fatalaties were the
results of the fire, but many were
believed to have been suffocated by
poisonous fumes from burning
chemicals. Some of the dead turn
ed a CHASTITY green color when they
were removed from the building,
spectators said.
Hardly two hours was required
to complete the tragedy. With the
first tlarm, all available fire appa-
ratus in the eastern part of the
city was rushed to the hospital
which is located at Euclid avenue
and East 93rd street.
Scores of firemen battled scorch-
ing flames while others donned gas
masks and risked their lives inside
the building, in rescue work Some
| of the patients were removed thru
windows.
The hospital was filed with pa
tients and prominent physicians at
the time of the explosion.
There were two blasts of unde-
termined cause, in the X-ray room.
Fire broke out almost Immediately,
and fumes of chemicals and poison
gases filled the building.
Scores of patients were taken
from the wards and clinic rooms
and rushed in ambulances to near
by hospitals. It was difficult to de-
termine whether some were dead or
alive.
In short time the building was
a mass of flames. Firemen braved
death to rescue helpless patients,
taking them out through windows.
Many of the patients were uncon-
scious when removed. Some were
burned and others were suffering
from the poison gases.
According to latest reports, two
blasts occurred on the second floor,
one in the X-ray room. The flames
shot out the second floor window,
and patients on that floor were
helpless. -
There were no patients on the
first floor. Firemen that rushed
from all parts of the city concen-
trated their efforts on rescue work.
All physicians available were
summoned. Automobiles and trucks
parked and in traffic were COM
Wandered and rushed to the scene.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
Dr..J.E Dubois is
Headof Medical Board
Sank Centre Physician HOnored by
His Colleagues at Annual
Meeting

Sank Centre friends of DR.. J. F.
Dubois will be pleased to learn that
he has been elected president of
the State Medical Examiners Board
of Minnesota.
The honor was conferred at the
annual meeting held in st. Paul
Tuesday. The board consists of
seven members who pass upon
qualifications of medical students
to practice medicine in this state.
DR.. Dubois returned yesterday
from st. Paul where he also at
tended the meeting of the Mime
sofa Medical Association held at
the st. Paul hotel, st. Paul, Mon
day and Tuesday, concluding with
the banquet at the st. Paul Tues
day evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
AUTO DEALERS AFFECTED

Auto dealers Of this city, in COM
mon with those throughout the
state, will pay much heavier tax
this year by reason of new rul-
ing made recently.
Heretofore auto dealers who
have had new cars on hand on May
LIST, have not had to pay a personal
property tax, the reason being that
the cars were covered under the
Dealers License. The new ruling
is, however, that dealers must pay
personal property tax on all new
cars in stock May LIST, as cars on
hand for sale, the ruling holds, are
personal property, and not entitled
to the dealer license.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
Honorable Mention for
Local Teacher in Contest
Miss Everhart Writes Paper on
Burberry Eradication Conducted
by st. Paul Paper

Miss Clifford Everhart, school
teacher in Sank Centre, was award
ed honorable mention in the Mime
sofa Burberry Teaching Plan Con-
test which was sponsored by the
Burberry Eradication Office, UNI
ve1sity Farm and the ST. Paul Pr
oneer Press and Dispatch. The
competition was conducted among
the teachers of the State as a
means of obtaining the best plan
for teaching grade children about
the ravages of stem rust spread by
common barberry and how to Grad
icate the bush. The competition
was very keen. There were 100
entrants in the contest. All of the
teaching plans submitted showed a
tremendous amount of work,
thought, and originality.
The judges were as follows: A..
M. Field, professor of agricultural
education at the University of
Minnesota; Miss Anna Swenson, in
charge of teachers Institutes for
the State Department of Educa-
ton and, Mrs. May H. Dills, Hen
nepin county superintendent of
schools.
One of the main activities of the
barberry eradication campaign is
teaching the school children to
know the common barberry when
they see it. Although over 100000
barberry bushes have been eradi-
Gated from the State of Minnesota,
there are still millions of ungerm-
mated seeds lying in the ground
in vicinities where these bushes
have been killed. Each one of
these seeds is capable Of germinat-
ing after period of several years
and causing new barberry bush
to develop. For this reason it is
important that every man, woman,
and child be on the lookout for
common barberry for years to
come.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
I. o. o. F. SERVICE SUNDAY

A special service for the men,
bers of the Odd Fellow Lodge will
be held in the Methodist Episcopal
Church next Sunday morning at
1O:45 o'clock. Rev. T. B. Shorts,
pastor, will have charge of the
service. Odd Fellows from Alex
andria and Osakis will be in at
tendance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
CONFIRMATION SERVICE

Rev. Johnson, pastor of the local
Norwegian Lutheran Church will
conduct confirmation service at
the Home Schools next Sunday af-
ternoon at 2:30. About % girls will
be among the class of confirmants.
Special music will be rendered by
the large choir at the schools.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
BrO0fen Commercial
To Haze Booster Trip
Expect to Arrive in Sank Centre
at 500 p. M. Friday Evening
Band Concert

The wide awake business men
making up the membership of the
Brooten Commercial Club will
leave their town early Friday
morning, May II for a booster trip
through Eastern Stearns and ad-
joining counties. They will arrive
in Sank Centre enroute home about
500 p. NJ, and will give a band
concert on the streets, corner Third
and Main. The following letter re.
ceived by Mayor L. w. Whitson
explains the proposed trip in de,
tail:
Brooten, Minnesota,
May 9Th, 1929
To the Honorable Mayor of
Sank Centre, Mimi,
Dear Sir:
The Commercial Club of
the Village of Brooten decid-
ed at their last meeting to
make a Booster Trip thru
Stearns County and adjoin-
ing towns and Brooten is
: closing all it's business places
for that occasion so that they
can all go along.
The date Of the tour is set
for May 18th, 1929 and if the
weather is favorable we ex-
pect to have 100 automobiles
in the tour with the Brooten
Concert Band at the head.
We will visit the eastern
end of the County and go
to Little Falls and then we
expect to come home again
through Swanville, Grey
Eagle and arrive at Sank
Centre about 8 o'clock.
We will stop in your good
town for awhile and get &C
quainted and give you music
at the same time.
Hoping to meet your good
officials and your Sank Cen
ire Business men on the 18th
day of May, 1929, we remain.
Yours truly,
Brooten Commercial Club,
BY G. d. Kelan, secy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
Matthias JAEGER


Matthias jaeger, a 15-year-old lad
who came to his uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Miller, in this
city early in January in an ill and
emaciated condition passed away
at the home of his aunt and uncle
Monday evening, May 13, 1929, at
GAS.
Matthias was born in Melrose
Feb. 26, 1914 His mother died 10
years ago. He had never enjoyed
the best of health and was decid-
edly understood and under-nourish-
ed.
After coming to his aunt and
uncle in this city in January he
attended the Public Schools for a
very short period, being confined
to his bed most of the time after
his arrival until his death.
His father survives, together with
two brothers, Norbert and Richard,
and one sister, Helene. Ebert,
Katherine and Marie are half
brothers and sisters. The parents
reside on one of the Caughren
farms southeast of the city.
The funeral will be held from St.
PauTs Catholic church, Sank Cen
ire, Friday morning, May II, at
500 o'clock, the pastor, Rev. An
thony ART, officiating. Burial will
be made in st. PauPs cemetery east
of the city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Nelson and
daughter went to Belgrade Sunday
for a visit with the lady's mother,
Mrs. Nels Moen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16

Lester Rue, of Swanville, trans
acted business here Tuesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16

w. c. Lemmer, Of Belgrade, was
q business caller here Monday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
James Kinsena

James Kinsella, well known Ray
mond township farmer, passed
away at the new st. Cloud hospital
at 1870 a. m, Wednesday morning.
The deceased was taken ill with
stoppage of the bowels about two
weeks ago. He was taken to the
hospital where an operation was
performed. He was apparently re-
covering in a satisfactory manner
until Tuesday morning when pneu
monia developed, after which the
dissolution was rapid. Mrs. Kin
sella was at her husbands bedside
when he passed away.
The deceased was born Dec. 10,
1891. On June II, 1917, he was
united in marriage at st. Mary's
Catholic church, st. Cloud, to Miss
Cecilia Pfeiffer. Four children
were born to Mr.. and Mrs. Kim
sella. They are Donald, Mabel,
Archie and Dolores, all at home.
The funeral was held at the Church
of Our Lady of the Angels, Sank
Centre Friday morning, Rev. FIR.
Pfeiffer, officiating. Interment was
made in Calvary cemetery.
The pallbearers were: Jos. Kunze,
Jos. Rousslang, Frank and Steve
Kinsella, Frank Rousslang and
Frank Jenc.
The mother Of the deceased sur
wives. There are also four brothers,
Ed and John at home; Joseph, st.
Paul and one sister, Mrs. Frank
Rousslang, Raymond township.
The following relatives and
friends from outside the city at
tended the funeral: Mr.. and Mrs.
JOS. Pfeiffer, parents of Mrs. Kin
sella, Saskatchewan, Can. Mrs. Leo
Doege, sister of Mrs. Kinsella,
Saskatchewan; Mrs. Jos. Kunze, sis
ter of Mrs. Kinsella, Valley City,
N. D.; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kin
sella, brother, st. Paul; ]. H. Kin
sella, uncle, Hartland, N. D.; Mr..
and Mrs. ]. e. Kinsella, st. Cloud.
The deceased was very highly re-
spected and the funeral was one of
the largest ever held in the Church
Of Our Lady Of the Angels.
A. e. Clark
A. e. Clark, a resident of this
section of Minnesota for many
years died at his home, Willard,
Monday. The deceased was a res
ident of Sank Centre for a time
years ago. For years he was in the
hardware business at Willard. Mr..
Clark was about 20 years old. The
immediate family is the widow and
several grown children. The de-
ceased was buried under Masonic
auspices, Wednesday afternoon.
Several Sank Centre Masons at
tended.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-05-16
REAPER CULLS OLD
AGE; YOUNG BOY
Mrs. Henry Hanson, Age 81,
Passed Away Late Mon
day Afternoon
MATTHIAS JAEGER, AGE Is
A. E. Clark Pioneer Resident
Died at Villard-James
Kinsella Buried
Mrs. Henry Hanson

Mrs. Henry Hanson, a resident
of Sank Centre since 1902, died in
Sank Centre Tuesday, May IA,
1929, at $50 p. m.
Angelina Richie was born Sept.
IA, 1912, at Montreal, Can. When a
child she moved with her parents
to Cleveland, O., Oct. 8, 1856, she
was united in marriage to Henry
Hanson. After their marriage Mr..
and Mrs. Hanson lived at Port
Huron, Mich, as the husband was
a sailor on the Great Lakes for
many years.
In 1883 Mr.. and Mrs. Hanson and
family moved to North Dakota
where they lived on farm until
1900 when they moved to Alexan-
dria, MINI.
The deceased leaves to mourn
her passing her aged husband; a
daughter Mrs. Mary Hogan, Min
-eapolis, nire grandchildren, and
. great grandchildren.
The funeral will be held from
the Sank Centre Methodist church
Friday afternoon, the pastor, Rev.
T. B. Shorts, officiating.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
PLAN AERIAL RAID
 ON NEW YORK CITY
Cincinnati Will Be Attackd-
 But Only in War Game

Washington, May II R-A night bombing raid on New York City. destruction of an enemy airdrome with live ammunition. and daylight attacks on Cincinnati and other Ohio cities are planned by the army corps for its gigantic war games in Ohio.
 The air maneuvers. which will see the largest peacetime concentra- ton of air forces ever attempted by any nation, will begin at midnight May 15 and continue night and day for 10 days.
 The principal of refueling heavy airplanes in mid-air. demonstrated successfully by the army endurance plane Question Mark. will be turn- cd to practical military use for the first time when night bombing raid on New York city is staged from Dayton, Ohio.
 The giant bomber, one of the new Keystone "Panthers," will leave the clouds and head for New York. A refueling plane will meet it near Middletown, Pa, in the heart of the Alleghany mountains, and supply :50 gallons of gasoline.
 The bomber will arrive in New York under cover of darkness, fly over the Battery and drop two par achute flares, each representing T 1,100 pound bomb-enough to tear the Wodlworth building to shreds or cause more ramage than could be repaired in years of reconstruction.
 With its bombs dropped on the
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14

Some of th" reodcin hair styles W2f" Tn vogue 400 years ago in Eng land.
New Britain herald., 1929-05-14
| ]. !. F. ID OPEN
 STATE CONVENTION
(Continued from First Page)

about 35 divisions. With IT bands, drum corps and bagpipe organiza. tions, 1t is believed that the process sion will be more than one mile long.
 A line of march has been drafted as follows: Rockwell avenue to Glen street. to Locust street, to Arch street. to Main street. to East Main street. to Spring sreet. to Winter street, to Main street.
 Review At strand Thcater
 In front of the Strand theater the marchers will pass in review before their officers. The reviewing stand will be occupied by local district, state and national leaders. More than 800 cantons, a uniformed rank of the l. Q. 0. F., will be seen in line as will several uniformed de- gree teams. All others will wear dark trousers and caps, white shirts and will carry canes. Visiting Odd Fellows who come from other states will march with the local lodges.
 The parade will break ranks at the Palace theater Here. a play. "FN.y Years From Now" will be given by | cast made up of members of the fraternai order.
 Since more than 5000 will be in the parade, it will not be possible to house the entire delegation in the playhouse. and for the accommoGs.- tion Of the overflow gathering. an ente ertainment and dance will take place at Odd Fellows hall on Arch street.
 Tour of City Tomorrow
 Tomorrow program opens at o'clock in tkc morning with tour of New Britain, delegates assembling in front of the E1ihu Burritt hotel Converting at 10 o'clock with Grand Master Aaron W. Carlson Of this ely in the chair the convention will heai an address of welcome by Mayor Paonessa, after which a business session will take place.
 Adjournment at noon will be Tor the purpose of allowing delegates 10 70 to the new Masonic temple on West Main street, to partake of dinner prepared by the two local chapters of Rebekah.
 A panoramic picture of the gath ering will be taken on the steps of the temple and the delegates will then return to the meeting hall.
 James Green of Ripley lodge of Torrington. deputy grand master, will he formally advanced to leader ship Of the grand lodge and Mir. Carlson will surrender the saNel 10 him. after the meeting has been rn- opened. X business session will coa- clude the events of the afternoon.