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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
AUTO ACCIDENT SATURDAY

Mrs. Chas. West, who moved to
this community two months ago
with her husband, was injured in
an automobile wreck which occur
red at the corner near the Armory
on Third Street Saturday evening
at about $50. Mr. West was driv-
ing west on Third Street and at.
tempted to make a left turn at the
Armory corner. He failed to see 6
Ford roadster, driven by a man
from Rochester, coming toward
him from the west. The front
right side of Mr.. Vests Chevrolet
collided with the front left side Of
the Ford, both cars being consid-
erably damaged. Mrs. West was
thrown from the car when the lock
on the door. broke. She was taken
to the Long hospital where a bad
iaceration on the top of her head
was dressed. No other serious in
juries were found, although she
was quite badly bruised. Mr.. and
Mrs. West recently purchased a
farm about one mile west of town.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
H. S. Basketball Team
Drops Final to Melrose
Independents Slaughter Osakis in
Preliminary Game of Double
Header

The local high school basket bail
team lost the last game of the sea-
son to Melrose, SO to % Friday
evening. The game was fitting
close for the team as it was the
fastest game played on this floor
this season. The Sank Centre lads
outfought their opponents through
out the game, only the superior
weight and height making the diff
ference.
GIoehl, of Melrose started the
scoring with basket Immediately
after the first whistle. Borgmann
came back, however, to put Sank
Centre in the lead, with a basket
and free throws. The quarter end
ed 10 to 9 for Melrose. The visit,
ors played better the second quart.
eer-to hoioaAduk Centre to-3 peints
while scoring another 10.
The third quarter was even
throughout, each team scoring
points. Eckberg stood out this hail
with nice baskets. The game con
tinued fast through the last quarter
which ended SO to %. Bergman
led the local offensive drive, and
was sore spot for Melrose during
the whole game. Eckberg led the
local team with ten points.
The Melrose forward line ac'
counted for 80 of the teams total,
with Hoehl leading with II points
Matchinsky and Zirbes each has
ten. The box score:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
President Hoover Demands
|! Sharp Halt on Spending
At White House Breakfast Warns
Leaders of Congress Appropria-
tiOnS Are Near Limit

Washington, Feb. 24.-Attention
of the tariff-troubled Republican
congressional leadership was di-
rected by President Hoover today
to the necessity of keeping govern
mlant expenses down.
At breakfast in the White House,
the President confronted his legis-
lative chieftains with Secretary
Mellon and the dwindling treasury
balance. He gave notice that there
could be no more extra appropria-
tions without a corresponding raise
in taxes.
Summarizing bills now before
congress calling for additional gov
eminent OUTLAWS, the President
warned that they would call for
more than $1,5OO,O 100000 and would
mean 40 per cent increase next
year in taxes. He shut the door TO
all except those appropriations in
volved in the business Improvement
program.
Longworth conceded after the
conference that perhaps the house
Republican tariff bill had gone be-
yond Mr.. Ioover's recommends
tions in some respects.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Man and Sawed-of Gun
Throws Avon Into Pants
Farmer Residing Near the Village
Raises WhOOpee and Returns
Home

Avon Feb. 26-The village of
Avon had a bit of excitment all it's
own Tuesday evening when Blasius
Sowada, bachelor, about 40 years
with a sawed-off shotgun, and ter
rorized the villagers for about an
hour.
SoWada was captured by Sheriff
and is now in a cell in the Stearns
county Jail: He is believed to have
become mentally deranged for a
brief spell. This morning he talk
ed of his eScapade of last evening
and attributed its cause to his
madness" at everybody in Avon.
Sowada had left his home at
about 8 o'clock. Walking a short
distance from his home, he met
Robert Merigan. He had some dis
cussion with Merigan and then
went to the home of John Smith
lie wanted to see Mr.. Smith, but
the owner was not at home. Of
one of the boys he demanded some
shotgun shells, and he got them.
On his arrival at Avon, after
walking from his farm about two
miles distant, Sowade first went to
the soft drink parlor of Peter
Machtemus. There, by the flour
ishing of his gun he drove all the
occupants out through the rear
door. He next went to the soft
drink parlor of William Keepers,
! where he drove cut the occupants.
One of the occupants, in leaving.
had closed the door. Believing the
door to be locked, Sowada broke a
window and crawled out.
That ended Sowada's escapade,
and he returned to his home on the
farm unmolested. Sheriff B. E
Schooner had been notified by
some of the persons who were held
up when Sowada was walking to
town. Everett Schooner accom-
panied the sheriff, and when they
arrived at Avon, the desperate had
gone home. They proceeded to the
home.
Sowada was brought to the Jail.
His desire to do harm apparently
had left him, but his "grudge'
against everyone in Avon was still
in his mind.
On his person the sheriff found
$1,171 in cash and in certificates of
deposit. The money was done up
in small packages.
The shotgun had been prepared
by himself, Sowada explained. T.
was a 12-gauge gun. The barrel
had been sawed down to about six
inches, and the stock to about eight
inches. In appearance indicates
that the gun had had considerable
use since it was sawed. The stock
is not freshly sawed and a strap
had been attached to it which ap-
peared to have been worn consider
ably since it was attached.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Independents Trim Osakis

In a preliminary to the High
School game, the Sank Centre In
dependents defeated the Osakis In
dependents, 80 to %. The game
started slowly but ended in a scor-
ing bee for Sank Centre.
During the first half the local
quint was content to stand by and
wait for opportunities to score, and
resorted to medium length shots.
The half ended IL to 9 for Sank
Centre. During the second half
Sank Centre speeded up and play
ed a short pass game that was
very effective. O'Gara was the
high point man for Sank Centre.
with baskets and 4 free throws
for II points. Peterson was sec
ond with ten points Fesler, with
IL points, and Ellis, with 6, led the
Osakis attack.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Local GirIWinS First
H0nOrS i'm Defamation
Jane Strebel Placed in First Hum
OrOus Section in Contest Held
at Albany

The sub-district declamatory con-
test was held at Albany Monday
evening. In spite of the rainy
weather, large number from Sank
Centre were present. The towns
which were represented were AL.
bany, Melrose, Upsala, Holdingford,
and Sank Centre. Miss Myrtle Ba.
con, Mr.. Zeleny, and Miss Lillian
Bulge, all of st. Cloud, were the
judges.
The judges de!ision determined
the winners to be:
OratOrical
Henry Schwegen, Melrose; frs;
Raymond Schrom, Albany; sec,
ond.
Dramatic
Dorothy Stephens, Melrose; first
Florence Capkey, Sank Centre;
second.
Jane Strebel, Sank Centre; first
Dorothy Pappenfus, Melrose; sec,
ond.
Jane Strebel, who won the first
place in the humorous division j.
a Junior and prominent in al
school affairs. Her selection dealt
with lady beginner on the gol.
course, something which local golf.
ers would enjoy.
The district contest will be held
sometime in the near future and il
is hoped that Jane succeeds with
flying colors there, too.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
LOUIS L. FISHER
DIED TUESDAY
Deceased Became Resident of
Sank Centre in 1867; Was
SO Years Old
FUNERAL TODAY 2:3O
MyrOn Brown, Killed in South
Dakota, Buried at Long
Prairie Saturday
Louis L, Fisher,

Louis L. Fisher who has been a
resident of Sank Centre since 1867
passed into his eternal sleep at the
Long hospital, this city, Tuesday,
Feb. Is, 1880, at 10:45 a. m. The
gentleman had enjoyed very good
health for a man of his years until
Dec. II last, when he suffered a
paralytic stroke of his left side.
He rallied in three days and was
apparently recovering quite salts
factorily for time. His condition
became such, however, that it was
necessary to place him in the Long
hospital for treatment Jan. 81.
Mr.. Fisher was born at Warren,
Pa, Feb. 2, 1912. He grew to young
manhood in his native community.
He then located in Illinois where
he remained until he came to Sank
Centre. Mrs. Fisher survives her
husband.
Mr.. Fisher learned the harness
makers trade at Warren at a lac ;
during all the years he lived in this
city he followed his profession.
April %, 1883, he was united in
marriage to Miss Sarah Josephine
Meyer, at Geneso, Ill. Their entire
married life was spent in this city
Two sons were born of this union,
George Oliver, residing at DeLand,
Fla, and Louis Irving, of Eagle
Bend.
Mr.. Fisher was an unobtrusive,
law-abiding citizen. He lived much
to himself but he had the universal
respect of the entire community.
The funeral was held from the
First Congregational church this
Thursday afternoon at 200 o'clock
the pastor, Rev. Frederick Still
we'll, officiating.
He was laid to rest in Greenwood
cemetery.
The deceased was the last of &
family of ten children. Both sons
attended the funeral service.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
MyrOn Brown Funeral.

Funeral services for Myron NJ.
Brown were held from the parent
al home at LOO o'clock Saturday,
and from the Gospel Tabernacle in
this city at 200 p. m. The services
were conducted by the pastor, Rev.
E. B. Peterson in the presence Of
a large assemblage Of relatives and
friends, attesting the high esteem
in which the deceased was held.
Special musical numbers were rem
dered by the Tabernacle quartet.
Interment was made in Ever
green cemtery, Long Prairie. The
palbearers were: Manley Gunion,
Elmer Gunion, Charles Denzer,
Phillip Bailey, Carlyle Key and
George Reuhmann.
Myron Mercer Brown was born
at Long Praire, Oct. rs, 1909. He
was 20 years, months and "a DAYS
old at the time of his deaf. His
childhood home was at Little Sank.
At the age of IL years he came
with his family to Sank Centre.
Death came as the result Of be,
ing kicked by horse while en-
ployed on a farm near Meckling,
S. D.
He was a charter member of the
Gospel Tabernacle Assembly and
active in each OF it's departments.
The immediate surviving rela-
tives are his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
M. T. Upton, four sisters, Elaine,
Evelyn, Dorene and Dorothy; three
brothers, Clinton, Donald and Har-
land; an uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert M. Brown, of Ray
CONTINUED on Page Six)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

simultaneously with the conven-
ton of the hardware men the an
nual meeting Of the Retail Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, of Min
neSota was held. This organiZa-
ton was organized thirty years
ago with the increased develop
ment and prestige of the parent
association the insurance branch
has grown by leaps and bounds.
In the year 1929 the annual prem
ium paid into the company amount
ed to $4,S84, 597 20. In this period
they paid losses totaling $1,o99-
066.8. Dividends returned to policy
holders amounted to S1,418,24448
At the beginning of the year the
net assets of the insurance COM
pany was $4,975, 77O.41.
The officers of the insurance
company are:
President &C. F. Ladner, st
Cloud.
Vice Presidential. Marckel. Per.
ham.
Treasurer-Henry Hause, Mime.
apolis.
Secretary-Thos. G. McCracker.
Minneapolis.
Assistant Secretary A. Fl
Cheese, Minneapolis.
Mr.. Wedge returned to Sank
Centre Saturday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
VIC. WEDGE HEADS
HARDWARE ASSN.
Sank Centre Man Unanimous
ly Elected at Annual Meet
ing Held Last Week
HAS 1900 MEMBERS
Minnesota Organization Re-
cOgnized as One of the
Strongest

V. G. Wedge, Sank Centre, active
in the affairs of the Minnesota Re
tail Hardware Association for
years, at the annual convention
held at the Minneapolis Auditor
ium Feb. 1921, was unanimously
elected president of the organiza-
ton for the ensuing year.
The Minnesota Retail Hardware
Association was organized "a years
ago and has a membership of ap-
proximately 1,5OO, embracing prac-
tically every retail hardware deal
err in the state. Incidentally the
Minnesota organization is general
ly recognized as being one of the
very strongest retail trade organi-
cations in the United States.
The conventions are increasing
in Importance and attendance each
year. At the convention held last
week over 125 manufacturers and
jobbers exhibited their products.
The Herald wishes to extend con-
gratulations> to Ven upon his recog-
milton and to the Hardware men In
promoting him. lie is an aggres-
sive and intelligent business man
of outstanding integrity and there
isn't any question about the sue
cess of his administration.
The Sank Centre man was elect
ed to the board of directors in 1925
and elected to the vice presidency
year ago. Following his retire.
ment as president at the close Of
1890 he will automatically become
a member of the associations ad.
visory board for three years.
E. B. Juni, of Jordan, director
for the past four years was elected
vice president. The other officer:
of the association are:
c. H. Casey, Minneapolis, manag
er and treasurer.
Board of Directors-John Grieb
Ter, Alexandria,; ->lbert WNnne
Window; S. E.. Hunt, Fed Lake
Falls; F w. Brusohke. Coco
Thunder. - 49, - 49,
Advisory Board-G. s. Wheaton
Minneapolis; A. L. Steinke, Pipe
stone; Carl Hoffman, st. Paul.
Mr.. Wedges elevation to the
presidency makes him a delegate
to the annual meeting Of the Ma,
tional Association to be held at st
| Louis in June.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
1aVo Eight Year. old
Boys Drowm in River
Police and Firemen at Mortified
Use Dynamite in Futile Effort
to Find Bodies

Mortified, Feb. 24-Dynamite
and graphing hooks used to-
day as rescue squads sought t.
remove the bodies of Emil Exter
and Alfred Gibbs, both years old
from beneath the thick ice of the
Cannon river.
Police and firemen had little hope
that the bodies would be recovered
until the ice breaks up on the
river. The children were believed
to have fallen through fishing holes
in the two foot thick ice above the
city power dam, where the water is
20 feet deep.
Countless blasts of dynamite
were exploded in the river yeSter.
day in attempts to loosen the bo'
dies so they might float down
stream and come to the surface in
the open water. Other rescue work
ers probed beneath the fishing
holes with hooks fastened to long
poles.
Yesterday was to have been
Alfred's birthday and the two in
separable companions were allowed
to leave their homes to play Satur.
day as a special privilege. They
last were seen playing tag on the
ice above the dam between and
p. m.
The birthday party for Alfred
forgotten, members of the Arthur
Gibbs and Henry Exter families
stood on the shores of the river
with scores of other spectators
Sunday. All of the rescuers were
convinced the boys had fallen into
the river.
Firemen and police said the DO
dies probably will not be found fol
several weeks until the ice goes
off the river.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
Birthplace Of Nancy Hanks
Lincoln's Mother, Located
With Mystery, Has Been Def
nitely Settled

After a great deal of investiga-
ton, in site of the birthplace of
Nancy Hanks, mother of President
Lincoln, has been located in West
Virginia in the beautiful country
near the headwaters of the Poto,
mac. An interesting story of the
Hanks family in this vicinity and of
the great difficulties encountered
recently in locating the exact site
of the home is told in the current
issue of the National Republic py
Andrew Price, chairman of the
West Virginia Nancy Hanks Com
mission. Among other things, Mr.
Price says:
Nancy Hanks Lincoln was born
on the headwaters Of the Potomac
River, either in the year 1884, or
in the year 1855, the daughter Of
Lucy Hanks and the grand-daught-
er of Joseph Hanks. The place
now is in the bounds of West Vir-
ginia.
Joseph Hanks was born in Rich
mond County, near the Potomac
River, in the year 1925. He lived
! there until the year 1779, when he
went to the mountains in the ex-
IRENE western part of the Fairfax
Grant, with his wife, nee Anne Lee,
and his nine children. He estab-
lished a home in the woods on 10S
acres of land and built a substan-
tial log house, and remained there
not later than 1887, when he moved
to the county of Kentucky and set
tied in the Rough River portion
where his defendants now live and
! their name is legion.
"West Virginia is divided into
two parts, the Eastern Writer'S and
the Western Waters by the Alleg-
heny Front, so that forty-seven
counties are west of the divide and
eight counties are to the east Who'll
| ly drained by the Potomac. The
oldest county in West Virginia is
Hampshire, formed in 1854. Origin
ally it included land now in Miner
al, Morgan, Hardy, Grant and
Pendleton counties, all on the East
ern Waters.
1.-THE census of 1882 shows that
Joseph Hanks and his wife and
nine children lived in Hampshire
County, and is conclusive evidence
that the Joseph Hanks of Rich
mond, of Hampshire and Kentucky
| counties was the same man.
1.-THE eight counties on the Po-
tomac are different from the rest
of West Virginia and form what
might be called Virginia Irredenta,
having been forced into the new
state of West Virginia by force
and by arms during the Civil War.
The all important Baltimore and
Ohio Railway controlled these
counties, and the war measure
would not have been complete with
out including this railway in that
part of Virginia which remained
loyal to the Union.
'It is section rich in history
1t was the summer home of George
Washington. Here was the Tory
uprising. Rumsey invented the
steamboat here, a logical occur
renee like the Swiss navy; here
were three Revolutionary generals.
Gates, Lee and Stephens, not to
mention Morgan; John Browns
raid; Rosser, Mosby, Custer, John
H. Mcneil and lessee Mcneil. he
roes of the Civil War; Crook and
Kelley, major generals kidnapped
from the heart of the city of Cum
berland in the middle of an army
of ten thousand men by Jesse Nc
Neill and sixty-two free compan
IONS"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
DE MOLAY'S INVITE MAsONs

The order of the De Molay, at
st. Cloud, will hold a special meet
| ing Saturday evening, March 8th
at 7:30 p. m. The two degrees will
be conferred. A special invitation
has been sent to all Sank Centre
Masons, by letter to Worshipful
Master ]. N. Jackson. It is hoped
that as many as can possibly go
from this city will be present. The
De Molay members, of Sank Centre,
are also invited. The Mothers
Club, Of st Cloud, will serve a de-
]icious lunch after the meeting
There will also be special features.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27
G. H. Jorgeson Monday offered a

G. H. Jorgeson Monday offered a
reward of 500 for the capture of
Harry Bennett, 24-year-olr forger,
who escaped from the Martin
county Jail at Fairmont Saturday
night, a short time after he had
been sentenced to two years in
the state prison. emmett had been
captured recently after a previous
break from the same Jail. Bennett
said he was sick and asked for hot
water. When the sheriff brought
it, Bennett pushed him into his
cell, slammed the door and darted
out Of the jail.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

DR.. P. 0. Peterson left for Min
neapolis Sunday where he is taking
shn~t course in oral surgery at
the University of Minnesota. He is
also attending the State Dental
convention. Mrs. Peterson and son,
Pullman, left for Minneapolis this
Wednesday by auto and will re-
main in the city until Sunday
when the Doctor will return home
with them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

Miss Esther Wendorf, who is
employed at the Bishop store, Wis
tied with her parents. at Hewitt,
Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

Mrs. B. o. Vogel visited friends
and relatives in st. Cloud a few
days of last week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-02-27

Ed Johnson went to Sank RAPIDS
Monday where he remained for the
week transacting business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-14
bonds DEPRESSED
I'm FURTHER SELLING
Domestic List Sells Off With
Renewed Liquidation
of Stocks.
BY F. H. RICHARDSON.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. october 14.-Domestic
bonds were further depressed today un-
der q moderate volume of forced SELL
ing, with the continuation of the de-
cline in stocks and the lack of bullish
DEVELOPMENTS here and abroad over the
week end.
Foreign dollar bonds had an irregu-
lar tone, some of the South Americans
making small recoveries and others
dropping slightly to new 1880 bottoms.
German descriptions were again lower.
Money rates were unchanged. Volume
was heavy.
At the opening the market had a
large quantity of week end orders to
absorb, most of them on the selling
side, The result was long list OF de-
clines. Later, however, high-grade do
nestle issues showed some signs OF
strength, many of them going to frac-
tional advances.
The offering to the public Of $50 ,000,-
600 discount Treasury two-month bills
at Its per cent diverted some funds
that might have contributed further to
the firmness Of prime issues.
In the foreign department German
government SIPS were of 112 points
and the reparations Is dropped frac-
tionally to a new low. There were
smaller declines in German municipal
and industrials credits. Most other
European issues remained unchanged in
quiet trading.
Australian bonds were of another
point to q new low. There is increaS-
ing nervousness here and in London
about the Australian situation, and this
was not helped by the British labor
governments Arm refusal Of the do
minions' reciprocity agreement. Both
United Kingdom 51as and Irish IS were
lower also.
In the South American group, with
dozens of issues selling at or below so,
there was some sign of recovery, much
of it attributable to sinking fund pur-
chases by governments and municipal
ties in that region fortunate enough to
possess cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-14
LOWER PRICES CUT
DOWN U. S. EXPORTS
Increased Competition in World
Markets Also Affects
Foreign Trade.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Lower prices and increased competi-
ton from larger world crops were cited
today by the Department Of Agricul-
ture as the principal factors contrib
uting to the smallest volume of aRri-
cultural exports during the past year
since 1910.
For the year ended June 80, 1890, the
combined index of exports of A. COM
modities was placed at 81, with exports
in the five-year period 1al0-19I4 used
as a base of 100. The index Of exports
for the year ended June 80 1929, was
lit, and the peak movement in the
last 20 years was in 1918-l919, with
the index at las.
The cotton export index was only 81
last year, as compared with 30 the pre-
ceding year; grain and grain products,
100 last year. as against 174 the pre-
ceding year: cattle and meat products,
104, against 102, and fruits, ZIG,
against 372.
Exports Of farm and forest products
the last fiscal year we're valued at
; $l,495. 000, 900, as against 81 ,847, 000, 900
the year before.
Much of the decline was attributed
to smaller shipments Of cotton at re-
duced prices Tobacco registered gain
in the quantity of exports and small
increase in value.