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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
All Set For the
Stearns County Fair
Continued From Page One)

to be published by the Herald.
Ais p. M.-First three miles of 10
mile relay running race.
7:3O-s:30 P. M.-Free Acts. Detailed
49, program on official program:
600. P. M.-Dance on open air
dance floor. Music furnished
by Oscar Danielson's famous
orchestra. 4
Wednesday, Aug. 13
loo P. M.-Concert, Sank Centre
Boys Band, corner Third and
Main Street. 49,.
lis p. M.-Procession to Fair
Grounds.
2:O04:OO P. M.-Free Acts. Detailed
program not yet worked out.
will appear in official program
to be published by the Herald.
Ais P. M.-Second three miles of
I. relay running race.
7:30-9:30 P. M.-Free Acts. Detailed
program not yet worked out.
900 P. M.-Dance, open air floor.
Music furnished by Jack Hardy
and his band.
Thursday, Aug. IA
1870 P. M.-Concert, Boys Band,
corner Third and Main Street.
lis P. M-Sharp All Club and
Business Mems parade to Fair
Grounds in front of Grand
stand
2:15-4:OO P. M.-Free Acts. Detailed
program not yet worked out.
Will appear in official program
to be published by the Herald.
4:30 P. M.-Final four mile of 10
mile relay running race.
100000 P. M.-Free Acts. Detailed
program has not yet been work
ed out.
900 P. M.-Dance. Open Air Dance
floor. Music by Bennie's Dance
Band.
$3.50 P. M.-Unusual display of fire
works in front of grand stand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
Roads May Be Good !
and Bad All in One Day
Maintenance Makes Them Smooth,
but Gravel Will Not Stay Put
In Dry. Weather, g..

= The Minnesota Highway depart
ment during the past month has
received, large. number of con-
flicting reports about road condi-
tions. Such reports come every
summer as we'll as. in other times
of the year, but the number this
year seems to be greater than usual.
Very often the same mail will bring
one letter complimenting the de-
partment on certain stretch of
highway, and another finding SER
ious fault with the condition of that
road. ..."'
Some allowance must be made for
different ideas as to what consti-
tutes good road, said Commission
er G. M. Babcack concerning these
letters. Very often, however two
conflicting opinions about road
may both be true. I have myself
been over many roads which were
smooth as the best pavement, and
complimented the maintenance
man on the excellent work he has
done. Coming over the same road
a few hours later, especially if it
happened to be Saturday night or
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
Immediate Drought Survey
Demanded by MIR. Hoover
Serious Situation Seen In Farm
Section. Prompt Aid Promised
80 II Necessary

Washington, Aug. 5th-President
Hoover announced today no stone
would be left unturned by the
government in it's efforts to assist
in relieving distress caused by the
unprecedented drought. r.;
The seriousness Of nthe situation
in a wide. area east ~of5the AMississ-
ippi and in the middle west has
been the subject Of conferences be-
tween Mr., Hoover and Secretary
Hide. .,fs:.:;-ats,, :.
The result was to order detailed
survey made by the department Of
agriculture which will have re-
port next Monday. The President
said: ...... .~....
"The drought situation has been
the subject Of several conferences
between Secretary Hyde, Chairman
Legge and myself. The department
of agriculture has undertaken a de-
tailed survey of the situation. They
will report next Monday upon the
condition in each area in the coun-
try. The information SO far indi-
Gates great variation in the effect
Of the drought, both as between
states, between counties in those
states, and even between farms in
the same counties.
There can be no doubt as to its
most serious character in many
localities, and that unless relieved
there will be real suffering. The
maximum intensity seems to lie in
belt roughly following the poto-
mac, the Ohio, and the Mississippi
rivers. . -s--s
The measures of assistance that
the farm board and the other agen-
ces of the federal government can
and should undertake are being de-
termined.
1t is evident already that large
measures of feed movement to live
stock in the drought areas or move
ment of animals out of the worst
areas will need be undertaken later
in the fall It is too early to deter
mine the precise character of re-
lief; much depends upon the furth-
err spread of the drought; but no
stone will be left unturned by the
federal government in giving assis-
lance to local authorities. I have
asked the railways to investigate
the situation from a transportation
point of view"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
Thursday, August Z, 1880
Sunday, have often found the sur
fare VERT able WA shh0ard

Sunday, I have often found the sur
face a veritable washboard.
Gravel roads all have their limita-
tons, but it is more difficult to
maintain them in extremes of wet
or dry weather. Gravel roads are
easiest to maintain when there are
frequent light showers, with SUM-
shine in between. A moderate
amount of moisture binds the
gravel together, and the traffic
following the maintenance machine
quickly compacts the surface
material into a smooth, hard road.
In prolonged periods of dry weather
the surface material is ground up
so that on the routes earring the
heaviest traffic there may be sew
eral inches of dust and sand. Under
certain conditions this loose ma
terial may pack in ridges, causing
the so-called washboards or chatter
bumps.
Riding over a. bad washboard is
anything but pleasant. A trip with
the blade grader will take these
away, and leave the surface per-
fectly smooth, but there is no way
to make the material stay put when
one or two thousand vehicles pass
over the road in the course of the
day. We are paving and oiling as
many roads as funds permit, but
traffic seems to be growing faster
than we can build roads.
Some indication of traffic growth
is given by the fact, that 24,977, 900
more gallons of. gasoline were re-
ceived in Minnesota the first six
months Of 1880 than in the same
months in 1929. If the average We
hicle made only IL miles to the gal
Ion, this means 300, 100000 more car
miles in six months in 1880 than in
the same six months in 1929. AS
Stunning that half Of this travel was
on the trunk highways, this meant
an extra burden of 21,429 vehicles
on each mile in the trunk highway
system, or an increase of 119 We
hicles per day in 1929 over 1880.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07

Glen Noggle Of; jackson, Mich,
sued his wife for divorce because
she insisted on fond1ing a pet snake
before serving his dinner.
Mark O'Neil of Tenine, Wash,
while fishing drew upsa SMALL slot
machine into which he dropped a
nickle, but it didn't work.
At a museum in Olmuetz, Czecho-
slovakia, is preserved the body of a
baby born with two faces on; sim
gle head, two hearts, four hands
and four feet, but which. lived only
an hour.
An operation gave sight to a man
in Jaegerndorf, Austria, A years
old who had been blind from birth.
When the fire department of Col
umbus, Ind, was called out by the
report of smoke issuing from the
court house dome, the supposed
smoke was found to be only cloud
Of gnats.
Arthur T, Dawson, an English:
man, has been. granted moreE than
800 patents in the United States, all
pertaining to guns. 8
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
Measure Your Truck is the
States Advice to Drivers
Bulletin Gives Figures on Width,
Length, Height and Weight
Limits on Vehicles

Measure your truck if you are
not sure that it comes within the
limits allowed by the state traffic
act, is the advice of Highway bull
letin. Many drivers who have been
stopped by the highway patrol for
having too large vehicles or loads
stated that they did not know they
were exceeding the legal limits. The
majority undoubtedly told the truth
The patrolmen, however, all carry
tape tines to settle any arguments.
Several also carry so-called 1oado-
meters, to settle any question as to
weight of loads.
The total width permitted. by. the
traffic act is eight feet, except that
farm tractors may be nine feet,
and other farm implements temper
arily moved over the highway are
excepted. The maximum height is
IL feet inches. The maximum
length, except for semi-trailers, is
IS feet, and the maximum train
length is IS feet, except that We
hicles in use when the act was pass
ed, and not exceeding IS feet, may
be operated until Nov. 30. 1890. No
vehicles mayscarry more than tive
trailers, except that a truck with
semi-trailer may D also draw two
trailers. - ~.
The maximum weight of load
with vehicle is $4,000 pounds on
four wheels, and the maximum on
one axle is 22,4OO pounds. No load
shall exceed 800 pounds per inch
width of tire on any wheel, width
measured between flanges OF rim.
Loads exceeding the legal limits
must have a permit from the
State Highway department, when
moved on truck highways, and from
the county authorities, when moved
on state aid or county roads. Per-
mits will be granted only when it
can be shown that the load will not
damage the highway or interfere
unduly with traffic. .~f,s-
r. :. { :
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
Crazed World War Veteran
Stays Wife, Son Tuesday
Hacks Them to Pieces With Axe,
Then Surrenders at Fort
Smelling

Minneapolis, Aug. GA few hours
after he had killed his five year old
son with an ak and then hacked his
wife so that she died, Charles S.
Hall, a demented World War yeter-
an surrendered at the Fort Smell
ing veterans hospital today. r..
Hall, who recently had been a
mental pttient at the hospital re-
turned today clad in. pajamas. He
urged some one to go to his home,
adding, there. may be something
matter with my Wife. . .:ss -.
Coroner Seashore returned q YER
dict of murder and said indications
were the intense heat of the last
week may have affected Halls men
tally. las d.. j.
= Charles ,Jr, the son, was found
dead in bed, his head split open
with an ak. 121. - ..z tys.
r. The mother was found uncon-
scious with her skull fractured. She
was rushed to a hospital where she
died soon after being admitted. !,
, Two other children, Kenneth, two,
and May Jane, II, were unframed.
Hall, until recently. had been a
mental patient at the veterans hos
pital.
A noise in her brothers room
awakened May Jane, who found the
body after her father had fled. She
summoned neighbors who called
police. A blood stained ak was found
in the alley in the rear Of the Hall
home.
Hall, former salesman, had been
out of work for nearly two years
and neighbors said he had been
worrying about financial matters.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
Game Wardens to Blossom
Out in Natty Uniforms
Entire State Force Will Don Olive
Drab-Star Will Blaze Brightly
From Left Bosom

Hereafter when an official look
ing man comes around and asks
chow many fish have you got" or
"how many lines have you there"
it will not be hard to figure out
that he is game warden. All game
wardens will soon blossom forth
with resplendant uniforms. It will
be Of olive drab, correctly tailored,
with puttees or straight trousers,
according to the wishes of each
warden. The warden's star will
blaze from the left blouse bosom, in
plain sight. This new regulation
was announced at conference held
at Mora on: Friday and Saturday,
week before last, which all district
deputies attended. The meeting was
called to talk over game matters
and to get better acquainted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07

earthquake devastation in Italy, re-
ceived in Minneapolis by radio and
air mail the day after the quake oc-
Cured.
Since selling his interest in the
Sank Centre Herald and retiring
from newspaper work, Mr.. Hendryx
has travelled extensively. His wife
died only six monhs ago. She was
a Minneapolis woman, daughter of
William H. H. Taylor, Minneapolis
postmaster when the Hendryx fam
lily came to the city.
He has three sisters living in Min
neapolis: Mrs. Edward Davenport,
Mrs. George Comstock and Mrs.
John Ogden. He also has a son at
Suttons Bay, Mich, and a daughter
at Charleston, S. c. At present, his
home is with his son-in-law, the
Rev. F. L. Flinchbaugh of Wilkes
barre Mrs. Flinchbaugh, the daugh-
ter of Mr.. Hendryx, died a few
years ago. 49,.
Mr.. Flinchbaugh came to Mime
apolis with Mr.. Hendryx. After a
few days here, they plan to go to
Sank Centre to visit more old
friends. In Minneapolis, Mr.. Hen
dryx is finding keen pleasure in
swapping anecdotes of the days of
so and 60 years ago with the few ac-
quaintance who can remember that
far back with him.
Newspaper veterans who are best
equipped to exchange yarns are AL
bert N. Dollenmayer and Joe Man.
nix, with both of whom Mr.. Hen
dryx had visits before he had been
here many hours. Aside from his
newspaper "reminiscences, Mr., Hen
dryx finds the most pleasure in tell
ing of his years at Cornell univer-
sity from which school he was grad
uated in: the first class and is today
the oldest living graduate. He at
tends annual reunions 1t Cornell, all
though last year he and one other
man were the only members OF his
class on hand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, sauk Centre, MINI.

with the boys and girls over the
entire state.
Miss Mildred Schenck, of the
state All club staff, will be at the
fair on Monday and Tuesday, en-
try and the opening day, to assist
with the home economics work
and to judge the exhibits of the
girls. She also will assist with the
camp in general.
The kittenball tournament of the
Stearns county club will be played
on the opening day of the fair,
Tuesday, August II, which also is
the day for the judging of the live
stock projects.
During the entire time of the fair,
Orvid Sponberg, who made an out
standing record in Douglas county
club work last year, and who is
club leader in that territory, will
assist Club Leader Welch with the
fair arrangements, a courtesy
which will be repayed when the
Douglas county fair is held and
WEIGH attends. r. H. Giberson, dis
trict club leader, also will be at the
fair, he states.
Achievement booths are planned
by a number of clubs who will show
what they have had accomplished
in club work. These are expected
to be novel as well as educational.
Club members in Stearns county
are reminded that entry of their
projects should be made on Mon
day, the opening day, and that reg
istration at the club camp also
should be made at that time. 1t
is now indicated that the camp will
have an overflow attendance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
All Members May Not Be
Housed at County Fair
fContinued From Page One)

and Mrs. Jake Sieben will nave
charge
Demonstrations on the three af-
ternoons~ Of the fair will be held in
almost all projects. The Snowman
ship contest is scheduled for Wed
nesday, the dairying judging and
poultry culling contests for Thurs
day. The style show for the girl
club members will be held on We'd
nesday afternoon in the club build
ing, formerly the Stearns county
rural school exhibit building. A
parade of all club animals will be
held daily, it is planned.
J. M. Drew, Of the University of
Minnesota, will be at the fair on
August IL and Is to give instruc-
tions in rope work and also con-
duct archery lessons. He. has prov
ed himself sxceedingly popular
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
Former Publisher
Visits Sank Centre
Continued from Page One)

newspaper in the city. Colonel King
retained control of The Tribune for
the next seven years, although sub
ordinates, including publishers, edi-
tors and business managers, came
and went.
In 1874, wishing to retire from
the newspaper field Colonel King
offered to sell The Tribune to his
old friend James Hendryx. The lat
ter accepted the proposition and
came to Minneapolis from Coopers-
town, with his family, including the
son, Charles. The latter, after his
apprenticeship in the composing
room at Cooperstown, had complet-
ed his education at Cornell univer-
sity. Comming to The Tribune, the
young man forsook the mechanical
end Of the business and went to
work in the editorial room, where
at one time or another he held
down about every job that was
available in those days. He first was
a reporter and then served in turn
as city editor, night editor and
editorial writer and paragrapher.
Right from the start, he won a rep
utation as convincing writer and
an able judge Of news. -
In those days. a newspaper man
had to be in politics up to his neck.
And so, Charles Hendryx, says, he
found himself addressing. political
meetings and supporting candidates
local, state and national, while car
:rying on his work Of getting out the
news. This continued through his
entire career in Minnesota newspa-
per work. Once in 1896, when the
Republicans. were campaigning
against free silver, he and Lieuten-
ant Governor Barto, who weighed
300 pounds, addressed a meeting at
Ashby. They failed to make much
of an impressioh and learned when
it was toe: late that only one man
in the audience Of Scandinavians
could understand English.
Back in the 70,s the, business life
of Minneapoiis-and also most Of
the news-centered around the
river front, with it's saw and flour
mills, river steamers coming and
going and stores and hotels scatter
ed up and down the streets of the
neigAborhood, all within block or
two. ~
It was a pretty tough assignment
to get printable news along that
river.front IN those days and a lot
tougher to print it In such a way
that no one would get mad and
want ito fi& ps, Mr.. Hndryx said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07

Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Kessler of
Springfield, Ca, have been married
II years and have 10 children, two
born singly and four sets of twins.
Mrs. Merle Fitting of Hanford,
Calf, had John Sorder arrested
for yanking her from her car and
spanking her after a collision in
which Sorder declared she was to
blame.
Ambassador Dawes, recently re-
turned from London on a vacation,
told reporters he had dicovered that
for 20 years he had been wearing
damned uncomfortable collars"
Forty years ago L. Foster of Lon
don bought a nice coffin at a bar
gin, having been informed by his
doctor that he had not long to live.
A few days ago he spurned the
medio's advice and sold the coffin
at a good profit.
Testifying in her divorce suit,
Mrs. William Baily of Chicago sad
ly declared, II am radio widow;
my husband sits at the loud speak
er and will never take me anywhere.
The seasons most striking ex-
ample of. hard luck is Tom Bridges
of the Evansville baseball team. He
struck out 10 men but lost the game
5 to 2.
= Albert Henderson, a rancher liv-
ing near Colorado Springs, asserts
that he found a 5 inch axelti, or
Mexican water dog in a IA inch
trout which he caught with his
hands in an irrigation ditch.
Mrs. Elvie MCGOWAN of Kevito,
KY, is 20 years old and has had
four husbands all now dead Three
were killed in feuds, one died of
pneumonia >.
After suffering for nine years
with straw in his lung, Malcolm
Rose of Manlius, N. Y, got relief
through q surgical, operation. .la...e
K. w. Moffett, church 9yganist OF
barrassed, but not injured when4a
live wire dropped ON him and burn
ed off nearly all his clothing. -
Mrs. Norman Van, Noble of Mil
.waukee asks a diorces on two counts
She alleges that her husband; habit.
usally drinks. all the cream off the
family milk bottle; also spends toe
much money on fishing tackle. -,
" A bedstead once owned by Henry
Clay has been sold to the Metropoli-
tan Museum. of Art in New York
for $4,000.
o. c. Herring, American sailor,
dived overheard in full uniform and
saved the life of drowning French
stevedore at Cherboug.
Photograph records of many
famous singers, actors, statesmen
and others are being collected for
preservation in Paris museum.
Night baseball, which has beer
found practical by several minor
league teams, will eventually be
adopted by the major leagues, &C.
cording to a prediction by President
Hickey of the American Associa
ton.
Lawrence Kheroff rescued two
daughters of George Palfrey from
drowning in a lake near Taber
Alta, after a heroic struggle.
George Statakis persisted in an
attempt to shoot Niagara Falls in g
barrel, but a 105-year old turtle
which he carried as a mascot sur
vived.
Station KVEP at Portland, Ore.
was ruled off the air after a politi
cal candidate had used objection
able language in which he charact
erized certain citizens as half
skunks, yellow ours and repro.
bates"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
DANCE TONIGHT

The second dance on the splen-
didly treated 60x90 dance floor at
the Fair Grounds will be held this
Thursday evening. Music will be
furnished by Bailey's orchestra
which pleased the dancers so we'll
at the opening dance Wednesday
evening Of last week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN

Saturday evening an: automobile
parked on Fourth street, Sank
Centre, bearing North Dakota IL
cense No. Al, 872 and belonging to
Osten Nicholson, st. Clouds, was
stolen about 900 o'clock.syThe> car
was found at *.;Wtlima Monday
morning. parked closf to where a
car was stolen in tbht city.~1The
thief again made his getaway and
at last reports had MT been Appre-
hended. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-09-25

expected for the reason that it
was understood that Mr.. Olson
was not to talk on any political
issues of the day, but simply to
help the Sank Centre business men
fight the chain stores. AS one man
put it he thought Olson was too
good man to be used as seats
paw" to save the Sank Centre bus
mess men from the danger the
farmers have been fighting against
for years"
The farmers OF. this section have
always fought the monopoly which
is now getting strange hold on
the Sank Centre business.
Mr.. Olson did not offer any pro-
gram for the conditions he con-
demned." If he had he would have
had to go into politics. His per-
sonal platform tells us what he
proposes to do If elected Governor
to remedy those evils. While the
standpat politicians and the stand
pat newspapers do not dare to say
a word for fear Of losing the con-
tributions and support from these