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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
State Creamery Secures
Loans From Farm Board
Land O'LaIxes Organization Will
Get $4,OOO,0O0 to Aid Price
of Butter

Minneapolis, Jan. 23-The Journ-
al today says the federal farm
board has made loan of $4,000
600 to the Land O'Lakes Creamer-
les of Minneapolis, cooperative
organization, in an effort to stabi-
lie the price of butter.
Granting of the loan, the Journ-
al says, makes the Land O'Lakes
company the official agency of the
farm board in the butter market.
The company is designated as the
clearing house for the dairy coop
eratives of wide area and is in
structed to aid creameries not af-
filiated with it as well as member
creameries.
The loan, which the Journal says
it learns is approximately $4,300,0 900,
will be used to aid local coopera-
tive creamery associations in
widespread attempt to hold butter
from the market until prices go
higher. It follows falling prices in
the dairy market which is now 10
cents under the average.
Cooperative leaders the Journal
says blamed falling prices onto the
action of SPECTATORS in the east
who were forced to unload after
the collapse of prices on the New
York Stock exchange. A surplus of
Is 100000 pounds of butter develop
ed, it was said, of which the Land
O'Lakes held 100000 pounds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
II PLANES PASS OVER

Monday morning shortly after
IL 100 o'clock II airplanes flying in
a straight line from the west pass
ed over Sank Centre. It was the
army's snowbird arctic patrol
which was expected to reach Min
neapolis for an overnight stay on
its homeward flight to Selfridge
Field. Mich, from Spokane, Wash.
Headed by the ship of Major Ralph
Royce, commanding officer they
were flying from Fargo to Mime
apolis. Nine pursuit ships, a trans
port ship and nine other planes
met a transport plane and another
pursuit ship in Minneapolis. The
two latter planes failed to make
the trip west. One plane was
wrecked in Ia snowstorm near
Beach, N. D., when the group made
a forced landing. Three ships
were disabled during the fight. This
flight was made to ascertain con-
ditions of flying in the north dur
ing winter months.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
AnnnalMeefof Sank
Lake CreameryMon.
All Day Session Should Attract
Many Farmers and Their
Better Halves.

The annual meeting of the Sank
Lake Cooperative Creamery Asso-
citation will be held at the Sank
Centre Community Club rooms
Monday, Feb. 3, starting at 1000
a. m. Two directors will be elect
ed and such other business as may
properly come before the meeting
will be transacted. Lunch will be
served at noon. The ladies are es-
pecially invited.
The Sank Lake Cooperative
Creamery Association manufact-
ures Land o. Lakes butter. For
many years a splendid outlet for
the dairy farmer in the territory
adjacent to Sank Centre has been
provided by this splendid organi-
zation. In spite of, perhaps, the
strongest competition in the United
States the stockholders and pat
rons of the Sank Lake Creamery
have stood Loyalty back of the CO.
operative organization.
Mondays meeting is of the ut
most Importance to dairymen of
this section and a large number of
farmers and their wives should,
and undoubtedly will, attend.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
Sank Centre High
L0seSsO Alexandria
Pierce Hogan, Formerly of Willard
Ran Wild, Scoring Total
of 1G Points.

The Sank Centre High School
basket ball quint lost a slow but
interesting game at Alexandria
last night, by the score of % to z.
The game was filled with ragged
play by both sides. The Main
Streeters exhibiting a tight defense
met with one that was little bit
better. Both teams played about
evenly in offense with Sank Centre
having the upper hand only dur
ing the first quarter. \
Alexandria was led in the play
by Pierce Hogan, who starred with
Willard last year. He accounted
for sixteen of the teams total,
with seven baskets and two free
throws. Smith, who was "on" dur
ing the game here, connected for
only two baskets.
Iwinski sunk two nice gift shots
for the only scoring for Sank Cen
ire during the first half. During
the second, Borgmann and Ben
son connected for a basket apiece.
In preliminary game, the Alex
andria freshman team won over
the Sank Centre frosh, IL to 5.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30

The 1880 Stearns County Fair
will be held at Sank Centre
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, Aug. Ii, IL, Ii and
Ia. There will be evening
shows Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday evenings.
The annual meeting of the
Stearns County Fair held at the
Community Club Friday evening
of last week was one of the most
satisfactory held by the organiza-
ton in a number of years.
The attendance was surprisingly
large and the interest was keen.
The report of Secretary GIillerud
showed that there was approxim-
ately $500 in the treasury with
which to start the new year. The
outstanding Indebtedness has been
reduced frob about $4,000 to $1,000
during the years that President j
B. Schoenhoff and Secretary Hill
lerud have managed the associa-
tons business affairs.
After some discussion it was
voted to have Vice President Ben
Otte make report of the annual
meeting of the Federated Fairs
of Minnesota at a
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30

will eliminate the necessity of
holding an Achievement Day just
prior to the State Fair.
Frank Lang, proprietor of the
Northern Exposition Co., attended
the meeting and signed a contract
to bring his shows and rides to the
Stearns County Fair this year. Mr..
Lang has showed in this city both
at the fair and other occasions sew
eral times. His organization is
high class from every angle. He
carries four rides, two of them
have never been seen in Central
Minnesota.
When the question of free at
fractions was brought up it was
practically decided to book five
free acts with complete change
of program and actors on each of
the three actual fair days. At the
time The Fair will be held there
will be many high class vaudeville
acts with headquarters in the
Twin Cities out of employment and
it is figured that better shows with
complete daily change of pro-
gram can be secured than by book
Continued on Page Six)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
MRS. HARRIET CASE
DIED FRI, JAN. "a
Deceased, Mother of Mrs.
Th0s. Sullivan, Came to
Sank Centre i'm 1867
MRS. A. PARKER BURIED
Simple Services Held at Home
of Her Son in This City
Saturday Morning
Mrs. Harriet Case

Mrs. Harriet Case after having
lived of seventy-eight years passed
| to her eternal reward on Friday
morning, Jan. "a, 1890. She had
been in poor health for several
years but was not confined to her
bed until about two months prior
to her death.
Monday, Jan. 10, she suffered a
stroke from which she never raj
lied, and the end came peacefully
on Friday at OILS a. m.
Mrs. Case was one of the early
pioneers of this section, having
moved to this locality during the
Civil war; She lived with her
brothers and sisters for time, in
/ the old stockade. She was the
mother of three daughters. The
deceased was the last of a family
/ of nine brothers and sisters to
answer the summons. Mrs. Case
was an active member of the Meth
odist church where she will be re-
membered for her help and loyalty
for many years. She was wom-
an who loved her home, and to her,
her home was always her shrine.
| Miss Harriet Parker was born
in Wisconsin, Sept. Z, 1851. When
she was about is years of age she
moved, together with her brothers
and sisters to this vicinity, her
] parents having passed away when
she was 13 years of age.
At Sank Centre Sept. 10, 1869
she was united in marriage to
Clark Case, and the greater part
of her life from that time on was
spent in this community. She had
made Sank Centre her home for the
past few years with her only sur
viving daughter, Mrs. Thomas Sui
Ivan Glen Sullivan only son of
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas Sullivan is
the only surviving grandchild.
The funeral services were held
from the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Sullivan Sunday afternoon
at two P. M. Rev. Craig, pastor of
the Methodist church having
charge of the services. George
Fish, w. e. DeLaurier, G. I. Dobbs,
w. H Barnette, Edward Brown,
and Robert Rasmussen were the
pallbearers. The remains were low
ingly laid to rest in Greenwood
cemetery beside those of her hus-
band, who passed away in Novem-
Der, 1921.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
Death in State Increase;
Slight Decrease in Births
Report of Minnesota Health Board
Gives Figures for First 10
Months of 20

st. Paul, Jan 28.-Deaths increas-
| ed in Minnesota during the first
10 months of 1929 as compAr-
ed with the corresponding period of
| 1928, according to the annual re-
port of the state board of health,
announced Saturday by o. C. Pier
son, director of the division of rec
ords.
Births from January to October.
inclusive, 1929, totalled $500, while
for a similar period of the previous
year. the total births was 41,289.
There were 21,265 deaths during
the 1929 period, and 20 848 for the
first 10 months of 1898.
Automobile accidents took toll
of AS lives during the first IL
months of last year, the statistics
show, an increase of 88 over the
same period of 1928.
From communicable diseases, L.
781 persons died between January
and November, inclusive, in 1929.
There were 1852 deaths from these
causes for the first II months of
1923.
Measles caused 80 deaths during
the 1929 period, compared with only
nine deaths the year before. There
were 81 deaths from the infantile
paralysis during the 1929 period,
and eight during the first IL months
of the previous year. Whooping.
cough took toll of .106 lives in
1929, and So during the II months
period of 1928.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
|DAIRYMEN URGED
TO GULL HERDS
u. S. Department of Agricul-
ture Warns of Overpro-
ductiOn Danger
LARGER FLAX ACREAGE
Gains in Farm Market Credit
for 1880 Are Quite Clear
~ Indicated

Washington, Jan. 28--The Amer
lean farmer is advised by the de-
partment of agriculture that he
may expect more favorable mar
keting credit conditions this year
and a somewhat greater supply of
labor at slightly lower wages, but
is warned against imminent over
production in several lines.
The departments annual farm
outlook report, issued for publica-
ton today, forecast a lesSened de-
mand for farm products through
the summer, and fall, as compared
with the same seasons of 1929, al
though an improved domestic mar
ket was predicted for the closing
weeks of the year.
The report said that higher re-
turns are expected this year from
flax than from wheat and other
small grain grown in the same area
and under the same conditions.
Further expansion in fax acre
age is therefore warranted" the
report concluded, where the land
is free from weeds or otherwise
suitable for fax or on which yield
greater than the average of the
region may be expected"
Economists attribute the prevail
ing high prices. for faxseed in the
United States to three causes: De-
creased world production, low
stock Of both seed and oil, and
differential advantage afforded by
the tariff.
Last years fax crop in the Unit
ed States was the smallest since
1922, the report said, the yield
being reduced largely by severe
drought during the summer. Sup
plies in Canada and the Argentine,
from which this country obtains
practically all it's imports, were
said to be one-third smaller than
last years.
The report carried a warning to
farmers, however, that an increase
in acreage as large as 40 to so per
cent would result in prices much
lower than the 1929 crop brought.
This report is regarded by the
department as probably the most
important" of its annual economic
studies. It is issued for the pur-
pose of guiding the farmer in adj
justing his production to meet the
needs of the nation.
The forecast for 1880 listed more
favorable farm mortgage financing
conditions. no immediate change in
the price of fertilizers, an unchang-
ed price level for farm machinery
and less satisfactory production
credit conditions than a year ago in
Continued on Page Six)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
SHIPPING ASSN. Is
in FINE CONDITION
Annual Meeting Held Satur-
day at Sank Centre Com
munity Club Rooms
DIRECTORS ELECTED
DR.. J. A. Dubois, and Mr..
MOnkman, of st. Paul,
Make Practical Talks

The annual meeting of the Sank
Centre Farmers Shipping Associa-
ton held at the Sank Centre Conn-
munity Club rooms Saturday Of
last week was very largely at
tended.
The session started at 1000 a
M, and was presided over by Pres
ident F. j. Minette. Luncn was
served in the Club rooms at noon.
At the afternoon meeting Man.
ager w. H. Rattle gave a very in
teresting review of the years bus
mess which showed a substantial
growth but it should have been
larger. Mr.. Rattle said that il the
best results were to be obtained
the stockholders must protect and
patronize their own organization.
When the association was or
ganized stock was sold at $500 per
share. At the beginning of 1880
there were 141 shareholders with
a capital and surplus of $4,000.
On motion it was decided to al
low patrons desiring to purchase
stock in the association to do SO
by paying the original price Of
$500. While the stock is worth
more than that at the present time
it was figured that many patrons
other than stockholders had helped
earn the surplus.
DIR. J. A. Dubois, always an ar
dent friend of agriculture, made
short and interesting talk in which
he urged the farmers to stand back
of and support their own organiza-
ton The interests of the farmer
and rural business man were iden-
ticala nd one could not enjoy pros
perity at the expense of the other.
James E. Monkman, country rep
resentative of the st. Paul Live
stock Exchange, was introduced
and made q practical, interesting
address. He said the farmer should
develop into a better business man
as agriculture produced II per cent
of the wealth of the United States.
The agricultural population was
about 125th of the population OF the
United States.
Mr.. Monkman congratulated the
association and its officers upon the
splendid showing made in 1929. tie
urged those present to talk to their
neighbors who were not members
and get them interested in the as
ISOLATION. He said cooperation
was common business sense; the
farmer must think comparatively
and work together to achieve the
best results. Mr.. Monkman said
the ladies were the best co-operat-
ors in the land. If they were not
most Of the men would have been
compelled to remain single.
The speaker called attention to,
the fact that Minnesota was not a.
grain state any longer. Seventy
per cent of the grain raised in the
state is marketed in the shape OF
live stock.
Minnesota has more cooperative
live stock shipping associations
than any other state. The records
show that stock shipped through
the associations yielded an average
of $3.50 more per car than stock
shipped Independently. OF the
$4,000 cars of livestock received at
South st. Paul last year $4,000 cars
CONTINUED on Page Sky
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
Io0va Experts Are Pnss-
ledOver Hogs toRaise
Light Butchers" Often More Pro-
fitable Than Fat Ones Exper-
fence ShogS

Ames, Iowa, Jan. 28-It's a wise
little pig nowadays which knows
whether to grow into fat hog or a
lean one.
Rex Beresford. head livestock
specialist in the extension service
at Iowa State college, has conduct
ed slaughter tests that indicate
the highest dressing hog is not al
ways the most profitable per 100
pounds of live weight.
"a fat hog" he says, may make
higher dressing percentage than
hog not so fat because dressing
percentage includes all the disable
meat and lard.
1.-THE leaner hog may bring the
packer a higher dollar value per
100 pounds of live pork because
lard now is cheap while certain
cuts of lean meat are high priced"
Pigs classed as Eight butchers"
at the packing plant where the
tests were conducted, weighing lao
to $50 pounds, showed much high
er dollar yield per 100 pounds of
live weight than fatter hogs which
had higher dressing per cent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
FARMER FILES FOR
THE LEGISLATURE
Ben. F. Otte, Sank Centre,
First Man in County to
Announce Candidacy
Is VERY WIDELY KNOWN
Successful Breeder of Pure
bred LivestOck-Active In
Cooperative Work

Ben. +. Otte, the we'll known aS-
riculturist residing two miles east
of Sank Centre, broke the Stearns
county political ice Wednesday by
filing as candidate for the lower
house of the Minnesota legislature
from this, the First of the 18th
Senatorial district.
Zeno Moser, of Melrose, has been
the representative for the past two
sessions.
1t has been noised about the city
for several days that Mr.. Cites
friends had suggested that he
would be the proper man to file
from this community as a candi-
date for the legislature.
Mr.. Otte is a native of Stearns
county, having been born in a log
house in Grove township A years
ago. He grew to young manhood
in the vicinity of Metre Grove.
When he left the parental home he
was employed with dredging
crew working near Wanda, Red
wood county. He was at, this work
two years. While at Wanda he
first met Mrs. Otte. After their
marriage at Wanda Mr.. Otte set
tied on farm near there where
they lived for eight years coming
to Sank Centre in the fall of 1918
taking possession of the Nels An
derson farm, two miles east of the
city, which he had purchased.
Mr.. Otte christened the place the
Oakland Stock Farm and has been
singularly successful raising pure
bred milking Short Horn Cattle
and purebred Poland China hogs.
He has been very active in the
Stearns County fair for long
time, having been recently re-elect-
ed vice president. He is the
Sixth Congressional district direct
or of the Federated County Fairs
of Minnesota, being reelected for
a two-year term at the meeting in
st. Paul recently. Mr.. Otte is
looked upon as one of the strong
members of this board.
He was vice president of the
Sank Centre Community Club last
year. For two years Mr.. Otte
served as secretary of the Pro-
gressive Farmers Club and for five
years he has been secretary of the
Mccormick Lake Farmers Tele-
phone Company. He was largely
instrumental in getting the farm
ers of this territory interested in
the growing of tobacco and is pres
ident of the Sank Centre Tobacco
Growers Association.
Mr.. Otte is happily married and
there are nine children in the
family.
The following precincts comprise
the legislative district: cities of
Sank Centre and Melrose, Villages
of Paynesville and Brooten; town
ships. of Ashley, Melrose, Ray
mond, Getty, Grove, North Fork,
Lake George, Spring 1fIill, Crow
Lake Crow River, Lake Henry, and
Sank Centre.
It is quite generally expected
that Mr. Moser will be a candidate
to succeed himself and it is rum
ored that a well known Legion
business man from the south and
east of Sank Centre may also shy
his hat into the ring. If this gen.
tleman files he will also be for
midable candidate
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
MRS. MAHANA INJURED

The many Sank Centre friends
and relatives will be grieved to
learn that Mrs. w w. Mahana was
seriously injured in a runaway at
her farm home near, Williston, N.
D., Friday of last week. Late news
received by her sister, Mrs. Geo. A.
Green was that she was resting as
comfortable as possible after hav-
ing three ribs torn loose from her
spine, and bruises on her face. She
is at the Mercy Hospital at Willis
ton, N. d.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
SCOUT LUNCH TONIGHT

The third of the series of Scout
dinners will be served at the Com
munity Club rooms this Thursday
evening. Last Thursday Scout
Area Director Armstrong, of St.
Cloud, took the grown-up boy MEM
bers of Troop No. II through sew
eral steps of Scout work. The use
of the knife and axe was explain
ed; the compass and signaling
were demonstrated. Scout Com
missioner Ahles, of st. Cloud gave
the Tenderfoots some wholesome
advice.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
1880 Stearns County Fair Will Be Held
at Sank Centre, Aus. II, II, Is and II

joint meeting of the Fair Associa-
ton and Community Club to be
held at later date.
The old officers, ]. B. Schoenhoff,
president; Ben Otte, vice presi-
dent; Gunther Hillerud, secretary:
and C. E. Bohall, treasurer, were
enthusiastically and unanimously
reelected.
The secretary's salary was left
the same as in former years, 5000
and office expenses.
The dates were selected as the
most practical after a wide discus
sion. For the last three years the
fair has closed on July 4th, but
this date has not proven entirely
satisfactory as it was. too early to
make much of an exhibit of vege-
tables. With growing activity of
the All Club movement which the
fair sponsored the first part of Jul
ly was entirely too early to give
the boys and girls an opportunity
to get their livestock projects in
proper shape. The August dates
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-01-30
N. w. Bell Telephone Co.
Promotes Milton Fish
Will Have Charge of Warroad and
Baudette Exchanges After
February I

George Milton Fish, son of Get
fish, of this city, who entered tn
mploy Of the Northwestern Be
Company, after his RI
urn from service in the World wa
las been located at Park Rapid
or several years as local manage
Ie has received deserved promo
ion as the following story take
rom the Hubbard County Jour-
/, Park Rapids, of last week ind
ates:
Dick T. Robinson is the new
manager of the Northwest
ern Bell Telephone Company
in Park Rapids. This an
nouncement has been made by
L. d. Dahl, District manager.
st. Cloud. His appointment
becomes effective Feb. 1.
Mr.. Robinson succeeds G.
M. Fish who has been appoint
ed manager of Warroad and
Baudette Telephone exchanges
which were recently acquired
by the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co.
Mr.. Fish has been manager
in Park Rapids since March.
1927. His many friends here
will regret that. he is leaving
although pleased to know that
he has been given greater re-
sponsibilities elsewhere by the
telephone company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fish and fam
lily have won their way into
the hearts of many people in
Park Rapids who will more
than regret their leaving
here. Both have been very
prominent in the social affairs
of the city, especially in the
Legion and Auxiliary. Miit
was commander of the local
post for two years and dur
ing his reign the post was
noted for it's activities. Mrs.
Fish has been president of the
Auxiliary for the past two
years, now serving her second
term. The Auxiliary has been
full of pep under her leader
ship. Both organizations will
lose valuable members when
they leave while the Warroad
Legionaires will profit.
An interview with a Journ-
al reporter, Mr.. Fish states
that Park Rapids is not to be
forgotten by them and that
they will always have a warm
spot in their hearts for this
city. Both plan on attending
the local auto show here in
February and will also be
with the local post at the Lee
gion convention in Crookston
in August.
A change of Mr.. Fish from
here to Warroad is promo
ton for his excellent work
done here. A Journal re-
porter III COIlVcISdClOA Will
one of the officers Of the Conn
pany here Wednesday stated
that Milt has been in line for
promotion for long time this
being the first opening, it was
given to him. The new posi-
ton will call for a lot of work
on the part of Mr.. Fish as
the office at Warroad and
Baudette purchased by the
Northern Bell Telephone Conn
pany and they will do con-
siderable improving at once. :
Mr.. and Mrs. Fish and FAM
lily will leave here Feb. 1 for
their new home with the best
wishes of a host of friends
who hope they will like War
road as well as they have liked
Park Rapids