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The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
Other States Have Much
Higher Cost Highways
Highway Officials Inspect Heavy
Construction in The PopulOus
Eastern Districts

IF there are persons who think
Minnesota is spending a lot Of
money for highways they ought to
see some Of the projects and get
the figures in some Of the more
populous states in the East" c. M.
Babcock, commissioner of high
ways, said on his return from the
annual convention Of the American
Association of State Highway
Officials at Pittsburgh.
AFTER the convention was over,
we made an inspection trip over
some of the highways in Allegheny
county, in which Pittsburgh is
located. In this one county we saw
work under or recently completed,
costing more than Minnesota
has spent on its entire trunk
highway system in the past two
years. Just a few Of the more con-
spicuous projects are the follow
ing: .
"Ohio river boulevard, length Az
miles, cost $5,000,000. -.r .... .a
"McKees Rocks bridge, steel
arch structure, length $500 feet, 40
foot roadway, cost 100000.
Point bridge, length 2,247 feet,
3S foot roadway, cost $2,000,000.
Liberty bridge, length $500 feet,
3s foot roadway, cost $3,500,000.
Liberty tunnels, twin tubes, each
with a two lane roadway. length
1-1-8 mile, cost $6,00O,000.
Lincoln highway, 40 foot road
way 81 mile cut off costing $4,000
900.
Allegheny river boulevard, Az
miles long, cost $3,500,000, 30 foot
roadway.
"All the above projects are
county jobs except the Lincoln
highway, which Is a joint state
and county job just oustide the
city limits. We saw a great many
state. county and city projects
which are smaller, but relatively
just as costly. Costs of course run
much higher on account Of the
topography, grade separations, and
expensive right-of-way in a densely
populated community. On the Lin
coin highway, for instance there
were cuts 1872 feet deep and 130
foot fills and on all the projects
there are innumerable bridges.
"But the state, county and city
are not going into this work blind
ly. Traffic surveys have been made,
and figures were produced show
ing that the savings in time, gaso-
line, and wear and tear on motor
vehicles, will pay for each pro-
ject in a comparatively short time.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
Sauk Centre Young
Ladyto Conduct Meet
Martha Minette, All Club Worker
Invited to st. ClOud-Others
From Here

The Junior Chamber of Com
merce, st. Cloud, will be hosts We'd
nesday evening, Dec. 10 to the All
Club boys and girls of Stearns and
Benton counties.
The Junior Chamber of Com
merce has but recently been or
ganized in the Granite City and the
purpose to give the All Club move
ment their moral backing with
this banquet to be held at the
Breen Hotel at $50 P. M.
An informal program of music
will take place during the dinner.
At it's close a program of 40 minutes
will be given by the All Club work
ers. Five members of the Gopher
Prairie Club will attend the banquet
as follows: Miss Martha Minette,
Martin and Eleanor Winter, Roman
Botz, Gladys Thornbloom and Kath-
crime Schwarzbauer.
The Gopher Prairie Club, of this
city, has been signally honored at
this banquet, as the Club president.
Miss Martha Minette, has been in
Vlted TO PRESIDE.
The young lady will acquit her.
self in a manner which will bring
credit to herself, her Club and her
home community.
Saturday about noon, Miss Mar
tha Minette, president of the Co
pher Prairie All Club received a
telephone call from County Super
intendent w. Boerger, announcing
that she had been selected to at
tend the National Live Stock Show
being held in Chicago this week, as
one of the representatives from
Stearns. Because it was impossible
for Miss Minette to reach St. Paul
in time to go with the Minnesota
delegation she was forced to re-
luctantly decline.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
Santa Claus Wants to
Hear From All Riddles

Many of the kiddies living in
the territory adjacent to Sauk
Centre have taken advantage
of the Herald's invitation for
them to write letters to Santa
Claus, care of this Office.
Santa and his reindeers Wis
tied Sauk Centre in person
yesterday afternoon. He was
his usual jolly self, and was
very anxious to have his little
friends in this community to
write him telling what they
would like to have him. bring
them for Christmas.
The Herald is very anxious
to publish a letter to Santa
from every boy and girl in the
Sauk Centre territory. They
should reach the office not lat
er than Monday, Dec. Ia, so that
they can be published in the
issue of Dec. Is.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
SWIFT eco. FINE
ASSET TO THE CITY
Seventy-Five People Employ
ed-PayrOll in Excess of
$1,000 Each Week
BIG POULTRY BUSINESS
Farmers Increasing Size of
Turkey FlOcks-One Had
More Than 500

Probably but comparatively
few of the residents of Sauk Cen
ire realize the value of the branch
plant of Swift & Co., to this city.
Wednesday the Herald editor in
terviewed local plant manager, l..
T. Lovik. We learned that there
are Is employed at the Sauk Gen.
treplant at the present time.
About so per cent of the employees
are women. The weekly payroll
is approximately $1,000.
The volume of business handled
at the local plant for the Thanks
giving trade was larger than ever
before. Mr.. Lovik stated that
there were several individual flocks
of turkeys raised in the Sauk Gen.
ire territory this year well over
the 200 mark. A farmer living near
Willard raised a flock of over 500;
another farmer living near Upsala
raised a flock numbering more than
300. One farmer received a check
of more than $1,000 for about one
third of his flock.
LAG PiASC IiiiS yCdI IdS Iulcu
slightly lower than in 1928 and
1929. More cars of eggs were ship
ped from the Sauk Centre plant
this season than ever before. The
dressed turkeys from the local
plant were shipped to Philadelphia,
New York, Boston, Chicago, Mime
ola, N. Y, and DesMoines, Iowa.
This season Swift & Co. have
been dressing the live turkey for
the farmer for 10 cents per head.
An increasing number are taking
advantage of this offer. It relieves
them of a nasty job and with the
birds properly dressed and cooled
1t puts the farmers birds in a bet
ter class giving him a better price
for his finished product.
The working force at the local
plant will be materially reduced
with the close of the Christmas tur-
key season. Employment will re-
main at low ebb until eggs begin
to move in large quantities in the
early spring when the number will
be increased to about 80 remain
ing at that level until the dressed
poultry season opens up again in
the fall.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
Seventy-Gve Per Cent
Live on Surfaced Road
or Graveled, but They Serve
Majority of People

How the policy of improving the
main roads first is serving the ma
jority Of the people, is shown by
the annual report of the Secretary
of the American Association of
State Highway Officials, W. G.
Markham, at the recent convention
in Pittsburgh. Although only %
per cent Of all the roads in the
United States ar surfaced, seventy
five per cent of the population lives
on these improved roads, the re-
port states.
The total mileage of roads of all
classes in the United States is CIV
en- at 3,024,233, and of these 662, 2,435
have some type of surfacing. In
diana tops the list with 81, 314 miles
Of surfaced roads, Ohio second with
48503 and Minnesota third with
35, sol.
Taking the state or trunk high
ways alone, the total mileage is
315, 1888, Of which 2O3, 800 miles are
surfaced, s2.491 miles of this being
paved.
"While the surfaced roads are
but % per cent of the entire road
mileage" said the report, lit is a
conservative estimate when it IL
said that IS per cent of the people
live on this system already sur
faced. There are many miles to be
surfaced bu there are also many
miles along which no people live"
Tho y,ororf oonf o;vo ~,e1,aro1 xol1ac
showing the status of Improvement
in the various states. Below are
some figures showing how Mime
sofa compared with the average
state:
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
BISHOP BUSH ATTENDS

: The Rt. Rev. Joseph F. Busch
went to st. Paul Wednesday to
take part in the funeral services
Thursday morning for the Most
Rev. Austin Bowling, archbishop,
of st. Paul, to be held at ten
o'clock. Bishop Busch gave one Of
the five absolutions at the close of
the mass.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
MUNICIPAL SKATING RINK

There is well defined sentiment
among the younger set for a Mu-
nicipal skating rink on Sauk lake
adjacent to the City Park. Most
cities maintain places Of recreation
Of this sort. The nearness Of Sauk
Lake to the city makes an ideal To-
cation which would accommodate
practically all of the younger
skating generation Of Sauk Gen.
tre. The Council would be COM
mended for havingea portion Of
the lake prepared for a municipal
ice skating rink.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
Governor-Elect Favors
Issue Of Highway Bonds
Will Oppose Increase in License
Tax, Also Raise in State Car
Gas Tax

Governor-elect Floyd B. Olson
has revealed he will support a $2O,.
100000 bond issue as a part of q
highway improvement program.
It is said Mr.. Olson views the
proposed bond issue not only as g
big step toward improving the
states roads but also as an aid to
the unemployment problem.
The governor-elect is expected to
convey his proposal to the legisla-
ture, which meets in January, eth.
er through his inaugural message
in special message to the legisla-
ture, or through the administration
foor leader in the house or senate
It was said today by Farmer-La-
Dor and Republican party leaders
who have been in close consulta-
tion with the new governor that he
will:
Oppose any increase in the
motor vehicle tax.
Oppose any large increase In
the gas tax unless it is partly
offset by a further reduction in
motor vehicle license taxes.
Possibly consider a one cent
increase in gas tax if it can be
shown this is necessary in ad-
dition to the proposed bond is
sue to carry out the trunk high
way paving and Improvement
program.
Mr.. Olson is said to have express
ed himself as absolutely convinced
that the savings in maintenance of
paved roads over gravelled roads
will more than offset the interest
charges on the paving bond issue.
which would be on short term
basis, and would effect an actual
economy to the state as well as
providing Minnesota with the much
needed additional paved arterial
system.
Charles M. Babcock, state high
way commissioner, whom Govern
or-elect Olson has al lbut said he
intended to retain in office, has an
nounced he will propose no specific
manner of raising funds for needed
highway work. Instead, he has
said, he will make report to the
governor covering his recommen-
dations for the needs Of the high
way system over the next two
years, the funds required to finance
these requirements, and the several
possible ways in which they can be
financed.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04
'Skiddins' Junior High
Glass Play Postponed
Illness in Cast Makes Delay Imper-
ative-Wiu Be Presented Thurs
day December IL

The comedy "Skidding" advertis-
ed to be presented at the Junior
High Auditorium this Thursday
evening has been postponed because
of illness of members in the cast.
The story of this play is said to
present unusual and humorous sit
uations. The personnel of the cast
has been selected with a view. Of
furnishing a production we'll up to
the high standards of previous pro-
ductions of the Sauk Centre Pub
lie Schools.
Supt. H. A. Falk postuoned the
production with reluctance just be-
fore noon yesterday. The show will
be presented. Thursday evening,
Dec. II, instead Of Dec. 4.
Ticketholders for the production
advertised for this Thursday eve-
ming will be protected, of course in
every particular.
The story takes place in a small
town of Idaho during the time of
election. o..
Judge Hardy is running for coun-
~ Jod6C dho JooSS VI SuPA CuiC
Court. Marion Hardy, who has
been away at college studying pol
itics, returns home, bringing
Wayne Trenton, her friend, whom
she likes very much. with her. She
becomes very much interested in
her fathers election. ~
Andy Harry, young lad of six.
teen, very. much interested in cross
word puzzles. falls in love with a
Polly. Bennidict. This surprises his
family greatly. Myra Hardy, now
Mrs. Wilcox, and Estelle Hardy
now Mrs. Campbell, come home be-
cause of trouble with their hus.
bands. Mrs. Hardy excited over
this and the election, leaves home
Marion and Wayne quarrel because
Wayne is opposed to Marion's in.
terest in politics. The judge loses
his nomination to county Judge
How will all this skidding come
out?
rr,t l. - -
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04

DR.. g. C. Williams, Of st. Paul
will preach Sunday morning at
10:45 at the Congregational church.
Sunady School at $50.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-12-04


Jack Stannard --...-..---.....-........-.
----------.------------- Robert Vandesteeg
Jean --------------.- Gladys Thornbloom
Barbara Stannard .--.-..--.---.-.-..-..-
------.---..-----.......--...--- Evelyn Iwinski
Miss Drake . Genevieve Minette
Miss Clemans .---.--- Verena Minette
Miss Gushman . Estella Winter
Doc lliamsLawrence Berschite
Additional features of the pro-
gram will be
when We Get Together" --.-..----.
Observation-Disclosures All Group
my Matrimonial Views" -
.-------.---- Thelma Thornbloon:
"How Awful Some Women Talk"
Duet by Catherine Schwarzbauer,
Loretta Botz.
"Si and I" - Martha Minette
Dreaming" .-.--..----.--... All Group
The Raymond-Ashley All Club
will be honor guests at this enter
tainment. Admission price 15c and
35c. =
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
BORGLUM TO PRESERVE
HISTORICAL MEMORIES IN
FACES ON RUSHMORE

Memories of conversations which
took place 100 years ago, will be pre-
served in stone for a half million
years on Mount Rushmore memorial,
it was revealed at Keystone, S. D., as
Gutzon Borglum, Sculptor, began put
ting finishing touches on models Of
JEFFERSON and Lincoln, which he will
carve in the Black Hills mountain
side.
The head of Jefferson has been
turned slightly more toward Wash
ington, so that he appears to be
speaking to the first president, with
whom he frequently discussed details
of the Declaration of independence
and Constitution.
This also explains the thoughtful
expression on Washington's face,
noted at the unwilling of the first
Presidents head July 4, about which
Borglum did not comment.
Lincoln, instead of looking over
Washington's shoulder, as in the orr
ginal model, now appears to be stand
ing little aside as if listening in
tently to what the two founders of
the Republic are saying. The fea-
lures of the Lincoln head are indent-
zeal with those of Borglum's Lincoln
in the rotunda of the national capitol.
Asked about the Roosevelt head,
for which he has completed the first
model, Borglum declined to disclose
his plans for the attitude and location
it will have on the mountain.
"The Roosevelt head is my ace in
the hole" he said, land all l will say
is that l have perfect place for
him in one of the best pieces of
stone on the mountain. 1 cannot in
terpret in advance head which I
have just modelled in miniature, but
clue to my inspiration can be found
in the thought that Roosevelt was
the only President who ever had the
courage to say to monopoly: "This
far you go and no farther to the
safety of our country"
Work on the mountain closed for
the winter November l. The Jeffer-
son head already is well under way
Brown County journal.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
American History Projects

Miss Mccoy. our American History
teacher has required a project for
each semester from each student.
Several projects were handed in for
the colonial period.
Ruth Myers carved colonial Will
age from soap. 1t had church, and
houses, and it was inclosed within a
stockade.
FLOYD Bliss carved a miniature
wooden pillow drawn by two oxen with
yokes. He also made modern tract
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
SLEEPY EYE BOY LOSSES
ARM IN CAR ACCIDENT


While attempting to pass three
other cars travelling on the pave
ment between New Ulm and Sleepy
Eye, William Hose, 20, Sleepy Eye,
had his left arm torn off when his car
collided with a car coming from the
opposite direction.
1t seems that young Hose had been
hanging his arm out of the front
door window of the car while driving,
and the arm was caught between the
two colliding cars.
The flesh was torn from the bone
of the upper arm and the bone snap
ped off at the elbow, completely sew
ering the member, which fell to the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
NEW ULM SCHOOL TO GET
BAND INSTRUMENTS

Additional harmony instruments
ments were ordered purchased at a
recent meeting of the New Ulm
school board, consisting of two bass
horns and three mellophones.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
SOLUTIONS NO. 8

Ship in distance out of date.
Palm trees do not grow on rocky
peaks.
3-Motor boat too close inshore.
Girl would not dive inshore.
5-Shadow of man and girl go to-
ward the sun.
6-Small trees would not grow on
sandy beach.
Pair in foreground has unfinish-
ed design.
S-Design on ends of beach rug do
not match.
Girl would not wear earrings.
10-Man has only three. fingers on
left hand.
11-Man has slipper on one foot.
12-Letter "N' on mans suit unfin-
ished.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
pavement.

pavement.
His companion escaped injury as
did the driver of the other car and
his lady friend, though they were
bruised.
Hose lost control of his coupe at
ter thecolliison and tumbled out OF the
car into the ditch, the door having
flown open at the time of the accid-
ent. His companion grabbed the
steering wheel and brought the ma
chine to stop just as it reached the
brink of the pavement shoulder.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
SLAYTON ATHLETES MAY
HAVE HOCKEY TEAM

Slayton is planning to have a
hockey team this winter. Organiza-
ton is under way. Already challeng-
es have been received from Fulda and
Hadley. Practice will start as soon
as the ice hardens.
Much interest is shown in the new
skating rink sponsored by the Mon
day Study Club. Camp Fire girls
are planning skating parties.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
Senior ClasswOrk

Since last weeks study of "com-
,nunication and transportation" all
the Social Science pupils are well
aware of it's Importance.
The French Ii class is continuing
their reading from ''Le Petit Chose"
The Stenography ii students tran
scribed the notes they have taken in
class with considerable difficulty.
The Tipping ii pupils are increas-
ing speed and accuracy by means of
daily speed and accuracy tests"
The English " classes will now de-
vote their time to study and discus
sion of the 'EliZabethan Period"
Monday was devoted to oral talks on
some phase of this period.
The government and its various de-
partments and their aids to COM
merce have been the leading subject
of discussion in the Economic Geo
graphy class.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
PHYSICAL Sciences

1t is sincerely hoped by the Biology
students that they will not have
more to 90 with the frog. However,
the worst is yet to come because the
dissection of that animal is not far
distant. We shall soon start reptiles.
The Chemistry class finished their
discussion of valence and have just
started their study of double decom-
position"
The Physics class has devoted its
discussion to air pressure and the
methods used in measuring it. They
learned that these measurements are
used to forecast weather. They also
discussed caissons, device used IN
working under water, tunneling un-
der rivers, air brakes, and rock drills
driven by compressed air.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
Nov. 5-Dec. 10
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE.

CLOSURE SALE.
WHEREAS, Default has been
made in the conditions of certain
mortgage bearing date the LIST day of
March, 1920, made, executed and de-
livered by B. P. Weis and Mary Weis,
his wife, mortgagors, to John Dahl
quist, MORTGAGE, and which mort
gage was duly recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds of Redwood
County, Minnesota, on the 18th day
of March, 1920, at 1915 o'clock A.
NJ, in Book "73" of Mortgages at
page COZ, and which mortgage was
thereafter by an instrument dated
March 18th, 1920, duly assigned by
said John Dahlquist to William E.
Koppitz and Edwin ]. Fault, which
assignment of mortgage was there
after, on the 10Th day of March, 1920,
at $40 o'clock A. NJ, duly recorded
in the office of the Register of Deeds
aforesaid, in Book "65" of Mortgages
on page 457 thereof. That said de-
fault consists in the failure on the
part of the mortgagors to pay the
sum of 100000 due March LIST,
1880, and interest thereon from and
after the LIST day of March, 1880, at
the rate of seven per cent per annum,
and which default still continues, and
that there is now due and payable on
the date of this notice the sum of
10,466.67, and that no action or pro-
ceeding at law or otherwise having
been instituted to recover the debt
secured by said mortgage or any part
thereof, and the power of sale in
said mortgage contained having be-
come operative;
NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE is
HEREBY GIVEN, That by virtue of
the power of sale contained in said
mortgage and pursuant to the statute
in such case made and provided, the
said mortgage will be foreclosed by
a sale of the premises described in
and conveyed by said mortgage, viz:
The Southeast Quarter (SEA)
of Section Five (5), Township
One Hundred Twelve (112)
North, of Range Thirty-fve (35)
West of the Fifth Principal Mer-
idian, with the Entertainments and
appurtenances thereunto belong
ing,
which sale will be made by the
Sheriff of said Redwood County, at
the front door of the Court House,
in the city of Redwood Falls in said
County and State, on Saturday, the
Goth day of December, 1880, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
at public vendue, to the highest bid
der for cash, to pay said debt of
$10,466.67 and interest and taxes, if
any, on said premises, and attorney
fees as stipulated in and by said mort
gage in case of foreclosure, and dis
bursements allowed by law, subject
to redemption at any time within
one year from the day of sale, as
provided by law.
Dated November 1st, 1880.
WILLIAM E. KOPPITZ,
EDWIN j. Fault,
Assignees of Mortgage.
Kewanee, Illinois.
A. R. A. LAUDON,
Attorney for Assignees of Mortgage,
Redwood Falls, Minnesota. 18-6ts.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12

Until we try we don't know what
we can do, and that's why some peo-
pie have such a good opinion of them
selves.-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1930-11-12
Laugh and the Senior High Laughs
With You

Laugh and the Senior High Laughs
With You
John F.: "Well, l answered a
question in class today"
j. Baikie: "What answer did you
give?"
John F.: present
Miss Hyssen: "Did you study to-
days lesson? Answer yes or no."
Frank Hoepner: eyes or no."
Class sayings:
Freshman: 81 don't know"
Sophomore: "I'm not prepared"
Junior: 81 do not remember"
Senior: 81 don't believe / can add
anything to what has been said"
Reporter: "Have any of your child
hood hopes been realized
Leonard X: Eyes. When mother
used to comb my hair l wished l did
MT have any,"
Albright latter padding Soph.):
"You can sit down now"
Soph.: Liar"
Ross B. Cat football game): "That
fellow out there playing center will
be our best man. before~the season is
over"
Catherine Alexander: ooh, Ross,
this is so sudden.
Junior High Jokes
Mr.. McCurdy: IF your father
could save one dollar a week for four
weeks, what would he have?"
Ralph T.: "a radio, an electric re-
frigerator, new suit, and lot more
furniture"
Mr.. Brown: "The muscle of the pa
tents left leg is contracted till it is
much shorter than the right, there
fore, he limps. Now, what would
you do under the circumstances
Reginald D.: "I'd limp too"
Miss Aske: "And what I've just
told you is the story of some of An
drew Jackson's experiences in the
Civil War.
Reginald D.: "But, Miss Aske, what
was the rest of the army for?"
Miss Miller: "Bernice, what is a
climax of a story"
Bernice W.. "The climax is when it
says to be continued. ,"