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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04
pledges given in the past to grant such indie

pledges given in the past to grant such indie
pendence.
1T is apparent that some economic and other
pressure has been brought certain represen-
tatives of the Fflippinos causing them to place
dollar business above national pride and nation
al desire to take their place as an independent
nation. This causes no changein the princi-
pies of fair play and our own self protection in
volved. The people engaged in dairying are not
going to change their minds just because Senior
Quezon has changed his mind. We believe it is
best for us, and best for the Fflpnos that they
have independence. and that they take their
places among the ssterhood of nations and enter
the American market on the same terms Of self
reliant independence that other nations must
observe.
"Senor Quezon seems to favor independence in
thirty years. On the other hand Senator Halves
has a plan effective in five years. Representa-
tives of the dairy industry are willing to accept
this but no more So far as they are concerned
his is move for American national interest, and
that interest comes first no matter how often
Filipino politicians change their minds. 1t is
mestice market for domestic producers It is
equally important that every Filipino matter
what his political leaders may say should become
an independent self-reliant citizen of an indie
pendent nation instead of a infant living
pap" from Uncle Sam.
Some patriots interested in labor wish to shut
out Filipino migration, to ease the labor market
here. American agriculture points out that
shipping the products of cheap labor here is
more harmful than sending the labor here to live
American standard. Let's be fair about
his thig. The dairy industry is out in the open
about its interest"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04
DON'T PLAY DEAD

Mile Laos Lake Messenger
We read story the other day about business
nan who. when the present of dull trade came
on, proceeded to play dead. He stopped all his ex
penses settled down to wait until the efforts of
others had livened things up little promising him
self that when the time ripe he would emerge
and grab off some of the fruits of the inactivity
When he poked his head out one day to take look
at things he saw crowd of people going into his
competitors store across the street. Thinking good
times had returned he brushed the cobwebs off the
door, got shave and prepared to serve customers
1t almost broke his heart when he found there were
no customers to serve During the time he had been
playing dead those whose alert temperament had
kept them awake and hustling had taken all his
customers, and he had helped to tide them over the
dull period by letting them do it.
Commercial agencies report that the business of
mail order houses is increasing. There be little
doubt that this increase is coming from localities
where the local business have been playing dead
during the dull spell. People must and do eat and
wear clothes in dull times, and they spend what
money they have where they are convinced they
get the most for it. The mail order houses are very
busy convincing them that else can serve
them as well and cheaply as they can. There has
been letup in their advertising Their catalogues
when times were at their best.
Those villages where merchants have maintained
their stocks in good shape, given good service and
most important of ALL have advertised continuously
have lost little business to the mail order houses
during the dull period. Their business has fallen off
little, but not enough to alarm them or to endang-
er their future They have kept their customers
getting all the business they could give them anG
with returning prosperity their business will grow
Advertising has become essential detail of
successful business. People will not visit a store
or town to find out whether they get what they
want or not. They go where they have been tolc
they can get it. They expect to have their business
solicited and it goes to the store that solicts it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04
sAUK CENTRE SHOULD TAKE NOTICE
Benson Monitor

Benson Monitor
Under the above caption, the Benson Monitor
city council wants to have railroad grade crossing
in this CITY, which many school children travel
daily and which was the scene of near-fatal acct
dent last winter, protected by gates. This would
prevent a tragedy such as the Benson paper de-
scribes follows:
Dickie, am cold"
Those were the pietous words uttered by Ben
son high school girl to little boy the first familiar
face she recognized among throng of persons who
stood around her she lay torn bleeding on the
pavement after a Great Northern passenger train
had cut off both her feet. This 16-year girl struck
down in the flower of her girlhood, faces fu-
ture in which she will always be handicapped.
That is the price that the Benson community
pays for having the railroad tracks run straight
through the center of the city and provision
made for protection against such condition To
our minds this lack of safeguarding is an example
OF criminal carelessness that calls for immediate &C
ton rather than the haf-hearted procrastination
with which the problem has always been faced.
The Great Northern railroad has been generous
TO Benson in many ways-in extending the courtesies
OF their right-ofway for city parks and in CO.
operation in other respectsbut generosity cam
not longer be allowed to endanger the most prec-
community is equally at fault for never has there
been more than halfhaerted effort to reduce the
railroad crossing danger.
Scores of children between the ages of eight and
eighteen daily cross the tracks through this COM
munlty Children with all the pep and vitality the
unexcelled enthusiasm of youth. Gay happy care
free Enjoying life only children can enioy it but
sonal safety that comes with maturity They cannot
be expected to attain true realization of the dang
ers OF the railroad crossingsthey must be protected
from harm.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04

lights and siren is to remove this
fear, and also to give a definite
command to stop. And when YOU
get this signal, it is best to stop.
The highway patrolmen are a cour-
teous, gentlemanly lot, never hard
boiled unless your actions compel
them to be firm.
All cars and motorcycles used by
the patrolmen will be equipped with
sirens and the red lights mounted
close to the headlights. If the pat
rolmen are in pursuit of a fugitive
lawbreaker, or if they are hurry
ing to the scene of an accident, the
red lights will be turned on and the
siren used freely. At such times
lother vehicles should get as close
to the right edge of the road as pos
sible, and give the police vehicle the
right of way. At other times when
travelling on the road, they will
use only the ordinary headlights,
and will use the standard horn sig
nal when they want to pass a We
hicle, and use the red lights, with a
short blast of the siren, if they
want to stop.
The use Of a siren, or the use Of
any red or green lights visible from
the front of any vehicle, other than
police or fire vehicle is prohibited
by law.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04


find myself thinking of its people and
the familiar friendly faces when great
OF New York. or Paris or Berlin. Stockholm; when
In little stone billy villages of Italy sun-baskng
spain or the yellow temples of Athens forever
niles VIII not be distance in the
slightly than the distance
To me- forever though should ninety the drec
ton west Will have nothing particular
or the Rockies; will be that direction the left
towards Hoboken H-f you face the of Dr. E. j.
Lewis = = -
So primitive and inherent the impressions of boy
nood And who writing this in Connecticut
In md-May to the farm which bought Vermont
haven't the slightest regret that in
prairie village instead of in New England York
or old England the Continent Europe for the matter
of that.
seem to have criticized prairie villages have GER
tanly criticized them than have New York or
Far1s or the great universities. quite that
could have been born and place the world
where would have had rendlness Indeed as look
at these sons of rich in New motor
and their travel they are not having
onetenth the fun which had ming and fish
ing in Sank Lake cruising its perous depths on raft
(probaby made of stolen logs) trampng
for picnic tramping ten miles end with shotgun
October; sliding Hoboken HILL stealing melons or listen
ing to the wonders of an eocuonis at the Hail. It
good time good place. good preparation for life
Sinclair Lewis
S. c. H. S. '02.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04
HERALD HAS A BIRTHDAY

The first Thursday in June, 1867, the
Sank Centre Herald was published for the
first time.
Without missing single issue the Her
aid has faithfully recorded the history of
Sank Centre and Western Stearns county up
to the present time.
The starting of Volume GA with this is
sue finds the Herald with 1900 subscribers,
the largest number ever in the history of
the paper, and exceeded by but comparatively
few community newspapers in the state.
The aim of the present publishers is to
keep this newspaper on the high plane of
community service set by the founder, the
late James H. Simonton.
We believe this newspaper is pretty
fair mirror of the city which it represents.
Mistakes have been made in the past, of
course, and will undoubtedly be made in the
future, but it is the constant endeavor to
keep the number at low minimum.
The public can assist the publishers ma
terially in making the Herald thoroughly
representative community newspaper by
sending in items of reliable news any and
all the time. 1t is impossible for the news
gatherers to be everywhere. if you have
company visiting at your home, your family
leaves the city, if you have social affair, let
the Herald know about it. One does not need
to be subscriber to get news recognition
in the Herald. The question of what is news
is, perhaps debatable. 1t is quite generally
agreed that if q dog bites man that is not
news of a particularly startling nature. How
ever, if man should bite dog, well, that
is so unusual, it would likely find it's way to
the first page.
While the Herald is the oldest business
institution in Sank Centre it is in the very
vigor of its youth as far as it's willingness
to serve this community is concerned. In
the past the paper has occasionally been
somewhat out of line with the thought of
many. We have always been willing to
credit the honesty of the other fellows mo-
tives. We ask the same tolerance for our
selves.
Sank Centre can be made bigger and
better city; the rural community can be
greatly improved. The Herald has a desire
to continue to assist, as best it can, in every
move looking toward community develop
ment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04
U.S.. Will issue
lS-YEAR BONDS
SS00,000,000 to Meet Part of
Shortage, Redeem Short
Term Certificates
GOVT. MARKING TIME
Melons Action to Clear Up
Governments needs for
Rest of Year

Washington, June IAN $780,
100000 issue Of 1s-year 3h per cent
treasury bonds was offered to the
public by Secretary of Treasury An
drew w. Mellon today in an effort
to raise money to meet the deficit
now standing at $1,000, 100000.
The money is expected to be rails
ed in a few days. The banks to-
morrow will begin to receive sub
scriptions.
The bonds will be dated June
Is, exempt from federal or state
taxation, except for estate taxes,
income surtaxes. and possible ex-
cess profits of war taxes, Mellon
announced.
About $5S9000, 900 of short-term.
treasury certificates of indebtedness
and $90,000,000 in interest payments
on the public debt will come due
on June Is, and the proceeds of
this issue will be used to meet these
obligations and part of the billion
dollar deficit.
The treasury has upwards of
$40 100000 coming in during the
month in second-quarter income tax
payments and foreign governments
payments on war debts. in addition
to the steady revenue from Gus
toms, tobacco and other taxes.
The huge long-term issue definite
iy cleans up the governments
tight financial fix for the first half
of the fiscal year starting July 1,
But all treasury officials -concede
that the new fiscal year will end
with another big deficit, some say
as large as the $800.00000 deficit
now predicted for the fiscal year
which ends 80 days from today.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04

Ralph F. Norwood of Weymouth.
Mass, awoke one morning to find
truck with so cases of liquor park
ed in his yard, and turned It over
to police.
Unsuitable and fireproof boats
made Of steel have been invented
IN France that can be readily TAX
en- apart for carrying on a trailer
behind an automobile.
More than five billion cigarettes
were consumed in Canada during
1890.
A radio club has been formed at
Buenos Aires to encourage the
broadcasting Of programs in Eng
|lish.
Forty-nine girls speaking IA
languages are kept busy in the in
ternational long distance telephone
exchange in San Francisco.
The city of Minneapolis is ex-
actly midway between the equator
and the north pole.
The food bill of the United States
is about $4,000 100000 annually
according to Joseph Wiltshire,
president of Standard Brands, Inc.
Patrick Henry, Oklahoma ranch
man, met, courted and won Daisy
Frame on a bus trip to California,
where they were married.
A sign on the outskirts of Jump,
Eng, reads "To Jump-A Mile"
Burglars who rifled a safe and
cash register in a store in Monroe,
La, rang up" the amount taken
from the cash register beofre
leaving the store.
A thief broke into the First
Methodist Church in Charleston w.
Va, an investigation disclosed that
the only thing stolen was the
large Bible on the pulpit.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04
Short Shrin Siren Blast Is
Order to Stop at Once
Highway Patrol Also Identified by
Pair of Red Lights on Car or
Motorcycle

If you hear short blast of ST.
rem when you are driving on the
highway, and see a pair of red
lights if it is dark, it is a signal to
stop. A State Highway patrolman
wants to talk to you.
Do not be alarmed says a highway
bulletin. The patrolman may
merely want to tell you that your
rear light is out, or give you some
other suggestion about your car or
your driving which is intended to
promote your own safety The red
lights and siren blast will be used
by the patrolmen to identify them
selves. Motorists when signalled to
stop frequently fear a hold-up and
dash away. The use of the special
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04

But by next December the treas
ury and general business situation
is expected to be such as to indi-
cate more clearly what the govern
ment will need from, then on.
Applications will be received for
the gold bonds at federal reserve
banks, and banks generally will act
for those seeking to invest. The
bonds will be issued in denomina-
tions of $50. 500, $500, $1,000.
The treasury reserved the right
to pay off the bonds on or after
June Is, 1916, on four months no
tice, without waiting for the due
date in 1949.
Principal and interest will be pay
able in gold coin, Mellon announced
This is legal requirement, the pay
ment usually being in gold certifi-
Gates.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04
State News Briefs
From OurExchanges

DULUTH-NIiss Katherine Mcmillan, "a, of vir-
ginia teacher at the Howard Gnesen rural school
near Duluth, shot and instantly killed in her
class room Thursday morning when revolver held
by James Merriman, 16, pupil, accidentally dis
charged.
The revolver % calibre, had been given to Mer-
riman by Ronald Dahlgren, who had loaned it to
the school for use in play at the school recently
Dahlgren showing Merriman four shells taken from
the pistol, had told the youth it was not loaded
The charge entered Miss McMilan's body above
the heart. Sheriff officials are investigating.
Miss Mcmillan had been teaching at the school
two years. and also has taught year at the Vir-
ginia public schools. She graduate of the Vir
GINA high school in 1924, the Virginia Junior col
lege in 1926 and the Villa Scholastic college in 1925
where she was given B. A degree She is survived
by her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Mcmillan, 210
First street. south Virginia The body was brought
to Duluth
LITTLE FALLS-Sheriffs deputies searched the
Mississippi river Thursday for the body of Elmer
Hankes, 10. of Frank Hankes who drowned
while spearing fish in the river.
Fishermen across the river from Hanks saw him
fall into the water and drown but were unable to
come to his assistance. Hankes moved here from
st. Paul last year with his parents, two brothers
and three sisters.
MINNEAPOLIS Because Arlene schwarting, II
months DID, cried when her bedroom filed with smoke
today, 81 persons in apartment house were saved
from possible injury and death. The chds father
aroused by her cries and found the room filed
with smoke He called the fire department and
was confined to the basement and was estimated at
$1,000.
LAKE PARK-Two nervous bandits who held
up poker party today shot two men who walked
in during the robbery, killing one and seriously
wounding the other.
Helmer Anderson IS Audubon, killed when
he jongly refused to obey the bandits orders. The
other members of the poker party said he must
have thought it was practical joke some of the
playing on him. Contable Eevert Edeltoft
shot through the neck and lung when he was
attracted to the by the shooting.
The game was at the home of Alvin Azure. Eight
men playing poker shortly after midnight when
the two bandits entered. The pair ordered the men
to put up their hands and line up along the wall.
One bandit grabbed the money the table
while the other searched the pockets Of the along
the wall. The bandits both armed They OBJ
tanned approximately 5000. AS they searching
the last man. Anderson enetred from rear door,
He laughed at the bandits orders and was shot.
The two men hurried out the front door to run in
to the constable. He ordered them to stop but they
shot at him. and continued running Onward their
small Ford coach. They escaped.
DULUTH-Charles Brown go, in serious
condition in a hospital here tonight as result of
shooting Array earlier in the day at his resort on
the Cloquet river Is miles north of Duluth Deputy
sheriffs arrested Arthur Johnson 49, and his wife.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04
.NsEEsEEES;sS=:
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8: = KING AND QUEEN

all the planning, scheming, conniv-
Fig, politics, and even black mailing,
they work to get daughter present
ed at court!
And they say over there that we
are the worst Nation of all for it.
The greatest Democracy will go to
the greatest length to get some
where just for the add. They live on
lit the rest of their lives. It's the
congressional Medal of Society.
Lizzie Bean as a Debutannte was
presented at Court" And the social
home town papers always say, "she
was the most beautiful one there"
Now maby there was twelve CHI
nese girls presented that looked as
good.
This time there was 400 received,
so you see its not exactly what you
would call exclusive. The king of
Spain ought to figured something
like that out and then there would
have been enough socially ambi-
tious to keep him in Office. England
is smart Nation they know that
there is just so much Hooey requir-
ed by people and they very wisely
supply it.
We ought to have Social Pres
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04


this thing kinder hushed up before
November, '32, comes on us. If we
can just stall this all off till after
then, why we can get back to nor
NAL again, and you can have all
the help you want. But right now,
you boys got to help get Andy out
of the red. Take some oats away
from those army mules or some
thing. I am going to the navy row
out to the camp here and make
them do what they can, make Sec
rotary Dave Ingalls, quit flying to
Cleveland every day to get his
main. Then those Virgin Islands
we got to cut down on them, they
are living too high. Then we
ought to try to catch SANDING for
less money this year than we tried
to catch last year. But we all got
to pull together like one big family
and get Andy out Of the red, cause
a billion dollars worth of red is
some red. We got to stop Alexan-
der Hamilton from laughing in his
grave"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04

Frances first country club was
recently opened by Americans in
Paris.
Only two and a. half years old,
Kenneth Davis, of Hawaii speaks
French, German and English.
| Minna Cannon, captain of the
girls rifle team, of the University
Of Maryland, led her squad to the
national rifle championship for
girls In the indoor matches at
Washington, D. C.
For being outstanding in Boy
Scout activities, community leader
ship and civic good turns, William
B. Maynard, Jr., 10 years old, and
a sophomore at Baldwin Wallace
College was awarded a scholarship
of 500.
Glass-lined tank cars for the
transportation of milk have been
introduced on British railways.
Scraper to be hinged to a run
ming board, under which it can be
pushed when not in use, has been
invented to remove mud from per-
sons shoes before they enter auto
mobiles.
For aviation students a Los An
geles man has developed an air
plane that can be used as a glider
by removing its motor and fuse
lage.
An automatic camera has been
devised to make photographs of
chimneys at one minute intervals
to register the amount Of smoke
they emit.
Tiny electric lamps mounted on
the backs Of seats have been install
ed in a London theatre to enable
patrons to read programs when the
house is dark.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-06-04

@uccu. ONcT III
London just a
year ago now,
when ] was over
to the DisarM-
ament Confer
ence Ambassa-
dor Dawes was
telling me about
that, they have
it I think twice
a year, and the
King and Queen
receive just so
many from each
country Well of