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Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05
MOB LAW IS DEGRADING AND
DANGEROUS

II He lynchmg last week of young Charles
! Bannon BY a Schafer, N. D. mob OF SUI
masked men somewhat jars our complacency i'll
that we have been wont to feel that lynchlng
was an unholy attribute Of the Southerners who
have to contend with the ever-present threat CT
lawless and depraved Negroes. The incident
simply shows that some men let their passions
run wild under certain provocation regardless
Of whether they are of~the hot-booded South
e1n type or the more phlegmatic Northern; and
III so doing they become criminals themselves.
Young Damon, only %, had committed an
abominable crime in the numbering OF an entire
family. without provocation and apparently
without reason The picture of the youthful
criminal. published IN the daily press. shows him
to be fine looking young lad and apparently OF
good intelligence 1t again jars that old con-
ccption that all murderers have the marks OF
depravity stamped on their faces
Sometimes ii would seem the proyocation
il % great that it would appear men are JUST
fled III taking the punishment OF the offender
INTO their own hands, but mob law i dangerous,
it is revcrsion to savagery and cannot and
must llOl dc ct1lGHeu lily dlldOlN - - Oil -
hibition Of the very lawlessness, in different
| form that is condemned-n the victim So fire.
quently the members Of a lvnchlng mob lose all
restraint and degenerate for the time being to
| the level Of the poor wretch whose life they are
determined to snuff out.
This was clearly exemplifed in the burning
alive recently of young Negro BY a Southern
mob. The Negro had committed an atrocious
and revolving crime III attacking and murder
inc a young 10 year old school teacher. There
could be no excuse for his terrible deed, but TIT
law was taking care Of his case and in due tim
he would have been tried and executed Blu
that almost certain probability did not satisfy
bood-thirsty mob. Imagine human being
taking another human being. claiming him t
the top of building saturating his clothes wit
gasoline, touching match to the holocaust thu
!, prepared and then calmly standing by an
watching the poor wretch burn to death. 1t
! almost beyond belief to think that intelliger
: white people, living in an age that boasts OF i
education and intelligence, would do such a
:, unthinkable thing. Degraded by their passion
: they were little better than demons
Mob vengeance is q negation Of law ar
order and is dangerous excess. 1T can new
lc be condoned by any responsible government
70 A community worth living in is worth
q supporting
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local SCHOOL COST IS REASONABLE.

4 NEWS article III last week ; western
y News stated that the per pupil cost, last
year. IN the Libby schools was ssh. \ mum
her If comparative figures were given, qho'ea
f,om the bulletin sent ont BY the Montana lax
navers Association. that showed the per pupll
cost inthe Libby schools, as well as that over the
county. occupied happy medium posltloii'
which would Indicate that possibly the expense
was not too high nor was It 50 low as 10 MAKE
the service given inadequate to the eduea'lon o.
the on-coming generation. Ii that connection
this paper said "A study OF the flgures given III
the bulletin shows that the cost OF conducting
schools in Lincoln county, including those III
the Incorporated cities, occupies q happy
medium position which would indicate that the
cost is probably not too high Oh the one hand ana
not too low OH the other
This contention will be upheld II those III
terested will study the-bulletm and the large az
raw Of figures published there They Will 1lnd
that in some districts the per pupil cost APP
proachcs $3.50, while in other districts it drops to
as low as S63 per pupil This induced the eea-
tors Of the bulletin to say that III some parts OF
the state the price is lidicuously high while III
other districts it is SO low that one wonders
whether or not the children are being given any
thing like the training which the common
schools are designed to provide for them
Taking these two extremes into consideration,
one can feel safe that the local cost Of S83. 10
is Just about right
l.. S. Wclcll, president Of the Libby school
board, has called attention to another angle OF
this cost question 1T would be very easy,
said Mr. Welch, "to reduce this per pupil cost
materials. It is not necessary for US to teach
music or art; neither is it required that we have
an athletic coach nor manual training. We
could discard all Of these and still retain Our
standing as an accredited school But because
we feel it Is Of great importance that the chill
lren Of the community shall be given the best
educational advantages It Is possible for Us to
provide. therefore We have included these va
rous departments iii the Libby school culricU-
Inn. an confident careful comparative
study Of the figures given by the bulletin viii
show that the local school cost i III most cases
lower than III other communities whose schools
are giving educational opportunities the equal
Of the Libby schools
Mr.. Wech has touched Oh an important
,,a;nt il this interesting discussion. lie has
made careful study Of the bulletin and q
course knows that what he says i true. 1t cal
BE said without flllsome flattery that Libby
parents-and pupls-are fortunate III having
school system Of such high excellence, conducted
by d board that uses such good judgment III II
nancal and administrative matters and all pro
vidcd at such reasonable cost.
SENTIMENT IS STRONG FOR DRIN ERS
Wy
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ure. children under IA years would not be
granted licenses.
1t is wise measure The sentiment III ITS
favor is strong and it undoubtedly will be enact
ed into law.
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Gandhi Is freed by Britain after
nine months In comfortable jail.
and Is said to find freedom oppressive
Leading 32000O,0O0 Asiatfcs Is not an
easy task, when 100000 OF them
insist on killing the others, and there
IL no particular place to which they
can be led. Drive Britain out Of In
dla and millions would die OF or be
killed of every year, and Gandhl, In
telllgent and we'll meaning, knows 1t.
OF all scientific discoveries made
accidentally one of the strangest
comes from Joliet, Ill. Doctor Weaver
ordered a TRANSMISSION OF parents"
blood In the case Of q fifteen-year-old
girl suffering from infantile paralysis,
Another doctor misunderstood him
to say parrots" blood, and accord
| ingly made a TRANSMISSION OF blood
| from the heart of a living parrot.
Doctors say the child js getting well.
A thousand doctors will exclaim
! "bosh."
e. 1891. BIZ King Features Syndicate. Incl
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05

A community worth living in is worth
supporting.
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-02-05

Wise men that invest In American
values, foolish people that gamble In
those values, will probably be deceived
as to real conditions during the next
few months.
The bad news of 1880 will come out
now. In the corporation reports show
Ing what happened, profits down,
gloomy change In earnings. And this
will Brighten those that do not realize
conditions.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05

seed was isown and rather thin
stands obtained. The stands thick
ened up during the next summer
and these identical meadows have
been producing good crops every
year since. One of the fields was
fenced for pasture after producing
hay for Is years. At present it has
a thick, even sod and produces an
abundance of pasturage throughout
the season. The other field has pro-
duced two crops Of hay for each of
the last 80 years. During the past
dry summer, the first cutting yield
ed 2.3 tons and the second LIZ a
total of tons of high quality hay.
Considering that 80 good crops
were secured, without reseeding, on
land that would produce nothing
else, what price per pound could
these farmers have afforded to
pay for the seed they bought, quer-
les Mr.. Army. The answer, he
thinks, is obvious. He adds that
thousands of farmers in Minnesota
and adjoining states who have low
lying, wet lands, now producing lit
tie or nothing, might well be max
ing arrangements for seed this win
ter as these men did 81 years ago
High quality,n Minnesota grown
reed canary seed is now available
with detailed Information on ob-
tanning good stands. Write the
Minnesota Agricultural Expert
ment Station, st. Paul, Minnesota.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05
Says Seed Catalogs May Hold
Treasures

Seed catalog optimists may take
heart. Rich rewards occasionally lie
in store for those believing folks
who can't resist the pretty pictures
and lavish descriptions, and who
spend their winter day-dreaming
about next summers harvet. This is
pointed out by A. G. Army, farm
crops specialist of the Minnesota
Agricultural Experiment Station.
AS evidence, he cites the experience
of two southern Minnesota farmers
who are still reaping big benefits
from a bit of seed catalog explora.
ton done 81 years ago.
Unbeknown to each other, these
men, during the winter Of 1899,
searched through seed catalogs for
crop that might be successful on
their low-lying, wet fields on which
ordinary crops repeatedly had fail
ed. In one catalog they found a
description as follows: Freed ca
nary grass (Phalaris arundinacea),
a perennial grass crop well suited
to growing on low lying wet land.
Produces high yields of nutritious
hay"
Although neither of them mad
heard Of this grass crop before,
and no information was available
as to how to get a stand, each one
purchased enough seed for about
8 acres. The following spring the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05

off by herself where she is to far
row and reduce her ration to
light slop of bran or shorts and a
little ground feed, eliminating the
corn entirely. The narrowing place
must be reasonably warm and
comfortable. If the weather is cold
and no stove is provided to heat
the house, a jug filled with hot
water and wrapped in in a sack or
heated bricks may be placed in a
box or barrel and the little pigs
placed in it until the sow is through
narrowing and the little pigs dried
off. The little pigs should then be
placed with the mother and each
assisted in securing his first meal.
Except in very cold weather or in
cases where the sow is restless
and gets up on her feet of ten the
pigs should be left with her.The
sow should not be given any feed
the first day, but should be given
what water she wants. The first
feeding should be a light slop SINH
lar to that used just before far
rowing. Many little pigs are lost
as result of overlooking the sow
during the first two or three
weeks after farrwing. Feed lightly
at first, gradually increasing the
feed as the pigs grow older and
str-ongr. Securing among little pigs
is often the result of overlooking
the sow. At first sign of scours or
thumps reduce the sow's feed and
give her a handful of glauber salts.
A guard rail in the narrowing
pen will be a big help in prevent
ing the sows from laying on the
little pigs. It should be placed
about nine inches off the floor and
six inches from the wall
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05

Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Krick were
guests of the formers mother, Mrs.
Katherine Krick, in Melrose, Mon
day.
Joseph and Nels Amoli, Of the st.
Rosa territory, were transacting
business in Sank Centre Friday of
last week.
Mrs. c. D. McHarg had as guests
at her home Tuesday Mrs. A. r.
Kinney and Mrs. p. Mulligan, Of
st. Cloud.
DR.. and Mrs. w. p. Sanders were
in Long Prairie last week Wednes-
day evening where they visited with
DR.. and Mrs. Sherer.
Norwood Garfield and friend, of
Minneapolis, were week end guests
of the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Garfield.
DR.. and Mrs. P. o. Peterson are
in Minneapolis, where the former
is attending the convention of the
State Dental Association.
Stanley Opheim was taken to the
Long Hospital Monday, where he
submitted to an operation for the
removal of his appendix.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Parks and
son, Gerald, spent Sunday after.
noon with Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Barn.
or, who live south of Sank Centre
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Nelson
motored to Willmar and Raymond
Saturday and remained over Sun
day visiting with relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Onstad motored
to Minneapolis Wednesday, where
they will remain until Friday. Mr.
Onstad is transacting business in
the city.
Mrs. w. H. Rattle, Mrs. Oscar
Keinfehn and Clarence Selensky
returned Friday evening from Wav.
erly, Iowa, where they were called
by the illness of their father, Chas
Selensky. Mr.. Selensky was great
ly improved when they left fol
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Guelsow and
family will leave the first of next
week for Lynd, Lyon county, where
they will reside in the future. Mr.
and Mrs. Guelsow moved to the
Sank Centre community IT years
ago. Prior to moving here they
lived in Lyon county.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05

Good Samaritan Episcopal Church
Church School Sunday morning al
9:45 a. m.
Morning Prayer and sermon al
II o'clock.
Communion service second Sunday
in the month at IL a. m.
Rev. T. E. Rowe, representative
of the Canadian Church, will have
charge of the service next Sunday
morning, March 9Th. At this service
the Holy Eucharist will be cele-
brated.
Rev. T. e. Rowe is warden Of the
Canadian Guild of Health, which
is a society within the Church
formed for the purpose of apply
ing the power of the mind and the
spirit to the physical and mental
as well as the spiritual needs of
humanity. Rev. Rowe has worked
for IL years among the ever in
creasing number of those who in
this age of tension suffer from: ner-
vous and mental weakness and dis
orders. He stresses the value of
prayer and faith in the building up
of harmonious and unified life
and the supreme importance OF
establishing a right relationship
with God as the most effective
means Of solving the complex
problems which confront man to-
day.
Lansing Kempton, in charge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05
.INTANCIBLES NOW
ESCAPE TAXATION
State Commission Urges Leg
islature to Study the Prob
lem Carefully
CLAIM ASSESSORS LAX
The Employment of Assess
ment Specialists on Year
Around Basis

Charges that q large amount OF
intangible property subject to taxa
ton under the money and credits
tax is being kept from the assess
ment rolls by owners who conceal
their ownership from assessors
were made Saturday in report by
the State Tax commission.
The situation presents serious
problem and should be considered
by the Legislature, the Commits
sioners asserted. Assessors in
some cases make no effort practi-
cally to uncover holdings beyond
those reported by taxpayers, the
report said, and the latter, mot in
frequently will give to the asses
sor a return of only a small part
of their holdings which is accepted
without question:
1--WE fully realize" the report
continued, "that a vast amount of
intangibles exist in the state which
are not returned for taxation. Much
depends upon the honesty of the
owners and the diligence displayed
by the assessor.
GAS a usual thing, intangibles are
hidden, and it is difficult for an as
SCISSOR to determine just what a
person, company or corporation
may have which is subject to re-
turn and assessment. There are in
stances where assessors make no
effort practically to obtain returns
from the people of their districts.
"This has been demonstrated
thoroughly in quite few districts
where reassessments of money and
credits have been ordered by the
commission, and the assessments
have shown not only a large in
crease in the aggregate value of
this class of property, but also a
large increase in the number of
persons assessed"
The Commission believes that
having for county assessors per-
sons specialized in assessment
work and serving on year-round
basis would aid in solving the prob
lem. It reiterates the belief ex-
pressed in previous reports that
Tie pIcSSuI SySIcui VI IdAitiS III
tangibles, which has been in exis-
tence for twenty years, is superior
to that formerly used when money
and credits were taxed like other
property and subject to the same
levy.
The report called attention to the
fact that in 1910, the last year un-
der the old law, only $500 returns
were made, subjecting $13,919, S06
to assessment. The rate was %
mills. The new law which fixed
the rate at mills resulted the fol-
lowing year in 41.439 returns, sub
jecting $115.481, BOT to assessment
Although the drop in the rate
amounted to Is mills, the total rev.
enue realized dropped only slight
ly and since has increased steadily
One trend has marked recent
years. While the amount reported
for assessment has increased, the
number Of persons reporting intan-
gibles for taxation has decreased.
In 1925, the high point, 115 1876 re-
ported, while in 1880 only 98,961
reported. But the amount reported
subject to assessment increased
from $414,OOO000 to more than
SAL .0OO, 900 in 1880.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05
Agricultural Notes
West Central Horticultural Sug-
gests New Fruits

West Central H0rt1cultur1St Sug-
$780, gests New Fruits
With spring and the planting sea-
son not so many months away
thoughts are turning toward plans
for the coming summer. Every
farm. home in West Central Mime
sofa should have small orchard
in connection with the other farm
activities, says John A. Anderson,
Horticulturist at the West Contra
School of Agriculture at Morris. Tt
help the beginner in selecting va
rieties to start with or the old tim
ers in selecting new varieties tt
add to those he already has Mr.. An
derson suggests the name of a few
varieties which have shown them
selves especially suitable for this
section of the state.
One of the promising new apple
varieties is the Folwell, a very Wig
.orous hardy and productive tree
producing a large rather irregular
greenish fruit of a pleasant slight
Iy sub-acid taste. The season is
the same as for the old standard
Wealthy. Another good variety is
the Minnehaha. The tree is hardy
and very productive, the fruit dark
red in color and of very good quail
ity. Properly stored, it will keep ut
til February. The Wedge is large
and attractive apple, especially
good for winter use. The tree is
vigorous, productive and hardy.
The fruit is crisp, juicy of good
quality and will keep until March
The Harlanson is unquestionably
the best winter apple for Mime
sofa. It is hardy and productive
and resistant to fireblight. It pro-
duces a medium sized fruit, which
is especially good for use from jan
uary to April.
Mr.. Anderson also suggests a
few plums for use in this section.
The Monitor is a large plum, good
quality, ripening about mid-season.
The Radison produces large red
plum, of very delicious flavor. It
ripens about the middle of August.
Another variety is Red Wing,
which is unusually large, light red
in color, of good quality and a pro-
ductive yielder. One of the Rest Of
the Minnesota plums is the oulson,
which produces large, firm fruit
of good quality. It is also an ex-
ceptionally heavy yielder. It ripens
about mid-season. The Underwood
is one Of the hardest of the Mime
sofa plums. It is extremely Wig
orous and heavy producer. The
fruit is of a dull red color, and
of very good quality. The fruit rip
ems early and ripens over a long
period of time for this reason,
making it, valuable for the even
better than those shipped in to our
markets. Cultural practices are
the same as for any standard va
rieties. Mr.. Anderson advises pur-
chasing from reliable nurseries of
established reputation to avoid lat
er disappointment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05
narrowing Time VIII Soon Be
Here

Brood sows will soon be moth
ers. The care and management the
sows receive from now until the
pigs are nicely started will deter
mine largely the profit or loss
from the hog enterprise, says P.
S. Jordan, Animal Husbandman at
the West Central School of Agri-
culture, Morris Minnesota.
AS narrowing time approaches
the feed and care the sow receives
becomes more and more import
ant in determining the number of
strong healthy pigs raised. Neglect
at this time creates high produc-
ton costs and may even be the
actual loss from the yearly pig
crop.
With early spring pigs opportun-
tiles for exercise should be provid-
ed by allowing them to run of the
feed alley. When the pigs are a
month old they should be fed by
themselves in a creep away from
the sow. A fairly thick slop made
of shorts and skim milk supple
mented with corn fed on a clean
floor will give them a good start. 1t
has been estimated that 1870 of the
pigs narrowed in some seasons are
lost before weaving due to improp-
er feed and care of the sow and
her litter.
The winter rations for the SOW
should consist largely of home
grown feeds. Corn should not be
depended on as the only feed as it
is too fattening and is low both in
protein and minerals. 1t may be
used, however, to form half or two
thirds of the ration in combination
with ground oats or barley. With
the home grown feeds the SOW
should receive about a quarter of
a pound of tankage or a half to
gallon of skim milk daily. Alfalfa
or clover hay makes a very val
liable addition to any brood SOW
ration.
Mr.. Jordan suggests that much
trouble and loss may be avoided
at narrowing time in seeing to it
that the intestines. are .. in good
condition, The droppings. should be
large and soft, much as when on
pasture. A couple Of days before
narrowing It Is best to pen the SOW
YIN
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05

Although he is SO years old,
Friend Botsford, of Winsted, Conn,
walks IA miles every Saturday to
deliver 20 copies of weekly news
paper.
A checker game played by mail,
lasting PIT days ended when Har-
old Harrison Of Hudson, Wis.,, corn
cred king with a pair Of kings
and defeated William Bloom, of
Ashland, Wis.
While in = high state Of intoxi-
cation, Oh les Zebra Of Chicago
recently s re his wife a sound
beating TO- the indigestible pie
which she had baked for him six
years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05
First CONGREGATIONAL Churcb

F1rSC congregational Church
Caradoc James Morgan, Minister
Sunday, March 8, 1881.
Sunday School $3.50. Glasses for
all ages with graded lessons.
Morning worship 10:45. Second
sermon in series on Pathways to
God. Topic: David Livingstone
through Missions to God"
Young Peoples League Senior,
$50 p. M.
Young Peoples League-Junior,
$50 p. M.
7:30 Union service at Congrega-
tional Church.
Monday evening 7.30 monthly
meeting Of Board of Administra-
ton.
Wednesday 7.SO Mid-Week Lenten
service. Topic. How to Use the
Bible.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05

LOWER PRICES. OIL MEAL
$500 PER HUNDRED; TANK
AGE AND MEAT SCRAPS $2.75
PER HUNDRED.
GUARANTEED FLOUR $2.40
FOR SO POUND SACK, FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY. HARLAND
FLOUR AND FEED co. Adv.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05
First Methodist Church
j. ID. Butler, Pastor.


Sunuay, N1HFGH
9:45 A. M. Church School. A new
mems Class, a completely graded
school, a goal of $50, an increas-
ing interest and attendance, all
these invite you.
10:45 A. M. Morning Worship Ser
mon, ION the Emmaus Way"
Music by the choir.
7:30 p. M. Union Service at Con-
gregational Church. Sermon,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-03-05

REDUCED PRICES ON FERTI-
LIZERS. APRIL FIRST WE
WILL HAVE TWO CARS OF
DARLING'S SOIL BUILDER FOR
CORN, POTATOES, GARDENS,
ETC. WITH THE REDUCTION
TORY RESULTS OBTAINED
LAST YEAR WITH THIS BRAND
OF FERTILIZER 1T WILL PAY
YOU TO CONSIDER ITS USE
THIS YEAR. HARLAND FLOUR
AND FEED CO.-Adv.