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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Dpg'rDouble Life :;

! An interesting trait Is the .Jekyll
and Hyde existence led by many
,sheepdogs,, always regarded by us
as gentle, man-serving creatures.
These, when they take to sheep
killing, develop a cunning SO ex~
traordinary that they remain by
day the perfectly faithful servants
of their masters, carefully shep-
herding his fiOcks; yet. at night
fall, they transform themselves
into villains and steal forth to MUIR
der their victims, returning before
dawn. Strange to say. 'skiller"
dog, never slaughters sheep Of his
own flock. He always ravages the
neighbors. - 771'7, ~ -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
s.Faint Heart Never

They were talking Of a fellow
club member.
"When come to think about II, !"
said one man, II don't think I've
seen old Harry for nearly a week."
"pll bet you haven't" agreed an
other man, entering at the moment.
"He's been dead three days."
"Deadi How did that happenf
swell, you know his wife had
q little habit Of making him carry
everything she bought. Last week
she bought grand piano."
'But he didn't have to carry that,
surelyT
mo; he took one look at It,
though, and passed away without
80 much as sound
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28

"a near panic ensued as screams
of injured women and children
and, shouts of men added to the
turmoil. All of the injured were TAX
en- to hospitals in Moorhead and
Fargo. The train was to have ar
rived in Minneapolis at 1910 p. m.
"The passenger found dead was
identified as Andrew Anderson, Of
Montesane, Wash. He was on his
way from Seattle to New York
city. When the tornado struck the.
train he was pitched out of a win
dow.
"The farmer killed by the lorna
do which swept across northwest
ern Minnesota after playing havoc
with the train, was Andrew Hattie
bal, living eight miles north Of
Moorhead.
Though some of those on the
train saw the funnel shaped cloud
sweeping across the sky, the major
ity of the passengers were una.
ware of the impending accident UNI
til the tornado struck the train.
Windows crashed in like egg shells
and a moment later the coaches
were lifted clear of the rails and
thrown into the ditch.
"a ner panic resulted among the
passengers after the shock and
members of the train crew rushed
about extricating the injured from
the wreckage.
"All of the steel coaches were ly-
ing on their sides in the ditch when
all available physicians, nurses and
ambulances arrived at the scene. At
ter first aid was given to some of
the injured the passengers were
placed on a special relief train
dispatched to the scene. A wreck
er and a special crew also was sent
from ST. Cloud to clear away the
wreckage.
Descriptions of the wreck, CIV
en- by the train crew, revealed
many freaks of the wind.
D. e. McWee, of st. Paul, engi-
neer of the train and victim of two
previous wrecks, said the coupling
between the first coach and the ten
der was snapped as the high wind
struck the train. The locomotive
which weighs $4,000 pounds,
trembled, he said.
"The tornado was described as
having travelled in a northeasterly
direction in something of a cork
screw path for a distance Of Is
miles. It's width was estimated at
a quarter of a mile. THIRST appear
ed seven miles southeast of Moor
head. It's green funnel was plainly
visible. - ~
"The train was reported as NOV
ing along at moderate rate of
speed when the tornado hit it. Be
cause of damage to rails and ties
traffic on the line was halted. It
was expected that repairs would be
made by Thursday morning"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Mysterious Crows

Crows which talk have been
found near Weenen in Natal. Their
remarks are libelous. They say
to the natives Of the district !:
"There will be no rain; you
have killed your chief" They have
started a first-class scandal about
the death of Muzucitawayo, once
chief of the Mennu, who died of
dropsy. The natives are focking
from all the surrounding districts
to hear them. The key to the mys-
terry, suggests a Natal paper, is the
fact that the crows only speak
when a certain head boy is present.
There is nothing to prove that they
have been corrupted by q Maritz-
burg parrot.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Senator Brookhart Asks
Business War Time Laws
(continued From Page Onel

industries which are not conscript-
ed to 1 1-3 per cent upon their cap
ital investments.
I'm the drafting Of men for war"
Senator Brookhart said, "all are to
be equal. The mililonaire's son is
to go into the trenches with the
artisan and the waif. Therefore all
capital must be treated with the
same equality"
Brookhart called unjust the pro-
posal made before the war policies
commission by Bernard M. Baruch
to freeze prices during the war at
the level existing before the war.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
New York's Early Days

An article published In the Chris
tian Advocate says: "At the begin
ming of the Nineteenth century the
commercial metropolis of the United
States occupied only the lower end
of Manhattan island, what is now
. up town being still made up of
spacious farms and country +es-
tates, including the little village of
Harlem. The actual measurements
of the city proper are given as
three miles In length (from the Bat
terry to Fourteenth street), one and
q half miles in width and eight
miles In circumference"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28

When police investigated the
apartment of Mrs. L. r. Hyam, of
Brooklyn, N. Y, they found 80 pet
mice, rs rabbits, Is poodle dogs, 4
birds and gold fish.
When he was arrested on a non
support charge, F. s. circuit of Nor
ristown, Pa, had $1,400 in cash con-
cealed under a. porous plaster on
his back. @
While J. BIZ Vansickle, of Can
ton, o., was walking to work with
a bottle in a package under his
arm, officials took the bottle from
him but discovered it contained
matted milk apologized and hurried
away.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Ant. Aid Pro.peetor.

One way Of prospecting in New
Mexico Is by examining the char
acter of the anthills encountered
in the mountain and their vicinity.
Any mineral content of the land Is
likely to be revealed by the piles
of soil brought to the surface BY
the ants, which often reach rather
considerable depths in with ex-
plorations under the surface. An
examination of these pyramids
will reveal the character Of the
material to be found Immediately
below and In this manner finds Of
gfeat value have been made.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28

Earned runs: Sank Centre IL;
Henning 5.
Two base hits: Dahlem.
Three base hits: Paul, Gilbert.
Home runs: Lieser, Paul, Skor-
helm. .
First on balls, off Soltau 4. Hal
version 3.
Struck out by Soltau IS; by Hal
vorson IL.
Left on bases: Sank Centre z;
Henning 10.
Double plays: Sank Centre l.;
Henning 1.
Wild pitch: Halvorson.
Passed balls: johnson 8.
Hit by pitcher: Halvorson 1.
Note-No one out in ninth inning
when winning run was scored.
The following are the games and
scores of o. T. w. Teams of the
southern division as played last
Sunday.
Browerville defeated Melrose in
a ten inning game by the score of
4 to 2. Long Prairie was victorious
over Sawnville by the score of 8 to
8. Parkers Prairie forfeited their
game to Bertha when they failed
to appear. The score Of this game
is listed as 9 to O. ,.-.y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Ingenious Romans

When Rome was besieged in $50
A. d. by the Goths, the fourteen
viaducts which supplied the city
with water were cut off. Because
Of the proximity Of the river Tiber
the danger of a water famine was
not SO perilous as that of food,
since the mills that ground grain
were operated by water wheels. To
overcome this danger mills were
placed between two RATS securely
fastened In the river. The water
flowing in the space between the
two RATS operated the mill grind
ing grain.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Cause. Of Indigestion

J Acute indigestion is caused by
eating decomposed canned food or
tainted meats, food that Is hard to
digest, eating too rapidly and not
chewing the food properly, or ex-
cessive indulgence In spurious
liquors. Swallowing liquids which
are either too hot or too cold and
-overeatfng also cause the trouble.
Persons most liable to acute fndf-
gestion are those who live In bad
hygienfc surroundings. those who
are subject to govt or rheumatism,
or those who have chronic indiges-
ton.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Tut-Tutl

All judicial humor, fortunately. IA
not retrospective. While some
judges dig it up from the past, 9th.
ers are busy extracting 1t from the
present.
A little while ago It was stated
before a well-known Judge that q
company was to run a revue named
@King Tut-Tut."
His honor rubbed bis brow.
"What does Tut-Tut' meanr' he
inquired.
ut is an expression" replied
counsel, fused on the golf links
when man misses his drive
'sYOu mean when the clergy are
present" suggested the Judge, amid
laughter. - Birmingham (Eng.1
Weekly Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Cruel

johnson never dared ask anyone
to his home. His wife was unpop-
ular with visitors. -
;"Aren't you goire to ask your
friend Tompkins and his f1ancee
to our homer" she asked one eve
ming.
'Not much 7" replied the husband,
who preferred to entertain his
friends at restaurants.
"You dislike him, don't your was
Mrs. Johnson's next query.
"a little," answered the husband,
''but not enough for that"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Man and Fish

A fish's fear Of man Is born, q
Carnegie institutes bulletin sug-
gests, by the fact that he ap-
proaches from above, a direction
from which the fish has learned to
expect attacks by birds or other
enemies. When a man walks on
the ocean floor in divers dress, fish
large and small display the greatest
curiosity. Even the fierce barra-
cuda, after nosing the diver In
friendly and inquisitive fashion.
must be pushed out Of the way, and
goes without showing undue resent
ment-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Peep at Valencia

The city Of Valencia is on that
wonderful bit of Spanish Mediter-
ranean coast where the climate Is
so much more certain than that Of
the Italian Riviera or the French
Cote d'Azur. It is curious that so
many places in this district should
be associated with dessert" VAL
encia and Malaga raisins, Denia
oranges, Barcelona nuts-they are
all familiar to US. And Tarragona
supplies a wine which does duty on
many a British dinner table for
port. - .s1,.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Commencement Of St.
Paul's School Sunday
CONTINUED from Page OuAa

Musical Selections between acts by
Margaret Schoenhoff
"Camouflage" Humorous Play
In three acts. bubbles with spontan-
eous merriment. The play opens
with Mother and her four energetic
children at a breakfast room scene.
Sally, the maid Of all work, topples
priced statute belonging to Uncle
Jacob, to save her place and the
family inheritance she must pose
as the statute during much
dreaded visit from the uncle. Sew
eral applicants for . position in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Imposing Title

Titles Of early American text
books were not composed with the
thought Of brevity uppermost In the
mind Of the composer 1t would ap-
pear from the title given an Eng.
lish reader Of 1841, which was: "El.
egant Selections In Prose and Po-
etry Designed to Improve the High
est Class Of Learners In Reading to
Establish q Taste for Just and Ac-
curate Composition, and to Promote
the Interests OF Pfety and Virtue
Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
"Hon,e, swss. Home

The Library Of Congress has In
its possession manuscript Of more
than ordinary Interest," copy Of
'Home, Sweet Home" in the hand
writing Of John Howard Payne
with two hitherto unpublished Quat-.
rains.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
All GIRLS ATTENTION

: All stories, records and sewing of
Gopher Prairie All Club girls to be
entered in the Achievement Day
contests at St.aJoe June 9-10 must
be in the hands of Mrs. Conrad
Botz not later than May 81. George
F. p, Minette, Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28
Old Grads to Return
for Banquet Saturday

Rev. c. J. Morgan, pastor of the
First Congregational church, of
this city, has been invited to preach
the Baccalaureate sermon to the
Glass at the Junior High Auditor
ium Sunday evening, May 81, at
500 o'clock.
A special program in keeping
with the Importance Of the occas-
ion has been prepared. The Audi
torium will seat nearly 1000 people
and it should be packed for the
|Baccalaureate service. The follow
ing is the detailed program:
Prelude
Hymn-"Onward Christian Sol
diers."
Invocation.
Anthem-"O Rest in the Lord" =
Congregational Church Choir.
Reading of Lesson.
Anthem-'By Babylon's Waves"
Congregational Church Choir.
Sermon-"The Meas
ure of Man Rev. C. J. Morgan
Hymn-''Now the Day is Over"
Benediction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28

At the Commencement Tuesday
evening, June 2, at the Junior High
Auditorium, at 500 DIR. Lotus Coff-
man, president of the University Of
Minnesota, will deliver the Com
mencement address Il. the class Of
46 graduates and the Is young Ia
dies completing their work in the
Teachers Normal Training Depart
ment.
The honor students Of the 1881
class are Harold Rogers, valedic-
torian; Jane Strebel, salutatorian.
The following is the program for
Commencement evening: -
Observation-Disclosures March from
alfalfa" ...-..-........... Mendelssohn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-28

Marie Fish, If Muskogee. Okla,
filed suit for divorce because her,
husband persisted IN playing the
radio all night.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
LOAN
DROP SMALL
IN AUGUST
Liquidation Only $4,000, 900,
Compared With Average Of
$3.50, 900, 900 in IS Months
BY THE SPECTATOR

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-For the
first time in 16 months, liquida-
ton of security loans in August
was so small that it gave some
reason for hoping that pressure
from this source might be letting
up, and that loans might be ap-
preaching an irreducible mini.
mum.
A study completed by q prOmi.
nent Wall Street news agency dis
closes that total known security
loans dropped only $1O,O00,OOO in
August. This compares with
decline Of S199, 100000 in July
and an average monthly decline
during the preceding Is months
of $3.50, 100000.
Rail Price-Earnings
Of the leading rail issues hav.
ing the highest indicated earn
ings for 1881, based on actual
results for the first seven months
of this year, the following are
selling at not more than IL times
indicated results, according to a
compilation by Standard Sta
tiSticS:
Chesapeake and Ohio, Rock
Island, New Haven, Hudson and
Manhattan Norfolk and Western,
Texas and Pacific, New Orleans,
Texas and Pacific, Baltimore and
Ohio, Bangor and Aroostook,
Delaware and Hudson, and At
lantic Coast Line.
The one bright spot in the
declining markets of the past
fortnight has been the persistent
strength IN the gold mining
stocks.
Downturn Awaited
It has always been typical Of
this group to forge upward dur
ing periods of falling prices. This
is a direct result of the extreme
deflation of commodity prices,
thus enabling the relative value
of gold to increase in terms Of
buying power.
Perhaps as good a clue to the
hoped-for turning point in the
market as any thus far revealed
will come about when gold min
ing stocks tend to turn reac ton
ary, Usually an indication that
commodity prices have finally
touched bottom.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
National Banks Carry
Bonds at Par Values

of doubtful value, the banks are
required to write off reasonable
depreciation charges.
BY pursuing this course, the
comptroller general is convinced
that many banks have avoided
huge losses which might have oc-
CURED if they were compelled to
put high grade bonds on the
market and sell them at severe
loss.
Pole said prevailing conditions
made it imperative for his organi-
zation to adopt a flexible policy
in order to protect the interests
Of i&e banks and the public. The
result has been that, with com
paratively few exceptions, banks
throughout the country have been
able to retain their membership
in the national bank system.
Pole explained that under the
new policy, the bank examiners
are instructed to take into con-
Sideration the intrinsic value Of
the bonds held by the banks
rather than the prevailing market
prices.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Sept. IL GN.SD,
Hogs-12,00O; 10c higher; top,
6.70; bulk, 5.5O@6.50; heavies,
5.40@6.60: mediums, 6.25@6.70;
lights, 5.90@6.60; light lights,
5.75@6.50; sows, 4.25@5.50; pigs,
4.85@5.75; holdovers, 5000.
Cattle-1,500; steady. Calves
1000; steady. Beef steers: Good
and choice, 8.25@10; common
and medium, 550@8.25; year.
lings, 8@10. Butcher cattle;
Heifers, 3.50@9.5O; cows, 2.75@
6; bulls, 3@5.50; calves, 7.5OG
1880; feeder steers, 4.5O@725;
stcoker steers, 4@7; stocker COWS
and heiferS, 3.50@5.50.
Sheep-14.000; steady. Lambs,
6.5O@7.5O; culls and common,
4@4.50; yearllngs, sos; ewes,
1@2.50; feeder lambs, 5@5.75.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11

Comptroller of the Currency
John w. Pole revealed yesterday
that national banks are Being al
lowed to carry high grade bonds
on their books eat face value de.
spite fluctuations in market quo
tationS.
This easing off in the deprecia-
ton charges of bond holdings
was established in order to as
Sist the banks and prevent them
taking heavy "book" losses dur
ing the current depression, Pole
explained.
The policy has been in force
more than a year and has been
approved by Treasury authoritieS
and by leading financial inStitu-
tions. Notifications have been
ordered from time to time to
meet changing conditions.
Pole explained that Govern
ment bonds, leading municipal
bonds and the four highest grades
of commercial bonds, come within
the new policy. On bonds below
that grade, which may be spec
ulative in character sad hence
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
Sugar Trust Suit
To Start January 5

The Governments long-awaited
antitrust suit against the Sugar
Institute for alleged price-fixing
will get under way January S in
the Federal District Court at New
York city, the Justice Department
revealed yesterday.
The Government will seek to
show that sugar prices to the pub
lie were fixed by the institute
while the growers failed to re-
ceive any benefit in the form of
increased compensation. Perma-
nent injunctions will be asked
against about so firms and indi-
VidualS.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
LOSSES SCORED
. RANCE SMALL
BUT WIDE
Westinghouse, Consolidated
Gas, Dupont, American Can
and General Motors Pressed
By w. s. COUSINS

NEW YORK, Sept. II ONSJ.
After an early dip to the years
lowest prices. the well-known in
dustrial stocks and Specialties
turned moderately upward today
and displayed the strongest re-
sistance to selling pressure in
more than a week.
Prices in the early afternoon
were little changed from those of
yesterdays close, though few Of
the utilities and induStrials were
set back a point or so. Each sue
cesSive session on the big board
since September 2 has witnessed
a drop in the averages to a
slightly lower level.
Distress Dumping
The bears and distressed large
holders of stocks were held re-
Sponsible for the bulk of today'S
selling of General Electric, Gen
eral Motors and Westinghouse.
Institutional investors which have
been unloading bonds in recent
months have in the last week or
two sold large blocks of stocks,
according to Wall Street gossip.
These offerings have met with
Sndifferent demand, even though
the number of individual stock
holders is now the largest on
record.
Bearish traders had a definite
object in view in attempting to
force the industrial average be-
low that of June 2, the rails
have already dipped under that
mark and a 10-point drop in the
industrials would indicate the
continuation of the bear market,
according to the charts. Con-
solidated Gas, Dupont and Ameri-
can Can were under pressure.
Oils Reverse Trend
A few Of the standard and in
dependent oils reversed the posi-
tion they have been holding for
a week or so and fell off to
lower levels, Texas Corporations
2h-point drop to 20A was a
feature of the latter group.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
Insurance Company
Has Business Gain

The New England Mutual life
Insurance Company for the first
eight months of the current year
reports an increase Of 40 per
cent in actual new business as
compared with the corresponding
period of 1890, bringing it's total
business so far this year to $89,
622, 2,669. This gain was accom-
plished in the face of a reduc-
tion of 13 per cent in new busi-
ness for the same period re-
ported by companies represent
ing 80 per cent of the total life
insurance written in the United
States.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11

VaDa08
New York funds in Montreal 80
premium at 81. 900.
Montreal funds in New York SO dis
count at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
CLOTH MART QUIET

NEW YORK, Sept. II ON.SJ
Continued strength on the part of
mills who refused to yield to bids
under market prices on print
cloths and fair amount of busi-
ness on broadclothS were features
Of a generally quiet coarse yarn
cloth market today. Some bust
ness was transacted in print cloths
at unchanged prices and there
was also a report Of some sales
of OSnaburgS at strong prices.
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
Rails at Ne1v Group Lou for Year as List Resists
TODAYs QUOTATIONS ON THE NEW YORK STOCK MARKET

Name and Net
High Low Dividend Rate High Low l;1S Cns
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
Increase Reported
In NeLU Bond Yield

CHICAGO, Sept. II. Rising
substantially from the low point
Of 4.29 per cent reached last
month, the average yield Of new
corporate bond issues stood at
4.98 per cent for August, accord
ing to the monthly weighted by
volume index of Lawrence Stern
and Company. investment bank.
erS,
The Washington times., 1931-09-11
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

SALES
Washington Gas IS '33 Series
A, $4,000 10SA.
Potomac Electric SO preferred,
5@113.
Potomac Electric 51a% prefer.
red, SOLOS,; 10@11O%.
AFTER CALL
Washington Gas SIS, 5000
1865.
washington Railway & Elec-
trio, As, $500@93A.