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Only l03,0O0 Bars Survive Belgium's Liquor Laws!

BRUSSELS, April 14.-There are cnly 103,o22 public bars in Belgium, as against 219,405 shortly before the war.
 The decrease is due to legisla- tion forbidding the retailing of spirits in cafes, restaurants and hotels.
 Spirits can be bought, put only in bottles from licensed stores and at least two quarts must be pur- chased at a time.
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Chapter 26 MARJORIE'S ESCAPE

As John Wave watched. the storm passed; and, half-turning from the body, the father asked quietly, coldly:
 You did this?"
 No; only indirectly, I'm sorry to say"
 Poisoned His head is bleed ing, too. Who struck him?"
 q did"
 Dr. Charters turned again to the body of his son, embraced it, one arm behind and beneath it. Suddenly he whirleh about; but, ere his extended hand could come to rest, John Wave struck from it the pistol it had just drawn from the dead mans hip-pocket.
 Dr. Charters sank back beside the body of his son.
 And now you'll shoot me, too?" he said. Well, go on. I've had enough" and he took his sons dead hand between his own.
 ''No Not yet, Half-hung Simon not here and now! But some time; never fear"
 My son. groaned Charters. The only thing I ever loved"
 Yes, Simon. D'you know now how it feels? And if a hound like you can suffer so at the loss of a poisonous cur like that, what do you imagine a man feels at the loss of the loveliest, the sweetest
 -"
 You devil! Who are you?" cried Charters, springing to his feet.
 Who am I, eh? You shall know when the time comes, Charters And listen, Simon. Spider Schlitz is gone, the life choked out of his lying throat. Chink Dorson is near ly gone, for he hangs in four hours time.
 "Gunman Gryde is gone: your son James, the son whose feet you put upon the path that led him to that death All gone, Sim on, and you're being kept for the last.
 And, meanwhile, clear out and take that snake Machado with you and those she-devils, your wife Fanny, and your sons wife, Louie; and wherever you go, will punish you there, Simon, and you shall have a filthy end"
 John Wave backed from the room, locked the door, and, having first visited the Doctors bedroom and consulting room, hurried te the waiting car.
 Its almost unbelievable" said the Reverend Laurence Weldon as he sat opposite John Wave in tht Vicarage sitting room, an hour lat CT, while, upstairs, his sister gave tea and comfort to a slightly tear full Marjorie.
 DO you still believe it. by the way?" asked his guest.
 Your own story? Oh, absolutely, answered the Vicar warmly. Be. sides, doesn't Marjorie's actual per sonal experience confirm all youvt told us? What1l happen there now?"
 They'll all bolt the moment they know I've cleared out like this for fear I'll put the police or them :"
 But the police ought to bt called" interjected the Vicar. T feel very strongly that We"
 Yes" interrupted Wave. But you remember when I told you tht whole story, you agreed to take nc action. Do you realize that 1T spite of all this, the place is 2 perfectly-run nursing home anS it's crammed full of sick people Whats to happen to them? Sure ly the right thing is for Dr. Stud. ley and your sister to carry on with the highly qualified and able
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, old papers at the Empire office
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COLEMAN WILL
 OPEN SHOP HERE
Hollywood Style Show Will Be Next to Devlin s
 Shoe Store

Herb Coleman, of the Coleman Sample Shop of Ketchikan, is ex- pected to arrive next Saturday with fixtures and stock for his Hollywood Style Show which will open in the near future next to Devlin's Shoe Shop at First and Main in the building owned by the Pacific Coast Company. With the opening of the Juneau estab- lishment Mir Coleman will have chain of four shops.
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NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX

NOTICE TO PAY SCHOOL TAX NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been duly appointed School Tax Collector for Juneau, Alaska. in conformity with Chapter 29, Alaska Session Laws, 1919.
 All male persons between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, ex- cept soldiers, sailors in U. s. Navy or Revenue Cutter Service, volun- teer firemen, paupers and insane persons, are subject to tax in sum of Five ($500) Dollars.
 Should you be living in Alaska on or prior to the first Monday in April, 1881, said tax shall be due and payable on said first date and shall be delinquent after May 1st, 1881 Should you arrive in Alaska later than first date above mentioned, tax will be delinquent thirty (30) days after your arrival, or within ten (10) days after notice is given you.
 All persons, firms or corpora tions, employing labor shall furnish list of employees to collector and are authorized by law to deduct amount of tax from wages of en- ployees.
 Fines and imprisonment are pro- vided by the Act above quoted for those who fail or neglect to pay tax or furnish list of employees. Dated Juneau, Alaska, April 1st, 1881.
 H. R. SHEPARD.
 School Tax Collector for
 .ItInaaII A1acko
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DOUGLAS NEVIS
SCHOOL BOARD RE-ORGANIZED

Organization of the auglas school board, following the recent election of w. E. Feero as the new director, was effected at a meet ing which was held in the school last evening Mrs. C. A. Fox was reelected to the chairmanship; Felix Gray is again clerk and w. E. Feero became treasurer.
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ROGERS DOCKS HERE WITH v PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT

John Martin arrived home on the Admiral Rogers last night from Seattle where he has been attend ing business college for the past year or more
 About one days mail besides ten tons of general freight was un- loaded here by the vessel. fn
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UNDERGOEs OPERATION

Word was received here Sunday that Mrs. Felix Gray is on the road to recovery following major operation which she underwent recently in Seattle. Mrs. Gray left here the last week in March en- route to Annapolis to attend the graduation of her son Douglas.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29

Report of the South Todd Coun-
ty Dairy Herd Improvement Assn.
for December 1890.
There were 13 herds tested this
month, containing PIP cows which
included AZ dry cows. These cows
produced an average of 500 lbs. of
milk and PATS lbs. Of butterfat.
There were So individual cows that
produced better than 40 lbs of but
terfat for the month, and there
were z herds in the Association
that averaged better than rs lbs.
of butterfat per cow for the month.
Ed Bosshardt held the high herd
for the month, his herd of 9 p. B.
Holstein cows produced an average
of 1856 lbs. of butterfat per COW.
Frank Pesheck has the high cow
this month with butterfat record
of 1877 lbs.
One separator was found to be
losing its owner real money and
few minor adjustments put it back
in good working order.
With the low price Of feed most
dairymen's herd books are showing
more profit than the past year in
spite of the low price of butterfat.
Respectfully submitted by,
Marvin L. Marshall, tester.
List of 40 Id. cows for December
1890.
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through the state, then flew up to
Tulsa.
Lay late. No not there, awoke
betimes. then caught the plane for
st. Louis, was going to Chicago, but
just as both planes was pulling out
grabbed the one for Columbus,
Ohio, and New York. Comedians
never know what they are doing.
Got to Indianapolis, was net by
some newspaper friends and CO.
workers Of the Indianapolis News.
Talked about Kin Hubbard, the
late Humorist, "Abe Martin"
They told me my junk had took his
old place on the back page, (Which
it had occupied for Is years).
Imagine me trying to replace him.
That would be like Clara Bow re-
placing Mrs. Chapman Gait. So
long, am going to Lay late.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29
FORMER HERALD EMPLOYEE
HONORED

At the annual meeting of the Minnesota
Editorial Association held at the Hotel ST.
Paul Friday and Saturday of last week Grove
Wills, editor and publisher of the Eveleth
Clarion, was elected president of the Associa-
ton.
The Herald editor is particularly graft
fled over Groves elevation to this imp rtant
position. The gentleman received much of
his early training in newspaper work in the
Herald office, first with the former owner,
A. NJ Welles, and for number of years
prior to the breaking out of the World War
with the writer. His election to the Presi-
dency was by unanimous vote.
MIR. Wills established the Clarion about
10 years ago and under his management this
publication has been developed into one of
the finest community newspaper properties
in the Northwest
The turnover in the officers of the AS
ISOLATION Saturday was the most complete
in many years with the result that the
younger men in newspaper work are COM
pletely in the saddle.
Some of the veterans view the situation
with alarm. The Herald refuses to become
excited as every officer placed in line is
newspaper man of proven ability. The writer
has complete faith in the younger genera
ton. More power to them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29
State News Briefs
From Our Exchanges

HECTOR-Gustav Gunnarson, a farm hand, en-
ployed by Frank Nelson, of Hector found dead
the latters farm three miles west of Hector Mon
day morning. Gunnarson was alone on the Nelson
farm and his work to look after the live stock
When found he was lying on the floor in the Nelson
house. and large quantities of blood found In
different parts of the room and his clothing. A
cut appeared on the mans forehead from which he
bled profusely.
who called to the Nelson place, suspected foul
play and arranged coroners inquest. The inquest
took place Monday afternoon, but adjourned for
the purpose of summoning additional witnesses at
continued session. At the inquest it found that
Gunnarson's death due to injury in his fore
head, but in what manner received, was unknown to
the jury. The injury he received may have been
caused by fall and the loss of blood may have caus
ed his death. No evidence produced to point
to foul play. Mr.. Gunnarson was about 48 years of
age and unmarried He had relatives in this
country.
ST. PAUL-charles r. Butler, Mankato publish
nominated member of the University of
Minnesota board of regents at caucus of members
of the two bodies of the state legislature from the
the second congressional district yesterday.
Although the majority favored Butler, minority
served notice they may present report favoring
]. N. Jacobson, Mills who served four terms in the
house. the last in 1925 The minority is led by Rep
resentative Martin B. Hofstad, Jackson.
Unless the minority threat is successful the
nation Of Butler is regarded tantamount to cleo
ton.
Butler would succeed the late L. o. Teigen Jack
son, who elected member for a six-year term
by the 1929 legislature.
Several ballots were taken before Butler received
the vote Of the majority. jacobson received the most
votes several informal ballots while DR.. L. A.
Fritsche New Ulm received number trailing But
Ter. Then it agreed to eliminate Fritsche and
Butler forged ahead, and baloting discontinued
when the majority succeeded in passing motion
that the result of the last taken showing Butler
in the lead be considered final.
MELROSE-Butter made at the Melrose Coop
erative Creamery and entered by its buttermaker
H. B. Otte in the National cold storage contest
of the ten high tubs which for Minnesota
high honors in competition with other states in the
union. The contest was conducted by the National
Creamery Buttermakers Association. Minnesota
high with average of 94319 Iowa close be-
hind with 94249
Mr. Otte received check of $500 Saturday as
a prize from the Minnesota Creamery Operators and
Managers Association which they gave to each of
the buttermakers having the ten tubs in the contest
MELROSE-The Farmers State Bank of Spring
Hill merged Saturday with the Lake Henry
State Bank and the Spring Hill bank discontinued
The Spring Hill bank in very sound condi-
ton with $4,000 in deposits and $4,000 in cash and
bonds but the small volume of business did not
further warrant the expense of maintaining the
bank there, and with number of stockholders hold
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29

BECKER-Apparently mistaken for liquor run
ners, Mr. and Mrs ]. W. Grotfberg halted in
Minnesota by two men who claimed to be deputy
sherifs after the Grothberg car was pursued and
fired upon the couple said their return home last
night.
The Grothberg's seven months old child was
asleep in the back seat of their automobile during
the chase
Fearing holdup Grothberg sped up his car
on the machine.
The pursuers fired on the Grothberg car, accord
ing to the couple when the Valley City residents got
into the lead One of the bullets struck tire and
another the mufer.
Arriving in Becker, the Grothbergs called for
help just as the men pursuing them caught up The
GrOthberg machine searched.
Mr. and Mrs. Grothberg said today after being
halted they asked the men to who going to
pay for the damage caused by the bullets.
you're out of luck; we're deputy sheriff." Groth-
berg said the men replied
According to Grothberg, the men claimed to be
William McIemens and A. Wilson, working under
Sheriff Neumann, of Elk River, Minnesota
ST. CLOUD-Harold ]. Gearon, "a, of Minneap-
oils entered plea Of guilty Wednesday before Judge
j. A Roeser, pleading to charge of robbery in the
second degree which grew out of the attempted
berry of a Royalton cafe on the evening of January
6. The man was sentenced to term of Is months
In the state reformatory He is married and the
father of three children. The family lives in Min
neapolis.
Gearon arrested in Minneapolis the day af-
ter the attempted robbery in Royalton He admitted
County Attorney Austin Crimes of Morrison county,
told the court, that he was the driver of the car
which had passengers the three men who entered
the cafe of Henry c. Lewis the evening of Janu-
ary 6.
Gearon, himself, did not enter the cafe, Grimes
said, but stayed at the wheel Of the car ready to
drive the three would-be robbers away after their
work had been. DONE In reply to questions Gearon
told the court that he and his companions had driven
from Minneapolis with the robbery intent. He said
his understanding was that only slot machines were
to be taken.
When the three men entered the cafe and ordered
Lewis to stick up his hands, Lewis went about his
work as though he had not heard the command Sud-
denly he whrled about with pistol and opened fire.
shielding himself behind the counter. The bandits
returned the fire but fled. One OF the bandits was
injured, and the show and display window glass
in the cafe shattered.
Mr.. Grimes said Gearons arrest occurred the fol-
lowing day in Minneapolis. He stated further the
man had given information which may lead to the
apprehension Of another member of the gang.
WHNONA-An unnasked bandit held UP and
robbed Harry and Michael Liberia in the M. Liberia
and Sons grocery store here last night and escaped
with $164 The gunman fed in an automobile
misunderstanding through wire fence while
inspecting timber Anton o. Hanson, Is pioneer res
ident of the Becida community, IA miles southwest
of here, was killed accidentally when his shotgun dis
charged late Wednesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29
FATE'S TRICK ON MINNESOTA
Minneapolis Journal

Minneapolis Journal
Except for Fate, according to the New Yorker
some Minnesota town might have had at first had
the message of sweetness and light that Sinclair
Lewis has given the world at large in Main Street
But for some undisclosed chain Of circumstances
single community might have been brought up to
Mr. Lewis standards of human relations; might even
have become laboratory for his teachings work
ing model for other towns to emulate.
For Mr. Lewis tried, back in 1918, to get into
the country newspaper business in Minnesota. The
follows:
want weekly newspaper, complete plant and
good will in town of from 1900 to 1000, in
Minnesota North South Dakota, the wheat
(not mining grazing) portion of Montana,
Iowa, or Northern Wisconsin, and the order of
States named is also the order of my preference.
Tht was in December, 1913. Two years later
Main Street published. Would it have been, If
Fate had placed Mr.. Lewis in Minnesota news
paper office? No one may say. And so no one
do more than speculate upon the alternatives.
Perhaps the world narrowly missed being deprived
Of Main Street. Perhaps kinder Main Street might
have from. his typewriter, had Mr. Lewis found
tripod in q small town newspaper office. Perhaps
he would have become so engrossed in changing he
would have written another novel, which
would have been pity, thousands will testify
who either admire are provoked by his writings.
But what about the writing men who have be-
come Minnesota editors? Are there melower
Lewises among them, men seasoned by their init
mate contacts and keen appraisals of the commun-
tiles Of Minnesota which are not the Gopher Prairies
OF Lewis memory? Did literature lose by their
choice of the small town tripod? Or did some sector
Of life gain enough o compensate?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29
MIR. OLSON'S GESTURE DOOMED
TO FAILURE

While attending the editorial meet
ing at St. Paul Friday and Saturday the Her
aid editor met number of old friends who
are veterans in the State Senate.\ In dis
cussing the situation with them they were
asked point blank if Gov. Olson's request to
have returned to him over 100 men appoint
ed by Gov Christianson and sent to the Sen
at for confirmation as soon as the Legisla-
ture convened, would be granted The Sem
ators indicated very clearly that this request
for the Senate to establish new precedent
would be denied. In fact the men may have
been confirmed before this article appears in
print.
Gov. Olson is in tough spot and it is
no easy task to satisfy the insistent demand
for jobs by an ever increasing hungry horde
of place-seekers. The Herald is of the opin-
ion that Mr.. Olson does not expect that the
Senate will comply with his request, but that
it will give him an opportunity to show to
his tormentors that he is up against it as
the Senate will not place the jobs at his dis
posal.
It is quite apparent that the one man i'll
the entire group that Mr.. Olson desires to
"get" is N. J. Holmberg, Commissioner of
Agriculture. There are several valid rea
Holmberg's efficiency or integrity.
In the last Primary election campaign
word was passed among the Farmer-Labor
group to vote for either Chase or Burnquist,
but not Holmberg. They realized that here
was an honest-to- goodness dirt farmer in
whom the farmers had confidence. He was
Scandinavian; he was Lutheran and his
home farm was in the Seventh Congressional
district. They figured that Mr.. Olson would
have tough time defeating Mr.. Holmberg.
In this assumption they were correct
When Henry Arens accepted the nomi-
nation for Lieutenant Governor on the Farm
erlabor ticket his election was not consider
ed possible. His reward was to be Commits
sioner of Agriculture in the event of Mr.. Oh
sons election as Governor.
According to apparently well grounded
rumors floating about the st. Paul Hotel Mr..
Arens still has yen to be Commissioner of
Agriculture. According to his same grape
vine route Mr.. Arens will resign as Lieuten-
ant Governor as soon as the Legislature adj
journs in April if-Mr. Holmberg can be
ousted.
Mr.. Holmberg's official term runs well in
to 1888 and carries with it the appointment
of over 100 employees. These men have been
picked in the past for their efficiency. The
Herald doesn't believe for one minute that
the farmers of Minnesota are willing that
Mr.. Holmberg should be sacrificed to satisfy
political whim of the Governor or to make
place for Lieutenant Governor Henry
Arens
Saturday Mr.. Holmberg spiked the rum
or that he had been asked to resign. He also
intimated he didn't have any thought of quit
ting his job. He said:
@T there is any good reason why should
vacate the office, should give it consideration,
Of course. If there are any complaints regarding
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old writer called Pepy. and all he
did was just write what he did.
Well he dident do much, (but
write) for there wasent much to do
in those days. Oh yes, drink. Well
he had some kind of peculiar ways
of saying things and his spelling
was bad. Il cant personally stand
anybody with bad spelling, am off
anybody that cant spell)
But this old fellow could make
nothing sound good the way he laid
it on the line. He had two express
sions, and if he just hadent hap
pened to use them, why none of our
modern writers could have copied
him, for that all they can copy him
in they just see these two lines over
again and again and think they are
doing a Peyps. One was "Laye
late" Well I am going to do some
of that "Lay lating" and Evoke be-
times"
I will start on my trip east from
California couple of weeks ago.
The night before I started I LAY
Late" No I dident, it was two
nights before I started that I lay
late. The morning that I started
dident lay so late. In fact I dident
lay hardly at all. had to catch an
aeroplane that, was leaving away
over in Burbank, Cal. (Thats not
Burkank's home. It's Jim Jeffries)
and I was away out at my little
ranch at Santa Monica It was leav-
ing around five o'clock and you
cant do much Laying late" and
make that kind of getaway.
Burbank and Glendale look
mighty sparkling like from. the
early dawn, then out over Los An
geles. Then nothing to see till we
hit Phoenix, or near Phoenix where
the Irrigation lads start in. Those
| thousands of fiat squares are beau
tiful from the air.
At Phoenix was met by a band of
citizens that wanted me to stay
over or come back to big affair
where they were going to have II
rail road president at the Fruit
Shippers Convention, and they was
going to have golf game between
the seventeen and seventeen Vice
Presidents were to caddy for them.
That would be nothing new, they
have been carrying the bag for EN-
all the time. Then on down over
Tombstone, Ariz., and the next
gas stop was Tuscon. Another Deli
cation had some kind of Racket"
they wanted me to stop over and
enter into. No it was Douglas
where this bunch was. It was on
the Mexican line. I wouldent have
minded stopping there. Then on to
Ell Paso, had lunch, changed pilots,
got there about 1:3O PM. about
three days ride on the train, then
started across Texas.
Now you have started something.
Oh Yes I am leaving out some of
these Evoke Betimes." At each
stop I Evoke Betimes" for T slept
all the rest of the way. Well I Lay
late" at Big Springs and like to not
Woke Betimes" to see another
delegation, that wanted to draw my
attention to a Is story brick hotel
that I would pass over as we passed
over the town on leaving. Associ-
ated Press man there, and he got
everything wrong but the name of
the town and misspelled it.
Then to Abiline, (Sweet Abiline,
My Abiline, in all my dreams). I
haven't sung that old song since
1920. There I woke betimes and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29

Answers To This Weeks Puzzle
Western border missing
New Mexico and Arizona in
wrong places
3-South Dakota and North Dakota
in wrong places
Iowa and Missouri in wrong
places
5-Indian Territory in place of
Oklahoma
6-Illnois and Indiana in wrong
places.
mississippi and Alabama in
wrong places
8-South Carolina and North Caro-
lima in wrong places
9-West Virginia missing
10-Delaware missing
u-Rhode Island missing
R-New Hanshire and Vermont in
wrong places
13-Lower end of Nevada missing
Lake Ontario missing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-29
ODD FELLOWS TO MEET AT
OSAKIS

There viii be meeting Of the
Odd Fellow Lodges comprising
District 20, at Osakis, Minnesota,
on Wednesday evening, February
4, 1881, eight o'clock.
All Odd Fellows are invited to at
tend this meeting which Is to be
one OF the big affairs Of the winter
season.