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Performance of contract shall commence
within ten C0) days after execution of the
contract and be completed as specified.
In the employment of labor, preference
shall be given to residents of the State of
Delaware.
Monthly payments will be made for 90
per cent of the construction competed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by
surety bond. certified check. or money to
the amount of at least ten (10) per centun
of the total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
struction of State Highway Contract
The contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (20) days from the date of
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Complete sets of plans and specifications
may be obtained upon receipt of two dol
lars (s2.0O) for each contract, which
amount will not be refunded.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Dover. Delaware
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Contract 1876
Gravel Surfacing, National Guard
Camp
800 Gu. yds. Borrow
1000 Gu. yds. Gravel Surfacing
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Contract 1877
Cotton Patch Hills-Indian River Inlet
l Mile
5000 Gu. yds. Excavation
1000 Gu. yds. Borrow
$500 Gu. yds. Gravel Surfacing
so lin. #. 16 in. c. I. Pipe
40 lin. #. "a in. c. /. Pipe
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Contract 19S
Georgetown Sidewalks 1900 #.
200 Gu. yds. Excavation
5000 So. ft. Cement Concrete Sidewalk
1000 lbs. Catch Basin and Drop Inlet
Castings
40 lin. fit. Is in. r. c. Pipe
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And here is q menu serued in PhtId-
persons in 1851:
1. Oysters-Mors River Cove, on Shell.
2. Soup-Green Turtle. Potage Ia
Refine.
3. Fish-Fresh Salmon, Lobster Sauce;
Baked Rock, a la Chambord.
a. Boiled-Turkey Celery and Oyster
Sauce; Chicken and Egg Sauce; Beef
Tongues.
5. Gold Dishes Galantine de Dinde q
la Gelee; SalaCie a Ia Russo en- Bordure
de Gelee; Boeuf a Ia Mode; Salade la
Volatile, a Ia Mode Anglatse; Jambon
Decoree, Aspic aux Huitres, Mayonnaise
of Lobster, Aspic de Volatile aux Truffes-
6. Entree No. 1-Fflet de Boeuf aux
Champignons; Riz de Veau, Sauce To-
mato: Vel au Vent a Ia Financ1ere, Co
teIIetes de Mouton. Croquettes de Vo-
laf1Ie.
T. Entree No. pigeons Braise, Sauce
Madere; Arcade de Volatile, FricaSsee de
Poulets a la Chevalier, Lamb Chops
MiIanaise, Turtle Steak, Ce!lepash.
8. Roast-Spring Chicken on Toast,
Capons, Barbet, Spring Lamb, Mint
Sauce.
9. Pieces, Montees; Swiss Basket,
Panier en- Nougat Vase Montee with
Fruit Glacee, Cottage Basket, Ffora's Of
fering Moorish Fountain, Indian Temple,
Vegetabies-White Potatoes, Corn, To-
-matoes, Green Peas, Caulifiower, As
paragus, Sweet Potatoes, Homfny, Celery,
Spinach, Dressed Lettuce.
TO- Coupe de Milieu, Sorbets au Vim de
Tokai.
Note: This course was introduced as
novelty and explained by the caterer as in
tended to cool the palates, whet the APP
petiFies anew. so that they might go at IL
again with all the zest OF fresh start.
IL. Game-Jack Snipe, Teal Duck,
Woodcock, Plover. Celery Hearts, Rice
Birds, Saratoga Potatoes.
IL. Diamond-Back Terrapin.
IS. Pastry Thirteen varieties-Lern-
on Pudding, Peach Pie Meringues,
Blancmange, etc..
H. Confectionery - Ten varie ties
Brandy Drops, Burnt Almonds, Nougat
de Provence, etc..
IS. Ice Creams and Water Ices-CTen
kinds-Biscuit GIace Pouche La Ro-
maine. Champagne Frappe, etc..
I6 Fruits and Nuts (Apples, Figs,
Walnuts, Raisins, PecanS, Oranges, Al
mondS, Filberts, etc..
IT. Cafe Noir and Liqueurs.
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brains of peacocks and pheasants, the tongues
Of nightingales and the roes Of the most deli
cate fish, thought nothing Of footing dinner
check Of anywhere from 100000 TO four or
five times that amount. Vitellius Tin AID. go
il said to have spent $35, 900 900 on his table
for seven months. At one dinner he served
1000 curious birds and 1000 rare fish.
Tiberius spent two nights and day at the
festive board Nero sat at a table from midday
to midnight; he ate dish said to have cost
$l50, 900. Caligula spent 100000 on single
supper and Dontian spent $4,000 on single
dish, made Of the tongues Of the coStliest sing
ing birds.
Stfn earlier, Maximinus, Roman Emperor
OF such proportions that he could wear his
wife's bracelet as a ring, Is said to have de-
voured from 40 to go pounds Of meat in a day,
washing it down with about six gallons Of wine.
A Roman Emperor was forbidden by his
physician to feast only when it was determined
that oyereating might cause a dire ailment to
him. If the Emperor did gorge himself and
suffered no great i'll effects, then the physician
was in danger Of losing his head. In other
Continued on Eleventh. Page
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THANKSGIVING day, the original Ameri-

THANKSGIVING day, the original Ameri-
can day of feasting, has become standing
order of domestic turkey and cranberry sauce.
The original Pilgrim celebration in Plymouth,
1871, saw a boundless spread Of roasted wild
game, brook trout stew of ye wilde foWles
with barlie dumplinS." But tOday's menu has
changed with changing conditions in produc-
ton and increasing knowledge of foods. Cook
ing methods have advanced from the open fire,
through a series of clumsy stoves, to the up-to-
the minute electric OF gas range.
The private dinner of the best people in
America said Oscar usually abides by the basic
five-course meal consisting Of oysters, soup fish.
a domestic roast and dessert. Compare this
with a simple company dinner of today in
England; in fact, Londoner's Summer menu
Of only eight courses for light eating: Oysters,
turbot with lobster sauce, saddle Of lamb, vege-
tables, roast duck, lettuce hearts salad straw
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Here is menu serUed at a banquet for
Calvin Coolidge at the Waldorf feto
years ago:
Grapefruit With Cherries.
Celery. Sailed Nuts. Olives.
Cream of Tomato Sauce.
Medallion of Bass Mornay.
Potatoes RiSsolees.
Crown of SWeetbreadS Virginienne.
Green Peas Saute.
Supreme of Partridge Tyrolienne.
Wild Rice.
Hearts of Romano Salad.
Bonbe Neapolitan Ice Cream.
Assorted Cakes. Macaroons.
Coffee.
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Oscar, famous the World OUeF as chef.
berries and cream, cigars and coffee, with three
or four kinds Of wine served throughout
Down through the histories Of empires and
republics before America. through paganism
and Christianity, Eeasts to the extent Of gluttony
characterized the hcydayS of Kings. priests and
people Recipes were coveted precious dOcu-
ments The fatted calf was sacred.
The Roman royal bon vivant, supping c. the
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rate dining in country approach
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Continued ON Eleventh. Page
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
How to Help Vets
Widow and Orphan
State Legion Child Welfare Chair
man Tells What To
Do

Frequently the question is asked
What can be done to secure help
for a service mans family where
the father is dead and the mother
is left destitute with several small
children"
"In such situation" according
to Frank Morse of Mankato, state
Legion child welfare chairman"
temporary aid is not enough. The
mother needs a definite allowance
which she can count on. In many
cases she cannot leave her children
and go out to work. She cannot get
much work to do at home. If her
relatives cannot help her she faces
the prospect of breaking up the
family and letting her children go
to some institution where they will
be adopted out"
Chairman Morse has issued to
Legion post and Legion Auxiliary
units a set of instructions on what
steps to take to render aid in these
cases. They are too long to reprint
here, but may be had by writing
Legion State Hq., Old Capital, st.
Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
Dead Letter Office at
Washington Gets Mail
. Arrive DaiIy-Sold at Auction =.
Twice Yearly

Washington, Dec. when letters
or packages committed to the mails
are addressed to people who can
not be found or the addresses so
illegibly written that they cannot
be deciphered or the packages so
poorly wrapped that the address
is lost, all such letters and pack
ages come to Washington to what
is known as the Dead Letter Of
flee. And they come by the thous-
and every day. So that twice a
year Uncle Sam assumes the role of
auctioneer and sells the accumulat-
ed stuff to the highest bidder for
cash in hand. Such an occasion
was held here Thursday of last
week and brought in $500. The
packages are sold unwrapped with
the result that in most cases it is
just a blind gamble on the part of
the bidder and naturally there are
disappointments, as well as occas-
ional agreeable surprises. The dis
appointment last week probably
went to the man who, five times in
succession, was high bidder on
packages that proved to be made up
of infant wear. But the amazing
thing growing out of these occas-'
ions is the variety of articles con-
ffded to the mails-hair pins, oil
cans, nut crackers, false teeth, CART
ers, kitchen ranges, wrist watches,
fraternity pins, graphone records,
artificial flowers, hair removers.
hair waivers, and of course no end
of hooks, beads, cigars and coine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
Legion Posts Get
Fish for Needy
Southern Minnesota Posts Dis
tribute Supply to Poor and
Needy

In cooperation with w. T. Cox,
state conservation director, many
American Legion posts in Southern
Minnesota are distributing fish to
needy. These are rough fish taken
from shallow lakes when rescuing
game fish to place the latter in
deeper lakes where they will be
safe for the winter.
The area affected lies south of
the Minnesota river. Department
Adjutant c. A. Zwiener conveyed
Commissioner Cox offer to Legion
posts in that territory. The offer is
not confined to Legion posts the
latter are merely cooperating to in
sure that the fish do not go to waste
Mr.. Zweiner stated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
Medical Experts Explain
New tuberculosis Tests
Tuberculin Described As Most Val
liable Known Aid In Decreas-
ing Lung Infection
st. Paul, Dec. What is tuber-

st. Paul, Dec. What is tuber-
culin?
The question is answered briefly
by Minnesota State Medical Assoc
iation experts today because of the
interest widespread tuberculin
skin tests carried on in many
schools of the state has reused in
all details of its preparation and
use.
The tuberculin used in these
routine school tests is described
by the experts as colorless liquid
made in a laboratory from the sub
stance in which tubercle bacilli the
micro-organisms that cause tuber-
culosis have grown. This liquid Is
thoroughly sterilized and contains
no living germs of any kind. Its
use as diagnostic tool as in
this tests characterized after
forty years Of experience as per-
fectly harmless.
Medical experts generally regard
the use of tuberculin in the skin
test known as the "Mantoux Test"
as the most effective available
means of detecting tuberculous in
lection says the bulletin.
"a droplet of this tuberculin is
injected in this test between the
layers of skin Of the forearm. If
the individual harbors even min
ute infection within forty-eight
hours the injected tuberculin will
produce, at the spot Of injection,
red, slightly swollen appearance.
This redness and swelling is called
a positive reaction. It appears in a
short time and does no harm what
soever to the child"
"To the physician, however, 1t
indicates that the child, or the
adult, needs a thorough examina-
ton, the most important element
of which is a chest x-ray to see If
any damage to the lungs has re-
suited from this exposure to the
bacillus. Thus the child with an
early first infection so slight that
it cannot be detected by any other
method of examination is caught
in time to protect him from fur
Their contact with the disease, and
by therapeutic measurers to pre-
vent further progress Of the dis
ease.
TN Minnesota" the bulletin con-
cludes, ''the test has been given to
a large number of children in var
ious localities, and a wide range In
the amount of infection has been
discovered. In some rural commun-
tiles, the percentage of grade
school children reacting to the test
is as low as ten and twelve per
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
Legion Will Hold Ats
Christmas Parties
Auxiliary Units To Aid In Wei
coming Guests On Dec.
21st.

In a statewide campaign to pro-
vide Christmas Cheer for the Dis
abled the 478 Legion posts and 405
Legion Auxiliary units of Mime
sofa will on Dec. 81 simultaneously
hold a Christmas party in each
community throughout the state,
to which every disabled veteran
and his dependents will be invited
as honored guests.
According to Department Com
mander Oscar F. Youngdahl, Of
Minneapolis, Douglas K. Baldwin
of st. Paul, state Legion radio
chairman, has arranged to broad
cast that same evening, special
Christmas program over WCCO, to
which all the local Christmas
Cheer parties will tune for enter
tainment and good will messages.
Each post-unit party will have
a Christmas tree, with gifts for all
honored guests. to be presented
with appropriate ceremonies. Ac-
cording to Mrs. Halsey Cory Of
Winona, state Legion Auxiliary
president, each Legion Auxiliary
unit will :. see to it that there are
plenty of refreshments and good
cheer at each party.
So that disabled veterans away
from home will not be overlooked,
special Christmas Cheer parties
will be staged at the Smelling, st.
Cloud and other hospitals. Because
the Legion would be powerless to
aid the disabled7 were It not for the
more than one million members
with whose united voice he appeals
Of sick comrades are placed be-
fore congress, each local post hop
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
222 CONFIRMED

Sank Centre was the Mecca for
those of the Catholic faith Sunday
when 222 young people and adults
were confirmed in st. Pauls, the
Church of Our Lady of the Angels
and the Home School for Girls.
Bishop Joseph Busch, of the st.
Cloud diocese had a very heavy day
for a man of his years. The first
service started at st. Paups at
1000 a. m, concluding at lis. The
class at this church consisted Of
1877, all young people.
The services at the Church of
Our Lady of the Angels started at
2:OOo'clock and finished at 400. IS
young and adults were confirmed.
Twenty girls were confirmed at the
Home School for Girls at 4:30.
Monday the Bishop confirmed a
large class at the West Union
Church.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
HOGS GET CREAM
BABIES SKIMMILK
Russ Can't Sell Children. But
Pork Has Market, States
Farm Expert
EXPERT TELLS STORY.
Humanity Disregarded in
Race for Economic Su-
premacy-Fine Talk

! H. G. Zavoral, Minnesota live
stock expert and who is we'll
known in Sank Centre having act
ed as livestock judge at the Brown
county fair a number of times,
has just returned from a year in
Russia to the Soviet Livestock
Trust. He told a meeting of farm
ers at the Martin county court
house recently, that in his opinion
that nations five year plan to-
ward industrial and economic lead
ership will succeed.
t"The Swear plan will succeed on
paper, if you disregard the human
element" Mr.. Zavoral said. cal
ready they have completed some
parts of the program, even though
other points may fail.
Russian people are absolutely
under control of the government;
16O million people are ruled by two
million Understanding communists.
"The communist rule is one of
fear and force, and ruthless deter
mination. The leaders have de-
termined their plan shall succeed,
and no sacrifice will stop them"
Would Lose 100000
What If we lose ten million
people if the plan succeeds?" one
official asked Mr.. Zavoral.
Mr.. Zavoral told how the home
was neglected in the race for
economic advancement. He found
many children i'll of ricketts,,
caused by undernourishment He
was told they did not get suffici-
ent cdeam, only thin skimmilk.
There was plenty Of milk in
that region and asked an official
why babies did not get it.
= 1--WE must have cream to fatten
hogs, the fan told me. 1--WE can
export hogs, but we cannot export
babies. Therefore we feed the
cream to hogs, skimmilk to babies.
At the end of the present 5-year
plan which is due in two years,
Mr.. Zavoral said another 5-year
plan would be launched. The sec
ond project has been under pre-
paration for sometime.
"It seems the eyes Of the world
are on Russia" Mr.. Zavoral said.
IT was as interested as anyone
else, and when a Soviet commits
sion called at the university a year
ago last July and offered me a
chance to spend year there I
jumped at the cahnce. In seven
days I was on my way and became
chief adviser to the livestock trust
at Moscow.
Tourists who come into the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
List Of Paving Jobs An
nounced by Commissioner
Bids on 233 Miles of Additional
Concrete to Be Opened Dec.
%

Bid on 223 miles of trunk high
way paving, to be built in 1882, will
be opened at the offices Of the
Minnesota Highway department
Dec. %, according to announce
ment by Commissioner G. M. Bah
cock. Bids are also asked on one
bridge.
The list of projects on which
bids will be taken at that time
constitutes more than half of the
1892 tentative paving program.
Bids were opened in November on
100 miles of paving. The tentative
program calls for a total of 428
miles of hard-surfacing for the
coming year.
The projects on which bids will
be taken Dec. % are connecting
links between pavements already
built, or extensions of existing paw
ments. The proposed work will
complete several important contin-
uous paved routes. The list includ-
es the following projects:
Lake City to Wabasha and Alex
andria to Brandon, which will pro-
vide continuous pavement on T. H.
No. 3 from La Crosse to Brandon,
a distance of 299 miles.
Four jobs on T. H. No. 8, which
with sections already completed
will make continuous pavement
from Bemidji to East Grand
Forks.
Paving T. H. No. Is from Fair
mont to junction with No. 16 near
Madelia, which with pavements on
other routes will make continuous
hard surface as far southwest as
Adrian.
Paving T. H. No. 6 from Luverne
to Iowa line. No. 9 is now paved
from Luverne to the Dakota line,
and when the link from Luverne
to Adrian is completed, there will
be continuous pavement both to
the Iowa and South Dakota
boundaries on the Sioux Falls and
Sioux City routes.
Pave the new grade on T. H. No.
10 from Zimmerman to Milaca.
With pavement built this year this
will make continuous pavement to
Onamia on this route.
Pave T. H. No. 20 from Chat
field to Fountain and Preston to
Iowa line. This work already done
or under contract, will complete
the paving of T. H. No. 20 ~. s.
55) and furnish a new short all
paved route from Minnesota points
to Chicago.
Start paving T. H. No. 80 from
junction with paving on No. to
Bejou. This is a link in what
eventually will be a paved route to
Crookston via Detroit Lakes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
Small Blaze In Home.
Wednesday, $3.50 P. M.
Residence Corner Third and Birch
Street, Owned by Jos. Dirn-
berger, Damaged

Wednesday afternoon about $50
the Sank Centre Volunteer Fire
Department was called to a fire
which broke out in an unoccupied
residence, corner Third and Birch
street, owned by JOS. Dirnberger.
Mr.. Dirnberger stated to the Her.
aid that when the tenant moved out
the water was not turned off and
the pipes were frozen. He said he
had had a fire in an alright stove
for about three days before the fire
in an attempt to thaw the pipes out
gradually. It is presumed that a
gas explosion was responsible for
the fire.
Mr.. Dirnberger states that most
of his damage was caused by
smoke, the prompt arrival of the
department saving the building. He
is partly insured.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
sAYK CENTRE g Her RAJ > ssuk yfntre, Mipne

es to announce at its Dec. u Christ
mas party that it has already en-
rolled for 1882 a greater member
ship that it had for 1881.
Special lights on the local Christ
mas trees will, at signal from
Chairman Baldwin over WCC, be
lit, the number corresponding with
the total enrolled for 1882 the
posts assurance to the disabled Of
continued support in making con-
gress see the justice Of their pleas.
At WCCO there will be a big
Christmas tree also, which in
lights will indicate the district and
state membership totals.
christmas Cheer for The Dis.
abled," is our slogan, declares Com
mander Youngdahl, "just as our
first concern the whole year round
is to better the facilities which the
government has provided for their
rehabilitation. In this connection it
is not amiss to pay tribute to Carl
Hubbard, regional manager of the
United States Veterans Bureau
who with his staff have cooperated
to the limit in our efforts to i'm
prove conditions for sick comrades,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
Real Estate Sharpers
Have Started New Racket
Wisconsin Folks Victimized With
Promise of Free Lots In
Large Cities

IF you get a notice from some
real estate concern informing you
that you are the winner of a lot in
the Twin Cities, Milwaukee, Chi
cago or other large cities be sure
to look into the matter pretty thor
oughly before you bite.
Hundreds of Wisconsin residents
have been receiving letters telling
them to call and get title to their
land. These schemes were started
at county and state fairs under the
guise Of ADVERTISING:
The real estate companies in the
racket claim the lots to be worth
from $500 to $500 but offer them to
the lucky persons for all the way
from $50 to $50 as incidental ex-
penses to securing title and the like.
The hook comes in when the lucky
persons are requested to call at the
office and there high pressure sales
men attempt to sell additional lots,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03
UnwelcOme Newcomer

A dangerous new resident, recent
ly discovered in Renville and Rock
counties, is causing the weed and
seed laboratory considerable study.
The unwelcome newcomer is a
member Of the weed family and Is
known as the California Puncture
Vine. It is a treacherous plant and
it's wiry prongs work into animals
hoofs and ankles with costly re-
suits. It also punctures auto tires.
The weed grows along the ground
like tomato plant and produces
seeds from blossoms that develop
into five pods. It originated in Cal
ifornia. If you should discover it
on your land, cut it close to the
ground before it blooms.
If you find plant you do not
recognize, send it to the weed and
seed division of this department. c.
P. Bull, weed chief, will report to
you gratis on the plant and, If 1t
is weed, he will explain how it can
be eradicated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-03

path and kicked common people
off the road or shot them.
There Is an absolute censor
ship on everything. Although I
was treated well enough, knew
better than to write anything
about the country, or say anything
while there"
Mr.. Zavoral while in Russia d.
rected the work of 10 superintend-
ents in charge Of 500 Soviet farms.
These farms ranged in area from
5000 acres to one million. He was
able to visit but % Of them. His
own farm in Minnesota was closer
to Moscow than one of the farms"