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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

approaches, each with proper turn
and carry.
4. Head Carry, 60 feet, preceded
by 60-foot swim, proper approach
and turn.
5. Cross-chest, go feet, preceded
by 60-foot swim, proper approach
and turn.
6. Arm-lock or Hair Garry, 60
feet, preceded by 60-foot swim, prop
er approach and turn.
z. Tired Swimmers Carry, 60
feet, preceded by 6O-foot swim.
8. Front strangle hold, times,
2 different positions.
9. Back strangle hold, times, 2
| different positions.
10. Double grip on one wrist, 4
times, using alternate wrists.
IL. Two people locked in front
strangle and repeat, rescuing al
ternate subjects.
IL. Demonstration, Prone Pres
sure method of Resusciation, ~
minutes.
Is. Essay on prone Pressure
Method of Resuscitation" GOO to
500 words). -.
IA. Float motionles, 1 minute.
Is. Tread water, 80 seconds.
16. One minute Carry, subject
fully dressed.
II. Fireman's or Saddle-back
Carry from shallow water.
Is. Explain method Of lifting
Subject from tank or on to float
unassisted.
10. Oral quiz on life saving, 5
| questions.
Awards: Membership Card and
emblem for bathing suit, so cents;
enameled pin, optional, so cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Fearful and Wonderful,
These Colonial Dishes

The "good old days" Of our Colo
NAL ancestors had many culinary
high points, the contemplation Of
which leaves the modern American
gasping. Even the simple meal
time beverages were given twists
and turns that threw them out of all
semblance to the cocoa, tea and
coffee which today's housewife pre-
pares with such perfection.
Chocolate drinks, now among the
most popular of all soda fountain
beverages, Jared the worst at the
hands of the Colonial dame. Her
favorite variation Of this delicious
wholesome drink was to put sew
eral links of sausage into kettle
of chocolate and then boil it. Hon.
ored guests were served with bowls
of chocolate in which bits of sau-
sage fioated. This bit of refresh
ment was eaten with a spoon.
incidentally the cocoa and choco-
late industry got it's impetus soon
after the Boston tea party. Up I'M
til that time hot chocolate had been
served only on state occasions.
Our forefathers and foremotherS,
too, were particularly addicted to
boiling tea in an iron kettle, drain
ing off the liquid and serving the
remaining "herbs" buttered, under
the guise of a vegetable. The re-
naming "tea water" as it was
called, was then consumed without
milk or sugar, simply to help wash
down the greens" Ugh!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Sheet, Form No. 1O5O-A)


Requirements: Age IL years and
up. Passing Swimmers Test. At
least six hours preparation and
practice.
1. In deep water disrobe and
swim 100 yards.
2. Surface dive in 6 to feet,
recovering various objects times,
and a'1O-pound weight once.
8. Correst approach, 80 feet, and
Heady Carry, 80 feet.
4. Correct approach, 80 feet, and
Cross-chest Carry, 30 feet.
5. Correct approach, 30 feet, and
Hair or Arm-lock. Carry 80 feet.
6. Tired Swimmers Carry, 80
feet, proceeded by 3O-foot approach.
z. Release double grip on one
wrist. Left and right.
8. Release front strangle hold
Left and right.
9. Release back strangle hold
Left and right.
10. Resuscitation IL minutes
demonstration Prone Pressure
Method.
Award: Membership Card and
emblem for bathing suit, Is cents
Enameled pin, optional, Is cents.
Senior Life Saving Test (Test
Sheet, Form No. 1850
Requirements: Age IL years and
up. Six hours or more instruction.
Membership in American Red
Cross.
1. In deep water, disrobe and
swim 100 yeards.
2. Surface dive, recovering OBJ
iects times and a 10-pound weight
once in to 10 feet of water.
8. Front, rear, and underwater
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Fanatical Moslems in
Frenzy of Self-Torture

Beating their breasts, scourging
their backs with chains and cutting
their scalps with sword blows,
crowds of the Shah sect Of Mos
lens in Basra and other cities keep
alive the memory of a great trag-
edy.
Fourteen hundred years ago, in q
battle on the plains of the Euphra-
ties at Kerbala, the forces Of Hus-
sain, grandson Of the Prophet Ma
homet, were exterminated.
Year after year the defeat is pub
licly mourned. Loud chanting is
heard, punctuated by the rhythmic
beating of their breasts by parties
of Is or 20 men, stripped to the
waist, who surround their leaders.
The grief symbolized by the
breast beaters is repeated by the
chain beaters. These ascetics lash
themselves with a kind Of CATO
nine-tails made of chains.
In the holy cities, during the first
nine days Of the month Of Mohar-
ram, the swordsmen parade the
streets and work themselves up to
the climax on the tenth day.
They form up in huge circles,
chanting and shouting their fOrmu-
la Of grief for the dead Hussain.
Each circle moves round in quick
ening rhythm until with delirious
shout the leader brings his sword
down on his own head. That is the
signal for all to follow his example.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Colonial Mail

The following is from Elson's
History Of the United States" !:
"The mail was carried by postrid-
ers, who followed the main roads
as far as there were any; on reach
ing the roadless settlements they
found their way through the forest
as best they could by the trails and
bride paths. The postman left a
city, not at regular intervals, but
only when he received enough mail
to pay the expenses Of the trip. The
remote settlements were fortunate
If they received mail once month.
Benjamin Franklin was appointed
postmaster general in 1853, and he
served about 20 years. He soon
made the service a paying one to
the crown. Yet even then the
amount of mail delivered in the
whole country in a year was less
than that now delivered in the city
of New York In one day."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
President Hoover Promises
Assistance for Northwest
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Red Cross is actively engaged in
relief work.
Secretary Hyde is in touch with
the situation.
National and local resourct, are
available and the problem will be
taken care Of"
Relief loans from government
funds have been made in North
Dakota and Montana and a decision
on requests from South Dakota
may come soon. The loans out
standing, however, have time linn
it of August Is and their extension
may be necessary.
The help promised by President
Hoover for the drouth and grass
hopper stricken areas of the north
west, it was anticipated in Mime
apolis Friday night, will take the
form of loans to farmers in the
same fashion farmers had after last
years drouth. All the loans must
be secured by chattel mortgages on
the farmers crops, livestock, or
other holdings. The loans are linn
tied.
The farmers seed loan office of
the department of agriculture,
through it's regional office at Grand
Forks, N. D., had been accepting
applications for loans ruring July
with August / set as the date up
on which no more applications
would be accepted. All were short
time credits. The government took
liens on all cattle for which feed
was provided through the loans.
According to a department of
justice ruling, loans made farmers
under the drouth relief legislation
are subject to prior lien by the gov
eminent and cannot be garnished
by creditors of the farmers for
payment of old debts. Under terms
of the drouth relief legislation, the
secretary of agriculture is given au-
thority to administer the loans I'M
der any other rules and regulations
which he may deem fit to prescribe
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

Brides of the Bugis tribe on the
Celebes Island are drugged three
days before their marriage to keep
them from looking at any males
other than their intended husbands.
Police are now stationed about
the stockyards in East Buffalo, N.
Y, to prevent nearby residents from
milking the cows.
George H. Peck, of Los Angeles
complained in his divorce suit that
% months of married life without
a spat was too peaceful for him
and that it got on his nerves.
Perhaps the most outrageous
happening since racketeering be-
came the great American industry
was the shooting of five innocent
children at play on New York
street by gangsters trying to kill a
rival, who escaped. One 5-year-old
boy died, one child was perhaps
fatally wounded, the other three be-
ing less seriously hurt. Detectives
were ordered ito bring in every
beer raceteer in the city for ques-
tioning" One wonders why, if
these criminals can be found for
questioning" they could not be
found for putting in Jail.
Representative Sapp, of Florida,
has discovered that he is entitled
to take 50 extra holidays each year
If he can get away with it. An
old state law designates Sundays
and various other days as legal
holidays, also providing that when
legal holiday falls on Sunday it
shall be observed on the following
day. AS every Sunday is a legal
holiday, Mr.. Sapp contends that
every Monday should be observed to
conform to the law.
If an alumnus of the University
Of Nebraska were to enter the Of
fee of the premier of Latvia, in
Rigga, he might be surprised to
see the college colors of his alma
mater on the wall. But the expla-
nation would be simple. Premier
Karl Ullman is graduate of the
University of Nebraska.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Walther League Rally
Sunday, August 9th
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place for the rally. This spot is
the most centrally located and has
the right picnic atmosphere.
The Southern Park Region zone
of the Walther League takes in a
radius of about fifty miles in each
direction of Grey Eagle, and 1000
young people or more are expected
to gather for this event.
The inspirational service begin
ming at HOO a. m. will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. H. Motzkus, OF
Minneapolis. He has chosen as his
theme: 1.-THE Marks of The Mast
err"
Noon hour will be from 1900 to
200 p. m. Bring your own lunch.
Coffee, ice cream, soft drinks, etc.
can be had at the stand. From
200 until $3.50 p. M a brief bust
ness program will be held and sew
eral speakers will be heard on var
ious phases of Young Peoples
work in the church. Then follows
the usual program of sports and ;e..
creation. In the evening campfire
"pep-fest" will be held.
Not only all the young people are
urged to attend this rally, but also
the parents, friends and relatives
are cordially invited.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Red Cross Life Saving
Methods; Swimming Tests
Continued IRON Page One)

continued from Page One)
ed in full herewith, and it has been
suggested that those interested cut
them out of the Herald and save
them:
Beginners TEST Sheet, Form
No. 1O5O-B)
1. Jump into water over own
depth, level off, swim rs feet, make
a sharp turn, and return Is feet.
Award: Red Cross Beginners
Button free.
Swimmers (Test Sheet, Form
No. 1050-B)
1. Swim 100 yards, using two or
more kinds of strokes.
2. Swim so feet on back, using
legs only, and float.
8. Recover object in 6 to feet
of water, by means of surface dive.
4. Perform straight front or rae
ing dive, in good form.
5. Witness demonstration Of ar
tificial respiration.
Award: Red Gross Swimmers
Button free.
Junior Life Saving Test (Test
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Sinus, Eyes and Ears
Threatened by Swimming
Doctors Warn Against Swimming
In Polluted Water; Also Against
Getting a Noseful

st. Paul. Minnesota, Aug Go
ing swimming?
Well, hang your clothes on a
hickory limb and whatever you
do, don't get noseful!
This, or words to this effect, is
the advice of experts of the Mime
sofa State Medical Association in
a bulletin on the subject of swim
ming hazards issued today.
The usual crop of earache, run
ming ears and aggravated sinus
trouble that turns up during the
swimming season is multiplied this
year by the heat and the larger
number of persons who are by con-
sequence seeking out the bathing
beaches and swimming pools, says
the bulletin.
Not wishing to spoil the fun, the
Minnesota medical experts still feel
that word of caution will not be
amiss about the harm a little wat
er forced up the tubes leading from
the nose into the ears and into the
sinuses, can do.
trouble starts from that noseful
that seemed so funny even if it did
make you choke and sputter at
the time" says the bulletin. "The
original earache is usually easily
cleared up. The doctor may have
to puncture the aer drum to Sc
cure proper drainage but that gen.
orally ends the matter. If the first
superficial Inflammation is neglect
ed, however, it may become atitis
media, which means genuine mid
die ear infection with all it's dan
gerous possibilities for mastoiditis
and deafness"
sinus trouble or bothered with ears
should be particularly, careful to
keep water away from both the in
side and outside Of their ears and
noses. An old sinus infection in
f1ammed by lake or pool water can
become very unpleasant, even dan
gerous."
AS to water pollution, the bulle-
tin seriously warns frequenters of
indoor pools to be sure that the wat
er is changed frequently and is
properly chlorinated. Even then
the experts feel inclined to dis
courage unnecessary mouthsful al
so.
"Only constant care will keep
swimming pools wholesome for any
large numbers of people," says the
bulletin. Large bodies of water
subject to the purifying action of
sun and air are less easily polluted
but partially enclosed beaches on
small bodies of water are likely to
be subject to the same pollutions as
the pools"
Laboratory evidence of disease
germs in the water is seldom found
according to DR.. A. ]. Chesley, State
Health officer. Whether or not di-
seases are actually transmitted by
the water at the crowded city bath
ing beaches can be substantiated
only by the evidence of illness that
may turn up in the doctors office,
Skin AFFECTIONS laid to the water
are often the result of peculiar
sensitivity to the ripening and de-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Older Paved Roads
All Still In Use
Concrete Built In 1912 Carrying
Heavy Traffic and Good for
Many Years More

How long will a concrete pave
ment last? How much should be
allowed for depreciation when cal
culating the cost per year of high
way pavement?
These questions cannot be &C
curately answered, says Mime
sofa Highway bulletin, for no con-
crete pavement properly built has
worn out. That the usual estimates
of the life of pavement are too
small, and the usual depreciation
estimates too large, is indicated by
the history of a piece of concrete
just outside of Red Wing, now 10
years old, and probably the oldest
paved road in the state.
A strip 300 feet long and eight
feet wide, on hill subject to
frequent wash-outs, was paved in
1912. It was built six inches thick,
without reinforcement. A 1924 mix
was used, with unwashed sand.
There were no laboratory tests for
materials, as is the rule today. The
aggregates were dumped on the
ground, and moved in wheelbarrows
to the mixer, and the wet concrete
carried in wheelbarrows to the place
it was to stay.
The pavement was on an impor-
tant state aid road, later designat-
ed as temporary trunk highway So
and still so used. An inspection
last week shows the pavement still
in good condition. Steel-tired wag-
ons, which predominated when the
road was new, had worn two tracks
in the concrete, about Il inch deep,
and it has some of the grape vine
cracks common to the early pave
ments, but for traffic purposes it
is as good as new. A few years ago
it was widened to two lane pave
ment.
From 1912 up to 1921, when the
Minnesota trunk highway plan went
into effect, about 200 miles of paved
roads were built by the counties.
In spite of the lack of uniform
specifications, tests and inspection.
nearly all of them are still in good
condition and carrying heavy traf-
fic, most Of them being in the state
highway system. The exceptions
are short stretches which are rough
due mostly to subgrade settlement.
Disintergration of the concrete has
been limited to small spots, prob
ably due to dirt in the aggregate,
or faulty mixing. Although the re-
pair cost on these older pavements
is greater than on the newer type,
it is a fraction of the cost of main
tanning unpaved roads under the
same traffic.
Concrete pavements today are
made inches thick at the center,
and 9 inches at the edges, with re-
inforced joints and edges. Cement,
sand and rock are subject to rigid
laboratory and field tests. Material
for each batch is weighed, to get
correct proportions and the mixing
time is regulated by an automobile
timing device. Every operation,
from the cement plant and gravel
pit to the final cure, is under the eye
of an engineer or trained inspector.
Where traffic is all or nearly all
on rubber tires. and legal load linn
its are enforced, there is no percep-
titble damage to pavements by
traffic. Damage by vehicles is less
than damage by the elements, but
with the prevailing methods of sub
grade treatment, damage by FROST
heaving is reduced to minimum.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Village of Blooms

Boskoop, in Holland, is known as
the village of the rhododendrons.
Here the famous pink pearl" was
raised. Each house is approached
over the canals by its own draw
bridge, and the average holding is
about six acres, where bloom flow
ering shrubs and roses of every
variety. The men work in the large
nurseries, but find time to cult
vate their own gardens, which have
nearly all been created from made
SOIL" They have made the desert
fens to blossom as the rose, the
azalea, the rhododendron and ga
lazy of other floral trees.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
.sUtterina and Publishing"

This legal phase is most gener-
ally used in connection with the
circulation Of counterfeit money,
forged notes, etc. Bouyier's Law
Dictionary states that ito utter" in
criminal law is to offer or to pub
lish; also that ito publish" means
primarily to make known. Web
ster's dictionary quotes F. Whar
ton that ITO utter and publish a
document is to offer directly or in
directly, by words or actions, such
document as good"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Ancient Cosmetics

The chemical-pharmaceutical in
stitute of the Frankfort university
has analysed brown and white face
paints found in the vanity box Of
a Roman woman who lived some
1900 years ago, and finds that their
composition is almost exactly the
same as that of similar cosmetics
today. The only difference is that
the ancient paints contain particles
of metal which have since been
found to be harmful to the skin.
The box was found In grave of
the old Roman settlement Nida,
near Frankfort.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

Within Is days, E. F. Slocum, of
Pawtucket, r. L., celebrated his
61st birthday, his 30th anniversary
Of his appointment as a letter car
rier.
Accepting a dare, Theodore
Hecht, Of st. Louis, jumped from
the third story window Of hotel
and escaped without broken bones.
TIE worlds champion coffee
drinker is Joseph Peclet, Of New
ark, N. J., who drinks from so to
70 cups daily.
Herman Frey, Of Los Angeles.
wants q divorce because his wife
made him quit work, believing the
world would come to an end.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

Earned runs: Sank Centre, 8.
Two base hits: Hopkins, Klar,
Courtney.
First base on balls off Bartylla, 1.
Struck out by Soltau, 6; by Bar
tylla, Z. vi"
Left on bases: Sank Centre, 8;
Browerville, 8.
Wild pitch: Bartylla.
Hit by pitcher: Iwinski by Bar
tylla. e.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

Afte being taken to a town in
Wisconsin 1854 miles away cat be-
longing to M. c. Duncan returned
to its old home in Chicago.
Mrs. T. c. Marshall, Jr. of st. Paul,
testified that her husband hung his
shoes on the hat ack and took his
hat to bed, proving that he was
drunk.
Ii Chingyun, of Shanghai, China,
says that he is PSI years old, has
been married IA times and has 100
descendants.
Inside hen she killed and dress
ed, Mrs. w. o. Pratt, of Burley,
Idaho, discovered eight fully de-
veloped eggs with shells.
Wondering why no cars passed
him during a drive from Denver
to Denison, o., Walter Scott discov-
cred that some one had tackled a
funeral procession" sign on the
rear Of his car.
Charging that his wife hit him
in the face with a pet cat during
a quarrel, ]. T. See of Patterson,
N. j., has asked the court for a
divorce.
Nine catfish were found inside of
an old automobile tire David Stew
ems hooked from stream near Err
win, N. c., while fishing.
The will of DR.. VIM. L. Johnson,
who died at Bridge, Mass, directs
that his account books he burned
so that no bills will be outstanding
against his patients.
Mrs. Helen Leloquin, of Chicago,
complained in her divorce suit that
for five years her husband forced
her to ride in a rumble seat every
time they went riding.
BY the will of John ]. Contrado,
Of Pardoe, Pa, each of his friends
who attended his funeral will re-
ceive 500.
Joseph Maury, of. st. Louis ate
"a hard-boiled eggs in 81 minutes
and collected $50 for finishing with
in the hour.
When officers Of Mobile, Ala,
investigated the automobile driven
by Fred Long negro, they found a
gallon jug Of liquor on a shelf
which he had built above the en-
CINE.
Dimitro Gully, of Chicago, ate 81
apples, one right after the other.
just to show he could do it, then had
some bread, bologna and q cigar.
For the first time in 10 years the
United States farm population Is
showing an increase.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

w. J. Pinkerton, Of Bethlehem,
Pa, is to marry his mother-in-law,
who nursed his wife during her last
illness.
J. L. Schlotthauer, of Columbia,
Pa, claims to have a canary bird
that not only talks but also laughs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

caying vegetable growth that has
filled many small Minnesota lakes
earlier than usual this year, the
bulletin says.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

Next Sundays Games
Melrose at Sank Centre.
Bertha at Long Prairie.
Henning at Swanville. s
Parkers Prairie at Browerville.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Mother Knew

One day Ted accompanied his
mother and little sister to a down.
town store and a salesman started
a conversation.
"How old is your sister," he
asked?
u don't know" Ted replied, and
turning to his mother, said:
Mother, do you know how old
sister isl"
She did.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06

agement for a baseball team next
season.
The box score:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Wheat Drops to the
Low Level of 1852
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became a factor in the western
grain trade.
All deliveries of futures sold at a
new low for the season, with the
September touching 48 "a cents on
the break, making new all time
record for that month, and came
within 3-4 cents of the inside figure
established on July during the clos
ing days of that month.
Prevailing low prices for wheat
were reflected in all the leading
markets of the world.
AS wheat went, so did oats. All
deliveries dropped to a new low for
the season, the September touching
% cents, figure that has not been
equaled since September 1900, when
it was down to p 1-8 cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-08-06
Sank Centre Will
Battle Melrose Sunday

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o. T. w. Standings

Games Played August 2
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