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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

When considering talk Of further government
participation in business, it might be profitable to
recall what was happening in this country some
fifteen years ago. Then the government very
much in business, forced in by the entry of this
country into the World War. Among it's other &C
tivities the buying of supplies for the American
Expeditionary Force. 1t bought and bought, and
bought, far in of actual requirements. Some
of the figures sufficiently tell the story
According to statistics gathered by Professor
James E. Boyle of Cornell the government bought
nearly 100000 halters for 100000 horses and mules
It bought than 100000 nose bags, or about
three for each horse and mule. It equally gen.
erous in caring for the who might ride horse
back its service It had in all $4,000 cavalry horses
and it bought 945,000 saddles, and $4,000 saddle
bags 1t made sure that ordnance officers who wore
spurs need not worry about spur straps to replace
those that broke. There were purchased 1850
complete of these straps, thirtysx for each
officer. When it to providing for the soldiers
who march foot, there were delivered 100000
pairs of shoes, nearly ten pairs for each of the
3513O00 men enrolled.
It may be said, of course that these the
natural and inevitable extravagances of war time
They so excused in the days Immediately after
the war. Yet they looked back upon after
the lapse of years. it is difficult to accept as reason
able purchase of spur straps at the rate of thirty
six to officer, and the provision of nearly mil
lion saddles for less than 100000 horses There is
wonder what would have happened had the war
continued another year. The government might have
bought 100 pairs of shoes for each soldier instead OF
mere ten.
reply may be made that, while this nation is not
at war, it is frequently told that it is in the midst
of crisis great that of war. Many of the
proposals for government activity in the effort to
relieve the situation frankly described emer
gency measures. In 1917 and 1918 the country was
being saved from menace beyond its borders. Now
told it must be saved from the perils within
If the situation is correctly pictured akin to
there is obviously condition that offers invitation
to the kind of reckless expenditure that in
volved in the operations of the government fifteen
years ago.
The left behind it burdens that must be
borne for many long years to come If the country
Is wise it will refuse to sanction measures in its
present trouble which will pile up in time Of peace
burdens comparable to those created in time of
There is still opportunity for protest to Congress
against of the pending measures which carry
with them the making of such handicaps to the re-
storation and maintenance of prosperity-Boston
Transcript.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Says "a
WILL, ~
ROGERS
Observation-Disclosures

Beverly Hills-Well all I know is
just what read in the papers and
what little I get from just the
names and taking little glances in
books. You know am the "durnd-
est" fellow. People send me more
books. Now I am fifty-two years
old, sound of body, but weak Of
mind, but I never did read hardly
any books. oh ever once in awhile
I will hear EN- all blabbing about
one so much till I try to take some
time off and read one.
Now that Good Earth,"I read
that, and quite little on the boat
going over to Japan. Floyd Glib
bons had a couple of trunks with
nothing in but books. Well he
would tell me some that I should
read, and he would give EN- to me
and I would read EN- little. like
to read but I don't have any time.
If I got any spare timeI like to get
on a horse and ride around, or sit
and blather with somebody.
I am an awfully windy old talker
and my wife says bore more peo-
Pile than entertain. She says I
can do more talking away from
home, and less at home than any
body, for then I bog down and get
my nose in a paper. I do lots of
paper reading. If I had put all my
paper reading into books might
have been pretty well read, but this
book thing I am so far behind there
is no use trying to catch up now.
My Oldest boy Bill is the book
hound of the family. He is always
reading something and he can re-
member it too. Even if I read a
book, I forget even the name Of it.
But this is not what I would re-
comend to anybody else, for there
is some mighty fine stuff in books
and some of the ones coming out
now, I bet there is some good
ones. Hard times, poverty, then is
when the fellows can write their
soul. Even If some of us could
write we co,Ndent do it, our stom-
achs are too full while we are not
doing any too good, at the same
time we are eating too much, and
taking things too easy. We are too
satisfied, get some awful nice
personally autographed books. Lots
of EN- from writer's don't know
Just like could mention some
movie star or cowman that they
wouldent know. But lots of these
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
A FAMOUS OPERATION

Forty years ago candidate for the pres
idency of the United States was suffering
from cancer of the mouth. But the fact was
known only to himself and his physicians,
and he was elected. The story of this re-
markable case is recalled by the recent death
of DR.. w. w. Keen, who assisted in perform
ing a secret operation on the distinguished
patient.
Shortly after entering upon his second
term as president in 1893, and during the
panic of that year, Grover Cleveland's condi-
ton became such as to necessitate surgical
aid. Fearing public knowledge that he was
afflicted with cancer would further depress
the economic situation, Cleveland arranged
to have an operation performed secretly.
This was done on the yacht Oneida, own
ed by Commodore E. C. Benedict, while cruis-
ing in the waters of Long Island Sound. A
part of the presidents left jaw and a portion
of his palate were cut away as the yacht
slowly steamed along. In five days he was
able to walk ashore from what was supposed
to be merely recreation cruise. What had
really happened was never publicly known
until DR.. Keen related the story in 1917.
President Cleveland served out his term,
as everyone knows, and lived until 1908,
some Is years after the operation had been
performed. A vulcanized rubber substitute
for the removed jawbone had aided him in
keeping his secret.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

Of 81 95s the partys primary 1890
This year the party polled total Of 1570Os votes.
Democrats polled 105,919 this year gain Of
75,4O9 votes over the 1880 primary
VERNDALE- George A. Anderson, a resident
of this city, instantly killed early Sunday morn
ing in auto accident mile south of here
when a in which he and two companions were
riding overturned while rounding turn. His COM
panions, Mr.. Haywood and Mr. Andrews were
injured.
SLEEPY EYE-Joseph Hoffman, q, of Sleepy
Eye, died Sunday about 900 o'clock p M. from in
jures he had sustained in automobile accident
about five o'clock that afternoon, when he lost
troll of the practically Essex coach he was driv-
south of the Brown County Oil Co. filling station
in that city.
The young man accompanied by friend,
doc" Windschitl, whose injuries only minor.
It is reported that the being driven at
high rate of speed and that when it struck the tree
the bark taken off high seven feet. The
turned turtle and landed the top, fifty feet
from the tree
The young man was Immediately rushed to a
physician and from his office to the Loretto hospital
at New Ulm.
His injuries mostly internal, and of a most
serious nature he lived for only hour after the
accident occurred.
FERGUS FALLS-It cost the city almost II cents
for each vote cast conduct the primary election
this year.
The total cost for election judges and officials
$4,56434, revealed in the resolution adopted
by the council Monday afternoon authorizing the
payment of fees of these officials.
The total vote cast in the city, revealed by the
ballots cast the charter proposal was 25,357. If
this represents the total vote cast, the cost was
small fraction less than II cents per voter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Railways Found Wanting

In 1925 it was stated in the Brit
ish house of commons that the ex-
pertinent of conveying goods on a
railway had been tried, and had
completely failed. The best loco
motive that could be found had
been selected, and the average rate
on a plane surface was less than
three and three-quarters miles an
hour, which was slower than canal
conveyance.-Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
s'Partinx Shot" in viii

The will has just been proved of
q man living in a suburb Of Lon
don who died last November, in
which he left to his wife: zone
pair Of my trousers, free Of duty.
and carriage paid, as a symbol of
what you wanted to wear in my
lifetime, but did not" That was
one time a woman didn't get In the
last wOrd.-Capper's Weekly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

A recently developed boring ma
chine drills holes for drainage
pipes beneath highways without in
terrupting traffic.
A motor truck manufacturer has
equipped his trucks with pneumat-
ic air cushions for drivers seats
which are inflated in the same
manner as auto tires.
A machine claimed capable of
diagnosing illness by means of a
homo-vibra ray was demonstrated
at the American Naturopathic As
ISOLATION convention recently.
A "snub-nosed" 80 caliber re-
volver for the use of plain-clothes
policemen has been invented by
Sergt. Frank Ballou of Chicago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

are evidently well known, and have
written lots of things. It gives
names of EN- on the fly leaves, and
then ltos of EN- are my friends that
autograph EN- to me.
Well what I mean is that I don't
sit down and write EN- and thank
EN- like I ought too. I appreciate
the books and prize my collection
very highly, but know that some
times they must think 7 am a fine
mess that they don't hear from me
about it. Well they ought to just
know what a poor hand I am at
writing. About twice a year I will
have patches Of letters pile up that
I keep saying I will answer, and
maby do and I send EN- off and
get lots of EN- back saying the peo-
pie are dead.
People write too much anyhow.
write too many letters, too many
books, too much in papers. Papers
would be twice as good if they was
half as big. Books twice as good
if they was fifty percent less, and
the ones left half as thick. And let
tiers, ninty percent of them are writ
ten for no reason whatever. It
just looks like anybody that can
dig up a stamp just feels like it will
spoil if they keep it. They must
get it off on a letter right away.
But I started out telling about
books. Why just tonight out here
at the ranch, six or eight books are
here on my desk, not in my Den"
but in my Dump" My old friend
McAdoo, w. G., sent me this with
very much treasured written words
to me, Crowded Years." Well I
have heard its one of the best of
the autobiographies. I read snatch
es of it when I can, and like it
immensely. Then Warden Lawes, of
Sing Sing, a friend of mine, 7 play
ed up there for EN- one time, and
went all through and they all
seemed to know my old mug from
the pictures, and the Warden said
T was better known in prison than
out. Well that book of his is a
fine one. Then that little book call
ed yeah" that darb, that's the
cIeverest thing yet. It makes no
comment. It just pegs these big
birds. And they have maintained
the steadiest average you ever saw.
They have been just 100 percent
wrong since it started.
Then here tonight is a pile of lit
erature about South Africa. They
dident know I was all over every
foot of it with a circus, but I am
going back there some day, and see
it in comfort. I'll write you all
some book reviews some time and
keep you all posted on what the
ignorant man should read. That's
enough writing for tonight. Peo-
pie write too much anyhow.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Useful in Canning

Pectin in preserves is a sub
stance which appears in many
vegetable tissues as a constituent
Of the sap or cell wall. Hard, tart,
ripe apples or oranges and lemons
are usually used in the making Of
pectin. Apples need not be peeled.
The outer yellow rind of oranges or
lemons is not used, nor the edible
fruit. The white peel is the part
uSod
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Mixture of Languages

"Afrikaans" is the name given to
the language spoken and written by
the descendants Of Dutch, French
and German colonists who settled
in South Africa prior to the British
occupation Of 1906. 1t is also known
as Cape Dutch Africans, developed
from the Seventeenth century dia-
lects Of the province of Holland.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

In olden days a convenient rest
was provided on a London street
for packmen and peddlers. 1t still
stands in Piccadiuy near Park lane.
The rest is a horizontal plank
placed shoulder high on two up
rights and just right for the weary
peddler to back up to it to rest
and shift the weight of his load.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Early Advertising

The first American advertise
ments appeared in 1928 in the New
England Weekly Journal, being an
nouncements relative to books,
coffee, slaves and arrival and de-
parture of ships; magazine adver-
tisements began with Scribner's
monthly in 1870.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Cro.Mapnon People

Four skeletons were discovered
in the Dordogne area of the Gro
Magnon cave, near Les Eyzies,
France, in 1868. They indicated
that tall people with large skulls
larger than those of modern man
had inhabited that part of the
world.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Success Recipe

No workman need be ashamed Of
his calling. It is a divine decree
that IMAM must live by the sweat
, of his brow" But we are not for
hidden to mix a little brain work
with our perspiration, and the COM
; bination is that much desired thing
success.-Grit.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Shakespearess Income

Not all of the earlier authors
were as badly treated as their leg
ends have led the public to believe.
Shakespeare, for example, may
have been profligate but he was not
necessarily penniless. He received
about 10 pounds-the equivalent of
$500 today-for each of his plays,
and he produced them at the rate
Of two year. He also made $500
a year and more as an actor during
most of his active career.-Golden
Book.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Candid Information

Doc latter exam.)-Don't worry
about your liver trouble, you can
live to be seventy years with it. And
as to the leaking heart valve, you
can carry that around easily until
you're eighty, but the kidney dis
ease, that's worse. It'll surely
bring you to the grave inside of a
year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Cleaning Leather

Leather picture frames and port
folios may be cleaned with benzine.
Apply it with a soft cloth and If
the benzine removes the polish ap-
DIV the well-beaten white of an egg.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Big Choice of ReIiRions

The United States at the present
time has more than 212 religious de-
nominations with $4,000 places Of
worship and nearly 45,0OO,OO0 men,
bers. There should be no difficulty
about finding a form of worship to
suit any taste,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Longest Rivers

The ten longest rivers in the
world are: Amazon, 1000 miles;
Nile, $500; Yenfsei, 5000; Yang
tse. $3.50; Congo, 5000; Lena,
5000; Missouri, 5000; Amur, 5000;
Mekong, $500; Nile, 1900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Human Desire for Change

human DeSIre TOT Nnange
In the American Magazine, Ralph
L. Polk, publisher Of city direc-
tories, says that Is per cent Of the
people in cities change their home
or business address yearly. Even
including the country, not one per-
son in a thousand avoids some sort
Of change every five years.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Minute That Seems a Year

A day on the newly found planet,
Pluto, is the equivalent to $50 years
on earth. So we imagine a Plu-
tonian could grow beard and raise
a family while awaiting the return
Of the gent whose signs says, Back
in Ten Minutes"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Visiting the Sick

Don't laugh, joke and hold loud
conversation in the room of the in
valid unless he is practically well.
Otherwise your trying to be funny
will only make him very nervous.
Be cheerful, but in a nice quiet
way.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Police Use Airplanes

Airplanes are now a part Of the
equipment Of the police department
Of Paris, and are to be used, when
the necessity arises, for patrol
work over the city, watching the
traffic and giving notice Of any
threatened disturbance of the peace.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Whence Tulips

The Austrian ambassador to Tur-
key in 1862 was the first to bring
"color bombs, a kind Of onion"
back to Vienna, thus importing the
first tulip into the western world
Country Home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Time Added to Value

Samuel Johnson got only living
expenses out Of the seven years he
spent compiling his famous diction-
airy. But short time ago a single
page of definition in his handwrit-
ing brought $1,000 at auction
Golden Book.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Dried I'm Lemons

If lemons become hard, soak them
for half an hour in warm water
and they will yield much more juice
than If squeezed when they were
hard and dry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Influencing Eriendship

There is perhaps no time at which
we are disposed to think so highly
Of a friend as when we find him
standing higher than we expected
in the esteem of others.-Scott.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Nations Currency

All the paper currency Of the
United States is made at the bureau
Of engraving and printing at Wash
ington, coin money only being made
at the minis in various sections Of
the country.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

Observation platform-A porch
on the end of a fast train, where a
number Of strangers observe one an
other sourly.-Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Betrayed by Anger

The angriest person in a contro-
versy is the one most liable to be
In the wrong.-Tillotson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Soup for the Invalid

Before serving soup or beef tea
to a child or invalid, take a piece
of tissue paper and draw it two or
three times over the top. This will
remove every sign Of fat, which is
usually so Objectionable to invalids.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Getting His Vitamins

That king in Bible times who
was considered crazy because he
ate grass may have been the first
spinach addict.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Ancient Well Still U.ed

Excavations at Pompeii brought
to light an artesian well with a
number of connecting pipes. 1t still
furnishes a large quantity of water
which is used to supply the foun-
tains that have been unearthed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Temperature Tempered

If it were not for the earth's at
mOsphere, with its clouds and wa
ter vapor, the sun would raise the
temperature at the earth's surface
about so degrees higher than it is.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Friendship's Duty

There cannot be more worthy Inn
provement Of friendship than in a
fervent opposition to the sins Of
those whom we profess to love-
Hall.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Stocking Substitute

Women in oriental countries
stain their feet with henna, some
times binding their legs with rib
bons sandalwise before applying the
dye in order to produce a patterned
effect.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
The Unfair Sex

Whenever woman tells you
she's in the neighborhood of thirty,
she's usually in the wrong neigh
borhood.- Chicago American.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Can't Appreciate IL

Few modern city children have
ever seen runaway horse and, in
the apartments in which they live,
daddy can't explain it to them
Arkansas Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Whv Not Experiment?

It is fact that a chord played
on a violin in one room can draw a
sympathetic note from another in
strument or even a tumbler in q
different room. 1t is all a matter
Of vibrations Of the atmosphere.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Heavenly Benefcence

If mercy were not mingled with
his power, this wretched world
could not subsist one hour.-Sir
William Davenport.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Simple Formula

It isn't hard to build a resort
town. You just stock up with silly
souvenirs and charge too much
Akron Beacon-Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Alembic No Longer Used

An alembic is an apparatus for
distillation used chiefly by the al
chemists, and now superseded in
more convenient form Of still, both
in the laboratory and In the fac
tory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

crease Of 95S the pars primary vote in 1890
This year the party polled total Of 157008 votes
Democrats polled 105s19 this year a gain of
75,4O9 votes over the 1880 primary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Unmarried Mothers Honored

In Lille, France, there is a statue
of a mother and child which is
dedicated to war mothers who were
without benefit Of clergy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

Variation in Birds Nests
No two species of birds build ex-
actly the same sort of nest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07

A new diving machine, shaped
like a tadpole, and built to with
stand ocean pressure at 10000 feet
below the surface, has been per-
fected by q Cologne inventor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
World's Oldest Game

The oldest game in the world Is
dice-throwing. In some form or
another, dice have existed in every
period of history.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
Suns Mountains

The sun shows prominences that
rise to height Of almost 100000
miles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-07-07
History Shows IL

Wherever you see persecution,
there is more than a probability
that truth lies on the prosecuted
Side.-Latimer.