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The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

(COnIlnueQ from fdS6 tonSJ s~1
brambles. And the lake at it's feet,
again not natural, but a continue
tion of the larger lake above, which
was effected by the dam now main
tanned by the City in whose posses
sion it now rests. And you
youngsters are privileged to do
little moderate boasting. For can
it not be cited to our visitors that
the names of six or seven Sauk
Centerites are enrolled on the pages
of "Who's Who in America" Here
was the birth place of one who
afterwards served as Secretary of
one of our presidents. And was not
this also the birth place and boy
hood home of two authors, whose
fictions have a wide market even
beyond our country's boundaries.
One of these writers in his por-
trayal of an American character
has stamped a name permanently
upon the pages of Anglo-Saxon lit
erature. Lewis Babbit is as we'll
known in England as Dickens
is in the United States.
What about the future of our
little City? It is safe for it is in
the hands of the young. And this
is Just a repetition of the process,
for what we are so proud of now
was brought forth by the young Of
the old days. Youth can be trusted.
It will be quick to grasp the idea
that public welfare is entitled to
more consideration than mere per-
sonal advantage. It will be awake
to the sinister efforts now being
planned to gain financial control
of small communities like Faux
Centre, and twist them into the
service of a few huge municipali-
ties. And right here let it be said
that the insidious planning to rob
us of our resources has not arisen
from the minds of the young, it
has belched forth from the brains
of the grey-haired. Let it also be.
noted that is was a set of grey
haired gentlemen that gave us the
atrocious Treaty of Versailles.
Again I assert: Youth can be
It's vigor, its generosity,
its spontaneity and its innate ecu
men can be safely depended upon.
Plato says, Young people are near
er ideas than old men,. Oh Youth!
Youth! We who are passing on
salute you.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

ings from the patrol officers be-
cause of traffic law violations. This
list included 108 with improper
motor vehicle licenses; 222 for inn
proper passing of other vehicles;
1852 on account of improper park
ing; 437 with incorrect lights: 81
for placing other motorists in
jeopardy by passing on curves and
43 for passing at the crests of hills:
Failure to stop for arterial high
ways. Exceeding a reasonable
speed in congested areas caused 251
to have the attention of the officers.
while 96 were cautioned because of
cutting in on traffic in such manner
as to place other motorists in dang
er.
The campaign of the highway pa
troll to require all vehicles operat-
ing on the state trunk highways to
be properly equipped for safety
gives evidence of bearing fruit
from the statement that only 1859
were given tags because of illegal
equipment as compared with 1888
the pervious month. The classifica-
tions of violations for which the
larger number of tags were issued
reads: brakes 38; windshield wip-
ers 27; no rear-view mirror 40;
exhaust not muffled SO; rear lamp
not lighted 987; one head light out
512; glaring lights 1873; lamps out of
adjustment 10; no clearance lights
on extra wide vehicles 90.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

aged recluses, entered the case
when it was learned that the bones
of two dogs also had been found
in the ruins of the barn.
The bones were found on the
farm of Henry Abbott. Abbott and
his sons were in North Dakota
when fire destored their barn
Thursday night. Only Mrs. Abbott
was at home. Yesterday ABBOTT
returned and while poking through
the ruins found the remains. It
was believed that only by the kill.
ing of the dogs could any stranger
have entered the barn. The Abbott
farm is half way between the
farms of Henry Grage, who recent
ly was shot down by mysterious
man, and the farm of Mons JAG
OLSON, who was beaten and burned
to death in the manger of his
barn.
During the investigation of the
Grage killing, county authorities
sought a patient who had escaped
from the state hospital for the
insane. Grage was killed about two
weeks ago and Jacobson's death
occurred 10 days before that. Cur
tbs said he will send the bones to
the University of Minnesota for
further information and possible
Identification.
Mrs. Abbott was unable to give
authorities any information Of
value. She had seen the barn
burning Thursday night, but was
unable to do anything to save it.
he had noticed nothing else. The
sheriffs office pointed out that a
tramp might have entered the barn
and accidentally set it afire. How
ever, efforts will be made to iden-
tify the victim.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

America joined with Iceland on
July II in paying tribute to Left
Erickson, reputed discoverer of the
coast of North America in the year
1000. A statue of the explorer,
which was a gift of the United
States to Ericson's native Iceland.
was unveiled at Reykjavik, the
presentation being made by F. w.
K. Coleman, American minister to
Denmark.
About $1,000 fires in New York
City last year took a toll of 122
lives, including those of six fire.
men.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

SEX; Krain, Veronica Moonen;
Lake George Elizabeth Ley; Lake
Henry, Cyrilla Lesser; Lynden,
Mildred Karsten; Luxemberg,
Marie Steil; LeSauk, Dorothy L.
Shenton; Melrose, Mary L. Wicks;
Wildwood, Margaret Welchmann;
Munson, Edith Weis; Oak, Helen
Ostendorf; North Fork, Ruth Kjel-
dahl; Maine Prairie, Alvina Law
ler; Paynesville, Joseph Ample;
Raymond, Ida Steinhoff, Rock
Vile, Louise Meyer; Sauk Centre,
Leona Meyer; st. Wendell, Erwin
Stitch; st. Cloud, Mabel Gunder-
son; st. Joseph Raymond Pfan-
nenstein; st. Martin, Alexia Wach-
mann; st. Auusta, Irwin Block;
Spring Hill, Rose Winter; Wake
field, Marie Guggenberger; Zion,
Doroth Reeck.
Township Intelligence Champions
Albany, Maxine Syvrud; Avon,
Edward Lampert; Ashley, Patty
frisco; Brockway, Veronica
Schunemann; Collegeville, Edwin
A. cchleuter; Crow Lake, Lloyd
Westergard; Crow River, Audrey
Ogdahl; Eden Lake, Irene Ben
nett; Farming, Cordelia Linz; Fair
Haven, August Gehrke; Getty,
Malvina Gritzmacher; Grove;
James Welton; Holding, Roman
Ruff; Krain, Leonissa Lang; Lake
George, Elizabeth Ley; Lake
Henry, Margaret Schramel; Lux
emberg, Ida Schmidt; LeSauk,
Fred Christmann; Melrose, Lester
Kortner; Mllwood, Joseph Engle-
meyer; Munson, Loretta Flint;
Oak, Joseph Hoppe; North Fork,
Francis Lee; Maine Prairie, DON
aid Mckenzie; Paynesville, John
Carlock; Raymond, Marie Bisaill-
on; Rockville, Louise Mayer; st.
Wendell, Evelyn Theisen; st.
Cloud, Raymond Berger; st. JOS
eph, Alfred thinner; St.Martin, AL
exia Wachmann; st. Augusta,
Marian Feneis; Spring Hill, Rose
Winter; Wakefield, Verena Kell-
ner; Zion, June Cess; Lynden,
Eleanor HIM. -~....
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
Canadian ThistleS

Many grain shocks over Stearns
county show the presence of many
Canada thistles. Most of these
wooley bulbs of thistles seeds are
noted in oats, barley and spring
wheat, very few can be found in
winter wheat and none in winter
rye where the stand was good.
Where fields heavily infested with
thistles have been sown to winter
wheat and rye two years in sue
cession with the cultivation of the
ground between the first harvest
and the second sowing the number
of thistles have been reduced to
practically nothing.
A program of alfalfa, winter
rye and corn will practically clean
up thistle infestation on the fields
of any farm. Where the thistles
are found in woodlots and pastures
their spraying with sodium or cal
ciun chiorate, or regular cutting is
essential. The most practical con-
troll plan for thistles in fields is
with a suitable cropping program.
kAlldl1d SCCOiiiS 10 IiiO AioSS SAPSiA
sive method in a cropping scheme
but is 1000 effective with thistles
where a good stand is started.
Winter wheat and rye are effective
and involve no great cost than tho
growing of spring grain. An acre
of winter wheat usually gives as
many pounds of feed per acre as is
received from oats or barley and
in addition is harvested early
enough to keep thistles from go
ing to seed.
Winter wheat has been unpopu-
lar in time past because of winter
killing. New varieties developed
here in Minnesota such as Min
turki stand the winters in good
shape. More winter wheat should
be sown both as a feed crop and
as a central measuse for thisles. If
you do not know where to locate a
supply of winter hardy seed, the
County Farm Bureau office, st.
Cloud, can be of assistance.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
Time to Get Ready for
School Say Physicians
Parents Urged to Check Physical
CondidtiOn of Children Before
Opening of Fall Term.

st. Paul Aug. 1S-Getting ready
for the fall school term is regard
ed as a serious business by Mime
sofa physicians.
This weeks bulletin from the
Public Health Education Commit
tee of the Minnesota ftate Medi-
cal Association is devoted to
aspects of preparation for school
days that have to do with the
child's health.
No other one thing is going to
have such an important affect on
the child's happiness and success
in school as the state of his health
says the bulletin.
The undernourished or defective
child starts off with hands tied.
He cannot hope to keep up or
prosper in the keen competition of
the school room. More than that,
he will suffer grave damage if he
is allowed to try.
With school opening soon, every
where, the doctors urge that every
child who has not already had a
physical check over by his family
doctor should Immediately get
one.
Find out if the child's eyesight
and hearing are good; if his teeth
are cean and in good repair; if he
is gaining normally in weight and
strength or if he needs changes in
his diet or in his habits of eating,
the doctors cousel. Checking on
these things and making the nee
essary corrections will save money
to the family and the school. Be-
yound all that, however, it, will
give the child his chance to COM
pete on equal terms with his fel-
lows. 2,
School life involves a good many
health hazards that do not exist in
the usual well managed home, the
doctors go on. There are greatly
multiplied chances for coming in
contact with infectious diseases.
Protection by vaccination and i'm
munization against small pox and
diphtheria will reduce some Of
these hazards. Then if every par
ent will be alert ii recognize early
symptoms of illness, including the
common cold, and keep the child
at home until he has recovered he
will not only protect other child
rem but give his own child the
best chance to recover quickly.
There are excellent statistical stu
dies to show that absenteeism is
greatly cut down where this
simple procedure is followed.
Attention to the sanitary con-
ditions of the school itself and to
its lighting and heating facilities
are also urged by the doctors as
important to the child's welfare in
school.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
ACCIDENTAL SHOT
results in DEATH
Edward Hasselbring, Long
Prairie Wounded When
Revolver Discharges
DIES AN HOUR LATER
Bullet Enters Leg and Sewers
Artery-Funeral From M.
E. Church Tuesday
Long Prairie Leader

Edward Hasselbring died late
Saturday night at a local hospital
from loss of blood sustained when
he accidently shot himself with a
45 calibre revolver while sitting. in
his car parked on the Lake Lat
inner road between the old and
new No. highways. With him at
the time was his fiancee, Miss
Gertrude Lackmann, who brought
him to the hospital. He sustained
a wound in his right leg about
eight inches above the knee, the
bullet passing through the leg and
into the left leg about 10 inches
above the knee, serving an artery
and emerging from the left thigh
about IA inches above the knee. A
coroner's jury determined that
death was the result of an acci-
dent.
Miss Eacknann, who testified
before the jury, told a story which
is substantially as follows: Satur-
day evening she had an engage
ment with Edward Hasselbring,
who had promised to call for her
the. Reichert Hotel, where she is
employed at Z o'clock, the two
having arranged to make plans
for an, outing the following day.
Edward did not appear until 10
o'clock and then, according to
Miss Lackmann, she noticed that
he had been drinking. She got into
his automobile and they drove
south on the old Highway No. 4
until they reached the Lake Lati-
mer road, where they turned west,
parking their car in a meadow
about 300 yards east of the new
state highway. Miss Lackman is
not certain as to how long they
were parked there but approxi-
mately half hour after they had
arrived at that point, Edward
leaned toward her and as he did
so there was terrific report. He
staggered from the car and ran a
short distance and fell down. Miss
Lackmann ran to his assistance,
Edward got to his feet and tried
to walk back to the car, but COL
lapsed before he reach it. Miss
Lackmann did her best to lift him
into the car but he was too heavy.
Making him as comfortable as
possible, She took Hasselbrings
automobile and drove to the state
highway where she tried to stop
passing motorists.
A saleman who did not give his
name, was the first to stop but
when informed of what had occur
red, stated that they would need
further help. At that time Mrs. G.
F. Becker and her two sons, Carl
Beckep and Cyril Becker, who had
been visiting in Willmar, came
along the road and stopped. The
Becker. boys, together with the un-
known salesman, returned with
Miss Lackerman to the scene Of
the accident. Hasselbring was
placed in the car and Miss Lack
man drove him to the Van Valken-
burg hospital, accompanied by
Carl Becker.
Because of the serious nature of
the injury, it is doubtful whether
Edward would have survived his
wounds even had Miss Lackmann
been able to procure immediate
aid. The accident has shocked the
entire community, wnere the
young man was well known.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
July Is Busy Month for
Minnesota Highway Patrol
Bulletin Shows Nearly 100000 Mot
Orists Given Road Aid Report
Points Out

The summary of activities of
the state highway patrol taken
from the monthly report to Com
missioner Babcock and contained in
a recent highway bulletin shows
that July furnished many oppor-
tunities for patrol officers to rem
der assistance to Minnesota motor
lists.
Trunk highway travellers to to-
tai of $3.50 were given road infor-
nation or direct help of other
kinds. This, the report points out,
is nearly triple the number of mot
orists aided in June, which in itself
was counted a heavy month in that
Patrolmen attended 124 accidents
as compared with 80 in the preced-
ing month. First aid was given to
eleven persons involved in the ac-
cidents attended.
In addition to the large number
Of motorists given aid, another
group totaling 4,16s received warn
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
Nearly Half u. S. Farms
Carry Mortgage Debts
Ten Per Cent of Them Were
Delinquent Last of 1881, Fig
ures Reveal.

Fifty-eight per cent of Ameri-
can farms, operated by owners,
were free of mortgages in 1880,
while SO per cent were mortgage
free in 1920, Bureau of Census re-
ports show. Nearly all these mort
cages were made when land val
ues were high. Now with the
shrinkage of land values and the
loss in farm revenues, the indebt-
edness remains rigid. But with
this shrinkage in values and re-
venues there has been no CORES
ponding reduction in taxes on this
land. Farmers are still paying
taxes on the basis of the old high
land values, and former higher
prices for their products, accord
ing to James P. Mcdonnell, vice
pesident of the. Minnesota Tax
payers Association. Farm values
are down, farm earnings are down
but farm taxes do not yield to the
changed status of the farmer.
While information on delin-
quency of farm mortgages as a
whole is not available, the delin-
quencies with joint stock land
banks alone is more than ten per-
cent of the number of farms mort
gagged, while farm loans are a
trifle less than ten per cent. This
means, of course, that an average
of ten farmers out of 100 are delin-
quent on their farm mortgages.
An official the other day, charg-
ed that tax delinquence were, due
to propaganda from tax groups,
but would he charge that farm
mortgages foreclosure increases
were due to propaganda, or to the
desire of the farmer not to pay his
taxes when at the same time the
farmer is losing his farm and his
home? Mcdonnell asked.
The farmers income has drop
ped AZ per cent in two years. It
was nearly eleven billions in 1929;
it IS less than seven billions now.
But taxes. as a whole, have been
going upward.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
Joy Bath Takes Out
CORNS
New English Way

Now you can dance to your
hearts content, run and walk and
have good feet free from corns, cal
ouses and hard skin.
The soreness, aching and burn
ing quits with one exhilerating
Radox Baths or baths, as many
nights in succession and you lift
out corns roots and all.
No more foot agony-instead
strong, vigorous feet that will never
go back on you. o. w. Dowswell,
druggist, sells Radox-so do all
leading druggists.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
Sank Centre Wins From
Old Enemy Sunday
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the play being made at home. The
umpire called Hopkins out but the
catcher had dropped the ball and
the umpire was forced to call him
safe. The game was over, Sauk
Centre had won. However, the ex-
citement was not over for the Mel
rose catcher took a swipe at Hop
kins and not to be taken in so cas-
lily he came back, but no damage
was done. The game wound up in
.old-time Melrose-Sauk Centre fash
ion, a mighty hard win for the 10
Gals and an added touch of excite
ment for the fans.
Sauk Centre had men on bases in
every inning; in the second and
fourth men were at third but un-
able to score. Melrose did not
reach first until the seventh. Holt
played a dandy game and Mayors
played a good game around first
base. Only one putout was made
in the outfield and the support of
the infield was the best of the sea-
SON. s.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

sired to head Minnesota's state
government. T. o. Streissguth for
Lieutenant Governor, Mike Holm
for Secretary of State, Julius A.
Schmahl for State Treasurer, Henry
N. Benson for Attorney General,
and Oscar A. Swenson for Railroad
and Warehouse Commissioner, all
have enthusiastic followings.
"The opinion everywhere is that
Minnesota Republicans present
candidates and a platform this year
that meet with the approval of the
thinking people, and there is a spir-
it of confidence and harmony every
where.
Presenting solid, united, har-
monious front-the Republican
campaign of 1892 in Minnesota will
be one that will prove its case"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
Melrose Z; Sauk Centre Boys 4

Melrose Z; SAuk Centre Boys 4
Saturday afternoon the Junior
team, of this city, motored to Mel
rose in three cars to meet Junior
team from that city. Earlier in the
season the local boys were defeat
ed by the score of 80 to and later
by the score of 16 to 8. The score
Saturday was gratifying to those in
terested as it showed considerable
improvement in playing.
In the first inning the local boys
got off to a bad start, Brown, first
UP, hit safe; E. Kuhlman was safe
on an error at short; P. Gallagher
was safe when the play was made
at second and missed; c. Gallagher
was safe when the shortstop ran
into the third baseman on an easy
fly just back of the baseline, and
Brown scored; Hoehl hit safe and
E. Kuhlman scored; R. Kuhlman
hit safe and Hoehl scored; Wallen-
tiny was safe when the play was
made to catch Kuhlman first to sec
ond; Weisser few out to center
field; and Rolfzen was taken second
to first. Four hits two errors and
five scores. ..- ..
Sank Centre was taken one two
three in the first inning, but in the
second they came back with two
scores. Degree was safe on an
error on the pitcher and he stole
second base; White was walked
and Degree stole third and White
went to second on the first pitch;
Thiegs was walked and Degree
came home when the play was
made at third and missed; White
scored when Thiegs was caught
to steal second; Walker
famed and Ethan followed suit.
Two walks, two errors and two
runs. =
Melrose was unable to score in
the second and third. Sauk Cen
tre scored in the third when Flem-
ing hit safe; Kruger flew out to
first base on a lucky catch; Ed
wards hit safe and Fleming went to
third; Degree hit safe and Fleming
scored; White few out to second.
Three hits, no errors, one run.
In the fourth Melrose scored one
run. An error at second and Rolf
zen stole second base; and came
home after two were down and
Gallagher hit safe. Another run
came in the sixth for Melrose with
another error at second allowing
Rolfzen to remain at first, he stole
second and third and scored on
Budde's hit; e. Kuhlman was safe
on an error at short; Budde was
out third to catcher; E. Kuhlman
was caught in a jack pot and went
out pitcher to third; Gallagher,
who was safe on a fielder's choice
was caught when Edwards threw
to third base.
Sank Centre scored another run
In the seventh, although in the
third Melrose changed pitchers. A
great big fellow with lots of speed
famed out three local batters in
The fourth, two in the fifth, three in
the sixth. The first man in the
was famed; Ethan was
safe on an error on the catcher
when he missed the third strike;
he stole second and went to third
and scored on a passed ball, Flem-
ing was walked and Kruger famed
70 end the game.
In every game played this year
the localss.met teams composed Of
larger boys, who have had more
baseball experience and also had
greater hitting power. However,
they have won four out of eight
games. played, a good record for
the first year Of play.
Plans are being made to form a
league of junior teams in this sec
ton next year and promises have
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
Another Mystery
Killing at Fergus
Charred Bones Found in Ruins of
Barn Near Spot of Two Other
Murders

Fergus Falls Aug. 15.-Fear that
an escaped maniac is responsible
for a third mysterious killing
in the region north Of Fergus
Falls grew today as county author
tiles studied charred remains of a
human being in a burned barn.
Coroner J. L. Curtis removed
half a dozen bone fragments, in
cluding jawbone and teeth to his
office. The Sheriffs office which
has been seeking a solution of two
previous killings, those of two
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
Summary

Earned runs: Sauk Centre 1;
Melrose 1.
First base on balls; off Weisser
3; Kuhlman 2; Edwards 1.
Struck out by Weisser 8; Kuhl-
man IL; Edwards o.
Left on bases: Sauk Centre 8;
Melrose 5.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

Two base hits-A. Schwanke, j..
Nelson; Three base hits-D. YES
ledahl, R. Halverson. Stolen bases
w. Halverson, Nugent. Double
plays-D. Vesledahl to L. Nelson.
Struck out-By Lewis 9; by Gill
bertson 2; Shelso 6.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

From a college entrance examin-
alton paper. Justices of the Su-
preme Court are subject to good
behavior, and if found guilty they
are impeached."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
$50 Students of Graded
and Rural Schools at Fair
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Eden Lake, Lorraine Thomas;
Farming, Werner Schadegg; Fair
Haven, Martha Bunko; Getty,
Eileen Kennedy; Grove, James
Welton; Holding Joseph Philip
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

Summary:
Earned runs: Melrose o; Sauk
Centre /.
Struck out by Matchinsky 8; by
Soltau 6.
Base on balls off Matchinsky 5;
Soltau o.
Left on bases: Sauk Centre z;
Melrose 4.
Hit by pitcher: Hopkins by
Matchinsky.
Stolen bases: Butler, Dahlem,
Mayors.
Wild pitch: Soltau.
Umpires: Thiegs and Lemm.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

Burch, C. Anderson to A. Lohn to
H. Gerstenkorn. Struck out-By
Karels 2; by Lohn 2; Sonstegard, 4.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18
SUM-, MON, AUG. 21-22
FAST COMPAN-
IONS" ~

With Tom Brown, James Gleason,
Maureen O'Sullivan (the Tarzan
girD, Mickey Rooney, Andy Devine.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

that the and now before the
the Water Plant
by adopted the and speca
7:S0 p M at the
received and considered for the
accompanied by certified check
payable the Treasurer of the City
forfeited the City unless the bidder bid is
secih
reject all bids to be reserved
publishing notice the official
of the City. T.
seconded and carried
Adjournment.
.--. A. E. MacDERMoND,
The Sauk Centre herald., 1932-08-18

been made that the boys will be
furnished with uniforms.
Score by innings: