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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-09-14

THE question of the proper dis
posal of the Sewage of Sank Cen
tire has confronted the City Coun-
Gil for many years.
The Minnesota Department of
Health has been investigating the
situation in the smaller centers of
population with the idea of improv-
ing sanitary conditions.
They were not justified, however,
IN forcing the smaller cities to rad
ically change their systems as long
as Minneapolis and St. Paul were
even more fragrant violators of the
sanitary laws than were the small
towns The 1888 session of the Min
nesota legislature enacted a law
agreeable to and affecting both
cities, looking to the remedying of
the situation
In view of the large number of
unemployed in Sank Centre, with
winter coming on, and taking into
consideration that there is an op-
portunity to secure financial aid
from the Federal Government to
carry out a sewage disposal plant
the City Council authorized Attor-
ney l. l.. Kells to communicate with
cities in this section of Minnesota
having or erecting disposal plants
and gather as much data as pos
sible to guide this city in any plans
they might have for the immediate
future.
Tuesday morning a delegation
consisting of Mayor w. E. DeLaur-
Ter, City Clerk J. F. Cooper, City
Attorney L. L. Kells, President Of
the Council Frank Pangburn, and
Aldermen John Mondloch and
Ralph Steffes; DR.. A. F. Moynihan,
president, George O'Gara, DR.. II. 2.
Hennemann, Secretary Arthur Nc
Dermond, Of the Water Light and
Power Commission, and Asa M.
Wallace, of the Herald, visited four
cities, Staples, Wadena, Alexandria
anad Glenwood.
The delegation left Sank Centre
at 7:30 A. NJ, arriving at Staples
shortly before 900. They were ac-
lcompanied by Engineer Henry
Nordland, who specializes in the
designing and construction Of sew
age disposal plants.
While the Staples plant is quite
effective it was built several years
ago and is somewhat obsolete as
compared with modern plants. The
buildings were locked and it was
only possible to make casual in
lspection.
Wadena has about completed
modern plant designed and super
vised by Mr.. Nordland. This plant
will replace a small and obsolete
one erected years ago near the new
one. The contract price for the
buildings and machinery is $50, 700.
Added to this is three acres Of
land purchased at a cost Of $1,1OO
and the engineers fees which will
bring the grand total to about
$35 900.
There are three buildings, a
small pump house in which will be
installed two five-horse electric
motors, planned to work alternate
Ily. These pumps force the sewage
into the sledge house raised at quite
high altitude. Besides a large
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-09-14
Sewage Plant
Cons.,i
By Council
State Health Department Will
Insist Action Be Taken
Very Soon
FOUR PLANTS VISITED
City Hopes to Secure Federal
Ald-Total Cost Approx
mately $4,000

The City Council met with
Engineer NOrland this Thurs.
day morning at 1000 O'Clock.
After a short discussion of the
problem they voted 20 accent
MS proposition to make a COM
plete survey of the entire sew
erage situation, draw plans and
specifications for the sewerage
disposal plant and furnish blue
prints for the City, the Mime
sofa Department of Health and
the Federal Government. In
the event that the City decides
to construct the plant and MIR.
Nordland is employed as enpi-
neer the $3.50 paid him by the
city will be deducted from his
engineering fee Of five per cent
OF the construction cost. The
survey will be started and COM
pieted as quick as expedient.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-09-14

A Growing hen that is good egg
layer Is curiosity in a flock Of 30
chickens on the farm Of Mrs. Will
liam s. Gillespie, Of Charlton, Mass.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Strength Continues
In Chemical Prices

Additional price strength was
manifested in the markets for
heavy and fine chemicals last
week, the Oil, Paint and Drug Re-
porter says in its current issue.
Business was slowed up by the
holiday, and demand in most sec
tions was irregular. Responses to
the contraseaSonal squirt in the
automotive industry were notice
able.
Higher prices were named for
silicate of soda, quicksilver, chry-
sarobin, and English vermilion,
also on carbon black in 1884 con-
tracts. Some minor fertilizer ma
terials were higher. Quotations
on crude iodine and imported tar
taric acid were again reduced.
The Reporters composite index
number for prices of heavy and
fine chemicals rose slightly, from
1877 to 1911 compared with Au-
gust /. 1914, as 1000. In compari-
son with average prices in 1926
(as 1000, the Reporters index
number is now 80, against 1877 at
this time last year.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
LAUDS
NRA RESULTS

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 4.
J. C. Penney, founder and chair
man of the ]. C. Penney Co., in
an interview here, said that in
his opinion the NRA is leading
in the right direction; that some
thing has caused conditions to
improve, and he is willing to give
the credit to this new policy Of
conducting business activities.
He says he finds Utah and the
rest of the intermountain region
travelling right along with the
rest Of the country toward re-
covery, and believes all business
should honestly cooperate to fur
ther the aims Of President RooSe-
welt, whose accomplishments in
the past few months he declares
brilliant.
Mr.. Penney declares the day of
unrestricted enterprise and cut
throat competition is 4 thing of
the past, and that the Govern
ment is assuming the position of
regulating business without at
tempting to run it. If that, with
the deliberate redistribution of
wealth through higher wages and
taxes, is Socialism, then he says,
we have Socialism,
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Arguments on Holding
Bonds Are Outlined

do not strengthen our "funda-
mental baSe," because we are not
on gold standard, and have no
assurance that we will be. They
ask, how can gold buying
strengthen the money base if we
do not know that it will be used
for the purpoes.
Again they argue that it is
probable that if we do return to
gold, the standard dollar will be
smaller and have less purchasing
power. So they insist on selling
dollars as long as the present dol
lar is bigger than the smaller gold
dollar to be expected in the
future.
Doubts on Bonds
AS to bonds and 1925 prices,
they argue on the other side as
follows:
1. Assuming that prices can be
raised to 1925 levels. can they
be stopped there? How do we
know that initiation can be con-
trolled?"
2. Some say, we bought our
bonds before the war, or in the
last year or two, what about us?
8. Others say we were not salts
fled in 1926, but we held our
bonds through 1925 and later be-
cause we confidently expected the
usual ups and downs of the bust
ness cycle, and looked forward
to just such a restoration of the
purchasing power of the dollar
as occurred after 1929.
Chances for Profits
We are prepared to hold our
bonds now if we are subjected to
only the risks of business and
gold money fluctuations. But if
now our dollars are to be cut
in two permanently, we will sell
our bonds now for IS cents or
80 cents on the dollar and per-
haps buy 5O-cent-dollar bonds
later.
4. They say, 1--WE do not be-
lieve prices, if left alone, will
rise to 1926 levels, but if they
should rise naturally without arti'
ficial dollar depreciation we could
at least protect ourselves. II
prices just returned" to 1926
they would do so gradually and
as result of improving busi
ness. The bond market would
not be loaded down with increas'
ing Government issues.
These are some of the argu
ments on both sides. There has
been of late a considerable flight
from the dollar as the Govern
ment itself has sold dollars, and
bondholders are worried. Ar
they right?
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Money Uncertainty
Defied by Business

In its weekly summary of the
general business situation, the
Standard Statistics pany,
says that despite continuing
widespread uncertainty over the
final outcome of the monetary
experiment. business activity in
the aggregate is giving unnis-
taxable evidence Of stabilizing,
following the recession of the past
three months. The review COM
ments:
"The most favorable current
trend continues to he provided
by the seasonal revival in re-
tail trade, stimulated, as it is,
by increased net returns in the
agricultural regions and by a
gradually expanding total of
wages paid to industiaI en-
DIOyeS."
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

and transferring their funds into
gold abroad or foreign currencles,
justified in their fears OF the
dollar?
Are those who are selling
bonds warranted by the facts?
These are important questions
which we should weigh we'll. Two
arguments have recently been
put forth which maintain that
the flight from the dollar and
from dollar bonds is not justi-
fled. They are as follows:
l. Every ounce of gold pur-
chased and every cent Of de-
valuation increases, not decreases,
the fundamental base for a
sound money-credit system.
2. No holder of cash or bonds
has any just complaint if prices
return to the 1925 level, since
that level represents the average
price at which most of our debts
were contracted, and bond
holders were satisfied in 1926.
It is also argued that at 1925
prices bonds would be more
secure.
On the Other Side
Like many problems in eco
nomics, there are considerations
on the other side. In this case,
we find people reasoning as fol-
lows:
AS to buying gold and depreciat-
ing the dollar, they say that the
nation does not need more gold
that we already have more than
our share of the worlds gold.
They not only ask why, since
we have so much gold, we do not
return to the gold standard; but
also ask why we do not keep the
dollar as valuable as formerly,
since we are actually increasing
our already large gold base.
Question Basic Strength
They argue that the additional
ounces of gold being bought now
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
BONDS POINTED
Up IN WARY
TRADING

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 GNS).
The bond market showed a some
what hesitant tone in forenoon
trading today, with rails and in
vestment grade loans pointing
higher.
Northern Pacific IS stood out in
i, the carrier list with a gain Of
nearly a point, while minor gains
were chalked up in Rock Island
general As, st. Paul SIS A, Kansas
City Southern IS and Nickelplate
AIS.
Atchison general As, American
Telephone IS of '65, and Consoli'
dated Gas 51as were among the
prime investment obligations to
make fractional headway.
United States Governments
held narrowly, with the Treasury
Ss up and Treasury 4As Of AS
up slightly.
Fench Is tumbled 3 points to
157 in the foreign group, on the
weakness of the franc in the ex-
cks - markets. German 12s
sag I'd nearly point.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
NeW York City Bank
Issues Hold Levels

The New York city bank stock
market held firm during the
past week, closing slightly above
the levels of the previous week.
The aggregate market value of
Is leading issues as compiled by
Holt, Rose & Troster was ST.
146, 10000 as of December l.,
compared with $1,142, 100000 at
the close on November "a, an in
crease of $3,769, 900, or .33 per
cent.
The current average yield of
the Is stocks of 6.84 per cent
compares with a yield of 6.86
per cent on November "a. The
current market value is now
"a times known book value, un-
changed. Based upon current
figures the 16 stocks are now
quoted at an average of go times
known earnings, also unchanged.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
COTTON EASIER
AND DEALINGS
RESTRICTED

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 QN.So.
There was an easier tone in cot
ton futures today and trading
was in restricted volume.
Selling was chiefly in the form
of hedge and Southern offerings.
Routine Trade Orders
Routine trade buying orders
and purchases for Liverpool and
the Continent furnished the main
sources of support.
The unchanged gold purchase
price and renewed rumorS Of i'm
pending stabilization made for
the continued dullness of the
market and the lower trend IN
prices.
It was conceded that decreased
price-fixing might be expected
in line with usual seasonal decline
in December consumption. But
forward mill business might come
sooner as a result of congressional
lntlatlonary agitation.
Weather Outlook Wet
The long-range weather fore
cast for the week indicates
showers in the Central and East
Gulf States at the beginning and
more general showers the latter
part of the week. Southern
Plains and West Gulf States fair
with rising temperatures at be-
ginning followed by local rains
middle or latter part of week,
followed by colder.
Midday prices were off to II
points with December off 10 at
$50, January off 9 at 985, May
off 10 at 1910, and october off
II at 1914.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
PRICE CHANGES
ARE SMALL
ON CURB

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 0.N.S0-
The Curb Market displayed irreg1l-
larity in restricted dealings today.
with absence Of speculative inter"
est making for minor price
changes in the run of active
favoriteS.
Liquor Shares Ease
Alcohol shares eased, after .
promising start, with Hiram
Walker sagging more than
point from its first hour high
and nominal declines recorded in
Distillers Seagrams and Canadian
Industrial Alcohol A.
Utilities were inclined toward
firmness, with Electric Bond and
Share, American Gas and Electric,
American Superpower. and Con-
Solidated Gas of Baltimore among
the issues to top previous closing
levels.
Weakness in foreign currencies
brought scattered selling into the
metal list Lake Shore was off
u at At, Newmont was down "a
at so, and Pioneer was off "a at
9A.
A. & P. Advance Features
Great Atlantic and Pacific
Stores featured the specialtieS
with an advance of ~ points to
13412. Quaker Oats, in one of its
infrequent appearances, showed q
loss of 2A points at 12434. Oils
were mixed.
Cities Service held unchanged
at its low for the year at Ia.
The debentures dipped u to 80.
Curb Bonds were quiet and gen.
orally steady.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Spot Cotton in Good
Demand at Liverpool

LIVERPOOL. Dec. 4 (IN.S.).-
There was a good demand for
spot cotton at the opening today
with prices easier. There were
no receipts.
At midday middling fair was
quoted at .6.26d; strict good mid.
ding 5.81d; good middling 5.51d:
strict middling 5.31d; middling
5.16d; strict low middling sold:
low middling 476d; strict good
ordinary 4.56d; and good ordinary
426d.
Futures opened steady with
January at 497d; March 4.99d;
May 5.00d, and July sold.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
GicqgoM Mart
Volume Rises

CHICAGO. Dec. 4.-Busi.
ness interests in this district
reported last week that there
was much to be thankful for
as the volume Of trade was
growing moderately in almost
all lines, and, although
profits were rather diSap-
pointing, they we're better
than a year ago.
Moreover, more labor was
being employed and millions
upon millions of dollars were
being expended by the Fed
eral and State governments
for all classes Of improve
ments.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Philippines Export
u. s. More RalU SuQaT'

Exports of Philippine raw sugar
to the United States during the
first half of November totaled 49,
500 tons, compared with 26,52O
last year, an increase of 1858 per
cent, while refined shipments
amounted to 3,756, an increase
Of 1923 per cent over like 1882
period, according to the New York
Coffee and Sugar Exchange.
The current crop is estimated
at 1,350,00O tons, the largest out
put in the history Of the island.
Production last year was 1,145,341
tons.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
CHICAGO GRAINS
MAKE LITTLE
HEADWAY

HICAGO Dec. 4 G.N.S0.
Grains hovered around previous
closing levels in a quiet trade to-
day. Speculative interest was at
low ebb and the market moved
swiftly on a small turnover.
Wheat opened "a to 5sc lower,
then recovered, being unchanged
to Hc advanced near mid-session.
Corn and other grains were
steady to easy, corn being un-
changed to 1sc lower near mid
session. Oats and rye were un-
changed to 2sc down.
Foreign markets were steady to
firm. Opening prices were:
Wheat - December, 8li; May,
831a@84c; July, 821ac.
Corn December. 42A@42Bc;
May, soc; July, 5124c.
Oats December, 313sc; May,
34H@343sc; July, 3212@33c.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04

the rising quo
tations for gold
and for pounds
sterling.
B o ndholderS
are concerned
about the value
of dollar bonds,
as seen in the
weakness of all
h / g h 6 r a d e
b IN dS which
are not con-
Vertible in t o
stock.
Are those who
GGfI - ~
from the dollar
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
COAST SHIPPING sPURTs

spurts in export shipping for
the past several weeks are Great
ing a small boom in Pacific Coast
exporting and shipping circles,
according to a weekly comment
on Far Western business by the
Bank of America California; {.
The increased activity is attrib-
uted to a shortage of domestic
fruit crops in Europe and bounty
wheat" movements of the Pacific
Northwest, as we'll as depreci-
ated dollar.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
NEW YORK PRODUCE

NEW YORK, Dec 1 G.N.s).-Butter
steady, salted and unsalted. Creamery,
higher scoring, 231s @24hc; creamery
extras, 23hc; creamery firsts. NV q
221ac; ladies fresh extras, ITO 917hc.
Cheese-Firm, average run 12c Wis
consin whole milk, fancy young Amer
leans, fresh, 12% 01S15c.
Eggs-Firm, nearby white specials
S3633hc; standards. 29@32c; mediums.
2l125c; nearby brown specials, 81 Q36c;
standards, 29@3Oc; mixed specials, 80 q
34c; standards 29c: first, FAC; medium,
17hc; Pacific Coast, white fancy packs
33I 634c; standards, 32@SSc; mediums,
The wholesale price is s2,S3 per 100
pounds No. l fluid milk within the 2Ol'
210 mile zone.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
CLEVELAND LIVESTOCK

CLEVELAND Dec G.N.S.).-Hogs-
Receipts 1.6OO; market fairly active
10c higher; demand entirely on good
hogs
cattle 25c higher; heavy cattle steady
Calves-Recetpts 400; market active
and strong to soc higher. top IS;
good calves, mostly $3.50.
Sheep-Receipts $500; market active
and steady on choice lambs. commoner
kind a little slow
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
GOOdBuSiness
NewS Notes

Rise In steel operations
predicted this week. .OctO-
ber sales of electrical refrig-
orator "a per cent above like
month in 1892. Automobile
exports in October higher
than in September Flour
prices advanced by Mime
apOlis millers. Trading vol
ume on Commodity Exchange
Inc. scars in November. :.
Lake ore shipments in No
vember more than treble
those Of year ago. .Hagers-
town cement plant recalls 300
employees for New Years re-
opening. Pontiac car sales
in November more than dOu-
BILE those in like 1882 period.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
WESTERN DAIRY PRICES

CHICAGO. Dec. 4 G.N.SD.
Butter-Receipts, 16.1O4 tubs market
unsettled. Old cars, 20; new, 30
Creamery extras, 21ls G2124c; standa rds,
zoe: extra firsts. 1919 62Ohc; firsts,
22@22%c
Eggs-Receipts 652 cases: market
steady. Ordinary current receipts la
19c; fresh graded extra firsts, 24c: fresh
checks. 1O011c
Cheese-Twins. 11st @12c; daisies and
lonKhOrnS 12E m12Ihc
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
CLOTH MARKET DULL

NEW YORK, Dec. N.N s.).-The
coarse yarn cloths market was quiet
and generally unchanged today. Despite
the very light inquiry, Mills showed
no disposition to shade prices, and
such second hand offerings as came
up involved only minor quantities.
usually at close to first hand quota tions
The hesitance in buying was blamed
most generally on the uncertainty over
the monetary situation and the failure
of retailers TO buy finished goods and
garments
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
BRITISH STOCKS UP

The index of the Financial
News Of 80 industrial shares,
based on the average of 1923 at
100, stood on November 80 at
81.5, against $40 the week be-
fore, $40 a month ago, and 64.6
a year ago. The low record was
51.3, at the end of May, 1892.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
SCIENCE LECTURE

.."Christian Science Illumines
Prayer" will be the subject of a
lecture to be given tomorrow night
by Gavin w. Allan, c. S. B., of
Toronto, Canada, in the First
Church of Christ, Scientist, Co.
lumbia Road and Euclid Street,
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
EARTHQUAKES, TOPIC

DR.. Harry o. Wood, of the Car
negie Institution will give an il
lustrated lecture on earthquakes
tomorrow night. Tickets for the
lecture may be obtained at the
Administration Building, Sixteenth
and P Streets, Northwest.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
Weekly Food Index
Drops Three Gents
International News Service

Continued weakness in prices
of wholesale foodstuffs was re-
flected in the weekly food index
of Dun and Bradstreet, which fell
from $1.96 last week to $1.93 for
November %.
Only two commodities advanced,
mess pork and lambs. Flour
wheat, rye, corn, oats, barley,
hams, bellies, lard, cottonseed oil,
beans, eggs and hogs declined.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
AMERICAN GAS NET

American Gas and Electric
October net income amounted to
$776,97O and surplus after pre-
ferred dividends totaled $599,158,
compared with $931,956 and
$754.044, respectively, in october,
1892
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
TRACTION LINE GAINS

Electric railway and city bus
lines in the United States re-
ported an increase in passenger
traffic for October, according to
figures issued yesterday by the
American Transit Association.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
WOOL MARKET

NEW, YORK. Dec. 4 Wool
and Pennsylvania, 2764Sc; domestic
pulled. secured basis. S7c@s1: domestic
Texas, clean basis, 729s5c; domestic
territorSS clean basis. 65 O. $50.
The Washington times., 1933-12-04
BRITISH FINANCING

Midland Bank reports that new
capital issues in Great Britain in
amounted to E12, 1856 .859,
against 10,S07,0 7,07s a year ago.