The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-13
Looking Back
Through Time
Excerpts From The Herald Thurs
day, April 10, 1918, Items of
Twenty Years Ago

Three farmers, namely Henry
Borgmann, Frank Peschek and
Harry Hooper, are conducting ex-
pertinent stations on their farms at
the expense of Jas. j. Hill, railway
magnate and farmer Mr.. Hills
idea is to test different soils in five
acre tracts with different grains.
Samples of soil are taken and plac-
ed in three pots. In each pot are
placed the seeds and each is treat
ed with phosphorus, nitrogen and
potash. In the case of Mr.. Borg
mann, who is giving a barley dem
onstration, the soil did best when
it was treated with all three ele-
ments. Mr.. Pesheck, who is hand
ling oats, had a different exper-
fence. He secured the best results
when the soil was treated with
phosphorus. Harry Hooper's plot
Of wheat showed better when the
soil was treated with nitrogen.
The Minneapolis Journal of April
prints the following story: BE
lieving that he is part heir to a
mountain in Luxembourg containing
valuable iron deposits, Frank e.
Minette, a member of the legisla-
ture from Sank Centre, will leave
this summer for a visit to the old
country to make a personal inspec-
ton of the land. Forty years ago
the Minette family had as a portion
of their estate in Belgium a large
hill known as Minette's hill. Land
at that time was considered prac-
tically worthless. It has since de-
veloped that rich ore is being mined
in that locality and that iron mas
been found in the hill. Mr.. Mi
nette does not believe that the land
has passed from the possession of
the family"
The Sank Centre public schools
reopened Monday morning after a
weeks vacation with the enrolment
of about $50, of which number a lit
tie over 100 are in the high school.
On Saturday some twenty ladies
assembled at the home Of v. l..
Burgess to assist Mrs. Cooley to
celebrate her birthday. Dainty re-
freshments were served and a very
pleasant time was had by all.
During 1912 there were 80 births
and Is deaths in the City Of Sank
Centre; there were 10 births and z
deaths in Sank Centre town.
J. A. Everett, Past Commander
of the Department of Minnesota,
State Grand Army of the Republic,
has been secured to deliver the ad-
dress in Sank Centre on Memorial
day.
The Ashley Valley Farmers Club
held an enthusiastic meeting in the
Parker school house Friday even
ing, April 4. New officers were cleo
ted as follows: s. D. Jardine, Pres;
Anton Jung, Vice Pres; B. J. Bon
ner, Secretary and Treasurer.
Asa M. Wallace, deputy fire mar
shall, was in Sank Centre Wednes-
day enroute to Grey Eagle. Mr..
Wallace owns the Fairfax Standard,
one of the live newspapers of CEN
trail Minnesota.
Lieutenant H. L. Lamb, Of the
Third Regiment, Minnesota Nation
al Guard, took the members Of the
hospital corps to st. Paul Friday
for inspection by a medical officer
in the regular army. Those who
made the trip were: Al Minette, Roy
Hooper, L. H. VanCamp, Geo. Con-
key, H. T. Austin, Julian Parker.
The April number of School
Spectator" the organ of the Sank
Centre High School, is out and a
very creditable one it is. Business
Manager Leo Schoenhoff says the
financial end of the project has pro-
crossed satisfactorily thus far and
he thinks the venture will at least
play even."