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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-17

tent man to supervise the work.
His proposition was accepted and
the oil to be ordered as soon as
streets could be put in proper con-
dition.
A committee from the Commun-
ity Club appeared before the Coun-
Gil and stated the Community Club
had been considering for some time
an Athletic Field. That the Com
munity Club had two locations un-
der consideration, one the Jones
Lots on Ash street and the other
some 10 acres of the Mike Wernig
land west of the lake and north of
the N. P. tracks. That the Club
went on record in favor of the
Jones Lots and asked the Council
if an appropriation could be made
for part of the purchase price.
Some objections were made by
owners of property in the Jones
Lots vacinity, not to the Field, but
to its location and so after con-
siderable consideration and discus
sion, the Council voted further con-
sideration be laid over until next
spring.
A petition was presented by res
idents on Maple Street between Bird
Street and the G. N. r. r. asking
that. the street be sprinkled owing
to the excessive truck and car traf-
fic on this street by reason of the
markets on the G. N. tracks. Ow-
ing to like demands from other
parts of the City, the Council fear
ed more demands would be made
than the City could handle; action
was deferred.
The sidewalk in front of the
Armory was reported in dangerous
condition and entirely beyond re-
pairs. The Clerk was instructed to
notify Capt. r. L. Scott to con-
struct a new walk within 80 days
or the City would construct the
walk under Chapter 1874 of the City
Ordinances and charge and assess
the cost to the property.
Sieben and Gilbertson applied for
Pool Table Licenses and present
ed their check for $4,000 in pay
ment of same. The license was
granted.
The Water, Light & Power Com
mission filed it's quarterly State
ment as of July 1st.
The Clerk presented the propos-
ed Budget which the Council laid
over until August 9Th.
The bill of Mclaughlin, Noreen
& Co. of $4,000 for balance of con-
tract price of auditing the City
Books was rejected. The Clerk
was directed to so advise this
Company and demand the return
of $4,000 already paid them on
account of this contract on the
grounds that their audit was in
correct and of no value.
The Clerk reported having drawn
Order No. 1912 for $957.36 in favor
of the w. L. & p. Commission for
it's July bill which was not present
ed until after the July meeting,
which was approved. D.,
The Clerk reported having drawn
Orders No. 1913 to 1861 inclusive
in payment of the regular pay roll
and fixed charges which was con-
firmed. y z =. .5..-,. Il
The following bills were audited,
allowed and ordered paid, viz:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-17
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to all friends and the men,
bers of the Odd Fellow Lodge, who
so kindly assisted us at the time
of the death and at the funeral Of
our brother and uncle, John ].
Hickman. We also wish to extend
thanks for the beautiful floral Of
ferings.
Mrs. E. II. Cooley.
Mrs. c. A. Hutchinson.
Mrs. A. w. Cooley.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. L. Burgess.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE HERALD
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Inc COuOlItOu Oh corn Aug. i was
II per cent of normal with fore
cast production of 147, $50 900 BUSH
els, compared with the estimated
production a month ago Of 161, $780,
600 bushels, and the final produc-
ton in 1882 of 176, 900 bushels.
In most of the southern districts
corn still promises good crop and
the early corn is beginning to dent.
However, in the dry area corn has
badly fired and the yields will be
very low. Some is now harvested
for fodder and silage.
The. preliminary acre yield of
winter wheat was placed at Is
bushels and the total production at
100000 bushels. Most of the whit
er wheat escaped heat damage es-
pecially in the more important
wheat areas. The final production
in 1892 was 3,423, 900 bushels. The
Aug. condition of durum wheat
was so per cent of normal with a
forects production the same as
on July 1 of 100000 bushels. Most
of the durum wheat is produced in
the Red River Valley where the
general crop conditions are fair.
The final production in 1882 was L.
638, 900 bushels. Other spring wheat
condition on Aug. was At per cent
of normal and the forecast produc-
ton was 10,188,OOO bushels, as the
same as reported on July 1. The
1882 final production was 14,445, 900
bushels.
Rye yield per acre was reported
at 1875 bushels or total produc-
ton of 3,375,OO0 bushels, compared
with the final production in 1892
of 100000 bushels. The ADJUST I
condition of oats was As per cent
of normal and the forecast produc-
ton &c, 228,0O0 bushels. Last months
indicated production was $3.50, 900
bushels and the 1892 final produc-
ton was 164, 100000 bushels. The
barley condition ADJUST was A per
cent of normal with a forecast pro-
duction of 29,820,OO0 bushels, COM
pared with the July forecast of
32,S02,000 bushels and the 1882 fin
al production of 1922, 900 bushels.
Flax was hurt by the dry, hot
weather, The ADJUST condition was
reported at 81 per cent of normal
and the indicated production at A.
092, 900 bushels. In July the fore
cast production was for crop of
5,115,0O0 bushels. The final 1882
production was 5,704,000 bushels.
The acreage of buckwheat for har-
vest in 1888 was estimated to be
$4,000 acres, August 1. The con-
dition August 1 was reported at SO
per cent of normal with a forecast
production of 225,000 bushels. The
final production for 1892 was also
225, 900 bushels. The early crop Of
potatoes was badly hit by the dry,
hot weather. The late crop is still
uncertain depending on future wea-
Their conditions. The condition how
ever for early and late crops COM
bined was reported at IS per cent
of normal of a forecast production
August of only 22,890,O00 bushels.
This is drop since July Of slight
ly over 4 billion bushels. The 1882
final production was 29,O16, 900 BUSH
els.
The production of all tame hay
on August was forecast at 1885,
600 tons, compared with the 1882
production of 100000 tons. The
condition Of pastures on August 1
was only As per cent of normal,
compared with So per cent on July
1, and 62 per cent on August 1, 1882.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-17

When policeman raided the home
of Charles Curtis, negro, of Chi
cago, they reported they had dis
covered one bear, chained to the
wall; one box filed with 20 live
snakes, and one skeleton made of
clay.
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meeting were read and approved.
The matter Of street oiling was
taken up and N. s. Kingsley, OF
The Standard Oil Co. explained the
process and recommended Mime
sofa Specification No. 1 with either
6O-7O or 1870 gravity depending up
on soil conditions and made the
City a price of INC per gallon for
$500 gallons more or less for the
oil, which price included a compe-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-17
Many Highway Accident
Theories Are Exploded
President of Minnesota Safety
Council Makes Practical Sug-
gestiOnS to Motorists

The popular belief that a ma
jority of highway accidents are
caused by reckless" drivers has
been exploded, according to Col
Frank w. Matson, state arilway
and warehouse commissioner and
president of the Minnesota Safety
Council.
Col. Matson said that while the
reckless" type of driver is probably
responsible for most mishaps on
city streets, surveys conducted by
the National Safety Council and the
Minnesota Safety Council, show
that most of the accidents on rural
highways are caused by drivers who
are generally considered fairly
competent.
He explained his surprising
statement by saying that most
drivers are poor judges of STOP
ping time after they reach GER
tain speed and many drive cars
with mechanical defects of which
they are unaware.
Poor eyesight is often the cause
of highway accidents, he said. Fa-
tigue that comes after hearty
meal or from many hours of driv-
ing makes even the best motorists
lessen their attention to driving.
Unusual scenery or conservation
with other persons in the car also
distracts many.
Col. Matson warns motorists to
be especially careful while passing
other cars and going around long
curves at high speeds. The slight
est misjudgement or a minor me-
chanical breakdown such as blow
out in either of these instances may
cause a fatal accident. Improper
wheel alignment often tends to
throw a car off the road on curves,
he said.
Advising every motorist to have
his car thoroughly inspected and its
faults corrected, he calls attention
to the free inspection and certifica-
ton service offered by the safety
council at authorized stations in
many towns. The safety councils
COX" sticker is certificate of me-
chanical safety of the vehicle and
of the safety interest of the own
er, he said.
Another popular belief that has
been exploded, Col. Matson said, is
that drunken drivers cause more
accidents than moderate drinkers.
Scientific research conducted by
the National Safety Council re-
veals that the driver who has drunk
as little as one average highball
is a great deal slower to function
.intelligently in case of emergency
than the driver in normal condi-
stion. ... >a,.s. =. IS.
Actual observation shows that the
average driver who gets drunk
seldom gets far before he runs
amuck or falls asleep. Often he
realizes his condition and does not
try to drive. The moderate drink
er, however, feels more confident
when stimulated by alcohol and is
therefore a greater highway men
ace.
"Tke question of drinking and
driving has taken on greater i'm
portance since it has become appar-
ant that the Eighteenth amend
ment is likely to be repealed" Col.
Matson declared. mo matter what
a persons views on the liquor ques-
ton are, he should recognize this
and cooperate in encouraging edu-
cational programs against driving
while drinking"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-17
Council Proceedings
Regular Meeting

Regular meeting of the Common
Council Of the City Of Sank Cen
tire held Wednesday, August End
1888 at 800 p. M. with all the mem
bers present save Alderman Rog'
ers. =
The minutes of the previous
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-17
NOVELTY ADVERTISING

NOV Eli adv LTE1101NU
Thursday evening of last week a
plane with siren fioated lazily over
the city at low altitude, bearing
large electric sign 'Mobilgas and
Mobil oils. it created considerable
comment.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-08-17

all comes growth, an appreciation
of the rightness Of society's ideal
that in benefitting these its charges,
it benefits itself.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23
First Emergency Bank Legislation Requested
 Is Only Just q Starter
By BYRON PRICE (Chief of Bureau, The Associated Press, Washington.)

WASHINGTON, March 13 = Special Correspondence) The emergency banking legislation re- quested by President Roosevelt was in itself, of such breath taking magnitude that many people seem ed to forget it was only the be- ginning.
 In his first message to the spec ial session of Congress the Presi- dent made two statements filled with significance for the future. One was his allusion to "subse- quent legislation and the other was his forecast of "a new rela- tionship between the banks and the people"
 Few who have discussed bank ing with him privately doubt that MT. Roosevelt's proposals for sub sequent legislation" will be quite as sweeping as his emergency &C., tion in tehifrst days of his ad- ministration.
 His new relationship between the banking fraternity and the public is visualized pretty general ly by his intimate associates as meaning large-scale scrapping of many of the present practices of banking.
 It is unlikely that the Presi- dent himself has formed many definite conclusions thus far as to the changes he will seek. Many plans are before him and he hopes to learn from the operation of the temporary measures now in effect
 There can be no risk in saying however, that he will have in mind two essentials.
 First, such a reorganization of the whole banking system as will encourage each banking institution, within itself, to maintain a much safer and sounder financial struc- ture.
 Second, from outside, a much more stringent government supervis ion.
 (Continued on Page Two)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23
NAME OF LOCAL MAN SUBMITTED
 BY ROOSEVELT
Editor of The Elm pire, Resident Here 20 Years,
 Picked for Governor
PROMINENT IN PARTY MATTERS MANY YEARS
Was Origin al Roosevelt Man in North-Has Sup
 port from All Parties

John W. Troy, President of the Empire Printing Con- pany and Editor of The Daily Alaska Empire, resident of Juneau for the past 20 years, was today nominated for Governor of Alaska by Presi- dent Roosevelt.
 MT. Troy's name was this morning communicated to the Senate for confirmation, ac- cording to an A socia e d Press dispatch from Wash ington to The Empire. MT. Troy, who was in Washing ton prior to the inauguration is still in that city but is expected to leave for home in a few days.
 Is Organization Candidate
 The unanimous choice of the Democratic organization in the Territory for the Gubernatorial post, MT. Troy has also been given wide and general support through out the Territory. He was endorsed for the post by every one of the four Democratic Divisional Con- mitees, the Territorial Committee and both Delegate Anthony J. Di- mond and J. J. Connors, National Committeeman for Alaska, who is also in the National capital con- ferring with National Chairman Farley over Federal patronage in Alaska.
 Individual Alaskans from every section of the Territory, Democrats and Republicans alike, officials and private citizens, have written letters of endorsement to his candidacy. It has been known for sometime that his name would be submitted to the President by the National and that was done as soon as the new Administration took over. Organization leaders here were informed several days ago that his nomination was all ready assured and that it was only a question of when it would take place. Todays announcement came as no surprise to them
 Active in Politics
 MT. Troy has been actively con- nected with the Democratic Party all of his life and associated with the organization in Alaska con- tinuously for the past 20 years, and for another ten years earlier in the Territorys history. He attended
 (Continued on Page Twol
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23
ABE HANSEN IS SHOT DO W N BY HARRY DE GRO0T
Gasboat Man Is Killed at Chichagof- Woman
 Held as Witness

Abe Hansen, well known gas- beat owner who has spent many years in Alaska, was shot and killed by Harry DeGroot yesterday at Chichagof, where Hansen is thought to have been working.
 A woman is being held at Chi chagof as material witness.
 Word of Staying
 Word of the killing was received here late yesterday afternoon by United States Marshal Albert White, in telegram from Louis H. Smith, U. s. Commissioner at Chichagof
 Deputy Marshal George Jones left Juneau on the gas boat Ya- kobi with Capt. Tom Smith, at g o'clock last night to bring De- Groot and the woman, thought to be his wife, to Juneau.
 May Hold Inquest
 According to the Marshal's of- flee, it may be necessary to hold an inquest over the killing in Chi chagof
 The Yakobi, with the prisoner and witness aboard, is expected to arrive in Juneau tonight or tomor- row morning.
 De Groot came to Juneau last September and has been employed as a barber by Bill Sherman since that time.
 On Short Trip
 Last Friday, DeGroot told Sher- man that he was going to take a short trip with a friend of his who owns a gasboat and that he ex- pected to return to Juneau and be back. at work within a few days. DeGroots wife is said to have been employed in Juneau, until recently.
 Hansen, who is said to be about forty years old, has owned and worked on gasboats in Southeast Alaska for many years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23
MOVE QUICKLY
 TO OPEN BEER TAPS AP RIL s
Government Sets Machin- cry in Motion for Sale,
 Legalized Beverage
OPPOSITION LEADERS 2 ARE PLANNING FIGHT
Wife Manufacturers Are Not Excited Over
 New Regulations

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The Government is moving swiftly to lopen beer taps through which legal .32 per cent brew may flow to Americas thirsty after midnight April 6.
 Machinery to license brewers was set in motion by Dr. J. M. Doran, Industial Alcohol Commissioner, who pleged himself to keep bootleg beer and racketeers out of the leg alized industry.
 Opposition leaders have made plans to test the law by blocking the sale of beer by injunction, serving notice of a stiff court battle.
 Breweries in the country got full steam up to supply the demands.
 Dr. Doran made ready to send $50 field workers to licensed plants.
 Winters Not Active
 Meanwhile, California winter S made no move to take advantage of legalizing wine, saying wine is worth nothing if it isn't wine. . Leaders of the industry in whose cellars are stored 20,000,00O gallons reiterated they will wait and con- tinue to fight for legalization of naturally fermented light wines of approximately ten per cent alco- holic content. Only one brewer indicated his company may attempt to manufacture 3.2 per cent wine and then not until the end of the rush attendant upon spiggoting of the beer kegs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23
BIG BRE WINC 6 CENTER SHOWS
 NEW ACTIVITY
Milwaukee Stages Regular Celebration When Beer
 Bill Is Signed
MANUFACTURERS ARE TAKING ORDERS NOW
Americans First, as For eign Countries Put in
 Bids for Beverage

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 23.-- This Prohibition brewing center bubbled over with activity with the signing of the beer and wine bill by President Roosevelt.
 The police were called to main tain order among thousands who clarnored for jobs at the doors of the eight large breweries.
 Engineers and firemen in the boiler rooms of the city leaned on the whistle cords when it was announced the President had made the beer bill into a law.
 Sirens and Bells
 The city fire department con- tributed to the din with sirens and bells.
 Motorists pressed the horn but tons.
 One large brewery installed ten additional telephones to receive orders. It was announced that one of the many orders was for train load of beer.
 Americans First
 Americans first" said one brew cry executive on receipt of orders from Porto Rico, Japan and several European nations.
 America has 14-year thirst and our first obligations are to it.p said the brewery official.
 The city will go on a holiday when legal beer becomes actually available.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23

which the research department of the Federal Council of Churches. acting on instructions from the Councils executive committee, is trying to answer.
 In doing so the department is studying the attitude of the Coun- cils 26 denominational members to calendar reform in general as well as to the stabilization of Eas- ter in particular
 Calendar Change Involved
 The survey is being undertaken at the request of the Universal Christian Council of Life and Work at Geneva, acting at the instance of the League of Nations. which
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23
INDIANS SEEK HOUSE AID IN
 0'MALLEY TILT
House Gets Re olutio n Urging Dismissal from
 Fisheries Position

A resolution, presented by the Alaska Native Brotherhood, de- manding the dismissal of Henry OMalley from his present position as United States Commissioner of Fisheries, was received in the House of Representatives today and re- fsrred to the Committee on Fish cries by Speaker Mcdonald.
 The resolution sharply criticised the Commissioner and declared that the conservation of fisheries in Alaska had been put entirely on the seiner and other local fisher men and not on traps. A second resolution on the closing of bays and inlets to traps was also re- ceived and referred to the same committee.
 Recommits Tax Bill
 The House this morning recon- mitted Nordale'S measure revising the Territorial school tax law. This action was taken after the Ways and Means Committee amendment extending the tax to women gain fully employed and to persons be- tween the ages of 50 and 60 years, had been adopted. The purpose of the recommitment was to clarify the phrase "gainfully employed"
 MT. Greens resolution urging Congress to adopt the Wheeler pro- gram relative to bimetallism, and his memorial urging repeal of Section 27 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1920 were read the second time.
 Senator Lomen's marriage com- missioner bills were in second reading in the House, also. Minor amendments were made.
 After some debate, the House re- jected the Senate's amendments to Scott's measure on the legal rate of interest and requested the Sen ate to recede.
 Representative Patterson, by re- quest, introduced a measure tc amend Section 2, Chapter 100, Ses- sion Laws of 1881, the Alaska Jury Act, by adding clause giving the Clerk of Court and Jury Com missioner the right to place in the jury box names of persons, not having voted, known by them tc be otherwise legally qualified fol ! jury service.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23
Fised-Date Easter Is Being
 Debated by Churches Council

NEW YORK, March 23.-Easter, the calendars wandering child, is receiving the churches attention from a new angle.
 Shall it continue to roam through March and April, coming one year when snow is on the ground and another when spring flowers are in full bloom?
 Variation Termed Nuisance
 Or Shall the churches, forgetting tradition. agree to fixed date, thus placing themselves in alliance with various groups who contend that the feast days variable occur renee is a nuisance to business. financial and educational systems? These are some of the questions
The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-03-23
SEATTLE SET FOR ALASKA
 EXCURSION N
Edward w. Allen, Seattle Chamber of Commerce,
 Makes Radio Address

Plans for the excursion to Alaska this summer, which is being ar ranged by the Alaska Committee Of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce are well under way and the group in charge of the trip has already received assurance from many leading Seattle business men that they will join the expedition.
 The group will sail from Seattle aboard the Aleutian, June l6, and make the trip as far north as Anchorage.
 To interest Seattle residents in the Alaska excursion, Edward w. Allen, chairman of the Alaska con- mittee of the Chamber of Com merce, made the following radio address in Seattle recently, review ing the work of the Alaska Com mittee, trade relations between AL aska and Seattle and extolling the beauties of Alaska as a vacation land.
 AIaska-Country's Playground
 Alaska should be called the countrys playground and Seattle's treasure chest.
 Nowhere on the North American conti1ent can more entrancing scenery be found, forests dense and impending as of the tropics, crystal clear channels between rocky is- lets carved by the tides, vistas of glacial fiords and snow-capped mountain ranges; in fact the most magnificent and stupendous scen- cry, and much of it can be viewed from the comfortable deck chair of any one of a dozen steamers whose officers are charged with the duty of seeing that you are having good time.
 A Dependable Customer
 For Seattle, Alaska is not only a pleasure lure, it is our most dependable customer As Alaska prospers, so prospers Seattle. Few even of our own people seem to appreciate the importance to this city of it's Alaska business.
 Since the United States bought Alaska from Russia only sixty six years ago, Alaskan fish alone have yielded almost a whole billion dollars-a billion dollars-most of it handled right here in Seattle and gold, silver, copper and other minerals account for almost an- other three quarter billion of dol lars of which Seattle again is the greatest beneficiarys