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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
Versions of
Long Beach
Quake Vary
w. S. Engle, Former Sank
Centre Resident, Living at
Santa Anna, Writes
UPHOLDS HIS COUNTRY
Prefers Trembles, to Annual
Minnesota Tornados- Dis
agrees With Mrs. Adams

Recently the Herald published a
letter from Mrs. Adams, wife of a
former Methodist pastor, of this
city residing at Glendale, CAL, Civ
ing her version of the earthquake
which so badly damaged Long
Beach, CAL, several weeks ago. Last
week the Herald editor received a
letter from w. S. Engle, for many
years a. resident of this community
now living at Santa Anna, Cal.
dealing with the the quake. His
version is so widely at variance
with the viewpoint of Mrs. Adams
that the Herald deems it is suffic-
lent interest to publish it herewith
919 S Partan St.
Santa Anna, Cal.
Mr.. Asa Wallace,
Sank Centre Herald
Sank Centre, MINI, April 1888
Dear Asa
Am just in receipt of letter
from Mrs. H. v. Adams, of
Glendale, purporting to give an
account of the March 10th
earthquake out here.
Many people were greatly
frightened and hysterical as a
result of the shock and it would
seem that Mrs.. Adams had not
yet fully recovered when she
wrote the letter which you
printed in which she declared
the quake destroyed 20 cities,
stating Compton was almost
completely destroyed.
While the shock was severe
and did a great amount of dam
age as well as causing more
than 100 deaths, the majority
of which were in Long Beach
where she was where the
shock struck, the fact is that
no city was completely Destroy
ed. I have been in both Comp
ton and Long Beach and there
are scores of buildings that
were badly damaged, some even
demolished, but they are but
fraction of the ones that came
through the shocks with no
damage at all, or at the most
but minor damage, such as top
pied sections of fine walls and
possibly some plaster shaken
loose.
In Santa Ana there are three
buildings that have been torn
down as a result of damage by
the shock, they were torn down
by contractors; another three
story building has been torn
down to the second story, but
there are many buildings where
the damage was only nominal
and others where no damage at
all resulted.
Fire walls that were shaken
down are being replaced with
reinforced concrete so that they
will not fall should another
major remblar hit us in the fu-
ture. Biologists tell us the
prospects are that there will
not be another for some so to
rs years. I would rather ex-
perience an earthquake, bad as
they are, than the tornados
back there that came almost
every year. Now Asa you be
sure to put this in your first is
sue after you get this letter.
Enclosed you please fine some
information by red cross read
it.
Most sincerely yours,
w. S. Engle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
Annual Meet of
Conservati n Club
j. O. Nelson, Former Superintend-
ent of GlenwoOd Fish Hatchery
Will Speak on Propagation

The annual meeting Of the Sank
Centre Conservation Club will be
held in the Community Club rooms
Friday evening, April 21st, at eight
o'clock. The election of officers
win be held at this meeting. Dur
ing the past year, Robert Schwalen
was president; Ed L. Rattle, vice
president; Harold Gray, secretary,
and Arthur MacDermond, treasurer.
Following the business and cleo
ton Mr.. J. o. Nelson, former sup
erintendent of the Glenwood and st.
Paul fish hatcheries, will give an
interesting discourse on the fish in
dustry and propagation of fish.
At the close of the session a
lunch will be served.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
Lyman Barto
Died in Idaho
Last w eek
Grew Up In This City-Moved
West About Thirty
Years Ago
WAS Is YEARS OF AGE
Buried With Masonic Honors
At Thompson Falls, Idaho,
April Seventh

News of the death of Lyman r.
Barto, former resident of Sank
Centre, was received by friends in
this city this week.
The deceased had been i'll for a
long time with complication of di-
seases. The Barto family had much
to do with the making of the early
history of Sank Centre. The faith
er, AlonZo Barto, was one of the
best known men in the state. He
served as lieutenant governor and
held other positions of trust.
Alonzo Barto moved from this
city to Thompson Falls, Idaho,
about 80 years ago. The deceased
was very active in Masonic circles
in Sank Centre for many years. He
served as Worshipful Master of
Star in the West Blue lodge from
1SS7-1S90. He was a charter mem
Der of Sank Centre Chapter, Royal
Arch Masons, and Sank Centre
Council of Royal and Select Mast
ers, No. II.
Mr.. Barto passed away at the
home of his son, Clarence v. Bar
to, at Wallace, Idaho, where he had
been confined for some time. The
end came at midnight April 6, 1888.
Mr.. Barto served as municipal
judge of this city for some time.
Later he was travelling freight
agent for the Great Northern Ry.
The following story in connection
with Mr.. Barto, taken from the
Wallace, Idaho, Press-Times, will
be of interest to many Herald read
ers:
Lyman Ruggles Barto, 76,
father of Clarence v. Barto,
Glenn, died at midnight last
night at his sons home, fol-
lowing long illness caused by
chronic myocarchtis and chron-
ic nephoitis and complications.
He had been confined to his bed
for the last year.
The son of Alphonso A. Barto
and Harriet E. Barto, he was
born in Geneva, ILL.,, in 1857.
After the father had served in
the Civil war, the family moved
, to Sank Centre, Mimi, where
the father began the practice
of law and Lyman r. attended
the university of Minneapolis.
He then worked in Fargo, N.
D., for several years, returning
to Sank Centre in 1882 to enter
his fathers law office, studying
with him and Judge Collins, of
st. Cloud, MINI. Later he was
municipal judge of Sank Centre
for two years, travelling claim
agent for the Great Northern
railroad for three years; finan-
cial clerk in the government
offices at White Earth, Mimi,
for three years; in Bend, Ore,
one year; in the First State
bank in Thompson Falls, Mont,
with his brother, w. "a Barto,
president, for Is years; and in
Tacoma, one year.
For the last four years he
lived here and in Gem, near his
youngest son, Clarence, and
family. In addition to his son
and brother, he is survived by
his widow, Regina w., Gem;
son, Alphonso v. and family, of
New York city.
Funeral services and inter-
ment will be held in Thompson
Falls tomorrow under the au-
spices of the Masonic order, of
which he had been a member
for so years. He was a life
member of the Masons. The
body will be shipped this after
noon from WorstelPs mortuary
to Spokane and thence to
Thompson Falls.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
Handling of
Farm Crops
Is Regulated
Minnesota Law of 1881, Pro-
tects the Farmer, Buyer
and Consumer
PENALTIES ARE SEVERE
State Secretary of Agricul-
ture Is the Appeal of
Last Resort

The Minnesota legislature at the
1881 session passed very stringent
regulations dealing with the traffic
in farm produce in wholesale lots.
The law provides that when ship
ping, the farmer has the right to
make his own grades, weights, etc.,
providing they are made fairly and
intelligently. In doing this the farm
er must attach a statement either
to the produce itself or to the
bill of lading. If such proceed
ure is followed the buyer can
not refuse to accept the pro-
duce from the shipper unless he
calls for an insection by disinter-
ested party. The legislature has de-
signated the Commissioner of Agri-
culture dairy and food for this job.
His decision as to weights and
grades is final. The following notice
sent to all dealers in farm produce
in the statement specifically states
the regulations under which farm
produce can be sold. The Herald
deems this notice of sufficient i'm
portance to publish it herewith:
Chapter 1874 Session Laws of
1881 requires dealers in farm
produce in wholesale lots and
trucks buying and selling pro-
duce to be licensed and bonded
to the State of Minnesota. The
bond is generally conditioned
for the faithful performance of
the licensees duties as a dealer
at wholesale.
Produce covered by this Act
includes all natual products of
the farm except hay, grain,
straw and livestock other than
veal.
Dealers at wholesale must
post their license conspicuously
in their principal place of bust
ness. Truck drivers must have
a wholesale dealers license
plate attached to their trucks.
Agents of dealers acting as So
letting buyers must exhibit an
Identification card to be entitled
to purchase farm produce in
Minnesota.
In order to be protected by
the bond of a license, complaints
against such licensee must
reach the Commissioner Of
Agriculture, Dairy and Food in
the manner set forth below,
within ten (10) days from the
due date period. Complaint
should be in writing, setting
forth all the facts complained
in connection with the trans
action. Where a licensee does
not live up to the terms of his
contract and pay the purchase
price of produce as agreed up
on within the due date and the
seller voluntarily extends cred
it beyound the due date, no re-
covery can be had on the bond
of the licensee. This means, as
stated above, that in order to
be protected by the bond, you
must notify the Commissioner
of the breach of contract with
in ten (1O) days from the due
date period.
The term due date" means
seven CD days from the date
of delivery by the seller to the
licensee in the case of a
straight sale; in all cases
where produce is consigned, it
means seven CD days from the
date the sale is made by the
broker or handler, except as to
creameries, where the due date
means fifteen (15) days follow
ing the monthly day of &C
counting subsequent to deliv-
cries following the date fixed
(Cont inueo on Page Four
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
NEW LUNCH ROOM

Mr.. and Mrs. M. L. Endward, Of
Adrian, became residents of Sank
Centre this week. They have rent
ed the small store room and resi-
dence to the north and at the rear
of the White Eagle Oil station, at
Main and Second Street, and will
open a lunch room They expect to
be ready for business Saturday.
Mrs. Endward will have immediate
charge of the restaurant. Mr.. End
ward expects to enter the trucking
business.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
ROUGH FISHING

It may be of interest to fisher
men to know that it is legal to
spear rough fish in streams until
April 80, by daylight only. From
May first until June Is, rough fish
can be caught by artificial light in
streams only. The spearing season
opened April IL, and the fishermen
have landed several nice catches of
suckers and red horse in the
streams adjacent to this city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
M. A. COLE RETIRES

Milo Cole, Sank Centres veteran
electrician, operating the Sank Cen
ire Electric Shop for the past Is
years, retired April Is, turning the
business over to his sons, Vern and
Don Cole. The young men will con-
tinue the business at the old stand,
South Main street.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
SCHOOL PROGRAM

There will be program given at
the Oak Grove school, district num-
Der one hundred thirty-five, on Fri
day evening, April %. Lunch will be
served after the program. Every
body welcome! Teacher, Ellen Eek
lund.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
Al MEETING

The regular meeting of the Co
pher Prairie All Club will be held
in the Community Club rooms on
Wednesday, April 26. All members
are urged to attend.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
Unusual Musical
Program April 70
Sank Centre Bands and Public
School Cooperating ON Simple
Annual Program

Supt. w. J. Kohl, and Director of
the boys band, DR.. P. w. Hanson,
cooperating, the sixth annual
spring indoor concert will be pre-
scented at the Junior High School
Auditorium Wednesday evening,
April 26, at 500 o'clock.
The concert this year will be more
pretentious than ever before. All
units of the bands have developed
splendidly in the past II months.
The various singing organizations
of the Public school has reached
their efficiency for the year. With
the school and the bands combining
the program will be one of unusual
merit.
It costs money to purchase the
music for these organizations. A
nominal admission fee of 10 cents
for adults will be made for this
! entertainment. The proceeds will
go into the music funds of the two
organizations. The following is the
detailed program:
America" by bands and audience.
Senior Boys Band.
New Colonial March .-..--.....-.. Hall
Overture, "Grandiose" .--..---------
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES E. De Lamater
Junior High Girls Glee Club.
Kerry Dance-Irish Folk Tune
MdllOy
When Cherries Grow on Apple
Girls Band.
March Imperial ---.----.---.------- King
Neapolitan Nights $685.. Zamecnik
Boys Glee Club.
Just Wearyn' for You--------Bond
Tunes of Yesterday $1,000 Rolander
The Wood Chuck ...-.--..... Linders
George Washington Bi-centennial
Band.
March First in Action 49,. Jenkins
Old Folks at Home-Cornet Quar-
tette with Band Accompaniment.
March Selection, "Our Band.
.-...-.--..---.----- Dudley H. McCossh
Senior High Girls Glee Club (First
Group.
The Call -..-.--.-....-- Mark Andrews
Senior Boys Band.
Concert March Hall of Fame"
Ol1vadot1
Popular Music
Girls Trio
Twas Pearl --..-- Ethelbert Nevin
Boy of Mine .---..-.--.-..---. E. r. Ball
Boys Glee Club
The Enchanted Glade .- Barker
The Drum -----------.----.----------. Gibson
The White Road Westward 1890
Mltchel
Girls Band
Indian Trail-Intermezzo Gin
dian War Dance) .--------. Lamater
Organ Echoes Serenade -. Hays
Senior High Girls Glee Club (Sec-
ond Group
The Wind at Night 49, Zamecnik
Senior Boys Band
Invercargill --.-------------------- LlthgoW
An Old Time Political Parade
with its Hurays, Tin Horns
and Barking Dogs.
Boys Quartet-Old Favorites.
Senior Girls Glee Club (First
group
Grey Stones "a capella) .--Lloyd
Selection by Combined Bands
"Our Defenders" March 49, Seitz
dedicated to the boys who went
forth to battle for democracy in 1917
and 1918 and to those who fight for
true democracy today.
Star Spangled Banner
BY combined bands one hun
dred pieces.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20

Mrs. Kate Haenel Of Plauen, Ger
many, is the mother of % children,
all of whom are living.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20

. The play is being coached by
Miss Dorothy Wilson. Charles Ra-
the is managing the lights. Joan
Markson is prompter. Prudence
Arndt and Marian Butter have
charge of the stage setting and
properties.
The Senior Glass promises you an
evening of thrills, chills, and laugh
ter. Admission prices are 10, Is and
rs cents. Seats may be reserved
at the Corner Drug Store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-04-20
Annual Senior Glass
Play Friday Night
Outstanding Mystery Drama Will
Be Presented With Strong Cast
of Characters

The Senior Glass of the Sank Cen
tire High School will present Tiger
House." Friday night, April 81, at
500 o'clock. This is a mystery play
centering around a necklace stolen
from an African tribe. The collar
is brought to mystery Manor"
where many strange things have oc-
CURED. The thief had been muir
dered, and the jewels had never
been found. How the collar is fin
ally discovered in an interesting
story, thrilling and dramatic. The
characters are involved in situa-
tions both frightening and humor-
Gus. The cast selected is as fol-
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-28
"TAx REDUCTION IS BAIT

The big counties have cooked
up another fine little scheme to iron
the rural districts out of the picture.
Two bills have been entered at the
state Legislature providing for the con-
solidation of counties. The bait offered,
of course, is the promise Of "tax reduc-
ion" Under that slogan they have
hopes that the people will surrender
the last vestige of self government and
place their destiny in the hands of the
highly intellectual individuals who con-
troll the populous centers of this state.
Everybody knows, or ought to know,
that the closer the voter is to the adj
ministrative officials who are elected
and who spend the taxpayers money,
the better he can check expenditures.
We can tell fairly we'll what transpires
right under our nose but remove us too
far from the scene of action and we
know nothing. Today Benton county is
in better shape than most of the
counties of the state and further i'm
provements will only be possible
through keeping our own affairs in our
own hands.-Prosser Record Bulletin
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-28
Editorial
Opinions
APPLES LEAD THE WAY

While other farm and orchard pro-
ducts are showing weakness or even
declining in price, apples are staging
the most sensational advance expert
enced by any crop at this time. AS
compared with one year ago Delicious
have gained 60 to IS cents, an increase
Of about 40 per cent on the eastern
auctions.
Other varieties have not gone up In
like proportion but they show a very
healthy gain over prices being paid at
the close OF 1882.
Foreign demand Is responsible for
considerable part of this gain, exports
of boxed apples for the past month be-
ing greater than last year.
The apple crop shortage while,
credited with part Of the improved
price and demand, was not sufficient to
justify an increase of one-thlrd in the
apple price.
It is estimated that fully million
dollars has been added to the value of
the apple holdings still remaining in
this district by the recent price in
creases.
That this is not temporary furry is
indicated by the fact that the market
not only absorbed the original price adj
vance, but continued to take all Offer
ings without a break during the past
three weeks.
1t is notable fact that apples are
| virtually the only farm or orchard pro-
| duct that has enjoyed a rising market
| during the past month
Apples seem to be the first farm or
orchard product to come back out of
the depression that has enveloped agri-
culture during the past few years. With
an improved foreign and domestic de-
mand, with general business conditions
showing improvement and with a COM
paratively limited supply of apples in
storage, the market should continue
satisfactorily for the remainder of the
season.
Perhaps apples may lead the way tc
a general rise in the prices of all farm
and orchard products. Such an upward
swing might in turn lead to a bright
ening in the entire business situation
Apples may prove to be the "bel
wether" that will show the way back
to prosperity for all of Uncle Sans
herd.-Wenatchee Daily World
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-28
SERIOUS OPPOSITION SEEN

Proponents of the scheme to CONSOLE
date counties in this state must be pre-
pared to meet serious opposition from
the small, sparsely populated counties
that would lose their identity in the
shuttle. None of these small units will
cheerfully see their county seats and
their independent status rubbed out
The opposition haring up in Benton
county, for instance, arises from the
fear that, under any general consolida-
ton movement, Benton county would
be merged with Yakima county and
that Prosser would no longer be a
county seat. Arguments that taxes
could be reduced and that efficiency of
government could be improved by con-
solidation will be of no avail against
the persistent barrier of local PRIDE
Yakima Herald.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-28
Allard-Vernita
The California of the Northwest
And We Can Prove it.

Gerry Wills went to Ellensburg
Saturday, returning Monday He re-
ports Mr.. Lloyd's condition about the
same.
A turkey buyer from Sunnyside was
in the valley last week, picking up what
turkeys we're left in the valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Austin and family
spent Christmas at Rainier, Oregon,
with Mrs Austin's father and mother.
/ Johanna and Carl Allwardt of Mckee
spent the weekend with their sister,
Mrs. Paul Bruggemann.
Mrs. Floyd Barge and Jeanette were
Christmas visitors at the Cecil Barge
home at Priest Rapids.
Edward Jaeger left Friday to spend
Christmas in Yakima
The Columbia river is higher now
than it has been for more than twenty
years at this season. The run-oH at
this time of the year will greatly reduce
the flood stage of the river this spring.
X X X
Donald Cram arrived Friday from the
Coast, returning Saturday. He was &C
companied on the return trip by Miss
Catherine GWinn who will spend
Christmas with her parents in Puyal-
lup.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Kirby spent the
week end with Mr.. and Mrs. William
Kirby of White Bluffs.
X
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Brown had as
Christmas dinner guests Mr.. and Mrs
w. F. Smith of Grandview, Mrs. Dunn
ert of Seattle and Mr.. and Mrs. L. N
Fry and Catherine.
X X X
Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Knaub, Gerry
Wills and Hans Strack were dinner
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1933-12-28
ROOSEVELT SMILES

The President is having little quiet
fun at the expense of independent Re-
publican" senators who have worked
themselves into lather over the in
ability of the little man" to operate
under N. r. A. codes and the ability of
the "big man" to set prices while con-
forming to regulations. He has invited
them to sit on special board to con-
slider these complaints.
While the identity of the "indepen-
dent Republican" senators is not made
clear, one can surmise whom they are.
Identical sniping tactics were familiar
enough during the last two or three G.
o. P. regimes at Washington, the sole
objective of the critics being to picture
themselves as valiant champions of the
little man" menaced by "big business. y
Mr.. Roosevelt threatens variation of
the old game by inviting the insurgents
to frame constructive plan for the
correction of the conditions of which
they complain.
Naturally, this prospect will not APP
peal to the independent Republicans"
the one thing they do not wish to do
is tie them selves to definite program,
with all that would entail of RESPONSE
bility for it's successful operation. 1t is
much more satisfactory to sit on the
side lines and pot-shot the work Of
others, who have labored hard to find
remedies; that course involves no dis
agreeable explanations If the thing
fails to work out as promised.