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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12

Norwegian Lutheran Church
J. A. Johnson. Pastor.
Service Sunday forenoon 1890.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
EnisconaI yestrv Meeting

An important meeting of the
Episcopal Vestry will be. held in
the Guild Hall this Friday evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
Birthday Party

"a number Of folk attended a
birthday party at the home Of Ger
hard Nathe, 3 miles west of Sank
Centre, Monday evening. An en-
joyable evening was spent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
Farewell Party

Mrs. Ben Bosshardt and Mrs.
John Meyers entertained a group
of ladies Wednesday afternoon at
the home of the former, the gath
ering being a farewell party for
Mrs George Smith, who leaves with
her family Saturday for her new
home in Little Falls. The after
noon was spent in sewing and Wis
iting. A delicious lunch was served
by the hostesses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12

Church Of the Good Samaritan
protestant EpiscopaD
Rev. L. e. Kempton, Rector.
Sunday service at HOO o'clock.
Church School at 9:45 A. NJ.
Choir rehearsals every Saturda.
light.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
Birthday Party

Douglas Kohl invited nine boys
to his home last Thursday evening
after school, to help him celebrate
his tenth birthday anniversary. A
good time was enjoyed playing
games and a delicious lunch was
served at the close of the festiv-
tiles. Douglas received many nice
gifts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12

The April business meeting Of the
Auxiliary was held in the home Of
Mrs. c. H. Holcomb. e..
), The Unit pledged 100 glasses Of
jelly to assist in the campaign for
100000 glasses of jelly to be sent
to Headquarters for all the men in
hospitals and children Of needy
service men. A notice will be CIV
en- later as to the time when the
box will be sent
Cigarettes were sent to the st.
Cloud Veterans Hospital, for the
men who are without conmpensa-
ton.
A complete layette was made and
sent to the Department office in
Minneapolis.
There is need for clothing for
little boys from to 10 years for a
local family. Please bring the gar
ments at once to Mrs. A. M. Steece
At the close of the business meet
ing a social hour and cards were
enjoyed.
The attendance prize, a copy of
|'101 Best Stories of Minnesota"
was won by Mrs Howard Bishop.
A delicious lunch was served by
the hostess, Mrs. Holcomb.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
Surprised Parents

Last Sunday evening the children
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ferd Bergman
completely surprised their father
on his 65th birthday anniversary.
All the children, sons-in-law and
daughters-in-law and his brother
and wife and sister were present.
The evening was spent in playing
cards after which a dainty lunch
was served.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
Gospel Tabernacle

Gospel Tabernacle
Sunday, Sunday School 10 A. M.
Sunday, morning worship IL A.
M.
Sunday, evangelistic 8 p. M.
Special revival meetings still on
each night except Monday and Sat
urday, with Miss Verna Strong,
from Canada. as Evangelist, assist
ed by HELEN Moore, from Osakis.
Public invited.
Specials in song and music from
night to night
G. M. Hanson, pastor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
Unity

Henry Quade was an ElroSa call
er Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs.Ray Goodpaster called at the
Ben Cheadle home Tuesday after
noon.
Arnold Kind spent Tuesday eve
ming at Bill Quades.
Art Quade called on Rob Betow
Wednesday.
Mrs. Tillie Ritter and Alice, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Quade, Rob Betow
Sic Hummer, Art Quade, Arnold
and Walter Kind were among those
who attended the Fred Vessel sale
Thursday.
Charlie Goodpaster was a caller
at the ]. c. Mattheisen home Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Goodpaster and
Mr.. and Mrs. Al Hummer visited
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Chester
Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Weiner, Mer-
lin and Buddy, Hjlda Kind and Ed
ma Quade, visited Sunday after
noon at the VIM. Quade home.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Mathiesen
visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Mathiesen.
Gregor bold and Clarence Kum-
mer called on VIM. Quade's Sun.
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Kind and Arm.
old visited Saturday evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Rapp.
Mrs. J. c. Mathiesen called or
Mrs. Ray Goodpaster Monday.
Bud Weiner spent Saturday with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs
VIM. Quade.
Retha Goodpaster who is at
tending k:gh school in Sank Cen
ire spent the week end at noa,e.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
zion Lutheran Church

Sunday, April Is.
1000 A. M. Service in English.
HOO "A. M. Sunday School and
Bible classes.
200 p. NJ. Thursday, the month
ly meeting of Ladies' Aid.
7:30 p. M. Thursday, 8. s. Teach
ers' meeting.
900 A. II. Saturday, religious in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-04-12
Happv HustIer's All Club

I1dppy HustloT FIJI CiuU
The Happy Hustlers had. their
monthly meeting at the school
house Friday night. Most Of the
members were present. Miss Mar
tina MInette was present and gave
an interesting talk on projects for
the year.
Retha Goodpaster aid Helen
Graham are on the lunch COM
mittee for the next meeting. Alice
Ritter. Minnie Quade, Lester
Hummer and Chester Goodpaster
were put on the program commit.
tee. The next meeting will be the
latter payt Of April.
Evening star., 1934-02-19

much consideration of the needs Of
the individual purchaser. One man
may need potash, another phosphate,
another nitrogen in various concen-
trations. In the past all have been
obliged to purchase the same standard
mixtures, with the result that they
often were paying high prices for ma
terials which they did not need.
Must Be Localized.
The whole fertilizer program, says
DR.. Morgan, must be reset" and To-
Called. This can te accomplished by
assembling the concentrates at con-
venient agricultural centers and mix
ing them on the spot in the proper
proportions needed by each farmer, as
determined by systematic study OF
his land by the county agent. The
increasing need is for research. Here,
DR.. Morgan believes, may be the great
est contribution of the Tennessee VAL
ley fertilizer program TO the rest Of
the world, rather than through in
creaSing and cheapening the supply.
In the past the situation has been
much like that of community served
by an old-fashioned doctor who Just
gave "medicine"-about the same dose
of the same stuff whether the patient
had smallpox or pneumonia. The
farmers have purchased enormous
quantities Of land medicine" and ap-
piled 1t indiscriminately. for the most
part. regardless of the particular eff
cheney diseases from which their
farms were suffering. The land was
just sick" There was little demand
for specific diagnosis.
This condition, DR.. Morgan says,
has by no means been confined to the
Tennessee Valley. 1t has been preva-
lent all over the world. although in
many places the sickness" has not
been quite so acute, due to healthier
land climates and less wasteful meth
DDS of agriculture.
The Tennessee Valley, he holds,
must continue to raise and sell cot
ton. The more air and water a man
can sell for good money, he believes,
the better for the Nation. But he
must stop giving away his precious
nitrogen without knowing it.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
VINCENTIANS SPEND
$14,5OO ON CHARITY
Catholic Group Gives Quarterly
Report-S70 Families
Aided.

Expenditures Of s14,50O on charitable
work by the st. Vincent de Paul So
ciety of Washington during the last
three months, bringing relief to $40
families. were reported at the society's
quarterly meeting yesterday. About
$50 members and officers of the 29
parish conferences of the society at
tended the meeting which followed 8
o'clock mass at st. Aloysius Church.
The celebrant and preacher was
Very Rev. Lawrence j. Kelly, S. j.,
pastor of the church and former pro-
vincial for the Society of Jesus for the
New York and Maryland Province
After the mass, members met in a
breakfast conference under the chair
manship of George Cleary of Holy
Name Parish and president of the
Particular Council of the st. Vincent
de Paul Society.
A report Of the Special Works Com
mittee was given by DR.. John &.
Bowen. vice chairman, showing that
nine inmates Of the public correction
institutions are receiving special re-
ligious instruction from members Of
the society.
Rev. James Cotter, 8. J., assistant
pastor of st. Aloysius Church, made
the principal talk at the conference,
stressing the character and work of
the hundred-year-old society.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
ROGERS, IMPROVER
OF LINOTYPE, DIES

BY the Associated HreSS.
BROOKLYN, February 19.-John
Raphael Rogers, whose inventions
aided Ottmar Mergenthaler in de-
veloping the Mergenthaler linotype
machine, died yesterday at his home
at the age of II.
Since Mergenthaler bought the
rights to Rogers inventions 80 years
ago, Rogers had been chief inventor
of the Mergenthaler Linotype Co.
Rogers patented more than 500 de-
vices for type-setting machines since
1895.
Rogers was born in Roseville, H.,
December II, 1856. the son of Rev.
John A. and Elizabeth Lewis Rogers
He was graduated from Oberlin Col
lege in 1875 and began a teaching
career in Lorain. Ohio.
He first became interested in type
and type-setting machinery on a
visit to Philadelphia, where his
brother was a printer.
This Is good safe job" the
brother told Rogers. mo machine
can take it away from you"
But in Rogers mind the idea Of a
machine to eliminate hand type-set-
ting grew. He studied mechanical
engineering and developed some crude
way of tumbling type into place me-
chanically.
Rogers then learned Mergenthaler
had patented some kind of linotype
machine. and Rogers took out patents
on a space bar without which Mer-
genthaler could not build his ma
chimes
The consolidation followed.
Evening star., 1934-02-19

cation Of newly discovered methods,
promises economic extraction Of the
local supply. 1t may be practical to
use some Of the machinery, especially
the electric furnaces, set up at the
Muscle Shoals plant for the extraction
OF nitrogen to make phoSphates.
A major element in. the cost Of
phoSphates is the shipping. 1t is the
hope of DR.. Morgan that, by the
application of the new methods on
which experimental work now is in
progress, it will be possible to obtain
the plant food in highly concen-
trated form-a mixture with as high
as SIS per cent Of phosphorus. This
will enable the shipment Of about
four times as much of the necessary
material to a given point for the
same freight rate. 1t can be mixed
with lime rock at the local county
seat, or even on the farm itself The
farmer will not have to pay freight
costs on material which he can dig
out of his own back yard.
Potash Another Problem
Potash Is quite another matter
again, and not so important. There
are no actual potash mines in the
Tennessee Valley, but there are plen-
tiful deposits of feldspar and shales
from which it might be extracted.
Experiments now are in progress to
determine whether this can be done
economically. Otherwise 1t can be
purchased in New Mexico or Germany
and laid down at Muscle Shoals. 1t
is very likely that this will be the
method followed. 1t is by no means
so vital as either phosphates or nitro
gen for most Of the agriculture of the
valley area.
The greatest need for potash is that
OF the tobacco farmers of Northeast
Tennessee and Virginia. The cotton
farmer can get along with very little
of it. 1t is also believed to add greatly
to the flavor OF various garden crops
The fertilizer program. DR.. Morgan
stresses, fundamentally is much
deeper than merely the securing Of
adequate supplies Of the three vital
elements. Fertilizers have been stand
ardiZed by the manufacturers without
Evening star., 1934-02-19

Now cotton fiber, Dr. Morgan says.
was about the cheapest commodity in
which any land ever built up an ex-
port trade. 1t Is nothing, he said,
but air and water" plus the labor OF
raising it. The United States has
been sending abroad literally millions
of tons of wind and rain. packed up
in cotton bales, and getting interna-
tional credits in return. The nitro
gen all went into the cotton seed. In
the old days it was considered null
sance and dumped into the rivers by
the wagon load. Later. when its value
as food for cattle was determined, it
was shipped to the North and to Eu-
rope. The cotton farmers congratu-
lated themselves on their good luck
in getting something for nothing.
Actually, says DR.. Morgan, they were
shipping out about $25 of nitrogen.
at present prices, with every ton OF
that the crop return per acre was
getting progressi, sly poorer.
Could Ha lAised Cattle.
One solution would have been to
have raised cattle. There was abund-
ant pasturage on land unsuited to
cotton in most parts of the valley
area. But for many years the cotton
farmer could not raise cattle because
of the cattle tick DR.. Morgan hiH-
self spent u years. when he first
came to the South, studying the life
cycle Of this destructive pest. Now
it largely has been eliminated and
the nitrogen in the cottonseed meal
can be put back in the soil again. Be-
sides there will be fresh milk for the
farmers children.
So the Tennessee Valley Authority
one Of its major problems actually is
finds that what was supposed to be
a minor problem. To provide an ade-
quate supply of phoSphates, hardly
considered in the preliminary set-up,
is quite a different matter. There are
large phosphate deposits in the Ten
nessee Valley. The problem Is to get
the plant food out in sufficiently con-
centrated form. Here the abundant
supply of cheap electricity that is ex-
pected to be available, with the appli-
Evening star., 1934-02-19
Charles Henlock, Gardener
To Presidents, Dies at 78
He Predicted Blooming
of Cherry Blossoms
Each Year.
Started as LabOrer and
Became Chief in
Parks Office.

Charles Henlock, 78, gardener to
Presidents for 80 years and who each
year predicted when the cherry bloS-
SONS along the Tidal Basin would
blossom, died OF heart disease here
last night at his home, 1913 E street
southwest.
He rose from a 81 50-a-day laborer
to chief Of the Horticultural Division
of the Office Of Public Buildings and
Public Parks and was retired March
81, 1881, after officials had protested
the civil service ruling which required
his relinquishing of Office due to ex-
piration of time of service.
Since his retirement, Mr.. Henlock
had acted as consultant of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission and was we'll known in
the city as an authority on gardening
Of all kinds.
Supervised Decorations.
During the administrations Of many
Presidents he was in charge OF the
White House greenhouses and the
propagating gardens Of the Capitol.
He supervised the floral decorations
for many White House functions.
Mr.. Henlock's keen knowledge OF
plants and flowers rapidly brought
him to the forefront. Grover Cleve-
land was serving his first term in the
White House when Mr.. Henlock be-
came an employe of the Office OF
Public Buildings and Grounds. which
was then under the United States
Engineer Office of the War Depart
ment. on May I, 1886. In September
of the following year he was pro-
NOTED to gardener, and he became
head gardener on August l, 1901.
Again Promoted.
When the Office of Public Buildings
and Grounds and the Office of the
superintendent of the State, War
and Navy Departments Building
were consolidated, on February 26,
1928, Mr.. Henlock became chief OF
the Horticultural Division of the
Office of Public Buildings and Public
Parks of the National Capital.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Aurelia Henlock; a daughter, Aurelia
Henlock, and three sons, George and
Charles of this city and Joseph OF
New York City.
Funeral services will be held at 9
am. Wednesday at st. Dominic's
Catholic Church and burial will be
made in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
MARSHALL TAKES OATH
AS INSURANCE CHIEF
Succeeds H. L. Davis as District
superintendent-Lived Here
Since 1924.

John A. Marshall was sworn into
Office today as District superintendent
of insurance and Immediately assumed
his duties He took the place held
for several years by Herbert L. Davis,
who tomorrow will take oath of office
as a member of the Beard of Assistant
Assessors.
Appointment of Marshall was an
nounced by the Commissioners
Wednesday, ending a contest which
had been waged for months by the
supporters of several candidates for
the job. Marshall has maintained a
residence in Washington since 1924,
when he came here as eastern sales
manager for the National Union As
surance Society. Eighteen months
ago he became sales instructor for the
Ancient Order Of United Workmen, a
fraternal insurance company.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
BY THOMAS R. HENRY.

BY THOMAS II. HENRY.
Copyright. 1884: BY The Evening Star.)
~ REDUCTION and distribution
of fertilizers is a basic problem
in the great Tennessee Valley
/ experiment.
Plant food must be cheap
and plentiful for regeneration of the
impoverished land. Each of the three
primary elements of fertilizers-nitro-
gen, phosphorus and potash-is q
problem in itself.
First and most essential Of the
three, is nitrogen, the dead gas" 1t
constitutes about three-fourths of the
atmosphere. A recent National Re-
search Council estimate placed its
abundance in the atmospheric blanket
of the planet at approximately 50,000.-
10000 000,000 tons. 1t is equally dis
tributed everywhere. The problem Is
to get a plentiful supply into the soil
in a form that is dissolvable in water.
Ordinarily nature takes care of this
when left to herself, but when man
steps in with his blundering agricul-
ture, the nitrogen rapidly becomes de-
pleted. This is what has happened
over much of the Tennessee Valley.
At Muscles Shoals the Tennessee
Valley Authority has the largest plant
in the world, with some of the most
up-to-date equipment, for extracting
nitrogen from the air The prospect
of furnishing farmers with cheap nj
trogen has been one of the most fire.
quently advanced arguments for Gov
ernment operation Of this great
hydroelectric war baby" 1t was one
of the foremost possibilities in the
mind of President Roosevelt when he
proposed the Tennessee Valley expert
ment.
One Problem Solved.
But during the years of intermin-
able debate over the idle Muscle
Shoals power plant the nitrogen prob
lem was being solved in another way
by scientists OF the Department of
Agriculture and State experiment sta
tionS. So far as agriculture was con-
cerned, it was hardly problem at all
any longer The dead gas could be
extracted from the air and put into
the soil in its most available form
simply by planting various legumi-
nous plants, chiefly hairy vetch, be-
tween rows OF corn. cotton and other
nitrogen-conSuming crops. 1t is only
necessary to educate the farmers to
this possibility-and they rapidly are
being educated by energetic county
agents. The hairy vetch crop puts
into the soil the equivalent of about
80 pounds OF notrogen to the acre
essentially for nothing.
The trouble in the mast has heep
that over much of the cotton area
there has been no rotation of crops.
The South was growing cotton for the
world and, in the words of DR.. Har-
court A. Morgan. one of the three
directors of the great experiment. "it
couldn't stop" If it did it would sac
rifice its markets to Egypt and India.
The amount of cotton land was linz
tied and the farmers couldn't afford
to give any Of it a vacation.
Evening star., 1934-02-19
Factor Is Described.

He said they remained there about
an hour and that the man who had
talked to them when they we're
parked on the other side street came
out and talked to them a second
time
Q. Did you hear the conversation?
A. Yes.
He described Factor as a man about
feet z inches tall, and he also de-
scribed his car.
@. To whom did he talk?
A. To Roger Touhy.
Q. Where was Touhy?
A. At the wheel of my car.
@. Where were you?
A. Sitting next to him.
He then said this man returned to
the Dells. and that after awhile. he
couldn't be sure just how long. he
saw Factors car come out of the
Dells.
Then the car they were in pulled
out and followed Factors car
Asked if he knew what they were
going to do, he replied he did.
Authorities announced that Factor
yesterday identified money seized in
the Baltimore room Of Basil "the
Owl" Banghart as part of the ran
som money paid for his release and
that Banghart was linked with the
kidnapping by witnesses, who identi-
fed him yesterday in a "show-up."
Evening star., 1934-02-19
QU|TSAS OFFICIAL
! OF LUMBER CODE
c. Arthur Bruce Indicates
"PoIiticaI Pressure" Was
Brought on Him.
BY the Associated Press.

~ WV AoooSAnIc0 EIces.
c. Arthur Bruce yesterday formally
resigned as executive officer of the
lumber code authority. indicating
political pressure" had been brought
to force his action.
His letter to the Code Authority
follows:
Il hereby confirm my resignation
as executive officer of the Lumber
Code Authority verbally rendered you
on February IA. The fact that you
informed me on that date that the
National Recovery Administration had
indicated to you that such action on
my part would be desirable Is the only
reason care to give for my action.
"As the executive officer Is the
spokesman for the industry and the
official contact with Government, any
other action on my part might mean
that the industry would be handi-
capped in its relations with the Ma
tional Recovery Administration. This
desire to avoid.
However, from certain informa-
ton that has come to me and also
certain other members of the au-
thority I cannot help but believe that
political pressure has been exerted,
but the exact knowledge in this re-
spect I do not have, nor do I think
you have. This leads me to say, how
ever. that while it is we'll known that
I am a Republican and ran on the
Republican ticket for Governor of
Tennessee in the Fall of 1880 I have
been 100 per cent with the President
and Gen. Hugh johnson in their con-
structive plans for the rehabilitation
of industry and the Nation through
the N. I. r. A.
In closing. reiterate my belief
in our lumber code as means Of self
government and express the hope to
continue to give it support in other
ways than through service as execu-
tive officer"
Evening star., 1934-02-19
us. MASS HOUSING.
PROGRAM STUDIED.
Four Members of Cabinet
Consider Setting Up
Federal Unit.
BY the Associated Press.

-Four cabinet officers today studied
ways and means of directing an an
ticipated expenditure of $4,000
100000 of private funds into a Sys-
tematized. long time mass housing
program.
Experts who will advise the cabi-
net members figure that with proper
supervision of mass production meth
DDS, fine homes might be made to sell
for as low as S2,5O0. They see pos
sibility, too, of working the same
idea on inexpensive apartments.
Three Lines of Study.
The administration survey will con-
slider. among other things, the ad-
visibility of setting up a Govern
ment organization to stimulate local
housing corporations which would
construct lOW-coSt apartments and
houses. A primary aim will be find
ing methods of stimulating private
capital into this field. 1t is conceded
that the Government would have to
help. But Federal expenditures of
such magnitude were considered out
of the question.
Seeking ways to stimulate the flow
of capital. three main lines will be
followed by the cabinet study:
l. Modernization.
2. New private dwellings and apart
ments
8. Slum clearance and rehabilita-
ton.
Housing Shortage Exists.
Some analysts who will aid in
the study estimate that at present a
housing shortage exists, affecting more
than 100000 family units. and that
If taken from the long-range point
of view, 5O,OOO.0OO people are living
in inadequate or improper homes.
officials ,concede that at present
Federal efforts to stimulate the de-
velopment of loW-cost apartments and
slum clearance have been small COM
pared to the possibilities along this
line. They feel the insertion OF a
mass production idea into this field
might help particularly.