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The Washington times., 1934-05-26
MARK HELLINGER'S COLUMN
Amateur Mite at
Dude Ranch

When the Dude Ranch man
agement booked Wednesday as
amateur night they naturally ex.
pected it to be a success but the
enthusiasm with which it has
met exceeded even their fondest
hopes.
With Joe Brown, radio inn
presario acting as master Of
ceremonies, % persons We'd for
the applause of the audience at
the popular suburban dance re-
sort. Mrs. Eugene Brown of Sill.
yer Spring, Md, and 1chabod
Josselyn of Mount Vernon Place
NV. seemed to be just what the
doctor ordered the other night
and walked away with the two
prizes.
If there had been a third prize,
however, Charlotte Hands, Of
Cleveland Avenue, Riverdale, Nd,
a torch singer, would have owned
it today for she had the people
crying for more.
Although they weren't part of
the amateur show, man, said
to be a former Congressman and
a companion had the customers
rolling in the aisleS with their
Interpretation of Private Lives"
But the amateur shows, good
as they are, do not constitute
the Dude Ranch's sole claim to
popularity. Al Shea's orchestra
and the personable Gene Smith
as M. C. draw the people to-
ward Behwyn. The Saturday
afternoon dances without cover
charges are proving very popular
with the dancing-set,
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
.okoH Entertains

The Russian Troika's floor show,
under the capable direction Of
Mischa Markoff, fingers in the
memories of those who have wit
messed it as a truly unique ex-
perience.
Citizen Mischa Markoff, whose
cheerful mastering of ceremonies
and brilliant vocal renditionS have
made him a favorite, continues to
be the Troika's greatest drawing
card.
Anna Sablukova, Russian char
acter songstress, presents charm
ing ballads. The Troika concert
orchestra, under the baton of
Matt Windsor, contributes its
share to the program by offering
Russian Fantasy" an original
number.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
An Odd Case

MI WV O0SS
oldest case went unnoticed
this week by the newspapers: !:
Before Judge John j. Sullivan
in the Central Jury Court, Mu-
nicipal Court: Fannie Scheurer,
German girl, sues Hamburg
American Line, Nazi controlled;
representing the Scheurer gal
was Sidney w. Hartman, Jew;
for the Nazi defendant, Jesse
Kohn, Jew; on the jury, 3 Jews
Wiley Post is having a plane
built for 2 flights: one in an
attempt to break the current
$1,000 #. altitude record, the
other to lower the transconti-
mental speed record. In a
Greenwich asylum today is a
leading figure in the unsolved
Ellwell murder mystery.
Gene Is Social
Gil Patten Burt L. Standish)
has served injunction papers on
q movie concern which he charges
is attempting to theft the name
of his famous character Frank
Merriwell" .Cinemagun Gen e
Raymond has gone wurra social
in town here alternating his So
cial activities in the company Of
either Mrs: F'red'k L. Richard,
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
Jockey Club Has
Young Singer

The Jockey Club, located at
Fifth and Florida Ave-, N. E., is
stepping out in fast time no mat
ter what the weather conditions
are, the track is fast. You really
must visit this club to appreciate
it's purpose in night life. The
club has been forced to turn away
many patrons each night.
Pretty mattresses are dressed in
Jockey costumes. Jockey Club
music with pretty Betty Lee sing
ing the songs you like to hear. GER
tainly is one of this clubs out
standing attractions.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26

ing, I shall not wear Spectacles"
Lear was an early Anglo-Saxon
king-Specs became known only
to the fourteenth century.
The Washington times., 1934-05-26
SOBOL'S GOSSIP OF BROADWAY
THE VOICE. OF
BrOadW ay
BY Louis SObOI
PRATTLE AND TATTLE!

The George OBriens Marguerite ChurchD will fill the
bassinet before rent Gus Shys Dorothy Day.
became prampuhers Tuesday night and the Maxwell lay
wrgh Andersons and the John Artis La Gatta join the
procession shortly The Spencer Tracy divorce being
Snapged money.
Evening star., 1934-10-28
Drought Kills Ducks

THE drought conditions of the West have
taken heavy toll Of the wild duck popula-
ton through development of what is termed
Western sickness. The cause of the illness is
a bacterium known as Clostridium botulinum.
The bacteria thrive in some forms of decayed
vegetable matter made available to the ducks
without adequate water, the ducks have taken
to these areas and have become infected by
the disease in great numbers The only REM
edies are preventive, either the flooding Of
the stagnant areas or a drying operation.
Sometimes the birds can be frightened away
by gunshot, but the result likely would be
seeking out of similar conditions elsewhere.
Evening star., 1934-10-28

ing for his claim to a bit of Virginia in the
heart of Maryland.
It is in 1887 that we begin to see Nathaniel
Pope clearly in the affairs of the Colony. BY
that time settlements were reaching out some
what beyond little st. Marys City. and some
thing Of civil division was attempted. A con-
siderable district about st. Marys was organ
lied as ST. Marys County, and promptly at the
county court appeared Nathaniel Pope as one
Of the freemen chosen for the Grand Enquest.
About this time, too. Pope received an i'm
portant notice-or perhaps 1t was just nailed
up on the mulberry tree. Anyway it announced
that another Assembly was to be held st.
Marys County was now divided into hundreds.
One Of these, including the "city" itself, was
called st. Marys hundred and from this Pope
would be a member of the Assembly.
With the opening Of 1888 the freemen OF
the Colony gathered in the large, rough build
ing within the fort, and the second Assembly
of Maryland was in session. An odd scene OF
mingled elegance and crudity. Presiding were
the dignified Governor and his councillors; next,
the score or so of gentlemen" and then the
body Of freemen with their hats on.
But at the formal opening of this Assembly
we look In vain for that ancestor Of George
Washington. All that We see is the clerk
writing down Nathaniel Pope's name with sew
eral others and adding, "They made not ap-
pearance for proxies" Although this gentle
man from St. Marys at once arranged for rep
resentation by proxy it was several days be-
fore he personally appeared in the legislative
hall, or hut, of Maryland.
So it was without his help that the Assembly
got under way and determined several things.
The house shall slit every day at eight of
the clock in the morning, and two Of the
clock in the afternoon" Any member that
is to speake to any matter shall stand up and
be uncovered" No member shall stand up
to speake until the party that spake last
before have safe downe" Even after Pope
began coming to the Assembly his attendance
was strangely irregular.
In the next year sort of land-hunger that
was to characterize Nathaniel Pope (and
surely his far-od great-descendant, too) began
Evening star., 1934-10-28

to show. He now patented two tracts. One
was virtually town property. being on the
edge of st. Marys: the other, a slightly
headland farther up the river. This headland
was called East ST. Marys. 1t Is odd the
number of places figuring in Maryland history
that were once associated with Pope's name.
This one became prominent later as the prop
erty of Lord Baltimore himself and was long
the military rendezvous and quaint little port
Of entry for st. Marys City.
There was change in this 1889 in the way
of constituting the Assembly. Heretofore, the
Governor had summoned the freemen directly;
now, he issued writs for them to elect repre-
sentatives. Burgesses were to be chosen from
every hundred. Perhaps George Washington's
forefather had not made so bad q legislator
after alIhe was one Of the two burgesses
elected now from st. Marys hundred
Again the Assembly met in the fort, but soon
adjourned to the Colonial Secretary's man.
sion house." called st. Johns. As Nathaniel
Pope sat there, law-making in the secretary's
big house, his sense of importance would have
fattened had he known that one day the
Assembly of Maryland would be held in his
house
Evidently, by the early 164os, this man was
a fast-growing figure in the Colony He
seemed the star feature on the Grand
Enquest," held various commissions and was
on important committees in the Assemblies.
But Nathaniel Pope was not only important,
he was also well-to-do. He paid higher taxes
than almost anybody else in st. Marys
hundred, had quite retinue of servants. and
Just now he was about to make something of
display. In ST. Marys City, adjoining the
fort on the northwest, was a large lot be-
longing to Leonard Calvert, and called
Governors Field" Pope bought this lot from
the Governor, and proceeded to build house
upon it. AS this house was to become noted,
it is too bad the records remember so little
about it. Only that it was very large frame
house facing Middle street, though far back
from it, and about $50 yards from the river.
We can glimpse the Pope family in their
new home. Aside from Nathaniel and his
wife, apparently named Lucy, there were at
this time two boys Thomes and Nathaniel,
and a baby girl, Ann. most important
Evening star., 1934-10-28
BY FRANK W. HUTCHINS.

ID ItZ14NN ~ III OIITIVOs
\ N THESE days Of commemorating the
founding Of Maryland, how many Of us
know that q great-great-grandfather Of
George Washington played q considerable
part?
Evening star., 1934-10-28

h low a matter long to be thorn in Mary
lands side, and one day to prick WASH
ington's grandsire rather sharply. All along,
the Colony Of Virginia had resented the coming
of the Colony of Maryland as an invasion OF
her chartered territory One island of the
Chesapeake, within the grant to Lord Baltimore,
Virginia especially claimed having been pre-
viously settled by Virginians. This was Kent
Island, lying opposite the site of present-day
Annapolis.
BY this time Virginia had about given up
the fight, but one of her high officials, William
Claiborne, who had trading station on this
island, had no idea of giving up. And So on
an April day of 1885 memorable encounter
"A little armed boat from st. Marys captured
a little armed boat from Kent Island-and
Maryland annals proudly entered the first
naval engagement in American waters. But
u settled nothing, and Claiborne went on fight
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
Liberalism-The Trend of Times

Governor Floyd B. Olson reelected by a
large plurality and with him was swept into Of
fee the entire state ticket of the FarmerLabor party
with the exception of Mike Holm Secretary of State,
State Auditor, all of whom reelected under the
Republican banner. Of all the Farmer-Labor candi-
dates United States Senator Hendrix ShipStead
alone given majority of the votes cast.
To some the defeat of the Republicans in the
State and Union sounds the death-knell of the Re
publican party. However, that is merely conjecture
The thing said of the Democratic party
when Al Smith defeated-yet four years later
Franklin D. Roosevelt swept into office by a
huge landslide and the rebirth of and visionary
Democratic party assured. Another to
doubt that statement is that five of the nine
victory the veteran, Magnus Johnson, is prob
ably the greatest vndication of the life of the Re
publican party in the state.
There various reasons given for the defeat
of Martin Nelson, Republican standard bearer in
Minnesota, this year. Some reasonably true. He
campaign, and at that time his own party men
said he could not be elected He carried on vgor-
Gus, clean campaign, and finally became threat in
the battle for votes It then that the Old Guard
into the picture and through standpat tactics
contributed hugely to his defeat
Mr.. Nelson attempted to lead new Republican
party to victory but his efforts hampered by
lack of liberalism the part of party leaders, who
failed to the trend of times They failed to give
the electors liberal party in opposition to radcalsm
To say the State of Minnesota has gone RED" as
some of the nations daies infer, is rather far
reaching statement The Republicans have retained
control of the Executive Council through the cleo
ton of Stafford King State Auditor The people
of Minnesota have also elected conservative State
Legislature and Senate, and in that knowledge feel
that any attempt at radical legislation will be
blocked.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15

port for Speakership
In letter to the members-elect
of the Fiftieth session of the Min.
nesota legislature Representative
Harold II. Barker, of Grant county,
is the first House member to an
nounce his candidacy for the
Speakership. This action was TAX
en- at the request of many Of the
old house members who have as
sured him of their support.
Representative Barker is one of
the outstanding leaders of the legis-
lature, past president of the Min
nesota Editorial Association and
was recognized House leader in
the 1888 regular and special ses-
sions. He was chairman of the
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle
Taxes Committees, vice chairman
Highway Committee, member of
the Rules, Taxes and Tax Laws as
well as other important committees
during the past sessions. Mr.. Bak-
err sponsored the constitutional in
come tax amendment bill, automo-
bile tax reduction bill, and the act
to eliminate restrictions and match
ing features on state aid for coun-
ty roads.
In a three cornered fight in the
recent election he was elected as
representative by his home folks by
vote of two to one over his OPP
ponents. He is publisher of the FL
bow Lake Herald, native of Min
nesota and served as an officer in
the field artillery in the World
War.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
Beauty a Civic Asset

The new white way recently completed on South
Main Street. brings forth the thought that in spite
of the apparent commercialism of the age it is evil
dent that rapidly developing greater appre-
citation of the beautiful. This thought is also borne
by the splendid work done at the City park the
past summer
Things of beauty today not only enjoyed by
the weather. classes in the large cities but they
tend to all people-those who live in towns villages
and the rural districts well.
New towns and sections of the older ones
being laid out with wider Streets with provision
for larger lawns, more trees, more shrubbery and
flowers, and a more attractive setting generally.
New houses are built with better architecture and
greater harmony planned to attain greater beauty
in their surroundings. Aside from the satisfaction
which it affords the eye, there is financial gain
value achieved in beautifed property.
Beautiful cities, villages and homes attract peo-
pie permanent residents and also attract tourists
and trade. It is natural that person selecting a
home trading center will choose town that is
beautiful and clean in preference to that I'M
slightly if other conditions equal. This is proven
by the number of inquiries for lake shore property
received in this city recently
City officials and citizens in general have in the
past attempted to attain beauty in the city parks
home surroundings, but have made the most of
our opportunities? With unified effort on the part
of all residents it is possible to attain that which
all desire, city beautiful.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15

Approximately half of the de-
crease was offset by a contraction
of $534,000 in the cost of teaching
and research. Half of this came
from salary cuts and half from I'M
filled or cancelled teaching post
tons. There was also a decrease
in equipment inventory, more
equipment being written off than
purchased.
Items in the declining income
were a decrease of $475,000 in the
states maintenance appropriation,
one of $4,000 in income from the
$500 mill state tax, and a reduc-
ton of $92,156 for special appro-
priations, chiefly for agriculture
experiments. These items, all
saved to taxpayers, totalled $685.
600. The University also gave up
voluntarily it's $360,0O0 annual
building program.
Every category of expenditure
but one showed a decline, there be-
ing slight rise in the cost of OPP
Grating physical plant, due in part
to higher fuel prices. Athletics
alone produce an increase over
1888.
Receipts from all sources were
listed as $7,914,S14 as against S.
961,45O the year before. Expen-
ditures were $7,914814 as against
1911, 1923 in the year ending with
June 1888.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
Income of Minnesota
"U" Is Down $1,OOO,OOO
Report of Comptroller Shows Belt
of State Institution Drawn
Far In

The University of Minnesota's in
come decreased more than $1,000
600 for the year ending June 80,
1884 under that of the proceeding
year it was shown by the annual re-
port of Comptroller w. T. Middle
brook, of which summary was is
sued today by his office.
Actual receipts from all sources
were $S59,550 less during the past
year besides which there was de-
cline of $112,O in the free balance
remaining at the end of the year,
while in 1884 receipts there was al
so included 100000 received from
sale of certificates of indebtedness
for building the new unit Of Pho
neer Hall. an extraordinary item.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
Could I Winter $50 to 4OO-Pound
Calves on Rumble CoruS

calves on Bundle Corn?
Rv feeding bundle corn without
cutting or grinding it. and without
using anv protein supplement, you
can successfully winter $50 to 400
pound calves. but they would gain
very little. BY cutting and grind
ing the bundle corn, you would
make the corn go farther there
would be little or no waste, and
calves would do better on it than
they would on the whole bundle
corn.
IF you hope to have the calves
gain and grow through the winter
months. your corn fodder should
contain quite little corn and you
should feed a pound per day per
head Of some protein supplement,
such as linseed or cottonseed meal,
corn gluten meal or soybean oil
meal. This should cause the calves
to gain around one pound a day
apiece-W. III. Peters, Division of
Animal Husdandry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15

The following method is usually
used: Melt out all soldered seams,
clean with I've solution and rub
with muriatic acid. Put solder
flux over the surface to be timed.
Heat with a blow torch, apply tin
and wipe clean with waste. Parts
that do not take tin readily are
rubbed with powdered sal ammon-
lac. Wash well with water and
fine steel wool and resolder all
seams.-William Boss, Division of
Agricultural Engineering.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15

When Rex Waller, of Austin, was
shot and killed while campaigning
for the Democratic nomination for
state treasurer of Texas, his bro
Their. Dennis Waller, took his place
as candidate.
The worlds largest fish is said
to be the whale shark found in the
Indian Ocean, which measures as
much as As feet in length and
weighs Is tons.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
Should an Inexperienced Man At.
tempt to Retin a Cream
erv Vaf9

An expert retinner advised me
that it is rather difficult for an in
experienced man to do a good job
of retinning a vat and the cost Is
usually more than if the work is
done by an experienced man. A
400-gallon tank with coil and cover
will require about pounds of tin.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
Is Block Salt an Adequate Source
of Salt For Milk Cows?

Block salt is not satisfactory for
milk cows, except when the grain
mixture contains one per cent salt.
Block salt alone will do for young
stock and dry cows.-W. E. Peter
sen, Division of Dairy Husbandry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
Lightning Wins Bout with church steeple

Granite Falls-The old adage about lightning not
striking twice in the place is all wrong accord
ing to members of the First Lutheran church in
Granite Falls, and they point out their church
building evidence. When this structure erect
ed, good-sized steeple, topped by weathervane
pointed it's into the sky Then started the bout
between the lightning and the steepe. Almost every
lightning would strike the iron-tpped tower and
crash its way to the earth tearing off shingles and
plaster on its way down. This happened again three
weeks ago. But the church steeple has given up its
bout with the lightning. and church members have
decided to take it down.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
What Kind of Winter Shelter is
Needed For Hogs?

Not having much hair to protect
them from cold. hogs need a fairly
warm building for winter. -Ventil-
alton to keep the hogs dry is even
more necessary than warmth
e. F. Ferrin, Division of Animal
Husbandry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15

DEMONSTRATING asleep while driving, "well
oiled" driver continued to slumber on while his car
went into the ditch and turned it's side re-
Gently The in the ditched car was still sleeping
when transfer line truck driver stopped to investi-
gate what he thought serious accident. I'm
able to the driver from his deep sleep, the
truck driver drove into Winona to report the acct
dent. Sheriff Fred Seeing drove to the place de-
scribed and placed Stanton Smith under arrest.
Smith too intoxicated to be brought into the
court the following day, could he be convinced
that he had driven off the road while in his drunken
stupor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-15
StateNews Briefs

From Our Exchanges


New Ulm-When Miss Harriet Toftelin one of
Hanska's oldest inhabitants, passed away August S,
Brown county recovered more than $1,000 of the
money it had contributed to her support Shortly
ter the death of Miss Toftelin search institut-
ed on the premises for hidden treasure. $9S678 in
cash was found concealed in Dishes pots trunks, CT
gar boxes, among old papers, and in old sink.
The collection largely composed of old currency
and old silver, and among the currency was found a
genuine Confederate bill of $40 denomination, show
ing that the hoard must have been started some time
ago. Miss Toftelin at time lived with her broth
err doctor who died in 1919 Since that time Brown
county has contributed $3.50 to the deceased
woman's support, and the Red Cross has added an
other 1882 This the only source of Miss Tote
Inns income, with the exception of money she receiv-
ed from home made medicines. She had wide repu-
tation folk DOCTOR and personally gathered ali
the herbs used in her connections.
Unwise Owl Enters Bus In Transit
St Peter-A great owI-wise perhaps but GER
tainly myopc-wrecked fatal havoc for himself and
painful injuries to four humans recently near st.
Peter when he crashed through the windshield of a
southbound bus. Weighing 10 pounds more, the
great bird struck the glass obquey from the right,
SCATTERING the windshield in every direction about
both the driver and passengers and landed dead in
the seventh seat back the left which happened to
be empty. Though struck by the bird
Driver Harry Greenly and three passengers were
obliged to seek the of physician for treatment
of Injuries Greenly stated that similar accident
befell him year ago this fall when the sef-propelled
projectile was pheasant.
She Collected
Howard Lake-Dressed in ragged clothes, wo-
visited town last week end succeeded in collest-
ing quite bit of small change from sympathetic
listeners. After working the village she went down
to the depot where big sedan parked, changed
the old birds nest she had been wearing her head
for nifty hat and drove off with companion
Modern Cattle Drive Proves Expensive Project
Fergus Falls-The days of TO- with their huge
cattle drives, apparently are gone forever from the
modern west. Certainly the days when thousand
mile drives could be conducted with little expense
beyond the pay of the hands are gone. When
it got than it bargained for Several days ago
drive started from Henning to Fergus Falls where
the cattle to be slaughtered The herd contain
ed only paltry TOO head, but it caused considerable