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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Shark. Eat One Another

Watchfulness, the law of the sea,
applies to sharks as well as other
fish. Their span of years-never
vet counted by scientists lis de-
pendent upon their own alertness,
for, although only a shark can bite
shark, these monstrous fish are
cannibals, and eat one another as
well as everything else in the sea.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Old Race in Skyscrapers

A young German archeologist re-
ports having discovered vestiges Of
an ancient civilization on the Arabian
peninsula that lived In skyscrapers
and possibly to have found the de-
scendants Of the Queen Of Sheba. A
very ancient city found In Arabia
revealed the ruins Of buildings Is
stories high.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Wheat Area in South Americs

The principal wheat area in South
America Is found on the pampas Of
Argentina, a relatively small area
In and near the hdewater region
along the South Atlantic Ocean.
Here, from 100000 to 300 600 600
bushels a year are produced, Of
which more than half is exported.
This is virtually all hard wheat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Planting Sorghums for Forage Per
mitted on Contracted Acres

Regulations of the corn-hog,
wheat and tobacco reduction con-
tracts forbidding the planting of
grain sorghums on the CONTRACTED
acres" do not pertain to the plant
ing Of sweet sorghums, which are
usually grown for forage, rather
than grain, in Minnesota, according
to Andrew Boss, University Farm,
st. Paul, director of production
control in Minnesota.
Since the sweet sorghums are
more resistant to drouth than
corn, and also are practically i'm
mune to attack from grasshoppers,
they might well be grown as an
emergency forage crop this year on
many Minnesota farms, in Mr..
Boss's opinion.
1.-THE sooner they are seeded now
the larger amount of forage they
will YIELD" he advises. Minnesota
and Dakota amber are the varie-
ties commonly recommended for
this state although later maturing
varieties, of which Kansas or
ange is an example, may be planted
with the expectation of obtaining
a fair yield.
"Since almost all Minnesota
farmers are equipped to grow corn,
I would suggest planting sweet
sorghum in rows AZ inches apart
and cultivating and harvesting it
with corn machinery. Care must
be used in cultivating not to cover
the young plants, which at first
grow slowly. If the corn planter
is used for planting it should be
equipped with special plates. The
grain drill, with part of the cups
stopped, also may be used for plant
ing. About seven to ten pounds Of
seed per acre is the proper care
Of seeding"
Federal Requirements
although many of the restrictions
of the wheat reduction contract
have been lifted by the Agricultur-
al Adjustment Administration on
account of drouth, there are still
several requirements the producer
must meet before he will be eligi-
BILE to receive the second 1888 and
lrst and second 1884 adjustment pay
ments, says e. e. Lenzmeier, county
agent. "
It is to help farmers prove they
have computed with their contracts
that local wheat supervisors are
now visiting the farms, he explains.
Where producers have applied
for exemption from planting on ac-
count of the drouth, or have re-
placed blown-out wheat seedlings
with other crops, it will merely be
necessary to measure up the con-
tracted acres, check the location Of
these acres on the farmers map
and observe whether or not the
crops grown on these acres con-
form to the AAA regulations" says
Mr.. Lenzmeier.
IF any wheat whatever Us being
grown on the farm, however, this
acreage also must be measured up.
The findings Of the farmer and
supervisor must be entered in the
proof Of compliance" report, and
this report must be approved by
the county allotment committee be-
fore the adjustment payments will
be made.
These supervisors also serve as
'go-betweens' for the farmer and
the county allotment committee in
matters requiring explanation and
adjustment.
"The United States Comptroller
Of currency requires this procedure
before he will issue checks to pro-
ducers. Since the cost Of this
work will not be large, contracted
signers should accept this require
ment with good grace"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Source of Radiun

Radium comes from the carnotite
ores of Colorado and Utah, the
chief source Of radium for many
years. In the fall of 1922 rich de-
posits of altered pitchblend were
discovered in the Belgian Congo,
from which radium can be extract
ed more cheaply. and since then pro-
duction in the United States has al
most ceased.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
CANADA,S ANNIVERSARY

This summer celebrations will be held to COM
memorate the 4O0th anniversary of Canada's dis
covery by the French navigator Jacques Cartier in
1884 especially in the vicinity of his first landing
place the Gaspe peninsula, where a huge stone
will be erected.
With two ships which he commanded under a
commission from Frances of France, Cartier set
sail from his native seaport St Malo, on April 90
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
State News Briefs
From Our Exchanges
Anglers Death Caused BY Arrest

BUFlFAl1O-Belng arrested must nave been too
mucn OF a shock tor Dave DalDee, for less than an
hour after he had been arrested illegal fishing at
Waverly Lake. he tell dead OF heart failure. He
and Eli Dabec, of Marysvilie were arrested by Game
Warden Christensen, of Buffalo. Both were
brought before justice OF peace in Waverly and a
hearing set for the next day. Shortly after the
arrest, however, Dave Dalbec died suddenly, and is
thought likely that it due to exctment the
arrest
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05
Fish Specie Puzzles walton" Club Member

SLEEPY EYE-"It might have Deen"-loyd Dreh-
is just beginning to appreciate what that famous
quotation means. But to explain his saddening ex-
perience, here's what happened. Floyd went fishing
at nearby lake Sunday. He caught many fish. One
it home and with great pride went to exhibit the
his neignbor, DIR. Clarence Kefer. Doc took
a good squirt at the fsh-then another. After the
third sqmnt ne snickered. Then he laughed When
the bowls subsidized and the youthful blush Fldys
reached the color of a setting sun, Doc ex-
plalned what Floyd thought to be princely member
the piscatorial tribe nothing more than the
lowest OF the lowly-a dogish. Now everytime Floyd
hears a dog bark he gets the filters.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

ROCEESTER-The one year-od cat of the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. H Penney, of Rochester,
stretched the old theories of motherlove to the limit
recently when she took unto her fold baby skunk.
However, the baby skunk died last week after it had
lived for two weeks in the happy presence of mother
cat-Peggy by name-and her five offspring, playing
their games and drinking their milk. So fond did
the Penny family become of the baby skunk that a
daughter, Helen Mae carried it to school in box,
where it became pet of her classmates Offers for
sale of the little animal by various boys from
10 cents to 80 cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

GRANITE FAILS-When the bicycle mileage of
Judge Ole Hartwick, probate court reached the
astounding total of 137,191 miles, he set bicy-
Gle record. In letter from the president of the
Bicycle company Judge Hartwick is congratulated
his marvellous record. In addition the company
built bicycle for the Judge along his own
specifications which presented to him with the
company's compliments. Judge Hartwick took up
bicycle riding in 1895 because of ill health. Since
that time he has kept accurate record of every
mile he has travelled on a bicycle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

READ THE WANT COLUMNS.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

30 month old daughter of Pierce County Coroner and
Mrs. ROLAND Hoyer, when she escaped injury at Els
hearse. The machine plunged down ten-foot drop
without turning turtle crashed through two wire
fences, rode couple of bitches and came to halt
against an embankment. The mishap occurred when
Mr.. Hoyer, while washing the car, had gone into the
house. The little tot switched key which automat-
ically started the engine. The machine in gear
and the started off down the hill.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

ALBERT LEA-The "twister' of last Tuesday
night took its toll, and here and there many freaks
of the storm were found At the Glenville creamery
Julius Ramsey's garage was moved from its foun-
datfon and crushed in side. The bottom half
of one door cut as if by some sharp instrument,
thrown up over the garage and carried to the banks
of the Shell Rock river before it lodged in a
weed patch. At the Harry Geengo place near the
Greenwood cemetery east of Chenille, the twister
reached down into the grove and cut the largest oak
tree az inches in diameter) off about eight feet from
the ground. 1t was clipped off if knife had been
used. The other smaller trees not touched. A
machine at the Lionel Anderson farm cut in two.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-07-05

READ THE HERALD FOR NEWS
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
AUTO|STS LOSE
TAXPROTESTS

Washington motorists who are
finding that the tax assessments
on their vehicles this year are in
many cases higher than those of
last year, are getting little salts
faction from their appeals to tax
officials.
No reductions are being made
unless it is shown by motorists
that their automobiles have been
wrecked during the year and that
in this way the value has depre-
ciated to a greater extent, Off
cials declare.
Traffic Director William A.
Van Duzer stated that many mo-
torists misunderstood the tax as.
sesSment. He said that the tax
is levied for the use derived from
the vehicle in the past year and
should, therefore. be paid on its
present market value.
The increase in rates followed
the NRA national index of used
car prices.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
-OCAL BUILDERS NOW SHOWING LATEST TYPE OF HOMES
RENTED HOUSES
RENOVATED

Typical Of the extensive mod.
ernization and repair work on ten
anted properties all over the
country is the repainting and re-
conditioning just undertaken on
President Roosevelt's New York
city house on Sixty-fifth Street.
A corps of painters, decorators
and other skilled artisans de-
scended on this dwelling recently
to renovate it throughout, pre-
paratory to offering it for rent.
1t is this factor - increasing
rentability"-that is the motiva-
ting force behind countless recon
ditioning jobs undertaken by
landlords in communities every
where.
With the provisions of the Ma
tional Housing Acts moderniZa-
ton credit plan providing the
means, owners of investment
properties are availing them
selves of the opportunity to re-
paint and repair and thus add
to their income. The Federal
Housing Administration said in
a recent release that surveys in
various cities indicate the greatest
proportion of needed property
reconditioning existed in rented
properties rather than owner
occupied.
The Housing Administration
points out that its regulations
permit an individual owner to
obtain loans up to $4,000 each
for several pieces of property.
The number of such loans, how
ever, cannot exceed five unless
specific approval is given by the
Federal Housing Administration.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
NEW OFFERINGS
Of HOMES SUIT
ALL PURSES
BY DICK BAKER

Washington land developers
have needed the housing demands
Of the modest wage Garner, as
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
100000 LEF7
BY OPT|C|AN

An estate valued at approx
mately 100000 was left by Frank
II. Edmonds, prominent optician,
who died at Ventnor, N. j., last
September 20, according to a
petition for probate of his will
filed in District Supreme Court
today.
The will named his widow, Mrs.
Harriet B. Edmonds, and daugh.
ter, Mrs. Elizabeth E. Harris,
principal beneficiaries. The es-
tate consists of personal property
valued at sos, 900, which includes
an item of $4,000 for the Ed
monds Optical Company, in the
900 block Fifteenth st. N. w.,
and real estate assessed at $140,-
s37.
After making several minor be-
quests to relatives, the will di-
rected the bulk of the estate be
held in trust by JefferaaAl Coombs
and the Union Trust Company for
the benefit of the widow and
daughter. The petition was filed
through Attorney Robert w. Bur
ton and the law firm of Hamilton
and Hamilton.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
.NOFFETT VISITS
HOUSING SHOW

One Of the few public appear
ances ever made in Washington
by Federal Housing Administrator
James A. Moffett will occur at
the opening Monday night of the
Better Homes Exposition.
Mr.. Moffett will visit the ex-
hibit, which will be staged for
two weeks by the Washington
Better Housing Campaign, at 8
o'clock, Monday night.
The show, located on the north
side of Pennsylvania Ave. be-
tween Sixth and Seventh Sts.
N. w., will include more than so
displays of materials and equip
ment in the home construction
and repair field.
Dozens of local merchants will
display their wares and several
booths will be maintained to pro-
vide all information on home re-
pair and the "modernization"
loans being sponsored by the Fed
eral Housing Administration.
Among the booths will be those
directed by the District Bankers
Association, the District Building
and Loan League, the local branch
of the American Institute of Archi.
tects, the Federal Housing Ad,
ministration, and the local drive
Ceremonies at the opening will
include a band concert and ap
pearances by Thomas P. Little
page, general chairman of the
Washington housing campaign;
John Poole, executive director, and
Dorsey w. Hyde, assistant director
Alfred L. Stern, known for his
work in handling many success
full building exhibits here in the
past, has been appointed to direct
the Better Homes Exposition by
Mr.. Littlepage.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
40-ACRE TRACT.
ADDED TOPARK

Forty acres Of land in the
Cabin John Valley were pur.
chased today by the Maryland.
National Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission to complete one
section of the Cabin John Park.
way.
The tract was bought from the
Bannockburn Heights Improve
ment Company, of Philadelphia
for approximately $4,000, ?ur-
chasing Agent Curtis Walker
said.
The tract completes securing Of
all necessary frontage on Con.
duit Road for the parA develop
ment. 1t extends from Wilson
Lane to First Street. Above 20
acres more in small parcels are
all necessary to complete the en-.
tire park.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
F|REMEN FUND
ROW SETTLED

The unsigned agreement affect
ing both the Takoma Park Volun-
teer Fire Department and the
mayor and town council, which
has been holding up for several
months payment of the $4,000 al
lotment made by the town to the
fire department, has been accepted
by committees representing both
groups, it was made known today.
The allotment was made by the
mayor and council at the time the
yearly budget was adopted. In re-
turn for the allotment they asked
that the department refrain from
renting the fire hail for dance pur-
poses on Saturday nights, and that
the mayor and council have au-
thority where renting the hall was
concerned.
Members of the department who
were instrumental in getting the
building erected as fire hall and
community center were opposed to
this section of the agreement pro-
posed by the mayor and council.
AS a compromise, it was decided
that one group shall have charge
Of renting the hall for two Satur-
day nights and the other group
the next two evenings alternately
until expiration of the agreement.
Although final approval of the
mayor and council to the agree
ment is needed before payment of
the allotment is made, it is ex-
pected this will be obtained at a
special meeting called for tonight
in the town offices.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
NURSERY TREND
MORE CHILDISH

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-Chil,
dren's playrooms and nurseries
are being arranged this season
with more consideration for
what the youngsters themselves
like. Model nurseries in large
New York department stores, and
smaller shops which specialize in
children's furnishings, demon
strate at last the professional
decorator is endeavoring to see
the nursery through the eyes of
children.
Like their clothing, children's
rooms and furnishings are being
kept simple, smart and durable.
Plain painted walls form an ex-
cellent background for the bright
toys, gay little chairs, tables and
beds which they surround. One
nursery has an ingenious arrange
ment-a sheet of painted wall
board fastened to the wall with
a frame of narrow molding lac
quered bright red. This serves as
a bulletin board on which ia
vorite pictures from magazines
can be thumb-tacked.
Mural decorations, ranging from
very simple effects to elaborate
Mother Goose characters, seem
to be very much the thing.
Much can be done with ceilings
in nurseries: One ambitious par
ent painted the ceiling of his
youngsters room to suggest the
billowy canvas of a circus tent,
with the hanging edges of the
canvas" extending down onto the
wall. Gold stars in blue sky
is another interesting effect.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED at 3917 Nichols Ave-
S. E. by the Silgar Construction Company this repre-
ment is reached by driving three blocks beyond the Con-
gress Heights car line.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24
Adults Studying
5 Nights Weekly

Through funds made available
by the Federal Emergency Relief
Administration, adult classes are
being conducted five nights a
week at the Berwyn Grade
School In English, arithmetic,
shorthand and typewriting, with
the 80 students enrolled limited
10 six hcalrs work per week.
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

homes, it must be said, represent
no sacrifice in material or method
Of construction, but rather rep
resent an economy of building
method which conforms in every
respect with the strict building
code of the District.
The William H. Saunders Com
pany lists four offerings in a
price range which meets every
requirement, both as to location
and finance.
Two Chevy Chase homes, in
the $500 and 540O blocks of Thir-
tieth Place, contain spacious
rooms and are attractively land
Scaped. They are less expensive
than many less impressive homes
Ia the same neighborhood.
Suited to a modest income is
q reconditioned home in the 5100
block of Eighth st. N. W., offered
by the same firm. This house
includes a modern Electric Health
Kitchen and many other desir-
able features demanded by the
discriminating purchaser.
Another of its offerings is in
the 800 block PoWatan st. N. w.
A group of stone houses by
Beitzell in the 1900 block Ritten.
house Street is receiving popular
acclaim, due principally to the
artistic treatment of the exterior,
the spacious three-bedroom ar
rangement, complete landScaping
Of the grounds, and astoundingly
low prices.
These homes are marked by
unusual skill in the joinery of
the interior trim. Those three
cornered cupboards which were
the catch-alls of our grandmoth-
ers' households are reproduced in
the dining room of the Beitzell
structure, but serve the useful
purposes of china closets. A din
ing alcove also is included in this
home and the retaining walls
about the terraces, as well as
the garage, are of stone.
The Fidelity Mortgage Invest
ment Company has a completely
reconditioned home in the 1900
block Nichols Ave. S. E. contain
ing six rooms. It is of brick, semi
detached, and can be purchased
for less than $4,000 on very con-
venient terms.
A new firm, the Silgar Con.
struction Company, Siu-Garvin, is
doing big things farther out on
Nichols Avenue with a develop
ment which includes modest
homes of brick with five rooms,
garage in basement, low
prices, small down payments,
and good location. The devel-
opment is called Boiling View
and is in the 5000 block of
Nichols Aven11e
The Washington times., 1934-11-24

well as those
of the m os t
m e eticul u S
pro S pee t j v e
h o m e p u r.
chaser, in their
offerings t his
weekend.
Many homes
are available,
d e spite the
gr owing costs
of construction,
that are well
within the in
come Of tn e
S m a ii W a 6 e
Garner. These
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-20

marriage she may have to sit
around all evening waiting for
him to STOP devoting himself
to some other woman. So she
doesn't get much sleep either
way.
It's seldom you find a hus.
band who makes himself such
a helpful little ray of sunshine
around the house all day Sun
day that his wife'S heart is
broken because he has to 60
back to the office on Monday
morning.
Traffic Rule for Love: Never
try to head a man off who is
determined to get past you.
Give him the road-and save
yourself a lot of heart bruises.
y Il
What can a girl do? If she
tells a man how brave and hand
some and clever he is, he thinks
she has designs on him and is
frightened to death; and if she
doesn't, he thinks she lacks in.
telligence and is bored to death.
A man never feels so COM
pletely fooled by a woman as
when she threatens to do some.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-20
The Greatest Shoe
On Earth
By John Snure, Jr.

The fact hat Representative
John O'COnnor slipped through
the election fracas in New
York with a bare majority was
not exactly pleasing to some
Of the boys in the speakership
race.
Unkindly, they hoped John
would be eliminated so that
the votes he will have could be
thrown to them in the fight for
the most coveted position in
the House.
Scott w. Lucas, who was
named by the county conven.
ton at Jacksonville, ILL.,, to sue
coed the late Speaker Henry
T. Rainey as House member
from that district, is one of the
most amiable former athletes in
the State.
Strange that the county con-
Oention should select Scott
Lucas, one OF the most ardent
advocates of the American lie.
0iOn.
Rainey fought hard to pre-.
vent overthrow of the Presi-
dents veto on the independent
offices supply bill that gave
veterans increased compensa.
ton.