The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-06-07
Local DrOuth
Committee is
Functioning
Sank Centre Business Men
Raise $2.700 Revolving
Fund to Buy Feed
GOOD WORK IS DONE
Town Boards of Ashley. Ray
mond. Getty. Sank Centre
Cooperating

The Sank Centre drouth COM
mittee representing the Commun-
ity Club, together with the Town
Boards Of Sank Centre, Ashley,
Raymond and Getty townships, are
fully organized and functioning in
a most satisfactory manner.
At the mass meeting of the Sank
Centre business men held at II 90
A. M, Thursday forty-eight bust
ness men subscribed $2,7OO for a
revolving fund to purchase hay
and grain on the order of the relief
director for Stearns county.
AS stated in the Herald Of last
week residents of Ashley, Raymond,
Getty and Sank Centre townships
will be served from this city. They
are requested to keep away from
st. Cloud.
OF course a cutoff must be made
somewhere. Nevertheless the order
Is working a hardship on many
farmers tributary to this city and
who do all of their trading in Sank
Centre. That is particularly true
of those living in Melrose township,
Stearns county, Kandota, Little
Sank and Birchdale townships,
Todd county.
The town boards have carefully
gone over their respective town.
ships with the result that about
Abs farmers have been placed on
the relief rolls.
The drouth in the Sank Centre
section was temporarily broken
early Sunday morning with fine
shower. There was another Sun
day evening, one Monday afternoon
with considerable water falling.
The weather has been cool and
cloudy since with more rain ap-
parently lowering over. OF course
the conditions have not been re-
lieved but there is a decidedly more
hopeful outlook for the farmers in
the Sank Centre area.
called at drouth headquarters and
told Secretary Joe Butler that he
had been listed to receive hay. He
said the rain had so improved his
meadow that he would have feed
for his stock and to pass his allot-
ment Of hay on to less fortunate
farmer.
That is a fine spirit Of co-opera
ton.
The local drouth committee have
organized by electing Rev. Jos.
Butler as secretary. Headquarters
have been opened in the Caughren
Annex formerly occupied by the
Shopping News. Tables and chairs
are there to receive the farmers.
Members of the town boards and
Chairman w. M. Parker, and D. B.
Caughren, of the Sank Centre COM
mittee, are spending much Of their
time to take care of the applicants.
Thursday afternoon committees
left for the Little Falls and Brain
erd territory to buy hay. Altogeth-
er about 20 tons have been pur-
chased at a cost Of around $1,000
per ton, delivered. It Is under
stood it Is Of good quality. The
committee are authorized to pay
$500 per ton, maximum, for this
hay. They are asking the farmers
receiving the hay to pay the diff
ference Of something like $500 per
ton for the hay. They are willing
and glad to do SO.
It is understood that the town
boards are doing their share
toward defraying the expense Of
operating the headquarters. Several
cars of seed have been received
and more is expected. The pur-
chasing Of hay Is not a particular
ly easy task as much of 1t has
been picked up.
The Sank Centre business men
contributing to the revolving fund
to date are: Gus Otto, Jos. Dirn-
berger, D. B. Caughren, Chas. Hol-
comb, Blue Valley Creamery, Geo.
O'Gara, Fred Unger, Sank Lake
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