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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that default has occurred in the
onditions of that certain mort
age, dated the 9Th day of March,
925, executed by Milton Smith and
Rebecca Smith, his wife, as mort
ga gors. to John Kurrel, as mort
gagee, filed for record in the office
the Register of Deeds in and for
learns County, Minnesota, op the
tn day of March. 1925, at o'clock
p. NJ, and recorded in Book 100 Of
Mortgages, page 3S6. which said
mortgage was duly assigned on
January 10, 1928, to Annie Kurrell
by assignment dated on said day,
filed in the Office Of the above Reg
lister of Deeds on January 80. 1923,
at 1880 A. NJ, and recorded in Book
II of A & A page las, and which
said mortgage was assigned to Ella
Kurrell on February 81, 1928, by
assignment dated on said day, filed
in the office Of the Register Of
Deeds above named on March 2,
1928, at $3.50 A. NJ, and recorded in
Book T of A & A, page 154. That
pursuant to a stipulation of said
mortgage the undersigned has
elected to declare the whole debt
secured by said mortgage to be due
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Buckingham Palace Is
in Shape of Quadrangle

Buckingham palace is built in the
form Of q quadrangle. The great
pile of stone seen from the Mall
forms no part Of the original design,
but was added by Queen Victoria to
inclose the uncompleted quadrangle
left behind by Nash. This wing
contains the suite of rooms reserved
for distinguished guests and their
STATS. The first floor contains the
main rooms; on the next floor are
the bedrooms Of equerries and at
tendants, and the Wallets and maids
are housed in the mezzanine.
The ground floor of the front Of
the palace comprises private
house. This is the residence of
the keeper of the palace, the execu-
tive who controls the working of
the household The living rooms
of the royal family are in the north
part Of the palace overlooking the
Green park, and it is typical of the
modest way in which the king and
queen live that their private din
Ing room is about one-third the size
Of that used by the equerries and
ladies in waiting.
This royal dining room, by the
way, has a curious wall decoration
in the form of huge Chinese plaques,
which were brought from that fam
tastic eastern palace at Brighton
now known as the pavilion. From
there, too, came the central lights
of the room. which resemble vast
umbrella.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Black Schipperke Dog
Not Unlike Small Fox

In appearance the Schipperke, the
dog that is born without a tail, is
not unlike small fox. It's muz-
zle, head and ears are responsible
for this comparison. And, like its
wild neighbor, it shows remarkable
agility, spirit and quickness. In
Belgium, its original home, it is
called the little skipper" for
many spend their entire lives on
canal boats, Kidding the boats Of
rats and guarding the masters
property.
Two types are recognized In
America, where IT has found a
place as a household pet; those
weighing from ten to eighteen
pounds, and the toy, running from
six to ten pounds. The coat is pure
black and rather coarse. White
hairs are considered a defect. It
possesses a ruff around the neck
that extends down to the front legs.
Although particularly affection
ate to those who house and feed it,
the Schipperke is snobbish aristo-
crat, and its indifference, suspicion
and disdain of strangers does not
encourage attempting to strike up
an acquaintance. Being Of a jeal-
Gus disposition 1t refuses to tolerate
other household pets, especially
dogs or cats, and never fails to
show its displeasure over their
presence on the slightest provoca-
tion.
They are rather nervous and high
strung, yet not more so than sew
eral other toy breeds. But Schip-
perke owners can see no other
breeds when it comes to dignified
bearing, companionship and arts
tocracy In dogs, and they are not
far from being right.-Detroit News.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Living Upside Down

One animal habitually lives In an
upside-down position-the sloth Of
south American forests. It feeds
on leaves, and by means Of strong,
curved claws hangs below tree
branches. The sloth is the worst
walker among animals, but one Of
the finest climbers. It is so much
at home In the trees that 1t sleeps
while inverted. One fish, and one
only, will swim in an upside-down
position, a catfish Of the African
swamps. Any other fish found float
ing inverted is either dying or dead.
Our little blue titmice seem to pre-
fer to feed in an upside-down posi-
tion, and it may be an advantage to
the birds to do so, when in danger
Of being picked of the trees by q
hawk. We have one bird which
runs along the under side Of q
branch while upside down-the
tree-haunting little tree-creeper.-
London Answers Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
All Galaxies Like One
Billions of Years Ago

All the galaxies were together a
few billion years ago in a space no
larger than is now occupied by one,
but they began to separate, and thus
started the expansion of the uni
verse. This theory, says Popular
Mechanics Magazine, has been adj
vanced by famous Dutch astrono-
mer, who believes that the universe
contracted to point at some epoch
Of time, the galaxies passing stimuli
taneously through this point with
the velocity Of light.
The galaxies, he pointed out, can
easily penetrate each other. If you
put a million galaxies in the space
now occupied by one, the stars
would still have plenty of elbow
room, for their mutual distances
will still be of the order Of 100000
times their diameter.
The theory is supported by sew
eral indications of a serious crisis
three to five billion years ago,
which is about the age Of the PLAN
etary system, according to modern
ideas. It is believed some very
critical events in the history of the
galaxies at about that time sub
jected them to perturbations which
were responsible for their rotation,
their spiral structure and the dis
tribution Of matter in them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Armadillo l. Defended

A study of the food habits of the
armadillo show that It feeds almost
entirely on insects, and is therefore
beneficial In fact, scientists say,
the individual armadillo is the great
est consumer Of insects among all
our insectivorous animals, and the
occasional slight damage 1t may do
cannot be urged as adequate reason
for an eradication campaign. When
an armadillo is rummaging about
for food, it may occasionally pillow
through quail's nest or otherwise
leave evidence that it has been dig
ging, and as a result a casual OBJ
server is likely to believe that the
animals are destructive egg-eaters.
Tests conducted with both free
and captive animals, show, however,
that the armadillos do not recog-
nize whole hen eggs as food. In
captivity, it is true, the animals do
learn to break quail eggs and eat
them; but Investigators believe that
in the wild they do this rarely. Anal
ysis of the contents Of stomachs
examined reveal no egg material, but
show that the armadillo Is vora-
cious consumer Of beetles, ants,
grasshoppers, termites, caterpil-
lars, and in fact of all the small
creatures it finds by its character
istic method Of feeding, roofing in
the soil.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Thursday, January 4, 1884

and payable. and that there Is due
and payable at the date of this
mortgage foreclosure notice, on the
debt secured by said mortgage, in
GLIDING taxes Of $4,000 paid by said
"a stipulation of said mortgage, the
total sum of One thousand forty
nine and 97l100 ($1049.97) dollars.
That no action or proceeding at
law or otherwise has been institu-
tion thereof, and that by virtue of
a power of sale therein contained,
said mortgage will be foreclosed,
and the lands and premises there
in described, lying and being in
Stearns County Minnesota, de-
The North ninety-nine (99)
feet of Lot three t3) Of Aud
itor's Subdivision of the South
/ half of the North half (ShNh)
and the North half of the South
as. township one hundred
twenty-six (126), Range thirty
four (34), according to the re-
corded plat of said Subdivision.
will be sold to the highest bidder
front door Of the Post Office in the
City Of Sank Centre, Stearns Coun-
ty, Minnesota, on Friday the 26th
day of January 1884, at ten o'clock
In the forenoon, to pay and satisfy
the debt secured by said mortgage,
the attorneys fees therein provided
for, and the costs and disburse-
ments allowed by law upon such
foreclosure and sale.
Dated December Is, 1888.
ELLA KURRELL,
Assignee of Mortgage
VICTOR T. CONKLIN,
Attorney for said Assignee.
Sank Centre, MINI.
ublished Dec. 14-21-28, Jan 4-11-1s
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Curse of Fire Spirit
Is Still Experienced

A legend is told about how fire
was introduced to the tribes Of
North America thousands, perhaps
millions, Of years ago. According
to the story, the people of North
America suffered much during the
winter months because they had no
fire. Tales reached their ears Of
spirit who lived far away in the
woods In an almost inaccessible
place, surrounded by thousand
lakes. This spirit could melt the
snow and warm even frozen meats.
Hundreds of brave warriors dared
to intrude into the domain of the
spirit to obtain some of the fire,
but they never returned to their
people. Finally Nanabozho. cour-
ageous chief, brought fire to his peo-
pie. Almost Immediately their tribe
learned the curse of fire-its utter
destructiveness. This constituted
"The Curse of the Fire Spirit" the
title which writer gives to an
article in Hygeia, the health maya
zine.
The curse Of the fire spirit has
persisted. In the United States 1t
is greater than in other countries.
No fewer than 1900 lives were lost
in forest fire in Wisconsin many
years ago. The Chicago fire killed
200 persons and destroyed more
than 1900 buildings.
The chief delight Of the Fire
spirit is in burning peoples homes;
and fires of this kind cause more
death, suffering and property de-
struction in the United States than
do fires of any other kind. Rub
bish, defective chimneys, combust-
ible roofs, defective heating ap-
paratus, matches, cigarette and
cigar stubs, gasoline and kerosene,
defective electrical equipment and
hot ashes are responsible.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Discovery of Newfoundland

Newfoundland was discovered in
1497 by John Cabot, an Italian nav
igator in the English service, but
1t was not until 1888 that Newfound-
land was officially taken over as an
English colony, asserts a writer in
the Montreal Herald. On June II,
1888, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, who
was a half-brother to Sir Walter
Raleigh, sailed from Plymouth, with
five ships and Queen Elizabeth's
blessing; on July 30 he was off the
coast of Newfoundland. 1t was at
Kings Beach, st. Johns, that Sir
Humphrey Gilbert put up his tent
on the fifth of August. The har-
Dor wss full of ships, both foreign
and English. He summoned all the
merchants to a meeting, and in
their presence he caused to be read
publicly the commission under the
Great Seal of England, and he then
took possession Of the adjacent
lands. 1t was also on that date
that Sir Humphrey began the
plantation Of the first English col
ony.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Vessel Tonnage Is Not
Same as Cargo Tonnage

Vessel tonnage should not be con-
fused with cargo tonnage. A car
go-weight ton is 2,240 pounds, while
a cargo-measurement ton is 40
cubic feet. A vessel-measurement
ton is 100 cubic feet. The carrying
capacity of ships Is limited by the
amount of measurement space avail
able within their holds, and by the
amount of weight they can safely
carry. This is called register or
lightweight tonnage, respectively.
The five kinds of vessel tonnage
are as follows:
Gross registry tonnage The to-
tai enclosed space Of vessel, ex-
pressed in measurement tons Of 100
cubic feet, including engine room,
bunker (fueD spaces, crew quar-
tiers, storeroom spaces, cargo spaces,
etc.
Net register tonnage total
enclosed spaces Of vessel avail
able for cargo and passengers, in
measurement tons Of 100 cubic feet.
Total deadweight-The number Of
weight tons of 2,240 pounds, con-
sisting Of cargo, fuel, stores, sup
plies and fresh water for the boil
ers, ETC., required to put a vessel
down to her marks, her maximum
load line.
Deadweight cargo capacity-The
number Of weight tons of 2,240
pounds, which a vessel can carry
as cargo after deducting the weight
Of fuel, stores, supplies, and fresh
water required for the boilers, etc.
Displacement tonnage THE equiv
alent Of the weight Of the water dis
placed by a vessel fully loaded and
ready for sea; 1t is the largest ton
mage dimensions Of ship, but is
not commercially important.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Non-Poi.onou. Toad.tool.

None Of the shelf toadstools which
grow on trees and logs and stumps
are poisonous, but the majority Of
them are too leathery or woody to
be eaten, says writer in the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. There are some
notable exceptions, and Of these the
commonest is the so-called "oyster
mushroom" (Pleurotus ostreatus).
Far less abundant is the chicken
mushroom" (Polyporus sulphure-
ous). A monster among mushrooms,
but rare, is the ''branched poly
porus" (Polyporus frondosus). This
last is not readily recognized as a
shelf mushroom, for it Is much
branched and convoluted. It Is dry
and meaty, and has an excellent fla
vor. Another edible toadstool, Is
the ''beefsteak mushroom" (Fistulina
hepatica).
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Cure Belief for Spider
Bite Was Start Of Dance

Late in the Middle ages southern
Europeans became obsessed by an
unreasoning fear of spiders, says
writer in the National Geographic
Magazine. They dreaded particularly
the European tarantula, a medium
sized wolf spider, Lycosa tarantula,
the bite of which was supposed to
cause dizziness and nausea, followed
by depressing melancholy and event
ually death.
Popular superstition held that only
the medical" photographers could
save tarantati (bitten persons). If
only the right tune could be found,
music and the dance would do the
trick. The photographers protested
ability to select suitable music for
any patient"
Skipping and covorting with
great vigor and variety of steps"
made the patient perspire freely,
and supposedly the deadly poison
left the body with the perspiration.
In the wild antics devised to shake
off the dread tarantism originated
charming dance, the tarantella.
Superstition and quackery gave
way slowly before scientific expert
ments that proved the tarantulas of
Europe really rather harmless. But
meanwhile the white settlers of
America had come in contact with
much larger and more ferocious-
looking spiders.
We know today that there is lit
tie justification for fear of our true
(American) tarantulas. One mem
Der of this group, however, the giant
Sericopelma communis of Central
America appears to be an exception
in regard to its venomous nature.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Columbia River Starts
In Canada, Winds South

! The present Columbia river starts
in Canada, and winds south for 300
miles until 1t reaches that eleva.
ton Of land known as the Columbia
plateau. Faced with this obstacle,
the river turns first west and then
south again as 1t skirts the plateau
on its western edge. Finally, at the
junction Of the Snake river, it once
more turns west and finally enters
the Pacific.
The Columbia river did not, how
ever, always have this course. Dur
ing the Ice age one lobe Of the ice
sheet known as the "Cordilleran"
came down and blocked the pre-gla-
cial Columbia at the western end Of
the Columbia plateau. With no out
let the river started to back up. It's
waters were raised nearly a thou
sand feet by the melting Of the gla-
cial sheet until they finally were
high enough to find a path over the
high plateau at Grand Coulee. This
was an enormous body of water
known as glacial Lake Missoula
1000 feet deep and containing some
500 cubic miles Of water.
Flowing over the plateau these
glacial waters came to Jumping
off place" about halfway down the
present canyon of Grand Coulee,
where the land falls 500 feet in two
wiles. There giant cascade was
formed that eventually cut through
the rock to form a cataract 600 feet
high, with a mile and half crest.
In addition a gorge was dug out
above the falls that is three times
as deep as that Of Niagara and at
a maximum nine times as wide.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Tinamou Leaves Nest to
Care of Her Busy Mate

1t takes lot of husbands to keep
female crested tinamou happy.
officials of the California bureau of
game propagation have decided
after two years of trying, without
success, to propagate this South
American game bird species in Cal
ifornia. They have found that as
soon as hen has produced a clutch
OF eggs she leaves the matter of
incubating them entirely up to her
mate and Immediately goes In
search of new husband. If plenty
! of mates are available she will
produce clutch after clutch of eggs
for them to hatch, but If she is
provided with one mate she win
neither assist him to incubate the
eggs nor leave him alone so that
he can perform this duty properly
himself.
Efforts to propagate the tinamous
in California were begun when
sportsman of that state brought
back several live specimens on his
return from hunting trip in the
Argentine and Uruguay and pre-
sented them to the bureau of game
propagation. The flesh of these
birds is highly esteemed in their ma
tive countries and it was thought
that tAey might prove valuable adj
dition to domestic wild game in Cal
ifornia.
Although the report describing
the unusual habits of these birds
refers to them as pheasants, this
is wrong classification, according
to most ornithologists who have
anything to say about tinamous in
their records. The birds are fire.
quently classed with the pheasants
and cartridges, they say, but are in
reality much more closely related to
the ostriches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Balsa Is Found Almost
Everywhere In Tropics

Balsa is the lightest and one OF
the most remarkable of all woods
Balsa is found almost everywhere
in the tropics, but most OF that used
In this country comes from Ecua-
dor. The trees have a rather smooth
bark and large broad leaves, and
they grow as high as 80 feet. The
trunks are from 80 to SO inches in
diameter. Only trees less than five
years old are cut, because in them
the honeycomb-like cell structure is
still thin and very light.
Floating in the water, balsa can
support about ten times its own
weight. 1t is four times as light
as pine, yet it is half as strong as
good spruce.
Balsa was first used commercially
about twenty years ago, and was
then very expensive. 1t was widely
used during the World war for life
RATS on army transports, and to
make supply cases that would keep
their contents afioat when dropped
into flooded shell holes.
When airplanes began to carry
passengers after the war, balsa
proved invaluable. It is used on
air transports for interior finishing,
for furniture and for many other
purposes. AS it grew cheaper in
price, it was adopted for many
other uses, such as for interiors of
high-speed yachts, for quieting heavy
machinery and for soundproof
booths in motion picture studios.
Besides all this, 1t furnishes the
material with which thousands of
young aviation enthusiasts expert
ment in model planes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Sterling Silver in Use
Long Before Year 1850

One or the c0mm0neSt trade terms
In the United States is sterling sill
ver." What Is the origin and mean
ing Of this phrase which indicates
standard quality?
The word Sterling" says the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine, means
solid silver of a definite fneness.
Pure silver Is too soft for use. But
add just little copper, only 7h
per cent, and you have substantial,
enduring sterling. These proper
tons were used long before 1850
and have never been changed. "Ster-
ling" on a piece Is restricted by
law in the United States and some
other lands to silver which Is
925-1, 900 pure, and 1t is a guaran-
tee that metal used in the piece is
genuine.
Sterling Is an ancient word. It
is a contraction of Clustering" In
the Twelfth century there -four
ished in Germany the Hanseatic
league, comprising certain free
towns. These towns issued money
Of their own, and in trading with
English merchants gave their silver
coins for British cattle, sheep and
grain.
The British soon learned that
money from these Hansa towns was
always the same, always depend
able. Soon they came to insist on
the coins of the Easterlings, or
those from the east of Britain.
Later sterling" was made the stand
ard both for English money and for
the manufacture of solid silyer-the
standard of highest quality.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
Europe's Whispering Gallery

CzechoslOvakia's geographical sit
iuation indicates its high political
significance. Its western part, the
ancient kingdom of Bohemia, is
huge Slav peninsula thrust out in
the sea Of German territory. Its
central portions abut oR<Reland, un-
der the Carpathians in the north,
and on Austria and Hungary to-
ward the Danube In the south. At
the east is Rumania. If such
queer-shaped country can be spoken
of as center, says a writer In the
London Saturday Review. Czecho-
slovakia is the center not only of
Central Europe, but Of the conti-
nent, and responsive to every sound.
and listening even to every whisper
An Prague, its capital-Literary Di-
gest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE
Notice Is given that g. mortgage
dated July 1st, 1880, made by Jo-
seph Wehlage, as mortgagor, to
Henry Rehkamp, as mortgage, re-
corded in the office OF the Register
of Deeds Of Stearns County, Mime
sofa, on July 3rd, 1880, at IL o'clock
A. NJ in Book lot of Mortgages
on Page 426 thereof and mortgag-
ing Lot numbered Six (6) less the
East twelve and 5l10 &c. 1850 feet,
and all Of Lot numbered Seven ca
all In Block numbered Three (3),
In the townsite (now. city, of Mel
thereof on file and Of record in the
office OF the Register of Deeds in
and for Stearns County. Minnesota,
will be foreclosed by the sale Of the
said premises, in accordance with
the Statute in such case made and
provided, at the front door Of the
Post Office in the City Of Sank
Centre, in said County and State,
on Friday, the 26th day of Janu-
airy, 1884, at 10 o'clock A M. to sat
isfy the amount then due on said
mortgage, together with the costs
Of such sale; the amount claimed to
be due on said mortgage at this
time bel being $176s.76. Dated Decem-
HENRY REHKAMP,
Mortgage.
L. L. KELLS,
Attorney for Mortgage,
Sank Centre, Minnesota
published Dec, 14-21-28, Jan. 4-11-1S
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-01-04
First 10 Girdle Globe

The first to accomplish the feat
girdling the globe-so far as the
space but not the time is concerned
was Ferdinand Magellan. son Of
Portugal, but sponsored In his adj
venture by the king Of Spain, who
established the first round the world
record in a Sixteenth century sail
ing ship, though the ship returned
from its famous voyage without its
intrepid master. 1t was Magellan's
evil fate, with victory in sight, to
end his career tragically in the Phil
ippines. while the ships that had
carried his daring hopes sailed or
on the last linl, of the globe-girdling
voyage.