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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-02

found in South and Central America and sometimes
in the southwestern part of the United States is
y this far north It Is black in color with naked
skin of the head and neck The end of the beak is
tremely hooked It feeds carrion only. This bird
has been mounted by the local taxidermist and is
display at his place.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-02
Glacial Deposits Found Near Little Falls

Little Falls.-An interesting display Of glacial
deposits which he has gathered bluffs north of
Little Falls at elevation of approximately 80 feet
higher than the city is owned by Joseph Weger-
stseder In the collection pieces of petrified wood
petrified coral with imbedded Shells and piece
which looks like petrified clay with small stones roll
ed into it. Another large piece is slightly similar to
human foot while another looks like petrified mud
with blades of grass in it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-02
Pheasant Hits Bus, People Are Injured

WaSeca-An unusual accident occurred to an
east bound bus last Saturday afternoon three miles
east of here at Goose Lake when pheasant flew in
to the windshield of the carrier and injured three
passengers Miss Ellen Hastenes, teacher at Com
frew suffered the greatest injury She was in the
front seat opposite the driver when the pheasant
struck the windshield as she looked out side win
dow. Flying glass and possibly the claws of the
pheasant cut ugly cash from her left eye into her
scalp, just above the Blood flowed profusely from
the large wound and she weak from the loss
of blood that it necessary to return and take her
to a local physician. The wound dressed and Miss
Hestenes taken to Memorial hospital for observa-
ton until the next day when she able to continue
to her home
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-02
Young Mechanics Self-Styled Auto Showing Up"
Models On Market

Observation-Disclosures more attention and COM
ment than the most expensive and latest streamne
models tiny one passenger homemade auto
mobile built by Clarence Ormsby, 16 year old high
school student, it chugged down Ortonvilles main
street" one day last week. Ormbys creation Is en-
tirely his idea of what a should be for youth
and is capable of making a speed of 10 miles per
hour-on pavement of course-but with little e.
building the lad hopes to attain greater speed there
by keeping abreast of the national along that
line. The has one distinct advantage the
standard make automobiles in that it will travel 35
miles on gallon of gas-and that is big item on
boys pocketbook Measuring six feet long and with
a 30-nch tread the is powered by washing ma
chine engine. Parts from standard make automo-
bles with the exception of the wheels which are
from a child's coaster wagon. The front axle was
forged out of angle iron.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-02
Br.r-r! Swimming Season Is Open

Hopkns.-The ice has been broken at nearby
Shady Oak Lake and swimming season is officially
open This choice bit of information Is broadcast to
eagerly awaiting world through the unimpeach-
able authority OF Robert Ueeck Donald Jenstad and
Glenn Schmeide, Hopkins boys who took part in the
brief, snappy ceremony Of inaugurating the season
last week. After returning to town double-time to
shake off the chill all of them cheerfully lied Sure
the water is fine"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-02


Cokato-Residents of Cokato apparently believe
in keeping things in the family There three Co
kato brothers married to three Cokato sisters P. L.
Johnson, Swan L. johnson and Nels Johnson all hav-
ing married trio of Dahl sisters In addition, a
fourth brother the late Otto Johnson married
to fourth Dahl sister.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-02

For new cars-Graphite oil
for overhead oilers, for
breaking in new or recon-
ditioned motors. KAc
Pint ............01
Evening star., 1935-09-15
BY REX BEACH.

BY REX BEACH.
. ALMER, Alaska.-The Mata-
- nuska farm colony Is Uncle
Sans boldest experiment in
i rural rehabilitation. Out of
Evening star., 1935-09-15

pear loath to 60. Washington sits
very still with head bowed. A
strange solemnity seems in the air.
Members are later to speak of this.
But, all Is over, the great work COM
pleted, and so at length the Federal
Convention of 1887 adjourns. And 80
do we, its unseen observers.
True to the manner of the times,
the members Immediately gravitated
to q tavern, the City Hotel, had dinner
together, and "took cordial leave Of
one another" And they went, still
troubled, not knowing the marvel hey
had wrought-that 1t was the greatest
piece of constructive statesmanship
ever known; that it should create and
perpetuate o mighty republic to be.
come the model for all others; that
the worlds profoundest statesmen
should unite in its praise-GladStone
declaring, THE American Constitu-
ton is the most wonderful work ever
struck of at a given time by the
brain and purpose Of man"
After that parting at the City
Hotel, was George Washington still
under the influence Of that last
solemn moment Of the convention?
He tells us he returned to his lodg-
ings, "and retired to mediate Oh the
momentous work which had been
executed" 80
And now, perhaps no better ending
to the story Of that historic day than
Just the picture Of that big, lone
figure sitting there In meditation.
Evening star., 1935-09-15

Continued on Third Page
Evening star., 1935-09-15

settlers on its hip and they'll stay
there until they are ready to get OF.
1t will have to spend four times what
it expected to spend. It's got bear
by the tail and it can't let go. OF
course, we don't mind, for it isn't our
money, and that shows the complete
change of mental attitude that takes
place when charity ceases to be pri-
vate or local concern and becomes q
public enterprise.
1--WE had an unemployment problem
here in this town and we met it. In
asmuch as we were spending our own
money, we made sure that 1t went
as far as possible and we got by for
about 5000 a month. Then came
word that relief would be administered
out of public funds, and by official
agencies. Immediately we all became
interested in seeing, not how little.
but how much it could be made to
cost. One business man told me the
other day that he is now making q
profit out of it Of 5000 q month.
That's precisely the way your
Matanusks projects function"
Good lord! Is there more than
one?"
ION the Government list it Is desig-
mated as project No. 32.' There are
some 40-odd similar homestead SUBJ
sistence undertakings elsewhere. Fig
ure out the total cost and see where
it's leading"
120 Square Mile Area.
Seen from the air, the Matanuska
Valley is q timbered wilderness, broken
by occasional clearings and lakes.
Through the birch and spruce forests
wind a few roads laid down for the
old-timers and geometric pattern Of
new roads being cut for the tenderfeet.
The colonization area embraces about
100 square miles, throughout which
the settlers have been spotted. 1t viii
take about 100 miles Of graveled high
ways to serve them.
At Palmer has been started COM
munity center comprising a trading
post with store, radio and post office,
a general warehouse, canning plant,
creamery, school. hospital, central
heating and lighting plant, and pre-
sumably some recreational facilities.
The project as originally contem-
plated involved a capital expendi-
ture Of about $l,250,000, which was
expected to cover everything; but this
community center alone will cost
nearly that much and the total ex-
pense of building houses, digging wells,
clearing land. supplying equipment
and carrying the pioneers until. they
are self-supporting will undoubtedly
greatly exceed the original allotment.
$5,000,000 Cost Seen.
Estimates of the total ultimate cost
run as high as s5,o0o,0 900, and the
most optimistic forecast I have heard
is that so families will stick and dig
their toes in.
In that event, those hardy frontier
families will have cost us taxpayers
500, 900 apiece. That is paying pretty
high for pioneers. No wonder Alas
kans speak with contempt about these
Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1935-09-15

of the mule. Everybody is eager to
see the country grow. but they ex-
plain that farmers never blaze a trail,
they follow the wagon ruts. Without
q market they can't exist.
Were not FOOLS" was told. "If
there was money in farming here
we'd be doing it ourselves. We've tried
and the Matanuska Valley Is full Of
clearings abandoned by fellows who
couldn't make ago Of agriculture"
A Living-Perhaps.
Perhaps there's at least a living
In it." ventured.
Perhaps. But you can't make a
contented farmer without the pros
pect Of prcfit. There are lit families
Of old-timers In the valley now
almost as many Of them as there are
colonists. All have been trying for
years to make a. living without any
conspicuous success.
What gets our goat is the waste,
the extravaganza. that's going on up
there. The Government has these
Evening star., 1935-09-15

Note: Fen knoU Alaska as 1t 10
kno1Dn to Rer Beach, the writer,
peterdn OF the pioneering days in
that country. With inerddicdble
memories of the rigors OF those
frontier experiences, Beach has
gone back to Alaska to inquire into
the condition and the prospects OF
the Governments colonists in the
Mdtanuska Valley. Whose COMPARE
the comforts and small lururies
tDould haze found the early pio-
neers incredible. Famous among
Bedch's ropels OF adventure and
life in the tpilds are "The Spoilers"
"The Barrier" The Silper Horde"
and 1.-THE Ne'er-Do-WeL." Bedch,s
intimate k1pnoledge OF Alaska, and
his o1or experiences there, 0ive this
article especial authority.
Evening star., 1935-09-15

they can't do that, on account Of the
railroad haul and the freight rates"
Where" I asked, will they dis
pose of their crops?"
That's something we'd like to
know. Anchorage is growing town
and there are a few consumers scat
tered up and down the railroad"
Residents Grow Their Own.
However, when I arrived In Anchor
age I discovered that here, too, the
residents grow most of their own
vegetables, berries and milk. Every
second town lot is a garden and there
are truck farms on the outskirts.
Mighty little chance for those
Matanuska fellows to sell any green
stuff here" leading citizen told me
II have a truck garden in which stuff
is going to waste. I can't give it
away"
Anchorage is next door to the colony
and has watched the experiment with
interest. 1t is the general belief that
the Government has put its cart ahead
Evening star., 1935-09-15
Tokio's New Subway
Thoroughly Modern

ToKIo.-Asia's first subway system,
opened to the public some time ago,
has been so successful that 1t will
probably be followed by many more,
and the Orient's teeming millions,
where they are most congested, will be
able to escape the "madding crowd"
by transportation facilities laid undsr
the ground.
Tokio's subway combines the best
features Of the New York subway, the
Paris metro and the London tube
Coins In the slot machines are mag
nified. 50 that guards may detect
spurious money. White enamel straps
snap back into place when not in use.
Automatic doors have soft edges, which
may bump but not scar the slightly
tardy passenger. Cars carrying 200
passengers leave o station every three
minutes. go
(ccpyrisht. 1850
Evening star., 1935-09-15
CONSTITUTION DAY
The Day and the Signing.

neur Morris, and that other little man,
SO delicate looking, SO pale-faced, SO
plainly dressed, James Madison, prob
ably the best equipped member of the
assembly, and to be often called the
Father Of the Constitution"
On the table lies the completed
work Of the convention-the en-
crossed proposed Constitution of the
United States. All is ready for sign
ing. But something seems wrong.
There is an anxious uncertainty in
the air. Fact Is that even now suffi-
cient and satisfactory signing Is far
from assured.
There on the table lies a document
born out of as diverse and conflicting
interests as were ever sought to be
reconciled. It Is the fruit of months
of contention and compromise. Time
after time, in the long, trying ses-
sions compromise has gone dead, and
contention run riot. Time after time,
only the commanding determination
Of George Washington has held the
convention together and brought the
spirit of compromise again alive. At
last, success almost unbelievable-the
completed document on the table.
And now-quills and ink waiting
this hesitation, these doubts and ex-
cuSes.
Paper Read for Franklin.
Franklin has foreseen this and has
little speech prepared to meet it.
But the old man is too weak to speak,
and the paper is read for him. He
says that in the course of q long life
he has often been forced to change
opinions he has once thought right.
Now, in old age, he has learned to
doubt his own judgment and to pay
more respect to the judments of
others. He hopes that each member
who still has objections will do like
wise-doubt a little his own infalli-
bility, and sign the document. Ham
ilton, who probably has yielded more
to compromise than any other mem
Der, declares that he will sign, and
urges every member to give his sig
nature.
1t Is now toward evening. The pre-
siding officer steps from his chair,
and soon the document on the table
bears the bold, handsome signature,
Geo. Washington The members
follow in the order Of their States.
Most Of those who do not intend to
sign leave the room. As the last sig
natures are being affixed, and it Is
evident the proposed Constitution will
carry the authority of two-thirds Of
the convention, Franklin stirs to
speak. The white-haired octogena-
rian is gazing toward the great chair
occupied by Washington. On its back
is emblazoned a half-sun with bril-
liant, gilded rays. How often and
often" comes the faint voice, in the
past weeks of hopes and fears, have
I looked at yonder sun, wondering in
deed whether it was rising or setting.
But now ! know-it is q rising sum-"
Something that Washington now
says we do not quite catch clearly.
Tradition has his words, Should the
States reject this excellent Constitu-
ton, they viii probably never have
opportunity to reject another in
peace-ths next will be drawn in
|, ,bloodl"
Now, somehow, the members ap.
Evening star., 1935-09-15
Electric Signs Flash
Forecast of Weather

YOKOHANfA.-Electric signs fash
ing at night from the tops OF the
Meteorological Observatory here in
form the citizens as to the probable
weather conditions the following day.
The red beacon is for cloudy weather,
the white is for clear and blue IS for
rain. The observatory uses the most
modern clocks, seismometers, etc.
(Copyright. 1850 =.
Evening star., 1935-09-15

~ ALMER, Alaska.-The Mata-
- nuska farm colony Is Uncle
Sans boldest experiment in
L rural rehabilitation. Out OF
the original 200 families taken to
Alaska, about 40 have returned home.
Seven hundred men, mostly relief
workers, have been busy for four
months building cabins, making roads,
ETC., and by the time snow flies the
colony will be housed. That will end
the first chapter in the experiment.
But only the first. The eventual
outcome Is no more certain now than
1t was last Spring, and most well-in-
formed Alaskans predict that it will
end in failure.
Some of those 'hand-picked' col
onists were never on . farm, and the
rest don't realize what they're up
against" man In Juneau asserted.
Many Of them don't know which end
Of q horse to put the collar on or the
part of q COW that gives milk, and by
another year two-thirds Of them will
have quit. The thing is being man
aged to death. Why, with 100 fam
lilies left, there are II department
heads. That's better than one to
every 10 settlers.
"Where's the Market"
"The valley is rich; it's about the
best farming place in Alaska. It will
grow fine vegetables and berries, and
some grains will mature. But where's
the market? This Is an enormous
country and it is sparsely settled"
I learned that the idea as first con-
ceived was practical and modest IN
SCOPE. It recommended importing not
more than so families of experienced
Northern farmers, provided a year
was taken to prepare for their coming.
Local inhabitants believed the Mat
anuska Valley could support about
that many and it was suggested that
q few small units be spotted near mar
kets like Juneau, Fairbanks or other
towns. The Territorial Legislature
even went so far as to warn WASH
ington against proceeding with undue
haste.
Instead Of taking year to prepare
for so families Of the right sort, zoo
families were sent and the first group
arrived Just one day after the first
gang Of contingent workers, who had
been imported to build houses 1or
them and to clear their land. All
came to the same place and some nad
been badly selected.
If the thing blows up, the fault Will
not be chargeable to Alaska or TO
AlaSkans.
Hardships Avoidable.
Such bad management at the start
resulted in confusion, chaos; the colo
nists were subjected to hardships, dis
comforts and discouragement, which
could and should have been avoided.
Under poor planning, inefficient man
agement, and divided authority, the
project dragged; it admirably illus
trated the extravaganza and incompe-
tence Of Government management.
Fortunately, order was evolved and
ADLER hands finally took hold In time
to avert q tragedy.
Fairbanks, Northern terminus Of the
rail belt which the colony is expected
to serve. Is as pessimistic about the
project as is Juneau. 1t has an ex-
perimental farm operated in connec-
ton with the University of Alaska and
has developed farming and dairy
industry Of its own.
we grow right here practically
everything that can be grown in Mat
anuska." q resident told me, land
enough for our local market. But
none of our farmers is making more
than living. II these Cheechakos
break into this town they'll put. our
growers out Of business. Fortunately,
Evening star., 1935-09-15
BY FRANK w. HUTCHINs.
" v We OBSERVE this week the
148th anniversary Of the
wv signing Of the Constitu-
ton of the limited States.

N - SS~S&SAsN - tAA4o WIN tA4S
\A/ 14sth anniversary of the
wv signing Of the Constitu-
' v ton Of the United States.
Put on your great-great grandfather's
glasses and try to vision the scene
of that September II, 1887. in the
old State House down. on Chestnut
street, In little Philadelphia. That
was the building, you remember. in
which q few years earlier the Dec
laration had been signed, and it was
already coming to be called Independ-
ence Hall.
Now, on that hot September day
the eyes of troubled young Nation
were anxiously. feverishly focused
there. And reason enough. BY this
time our fathers had learned that it
was one thing to throw of the yoke
Of a foreign government, quite an
other to establish a government Of
their own. The feeble Continental
Congress was q failure, the bonds
holding the newly formed States to-
gether were swapping, and-well, the
crisis had come.
To meet that crisis there was now
gathered in Independence Hall the
most remarkable body Of men our
country has ever SEEN. Thomas JET
ferson lauded them as "demi- gods"
Quiet Rules Scene.
Through scorchingly hot weeks
those men sat there, patiently, often
desperately seeking to devise system
Of government by which the new,
dearly bought liberties might be pre-
served and the tottering Union placed
upon an enduring foundation. Be-
hind closed doors, guarded by SEN
tinels, this Federal convention sat,
each man solemnly pledged to secrecy.
About the historic building uneasy
quiet reigned, loose earth lay scat
tered over the cobblestone pavement
in front. the sound Of passing traffic
stilled.
Now, what was taking place within
those guarded walls on that historic
Monday, September II, some century
and half ago? That signing day,
that last day Of the convention.
Ignoring bolts, bars, and sentinels,
we step inside. We soon find our
selves In, large, impressive chamber,
the same in which the Declaration Of
Independence was signed. It Is
lighted by deep, casemented windows.
its walls finished with artistic panels
and pilasters. Before us appears an
imposing assemblage Of perhaps so
members-more here today than usual.
A most aristocratic appearing body,
with much showing OF powdered
heads and rich velvets and silk
stockings and cleaning shoebuckles.
Washington Presides.
At the far end of the room, upon o
dais and in a lordly Chippendale
chair. sits the president Of the con-
vention In that marked dignity al
ways distinguishing George Washing
ton. Conspicuous here and there are
other leading characters-that white
haired Benjamin Franklin, age-weak-
ened, but his very presence Q power;
that thin little man. magnetic genius
stamped upon his face, Alexander
Hamilton; that strange and strangely
disfigured man, with . withered arm
and . wooden leg, the gifted Gouver.
La opinión., 1935-02-24

cubierto Y ~aproXimandose
hasta unos cuantOs metros
del lugar donde Sc encontra-
ban atrincherados los Wills
tas, trataban de lazarlos.
Ell combate termino con IA
muerte del temerario gene
raj Anguiano y con la rendi-
cion de la mayor parte de los
villistas, los cuales fueron en-
viados a Sombrerete.
Con gran actividad, ell CO.
ronel Cara, organize su CO.
lumna y Sc puso en- movimien
to sobre Moves, Durango, Ell
donde Sc encontraba ell gene
raj S%eyerino Ceniceros, per
teneciente a las fuerzas Willis
tas del general Calixto Con-
treras. Cara lego a las 60
teras de Moves ell Is de febre-
70, cayendo inesperadamente
sobre los yillistas, a los que
derroto y persiguio.
La opinión., 1935-02-24
LA DE CARA

La derrota de Ceniceros en-
Nieyes fue prontamente CO.
nocida por ell general Contre-
ras. quien con ell grueso de
SUI columna Sc dispuso a de-
tener ell ayance de los carran
cistas, y hacienda un moyi-
miento atrayente, ell general
yillista logro que CARA lie
CARA confiadamente hasta I'm
punto entire Rio Grande y
Sain Alto.
Estimando que ell enemigo
Sc encontraba a gran distan-
cha de sus fuerzas, ell coronel
Cara pernoct0 en- San Fe-
lipe, sin establecer avanza.
das nj puestos de vigilancia,
Y cuando SUI genie Sc encon-
traba entregada al descanso,
el general Contreras cayo a
la media noche sObre los ca
rrancistas, entire los cuales
cause una confusion indies
La opinión., 1935-02-24

soldados, hicieron irrupcion
EN- las GALES de Sombrerete
al critic de Viva Villa. Sol
dados y oficiales carrancistas
que eran encontrados al pa
so de los atacantes eran muer
tos.
En- pequenos grupos los vi
llistas Sc lanzaron al asalto
de los carrancistas, que vio-
lentamente habian ocupado
las alturas. Ell general Eduar
do Hernandez, acompanado
de los miembros de su Es-
tado Mayor: mayores Abelar-
do Abrego, Zeferino Rodri-
guez e Ignacio Lopez y los
capitanes Pablo Villarreal y
Humberto Garcia, fue sor-
prendido cuando Sc encon-
traba en- la plaza principal.
Hernandez, pistola en- ma
no y seguido de sus o~ficiales,
hizo frente a los villistas de
Tomas Dominguez, posesio-
nados va de los portales. Con
temeridad, ell general Herman
DEE avanzo sobre ellos, ira
tando de desalojarlos.
La opinión., 1935-02-24
Ell COMBATE DE
MIlPIllAS

Solamente habian pasado
dos semanas, del ataque de
Banuelos a Sombrerete, Guam
do ell general Eduardo Her.
nandez tuvo conocimiento de
que los villistas a las ordenes
del general Victoriano An
guiana Sc concentraban en-
ell rancho de Milpillas, quizas
con intencion de dar otro
asalto a Sombrerete, por 10
cual, antes de permitir ell a
vance del enemigo. Herman
dez dispuao la salida de una
columna de doscientos hom~
bres a las ordenes del coro-
mel Candelario CARA.
Ell coronel Cara Sc moyili-
20 con TODD sigilo sobre ell
rancho de Milpillas, sobre ell
cual cayo ell 8 de agosto. FL
general Anguiano. que no es-
peraba al enemigo, Sc batio
desesperadamente; pero era
impossible detener a los asal-
tantes que durante la refrie-
ga habian tenido verdaderos
actos de valor, como los lleva
dos a cabo por un grupo de
soldados quienes a pecho des