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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08

district. Carlton county was added
to the Duluth district.
In view Of the great interest
with reference to the Works Pro
gress Administration program, Mr..
Christgau issued the following
statement outlining in detail the
situation:
Il have been informed by a re-
preventative of Hopkins office
that the reduction in federal
funds for direct relief ia accord
ance with the Presidents an
nounced policy to get out of the
business of direct relief just as
soon as possible, the program is to
reduce the federal allotments fur
ther in September and still further
in October and to get out of direct
relief completely in November.
Funds appropriated for relief
purposes by Congress prior to the
81, 800, 100000 appropriation were
distributed to the states in the
form Of grants by the Federal gov
eminent. After a grant was made
to the states, the funds were ex-
pended as state funds. That policy
was continued in recent months
and funds for relief expenditures
have come out of the 1885 appro-
priation.
ut is the intention Of the feder-
al government to take care of the
employables by providing work
projects which will be carried on
under the Works Progress Admin
istration. The work relief projects
carried on under SIERRA were fin
anced, in a large part, by the fed
eral funds which were given to the
state in the form of grants, which
funds were used in part for direct
relief and in part for the works
division program.
1.-THE discrimination of work on
SIERRA work relief projects resulted
from the lack of federal funds. In
the past these state projects were
financed with grants from Wash
ington. The federal government
now is interested in getting out OF
the business of relief and is shift
ing the works program to the WPA
to be carried on in the states by
the Works Progress Administra-
ton"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08

The Tiger beetle Is a very grace
full and beautiful colored insect.
They are the most agile Of all the
beetles, and are not only swift run
ners but can also fly. They may
be found on hot days in roads, in
beaten paths, or on the shores of
streams. Their popular name is
suggestive of their habits, and of
the spots by which many are
marked. They are usually a metal
lie green or bronze, banded or
spotted, with yellow. Some, how
ever, are black, and some, that live
on white sand, are grayish-white.
The Tiger beetle larvae are as ugly
and awkward as the beetles are
beautiful. They are very greedy,
always on the search for prey.
They live in vertical burrows, in
sandy places or beaten-paths, or
in plowed fields, that have become
dry and hard
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
CATCHES THREE CUBS
ON FISHING TRIP

Fred Schwartz recently re-
ceived a letter from Norbert
Nathe, who is employed in the
Mantanuska Valley, Alaska. He
is getting along nicely and Is
enjoying his stay in the north.
ernmost of Uncle Sam possess
sions. He stated that many are
now buying farms, and it is sur
prising to him how they can
borrow a couple of thousand dol
lars, pay twelve percent inter-
est, and pay the entire amount
up in a couple Of years. He also
told Of fishing trip with a
friend, on which instead of
catching fish, they caught three
cub bears. Norb. says the groc-
cries to keep these animals alive
were too costly, hence he gave
them away. AS a fisherman
Norb. has become a very good
hunter, and with that kind of a
story, should be admitted to the
ranks Of the very best story
tellers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Mandrake Plant Superstition

M200roko Il9nS SVP0foUSAou
The root of the mandrake Of
history, namely, the mandrag' ora,
II supposed to become forked and
resemble the human form. In this
condition it was used as an aphro-
disiac. It Is allied to belladonna
and has poisonous qualities In an
cient times human figures were cut
out Of the root and special virtues
ascribed to them. It was also
thought that mandrakes could not
be uprooted without producing ia
tai effects, so a cord was fixed to
the root and around a dogs neck so
that when the dog was chased he
drew out the mandrake. Another
fallacy was that a small rose made
a person vain of his beauty, and a
large one made him an idiot; yet
another belief was that the man.
drake utters a scream when It is
uprooted. It was supposed to- be
q creature having life, engendered
under the earth Of the seed of some
dead person put to death for muir
der.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
VISITORS FROM WORLD
OVER PRAISE STATE

Tourists from every state in the
Union, from all parts Of Canada,
and from England, Hawaii, India
and China are included in the
thousands of visitors to Minnesota
who have answered a postcard
QUESTIONABLE prepared by the
state highway department and
state tourist bureau. The ques-
tionnaire is being used in connec-
ton with census Of tourist travel
being conducted by the two depart
ments with relief labor.
AS visitors enter the state they
are handed a state highway map
and postcard on which the tourist
may supply answers to certain
travel questions If he desires.
The replies carry the highest en-
dorsements Of Minnesota as a va
cation state, and in great many
cases the visitors take particular
pains to praise the hospitality and
courtesy shown them by Minneso-
Ia citizens, according to highway
department officials.
Frank P. Crastis, Jr., of New
York City, wrote: II am making a
business trip Of more than 10000
miles, and the courteous hospitality
experienced in your state makes
me long to return. We want to
come again for a much longer Wis
it."
Said Alice Kingsley, of Roxbury,
Mass: 1--WE all agree Wisconsin
and Minnesota are the two incest
states we've been in SO far"
A. B. Crawford, Of Los Angeles:
Splendid roads and very beautiful
scenery"
X. A. Sporre, Of Rock Rapids,
Ia: Roads uniformly good. Your
highway personnel credit to
Minnesota"
]. w. Kendall, of Burkey Heath,
London, England: Had an excel
lent time, enjoyed it all. Traffic
signals in Twin Cities not very
clear, though, the Co and Stop
and the little lights being difficult
to see."
Clarence Douglas, Of McHenry,
ILL.,: "A beautiful state in which to
spend a vacation"
A visitor signing himself "Tech-
nocrat Ostling," 4007 Bagley street,
Seattle, wrote: Good highways,
fine farms, good Governor. Don't
monkey with a sales tax"
Oscar G. Hanson, Of Forest City,
Ia: Minnesota should be proud OF
her roads"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Eskimos Have Ailments

Although a healthy and organ
ically sound race, the Eskimos are
seriously susceptible to ailments
which ordinarily cause white peo-
pie only minor discomforts! Be-
fore the coming of the white man
the Eskimos knew nothing Of such
common ills as colds, influenza and
other SINH lar ailments. These
came with the frst whaling boats.
Today the doctors Of the Far North
take particular care upon the arri-
val Of the first ships to check the
spread Of these diseases. In time,
as close contact Is made with the
outside world, the Eskimos are ex-
pected to build up the necessary re-
sistance to ward off attacks Of
these common sicknesses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Mechanics Of an Eclipse 4
Simple. Scientist SAYS

The mechanics of an eclipse Is
extremely simple, asserts a sci
enlist In the Montreal Herald. AS
the moon goes around the earth In
. monthly orbit there will be q po-
sition In each revolution when the
earth viii lie between the moon
and the sun. AS all light comes from
the sun, there would be an eclipse
Of the moon each month If all three
bodies were in the same plane.
However, the plane Of the lunar
orbit makes a small angle with
the elliptic. or plane Of the earth's
orbit, and this angle is large enough
to carry the moon above or below
the earth's shadow In space on
most lunar revolutions. Ordinarily,
therefore, when the earth Is be-
tween the moon and the sun, we
have just the regular full moon
phase. As the lunar orbital plane
constantly shifts its position In q
periodic manner, we find full
moons which occur when the moon
Is also passing through the ecliptic
plane. This produces an eclipse,
since the earth's shadow Is neces-
sarily close to this plane only.
Eclipses Of the moon, even total
eclipses, do not have the scientific
Importance Of total solar eclipses.
They reveal to our sight no impor-
tant phenomena which are other
wise unseen. The most important
observations which astronomers can
make at such times are only for
the purpose Of checking up the pre-
dicted and observed times. This
enables them to obtain more cor
rect values for the various factors
entering the mathematical relations
representing the motions Of the
moon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Wheat Association
Elects New Officers
Meeting of County Wheat Produc.
ton Control Held at Al
bany Last Friday

Edwin MANI, Of Paynesville, was
reelected president Of the Stearns
County Wheat Production Control
Association and chairman Of the
county wheat allotment committee
at meeting Of the associations
board Of directors held last Fri
day at Albany.
Other officers of the association
elected at this meeting include the
following: Frank Winter, Roscoe,
vice president; e. c. Lenzmeier, st.
Cloud, secretary; H. G. Bergman,
Sank Centre, treasurer; G. A.
Smoley, st. Joseph, and J. M. Mil
Ter, of Sank Centre, allotment COM
mitteemen.
The board of directors also
adopted budget for the operating
expenses Of the association during
the coming year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Oldest Game

The oldest game played IN the
United States, or on the entire
North American continent for that
matter, Is lacrosse. The name was
given by French colonists in Can
ada to the intertribal Indian sport
Of baggataway, once a favorite
sport of the IroQuois. The game,
which antedates the discovery of
the New world, was played with
q fury second only to the Indian
temper in battle, and there were
frequent casualties. French and
English settlers adopted the game
and formalized it as a sport. The
present game, which is the recog-
nized summer sport in Canada,
bears only slight resemblance to
baggataway, but it remains one OF
the most strenuous sports Of any
race. Many people, in fact, claim
1t Is a more exciting and interest
ing game than baseball and many
leading colleges In the United
States have adopted It as q spring
sport-Washington Post
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Smallest Isolated Group
Resides ON Midway Island


Perhaps the smallest isolated
group Of people living under the
American flag are the inhabitants
Of Midway island. Midway, mark
ing almost the extreme western
end Of the Hawaiian archipelago,
is 1900 miles from Honolulu. Its
inhabitants number less than two
dozen and their business Is opera
ton Of a repeater station for
the cable between the United States
and Asia. Here messages that are
flashed under the Pacific have to
be stepped up" in power.
When the station was established
Midway's shifting sands between
the coral reefs seemed an insecure
footing for a cable station. Shrubs
and trees had to be planted to bind
the sand together. Now the daz-
cling white sand is covered with
q dense thicket.
The cable buildings. living quar-
tiers and windmills are surrounded
by lawns, hedges and flowers. The
inhabitants amuse themselves with
tennis, golf, fishing. swimming and
sailing. There are no automobiles.
traffic cops skyscrapers. smoke
stacks subways OF hurdygurdies.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08

ginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma,
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and
California.
Only 30 days Of shooting were
permitted last year, too, but under
a plan whereby state game and
fish divisions fixed regulations
within certain limits for shooting
in each state. AS a result, hunting
in various states in this section of
the country continued from early
in October to December 8.
The plea for a closed season this
fall went forth from this section
as early as May, Investigations
then disclosing the drouth of the
last several years had greatly re-
duced the duck population. Many
species were on the verge Of ex-
tinction, it was said, and the re-
mainder were rapidly approaching
the danger line.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
u. S. Sets 3O-Day Duck
Season; Bans Batting
Shooting Allowed From Z A.
M. to 4 P. M. Between
Oct. 21-NOv. 20. Limit 10

Midwest sportsmen August LIST
lost their fight for closed duck
shooting season this fall when j.
N. Ding" Darling, chief Of the
biological survey, announced an
open season Of 30 days.
Their protests to Washington the
last two months in petitions sign
ed by thousands of persons did
succeed, however, in winning reg
ulations on the season more dras-
tic than any in the history of Am
erican wildfowling."
These include:
A ban on shooting over
baited water or Land.
A ban on the use Of live de-
coys any place.
Permission to shoot only be-
tween Z a. m, and p. m.
Making possession of more
than one days bag limit, which
was reduced from IL to 10, IL
legal.
A three-shen limit on auto
loading and repeating shot
guns.
The division of the nation in
to only two zones for shooting
purposes.
The season in the northern zone,
which includes Minnesota, will
open October 81, a Monday. and
will close November 10. In the
southern zone, shooting will start
November 20 and will close Dec
ember 10.
The restrictions, Darling said,
were the only alternative to a
closed season.
We've killed more ducks than
we've Matched every year for the
last IS years." he declared.
He estimated 100000 ducks
will fly south this fall and 12,000,-
900 will be killed by hunters or die
from natural causes"
Evidence that Washington con-
sidered the plea Of northwest
sportsmen for a closed season was
based soundly on a fear that shoot
ing this fall will result in practical
extinction of some species Of ducks
is the lateness Of the season.
Setting the opening date on a
Monday eliminates one weekend
Of shooting, and sportsmen gener-
ally agree that in a normal year
the lakes will be frozen over and
the ducks gone long before the date
set for the seasons end.
The rigid regulations also are a
major concession to sportsmen in
this section Of the country. Many
Of them have been advocated and
battled for by sportsmen's organi-
cations, especially in Minnesota, for
years.
The regulations, Darling declar-
ed, have been approved by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and should result
in the saving Of at least so per cent
Of the increase in ducks this year.
States included in the northern
zone are: Maine, New Hampshire
Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York
dncluding Long Island), Pennsyl-
vania, West Virginia, Ohio, Michi-
gan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, Montana, Wyoming, Color
ado, Idaho, Utah, Washington, Ore
gon and Nevada.
The southern zone includes New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
NEW WHEAT CONTRACT
WILL ASK Is PER CENT
REDUCTION FOR 1886

Farmers signing the new wheat
allotment contract will be asked to
reduce their 1895 wheat acreage Is
per cent from their 1930-32 base.
Announcement of this decision
has been made by the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration to en-
able winter wheat growers to make
their fall seeding plans. The con-
tract will be offered both to winter
and spring wheat growers soon
Other provisions which are almost
certain to be included in the new
contract We're announced by the
AAA as follows:
1. Contract will run from 1885
Ito 1889, but with provision whereby
the individual may cancel his con-
Etract at the end Of 1887, If he has
not all Of the requirements of the
contract up to that time. The
Secretary of Agriculture also may
terminate the contract at the end
Of any contract year by proclama-
ton before July 1 Of such year.
2. The highest reduction the pro-
Queer may be asked to make it any
one year (after 1880 will be Is per
cent Of his acreage. The producer
must plant at least "a per cent OF
his base acreage to qualify for his
full allotment payment.
8. Land retired from wheat pro.
duction must be planted, in general
to soil-building and erosion-pre
venting crops.
4. The exact rate Of allotment
payment will not be determined un.
til the end Of the contract year. It
will then be set high enough to in
crease the producers return, for
"a per cent Of his base production
exact to the parity" or flair ex-
change" level In the past, the rate
has been set at the beginning OF
the contract year, and hence has
been only approximately the diff
ference between the market price
and parity" The payment will
be made in two installments, as un-
der the present contract.
5. County allotment committees
will begiven more authority in
determining growers allotments
and in approving or disappearing
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
wh.r. Flag File. continuou.ly

/ Where Flag Flies Continuously
Z The Capitol at Washington is the
only building in the United States
over which the American flag Is al.
lowed, according to flag etiquette,
to fly continuously, both day and
night, throughout the year. Sew.
'eral years ago 1t was officially de-
.cided that there should be one
place in the nation where the ma
tional emblem Is always displayed.
Accordingly, the two flags over the
east and west fronts Of the central
part Of the Capitol are never taken
down except to replace them with
new ones.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
The Robbsr Flies

The R0bber files are mostly
large flies. The body IL long, with
q slender abdomen. although some
species are quite stout resembling
bumblebees. These flies not only
destroy other flies, but insects, such
as bumblebees, tiger beetles, and
dragon flies. They also feed upon
the larvae Of these insects. They
are very common In open fields
The larvae live chiefly In the
ground, or in decaying wood, where
they prey upon the larvae Of
beetles. Some Of these flies, how
ever, prey upon the roots Of plants,
The family includes a large number
Of species.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Yield of Small
Grain Is Excellent
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Fairy Lake, they reported one of
their best crops. They have thresh-
ed oats and rye and found the
grain firm and hard. Their oats
averaged forty bushels to the acre.
while the average yield per acre for
rye was twenty-six.
Threshing of rye and barley in
the Brooten and Belgrade area has
shown a good yield and good quail
ity. The yield is about 80 bushels
for rye and about IS bushels per
acre for barley. Oats is around 40
bushels.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Plan To Shift Peo-
pie From Relief Roll
CONTINUED from Page One)

Mr.. Christgau after variations in
district lines were announced in
Washington. These changes were
made upon the request of county
officials in order to facilitate cas-
Ter working arrangements with the
district offices. Blue Earth, Mar
tin, and Faribault counties were
taken from the Rochester district
and added to the New Ulm district.
Nicollet county was taken from
the st. Cloud district and also ad-
ded to the New Ulm district. Sher-
burne was removed from the
Brainerd district to the st. Cloud
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08

But now there has come an ap-
parent switch Of policy and a very
clever one. It almost causes the
student Of international politics to
doubt the general conclusion that
the British diplomats are the
shrewdest ones in the world. The
manipulators Of the Third Inter
national are not so bad, either. The
astounding statement issued from
the convention Of the Third Inter-
national is that since fascism has
become such a world menace the
communist organization will now
effect a change Of front and throw
in its fortunes with the democratic
but capitalistic countries Of the
world in an effort to end fascism,
but at the same time strive to set
up "proletariat dictatorship
This announcement Of a Change
of policy" is all the more astonish-
ing because communism and dem
ocracy are the very antithesis of
one another. Communist Russia, in
its governmental machinery, re-
sembles nazism and fascism much
more closely than it resembles re-
preventative democracy. The prac-
tical difference Is that in the nazi
and fascist states private owner
ship has not been abolished. In
Communist Russia the state, which
is the communist leadership, owns
and controls property as well as
principles of government.
There may be more than one rea-
son for this change Of front but
the principal one assigned for 1t
by those who have made a care
full study Of communism for years,
is that the Third International now
sees a much better opportunity for
subversive propaganda in demo-
cratic capitalistic countries. For ex-
ample: in negotiating a recogni-
ton treaty with the United States,
Russian diplomats promised to
cease propaganda in the United
States. Those who understand
communist policies have been Won
dering what the Third Information
al would do. Now this has become
plain. Directing its open fire
against other autocratic govern
ments, known as fascist, 1t will
bore from within in democratic
countries, pretending to protect"
them from fascist penetration. The
end will be Of course, If these
agents Of the Third International
have their way, an overthrow of
capitalistic democracy for so-called
communist democracy, which
means the kind Of dictatorship
they have in Russia. In addition to
their recognition treaty with the
United States the reds have COM
pleted a political treaty with
France which makes it all the more
necessary that they mask world
revolution behind a change of
front" in an apparent movement
to line up with democracy against
fascism.
The doctrines of communism as
exemplified by the Third Interna-
tional and the principles Of demo-
cracy as exemplified in the Consti-
tuition Of the United States are just
as far apart as they were. For in
stance: the six principles Of the
MARKHAM communists are, abolition
of capitalistic representative demo-
cracy, abolition of private property
rights; abolition Of inheritance;
abolition of Christianity; abolition
Of the family; abolition Of patrio-
tism. It would be difficult to find
six doctrines more at variance with
the purposes Of American constitu-
tional government
It Is to be remembered that the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
National Affairs
BY Frank p. Litschert

One Of the most interesting. stor-
les out Of Europe in a long time
and one that is Of special concern
to the United States, comes to us
from the Soviet capital Of Moscow.
The Third International of the
Communist parties has been hold
ing a meeting there, one attended
by delegates from all over the
world. The Third International is
the right arm Of Soviet Russian
government, the only communist
government in the universe. It is
the right arm because it has car
ried on the propaganda which
seeks to stir up trouble everywhere
and win the rest Of the world to
communism.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
Cla..ifieation Of Mexican,

The Mexicans are classified as be-
longing to the white or Caucasian
race. There Is a dominant white
population of Spanish descent, but
there has been intermarriage with
Indians and some negroes
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08

tactical" movement. There Is no
change of principle, no change in
the ultimate end Of winning the
entire world to the brand of gov
eminent they have in Moscow.