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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09

The intricacies Of close order drill,
eating army chow, arising at a
prescribed hour, and, all the other
things incidental to q soldiers life
will present a fascinating exper-
fence for a large number reporting
for training.
Candidates are divided into four
classes, namely: Basic, Of first
year; Red, or second year; White,
or third year; and Blue, or fourth
year. Candidates completing sue
cessfully the four years training,
and completing the required cor
respondence work in military tao
tics become eligible for commission
as officers in the Reserve Corps.
Processing Of the youths, which
included physical examination and
issue of the necessary clothing was
accomplished Tuesday and the
training schedule began operation
Wednesday morning. The first par
ade was scheduled for Friday af-
ternoon.
Revelle Is at 5:45; breakfast at
$50; drill at 7:2O. Between reveille
and breakfast, the young men are
given physical training, clean up
their barracks and area and re-
ceive what medical attention Is
necessary. Afternoon sessions are
devoted to lectures for the more
advanced students and supervised
athletics for the basic groups.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
SO, 900 Paid To
Tobacco Growers
Expected To Have All Back Pay.
ments Made Within Month
or Six Weeks

During the past week 230 tobac-
CO checks totalling almost $4,000
were distributed to the various
contract holders in Stearns coun-
ty.
Following the Supreme Court de-
cision on January 9th all payments
on AAA contracts were temporar-
lily suspended until money was
made available by an act Of Con-
gress to complete the payments.
Since that time in Stearns county
through the county agents office
by treasurers of the various con-
troll associations have made most
of the last payments. Payments on
over 300 wheat contracts were re-
Gently made.
Likewise 1915 corn-hog checks
totalling more than $101 900 were
distributed. With this number of
tobacco checks now paid the
amount remaining to be paid to
contract signers in Stearns county
on the various programs has been
gradually reduced. It Is expected
that in the next month or six weeks
practically all Of the back pay
ments will have been made.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09

The countries with the biggest
forest resources are Russia, Braz-
il, Canada and the United States.
An ostrich egg would make an
omelet as large as one OF 80 hen
eggs.
w. F. Nader, fire chief of Buoy
rus, O., since 1895, recently had his
first fire when a local house burn
ed to the ground.
Coffee grown on Grand Comoro
Island, off South Africa, contains
no caffeine.
Mrs. Hannah LutZ, 70, of Fidel-
ity, ILL.,, has saved "a pounds OF
hair combings from her own head
to be used as a pillow in her cask-
ct.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton N. Sander,
of Victoria, Kan, since their we'd
ding breakfast in 1911 have always
dined together from one plate.
Thomas c. Eaton, of Gran Is
land, Neb., is the worlds gum
chewing champion. He chews SO
sticks at one time.
Charles Lobbin, of New York
earns his living travelling from city
to city cleaning mail chutes in Of
flee buildings throughout the coun'
try.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
ings, plans for financing the or
ganization were made.

ings, plans for financing the or
ganization were made.
Mr.. Rossman, Grand Rapids
publisher, voiced the fiscal policies
of the organization when he said
that the campaign must be financ-
ed by the people it Is designed to
aid-the farmers, small home own
ers, and other over-taxed holders of
real estate. Contributions ranging
from dime up will be sought from
every taxpayer and an open book
keeping system will permit full
public knowledge of the source of
every penny contributed.
w. L. Youngquist, member Of the
state legislature, whose bill author
ICED the submission of the amend
ment at the November election, de-
clared that the passage of Amend
ment No. 2 was of greater impor-
lance to the people of Minnesota
than the outcome of either the
state or national elections. Until
the tax load on Minnesota property
is definitely fixed, Mr.. Youngquist
asserted. there can be no security
for the common man, upon whose
shoulders the entire tax burden
eventually rests. Farmers. home
owners and laborers actually pay
all taxes levied in the state, either
in direct levies or in the increased
cost of the things they buy. Rent
ers pay taxes every time they pay
a rent bill, and the rising retnal
schedules in cities are bearing
down heavily on the working man,
Mr.. Youngquist declared in appeal
ing for non-partisan support for
what he termed an economic rather
than a political question.
The committee meeting on July
1 followed statewide mass meet
ing held in Minneapolis on June %,
when farmers and home owners
from practically every county in
the state met to decide what their
attitude would be toward passage
of Amendment No. 2. The delegat-
es, a majority of whom were farm
ers, were unanimous in support of
an aggressive campaign for pas
sage of the amendment. Active
members in all three political par
ties were present at the meeting.
The Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation, largest general farm
organization in Minnesota, has
been on record for two years for
passage of tax limitation legisla-
ton, its officers declared at the
tax reform conference.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09

With the Minnesota Farm Bur-
eau membership at the highest
point it has ever held at mid-year,
20 OO8 paid-up families, the member
ship campaign continues with the
goal of at least 20 percent sign
up in sight in a majority or coun-
ties. Lake of the Woods county, on
the Canadian border, holds the
highest percentage record, with
more than 40 percent signed up.
Faribault county, on the Iowa line,
has the largest membership, with
974, or one out Of 8 farm families
signed.
other counties that have passed
the 6OO-mark are Martin, with 813,
or one in three; Blue Earth, 652,
or one in five; Freeborn, GAL, or
one in five; Meeker, 624, or 30 per-
cent, and Cottonwood, same en-
rollment and 35 percent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
Plan Work For Tax
Limitation Amendment
Committee Met July LIST For Or
ganizatiOn WORKED Murphy,
St. Cloud, Chairman

Under the direction of district
committeeman and the state execu-
tive committee, county, township
and precinct organizations will be
formed to work for passage of the
proposed tax limitation amend
ment, announced Edward Murphy,
st. Cloud, chairman of the State
wide Volunteer Committee for pas
sage of Constitutional Amendment
No. 2, following meeting of COM
mittee executives in Minneapolis on
July I. At that meeting Mr. Muir
ply was elected chairman, L. A.
Rossman, E. L. Hayek, and Mrs.
E. v. Ripley, vice chairman, and
j. S. Jones, secretary-treasurer.
In addition to the laying Of
plans for organization work, which
include district mass meetings and
the furnishing of speakers for
large or small community meet
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09

The safety and pleasure of any
motorists vacation trip can be in
creased many fold by the OBSERVE
ton OF few simple rules accord
ing to Alb Jenkins, known as the
worlds safest driver. Jenkins, who
holds more speed records than any
other man in sports, has driven
more than one million miles on all
Kinds OF roads in every state IN
the Union, without an accident.
Besides the well known and fair
ly well recognized rules about OBJ
serving stop signs. not trying to
beat traffic lights, not passing an
other car on a turn or a hill, Jen-
kins has the following advice to
give on features of driving little
thought about by the average mo-
torist:
1. Read the road; that is, OBJ
serve cars far ahead and those dir
ectly behind because only in this
way can you decide whether pass
ing is safe. The car behind can do
you lot of damage and observing
only the next car ahead is no in
surance of safety.
2. Don't drive in slouched pos
ition. Keep both hands on the
wheel. Hands and arms should al
ways be in position to take care
of the ever impending emergency.
3. When making a turn use only
one hand to apply pressure on the
wheel, allowing it to slide through
the other hand. This places you in
a position to put full strength into
a quick turn in the opposite direc-
ton should emergency demand it.
4. Never run car faster than
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
RURAL ELECTRIC LINES

The Mcleod Cooperative Power
Association, Of Glencoe, has con-
tracted for 100000 to construct
about 526 miles of rural electric
lines to serve 2,074 farms. This has
been done through the Rural Elec-
trification Administration. This
system will cover most Of Mcleod
county, and includes parts of
Wright, Carver, Sibley, Renville
and Meeker counties. The Douglas
County Coop. Light & Power Asso-
citation, Of alexandria, will build
about so miles of lines in Douglas
county with $4,000 available
through contract approved last
week Thursday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
Historical Pageant
To Be Shown Sunda,
20 Boy Scouts of Oslo, Norway
Guests of Honor At Itasca
Park

Packed with drama-strange, po-
tent and fantastic-the second Min
nesota Historical pageant will be
shown next Sunday, July II, at
Itasca State Park before an antic-
ipated audience of $500, with 2s
Boy Scouts from Oslo, Norway
guests of honor.
Early Indian rituals, rich with
the lore of spirits and the magic of
the medicine man, will enthrall the
boys from the land of the Vikings
who have heretofore known about
redskins only through their history
books. Norway's part in the settle
ment and development of Minneso-
ia will be aptly illustrated in five
dramatic episodes tracing the early
history of the North Star state.
According to H. 2. Mitchell, pub
Usher of the Bemidji Pioneer, and
pageant publicity director, the boys
from Oslo will get "a history les.
son in capsule form" when they
witness the pageant cast in scenes
relating to the coming of the Je-
suit and Franciscan fathers to the
Lake Superior region, Father Hen
nepin's journey, and encounters
with the Sioux. Early mission days
near Lac qui Parle, the Fond du
Lac post, the romantic and famous
Boutwell-Crooks wedding, the
scene at Leech lake where Rever-
end Boutwell, saved Nicollet from a
band of maurading Indians-all
will be enacted in detail faithful to
history for the boys who have
Travelled $500 miles from the Land
of the Midnight Sun to the Land
of 10000 Lakes.
Before leaving their native coun-
try, the % Scouts were sent copies
of an article prepared especially
for them by Mrs. Mabel Natalie
Erickson, principal of the North
ern Consolidated school at Bemid-
il, describing the territory through
which they will travel on their visit
in Minnesota
This article is not only histori-
cally correct, but effectively pre-
scented and entertaining, as we'll,
Mr.. Mitchell declared in comment
ing on the impending visit of the
boys to Itasca Park next Sunday
"And like the pageant scenario
written by Harold Searles of the
state forestry department, it gives
these boys as sugar-coated a his
tory lesson as anything could
Minnesotans generally should at
tend at least one presentation Of
this great historical pageant every
season, as a great deal of hard
work and research is put forth in
making these showings possible"
In a check-up of automobiles at
the pageant grounds for the sea-
sons first presentation, June %. 70
cars representing IS different
states were present, Earle A. Bar
ker, president, Northwestern Min
nsota Historical association, which
in cooperation with the Minnesota
Conservation department is staging
the pageants, reported to the Min
nesota Tourist bureau.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
Alfred Schneider
Drowned In Maryland
(Continued from Page One)

the only clue to the drowning and
location of where the victims
might have gone down was the
capsized boat. The oars were
floating nearby.
The two young men, both grad
yates of Notre Dame university,
were among forty-seven seminar
ians registered at the camp, which
was located two and one-half miles
off the state highway near the
Glendale bridge, which crosses
Deep Creek Lake.
Besides the county recusers,
members of the Maryland State
Police, and the Cumberland police
department, with the aid of the
Cumberland rescue boat and equip
ment aided in the search.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09

Counties Of lesser farm popula-
ton, but with high percentage fig
ures, include the following group
that have signed up least one in
four farm families: Brown, Vase
ca. Nicollet, Houston and Scott, the
latter with a one-in-three record.
Counties in which every fourth
farm family Is a member of the
county, state and national Farm
Bureau include, in addition to the
above, West Polk, Mahnomen,
koochiching, Grow Wing, Stevens,
Rock, Jackson, Steele, Winona and
Dodge.
Estimating the ordinary farm
FAMILY at an average Of three
adults, the numerical strength of
the Minnesota Farm Bureau Foun-
dation now exceeds 10000 paid-up
members, officers assert.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
Annual School Meetings
Set For July 2lst
Many School Districts Plan To
Continue Economy For The
Coming Year

Annual school meetings in Min
nesota will be held July 81, the
third Tuesday of the month, when
all common and Independent dis
tricts will hold the voting at p
m, unless the time has been
changed at a previous meeting OF
the school board. At these meetings
officers of districts are to be elect
ed for the ensuing term, and
school levies for the school year
will be made.
Preceding the elections, an inter
esting statement has been prepar-
ed by the Minnesota Taxpayers AS
ISOLATION pointing out to school
boards the importance Of providing
equal educational opportunities for
every child and at the same time
keeping an ever watchful eye on
education costs.
The statement shows that total
public school expenditures, includ-
ing both state and local units, for
the previous year approximate
SAC, 700, 900. This is a decrease of
approximately 100000 from
school expenditures in years
time.
1t is interesting to note that the
state is now contributing an in
creasing share toward local school
costs. The states annual contribu.
tions was recently placed at $12,.
100000, or 30.6 per cent of the to-
tai. This compares with PAT pei
cent in 1888; 22.2 per cent in 1882
and 1913 per cent in 1881.
While the local school levies
made at the coming annual meet.
ings is assessed entirely against
general property, the states share
of the school burden comes largely
from the three state funds: d)
Permanent school trust funds; (2)
state one mill tax; 90 special state
aid appropriations from the gener'
al revenue fund secured through
property taxation and from other
sources. In addition to the above
the revenue from the state income
tax is allocated to school districts
for the purpose Of alleviating, to q
certain degree, the local school
levy on general property.
Following is table, prepared by
the Minnesota Taxpayers Associa'
ton, giving comparisons of tota
education costs in Minnesota, which
shows a steady decline year after
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
WPA Continues
With Work Projects
New Pay Schedules for Stearns
Received by +. r. Farrell,
Area Engineer

WPA projects in Stearns county
continued in operation this week
under the new program, which in
most essentials is unchanged from
the procedure followed prior to
June 80. Adoption Of prevailing
rates Of wages and the new meth
cd of certification for WPA work
were announced this week by Vic
tor Christgau, In official communi-
cations received by E. E. Farrell,
'WPA area engineer for Stearns
county, through the District office
of p. j. Lemm, district director.
Details Of the new WPA pro-
gram were made public on July l
when Mr.. Christgau issued state
ments to the newspapers and spoke
twice on the radio. Emphasized In
the administrators announcements
was the fact that the new law pro-
viding for the continuation Of the
work program at prevailing wages
does not change the maximum
monthly earnings. In the towns
villages and rural sections of the
country, this remains at approx
mately $44 per month. Inasmuch as
new regulations retain the same
maximum monthly wages, the only
effect of the new pay schedule is
to reduce slightly the total time
that workers will put in each
month.
In Anoka, Willmar and st. Cloud
including East st. Cloud, and Sank
Rapids, the maximum monthly
earnings are $48.40. These are basic
rates, for unskilled manual labor.
Proportionate maximum monthly
earnings for other classificatfons OF
labor carry over from the old to
the new program.
In regard to the new modifica-
ton of the rule on eligibility for
WPA work, Mr.. Christgau said
persons now must be Sin need OF
relief" and that the same agency
that certifies people to relief rolls
will give to WPA, lists of those
who are in need of relief.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09

you can drive 1t. II you are at all
nervouse you are driving too fast.
5. Never use the brakes in a
skid on slippery roads. The best
method is to disengage the clutch,
which will permit the rear wheels
to roll free and follow the front
wheels straight ahead. Then apply
the clutch gradually.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
HEADQUARTERS 25lST IMAM
TRY FORT SMELLING,
MINI

In excess of 1900 young men
from Minnesota, North Dakota,
Wisconsin and Iowa, assembled in
Ft. Smelling this week for a 30-day
training period, in c. M. T. C. The
young men were organized into two
battalions under supervision of Of
ficers of the 351st Infantry, COM
manded by Lieut.. Col. William E.
PerLee, who will train them for
the initial period, July 6 to July Is.
To many of the young men ar
irving in FIT. Smelling, soldering
will be a new and novel experience.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to extend to our neigh
bors and the members Of the Sank
Centre Fire Department our hearty
thanks for their efforts and aid in
saving part Of our household goods
from the flames which consumed
our home early Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Carlson
adpd and family.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
NOTICE-s5O REWARD

For Information leading to the
conviction of the two thieves who
poisoned my dog Duke" while
protecting his masters property.
6-2wp LEROY WORKING.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09
State Fair Makes
Needed improvements
New Building Construction, Auto
Parking Facilities, Grandstand
Enlargement On Program

The largest physical improve
ment in years in under way at the
Minnesota State Fair in prepare
ton for the opening Of the 1886
Exposition, to be held from Sept
ember to II.
New buildings are under con-
struction, auto parking facilities
are being greatly enlarged, capac-
ity of grandstand and bleachers is
being increased and streets and
grounds widened and improved.
Funds with which to carry on
the program have been provided by
the WPA, by state appropriations
and by contributions made by the
State Fair management.
Major improvement is the larg-
est modern Swine and Sheep barn
in the world being erected west of
the cattle pavilion. 1t will be COM
pleted in time to house the sheep
and swine entries for this years
Fair. It is 3O6 feet by 270 feet of
brick, steel and concrete construc-
ton and will include hundreds of
pens as well as two judging arenas
The new auto-parking lot will
more than double the parking cap
acity during the 1896 Exposition.
Construction of two new steel and
concrete bleacher units east and
west of the grandstand will i'm
prove visibility for spectators who
attend races and the night show
production.
An exact replica Of a Minnesota
logging camp is being built on
machinery hill by the division OF
Forestry of the Department OF
Conservation to be used as a mus
cum for one of the states former
major Notwithstanding. 9th
err changes include a paddock
Strengthening and widening OF sew
eral streets, and extensive planting
of lawns and flower beds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09

More of the suns radiation Is
captured and stored every year by
forest trees in the United States
than is released by all the coal min
ed
Prisoners at the Erie County jail
at Buffalo, are permitted to take
sun baths on the Jail roof.
Nome, Alaska, has its name be-
cause somebody, through error,
wrote Name" as Nome"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-09

Here is the new president Of the
Veterans Association of the North
ern Pacific Railway. He is T. w.
Meckstroth, local freight agent for
the Northern Pacific at Seattle,
elected at the 18th annual conven-
ton at Seattle late in June. The
1927 meeting will be held in st.
Paul.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-27
CONTINENTAL AGAIN PROVES
FAITH IN NEWSPAPER ADS

PONCA CITY, Okla, Feb. 24-Dur-
ing 1856 Continental Oil Company will
spend nearly rs, per cent of its total
consumer advertising appropriation for
newspaper space, it was announced
here today by Wesley I. Num-, advertis-
ing manager.
Mum also stated that the Western
News has been selected to carry Conoco
advertising this year, and that this
company has again approved one of the
largest sales promotion budgets in its
history.
"Contnentals faith in the dividend
earning power of newspaper adyer-
Using is founded upon sales increases
directly traceable to this medium, /"
said Num-. Last year, for example,
there was marked improvement in
company earnings, despite excessive
gasoline taxes and other adverse
factors. Sales of Conoco Germ Pro-
cessed motor oil also reached an all
time high.
Business is definitely on the up
grade And we are confident that ag-
gressive newspaper advertising, quality
products and high standard of serv-
ice will make this the most outstanding
year in our history"
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1936-02-27
l0(A[ STUFF

p ]. Wilson Of Troy was transacting
business in the city Saturday
Albert Jenkinson of Ural was trans
acting business in Libby on last
Thursday
Mrs. M F. Gay left Monday for Port
land, Ore, to visit with her daughter
Mrs. H. w. Williams. She was ACCOM-
panied as far as Spokane by Mrs Gay,
who returned to Libby Tuesday
Frederic March, Meele Oberon, Herb
ert Marshall, three distinguished play
ers join hearts in a drama of tender
beauty, love and sacrifice, each giving
the finest individual performances OF
their careers Alone, they were superb,
together, they enact story, the poig-
nant beauty of which will linger long in
your memory! See their fine work at
the Kootenai theatre.
According to Jim Leonard, the water
in a spring on the former Herman
Bockman place was frozen solid during
the recent long continued cold spell.
Duncan Mcdonald reports similar in
cident in a spring on his place. 1t is
said these two springs have never been
known to freeze solid before and it is
thought the cause of the present hap
pening was the length of the cold spell
This district has experienced colder
weather than that of the past few weeks
but never has it continued for SO many
weeks state old timers