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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
To Commence Work
On Bridge April ~
win Take About Two Months To
Complete-Will Employ 80
Men In Two Shifts

r. A. Baltimore, of st. Paul, sup
erintendent of Cakes Construction
Co., in charge Of construction on
the new bridge over Sank River,
came to Sank Centre Monday
morning to make preparations for
opening work on that structure.
Mr.. Baltimore, who left from here
for Elbow Lake where he will be
employed for a short time, stated
that work will start about April
9th, which will give ample time
for the frost to be out Of the
ground.
Mr.. Baltimore will return to this
city sometime next week and will
complete preparatory arrange
ments. He stated that it will take
about two months to complete the
work, and that so men will be en-
ployed on the project. These men
will work in two shifts of rs men
each. Included in the work will be
the laying Of new sidewalks, curbs
and the blacktop for the bridge,
besides rubbing, polishing and
painting. The rubbing and polish
ing will be done with carborundum
stones.
Several employees of the Cakes
Construction Co. have returned to
the city during the past few weeks
and they accompanied Mr.. CALI
more to Elbow Lake, where the
company has a road job.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
AthleticClub
Books r asst
1035Chanps
j. J. Kohns, 1885 Amateur
State Champions, Will
Play on Local Diamond
FIRST CAME ON MAY 10
Advance Ticket Sale Will Be
Conducted To Derive
Funds for SUPPORT

Sank Centre will have one Of the
fastest amateur baseball teams in
the state this year. This was decid-
ed at a meeting Monday evening
when representatives of the J. J.
Kohn's, of st. Paul, the 1885 anna
teur champion baseball team of the
state, and members Of the Athletic
Club committee came to a work
able, cooperative agreement.
The entire 1885 team will play as
Sank Centre unit, and this fact
should assure fans of some very
fast baseball. The season, accord
ing to agreement, will open Sunday,
May 10th, on the local diamond. A
good team for this event will be
booked by the manager Of the J.
J. Kohns, and the opposing nine
will either be a colored outfit or
the Willmar team. Willmar played
on the local diamond several times
during the past year, and their per
Torrance was highly satisfactory to
the fans.
Among the games to be booked
during the season, there will prob
ably be a Chinese team, several col
ored teams, the House of David
outfit, and other strong independ-
emit mines.
In order to continue throughout
the season, fans of this community
will have to show that they are
willing to support team Of this
calibre. Gate receipts will be the
only means of support in this ven
ture. The team will be sponsored
by the Athletic Club.
An advance ticket sale will be
conducted for the opening game
for which the admission will be 35c
for adults. Providing favorable
attendance is procured the team
will continue throughout the season
as Sank Centre outfit. Plan to at
tend and If you wish to have a
good baseball team in the city buy
a ticket when you are approached
by the solicitors.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
Will Stage Fine
Wrestling Card
Legionnaires To Sponsor Splendid
Athletic Show On Thursday
Night, April %

Verne Soltau, Louis Larson and
w. Hershiser, Of this city, attend
ed wrestling event at lie Homme
Dieu Lodge, Alexandria, on Tues
day evening. There were several
thrilling events on the card and
the gentlemen were enthused with
the entertainment.
Having viewed this splendid ath-
letic show, Commander Verne Sol
tau, of Robert Swift Post, Ameri-
can Legion, received the sponsor
ship of the local post in staging an
event of this kind in Sank Centre.
IT will be given for the benefit IF
the school patrol.
On next Thursday night, April
23rd, the local Legionnaires will
stage a similar wrestling event for
which they have secured some very
good matches. This card will be
held in the Junior High School aud
itorium and will commence at $3.50
o'clock.
Four matches will make up the
program, the main bout to be
"Rube" Wagner, 1874 pounds, Of
Chicago, Ill, VS.. ACE" Hopkins, Of
Battle Lake, formerly Of Westport.
Other events will be between Bob
by Byland, 100 pounds Of Minneap-
oils, former middleweight cham
pion, VS.. wildcat Pete" Of Aber-
deem, s. D., and Jack "Swede" O.
berg, 1853 pounds, Of Seattle, Wash,
VS.. Duck" Hopkins, 100 pounds, of
Westport, MINI.
A special match with two lady
wrestlers as the opponents will be
one Of the major events. This bout
will be between Miss Mae Myers,
145 pound lady champion, Of Min
neapolis, vs.. Kathryn Hopkins, of
Westport.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
Democratic County
Convention Today
Six Local Delegates Selected Al
Caucus Held Tuesday Even
ing-G0vernor VIII Speak

AT the Democratic caucus held
in this city Tuesday evening dele
gates were elected to the Stearns
County Democratic convention
which is being held in st. Cloud
today Thursday. The delegates
from this city, who are attending
the convention are: DIR. j. A. Du-
Bots and Mrs. Cecile Dubois, from
the First Ward, and Mike Wernig,
L. L. Kells, Jim Kinsella and
George E. Conkey from the Second
Ward.
At the county convention SO del
egates will be selected to the state
convention, sponsored by National
Committeeman Joseph Wolf, which
will be held in st. Paul next Tues
day. Delegates for these conven-
tons are based upon the vote vost
for President Roosevelt in the 1892
National election.
These conventions are sponsor
ed by the regular wing of the
Democratic party in opposition to
the Regan-Moonan faction, which
held it's convention in Mankato on
February LIST.
At the state convention a slate
of delegates will be selected to the
national convention. Hence, Mimi
esota will have two states of dele
gates to the national convention.
Joseph N. Moonan, state chairman,
stated that the convention Tuesday
has no legal standing, and has call
ed for another convention for May
End.
It is said that the state conven-
ton to be held Tuesday will not be
for the purpose of selecting a slate
of state candidates. Gov. Olson will
speak at the banquet preceding
the convention.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
Mrs. L. ReeS
PaSsedAWay
Last w elk
Suffered Paralytic Stroke on
March 31-Was Cause
Of Death
RESIDENT OF KANDOTA
Funeral Monday Afternoon
Interment In Bethel
Cemetery

Mrs. Louis Rees, a resident of
Kandota Township, passed away
last week Thursday morning, April
9th, at her home eight miles north
Of Sank Centre. She suffered a
paralytic stroke on March 31st,
from which she was unable to raj
ly, and which caused her death.
Laura Matilda Olson was born in
Kandota Township on October 10,
1859, and at the time Of death was
66 years, 5 months and 81 days old.
On March 26, 1892, she was unit
ed in marriage to Louis Rees, the
ceremony taking place at the home
of her parents. Following the mar
riage Mr.. and Mrs. Rees resided at
Henning, Mimi, for eight months
and in the fall moved back to the
home place in Kandota. It was
there that she lived until death.
Mrs. Rees was the mother Of nine
children, three of whom preceded
her in death. Besides the husband
there are left to mourn six children
as follows: Mrs. Ole Halverson,
Gizzie); Henry Rees; Mrs. Louis
Hanson, GDena); Mrs. George Suk-
Ike, (Josie); Mrs. Melvin Hanson,
Mary, and Anna Rees. Other sur
viving relatives are: Two broth
ers, Christ Olson, of Alto, Canada,
and Ole Olson, of Henning, Mimi;
one sister, Mrs. May johnson, Of
Fergus Falls, Mimi; and twelve
grandchildren and one great-grand-
child.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at Bethel Norwe-
gian Lutheran Church, in Kando-
Ia Township. Rev. Hagen, pastor,
conducted the last sad rites. Inter-
ment was made in Bethel !. ceme-
terry. The pallbearers were: Oscar
Lying, John Peterson, Peter Berg,
Ole Rasmussen, Ole Bjerkas and
Charles Erickson.
Out-of-town relatives in attend
ance at the funeral were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Ole Olson and son, of Hen
ming, Mimi; and Mrs. Mary John
son, of Fergus Falls. A large num-
Der of friends were also in attend
ance to attest their friendship for
dear friend and kind neighbor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
PROvERB WINNERS
JUDGED WEDNESDAY

According to the announce
ment of the judges made We'd
nesday evening, the winners in
the Herald Proverb contest are
as follows:
1st-Eva M. Davis. Sank Cen
tire.
2nd-Mrs. Leo weimerskirch.
Sank Centre.
3rd-Mrs. Ben Bosshardt, Of
Sank Centre.
The answers to the questions
Of both the first and second con-
tests will be published next
week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
Legion Mock
Trial Monday
Incorporated Funds Used for
Purchase of SnO0se And
Ludefisk Mine

Monday evening, following the
regular session of Robert Swift
Post American Legion, the Legion
naires enjoyed fun festival in the
nature of mock trial. There being
a woman in the case, the court was
not conducted with the usual de-
corum and composure.
The Jurors in the case Of Miss
West VS.. Mr.. Smith, were selected
according to Hoyle and with dis
patch. They were sent to the box
and placed under a duly appointed
bailiff. Judge Berggreen, Of course.
ordered the court opened, and the
fam commenced. Attorney Lovik,
representing the plaintiff, Miss
West (W. Hershiser), trained his
guns on DR.. Jaeger, attorney for
the defendant, Art Smith, and the
line these two legal advisers gave
out would put the ablest attorneys
Of the country to shame. Witnesses
for the case were sworn in by
Clerk Daniels, and each promised
not to tell the truth, and anything
but the truth.
Horse and buggy days were for
gotten in this trial, and it was con-
Quoted in a modern way, although
a horse back ride played an import
ant part in settling the controver-
sy. The witnesses were well coach
ed and through their evidence the
jurors and thrill seekers were I'M
able to learn as to whether the
guilty wretch in the swindle was
the judge, the attorneys, or the de-
PENDANT. The case embodied mon
ey Incorporated from the funds
belonging to Miss West and used
for the purchase Of a snoose mine.
However, it finally developed that
DR.. Yaeger, attorney for the de-
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
NEW ADDITION

Diamond Point Pavilion, under
new management, viii open next
Saturday and from then on dances
will be held Tuesday and Saturday
evenings. It Is planned to have the
best orchestras. An addition to the
building has been completed and
everything possible for the COM
fort of the patrons will be done.
The new addition will be 16x54 and
will be used for refreshments and
lunches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
Former Resident
Died April 9th
August Peterson, S0n-in-Law Of
Mrs. G. o. Hoffman, Of This
City, Died April 9th

August Peterson, son-in-law Of
Mrs. c. o. Hoffman, Of this city,
who resided at Weyburn, Canada,
passed away at the Weyburn hos
pital Monday, April 6. He had been
confined to the hospital for about
six weeks.
Mr.. Peterson Is wellknown in
t.is community having lived here
a number Of years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16

Ole Sukke, father Of Oscar and
George Sukke, passed away this
Thursday morning at the home of
his son, Oscar, in Ashley township.
Mr.. Sukke, born in July Of 1857,
would have been 70 years Of age.
He had been seriously i'll for near
ly month prior to his death. Obit-
uary will be published next week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16
FLOOD RELIEF

During the past week the local
Red Cross chairman has received
additional funds for flood relief as
follows: Mrs. H. N. Carpenter,
S100; w. r. c., $500; Gradatim
Club, $1.00. The amount previously
acknowledged was $4,000, which
together with the above brings the
total to $104.00.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-16

Miss Josephine Hansen left on
Sunday for Regal where she is an
instructor in the public schools.
She had spent last week in this
city with relatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-12-23
Neutrality Legislation.

Principles underlying neutrality legis-
lation now on the books are so nearly
alike those supporting the special legis-
laticn applying to previous embargoes on
arms and ammunition to Bolivia and
Paraguay during the Chaco War that
the Supreme Courts decision Affirming
the validity Of the latter is generally
interpreted as supporting the former.
The decision, at least, has gone far
toward removing reasonable doubts as
to the constitutionality of the temporary
neutrality legislation which expires au-
tomatically-except for one section
next May. The coming session of Con-
gress is expected to witness new
effort, not only to make the neutrality
legislation permanent but to strengthen
its provisions. And one Of the chief
points Of discussion is apt to be the
amount Of discretion that Congress viii
delegate to the President in proclaiming
embargoes against arms, ammunition
and implements Of war, and the amount
of authority in such respects that Con-
gress will seek to retain for itself.
The Supreme Court decision of Non
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day pointed to the discretionary powers
vested In the President In his conduct
Of foreign relations that could not be
delegated in the case Of purely domestic
affairs. Significant parts Of the decision
explained that:
It Is quite apparent that If, in the
maintenance of our international rela-
tons, embarrassment-perhaps serious
embarrassment-is to be avoided and
success for our aims achieved, congress
Sional legislation which is to be made
effective through negotiation and in
curry within the international field must
often accord to the President a degree
of discretion and freedom from statutory
restriction which would not be ad-
missible were domestic affairs alone
involved.
- The President, not Congress, has
the better opportunity Of knowing the
conditions which prevail in foreign coun-
tries. and especially is this true in time
of war. 80 This consideration, in
connection with what we have already
said on the subject. discloSes the unwis-
dom of requiring Congress in this field
of governmental power to lay down mar
rowly definite standards by which the
President Is to be governed.
The country has become pretty well
convinced that neutrality legislation is
q helpful, if not sure, way Of prevent
ing embodiment in disputes abroad which
might lead to war. But neutrality legis-
lation which goes too far in its attempt
to dictate a course of action for the
President in time of war or threatened
war may also have the effect of tying
his hands. The very reasons which the
Supreme Court mentions as upholding
the delegation of wide discretionary
powers to the President under our form
of government argue against danger
ously narrow restriction written into
permanent legislation.
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Another Credit Brake.

How the Treasury hopes to cut down
the volume of excess reserves in the
banks, thus guarding against what might
become dangerous imitation of credit,
may be best explained by description
Of the former method of Treasury gold
purchases and the new method.
Gold that Is newly mined or gold that
Is shipped into this country in settle
ment of International trade obligations
or for other purposes is purchased" by
the Treasury. It is not, however, a
purchase in the ordinary sense of the
word, but a transaction by which the
Treasury acquires gold, the private
ownership of which is forbidden by law,
and gives dollars in return. Under the
previously followed method, an exporter,
for instance, received gold from abroad
for payment Of goods he had sold. He
took 1t to a INTELLECTUALLY, If not
actually-and obtained dollars in pay
ment for the gold. The bank then
turned the gold over to the Treasury,
which supplied the bank with new gold
certificates which the Treasury had
printed to reimburse the Government
Tor It's gold purchase.
!. The effect, under the large importa-
lions Of gold. has been to swell the
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reserves of banks, creating funds that

reserves of banks. creating funds that
are available but unused for investment.
Under the new method the individual
miner, exporter, bank or whoever has
the goodwill exchange it, as usual, for
money. The bank, as usual, will turn
the gold over to the Treasury. But
instead of creating new money to re-
imhurse itself for the purchase of the
gold, the Treasury will borrow money
from the public by selling short-term
Treasury discount bills, or securities.
While the actual physical transaction
is probably expressed more accurately in
terms of deposit credit" than by the
actual exchange of cash, the effect of
the new process is to cut down the crea-
ton of new reserves represented in the
past through Treasury gold purchases.
Should gold begin to flow out of the
country, the Treasury presumably in
tends to reverse the process and to buy
back it's own securities instead of selling
them. The net result is to sterilize the
gold bought henceforth instead Of adding
new credit. The large amount of excess
bank reserves now, it is understood, is
due almost entirely to the gold purchase
program. In addition to putting the
brake on accumulations of more reserves,
the Treasury, by isolating gold received
from now on, guards against the deleteri-
GUS effect on the credit structure that
would result from a sudden withdrawal
of foreign gold.
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everyday discussion of what he under
stands as character study.
Mostly this Is morality, and 1t Is well
that this is so, for morality is something
any one can understand, despite its
changing bases.
We may not be altogether at ease In
the presence of Socrates. We may re-
gard the moral teachings Of Bible and
church as set apart for special days
and places.
The more humble morals of the every
day life deal with multitude Of subjects
which come home to the hearts and
bosoms of us all.
We are enabled to understand that,
even If we do not admire small fishes in
the home aquarium, many other persons,
as sensible and appreciative as our pre-
cious selves, do admire them.
We are able to understand how others
may like the house cat, how famous
men and women of history, literature and
art have found something keenly to be
admired in Tom and Tabby.
y
Our strivings to understand what we
do not naturally appreciate is the good
beginning of a study which will take
Ao 40 AdA, PCkAoPcs 90 ASJU4sJ
We dimly perceive, in time, if we really
try to understand, that loyalty is one
of the most precious things in the world
of human beings.
We read about people who live in
misery, but as long as some sense of
loyalty to each other is left them they
are not altogether possessionless, not
poor in the worst sense.
FTJl, of sv,e% ft<y,
is the loyalty of its members. A flood Of
recollections comes over us. The far
reaches of time and history, and of the
human race, sweep into the thinking
mind as man in the process Of civiliza-
ton tries to grope his way forward
through the everyday consideration Of
problems whose means and end are
loyalty and more loyalty and still more
loyalty.
It Is difficult to think what life would
be without this precious quality of mind,
hand and heart, and yet every day one
sees people who are disloyal to others.
to their institutions and especially to
themselves.
They need more small philosophy in
the everyday life we all lead, whether
our path is high or low. whether on
wheels or at a desk, whether we make
much or little money.
The executive has a chance to be
loyal to those under him. The hands"
have an opportunity to be loyal to those
in charge.
But, most of all. every one has the
chance to be loyal to himself in the
better way.
What this way is he must decide for
himself-and that is where the trouble
comes in!
If his decision isn't good one, his
loyalty will not amount to much. But
who is to tell him which is good" for
him and which bad" for him?
That is the second barrel of the trou-
BILE and no more easily solved than the
first. A thousand thousand helpers are
willing to leap into the breach, but there
is only one guide, after all. 1t is cease
less effort. 1t is perpetual trying. We
cannot forgive our enemy until We real
ize that he, poor fellow, has tried-and
failed His fate will humble us and give
us power to resolve to find what he could
not. Our light along the path is an old
friend. It's name is Loyalty, and at this
season 1t shines everywhere.
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SpOrtsnanship.

All the world loves good loser. Gov
ernor Alt M. Landon of Kansas, who
went down to defeat in the presidential
election under an avalanche of votes, is
endearing himself more and more to the
American people as the days go by. He
has shown that he can take it, with
e smile. No more generous and cour-
teous gesture has been made by
defeated candidate than Governor
Landon's recent visit to Washington and
to President Roosevelt. There was some
thing wholesomely American about the
incident.
The Kansas Governor is not retreat
ing from the principles he espoused
during the campaign. At the same time
he Is anxious to see his country go for
ward. and under the leadership of the
man selected by the people. That must
be the hope of all Americans. There are
difficult days ahead. There is much TO
be done. 1t can be done the better If
there is a spirit of good craftsmanship
and a lack of captious-and merely po-
ltical-criticism.
Governor Landon remains the tltular
head of the Republican party. 1t is
proper that he should. Whether he will
ever be a candidate for the presidency
again, or whether he wishes to be a
candidate, makes no difference. He has
sound common sense. He has sense
of humor and friendly spirit that should
10 far toward ironing out the differences
which exist within the Republican party.
He has the respect of his opponents as
well as his supporters. During the cam
paign he fought hard. He can be relied
upon to fight hard again for the prin-
eiples of government in which he
believes.
It is a fortunate thing for the Amer
lean people and for the Nation that the
victors and the vanquished can forget
their differences and sit down in good
fellowship, as did President Roosevelt
and Governor Landon at the dinner OF
the Gridiron Club Monday night. 1t
sugurs well for the future. At the same
time, a strong and fighting minority.
ready to challenge the actions of an ad-
ministration, is salutary no matter which
political party happens to be in control
at the time. Too great power, with too
little opposition, too often leads to an
Improper use of that power.
For many long years the Democratic
party provided a fighting minority. How
long the Republican party must serve
in a similar capacity no one can say.
That it will not come back-as the
Democratic party frequently has after
disastrous defeats-would be hazardous
prophecy. Governor Landons deport-
ment in defeat can well be copied by the
party as a whole. 1t is possible that an
"era of good feeling" is at hand that
transcends politics. But even in an era
OF good feeling there should be and must
be a constant watchfulness to see that
the Government remains Government
IN the best interest of the whole people.