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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
No Hands To Cover
Face of Time Piece
Main Street Time Piece Temper.
arily On Blink-Suffered
Amputation Past Week

No hands to hide it's open
face; no hands to note the
time of day. Main Streets reg
ulator is temporarily ION the
blink" Now persons going to
work on Main Street can no
longer compute how fast they
have to make the last two
blocks to get to their work on
time.
It's the clock on the Merch-
ants National Bank. It's hands
have been removed and resi-
dents who have regulated their
comings and goings up and
down the Street by it are at a
loss. It's surprising, says Mr..
d. B. Caughren, president of
the bank, the number OF in
quiries asking how soon will
the clock be in running order
again. Supposing that persons
took the clock as a matter of
course, bank members were
surprised at noting how many
persons missed the towns
timepiece.
It's works have been removed
for repairs. Sometime ago it
was noticed that it failed to
keep accurate time-alternat-
ing between running and hold
ing its idle hands before its
face. An investigation disclosed
a worn connection that allowed
complete contact only part of
the time.
Main Street is promised its
regulator right soon. Curses!
Fooled! They put the hands on
Tuesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
DR.. Walsh
Won Short
Stop Tourny
Central Minnesota Golfers
Attend Main Street
Event Sunday
TWENTY-FOUR ENTRIES
Another Tournament Will Be
Held On Local Course
At A Later Date

Running a smooth, steady hand
DR.. T. E. Walsh, of Chicago, local
entry, sailed through three rounds
in the Short Stop tournament at
the Country Club last Sunday to
win the championship flight. List
ing eleven local entries the tour
ney boosted two dozen total en-
tries with representatives from
Willmar, Glenwood, and other
neighboring cities. A beautiful day
for golf there was only the faint
est hint of cooling breeze. No
wind to handicap driving or diff
cult shots was encountered. Over
cast skies protected the entries
from the glare of the sun, and it
wasn't until the final holes of the
tourney that the sun poked itself
through the clouds.
A severe winter made earlier
tournament play an impossibility.
It's severity killed out part Of the
grass green's, but constant water
ing throughout the summer
brought them back. The eclipse
that settled over the course lifted
with the coming back of the
greens, and the success Of the first
mid-season tourney prompted the
committee to Immediately begin ar
rangements for one in the near fu-
ture.
Meeting D. N. Tallman, Willmar
top-notcher, in the opening round,
DR.. Walsh downed him 2 to 1. Ad-
vancing on his next adversary he
claimed the round from Wollan, of
Glenwood, to 2, and in the final
round the Doctor upset Ralph
Cheeseman, Glenwood, 8 to 2. All
rounds were nine holes. Stephen
Achter was medalist with the low
medal score of 80.
In the first flight Bill Bryan top
ped the field of eight with a first
victory over Leo Hedin at 8 to 2.
Advancing over his next opponent
Bill claimed the flight. In the
championship consolation flight
Roy Spillman took Michaels, Stein
er in turn to meet Joe Vogel in his
final round to down him to win.
DR.. j. F. Dubois in the first flight
consolation was tops when he met
r. Boen in the final round to
stroke his way for the flight. In
the first round he showed the
younger bloods trick or two
when he downed his nephew, John
Dubois.
A dandy tournament with some
nice golfing displayed, this first
event has paved the way for one in
the offing, and local members are
anxious for the next match.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
Sixth District Y. F. ".
Meeting at LongviNs
j. N. Jackson, Commander, Pre-.
scented Plans For 1936-37
Membership Drive

Veterans of Foreign Wars, of the
Sixth District, met at Longville or
Sunday to honor the post in that
village, upon the anniversary of it!
founding. A large number of the
members and the officers of the
Sixth District unit, representing
every post, were present at thu
meeting.
Visitors were greeted by the
combined bands of Longville
Backus and Walker, which furnish.
the music during the afternoon
and evening. Over $50 people, in.
Guiding members of the Auxiliary
were in attendance.
The business session, held in the
Longville school, was opened al
two o'clock. Following it's conclu
sion, the entertainment included q
floor show and other features Civ
en- at the Longville Hall. A supper
was served by the Auxiliary at the
school.
Sixth District Commander, J. N
jackson, in talk in which hi
congratulated the members of tn,
Longville post, announced a plar
for membership drive for the
current year of 1867. A silver
plaque, handsomely engraved, with
v. F. w. emblem at the top, will
be presented to the post receiving
the largest number of names dur
ing the period stated. The plaque
will be presented at the annual dis
trict encampment to be held In
Long Prairie in June, 1887.
This meeting, according to loca
veterans in attendance, was one Of
the largest and most successful
ever held in the Sixth District.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
Gordon Hedin
Won First Place
Declared Winner In Poppy Contest
At Park Rapids-Receives
Congratulations

Through transformation we
stated in last weeks Herald that
Gordon Hedin, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
e. r. Hedin, of this city, had won
second place in the American Le-
gion Auxiliary Poppy Poster con-
test. Gordon won first place in the
district contest held at Park Rap
ids recently, and we gladly make
the correction.
Mrs. F. N. Carr, secretary and
treasurer Of the Sixth District Lee
gion Auxiliary, under date Of July
22nd, wrote to Gordon as follows:
II am very happy to inform you
that your Poppy Poster entered in
the contest was judged the best in
its class at the Park Rapids Dis
trict Convention, and you are
awarded the prize offered by the
District of $1.00. I wish to add my
personal congratulations, and to
say that thought your work very
good, and also the STORY" which
accompanied the poster"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
Scouts Attended
Summer Camp
Local Boys In Attendance Ad-
vance Toward Goal OF Scout
ing-Fine Time

Outing is Scouting and camp life
is great sport, said five Scouts
from this city, who took advantage
of the camp offered for Scouts of
the Central Minnesota Area and
were advanced in rank, cmpleting
their tests at Camp Nawakwa on
Big Spunk Lake near Avon. The
Court of Honor on last Sunday af-
ternoon advanced Russell Larson,
Raymond Berggreen, Bud Hunt,
Jim Scott and Jim Rattle from
their former ranks one notch high
err toward the goal of Scouting
the Eagle.
Their Individual awards received
Sunday and passed during the
camp sessions are as follows: Rus
sell Larson, Star Scout, passed mer-
it badges in Personal Health, First
Aid, Life Saving, Cooking, Swim
ming, Scholarship and Reading.
Russell has one award to go to
complete his tests for Life Scout,
one rank below the highest award
of Eagle. Raymond Berggreen,
First Class, passed merit badges in
Cooking, Swimming, Life Saving.
Jim Rattle, First Class, passed mer-
it badges in Swimming and Life
Saving. Bud Hunt, First Glass,
passed merit badges in Swimming
and Life Saving. Jim Scott advan-
ced to the rank of Second Class
Scout. Bud Hunt and Raymond
Berggreen, who returned on Mon
day for another week, will probab-
ly receive further awards at next
Sundays Court of Honor.
With two more than capacity the
Camp reported fifty Scouts, who
put in full day passing tests, car
ing for their own tent, and swim
ming. Each night the Council Fire
with stories, stunts, and songs was
a heralded event, and contrarily
KIP duty was drudge as each
tents occupants served their day.
The boys lived eight in a tent and
three of the local contingent, Ray
mond Berggreen, Bud Hunt and
Jim Rattle together with five from
Wadena were winners in the camp
athletic event. Included in the
sports classic were cross country
races, variety races, and swimming
events.
Those who attended the Court of
Honor from this city were: Nj. and
Mrs. George Berggreen and son,
Dick, Louis Larson, Junior Schmidt
Miss I,llcy Hunt. Mrs. Ed l. Rattle
and son, Bob.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
"Main Street"
On The Radio
To Be Presented Next Monday Ev.
ening At Seven O'clock On
Columbia Chain

From the pen Of Sinclair Lewis
came Main Street" and fame for
Sank Centre, his home town. Pur-
suing every known method Of pub
LEGATION main Street. and the
thoughts 1t represents has invaded
millions Of homes. With its latest
invasion into the movies 1t Is be-
ing launched into a new avenue of
ansmission-radio.
Next Monday evening the story
Main Street" will be presented for
the radio public on the LUX Radio
Theatre at seven o'clock over a
Columbia chain including WCCO,
Minneapolis-St. Paul. With a strong
supporting radio cast, Barbara
Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray
have been granted the leading
roles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
West Union
Home Burned
Discovered Too Late To Save The
Household Effects-Save
Adjoining Homes
(West Union Correspondence)

(West Union Correspondence
A fire of unknown origin COM
pletely destroyed the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Marthaler, Of West
Union, Sunday afternoon. The fire,
which was discovered at about
three-thirty in the afternoon con-
sumed the building and with 1t
the family's household goods and
clothing.
All Of the members Of the family
were away from home and hence,
the fire was not discovered until
1t was too late to save any Of the
household effects. Mrs. Marthaler
and the children were visiting at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos.
Dirnberger in Sank Centre that af-
ternoon.
Those who answered the alarm,
finding they could not save the
burning building, kept a steady
stream Of water on the adjoining
Homes, and thereby kept the fire
from spreading. Mr.. Marthaler's
loss was covered by insurance.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
Will Have LARGE
Whale Exhibit
Company Advertises Exhibit of
Live Penguins and Specimens
of EmbaImed Monsters

A highly interesting and educa.
tional feature has been booked for
this city in the near future. It's a
whale of a show, one you will not
want to miss. By the way, did you
ever see a whale? We do not mean
in the moving pictures, but an hon
est-to-goodness whale in the flesh ?
Here's your chance, for r. F,
Clark, general representative for
the Eureka Whaling Co., of Long
Beach, Calf, was in Sank Centre
making arrangements with officials
to bring to this city a mammoth
marine exhibit, which features a
monster, embalmed whale, 55 feet
in length, weighing 68 tons.
This exhibit is on a specially
constructed bridge steel railroad
car, more than 100 feet in length,
and will be placed on the siding at
the Great Northern depot for ex-
hibition Saturday, August 9Th. The
car will remain in the city for one
day only, and the exhibit can be
seen from 2 P. NJ, to IL P. M.
Accompanying this monster of
the deep on its transcontinental
tour are many other species of
strange marine life, including q
giant octopus, Chinese dragon liz
ards, man-eating sharks, and other
strange animals. Among the latter
will be found the only travelling ex-
hibit Of live Penguins in America.
These rare, white vested arctic
birds are comedy personified.
Everywhere this exhibit has ap-
peared 1t has created a wide COM
munity interest because Of It's edu-
cational value. Captain White, vet
eran whaling commander, will ap-
pear in person with the exhibit, and
is the skipper" in charge Of a
crew Of thirty men, who will ex-
plain the exhibit and modern and
Old-time methods of whalinv
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
Firemen's Annual
Picnic Sunday
Lembke's Park, Sank Lake, VIII BE
Scene Of Splendid Outing
Plans Completed

Firemen must have their outings
too. So the annual outdoor frolic
for the Sank Centre Fire Depart
ment will be held on Sunday at
Lembke's Park at the narrows of
Sank Lake. To this all-day affair
active Firemen, retired Firemen
and their families are cordially in
vited by the committee in charge.
Ecaccd b. Tire Chief George Fish
the committee in charge Of ar
rsngements includes Walt Gritz-
macher, Jess Rose, Paul Mayors,
Henry Thielen. Fred Walker, and
Irv Nelson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
Band To Enjoy
Theatre Party
Will Be Guests of Mr.. Parsons
Following Concert This
Thursday Evening

Immediately following this even
ing's, Thursday, concert in the City
Park The Senior Band upon the
invitation Of Mr.. Parsons, manager
of the Oxford Theatre, will be en-
tertained at a theatre party. Dir
ector Hanson gladly accepted the
gracious invitation by Mr.. Par
sons on Tuesday Of this week.
Playing the lead set by the annual
festival Director Hanson has ar
ranged a program for tonight's
open air concert that will feature
three Of Karl L. Kings numbers.
The program follows:
March ................... Our Defenders
Overture-Magic Garden-King.
March .-................. American Soldier
Waltz ..--....-...................... Straussiana
Trombone Novelty
Overture-Prince Charming-King
March-Iowa Band Law-King
National Anthem
There Is a need for four more
clarinet players to become men,
bers of the beginners band an
nounced DR.. Hanson this week.
With a membership Of 46 the Or
ganizatior lie lacking four clarinets
to make balanced organization
Dependable and ambitious boys
and girls are wanted to fill these
vacancies; and since a new band
is not organized each year, now is
the time to take this opportunity.
Those contemplating playing are
asked to contact DR.. Hanson on
Friday or Saturday Of this week to
make arrangements for free pri-
vate instruction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30
JR. LEGION DEFEATED

In a splendid game of baseball at
the Fair Grounds Sunday the Jun
ior Legion team bowed in defeat to
the Sank Centre lads by the score
of 6 to 2. The Legionnaires put up
good battle but were handicapped
in the loss Of players, who were in
attendance at the band festival at
Starbuck. The Sank Centre team
has won most of it's games this
season and will be tough competi-
ton for most any of the teams of
that calibre in this community.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30

Bill Cook, following a weeks va
cation from work at Swift and Co.,
returned to this city last week end.
He had spent the week at Detroit
Lakes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-07-30

The Misses Ivy and Marie Hill
debrand motored to Aitkin on Mon
day for a weeks vacation and visit
among friends,
Evening star., 1936-09-05

Nicaragua Is centering its postal.
telephone, telegraph and wireless sys-
TENS In one building at Managua.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
Colored Book Bindings.

Rows of varicolored book bindings
are delightfully."- decorative in q room.
especially when arranged in a bright
ly lacquered hanging bookshelf.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
Savings
Continued From First Page.)

In harder times, there still remained
several hundred thousand who during
the first half Of this year completed
their original savings program. Many
Of those who received the full sum
in cash, as we'll As thousands who
let their funds so accumulated remain
In the association Immediately started
on q second consistent savings pro-
gram establishing another objective to
be achieved in period Of years. The
number who did so this year was
conspicuously greater than for some
years past"
A breakdown Of the amount dis
bursed to members, exclusive of loans
on homes, Is given by the league as
follows: Dividends, which were dis
tributed to some 5000, 900 investors,
sl20, 900 900; completed savings pro.
grams and the normal turnover In
cash on incompleted savings programs
$500, 600, 900; maturities for borrow
ing members whose shares are used to
cancel the mortgages on their homes
under the plan in use in many asso-
Citations, $l75,000. 900: and cash loans
on the security Of shares held by saw
ings members. $50. 900 900.
Bodfish said that the proportion OF
the total disbursement which wal
necessary because Of completed saw
ings programs as contrasted with tha,
which went to savers whose emer-
gencies caused them to abandon the
original goal was much greater than
for like periods Of 1892, 80, "a and IS
indicating the practical cessation ol
the period during which 50 many peo.
pie had to draw on their savings be-
fore they intended to.
Evening star., 1936-09-05

Today no fair dares open without the
support of q midway"
A review of previous fairs, the
Forum points out, demonstrates in
contestably that integration Is VITAL
that one basic idea must govern and
that that idea must be timely. A
fair is more than collection OF
lagoons, concessions and exhibition
halls; its success depends upon the
kind of thinking behind it." His
torically, the Forum points out, q fair
Is local ballyhoo, plus local business.
pus advertising, pus education. plus
entertainment and latterly. COM
memoration. But. quoting Lewis
Mumford, who put his finger on the
fatal flaw in the accepted pattern Of
the fair, the Forum says, The won
ders of our mechanical age are no
longer news" No longer awed by
mechanical ingenuity or scientific ac-
complishmentS, modern man takes
the automobile and transoceanic
flights and television as a matter Of
course But he is still wondering
what it all proves, what it means to
him in the way of better living. A
fair presenting the social implica-
tions of the machine, q picture of
society consistent with the present
state of its technics. might project a
pattern which would fulfill itself In
the future of our whole civilization
The theme would be timely. and the
style" of the architecture would take
care of itself.
Would Drop Old Scheme.
With this in mind, the Forum re-
calls. q young group Of designers last
Spring outlined New York's Fair OF
the Future" and recommended that
"the traditional scheme Of planning
the fair as a number of unrelated
structures be completely abandoned"
and that q new organization be made
which represents all the related ac-
tiyities which make up the American
way Of living. They proposed the
creation Of sectors devoted to such
general subjects as housing, educa-
ton. work, recreation and health, with
each sector divided into a compre-
hensive general exhibit and with the
related commercial exhibits closely
related.
II manufacturers will be willing to
give social problems the same stature
as commercial exploitation; II auto
mobile makers. for example, will DEM
onstrate the fundamental evils and
cures of traffic. or trace the actual
and potential effects of the trailer, or
correlate the automobile to the uses
of leisure, or axamine their place in
the distribution system, instead Of
putting forth their usual display Of
chassis and assembly lines (Which can
be seen in any show room, the
Forums review indicates. the New
York fair will be q success.
Three more years have yet to pass
before the opening of New York's
fair and times are changing rapidly.
1t would be q pity to spend $50, ,0oo,-
600 to create q fair born dead"
Evening star., 1936-09-05
Building Contract
Increase of al Pct.
Recorded in July

Building contracts were ~ per cent
higher in July than in June, contrary
to the usual seasonal trend. according
to the Alexander Hamilton Institute.
During the previous IL years there was
an average decrease Of as per cent.
As the result Of the increase in July,
contracts reached q new high peak not
only for the current year, but for the
entire recovery movement. As COM
pared with the volume in July last
year there was an increase Of TIT per
cent. The cumulative total for the
first seven months was 82.5 per cent
higher than q year ago.
Building activity in July was stim-
ulated by . further increase in rents
to q new high peak for the recovery
movement. An unfavorable factor In
the situation. however. was = Jump in
building costs during July after .
slight setback In June. Building costs
are now above the pre-depression level
In 1929. Rents, on the other hand,
are still considerably below that level.
and the prospect Is that further rise
in rents will soon meet with consid-
cradle resistance.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
Rent $40 Per Room.

The corporation Is limited rs to
dividends and Is capitalized at $440.-
ia. 1t will erect 1ss homes contain
ing ITO rooms renting at an average
$470 . room q month. They will be
one STORY frame structures without
Easements, with from three to six
Evening star., 1936-09-05

rooms. occupying lots 90 by ITO feet
Cost Of the houses will be from ST.
04727 to $2.260 each. Both the white
and the colored developments will be
landscaped and will be provided with
utility facilities. There also will be
Q store for each development.
In the colored Development will be
- homes. 10 OF them having four
rooms and 81 having three rooms
All will rent for 5000 each q month.
In the white development will be
l25 homes. OF this number 40 will
have three rooms and will rent for
Sl7.50 each q month; 70 will have
four rooms and will rent for S21 each
. month: II will have Eve rooms and
will rent for $26 each q month, three
will have six rooms and will rent for
$31 so each q month.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
RESEARCH GROUP
SCANS REALTY TAX
Property Levy Discussed and
National Associations Pro.
gram Studied.
eeial Dispatch to The Star.

Sreeial Dispatch to The Star.
ANN ARBOR, Mich, September 5.
The Governmental Research Asso-
citation ut It's conference here last
week gave one entire afternoon to the
tax program of the National Associa-
ton of Real Estate Boards. The en-
tire meeting Of that day was given to
discussion Of the future Of the
property tax.
Participants programmed In the
afternoon discussion: lawrence G.
Holmes. Chicago. secretary of the
Tax Committee of the National ASso-
ciation Of Real Estate Boards; Rosina
Mohaupt. member Of the Detroit Blu
reau Of Governmental Research, and
Jens p. Jensen. professor Of eco
nomics. University Of Kansas.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
AIR CONSUMPTION

What air means to us may be seen
in the fact that the average human
needs. every day. 3lz pounds Of food
4 pounds Of water. and no less than 81
pounds Of air. according to General
Electric engineers. While we take
every kind Of precaution, personal and
legal, about the purity and cleanli-
ness Of the food and water We put into
our systems, We have until the last
few years given no attention at all to
the air we breathe.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
Real Estate Courses

Rutgers University announces the
following courses in real estate, to be
held In the 1936-'37 calendar: Intro
ductory principles Of real estate, real
estate law, real estate appraising, real
estate problems and property man
agement. Final registration will be
from September IA to rs.
Evening star., 1936-09-05
COL. ROSE IMPROVES
FARM NEAR WARRENTON
Army ofiicer Has Acquired the
Meadows, Home Of His Great
Grandfather.

WARRENTON, Va, September s.
Col. John B. Rose OF the general stafi,
Washington, Is spending leave with
relatives near Warrenton and has be-
gun improvements on his farm, the
Meadows, 4 miles from here. He ex-
poets to restore and enlarge the old
stone house and make 1t his future
home.
This was the home place of Col.
Roses great-grandfather. Maj. Joseph
Blackwell, Of the Revolution. He in
herits 1t through his mother and has
bought out the other heirs. Mai.
Blackwell was the son Of Joseph
Blackwell. appointed first sheriff Of
Fauquier County when 1t was formed
in 1859.
Maj. Blackwell was . large land
owner and gave ample farms to all
his children, much Of the land being
still owned by his descendants. The
home place. much reduced In acre
age. was inherited by the youngest
daughter Of his youngest son. Mrs