The Sauk Centre herald., 1936-04-23
Organize
Conservation
Association
j. M. Miller, of Sauk Centre,
Elected Chairman Of
Stearns County
COMMITTEES SELECTED
John Ceynar, Chairman, of
Sauk Centre-Getty Unit
Of Directors

"A Stearns County Soils Conser-
walton Association was recently or
ganized to administer the new soils
program in the county. The direc-
tors from Is units of the county
met recently and named J. M. Mil
Ter, Sauk Centre, as chairman;
John Terwey, st. Joseph, vice
chairman; VIM. J. Kleve, Freeport,
as the third member of the coun-
ty committee serving with the
chairman and vice chairman. The
alternate members of the commit
tee named was Stephen Gaida, of
Holdingford. E. G. Lenzmeier was
named as secretary of the new as
sociation with ]. A. Willenbring,
of st. Cloud, as the treasurer On
the afternoon of the same day the
45 committeeman named at the
community meetings held through
out the county were given two
hours of instruction by e. A. Fal-
vey at University Farm on their
duties in connection with the pro-
gram. A list of committeeman for
the various townships follow:
st. August-St. Cloud-LeSauk: Ed
Kuhn, st. Cloud, chairman; Frank
Robertson, st. Cloud; John Bar
thelmy, st. Cloud.
Maine Prairie-Fair HavenILyn-
den: L. H. DAVIS, Kimball, chair
man; Walter Ruehle, South Haven;
George Abeln, Clearwater.
Rockville Luxembourg Wake
field: John Molitor, Cold Spring,
chairman; Martin Arnold, Eden
Valley; Mic Mes, Cold Spring.
Munson-Eden Lake: A. Zaczkow-
ski, Roscoe, chairman; John A.
Willenbring, st. Cloud; Jacob Roth
stein, Richmond; Ben Spohn, of
Richmond.
st. Joseph-St. Wendell: John Ter
wey, st. Joseph, chairman; Frank
Gill, Avon; John Meagher, Avon.
Avon-Collegeville: Alois Sauerer,
st. Joseph, chairman; F. A. Himsl,
st. Joseph; Math zwilling, St Jo-
seph.
Holding-Brockway: Steve Gaida,
Avon, chairman; Roy Hylla, Hold
ingford; John Konsor, Holding
ford.
Sauk Centre-Getty: John Ceynar,
Sauk Centre, chairman; H. G.
Borgmann, Sauk Centre; A. j.
Minette, Sauk Centre.
MISUNDERSTANDING: Ludwig
Meier, Albany, chairman; Barney
Brinkman, Albany; F. J. Haber-
man, Albany.
Millwood-O -Oak-St. Martin: VIM. ].
Kleve, Freeport, chairman; Joseph
Korte, Freeport; Fred Klaphake,
Albany.
Melrose-Grove: Meinulf Meyer,
Sauk Centre, chairman; Mic Cas-
pers, Melrose; Ed Nathe, Melrose.
Paynesville-Zion: H. A. Helm, Of
Paynesville, chairman; w. A. Sack,
Paynesville; A. G. Bork, Paynes-
vile.
Spring Hill-Lake Henry-Lake
George: Ben Osendorf, Elrosa,
chairman; Lawrence Haider, Re
gal; John Waldorf, ST., Regal
Crow Lake-Crow River: Lester
Hendrickson, Belgrade, chairman;
Carl H. Anderson, Belgrade; M.
Zaczkowski, Belgrade.
neutrality-suspicious. Fork: ].
M. Miller, Sauk Centre, chairman;
Gerrit Jansen, Brooten; o. w.
Kjeldahl, Belgrade.
The sign-up on the new soils
program has gone ahead rapidly
and this week the committeeman
will start making their various
farm visits in connection with fur
ther sign-ups. Most farmers of the
county are satisfied with what the
new program offers them and see
in it an opportunity to start on a
better system of crop rotation and
soil conservation work.
For farmers growing flax in
large areas and who already have
a substantial acreage of old seed
ing of alfalfa and other grasses,
a new rule will be to their interest.
AS stated at all of the community
meetings 1t is necessary to have
20 percent Of the 1886 flax acreage
in soil conserving crops in addi-
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