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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
Government Without Red Ink

In recent address, Governor Frank D. Fitzger-
aid, of Michigan told about Government Without
Red 1nk-using his state example of how
that happy condition of affairs be reached And
in his talk, he made points that, simple and
even obvious as they are seem to have been forgot
ten by good many high officials.
Il have not come here" the governor said pos
ing the originator of magic formula that will
cure the country Of its ailments, economic and other
wise There is nothing of the miraculous in what we
have done in Michigan. We are as plain as an old
boot. We've just gone following certain rules
of simple arithmetic and fundamental economics
rules that you and learned in grammar school
days; rules plain it would almost ridiculous
that occasion would arise for anyone to get up
public and eXpOund them.
BY keeping the operating expenses of the state
government within its income, by refusing to create
new taxes or additional debts, by actually cutting
down taxes in some instances, by trying to find new
ways TO save money instead of spending, we've man.
aged to balance our budget
We've thrown away the red ink bottle for
ever, hope"
Just simple horse-sense? Certainly But in these
days of soaring taxes and public debts and of prodi-
gal waste of the taxpayers hard-earned dollars, it
would be great thing if more of the men entrusted
with governmental affairs sought "to find new ways
to save money instead of spending it,"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN,
That default has occurred in the
conditions of that certain mortgage,
dated the First day of October. 1928,
executed by John william Gillies
| and Mary Gillies as mortgagors to
First State Bank of Sank Centre
as MORTGAGE, filed for record in
the office Of the Register of Deeds
in and for the County of Stearns.
| and State of Minnesota, on the 18th
day of october. 1928, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ, and recorded in Book los of
Mortgage Records. page 2S5 there
mortgage. and the indebtedness
secured thereby, was thereafter
| assigned by the said Bank to f. S.
Cooper as Trustee for Depositors
under the jurisdiction of the Dis
trict Court of Stearns County. Min
| nesota, by written instrument re-
corded in the office of said Register
| of Deeds in Book "V" of Assign
ments and Agreements on Page 566
ing has been instituted at law to
recover the debt secured by said
mortgage, or any part thereof; that
| there is due and claimed to be due
terest to date hereof. the sum of
$5833.33; and that pursuant to the
power of sale therein contained,
said mortgage will be foreclosed
and the tract Of land lying and be-
ing in the County of stearns. State
of Minnesota. described as follows.
to-wit: The West half of the South
Quarter SWhswA sEN) Of Section
numbered fourteen. Q4) in Town
six u26) of Range numbered thir..
ty-four (34. also all that part of
the Southwest Quarter Of said Sec
ton numbered fourteen QD con-
tanned within the following des-
to-wit: Beginning at the North
Quarter thence running South to
point seventy five (75l feet North
Of the center line of the right Of
Company running across said
Southwest Quarter and thence run
ming in Southeasterly direction
along the Northerly side Of said
right of way to it's intersection
fourteen G4 thence East to the
Southeast corner of said Southwest
Quarter thence North to the North
east corner thereof and thence
West nt to the Place n of beginning
part of said Southwest Quarter
| which lies East and North Of said
Railway right of way will be sold
by the sheriff of said county at
OuDllc auction on the 18TH day or
March. 1886, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at
the front (North door of the Post
Office in the CITY of Sank Centre in
said county and state. to pay the
debt then secured by said mortgage
and taxes. if any, on said premises
and the costs and disbursements
allowed by law. subject to redemp-
tion within twelve months from
said date of sale.
Dated January Both. 1885.
FIRST STATE BANK
OF SAUK CENTRE
and F. s. Cooper as
Trustee for Depositors
of First State Bank of
Sank Centre, MINI.
Mortgage e. Assignee
of Mortgage.
l.. L. Kells
Attorney for Mortgage & Assignee
SaulS Centre. MINI.
Published Jan. 30-Feb. 6. IS. 20, 81
March 5, 1886
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
InexcusabIe Blunders

From time to time come reports
of the waste of public money in
connection with Minnesota conser-
walton camps. 1t almost looks as If
the work was being carried on with
deliberate intent to bring about
criticism. Editor Noonan, of Baud
cite, tells about a camp in Norris
township, in his county, where tur-
keys served the boys were purchas-
ed in Minneapolis at so cents per
pound when farmers within a few
miles of the camp were selling their
birds at Is cents per pound. At
Grand Rapids the camps were sup
piled with canned beef from Ar
gentine instead of using Minnesota
cattle and in several of the camps
where the boys were engaged in
cutting out the dead and down tim
Der, coal was shipped in for fuel
instead of using the wood of which
there was an almost endless sup
ply. Editor Noonan says, TT is
quite possible that some Of the tur-
keys used in the camp were ship
ped to Minneapolis by Norris town.
ship farmers and then shipped
back from the city to the camp af-
ter the dealers and the railroads
got a crack at the profits" Blue
Earth County Enterprise.
The Lake Wilson Pilot calls at
tention to a certain class of econ
omists and union savers" that
worry a lot about the large salar-
les that are paid highly trained
and responsible business men who
are at the head of the large cor
porations. But" says the Pilot,
they never say a word about the
commandment breakers and smut
spreaders of Hollywood that strut
their stuff on the movie screen and
are the real heroes of the American
people. They pocket ten times the
salary paid to business trained ex-
ecutiveS"
With the daily and Sunday pa
pers constantly featuring naked ac-
tresses and exploiting their amor
Gus escapades, sensational divorces
and carousals, it is little wonder
that the people are poisoned with
such unnecessary salacious propa-
ganda under the guise of public
ity." With the price of print paper
going up, we wonder why so much
of it is wasted on such tripe by the
press of the country. Exorbitant
salaries aren't the only things that
are wasted on the Hollywood
crowd Of Notwithstanding
Martin A. Nelson, of Austin.
generally picked, as 1886 Republi-
can standard bearer, says he will
not file until after the holding of
the Republican state convention.
1t looks very much as if the Aus
tin man would enter the primary
race for the nomination for gov
ernor with little or no opposition.
The feeling is that he has the NOM
ination in the bag. He should have.
Brown County Journal.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
=

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. That
default has occurred in the condi-
tions of that certain mortgage. dated
the 9TH day of January, 1891; exc,
single man, as mortgagor to Eva
Windham, as MORTGAGE, filed for
record in the office of the Register
of Deeds in ana for the county of
Stearns and State of Minnesota, on
10 o'clock, A. NJ. and recorded in
Book 107 OF mortgage records. page
564. which said mortgage was duly
assigned to Ida M. Oster, George
Rennicks, Jr., Ethan A. Lathrop, and
in the estate of Eva Windham, de-
ceased, which final decree was dated
October 81, 1888. and recorded in the
office of said Register OF Deeds in
Book 43 of Misc. Page, 1881. that no
action or proceeding has been in
stituted at law to recover the debt
secured by said mortgage. or any
part thereof, and that there Is due
and claimed to be due upon said
mortgage. including interest to date
seventy dollars and seventy eight
cents ($1070.78): and that pursuant
to the power of sale therein con-
tanned. said mortgage will be fore
closed and the tract of land lying
and State of Minnesota. described
as follows. to-wit: The South sixty
(60) feet Of lot ten (10), and the
North ten (10) feet Of Lot eleven
GD, Block one % James Addition
to the Original Townsite of Sank
Centre, according to the recorded
plat thereof, will be sold by the
Sheriff Of said County at public
auction on Saturday. the 7th day Of
March 1886 at 10 o'clock. A; M. at
the front door of the Post Office in
the City of Sank Centre, in said
County and State. to pay, the debt
then secured by said mortgage and
taxes. If any, on said premises and
the costs and disbursements allowed
by law subject to redemption with
in twelve months from said date Of
sale.
Dated January 81. 1886.
Ida M. Oster
George Rennicks, Jr.
Ethan A. Lathrop
Colon A Lathrop
(Mortgagees)
Victor r. Conklin
Attorney for Mortgages
Sank Centre, Minnesota
Published Jan. 23-30-Feb. 6-13-20
81, 1886
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13

collections of their bills for electri-
fication and water rentals by this
method, where on the other hand
If the bills were allowed to accum-
ulate for a year there would be far
more delinquencies than under the
present system.
After discussing the matter with
Representative Melby we believe
that the proposal merits serious
consideration and we will be pleas
ed to see him introduce bill to
this effect in the next session. The
matter should be given careful
consideration in every community
and we trust 1t will receive the
whole-hearted support Of the men,
bers of the next regular session Of
the legislature. Proposals that tend
to cut tax delinquencies rather
than encourage it are ever worthy
ones.-Red Lake Falls Gazette.
The biggest danger to our demo-
cratic form of government today is
Capitalization of power. The town.
ships and school districts are sur
rendering their powers under the
constitution to the county, the
county to the state and the state to
to the federal government. The
main objection to the present ad-
ministration is that it has unsurp-
ed some of the powers inherent to
the states and the counties within
the states.
When the supreme court gets a
chance to scrutinize the laws that
have given the larger units these
powers they declare them uncon-
stitutional and that is as it should
be. When this is done we criticise
the court. The inconsistency shown
by those who criticise the court is
generally due to ignorance.
Just now in Minnesota the coun-
ty unit system of schools is being
advocated. There are advantages to
the county unit system, but they
will hardly outweigh the loss of
democratic methods, when they
give the powers of all the school
boards of the small school districts
to centrally located board for the
whole county.
The strength of our school sys-
tenn is that it is democratic, that
every little community has a
school of it's own and that each
community decides on and settles
its own affairs.-The Glenwood
Herald.
Congressman Ryan talked out of
turn, We think, when he devoted
considerable part of his keynote
speech at the Mankato convention
last Saturday to telling the state
convention that we lost our for
eign market for farm products be-
cause England, Germany. Italy and
France raised their tariffs on farm
products to three times what they
were in 1929, and also imposed re-
strictions on the amount that can
be imported. By so doing, those
countries kept their home market
for their own farmers. The Roose-
welt administration could have met
those raises and restrictions, and
kept the American market for Am
erican farmers. But it didn't. In
stead, it cut the tariff in a number
of cases. This is point on which
it seems that young Mr.. Ryan
would better have kept still.-Park
| Region Echo.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
Charles Curtis Died

One OF the romantic figures of American public
life Charles Curtis, vice president of the United
States during the of President Herbert Hoover,
passed away Saturday, February 9Th.
Born among the Indians and in his right
chief among the red men, he became a leader and
national figure among the white
After serving county attorney of Shawnee
county, in Kansas, his home state he elected in
1892 to the House of Representatives where he
ed continuously until 1907 Then he appointed to
the United States Senate. to which position he
later reelected, and where he continued until his
election vice president
He the first OF Indian ancestry to oc-
cupy the vice presidency of the United States. His
lifes story from owy birth to death of sue
and attainment, and marked him a chief
among men.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
George Washington

In month replete with notable birthdays and
anniversaries, February % stands out in the minds
of Americans the date of greatest significance the
birthday of George Washington.
AS national holiday it is perhaps second only
to the Fourth of July, while matter of fact it is
probably an anniversary of even higher Importance,
because without Washington the struggling colon
les might not have made the Declaration of Indepen
dence effective.
Although much that is legendary has been asso-
cated with the life of Washington, due principally
to the zeal of Parson Weems, his early biographer,
the main facts of his nestmabe service stand unin-
peached, and his fame takes on added luster with
the years.
Leading a poorly trained, ill equipped and some
times mutinous army, Washington kept aflame the
fires of patriotism when less determined and less
capable commander might have given up in despair.
While aid from France finally turned the scale in
favor of the colonies, without Washngtons genius
and heroic persistence the Continental Army would
have been crushed into submission before that aid
arrived.
1t is we'll that we should honor his memory his
birthday and on all other days, but nothing may
say do add to subtract from the priceless
heritage eptomized in the deathless name of Wash
ington.
Immortalized also are his statements in the mat
ter of preservation of form of government and
the constitution which today are as important as
when they instituted many years ago. We ill
afford to lose sight of the following bit of advise left
to by George Washington, which is very appro-
pirate at this time:
Towards the preservation of your Gov
eminent and the permanency of your present
happy state, it is requisite, not only that you
steadily discountenance irregular oppositions
to its acknowledged authority, but also that
you resist with the spirit of innovation
upon its principles however specious the pre-
texts. One method of assault may be to effect,
in the forms of the Constitution, alterations
which will impair the energy of the system,
and thus to undermine what cannot be dir
ectly overthrown. In all the changes to which
you may be invited, remember that time and
habit at least necessary to fix the true
character of governments of other human
institutions; that experience is the surest
standard by which to test the real tendency
of the existing constitution of a country
the facility cnanges upon the credit of
mere hypothesis and opinion, exposes to per-
petual change, from the endless variety of
hypothesis and opinion"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
Order for Probate of Will, Limiting
Time to File Claims, and for
Hearing Thereon

STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Stearns
IN PROBATE COURT
In Re Estate of Frank B. Daniels,
also known as +. b. Daniels, Dece-
dent.
Joseph Dirnberger having filed a
petition for the probate of the will
of said decedent and for the ap-
pointment of Joseph Dirnberger as
executor, which will is on file in
this Court and open to inspection;
ing thereof be had on Friday, Feb
ruary 21st. 1886, at 9 o'clock, A. M.
before this Court in the probate
court room in the court house in
the City of St. Cloud, Minnesota,
and that objections to the allowance
of said will, if any, be filed before
said time of hearing, that the time
within which creditors of said dece-
dent may file their claims be limited
to four months from the date here
of, and that the claims so filed be
heard on Friday. the 10Th day of
May, 1886, at 9 o'clock A. NJ, before
this Court in the probate court
room in the court house in the City
notice hereof be given by publica-
ton of this order in the Sank Centre
Herald, legal newspaper. and by
mailed notice as provided by law.
Dated January eth, 1886.
COURT SEAL)
Paul Ahles
Probate Judge
A. II. Hendrickson. Esq.
Attorney for Petitioner.
r. No. 2, Sank Centre. MINI.
Published Jan. 30-Feb. 6-13, 1886
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13

years, the Democrats made the
rights of the states their great par
ty doctrine. But it has been
abandoned by the New Deal.
This Is unfortunate. America has
grown great partly because of the
freedom for local development and
experimentation. Indeed, the idea
that the government Of this vast
nation, stretching across a contin-
ent and composed Of many diverse
types Of people, cannot successful
ly be controlled from Washington
Is not all theory.
The big weapon to bring the
states into line has been the treas
ury Of the United States, employed
in the outwardly benevolent system
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of federal aid. 1t remains to be
seen whether the trend has been
for the best.-Northfield News.
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A Worthwhile Proposal
Rep. ]. o. Melby, of Oklee, Is adj
vocating the payment of real es-
tate taxes in Minnesota in monthly
installments with 2 per cent dis
count for prompt payment at the
beginning of each month and a
penalty Of from to per cent for
delinquencies. Mr.. Melby is Of the
opinion that this method Of tax
payment will tend to reduce delin-
quencies.
Municipalities and corporations
have been very successful in the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
5000 Gallon Oil "Gusher" Brought Tn

Wells.-Residents of Easton, in Farbaut county,
put oil rush last week. 1t of those
wild scrambles comparable to the hectic
during the gIsher days in the Texas and Oklahoma
oil fields There oil all the place. hundreds
of gallons of it, pouring out of the ground and pen
ty for everyone. So Easton residents scampered off
to get their utensils and gathered it up in pans and
But there is catch to the story. The "oi and
Oil Co.. when a truck backed into pipe leading to
the tank. The pipe broke off and allowed the kero-
sene to pour out the ground. Ted Weiman, Pure
Oil manager, estimated that total of 5000 gallons
of kerosene saved with the assistance of per-
who hurried from all directions to gather the
oil from the ground into whatever they had handy.
1t estimated that about equal amount was
lost
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
Family Saved From MOnoxide Gas Trap

Grand Rapids.-A narrow escape fom death was
chronicled for the A. X. Seckinger family when
snow was blown into a hard drift the pipe
which carried off the fumes from gasoline engine
and carbon monoxide gas was forced back into the
house. The engine operates home electric lighting
plant and back pressure from the exhaust forced out
the packing in the falls and permitted the deadly gas
to seep into the rooms Mrs. Seckinger and two chill
dren had retired, when the youngest daughter be
came violently sick. Seckinger realized that the gas
must be present although it could not be detected
by taste color and pulled open the windows. Had
the family retired a few minutes earlier, all would
probably have been killed
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
A GOOD INVESTMENT

Ranking as a pioneer state so
far as organized highway develop
ment is concerned, Minnesota need
take a back seat to no other COM
monwealth. It is well that her citi-
zens realize the value of good
roads, for in state so blessed by
vacation spots they do much to
bring millions of dollars into the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13

state each year. BY such physical
embellishments as good highways
the casual wanderer can easily
judge the caliber of state through
which he is passing. Surely Mime
sofa must rank high in the estima-
ton of countless thousands of for
eign automobiles.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
Car Runs Over Boy, But He Doesn't Mind

BensOn.-Joe Hawkins Benson high school stu
dent take it. Joe leaving the high school
building recently with his coat collar pulled up high
in attempt to cut down the frigid blasts some
what AS he stepped from the sidewalk into the
street, automobile driven by r. w. Richards came
along from the west. Joe didn't the and was
struck and by the left Wheel which
passed him just below the hips. The result was
that Joes pants torn at one knee. When he re-
turned to school for the afternoon classes he said it
Just "ached" little
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
From Our Exchanges

States Rights Not All Theory
It may be old-fashioned to talk
about states rights and home rule
in these days of concentration up
on Washington with its unlimited
90 financial resources, but many
sincere students Of the trend Of af-
fairs see a real danger in the at
tempt to centralize control in the
national capital. For hundred
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13

Isle.-When Elvn Andrews, of south of Onamia,
was doing chores recently, he chickadee sitting
on the iron pipe at the we'll 1t seemed to be extreme
ly tame and did not move when he went up to it, and
he discovered that its feet prozen to the pipe
little cold water loosened the bird and it futered
away probably wishing that Santa Claus had left it
wool socks and overshoeS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13

Zumbro Falls-Bured in the beneath
overturned II year old boy probably escap-
ed death serious injury because the highway pillow
had piled in the ditch a minute before. Ken
meth Atkinson and his brother Merele standing
beside the road waiting for their father, who to
take them to Zumbro Falls. The pillow passed
them throwing a high, soft bank of to the side
of the road. Immediately after driven by a
Lake City at high rate of speed lodged the
pillow and struck Kenneth the went into the
ditch The lifted and the boy dug out of the
He escaped with only minor injuries.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13
Deer Is Disabled BY Metal Ring On Hoof

Bemd-A disabled five year old buck deer, on
whose right front hoof two inch ring had encir-
cled itself when the deer apparently stepped the
ring, killed at Itasca State Park under the drec-
ton of game wardens. The piece of metal around
the deer's hoof was cap from two inch pipe, and
sort to protect the threads of pipe in shipment.
Last year this same deer broke hind leg and hob
bled about three appendages Recently it seen
to have something wrong with its foreleg well
the hind leg, and its progress wobbly that it
thought best to shoot the animal. Pressure Of
walking the foot which encrced by the ring
had made the foot extremely sensitive to pain the
ring having into the animals flesh.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13

Michigan, like Kansas is fortunate in having Of
ficias who realize that every bill contracted must
eventually be paid and that the money with which
to pay must be taken from the pockets of the people
May their tribe increase.-Industrial Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-13

One thing revealed through the investigation of
the Senate munitions committee that chances of
collecting the billions in debts in the flu
ture are none too bright And it didn't take bright
man to figure that out