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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

George Steiner, of Sank Centre,
was a caller in our village last
Wednesday.
The many friends Of Mr.. Walter
Eager will be sorry to learn that he
is on the sick list.
Sunday afternoon H. G. Flann
called at the John Ecklund home.
The church choir met for a re-
hearsal at the Herman Hanson
home Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Broughton
were visitors in our town on Mon
day.
Goodwin Sorenson called at his
uncle's, the Ole Rasmussen home in
Kandota Sunday.
Monday morning Carl Holmquist
called at his parental home in this
village.
Herman Hendrickson helped Ro-
bert Johnson with a few odd jobs
Monday.
Latest report from the A. w.
Strobeck home is to the effect that
little Norman is now feeling quite
well.
Mr.. Sturi Larson was soliciting
funds for the local church Satur-
day.
We are all glad to know that
Donald Thompson, who suffered
from an attack of pneumonia re-
Gently, is recuperating very nicely.
Lillian Johnson spent the week.
end at her parental home.
The Ladies Aid will be entertain
ed at the William Holtberg home
next Wednesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
West Union

H. J. Cans and Theo. Noeske
were Twin City business callers on
Thursday. Mrs. Noeske accompan-
led them as far as st. Cloud spend
ing the day with her parents.
Rudolph Spielman went to st.
Paul Saturday for visit with rela-
tives.
Mrs. Ben Messer visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Messer at st. Cloud
several days the past week. The
ladies are sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Noeske and
Marilyn visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
AL. Kleinfehn at st. Cloud Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roman Spehn
spent the weekend with relatives
at Melrose.
Mrs. Joe Marthaler and daughter,
Rose, visited with Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Dirnberger at Sank Centre on
Saturday.
Miss Viola Miller spent the week
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Miller, at Sank Centre.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Jung and
daughter, Of Sank Centre, spent
Thursday evening at the home Of
Mrs. Anna Schlicht.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Looking Back
Through Time
Excerpts From the Herald, Thurs,
Jan. Is, 1916-Items of Inter-
est of Twenty Years Ago

Samuel Simonton, one Of the
founders of the Sank Centre Her
aid, died at Long Beach, Calf, on
Jan. 8, 1916, after a very short ill
ness.
1.-THE Birth of A Nation" which
has caused more public sentiment,
which has been widely commended
also roundly condemned, will be
shown in all its entirely at the
Caughren theatre Sunday afternoon
and Evening, Feb. 18th.
Washington dispatches appearing
in last evenings Minneapolis Jour
nal announce that President Will
son has named Joseph A. Schoen-
hoff to be postmaster at Sank Gen.
ire. Postmaster Boobar's time ex-
pires in February.
Sank Centre is sharing with the
entire Northwest a real old fash
Toned cold snap. Dr.. e. J. Lewis,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

at best it's bum game. Most of
us will always have to live in the
town where we are, so why not
say: This Is my town, and so it
just has to be the best town on
earth, and I intend to make 1t
that" If we all had that genuine
love and loyalty we would soon
have our town on the map.-Mur-
ray County Herald.
As A Man Thinks
Observance of certain notable
days should remind US of the obli-
cations which those days suggest,
observes the Muskegon Record.
Nothing is more important than
the focusing Of attention on the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Pleasant Valley

Miss Hazel Uker, of Park Rapids
who had spent the holidays with
friends in St. Paul, returned home
last Wednesday after few days
visit at the home of her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. o. c. Hardin.
Max Adrian was caller at Henry
Voller's Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mick Johnson
called on Rudolph Sukke Monday.
School opened i'm Pleasant Valley
district Monday after a months
vacation. Anthony Delong is
teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mick Johnson, who
have spent a few weeks at the
bone of the lady's paprents, Mr.
and Mrs. o. c. Hardin, moved to
Alexandria for an indefinite time.
Miss Laura Ann Trierweiler was
an overnight guest of the Adrian
girls Thursday night.
Loretta Proell Is spending the
week at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Proell, in Sank
Centre.
Mrs. Owen Hardin recently re-
ceived the sad message of the death
of her aunt, Mrs. Bertha Morford
of Highmore, South Dakota, which
occurred on December oath. Mrs
Morford, who with her son, John
visited at the Hardin home in
Pleasant Valley on several occas-
sions, had been in poor health for
some time.
Miss Martha Billmeyer was a
visitor at the o. c. Hardin home
Sunday.
A number of friends from Pleas
ant Valley attended funeral ser
vices held for Harriet Dickson, in
Sank Centre Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dickson and
sons, Donald and Ernest, returned
from a weeks visit with relatives
at Fernald, Iowa, and other points
a week ago Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Bohne called
at the Jens Lying home Sunday af.
ternoon.
James Christie is cutting wood
at r. " Plants.
DR.. ]. F. Dubois was a profes-
sional caller at the Jens Lying
home Thursday. Robert Lying, who
has been i'll with scarlet fever, is
improving.
Mrs. Ella Christie called on Mrs
Sam Erickson Tuesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

needs of our world. 1t Is highly i'm
portant that people think, think
seriously, think right, and that
their thinking shall prompt actions
and give color to their days.
The popular form Of government
is that in which people do their
own thinking, elect their own Of
ficials and crystalize the sentiment
that makes the laws. But we too
much and too often emphasize
thinking en-masse. It is splendid
II we can have the majorities for
ushering in every needed reform.
But many a reform Is obtained
through an invincible personality
-one person doing and saying
what he thinks is right and stand
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE

Notice is Hereby Given, That de-
fault has occurred in the conditions
of that certain mortgage. dated
ed by Alvin E. Lamb and Mary
Lamb. his wife. of the County Of
Stearns and State Of Minnesota, as
mortgagors to The Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. as mortga-
gee, filed for record in the office of
the Register Of Deeds in and for the
County Of Stearns. and State Of
Minnesota, on the 21st day Of
March. 1924. at 8 O'Clock A; M, and
Records. page 222; and extended by
agreement dated July Is. 1929. ex-
ecuted by the same persons, filed
for record in the office of the Reg
a Stsr % Rssds sss a. On the sra
A. NJ, and recorded in Book 101 Of
Mortgages, on page 488; that no
action or proceeding has been in
stituted at law to recover the debt
and claimed to be due upon said
mortgage, including interest to
date hereof. the sum of Sixty-six
Hundred Seventy eight and 03-100
$4,000. with interest thereon at SO
from March IL, 1884. less SIS paid
on account Of interest due Sept. IL,
1884, $473.53. and $3.50 paid for
continuing the abstract of title for
the purpose of this foreclosure, and
that pursuant to the power Of sale
therein contained, said mortgage
will be foreclosed and the tract Of
land lying and being in the County
of Stearns, State of Minnesota,
described as follows, to-wit!
The Southwest Quarter OF the
Northeast Quarter, and the West
Half of the Southeast Quarter and
the Southeast Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter, all in section
number two in Township number
One Hundred Twenty-Five North,
Range number Thirty-four West,
will be sold by the Sheriff Of said
County at public auction on the
31st day of January. 1885, at three
o'clock P. NJ, at the front door Of
the Stearns County Courthouse in
the City Of st. Cloud in said county
and state, to pay the debt then Sc
cured by said MORTGAGE and taxes,
If any, on said premises and the
costs and disbursements allowed by
law. subject to redemption within
twelve months from said date Of
sale.
Dated December 10, 1885.
THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
GLENN GULLIcKsoN,
Attorney for the Mortgage,
206 Pere Marquette Bldg, Minnea-
polls. Minnesota.
Published Dec. 1926, 1885; Jan. q
9-16-23. 1895.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Thursday, January 16. 1886

side and wood fiber plaster inside.
IL has q good concrete floor and q
very good roof.
Dampness In the hen house Is Of
ten caused by poor ventilation, be-
cause the moisture-laden air does
not escape. With a straw loft ar
rangement, ventilation requires an
open window In each gable above.
I think the best and easiest form
of ventilation Is given In our plans
of the Minnesota Model poultry
house. We are sending you these
under separate cover. believe this
arrangement will allow you to get
most Of the dampness out Of the
house. On a concrete floor you
should have quite a deep litter, as
concrete is always cold. I should
think such a house as yours, built
of 2x4's laid one on top of the 9TH
er, with paper and siding on the
outside and wood fiber plaster on
the inside, would be very warm
A. C. Smith, Division Of Poultry
Husbandry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Why More Lands?

Strange indeed is the inconsistency of politicians
in direct opposition to another. One that is
pecially bewidering and hard to understand is that
which payed farmers for keeping their land out of
cultivation one hand, while the other hundreds
of millions spent reclamation projects to pro-
vide more land.
The Inconsistency and absurdity of such a course
was pointed out in a recent speech by James R. How
ard, Iowa farmer and former president of the
American Farm Bureau Federation, who particularly
referred to the Columbia River development, which
he characterized the biggest reclamation project
the world has known, its avowed purpose being
to bring 100000 of desert land into cultiva
ton four times the potential expansion of Boulder
Dam.
He quotes the engineers stating that the cost
to the Federal treasury to make these 100000 acres
tlabe will be 800 million dollars, and adds Thus
while the government is insisting that reduce my
production it is taxing the nation $3.50 per to
bring these competing into cultivation. I am
told tflt this is only of some IS reclamation pro-
jects being financed by the government"
The situation which Mr.. Howard describes is
something for every farmer and every taxpayer to
think about And every person in the United States
who buys anything is taxpayer, directly indirect
~.
A government policy which forces good land out
of cultivation while paying enormous prices to
vide additional farm land through reclamation of
desert lands, does not seem to make sense.
Wasteful spending will break any business-in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Clean Campaigns

Mrs. Margaret H Schall, widow of the late Unit
ed States Senator Thos. d. Schall, announced that
she intends to file candidate for the Republican
nomination United States Senator. She says many
friends throughout the state have requested her to
file for the seat held for many years by her deceased
husband
The entry of woman in Minnesota politics may
tend to clean out some of the dirt that has been in
jected into each campaign and which has become
despicabe in the eyes of the average voter After all
a dignified campaign does not produce that dark
brown taste which fingers long after the election
is over
J. P. Morgan is better collector than Uncle
Sam, proven by the latters debts unpaid. Nor
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Copper Pennies Call The Fire Department

Anoka--The good citizens Of Anoka getting
thrifty-or perhaps it because it all happened in
the Lincoln apartments. Anyway pennies, used in
place of good fuse plugs, the cause Of fire in
that town recently Fremen ripped out wiring in the
apartment on an emergency call, only to find that
the Lincoln headed pennies had caused the wires to
become overheated with small blaze resulting The
fire chief warned the tenants that the of copper
practic, since overload short the line
would the wiring to become red hot and start
what might prove a serious or even fatal fire.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Linn enter
tanned at 8 tables of cards Sunday
evening. A dainty lunch was serv-
ed at q late hour.
HI. j. Bentfield left Sunday for
st. Paul on a combined business
and pleasure trip.
C. L. Blakeslee and family, OF
Long Prairie, and Miss Erma Kern,
Of Hewitt, spent Sunday afternoon
and were supper guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Selensky.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Noeske and
Marilyn were dinner guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Selensky on
Sunday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Questions Pertaining To
Agriculture and Home
Problems Confronting Farmers and
Homemakers Answered BY
University Farm

Our henhouse Is very damp In
winter and we want to remodel II
as cheaply as possible. How could
we ventilate this properly? It is
well constructed building with q
straw loft. The walls are built of
2x4's placed one on top of another.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

There is a mountain 5000 feet
high on the sea bottom between San
Francisco and Honolulu.
Friday afternoon Is the only time
when a Moroccan wife Is permitted
to leave her home unattended.
Ramon Reyes was stabbed in the
back by an unidentified man when
he coughed repeatedly in crowd in
Tia Juana, Mexico.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
State News Briefs
Xmas Present Dog Walks Back Home Miles
Through Blizzard

Breckenridge. G. Gesterling gave his dog to
farmer, residing miles from Breckenridge The
farmer was going to give the dog to his son for
Christmas present. The dog became lonesome and
just the dusk of Christmas evening FELL started
for his old home in Breckenridge The dog Travelled
the distance through bad storm only to find the
home of the Gesterlings empty the family had
moved. The faithful dog lay down on the front
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Miss Wolf With Shot; Kill it With Rifle

Rosneu.-When the hardy men from the north
part of the state have buckshot, they are
never embarrassed. Wild game can be taken in other
ways. Bert Knutson and Albert Aas were laying for
wolves recently, making the rounds with horse
hitched to toboggan for convenience. wolf was
seen some distance away and Aas took shot at it
but missed. Then they discovered that they had no
cartridges Knuson decided to try for the wolf,
got the toboggan and started across opening
to head off the animal After half mile ride he
into the wolf and hit it with his horse. Then he
jumped off the toboggan and managed to crack the
animal with the barrel of his rifle laying out The
ride netted him and his partner $780,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
Make 1t Our Town
From Our Exchanges

Make 1t Our Town
I wish every citizen of Slayton
land every other town tool had to
give up one day to sitting all alone
and asking: What is Wrong With
My TOWN." II the folks were hon
est they would all say: Nothing
but me" Knocking the home town
has become q popular pastime. But
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Thresh 1000 Bushels of Grain In Mid.Winter

lie Center.-About a thousand bushels of oats and
wheat was threshed on the farm of l.. ]. Beer, just
west of LeCenter in the latter part of December.
Bernie Beer operated his tractor threshing machine
rig with bundles taken from stacks Mr. Beer had
done part Of his threshng from the shock but dur
ing the rainy season and while waiting for the rig
he stacked the remainder. The grain in fine
dition despite the fact that it had stood in the
stack for five months.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
House Passes Pension Bill

Minnesota's House of Representatives passed the
old pension bill without dissenting vote Tuesday
passed bill which differs considerably from
the bill passed by the Senate. The four major diff
ferences which will have to be ironed out before old
age pensions are available, are as follows:
Counties would pay one-fourth of the
costs of pensions under the Senate bill, one
eighth under the House bill.
Children could be cited for contempt of
court under the Senate bill it, after court
had found they were able to contribute to the
support of aged parents pension rolls,
they failed to do so. The House bill contains
The House bill carries an appropria-
ton of three million dollars. the Senate bill
only $1,625,O00.
The House bill would become effective
February l. the Senate bill May 1.
Both measures provide for payment of pensions
sufficient furnish net income of not to exceed
$50 month to needy persons 65 years old or over
who have resided in Minnesota five of the past nine
years.
In this connection Martin A. Nelson. who will be
the Republican gubernatoral candidate this year,
termed the childrens liability provision an obstacle
to the laws of God" He also decred the lien pro-
visions of the senate bill In recent address he
stated:
eff we are to have social security. neith-
er of these provisions is tenable. The pro-
vision as to liability Of children will
not security but insecurity. It will tend to
disrupt family relations and, instead of pro-
noting peace and security for declining years.
it will tend to make those years embittered
and unhappy
"This Objectionable provision shifts the
burden from society whole, which is able
to bear the burden, to the young man
young woman. 1t may prevent their marrying
and multiplying as the laws of God mean that
they shall"
The needy aged awaiting the passage of a
pension bill, and the differences of the House and
Senate will not provide coal for warmth food for
sustainance.
Jos. Wolf predicts Roosevelt victory in Mime
sofa next fall More political prognostications-or
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

Little Falls.-At the stroke of II, old 1885 took
flight and 1886 came in unidentified person stood
in alley in Little Falls all set to usher in the
year Pressed against his shoulder 30-30 rifle,
poised high in the air. He pulled the trigger and the
bullet mushroomed through telephone cable
rying 404 fine copper wires. Instantly 40 tele
phones in the north end of the city went out of COM
mission. Within few minutes there was call for
emergency repair crew. The bad piece was cut out
and the two good ends stripped back while work
men set themselves to the tedious task of splicing
each pair of wires. two-way signal system
qured for every slice that the proper connections
made. The work completed % hours after
the break, although many phones in service be-
fore then This is how a crew Of telephone workmen
spent New Years day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Vehicle of Death

Recent news dispatches state that the average
railway passenger in 1884 could ride around the
world 26725 times without meeting accidental death
During the year there 1852 fatal railroad ac-
cdents, of which only q passengers on trains.
Trespassers killed the rght-of-ways and grade
crossing fatalities make up the largest part Of this
death toll Railway accidents are small when COM
pared to those which occur daily on our highways
caused mostly by neglect Carelessness is the vehi-
Gle which people ride to their death today.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
Shares Horned Rabbit

Milaca--A genuine horned rabbit shared
south of Milaca by Beatrice Kel The rabbit had two
hard horns in front of the left and the other
to the side of the right ear being about half incn
long and appearing like deer's horn.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
NAV Be Baby Bonds

The report is that the senate may
adopt a baby bond plan for paying
the Veterans certificates of in
debtedness. The bonds would be
issued for the full amount of the
claim, but would not mature until
1915, is the. report. A person buying
a baby bond for $25 gets it for
$18.75, but has to wait until it ma
lures to get the face value. The
veterans, if this plan is adopted,
could sell the bonds, but at a dis
count, depending on the rate of in
terest. The idea is that the Presi-
dent would approve such a bill, and
1T would save the country from dig
ging up two billion dollars at this
time. Whether the house will agree
to this plan is doubtful.-St. Cloud
Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16
,g by his guns though the heav,

ing by his guns though the heav-
ems fall.
As a man thinks, so is he. so Is
his neighborhood; so is his COM
munity; so Is his nation. One man
has often set in operation a train
OF influences that never spent their
force until the desired reform was
won.
The wisest man is he who chang
es his mind and does different
thinking today from that of yester-
day, If convinced that he was
wrong yesterday. 1t is not only i'm
portant that we have firm convic-
tons, but 1t is equally important
that we have reasons for our con-
victions. Many a person, to take his
word for it, does not know why he
belongs to a certain church or
votes a certain ticket. He has nev-
er thought through to it's logical
conclusion the philosophy to which
he subscribes.
AS a man thinketh, so does a ma
ton think. AS a nation thinks, so
is it. The nations of the world
sAONShS Az yCdIS III tCiLlo vi Hlll-
itarism, commercial rivalry, secret
treaties, jealousy, suspicion, and in
trigue. The most destructive war
the world has yet known seemed
necessary in order to change the
thinking. 1t is time our thoughts
Now our civic responsibility and
humanitarian obligations tell us
that we must think in terms Of ar
bitration, love, service, and uni
versal peace.
Let us continue to change our
thinking. 1t Is time our Thoughts
leaped from ornaments to the per-
sonal needs of man. The unemploy-
ed, the tired, the hungry, the illi-
terate must be helped and saved.
Crime must be overpowered. Chill
dren must be given the right to
live the best of lives.
The contagion of sound thinking,
of sincerity, integrity, and moral
courage can save our civilization
Eveleth Clarion.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

gan testified that his company collected all but
loan, while good Uncle has collected only one.
Truly strange conception Of honor international
politics and international business
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

Present day trend-"Good morning, st. Peter
came here in an automobile"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-16

According to recent political trends 1t brings to
mind that old adage politics makes strange bedfe-
lows" So do bedbugs!