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Smyrna times., 1936-05-28
GUARD CAMP IN AUGUST
78S Men VIII Be on Duty For Fiji.
teen Days at Bethany Beach

The 19sth Coast Artillery, A. A,
National Guard of Delaware, will
go into its annual encampment at
ats reservation at Bethany Beach
ON August 1, Adj.-Gen. Weller e.
Slower announced Monday night.
The encampment will be for the
usual Is day period, camp breaking
on August Is. Among the inn
provements which will greet the
men of the regiment at Bethany
Beach will be all concrete tent
floors. The regiment is practically
up to its full strength of 1856 en-
listed men and 48 officers. After
the Delaware regiment breaks
camp ON August Is, the 213 Coast
Artillery, A. A, and 2Sth Division
Aviation, National Guard of Penn
sylvania,. will move in for a Is
days training period. The 261st
Coast Artillery battalion from
Laurel will train for Is days, be-
ginning June 13, at Fort Hancock.
Smyrna times., 1936-05-28

Shad fishing season in the Del
aware River from Woodland Beach
to Delaware City atleast has about
ended and all the fishermen at Del
aware City and at Port Penn have
hung up their nets. Some of the
boats stopped early last week but
a few continued working one or
both tides each day until the end
of the week. Three boats from
Delaware City are fishing daily for
sturgeon. They are operated by
Dick" Hall, George Smith, and
John Press. Several more boats
are expected to go out on the river
before the end of the present week.
Two roe surgeons were brought
In to Delaware City Monday. One
Smyrna times., 1936-05-28
FOR BOARD BILL
Col. Louis Boone and Mrs. Bessie
Boone Up for Board Bill aft Clayton

Charged with failing to pay a
table board bill amounting to IS,
Col. Louis w. Boone and a woman
known as Mrs. Bessie Bone, were
arraigned before Magistrate w. d.
Burton Monday afternoon and held
in $500 bail for the July term of
court. Unable to furnish bond
they were remanded to the Kent
county Jail. The warrant was
sworn out by Constable w. S.
Cubbage, of Clayton, on complaint
of Mrs. Ruth A. Parker, who oper-
ates an eating house at Clayton
and who alleged the Boones had
failed to settle for several meals
eaten at her place. Boone is said
to have been in Clayton for sever
al days in the interest of a ST.
600, 900 race track on site at that
place. He was recently in Dover
where he reportedly made inquiries
relative to the stability of Dover
banks and others in Kent county
where he is alleged to have said
deposits of from 100000 to S40O,-
900 were to be placed. A Colonel
Louis Boone was in Wilmington
last year for a short time and con-
tacted the Trustees of the COM
mons at New Castle relative to the
leasing of one of the Common
farms as a site on which he said
the interests he represented want
ed to build race track. Nothing
was ever developed on this propos-
ed project.
Smyrna times., 1936-05-28
u N. E CHURCH NEWS
INV. Colona, Pastor. An.
''''ices For the Week

- w. Colona, Pastor, An
ssfvices For the Week
aH'es IN Asbury Meth
eopal Church next Sun
e as follows: Church
'4 u meet promptly at 10
4 ~ tne classes, their
ss Members and friends are
,sso ,ss, . be in their places
Promptly as possible for
ss y worship services, thus
= e General superintend-
: conduct of the School
services at IL o'clock
: The sermon: "Unpos-
unlssd Lands" This will
E'flal Day service. There
|uarss y s'saing e service in AS
= ksn -. as the congregation
=, .a .s.t The congregations Of
na,, sfehss v, Of Smyrna in
- Memorial m Day services
q II Hi,a : /, The Auditorium of
n. aga gls School at 7:so. prav- y
[,'',' ~ Wednesday at 7::so s : ! ny y
H. ! monthly meeting of
\ w. .s, Board will be held newt y
i ,'saag, ~ June lst, at 7:so
MEM ,.s Minister would be BE-
y q a - to meet every
00ard at the meet
Smyrna times., 1936-05-28
[I1IISE FOR R.,
|lpERsToAc1
\, Last Day To 81, Take
|sr.,t,ss Of the Soil
observation
| wilson EXPLAINS

apsrs in Kent county aSnat J
! rot signed work ,aa sneels
y \, Al they are planning
s,,.,ntage =, Of this soil con, ,
7 pogran Of the .1a,,sa United
ra.nsrtnsnt Of Agriculture as,
! within the next few
| ! gsy \ 80 has been set as
,l'.s = for receiving applica-
lItbough there is a s possl, !
1, tins may be extended e
/; : t,rnsrs are advised 70
nrtiI the last day to fill
\. ,,sets if they desire to
rita the Federal gov
N M soil improvement
! ! delay may result in
! ha included in this
q ir 1886. The signing OF
| aet, however, does not
, farmer to comply with
Sans Of this program, for
IL contract and thereby IN
| p Isgal agreement between
H. and the Federal gov
4 For the convenience of
i throughout Kent county
|, Interested in participating
yl conservation program,
1 stations have been estab-
| j Zach representative dis
h County Agent Russell E.
! u cooperation with the
!, vnmittee including r.
| Ezsun Of Dover, Laurence
q d FELTON,, and Ernest s.
M Of Smyrna, and Robert
uf Dover, and c. Arthur
! d Harrington, members of
kste soil conservation COM
! As no doubt there are
! iumsrs who we're unable to
|hw sign?up places to fill
|uz shssts, it is now possible
IN IA eOntaet their district
tttanen within the next few
|u sig these blanks before
b Init has expired. 1t is
Brls 10 assume that many
4 n this county can comply
d terms Of this soil conser-
(rogram without making
+ i any changes in their
! farming practices, so it is
NJ therefore, to sign a
Eset and then they will be
Eton to receive the benefits
program should they decide
a
: De year to follow some of
\ Improvement practices as
nnded in this program. The
connitteemen for Kent
nclude Howard c. Dea-
Snyrna, lst district; Arthur
's md and 9Th districts; H.
uark' Kerton, 3rd dis
nd n. Williams, 4th dis
I D. Caulk, 9th district;
Y RICHARDSON, 7th district;
v Scaa0lnger, 8th district:
!, !, saixay, 9Th district; and
= T. Moore, 10th district.
Smyrna times., 1936-05-28
Kent Band PLAYS Here Tonight

~ HHSHN III
The Kent County Band, always
welcome in Smyrna, will give an
other one of their fine concerts in
Smyrna tonight, May 2s, from s
to 8. They will play in front of
the grandstand on the Athletic
Field, Frazier Street.
Smyrna times., 1936-05-28
'''lss CHURCH NOTES
A>.,,ss's. ~ Marx Barton, Rec.
px.. Services for Week

| p.' ''e' Services for weer
hsssrs.,. Episcopal cb,rcs
Marx Barton, -irso' rso.
II slDdsvs sDs following SER
Y es, Tie birthday" "4,fn of * 1
h d atsish: ss' 7:ao a. M. celas sLss
+, short holy Communion;
: Tor Tie oang morning prayer
! sSss se9l Combined sl''0N NJ and nd
Hs .,l., "a the evening at at
Na '''s' n the sss sshooi sas
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13

completion with another months
work ending a full five months
during the two summers. All the
labor is being done by himself with
the aid of several young men who
are helping him at times. The
logs for the construction are cut
by CCC workers and hauled to &C
cessible points. Anyone can buy
them by trucking them where they
want them. Getting them near the
campsite, Stewart has erected a
skidway well oiled with axle grease
on which the Dgs are pulled to
the cabin. The peeling, notching,
and placing of logs are all done
right at the camp. It's trying work
and requires a strong arm and
plenty of patience, since with one
man helping to peel logs only about
three logs can be laid during a
single day. He is now building
the kitchen and has laid nearly
half of the logs for this addition,
approaching the apertures for the
in. each wall.
Stewart has some dandy camera
shots of The scenic beauty of that
country, including several Of a
young deer that ventured into his
camp one afternoon. According to
forest rangers he has nothing to
fear from forest fires. He is ex-
pecting that the cabin will be COM
pleted by October LIST.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
Assembly of God
Fellowship Meeting
Pastors and Members of Taberna-
Gle Gathered At Gospel Tent
Monday

Pastors and members of the sur
rounding Tabernacles gathered at
the Gospel Tent on Monday after
noon and evening. The intermis-
sion was filled with a delightful
lunch served by the ladies.
Rev. E. Krogstad brought the
2:30 message on Things Hinder
ing Revival" At p. m. Evang.
Mr.. Mcmillan spoke on Spiritual
Underweights"
Both messages emphasized the
present world need: a return to
the Faith of our Fathers once de-
livered to the Saints Jude 81, and
the Fruits of Righteousness which
can only come through having a
personal experience with God. This
miraculously blots out past sins,
breaking it's power over our bodies
and makes us to become new
creatures by His Transforming
power.
In spite of its lawlessness and
lowering morals accentuated by
basic evils which are tolerated for
AiiohSAoA gam Wy tAoSC WIN iCdiAy
know better, the world is calling
for fearless men to take up their
crosses and follow christ" How
fearful many are lest their friends
discover that Christ is their per-
sonal Savior. This calls for holy
living.
God is calling for witnesses:
Men and women who are not
ashamed of the Gospel of Christ,
which is the power of God unto
Salvation, and are willing, with all
that is in them. to live on the side
of Righteousness to actively COM
bat the forces of evil. Righteous in
the heart, resulting in holy living,
will produce the same effect as in
Paul's time when he was accused
of turning the world up-side-down.
Shall we be workers together with
Christ in the cause of Righteous
ness.
A crowded tent testified to hav-
ing enjoyed the Christian fellow
ship and spiritual feast.-Charles
F. Busch, pastor. ee,y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
Patented seven-shot Carbine

The seven-shot carbine introduced
into the United States Army was
patented in 1860 by Christopher M.
Spencer and was made by the Spen-
Ger Repeating Arms Co., Boston,
Mass. 1t was extensively used dur
ing the Civil war. A calber SO,
rimfire, seven-shot rifle which
loaded through a trap in the butt
plate. The loading was very slow UNI
til the appearance Of the Blakeslee's
patent cartridge box containing 10
tin tubes each holding seven car.
tridges, each tube loadable as q
unit. This method was in use dur
ing the last two years Of the war.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express to neighbors
and friends, who so kindly assisted
and preferred aid during the illness
and following the death Of our mo-
ther. Mrs. Lille Walker. our sin
cere appreciation. For the beauti-
ful floral offerings we extend our
thanks.
ado Fred Walker.
Ray Walker.
George Walker. 80.
Mrs. Russell Richardson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
4-H PICNIC
OUTDOOR FROLIC
Judge Ahles and Mr.. Smoody. of
st. Cloud, Principal Speakers
Enjoy Sports

From fifteen of the nineteen
clubs in the County, Alters Of
Stearns County went to Richmond
on Tuesday for an all-day picnic
and outdoor frolic. Public speakers
and kittenball games kept up the
interest of the 1913 registered work
ers. The Richmond band added a
poppy spark to the entertainment
with several band selections.
Judge Paul Ahles, Of st. Cloud,
and Mr.. Smoody, of the st. Cloud
Teachers College, were among the
principal speakers of the day. Of
fetal in All work, Mr.. Gibberson,
Of Norris, State field representa-
tive, addressed the gathering. Miss
Moan, Anderson and Mr.. Kuchen-
becker, Stearns county leaders, had
offerings to make individuals as
well as to club units as a whole The
Rev. Father Leo Hoppe was also
on the speaking rostrum to the
young people assembled.
The Gopher-Prairie club was beat
out in the final match for the
County kittenball championship.
Albany defeated Rice Lake in the
first tilt, and losing none of their
fine playing took the Gopher
Prairie club in order.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
"Franks" Used on Early
Pony Express, Writer Says


While letters were carried by
mail, on horseback, before the is.
suance Of postage stamps, in 1847
at Eastern points, the first record
we have Of Pony Express in Cali
fornia was in 1848, the year gold
was discovered, notes a writer in
the New York Sun. Samuel Bran
non, publisher of the California Star,
at Yerba Buena (now San Fran
cisco) is claimed to have created
the pioneer pony express.
He proposed to carry letters for SO
cents each to Eastern points and
guaranteed they would reach their
destination within two weeks. On
April l, 1848, his pony started carry,
ing mail to Independence, Mo. In
stead Of arriving there in the speci-
fed two weeks time it took all sum-
mer. Then gold was discovered,
and in the attendant excitement
caused thereby this Pony Express
became forgotten enterprise.
At the time of the gold rush Cali
fornia as place Of importance was
entirely non-existent. Population
and activity were conferred in the
north, with three rivers utilized as
the main highway. San Francisco
had become a city almost overnight.
and the other important points were
Sacramento, reached by the Sacra-
mento River; Marysville, on the
Feather River, and Stockton, on the
San Joaquin. Express messengers
carried mail on the boats and made
the rounds Of the mining camps, the
envelopes bearing the frank" Of
the express company.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
u S. Announces
''Hands-off' Policy
State Department Makes Attitude
Clear as European Nations
Are Trying for Pact

Washington.-The United States
government tackled up a hands
off" motto Wednesday as its pol
icy toward the bloody Spanish civil
conflict.
Amid foreign efforts to reach an
international accord on neutrality,
the state department thus acted to
make its own attitude known.
There was no hint Of any plan to
participate in any international
compact for neutrality.
The first official expression of
policy since the opening Of the
Spanish rebellion came last night
when Acting Secretary William
Phillips made public instructions
he said had been sent to all United
States government representatives
in Spain.
In this statement Phillips emph-
ASKED that the government will
"scrupulously refrain from any in
reference whatsoever in the unfor-
tunate Spanish situation"
It was disclosed the entire state
ment of policy had been read to
unidentified aviation company rep
representatives. who had sought the
state departments advice on the
question Of selling planes to Span
iards.
The department at the same time
continued its efforts to get Amer
leans out of the war-torn Iberian
peninsula. There still remain in
Madrid $50 American citizens, of
whom So are at the embassy. So
far 1877 have been evacuated.
Developments yesterday included
the rescue of four Americans from
Granada.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
LEO LEMM, OF
MELROSE, DEAD
Prominent Member of Farmer-La-
Dor Unit In County Passed
Away Tuesday

Leo Lemm, prominent in Stearns
county and sixth district politics,
died Tuesday morning at the Pilon
hospital at Paynesville, after an
illness of six months. Arthritis was
the cause of his death.
Mr.. Lemm was a native resident
of Stearns county and was widely
known, especially among polite
ians. He was chairman Of the Far
mer-Labor club at Melrose, and Sec
rotary of the Stearns County Far
mer-Labor association. The Town
send old age pension movement,
and the National Union for Social
Justice also had him as an active
member, officer and. worker. He
was Al years of age.
The survivors include the widow
and three children. Ignatius Lemm,
former state senator from the 18th
district, now city clerk at Melrose; ;
and Wendelin Lemm, former Sec
rotary of the Stearns County Tax
payers association, who farms near
New Munich, are brothers of Leo.
Funeral services will be held on
Friday morning at $50 o'clock at
st. Boniface Church, in Melrose.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
Department Called
For Meadow Fire
Firemen and Neighbors Spent Long
Hours Fighting Severe Blaze
Caused from Burning Peat

Battling long hours firemen from
the Sank Centre department and
east of town farmers fought to
uuench a meadow fire that broke
out suddenly on the farm of Mrs.
Ella Lloyd Discovering the blaze
was more than grass fire and
reached down into peet beds, the
workers saw that it could not be
put out. All hands were turned to
digging bitches and filling them
with water to keep the fire from
licking it's way any further.
The cause of tie blaze is contri-
buted to brush fires started last
week Tuesday. Mrs. Lloyd's sons
were burning thistles and brush in
the meadow. They saw that the sur
face fire was out, but during the
burning it is thought that the fire
penetrated to the peet beds be-
meath. Smoldering underground,
the fire broke out in a fierce blaze
Sunday. 1t is probable that the
smoldering peet found spot to
break out and set the meadow
grass ablaze. The fire was noticed
by Charles Hesse, who has the
farm adjoining to the west, and he
called the department and rallied
men to help fight the blaze. Gone
unchecked, the fire would have GER
tainly spread to his farm, 1t is re-
ported.
Preventative measure have halted
its progress, but vigilance will be
maintained lest it break out in
new places. 1t is feared the smold-
ering peet may reach down to a
distance below the bitches and run
under them to new territory. Mon
day it was still burning and will
probably burn itself out. According
to Mrs. Lloyd the meadow is one
mass of Goals At night the meadow
is dotted with flashes as small
blazes break through the sod. Said
Mrs. Lloyd it looked like the lights
of a small village.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
At the Stearns County Fair on August %, 20, 80

bulked at $500 to $3.50, strictly
good fat cows to $780, low cutter
and cutter $500 to $3.75. Sausage
bulls cleared at $4.25 to $4.75. Com
mon and medium stocker steers
sold at $3.50 to $500, better lots
$3.50 to $500. Better grade vealers
bulked at $3.50 to $3.50, choice to
$500, lower grades $500 to $500.
On Tuesdays market bulk TO
230 lb. hogs brought $1,000 to $10.-
rs, 23O-26O lbs, $40 to $1,000, 200
300 lbs, $3.50 to SOTO, 300-350 lbs,
1925 to $3.50, 140-170 lbs, 1928 to
SLOTS, 10J-f40 h., fat pigs and light
lights $3.50 to $3.50, bulk sows $3.50
s9.15, stocker and feeder pigs 81 to
81. ,....
Fat lambs have been on the
down grade this week, bulk fat ma
tives selling Tuesday at S9.25,
slaughter yearlings $3.50 to 81,
ewes 81 to 1925. Native
feeding lambs sold at $3.50 to $6.75,
yearling breeding ewes at $500 to
ST. ....- ...... $685.. 400. .-...
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
Bienman Elected
All-Star Coach
Will Battle Detroit Lions At Sold
iers' Field at Chicago On
Sept. LIST

Bernie herman and seven Co
pliers of the 1886 lineup headed for
Chicago and opening practice for
their battle on September LIST when
the Al-Stars, composed of SO ath-
letes from all sections of the coun-
try, meet the Detroit Lions at Sol
diers' Field. In a nationwide poll
centrally conducted by the Chica-
go Tribune and distributed
throughout this section by the Min
neapolis Journal, Bierman and his
Gophers showed a healthy majority
in the voting. herman pulled in to
the head coaches job with more
than a million point plurality.
Sauk Centres vote added, as did
many small communities In the
state, to the growing total massed
by Bierman and the Gophers. The
Herald accounted for more than
seven hundred signatures while
there were bundles of petitions
sent in by business houses and
private individuals throughout the
city.
Assisting Bierman, whose Goph-
ers have not known defeat since
'32, will be Elmer Layden, of No
tire Dame, Bob Mcmillan, of India
ma, Lou Little, of Columbia, and
Lynn Waldorf, of Northwestern.
All-Stars will begin practice on
Thursday and will attempt to do
what two previous all-star lineups
failed to do-whip the national pro-
fessional football champs. In 1884
the Chicago Bears battled the Col
legians to scoreless tie, and In
1885 it was Jack Manders, former
Gopher gridder, who won for the
Bears 5 to 0 with his field goal and
safety.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
RETURNED TO
NORTH WOODS
Spent Two Months At Camp Site
Erecting Summer
Cabin

With 5000 acres Of timberland
ablaze southeast Of his cabin site,
Stewart Whitehead, after several
days in this city, returned today,
Thursday, to Arrowhead country
in the wilds near Ely. Though the
fires are a safe twenty-five miles
away, when the wind Is in the
southeast his site Is showered with
ashes and the air is filled with
clouds Of smoke, SO thick as to
obliterate the rays Of the sun.
In the second year Of his build
ing program Mr.. Whitehead has
spent the entire summer in the
woods building a log cabin. He
expects that 1t will have neared
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
Farmer Set Blaze
Says State Guard
Incendiarism Suspected In Other
Areas-New Blazes Play
HOvac

Incendiarism was blamed We'd
nesday for fire raging out of con-
troll near Duxbury, Mimi, and
threatening destruction to st
Croix state forest.
State investigators meanwhile
were busy in Wisconsin and Souh
Dakota checking reports damaging
forest fires had been set deliberate
ly.
j. o. Shodin, Of Duxbury, was
charged by Forest Ranger Perry
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
Former Resident
-..-. OF Ashley Called
Robert j. Thompson Was Buried
Sunday, July 9Th, at
Mortified, Can.

Robert J. Thompson, a former
resident of Ashley Township, pass
ed away recently at his home near
Newington, Ontario, in the First
Concession Of Roxborough. He had
farmed for eighteen years in Ash
ley Township and in 1919 moved to
Canada. His wife was Miss Susan
Mcclure, daughter Of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Mcclure, of Ash
ley, and a sister of Mrs. G. e. Nick
ey, of Sank Centre. The following
account of his death is from, the
Standard Free Holder, of Cornwall,
Ontario, Canada:
Mortified, Ontario, and commun-
ity was cast into gloom when it
was learned that one Of its highly
esteemed residents had passed away
Friday morning, July "a, in the
person Of Robert John Thompson.
He had not enjoyed robust health
for some years, having intermit-
tent spells Of sickness. Recently
he suffered another attack and
finally little over two weeks prior
to his death, was laid low and con-
fined to his bed. All that could be
done for him failed and suffering
from a heart attack from which he
was unable to rally, life ebbed
away at the age of &c years, six
months and Is days.
Mr.. Thompson was of a bright
and sunny disposition and readily
won the friendship and esteem of
all who knew him. His death is
keenly felt by his wide circle Of
friends.
He was born at F'on-du-Lac, Wis
consin, the son of the late Archi-
bald Thompson and his wife, Ellen
TAFT, and was married at Sank
Centre on April %, 1902, to Miss
Susan Mcclure, of Sank Centre,
MINI.
Left to mourn the death of a
kind and loving husband and faith
er are his sorrowing widow, two
sons, Kenneth Thompson, at home;
Eldon Thompson, Cornwall Cen
ire; and three daughters, Mrs Ce-
ell Antwine, Cornwall; Mrs. Clair
Markell, Northfield; Miss Leona
Thompson. at home. He also leaves
four grandchildren, Bobbie and
Serina Antwine, Darleen Thomp-
son, DARWIN Markell; two brothers,
Archie Thompson, and Duncan
Thompson, Carpio, N. D.; sister,
Mrs. Nelson Bender, North Lunen-
burg.
The funeral was held Sunday,
July 26. from the home to the Unit
ed Church. The service was con-
Quoted by Rev. H. X. WOODWARD,
of North Lunenburg.
The funeral was attended by rela-
tives and friends from the sur
rounding districts. Mrs. s. L. Ar
buthnot and J. w. Markell, rend-
cred a duet, The Old Rugged
Cross The hymns sung were:
"Safe in the Arms of Jesus" "Abide
With Me-" and Lead Kindly
Light" Mrs. s. l.. Arbuthnot was
organist.
Pallbearers were Dan Gibson,
Corah Eamer. VIM. Loucks, Dan
Rahal. Nathan Gibson, Alex, Hol-
land. Burial was made in North
field cemetery.
Many lovely floral tributes were
placed about the casket. The fam
ily received several cards of SYM
pathy.