The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-05
COmnOn-tater
BY Chuck Rattle

Resisting all trends at moderna-
cation is the circus. While other
fields are all sallying forth in the
blazing and bizarre modernisms,
the circus alone remains the saw
dust ring the big top. the pink
lemonade, the gaping crowds. At
tempts have been made to add
touch of moderniZation with mo-
torizing or eliminating the parade.
But to no avail-people just don't
want the circus hey hey. Allan
Meigs, one of the ardent circus
fans of this city, tells me that
there is one outfit that today, an
independent company, is playing
day and date with Ringing Bros.
and topping them to boot. The out
fit is Cole Bros, and with them ap-
pears Clyde Beatty-one of the
most famous animal trainers in
Big Top history. Their browning
achievement and believed to be the
source of their fast rise to popular
ity is their old time parade. They
have bought up discarded equip
ment and stage their parade, and
they won't sell for any price. Cir
Gus fans still love their parade,
and without the coliope what is it?
Tintypes-Sid Erickson, book
man at the Chev garage, has quite
an affinity for difficult musical in
struments if our informant is
right. Sid it seems is quite an &C
complished musician playing wood
wind instruments. He can wheedle
the mellow tones from a flute, can
shrill to the top with the piccolo,
and most difficult can play on that
double reed instrument with the
Oriental tinge, the oboe Orch
ids and chrys-Q can't spell it,
roses to Lynn Whitson, who has
recently romped off with noble
honors with the company he repre-
sents. In a contest sponsored by
General Fruits, the st. Cloud dis
trict bounded up with four prizes,
and Lynn took the one in the sales
man bracket. Proving, said s. p.
Hansen, that Lynn Is master
salesman as we'll as Sank Centres
playboy
Death at 5:4O-Pathos and death
rode on this story. If you have an
electric clock, it stopped at $40
Saturday morning and more signi-
ficant than the time the piece re-
Mike Trebtoske, st. Cloud, crashed
into a Northern States power line
pole, he was killed. The crash kill
ed the power when death swept in.
Such undying loyalty cannot 60
unheralded. To say this corner Is
read Is not the half Of 1t. Harley
Forsyth, returning from his vaca-
ton Sunday night sat down at 10
minutes to three a. m, to read this
corner =. Harley, by the way, was
in Houston, Mimi, when the Aust
in killer Of three was in town.
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Out Of the Mailbag-Pens bud
Morse, at Wigwam Bay on Mile
Laos Lake, where he and Vernon
Weeks are working at Miller's re-
Centreites up here is Royale Arv-
liz. FIeetfoot blew in Wednesday to
take up duties with the Onamia
Telephone CO. guess We'll have a
convention"
I was thinking, as I watched a
mosquito bore into my arm the
other day, with what repose, what
nonchalance, the little fellow went
ahead with his life's work appar-
emily oblivious Of the impending
fate he should know awaited him.
I am amazed at their courage and
audacity in the face Of danger that
would soon snuff out his life. The
little fellow had his work to do,
and IN spite Of doom that he
must know would befall him; he
carried on. There 10 a lesson for