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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
Cooperative Oilmen
Elect Directors
Financial Report Revealed Salts
factory Years Business I'm
der Present Conditions

Coop. oilmen at the annual meet
ing of the Sank Lake Coop. Oil As
ISOLATION held In the Community
Club rooms last week Wednesday
afternoon, found from their finan-
cial statement that the farmer
owned association had a successful
year.
Directors elected at the meeting,
with President Dave Hooper pre-
siding, were as follows: Frank
Peschek, Sedolf Samuelson and
Walter Hummer. The latter was
elected to succeed Adam Orth.
These three directors were chosen
for terms of three years each.
Harry Knapp, who has been the
secretary of the association, re-
signed from the board of directors,
and Thorval Hanson was elected to
fill out the unexpired term of two
years made vacant by his resigna-
ton. Mr.. Knapp gave as his reason
for resignation the fact that he had
entered business in the city and
that he believed the directors Of the
association should be farmers as a
rule.
w. H. Westhoff, fieldman for
Midland Wholesale, at the request
of Harry Knapp, secretary, COM
mented on district and local success
during the year, and Offered help
full suggestions in the conduct Of
the local business.
Mr.. Knapp stated that the finan-
cial statement revealed a satisfac-
tory business under conditions
such as are now confronted by the
association.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
Club Enjoyed
Christmas Party
Splendid Program Featured Tab
leaux, Recitations, Songs
And Acts

Presentation Of a delightful pro-
gram, given in connection with the
annual Christmas party Of the Pro
gressive Farmers Club, held in the
Club house Thursday night, Dec
ember 23rd, drew much favorable
comment from the large audience.
The program was presented under
the direction Of the committee,
consisting OF Miss Marvilla Dwyer,
Mrs. Helen Norgarden and Mr.
Loren Kennedy.
Participants presented their reci-
tations, songs and acts very well
and the audience was entertained
in q commendable manner. A de-
lightful feature Of the program was
the presentation of taIbleaux events.
Raymond Botz announced each act
Of the following program:
1. Welcome .-- Marilyn Cordell
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
STATE COP ELECTION
JANUARY 18TH AT
THE ST. PAUL HOTEL

January 18th has been set as
the day to complete reorganiza-
ton Of the Republican party in
the state, was the announce
ment made recently by w. NJ.
Parker, State Chairman, Of this
city. This meeting, called to
elect party officers, will be held
in the st. Paul Hotel at / p. m.
Officers will be elected by the
new state committee, which un-
der the new constitution adopted
recently, includes county chair
men and additional representa-
tives from large counties. Also
on January 18th the executive
committee will be set up. with
two members from each con-
gressional district to be selected
In district caucuses.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
Motorists Found
Travel Hazardous
Mllder Weather Relieves Tension
OF Driving On Icy
Highways

|. Motorists spun like tops, or
turned Like merry-go-rounds as they
edged their way slowly over Icy
highways toward holiday destina-
tons last weekend.
When early week mild tenn
peratures. and barren ground point
ed to mild C11istmas weather, a sud-
den turn came an winter lowered
into full bloom on the official open
ing day, December %. Precipita-
ton that day. prompted by the mild
Temperatures, came in the form of
rain first, and changing to snow
with a sudden drop Of the mercury,
covered highways with a coating
Of ice. Christmas Eve came, follow
ing near blizzard weather on the
day before, with q white blanket
giving this section a White Christ
mas. Ideal weather for Christmas
Day came with sums rays sparkling
on the new fallen snow.
Meanwhile motorists grappled
with autos that careened crafty as
they crawled along to get home for
Christmas. Cars spun around and
highways were marked with places
cars had left the roads. A semi
truck, that slipped cross ways on
the highway between here and Mel
rose last Friday, halted Holiday
traffic until the congestion could be
untangled. The new car Of Harry
Johnson was damaged when a
truck skidded into it.
Travel by train and bus strength
ened with the hazard Of motor
travel and the heavy loads of holi-
day travellers kept both circuits
behind schedules. Slippery roads
added to lost time on the bus
schedules.
Monday came this week with a
sudden rise in the temperatures
that rode in on q south wind Sun
day evening. Melting SHOWS threat
ened to release traffic from the
icy hold that reigned over the week
end.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
Scout Court
Of Honor
January 18th
Registration of Troop Is Ia
kes Place This Week
Troop One Year Old
CUB PROGRAM PLANNED
Chief Executive John D. Wig
gins Will Explain
New Setup

Reconsideration OF Troop Is, Boy
Scouts, and a meeting for parents
of boys interested in the Clubbing
program headline Scouting activit-
les during this and the coming
week.
Next week Tuesday evening,
January 4th, parents of boys from
the ages of 8 to II are invited to at
tend meeting at the school house.
The meeting Is for the explanation
to the parents of what Clubbing in
ours. This program for boys OF pre-
Scout age is the first link in the
Scouting movement, and most Of its
work is designed to keep the boy in
the home. A full explanation Is in
store for parents who attend the
meeting when Chief Executive
John D. Virgins, Of the Central
Minnesota Council, will talk on the
program.
Reregistration Of Troop 25 with
6S Scouts is being made this week,
Scoutmasters said. The year old
troop, registered last year, retained
68 of the IA Scouts under last years
registration, records show. The
charter for 1887 expires on Decem-
Der 31st.
In mid,January comes the func-
ton to which all advancing Scouts
point. On the evening OF the 18th a
Court of Honor will be held with
George Berggreen, Court chairman,
presiding. Plans for the investfture
of awards to a number OF Scouts
are being arranged this week In
preparation for the event
President Franklin D. Roosevelt,
active for sixteen years in the Boy
Scouts OF America, OF which he Is
now Honorary President, greeted
more than a million Scouts in his
annual seasnn's greeting letter. His
greetings went too, to 100000 Girl
scouts Of this nation. Receipt OF
the messages came here to local
Scouting heads this week, as fol-
lows:
ITO the National Girl Scouts:
Christmas is a specially happy
season because it stirs the whole
world with feelings Of love and
kindness and desire for service
wherever it's true message is under
stood. I hope this will be a particu-
larly happy Christmas for all Girl
Scouts in America and that the
high ideals and purposes for which
YOU strive will be achieved in full
measure during the coming year.
Franklin D. Roosevelt"
To the Boy Scouts Of America:
Membership in the Boy Scouts is
one Of the most important ways In
which a boy may develop desirable
traits Of character and personality.
The Boy Scout practices citizenship
and secures valuable information In
an interesting way-in a way that
combines fun and enthusiasm FOR
worthwhile work. At this Christmas
season I want to extend to the Boy
Scouts Of America and to the indiv-
idual members Of that organization
throughout the United States con-
gratulations on the completion OF
another splendid year Of work and
best wishes for continuance OF their
success during the New Year.
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
Independents
and School
Cagers Win
City Team Defeated Holding
ford IS to 80 On Local
Floor
Hi CACERS IMPROVED
Belgrade Succumbs To Locals
Finest Display Of
Basketball

This evening, Thursday, at 8
p. m, the Independents offer
one Of their home cards for 10
cal fans. Osalxis Is the visiting
quint, I'm their first game of the
season. According to Bill Cook,
who confirmed the date by
telephone Tuesday, this will
probably be the only Independ-
emit game during the holiday
season.
Sank Centre basketball organiza-
lions clamped the lid down on the
first heat Of the season last week
with both the Independents and the
high school cagers winners by wide
margins. Fans may expect lull in
the season until nearly mid-Jan-
uary.
Friday in a revenge drive against
Holdingford, who had defeated
them the previous Sunday, the In
poured 1t on, threw
every available man into the fray to
win IS to 80,
In hurriedly scheduled game
with Belgrade the high school out
fit spanked in their first real scor-
ing thrust of the season to topple
the Belgrade outfit in non-sched-
ule game 81 to n.
For the fans to look forward to
will be only one game during the
next week. Bill Cook announced
that possibly the independents
would be able to play game next
week. No definite arrangements
have been made, however.
The high school quint, winding
,Ip it's pre-holiday season with Bel
grade when the game scheduled
with st. Johns props had beer
postponed, will not play until Tues
day evening, January H., when
they meet Brandon on the home
maplewoods.
Independents IS; Holdingford 81
Using eleven men, shifting from
position to position the Independ-
ents threw the full weight of their
offensive drive into the battle Fri
day evening and wound UP winner
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
DIED WEDNESDAY,

"wednesday morning, Miss Myrtle
Parkinson passed away at her
home, located one and one-hah
miles northwest Of Fairy Lake.
Miss Parkinson Is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Parkinson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
WARNING! DRIVE SLOW!

"OeofIScS WHO uTfVe past CHe
school skating rink should drive
slower, as a precaution against
accidents, said Chief Of Police
Frank Daniels Monday. Many
motorists have driven past the
rink at too high a rate Of speed,
and unless they slow down ar
rests will be made. This warn
ing Ii final and action against
speeders will be taken immed-
lately, said the Chief Of Police.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-12-30
mark r. Midland

NJ. r. Midland, q resident of this
community for IS years, passed
away Friday afternoon, December
CONTINUED on Page 10. Col. ~
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
Eskimo Burned Death At,Teller
 ,s '!:i Night August 2

Pilot Ray Crawford of the Mir 'ow Air Service brought to Nome today, the news of the burning to death at Teller of George Eltook, a native. Beyond bare details, no further information was ob- tained, other than the news that the cabin in which he was asleep, caught fire about midnight, the night of August End, and that the native was burned entirely, be- fore any efforts to put out the fire could be made. Lyman Culver and Morris Thompson put out the fire, to discover later the charred remains of the unfortunate man.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
Sees Great Deal Of OfDevelopment
 Good News Bay
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 PLATINUM, Alaska, Aug. A. Fast moving developments which have quickly transformed the wet and wind swept Goodnews Bay region from an isolated native community to a booming mecca for prospectors led to optimistic predictions it would become one of the worlds richest platinum fields, E. A. Rasmunson, president of the Bank of Alaska at Anchor age, observed the stampede here and forecast Alaska platinum pro duction might upset the world market by 1898.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
Object to Plan
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
 CHICAGO, Aug. 1-In violent opposition to Great Britain's pro- posed partition of Palestine, lead CTS of public opinion from coast to coast demanded swift action by the United States to save the Jew ish national home. AS protests against cutting the Holy Land in three parts lept to new heights, infuentialAmericans of all creeds called for action under the 1884 English-American treaty, ratify- ing the league of nations man. date.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
Derblay Sailing Postponed From
 Aug. l2 To 18th

Information by wire today to Alaska Line Agent ole Harnish at Nome, from the Alaska Steam ship Co. in Seattle, declared that the s. s. Derblay, originally sched uled to sail from Seattle for Nome and Kotzebue Sound ports on August 18th, would not sail un- til August 18th.
 With the sailing daite postpon- ed three days, northern merchants and shippers will be able to wire in last minute orders for the coming winter.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
Federal Crimes Draw Attention,
 More Or Less
(By The Associated PreSs)

(By The Associated Press)
 WASHINGTON, D. C.. Aug. 5. -Counterfeiting and smuggling are declining which check forg- ing is increasing, Treasury re- ports revealed today
 Treasury heads said that coun- terfeits turned over to the Sec- ret Service by innocent takers, amounted to only four hundred and eighty seven thousand doll- ars for the fiscal year ending July 1st, one-third the amount for the previous year.
 The Customs Bureau reported only nine thousand eight hun- dred dollars in seizures of snug gled goods, as compared to thir- teen thousand dollars for the cor responding period last year.
 Check forger arrests increased from 879 in 1935-36 to 1902 for the last fiscal year,
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
BITTER DEBATE IN HOUSE LORDS OVER
 SUBJECT PALESTINE

(By The Associated Press)
 LONDON, Aug. 1-The British plan to sub-divide Palestine into Jewish and Arab states was scath ingly attacked as "a surgical op- eration more dangerous than the disease in a heated House of Lords debate.
 Important figures in Great Bri- tain colonial policy, ncensed at the Palestine Commissions report recommending such Arab Jewish partioning, asked that the govern ment refuse to approve the pro- poSal.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
King George VI Make lst Plane
 Trip Since Dec'
(By The Associated rresS)

(By The Associated PresS)
 LONDON, Aug. 13, King George VI flew from Windsor Castle to Southwold, Suffolk, in the royal family's new red and blue monoplane--the first flight since he became king last Decem- Der.
 He made the trip of one hun dred and fifteen miles, in thirty five minutes. The king did not take the controls of the plane whcih was flown by Flight Com mander Fielden.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
.3. ! Path Is Cleared =. = For Jap March
 Across N. China
Two Japanese Columns Are Pushing Forward Into
 Hopeh Province
(By The Associated Press)

UNDATED. Aug. 5. - With continuous aerial bombardment in progress, Japanese authorities denied they had routed the west ern concentration point of the Chinese army.
 However, they claimed to have cleared path for the Japanese march across north China.
 Parellel columns of Japanese soldiers pressed southward into eastern and western Hopeh pro- vince, toward the border of Shan tung, near where main Chinese armier are believed centering
 Peiping has quited down and foreigners be gan returning to their homes from embassy com pounds, as Japan continued pour ing troops into the area from Manchoukuo, fully mechanical.
 It is believed the new troops will raise the total to twenty five thousand men. Japan has in the field.
 At Foochow, China, port auth critics are reported to have ar ranged 10 sink ships in the mouth of the Ming River as a barricade to a feared Japanese naval attack.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
Signed Articles
lBy The Associated Pressl

(By The Associated Press)
 NEW YORK, Aug. Aloe Louis worlds heavyweight champion, and his British challenger Tommy Farr, signed contracts for their Is round title match to be held in the Yankee tadium August 18th. Louis will receive 40 per cent of the gate and Farr, the British Empire titleholder, 20 per cent.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
New King Egypt

(By The Associated ?ress)
 CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. fixing Farouk was invested as ruler of Egpyt in stripped ceremony of elaborate ritual. Farouk in fact will not be crowned at all but will take an oath to launch his active reign.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
Judge To Take
 Place Van De-
 Vanter Tinted
Would Be Better Appoint Successor Now Than
 After Adjournment
(By The Associated PreSs)

\oy Inc ASoOSAdtcu XACo'
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 5, The belief that President Roose- welt would nominate a successor to Justice Van DeVanter before congress adjourns, increased ann ong high administration support CTS.
 Roosevelt, himself gave that impression at his press conferen- ce this morning.
 A recess appointment such as Attorney General Cummings said was permissible, would not go to the Senate until next year.
 Some of the Presidents advis- ors urged an immediate appoint nlent to the Supreme Court, so that it would be in full strength for the fall term, without under going the tension of a recess ap- pointment.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
YAKIMA, Wash, Aug. -Four

YAKIMA, Wash, Aug. -Four teen Filipinos were jailed and ar- rests of other Filipinos, whites and Indians were said by author ities to be impending as a result of a drive aimed to end violations of the States alien land laws here. The arrests followed an at- tempt to bar Filipinos and other Orientals from leasing land on the Yakima Indian Reservation.
The Nome daily nugget., 1937-08-05
PAPERS FOR SALE

Buy them by the bundle. Use them for starting fires. For Sale At the Nome Nugget
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-19
All Youths Compete

Continued from page one)
and other incidental expenses
will be betrayed by the organ
ization.
The style show will be directed
by Irene Neuschwander of the
Redwood Mixers club. Other
committees are: registration,
Irene Lavinder ond Loretta Wat
erman; judges helpers, Helen
Hoover and Helen Johns; exhibit
helpers, Blanche Wittwer, Sylvia
Bellig and Gertrude Whittet; ush-
ers, Phyllis Dahmes, Carol Berg
and Ruth Jensen; doctors helpers,
Fern Coulter, Villa Schmiesing
and Lorraine Danielson. Dorothy
Langholz will be in charge of the
kitchen.
In the livestock department O.
D. Shelton, Louis Larson, and DR..
Van Duzee will be in general
charge of the pavilion.
Other committees in this de-
partment will be, registration,
Jack Moses and Paul Kohler;
judges clerks, Leonard Coulter
and Loring MCGEE; barn super
visors, Dale Tetrick and Neal
Madsen; loading platform, J. R..
Price and Francis Jeckell; poultry
Rudolph Langholz; parade, ]. R.
Price and Dale Tetrick and de-
monstration supervisors, Rosa
Wolf, Gilbert Waterman and
Donald Kohls. Joseph Zeug will
be chief helper.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-19
Business Too Rushing
Check Writer Jailed

Detroit Lakes-One of the bus
lest men in Detroit Lakes last
Saturday was George Harris,
champion speed writer of bogus
checks, who scattered a trail of
worthless paper all over town,
deceiving local merchants right
and left. But things went too good
for Harris and his spree was
brought sharply to halt Satur-
day night when police arrested
him as he was boarding the
'blinds" of a passenger train, and
at present he is in the county Jail.
Harris, having, made the acquain-
lance of a man by the name of G.
A. Benson, obtained several
check blanks from the counter of
a local bank, filled them out to
the order of himself and signed
them &C. A. Benson. The checks
were filled out in amounts rang
ing from $11 to $18. Armed with
his batch of no-good checks, Har-
ris toured the business district
When he asked to have a check
cashed, he told a smooth story of
how the check represented wages
he had earned working for Ben
son who he said was a farmer. At
six business places Harris man.
aged to cash checks on the SIREN
9Th of his story, and when arrest
ed had $50.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-19
Handful Law is in
Effect at St. James

st. James-It became illegal
last week for any person or firm
to have handbills distributed in
st. James. Such an ordinance was
passed by the city council recent
ly and went into effect Thursday.
To show that the city council
really means business, here's the
way one section of the ordinance
reads: mo person or persons,
natural or artificial, shall adver-
tise or cause to be advertised any
person, event, article or thing, by
lacking, posting, mailing or other
wise fastening any handbill, pos
ter, advertisement, pamphlet or
circular of any description on any
fence, wall, post, pole, billboard
or building, or by handing, cast
ing, throwing or placing any
material, materials or articles in
vehicles or by handing them to
persons where they may or do in
fact become cast or blown upon
any sidewalk, street, avenue, al
ley or other public grounds in the
city of st. James,"
The ordinance provides that
upon conviction the firm or cor
poration or individual whose
name appears on the advertising
shall be punished by a fine or
Imprisonment.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-08-19
Company L
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times the names they call me
aren't complimentary at all so I
won't mention them.
1 guess that we just didn't ap-
preciate how handy it was the
last several years when we were
at Camp Ripley but we are be-
ginning to understand now what
we really had and how nice it was
to be able to take a shower when
we came in out of the field and
whenever we wanted one. This
year we have to do all of our
washing in little wash basins and
when we want to take bath we
have to 60 to the river which is
about two or three hundred yards
north of our camp.
The weather up here is surely
not what it is cracked up to be.
When we get. up in the morning
at 5 we nearly freeze while we are
dressing and by noon when we
are hiking we are so hot that we
can hardly stand it. Art Castle
seems to have the remedy both
for fighting cold and for being
dressed in hurry in the morn
ing. He merely leaves his cloth
eS on, shoes and all. He says that
if it gets much colder he will put
on more clothes when he goes to
bed.
The problem Thursday morning
was the first phase of a division
in attack" problem which will be
resumed tomorrow. This phase
and subsequent phases are de-
signed to prepare the division
troops for the fourth army man
euvers which begin Monday. The
enemy forces, represented by one
battalion of the Third Infantry,
held the village of Swanville and
the high ground west of the town.
It is assumed that the Sixth Di-
vision is unable to advance
against the superior enemy forces.
The seventh division advanced
in two columns for the purpose of
attacking the enemy in flank and
rear. Their forces consisted of the
Provisional Scout car troop, and
in the right column were the
205th Infantry, 147th Field Artill-
cry, third Battalion, 80th Field
Artillery, and the Seventh Tank
Company; in the left column were
the 2O6th Infantry, the Third
Infantry, and Battery "F'' of the
18th Field Artillery.
The Provisional Scout Car
Troop, beginning at 9 a. m. was
sent to reconnoiter all the roads
in the area north of Swanville
and to report to division and COL
umn commanders any enemy en-
countered.
The right and left columns,
using different roads, advanced to
point approximately four miles
north of Swanville. They then
proceeded to a point approXi-
mately ore mile south where they
deployed for the attack on the
first phase line. Our company
was included in the Third Bat
talon which was in the right COL
umn. We marched from a. m.
until l p. M. Although we had
several rests I noticed that most
of the boys were not bit sorry
to get back to camp especially
those who were carrying auto
mates which are about seven
pounds heavier than the regular
service rifle.