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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
Gerald Biedleman
Buried Aug. 18th
Funeral Service At Methodist
Church Largely Amended BY
Friends and Relatives

Funeral services for Gerald
Biedleman, who was accidently
killed last week, were held Thurs
day afternoon, August 18th, at 2:30
o'clock at the Methodist Church.
Rev. M. L. Brann conducted the
last sad rites, which were largely
attended by friends of the sadden-
ed family. The floral offerings
were profuse and beautiful.
Pallbearers were selected among
the friends of Gerald, as follows:
Raymond Carlson, Warren Carlson,
Raymond Berggreen, Kenneth
Ethun, Allan Polipnick, and James
Venner. Interment was made in
Greenwood cemetery.
"A quartette consisting of Mrs. r.
B. Kettlewell, Mrs. Ray Remster,
Ed Peterson and Gordon BREEDING
sang three beautiful symns. Their
offerings were "Safe in the Arms
of Jesus" Beautiful Isle of Some.
where" and abide With Me-"
Friends and relatives from out
of-town in attendance at the SER
vice were: Mr.. and Mrs. David Os-
good, Hutchinson, Mimi; Mrs.
Stemple johnson, Hutchinson,
Mimi; Mrs. Robert Gray, Donny-
brook, N. D.; Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Root, Montevideo, Mimi; Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Hamilton, Westport,
Mimi; Mrs. Seth Angel, Mrs. Yer
non Angel, Mrs. Tulla Brisson, Mr..
and Mrs. AL Bunda, all of st. Paul,
Mimi; Mr.. Lowell Garfield, Min
neapolis, Mimi; Mrs. Effie Biedle-
man and daughter, Mrs. Milo
Cowlthorp, Driscoll, N. D.; Mr.. and
Mrs. Fay Biedleman, Grove Lake,
Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
TRANSPORTATION of Nom-ReSi-
dent PUPILS Provided By Lac,

At the Long Prairie meeting the
sixteen districts assigned to Sank
Centre included all of Kandota and
Birchdale townships, and a part Of
Round Prairie and West Union
Townships in Todd County. The
village Of West Union was included
in the new area.
This new law includes not only
students Of high school age, but
those Of elementary grades. Where
it is impossible for rural districts
to carry on school owing to lack
of pupils they can make arrange
ments with the local school for
transportation, and at the end Of
the year they will be reimbursed
up to about two-thirds of the total
cost. This, however, is contingent
upon whether the school district
could save money by paying
transportation and sending their
children to city schools. Or whether
they could better maintain their
own school.
Under the new law pupils, who
reside in the area assigned to Sank
Centre, will bel enabled to attend
the local school and receive trans
portation in the schools buses.
School districts will be reimbursed
for the cost Of transportation, II
paid by the district in which the
nonresident pupil resides. If, how
ever, the parents pay the cost Of
transportation they will not be en-
titled to receive aid from the
state.
The number Of pupils the state
board will allow to attend city
schools Is contingent upon the
seating facilities Of the school.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
BEGIN War
On Speeders
lnCity Limits
Signs Warning of 3O-Mile
Speed Have Been Posted
In Residential District
A STATE REGULATION
Safety Council Asks Cooper.
alton of All Motorists
In City

The Sank Centre Safety Council
Joined hands with the City and the
State this week as they began their
war on speeders in residential Sec
tons with the posting of all
streets stressing the 3O-mile an
hour lint now made a state regu-
lation.
The 80 mile limit law Is part of
the state regulation now seeking
to lessen speed on highways and
in cities alike that sets a DAYTIME
maximum of 60 and cuts the night
driving rate to so miles per hour.
AS the Safety Council wound up
their posting of the residential
areas of the city, reports have al
ready come from widely separated
sections that traffic has slowed
considerably. Particular emphasis
was laid by the president of the
Safety Council, s. G. Schwarzbauer
on such ''speedways" as Ash
street, End street, north and south
Main street, and the east end Of
third street. These streets are long
and straight and have become dan
gerous, and motorists are warned
to observe the 30-mile limit.
Residential district regulation of
speed, Mr.. Schwarzbauer pointed
out, is just as important as con-
troll on the open highway. Inter-
sections are dangerous and should
be approached cautiously, and
there is always the possibility that
a child may dash into the street.
The safety council, he said, is ask
ing the cooperation Of al motorists
in the city in observing this speed
regulation.
In a few weeks, he reported, a
concerted drive will be conducted
to enlist local authorities into the
safety program. The Minnesota
safety sticker will be fastened to
cars Identifying their owners with
the safety movement.
Posters have been placed in con-
spicuous places along every street
in the city. and the posting was
done by Mr.. Schwarzbauer and s.
+. Bonaime. Cost Of the posters
was born by the City Council.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
Large Barn
Raced By Fire
Earl Eldred Suffered Loss Tuesday
Sam Graham Family Lost
Clothes

Sank Centres fire department
was called to the farm home of
Earl Eldred Tuesday afternoon
where the large barn was In
flames. At the time of the arrival
of the department the barn was
practically consumed by fire, and
there was little the local firemen
could do.
The start Of the fire Is a mys-
terry, but from explanations to
Chief George Fish, it would indi-
cate spontaneous combustion, as
the entire barn was in flames i'm
mediately when the fire was dis
covered.
Mr.. Eldred, who had no insur-
ance, suffered the loss Of load of
rye, two tons Of hay, some straw
and a trailer, besides many smaller
articles. The barn was a large one
and was said to be structure of
52x84.
Sam Graham, residing south of
this city, suffered his second fire
Monday, with the loss Of all Of the
family's clothes. Since the loss of
the home several weeks ago, Mr..
Graham and family have resided
in a cook shack, and it is thought
that a spark from a kerosene stove
set the clothes afire. Dorothy, the
13-year-old daughter, was in the
shack at the time, and she called
the carpenters who are erecting a
new home on the farm, and with
their aid the fire was extinguished
and the cook shack saved. The loss
included the clothing only, and
this is the second time the family
has lost their entire wardrobe
within a short time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
GOSPEL SERVICES

Instrumental soloists will be fea-
tured in series of Gospel services
at the Gospel tent beginning Wed
nesday, August 25th, and running
at least for ten days, announced
Rev. Charles Busch, minister of
the Gospel Tabernacle. Soloists are
Rilla Mae Sanders and Jimmie w.
Sanders, Of Portland, Oregon, who
will speak and play to congrega-
tons daily at the Gospel tent just
west Of the Tabernacle. Mr.. Sand
ers, who is reputedly an expert on
the xylophone, is also listed as a
trumpet sololist. Miss Sanders is
an artist on the piano-accordion.
Rev. Busch announced services
every evening except Saturday in
the tent beginning at 8 o'clock.
Sunday services will be at II a. m,
and 8 ID. m.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
Student Aid Is
Again Available
Applications May Be Made Begin
ming Monday, August 20, At
Public School

Notice was received at the Sup
erintendents office of the public
schools from the National Youth
Administration that student aid
would this year again be available
under both the Federal and the
State plans. Quotas will be some
what reduced, it is expected, since
the entire quota for the state has
been pared.
Applications for student aid may
be made beginning Monday, Aug
ust %, by securing blanks at the
office of the superintendent. Office
hours are from to IL and from 1
to 4. Only those whose high school
education could not be made pos
sible without this assistance are
eligible for the aid, it was an
nounced.
Under the Federal plan limited
amount will be granted to students
ranging from the years 16 to "a.
Students from the 9th to the IL
grades will be granted aid under
the State plan. Although total
quotas may be reduced somewhat
the amount each student can earn
will about equal last years share
of from 8 to dollars monthly.
This amount may be applied on
board, room, transportation, or
other necessities. Student aid is
paid on work hours which the stu
dents expend in the different de-
partments of the school and the IL
brary.
According to records at the
school, the amount last winter paid
to students under the aid program
amounted in the aggregate to
$500. The monthly payments aver
aged about $3.50.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
Stearns Co.
Fair Now In
Full Swing
All And Rural School En-
tries Exceed That Of
Former Shows
FINE ENTERTAINMENT
Interesting and Colorful Pike
Includes Many Thrilling
Rides

AS we go to press today, Thurs
day, the Stearns County Fair is in
full swing. Attendance Wednes-
day was larger than expected and
the performance was of a high
class nature.
Entries in the open class divis-
ions are not as large as at former
fairs, but quality is equal to that
of any previous year. The flower
show is beautiful, and although
entries in that division are also
smaller than at previous events,
the show Is as great or greater
than any Of it's predecessors.
In the All and rural school div
isions one will find great growth,
with possibly the best entries ever
exhibited at the Stearns County
Fair. Both of these divisions over
flowed from the assigned buildings
to other buildings, and County
Agent Ed Lenzmeier and the All
leaders are highly pleased with the
results obtained.
Entries on the various divisions
of the fair were made as follows:
Domestic Arts, 658; poultry show,
PAT; flower show, 260; cattle, 100;
hogs, 30; Milking Shorthorn parish
show, IL; All entries in total, 26O.
The livestock division Of the All
show is divided as follows: 40 pigs,
80 sheep, 10sbaby beef, 8 colts and
q calves. The total entries in all
divisions, including the All exhib-
its, will total approximately 1866.
In the women's division, domes-
tic arts, one will find exhibits equal
to those Of former years. In the
Agriculture building grain, veg
etables and fruits are displayed
in abundance. The rural school div
ision has a great display Of the
work accomplished by the young
sters throughout the year, and q
visit to this department should be
a part Of everyone's tour Of the
fair grounds.
A complete pike, with shows and
rides to suit every taste, has been
secured, and nothing is lacking to
make the 1887 fair complete In
every detail. AS we go to press too
early to publish the winners in the
various divisions this week, we
have made arrangements for a
complete list Of all winners, both
in the All and open class events,
for next week.
J. Gould's Million Dollar Specta-
Gle is providing the entertainment
before the grandstand with special
circus acts and complete revue.
A change Of program has been an
nounced for each day, and tonight
the fair will close with the COM
pany's greatest performance.
One Of the events to take place
this evening will be concert by
the combined bands of Paynesville
and Sank Centre. This concert will
be presented by sixty pieces and
will precede the stage show. The
Junior band Of Sank Centre will
give a concert preceding the after
noon show today.
Splendid Butter Display
w. s. Clemenson, Of Clarissa,
placed first in the display Of but
ter at the Stearns County Fair as
judged at a business meeting Of
the Buttermakers Association Of
District 8, held at the Community
Club rooms Tuesday afternoon. j..
B. Ellering, Watkins, was second,
and George Johnson, Of Eagle
Bend, placed third.
Twenty-Five members Of the as
Continued on Page 8. Col. p
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19

Mr.. Dubois is president Of the
First State Bank of this city, and
secretary Of the Independent Bank
ers Association. He has been active
in politics and Is now serving as
postmaster in the Sank Centre
postoffice.
The action of the governor fol-
lowed the failure of the state leg
islature, at it's regular and its spe-
cial session, to agree on four cam
didates acceptable both to the
conservative senate and the Far
mer-Labor controlled house.
His selections are also definitely
in line with the announced policy
of the Farmer-Labor party to place
as rapidly as possible, on the
board of regents men who agree
with the political philosophy Of
their party.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
Date Selected For Regular
Quarterly Meeting Is
Sunday, August 20

st. Alexius Parish, Of West I'm
ion, will act as host at the regular
quarterly meeting Of the Federated
Catholic Societies Of Western
Stearns County on Sunday, August
10th. The meeting will convene in
the afternoon at two o'clock.
Speakers for this occasion will
include Rev. Francis Zitur, Osakis,
who will speak on, THE Need Of
Religious Training In the Forma-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
INJURED IN THRESHER

Ted Steines suffered a severe in
jury to his left hand Monday morn
ing while working about thresh-
err. The flesh on the hand was bad
ly torn, when another workman
turned the machine by hand. The
accident occurred when Mr.. Steines
placed his hand into the machine
to clean it and one of the teeth rip
ped a v-shaped cash in the flesh.
Mr.. Steines is carrying the injured
member in a sling and says it Is
getting along fine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-08-19
NEW BRIDGE

Among the contracts let by the
state highway department is listed
a bridge 3 miles north of Belgrade,
with construction price of 10,996.5O.
This contract has been awarded
to the Starbuck Construction Co.,
of Starbuck. This bridge will be
so feet in length and work Is to
start at once.
Evening star., 1937-03-20
Czechoslovaks Have Not
Ill Treated the Germans
To the Editor of The Star.

10 the EQltor OF the Star:
In The Sunday Star of March IA, in the
article on CZechoslovak- German relations
by Constantine Brown, there appear q
number of statements which call for cor
rection. For instance, it is there claimed
that the Germans in CZechosloVakia
have been il-treated ever since Czecho-
slovakia became an independent state"
1t is also claimed that the Czechoslovaks
were drunk with power" after they had
gained their freedom from Austro-
Hungarian rule and proceeded to give
their former oppressors "the same treat
ment they had received"
Obviously Mr.. Constantine Brown Is
not familiar with the facts in this case.
Had he taken the trouble to learn the
truth he would have discovered that the
Czechoslovaks not only did not accord
their former oppressors the same treat
ment which they (the Czechoslovaks) had
received under Austro- Hungarian rule,
but they gave them much better rule
better even than the treaty of Versailles
required for the protection OF minorit1es.
In fact, they sought to give their former
oppressors as nearly the same treatment
that they gave their own people as 1t was
possible to give under existing circum-
stances.
The fact is that the Germans in
Czechoslovakia have always been not only
unreconciled but irreconcilable with the
turn of events at the close of the war,
and refused to cooperate with the
Czechoslovaks in the establishment OF
peaceful relations with their fellow citi-
zens and the formation of government
Evening star., 1937-03-20
Gift Accepted.

Congress has passed the necessary
enabling legislation for the acceptance
of former Secretary of the Treasury
Andrew w. Melons munifcent gift to
his country. The only remaining for
mality is the application of President
Roosevelt's signature to the act, and that
Is duty which the Chief Executive will
perform with pleasure. Construction of
the gallery is scheduled to be started
Immediately, so that the finished building
may be ready to be dedicated in the
Spring of 1899.
In terms of money values, Mr.. Melons
benefaction approximates sixty-f1ve
millions of dollars. But it has cultural
significance far beyond price. The Capt.
tai Of the United States because of it
now is destined to become the most
notably important art center in the
Western Hemisphere. Almost certainly
the great works of painting and sculp-
ture represented in the collection will
attract supplementary masterpieces. It
is rumored that at least one contem-
Evening star., 1937-03-20

minimum of cost, who pay no taxes,
own no property beyond their motor
equipment and, where there are children,
evade all responsibility for their proper
education, save as some of the visited
communities require school attendance.
Undoubtedly this trailer development
Is one of the results of the depression
which began in 1929 and from which
the country has not yet fully recovered.
The trailer itself came along after the
business and employment curves began
to rise on the American economic chart.
1t was in way an answer to the prayer
of the married man out of work and with
no firm ties to hold him to his home place.
Just how many of the trailer drivers
are of this class is not known. Un-
doubtedly some are merely restless folk
who like to travel, to see new places, hav-
Ing funds enough to cut loose from their
former homes and indulge their craving
for change, for adventure, for expert
ment in a new mode of life.
A trailer census, to be of real value,
would include answers to these ques-
tions. 1t should develop the factors OF
parental responsibilities, of education. of
costs and of the effect upon the eco
nomic interests of the communities which
have been deserted and those that have
been invaded by these immigrants.
Evening star., 1937-03-20

CLIMATES were propitious for them. There
was plenty for them to eat.
IL Is, OF course, only by a rare acci-
oent that insect imprints ever are pre-
served as fossils But there are such
vast numbers OF bugs that even the rare
accidents become rather numerous
Smithsonian Institution paleontol-
oglsts are loath to believe that there
actually were few Cretaceous insects.
The probability is that there are plenty
OF FOSSIL imprintS which haven't been
found in spite of intensive search.
While this condition remains. how
ever, there is essentially 10000, ,0Oo-year
gap in the life story of one of the
dominant forms of animal life. Hence
any sort of Cretaceous insect fossil is
like the rarest sort of gem in the eyes
OF the paleontologist. Hence special
significance is attributed to two wing
prints which have come into the Smith
sonlan collection from a Cretaceous
sandstone in Eastern Colorado which
have been tentatively classified by DR..
Paul W. Oman of the National Museum
staff.
Both are bugs bug, in the termi-
nology OF the entomologist, has the
IesIilCtsQ meaning OF "heterOpterOuS
hemlpterous' insect and the word is cor
rectly used in reference to the bed bug,
the stink bug, chinch bugs and the like.
Closely related are the hoppers-leaf
hoppers, plant hoppers mealy bugs and
the rest
One OF the creatures described by Mr..
Oman was giant leaf hopper 1t was
bigger than the average of this family
now extant. The other, described from
a smaller fragment of wing impression
in the sandstone, was probably closely
related to the present-day squash bug
and not very far distant from the bed
bug or stink bug.
1t is hardly conceivable that these two
fragments and few more like them are
all the trace left behind them of the
billions of billions of insects which must
have infested the Cretaceous landscapes.
Evening star., 1937-03-20
A Trailer Census.

How many motor trailers are there in
the United States? That question has
been often asked by observers of the
latest trend in the American scene, that
OF the more mobile life. It is now to
be answered, according to late an
nouncement, by the Federal Census Bu-
reau, which is to undertake an actual
count of the number of these homes on
wheels" that are now in use in this
country.
The trailer is a distinctively American
innovation. 1t has, however, its prototype
in the gypsy van, and in some respects
its use is similar to the meandering Ro-
many life which was long ago in evi-
dence in Europe and to less extent in
this country. Whether all or a majority
of these trailer travellers have quit their
homes for good, becoming veritable
habitual itinerants, is not known. The
Census Bureaus inquiry, it would seem,
is not designed to answer that question,
being directed apparently to the mere
enumeration of the trailers themselves
and possibly their value, without refer
ence to the social habits of their owners
and users.
Eventually the trailer trend must be
reckoned with as definite sociological
factor. It is now known to have made
veritable nomads Of great many thou
sands Of people, mostly in family groups,
who cover wide ranges of territory at a
Evening star., 1937-03-20
Salaries of Married
Couples on L. S. Rolls
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The only valid argument against the
repeal of section 213 of the economy act
is that the combined salaries of childleSs
married couples enable them to live in
luxury, while married couples with de-
pendent children have no income at all,
and as the welfare of human beings de-
pends upon an income-for the mass of
people through job-Work or incomes
must be distributed on the basis of per-
Sonal economic need. With the demands
of certain women for freedom to be self
supporting most intelligent men are in
sympathy, for it is being conceded that
because woman marries there is no
reason why she should become either
a mother or parasite
Women with dependent children who
must go to work to supplement their
husbands wages to meet family expenses
are not free and wives who would become
mothers II sufficient income were assured
are neither gratifying their maternal in
Stlnct nor contributing to replace nor
mally depicting population. There are
conditions that neceSSitate limit to the
number of persons, residing in the same
domicile, who may hold positions in the
Government service at taxpayers expense
and such fundamental changes could be
made that no limit would be necessary.
The present extremely high average
salary rate in civil service of s2,4OO has
been obtained through vague propaganda
for living wage without specifying
whether living wage for an individual
or family of four or five was intended
and the cost of the two budgets is very
different as all intelligent people know
Combined salaries for married couples
in civil service vary from about So 500 to
$1,000 year, or an average of 81 800. A
married couple could live in reasonable
economic decency on 1900 year and if
this was the maximum for childleSs mar
ried couples and the income of the
individual was half that amount it is at
once evident that there would be no limit
to the number of persons in a family
that might have jobs in Government serv-
ice, and that the extremes of luxury and
poverty would disappear.
Civil service employees render less serv-
ice today than they did in 1917, when the
average salary was but little over half of
what it is today. If it is argued that the
cost of living necessitates the higher
average, figures are available to prove tc
the contrary, and the absolute necessities
OF life must be guaranteed to all persons
before luxurieS, at taxpayers expense
are assured to any particular group.
EDWIN EVANS.