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Evening star., 1937-02-09

Kate Douglas Virgins "Rebecca Of
Sunnybrook Farm will be the next
attraction presented here by the Chill
dren's Theater of New York. It will
be seen at the National Saturday
morning, March 9. H. M.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-02-11
Locals Beat Old
Rivals FRIDAY Eve.
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was Rolfzen again as he hung up
another marker. Score 16 to 8. Then
Kleber added his first bucket of
the game with as easy a shooting
stride as has been seen locally.
Score 16 to IL. Substitute Pangburn
replacing the foul-retired Walker,
was the only local man to score in
the last period when he scooped up
a returning ball from the back
board and tossed in a trimmer.
A three quarter driving attack
was necessary to down this Mel
rose crew Any attempt to let down
and sit tight before that point
would have met with disaster. For
10 points is not sufficient to win
an ordinary ball game. But this
was not an ordinary ball game. 1t
was a spiritual revival. First for
Sank Centres tagging spirit. Their
revival was evident in the opening
minutes Of the game as they drove
into the points to take shot after
shot. Every known mode except OK
cart was employed to convey that
leather through the hoop cord, but
the boys were not shooting well.
And Melrose was not shooting at
all. After their Coach had told them
that one way to make basket is
to shoot the ball-that was in the
third quarter-those lads stepped
out and dominated the attack. The
fighting heart of the Melrose Sec
onds was the factor that transform
ed that ball game from pure and
simple rout to a more or less me-
diocre defeat.
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Pallbearers were Albert Sey-
forth, Horace Rederus, James Rob
ertson, Arthur Dodd, Donnell
Deutsch. and Wayne Miller. Assist
ing Mrs. j. H. Boyd with the flow
ers were Mrs. James Robertson,
Mrs. Willis Hopping, and Mrs.
Wayne Miller.
Among the relatives and friends
from = distance attending the fun
eral were the parents of the hus-
be nd of the deceased, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Dickson, the brothers, Harry
and Everett Dickson and sister,
Mrs. Bert Martin, all of Sank Cen
tire, Minnesota, an uncle and aunt
of the deceased, Mr.. and Mrs. F. l..
Lane, Of Bigelow, Mimi; her
grandmother, Mrs. j. S. Booth, of
Marshalltown, Ia; and also Mr.. and
Mrs. Ivan McCuer, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Hager, of Newton,
Ia.
Jessie LeOna Downs, daughter
Of Mrs. Carrie l.. Downs and the
late Horace S. Downs, was born at
Baxter, Iowa, February oath, 1901.
After graduating from the Baxter
high school she attended Frances
Sinner College for one year. The
following year she entered Drake
University, from which institution
she was graduated in 1922. On Aug
ust Bird, 1885, she was united in
matrimony to Alvin B. Dickson. of
Des Moines, formerly of Sank Cen
tire, Mimi, later moving to Chicago,
ILL.,, where she resided at the time
of her death. She is survived by her
husband, Alvin B. Dickson; her
mother, Mrs. Carrie l.. Downs; one
sister, Mrs. George r. Geise; her
maternal grandmother, Mrs. j S.
Booth, Of Marshalltown, Ia, and
one aunt, Mrs. F. L. Lane, of Big
Glow, MINI. She passed away We'd
nesday afternoon, January 9th, af-
ter brief illness and at the age of
80 years, II months, and 3 days. In
her early girlhood she became
member of the Congregational
church of Baxter, Ia, and later a
member of the Eastern Star Lodge
at Cambridge, Iowa. Because of her
cheerful disposition and friendly
ways she made many friends in her
home community and in other
places where she has resided, all of
whom join with her family in
mourning what seems from the hui
man viewpoint an untimely death
in the flower Of womanhood.-
te,' New Era.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-02-11
'SNOUSE-OLD
TIMERS STUMPED

'Sno use talkin', we have plenty
Of snow here in Minnesota. Old
timers are digging deep into forgot
ten crannies Of gray matter to find
some tales Of snow, but the snow
talk Of 81 Is hard to belittle.
Yep. stranger, we sure got real
snow up here.
Why, stated one rural resident
shaking the icicles from his mus
tache, we got 50 much snow the
birds have to walk. If they fly, they
have to get so high to clear the
snow drifts that they die from lack
Of oxygen. And the city Teller comes
back with the one that me had to
stand on the top of his car 50 he
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for their patrols so that Scoutmas-
tiers may attend as many of them
as possible.
Since it was unavoidably neces-
sary to have the Anniversary Week
Court of Honor on Ash Wednes-
day, it is felt that the Scouting
program should not interfere any
more than necessary with the We'd
nesday evening Lenten services of
the various Sank Centre Churches,
was the agreement of Scout lead
ers. Pastors of the Churches in
announcing the events of Anniver-
sary Week and in their help with
the Scouting program have desig-
mated themselves as most coopera-
tive, and the discontinuance of
meetings during Lent is the only
fair thing we can do" was the OPP
inion of one of the leaders. The
Scouting program provides that
each Scout shall attend his own
Church, and Reverence is one OF
the twelve points of the Law.
This program of patrol meetings
is effective as of February 18th,
and troop meetings will not be re-
sumed until after the close of Holy
Week.
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Former Baxter Girl
Dies In Chicago
Mrs. Alvin b. Dickson Dies In
Hospital After Short Illness.
Rites Held Here Saturday

Mrs. Alvin B. Dickson, Of Chica,
go, 35, the former LeOna Downs, oil
Baxter, passed away at 2:15 O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon, January 9th
in Henrotin hospital, in Chicago.
Mrs. Dickson was taken to the
hospital on Friday and her condi.
ton was critical the last day or two.
Her brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. George Geise. who were
called to Chicago, arrived in time to
see her before she passed away.
The remains were brought to
Baxter, and funeral services were
conducted from the Boyd Funeral
Home at 1:30 o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon. The Rev. Byron wv. North
rop, pastor Of the Community Con-
gregational church, was in charge.
Interment was In Ashton cemetery
west of Baxter.
Music for the services were fur
nished by a mixed quartet compos-
ed Of Mrs. A. ]. Dodd, Mrs. c. f..
Weeks, Dwight Hunt and Guy Har-
denburgh. Mrs. e. j. Goodwin was
accompanist. Songs were Does Je-
sus Carer" and END Of the Road.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-02-11
CHAMP HOLDS TITLE

Bill Cook, who shot to the cham
pionship Of the Table Tennis Club
a week ago, will revel in the laur-
els Of the crown for at least an
other week, and many there are
who say Bill may have 1t for a little
while. Mondays regular tournament
found the champ in good form and
ne whacked his way through a SER
les of matches to come against
Dick Bassett, ex-champ, in the fin
al matches. In a grueling battle Of
five games with each striving des-
perately for that last game and the
match, Bill finally won over the
opponent. Dick had Bill down 8 to
/ in the match game, but the champ
bobbed back up. So Bill Cook will
be defending champ for next Mon
days matches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-02-11
Tax Increase Would
Hit Big Families Most
Proposed State Levy on Incomes
Would BE Multiplied Is Times
In Some Cases

Pointing out that persons with
large families win be penalized
most severely by the increases in
income taxes proposed in the in
come tax bill now before the Min.
nesota legislature, the Minnesota
Association of Commercial Organi-
cations in report received here to-
day disclosed that the tax will be
increased twenty-five times and
more in some cases.
F. II. Klemer, of Faribault, presi-
dent Of the association, said in an
analysis Of the bill that provisions
Of the measure as introduced also
will multiply taxes of small business
firms from three to four times.
MT. Klemer suggested that BUSH
ness men and other citizens make
a close study of the proposed legis-
lation and communists at once
with their legislators II they do
not want to be hit by increases In
income taxes running from 100 to
500 per cent and in some cases
much more. He did not oppose in
creases In income taxes, but sug-
gested that the rates proposed for
Minnesota would exceed those in
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benefits for more than 16 weeks in
any one year.
(1) what amounts Of benefits
will be paid?
Answer: Benefits will be paid on
the basis of fifty per cent of regu-
lar wages received while AT work,
but not to exceed SIS per week.
Where wages are extremely low, a
minimum of Sc per week or three
fourths of the wages earned, which
ever Is less, will be paid. The rea-
son for the Sc or three-fourths
scale Is to prevent payment of ben
efits of more than actual working
wages to persons in the extremely
low brackets.
(12) What must worker do to
receive benefits when unemployed 7
Answer: He Is required to regis
ter for employment at the state
public employment office, where an
effort will be made to find another
job for him. After a two weeks
waiting period, if still unemployed,
he applies at the same place for
unemployment compensation, or
benefits.
(13) Must an unemployed person
accept any type of job offered him:
Answer: No. He does not have to
accept a job which is substantially
poorer in wages, hours and working
conditions than his former job.
14) Would he have to take a job
where there Is labor trouble?
Answer: No. The law specifically
says that no employee is compelled
to accept a job under such condi-
lions.
(15) How will the state know
how much in benefits an unemploy-
ed worker is entitled to?
Answer: Employers are required
to report to the state unemploy-
ment compensation division every
three months a record Of their en-
ployees, the number of days and
hours each worked, and the earn
ings of each. Individual records of
every worker will be kept by the
state and a complete record of his
earnings will always be had, even
though he changes jobs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-02-11
Paving Of n Across
Iowa Promised In 1887
Popular Highway Carries Many
Tourists from Southland En-
route to Northern MINI.

According to information given
out this week by the Iowa Highway
department, paving of Federal
Highway No. n, which spans the
state from south to north, will be
completely hard surfaced by the
end of 1887.
Federal Highway No. II, which
runs from Winnipeg, Canada, to
Mexico City, passing through Jack
son and covering more than $500
miles, promises to become one OF
the most popular north and south
highways in the United States, and
will be known as the American
Highway" Eventually, it is ex-
pected that this highway will extend
south to Central America and on to
Buenos Aires and Cape Horn.
With only a few gaps unpaved
through Iowa, it is the purpose OF
the Iowa Highway department to
complete an all-paved highway
through that state during the COM
ing summer. New hard surfacing
was completed from jackson south
to the Iowa line last summer and
concerted efforts are already being
made by Minnesota towns along
Highway No. II, from Jackson to
Canadian boundary to have the ce-
ment slabs extended north into
Winnipeg at an early date.
Federal Highway No. II, carries
a large tourist traffic from the
southland into the northern woods
and to Canada, and with each sue
ceeding year the route Is becoming
more and more popular with our
southern brethren who travel north
during the summer to enjoy the
GOODNESS Of our nationally known
vacation Fairgrounds. = jackson
County Pilot.
Note-Highway II comes into
Sank Centre from Elrosa and Bel
grade to the south.
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N. P. Train Service
Blocked For Few DAYS
Rotary Plow Came Through From
Little Falls Tuesday
Afternoon

Boarded windows speaking of
desolation didn't mean that the
Northern Pacific depot had been
abandoned for the winter, but that
the rotary was coming" And for
the first time in 20 years-the win
ter of IT.
IT'S been twenty years since it's
necessary to put a rotary pillow on
these tracks," said F. S. Parker,
agent, as he viewed the largest
snowfall is as long a time. We've
boarded the windows to keep them
from being broken from the flying
snow the rotary kicks up"
AS the rotary plowed its way into
this city Tuesday afternoon at two
o'clock, it threw clouds of silvery
snow high above the tree tops. For
the first time since Friday train
service was open from Little Falls
to Sank Centre. Sunday the last at
tempts to open trackage on the
branch line from Little Falls to
Morris was made when "a rock ball
asst wedge pillow steamed on its way
west. They arrived only as far as
Starbuck when the huge drifts
maroored them, and unable to move
either way they were there until
the arrival of the rotary.
While the rotary bumped it's re-
volving nose into some tough banks
between Little Falls and this city,
1t was believed the worst was yet
to come" 1t is reported that near
Starbuck and Cyrus the drifts APP
proach depths Of 10 to 20 feet, ana
they're solidly packed. Cuts made
by the plows earlier this winter
necessitated the use of the rotary.
Reminiscent of years ago was
this scene of flying snow spray to
MIR. Parker. AS the rotary churned
its way around the bend spraying
the light snow high in a silvery
cloud, he remembered the winter of
IT when drifts stood at 20 feet and
the last rotary had cleared the way.
1t recalled such incidents, too, as
the time when the locomotive, TAX
ing water, was frozen to the tracks.
Loosing the Iron horse" required
the humping efforts Of the next in
coming freight. (Note-Mention Of
the large drifts of 1917 are made
this week in the items of twenty
years ago under Looking Back
Through Time"
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200 Persons Attend
Scout Honor Court
Continued From Page Onel

Hildebrand, Junior Schmidt, Rob
ert Rathe, Richard O'Gara, Stanley
Burt, Willard Rasmussen, Kenneth
Forsberg, Vernice Cordell, John
Cotton. Robert Brown, Charles OF
to, James Ziegler, Robert Ziegler,
William Brown, John Green, Ed
ward Smith, Donald Hoffman, War
rem Scott, Maurice Mischke.
Second Glass: Jake Hanauer.
First Class: Willis Lovesee, Mer-
lin Pickett and John Parker.
Star Award: Joey Jackson, Rob
ert Rydholm, Lloyd Wruck, Frank
lin Vandesteeg, James Rattle.
Life Award: Lester Wruck, Ray
Berggreen and Bud Hunt.
Merit Badges: Dudley Morris,
Chemistry, Handicraft, First Aid,
Civics, Electricity; Jarvis Hanson,
Public Health, Scholarship, Path
finding, First Aid, Civics, Handi-
craft, Reading, Personal Health,
Safety, First Aid to Animals; Ray
Berggreen, Safety, Reading; Les
ter Wruck, Athletics, bicycling,
Safety; Robert Markson, Reading,
Handicraft, Pathfinding, Personal
Health, Civics, First Aid to Animals,
Scholarship, Public Health, Safe
ty, Farm Home and It's Planning;
Franklin Vandesteeg, Civics, First
Aid, Safety; Joey Jackson, Safety,
Bugeling, Handicraft, Wood Cary
ing, Woodwork; Russell Larson,
Civics, First Aid to Animals, Handi-
craft, Music, Safety; Robert Ryd-
holm, Civics, Reading, BICYCLING,
Woodworking, Music; Merlin Pick
EFT, Metal Work, Woodworking,
Civics, Automobiling; Warren Peg
low, Handicraft, Civics, Safety,
First Aid, Public Health; Bud Hunt,
Automobiling, Civics; Jim Rattle,
Woodworking, Civics, Handicraft;
Lloyd Wruck, Safety, Handicraft,
First Aid, Chemistry, Civics, Elec-
trictiy, Gardening.
Troop committeeman for Troop
25 include: DIR. r. E. Cooper, Louis
Lovik, ID. B. Caughren, Louis Lar
son, Paul Hanson, Erwin Nelson, S.
G. Schwarzbauer, George Berg
green, A. N. Cordell, and Arthur
Rosenwald. The troop is headed by
r. B. Kowalke as Scoutmaster,
who has for his assistants, H. s.
Forsyth, Vernon Weeks, Robert
Vandesteeg, Franklin Vandesteeg,
Lester Wruck, Bernard Robischon,
and Chuck Rattle.
Scout leaders urge that persons
view the inside exhibit of Scouting
handicraft the rest of this week at
Vandesteeg's Store. This exhibit is
another of Anniversary Weeks &C
tiyitieS,
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other states, including Wisconsin,
by such a wide margin that Min
nesota citizens and businesses
would be put at a disadvantage.
I'm sounding the popular cry
that we should increase income
taxes and soak the rich, we are apt
to overlook the fact that there are
few rich to soak" Mr.. Klemer said.
ITO get any substantial amount of
money from an increase In our
state income tax, 1t Is necessary to
make big increases In the salaries
in the lower and smaller brackets,
for the simple reason that the
great bulk Of our people Is in the
small salaries.
Sponsors of this bill not only
have made big increases in rates
but they have adopted trick ex-
emption plan, which actually serv-
es to shove the biggest percentage
of increase upon men in the lower
brackets with large families. Here
are two illustrations showing tax
for man with family of seven
children:
Pres. Prop'd
Tax Tax
With $4,000 income No tax $3.50
With $4,000 income $3.50 62.50
1.-THE proposed law also would
give heavy jolt to the small firms
as well as the large firms. Here is
the way it would affect some Of the
smaller companies:
Pres. Prop'd
Tax Tax
With 81, 900 income No tax $4,000
With $1,000 income $500 $4,000
With $4,000 income 205.00 $4,000
IT think that the men who run
stores and other small businesses
should study this bill and decide
whether they can stand an increase
in taxes like that"
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could histe the shovel above the

could histe the shovel above the
drifts.
Tragedy and broken homes are
not uncommon because of the deep
snow. List to this tale of woe. Says
one dweller, leaning on his shovel
and showing his quid to the other
cheek, why my neighbor was SHOW
cling the other day and he tossed a
shovelful over his shoulder. The
durn thing went right through his
second story window and sprayed
his wife. When it hit the floor, 1t
Jared the plaster loose, and made
his wife's cake fall in the oven.
Well, sir, he amt been seen since"
Say, California, we got so much
snow that If it was sifted over
your state you could top those
giant redwoods standing right
smack on the drifts. If it were all
dumped in the Bay of San Fran
cisco, you'd have such a flood that
you'd never find the Golden Gate.
But your correspondent dislikes
to deal in such grossly inadequate
descriptions of our snow. But you
get the idea-we got snow in these
parts.
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Project For Culture
OF Vegetables
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gan, Sank Centre.
Wakefield: Mrs. Theo. Erpelding,
Cold Spring.
Zion: Mrs. Ray w. Koepp, Of
Paynesville.
Families in townships which do
not have an active home chairman
should get in touch with the Home
Demonstration Agent Court House,
st. Cloud, Immediately.
Many questions and problems
about farm and home records of
expenditures and inventories will
be answered at a series of five
meetings being held this week for
the benefit Of SO Stearns county
families keeping the Minnesota
Farm Record Book. These meetings
have been planned to convenience
the greatest majority concerned.
Mary May Miller, extension econ
omist, home management, and j.
B. McNulty extension specialist
farm management, and the two
agents in the county will lead the
discussions. Only by having such
large number of families interested
IA IL pOoSlulc " nave IIlc IWo oedtC
extension specialists in this work
scheduled in the same county at
the same time.
Such questions as How many
farmers know accurately their net
financial worth or how is the in
vestment in farm property distrib
uted, how will they know approx
imately whether they are progress
ing or falling behind each year"
will be answered. If there is a sur
plus of cash in 1887 how should it
be used most wisely. Will it be nee
essary to produce more food for
adequate family use? How much
milk, potatoes, butter, eggs, chick
ems, fruits, beef, hogs, etc, will be
needed by the family? How can the
record book be used to answer these
important economical questions?
Many other problems such as these
will he solved although individual
help will be given before and after
the meetings.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-02-11
STEARNS FLOOD
SUFFERER FUND GOES
OVER $4,1OO TOTAL MON.

Chairman Al. J. Tschumperlin, of
the Stearns county Red Cross chap
ter, announced this morning that
the total amount of money donated
by county residents for the flood
sufferers went over $4,100 during
the week end.
Originally set at $3.50, the quota
was later set at 81 $50 by the nation
al Red Cross. but Stearns county
Red Cross officials, nothing daunt-
ed, went on to increase the much
larger quota
Donations from a single penny to
many dollars showed the interest
and generous instincts aroused for
the flood victims.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-02-11
A PROCLAMATION

The Boy Scouts of America, in
corporated February 8, 1910, and
chartered by Congress June Is,
1915, have during the past twenty
seven years rendered notable ser
vice to the Nation. They have done
effective work in this community
and throughout the country. During
the World War their efforts on be
half of Liberty Loan and War Saw
ings campaigns and other measur-
es were outstanding. In time of dis
tress from flood, hurricane, tornado
and other disasters they have or
ganized the effectiveness of organ
lied boy service. During the period
c,f economic stress through which
the country has just passed, they
contributed in many ways to the
relief Of suffering, and they have
rendered noteworthy service in the
flood areas this year.
The Boy Scouts have not only
demonstrated their worth to the
Nation, but have also contributed
to a deeper appreciation by the
American people of the higher con-
ception of good citizenship.
The objective of the present Ten
Year program of the Boy Scouts of
America is to provide for the ma
ton a citizenry in which one of
every four of the new male citizens
each year will have had at least
four years of Scout training.
During the past twenty-seven
years, 7,377,008 persons through the
various program of Scouting have
enjoyed Adventure, Hiking, Camp
ing, Swimming, Woodcraft, Handi-
craft, Fellowship, Health and Safe
ty, and have learned how to be
helpful to others and have been
trained to be participating citizens
During the week from February z
to 18th, the Boy Scouts of America
will celebrate their Twenty-seventh
Anniversary.
Therefore, I, Melvin F. Iintzen,
Mayor of Sank Centre, do hereby
recommend that the citizens Of this
city observe this Boy Scout Week
for the purpose of Strengthening
the work of the Boy Scouts Of Ann
erica.
I earnestly recommend that our
civic organizations, our churches
and our schools cooperate in carry
ing out program for IA definite re-
cognition Of the effective service
rendered by the Boy Scouts Of Am
erica, in order that the work Of the
Boy Scout program may be extend
ed to a larger proportion of the
boyhood of this city.
The Boy Scout Movement offers
unusual opportunity for volunteer
service. It needs men to serve in
various capacities as leaders of
boys. hope that all who can, will,
through the organizations with
which they are connected, enlist for
such personal service. Anything
that is done to increase the effect
iveness of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea will be a genuine contribution
to the welfare Of this city, the State,
and the Nation.
In witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of this city to be affixed.
Done this 10th day Of February in
the year of our Lord, one thousand
nine hundred and thirty-seven.
Melvin F. Hintzen.