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Paltry Offer

He was the club bore and heart
lily detested. Rushing into the Sec
retary's room and tuning with
rage, he shouted: 81 have just
been offered $50 to resign from
the club. What shall I do?"
The secretary was quite calm
and replied, "Hold on a bit. You'll
get a better offer"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
OUT OF THE PICTURE

eff Sir Walter Raleigh were
alive today, what would be your
opinion of him?"
"He'd be too old to think
about
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
GOOD TASTE |;
q TODAY y
tEMILY PosTD
Worlds Foremost Authority
on Etiquette
g Emily Post.
Restraint Will Cheer
Those in Mourning

n EAR Mrs. Post: / am in mourn
- ing and many people have
called on me in the past few weeks.
Always they talked about my dear de-
parted husband and / live through
the torments of having to face the
hard realities of the future alone.
Today a friend came to see me
and not once during the whole time
did she mention my trouble. She
spoke of the things that had been
happening in the outside world with
which she knew must have grown
out of touch, and when she left ]
felt very much cheered. This seems
a good point to make in your col
umn for the benefit of those who
would cooperate in making the
world more comforta Die place for
those in real sorrow. feel sure
that most people think they should
talk about the departed one when
paying such visit.
Answer: I am very glad indeed
to make the point you suggest, al
though it seems almost unbelievable
that anyone could be so insensitive
as to speak to people about their
really great sorrow further than tt
reply to whatever they themselves
may say. Even they Who do talk
about the one they have lost woulo
be more greatly comforted by
person who listens with sympathy
and perhaps says something appre
ciative about the one who has died.
but it almost always causes pain to
be asked questions or to have the
subject pursued by the visitor.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11

Even pretty girl may have a
sour disposition, says psychol-
ogist. A peach with lemon fla
vOr?
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
Insight

Insight
A moments insight is some
times worth life's experiences
Holmes.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1937-11-11
Seat Hog Problem


no YOU thinl, it fair that the
- girls coming early to a school
meeting keep best seats next to
themselves for their particular
friends who come in later? We feel
that those who come first have a
right to these best seats and We
wish you would express your 0pin
ion before we bring the matter ur
for discussion at the next meeting
Answer: This is one of the great
abuses found in all assembly rooms
where the audience is not given re.
served seats. For a fairly large
group to keep one extra seat is per.
haps not out of the way, but to-
send someone on ahead, as is com,
monty done, who spreads coat out
in each direction for six or eight
who come at their leisure is an evi.
edence of extreme lack of apprecia.
ton of the rights of others. We can
all understand that people in one
group like to sit together, since this
is only natural. But either the,
should all come together and the
take best available seats or else
they should be satisfied with seats
at the side or in the back. In short,
they should keep seats that are not
especially desirable.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01

of Mary schoenhoff and Mary
Pony Express-Lulu Kriesel,
chief operator with the phone CO.,
Is wondering If Jim Farley's postal
department has slipped from the
free-wheeling speed age into the
dangerous past. On June 18th she
received a letter she had mailed to
New Yawk. Intended to reach q
passenger sailing, it had missed,
was then forwarded to Brooklyn.
It had been mailed March Is, 1886
from the local office-just 10
months later it returned marked
return to sender" And after Lulu
was kind enough to change the
return In 5 days. to 10. That's
gratitude And another out OF
Uncle Sans mailbag-Tother day
Glen Sullivan received a letter air
mail,-but 1t had been cancelled
December Is, 1885. On the cover
was marked Delay due to Inter
rupted Airline Service"-it had
been in the airplane crash near
Salt Lake City. Unbound, the letter
had reposed in the snowy hills all
winter with the rest Of the cargo.
Suddenly q few weeks ago an an
nouncement came that the plane
had been found. And Glen's letter
came. It had been sent him from
his mother in California.
Smiles and Smilies-She drop
ped him like he was poison Ivy
He had q backbone the consistency
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01

iliar scenery Of Wisconsin. It was
3 a. m, when they finally drifted
back into st. Paul-right where
they started from.
Just Pickins'-Which one, joe
When Blairs emporium opened
week ago who should be a-work-
in there-just to make things SIM
pie, you know-but three Bob's.
S'help me there was Bob Winters,
Glenwood lad, and Bob Gordon
and Bob Schaub, Of this hamlet.
Thank goodness, the owners name
Is Tommy :. A few years ago be-
fore the advent Of the auto no one
would have thought much about it,
don't cha know. But today-well
today Is different. Elmer Paske
was looking awfully funny ped
ding down the street on his dat
ter's bike. What's this? It seems
too bad, especially just after Al
Ian Meigs went to the expense of
painting his signs to change the
things. But he made the announce
ment this week that he was figlr-
ing on changing the name Of the
Waldorf to the Broken Dish
Cafe" Either that or put in tin ar
tillery for the mattresses In
separable companions are Rose
Ann Schoenhoff and Wanda Car
penter. It's funny about girls, but
once two Of them get paliy nothing
but the marriage Of one separates
them. Another familiar duo IL that
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
The
COnnOn-tater

Scissor Toter-One Of the queer
est items to tote for more than
half a century is the pair Of scis-
sors that repose in the lower right
hand vest pocket Of Thos. Sullivan.
Every day you'll find them in
their customary place, and it's a
carry-over from his days behind
the dry goods counter Of the Lead
er. Remember? A thousand uses
for it every day-said Mr.. Sullivan.
Now retired from the active scene
Of the business world, he can't
shake off this remaining vestige Of
his days as a businesser.
Quo Vadis?-Or whittier goest
thou, to you, who are acquainted
only with the vernacular. And the
epithet Is apropo to the situation
that Fred Schwartz and Nanny
Polipnick found themselves some
time ago. The boys were returning
from an Oil meeting in St. Paul
and somewhere in that wild city
Of Minneapolis they got lost Now
getting lost Is no fun as the boys
win tell you. It seems they got on
. road and keep going" said
NANNY. They kept going and final.
~ found themselves In the unfam-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
Thursday, July I, 1887.
field home Monday.

field home Monday.
The Misses Alvina and Francis
Kleinschmidt, Of Langdon, N. D.,
and cousin, Bertha Michels, Of
Webster. North Dakota, visited the
latter part Of the week with their
aunt, Mrs. Anna SchMcht, Sunday.
Mrs. Schlicht ana her guests went
to Elrosa for q few days visit at
the Leonard Kuefler home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roman Spehn
spent Tuesday evening visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Spehn, parents Of
the former at Greenwald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Beste and two
children were here from Uynot,
Nebr, to attend the marriage OF
Miss Merina Beste, a sister of the
lady and Joe Marthaler, which oc-
CURED last week Wednesday. They
returned to their home Thursday.
A large number from West I'm
ion attended the district meeting
Of the Catholic Aid Association at
Metre Grove Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Redetzke and
Percy Ensign, Of Alexandria, spent
Sunday at the home Of Mrs. Ida
Roth.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kraemer WIS.,
tied relatives in the Metre Grove
vicinity Friday afternoon. Their
SON, Frank, who spent the past
month visiting there, returned
home with them.
Thursday, Rev. Andrew Marthal-
er left for Amarillo, Texas, where
he will be stationed as assistant
priest in a large parish. Wednes-
day evening members Of st. Alex
ius church met in the church hall
for farewell celebration given in
his honor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01

man, have so much enjoyed read
ing your book. Some of your x x x
cases, and questions to answers
are splendid and remind me like
myself. Because + and what you
call stepmother not agree, live by
myself with my old amah In a
quiet modern apartment in Shang-
hal Coming to Shanghai and
I throw you a Cocktail party with
my new metal bright Cocktain
Bar"
The screen version of Live
Alone and Like 1t" will be filmed
by Universal with an all-feminine
cast.
Esther Forbes, author Of Para
disc" Is herself a New Highlander
descended from settlers of those
early days. Her name Esther"
has long been in the family; in
fact, the mother who first selected
this name for her daughter, died
in Jail in Cambridge, on trial for
witchcraft.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
Book Reviews
BY Eloise Ebert
BOOK NOTES

BOOK NOTES
AS he was passing through
Grand Central Terminal one day
Christopher Morley's curiosity got
the better Of him. He stopped into
the bookshop and asked for a copy
of his "Briefcase." The clerk, evil
IDENTIFY not recognizing him, curtly
told him to "try the checkroom."
Only the other day Little Brown,
publishers Of Otto Eisenschiml's
why Was Lincoln Murdered" re-
ceived an order for two copies Of
why Was Lincoln Married."
Margaret Hills, author of Give
Alone and Like It." recently re-
ceived a letter from a Chinese
girl named Ming Wong who ex-
planned that: Since I have not
yet had marriage with q young
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
OTHER PEOPLES OPINION

Some of the residents of the
city, wish to appeal to the citizens
of this community to vote mo" to
the proposition that the School
Board purchase all of Block OF
the original town site for the
school purposes.
BECAUSE: This land is not
needed by the school.
Because: 1t Is an unnecessary
expense to the tax payers.
Because: The purchase of these
lots is only the beginning which
will lead to greater and greater ex-
pense.
Because: Not only will the mon
ey received from the sale of the
Main Street lots be used for the
purchase Of this land, but, Il
quote) ANY current funds now in
the hands of said directors and
not necessary for the operation of
the schools Of the district and any
moneys hereafter raised by the
said district for such purpose or
purposes" will be used.
Because: If the lots on Main st.
are sold the money should be used
to pay other expenses Of the
school and thus reduce our taxes
Because: It is quite apparent
that this proposition is just anoth-
er attempt (the previous one hav-
ing been voted DOWN to acquire
land for the erection of a new and
unneeded school building.
sol
buildings are entirely adequate
and sufficient for our needs, and,
it is only by bringing in pupils
from outlying districts that our
school buildings can be made to
appear well filled.
Because: If poor people are OBJ
liged to pay higher taxes they may
not have sufficient means to pur-
chase suitable food and clothing
for their children.
Because: It is better to have
sturdy, healthy children in a SIM
pie, unpretentious school building
than half-fed, anaemic invalids in
a gorgeous school building.
Because the homes of those who
do not wish to sell will be forcibly
taken from them and they will re-
ceive in payment only what the
prejudiced appraisers will allow
(probably less than half their real
value).
We admit that our homes are
neither grand nor beautiful but we
have lived in them a long time and
they are very dear to us. It would
cause us much unhappiness to give
them up.
Therefore; we most earnestly ap-
peal to the voters Of this city to go
to the polls next Tuesday and vote
mo" to the proposition to pur-
chase "all of block Of the original
townsite of Sank Centre"
p. 8. It Is stated in last weeks
Herald that the lots on Main st.
are owned by the School Board.
How come? We have always sup
posed those lots belonged to the
school district.
Eva M. Davis.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01

Appleton.-Mrs. Ole X. Hagen, pioneer resident
of West Bank township observed her 101st birthday
anniversary June r. Still enjoying good health Mrs
Hagen continues to be up and around at her home,
and enjoys helping with small household tasks.
There special observance of her birthday, but
relatives and friends called at her home and wished
her many happy returns" A large celebration on
Mrs. Hagen's Tooth birthday anniversary held
last year, and much enjoyed by the pioneer wo-
man. Mrs Hagen was born in Sundahl, Stavanager,
Norway June IL, 1886. She to America in
1864 at the age Of % years.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
People Resent Force

Mayor Daniel J. Shields, Of Johnston, Pa
strketorn steel city, appealed to the President with
warning that the people may take the law into
their own hands unless c. I. o. forces are with
drawn This appeal was made following the dyna-
uniting of the Bethlehem steel plant pipelines that
feed water to the Cambria plant. Force has never
been weapon to intimidate American people-ra-
Their it inks them and incites them to action event
ually. The right to arbitrate and to strike If
necessary, is not denied the organized worker, but
damage to property and the endangerng of human
life cannot be condoned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
West Union

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Messer, Of st.
Cloud. spent Friday evening at the
Ben Messer home.
The Misses Bertha Schlicht, OF
Osakis, and sister, Veronica, of
Alexandria, spent Sunday visiting
their mother. Mrs. Anna Schlicht.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. ]. vennewitz
and children. of Alexandria, spent
short time Sunday evening at the
H. G. Wakefield home.
The Whist club met at the home
of Mrs. Ida Roth Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Deters motor
ed to Sank Centre Sunday. spend
ing the day with the latter's bro
ther, Joe Miller and family
Mr.. and Mrs. John Broker and
Henry Bentfield, Of Melrose, Mr..
and Mrs. B. Bentfield are summer
ing at Lake LeHomme Dieu, Alex
andria. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Jen-
nings, Of Sisseton, s. D., the lady, a
sister Of Mrs. B. Bentfield, spent
Sunday evening visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. II. J. Bentfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Berg, of
Paynesville, and Miss Eleanore
Fink, Of Albany, spent Sunday at
the Andrew and Albert Raderma-
cher homes.
Mrs. Anna Tweeten and son,
Gordon, spent a short time here on
Tuesday visiting Mr.. and Mrs. G..
II. Sohle enroute to their home at
Dilano from Battle Lake.
Mrs. AL Kleinfehn, Of st. Cloud,
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Thee. Noeske, since last Wednes-
day.
Miss Anna Kuntz, of Minneapo-
lis, Is enjoying a short vacation
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Kuntz.
and brother, George and family.
Mrs. Ed Steege, Of Sank Centre
visited briefly at the H. G. Wake
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
Are We To Blame e?

Moral tulpitude has reached q low ebb in the
United States and result crimes are in
creasing to proportions where children are no
longer protected from fiendsh attacks. This was
proven in our own community when not so long ago
sex crazy fiend attempted to catch two little Sank
Centre girls. Luckily he unsuccessful or we
might have found screaming headlines of bastard
ly astrocity heralded from city, the ravag-
ing of little girls whom we know. The Holdingford
attack the kruse murder in Minneapolis, and now
the terrible attack the three little girls Califor
nia and numerous other attacks show the serious
ness of the situation J. Edgar Hoover, director of
Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department
of Justice recently stated that sob sisters parole
boards are responsible for these condtons-for dan
gerous sex perverted criminals, rats" he calls
them, are paroled so they again may go about the
country threat to the lives of little children
and the decency of the nations womanhood. Dope
and sex magazines the agencies which force
to these base depravities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
The Delinquent Child In Court

i
the ann
them This
reasons for their behavior gain their conf
oence
esty II not influenced by adults to the contrary - - 49,
tnese endeavor
s an admission confession Of misbe
expression Of
resolve to do better and
10 the nngs imposed by the
Where there is favorable foregoing we have
setting
Where
community
bright and the eseriou - rr - 'N'
The law requires that appear with the
ch at the hearing This
opportunity to impress them the
operate with the courts for the correction Of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01

OF mashed potatoes Spud says
that q woman could keep a secret
if-either it's not worth keeping or
it's too good to keep. Heard 1t be-
fore? just forgot it. huh?
raging Mr.. John L. Lewis-Hey,
John, this can't go on. List to this
tale OF rules governing one of the
country's large department stores.
The list I found posted down at
the Lampert Lumber CO. With sit
downers and labor generally up on
Its ear, 1t may be comforting to
know we live in '37 instead Of
1854. Come here: Store hours are
from 6 a. m, to 8 p. m, daily (hey,
when do we eat) :. Another reads
Any employee in the habit of smo-
king Spanish cigars, getting shaw
ed at the barber shop, or going to
dances or other places Of amuse-
ment will most surely give his en-
ployer reason to be suspicious Of
his integrity and all around hon
esty (hey, boss, can shine my
shoesO Each employee must
pay not less than Sc per year to
the Church and must attend Sun
day School each Sunday. cat least
we don't have to work then) !.
Men employees will be given one
night a week for counting purpos-
es, and two If he attends prayer
meeting regularly (I'll take
blonde on my mighty After IA
hours Of work employees are asked
to go home and spend their leisure
(what leisure?) in good literature
(Boss, d'ya mean Collitch Hoom-
erO =. Say, after that this isn't
such a bad place to work, now is
it? OF course, that was back in
1854.
Stuff and Things-Roy Scott
calls his property on Sank Lake,
Scott's Bluff. Scott had that long
before he acquired lake shore lots
e. Lots and lots of it .Sugges-
ton: Read in the Readers Digest
for June under men at Work"
and you can pick up a few ideas
on how to write a novel. 1t tells
there how Red Lewis, Main Street
fame, done it. (My, my what has
gone wrong with this typewriter;
it's grammar is terrible) Sup
pose the Saukville that Don Ayres
(Williams) mentions in his Peace
and Quiet" in the July McCalls is
our own peaceful hamlet, Sank
Centre? Don, you know, is the D.
A. W., Of 'fOff the Reporters
Cuff" fame, formerly with the Min
neapolis Journal, and now free
lancing. The title BELTS this snug
little city I like condolences.
I don't mean that like the situa-
lions this one brought about, but
they are interesting. Some years
ago Orrin Hall, now of Thief River
Falls, and Sim Wiener, local shoe
vendor, took their swing into the
footgear business together. Then
Sim went into business alone, and
then Orrin was put in charge of a
large shoe department in Thief
River. Here's the angle. Last win
ter both Of the boys departments
were wiped out by fire-and both
have since bobbed back up :.
faint so, Odd-Leastways this
corner can't identify anyone in
this burg who knows anything
about it. But it may be taken up
by the Community Club officials
limited, when questioned. Odd Nc
Intyre, New York's two-fingered
colymnist says-'Sauk Center
(and he mispelled the name, I'm
quoting him) Is to have a public
highway named for its literary
celebrity, Sinclair Lewis. Most au-
thors receive such honors only af-
ter they have long moldered in
their graves"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
Mussolini's Italy

Because of Mussoni's ambitions and his de-
liant attitude toward the rest Of the world the role
which Italy may play in the momentous events
which seem to lie ahead is the cause Of much spec
ulation, as we'll as apprehension. The question is
whether that nations influence will be finally exert
ed for world peace or world
In the past Italy has played tremendous part
in the progress of mankind, and will doubtlessly
continue to do so unless her dictator should now
supply the spark to set off another world conagra-
ton 1t would be tragic, indeed, If such thing
should happen to destroy what Italys thinkers, writ
and artists did to rescue humanity from the de-
cadence of the Dark Ages
From the seventh until the fourteenth century
sorrowful period in the worlds history, during
which the intellects well the bodies of the
great mass Of humanity were cruelty enslaved. 1t
was truly period of Observation-Disclosures, moral
and spiritual
About the year 400 there in italy that
great movement known the Renaissance, or re-
vival Of learning, in which was the vire germ from
which all modern culture has sprung. It has been
described "the rise Of impulse in literature
the yelling up Of enthusiastic delight in freedom
of thought speech and action"
With this movement were associated the names
of such great Italians Filelfo. Potan, Scaliger
and other ilustrious scholars with Perugino, Leon
ardo da vinc, Rafael Michelangelo and their I'M
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
Voters Shape Policy!

Residents of rural sections still believe it neces-
sary to cut government costs in order to reduce
taxes-and no doubt, there are some who are hon.
est in that conviction. Yet how many actually prac-
tice what they preach?
Our public officials are elected through promises
of lower taxation, economy in government and 9TH
er we-meaning phrases usually it is their in
tention to carry out these promises But when they
elected, we, the people, make demands for new
buildings and new parks, etc., until representa-
tives caught in of demands which in
stead of lowering costs of government and taxation
drive them to heights.
The people who pay the taxes have the respon-
sibility of citizenship their shoulders If they
want efficiency in government, and lower taxes, let
them set the example by demanding these qualities
of their representatives What if we do miss some
improvement under the pork barrel system. AS long
the people the voters, take the position that
while the getting is good to "get theirs" they
expect their representatives to attempt to get it for
them After all the people shape the policies of their
officials, and the people should little sound
judgment in this matter.
Demands for tax reduction must come from the
people, just the demands for spending come from
the people at the present time Merely kicking about
the high taxes will not reduce them. Concerted &C.
ton by the people is necessary-for we cannot have
low taxation if demands are for greater spend
ing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01

A deadly poison can be extracted
from milk.
There are $4,000 written charact-
ers in the Chinese language.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-07-01
Reflection Starts Ram On A Rampage

Isle.-Seeing his reflection in a basement
window recently started ram the warpath at
the Charlie Rose farm near here. The ram ploughed
through the window and into the basement where he
denied the heavy steel boiler and knocked over a
five-gallon Of cream Members Of the Rose fam
lily captured him and soothed him into state of
manageability just he getting warmed up.
Lights are kept burning all day in the base
ment to destroy the mirror effect at the windows in
prevention of a recurrence of the assault.