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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-01

will be a fracas we'll worth watch
ing. Reports are rife about the.
Capitol that Haycraft will have the
support of the CLIO and the Stain
ties along with that of the Cover
nor and the triple-threat boys, Ro-
ger Rutchick, secretary to the Gov
ernor, Artie Jacobs, secretary to
speaker Barker, and Able Harris,
editor Of the Leader, while Lati-
mer will be supported in large
measure by the unions affiliated
with the American Federation Of
Labor.
The Fair Trades Bill
The past week saw passage of
the Fair Trades Bill which had the
support OF small merchants over
the state, and which passed the
senate some time ago. The measure
is ready for the Governors signal
1lre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-01

ton followers cannot swallow. And
this in House which was suppos-
ed to be liberal and willing to vote
as the head Of the ticket wished.
Bearing out this observation Is
the latest and most drastic OF the
steps being taken to force some Of
the administration tax measures
through the legislature. We refer
in particular to the Peoples Pill
grimage" or Peoples Lobby of
which John Bosch is chairman.
This group plans a march, en-
masse, on the Capitol on April 5th
for the purpose Of bringing pres
sure to bear on some of the boys
who are losing heart. We quote
from their call pamphlet, "A sec
ton of the House is wavering," and
they no doubt refer to some Of
their own members, who cannot
go down the line with the Governor
on his program, and whose I'M
stable status is cumming the
works.
And 1t might be well to look into
this Peoples Lobby little to see
who the leaders are in the move
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-01

over with some good'uns SO
adept Is she at city dwelling that
now, she says, she can read the
morning paper In the street car,
two seats ahead OF her Even
got so good she was ready to turn
the page with the paper owner !. t.
But alas, there are no longer gen.
tlemen riding the street cars /.
Others have noticed a Lack OF an
other specie Of vanishing Ameri-
can. But being kidded about Sank
Centre Is the worst rub Sank
Centre is regarded down there, in
the City, as the ultimate In hick
towns Main Street reput does
1t I. SO Dorothy is the constant
butt Of redic remarks cast at our
fair city First off they think
the name Is funny /. huh, Mime
apolis sounds like rolling a barrel
of apples down hill Then wags
crack about-Did the oil station
burn down =. And what time does
the train come in j. But Dorothy
has the one that stops 'em !.
What train?" In that uppity
manner :. Which reminds us that
q hick town Is where when va get
a hair cut everybody knows 1t and
doesn't hesitate to comment on 1t
-. But an angle that Winchell
missed is that hick town Is a
place where when the doctors car
rolls up to house the neighbors
are all abustle A bustlin'
around to bring tasty victuals to
the side Of the sick one I like
that angle Don't you? After
all, a city is just a place where the
filling stations are little farther
apart. Z.
MEMORIES -Wiggling nude
toes in the muddy ooze along a
pattering brook Cor has time
painted too de-vine a picture of
the muddy Oh hole) =. Benny
Schoenhoff recalls the time that
Parker's horse trampled over him
in the street. Everybody thought
sure he was going to die :. Even
IL he hasn't an operation to brag
about He did get two hoof
prints on his lower back in that
fracas Army days were full of
kicks for w. d. Gallup One day
as he bent over to pick something
from the good earth One of
Uncle Sans mules let fly with
both heels Caught w. D. square
and he rolled like a tumbleweed
(. On the second day Of his farm
ing career, Rudolph Nathe had a
shocking experience Decked
with red bandana round his neck
:. He met up with the bull who
neatly tossed him through the
fence And tore his pants :.
And who were the two ladies', re
Gently, when having difficulty get
ting their car through the melting
SHOWS, finally called assistance.
And the assister found the chains
on the front wheels :.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-01
Sports Writer OF

cold, they pinned back the ears of
such worthless as Oral Hildebrand
and Jack Knott, Hildebrand and
Jack, you see, are sure OF their
jobs and were not bearing down
like the kids.
Homer Foster, Of Red Wing, is
the only really raw rookie in the
st. Paul camp. He also Is the only
left handler and for that reason is
going to get a real and thorough
thrice-over from Manager Street.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-01
s Sport
>M Wags
BY Chuck Rattle

4
EIi-ho. Lackaday, Shucks! And
other expressions OF phooey. To la
Dor today seems but an idle mock
cry. In short, why work. Spring Is
In my hair-J mean the air. Still
here lie a colyum awaiting my
hand. Sports, hmm. Too early for
golf. Basketball Is done. wonder
who that -'pahdon-you
amt (some professor said we could
use it, In on that. I have 1t. Eure-
ka. But definitely. But certainly.
But yes. But Listen. Let's follow an
average American family In a roun-
delay OF their sports life. TIL show
you where the real romance comes
In the sport world. It's with us
amachewers.
It's lovely Sunday In June.
As warm o day as ever shOne
down on these hyar parts. And
Pop comes bouncing down the
stairs feelin' his own and as
tough an hOmbre as ever drove
q golf bali. He beats his chest
Hike Tarzan and Nom knows
that something Is up-that golf
has stirred the old gent to ath-
Ietic fervor. He devours his
breakfast like something alive
this morning and he swings his
clubs into the back seat Of the
car. As he climbs In, he yells,
"In be home in time for
rus. D. Me-, ,x,c,,la haya on
swered, what Sunday?" but
she smelled the pie burnin' In
the oven.
Well, Pop goes around the course
once and nothing seems to daunt
him. He piles up score that rivals
the national debt, but the boys are
still with him. At two bits a hole.
He finally comes to the final green
Of two rounds Of his worst coffin
his best possible temper. Suddenly
he remembers the little woman
tapping gently one foot, and dashes
off for home. Boy, it's alpha and
omega. All at once then. The end
Of a perfect day. And It's only
noon.
OF Saturday comes Jun
ior's day. He's up shining
bright and runnmaging around
for his bat. Hey, ma, where's
my glover" That's his Satur-
day morning greeting. And
mother IL mumbling something
about fathers children. Amen
while Nom Is telling her fam
ems recipe for chocolate cake
layer by the way-t0 Mrs. j.
across the street, Junior sees
his opportunity to get out with
out doing dishes. So as deity
~ the most famous of crooks,
Raff1es, he noiselessly slides
out the back door. Hitting for
the vacant lot, he finds the
gang already congregating for
. Saturday baseball game. Jun
Tor is the smashin' hitter Of the
ROvers, and the boys all walt
for him-he owns the bat. The
game ends I'm q riot I'm the sec
end inning. Some little squab-
Bile about Butch being ruled out
at second. A gang fight that Is
q honey ensues, and Junior
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-01
There's Extra
Hours in
Your Telephone

When you are looking
for some way to add hours
to your days, don't forget
your telephone. We can't
tell you how many hours
there are in it for you-but
there are so many that you
can get one or more every
day the rest Of your life
and more will be left.
Your telephone will help
you keep pace with those
persons you know who
seem to get things done
quickly-and have time to
go places and do things. Let
it run your errands-save
you the time and trouble Of
shopping and getting in
formation.
You can get extra hours
out of your telephone-and
have more time to do the
things you want to do.
NORTHWESTERN BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-01

skins his nose I'm the c0lorful
sp0rt-black and blue. To mo-
ther that win be when he slid
headfirst into the third sack.
He gets q touch of leather
when he returns to the homo
stead. And it's the end Of q per-
feet day for Junior!
Then there's Jack-a tennis
hound, and a devil with the VIM
men. But all handily and conven-
iently wrapped up-with plenty OF
strings attached-by that beaut-
eous creation next door, Sally.
Dashing home from work at five,
Jack rushes madly about with
pants halfmast, munching a sand
witch, and wonderin' where in h
Is his tennis racket. He left 1t
right under the bureau yesterday.
SO as he Is about to leave for the
court, he calls the heartbeat next
door, Sally, who answers with all
the honey she can command. And
Jack almost forgets he Is supposed
to be the champ tennis player. He
explains that he'll be over at 8 p.
ml( and for her not to go away.
(Say, why is 1t a guy Is always
explaining to women what he's do
ing, but that's another story. So
ne dashes over to the court for a
set or two. And gets set, and the
ball is lost. The great hunt goes on
for sometime when Jack remem-
bers-
At o half q step TO 8 p. M
the fatal hOur-he noses HIM
self toward the homestead. He
has visions of Sally. Boy, he
can see her now bawlin' her
eyes out-he hopes. Alibies run
through his mind easily and
are discarded with as much
alacrity as he PUSHES around
changing. So he scurries pant
ing over TO SaIly's at 8:15. To
find Sally unhurried still In the
upper regions doing all those
things that girls must find TO
do when they dress. How they
do It without q list-?And Sal
", unmindful that her Jack is
late, calls down sweetly, Are
you here ALREADY. Ja-ack?" And
Jack reminds himself that he
can figure which way q tennis
ball Is going on q bum court
with perfect ease alongside of
figgerin' women! The end-nO
the beginning-of q perfect
evening.
But Nom must have her fling at
the sports, too. She plays at less
strenuous exercises-bridge. OF
course, hubby scarcely knows
where she is. But she's out with
the girls. A few rubbers are played
amidst a constant hubbub. And the
conversation switches-oh natural
ly enough-to that awful Mrs. j.
Right away nobody knows or cares
what time 1t is. Pop comes home
to a vacated home hungrier'n a
hibernated bear-and supper Is
still a long way in the offing. WIFI
ey comes tripping in soon with the
word that she isn't hungry, and
that that gossiping crew had given
her a headache. SO hubby resigned
to his fate, gnaws at the southeast
corner Of a sardine sandwich
washed down with some coffee.
And it's the end Of perfect day.
So what! Everybody had fun
with our Mr.. American Family
in the field of sports. But def
initely-
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
TRUCK WHEELS
BREAK LEGS OF
P PE.DEST RIAN
Hit-Run Driver Flees /;
: Victims Screams
T., :. Bring Help

CALEXICO, Aug. %. =
Doug Williams, 35, Negro,
went down before the wheels
of a truck piloted by a hit
and run driver at Second and
Eastside streets early Sunday morn
ing.
The Negro was left on the high
way with both legs broken. His
screams of agony aroused Mrs
Charles Cameron, who lives nearby,
and she summoned Calexico police.
The officers took Williams to the
county hospital where his condi-
ton is said to be critical.
Williams did not see the vehicle
which struck him down as he
crossed the street at 3 am. Sunday
Chief of Police Guy Nichols said
Thus far officers have been unable
to find any witnesses to the acci-
dent.
Investigation revealed that a dual
wheeled truck may have been re-
sponsible for Williams injuries. No
brake marks were discovered al
the scene.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
NOT ENOUGH
VALLEY men
NEED J 0 B S
Office Will Move
To San BerdOO
Wednesday

Works Progress Admins
tration activities will be dis
continued in Imperial county
after Wednesday and all Of
flee equipment and records
will be transferred to the district
headquarters at San Bernardino. ,
Discontinuance was caused by
the present shortage of unemployed
laborers available for assignment
to WPA projects. Only 80 men
were affected by the order to close
all WPA projects. Fifteen men were
working on the gravel plant pro-
ject and Is ON Imperial Irrigation
district structures. All of the single
men at work at the gravel plant
we're transferred to a WPA project
at Indio late last week. The admin
istrative staff contained two per-
sons.
Six major projects were incom-
plete at the time the stop order
was received, noxious weed eradi-
cation, the fish and game project.
street improvements in Ell Centre,
gravel plant project, irrigation dis
trict structures and the hot sonool
lcnch project.
The WPA office maintained at
the county road yard at Ell Centre
during recent weeks, was ordered
closed.
Since the WPA began its activi-
ties in Imperial county in August,
1885, it is estimated this bureau
has spent in excess of half mill
lion dollars for labor alone. The
cost of materials supplied for the
various projects by the WPA Is
estimated to lift the total to three
quarters of million dollars An
average small assignment of $50
men brought payroll of between
$500 and $500 a day for labor
alone.
Employment rolls reached their
maximum load in March and April
of 1886 when the total number of
men and women working on WPA
projects was 1000. At this time
seven sewing projects included many
Improvements to schools, new pub
lie buildings, streets, roads, irriga-
tion structures, and Identification
projects.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23

WlIllSSS C1le f1Opl snake udnC6-
oldest religious ceremonial in Am
erica-and prepared Immediately
to flee from the Pueblo to escape.
the torrential rains that almost
invariably fall within a few hours
Today's elimination of the saw
age nine day rites began at dawn,
to end at sunset when the writhing
kissing reptiles were released on
the desert floor to carry the Hopi
message to the gods.
AS the sun spread it's glow over
the colored desert, the snake priests
emerged from their Kiva, or I'M
derground chamber, and began the
ceremonial with a race over the
sands to carry prayer sticks to
improvised affairs in each direction
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
DEATH WATCH
ORDERED ON
SACK KILLER

STATE PRISON. FLORENCE,
Ariz.. Aug. 90. UR)-Warden A. j.
Barnes ordered the death watch
established today on David Ben
iamin Knight, sack murderer"
awaiting his execution at dawn
Sept. 8. .sf.
The special 24-hour guard was
placed on the doomed killer 10 days
before he must climb the q steps
from his cell in death row to be
strapped into a straight-backed
chair in the states lethal gas cham
ber.
Knight killed ]. c. Kalb, cotton
picker. Dec. 81, 1885, and wrapped
his body in a gunny sack after
robbing it of 15 cents. He left the
body in the river bottoms near Cold.
water where is was found two days
later.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23

on this mesa.
At noon, the snake priests return
ed to their kiva to perform the
snake washing rites to the accom-
paniment of an eerie hummins
chant, the rattle and swish of the
accompanying gourds and the hiss
ing of angry snakes.
The priests sitting in a circle
around a sacred bowl, marked time
to the rising clamor by waving two
snakes above their heads. AS the
chant hit fierce, wild crescendo,
they plunged the deadly reptiles
heads into the sacred bowl, then
hurled them across the Kiva to an
altar made of colored sands.
The snakes, allowed to remain
loose on the floor, were held a,
the altar by other priests, who dis
tracted them gently with snake
Whips"-Short sticks with feathers
attached to them.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
BRITISH SHIP
BOMBED BUT
UNDAMAGED

MARSEILLES, France, Aug. %.
(UP)-The British freighter Nomei-
Julia reported by wireless today that
1t had been bombed 200 miles from
Marseilles by two airplanes mark
ed with white crosses in the middle
of black circle. The ship said II
had not been damaged
90 s
MADRID. Aug. % CUP)-Rebel
airp]anes machine gunned fleeing
civilian refugees along the Reinosa
road near Santander with haevy
casualties. The government char
ged today. Two such attacks were
reported.
PARIS, Aug. % CUP)-Inspired
by the Spanish Loyalist govern.
ment's protest at the apathy of "the
custodians of European peace"
France and Great Britain reiterated
instructions to their fleet today to
track down and take retaliatory
measures on submarine pirates"
which have attacked many foreign
merchant vessels in recent weeks
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
BAD NEWS!
Farmers Land Slipping!
And Will be For 20
Million Years

WASHINGTON, Aug. %. W.P) -
Experts of the u. S. Geological Sur
vey completed their study of the
sinking Uhl. Ida, farm today and
gave an explanation of the pheno-
mena which was anything but good
news to Harley Robertson, who lives
on the tract
Robertson may not know 1T, but
his land is slipping, not sinking
And that's not all-it may continue
to slip for 20,OOO,OOO years. AT least
that's what the geological survey
said.
This distinction. of course. is mere
uuibble to the Buhl irrigation farm
er who has been watching his place
drop from under him with subterra-
mean rumblings and spurts of vol
canic dust.
The experts of the geological sur
vey examined the first official
photograph of natures sensational
foreclosure, noted the cracks and
contours and announced that that
the whole thing is just one big, lazy
landslide. This is known to the
scientists as a ''landslip"
The geological survey sees moth
ing new or startling in Robertson's
disappearing farm. In fact. its sci
entists predict without a pang OF
conscience or the bat of an eye
that Idaho land will continue to
settle, either by the sink" or slip
process, until the underlying layers
of earth are in place. That may be
100000 years, maybe 2O,000,00O.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
FUNERAL FOR
MRS. COLLINS
WILL BE TUES.

Funeral services for Mrs. Arminta
Collins, 81, mother of c. B. Collins
of Ell Centre, are scheduled for the
Smith and Hill undertaking parlors
at Santa Ana at 1890 o'clock Tues
day morning She died suddenly
late last week. Collins, superinten-
dent of schools in Imperial county.
had spent part of his vacation with
his mother before leaving for San
Diego the day before her death
Her other children are: Mrs. Rose
MCGOWAN, Beatrice. Nebr., Mrs.
Jeannette johnson and Miss Ethel
Collins, Santa Ana: Roy Collins,
Greeley, Colo; and Robert M. COL
Inns, Canon City, Colo.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23

/. CASE PUT OFF

The trial of Charles Mccullough,
ex-plumber of Calipatria, on a
morals charge was continued from
Monday until August 30 because of
the illness Of E. B. Patterson, de-
fense attorney.
Sixty jurors subpoenaed for selec-
ton as the jury for the Mccullough
case, swarmed the corridors be-
fore Judge r. D. McPherrin's divi-
sion of superior court. Patterson
appeared in court to report that
he was too i'll to go to trial with
the case. His attack of ptomaine
poisoning last week resulted in a
continuance until Monday.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
Midget Wild Animals
Arrive at S. D. Zoo

SAN DIEGO, Aug. %. W.D-A pair
of bos depressicornuS-more COM
monty known as anoas-smallest Of
all the midget wild animals of the
world, and found only on the Celebes
Islands, are in quarantine at the
zoo here today before being placed
on view for the public. The tiny
animalS-a cross between an ante
lope and water buffalo-stand only
36 inches high, weigh 80 pounds
and the male sports 10-inch horns.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
Son to Officiate
AT Fathers Funeral

BOSTON, Aug. 23 U.n)-With his
son officiating, funeral services win
be held tomorrow for the Rev. Al
bert F. Pierce, SO, of Dorchester, be-
lieved to be the oldest active Con-
gregational minister In the United
States. who died at his home late
Saturday.
He leaves wife and two sons
including the Rev. Jason Nobel
Pierce of San Francisco. who will
officiate at the funeral.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23

tllc Slh WclC llllooliiS. n lOil Soii Neo
impossible, and it was feared that
others might have died in the in
ferno. .- e.. -
Of the 25 injured, reports from
Cody's three hospitals listed only
four as being completely out Of
danger. Physicians said several of
the burned victims probably would
die.
Meanwhile, force of TOO men
continued to fight the fire which
has ravaged the Virgin timberlands
for three days. If the wind quiets,
rangers said the fire might be
brought under control this after
noon.
The truck driver, whose name was
not learned, said the heat at the
fire scene was SO intense that ii
singed hair on the bodies of fire
fighters standing $50 feet from the
flames. Many were overcome by
smoke and fumes, but returned to
the fight.
The victims who had oeen brought
here lashed to the backs of burros
that were led through billowing
clouds of smoke to the end of the
tortuous trail, where ambulances
waited at the highway. Some Of
the Burros fell dead of suffocation
on the way.
The fire had charred 1000 acres
in a rugged, uninhabited area 16
miles from Yellowstone National
Continued on Page 6, Col. ~
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
STOLEN PLANE
|..IABANDONED

"a Davis monoplane abandoned
at the old landing field at Yuma
August 10 by an unidentified pilot,
was found to have been stolen in
Cotton the same day, Imperial
county officers were informed.
When the aviator let the plane
at the field, he told service sta
ton operator that he was going to
Ell Paso. He failed to return.
Yuma officers asked Imperial
county officers to contact the Los
Angeles branch of the department
of commerce to identify the plane.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
DYER CASE
MAY GO TO
JURY TODAY

LOS ANGELES, Aug. %. WP)-
Tie case of Albert Dyer, charged
with the lust murder of three little
girls, may go to the jury today
Superior Judge Thomas P. White
said that If final arguments are
finished by S pm, the case will be
submitted Immediately.
The swarthy 80 year old WPA
laborer is charged with Staying
Melba and Madeline Everett ano
jeanette Stephens last June 25,
Dyer's confession read to the jury
nine different times, was the key
stone both of defense and prosecu-
ton arguments.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
Woman Yawns
l8 Days. Ho Hum

SAN RAFAEL, CAL, Aug. %.
U.p)-Lapsing into semi-stupor,
Mrs. Rita O'Conner, SO, continued
to yawn today at the rate of
once every three minutes, as she
had been dong for 1S days
Sleeping potions provided her
only temporary relief and her
attending physician appealed to
fellow practitioners for advice.
II am so tired OF 1t ALL" she
said. 81 am just about worn
out"
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23

u IO W1ih oioii6 VIC
cutoff road. He and his companion,
Peter A. Indelicato, were warned
against attempting to drive to the
region beyond Dry lake for look
at the prehistoric dinosauria tracks,
service station attendants told Of
ficers. Indelicato was on the verge
of collapse but is expected to re-
cover.
Lorenzo sanchez, 58-year-old
Mexican resident of Brawley died
of heat prostration and over in
diligence in intoxicating liquor at
his home at 1899 G street, Brawley,
on Sunday, said Deputy County
Coroner Herbert Hughes. The Mex
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23

lean was said to have been drunk
for three days prior to his death.
He was born in 1888.
After the sailors left the service
station for the 30-mile trip, their
automobile ran out of oil, Miller
left his companion with the ma
chine and walked back to the sta
ton, a distance of approximately
20 miles. He gave directions for
finding the car and then lapsed
into Inconsistencies. The Lemons
ambulance was summoned from Ell
Centre to take Miller to hospital
but he was dead before it arrived,
The body was taken to San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-08-23
NeWSpaperman
Killed in Collision

POMONA. Calf. Aug. 90. cUP)-
James Doyle Phillips. 40 Havana
correspondent for the New York
Times, was killed today when his
automobile and truck collided near
here.
The newspaperman's wife. Ruby
Hart Phillips. 81. had possible rib
fracture, considered not serious. but
his daughter, Martha Jean, IL, was
near death with a possible skull
fracture, broken right leg and left
arm.