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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27
City News Items

Monday L. T. Lovik spent the
day in South st. Paul on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. ]. Dolson motor
ed to Long Prairie Friday night
and attended the piano recital CIV
en- by the pupils of Miss Lindrud
r. w. Bassett made several
business trips out of this COM
munity this week with Saturday
spent in st. Cloud, and Monday in
Eagle Bend.
Mr.. Chas. Erickson, of Minneap-
oils, and friend, Mr.. Poker, of Du-
luth, spent the week end with Mr..
Erickson's uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Philip Bailey.
Word was received from the st.
Cloud hospital this morning that
Mrs. Kenneth Tourtillott, who is
confined there following major sur
gerry, is recovering nicely"
Roland F. Bassett, who has been
in this city at the home of his
brother, Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Bas-
sett, left Saturday for Minneapolis
returning again on Wednesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. T. E. Sullivan and
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hager, of
st. Paul, were weekend visitors at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.
Hildebrand. During the time the
gentlemen tried their luck on local
waters in search of fish.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Green, ST.,
have as their house guests this
week Mrs. Green's sister, Mrs.
VIM. Mahanna and son, Michael, of
Williston, her son, Douglas Mahan-
ma, of Minot, N. D., her daughter,
Mrs. A. H. Johnson and grand
daughter, Mary Ellen, of Froid,
Montana, and Miss Francis Mahan-
ma, a nurse from Minot, N. D.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nathe, Mrs.
John Mondloch, of this city, and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sauer, of West
Union, autoed to Cold Springs Sum-
day to visit with an aunt, Mrs.
Elizabeth Sauer. From there they
toured to Paynesville and were
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Sauer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Allen, of
Chicago, spent a few hours in this
city last week as the guests of the
lady's cousin, Mrs. L. ]. Dolson.
They were enroute to their home
from Fargo, N. D., where they Wis
tied her mother. Mrs. Allen will be
better remembered in this COM
munity as Della Moody.
George Berggreen went to ST.
Cloud Monday evening and attend
ed the convention of the Central
Minnesota Funeral Directors Asso-
citation. A discussion of the new
law pertaining to funeral directors
and embalmers was given by Hen
ry F. Dooly, secretary of the Min
nesota Funeral Directors Associa-
ton.
Game Warden Vornbrock, of Mel
rose, attended a meeting of game
wardens of the West Central Dis
trict at Alexandria Friday. There
were % game wardens present.
The meeting was conducted by
Emil Rajah and Martin O'Toole, Of
st. Paul. The meeting included in
struction in uniform operation and
explanation of the new laws. 1t
was held at the Alexandria Hotel
Early among the tourists vaca-
tioning from this community will
be Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Borgmann
and Mr.. and Mrs. Evert Borgmann
when they leave for their planned
trip to the Black Hills of South
Dakota next Tuesday. They ex-
pect to return via Glasgow. Mon
tana where Mrs. Borgmann has a
sister. And they will visit with
relatives in several other points on
their return including Minot and
Kenmare, in North Dakota. They
expect to be gone about ten days.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

Everyone Is invited TO attend
Gard Party and Basket Social at
st. PauPs church Parlors Sunday
evening. Ladies bring your Bask-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

You'll miss a good time II you
don't attend St Joseph's Society
Card Party at Church Parlors Sun
day evening. Ladies' bring baskets.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

Card Party and Basket Social by
St Joseph's Society Sunday even
ing, May 80, at st. Paul's Church
ParlOrs. 500. Bridge, Whist begin
ming at 500. Ladies' requested to
bring Baskets.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

For our customers convenience
we have purchased another Wella
machine and for q short time will
give q special on all Wella perman-
emit waves. Personality Beauty
Shop.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

SPECIAL $500 TRADE-IN AL
LOWANCE FOR YOUR OLD RA-
do ON A NEW 1887 RCA VIC
TOR. HANSON & EMERSON,
CORNER DRUG. adv.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

compromise where there are diff
ferences of opinion and viewpoint.
After all, life Is give and take
proposition and he who is unable
to adjust himself to that rule has
a hard time of it. In this instance
Mr.. Roosevelt should take heed of
President Wilson's League Of
Nations fight. He too, demanded
unquestioned submission from
Congress.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

For Graduation or Fathers Day
Cards-the Rydholm Studio.
FISHING TACKLE THAT'S FIT
FOR FISHING - HILLERUD
HARDWARE.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

FOR SALE-30 pigs, weeks old.
$500 q head, also red cows to
freshen in 2 weeks. Emil Umland,
Long Prairie, MINI. IN miles
north Of Long Prairie. pd
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

DANCE at Cites Barn Friday, May
28th to Peter Ko1lodge and his
orchestra. Friday, June 4 to Al
Schultz and his band. Adm. 1910.
1wpd
DANCE AT THE LOG CABIN
Round Prairie, Sunday. May 30th
with Ray Keyes and His Original
Dixieland Band. Ten Rhythm ar
lists. Roller shating every Fri
day night. Skates CSC.
DECORATION DANCE at Genes Big
Barn Sun, May 80. ELI Rice and
his colored artists will play. Also
Mammoth floor show. Dancing
every Sun. Also Big Ole show on
Thursday. June 8 at Genes Big
Barn.
Dances at Pillsbury Paw.
Sat. May 29th, Jerry's Bohemian g.
piece Old Tyne Band. Why not
come out and join the old timers
for a good time. Only 40c and 10c
admission. Old Tyne caller. Sum
day, May 30th, AIDE Rosen's IL
piece popular orchestra, back by
special request. Using Lit-A-
Rolla exclusively. Adm. 1925. p
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

FOR SALE Oak breakfast set
includes table and chairs).
$500. Mrs. J. J. Smith, call 220
or 400 Ash ST. 1c
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

FOR SALE-All parties who have
spoken for buckwheat please call
for same within week. Mike Ess-
Ter. pd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

FOR SALE-6 Gu. foot Frigidaire
electric refrigerator. $3.50. Large
our parlor suite, 1895. Easy
terms. Unger Furniture Co.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

DIAMOND POINT PAVILION
Dance Saturday, May goth with Red
Perkins IA Original Dixie Ram
blers entertaining novelties. One
Of the outstanding colored bands
on the road. Old Time Dance
Tuesday, June LIST with Thorstein
Skarning.. all Norwegian Orches-
ira. World known accordianist,
famous Hill Billies. For a good
time come to Diamond Point on
Sank Lake near Sank Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-05-27

UPHOLSTERING = Chairs, daven-
ports, and cushions repaired or
recovered. Complete line of ma
terials. Will be in Sank Centre
again soon. For free estimate
write Herman Thompson. Star
buck. nd
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Make 1t a Substitute.

In view Of the fact that the existing
emergent need for more revenue lies In
the general fund, and not in the highway
fund, the Commissioners have been wise
in their final recommendation not to
segregate the proceeds of a proposed
automobile weight tax and, as in the
case Of q gasoline tax. make them
applicable only to highway and traflc
needs.
But to make the. principle consistent,
the original proposal OF the weight tax as
a substitute for the existing personal
property tax on automobiles should be
followed. It is inequitable to tax the
owner Of an automobile both on the
basis of property value and the weight
of his automobile. 1t is wrong In prin-
ciple to pyramid separate taxes on the
same property when such duplication
can be avoided. And, as the Com
missioners ought to know better than
any one else, there is constant pres
sure to raise taxes. The automobile
owner viii become subject to this pres.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Daylight Saving Would Be
Hardship on Majority

To the Editor OF The Star:
The writer is frankly amazed at the
efforts of a publicity seeking gentleman
from the banks of the Schuylkill to es-
tablish the daylight saving rule in the
District of Columbia There will be no
saving in electric bills. In fact, there
will be heavier light bills for those who
can least afford to pay more-the
poorer people of the city who for occu-
pational reasons are forced to rise at
already unusually early hours. The
greatest good for the greatest number"
Is an axiom that may well be applied to
what has turned out to be q very con-
troversial matter.
Why in the name Of all that Is just
should thousands Of people be annoyed
IN their businesses and be disturbed In
their domestic lives at a time when the
country has broken the shackles of de-
preston? It is true that in localities
situated in the higher attitudes there
Is considerable merit for the advance
ment Of the hour ahead; but any one
knows who has lived in this locality that
during June, July and August most OF the
golfers play off at the nineteenth hole
Retail stores, transportation COM
panies and small business men will be
affected adversely if this insidious bill
is passed. There will be general exodus
from the Capital during this period by
those who represent the real purchasing
power of the community, leaving less
fortunate workers to the mercy of 'old
Soils rage AS long time reader of
your estimable paper, I wish to register
my protests to any change in time.
JOHN @. TAYLOR.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

public by saving money in refining and
shipping. His critics complained that
his methods were ruthless, forgetting
perhaps that the law of mathematics
never is sentimentally merciful.
To know Mr.. Rockefeller, however,
was to appreciate both his motives and
his policies. He was nationalist; 1t was
the habit OF his mind to think problems
through to sane solution. Also, he
was by temperament kindly and gen.
erous. If he ever desired power it was
In the interest Of service that he sought
1t. To comprehend him 1t must be re-
membered that he believed in a per-
sonal deity who demands an account>
ing Of every SOUL Likewise, he was pos
sessed of infinite faith in humanity.
Even when rioters stormed his home at
Tarrytown he did not waver in his con-
f1dence in the generality of his fellow
creatures. He gave his benefactions to
all nations, all classes, all creeds, all
conditions OF people-because it was his
e'ASoAoAA oAAo1 ~ "dS Ills OuIy LOC 10
discriminate.
OF course, the influence OF such
charity is immeasurable. Washington
has in the Folger Shakespeare Library
a beautiful example OF Its power. It
was universal during Mr.. Rockefeller's
lifetime, and 1t will remain so for gen.
eratlons to come. Posterity, therefore,
should join with his contemporaries in
honoring the memory of citizen who,
though often misjudged, was consistently
loyal to the loftiest ideals of civilization
"a builder whose works Immortality will
testify for him in terms of practical help
for the poor, the sick and the ignorant
among men.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
Doctrine Makes the Rich
Poor and the Poor Poorer

To the Editor Of The Star:
prominent prelate is urging in
series of radio addresses that the capital
OF the "haves" be appropriated for the
benefit OF the unemployed and so-called
have nots."
If we once accept that doctrine as a
proper one, it is clear that the extent
to which it is applied will be limited only
by the cupidity Of the politicians and
the ease with which they will yield to
the ever increasing demands OF the
have nots." That policy Is urged as q
means OF affording relief to the unem-
ployed. AS matter OF fact, 1t will
create the very condition which its
proponents desire to cure
We have only to look at what hap
pened in Westchester County, New York,
in 1880 and 1881, for example. That
county Is reputed to be the richest in
the United States. 1t contained many
very large and fine estates, employing
many hundreds Of gardeners, chauffeurs,
maids, buffers, housekeepers and other
well paid domestic help. At the height
OF the depression many Of these large
estates were boarded up. These we'll paid
domestics were dismissed and many of
them had to be supported upon the
relief rolls
would like to have these fine theorists,
who are so ready to be generous with
other peoples money, to tell us how they
are going to prevent vast increase in
unemployment if they once start the
appropriation of capital, allegedly for
the benefit OF the unemployed Any one
who knows anything about the frightful
VI ct hof hoc Nod
istration OF relief in this country in the
last few years, knows that for every
dollar which ultimately filters down to
the person IN need, many other dollars
are absorbed for the maintenance of a
horde OF administrative, politically ap-
pointed, Office holders
Place the capital of the producing and
working element of the population at the
mercy OF the politicians, and we shall
very quickly find that the market for
the wares Of many highly paid artisans
will vanish. Cut the yearly income OF all
OF the well to do people below certain
point, and what will become of the artists
who paint high priced pictures, of the
artisans who weave expensive rugs, of
the diamond cutters, the jewelers., the
builders Of pleasure boats and yachts and
the crews of such boats, and the manu-
facturers of the thousand and one lux
uries which people can do without if
they have to?
Are all of these to be added to the
relief rolls and supported upon the backs
OF the tax payers? That will be the
certain result OF the application OF this
foolish proposal. The whole point is
that the average man will decrease the
expenses of his establishment as his
resources decrease, and this will In
evitably mean the laying off of many
people now prof1tably employed
F. G. CAMPBELL.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
less, and that Is the point, how like
Eternal Truth 1t seemed at the time!

less, and that Is the point, how like
Eternal Truth 1t seemed at the time!
X II X
In every age people are torn by doubts
and laid low by thoughts, and all the
time the masters OF living were laugh
ing up their sleeves.
They were sitting comfortably on their
front porches-they used 'em, then
letting the rest get high blood pressure
over other peoples ideas. The successful
man OF the past has been he who could
induce certain proportion Of his fellow
men to accept his ideas as their own.
Will 1t always be so?
X \
Whether 1t does or not, the semi-wise
person will continue TO snicker up his
sleeve, and to laugh outright when he
dares.
He will catch the flickers of wisdom
as they flicker, deftly permitting most
OF them to escape with his snickers, as
vulgar as they may seem to the elect.
He will know that really wise persons
come only once in million years, that
TO be semt-WiSe person Is as much as
most OF us can hope to be, that all that
glitters Is not gold, truly, and that real
humor Is more akin to love than cruelty.
We would not enter into discussion
OF the difference between wit and humor,
fun and satire, sarcasm, invective, irony,
cynicism, the sardonic. These are mat
tiers for Prof. Fowler In his Modern
English Usage" which see.
A sense OF humor, one may feel is so
universal that little definition is needed.
While your idea OF a sense of humor
may not be exactly mine, there Is little
doubt thai the two will come nearer
coalescing than most other ideas
Probably this holds true OF most
people, and Is the one big reason why
people seldom discuss the great funda-
mental sense OF humor, but simply accept
1t at face value.
To have a sense of humor Is to be
able to see fun in the most solemn
affair-if it is really there.
Not II 1t isn't.
That Is the real difference between
real sense Of hunor and the pseudo
humor which sometimes tries to mas
querade In its place. Really nobody Is
fooled
The good sense of humor-we have
tried to point out that there is no other
kinds one of lifes great safety valves.
When one feels low, especially in the
morning, and is unable to check exactly
on the cause of the trouble, a sense of
humor comes in mighty handy It takes
the kinks out better than anything else,
because it Is instantly available. One
doesn't even have to pull book off the
shelf
The material is always at hand, be-
cause 1t Is impossible to look around
without seeing something humorous. or
hearing 1t. The pomposity of the aver
age human is food for the gods Of humor.
1t deserves. and often gets, a pin stuck
In its midrif.
That these surgical operations do no
real harm but ultimately good may be
scored up in favor of good clean fun. A
sense OF humor takes life as it finds it,
but insists on seeing what is not sup
posed to be there. but which actually
is. Hence the humorist, in everyday
life, Is the true realist, he who laughs
because somebody else failed to.
Evening star., 1937-05-24

sure In two directions. An increase in
the personal property rates will hit him
once. while the tendency will be to jack
up the rates on the weight Of his
automobile.
Personal property taxes on automo-
biles now yield about 100000 a year.
The Commissioners moderate scale of
weight taxes is estimated to yield about
$1,50o.O00. The total of these two taxes
$2,20o,00 to be compared with the
original Collins proposal of a substitute
weight tax yielding $3,500,0O0. A fair
compromise might be scale Of weight
taxes lying somewhere between the
Commissioners tentative proposal and
the Collins proposal, with the weight
tax substitute and not an additional
tax.
Low weight taxes on automobiles,
coupled, as proposed, with continuation
OF the existing personal property tax,
will merely leave the District open to
the same old charge that it is escaping
the burden-in this form-imposed by
many of the States. The tendency will
be to increase the weight tax. And as
in the case Of the gasoline tax, originally
proposed as substitute for the per-
sonal property tax and then enacted
as an additional tax, the District will as
usual emerge from the little end OF the
horn, paying the top rates on all the
taxes.
Evening star., 1937-05-24
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES f. TRACEWELL.

Whence these spells Of dissatisfaction,
boredom, unhappiness, which come to
the best and most successful people at
times?
We do not mean the "blues," as the
triumphant phrase was few years ago.
There is no title, surely, for the state
indicated, in which 1t is impossible to
put plain finger on the seat of the
trouble.
Attempts have been made, from time
to time, to locate it. The stomach. Of
course, is often selected as the culprit.
"Your stomach is out Of order" some
one says, or you have indigestion"
Dyspepsia no longer has any standing,
either with doctors or laymen 1t is one
with neurasthenia. in which nobody
seems to take stock any more.
X X
Perhaps there Is not much use in
searching for causes, in most such cases.
What Is needed rather, is change
in the state OF mind.
Whatever the fundamental cause,
physical or mental, in most instances
the person is low because he permits
himself to be.
This Is one case In which the most
doubling person can prove to himself
the power Of applied intelligence to
straighten out many of the kinks which
beset life as we go along.
Let us keep in mind that life as we
go along is something rather different
from life in the abstract.
In theory, a great many unpleasant
things ought to be perfectly standable,
but actually every one finds that many
factors irk the mind, soul and body in
the everyday life.
These 1nimical factors differ so largely
that they helped give rise to the old
aphorism What Is one mans meat Is
another mans poison"
What may irk you immensely may not
disturb me in the least, and 50 on; what
Is standable for one is absolutely not to
be borne by another.
X
1t comes about, then that humorous
outlook is the one best medicine for all
this group of everyday mis-eases, as we
would call them, not diseases
The person with the justly famous
sense of humor has by far the best
in reasonably good shape, and of coming
out of it, If not alive. at least with
eternal credit to himself.
A sense of humor makes almost every
thing bearable. Especially so, one may
think, when 1t comes to the thousand
and one mental ills, intellectual mala-
dies which beset us all from time to time.
A shouting arises on the air.
Strong men fight and women weep,
just because somebody, some place, ad-
vanced an idea many years ago
There are hundreds Of these ideas
being born every day, and some Of
them will set brother against brother
in the future
Without doubt they will
Then, centuries later, men will turn
over the pages OF books. and see how
essentially silly that "big idea" was
after all
1t will be seen then, but not now, not
to have been worth all the fuss, the
blood and tears shed over it. Neyerthe-
Evening star., 1937-05-24
More Miracles Needed.

When Senator Byrd of Virginia told
Secretary Wallace some time ago that
he planned to protest against the allo-
cation of Federal funds to a resettle-
ment project in Virginia, the Secre-
tary's skeptical answer was that the
day of miracles had not yet come. For,
while there are many members of Con-
gress devout in their allegiance to
economy as principle, economy ceases
to be virtue when it strikes too close
to home.
The ALLEGATION Of funds for the re-
settlement project affects not only Vir-
gnia, which is the alleged beneficiary,
but district which is close to Senator
Byrds own home. That is one reason
he speaks with such manifest authority
1 in condemning the "inexcusable waste"
involved in plan to house in model
community the ruggedly individualstic
Virginia mountaineers selected for this
homestead experiment. Senator Byrd's
letter indicates his familiarity with the
1mpracticabiity of the financial part of
the undertaking and the impossibilty of
the Governments ever collecting in
rental from the ten-acre homesteads the
money to pay off its investment. But
the Senator also knows the Virginia
mountaineer, and the absurdity of an
attempt to regiment his mode of life
In defiance of all the traditions, habits
and experience of these splendid people"
To Senator Byrd the resettlement
scheme reeks with mismanagement, in
efficiency and waste, in addition to being
based on misconception of the charac-
ter Of the people whom 1t is intended
to benefit. AS he points out, good farms
OF considerable acreage, on which houses
have already been built, could be pur-
chased for less than the cost of the
individual ten-acre plots on which it is
proposed to transplant the mountaineers
What he is opposing, Senator Byrd says,
1s not the help to the families ousted
from their homes in the Shenandoah
National Park, but the waste involved in
extending that help along the lines
chosen by the theoretical planners in
Washington. The miracle" that SEN
ator Byrd has performed, however, lies
In the fact that he is publicly protesting
the expenditure of Federal funds in his
own home State That is almost in
comprehensive, for the usual protest
over waste concerns the waste in some
body else's State.
"As the Government is still spending
81 for every 81 we take in," the Senator
writes, Il think the time has come for
Senators and congressman to protest
against extravaganza in their respective
States" Senator Byrd has worked a
miracle. But not as wonderful miracle
as would be represented If other Sena-
tors and Representatives followed his
precedent.