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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-04
ANNOUNCE CHANGE
IN MAIL DELIVERY

Effective November LIST, an
nouncement was made this week
of a change in train and mail
delivery service. Mail on train
No. IL, which formerly arrived
in Sank Centre at 12:45 p. M,
now arrives at Hos a. m. City
carriers will now leave the post
office, for delivery Of mail on
the city routes at 1890, instead
Of one o'clock as in the past.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-04

One week from today Thursday
the Red Cross Drive will get under
way with a well organized group of
workers, says Mrs. Gordon Morse,
president of the Gradatim Club.
The city will be divided into five
districts, each district under a cap
tain and staff of workers. A large
number Of Red Cross workers Of
the past two years are members Of
the Gradatim Club. But several
very good workers are not MEM
bers. Mrs. Morse extends a special
invitation to this latter group of
ladies to assist in the work again
this year.
Urge Farmers To Cooperate
Farmers should take more inter-
est in the good work Of the Red
Cross. No distinction was made be-
tween country children or city chill
dren when we were fixing teeth or
supplying glasses. A large-a very
large-percentageo of the children
given aid We're country children at
tending the city's schools. OF
course, no solicitor called on you
for a membership; we wish we
could do so, but in lieu of a person
al call please accept this appeal as
an invitation to enroll as a member
in the Red Cross. Your dollar will
be divided as follows: so cents to
the National Red Cross to finance
disaster relief; 10 cents to Stearns
County Child Welfare work; 40
cents for local work among the
needy children, lie, teeth and eye
correction. You may enroll at the
Herald office, at either of the
banks, in fact, any merchant in
Sank Centre will be only too glad
to handle the transaction for you.
Names of members will be pub
lished in the Herald on November
IS or November Is.
At the suggestion of Mrs. Morse
we are herewith publishing a re-
port of monies received and ex-
pended during the past two years:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-04
Tobias Engle

Tobias Engle, resident Of the
Sank Centre community since 1880,
passed away Saturday afternoon,
CONTINUED on Page 10. Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-04
Red Cross
Drive Starts
Next w eek
Gradatim Club Accepts Call
To Sponsor Work-City
Distracted
COOPERATION IS ASKED
Report of Chairman Shows
Central Social Agency In
The Red

The local organization wish
es to thank the following for
material and labor cOntribu-
tions during the past year: G.
Hillerud, VIM. Ekstrand and
Clyde Thomas for piping and
fixtures; Andrew Nelson for
100 clothes hangers; Boy Scouts
for distributing literature to all
homes in city and gathering
clothing from ITO homes; the
teachers and others who fur
nished cars; Girl Scouts, can
dy sales at Fair; VIM. Rattle,
building candy booth; the w.
p. A. men who donated their
labor fixing up clothes room;
the Gradatim Ladies', who have
charge of the clothing, and
donated zoo clothes hangers.
Thank you.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Club Encourages
Young Musicians
Kiwanis Offers Prize to Youngstef
Making Best Showing at Musical
Addition

Some musically inclined Kenne-
WICK youngster is going to win q
substantial cash prize shortly, to be
awarded by the Kiwanis club. AS q
program stunt the club is sponsor
ing an amateur musical program
next Tuesday. It was hoped to get
nalf a dozen or so youngsters to en-
ter the contest, which was also be-
ing participated in by the musical
directors at the school, Miss Hopkins
and Mr.. Rogers.
Twenty-Five have entered tho
contest, and some unusual talent
Is being discovered. About half Of
the entries will be heard before the
club Tuesday and the remainder ~
the entrants will be given an audi
ton the same evening. Their q.
forts will be graded by the JUDGES
and the finalists will be given on
other hearing in month or 50 '
The numbers will be both ins+-,,
mental and vocal, ten Of the cro,,n
Trying out on instruments and the
other dozen with vocal selections u the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
School Play to Be
Given on April Is
Comedy Mystery Show Has Ex-
cellent Cast Preparing for
Presentation

The An-School play, GAS The
Clock Strikes" will be presented by
members Of the senior high school
on Friday, April 16 in the school
auditorium.
The story Of this comedy-mystery
play is conferred around Nick Boil
ton, who is endeavoring to save his
country home by persuading six
friends to spend the summer with
him as paying guests. The mystery
of the play is conferred around the
stealing Of one Of the guests pearls.
The characters in the play are
Nick, owner Of country house,
Bob Washburn: William, q butler.
Frank visger; Nancy, who Is In
love with Nick, Peggy Burton;
Madge, house guest. Alma Dean
Wysong; Alec, conceited playwright,
Bob Wheelhouse; Lucius Dreer, q
stranger, Clinton Silliman; Sam
Randolf, amiable son Of Mrs. Ran
dolf, Philip Foraker; Jim Heating,
Madge's husband, Roger Jones and
Mrs. Randolf, q nice old lady, Irene
Lum.
These characters were chosen
from the three senior high classes,
including three seniors, four jun
iors and two sophomores. The play
Is being directed by Miss Rather
Inc Ponti.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
City to Require
Licenses for Dogs
Too Many Dogs Responsible foE
Too Many Complaints-So
Tax Goes On

Dogs that howl all night and keep
neighbors awake have aroused re-
sentiment and the city is now COM
mitted to enforce the old ordinance
calling for licenses. Dogs that chase
cars, despoil shrubbery and lawns
and chase and scare children are
also causing considerable complaint
and the city fathershave determin-
ed that the town, as a matter OF
fact, has too many dogs.
Hence the two-dollar license Zee
win be imposed from now on. The
police are to be instructed to take
up all dogs running at large upon
whose existence the required fee
has not been paid. In this way they
expect to reduce the dog population
by about 80 percent.
Charles Bennett appeared before
the council Tuesday night to ask
for some relief from the dogs which
howl in his neighborhod. He said
that he had been robbed Of his sleep
so long that disqualification for
shattered nerves was imminent and
he wants the city fathers to do
some something about 1t. Mayor e.
n. Behrman said that recently he
had been receiving complaints about
the numerous dogs, and read q list
Continued on Page 8
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
School to Run its
Own Bus System
District Purchases 60 Passengea
Modern Car; Is the First OF
Complete Fleet

Inaugurating q new policy, the
local school district last week pur-
chased school bus, the first Of q
fleet. The new bus is specially built
for school transportation and sew
eral of the kind are In daily oper-
alton in different parts Of the state
where It is claimed they are giving
satisfaction.
The bus will have seating ca
pacity Of sixty and has regular up
holstered seats and modern passen-
ger coach conveniences. It will be
operated on one Of the longer routes
and an extensive test will be made
Of its operation costs and conven-
fences. II the experiment proves as
successful here as 4; apparently has
in other localities, it is the plan Of
the board to add additional buses
as fast as the budget limitations viii
permit.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Pc. Receipts Show
Steady Increases
March Biggest Month In History Of
Local Office; New Stamps Now
on Sale Locally

II postal receipts are as accurate
q guage Of a. towns prosperity, as
has long been claimed, Kennewick
is definitely on the upgrade. Post
master r. II. Lincoln reports q
steady and substantial increase In
stamps and envelope sales for the
first three months in the past four
years. Actual figures are as fol-
lows: 1884. $500: 1885. $3464; 1896,
$3759 and this year $685..
The past month, March, was the
heaviest months issuance Of money
orders in the history OF the local
office, 1859 orders totalling over
$4,000 being issled.
That people are beginning to real
lie how much closer they are to
Eastern relatives and business
houses and are speeding their az
fairs by q more frequent use Of air
mail. Contact with any place east
Of the Mississippi river In "a to
SO hours is cerainly an inducement,
Mr.. Lincoln finds, to place an extra
three-cent stamp on important let
tiers.
Mr.. Lincoln says to get air mail
letters into the local office by ten a.
m. in order to get the best service.
He also announces that common
alive stamps in one, two, three
and four-cent denominations are
now available.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
THOsIPsoN-CROwLEY

On Saturday, April 3, in the home
Of the brides sister, Mrs. Karl
Clayton, Dorothea Thompson, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E.
Thompson of Benton City, became
the bride of Emmett Lee Crowley,
nephew of Mrs. Claude Montgomery
Of Benton City. :Fas
Rev. c. w. Geiszler read the mar
rage vows in the presence Of few
friends and relatives. Following the
ceremony dinner was served to
about 20 guests. The bride was born
at Benton City and graduated from
Ki-Be High with the 1894 class. The
groom came here about three years
ago and for two years has driven
the gas wells school bus.
They left the same day for Wal
lace, Idaho, where the groom has
work. . g..
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
English Lutheran
Church InStallS
New MiniSt er
Rev. Carl E. L. Lucky to
Serve Congregations in
Twin Cities

At the special joint service con-
Quoted last Sunday in the First
English Lutheran church, the Rev.
Carl E. L. Lucky, formerly of WASH
burn, North Dakota, was installed
as pastor of the congregation and
also of the First Lutheran church OF
Pasco., The Rt. Rev. II. L. Foss, of
Seattle, president of the Pacific
district, officiated.
After the service a reception was
given in the church parlors for the
new pastor and his family, a din
ner being served by the ladies Of the
congregations. The Rev. Mr.. Foss
welcomed the guests to the Pacific
district and Messrs. Brue and And
erson spoke on behalf Of the con-
gregations. A response was made
by Pastor Lucky. Installation serv-
ices were held at Richland in the
afternoon. ........ ...
The Rev. Mr.. Lucky, though NOV
ing to Kennewick from North Da-
kota, is not new to the West. He
was born at Sausalito, California
and grew up at Falkland, Washing
ton. He visited this vicinity with the
Luther College concert band In
1925, again in 1888 as a representa-
tive of the International Young
Peoples Luther League.
Mrs. Lucky halls from South
Minnesota and an ex-student OF St
Olaf College. The two boys, Carl
four, and Paul. two. were both born
In North Dakota. Before moving to
Kennewick Rev. Lucky served con-
gregations at Page and Washburn In
North Dakota. He was ordained at
Fargo, North Dakota In 1929.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
New YORK Smashes Rackets

New York City-To end this city's
plague of rackets, besetting many
industries, Governor Lehman more
than a year ago appointed as special
prosecutor a 30-year-old, incorrupt-
ably honest lawyer, Thomas E.
Dewey, second cousin of Admiral
Dewey of Spanish War fame. His
quarry included the city's most des-
perate gun-men and lawless gorillas.
Last year he smashed the huge vice
ring and sent its leader, Lucky"
Luciano, to prison for the equiva-
lent Of q life sentence, with a group
Of his Neutenants. Seven restaur-
ant and cafe racketeers have just
drawn convictions in which the in
dividual sentences would run about
100 years each. Next week he takes
up the trucking racket, and he has
many more months of work ahead
Of him.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Clubs Sponsor
Lecture About
Pretty Gardens
Colored Slides Illustrate
Technique of Home
Identification

Members of the local woman's
club, Commercial club and park
board are cooperating in the plan
ming Of a free illustrated lecture on
community Identification which will
be held Wednesday evening, April
II in the senior high school build
ing.
This lecture is divided In to two
sections, one being handicapped
Gardens and Designs" which is
composed Of sixty beautifully colored
slides and the other is entitled
Light Is the Key to Secret Gar
dens." The latter mentioned con-
tains thirty Of these colored slides
and an authoritative manuscript
illustrating and explaining the tech
nique Of garden lighting in which
there is as much art as In garden
designing. These illustrations Of
marvellous beauty show how many
hours Of enjoyment of the gardens
beauty after dark may be added.
Mrs. Nesmith Ankeny, state chair
man Of Civic Art Of the Federated
Woman's club Of Walla Walla is
making. this lecture in Kennewick
possible by her interest shown in
the many Identification improve
ments here during the past two
years. She is also very anxious that
this community should get some rec
ignition in the More Beautiful AM
erica" contest. Mrs. Ankeny has
sent a number Of books, magazines
and scrap books which will aid Ken
newick and Pasco citizens in help
ing beautify this community. This
literature has been placed in the
Kennewick Library for the public
to use during these next two wekes.
Any citizen who is interested in
identifying his own home or city
is urged to attend this worthwhile
lecture.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Ask Higher Fee
for Slot Machines
Operating Here
Ministers Protest Influ-
ence; Attenborough up :.
for Councilman

Slot machine and pin ball games
are exerting an unwholesome in
fuence upon our population, be-
sides taking q considerable amount
Of cash from the community, &C
cording to complaint made be-
fore the city council Tuesday eve
ming by representatives from the
Ministerial Association. The Rev.
erends Croft and Attenborough
composed the delegation and asked
the council to greatly increase the
license required from such oper-
atorS of machines.
Under the present licensing ordi-
Continued on Page Eighty
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Royal Reception
to be Given When
Queen Makes Trip
Chamber Planning Stunt
to Entertain Wenatchee
Delegation

People have been known to
travel long distances TO view royalty.
but citizens of this community need
only come to town next Monday
afternoon to get a view Of queen
and her entire encourage. No less
q person than Queen Jeanetta ],
will visit Kennewick on that day.
The young ruler has been chosen by
popular acclaim to rule over We
natchee's annual Apple Blossom
festival and she is making this trip
to stir up interest In the big cele
bration staged annually by the APP
pie center of the Northwest.
The chamber Of commerce b
making special plans for the en-
tertainment Of the beauteous Queen.
Just what form the entertainment
will take has not been definitely de-
termined, but IL has been suggest
ed that Rev. Croft be crowned King
Asparagus, so that when the fem
mime ruler comes she can be met
in proper fashion and be greeted Of
ficially by king.
That Rev. Croft would make an
ideal king goes without saying for
in addition to his lofty profession,
crown upon his brow would at
tain an altitude understandable with
any other local citizen. CARRIED In
regal purple, with q scepter Of gold.
emblematic OF the early cash re-
turns which this favored section
gains through its harvest Of aspar-
agus, and surrounded by a court
Of knights (who might, for In
stance, include skinny" Hutchins,
e. s. Black, warde Meyers and John
Holl) the contrast would be start
ling and considerable fun might en-
sue.
It is thought fitting that IL We
leading to the hydrants when one
was turned on, it seriously lower
ed the pressure in other districts.
This fact also lessons the amount Of
water that could be pumped on q
fire and necessarily reduces the
pressure. At the time Of taking the
test it was learned that the reser-
voir was only half full OF water,
which may have accounted for the
low pressure.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Brother, Sister
Die as Airplane
Falls i'm Landing
Seattle Attorney Killed
Instantly in Crash Near
Pasco Airport

Spencer Grey, "A, Seattle attorney
was instantly killed Wednesday eve
ming Just before six o'clock, and his
sister, Mrs. Evans Bunker, was IA
tally injured when their airplane
crashed near the Pasco airport. Mrs
Bunker was alive when rescuers ar
rived, but she died before reaching
the hospital. -s ~ ..
The couple were flying to the
bedside of their father, who was des-
perately i'll at the family home in
Idaho. 49,
Grey, who was plotting rented
ship, evidently mistook the old ali
radio station on the Pasco side fol-
the landing field. Coming in low
to make the landing he perceived
apparently, the rough field and in
attempting to pull up, stalled the
ship, causing it to dive into the
ground. The ship, new all-metal
monoplane, was almost totally
ruined.
The ship flew around over Ken.
newick for some time before head
ing for the Pasco side. Mrs. Ed
Crooks, client Of Mr.. Grey's rec
ognized the plane and went to the
local landing field. but could moi
attract Gray's attention. He finally
left for the other side and Mrs
Crooks drove over to the Pasco air
port to meet him. Upon arrival
there she failed to locate the fliers
and finally returned home. During
the interval the accident happened
Investigation this afternoon by
commerce department officials. re-
ported that the accident must have
occurred substantially as outlined
above. No evidence Of motor or ship
failure was located in the wreckage
and it is thought that faulty judy
ment on the part Of the pilot and q
failure to locate the Pasco airport
were responsible for the accident.
The victims were cousins Of Hill
Williams, publisher Of the Pasco
Herald.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Fire Department
Practicing Up on
Newest Methods
Find Water Pressure In
adequate in the Mains;
Reservoir Low

The Kennewick Fire Department
held its regular twice a month meet
ing and drill wednesday and tried
out one Of the new approved hose
line hookups, and also demonstrated
the extinguishing Of an oil fire with
one Of the new type fog-mist nozzles.
The new nozzle designed for use
in scores of different types Of fires
does NOT extinguish by q deluge OF
water, but spreads a fine mist OF
water around the flames when they
are confined to a definite area, and
smothers them by excluding the
oxygen with a film of water.
Much progress is being noted for
the local department in their ef-
fort to conform with the state re-
quirements to improve the service,
which would place Kennewick in q
sixth class instead Of the present
seventh, and would result in an APP
proximate reduction in insurance
rates Of is percent TO policy hold
ers within the city limits, affecting
residences, stores and commercial
buildings and stocks as well.
Working hand In hand with city
officials the department is making
every effort to meet these various
requirements, and are holding drills
regularly twice a month, at which
methods of fighting various fires
are studied, the use Of equipment
and numerous fire fighting hookups
that are modern, faster and at the
same time more efficient toward the
saving Of property, either from fire.
smoke or water damage.
Although Kennewick now has two
well-equipped trucks 1t was learned
that there are still many items OF
smaller equipment that are badly
needed to give Kennewick its sixth
class rating. In addition to this &c
was learned through the state in
surance rating bureau that the wa
ter supply in many Instances is In
adequate, although the physical con-
dition of the water system as q
whole was reported to be In fair
shape. It was reported that fire
flows are very deficient In all dis
tricts and no water is available at
hose stream pressure Of 60 pounds.
The average static pressure was
found TO be Al pounds. II was also
learned that the number Of hyd-
rants In most districts was made
quate, and due to the small mains
Continues on Page 3D.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Daughter Weds on
Day of Mothers
18th Anniversary
Mr.. and Mrs. P. w. Strive
Renew Vows Along
- with Daughter

The Baptist church was the
scene of two beautiful wedding
ceremonies Sunday afternoon. The
first was the rededication of the
marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. p. w.
Strive and the second was the mar
riage of their daughter, Rosina to
Walter Hue. Rev. E. G. Beutler Of
ficiated at each of the ceremonies.
The first was simple but i'm
pressive ceremony being held on the
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary
of Mr.. and Mrs. Strive. Mrs. Strive
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Bangs Disease Tests

Testing Of all cattle in the coun-
ty for Bangs Disease can now go
forward at fun speed, according to
Waldo w. Skuse, county agent, who
states that DR.. T. D. Rosemoff Of
the u. s. Bureau Of Animal Indus
try has been stationed In the coun-
ty to bring all testing work up to
date.
All farmers desiring to have their
cattle tested should call or write the
county extension office in Kenne-
wick.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Strikes Spread to Farms

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Two multimillion-
aires faced farmers strikes on their
vast estates near here. At Charles
n. Schwab's country place, ten
farm-hands "sat down" in the pota-
to cellar while the Bethlehem Steel
chairman considered demand for
IN increased pay Of 10 cents per
hour. At nearby Richard K. Mel
Ions 12,000-acre Rolling Rock farms
. similar demand brought an Inn
mediate threat on the part of the
rich nephew Of Andrew w. Mellon
to close the estate
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-04-08
Dealers Protest
Sale at Farms
for Asparagus
Urge Growers to be Loyal
to Established Market /.
ing Agencies

The established produce agencies
hare are putting up q vigorous pro-
est against the proposed plan Of |
q outside firm buying produce at |
ne farm. The practice, while on
ne face Of It advantageous to the
eower, Is vicious one, they claim,
u that 1t will break down the local |
agencies and eventually ruin the
market for the growers.
Feeling that the proposed inno-
Mtion is one In which they cannot
hope to compete with, the agencies
aere feel that the move is purely for
ne purpose Of breaking them so
hat another season the outsiders
en- set prices to suit themselves.
they also feel that growers should
support those agencies which oper-
ste throughout the year, rather
nan for just the one crop.
Growers would soon be at the
ABSOLUTE mercy Of the transient
cash buyers If the local agencies
we're not here operating every day"
kanagr II. Krack said today. II
wish it were possible to make some
nrt Of an arrangement whereby we
would be enabled to handle every
! 1t Of the local proudcts right here
b Kennewick," he continued "es-
pecially on the cannery deal. Farm
efs, too, should remember that gen
sally the outside buyers are not In
erested In their unclassttied grass
asking only for the No. stuff
Where the local agencies make 6
special effort to provide Q marke'
Tor the second grade stuff, the out
dders want only the first grade a
arule."
In a letter sent out to members o
the Big Y, Manager Desgrange
sates: 'sThe future Of the asparagu
Industry depends on organizat.oa
and loyalty Of the members OF tn
oreanization. independent grower
should 90 through their estabnsne'
asencies. You cannot afford TO seve
these connections and put yoursei
It the mercy of those who WI
profit by disrupting organized mar
teting. The past experience :
Strawberry growers should be q sol
emn warning to the grass grower
hot to be misled by these dlsrupt
mo ;,,f,,,.,.e The cherry grower
experience is too recent to be 1ol
Gotten yet" OIL.