The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-22
From, the May,
About TOaU1l

Would we haze the giftie gle US
To see ourselves as ithers see u.s."
From 1.-THE Man About Town." a
column in the Duluth Free Press,
we have clipped the following arti-
Gle. It is Of interest to residents OF
this community and presents a not
uncommon picture Of what others
think about US. The article follows:
Sank Centre is making plans for
a Sinclair Lewis Day (which will
be held on July ~ Sinclair Lewis,
the author who made Sank Centre
famous when he wrote Main
street." will be invited to attend
the celebration. When the book
first appeared Sank Centre citizens
were highly indignant at their ma
tive son and barred the book from
the library. The various civic or
CARNATIONS protested loudly
against the poor advertising which
had been given the Stearns county
seat by the author. Finally Sank
Centre citizens tegan to realize
their town was getting much val
liable advertising from the DOCK
and attempts were then made to
cash in. Today, or at least several
years ago, there was large sign
on the outskirts Of Sank Centre
bearing the words, Sank Centre,
the Original Main Street" There is
a Gopher Prairie Inn, a Main
Street Cafe, as we'll as other names
that have been taken from the
book.
Several years after main Street"
had appeared Sinclair Lewis wrote
the book, Elmer Gantry." Again
some Of his home town folks be-
came indignant and press notices
carried the report that a Sank Cen
tire minister had taken the book
from his pulpit. thrown it on the
floor and kicked 1t across the room.
He then in a melodramatic manner
substituted the Bible on the pulpit
for the book. The press notices
failed to tell why the Bible was not
on the pulpit in the first place.
All has now apparently been for
given and the red headed author
will return to the town where he
was reared to receive the official
blessings Of the president of the
Chamber of Commerce, the presi.
dent of the Woman clubs, the lex.
allied Ruler Of the Elks lodge and
other biggies who head Gopher
Prairie organizations.
To the westward of Sank Centre
is another city that is gaining much
publicity through a native sor
whom the natives did not recognize
as a coming world notable wher
he was pedaling a bicycle from his
fathers farm to the high school
The natives thought Young Char
lie Lindbergh rather eccentric
when he started to fool aroun(
with airplanes soon after his bicy
Gle days. They paid little attention
when he left Little Falls to becom
transformer with an airplan
troupe.
!, Time marched on and Colone
Lindbergh returned to Morrisol
county, first to carry his father o.
an airplane campaign trip over tn
state and later to scatter the re
mains of his father from an all
plane over the Lindbergh farm Il
Morrison county.
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It Is reliably reported that whel
Colonel Lindbergh was home TO
the campaign trip many of tn
prominent citizens of Little Fall
refused to take chances of ridinl
with him. They were not riding
with that crackpot son of Lind
bergh.
Then came the conquest of tn
Atlantic by air and Lindbergh wa
famous character. The leading
citizens of Little Falls fell all owe
themselves jumping on the Lind
bergh bandwagon. When 1t was an
nounced Lndbergh would make
tour Of the United States, the after
dinner orators convinced him h