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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30
Power Weed
Sprayer In
In County
Weed Control Program,
Under Extension Office,
Takes Form
THREAT
Numerous Requests For
Poison Made To County
Agent, st. Cloud

A weed control program outlined
by the extension Office, st. Cloud,
ago is beginning to take
form. Recently the county board
of commissioners made available a
power weed sprayer to use in the
county for infestations of primary
noxious weeds such as leafy spurge
and creeping jenny. So far the out
fit under the direction Of Michael
Mics, of Richmond, has been used
to take care of spurge infestations
on county highways in the town.
ships Of Paynesville, Zion, Lake
Henry and Crow River. The leafy
spurge in the county at this time is
confined to these townships ad-
joining Kandiyohi county. Creep
ing jenny however, is found in a
number of other townships. Sod
ium chlorate spray Is being used
for the control of these weeds. 1t
is mixed at the rate Of liz pounds
to a gallon Of water and about two
gallons of the material will spray
a square rod Of infestation.
The county board will furnish the
spraying outfit and the services of
the man where the outfit is to be
used on private property. The In
dividual property owner will be call
ed on in that case to furnish the
chlorate material that Is used. In
general the use Of the outfit and
the man to run It constitute about
one-third Of the total expense OF
spraying and this portion Is being
cared for by the county. Farmers
who want the outfit to be used on
their farm under the above arrange
ment can contact the county agents
office at st. Cloud or Mr.. Mes at
Richmond, to make a date. A lit
tie later meetings will be held in
the areas where most Of the prim-
airy noxious weeds are to set up the
Minnesota Cooperative Plan Of
weed control in those areas.
Grasshopper Control
During the past week numerous
requests have come to the county
agents office, st. Cloud, for mater
ial for grasshopper control. Var
ious sections of the county are now
considerable numbers Of
hoppers. These include st. Cloud,
st. Wendell, Brocisway, Holding,
Avon, st. Augusta, Sank Centre and
Melrose townships. Other town.
ships have already reported a small
er number Of hoppers and control
material is Just beginning to move
into some Of these other townships.
All farmers are urged by the
county agents Office to be on the
alert for any outbreaks Of hoppers
that might show up on their farm.
On most farms where hoppers are
found the pests are still In the areas
where they were Matched and have
not grown to large enough size to
fly any distance. Because Of this
they can be looked for around the
edges Of fields, meadows, pastures,
road bitches, railroad right-of-ways,
etc. Generally the largest numbers
are found in permanent pastures.
Continued on Page 10. Col. b
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30
NBC Announcer
Visited Sank Centre
Pleasantly Surprised BY
Improvements Made Along
Main Street Since Last Visit

Two favorable impressions OF
Sank Centre, his home town, will
travel east when NBC studios staff
announcer, Jack Costello, returns to
New York City early in July, he
said in a telephone interview with
the Herald Monday.
One is that he was pleasantly
surprised by the improvements
made along the street since his last
visit in November, 1885. II think
the city fathers have done a fine
job in rennovating Main Street
since saw it last" he said.
But the other is most important
to him. 1t had to do with his first
meeting with his nephew, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Costello, here
"One thing that pleased me was the
sight of my nephew, Patrick" he
said. He's a perfect speciman. u
In fact he spent much of his vaca-
ton time here playing with the
young gentleman.
Now employed in the center of
Americas radio world, Jack is stan
announcer withrthe National Broad
casting Company's studios in Radio
City, located in the RCA building
where 10 to Is thousand tourists
daily trek through the studios. At
present Jack is handling three COM
mercial programs originating IN
New York. He has the Radio News
reel Sunday afternoons, received
here at $3.50, and on Tuesday eve
ming the Vox Pop show, on local
dials at TOO. The rest of his work
is with sustaining programs.
Favorite work for him Is in the
field Of radio drama. Recently he
completed handling the narration
for radio series called Great
Plays" The series included TWEEN
ty-six plays tracing dramatic his
tory from the time Of the Greeks
to modern opponents. In the fall,
he said, he, and another collabor-
ating, plan to launch a new series.
It's possible the series will be hand
led through KSTP In st. Paul, he
said.
Jack doesn't let New York forget
Main Street. At the studio he has
talked so necessarily Of Minnesota
and Sank Centre, in particular, they
have styled him the Minnesota
Menace" he confessed. Other Main
Streeters he has seen there include
the famed author, Sinclair Lewis
whom he saw in the studios. Lew.
is wife, columnist Dorothy Thomp.
son, has just finished a series OF
radiocasts from the studio there
he said.
Jack rocketed into the spotlight
focused on Sank Centres more re-
nowned sons in q rapid succession
Of events. Once with his eye train
ed on journalism, he was given an
addition in radio announcing at
KSTP in st. Paul. It clicked and
he became a staff announcer. His
promotion from there to the New
York studios with NBC followed In
February, 1886.
Monday Mr.. Costello and his
wife, former Morris girl, ended
their visit here. During the past
two weeks they have visited with
his father, j. J. Costello, in this
city, and with the ladys parents in
Morris. Monday they left for St.
Paul.
Mr.. Costello will be back at work
Sunday, July 3rd.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30
STUDENT AT HAWAII

Fay Domke, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul H. Domke, recently completed
a semester Of study at the Univer-
sity Of Hawaii in Honolulu, the
farthest west Of American land
grant universities. Domke is enroll
ed as a junior in the College Of
Arts and Sciences and Is majoring
In business. He was a student at
the University of Minnesota prior
to his entry into Hawaii in Feb
ruary, 1888. He expects to enroll
in the University Of Hawaii again
next fall.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30
Grand Parade On
Main Street At 1000
A. M.-$22.50 In Prizes
HIGH CLASS PROGRAM
Fireworks and Amateur
Contest To Feature
Evening Show

Celebration of the nations natal
day, July Fourth, In Sank Centre
will be one of the outstanding
events Of Central Minnesota, &C
cording to completed arrangements
Of the general committee announc-
ed, in meeting Thursday evening.
This celebration, given as a bene-
fit for the 1889 Firemen's Conven-
ton, will be held in the city park,
and will include sports for everyone,
concerts, special entertainment fea-
lures and a splendid display of fire
works.
The celebration will open at 1000
a. m. with a large parade on Main
Street. Twenty-Five dollars and fiji
ty cents in prizes have been hung
up for this event, to be divided as
follows: $500 for the best or most
beautiful float; $500 for the most
comical float; $3.50 for the best
clown. The parade and participa-
ton in prizes will be open to every
one who wishes to enter. Farmers
of this community are especially in
vited to take part in the parade, in
an effort to make it better and
larger than last year.
According to a recent an
nouncement of the parade COM
mittee the parade will be one
of the largest events of its kind
ever held in the city. Promises
for sixty floats have been given
and in addition it is said, that
the National Guard, the school
children, the American Legion,
the v. +. w. and the firemen
will enter the parade as march
ing units. The school children
will gather at the park, where
they will enter the parade when
1t passes.
One Of the outstanding events on
the program will be the amateur
contest, under the direction Of Supt
w. A. Kohl. This contest will be
conducted along the same lines az
the contest held at the Good VIII
celebration last fall, and there will
be liberal prizes for the various
divisions. Several entries have been
made at the Herald office during
the past week, but we need many
more contestants to make this as
successful as last years show.
Prizes in this amateur contest will
be made up for as many divisions
as are necessary, hence it is neces-
sary that all register at the Herald
office as soon as possible.
The afternoon program will open
at 1870 o'clock when the combined
Sank Centre bands will present a
concert. Water sports, a water
fight by two fire companies, foot
races, tug of war, and special feat.
ures will round QUIZ a program
which should be Of interest to
everyone.
"A concert, the amateur contest
and a grand display Of fireworks
will complete the days program.
Other entertainment will include
a continuous athletic show, present
ed by both amateurs and profess
SIGNALS, and motor and speed boat
races. Water sports will include
CONTINUED on Page 10 Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30
ROTARY OFFICERS

New officers Of Rotary took up
their duties Tuesday, when Carl
Fischer, past president relinquished
his gavel to L. T. Lovik, recently
elected to fill the post during the
coming year. The new officers are:
L. T. Lovik, president; DR.. r. E.
Cooper, vice president; Phil Stein
er, secretary; D. B. Caughren,
treasurer. Directors are: L. T. Low
TX, DR.. r. e. Cooper, Dewey O'Gara,
p. ]. Svenneby ana Harley Forsyth.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30
LIBRARY HOURS

Beginning July LIST new schedule
of hours for the Bryant Library
will go into effect, librarian Ber-
nice Finnegan announced this week.
For the months Of July and Aug
ust the library will be open to pat
rons only one night a week, on Sat
urdays. Afternoon hours remain
the same from two to five o'clock.
Saturday evening hours are from
seven to nine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30

Flowers that remain open only
at night are either yellow or white.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30
Seasonal Disease
Probably Caused BY
Mosquitoes and Flies

Note-Two cases of equine
encepholomyelitis, sleeping sick
ness, have been reported at this
Office by DR.. G. #. Yaeger. An
abundance of mosquitoes, 1t Is
said, adds TO the threat Of this
fatal disease among horses.
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25

NEW HAMPSHIRE CHICKS-Buy
State blood tested chicks Of fine quail
Hy. G Norman Grove. luPOnt BOulc-
ward. Milford. Del j2S-5tp
FOR SALE-One four year old COW.
Tested for tuberculosis and Bangs
Disease. o. \. Newton & Son Company.
Bridgeville. Delaware. f25-2t
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25
HOUSING FOLLOWS PAYROLLs

A lot OF transformation has gone
out regarding the request OF the rail-
roads for modest increase in rates
an increase that seems absolutely
necessary If this industry and the
savings OF investors are to be saved
from ruin.
For example. the statement has
been made that ''if freight rates are
increased on building materials, the
new government drive for lOw-cOst
housing is dead before it starts" be-
cause one-third of the cost of brick
and tile consists OF transportation
charges.
According to Interstate Commerce
Commission figures. the average
wholesale value at destination Of
building tile and brick is SASS per
ton. of which the freight rate aver
ages $2.66 per tOn-1S.3 per cent.
not 331s per cent In a brick veneer
house costing $4,000, there are ap-
prOximately 20 tons of brick II the
proposed railroad freight increase is
allowed, the increase in cost of
brick in such a house would be
about $2S.
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25

AS outstanding economists have
pointed out. the undfstributed profits
tax has probably done more than
anything else to prevent investment
and industrial expansion. promote
unemployment, and force the busi-
ness slump. A close second In It's
adverse effect on the nation is the
capital gains levy. which has caus-
ed hundreds OF millions OF dollars
to become frozen in. .tax-exempt se-
curities. or In non-productive bank
accounts.
Measures have now been offered
Congress in an attempt to do some
thing about these dangerous, de-
pression-making taxes. While the
motives behind them are doubtless
good, the measures themselves are
on par with attempting TO cure
cancer with a patent medicine.
The proposal affecting the undis-
tributed profits tax would exempt
all corporations earning $4,000
year or less. However. large busi-
ness furnishes the bulk of employ
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25
THE REAL ENEMY OF OPPORTUNITY

that builds the sound competition
that underIies modern merchandis-
ing. A chain system is successful
only so long as II serves the public
honestly and efficiently. The thing
to he most feared is "anti-monO-
poly" laws that actually kill cOmpe-
tition. encourage monopoly and de-
strOy individual opportunity.
In almost every American COM
munity you can observe up-tO-date
Independent stores operating profit
ably alongside of chain stores. under
the American system of free enter
prise Each type Of store has its own
clientele. and each serves a definite
public need. And. unless all past
precedent is wrong, the most ag-
gresive competition the chains will
face in the future will come from
stores operated by men who are to-
day starting their careers and learn
ing the business of merchandising
in chain systems
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25

As a matter of fact. housing pre-
sents a remarkably good example OF
how little the requested IS per cent
freight rate increase would mean 10
the consumer. For most people. a
home is the largest single expend-
iture made i'm a family's life time,
n the rate rise goes into effect, It
would increase the cost Of the aver
age $4,000 house in the United
States about $43, according to the
Association OF American Railroads.
That sum would neither start nor
stop building a home
At the ICC hearing on the freight
rate increase. the vice president Of
the Associated General Contractors
OF America--an organization which
is certainly. vitality jnvolved with
building. and has Offices in 1Oi U. S.
cities-testified in support of the
rails request. Informed business
men in all fields know that the cost
OF the rate increase would he COM
pietely Insignificant compared to the
adverse effects on the country caus-
ed by near bankruptcy and paralysis
of development in our greatest
single industry.
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25
A NEW YORK LAWYER

Here is a sample expression OF
what a prominent New York lawyer
does not know about the Govern
ment, or the way the business of the
nation is carried on. He is reported
by the New York Times TO have
said: "If some power should arise
TO induce Congress to pass the APP
preparation bills on Monday next
and as soon as possible adjourn for
one year. and II Congress should
convene a year from next Monday.
pass the appropriation bills ard
again adjourn and keep on repeating
this for three years. Il would be to
the advantage Of the laborer. the in
dustrialist. the man IN the street.
and the citizen generally. Give them
freedom from legislative ihterfer-
ence." And some people pay law
yers who think as crooked and talk
as silly as that.
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Public notice is hereby given that
the State Military Board Of Della
ware will NEST in the State ArmOry
at Tenth and DUPONT Streets. viii
mingtOn. Delaware. on Tuesday,
March I, 1888. at twelve O'Clock
noon, and then and there will re-
ceive' and open sealed proposals
from prs-quaiified bidders for fur
nishing labor and materials to erect
and complete new AfmOry build
ing to be located in Milford. Della
ware.
All work is TO be under one con-
tract.
The State Military Board reserves
the right to reject any and all pro
posals and to waive informalities at
its discretion.
All bids must be in sealed enve-
1opes, endorsed Proposal for Ar
mory for Milford. Delaware" with
the name OF the bidder and address,
ed to The state Military Board.
State Armory, Wilmington, Della
ware.
No bid will be considered unless
accompanied by certified check in
the amount Of FIVE per cent (54o) of
the bid. or biz bond in like amount.
drawn to the order of the state
Military Board"
Copies of revised plans, specifica-
tiOns and proposal forms are on file
and are open TO public inspection in
the Offices of the State Military
Board state Armory. Wilmington;
Delaware; the office of the Afchi-
tects; the office of Robert p SchOen-
iiahn, Consulting Engineer, Indus
trial Trust s]uisd.cg, Wilmington;
and the existing Armory at Milford.
Delaware. Plans will be issued only
to those contractors who are on a
pre-aualiied list established by the
State Military Board.
A set Of the proposed contract
documents may be obtained from
Martin and Jeffers. Architects. 40S5
dupont Building, WILMINGTON. Della
ware. upon deposit Of $1,000 which |
win be refunded upon the return of
the plans and specifications in an
unmutilated condition: but deposits |
of contractors who do not submit
estimates will not he returned
After the scheduled closing time
for receipt OF bids. no bid may be
withdrawn for period of thirty
1901 days.
BY order
STATE MILITARY BOARD
WELLER p. SLOWER
f1S-2t The AGjutant General
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25

Instead. it makes compensate any
and all diseases that arise out Of EN-
plOyment leaving II entirely to the
fairness and good judgment OF local
administrative officers to apply the
law to the facts in each particular
case. The weaknesses in such laws
are obvious. Neither employer nor
employee knows where he stands,
there is no established rule for conf
pensating any disease. and a worker
in one locality may be given COM
pensatiOn for an ailment and a
worker in another locality suffering
with the identical ailment, may be
refused compensation-because of
the differing views of local officials
Every state should adopt the
schedule method. as necessary
step In handling the involved Occu-
pational disease problem. Vague and
unsOund legislation is as bad for the
worker as for the employer Both
parties are certainly entitled to
know in advance what diseases are
covered hy law
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25
REAssURE SMALL INVESTORS

When the special session of Con-
gress convened last November. il
was widely said the body faced nc
more important issue than taxation
For a time Il looked as IL something
was going TO be done-but. as mat
ters turned out. there was much talk
and no action.
The tax issue looms greater nov.
The time for doing nothing Is long
past II the lawmakers are Interested
in keeping us from going farther
down hill. and giving some assur-
ance to the small investor who f.
nances industrial development which
maintains employment.
There are two phases Of the tax
problem. First, the entire tax
structure should be examined and
overhauled, realistically and non
politically. The tax base should be
Broadened. both IN the interest Of
increased government revenue and
in giving larger number Of people
a realization of their interest in gov
ernment fiscal policies. Every pOss-
ible economy should be effected. a
plan for reducing the national debt
and balancing the budget at the car
Hest possible time should be detail
ed.
The second phase concerns special
taxes OF the "class" or nuisance"
variety. Such levies as the undistri-
buted earnings tax and the capital
gains tax, for instance. are small
revenue producers. They have al
most no economic justification. They
have few defenders and an army Of
critics. And they are as responsible
as anything else for dwindling bus
mess. investor pessimism. and the
general economic illness we are ex-
now. They should be inn
mediatoiy repealed or radically re-
vised.
Here's real chance for Congress
TO do something tangible that will
make jobs. build factories. grease
the wheels of industry. and produce
wealth and purchasing power. Get
to work on the tax problem, gentle
give us action. not hot
mir
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25
THE CHILD AND A SENSE OF
VALUES
Lois Snellin,

Lois Smelling
A child cannot be expected TO hay'
an instructive understanding Of val
Bes. Take the case of little Ann
whose mother owned two vases. ON
Of these was a pretty glass affail
from the ten-cent store, the other &
priceless thing from the Orient. AM
thought the ten-cent vase with the
dragons and birds painted on II was
perfectly beautiful, and she was de-
lighted when she was permitted tC
I'LL It each day with flowers. She
was very careful, but accidents just
will happen, especially among chill
dren. One day she dropped the vase
shattering the lovely dragons and
birds. She was stricken with dis
may, and hurried to tell her mother.
And, o, the relief the child expert
ehced when Mother said reassur-
ingly, Never mind, darling, we will
get another one when we go to town.
Just try to be more careful"
Ann did try to be careful, as care
fulness goes in the child world. Il
really had been her fault, that the
dTagon-vase was broken, and she
knew it. But few days later, when
the vase from the Orient was shat
tered, il was not through any actual
fault of AIMS. She had never hand
led the valuable vase. having one Of
her own which suited her perfectly.
but neither had she been forbidden
TO handle It. But as her own flower
container was gone, she one day
lifted the vase from the table and
started TO her mother to ask il she
might put roses in il. The dog trip
Fed her, she fell. and the vase was
broken.
Mother, heartbroken over the loss
Of her treasure. scolded unmerciful-
~. Poor Ann could not understand
Il. or course, she was sorry about
breaking the vase. just as she had
been sorry before. But why was her
mother making such a fuss and
so about this. when she had
been so uReoncerned about tire
other, and to Ann, much more beau
tiful, vase? II seemed inconsistent
to her baby mind, and child cam
not understand inconsistency.
Ann was bewildered and hurt at
receiving so severe a scOlding when
she had committed no deliberate
wrong. How much better II would
have been. had her mother, refrain
ing from harsh words. admitted the
child freely into her grief and dis
and explained to her
carefully the difference between the
two vases. The incident, then. in
stead of becoming a separating
wedge, between mother and daugh-
Ter, would have formed an addition
Al bond Of sympathetic understand
ng.
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25

FOR sALFs-Farm In Slaughter
Neck. 4 mile from stonc road Iames
ii. Warrington. Milford fis- atp
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25
A @LOOO,OOOOOO CUSHION!

United States legal reserve life
insurance companies are perhaps
the greatest distributors Of wealth
the world has ever seen. For every
hour during 1897. night and day,
they paid $S33.3s3 into American
homes. For. the entire year these
hourly payments footed mp to the
staggering total OF $3.0O0.00O.OOO. OF
this vast sum so per cent was paid
TO living policyholders, and the ball
ance to beneficiaries.
Since 1880. the legal reserve life
insurance companies have paid to
American citizens $21.600. 900. .000-a
sum 70 times greater than the total
war debts Of all Europe at present
in default and owing to the United
States. In other words. life insur-
ance furnished s21.000.000 900
cushion AGAINST the worst depres-
sion in history.
Milford chronicle., 1938-02-25
OccupatiOnaI Disease Legislation Important

Strong endorsement of the "sched-
ule method" of legislation for Occu-
pational disease compensation was
given by Henry d. Sayer OF the As
sociatiOn of Casualty and Surety
Executives, in a recent address.
Under this methOd-which is to-
day followed in many states and in
practically all foreign countries
the law specifically lists the diseases
that are to be compensated. together
with description in very general
terms Of the type of work that may
produce them. The employer Is thus
apprised in advance of all the dis
eases for which he may be held re-
sponsible, and is enabled to adopt
safeguards against their happening
and to otherwise protect himself.
Similarly important benefits accrue
to the worker. who also knows in
advance exactly what diseases en-
title him to compensation.
The ''all-inclusive" method OF leg
islating for occnpational disease
does not specifically list any disease.