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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Local Men Completed
Hatchery Purchase
Donald and Bernard
Schrantz Took Over Bud
Dale Plant Last Week

"A business deal of importance
was completed last week, when
Donald and Bernard Schrantz, OF
this city purchased the Bud Dale
Hatchery on Main Street from Dale
Peterson, Of Donnelly. The young
men took possession Of the business
Immediately.
Both experienced hatcherymen,
Bernard and Donald will conduct a
all-year business, specializing in
poultry feeds, equipment and medi-
cine. They plan to double the
Matching capacity of the plant, and
will add special incubator for the
Matching of turkey eggs.
Mr.. Peterson purchased the plant
from Jos. Fish in 1881, and at that
time Donald was employed by the
Bud Dale firm. Bernard went to
work in the hatchery in 1885. Both
Of these young men are experts in
poultry work, and will devote con-
siderable time to the service Of poul-
try flocks.
The Schrantz Bros, who are fine,
hustling, young fellows, plan to
make considerable improvement in
the plant to give them opportun-
ity to increase their service to
poultry raisers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Work On $50 Miles
Of REA Lines To Open
Engineers Stalking Out
Second Allotment This
Week-Wil Rush Work

According to information from
the REA office at Melrose, the
stalking Of the $50 miles Of Electric
Transmission Lines for the second
allotment is to commence this week
The contractor e. w. Wylie, Inc,
is ready with his crew to start con-
struction as soon as the engineers
get from five to ten miles ahead
with the stalking. The contractors
headquarters will be in Albany for
the construction crew that is to
build the lines in the Eastern
Stearns County, and at Elrosa for
the Todd County Lines.
The construction Of these lines is
to be rushed considerably to fin
ish as many miles as possible be-
fore freezing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Catholic Pastors
Scouters Meet
Met At st. Paul's
Church, In This City,
Wednesday Evening

Pastors of Catholic Churches in
the Sank Valley district, Boy
Scouts Of America, and their laity
Scouters met at st. Paul's Church
in this city last evening, Wednes-
day, with more than Is attending.
Attending were Executive Of the
Central Minnesota Council, John D.
Virgins, and Rt. Rev. Msgr. Maho-
wald, st. Cloud, active leader in
Central Minnesota Scouting. At
tending too was FIR. Renner and
Representatives from the Red Val
ley district.
Chaplain Of the Sank Valley dis
trict, Msgr. A. Plachta, pastor Of st.
Paul's, and laity representative, 8.
@. Schwarzbauer, represented this
city. The meeting opened with din
ner at 6:45 served by ladies Of the
Daughters of Isabella, with the bus
mess meeting following.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Ernest Rapp
Buried Tuesday
Apparent Self-Inflicted
Death Under Investigation
OF Sheriff's Office

Funeral services for Ernest Rapp,
young man who resided southwest
of Elrosa, were held Tuesday after
noon at Emmanuel Lutheran
Church in Belgrade. Several peo-
pie from the Sank Centre commun-
ity were in attendance.
The young man died Friday
morning at about four o'clock, ap-
parently a self-inflicted death by
hanging. His body was found that
morning in the Ted DeGrot barn
farmer, who also resides south.
west of Elrosa.
Sheriff McIntee and the Coroner
were called from st. Cloud immed.
lately, and a report from the Sher-
ifs office stated that the coroner's
inquest verdict found death caused
by strangulation.
Investigation of the case was
made pending the return of infor-
nation regarding fingerprints
which have been sent to Washing
ton, D. c., for verification.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Amateur Contest
Winners Selected
West Union Farm Bureau
Unit Conducted Event
Tuesday, September 18th

At the West Union Farm Bureau
meeting held In West Union Tues
day night, September 18th, repre-
sentatives were selected in an anna
teur contest to represent the unit
at the Todd County Farm Bureau
contest in Long Prairie on Septem-
Der 10Th.
Winners in the contest were:
First, Ronaine Cans, tap dance:
second, Viola Cans, piano solo:
third, Marilyn Noeske, piano selec-
ton; fourth, Mrs. N. Nelson, two
readings. All the numbers present.
ed proved very entertaining to the
audience.
Winners In this contest will COM
pete in the big Prairie Farmer WIS
community talent show at Long
Prairie on September Goth. This
show is sponsored by the Todd
County Farm Bureau.
Among the speakers, who gave
short talks, were Frank Schluend-
er, Of Long Prairie; Mr.. Petit, Of
Verndale; Julius Hahn, Of Bartlett
township, Todd county; and Mr..
Backus, Of Alexandria. Mr.. BacIus
explained briefly his work as WPA
adult educational leader. Tie stat
ed that II the people SO desired he
would hold a class for adult educa-
ton In the West Union community
each Friday night. The topics for
classes are taken from agricultural
subjects. Mr.. Backus Is graduate
Of Ames Agriculture College, Of
Ames, Iowa, and he has had extern
sive experience In high schools.
After lunch Of doughnuts and cof-
fee the meeting was adjourned.
West Union correspondent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
w. Gallup Elected
To Head Legion
Annual Election Held At
Paynesville Monday Evening
Next Meet At Richmond

Retired commander Of Robert
Swift American Legion Post, Of this
city, w. D. Gallup now heads the
twelve-post 70O-member Stearns
County unit Of the Legion as coun-
ty commander, the result Of an
election at the annual county meet
ing held in Paynesville Monday eve
ming.
First official act OF the new COM
mander was the appointment Of
local Legionnaire, Vern Soltau, as
his adjutant. Krebes, Albany, was
elected to the vice commandership
Of the county. Retiring command
er Is Ben Anderson, of the Brooten
post.
This week Mr.. Gallup announced
the next meeting will be held at
Richmond some time next month.
Exact date Of the meeting will be
announced later, he said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Congregational
Meet at Little Falls
Many Members of Con-
gregati0nal Church Plan To
Attend Sunday and Monday

Thirty or forty members Of the
First Congregational Church are
expected to attend the Seth annual
meeting of the Central Association
Of Congregational Churches to be
held in Little Falls Sunday and
Monday. The members will repre-.
sent mems, women's and young
peoples organizations of the local
congregation.
The announcement was made
this week by Pastor the Rev. P. J.
Jansen, after he had attended in
Minneapolis Monday preliminary
meeting to launch the all-Church
rally. Rev. Jansen will have charge
of one Of the Devotional services,
during the two-day sessions.
On Sunday groups Of families
are expected to auto to Little Falls
to hear keynoters open the ses-
sions. On Monday all ladies Of the
Church who wish to attend are ask
ed to call their Circle chairwomen
for transportation arrangements.
Because Of this meeting, Mrs. L. T.
Lovik announced there will be no
Missionary Society nor Women's
Federation meeting scheduled this
month.
Highlight speakers of the conven-
ton will be Mrs. e. e. McClintoch,
of Chicago, who will address the
women's organizations; Miss Lucy
Eldridge, Dayton, Ohio, who will
talk to young peoples groups. One
of the outstanding speakers is to
be DR.. Dwight Bradley, director Of
the Council for Social Action, and
another Is the Rev. Frank Wood
ward, Of the Philippine Islands.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Home Furnishing
Project Planned
Thirty-Eight Groups
Represented At Training
Centers BY Their Leaders

The Home Furnishing Project
for Stearns county homemakers is
being received with enthusiasm,
stated Ellen L. Moline, county home
demonstration agent. Enrolment
at present stands at over four hum
bred and seventy-five in thirty
eight groups representing twenty
five Of the townships Of s. earn s
county.
Six training centers held at Sank
Centre, Holdingford, Kimbal, st.
Cloud and Paynesville, introduced
the first lesson to be studied. Color
and Design were emphasized with
understanding of color through
working out of related and con-
trasting color harmonies after
learning the names Of the colcrs.
The principles Of design in it rela-
ton to proportion, balance, rhythm
and balance were discussed.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Community Club
Meet Postponed
Next Meeting VIII Be
Held September 29th-Busi-
nessmen VIII Attend Fair

There will be no Community Club
meeting this Thursday evening, for
reason that most Of Sank Centres
businessmen will be in attendance
at the Brooten Community Fair,
which opens its entertainment pro-
gram today. This will be Sank
Centre day at Brooten and large
number of our citizens have signed
up to make the trip.
The meeting Of the Community
Club has been postponed one week
to Thursday evening, September
10Th, at 500 p. m. It is hoped that
a large number Of the members will
be in attendance at this first meet
ing Of the fall to aid in opening a
productive program for our city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Board of Education
Purchased 40 Large
Reflectors For Field

At a meeting Of the Board of
Education Monday night, bids were
received for the large reflectors
needed to light the football field at
the Fair Grounds. The Board pur-
chased the reflectors and thereby
assured night football for the first
game, tomorrow Friday.
Bids were received from the
Giant Mfg. Co., Westinghouse Elec-
trio, the Benjamin Lighting Co.,
Goodrich Lighting Co., and from
the Crouse-Hinds Co. The lowest
bid being from the Benjamin Light
ing Co.. the offer was accepted and
the representative agreed to have
the reflectors here for installation
today, Thursday.
The bid of the Benjamin Light
ing Co. was for $4,000, with two
percent for cash, which makes the
cost to the school $470.4O.
There will be forty reflectors to
be placed four on each pole, which
will provide IA candle foot Of light
on the field, with a capacity of
10000 watts. This compares high
err than other lighted football fields
in this section, and Is said will be
the best in Central Minnesota.
Each reflector will be set for the
best possible lighting effect, with q
ceiling Of light over 100 feet up
This is high enough so that the ball
cannot be kicked out Of the light
limit.
The new gridiron turf Is in ex-
cellent condition as 1t has received
the best Of care and plenty of mois-
ture throughout the year. The grass
recently was moved with the now
ers Of the Country Club and it pre-
sents fine sight.
AS stated before the reflectors
and lights will be completely in
stalled today, Thursday, to be in
readiness for the big game with
the st. Johns Props tomorrow, Fri
day night.
Enthusiasm in the opening game
is running at fever pitch, and night
football should create a thrill to
local fans. Sank Centres bands will
be on hand to provide the music.
and a large crowd is expected at
the game.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Minnesota's GIG Cream
cries Have Butter
Sales of GO, 480,O00

Manufacture and sale of butter
through cooperative creameries has
grown into a $40, 000,O 900 business
according to figures released by
the Farm Credit Administration
Although three of the North Cen
trail States, Minnesota, Iowa and
Wisconsin produce "a percent OF
the comparatively handled butter
this phase of cooperative marketing
is also found in % other states in
all sections of the country.
A nationwide survey, in which
representatives Of the banks for
cooperatives and about 30 state col
leges and universities called upon
every agricultural cooperative in
the country, uncovered these facts.
Co-ops handling butter principal
ly number 1885. Many of these as
sociations also market eggs, poul-
try, cream and diversified manu-
featured dairy products. Butter,
however, accounted for more than
three-fourths of the $313,176, 900
business that cooperative creamer-
les did in 1886, the year Of the sur
vey.
Buffers total sales Of $21O, 346, 900
were 81 percent Of the total bust
ness done by all cooperative dairy
organizations, which included the
marketing Of fluid milk, cream and
manufactured products.
The average sales by local cream
cries were found to be $122,OO0 per
association, and sales per patron
averaged $483.
In Minnesota, with $40 creamer-
les, sales Of butter amounted to
$63, 480, 900. Iowa creameries, 268 in
number, marketed butter worth
$36, $4,000, and Wisconsin, with 236
cooperatives, handling butter. sold
$34, 46O,O 900 worth.
California, with only Is butter CO.
ops, had a $40, 211 900 output. Mich
igan. Nebraska, Idaho, South Dak-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Sank Centre Defeated
Parkers Prairie
Friday-Score Is to 0

Harvey and Co. made Sank Gen.
tire football history last Friday
new type of incident in the an
nails of the eight-year-old history
of local football.
For the first time since Stub
Olson trotted a bunch of boys,
green as the turf they played on
out to play for the high school way
back in 80, a Sank Centre team
won its opening game, handed
Parkers Prairie an ignominious
setback, 1910.
In this initial contest, that lack
ed color or anything akin to the
spectacular, Parkers Prairie was
snudged back throughout the game
Not once did Jacobsons Prairieites
cross the midfield stripe under
their own power.
Until the last forty seconds of
play Parkers, paced by a near 200
pound halfback, Anderson, had not
completed first down. Then with
nearly half the local lineup replac-
ed with sophomore recruits, a pass
from Anderson to Abbot Melted
their lone first down, traced them
to their own forty yard line. That
was the only spark Parkers was
able to strike during the entire
game.
It was Captain Denny Ethun
Harvey's fiery little pilot, who
shouldered the burden Of the most
consistent gains, who is coming in.
to his own this year, who chalked
up both the local touchdowns.
Even the touchdown plays were
unspectacular; both grew out of
Parkers fumbles. Early in the sec
ond quarter a bad pass from Gen.
ter allowed a Parkers tumble, put
them in a hole on their ten-yard
line. Their punt out came to
Pangburn who ran it back to Park
ers 35-yard stripe. Ethun wheeled
loose to hammer at the goal line
in the first threat, was finally
brought down on the eight yard
line. It represented the longest sin
gle gain of the day. Ethun scored
easily from that point. On fake
kick play, Cokeley cracked the line
for the extra point.
CONTINUED on Page 10 Col. II
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
First Night Football
Game Tomorrow Mite
At t Fair Grounds Field
Lights and Large Reflectors
Being Installed Today
$50 Seating Capacity
Assured For Tomorrow
Nights Game

Seating capacity for $50 of those
who like to huddle passively IL
blankets is assured, Principal e
w. Olson announced this week, a.
Sank Centre high school points fol
the opening Of its lighted football
field Friday evening against st
Johns Props in the first home con
test ever staged under the lights ir
this city.
The lighted field writes a new
chapter in the eight-year history o.
Sank Centres second stab at foot
ball, is heralded With a good deal o.
fanfare, vast program of public
ity, and ticket sales that are mount
ing after the drive swung under
way Tuesday morning.
Harvey's gang point more eager
ly for this contest with the lad!
from Collegeville than they die
against the Parkers crew defeated
last week. The win will provid,
stimulus to the night crowds; fol
Harvey it will better represent {
measuring stick for the future O
his team.
Sank Centre goes into the con
test with perhaps some advantage
They have a 1910 win blowing then
along; they have early tasted cas-.
victory. The Johnnies have loss
though nominal at the hands o
Melrose 1912 Last Friday. Light
and home field will give neither al
advantage, since neither has play
ed on the home field nor under tn,
lights. Reports are that the new
turf. on the field is in excellent con
dition.
What Sank Centre can do agains
a team that obviously has scoring
strength (Which Parkers Prairie
didn't have) is largely conjecture
should provide the crowds with thu
interesting angle to the ball game
A new wrinkle was announced b!
Mr.. Olson this week. Beginning a
7:15 p. M, As minutes before game
time, school buses will run from
Beidleman's corner on Main Street
All who have not other transpor
tation will be transported free o
charge to the field. Buses will rul
as often as the forty-five minutes
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Sank Lake
Coop. Paid
Patrons 1920
August Manufacture
Totalled $4,000 Pounds
Of Butter
TOP PRICE 2Sc
Enlarging Scope Will
Buy Cream For Cash
At Regular Market

For the third time in its 35-year.
old history, the Sank Lake Coop
erative Creamery will "pick up its
shop" and move its physical equip
ment.
Plans to occupy the recently pur-
chased Blue Valley plant building
on Main Street by next week are
not so definite, according to Secre-
tary George Strauss. Today he
said, Were not sure that we can
move by late next week." but as
sured that the move would take
place as soon as possible.
Enlarging its scope the creamery
will buy cream for cash, paying the
regular cash market, Mr.. Strauss
pointed out, and at the same time
announced an increase in the Aug
ust production over that Of a year
ago. In August 59,5O0 pounds OF
butter were manufactured. The
payroll for the month mounted to
$4,000, paying % cents for sweet
cream, and rs cents for number
one. Last year in August the pro-
duction was 81 500 pounds.
It's an interesting note that when
those pioneer dairymen in 1903 be-
gan the cooperative movement, $50
cows furnished cream to the plant.
In September Of this year, alone,
Mr.. Strauss announced the addition
Of 20 new patrons.
It was in 1908 that such men as
the late James F. Coyle, Alex Dry
den and Charles Kortan pioneered
the Sank Centre Cooperative, set
about organizing the plant. They
bought from o. s. Cass a plant,
that had been the first creamery
here, set up in the plant on his
farm.
Twice in the IS years since the
organization has outgrown the
physical limits Of its plant, twice
with ever-mounting business has
had to move. The first move was
necessitated when fire wiped out
the plant in 1905 with complete
loss.
Rebuilding, they carried on again
until in 1915 they began building
the present structure on Third
Street. In 1918 they occupied that
site. In 1920 the creamery went
through a reorganization, Oscar
Lying became a member of the
board. In 1922 he was elected pres
ident, a position he has held now
for the past 16 years.
Growth Of the business is sum-
med in this comparison. For the
year ending January 1, 1905, the
creamery annual output was 81 1892
pounds of butter. Now in single
month during the heavy season the
creamery outputs nearly that
amount. In May and June of this
year the monthly figure reached to
$4,000 pounds.
In 1920 the output had strength
ened to 100000 pounds; not quite
half of the more than half a mil
lion pound mark set in 1887. Now
increasing, the creamery points to-
ward the three-quarters million
pound production bracket for this
year, a1UnOuSu figures dI CufS lille
are not available.
While the program for expansion
has been under consideration for
the past few years, the immediate
cause for seeking larger quarters
was the increased step up in pro-
duction in this year, when 35-year
records by the month were made
and broken in two succeeding
months, May and June.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
Scouters Discuss
Fall Program
Scout Uniforms Wanted
For Resale-OutdOOr
Rally Set For October 5th

"A uniform exchange setup was
outlined Tuesday evening when
Scouters of the Troop Is Boy Scout
committee discussed tentative plans
for full fall program of Scouting
activities to carry the troop to the
beginning of the New Year.
Former Scouts, or Scouts who
have uniforms for which they no
longer have use, can exchange such
uniforms by turning them in at the
telephone office, H. s. Forsyth said
Continued on Page 10. Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
COobeyutive Butter Market
ing a $500 900 Business
ia, Washington, Illinois, Indiana,
and Oregon all had figures above
the $4,000 mark.

ia, Washington, Illinois, Indiana,
and Oregon all had figures above
the $4,000 mark.
Because Of their remoteness from
fluid milk markets, the cooperative
dairymen Of Iowa turn a greater
proportion of their output into but
ter than those Of any other state.
In Iowa, 80 percent Of the total CO.
operatively dairy sales are in but
ter, as contrasted to New York
State, for example, where only SO
percent of $4,000, 900 dairy bust
ness is in butter production. New
York milk producers find it most
profitable to supply the fluid milk
needs of the great population areas
in and near that state.
Patrons of the 1885 cooperative
creameries received $2,564,0 900 in
patronage dividend payments dur
ing the survey year, it was found.
Cooperative creameries have gone
a long way in developing high scor-
ing butter, and have rewarded the
farmer producing high quality
cream by paying higher prices for
it.
The creameries have been parti-
cularly successful in cooperating
among themselves. Uniting in large
regional sales organizations, they
have developed modern and highly
efficient marketing systems benefit
ing producer and consumer alike.
These large-scale co-ops do extern
sive research toward developing
better manufacturing methods and
an improved product. In many in
stances their activity has caused
competition to similarly improve its
product, thus raising quality stan
dards generally.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-09-22
PURCHASED RESTAURANT

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Schurman, who
have operated a farm about 81
miles south Of Sank Centre for sew
eral years, purchased the Ernest
Sell restaurant on West Third St..
near the Barner Service Station,
and took possession of the business
last week. The Claud Bros. have
rented the farm vacated by Mr.. and
Mrs. Cchurman.
Evening star., 1938-07-17
Appearance
Described
ByQuips
Twitting of Band
Leaders Brings
Close Contact.

TN THE pre-radio days of the en-
tertainment profession many OF
the Nations maestri, playing en-
4 gagements in night clubs, hotels
and on stage and screen. were seen by
their public and their personal charac-
teristics noticed. Thus. many were
identified in this way, rather than by
virtue of their musical interpretations
alone.
Then came radio, and many of the
sages pointed out that now the rela-
tiorship between fan and maestro
would be purely an impersonal one, and
that his music alone would be his CALL
ing card. But, as Peter Van Steeden,
maestro Of Fred Aliens show, suggests,
as a result of the air comedians seizure
OF physical characteristics OF band
leaders on their program. this predic-
ton has failed to bear fruit.
George Olsen, for instance, has been
twitted by Jack Benny, Walter O'Keefe
and currently by Tim and Irene anent
his pearly white teeth, and the radio
fans have good working knowledge Of
how he looks without seeing him per-
form. Don Bestor's spats have created
that friendly liaison between him and
his fans; Phil Harris, We all know by