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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21

streets kept open for traffic that the
city has now adopted the parallel
parking plan. For the time being
the new method will be confined to
streets that are a part of the high
way system.
It would seem that along with
parallel parking there should be a
parking time limit to make as much
of the space along the curb as pos
sible available for out Of town peo-
pie who drive in to transact busi-
ness. Several blocks of parking
space are now used by business and
professional men and people living
in apartments who leave their cars
on the streets during the entire day.
This is a practice that should be
stopped and time limit would stop
1t.
Steps will soon have to be taken
too to provide more room for park
ing. Better lighting on side streets
VIII prove helpful in this respect
and there are several vacant lots,
conveniently located, that would
make room for many cars. The
parking problem is not going to
solve itself. On the contrary 1t will
become more acute as time goes
on. Now is the time to make pro-
vision not only for the present con-
gestion but, whenever possible, set
aside ground that will be needed
for parking purposes in the future.
Thief River Falls Gazette.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
Thursday, July 81, 1888

Of stocks Of all kinds are at q low
level, farmers need new equipment
and repairs and there Is no good
reason why we should not swing
into an era of prosperity such as
we had twenty years ago.
I do not take any stock In the
theory that 1t is not possible to pro-
vide work for all employables. AS
a matter Of fact, IL the buying pow
err Of our people was what 1t should
be there would be q serious short
age in labor. No question about 1t.
Our big task, as SEQ It, Is to bring
consumption up to our needs but
that cannot be done SO long as ena-
ployers Of labor are beset with fears
and doubts over the future. In 9TH
err words, the first requisite is to
restore complete confidence all
along the line and there Is only
one man who can give the neces-
sary assurance and that man Is
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Will he
rise to the occasion? We shall see.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21

but sprays are impractical as the
worms feed at night and then only
on q small portion OF each plant
visited. A mixture of quart bran,
/ teaspoonful Paris green, one
fourth teacupful molasses and just
enough water to moisten, placed
around the plants late in the even
ing after shutdown will destroy the
cutworms.
A combination spray will kill the
various insects which usually infest
potatoes. According to Parten, the
spray which gives best results is
one consisting Of bordeaux mix
ture (4-4-50) with one and one-half
pounds arsenate Of lead added.
Spray when insects first appear,
following with successive sprayings
at Today intervals using a high
pressure sprayer and 3 nozzles to
the row."
Because cucumber beetles avoid
any poisoned areas on the leaves of
squash, cucumbers and melons,
plants should be busted under the
leaves with mixture of one pound
calcium arsenate mixed with 20
pounds of gypsum land plaster. It
is best to run the gypsum through a
screen 8 or 4 times to pulverize it,
and in mixing the land plaster and
calcium arsenate, to rub them
through the screen several times
for a thorough mix, says Parten.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
ARE NOW MOVING
HOPPER POISON

Instructed N. w. Elsberg,
Minnesota highway commissioner,
to follow the orders of the various
county agents, Highway mainten-
ance trucks recently were busy
transporting poison grasshopper
bait tc all sections Of the state
threatened with an outbreak.
They hauling, which is a repeti-
ton Of similar cooperation given
by Commissioner Elsberg depart
ment last year to the farmers
fighting hopper infestation, started
10 days ago, according to depart
ment records, and will continue as
long as crops are endangered.
At the same time, the mainten-
ance division was ordered to
spread the bait, under the super
vision of county agents, along
highway right-of-way in infested
areas!
Maintenance engineers, however,
were warned against using any
men with open wounds in distribu-
ton of the poison. Men were also
instructed to provides themselves
with extra changes of clothing, to
take baths Immediately upon, fin
ishing the days work and to
familiarize themselves with infor-
nation regarding the methods of
handling the poison and the use, of
antidotes. Each truck will carry
antidotes for the poison.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
TELLS WHAT TO DO
FOR GARDEN PESTS :

In order that gardeners may beat
the insects to the family garden
products, H. L. Parten, extension
entomologist, University Farm, Of
fers control measures for some Of
the common vegetable pests.
The cabbage maggot in the adult
stage is a fly which lays eggs at
the base of the plant. The eggs
hatch and the worms bore into the
larger roots and lower parts Of the
stalk. For control, dissolve one
ounce Of corrosive sublimate in 10
gallons of warm water. Water each
plant next to the root with one cup
Of the solution to days after set
ting them out, and then follow with
two more waterings 10 days apart.
The cabbage worm eats the leaves
Of cabbages and can easily be con-
trolled. Spray with solution of 8
heaping teaspoonfuls Of arsenate Of
lead, 2 teaspoonfuls Of Blackleaf
40" / ounce Of soap and / gallon
of water when the first worms are
seen.
Cutworms are commonly found in
both vegetable and flower gardens,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
Rev. Kempton Gave
Fine Talk at Rotary
CONTINUED from Page One)

communism because it does not
sanction reorganization Of the in
dividual.
There are some, he said, who be-
lieve that after all are clothed, fed
and housed, that the millennium
would come, but we still have life
and its problems and will have to
solve them. There are other things
: in life than food, clothing and hous-
es, and these are in the realm OF
moral and spiritual values, which
are opposed by the materialist. Ma
terialism, a shallow theory, Is an
aid to the dictators, to offset the
spiritual desires of man. Utopia
cannot be brought about simply by
lifting the economic level.
In continuing he asked the ques-
ton: "Is this the end of our age?
and continued: Every civilization
has witnessed its most brilliant and
impressive period just before its
DEATH" He mentioned the. fall of
Egypt following the building OF the
pyramids; and the death OF Rome
following a brilliant period and
compared them with our own day.
He spoke of the erection of the En-
pire state building before the depres-
sion and the Palace of the League
of Nations before the Leagues
fall. Continuing he said: IF this
is not to be the end of our age, we
must take a personal responsibility
in the battle. We must struggle
for democracy; we must defend and
support the Church; we must en-
phasize the spiritual interpretations.
Men must have CUTS to fight for
these things, now, before it is too
late"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
Creameries Cooperate
In Advertising Plan
Want 75 Percent
Sign-Up of Creameries
And Dairy Plants of State

A number Of Stearns county
creameries and dairy plants have
signed up to cooperate with the pro-
gram Of the Minnesota Dairy In
dustries Committee according to the
county agents office, st. Cloud. The
aim Of this committee is to secure
a sign-up Of at least rs percent Of
the production Of creameries and
dairy plants in the state. When
that IL completed the various CO.
operating dairy institutions will
contribute to an advertising fund at
the rate Of SOC per 1000 pounds of
butter manufactured. The fund so
secured will be used to build up a
consumption Of dairy products in
areas Of the United States.
Minnesota dairy products win be
heard Of In all different areas.
SO far Stearns county, a pro-
bounced production county, has not
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
OWNERS Credited With
Finding Water With Twig

!. Many farm has been saved from
ruin by the aid Of man holding
in his hands bent hazel twig or
even a thin bar of metal, asserts
a writer in Parsons London Week
ly.
Water courses are continually
changing. A farm that was well
supplied with water few years
ago may today be facing perpetual
drouth. It is then that the diviner
Is called in. He walks slowly over
the ground, the stick held bent into
q bow in his hands.
Suddenly the rod witches like 4
live thing. almost jumping from the
hand Of its holder.
There's your water" says the
diviner. He also tells you how far
down you will have to dig. Boring
machinery is obtained. and sure
enough. at the depth forecast by
the diviner, the precious liquid Is
struck.
Scientists are bahied by the OIL
viners. Science can find no ade-
quate explanation Of their powers.
powers which no instrument can i'm
itate. Various theories have been
put forward from time to time, but
none of them satisfactory.
Magic, telepathy, some sixth
sense what Is the answer to
the riddle?
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
FEELING SEASONS
FIRST WEED CROP

Weed cutting along the state
trunk highway system is now gen.
eral throughout the state, accord
ing to L. L. Allen, chief mainten-
ance engineer Of the Minnesota
highway department.
From all divisions a heavy crop
has been reported because Of the
exceptional growing year, Mr..
Allen said. Weeds throughout, how
ever, will be leveled before having
a chance to mature and seed, he
promised.
Ordinarily weeds on highway
require cutting twice
each year. This year, however,
three cuttings may be necessary,
Mr.. Allen predicted.
Not only to prevent their spread
to farmers fields are weeds cut,
Mr.. Allen said, but also to keep
warning and other highway signs
from being hidden and lessen snow
drifting on highways in winter and
dust drifting in drainage bitches
in summer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
Letter B Second in the
Alphabet Through Ages

The letter B, representing the
voiced labial stop, has had second
place in the alphabet since ancient
times. The Phoenicians, credited
by many scientists with inventing
the group of letter-sound symbols
from which our modern alphabet Is
derived, had a symbol for the letter
B as early as the year 1900 B. c.
There also is a scientific conten-
ton that an earlier alphabet, Sinai
script, was the forebear Of our al
phabet. There is an interesting
resemblance between the symbols
for the letter B of Sinai script and
some Of the early Phoenician and
Greek alphabet symbols. Even the
ancient Egyptians, whose hero
glyphic writings were made up OF
a combination of letter symbols and
pictures, says a writer in the Chi
cago Tribune, had definite SYM
Dol for the sound represented by
our letter B. 1t was picture OF
q crane.
The Roman letter B has come
down to us unchanged, although 1t
was refinement of the Greek beta.
The Roman B dates from pre-clas-
steal to classical times. The earli-
est record of the Greek beta was
about 400 B. c. In any considera-
ton of the alphabet it is interesting
to note that all Of the symbols OF
all of the alphabets were developed
in the beginning from the crude
photographs Of the ancients, whose
method of leaving written record
was to draw crude picture, de-
scribing an event, on a slab OF stone
or on a stone cave wall. Picture
symbols have been used by the abo-
rhymes of modern times, including
the early settlers of Australia and
the American Indians. 1t Is gen.
orally accepted by g scientists that
the invention Of the, alphabet did
not consist Of sudden creation OF
letters representing sounds, but was
q gradual transition from picture
to letter symbols. 80
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
OLD-AGE PAYMENTS

Old-age insurance payments to
POI Minnesota employees or their
families tctalled $11,536.37 in May,
according to a statement made to-
day by Earnest A. Asleson in
charge of the st. Cloud office of
the Social Security Board. The
claims averaged $44.20. A total of
$7O,732.32 has now been paid to
2,011 Minnesotans under the old
age insurance system. Mr.. Asleson
reported that claims are being
filed much more promptly than
heretofore. He attributes this to a
rapidly growing understanding Of
how to make a claim and to q real
ization that payments will become
larger as time passes. More than
100000 in single cash benefits
has now been paid to employees or
their estates under Federal old
age insurance. The average
amount Of time required by the
Social Security Board to handle a
claim has been reduced to "A days.
Claims forms and assistance in fiji
ing them are available at no
charge at the st. Cloud office of
the Board.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
City's Oldest Store
Building To Be Raced
Continued From Page One)

orator.
Now it's wooden walls and out
NODDED street front fall to be the last
such edifice on the uptown block
of Main Street. BY December 18th,
according to a public threatre an
nouncement, it will be the scene OF
the new theatre, which will lift
Main Streets face a little more.
Last week premature razing of
the structure accidentally happened
when Harry Hamilton, theatre ma
chine operator, hung banner sign
from the old building announcing
the new home of the Main Street
theatre and poked out a window
light. g
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
REDUCED FARM LOAN
INTEREST RATES

The reduced interest rates on
Federal land Band and Commission
er loans have been extended by
Federal legislation for a period of
two years, according to word receiv-
ed today from the Federal Land
Bank by r. G. Neils, Secretary
treasurer Of the National Farm Loan
Associations with headquarters at
st. Cloud, Minnesota.
On Federal land bank loans thru
active national farm loan associa-
tons, the temporarily reduced rate
3h per cent per annum will be con-
tinued for all interest instalments
payable prior to July /, 1910. On
loans obtained directly from the
land bank the rate will be 4 per
cent.
The temporarily reduced rate of
4 per cent on Land Bank Commits
sioner loans Is also continued until
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
The Popham Colonists

On October II, 1908. the Popham
colonists abandoned a settlement
they had made on the Sagadahok
river, in what Is now Maine, dur
ing August, 1907, and sailed away
upon the first supply ship sent them
from England. Despite the early
enthusiasm of their leader, George
Popham, the settlers-cut off for
more than a year from communica-
ton with friends and loved ones
were doubtless disheartened not less
by inconsistencies due to their utter
isolation than by danger, by priva-
ton and by Popham's death, and
gladly accepted the first opportunity
to withdraw from the enterprise. OF
them a contemporary historian
writes: Disseminated persons, suf-
fering whileas they act, can sell
dom have good success, and never
satisfaction"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
Questions Pertaining
To Agriculture

How may I treat my ornamental
ward plants that are affected by q
powdery white growth on the stems
and leaves?
Powdery mildew, such as you
describe, appears on the stems and
leaves of roses, delphinium. phlox
and zinnia. It Is rather easily con-
trolled with sulphur dust. Be sure,
however, to purchase dust easily
prepared for busting plants, since
ordinary flowers Of sulphur is too
coarse. Sulphur dust can be easily
applied with an inexpensive buster.
If there Is mildew on your plants
at present, they should be busted
now; this will help prevent further
spread. However, the best way to
keep these plants free Of mildews
is to start busting early in the
spring and repeat about every 10
days or so. This will prevent in
lection. Carl J. Eide, division OF
plant pathology.
My Strawberries have been affect
ed with leaf spot this year. Gan you
tell me how TO treat it?
Leaf spots are about one-eight
inch in diameter, purplish red in
color with gray center. Sometimes
thee are so many spots the leaves
are killed. So far as the present
season is concerned the damage is
done, but next years crop can be
protected as follows: After the
present crop is picked, NOW eff all
the leaves, then rake them up and
burn them. When the new leaves
appear after renovation, they should
be sprayed a couple times this sea-
son with Bordeaux mixture. Then
next spring they should be sprayed
as soon as the leaves appear, and
spraying repeated every 10 days un-
til the fruit starts to set. Carl j.
Eide, division of plant pathology.
Is there any way can prevent
my ground cherries from becoming
wOrmy? e@
Ground cherry worms can be con-
trolled to some extent by spraying
with a solution made up in the pro-
portion Of 2 pounds Of calcium CT
lead arsenate to so gallons Of water
Fer small plots, use one and one
half to 2 ounces Of the poison to one
gallon of water. Cover the plants
thoroughly with the spray as soon
as the first blossoms appear and re-
peat at Z to Today intervals, or CT
ten enough to keep the plants well
covered A. e. Hutchins, division
Of horticulture.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
S. SCHLICHT DIED AT
WALKER MONDAY
Continued from Page One)

in this city, and three sisters and
five brothers. They are: Mrs. L. K.
Stelzig, Sauk Centre; Mrs. Jerome
Scharenbroich, st. Cloud; Mrs. Carl
Hummer, Bemidji; Nick and Tony
Schlicht, of Milbank, S. D.; Leo and
Ambrose Schlicht, of Morton, Mimi,
and George Schlicht, of Mellen,
Wisconsin.
Funeral services were held this
Thursday morning at nine o'clock
at st. Paul's church and burial was
made in st. Paul's cemetery. Msgr.
Plachta read the Requiem Mass.
The pallbearers were cousins of the
deceased. The body was brought to
this city from Walker Monday night
and was kept at the Sank Centre
Funeral Parlors in state until the
service this morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21

responded to the plan as rapidly as
some of the other counties where
dairying is Of lesser Importance.
Renville, county distinctly a corn
and hog county, is the first county
In Minnesota to have a 100 percent
Of it's dairy plants signed up on the
program. If the program is con-
sidered worthwhile in a county that
derives a lesser percentage OF It's
income from dairy products than Is
the case in Stearns county, the
dairy plants in Stearns county
should see fit to come in. Cream
cry and other dairy plant patrons
should encourage their boards OF di-
rectors to cooperate on this plan In
order that the outlets for dairy pro-
ducts might be increased.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
Napoleon Appreciative
of Painters Fine Work

When Napoleon Bonaparte was
leaving for his Egyptian campaign
in 1787, the miniature painter, Jean
Cossard, was called to paint his
portrait. He got a good likeness Of
the general and promised to deliver
the portrait in two days. On the
morning Of the second day Bona
parte called on Cossard.
my portrait?" said he.
1T is ready, general"
'Give it to me, I will take It with
me-"
Eyes. but general. must have
my pay"
what do you charge for por-
trait?"
Five louis (about $3.50, general"
"Give them to him." said Bona
parte to an officer with him. He
loses by that. I would have given
him Is on my return from Egypt"
II would prefer five louis today
than the prospect Of Is, for, Il your
expedition fails, ! would lose all and
If you succeed as ! hope. then In
the Joy Of victory you win never
think Of me-"
Bonaparte smiled and carried
away the portrait. On his return
from Egypt, he sought out the art
list.
II congratulate you on your por-
trait which everyone has admired.
I paid you only for your work; !
now want to reward your talent
Here are 20 louis (about 5000 which
I have for you. and let us not for.
get each other"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
TO WAR AGAINST
MARIJUANA WEED

All this summer and fall the Mimi
esota Highway patrolman as he
cruises the trunk roads Of the
state will not only be watching for
traffic law violators and motorists
in distress but also he will be con-
stantly sweeping his eyes ever the
highway right-of-way and adjoin-
ing field on the lookout for the mar
cotic mariana weed.
At the same time, members of
the Highway maintenance crews,
who received instructions in inden-
tifying the plant in a special course
Of instruction last summer, also
will seek out the weed.
In cooperation with the Ameri-
can Legion, M. ]. Murray, chief of
the patrol, has enlisted his force in
the statewide war against the
freely growing drug.
The patrolmen have been ordered
to report to the nearest county
agent at once to obtain knowledge
of the plant and to- learn it's physi-
cal characteristics SO that they can
spot 1t readily among other vegeta-
ton.
In the last several years evidence
has shown that the weed grows
prolificly in Minnesota. During the
summer Of 1887, the maintenance
division Of the Minnesota Highway
department went to school to learn
to know the marijuana plant and
as a result were able to report a
number Of patches to the authorit-
les fer destruction. When the weed
was found along the state owned
right-of-way 1t was Immediately
eradicated.
The enlistment Of the patrol in
this fight, in the opinion of Chief
Murray, will, because of the wide
circle of patrol travel, turn up a
number of marijuana patches
which might otherwise have escap-
ed detection.
A similar fight against the habit
forming weed Is being conducted by
the Legion, federal government
narcotic forces and state and local
agencies all ever the nation where
the "loco" weed or "Hashhish"
plant flourishes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-07-21
TOTAL STATE
DEBT $343,l33,338
Commonwealth's Obhga-
lions 1S9 Millions
Rest Is Towns

Total debt of the state Of Mime
sofa and it's counties, cities, villages
and school districts was $343,13S,SSo
as of Dec. 81, 1887.
This was revealed today in the
annual report of the state tax COM
mission, H. E. Boyle, George +.
Gage and G. E. Wallace.
The state debt alone was $139,-
247, 591, being the sum of $1O1, 827,-
TAI net bonded debt and $37, 419,850
in outstanding warrants and GER
tificates.
Total debt of the 81 counties was
Sal, 1853 .6O5-net bonded debt being
S37, 345, O2O and $3,S0S,585 in out
standing warrants and certificates.
The 1885 townships together
had a total debt of $3.01S,425- net
bonded debt being $1,463,752 and
outstanding warrants and certifi-
Gates $1,544,673.
Minnesotas cities and villages
owed $104, 1866, 62S-net bonded debt
being O1,347,617 with outstanding
warrants and certificates running
to $3,622,011.
And the 7,755 school districts of
the state had total debt of $54,-
744,O89-net bonded debt being
$52,568,939 and outstanding war
rants and certificates summing up
to $2,175,150.
Goodhue, Mcleod and Winona
counties had no debts en- Dec. 81,
1887; nor did any township in Ram
sey, Rice and Watonwan counties.
OF the 1855 townships in the state,
only 240 had bonded debt.
These nine cities and villages CT
more than 1000 population reported
no indebtedness: st. Peter, Sleepy
Eye, Tracy, Chaska, Long Prairie,
Coleraine, Cokato, Rushfcrd and
st. Joseph.i
Of the 1855 school districts, only
1909 were in debt, leaving 6,446
out of debt.
While total debt of all units
state, counties, etc. increased by
$6,S73,034 in the 10-year period,
debt reduction in counties other
than Hennepin and Ramsey,
amounted to $57,314,418 since 1927,
the reduction in the year 1887
amounting to $7,557,517 in coun-
ties, towns, villages and school dis
tricts in those IS counties.