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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
FISH REARING PONDS
A WHITEWATER PARK

announcing the purchase Of a
tract Of about AT acres of land ad-
jacent to Whitewater State Park in
Winona county, Conservation Com
missioner Herman c. Wenzel states
that work will start on the con-
struction Of a series of fish rearing
ponds as soon as WPA approval is
received on the project. Negotia-
tions for the acquisition of the land
have been under way for some
time.
The land purchased receives the
flow of Crystal Springs and the
stream furnishes an adequate sup
ply Of fresh spring water for these
ponds where fish will be raised to
lingering size or larger before be-
ing released in fishing waters.
I'm order to obtain the greatest
possible results in abundant distri-
button Of fish life, the Department
Of Conservation plans to establish
rearing ponds through the state"
says Mr.. Wenzel. The Whitewater
project is part Of this extensive
program.
These ponds are located where
they will benefit a large section of
the southeastern part of the state,
which does not have an abundance
of lakes as does the northern coun-
try and where the waters are fish
ed by large number of people.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12

Mrs. Ella Christie and Mrs. Bert
Neal called at the Geo. Berg home
Saturday forenoon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Berg are the happy parents Of a
baby girl, born Friday, May 9Th.
MIR. and Mrs. Sep Adrian were
weekend visitors in st. Paul.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Adrian were
visitors at the home Of Mrs. Anna
Hiltner, in Melrose Tuesday.
Lawrence Christie assisted at the
B. H. Otte home several days this
week.
Miss Cowlthorp, Of the Pleasant
Valley school, was supper guest
at the H. u. Adrian home Monday
Little Richard Adrian returned to
the home Of his parents Sunday
after spending the weekend at the
home Of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. III. J. Adrian.
III. G. Lembke Is now at the park
in preparation for the fishing sea-
son. Mrs. Lembke has been i'll, but
is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sep Adrian are now
employed at Harry Hooper's.
Harold Halverson was a visitor
at the Christie home Sunday after
noon and evening.
Doris Christie, who has been en-
ployed at the Geo. Berg home for
several weeks, left Wednesday for
st. Paul, where she will be employ
ed. She will stay at the home OF
her sister, Mrs. Albert Diesen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre, MINI.

ing Swedish colonial life in the
Delaware Valley, and are Of special
interest to people in the three
states which once were part Of
New Sweden - Delaware, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey"
The letters are part Of an hts
torical exhibit being sent by the
Swedish government in honor of
the nationwide Swedish-American
o00th Anniversary Celebration,
which will be cimaxed by four days
of festivities in the Delaware Valley
in June.
AN important part Of the An
niversary Celebration is the cam
paign now being conducted by the
Swedish-American Tercentenary
Association to create $75O,OOO en-
dowment fund for the American
Swedish Historical Museum. The
campaign closes May 14th.
Besides the letters and the
Printz reports, the historical ex-
hibit includes the original constitu.
ticn Of Sweden, drafted in 1884 by
Gustavus Adolphus and his chan.
cellor Axel Oxenstierna. The con.
stitution, according to DR.. John
son, has never before left the Swe
dish state archives and is the mos
valuable document ever to be sem
out of the country.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
Proud Groom in Hungary
Gets Engagement Gifts

In the region Of Mezokovesd,
about eighty miles from Budapest,
Hungary, the prospective groom,
not the bride, fares the better when
a couple becomes engaged. For
the happy occasion the girl pre-
sents her fiance with a beautiful
shirt. deliberately embroidered in
red and blue, a black engagement
apron" also heavily embroidered,
two plates loaded with a roast duck,
q stuffed chicken. a tart, cigarettes,
apples. nuts and gingerbread.
Nor Is this all She Is even ex-
pected to give the young man 40 to
50 pengo. or about ten dollars. with
which he treats all his friends to
bachelor party. The bride does not
receive presents from her fiance
till the wedding, when he gives her
pair Of shoes, silk kerchief and
the wedding ring.
Engagements in this section last
one to two months. and in old times
the wedding was a three-week at
fair, but later 1t was shortened to
a mere day. The ceremony Is one
Of the most picturesque travellers
see in all Hungary. for the families
Of the couple turn out in their finest
costumes. An inevitable part Of the
ceremony Is the sobbing Of the
bride; II she does not weep loudly,
1t is considered very bad form in
deed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
Acadians of Eighteenth
Century Often Banished

Exiled from Canada in 1755, the
Acadians migrated to the British
colonies, only to be rejected by Vir.
ginia, driven from the coast Of
Georgia, dispersed in Connecticut,
prosecuted in Pennsylvania, exploit.
ed in Massachusetts, and nearly
starved in New York. They finally
made their way to Louisiana where
they were welcomed by French of.
fcials.
The Acadian girl married in her
teens and was often the mother OF
four children when only twenty.
Acadians had to compete with
slave holding planters, and large
families furnished the only solution
to the problem. Many became trap
pers. fishermen and moss-gatherers.
"Playboys" were unknown in
New Acadia" The Acadian youth
visited a girl at her home only il
he had serious intentions. Wedding
rumors sprang up II a young man
called on Sunday evenings. He could
propose, however. only on Thurs.
day.
Living in one-room houses with
dirt floors, the Acadians led a SIM
pie life. Their favorite food was
rice, cooked in distinctly Oriental
manner. Each farmer owned about
Is acres of cotton. Once The cotton
was picked, 1t was the task Of the
woman to card, spin and weave 1t.
They made their own dyes from
indigo grown on the farms and from
oak bark.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
LEAGUE INSTITUTE

The Epworth League Institute
Commission announce the Annual
Institute for the Epworth Leagues
Of the Methodist Churches of the
Fergus Falls District, TO be held
June POPS inclusive at Fish Hook
Lake, Park Rapids, Mirnesotc.
: Speakers include DR.. w. E. J.
Gratz, Of Chicago, ILL.,, and Presi-
dent c. N. Pace and Prof. e. D.
Staples, Of Hamline University.
One feature will be classes for In
termediate Leaguers, ages II to Is
years inclusive. Rev. F. A. Kufus
of Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, will
act as Dean; Rev. y. A. Geer of
Wadena, Mimi, as manager; and
Rev. Elmer Podoll Of Frazee, Mimi,
as life work secretary.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
CITY ASSESSOR
ASKS COOPERATION
Explains Money and Credits
Blanks Available At Any
Time-Has 1900 Items to Check

If you believe your taxes are too
high, you are undoubtedly correct,
but neither the City Board Of Equal
ization nor the City Assessor can
change the tax rate. The only
thing the local authorities can do
is to reduce your assessed valua-
ton in case the same Is higher pro-
portionately than your neighbours.
Therefore, If you feel that your tax
es are too high, the local author
tiles can do nothing for you unless
your assessed valuation Is too high
comparatively. If your assessed
valuation is upon the same basis as
others. you are only paying your
proportionate share Of the tax.
Provided an equal value Is placed
upon each property, then the only
recourse you have is to try and get
a lower tax rate through a reduc-
ton in expenditures and not thru
reduction in the assessed value.
I very much appreciate the coop
Grafton which has been shown me
to date. It is my earnest hope that
] can quite closely arrive upon the
.equalized value basis, although
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
HEAVY SNOW
SUNDAY, MAY 2
3.87 Inches of Rainfall
Recorded For First
Twelve Days Of May

Boosting May rains to a five
year high, with the month only
twelve days old, were daily rains
that fell for the first nine days and
sent the measure to 3.87 inhces.
According to the measurements
made by Err. Henry RetzelS. West
Unicn, May in the first eight
days doubled the precipitation for
the average May in the part five
years.
Farmers feared for the fruit
crop as cold northerly winds, fur
ries of snow accompanied the
Debated April showers" Snow
flurries fell Sunday afternoon when
temperatures dipped. The ground
was literally white for several
hours. Night freezing threatened
fruit when buds were at the burst
ing point.
Sloughs and potholes are filled
with water. Ducks are plentiful in
these favcrite haunts. Some rural
roads are quagmires, threaten the
passage of school buses, drivers
reported.
Perked up pasture lands prompt
ed insertion of several classified
ads in the Herald: Pasture for
rent. Summer feed, many felt
seemed assured. Benefit to germin-
ating crops is unmeasured in this
rainfall.
Water crashing over the dam at
Sank Lake prompted the opening
of the gates this week. Eight
planks have beeen removed to al
low escape of the water in an ef-
fort to keep head head down to
eleven feet in spite of rapidly
rising feeding sources.
Comparison for the month OF
May during the past five years IL
made from this tabulation: 1887
2.99 inches; 1886, LAB inches; 1885
2.15 inches; 1884, Let inches.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
GAME FOOD AND COVER
NURSERY ESTABLISHED

The Commissioner Of Conserva-
ton, Herman c. Wenzel, announ-
ces the acquisition of 120 acres OF
and by the Division Of Game and
Fish for nursery purposes This
land was previously surrounded
by the Carlos-Avery Game Refuge
and Public Hunting Grounds and
is now a part Of that area.
Several species Of hardwood
trees, food and cover plants will
be raised at this nursery to supply
stock for planting on State Game
Refugees and Public Hunting
Grounds. Much Of the first stock
produced will be used for planting
the large Lac qui rarle conserva-
ton area in western Minnesota.
Work on the new nursery will
start at once and will be under the
supervision of Mr.. Richard j.
Dorer Of Minneapolih. who was re-
Gently appointed Assistant Super
dntendent Of Game Propagation
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
''Twice as Cold"

Such an expression as ''twice as
cold" has no meaning because there
Is no definite point Of the thermom-
eter from which we reckon cold. AS
zero Is 50 degrees Fahrenheit be-
low freezing point, you could say
that 50 degrees below zero is twice
as many degrees below freezing
point as zero Is below that point
Similarly the expression ''twice as
warm" is meaningless unless you
refer It to a definite temperature;
II 1t should be Is degrees Fahren-
heit on one day and so degrees
Fahrenheit the next day, you could
say that on the second day the tenn
perature was twice as many de-
grees above zero as on the previous
day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
1912 Graduate
Author of Article
Advocates Correction of
School Children's Physical
Defects During Summer Months

A 1912 graduate from the Sank
Centre high schools turned up in
prominence this month as the
author of an article appearing in
the May issue of ~Everybody's
Health
She is Mrs. Charles L. Hayes,
st. Paul, state chairman of the
Summer Round Up" now being
advocated by the p T. A. In 1912
she was Agnes Grundman. daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. john Grundman,
now of Pella, Iowa, and niece Of
George Grundman, of this COM
munity.
Her article, occupying preferred
position in the magazine, advocated
a summer round up campaign for
correction of school children's
physical defects before fall terms
begin, and ran under the heading,
"tound-Up Promotes Child Health. I"
She points interestingly in her
article to: Last year Minnesota
was given first place among the
states having between 200 and 300
Associations reg
istered for the Roundup and re-
ceived a national award for report
ing the largest number of physical
defects corrected among children
examined in the 1896 Summer
Roundup campaign"
by fall in 1887" she wrote,
~, 082 Of the 2,516 defects found in
summer examinations of 2,455
children had been corrected and
one-third of the children had been
immunized against diphtheria and
oneihalf vaccinated against small
pox."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
WPA Summarizes Accom-
plishments In This County
To Provide Direct Relief for
1898 Workers Now Employed
Would Cost S31,458.96 Monthly

What federal work relief under
WPA has accomplished in Stearns
County was summarized this week
by Victor Christgau, state WPA
administer. From this, the follow
ing high-lights are taken:
In the 80 months since WPA OPP
erations began, the county's buy
ing power has increased $2,W8, 1928
through the distribution locally OF
funds from federal sources. 1t is
now providing jobs for 1898 needy
persons in the county. If these
workers had been added to the
county's direct relief load, the ad-
ditional outlay per month, based on
average local per case expenditure
during 1887, would be $31 1896.
Sponsors of projects in the coun-
ty have provided $375,836 with
which to meet other than labor
costs for which federal funds have
not been available. Adding this to
federal funds used, the total amount
expended for WPA work in the
county reaches 1884 ,459.
AS a result of these expenditures,
181 projects have been operated In
the county, of which number 145
have been either completed or sus-
pended and 25 are in operation.
Present activities have been at the
teachers college, the city park and
moving the old federal building in
st. Cloud, dams at Grand Lake and
Pearl Lake, completion of the Broo-
ten school, extensive county wide
road improvements. st. Cloud pres
ent operations are the sewer collec-
tor and interceptor systems lead
ing to the site of the new disposal
plant. Another outstanding pro-
ject is the Rockville school built of
the pink granite for which that
area is famous. Other accomplish
ments are the completion of 300
miles of road improvement, II miles
of asphalt road, miles of sanitary
sewer, 2 miles of storm sewer, 2
miles of water mains, 8 Type G
dams, 1 box culvert, 20 miles OF
sidewalk and curbing, construction
of the 10 acre athletic field at the
st. Cloud College, enclosed by an
all granite wall II feet high, con-
struction of miles of retaining
walls, the rehabilitation of 81 rural
schools and work on two park areas
having a combined area Of Is acres.
In the white collar division the
sewing project has completed ST.
291 garments for distribution by the
county relief office and 24,396 hot
lunches have been served at the
Garfield, Melrose, Kimball, Albany
and Paynesville schools. Over 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12

and Refugees. Mr.. Dorer will have
charge Of nurseries, food and
cover planting for the Division Of
Game and Fish and will have the
full cooperation Of the Division of
Forestry in carrying on this work.
The new nursery, in addition to
raising native hardwoods, game
food and cover plants, will carry
on experimental work with other
species. Probably the most ade-
quate cover plants for game in
North America is Laurel or
Rhcdodendron. The latter will be
planted in the new nursery this
week.
Species now being planted in
| clude: Highbush cranberries,
several species of cherry, plum
green ash, wild grape, sumac,
hickory, walnut, butternut, hack
beery, mulberry, Japanese bar
berry, mulberry, japanese bar
Gust, crabapple bittersweet, dog
wood, ironwood, bearberry, snow
berry, huckbeberry, blueberry
dewberry, elderberry, haws, honey.
sucke, partridge berry, votch, hog
peanut and woodbine.
Experimental work will include;
Chestnut, beachnut, sasafras,
cucumber tree, hop tree, holly
Towering dogwood, cinquefoil
wintergreen and sweet or black
birch.
More than one million seeding
trees have now been planted OF
the Carlos-Avery Game Refuge
which is located in Anoka Coun
ty, thirty miles north of the Twil
Cities.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12

00d books have been repaired, as
has 300 pairs of shoes. Other white
collar activities are clerical activ-
tiles at the court house, the mus
cum, work with handicapped chill
dren, housekeeping assistance to
approximately 40 needy families,
the nursery school at Brooten with
an enrolment of 35 and extensive
adult education and recreational
activities.
The inventory Of what has been
accomplished in the state includes
jobs for up to $1,000 needy persons,
the construction of hundreds Of
new buildings and a wide variety Of
operations in the field of public
service. To carry on this work,
500, 29O,986 came directly from the
federal government and SIG, 710,99
from project. sponsors.
work relief has required more
dollars than would have been nee
essary to maintain these needy
workers on a DOLE" said Mr.. Christ
gau. "The additional expenditures
are justified by the worthwhile pro-
jects that have been carried on, by
the increased buying power and by
the intangible results that accrue
when people are busy, compared
with the destruction to morale that
is the inevitable result of idleness.
'WPA in Minnesota has improv-
ed more than 1000 miles of farm
to-market roads, has repaired and
reconditioned most of the public
ly-owned buildings and the state is
dotted with new community CEN
| tiers, school houses, better recrea-
tional facilities, water conservation
and flood control dams, swimming
pools and a wide variety of other
needed improvements that definite
ly would not have been undertaken
except for the work relief program
Had it been necessary for the
county to carry all WPA workers
on direct relief, the added obliga-
ton would have been a burden on
local real and personal property
whereas the source of federal funds
is chiefly the federal tax on income
The greatest sources of such income
are in sections of the country far
removed from Minnesota. One OF
the great advantages of work relief
Is that areas in economic distress
can be sustained by taxing wealth
in centers where it accumulates and
distributing the revenue to needy
areas. This is an important reason
why there should be strong support
in Minnesota for the Presidents re.
covery program"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
Questions Pertaining To
Agriculture and Home
How can I prevent cannabal-
ism in my flock of baby chicks.

Cannabalism is due to crowding,
excess heat, insufficient food, insult
ficient feeding space or other caus-
es. Care should he taken to pro-
vide ample space in the brooder
house, which means about one-half
square foot per chick. At least one
inch of hopper space should he
available for each chick up to two
weeks, and 2 inches up to 8 weeks.
The hoppers should be kept sup
piled with feed, and of course chicks
should have access to plenty of wat
ter. Letting the chicks out on range
will usually stop the trouble, too.
Sometimes it is found helpful to
darken windows; some people use
red paint on the windows effective
ly. It may be necessary to try sew
eral Of these remedies before you
can stop the trouble, since no one
cure will work in all cases.-H. j.
Sloan, poultry husbandman.
Can you give me a remedy
for DISCRIMINATING pocket COP
hers?
The following poison used on po-
tatoes or carrots will in one or two
applications kill gophers; one-eighth
of sodium bicarbonate (baking so
da), one-eighth ounce of powdered
strychnia alkaloid, one-eightieth
ounce saccharin. This mixture Is a
fluffy powder and should be placed
in a salt shaker or can with a
sitter top. Bait should he cut into
slices a half inch square. Sift the
poison on the bait, turning 1t so
that each piece will have some OF
the poison. A few crystals on each
piece will be sufficient. Drop two or
three pieces of the poison bait in
the main runway, making certain
to close the hole Immediately so
that light will not enter. Treat all
new mounds and level them.-H. l..
Parten, extension entomologist.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
TESTERS REPORTS SHOW
COW TESTING PAYS

Does throwing the searchlight of
the Cow Testing Association on the
dairy herd pay?
Three official testers reveal facts
indicating it does, asserts Kramer
Leighton, extension dairyman, I'm
iversity Farm.
Edgar Urevig, tester for Tilney
Farms association, st. James, says,
Perhaps the most outstanding fact
brought out in the second month of
testing on the farms Is the variation
in production, even though the feed
ing and condition of animals is
practically the same. One herd OF
eight cows showed an increase OF
COL pounds of butterfat on feed
cost Of about $40. Other evidence
Of more careful feeding and man.
agement was shown when produc-
ton from a herd Of % cows was
stepped up 40 pounds from an in
creased feed cost of $1S, or a return
of $500 above feed cost"
Carlton Peterson, tester for the
TriICounty association in Washing
ton, Onoka, and Ramsey counties
reports, zone member culled two
young cows that were not doing
well, sold them for SIPS, then pur'
chased one COW from an association
member for $50. The two cows he
sold produced 40 pounds of butter
fat together the first month they
were fresh. The new COW produces
so pounds of fat per month"
Carl Stadig, Nicollet County eta
tester, explains, "One association
member who has experimental with
feeding practices, finds that good
balanced homegrown ration with
alfalfa has provided greater re
turn at lower cost. Steamed bone
meal as a mineral supplement Is be
ing provided for higher producing
! cows by some members. Severa
dairymen have also found it goot
for cows in a rundown condition
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-12
Little Sank

The Little Sauk-Kandota Farm
Bureau Unit is an enterprising or
ganization. In spite of rain and
muddy roads a large attendance
was reported at their meeting in
the Little Sank club house last We'd
nesday evening. A good program
was rendered, including talks by
professionals outside the Unit.
Art Jacobson and family were
Sunday guests at the VIM. Holtberg
home.
Miss Ruby Mcdonald is spending
few days at home, arriving here
on the four o'clock bus yesterday
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Wayne Fjossie, who has been
confined in bed the past few days,
is reported better.
Monday, Mrs. VIM. Thompson ac-
companied by her mother, Mrs.
Peter Lystad, motored to Mime
apolis. We understand Mrs. Ly-
stad is not very well and went to
the cities to consult a doctor.
We are all glad to learn that AL
bert Revitt has left the ranks of
"dirt-farmers'' and is now an enter
prising business man in st. Cloud.
A rumor has it that he has bought
cafe and is busy serving the hun
cry, thirsty public. We wish him
abundant success in this, his first
business venture.
Miss Sylvia Johnon finished her
term Of school last week and is
spending a few days at home.
We are pleased to learn that Mrs
Robert Johnson is improving nicely
following her recent operation.
The Luther League sponsored a
nice program at the local church
Sunday evening. Miss Ingborg Pet
erson had charge Of the Bible Hour
Mr.. II. c. F1ann took his sister
in-law, Mrs. Clarence Flann, to the
cities Tuesday. Mrs. Clarence F1ann
is not very well and went there to
see doctor.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. e. johnson and
daughter, Gloria, expect to attend
an insurance meeting at Detroit
Lakes Wednesday.
Mrs. Wn. Holtberg and Miss Syl-
via Johnson were in attendance at
a Ladies' Aid meeting at the Oscar
J. Lying home Of Kandota Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Paquin, of
Round Prairie, were shoppers at
Little Sank Monday.
Wednesday, Mrs. Phil DeLong
and son assisted 8. e. johnson with
a few odd jobs.
Mrs. Everett Thompson enter
tanned visitors Monday evening.
The Todd county highway engin-
eer and assistants were surveying
the one mile Of road from o. M.
Olson south to the Kandota town.
line Friday.