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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Light Rates of Minnesota
Cities COMPARED to S. C..

43 cities charged less than $1.70,
against Sank Centres charge Of 81,
while 9 of them charged $3.50 or
less; for 100 kilowatt hours, 20 Of
the 43 cities charged less than $4.25,
against Sank Centres charge Of
1925; for $50 kilowatt hours, Is CT
ties charged between $500 and 81
each, 10 others charged between 81
and So each, against Sank Gen.
tres charge Of $1,000, the second
highest Of any, as already noted. Is
OF the 43 cities above compared
have publicly owned light plants.
AS Virginia is especially men,
toned in the article recently pub
lished In the Herald, and whereas
1t has the lowest maximum light
rate Of any of the 1900 odd cities
and towns throughout the United
States for which residential light
rates have been compiled, I wish to
give q few figures for this wonder
full light plant. This city Is listed
separately with 10 others, all OF
which have a population Of 10000 to
5000 each, Of which have public
ly owned plants.
The cities with municipal plants
in this group are Virginia, Hibbing,
Brainard, Rochester and Austin.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Sank CemtreiteS HOmOred W
W. Parker Monday Night
It's been nineteen years since,
in the mud of France and days
Of Is, the General and the
= Dad k1N C@~nwo1

It's been nineteen years since,
in the mud OF France and days
Of '18, the General and the
doughboy met. But the General
has an exceptional memory.
Monday evening at the testi-
monial dinner for w. M. Parker,
Mayor OF Minneapolis, General
George e. Leach, strobe UP to
w. ID. Gallup and without furth-
er ado, said, Hello, Gallup"
You've a good memory, Gen.
eral," Mr.. Gallup replied.
"And you've changed some
since them," said the General.
To which Mr.. Gallup came
back with, I'm eating regularly
now"
In the nineteen years since,
Mr.. Gallup had anticipated this
meeting. He explained Tuesday
that both had been in the 151st
Field Artillery in the thick of it
in France. Mr.. Leach came to
the outfit as a Colonel;
when he left he had been advan-
ced to the rank Of General. Mr..
Gallup was in the headquarters
company, second battalion. Mr..
Gallup explained that somehow
his name had been dropped from
the 151st roster, and the Gener-
al promised to have it reinstat-
ed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Petition Bearing Name OF
John Mondloch Has Been
Circulated

A petition for appointment to the
Water, Light & Power Commission,
bearing the name Of John Mond-
loch, was circulated in the city re-
Gently. This petition, which has a
large number of signers, will be
presented to the District Judge for
consideration.
Mr.. Mondloch has been selected
by citizens to take the place of
George O'Gara, who has announced
that he will retire from the Com
mission April LIST, when his term
expires. Mr.. O'Gara, who has serv-
ed the city continuously as a Coun-
Gilman and a member of the Com
mission since 1912, announced re-
Gently that he desired to retire,
however, his refusal to accept an
other appointment was not at first
accepted by his friends. Mr.. O'Gara
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Band Plans Series
of Musical Scents
Sank Centre Band and Auxiliary
Units VIII Present Enter
tainments

"A series Of musical entertain
ments to be given in the various
churches of this city will be part
Of the early spring work Of the
Sank Centre Band and its auxiliary
organizations, DR.. p. w. Hanson
announced this week.
DR.. Hanson stated that already
he had conferred with local clergy
men on the proposed project, found
them willing that the programs
might be given. According to his
statement the musicals will be
sponsored by number Of Church
societies.
Talent will be drawn from MEM
bers of the boys band, under DR..
Hanson's direction, and about sixty
music students will participate in
these entertainments. Instrumental
groups, vocal solos, quartetts in
string instrument and host Of var
tety will be sprinkled throughout
the regular numbers of the pro-
grams. Dates for the opening con-
cert Of the series will be announc-
ed later through the Herald, DR..
Hanson said Tuesday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
COMMUNITY CLUB
MEETING TONIGHT

This Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 24th, will be held the reg
ular meeting Of the Community
Club. Secretary Walt Gritzmach-
err stated that there are several
propositions Of more than pass
ing interest to be brought be-
fore the members for solution,
and that a large number should
be in attendance. The meeting
will open at eight o'clock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
j. C. Unger, of Seattle WASH,
Intensely Interested In
Electrical Service
Seattle, Washington,

February IA, 1888.
In a recent article in the Herald
I read an article on Sank Centre
residential lighting rates, as COM
pared with other cities throughout
Minnesota In this article I shall
give q few more details on such
rates, which I feel should be of in
terest to Herald readers.
Sank Centre is listed separately
with - cities all with q population
Of between $500 and 5000 each. For
Is kilowatt hours, 80 Of these 43
cities charged less money than
Sank Centre; for 100 kilowatt hours
all Of these ~ other cities charged
less; while for $50 kilowatt hours,
all but East Grand Forks charged
less than Sank Centre. Thus Sank
Centre Is either at or near the bot
tom o6 the list in all three current
consumption divisions, for these 43
cities.
For % kilowatt hours, u Of these
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Banquet At Public School
Large ely Attended BY
Friends Neighbors
INTERESTING PROGRAM
Distinguished Guests Included
Republican Candidates
For Governor
(BY Chuck Rathe)

w. M. Parker doesn't feel out Of
place in his home town, for Mon
day night Main Street, in a testi-
mcnial dinner, honored one Of its
local boys made good" when they
paid tribute in lavish praise to Mr..
Parker, chairman of the State Re-
publican central committee. At his
side in the place of honor sat Mrs.
Parker. In this meeting that APP
preached statewide scope, with an
array of Republican gubernatorial
timber and other notaIbles, almost
three hundred sat at the banquet
tables. Political barriers were scat
tered literally to the four winds
when Republicans, Democrats, and
Farmer Laborites alike, sat at the
function.
It was one OF the finest demon
STATIONS Sank Centre has rendered
one Of its citizens in a number of
years. When MIR. Parker was called
upon, he was received with a rising
thunder Of applause from the
crowd. II feel you have done more
than you should have" he said. TITS
grand to see all these faces I know
so we'll" He was almost unable tc
contain himself, so moved was he
with the demonstration his home
town friends and people throughout
the state gave him. Several times
he repeated In his short acknow-
Judgement, II just don't know what
to say"
Speaking OF the three potential
candidates for the Republican nod
at the primaries, Mayor George e.
Leach, already filed and the first in
the field, Martin Nelson, and Har-
old Stassen, all seated at the hon.
ored table, MIR. Parker said, u
don't care which of the three gets
II, I'll go down the line for him, and
put him on Capitol Hill in Novem-
ber."
At seven, guests began filing to
the long rows Of tables that stretch
ed, lastly decorated in blue and
white with lighted tapers, the
length Of the auditorium. Amid the
flashing of press cameras they took
their places to begin the meeting
with the group singing, America
Msgr. A. Plachta gave the invoca-
ton from his place at the speakers
table. During the dinner hour mu-
sic was furnished by Kohl's Nink-
ers, local orchestra. Chairman OF
the meeting was Ed u. Rattle.
Justify in a community sing, led
by Supt. w. A. Kohl, the gathering
honored Mrs. Parker with the fav-
orite: Let Me CAN You Sweet
heart"
AS president of the Community
Club, ID. B. Caughren gave the ad-
dress CT welcome to the local people
and those who had come from var
ious parts Of the state.
John to BILL"
Read at the table by Mr.. Caugh-
rem this letter was considered by
Mr.. Parker one Of the fine demon
STATIONS at the meeting. From an
old neighbor and friend, John Nc
Continued on Page 8. Col. IL
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Return From
Western Tour
Sank Centre Party Enjoyed Visit
with Friends and
Relatives

Eleven states and nearly as
many different varieties Of weather.
were traversed in $500 miles of
driving when Jim and Donald
O'Gara, Jim Benson, and Gus
Anderson recently completed a
western tour.
Their arrival into the sunshine"
state Of California was simultan-
eous with the 19-day rain that set
CONTINUED on Page 8 Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24

Photo Courtesy Minneapolis Journal
Candidates, politicians and just
plain citizens honored William M.
Parker, Republican state chairman,
at dinner in his homer in Sank Cen
ire Monday night. In the upper pic
ture, left to right, are Ed L. Rattle,
OF the Herald, banquet chairman;
Harold E. Stassen, Of South st.
Paul, candidate for governor; Rich
ard Bassett, Sank Centre, Stearns
county chairman of the Young Re-
publicans; D. B. Caughren, Com
munity Club president, Sank Cen
tire; Mayor George e. Leach, OF
Minneapolis, and Martin A. Mel
son, of Austin, gubernatorial candi-
dates. Below, the honored guest
Mr.. Parker, and his better half, as
they arrived for the dinner.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
St Johns 20; Sank Centre 10

81 QUILTS EcS Stauk OcnCIe ~
The high school cagers handed
Coach j. N. Toftness letter edged
in black Tuesday evening, and the
message read: st. Johns %, Sank
Centre 10. Not cnce did the two
teams approach the fine semblance
of ball handling they did when the
Johnnies nosed out the Main Street.
ers earlier in the season in an over
time encounter 80 to 80.
It took ten men to pen that dis
NAL letter in probably one of the
worst exhibitions the locals have
shown this year. And the Johnnies
were ten points better than the To-
cal club-Ibut no more.
There was not a single man on
the court who was on the basket
tossing. Both teams alike muffed
good shots, but here the Johnnies
had the edge. And the ball squirted
through clumsy fingers throughout
the entire game crumpling attacks
like paper, as though the teams
were desperately trying to score. A
SAVIOR Of desperation arose in the
early quarter and the air prevailed
throughout the game. Fast breaks
occurred time and again as defen-
sive men Of either team were able
to intercept bad passes from the at
tack.
Twice during the opening frame
the locals punctured the Johnny
last lines of defense to get in for
shots, but they muffed them. Then
Pangburn made them foul him and
he drew the first point on a gift
shot. Kringen made it two on an
additional free throw. German, the
boy who loaded the ball game on
ice at st. Johns with two free
throws in the overtime, scored first.
Nierengarten and Liewer worked a
nice passing combination to score
Nierengarten. And then he succeed
ed himself with a bucket. The John
MES broke loose then and dumped a
virtual barrage of buckets at the
hoop to reap four out of the melee
and they steamed into the quarter
lead 10 to 3.
Nierengarten led the way to the
basket in the second frame. Then
wild melee of bad passes and the
ball splitting out of too eager hands
sent the game a pace faster. Con-
key scored first for the locals from
the floor. A number of interruptions
occurred when locals failed to
move in to receive their passes.
Ebertz breaking through on a
cross court pass from Ethun to
Pangburn intercepted to score as
the gun closed the half Is to 8.
Nierengarten on a fake went into
the basket to score. Wernert's lazy
bounce pass was intercepted by
Pangburn who was down the pike
fast. But Wernert caught UP with
him and redeemed his faulty pass
by knocking the shot out Of bounds.
Larson and Bellinger drove in to
attempt shots but missed. Conkey
connected with a one hand shot
from the lower corner, and the
Johnnies led Is to II.
Then followed a whole series of
Continued on Page 8 Col. %
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24

Gladys Christie, who was taken
Ill Thursday with an attack OF
pneumonia, Is better, but will be
confined to her bed for a time as a
matter of precaution.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Chris. Millner
Died Tuesday
Afternoon
Funeral To Be Held Friday
Morning At 9::30
O'clock
JENS Petersen BURIED
Jacob Tschida, ST., Buried At
Elrosa Last Thursday
Morning
Chris. Millner

Chris. Millner, for many years a
well-known resident of this city,
passed away at st. Cloud Hospital,
Tuesday afternoon at five O'clock.
Mr.. Millner became Ill Monday AFT
ternoon and was taken to the hos
pital at 1880 Monday evening. His
condition was such that the doctors
deemed an operation useless. His
son, Mike Millner, CT Bertha, his
daughter, Miss Marie Millner OF this
city, were in st. Cloud when he
passed away, the latter being at the
bedside when death came.
Mr.. Mfllner was born in Apetlone,
Austria Hungary, April 20, 1871, his
age being 66 years. At the age Of
16 years be came to America and
located at Freeport with his bro
Their, Jake. For a number Of years
he worked out in the Spring Hill
and Georgeville communities.
F'orty-one years ago on June 2,
1895, Mr.. Millner was united In
marriage to Mary Wiener, the cere-
mony taking place at Padua. Three
children were born to this union, all
Of whom survive. They are: Mike
Millner, of Bertha; Miss Margaret
Mirlner, Of Chicago, ILL.,; Miss Marie
Millner, Of Sank Centre. Besides
the above there are two grandchil-
dren, Robert and Nancy Ann MIL
ner, Of Bertha. Mrs. Miliner passed
away March 2, 1887.
Following their marriage Mr.. and
Mrs. Millner resided on farm In
the Padua community for about
five years. They then moved to st.
Rose where they also engaged In
farming, and where they remained
until thirty years ago, when they
came to this community. They far
med in the Sank Centre neighbor-
hood until Is years ago when they
moved into the city, and where they
have since made their home.
Mr.. Millner was engaged as me-
chanic at the G d. Marshall nipple
ment store for q time and for 20
wears was a faithful worker In the
employ of B. o. Vogel. He was well
known in the community and his
friends were numerous.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day morning at nine-thirty at ST.
Paurs Church, where Msgr. Plach-
ia, pastor, will read the Requiem
Mass, Interment will be made In
st. Paul's cemetery on the family
lot,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Jacob Tschida, Sr.


Jacob Tschida, Sr., a resident o.
Elrosa and vicinity for sixty years
passed away February 18th, at the
age OF II years and II months. Fun
eral services were held Thursday
morning, February II, at the st
Peter and Paul Church. The Rev
FIR. Hirsch read the Requiem Mass
Pallbearers were six grandchildren:
Norbert Fladung, Edwin Schrom
Frank Mareck. Jr.. Andrew Zenzen
Roman Tschida and Sylvester Zen
zen. Virgil Tschida was crossbear.
YER. Inteument was made in the Ell.
rosa cemetery.
-Four months before death Mr.
Tschida suffered a stroke and he
declined steadily until his passing
Mr.. Tschida was born in Albeit
lone, Austria Hungary, March %
1850. At the age of 16 years he &C
companied his parents to America
and the family located on a farm
near st. Martin. Two years later
they homesteaded a farm three
miles north Of Elrosa, where Mr.
CONTINUED on Page 8 Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24
Sank Centre
Lost To St.
Johns 29-19
Independents Taken BY Color
ed House Of David
Aggregation
GLENWOOD HERE FRI.
Pope County Team Will En-
gage High Cagers To-
morrow Night

Friday evening the local high
school club meets Glenwood on
the local floor in one ,of two re-
naming games for Sank Centre
fans. A defeat was chalked
against the locals "a to 20 In an
early season encounter, and
there's a long climb ahead of
them after the humbling defeat
at the hands of St Johns. Next
week Tuesday evening, March
1, Alexandria's quint is the Wis
iting club in the final windup
of the regularly scheduled play.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-02-24

John to .. BILL"
Read at the table by Mr. Caugh.
rem this letter was considered by
Mr.. Parker one Of the fine demon
STATIONS at the meeting. From an
old neighbor and friend, John Nc
CONTINUED on Page 8. Col. IL
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-28
Bruce GaffoEa Says
- Thew Took Little He'll for a Ride

other things to do with their time.
Baseball and bowling were just
naturally more fun than petty
thievery and alley fights.
And today, as news dispatch de-
scribing the change says, the young
fellows who once were recruited to
fill the gaps in the ranks of the
gunmen "are now more interested
in Joe DiMaggio than in Al Ca
pone."
A growing youngster is going to
have some sort of outlet for his en-
ergies, and he is going to have
some sort of idol to model himself
after. If society doesn't provide
the right outlet and the right idol,
he will find his own. Society pays
for its neglect in this matter with
gangs, crime, and general bad cit
izenship.
But the remedy is fairly simple.
Anv time society chooses to spend
on prevention of crime a tlfth OF
the sum it ordinarily spends on Its
control and punishment, it Will col
lect rich dividends.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-28
MINORITIES WIN
WHEN MAJORITlES SLEEP

There isn't shadow of a doubt in
Imperial Valleys collective mind that
Friday will see approval by Imperial
Irrigation District voters Of a 81 ,O45, 900
revenue bond issue to finance compile
tion of the public power program. So
sure is the valley of approval that the
certainty itself may become the greatest
danger.
If anyone fails to vote because he
thinks the proposal will be approved
without his vote, he is endangering the
entire project. Minorities win when ma
jorities sleep.
The valley needs that bond issue be-
cause it will bring to completion a pro-
gram upon which our economic future
depends. Most of us realize the need,
and will vote yes" Friday-if we aren't
too lazy to go to the polls
We would be blind if we did not realize
that there will be some no votes, how
ever.
Realizing this, it is only a step to the
logical thought that over-confidence by
those who favor the proposal can result
in presentation to the federal govern
ment of a very untrue picture of senti-
ment in the valley. Unless those who
favor the proposal vote, the cold figures
after election day might indicate very
near an equal division of sentiment.
Such a picture would be far from a
true one, but those who live outside
Imperial Valley have no way of knowing
that. They know only what is proved to
them, and in the absence Of other proof
they must take the election figures as
they are recorded.
We may think that the bond issue is
sure of approval, but unless we vote, we
shall fall far short of our duty.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-28
LARGE CANTONS
AND LARGE POWERS
(London Observer)

(London ObSerNef)
The local problem of Czechs and Su-
deten. however inflamed, must be brought
to a settlement on the lines of a bold
and conciliatOry compromise
The CzechS want many cantons with
small powers. The Germans want fewer
cantons with larger powers
The question remaining, then, turns
entirely upon the lesser or larger num-
Der of the proposed cantOns in Czechoslo-
vakia; upon their size; and upon the
extent of their administrative and legis-
lative powers. 1t is a business of demar-
cation 1t is a dispute about areas and
functions -.
A world war upon such a margin of
difference as that to which the question
has now been reduced would be the trag
edy and farce Of all the ages.
An armed onslaught on CZechoslova-
kia in these circumstances would be a
wanton disruption of the peace of the
world. The British people would stand
against it like a block of steel, and with
them in the same cause would be more
overwhelming combination than in the
last war On the other hand, British
opinion supports fair play for the Su-
deten Germans and the utmost practi-
cable self-government for them on the
lines of Large cantons and large pow
erS." We say that the word is peace
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-28

A few years ago, when the big
city gangs were making more noise
and doing more business than they
are now, it was common to say
that they were INEVITABLE That
IS. it was argued that city slums,
plus economic pressure, plus the
natural spirit of admiration which
the big shots aroused il the breasts
of impressionable youths, were GER
tain to produce criminal gangs.
The argument was true enough,
as far as it went. The only trouble
was that it didn't go far enough.
For while it was impossible to keep
those causes from producing gangs,
it was perfectly possible to remove
some of the causes.
Not so many years ago, a certain
section Of Chicago was known as
Little He'll" 1t was a slovenly
district oil crowded and inadequate
homes. and the young fellows who
were growing UP had no outlets for
recreation except the streets, the
pool rooms, and the speakeasies. It
was a wild and lawless region; with
in 18 months it saw AZ murders,
most of them centering around a
street intersection which picked up
the significant name of Death
Corner"
Here was a perfect breeding
ground for crime The development
of gange in that neighborhood was
truly inevitable" The only pos
sible remedy was to change the
neighborhoOd.
That idea at length got hold of
certain rublic-spirited citizens.
They bestirred themselves, inter-
ested the city government, did some
work and spent some time and
money on their oWa hook.
Fairgrounds began to appear.
Recreation clubs were organized.
And presently things were fixed so
that a growing lad could get into
a baseball game, or do a little box
ing in a gymnasium, or do some
bowling, when he wanted to have
a little fun.
The results were magical. Little
He'll changed, over the years. The
boys who had naturally drifted into
the petty gangs which, in turn,
fed them into the big gangs, had
Imperial Valley press., 1938-09-28
LIFE NAY ONLY BE BEGINNING
FOR AGE AS WE'LL AS YOUTH
(Nisalia Times-Delta)

(Visalia Times-Delta)
1t used to be that when somebody came
out with a prediction that the average
man would live to greater and greater
ages as time went on you'd hear the
comment: There wouldn't be anything
to do.'
You don't hear that so much any more.
This may be the age of youth, but new
vistas Of enjoyment and achievement for
the older man and woman have been COM
ing in sight and it looks as if they're 60
ing to keep right on multiplying.
Science, medicine, the material bene-
fits of civilization have made the last
decades of a mans life more attractive
on the physical plane, but quite as i'm
pOrtant has been the discovery that no
real basis actually exists for the elderly
PERSONS assumption that the adventures
of the mind belong only to the young.
New evidence that gives the lie to such
an assumption is disclosed in a nation
wide study of several thousand univer-
sity extension students, young and old.
The findings of the study make it plain
that the average mans mental powers
decline very little with age, that he often
proves to be more brilliant student than
his younger classmate, and that the only
obstacle to an old age filled with intel
lectual adventure may be ignorance of
ones own capacities.
Today belongs to youth, but it belongs
to age, too