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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

ed in marriage Thursday morning,
May %, at ten o'clock.
Thursday afternoon, May 16, Miss
Ellen Stolsmo, Of this city, and OF
to Ceder, of Minneapolis, were unit
ed in marriage at the Swedish par
sonage in the Mill City.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

to return of baseball as
a major sport in high schools. (. !.
it will never gain the as
of football or basketball
because of the weather conditions
unsettled in the spring. !.
sss
A lot of rain-hounded athletes
and students hit for the bleach
ers Thursday afternoon when
the play day was to have been
held. All set to get under way In
q program that embraced the
whole school, students were
halted by rains, and won a half
holiday with nothing to do. -.
80
And Prudy Arndt, datter Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. p. Arndt, here, is list
ed among lady golf members at
LeSuer, we read in the city's news
oracle. And what Is your tally,
young lady? Happy rounds, Prun-
dy. -.
It seems q far cry In the wild
erness until dry weather, but
summer must be here. 1t hasn't
rained since morning. with
apologies TO Don Appert). And
with 1t comes tennis. And for
the info of you racket weilders,
1t really Is quite q project the
boys have lined up. Last year
one court, In semi-readiness,
greeted those who wanted to
play. A meandering line Of
gosh-awful posts made up a
back stop of sorts. The boys
went to work. In three
weeks had two courts in shape,
nets on them, new pipe back
stops set In cement, new wire,
and two lights over one court
for night play. 1t can all be
said In q hurry. But It requir-
ed real work and q lot of you
guys know what we mean.
Through it all the boys came thru
with colors not any lower than half
mast. That is financially. This
spring there are some bills, but they
aren't big and the cost of putting
the courts in shape is nil. Roughly
should all the materials
have been paid for at regular prices
and should labor have been paid at
a standard rate, the total estimat-
ed cost would have run to exceed
$500. Actually it cost about a sixth
Of that in hard cash, and some more
in work. What we're driving at is
that this year the boys want a men,
bership that will really keep those
courts busy. And at two bucks for
a senior membership, it's cheap.
Dirt cheap.
After an announcement that went
into this corner last week, most of
the boys were agreed that the
schedule Of rates appearing were
fair and just. Which is encourag-
ing. Wed still like your registra-
ton, If you care to play, at this
office. Courts promise to be in a
tine condition. These spring rains
are the best medicine for new and
not too-well packed courts. Rolling
and a baking sun on them will elm
mate the hazard of their breaking.
under extreme play. And the
Of the Country Club
are conducive for a swell game of
BAT the old apple over the net. :.
Where?-Perhaps it has already
been taken care of, but it won't
lurt to raise the voice to find out,
low will it? What we're wondering
s: Will the summer recreation pro-
gram become a reality this year
again. Last year with the school
BOARD, Council, and American Leg
on cooperating the community was
given a program that cared for part
If the leisure time of 1000, over
he two months period, in all
of summer sports. AS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

Bots, Pennsylvania, Stimulating the
p. MS name. For Mrs. Grace
Farnol a recent visit was the first
real one here in thirty years with
her sister, Mrs. Frank Pangburn.
and Jack Hansen breaking in new
pipe.
Puckerup-Jeff Williams at two
years, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Williams, is quite a whistler. In
fact he woke his mother up at an
unearthly hour one morning just to
show her. And Alma Rehm,
school nurse, her whistle is barely
audible. She has practiced since
childhood, she revealed, but the art
has escaped her. Scooter-In-
IDENTIFY Irv Nelson as the towns No.
l practical joker. Some time ago
he hung on F. l.. Parson the mon
ECKER Scooter" On the Oxford
managers birthdate, Irv built him
a scooter to use back and forth
from the lake. :. I'll bet he's crazy
about it. . Hope springs eternal
Too eternal for the Riverside tav-
ern down the road piece the Mel
rose way. 1t seems the build
ing is built over an underground
spring that has the unhappy faculty
of keeping the basement full of
water.
May Basket-Sattidy's bride Muir
ella (nee Kringen) Forsberg found
May mystery woven into her pre-
marriage plans. One evening
knock at the door brought her an
swer and there on the step was a
large basket of soap, cleaner, soap
flakes and chip. all that sort of
thing for the Monday wash. -. And
no name of the donor. She is aw-
fully grateful but a little bothered.
And you folks out there won't
mind If yours truly takes time out
to wish Murella and Badly lot of
the stuff we're all seeking-happi-
ness. They sealed a dual pact in
the marry month of May. .
For some people the telephone
seems to be a great handicap. 1t
would be so much easier to elimi-
nate the middleman and yell at the
nabor around the block. Timely
tip: Let's get the telco engineers
busy on a device that will, with a
small light, record the number of
the person who last buzzed you.
Spose you are in the bathtub (you
always are) when the phone rings.
In the minutes 1t takes you to get
down the party has hung up. Now
what Is so darn disgusting' The
little number recorder would elm
mate this mental hazard. You
could recall the party and life would
flow normally again. :.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

Sightless, the one is not a seeker
of aims or sympathetic purchases.
Each year he comes, apparently I'M
aided by anyone, makes the rounds
of business marts armed with a
bundle of various types of brooms.
His home is in Litchfield, he told
me. For several years he has made
this spot one on his spring itin-
erary. -.
And
Add the chimney sweep as one
of the colorful figures in the fast dis
appearing world of itinerant trades
men. But once he was figure
proudly plying a craft as clever as
any. There's one fellow, wizened
little, whose smudged face bellies his
occupation, who comes here each
spring. He's in search of dirtied
chimneys to sweep. A couple weeks
ago he hit the street again, his
CRIME bedecked overalls proclaim
ing loudly his work. But you didn't
have to look at them. He wears his
trademark Of the calling on his
head. A stove pipe hat. I can re-
member being youthfully frightened
by the emergence of this strange
grimy apparition around the corner
of the house. His hat, blackened
to a lustre, rose to a point several
feet above his head. But he had a
kindly voice. That's he, folks. The
only man who wears a top hat to
work!
OF People-In Baton Rouge,
where Mrs. Bjorklund, Mike Brown
resides, Is the settlement Of Aca-
dams. The people immortalized in
Longfellow's "Evangeline." These
people, descendants from the orig
inal Acadians, have retained many
of the customs and habits of dress
those desperate people used so
many years ago. At a recent
undertakers vent o George
Berggreen listened to a talk given
for six hours and eleven minutes.
The man didn't lose a listener. Each
hour, a short calisthentic drill kept
listeners muscles from tagging. D..
And w. d. Gallup has entered his
Keenex window display in ma
ton wide contest sponsored by its
makers. Dick Reinecke, arch
itect retained by the school board
now, Is the son Of a man We edi-
tor Of this family journal worked
for in Elkader, Iowa. A % years
gap since Ed and Dick had met
was closed a short time ago when
they met at the all-sport school
banquet. +. And S. p. Hansen and
Frank O'Gara at swords points
over the height Of the school audi
torium-which isn't built yet-but
all very friendly. At the hour of
500 a. m, too. -.
Trees-Often I've looked at a lux
uriant growth of trees, wondered
about their origin. Sometime ago
I stood under a group of pines out
at the Ashley cemetery, and knew
where those sentinels came from.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

James Madison was the first
President to wear long trousers
while in Office.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

Wisht I'd had a camera item
For a snap Of the girl, mouth agape,
sleeping in the bus stop chairs in
the Wal the other p. m. -.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

Sightless One-Each spring brings
to Main Street a visitation from
one of its most unique tradesmen.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

Trees-Often I've looked at a lux
uriant growth Of trees, wondered
about their origin. Sometime ago
I stood under a group Of pines out
at the Ashley cemetery, and knew
where those sentinels came from.
Nearly thirty years ago they were
planted by the late Jack Gray. His
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

While being worked in field last week one OF the
teams of horses belonging to Henry Schroeder OF
Lester Prairie fell into an abandoned well that Mr.
Schroeder did not know existed. A. tractor, other
farm implements and horses had often passed over
the same spot in the field.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-02

for him. But he has not been unemployed and has
not made application for social benefits under the
state law. The employee is wondering now whether
the benefit payments will keep coming week after
week during the time he is unemployed" and he is
also wondering what to do with the check
Evening star., 1938-04-01
As dry and berry as any beer you
could find in any brewery,
anywhere, Cunther's is rushed to
YOUR dealer lin fast trucks daily.

only Especial dry lager" now made in this part
of the country.
Other dry layers, made elsewhere, and ship
ped here, usually cost at least Sc to Sc bottle
more than Gunther's Yetwe are sure any expert
will agree that no beer at any price is any drier
or more berry than Gunther' Gunther owes
much of it's dry beeriness to an unusually high
percentage of choice Bohemian hops a flavor
that domestic hops, alone, will not duplicate.
The next timeyou order beer, try Gunther's,
and you'll be amazed at the difference the dry,
berry "brewery flavor" makes And, once
you've tasted Gunther's, it won't be any sur
prise to you at all when we tell you that
Gunther's is far and away the biggest SELL
ing beer in the combined Washington and
Baltimore market!
Evening star., 1938-04-01
SPECIAL NOTICE

Virtually all drivers, statesmen, clerks, etc.,
connected with our Washington business
are regular residents of Washington. And
all drivers are Union Members
Gunther Brewing Co., 1nc Baltimore, Md.
Evening star., 1938-04-01

Now you can drink Gunther's just as it was
brewed for you at the brewery! Here's why
Gunther's sensational new daily ydeliveryplani
so vitality important to all lovers of good beer:
First: Light is the enemy of beer. No matter
how we'll it is brewed, beer exposed to light
for any length of time, deteriorates rapidly.
Second: Beer ages in the wood. Beer must
be aged to be good. But it doesn't age or i'm
prove in bottle Time gradually destroys it's
true "brewery flavor" once it has left the wood !!
Third: Careless handling hurts beer, too.
Carelessly stored, out in the open, or in or
binary warehouses, it is subject to the ravages
of temperature, light, and early deterioration.
If there is a product more sensitive, in many
ways, than milk, it is beer And we found
that our beer was not always handled properly
in the past.
So you see why Gunther's is now delivering
beer right from the brewery direct to your
\ dealer in fast trucks daily. It costs us more
ID money. But you get perfect beer in every
bottle! Remember, Gunther's is the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
A Thought for Today
The Realist As Blunderer

The starry-eyed idealist can get into a good deal of trouble, what with ms naplt of stepping out into traffic with his eyes m the heavens. But there are times when it does seem that the coldly prac- tical realist can get into more of tangle than dozen idealists put together. What ails the international set-upe in Europe these days if not dose of Super-reallsm, applied cold-bloodedly by practical men whose boast it is that they have tossed idealism overheard as deluslon ana snare?
 We are witnessing right now the final death-rattle of the League Of Nations. When Britain and France inform the League, as they are to do within few days, that they are giving formal recognl- ton to Italy's conquest of Ethiopia, the League will be just about ready for the undertaken. And when they follow that by requesting the League to abandon the Stimson policy of refusing to recognize territories acquired by for,e, as they are expected to do, the work of mailing down the coffin lid will have begun.
 All of which has a direct bearing on this question of idealism versus realism. With all it's faults, the League was the work of idealists. That is, 1t did represent an e11OrC CO SuDSClCuCc ulCS1 udIloll1A lo" for the law of the jungle. It tried to free the world from the fear of war by setting up a regime of collective security.
 What is replacing it is, very clearly, nothing less than return to the ancient balance-of- power system. Europe once more divides into armed camps, whose in- mates arm to the teeth and remain at peace only so long as neither side can see any percentage in starting fight. That is system which makes peace expensive and war inevitable. It could be followed, one would think, only by people who had completely blinded themselves to the painful lesson of 1914.
 Yet it is precisely this system which is being revived by the clear-eyed reallsts:: Prime Minister Chamberlain of England has openly said that he is following pol icy of realism. His French allies have said the same. On the opposite side of the fence, Dictators Hitler and Musso- lini have long boasted of the utter absence from their scheme of things of any talnt of idealism. Yet this vaunted real ism can give the world nothing better than a return to the road to war! The idealist may stumble and fall often enough, with his eyes on the stars. But can he ever get the world into worse mess than this which the realists are cooking up?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
Gratifying News

Acquisition of a 66-acre farm adjoin- ing the Laurel Heights Sanatorium property in Shelton has just been announced by the State Tuberculosis Commission. Governor Wilbur l.. Cross has approved the transaction and we presume the state will take possession as soon as the necessary tecknlcalities have been consummated. Iris reWs has news behind the news For addition of this land will allow construction at Laurel Heights of the proposed new inflrmary building without tearing down one ot the presently-standing structures.
 The new infirmary, which will be a seven-story 140-bed structure, will be located on the new Sanatorlum property. The building that was to make way for the new infirmary will be retained and thus 100 beds added to the institutions capacity which had not been counted on. This is the news behind the news and it's indeed good news. When you speak of 100 additional beds at state sanator- iun, you speak of taking 100 men, women or children off the lengthy waiting list that each of our state sanatoria now boasts. The waiting list at Laurel Heights is the longest of any and it now is going to catch up.
 The present plans that call for con- struction work at Shelton, Meriden, Nor wich, and Hartford will enable the state for the first time to exhaust the waiting lists. There are new infirmaries planned for each of the above sanatoria and the)r construction is no longer a matter of legislative approval, but of action by the state authorities in calling for bids, let ting contracts, etc. That's the best news ever - no more waiting lists at our tuber- culosis sanatoria. If the state had not done anything but this in social welfare, 1t would have accomplished wonders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14

behind the measure and made no efforts to join in the movements, Republican inspired, to amend or reccmmit the bill which is designated to loose $3,0OO, ,OOO,- 900 on the nation.
 It was both surprise and a pleasure to Democratic leaders in the House to see the way their party members finally voted on the measure. Gone was the appo- sition that held up reorganization only few short weeks ago. And so it is amply proved to the satisfaction of all New Dealers that Democrat can both oppose and support his leader without losing caste. Certainly no one can find fault with the way the Democrats voted in the House this week. Yet those were the same Democrats who were bitterly ex- coriated for their failure to support another administration bill earlier in the spring.
 While it is not expected that the Sen ate will toss the spending ng-lending bill so quickly or lightly into the Presidents lap, nevertheless, passage is freely predicted there without making radical changes in the bill as passed by the House. There is reported to. be Democratic-Republi coalition in the Senate readying drive to cut the appropriations and to restrict the uses to which the mony may be put. In the face of the prompt and decisive House vote, we doubt if this expected op- position will prove as formidable as it now seems
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14

The battle of the Sagatuck isn't over yet. Despite all the rebuffs that residents of this section of the state have met at the hands of the courts, they are still en- deavoring to save their homes from destruction to make way for a water project by the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company. A delegation of ladies from the Saugatuck River Valley waited on Governor Wilbur L. Cross this week and told him they'd go on strike if necessary to win their point, namely, that their homes should not be taken over by the water company, so that new reservoir can be built A "sit-down" strike in the face of such project would be suicide Ii the women persisted in their plan. But we're afraid that the company would have the law, if not public opinion, on it's side. Devastation of a beautiful and historic river valley was alleged by the women in their remarks to Governor Cross who will personally inspect the spot tomorrow and see what he can do about the situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14

Here's startling news and also news of what is taking place in the world of transportation today. The Connecticut Company has just announced that in four months it lost 100000 riders Just think of that - close to million patrons gone in less than half a year. How can a company continue to exist after losing the revenue that such figures indicate? The company declares that this is indica- tive of the general business trend in the country. It would seem, though, as if other factors must enter into the picture. The above figures are not for trolley cars alone, but include also motor busseS. Whats the explanation?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
A Book a Day
A Vanished Life of Leisure
BY BRUCE CATION

The average history turns out to be very dry affair. never coming quite to grips with the people themselves, with the man. ner of their living, how they ate and lived and shopped and gossiped.
 So American Village" by Ed- win Valentine Mitchell (Stackpole: $3), proves Q refreshing volume exploring the really personal his- tory of Q people from the home to the general store and barber shop.
 MT. Mitchell is moved with 8 profound nostalgia for the good old days" but one feels after read- ing his book that those weren't especially good days after all, what with the fading calicos, the iceless summers, oil lamps, and primitive facilities of sanitation.
 Yet the people got along, raised big families, prospered, and seldom failed to take time out for 8 day's- end session at the taproom of the village inn. Even the ministers in colonial times used to go home feel- ing 8 bit tipsy. Or if they didn't go home they dropped into gossip at the general store or the darkly wainscotted barber shop.
 Times were liesurely in that America. The mails were slower. even, because the village postmaster laboriously read both sides of every postcard, and sometimes the insides of letters. MT. Mitchell reflects ali this with a rare homely tone.
 A series of illustrations taken in Henry Ford's Dearborn museum in Greenfield Village adds the final living touch. The whole is eminently readable.-P. C.. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
Selected Poem
FIRST SPRING IN TOWN
(Glenn Ward Dresbach in the Christian
 Science Monitor)

NGlenn ward DreSDaCh Tn the Christian
 Science Monitor) It is, no more, what must be done But what he must do-noW the sun Sends glowing warmth into the soil Age leaves him still the urge to toll In rich loam, slowly leaning down Above it-hiS first spring in town. He uses all the space he can Behind his house, and stops to plan Each row for all his hoard of seeds And shakes his head. The things he needs Are here, regardless of the space The feel of sun and soil place For Seeds to grow, with him a part Of waking earth. Once he could start Long furrows to the sun-but now The sun is still upon his brow. Once wide fields gave his youth its space To groW-noW warmth is on his face, Above his garden, small and neat. About him still the bird songs greet The morning. In his heart the song Of life, still beautiful and strong, Moves on with simple lasting things And so he works away and sings Just to himself, contented near The earth . .. in his small garden here.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14
|PressCOnlment
BEGIN AT HOME
(Boston Post)

Jesse H. Jones, head of the Re- construction Finance Corporation, issued a belligerent statement the other day warning bankers that un- less they loosened up decidedly on credit the government may take over their functions.
 It is to be hoped that MT. Jones' warning will be needed by one bank which is particularly restricting credit and that is the National Bank of Commerce of Houston, Texas, which is practically wholly owned by MT. Jones himself.
 The latest reports show that 50 per cent of the assets of the Jones' bank is in cash. Of it's total re- sources of $44,O00,0O0 1t has only $8.000,000 in loans and discounts The total loans and discounts of the Clearing House banks in New York are slightly more than 26 per cent of total resources as against the Jones banks 18 per cent.
 Outside of reserve their cash holdings are but 76 per cent as against the 50 per cent of the Jones bank.
 Why does not MT. Jones crack down on his own bank - one of the worst hoarders of cash in the country?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-14

previous years. Meeting this deficit is one of the principal reasons for the pay cut.
 The situation in Waterbury will bear inspection by other Connecti- cut cities. Waterbury has the highest tax rate of any large city in the state. It has one of the largest bonded debts for any city of its size in the United States. Its present administration while ordering a pay cut for all city employees has just made mass appointments of new firemen and policemen, apparently to pay political promises. The af- fairs of Waterbury are being in- vestigated by grand jury. The city offers as complete an example of civic neglect, mismanagement and waste as has ever come to light in any city in the state of Connecticut.
 This is what happens to city when its politics are run by machine politicians who win elections by promising jobs to their adherents. To make good these promises it is necessary to load the city payroll. Loading the city payroll produces debt, debt produces extravagant taxes and extravagant taxes event. ually if not checked will produce ruin for the city.
 Mayor Hayes ten per cent pay cut is the beginning of the end for the old regime. If Waterbury will take leaf out of Bridgeports books that city will eventually go the whole distance, install the merit system, take patronage out of local politics, put the city departments on an effi- cient basis, collect taxes fairly and equitably, and make some effort to see that the taxpayers get dollar in return for each dollar of civic money expended.