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Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-12

lie Olu RUE the customer Is dl-
ways right" is put to a severe test
every time proprietors and clerks
see articles Whisked from counters
and display racks to be hidden upon
the persons of shoppers. Clerks are
expected to sell merchandise and
at the same time keep a wary eye
out for shoplifterS Clerks and store
managers have been known TO lose
positions because the hand some
times is quicker than the eye.
If shoplifters would stay shop
liitcrs and customers remain Gus
toners. the problem would be SIM
pie. When customers are also shop
liftcrs, one merchant declared, a
line point of diplomacy is involved.
Police often make arrests but there
are many times it is deemed wise
for the merchant TO say nothing
about The theft. The cost of stolen
articles Is added to the customer S
monthly bill The added items sell
dom bring a protest.
Shoplifters among the supposed
ly respectable levels of society prob
ably would be rudely shocked if
they realized their light-fingered
habits are known to many a mer-
chant and his clerks 1t undoubtedly
would be a blow to their "profes-
aional' pride to know store en-
ploye watches them every moment
they spend in business establish
ments.
Fay to Spot
Years of experience, a clerk said,
make store staffs proficient in
"spotting' Shoplifters. Loose cloth
ing, dresses much too large for the
Wearer, bulging hopping bags car
ried with a certain air of exagger-
ated innocence, and the conversa-
ton with the clerk aid in Identify
ing shoplifterS not already known.
A grocer recently caught school
teacher with several tiny cans Of
expensive meat hidden under her
coat. Another watched a prominent
woman hastily stuff expensive cam
ned goods into a shopping bag. She
did not offer to pay for it at the
time she paid for articles she car
ried in her hand, he said. One
woman was caught with a 10 pound
sack of sugar and a pound can of
shortening hidden in a shopping
bag. Small cans of food nestled in
a masculine shoppers socks.
Three knitted suits were found
in a high school girls home after
she was seen slipping a glove from
counter display The merchant
still wonders why her parents were
not curious about the suits. The
parents of another high school
girl never knew their daughter was
caught shoplifting, one merchant
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-12

Bert Hamburger looked at his
bag of golf clubs leaning in the
corner, sighed and sprinkled them
with moth balls.
A Main street clothing merchant
walked outside his store, moiStened
finger and tested the wind and
humidity, gagged the temperature
with a practiced sunburned neck
and smiling happily ordered out
the Panama hats and the linen
suits
A bartender whipped up a mint
julep just for practice.
In case you have read this far
without getting up to turn on the
cooler, this rigamarole means sum
mer has come.
YOU haven't read ALL the NEWS
until you have read the ADS!
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-12

With Norm on his 3-week stay In
u Centre is o. W Stoner, air cons
ditioning expert who viii help IN
developing new improvements
Air conditioning that viii work
In Imperial Valley will work any
Whereln Norm chuekled Nortn's
work in the Chicago laboratories is
restricted largely to testing new
appliances before they are put on
the market to be sure they are
practicable
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-12
Life Series Of Buttons
Soon> Declares Engineer

Life for the American citizen of % years hence will be
just matter of buttons. If he is hot he will punch
button to get cool if he is cold he will punch button to
become If he is hungry he will punch "a button
and presto! a T-bone steak! This is part of what
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-12
SHOPLlFTERS TAKE
BIC YEARLY TOLL
FROM ~. STORES
- BY MARGUERITE BROOKS

Sbopters not only exact a heavy toll from El Centre
mercantile establishments every year but necesstate
sant watchuness the part of merchants and clerks,
city-wide survey revealed this week
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-12
Over Two Million Gallons of Water Is
Ell CentrO's Daily Ration Now

AT the water plant Thursday F. w. Riddle who doubles
in the daytime Ell Centro's weather man" took a look
at the sky mopped his brow, took a look at the hermo-
meter and remarked:
Better whip those water pumps, Ell Centre COB
Imperial Valley press., 1938-05-12

erica leads in airplanes and in
other mechanical fields.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
MOVIE BALL IS
LATEST OFFERING
The Log Cabin, Round Prairie,
Offers Novelty Attractions
For August It'll and 28th

Matt Kramer, manager Of The
Log Cabin, Round Prairie, is offer
ing the public novelty feature in
the nature of a movie ball and
dance. This is the biggest novelty
attraction on the road today. Mr..
Kramer says you may see the sec
rets Of Hollywood revealed right be-
fore your eyes, and see yourself
dancing as others see you. You will
see the special lights needed for the
movies and you will see why a spec
ial makeup Is essential. Actual
movies will be taken at The Log
Cabin Sunday evening, August 7th,
and they will be shown at the same
place Sunday, August 18th.
Mr.. Kramer stated that only five
OF these movie balls will be given
in the state. He has secured the
services Of Frank Cotier and his
orchestra for both nights. In ad-
dition a personality contest for the
ladies will be conducted. The win
ner to be selected by popular APP
plause.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
Stearns Board Studies
Split Of Slot Machines
Third to County Poor Fund,
Third to Village and Other
Third to Owner-Operat0r

Discussion of a plan whereby the
slot machines of Stearns county
will relieve taxpayers of a good
share Of the poor fund burden Is
an issue before the Stearns county
board of commissioners meeting at
the courthouse for the August ses-
sion.
Under the proposed setup, the
county commissioners would pass a
resolution in which it would enforce
a ruling that all slot machines in
the county be owned by the manag-
ers of the taverns, night clubs and
other establishments in which they
are located.
The resolution would be a direct
blow to the "chain" method of slot
machine ownership.
Proposed under the setup would
be that the village or township take
one-third of the profit of each ma
chine that would come under the
Jurisdiction of it's area; one-third
would go to the poor fund of
Stearns county, and one-third would
be the share allotted to the mana
ger-owner in whose place of bust
ness the machines are operating.
Scheduled to appear before the
county board Wednesday is a repre-
sentative of the PWA offices in st.
Paul who will speak to the board
members on the PWA setup and the
procedure through which PWA
funds can be obtained from the fed
eral government.
Only routine business came up
before the board at it's meeting in
the courthouse this morning.-St.
Cloud Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
Miss Louise Parker
Returned From Hawaii

used on the slightest excuse, and
women are busy in the streets do
ing nothing all day but making
these lovely floral tokens of good
by or welcome. 1.-THE most beauti-
full lei I had" said Miss Parker,
was one entirely of gardenias."
Outstanding thing about Honolu-
lu, on the Island of Oahu, is its
flowers. TITS a perfectly lovely
city, she said. They were taken
out one evening where the night
blooming Cereus were in full bios
som. This plant, peculiar to Ha-
wall, blooms only at night and for
only one night. Crowds Of tourists
attend and even the natives make
much to-do over that she said.
In spite of rank growths of veg
citation, striking feature Is the
fact there are virtually no birds on
the Islands, nor are there snakes.
But insects abound in great num-
bers. During her stay the climate
was fine with temperatures In the
70's. Others pointed out to her that
while the Northeast trades are
blowing, it is fine. When the winds
stop, humidity becomes so high, the
heat is most unbearable.
Largest of the group Is the Is
land of Hawaii. 1872 miles from
Oahu, where Miss Parker stayed on
Waikiki Beach, she flew to the
Hawaiian island by plane. There
she visited sugar plantations.
Strangely enough, the largest priv
ately owned ranch in the world
and strangely too called the Pack
er ranch-is on this island. There
she saw the horses tied to the hitch
ing posts and the cowboys playing
cards much as in our own western
towns. While she was there COM
plant were made about the drop
ping price in sugar, since workers
are well paid and taken care Of
by the sugar companies. Living
costs are high on the islands, she
said.
She was afforded a chance to wit
ness the native Hawaiian dances.
The older women furnish the rhy-
thmic background, take the place Of
the orchestra, and the young girls
dance. Central figure in the dance
Is the poi FOUNDER, since the poi
is such a large part OF their diet.
He squats in the center Of the
dance and with rhythmic tattoo
pounds the tarro root to make the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04

tention Of the Department of Agri-
culture to the fact that our state
grain inspection service Is support
ed entirely on a fee basis, which
means that any further decline In
the amount of wheat marketed
would have to be met with higher
fee schedule for the inspection ser
vices rendered. This, Of course,
would be a direct burden upon the
wheat growers"
Minnesota farmers, who approve
Of the Commissions action, Atwood
said, can aid their cause materially
by writing to the Department OF
Agriculture, endorsing the resolu-
ton and strongly urging that 1t be
given favorable consideration.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
Bids For Postofice
Site Opened Wednesday
CONTINUED from Page One)

and Laura r. Dubois, both vacant
lots, are offered for $4,000 each.
The following bid was submitted
later:
IL. Mrs. c. L. Kelsey-Lots 8, 10
and II, block IA, Original Townsite,
166x19S, on Pine Street, between
Third and Fourth Streets, $4250.
Construction of the new postoffice
building will be under the jurisdic-
ton of the Treasury Department,
and the Hon c. J. Peoples, director
of the Division of Procurement of
that Department, will advise when
construction work can be expected.
Congressman Harold Knutson,
now in St. Cloud, in a letter to
Community Club officers said, that
as yet, Mr. Peoples had not been
heard from, but that his letter
would be forwarded promptly. Mr..
Knutson also promised his support
in helping limit unnecessary delay
in the beginning Of construction.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
Hawaiian Program
AT Girl Scout Camp
Miss Louise Parker Will
Show Pictures and Talk
About Famous Islands

Grabbing a setting from Old
Hawaii and transplanting it to a
scene of the shores of Sank Lake
will be one of the highlights on this
evenings fun at the Girl Scout
camp where twenty Scouts are in
an outdoor, tented village this week.
Adding color to the scene will be
the visit of Miss Louise Parker, just
returned from summer vacation
in the Islands, who will show pic
lures and talk to the girls about
life in Hawaii. A dinner will open
the fun with placards and the tab
les done in a Hawaiian setting, and
the girls in native costumes of their
own creation.
Used for the first time this week,
the camp sports brand new cot
tage, 20 by 50 feet, erected in a
building bee under the auspices of
the Legion on ground furnished by
j. F. Cooper. 1t commands beau
tiful view looking out across the
lake to the Home School buildings.
just below the narrows.
Tuesday evening the first of the
evening variety programs was held
in the nature of an International
dinner with the girls in varied cos
tunes, patterned after those from
nations of the world.
In charge of the camp are local
directors Mrs. G. A. Klar, Mrs. A.
w. Rosenwald, Miss Mary Mark
son; Miss Lorraine Thomey in
charge of water activities, and Miss
Inez Butler, of Willard, as council
lor.
Monday and Tuesday, as the
camping activities swung under
way after facilities had been ar
ranged Sunday afternoon, when
mercury scooted to a high for the
year, Scouts reported the camp nat
urally aforementioned" and cool.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
Driven From Home
Because He Voted
For Abraham Lincoln

One Of two men driven from APP
palachia, Virginia, because "he vot'
ed for Abraham Lincoln proved to
be an able prophet and in a letter
written from Sank Centre in May
1855, recently unearthed in that
community of the Old South, por.
trayed the intense bitterness be.
tween the Union and the Confeder'
acy.
Abraham Lincoln will stand side
by side in history with Washing
ton," wrote Captain d. S. Hale, dis
charged from the Union Army, fore
ed to flee from the south because
of his stand. Writing as contem-
porary of Lincoln's, Captain Hale
who, in spite Of the intense hatred
for this president in the South and
even in certain circles in the North,
showed a deep insight into the quail
ity of this man Lincoln.
This week a reprinted copy OF
the letter from the Appalachia (Vir-
ginia) Independent was received by
L. L. Kells from w. L. Mainous
whose wife is a granddaughter OF
the writer, Captain Hale. The let
ter, written to a cousin, Charles D.
Vermillion in Virginia, is typical of
those documents that reached out
to bring new blood to this unset
tied territory.
In reprinting the letter the Ap-
palachia Independent states, 1--WE
feel that we are now far enough
away from that awful struggle to
understand his Captain Hale's)
viewpoint and we are, therefore,
publishing the letter"
Background furnished by Andrew
Hendrickson, veteran Kandota resi-
dent, brought up the fact that Cap
tain Hale settled where now the
rural school house stands on the
west shore of Fairy Lake. The
Captains father, who came later, is
reported to have been the first town
clerk of the township of Kandota.
He writes: "Well, Lane, it is sell
dom I can hear the news, but I
think the Rebellion has played out.
The Internal devils killed our Presi-
dent. It will do them no good. Poor
old Abe, I never felt as bad hardly
in my life. Some have rejoiced at
it and been shot down. I know one
thing, if any man ever abuses him
before me and says he is glad I will
hit him with an ak or anything"
II have an honorable discharge
from the U. S. Army, and would
not give it for their Comedy. I
used to tell them rebels if there was
but 10 acres left of the United
States I would claim my part and
help defend it. Uncle Sam will give
me $780," he continued. What did
the Rebs do for me? Took all we
had and wanted my life, drove my
little family naked and wandering
through the world. Lane, I can't
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
Thursday, August A, 1888

Goth, were as follows: Mr.. and Mrs.
e. Bear, Minneapolis; Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Weber, st. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Sieveke, and Mrs. Vern
Hinze, LIE Center, Mimi; Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Won Eschen (brother
Of deceased) Of Minneapolis; George
Won Eschen, Of Boise, Idaho; F.
Won Eschen, Of Minneapolis, and
Mrs. George Carlstrom, Of Boise.
Idaho. sons and daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Won Eschen. The pail
bearers were: Irwin Baher, of Min
neapolis, Fred Kranz, Frank Bona
ime, Harold Gray, G. H. Vande-
steeg and Alex Benson, OF this city.
Deceased was survived by his wife,
the former Jessie Veeder, two sons,
one daughter, and one brother.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
Former Residents Letter of
1865 Reprinted in Virginia

forget some Of them internal hell
hounds Of secession. intend to 60
to Virginia some day and some of
Of them who waylaid the road to
shoot me four years the 9th of this
month had better look out. They
had the advantage then but Provi-
dence and time brings all things
even."
OF this community he wrote en-
Enthusiastically. II think I will like
this country fine" he said. II have
picked me out 100 acres of fine good
land, 80 acres prairie and 80 acres
timber near a beautiful clear lake.
(Which is believed to be Fairy lake.)
You can see the bright gravel on
the bottom and it is full of the fin
est fish. I will enter the claim soon
as get the money. It took all !
had to come here.
IT have been making garden.
They call this the Sank Valley.
There is a good mill and saw mill
5 miles from here reference to
Sank Centre.) They given man
IS dollars a month in the sawmill
and a man can get forty dollars
teaming from here to Forae Aber-
craombie. It is Dakota territory, 100
miles from here.
Lane, there is no doubt but this
is the best place I ever saw for a
young man to do well. He can get
him 100 acres of good land for $14.50
by living on it and working some,
and get a good deed in five years
and it can't be sold for debts, etc.
Plenty of game and fish, deer and
wolves come every night to the lake.
Ducks and geese are plenty. They
raise their young here. I found a
ducks nest yesterday. They were
the Mallards and prairie chickens.
In the edge of the brush the rab-
bits are so thick and tame we can
kill them with a stick. The wood
are full of plum bushes and they
they say they are full of fruit every
year. The soil is black sandy loan
and clay bottom. But lat must be
cold in the winter. One has to pre-
pare for it. But little rain and no
wind, but plenty of snow. Fine for
the wheat. They are just done SOW
ing. 1t is all spring wheat. Excel
lent for oats, barley, and buck
wheat. They raise some corn. The
stalks look large to me. The best
range for stock in the world, One
can cut all the hay they want.
There is little river running
through here about IL feet wide and
y feet deep. Swift and clear, cold,
it runs out of lake 10 miles above
here. There is said to be fine land
there.
'T killed 20 fish the other day, and
stood still, with an old gig, with one
prong. They go fishing here with
their pitch and hay forks. 1t looks
big-but sure as I live it Is so.
I'VE are staying here near a wild
ow whose husband was killed two
years ago by the Indians. Reput-
eddy the man Hoffman who was
killed one mighty There is no In
dams near here but the Chippeways
and they are peaceable."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
NFESTATION OF
HOPPERS INCREASES
County Agent Says Attention
Should BE Given To
Control At Once

Continued attention should be
given to grasshopper outbreaks &C
cording to the information recently
released from the county agents Of
flee, st. Cloud.
In many areas Of Stearns county
grasshoppers are appearing in con-
siderable numbers and farm folks
are apparently not much alarmed
about their presence because the
small grain crop is harvested leav-
ing limited acreage of corn and
grasses for grasshoppers to prey on.
It Is at this time when extra atten-
tion is needed because the hoppers
that are left to lay eggs from now
on until the first Of October will
be the ones that will be the cause
of trouble next year.
From now on grasshoppers will
feed on whatever green feed is
available and toward the egg laying
season will confine themselves to
meadows, pastures, road bitches,
fence rows, etc., to deposit their
eggs. These areas are particularly
chosen because they are the most
satisfactory from the standpoint of
the grasshoppers for successful egg
laying and Matching the following
year.
The county agents office in st.
Cloud is prepared to take care of
the needs for material for all out
breaks that people wish to take care
of and requests for the material
should be directed to the officers of
the various townships. In st. Cloud
where a considerable amount of
property on the west side is infested
with hoppers, arrangements can be
made through the office at st.
Cloud to get the material. All of the
townships are being supplied with
quantities Of the different types OF
material needed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04
LIVESTOCK PRICES
MOSTLY LOWER
Fat Cattle Decline, Feeders
Steady-Hogs Break 25c-
Lambs OF 25 Percent

South st. Paul, Mimi, August 2,
1898: All slaughter cattle remained
under pressure during the current
week, according to the Federal
State Market News Service, and
steers along with she stock ruled
weak to Csc lower. Replacement
trade was active and steady with a
broad movement on country ac-
count. Most good to choice fed
yearlings and steers sold at $500
HOO, strictly choice to prime lots
making $11.50-12.OO. Grassy and
short-fed offerings sold mostly at
100000. Good and choice fed
heifers realized $8.50-1O.50, fleshy
grass heifers selling down to $3.50,
and plain kinds below. Butcher
cows went at $5.75 down mainly,
good fat cows in load lots making
$6.O0-6.75. Low cutter and cutter
cows made $3.75-4.75. Bulls were
steady with a practical top at $6.25.
Vealers showed strength when good
and choice vealers earned $500
1000, a few prime sorts $1,000. Good
and choice stocker or feeder steers
realized $7.50-8.75, plain and med
ium grade stockers $5.25-725.
Hog prices slumped Csc on the
current session to pull the peak to
$3.50 or the lowest in about a
month. Some light lights lost as
much as SOC as demand slackened
and supplies swelled. Good and
choice 180-250 lbs. barrows and gifts
cleared from $9.00-9.50, while $50
300 lbs. butchers sold from $500
900, and 300 400 lbs. or heavier from
$7.00-8.O0. Good sows 800 lbs. down
bulked at $6.85-7.5O and heavier
weights went from $6.00-6.85, main
ly $6.10 up. Good stays shared in
the decline to sell $6.5O-7.25. Pigs of
all weights turned from $S.75-9.25.
Spring lambs and yearlings lost
Csc this week as a result of in
creased marketings, but other
classes ruled fully steady. Good to
choice native spring lambs made
$3.50 today, 81 cars of choice 8O-86
Id. Washingtons $875 this week, and
two loads of choice to prime 80 lb.
averages $685.. Slaughter yearlings
went at $6.O0-6.5O, while yearling
breeding ewes made $6.00-6.50.
ewes ranged from $3.50
$50, and feeding lambs from $3.50
IT'S.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04

retary-treasurer. Directors Of the
group are Clyde Thomas, John Ma
son and II. w. Rudolph.
This week Ward Roberts joined
the ranks of Little Birch property
holders when he purchased the
Hamblet cottage, Friday. Mr.. Ham
blet offered his lakeside residence
for sale after the death Of his wife
several weeks ago. Mr.. Roberts,
now on his vacation from the man.
agership of the Penney Store, has
been a cottager at the lake during
the summer and snapped at this
opportunity to permanently join the
lake colony.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-04

NSohIIhuCu iioih dSS ohSV
when on the summit of a mountain
range they engaged in a bit Of
snowballing.
Leaving Canada they travelled
past Glacier Park south across
Montana where at Three Forks
they saw a monument in stone, hon.
oring the memory of Sacajowca, the
Indian woman who led Louis and
Clark safely across the Rockies.
At Yellowstone the boys again
had real fun when the tame bears
came up putting their paws on the
car, wanting to be fed. Deer,
moose and other animals rewarded
them with visit there. Their ar
rival at Old Faithful was timely
since the old geyser was giving one
Of its performances that are clock
ed about 10 minutes apart. Eco
nomic note was this observation:
WE paid 20 cents for small arm
full of wood and thought that
something with wood lying all
around"
From a vantage point 1913 steps
above the road, they viewed the
grandeur Of Grand Canyon and the
Upper Falls at Yellowstone, which
are 308 feet high. Poignant obser-
walton was that "colored pictures of
the Grand Canyon are not one bit
exaggerated"
They hit the top of the world in
their mountain driving when over
the Cooke City-Red Lodge highway
they topped the summit Of the Bear
tooth ridge 10,492 feet above sea
level. A herd Of 81 buffalo they saw
from the mountains. Switch-back
climbing Mrs. Austin proclaimed
"breath-taking."
In the Black Hills they viewed
the Devils Tower, first national
set aside in 1905, passed
through tunnels and the Needles.
They viewed the carved faces of