The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-03-09

Fay Domke writes from Hawaii that his brother
Cliff teaching in China, will quit the Orient in
May. Cliffs two-year chase around China win
have ended then. Early plans included round the
world trip but indefinite. The March Of Mime
sofa, radio program, was awarded the outstanding
radio program of 1888, for its sponsors covet-
ed title.
Lensing People-Find Ray Prasch, walking down
the street. without his hands stuffed in his side coat
pockets. Larry Coopers brilliant-hued jacket
of red heralds his approach from afar. Oscar
Holmbergs ample frame amblng along. George
Conkey, since his retirement from the railroad, is
avid reader, devouty digests something daily
Many like that who found no time before turn to
books for companions. Frank Parker showing
pictorial proof that things just amt what they
usta be. The picture was Of the rotary pillow on the
N p in disappearing service again after the trains
had been halted for % consecutive days Oddly in
the picture is the announcement on the car 'air
brakes" -.
1t is amusing-and small wonder the dailies
into gigges of small towners-to find, on their
own admission, each in Minneapolis is the greatest
One pages another advertising lineage, yet
another circulation. All accurate but figures are
broken down to show each in its own advantage
Such staggering array of superlatives that ex-
hausted sink back into the mediocrty of our own
sheet that hopes quietly to reflect tides of this COM
munity think that it is this play on superla-
tves that so make the daily press today bit dis
tasteful to many 1t creates sort of smugness that
people, in all their tolerance don't care to counten-
ance.
Perhaps there are few pleasures that are so last
ing as piece of work well done, and more important
doing the work we like the best This week j. j.
Cotton, left for Thief River Falls, and is building
pipe organ. Not just assembling he's hung out OF
rough material, instrument. Building organs
is his business. But when canned music shunteo
organs out of most theatres, and organs generally
seemed fall into disuse, except in churches, the
market considerably impaired. So Mr.. Cotton
fell to assembling and other jobs about the pipe
organ field. Now he's at the work he really loves,
he's tckled the prospect of actually again build
ing one. How satisfying it must be, I've thought
often to build such instrument and hear the tones
vibrating truly under the hand of someone's playing
Dantes Inferno-The thought has come often
as I've listened to others tales of experiences-what
he thinking at the the time. think this one will
let you in some foibles of human mind which,
often in spite of danger and trouble, is capable OF
some startling thoughts that whisk one away from
the scene present. w. D. Gallup was looking the
other day at invitation to attend reunion of hts
old outfit of the War, which was the Minnesota
Rainbow, a part of the famed Rainbow Division.
They trained at place in France where Napoleon
once trained his Continental conquerors So fell
to reminscing. It during the last big march
of the German army, he remembered. Gallup was
a radio operator working through the airpanes over.
head, helped direct artillery fire. In dugout with
his radio, Gallup heard the beginning of lombard
ment that rolled over the country from the German
guns The first volley dismembered his aerial put
his radio out of commission. Better take
couple of men with you, the Major told him, "one
of you might get back" So out they went to
fix the aerial. 1t record-breaking repair job
so far as time concerned Then he said
this He looked around while he was up there. Rocket
shells were bursting in the night. Yonder a NUM-
ton dump was afire. Farther dot of flame told
of a town burning. The whole countryside, of this
French area, ablaze with lights of fires, burst
ing shells. In diabolical sort of way it was gor-
geous sight. :. Il thought watched it those
few seconds if someone could only paint that scene
One would hardly be expected to think of paint
ing in such circumstances. One looks for that In
the quiet of viewing a sunset.
Doffing-My hats off to the gals for resisting
the up hair do trend. I hope their resistance will
be forceful against the insiduous creeping up
of the hemlne that by spring will be at the knee
cap. But know hope against judgment.
I'm afeared, mores the pity, that the stubborn re-
sistance came not to be agn fashions decree-but
practiced in the fact it just too cuss-
eddy much work. After all, few of the gals have
legs like Claudette Colberts the bathing beauty
ad models. Come the wrath of women on my
poor, unprotected male head.