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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
Chas. LeCount, of
Willard, Passed Away
Found Unconscious Near
Villard-Taken To Hospital
And Died Wednesday

Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Knapp. Mr..
and Mrs. William White, Mrs. Guy
Scott, Mr.. Westhof and o. B. Win
slow attended the funeral service
for Charles LeCount at Willard Sat
urday afternoon. Mr.. LeCount
passed away last week Wednesday,
at the age Of SO years.
Mr.. LeCount, a director Of the
Land o. Lakes Creameries, Inc, for
Is years, had attended meeting
in Minneapolis Friday. He came
to Sank Centre on the bus, and
drove his car from this city to VIII
lard. Owing to drifted roads he
left his car In Willard and started
to walk to his home, four miles dis
tant. His son was to meet him
with q team.
Mr.. LeCount was found uncon-
scious short distance from Vii
lard. He was taken to the village
and to a hospital where he passed
away Wednesday without regaining
consciousness.
Deceased Is mourned by his wife
and eight grown children. Direct
ors Of the Land o. Lakes were chos-
en- as honorary pail bearers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
BOY SCOUTS ENTER
TANNED PARENTS
Patrol Members Presented
Several Comedy Skits--All
Original Productions Offered

Boy Scouts of Troop rs, and MEM
bers Of the Cub Pack, entertained
for grownups at a Parents Night
Wednesday Of last week. A small
number Of parents took advantage
Of the opportunity and enjoyed q
most pleasant evening.
Following the graduation cere-
mony given for Dick Berggreen,
who advanced from the Cub Pack
to membership In Troop rs, and
community singing by the Scouts,
a number Of original skits were
staged by several patrols Of the
troop.
Among the first Of these original
products presented on the stage Of
the Junior High School auditorium,
was one showing the effectiveness
Of Sank Centre baseball pitcher
in pinch. The bases were loaded,
nobody was out, and the pitcher
struck out the next three batters.
To demonstrate the pitchers stuff
on the ball, sheet was stretched
between the pitchers box and home
plate. A flashlight behind the sheet
showed the gyrations Of the ball
screw ball, fast ball, upshoot-and
the inevitable happened-Sauk Gen.
tire won.
Ferdinand The Bull" was an
other clever comedy skit, which
caused much merriment. A class
in anatomy-the study Of the skele-
ton presented by famous doctor
before school students-caused con-
siderable merriment. Humorous
explanations Of the various parts
Of the human skeleton-made Of
wood-featured this offering.
Snow Shovel and the Seven
Drifts" with apologies to Walt
Disney, was humorously rearranged
both in wording and presentation.
A modern meller drama closed this
part Of the program. In this skit,
the heroine, who refused to marry
the william, was taken from her
father by force, tied to the tracks
to meet her fate by the lightning
express The hero arrived in the
nick of time, and rescued the beau
tiful young lady from the approach
ing train and sudden death-and
they were happy ever after. The
Scouts showed originality in these
productions, and their offerings pro-
vided merriment to the group. The
five patrols which took part in the
foregoing entertainment numbers
were the Ash Can, Flying Eagle,
Comet, Mule Hide and Rising Sun.
Refreshments were served before
the closing ceremony and the
Scouts and their parents found they
had really spent profitable eve
ming together.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23

was the beginning of the Lenten
Season and its customary drag on
the fresh meat trade. Local re-
ceipts were fully as large as last
week for the same period, and buy
ers worked insistently for lower
prices. Steers and yearlings ranged
weak to 25c lower with heilers
mostly weak, but spots 25c of.
Light steers grading low choice
topped a. $3.50, win good steers
largely $925-10.35, and medium
grade kinds $7.75-9.00. Choice fed
heifers Of the yearling type made
$3.50. with plain to medium at
$6.50-8.25, and good up to $500 fire.
quently. Cows declined largely 25c
and vealers were full SOC lower.
Weakness characterized the bull
trade. Stockers and feeders were
weak with plain stockers $6.25-7.00,
and medium steers at $3.50. Good
heavy calves brought $3.50. The
dairy cow trade was Of very negli-
gible volume. The weather was
both too cold and changeable and
quotations were on a weak basis
Medium and good cows were con-
sidered salable at $55.00-75.00.
Hogs advanced on Monday, but
the upturns were not fully main
tanned as receipts expanded and
the Wednesday packing house holi-
day also contributed as a weaken.
ing factor in this market. Com
pared with the close of last week
prices are steady to 10c higher,
with the advance generally on
weights above 210 pounds, but
most often on 270 pounds and up.
Mondays top was $8.15, new high
for the year, and the peak Tues
day rested at $500. Sows are 10c
higher for the week, Tuesdays
sales at $6.90-6.95.
All classes of sheep and lambs
met price reverses this week. Kill
ers redoubled their efforts to cut
live costs, and effected a 1926
saving on Tuesday. Demand for
feeding lambs Stacked off and the
trade ruled weak to Csc lower
Good and choice lambs sold Tues
day at $8.25-850, and fed ewes held
at $4.75 were bid only $3.50. West
ern feeding and shearing lambs
turned at $8.25-S.35, native feeders
at $7.00-8.00 mainly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
LOCAL PEOPLE
TO REVIEW BOOKS
MacGibbon Poems
Created Great Interest
Said Librarian

You, library reader, can talk pub
licly about the book you want to
talk about.
Following the recent trend in
which the people speak" on vary
ing issues, the Herald's Library
Book Shelf" a patter of book re-
views on volumes in the Bryant
Library conducted by librarian,
Miss Bernice Finnegan, will be
turned over to guest columnists, 1t
was announced this week.
With the announcement Miss Fin
negan added that the poetry dis
play, featuring John MacGibbon's
poetic cross section of Sank Cen
tire, would be continued another
week. Great interest in the writ
ings Of this beloved personality, she
pointed out, have made another
week necessary. His DE Pende-
cit'," she said, was the most pop
ular poem, brought greatest amuse-
ment." Others like his Home"
provoked interest in the display.
Several, she said, who viewed the
display were reminded to go "see
John" at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. II. A. Halverson, in st. Cloud.
This week opens a series Of
guested book review columns, that
are appraisals Of local readers.
From time to time Miss Finnegan
is throwing the book review column
open to readers to allow them to
plug or pan" a book as their
dictates guide them.
Lead of reviews in the series are
an appraisal of 1.-THE Coming Strug-
gle for Latin America" by w. A.
Kohl, superintendent of schools;
and a critical estimate Of Assign
ment in Utopia" by Ferdinand
Wiener, farmer near Padua.
Reviews on a book read will be
accepted at the library from any
one. Voluntary appraisals, on the
book you're talking about" not
to exceed two hundred words, are
welcomed, Miss Finnegan said. If
voluntary contributions do not flow
in rapidly enough to keep the ser
les moving, readers will be asked
to cooperate.
Since many people are attracted
to a certain book by the spoken
approval of another, she feels that
reviews by local readers can be a
stimulating addition to the column.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
Fox Bounties Available
In Steans County
Must Have Aflldavits of
Property Owner And Township
Clerks Certificate To Collect

O1oIkb N6rUAIiCtUo 40 NOuoCt
Bounties on gray fox, recently
offered by Stearns County Commits
sioners, apply to animals killed
within the boundaries Of Stearns'
County. The bounties as set are
$3.50 for cubs and $500 for full
grown gray fox.
To avail themselves Of this boun-
ty, the person who has slain a
fox, must go to the town clerk Of
the township in which said gray
fox or foxes have been killed. He
must get a clerks certificate, sign
his own affidavit, and either have
said application or certificate APP
proved by the local game warden,
or attach a slip signed by the owner
Of the property where the fox was
killed, or of a nearby farmer or
dweller, which must state that the
fox was killed on or near his place.
These papers must be presented to
the County Auditor with the hide
and payment can then be made.
Town clerks may use the same
forms as those they use for wolf
bounty applications, by inserting
the words "gray fox" in place of
wolf. Blanks Of this type are avail
able at the auditors office upon
request.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
LONG DISTANCE CALL
OVER BARBED WIRE
Snapped Telephone Wire
Hooked To Fence Brought Thru
Message Perfectly Clear

A long distance call to a rural
home, which on it's last lap came
over a barbed wire fence, was the
experience of the Robert Plant
family Monday.
A telephone call from Mrs. Plants
nephew, who was attending the
San Francisco Worlds fair, came
through mysteriously and caused
investigation by the family. Ear
lier in the day their telephone was
out of order. Investigation reveal
ed that the son, Robert, had found
the telephone wire snapped from
the cold, so he hooked the broken
wire onto the barbed wire fence
on the south 40.
Mrs. Plant had talked down the
fence to San Francisco with per-
feet sound, and her thanks went
out to Alexander Bell, whose first
message, Mr.. Adams come here
want you," was sent to the inven.
tors attic from the lower floor by
wire.
This experience Of talking over
a barbed wire fence was consider
ably different than talking over the
backyard fence, and added new
use for the enclosure used to keep
cattle in and out Of the yard.
The following is the conversation
that came over the fence. Monday,
Hoo p. m, February Goth:
Hello, Aunt Agnes. Aren't you
coming out here this summer"
We'll, no, I'm afraid not. Who
IS this?"
This is Bud, your nephew. How
Is Grandma Buckley"
"She has been i'll but is better.
Now WHERE ARE your"
"At the San Francisco Fair?"
You don't say So"
"How's the weather out there?"
"Oh, it's fine and balmy, nice
moonlight night and just 9:03 p.
m. It took me two minutes to put
the call in and I'm sure getting
a thrill out Of talking to you. Is
there any snow in good old Min
Eyes, lots Of it and 1t was -25
below this morning."
"Whow! That's too cold for me.
But by the way you're missing
something by not being here at the
Fair. It's wonderful. Greet all the
folks and don't forget Aunt Jessie.
Good bye"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
Long Prairie 80; Sank Centre 81

Long Prairie 80; Sank Centre 81
A fourth quarter rally, after an
unimpressive start, found Sank
Centre falling short in a frantic
last minute bit of play that left
Long Prairie high and dry with a
victory, placed them as the third
district team to win over Sank Cen
tire during the season. The final
score was 80 to 81. But the second
team blazed a victory trail that
read right, won an easy ball game,
20 to 8.
AS the district play of the sched-
ule came to an end, the chart
shows Sank Centre winner in 8
district games out of II starts with
only Osakis, Alexandria, and Long
Prairie scoring victories.
This final game of the district
play was object lesson number one.
Teach j. N. Toftness taught his
pupils Cd that they must play ball
from the start or dust off the bench,
and (2) that the reserves are some
pretty fair ball players, and (3) that
they have the ability to pull out
from behind.
Before the first quarter was out,
Toftness had jerked his first team
from the scene, sent his reserves in
to battle Long Prairie. Until the
half the reserves, with Jackson and
Deziel furnishing the defensive
spark, and Hildebrand a long arm
on scoring, paced the Long Prairie
regulars. The half ended IA to Is.
Came the second half and still
sat the regulars, chatting at the bit.
Out walloped a Long Prairie at
tack that all but swamped the re-
serves. When the third quarter
was six minutes old, and the Prairie
lads held a Is point margin, loft
ness said, "Now go in there and
play ball."
A 13-point margin against a
smashing Long Prairie attack was
no easy task. But holding the boys
to no goals from the floor during
the fourth quarter. the regulars re-
tanned their poise, finally snapped
the Long Prairie attack, drove on
to q 14-point quarter. dangerously
Long Prairie for the vic
tory.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
STANLEY BURT
RETURNED TO CITY
VIII Complete School
Here-Wants To Graduate
With Fellows

Stanley Burt, high school senior,
preferred Main Street to the broad
thoroughfares of the Nations Cap
itol.
Monday Stanley, son Of former
residents Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Burt,
who moved to Washington, D. c.,
when Mr.. Burt secured a position
through civil service in the depart
ment Of the Interior, was back in
Sank Centre and glad to see every
body"
He came back because he wanted
to graduate with the gang of fell
lows with whom he had associated
all through school. OF course there
were more than sentimental rea-
sons for his trek halfway across
the nation. Graduating from a
Washington school this year meant
obtaining 80 credits. With only
four months to adjust his program,
1t would mean spending another
year in high school.
He arrived Monday making the
trip in four hops. Travel Bureau
aid in Washington got him a ride
to Chicago. He went by bus to
st. Paul, hitch-hiked to Melrose
in one lap-and the last familiar
miles in another. when I arriv-
ed, I went over to school, and was
1t good to see so many kids I
knew" he said.
School Is tough" in Washington
he believes. IF you don't say
.yessir' all the time, it's too bad"
Washington should be the most
patriotic city in the country, yet
we didn't get Lincoln's birthday of.
Here they did. Now they aren't
going to have Washington's birth
day here, but in Washington they
are. They got me coming and go
ing"
II would have got a spot at the
President last Sunday" he said,
If he hadn't been sick. It was
Lincoln's birthday and there were
services at the Memorial. But
someone else laid the Presidents
wreath on"
He allowed that he didn't like
too well, since 1t SEEM
ed to be about half negroes" He
said that the family was all well,
and his father liked his work. And
then he offered, II guess you got
to be away from the town to really
It."
Stanley left with other membersl
Of the family for Washington JAM
uary 18th where they now reside.
He'll stay here until after gradua-
ton early in the summer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
Neuberger Sentenced
In St. Cloud Court
Youth Sentenced to Serve Not
More Than 20 Years-Pleads
Guilty to Charge of Robbery

| John F. Neuberger, Jr., Of Rey.
nolds, appeared before Judge ]. B
Himsl in district court in st. Cloud
Monday afternoon, of last week.
and pied guilty to a charge Of rob-
berry in the first degree. He was
given an indeterminate sentence OF
not to exceed 20 years in a state
penal institution. The penalty pro-
vided under the law is from five
to 20 years.
Neuberger two weeks ago held up
and twice shot at Charles Wall, q
Little Sank farmer, wounding Wall
slightly in the right arm. He was
traced from the Wall farm to his
home where sheriff's officers ap-
pretended Neuberger the same
night the crime was committed.
He obtained less than three dol
lars in cash and a check, which
he tore up, in the holdup.
At the time he appeared before
Judge Himsl, Neuberger signified
he was ready to plead to the
charges that had been preferred.
However, the jurist questioned the
youth at some length. 1t was point
ed out that he has never before
been involved in any trouble and
it was stated that the youth up to
to time of the hold up, had a good
reputation. He was known in the
community as a hard worker, hav-
ing been employed from time to
time by farmers in Reynolds and
Little Sank. Questioning by Judge
Himsl indicated the youth will be
kept under observation for some
time.
In view Of the fact the youth
had never before been involved in
any trouble, opinion after the crime
was to the effect he might be suf-
fering with temporary emotional
instability. That this opinion might
also be shared by Judge Himsl
was indicated by the questions ask
ed by the judge. At the time SEN
tence was passed Judge Himsl rec
commended to the state prison board
that the youth be kept under OBJ
servation and that treatment be ex-
tended If such is found necessary.
Appearing in court at the time
were County Attorney Prinz, Dep.
uties X. c. and ]. F. Adams and
Deputy Clerk Leona Akin. Joyce
s. Lewis appeared as counsel for
Neuberger.-Long Prairie Leader.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23

Communion services will be held
on the First Sunday in Lent, on
Passion and Palm Sundays. Holy
Week will be observed with Com
munion services each morning I'M
til Good Friday. Ladies of st.
s.Aafys Guild are sponsoring Lenten
teas each Thursday afternoon.
Each will have a short devotional
program, and two or three out-of-
town speakers are scheduled for
the meetings. Each Sunday after
noon a Vesper hour service and
Prayer will be read at the church
from 500 to $50 o'clock.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
NO EPIDEAnCS-

NJ Ef1DCANIOS-
A winter punctuated by fire.
quent illness, with flu, colds. nose
and throat infections, prevalent,
was comparatively free from more
serious cases, it was learned this
week. Several cases Of pneumonia
were reported earlier In the win
ter. This week two cases Of scar
let fever were reported in quaran-
tine in the city. None other have
been uncovered. In the city itself,
while other communities found
near-epidemic proportions, only
one case OF measles was reported.
Doctors affirmed that this had
been a fortunate winter. With
early weather conditions bearing
heavily on winter colds and infec-
tions, they believed it fortunate
that more serious type illness in
greater degree did not occur.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
WOLF BOUNTIES PAID
IN n COUNTIES
1915 Fox Bounties Paid
During Nine Month Period
April Through December

Minnesota paid bounties on 1917
wolves during the nine month per-
iod from April 1 through Decem-
Der. 1888. according to a report COM
piled in the state division Of game
and fish. High month for wolves
was November with 272, and Dec
ember followed with 226. 215 claims
were paid In May, and 202 in Octob-
er. while July was low with only
IS. Koochiching county was high
with 151 for the period, while st.
Louis and Itasca followed with 139
and 126 claims respectively. Wolves
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
Sank Centre To
Meet Melrose Soon
,Continued From Page One)

sub-district matches. Sub-districts
are to be held in Swanville, Glen
wood, Long Prairie and Alexandria.
This week Toftness reviewed the
chances for his cagers, after the
dreaded meeting with Melrose hap
pened. Toftness said he had fore
cast such a stroke Of luck last
spring when the coded teams were
no longer favored in the district
setup. At Wadena Saturday, loft
ness pointed out his crew, "didn't
play good ball" Their bad ball
games have to be all over now.
From now on everything counts"
On the streets fans were weigh
ing chances of Sank Centre against
Melrose. Agreed were most that
the game would be dog-fight, that
it would probably be the top card
in either sub-district or district
play.
Action of Sub-District Held Valid
Action taken at Alexandria last
Saturday, which an agreement was
unofficially made for Grey Eagle
and Sank Centre to meet next Mon
day as the first round of the sub
district tournament at Swanville,
was held valid Tuesday at spec
ial meeting Of the sub-district at
Grey Eagle.
The action, in which date for the
qualifying round of the sub-district
was set for Monday, February 9th
at o'clock at Swanville, was sub
stantiated by a to 1 vote. All
five schools, Grey Eagle, Swan
Vile, Melrose, Upsala, and Sank
Centre were represented. Supt. W..
A. Kohl and Coach ]. N. Toftness
attended for the local school. After
Saturday this action was reported
protested by Melrose.
Since the action is now official
and will stand, Sank Centre will
meet Grey Eagle Monday. We'd
nesday, March End, in the first
round the winner will meet Mel
rose. Swanville and Upsala are
first round pairings.
In other sub-districts only par
tally complete pairings have been
reported. At Glenwood, Osakis will
meet Brandon; Glenwood has been
paired with Evansville. In another,
Alexandria will first meet Parkers
Prairie and Deer Creek will meet
Henning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
STEER TRADE
WORKS LOWER
Beginning Of Lenten Period
Factor-Hogs Sag From High
Polnt-Lambs 1880 Down

South st. Paul. Mimi, Feb. n,
1889: Bearish factors gained the
upper hand in Tuesdays cattle
according to the Federal
State Market News Service. Pack
ing plants will suspend killing OPP
erations on Wednesday in obser-
vance Of Washington's birthday.
Outstanding, however, as a discour-
aging influence to the selling side
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
FISTS FLEW AT
NAZI MEETING
Dorothy Thompson, Wife of
Sinclair Lewis Shouted
Nonsense" at Speaker

Fists flew at q nazi demonstra-
ton held in Madison Square Gar
den Monday night, when leaders
of the German-American bund
stood under the swastika and de-
nounced international Jewry, menu
bers of the Roosevelt cabinet, and
any American alliance with Europ-
San democracies.
AS Fritz Kuhn, national leader
of the bund, was concluding an
attack upon Jews, Isadore Green
baum, a 26-year-old hotel worker,
jumped to the stage and ran to-
ward the speaker. Immediately q
dozen or more storm-troopers set
upon him, knocked him down and
beat him. A squad of police rushed
in and holding him high above
their heads rushed to an exit.
Dorothy Thompson. wife of Sin
clair Lewis, and famous writer,
shouted nonsense" during q
speech. Shouts of throw her out"
brought a grey hirted storm
trooper and two policemen to her
side, and they started to hustle
ner from the building. Haywood
Broun, another columnist, ran to
her rescue, and told the policemen
her identity. She was allowed to
remain upon her insistence that
American free speech" gave her
the right to express disagreement
with any speaker.
Sinclair Lewis, her husband, in
commenting on the incident, stated
as follows: This is the second
time Dorothy has been thrown out
Of Germany by Hitler. hope that
the third time of her election from
swastika-crowned German terri
tory will not be from the capitol
at Washington"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
PERSONAL PROPERTY
TAX nTJE

Personal property tax payments
are due and must be paid before
March LIST, the deadline. Payments
may be- made in two installments,
the first half to be paid at this
time. Don't forget to pay your
personal property tax and avoid
penalties. Payment may be made
at either Of Sank Centres banks.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23

Policemen in Brighton, Eng,
carry pocket radio receiving sets
with them on their beat.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23

No other medium can guarantee
the coverage Of The Herald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-23
Lenten Season Period
Of Self-Denial; Prayer

CONTINUED from Page One
Evening star., 1939-11-04
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.

david Bruce Burnstone. Merwin D. Maier
Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken world S
!eadlng team-of-four, inventors of the
system that has beaten every other sys-
tenn in existence)