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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
Sargasso Sea Named for
Herb Growing in Wells

Fear Of the Sargasso sea and sim.
liar phenomena dates back more
than 1000 years. Aristotle wrote Of
their perils. Before his time Phoe.
nician mariners carried home with
them stories of how immense fields
Of sea plants had endangered their
ships. In the Fifteenth century a
merchant Of Cadiz sent a galley a
hundred leagues westward, east
winds swept the galley into the area
Of weeds and Gains, and freedom
was gained only after many diff
culties.
Christopher Columbus had heard
Of the sea before he set out from
Palos, relates Frederic Babcock in
the Chicago Tribune. He plunged
into 1t ON his way to San Salvador
in September, 1892. He named IT
'The Sea Weed Meadows. As he
sailed slowly on the weeds grew
thicker and thicker until they
spread out on all sides like a great
flooded plain. He took soundings,
but could not find bottom. His COM
pass needle went wrong, pointing to
the northwest instead Of to the Pole
star. After days Of drifting his ships
emerged into clear space, where
the water was like a mirror. It
was so still, in fact, that it was stag
nant. So the becalmed Columbus
was as badly off as when he had
been in the weeds.
Mutiny grew among the crews. 1t
might have prevented the discov-
cry Of America had not a breeze
come out of the southwest. The ex-
plorers escaped after having had
their plans-and ships-tangled up
for nearly two weeks.
Where did the sea get its name?
The Portuguese with Columbus saw
in the weed a resemblance to the
herb sargasso, which grew in the
wells in their homeland.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
Thursday, July 20, 1889

Faribault School for Feeble Minded
Owatonna State Public School
Red Wing State Training School
Sank Centre Home School for Girls
Shakopee Reformatory for Women
st. Cloud State Reformatory
Saltwater State Prison
All Gwah- Ching, State Sanatorium
Gillette Hospital. st. Paul.
Cambridge Colony for Epileptics
All bids should be made on forms
of Purchases. Upon application, one
set of bid forms will be supplied
free to each bidder. The right is re-
served to accept or reject any or all
bids or parts of bids and to waive
informalities therein.
MILES S. COOPER
Director of Purchases
Department of Administration
Publish July 20-27. 1889.
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sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre. MINI.

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lilienthal
spent the weekend in st. Cloud Wis
iting at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. e. Lilienthal.
Mrs. Theresa Robischon spent
Monday in st. Cloud at the home
Of her son, George Robischon, and
her daughter, Mrs. William LeRoux
and family.
Miss Marian Gourde returned
Sunday evening to Grand Forks,
North Dakota, after a two weeks
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
Robischon.
Mrs. ]. p. Galbraith, who now re-
sides in Paynesville with her SON
Walter, arrived to visit with Mrs
j. A. Lockead and other friends
in this community.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. v. Michels and
family are this week vacationing
in northern Minnesota. The gen.
tleman is vacationing from work
at the Great Northern depot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Nelson re-
turned last Sunday for an auto va
cation tour in southern Minnesota
and southwestern Wisconsin. Mr..
Nelson vacationed last week from
Swift and company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Klein and
family and his father, Tony, ST.,
autoed to st. Paul last Saturday
where they visited until Monday
with the gentlemen's son and broth
er, Frank Klein and family.
Miss Patty Nicholson, who had
visited with her grandparents, DR..
and Mrs. A. F. Mcynihan, return
ed to Grand Rapids and the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Nicholson, last Saturday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
Goats Liked Coffee

There are 40 references to goats
in the Bible. Legend has it that the
goat was the discoverer of the stim-
ulating properties of the coffee bean.
An Arabian herder noticed one aft
ernoon that the members of his
flock were unusually playful after
having nibbled at the berries of the
coffee bush; the fellow investigated,
being Of an inquiring turn of mind.
and thus coffee drinking began. 70
rooster had a kind word for the
goat. So did that other able think
er, the Gautama Buddha. So, for
that matter, did Confucius.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
First Football Game

OF the first football game played
in America, there is no record.
There is, however, record Of the
first intercollegiate football game
in this country. This was played
between Rutgers and Princeton, at
New Brunswick, N. j., November
10, 1869. Rutgers won 6 goals to
Princeton's 4. A return match was
asked for by Princeton and the Sec
ond game was played on November
20, Princeton winning this time with
a score of 6 to O. Earliest Amer
lean football rules were patterned
after soccer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
Comets Are Cold Except
When They Are Near Sun

In size comets range from ones
barely large enough to be seen with
telescope without doubt there are
still smaller ones) to giants a mill
lion miles in diameter, with tails 100
million miles long. These big ones
are by no means as formidable as
the above dimensions would indi-
cate. For one thing, they are quite
cold except when they are near the
sun; the light they give off is not
their own, but is produced by the
sunlight that strikes them. The far
Their they are from the sun the dim
mer they become, according to DR..
Thomas M. Beck in the Chicago
Tribune.
For all Of their tremendous bulk,
they have astonishingly little matter
to them. Occasionally individual
comets have passed very close to
one Of the outer planets such as
Jupiter. At such times the planets
gravitation defects the comet COM
pletely out Of its course, but the
most accurate observations have
failed to reveal that the comet has
the slightest effect on the planet.
The conclusion is that even the
giant comets have less, and prob
ably very much less, than q mil
ionth Of the earth's mass. There is
far less matter per cubic inch in a
comet than there is in the most per-
feet vacuum yet produced by man,
and still less in the comets tail.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
BAND IN CITY PARK
CONCERT TONIGHT

This evening, Thursday, in the
City Park the Sank Centre band
will play a concert in the band
shell. It will begin at 500. Rain
ed out Sunday in new departure
from evening concerts, the band
has decided to try evening sessions
again, it was announced.
An excellent program, that Will
feature Floyd Alger, bass soloist,
has been arranged.
Washington Post-March, Sousa.
Masterbilt- by Afford.
Tesora Mio-Waltz, Becucci.
Trombone Novelty-Chenette.
observation-disclosures, Hays.
Pomposo-Bass solo, soloist Floyd
Alger.
On the Mall-March, singing and
whistling with band accompanl-
ment, by Goldman.
Let's Go-March, by Woods.
Stars and Stripes Forever
March, by Sousa.
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Belief I'm Fairies

Scientists tell us that many years
ago a pigmy race spread all over
Europe. They were credited with
supernatural powers, and it is from
them that we get our belief in
fairies, observes a writer in London
Tit-Bits magazine. But apart from
scientists pure and simple, there are
others who believe that fairies still
exist. Years ago the late Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle submitted to the
world photographs and facts about
fairies. In spite Of this, most peo-
pie are still skeptical. It is not only
in places like the wilds Of Fire, the
mountains of Wales and on the Cor
nish coasts that people believe in the
existence of these little people.
There is in Kent Fairy Investiga.
ton society, to which belong scores
Of rational members, all sure that
the little people" are still to be
found.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
Most Famous Volcano

The worlds most famous volcano
is Vesuvius. The olden Romans had
a legend that the gods had used the
crater of this volcano as a battle
ground, but it had been quiet for
hundreds Of years before it de-
stroyed three cities-Pompeii, Her.
culaneum and Stabiae--on August IA
in the year 70. Vesuvius has broken
loose many times since it buried
Pompeii. Important eruptions took
place in 472, 1000. 1881, 1894, 1861 and
1906.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
First Oil Well In America

The first oil well in America, the
"Old American" was probably
drilled about March, 1929, on Little
Renox creek. near Burkesville, Ky.
The oil was sold as a "cure-all'' for
years, both in America and Europe.
The modern petroleum industry
owes its origin to an oil well
''drilled" by Col. Edwin L. Drake,
near Titusville, Pa. It came into
production on August q, 1859, a
date now generally observed as that
Of the start of commercial produc.
ton Of oil in the United States.
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Mrs. Myrtle Radabaugh, OF Long
Prairie. was a guest Friday of Mrs
Iris Betz.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Koncp visited
Sunday at Leader with the lady's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. r. d.
Harmer.
Bud Dicks, of Minneapolis, was
q dinner guest at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Nick Bromenschenkei
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lowe, of
Minneapolis, are visiting at the
home of the lady's sister, Mrs. Will
liam Gilpin.
Mrs. Gladys Kroonblaur and chill
dren, Robert and Margaret, of Min
neapolis, arrived in this city Fri
day to visit relatives.
Mrs. A. ]. Peterson, mother OF
Mrs. A. w. Rosenwald, returned to
her home in Montevideo Sunday
after a three weeks visit in this
city.
Mrs. Mae Fiesler was called to
MINNEAPOLIS last week by the SER
ious illness of her sister, Mrs. K.
N. Hoople. Mrs. Hoople is in Eitel
hospital.
Mrs. Donald Hanson left fer Min
neapolis Tuesday where she IS
spending the rest of this week
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
w. Price.
Norwood Garfield and Messrs.
Erickson, Smith and Schmidt, of
Minneapolis, were guests for the
weekend at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. w. Garfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Hesse and
daughter, Monte, of this city, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Breeding, of
Glenwood, spent Sunday in Mimi
eapolis.
Fred Dickson and son, Everett
and Bill Dickson left Saturday for
Blackjack to spend some time at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Crawford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Dubois, of this
city, and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Lee,
Of Long Prairie, spent the weekend
on the North Shore of Lake Sup
erior drive.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Orion and
son, Jimmy, of Redwood Falls, Wis
tied from Saturday until Monday
with the lady's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George E. Clark.
Mrs. William Fox, of Winnipeg,
Ontario, arrived in this city Sun
day and will visit with her sister
Mrs. Joe Veeder, and her mother,
Mrs. H. N. Carpenter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Steines were
guests in the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Nick Bromenschenkel Sunday af-
ternoon. Mrs. Emil Polipnick was
a guest there Monday evening.
Mrs. Clara Smith, Of st. Paul,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Smith,
and baby, of Superior, were week
end guests with Mrs. Iris Betz. Mrs
Norvin Ovrom and daughter, Doris,
Of st. Paul, were her guests Satur-
day.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-07-20
Taught Grecian Youths to Bow

In mythology Sagittarius was q
skillful archer and taught the Gre
clan youths the use of the bow. His
wife was very jealous and was al
ways spying on him. Finally he
changed his form to that Of CEN
taur in order that she could not rec
ognize him and know of his where
abouts. Finally he was accidental
ly scratched with a poisoned arrow
and died. Then he was placed in
the heavens, where, ever since, he
aims an arrow at the huge Scorpion
in the west.
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

u r
Sealed proposals will be received
by Miles S. Cooper, Director Of Pur-
chases. State Of Minnesota. in his
office, 225 State Office Bldg. St.
on the 31st day of July. 1889, and
will then be publicly opened and
read aloud on the items for the
Public Institutions, Division of Pur-
chases. Department Of Administra-
ton as follows:
SCHEDULE NO. SO
PAPER
for
The several Public Institutions Of
the State Of MINI.
Anoka State Hospital
Hastings State Hospital
Willmar State Hospital
Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rochester State Hospital
st. Peter State Hospital
Moose Lake State Hospital
Faribault School for the Blind
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FISHING TACKLE THAT'S FIT
FOR FISHING-H I L L E r U ID
HARDWARE Adv.
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FISHING TACKLE THAT'S FIT
FOR FISHNG.-H I L L Il r U ID
HARDWARE Adv.
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FISHING TACKLE THAT'S FIT
FOR FISHING.-H / L L + r U ID
HARDWARE Adv.
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Readers Notice
Additional social items VIII DE
found on page nine.
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NOTICE, FARMERS!

Dead animals removed free Of
charge. Horses, hogs, cows, and
sheep with hides on. Why bury
them. Phone Sank Centre Rend-
ering Service, or Albert Pegiow
White Eagle OIL Station.
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Use the Herald's classified col
umns and get results.
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far as Big Lake where MT. ana
Mrs. Will Soltau, of Minneapolis,
joined the party for a picnic.
George Conkey and son, George,
and Donald Deziel, motored to Min
neapolis Sunday to visit the form
er's daughterf Eleanore, at Univer-
sity Hospital, where she has been
for the past year and half receiv-
ing treatment. This event was in
honor Of Eleanore's birthday ami
versary and the guests took a cake
with them to make the celebration
complete.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. s. Kempton, Of
Duluth, and their son, the Rev
L. e. Kempton, Of Portland, Ore
gon, were weekend guests with Mr.
and Mrs. w. d. O'Gara. Mr.. and
Mrs. Kempton returned to their
home Sunday. Tuesday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Gara accompanied
the Portland clergyman to Brain
erd where his parents met him.
Rev. Kempton will return to Port
land about August first.
A letter from Jos. Kusba, San
Leandro, California, states that they
enjoyed a visit from Mr.. and Mrs.
George O'Gara, of this city, while
they were on tour through the
West. Mr.. Kusba enclosed state
ment of building activities of his
city, which shows that $1,174,117
in building permits were issued dur
ing the 193S-1939 fiscal year. San
Leandro, in 1888 with a population
Of 1850, has doubled in size, said
Mr.. Kusba.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Scratch pads loo per
Office. re
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COe And Beebee
Cop Golf Crowns
Over Weekend

Club golfirg championships were
decided over the weekend In de-
cisive fashion at the Country club
Of Waterbury and WATERFOWL Coli
club. Jack Cse, who used TO be top
flight performer at WATERFOWL, came
to town q year ago 10 win the Wa
terbury Country club championship
and, despite recent illness, success
fully defended 1t Saturday. with q
one -sided and victory over tall
and jittery r. r. Kellogg, In SO
hole test for the title. Neither play
ed good gol, but q four hole lead
In the morning IS. stood up for Coe
In the afternoon, as Kellogg missed
many opportunities. Fl
At WATERFOWL, the popular pain
ter, Harold (Heavyweight) Beebe
beat Bob ((Mr. Par) Harvey, 3 ana
2 for the club championship. In
SO hole test for the title. Harvey
led the morning round up, but lost
his advantage In the afternoon
round. He recently attracted nation
attention by scoring Is straight pars
on the WATERFOWL course, without O
birdie or DOGGY. In the morning Har-
vey was out and back in 76, to Bee
Be's n.
Scores: 81
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CREENTREE WINS
FROM TEXANS
Tommy Hitchcock Scores
Five Times in l4.ll
Polo Tilt

Westbury, N. Y, Sept. is.--(UP)-
There still Is no defense against the
riding and shooting Of Tommy
Hitchcock so Greentree and Bost-
wick field will meet next Sunday
for the 9th National open Polo
championship.
Hitchcock led Greentree against
Cecil Smiths sharp shooting Texas
Rangers at Meadowbrook yesterday
IN what Is generally supposed to be
his last year Of active polo. II 1t Is
his last, then the last may be the
best. Hitchcock scored five times and
Greentree won, 14-ii.
After riding to O "a deadlock In
the first chukker, Greentree opened
q As lead In the second then push
ed 1t out to 7-6 at the end OF the
third. Despite seven goals by Smith,
Five Of them on penalty shots, the
Rangers never got close again.
Hitchcock and his two offensive
mates, Bob Skene OF Australia and
J. p. Grace pounded the ball
through the wickets twice In the
fifth and sixth chukkers, and once
In the seventh and eighth.
The Rangers rallied briefly In the
fifth, when they scored three times,
and In the seventh, when they
counted twice again. But they lack
ed the balance and soundness Of
their opponents. and the 5000 spec
tators saw Greentree stubborniy
round out their victory, q minor up
set In r.
The Rangers rallied briefly in the
fifth, when they scored three times,
and in the seventh, when they
twice again. But they lacked
the balance and soundness Of their
opponents, and the 5000 spectators
saw dreentree stubbornly round out
their victory, O minor upset In face
Of pre-tournament predictions.
Robert Gerry, with four goals,
spanked the Bostwick field quartet
10 O victory over Stewart Inglehart's
new Westbury squad In the opening
match Saturday, winning 9-8 after
D close, hard fight. The Bostwicks
will be on the short end OF the bet
ting In the finals on Sunday.
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and 1t remained for the local board
of strategy and prommotorial
feniuses to clinch 1t,
New Prices
In addition to the main 60, which
Is worth the price Of admission all
by itself whether you pay $3.50, q
buck" or IS cents, there Is another
showing Of belligerent Bobby Cum
mings, loser to irish Eddie Dolan
last week, who meets up with Doug
Marsh, q Canadian clouter with q
record that Is said to include over
so wins, during his campaign which
brought him the Canadian welter-
weight championship.
More Glass
Jimmy Bell, O New Haven colored
boy out Of Pittsburgh has shown
plenty OF ring class during his few
fights In this state. He will be
matched on the Turcotte-Pepe card
with the best available opponent.
Lovers Of heavyweight ring dues will
see Naugatuck's Dula Kovach
against Norwalk George Fuller, ANA
teur heavy champ last year and the
"Stepin Fetchit" Of state ring cir
Giles; while Red" Moffett OF Devon
O great amateur fighter now turned
professional opens the show In q
four rounder. Turcotte Is to work
out at the R-C stadium daily ct
noon.
Win, lose or draw, Turcotte must
meet Pope again In New Haven next
month, before the handlers Of the
Meriden boy, meaning the Arena
matchmaker would sign for Pepe's
local showing Thursday.
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YMCA PHYSICAL
PROGRAM TONIGHT
The young mems physical proera

The young mems physical program
at the Central "Y" opens today.
The schedule for the fall program
as announced by Nick Hudobenko,
chairman OF the young mems physi-
cal committee will give all members
an opportunity for varied program.
Tonight's schedule will be as fol-
lows: at 7:i5 there will be the senior
gym class. A short workout with the
medicine ball will be first. This will
be followed by calisthenics. The
group will finish of with O game Of
volleyball. At 8 o'clock there viii be
apparatus work. This will include
work on the parallel bars, horizontal
bar, side horse and flying rings. This
group will eventually be organized
into O gymnastic team.
At 8 o'clock the gym floor will be
reserved for senior young mems
clubs.
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Younger Sacs
Beat big Guys"
In Parish Tilt

Making good their boast that they
could beat the big guys" the
Blessed Sacraments Of the Recrea-
ton baseball league pinned q 30
defeat on the Public Parks league
Sacraments In q game played yes
terday, after starting last week and
being stopped by rain, with the
younger Sacs holding lead. Jackie
Circuit and Charley Foster, opposing
pitchers, had O nip andtuck mound
duel oil the way. the Rec Sacs scor-
Ing two runs In the first inning
though held to six hits, as were the
losers. The winners are coached
by Charley O'Rourke.
Daddona's bingle In the eight
inning, brought In Hardwick with
what proved to be the winning run,
the Parks Sacs having O run on
base with none out In the ninth,
but couldn't score, Coach Joe Cav.
anaugh popping TO shortstop for the
final out OF the game. Overton's
hitting for the losers, CIRCUITS pitch
and the all around support OF the
winners were the games highiights.
Summary:
pYNK I'D
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Runs-werbcr 2. sIsti 2. West,
Majeski. Wiet eimann, Goodman.
Mccormick. Myers, Derrlnger. Err
Werber, Joost, Libn-
bardi. Myers .. pcrringer; Runs bat
Werber, Joost 2, Mccormick 2. Craft.
Two base hits-Garmp, Craft. Three
best hits-West, Joost, Mccormick.
Stolen bases--SIsti, Wictelmann q.
sacrihce-slstl. Double plays-Wie-
teImann. sistI and Hassett: Lom-
Boston Q: CINCINNATI 8. Bases on
Posedei Q; Off Farmhouse
], off Lanning !. Struck out by
2: by Farley j: by Derrin-
ger. 7. Hits-of Posedel. Z In 4 la
innings; on. farmhouse. none. in
none in !. Losing pitcher = Early.
MISREPRESENTATION, Goetz and Pinel-
II. TIme-2:05.