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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-13
Approval of
School Bids
Received
Surveying Work Com
menced Tuesday Morning
BY Engineers
TOTAL BIDS $l96,582
Local Men Will
Get First Opportunity
For Employment

Approval Of the low bids for con-
struction Of the new school build
ing, gymnasium and auditorium, in
this city, Submitted recently for
general construction, heating, ven
tilating, plumbing and electrical
work) by the Public Works Admin
istration at Omaha, Nebraska, was
announced by telegram Friday. Of
fetal approval arrived by mail
Monday morning.
Successful contractors under this
approval for L. ]. Klippen, Duluth,
who has the contract for general
construction; Beaulieau Co., Grace
Vile, plumbing, heating and venti-
lating; and Commonwealth Electric
Co., st. Paul, who were awarded
the electrical contract.
Engineers commenced work Tues.
day morning in laying out sites for
the buildings and making prepare
tons for workmen who will do ex.
cavating. Work will be pushed as
rapidly as possible.
These three accepted contracts
total $196,582, and are divided as
follows: General construction, $146,-
618; Plumbing, heating and venti-
lating, $38,9S2; Electrical work,
$10,982.
Wednesday morning we were
informed that the school board
had signed L. j. Klippen's con-
tract Tuesday night, and that
work of excavating by steam
shovel would start next Tues
day.
Local men will be given first OPP
portunity for employment in all
lines of construction, according to
availability and capability. After
the local labor mart is exhausted,
or capable men in certain lines are
not available in this community,
then others will be brought in from
outside.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-13
Michael Allen
Called To
Rest April 6
Funeral Services Were
Held Monday Morning
In This City
WAS 66 YEARS OLD
Came To Getty
Township With Parents
In 1874

Michael Allen, longtime resident
of Getty Township, passed away
Thursday morning, April 9Th, at
$50 o'clock. following an illness of
about seven weeks duration. Death
came to him at the farm home, six
miles south Of Sank Centre, where
he resided since early childhood.
Mr.. Allen lacked five days Of being
sixty-six years old when he passed
on.
Mr.. Allen, son of Michael and
Bridget Allen, was born at Rem
frew, Ontario, Canada, on March
II, 1873, and was the third young
est Of family Of thirteen children.
In 1874 the family left Canada,
came to Getty Township and locat-
ed on the farm where Mr.. Allen
passed away last Thursday.
On November u, 1906, Mr.. Allen
was united in marriage to Margaret
Meagher at st. James Church, st.
Paul. Five children, four Of whom
with the beveaved mother survive,
were born to this union. The chill
dren are: Edward and Mary Ellen,
at home; Cecilia, principal of
schools at Montgomery, and Gather
Inc, who is employed in st. Paul.
John Frederick passed away In
1916. Other surviving relatives are
a brother, Steve Allen, Of Pekin,
N. D., and a sister, Mrs. Robert
Kenna, Of Sank Centre.
Mr.. Allen was always willing to
help neighbors when in need, and
his kindly attitude endeared him to
many. His first thoughts were al
ways for his family, their comforts
and religious training.
Funeral services were held at
the Church Of Our Lady Of the
Angels, with a Solemn Requiem
Mass at ten o'clock Monday morn
ing. FIR. Hinnenkamp, Of Little
Falls, Rev. Chas. Mayer, Of Roscoe,
and Rev. John Bettendorf, local
pastor, conducted the service. In
terment was made in Calvary GEM
etery. The pallbearers were nep-
news of the deceased as follows:
Stephen and Thomas Allen, Cyril,
Frederick, Kenneth and James
Kenna.
Relatives and friends from a dis
lance In attendance at the last sad
rites were: a niece, Mrs. Frank
Schwartz and children, Francis,
Richard and Catherine, Of Malta,
Montana; Mr.. and Mrs. A. Graham,
Miss Margaret Flahaven, Mrs. Jul
ius Polthen, Mrs. L. Arcand and
James Graham, all Of st. Paul and
Minneapolis; Mr.. and Mrs. +. w.
Kubat, Of Montgomery; Mr.. and
Mrs. Pat Graham, John Graham,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Cleveland and
Ben Houston, of st. Cloud.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-13
Royal Couple
Will Stop In
Sank Centre
Crown Prince and Prin-
cess Of Norway To Be
Guests Of Main Street
STOP FOR SHORT TIME
No Time For Program
Says Minister of
Washington, D. C.

On April 6, q letter from e.
III. HObe, Consul of Norway, at
st. Paul, Minnesota, to ID. b.
Caughren, Community Club
president Of this city, gave as
surance that Crown Prince Olav
and Crown Princess Martha, Of
Norway, would be visitors I'm
Sank Centre for q short time.
A visit from the Royal couple
to this city will possibly be
made on June 10th, when the
itinerary includes a trip from
Fargo, N. d., to the Twin Cit
les. It is believed that the
royal encourage will make this
trip by motor, and II SO they
will be enabled to stop for q
short time.
Word In this regard was re-
ceived from the Norwegian
Minister at Washington, ID. c.,
as follows:
although I agree there will
not be time for q program Of
any kind in Sank Centre, I
think there will be no objection
to q maximum five minutes
stop there II the town as stated
Is on the direct route over
which the party will travel"
Further word as to time of
arrival, and other arrangements
will be received at q later date,
and will be published In the
Herald as soon as possible.
The committee on arrange
ments for this event, beside Mr..
Caughren, Community Club
president, includes G. HI. Hill
erud, L. r. Lovilk, Geo. Berg
green, DIR. A. F. Moynihan and
Ed L. Rattle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-13
Fire
Truck Came
Thursday
Official Tests Proved
Apparatus More Than
Satisfactory
OVER 800 C. P. M.
Finest Equipment
Outside Larger
Cities of State

Sank Centres new streamlined
fire truck arrived Thursday from
-Kenosha, Wisconsin, and was i'm
mediately put to number of tests
which proved its worth beyond the
fondest dreams of local firemen
Modern in every detail, this
truck with centrifugal pump, list
ed as Of 500 gallons per minute
capacity, under official test pro
duced SO1 gallons per minute with
power to spare.
Chief George Fish, stated that
this truck will be for country use
and the cab has been added for
the protection of firemen against
the elements while driving to and
from rural fires. It has q 200-gallon
water tank for country fire fight
ing, and two inch and and one
one-half inch hose for use as desir-
ed. All equipment necessary for q
truck Of this kind has been install
ed by the builders, Peter Pirsch &
Co., of Kenosha, Wis.
The fire fighting apparatus has
been built ON a one and one-half
ton Chevrolet truck, the latter sold
on bid to the local department by
Fred Walker. A red flasher light
as a danger signal, powerful
searchlights for use at night fires,
small electric lanterns, ladders,
axes, MOBILES and hand pumps
make up the equipment.
This fire fighting apparatus was
purchased with a guarantee that IL
must pass the inspection Of the
Fire Underwriters inspection Bur.
eau and must be satisfactory in
every detail.
In accordance with that guaran-
tee an inspection by the Fire Un-
derwriters Inspection Bureau was
conducted Thursday, April 6, when
Sanford Herberg, engineer, conduct
ed six tests. His report stated that
the apparatus performed in a sat
isfactory manner. and that in each
CONTINUED on Page 10 Col. II
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-13
SELECT COUNCILMAN BY LOT
Frank Pangbnrm and Carl
Eckberg Chosen as Aldermen

A tie, which left the election
Of q third alderman unsettled
I'm the recent city election, was
decided by the Council In SEES
sion last week Wednesday eve
ming. Frank Pangburn and
Carl Eckberg, candidates for
aldermanic positions, ran neck
and neck In q contest which
featured close voting through
out.
This matter was settled &C
cording to law, by lot, when the
Council decided to draw names
from q hat to select the lucky
and unluclky man as q council
member. The candidates names
were placed on slips Of paper
and the City Clerk drew one
from the hat. The first name
drawn was that Of Mr.. Pang-
burn, VINO was declared duly
elected. Mr.. Pangburn stated
to q Herald representative Mon
day that he would qualify for
the Office.
As the resignation Of Otto
Hedin was presented to the
Council at Wednesday nights
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-13
Schedule bn
III. g. AAeAc4
SEASON 1939-1s4O--

Athletic schedules for the 1939-40
high school season, with admission
into the West Central Conference
secured, were announced this week
with attractive cards in both foot
ball and basketball.
Next Monday evening, when
district % schoolmen meet here,
holes in the basketball schedule are
expected to be filled. Coach J. N.
Toftness announced that dates
with Long Prairie, Alexandria, and
Melrose, who this year goes back
on the card, will probably be ar
ranged. Schoolmen are here to dis
cuss baseball and track arrange
ments for this spring.
Coach Gene Harvey in announc-
ing his '39 football card, shows nine
booked games, pointed that in foot
ball Sank Centre Is not yet eligible
to the conference. Reason, he said,
is that other schedules were filled
before we were admitted to the
conference. For eligibility school
must play four conference games;
Sank Centre has secured three. In
basketball, however, eligibility was
secured with one game with each
Of member schools.
Willmar, Alexandria, Glenwood,
and Morris provide high spots in
the football schedule. Harvey an
nounced, too, a tentative booking
with Melrose that may fall on Nov
ember 18th, or replace one Of the
other games.
Basketball season, shunted ahead
to start December 1, opens tradi-
tionally, with st. Cloud Tech and
before Christmas has sporty ar
ray Of Benson, Glenwood, South
High, Minneapolis, returns, and
Appleton.
According to an announcement
by Gene Harvey tentative arrange
ments for the 1910 football season
includes Montevideo, Willmar and
Benson, all conference teams.
Here's the football schedule:
Sept. 15-Parkers Prairie, here.
Sept. 22-Willmar, there.
Sept. 29-Morris, here.
Oct. 6Long Prairie, there.
Oct. 13-Osalds, here.
Oct. Is or 20-Albany, there.
Oct. 27-Glenwood, here.
Nov. 3-Alexandria, there.
Nov. 11-Melrose. shere.
The basketball schedule follows:
Dec. 1-St. Cloud Tech, there.
Dec. 8-Benson, here.
Dec. 12-Glenwood, there.
Dec. 14-South-Mpls., here.
Dec. 22-Appleton, here.
Jan. 12-Osakis, here.
Jan. 16-Open.
Jan. 19-Alexandria, there.
Jan. 23-Open.
CONTINUED on Page 10. Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-13
WANT ROOMS FOR
STATE CONvENTION-

As many rooms will be needed
for the State Firemen's conven-
ton to be held in Sank Centre
on June IL. Is and IA, the COM
mittee on housing wishes to
hear Immediately from any one
having rooms to rent during
that time. Those having rooms
they wish to rent to visiting dele
gates and their ladies are asked
to get In touch with Irv Nelson,
chairman, or w. Hershiser or
o. L. Larson, members Of the
mittee.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-04-13
CONTINUE REGISTRATION
FOR POULTRY CLUB

When registrations for men,
bership in the Boys and Girls
Poultry Club closed last Satur-
day, eighty-three boys and girls
had asked admission to the club,
said w. D. Gallup, chairman of
the Community Club. AS there
are 100 sponsors, who will donate
twenty-five chicks and some
chick feed, the membership list
has not been completed. Hence,
the committee announces that
registrations will be taken until
the entire membership Is COM
plete. Boys and girls, who still
desire to become members of the
club, may do so If they register
at the Main Street Chevrolet
garage at once
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Man Starts $40 Fires in
Superior National Forest

after it passed Tote lake.
The area bounded on the east by
Knife lake and on the west by Lower
Eastwood Falls had a total of IS fires
with most of them being around
SnoWbank and Moose lake. Eastwood
lake proper had Is. There were but
very few fires in the Crooked lake terri
tory, Is at Lac La Croix, 5 on Loon
river, and 8 west of Buyck.
In the eastern section of the forest,
the Grand Marais area from Lutsen on
the west to Hovland on the east had rs
fires. A good share of them were set
off along the trout streams located
here. From Lutson west to the Carl
bou river there were 18 fires.
Along the border from Mcfarland
lake to and including Knife Lake, II
fires were spotted on the map. In the
vast wilderness area between this long
chain of lakes and the ends of the
trout streams along Lake Superior, only
fires were man-made.
During the past Is years consider
able state forest land has been added
to the national forest so the above
figures include those compiled by the
state as well as the federal foresterS.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
DO YOU BELIEVE
IN OLD ADAGES?

We often hear the old adages quoted
and wonder if we should really pay any
attention to them. I can think of two
in particular that we might hear dur
ing the spring of the year. One con-
corning washing blankets. This one
recommends that we always put "a
bit of soap" in the last rinse water
after washing blankets. Scientific ex-
poriments have indicated that there is
no evidence that it really helps the
blanket and that there is always danger
of the soap breaking down as the blan-
ket is stored, and this resulting in a
rancid odor If this is done for the
purpose of producing fluffy, nice ap-
pearance in the blanket, why not &C
compliSh this by using water softener
in the last rinse?
Second is that concerning setting the
color" in wash goods with vinegar.
Perhaps many homemakers are max
ing dresses at this time of year for sum-
mer wear, and are going to this extra
work of so-called setting" the color.
Manufacturers of cotton fabrics say
that this is idle work, particularly if
the fabric is labelled "colorfast" to
laundry, or to sunlight, or to per-
spiration. Before following the old
adage, why not first question it to see
|if it merits your use?
Helen Larmore.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Didn't Want Fish
To Get MinnOlU

Grand RapidS-Here'S the cutest
story of the first day of the fishing
season. Mary Lou Powers, six years
old, went fishing with her mother and
brother, Jimmy. Jimmy put a minnow
on her hook and she threw it over
the railing of the bridge from which
they were fishing. But she didn't let
the minnow down into the water.
Noticing this, her mother said, why
Mary Lou, your minnow isn't in the
water. Put it way down in" And
Mary Lou replied, Eyes, but if I put
it in the water, the fishy will come and
take it away from me-"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
E16on1p eef01elgteI
Helps for women in Minnesota homes prepared by the
II Home Demonstration Staff, Extension Division
II University Farm, St. Paul MINI.

so far as hosiery is concerned. The
toes wear out, the heels wear out, they
snag or run too easily, and various
other complaints.
Needless to say, hosiery should suit
the occasion for which it is to be
worn; select it with care as to con-
struction details.
A survey of the hosiery sizes worn
by children in an eastern city indicates
that over so per cent wore stockings
that were too short. Too short stock
ingS are not only uncomfortable and
responsible for foot ills, but also cause
the stocking to wear out too soon.
The hosiery size is the measurement
of the foot in inches from the tip Of
the toe to the back of the heel. A size
81a stocking would measure 81 inches.
The foot of the stocking when meas
ured flat should be one-half inch
longer than the foot of the wearer.
A 9-inch foot length calls for size
99 in hosiery. There may be an ex-
ception to this rule due to variation in
width and thickness of feet and each
person may have to experiment.
Wearing the right length does away
with greater strain.
Lengths vary with different stock
ings. The standard for length in
women's stockings is 80 inches and
suits average legs. Some manufac-
turers make women's hosiery IN three
lengths-28, 80, and "a inches. Other
manufacturers incorporate special
hem. The standard of length for
mems socks is IA or. 1412 inches with
an allowable variation one-half inch
either way Children's stockings vary
in length with the size.
OUTSIDE hosiery is knit wider and is
usually made longer. Wearing outsize
hose will reduce hosiery expenditures
for women with large thighs and legs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
truth about ADVERTISING
Bx CHARLES B. ROTH
JUST WHAT IS GOOD WILL7

tant thing a business man has is
the good will of his customers. Ev-
cry business which has that is sue
cessful; every business which does
not have it fails.
Good will is not a mysterious
quality like genius. It is a simple,
commonsense matter depending
upon doing simple, commonsense
things.
The first of these consists of CIV
ing good value and service, that
the business may win and hold
friends. The second consists of max
ing the fact that the business is the
kind which wins and holds friends
known to it's customers, by telling
them of its ideals and it's services
and its merchandise.
This telling process is called adj
vertising. Whenever a manufacture
er or a merchant advertises i'm the
newspaper he informs you that he
is the kind of business man whom it
would pay you to patronize. He
makes public the fact that he wants
good will and that he realizes the
only way he can keep it is by living
up to his promises.
You as a customer get more for
your money when you patronize a
concern with good will. Good will
is proof that the concern has done
something to warrant the friendship
and confidence of its customers.
You see, good will doesn't just
happen. It is created-by good
goods, by good service, by good adj
vertising.
@ Charles B. Roth.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
INSPECT AUTO
| LIGHTS HERE
State Patrolmen Find 16 Local
Auto Drivers Didn't Have
Licenses on Person.

Sixteen Ely auto drivers didn't have
their drivers license with them, state
patrolmen found when they conducted
light inspection drive here last week.
Working in cooperation with the local
police department, the officers stopped
1O8 cars on Central avenue, between
Sheridan and Chapman streets.
The fact that a auto driver has
license but doesn't have it in his
possession when behind the wheel isn't
good enough, the officers pointed out to
those apprehended. The law requires
that the license be on the drivers per-
son when he is operating a motor
vehicle and those who do not comply
with this provision are subject to severe
penalties, they added.
OF the 108 cars stopped, 33 were
found to have defective lights and were
ordered to have them adjusted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
NEWL.AW GUSTS
Loss LEADERS
New Law Meets With the
Approval of the Majority
of Merchants.

The unfair trade practices act, as
passed by the last session of the legis-
lature, is the subject of considerable
discussion on the part of the mer-
chants in Minnesota towns. The
sweeping effects of the measure on the
Minnesota merchandise business have
been brought out very wildly by George
Bagan, Albert Lea, state association
secretary.
Under this law, no retailer shall sell
goods at less than ten per cent over
the wholesale list price; at the same
time no wholesaler may sell his pro-
ducts at less than per cent over the
manufacturers price. Penalties for
violation run up to $1,000 fine and a
years imprisonment for each offense.
In part the law says "any retailer or
wholesaler, engaged in business within
the state, which sells, offers or adj
vertises for sale any commodity, article,
goods, wares or merchandise, at less
than the cost thereof to the vendor, or
gives, offers to give, or advertises the
intent to give away any commodity,
article, goods, ware or merchandise, for
the purpose or with the effect of injur-
ing competitors and destroying COM
petition, shall be guilty of unfair dis
elimination and upon conviction shall
be subject to the penalty provided
therein"
A similar law, passed by the previous
legislature, was declared unconStitu-
tional by the state supreme court. It
contained conflicting clauses and these
clauses were the basis for the action of
the court. 1t was repassed at this
session with the conflicting clauses
omitted and is now expected to stand
the test.
The purpose of the measure Is to
eliminate the "cut-throat" competition.
Grocers in commenting on the law in
a larger part feel that it sd good
thing and should be obeyed to the
letter. There are some who are not in
accord with the measure as they claim
that the legislature had no business to
butt" intotheir affairs and that eff
we want to give away goods it is no
body's business but our own"
Many merchants on being approached
stated that the law was good thing
and would make merchandising better
business. Nobody can sell below cost.
In order to do so they will have to
cheat to get by. The usual way of
making up the losses sustained in the
cut-throat prices is by illegal weight.
In the grocery business, honesty is still
the best policy. Loss leaders, it is ex-
pected, will be abolished by the law
they said.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-06-01
Trout Streams, Canoe Routes
Farms Easily Located on
Man-made Fires Map.

Approximately 846 fires have been
started by man within the Superior
National Forest and immediate terri
tory adjacent thereto since 1925, &C
cording to information obtained from
the Ely office of the U. S. forest SER
vice.
During this period approximately 26S
fires were started by lightning.
Two large maps have recently been
made by Karl Moessner, junior fores-
ter in charge of fire planning for the
Superior National Forest, one locating
every man-started fire and another,
each fire caused by lightning.
They will be used in determining which
lookout towers are placed in the most
advantageous positions to spot fires,
and where additional towers might be
erected.
Lightning fires are spotted over most
of the forest but the Mcfarland lake
territory in the northeast corner has
the most 1t is located in the center
of the lightning belt on high ridge Of
land
While lightning may strike any place
in the forest, MoeSSner states, it is
more apt to start a blaze where there
is a growth Of over-mature timber
that towers skyward. Underneath
there is plenty of dry material that
will burn readily, while in small timber
the underground is more liable to be
green and not easily ignited.
Trout streams leading up from Lake
Superior, roads going into the woods,
the area on the western edge of the
forest heavily settled by farmers, cities
and towns, and canoe routes are easily
located on the man-made fires map by
the series of brown dots along them,
each marking a fire. The. strip run
ming east and west through the center
of the woods, not easily accessible and
not widely traversed by man, has very
few of the teIl-tale dots.
The most man-made fires, a total
of 283, were started in the territory
bounded by the Two HarborS cutoff on
the east and the White Bear reservoir
on the west, Brown and Highland lakes
on the south and Babbitt on the north.
In the western portion of this area
there are many farmers who often
start grass or brush fires that get out
of control, resulting in call for fire
fighters from the forest service to put
the out. There were 100 fires here.
The next large number of fires in
rural area, 81, occurred in the terri
tory north of Cramer. Ely, however,
topped this figure with $50 fires being
set off in it's immediate territory.
Lake Vermilion had a surprisingly
small number, only IA. This is the
heaviest settled lake area in the forest.
A total Of 81 fires were started along
the Ely-Finland road. There were very
few fires recorded on the Echo trail