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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11
Staples Plan Golden
Anniversary Celebration
Event Featuring Pioneer
LAUNDERING and Railroad

Days To Be Held July S4-5
Thousands of people are expect
ed to crowd into Staples July 8,
and 5, when the community re-
enacts its pioneer numbering and
railroad days during its Golden An
niversary Celebration. Al Ashen-
brener, publicity chairman, said this
week as he visited Sank Centre.
Headlining a great three-day pro-
gram is a mammoth historical
spectacle depicting the history of
Staples. The spectacle will include
a cast Of 400 people and will be
presented all three nights in a spec
ial outdoor theatre. The Rogers
Producing Company, worlds larg-
est producers of such spectacles,
has charge Of the presentation.
Parades each day and fireworks
each night as well as free acts will
be a part of the entertainment.
Carnivals and street concessions,
dances and other attractions have
already been contracted. Dancing
every night with music by Jack
kane'S orchestra. The dance COM
mittee also announced old time and
Jitterbug contests for afternoon en-
tertainment.
Among the old timers who have
already agreed to appear on special
programs is Tom Noodle, former
governor of North Dakota.
81 Severson, general chairman
who with a committee, visited the
Twin Cities last week, said that
such outstanding organizations as
the East Side Post American Leg
ion Drum Corps, the Hook En-
Cow Riders, South st. Paul Stock
Yards Drum Corps, Northern Pac-
ific Drum Corps will undoubtedly
participate in the celebration.
A special train is being arranged
from the Twin Cities. To encour-
age other bands to participate,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11

day.
Miss Gyling, who has been en-
ployed in this city for ten months,
was called to the home of her par
ents by telegram Sunday when they
learned of the tragedy. The youth
was identified in Kansas City,
where he had lived for two years,
as Harvey Gyling. Funeral SER
vices were held in Lake Benton
this week.
According to press reports de-
tectives, in on the three mile chase,
said they did not know why CYL
ing had failed to obey an order to
halt, after running through a traf-
fic light at 60 miles an hour.
Miss Gyling and her brother, it
was reported here, had only rec
entity planned their summer vaca-
tons to be spent together.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11
LIBRARY RECEIVED
MORE PICTURES
Gathering of Historical
Data Continues With
Success, Says Librarian

Bryant Library, after an invita-
ton to former Sank Centreites who
have made more than ordinary
success in their fields" continued to
receive pictures for it's gallery of
Sank Centre faces this week.
Latest addition struck an histor-
ical note along with the local angle
when Fred w. Carpenter, now San
Anselma, California, resident, sent
prints showing him with the late
President William Howard Taft, to
whom he was presidential secre-
tary.
Mr.. Carpenter, born in this city,
was appointed secretary to Mr.. Taft
when the latter was Governor Of
the Philippines, served as Presi-
dental Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary to Moroc-
CO, and later to Siam.
Taken in 1909, the old prints are
yellowed with the years and faded.
The President is shown at his desk
working over some papers. Mr..
Carpenter sits opposite, pencil pois-
GU oNCi d pau. vi tiC ocoh ID Oil
ancient vintage electric light with
twin lamps, on a standard Of orn-
ately scrolled wrought iron. Two
bouquets of roses are on the desk,
an ink stand, a rack neatly filled
with papers and envelopes. On an
other picture Mr.. Carpenter poses,
standing at the Presidential side.
Obvious point brought out in the
photographs Is the massive bulk Of
this man, Mr.. Taft. A burly fig
ure, with dropping mustache, the
whole contour Of his face seems
to follow those mustache ends. He
seems on the picture about to over
power the swivel chair in which he
Is shown.
Mr.. Carpenter, it was learned this
week, Is the son Of Ira Carpenter,
formerly Of this city. His mother
was a Wright girl, a daughter of
the Wright who built the Sank Cen
ire House, the towns first hotel.
Their residence was on Elm Street
at the site that is now the L. L.
Kells home. It Is believed they
moved from the town before or
shortly after Mr.. Carpenter began
school. Today he lives, out Of the
whirl Of White House and diplo-
matte activity, quietly in California.
1t is believed that now he Is a man
Of about sixty-five years.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11

special band prizes are being
awarded. Long Prairie Commercial
Club, realizing the Importance of
the event in Todd County history,
has already approved sending the
Long Prairie high school band.
In the meantime besides prepar-
ing the history for the pageant
spectacle, the historical committee
Is receiving hundreds of old time
pictures and relics for displays.
The celebration will actually last
five days. Carnivals and conces-
sions will be on the streets by July
1 and that evening a preview Of the
historical spectacle will be present
ed. Evening Of July 2 union
outdoor church service Is being ar
ranged in the pageant theatre.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11
LUTHERAN CENTEN-
NAL CELEBRATION
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Saxon Lutherans were folks of the
better class. Among these were
many craftsmen and professional
men. They were well-to-do people
and brought with them a high
standard of family and church life.
Today, after a century. the Synod
Of which they were the founders
numbers one million three hundred
thousand souls. To extend the in
fluence Of its Synod, Zion Lutheran
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11

was placed in the trust fund. When
the time came to give those pres
ent an opportunity to sign up for
reorganization of the bank on the
plan laid down by the banking de-
partment, more than 70 per cent
signed before they left the auditor
ium, said the Herald at that time.
Defendants in the case have ask
ed for a change of venue from
Stearns County district court to
Ramsey County, where the case will
come up later, we understand.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11

One standard Pullman car gen.
crates for its own use enough
electricity to supply approximately
four ordinary homes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11

Questions Pertaining
To Agriculture
Should benzine be used on hard
wood floors before being waxed?
Remove old wax by rubbing the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-11
Young Man Shot Was
Brother of Local Lady

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Suit Pending Claims
Fraud In Local Bank

Continued from Page One)
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28

Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Christensen
left Saturday for Pomona where
they will visit relatives during their
vacation. They plan to return after
Labor Day.
Mrs. Fred Miner and children
have been enjoying the camping
in the Laguna mountains off and
on this summer They plan to re-
turn to the valley after Labor Day.
The country around Mammoth
Lakes is the mecca of many valley
hunters and fisherman. The L. l..
Carlisles of Brawley left this past
week for three weeks in this region.
The william Mitchells left Sat-
urday for Mission Beach where
they will spend their vacation en-
joying the swimming and ocean
fishing
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Brown. 875
He'll returned Saturday with Billy,
Bobby and Marilyn from a fort
nights vacation in and around
Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Strike Averted
AT Sun Plant
(NEA Rddiopho

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. % CUp)
The San Diego Sun, a Scripps-
Howard newspaper, and the Amer
lean Newspaper Guild today agreed
on a new open-shop contract con-
tanning provisions for salary in
creases after negotiations had been
broken off at one point on the
issue of the closed shop.
On Saturday the Guild voted
9 to 3 TO call strike because the
management would not accept a
closed shop agreement and planned
to ask the editorial staff to leave
their posts before the first after
noon edition. Publisher A.. l.
Houser announced that in event of
strike he would close the paper
rather than cambat boycotts and
picket lines.
The agreement made today elm.
mates the closed shop demand
and provides for what the Guile
described as improved working con-
ditions. ..H
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
EX- SENATOR DIES

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. % CUP)
Edwin P. Sample, 81. attorney
and former Republican state sena-
tor, died at his home last night
after a heart attack.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Vacation Notes on Valleys
Summer Cominss and Goinss

Mr.. and Mrs W. f. Summers
are now in Springfield Mo. after a
delightful trip which included
ieisurley drive into Washington and
oregon, back through Yellowstone
National park en- route to Spring.
field. They plan to remain there
some time.
Mrs. j. NJ. Adair 753 Olive ave-
nue.. returned this week from Bever-
ly Hills where she has been spend
ing her summer.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Masonic Group
Eniov Picnic

The Past Matrons and Past Pa
irons association enjoyed a delight
full day at the U. l.. Martin cabin
in the Lagunas. Members and
their families enjoyed a picnic din
ner at noon.
Ell Centro members and their FAM
lilies included: Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. d.
Hatch and Dorothy Mae. Mr.. and
Mrs. S. l.. Hood. Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Hit. Mr.. and Mrs. w. D.
Carey, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Miller
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Ingle and Mar
ilyn, Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Tilton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
-Four Back From
Oregon Trip

Mayor H. w. Fawcett of FL Gen.
tro, Supervisor A. Y. Preble of I'm
perial. Jack Murphy, road fore
man of the Imperial district, re-
turned to Imperial Valley this week
end after an automobile trip tC
Oregon. They investigated Raylee
pavement in that state. Pavement
of that type is expected to be laid
in Imperial Valley this fall Ac-
companying them was Harry Frs
kline of Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Babson Expects Good Crops to Aid
Fall Business Despite Low Prices

Jared the best of all the farm
groups. Fruit prices could not have
dropped much below year ago
anyway.
The buying value of the farm
dollar, however. is holding its own.
This means that despite the sag
in farm prices, the farmers costs
have also dipped-including farm
wages, living costs, and production
costs. Last summer, the ratio OF
prices received to prices paid by far
mers Normal or 100, was l909-1914, {,
stood at IA. Today, the figure Is
about the same. It was SO in 1887,
at it's lowest 800 in 1882, at its
highest u05) in 1920. In this SIM
pie ratio lies the answer to one OF
the biggest political riddles of re-
cent years: Why didn't the New
Deals carefully fostered courtship
of farmers and laborers get any,
where
Farm Union HoOkup The Bunk
Trying to hook farmers up with
union laborers is about as easy as
getting water and oil to mix. The
farmer is a capitalist. He hires
labor. When a farmer needs an
electrical job done, can he afford
to pay s1.4O an hour with wheat
at so cents a bushel, cotton at
cents a pound, and milk at 10 cents
quart? The farmer knows that
the only way he can afford to sup
port wage unions is by establishing
a price union of his own and chang
ing as high a price-scale for his
product as the union does for its
product. To do this, the farmer
would have to get So per dozen for
eggs, go cents a quart for milk, and
So per pound for steak.
The farmer believes that pros
perity will return in America only
as we produce more goods for less
money. That is why 1 am bullish
on the outlook for business this fall
despite low prices for farm prod
ucts. Not generally known is the
fact that business recOveries have
come more often with low prices
and good crops than with high
prices and short crops. Why? Be-
cause big crops mean more jobs
on farms, more hustle in farm towns,
more activity in farm canneries ad
storage houses, more traffic on farm
railroads-in short, more business in
farm regions, more total purchas-
ing power in the nation.
Food Lowest in Five Years
Furthermore, big crops mean that
food bills will stay low and families
can buy more food. These bills are
now the lowest in five years! If
the city man plays the game square,
and keeps his wages and prices low
the farmer, in turn, can buy more
products from the city mans fac
tory. So, as long as prices stay
down, everyone receives more goods
After all, any real standard of liv-
Ing must be measured in terms of
eoods-not in prices or in money
If, however, the city man now tries
to boost his prices, the farmer may
get sore. Certainly, he is not going
to stand for farm prices dropping
much lower without some cutting
of city wages and prices as well,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Swim Party For
younqer Set

Miss Georgia Roth and Nat Susa
were hosts recently at plunge
party, inviting group of their
friends to Join them III an evening
of water sports and dancing.
Supper was served al late hour
to the following guests: Marian
Kennedy, Nadine Hall. Jack HENS
ley, Bob Glasgow, Edwin Hicks OF
Ell Centro Viva Jones, Bob and
David Halliday, Marvin McConn-
ely, Douglas Talley of Brawley;
Lita Lee Trimball, Frances Niles,
Lucille Templeton, Bernice Heflin,
Sylvester and Jack Namonatube,
and Wally Brackenbury of Imperial.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Two Girls Born
Monday Morninq

Monc.y morning saw the arrival
of two babies, both girls. at the
Ell Centro hospital. Willmeta Kay
Watts was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Watts, 856 Euclid avenue,
at 4:O5 am. She weighed seven
pounds and 1872 ounces at birth.
Another girl was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Petro Hernandez. 2l3 Main
street. at 9:03 am. She weighed
seven pounds and 7 ounces.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
BY ROGER BABSON

GLOUCESTER, Mass, Aug. 28.-
Activity on the average American
farm is about at the years peak
this week. Everyone who can run
a tractor, harness a horse, use a
hoe, or handle a pitch fork is
drafted. It is very dry summer
here in New England but not every
where. Crops for the entire country
will be almost as big as last years
whopping harvests.
Exciting as all this may sound,
1 can assure readers that farmers
earn what they get for their pro-
duce. Remember, there are no
eight-till-five, five-day weeks on
the farm. It's seven days week
365 days a year! The farmer is on
the job no matter whether it is
1O50 in the shade land mostly
there is no shade) or 20 below zero
And, when the end of the year rolls
around. his chief compensation is
the satisfaction of being beholder
to no one. His cash compensation
based on today's prices is largely
incidental
Prices Poor
This summer, farmers are getting
less for their products than any
other summer in Is years, excepting
only the worst of the depression
years. Eliminate livestock prices and
the picture is even worse for the
average farmer (or better for the
city man, whichever side of the
fence you're on). The grains and
cotton are having the toughest 60
ing. The corn crop is a monster
even bigger than last year and prices
are way down. The combined VIM
ter and spring wheat harvest, how
ever, promises to be 20 per cent
smaller than a year ago, due to poor
growing conditions in South Dakota
and Kansas.
The foreign crop will be about
00,000,000 bushels less than in '3s
but total world wheat supplies this
year will smash all records. The
price record has already been crack
ed wide open. Wheat prices in the
Liverpool market have been driven
down to the lowest level in all
tlnle-lower even than during the
early days of Queen Elizabeth's
reign. The cotton crop will be a
little smaller than last season, but
prices are only slightly better. The
New Deal has wrecked our foreign
market for cotton so completely
that even if our crop were 80 per
cent smaller we would still have a
big surplus over our domestic needs
Farm Dollar Holding Its Own
Vegetable prices are just $3.50
but they are up 10 per cent from
last summer Poultry men are not
so well off as a year ago. Farm
flocks are bigger, egg output great
er, prices less. Dairy farmers are
not feeling too happy either with
milk and butter selling for 10 per
cent less than last summer. The
silver lining in the dairy cloud is
the low cost of feed. Low hog prices
contrast with the relatively good
prices for beef and lamb. Compared
with last year, fruit ranchers have
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28

There are many auto financing
plans and services-dont decide
you've found the best until you
come in and let us explain our auto
financing services in detail We
give you real service and at a
reasonable charge. When you get
ready for the new car be sure to
come in to see us and find out what
we can do for youl
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
CALENDAR

Monday
ToastmaSters. 6:15, California
hotel.
Tuesday
Lions club, Barbara Worth.
Advanced Bridge section, 1880.
666 Brighton.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
Daughter Born
To Geo. Kings

A baby daughter weighing six
pounds and three ounces was born
Saturday, August 26. to Mr.. and
Mrs. George King of 604 FL Centre
avenue, Ell Centre. Mrs. King and
daughter Judith are at the Para
disc Valley sanitorium in San Diego.
Mrs. King was the former Peggy
Rhodes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-28
PEACE SOUGHT IN
FILM LABOR WAR

HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 28 CUP)--
Ralph Morgan, president of the
Screen Actors Guild, and two Of
ficers were en- route to New York
today in an effort to bring about
settlement of movie labor dis
pute between actors and stage
hands unions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
81. Ps.rieL's Church Plan,
Weeks Observance,

Impressive Holy Week services
are announced for st. Patricks
church. No. 18Th and J sts. on
Wednesday evening At 7ts there
will be the recitation ~ the rosary
and benediction. Holy Thursday
services viii open with solemn high
msRs at $50 a. m. 10 be- followed
by solemn proeesaion With the
blessed sacrament 10 the rep0si-
tory. Children Of ~, patficks
school and acoiytes viii take part
In The procession. Holy hour with
sermon will he observed e, 7.s5 .,
M
Mass Of the prehanctified IL se,
for go a. m. on Good Friday and
al 3 o. ~. there will be solemn
way n, the cross with music ~
the 81. patfiekH school choir.
Solemn way ~ the cross will 10
observed n 1t5 ?. NJ. and IT.
patrlrks pni0r choir ell sing
Passion moieia BY piertfO Y0n,
raiesirina. viii0fa NAninl. Mon.
tani and ether iiiyrgiesi com
possrs. The evening serTles viii
close edth ysnsr4tion ~ the cross
Holy Saturday morning services
begin al a m and ineltids the
traditional blessing Of ihs new
fire. pAsehsi candle. the bApiis-
faai water and conclude with
solemn high MAS Al a. 10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

WomenPIan
Mrs. Cole 70 Announce Ar
rsneemen's Tor Annual
State Conference

Mrs. Frank 4, Cole viii
preside over the regular meet
ing of the Pierce County
Womens Democratic league
10 be held at . o'clock Friday
afternoon in the rose and
gold room OF Hotel Winthrop.
During the afternoon, Mrs.
Cole viii announce plans for
the annual state conference Of
Democratic women. TO he held
in Longsiew April Il. with
an all-day session opening ut
. a. m. and closing with an
evening banquet, Delegates
10 the conference viii he
named Friday.
The speaker Of the afternoon
will he J. G Reed. Instructor Ia
citizenship. who viii talk on What
Is Amefleanism - Mr.. Reed. who
has had 20 years experience in
four states. viii present pupil 10
demonstrate his methods of In
struction.
Members OF the leagues sSeeu'
tive hoard and other league wom-
en- who wish To attend VIII enjoy
2 no-host luncheon at y. m, IN
the Winthrop coffee shop. Mes
danes Cole. Calvin Stewart. Rob-
ert Ballard. Stuart Elliott, l.. w
Craig. James w. Egan, Thomas
Yingling. A. ~ NanSlyke. J. u
Fletcher. &. y. Elahree. w. ! Bur
roughs. J. Frank Hobbs. Harry
Johnston and John O'Mears con-
prise the board membership, Mes
DANES T. +. Mailoy. William Nc
Namara and James Milone head
standing committees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
League Will Greet Season
With Thrift Shop Opening
spring Sale OF Merchandise TO Begin Wednesday Morning;
Members Named TO Be on Duty for Opening
Days Proceeds for WenBaby Clinic

Significant each year in Taeonas many soeialnb;lsn.
Ihropc activities the annual Spring Opening of the Junior
league Ihrlft Shop Tenth St, Just off Pacific Be-
ginning "ednesday morning at 10 o'clock the shop will place
on display clothing and accessories for spring and early
summer ' 49, 49,
fr0ceedS OF the sales at the shop which is maintained
entirely by the league and operated bv its members Will 90
toward support OF the WelBaby Clinic of the league
most outstanding charity projects
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05
7 o Speak on
Modern Art
Arts and Science Club VIII
Present Mrs. Bresnahan
Wednesday

Modern Art in the Home"
will be Mrs. Cornihas L.
Bresnahan's topic when she
is presented to Arts and
Science club members We'd
nesday afternoon at l o'clock
in the Woman's clubhouse. In
her round table discussion,
Mrs. Bresnahan will demon
strate the artistic values of
modern fabrics and furnitures,
assisted by Mrs. NJ. J. Mathie-
son. program chairman.
Mrs. Walter NJ. Smell. club presi-
dent. will preside at the business
session when parliamentary drill
will be conducted by Mrs. Winfield
Svpher. The nominating COM
mittee will also present its report
during the meeting. Also expected
to report arc Mrs. Gerhard Bahr,
WAYS and means; Mrs. NJ. S. Mac
Donald, membership, and Mrs
Arthur Behling, safety and chair
man of special committee on club
flower.
Hostess for the tea hour will
be Mrs. George Converse. chair
man, assisted by Mrs. Herbert
Love. Mrs. Maurice Milgard, and
Mrs. Merle Leedy who will ar
range the decorations. Mrs. John
c. Lemon and Mrs. Evan Talcott
will pour.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-04-05

Tentatively. the group Is plan-'
ming large guest tea in June and
for their midsummer benefit
party a California barbecue carni-
val has been suggested.
Committees also reporting in
cluded membership, hostess, name
and publicity. Names Of several
prominent Taeomans who have
contributed materially to Ortho-
pedic work were suggested for the
units official name and definite
action will be taken on the matter
at the May meeting for which Mrs.
Otto Weller viii be hostess at her
Steilaeoom lake home. She viii
be assisted by Mrs. Donald I.
Mrs. Harold Hawkins
and Mrs. Whitman c. Perham.
Among announcements made by
the president at the meeting were
the Easter party for fifty crippled
children at the Tacoma General
hospital Saturday afternoon at 2
O'Clock, and the meeting OF the
Tacoma Orthopedic association
board. Thursday morning at 10
o'clock In the Y. W. &. A Mrs.
Harold Hawkins was elected repre-
sentative to the board from the
new division. An invitation was
also extended to other members
Of the unit to attend.
Mrs. Frank Phillip vas named
In charge Of ticket sales within
the new group for the benefit
card party which the entire asso-
citation will sponsor in the Elks
Temple May Q at / O'Clock.
For tho luncheon which followed,
Mrs. Kent was assisted by Mes
danes Arthur Abbott, A w. Tay-
lor and Edward Bomstead. Mrs
L. y. Mcdonald and Mrs. Paul
Warren served At the table which
was centered with clever crystal
trees which the hostess brought
from China. Spring flowers were
placed about the rooms Of the
home. Several tables Of bridge
were in play during the later
afternoon.