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The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
|Sauk Centre
Won Two
District Tits
Took Long Prairie.
By Score of 1928
Friday Night
WON ANOTHER
Glenwood Is Second
District Victim-Lost
By Score of AZ to 3S

Sauk Centre SO; Long Prairie %
Sauk Centres Main Streeters
dipped into the question box lab
eled district dope" and finally
drew out question they could
answer. They did it to the satis-
faction of several hundred local
fans last Friday night who saw
them down Long Prairie with a
handy margin 33 to %.
The game marked the first
victory over a district 20 ball
club in seven starts this sea-
son. In spite of that the loc-
ais pretourney stock hasn't
dipped to the all time low that
might be anticipated.
Coach Ray Schwartz, after the
game Friday, was more pleased
with the lads than he's been for
some weeks. Their driving type
OF play that netted them buckets
close in under the basket, turned
Long Prairie's defense into a sham
bles often. The lads took IL buc-
kets with Stan Nelson, easy-going
center, heavy on the honors with
six of those field goals and a high
point total of II points.
A heavily-fouled contest, it's an
interesting sidelight that each club
collected Is personal fouls. OF
the tries at the lane Sauk Centre
converted II, with Jim Arneson
taking four and Joe jackson three.
Long Prairie's veteran Wolf, defen-
sively held from other scoring with
the exception of lone bucket, took
four of the nine converted free
throws for the Prairie lads.
Long Prairie's nagging type ball
that is a vicious defensive manner
but not too effective couldn't stop
Sank Centres Stan Nelson from
rising to his old heights as a scor-
ing giant. Sauk Centres breaking
guards harried the Long Prairie
forwards on defensive maneuvers
But Long Prairie's fast break that
features court-length passes, and
other articles to get the game
at fever pace nearly broke out
in a rash several times. For var
ious periods of the game they jar
red the locals poise. But Long
Prairie's shooting didn't click.
Defensively they were outclassed
completely. Jim Arneson, who has
risen to a place in the sun among
guards of this district, was chiefly
instrumental time and again in
breaking up swift rushes down the
floor, that is Long Prairie's gift to
modern basketball. Only Fruetel,
guard, for Long Prairie, made any
scoring record. He flopped in four
Of their seven buckets and a free
throw for a high count Of nine.
Continued on Page 8, Col 81
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Cholera
School For
Feb. 1916
Will Be Held In
Albany Under Direction
Of DR.. Billings
FARM SCHOOLS
Lessons on Management
Will Be Held
February 13, IA and II

The second annual hog cholera
school in Stearns county Is sched-
uled for Albany on February Is
and 16 according to the county
agents office, st. Cloud. At. this
time the two days win be spent on
instruction work in connection with
hog cholera and other livestock
diseases. While the primary aim
Of the school is to qualify individual
farmers for the vaccination of their
own hogs after they have secured
the layman's permit, a good por-
ton of the time will be spent on
other swine diseases which every
producer should be interested in
even though he may not be inter-
ested in taking advantage of the
privilege Of vaccinating his own
hogs for cholera.
To receive layman's permit it
will be necessary for individuals to
attend the school on both days. A
class starts each day at ten o'clock
in the morning and is brought to
a close at four o'clock. The after
noon Of the second day is devoted
to the written examination con-
Quoted by DR.. Billings who has
charge Of the school. No advance
enrollments are necessary but folks
who anticipate taking the exami-
nation will be asked on their ar
rival to sign the application form.
CONTINUED on Page 10. Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Moisture
Drouth Has
Coolest January Since
'34 Brought Twenty
Sub-Zero Days

Virtually snowless, January be-
gan 1910 with a continuation of
the moisture drouth, but January
didn't let this vicinity forget it
was winter. According to records
of Henry Rydholm the month was
coolest from the standpoint of sub
zero days in four years.
1t was the coolest January
since 1884 with the exception
of the years 1896 and 1887.
The month brought 20 sub-zero
days, the report shows, as COM
pared with only seven a year ago.
The month was coolest since 1887
when the month brought Is sub
zero days. 1886 in January came
with Is sub-zero days too with a
sustained cold period Of so sub-zero
days in January and February for
the coldest year in a long time.
The period was nearly snowless
however. On the 9th a snowfall
of one-half inch was recorded, and
on the 18th another Of three-fourths
Continued on Page 10. Col. u
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Opened New
Business Place
Sauk Centre Body Works and
Carlson Auto Electric Housed
In New Building

R. G.. McAlpin has opened a body
repair shop in his new brick build
ing, recently completed on East
Fourth Street. The name of this
new business is the Sauk Centre
Body Works. Machinery and equip
ment for the shop was installed
the first of this month. Mr.. Nc
Alpin states that his new shop is
complete in every detail and that
all equipment Is of the latest and
modern in every detail.
r. v. Carlson, proprietor Of the
Carlson Auto Electric, who has
been located on Fourth Street, has
rented space in the front of the
new building, and is now nicely
located. He, too, has made i'm
provements in his business and the
new quarters provide more space
and better facilities for work.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Mrs Toknnam in Iron Hospital
Toni Of Annana4tA Ready 4u 9is1A
Grace Clark Volkman,
Paralysis Victim, Is
Expectant Mother

University Of Minnesota scient-
lists are prepared for any emergency
and are using all of their skill
to help an unborn babe and the
expectant mother, who is confined
to an iron lung" at the University
hospital. The future mother is
Mrs. Elmer Volkman, formerly
Grace Clark, Of this community,
who was placed in the iron lung
on September 18th, being paralyzed
from the neck down from infantile
paralysis.
Life to both has been sustained
only by being encased in the iron
lung, yet cheerful and smiling Mrs.
Volkman enjoys the company of
her husband, Elmer, and her moth
er, Mrs. Clark, of this community,
one of the important factors which
aids the specialists in their work.
Unable to move more than a fin
ger, doctors explained ti,at the
paralysis is of a type which is con-
fined to the voluntary muscles and
that it is expected the mothers
involuntary muscles would function
during delivery.
Mrs. Volkman has improved, it
is said, to the point where she can
remain for short periods outside
the iron lung.
1t is also believed the unborn
child, expected to arrive in the ear
ly part Of March, has escaped the
dread disease. Physicians have OBJ
served the normal healthy move
ments of the undelivered baby, but
have hestitated to use flourscope
because of necessity of moving the
mother.
Tons of apparatus for any OBJ
stetrical technique required in this
case are ready to bring into the
world this second child O. Mr.. and
Mrs. Volkman. There are three
other types of respirators ready
for use, for Mrs. Volkman will have
to be removed from the large res
pirator, commonly termed iron
lung"
Mr.. Volkman, the husband, and
the mother, Mrs. Susan Clark, are
the victims constant companions.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Fair Program To Include
Horse Races, Baseball Game

Upon motion the directors decid-
ed to use the north entrance as the
only admission gate, and plan to
move the ticket booth from the
west side to the north, where it
stood for many years. A new gate
will be placed on the east side of
the fair grounds, near the barns,
to be used for service and farm
trucks, to eliminate truck traffic
among the crowds.
Alex Bromenschenkel, president,
J. A. Schoenhoff, secretary, and j.
B. Schoenhoff, treasurer, will go to
Alexandria tonight to attend a
meeting of officers Of various fairs
of this section Of the state. This
association of fairs has been or
ganized for the purpose of unified
premium lists and the general bet
terment Of county fairs. Discus
sion will include horse races and
other entertainment, which can be
booked comparatively.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Mrs. Belle BOrland
Died Saturday
Funeral Services, Held
Tuesday, Attended BY Mrs.
Ed Evans and Daughter

Funeral services for Mrs. Belle
Borland, 1914 West Lake Street
Minneapolis, who died Saturday
were held Tuesday afternoon at
1:30 o'clock in the Welander-Quist
Funeral Home in Minneapolis.
For twenty years Mrs. Borland
was an employee Of the Western
Union Company. Surviving are
her husband, Robert Wells Bor-
land, of Minneapolis; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. p. e. Greek, of San
Francisco, CAL, and Mrs. l. L
Kutz, Of Minneapolis; a brother
Harry Woodruff, of Milwaukee
Wis; and sister, Mrs. Carrie M
Woodruff, of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Ed Evans and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Essie Brown, of Sauk
Centre, attended the service for
Mrs. Borland, who was well known
in Sauk Centre.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Largest Creamery Meeting
Ever Held in Sank Centre
Successful Years Busi-
ness Responsible For
Great Interest Shown
DIRECTORS REELECTED
Locker System Put
Up To Directors
Many Speakers

Farmers and their wives, stock
holders and patrons of the Sauk
Lake Cooperative Creamery, at
tended the annual meeting Of the
creamery held in the Community
Club rooms Monday, in large num-
ber. Each year more men and
women take vital interest in their
own business, and the attendance
has grown, until this year it was
the largest meeting Of its kind
ever held in the city. The success
of this local farmer-owned institu-
ton was manifest in this large at
tendance, which in all departments
did total business of considerably
over the quarter million dollar
mark.
In opening the meeting, Oscar
Lying, president, welcomed the
stockholders and patrons and ask
ed them to rise in memory Of men,
bers who had departed during the
year. Thus they honored the men,
ories of j. L. Drinker, George
Grundman, I. w. King and Jacob
Botz, all former creamery patrons
and boosters.
Reports Of the past year, read
by Secretary George Strauss, as
a part Of the mornings business
session, revealed a successful years
business, the largest ever enjoyed
by the creamery. The total in
come from dairy products was
$199, 1916, of which STE, 5,848.91 was
paid to patrons for their products.
In addition over $4,000 was paid to
patrons for egg handling.
Following the reading and dis
cussion Of reports, President Lying
asked for opinions on the installa-
ton Of a locker system, stating
that individuals had made PROPOSE
tions for the purchase Of the old
creamery building for this pur-
pose. A rising vote indicated that
a majority favored cooperative
ownership Of a locker system, and
over sixty voters indicated by ris-
ing that they wanted a locker sys-
Continued on Page ~, Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Milfred Oberle
Died Monday

Milfred Oberle, a former resi-
dent Of Sauk Centre, passed away
Monday in Minneapolis at the age
Of Al years. Funeral services were
held Wednesday morning at nine
o'clock at the Bertch Mortuary in
Minneapolis, and the body was
brought to Sauk Centre for burial
Wednesday afternoon. .
Interment was made on the fam
lily lot in Greenwood cemetery,
where the Rev. Thorley Johnson,
pastor of the Congregational
church, of this city, read the burial
service. ;...,.sa.
Milfred's parents moved to Sauk
Centre from Brandon many years
ago, and they resided in the south
east part of the city. He was en-
ployed in the Swift & Co. poultry
plant during the years of 1917 to
1921, when he left for Minneapolis,
where he has since resided.
Surviving relatives are two sis
tiers, Mrs. Ellen Feeney and Mrs.
Josephine Nelson, both of Mime
apolis.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Races Two Days, August
12-13-BasebaQ Game
Sunday, August 18th

At regular meeting of the
Stearns County Agricultural Socie-
ty held in the Community Club
rooms Tuesday evening, directors
voted to include horse races and a
baseball game in the 1910 fair pro-
gram.
Horse races will be held two
days, with the dates selected as
August 18th and 18th. On Sunday,
August 18th, opening day Of the
fair, baseball game will be offer
ed as a feature attraction. The
fair directors want an all-star
game, and arrangements for this
event have been assigned to Ed l..
Rattle.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Local Lad
Started Solo
Plane Flight
Is Taking Pilot
Training Course At
University of Hawaii

Fay Domke, of Sauk Centre, one
of 33 students now taking the new
pilot training course at the Uni
versity of Hawaii, announced sew
eral hours Of solo time and show
ed numerous signs of being hit by
this flying bug.
In a letter to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Domke, of
this city, he wrote, II have
three hours time now. Yester-
day I did pretty well I'm spite
of rough weather"
The course, covering 72 hours
of ground and flight work, is spon-
sored by the Civil Aeronautics Au.
thority, is available to students al
a cost of forty dollars it was an.
nounced sometime ago. Federal
government pays the cost of the
course which is about $3.50.
Flying and his work in 1t cover
more and more Of his letters, his
parents say, and in this latest one
his associations with the new
found love have occupied large por-
tions.
He told Of being taken through
one of the Clipper ships by Cap
tain MCGOWAN who flies the Clip
per. "You can't imagine" he
wrote, "the size Of these ships
And this was q smaller one, Mar
tin, with four engines. They carry
a load Of $1,000 pounds, with IA
passengers bound for the Orient
besides mail and parcels"
The gauges and gadgets on the
instrument board were beyond de-
scription, he wrote, and befuddling.
MCGOWAN, he says, is an 1900
hour air veteran, with % years in
flying. He formerly flew on the
South American run with Pan
American airways.
While he was up getting the
last half hour in his now three
total, he wrote, 1.-THE Lurline was
coming in while I was up. What
a sight, as she was plying her way
into the harbor." OF flying he says
Its interesting stuff" He indi-
Gated that right now he might at
tempt it as a career, though his
plans aren't completely jelled.
The course he's taking covers
subjects in history of aviation, civil
air regulations, navigation, meteor.
ology, parachutes, aircraft and
theory of flight, engines, instru-
ments and uses and forms of radio
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Returned From 600
Mile Automobile Trip
Found Snow In Georgia
Cold In Texas, Mexico and
FlOrida-Unusual Weather

No swimming in Florida, and
fourteen inches Of snow in Georgia
isn't exactly Minnesotan's idea of
southern winter, but that's what
four Sauk Centre men found on a
recent trip to the Deep South.
The four: Irwin, Virgil, Eugene
and Herman Quade, found Mime
sofa at least consistent with it's
tradition on their return from a
6700 mile auto trip that took them
to Texas, Mexico, Florida, Georgia,
and other spots in the South.
In Georgia the IA inch snowfall
caused deep suffering in many
places, Irwin pointed cut to the Her
aid this week. People used sacks
for overshoes because they're so
inadequately prepared. he said.
In Georgia they pointed out
the Oddity that when the snow
came they closed schools, SO
that pupils could 60 out and
play in 1t. It was explained that
those under fifteen years had
never seen snow.
In Miami where they planned to
spend a week, they cut short their
visit to a few days because "it was
too cold" With the ccldest snap
in thirty years, Floridans feared
for some of the fruit crop, they
said, and there was widespread
fear that the cotton would be harm
ed. Worst of it was with the tenn
perature down to forty in Miami
they couldn't enjoy that midwinter
swim.
Irwin pointed out that people
there are poorly equipped for heat
ing. Schools, inadequately heated,
had to be dismissed. Stock heating
plant in the homes is gas stoves. In
others where there were fire places.
fuel was not too plentiful, and they
reported people ripping up any
thing to burn.
All wasn't out of order with the
South, they reported. Their trip
across the Deep South Highway
was marked by very favorable
weather. In Texas and Mexico
where they spent short periods on
their three week trip, they found
good weather. They stopped en-
route home in Milwaukee to visit
relatives. When they passed Ran
dolph Field, where Dudley Morse Is
stationed, they reported planes in
the air "as thick as bees"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Plans For Sank Centres
Post Office No1v Complete

"If we might hazard a guess"
he said of proposed time for
the start of the building, I'VE
might say April" He pointed
out, however, that the Procure
ment Division had made no an
nOuncement to him.
Mr.. Dubois was not acquainted
with details of the plans, could re-
lease no information on the size
and layout of the proposed build
ing, but he said, "It seems salts
factory in every way"
Last steps, he learned, in the
purchase Of the property for the
site at the corner of Main and
Fourth Streets are being complet-
ed. Checks for the procurement
of the land are now in st. Paul,
ready for early delivery.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
|. w. King
Buried
February 3
Passed Away January
31st-Funeral Service
Held Saturday Morn.
76 YEARS OLD
Purchased Farm Home
Az Miles West of
Sauk Centre In 1913

Irwin w. King, whose death
was announced in last weeks Her
aid, and who passed away Wednes-
day afternoon, January 81, at 2:30
o'clock, was laid at rest Saturday
morning. Death came to him fol-
lowing paralytic stroke, which
he suffered on January 25th, and
from which he never rallied. He
passed away at his home, Az miles
west of Sauk Centre, at the age OF
76 years, five months and % days
Funeral services were held Sat.
urday morning at nine o'clock from
the Sauk Centre Funeral Chapel
and burial was made in Calvary
cemetery on the family lot. Pail
bearers were: VIM. Beste, Math.
Michaels, Ed Pulznski, John Woida,
Fred Botz and Ben Walter.
Attending the funeral service
from distance were Mr.. Kings
sister, Mrs. Eta Schnug, Of Rolfe,
Iowa; Mrs. Jos. Busta and Frank
Kacher, from Fort Atkinson, Iowa /;
and Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Luenberg-
er, from Lawler, Iowa.
Irwin w. King, the third child
of a family of seven of the late
Samuel l.. and Nancy King, was
born on a farm north Of Galesburg,
Iowa, on August 9, 1853. At the
age of % years he went to Poca-
hontas County, Iowa, and engaged
in farming.
On November "a, 1896, he was
united in marriage to Mary Kach-
er and the ceremony took place in
the Church of Holy Trinity, How
ard County, Protorien, Iowa. Mr..
and Mrs. King farmed for seven
teen years near Rolfe, Iowa, and
in September, 1913, Mr.. King pur-
chased the farm west of Sauk Gen.
ire, where he lived until death.
The family took possession Of their
Minnesota home on February 20,
1914.
Mr.. King was in every sense a
true, loyal citizen, with no malice
or i'll will in his heart. Nothing
gave him greater pleasure than to
be instrumental in providing hap
piness for others. His devotion to
duty and helpfulness to others was
an inspiration to all who knew
him, who with the bereaved widow
and children mourn his passing.
Mr.. King was the father Of four
children, two Of whom, Ivan and
Dolly, preceded him in death. Sur
viving relatives are Mrs. King and
son, Frank, and daughter, Ina, at
home. His surviving brothers and
sisters are: John, Of Denver, Col
orado; Fred, of Bloomington, Cali
fornia; Mrs. Eta Schnug, Of Rolfe,
Iowa; and Mrs. Mary Lotz, of
Floyd, Iowa.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
9r44aAaAo~ Aockea Cooling SxA1e~~ Mp 10 Roond

officers. He advised that they
do so Immediately so that the
lockers can be installed soon.
This, he said, will save driving
to other towns to get frozen
vegetables, fruit or meat.
It is now up to the people Of
Sauk Centre and community,
he said. If enough people sign
up, the lockers will be install
ed. If not, the matter will be
dropped.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
Announcement For Start
of Building Operations
Has Not Been Made

Architects plans for Sauk Cen
tres new postoffice building, to be
erected at q total cost Of $4,000,
were announced completed this
week by Ben Dubois, postmaster,
but he could offer no definite time
for the start Of building operations.
The announcement was made af-
ter he had met with Procurement
Division officials in Washington, d.
c., last week. The plans are with
the Division Of the Treasury De-
partment in Washington, he said.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08

lockers it is necessary that
more prospective members sign
up at once, said Geo. Strauss,
secretary Of the creamery Mon
day. Farmers and city folk are
both needed to put this project
over.
Mr.. Strauss said that people,
who are interested, should sign
at once either at the creamery
or with any Of the directors or
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
INJURED IN CORN
SHREDDER LAST WEEK.

Harvey Kircher, Of Little
Sank, had the misfortune of
having both of his hands in
jured in a corn shredder last
week Tuesday afternoon. He
was shredding corn at the Le-
roy Engle home, near Long
Prairie, when the accident oc-
Cured. His mittens were caught
in the shredder and both hands
were pulled into the machine up
to the wrists. He was rushed
to the Long Prairie hospital for
care, and considering the ma
ture of the accident is getting
along as well as can be expected.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08
PURCHASED FARM

J. c. Mattiesen purchased an
eighty acre tract abutting his farm
in Getty Township. This land, sew
en- miles south of Sauk Centre, was
formerly occupied by Geo. Trier-
weller and is known as the old
Flahaven farm.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08

At the annual meeting of the
Sauk Lake Cooperative Cream
cry Monday, stockholders and
patrons placed the installation
Of a cooperative locker system
directly upon the shoulders of
the board of directors, and in
structed them to investigate
means Of finance and possible
membership in the venture.
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In the installation of meat
The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-08

In the installation of meat
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-31
Cotton C|assinq
ServiceLauded
ByL.V Group

Imperial countyS One-variety cot
ton Improvement association Satur-
day urged its members to take adj
vantage of the federal cotton class
ing service coincident with an an
nouncement from the United States
Department of Agriculture that the
deadlinc for filing application for
free classification is August Is in
the California area.
Applications may be made, the
USDA announcement said by any
organized cotton improvement group
as soon as its members have plant
ed cotton.
Last year applications were &C
copied from all areas up to Sept. l..
The earlier closing date is intended
to allow ample time for groups to
receive their supplies and instruc-
tons before their first bales ale
ginned.
The Imperial county Improvement
group last week e:ccted Ray Arnold
jr, as president of the organization
for 1910 and selected j. M. Wagner
as secretary. Both Officers are from
Bard.
The Imperial county Improvement
association has selected Acala COT
ton as that best suited to condi-
tons in the valley.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-03-31
Hopper Invasion
Looms as Most
Serious in History

Warning that Imperial Valley
farmers spring and summer crops
will be hit by the heaviest infesta-
ton of hoppers in several years,
possibly in history, unless poison
bait is spread in fields Immediately
was sent out Saturday by B. A.
Harrigan, county agricultural COM
missioner.
Harrigan'S warning was sent out
as first signs of the pests were no
ticed in scattered sections of the
county, indicating a heavie
infeStation than last years serious
invasion of the hoppers.
Sufficient poison bait is available
at the commissioner office in the
county court house, Harrigan said,
and if farmers cooperate in the
spreading of the poison the hoppers
can be wiped out. Otherwise the
spring infestation may work a SER
ious hardship on alfalfa and other
crops.
The poison bait is furnished to
farmers free of charge by the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Harrigan said.
More than $50 tons of poison was
distributed in the fight against the
pests one year ago, the agricultural
commissioner said.