The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-07-11
The COmmOn-tater
--By Chuck Rattle
COlumnist's SketchboOk-

Monday morn-And the town grabs the week by
the forelock. Pendroys, the Charley, Crosley car
bobbing down the street. Dave Dubois and Norm
Decree, of the bank and telco respectively, breaking
the backs of their brooms while they chat momentar
lily. Art Peterson washa da winda. George
OGara later than usual-as aren't we all. . You
can tell the outdoor people-theyre redder faced
than they were Sattidy. Trucks and statesmen
vanguard into the town. Businesseers and
their hired guys and gals meet the new week with
varying degrees of enthusiasm. In the residences
housewives washing. And the laundry of the
town its farewell to unceanness Monday
mornng-the towns return to normalcy.
More than two weeks after this column had sug-
gested a possible tieup in the fact that the 101st
Brigade of Minnesota became the first ant-aircraft
unit in the U. S. National Guard and the seemingly
vulnerable position of Minnesotas iron deposits the
Minneapolis Times-Tribune's Merle Potter ventured
like suggestion Which just shows you that
of information aren't always centered in the
larger areas. We picked it up here on the street
quite unofficially. Regimental Headquarters bat
terry of the PIT, which is the old Company M pulled
out Of Sank Centre carrying with it 73-largest
ever-to Camp Ripley Sunday. They embarked by
truck at about 1913 a. m Talk persists that the
ends in which event the boys won't be back quick
they thot. But it's still only talk though the
plan exists paper, we're told. Military men
in this precinct have told this coumnist that it's
the thing to do in the face of complete preparedness
. In the event of mobilization the batteries
could muster out it's men military service age,
could recruit in its home territory Later companies
and batteries may be scattered about the country,
forcing recruiting in foreign" territory. S. G.
Jared well in the reorganization that killed the 206th
Infantry in Minnesota deader than a mackerel.
Not only is the local unit the headquarters company
for the 217th of st. Cloud but former Captain Roy
Scott is lieutenant colonel and the staff of the
outfit is lieutenant Jim O'Gara who ceased af-
filiation with the local unit his appointment to
the staff.
While strolling through the park day, to bor-
row from the catchy old song, we spied some Of the
City Parks wild life. . Little fellows, bear nor
6nar h,1t1x opI ,rrfoy tln f,oxy
Grey little splotches that go dashing thther and
hither, scamper up tree trunk easily you
walk across the lawn. Munching with front feet
almost handlike in their operation The squirrels
of course. But rarer treat than that was there.
That evening dozens of goldfinch busted the
grassways. Their brilliant yellow, etched with
black, darted about against the green with the
trasts that only nature can harmonic best. 1t
eye filling and probably the biggest single flock
of these loudly coored little feathered folk we've
across.
Art Rosenwald admits he is so fast that If nee
essary he could scratch out the year itch in
three days.
Odd how the din of echoes smashngly
round the world. It's not dependent on highly sem
sitve communication, nor press nor ship For
in 1776 if you recall your history embatted farmers
fired shots from now antquated flint lock rifles
few sputs that rehashed all the world. Today
that din persists. One lady has observed that even
the birds sing "Eurupp! Eurupp" It's
been strange of anticlimax. It's been like
sticking your finger in a light socket expecting that
shriveing tinge to rock your finger tip-and then
finding the current is shut off, When rumors of
persisted before that day in September, 1885,
the whole world stood agog awaiting it knew not