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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04

for several years simply be-
cause to the seniors It offered
nothing but fun. And q coach
other year isn't particularly
anxious that all his efforts
with q team to build up In an
should go just into fun-though
naturally he likes to have the
boys enjoy it. Then, too, In the
smaller systems the practice of
spring football has outlawed
nearly all other minor spring
sports. The reason is obvious
ly that the same guys are us
ually athletically included.
I personally feel that the boys
need that rounding in sports
that a general program can
give them. With track and
baseball coming out in the
spring, the boys get a varied
program that should be stim-
ulating.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
Main Street
League Schedule

Play On Tuesday Nights
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04

1. Postoffice.
2. Borgmann Bros.
3. Merchants National Bank.
4. Lampert Lumber Co.
B. Saeger's Dry Cleaners.
6. Benson's Standard Service.
Z. Pepsi-Cola.
8. Uptown F1orist-Mickelson's Mar
ket.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04

It was a vanguard of the larger
centers who lead the fight for the
return of spring practices, though
I'm not aware that any schools
openly opposed it. It's not COM
pulsory and the school may do as
it sees fit, adjusting it's program to
meet the faculties of it's student
body. OF course, there is this
much about it. Schools with stakes
in conferences don't mind getting
those few weeks of fundamentals
in for the new boys. 1t means Of
ten several important rehearsals
gained in the fall.
In the Sank Centre school, it
has not been decided definitely
to reinstate spring football.
Supt. Olson said they were go
ing to review with the coaches
and provide the setTp. There
Is this much that spring prac-
tees do lack the stimulus of
approaching games to whet the
boys appetite. BY the same
token that Mr.. Bierman be-
lieves a prep football tourney
would heighten interest; SO
does it affect spring practices.
.
Mr.. Bierman has a fluffy idea in
his tourney setup. Though to judge
on so meagre details is harsh. But
from the looks of things, school
men say that the setup offers a
lot of work ahead to put it over.
=. It's believed that never would
such a setup take the place in the
hearts of the fans that the bas-
ketball league playoff has taken.
Be that as it may, Mr.. Bierman
has offered something for thought.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04
Stan Nelson
Rates ALL
Conference Team

Eight schools in the West Cen
trail Conference okayed fifteen
spring football practices, following
the lead of the state league setup,
and passed a resolution that will
bring about a permanent schedule
beginning with 1941 for football
it was announced here by secre-
tary to the league, E. w. Olson
Wednesday.
Action was taken at the spring
meeting of the conference at
which w. X. De La Hunt, Benson,
was named president; Oscar Lueb-
Ike, Montevideo coach, vice presi-
dent; and e. w. Olson, acting sup
erintendent, Sank Centre, was re-
turned to the secretaryship. Meet
ing was held Tuesday evening in
Benson.
According to the secretary a
motion was passed authorizing
the scheduling committee to
submit a permanent rotating
schedule of not less than five
games per team for the years
1941-42-43-44. Scheduling COM
mittee was not ready, and the
resolution calls that they sub
NIT the schedule to the execu-
tive committee not later than
June first Of this year. Sched-
ules for 1910 are complete.
The conference, after the state
high school league had legalized
spring football, voted it's adoption.
The conference will allow only Is
practices during the spring session.
Montevideo was chosen as the
site for the conference track meet
to be held May 4th. The field day,
which includes baseball tourna-
ment, tennis and golf, will be held
at Litchfield May 18th.
With Montevideo heading the
conference with a string of eight
wins this year in basketball, the
title was awarded to her, and
coaches selected the all-conference
team and honorable mention play
ers. Stan Nelson, center, was the
lone Sank Centre representative on
the all-conference eight. But Joe
Jackson and Carl Hildebrand were
mentioned honorably in a list of 16
other players.
Selections for the all-conference
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-04

Wayne Nelson, Les Anderson, Carl
Gus Houston, Morris; Lowell Chris
topherson, Don Johnson, Chef
Landgarten, Benson; Joe Jackson,
Carl Hildebrand, Sank Centre;
Richard Hannula, Robert Smith,
Litchfield; Martin Mature, Glen
wood; Roy Evans, Ken Bakken,
Willmar; Marozek, Appleton; Dave
Warner, Wally Harding, Monte
yideo,
Evening star., 1940-02-11

Once he said have been driven
that
of all about me seemed insufficient for day."
Careful reading all the evidence available that Lincoln experienced
which paraed the
incident: may be cited support this theory When the presidential
kissed the Bible Chief Justice Tane hands The
intended
to the of God in his heart, while thousands
For
Cemetery November 49, 1862 The
had received only ordinary invitation printed the
Edward Everett
charge notified him that would be welcome
remarks actual dedication s
prepared manuscript which carried with him nnsy
night before
subsequently discovered differed certain
OF the finally Themost
made deliberately
impulse directly deepene appreciation the eni
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task of writing his Second Inaugural
brotherhood The
the
25 1885, Ito the the
and church atendane
differ
perfect accord Importance Of strengthening the
of religion in Washington"
movement embracing Catholics Proans and Jews united
the worship
field Of
annual meetings Constitution Hail. the planning
1910 will have
National Broadcastng Company Speakers participating
The Rev Taylor minister Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church,
with Malice Toward None"
The Rev DR. John Church the Conception
with Charity ALP;
Rabbi Norman Gerstenfed minister Washington Congregation
with Frmness the Right God Gives Us
The Rev Albert minister Presbyterian
Church Introductory remarks
Men, and family invited to listen
to be broadcast from
STATION WMAL
Monday evening, February H.
7to73oOUod
THE COMMITTEE RELIGIOUS NATIONS CAPITA
Rev E. Freeman, Rev DR. Albert JOSEPHINE
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Cartwright Pastor oasentd H
Immaculate
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the event." At the end of his remarks" Lin
coin had written: "The Nation shall have new
birth of freedom" But when he came to utter
those words he inserted between "shall"' and
"have" the phrase: under God"
In that brief moment it may be, the Great
Emancipator was revealed as never before. Only
a aman whose soul was fully pledged to his Maker
could have used such language without premedi-
tation. Lincoln had thought to attempt mere
prophecy of national renaissance Instead,
prompted by quickened comprehension of hu-
man dependence upon Divinity, he entered into
acovenant with the Deity. And his compatrots,
North and South, have ratified the undertaking.
It is their decision, made manifest in deeds as
we'll as oft-exemplifed in their collective voice,
that: under God *** government of the people,
by the people, for the people, shall not perish
from the EARTH"
Certainly, these sentiments are CHALLENGED
constantly by forces hostile to the institutions
of democracy and the tenets of freedom Today,
as in Lincoln's time, conflict and the threat of
still more bitter struggles yet'to come, poverty
crime, famine, disease, intolerance, fear, greed
hatred Of man for man and nation for nation
such are the phenomena of the hour There is
abundant reason, it would seem, for commence
ration of the "simple backwoods politician" born
in the hills of Kentucky on February IL, 1909;
self-taught and self disciplined; sobered by pun
ishment; isolated, and, in the end, martyred
He may never have affiliated with any re-
ligious body, but he was regular attendant at
religious services both at home in Illinois and
during his residence in Washington His
knowledge of the Scriptures was exact and pro-
found. He studied Holy Writ for instruction
equal to his need and the requirements of his
country. Tradition tells that, when group of
Negroes in Baltimore gave him new Bible, he
said "R11f f0r. fhot Pook oo,,ld
Evening star., 1940-02-11

People and God; he has told you, the People, that
Providence rules the universe of matter and SUBJ
stance, mind and spirit. That law enwraps the
universe, and that all things beings, minds
were moving to their appointed end"
Noah Brooks, who knew "the saddest of the
Presidents" very we'll during the last five years
of his life, wrote of him: "The honesty of Mr.
Lincoln appeared to spring from religious con-
victions; and it was his habit, when conversing
Of things which most intimately concerned him.
self, to say that, however he might be misappre-
hended by men who did not appear. to know him.
he was glad to know that no thought or intent Of
his escaped the observation of that Judge by
whose final decree he expected to stand or fall
in this world and the next. It seemed as though
this was his surest refuge at times when he was
misunderstood or misrepresented. There was
something touching in his childlike and simple
reliance upon Divine aid, especially when in such
extremities as he sometimes fell into; then,
though prayer and reading of the Scriptures was
his constant habit, he more earnestly than ever
sought that strength which is promised when
moral help faileth = ~ His Acknowledgement of
God and His providence and rule are interviewer
through all of his later speeches, letters and
mossaoos Onco ho cold sT hovo hoor dr;x,o,, -,
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Right Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, Chairman
Emeritus.

Rev. DR.. John X. Cartwright, Pastor,
/ Church Of the Immaculate Con-
ceptioB Catholic Vice Chairman.
Evening star., 1940-02-11
Freedom for Religion Religionfor Freedom

NHE religion of Abraham Lincoln re-
mains something Of mystery three
quarters of a century after his death.
Il His biographers and an army of COM
nentators hauo Snont tho,,ca,da af
Evening star., 1940-02-11

Rabbi Norman Gerstenfeld, Minister,
Washington Hebrew Congregation,
Jeaoish Vice Chairman.
Evening star., 1940-01-01

had been constantly In force until
last May, when Foreign Commissar
Molotoff took Office. MIR. Molotoff
placed "full responsibility" for all
dispatches on the foreign CORE
spondents, with the warning that
any who wrote stories hostile" or
"prejudicial" to the Soviet Union
would be subject to expulsion. The
Foreign Commissar probably re-
garded the recent dispatches as both
hostile and prejudicial, but to have
expelled the senders would have
meant the expulsion of most of the
foreign correspondents in Moscow.
Censorship would provoke less
criticism. But Mr.. Stain and Mr..
Molotoff cannot censor the news that
is coming out Of Finland, news writ
ten by unbiased newspapermen on
assignment with the Finnish Army
at the very front which the Russians
would have the world believe is so
inactive. These dispatches will more
than make up for the dearth of un-
censored news from the ruffled Reds.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
New Leaves

Time is my friend. Each year he brings
to me
A gift, one volume of eternity.
Artistically illustrated here
Are all the shining pages of the year.
Its frontispiece: bare trees against the
sky
Like fine black fligree on lazuli.
Rifle the leaves and clear limned pic
lures show
Blue shadows staining February snow.
See here where April's first faint Willow
green,
Sunny forsythia, and lilies sheen
br1ghten the pages. Open it half over
To wheat in sunshine, June, and bees,
and clover;
Next, Autumn haze and leaves like jew
eled rain
Then stars and holly, pine, and snow
again.
No other book contains such priceless art,
Beauty so rich to satisfy the heart.
what OF the theme? Is 1t despair or
glory?
Time gives the volume-I must write
the story.
NELLIE GRAY BoURDEAux.
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with all classes Of people which
everybody valued.

WIN ali classes OF people which
everybody valued.
Strangely enough perhaps, he was
unschooled tn conservation effort
when President Roosevelt appointed
him to administer the c. c. c. His
background was that of the organ
lied labor movement in which for
many years he had represented the
machinists' trade. He was not a
professional politician, neither was
he known to possess any particular
skill in the management of business.
But he justified the Chief Execu-
tive's confidence in all these differ
ent fields. He made himself q
master of his job, he proved himself
competent to protect his work from
partisan interference, he raised the
enterprise he headed above criticism
and kept it free from the danger of
just complaint.
If the Civilian Conservation Corps
becomes permanent establishment
Of the Government, Mr.. Fechner will
deserve a large share of the credit.
He has gone too soon, but he will not
be forgotten. His high example is
certain to continue to benefit his
country and its people, most notably
its youth.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Mr.. Bells Appointment

President Roosevelt's selection of
Daniel w. Bell as Undersecretary of
the Treasury deserves the warmest
appreciation, both for its non-politi-
cal character and because of Mr..
Bells demonstrated capacity for the
work which awaits him.
This worthy successor to John w.
Hanes, who has resigned to return
to his private business, is a product
OF the civil service system, a man
who has served in the Treasury for
twenty-eight years, and who, on one
occasion, refused appointment as di-
rector Of the budget because he did
not want to lose his civil service
status.
Beginning as a seven hundred
dollara-year clerk in 1911, Mr.. Bell
has advanced steadily under both
Republican and Democratic admin
iStrations. 'Mr. Bells career as a
civil service employe," in the Ian
guage of the White House statement
announcing his new appointment,
"is story of hard work, gradual
promotions and years in which he
became the trusted confidant and
adviser of many Secretaries of the
Treasury"
In thus extolling and rewarding
Mr.. Bells earnest efforts and un-
doubted abilities, the President has
indicated the surest method of
building up an expert Government
personnel, the urgent need for which
will become more apparent as. the
complexities of operating the Gov
ernment increase And, at the same
time, the appointment should be an
encouragement to other faithful and
able Federal employees who have
witnessed too many abuses of the
civil service system during the years
in which Mr.. Bell has risen to the
top.
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A Happy New Year

To plain and humble people every
where, especially to those who
through no fault of their own are
heavily burdened and perhaps dis
couraged by the circumstances of
their lives; to young men and women
most particularly as they seek to es-
tablish themselves in a world not
over-friendly to youth; to boys and
girls at the start of their careers; to
the aged and the very old as they
bravely face their evening hours.
To the innocent millions of ma
tions at war; to the thousands of
helpless victims of aggression and
intolerance; to still other multitudes
in lands devastated by the forces of
nature not yet amenable to human
control; to all who with sensitive
hearts respond to the sorrow of their
neighbors in distress.
To those who courageously labor
on farms or in fields, upon the sea,
in mines, in mills and factories, in
all the crafts and trades that man
kind may be fed and clothed and
housed; to honorable merchants who
deal in the exchange of goods; to
professional workers of every sort,
physicians and nurses, lawyers,
teachers, artists who seek to pre-
serve romantic beauty in a time
made ugly by realism Grass and
crude.
To philosophers and poets; to
preachers of religion; to those who
study problems of social significance
and seek new cures for ancient ills;
to the officers of states; to all who
serve in the defense of the Flag and
such others as devote themselves to
ideal ends without thought of re-
ward; to dreamers and to doerS
whose motives are selfless; to all who
are generous and gentle of mind.
To those who, learning from ex-
perience, have come to understand
that nothing prevents human prog
ress and satisfaction in planet rich
with opportunity and the promise OF
unlimited fulfllment save only fear
and greed and the violence which
accrues from these evil powers still
uncorrected.
In brief, to all who strive to live
usefully, helpfully and without Of
tense and to make the world peace
full place of habitation for the race,
q Happy New Year-twelve months
blessed by the restoration of justice
and mercy to the governance of hu-
manity under a benefcent sun by
day and guiding stars by night.
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Robert Fechner

A good and useful citizen de-
parted this world when Robert Fech-
ner died. He was, by common con-
sent, the ideal director of the Civil
ian Conservation Corps from the mo-
ment of its organization.
BY what processes of experience
he attained to the wisdom which
qualified him for the appreciation Of
his countrymen may remain un-
known, but there will be no ques-
tion about their efficiency. Few Of
his contemporaries were so well
equipped for monumental task. He
was endowed with earnestness, sin
cerity, fixity of purpose, a lofty con-
ception OF public duty, natural
modesty which made him agreeable
to all who came into contact with
him, a trustworthiness which never
failed. = basic honesty In dealing
Evening star., 1940-01-01

No sooner had they taken drink, and
hoped back to eat, than three or four
more birds detached themselves from the
crowd.
This went on all afternoon.
There was always line of birds COM
ing to and from the pan.
At no time was there any crowding or
jostling. but simply a well-bred gather
ing Of half dozen to take a drink.
fixed drinking place in the yard
is either kept filled or allowed to remain
emtpy If empty, 1t is of no use to the
birds; if kept filled, it freezes up in
really cold weather, and likewise is USE
less to the songsters
The good point about carrying a pan
of water out to them in the middle OF
the afternoon, if feasible, is that the
water does not freeze, especially If there
is sunshine, before it is. consumed.
One pie pan filled to the brim will
suffice for an entire yardfull of birds,
and by this we mean between so and 100,
approximately, as well as they can be
counted.
1t is good idea to place the pan not
far from the feeder, but still at some
little distance, say 10 or IS feet.
If possible, put it in the sunshine.
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Another good point to the pie pan is
that if 1t should freeze up, it is simply
carried in and allowed to melt
IT ran ovor no y,1o4od ~, tho eto,,o
and a fire lit under it without harm in
the case one happens to want to make
pie in a hurry. In such an event, we
would suggest thorough scrubbing of
the pan. better way is to reserve one
pan for this purpose, and use it for no
other purpose. Where can you get
better bird fountain for 10 or is cents?
1t is possible to pay much money for
a fountain, with a statue of St. Francis.
toward which the birds bow as thev
dip their heads to drink. novel idea,
but really the birds bow their heads
just as prettily at the pie pan.
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Food, water and dust-these are the
three which the friend of birds NAV
supply his feathered guests.
They are neglected in reverse order
probably not two people in city think
OF the necessity for affording the birds
DUST baths, not enough think of their
need for water whereas many thousands
try to feed them.
A selected spot beneath some shrub
not far from the feeder will do very
nicely for the site of the dust BATH
Dig the soil for an inch or So and
then cultivate it finely, until it an
proaches what we usually understand
as dust
1t will become very dry, real dust,
through the action of the cold, and will
be used by the birds in the sunny after
noon.
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be faithful in much is the essence of an
old saw. If it should become evident
that the people of the District were
content to remain acquiescent to the
sort OF Misrepresentation they now have
IN the councils OF the great parties,
what ground would they have to stand
on IN their fight for representation in
the legislative halls of the Nation? So
let 1t be remembered that, indirect as
our representation is by delegates to
the national conventions and by ma
uonal committeeman and women, it is
the only representation that We have, as
all others holding positions of authority
IN the District are either appointed or
elected by constituencies which have lit
tie knowledge of, and less interest in the
residents OF the District of Columbia.
The Commissioners, the District Com
mlttees in Congress, may and often do
listen to the expressed wishes of Wash
lngtonlans in many matters, but the
voice of the people is in no way manda-
tory upon them. Whereas national COM
mltteemen, chosen at a fair, open and
legally conducted election by the people
OF the District, would certainly feel OBJ
hgated and find it to their best interest
to obey that voice
That they have an opportunity to ex-
ercise much influence is obvious and
well known as even the few votes al
lotted to the District in the national con-
ventlons may be vital in close contest,
and it is also we'll known that where the
District delegation has aligned itself
with the successful candidates it has
been rewarded with the distribution of
patronage.
Finally, it would give the residents of
the District of Columbia opportunity
to demonstrate their political response
blhty as well as their interest in the
ballot and. feel sure, would be STEP
ping stone to ultimate suffrage in all its
entlrety. JOHN P. MULLEN.
December "a.
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THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Tr0ceuel1,
The birds Christmas dinner was Sec
ond to the birds Christmas drinking

The birds Christmas dinner was Sec
ond to the birds Christmas drinking
party
Pure, fresh water is something the
songsters find with difficulty when the
temperature goes down below freezing
and stays there several days.
Many people who feed the birds regu-
larly never stop to think of this, but II
they could have seen the birds In our
yard Christmas Day, they would never
forget again.
A hundred sparroWs, cardinals and
others did full justice to the pounds Of
mixed seeds and grains which had been
put out for them, with special amount
OF sunflower seed added over the usual
quota.
But the pie pan of water, placed in
the grass not far from the feeding place,
was the "hit" of the day.
Attention to this want had been called
by the continued flying OF the feeders
to the bird bath in the corner of the
yard.
Several at time hovered on the rim,
peering down into the empty basin.
1t is not wise to fill concrete baths
when the temperature is in the 20s.
Even when they are guaranteed not
to crack, they sometimes will do So Wary
gardeners either take the bowls in, or
turn them upside down in the grass.
Hence the pie PAN.
This simple utensil has many uses.
AS a drinking place for the birds it
has real advantages.
1t is just the right size to permit them
to drink easily as they perch on the rim.
1t would be ideal, too, for bathing,
but none bathed.
Evidently they needed water inside
them more than they did outside.
This was surprise, because we had
anticipated they would do more bathing
than drinking.
But it was just the other way around.
What they wanted was something to
drink
The afternoon long demonstration
proved anew what we all know, but what
we sometimes tend to forget, that the
birds which winter with us often find it
extremely difficult, if not impossible, to
quench their thirst
A diet of dry grains and seeds makes
them thirsty, just as it would us.
The need for bath is far less impera-
tive with them than drinking water dur
ing months when it is hard for them to
find water for any purpose
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1t was fun to watch the small fellows
hop across the grass from the feeder to
the pan of water
The pan had not been in place more
than few minutes before two sparrows
found it,