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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-10
Proposed
Amendment
to the
Constitution
Minnesota
To be submitted at 1910
General Election
STATE OF MINNESOTA
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
]. A. A. BURNQUIST
Attorney General
st. Paul, Minnesota,
February 5, 1910
honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary of State,
Honorable Mike Holm,
Secretary of State,

In compliance with the provisions Of
Mason's Minnesota Statutes of 1927, Sec
ton As, / make this statement of the
purpose and effect of the amendment pro-
posed to the constitution of Minnesota to
be voted on at the November 5. 1910 gen.
eral election in accordance with Laws
1899, Chapter AT.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1940-10-10
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Repeated efforts to persuade Jim
Farley to take the stump for Roose-
welt have so far been unavailing. Al
though still holding his job as New
York Democratic chairman, the
new Coca Cola mogul balks at doing
anything for his former "Chief."
The President viii not go to the
Pacific coast for any campaigning,
but he Is going to bat personally for
Rep. Mon c. Wallgren, Democratic
candidate for senator In Washing
ton state. Roosevelt will send a
message for Wallgren's election.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Glass Of 80 To
Be Confirmed
Sunday
Sacrament Will Be
Administered By Bishop
Busch, of St. Cloud
SERVICE AT 3 O'CLOCK
Forty Boys and Girls
From West Union To
Be Confirmed Also

Next Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock a confirmation service will
be held at the Church of Our Lady
of the Angels, was the announce
ment made to the Herald by the
Rev. John Bettendorf, pastor,
Tuesday morning. The Most Rev.
Joseph F. Busch, Bishop of st.
Cloud, will administer the Sacra-
ment Of Confirmation to a class
of thirty-three boys and girls.
A class of forty children from
the st. Alexius Church, Of West
Union, of which the Rev. Henry
Reflex is pastor, will be present
to receive Confirmation at the
same time.
Boys and girls of the Church of
Our Lady of the Angels to be con-
firmed are as follows: Lorraine
Haider, Joan Mabie, Leon Holbrook,
James Mcdonald, Catherine CHS
holm, Mary Chisholm, Lawrence
Conley, Merilyn Cordell, Betty Fell
ing, Dolores Haider, Norma House
James johnson, Dolores Kinsella,
Marguerite LUX, Jeanette Melon
aid, Marion Nugent, McGore Ortiz
Marlin Ruckert, Lorraine Steffes,
Phyllis Thull, Joan Vennewitz,
Boniface Weisser, Victor Wiener,
Bernadine Lynch, Theresa Hume,
Robert Schmiesing, Fred Botz, Bet
ty Unger, Patrick Stanley, Bertha
Weisser, Norbert Schwartz and
Joan Brown.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Fourth of July
Celebration Discussed
By Community Club
Highways, Roads, Fish
Propagation Were Other Topics
OF Interest To Members

"Shall Sank Centre have Fourth
Of July celebration this year," was
one of the topics for discussion at
the Community Club meeting last
Thursday evening. The question
was referred to the Merchants As
ISOLATION, and will be decided at
a dinner meeting in the near flu
ture.
Among the reports on highways
and roads, which included the ex-
tension of Highway No. from
Metre Grove to the overhead bridge
between Melrose and Sank Centre,
1t was also stated that there was
a possibility Of getting the county
highway east Of Sank Centre black
topped. Lawrence Herzog, county
commissioner, sometime ago an
nounced that that road would be
blacktopped from Sank Centre to
the cemetery this year. Work on
the part of the highway committee
and farmers along the road, may
make the extension Of blacktop-
ping from that point.
Continued on Page 8. Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
School M14ic Qhoufa4 10 glue GonceM

been made, students awaited for
a play back.
Directors this week announced
the program and arrangements for
the concert this evening. A spec
ial platform will be erected for the
chorus just below the stage and
the numbers will move readily from
one group to the other with min
imum Of time lost.
The chorus will sing six numbers
in two groups that include: Lord
Of Spirits" by Reissiger, agnes
Del" by Kobrinikoff, To-day There
Is Ringing" by Christensen, Rain
on the River" by Fox, Wake" by
Bach, and Come, All Ye Faith
full" arranged from a Bohemian
carol.
The orchestra will play: the over
ture Gems" Down South"
March Of the Tin Soldiers" "Mer-
curry Overture" Featured will be
soloists Marjorie Westhoff, on the
clarinet; Margaret Whitson, flutist;
and Lorayne Pendroy on French
horn or violin. The same group
were critically observed as soloists
in the music festival at Glenwood.
Rated B in the festival, and on
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02

a plane with the orchestra from
Fergus Falls was the rating the
organization of Mr.. Kitzberger's
gained at the festival. Three years
old, the orchestra tone was COM
mended. Severest critical comment
was levelled at the balance when it
was pointed out that the group con-
tanned too many clarinets and cor
nets. Three Of the orchestra's
members, Doug Kohl, Gordon He'd
in and Marjorie Westhoff, were as
signed to play in the clarinet sec
ton of the Elbow Lake band that
accompanied the 300 voice chorus
Saturday evening.
with more time and rehearsal
the chorus is going to break thru
and become outstanding" Mr.. Ov-
erby, of st. Olaf, critic, said of Miss
Kroghs year old organization. I'VE
advice them strongly to keep on as
they have started and they will
soon discover ever greater thrills
in this greater kind Of a cappella
singing"
Both comments are generally re-
garded as fine tributes to both di-
rectors and to the more than one
hundred students under their
charge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Miss Inez Patterson Resigned
Tuesday---Advancement

.yet4been announced.
In 1929, Miss Patterson came to
Sank Centre and to the local school
as assistant superintendent. Fol
lowing the resignation Of Mrs.
Mary Stewart, she was advanced
to the superintendency on July 1,
1882.
Prior to 1929, Miss Patterson
served for 51s years in the Chill
dren's Bureau, State Board of Con-
troll, and for two years had charge
of the dormitory for High School
students at Deer River.
With her background the teach
ing profession, Miss Patterson
made a study of social work, espec-
tally among girls. She inaugural
ed new and successful methods of
training in the local state institu-
ton, and her efforts were widely
acclaimed as among the best. Rep
resentatives Of other states adopted
her methods with success.
This is a splendid and merited
advancement, which comes as the
result Of years Of study and the
successful application Of that study
in actual life and work.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Will Be Held In
Sank Centre Monday
Evening, May 9Th
AT EIGHT O'CLOCK
Edward Barsness, of
Glenwood, Will Ad-
dress the Meeting

Farmers in the vicinity of Sank
Centre and western Stearns county
will gather at Sank Centre in the
Community Club rooms Monday
evening, May 9Th, at eight o'clock,
for the purpose of asking the gov
eminent to CANCEL the emergency
seed and feed loans which they
contracted during the drouth per-
Tod.
Starting at a mass meeting held
at Montevideo on April End, with
over a thousand attending, farm
ers organized national group
known as the National Group for
the Relief of Emergency Seed and
Feed Loans. This organization Is
working through the national farm
organizations and has contacted
every congressman and senator in
Washington. They are working to
secure results at this session of
Congress-. to have seed and feed
loans cancelled. These loans are
hanging like a milestone around
the necks Of the farmers and un-
less cancelled will deprive thous-
ands Of farmers from getting on
their feet again. said J. c. Kin
sella, who made arrangements for
the local meeting.
The meeting at Sank Centre will
be addressed by Edward e. Bars
ness, Of Glenwood, national secre-
tary Of the farmers organization.
The meeting will be open to dis
cussion by all those who wish to
participate.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
127 Received
At St. Paul's
First Solemn Commun-
ion This Thursday Morn
At Nine O'Clock

Last Sunday afternoon the Con-
gregation of st. Pauls parish was
witness to very impressive and
solemn ceremonies, when the Most
Rev. Joseph F. Busch, d. D., Bis
hop of st. Cloud, administered the
Sacrament Of Confirmation to a
class of 127. The clergy and con-
firmants in solemn rank and file
escorted the bishop into the church.
Before Confirmation was given, the
children were examined in the
chief truth Of Christian Doctrine.
The Most Rev. Bishop was well
pleased with the quick and active
response of the girls and boys.
Benediction with the Blessed Sac
rament followed Confirmation, and
the services were concluded with
the beautiful hymn "Te Deum
Laudamus."
The clergy who were present or
assisted at these services were as
follows:
The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Plachta, pas
tor of st. Pauls parish; Very Rev.
Lambert Haupt, Melrose; Very Rev.
Francis Zitur, Osakis; Very Rev.
p. J. Knoll, st Cloud; Rev. John
Bettendorf, Sank Centre; Rev.
Henry Reflex, West Union; Rev.
Paulin Wiesner, o. S. B., Metre
Grove; Rev. Hugo Tell, o. s. B.,
New Munich; Rev. John McLaugh-
lin, Sank Centre; Rev. Vincent
Fettgather, Glenwood; Rev. Fran
els Julig, Melrose.
The following were confirmed:
Kelvin Adrian, Forest Burdick, Jer-
ONE Bromenshenkel, Raymond
Beste, Vernon Doege, Virgil Doege,
Joseph Doege, Joseph Dirnberger,
Eugene Dirnberger, Florian Dolls.
Lewis Doege, Philip Ehresman,
Levern Friedrichs, Cyril Friedrichs,
Arthur Friedrichs, Virgil Gettel,
Edward Hedglin, Melvin Hoeschen,
Myron Johnson, Edward Krebs-
bach, Lloyd Kinsella, Servulus Ley,
Herbert Ley, Vernon Lietz, Myles
Lais, Albert Mitchell, Anthony
Moore. Donald Moore, John Mick
els, Richard Markson, Albert Marx,
Theodore Ostendorf, Eymard Orth,
Donald Orth, Roman Proell, Alvin
Proell, Norbert Pulczynski, Albin
Perlinger, Gordon Pauly, Bernard
Rousselang, Andrew Rowland, An
ton Schloegle, Thomas Rowland,
Robert Simmer, David Sieben, Ber-
nard Schloegle, Clarence Schmies-
Continued on Page 8, Col. %
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Mdtp Sheet Mt14icdI Reu4e NHiU
leazt11e Gyelld< Gana, 4ts~som41

George Berggreen, D. B. Caugh-
hen, Henry Thielen, and the
Misses Lillian Krogh and Ber-
nice Kobe, the latter members
of the teaching staff of the
Sank Centre High School.
With the exception of Clellan
Card, who has been secured by
the Country Club committee
through the WCCO Artists Bur-
eau, all people who will take
part are local residents.
Maintenance of the Country
Club golf course, a truly worth
while endeavor in this commun-
ity, has been a task during late
years, and this benefit perform
ance has been planned to aid
members in proper mainten-
ance. This is your opportunity
to help them, and at the same
time enjoy an outstanding
show.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
GREY EAGLE LAD
ACCIDENTLY SHOT
Younger Brother Was
Working On Gun Which
Accidently Discharged

Cleon Carlson, accidentally shot
when his younger brother was
working on % calibre rifle he
didn't know was loaded, died at
his home near Grey Eagle shortly
after midnight Tuesday from the
wounds.
Death of the 17-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Carlson, who
lives two miles south of Grey Eagle,
was reported to the Herald by tele-
phone from a Grey Eagle CORES
pondent. Funeral arrangements
could not be announced.
Shot at about 4:30 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, young Carlson lived
until shortly after midnight when
he died from internal hemhorrages.
The accident happened when a
younger brother, Dean, IL, was
working on the gun in the kitchen
Of the home. AS Cleon walked
in the kitchen door, the gun, then
believed unloaded, discharged. The
charge entered the youths body.
Besides his parents, Cleon Is sur
vived by an older brother and two
younger brothers, twins.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
V. F. w. Joint
Last Week
Joint Ceremony Largely
Attended By Members
And Guests
SPECIAL PROGRAM
John V. Kane Retiring
Commander, Honored
By Local Post

A joint installation Of the offic-
ers of Paul F. Donart Post No.
1858, Veterans Of Foreign Wars and
the Auxiliary was the occasion of
a pleasant evening and program in
the Community Club rooms last
week Wednesday evening.
"A large number of members and
a group of visitors enjoyed special
offerings Of musical numbers by
the Sank Centre Plectral Ensem-
BILE, under the direction of p. w.
Hanson. This. group composes a
number Of guitar, mandolin and
banjo players. Mr.. and Mrs. Mike
Siveloski, of Little Falls, sang sew
eral duets. They were accompanied
on the piano by their daughter.
Interesting talks were given by
Marcus Hengel, Of st. Cloud, Louis
Pluto, of Long Pairie, and David
Hooper new commander of Paul
Donart Post.
John Kane, outgoing commander
was honored by the presentation
of a past commanders badge, with
five silver stars. These stars denote
five years of service as a COM
mander, two of which were given to
Paul Donart Post and three to a
post in st. Paul. Presentation of
the badge was made by ]. N. jack
son in behalf of the local post.
Visitors from distance were:
Julius c. Richter, Senior Vice Com
mander Granite City Post No. 428,
st. Cloud; M. F. Barrett, Com
mander Post 1112, Little Falls;
Frank Olson, of Little Falls; II. e.
Ballard, Commander Long Prairie
Post. and Frank Buck, OF Long
CONTINUED on Page 8. Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Ticket Sales Now Open
For School Play Friday
Evening, May 10th

Stage settings for the senior class
presentation, Poor Dear Edgar"
will take on an unusual effect when
the 12-member cast opens the $685.
seat new auditorium to its first
dramatic effort.
The cyclorama, which is the term
employed for the backdrop that
hangs in folds at the back Of the
stage, will be used for the walls
Of the room in the play, it was an
nounced by director Miss Dorothy
Wilson, this week. Use Of doors and
windows set into the folds Of the
cyclorama will simulate more COM
pletely the room.
Its often done that way" Miss
Wilson said. She announced that
two Of the boys, Cyril Carpenter
and Jerome Schommer, with the
aid of industrial arts instructor,
Carl Perry, are making the door
and window sets.
This week It was announced
that student ticket sales are to
begin, for the production date
is Friday evening, May 10th.
While for the first time in
many years there will be no re-
served seats, play goers are
urged to buy from the student
campaign.
In other respects the settings will
be normal" Miss Wilson said. Use
of furniture Of course will be used.
Elimination Of a complete setting
was made necessary when the
time-worn props for the old stage
were outgrown in the newer, larger
arrangement.
Use Of a recording of an auto
mobiles sound will mark something
new in the use Of sound effects
for this years play. The record
ing, that duplicates the sound Of q
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
ENLARGED LOCAL
PHONE SWITCHBOARD
Added 60 Numbers
This Week Before
Estimated Time In 1941

Showing net gain of sixteen
stations in the first three months
of 1910, the Sank Centre exchange
of the Northwestern Bell Telephone
company had outmoded an earlier
expansion program year before
the estimated time in 1871, and
additional room for growth was be-
ing made this week.
Installation Of 60 subscribers
numbers to the switchboard
was announced this week by
manager, Bob LATERAL. The
installation continues q pro-
gram begun in 1887 that has
found no numbers added to
the board since its installation
here in 1885.
This week Encouragement of
switchboard panels by Western
Electric installer, J. c. Wambolt,
was begun.
There is a certain reserve Of
numbers we must have on hand"
LATERAL said. Once a number has
been listed in the directory it cam
not be reassigned, under ordinary
conditions, even though the original
subscriber may have left the city,
he pointed out. The reason is
clearly to avoid confusion in d.
rectory listings.
In 1889 the local exchange had a
net gain of rs city stations. At
the end of March, 1910 only Is
numbers were vacant, and IL Of
them had been assigned, by the
time the 1910 expansion program
began. During the period from
1884 and 1910 the list Of city sub
scribers has advanced steadily
from sos to 500.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Has Accepted Position
AS Head of Girls
School, New York

Miss Inez B. Patterson, super
intendent of the Home School for
Girls, announced Tuesday that she
had accepted a position as super
intendent Of the Training School
for Girls, Department Of Social
Welfare, Hudson, N. Y. She will
take over her new duties on June
18th.
Examination for this post was
held last December 9th, and Miss
Patterson with a rating of 5000
won first place on the New York
Civil Service list for the position.
This post pays a salary Of $4,000
yearly with maintenance.
Miss Patterson announced that
she had submitted her resignation
on Tuesday to Carl Swanson, direc-
tor Division Of Institutions, Depart
ment Of Social Security. Her sue
cessor in the local position has not
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Plan Reorganization of I. +.
II. Bicycle Safety Club

the Community Club rooms
next Monday evening, May 9Th,
at 7:30 o'clock. All boys and
girls, who own bicycles, and
who are from 6 to II years Of
age, are invited to attend this
meeting. Boys and girls, who
have safety emblems and patrol
badges and captain badges, are
expected to be present.
All boys and girls, between
the ages Of 6 and IT years old,
both years inclusive, are elig-
ible to membership in the
Bicycle Safety Club, and all are
urged to become members. Par
ents are asked to urge their
children to attend the organi-
zation meeting next Monday
night.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02

will be staged in the new High
School auditorium Wednesday
night, May 18th, at 8:15 o'clock.
Included in this program,
staged for the benefit Of the
Country Club, will be vocal and
instrumental offerings, tap
dancing and novelty numbers.
Clellan Card, radio humorist,
will be master of ceremonies,
and in his inimical way will
introduce the various perform
ers and their numbers.
Tickets were placed on sale
early this week, and there will
be no reserved seats. Tickets
will be sold on the house-to-
house and store-to-store can
vass plan, and everyone will be
given opportunity to buy.
Members on the committee In
charge Of arrangements are:
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Sank Lake Ice
Breakup Sets
Record
Lower Lake April 81
Big Lake April &c,
Said Pete Pierson
SPRING OFFICIAL
when Ice Goes Out
It's Spring." Said
Leroy Working

Sank Lake, that's figured in the
history of this community from the
outset, added another sprig to it's
historic laurel with a Temperament
tai outburst that saw the latest
ice breakup this spring in nearly
half a century.
1t was S1year-old Leroy Work.
ing, who, thumbing the well-worn,
yellowed pages of an early journal,
fluttered back the years to estab-
lish the record as fact. Savoring
the barred records with homely il
lustration, Mr.. Working added
sparkling addendums to the men,
Dry work Of his journal that dates
back to 1880 when he came here
as a horse trader.
CONSERVATION among residents
who feared spring might never
make its appearance cleared with
the ice breakup. AS Mr.. Working
put it, When the ice goes out, it's
spring. Takes the chill off," Sure
enough, smartly behind the break
up marched spring waving banners
Of green and sprigs of budding
trees. It's official now!
Only other time that the ice
exodus exceeded the hardness
of 1910 was the spring of 1893
when May 18th found the foes
disappearing. The little Journal
recorded simply, 1.-THE ice is go
ing out Of the Pond" Pond was
the term employed then for the
lower lake.
The lower lake, always first, saw
the ice cap slip away last Wednes-
day, April oath, it was reported by
H. F. Bastien. Vigilant P. A. Pier
son reported the upper lake had
cleared Friday, April 26th. IN
usual, the upper lake cleared only
two days after the lower portion.
Ordinarily it lags more.
Earliest breakup on record in the
past sixty years occurred in the
year 81, the first year Mr.. Work
ing spent here. He whetted his
memory for this bit of advice with
the time he nearly froZe in March
CONTINUED on Page s, Col. y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
UNUSUAL STAGE SETTINGS
FOR POOR DEAR EDGAR"

car starting, shifting, and proceed
ing into high gear, was received
here Monday.
Cheered with the prospect Of pre-
sentation in the new auditorium,
Miss Wilson announced that she
found "the acoustics are perfect"
Use Of the new unit for rehearsals
have greatly speeded and aided in
getting the play into shape. Poor
Dear Edgar" is comedy by Will
liam Davidson, and was originally
produced only last November in St.
Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Mass Meeting To Ask Seed
and Feed Loan Cancellation
Schoolmaster Gets
All American
Superior Rating
Scored Highest In
Editorial Content
With $50 Points

Sank Centre high schools
"Schoolmaster," literally monthly
publication, was given the rating
of All American-Superior in its
1910 publications by the National
Scholastic Press Association, De-
partment Of Journalism, University
of Minnesota, it was announced
this week by the association to fac
ulty director, Miss Dorothy Wilson.
Top rating given by the associa-
ton, it represented the best effort
of the three-year-old student publ
cation. In 1888 it had rated first
class, then in 1889 dropped to sec
ond class before bouncing into its
top honor spot in this year. Judg-
ing is done on the basis Of the
first three issues only.
AJnassing q total Of 800
points-2O0 more than Is neces-
sary for the superior group
in the critical rating, the mag
azine scored highest in the
editorial content with $50
points. Art work earned 135;
editing and makeup 100; typo
graphy lis.
This week Miss Wilson was hand
ing bouquets to the entire staff,
and more particularly to her ener-
getic editor-in-chief, Shirley Car
penter. Shirley" she said, took
over much Of the responsibility US
ually left to the director"
The manual and scorebook from
the association especially cited:
Margaret Markson's "As Told To
Mary" and Seeing a Football
Game;" Genevieve Carlson's "Au-
tum Reflections" Rita Egan's "Ad-
CONTINUED on Page 9. Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
son.!

Sank Centres population in
1910 has exceeded the ten per-
cent growth attributed since the
last census Of 1880, when the
city's inhabitants numbered
2,716. The 1910 population count
completed Tuesday gives Sauk
Centre q population Of S,012.
This announcement was receiv-
ed from the district census Of
flee In st. Cloud Wednesday af-
ternoon. The population of Ray
mOnd Township for 1910 was
listed as 461.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-02
Meeting Will Be
Held Monday Evening,
May 9Th, At 7:30

John ". Kane, Of the Veter-
ans Of Foreign Wars, announc-
ed Tuesday that an attempt
will be made to reorganize the
Bicycle Safety Club, which was
sponsored by the Veterans Or
ganization for several years.
This attempt at reorganization
is being made at the request of
officers of the Sank Centre
Safety Council.
A meeting for the purpose of
reorganization will be held in