The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-07-25
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre MINI.

in darker browns, green, and mild yellows set off
the summers first variance in color from the stable
green. It's the first slip into the hues Of brown
and yellow that presages falls riotous splash of
dazzling color. And beyond the imaginative
splash of a cool provoking mirage, cold blue water.
Lost again. It's midsummer's crazyquilt.
John Hansen, Art MacDermond planning of ali
things, the falls first hunting trip while without
the sun poured down heat at 2:45 p and the temp
whacked hard at go couple of the seasons best
optimisters!s
We talked with a rep Of of the better known
bottled thirst shakers. He says the take is esti-
mated to 20 millions of bottles daily now. That
winter outlets quicker, but sales continue up to
mers par. That ST. Louis, alone in 1889, sold as
much of the stuff the entire country did in 1925
At long last twenty-five cent deck playing
cards is out of the picture. 1t passed with the
tipping of taxes for the country's defense pro-
gram. fellow came looking for ten cent deck
the other day but with taxes already equal to and
above that sum it quite out of the question
Dispenser Of decks says that locally in his shop
gross of decks will last month in winter. In
summer the sales drop almost completely. December
is next In line to January and February for deck
sales because it's gift month. AS soon school
starts, and Juniors gone, card selling takes big
boom, and Mama plays bridge! Contrarywse
to opinion now that the taxes bring about so
much penny change pennies rolling into the
bank instead of exiting. Ed Nathe says that the
Banks notice no undue enlargement of calls for the
coppers.
Here's what you get in the summer A fellow
of the road came up to Carl Lewis at the creamery
the other p. m. He wanted to know the name of the
town. He didn't look underfed but he wanted the
inevitable touch IT haven't eaten for four days."
he told Carl peadingly" You aren't going to let
think this town is broke, are you?" Carl was
making similar touch, the lad hadn't eaten in five
days! How time flies. We've figured out that
a guy could run nicely in the hole about two fifty
each day if he needed all the boys who trying
TO 90 1t the easy way 50.
Marie Pangburn, who vacationed here from Chi
cago told relatives that Chicago is quite agog
Minnesota's Gov. Stassen. They think he's swell.
And more politics. We chatted briefly with
Jack Costello, the New York NBC announcer, who
says that Willl<ie the GOPeope's choice, is going
great guns in the East. And NBC employees swamped
the Republican convention with petitions, phone calls,
kilograms demanding Willkie Jack home
only the weekend with his father. He's going
back to New York this Sattdy with of the
most envious tans New Yawk has He and
Mrs and son, Dennis, who is growing like every
thing Jacks says but can not talk as vet have been
mentioning Lake Minnewaska. Jack says
young Dennis tries talking like everything gets his
Irish temper up when the parents fail to understand
his jargon.
Dolores MCGEE, like most of the members of her
family, is able to make fun out of unpleasant
circumstances. Injured in an accident some time
ago, she wound up with broken leg. Now in
cast and lying at home, she makes game out of
visitors call. She has all Of them autograph the
leg cast!
Cupidope-When Lyle Johnson and Prudy Arndt
classmates of your correspondent married Sat-
tidy. it was fufilment of romance that budded
years ago. The two high school
sweethearts when Johnson came here from Grey
Eagle to fill his senior year. They've been head
ing for the marriago-round ever since. It's hap
pened at last and can use the phrase I've seen
in the more metropolitan colyumns. She
ried her bossand it fits Supt Stub Olson and Vivian
Hemming, who now no longer works for her boss
Comes suggestion For the summertime
traffic into the city, they ought instate policing of
alley parking back of this side of Main. Made
little tour thru there the other Sattdy evening, and
while there were places to park they were inacces
sibe because of the hit and miss way people had
stopped their jelopies In towns where they've
adopted policing Of outlot parking, they've increased
efficiency of the program.
Thanks to Jim (the Jotter) Etzell for the plug
for this coumnist in his rather stellar sheet the
Clarissa Independent. Jim is babe in arms compar
ed with most editors of the state for at p he edits
the paters sheet and does large job of it.
Aside to Jim: This correspondent is not we ed; he
is our pater, too.
Odd how the swinging gait of marching men
has captvated the emotions of people thru the ages
Yet it's not odd Sank Centre watched
speeding trucks carry loads of soldiers thru here
last Saturday. For hours they speeded through, the
khaki of the men and the drab Of the trucks merg-
ing. There intense feeling in the air.
certain pride in these boys, these defenders" OF
Americanism if need be. You could feel a surgng
rise of emotion just surely those boys churned
down the street. strange sight in these days
of America; a strange feeling And over at Camp
Ripley other boys whom we know some better
The kid brother Jim, who has been acting as the
Herads special correspondent from the camp, wrote
us letter the other day. He says the mimeograph
that the office boys in the Reg. Hq battery was
flown by plane from st. Paul Also tossed in the
item that they had Max Kaufman up tree string
ing wire and then couldn't make him hear to come
down. . And a special word of greeting from
Johnny Dubois And bit Of the menu including
wheat cakes breakfast staple sauerkraut baked
beans for dinner; supper finds them with such items
as sliced chicken swiss steak. I'm going to
quit worrying about those guys grub.
he ground where ed whether there Is such a circus
N minutes until as Rowe Bros. but advance men