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and railroad interests. He be- longed to the distinguished New York line whose name is recurrent in American history. His fathe', Isaac Roosevelt, was distant cous- in of President Theodore Roose- velt
 James Roosevelt died December 8, 1900 Thereafter his widow lived alone, but always in state, in half of the Roosevelt town house in Manhattan. Her summers she spent with her family at Hyde Park in the huge house where abounded souvenirs of her son.
 Queen Mother
 In her book, My Son Franklin, , Sara Delano Roosevelt described the sunny upstairs room, removed when the Hyde Park house was altered in later years, in which her son was born. She related too, that her sons birthday might have been a tragedy, flor both of Us were given too much chloroform"
 Illustrations in the book show her holding her baby and attired in a high-necked dress, her hair smoothly back and knotted at the neck.
 They also show him at 10, his mother beside him, in balloon sleeves and jabot; and again as a young man, when they were spend- ing their summers at Campobello, off the coast of Maine-his mother in suit with a trailing skirt, and a hat topped with big flounces.
 She retained her straight bear ing in later years. Her appearance was that of an elderly patrician- furs, orchids and gold lorgnette. Her hair was still mostly black as she neared 80
 At New York's birthday ball for her son in 1853, when she swept through the line of saluting sol- diery, she presented the appear ance of a queen mother.
 Her ideas remained conservative.
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" INFER
 HITTING
 MONTANA
Snow, Frost on Mountain Country-Rain, Dust and
 Wind, Bitter Root Area

HELENA, Montana, Sept. 8.-Win- ter sent a spearhead of snow and frost over the mountain country and then added a generous amount of rain. dust and wind for good meas ure in the Bitter Root Mountains in western Montana.
 The ranges. along the Continental Divide were this morning tipped with snow.
 Rain washed the eastern slopes of the Rockies as much as PAS inches in IS hours at Miles City.
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MRS. STEVENS BACK

Mrs. Ray Stevens, of the Jones' St evens Shop, returned to Juneau during the weekend following sev- eral months buying trip in the States. She stopped at markets in Los Angeles, Seattle, and other Coast cities.
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Rice is the staple crop and chief source of wealth of Indo-China, the Department of Commerce reports.
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More Milk DiCtators
 NOTICE!

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE PUBLIC IN REGARD TO OUR
 FRESH MILK
 George Bros were told by the managers of the North Star Dairy that we HAVE 10 sell all fresh milk retail for 20 cents per quart or they would moi furnish us with milk
 This being America We don't feel just exactly proud of someone teinq us what we HAVE TO DO as long as we are abiding by laws of the country.
 We have always paid inc North Star Dairy the full wholesale price they have asked for their milk IN CASH DAILY, regardless of cost
 We told inc North Star Dairy we would take their entire supply ffreshmilk and we also told public HE COULD NOT SUPPLY US ENOUGH MILK then we would get enough cows of our own to make up the shortage what we are dong as he has not been supplying with enough milk
 We have been selling milk for l5 cents per quart We feel this fair price for milk and milk be produced to sell for this price even now regardless orase stock feed and when the price grain feed goes higher and feel can't produced for c quart then will notify the pub lie of any such raises in the price of fresh milk Until such time occurs we shall maintain price of per quartothe public on Grade A Fresh Milk
 Asthis notice came to us so suddenly ii leaves us with only small herd to try to supply demandfo fresh milk but within the next l5 or 20 days we will have much lar and which will be increased until we have enough cows o maintain our demand for Fresh Grade Milk to the public ANNa
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Mother of President
 Roosevelt Dies Sunday
 Forenoon af Hyde Park

tCuntinueo from rage OneI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
Ostracized Animal Is
Used as New Guinea Pig

Although the mongoose is barred
from the United States because of
its bent for Staying other small ami
mails, it has played a beneficent.
though unwilling, role in efforts to
check the epidemic Of pneumonitis
which has been prevalent in Mime
apolis and generally over the coun-
try, it was revealed.
The story was told in the leading
article of the Journal Of the Amer
lean Medical Association, describ-
ing investigations by Drs. John M.
Wier and Frank L. Horsfall Jr. of
New York, which led to discovery
that the disorder is virus-carried.
Penumonitis, long a puzzle to sci
ence, is neither pneumonia no, in
fluenza, although it has some of
the superficial symptoms of both.
Efforts of the two doctors to trans
fer the disease to laboratory animals
were fruitless.
When they decided to try the mon
goose, they had to take their speci-
mems to the British tuberculosis re-
search station at Kingston, Jamai-
ca, because its importation into the
United States is forbidden. There,
using frozen and vacuum dried
throat washings from New York
pneumonitis patients, they inoculat-
ed 80 mongooses, ga per cent of
which developed the disease.
The sick mongooses then were
used to transfer the disease to nor
NAL animals.
THE work may long serve as a
model in research and an inspiring
example Of preparedness for future
epidemiologic emergencies" the
medical journal said.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
Airplanes Are Different

Airplanes are opposite from other
things in many respects. An auto
mobile is supported by the road
underneath it, whereas the airplane
is lifted, or supported, by a reduc-
ton of air pressure on top of its
wings. Most tools and missiles are
pointed at their front or working
edges, whereas the front or leading
edges of a propeller as well as Of
the wings and other parts Of an air.
plane are blunt, while the back Of
trailing edges are sharp. A land
ing is made-by trying your best to
keep the plane from landing! After
you level off, just Swimming the
ground, you endeavor to keep the
plane flying, to hold 1t off the ground
as long as possible-until you have
lost all flying speed and the ma
chine just gently settles the last
foot or two. Last, when in danger
on the ground the rule is "slow
down.! But the rule for safety in
an airplane is-when in doubt in
crease your speed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
lnnerspring Mattress
Greatest Improvement

Did you know that we've done
more to improve sleeping equip
ment during the last 100 years than
was done in all the many centuries
preceding? Bedding authorities say
that the 100 years since 1841 have
seen the evolution of the mattress
from a bag filed with cornhusks to
the modern innerspring.
The cornhusk mattress was fol-
lowed in about 1875 by one filed
with excelsior from the sawmills Of
Wisconsin. Ten years later, moss
from the marshes Of Georgia and
Alabama was introduced as the best
possible Of mattress filings.
Cotton mattresses didn't come
into popularity until the turn of the
century. The biggest step forward
came during the World war when
the innerspring type was intro
duced, although it was not until
the early twenties that they were
marketed generally. Since that
time it has been the comfort ideal
of most sleepers, though in eastern
states hair mattresses, not popu-
lar elsewhere because Of the heat,
are considered very fine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
STATE FAIR WILL
OPEN NEXT SATURDAY
CONTINUED from Page One)

Day, September 1.
Meanwhile, in homes, farms, viii
lagos, hamlets and cities in every
corner of the state, there was
matching activity as far-flung
municipalities prepared to head
toward the autumn mecca Of Min
nesota-the State Fair grounds.
A record-breaking crowd is ex-
pected to be on hand for the open
ing day, with the most gigantic
first-day entertainment bill in
Fair history as the stimulus. For
the first time in several years, the
State Fair will offer patrons a
sizzling automobile racing card on
the opening day, with more than
60 speed merchants, including Gus
Schrader and Jimmy Wilburn in
the headlines renewing their an
cient rivalry.
A second high-spot in the open
ing days entertainment program
will be the personal appearance
before the grandstand that night
of those funnybone ticklers of the
air, Edgar Bergen and Charlie Nc
Carthy, who will headline an all
Hollywood cast, including Ted
Weems and his orchestra, in a
smashing outdoor extravaganza.
Complete in every respect and
spurred by the added incentive Of
the greatest premium list in his
tory-together with the surge of
America to meet the Presidents
call for increased production OF
food stuffs-the Minnesota State
Fair will offer the most amazing
exhibits of the northwest's econo-
mic resources in northwest history.
More than 100 buildings are being
packed with lavish, awe-inspiring
displays of everything from baby
tractors to the finest bounty of
Minnesota's fertile plains and val
leys.
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Local Lady viii Attend
Methodist Conference
To Be Held Under
Leadership of Bishop Cush-
man, At Medicine Lake

Mrs. r. B. Kettlewell, of Sank
Centre, Is among 200 leaders Of
the Methodist Church in Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and North Dako-
Ia, who will meet with Bishop
Ralph s. Cushman, of st. Paul,
head Of the denomination In these
states, at Medicine Lake, near
Minneapolis, September 2 to z.
Out Of this week Of conference
and religious retreat will emerge
the program Of Methodists in
these Northwest states for 1941-42.
From New York, Nashville, and
Chicago national heads Of the de-
nomination will come to confer
with Bishop Cushman and his min
isterial and lay leaders, both men
and women.
Delegates will be the district
superintendent who assist Bishop
Cushman in these three states, and
considerable group Of other
ministers and lay men and women
who hold directive offices In var
ious Methodist organizations such
as the Woman's Society Of Christ
ian Service, commissions on evan
gelism, boards of education, boards
Of missions, and youth groups In
the five annual conferences Of the
st. Paul area.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
Peacock still Common

The native home Of the peacock
Is the wooded hill-country Of India
and Ceylon, and it Is still common
there in a wild state. It was the
favorite bird Of Juno in Roman
mythology, and the white variety is
held sacred by some castles in India.
Although it was domesticated at a
remote period, it is uncertain when
this bird was introduced into Eu-
rope and other continents. A fossil
form was discovered in California in
1908, showing some kind existed In
America. Literature has many allu-
sions to the peacock. Aristophanes
referred to the Persian peacocks,
and Suidas termed it the Median
bird. Pliny mentioned 1t as table
delicacy. In his Reeves Tale,
Chaucer said, "As eny pecok he was
proud and gay" Shakespeare had
Thersites describe Ajax as why,
a stalks up and down like a pea.
cock 81" in Act III, Scene 8
Of Troilus and Cressida.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
WILLIAM HANSON
FIRST TO LEAVE FOR
NEWFOUNDLAND

William Hanson, a resident of
this city for the past seventeen
years, left Wednesday night for
st. Paul on the first lap of his
trip to Newfoundland. Mr.. Han
son will be engaged in defense
work as carpenter foreman. He
left st. Paul Thursday morning
at seven o'clock and will get
his passports in New York City
and continue from there for
Newfoundland. Mr.. Hanson, the
first to leave from this city,
took his examinations in St.
Cloud on June 28th. The call is
for six to eighteen months, but
may continue longer as men are
needed and not available. Mr..
Hanson's family will remain in
the city.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
Snakes Are Pleasant Companions

Snakes are pleasant companions
when you understand their attitude
toward life, according to Miss An
nette Loving, snake-charmer with
one Of the leading circuses in the
country. She says that a python is
quite gentle as long as it is well
fed. She allows them a single coil
around her body and always keeps
hold on their tails, because a
double coil is an invitation to dis
aster, and If they start Tightening
up on me, I twist their tails back
and that makes them relax" Miss
Loving said that 1t takes a snake
about nine days to digest a meal
and at that time she doesn't work
with them, because they are as limp
as q rome.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
HOSPITAL NOTES

HOSPITAL NOTES
August 16-Born to Mrs. Alvina
Linn, widow Of the late Herb Linn,
Of West Union, seven pound, six
ounce son Saturday. Mother and
baby are at the Long hospital in
this city. Mr.. Linn was electrocuted
during the great storm Of June
Goth.
August 20-Mrs. Ray Johnson
was discharged from the hospital
Wednesday. A son born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Johnson at the hospital, died
several days after birth.
August 20-Wilfred Beste, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Beste, sub
mitted to a tonsilectomey at the
hospital yesterday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
Right Heating Important;
Describe Various Types

Proper heating Of the home Is be-
coming more and more an essential
consideration of the prospective
home purchaser or builder, believes
one heating authority.
In planning a new home or look
ing for one to buy investigate the
heating facilities as carefully as you
do the plumbing or the lighting
fixtures, the expert advises.
Be sure that the heating unit Is
properly suited to your needs and
is sufficiently large enough and
capable Of heating home comfort
ably and not just of the minimum
requirement to meet local ordi-
nances or regulations, he said.
House heating may be divided
roughly into three classifications
ID Direct radiated heat as fur
nished by an individual radiant fire,
wall heater or radiator; CD Circu-
lated heat as derived from circu-
lator, floor furnace or a gravity
warm-air furnace, and go Winter
air conditioning or forced warm-air
heating.
The term ACKNOWLEDGING" Is
many times confused with air heat
ing equipment.
True air-conditioning is available
for residential installation and such
a system furnishes circulation,
cleansing, humidification and tenn
perature control Of warm air dur
ing the winter or heating season, and
temperature control, cooling, dehu-
midified or humidified, filtered air in
summer. This type Of equipment
requires a cooling agent such as
refrigeration or evaporated cool
ing.
The usual forced air unit or win
ter air conditioner is capable in the
summer time Of only circulating
fresh, filtered air through the home
and does not actually lower the tenn
perature Of the air passing through
the unit.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
Uncle Sam Measures
Clothes to Fit Children

Children. hereafter, will wear
clothes that At them, If the U. S.
government has anything to say
about 1t. Until now manufacturers
didn't use patterns that were accu-
rate, aside from skimping on ma
terials. As result the outfits they
turned out were either too big or
too small for the boys and girls
they were supposed to fit. But Uncle
Sam has corrected all this. With
the aid Of manufacturers, state. uni
versities and other agencies, the
government recently completed the
measurements Of more than 100, 600
children to find out just what dress
or pair Of pants for certain age
should be in terms of length and
breadth. These officials measured
the youngsters from all describable
angles and from all this laborious
work arrived at a set of standards
that should make things easier for
fathers and mothers who have to
buy children's clothes. The survey
was conducted in eight states, with
about $4,000 youngsters scaled in
each Of these states. The measure
ments have been fled away in the
bureau Of economics, a branch Of
the department Of agriculture and
are now available to manufacturers
who are willing to cooperate with
the government in seeing that Amer
lean children are dressed with the
right fitting clothes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
MOVED TO NEW
HOME MONDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. p. ". Michels and
family moved into their new home
on Ash Street Monday. Theirs Is
one of several new houses built
during this season and Mr.. and
Mrs. Michels are first to occupy
the newly erected home. They va
Gated the Cooper home on Birch
Street that will be occupied by Mr..
and Mrs. o. e. Thompson and son
who have moved to the city from
Ortonville. Mr.. Thompson Is the
principal of the Sank Centre SEN
Tor high school and began duties
here Monday.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AND ENGINEER VISIT CITY

County Commissioner Leo
Gambrino and County Engineer
Jack Schmidt, of st. Cloud, were
in Sank Centre Monday inspect
ing roads. They met with Coun-
ty Commissioner Lawrence Her
zog in this city and looked at
ter business interests of the
county in this community. While
here the gentlemen inspected
work on the road to the golf
course, which Is now being re-
graded by the city, with per-
mission Of the county and state
officials. This road, witch Is to
be blacktopped, had been stabil-
lied by the county, but because
Of complaints of property own
ers, who claimed that 1t was too
high, the city made arrange
ments to cut the grade down.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
PEACETIME SERVICE
LIMIT Is MONTHS
Continued from Page One)

President Roosevelt only yester-
day signed the service extension
bill and a second measure permit
ting the deferrment of draft regis
trants % years and older.
The original draft act provided
for one year Of service.
Decision Of the war department
to ask for an amendment to the
law extending the service to two
and a half years precipitated a
storm in congress, the house bare
ly approving the legislation last
week by a one vote margin.
The order, according to the war
department, in which the men will
be released follows:
1. Dependency and Hardship
cases when properly establish
ed"
2. Men 20 years of age or
over July 1, 1911, regardless Of
length Of service and In order
of their term of active duty.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
HOPS ARMY BOMBER
FOR WEEKEND HERE

Lieutenant Paul Markson, OF
George Wright Field, Spokane
Washington, arrived here Sunday
morning after he had been aboard
one of the army's second largest
bombers on a flight from Spokane,
to Rochester, Minnesota. Paul Wis
tied his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Markson, here in a surprise visit
for several hours. He had visited
too in st. Paul and Hutchinson
Sunday night the bomber left
from Rochester scheduled to ar
rive at Spokane some seven hours
later. Mrs. Markson, the former
Helen Henkels, was not on the
trip.
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Thursday, August 81, 1871

was intimated that Captain Fischer
had returned to his former COM
mand, but the paper was not def
initely clear on the matter. A front
page picture In the sheet showed
Captain Fischer and his staff in
the public relations office under the
caption, News Is q man bites q
dog :"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
FISCHER BACK
TO OLD COMMAND

Captain Berkely r. Lewis has
been relieved of the command Of
the 217th regimental headquarters
battery-the Sank Centre outfit, it
was announced this week in the
Post Beacon, official paper for both
Camp Ham and the army's adjoin-
ing air base, March Field. Cap
tain Carl s. Fischer, first comman-
der of the local unit, 217th adult
ant and public relations officer, has
assumed command of the band in
addition to his other duties. It
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to denote that its age is well over
the half century mark.
Master BERTHE Moore, according
to information, is the brother Of
w. M. Moore, former resident OF
Sank Centre. The print shop was
located in a building on the Wal
lace property corner Fifth and
Main Street, in which the skat-
ing rink was also situated.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
OF THANKS

We wish to thank all neighbors
and friends for the kind things
they did for us during the death
of our beloved wife and mother.
Mrs. Anna Veeder. The thought
fulness Of all was deeply apprec-
lated. We also wish to extend our
sincere thanks for the beautiful
floral offerings.
adpd. Mr.. J. r. Veeder.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey
Veeder.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Gaffaney.
Miss Lillian Veeder.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan, the nrst cir
cumnavigator of the globe. distin-
guished himself in the military serv-
ice Of his native Portugal and later
fell into disfavor with his king be-
fore he went to live in Spain. On
September 20. 1919. under the
patronage Of the Spanish king,
Charles v, he set out with five YES
sells and 270 men to find the western
route to the Indies.
More than a year later, after
crushing a formidable mutiny, he
sailed through the tortuous strait
which now bears his name and
reached the vast ocean he named
Pacific. Despite desertion. star
walton and scurvy among the crew
he was undeterred and sailed on to
the Philippines. Here he was killed
in conflict on April II. 1921. His
lieutenant. Sebastian del Cano, In
the sole remaining ship and 81 men.
reached home three years after set
ting out.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
BUTTER PRODUCTION
SHOWS JULY GAINS

Despite excessive heat and ac-
companying drying pastures that
curbed butterfat production from
the high levels Of both May and
June, July continued to show gains
in butter production at the Sank
Lake Creamery with 1854 pounds
made during the month. Secre-
tary George Strauss compared it
with 78,469 pounds in the same
month year ago. The creamery
paid forty cents for sweet fat, and
patrons earned total of $26,946
for the month.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-21
AGED POSTER FOUND
WHILE FIXING HOME
CONTINUED from Page One)

Each had gained one race and the
advertised event would decide
which one was to wear the badge
as the champion.
Prices for this event were re-
duced to half price as follows: adj
mission and skates for gentlemen
zoe; admission and skates for lad
fes, 10c; spectators, gentlemen 10c,
ladies SC, children SC.
The poster is well preserved con-
sidering its age, although the color
of the paper and the style Of type