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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-09-27

driven, disheveled woman burst from
the high ground, stumbled and fell
again and again from exhaustion as
she made her way across the snowfield
to the contractors cabin.
John Brown Dies
Ross threw open the door Of the
cabin as the woman approached.
John is dead" she exclaimed as she
staggered into the cabin and the oc-
cupants recognized her as Mrs. Brown.
Ross and Miles, after making Mrs.
Brown comfortable, set about the
building of a rude coffin, with saw
and adze, out Of the green timbers.
Having completed the task the three
set out for the cabin. They arrived
after a hard struggle at eventide. The
corpse of the unfortunate timber man
was placed in the homemade casket.
1t was too late to undertake the
return trip to the valley so the wife
and the employers held their vigil all
night long by the coffin while the
wind roared among the branches. The
occasional silences Of the tempest were
punctuated by the shrill scream of
mountain lion, or the long drawn howl
of timber wolf.
Now and then there was a crash
that shook the earth and sent chill
up the spines Of the watchers as some
lordly pine, unable longer to resist the
force Of the winds, came to earth with
a crash, its top branches sweeping the
cabin roof in its fall Were one of
these huge trees to fall across the
flimsy cabin it would mean the death
of the occupants.
Finally after night watch such
as dwellers in the high, timbered
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places only can know, day dawned
cloudy and gray.
No Priest Or Minister
The storm had added a couple of
feet of snow to a depth already great
enough to impede travel With no
priest or minister to perform the last
rites for the dead, Ross and Miles, as
pallbearers, shouldered the rough cof-
fin and set out for the burial ground
about three miles below.
With the snow waist deep to a tall
indian, they were soon exhausted. They
found themselves confronted with a
perplexing situation. They must either
hold the corpse until a thaw or bury
1t near the cabin. The grief-stricken
wife urged them to try to get it to
the cemetery, where the body would
be safe from wild beasts.
Near the cabin was the wood chute
"a three-sided box, over half a mile
long. 1t stood at an angle of about
As degrees. At the lower end Of the
chute there was a drop to the valley
below of nearly rs feet to allow ample
room for the cordwood to pile up with
out obstructing the chute.
AS they gloomily cogitated ON their
difficulties, Ross suddenly exclaimed,
Suppose we try the chute?"
TOO steep and too big a drop at
the end" grunted Miles. "If this coffin
dropped from the end Of that chute
poor Brown would be spattered all over
the scenery"
I'VE can put rope in front Of the
coffin, walk along the sides and hold
1t back so as to let 1t down easy"
Ross.
Miles turned this over in his mind
for several minutes. Might try it," he
finally ventured.
Coffin Securely Bound
The coffin was securely bound with
q rope 1t was carried to the chute. /
The two pallbearers placed another
rope in front and with one of them
On either side of the chute and hold
ing an end of the retaining rope, they
started down the mountain.
The chute was full Of zigzags, where
narrow, deep ravines scanned the
AS they approached one
Of these concealed holes both men
stepped into it at the same time. They
5he rope was broken and the coffin
started down the smooth, nearly per-
0endicular slide Like a cannonball
while the weeping widow plunged her
hands into her hair and shrieked in
despair. The men struggled to the bank
If the ravine in time to see the coffin
Gaping like some live thing as it
truck a zigzag in the chute and
to go caroming off against
he side of the boulder-strewn noun
ain.
Well roped as it was, the hemp
orrned cushion which softened the
hook of its impact against the chute
ides. Down, down. down it went until
reached the chute end, where it
cared out into the air across the
5-foot drop.
Guess we won't have a burial,
rank" said Ross to Miles.
Not until after we have gathered !
p the remains with a pair of tweez-
rs" remarked Miles.
The three slowly plodded down the
1ountainside with the widow moaning
er heart out at the thought that her
usband's remains were now a shape
sss mass amid the rocks and snow.
Arriving at the chute end, they
ound the bottom Of the coffin lying
t the foot Of the drop, while the lid
nd the corpse lay 100 feet further
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lnaI facts In this narrative

Principal facts in this narrative
are accurate.
Yep, Bill Bowie used to look at Ions
Horse, chief Of the Crows, and figure
out ways to fIim-fIam the chief out
of his possessions without getting hurt
This was In the days when the first
traders entered the LewistOwn country
That's how Bill came to be Long
Horses sOn-in-Iaw. Bill, being Irish,
never knew when he had enough and
one night defeated the chief at an In
dian game called bones.
The chief finally staked his daugh-
ter, Wild Mink, and Bill hoped he'd
lose the wager, as he half suspected
Long Horse wanted to get rid Of Wild
Mink Bill didn't lose.
Chief Long Horse was big. He stood
6 feet in moccasins and his chest
was as large as barrel His overall
dimensions were in proportion.
Bill offered Wild Mink back to the
chief In English, Gaelic, broken Grow
and sign language. The chief picked
up tree almost three inches in di-
ameter and casually broke it with his
hands.
So Bill took Wild Mink without
benefit Of clergy, because in Montana
at that time parsons were few and
far between, no questions were asked,
and a mans wife was the woman in
his tepee.
Fort Crows Outpost
Mr.. and Mrs. Bowie eventually
wound up at small trading post con-
Quoted by a cashiered army major on
the banks Of a stream in central Mon
tana. The Crows started hanging
around the post and regarded it as an
outpost from which they could watch
their hereditary enemies. the Black
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1t is reported that during 1889 U. s.
automobile owners had to have emer-
gency road service 30,94O,OOO times.
This Is an increase Of 13 percent over
such calls during the previous year
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this period have
gro wn constantly
supplying only part
Of Pacific Coast area.
The Spokane nBr-
ket IL recognized as
the outstandfng Feed
eF and stocker mar
kes In the Northwest.
with . growth IN
population In Paeific
Coast States Of over
5000, 0ee since 1929,
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23

lege. This game will take place
Thursday evening, January Both, in
the new gymnasium and will open
at eight o'clock. The dance will
start at nine o'clock, and will be
held in the Junior high school aud
itorium. The price for both events
will be $1.00 per couple. Music for
the dance will be furnished by the
Main Street Swingsters, youthful
orchestra Of the public school.
These young fellows are adept in
the art Of terpsichore music, in
both modern and old-time version.
Captain Fischer in his announce
ment to the Herald, stated the
Guards on the house-to-house can
vass will sell tickets or accept dom
atoms. Those who cannot afford to
buy a dance ticket can offer dona-
tons which will be gladly accepted.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
.Stassen Gives
Budget Setup
toLegislature
Recommends Reduction
In Real Estate Tax,
Increase in Ore Taxes

Reduction in the state real es-
tate tax, an increase in the special
taxes on iron mining to get more
money from this source and pros
posals for continuing and extend
ing the savings effected in state
expenditures during the past two
years featured recommendations
which Governor Harold e. Stassen
made to the Minnesota legislature
in submitting his budget message
during the past week.
Governor Stassen was able to re-
port that indebtedness of the state
had been reduced fully $4,000, 900
in the last two years, and that the
state departments will be able to
finish up the present fiscal year,
closing the current biennium, with
out deficits or the necessity Of de-
ficiency appropriations such as
have been necessary in past years.
An appropriation Of 81 900
was made during the past week
for completing old age assistance
payments until July LIST, but this
was merely deferred appropria-
ton. The legislature in 1899 pur-
posely left the appropriation for
the second year Of the biennium
s., 100000 less than that for the
first year, with the idea that the
members would be in better posi-
ton at the beginning Of this SEES
sion to determine the amount need
Continued on Page 10. Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
National Judges for V.F.W.
1871 Essay Contest Selected
z4th annual Meeting
Congregational Church
Plan 18TH Anniversary
Next January-Elected
Officers For 1911

Members Of the Congregational
Church attended the 74th annual
meeting and election Of church Of
ficers last week Wednesday eve
ming. The session opened with a
pot-luck supper at $3.50, in which
seventy-five members and friends
participated.
Significant events of the past
year were reviewed in the report
Of the pastor, who also called at
tention to the fact that the church
is now beginning its seventy-fifth
year, and that plans are underway
for the celebration Of the event
next January. He said he hoped
that the year ahead may mark a
new vision Of what the church can
do in its ministry to individuals,
the community and the world at
large.
Officers elected were as follows:
Chairman, Board Of Administra-
ton, Louis Lovik.
Treasurer: Henry Rydholm.
Financial secretary: Geo. Berg
green.
Church clerk: Victor Conklin.
The board of Administration !:
Guilford Cass, honorary; Victor
Nelson, 43; Donald Hanson, AZ;
Henry Rydholm, 43; Louis Lovik,
AZ; Charles Gray, A; Nate Under
hill, AZ; Clyde Thomas, A; Harold
Gray, 43; G. H. Vandesteeg "A.
The Board Of Deacons: Victor
Continued on Page 10, Col. y
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
Has Been Made
A Part of Local
School Effort For Year
PRIZES OFFERED
Title, Zone Nation
Indivisible," Appropri-
ate At This Time

Announcement is made this week
of the selection Of the board
Of three judges who will decide the
national winners in the $1,000 high
school essay contest being spon-
sored throughout the country by
the Ladies Auxiliary to the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars Of the Unit
ed States. The local phases Of this
contest are being conducted under
the joint sponsorship Of the Aux
iliary to Paul Donart Post, VIEW,
Of this city, and the Sank Centre
Herald.
Judges to decide the winners in
the local contest, in which the
members Of the Senior and Jun
Tor high school classes. have en-
rolled, have not been selected as
yet. Prizes for the winners Of the
local contest will be $500 for first,
$500 for second and $500 for third
place.
All contestants have received a
folder which sets forth the rules of
the contest in detail, and the es-
says have been made a part Of the
local school work in cooperation
with the efforts of the Ladies Aux
iliary and the sponsorship Of the
Herald.
Frank L. Martin, dean Of the
School of Journalism, University
of Missouri, Columbia, Mo-, will be
chairman Of the national board OF
judges for the third successive
year. He will be assisted by Mrs.
Catherine Edwards, New York
City, associate editor of the Par
ents' Magazine, and DR.. James e.
West. also Of New York, Chief
Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of
America.
These three will select the boy
or girl essayist who will receive
the $1,000 cash and gold medal to
be awarded for the best essay in
the national contest. They will al
so grade the other national prize
winners who will be rewarded as
follows: $500 and gold medal, Sec
ond prize; $3.50 and gold medal
third prize; 500 and gold medal
fourth prize. There also will be
ten consolation prizes of SO each
and ten Of IS each. Only students
whose essays have placed first in
their respective state contests will
be eligible for the national finals
Approximately 100000 high school
girls and boys throughout the coun-
try are entered in the 1871 contest
whose assigned subject is Zone Ma
ton Indivisible." Local contests
will close on February %. The loo
al winners then will be judged in
state competition.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
Cannot Walk, Heads School
Crippled Polio Victim
Success i'm Education

The following story from the
Sunday st. Paul Pioneer Press per-
tains to the niece Of DR.. G. H.
Vandesteeg, Of this city:
Bookings, s. D.-Courage is dis
played in so many ways. We cas-
lily recognize the more spectacu-
lar type, but often overlook the
subtle, deep-seated variety that
causes the cripple to accept the
challenge of the vicissitudes of life
to ride on its high waves.
That is the kind we find in
Miss Marie Van Maanen who was
recently elected for the fourth
term to the office of Bookings
county superintendent of schools.
Unable to walk since babyhood be-
cause of infantile paralysis, with
crutches and her automobile she
travels some $4,000 miles a year in
visiting LOT rural schools in the
county twice annually.
Handicapped as she is physically,
one might think that her educa-
ton was handed to her on a sill
yer platter. However, she states
that the challenge which the physi.
cally-whole gave her, together with
necessity, were the spurs that
goaded her ambition to enable her
to attain her desired goals.
Hauled in Wagon
Hauled to the rural school near
her home on nice days in her lit
tie wagon, first by neighbor boys
and later by her brother, she COM
pleted grade school work and la
ter the Volga high school. She
then matriculated at State college
here, but finances prevented her
from continuing. Transferring to a
mountaineering institution, she OBJ
tanned a certificate to teach.
Two years of teaching in a rural
school, often making the distance
from her boarding house to school
on crutches, and working in the
neighboring cooperative creamery
on Saturdays and during summer
vacation, she returned to State
college to work for her degree.
She was helped by a teaching fell
lowship in the speech department.
In that department she also rep
resented the institution in extern
poraneous speaking and oratory
and was a member Of the debate
squad.
Completing her work for her
bachelors degree, she continued
and earned her masters degree.
Depression days had arrived. Every
one held onto his job tenaciously.
But there was still the rural school
Continued on Page 10, Col. p
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
Stearns Men
Placed on S
Committees
Imdieke and Kinzer
Assigned To Important
Legislative Positions

Herman G.. Imdieke and John ].
Kinzer, representatives r m
Stearns county in the Minnesota
legislature, have been given assign
ments on five important commit
tees Of the lower house by Speaker
Lawrence Hall, dispatches from
st. Paul report, and so will take
part in committee action on legis-
lation covering a variety of sub
jects.
The. committee set-up has been
reorganized this year to reduce the
number and give more work and
increased responsibilities to many
Of the committees retained on the
list. The committees do much of
the real work of the session, hold
ing all hearings and doing most
Of the big job Of whipping the bills
into shape, and the new program
Is designed to make them function
more effectively in this important
work. Introduction Of bills already
has begun, and the committees are
ready to start their work.
Representative Imdieke has been
made vice chairman Of the COM
mittee on state institutions. In adj
dition, he has been selected as a
member of the committees on dairy
products and live stock, public
domain, taxes and workmen's COM
Representative Kinzer
was made chairman Of the COM
mittee on labor. He win also serve
as a member Of the committees on
appropriations, public highways,
temperance and liquor control and
compensation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
West Union
Shippers In
Annual Meet
Shippers Received
$55,300 For 1,050,0O0
Lbs. Livestock Shipped

A splendid years business was
reported to members of the West
Union Livestock Shipping Associa-
ton at the annual meeting held
Monday. Shippers received $55, 300
for 1,050,000 pounds of stock mar
keted during the year.
Frank Moore and AL Miller were
elected as members Of the board
of directors.
e. M. Gregory, of the Great
Northern Agricultural Department,
spoke Of the general trend Of agri-
culture today. Fred Whitnable, of
Garfield, also spoke to the gather
ing and he thanked the members
Of the association for their patron
age to the Interstate Cooperative
Livestock Shipping Association.
Lunch was served following the
meeting.
At the directors meeting, which
followed the annual session of the
association, Frank Moore was elect
ed president, and Frank Marthaler,
was chosen as vice president. j.
L. Johnson was appointed by the
board as manager, and H. G..
Wakefield was appointed as secre-
tary-treasurer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
w. Dunnnert
and Q. Ilgen
Mr.. Dummert Buried
Sunday Afternoon-Ser-
vice at Methodist Church
90 YEARS OLD
Mr.. Ilgen Funeral
Service Held Friday
Afternoon Jan. II
william Frederick Dummer

william Frederick Dmmmert
william F. Dummert, who came
to this country from Germany ~
years ago, passed away at his home
on Elm Street on Thursday, jan
uary 18th, at 2 a. M, following AN
illness Of several months duration.
His age at death was 80 years, 2
months and II days.
Deceased was born in Dresen,
Germany, on November %, 1850.
and received his early education in
that land. At the age of IS years
he embarked for the United States
and came directly to English Grove
in this state.
Several years ago, Mr.. Dummert
in an interview conducted by the
Commentator Of the Herald, stated
that he left his native land to es-
cape the ambitious military policies
OF the Kaiser, which would soon
compel him to don the uniform and
parade in goosestep. He arrived
here broke, homesick, unable to
speak the language, and for some
time he would have gone back had
the opportunity presented itself.
Fortune smiled upon him, how
ever, and his great opportunity
came when a farmer near Osakis
hired him at the yearly wage OF
500. At last he thought he could
become rich. Such salaries were
unheard of where he came from.
Two summers later he purchased
a homestead in the English Grove
community, and he made farming
his life occupation.
Mr.. Dummert became a part Of
this new country, and he grew up
with it. He learned the new ways
and they were easy because he
liked them. He became an Ameri-
can, and then decided he would
never return to his native land If
he were paid to do 1t.
On March %, 1876, he was united
in marriage to Alvina Hiatt, his
now bereaved widow. They were
the parents of five children, two Of
whom died in infancy. Cora Dunn
inert, another daughter, died In
1927. Surviving besides the wife
are one son, Otto Dummert, Of
Seattle, Wash; one daughter, Miss
Bertha, at home; one brother,
Herman, of Seattle, Wash; and
two grandchildren.
After selling the homestead In
the English Grove community,
the family moved into Sank Centre
in 1898, and since resided here. Mr..
Dummerta however, continued
farming, and purchased land near
the Home School, which he farmed
while living in the city. He retired
from farming about five years ago,
at the age of SO years.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church in this city
at two o'clock Sunday afternoon,
conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. l..
Brann. Burial was made in Green
CONTINUED on Page 10. Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
Lift Ban On
Re-
duced Limits
Pickerel and Northern
Pike Get Additional
Year Round Protection

Conservation Commissioner w.
L. Strunk recently ordered addi-
tional year round protection for
pickerel or Northern pike in place
Of the ban on winter spearing,
by reducing daily catch and pos
session limits.
Applying to angling, the daily
catch limit, beginning 80 days from
the date Of the orders legal pub
LEGATION, will be six with IL per-
mitted in possession. The former
limit was eight pickerel daily with
20 allowed in possession.
Effective at once the Commits
sioner's order reopened the winter
spearing season on pickerel or
Northern pike, until March list,
with daily take limit of two per-
mitted. Possession limits will be
the same as for angling.
Asserting that surveys have re-
peatedly demonstrated the need for
according pickerel more protection,
the Commissioner said the new
regulation of limits will help con-
serve this fish.
"An investigation by the Direc-
tor of the Division Of Game and
Fish and the State Bureau Of Fish
cries showed that the pickerel will
derive the needed protection from
the reduced limits" Strunk said.
1.-THE burden of protection will
thereby be imposed upon all fish
ermen instead Of upon the COM
paratively limited number Of win
ter spearmen."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
Annual Meet
OF Creamery
February 3
Business and Enter
tainInent Features To
Make Up Program

Announcement Of the annual
meeting Of the Sank Lake Coop
crate creamery, to be held Mon
day, February 8, was made by
George Strauss, secretary Of the
farmers cooperative, this week.
This meeting, to be held in the
Community Club Rooms, will open
at 1920 a. m.
Business of the creamery and its
branches, as well as entertainment
features, will make up the pro-
gram for the day. Business will
include the reports of the years
business and the election Of direc-
tors. Lunch will be served at noon
and the shareholders and patrons
ladies are cordially invited to at
tend. Some Of the gains to be
shown at the annual meeting are
contained in the following para
graphs:
Marking an upturn Of more than
$4,000 pounds Of butter manufact-
ured in 1910 over the previous year
and bounding egg department
that nearly doubled it's 1889 handl-
ing were reviewed this week at
the Sank Lake Cooperative Cream
cry, as secretary George Strauss
announced December butter pro-
duction.
64,510 pounds Of butter made in
December brought the years total
to $4,000 pounds, Mr.. Strauss
pointed out, as compared with
1939s record make of 8O9,356
pounds.
Biggest gain at the creamery was
shown in the egg handling depart
ment where Mr.. Strauss announced
1910 sales had mounted to $43500
as compared with $22,996 in the
previous year. This sales return
represents, he said, the eggs sold
locally and shipped.
December had continued to hold
the surprising leads in butter pro
duction that had been shown in
other months. The creamery pro-
duced 10000 pounds more in De-
cember than in the same month of
a year ago. It's $20,255 payroll to
patrons was $500 over patron pay
ments in December, 1889. Average
price paid for sweetcream butter
fat in the month Of December was
80 cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-23
Eligible For Federal
Induction Following An
nouncement Monday Eve

Federal recognition Of the COM
missions Of four Sank Centre Of
ficers Of the Minnesota National
Guard has been granted, 1t was
announced Tuesday, as activity In
both the Regimental Headquarters
Battery, under the Sank Centre
command of Captain Carl s. Fisch-
er, and the 217 Regiment CA-AA,
under Colonel John Carter. st.
Cloud, bottle-necked toward i'm
pending IN" day.
The four are first lieutenant
James r. OGara, attached to
the stan Of the 217th, first
lieutenant Donald r.. Cole, sec
ond lieutenants Edward Pet
erson and John Egan, all I'm
the local command Of Captain
Fischer.
The announcement was made
Monday evening to the four men
by Lieutenant Colonel Roy L. Scott,
Of this city, second in command Of
the nth.
The recognition, announced Of
ficially by Major General John F..
Williams, chief Of the National
Guard Bureau, enlarges the scope
Of activity for the officers, makes