The Sauk Centre herald., March 10, 1932, Image 1

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CONTINUING THE SAUK CENTRE NEWS
W. L. Wruck
Died Mond’y
A. M.,Age 77
Lived in Community Since
1901; Funeral at St. Paul’s
Friday Morning
FUNERAL OF MARY ZAPP
Died at Fergus Falls Monday
After Lingering Illness—
Was 45 Years Old
William L. Wruck, Sr., resident
of Sauk Centre and Raymond town
ship for about 31 years, passed
away at the home of his son, Wil
liam, Wednesday, March 9, 1932, at
9:00 A. M.
The deceased was born in West
Prussia, Germany, Sept. 2, 1854. He
grew up and married in his native
land. When he was 29 years old
Mr. and Mrs. Wruck and their
three children migrated to Amer
ica, settling on a farm near Toluca,
111. They resided in Illinois for 15
years and then moved to Misson,
lowa, where they resided until 1901
when they moved to Minnesota on
the farm in Raymond township
southwest of Sauk Centre now own
ed by the family.
The health of the deceased be
gan to fail about three years ago.
He was afflicted with hardening of
the arteries and other ' complica
tions. He was up and about the
house Tuesday, but complained of
not feeling well. He declined to
eat any dinner, but did drink a cup
of coffee which his son served to
him in the evening after his father
had retired. A little later the son
entered his father’s bedroom and
found him lying across the foot of
the bed, unconscious, probably hav
ing suffered a slight stroke. Mr.
Wruck never regained conscious
ness. i
The deceased lived an active pio
neer life. He took an active part
in the affairs of his township while
living on the farm. Since remov
ing to Sauk Centre 14 years ago he
has lived a quiet and retired life.
Mrs. Wruck passed away in 1921.
For the past three years he had
made his home with the family of
his son, William, in this city.
The immediate family surviving
are: Albert, Sauk Centre; Gus,
Rockwell City, Iowa; William, Jr.,
Sauk Centre; John, Sauk Centre;
Emil, Devil’s Lake, N. D.; and one
daughter, Mrs. L. Meyers, Brainerd,
Minn. There are 21 living grand
children and one great grandchild.
The funeral will be held from
the Church of Our Lady of the
Angels, Friday morning at 9:00
o’clock, the pastor, Rev. John A.
Fearon, officiating. Burial will be
made beside Mrs. Wruck in Cal
vary cemetery.
Miss Mary Zapp, daughter of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Michael Zapp,
passed away at Fergus Falls, Minn.,
March 7, 1932, after an illness ex
tending over a period of nearly 20
years.
The deceased grew to splendid
young womanhood in this ctiy and
graduated from the Sauk Centre
Public schools in 1908. She suc
cessfully taught in the Rural
schools of the community until her
health failed.
Miss Zapp was born in this city
in 1887. She is survived by one
sister, Mrs. Lizzie Butterbaugh,
confined in the Glen Lake Tubercu
lar Sanitarium, Minneapolis. Miss
Zapp was a cousin of Edward Zapp
the St. Cloud banker.
The remains were brought to
Sauk Centre Tuesday evening and
taken to St. Paul’s church. The
funeral was held from the church
Wednesday morning at 9:00 o’clock
conducted by the pastor, ReV. An
thony Arzt. Burial Was made in St.
Paul’s cemetery, east of the city.
The pallbearers were: John
Mondloch, John Costello, Ben Vog
el, and Adam Orth. The honorary
pallbearers were Florence Vogel,
Ann Orth, Alma Schmitt, Mary
Pauley, Rose Rowling, and Gert
rude Klem.
The deceased did not have any
relatives residing in this city.
Farmers’ Club
Elects Officers
Fay Huston Renamed as President
At Friday Evening’s Meeting
—Cards and Luncheon
At the annual meeting of the
Sauk Centre Progressive Farmer’s
Club held at the Club rooms east
of the city on Highway No. 3 Fri
day evening, Fay Huston was re
elected president by a unanimous
vote of the membership. The
gentleman has held this position
for some time and has made an ef
ficient officer. Ray Walker was
elected vice president, Henry
Lloyd secretary and Ole Halverson
treasurer. Ronald Stewart was
named sergeant at arms.
Following the election cards
were enjoyed, Victor Key and
John Ceynar receiving high scores.
At midnight a fine lunch was
served.
At the next Club meeting, April
1, the Sauk Centre Rotary Club
will have charge of the program*
A. J. DuBEAU DEFEATED
A. J. Dußeau, mayor of Sauk
Centre during the World War (per
iod, was a candidate for Mayor of
Alexandria at Tuesday’s election.
He was opposed by Carl V. Ander
son, undertaker, candidate for re
election. Mr. Dußeau’s campaign
slogan was ‘lower taxes.” When
the votes were counted the former
Sauk Centre man had been buried
by a majority of 719 votes.
I
Mary Zapp
Sauk Centre Herald
Beautiful Bermuda Lilies Will Be Ready For Easter
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Beautiful Easter
Cantata Mar. 18
IL S. Girls’ Glee Club and Boys
Ninetette to Present “Calvary”
at Jr. High Auditorium
An Easter cantata entitled “Cal
vary” will be presented in the
Junior High School auditorium,
Thursday evening, March 18. Ad
mission will be 10 and 15 cents. The
choral group, composed of mem
bers of the High School, Girls Glee
Club and of the Boys Ninetette are
working under the direction of
Supt. W. A. Kohl, with Miss Boobar
accompanying.
The cantata tells the story of the
Seven Last Words of Christ, with a
variety of effective numbers, in
cluding solos, duets, and trios, in
addition to the choral selections.
Those singing solo parts are Val
erie Rose, Glenayre Key, Margaret
Schoenhoff, Ruby Guishard, Dean
Kinsella, Clifford Domke, Fay Dom
ke, and Floyd Nelson. Members of
the chorus include Prudence Arndt,
Mary Austin, Rita Bock, Lauret
ta Botz, Marian Butler, Grace
Clark, Mercedes Crippen, Laura
Dußois, Sarah Egan, Margaret En
gle, Fay Evans, Mildred LeSeur,
Adah Lovsee, Dorothy McGee, Irma
Mahigan, Dorothy Matthiesen, Ger
da Miller, Mabel Miller, Harriet
Pacey, Dorothy Schwartz, Ruby
Schwertz, Mava Shanahan, Susan
Sprague, Alvina Sukke, Mary Van
desteeg, Margaret Schoenhoff, Rob
ert Vandesteeg, Charles Rathe, Or
rin Anderson, Victor Nelson, and
Orville Johnson.
The complete program is listed
below:
“Father, Forgive Them”—Chorus
with bass solo by Clifford Domke
“Today Thou Shalt Be with Me”—
Chorus with bass solo by Floyd
Nelson.
“Woman, Behold Thy Son”—
chorus with soprano and bass
duet by Ruby Guishard and Fay
' Domke.
“My Go<L Why Hast Thou For
saken Me”—Chorus with bass
solo by Fay Domke.
“I Thirst”—Soprana, alto and bass
trio by Ruby Guishard, Margaret
Schoenhoff and Clifford Domke.
“Father, Into Thy Hands”—Chorus
with bass solo by Fay Domke.
“It Is Finished” —Alto and bass
duet by Glenayre Key and Clif
ford Domke.
“As It Began to Dawn”—Soprano
solo by Valerie Rose.
“Consider the Lilies”—Soprano, al
to, and tenor trio by Valerie Rose,
Glenayre Key, and Dean Kinsel-
la.
"Christ, the Lord, Is Risen Today”
—Chorus.
Indian
To State Society
Gilbert L. Wilson Collection Form
Valuable Addition To Minne
sota Historical Society
One only need see the rakes
made from the antlers of blac
tailed deer and the hoes fashiontd
with bone blades to realize that the
extensive collection of the late
Gilbert L. Wilson, of St. Paul, which
has been given to the Minnesota
Historical society, offers Intimate
glimpses of the life of the Mandan-
Hidatsa Indians. For a number of
years Dr. Wilson studied the cul
ture of these Indians, to whose set
tlements along the Missouri river
near Mandan the western boundary
of Minnesota territory extended.
They were living close together
when Lewis and Clark found them
In 1804, but they united in 1845 af
ter the smallpox had nearly exter
minated them.
Garden implements such as the
hoe and the rake plainly show that
these Indians were not nomads of
the prairie as were the Sioux with
whom they had many a bitter fight.
They were an agricultural people,
with stockaded villages of mud
houses, which could not easily be
abandoned, and for this reason they
are outstanding among the tribes
of the Northwest. Outside the vil
lages were extensive fields and gar
dens, in which they raised corn,
squash, beans, and tobacco. They
selected their seed corn with great
care and at intervals allowed part
of the cultivated land to lie fallow.
In addition to agricultural imple
ments this invaluable collection in
cludes dried specimens of food
stuffs, household utensils, weapons,
ornamented cow skins, games, and
a number of phonographic records
of Indian songs. This material
greatly enlarges the value of the
Indian life collection of the Minne
sota Historical society.
■ Easter comes early this year—on<
March 27—and seemingly nature
took notice of this fact, for spring
came to Bermuda about three
weeks ahead of the usual time.
Consequently the lillies, a field of
which is seen above, will be ready
for the church festival.
Sauk Centre
Places 2 On
All - District
Pat Dußois Admittedly Out
standing Player of Tourn
ament at Alexandria
DEAN KINSELLA, GUARD
Other Places Go to Glenwood
and Long Prairie—The
Second Team
Now that the High School Dis
trict basketball tournament is out
of the way the selection of a myth
ical all district team is quite in.
order.
All of the scribes and coaches at
tending the tournament were of
one mind regarding Pat Dußois,
Sauk Centre’s outstanding center.
The Herald editor has closely
scanned the scores of the district
teams, calling to mind the work of
the individual players in the tour
nament
Reichert, of Long Prairie, is not
as graceful a player, perhaps, as
some of the others, but he has a
way of connecting with the basket.
His regular position is at center
where he was outplayed by Dußois.
The writer has placed him at one
of the forward positions as he scor
ed 32 points in the tournament.
The Herald’s selection for the oth
er forward position is Swischer, of
Glenwood. Dußois, is at centre, of
course. Alexandria has a strong
man in Allen at guard. His show
ing was so poor in the only tourna
ment game in which Alex partici
pated that he cannot well be placed
on the mythical team.
Capt. Dean Kinsella, of Sauk
Centre, played a hard, heady game,
directing his team with excellent
judgment, and scored consistently.
He is entitled to one of the guard
positions. Hanson, regular center
for Glenwood has been transferred
to the other guard position because
of his splendid guarding and scor
ing ability.
This team would be fast and
strong offensively and would put up
an airtight defense. In the three
tournament games they massed a
total score of 89 points, a fraction
less than 30 per game. Drilled and
working together they would garn
er a much larger score.
Picking out a second team was
a more difficult task. The Herald
places “Butch” Iwinski, of Sauk
Centre at right forward and Bran
dahi, of Glenwood at left forward.
Both of these men specialize on
scoring baskets at long and diffi
cult angles. Murray, of Parkers
Prairie would play center on this
team. Maynard, of Long Prairie,
has been placed at right guard and
made captain of the team with
Hammond, of Glenwood on the
other end.
This team has not the scoring
(Continued on Page Fourj
Interesting Meet
At Club Rooms
Church of God Assemblies to Have
Fine Program Monday
March 14
The North Central District of the
Assemblies of God will hold a fel
lowship meeting in the Community
Club rooms, Sauk Centre, March
14.
Two services will be held, at
2:30 and 8.00 P. M.
There will be representatives
from the assemblies at Minnaepo
lis, Brainerd, Crosby, Ironton, Pill
ager, Casino, Eagle Bend, Paynes
vill, St. Cloud, and other points.
Rev. F. J. Lindquist District
Superintendent, Rev. C. C. Beatty,
the Assistant Superintendent, Rev.
I. O. Miller, of Brainerd, and Rev.
B. F. Webb, of Alexandria, District
Presbyters, are expected.
A special feature of this service
will be music by the Alexandria
Gospel Band. There will also be a
number of musicians and singers
from other assemblies.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public to attend these servi
ces. All seats are free. Luncheon
will be served to all out of town
guests.
Established 1867
SAUK CENTRE, MINN., THURSDAY, MARCH, 10, 1932
Smaller Turkeys
Sought by Users
Ranges In Most City Homes Are
Too Small To Handle Larg
est Birds
Kitchenette apartments in the
larger cities are having a direct
bearing on the turkey market, ac
cording to J. J. Hectorne, manager
of the local Swift & Company pro
duce plant.
A careful study of the Thanksgiv
ing and Christmas turkey business
said Mr. Hectorne, convinces the
student that the market for heavy
turkeys is becoming extremely
limited. The chief demand now
seems to be for lighter weight
birds. The most general com
plaints during the Thanksgiving
and Christmas trade were that the
young Tom turkeys were too large
for the family trade. City families
are smaller and city homes are
smaller. Many are living in kitch
enette apartments. The stoves in
these apartments have smaller
ovens and they can’t cook a large
turkey. In many of the cars which
we ship, the average weight of the
young Toms was as great as twen
ty-two pounds. This means that
these heavy birds must necessarily
go to hotel and restaurant trade,
but there is a limit even for this
outlet.
Forward-looking producers are
studying this question carefully
and some of them are getting
away from the idea that u their
flocks must be headed by large,
heavy Tom turkeys. It looks now
as though if this plan is continued,
the heavier birds will necessarily
Kave to be discounted.
Conditions in the turkey busi
ness are changing all the while,
and hotels and restaurants are
loath io lay in large supplies in
December for their summer trade
because South America, particu
larly the Argentine, has developed
a lage turkey business, and as
their seasons are opposite to ours
their turkeys are marketed during
our summer months. The present
tariff of ten cents a pound has not
proved high enough to keep down
importations, so it would seem the
interests of the American produc
ers would be best preserved by
marketing more of the family size
turkeys, with a minimum number
of heavy Toms for hotel trade.
Twelve, fourteen, and sixteen
pound birds are preferred.
Sauk Centre, Kan
dota Cast Ballots
Old Officers Re-elected Without Op
position—Tax Levies Reduced
in Each Town
The farmers of Sauk Centre and
Kandota townships are apparently
pretty well satisfied with the man
ner in which the boards of super
visors are looking after the busi
ness of the townships. At the an
nual town election Tuesday the cau
cus tickets in both townships were
elected without opposition. In ev
ery instance the old officers were
re-elected.
In Sauk Centre township only 15
votes were polled to elect the fol
lowing officers:
Supervisor, 3 years—Oscar Sukke.
Town Clerk C. F. Botz.
Town Constable—Harold Dean.
At the annual town meeting held
at noon SI,OOO was voted for the
road and bridge fund, revenue fund
$250; poor fund, $50.00. A year ago
$1,200 was levied for the road and
bridge fund. The other levies re
main the same as in 1931.
The old officers, caucus nominees
were re-elected in Kandota town
ship without opposition, as fol
lows:
Supervisor, 3 years—Seedof Sam
uelson.
Town Clerk —Jonas Eckberg.
Justice of the Peace —A. H. Hen
drickson.
The following sums were voted
at the annual town meeting at
12:00 o’clock: Road and bridge
fund, $500.00; town revenue fund,
$250.00; poor fund SIOO. A year
ago SI,OOO was placed in the road
and bridge fund but there was no
money voted in 1931 for the poor
fund. The total reduction over last
year is $400.00.
RURAL SCHOOL TEACHERS
The Sauk Centre Rural Teachers’
Club will hold its monthly meet
ing in the Normal Training room at
Sauk Centre Saturday, March 12th,
at 2:00 P. M. The committee in
charge will present an interesting
and instructive program about the
work of intermediate grades. All
teachers are urged to attend.
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DEFECTIVE PAGE
Julian Lyng
Died Mon. in
Minneapolis
Splendid Young Man Was
Only Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Lyng, Kandota
FUNERAL 1:30 FRIDAY
Mrs. Elmer Jenkins, Former
Resident of City, Died at
p Ada, Minn., Saturday
Julian O. Lyng, only con of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Lyng, of Kandota,
6 miles west of Sauk Centre, and a
splendid young man, passed away
at the Deaconess Hospital, 1412 E
26th street, Minneapolis, Monday,
March 7, 1932. at 4:00 P M.
Julian was bom in Kandota town
ship Nov. 2, 1907. Practically his
entire life was spent on the home
farm. Julian was never a robust
lad. He had a tendency to bleed
profusely with the slightest abrais
ion of the skin. He was treated
for this affliction during all the
years. At times he appeared to be
outgrowing his affliction. Local
physicians felt that if his tonsils
were removed successfully he would
probably enjoy better, health. They
were not willing, however to per
form the operation.
In December, 1931, Julian visited
the Bloomington Clinic, Minneapo
lis, and was given a thorough ex
amination. He was advised then
that a tonsil operation, if the ordeal
was successful, would improve his
health. The physicians at the
clinic gave him special treatment
for the purpose of building up his
system and blood so that he would
withstand the operation.
For a time he appeared to be
better. He went on the operating
table Tuesday, March 1, at 8:00 A
M. For four hours following the
operation his condition appeared to
be satisfactory. He then started
bleeding. His two sisters, Alfa and
Gladys, are taking nurse’s training
at the hospital. They immediately
notified their parents who hastened
to the bedside of their boy, arriv
ing about 6:30 Monday evening. He
was very weak from the loss of
blood, but recognized and greeted
his parents. His condition gradual
ly grew worse and he sank into his
eternal sleep at 4:00 P. M., Mon
day, March 8, 1932.
„ Julian is survived by his parents
and two sisters. He took the busi
ness course at the St. Cloud busi
ness college. For the greater part
of the past three years he was em
(Contlnued on Page Four)
Mo. 4 Will Be A
Through Hi-Way
mmlssioner Babcock’s Order Re
quires Full Stop Before En-
tering No. 4
Last week Commissioner C. M.
jßabcock issued an order making
the state trunk highway No. 4
from Sauk Centre to Bemidji a
“through highway.” That means
that traffic coming onto highway
No. 4 must come to a full stop be
fore entering the highway from
any road or side street. In Wadena
village this highway, which runs
along Jefferson street, has been
posted with stop signs for several
years, but the ordinance requiring
a stop has never been enforced.
With the recent order of the high
way commissioner it is expected
that the state highway patrol will
receive orders to enforce the stop
law.
William H. Sweet, a medical stu
dent, of Centralia, Wash., has been
awarded a scholarship to Oxford
University, England. He has al
ready performed an appendectomy
and several other operations.
Four Killed-5,000
Storm Ford Plant
National Guard Mobilized at De
troit To Handle Rioting of
Unemployed
Detroit, Mich., March B—Rioting
of unemployed at the Ford plant
in which four men were killed and
22 were hurt, resulted today in
mobilization of the national guard
and arrest of 15 alleged mob lead
ers, including the defiant girl who
shouted:
“Come on you cowards.”
The grim-faced girl, Mary Goss
man, her shabby blue dress still
stained with the blood of her slain
sweetheart who died in her arms,
was in a fighting mood as she fac
ed her police accusers today.
"Yes, was there I’ not sorry, I
did it for starving millions. Blame
capitalism which is the cause of
all suffering, now don’t talk to
me,” the tearless woman shouted.
Police charge the rioting of the
3,000 jobless men and women at
the river rouge plant yesterday
was planned by Communists.
Sticks, stones, tear gas and bullets
were used by police and rioters be
fore the disturbance was quelled.
The Ford organization disclaim
ed all blame for the riot.
The four killed were: Joesph
York, 23; Joe Debruske, 20; Cole
man Lenz, 25, and an unidentified
man. Harry Benett, head of the
Ford service department and John
Collins photographer for a New
York newspaper, were among the
wounded. Benette was struck by a
stone. Collins was shot in the
hand.
New Lincoln Museum Is Opened
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Republican Cau
cuses March 14
Sauk Centre Will Select 32 Dele
gates to Attend St. Cloud
Convention March 16
Monday, March 14, between the
hours of 7:00 and 8:00 P. M., the
Republicans of Stearns county will
hold caucuses in each voting pre
cinct in the county for the purpose
of electing delegates to attend the
county convention to be held at St.
Cloud Wednesday, March 16, for
the purpose of electing delegates to
attend the state wide conference of
Republicans to be held at St. Paul,
Saturday, March 19, to indorse can
didates for the various state of
fices. -
Delegates will also be elected to
attend the state convention to elect
24 delegates to the National Con
vention to be held in Chicago in
June to nominate the candidates
for the President and Vice Presi
dent of the United States. The
state convention will also select 12
Republican candidates for Presi
dential Electors for Minnesota.
The apportionment of delegates
to the county convention is one at
large from each voting precinct and
one delegate for each 25 votes or
major fraction thereof cast for the
Republican candidates for president
in 1928. This apportionment en
titles Sauk Centre to 32 delegates
to the county convention, 11 from
the First Ward, and 21 from the
Second.
The First Ward Caucus will be
held at the Armory, corner of Third
and Maple Streets. The caucus of
the Second Ward will be held on
the first floor of the City Hall, fire
apparatus room, corner of Third
and Pine streets.
All Republicans are urged to par
ticipate in these caucuses.
Trips of Officials
Cost State $1,493
Dairy, Food Commissioner and
Chief Oil Inspector Expensive
Luxuries for State
Travels of R. A Trovatten, state
commissioner of agriculture, dairy
and food, and George H. Griffith,
chief oil inspector, have totaled
nearly 13,000 miles in the last six
months according to figures an
nounced by State Auditor Stafford
King.
Mr. Trovatten traveled 8,042
miles from June, 1931, to February,
at a cost to the state of $563.48, the
auditor reported, and Mr. Griffith
covered 4,922 miles at a cost of
$415.17 Other expenses on their ac
counts to $1,493.97.
The amounts were compared with
$220 expended by N. J. Holmberg,
Mr. Trovatten’s predecessor, and
$153.53 by Hjalmar Nilsson, former
oil inspector, for a corresponding
period in the previous year.
Mr. Trovatten included expenses
for speeches at farmers’ picnics
throughout the state last summer.
He traveled 2,068 miles for this pur
pose in June, 1931.
Mrs. Clara A. Meyers, of Chicago,
testified in her divorce suit that her
husband never said please in their
twelve years of married life.
Tax Levies of State Shaved
More Than $800,000,000
Schools Merged in Koochi
ching County with In
creased Efficiency
“Although taxpayers in the var
ious governmental units of the
state shaved tax levies nearly SB,-
000,000 in 1931, they have as yet
only scratched the surface,” said
J. F. Reed, President of the Minne
sota Taxpayers Association at the
Sixth Annual Meeting of that or
ganization in St. Paul. Feb. 29.
“The effort to bring the cost of
government within the ability of
the people to pay has been stressed
since 1926. We have further
stressed the better administration
of our present tax laws, classifying
the work into four main objectives,
namely, (1) to reduce taxes, (2)
prevent extravagance, (3) reduce
public debt, and (4) prevent the
misuse of public funds,” he stated.
“There are now 75 functioning
VOLUME SIXTY-FOUR—NUMBER FORTY-ONE
r On February 12, Lincoln’s birth
day, the new Lincoln museum in
Washington was opened without
formal ceremony. It is located in
the old Ford’s Theatre building in
which Lincoln was shot. Above is
the first photgraph of the interior
of the museum.
W. DeLaurier
Is Candidate
For Mayor
Defeated by Only Twenty-one
Votes in Hot Campaign
of April 1930
HOLME WILL RETIRE
Popular Clothier Refuses to
Allow Use of His Name—
Election April 5
Sauk Centre’s annual City elec
tion will be held Tuesday April 5.
Sigurd Holme who was elected
Mayor two years ago has positive
ly refused to allow his name to be
considered this year. It is quite
likely he would be re-elected
without opposition had he been
a candidate as he kept the city on
an even moral keel, all that any
reasonble person could expect.
Willim E. DeLaurier first enter
ed the lists for public office two
years ago and was defeated by Mr.
Holme by the following vote:
Ist 2nd
Ward Ward
..... 122
.... 110
Holme
DeLaurier
Holme’s majority—2l
In view of the fact that Mr.
Holme will not be a candidate, and
at the solicitation of many friends,
Mr. DeLaurier has decided to al
low the use of his name for the
office of Mayor this year.
In a conversation with the Her
ald editor Tuesday Mr. DeLaurier
states that in the campaign two
years ago it was claimed, that if
he were elected mayor, he would
name a certain man chief of police.
The gentleman said any such
claim was erroneous—that he had
not promised the job to anyone,
even by intimation at that time.
In entering the campaign this
year he said he would assume the
office of mayor absolutely unfet
tered by political promises if he is
elected. He hasn’t in mind the
making of any revolutionary
changes in the administration of
the city’s affairs. He promises a
reasonable! business administration.
Mr. DeLaurier first came to this
city in 1882, remaining for a year.
He spent 1888, 1889, 1890 and 1891
in the city at which time be was an
active member of the fire depart
ment. He returned to Sauk Centre
to make this city his permanent
home in 1916.
The geneltman is not actively en
gaged in any business and is in a
position to administer the affairs of
the city without fear of “treading
on anybody's toes.”
Mr. DeLaurier is an honest and
upright citizen and has every quali
fication to make an acceptable
chief executive of the city of Sauk
Centre.
county taxpayers
Minnesota. They are doing com
mendable work for the taxpayer.
While homes, farms and business
are being threatened by high tax
ation, it would appear the part of
prudence to hold to the irreducible
point public activities requiring ad
ditional funds.”
A report on the research program
commenced by the association in
June 1931, was presented by C. L.
Ames, chairman. This study has
been completed for every county in
Minnesota and is now available to
county taxpayers’ groups for study
and analysis. Eighty-seven separ
ate studies have been made, one for
each county, indicating tax expen
ditures by unit of government and
by purpose, providing a starting
point in the study of local taxation
in each county of the state.
General conclusions given by Mr.
Ames as a result of this thorough
going research points to several fac
tors; that the burden of the gen
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Sauk Centre
Runner-up in
Dist.Tourn’y
Defeated in District Basket
ball Finals Saturday Eve
ning by Glenwood
MAKE GALLANT FIGHT
Eight Teams Contest for
Supremacy at Alexandria
Thurs., Fri., and Sat.
The District Basketball tourna
ment at Alexandria Thursday,
Friday and Saturday of last week,
was a splendid managed tourna
ment and the lovers of the sport
were given some splendid enter
tainment.
The opening game of the tourn
ament was played between Glen
wood and Bertha. The game be
tween Melrose and Long Prairie
closed the afternoon session. Sauk
Centre opened the evening’s play
with Henning, followed by the
Alexandria-Parkers Prairie con
test.
The big upset of the tournament
was the sad showing made by
Alexandria against the smaller but
well coached quint representing
the Parker’s Prairie Hihg School.
Between halves each evening of
the tournament there was some
splendid entertainment furnished
by a male quartet, of the Alex
High School, the Drum Corps com
posed of 29 Alexandria young lad
ies clad in plaid Scotch Kilties,
the “Pep” Girls from Long Prairie.
Mr. Hutton coach of the Ham
line Basketball team, and Mr.
Mitchie, of Little Falls, officiated
at the tournament very successful
ly. They called them close but
were absolutely impartial in their
rulings.
The citizens of Sauk Centre
have reason to be particularly
proud of the performance of the
basketball quint of this city. Hen
ning and Parker’s Prairie were
defeated without the locals extend
ing themselves.
Sauk Centre entered the final
game Saturday evening with Glen
wood as the opponent. These were
most evenly matched and the two
best coached teams in the tourna
ment. Glenwood had defeated
Sauk Centre twice before by nar
row margins. The play was fast
and furious. Sauk Centre looked
particularly bad in the first half
which ended with a 10-2 score in
favor of Glenwood. Sauk Centre
came back with a rush in the se
cond half and rapidly closed the
gap. However, they lacked the
winning complex. Those two pre
vious defeats this season and also
because Glenwood has pretty gen
erally taken the local quint into
camp in previous years, were too
much of a handicap to overcome.
“Ham,” usually dependable for
ward, was off color during the en
tire tournament. True he was
closely • guarded. Saturday evening
he had a shot from under the
basket and failed to connect. His
contribution for the entire tourn
ament was was four free throws.
The final score was Glenwood
18, Sauk Centre 14. In the last an
alysis there are no alibis. As the
teams performed Saturday even
ing the best quint won.
Sauk Centre sent a loyal band of
rooters for each game. Glenwood
was out in force, much force and
well organized rooting section.
Most of the Saturday evening
crowd were pulling for Sauk Cen
tre, but it just wasn’t to be.
Glenwood enters the Regional
tournament this Thursday evening
at Alexandria meeting Moorhead.
They carry the best wishes for suc
cess of every loyal basketball fan
in this city.
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N. P. Gas Car Hit
By Sedan Tuesday
Two slightly Hurt at Crossing
In Little Falls; Carrier Loses
Batteries
Little Falls March B—A collision
between a large sedan and the
Northern Pacific gas-electric car
at the First Street northeast cross
ing last evening put both cars out
of commission and shook up occu
pants of the sedan.
Those hurt were John Corrigan,
Little Falls, and B. J. Johnson,
Minneapolis, salesman, driver of
the auto. They were enroute to
Brainerd at 7 p. m., when their
car rammed into the railroad car
coming from Brainerd, ripping off
its batteries and strewing them
along the right of way.
Deprived of power and light,
Engineer W. H Plankers of Min
neapolis reached for the hand
brake in the darkened cab and
brought the car to a halt at the
end of the bridge, more than a
block away. The car was hauled
back to Brainerd on the return
run by the locomotive of the way
freight which arrived about that
time from Morris.
Engineer Flankers said he did
not see the sedan until he had
reached the crossing. The occu
pants of the auto said they did not
notice the gas car until a second
before the crash Johnson evident
ly veered to the left and the right
side, on which Corrigan was seated,
took the force of the blow. Glass
was shattered and the radiator
stove in. Corrigan suffered slight
cuts about the head and a wrench
ed back. He was taken back to his
hotel and a Northern Pacific phy
sician was called. Johnson was
shaken and bruised slightly.