The Sauk Centre herald., July 21, 1932, Image 1

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CONTINUING THE SAUK CENTRE NEWS
Pioneer To
Be Honored
Next Sundav
A. H. Hendrickson Has Been
Resident of Kandota Town
ship 60 Years
GOVERNOR TO SPEAK
C. M. Babcock On Program—
Sauk Centre Will Be
Represented
An event of unusual interest to
the older residents particularly,
will be the celebration of the 60th
anniversary of the residence of A.
H. Hendrickson, in Kandota town
ship, Todd county, Sunday, July 24.
Mr. Hendrickson was a mere lad
of 12 years when his parents set
tled on the farm, five miles west of
Sauk Centre, on what is now High
way No. 4, where the celebration
will be held.
No man has taken a more active
interest in the development of Kan
dota township than Mr. Hendrick
son and it is highly proper that his
friends should gather Sunday to do
him honor.
When the writer came to this city
nearly 20 years at one of the first
meetings of the old Commercial
Club we attended, there was a dis
cussion of a better roads plan in
the mind of Mr. Hendrickson
which would bring desirable ter
ritory tributary to this city.
The idea was welcomed but it
was thought to be very fantastic.
With the passing of Highway
Amendment No. 1 and the develop
ment of State Highways a move
ment was started, with Mr. Hend
rickson in the fore front, to have
No. 4 laid out along a route which
pretty colsely followed the G. N.,
open up a new territory for this
city, and shorten the distance be
tween Sauk Centre and Long Prai
rie.
Many of the citizens of Long
Prairie did not take kindly to this
move.
Mr. Hendrickson secured much of
the right of way for the proposed
highway without cost to the state.
The answer is the fine' piece of
highway between this city and
Long Prairie. Andrew Hendrick
son is probably more responsible
tnan any other one man for this
paritcular highway which is a cred
it to the Highway department, and
Mr. Hendrickson.
One of the principal speakers at
Sunday’s celebration will be Com
missioner Babcock who will pay
tribute to Mr. Hendrickson and ex
plain some things about the work
ings of the highway department
and the payment of the highway
bonds that perhaps the average
citizen does not know.
Mr. Hendrickson has long been a
warm personal friend of Gov.
Floyd B. Olson. The governor will
be the principal speaker on the
program. He is billed to start his
address at 2:30 P. M.
The program proper will start
at 1:00 P. M. A loud speaker of
sufficient capacity to carry a per
son’s voice for a long distance, will
be on the grounds so that every one
of the large crowd expected can
hear and enjoy the talks.
The Sauk Centre band will go
out to the farm shortly afternoon
and will play at various times dur
ing the afternoon.
Rev. M. B. Milne, of Little Falls,
a son of one of the early settlers
of Kandota township, will deliver
the invocation. The gentleman is
pastor of the Baptist church at Lit
tle Falls. In the event that Rev.
Milne cannot be present, Rev. Bell
pastor of the Long Prairie M. E.
church, will deliver the invocation
C. F. Gaarstrom, Fairmont, Minn.,
former county attorney for Martin
county and former chairman of the
Rural Cr_dit Bureau, one of the
Farmer-Labor candidates for Con
gress, will deliver a non-political
address
Torger Sincess, of Lamoure, N.
D., who came to America when he
was about 18 years of age with
high school diploma in his posses
sion, first located in Kandota. He
is the only pupil of Mr. Hendrick
son who has taken law as a profes
sion. Mr. Hendrickson taught
(Continued on Page Eight)
Well-Known
Padua Lady Died
Buried in St. Anthony Cemetery—
Was 88 Years at Time of De
mise—Born in Germany
Katherine Anna Mayer, a well
known resident of the Padua com
munity, departed from this life on
July sth, at the age of 88 years, 8
months and 5 days.
Grandmother Mayer had been ill
for three years. After the third
stroke, which she suffered in Feb
ruary, she became Entirely bed
ridden.
The deceased was born in Ger
many on November 11, 1844. When
she was seven years old, her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Pick, and
family, came to New York on a
steamer, the trip taking nine days.
They then went to Richmond where
they took up a homestead. It was
there that she grew to womanhood.
In the year 1872, she was united in
marriage to ohn Mayer. Nine child
ren came to bless this union. Three
of them died in infancy. The
daughters, who preceded the moth
er in death, were: Annie, who ded
in 1900. Angela died in 1911; and
Mary, who died in 1929.
Three sons survive as follows:
Chas. Mayer, of Colton, Wash.;
John ; Mayer, of Spokane, Wash,
and Nat Mayer, of Padua, who re
sides on the home place. An adopt
(Continued on Page Five)
Last Victim of Auto Wreck Dies
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The above picture shows wreck*
of the Nash sedan struck by the
N. P. passenger northwest of the
city Tuesday morning of last week
when five adults were killed and
a 5-year-old lad seriously injured.
Little Laverne Schneider, 5 yeacs
and 11 months old, whose recovery
was at first expected, developed
meningitis and passed away at the
local hospital Tuesday evening at
10:30. , .
The funeral was held from St.
Michael’s Catholic church, Spring
Hill, this Thursday morning at 9:00
o’clock. He was laid to rest be
side bls mother, one of the victims
of the accident. Laverne is survived
by his father and three sisters.
Local 4-H Work
ers Get Honors
Ability Recognized at Achievement
Day Demonstration—Gopher
Prairie Meets Tuesday
The 4-H Achievement Day at St-
Cloud Friday and Saturday was not
as largely attended as in former
years.
The Gopher Prairie Club, of this
city and the Ashley-Raymond Club,
represented Western Stearns and
won their share of honors, as fol
lows:
Class A Bread Baking—Eleanor
and Estella Winter, Gopher Prairie
Club, first. They are representing
Stearns county at Alexandria this
Thursday and Friday. Eleanor
will represent Stearns county at
the State Fair.
Individual Bread Baking—Elea
nor Winter, first; Estelle Winter,
second, both members of the Go
pher Prairie Club.
Cake Baking Demonstration
Mava Shanahan, Raymond-Ashley
Club, second.
Health Contest —Idella Cook,
Raymond-Ashley, first.
First Year Sewing—Ruth Botz,
Gopher Prairie, third. Ruth took
part in the Style Show, wearing
the garment she made in the Club
work.
Third Year Sewing—Evelyn Gray,
second; Estelle Cook, third, both
members of the Ashley-Raymond
Club.
Gopher Prairie Meeting
Tuesday evening, July 26, the Go
pher Prairie Club will hold its reg
ular monthly meeting at the Com
munity Club rooms, Sauk Centre.
It will be the last meeting before
the county fair and every member
is expected to be present, bringing
his or her ideal club yell.
Mrs. Conrad Botz, girls leader for
the Gopher Prairie Club accompan
ied the girls to St. Cloud. Her
support was greatly appreciated.
Resident Painters,
Artists At Fair
Secretary Raymond A. Lee States
Special Bronze Awards Will
Be Made
Gopher artists have been invited
to compete in the Fine Arts show
at the Minnesota State Fair, Sep
tember 3 to 10, announces Raymond
A. Lee, secretary. To encourage
the competion of resident painters,
sculptors and etchers, bronze
awards will be presented in each
division. A jury of three noted ar
tists will be the judges.
All articles selected by the jury
will be exhibited in the Fine Arts
building. Classes provided for in
the premium list include portraits,
landscapes, figure composition, still
life, sculpture, prints, drawings,
photographs and decorations on
fabric. Clement Haupers, St. Paul
artist, is superintendent of the de
partment.
Arrangements have been made
by Mr. Haupers for a showing of a
loan collection of paintings, both in
oil and water color, by leading con
temporary American artists. The
exhibit is diversified and includes
the work of moderns as well as con
servatives.
The loan exhibit includes the
work of such well known contem
poraries as Rockwell Kent, Stuart
Davis, Charles Demuth, Ernest
Fiene, Gifford Beal, Daniel Garber
and William Zorach.
Another display of interest to
Minnesotans will be group of can
vases depicting the Arrowhead
country of northern Minnesota.
Entries in the Minnesota, com
petition close on August 24.
NEW MODERN FRONT
Work has been started on a new
and modern front for the Red Owl
Grocery, corner of Main and Fourth
street. It will take about two
weeks to complete the work which
will conclude the redecorating of
the interior and the rearrange
ment of the entire stock of groc
eries. The work is being done by
Eckberg brothers, carpenters, and
D. A. and Earl Pangburn, head,
front and rear of the construction
company noted for its speed. I
auk Centre Heral
S. C. Won a
Close Game
Last Sunday
Timely Hitting and “Breaks
of Game” Brings Home
the Bacon
STRENGTHENED INFIELD
The Kiddies Outplay West
port Saturday, Winning
by 10 to 3 Score
Central Minn. Standings
G. W. L. Pct.
Brooten 8 6 2 -750
Melrose’ 8 6 2 .750
Grey Eagle 7 4 3 .571
Sauk Centre .... 8 4 4 .500
Belgrade 5 2 3 .400
Regal ....„ 6 2 4 .333
West Union 6 0 6 .006
Last Sunday's Games
Grey Eagle 2; Belgrade 1.
Melrose 8; Brooten 3.
Sauk Centre 9; Regal 5.
Next Sunday’s Games
Sauk Centre at West Union,
Grey Eagle at Brooten.
Regal at Belgrade.
Melrose bye.
Sauk Centre 9; Regal 5
Timely hitting and the breaks cf
the game were the principal factcis
entering into Sauk Centre’s victory
over the feared and fast Regal
team Sunday afetrnoon.
Manager Gritzmacher realigned
his infield with Charley Klar, at
first, Louie Butler at short, Olson
at second and Wayne Dahlem at
third. This combination proved to
be the strongest from every angle
offered by Sauk Centre this year.
Second Baseman Butler rapped out
a timely single and accepted most
of his chances; Olson played hear
flawless ball at short and garnered
three hits out of four tidies at bat;
Dahlem, playing his first game of
the season, made several sensation
al stops and an overthrow at first
which demonstrated that this young
man had a powerful whip for dis
tance. He garnered two singles
and a two-bagger out of five times
at bat. The other consistent hit
ter on the team was “Butch” Iwin
ski. His timely single in the first
inning scored a run. In the pinch
later in the game he socked one for
a pair of sacks, which scored two.
Regal started the game with a
bang, the first two men up connect
ing with Soltau for a brace of
singles. A stolen base followed and
a two base muff by Left Felder
Lane permitted the visitors to
score a couple. They seriously
threatened in later innings but
their total damage was neglible.
Soltau was hit consistently. He
tightened in the pinches, however,
and held the visitors to a low score.
His snappy infleldlng support was
of material assistance to him.
(Continued on Page Five)
Historic Points
Shown by Markers
Many Places of North Star State
Have Been Properly Recog
nized By Tourists
“Minnesota’s fascinating history
is being laid open for the traveler
on tht highways. Watch for and
take the time to read the markers
erected for your pleasure and in
struction,” Willoughby M. Babcock,
curator of the Minnesota Historical
Society, is quoted by a highway
bulletin as suggesting to resident
and visiting motorists traveling
Minnesota’s highways.
Many small signs, “Historic Site
Ahead,’ ’along Minnesota highways
have been placed, the highway
bulletin points out, for double pur
pose; first, to call the attention of
motorists to the fact that a point
of historic prominence is at hand;
second, to guard, as may be possi
ble, against motorists making an
unexpected or unsignaled stop on
the traveled part of the highway,
or, what is still more dangerous, of
backing up in order to read the
inscription on the marker, which
has been placed well out from the
roadway very particularly to help
prevent such happenings.
The state highway department
has joined hands with the state his
torical society in marking hun
dreds of points which featured in
one way or another in the state’s
early history. Many of these are
of where settlements once flourish
ed but are now long disappeared.
(Continued on Page Five)
Established;lß67
SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932
Co. M Will
Return Ho me
On Saturday
Sauk Centre Lads Are Mak
ing Fine Reputation for
Themselves In Camp
ARE WELL CARED FOR
Federal Government Complet
ing Very Efficient Train
ing, Mobolization Camp
The Herald editor, accompanied
by Sigurd Holme and T. P. Mc-
Manamin spent Friday afternoon
and early evening at Camp Ripley,
guests of Capt. Roy Scott, of Co.
M„ 206th Regt., M. N. G.
This new camp being developed
by the Federal government com
prises over 20,000 acres. It is lo
cated on Highway No. 27, about
6 miles from Little Falls.
In its natural state the land has
but little value. For military and
mobolization purposes in time of
military stress, it is ideal.
The camp proper is perhaps a
mile from the pavement. To reach
it a bridge was built across the
Mississippi river.
Co. M., with the other units of
the 206th Regt., together with the
205th Regt., an artillery company
and details of the Regular Army,
went into camp a week ago last
Saturday. These organizations will
finish their intensive training for
the year Friday evening and will
entrain for home Saturday morn
ing.
Camp Ripley was the first honest
to goodness military camp ever
visited by the writer. He was
amazed at its completeness and ef
ficiency as the first encampments
were held there a year ago. While
much has been done, much remains
to be done before the complete
plans of the government are work
ed out.
Quite naturally the Herald editor
was interested in Co. M. He found
them comfortably quartered and
much interested in the work. Capt.
Scott and his officers maintain
strict military discipline, but the
treatment is not harsh and the
private making an honest effort to
"do his stuff” has many privileges.
The mess hall is in charge af
Sergeant Morton Wicks with Ser
geant Carl Fischer commissary of
ficer The place was spotlessly
clean and fully equipped. Among
the interesting equipment is a
large frigidaire or similar ice mak
ing machine.
A complete menu for each day
of the camp had been prepared by
the department heads before the
camp opened. The following is the
<■ Continued on Page Five)
Land Owners to
Assist Road Plan
Interest Is growing in Move to Add
to Sightliess of States High
ways—Planting Bushes
With the advent of wider and
more gradually sloped sides to Min
nesota highways, in accordance
with modern highway construction,
interest in making improvements to
private properties adjoining the
highways that may also serve to
enhance the appearance of the
highways themselves is showing
marked increase, according to a
state highway bulletin. Many in
stances are being reported, the bul
letin states, of property owners
making it a point to confer with
district superintendents of the high
way department with the view of
making contemplated improve
ments of their own properties co
ordinate with the roadside improve
ment plan.
The bulletin cites an appreciable
instance of owner cooperation on
trunk highway No. 5 between Le-
Sueur and St. Peter, where the
planting of rose bushes by a resi
dent owner has removed the bar
renness of a clay slope and at the
same time made marked improve
ment to the appearances of his own
premises.
The need of plant growth on
ditch and bank sides to prevent
“washing” has brought about
changes in the shaping of roadsides
so that, both seeding and cutting
can be done satsifactorily. Prev
iously, in clearing right of ways
the custom was, the bulletin points
out, for all timber and brush to
be cut to the full width. Now, the
preservation of natural growth re
ceives very careful attention, and
in many locations the lines laid out
as the clearing limits are made to
weave and vary so as to leave some
of the growths uncut until later
and more detailed attention can be
given.
Many of the routes included in
the trunk highway system as orig
inally created were laid along very
narrow right of ways, and widen
ing work to bring the roadway up
to standard specifications necessi
tated steep slopes of the sides in
order to keep within right of way
limits. Efforts are now being made
to equip all trunk highways with
sides of such moderate slope that
the old style "ditch” with its
treacheries will be a thing of the
past.
While the sloped roadsides lend
themselves to the improvement of
“appearances,” and add directly to
the safety of motoring, another fac
tor of possibly greater import
ance, the bulletin states, is the low
ering of maintenance costs through
lessening the need for repairs to
erosions and the frequent cleaning
of ditches and drains.
The number of communities in
teresting themselves in the im
provement of roadside tracts, as a
(Continued on Page Five)
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Oxford Installs
Cooling System
Admission Prices Reduced Fam
ous Gould Family of Artists
Here Friday, Saturday
It has been a problem for the cit
izens of the Sauk Centre commun
ity to find a cool spot in the eve
ning during the extreme period of
torrid weather which has kept this
section in a firm grip the past
eight days.
Manager Perrizo, of the Oxford
theatre, has completed the installa
tion of the “Artic New-Air Sys
tem,” wth the result that the thea
tre auditorium is cool and invigor
ating and one can enjoy the best
pictures produced in comfort.
During the blance of July and un
til 'Sept. 1, at least the prices of
admission at the Oxford has been
reduced to 10 and 25 cents on week
days and 10 to 35 Sundays unless
otherwise advertised.
An attraction of unusual merit
has been booked for Friday and
Saturday evenings of this week
when the Gould family, famous
vaudevillians, will be the headlin
ers in connection with a high grade
picture.
The producers have taken great
interest in staging and presenting
this most modern revue of singing,
dancing, beautiful show girls and
many funny comedians, each an ar
tist.
Out of these incidents, gorgeous
scenic and electrical developments,
glittering pagentry, musical syn
chonization and sensational enter
tainment features have been pro
duced. Complete changes of scen
ery and costumes for each episode
is an innovation in entertainment
that makes this new gigantic pro
duction one of the most beautiful
and finest offering ever presented
here.
The treatment of the Jay Gould
Family Revue will be along brand
new lines and the entire produc
tion will compare most favorably
with some of the finest revues pre
sented on Broadway.
The entire show travels as one
unit with band ballet, artists, me
chanics and actors all trained to
stage their artistry with the same
even tenure of perfection the first
night as well as the last.
Advises Against
Filling Stations
Demand More Than Filled—Easy to
Lose Money on—Hard to Make
Profitable
To open a filling station is an
easy way to go into business but
also an easy and almost sure way
to lose money.
This is the conclusion drawn by
Glen B. Winship, New York ana
lyst, from two years of studying
gasoline marketing conditions in
the United States.
The last census showed that there
are 318,243 places in the United
States where the motorist can buy
gasoline and oil. Mr. Winship’s
study reveals that many of these
are superfluous.
‘Tn more than 10,000 communi
ties, the number of motor vehicles
is not sufficient to warrant a ser
vice station,” his report states.
“There are 43,476 statons in such
villages and in rural sections which
could be abandoned without incon
venience to car owners.
“Of 6,351 towns and cities large
enough to warrant service station
operation at least 5519 are over
built. I have discovered only 365
towns in the entire country where
additional business principles, and
of these 258 are in eight states.
More than $1,000,000 has been in
vested needlessly in gasoline mar
keting facilities.”
Mr. Winship’s advice to those
contemplating entering this over
crowded business is to stay out un
les they can find a spot where
there are more than 400 vehicles
for each station and even then to
be very sure of a continuing pat
ronage for the station before build
ing it.
BAND CONCERT TONIGHT
The band concert at the City
park this Thursday evening will
furnish an interesting program. Be
cause of the absence of a number
of the boys in camp the special pro
grams will start again the first
Thursday evening in August
Thursday evening, July 28, the
Alexandria band will make their
annual visit to this city. This is an
outstanding musical organization.
Sauk Centre will return the com
pliment with a concert at Alex lat
er in the season.
f Troop No. 25, of Sauk Centre, hatO
made an outstanding record in the Qfnf/s/e C'pn SP'lltirl
Central Minnesota area this year ►JIdLC o V_Jdl. .A LlliU
and claims to be the leading troop Cl lirn «-»ci AAA AAA
of the area. This claim is based on OIUIUJjS «|)t,Vvv,Uvv
the winning of the elephant hide '
trophy in the spring round-up
when, in competition with other
area troops, troop 25 piled up a tot
al of 36 out of a possible 40 points.
Troop 25 amassed more points than
all the rest of the troops in the con
test. The troop attended the St.
Paul "round-up” as the guests of
the central Minnesota council for
its showing. R. C. Kowalke is the
scout master and G. V. Morse the
assistant scoutmaster. —Courtesy of
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune.
U. S., Canada
Sign a Treaty
For Seaway
800 Million Dollar Project
Must Be Ratified By U S.
Senate, Parliament
MEANS MUCH TO N. W.
Plan Has Been Hobby of Pres
ident Hoover for More
Than Decade
Washington, July 18—A treaty
providing for action by the United
States and Canada to engage in
the outstanding engineering pro
ject of modern times—an $800,000,-
000 St. Lawrence waterway linking
the heart of the American conti
nent with seagoing European traf
fic—was signed here today by rep
resentatives of the two countries.
Secretary of State Stimson sign
ed the treaty in behalf of the Unit
ed States and Minister William
D. Harridge, for Canada.
The senate and the Canadian par
liament must approve the treaty be
fore it becomes effective.
The project calls for the con
struction of a seaway, 27 feet deep,
to connect the Atlantic ocean thru
the Great Lakes and the St. Law
rence river with the vast grain and
ore producing sections of the Amer
ican and Canadian midwest.
Under the treaty the two govern
ments will spend $543,4229,000 in
completing the waterway. Its total
cost, including past work, is un
offically estimated at $800,000,000.
000.
Under the treaty, both countries
are left free to deal with political
subdivisions such as New York
state and Ontario as to allocation
distribution, sale and like matters
involved in the power phases of the
project.
The treaty will be the subject of
senate hearings at which Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
presidential nomifee, may testify
regarding New York state’s part in
the giant project.
President Hoover, with whom the
project has been a hobby for a
decade, issued a statement coinci
dental with the signing of the
treaty calling the St. Lawrence
waterway the "greatest internal
improvement yet undertaken on
the North American continent.”
Noxious Weeds ’
Can be Eradicated
County Agent Will Put On Several
Demonstrations In Steams
County
A few demonstrations will be
put on by the county agricultural
agent in the eradication of noxious
weeds by the use of a poison spray
using either sodium chlorate or cal
cium chlorate commonly known as
atlacide. These demonstrations in
ordinary years should be put on at
least 10 days earlier than this but
due to the amount of work con
nected with grasshopper control no
time was found available till now.
It will probably be out.of the ques
tion to leave Canada thistles stand
ing longer as they will soon be
ready to "blow seed” but some oth
er noxious weeds along roadsides
or on farms such as quack grass
and leafy spurge can readily be us
ed for demonstration purposes.
Anyone interested in having such
a demonstration in his community
should get in touch with the county
Agricultural agent, St. Cloud. A
great number cannot be put on
anymore in the time that is left so
those interested should make their
wants known soon. The plan of
procedure will be to spray a few
square rods of noxious weeds five
►r six days ahead of the demon
(Continuea on Page Five)
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VOLUME SIXTY-FIVE—NUMBER EIGHT
State Treasurer Julius A. Schmahl
Warns Credit Bureau Demands
Must Be Halted
St. Paul, July 19 —Dwindling
state revenues threaten to imperil
general finances and must not be
further depleted for the strte rur
al credits bureau Julius A. Schmahl,
state treasurer, warned today.
Schmahl issued this warning at
a meeting of the state investment
board where rural credits bureau
officials sought an additional $2,-
500,000 purchase of their b ends.
Schmahl developed the following
facts:
The general revenue fund has
slumped $4,424,636.
Occunational and iron ore taxes
are decreasing and June personal
and property settlement range from
12 to 47 per cent cent under last
year.
“The state may be forced to call
upon the trust funds to carry on
ordinary state business without re
gard to the rural credits bureau,”
Schmahl said. H. M. Feroe, cred
its bureau member, and Haldor Ny
gaard, chairman, presented a re
port of the credits bureau advisory
board. It recommended that sale
of farms now held be approved on
present actual appraisal values:
the bureau to be continued as a
loaning agency for agriculture un
der competent management; the in
vestment board to purchase its
bonds from time to time up to the
sum of $2,500,000 on the basis of a
conservative loaning policy; elim
ination of duplication and promo
tion of efficiency.
Sleep Necessary to
Child’s Program
Sunshine, Good Food, Without Ade
quate Rest Not Enough for
Summer Welfare of Child
St. Paul, July 17—The “barefoot
boy with cheek of tan’ has the
blessing of the doctor as well as the
poet, says today’s bulletin of sum
mer health for the children from
the Minnesota State Medical Asso
ciation.
But the doctors take the oppor
tunity, midway between school
terms, to remind parents that free
dom and sunshine are not the only
essentials to summer health.
“If the kids are to store up a
reserve that will last them into the
short, crowded days of winter they
must also have plenty of sleep,”
says the bulletin. “Probably the
necessity for lots of sleep needs
more emphasis, these days, than
the nececcitsy for sun and play and
plenty to eat.”
Too many parents feel that sum
mer is a time to turn the kids
loose, letting them run at large
from early morning to late at night
just feeding and washing them at
intervales, the doctors point out.
The children love the long, cool
evenings, and it is easier to sit
comfortably on the porch and let
them fly past in timeless summer
evening sports than it is to har
ness them, especially the little ones,
and insist on bed.
"Summer or winter the child
must have his long hours of undis
turbed sleep if he is to develop
properly,” the bulletin says. “He
will be undernourished and irritable
no matter how much he eats or
how much he plays outdoors unless
he gets his regular rest. Many
children arrive at school in Septem
ber thinner than they were when
they left school in June simply be
cause they have been allowed to
wear themselves out in the very
months when they should have
been laying up a needed reserve of
health and energy.
"Parents should realize that they
cannot wait for the child to show
how tired he is before they call a
halt. The more exhausted the child
the more animated and vociferous
he very often seems to be. The
problem of the tired child which
educators are talking about so
much is not confined to the school
room. Children wear themselves
out at play as well as in school, and
no child is going to return to
school in September in his best
shape unless he has plenty of rest.
“Ten hours of sleep out of every
24 is just as important in summer
as in winter for the nine and ten
year olds. Younger children re
quire more. And it is useless as
well as unwise to expect them to
make It up in the morning.”
GOLF TOURNEY SUNDAY
The Little Falls golf players will
come to Sauk Centre next Sunday
afternoon to meet the locals in
tournament. Play will start at 1:30.
Local Scouts
Will Attend
the State Fair
Troop 25, of This City, Has
Been Invited to Represent
Central Minn. Area
UNIQUE CANOE TRIP
Donald Otto and Carleton
Eckberg Part of Lucky
Seven—Scout News
Wednesday afternoon Assistant
Scoutmaster G. V. Morse received
a telephone call from Scout Com
missioner Ahles, of St. Cloud ex
tending to Troop 25 an invitation to
attend the State Fair to represent
the Central Minnesota Area. This
signal honor has been offered to
no other Troop in the Area and
clearly shows that Troop 25 is con
sidered outstanding. A meeting of
the boys and parents was held last
night, and since it appeared at that
meeting that many of the Troop
would like to go, the invitation was
accepted this morning.
The boys will probably leave here
Saturday, arriving home the next
Saturday. They are required to
take full camp equipment with
them and to run a regular Scout
Camp for the week. They will
have some time each day to see
the Fair, and it is planned to have
them take in that part of the
fair which will be most education
al, as well as having them take in
some of the recreational features.
They will at all times be under
’ adult Scout leadership. Part of the
, total cost will be borne by the State
Fair, but each boy will need a lit-
I tie money besides. Many of the
I boys have resolved to earn this
i necessary money during the next
| six weeks before the Fair, so if
' you have any jobs which a Scout
! can do, there will be a Scout ready
|to accommodate you. This is a
wonderful opportunity for the boys
' and while there are some perplex
ing details yet to be worked out,
jit is believed that all local people
| will be willing to cooperate and
I make this educational trip available
, to those members of Troop 25 who
can attend.
Sauk Centre Scouts Return
From Camp
Donald Otto and Carlton Eck
berg were feeling pretty proud as
tley left Tuesday for a fifty mile
canoe cruise of the Upper St.
Croix River which they take with
Eagle Sccut Hom Larson, of Ait
kin and Scouts Leo Moghlein, Har
rison Guild, Larry Fry and Moses
Dinner, all four from Little Falls
Troops. This trip is a prize won
by the seven Scouts incamp this
season who made the best general
all around Scout progress and de
portment. The trip takes about
five days and will be conducted
under the laedership of Scout Ex
ecutive G. A. Nash. The boys left
Tuesday and will probably be back
Saturday night. All seven of them
will have a wonderful outing and
they will be well repaid for what
ever extra efforts, if any, they
made while in camp.
The five boys of Troop 25 who
spent la>t week in camp returned
Sunday. These boys were Donald
Otto, Carleton Eckerg, Graham
Morgan, Bill Parker and Dudley
Morse. A short Court of Honor was
held Sunday to award the balance
of the merit badges which were
earned at camp and, as usual,
Troop 25 made a good showing for
merit badges. Graham Morgan re
ceived merit badges for life saving,
pioneering and cooking, while Don
ald Otto and Carleton Eckberg
each received the cooking merit
badge. A fine large fire place has
been built this summer in the
lounging room of the lodge build
ing and this fire place was dedicat
ed at the Court of Honor. This
will be a true Scout fire place for
a resolution was passed that no
matches be used for fire building
in it, that the true Scout method of
fire by flint and steel or fire by
friction should light all fires built
in this fire place.
Edward Dickhauss expected to
return to Camp for last week but
instead, enjoyed sheltered home
life inside, nursing that popular
summer time recreation, poison
ivy.
Babcock Com
ments on Report
Suggests
that it Be Studied As Aid
to Proper Driving
Highway
A highway bulletin summarizing
the report of the state highway pa
trol for the month of June shows
aid to have been rendered to in
dividual motorists to the number of
33,121 and corrective action taken
with regard to other motorists to
an extent which prompts Commis
sioner C. M. Babcock to suggest the
study of* the report by the driving
public as an aid to correct usage of
the highways.
As the primary aim of the state
highway patrol is that of assisting
motorists to reach their destina
tions with the fullest possible
measure of ease and safety, the
making of arrests is a last and not
a first recourse, Commisisoner Bab-
cock is reported as stating in
drawing attention to the variety of
irregularities upon the part of mot
orists indfbated by the report.
Wjarnings were feiven to 1,676
motorists and because practically
every type of the infractions for
which the warnings were given
could subject the motorist to ar
rest, the complete list is given as
follows: improper license: improper
(Continued on Pago Five)