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Sauk Centre Herald
Sauk Centre Publishers, Incorporated
Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minnesota
Continuing Publication Sauk Centre News
ED L. RATHE
M. J. FLEMIN
Entered Postoffice at Sauk Centre, Minn., as second*
class matter, under act of Congress of March 3, 1879
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Domestic in advance . $2.00
• Canadian in advance $2.50
Impossible To Repay High Seed Loans at
Payment of seed and feed loans from the 1935
crop have created or will create a hardship on farm
ers. especially those who reside in the 1934 drouth
belt, if forced at this time. This is the universal be
lief of farm organizations, who have asked Farm
Credit Administration officials to ease up on collec
tions.
High prices paid last season for seed and feed
cannot be realized from low priced grain from the
1935 crop, and the payment, if made at this time, will
require an equivalent of at least three bushels for
each one bushel purchased last spring. And if farm
ers are forced to pay back the loans at that ratio, the
situation caused by the drouth will not have been
remedied materially, regardless of the fair crop this
year.
Seed loans w’ere secured by liens on the 1935
Crop, and this crop cannot be sold until the lien is
satisfied. A list of all loans has been placed at the
grain elevators, and as we understand, a certain
amount from each bushel is taken to satisfy at least
a part of the loan. And each grain buyer must see
that that is done. If the loans are to be paid in their
entirety this year, sufficient grain must be sold be
fore the farmer gets anything for himself. There is
the rub!
If a farmer repays the loan under present condi
tions he will most likely be unable to retain a suf
ficient amount of feed to carry him through the win
ter, and in the spring will again be forced to take
out a loan for more seed. That would be like the old
poker game in which the house collected a rake-off
from each pot, and eventually had the entire amount
in play.,
To ease the situation the bushel for bushel basis
of settlement has been urged.
This week’s Herald contains a copy of the ‘Safe
Driving Pledge,” which was launched as a safety
measure by the Hartford, (Conn.) Times, and which
has been adopted by the Minnesota Public Safety
Committee in its educational drive for safer motor
ing.
It is requested that adult drivers, as well as
school children, sign these pledges and bring them
to the Herald office. In return they will receive
pledge tokens for their car windows or their school
book covers.
It is stated that hundreds of thousands of drivers
in other states are signing these pledges, obligating
themselves to more careful driving. Of course, it is
follacy to say that these pledges will stop all acci
dents, for accidents, even serious ones, will occur as
long as cars are driven. They are, however, sent out
for the purpose of making every driver safety mind
ed, and to remind him of his own obligation in ex
ercising extreme care for the other person’s life as
well as his own safety. If that purpose can be at
tained Minnesota’s highways will be made reasonably
safe.
Sign one of these pledges and join the throng of
happy drivers in the nation, who have pledged them
selves to drive cautiously in the attempt to eliminate
accidents on the highways.
Another effort to muzzle the press has failed in
Texas, where a judge fined six Houston newspaper
men for contempt of court, because they published
reports of a murder trial in violation of his order not
to do so.
Three managing editors were fined SIOO each,
and three reporters $25 each, which all refused to
pay. They were ordered into technical custody of the
sheriff, but were released on writs of habeas corpus
pending appeal.
A few days ago the Court of Criminal Appeals
ruled that newspapers have a constitutional right to
print proceedings of criminal trials—a right which
can not be abridged by the courts. It declared that
“in the nature of things the proceedings of public
trials constitute news which newspapers have the
right to publish in informing the public of current
events.’’
It was pointed out that a court could order a
change of venue to protect the accused and that the
law offers wide latitude for determining whether
jurors hold opinions that would influence a verdict.
After declaring the privilege of writing opinions
was accorded and protected by the bill of rights, the
court said:
“This guaranty is also embodied in the consti
tution of the several American states and in the first
amendment to the Constitution of the United States.’’
With the establishment of the Philippine Com
monwealth this month, with Manuel Quezon, a native
Filipino, as president, another step toward the inde
pendence of the Islands was taken. Under the law es
tablishing the temporary commonwealth it is pro
vided that absolute Independence shall be granted af
ter 10 years.
Whether the Filipino people will be better off as
an independent nation remains to be seen, but inas
much as the United States has been pledged to with
draw as soon as a stable native government could be
established, that pledge is being redeemed.
Since the passage of the Jones Act in 1916, the
Filipinos have had the rights and privileges of Am
erican citizens, and many benefits besides. They have
been given the protection of the American Army and
Navy without cost. Reciprocal free-trade relations
with the United States have existed since 1909. Of all
officials of the government, more than 98 per cent
have been Filipinos in recent years.
When full independence is granted in 1945 the
Philippines will be required to pay duties on exports
to the United States and will have to provide means
for their own defense. If world conditions are still
unsettled when that time comes it may develop that
the Filipinos will be paying a high price for their
freedom.
But absolute freedom is their desire, and Uncle
Sam will grant it. All will wish for the success of the
new government, and hope that when the common
wealth is ended the Filipino people may be able to
maintain themselves as an entirely free and inde
pendent nation.
State News Briefs
Carries Potato 35 years; Drinks No Water 38 Years
Minnesota Lake.—A lone potato has been park
ing in Phillip Schirra’s trouser pocket for 35 years,
and although it isn’t edible, it is still there. When he
placed it in his pocket he put a string through the
Renter, making the string as long as the potato.
About one-half inch of that 35 year old string can be
seen now, showing that the potato has only wrinkled
Published by
Low Prices
Why Not Sign The Pledge?
Press Rights Upheld
A New Commonwealth
enough so as to shrink one-half inch in its long
eventful life. Schirra also has the distinction of not
having drunk water for 38 years. ‘When I was
young,” said Schirra, "my teacher told me that in or
der to be healthy I should drink 6 glasses of water a
day.” Schirra is as fit as a fiddle, and ample proof
that he is an exception to that rule of drinking six
glasses of water a day. He can foresee the weather
by the "feeling in his bones,” and Minnesota Lakers
find the waterless weatherman quite reliable.
Six Year Old Tires Waiting; Starts 13-Mlle Hike
Home
Morris.—Hunting pheasants may be sport, but it
is no fun to just sit in the car and ‘wait while one’s
companions are enjoying all the shooting in a distant
field. At least the idea didn’t appeal to Billy, 6-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Ji Volden, of Morris, and
he proceeded to do something about it. Billy, with
his dad and two other men, went after some pheas
ants. Finding a likely hunting ground, Billy was in
structed to remain in the car. parked out in the mid
dle of the section, while the men hunted along a
ditch and through a neighboring cornfield. An hour
or so later, when the men returned to the car, Billy
was gone. No great apprehension was felt until a
search in the immediate vicinity failed to locate him.
Approaching dusk didn’t relieve their worry. Inquir
ies at two farm homes brought no clue, and the men
finally decided to drive into Donnelly, a short dis
tance away, to see if anyone there had seen Billy. A
lad of his description has been seen walking deter
minedly through town, they learned, so the group
headed toward Morris. Half a mile down the road
they caught up with Billy, trudging bravely home
ward and clambering down into the ditch whenever
a car approached. He had walked something like four
miles before they caught up with him. He didn’t care
for this waiting around business, he told his father.
_ Editor
Manager
Farmer's Cow Stolen, Found at Butchers
Moorhead. —J. H. Sinner, farmer tenant on the
John T. Lamb farm, miles nohtheast of Moor
head, got mad when someone stole his cow. But when
they sold the cow and got more than $42 for it, he got
angrier still. Sinner decided he would play detective
and his efforts were successful. He went to the Ar
mour packing plant at West Fargo and found the an
imal had been purchased and a check given in pay
ment. Sinner reported to the Clay county sheriff’s of
fice. Accompanied by Deputy Peter Jesten he went
to the packing plant and got his cow back. The cow
was taken from Sinner’s barn sometime at night.
Scrap Iron In State Shipped To Japan
Big Fork. —Most of the scrap iron junk dealers
buy at random in Bigfork goes to Japan, according to
a buyer from Cloquet who was in Bigfork recently.
In Japan it goes to the munitions factory and is
transformed into guns, bayonets and hand grenades,
and all other paraphernalia for killing—possibly to
be used some day in the killing of some Bigfork
youth! Two heavy truck loads of scrap iron were
taken from Bigfork that day, with eighty tons de
livered to dealers. The stuff ranged from stove bolts
to automorile axles, which seems to be the chief ar
ticls wanted. Scrap copper is in greatest demand and
brings the best price from the junk man. Italy is
just now the heaviest foreign buyer. The copper junk
bought througholut the state is assembled for ship
ment at eastern ports while the scrap iron designed
for Japan goes to San Franscico where shiploads go
out every week.
McGrath Lad Sprouts Corn In His Ear
Isle. —Leßoy Thomsen, son of Fred Thomsen, of
the McGrath district, is practicing new methods of
farming, with somewhat indifferent success so far.
While in a playful mood recently he placed a kernel
of pop-corn in his ear. Though it would not shake
out, he overlooked mentioning it to his parents, until
he experienced a little annoyance, which bordered on
the painful. Investigation showed that the kernel had
sprouted nicely and was preparing to spring forth in
acres of well developed corn. Dr. Wahlberg was call
ed and the seed transplanted to a roomier location
on the farm, where it is understood to be doing nice
ly-
Accomodating Pheasant, Shot, Falls In Kitchen
Moorhead. —To Oscar Martinson, Moorhead jew
eler, goes the distinction of making the most extra
ordinary pheasant shot of the season. Hunting in
Wilkin county, his party came across a number of
birds in a field that was posted with “No Hunting”
signs. Inquiring of a son if they would be permitted
to hunt on the land, they were informed that they
had allowed no one to shoot on the premises and they
themselves did not have a gun. Getting permission
to hunt in an adjoining field, a flock of pheasants
was flushed and Martinson gave them a salute, crip
pling one in the legs. The bird made a bee-line for
the farmer’s house a quarter of a mile away, and fell
exhausted inside an open kitchen door. Some shot.
Some placement.
N<»eds Three Men To Pull Him Together!
Isle.—Orville Haggberg has for several years
been bothered by the eccentricities of a knee, injured
in athletics. The knee has a habit of slipping out of
joint at the slightest provocation, and then refusing
to go back into place. Recently, as he turned over in
his sleep at night, the knee slipped out of joint again.
He was taken to a doctor, but the doctor alone was
unable to put the rebelious joint in normal position.
However, he made Haggberg comfortable for the rest
of the night, and in the morning three husky men
got hold of the leg and pulled it back together.
Alfalfa Root Six Inches in Diameter
Albert Lea. —An alfalfa plant with a root six in
ches in diameter was found by John Emrud, Albert
Lea. The plant is of the Grimm variety and was tak
en from a field of alfalfa which was planted 15 years
ago in Manchester township on a farm operated by
Emrud’s son, Oliver. I-Ast week it was decided to
plow under the alfalfa on this area. Emrud used a
tractor, and while plowing cut off the root of the
plant, the top of which is now on exhibition in Al
bert Lea. The root at the top is more than six inch
es in diameter. “I am sure,” Emrud said, “that the
rest of the root which is still in the ground goes down
20 feet.”
Wire From India Arrives Ahead of Sending Time
Cokato.—A cablegram for Cokato relatives from
Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Eklund in Bombay, India,
reached Cokato before it was sent from the Far
East, according to the calendar and the clock. Such
are the workings of the arrangements of internation
al time, for it’s noon in India when it’s midnight in
Cokato. Dated at Bombay, October 28. noon, the mes
sage arrived in Cokato early in the morning of Oct
-28. What is more important to Cokato friends and
relatives of the Eklunds, however, is that the wire
conveyed a message announcing the birth of an eight
pound boy to Dr. and Mrs. Eklund. Dr. Eklund, na
tive of Cokato, and now practicing dentistry in the
native country of Ghandi, is a brother of Clark Ek
lund and Mrs. A. E. Peterson, of Cokato.
“Meanest Man" Title Passes To Shakopee
Shakopee.—The title of the “meanest man" has
again passed along, and a resident of Shakopee is the
new world’s champion. All former title holders were
relegated to oblivon by the person who shot the Ger
man shepherd dog through whose eyes Mrs. F. H.
Buck was enabled to see. “Tasso" was imported from
Germany, where he was trained to lead the blind.
Several months ago he came to Shakopee to serve
his mistress, and that he was doing with all the faith
fulness of his dog heart. As was the regular daily
custom, Tasso was permitted to take his run at 8:30
A. M., and in less than 15 minutes returned homo
showing signs of serious hiness. Taken to a veterinar
ian, the dog was placed on the operating table and
blood trickled from his left side. In a few minutes he
was dead. A rifle shot had found its mark.
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SAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sauk Centre, Minn.
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
From Our Exchanges
Don’t Do It, Mike
Political slate makers have taken
Mike Holm, venerable secretary of
state, to the top of a high political
hill and have showed him the val
leys filled with milk and honey,
which will be his if he will only file
for the office of United States sen
ator. Don’t do it, Mike. Stay right
where you are. You have given the
state the best service it has ever
had in that office and you are re
cognized as one of the best in the
United States. You are giving the
people of Minnesota clean, honest
and efficient service. Lake Wilson
Pilot.
An old woodsman up in the Be
midji country takes a few inches
of space in his home town paper to
tell what he knows about welves
killing deer. He says with 30 years
in the woods he has never known
an authentic instance of a deer be
ing pulled down by a wolf. He says
such stories are on a par with tales
about wolves chasing hunters and
travelers up trees. He says, in short,
that there is as little probability of
a brush wolf killing a deer as there
is of Joe Wolf united the Democrat
ic party in Minnesota.—. Fairmont
Sentinel.
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Governor’s Bluff Called
Little did Governor Olson suspect
that his challenge to the American
bar to defend the right of the Su
preme Court to declare acts of Con
gress unconstitutional whenever
such acts are in conflict with the
Federal constitution, would be ac
cepted. The first to take up the
guage in behalf of constitutional
government was Ray J. Quinlivan,
able St. Cloud lawyer, and former
member of the legislature. Mr.
Quinlivan is a well grounded law
yer, and in addition possesses a
large measure of native ability and
wit. If the Governor accepts Mr.
Quinlivan as an opponent the de
bate will be worth going great dis
tances to hear. Mr. Quinlivan may
have some difficulty in keeping the
Governor from turning the debate
into a burlesque, but while devoid
of the artifices of the political
charlatan his eye teeth have reach
ed full maturity and little need be
feared from that angle. It would
not surprise us in the least if Mr.
Quinlivan emerges from the con
test a national figure and one who
will have to be reckoned with in
the future. —Wadena Pioneer-Jour
nal.
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Who Owes You A Living?
Millions of people are being edu
cated in our country today to be
lieve that someone owes them a liv
ing. The laws of nature do not
seem to recognize this doctrine.
Just go out into primitive coun
try and see who owds who a living
and you will soon find that your
existence depends on your ingen
uity and initiative .
Governments were organized to
go nature one better and make it
a little easier to live and take care
of the helpless whom nature would
otherwise unceremoniously remove.
But today millions of perfectly
able-bodied people are being taught
to loaf at the expense of the sav
ings of others, instead of to rustle
for themselves.
Such a system can endure only
so long as there are stored-up sav
ings to confiscate, then the inex
orable laws of nature will prevail.
An epidemic of pests completely
devours a tree or a field of grain,
and then the pests die. Nature does
not owe them a living.
The same thing can happen to
governments and to the human be
ings who make the government—if
they eat up their capital to main
tain idleness, they will eventually
find that nature refuses to hear
their demands that “someone owes
them a living.”
This may not be pleasant-sound
ing philosophy, but it is a fact
which honey-coated political cure
alls try to hide. —Hibbing Tribune.
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The Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce of Washington,
D. C., has issued Its bulletin for
the month of September. For us
here in the Northwest it gives
some rather dismal information.
According to this bulletin the coun
try during that fnonth for the first
time in the history of the country
imported more farm products than
it exported. This may sound incred
ible, but it is nevertheless true.
During the month of September
our exports of animals and edible
animal products, meat products,
dairy products, lard and fish
amounted to $9,397,000 while our
imports of the same articles
amounted to $10,253,000.
During the same month the ex
ports of vegetable food products
and beverages, grains and grain
preparations, fodder and feeds,
vegetable and vegetable prepara
tions and edible vegetable oil
amounted to $21,978,000, while our
imports of the like articles were
more than double that —amounting
to $48,161,000.
This may be one way of helping
the farmers get pay for his pro
duce, but it is very hard for us to
see it.—Glenwood Herald.
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Give Hanson a Chance
Minnesota has a new game and
fish commissioner in the person of
A. C. Hanson, who if given a
chance by the conservation com
mission, will give to the office hon
est and efficient administration.
Mr. Hanson has always been a co
operator ready and willing to do his
part to make conservation a worth
while effort. As managing editor of
the Minnesota Conservationist, he
has given evidence of his know
ledge of the resources of the state
and in his new office will endeavor
to give tne fish and game depart
ment the sort of admlnistartlon
that will preserve to future genera
tions the wild life of Minnesota. In
assuming the responsibility of the
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trust imposed in him, Mr. Hanaon
asks the co-operation, aid and
good-will of the various sports
men’s organizations and if the con
servation commission will keep
their political paws off the new
commissioner, he will restore to
the office the honor which it car
ried during the administration of
Carlos Avery and George McCul
lough.—Blue Earth County Enter
prise.
• • •
One is forced to the conclusion
that the revolt against the cost of
food in the cities is largely due to
a desire to spend the money for
something else. Food at retail was
23.7 percent lower in August this
year than it was six years ago, ac
cording to a competent authority.
The people of the cities were spoil
ed by the ruinous food prices which
prevailed during recent years, and
it is quite human on their part to
prefer to spend the money for ex
pensive living quarters, automo
biles, amusements and vacations,
but they should not expect to take
all of these things out of their food
budget—Morris Tribune.
FARM TREE PLANTING
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GAMBLE STORES
THE FRIENDLY STORESOWNED BY EMPLOYEES
batteries chabged AL HESSE, Managing Partner, SAUK CENTRE, MINN.
Hubert Heinen, New Munich H. D. Bergman. Grey Eagle, Minn. W. H. Berns, Melrose, Mian
Leartercamp, Greenwald. Minn. Emil Hennamen. Long Prairie Mien
some measure tempered the enemy
of prairies living and prairie farm
ing—the wind," says Parker O. An
derson, state extension forester,
University Farm, St. Paul.
"The planting of windbreaks and
shelterbelts not only tempers unfa
vorable climatic conditions, but
furnishes immediate returns in bet
ter and more satisfactory living
conditions,” he continues. “Such
groves also give the home owner
greated pride in his surroundings,
stimulate more permanency in farm
and home ownership.
“Many people still believe that
trees will not grow on the prairies.
However, there is no place on the
Minnesota prairies where trees
will not grow, if given a proper
chance, unless the soil is alkaline,
swamy or sterile gravel. By care
ful testing, the state and federal
governments have determined the
species best suited to the varying
soil and climatic conditions.”
For detailed information on tree
planting, farmers should consult
their county agricultural agents,
or write the Bulletin Office, Univer
sity Farm, St Paul, for a copy of
Special Bulletin 168, "Planting the
Standard Windbreak." This bulle
tin was written by Mr. Anderson.
R. T. Plum, of Bristol, Etag., has
just retired from his mercantile
business at the age of 103.
Thursday, Novetriber 14,1935
DR. G. F. YAGER
Tel No. 284
Sauk Centre
CHIROPRACTOR
DR. A A. GALES
Sauk Centre
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