The Sauk Centre herald., January 23, 1936, Image 1

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CONTINUING THE SAUK CENTRE NEWS
Young Wife
Passed Away
At St. Cloud
Buried Wednesday Morning—
Service at St. Paul’s
Church
L. M. MOSSMAN DIED
Former Resident Suffered A
Stroke Sunday Morn At
Fargo, N. D.
Mrs. George Schurman
Mrs. George Schurman, who re
sided with her family about one
mile northwest of Sauk Centre,
■passed away Saturday evening at
eleven o'clock at the St. Cloud Hos
pital. She submitted to an opera
tion for the removal of a mastoid
on November 25th, 1935, and death
came as a result of complications.
The death of the young wife and
mother has been a severe shock to
the Immediate family and friends
and relatives.
Mrs. Schurman, nee Elizabeth
Mondloch, the daughter of Mr. and
(Mirs. Jacob Mondloch, of Port
Washington, Wls„ was born on
November 21, 1901. She was 34
years, one month and 28 days of
age.
Deceased resided with her par
ents at Port Washington until May
22, 1925, when she was united to
her now saddened husband, George
Schurman. Following the marriage
ceremony they came to this com
munity and have since been engag
ed in farming. She was the mother
of six children, who together with
the father survive. The children
are: Werner, Robert, Georgetta,
Eugene, Delbert and Betty Mae.
The oldest of the children is nine
years and the youngest is 3%
months old. She is also survived by
her father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Mondloch, of Port
Washington, Wis., and one brother
and two sisters, as follows: Sr.
Agida, (Christine), Michael Mond
loch and Miss Bernadette Mond
loch, all of Milwaukee, Wis. One
brother, John, passed away five
months ago. Deceased was a niece
of John 'Mondloch, of Sauk Centre,
and also leaves a sister-in-law, Mrs.
John Mondloch, who resides at
Port Washington, Wis.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at St. Paul’s Cath
olic Church. Msgr. Plachta read the
Requiem Mass and interment was
made in St Paul’s cemetery. The
pallbearers were: Connie Botz,
Herman Iwinski, Herb Norgarden,
Paul Wilcox, Fred Det term an and
William Beste. The honorary pall
bearers were: Mrs. Leo Zehrer,
Mrs. William Beste, Mrs. Geo. F. P.
Minette, Mrs. Ed Schwartz, Mrs.
Leo Jung, and Mirs. Fred Schwartz.
Miss Lucy Schwartz was cross
bearer.
Out-of-town relatives at the ser
vice were: Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Mondloch, of Port Washington,
Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mond
loch and Miss Bernadette Mond
loch, of Milwaukee, Wis.; James
Pesch and Mrs. John Mondloch, of
Port Washington, Wis.
Besides the immediate relatives
a large circle of friends mourn the
loss of a kind and respected friend.
L. M. Monsmsn
L. M. Mossman, former resident
of this community, passed away
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
Fargo, N. D., following a stroke,
which he suffered that morning.
Sometime between the hours of
seven and eight o'clock Sunday
morning, while in the basement of
his home, he fell to the floor. He
was able to walk upstairs and af
ter telling Mrs. Mossman that he
was terribly ill, became uncon
scious. He did not regain conscious
ness. He was 60 years old.
Mr. Mossman was born Novem
ber 28, 1886, on a farm near the
Ashley school west of town. He at
tended school here and up until
seven years .ago resided in this
city. He was a salesman for the
International Harvester company
and for a time made his headquar
ters Sauk Centre. He was transfer
red from this city to Sioux Falls,
St D., where he became assistant
manager of International Harvest
(Continued on Page 4, CoL 3)
N.Y.A. Allotted
To Sauk Centre
Plans Work for Unemployed Young
People—Under Direction of
Vernon Weeks
Announcement was made this
week that an N. Y. A. project, Na
tional Youth Administration, had
been allotted to the Sauk Centre
community, furnishing work for
unemployed young people of the
city. The local unit is under the
direction of Vernon Weeks, son of
Mr. and Mrs. M. V. Weeks, and his
supervision will emanate from the
St. Cloud office of John L. Sulli
van.
Young people between the ages
of sixteen and twenty-five years
will be employed on the project,
and it is open to youths whose par
ents are now employed on WPA
projects. What ever work in public
buildings and community enter
prises is made available to them,
the young people enrolled for such
project will carry out.
fLSauk Centre Herald
5. G. Schwarzbauer
President Safety Club
Safety Commission Held Annual
Meeting Tuesday
Evening
Inclement weather cut down the
attendance at the annual meeting
of the Sauk Centre Safety Council,
but the severe weather was not
sufficient to keep Al and Ed Miller
from driving in 10 miles from
Northwest Ashley from attending
and joining the Council. They had
followed the Safety Council articles
published in the Herald, and want
ed to help.
Announcement was made of the
prizes offered by the Minnesota
Safety Council for safety posters.
Two $175 Home Study Courses are
offered, also a short art course in
a Twin City Art School, and other
lesser prizes. Several local stud
ents expect to enter and others may
do so. Supt. W. A. Kohl has the
contest rules.
The need for reflectors on non
motor vehicles was stressed. It
was suggested that some local con
cern might be glad to follow the
action of that Bagley concern
which has been giving reflectors
to farmers who called for them.
They can be obtained at several lo
cal stores.
The meeting was opened with the
auto driver’s prayer. Officers elect
ed for the year were: S. G.
Schwarzbauer, president; H. S.
Forsyth, vice president; Frank
Bunker, secretary-treasurer and
G. V. Morse, publicity.
Labor Group
Threatens Strike
Victor Christgau Warns That Pro
jects Where Strikes Are Call
ed Will Be Shut Down
In reply to threats (of a Minnea
polis labor group) to organize a
state-wide strike among WPA
workers unless another increase in
is granted common labor,
Victor Christgau, state WPA ad
ministartor, today stated limited
federal funds allotted the Minneso
ta work relief program make the
demands impossible and any pro
ject where a strike is called will be
closed down immediately.
“It is common knowledge,” Mr.
Christgau said, “that the limitation
on our funds do not even permit us
to employ all of the people on re
lief who are eligible for WPA em
ployment Our job now is to try to
get more funds with which to em
ploy these people, not to give high
er wages to those already on the
payrolls.’’
He said that all wage scales pre
viously had been increased 10 per
cent and that the 30-hour week, as
requested by state labor organiza
tions, had been adopted early in
the program. The prevailing wage
for skilled and semi-skilled manual
workers was put into effect in the
metropolitan areas recently after
an agreement with building and
trade associations that the work
relief agency would be relieved of
its guarantee of continuity of em
ployment for this group.
“At the time these Increases were
made,” Mr. Christgau stated, “the
accredited labor organizations
agreed that the rates should last
for the duration of the program.”
“Congress passed the emergency
relief appropriation,” he said, “with
a view of providing work for 3,-
500,000 unemployed. The available
funds will take care of no more.
Congress is now in session and any
changes in the present set-up of
the work program, as I see it, must
be initiated through that body.”
He added that he anticipated no
strikes among workers, pointing
out that although WPA funds are
limited, state funds for direct re
lief are even more curtailed and
that halting WPA projects in any
part of the state may result in
hardships to strikers and their fam
ilies.
Work on Skate
Rink Is Delayed
Severe Weather Conditions Make It
Impossible to Keep Lake Free
From Snow
Owing to the extreme cold weath
er and the unsettled condition it
will be necessary to neglect the
skating rink for sometime. Louis
O. Lea, Commander of the V. F.
W., stated to the Herald the past
week that it is impossible to keep
the skating rink free from snow
under the present weather condi
tions.
Providing the weather moderates
work on the skating rink will be
taken up again soon. If not, a finan
cial report of the expenditures will
be given to the public through the
Herald and the balance of the mon
ey will be kept for a skating rink
next year.
NEW KING OF ENGLAND
King George V, of England, rul
er for over a quarter of a century,
passed away Sunday quietly at his
country estate in Norfolk. His son,
the Prince of Wales, took the
throne as Edward VIII on Wednes
day morning. The new king, pop
ular with his subjects, was acclaim
ed ruler on Wednesday.
FAMOUS POET DIED
Rudyard Kipling, famous family
poet of England, died Friday after
a short illness. Kipling was born
in India and many of his most fam
ous poems were written of India
and the East
Farmers To
Hold Annual
Meet Jan. 25
Will Show Movie Of Modern
Machinery And
Farming
WILL ELECT OFFICERS
Power Picture Will Be Shown
Following Business
Session
“Power on Parade,” a moving
picture of modern farm machinery
in operation and under
ture, will be shown in conjunction
with the annual meeting of the
Farmers Shipping Association to
be held Saturday afternoon, Jan
uary 25. This picture will be shown
in the afternoon at 3 o’clock and
in the evening at 7 o’clock.
The annual business meeting and
the election of officers of the asso
ciation will commence at one o’-
clock, and will be completed by
three o’clock at which time this
wonderful farm picture will be
shown. It is free to all farmers
and their families.
Nuts, bolts, screws, gears and
some of the world’s largest and
most modern farm machinery, to
gether with one of the largest
symphony orchestras ever assem
bled for this purpose, play the
leading parts in this new dramatic
farm picture. It will give you an
entirely new idea on how dramatic
and interesting a modern factory
can be.
Power is the idea of the picture,
and it starts right out with gigan
tic shovels digging crude ore out
of the world’s largest open pit
mines in Northern Minnesota, less
than 200 miles from the factory.
Then you will see the same crude
ore go through roaring furnaces,
and through a skilled process of
manipulation by men and almost
human machinery in a modern
plant where tractors are manufac
tured.
To give you something entirely
different and entertaining in a
factory and farm picture, an en
tirely new motion picture technique
v was used in the production of this
'Story of modern farming. In the
dramatic factory scenes giant
cranes, molten metal, and interest
ing modern machines do the act
ing. This is accompanied by dram
atic music, especially written for
the picture.
The power idea is carried right
on to the modern farm, where the
latest ideas in power farming are
shown. In this picture travel from
one part of the country to another
is made by airplane to see farm
ing in many sections of the coun
try. The newest Lockead “Electa"
air liner is used, the same as trav
el on the big passenger lines.
Another big feature is added in
“The Harvester,” a talking film
showing the world’s most modern
combine in action. This picture
won wide acclaim last year where
ever farmers saw it. “The Har
vester” shows you practically every
method used in cutting and thresh
ing from the old hand methods up
to the modern “Harvester,” the
newest and most popular combine
development on the market today.
This is both interesting and in
structive and every grain farmer
should see it
Most Livestock
Around Steady
Cattle Show Some Weakness for
Week to Date—Vealers Steady—
Hogs Steady to 10c Off
South St Paul, Minn., Jan. 21—
Most livestock held nearly steady
Tuesday, but declines on slaughter
steers and she stock on Monday
leave current values Weak to 25c
lower than late last week. Medium
to good slaughter steers turned at
$6.50-8.50, best load lot (Monday $9.-
25, plainer kinds down to $5.50 or
less. Slaughter heifers sold mostly
at $5.00-7.00, some upward to
around $7.50, beef cows mainly $4.-
75-5.50, odd lots good grain-feds up
to around $6.25, cutter grades $3.-
50-4.50, sausage bulls mainly $5.25-
5.75. Vealers were steady, better
grades $8.50-10.00 or more, common
and medium $5.50-7.50. Medium to
good stockers and stock calves
have sold on recent days at $5.50-
7.00.
I‘uesday’s hog trade was steady
to 10c lower, mostly steady to weak
compared with Monday's average.
Better 140-260 lb. hogs sold at $9.-
50-9.65, one load choice 150 lb.
weights $9.75, 250-310 lbs., $9.35-9.50,
heavier weights down to $9.00 or
under, sows $8.50 to mostly $8.60,
some choice feeder pigs selling up
to SIO.OO.
Lambs were unchanged, bulk de
sirable natives selling at SIO.OO, a
load of 88 lb. fed lambs $10.25.
Common and medium natives
brought SB.OO-9.00. Odd lots fat
native ewes sold at $4.00-4.90, plain
er grades from $3.50 down to $2.
Native feeding lambs earned $8.50-
9.50, a few fleshy feeders making
SIO.OO.
Because her husband complained
that he didn’t like to be burdened
by a wife, Mrs. T. F. Goodrich, of
Los Angeles, won a divorce and S2O
a week alimony.
Established 1867
SAUK CENTRE, MINNESOTA, JANUARY 23, 1936
ANNUAL COMMUNITV
CLUB MEETING
Tonight, Thursday, the annual
meeting of the Community Club
will be held in the club rooms
at eight o’clock. Reports of the
past year will be read and bus
iness of the club will be trans
acted, which will be followed by
the election of officers.
j former County Com
missioner Passed Away
Moved To Canada April 1, 1903
Burled January 13th, 1936
At Strome, Alberta
John P. Minette, of Strome, Al
berta, Canada, under date of Jan
uary 16th, wrote the Herald that
his father-in-law, Joseph Soheelar,
had passed away January 9th. Mr.
Scheelar, a former resident of
Stearns county, served as Commis
sioner from the Maine Prairie dis
trict for a period of fifteen years.
Deceased was well-known through
out the county. He was a brother
in-law of Henry W. Botz and an
uncle of Mrs. John Gritzmacher, of
this community.
Mr. Scheeler left Stearns county
on April 1, 1903, and went to
Strome, Alberta, Canada, where he
took a homestead. He commenced
farming and took an active part in
the work on his 960 acre farm until
1934.
He was 83 years and two months
of age at the time of death. He is
survived by his bereaved widow,
nine children and 45 grandchildren.
The children are: Mrs. Wm. Moh
ler, Henry W. Scheeler, John L.
Scheeler, Mrs. John P. Minette and
Adam Scheeler, of Strome; Mrs.
Herman Coles, of LJoydminster,
Sask.; Peter S. Scheeler, of Cal
gary, Can.; Ambrose B. Scheeler,
of Tillamook, Ore., and L. A.
Scheeler, of Salem, Oregon.
Funeral services were held at
Strome, Alberta, January 13, 1936.
Otn July 4, 1926, Mr. and Mrs.
Scheeler were privileged to cele
brate their Golden Wedding anni
versary, and had he lived they had
planned to celebrate their sixtieth
anniversary on July 4, 1936.
Mr. Scheeler resided at Kimball,
Minn., for about thirty years.
Former -Resident
Died in Salem
Ruth Nelson, Bom In Sauk Centre
In 1905, Buried Saturday
Afternoon
Word was received in this city
recently of the death of Ruth Nel
son, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Nelson, which occurred at
her home in Salem, Ore., on Jan
uary 10, 1936.
Miss Ruth was born in Sauk
Centre August 31, 1905, and attend
ed the public school. In 1917 the
family moved to Salem, Ore.,
where they have since resided. De
ceased was a member of the Sen
ior Class of 1923, and also attended
the Capitol Business College, in
Salem. She was employed in the
Oregon State Legislature during
several sessions of that body.
In August 1933 she suffered a
nervous ailment, from which she
was unable to recover. She grew
steadily worse until on January
10th, she passed away peacefully.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. D. E. Vendon, pastor of
the Seventh Day Adventist church,
from the Rigdon mortuary, in Sal
em, on Saturday afternoon.
She leaves to mourn her father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Nelson, and an aged grandmother,
Mrs. George W. Jenkins, all of
Salem, Ore., and a number of aunts,
uncles and cousins, of various oth
er localities.
The beautiful floral offerings
and the large gathering of friends
and neighbors was a beautiful tri
bute to the high esteem in which
she was held.
Will Soon Put Up
Ice On Sauk Lake
About Thirty-six Men Will rind
Employment With Two
Companies
About thirty men will find em
ployment when the ice firms of
the city begin storing and cutting
ice. Plans were all laid to begin
on Wednesday and it was antici
pated that work would be well un
der way by today, Thursday.
Because of the cold weather cut
ting has been delayed until next
week, or such time as warmer
weather appears.
H. F. Bastien employs about
fifteen to eighteen men during
the time his huge storing barns
are being filled, while Guy Scott
employs from fourteen to sixteen
men on the same operation. Re
ports showed the ice to be a good
twenty-four inches before the last
cold snap, and indications point
to a thickness bordering nearer
■three feet following the decided
sag in the mercury.
DIED IN
Notice was received in this city
by Miss Leta White of the death of
Mrs. Art Long, daughter of Mrs.
Emma Washburn, or as the latter
is better known, Emma Coe. Mrs
Long died last week Saturday at
her home in Minneapolis. While
she never was a resident of this
city she visited here often, and her
mother, Mrs. Washburn, did live
here for some time.
Many Poultry
Leaders Will
Meet In City
Prepare For Fourth Lesson
of Major Home Project
For Stearns
SERIES OF FOUR MEETS
“Chick Rearing” Will Be the
Subject of Study for
Next Lesson
Sixty-six poultry leaders are pre
paring for the fourth lesson of the
major home project being offered
to Stearns county people this win
ter. "Chick Rearing” will be the
subject of this series of meeUngs
held in the Home Demonstration
Agent’s office, St. Cloud, January
28, in Richmond, January 29, in
Sauk Centre, January 30 and in
Brooten, Friday, January 31. All
four training meetings begin at 10
o’clock A. M., with a noon lunch
served by designated leaders.
These leaders will bring the les
sons back to the 450 flock owners
enrolled in the project. Reports
show that a larger number of flock
owners are feeding an egg mash
and a big majority have installed
or improved the hen-house, as a re
sult of the first two lessons. This
project has been a very. satisfac
tory means of trying to control the
epidemic of poultry disease in the
county which was practically state
wide during the fall. The members
are now making plans for securing
and developing the 1935 poultry
stock.
How to raise chicks to prevent
disease, what and how to feed,
equipment that can be made at
home and management of the flock
to maturity are items of typical in
terest in tne next lesson.
Consideration will be givsn to the
results of the Poultry record pro
ject for the past year as a basis
for making plans for the coming,
year. Three flock-owners in a ma
jority of the counties in the state
carry the project Mrs. L. H. Glea
son, Mrs. R. R. Sweet and Mr?. Art
Markwardt all of Kimball, own the
Stearns county record flocks. Mrs.
Gleason is beginning her third
consecutive year in the project. A
recent record of her flock is that
it placed among the ten highest
egg . producers in the state during
September and December, two of
the most profitable months of the
year. Stearns county is proud of
this record.
Identify Transient
Killed By Train
Transient Lithuanian, Who Lost
Life On September 13,
Named Shestekos
Several months of continual
searching have finally and definite
ly identified Paul Kella, killed by a
train on September 13, 1935, as
Paul Shestskos, according to an
announcement of deputy cornor,
Dr. A. F. Moynihan, made yester
day.
The man, a* transient farm hand
of Lithuanian nationality, was
caught and killed by a train on the
railroad bridge between this city
and Melrose on last September 13.
Persons nearby saw him running
to avoid the accident Letters, a
pass book from a Fargo bank, and
a receipt for a postal money order
drawn on a Minneapolis postoffice
were the only marks of identifica
tion found. They seemed to estab
lish the fact that his name was
Paul Kella, but attempts to dis
pose of his small estate revealed
that was not the case.
Letters were written to names of
friends of his and answers came
back that they knew of no such
man. Every clue was trailed and
about twenty letters were written.
Finally the one clue that lead to
the trail that ultimately settled the
matter was followed. The Minnea
polis post office was questioned
in regard to the money order re
ceipts, and it was learned that the
money was sent to a certain family
in Lithuania. Immediately the
Lithuanian council in Chicago was
notified and Instructed to contact
the family in that country. Defin
ite proof was received that the
man was not Paul Kella, and the
name of Paul Shestskos was defin
(Continued on Page 4, Col. 2)
Lester Wruck
New Scoutmaster
Vernon Weeks and Franklin Van
desteeg Assistants—Rev. Jan
sen Did Fine Work
Last evening, Wednesday, Scouts
and Scouters connected with Troop
63 of this city, met for their regu
lar meeting at which time the Rev.
Mr. P. J. Jansen resigned as Scout
master after serving more than a
year. The leadership will be taken
by Lester Wruck, as Scoutmaster,
and Vernon Weeks and Franklin
Vandesteeg, as his assistants. All
three of these leaders are well
qualified having served as Scouts
and worked their way up to their
present positions. Mr. Jansen did
a fine work with the troop and the
boys have pledged to carry on.
VOLUME SIXTY-SEVEN—NUMBER THIRTY-FOUR
Stearns Agricultural
Outlook, Year 1936
Information For Use of Producers
On Farms of Stearns
County
The agricultural outlook for 1936
will be of interest to every farm
family in Stearns county and
should interest the balance of the
population as well. In order to per
mit producers on farms to use this
information to best advantage the
county extension office at St. Cloud
has scheduled a meeting at the
Melrose City Hall for Tuesday af
ternoon, January 28 at 2:00 P. M.
For this meeting a member of the
Farm Credit Administration at St
Paul and J. B. McNulty, extension
specialist in agricultural econom
ics and farm management at Uni
versity Farm have been secured.
Today farm credit and farm man
agement go hand in hand so the
work covered by the two men will
be closely related. The two speakers
will go over the agricultural situa
tion and make suggestions as to
the particular farm projects that
warrant slight expansions or con
tractions in production.
In time past the farm income and
farm profits were determined by
the volume of agricultural products
that were produced and sold from
a given farm. At that time rather
satisfactory price levels -were enjoy
ed for all products. Since 1920 the
fallacy of blind production was
clearly demonstrated on many oc
casions. In 1932, 33 and 34 in
Stearns county the size of each
farmer’s loss was determined by
the size of his operations. Small
operators took the smaller losses
because they had less units to sell
below cost.
The Melrose meeting is an open
one and any one is free to attend.
The speakers will probably have a
little time after the meeting to go
over individual problems.
Attend Highway
Meet in St. Paul
Want No. 4 Bun To Pavement
Directly North of Metre
Grove
At the request of citizens of
Metre Grove and Greenwald B. F.
Dußois, D. B. Caughran, G. Hill
erud, Louis Lovik and Roy Scott at
tended a meeting at the office of
the State Highway Department, St.
Paul, last Friday. They met with
delegations from Meire Grove,
Greenwald, Spring Hill and Lake
Henry on matters pertaining to
the location of highway No. 4.
This group, representing the Com
munity Club, of this city, are in
favor of having the road extended
straight north from Meire Grove
to the pavement, which according
to the matter of shortening roads
would be the logical conclusion.
There are, however, other inter
ests which would like the road to
run to Melrose.
No. 4, if built straight north,
would connect with the pavement,
west of the overhead bridge, be
tween Melrose and this city. It
is a matter upon which the villages
and cities along the line necessar
ily will have to agree upon.
The new highway No. 4, as laid
out at present, will miss Spring
Hill, as it curves around that village
about a mile from town. Spring
Hill being without rail service
really needs the road, however, it
is a matter of conjecture as to
whether it can be changed. It is
understood that Fred Lux, state
representative of this district, is
attempting to have the road
changed so that it will go directly
through Spring Hill.
Thermometers
Record 45 Below
Strong Winds Whipped Up Loose
Snow—County Roads Are
Badly Drifted
Cold waves, born on the wings
of a north wind, howled down on
the surrounding community on
Tuesday evening of this week. Low
temperatures of 24 and 25 degrees
below zero were recorded on Mon
day, but on Wednesday morning a
record low for many years was hit
with 45 degrees below zero early in
the morning and 42 at nine o’clock
as the most authentic temperatures
that can be gathered.
Strong whipping winds drifted
the loose snow into hard packed
banks; and though a clear sky
reigned overhead, the drifting snow
took on all the aspects of a real
blizzard. Businesses were almost at
a standstill on Wednesday with
roads blocked and temperatures
too low to allow safe transportation
of the rural consumers. Plumbers
were busy, of course, thawing froz
en pipes, and the telephone ex
change was swamped with calls
during the entire day. Mail car
riers and school buses failed to get
into the rural sections.
Many suffered frozen fingers and
ears especially among the younger
school children, and at noon they
were taken home in the school bus
es and instructed that there would
be no school in the afternoon. Rur
al schools because of the cold and
impassable roads were closed yes
terday.
The Berlin police president has
ordered a yellow cross to be fixed
on the windshields of cars of those
who drive dangerously or cause
frequent accidents.
I
i ■ ■■ f 5
Harveymen
Take Season’s
First Game
Varsity Defeated Osakis 29
To 15 In First Con
ference Victory
SECONDS WIN 23 TO 13
Independents Lost First Game
In Nine Starts —•
Score 53-49 '
Bringing home the good old bac
on in their first conference game
Sauk Centre varsity quint defeated
Osakis in a 29 to 15 victory on last
Friday evening. Keldahl, local cen
ter, went on his first scoring bat
this year and came out high with
nine points, while Zimmerman, of
Osakis, gave him stiff competition
following up with eight points of
their total 15.
Scoring was well defined during
the first half. For Osakis Zimmer
man tossed in seven of their eight
half-time points. Walker, Keldahl,
and Brandon each bucketed one for
six points and DeGree took two
free shots and Keldahl one for the
nine points. The second half saw
the Sauk Centre scoring power
clearly under way and an offensive
which ripped wide swaths in the
Osakis defense sent them on to
scoring honors with a total of 20
points during the final half.
Evanson, of Glenwood, who re
fereed, said that in no game had
he seen so much hacking. Three
men went out on four fouls and
were sent to the showers. Keldahl,
of the locals, and Harsh and Fezler
of the Osakis quint were the of
fenders.
The locals penetrated the Osakis
defense early in the play and toss
ed ruthlessly at the bucket with no
gain, but the passing showed evi
dence that they could work the ball
in to get some setup shots. A quick
break by Zimmerman caught the
locals off their feet, and he scored
for opening honors. Harsh, Osakis
forward, looped in a free shot and
Keldahl matched one with him.
Sauk Centre had just started on
its famous puncturing offensive
thrust when Zimmerman came out
of nowhere to intercept a cross
pass and go down the floor like a
comet to score again. He made the
goal but was fouled. The foul shot
was muffed. Walker and Brandon
took it upon themselves to score
then and did so in rapid fire suc
cession. DeGree pulled the locals
out in the lead with a free shot and
the locals stood out with a lonely
point margin, 6 to 5 at the end of
the first quarter. Early in the sec
ond quarter Keldahl, from whom
we had* heard little, left his man
with a neat pivot and got in the
clear on the foul line to score. Zim
merman took a free shot and then
without hesitation proceeded to tie
the score, as he sallied down the
court for a tip in shot. It was all
romp and tussle with a few fum
bles and plenty of arm whacking
until DeGree got himself a free
shot which ended the half with the
locals still only one point to the
good, the score being 9 to 8.
It was then that the old Sauk
Centre horse power flung itself in
to high and scored for the first
time all season. Brandon meshed a
free shot, which was followed by
a few wild rushes at the basket
with no gain. But Walker took ad
vantage of a break, tore into pos
ition in the clear and scored giv
ing the locals an early half time
lead of two buckets. Walker and
Harsh matched for free throws
keeping the margin even, and Kel
dahl swished in a push in shot
that just went inside the hoop by
a breath. Harsh put in a dandy one
and Keldahl scooted into the foul
ring, took the pass and scored as
the quarter ended with the locals
piling their first definite lead 17 to
11. Osakis swung into some nice
passing and looked as if they
might score, but the locals broke
it up. Coming down fast DeGree
zinged in the pass to Keldahl who
tipped it in for a goal. DeGree
came out of the corner on the next
attempt and tipped in a neat one as
the locals finally got under way.
Arvig tossed in three free throws
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Telephone Co.
Held Meeting
Reports Show Good Financial Con
dition—Officers and Directors
For Ensuing Year Elected
Stockholders of the Sauk Centre
and Unity Telephone Co. held their
annual meeting on January 2nd, at
the home of Alex Botz. The reports
of the secretary and treasurer
showed the company to be In good
financial condition.
The stockholders decided to have
Hariey Forsythe manager of the
local Northwest Bell Telephone Co.
exchange, inspect the lines with
the linemen.
The following officers were elect
ed for the ensuing year: John
Gritzmacher, president; Jack Mat
thieeen, vice president; F. J. Min
ette, secretary; A. Botz, treasurer.
Henry Quade, Joe Miller and
Henry Weihe were elected direc
tors, and Pete Orth and Henry
Quade are the linemen.