The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-05
OUR OWN COUNTY.
Stearns County News Items
Written with PaSte-pot
and Shears.

OOA' w LIZ w OcUVI LA OH OouI AOo A"o
urday from Chicago, where he had
been for the purpose of making his
annual settlement with the Mccormick
compsuy's successor, the Iaternation-
al Harvester company. 1t was his
thirty-third annual settlement and he
made his thirty-fourth contract for
next year. But one man in the history
of she company has made thirty three
settlements, and none has made a
thirty-fourtbut he. The adjourned
annual stockholders meeting OF the
First National bank was held at the
banking house, the following direc-
tors being elected: L. w. Collins.
w. B. Mitchell, John Zapp, John
Cooper, John N. Rensen, II. ?. Bell,
E. F. Moore, Lewis Clark, J. G.
Smith, E. B. Smith. The directors
Immediately afterward elected the old
officers of the bank as follows: Presi-
dent, j. G. Smith; vice-president, L.
W. Collins; yice-president, E. F.
Moore; cashier, E. B. Smith; assist
ant cashier, w. w. Smith. ID. H.
Freeman on Saturday shipped from
his East side stock farm nine cars,
containing approximately 1000 head
of fat sheep, to the Chicago market.
The sheep were raised on Mr.. Free
mans big sheep ranch near Wibeaux,
Mont, and were fattened on screen.
ings ard corn on the farm on the East
side. They have been fed for the past
four months and are in fine condition.
Lambs are bringing fairly good
price on the Chicago market. Mr..
Freeman left Saturday afternoon for
Chicago and will put the sheep on the
market Monday morning. The
Elks' charm presented to w. W.
Rooms at the lodge meeting Friday
evening has been the cynosure of all
eyes ever since the memorable event,
The badge contains diamonds weigh.
ing in the aggregate trifie more than
a carat, set in 14-carat gold back
ground, the gold entering the piece o.
jewelry weighing twenty penny
-Journal-Press.
The Canadian Pacific railway has
awarded the contract for double-track
ing it's through line from Rat Por'
tage to Fort Williams to Foley Bros
& Co.,, and work will begin as soon as
camps can be started.
Representative Minnette has intro
duced in the house bill appropriat,
ing $1,000 from the state road and
bridge fund to aid New Paynesville in
building bridge across the Sank
river.
An application has been made te
this court by Elizebeth Cordeu for the
appointment of herself as administra.
trix of the estate of John B. Cordell,
of Sank Centre, and who recently died
at the insane hospital at Fergus Falls.
The estate consists of real property
valued at %, 400 and personal valued
at $50. The heirs are given as the
widow and eight children all under
fourteen years of age. Hearing on
the application has been set for March
q, at 9 O'Clock a. m.
Florence Barwick, the teu-year.old
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Barwick,
OF Minden, Benton county, was con.
yeyed to the hospital recently where
she submitted to an operation for the
removal OF an eye. The child while
endeayoring to penetrate a piece oil
elastic with a pair of scissors the
same slipped and struck her in the
left eye, the pupil being gouged out.
1t was deemed best by the attending
physician to remove the eye to pre-.
vent further complications. st. Cloud
Times.