The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-07-02

N. Hogan ana w. Is. James went
to St. Cloud on Friday.
A. T. Stinson returned from
Grand Forks on Sunday.
Hon. William E. Lee and wife
of Long Prairie, we're in the city to-
day.
Roland Pendergast and his sister
Alice of Chicago, are in the city for
the summer.
The Misses Purdy of Saint Paul,
are the guests of their uncle, Thos.
H. Barrett.
Miss Reba Ward of Alexandra,
was the guest of the Misses Hendrix
during the past week.
A dozen or more young people had
a picnic supper at the old Yarno place
on Monday evening.
Miss Mildred Simonton has been
visiting friends at English Grove
during the past week.
If yon want an axe of any kind
90 to Hillerud & Co.'S and purchase
one at a discount of one-third.
The street commissioner has Civ
en- the business streets through
cleaning during the past week.
J. H. Schendell of Campbell, who
has been the guest of James B. Hen
dryx, left for home on Wednesday.
Asa P. Brooks, publisher of the
New Ulm Review, was in the city
yesterday on his way to Long Prai-
RE.
J. O. Adams and bride of West
Union, iowa, visited on Sunday with
Mr.. eand Mrs. Walter Baruette of
Ashly.
E. A. Whitefeld of Washington
state, who left Sank Centre thirty
seven years ago, is visiting his
brother, w. j. Whitefield.
The Mankato Commercial college
is headquarters for business and
shorthand education. Elegant casa-
logue free.
A glorious rain fell On Tuesday
and during the night there were very
heavy showers, with thunder and
Lightning. ltwas very timely.
The Symphony Orchestra will
give dances at the City Opera house
on Friday and Saturday evenings of
this week, to which the public is in
vited.
The beautiful windows of the
church have been received
and put in place, and the effect is
wondrously fine. They are certain
" very handsome and rich.
The Great Northern read is laying
fine steel rails on the Cass Lake
branch, made necessary by the tire
mendous freight trains required to
do it's business,
Hereafter the eastboun1S Fl yer on
the Great Northern road will stop
at thiS station-at 71l2 p.
n. This gives the city fine train
service on that road
Miss Lucille Greene has been al-
pointed manager of the city teIe-
graph office here after a years faith
full service as messenger and assist
ant. It is a-fins eomplimentias also
q material promotion.
Page Morris of DuIuth, assumed
hisduties ASA federal Judge for the
district in St. Paul on
July 1, and Immediately entered up
on hisnew dilties by assisting Judge
Eochren with the. cases on the June
calendar.
While the last year has been the
largest in the history of the St.
Cloud land office in the matter Of the
volume of business transacted, the
office now has but 5000 acres of
land less than it did a year ago.
The big business comes from can
collation. of homestead entries,
which were taken years ago byspecu-
lators, and the increased value of
the lands have made these claims
in great demand by actual settlers
who have brought contest proceed
ings against the original entries.
This means much business for the
land office and at the same time pro-
vides the country with bona fida set
tiers. 1t is estimated that there are
enough of these abandoned claims to
hold the st. Cloud Office up to the
maximum for at least a year.. An
inventory Of the vacant land in the
district as now constituted shows
that there are about 30, 900 acres of
land subject to entry. The cash re-
ceipts for the past month were in
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