The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-07-06
WARD SPRINGS

Mrs. Bryant of ST. Paul was at the
Springs Monday. She procured cot
tage and will spend the rest of the
season at the lake.
A. E. Erwin and family moved out
to their cottage at the lake Faiday
and Saturday ahd will remain there
during the month of July.
T. w. Mann and family are now
comfortably settled in the south Err
win cottage for July. having gone out
to the lake Sunday afternoon.
A bunch of young people made an
official call, Sunday evening" upon Mr..
and Mrs. Wright, whose courtship
was conducted at the Springs last
summer.
Jim Segers and family are settled
now in the Ward log cottage for the
rest of the season. jim contributes
materially to the eclat, and several
other things, of the camp.
The spring boxes near the Cooper
cottage have improved by placing in
side them Innings made Of galvanized
iron. This makes great improve
ment and prevents leakage.
Lyman Kells has made some i'm
provements on his boat house and
fixed things up generally about his
cottage. He and w. McNeice are
planning to spend few weeks there.
w. G. Smith arrived in camp Sat-
urday afternoon from St. Paul and
joined his wife and son at the Smith
cottage. Mr.. Smith remained over
and assisted in celebrating the nation
al holiday.
Launch parties are the things every
evening. The Emerson and Cooper
launches carry a good bunch of people
and at least one of them takes row
boat load in tow. The trip Sunday
evening was delightful.
Thirty-fve people we're in bathing
at Lyon beach Sunday afternoon.
Bathing is one of the popular amuse-
ments at the lake nowadays. There
are number of good swimmers
among the young people.
F. S. Parker has been busy improv-
ing his cottage this season. He has
| put lattice work around the porch,
lined up and enlarged his wharf for
the season. fixed the boat house and
slicked up generally. Mr.. Parker al
ways has an eye to putting things in
the best possible condition.
J. F. Cooper and family moved out
to the lake Friday and Saturday and
are. now settled in their cottage fol
the rest of the season. Glenn has put
a new three-horse power gasoline en-
CINE in:the Cooper launch with the
result that that stanch little craft
makes excellent time on the water.
Considerable excitement was caused
Sunday afternoon by swarm of bees
near the::Ward cottage. BY dint Of
noises on bells, horns and human
mouth organs the insects were in
duced to settle on tree top and by
the aid of..:an expert they were sooT
safely housed in hive.
DR.. and Mrs. E. J. Hollern of Min
neapoiis are entertaining party OF
Young people this week in one of the
Ward cottages. Misses Coates and
Freeman and w. H. Stewart of ST
Cloud, and Will Hammeral of Mime.
apolis, constitute to company. Miss
Pearl Caughren and Ed Hansen Of
Sank Centre have been with them
part of the time.
When...Mrs. E. A. Richards arrived
at the lake Saturday she met with a
very pleasant surprise. 1t seems that
Mr.. Richards had been busy to good
advantage with the result that fine
new brick fireplace and chimney had
been erected at the south end of the
Richards cottage, and new matched
pine floor laid as well. Mr.. Richards
carefully and with malice afore-
thought planned the surprise for his
! better half and so well was the secret
kept by those who knew about.it that
not even the slightest hint had reach
Mrs. Richards ears. She is greatly
pleased over the improvement. while
as for Gene, well, just watch him