The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-06-15
HOME HAPPENINGS

The Congregational Sunday school
held it's annual picnic at Fairy Lake
Wednesday.
Mrs. E. ]. Hollern entertained
party Friday afternoon in honor 81
Miss Dean. e. ~ IA
Jas. Mitchell of Padua underwent
surgical operation Monday. He is
recovering nicely. Il,
]. A. Caughren is painting his home
and decorating the halls occupied by
the knights of Pythias.
The bass are biting in great shape
now. You'll sure get some of them
if you use Hillerud tackle.
NJ. H. Dooittle and family and
Percy Hansen are spending the week
with A. W. Austin and family at
their Spring Park cottage.
Some forty men met at D. E. Col
Inns last Monday to help raise a new
barn. All report a fine time and wish
Mr. Collins had another barn to raise
A son was born last Thursday
night to Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Mark
son. The little one lived but short
time, dying the following night.
Burial was on Saturday.
| In place Of the regular service at
| the Methodist church next Sunday
morning, there will be Children's
ID a y program. Elaborate prepare
tions are in progress for this event
and the program will be worth hear
ing.
| It's nerve-wracking to get fish al
most into the boat and then have the
| line break. Buy tackle of Hi,lerud
and you won't have any such hard
luck.
Rescue Lodge, No. 80, /. O. G. T..
will hold its next meeting at the par
lors of the Commercial Hotel on Tues.
day evening, June 20. The lodge de-
sires to have aszmany new members
out as possible. The lodge is flourish
ing at present and doing good work.
The ;1reInen attended service Y at
the Methodist church last Sunday.
evening-their annual event of that.
nature. Twenty odd fighters of fire
turned out and marched in body to
the church for. the service The pas
tor preached an appropriate SERMON
and there was special music by the
regular choir. gss
The city council will hold special
meeting Friday evening of this week
to take formal action relative to
purchasing sprayer to use in the
attempt to kill off the cottony maple
scale which is devastating box elders
trees. The scale is about ready to
hatch out and the work of spraying
must be attended to soon if it is to
do any good. Many owners OF trees
have cut off limbs affected with the.
scale and burned them.
The Herald is in receipt, from
Major John R. Howard, of the pro-
gram for the annual celebration of
the Indians on the White Earth III
dian reservation. Yesterday and to-
day constitute the dates for this
yearly function and the program is
an excellent one, including races
and other sports, procession and
some addresses, one of which is by
Maj. Howard. There is to be big
sham battle during the day.
Miss Alice Fiesler was operated
upon Saturday for appendicitis. The
case was a serious one but the pa
tient came through we'll and is inn
proving satisfactorily Mr.. and Mrs
Chas Fiesler accompanied their lit
tie daughter to st. Paul last Thurs
day morning and remained with her
during the operation. Mr. Fiesler
returned early Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Fiesler expects to bring Alice
home some time next week or the
| week following
The Alexandria base ball team met
the locals at the fair grounds last
Sunday and went through five in
nings and scored four runs. Pitcher
Opheim proved too hard for them to
hit freely and they then set up a
howl, kicked on the umpire and
raised such a racket that the. game
was stopped then and there. So far
as The Herald can learn, there was
no cause for objecting to Geo. Fish.
who umpired with fairness. Mr.. Fish
is a satisfactory arbitrator and it
looks as though the Douglas county
seat paid aggregation suffered from
severe attack of cold feet. The
locals played an excellent game and
Wara eentlenon thrnuQh out