The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-08-12

;, A Merritt one of the progressive

L. A Merritt, one of the progressive
farmers residing southeast of Sank
Centre, last week brought samples of
red clover grown by him which meas
ured over six feet in length. From
field of eight acres he cut and stack
ed At large loads of hay.
Several farm laborers We're in Sank
Centre Tuesday looking for work, who
said they had just come from Canada
where they had been given their
choice o. going to war or getting out
of the country. From the looks of
things they "got" in hurry.
Sank Centre won a ball game stag
ed at Fairy Lake Sunday between
players of this city and nine from
Little Sank. 1t was not the Sank
Centre regulars" that turned the
trick, however, as the lucky team was
not handicapped by "hoodoo."
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Houghton ans
daughter, Miss Olga, accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Lew Myott, autoed to
Sartell Sunday in the former gentle
mans car, and spent the day with Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Sartell Mrs. Sartell is
Mr.. and Mrs. Myott's daughter.
Jonas Ekberg, one of the prosper
Gus farmers of Kandota township,
brought to the Herald office on Sat-
urday samples of his New Zealand
oats which stand six feet high with
well developed head, also some of the
finest samples of White Dent corn and
Velvet Chaff wheat that have been
seen in this vicinity.
Miss Eva Davis, who, in ordinary
life is the librarian at the Bryant Lii
brary, in this city, has the reputation
OF being quite fisherwoman, and on
Friday she landed 10A pound Mus
kelonge out of Little Birch lake, just
to show that she had not forgotten
how to fish by keeping care of bunch
of books during the winter months.
Sig Holme received word from Mr..
and Mrs. P C. Gallagher of Fargo, N.
D., that they were the proud parents
of an 81 pound baby boy, born to
them on Friday, Aug. 9th. Mr.. Gal,
lagher was manager Of the dry goods
department of the Boston store for
three years, but is now connected with
the Moody department store of Fargo.
Hon. L. H. Rice, of Park Rapids, &C
companied by Mrs. Rice, came down
on the "Katy" Friday. They left here
on the afternoon train for Fergus
Falls where they took the Oriental
Limited for the coast. They will Wis
It the Panama expositions and other
points of interest while absent. They
expect to be gone about two months.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Tranernicht and T;
sons, William and Richard, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. G. Hammered of St. Paul,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Coates and Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Stewart and daughter,
Mary Hortense, of st. Cloud, spent
Monday at the home of T. L.. McCor-
nick. They were enroute to Osakis
where they will spend a fortnight. DIR.
md Mrs. E. J. Holleran and little sons
ack and Terry, will spend portion
Il the week at Osakis with the party. I
M. P. Statherr returned Tuesday :
norning from trip to Fargo, Wah-
eton and Breckenridge. The gentle :
nan left Sank Centre Sunday evening
nd on Monday took an auto ride from i.
Vahpeton to Breckenridge, passing
through a strip of farm land forty
niles long and from four to six miles G
vide where the crops have been COM l
letely ruined by hail. He stated that \
he farmers were blowing the land
Without even cutting the grain, and j
aid those who had no insurance GER d
ainly were out of luck. v