The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-05-20
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On Friday last Barney Kileen and
Otto Wamsley, mine host OF the Be-
dan hotel, drove over from Sedan and
spent the day in the city.
Eric, Sletten, implement, dealer OF
Hoffman, passed through the city on
Saturday. He was returning from
a car trip to the Twin Cities = i
John Geuting returned Saturday
from Iowa where he is engaged IN IN
surance work. He returned to Iowa
again on Monday to resume his work ;.
F. W. Swanson of Rosseau and A..
A. Hartell of Greenbush,- were in the
city Saturday. Mr.. Hartell returned
home Tuesday while Mr.. Swanson IS
still in the city. y:
Mrs. Barbara Merryman entertain
ed. the Mesdames A.. t. Watson, Al
fred Parker and M. Hogan at bridge
Wednesday. The guests remained to
a six o'clock dinner and were later
entertained by Mrs. Merryman at
theatre party.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Cowlthorp re-
turned Tuesday evening. from a six
weeks visit with relatives at Terry,
Mont, Seattle, Tacoma, North Yak
ina and other points in Washington.
Mr.. Cowlthorp stated to the Herald
that business conditions were awfully
bad in the West and that lands In the
Yakima Valley fruit belt would not
bring within 5000 per acre what they
were considered worth two years ago.
He said he enjoyed every minute OF
his trip, but was mighty glad to get
back to Minnesota once more.
Miss Alma Bishop of the Sank Cen
tire. graduating class Of 1915 is the
youngest member of her class, and
a strange coincidence is, that she is
the first girl in Sank Centre to COM
plete her course from the same high
school where both her parents have
graduated. Miss Alma's mother, Mrs.
Howard Bishop, graduated in '92, and
her father several years later. Her
brother Harold was a member of the
Class of ~, so he was the first boy
in Sank Centre to graduate from the
same high school as his parents.
Henry Weiner, of Getty, C. H.
Cooper of Carlos, w. S. Peschek, of
Sank Centre, E. j. Barsness of Carlos,
j. A. Winblad of Sank Centre, ]. C.
Renfjord of Fergus Falls, E. Chalen-,
berg Of Starbuck, Jas. Pau Of Free
port and Peter Benolken of Freeport,
were present at the demonstration of
: the 8-16 Mogul oil tractor demonstra-
ton given by C. D. Marshall & Co.,
on Wednesday,. A Little Genius g.
bottom automatic lift P. & o. pillow
was used in timothy and clover sod,
turning six-inch furrow and dem
onstrated that the small tractor was a
successful machine for the farmer.
The following is the result of the
contest put on by Hanson & Emerson,
the Corner Drug Store, which closed
last evening: 1. Mrs. F. Nelson-trip
to Exposition, 342,550. Q. Mrs. C. M.
McCollum-diamond ring, 234,08O.
3. Mrs. II. E. Wilcox-Gold watch,
156,345. A.. Emma Jacobson
silver set, 10000. 5. Mrs. Emma Mil
ler-Ladies' toilet set, 13O,Ss5. 6.
Helen Allen gold handled umbrella,
120,670. z. Mrs. Fred Johnson lock
ct and chain, S0,79O. 8. Mrs. G. d.
Wilcox-10-piece manicure set, 67940.
8. Bessie WITHDRAWING set, silver
handles, 66,795. 10. Teckla Rydholm
-lady's necklace, 6S,040. This re-
port of the contest was not received
until almost noon Thursday and the
limited amount of space makes it inn
possible for the Herald to comment
more fully at this time, however the
winners are to be congratulated for
their success.