The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-01-28
ALBANY
From the Enterprise

The Central Minnesota Dairymen
anu Buttermakers' Association will
hold their annual convention in AL
bany on Thursday, February II. This
was the decision reached by Nick
Thielman secretary of this association
upon submitting the proposition to
the Commercial Club at a special
meeting called for that purpose on
Wednesday evening. In speaking Of
the convention, Mr.. Thieiman, Of Ell
rosa, stated that at least one hundred
buttermakers and dairymen will be
present from five counties which are
in the central association. ct means
lot to the town." said Secretary
Thielman, "who is host to our conven-
ton as the boys are all good spenders
and you can bank on it that they will
drop at least $1,5OO.OO here. This is
not all, for we usually get the major
ity of the farmers for miles around
to come in and hear the speakers that
we will have to talk on dairying."
The Commercial Club voted to give
$500 as a bonus for the cash prizes
for butter. Adam Winter donated the
free use of the hall. A committee of
three was appointed to solicit funds
consisting of Alex Brandther, Ste
phen Klien, and John Wellenstein.
They reported that the businessmen
were very enthusiastic over the con-
vention and donated very literally.
The following were appointed on the
arrangement committee: A. H. Wes-
ter, S. P. WINNER, P. NJ. Weyrens, DR.
w. H. Mulligan, Ben H. Beuning, W.
M. Kommerstad.
An attempted burglary was made
on the large general store of George
M. Schaefer this evening, Thursday,
between 10 and 1920 o'clock in which
Ludwig Hoffman, a clerk in the store,
was shot through the left forearm
with a 32-calibre revolver in an effort
to capture the thief. In the struggle
that ensued, Hoffman asserts that he
recognized the thief but all suspicion
will be kept quiet until Saturday
night when the sheriff will make the
arrest. The local authorities are also
working on the case. The fact that
the store was entered on previous oc-
caslons is known by substantial evil
dence and has therefore been guarded
for several nights during the past
few weeks. Otto Schaefer and Ludwig
Hoffman did the watching until this
evening, Mr.. Schaefer was attending
the Caferilli dance so Hoffman under
took to do it alone He was on guard
in the basement for about ten min
utes when he heard a noise that he
distinguished as someone alighting on
the floor from the elevator cables
having slid down through the shaft.
By the time Hoffman got upstairs the
intruder was in the front part of the
building evidently at work on the
jewelry show case until he heard the
door in the rear shut. The theft then
made for the back of the store and
went into the packing room with the
view of escape. 1t happened that they
both met in the east passageway and
Hoffman in pursuit was at that NOM
ent overpowered by the thief's grasp
of his wrists and in the tussle began
to wrest the revolver from him in
which one shot was discharged into
the wall, About six feet from there
another shot went off, penetrating
Hoffman's forearm near the elbow
and coming through the flesh on an
angle of six inches. The thief then
made his escape through the door
that leads to the back stairway. At