The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-04-27
Central Minnesota
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
TERSELY TOLD FOR THE
BUSY READER

A late Spring won't handlcap those
farmers who get to work early in the
morning.
Wadena will have chautauqua on
Aug. 1922 conducted under the Vaw-
ter System.
Patrons of the Grey Eagle creamery
received $3264.48 for their butter fat
deliveries during the month of March.
Frank Tufts of Long Prairie has
been retained as deputy by Joseph
Vessel, the new United States mar
shall for Minnesota.
Pine county is in the throes of
bitter controversy to move the coun-
ty seat from Pine City to Hinckley.
The election will take place on May 2.
P. E. Schauble of Avon has filed
as candidate for representative from
the 46th legislative district. Henry
-Stoetzel is the present representative.
Halvor Stevenson of Crookston has
filed for the Republican nomination
to succeed himself as congressman
from the Ninth district. No opposi-
ton has thus far appeared.
The tri-county sanatorium which
has been constructed at Lake Julia
near Puposky at cost of 900 by
Beltrami, Hubbard and Koochiching
counties will be opened about June 1.
Citizens of Perham have voted $780,
600 bonds for the erection of new
high school building. A feature of
the campaign was a parade of $50
school children just before the polls
opened.
Supt. R w. Davis of the Morris
public schools has resigned his posi-
ton to become effective at the close
of this school term. All but two of
the teachers have also declined re-
election.
Fergus Falls Commercial Club has
asked the city council to install a
<'white way to cost about $4,000 and
appointed a committee to wait on
abutting property owners to secure
the necessary funds.
Meeker county has organized a
baseball league. Six teams, Litchfield,
Watkins, Eden Valley, Darwin, Das-
win, Dassel and Atwater, will COM
prise the association, members of
which will be home boys.
William Meyer, well known and
highly respected farmer of Fair
Haven in southwestern Stearns coun-
ty, died at his home last week. He
was a native of Germany and resid-
ed in Stearns county since 1898.
Cass county has organized county
Jefferson Highway association and
voted $1,000 to carry on an education
al and advertising campaign to secure
the trail to the Leech Lake park Re-
gion over Cass county's new road sys-
tenn.
Later reports from GAINESVILLE are
that the total losses in the postoffice
robbery there reach $3.50. The loss
in stamps was first placed at $400 but
it has been ascertained that the fig
ures reach $500, beside $3.50 in cash.
No trace of the robbers has been
found.
Mrs. Willis Eldred of Grey Eagle
died at her home at that place last
week. She was 81 years old, came to
Todd county as child and grew to
womanhood in Grey Eagle and vicin-
ity. She is survived by her husband,
five children, mother and severa: bro
theirs and sisters.
A. A. Whitney, prominent early set
tier of Stearns county, died last week
at Chaplin, Sask., Canada. The re
mains were brought to Melrose for
burial on Friday. Deceased was pres
ident of the Melrose village council
for many years and served as coun-
= y commissioner for some time.
Willard District Sunday School as
ISOLATION held it's third annual conven-
ton at Willard last week. A number
of interesting talks were given and
the following officers elected for the
coming year: President, Rev. Allen,
Reno; vice president, Miss H. H. Nor
row, Reno; OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Alta
LeCount, Willard.
Wadena is getting ready to vote on
the proposition of selling it's city cleo
trio light plant to the Otter Tail Pow
er Co. and awarding franchise to
the company. In any event the COM
pany will extend it's lines this summer
from Fergus Falls to Wall Lake, I'm
derwood, Battle Lake, Clitherall, Vim
ing, Henning, Deer Creek, New York
Mills and Perham.
A performance of "The Only Girl"
was given at Brainerd last week and
it fairly made the audience gasp.
Brainerd is in dry Indian territory and
the stage champagne, make-believe
cocktails and pseudo rye which pop
ped out of the lines created consterna-
ton. Brainerd has been so dry and
arid that even the suggestion of a
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