The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-03-23
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HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK )
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Swanville at the election last week
voted down the proposition to issue
bonds for a waterworks system.
DR.. C. C. Strang was elected mayor
of Alexandria last week, defeating H.
A. Leroy by vote of 329 to 284.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael Winter of
Metre Grove are the proud parents of
baby boy which arrived at their
home last week.
The Metre Grove Farmers State
bank will erect new building this
summer. Work will be started as soon
as the weather permits.
Kandota town election resulted in
the naming of the following officers:
Supervisor, Oscar J. Lying; clerk,
Jonas Eckberg; treasurer, Ole Rasmu-
son.
There are now 1900 students enroll
ed in the st. Cloud public schools, an
increase of lao students over the same
time last year. There are 271 pupils
in the high school.
Long Prairie Farmers Creamery
Association is to build a new modern
creamery this spring. The structure
complete with it's equipment will cost
in the neighborhood of $4,000.
Chris Hirth, Long Prairie brewery
man, was elected mayor of that viii
lage at last weeks election, defeat
ing A. D. Day, mayor for the last four
years, by the vote of 1852 to 122.
L. D. Bently is the new mayor Of
Osakis. The new councilmen are
Robert Metcalf, William Brown and
William Baker. S. ]. Lyons was elect
ed clerk and D. B. McCleary treasur-
err.
A. o. Hardin, we'll known farmer
residing near Swanville, dropped dead
last Tuesday while walking to his
home from the polls where he had
cast his ballot. The body was found
by neighbors.
John Caulfield, formerly of Stearns
county and an alumnus of St. Johns
university, was renominated as a
member of the St. Paul city council at
the recent primary. He was third
among some thirty aspirants.
Clifford Prodger, formerly of Alex
andria, has been selected as inspector
of all flying machines received by the
British government at London. He
had for some time been instructor in
the British government aviation
school.
John Neutzling, we'll known bust
ness man of Roscoe died last week in
sanitorium at Jordan, Mimi, where
he had gone for treatment. In1er-
ment was at Roscoe. His wife, one
son, one daughter, three brothers and
sister survive
The Little Sank town election re-
suited in the naming of the following
officials: Supervisor, Soren Sorenson;
clerk, A. G. Anderson; treasurer, AL
bin Larson; justices, A. G. Anderson,
H. P. Hanson; assessor, Oscar Olson;
constable, Roy Boyer.
Ignatius Reichert, who for At years
has conducted the Hotel Reichert at
Long Prairie, has retired from active
business life and leased the hotel
property to his grandson, John l..
Reichert, who will conduct the hos
telry in the future.
The village of Freeport elected Of
ficers for the ensuing year as follows:
President, J. w. Kuhn; councilmen,
Hubert Thelen, Henry Woebkenberg,
A. B. Kampa; recorder, Frank RE
land; treasurer, Frank Zwack; justice,
]. F. Botz; constable, Henry Bormes.
DR.. L. L. Gulp, physician at Red
Lake Indian agency, has been pro-
NOTED to special physician for the
United States Indian service at large
and all reservations in the United
States will be under his supervision.
DR.. Culp has been at the Red Lake
agency since 1912.
The Albany village election last
week resulted in the selection of the
following: President, Joseph Lehner;
trustees, Michael Thelen, Martin
Dinndorf, Alex Brandtner; recorder,
Thomas Tomasek; treasurer, Albert
Besemann; justice of the peace, John
Merz; constable, j. T. Brinkman.
The village Of New Munich will
have the following officers for the
coming year as the result of last
weeks election: President, Herman J.
Therhaar; councilmen, Math Pitzl, J.
G. Weber, John Bentfeld; recorder,
Joseph P. Benolken; treasurer, John
Klapperich; justice, Joseph Altman;
constable, John G. Moon.
West Union elected the following
officials to serve for the ensuing year:
President, Hugh Owen; trustees, JOS
eph Orbeck, H. ]. Bentfeld, Theodore
Teske; recorder, Albert ]. Marthaler;
treasurer, B. L. Servatius; justice, Ole
L. johnson; constable, Henry Messer.
West Union township officers were
elected as follows: Supervisor, H. ].
Marthaler; clerk, F. H. Opitz; treas
urer, L. A. Lampert
Herman Benolken was candidate
for mayor of Holdingford Tuesday of