The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1916-11-16
:Neighborhood News
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK
TERSELY TOLD FOR THE
BUSY READER

Crow Wing has asked for $4,000
as it's share of federal aid for the Min
nesota Scenic Highway.
Mrs. Carl Buising died last week
at her home in Glenwood. BEFORE her
marriage she was Anna i. Adrian of
Belgrade.
Manly Winters, formerly electrician
at the Glenwood electric light plant,
was killed by an accidental electric
shock last week at Akron, Ohio.
Mrs. Anna McManus and H. F..
Meyer, ex-county commissioner, both
of Albany, were married at that place
last week and will make their home
there.
Arthur Johnson, aged II, of Glen
wood, accidentally killed himself while
playing with a revolver. The bullet
lodged in the heart, the lad dying al
most instantly.
Frances Kocumba, 12-year-old
Roldingford girl, was accidentally
shot last week by a younger brother,
who was fooling with shot gun. The
charge entered her leg. She will re-
cover.
Joseph Schultz of Albany has
struck the first known arid area in
Stearns county. He drilled 232 feet
deep on the Keeper farm near Avon
without finding water and gave up in
disgust.
H. H. Meyer of Metre Grove recent
ly added calf and heifer to his
thoroughbred Holstein herd which he
purchased at Mortified for $14OO
This is one of the largest sums ever
paid in the county for two calves.
Mrs. Loren B. Roberts, daughter Of
Congressman C. A. Lindbergh of Lit
tie Falls, died on Nov. in California.
She was the wife Of a former Mime
apolis newspaper man. lntermen'
was made at Little Falls on Nov. 9.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pohlman, 65 years
of age and a resident of Melrosc
township for many years, died las
week at her home ~ miles north O.
Melrose city. She had been an invalid
for many years. Six children survive
At a special meeting Of 60 stock
holders of the New Munich Co-Opera
tive Creamery association, the officer
of the association were instructed tt
request former secretary and mana
ger, N. P. Sand, to settle Irregular
ties which were found in his books.
1t is estimated that Clay county
farmers raised 100000 bushels OF
potatoes this year and, AS the tubers
are worth more than dollar bushel,
the growers are enriched just that
much. Owing to heavy rainfall dur
ing most of the season the yield was
about 60 per cent of normal.
Miss Tecla M. Pearson of Minneap-
oils and Albert ]. McRae of Swanville
were married recently at Little Falls.
The bride lived near Swanville the
greater part of her life, moving with
her mother to Minneapolis two years
ago, and is we'll known and popular
in that region. The groom is the man.
ager of the elevator at Swanville.
Hugh Lee was driving his Ford car
home to Long Prairie from Swanville
about midnight one night last week.
Lee had four companions. He ap-
preached another car and race start
ed. Lees car did splendidly until it
went into the ditch and turned over
twice. The top was down, luckily, and
all the occupants were thrown out be-
fore the big crash came. Lee suffer-
ed several broken ribs and the others
had minor injuries patched up by doc
tors. The Ford suffered both exter-
nal and internal injuries.
For failing to send his 15-year-old
son to school, Joseph Ku!las of Lit
tie Falls was fined $40 or 10 days in
Jail. Sentence was suspended for 80
days on condition that he send the