The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-09-30
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Rudolph Bjorstrom Wednesday
sold the Ideal Cafe to Mr.. and Mrs.
Viclor Thorr.Iuist Of Little Sank and
the new owners took possession to-
day. The business will be conducted
as usual. "Rudy' will devote his
time to the operation of the old Lake
hotel rooming house this winter
Osakis Review.
Fergus has cause to mourn the
death of C. B. Kidder general man
sger of the Ottertail Power Electric
Company, who touched a high volt
age wire week ago and was found
in a dazed condition few moments
later. He was removed to a hospital
but never regained full consciousness
passing away Monday from the
shock. 1t is remarkable that he
lived one moment after 100000 volts
passed through his body.
Mr.. Kidder has been with the To-
cal company for ten years and was
a man of broad vision. Looking into
the future he saw a network OF wires
carrying energy from the local pow
dams to light heat and give power
for many cities near, so that today
fifty towns and villages are supplied
with low cost electricity as the mat
erialization of his vision.-Fergus
Falls Tribune.
Two hundred and ninety-one was
the enrolment of the Alexandria
High School, Monday of this week.
This is an increase of thirty-six since
the opening day, two weeks ago.
Last year the total enrolment by
the end of the school term had
reached 297, including the students
in the Smith-Hughes course. The
students in this course for this year
have not as yet enrolled, conse-
ouently a total enrolment well over
the 300 mark is expected in our high
school before long.
There were 303 grade students en-
rolled in the Washington building on
Friday of last week. In the Lincoln
building en- the same date there
We're 262, making a total of 500 in
the grades in our schools.
All the grades up to the sixth are
crowded already. The situation is
especially perplexing in the primary
grades, where the large classes of
beginners reqire so much more indi-
vidual attention to the pupil.-Alex-
andria Citizen-News.
Fire which probably resulted from
spontaneous combustion, on WeGnes-
lay of last week destroyed the barn
and silo on Peter Daily's Edendairy
Farm in Reynolds township. Mr.
Daily and his family were at the
Sank Centre fair with an exhibit of
his pure bred Holstein cattle, and
the fire was discovered by Dewey
Rem, who was hauling water for a
thresh.ng crew in the Reynolds
neighborhood. When noticed first
flames were bursting from the silo
and soon spread to the barn, both of
which were completely destroyed.
Reen succeeded in getting Mr..
Daily's valuable Holstein herd bull
ol- OF his pen near the si'o, and also
d.o e. ,ther CT tile, which were in u e
barn, to sa5et!, but was un:lole to
save anything else from the barn.
The silo, of 1O0-ton double wall wood
type had just been filled, and the
barn held about twelve tons Of Ray,
making Mr.. Daily's loss in feed a
heavy one. Considerable damage
was also done to the farm electric
plant, in the way of destruction of
wiring and fixtures. Insurance Of
5000 on the barn and contents and
$500 on the silo was carried in the
Hartford Mutual company, officials
of which adjusted the loss as total
one Thursday afternoon.-Long Prai-
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