The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-02-12
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| -~o--~S ~A@os <AANAA1S ASNSSAS0, "a
January %, at Lomond, Alberta
Canada from a stroke Of apoplexy.
Mr.. Gray was past 80 years of age
and was numbered among the very
early pioneers of Todd county, com
ing here about 1868 and filing on {
homestead in the town of Corridor
near Osakis. In recent years Mr.. anC
Mrs. Gray have been making theil
home with their children in the
northwest.
Mr.. Gray was an old soldier ano
for years was prominent member
of John Kennedy Post, G. A. X. OF
Osakis. He was a man of genial dis
| position and had a wide circle OF
friends who will be sorry to hear that
he has gone. Besides his widow, two
sons and two daughters survive, Jes-
Sc and Irving Gray, Mrs. Jasper Root
and Mrs. Archie Ruggles ,all living in
Alberta, Canada
The funeral was held from the
home where he died and burial was
at Lomond.-Osaki sReview.
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An interesting family direct from
Belgium reached Osakis last week.
Louis Baker wife and five children
and Mrs. Bakers sister, come direct
from the war swept sections of Bel
GUM to work out their destiny in
free America. Mr.. Baker is a ne
phew of John Brouns, of Osahs, one
of Douglas county's substantial citi-
zen's land new corners are making
their home for the present with the
families of Louis Brouns and Christ
Mechels. Mr.. Baker has rented the
Ed Bowman farm on the Alexandria
road that was worked by Mr.. Latin
last season.-Osakis Review.
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The fire alarm was sounded this
forenoon about ten o'clock. The
small oil storage shed a short dis
lance east Of the water tank at the
Great Northern yards caught fire and
burned to the ground. The fire was
caused by the explosion of an oil
lamp used for heating refrigerator
cars. The fire spread so rapidly that
there was no possibility of saving the
building and the efforts Of the fire.
men were devoted to preventing the
spread of the flames. There being no
buildings near this was accom-
plished with no great effort. The
building contained half barrel OF
oil, lamps, lanterns and minor sup
plies !, all of which were destroyed
Melrose Beacon.
Another find has been discovered
out among the bushers byythe Mime
apolis American Association baseball
team. Geo. Fisher, the twenty year
old slab artist of Avon has signed up
with that team and is now ready to
leave for the spring training camp in
the near future. Fisher was origin
any discovered by Melrose and hurl-
ed several games for that team last
year. His greatest games with the
smaller teams were those he pitch
ed against Osakis at the Stearns
County Fair last fall and the one
against Foley two weeks later. He
was with the Melrose aggregation at
that time.-St. Cloud Times.
II. Schumacher, of Willard has re-
ceived his returns from the Mime
sofa State Poultry Show. He had z
turkeys on exhibition and received
8 prizes as follows: 2 first, second,
2 third and fourth prizes. He also
delivered two Holstein cows which
brought him $500 each.-Villard Grit.
Commercial club directors met on
Tuesday evening and elected officers
for the ensuing year as follows:
President, E. A. Solem.
Secretary, r. E. Seaton.
Treasurer, Olaf Schei.
Vice Presidents, A. G. Anderson in
charge of the division of civic affairs;
C. o. Anderson in charge Of the di-
vision of commerce and industry; E.
T. Barnard in charge Of the division
Of organization affairs; c. r. Wright
in charge of the division of agricul-
t,ire.
The chairman of the special COM
mittees under the above heads will
be named from among the directors
later on, and the FULL committees ap-
pointed. It was voted to unite with
the national chamber Of commerce,
and with the association of CONNER
cial club secretaries. Regular meet
ings this year will be held on the sec
ond Monday, of each month-Wheel-
ock's Weekly Fergus Falls.)
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A movement is now being under
taken to run a passenger train from
Detroit on the Main line of the Nor
thern Pacific, to Fergus Falls, via
Wadena every morning and return
ing every evening. This train, from
the start, will be popular and will be
packed with folks who find it impos-
sible to make such trip under pres
emit train schedules in less than three
days at the present time. Possibly
the idea was originated to head off
"Clover County" and possible di-
vision of Otter Tail County.
The undisputed facts are that all
the taxpayers residing in the north
end of Otter Tail county must spend
three days travelling, to attend to an
bour's business at the court house,
an outrageous bur len.
The wonder is that the, eraptive-
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