The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-09-15
EXCHANGE CLIPPINGS

Knocked off his motorcycle when
the rear wheel was hit by the fast
mail No. 20 going east at $3.50 O'Clock
Tuesday morning, George Dripps did
not lie unsconscious as one might eX-
pect but jumped to his feet and began
chasing after the fast mail which had
caught up his motorcycle on the fen
der. He was crossing the tracks at
Seventh street when the accident oc-
cured. He saw the train when it was
right on him and attempted to turn
his motorcycle parallel to it but skid
ded across the track in front of the
engine instead. The fender caught
the rear wheel when it was in the cen
ter of the track. Young Dripps was
fortunately thrown to the side rather
than straight ahead. His face was
schatched somewhat when he hit the
cinders, but he escaped serious injury.
The fast mail slowed down as soon as
the engineer saw he had hit the boy,
and Rripps was able to recover his
motorcycle at the Sixth street cross
ing Morris Tribune.
A band of gypsies travelling in four
automobiles and which stopped in
Glenwood about two weeks ago, and
were being trfailed by North Dakota
sheriff in the belief that they had kid
mapped a child which had become
mysteriously lost, were overtaken at
Sioux Falls, South Dakota last Sun
day but were found not to have the
child. 1t was child belonging to
one of the members of the party that
they had been offering for sale. =
Glenwood Herald.
Harry Butler took number Of his
cattle to the Stearns County Fair last
week and the number of prizes he won
shows that he has fine grade of
stock. He made eleven entries and
took the Grand Champion on a cow
and bull. Sweepstakes on the herd;
5 first, 8 seconds and 2 third prizes.
Mr.. Butler has only been a few
years in this business and proves that
when he undertakes anything be goes
at it in the right ay.-Villard Grit.
Fires evidently of incendiary origin
have destroyed much property in the
vicinity of Grey Eagle in the past
three or four weeks.
Chris Schwanke is the chief suffer
er and seems to the special object of
the miscreant whoever he is.
| About three weeks ago someone set
fire to Mr.. Schwanke's grain stacks
and six of them were destroyed.
Sunday night a fine new bungalow
ne had just erected for his son was
set on fire and totally DESTROYED. The
house was completed but not occupied.
1t was handsome farm residence.
The blaze was discovered about one
o'clock IN the morning and before help
could arrive the structure was a total
loss. There are numerous eyidencies
that the fire was of incendiary origin,
but as yet there are few if any clues
to the guilty party.
Other fires in Grey Eagle communi-
| ty of late have occasioned some talk.
and the authorities have been asked to
make investigation, especially of the
Schwanke losses. Long Prairie Lead
er.
Lorenz Kozitka, of Bartlett, who
had wandered away Thursday and for
whom searching parties had been on
the look out for night and day since
that time, was found in bog on the
Gust Drews farm Tuesday afternoon
about four o'clock by his wife, who
had assisted the searchers constantly
during all the time.
Lorenz Kozitka and family were
renters on one of Bert Hartung's
farms, namely the Southeast Quarter
OF Section %, Bartlett, and it appears
tnat the pasture fence on this land
was down SO that the cows got out and