The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-10-06
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st. Paul-George R. Olson, for ten
years assistant cashier in the office OF
he state treasurer, assumes his new
Nuties as chief deputy public examiner
hnder Public Examiner Garfield Brown
| Wheaton-Lilac bushes are in bud
here. The last few warm days, fol
lowing heavy rains the week previous,
have brought out the buds in cases
where the blossoms were nipped by
Frost last spring.
i. st. Paul-Attention of all Minneso-
ia people was called by Governor ].
"a. o. Preus, in an official proclama-
tion, to the National Dairy Show,
which opens on the State Fair grounds
Oct. 8, continuing to Oct. Is.
: st. Paul-The office of Ray P. Chase,
state auditor, has paid out $3,410.92 for
clothing, groceries and other tempo
Irary supplies for the forest fire sui.
lferers of Whitepine, the village de-
stroyed by fire early in September.
j Dodge Center-Florence, the 9 year
yold daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alec
Weir, was killed when she was struck
ion the head by a piece of timber as
a crossbar for swing. The timber
tbroke in half while she was swinging.
Virginia-H. L. Bowers, arrested on
10 charge of bigamy, and who at first
tentered a plea of not guilty, later
}changed his plea to guilty, and was
sentenced to an indeterminate sen,
ftence at Saltwater by Judge Freeman.
Sleepy Eye-That the city Of Sleepy
Rye will within few years own very
profitable enterprise in the form of a
central heating plant is indicated by
tthe annual report that, covering the
Mast years business Of the local heat.
Ing system.
Duluth-Shipments of iron ore from
locks at the Head of the Lakes this
season have fallen away to less than
+one-half what they were in 1920, &C.
cording to figures announced by the
various docks at Duluth, Superior, Ash.
Hand and Two Harbors.
Minneapolis-Fire which started on
the fourth floor of the B" mill Of the
Washburn Crosby company, in the
center of the Minneapolis milling dis
<rict, caused loss estimated at So.
600 and will result in the closing of
{1he mill for several days.
st. Cloud-Young Americas baseball
team, claiming the championship of
Southern Minnesota with Rees Will.
Gams and Bob McMenemy of st. Paul
association team forming the battery,
defeated the st. Cloud aggregation, 2
10 0, in the game billed for the state
title. "a
/, st. Paul-There have been 613
cases Of infantile paralysis and sus-
pected cases reported to the state
board of health, DR.. A. J. Chesley, ex-
ecutive secretary Of the state board Of
Health, said. There have been 81
deaths, of which 20 have occurred
since Sept. 1. ..'.
/ Winona-Two men are dead here as
the result of two accidents near this
city. Christ Wenger, farmer of Pell,
Wis, was buried alive when wall Of
"a sandpit in which he was working
,caved in. John Bauman, a carpenter,
sustained fatal injuries when a limb of
q tree fell upon him.
! Minneapolis - An organization
formed for the avowed purpose of
brining about modification Of the
iyolstead act and to fight blue-law agi-
cation on common ground, made it's
bow under the name of the Minnesota
Sanity league. It's motto is, Ration
elism in Government
| st. Paul-Minnesota started out the
Gnal quarter of the year with a balance
of S15,100,621.03 on the credit side of
the states ledger, but heavy payments
TO be made out to schools and for
state road construction work probably
will be a heavy drain on the state
funds for the next few months, Henry
Rines, state treasurer, said.
St. Paul-Days of, the "Wild West"
will be brought to mind in *. Paul