The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-07-07
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Mankato-Louis Bloemka, a student
at the Mankato Commercial college
was drowned here last night in the
Minnesota river.
Windom-Fire destroyed. the resi-
dence OF w. e. Mode, here, together
with all it's contents. The origin of the
IRE is unknown.
Waseca-A. summer colony will be
established on Clear Lake, near Wa
SEGA, an organization of business and
professional men, having purchased q
tract of land for this purpose.
neapolis-Minnesota COMMITTEES
for the Relief of German Children re-
ported that more than 100000 Ger.
man children were fed last week in
the 20,271 kitchens maintained by the
committee.
Faribault-The first harvest of the
season has begun here. Rye is already
being cut and it will yield at least 20
excellent yield. Most of the farmers in
Rice county will be in the rye fields by
the latter part Of this week.
Worthington-A children's bonfire
resulted in the death Of little 5 year
old Margaret Gerlach here. With sew
eral companions the Gerlach girl OBJ
tanned some matches and started a fire,
the flames of which ignited the Gerlach
girls clothing; her death occurred a
few hours afterwards.
Luverne-Ole Hanson, aged 80, farm
laborer, has been arrested charged
with placing rocks and ties on the
Great Northern railway tracks on a
sharp curve one mile east of Stanley.
Hanson, at his preliminary hearing, is
said to have admitted placing the OBJ
structions on the tracks, declaring that
he did it 'for fun"
st. Paul-Minnesota Thursday night
ended the fiscal year with the largest
cash reserve in the state treasury that
there has been in the history of the
state, M. ]. Desmond, deputy state au-
ditor, announced. Books will be bal
anced in the office of Henry Rines,
state treasurer, to show the financial
standing at the close of the fiscal year.
st. Paul-About twenty men, en-
ployes of the State Department of Agri-
culture and the Federal government
have started campaign for eradica-
ton of barberry bushes in the state.
The campaign will extend through the
wheat-growing section of Minnesota
Competent men will identify the plants
and assist farmers in their destruction.
st. Paul-Minnesota's fiscal year be-
gan Friday, and all appropriations
made by the recent legislature, total
ing about $1S,000,000, are now avail
able. A new feature in appropriations
this year is an allowance of 5000 a
month for the governor to be spent
without audit" This is to cover the
expense of employing special investiga-
tors.
Observation-Disclosures by guilty con-
science for five years, man who stole
groceries from store here has sent
the proprietor of the store money or
der covering the cost of the purloined
articles. Writing to the store owner
after he had moved from Faribault, the
man inclosed an itemized list of the
things stolen and asked that a bill be
sent him. o.r
Duluth-On the present basis of re-
ceipts from the East and Ontario ship
ments, coal dock operators at Duluth
and Superior estimate that the docks
will be filled by August 1, unless there
is marked increase in shipments in
land to dealers. Should the docks be-
come filled to capacity dock operators
say complete embargo against any
movement this way would be instituted
Minneapolis-W prohibitions SEQ
ond anniversary ushering in new
federal enforcement administration
and falling on the eve of new Mime
apolis police administration, officials
were concerned over reports from mu-
nicipal court, the clearing house for
most offenders, showing that drunken
ess is taking a marked upward turn.
1t is still short of the preprohibition
indulgence but it is more than twice
as prevalent as it was the first year of
prohibition.
st. Beginning July l, commits
sion men and dealers handling any
cold storage products will be required
to display placards announcing that
the store in which the plaeards are dis
played deals in cold storage products.
These placards are being distributed
through the state department OF agri-
culture. The 1921 Legislature author
lied the commissioner of agriculture to
require the release or immediate sale
of food stuffs held in storage when
conditions warrant it.
Crookston Arthur Pearson, charged
with the death of a new born baby, was
convicted of manslaughter, in the sec
ond degree by a jury in Polk county
district court here after five hours de-
liberation. Pearson is still out on bond
but it is expected he will be sentenced
late this week.
Ellsworth While bathing in the
Kanranansi river near here, Sydney
Barnes. aged 40, was drowned. After
making a dive, Barnes failed to come
up and his body was found at the bot
= - - A. r<raorV, rs An iniiiry on his