The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1921-11-10


brated her 101st birthday at the home
Of her son here.
Hibbing village of Hibbing
has contributed $3.50 to the $500
raised in ST. Louis county for the
Irish relief fund.
Brainerd-Judge w. S. McClenahan
of Brainerd had the honor of opening
the first regular term of the district
court in the new courthouse here.
Winona-Harry Young OF Mime
fska escaped uninjured when the tour
ing car which he was driving plunged
over a 80 foot embankment near here.
Crosby-Completion Of the Crosby
Deerwood cement highway was sig
nalized by an automobile parade over
the new road, followed by a banquet
at the Crosby Commercial club.
Hibbing-The Rotary club is behind
q proposition to issue bonds to take
up the city's Indebtedness, amounting
to $3,O00,000. The bonds, If issued, to
be paid off at rate of $1,000,000 a
year,
Wells-Fire, believed to have start
ed from a dust explosion, destroyed
two large barns containing hay, grain,
some harnesses and farm tools, on the
farm of Carl Steinhauer. south of
here.
Stillwater-The Saltwater Hotel
company was incorporated for $780,
900 under the laws of South Dakota.
The new hotel will be four story
structure and contain about $50
rooms.
| st. PaHl-Armistice day, Nov. II,
is by act of the 1921 Minnesota legis-
lature, legal holiday in Minnesota,
and it's observance is asked in pro-
clamation made by Governor J. A. O.
Preus.
White Earth-Funeral services for
BENJAMIN L. Fairbanks, prominent
northern Minnesota businessman,
were conducted here. Mr.. Fairbanks
was 81 years old and is survived by
mis- wife and 10 children.
Little Falls-Ripe strawberries
have made their appearance here
again. November 1 berries were pick
ed on the Morrison county farm near
this city The unusually warm wealth
er has produced a good yield.
st. Paul-Charles M. Babcock, state
highway commissioner, started the
more work-better roads" program
in Minnesota with a call for bids on
twenty-seven winter construction
! projects estimated at s16S7,000.
Red Wing-George Brenn, while
hunting at the head of Lake Pepin,
brought down three Canadian geese
weighing about six pounds each. Ca.
madam geese are seldom shot in the
Lake Pepin region in recent years.
| Hibbing-The body of T. w Haul
talanti was found hanging from an
iron bed in a roo.ni,g house here. The
body had been in = the room for As
hours and was discovered by the land
/ lady, Police say it was case Of sui
eide.
st. Paul-Cash balances in Mime
sofa state business when the state
treasurer's office opened Nov. 1, t,
tailed .$13.3 S6. Col Al. compared with
| SIS, O0O, 621 OF on Oct. l. Disbursements
for the month were $4.032 S54 So
while receipts were only $1,714 019.5s
st. Leo-When a light explosion
was heard here residents paid no at
tention, thinking it Halloween
prank by boys, but when this was fol
lowed few minutes later by blast
that rocked many of the houses in the
i village, people rushed to the street t.
find that cracksmen had blown the
safe in the First State bank ant
were making their escape in an auto
mobile.
st. .Paul-Edward H. Davis of tn.
First Field Artillery Of Minneapolis
Charles w. Hansler of Company A
Sixth Infantry, st. Paul: Elmer L
Sell, observation squadron. St Paul
and Charles D. McNerney. HeadqHar
tiers Company, Sixth Infantry, st
Paul, were the four successful candi
dates of 10 who have taken prelimin
airy examinations for entrance t
West Point.
Minneapolis-That pupils in rura
schools should be given . bette
grounding in education and an equa
opportunity along educational line
with other children on the same prin
clple that adults have equality befor
) the law was the consensus of opinion
= expressed at joint informal confer
ence of the state board Of education
the State Teachers college board an
the board of university regents.