The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-07-27
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All R State
Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week b Minnesota

nifty will be an excellent crop. Al
ready 1000 bushels of rye have been
delivered to the local mills.
OrtonvilleThe drouth in this dis
Tict, which has extended over perl
ID of IS days and which had seriously
nenaced the corn crop, was broken
with a heavy rain.
Pine IsIand-Farmers In the vicinity
Of Pine Island gathered at the farm
Of August Karow, two miles north OF
town, to destroy some 1.500 barberry
pushes growing wild in 20 acre pas:
lure.
StilIwater-The Washington county
Holstein Breeders association held Its
annual picnic in Crocus park here.
About $500 participated in the pro-
gram of sports and athletics,
Hibbing-The city council has adopt
I'd a resolution ordering cut Of per
cent in wages of all city employees,
rom heads of departments to common
aborers, except where the pay is fixed
BY law.
DuIuth-Erection of hospital for
contagious diseases through bond Is
sue is prevented by the Minnesota su-
preme court in a decision holding the
.ity council lacks authority to sell
ponds for such purpose under it's char
ter. without vote of the people.
Montevideo-Miss Elsie Salisbury,
held for the murder of Oscar Erick-
son in April, has been released from
custody on bonds of 100000. The bonds
we're signed by Minneapolis and Mar
shall friends of the accused.
cIoquet-Forest fire claims in this
city are being settled rapidly. APP
proximately 100 claims are yet to be
yettled in Cloquet, and settlements are
being made at a rate from Is to ~
claims each day.
Grand Raplds-A crowd estimated at
10000 people attended the fourth an
nual Legion day celebration here. Be
ginning with a big parade there was
something doing" all day. Every bus
mess house in Itasca county closed
st. Patchwork was resumed on an
addition to St. Marks school, follow
ing a fire started when heavy beam
falling from the top of the building
broke two electric light wires each
carrying $500 volts.
MinneapoIls-Minneapolis' 1928 bud
ret for transient relief provides for
an appropriation of $4,000, Richard
bakersfield, secretary of the ways and
means committee of the public well
.are board, said.
NorthfieId-Officials of Carleton col
lege intimate that the recent decision
Of Judge Arthur B. Childress, holding
certain property owned by the college
Is subject to taxation by the city, will
be appealed to the Minnesota supreme
court.
Pipestone-Max Mcneil, druggist, Is
b precarious condition in Sioux
Falls hospital as the result of an acci-
dent he suffered while playing golf
On the municipal links at Sioux Falls.
Mcneil was accidentally hit on the
head with club by another player.
St. PauI-Five hundred and ten dol
lars in gold will be awarded to boys
and girls of Minnesota in perfect
teeth" competition which will be fea-
ture of the health education work to
be conducted at the public health build
ing at the Minnesota State Fair.
MinneapoIls-As a memento to be
treasured by the University of Mime
sofa, battered study desk used by
the late DR.. Cyrus Northrop, former
president of the university, In his stu!
dent days at Yale and later when he
was a member of the Yale faculty,
will be presented to the university
alumni association.
Ely-The jury in the case against
the four men tried here on the charge
of murder in connection with the
killing of Orso Kovich, returned a
verdict finding Matt Settinen and Matt
Banich guilty of murder in the third
degree and acquitting Nick Kostelos
and Mike Svetich.
DuIuth-Inauguraui of lakes-to-
ocean service in advance of the deep
water project is virtually assured
through the announcement of definite
plans for the erection of large ter
minal warehouse on the Duluth water.
front and the building OF a fleet OF
modern electrically propelled freight
ers for operation between Duluth and
New York.
Austin-Ignoring the guards sta.
toned at the roundhouse and shops
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway here, 100 strike sympathizers
forced 13 Negroes from those build
lngs and escorted them out of the city.
The sheriff and police, who had been
summoned, arrived on the scene after
the crowd had dispersed.
Mahnomen - After luncheon and
sightseeing at the wonder farm" of
]. B. Schermerhorn, Minneapolis resi-
dents, at Mahnomen, with its 10000
acres, $250,00O in buildings and 1,400
head of fine beef cattle, the automo-
bile party of the University of Mime
sofa agricultural department faculty,
regents and farm paper editors, def.
nitely abandoned the prairie and
struck for the woods.
Duluth - Improvement Of rural
schools to provide their pupils with adj
vantages equal to tthose Of the large
csty cchoolc yn1ef ha fha uayt croat