The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-09-21
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Condensed Stories Of Happsninss
Of the Week In Minnesota

Johnson, 80 years old, veteran of the
civil war, and pioneer in this section,
is dead at the family home here.
ChishoIm-Three banks of Chisholm
served notice on the city council that
they would Immediately discontinue
purchasing village warrants. Funds
OF the city are near the point of ex-
haustion.
northumberland was selected
as the 1923 meeting place of the ninth
district convention of the Degree of
Honor lodge at the close of its annual
meeting here. Two hundred delegates
represented Crookston, Walker, Cass
Lake, Moorhead, Breckenridge, Bemid-
il and Fergus Falls lodges were pres
emit.
crookston-Chickep owners in the
river section of Crookston are in
quandary. Mink, they declare, are
nightly raiding their chicken coops
and they are helpless to stop them as
the mink are protected by the state
game laws.
Luverne-The engine on an ensilage
cutter on the farm of Lee English,
near here, exploded, hurting parts Of
the machine more than 200 feet, sew
eral of them going through the wall
of concrete silo.
Winona-Chester Pease, 80 years
old, serving in the county Jail for rob-
berry, has been released and will be-
come an evangelist, delivering his first
n III
ried in Jail last May to Miss Harriet
Stahman, Winona school teacher.
DuIuth-A general QUESTIONABLE adj
dressed to Duluth wood yards shows
them all oversold. The demand for
stove wood, which in normal times,
shows a falling off during end of the
summer, now shows a heavy increase
over all previous years.
Moorhead-Mrs. G. j. Nye and her
daughter, Verna, were badly bruised
when their car was struck by another
on country road. The driver of the
other car is being sought. He refused
Mrs. Nye's pleas for medical aid, and
drove off.
Pipestone-Carl A. Amundson Of
Fergus Falls has purchased the Royal
hotel here and has taken charge. Mr..
Amundson obtained the property from
w. A. Barley of Fergus Falls.
orthfield-Registratio figures, in
complete, show an enrolment of 712
students at Carleton college, there be-
ing 349 men and 1868 women. Regis
tration is continuing.
Fergus FaIIs-The st. Cloud Crushed
Stone company filed bankruptcy Pc
tition in the United States court here
today, placing it's assets at $80,015.64,
of which $78,111.64 is in buildings and
machinery, and it's liabilities at 1884,
144.35. It's heaviest creditor is the
First National bank of ST. Cloud, to
which it owes $13,22S.
Fairmont-The Fairmont creamery
claims the 1922 canning record for
Minnesota. The creamery reports an
output this year of 100000 cases Of
peas and $4,000 cases of corn.
Red Wing-Charles ]. Nelson, flag
man for the Milwaukee railroad for
the past 10 years, dropped dead in his
shanty at crossing here just after
Tagging a train.
st. CIoud-The city council has au-
thorized the city attorney to prepare
an amendment to the taxi ordinance
dropping the property damage insur-
ance, but retaining the personal liabil-
ity feature. The ordinance, as now
proposed, will require taxi operators
to take out insurance costing $125
yearly, with limits of $4,000 and $780,
O0c.
Owatonna-The Owatonna fuel COM
mission has been formed here, as the
result of appointments made by Mayor
w. C.. Zamboni with F. w. Sawyer as
chairman and " F. Leary as secretary.
The commission is conducting sur
vey of fuel wood resources in Steele
county.
st. cIoud-A delegation of 1000
from the twin cities is expected to at
tend the state convention Of the Fed
Grafton of German Catholic societies
of this city Sept. "a, rs. and 26. Seven
societies from st. Paul are planning
on coming in body.
st. Paul-Immigrants to Minnesota
and adjacent states shipped thirty
five carloads of livestock, poultry, ma
chinery and household goods through
the Minnesota transfer during the
month of August, as reported by Oscar
H. Smith, State Commissioner of I'm
Thirteen of the thirty
five carloads were destined to north
ern Minnesota points, practically all
being owned by settlers moving from
Iowa, Illinois and Nebraska to new
homes in this state. Due to the fact |
that farmers in the middle west and
northwest states are busy completing
grain threshing and commencing fall |
work, August is classed as one of the |
'.low-ebb" months of the year in the |
matter of moving settlers to new To- |
cations, and Mr.. Smith looks for an |
Increase in the number coming to J
Minnesota during September and Oc-
tober.
Redwood FaIIs-As feature attrac-
ton for the Ramsey state park here,
The park board has secured the bulk
head of the battleship Minnesota, and