The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-01-12
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charter Of the proposed Guaranty
State bank of Minneapolis, to be locat-
ed at Tenth st and \Nicollet av.
Willmar-Bus service has been es-
'tablished between Willmar and Nor
'ris, via Benson, during the past week.
AT Morris connections are made with
other points, including Alexandria.
MinneapoGs-A fight to obtain lower
hotel rates throughout Minnesota will
be started Immediately by the Mime
sofa Commercial Mems association, an
Organization of 1900 members, fol-
lowing meeting here.
st. Paul-Five persons convicted of
murder and five convicted of man
slaughter are among the IA prisoners
whose appeals for pardon and clemen-
Icy came before the state pardon board
lat its quarterly meeting.
st. Cloud-The city commissioners
have called special election on Feb.
2, at which the present officeholders
will be candidates against the three
nominees on recall petitions, present
ed and filed week ago. The present
commission denies published charges
Iof incompetence.
eapolis-hstalled in the new
= University of Minnesota music build
ing will be four manual pipe organ
for concert purposes and two smaller
pipe organs for practice, according to
AN announcement made by a commit
tee of the board of regents which let
Ia $4,000 contract.
Pelican Rapids the &C.
quittal in district court at Fergus
Falls of John Gunderson, accused Of
having assaulted his partners wife, a
crowd of 200 local citizens waited on
Henderson when he returned here and
Uniformed him his presence is no longer
desired in this town. No violence was
ATTEMPTED. -
st. Paul-Steps to provide the
Northwest members of the U. S. Grain
Growers, Inc, with sales facilities in
time to handle the 1922 crop was
taken by directors in session last
week in Chicago, according to an an
Inouncement made at the Northwest
headquarters of the corporation in
ESt. Paul.
st. Paul-Fourteen hundred farmers
and 400 farm women returned to their
homes following a weeks intensivs
coaching in up-to-the-minute, develop
Iments in farm management at what
short course officials termed the most
successful farmers and homemakers
short course ever given at the agricul-
tural college of the University of Min
ineSota.
Minneapolis-Five cars of flour,
carload each from Mankato, New
Prague and st. James, and four cars
of corn from Mountain Lake, went for
ward to New York for shipment to
the Volga famine area as part of Min
nesota's response to the appeal of the
Minnesota Russian Relief committee
for "a million pounds of -four to save
million lives in Russia " ..
! st. CloudvAn attempt made to
dynamite the Cold Spring dam over
the Sank river, failed despite the ex-
plosion of charge which shattered
windows in the adjacent plant of the
Rockville Granite company and in the
nearby village of Cold Spring. The
damage is limited to $500 from broken
glass. On February 1, 1921, an ex-
plosion wrecked the turbine and the,
walls of the Penstock heuse, causing
a damage of $4,000.
st. Paul-"With/a fair labor and in
vestment return, farmers of America
will gladly underwrite the permanent
lean living, fulfilling the largest con-
tract ever made-that of feeding and
clothing 100000 persons with
American standards of living" This
was the message of James R. Howard,
president of the American Farm Blu
reau federation, who spoke at the
third annual convention of the Min,
nesota Farm Bureau federation at the
University farm.
st. Paul-That the rural school is
the weak link in Minnesota's educa-
tional system, requiring several meas
ures to bring up its standards, and
that health supervision OF school chill
dren should be extended to the entire
state, are conclusions forced on mem
bers of the interim legislative COM
mission on education as result of
three days of hearings at the state
capitol, members OF the commission
said. The commission recessed until
Jan. "a, when it will resume hearing
representatives of various organiza-
tions.
Jasper-The Highland church in the
country southwest of here was de.
stroyed by Ere of incendiary origin
When farmers reached the scene, a
stranger was foupd sitting on the side
of the road, watching the flames. The
man was taken into custody. 1t is
believed that he has escaped from
some insane hospital.
St. Paul The third annual conven-
ton of the Minnesota Farm Bureau
federation closed with the election of
officers to guide its work in 1922. j.
F.. Reed of Lac Qui Parle county, was
elected president by large majority
over l.. n. Potter, retiring executive. )