The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-01-12

Duluth--A reduction of 20 cents q
ton in the retail price of hard coal and
Of 81 in soft coal were put into effect
here.
Slayton-Edward Krusemark lost
tire fingers when he put shotgun
shell on stove and an explosion fol-
lowed.
Adrian-Eldon Fitzpatrick, aged As,
is dead here from injuries received
when he fell from ladder while re-
pairing roof.
Marshall-Horace G. Hoffman, aged
20, a resident of Marshall for the last
80 years, died at his home here after
brief illness.
Waseca-Members of the Waseca
county fair board have named Aug.
Et28, 20 and 80 as the dates for the an
nual county fair.
Inverness. B. Nelson, prominent
merchant of this city, and for years
active in politics, has purchased the
Manitou hotel here.
Hibbing-The Lethania and South
Agnew mines opened here, giving en-
ployment to 500 men. Other mines
are expected to be opened soon.
Barnum-Fire destroyed the $4,000
high school building here. A library
costing $4,000, donated by c. G. Bar
mum, Duluth board of trade, was to-
tally lost.
Rush City-One of the biggest days
in the history of Rush City was when
! the new $4,000 cooperative cream
cry was opened to the public with fit
ing exercises.
Minneapolis-The 500 men employ
ed at the Kenwood shops of the Min
neapolis & st. Louis railroad return
: ed to work The shops were shut
down Dec. 3d.
Ely-Mines here are running full
shifts. The Pioneer mine employees
$50 men, the Sibley 200 and the Zen
18th It's men. A great deal Of wood
cutting also is being done.
Moorhead-One of the first steps of
Moorhead businessmen in the new
year was their promise to assist
hockey fans of the city in putting
over Moorhead hockey team.
Duluth-Employes of the Twin
Ports Electric lines, operators of
street cars in Duluth and Superior,
were notified of 10 per cent wage
reduction, effective January 16.
Grove City-Nels Lindskog, aged
80, was killed while chopping down
trees on the Adolph Nelson place north
of here. He was found dead near a
tree which had struck him when fall.
ing. 49,.
st. Paul-The Farmers State bank
of Big Lake, which was closed several
weeks ago, was reopened for business
with new officers in charge. It. has
capital of $4,000 and surplus of 49,
900.
Owatonna-Men of the First Metho-
dist Episcopal church of this city are
completing the organization of the
Mems Brotherhood here with the an
nounced aim of community and
church betterment.
Moorhead>The Commercial club
has named a committee to endeavor to
have work started at the Moorhead
end of the proposed hard surface road
to be built from here to Duluth under
the Babcock amendment.
Duluth-The Workers Socialist
Publishing. company, publishers OF
The Industrialists' convicted of Grim
inal syndicalism, was given the maxi
mum fine of $1,000 by Judge H. A.
Dancer in district court here.
So. St. Paul-F. w. Miller, recent
ly appointed federal supervisor of the
Union Stockyards, has arrived to take
up his new duties. The date when
the federal government will take over
the yard has not been announced.
Fairmont-In an effort to replace
what citizens have denounced as
charter relic of the muskrat age" Is
voters and freeholders of Fairmoat>
have been named by Judge e. c. Dean
of the district court to frame new
charter.
Glendale cholera has again
broken out in this vicinity after one
epidemic was supposedly stamped out
few weeks ago. The first appear
ance of the new outbreak was in the
herd of Thomas Larson, east of this
village.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for the
re-opening of the Stat. bank of Lam
berton soon will be completed. 1t is
reported several New Ulm capitalists
will reorganize the bank and that
New Ulm man probably would be
named as cashier.
st. Paul-The Minnesota Tax COM
mission is sending out blanks for the
occupation or tonnage tax to the min
ing companies. Reports must be filed
by February l. This will show the
result of the first year of tonnage tax
revenue.
Wheaton-At joint meeting of the
livestock breeders association and the
Traverse County Agricultural associa-
ton it was decided to build sales
pavilion on the county fair grounds.
The building is to cost $1,000 and will
be ready for series of purebred hog
sales which will take place in Febru-
airy.
st. James-Four homes here were
burglarized and loot to the amount of
several hundred dollars taken. AT