The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-01-25
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Condensed Stories Of Happenings
Of the Week in Minnesota

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Condensed Stories Of Happenings |
~! Of the Week in Minnesota
/ Owatonna-An average of approx
mately 800 Steel county women have
attended each of the four days ses-
sions of the Community Cooking
| School.
Owatonna--A community cooking
school, with Miss Vera M. Megowen
of Columbia university and Miss Irma
I. Mundy of the Chicago Institute of
Fine Arts as instructors, will open
here.
Red Wing-By a vote of As to Is
stockholders in the Red Wing Coop
erative creamery decided to change
the organization from a cooperative
to stock company. 2
Pipestone-At the annual sale held
at Faramont Hereford farms % head
Of cattle were sold at an average
price of $126 per head. The high price
paid was $27O. Many Hereford
breeders were attracted by the sale.
Hackensack-A fire of undetermined
origin ragged through the business sec
ton of this place, causing heavy dam.
age to the main street. Five struc-
lures were destroyed.
Standardization Sakry, a farmer,
reported that he had discovered traces
Of oil in the water from his flowing
well. His we'll is 112 feet deep and
is located on the banks of creek.
Mankato - extensive preparations
are being made by the Blue Earth
County Farm Bureau and various
breeding associations in the county for
conducting a better sire campaign"
throughout the county.
Farlbautt-G George. w. Murray, who
for the last five years has been operat.
ing the, Brunswick hotel. has bought
the property from John w. Schultz, It
is, announced by Mr.. Murray that he
will, erect a new hotel Immediately
north Of the present structure. ~, r.
St. vincent-A cash prize of $50, in
addition to any bounties collected, has
been offered to the person killing the
most wolves or coyotes. The beasts
have become so troublesome in this
section that it was decided to make
it an object for men to go out and
track them down
Owatonna = Minnesota dairymen
brought the 45th annual convention of
the State Dairymen's association to a
close after adoption of program for
further progress and an extension OF
it's activities this year.
Hibbing-Making use of what they
had gained through fire drills. and
marching out of a min in an orderly
manner, between 40 and so miners es.
capped suffocation and possibly death
when a fire of undetermined origin
broke out in the Leetonia underground
mine.
OIivia-Although believing its work
of considerable importance in the com.
munity the Renyille county board has
decided to abolish the child welfare
department.. The commissioners feel
the people demand more economy in
county affairs and made cuts in the
salaries Of the number of county Of
ficers in addition to abolishing the
work of the child welfare supervisor.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the coun-
ty fair associations of Marshall, Polk,
Kittson and Norman counties met here
to form fair circuit and fix fair dates
for next summer that will allow each
fair to show the same attraction. Con.
tracts were signed up with a number
of amusement companies. The North.
western or Crookston fair also may
join the new circuit. The four fairs
already banded together are those at
Ada, Hallock. Warren and Fertile
DuIuth--A request that Attorney
General Hilton be instructed to take
an appeal from the decision of the
state railroad and warehouse commits
sion granting an increase in telephone
rates In Duluth is contained in a reso.
luton unanimously adopted by the
city council. The request follows the
ruling of District Judge W., A. Cant,
holding that only the attorney general
could institute proceedings in the
case.
Duluth-Alleging malicious Islander,
Mrs. Sarah McAlpine, widow of the
late John McAlpine,- Duluth lumber.
man, and her son, Dale McAipine, filed
suit in district court .againts Mrs. Mat.
tie B. Titus. Mrs. McAlpine seeks
$4,000, while Dale has brought suit
for $4,000. Mrs. Titus accused them
of being connected with the death of
Mr.. McAlpine, who was found dead in
the basement of his home Oct. IA, 1918,
with bullet wound in his. breast.
Roehester-A gain Of 43 per cent in
the business of the Rochester postof-
fee lie noted for 1922 by Postmaster
D. L. Williams. The total amount OF
business done at the Rochester post
Office last year was $102,799.14. In
1912 the business amounted to only
$41,5e4.se.