The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-08-28
Neu1t BriettMan
All @ State
Condensed Stories Of Happeninp
Of he Week n Minnesota

AppIeton-In the worst thunder.
storm of the season the grain eleva.
tor of John ]. Hagen & Son at this
place, was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground with its con.
tents, about 1000 bushels Of grain.
observation-disclosures has been
made here of the purchase Of the
building formerly used as brewery,
by the Minnesota Potato Exchange.
The building will be taken over by
the exchange Sept. Is. for the storage
of potatoes.
New Ulm-H. L. Beecher has been
elected president of the Eagle Milling
Company here. Mr.. Beecher entered
the employ of the mill in 1905 as a
correspondent, was elected a director
in 1909 and has been general manager
of the mill since 1920.
Mankato-Major M. D. Welty, Unit.
ed States Army, has been assigned
as an instructor with the 205th In.
fantry, Minnesota National Guard
with headquarters here. He comes
from Fort Leavenworth, and will sue.
coed Colonel w. s. Fulton.
Austin-A survey Of houses under
construction in Austin since the first
of the year and Of contracts already
made for construction to be started
this fall reveals that by November ]
200 houses will have been started in
Austin since January 1.
Wlnona-Barney Carson, southern
Minnesota professional golf champion
who recently resigned as professional
of the Winona Public Golf Course AS.
ISOLATION, has accepted similar posi-.
ton at the Albert Lea Country Club.
he announced here.
st. CIoud-Afalfa crops can be
made to pay IA high as $50 al acre
and in some cases higher than that
Charles R. Hutchinson, alfalfa expert
told the members Of the Stearns
County Bankers Association at spe
cial meeting at Greenwald.
Observation-Disclosures provided
the second largest number Of recruits
for the u. s. Navy during the fiscal
year which ended June 80, according
to figures issued by the Navy depart.
ment at Washington. Kansas City
led the country with a total of 5,449
men.
FaribauIt-Paul A. Johnson, county
agent, is warning farmers to save seed
from their 1923 bins for planting next
year. "Our corn is far behind time"
Mr.. Johnson said, "and If it is to ma.
ture for seed we will have to have at
least three or four weeks of hot
weather"
st. Cloud-Dr. Hans Hansen, OF
Logan, Ia, who was chief surgeon OF
the SSth division during the World
war, and newly appointed medical Of.
ficer in charge Of the Veterans hospi.
tai about to be opened here, is now
in st. Cloud. He has been for some
time acting executive officer of one
of the large hospitals for veterans in
New York.
Preston-F1nding power wire
down, a Preston farmer touched II
with a match to see If it was hot
and then picked It up and tied il
around a fence post. Linemen com
ing along later declared the farmer
must have handled the wire in a mo
ment of temporary failure of power.
for the whole fence was found charg,
ed with $4,000 volts.
Observation-Disclosures from Oxford
University of England will meet Garlic
ton College in Skinner chapel, No
vember II, It is announced by DR.
e. B. Dean, chairman Of the board
Of deans Of Carleton. Among the Ok.
ford debaters is N. J. Macdonald, son
Of the prime minister, of Queens col
lege. Last year Carleton defeated
Cornell University, which has also
met the British team.
Hibblne-The woods are full OF
bears, not only north Of Hibbing, but
south as well, according to farmers
coming into town this week. In the
Lynwood section scouts at the Boy
Scout camp have seen several cub
bears in the woods. The woods north
Of Hibbing contain more bears than
at any time in the last five years, II
Is reported
st. cIoud-At q meeting Of Stearns
county cattle breeders a general cam.
paign to introduce better sires into
the county was launched and given
enthusiastic Endorsement by the big
cattle owners Of the county. This is
in line with general program being
carried out by the Minnesota Holstein
Breeders Association, which has sue.
cessfully put over campaigns in IL
counties in the state.
Mlnneapolis-Th yachts out of
the entire fleet Of Glass C yachts
which started in the first race Of the
championship series of the Inland
Lakes Yachting Association at Deep
haven, Lake Minnetonka, were left
sailing when the race neared compile
ton there. The boats, starting in the
rain, ran into severe storm which
capsized boat after boat and, made the
task Of rescuing the crews most diff
ficult.
DuIuth-District Judge e. j. Kenny
took under advisement the claims for
$2,500,000 back pay made by Leonard
Swanson, iron ore prospector, for sew
vices in discovering mines on the Mes
saba range for, Marshall H. Alworth,
D,11uth MINING man