The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1924-03-13
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spooner-Mrs. Erickson, wife of pub
Usher of the Spooner News, has beel
appointed postmistress here and Il
now in charge of that office.
6emidIl-With heavy shipping sea
son In prospect. saving operations a
the plant Of the Crookston Lumbe,
company will begin about April /.
Rochester-Triplets were born t,
MI. and Mrs. Albert Kujath. All arr
boys and all are doing nicely. This /,
one OF the few cases of triplets re
ported in many years in this city.
Moorhead-The Clay county unit Of
the Minnesota Potato Growers ex
change will be organized within the
next 10 days, o. M. Olson, organiza
ton campaign manager, announced.
vIrsinia-The alfalfa acreage of the
north end OF st. Louis county will be
increased 100 per cent, according to
august Neubauer, local county agent
The increased acreage amounts to 400
per cent over year ago.
OrtonvIIIe-One Of the old land.
marks Of Ortonville soon will be
wrecked, or moved to another loca.
ton, to make way for the new armory
and community building to be erected
here.
Little FalIs-A peramennt county
tax committee was elected here at q
tax reduction conference attended by
town, village and city school board
officials and taxpayers. About 800
persons, mostly farmers, were in at
tendance.
ortonviIIe-Vanity cases and pow.
der puffs have been officially banned
from the Ortonville city schools. Too
much attention is paid to cosmetics
and not enough attention is given to
study, the school authorities say.
Fairmont-Byron H. Curtis, Martin
county's representative In the state
legislature, has fled for reelection.
He has served two previous terms,
August e. Mau, Waverly farmer, also
filed as candidate. ~
Moorehead-Clay county commits
sioners sold $25O,O00 worth of road
bonds at premium of 5000 and in
terest at ~ per cent. The bonds
make available this year $250.000 for
road work. ~
!: W1nona-Advocates of the erection
of a tuberculosis sanatorium in WI
mona county won victory when the
Winona League of Women Voters, at
ter listening to arguments advanced
in favor of the project, went on record
IN support of the proposal.
Rochester-With the completion Of
the animal farm Of the Mayo clinic.
-Four miles from the city, and the con-
sequent removal of to that place of
all animals used for experimental pur-
poses, improvements which will cost
about $4,000 are now in progress.
Hibblng-Announcement was made
by H. s. Wallin, superintendent OF the
Mahoning mine, that day and night
crew will start work on stripping with
two shovels. This will give employ
ment to more than 200 men and will
start mining operations one month
earlier than any time in the past ten
years.
Redwood FalIs-Contracts have been
let by the board Of education for the
erection of new grade school build
ing here. e. Carlstrom of Mankato
was given the general contract on his
bid of $122.082. To this is added con-
tracts for the heating, ventilating.
plumbing and wiring, which will bring
the total price Of the building up to
.$162,674.
Hibbing-Distric Judge Martin
Hughes has announced that, as an in
.centive to emphasize the item COM
,mandments" Of real American citizen
ship, 800 donated by R. X. Doe, Uni
ted States naturalization examiner.
will be offered as prizes in statewide
competition. The sum will be divided
into four prizes, $50, $25, SIS and $40.
Every individual, club and civic organ
dzation in Minnesota interested in good
citizenship may compete.
Rochester-What is. regarded as an
extraordinary record for the produc-
ton of butter was made recently by
"a purebred Holstein cow in the herd
of Christopher Graham Of Rochester.
According to the advanced registry de-
partment of the Holstein-F riesian as
.sociation Of America, this cow, Ora
hamholm Segis Pauline Colantha, a
Junior year old, produced in one year
-23,570.4 pounds of milk and 740.46
pounds of butterfat-eQua to 925.5
pounds of butter.
crosby-Pumping was resumed in
the shaft of the Milford mine where
Al miners were drowned late in Jan.
uary. The bodies OF the victims are
still in the shaft, buried in tons OF
mud, sand and weeds as well as water.
The mud Is too thin to shovel and
too thick to pump. Several days ago
the pumps became clogged with the
grass and weeds and we're hoisted and
new screens made. Now two lines OF
clear water are running into the shaft
in an attempt to thin the mixture SO
that It can be pumped.
lvanhoe-A cow, owned by Solder
lind Brothers near this place, recently
gave birth to triplets. Previous to
this the COW had given birth to four
sets Of twins, making IL healthy
calves in Ave freshenings, believed to