The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-06-25

Glendale - Civic leaders here have.
in a series Of "bees," completed i'm
provement at new bathing beach at
Beaver Lake and have constructed q
new bathhouse and roller coaster.
BaIaton - Minnesota's oldest wom-
an. Mrs. Louise Bickford Shequen.
died here at the age Of lot years. She
was born at Stanbridge. Can. Febru-
airy s. 1918.
Morris-A class Of 50 pupils receiv.
ed their diplomas from the rural
schools of Stevens county at the grad.
uation exercises at the West Central
School of Agriculture here.
Granite FaIls-A new water filtra.
ton plant is being given it's first try.
out and the people of this city will
have pure water on tap for the first
time In many months
FaribauIt-Industrial education for
the deaf was discussed by e. A. Stew.
enson, superintendent of the Fari.
bault School for the Deaf, at bust
ness session of the biennial conven.
ton Of the Minnesota Association OF
the Deaf.
Long Prairle-Long Prairie is to
stage celebration July IA, the occa.
sion being the completion of exten.
sive improvements to the. Long Prai.
RE Creamery. Governor Christianson
has been invited to speak. The day
/: is to be known as dairy day."
+. st. James-Among the graduates OF
the st. James high school this year,
Miss Lilly Mae Johnson has re.
markable record for attendance and
promptness. During the IL years OF
her public school life she has not
missed single day, nor been tardy.
, Rochester - Two tornadoes, cross.
ing the path of the southern Mime
sofa area which was swept by violent
storms less than 48 hours previously,
struck central Dodge county, partially
demolishing the town of Hayfield and
wrecking farm buildings with total
loss estimated at $250,0O0.
Minneapolis - Holding bank mes.
senger at bay with drawn pistol, a
street car bandit calmly alighted from
street car at University and Ham.
line avenues, ST. Paul, jumped into a
touring car at the curb and fed
with $4,000 in cash, while 20 passen.
gers looked on, helpless and dazed.
Appleton = While drilling on the
John Malzahan farm, George R. Shep
ard was asphyxiated by dynamite
fumes. In an attempt to rescue him
he was brought to within 10 feet OF
the top, but dropped back again and
was dead when brought out a short
time later.
ST. Paul - The Owatonna district
team won first place with 2,427 points
in the boys state livestock judging
contest at the University farm. The
three other teams in the contest fin.
ished in the following order: Bemidji
district, second, 1856 points; Gilbert
district, third, 2,269 points, and Pipe.
stone district, fourth, 1902 points.
Fort Smelling - One hundred and
fifty physicians and surgeons from
Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da'
kota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and
Iowa, members of the Seventh corps
area, Medical Reserve corps, will be
at Fort Smelling July to 10, to take
part in two weeks medical training
under the jurisdiction of the com
mander of the seventh corps area.
st. Paul - Robert Edwin Odds, St
Paul, former law associate of Frank
B. Kellogg, was named assistant sec,
rotary of state by President Coolidge,
Colonel Odds, who is now in Paris,
succeeds John Van A. MacMurray,
who is now en- route to assume his
new post as minister to China.
st. CIoud-Taxed beyond its capacity
by the increased number Of inmates,
1t has, been necessary to place cots in
the Railways of the state reformatory
to care for the 767 inmates now con
fined there, c. A. Vasaly, superinten'
dent, reported The reformatory has
capacity of 600 inmates.
St. PauI-Farm loans by the state
of Minnesota will be financed hereaf
ter out of the state trust funds, under
a plan being worked out by Governor
Theodore Christianson and his ad'
visers. In other words, the state will
buy its own bonds and pay interest tc
itself, instead of selling tax free
rural credit bonds in large amounts
to outside capitalists.
Minneapolis - The University OF
Minnesota, celebrating it's greatest
commencement exercises, made the
day one in which its leaders and stu
dents of both past and present re
ceived all honor. The history of Min
nesota's first days took its place be-
side the record of the great univer
sity of today as DR.. William Watts
Folwell, the first president, before q
,throng of 10000 persons gathered in
the Memorial stadium for the gradua
ition of 1902 seniors, received the hon
iorary degree of doctor Of laws.
ST. Paul - Governor Christensen
announced his appointees on the new
i "superboard" of administration and
finance, which will control the ex'
,penditures of state departments and
boards. Members Of the new board
are: Henry Rines, present state treas
aurer, named as state controller; A. j
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