The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-02-19

hens in the spring 1924 Granquist
sold over $500 worth of turkeys
Thief River FalIs-Rapid progress
was made by the legislative commit.
tee Investigating state rural credit
loans in this vicinity during the ses.
sion when more than 20 farmers, pro.
fessional and business men were ex.
ahmed by the various members of the
committee.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for reopenine
the Chippewa County State Bank will
be considered at meeting The call
for the meeting has been issued by
both groups of stockholders and de.
positors and it is stated that a new
start toward the reorganization OF
this bank will be taken at this time
Jordan-A record in land values
was established by the sale Of II
acre fruit farm near Shakopee, owned
by Benjamin Hanson, to Harry Dres
sen for $4,000. Mr.. dresser has an.
nounc I'd he will operate a chicken
ranch on the tract in, connection with
fruit raising.
Henderson - Sibley county's net
gain under the Babcock highway plan
was $264,379.S7, according to Official
figures of the highway department. In
the period in which the plan has
been in operation, approximately four
years, the county spent $457, 11S47 in
maintenance and improvement.
Montevideo-An innovation in
church services was inaugurated at
the First Methodist church here when
the first of series of addresses to
be given by laymen took place, Mayor
Jesse ]. Brown spoke on "The Church
and the Community" Other laymen
talks will follow.
Hallock-Roland Sutton irnmigra
ton department patrolman, who shot
and seriously wounded E. D. Osten,
son, # this city, near Humboldt.
Mimi, when car in which Ostenson
was riding did not stop when ordered
to, is held charged with second de.
gree assault with a dangerous weap.
on.
ExceIsior-T. A. Erickson of Uni.
versity Farm, the leader of potato
club work in the state, announced
that Romance Palmer of Excelsior,
Lake Minnetonka, is the runner-up or
reserve champion in the junior club
competitions. Romance grew Green
mountain potatoes which returns him
yield at the rate of 571.6 bushels to
the acre.
lie Sueur Center-Large delega-
tons, of the county, appeared before
the county commissioners to urge
road improvements. Among the pro.
jects involved are: The county line
roads between New Prague and Hen
derson; a road from Lake Volney to-
ward Kilkenny, and project in
Cleveland township.
Jordan-Merits of the bill requiring
tuberculin tests for all cattle offered
for sale in the state were discussed
before the Scott County Holstein
Breeders association at it's annual
meeting here, by State Senator Henry
Arndt of Jordan, chairman of the Sen
ate Dairy products committee.
Baiaton-Mrs. Louise Bickford She
quen of Balaton has been receiving
gifts and congratulations upon having
attained the advanced age of 1O7
years. Mrs. Shequen has the distinc-
ton of being one of Minnesota's old
est women, as well as being one of
the Oldest persons in the northwest.
Grant the minority free speech.
That's all the comfort it has.
Law of gravity Is an ''unwritten
law" and it is always enforced.
1t is a pretty hard fate TO be i'm
mortal in literature and still be
bore.
Morality Is not mere doctrine.
The most primitive savages have the
beginnings Of it.