The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-09-18
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PRINCETON-Miss Grace Dunn publisher of
the Princeton Union, has returned from three
months trip to Europe during which time she visited
several continental countries and also was the guest
of relatives in Ireland.
Miss Dunn who resumes the editorial desk of
The Union next week, reports delightful journey
Harry M. Case, who has been in charge of the pub
Ication during the absence will resume his position
with the Minnesota railroad and warehouse COM
mission starting Monday He is placed on the grain
department Of the commission.
ST. PAUL-An hours hunt by officials and en-
ployes at the state capitol and ST. Paul police for
Mrs. Thomas A. Merritt Fullerton, Calf, reported
missing by her husband, ended recently when she
found in the Merritt automobile outside OF the
building.
Mr. Merit, who with his wife and two children
are making automobile trip stopped at the capitol
to inquire about state lands and while In the pulid
ing became separated from Mrs. Merritt.
After extensive hunt Mrs Merritt was found
in her husbands automobile after she had given up
the search for her husband and children.
ssTve lost my children, several times" Merritt
said "but this the first time have lost my wife,
DULUTH-Leo Olson 16, Duluth, is dead today
the victim of automobile crash caused when his
uncle, driving the car in which Olson was riding
took pinch of snuff
Olson and his uncle Edward Valure, 35.
riding in New Duluth late Friday afternoon when
Valure asked Olson to guide the car while he took
chew of snuff. The youth lost control OF the ma
chine momentariy and it crashed into telephone
pole He died at a local hospital at 2:25 A. NJ Sat-
urday. Vaure was only slightly injured
ST. PAUL-The certified seed potato acreage in
Minnesota this year shows considerable decline
from that of last year, according to A. G. Tolaas, in
charge of potato seed certfcation work for the Min
nesota State Department of Agriculture with head
quarters at University Farm here
The 1929 acreage inspected showed a total of g.
1872 the acreage this year is about $500 Mr.
Toaas attributes the decline in part at least to the
small premium paid for certified seed potatoes OF
the 1929 crop.
The 1929 crop of potatoes generally short
and the premium paid for certified seed this year
Lack of organization for marketing may also have
contributed to the low price paid for certified seed
AITKIN-Following quarrel last night in
which he killed his wife when she tried to shield
her mother from being shot, Bengt Salberg 80, NC
Grath was held in the Aitkin county Jail today. 1t
is expected that charge of first degree murder will
be placed against him.
The separation of himself and his wife brought
about by the influence of his mother-inlaw was the
cause of the quarrel Salberg said Salberg and his
wife had been separated for about week. Last
night he went to the home of his mother-in-law to
see her. An argument ensued between the man and
his wife's mother. He drew gun to shoot her but
the daughter jumped in front of her. When his
wife refused to move, he shot her instead She died
shortly afterward. Salberg made attempt to es-
cape after the shooting.
HASTINGS BOYLE, cashier of the Farmers
State Bank of Rosemount which closed Tuesday,
pleaded guilty to the embezzement of $4,000 of the
banks funds, in district court He sentenced to
one to five years in saltwater.
Boyle was arrested complaint issued by
Alfred M Joyce, Dakota county attorney He waiv-
ed preliminary hearings and was bound over to dis
trict court where he entered his plea of guilty.
Boyle is married and has two children. He has
been cashier of the bank since 1926
The bank was closed when shortage of $4,000
was discovered in Boyles accounts An effort to
the institution taken by another bank fail
ed Deposits totaed $4,000, capital $4,000 and
plus $4,000.
Observation-Disclosures with guns and ordered
to drive into nearby woods Bernard Mraz Brainero,
bound and gagged by two bandits who robbed
him of $70O in cash and checks and escaped. Mraz
was driving the candy sales belonging to his
brother when ordered to stop on highway eight
miles south of here. Mraz freed himself eventually
and drove to Brainerd and gave the alarm
LITTLE FALLS-Federal maneuvers of $4,000
in the western and southern parts of the Unit
ed States are slated at the Little Falls NationaI
Guard camp in 1892 This information came today
from unofficial, but what is considered reliable
Training according to the reports. has been
definitely set for after next, with the view
of possibly making it permanent.
With $4,000 National Guard troops already des-
tined to be at camp here in 1882, the addition of
the federals will bring to this city $4,000 for
training.
The northern area, composed of 10000 troops
will detrain at Brainerd and march to the camp ac-
cording to the report. The southern group,
comprising another 1900 troops, will get longer
tramp, detraining at St. Cloud.
Elaborate equipment will be brought here in the
special trains transporting the troops it was said
This includes paraphernalia for offensive and de-
fensive drilling and planes for from the
huge landing field. plane, coming from a long
distance; landed at the field recently and is under
stood to have come here in that connection.