The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-09-04

MARSHALL-A 16-year-old boy who last Thurs
day noon robbed the Currie Mercer farm home east
of Dudley has been sentenced to year and half
in the st. Cloud reformatory. His name is John
Fox, and he pleaded guilty to larceny charge after
he had been captured in chase across cornfelds
and along a highway.
Entering the Mercer house through a window
while the family at work in the fields, Fox
took watch three rings one of them diamond,
pair Of Shoes and other small articles Sheriff
Andrew Christensen was called, and he and Deputy
George Rankin and small group of neighbors took
up the chase.
About 40 rods away they found footprints on a
road and followed them through two cornields and
across plowed field. little girl then told them
she had seen man going toward Dudley. At that
place. Lloyd Rankin told the officers he had seen a
boy who answered the description get into a wagon
They overlook Fox at the crossroad south of
Dudley, where the wagon had turned off. The boy
hailed the sherffs for ride, which he got. He
later pleaded guilty and received his sentence. The
rings and shoes were found in slough eaest of Dud-
ley.
Fox was wanted, it was learned later at the in
dustral school at Waukesha Wis. It is also believed
that he stole bicycle from the Fred Demo farm and
sold it at Milroy. He born in Montreal.
MABEI-Cayton E. Babcock, Amherst farmer.
has Stradivarius violin made in 1885, which he val
ues highly. The instrument is still in shape to be
used. It made in Cremona Italy, and the fol-
lowing words are found on the old relic, "Fabricat
in Cremona, 1885," The farmer received the relic
from his grandfather, Arrn Dbbel, one of the pio-
neers of this county. Mr.. Dbbe brought it from
Vermont in the early days.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has been craving more
excitement since the local recreation clubs indur-
ance rummy game broke the eleven weeks drouth.
Today she got it when Henry Goaczkowski burn
ed the wasps nest. Henry has farm on the edge
of town. While he was surveying his acres today a
wasp made perfect three point landing on his ov-
erals. He was hopping mad.
"Tll fix you," said he to the wasp He touched
match to the nest nearby in the field. The field is
h1rr o1vo ~, fbn oifxy fpo Most
burned up the field tried to and the fire department
went to Blue Earth for more hose
MOORHEAD-A war bird who has been search
ing in every part of the country for his mother has
discovered her here.
Leon Finney, commercial fier, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, had lost track of his mother, Mrs. Ida
Melin during his second year in the service when
she moved to Canada His letters to her not
received During the last week he landed at the
local airport and was his custom looked in the
telephone book where he found her name.
Mother and staged reunion party here
Monday. Finey plans to build home here for his
mother and take active part in the development
of Moorhead airport. He intends to establish head
quarters here for commercial flying Finney entered
the American aviation service in 1915 as a member
of the 9th aerial squadron lob regiment 26th dvi-
sion. During the he wounded II times from
gas poisoning. 1t during his second year in the
service that messages from the American Red Cross
to his mother were undelivered
In 1919 he was discharged from the service and
returned to the united STATES linen IOllOWeo years
when he toured the country with commercial flying
searching for his mother.
IITcHFIELD-s Stockholders of the Collinwood
oil we'll located short distance southwest OF Dasse
are considering the ACCESSIBILITY of abandoning the
project started last spring. An oil well has been dug
depth of 1927 and if drilling is to continue there
must be additional funds.
Just how deep the drill must go before oil is
struck is not known by the stockholders, most OF
whom feel sure that oil is located in that section.
Since it was first sunk into the ground the drill
has several times encountered rock and work has
been held up at intervals.
MAPLE LAKE-Mrs. Mary Harmon, of Maple
Lake and John Nuty of Melbourne Australia have
lots to talk about they have not seen each other for
60 years. They brother and sister.
Mr.. Nulty said farewell to his sister when she
left the family home in Ireland to to the Unit
ed States He, in turn went to Australia to seek his
fortune.
Mr.. Nulty is here on his first visit to the United
States.
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