The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-09-11

enter Highway No 3 three miles east of here His
wife and family were in the car at the time but
none seriously injured.
ELBOW LAKE-Four year old Basil Braaten
son of Mr. and Mrs Peter Braaten, residing near
this village died last week in strange accident
The little fellow being bathed by his mother and
was standing a chair playing with a balloon. Just
how the accident occurred is not known, but sud
denly the mother noticed that something was wrong
with the little lad and asked him if he had swallowed
part of the balloon. The little boy made no out
cry of any kind but seemed to nod his head
Pounding the back and tur, ing him upside down
procedure usually followed when persons get some
thing in their throat which strangles them, proved
to no avail and in few moments the little fellow
was dead It is thought that the boy was blowing
up the balloon when it burst part of the rubber
is thought to have gone down his throat and since
his lungs were empty the boy could not expell the
obstruction.
GRAND RAPIDs-Two young girls Irene and
Marian Matala, eight and ten years of age, daugh-
ters of Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Matala of Oteneagen
township had narrowing experience Sunday and
Monday which, however, leaves them little the worse
The two girls lost and remained out all during
the storm of Sunday night but are now at home ap-
parently recovered from the exposure.
WAVERLY-Two men were severely burned by
acid from unknown source while driving from
Breckenridge to Wilmar They stopped at Morris
for lunch and when they got out of their car their
clothing badly eaten and they were burned about
the body. The paint on one Slde OF Cner auto was
eaten off and the paint car that was following
them and the clothing on the two occupants OF that
machine also eaten. None OF the men could
account for the of the acid but said that they
passed two men on the road walking and believed
that these men sprayed the acid on them as they
passed without giving them lift.
LITTLE FALLS, School teachers in Morrison
county were paid $221O15 for their services during
the past year. says the report submitted by the Nor
rson county school superintendent.
Cash on hand in all Morrison county school dis
trcts for the year ending July 81 amounted to $780,
428 Total receipts for the year amounted to more
than haalf a million dollars, while the aggregate
bonded Indebtedness totals $3S400O repairs on build
ings, $11410 and transportation for students S159S2
SUMBROTA, MINN-Striking water tower af-
ter rising from an improvised landing field barn
stormng airplane crashed at Wanamingto, near here
killing two passengers and critically injurng the
pilot
The dead were Arnold Morkre, "a and Alfred
Lunde, "a both of Wanamingo, Henry Dahlem Mora,
pilot of the plane is in critical condition at
Rochester hospital.
Dahlem came to Wanamingo transforming
exhibition tour. Because the town had no landing
field he was forced to use vacant field near the
town.
In taking off, he failed to allow for the 125-foot
watertower A wing of the plane struck the tank
and the plane fell instantly crashing near the main
street of the town. Morkre and Lunde were killed
Dahlem was extricated from the wreckage and
taken to the Rochester hospital where physicians
said his chances for recovery were slight.
ST. PAUI-The mercury dropped to within a
few degrees of freezing and light frost reported
in at least section of the Northwest, Sept g.
The report of frost came from Duluth, where the
temperature 40. The frost appeared
in the lowlands. Park Rapids, however, reported
the lowest temperature in Minnesota with mark of
81 degrees. At Thief River Falls it was 3s degrees
MILACA-Confronted with possible poor fund
of $4,000 per year. Mile Laos county commissioners
taken action which may result in closer scrutiny
of the conditions prevailing among those families
who have asked for county aid during the past four
months.
- From April 13 to August 12 this year period
of four months; poor farm disbursements amounted
to $685. and mothers pensions to $1,204, total
of 1887 This amount spent during the spring and
summer months when the poor are usually able to
provide for themselves has started the commission
ers on investigation. The board has authorized
by unanimous vote the appointment of a committee
of three and naming the county welfare board to
make survey of all dependents in the county.
Mrs. Sophia Stroeter, Princeton Mrs Mary
Kunkle, Milaca, and Mrs. Pearl Gravel, Onamia, will
conduct the work.
The committee has been instructed to
complete investigation of all persons receiving coun
ty aid and also those now receiving pensions. They
also will investigate the of the county home in
mates and make detailed report of their physical
conditions, earning capacities and property own
ed by the dependents. The committee will report
its findings at the October 7th meeting of the com
mission.
MORRIS-Harold Buckley, of Scott township
was completing the chore of his milking Sunday eve
ming during the electrical storm that up rather
suddenly at that time But he had miked during
storms at other times and didn't pay much atten
ton to it-until bolt of lightning hit the barn and
travelled through the structure until it came to the
particular he was milking
The killed outright by the lightning and
Mr.. Buckley knocked unconscious. His wife
who happened to be in the barn, managed to gel
him into the auto and took him to the farm home
of his parents, short distance from his own farm
then summoned medical aid. Mr. Buckley was "out'
for some time. Besides burns the insdes of his
legs where he holding the milk pail, he suffered
serious injury.
One other in the barn was stunned. No ser
ious damage was done to the building.
GRIN. DON'T GRUMBLE