The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-07
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ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Hubred, of Elk Lake town.
Ship was electrocuted at the home of Robert w.
Hacking, 1856 Hayes Street. N. E, Minneapolis
where she was employed MONDAY morning. July @As''
at IL 80 o'clock .
The Hacklings were away from home when the
accident occurred. The death was discovered when
Miss Hubred failed to keep appointment with her
sister MYRTLE Huberd, 5000 Humbot Avenue s. Min
neapolis. Myrtle Hubred found the body when she
went to the Hacking home to see what had delayed
her sister in keeping the appointment DR.. q. w.
Callerstrom called and he pronounced the death
accidental.
Exactly how the accident occurred will never be
known When found Vernice had damp rag In
one hand 1t seems probable that she was busting
and probably had one hand on the radiator when
she attempted to the floor lamp with the other
Defective wiring in the floor lamp probably caused
instant death.
GRAND RAPIDS-Sixty million feet of saw logs
are included the estimate of timber to be offered
for sale on the Chippewa National Forest in 1tasca
county The announcement that bids would be re-
ceived was made from the office OF the Reglonal
Forester in Milwaukee.
Lands included in the territory to be logged were
cut over part, 20 to 80 years ago, when the
large and white and Norway pine logs were removed
The timber to be cut is in large part aspen, or
white poplar, the estimate is 100000 feet OF
poplar 100000 feet of ASH oak and elm logs, and
100000 feet of pine, spruce, balsam and jacqpine
There also many fine cedar poles and posts and
considerable quantity of cedar and tamarack rail-
road ties we'll large amount of spruce and
balsam pupwood
The timber to be sold is all located north,
northeast and west of Winnbigoshish lake. The
lands located in townships 146, lat and 14S and
ranges g. 81, % and 20. Bids will be received at
the Milwaukee office up to September 2. Bids are
asked on all merchantable dead timber, we'll as
the designated live timber in the areas included
1t is not anticipated that this call for bids means
close cutting of timbers practiced by most logging
concerns. 1t means that the Federal Forestry COM
mission is carrying out it's announced policy of Sc
lectve logging in which certain portion of the for
est, where there is mature timber, will be logged
each year. Further information regarding the tim
Der, terms, minimum bids and other details, can be
secured either from the office of the forest super
visor at Cass Lake. the district office at Milwaukee
PRINCETON-The soil around Princeton has
long been known for its potato producing qualities
for number of years and Princeton has the name
of shipping hundreds OF cars of potatoes each year.
In years gone by it's reputation developed into be-
ing of the heaviest producing potato sections of
the state.
There seemed to have been a slight falling off
of the acreage and yields in later years. The 16
warehouses here were not in such demand, but at
that $500 shipped last year.
Now comes Odin Oregard with his hobby of put
ting the potato business back to its former normal
basis He has been styled the new Potato King
of Mile Laos county for right he has nearly 600
ed on peat bog northeast of Princeton. The land
comprises about 1000 which have been idle
since the discovery of America and considered wild
and unproductive until Mr. Odegard put the hand of
progress and development into action. He began de-
velopment of the peat bog section three years
ago and increased the acreage yearly.
VIRGINIA-Maurce H. Geary, of Virginia.
found guilty of causing the death of a passenger in
his automobile, Tuesday sentenced by Judge
Bert Fesser in district court to not than
Is years in the Minnesota state reformatory
Geary was found guilty of charge of
slaughter in the second degree last April by Vr-
ginia jury, which deliberated % hours While con-
victons had been obtained for causing the death of
pedestrians the Geary conviction the first of it's
type in ST. Louis county and probably in Minnesota
The trial was the outcome of automobile &C
cldent on the outskirts of Virginia, Aug 25 1929 in
which Ennis P. Hawkins of Virginia, was killed
When trial. Geary maintained he was not driving
the car when the accident occurred, contending he
and Hawkins had changed places Immediately be-
fore the mshap.
Previous to Tuesdays sentence Geary had been
denied new trial by Judge Fessler. A sentence of
not less than one or more than IS years is provided
for the offense by state statutes. Geary will be
ehg1ole Tor parole after serving one year.
EDEN LAKE-Norman Mills, age 10, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Philip Mills, of Eden Lake township was
kidnapped early last Saturday morning and he re-
turned home after posse of had searched for
him for Is hours relates the Review of 1itchfield
He went to the pasture at $50 A. M. for cow and
uld not return at noon A search was made, and
call sent out 200 neighbors and friends responding
At 10 p NJ the boy was found the farm WELL
exhausted. Upon questioning it found that
three men in an Essex car had stopped the boy by
the roadside to inquire regarding the location of
summer resort The men forced Norman into the
car and drove to Hutchinson where they got gas
They held up an elderly man sideroad west of
that city and obtained $1.50 At dusk the car
stopped at Regal and the locked the boy in the
and went out for lunch. The boy lowered a
window and escaped, running all the distance to his
home He not injured.
PARK RAPIDS-Game Warden Custer Smith
likes to see nice string of fish, but when three
have in their possession 153 bass he thinks that's
too many.
One day the first of the week he saw two cars
with refrigerator boxes the running boards which
had suspicious look. Upon investigating, he found
that the boxes contained 153 bass.
The three men, residents of the southern part of
Wadena county, had been fishing in Hubbard coun-