The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-20
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RED Notwithstanding 64 years of married
1ife Mr.. and Mrs. William J. Featherstone, of Red
Wing received the good wishes of many relatives
and friends Mr.. and Mrs. Featherstone believed
the oldest married couple in this section of the state
For so years the couple lived in Featherstone town.
ship. Thirteen years ago Mr. Featherstone retired
as farmer and moved to Red Wing. Both are in
good health
They have three children, Mrs H. B. Fryberger
of Duluth, Albert H Featherstone, of Wallace Idaho
and Mrs. Grant Featherstone, of Red Wing.
WILLMAR- Congressman Paul John Kvale of
the seventh Minnesota district, who may have the
balance of power in the House of Representatives
in the next congress, the only farmer-abor mem
ber his seat by small margin Kvale polled
1851 votes in the fourteen counties of the seventh
district while his opponent received 1878.
ST. PAUI-More than 1OOOOO0OOO young fish
planted in lakes and streams of Minnesota
during the last two years, according to biennial
comipation by the state game and fish department.
The total number planted was 147,944,517. Some
38000,O0O wall-eyed pike eggs turned to
the United States government hatchery and many
of them will be placed in Minnesota waters The wall
eyed pike led in total planted with 95s,771. White
fish second with 167 183OO5 Other species
planted include 4OO2 26O lake trout 1886 900 cscoes;
32s9OO northern pike, 569S479 brook trout;
brown trout 520510 Loeb Leven trout; 1224985 rain
bow trout; 1867 largemouthed bass; 56605 crappies
23537 sunfish; $50 rock bass and 2O6 suckers The
five Minnesota hatcheries in which they pro-
pagated located at French River, Glenwood st.
Paul, Lanesboro and Red Lake.
MILROY-A nervous bandit whose companion
waited in automobile obtain $40O from the State
Bank of Milroy here in the fourth Redwood county
bank raid of the year.
The bandit, about IS years old, locked two
ployees into the vault before he sped out of the
community of less than 200 persons After order
ing Andrew Christianson and Edward Gale, assis-
tant cashiers to lie on the floor, he appa1 emily de-
cided that would take too much time, Christianson
said, he told them to hurry into the vault. They
unlocked the door from the inside and to the
street to sound the alarm.
Banks at Sanborn, Clements and Delhi in Red
wood county have been robbed this year.
OWATONNA-The 16-year-old mystery of
gypsy kidnapping has been solved through the chance
remark of telegraph operator.
In 1914, Mrs. Mary Burke lived Crookston
Minn- with her two boys, and years old One
day they were sent on errand and never returned
Evidence indicated they had been kidnapped by
a band Of gyphies. Five years later the elder boy
was found and said the pair had been kidnapped by
tn gypsies The younger lad not discovered,
however.
Recently Mrs. Burke in a telegraph office
at Spring Valley Wis., when she overhead the opera
tor tell how band of gypses had left two children at
the Owatonna state schools for boys several years
before.
On the suspicion the children might have been
her sons Mrs Burke checked with authorities and
learned the younger boy had been registered under
the name of Cook.
Since that time he had left the school and was
at Portsmouth, Va, the authorities told her.
Making long distance call to Porthmouth Mrs.
Burke was able to identify the child grown up
through a birthmark on his right ankle.