The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1930-08-28


it. The weapon was loaded Shot pierced Russells
forehead, throat and chest
AUsTIN-T. Duffy farmer living near here, was
Mower county fair casualty recently. He sleep
ing in barn at the fair grounds when stray calf
stepped on his nose, breaking bone. An unpreced-
ented number of exhibits kept fair officials busy,
overlooking display space.
BRAINERD-Cass county authorities in
vestigatng today the theory that three men of a
liquor ring at Pager eight miles west of here, kid
mapped M. E. Wheeler 70 years DID, Pillager justice
of the peace, with the intention of killing him, but
instead drugged him and left him in the loft of his
chicken shack.
Wheeler, who disappeared Friday, found
Monday in an unconscious condition and was taken
to local hospital. He reganed consciousness for a
time yesterday and disclosed what had happened.
He said for sometime he had received threatening
letters. Friday three men came to his place and
asked him for part. He got into their car and
taken to scrap pile to point out the part.
After reaching the place, the men continued in
the car, saying they were going to give him ride
while getting load of liquor. Wheeler said they
took him to Fargo, N. D. At restaurant there, he
said the trio must have drugged his food, he
membered nothing further until returning to con-
seriousness in the hospital.
MAPLE LAKE-The village of Maple Lake is
all torn up over unusual incident which took
place recently Marvin Gallup, H. son of an Oil sta
ton proprietor died almost instantly after he was
struck by hardened piece of cement thrown at him
by Morris Provo g. son of Arthur Provo, of that
ruptured it, Blood entered the lung cavity causing
Marvn's instant death. Hearings have been held in
juvenile court to determine if there criminal
intent in the act which caused death.
KENSINGTON - Albin Peterson, 5O-year-old
farmer, died Saturday evening at his home mile
north of Kensington from fractured skull sustained
in accident during the afternoon of the same day.
The injury causing his death occurred when a loose
belt, which had partly wound itself around the pulley
of an engine used to grind feed, struck him with
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GRAND RAPIDS-Norman Dahlem who lives
in Wabana township, is determined to have crop
of potatoes even though it may not rain Mr. Dab
lem had very fine stand of potatoes his field and
realized that lack of moisture all that prevent
ed good crop He built water tank and mounted
it set of wagon trucks and has been applying
water to his potatoes every evening.
The water is obtained from Clearwater brook
about mile east of the Dahem farm The tank
is hauled part of the time by tractor and part of
the time by team and the potatoes have been given
several thorough waterings that Mr. Dahem feels
confident he will have record yielding acreage in
this dry season.
WILLMAR-Miss Ida Nelson, "a, years of age,
is in serious condition at the General Hospital her
back having been broken in a fall Friday night
Aug. Is.
Miss Nelson, is the daughter of Mrs. Mons o.
son. living route g. out of New London but at the
time of this accident she was visiting at the home
of her sister, Mrs Tom Kvamso, who resides on the
Halvorson farm. the south shore of Norway Lake.
Miss Nelson has not been in good health for
some time and she was subject to sleep walking
she pushed the out of a second story window
and fell to the ground
She did not recover consciousness until after the
fall Persons in the house heard the commoton and
discovered her lying on the ground. below the
window.
RED LAKE FALLS-A spark from electric
switch caused terrific explosion which wrecked
the warehouse of the Red Lake Falls Oil company
in this city and started fire which for time threat
ened to wipe out the business section of Red Lake
Falls about o'clock Wednesday evening, Aug. 20.
Carsten Mead, manager of the company was
blown out of the building and suffered serious burns
about the face, hands, chest and legs and was taken
to St. Vincents hospital at Crookston where he is
in critical condition That he is alive is miracle
How any human being could be in an explosion of
such force to blow building to pieces and shake
the entire city, and not be blown to bits himself, is
nothing short of marvellous.
He says he pulled the switch to shut off the
electric pump which had just finished pumping gas
one from tank car on the Great Northern tracks
to the storage tank. The resulting explosion blew
to pieces the building, frame structure 24x40 with
galvanized roof and scattered parts even as far away
as the Clearwater river. Immediately the flames
1eaped up.
ing and picked his way out of the wreckage He
was able to walk uptown but Oh advice OF ply
stefan was Immediately rushed to the Crookston hos
pital by Jos. c. Lacoursiere and ]. H. Lasha, who
made the trip in twenty-five minutes.
a blaze that reached higher than the elevator of the
Red Lake Falls Milling Co. The fire endangered the
huge gasoline storage tanks not only of the Red
Lake Falls Oil Co., but the three of the Standard
Oil Co. adjoining well tank car on the Great
Northern tracks and had these exploded and scat
tered blazing gasoline about the loss of life might
have been appalling to say nothing OF the loss OF
property.
MELROSE-Theodore, Jr, the threeyear-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Theo Ostendorf, of this city,
nearly drowned in the river here Monday forenoon,
Aug 49, being found floating unconscious on the wat
er and later resuscitated.
The Ostendorf family lives along the bank of the
river on Riverside Ave, and the boy had gone alone
to the bank Of the river in back of the Ostendorf
home taken off his shoes and waded into the water
What happened after that is not known. His older
sister was the first to notice him floating the wat
er and she to inform her mother. It is thought
that the boy had been in the water about five min
utes.
w. J. Wendorf and Math Ramacher, neighbors
came quickly to the aid Of the mother and Mr. Wen
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