The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-07-16
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vIRGINIA-With proposals already made for
sale of several thousand of land examination
of lands in the proposed 10000 Mesaba Range
national forestry unit has been started by E. A.
Foster, federal forest ranger.
1t is the hope of the forestry service complete
examination reports about $4,000 acres by De-
cember 1, Mr. Foster has just established office
at Virginia
Forestry officials anticipate ready response by
private for sale of land in the unit following
announcement of the governments intention to pur-
chase set out to owners numbering more than 1OO
While the national forest reservation commits
sion has given approval of the III 900 tract all
of this is not expected to be taken by
government, according to W. L. Barker Jr. assistant
federal forester in charge at Duluth The state of
Minnesota owns between $4,000 and 10000 acres in
the proposed unit and the government will not seek
to purchase the sateowned land because of the min
imum price of S. by the state
AS title is acquired by the government
to any lands in the tract improvements will be start
ed including buildings of roads, fire lookout towers,
telephone lines, ranger cabins warehouse and other
buildings, Mr.. Baker said. Present plans of the
forestry service that planting will be done in
the until about one-hof of the land is pur-
chased. The unit is to be used by the forestry
vice to carry timber culture and forest planting
on the Mesaba range.
The unit lies north of Virginia, extending west
to the Itasca county line north of the iron-bearing
region and includes mostly cut-over land. The goy-
eminent is to expend approximately $4,000 annually
for the next 10 years to Is years. aggregating mil
lion dollars, before the forest would yield timber
crop. The government is not seeking agricultural
lands Mr.. Barker said and any lands more suitable
for farm than wood crops will not be acquired.
Prices to be paid for the lands according to esti
mates will vary ranging from SIPS to So
PRINCETON-Edward Chapp, who is IS years
of age and Edward Kuczhla, who reside in Benton
county about six miles north of Foley were drowned
in the Elk river near Mayhem on Saturday evening.
The two boys. who are neighbors the evening of
the Fourth left their homes in a Ford touring car.
That is the last time they were seen alive They
ar yvh icn
had overturned in the Elk river.
At the spot where the had capsized that
water is only two feet deep Both the boys were
pinned under the car, and it is believed that
of them at lead died by drowning. An examination
of the bodies grounds for the belief that
the other boy may have been killed when the car
overturned, although neither of them bore any
iouS external bruises.
1t is thought that the accident resulted from
the driver losing control of the car the road on
which circumstances indicate the boys had been
travelling there is long hill at the bottom of which
there is piece of loose sand 1t is thought the boys
came down this hill and the slowed in the sand
and turned out into a field After going distance
of about two rods in this field could
the embankment and capsize into the river.
According to the reports of persons OF
Sunday morning on their way to church passed suf-
cently close to the to it overturned in the
stream, including the parents of the boys, but dio
not think that anyone might be under it and one
recognized the car. farmer boy about started
to make investigation of the overturned and
found chapp and Kuczhla pinned under it.
MINNEAPOLIS-A thorough investigation was
ordered today into the death of A. M Kausman-
burg, 25, Savage whose mangled body was found
beside his automobile in ditch the city.
Coroner Gilbert Seashore and County Attorney Z
J. Golf both were working the theory that Klaus
hamburg either shot while driving crowded
off the road into the guard rail. More than $50
feet of guard rails torn up before the auto
mobile went into the ditch.
Two of the rails passed through Kausmanburg's
body and tore it badly impossible to deter
y,oir 9Th h,,llo lad
cident victim before the crash
Tire marks were the chief clues of investigators.
The body discovered shortly after the accident
by George Allen, deputy sheriff.
ST. PAUI-Another separate legal organization
reported possibility today after controversies
divided members of the Minnesota Bar association
convention this week
Tom Davis, political advisor of Senator Thomas
D. Schall and William N. NASH former Hennepin
county attorney, announced they would start the
new organization next week because of the bar
sociation's actions toward ambulance chasers' and
the Schall Mitchell controversy the appointment
of fourth Minnesota federal judge.
The convention which closed last night with
banquet, Wednesday adopted the ethics commi
tees report Ambulance chasers" and yesterday
heard Attorney General MitchelPs address fed
eral judgeshps
Senator Schal in statement today in defense
of his Endorsement of Ernest Michel said that Michel
Endorsed for the federal udgeshp by both stat.
senators, all 10 of Minesota's congressman, the
governor, chief justice of the supreme court dozel
district judges and almost 600 Minnesota lawyers
'Mr. Michel rejected by Mitchell because hi
has represented the injured worker and the aga
in his practice of law" Schall said HE
jected because he does not represent the privileged
and corporate interests of this country and because
he has the human viewpoint contrasted to Mr.
Mitchells property viewpoint"
Schall said that Mitchells natural leanings were
ION the side of wealth and aristocracy and snob-
berry" He said he would welcome the opportunity
of going before the people of the state and present
"the true nature of this fight"
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES aged persons dead
today result of fires which destroyed suburban
home and barn farm ST. Paul.
Crippled Charles Stein, 60, fell from his wheel
chair his Eugene franticaly pulled it through
their blazing home last night and burned to
death before the could again to his rescue.
Mrs. Emma Stein the invalids wife, died of
burns received when of inhammabe fluid ex-
ploded and set the house afre The son suffered
serious burns but was expected to recover.
The ST. Paul victim was laborer employed
the A. e. Turner dairy farm. His body was found in
the ruins of the barn when fremen were unable to
check the because of lack of water. The laborer
known only Tom, had been employed the
farm for about month.
ALEXANDRIA-The three thousand people at
tending the afternoon Gospel Campmeeting on Lake
Geneva were screwed Saturday when the u-year-od
son of one of thir members drowned in the
lake which the camp grounds are located.