The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-16
State News Briefs
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STAPLES-Neighbors called to the home of Sever
Overgaard when they discovered his home fire
Wednesday morning, found the body of Overgaard
in the basement of the home after the fire had burn
ed itself out.
AS we learn the Overgaard home was discovered
to be fire at about 800 o'clock a. m. Wednesday
morning and within a short time there nothing
left standing Neighbors that arrived to fight the
it was thought that he might be away from home. A
search of the ruins later proved that he in the
building at the time it caught fire.
1t is supposed that Overgaard, who bache-
lor, and lived alone his farm, was overcome by
smoke and was rendered unconscious. When the
building burned, the body of the unfortunate man
dropped into the basement where it later found
by neighbors.
OLIVIA-Mrs. Christine Julson aged 66 years.
net with serious accident in town Sunday morning
when she was struck by a slow moving train at the
depot crossing.
The lady was returning to her home in the north
side of town at about o'clock from Easter services
at the Methodist church Walking short distance
behind her when the accident occurred Mrs.
AL Paulson and Mrs H. Kobler. The train was COM
ing into town from the west and to person on the
sidewalk south of the depot the be seen
until it almost reaches the depot. It is though that
Mrs. Julson became excited when she attempted to
cross the track in front of the train and in her
element she did the wrong thing. Just how she
struck is not clearly understood but in the accident
she was badly hurt, her right being broken and
almost severed from the body She was hurried to
Willmar and placed in the General hospital that
place, where it found necessary to amputate the
right rm close to the shoulder The shock
we're one for one of her age but she has survived
the shock and is reported to be recovering.
DETROIT LAKES Federal prohibition agents
made one of the biggest liquor haus in this vicinity
in years late Thursday night when they seized 343
gallons of alcohol in a raid the farm of Ernest
Gorder, Moorhead and arrested three men,
Charged with transportation of liquor and
spiracy to violate the national prohibition law, the
trio, Gorder Thomas, w. Mccormick Moorhead and
Frank N. Kaiser, Fargo waived examination when
brought before Donald c. Carman, United States
commioner in Detroit Lakes Friday and Saturday.
Bond for Mccormick and Kaiser was set at S.
600 on the two counts Friday while Gorder's bond
was set at $1,000 on the conspiracy charge When
the agents arrived at the farm loading of with
alleged liquor under way. Forty gallons was
found in the machine and 3O3 in the basement agents
said. The three were bound to the federal
court term in Fergus Falls and trials set May
Kaiser is said to be "bootlegger king" in the Moor
head vicinity while Mccormick is well known in
both Fargo and Moorhead.
HUTCHINsON-Two farmers of this trading
area received almost $1,000 for hogs shipped to mar
ket last week and this tidy will help them tide
over the abnorn.aly low prices at the present time
until the harvest next fall.
Charles Butler, Brookfeld Renville county farm
err shipped 239 head of hogs weighing 775s5 pounds
for which he received a check for $523656. Inge-
bresten Brothers living about two miles east of
Hutchinson in Hassan Valley, shipped Y head of
hogs weighing 24sO pounds for which they received
~ A.
manager of the Albert Lea Packing Co. branch here
The hogs were sent to market the Mime
sofa Western last week. The Butler shipment is
of the largest sent from Hutchinson yards in many
years
RENvIILE-The lifeless body of stephen
OBrien, of Renville discovered by friends Wed
nesday evening, about 800 o'clock when was MOTTO
ed that his car parked the curb in the business
section of Renville was ideing and attempt was
made to drive away
Mr.. O'Brien had apparently stepped into his car
and started the motor when death suddenly overlook
him County Coroner DR.. A. A. Passer was called.
He Immediately went to Renvlle and after viewing
the case decided that death due to heart at
tack.
PARTRIDGE RIvER-Thirty-six years ago
while cold-hammering plow that he was using in
breaking prairie Worthington splinter Of steel
flew from the pillow w. H. Vokes was working on and
lodged in his arm. Last week Mr. Vokes was
troubled with pain in his arm. A few days later
the small splinter worked out, and now the arm
has healed nicely.
BEMIDJIThe Onslaught on the maple trees
in the Chippewa National forest by of In
dams living in the Cass Lake district has started, to
With Indian ingenuity, The Chippewas are busy
at the sugar harvest" that will bring them, it has
been estimated from $4,000 to $4,000 for maple
sugar and syrup M ]. Cummings, forest ranger, has
estimated there 400 Indians taking part in the
harvest" which for than $50 years has
manded the attention of the Indians In this region
About 100 families Of the Chippewa have moved
into the sugar bush" along the shores of lakes
the forest set up wigwams of birch bark, and are
making "ket-ta-nagens' and ''niococks." These are
the containers for the sap and sugar. respectively
the ketta-nagens little troughs resembling wood
en- butter boats holding about two quarts, while the
mococks are larger and made of heavier bark, each
holding about 20 pounds of sugar.
AS soon as the sap in the trees begin to RISE the
men cash the trees with and into incison at
the bottoms Of each diagonal cash drive short
trough whitfield out Of ash wood Two to four are
driven into each tree and below each tree is set
kettanagens to catch the sap. AS there several
thousand maple trees, it is estimated each family