The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-16

ST. PETER-Frends of e. M. Larimer state
highway patrolman attached to this district for
year past, will be interested to know that he is
making good as an instructor at the school now be-
ing conducted by Earle Brown to train 40 new men
for the force granted by the present legislature Mr.
Larimer has been named lieutenant and is engaged
drill master and instructor at the school. He is
former member of the marine corps, having served
in Nicaragua He also Is conducting new course in
observance at the school, in quickly observ
ing and recording by memory facts of accidents.
FERGUS FALLS-An investigation to discover
the and extent Of the decrease of wild ducks
is being made in Canada, the native home of most
of the ducks that spend the winter in the United
States The experts say that the shortage Of wild
fowl is largely due to destruction of their Canadian
breeding grounds.
A large share of the continents duck supply is
Matched in Manitoba. Saskatchewan and Alberta
Drainage and agriculture have destroyed thousands
of acres of marshy prairie lands. Other sections
not suitable. The ducks are going.
left trail Of robberes from Clarissa to Long Prairie
this week, aiding the warehouse Of tn Bishop COM
pany here four business places at Browerville,
eral in Eagle Bend and one in Long Prairie.
The robberies took place Sunday night or Mon
day morning. At the Bishop company the burglars
pried open a rear door Of the warehouse. Evidently
opened all boxes and strewed articles and paper
the warehouse floor They did, however, take tire
and rim off trailer and also wheel with tire and
rim from the other side.
At Browerville the thieves entered the meat
market where they got SIS At the drug store there
they were rewarded with $150; at the Standard oil
station they broke pump and took eight ten
gallons of gasoline. They also entered the Fisher
hardware store, but it is not known whether theJ
helped themselves to anything.
Beach's Variety store at Long Prairie received
attention at the hands of the marauders, although
information reaching The Independent did not state
whether anything stolen.
Several business houses in Eagle Bend were
broken into Monday evening and reported among the
articles the thieves took slot machine from
the Byman confectionery which later found bat
tered to pieces in the tourist park of neghborng
village.
LONG PRAIRIE-The Long Prairie baseball
team twice winners of the pennant in the O-T-W
League, will again strive for diamond honors in
that compact circuit this season. This decision
reached at meeting Of players and fans held at The
Leader hall Thursday evening, and removes all
doubt insofar Long Prairie is concerned about
the matter of baseball here in 1881.
GRAND RAPIDS. p. Murphy game warden
supervisor, reports that wild ducks, geese and
are returning from the south earlier than usual.
These birds follow the open water north and come
as soon as there is place for them to feed.
Last Monday Mr.. Murphy went to Winnibigosh-
sh lake to look the water levels and check up
on the prospects for obtaining pike eggs He said
that Winnibigoshish lake was open for quite