The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-01
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.

The suit was filed originally in St Louis county
district court but change OF venue was granted
Ross was sentenced to serve five years for rob-
berry by Judge III. J. Grannis. When his term
up, he sent back to Duluth for re-sentencing,
Warden Sullivan claiming, the complaint charges
that Judge Grannis had right to- fix maximum.
sentence and that the term should have been to
40 Ross appealed to the state supreme court,
which affirmed Judge Granns in fixing maximum.
MooRHEAD- Patrolman Roy Larson %. was
fatally shot and second policeman wounded
in running gun fight with bandit in crowded
downtown street Friday.
The bandit was captured and gave his name as
Roy Carter, &c. Oshkosh Wis. The second officer
shot was Deputy Peter Macarthur 49, Fargo wound
ed in the head
Carter turned his gun on himself but was not
wounded seriously The gun fight resulted after po-
lice were informed bandit held up the Pure Food
Store in Fargo and had fled to Moorhead the
river. Carter captured after shooting himself
behind the The bullet would was glancng one
and authorities said he would recover.
AUSTIN-A youth who built nine airplanes in
the past eight years just for the fun of it" today
called how he took to the air in his homemade
craft in 1922 with book of instructions his only
knowledge of flying
Bernard Petenpol, now % years old, is modest
about his experiences in flying and building airshps
but he doesn't mind relating how he Cracked up" in
his first plane his Initial jaunt into the air. Ber
nard makes his livelihood by operating garage at
Cherry Grove, but puts his spare tine in flying and
building planes"
Wheeling shiny new machine from his work
shop to a field nearby eigh years ago, Pietenpol
climbed into the cockpit while crowd watched
for flying still novelty in those days. The
plane took the air nicely to height of about
so feet, and then nose-dived.
"You know" he explained, 81 got up in the air
and suddenly found out that didn't know how to fly
It was the first tine had attempted to fly and all
knew about flying was what read in book"
Bernards enthusiasm not dampened though
He set about to repair his damaged plane Then he
had experienced ier teach him how to handle the
controls.
After that, he started building planes as hob
by ITO pass away the long winter nights" He has
built nine planes already and sold seven-but admits
he did not get much profit. Bernard now is devel-
oping amateur" airplane business in coilabora-
ton with Donald Finke, of Cherry Grove.
However, Bernard plans to stick to the garage
business. He likes to build planes, only hob
by.
ST. PAUL-Financing Minnesotas road program
during the next two years studied Wednesday
by Governor Floyd B. Olson in conference with
Charles M. Babcock, state highway commissioner.
It was Mr.. Olsons first official conference since
his election November and was held to open the
way for extensive road building program to be
started early in 1881 as means of relieving
ployment.
Mr.. Olson declined to commit himself on a plan
of finance, but he took up the three methods avail
able-a bond ISSUE gas tax and automobile licenses
He also talked of requiring road contractors to hire
only Minnesota men, and went into the subject of
the purchase of materials.
Mr.. Olson reported to have taken exception
to the recent calling for bids cement and was re-
garded having planned to upset the bids when he
assumes office January 1. Mr.. Babcock, however.
assured him that the state will be protected two ways
in the purchase of cement; if the price drops below
that contracted for the state will get the benefit of
the lowered price, but if the price should rise dur
ing the interval the contracted figure will stand Mr..
Babcock explained.
The governor-elect is understood to be favorable
to the bond proposal which would provide $40
in ready cash for the years road building. The
proposal has been made to previous legislatures by
Mr. Babcock, but has been rejected in favor of in
creasing the gas tax and license fees.