The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-01-01

WINONA-Mrs Catherine McGuane one of the
oldest in the United States and believed to
have been the oldest white woman in Minnesota,
died at Sunday at Winona at the age of los.
Death was due to the infrmaties of cid age and
not to any specific illness. She had been in good
health with an active interest in every day life
til only short time ago. She died at the home of
Mrs Mary OMalley where she had lived for the past
year.
In her span Mrs McGuane lived through the
early pioneer days of Minnesota, three in which
the United States participated, the gradual
development of this state. She lived for than
half century at Wnona and was resident of Min
neapolis 10 years, making her home with grand
daughter, Miss Kathryne Macmillan 1885 Bryant
avenue south. She was born in County Glare, Ire
land, on May II, 1925, when Abraham Lincoln was
still little boy
In 1850 she set out for Boston on sailing
sci that carried about 100 passengers. It took four
weeks to make the crossing, which she liked
to recall in comparison with modern oceanic travel
ST. PAUL-The state has an investment of $13-
015,14S in 1885 farms in Minnesota acquired by the
state rural credit bureau mostly through foreclosure
according to report examination announced
Tuesday by A. r. Johnson, chief state public
amner. The audit of the bureaus books covered a
period from January 1, 1929 to June 80, 1880.
Since the credit bureau created in 1923 the
state has acquired title to 564 farms representing
an investment of $101759284O in the rural credit
fund and $5089379 in the rural credit fund.-
the report states.
Included in this total are 1853 farms that had
been sold contract for deed but are held as real
estate because deed had not been given the pur-
chaser.
There are 1872 farms that the state had bid in at
total of $3.50 42608 which the year of redemp-
ton had not expired June 3d. the report states.
THIEF RIVER FALLS-Awakened shortly be-
fore two o'clock Saturday morning by the smell of
smoke in their home at 91S State Az. North the T. G.
Lane family barely had time to escape thru an up
stairs window before flames destroyed the house.
The fire started in the basement presumably from
the furnace.
Mrs. Lane the first to awake when she
smeled the odor of smoke in her bedroom. Rousing
the rest of the family, including the two children,
Donald and Marjorie they found the stairway al
ready in flames Mr.. Lane then took a blanket
thru window onto the porch roof, and with Donald
hanging on, lowered the boy to the ground
The boy quickly went to the garage and return
ed with ladder, by which the rest of the
family reached the in little than their
night garments Fortunately the night was not ez-
tremely cold The family remained over night at
the Martin Bothum home nearby.
The house was all ablaze when the fire depart
ment arrived at the scene, and nothing more could
be done than to keep the flames from spreading The
garage escaped destruction. The wind blew burning
brands over onto the roof of the Bothuna home but
no damage DONE
The loss to the house and its contents was partly
covered by insurance The family took up temper
airy quarters at the Robert Lane rooms in the Deb
ner-Meehan block
LITTLE FALLS-Increased valuation on the
Little Falls power dam resulted in the tax valuations
for city and school districts being higher according
to figures of County Auditor Leo J. Billstein This
factor in the decreased tax rate for the city
as announced yesterday.
The increased valuation the dam. was $58 340
School valuation increased from 81, 83O,458 to ST.
904 $780, City valuation increased from $1778579 to
$183O868
sharp reduction in county valuation was noted
however. The 1880 valuation is Sill 331 1886 the
1929 valuation is Sill 33 1856 and the 1929 valuation
was $117778 $685. Lowering of budgets figured in the
general tax rate decrease
The school district will receive state aid outside
of apportionment of $2080O which is $500 more than
figured on