The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-24


It was fortunate that others near opines
the Hancock Record, and it took four of his neigh
bors about ten minutes of hard shoveng to extrcate
him from the trap.
ST. PAUL-Strife broke out between the state
department of agriculture and the state auditors Of
flee over the refusal of the auditors office to allow
the full mileage expense for trip by officials of
the agricultural department to Washington
The auditors office, it learned the capitol,
withheld payment of some $50 in mileage grounds
that the trip was authorized by the governor to
Washington only, and that the officials instead
passed through Canada visited Niagara Falls Gettys
burg, Pa- and points in New York, Ohio and New
Jersey.
The officials who made the trip were A. C. Tro-
vatten, commissioner of agriculture, X. F. Hall,
chief inspector of marketing and David Smilow
rotary of the agriculture department.
Smilow made public detailed account of the trip
and its accomplishments and assersed that at cost
of about $500 to the state Commissioner Trovatten
had accomplished savings in marketing and inspec-
lions and developed outlets for Minnesota pro-
duce which would mean much more than a million
dollars to the producers of Minnesota"
"The trip east" Smilow said wes made to ne
gotiate new cooperative market inspection arrange
ments with the federal department agriculture,
but Governor Olson instructed us to study the mar
keting and inspection systems of certain other states
discover wherever we could adopt their methods for
the improvement of the department. Of agriculture
in Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS = Minnesota democrats are
making progress gathering evidence" for the con-
test against the election of Senator Thomas D.
Schall. John J. Farrell, chairman of the democratic
state central committee told the Minneapolis Demo-
cratic club at the Eks club in Minneapolis last week
that additional data is being secured and compiled.
After the meeting Farrell indicated he felt con-
fdent the evidence would be submitted to senate
election committee at early date after congress
assemblies next December. He said that attorneys
who will handle the will proceed with the as
sembling and briefing of the data.
ONAMIA-Kenneth Claessen, the son of Joe
Caessen who resides a mile and half east of
Onamia, disappeared from his home on September
and his father has not yet been able to locate him.
Kenneth is 16 years of age.
Mr. Claessen lives on farm but is employed
in the mill of the Onamia Lumber Co. When
Mr.. Claessen went to work on Tuesday he expected
that Kenneth would attend school that day. When
he returned in the evening the boy not at home
and he had not been in school during the day.
ST. PAULA detailed survey of possible sites
for federal prison farm in Minnesota will be con-
Quoted by a department of justice representative
next week. it announced today.
Several federal judges were informed that Joseph
W. Sanford, of the department of justice will arrive
in st. Paul within few days to conduct the inspec-
ton. A survey was expected to supplement a
visit made by Sanford Bates, federal director of
prisons recently More than 40 sites are under con-
sideration, it said. Among the sites included
Little Falls.
The department is seeking about 1000 for
the work farm it said. The whole project will
cost approximately $250000. The Minnesota nstitu-
ton will be of eight in the federal work farm
program.
BAUDETTE-Finding of the charred body of Ole
Larson 7O-year-old Hay Creek, farme-, brought the
list of dead Mnnesotas fall forest fires to four
Larson had been missing since the flames blazed
up the Canadian border trapping one family as
it fed in an automobile and burning over thousands
of acres of land. John Tjaeder, neighboring set
tier found Larsons body late yesterday while helping
clear up the debris left by the fire.
Apparently Larson. knowing that the fire would
destroy his cabin attempted to OUTRAGE the flames as
they leaped from tree to tree. A creek was a mile
from his home He raced for it. half mile from
the goal which would have saved his life, the fire
caught up with Larson and burned him to death
Relief measures were being carried out in the
northern Minnesota counties of Lake of the Woods
and Koochiching. National Red Cross officials were
aiding the $50 persons made homeless by the. fire
while local fund for relief passed the $1,000 by con-