The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-02-11
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FOLEY-Paul stachovich, about S5 years old,
living near Gilman in Benton county, a veteran of
the World war, froze to death in field near his
home before midnight, Sunday, Benton county au-
thorities believe. Stachovich's body was found
in a field short distance from the road and about
fourth of mile from his home by a neighbor.
Investigation by deputy coroner led to the belief
he had frozen to death.
Stachovich, who living with his widowed
mother, visited at the home of neighbor Sunday
evening and left for home at about o'clock. When
his body found this morning the trail of his
steps was studied with the discovery he had wan
dered off his course had climbed over two fences
and had fallen several times along the course.
The young man had not been in good health. He
pensioned veteran because of his disabilities,
and occasionally he remained away from home at
night. For that reason his mother was not alarmed
when he did not come home Sunday night.
Funeral arrangements have not been announced.
MOORHEAD-Jake Schumacher was found gull
ty Saturday morning of being Of the robbers Of
the Sabin, Mimi, State Bank, last Dec. 20.
Sentence will be passed Wednesday or Thursday.
With the conviction of Schumacher, the state has
turned keys four of the five men sought for the
Sabiu bank looting in which George Carlson,
held up at pistols point and $4,000 cash taken.
lack Lemon, 21-year-old Ponsford, Mimi, farm
enced today. Sam Abes, Fargo bootblack, and Ed
ward Redman, Twin Cities underworld character,
have each been given term Of from 5to 40 years in
Saltwater.
CLoQUET-Citizens of CIoquet will be present
ed with 4O-acre farms of cutover ST. Louis county
land the gift of the Weyerhaeuser Foreign Products
companies. The company has $50 tracts to give to
the needy.
The lands largely in isolated tracts of from 40
to $50 acres scattered in the townships of Fine
Lakes, Arrowhead, Stony Brook Brevator, Solway,
Independence Grand Lake, Canosia and Fredenberg.
They served by old state highway No. g. the re-
located highway by the Miller trunk road and their
branches.
All are delinquent for taxes of 1928 and subse-
ouent years from 81 to 50 an acre. The new owners
will receive quit claim deeds on payment of sums
sufficient to taxes The only stipulation made
by Rudolph M. Weyerhaeuser, chairman OF the board
of directors and H. c. Horribly, president OF the
Northwest Paper company, was that each recipient
agree to maintain at least onefourh OF his acreage
in woodlot.
petition to the st. Louis county board of COM
missioners to reduce the taxes delinquent to
point where persons will be willing to pay them is
to be circulated. Each sgner is to pledge himself
to take at least fortyacre tract and to pay 5O
cents to be by the club in the furtherance of
the plan.
are back to their in halls and churches, fol-
lowing the disastrous fire which last Saturday de-
stroyed old section of the public school here and
| caused heavy damage to the new building.
Flames broke out in the old building at 200 r
| NJ Saturday and while the building was devoured
before evening, the blaze continued tne
! night The Cottonwood Fire Department success
| fully prevented the fire from spreading to the new
| building.
| The section of the school destroyed was two
story brick structure containing 10 rooms. The hre
started between the roof and the ceiling, from an
| undetermined cause.
has been suspended from practice in the state for
period of two years in order handed down by the
! Minnesota supreme court, Friday morning. Suspen
sion instead of disbarment was ordered because o.
/ his age
] Charges of misconduct filed against Mr.
Hughes April 49, 1881, by M v. Seymour, OF ST. Paui
/ 1xoord IF IaxU axa "a
! hearing was conducted at Mankato with Judge Q
| M Tiff, of Glencoe presiding on May B. Judge TIN
submitted his findings to the supreme court with tn'
The syllabus of the supreme courts repor
stated Respondent dealt with his clients funds 81
that he made secret profit out or their affairs His
conduct merits disciplinary action and he is suspend
i ed from practice for period OF two years.
/ yERNDAIE-A collision Of an automobile ant
bicycle on the streets of Verndale last Friday nool
| brought tragic end to the short life of Gordon
| Siobeck, fteen-year-old of Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
Sjobeck, of this place. The lad was returning nome
on a bicycle from the Standard Oil Filing station
where he had taken dinner to his father, who oper
j ates the station when the accident occurred Spec
/ tators believe that because OF the high wind anf
cold the boy failed to hear the horn see the ap
| preaching car which carried the Black Hawk Mel
odies orchestra, of Duluth He was thrown into TIT
windshield of the machine. The driver of the ma
/ chine brought the young victim to the Wesley hos
pital in Wadena Immediately where physicians fount
| a fractured skull broken back and neck and
fractured rib piercing the lung Consciousness die
| not return to the lad and he died two hours afte
1 the accident
1 ALExANDRIA-Frank Star. ST.. and his son
! Frank STAR Jr., narrowly escaped death by drown
i ing last Friday afternoon when the car in which
| they driving home from Lake Mary township
where they had taken Mrs Frank Star. Jr. for
| visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. PREFER
broke through the ice Lake Reno, and sank in q
/ feet Of water.
Crossing the lake, they got few feet off thu
/ track where travel had been going and the cal
| broke through. Both were riding in the front sea-
of the car and the younger Mr.. Star got out before
the car went through the ice His fathers coat wa.
caught in the door and it was only after quite
struggle that the was able to get his father gu
| Of the car and save him from drowning. The rae
/ that the back seat empty was very fortunate
| occurrence.
The water was twenty feet deep where the ca
broke through and it could not be fshed out unit
i the next day.
Observation-Disclosures NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.