The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-10-19
HARMONY Farmer Kills wife, Self


Harmony Farmer Kills Wife Self
HARMONY-William Rossman, 32-year-old Fill
more county farmer shot and killed his wife and
then killed himself on the farm of neighbor, Bert
Stevens, nine miles southwest of here.
Mrs. Rossman suing for divorce and had
lived with the Stevens family for two weeks. She
and her husband had argued custody of the
children, and years old.
Saturday night while Mrs Rossman was working
in the Stevens kitchen her husband shot her through
open window. Rossnan found. nearby Sun
day with a bullet through his head.
Need Shot Gun to Put Out Fire In Water Tank
HERON LAKE-The gallant fire laddies of Her
on Lake were literally up stump last week, when
the water tank caught fire and there was wat
to put out the blaze. The wooden box surrounding
the stand pipe the village water tank caught fire
about 80 feet from the ground Water sent up thru
the holes in the bottom of the box would not reach
the blaze, and the fire made it too hot for frenen
to chop holes in the box higher up. Someone got a
shot gun, climbed up the tower ladder and riddled
the box full of holes, whereupon the flames were
speedily extingushed. There's one to remember!
Pigeons Garry Nails Which Kill Live Stock
FAIRMONT-Losing several cows a result of
the animals swallowing nails and scraps of metal,
Adolph Kiester, Rutland dairyman, found that pig
were the cause of his trouble Pigeons, homing
up over the sage and hay great of steel
for reinforcing in their nest construction They find
and carry unbelievable numbers of nails, pieces of
wire and other metallic junk. Much of this falls
down into the slage other feed. The cattle swal
low it with their food and perforations of the intes
thine often occurs, killing the ANIMALS Investgat-
ing, Kester found nails wire, safety pins, overall
buckles and other hardware in the sage and in the
birds nests Now the silos screened and the
pigeons will have ito do their nesting elsewhere.
Corn Popped On Ear BY Heat of Sun Rays
LEWISTON-Youve frequently heard about it
being hot enough to pop corn, and that is what lit
orally happened to in the patch in the family
garden of the Lewiston Journal. When Doris Brown
was husking few ears last week. she found
which at first seemed to contain white kernels mix
ed with the yellow Instead of the kernels being
white, they were actually popped or partially So at
least. Nearly IS kernels in the lyarge
tualy popped open, presumably by the intense heat
OF the last few weeks in September.
Turkey Fries Self On Live Power Wire
Observation-Disclosures feeling the nearness of
Thanksgiving and deciding to end it all in some prac
tcal way which would make him of to "the
boss" turkey literally fried itself electric
power line in Rushford last week. One of Berge
Halverson's turkeys the victim. Looking for a
soft place to roost the bird flew to in the substa
ton of the electric power plant, the -four mill.
Lighting of the high tension wires, its goose
turkey, rather) was soon cooked" Mr.. Turkey
really cooked to turn. But this not all; light
ing the wire caused short circuit, and the fuses
were Immediately burned out, requiring time
to repair the damage Unfortunately, the turkey had
not stopped to pluck it's feathers before frying itself
Revolutionary Practice In Quarry Started
ST. CLOUD-Attempts to bore huge sections of
pillars direct from the floor of quarry-a and
revolutionary principle in the granite industry-are
being watched with keen interest at the John Clark
quarry in Rockville First tests indicate that the
machine will mean saving of twothirds in the cost
OF producing large pillars for in buildings. The
new process drills a hole six feet in diameter and
eight feet high, utilizing the portion thus removed,
something before never attempted. The boring
chine is capable of high 10 inches depth
hour.