The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-01-26
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, Mimi.

were not found until nearly eight hours later al
though many cars had passed them. No doubt the
ers, made this possible. The young badly
mangled, two of them having their heads crushed.
1t some time after the bodies found that
the men were identified as Alvin and Jerome Kee-
stad of Frost, brothers. and Gunnar johnson, farm
hand who lived Bricelyn The father of the two
young men, who were % and 81 years of age is Ed
ward Kellestad who came from his farm home near
Frost to claim the bodies.
FERGUS FALLS-An alleged liquor runner
whose automobile killed Marvin Shaw, 80, Sebeka
farmer, held today liquor transportation
charges while county authorities Investigated the
cident.
and Lagace, of Minneapolis. Shaw repairing a
tire on his truck at the roadside yesterday On the
truck was number of poles. One of these projected
out the road and Lagaces auto struck it and
it through Shaw's body.
Lagace's auto was travelling at high speed at the
time of the accident, the said. load of al
said.
ST. PAUL-Senator A. ]. Rockne, Zumbrota, vet
eran chairman of the senate finance committee, Sat-
urday turned in the committee appropriation bill
with cut of $2,220,133 from it's previous biennium
The bill calls for appropriation of $s,335250 COM
pared with $11533,3 83 granted in 1881. The board
asked s1O,10s,sOO.
Action on the American Legions statewide box
ing bill deferred until Monday The senate pass
ed bill by Senator D. D. Murphy, Blue Earth, cut
ting auto mileage allowance of all public employees
from to five cents. Senator ]. v. Weber, Stay
ton introduced anti-nepotism bill which would bar
state county electives appontives from hiring
any relative nearer than second cousin.
ST PAUL-Election reforms sought of the 1888
state legislature began to fare badly right from the
start when the house killed off proposal to switch
the primaries from June to September.
Though it's proponents pointed to the difficulties
of waging two campaigns to win election under
the present system the house refused to take kindly
to the suggestion and vocferousy voted it down.
At the same time, the house kept in the back
ground two other proposed election reforms, ons
calling party designation legislators and the
other consolidating all primary ballots that voters
would be able to distribute their votes for candidates
in all parties Fearing immediate slaughter of these
proposals. their sponsors asked that they be kept
the calendar.
The fight on the change in primary dates occupied
the attention of the most of the after
ST. PAU-The Minnesota supreme court Friday
held constitutional the 1881 conservation act trans
ferring control of the public lands from the state
auditor to the department of conservation.
The decision of the high court came two
friendly test brought by former Attorney Cen
era Henry N. Benson, at the request of the state
conservation commission, challenging the sale of
state, school and swamp lands, by State Auditor
Stafford King.
AS result of the important action of the high
court, w. T. Cox commissioner OF conservation will
take active control of the division of lands and
minerals, the fourth to under jurisdiction OF
the department of conservation and the commission
LITcHFTELD-Ed Berg, farmer residing two
miles east of Lake Minnebelle, took his life by
hanging his body being found by Sheriff Art Kruger
and Louis Schultz in a corn crib on farm east of
the Lake Ripley cemetery, owned by Ephram john
son. No lives the farm.
Mr.. Berg's family had been worried over his dis
appearance. He had been in the Twin Cities for
medical treatment returned to Litchfeld Sunday
Jan. Is, bus. He last seen by several Litch
field residents that day. in the southeast part Of the
city. Those folks who him believed that he
enroute to his home on foot. His family came to
town to get him but unable to find him.
Authorities began a search for him resulting in
the discovery of the drastic act. He had used
binder Irvine picked up nearby, with which to hang
himself
The coroner called to the scene of the affair
1t is thought the deed done time Sunday
Afternoon.
Mr.. Berg is survived by wife and four children