The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-03-02
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silence on the west bank of the Mississippi river near
Thirty-third street early Sunday.
Across the river, the St. Paul side, passerby
heard the screams and teephoned st. Paul police.
squad car patroIed the East river road but could
find nothing amiss itaIi
Then one of the policemen glanced across the
river. Far down the bank off the West river road
he saw two automobile headlights cleaning out of
the darkness.
The squad car raced across the Lake street
bridge onto the West river road and came to halt
on slippery stretch of pavement between Thirty
third and Thirty-fourth streets.
Forty feet down the bank the policemen found
automobile leaning against clump of trees into
which it had crashed downward plunge.
Alongside the machine, crying for help, a
young woman who bore minor scratches and bruises.
Pinioned beneath the 21-year-old Mime
apolis man, fatally injured.
The man, who died before he could be lifted from
under the machine, was identified as Glenn c. Ram
stad, of 1925 Drew avenue south His companion wa,
Helen Jarpe, 20, of 60S Sixteenth southeast.
ST. PAUL-sx Minnesota road contractors made
excess profits of $460,857 in construction of state
highway investigating committee told.
That estimate was made in testimony given by
Wesley King, st. Paul highway engineer who
amned the projects which being contested
in the Ramsey county courts. He based his esti-
mates he said, on comparisons of what he said
should be "fair price" with the prices upon which
the contracts were awarded
Coming shortly after the state supreme court had
denied the contractors rehearing of their
to the suits started by three taxpayers in the lower
tee members said later for examination of the
tractors despite the fact that the contracts under
litigation.
Mr. King led the committee through a series of
computations he had made a number of highway
projects dating back to $780, Through questioning
by William c. Green, counsel for the committee, he
to the six projects under fire and asserted that
excess profits ranging from 100000 to $4,000 were
made on the individual projects.
Individual excess profits as considered by Mr..
Nolan Bros. of Minneapolis, $4,000; Clement
Sculley, of ST. Paul. 91194 Central States Construc-
ton Co., Crosby, Mimi. s7257o; s. J. Reader Co.,
1928, and Fielding & Shepley Co, st. Paul. $780,
55S. All these firms are defendants In the contract
annulment suits.
The basis for his computations, he said, was a
comparison with average costs per square yard of
paving in the United States with the average
paving in Minnesota, coupled with examination Of
the individual highway projects In question to deter
mine whether unusual conditions prevailed.
ST. PAUL-Failure of current attempts to curb
activities of the state rural credit bureau might
suit in court action, it reported in state Qegisla-
tive circles here. =
bill now before the Minnesota senate would
compel the bureau to quit making loans on July 1,
1885, while Attorney General Harry H. Peterson has
been asked for opinion to whether the bureau
already has reached its Indebtedness limitations.
Critics of the bureau which, they assert already
has cost the state $20000000 say that the senate bill
to prohibit loans is the first step toward forcing the
bureau to liquidate
It brought out at a meeting of the senate
committee investigating the rural credit department
earlier this week that 100000 in bonds due for
refundment next year with some question to the
bureaus ability to finance the DEAL It suggest
ed at the time that might be necessary to ask the
legislature for authority to meet the situation.
RENVMLEI Clmaxing night of crime that in
cuded kidnapping and number of holdups, two
young robbers engaged in gunfght with cafe
proprietor and succeeded in equding trap set for
them.
The bandits first robbed and kidnapped Buffalo
Lake filling station proprietor releasing him unharm
ed in scanty attire mile from his station, and then
robbed the depot agent and transient at Bird Island
Continuing to Olivia, they robbed another depot
agent and headed in their yellowwheeled towards
Renvile.
fed Mr.. and Mrs. Claire Brooks, operators Of cafe
at Renville, the gunner were headed towards that
community and asked that they notify the night po-
liceman, Jake Jacob