The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-08

7s-Year-old Gent Runs Down Rabbit

73-Year-OId Gent Runs Down Rabbit
Claremont-Em Spttstoesser may be 70 years
old, but he hasn't slowed down much at that Nor
do the cost of hunting licenses the high price of
shot gun shells mean much to him. While going af-
ter the recently, jack rabbit jumped out just
in front of him and the old gentleman gave chase.
The rabbit fast but Emil faster, and with
lucky blow of club he had grabbed, Mr.. rabbit
ready for stew the next day.
How's This for a Rutabaga?
Roseau-Arnt Lundemo came into Roseau with
a specimen of rutabaga raised on his farm at Wan
naska, the vegetable weighing 81 pounds. He did
not state whether not he used stump puller to
get it out of the ground but he did bring into town
% show what kind of crops they grow out there
Dead Pheasant Flies Through Hotel Window
Blue Earth-"And the dead pheasant perked up,
staggered to its feet and flew right out of the win
dow" Sounds like bedtime story but there
witnesses to the case Hotelman Bernards and DR..
Logan, of Blue Earth, went hunting recently.
turning to the hotel with their share of the birds.
The dead flyers were thrown on the floor of hoetl
room to await the cleaning process and there they
lay all but This fellow refused to submit his
body to the chef, and when the hunter turned his
back the pheasant rose, shook his rufed feathers
and took to wing, right through the window and
away to freedom. No trace has been found since
the ascension.
Girl Locked I'm Ice Box Almost Freezes
Starbuck-The unique experience of being put
into "cold storage" suffered recently by Lor-
raine Asberg Going into the ice box in her fathers
butcher shop, accidentally closed the door
and the catch lever the outside slipped into place,
locking her inside. No in the shop at the
time, and while she could look through the double
glass in the two small doors, her shouts for someone
to open the door could not be heard through the
heavily insulated ice box. After about half hour,
customer came into the shop and in looking around
Lorraine through the windows. She mmed-
lately rescued the girl, whose hands and face were
blue with cold Although worse for her exper-
fence Lorraine isn't enthusiastic about being put in
to cold storage again Had she been forced to remain
there much longer the results might have been quite
serious.
Golfers Bag Duck with Spoon Shot! Oh, Yeah?
Northfeld-A Carleton sophomore won the adj
mration of fellow students recently when he returned
from the golf course with mallard duck and story
that he had knocked it down, the fly with drive
from the Mo- tee The Carleton golfer declared that
a flock of Malard crossing the fairway, he
discarded his driver for spoon to get the required
elevation, and that the ball brought down duck, its
neck broken. The yarn was punctured by c. M
Crardall, golf attendant. Crandall said the
students discovered the duck, presumably wounded,
No. fairway and chased it until they caught it.
Youngster Bags Two Patridges With BIB Gun
Bemidji-One of the most excited youngsters in
Bemidji recently Chan Bailey, year old
of Mr.. and Mrs c. o. Bailey after he had proved
it Sunday afternoon that he could hunt almost as
well his father, even though his weapon was only
BIB gun. The boy had been taken with his father
afternoon partridge hunting trip, taking along
his air rifle in the fond hope of shooting partridge
or two. His hopes realized and he brought
down two of the BIRDS only less than his father
shot, to make total of five. Mr.. Bailey declares
there's nothing like starting them young to make
good hunters of them. And imagine the embarras-
ment of the hunters who failed to make single
bag with all their high-priced equipment!
Ducks, Mud Hens Cease to Tempt Their Appetites
Coleraine-Ducks and mud hens considered
fine Dishes but Johnny Webster and Frank Keln,
both of Grand RAPIDS have had all they want of the
birds for time. Caught without gas
hunting trip the two forced to spend five days
in the woods with nothing to eat except the two
kinds of birds-and those without salt Webster and
Kelm duck hunting on Raven lake, carefully
locking up their and gas tank at night. An In
dian of that neighborhood succeeded in using them
filling station, however, and when the boys woke
up in the morning they without gas. They
tried to borrow of the precious liquid from
hunters and others but was to be found. It
enough gasoline to reach the nearest filling station
In the meantime they lived on ducks and mud hens
but there salt, to say nothing of cranberry
the rest of it. Fortunately, the shooting
was good
Car Runs Away
Preston-A runaway gondoa railroad filled
with gravel spread CONSERVATION throughout the
PrestonIHarmony area recently. The load of cnders
was to have been used for repairs, but before the
brakes set the gondola started down the grade
at Harmony. The workmen realizing the futlity of
trying to stop the car, jumped and the runaway
started for Preston. A telephone call reached Art
Noel, who rushed to the Wiegand crossing to
people there but the whzzed by without stopping