The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-09-13

bags. The understanding was that II Wilbur won
the peanuts were free and he would also win the Is
cents. If he lost he pay the quarter bet and
fork penny for each bag Of peanuts consumed
The contest was staged before crowd of interested
fans Wilbur started of in high but before long was
takno time out occasionally to around the build
ing in order to shake the peanuts down. At the end
of the two hour period he had eaten only 80 bags
Of peanuts After digging up 81 cents to settle his
peanut account and bet Wilbur made tracks for home
to sleep it of. He pulled through without medical
assistance, but turned down sack of peanuts which
was sent to the house for him few minutes after
the contest.
Cement Rail Ramnaed Through Automobile
HOWARD LAKEADr''- his fathers car north
of Annandale, Bonnie DeMaris incurred an accident
with cement rail fence which resulted in the ram
ming OF the automobile. He driving down hill
and with exceedingly bright lights coming
towards him blinded Benne and his car hit the rail-
One of the rails which Is three inches thick six
inches wide and about 20 feet long and reinforced
with steel cables rammed through the hood missing
the engine and through - length of the auto
mobile, just above the footboards tearing the two
seats from the and jamming against the back of
the car with such force that the trunk knocked
- "'e other two occupants Of the car Pususta and
Meehan sitting in the front seat and the rail
passed between the legs of them. Pususta received
deep cut and bruised leg and Meehan had his
right leg injured and the toes of his foot smashed
The driver escaped with only slight cut and few
bruises Every glass and the doors in the car were
smashed The boys were picked up and taken to a
doctor in Annandale.
Sardine Save Fishing Trip From Total Failure
SLEEPY EYE+This isn't regular fish story
it's preliminary to lot of stories you're going to
here next The gentleman is Bert Prescott who
has just completed map of Lake Koronis where he
has the and address of every fish in the lake.
Bert recently bought cottage and lot on the shore
of that lake and to insure himself plenty of fishing
he got map showing the bars and drop-offs and
what kind Of Ash be caught at just those spots
In company with Supt. L. A. Lavine and Coach Ar
chic Skalbeck Bert tried out his theory this week 1t
worked fairly well except that Supt. Lavine forgot
to call roll when he got up there and the fish wern't
in their respective classes when the gentlemen got
the lake. A few football signals by the coach got I
several responses from few puny pickerel. Bert, /
however, had the presence of mind to take UP few
cans of sardine which saved the trip from total
failure
Fell sixty-Ffve Feet No Bones Broken
IAE<EFTELD-An accident for Ripleys Believe I
1t or Not" happened last Monday to Anthony Quev-
lie when he fell az feet without suffering any broken
bones Tony, he is called by his many friends,
ascending the manpulled elevator in the Quevlie
elevator and had just reached the top when the rope
the elevator broke, sending the small platform on
which he standing at full speed to the basement
After being examined by physician it revealed
that Tony had suffered nothing than few cuts
and bruises In his phenomenal accident.
Hog De-Rails Railroad Box Cars
BLUE EARTH-Although it is hard to explain,
locomotive engineers declare that porkers very
dangerous animals for fast moving trains to meet up
with. This declaration again proved true when a
hog caused the derailment of three box-cars of
which were loaded with cattle and hogs The stock
leaving Frost, and when the engineer picking up
speed, he noticed bunch of hogs wandering about
along the rightof-way. Just when he had concluded
that they safely left behind sudden lurch Of
the train proved that at least porker had met
death under the wheels. There real damage
done except to the pig who was strewn about the
country side. The entire mishap rghted in less
than two hours time.
22-Inch Dandelion Root Is On Display
HERON LAElE-Any who doubts the We
racty of the person somewhere in Minnesota who
told about finding dandelion root 20 inches long
should look in the window of the Heron Lake News
office. On display in the window there is dandelion
root, dug by Chris Johnson out his garden which
measures % inches in length, and there is a tip
The root is about the size of pencil at the tip and
at the upper end is almost as large as cigar With
roots up to % inches long wonder dandelons sur
vive when dry weather kills the lawns.
STEPHEN-A peculiar mishap occurred on the
L. Dagober farm west of Stephen last week when
straw stack threshed out in the faryard was ignit-
ed and burned to the ground with the flames appar-
emily originating in the blower Of the separator It
IS thought that metal object was pitched into the
separator and that produced the spark necessary
ignite the straw in the blower Flames spread thru
the stack very rapidly, and the hurriedly pulled
the separator out of reach of the flames an act which
was accomplished speedily yet not moment too soon
to prevent damage to the machine from the fire. For
tunately the wind carried the flames away from the
farm buildings, not far distant from the burning
stack which was completely consumed.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the early 1905
when Indians roamed the western plains to do bat
tie with the few white pioneers who dared invade
their territory this week brought to the mind of
Rob Kanne, who resides farm six miles south Of
Ortonvile. Kanne was walking down the path thru
his front yard the path he has trodden for %
years, when he noticed a metal object protruding
from the ground. STOPPING over he found it to be
an oldtme revolver rusted from its years under the
earth High winds of the season had evidently been
blowing the surface dirt of the ground gradually re-
vealing the ancient piece of irearrn. The gun Colt
3S with pin lrng action is thought to he NEARLY 10n
years Old Old timers speculated on the fact that it
might have belonged to early settler on the land
while others believed it to have been the property of
an Indian brave scout. Anyway one thing is GER
tain-Kanne has an historical treasure
HOPKINS Somebody is going to do some tall /
relephoning he makes Of giant upright phone
stolen Saturday evening from the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co in Hopkins The instrument used for |