The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-03-15
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.

less of whether it came from the county or friend
With sickness in his family Frost called Dodge
amount of $67 But with the help received and the
sickness cured, Frost did not forget the hand that
helped him in his distress. Unlike others on the
poor relief. he felt that he under obligation
to repay the money into the public purse. Hats off
to man. rather unique, who considers his self re-
spect above pecuniary gain
-Four Oldest Lawyers Practice 1914 Years
MONTEVIDEO-Wh is there about the legal
long, active years? The four oldest members of the
Chippewa county bar have practiced law in Monte
vdeo for nearly 200 If the years Of these four
barristers in the harness put end to end they
would reach back before the Declaration of Independ
ence before Washington chopped his cherry tree be-
fore there was farm problem c. D. Bensel started
law work in Montevideo in 1879 having contributed
55 to the total of the four c. A Fosness hung
out his single in 1884, years ago, followed three
in the profession only AZ years, and is just kid.
With the celebration of MIR. Fosness' 50th anniver-
sary of law work. 100 friends gathered reception
in his honor recently.
N. G. 81 Check Does $40 Worth Of Good Business
FAIRMONT-A NSF (not sufficient funds)
check for 81 did $40 worth of business in Farmont
recently before the final tried to get his money
back and found the check not worth the paper
it written The man who gave it originally
had flown the coop, and there nothing for the
endorsers to do but make good which they did at the
rate of nickle apiece, there being twenty names
signed the back The part of it is that each
sold 81 worth of goods with the check out of
which he made around 20 cents net profit, total
of 81 for the 20 transactions. After each had paid
his five cent assessment, he still had net profit Of
Is cents his 81 transaction The question is. who
lost on the no-good check
Keeps Records for Gravel Trucks
WnIIAMS-It isn't safe to be in your house
these days, thinks Walter Sobey gravel checker,
Sobey has small six by six house by the side of the
road in which he sits and keeps his records the
gravel trucks A young man said to be from War
road, returning from dance early in the morning,
struck Sobey's tiny house, wrecking the building,
scattering records all over the road and breaking
three ribs of the gravel checker young lady, rid
ing in the car quite indignant that Sobey should
have his little house by the side of the road, when,
she said, it should have been out in some alley
where it belonged!
Both Husbands of Woman Die Same Day
CIAEaFlFTEIID- Deserted by her husband Is
years ago. word of the death of the reached
Minnesota woman recently on the same day her
ond husband died, Clarkield woman, daughter Of
and step-daughter of the other revealed last
week. When the woman was little child, her faith
deserted the family leaving them to carry on as
best they could After several years of struggle to
support herself and the little Ones the mother mar
ried again, giving UP all hope of seeing or hear
ing from her first husband. Recently this ladys step
father died in southern Minnesota town. Stimuli
taneousy, message came to the wife who was de-
serted years ago from the bedside of her dying tru
ant husband. He died the same day that her sec
ond husband passed away, locating her through the
aid of Oregon authorities, to whom he had told his
story
Finds Large Sum of Money, But No Owner
GRANITE FAILS-A sum of money, amount
stated but sufficient to make the finder gasp for
BREATH" lay unclaimed last week at Granite Falls.
The money was picked up in the hall of the court
house by Melvin Anderson who hurriedly took it into
Treasurer Hansons office and sat there awaiting the
owners appearance. Both felt sure that any person
who lost that much money would be back in hur-
ry But the didn't show up that day or the
next, was there any communication to indicate
to whom the money belonged An ad was inserted in
the newspaper seeking the loser of the money.
q. S. Lists Brainerd Man 116 Years Old
BRAINEFD- city of Brainerd has man 116
years od-according to Uncle Sam. August Rousseau,
of West Brainerd who has just passed his S7th birth
day. by actual count carries citizenship which
show him to have been born in 1917, making him 116
years DID, of the oldest people in the United
States. clerical error in making out the papers
accounts for the official '1ong life" of this citizen.
Rousseau lists his platform for long life alb
stinence from strong drink and cheerful attitude at
all times That he lives to it is proven by the fact
that although he let out of work a railroad af-
ter A years. just short of pension, he is not at all
inclined to be bitter and does any sort of odd job
about town with cheerful attitude.