The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-16

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pounds and fourteen exactly. The trout, land
ed in Straight river near Park Rapids was the big
gest of its kind ever landed in that section. For 80
minutes the game fish fought Leals line after
which Harvey Bertelson assisted him in taking 1t
from the water A fly and spinner was used lure
At Lewiston Charles jackson landed King of the
Whitewater on the opening day. without the use of
a landing net. The trout weighed four pounds and IL
ounces, measured 23h .nches and took half hour
to land. A dry dock for the fish was dug with tho
fisherman's toe while he played with him, and when
the fish tired he was nosed into the sand pocket
State Goes After Poultry Records
st Peter.-Three eggs from the same turkey in
"a hours, another bddy hen which laid two eggs in
one day, and a hen which laid freak egg with
shell of colors is the states record in poultry
production for the week. In st. Peter Barred Rock
presented her owner. August H Tepley, with egg
tinted on the large end deep brown color while tn.
other half nearly dead white. The turkey with
potential 700 eggayear capacity halls from the Har-
ris Ellis farm in West Longola, in Benton county.
One egg brought in Sunday evening another at
IL o'clock Monday morning, and at o'clock that
afternoon the turkey hen was on again. When the
hen got off the next about two o'clock there was
third egg. There no doubt about the feat since
there is only one turkey hen in that neighborhood,
and "house chickens don't lay turkey eggs" one
year old pure bred hen, the property of the Tracy
Hatchery also set precedent in the way of produc-
tvity by Matching two large eggs on the same day.
Monks Watch Washers Then Scour Own Cage
reward, Tom and Jerry, chimpanzees at the Duluth
have few peers For these two members of the
monkey tribe these days busiy engaged in scour-
ing their cage trelessly and without other remuner
alton than their daily fare. 1t all come about when
group of worlmen were assigned to scrub the bars
and walls of the adjoining cage. The two chimps OBJ
served the technique of the crew. set up howl I'M
til they supplied with rags and water and forth
with scaled the bars and secured with an energy not
exhibited in the other cage. OF the two, Jerry would
rate the most proficient. She scrubs without respite
1ybi her male exhibits
loaf occasionally.
Feature Story Starts Commercial Business
Russel-Minnesota papers go into all parts OF
the Union and read thoroughly and it looks like
George Banks Russell owes the writer OF the Mime
Briefs few good cigars. Three weeks ago these
columns carried story telling of electrically wir-
ed fence used by Banks on his farm to keep animals
penned in. The wires were charged with an ordinary
storage battery and after few wild gyratons, the
pigs and decided that their best bet was to re-
main inside the wire fencing AS result OF the story
being published in 200 newspapers in the state,
Banks has had letters from as far distant as New
jersey California Pennsylvania, Michigan and
Washington not to speak of nearly every corner or
Minnesota Farmers everywhere seemed to be inter
ested in the idea, and Banks has applied for patent
and intends to manufacture the sets for sale on
commercial basis. Another business started from
lust idea
Engine from 1926 Car Makes Tractor a Freak
Austn.-A tractor with bum engine isn't
much good, but Albert Spnler, farmer near Austin
purchased a 4 cyllnder engine from 1910 Cal iot
Sc and with little tnkering he has tractor tnat
will pull five-horse load half day at five miles an
hour without heating. The tractor is equipped with
lights self-started, speedometer, ammeter ana ran
that blows toward the radiator instead OF the engine
causing radiator to remain cool and also drawing
crankcase smoke away from the driver 1t took ut
tie hard labor and quite bt of mechanical Skill out
Spiner now has freak that is drawing quite bit OF
attention from nearby farmers
The Tortoise Beat the Hare but Not the Auto
Lindstrom-In Aesops fables the proverbial tor
toise had the hare in race to test the res
pectve speed the two but the tables are reversed
when the tortoise backs itself against the automope
of 1885, Efforts to with onrushing cars has re-
suited in tragic ending for Mr. Tortoise, and at fus-
sell Beach between Ccisago City and Lindstrom
scores of turtles are lined up with their shells
driver will miss Turtle he pulls his snout in his
shell to find what he thinks is safety from CRUSH
ing tires often the man behind the Wneel
too busy to bother about missing him. Hundreds OF
turtles which start migrating about this time OF the
year are killed annually in this fashion At Melrose
accident being reported to the fish and game depart
ment
Whittles Dynamite Cap; Loses Fingers
Bertha.-Warren Laust, 13 year old son OF MT
and Mrs. Otto Laust, Bertha, is minus thumb ana
forefnger his left hand, and is nursing Durns on
hands face and neck but can lay claim to being a
real Spartan. Following explosion OF dynamite
cap which tore off one finger and LEFT the tnump
hanging by the flesh the boy took out his kn1e ana
completed the arnputation 1t not until the next
day that his parents aware of the fact that ne
had injured himself Finding the cap on ground and
not knowing what it was, Warren thought by clean
ing il out he could make whistle out OF the cary
ridge The effect was more than whistle, 1t was a
real bang! Barring unexpected complications he will