The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-02-21

ed by A. w. Nelson, Ltchfied, has produced one
most constant service since! The original owner of
the suit Peter Kinehart for 60 years. and af
ter his DEATH his brother Jonah Dnehart fell heir to
1t. The latter has used 1t for summer since
but in spite of IS years Of almost constant service
the fabric appears stout and strong the day it
was first made. In fact there is not break tear
in the whole suit-not even a button missing The
suit was hand spun and sewed by Hannah Bettinger
sister of Peter Dinehart, in Anboy New York, in
1850. It is summer suit of white oyster colored
linen.
Tracy-Credit for an innovation in pheasant
feeding belongs to Tracy sportsmen, who beived
to he the first to use an airplane in distributing
feed into remote places along snow bound roads. Re-
Gently 200 pecksze packages of corn were taken
UP into the sky and dropped over the countryside
within radius of 10 miles of Tracy The sacks
in contracting the earth virtually exploded, spreading
the contents 20 30 feet, resembling time
tics. Pilot Jack Robinson manipulated the plane
while sportsmen dropped the corn bombs, much to
the delight of the pheasants Approximately 100 bu-
shells of and other feed has been out by the
sportsmen in their efforts to preserve pheasant and
partridge life Feeding stations have been maintain
ed and thus far only few pheasants have persisted
Minnesota Notwithstanding 80 beer is
popular in Minnesota Lake-so popular in fact that
someone must have had a real blowout. While TAX
ing order at restaurant recent Saturday
night, the driver of beer truck found his chariot
had walked out" on him. Those who had appropriate
ed the truck-load of beer evidently became thirsty
soon, for the truck later found two miles out
side of town-empty. An array of kegs and bottles
meant for the public in general had apparently been
the basis for real party Only one lone bottle with
the seal unbroken remained along the of emp
ties It may be that the party "just couldn't take it,
by the time they had gone that far. In addition to
the quantity of beer stolen, SOS and overcoat be-
longing to the driver also disappeared.
Roseau-The main business street of Roseau was
a dangerous place to be in for few seconds
evening recently when team of horses belonging to
George and Elmer Mikkeson decided to stage a
chariot The team standing in alley be-
hind store, loaded with flour and other groceries.
The horses down the alley onto Main street and
left the sled tipped in front of the Roseau gar
age he heighth of irony) with groceries scattered
over the road Turning the corner, they came down
the business street; knocking packages out of the
arms Of man crossing the street. and charged into
parked along the SIDE One horse went entirely
the top of car, broke away and ran for home.
The other caught and found to have some bad
cuts Two taken to the garage for repairs.
Observation-Disclosures smart counterfeiters,
and there the dumb type, the latter type appar-
emily having started operations in Breckenridge. D.
E. (Moon) Mullins the smiling employee of the 305
garage has coin that is the work of somebody try
ing to beat the depression. Mullins received the coin
in some Breckenridge establishment, but does not
know where, when. Looking over some change he
came across the odd coin. On one side is penny
and the other dime. The coin is the thickness
of a dime 1t appears that penney and dime were
sawed in half and then stuck together. To make
money at this racket is slow process. First there is
lie investment The time of saving the coins in
two is worth something If two coins successful
y passed the profit would only be &c. Mullins claims
that in the future he will examine all money he re-
ceives in change, somebody might get the bright
idea of splitting dollar and ten dollar bill.
Hastngs.-A pocket knife, found in a sack of
flour $50 miles away from the owner, returned
to him recently through strange coincidence of old
acquaintanceship and Peter Verth, Hastings, is
firm believer that the World is small place, af-
ter ALL The knife, of unique description with
Werth's initials, p. w., scratched the surface.
was purchased in Manitoba, Canada some years ago.
Werth used it in his duties at the flour mill in Hast
ings, and in some manner the knife became lost and
ended up in sack of flour. At Waterloo, Iowa, $50
miles away William Mountaner, former Hastings
resident discovered the knife in sieve containing
the Hastings flour. At time being an employee
of the Hastings mill, Mountaner recognized the in
itias returned the knife to its owner two years
after it had first been missed. AS remembrance,
Werth presented the knife to Mountaner.
Mapleton.-While the mercury was till low in the
tube recently, David OConner, Mapleton, decided it
a wise idea to dig the snow banks away from his
walk that the spring thaw might not make river
of the path. Digging down in the deep drifts he
found little lavender coored flowers in full bloom
The flowers which perennial decorations along
the front of the OConner home, were kept warm be-
meath the heavy blanket of in spite of the in
tense cold, and must have decided that spring was
here.
Red Wing.-Footban enthusiasts in Red Wing
take their sports seriously, and ardent admirer
Chicago Bears, is just about qualified to take that
heros place in the sport world. Discussion was wax
ing warm in Red Wing tavern recently, with Rol-
land Boomer" Reid upholdng his end of the argu-
ment with gusto Not content with simple words,
Boomer" insisted showing his listeners just how
it was done, when the famous Manders drop-kicked
his way to stardom With the same pose Of the hero,
Boomer let the imaginary pigskin drop from his fin
gers and his foot swept forward gracefully into q
triumphant arch But his shoe also willing to do its
bit in the demonstration slid off his foot and took
the of the imaginary ball. sailing across the
full length Of the room, crashing through plate
glass window and landing in the middle Of the
street. 1t was usty kick, and the demonstration
cost Boomer about $40.
Milaca.-Members of the feline family had an
argument on the top of Carl Neslunds home in East
haywood recently much to the destruction Of the
house and the discomfort of the family for when cats
fight as Nestund can testify the fur flies. Awak-
ened by fearful noise and commotion their roof
in the middle of the night the Nestlunds arose to in
vesgate and found several stray cats on top Of the
chimney fighting for supremacy. Sections OF the
chimney had been torn from the top, bricks and ALL
The house soon became filled with smoke, and the
family had to take pipes down to investigate. From
inside the chimney pipe long tail extended and