The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-02-07
State News Briefs
Walking Home

Things are not what they used to be- We notice
that neighboring paper tells about two high school
boys who walked home from school the other day, a
distance of some three or four miles, The paper
thought it was of enough Importance that box item
made in the daily paper of that town. They
think it was marvellous feat.
While this may attract some attention, the fact
is while the editor of this paper a school boy
in southern Minnesota, farmer children would walk
four and five miles to school and back home again,
every day during the winter, in weather that was
well below the mark the greater part of the win
ter. No, things are not what they used to be.-Car-
issa Independent.
Refuses OperatiOn Prefers Nature Take Own Course
Fosston-Alone and Indifferent to live Martin
Lee prefers to let nature take her course until
death eventually ends the pain that racks his body
Gangrene, resulting from leg injury, started in
toe, and has slowly spread up the leg until it
nearly reaches the knee All the while he has stead
lily refused to submit to operation which would
result in the loss Of the members but would have
saved his life in the early stages county patient
and g years of age he to little in life
cripple and uncomplainingly and cheerfully awaits
his final summons.
Slap On Back Causes Barber To Swallow Pin
Observation-Disclosures Akre, of Spring Grove, like
most BARRIERS has a lot Of friends but slapped
him on the back at the wrong time the other day.
Walter placed a long pin with white head on it in
his mouth while preparing to pin cloth around
customers neck, according to his usual costum Just
as he was about to remove the pin, however, some.
one slapped him on the back and he accidentally
swallowed it. An X-ray was taken and the pin can be
seen lodged in Walters chest. Up the present he
has suffered i'll effects. One Of Walters assist
ants completed the shave.
Pheasants Tunnel Into Snow Bank To Reach Food
Oliva-In spite of everything that has been said
to the contrary, pheasants not helpless type Of
game bird. That has been proved recently in this
county, When local sportsmen went out Sunday af-
ternoon not so long to inspect artificial shell
ter and corn dump" they found that even 3foot
snow bank didn't prevent the pheasants from getting
to their food supply Knowing that the
there, the birds had dug several tunnels into the
snow and were systematically carrying out each cob
OF corn. More than a dozen cobs had already been
excavated and the birds were busly engaged at
their work when the visitors arrived
Mosquitoes Hatch At Is Below Zero
Oaiva--Refusing to stay in state of hiberna,
ton even when the temperature stands at Is
below zero, mosquitoes are Matching out in heated
water tank on farm near Blomkest. The mosquitoes
were first noticed in the stock one morning re-
Gently. When the tank opened several of the dip
ferrous insects flew to brave cold northwest wind
but Immediately froze and dropped Closer examine
ton OF the frozen insects convinced Mr. Young the
owner OF the farm, that they were Just plain mos
quitoes MANY more were found In the tank some
already Matched and others ready to fly Fresh wa
ter Is pumped into the tank twice daily The tank is