The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-08
State News Briefs
Hotel Clerk Hopes Job May Be Permanent Yet!

Hotel Clerk Hopes Job May Be Permanent Yet!
Appleton-Charles Dillon, night clerk at the st.
James hotel in Appleton, was promised steady job
time ago. 1t may yet turn out to be permanent
For Is years and two months Dillon has appeared
nightly behind the desk without skip, hop, or
jump There has not been vacation, time out for
illness, Saturday Sunday evening off.
The hotel guests come and CO. but Charley stays on,
keeps furnace going watches for suspicious char
acters the approach of storms, sweeps out and
plays fiddle He recently started his 4,SOOth
consecutive nights work in the same spot, figuring
basis of 365 days in the year and few extra
for leap years, with another two months added
Even considering the uncertainty of the times Char
ley is beginning to think his job may be permanent
yet.
Fish Turns On Woman Inflicts Cuts on Toes
Baudette-A fish which is evidently getting tired
of having pesky humans try to snare him with
sharp hook found in Baudette recently, and this
particular fish isn't the kind to take things lying
down. In fact, it did little rough work on its own
part. Mrs. Percy Williams sat the dock at Coutts
Camp at Saboscong Bay fishing her bare feet hang
ing in the water below Along came big fish which
had decided objections to anyone with Mrs Williams
intentions and took several bites at her toes in
fcting nasty cuts The fish, probably big jackfish,
not only bit her toes but inflicted farther up
the foot. Others laughed at Mrs Williams when
she said she had been bitten by fish, but changed
their minds when they saw the cuts on her foot
Catcher Breaks Jaw On First Baseman's Head
Mountain Lake-Two kittenball players, with a
single purpose, came to grief at Comfrey in game
Fritz Anderson, catching for the Mountain Lake
team, went after foul fly between home plate and
first base, did also Bruce Johnson first baseman
and manager of the team The two players collided
with terrific force just they about to catch
the ball. Anderson went down, and it took several
minutes to revive him. An x-ray examination showed
that his jaw broken in two places. Who named
this game called kitten ball?
Sheriff Nips Loves Young Dream In Bud
Redwood Falls-Love's young dream nipped
~, bud byf haarf han oft he 1aU re-
Gently when Sheriff George L. Nelson of Murray
county, stopped pair of clippers at the request OF
the girls parents. The girl was missed from her
home, and the sheriff notified. When he found her
she was in the company Of South American day la
borer who had been working in the vicinity of her
home. She was somewhat defiant and insisted that
she wanted to go away with him. The young man
had no visible means of support and was advised
that the best thing he could do to out Of the
county and if at the end Of year he was in pos
ton to support wife he might communicate with
the girl and if she still wanted him it might be ar
ranged.
Mother Cat Feeds Two Black Fox Pups
Winnebago City.-Confroted with the necessity
Of raising two black fox pups bottles find bet
ter substitute not long ago, Floyd Bogenreif owner
of fox farm near Winnebago City, tossed the two
pups into pen with mother cat which had lost two
of her three kittens the day before. If the mother
cat knew the difference, she was too lady-ke to
show it and place made at the family table for
the foxes The mixed family thrived so much that the
foxes outgrew the kittens and fox had to be
moved. The which remained is now larger than
the mother cat and apparently has sense of graf
tude to the foster mother her little yellow kitten.
In fact, it hogs the food and keeps the mother cat
sitting top of the shelter house most of the time.
City Check Sgner Breaks Right Arm No Checks!
Chsholm.-Cty employees were wondering how
they going to get their pay checks Of late, with
City Treasurer Frank Paskvan's right in a
sling with broken bones Paskvan is the only
thorized to sign checks for the city, and the only Of
fetal bonded to do AS result of motorboat ac-
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bandages and braces, with some broken bones. There
have been several helpful hints, such as Paskvan
signing checks with pen held in his teeth or be-
tween his toes but the city treasurer lays no claim
to being gymnast, nor is he especially ambidext-
erous After few days he was able to make some
kind of scraw with his bandaged fist, but for a
time it looked pretty dark for the pay checks!
Finder of SS5 Can Keep Money, Get Reward
Minnesota Lake.-Usually when matter Of over
s35 is involved in lost bilfod the would just
as soon have the finder return the money and keep
the pocketbook, but not with A. o. Farstad, gen.
era superintendent of road construction crew at
Minnesota Lake Finding his wallet with nearly $36
missing, Farstad reported his loss to the newspaper
office, stating that he wanted very much to have
the bfold returned, but that he didn't give boot
about the money it contained He stated that he val
the billfold a keepsake, 1t was made by a
very close friend of his who Is ILL., Not only may the
finder keep the money it contained, but he will re-
ceive a liberal reward for the return Of the empty
bilfod, and Farstad states that positively ques
tons will be asked. The wallet not intrnscally
valuable. 1t contained the initials A. O. F. on one
side and IOOF on the other.
Big Bee Swarm Holds Up Traffic
Red Wing.-Another swarm of bees some 0OOC
more less in number led by their queen and seek
ing new home found its way into the business sec
| ton Of Red Wing recently The swarm buzzed down
Main Street in cloud and hung awhile in the mid
die of the street apparently awaiting for the
to make up her mind about the itinerary. Meanwhile
driving through the cloud increased the frenzy
of the bees and drivers were forced to roll up thel
car windows in hurry. After a while the queen de-
| cided that downtown place for a queen to sci
up new palace, the buzzng horde moved
Makes Diving Helmet From Old Metal Scraps
New Prague-Scraps of metal gathered from
| foundry in New Sprague formed the basis for div
! ing helmet made by Glenn Marek, in which he is ex
ploring the bottoms of nearby lakes The apparatu:
weighs about 60 pounds and is fitted with windshield
glass to provide vision line such Is used in acct
ylene welding is fitted to the helmet to provide air
I and the diver may stay under water any length Of
! time, SO long as the air pump is kept working from