The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-09-05


hundreds of miniature rivers formed by the rain
might have carried them from their breeding places
and deposited them in the city. The sidewalks,
streets, and cutters in many places throughout the
city were literally covered with the toads They grad
ually thinned out in the next few days, although
there still hundreds of them hopping around the
streets. Since mosquitoes which had caused great
deal of discomfort with their hungry hordes disap-
peared at the time the toads appeared, there
is little sentiment against the latter.
Indian Joe Locates Body at Ninety Feet
Excesior-Indian Joe, famous body finder"
again appeared in his mystery role at Christmas lake
Minnetonka, to recover the body of Larry
Lyons, drowned musician, after a seven day search
by others had failed. The body was found in a de-
preston in 80 feet of water and would never have
come to the surface except for Indian Joe. Dynamite
and diving had failed wnen this man came to the
rescue. Christmas lake is fed by springs, and the
strong undercurrent carried the body to deep wa
ter, where the immense pressure of the water he'd
it there. The victim had evidently been taken with
cramps. His arms were drawn up tightly and could
not be bent, while the lower limbs were timber in
life Indian Joe steadily refuses tell his secret, but
invariably finds drowned bodies where everyone else
has failed He works alone, mainly at night, and de-
that he diving methods A full-blooded In
dian, he claims powers denied to others.
Captured Skunk Has Final Inning
Olivia.-Two Henryvilie men, with tt:e spirit of
bravery predominant only in the rugged pioneers,
captured bare handed untamed, healthy and full
grown skunk recently, and for awhile at least had
things pretty much their way. quick grab
dsarmed. He was placed in a sack and later dump
ed into barrel for the merriment of the spectators
Upon being lifted from the barrel, however, Mr..
Skunk got ahold of the side of the barrel with his
front feet and had chance to straighten out long
enough to enter a protest to the treatment 1t has
been officially reported that neither George Wacek
or Frank Werish slept in the house that night and
that the course in skunk handling has been definite
ly postponed.
Man on Flying Trapeze" Lands in Merry-Go-Round
Waseca.-The man on the flying trapeze swung
through the air-but not with the greatest of
at the Waseca county fair last week. leaving whir-
ing glider swing at the height of 30 feet to land
among the horses on a merry-go-round. Don Camp
bell Morristown, visiting at the fair found the glider
swing, which suspends miniature airplanes in the
air around revolving post, not quite exciting
enough. It is believed that he unsnapped the chain
which holds the occupant in the swing seat and fell
out when the swings reached height of 30 feet
landing in the erry-go-round. The merry-go-round
suffered casualties of one horse with broken Leg
and Campbell had broken nose, broken ARM
injured hip, and many body bruises.
Sells Five Dollar Bills For Penny
Blooming Prairie-Busness was pretty good for
four-year old Bobby Wagner when he started to sell
five dollar bills for penny but his first venture in
big business didn't turn out very well in the opinion
of his parents. The of Mrs. Bertha Wagner cafe
proprietor in Hollandale, near Blooming Prairie
Bobby found three five dollar bills in his mothers
pocketbook, which had been inadvertently left with
in his reach The pieces of paper didn't have much
value in his eyes, not nearly as much as big, cop
per penny with which he knew he could buy candy
All went well exchange until customer in the
cafe sped the paper" in Boobies hand that it
was real money, and called Mrs Wagners attention
to the fact One bill was safely tucked into Boobies
pocket. He proudly displayed penny for he had
sold, which, with the third was totally missing.
Car With $1,000 On Street All Night
Shakopee.-With 81 900 in 500 bills in its door
pocket, stood main street at Shakopee all
through the night unmolestedto the great relief Of
its owner The hailed to the curb by Officer
VerkenneSS late night officer suSpiciOned
the driver in condition to direct its destines
Leaving the car parked in front Of building on
full night at a hotel. Awakening in the morning he
excitedly raced to his car, opened door and from
the pocket extracted the cash and ironically
marked by goly, that was an honest cop"
Don't Blame Horse; Advertising Did It!
Tracy.-Everyone knows that it pays to advertise
but even the most ardent space statesmen have up to
this time not realized that even horses are influenced
by what they read Bangles" very sober milk wa
gon horse at Tracy, suddenly became uncomfortable
the street and lunged through heavy plate glass
window of a garage Half cut to pieces, the poor
animal got into the display room but failed to loosen
himself from the wagon Since the accident the own
horse too much to disturbing its sleep too early in
the morning. He has completely exonerated himself
from all accusations. however, he reveals that the
horse assign in thegarage window: Change your
plugs every 10000 miles,
Fail To Miss County Fair For Sc Years
Waseca.-Ihe Waseca county 1air nad one ais
tincton which probably not shared by any other
in the state In closing its seth annual program last
week, it boosted two men who have seen every one
of the Sc fairs. They Thos. J. Mcclure Of Twin
Lakes, and George w. Powell, of Watervile. Both
men spent their boyhood days in the Waseca COM
munity. Mcclure on farm in Blooming Grove town.
ship and Powell on a farm just north Of Waseca.
When they were boys 1t was real treat to be able
to attend the Waseca county fair. AS time passed. it
became fixed habit which they cannot break off in
old age