The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-15

and then possibly fearing a reprmand, hid in the
grain as he approached Pillen failed to her
she crouched down, and the platform of the binder
failed to quite clear the little girl sickle guard
caught her arm, inflictng severe cut, and cord
in leg severed by the sickle. She is recov-
ering nicely
Tornado Plays Freaks OF Nature Near Chasla
Chaska.-Carver county's third cyclone since the
turn of the century swept destructive path through
Chaska and Norwood last week. carrying with it
heavy amount of financial damage and some freaks
of nature that will give residents memories for some
time to come. Pieces of straw were driven through
wood and plaster to protrude on the other SIDE A
garage lifted off its foundation and carried away
with the left standing untouched. Hay was twist
ed into telephone wires A barn door was opened,
hayrack and wagon drawn outside as though pulled
by human hands and the door closed again. A boat
trailer was picked up and deposited in a mea-
dow two blocks away, uninjured All grain shocks
in large field were placed in row by the wind
ten feet wide. worker in picnic park reached for
stand for support, the structure being literally
pulled out of his grasp as he reached for it, A barn
picked up and set down railroad track
Shingles taken and roofs left. Damage was es-
timated at about S25O0 with most of the destruction
of freakish and miscellaneous nature.
Sues To Compel Clerk To Issue Marriage Writ
Duluth-A suit to enforce the issuance of mar
riage license, the first of its kind in St Louis
county has been filed is district court In his petit
ton against Clerk of Court Jennie Noodle. Russell
Anderson, 49, alleges that neither he Miss Gene
We've Berry, 26, related by blood, that they
not epieptic, feebleminded insane, have any
dsqualifications which would ban them from a mar
riage license under Minnesota law Miss Moody in
answering the petition, alleges that Anderson for
more than two years lived with another woman as
man and wife She was supplied with the information
by the mother of the prospective bride who is seek
ing to prevent the marriage.
Traffic Census Taker Gets Dizzy Over Trips OF
Gopher
Luverne.-If gopher store 12O kerr
nels of oats in his pouch at one time and the same
gopher unload such pouchful between 80 and 40
times in his winter home how many kernels will all
the gophers in Rock county store away in one sea-
son? Leo Dresser, traffic census enumerator on U.
S highway u.s. became slightly dizzy recently try
ing to figure out the to this problem. The
cause for the arithmetical gymnastics was the
drowning of a gopher which Dresser had been
keeping unofficial census he crossed the high
way into oat field and re-crossed back to his
home the east side of the road Out of curiosity,
Dresser examined the gophers pouch and counted
120 kernels lodged there If this particular gopher
could be counted average, Dresser decided that
this years oat crop was really bumper for the
pesky farm rodent.
Vacationist In State for Fffty-one Summers
Aexandria-There must be something about
place which will attract vacationist for 81 consec
utve and Alexandria is able to boast that
record IN connection with Mrs F. S. Stein, Of Lin
coln Nebraska This is the 51st year that this lady
has been coming to Alexandria for her vacation in
the weather and residents have come to look
upon her annual event. This year, because Of
failing strength, Mrs Stein gave up her yearly pill
grimage to Minnesota but summer advanced and
the heat increased her health became seriously af
fected. she brought to her lake home for the
51st year. where she is recovering her health rapidly
Wringer Shnplifies Pea-Shelling Job
misunderstanding peas is task every house
wife breads and when the Leroy Freese family had
two washtubs full of unshucked peas one in the
family especially anxious to volunteer for the
job. Finally someone recalled having mag
azine article concerning the Smelling of peas with
electric wringer, and they decided to experiment
With four able persons working the job, in three
hours time the peas beautifully sheed with not
wasted 1t proved a much smplified matter, the
pods being fed through the wringer, fattening out
they passed between the rollers and pushing the
peas out from the pods almost like magic.
Businessmen Shock Neighbors Grain
Heron Lake.-The help neighbor" spirit was
demonstrated in Heron Lake last week when 80 bus
inessmen DOTTED their silk shirts for overals and
went out after dinner to shock 30 of grain for
farmer incapacited by rheumatism. The group in
cluded almost every business and professional man
in town, some of whom had never set up shock of
grain before. They recruited during the after
when it learned that Charles Rasche was
unable to for his ripe grain because Of treat
ments for rheumatism The work in shocking the 20
of barley and nine of oats required only
an hours time because of the large number Of men
participating