The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-01-23

ids, has unique distinction He received his 1886 IL
cense plates last week. The license number Is 81.
Nothing unusual about that, except that 1t is very
low number But-for twenty-six years-ever since
1910 one of Mr. Taber's automobiles has borne the
same license number. And he has every one of the
twenty-six sets nailed up in his garage to prove It!
Doubles Money At Low Interest
Eveleth-Some people don't believe in putting
their money out at bank interest rates, and al
ways looking for quick money" An interesting bit
of information relative to depostor's faith in his
hometown bank and the growth Of a savings account
through the semi-annual addition of interest pay
ments is revealed by j. r. Schuknecht cashier Of the
Miners National Bank at Eveleth. One of the banks
customers opened an account on September 1S 1911,
with deposit of $751; and from that time until April
25 1915 interest and additional deposits brought the
account to S169OS9 Since the latter date deposits
Withdrawals have been made, but the interest
ments have accrued to the extent that on December
81, 1885, the account had reached total of S3O037S
Tracks and Kills Is Pound Lynx Cat
Battle Lake.-Otto Pearson shot and killed
a bob cat Pearson and High Miles fishing
Lake Clitherall and saw the tracks of animal
which were strange to them. After leaving the lake.
Pearson secured his gun and followed the tracks,
which led him into the Corliss woods near ClitheraN
lake. He finally located the animal and when he came
close to it, shot in the hind leg The animal turned
and killed it. 1t has not been definitely decided
whether it is a bob-cat lynx, it appears much
like both, or cross between the two. The animal is
quite large weighing 70 pounds and measuring six
feet in length, being dark grey in color with short
pointed ears and large paws,
15 Tons of Candy and Nuts Sold At Worthington
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. candy and nuts to pro-
vide every person in the county with pound and
half for Christmas was sold by Worthington merch-
ants during the recent holiday season, survey indi
Gated. Approximately Is TONS or 10000 pounds of
candy and nuts were sold here With the population
of the county at slightly more than 10000 that
amount would supply everyone with about a pound
and half each. Since the distribution not
throughout the county it is impossible to estimate
how much was consumed locally and how many
pounds local sale averaged for each of the 1900 chill
dren Of school age in this city.
Drops Gun To Ground, Is Shot In Shoulder
Elmore.-Shot in the shoulder when a % rifle he
was carrying dropped to the ground and went off,
Kenneth Ristau 16 year old of Mr. and Mrs Err
nest Ristau, north of Elmore, fortunate to es-
cape with his life Risau had been out hunting rab-
bits and was returning to the barn horseback He
was setting the gun down while still the horse,
and in so doing it accidentally slipped from his hand
the butt of the gun striking the frozen ground and
discharging it. The bullet entered his left breast
near the heart and went upward, the bullet lodging
IN his shoulder Had the bullet gone straight instead
OF upward it is though the boy would have been kill
ed Instantly He was rushed to hospital and while
weak from loss of blood, is recovering.