The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-04-02
Irish-Swede Is Real Fisherman

Truman.-A valuable addition has been made to
the Truman community in the person of the worlds
most truthful Leonard Anderson, who halls from
Brainerd AS he stepped off the train he told the fol-
lowing story. Fishing on Mile Laos, he was kept "a
hours by a huge muskie on his line which towed him
all the lake at express train speed Cold hungry
and exhausted Anderson finally decided that the only
way out to cut the line AS the muskie trav-
cling in circles several miles WIDE Anderson figured
to hold until the big fish had brought him
around to the nearest point to his home dock At
actly the right moment he Topped the line. The boat
pointed straight towards Andersons port, and
the momentum carried it to shore, distance of
slightly four miles OF SwedishIrish descent Ander-
son has number of truthful stories along the same
line All that has to be done is to wind him up.
Girl Hitch Hikes Way To Colorado
Granite Fals.-When Genevive Knutson, daughter
of Mrs Clara Knutson of Granite Falls, makes up
her mind to go on trip she is as good as there re-
CARELESS of weather cost of transportation Re
Gently she made up her mind to go 70 Colorado
Springs, Colo. where position awaited her. She
started to hitch-hike from Minneapolis and within
week at her destination. including day or two
spent with relatives in Iowa.
Big Rock Weighs As Tons Worth $1,000
Isle.-A huge block of gray granite weighing APP
proximately As and valued $1,000 in its rough
stage wheeled into Isle the other day for ship
ment by railroad to the polishing plant at Cold
Spring The big rock measured about Is feet by feet
by feet for total cubic, content of 600 feet
Approximately 20 gallons of gasoline were used in
bringing the pebble" five miles into Isle. Elmer An
derson, Isle contractor, who specializes in heavy
hauling, brought in the stone with arrangement
OF truck, Senll-trdller ana puSner truck 10 the
casual on-looker it appeared that the truck most
y wheels, there seven axes supporting the
load exclusive of the pusher truck. There to
be good demand for the product of the Isle quar-
ny, with 10 men having been employed all winter
Barking Dog Saves Lives In Night Fire
PerhaIn.-A barking dog undoubtedly saved the
lives of Mrs Alois Morgenroth and her daughter,
Madrine, the other morning when the animal be-
came alarmed at the noise of a fire which free
ly burning the second floor of their home in Per-
ham. The fire is believed to have started from pipe
which lead through the floor of upper store
Apparently it at work for some time before it
broke forth and aroused the dog During the evening
the lights in the house suddenly went out and Mrs.
Morgenroth, thinking it was interruption which
effected the entire village decided to retire for the
night They went to sleep without being alarmed and
were only aroused when the faithful dog set up a
clamor The house burned to the ground, but
tices of furniture the first floor saved.
Milaca--Jerry Keefe, well known farmer, of Ben
ton county, was killed recently by being smothered to
death in his silo. Accompanied by young man in
the neighborhood William Messenson, Keefe entered
the silo to try and dsodge lot of frozen sage that
clinging to the upper part of the structure. A
large amount of the silage suddenly fell buryng both
under it, but Messenson managed to crawl out
from under the Keefe unable to get out
and was smothered to death Messenson is confined
to his bed result of the injuries. 1t took As min
utes to dig Keefes body out from under the silage
about eight feet of silage having piled down him.