The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-13
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err II horseshoes were found in various shocks and
gear wheel tied to binder Irvine was discovered In
the center Of bundle The dastardly act was per-
petrated the farm of Alfred Schieber. three miles
west of Caledonia. An investigation which followed
the finding of the iron concealed in the bundles to
cause harm to the threshing crew ari the farmers
failed to reveal any clues
Cooperative Ownership Involves Lindstrom Dog
Iindstrom.-The cooperative ownership idea,
which is rapidly spreading to operate oil companies
banks, electric power plants mines, and the like has
given four Lindstrom people the bug" influencing
them to own and pet cooperative dog. When
nightwatchman Jesse M. Moore about to carry
out his official duties and dispense with the life of
a large police dog without license four Lindstrom
citizens each donated quarter to buy the tag in or
der to the dog from premature grave. Those
who are stockholders in Cooperative Canine, Inc,
are Mrs. William Soneral, Mentzer Olson, Arnie
Swanson and Walter Bergstrom. The cooperative
ownership idea in least this instance to be
functionng rather well, the dog Is good natured
enough to enjoy the affection of its four masters
Postcard Mailed After "a Years
Baudette.-Whie looking over an abandoned
lumber camp, Bill Strom, of Spooner, found post
card dated 1909 which had been mailed from Swift
to Cavalier, North Dakota For ~ years the postcard
had lain in the camp forgotten after its journey had
just started This week the card is arriving at its
destination, bringing back memories to the receiver
Babies Die of Fly-Paper Poisoning and Drowning
Blooming Praire.-Two babies, one Is months
old and the other Is months old, met tragic deaths
at Blooming Prairie and Brainerd last week. Darlene,
Is months old daughter Of Mr. and Mrs Lawrence
Anti sucked on pad of fly killer, became sick, and
was rushed to doctor, who unable to save her.
At Brainerd, Eldred Strange, Jr, was drowned in
few inches of water in stock tank on the farm OF
his parents The baby was playing in the yard while
his mother working in the house, and accidental
" tumbed into the water tank Although discovered
soon afterward, the child died before the hospital
could be reached.
Receivers $40 Bill Lying On Sidewalk
Litchfield.-The goddess of good fortune smiled
strongly on Roy Mortenson clerk in the postoffice
at Litchfield, and he maintains it's all in living
clean life. Returning from his morning delivery of
packages he found he had lost $40 bill Immediate
ly upon retracng his route he found the BILL neatly
folded in half the sidewalk in front of the Len
hardt hotel the main street. where it had lain un-
touched for over five minutes Passersby had either
not noticed the bill had believed it was worth
less piece Of paper.
Berries Taste Good, But Not Hornets, Ivan Finds
Isle-Ivan Jndra of the Onamia district learn
ed recently how tell the difference between hor-
nets raspberries You eat them, he found, and If
they sting you they're hornets Jndra harvesting
raspberries and absentmindedly picked one and put
in his mouth, not noticing that it carried with it
large and sinister hornet His next sensation was that
of acute dissatisfaction, and feeling somewhat SIM
liar to that accompanying good grade OF Mexican
chilli He hurried!y disgorged his mouthful of rasp
berry and hornet, but the damage was already done
For Is hours his tongue was swollen so badly that
he could not talk or eat.
"Rain Man" Fails To Bring Down Showers
Olivia.-A Weary Willie, posing as rain man
stopped off in Olivia long enough last week to test
his ran-makng abilities. The old gent parked along
the railroad tracks west of the village and proceeded
to try his chemicals with the greatest of faith His
method added humor to the incident. Red brick was
used in the crude construction of fireplace, where
he burned mixture of kerosene and chemicals" He
stated that he added some tar to the mixture in Or
der to bring a heavier rain. The rain man" failed,
but so have a number of other signs the past few
weeks including east wind, sun setting behind
cloud, a new moon, and sweating water pipes
Twin Girls Born 20 Hours Apart Weigh 20 Pounds
Morris.-Graceville has its Baby Schmitz, 16-
pound youngster born normally recently and whose
unusual size and weight the occasion of great
amazement among physicians all over the country.
But Graceville cannot hold the spotlight alone this
week. Near Pennington twin girls born 20 hours
apart weighed 20 pounds, with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
DeMuth the parents. The DeMuths now have 10
daughters and two the recent twins being both
girls Joyce was born at 80 a. m, and Janet was
born the next day at 200 p. the former weigh
ing pounds and the latter II pounds.