The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-18

around the woods. Lessee. there's
Bill and Henry Otto, G. H. Vandes-
teeg, and George Rice. They used
to have partner, Gene Richards,
but he's gone now. But they still
tell about Gene. He was a great
hand to eat butter. UP there in the
woods it's hard to get, and it hap
pened to be retailing at so cents a
pound when this incident broke.
The boys noticed that Gene was
using generous quantities of the
spread, and cautioned him about it.
One of them said, "You know, that
costs so cents b pound" Not even
looking up nor ceasing his chewing,
Gene merely fired back, tits worth
it."
Shinin' 'em Mother day Fred
Ahrens brought in a deer to be
mounted. He reported that the deer
had been found on his place shot
through the middle. How far the
deer had travelled in his death run
after the scene of shooting is hard
to say, but they have been known
to travel distances Of five miles at
ter being shot. Proper notification
was sent to the game warden Of the
killing, and permission granted to
have it mounted -. Now that's q
harmless enough incident in itself,
but it goes deeper. Reports are be-
ing slung around rather haphazard-
ly, that the boys are shining
them" That is hunting at night.
With spot light on a deer, he will
stand entranced until the shot Grip
Piles or kills him. No one has been
able to point a finger at anyone do
ing it yet, but rumors arise from
the Ward Springs community that
there has been shooting at night
which may or may not point to
night hunting It's too bad If it's so.
Old timers tell me that the influx
of deer into this sector is the great
est number Of late years. Shooting
will certainly drive them back to
their usual haunts. It's not hard to
get them at night as they feed SER
enely in the cut over alfalfa fields
or in the open meadows. But it's
darned unsportsmanlike, and good
hunters frown on the practice +. i.
There's another development that
is being noised around. know
nothing about 1t, I'm only repeat
ing what the wind carries in. For
the past two years now the tale has
come that an ornery old buck has
been chasing dogs and kids in a
sector out of this town. 1t is said
that permission has been granted
to get the old buck before he hurts
somebody. Now there are those who
are wondering if it's not clever
way to get permission to eradicate
the old boy instead of going north,
and the wonderment Is increased
when it becomes apparent that it
will be difficult to Gull out the or
merry one. Maybe others will die in
the attempt, some of the boys are
thinking
Bucks Dog-Buck Potter and
his dog are seldom parted, Now
he Is equipping the canine with
a tinlxling bell. Buck says he'll
use him for hunting rabbits.
Send the dog through the brush
and the rabbits scurry about
like SO many sheep. Then pop
them off He says that be-
fore game laws were SO string
emit the boys used to use the
bell to drive deer out. A three
man line would invade the
woods. Ono tlnlkling q bell. The
two ON the TANKS would pick
off deer as they doubled back
out of reach of the bell.
Coaches are Human-It's an in
teresting historical omission that
coaches of athletics are not pre-
served in the annals. Surely no
more interesting human being ex-
list. I remember when I was in the