The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-15

man he refers to may be designated as such when
gin work at once he tired Of loafng and just
couldn't loaf any longer, came to the farmers home
and asked for job. He was hired and since it was
noontme he Joined the family at dinner, the Easter
dinner with home-baked ham, mashed potatoes, and
all the fixings. He showed he was good worker,
said the farmer by the way he moved away the fod-
der piled his plate" After dinner the newyhired
worker went to the barn, disappeared through the
back door. and has not been seen since.
Is Declared Winner Although Backing Down
Claremont.-When a person backs down in an
argument, he is usually regarded the loser, but
Knute Hyland considered himself the winner, even
though he did have to back down the road about one
half mile. He had stopped in farmers driveway,
and stepping from his car, he noticed bull wander
ing along the road 1t was apparent that the bull had
also noticed Knute and instead of being friendly,
snorted several times paved the dirt and unged to-
ward him. Knute returned to his car, and since the
bull continued to charge forward he started the mo-
tor, put the into reverse, and escaped the first
charge. But still the animal continued. There was no
time to turn the around and because it was
doubtful if Mr. Bull would listen to reason and en-
gage in friendly argument, Hyland stepped on it"
and backed down the road. For distance Of onehaf
mile to the main road the bull followed
PranlNsters and Victims Disagree On Jake Idea
Red Wing.-Tired out after night of dancing
and anxious to reach home many participants in a
ball held at Ellsworth recently were one in declar-
ing that the "meanest man earth" had been car
rying on what he evidently thought was huge joke
at their expense, while they were making merry at
the party His fun took the form of twisting hand
les from automobile doors and making 1t impossible
to enter them for the drive home 1t is re-
ported that between eight and ten cars were locked
in this manner, losing its handles from the
four DOORS The guilty person must have been a man
of strength since it evident that he had twisted
off the handles, there being no marks to show that
hammer other tool had been used. The drivers of
the agreed that had they been able to locate the
prankster the Joke would have been on him.
Disappearance of Cannon Balls Is Mysterious
Ortonville-One' by they disappearing
the cannonballs that form the pyramid behind the g.
A. r.. memorial cannon that keeps silent watch over
the local court house. Now there are three missing
Just how the first removed 13 years ago and
who trundled it off is still one OF the Big stone
county's unsolved mysteries More recent however Is
the disappearance of two of the MISSILES one o.
which has found at the foot of the main street
hill Several theories have been advanced being
that of the janors that playful children rock
ed the cannon balls loose
Stump Blasting Is Cause of Landslide
Winnebago.-While blasting stumps the H. 5.
Muir farm a mile and half south of town, a new
type of government explosive let go with terrific
blast and resulted in trees and stumps being blown
high into the air and about 100 feet of the 20foot
embankment sliding into the river which divides two
farms Four of the trees fell in such manner that,
lying the river, they resemble group of Ro-
man numerals AS experiment, some of the pow
der used in the Boulder Dam construction was being
tried. Whether the men misjudged the power of the
explosive placed the containers top side down,
able to explain. A ridge of the trees stood
between the stumps and the river bank and when
the dry storage batteries which controlled the firing
of the explosive were turned the conclusion split
a wide crevice in the ground and the embankment
settled in the river bottom with rumble like distant
thunder.