The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-08-18
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre. MINI.

Mrs Henry Fynskov Paul Fynskov, escaped serious
injury accident at the home of his parents rec
| emily While playing in the woodshed the boy found
! dynamite cap Not knowing what it was, he struck
| it with hammer causing 1t to explode The boy re-
ceved injury above the eye and one arm was
slightly burned A pet cat playing nearby lost an
eye Aside from being shocked and greatly frghten-
ed the lad not hurt badly and is rapidly recover
ing from his experience which but for good fortune
might easily have crippled or killed him.
Man, 80 Years, Travels Alone
Eagle Bend-Traveling from Washington d. c..
to Eagle Bend is just like taking short jaunt for
nnetyyear-od Joe C. Carter, of Sumner Washington,
who came here alone recently. former resident OF
this community Mr. Carter visited here at the Henry
Moss home. He expects to return again to Washing
ton entirely unescorted. Calling local friends Mr.
Carter told that he came to Wykeham in 1882 and
of the first settlers here He instrument
al in naming the town of Eagle Bend and was the
organizer of school district 38 in the southern
of Wykeham The school is still known the Carter
school In 1904, petition, Mr.. Carter started mail
route No. and served the first mail carrier From
here the visitor went to Willmar to acquain-
tances.
Twenty-Five Year Old Jar Corn Stin Good
Brainerd-In addition to a collection of old oil
paintings some of which were painted as early as
1871, E. O. Frank pioneer storekeeper at Outing
well lay claim to having the oldest can of corn in
this area. Some twenty-five years ago the Franks
previous Years passed and still the seal
manned unbroken. Now, after twenty-five years the
seal remains perfect and the to all appearances
is in perfect state of preservation.
An Honest Taxpayer Wants Higher Taxes
Fairmont-It's not often that taxpayer appears
before the county board and asks that he be permit
ted to pay more taxes. Yet this the unusual
occurrence one day last week. The local taxpayer
told Auditor William Garfield the had
looked $500 in money and credits in 1887 and $4,000
in 1885. He said he did not notice the oversight until
the list of personal property taxpayers published
the first of the year. 1t then too late to make
the correction those and he asked that the
ey be listed The tax $11 500 amounts to
$345O, considerable item for individual in the
county. The auditor told him that the occasion
SO rare when person showed up complaining that
he had not paid enough taxes glad to welcome
him to the family of money and credit Taxpayers and
extended him vote of thanks in behalf of the county
Youth Killed When Hit BY Broken Belt
Pipestone-TIis head battered by the loose end of
broken belt powerful five horsepower engine,
Erwin Olson &c. son of Mr. and Mrs Lars Olson, who
live southeast of Ruthton suffered fatal injuries in
farm accident The youth had been riding his bicycle
about the farm yard and had gone to the well to get
a drink. The water is pumped by means of pump
jack and gasoline engine Erwin found the belt off
the machine and apparently had tried to put it
1t is believed that he had the belt the pump pulley
and trying to get it on the engine pulley when
the belt slipped and went between the engine and the
frame The engine caught the belt, ripped it apart
and one of the loose ends whipped around, strik
ing the boy the right side of the head. He was
knocked to the ground unconscious but the belt con-
tnued to whrl and to strike him on the head.
Five Generations Meet
acknowledgements of five generations
who met recently at the Patrick OFaon home north
of here ranged in ages from SO years to IA months.
Posing for degeneration picture were Mrs. Eliza
beth Heenan, SO years old, who makes her home with
the OFalons, Mrs John Mccormick, of st. Paul, the
formers granddaughter, Mrs. Roy Lowry, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, her great granddaughter Mrs. Cyril At
kinson, of Cleveland, and IA months old Dennis At
lnson, the great, great grandson of Mrs. Heenan.