The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-11-17
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Fisherman Gets
Two In One

Fisherman Gets
Two In One
| MONTGOMERY-While hunting
near Reeds Lake, Ed Wright came
upon large black bass splashine
around the edge of the water. He
caught the fish which weighed
about three pounds, and found in
It's mouth fair sized crappie which
the bass was unable to swallow, and
both were choking but still alive
when brought to town. That's get
ting two in one.
Hunts Goats
With Plane
BRAINERD- this little
tale could be titled How To Find
Lost Coats" or Aviation Scores
Again" It all happened at an auc-
ton sale when Auctioneer prepared
to extole the values of a herd of
Angora Silk goats which together
with other stock and equipment
were to be sold. However, for the
first time in years, the animals had
chosen to play hockey from what
ever their duties about the farm
were. A fruitless search began as
members of the crowd volunteered
to proceed afoot through the woods
and swamps nearby. But no goats
could be located in that slow man.
ner. Thwarted in the terra firma
search, the sale clerk turned avia-
tor and volunteered to find the an
imals from the air. From his want
age point in the sky Clerk Flaata
saw the herd lying in deep swamp
grass a mile and a half from the
farm. He wrote a note, describing
the hiding place and dropped it to
the crowd below. His duty in the
air well done, the sale proceeded,
with the goats the latest victims of
the advances of modern transporta-
ton.
Uses Boot
Instead of Gun
ANOKA-Carl Colburn, hunter
extraordinary, showed some of his
friends how to get jackrabbits as
well as how really powerful his
kick is when he killed a real hef.y
Jack recently with the kick of his
boot. The dog he had hunting with
him started in pursuit of the rab-
bit and it ran right by Carl who
quite deftly aimed kick at the
rabbit and caught him full in the
head. The impact nearly set Carl
down on the ground but Mr.. Rab-
bit was cold dead when he hit the
earth. How's that for getting one
to boot?
Blow Torch Costly
Bug Exterminator-
HILLS-Frank Teason, of Lester,
had an unpleasant and costly ex-
perience when he was trying to rid
his premises of box elder bugs. He
was using a blow torch to burn
bugs off the side of his garage, and
after having completed the job, OPP
ened the doors of the garage to
take his car out. Imagine his sur
prise when he found the interior
Of the building in flames caused
from the torch which had burned
through the outside boards ignited
the dry timber inside. He was UNI
able to get his car out before the
fire could be checked.
SO
Out To Get Office;
Gets Goose
WINDOM-A candidate for pub
lie office says that there are oc-
casional happy incidents even in
candidating for office. While COW
ering the territory north of Stor-
den he saw large flock Of geese
flying low, and believing that they
were going to light somewhere
soon, he stepped on the gas to get !
ahead of them, taking the general
direction they seemed to be head
ing. He drove six miles, got ahead
of them, got his gun out of the case
and ran for cover a short distance |
from his car. And sure enough, he
drew the one chance in a hundred. |
They came right over him in a
beautiful range so that he was able !
to knock one down with his small
load of bird shot.
Kills Big Owl In
Own Back Yard
PIPESTONE+C Call it a boot, a