The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-06-30
State News Briefs
Poker Face With Hand of Is Hearts


Redwood Fals-A poker face" is handy thing to
have at an auction bridge bout, opponents If Ira
| Reynolds 80. agreed wryly when the octogonarian
produced perfect hand Of 13 hearts Reynolds Meth
er dropped dead, tainted bid no-trump when he
took up his hand in game with three cronies at
the local Civic and Commerce club rooms. He simply
His partner was Oscar Randgaard and his oppon-
cnts, Hermn Werder and John Lautorbach, ST., Club
habtues said werder, was still murmuring my gosh.
my gosh, my gosh" hour after the hand play
ed. Reynolds wasn't saying word
Eight-Pound Tooth Is Evidence Of Mammoths
Red Wing-There are few things to be thankful
for these days Possessors Of eghtpound teeth aren't
still roaming the bluffs in this community. Proof
was found recently by Leo Saul that such creatures
were at time right at home here Mr.. Saul, who
owns a farm in Hay Creek, was walking slope
in the rear Of his farm when he saw what at first
he supposed to be q large rock Picking 1t up, he
discovered 1t well preserved mammoth tooth,
nearly identical to the one found few months ago
on the Otto W. Kolshorn property, which is located
about five miles from the Saul farm The tooth just
found weighs 81 pounds little over three pounds
more than the first which was discovered at
depth of IA feet. Mr.. Saurs find on top of the
ground where it had evidently been washed by the
heavy rains Just where the rest Of the teeth and the
bones Of the ancient mammoth will be found Is nara
to state but it Is thought they lie somewhere In this
vicinity.
Brothers Have First Reunion in SO Years
Browerville-A local garageman, Vern Bemis, and
his brother, Frank Bems Clubhouse, of Miami, Flor
ida for the first time in So years here last month
A coincidence, unknown to both men, was the dis
covery of fact that both had served in the Span
ish American war. Vern was youngster of eight
years when his youngest brother, Frank, was born
to Mr.. and Mrs Norman Bemis Because of serious
illness the mother died and Frank Bemis was left
in the of the woman who nursed his mother
He was adopted by Mr.. and Mrs. Clubhouse and moved
with them to Georgia Vern, at the age of IL, came
to Browerville with his father, having lived here
since that time. Frank Bemis Clubhouse moved to
Miami Florida upon the death OF his foster parents
Consequently the boys lost trace of each other until
through their oldest brother, M. F. Bemis, of Water
Vile, Mimi. they were brought together for re-
union.
Just Broken In At 100000 Miles
Granite Falls-Just how far 90 you expect your
automobile to go to give you the kind OF service you
expect? Before you answer this, consider kermin
Rudes Model T Ford car. 1t has rolled up mileage
of well 100000 miles and, according to kermin,
tits just getting well broken in now The car start
ed out with speedometer but this disappeared many
years ago, Kermn says. At that time 1t registered
$4,000 miles The only major repair the car has ever
undergone has been cylinder reboring job. Not
quite satisfied with the speed the original gears were
capable Of Kermin put in new speed gears and now
boasts that he can make IS miles an hour. The Car
% to Is miles on gallon OF gas, to quote ker
min again, "she is easily good for another hundred
thousand miles,
Cass Lake Man Wins $50 For True Story
Bemidj-Orvie Halverson is $50 richer because
he wrote a letter to the magazine Click" in which
he told of something unusual he witnessed many
years ago when he was only slip Of lad. Click
offered liberal prizes for suggestions OF subjects for
unusual pictures Entering the contest Mr. Halver-
related how many years ago he found nest OF
small black ants in old stump He casually placed
a lighted match near the hole. What was his sur
prise when the ants became fiercely agitated and
fire brigade quickly formed to put the fire OUT
Not all of the ants responded to the fire ALARM but
only certain ants that apparently belonged to the
fire brigade. These quickly surrounded the burning
match and squirted fine streams of a milky sub
tbo firo heir combined
fectve in putting the fire out. For many years Mr.
Haverson told of his experience, but no one would
believe 1t. Finally the story was substantiated N
Popular Mechanics. 1t this story, submitted to