The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-05
State News Briefs
Looks Like Train Wreck; Load Tipped

Looks Like Train Wreck Load Tipped
RED WINCH looked like wreck. There stood
the train the mighty engine emitting blasts of steam
and there on the tracks, lying helter-skeler,
tipped trailer and load of lumber But things
are not always what they appear Because it wasn't
wreck no one was hurt, and all that happened was
that the train delayed. local was
moving a trailer load of lumber across the tracks
when the load tipped over, spreading lumber in all
directions. Just then the easbound train round
ed the bend and found itself temporarily halted while
the lumber hastily gathered together and re-
moved.
Dog Entombed IL Days-Saved
BUFFALO-A mans loyalty to his dog resulted the
other day in the rescue of the animal from crevce
twenty-three feet under ground, where it
tombed for nearly eleven days. Spotty, little black
and white fox terrier, into hole in the ground
while chasing fox on the Chester Baker farm near
Farley, Iowa. The imprisoned dogs master, Emmett
Simon, and companion hunters, Immediately set
about to dig the animal out of the limestone rock.
But they found the hole much deeper than they had
expected and winding down through the rock. Simon
enlisted the aid of his neighbors and friends and
rounded up crew Of twelve They worked
night and day in three shifts of four each, dig
ging and blasting their way down the path which
Spotty disappeared They could hear the little dogs
bark seemingly urging them on to the rescue Short
ly after the next day the workmen reached the point
where they could see Spotty wedged in opening
six inches wide. Tender hands picked up the ten
pound dog and carried him to safety. Spotty was
still in good condition although quite weak. He show
ed his appreciation before large crowd on hand to
witness the rescue by waggng his tail and barking
feebly.
Little Girl Knows How to Take Bumps
HOPKINS-Three-y ear-old Norma Tmmers, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Timmers, Victoria knows
how to take the bumps. Her fathers automobile
breezing along state trunk highway No. a mile
northeast of here when Norma, seated alone in the
back seat started playing with the door handle. Sud-
denly the door flew open, unknown to the parents,
and the girl tumbled to the hard road surface sew
erely humping her head and suffering painful bruises
as she rolled and slip to stop. few moments later
her mother looked into the back seat and to her
surprise found that her daughter was missing. The
Timmers stopped their and looked back to find
the three-yearod tearfully running toward them She
had jumped up and started running Immediately de-
spite the fact that her head badly cut that
several stitches had to be taken. When the doctor
wanted to clean out the girls wounds, she objected
strenuousy. Mama, why can't just take bath
and get cleaned up that way2"
Baptismal Dress Is Worn BY 20 Others
SACRED HEART-Wearing dress that had been
used at baptsmal services by twentysix relatives,
Dale Arthur, son of Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Hoff was
baptized last week at local church. The dress had
been worn by twelve children and fourteen grand
children in the Hof family period of AZ years.
Inflated Balloons For Communication
ST. PETER-New ideas just simple as
that. (Snap of finger) So think George Gruber
and his pal, Owe Olson Jr., who have been expert
menting with baloon-craft The boys have discovered
a new means of inter-city communication which riv-
ais that of carrier-pigeons and which brings them
no end of fun. They have found that toy balloons,
If filled with hydrogen will sail off merrily into space
and will come down to earth when their gas-content
has been dssipated Early in April the boys started
balloon off on its way with note attached, ask
ing the finder to report when and where it had land
ed. The flight started at p. m. Sunday April 8,
and at p. m. the same night landed in the back
yard Of Carlton johnson in Adams-nearly 100 miles
south Of here. note from Johnson informed the
boys of the landing. "1Iow do we fill EN- up with
hydrogen" Gruber asked why, just put
some zinc off an old battery into bottle of muriatic
acid pull the balloon mouth over the bottle-top so
1t fills up with gas, tie on a note and let her CO.,
Dead Pelican Found Road
LUVERNE-A large pure white pelican with
wing spread Of seven feet was found near here rec
emily by Harvey Rust Of this CITY, The pelican had
been shot and dead when Mr.. Rust found 1t.
He discovered the bird lying at the edge of the road
near the viaduct east of Luverne Having
seen a pelican before, Mr.. Rust, thought at first
glance that the bird was a goose The pelican had
been shot thru the wing but the wing had not been
broken large number of the birds passed over
Luverne that day.
of shearing now that city Then caught up in the