The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-08-24

for each one. The department sent
her a new police whistle and also
one of the type formerly used by
the department.
Bum Holds Up
Jungle Buddies-
Olivia-A bum who packed" a
gun and lot of nerve held up 20
hobo buddies in the Jungle" in
Olivia early one morning recently
lifted a total of $40 from the group
and then in regular pulp-story fas-
hion, boarded a westbound freight
and made his getaway. The most
remarkable feature of the hold-up,
however, Is the fact that a total
of $40 could be rounded up in a
crowd so famous for it's perpetual
state of financial embarrment.
Ride Bicycles 800 Miles
For One Dozen Pigeons
Pipestone-Two boys, Donald Nc
Coin and John Nation, made a
300 mile trip from Mitchell, S. Oak.
to Pipestone on bicycles recently
for the one purpose of buying a
dozen Fan Tail and Homer pigeons
from c. J. Longstreet, local pigeon
raiser. They drove shrewd bar
gain, too. After buying the birds
for approximately half the normal
price, the bedraggled travellers were
given lift to Luverne by Mr.. Long
srteet from where they had COM
pletely paved route back home to
Mitchell. John and Donald left
home on a Wednesday morning,
spent the night in Madison, and
arrived at their destination late
Thursday afternoon.
Pocket Knife Holds
Angry Bull At Bay
Gaylord-A. D. Pearson, 72-year-
old farmer received a crushed right
chest and a punctured lung when
he was attacked by an enraged bull
recently. Pearson was driving the
animal into the barn when it sud-
denly turned on him, knocking him
down. A son, hearing his fathers
cry, ran to Pearson's rescue. He
was knocked down in turn. Then
young Pearson took a knife from
his pocket and began slashing the
animal across the eyes. This caus-
ed the bull to retreat and the young
man was able to drag his father
to safety.
Boy, 5, Uninjured In
Fall From Speeding Car
Kenyon-When Myron Wunder-
Itch, Jr., gets to be a little older
he's going to be a daredevil for
sure. One morning recently Ny
ron was sitting in the back seat of
the car and his mother was driving
to Faribault. Suddenly, when the
car was travelling about so miles
per hour, the door of the car
against which the little boy was
leaning accidently flew open. Mrs.
Wunderlich heard the door open
and Immediately applied the
brakes. Terrified, she looked back
and saw Myron get up off the road,
brush off his clothes and come run
ming toward the car. How the child
escaped is nothing short of mir
acle. He was rushed back to Ken
yon and given a thorough check
up, but the only injuries were
bruises on his legs and arms.
Gives Away
n
Alexandria-Several years ago a
collection of II birds eggs gath
cred over SO years ago by the late
H. T. Thompson, near Lake Mil
otna, was given to barber Bill Nc
Farlene. Without realizing the
value OF the collection McFarlene
gave the eggs to Russell Rasmus-
sen, who lives near Lake Bergen.
Rasmussen took the collection to
the University of Minnesota to be
cataloged and there it was discov-
cred that the collection contained
several eggs valued up to $4,000.
The prize egg of all was one of
the long-since extinct passenger
pigeon: Thompson gathered the
eggs when a boy and punctured a
hole in each end of the eggs, al
lowing the contents to run out.
The eggs were then placed in a
salt filled box and preserved per-
fectly.
Cotton Growers
In Minnesota
Balaton-Orris Mcneil has gone
in for cotton growing right here
in Minnesota. He has eight or ten
plants in the garden at the U. s.
Cyr farm, the tallest Of which is
about three feet. All are fairly
heavily loaded with squares" as
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