The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-02

the stubble of nearby weeds the
tips OF the wings of chicken owl.
In a few strides Mrs. Carrier
reached the spot and had the owl
by the wings and was on her way
back to the house before her hus-
band could reach the scene. When
asked If she had not been afraid
OF the owl, she replied that at the
time her concern was more for
the chickens than of fear for her
self. The Widespread of the bird
was 48 inches.
Two Jump From Truck,
Escape Dynamite Blast
Sleepy Eye Arthur Schaefer
and his son, Cottonwood township
well drillers, had a narrow escape
from death recently when a stick
of dynamite which lay between
them in the cab of their truck ex-
ploded. The blast shock houses for
several blocks around. Mr.. Shaefer
had smelled smoke and shouted a
warning to his son, Leonard. At
ter stopping the truck both leaped
from the machine and a moment
later the cab was blown to bits.
Several parts of the cast iron en-
CINE block were broken off. Meth
er of the men were injured in the
blast, but they were close enough
to be stunned and shocked. They
owe their lives to Mr.. Shaefer's
acute sense of smell.
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Beavers Are Busy
On The ZumbrO-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS this town a
large colony of beavers are busy as
bees preparing their winter home
and laying in a supply Of food.
During the summer they construct
ed dam across the Zumbro which
raised the water nearly four feet
at that point and made the river
deeper upstream for several miles
They are building into a river
bank some distance from the dam,
but few see them work because
they labor at night. In the woods
adjacent to the stream trees as
large as Is inches in diameter have
been felled, out into lengths, and
floated down the river to the point
where they wish to use them.
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Another Fish Story
For. This Years Collection
Alexandria Sam Haughdahl,
winner of the Worlds Champion
Butter Maker title in 1900, missed
by only seven ounces, the honor of
catching the champion black bass
of the season recently when he
hooked and landed one weighing
| six pounds, eight ounces, in Lake
Chippewa. Casting with a plug in
bunch of rushes he felt sharp
tug and after stiff fight reeled
the fish to the side of the boat 1t
was found Mr.. Bass had been
hooked in the back under the DOR
sal fin. Apparently he had been
swimming by when Haughdahl
jerked the hook which caught the
fish in the back.
Sheep Killer Caught
Mora-A 285-pound sheep-killing
black bear was killed on the first
day of October by two farmers who
had suffered heavy losses through
his activities. The bear was shot
by Charlie Wilkes and Pete AL
thause after it had been caught in
a trap near the Wahkon fire tower
1t is estimated the bear had killed
48 sheep in the past several weeks.
Earlier this year he had succeed
ed in escaping from the steel jaws
of trap and leaving a trail had
been tracked by hunting dogs and
former game warden Tony Lemay.
Claims for damage due to the
bears raids will be filed against
the state. 1t is believed the mate
of the slain bear is at large in the
area south of Isle.
Missing Kittens
Cause Car Squeak
st. Cloud Joseph Cans ccm-
planned of a peculiar squeak in his
car last week. He drove into a
garage, and mechanics found an
irregular lump in the upholstering
above one Of the rear doors. When
the spot was touched the lump
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morning Cans had put seven kit
tens in the trunk of his car to take
them to a neighboring farm. When
he reached the farm there were
only five in the trunk and he con-
cluded the others had escaped be-
fore he closed the trunk. Finally
the two kittens were released from
the car, unframed from their
crawl through a small hole in the
trunk up into the top.
Five Different Vegetables
Grown On One Garden Vine
Clarissa-Something new In the
line of oddities was demonstrated
when Ray Sutton brought five diff
ferent shaped, different colored
vegetables grown on enc vine into
the local newspaper office. In ex-
planning how this came about Mr..
Sutton said that last spring he
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