The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-30

bagging the beautiful bird, Levine
and his hunting companion, Oscar
Rittel, suggested that photo be
taken of the fowl and hunters. The
photo appeared in a local paper
and was reproduced by newspap-
ers throughout the midwest as Of
interest to hunters. Then many
letters came to the state game war
den saying the bird was a swan
and protected by federal and state
game laws. The hunters were ord
cred to appear in court and Levine
pleaded guilty and was fined $17.45.
Swears OF Kerosene
After One Good Swig-
Detroit Lakes-After her late ex-
perience little Irene Ness will stick
to water. She has had her full
Of kerosene and regrets that she
decided to partake of it. Right
now, Irene is recovering from a
painfully burned throat, the result
of swallowing a quantity of kero-
sene that she found in her mothers
kitchen. Irene poured a little out
of can and gobbled it up before
anyone could stop her. She may
be thankful, however, that aside
from sore throat she suffered no
other i'll effects.
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Hot Bed Really
Gets Hot
st. James-A hotbed, located on
the side of Meyers garage, went
into action while no one was at
home, and the resulting smoke was
noticed by a neighbor who gave
the alarm. The outer wall of the
garage received first, second and
third degree burns, but outside of
that little damage was done.
Fiye-Year-Old Goes
Through Thin Ice
acknowledgement Richard
Carney narrowly escaped death
recently, as the ice in Longyear
lake on which the lad was standing
gave way. His cries and the shouts
of companion attracted Miss
Florence Walimaa, Lincoln nursery
school teacher, who had her class
out for an airing. She walked out
on the thin ice and, grasping Rich
ard by the hand led him to safety.
The fire department, arriving too
late to assist in the rescue, rushed
the boy home where he was treated
to prevent any serious effects.
Not All Drivers Are Blind;
Many Just Act That Way
Grand Rapids-It is estimated
that third Of the automobiles up
on the highways are unsafe for
many causes. Sometimes the troub-
lie results from defective tires or
breaks, but many times the diff
ficulty is with the driver. A citi-
zen of Grand Rapids tells of the
case where a car was being driven
by a man, upon whose lap sat his
child, about IL years old. The man
was blind or virtually so. He work.
ed the clutch, brakes and throttle.
The child steered the car and right
into an accident.
Some Bull
Fairmont-For Bull, spelled with
a capital B, you have to hand it
to Adolph Kiester. A1olph recent
ly hied himself TO Waukesha, Wis
consin, to bring home the animal.
The bull weighs 2,7OO pounds-near-
ly a ton and a half-a ton more
than a big" horse. The animal is
9h feet long and stands 5-feet, 4
inches high. Adolph's ten-foot bull
pen was too small for it, so new
one had to be built. It takes two
men to escort the bull from his
stall-just to make sure. Mr.. Kies-
ter figures the bull will in time
increase the value of his herd any,
where from $4,000 to $4,000.
Musical Mouse
Initiates Mickey
Walker-The John Rice family,
of Backus, have mouse which
sings and gives limitations. His
name is "Whistling Rufus" Often
preferring his own music to that
on the radio he tries to drown out
various performers with his own
bursts of song. Sometimes he war
bles like a canary, other times
whistles like a quail. At any rate,
he now reposes in a cage, enthus-
iastically playing canary.