The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-06-01

sue thrcW IL over the raining OF the
bridge from which they were fish
ing. But she didn't let the minnow
down into the water. Noticing
this, her mother said, why Mary
Lon, your minnow isn't in the wat
er. Put it way down in" And
Mary Lou replied, Eyes, but If I
put it in the water, the fishy will
come and take it away from me"
City Dump Now
Matches Chickens
RED WING-We hear of all sorts
Of difficulties people have in hatch
ing chicks from eggs. But those
eggs deposited on dump in Red
Wing managed to hatch out chicks
without the aid of hen or human, 1t
seems. A resident reported to po-
lice that baby chicks were hatch
ing out at the dump in the 90-above
temperature provided by Mother
Nature recently. So Officer George
Tebbe, member of the sanitary
board of the city council, was in
structed to investigate. And the
legally minded were scanning city
laws to ascertain if there was any
thing in the statutes against hatch
ing chickens in public.
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Another Freak
OF Nature
NEW RICHMOND a marsh
near Cylon is a colony of muskrats,
which is nothing unusual. But one
of the muskrats is white, and that
is extraordinary. In fact, a white
muskrat is such an unusual critter
that Ivan Forrest, who first saw 1t
might do some business with Be-
lieve It Or Noty Ripley.
Huge Serpent Seen
In Lake st. CrOix-
BAYPORT-A huge snake or SER
pent was reported seen off the
Point on Lake st. Croix one eve
ming recently by Walt Goulette. He
said he had been near the bathing
beach and though he heard a fish
jump out in the water. Upon look
ing across the channel, he said he
noticed a huge snake swimming up
stream, the head extending four or
five feet out of water, and two
loops breaking water behind. He
estimated the entire length Of the
creature to be about 80 or 35 feet.
Girls Ring Hangs
On Car Tightly
ROSEAU - Little Lois Roseen
lost her ring on the running board
Of the car one day when she accom-
panied her father to town. She
mournfully told her mother when
she got back home. Her parents
thought the ring was gone for good
and did not make any close in
vestigation. They drove to Roseau
on another errand that evening and
around the farm on the next day.
Two days after the ring was lost
the family went to town again and
as they all stepped out of the car
Lois ever-watchful eye caught sight
of her ring lying very nicely on the
running board of the car. Lois was
happy and her parents marveled
that the ring had not been shaken
off its resting place.
Man Has A
Land Water Boat
AITKIN-Con Meyers, of Deer
wood, stopped traffic in Aitkin
recently as he exhibited his COM
bination automobile and launch.
Called the Serpent" the launch is
20 feet long and six feet wide, car
ries an 85-horsepower motor, steers
from the rear, has small wheel
at the bow and two regular-size
wheels at the stern. All these run
on pneumatic tires. The craft can
run from 35 to 70 miles an hour
on land. The craft carries from
eight to 10 passengers and is ex-
pected to make 20 miles an hour in
water.
Small Red Box No
Place To Post Letter
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to a
fire alarm recently Moorhead fire.
men discovered that for the Sec
ond time in recent years someone
had tried to use the same alarm box
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