The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-01
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.

tanned a confession from one OF
the two parties who stole the sows
AS a result, Enright collected fol-
a three-year-old theft.
Spring Chicken Has
Two Hearts
Hewitt-The Harry Wachsmuth
family were greatly surprised to
find that one of the chickens they
had for dinner recently had two
perfectly formed hearts. The or
gans were connected by a large
artery such as carries the blood
from the heart, and from all APP
pearances both performed normal
ly.
Al Has Good Neighb0rs-
Luverne-Mr. Al Top, farmer
near Beaver Creek, became i'll and
found it necessary to undergo an
operation. When the news Of Mr..
Tops illness came to three Of his
neighbors, Alex Willers, Arthur
Anderson and B. F. Dunn, they de-
cided they could be of assistance.
Each Of them equipped with tract
or and cultivator appeared on the
scene and cultivated his whole
farm in record time.
Old Landmark Is No More
Sleepy Eye-An old landmark,
a guide for travellers, is no more.
1t is the old eight-cornered barn
on the Mrs. A. G. Sherman farm
five miles south Of Sleepy Eye
which fell under the wreckers ham,
mer this week. The old structure
served as a guide for tourists who
in being given directions were told
to Ego as far as the eight-cornered
barn, then turn"
Food Tickets To Be
Issued Transients-
Hanska-The Hanska CONNER
cial Club has decided to issue tic
kets to the transients that come
to the village and are in need of
food. The village police will have
charge of these tickets and only one
ticket will be issued to each per-
son after which he will be asked
to move on. These tickets will be
good at all eating places and good
for food only up to 25c.
Get HOt-But Not
From Weather
Chaska-It might have been I'M
comfortably warm for sleeping dur
ing the recent heat wave, but when
it got too hot for German Salden,
it wasn't the weather. While
smoking a cigarette in bed he fell
asleep. Sometime later he was
by the burning mattress.
BY the time the blaze was extin-
guished half of the mattress and
part of the pillow were burned.
False Alarm ~-..s... s.'.
Clinton-A fire alarm was turned
in by someone reporting the fire
as being at the Arlo Shoquist
home. The fire truck made a hur-
ried trip to the scene but upon
arriving there could find no sign
of there being a fire. Citizens
should be cautious when reporting
a fire for there is a great deal OF
danger encountered in every run,
to say nothing Of the cost Of max
ing that run.
Kids Establish
New Businesses
Franklin - Franklin youngsters
were of a business mind recently,
and as a result a swap counter and
a lemonade stand were temporarily
added to the firms doing business
in town. Operated by youngsters,
about town, the financial motive of
the enterprises was to raise funds
for a roller skating excursion and
for admission to the Franklin
theatre that evening.
Squirrels Hamper
Phone Service
Detroit Lakes+The telephone Of
flee has been having trouble with
squirrels. It seems these little
creatures have been gnawing into
phone cables around town. When
water gets into these cables a short
circuit results and the usual phone
service is upset. No explanation
is given as to why the squirrels
like to chew on wires but, the tele-
phone office here report the prac-