The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-10
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS


Better Late Than Newer
Baudette-Mrs. w. C. Sadok Of
Williams owner Of a valuable col
lection of autographs of famous
persons now believes that every
thing comes to him who waits"
Recently she received an auto
graph from former heavyweight
champion, Jess willard, of Glen
dial, California, which she had re-
quested by mail on December 5,
1881, nearly nine years ago. Which
proves, If nothing else, that Mr..
Willard isn't as fast attending to
correspondence as he formerly was
In the ring.
Kills Rather With Spade
MISUNDERSTANDING great
commotion on her front porch re-
Gently, caused by the barking Of
three dogs, Mrs. CLAUS Johnson
came upon chilling scene when
she discovered her two grand
daughters, Marie, 8 and Darlene, /
playing in close proximity to a
vicious looking 5-foot rattlesnake.
Siezing a spade, Mrs. johnson kill
ed the snake single-handed, pro-
badly saving one, or both, Of the
children's lives. This was the first
poisonous snake to be killed on the
johnson farm for 10 years and the
Uohnsons hope 1t will be the last.
Nail Kills Fine Animal
Fairmont-A nail piercing the
heart was disclosed by Veterinar-
ian M. O. Brewster Of Welcome to
be the cause of death Of a valu-
able cow from the dairy herd Of
milkman Herman Schulzo. The
autopsy also exposed the presence
of several other nails and a piece
of wire in the cows stomach which
Mr.. Schulze believes must have
become mixed with hay when a
manager was rebuilt last fall.
Collision Falls To Explode INT
Sleepy Eye-Although one car
rolled over three times and two
cars were wrecked, the impact fail
ed to explode 10 sticks Of dynamite
and 70 dynamite caps when cars
driven by August Youngerburg Of
Bashaw township, and Henry Buhr
of Stately collided at corner just
south of Springfield. Both had
been blasting tree stumps during
the day and were on their way
home when the freak accident
occurred.
Giant Potato
Glencoe-Alvin Uungclaus, Glen
coe farmer, asserts that he raised
record breaking spuds and backs
up his word with a pound and a
half potato picked at random from
his bumper crop this year. The
potato looks as though it would
easily provide a good meal for a
husky man and a heavy eater.
Piclxpoclxets Not ChO0sey-
Fertile There may be honor
among some thieves, but the mean
est thief to come to our attention
for some time is the pickpocket
who piled his miserable trade
among patrons of a large church
at Grand Forks, relieving six per-
sons of their wallets and contents,
one of which contained $500.
Frees Conscience After Many
Years
Tracy-R. G. Donaldson, Tracy,
received a pleasant, If somewhat
startling. letter postmarked Mime
apolis recently in which were en-
closed two crisp bills, a ten and a
twenty, from a man of unknown
identity. An explanation accom-
panying the letter disclosed that
the man had taken the money
from Mr.. Donaldson's office as a
lad and now, to free his conscience
was returning the money, plus In
terest. and asked forgiveness
which Mr.. Donaldson Is happy to
grant. He has no recollection OF
the incident.
Death Cheated BY Alert
Engine Crew
Fergus Falls-An unknown man
owes his life to the alertness of the
engine crew, and especially the
brakeman, of a Great Northern
freight train which came roaring
towards Fergus Falls at 9 O'Clock
one evening AS they approached,
a man darted for the tracks,
sprawled upon them, and remain
ed motionless until the engine was
brought to a stop just before 1t
reached him. Before the crew could
reach the mans side, however, the
fellow got up and ran, leaving no
trace.
Dog Retrieves Watch Lost
Four Years
windom-worthy Of Ripley's
column Is the true story OF a
strange dog Of unknown pedigree
which came dashing into the yard
of Harry Schneider, Of LETTERS,
bearing a lady's wrist watch in his
mouth. Upon investigation, the
watch proved to be one lost four
years ago by Mrs Wilbert Schmot-
ger who lives upstairs in the home.
Almost as remarkable was the fact
that the watch proved to be in
perfect condition.
Right City; Wrong State
Misunderstanding persons to
the Mayo Clinic or the Zumbro