The Sauk Centre herald., 1940-02-22
STATE NEWS
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Westbrook Onlookers at the
bowling alley last week must have
known how the man felt who saw
the dream walking. It happened
while Clyde Burgess was setting
pins for Ole Olson. Olson knocked
down all except the No. pin on
his first throw; and Burgess put
the nine pins in the rack above
the alley. Mr.. Olson's second throw
was a fast one down the middle;
it smashed into the five pin head
on, and sent it spinning. Where?
Why into the one vacant spot left
in the rack above! The bowlers
out at Bob's Corner still aren't
quite sure whether it really hap
pened.
Truck Skids Sidewise
Through Viaduct AT CO.
Hawley = This happened while
Walter Dahl, proprietor of Service
Ice, was trying to get from one
side of viaduct to the other side.
He got there all right, but not in
the usual way. He was driving
about sixty, and when his truck
hit slippery spot it went out of
control, skidded through the via
duct sidewise, and came out on the
other side facing in one direction
and travelling in the other. Com
ing out, the truck hit bare ground
and headed for ditch. Mr.. Dahl
took the ditch before he finally
managed to bring the truck back
to the highway. Mr.. Dahl and the
truck rested there for some NOM
ents before they proceeded onward.
Oh, yes-the damage to the iron
horse was only slight.
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Six Calves Born
On Farm In One Day
Hancock-Bob Bell tells of an ac-
cident that doesn't occur very Of
ten. Ed Van Henkelom went out
one morning on his farm and found
one of his bossies with a brand
new baby; later in the morning
he found second bossy with two
new calves. In the afternoon a
third trip revealed a third bossy
had become the mother of three
calves. All the babies are living
and doing fine.
Leaves Car; Returns
To Find Bicycle
Sleepy Eye-Martin Herman, of
Luverne, left his car on a Luverne
street one night recently and when
he returned to get it found the
machine gone. However, the per-
son who took the car did not leave
Martin without means of transpor-
tation. There in the Ford's stead
was a bicycle. County Sheriff Rob
erts located the car, and in the
meantime has the bicycle in his
possession and is awaiting arrival
of the owner.
Black Birds, Robins
Seen Near Staples
Staples-We are just wondering
how far away spring really is?
A flock of about forty blackbirds
were seen flying south of Staples
along the Long Prairie road. A.
c. Hoenig saw two robins near his
home. There have been reports of
robins /wintering in Minnesota this
year, but blackbirds are seldom
seen at the time.
S&H
Pumpkin Fails, But
Poison Gets Muskrat-
Warroad-For some time Mrs. F.
Smith suffered raids in her base
ment by some animal which ate
her potatoes. One day recently
while in her basement Mrs. Smith
saw a monster rat coming across
the floor directly towards her. She
grabbed a handy pumpkin and
threw it at the animal, but missed.
However Mr.. Smith set some poison
for the rat, and the next morning
found the thief, a full grown musk
rat, dead. Such animals are more
dangerous than ordinary rats.
Had Hair Tonic, But
Didn't Use His Head
Red Wing-A transient, wanting
to apply hair tonic to the roots of
his hair, figured that the best way
to get at the roots would be to
apply the concoction internally.
That's what he did, and as a result
became intoxicated. The police
picked him up, gave him a chance
to sober up, and then provided
police escort out Of town.
Many Buffalo Taken
In Lake Okabena-
Fairmont-In the third haul of
Lake Okabena at Worthington, Pet
er Simon and his crew pulled in
10000 pounds of rough fish. In
cluded in the catch were 236 game
fish, mostly walleyed pike. The
largest number Of carp taken were
caught during the second haul, tot
aling so in all. Some Of the fish
were more than yard long and
weighed around Is to 80 pounds.
About third of the fish were buff
falo, some of the biggest specimens
ever taken in this vicinity.
Crew Strikes Spring
Howard Lake-The ice where the
ice crew was working Is about "a
inches thick. While saving they
struck a spot where the ice was
only four inches thick, and as they
hit this place the water spouted
up on the lake. Within q very
short time the water was above
the mems high buckle overshoes.
A spring in the lake was the cause.