The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre, MINI.

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wrong, who was hurt or killed or
missing, why the sudden burst of
tears, the woman brokenly told her
story and pointed to her car. N.
]. Osteraas approached the car, OPP
ened the door, and removed from
the interior a very tiny, very dead
little mouse.
Christmas Tree Harvest
Swings Into Action
Browerville The christmas
Tree Capitol Of the World" is the
title claimed by Big Falls in the
heart of Koochiching county, where
hundreds Of men are now busily
engaged in the preparation of in
Vulnerable trees for thousands of
American homes. Processing of
the trees includes treating to pre-
vent needles from dropping, spray
Ing with colored paint and refri-
gerating until the proper season.
Many other hundreds of women
and girls are now employed part
time making wreaths and Yuletide
ornaments.
Large F1ocls Of
Sandhill Cranes Seen
Detroit Lakes-Large concentra-
lions Of sandhill cranes, once near
ly an extinct bird, attracted the
attention Of University Of Mime
sofa museum authorities recently
In the vicinity Of Moorhead. Mo-
ton pictures have been taken and
an intensive study Of the birds has
been made. More than 300 Of the
birds were discovered in a flock
near FELTON, and another flock of
800 was reported southeast of
GAINESVILLE. The birds breed in far
northern Canada, migrating to
warmer chimes for the winter
months. The birds are now pro-
tected by federal and state game
laws after nearly becoming extinct
in early days when hunters killed
hordes Of them.
80
Buried SO Years;
Watch Still Runs
Browns Valley-After lying DORM
ant for 38 years, a pocket watch
which had been placed in the cas-
ket with Mr.. G.. Rank nearly 40
years ago was uncovered last week
when the remains Of four bodies
were moved to a new resting place.
In excellent condition, the watch
kept almost perfect time when
wound and the case, although
slightly discolored, could be made
to look like new with a little pol
ishing. BY a strange coincidence,
the watch had stopped at exactly
2:13 which was the exact time It
was found.
Mammoth Gourd
In Milk Can
Sleepy Eye-Other things besides
milk are kept in milk cans says
Herman Essig, farmer; gourds for
instance. In a fence corner Of a
half acre garden on the Essig farm
stood a discarded milk can last
spring. Came the growing season
and came a gourd vine. Into the
can 1t crept and late this summer
Mr.. Juni discovered a mammoth
gourd had formed inside the can,
so large in fact that since the
gourd's bottom is much larger than
the cans top, the two are in in
separable as Siamese twins. To
gether they weigh SO pounds.
Bolt Sldps Man
But Kills Horse
Sleepy Eye-After refusing to let
inclement weather keep him from
his work, John Olstad, Hanska
farmer, is thankful today that he
is still among the living. While
blowing Monday morning during a
thunderstorm, one of Mr.. Olstad's
horses was struck and instantly
killed by a bolt of lightning. The
other three horses hitched to the
pillow were stunned but unhurt as
was Mr.. Olstad, who, though suf-
fering from shock, was uninjured.
Cops Drag River
While Victim" Sleeps
Fairmont While officers of
Worthington and Mobiles county
were engaged in the grisly task of
dragging the Kanaranzi river for
Ernest G. Fike, go, Of Worthington,
who disappeared after his car
crashed into a bridge abatement
the supposed victim" was peace
fully asleep in a Worthington
hotel. After the mishap, Fike Sc
cured ride back to Worthington
registered at the hotel under the
name Oleson and slept the rest OF
the night and until noon the next
day. Fixes nephew, a clerk at the
hotel, notified authorities that his
uncle was alive after he learned
that the expedition had gone to the
river and q flor a Ia NO.. 1rzx.xs l.