The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-01-09

more than irritated, the patrolmar
stopped, went back to the trucl
and as two men climbed out, in
quired who was the driver. They
pointed to a man slumped over the
steering wheel. HE tainted wher
we told him he had sent a patro
car into the ditch" they said.
Fishers Field Day
At Lac Qui Parle-
Granite Falls-Dismayed game
wardens pleaded with fishermen al
Lac Qui Parle recently not to take
advantage of the fact that hun
dreds Of fish were trapped in 9
small pond Of water from a foot
to two feet in depth, but it is re.
ported their words fell on deaf ears
1t was field day for fishermen
who crowded the shore shoulder tc
shoulder, using snag hooks or gang
hooks to pull the fish in, some
even wading out in hip boots tc
catch the fish, mostly wall-eyed
pike, in their hands.
And They Are
Still Digging Out
Fairfax-The present standing
record of Armistice Day storm
snowbank survivors is held joint
ly by goose from the flock OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Schweiss, OF
Wellington, which waded out of q
melting snowbank under his owr
power on Monday, December 23rd
gaunt, thin, and hungry, but very
much alive and kicking, and two
pigs, belonging to Harry Gilbert, OF
Osakis, who had long since given
them up for lost. Evidently seek.
ing shelter in a straw pile, the
snow had drifted so deeply over
the stack that the pigs were hope.
lessly buried. Both pigs and the
goose can be proud of the their
record of AZ days existence on moth.
ing but snow.
Shredder Victim Walks
DEMONSTRATING a painful in.
jury to his hand which resulted in
the loss of little finger up to the
second joint, of the next two fin
gers to the first joint, when his
hand caught in a corn shredder
Joyce Evenson, of Mazeppa, under
went a supreme test Of endurance
Unable to start their car, he and
his father, Joe Evenson, were fore
ed to walk to the village two miles
distant to receive medical aid from
a doctor.
Troubles Always
Come In Three's-
Wheaton-Misfortu in large
doses has befallen Laverne Mon
son, % years old, who broke his
right arm when a rock hit a shovel
while he was working on a dam
a few weeks ago. A short time
ago he slipped on the ice at Grace
vile, and, unable to cushion his
fall by using his arm which was
carried in a sling, he cracked a leg
in falling. Riding to Wheaton lat
err with Miss Mildred Skoog, of
Graceville to get medical attention,
he received his third jolt when the
car in which they were riding got
out of control on the ice and tip
ped on it's side in four foot ditch
from which, although unhurt, he
found it extremely difficult to ex
tricate himself with a broken arm
and cracked, and as yet unattend
ed leg.
Deer Beginning
To Be A Nuisance
Glenwood-Olai Simonson, of Gil
christ township, near Glenwood
has appealed to the Glenwood Tri
bune editor to get some relief from
a herd of about thirty deer which
he claims are not only not unusua
anymore, but are getting to be
downright pests. According to him
they spend their nights feasting or
his corn and have already destroy
ed a large portion of the field.
Boy, IA, Hooks 9-Pound Pike
Acknowledgement Koch, of Mel
son, astounded the crappie ant
perch fishermen on Smith Lake or
recent Sunday as he pulled out
9 pound wall-eyed pike. No one
on the lake had had any particular
amount of luck during the after
noon with no bag boasting more
than a few small perch or crap
pies when Conrad pulled out his
whopper. Fortunately, he had
chopped a large hole in the ice OF
he would not have been able tc
pull the big fish through the hole
after it was on the hook.
Bull Tips Scales At
Well Aver A Ton
Mountain Lake-When 0. Hotz.
Ter, Mountain Lake trucker, arriv-
ed at the Austin packing plant on
a regular trip recently, he asked
the yardman to weigh in a veal
calf that he had on the scales
When he started the scale off at