The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Kills Silver Fox
With PitchfOrk-


Luverne-The killing Of fox
is rare enough in itself to con-
stitute news but Onna Klosterbur,
of Luverne, can boat Of not only
killing fox, but a silver fox, at
that, with the help Of his shepard
dog recently. While he was haul
ing straw, his dog came tearing
along in pursuit of the fox and
Klosterbur killed the animal on
the spot with his pitchfork. Up
on examination it was discovered
that the animal had already been
shot and partially crippled, but no
one has yet been able to explain
how the silver fox came to be at
large.
Gunfire? Nope
COkes Broke!-
Aitkin Aitkin residents were
startled on the Sunday morning
of the March blizzard to hear wha.
resembled nothing more than a
healthy bombing raid coming from
the general direction Of a grain
elevator in Aitkin. Tension was
eased a bit when it was discovered
that the explosion was that Of 300
cases Of Cocoa Cola which froze
and blew up when the stove heat
er which was keeping them just
above freezing went out. Three
fourths of the bottles were broken,
a net value Of close to $500 besides
the beverage which was sprayed
into every corner of the building.
Tulips Show Their
Heads In March
Moose Lake-Setting a happy
precedent are q bed Of tulips be-
longing to Newell Anderson, of
Moose Lake, which put in their
spring appearance on the south
side Of the house at the Anderson
residence on Sunday, March 10th,
and are destined to be among the
first tulips in bloom this spring.
Burning Straw Creates
Bad Highway Hazard
Sherburn-A smoke screen, Great
ed by the fire when hundreds of
tons Of refuse from flax straw pro-
cessing was burned, created a.
rather difficult problem when the
wind changed leaving Highway No.
16 near Sherburn literally obliter-
ated by the smoke. Cars enter
ing the area found themselves driv-
ing absolutely blind for hundreds
of feet until the state highway
patrol took a hand, detouring traf-
fic around the burning straw un-
til such time as the wind might
change.
"A Friend In Need
Is A Friend Indeed
Grand Rapids-An example Of
devotion, friendship and the honor
of keeping given word was dem
onstrated to the nth" degree when
four young men, enrollees at CCC
camp No. 4707, near Outing, walk
ed four miles through the terrible
cold and blizzard which ragged Sat-
urday night and Sunday, March
Is and 16, to give blood for a
blood TRANSMISSION to their friend
and fellow enrollee, Harvey Plante,
who lay seriously i'll in the Itasca
hospital. Having promised to be
at the hospital Sunday and being
unable to get to the open highway
by car, the four boys walked the
four miles from the camp to the
highway leading to Grand Rapids
and upon arriving, gave their blood
for the TRANSMISSION.
Burned Paper In Car
To Forestall Freezing
Frazee-In desperate endeavor to
keep warm, B. A. Pratt and his
secretary, Miss Charlotte Ravik, of
Moorhead, started a fire in their
car to keep from freezing to death
while stalled in the formers car
for II hours during the recent
March blizzard. For fuel they used
pages from a Spanish book which
Miss Ravik was studying, road
maps, and all other available paper
in an improvised cigar box stove.
When rescued, Pratt's condition
was very grave, but Miss Ravik's
fur coat and overshoes kept her
from a more severe chilling.
It Is Possible He
Means "ShOe Shine-15c?"-
Observation-Disclosures at first
glance, it resembles Greek COM
munication to Mussolini, upon clos
er study the sign hung by the boot
blacks chair in a Breckenridge