The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-26

Mrs. Hansen didn't stir out Of the
house. When she did, wading was
so much fun, Wilma said, neighbor
ladies Joined her. Her sister and
husband came to visit. the sister
clad in a-bathing suit.
Everybody was taking pictures
of their plight, catching them wad.
| ing in and out. Water became an
extreme hazard. 1t so magnified
the carrying qualities of the voice
it carried neighborhood talk from
house to house without benefit of
carrier pigeon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Walker return
ed from California to find-sev-
eral feet Of water in their base
ment. Some Homecoming. Fire
Chief George Fish, for more than
fifty years active on any scene
where the fire department was call
ed, missed the whole show. He
and Mrs. Fish were visiting their
son in Warroad.
Sighted First Triclxle, Historic
Moment
Sighting the first trickle Of over
flow water across the pavement
about midnight Saturday was the
historic moment shared by Elmer
Paske and Vic Nelson. They caught
the trickle rising to the highway
out Of the inundated yards. Vic
u ~ 10, o<~ oh I'D
a stream the size of a pencil fol-
lowed his tracings. In a short
time cars were splashing through
what was by then quite stream.
For two days, too enthralled by
this torrent of water that slashed
its way at will, this town and
people had forgotten a European
war. On this community Monday
morning broke suddenly the Nazi-
Russ fighting on the border.
Finds Dollar Bill In Rains Silt
The old adage about an i'll wind
that blows nobody good still holds
water but is leaking badly. Into
her backyard, which is drainage
for quite a sizeable portion of that
area, went Mrs. Frank Bunker Sat-
urday morning to clear away deb
ris and silt washed down in the
rain. There, folded once and ap-
parently unframed through the
downpour, was a dollar bill which
she dried and pocketed.
All night Saturday against the
steadily rising waters battled Wat
er, Light and Power commission
crew headed by Supt. A. E. Mac
Dermond and volunteer workers
They won their case against nat
ure on a rampage. Some of them
had as little as two and half hours
sleep from Friday to Sunday. All
night long, workers said, interest.
ed watchers lined the bridge rails
carried on more than "a hour vigil.
Dam watchers, charter chapter or
ganized here, never deserted the
bridge until late Sunday and the
upward flow had been stemmed.
They tossed 120 sandbags into
the break of the lake across the
highway to channel waters and cut
it off from breaking down the
highway and damaging further Al
Frederickson's house.
First point of interest Saturday
morning when the underground on
south Main flooded was later quick
ly forgotten. But not in the
homes of Mr.. and Mrs. Dewey
OGara and Mr.. and Mrs. w. X.
Couch where easements flooded.
Archie Faulhaber took the bull by
the horns and was early directing
traffic to detours around the deep
water.
News of these conditions travels
like wildfire, and gathers moment
UNI like a SNOWFALL going down hill.
A motorist through here Sunday
from North Dakota said that re-
ports there of the Sank Centre
waters had it that half of Sank
Centre, including its dam, was 60
ing down the river and the rest Of
the town was threatened.
Rains filled buckets, tubs, pals
and the like. One farmer said that
the rains were heaviest since 1915
when in his area culverts went out.
Pastures this week in many areas
along the river were covered with
water, giving rise to feeding prob
lem on some farms.
Strangest coincidence Of the en-
tire storm period was in connec-
ton with the fatal accident at the
washout near Little Sank. Am
balances from both Long Prairie
and Sank Centre were called. Long
Prairie ambulance brought victims
to Sank Centre; Sank Centre am
bulance brought theirs to Long
Prairie. The strange coincident
was that in each case an entire