The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-20

o'clock Sunday afternoon. He ther
took refuge at a farm home and
when the roads opened Monday
morning started for Glenwood
where Freeman Parsons. local
theatre owner, and Larry Cooper
who formed a searching party
found him. He was none the worse
for his experience, but the theatres
on his route had no pictures for
Sundays shows.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Walthers
and Walter Wolf, of Westport,
were forced to take refuge in the
Leo Traeger home on highway %,
which they reached after suffering
considerable cold. They were fore
ed to remain there until Monday
afternoon, when snow plows open
ed the roads. Mrs. Walthers suf-
fered frost-bitten legs and received
treatment from a physician at her
home after their arrived in West
port. Her condition was reported
| Tuesday afternoon as not serious
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Traeger, whose
home was a refuge for the group
mentioned above, were forced to
remain in this city. Mr.. and Mrs.
Walthers and Mr.. Wolf, her broth
err, escaped death only through
severe struggle against the ele-
ments.
Miss Leatrice Hamilton and
Ralph Ritter, also of Westport, had
an experience which they will not
want to repeat. They also were
forced to take refuge in a place
along highway %, but they found
vacant home on the farm known
as the Ed Minette place. They
remained there until Sunday morn
ing, when Lee Hamilton, the lady's
father, and several other men came
to their rescue. They were a trifle
frosted, but suffered no serious re-
suits.
Trains on both the Great North
ern K line and the N. p. running
into this city were snowblocked.
Monday afternoon the K line was
opened when the snow pillow arriv-
ed at about 4:30. The snow, be-
ing packed almost as hard as ice,
made snow blowing almost impos-
sible and some highways into the
city were not opened until late Mon
day and early Tuesday. On the
N. P. between this city and Grey
Eagle some huge drifts were en-
countered. One near Grey Eagle
was said to have been about 300
feet long and IL feet high, and the
pillow went through that Monday
Tuesday morning the pillow worked
on drift near Stiles which was
about 20 feet high and one-half
mile long. After the road was
cleared from the east on Tuesday
the pillow started toward Westport.
1t was announced Wednesday
that three locomotives were pnsh-
ing the rotary pillow battling huge
drifts on the Northern Pacific
branch line through this city. The
pillow by yesterday afternoon had
proceeded to a point beyond Viii
lard where a mile long drift was
waging war Of its own.
Several people or the Padua
community, as well as many farm
ers, who reside in this vicinity,
were forced to remain in the city
over Sunday. Some of them, who
had no one at their farms to care
for their stock, walked home, while
others wree forced to remain until
roads were opened. Two young
fellows Of Padua, who were at
Glenwood Saturday night, returned
to this city via Alexandria, only
to find that they could not get
home by car from this city. They
made preparations to walk home
Monday noon.
A Kansas City trucker, hauling
potatoes from Grand Forks, N. D.,
to Kansas City, was stalled dur
ing the storm about three miles
south of Sank Centre on Highway
II. Soon thereafter three cars be-
came stalled and when 1t was evil
dent that they would be forced
to remain there, the trucker dump
ed his potatoes and made room for
the occupants Of the three cars,
where they were kept safe and
warm, until the next morning. The
trucker had a heater in his car to
protect the potatoes from frost.
Game Warden Leo Peyton, of
Melrose, stated that pheasants suf-
fered severely in the storm. Many
have been found dead in the Nc
Cormick Lake community, as well
as other sections of the country.
Fourteen were found persisted in
one spot. Warden Peyton asks
that the people Of the community
make every effort to feed the
pheasants and save those still
alive. The hard-crusted snow
makes 1t almost impossible for
them to find feed, he said.
Residents who thought they had
coal enough to last, a thought
prompted in the past week by days
of thawing, were apparently num-
erous. For two days this week coal
dealers were rushed to the limit
on deliveries, several of them hir-
ing private trucks to augment their
own regular delivery services.