The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-27
STATE NEWS
BRIEFS
Willie Goes Coon
Hunting; Loses His @'Jim"-

en- to singing that brand new song
about "Jim" you hear on the radio
every hour or so. The reason he
sings 1t Is because he Is lonesome
for Jim and wants him to come
home. Jim is Willie's pet dog, a
nice, big, lean red hound. Last
week they went coon hunting. Now
when Willie Cook thinks of coon
hunting he gets both mad and lone
some. He broke his gun, lost his
dog, Jim, and the coon got away.
Willie says that Jim never acted
like this before, he might have been
gone for a day but never like this"
Meanest Man Steals
Dead Mans Wood
Dawson-The meanest man has
popped up many times, but now we
believe Dawson has that creature
in it's midst. About week after
Gustav Olson, bachelor, died and
was laid to rest, thieves came up
to the premises located north of
highway 212, and carted away
large chest of fire wood. The
chest was not an ordinary one, but
a relic, a type that was used in
many early Scandinavian homes. 1t
was probably $50 years old and was
brought over from Norway, having
been used for many generations.
Hobo Picks Up Farmers
Purse But Drops 1t Again
Pennington Alertness of a
Pennington business man saved a
farmer of the community the tidy
sum Of $3.50. A merchant happen
ed to be looking out Of his store
window when he noticed a hobo
stoop and pick up something from
the sidewalk and start to walk
away hurriedly. Sensing that it
was something Of real value the
merchant stepped out on the side
walk and accosted the hobo and
as he did so the man dropped the
parcel on the walk again. 1t prov
ed to be the pocketbook of Mar
tin Mohn, nearby farmer, who
had cashed a cream check for $3.50
Just q short time before and had
realized that he had dropped the
purse somewhere nearby.
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Bounty For Rats
Suggested At Richland-
New Richland-Rats have be-
come such a pest in this town that
an effort will be made to rid the
community of the rodents. A local
woman suggests that If small
bounty is placed on rats the chill
dren of the village will rid the
town Of them. She believes If left
to the youngsters they will prove
trough on the rats"
Diamond Wedding :.
Anniversary Celebrated
Milan-Mr. and Mrs. Ole G. john
son, Of Cero Gordo, celebrated their
Goth wedding anniversary in the
presence Of relatives and friends.
Few couples live to be honored with
a diamond celebration and the ven
erable couple received the congrat-
ulations of a long list of relatives
and friends.
Indian Predicts Winter
OF Much Snow
Fergus Falls-Rene Eagleface, an
Indian of many summers, was in
the city this week on his way to
visit cousins on the Sisseton res
ervation. In pioneer days an In
dian could make long-distance
weather predictions with a fair de-
gree Of accuracy, basing these pre-
dictions on the type of hives the
muskrats were building, thickness
Of the outer layer Of bark on GER
tain trees, etc. While here Eagle
face was asked what kind Of win
ter we would have this year. The
Indian seemed to be in deep
thought for a moment, then re-
piled, ugh, winter of heap big
snow" Asked what he based his
prediction on, Eagleface replied
promptly, white man put up
much snow fence"
Pet Dog Caught In
A SQUIRREL Hole
Elk River-Ranger is back and
the Marcus Trask family Is happy
once more. Ranger Is family pet,
being the constant companion OF
Jimmy Trask and his little sister.
Two weeks ago Ranger disappear
ed and the children were desolate
and convinced that their pal had
either been killed or picked up by
hunters. While Vernon Morell was
hiking along the Elk river, he
came upon a dog with his head
wedged in a squirrel hole In a tree.
Unable to free him alone he sought
assistance and learned Of the dis
appearance Of the Trask dog. Mar
Gus Trask was taken to the scene
where care was exercised to make
sure that the dog was not wild or
dying before releasing it from the
hole in the tree. When the dog
was finally released it waved a
weak wag of the tail to insure its
rescurers that it was not wild.
800 Pound Hog
Makes Expensive Meat
Grand Rapids-A Bowstring sett-
Ter seemed inclined to have pork