The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-01-02

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There's Smoke, But
Where's The Fire?-
Canby-Firemen began to doub
the truth Of the adage, "wher,
there is smoke, there is fire" wher
they were called to the Ralph Ly
on home on a recent wednesday
to extinguish a fire. The houss
was literally filled with smoke bu
a hasty search failed to reveal tn,
source Of the smoke, any sign o.
a blaze, or any area where tht
smoke seemed to be thickest. Tht
mystery was finally solved when il
was discovered that the electric
motor which operated the stokel
had stalled and smoke from the
wires had been carried all over the
house by the heating system.
Sauk Rapids Infant
Has Thirteen" Jinx-
Sauk Rapids-Marlis Walker, in
FAINT daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Os
car Walker, Of Sauk Rapids, will
have to carry a rabbits foot wher
she is older to offset her thirteen
jinx. Born on Friday, the 18th OF
September, she weighed thirteen
ounces by the time she had reach
ed the age of 13 weeks on Friday
the 18th Of December.
Chicken Helps Spur
Membership Drive
Austin-A chicken named Elmer
is expected to get fifteen new mem.
bers for the Junior Chamber OF
Commerce in Austin within a short
time, it having been successfully
used in South st. Paul and Albert
Lea to increase membership en-.
rollents. The chicken is passed
from member to member, each oi
whom must keep Elmer hale and
hearty until he signs up a new
member, the chicken then being
passed on to the next victim. II
the chicken dies while in the care
Of one Of the members, said mem.
ber is fined ten dollars.
Twins In Own Cars
Involved In Collision
Wadena-George and John Rice
Wadena twins, believe that if acci,
dents must happen, at least it's
well to keep it all in the family
Each driving his own car, they
collided at a Wadena intersection
recently as both men watched a
group Of children in the street to
avoid striking them. Johns car Is
badly wrecked and he suffered sew
eral broken ribs. George, who was
unhurt, gallantly takes the blame
as he entered the intersection on
Johns left. His car was only
slightly damaged.
Cat Nearly Loses
All Nine Lives
Ada-Hearing an unusual noise
coming from the motor Of his cal
while driving home from work one
evening last week, A. A. Sigurdson
Of Ada, stopped his car and started
it again. The noise came loude,
this time and was Enthusiastically q
meow" Again stopping the car
he looked on the running board
and searched the back seat Of his
car. No cat. But as he started
again, a pleading and rather des-
perate meow" stopped him for
the third time and determined to
find out what was wrong, he lifted
the hood of his car. There, un-
harmed, but perched precariously
with head nearly in the whirline
fan and tail up against the ex.
haust was a big yellow cat who
had evidently crawled under the
car and wiggled it's way up under
the hood to seek shelter from wind
and cold.
Strange Animal Pals
MAY Soon BE Separated
Morgan-Mutt, a lion, may have
to bid a sad farewell to his closest
friend, Jeff, a mongrel dog, both
Of the Sibley Park zoo in Mankatc
If the animals death, advised by
the city council is approved by the
park commissioner. The strange
animal combination is the result
Of an experiment when the ZOO
keeper placed a puppy in with a
lion cub eight years ago. The ami
mails have been inseparable since
that time living in the same cage
In peace and contentment all their
lives. The lion suffers from an in.
ternal ailment which may make II
necessary to dispose Of him. Zoo.
keeper August Warwick Is convinc-
ed that killing Mutt will be the end
Of JEFF as the dog will die Of lone
liness.
Bird Banded 18
Years Is Found
Hoffman-A banded bird found
dead near the s. o. johnson home
in Swift county last October was
banded more than 16 years ago by
F. w. George at Aberdeen, s. d.
according to a report received by
Game Warden Roy T. Gordon, OF
Kerkhoven, from the federal divi.
sion Of wildlife research. The bird
was a bronzed Grackle and was
banded on August II, 1924. Birds
are banded by volunteer coopera'
tors in the United States and Cana
da and serve without pay for the
purpose Of learning migratory hab
its and other facts about the life
histories of North American birds