The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-11
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre MINI.

known editor Of his day, devoted
the whole first page OF his four
page national newspaper to two
articles, fne giving the history of
Maj. Gen. William Henry Harri-
son, a hero of the war Of 1912, who
was elected president in 1910. and
died in his first year in Office. The
other front page article was an
attack on Martin Van Buren,, who
was then president.
Child Falls Under Plow
Not Seriously Injured
Mapleton-Billy, three and one
half years old, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Wood, of Laura Township,
just missed serious injury when he
fell under a pillow. A wheel passed
completely over the child and
while he was bruised, he was not
seriously injured. Billy was riding
on the tractor with his father at
the time.
Squirrel Takes Up Abode
In Kitchen Range
Mabel - When Miss Matte An
trim, who maintains a residence
in Mabel, and is employed as a
teacher in Richland Center, Wis
consin, returned home for her
Thanksgiving vacation imagine her
surprise on opening the oven Of
the kitchen range to find a live
squirrel nesting comfortably there
in. The squirrel was fat and
sassy" and 1t took much persua-
sion to get the "squatter" to move
on. Finally when the outer door
was left open Mr.. Squirrel finally
departed for the wide open spaces.
Ely-The skeleton of a man was
found a few days ago six miles
northeast of Ely. Authorities be-
lieve that the skeleton was all that
was left of the remains Of Nor
man Dean, II, who. disappeared
from his home in Richfield, Mimi,
three years ago. A brother, James
Dean, of Bloomington, identified
the remains by pocket knife
which James said had been given
to his brother by their father, and
also a tie clasp bearing the initial
IN" and the further fact that both
wrists of the missing man had been
broken at one time. The skeleton
still showed the evidence of the
broken bones. The remains were
taken to Bloomington for burial.
Burns Hand Severely
When Car Backfires-
Brainerd-When the gas line
froze on Walter Daniels car he
did the natural thing and called
for assistance to thaw out the froz-
en- gas line. The car was placed
on a hoist and the motor was
started. Daniels began to feed gas
through the carburetor. The spark
backfired into the carburetor and
Daniels hand was scared with
flames before he could move. The
burns were treated at a local hos
pital.
Jordan-The Jordan Independent
was scarcely in the mails last week
when Tom Kane, of Credit River
called up. whats that you have
about a turkey over at Lakeville
winning the belt because it weigh
ed 26 pounds when 1t was six
months old?r Informed that the
item was correct to the best knowl-
edge of the reporter, the Credit
River farmer further remarked:
I'VE raised one on our farm that
when marketed tipped the scales
at II pounds and being only five
months and 81 days old" The
Credit River turkey raiser seems
to have the medal.
Spends Two Years Clearing
Up Birth Records
Coleraine-In January 1910 the
office of John Mcmahon, Itasca
county clerk Of court, began clear
ing up birth records, realizing that
the demand for complete and &C
curate birth record of employees,
in certain lines of employment, Is
becoming continually more neces-
sary and obdurate. Then the pub
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