From the archives of the dci

50 years ago
January 2, 1974
Folmer Carlsen, Publisher
460 Moose Bagged During 1973 Season
Minnesota moose hunters bagged 460 of the state’s largest big game animals during the 1973 season, the Department of National Resources reports.
The split season was held from September 22 to October 7 and from December 8 to 16. Permits were issued on a drawing basis to 520 hunting parties of four persons each.
In the previous season, held in 1071, 374 moose were taken by 400 parties.
Like the 1071 season, most of the moose taken this year were bulls —comprising 69 percent of the total bg. Cows make up 23 percent with the balance calves and yearlings.
Roger Holmes, DNR Game Supervisor, said he knew of four racks being entered in the Boone and Crockett competition with the biggest one — a 62 inch spread and preliminary score of 196 points — having a good chance of placing.
Hunters will have to await passage of new legislation before they can hunt moose again, Holmes said.
30 years ago
January 5, 1994
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
Volunteers needed for Mayo Clinic Diabetes study
Mayo endocrine researchers are looking for healthy diabetic and non-diabetic people age 40 to 70 to participate in analyzing the main causes of high blood sugar in diabetes.
“We hope to further understand what causes high blood sugar in people with diabetes,” says Ananda Basu, M.D., co-investigator of the of the study, Mayo Division of Endocrinology. “We will be studying whether inadequate insulin action is more likely to cause high blood sugar in people with Type II diabetes.” Ninety percent of people with diabetes in the U.S. have Type II diabetes.
The study requires participants to stay overnight twice at Mayo’s Clinical Research Center at Saint Marys Hospital. Before beginning the study, volunteers will receive a physical examination, baseline blood tests and a special total-body scan to assess their total fat content and lean body mass. During the study, participants will receive small amoounts of a radioactive substance and well as small amounts of hormones normally present in the body. Blood samples will also be taken. All associated with the study are free. Remuneration is provided.
For more information or to participate in this study, please call Dr. Basu at (507)255-5877.
20 years ago
January 7, 2004
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
Ghost Town of Sacramento
Sacramento was a village planted in the fall of 1855. It was located on the Zumbro River west of Mantorville.
Sacramento was named by a pair of swindlers whose names were Rufus Clark and his friend Hatch. They decided to cash in on a plan in the fall of 1855 by leaving small amounts of gold in various places around Sacramento and the Zumbro River. They got this idea from the gold rush in California at Sutter’s Mill. Soon Clark and Hatch had lots for sale in this new town called Sacramento because the word spread like wild fire that gold was discovered.
Sacramento prospered briefly. Lyman B. Alden built a hotel, Mr. Maxfield opened a small store, Mr. Roland shoed horses in his smithy, and Rev. Charles Shedd, a Congregational minister, built a number of homes. There was a stone quarry, saloons and dance halls, also a flouring mill, stage coach stop and various other businesses. At one of the popular places there was a silk clad lady known as “The French Pony” and gold seekers came to visit. The village grew into quite a mining camp until it acquired a population of several hundred people and became a contender for the county seat.
When it was obvious that there wasn’t gold, the two confidence men faded out of sight and left a number of people victims of their hoax. Today, nothing remains of the original town of Sacramento, but as late as 1979 remains of some of the buildings could still be found.
Sacramento’s first hotel, built in1856, was sold and moved to Kasson in 1866. It became known as the Eureka House. In 1982 the Eureka House was named to the National Register of Historic Places and still stands at 101 3rd Ave. SW in Kasson.
This is the first in a series of articles submitted by the Dodge County Historical Society.
10 years ago
January 1, 2014
Randy Carlsen, Publisher
Kasson Festival Breakfast set for January 11th
Festival button design contest open to all this year!
Attend the Kasson Festival in Park biscuits and sausage gravy and scrambled eggs. breakfast Saturday, January 11, 2014, and you can help pick this year’s button 3inner. The breakfast will be held from 7-11 a.m. at the American Legion in Kasson and all proceeds will help to defray expenses for this year’s Festival on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th of August.
This year the button design contest is open to all ages. The official rles and entry form are located on the Festival website: kassonfestivalinthepark.com or at McKern Financial Group in the Kasson Mini Mall. You can also call 634-4307 to have the information emailed to you.
Antone attending the breakfast will have a vote in selecting what they think is the best design for the 2014 Festival button. The names of the top designers are not revealed until after the breakfast when all of the voting has been tabulated.
Come enjoy a great breakfast, support the Festival in the Park and have a say in who this year’s button winner will be.