Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-10-06
Oil Truck "GetS Stuck"

FREAK tnlngS generally happen
during cyclone, but they also hap
pen in ordinary life when you least
expect it. Here it is: Yesterday
morning Harry Mortensen, who drives
the oil truck for the Pine Coop Oil
Association, pulled up to Carl Paul
sens Standard Oil station and put
his load of gasoline into the supply
tanks. Upon investigation it was
learned that j. K. Hyldahl, who drives
the Standard Oil truck, was making
a delivery five miles northeast of
town and while driving along mar
row country road Jens had the mis-
fortune to miss the track and the
truck lunged out into the ditch.
All efforts at pulling him out were
in vain, it is even stated that they
had as much as three trucks hooked
in unison but without the desired re-
suits. After laboring most of Tues
day night it was finally decided to
take the gasoline from Jens' truck
and put it into Harry's to tighten the
load and rather than transfer it back
into Jens' truck again, it was taken
into Carls station. JenS' truck was
finally extracted from the mud hole
yesterday forenoon, with bent front
monkeying around with a big truck
stuck in a mud hole.
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Buck came
from MINNEAPOLIS Tuesday for a few
days visit.
Ben Kaatiala of Ely, spent the
weekend at the A. G. DanielSon
home.
Miss Idamae Danielson came from
Wright for a weekend visit at the
parental home.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. Heininge returned
some days ago from vacation trip
to Minneapolis and other points.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almer Ecklund and
Mr. and Mrs. Otto A. Jensen were
Sunday visitors at New Brighton.
Mrs Mae Webb, who has been stay
ing at Grindstone lake, came Tuesday
for visit at the Paul N. Froker home.
Ollie Olesen has rented the former
j. R. Petersen place in the north part
of the village and expects to move
into same by the 18th.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the local church congregation will be
held in the church parlors Sunday,
October 9, commencing at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Anton Tomsen and daugh-
ter, Miss Sigrid, came Monday from
Minden, Nebr., for a visit with rela-
tives and friends, being guests at the
E. J. Fogt home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Jensen, who have
been visiting here several weeks, and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jensen and son,
Elmer, left last week for Seattle,
Wash, where they expect to spend
the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred johnson went
to West Denmark, Wis, to attend the
church dedication and district con-
vention and from there went to Madi-
son, Wis, for visit at the Valdemar
Hoiberg home.
Mrs. Mari Stottrup, Mrs. Einar Jen-
sen and Hans Clausen were in West
Denmark, Wis, Sunday and Monday
to attend the annual conference of
this district of the Danish Lutheran
church as delegates from the local
congregation.
The annual duck hunting season
opened Saturday and many Askovites
have been out to try their luck, but
it seems that most of them come back
with hard luck stories and very few
ducks. It's too warm, the big ducks
are up north yet, etc.
In November the post office de-
partment will observe the 25th ami
versary of the parcel post system.
In view of this Postmaster General
James A. Farley has designated the
entire month of November as Ma
tional Parcel-Post Week, and urges
everyone to observe it by sending
some parcels.