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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-10

avoid the word as having too many
shades of meaning.
Customer (pretty tired Of it all
by this time)-What I mean is how
old is 1t?
Salesman-The serial number is
678456, and, according to the rec
ords, this makes it car manufac-
tured in 1888.
Customer-How many miles has
it gone?
Salesman (wincing)-The speed
ometer says 1000 miles. The own
er has given an affidavit swearing
that the speedometer has not been
tempered with. Our office manager
certifies that it has not been
changed or fooled with here. can
say nothing more. Washington is
very strict on this point.
Customer-Has it
Salesman with an air of finality)
Now, I'll tell you what to do.
Take it out. Run it for a month or
so. Make your own decision. Then
make us an offer. THEN I'LL PUT
THE WHOLE PROPOSITION BE-
FORE THE PROPER FEDERAL
OFFICIALS AND WE'LL SEE if we
can all conclude the deal with
CLEAR CONSEQUENCES
HO HUM!
When people grow lyric about the
spring,
And gush over bluebirds and DAT
fodils;
Wrens building nests out Of grasses
and string;
Only taxes I see, and overdue bills.
Blue Of the jay is the hue Of my
mood.
Chirp of a robin brings curse on
his head;
Give me a crow, though his man.
ners are rude;
He is always in black-I am tired
of red.
The estate of John D. Rockefeller
has succeeded in getting Lakewood,
N. j., to accept, free Of charge, the
550-acre showplace of the late oil
king down there. Some people have
all the luck.
SPRING
Sniffy colds, forsythia,
Daffodils and men with picks,
Pussywillows, funny hats,
Love, hand organs, baby chicks.
Fishing pamphlets, grass seed ads,
Paint and varnish, spring-lamb
stew,
Robins, feas and liver pads
Doc, can't shake off this full
The home builders last words:
'sNow, then, let's take up the ex-
tras. if any,"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-10
Long Walk Back

cts no good, my lad," the officer
said to rather young recruit, "you
couldn't possibly stand the long
marches"
The youths face dropped, and he
looked SO utterly miserable that the
officer asked him what was the mat
ter.
well, sir" he explained, 81
walked 200 miles to get here and ]
can't bear the thought Of walking
backI"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-10
AROUND
( THE HOUSE

Your stockings will mot ladder
Il you add a few drops Of vinegar
to the water when you wash them
for the first time. It strengthens
the weave.
When you boil potatoes and want
them to be foury, put a heaped
teaspoonful Of sugar in the boiling
water. They will taste delicious.
A gener0us-sized shoe bag hung
on the inside Of the downstairs
hall closet door can serve for stor-
ing many articles-caps, mittens,
rubbers, small brooms, hat
brushes, etc.
II you like scented linens and
use scented soaps store the soap,
unwrapped, in the linen drawers
or closet. Sachets, too, lend pleas
ing odors.
Mildew can be avoided II damp
articles are never placed in
clothes hampers. Dry all cloth
ing and household linen thorough
ly. Don't let it collect in damp
easements, dark closets or other
spots that are likely to be damp.
Slide fasteners are very conven-
lent for furniture coverings. They
make it easy to remove and re-
place the covers for cleaning.
Such fasteners are available in
washable, nonrust materials.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-10

Salesman ever
mindful of the
code) Suppose
we just say one
Of the best, and
avoid all chance
Of trouble.
Customer (still
elated)--Wha t Is
the horse power?
Salesman (hes-
skzAs. ~I~xN r ,.~
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-10

sWerlng these
days. Here Is one
that came in yes
terday.
Customer (look-
ing it over)-Has
1t been driven
much?
Salesman - II
depends on what
is m e a mt by
"much." I try to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-10

pUSY mothers with lively little
- girls in the 2-to-8 size range
can solve several important prob
lens with this one clever, very
complete pattern (8674). It in
cludes a puff-sleeved blouse with
drawstrings, panties, and pima
fore frock that can be used, with
out the blouse, as sunback out
door fashion for summer play, too.
The whole ensemble is adorable,
with a touch of quaintness that
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-05-10
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adds much charm to its sirnplici-
| ty. You'll find 1t one Of the best
little-girl fashions you ever dis
covered, and the source Of many
different daytime outfits for your
small daughter. { II
A linen or ginghafn pinafore,
with null or dimity blouse, will
be pretty for general wear. Plaid
or striped seersucker will be prac-
teal for the pinafore when she
wears it as sunback frock-can
be tubbed so easily, and needn't
be ironed. The step-by-step sew
chart gives complete, detailed di-
rections.
Pattern No. 1914 is designed for
sizes 2, 4, 6 and 8 years. Size 4
requires 2b yards of 35-inch ma
terial for pinafore and panties;
70 yard for blouse, 2ss yards rib
bon. Send order to:
Evening star., 1940-08-11

groceries and ice are delivered to the
dock and we row over and get them.
The first year a launch used to deliver
our supplies and we noticed that new
boy came each time. The explanation
was that all the boys around wanted
to see how three girls lived on a barge.
Actually, we were a source of general
curiosity in that Bay with its de luxe
houseboats and yachts.
you feel as if you lived in a
new world" Ruhe goes on. "a quiet
leisurely world. yet an exciting one
with the arrival of the clippers and
private planes and the activity of the
sailboats. At week ends we have lots
of company and usually. the visitors
who come bring food with them to
supplement our supplies"
These visitors are of all sorts. Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait. who is Ruhe's
aunt, is still spry enough to climb
aboard the barge to enjoy the beauti-
full Bay, and meals prepared in the
galley. Dorothy Thompson's niece.
who is frequent visitor. was one of
those who worked hard to help put it
into shape. Major Albert w. Stevens.
the stratosphere flyer, comes often.
and the list of visiting artists, writer's
and editors is long.
The recipes Ruhe gave US are for
dishes that are easy to prepare on
vacations, and also very appetizing to
eat. Among them is recipe which
friendly taxi-driver contributed. An
other was suggested by helpful
Evening star., 1940-08-11
MEALS ON A H0USEB0AT
Three girls who own il give US some
Of their fine original recipes
y 8.ace Ss.as,e.

innocent by-standers to work and
making them think they liked it -
including the director of big salvage
corporation, whom the girls had mis-
taken for 1ongshoreman out of work.
This sort of thing is what you might
expect of girl like Dorothy. who had
organized and then gone with the
Hayden Planetarium Eclipse Expedi-
tion to Peru. and before that in our
own Southwest had excavated skele-
tons and relics for the Universities of
New MEXICO and Southern California.
The other two partners are also the
kind of girls who 60 places and do
things. Colorado-born Ruhe Linn and
Boston-born Margaret Gibbons had
met in the Orient. where Ruhe was
teaching and Margaret doing health
education work. 1t was a wise fate
that brought together in New York
three such congenial spirits and made
them co-adventurers.
The "Bo,noeIs Barge"
ONCE the 'Barnacle Barge" as they
Call their water home, was ship-shape,
its girl owners got a mooring permit
and had it towed to Manhasset Bay,
where they anchored about quarter
of a mile from shore. Each summer
since, including this one, they have
moored in the same place.
Ruhe Linn turned out to be house.
mistress and chief cook of this nautical
establishment I'VE have beautiful
galley, much bigger than apartment
house kitchens are" Ruhe says. "And
we can cook practically anything. for
we have three-burner kerosene stove
and an oven and an ice-box. Our
Evening star., 1940-08-11
HE story of Dorothy Bennett,
Ruhe Linn, Margaret Gibbons

|" HE story of Dorothy Bennett,
Ruhe Linn, Margaret Gibbons
d and their barge is one answer
to pessimists who think American
youth has gone soft. These three ad-
Yenturous members of the weaker sex
doffed their feminine sandals and
smart frocks. to put on stout shoes
and dungarees, and get incredibly
dirty and indescribably tired, as they
scrubbed and scraped and hammereda a
huge oil-soaked welding barge into a
shining houseboat, the "Barnacle
Barge" complete with nautical hunks
and furniture, dressing room, recrea-
ton decks and spacious galley.
None of the three can remember
which one of them first felt the i'm
pulse to follow up a newspaper ad
that told them a barge was to be
auctioned off. All they know is that
one hot August day three years ago,
they took prolonged lunch hour
from their work, and Travelled down
to the tough" and unfamiliar water
front of Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal.
When they left they had paid $l6O
jointly and become possessors of a
barge. Many of their subsequent
back-breaking, laughter-making ex-
periences Dorothy Bennett has re-
counted in her recent book, sold to
the Ladies'
Once they had embarked on their
adventure, Dorothy, as her co-part-
ners admit. became the executive
director. But this is not to say that
she did not do her share of work. She
did, and proved herself an expert
carpenter besides. Moreover, she had
a Tom-Sawyer knack of putting
Evening star., 1940-08-11

butcher; and Ruhe's own concoction
bears the appropriate name of the
Chantie Girls Special. 1t doesn't take
a seagoing appetite to enjoy it.
however. 1t is a humdinger among
simpler dishes anywhere. We'd also
like to mention Ruhe's party speciality
of almond rice and chicken.
Almond Rice ond Chicken
(4-pound) chicken
3 teaspoons salt
u teaspoon pepper
3 small onions
4 tablespoons butter
15 cup chopped green pepper
3 cups cooked rice, drained
2 cups tomato juice
Pinch saffron
cup almonds, cut in quarters
a cup Parmesan cheese
Place chicken in large kettle; add
boiling water to half cover. Add 2 tea
spoons of the salt, pepper and whole
onion. and simmer covered about
2 hours. or until tender. When chicken
is done, remove from heat and cool.
Strain chicken stock and set aside for
use later. Separate chicken from bones
and cut in small pieces. Chop remain
ing 2 onions, and saute in butter about
S minutes. Add green pepper and cook
3 minutes. Stir in rice. tomato juice.
saffron, remaining salt. and l cup of
the chicken stock. Finally add chicken
and almonds and heat thoroughly.
Serve at once with Parmesan cheese
Evening star., 1940-08-11

portions.
Toximon's Ckowdev
2pounds haddock or white flesh fish
2 cups boiling water
u cup salt pork. cut in small cubes
medium onion, sliced
teaspoon salt
II teaspoon pepper
3 cups peeled potatoes, sliced
N-inch thick
3 cups hot milk
6 soda crackers
Place fish in boiling water and cook
until meat separates from bones.
Drain, reserving stock, and separate
fish into fakes. Place salt pork cubes
in frying pan and cook slowly until
crisp. Add onion and cook for S min
utes over low heat. stirring once or
twice. Combine potatoes, fish. salt.
pepper. and stock with pork and
onion. Cover and cook slowly until
potatoes are tender. Add hot milk and
crumbled crackers. Bring to boiling
point and serve. Yield: portions.
Bvtehss's Svsosstion
veal kidney
2 small onions. chopped
3 tablespoons butter
2 pound veal steak, cut in lH-inch
cubes
pound beef. cut in l15-inch cubes
teaspoon salt
Il teaspoon pepper
can beer
Wash kidney in cold water; remove
skin and soak 2 to 3 hours in salted
water. Saute onions in butter until
brown, about 5 minutes. Cut kidney
into H-inch pieces and add to onions.
Add remaining ingredients, and then
pour beer over meat Cover, and cook
about ~ hours or until meat is
tender. Yield: 4 portions.
Chantis Girls Special
l onion, chopped
u green pepper, chopped
u cup butter
n pound hamburger
teaspoon salt
ID teaspoon pepper
can (No. u red kidney beans
/ can Is ounces) tomato paste
1s cup Parmesan' cheese, grated
n cup chopped stuffed olives
Saute onion and green pepper in
butter about S minutes. Break ham,
burger into small pieces and add to
onions Cook about 10 minutes, or
until meat is almost done. Stir in
salt, pepper. beans, tomato paste and
cheese, and simmer until thoroughly
heated. Add olives, and serve imme-
diately. Yield: about portions.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-07

Conservation did land office bust
ness In 1889 as vendor Of the num-
erous licenses required by conser-
walton laws.
More than one million permits of
various kinds were sold final tab
ulations disclosed. On the basis of
returns, the most popular outdoor
sports are:
Fishing, Gil, O57 resident licenses;
10000 nonresident. Small game
hunting, 241,479 resident licenses;
290 nonresident.
Both the resident fishing and the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-07
PAGE THREE

resident small game sales estab-
lished new records. The previous
record for small game permits was
in 1895 when $4,000 were sold. The
resident fishing high mark was
in 1888 when 597, 900 were sold.
Numerous other licenses includ-
ed in the tabulation brought the
total to over a million. These in
cluded trapping, fish houses, bea-
yer tags and others.
Officials pointed to the new re-
cord sales as evidence of growing
popularity of outdoor pursuits.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-07
LOOKING BACK
THROUGH TIME
Excerpts From The Herald of
Thursday, October 20, 1910
Items Of Twenty Years Ago

The matter Of adoption Of a
standpipe system to improve the
city water supply, will be put be-
fore the people Of Sank Centre at
a mass meeting to be held in the
near future.
Sank Centre Is to have a farm
ers elevator, owned and operated
under the direction of the Equity
Society Of Minnesota.
A work crew and derrick was
employed all day Sunday placing
the heavy steel Orders under the
overhead bridge on South Main
Street. This bridge has been en-
tirely reconstructed and the span
widened so as to allow two cars
to pass each other under the bridge.
Ex-Congressman Frank M. Ed
dy, perhaps one Of the strongest
campaigners in Minnesota, has
been on the stump for the Repub-
lican ticket throughout the state
for the past two weeks.
FIR. John Fearon Is this Thursday
afternoon delivering an address be-
fore the Women's Guild at Little
Falls at their quarterly meeting.
His subject Is Patriotism"
Mr.. and Mrs. E. e. Compton left
Wednesday for Menahga where
they will make their future home.
Mrs. Jos. Robinson will take pos
session Of the Compton House
about November 18th.
Miss Emma O'Gara, who is at
tending the st. Cloud Business Col
lege, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. OGara.
Thursday, November
Old Man Winter shut down on
Minnesota in earnest Monday
morning. A cold wave swept over
Sank Centre and vicinity Sunday
night and during the night the
snow came. When morning came
the residents found themselves in
the midst Of regular blizzard.
Friday evening about so friends
gathered at the farm home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Knapp for fare
well party in honor Of Mr.. Demro,
who expects to leave for Demro.
1.-THE ducks have come" That
is the word that went the rounds
among local sportsmen on Sunday
last. The ducks were here and the
hunting was good.
L. L. Kells and William Brown
left Sunday and hunted in the vic
unity Of Westport. They returned
with % of the incest mallards that
have been shot by any hunters in
Sank Centre.
Miss Anna Anderson is now en-
, ployed in the Rexall Drug Store.
She took the place of Miss Emma
Connolly, who resigned as assist
ant pharmacist.
A baby boy is blessing the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Scott. The
little lad was born Wednesday, Nov.
Bird, at the home Of the lady's par
ents in st. Cloud.
LICENSES ESTABLISH NEW
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CENTRE MA l {HE#Bs[ 55|S a4ERk d EFT SCHOOL

Editor ..............................St Beste
Sports ------...-.-.-..--..-.--.-.-...... Fish
Junior High Glasses. Edoff,
Winifred Hansen
This IN That About the Junior
High Virginia Polipnick
Senior High Glasses. Margaret
Connely, Irene Telling, Gladys
Holstad, Yolanda Lentz, Gloria
Rosenwald, Christine Koterba,
Leroy Schwartz
This N That About the Senior
High .-...............-......Ruth WesthoR
Grades. Betty Berry, chairman,
Lu Ella Cheadle, Priscilla Smith,
Betty Young, Ruby Krebsbach,
Lorraine Dickhaus, Laura Tom
bers, Mary Ann Steffes, Helen
Rogers, Pat Hansen.
Home Economics......-.Lorraine Well,
Leora Wilcox
Music ..Adeline Nelson
Clubs ...--.............---Shirley Paske
Office Corner Catherine Hansen
Health ...--........Betty Lou Ostendorf
Library Moore,
Marcella Scanlon
Industrial Botz
Elementary Reporter.--Pat Hansen
Agriculture Department Roger
Carpenter.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-07

It has been estimated that beg
CARS on New York streets make
an annual income Of $15,000,0O0.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-07
No Dance sunday, Nov. 10th.
D A N C e |!
AT THE LOG CABIN
ROUND PRAIRIE

Free Wedding Dance Satur-
day, Nov. 9th, Schultz and
Janilmla, Blue Derbies Orch.
Sp0rtsmen's Dance Armistice
Day, Nov. 11th. Coming soon:
Estrada Brothers and their
Mexican Ramblers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-07

LICENSES ESTABLISH NEW
RECORDS
The Minnesota Department {
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-07

In Biology we are studying the
fish. To make the unit more in
teresting we have named the more
curious ones, and oh, what a list
we got. We are making colored
drawings and also giving reports
on the fish. Some Of the reports
are very interesting as they deal
Evening star., 1940-01-14
rude
Continued From Page E-1.)

second quarter with prices at time
OF shipment to apply"
In retail trade, Dun e. Bradstreet
reported, the weather mans hand
out continued to boost sales of
heavy clothing, galoshes. fuels, bed
ding, anti-freezes and tire chains.
In some cities stocks of ice skates
and sporting apparel were virtually
exhausted after the most prolonged
spell of good skating weather in
years. Clothing promotions scored
exceptional gains and Southern
cities found vacationists spending
8 to 16 per cent more than last
year. Retail sales volume gain over
last year was estimated at between
Z and l3 per cent.
"A cheerful tone pervaded whole
sale markets." said the same report,
"as buyers arrived for spring shop
ping trips armed with more SUBJ
etantial budgets than a year ago
with Easter the earliest in
~ years, timely deliveries were be-
ing emphasized. but policy OF
caution in regard to inventories con-
tinued to prevail"
The price of industrial and agri.
cultural commodities tended to de.
cline a little as measured by the
Associated Press weighted index o1
IS basic staples. The Dun g. Brad
street food price index. however
moved up l cent to $235, and com
a. pared with $2.31 year ago.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Rails and Foreign LIST
Decline, Unsett|ing
Bond Market
Few IndustriuIs and
Utilities Buck Trend
In Small Turnover
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 49, Further
selling of rails and foreign dollar
obligations tended to unsettle the
bond market today, although losses
were generally less than yesterday
and a few industrials and utilities
bucked the trend.
The small volume of $685. 800, par
value, however, indicated offerings
came from miscellaneous sources
rather than any orzaniged effort to
liquidate, and some institutional in.
vestors were reported on the buying
side in favored issues. Turnover
week ago was $3,096 900.
Losers of major factions to more
than a point included Nickel Plate
5ias at 81, Southern Pacific 412s at
Al, Utilities Power e. Light SIS at
88A, Allegheny stamped IS at 4112,
International Hydro-E Electric IS at
TN and Bethlehem Steel 312s at
los.
Posting minor advances or holding
even were Armour 4s, Santa Fe As,
Montana Power 3as and Portland
General Electric 4l2s.
Most of the Scandinavian group
ended the day with fractional ad-
vances. Losses we're posted for Uji-
gawa Electric Is, Brazil 61as and
Italy Is.
United States Governments were
quiet, 8-32 of a point lower to 4-32
higher.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (P).-Domes-
tic sugar futures were propped to-
day by a firmer trend in the raw
market.
Offerings were light in a thin
market and final prices were un-
changed to point higher on sales
of $500 tons.
Hedging selling gained momen-
tum in the world list near the fin
ish and final prices were off u to
. points. Sales amounted to 10950
tons; March, l.53; May, 1885,.
American Sugar Refining Co. and
other leading refiners continued to
accept business for delivery at 4.5O
cents pound for the first half
of 1910.
In the raw market a cargo of
Cubas for January February ar
rival was scaled up points to 1873
cents c.&f. Duty-frees were in
the market few points under 200
cents.
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Jan. 13 R.-Butter. 753,-
1S2 weak; creamery, 93 score, 30]a-3l;
2sA: co.. centralized carlots, 294-3O.
Egss. 7,12s: steady: prices UNCHANGED.
shipments s15. Old stock Idaho Russets
about steady. Nebraska Triumphs slightly
weaker; Northern stock barely steady with
slightly weaker undertone: supplies mod
crate, demand slow, sacked, per cwt,
Idaho, Russet Burbanks, U. S. No l. few
sales, l.s2l2-95; U. S. No: ,, 1.55: Colo
RADIO, Red McClures, U. S. No l. good coll
or. l. so: Nebraska. Bliss Trumphs. 30 per
cent or more U. S. No. l. washed, 2.0O-05;
s0-s5 per cent u, S. No. l, washed .s5;
unwashed, few sales, 60-65: North Da-
kota,- Red River Valley section. Cobblers
sO.s5 per cent U S. No, J.: I,25-35; Bliss
Triumphs, S0-s5 per cent u S. No /, best
1.30-40: mostly 80; Wisconsin, round
whites, U S. No. l, car, 40: car, mixed
kathad dins ard round whites, classified
kathadins so; round whites, 80. New
stock Supplies moderate, demand very
light, about steady: track sales less than
carlot. Florida. bushel crate Bliss Tri-
umphs. U. S. No. /, washed, so per crate
Evening star., 1940-01-14
Commodity Prices

NEW YORK, Jan. 13-The Associated
Press weighted wholesale price index Of
35 commodities today declined to 7464
Previous day, 74.6s; week ago, 1913;
Range of recent years:
1939-4O. 1888. 1887. 1896
tos. t s3.7s 3.77s s5:ss $3.50 1875 1876 ai.44 si.4
u926 average equals 1909
Miscellaneous Markets.
Additional New York markets as COM
piled by the Associated Press:
No sales in lead. zinc and Straits tin
CoFFEE-spot quiet; Santos No. 4
7a-ss; Rio No. 7, -53s. Cost and freight
offerings included Santos Bourbon 3s and
6s at 6.50-7.30. Santos No. d. futures
closed 2 lower to higher. Sales, 500
bags. March, 624b: May, 6.33b; July
6.37b; September, 6.41b. Rio No. Z IA
WOOL ToPs-Early decline was fol-
lowed by steadying prices. particularly in
buyers and prices finished at the days
best levels, 2 higher to lower: March
kO4s; May. 1908; July. 9S.2. Spot
Standard tops lilo. up O.5.
COCOA-Futures closed to 2 lower
RAW H1DEs-Futures closed 1-5 lower
Sales. 100000 pounds. March. a. 50
June, 1873: September, 14.0sn: Spot No
!. Western light native cows 1As4n.
b Bid. Nominal.