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The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-13

Rev. John Bettendorf, in the
Church of Our Lady of the Angels
Sauk Centre.
Pallbearers were Joseph Veg
leitner, Theodore Pomoon, Ben
Uphus, Clement Flynn, Max Nc
Gowan and James Graham.
Mrs. Theodore Barnes
Mrs. Theodore Barnes, 80, who
left Sauk Centre for Cuba nearly
thirty years ago, died october n
at her home in Santa Fe, Isle OF
Pines, Cuba, it was announced In
letter to her friend, Mrs. George
Grundman, of this community this
week.
In the letter Mrs. Elizabeth Bull
lock said the funeral services had
been held the following day at her
home and burial was made in Col
umbia cemetery. The coffin was
entirely covered with flowers" she
wrote. Several cars Of friends
followed the hearse to the grave
and at the cemetery were as many
more-one had come 25 miles"
Mrs. Barnes had celebrated her
Goth birthday anniversary on Sep
tember % when friends and neigh
bors on the island had brought her
a cake. Mr.. Barnes had died sew
eral years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barnes had lived
on a farm west of this city and
about thirty years ago had traded
their property here for some acres
in Cuba where few white people
lived at that time. They had come
to this vicinity from New York
State.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-13
Now We Know

During the past hundred years,
the remains of thousands OF land
and sea animals have been found
in rock beds, on mountains and in
valleys. Many of the skeletons have
been put together. and in a rough
way we know what the animals
looked like when they were alive.
Layers of rock have done much to
tell us the order in which the ami
mails lived and died out. The deep
er layers, as a rule, contain the
bones of animals which lived in
earlier ages, and the upper layers
have the remains Of later animals.
That is the usual case, but many
changes have taken place in the
earth's crust. In various places.
lower layers have been bent upward
until they reached the surface OF
the ground. In such cases the bones
Of very ancient animals have been
pushed to the top.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-13
Radio Waves

The same things that can happen
to a beam Of light also can hap
pen to a radio wave. Radio waves
can be absorbed, refracted, diffract-
ed and reflected. When beam OF
light is absorbed, 1t means that the
light is dissipated in attempting to
penetrate the absorbing medium as
when a beam Of light is directed
into a cloud of smoke.
Light Is refracted when 1t passes
from one transparent medium into
another having a different charac-
teristic as when a beam Of light
passes from the air into glass. The
effect Is to bend the beam. A beam
of light Is diffracted when it passes
the sharp edge Of an opaque object
or when it passes through a narrow
slit having sharp edges. Again, the
effect is to bend the light in direc-
ton that makes it appear that light
will 60 around corner. Reflection
occurs when a beam of light strikes
a smooth, shiny surface.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-13
Fifth of Real Estate
Here Government Owned

Uncle Sam is one Of the greatest
landowners in the world.
Through its various real estate
holdings the federal government
now owns one-fifth of the land in
the United States.
This land comprises the public
domain. national parks, and monu-
ments. sites for post Offices, court
houses and other federal buildings,
army camps and military posts, ma
val and marine stations and bases,
national cemeteries, national forest
purchase units, and lands held tenn
porarily by the federal government
as the result of foreclosures.
The public domain alone COM
prises about 1900, 900, 900 acres.
There are about 20, 900, 900 acres
in federal parks, monuments and
wildlife reserves.
Indian land holdings comprise
about $4,000, 900 acres.
The land holdings Of the federal
government are increasing rather
than decreasing.
In the days when the West was
being developed the federal govern
,ent gave 158. 900, 900 acres Of land
railroad companies to build q, 500
miles Of railroads.
Some 5000, 900 acres Of this land
granted to the railroads but never
disposed of by them has been re-
stored recently to the public domain.
The railroads are returning the
land to the federal government be-
cause they want to free themselves
as much as possible from their OBJ
legation to transport government
property and personnel at reduced
rates.
About 8,1O0. 900 acres Of the pub
Lie domain is now being used by the
navy and war departments for train
ing purposes in connection with the
national defense program.
Buying what you don't need Is an
easy road to needing what wou
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-13
anS9GIEN anl9GIEN
Dinner Guests

Dinner Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Barnette
were entertained at dinner Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
ton Stegner. They were also din
ner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Fish on Monday.
Meeting of Gradatim Club
A regular meeting Of the Grada-
tim Club was held at the home of
Mrs. c. Torkelson last week Wed
nesday. Mrs. v. Nicholson acted
as co-hostess. The program con-
sisted of interesting talks given by
Miss Bohn, the school nurse, on her
recent trip to Alaska, and by the
Junior speakers, Shirley johnson
and Mary Ann Dubois, who spoke
on the high school operetta and the
annual speech festival.
Kandota Home
Demonstration
Members of the Kandota Home
Demonstration group will meet at
the home of Mrs. Arthur Strobeck
on Tuesday, November 25th, in
stead of the 18th. The meeting
will start at one o'clock. Mrs. OF
to Anderson and Mrs. Sturre Lar
son will be the assisting hostesses
Cleaners Division Meet
A meeting for the Cleaners Divi-
sion of the Women's Society of the
Methodist Church will be held at
the home of Mrs. Ray Walker on
Friday afternoon at 800 o'clock.
This is to be a social meeting.
Supper Guests
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Hoffarth, OF
Long Prairie, were Sunday evening
supper guests at the home OF Mrs.
Hoffarth's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
J. Borgmann.
Junior College
Girls Entertained
Girls of the local Junior College
were entertained by Frances Get
tvs, at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Gettys, on
Tuesday evening. Frances, who
was hostess Of the party, Is stu
dent of the Junior College. 1t was
a social affair, with lunch being
served later in the evening.
Guests at Dinner
DR.. and Mrs. H. L. Lamb, of Lit
tie Falls, were dinner guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Han
sen on Sunday.
Postponement of Meeting
There will be no meeting Of the
st. Joseph's Mission Circle on this
Thursday afternoon nor the fol-
lowing Thursday.
Helping Hand Society
Members Of the Helping Hand
Society will meet Tuesday, Novem-
ber Is, instead of Wednesday, the
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-11-13

What a doe does does make a
difference. Dear me, my dears,
was driving along in the John
Deere, I mean Ford, when what
doe you suppose happens?
A deer blocks the pave. Wasn't
that a FINE how doe you doe?
I got ribs about 1t from many
folks but not even one rib from
Peyton.
-Otteson Star Jour & Trib Man.
A buck buys paper to 1912
I know you have the dough
d3th today and this is line 13)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Pill FELLOW who said "onc-half Of the
world doesn't know how the other half
y lives" was talking more truth than
poetry The world is full of strange occupa-
tions and hundreds Of Americans earn their
living in ways that seem fantastic
The photographs on this page show only
four odd jobs that would be hard TO find in
any list Of trades and professions Take the
pretty young woman at the top Of the page
She is no human lilly of the field" that tolls
not She is a mattress tester and is said
70 put IN more or less time gracefully re-
clininC in the bedding department of a large
New York department store If the reports
about her arc true she can tell after few
minutes Of dormancy whether a mattress has
all the restful qualities claimed for IL.
Many mechanical devices are used 10 de-
termine the wearing qualities Of mattresses
and the life of their springs and padding
But the real test is how they feel TO the
body That's where the tester comes in.
Offhand no one would ever think that
there would be much of a present, or future,
in making glass eyes for stuffed birds and
beasts. But there is. and Miss Billie Lampic
seen in the oval at the right, earns a very
good living making phoney eyes for extinct
owls, foxes, fish deer ana many more mcm-
bers of the animal kingdom than you could
shoot a gun or shake a fishing rod at It's
not an easy job either because these glass
eyes have to be just right in shape size
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
H0WAfriCdGetS
It's War News
% HERE is nothing new under the
sun, not even the radio. To be sure,

@W HERE is nothing new under the
sun, not even the radio, To be sure,
the drum airline" system Of
telegraph which has been in operation
for centuries among the savage tribes
of Equatorial Africa, bears no resem-
biancc to Our latest wonder, yet ii is
practical. simple and effective. and its
value has been proved many times in
peace or war For even today the 40
mighty signal drums of dethroned
Halle Selassie, the Lion of Judah re-
vertebrate across the length and
breath OF Ethiopia, calling together his
disbanded warriors TO make war upon
their Italian conquerors, And the
dusky natives hear the signal and come
eagerly as the stories of war cor
respondents say.
News is relayed from village to
village at great distances and the
method has become so highly developed
that many of the tribes are now past
masters in transmitting the most COM
plicated of messages These are quickly
and correctly sent by placing a huge
followed log upright over a hole in
the earth which -has been half filed
with water. The top opening of the
log is covered with tightly stretched
rhino or goat skin. and the open palm
or "A club which is thumpcd against
this rcsounding surface. acts as the
transmittcr. Though the booming
sounds thus produced are rarely audi
hlc 10 a European beyond four or five
miles. the trained ear of native will
count them off readily and accurately
at ten or more,
More than one white man has tried
20 learn the primitive African method
II relaylng information But none of
them has been able TO master the
mysterious jungle code, or to do the
kind Of skin beating" that carries
clearly across incredibly long stretches
Of sweltering forest and sun-baked
desert.
BY this means news Of important
events reaches all parts Of the interior
IN a very short time. In every native
village there is a class Of men who act
as scouts or guards. Among them are
always two or three trained 10 the use
OF the signal drum. and who have a
thorough knowledge OF the African
Morse code
Tho booming sound iS sent actoss
the hills and vailcys 90 the next village
whore 10 is interpreted by another
guard II the message is for distant
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

point he repeats II again on his own
drum, and in this wise it Ia quickly
relaycd overland with little loss of time
until it reaches the person or destina-
ton Indicated
Just recently when many Of the
Italian outposts in Libya fell into the
hands of the advancing British forces.
soldiers and natives who were sta
toned hundreds of miles from the
scene Of hostilities received all the
news with surprising rapidity, and
there are several instances where the
tidings came by drum-airline hours
ahead Of the formal announcement by
radio and telegraph.
Who first invented the system no.
body knows. but IL has been in use
since time out Of memory Europeans
who have occasionally been granted
the privilege Of using the drum. tclc-
graph to send messaEcs TO trading
posta friends or hunting parties in
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

A LTHOUGH scientists assure MS
IA there is no physiological reason
why the average healthy man
or woman shouldn't live 10 be q hun
drcd centcnarians are SO rare that
most people have never seen one. A
statistician recently compiled figures
showing that Of the 600000 900 people,
or thcreabouts. who live in Germany,
less than 100 are more than century
old. The same authority reports 146
centenarians in England, 213 in France
and 40 in Spain. on the whole, it
would seem that where life Is less
strenuous longevity increases,
The most astonishing figures come
from that troublesome and turbulent
region, the Balkan Peninsula, where it
might be supposed that life is less Sc
cure than elsewhere in Europe Jugo-
slavia reports 573 people who are 100
years old or older Rumania, 1854, and
Bulgaria, $3.50 or one centenarian to
every 1000.
It is possible however. that this re-
markable record is partly to he ex-
planned by laity in compiling vital
statistics. Among an illiterate pcasan-
try many old people claim TO be cen
tenarans when they are really 10 or
even 20 years short of the century
mark.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

hunters, who often come down from
the mountains with their bear-pole
empty. maintain that the bears favor
the Wilson section of the woods. No
one living has ever come near equal
ing the Wilson's record in bear
slaughter. And the mountain people
regard them as the greatest bear
hunters that ever lived except their
father, who killed 113 bears, in his
day, and their grandfather who killed
ia before he died
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
The Family Whose Hobby Is Killing Bears

ern America. 1t is on this mountain
that they have brought down all of
their bears, usually with shotguns.
The bear hunting Wilson brothers
have knowledge of bear hunting and
bear habits that no other persons had
before them, except their ancestors
Even without their hounds they could
track down a acurrying bear and kill
1t before the day was over
So successful have the Wilson
brothers been that other would-be bear
Great Britain Rights Reserved
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

EWART and Cam Wilson Of Pensa-
IN cola, North Carolina, are prob
- ably the only two men in the
world who have made bear hunting
life work. In their day they have
killed more than 125 bruins and every
winter since they were old enough to
tote" guns, they have plodded the
mountain slopes adding TO their score
The Wilson brothers own more than
5000 acres Of land on the aide of
Mount Mitchell, highest peak In East
q tnAt L.. A....l.... ,u..nt.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

and color. Otherwise they look false
There are plenty-of farmers in America
who make their living raising ducks but
none Of them has quite the claim to distinc-
ton which puts Frank Mackay of San Fran
cisco in a class by himself. Mr.. Mackay
raises" wooden ducks and his incubator
is lathe.
Mr.. Mackay's ducks never find their way
to the grocery store or the butcher shop.
They 60 to hunting clubs and individual
sportsmen who need ife-lke decoys of every
member Of the species from the handsome
malard TO the common coot. It is possible
that some of Miss Lampies glass eyes get
into the flocks of wooden birds he turns out
because they are faithful reproductions.
Almost everybody in the country knows
that there arc such things as public Libraries
and of course, Librarians But they don't
know that many of the big libraries Of the
country employ men who are never seen by
the borrowers and readers of books. They
are library slcuths, like Mr. Samuel Ward
law who puts in his days at the Los Angeles
public library standing behind a grille peer
ing through a powerful set of binoculars
Mr.. Wardlaw has his peculiar Job be-
cause there are few people in every big
city who don't appreciate the services of a
public library and who have a habit of try
ing To steal books or of foolishly defacing
them In Mr.. Wardaws bailiwick these
petty thieves seldom get away with it.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
Where Do Men
Live Longest?

A LTHOUGH scientists assure us
IA there is no physiological reason
why the average healthy man
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

c 1871. by American Weekly Inc
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Hollywood is a hotbed Of odd job
One citizen Of the cinema spends all his
manufacturing cobwebs. He makes the
machine and can turn them out in any
and shape He's busy most of the time
ing dress up the rafters of haunted h
with filmy creations.
Evening star., 1941-06-08

Leornine the erowl stroke. In
chest-deep voter. broee orms as
shown, and kick in loose, full leg
movements. When you get the
feel Of being on top Of the voter.
try footing foee down. Don't
rush this lesson.
Evening star., 1941-06-08
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practice; HH2:jIl2 Spence famous New. York SWIM
l}37 GiG (3:c}3s hos these rules
on hour after l}3|E5 entering voter A.
EI5I3 have the: SUI {33Slf5|5l Of q strong swimmer
Keep within With! 5F3 ! Of ;!i X! Know
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Evening star., 1941-06-08

Now walk through voter. chest
forword. swinging orms. which
should be opposed-Iike windmill
bIodes. Breathe costly. and try to
moke it swimming hobit to in
hale by mouth (exhoIe. too. If
eosier for you) and you won't eoe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
STRAND

Ending tomorrow evening at the popular Warner Bros. Strand theatei is the technicolor production "Vir- ginia" co-starring Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray; also "Sha- dows on the Stairs" with Frieda Inescort and John Litel and a large cast.
 Tops in adventure pictures is Zane Grey's "Western Union" thrilling technicolor film which comes to the Strand on Wednesday as the head liner of the fine twin bill. Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jag ger and Virginia Gilmore head brilliant featured cast.
 Exciting from its roaring start to pulse pounding finish, the spectac- ular film depicts the building of the telegraph over the turbulent, Indian infested West.
 Romance, action, drama and thrill ling adventure are all part of the spectacle in Western Union" which opens in the roaring boom-town of frontier Omaha-where the only law was Q blazing six-shooter. No frontier story would be complete without romance, and "Western Union" brings together Robert Young and lovely Virginia Gilmore in the romantic leads.
 Also featured are such favorites as John Carradine. slim Summerville, Chill Wills and Barton Madame.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
POLES

Men Of Boys Town" coming three years after the notable screen achievement of Boys Town was worth waiting for. Not in any sense 6 sequel, because this drama stands on It's own merits as one Of the most dynamic, heart-w warming efl- tertainmcnts of the season, the new picture, again starring Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney, opened Saturday at the popular Loew Poll theater.
 An Academy Award winner for his performance of Father Edward Y. Flanagan in the first story of the priests City of Little Men, Tracy Is once more aG his very best, which IS the best there is in acting. He cloaks his difficult role with gentle siff1- plicity, but behind 1t is the strength
 and power of his tWo-flstedness when he fights against brutality in corrective treatment Of boys.
 The story is woven around Father TlanaganS increasing financial problems as he over expands to care for the increasing hundreds of boys who appeal to him for aid. But such troubles mean nothing to him when boy needs him. Tracy is hard pushed for honors by Rooney as Whitey Marsh, Mayor of Boys Town, now more mature, who has become Father Flanagan's right hand.
 The film reaches It's stirring climax when Whitey Is adopted by two wealthy people, gets into the hands of the law when he tries to help @ boy criminal, and is sent to Q reform school. Father Flanagan's bringing to light the true state of affairs pro- vides suspense, excitement and dramatic impact.
 Director Norman Tauro's hand is evident in the work done by two boys, Larry Nunn as Ted Martlcy. crippled boy who murders 0 reform school guard and is placed in Father Flanagars custody, and seven-year- old Daryl Hickman as Flip, Q kid bandit.
 On the same program Is another smash hit. Scotland Yard" with Nancy Kelly, Edmund Gween, John Loder and Henry Wilcoxon.
 "That Night in Rio" technicolor musical starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche and Carmen Miranda opens 0 four day engagement at Loews Poli next Saturday, with MT. Dis- trict Attorney" as the twin hit on this outstanding bill. Don't miss this program!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14

The Broadway
 Bugle
By DAN PARKER

THE TEXAS all enlisted in uniform games half this example every other baseball league Mack banquet Brown explain reflection nneded on McTgue located New London where he Grand Terrier of the Order of the Yellow Sullivan of 700 ring bouts bosn Tn the Marine the 68 and already given three or British surviving three in the RAF one Of them Father Harry Sullivan chaplain stationed with the Canadian armen at Winnepeg.
 NARFOLK BASEBALL FANS and Jerry PFddy Yankees keystone combination in the opening together at Norfolk
 years Johnny Beman basketball player and auto accident recently and confined to with broken jaw hole in his cheek that took n
 News0m bellows the tune: Hold
 agitated Willis Hudin former big leaguer pitching for Little Rock string of tourist cabins In Hot member of the Little Rock club pal of Gaento having from the street in Orange
 Bendl Newark sports writer with the Yankees the club North
 SILLY BASEBALL rule for Glass Al clubs not bonus but Class A and clubs Fnchy Bodagaray entertained the Yankee with harmonica solos the trip north One of Red RocS than the other and he has padding in of his balance maters Joe Laba veteran Leage Field during amateurs sempros
 bundles left after the has been Britain how packing sobas punching boxing skipping handba and other sports equipment for the the 165th Infantry rmery the Fighting 69t) Fort material? Father assistant chaplain will distributed properly they shipped to him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ln The Local TheaterS

ture "The Great Lie" will make It's local debut Wednesday at the State thcater with George Brent sharing co-starring honors with Miss Davis
 Thcatergoers will remember Miss Davis and Brent aS the same stars who were seen together in such out- standing screen successes as Dark Victory" and "The Old Maid".
 "The Great Lie" is the love story of c magnificent cheat. 1n 1t Bette has what many previewers have pro- nounced her finest role to date. Twice winner of the Academy Award, Miss Davis seems to have a faculty for, topping herself in each successive film that she makes.
 Critical acclaim on her most re. cent picture "1'he Letter. reached 50 high Q peak that it was felt she could not top 1t. But according to all advance reports, the screens first lady has done just that in "The Great I,ie."
 A deeply moving story Of the heights to which q woman can rise for the man she loves, the new film gives Bette her first opportunity in years to portray 0 normal, modern American girl, completely without any of the menace" which accom- panied character such as she played in "The Letter..
 The feminine menace" In the pie ture Is ably portrayed by Mary As tor, who returns to the screen to give the years surprise perform ance. Others in the cast include Lucille Watson, Hattie Mcdaniel Sam Mcdaniel, Russel Hicks, Thurs ton Hall and Jerome Cowan.
 "A Shot in the Dark" featuring William Lundingan and a big cast Is the second big hit of the program