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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-11-01
Social Calendar

A party was held in the Baptist
church basement for the young
people of the church, Friday night.
About 13 were present. The decora-
tons carried out the Halloween
theme. Games for which prizes
were awarded furnished entertain
ment for the evening. Refresh
ments of cidar and doughnuts were
served following the fun. y
Mrs. c. A. Clark entertained her
Sunday School class Of 4th and 9Th
grade pupils at party in true Hal
loWeen style Saturday night at her
home. Is children were admitted
in Spook style, where they were
greeted by live skeleton in cas-
ket, in a room lighted by single
candle. Chills ran up and down the
spines of the bravest boys Many
Halloween games and stunts were
enjoyed, for which prizes of horns
were awarded the various winners.
Ice cream and cake topped off de-
lightful evening.
Circle of the Royal Neighbors
met at the home of Mrs. James
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Odd Hunting Trophy

Rev Hodges and PFC. Darwin
Stevens were out deer hunting on
Monday. Rev. Hodges killed big
seven point buck which was still
locked with the head and fore legs
of the five point buck that lost in
the battle. When he killed the
buck it was carrying this portion
of its defeated foe with it. 1t is
a very interesting sight to see the
manner in which these horns are
locked Rev. Hodges is still unde-
cided about having this unusual
trophy mounted.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-11-01
District Convention

District No. of the American Lee
gion and Auxiliary deemed their
Fall Convention a successful one.
At the Legion business session, all
of the posts of the district except
Roman, were represented. The Aux
iliary business meeting was rep
resented by all units except Roman
and Big Fork, who sent their re-
ports. District Commander Grunde
presided over the Legion meeting
and District President. Mrs. Rey-
nolds presided at the Unit meeting.
There were several department Of
ficials here, who gave very inspir-
ing messages both at the afternoon
sessions and following the banquet.
A lovely banquet was served by
ladies of the Grange in the CsY.O.
hall at pam Harriet Finch and
John Finch played selections on the
violin and piano-accordian and the
Grange men, dressed like women,
presented very clever and anus
ing play. apartment and District
officers present were introduced,
also all veterans and service men of
World War II who were present,
and w. E. Gilbert. who was acting
Mayor for the evening One of the
highlights Of the speeches given
was the fact that had we been pre-
pared as had been proposed by the
American Legion few years ago.
there would not have been such a
loss of lives in the recent world con-
flict, and the Young vetrans coming
home now were urged to carry on
the Americanism program of devo-
ton to mutual helpfulness.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-11-01
Lincoln County High School

Honor Roll for the first six weeks
period:
Seniors Helen Alavana, Don
Carpenter, Addie Mae D:Shazer,
John Finch, Lois Johnson, Lois Liv-
engood
Juniors VIM. Ambrose, Lillian
Black, Mary Collins, Thelma De
Lapp, Don Holcombe, Norman Korn
Marjory McMullen, Virginia Roe
Tom Withycombe.
Sophomores-Tom Ambrose, Lois
Benson, Maxine Broderick, Barbara
Hickey.
Freshmen Cora Black, Beatrice
Clark, Maxine Elliott, Anna Lee
Erickson, Lois Johnson. Marie Ku-
chenski, Hugh Knapp, Donnie
Leonard.
The Student Body of LCHS has
been designated as chairman of the
Victory Bond Drive which starts
this week. c. Supt. Jessie Eager
berg, who is county chairman of the
Victory Bond Drive, made the APP
pointment of the Student Body for
this locality.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-11-01

Broderick. with Mrs. Zook as CO.
hostess. The afternoon was spent
IN social diversion, followed by a
delicious lunch The neyt meeting
will he on November Is al the
home of Mrs. Chef Pluid, with Mrs.
Erie assisting.
Bill ana Fern Heber were honor
guests at party given by Mrs. B.
Drake al her home last week Tues
day evening. Other guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernie Peltier, Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Price and Bertha
Nottingham. Pinochle playing fur
nished diversion for the evening.
High score favors were won by
Mrs. Peltier and Tom Pride; low
by Bill and Fern Heber, respect
lively Mrs. Heber also won the
travelling prize. The hostess served
a very delicious lunch at the close
of the evening.
Sunday School Halloween Party
The 9Th, 7th and 9th grade boys
and girls and their teachers, Mrs.
Homer Garrison and Mrs. Burgess
Drake, of the Baptist Sunday school
held party in the church base
ment on Monday evening. Decora-
tons were in keeping with the date.
Sveral games and stunts appropri-
ate for Halloween were enjoyed,
including apple bobbing, guessing
contests and surprise spot game.
Prizes were awarded winners in the
various stunts. AT the close of the
evening entertainment, the host
esses, their teachers, served sand
wiches and cup cakes decorated in
Halloween MOTIF and ice cream
There were "a present.
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Street Attraction

On the street in Eureka Tuesday
the truck of the Boothman Bros.
of Libby drew many spectators, for
in it were three grizzly bears
which they had killed in the hills
above Stryker with their 30-06 ri
files. The largest bear was estimat-
ed to weigh about 600-lbs. Booth
man said the bear was coming right
after him, and when he finally
doWned him. Mr. Grizzly was
just about s feet away and there
was only one shell left in the gun.
Almost too close for comfort!
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-11-01

Montana State University-Eugene
Fleming, Eureka, is a member OF
the 1945 varsity football squad at
Montana State University. The
team has played two games, one
at Logan, Utah, and the other at
Moscow, Ida. Fleming accompanied
the team on both of the trips.
Fleming, a graduate of Lincoln
County High School, was an all
around athlete participating in
track as hurdler and sprinter.
Linfield College, McMinnville,
Ore.-Miss Doris Benson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Benson of
Eureka, has recently enrolled in
Linfield College in McMinnville.
Miss Benson is entering her Fresh
man year.
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Junior Red Cross

Junior Red Cross
One hundred paper napkins which
were handkerchief by the child
rem, were sent to ST. Louis for dis
tribution to 4he soldiers hospitals.
They were decorated for Halloween
and sent early enough to be dis
tributed at that time.
Thirty metric rulers, designed by
the American Red Cross, were sent
to the Eureka Junior members as
souvenirs of their participation in
the gift box program. These are
the same as those placed in the gift
boxes sent overseas by the Red
Cross.
November lis has been desig-
mated as the period Of enrolment
in Jr. Red Cross for their calendar
year. Town and rural schools will
be given the opportunity to renew
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their membership in this worthy
organization of boys and girls
throughout the nation. Our enroll
ment has been 1000 for the past
couple years: Let US maintain that
record by being 1000 again this
year.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-11-01

Webb were balloted upon favora-
bly,. Insurance agent Lenary re-
ported on the anniversary meeting
of the insurance agents in Spokane
in September Bro. Mackey report
ed that he had a few bricks Of
cheese on hand and that walnutS
Continued ON page A.
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THANK YOU

Having sold our service station
to Mr.. and Mrs. Virgil Killam, we
wish to take this opportunity to
thank our friends for their patron
age and hope they will continue to
patronize the new owners.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. V. Morrison
Miss Thelma Morrison
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tend the University this winter.
Pfc. Earl Weber is now stationed
in Japan. He has so Japanese SOL
diers working under him and states
they are very polite and obedient
toward him. He expects to be home
by Christmas.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1945-11-01
Hospital Notes

Dismissals- Susie Israelson and
Victor Wolfe.
Admissions Mrs. <. Torres of
Rexford, who had baby daughter
born October Is.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
The Worlds Greatest
Discovery

When our own great Benjamin
Franklin was in England and
there found Thomas Paine. he
made the greatest discovery of
man by man-and when he pro-
noted and prevailed on Tom to
come to our colonies here, he
did to humanity and incidentally
to our good old U. S. A., the
greatest beneficial one-man act of
all time.
This man Paine was the human
electron who inspired and ignited
into fire and flame the inherent
love of liberty and independence
all conscious beings cherish most,
next to life itself.
Over here he met with the most
reverberant and to him inspiring
response from many of the happy
pioneers on our shores, foremost
and most outstanding among
whom was he who later became
our greatest president, Thomas
jefferson.
Yes, he even electrified the then
richest man in America, the able,
honest, aggressive and benevolent
owner of slaves, George Washing
ton, to dig in and organize the
rebellion and start and carry thru
to victory the revolution which
drove the entering wedge to free
all of humanity from oppression
of man by man.
Gust H. Steen,
kirkland.
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countries. And as we gathered in
celebration of a great accomplish
ment in the orderly government of
men, a hush fell over this fantastic
lava Plain of Parliament. Bishop
Helgasson, of the Lutheran cathe-
dral, assembled the pulpit that had
been erected there beside the rug
ged L6gberg, and opened this
unique jubilee with the singing of
the Icelandic national anthem. =.
And as the stanza drew to
close, with volume of song that
swelled across the plain, the clouds
broke about Mount Hengill, and
down the Kaldidalur streamed a
shaft of sunbeams. =.
Under the constitution known as
the law of union, the King Of Den
mark (now no longer recognized
was then also King of Iceland,
which nontheless, was a sovereign
state. And as King of Iceland, His
Majesty King Christian X presided
over the civil ceremonies that fol-
lowed.
And there, upon the eternal
rocks of the L0gberg, was con-
vened as dramatic an Althing as
could possibly be imagined.
In authentic tenth-century CO.'S
tunes and with solemn ritual, a
pageant of lawgivers took their
seats upon the rocks, and when
the speaker called the roster of
this first parliament of men, each
man who answered was a descend
ant of one thus summoned a thou
sand years ago!
But, Aren't" 1 asked my Ice
landic companion, how can you
possibly know who are indeed the
direct descendants of forebears of
ten centuries ago."
Our Doomsday Book" he told
me, lis quite accurate. It is an Of
fetal record of our people in I'M
broken continuity-a precise saga
that makes every Icelander feel
living link in this long chain Nor
is this ancient book NTH 1t is
we'll guarded in the Royal Library
in Copenhagen. and copies exist
for security. From Merchant of
Alphabets," by Reginald circuit,
copyright 1915 by Doubleday,
Doran and Company, Inc.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
|ce|andic Forester Visits Alaska

Following a trail blazed by his
grandfather in 1875-but with a
different end in Hakon
BjarnaSon, chief of the State For
estry Service of Iceland, arrived
in Juneau recently Forty flying
hours brought the forest special
st here from his native island
con monWealth in the North At
lantic.
Forester Bjarnason's purpose in
coming to Alaska is to study for
est growth, principally in the
Prince Williams Sound and Kenai
Peninsula regions, where climatic
conditions are most nearly like
those of his isolated land. He ex-
poets to remain in Alaska until
mid-October.
The Icelandic government is en-
deavoring to establish forest
growth in the southern coastal re-
gions of the country, sufficient to
care for domestic needs. Mr.
Bjarnason pointed out that it was
10 to II thousand years ago that
his country was glaciated over
during the last ice age. In the
relatively short period since the
ice retreat, natural seeding of the
isolated island has necessarily
been limited.
Iceland now has some natural
forest areas of larch, birch. noun
tan ash and willows. The birch
forests in particular, he said, have
been fostered by his predecessors
at the forestry helm. until they
now make a good showing. His
service is now trying to establish
coniferous varieties from imported
seed. He is especially interested in
Sitka spruce and hemlock seed
from Alaska.
1t was in 1885 that Iceland first
opened correspondence with the
Alaska Forest Service and since
then some seed has reached his
country from the Cordova and
Kenai Lake sectors. Though that
seed has been in Iceland soil only
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
THE SCANDINAVIAN AMERICAN
A Thousand Years Of Parliament

The Icelandic sunrise almost
mixed with midnight at the time
of the June solstice at Thingvellir,
and the cold dawn, pearly with
mist, family lighted the lake as it
lay half hidden beneath low-lying
nimbus clouds that chung to the
nearby slopes and soaked the
bracken with chill dew. The 81
lence of the great plain was
broken by the thin piping of the
whimbrel = the Icelandic curlew
that nested there on the Mosfell
heath-and that thin sound car
ried to my ear against an over
tone of the half heard and
smoothly constant roar that came
from the falls of the Axe River as
it plunged from the nearby cliff
above Almannagja.
There were thirty-five thousand
of us tenting there on the plain
that night = thirty-five thousand
who had gathered to celebrate an
actual millennium, thousand
years of the worlds first parlia-
ment of democracy, the Icelandic
Althing, which, ten centuries be-
fore, had been established on the
Logberg-the Mount of Laws
on this very plain.
To this place, in the summer of
the year $50 AID, came the rep
resentatives who had been chosen
by the Icelandic people, from every
province of the island. And here,
by democratic vote, these repre-
sentatives had duly established a
government of their own choosing
to ratify, of their own free will,
the laws that were henceforth to
govern this remote but forward
looking land. Since then, from $50
to 1880, while the outside world
had evolved through the storms of
the long centuries, while the giant
California redwoods had added
each thousand rings to their
stout stems, Iceland had alter
nately prospered and suffered both
the blessing and the curse of iso-
lation; but in that time had
achieved, in the grim discipline of
geography, a unique phase of
Western civilization.
Now we were assembled on this
great plain-the Icelanders, our
hosts, and we guests from thirty
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a few years, already it has proved
superior to seed obtained from
areas of northern Europe and ST.
IBERIA. 1t is even better than seed
OF Alaska origin that in 1887 was
obtained from Norway The Alas
ka via Norway seed has produced
trees now about ~ feet high, but
much better results are expected
from seed obtained from properly
selected Alaska localities.
Besides studying the native con-
d.tions of Alaska forest growth.
Mr. Bjarnason will select areas
most similar to his land. He will
try to arrange with inhabitants
OF those areas to send a continu-
Gus supply of that seed to Iceland
He declared that the Alaska For
est Service, particularly Regional
Forester B. Frank Heintzleman,
former Assistant Regional Forest
er Wellman Holbrook and super
Visors at Cordova have alre adv
been most helpful to his country.
Iceland now has much larger nur-
series and can go into tree Gull
ture on more extensive scale.
which prompted the Iceland gov
eminent to send Mr.. Bjarnason to
Alaska. He believes that Alaska
perhaps the only place in the
world except perhaps South Am
erica where conditions the same
as Iceland's can be found and
where forests are now thriving.
BJarnason is not the first of his
family line to set foot on Alaska
soil. Shortly after the United
states purchase of Alaska from
Russia, his grandfather, Jon Olaf
son. led an expedition of Iceland
ers from Wisconsin to Cook Inlet
and Kodiak. That party was to
nave been the forerunner of an
Alaskan colony of Icelanders.
however after the exploratory
work had been accomplished.
transportation difficulties thwart-
ed the design. Grandfather Olaf
son returned to Iceland to report,
later settled again in Wisconsin.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
Danish Shin
Honored

Danish colors fluttered ono e
more over the square-rigged ship
Danmark, as officers of their pre-
war training ship for the Danish
Merchant Marine received the
thanks of the United States Navy
and Coast Guard for helping to
train more than $500 U. S. Coast
Guard officers. The flag of Den
mark was run up to the main
truck and the messages of COM
mendation were handed to the
Captain of the Danmark at cere-
monies at New London, Conn.
Interned in the St. Johns Riv-
er, Fla, when the Nazis invaded
Denmark in 1910, the services of
the ship and it's officers were Of
fered by Capt. Knud L. Hansen
to the United States Government.
after Pearl Harbor The Navy ac-
cepted the offer and the Danmark
was commissioned as Coast
Guard training ship.
AS the ship completed its serv-
ice for the United States, and
prepared to return to it's prewar
job, it was presented with a
bronze memorial plaque marking
its wartime use, and colored mo-
ton picture record of that use.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
Dr.. Jensen-:Norman
Called By Death

DR.. Teder Jensen-Norman, 81
years old, retired physician and
former state senator, died at his
home in Tacoma recently. He
worked for many years with the
Veterans Administration at Fargo,
n. D., Knoxville. Iowa, and Cush-
man Hospital, Tacoma.
He was one of the founders of
the poppy drive, originated to
raise funds for hospitalized ex-sol-
diers, He served as state senator
from Pierce County 1904-O6. DR..
Jensen Norman is survived by his
widow, Agnes, two daughters and
two sons.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
Personalities On
Buses
By Ellenor Bjerkeseth

One hot day I took my life into
my own hands and entered a city
bus. And there I met some of the
most interesting characters in the
world.
To begin with, the bus was
overcrowded. Few, if any, win
dows were opened. AS I stood
there, sweat rolling down my
back, glared at the woman sit
ting in a cushioned seat near by.
why can't she open the window
and give me and my fellow suf-
ferers little air?" thought. Of
course she and others like her
may have their reasons. The breeze
may mess up their hair or the air
may be too chilly. Meanwhile 9TH
ers stood roasting to death.
After the close air and little
breathing space was taken for
granted, the woman standing close
by jabbed her "Grason" packages
into my spinal cord After slowly
moving my tortured back, my
peace was again disturbed when
the g. 8" fellow next to me brought
his foot down on my poor aching
one.
All of a sudden the bus driver
slammed his brakes on as a dog
and cat crossed the road. Then
tons and tons of dozens of people
came crashing down. After grunts
and groans people picked them
selves up out of the aisle and the
bus jerked on.
Then there was the road hog
who could very we'll hear the bus
driver screaming, Move back in
the bus" but nevertheless he stood
arrogantly, reading the latest edi-
ton of Esquire" and refused to
move
About this time some poor soul
reached her stop and by squirm-
ing, showing, pushing and squeez-
ing she made her way to the door,
where she yanked the buzzer three
or four times to make sure the
bus driver heard her She then,
stumbling down the stairs, made
her exit. She left an empty seat,
but before any lady (including
me- could move. Mr.. Dasher had
made a dive for it, and by squash
ing the frail lady occupying the
other third of the seat he made
himself corfortable
AS I left the bus a few blocks
later I felt like a football player
must feel after a tough scrim-
mage. AS the bus limped away
from the curb l thought to my
self: There are all sorts of people
in the world and you meet them
all on the buses"
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
Johnson To Head
Alaska Railroad

WASHINGTON. Oct. 9. Appoint
ment of Col. John P. Johnson of
the Army Transportation Corps
as general manager of the gov
ernment-owned Alaska Railroad
was announced today by Secre-
tary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes
Johnson will succeed Col. Otto
F. Ohlson. who will retire De-
cember 81 after heading the rail-
road since August l, 1928.
Colonel Johnson, a resident of
Topeka. Kas., began his railroad
career in 1917 as an engineering
apprentice of the Atchison. To-
peka & Santa F'e Railroad
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
Coal Mine Owner
Dies In Accident

Ernest Theodore Anderson, so,
resident of Seattle for 80 years,
was killed in his coal mine near
North Bend recently in an ac-
cident. The body was brought 10
Tacoma.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01
Danish Test Shows Naziism To Be
Unable To Fill Spiritual Needs
By Joseph Harsch in The Christian Science Monitor

proof that Naziism, even when it
turned its gentlest face toward
an occupied country, was unable
to offer the people spiritual salts
faction.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01

Ideas are funny things. They
won't work unless you do.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1945-11-01

This was truly royal welcome
for latecomers, for Denmark
wanted freedom even if it knew
that in all probability privations
would become worse rather than
better under freedom for the next
six months or more.
The people are under no il
lusions. All their export trade
must be redirected and it will be
a long time before they can be-
gin to obtain imports from abroad.
Thus here in Denmark, and here
alone. is there the full conclusive
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-06
BY MaeLssn
BY Wall Disney
BY Linda and Jerry WsIisV
BY Jimmy Halo

ERE pleasant little that Will you message
day II Is numerical puzzle designed to spell out
letters II the number
of letters subtract II the number less than
add The result key number Start at the upper left
recange check every Of key
left night Than read the the letters under
checked figures give you. %
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-06
Y. I. ALLEN

HIS ambition 70 become buNne,, e.
ecuu,e, Allen already seems TO have
learned the stcret OF success for IN tuo
years ~ Detroit Time, carrier m Grand j.
mont and Woodmont. he h4, increased hi,
bunne" from so euVnmer,. 10 so and a.
the same time hn sold moro than 10000
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tctmedpts. member Of Boy Scout roop
ss. and attends service, regularly a. Re-
deemsr Church.
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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-06

Grab yourself : hig bovlful ~
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Detroit evening times., 1945-09-06

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PLAIN eating 20 reai ENJOYMENT.