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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
RED CLOVER SEEDS FOR
1916 SEEDING

Owing to the short crop of
1915 more red clover has been
imported up to March 1st, 1916
than in any one year before
more than twenty million pounds.
Over one million pounds has ger
minated less than 65 per cent.
Italian and French stock have
furnished the bulk. South
European and Italian red clover
seed is neither as hardy nor as
productive as American or North
European grown seed and the
latter two are easily worth 10 tc
Is cents more per pound thar
the former, especially for this
northern country.
Ludwig Mosbak.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
AsKov PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY APRIL g. 1916

meeting in the afternoon. Bank
er Empey and Attorney Lamson
of Hinckley, We're the principal
speakers at both meetings and
certainly delivered the goods in
a very able manner. Many ques-
tons were put to them which
were answered to the satisfac-
tion of the taxpayers. Others
who spoke were: Hon. A. S.
Larson and Mr.. Sandwich of
Sandstone and L. Mosbak Of As
kov. The Finlayson band fur
nished music for the occasion
and it might also be added here
that Finlayson has a good band.
A dance was given after the
meeting in the evening, here
both young and old enjoyed
themselves. even such big men
as Mr.. Craig of Hinckley, who
scales in the neighborhood Of the
$50 mark, swung merrily around,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
DISCOUNTING A NOTE

1t so happens in business that
all payments cannot be made in
cash, for most of the business is
done on credit in one form or an
other. Small purchases and many
of the daily expenditures are cash
transactions; but business as a
whole moves on credit, the form
depending upon the customs char
acteristic of that peculiar busi-
ness. The most common form of
credit is the book account, where
goods are sold and charged to
the purchaser. When you go into
the grocer's and tell him to
charge it, you are opening Gre
dit with him in the form of a
book account. This is common
to all retailing transactions. But
in the larger dealings, the credit
is in the form of a promissory
note, which is merely a written
promise to pay sum certain, in
money, to a designated person
firm or corporation, at stipula,
ted time. Hundreds of thousands
of these notes are made every day
They are given, merchant tc
merchant, in payment of debts
resulting from the sale of goods
and while they settle the debts
must themselves be paid in money
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06

enacted enforced
which Of the conditions
wh 3
penalty
the immediate community does not
legislation
agitation by in the country who determined
who form majority OF the
opposed its enactment and under such the law
which 10 really nsumentay for determining law
prohibited fact II is far better to regulate ana diminish sns
OF drastic
failure enforce there Injected into the mind the tna
those aHecd
altogether penous such loose theory - General
bad law was to enforce
affected by enforcement this . practicable method
violation leads to demoralzed view
all be enforced then becomes @ nce
public opinion likely
policy the community the c
men exist"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06

in order that the obligation may
be finally discharged, for a pro-
mise never liquidates a debt.
If these promises could be
treated as money and passed
from hand to hand, they might
answer very well, but they are
of non-uniform denomination,
their goodness is a matter not
commonly known, and even
though the maker might be "as
good as the government" few
know it and few would take the
risk.
And if the holder could wait
until maturity, he would get cash
from the promiser. But he does
not want to wait that long-he
wants to turn his evidence of
debt into money at once; for
with money real money - he
can get better terms, and for
certain purposes, such as paying
laborers, he must use cash. There
must, therefore, be some medium
through which he can turn this
promise into money before it is
due for a price and that medium
is the bank. The process of do
ing this is called discounting,
which in other words means buy
ing the paper. A simple illus
tration will explain.
Suppose A sells B a bill of
goods on three months credit. A
does not want to wait while B
sells the goods and gets the mo-
ney to pay him. and therefore
offers to take BIS note for the
amount. But the note is not mo-
ney, and if A would use the mo-
ney, he must find someone who
will give him money for it. He
might find someone who, for the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
ENTHUSIASTIC MASS MEET
ING AT WILLOW RIVER

The Hinckley boosters together
with many boosters from Askov,
Sandstone, Finlayson, Rutledge
and other places in the county,
journeyed up to Willow River
Saturday and laid down the facts
before the people of northwest
ern Pine County about the coun-
ty seat question. Two big meet
ings were held, one in the after
noon and one in the evening.
DR.. w. C.. Ehmke of Willow Riv-
er, acted as chairman of the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06

hope of gain, would advance the
money; but the logical place to
get this done is the bank, for the
bank always has money. 1t
knows men and their ability to
keep their promises, and can
Judge the quality of the risk. A
therefore offers the note to his
banker, who says in substance:
Il think B is good for this
amount. If you will endorse
promise to pay if he does not-I
will buy that paper evidence of
debt from you" Let us say it is
for $10o, due in three months,
The banker knows that at the
end of three months he will get
the 800, and so gives A $3.50
for it, the $3.50 being interest on
the money for that time at 6 per
cent. Ordinarily the banker
would not give A the cash, but
credit his account, with the priv
ilege of checking against it,
which is virtually the same thing.
Now, what is the result? A
sold his goods and got his money
at once. B had three months to
sell the goods to get the money
to pay the note when the banker
presented it at maturity. A
could use the S98.50 to buy more
goods to sell to C, and the bank
has made S1.50 for taking the
risk. That is what the banks
are for to take risks, to know
men, to help business and to
make profits for itself. And
this it does to a very marked
degree. We could not do busi.
ness very well without this help
1t is one Of the indispensable ad-
juncts of business. The prom.
ises of business men held in the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
WINDBREAK AND SHELTER
For the Home, Orchard, Garden
and Outbuildings.


and Outbuildings.
To plant and grow a perma-
nent windbreak it it necessary to
know how to plan, to know ma
ture's way because you can not
go contrary to nature and make
it a success. You can not make
an artificial windbreak do the
break even if you can and are
willing to spend lot of money
on it; you might think you can
build a concrete or brick wall 5,
10 to 20 feet high or a similar
wall of board and thereby pro-
vide an effective windbreak for
your orchard, ETC., but you will
find it to be worse than nothing.
The wind will press over the top
with double force, descend on
your trees and vegetables and
simply crush them.
BY planting a couple rows Of
poplar or the like, you will get
somewhat better results, at least
for a few years until your poplars
grow tall and shed the lower
branches. Then you will have
something like draught in a
house which is not considered
healthy for people living in that
house, and it is no less healthy
for the trees and flowers in the
garden to be exposed to draught.
To build or plant an effective
windbreak this must catch and
break the force of the wind
filtering through the branches.
The windbreak must have and
maintain the form like the roof
of house, gradually raising
from the ground on the outside
or first row of plants. To do this
we must select for the first row
a low growing bush or tree that
naturally will keep its branches
down to the ground, and for the
succeeding rows we can plant
trees with a more rank growing
tendency. Even the windbreak
itself will not outlive feet chilling
wind for very many years. The
forresters know it we'll and you
can see it demonstrated about
three miles east of Askov, near
Little Sand Creek; the road and
the clearing south of the road
have made an opening and ex-
posed the tall trees to draught
and feet chill, and they are dying
right off from one side and blow
ing down by the dozens year
after year. Our windbreaks will
not fare better if we do not imi-
tate nature by preparing and
maintaing foot bag in selecting
the right varieties in proper pro-
portion. An effective windbreak
ought to include two or more
rows of evergreens. We will
save many per cent in the yearly
coal bills when we have an ever.
green Windbreak established, not
to mention the comfort for our
selves and our stock through the
cold winter months.
If properly planted and kept
the money and acre spent on a
windbreak is the best paying in
vestment any farmer can make
Ludwig Mosbak.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
TALKS ON
THRIFT

This article is a part of a series
prepared by the Savings Bank Sec
ton of the American Bankers Asso-
citation, No. 5 Nassau Street, New
York City, in connection with the
celebration in 1916 of the one hun
dreth anniversary of Savings Bank
ing in the United States.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
VIM. n. + aft
ON PROHIBITION.

ExPresident VIM. H. Taft, in giving his views On
prohibition, said In part:
ours government by law; not by ruls q thumb.
but by rules of conduct which have equal application to
ALL Amy exception to the equal operations Of the law
upon individuals 10 necessarily most injurious to the
operation Of that law the public good because
exemption from its operation s certain to lead TO
The public detrment arising from violations OF
law. followed by immunity from prosecution punish
ment hardly be overstaed IT, OF the duty
legislator the OF laws to consider the
ease or difficulty which, OF popular fee.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06

The city Of New York has
more telephones than the follow
ing countries combined: Austria
Hungary, Belgium, Norway. Dem
mark, Italy and Holland or almost
as many as England and Ireland
combined. There are some build
ings i'm New York that have more
telephones than there are In the
entire country of Greece.
New York has about 1000, 600
Jewish inhabitants. This Is more
than any other city has ever had:
Jerusalem never having more
than 100000. There are more
Germans in New York than any
other city except Berlin.
In the State Of Nevada there
has been, in the course Of the
last six months, trapped or shot
over 5000 wolves.
A little for sale notice in the
American will save many steps,
and it nearly always gives
results.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06

Nationl Banks of the country
alone amount to over three billion
dollars.
American Bankers Association.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1916-04-06
LOCAL AND
PERSONAL.

Chr. Hort Of Lake Benton. is
here looking over land.
John Sorensen purchased H.
Simonsen's residence lot In the
west part Of town, yesterday.
Nj. r. Petersen and family,
who have been in Fairmont the
past winter, returned 70 Askov
last week.
The electric lights were turned
on last night and Askov il now
putting on a regular metropolis
tan appearance.
Niels Nyman of Austin, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday here
looking over land and visiting ut
the Hans Hermansen home.
Mrs. Clemen Christensen and
children from Nebraska. who
stopped off and visited at Fair
mont, came here Saturday To
join Mr.. Christensen and viii
now make this their home.
A. r. and Geo. G. Jensen came
lup from st. Louis Park Sunday
morning with two carloads Of
live stock. farm machinery, etc,
which they took out to their
farms north Of town. This makes
four carloads that they have
taken up here and still they say
there is more TO come.
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W. K. z1EGrELD IN CELL.
Brother Of Theatrical Producer
Accused Of $500 Larceny.

William *. Zicgfeld. brother Of
Florenz Iicgfcld. .Ir.. was arrested ycs-
terday in his brothers apartment at the
Ansonia hotel charged with being a fugi-
tive from justice.
Miss lzva J.. Deady. 34t Fullerton AVE.
niue. Chicago. accused Ziegfcld Of the
larceny OF $500 on September Is last.
saying in her affidavit that Zicgfcld had
promised TO make her an actress for
that amount. hut had failed TO keep his
promise and also to return the money.
\ few hours after his arrest Ziegfeld
was ar-algned before Magistrate Levy
in the West Side court. Questioned by
the Magistrate. he told OF his relation to
Florenz Iiegfcld. lie admitted having
received $500 from the complainant but
said the money was her share of n
theatrical venttre which proved ursuc-
ccssful. He said he was willing to re-
turn to Chicago.
on account of the nature Of the charge
Magistrate Levy denied him bail. lie
advised Zieefeld to communicate with his
brother and get an attorney to bring
the case before a supreme Court JUS
tice aud have bail fixcd for his release.
He was arrested on IA warrant issued
March 9 in Chicago. Detectives Hauscr
and Hooker, have been looking for him
for two weeks.
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Names Of Women Found in
Safe Deposit Box Of
Prisoner.
BROTH VISITS HIM

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LONG SERIES OF MURDERS PLANNED
BY DR.. WAITE, AUTHORITIES THINK

in with evidence w ,i,o,dv b,yc ir ,
documentary aud made, ,,r
parts of Ma un,,nn's 90 ,,, ,,ccr
verified Ivy ~
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Waite had n, ,hn ,rn.aoo NV IT" "'
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ma A.. u
IA. ~ ',o''oh say awning ABOUT
.v,s n.s."s polsons'
,,t,, S"'" ,"e NsS'S'"n' us
in Lo,,iu. Nas ". "u'n aSSiS'"h'e
!" nv'Pins us 10 learn what We now have
n."n,,Ia. -,na, nr. waite o'twcen 'as'
daa,n' ,n, wy we 'i"' :" NJ 'P'h =
u'a,h op''itcd many po'sons. She ACCOM-
p'"''" mn I" various places where lie
"'.".n'' polsons'
10 you ,neah that Mrs horton knew
"' Vas ouS.ne poiso"s'
~ an" "in hot say she went 10
places where ne bought roisons. There
gre o'her ways OF obtaining poisons than
ny puNihg them.
'by foisons he got when Mrs. Horton
was WIN MN. 40 you mean eedatives
such as DIR. Waite took HIMSELF
No. was the answer II mean he
oo~snt many po'sohs het"een Dec, moer
a'u Alarch 'nuch more eadly
you reason to believe hat Dr.
"alte intended TO poison AZ least four
people aitogether.'
~ 'east t"ur DINERS NJ. boo'ing
answered w'tn a smile. I'm fact. on that
score ne added When pressed for an
exact number or possible victims. you
may say tnere was no limit. Among Or.
w aites eHects We nave come across a
ISL OF namee OF several persons whose
,nanc'a' n other AFFAIRS we shall look
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MRS.. WAITE FIRST
TO SENSE MURDER
Asked Father TO Have Autopsy
Performed on Body Of
Mother.
MAY GO TO SANITARTUM

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. March ?5.-"My
father never would have been murdered
II he had followed a suggestion made by
my sister. Mrs. Clara Peck Waite, before
the funeral Of my mother said Percy
=. Peck tonight.
when Clara and DR.. Waite arrived
here with mothers body Clara went at
once to father n talked to him. She
said she had n premonition that some
thing nusua had happened and hat
for some reason she felt that a post
norton examination should he per
formed. Father ridiculed the idea and
said there were no grounds for her
fears lie refused absolutely to con
sent because. as he said. mother had
always had such AN abhorrcnce of cut
ting a body after death.
Nov Clara realizes that n she had
insisted there would a been only
one murder and father would still he
with us. 1t is causing her much grief.
especially since her attitude toward DIR.
Waite has changed and she believes
him guilty
Young MIR. Pecl, also said that his
first suspicious OF DIR. Waite were
aroused the day following the burial
of John T.. Peck.
"Dr. Waite went to a moving com
many he said. "and ordered two vans
sent to our house at once TO remove
all the furniture and personal effects
v Mich belonged To Clara. ! happened
to come ia and find tho men as they
started 10 work. 7 Immediately or
dcred them away. 7 believe he Intended
10 take the property 10 New York and
dispose Of IL. lie could easily have got
$4,000 for IL.
MY sister ls utterly crushed. She
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26
KILLED SHERIFF, BUT
As A JOKE, SAYS BRIDE
Mrs. IIadlcy. Captured With
Husband. Chidcs Officers
for Lost 1000.

MrsKoGEE. Okla. March 25.-Mrs.
Paul V. Hadley OF Kansas city, IN Jail
az Eufaula. to-day assumed blame 70
the shooting Of Sheriff Jako Giles OF =
train near Chcco'ah. okla, Yesterday.
Her husband. who was captured with
tradict her.
Mrs. Hadlcy spoke for herself and her
husband. She chided their captors FOR
not finding u cool Thousand dullcA
which she los, from her stocking n.
field during their iiigh, She called
the deputy sherins 'hicks.'
II was learned to-day that sheriff
Giles WAS warned on the train 20 watch
the Hadleys. but refused 10 hanIcuf
the husband, saying he had known him
twenty years and trusted him. The
couple probably will be- given a pre-
liminary hearing OH a charge OF muir
der IN Eufaula within Il week. Masons
and Elks last night sent the SheriY's
body to Beaumont for burial.
The Hadleys were caught In tho Cana
dian River bottoms at a farmhouse nine
miles from Chccotah. The first question
Mrs. Hadley asked was: us tho Sheriff
dead?' She was told that he had died
soon after he had been shot.
Good, good she is said to have ex-
claimed. After their capture and while
waiting at the county seat Mrs. IIadley
is reported 10 have declared that tho
shooting WAS the result of an attempted
joke. that She crcpt up behind the Sher-
IN. intending TO have "a laugh Oh Mn"
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of Music she accepted his offer to drive
her home. Her husband. Mrs. Horton
said. knew Of her close friendship with
Ir. Waite. hut did not object TO II.
At times during tile examination yes
terday Mr.. Horton would leave the
room when II was thought advisable
during certain parts of her story that
he should do so.
Mrs. Horton said that her maiden
name was Margaret Weaver and that
she cane to New York from her native
city Of Missoula. Mont. "A few years ago.
She and Dr. Waite, she said, had first
gone to the Plaza for luncheon a few
times before getting u room there. and
h, had told her recently that he was
wealthy and soon would rome into
more money"
one day at luncheon at the Plaza. she
said. she had asked him to get a table
near til" orchestra. lie refused. how
ever. saying that there were people In
That part OF the room that he did not
want to run into just then. MIR. Dooling
said that In the event of the trial OF Dr.
Waite, who will probably he indicted to-
morrow or Tuesday at the latest. Mrs.
Horton will be a witness. She will not
bc detained In the meantime. however.
Percy Peck. whose refusal to have his
fathers body cremated resulted In tn,
case against DIR. Waite. IL expected to
come here tomorrow.
At Bellevue late last night the con-
tinucd Improvement OF Dr. Waite was
reported. Or, Connolly said he believed
that the DENTS, will h, well enough tn
bc taken to the Tombs within four OF
five days. Dr. Waite was comparatively
laxative yesterday and asked many
times for his brother before Frank waite
arrived at the prison ward. The dentist
wanted. he said. to have his brothers
assurances that his parents and family
would stick by him.
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SHE PUTS THE SHERIFF OUT.
Defends Her Furniture with Ooxs
aud Revolver.

WiLkEsBARRE Pa, March 2j.-Carl
Eiss, % of Sheriff George Buss and
hrsi deputy IN his fathers office. was
elected to-day 10y Mrs. Dora Borsz from
her home while trying to recover unpaid
FOR furniture on n wit. When he at
tempted TO enter the woman held him AZ
bay with q loaded revolver and a pair Of
bulldogs.
She was arrested later and Buss was
able to recover the goods.
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Mrs. Horton Gives Evidence Of
Dentists Possession Of
POi>Ons.
LETTERS TURNED OVER

~ Arthur Warren Waite, the young
dou'.>' ROW held IN the prison ward of
B,,.'tu" Hospital an Il Charge Of muir
der follow ING tnc deaths Of the parents
o. H. wife. Mr. and Mrs. John r.. Peck
Of Gaud Rapids. Mich. intended. the
p.tu,i Attorney believes. to kill at
least two others. and perhaps more.
"lu fact there seemed TO he no limit"
b. tie Way Assistant District Attorney
john T Dooling put 1t yesterday when
asked II the evidence SO FAR brought to
l-h; Indicated that Dr. waite had de-
sgr- against the lives Of others besides
Nj and Mrs i'ecK.
The "limitlcss' poisoniugs which the
officials believe the dentist contemplated
No-c added to specifically during "A long
examination IN the District Attorneys
ofnce yesterday If Mis. Margaret tIor-
ton. the prcposscSsing young singer with
whom nr. Waite had engaged a room
A, the Plaza Hotel as DIR. and Mrs. A..
" waters last February. which was
,,taucd until Dr. Matte returned from
Grand Rapids a week ago yesterday and
warned Mrs Horton over the telephone
iuMcd atcly upon his arrival to pay
t1c hotel hill and get out"
Mrs. Horton had given TO representa-
,ycs OF the District Attorneys ufiice
da, before yesterday a statement in
which she said mat she and pr. Waite
had engaged the room merely to use as
- music studio. TIL. statement ON fri-
Uty R,s made when Mrs. Horizons hus-
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Jay have to 70 to a aantarium.

am going to New York Sunday and !
shall do my best to convict Arthur
Francis y. Mancuso. Assistant District
Attorney Of New York his assistant,
DR.. Perry Schurtz and DR.. H. y. Bill
ings. who performed the FIRST autopsy
IN John T.. Peck's body. and MIR. and
Mrs. Percy Peck. with several other Wit
ncescs. whose names MIR. Mancuso re-
fused to- disclose. will leave for New
York over the Michigan Central at IL
A. NJ. Tomorrow.