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The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-04-14

Fellow Countryman;
Our country is at war. We all
have a part to play in the handling
of the national crisis. Men are need
ed in the armies and needed badly,
but producers who will furnish food
or clothing for our armies and those
of our allies, are needed just as much.
The men on high-producing farms
or in well-managed shops; the women
in carefully handled homes or fact
cries, can render an equally necess-
airy and important service.
Increased production and conser-
walton of all the necessities of life
should be pushed with energy.
Utah communities should be self
supporting and should aim to supply
foodstuff in abundance for shipment.
Every individual should support
the committee in charge of this cam
paign and should do his part at home,
to meet this national emergency.
Very truly yours,
John T. Game III.
Director, Extension Division,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

STOCK MARKET

New York, Jan. 4-Opening-Fur
Their substantial gains were register
ed at today's opening, although trad
ing proceeded more cautiously as a
result Of impending uncertainties in
the International situation. U. S.
Steel was again the outstanding fea-
ture, it's initial transaction Of $4,000
shares being made at an extreme gain
of practically point Bethlehem
Steel rose five, with / to points for
leather issues, sugars and Industrial
Alcohol. Metals and motors were
fractionally higher but shipping
shares denoted pressure, Marine pre-
ferred losing points. Rails remain
ed in the background with no note
worthy changes.
Noon-Material recessions set in
soon after the opening, Steel declining
2 points with as much for other lead
ers. The setback was concurrent
with reports circulated in the street
and later denied that the Federal Re-
serve Board had reiterated with
greater emphasis it's warning to banks
against investment in short term for
eign loans. Oils also reflected ad-
vices from Mexico, losing to
points. There was temporary rally
but at midday advances were again
ing, which carried Steel and other
prominent stocks under minimum
nrices of the first hour Canadian
Pacific was heaviest Of the rails, los
ing Az points.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, S.,
PROBATE COURT.

January, 5, A. L., lSlI.
Estate of Patrick Feeney, lare OF
the town of Bridgeport in said dis
trict, deceased.
Upon the application of the admin
istratrix with the. will annexed,
praying that she be allowed to COM
promise and settle a doubtful and dis
puted claim as per application on file
more fully appears, it is
Ordered-That said application be
heard and determined at the Probate
Office, in Bridgeport, in said district,
on the 9Th day of January, A. d.,
1917, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon,
and that notice be given of the pend
ency of said application and the
time and place Of hearing thereon,
by publishing this order once in some
newspaper having a circulation in
said district, on or before the 4th day
of January, 1917, and return make
to this court.
PAUL L. MILLER,
az Judge
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

to which European countries which
have practiced state socialistfc or col
lectivistic methods in the control not
only of industry and trade. but even
Of public appetites and food supplies,
as military measures, may seek to ap-
ply these methods to the struggle
with US for old or new markets. To
paraphrase the poet, it has seemed of
late that abroad, at least, where ma
tional control and participation in
trade and industry are accepted as an
everyday matter, as though the in
dividual has withered and the state
is more and more. To what extent
American business men, shackled by
evidently outworn laws based on the
cries of unrestricted competition, are
prepared to meet this possible Euro
pean combination of state and private
competition, if, as seems probab it
eventuates, is perhaps the most cru
cial question in the entire situation
New and strange economic forces are
evidently to be met with after the
war; but it at least may be said that
American business mems eyes are
open to the difficulties confronting
them, and the country faces the prob
lens of 1917 with costs of operation
at a high level, it is true, but with
wealth Of capital never before pos
sessed, with a population not decim-
ated or crippled by death or wounds
with a new and rapidly growing mer-
chant marine, with a solidly establish
ed shipbuilding industry, and with
clearer ideas of what constitutes fl
nancial, commercial and military pre-
paredness than it ever had before. It
is very evidently no time for playing
parish politics, so far as governmental
interference with or hamstringing of
business, industry and transportation
is concerned. Certainly, if we fail in
this future, apparently irrepressible,
conflict, it will not be for lack of ade-
quate warning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
November Exports Set New Record.

! Exports for November were the
| largest on record, exceeding those for
September by 100000. The total
for November, as announced by the
| Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, of the Department of
Commerce, is $517,9OO,0OO. The total
exports for the II months ended with
| November were $4,961, 900,
period in 1915 and $2,250,8 100000 in
1913, which was the largest total for
normal years.
November imports were valued at
| SLIT, 100000, representing a slight
decrease when compared with those
for October ($178,700,0o0) but ex-
ceeding by s21,500.o00 those for No
vember, 1915, and by $35,O00,O00, or
25 per cent, the November average
from 1911 to 1915. The II months
| imports were valued at $2,186,8O0,-
900, as against 06,sO0,O0O in 1915,
and s1,674600,000 in 1914, the
former high-record year in imports.
OF the November imports, 66 per
cent. entered free Of duty. being
about the same proportion as that for
November, 1915.
The United States entered upon the
last month of the year with a foreign
trade of $7,148,00o,00O for II months
and with prospects that the years
trade will approximate $780, 200, 900
in value. This estimate is based on
actual results for November LIZA
The favorable trade balance for
November was $340,900,000. or about
twice as much as for November, 1915,
and four times as much as for No
vember, 1914. The excess of exports
over imports for the II months Of
1916 was $2,774,40 0,00O,s compared
with $1,5S8,60O,O00 in 1915 and
$19340O,000 in 1914.
The net inward gold movement to-
tailed $20.100,00O for the month and
1893, 100000 for the II months ending
with November. Like periods of
1915 gave S57, 800, O0U and $685., 900, 900
respectively; while in 1914 there was
a net outward gold movement of ST.
100000 for the month and $780,
100000 for the II months. Gold inn
ports in November totaled $46,500,-
900, the smallest with one exception
during the last six months, and rep
resenting a drop from $122,70O, 900 in
June. Gold exports in November ag-
gregated $26,300,000, the largest
figure shown by, any earlier month Of
the year. The II months show gold
imports of 1927, 10000 and gold ex-
ports to the value of 127,So0, 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
LIVE STOCK MARKET.

Beeves-Prime native sides selling
at II a Is 1-2c
Calves-Veals sold at 81 q Is per
100 lbs. Veals, 10 @ 23c; country
dressed. II q 21c: dressed barnyard
and fed calves, Is q Tic.
Sheep and Lambs-Sheep (ewes) sold
at Sc @ IS per 100 lbs; lambs, $12 @ $14;
dressed mutton, II @ Is 1-2c; dressed
lambs, 10 a zoe; hog dressed, 21c.
Hogs-Country dressed hogs, IL 1-2
a lee for heavy to medium weights;
roasting pigs, Is q zoe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
World Of Finance
BRADSTREET'S REVIEW OF The
BUSINESS YEAR, With 1878
FORECAST; RECORD ACTIVITIES

European Buying of Food Munitions and General Lines
= Reaches Unprecedented Heights New Levels of Elk
ports and Imports Industry Active as Never Before
War Levels of Prices Exceeded While at Peace
Peace Talk in Late Fall Sobers Outlook, But Full
Years Business Ahead Reported in Many Lines.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

August Hermann was reelected
chairman of the National Baseball
commission. John E. Bruce was re-
elected secretary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

Judge John F. Mcintyre, newly elect
ed judge Of general sessions, assumed
his dutie>
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

Report was made to the police that
the bodies of three persons had been
found in a gas filled room of Surf
avenue hotel at Coney Island.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
New York Stock
Exchange Quotations

Reported over the private wires of
T. L. Watson & Co., Bankers and
Brokers, Corner Main and John SITS,
Bridgeport, Conn. Members of New
York Stock Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

ported to prove OR disprove the effect
of this treatment.
H. F. JUDKINS,
Dairy Department,
Conn. Agri. College.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
Bridgeport Line
g NEW YORK
Fare 60 Cents

STEAMER NAUGATUCK
Week Days
Lv. B'p't, Pequonnock Dock, a. r.
Due N. z, Pier 70, e. r. 11:45 a. m.
Due N. Y. Pier 81, e. r. 1918 noon
Ret. Lv. N. Y. ,Catharine ST. $500 p. m.
Lv. Foot East 22nd st. 3:15 p. m.
Due Bridgeport 7:15 p. m.
j. III. COSGRLFT, Agent
The New England Steamship Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
NOTICE
BRIDGEPORT
HYDRAULIC COMPANY
No 020 Main Street:

Water rates for the quarter ending
January LIST, 1917, are NOW DUE and
payable at the office Of the Company,
No. $40 Main Street. All bills must
be paid on or before January Is, 1917.
Business hours on Saturdays from
8 a. m. to IL m.
or the accommodation of the pub
lie the office will be kept open from
a. m. to p. M, Tuesday, January 2,
and Monday, January 8th, 1917.
ALBERT E. LAVERY, Secretary.
Az t.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

Villa followers have captured and
looted the town of Salinas Hildalgo,
south of Villadama, between Laredo
and Monterey.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

Fire destroyed the annex of the
Hotel Buena Vista, at Bath, Beach,
Brooklyn at a loss of $4,000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04

Gratitude for American assistance to
the BeIgians was conveyed to Presi-
dent Wilson in a New Years message
from King Albert
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-04
BOSTON STOCKS.

Boston 1880 p. m. Prices reported
Over Private Wire to T. L.
Watson & Co.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27
HEALTH PREPAREDNESS
MEETING

The health problems of war
times feature the 5th Annual
Mississippi Valley tuberculosis
Conference to be held in the
Twin Cities October s, 9 and 10.
On the program, which has
just been completed by DR.. I. J..
Murphy of the Minnesota Public
Health Association, are promi-
nent authorities from both the
United States and Canada. AS
secretary of the conference, DR..
Murphy makes this announce
ment, "All who are interested in
health promotion, both lay and
professional workers, are invited
to attend this conference. Par
ticular emphasis is placed upon
Child Welfare Work, School Hy-
giene, County Health Nurses and
fCounty tuberculosis Sanatoria.
While October 10 would be
the date for Minnesota's Annual
Health Program, this year no
separate program will be held,
but everybody is invited to at
tend all three days of the Mis-
sissippi Valley Conference. Oct.
| 8, headquarters are: Radisson
Hotel, Minneapolis; Oct. 9, Medi-
cal School, University; Oct. 10,
i St. Paul Hotel, St. Paul. Nurses
and physicians from all parts of
the state will attend because
their Annual Meetings are to be
held at the same time
All who are interested in i'm
proving local health conditions
should attend. Copies of the
program will be mailed free to
anyone writing the Minnesota
Public Health Association, Old
Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27

There should be a course of
training in the public schools
which would aim to teach the
rising generation to beware Of
such schemes" says Mr.. Schultz.
He says further that since the
"Blue-Sky" law went into effect
in Minnesota, July l, there have
been dozens of applications for
licenses by companies or organi-
cations, whose only purpose is
apparently to get rich quick
Our difficulties are not with
legitimate enterprises of which
there are hundreds operating in
Minnesota" says Mr.. Schultz,
but the glib promoter with an
alleged mine somewhere or a
fine gushing oil field is the bane
OF the commission.
Since the law went into opera
ton, however, these irresponsi-
BILE organizations have begun to
realize that Minnesota investors
are to be protected against such
schemes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27
PATRIOTS WHO REMAIN AT
HOME TAKE NOTICE

Pine County will have 1856
drafted men in the training camp
by the 5th of October. We have
about 200 volunteers, making a
total of over $50 boys represent
ing Pine County in this worlds
war for liberty. We who stay
at home should see to it that
these boys do not lack for any
thing essential to their comfort
and we'll being.
1t is the wish of the County
Organization to supply each one
of these boys with a comfort kit
that costs ST each. 1t is the de-
sire of the Association to do ma
ny other things for their COM
fort. We should be prepared to
lend a helping hand to any fami-
ly who may heed assistance, as
the result of a member of the fa-
mily being called to the colors.
Those who stay at home can we'll
afford to give literally to this
cause.
We are asking the newspapers
to publish this appeal and to
take subscriptions acknowledge
ing them weekly and renting
the funds to A., S. Dean, Sand
stone, Treasurer Of the Pine
County Public Safety Associa.
tion to be expended by it's off.
GERS for the above purposes.
Many other counties are pro-
viding literally along this line,
and we should do our part.
Send in your contribution and
make it as liberal as possible.
Yours truly,
Pine County Public Safety Ass'n
F. R. Duxbury, chairman.
George Empey, secretary.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27
GOOD FAIR AT
ASKOv SATURDAY
Exhibits are Larger Than at
Previous Years. Big Crowd
and Good Time.

The 1917 fair at Askov sur
passed our fairs of previous
years. There were about 1000
people in attendance and in spite
of the early frost the exhibits
of produce were good. The ex-
hibit of live stock was large. The
H. c. Andersen school building
and grounds had been secured
as the site of the fair and this
was thing which helped out
materially. The large rooms
were used to good advantage. In
the basement or gymnasium
room the women of the Red
Cross Society served coffee and
cake to over 600 people which
netted them about $50. They
wish to express thanks to those
who patronized them so literally
and to the mattresses and others
who helped, and not to forget,
the donators of all the eatables.
A. ]. Mcclure of the State
University, was Judge of live
stock and incidentally gave farm
ers many good pointers about
their stock. S. A. Colliver of
the Sandstone High Schools, was
judge of produce department,
and a woman from the State
University was Judge in the
woman's department.
A short program was carried
out about $3.50 at which time
Banker L. G. Pedersen bade the
visitors welcome, especially
those from Sandstone, from
which place good sized delega-
tion had come.
Principal of our schools, F.
Clarey Nielsen, made q short pa
triotic address, urging the sup
port of everybody to our govern
ment during this day of trials.
The Askov Band played . num-
4 ~
ber Of selections and good lively
marches.
Those in charge of the fair
wish to express thanks to the
community as a whole for their
support in the 1917 fair and
especially do they wish to thank
all donators and exhibitors.
Following is list of the
prizes awarded and to whom
they were awarded:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27
TO SAFEGUARD INDUSTRY

With the thousands Of Mime
sofa boys now starting for their
training camps to join those al
ready there, the responsibilities
of every man, woman and child
increase in the effort to give
them united support by the car
ryine out Of their duties at
home.
The safeguarding of all indus
tries is a wartime necessity in
order to promote the highest de-
gree Of efficiency and produc-
ton.
The Minnesota Commission Of
Public Safety believes that it is
highly important at this time to
call the attention of the individ-
ual to his personal responsibility
in the matter of fire prevention
on any property that is directly
or indirectly under his control.
The per capita fire loss in 1915
was Sill. 1t was increased in
1916 to $2.1O. This means that
the price of 10000 aeroplanes
went up in smoke and aeroplanes
will be very necessary and i'm
portant in helping the boys
Somewhere in France" win
their battles and bring victory to
our government in this war for
liberty and democracy. Most OF
these fires were preventable and
inexcusable.
Every factory, warehouse and
elevator is a part Of the nations
assets. No true patriot can be
indifferent to his duty and re.
sponsibility in protecting his
property to the last degree and
thus doing his individual part in
conserving the nations re-
sources. The nation cannot af.
ford inexcusable losses in this
war crisis and every precaution
must be made to prevent them
An extra inspection is Urged
in every community, large and
small, by the local fire chiefs and
wardens. The citizens should
cooperate with them in every
Recommendation that they may
make.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27
MUST PLANT MORE WINTER
GRAIN

There is a healthy disposition
on the part of Minnesota farm
ers to increase their acreage in
winter wheat and rye. The pres
ent war is one of nations, more
than armies, and victory de.
pends upon the manner in which
the people engaged in all indus.
tries do their duty, unitedly and
patriotically.
There are many difficulties to
be overcome by the farmers in
considering next seasons crops
There will be a shortage of labor
which is the principal difficulty
but this win have to be over.
come thru an exchange of labor
on the part of those who employ
men in industrial lines, the or.
ganization of the Boys Reserve
Corps, etc. The labor bureau OF
the Commission will be able tc
do some very effective work
next year and has succeeded
very we'll during the first few
months of it's existence.
A careful census of men who
can be made use of in farm work
will have to be made and plans
made to utilize every available
man and boy in the handling OF
the crops.
A survey of the seed situation
will also become a necessity and
difficulties in connection with
that will have to be met and
overcome. The State Commits.
sion is keenly alive to these i'm.
portant problems and the direc.
ton of intelligent effort to the
outstanding of resources in these
lines will be among the most
important tasks. With the co.
operation of every loyal citizen
we can expect practical results
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27
BEWARE OF get RICH
QUICK" SCHEMES

The meaning of "Blue-Sky" is
pretty generally understood
among experienced investors;
however, the great majority of
people do not understand the
term.
C. G. Schultz, secretary of the
State Securities Commission, who
has been asked by many persons
to explain the expression says
that it means q stock-selling
scheme whereby the promoter
promises anywhere from so to
200 per cent profit.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27
4 FEW WORDS FROM THE
ASKOV BOYS

lamp Dodge, Iowa.
September %, 1917.
Editors, Askov American,
Askov, Minnesota.
Gentlemen:
At present we can not write
much of our trip because of lack
of time, nor can we say anything
about where we are going or
what our duties are, thru lack of
knowledge thereof. We there
for ask you to publish the fol.
lowing greeting until we can dc
better:
To the People Of Askov-
Just these few words to &C.
quaint you with our safe, tho
belated arrival at Camp Dodge
Iowa, and to express our appre.
citation of the pleasure you gave
us and the honor you did us be.
fore we left for our new duties
Sincerely yours,
The Askov Teddies.
p. S. Sept. 25th.-We have
just been informed that the De.
pot Brigade, of which we are
members, is to entrain as soon as
possible for Deming, New Mex.
leo. Address here is: 4th Co. 18th
Bin, 163rd Depot Brigade, Camp
Dodge, Iowa.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27

rest on no actual foundation Of
facts. If comments on the tick
lish affair is being withheld,
there are very prudent reasons
for it, in view of the present diff
ficulties of the international sit
uation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27

A Family Newspaper
Dare to do Our Duty
Let us have faith that right
makes might, and in that faith
let US to the end dare to do our
duty as we understand it,"
Abraham Lincoln.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27
news AMONG
SCAND|NAVIANS
Interesting Items From Far
and Near About People .
From the North

DR.. H. G. Stub, president of
the recently consolidated Nor
wegian Lutheran church of
America, is visiting the Norwe-
gian congregations in the state
of Washington.
The Swedish-American violin
player, Miss Ingrid Slettepgren,
has signed a contract with the
Shubert bureau for appearance at
the Winter Garden in New York
during the coming season.
Carl Neumann, a painter in
Chicago, has made an excellent
translation of the famous Danish
war-song, "Dengang jeg drog af-
sted", which bids fair to become
exceedingly popular in this coun-
try. The translation was sung
in public for the first time at a
concert in New York on Septem-
ber %.
Former president of the
United Norwegian Lutheran
church, Rev. T. H. Dahl in Min
neapolis, has been appointed rec
tor of the Thomas and the Fair
view hospitals in that city. The
Thomas institution is a hospital
for tuberculosis patients while
the Fairview is a general hospi-
tai.
The Swedish steamer, the
Stockholm, is reposing tran
gully in the port of Gothenburg,
and there is no immediate pro-
spect of it's making another trip
across the Atlantic because the
owners of the liner refuse to
accede to certain demands pre-
sented by Great Britain. The
Stockholm" owners take the
view that they are under no obli-
cation to obey the dictates of
the British government.
A contract for the erection of
Danish Luther church in Des
Moines, Iowa, has been let
amounting to nearly $4,000,
This amount is exslusive of the
interior decoration and equip
ment of the building. Nearly
two-thirds of the required
amount has been subscribed
among members of the Danish
Evangelical Lutheran church Of
America, and it is confidently ex.
pected that the total amount will
be raised very soon.
The remains of the Norwegian
steamer, "Kristianiafjord", which
foundered on the coast of New.
foundland a few weeks ago, were
sold at auction last week and
brought in the amount of 81, 500
The latest papers from Norway
say that the steamer carried ar
insurance of about seven million
kroner, but it is thought that il
was actually worth considerably
more. The cargo was estimated
to be worth about $4,000, 900
To what extent this was covered
by insurance, is not yet known.
A young Swede in this coun-
try, Elov Nilsson, enlisted in the
French army during the early
part of the war and has seen
. some rather hot fighting in Elan.
ders. He has now published 8
book, 'Svenska hjaltar vid from.
ten,, Swedish Heroes at the
'FRONT.' which in trenchant lang
uage tells the story of a number
of battles in which the author
took part. Mr.. Nilsson now lives
in Worcester, Mass, where he is
trying to recuperate from
wounds sustained while in the
trenches.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-09-27

Farmers-There is no easier or
cheaper way of selling stock or
anything else on the farm, than
by using the American Want Col
umn; s cents a line.