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Askov American., 1917-12-27
A Message to the President.

The following telegram was
sent by the patriotic members of
the Bohemian organization of
Denham:
"Denham, Mimi, Dec. 17th,
1917. President Woodrow Wilson,
Washington, D. C..-We are
proud of our adopted country
and of our president. BY declar-
ing war on Austria America is as
one with the Allies. Bohemians
of Denham, Minnesota pledge
you their last dollar and last
drop of blood to conquer the Cen
trail Empires and make the world
safe for democracy Bohemian
Fraternal Organizations of Den
ham Minnesota.
Jos. Hrubes, Secretary"
From the Sturgeon Lake Hust-
ler.
Askov American., 1917-12-27

and Nordlyset, Danish; Svenska
.Amerikaneren, Svenska Ameri-
kanska Posten, Svenska Folkets
Tidning, Svenska Tribunen N.Y.
heter, Nordstjernan, Minnesota
Stats Tidning, Skandinaven,
Svenska Kuriren, Finska Ameri-
kaneren, and Vestkusten, all
Swedish. More than $500 was
contributed to the total foreign
language newspaper fund of
$1O,137.21.
Askov American., 1917-12-27
SOLDIER AND SAILOR
INSURANCE

The insurance offered by the
United States Government to
members Of its military and ma
val forces has been called the
Laost just and humane provision
ever made by any nation for its
soldiers and sailors.
That its value and advantages
are appreciated by the Army and
Navy is evidenced by the extent
which it has been availed of. Sc
cretary of the Treasury McAdoo
officially announced on Decem-
Der IA that 238,924 applications
had already been received, repre-
senting $2.073. .728, 500 of insur-
ance.
The average amount for appli-
cants is $3.50, which is very lit
tie less than the maximum of
$4,000. The American forces in
France were prompt in availing
themselves Of the insurance, Gen.
Pershing himself subscribing TO
the maximum Of $4,000.
Askov American., 1917-12-27
HAY AND STRAW

A carload Of hay is rolling, and
expected here the last of this
week. There is a couple of tons
more than ordered. The vice
president of the G. NJ, Mr.. Bell
promised a couple cars week
for loading straw; l hope it will
come true.
Ludwig Mosbak.
Askov American., 1917-12-27
OLD CITIZEN OF SANDSTONE
PASSES AWAY

Hans Kruse who has been a
steady employee of the G. N. Ry.
as section foreman at Sandstone
for the past Is years, died at his
home in that village on, Christ
mas day. Mr.. Kruse was man
of about 70; he leaves wife and
two daughters and one son.
Askov American., 1917-12-27
u. s. DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Office of Field Agent.

Fergus Falls, MINI, Dec. 49,
According to the estimates as
compiled by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and made
public today for the United
States and for the State of Min
nesota, indicate that the farmers
have patriotically responded to
the call for increased acreage of
both winter wheat and rye.
1t is estimated that the area
planted to Winter Wheat in the
fall of 1917 for the United States
to be 42,400,0OO acres compared
with 40,534,OOO acres planted last
year.
The condition for the United
States on Dec. l, was 1913 per
cent of normal, compared with
S5.7 last year and 1913 the ten
year average on Dec.1.
For Rye planted in fall of
1917, in the United States there
is estimtaed to be 6,12O,OOO acres
compared with 4,4SO,OOO acres
planted last year.
Condition December l, was 84.1
per cent of normal, compared
with 1873 last year and 92.2 the
ten year average condition on
December /.
The detailed report for the
United States and the State of
Minnesota is as follows:
Winter Wheat.
UNITED STATES. Prelimina-
ry estimate, area planted in fall
of 1917 42,2OO,OOO acres as COM
pared with 4O,534,OOO acres last
year.
Condition, Dec. /, 1913 as COM
pared with 85.7 on Dec. / last
year and 10 year average Of 1913
per cent. .
MINNESOTA. Preliminary es-
innate, area planted in fall of
1917 $4,000 acres as compared
with $1,000 last year.
The increase of acreage is
largely in the south central part
of the state where crop is in
creasing in acreage.
Condition Dec. l, was SO per
cent of normal, compared with
90 year ago and 90 the four
year average. Soil conditions
and growth were favorable in
the south central counties.
Rye.
UNITED STATES. Prelimina-
ry estimate area planted in the
fall of 1917 6,12O,OOO acres, COM
pared with 4,48O,0OO acres
planted last year.
Condition Dec. /, 84.1 per cent
of normal, compared with 1873
lest year and 92.2 the ten year
average on December /.
MINNESOTA. Preliminary es-
innate of area planted in fall of
1917 $4,000 acres as compared
with 100000 acres last year.
The dry fall seriously ham,
pered the seeding of fall rye in
the. north western part of the
state, where under favorable
conditions the acreage would
have been considerably increased.
However, with favorable spring
weather spring rye will be
planted.
Condition, Dec. l, was 80 per
Askov American., 1917-12-27

Don't try to court that girl. She
has . heart of marble"
"Then the best thing to do i to
leave it in statu quo"
Askov American., 1917-12-27
news AMONG
SCANDINAvIANS
Interesting Items From Far
and Near About People
From the North.

Danish Brotherhood lodge No.
4, Racine, Wis, the largest lodge
of the organization, has decided
to abolish the annual anniver-
sary festivities this year. In
view of the war, the officials
deemed a celebration improper.
The Minnesota state auditor, J.
A. 0. Preus, who is of Norwegian
parentage, is being mentioned as
candidate to succeed Ernst Lun-
deem as a member of congress
from the fifth congressional Min
nesota district. For three years
Mr.. Preus was Sen. Knute
Nelson's private secretary.
A young Swedish singer, Greta
Torpadie, recently gave concert
in the fashionable Aeolian hall,
New York, and was most en-
Enthusiastically applauded by the
audience as we'll as by the critics.
The New York World thinks she
could have rendered all of her
songs as encores and been
greeted with increasing enthusi-
asm.
Certain signs have appeared to
indicate that a consolidation of
the two Danish Lutheran church.
es in America may be consum-
mated altho it will not be for
some years. At present the ques-
tion is being discussed seriously
in the press which is closely
allied with the churches, and
representative leaders of each
church are inclined to favor the
proposal.
Peter Hendrikson, IS years
old, died last week at Foxcroft,
Maine. He was born near Skien,
Norway, came to Racine county,
Wis.,, 1845, graduated from Beloit
college, Wis.,, 1869, studied for
some time in Norway and Ger
many as we'll as in Chicago.
Henrickson was we'll known as a
teacher of languages, and had
also at one time been editor of
the Norwegian Chicago. paper,
the Scandinavian; he was also
known as an author. The de-
ceased was a veteran of the Civil
war.
One of the oldest members of
the Swedish colony in New York,
Alarick O. G. Henschen, was run
over by an automobile last week
and taken to the Bellevue hospi-
tai where he died of his injuries.
Mr.. Henschen was born in Lund
in 1841 and had been in this
country for many years. At one
one time he was the owner of
vast estates in the southern part
of Sweden and had also been one
of the government officials who
control the liquor trade of his
native country.
II want to die close to the
monument of the greatest of all
warriors" these were the last
words of Hans Peter Hansen,
Danish sailor who shot himself
at the foot of the Robert E. Lee
monument in New Orleans, La,
Hansen had been mentally un-
balanced and in i'll health other
wise ever since the ship on
which he was employed as able
seaman, was torpedoed by Ger
man submarine ten months ago.
At that time Hansen was forced
to spend 48 hours on the sea in
an open boat before he was res
cued.
Oswald F. Fjelde, a brother of
the widely known Norwegian
sculptor, Jacob Fjelde, died in
Minneapolis last week aged "a.
He was born at Aalesund and
came to America in 1870 with
Askov American., 1917-12-27
IN THE susuRsa.

why il that policeman looking
70 attentively at your cottager'
II guess he has noticed that the
vine upon it is a porch-climber."
Askov American., 1917-12-27
THE LIMIT.

"The discipline in the navy, they
NY, il very strict"
Eyes; / understand they oven
dock the vessels.S
Askov American., 1917-12-27

dSO OSVdlu Jcluc NuOVcu W
Minneapolis where he lived as a
cabinetmaker. One of the sur
viving brothers is the prominent
Fargo. N. D., physician, DR.. Her
man O. Fjelde.
An extreme case of honesty is
reported from Chicago where H.
Hjalmar Heldberg, an elderly
Swede, appeared at a police Of
flee the other day and gave
81 ,026 to the police. He ex-
planned that Is years ago he had
found a pocketbook containing
$4O0 and as he needed the money
he kept it. Since that time he
attained affluence and now wan.
ted the police to return the
money, with the interest &C.
cumulated during Is years, to
the owner of the original $40O.
If the owner cannot be found the
money will go to the pension
fund of the Chicago police force.
Walter N. and John P. Nelson
in Viborg, S. D., insist that they
are Danes although they were
born in Schleswig which is a part
of Prussia since 1864. The two
brothers have made attempts at
Sioux Falls as we'll as at Aber-
deem to enlist in the United
States army, but enlistment has
been refused on the ground that
they are enemy aliens" 1t ap-
pears as tho it will be necessary
for the United States war de-
partment to make ruling affec-
ting this particular class of ali
ems who certainly not by any
stretch of imagination can be
called enemies"
Nordisk Tidende in Brooklyn,
| N. Y, is authority for the state
ment that S63,0O0,OO0 consti-
tutes Norwegian capital depo-
sited in New York banks, princi-
pally in the National City bank.
Much of this money is deposited
in America for the purpose of
injecting payments due for goods
to be shipped to Norway, and
other parts of the capital repre-
sent income by Norwegian ship
owners in this country who
prefer to keep their money here
to having it forwarded to Nor
way where the current rate is
only 35 cents per krone. If the
money deposited here should be
sent to Norway at this time, it
would be with considerable loss
as consequence of the extreme
ly low rate of exchange.
Nikolaus Edward Jacobson is
dead. This means much to thou
sands of Swedes in America who
have seen or heard this singer
and amateur actor, one of the
most original and eccentric mem
bers of the Swedish colony in
New York. He was born in
Sweden in 1854 aud came to the
United States in 1890. Arriving
in New York he Immediately
identified himself with Swedish
social life there and gradually
became one of the best known
men among his own compatriots.
His baritone voice was said to be
of unusual quality and as an
actor he was particularly pro-
ficient in representing parts
which required melodramatic
and majestic expression.
Twenty-one thousand packages
of cigarettes, chewing and smok-
ing tobacco have been sent to
the United States soldiers in
Belgium and France as a result
of a tobacco fund campaign car
ried on within a certain group
of foreign language newspapers
in this country. Among the pa
pers which have participated in
the campaign are nineteen Scan
dinavian. namely: Skandinaven,
Decorah Posten, Fremad, WISER
gutten, all Norwegian; Ugebla-
Askov American., 1917-12-27

cent of normal compared with
80 a year ago and 90 the ten
year average on Dec. l.
The extreme dryness in the
north western part of the state
was unfavorable to best growth
and development of crop. The
crop in other parts of state is re-
ported as having made a most ex-
cellent growth and goes into the
winter under the most favorable
conditions.
Askov American., 1917-12-27

Get the habit of reporting
news to the American.
Askov American., 1917-12-27
Weather Conditions.

Mr.. U. G. Purssell, Meteorolo-
gist of the U. S. Weather Bureau;
Minneapolis, says, Weather con-
ditions were unusually fine dur
ing November. The precipita-
tion was deficient over the entire
state. No sub-zero temperatures
were recorded"
Paul H. Kirk,
Minnesota Field Agent.
Askov American., 1917-12-27

Four months trial subscription
to the American only 80 cents.
Askov American., 1917-12-27
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The evening current., 1917-09-01

ranch and bought the Armstrong Ford
soadster and Is covering the country
just about as well as ever.
Mrs. Isaac Willhoit walked up town
ast Wednesday, made few purchases
and called on a few of her friends.
Mrs.Willhoit has not been very strong
the last few weeks, but claims to be
feeling some better at this time.
X. W. Hefner, the inspector for the
Federal Land Bank, has come and
gone as to the said proposition meet
ing with the approval Of those higher
up and the money shelled out to the
said applicants, we are not wise.
The evening current., 1917-09-01
HOME FROM OKLAHOMA

Mr. and Mrs. J. +. Fulbright have
returned from a trip to Oklahoma and
visited two married sons and their
families. One son works with the
A. ID. Lance Company and the other
has four stock farms sowed to grain.
They were there four weeks and from
-ihere they went to Dewey county
where they visited relatives and old
neighbors for two or three weeks and
while there he traded his property
here to Mr.. Young, who owns a we'll
improved farm at Cammargo, Okla.
Mr.. Fulbright paid $1,000 difference
between the two places, and they ex-
changed furniture and implements.
They were away about three and a
half months. They think they will
Nike Oklahoma, for they lived there
many years, but when one gets the
Ozone Of the Pecos valley in their
veins they nearly always come back.
They have made many friends here
who will be glad to know they will
he here until November the first, be-
fore they make the change.
The evening current., 1917-09-01
TEN DAY TRIP.

Tom Gray. wife and Miss Lucille
FARRELL are in town today, returning
from a ten day trip. going to the pie
nc ON the plains and from there they
continued their visit to Lamesa where
they visited Chester Gray, brother
OF MIR. Gray and from there they went
20 Ration where they visited the nieces
tn, Misses Gray that were here at the
ranch IN July They found everything
nice out that way and as they re-
turned they stopped in iIamlin where
another brother. George Gray, lives
and were in Knowles where Mrs. Jack
Heard lives Ms they returned. Here
<hey saw Mr.. Coydcn. She had tried
to get there before they started on
the trip as she wanted to make the
trip with them. They came to town
from Knowles yesterday and spent
the night with their daughter and
family. Mrs. Hickman, and expect to
20 to the ranch this afternoon. Mrs.
Gray is feeling fine and says she en-
joyed the trip and seeing every one.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

As II proof that blessings frequent.
iy come in disguise, the fact that cot
ton that was well cultivated is heav-
ier on fields that were not irrigated,
because Of lack of water, when il was
supposed to be necessary, is a sam
pie Many Of the farmers who could
not irrigate on account Of the lack
OF water allowed the second crop of
aitalfa to 20 to seed and are now
threshing from 300 to 500 pounds of
seed per acre. The seed sells readily
Tor l6c. and nearly all the farmers
are wondering what to do with all
their money for cotton will reach Doc
and will yield on some farms from
300 to 700 pounds per acre. With
farm in the Pccos valley yielding in
crops over 800 per acre one is in.
clined to ask, where is the business
that will beat II?
The evening current., 1917-09-01
BAD ROADS TO OR
FROM CARLSBAD.

The following is an extract of a
letter written at Lovington from Bert
Rawlins to the Current:
ut would be impossible to make
special mention fall the new enter
priseS being opened up and list the
new homes recently built. The town
is made up Of men filled with "get-up-
and-git".
Never said word about the road
over hcrc--would not want the outside
world to know that the road traversed
Eddy county" ..-
The evening current., 1917-09-01
PLEASANT DANCE.

The Misses Nettic and Hattie
Smith entertained last evening with
one Of those pleasant dancing parties
that are enjoyed by the young folks
above all other amusements. Spien-
did music was furnished by Mrs. T.
A. Wood at the piano, and for
change the victrola was used.
. The party was planned honoriny
Elmore Jones and the boys that are
leaving in the next few days for the
N. NJ. NJ. |. at Roswell. The dangers
were refreshed with ice cream and
coke. Those enjoying the dance were
Misses Lillian Crawford, Helen Wal
lace. Helen Wright. Mary Mize, Helen
,McIlvain. Mary Ussery, Grace Jones,
Grace O'Quinn, Nelly Linn, and Ethel,
Ncttie and Hattie Smith; Messrs.
Blythe McCollaum, Elmore and Leo
nard Jones, Bert Gerrclls. Charlie
Walker. Charles and Fred Rarey, Vir-
gil McCollum, Mason Dillingham;, of
Ifninview, Texas, John Snow, Fred
Pate and Arthur Breeding.
The evening current., 1917-09-01
PICNIC TO FLUME.

The family Of Mr.. Walterscheid and
the Sisters spent the day at the flume
and above, yesterday, catching some
nice fish and enjoying a day out, es-
lpecially the splendid dinner. Miss
Ella Ross went to Loving in the af-
ternoon and Miss Bertie Adams spent
the day with Mrs. Weeks. so every
one at the Sisters sanitarium who
could get away enjoyed the day.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

A social time and one of the best
picnic spreads, was served by the
Baptist ladies Thursday afternoon at
the j. r. Boyd home on the lawn.
The ladies took their children and
they certainly enjoyed the outing
Just think Of good things to eat, and
one had only to look over the we'll
hlled table and there it was before
you. The one favorite dish was fried
chicken. The long table was spread
on the lawn. The children played
games and the ladies talked. There
were thirty ladies and the children.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Marvin Livingston and wife are IN
from the ranch today. Marvin says
they got very good rain at the
house which is situated in Lone Tree
draw. but the other range is needing
Tain badly. He fears il rain does aot
come soon they will lose some cattle
as they are eating sage brush now and
the turpentine in the sage frush is no,
good for the cattle.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Dolph Shattuck was in from Queen
last night to bring Mrs. B. d. Wright,
whose husband was operated on at
the Anderson sanitarium the first Of
the week. Mr.. Shattuck says Mrs.
SiYord Is much better now. She was
III with fever forty-eight days before
u broke.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Miss Clyda Cook and younger sis
ter who will enter the Carlsbad High
school have rooms with Mr.. and Mrs.
T. !. Day. Miss Clyda Cook is one
Of the teachers for Carlsbad's school
this term. Another sister. Miss G.
Cook. has gone up to Lakewood where
she has been employed as teacher.
The young ladies are daughters Of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Cook, Of Loving,
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Mrs. Garfield and the girls write
Mrs. Mcclure they are making their
home at Bloomsbury. Texas, where
they are building new house and
expect to spend the winter there. Mrs.
Garfield says she is still improving in
health.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Johnnie Hewitt. Jr.. made a trim TO
Queen yesterday 70 Summons jurors
for the coming term Of court, and
Misses Lillian Bearup and Virginia
Thayer made the trip with him.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Mrs. Mabel Polk came yesterday
from Las Vegas and Portales. Mrs.
Polk spent three months at the nor
NAL in Las Vegas, taking extra work.
She will be primary teacher here in
the Grammer school.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Mrs. j. r. Mcclure. who recently.
with her family, ran the Carlsbad
bakery and have moved TO Lakewood,
came down yesterday to look after
business.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Mr.. and Mrs. L. +. Hayes and the
children Bascomb and Lucille, returned
yesterday from delightful trip
through Kentucky and Tennessee.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

The range horse business has about
passed into history for it is well nigh
impossible to sell even a 1000 pound
animal now at any price.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

X. II. Judkins is moving $50 head
Of cattle. cows and calves to Pinon,
where he will fatten chem. They say
the grass is fine there.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

FOR SAGE.-My collection of
house plants at the Rightway hotel.
| will only ts here few days.
MRS. G. BLEVENS.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

c. {. Keller is here today from
the ranch west Of town A number
.of cowmen are looking over the grass
proposition with n view Of leasing it
for their cattle.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Frank Pompa and wife are rejoicing
over the arrival Of nine pound baby
boy. who came to their home Tuesday
the 28th Of August.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

License to wed were issued yester-
day to Baslio Gonzales, and Luana
Bustamente, both Of Avtesia.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Wilks Glasscock came in from the
ranch this morning. He thinks it Is
an easy job to come to town now since
he has the car that travels.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

FOR SALE.-Modern home on best
street in town. Inquire at this Of
fice.
The evening current., 1917-09-01

Mrs. Virgil Albritton is with the
Peoples Mercantile as saleslady, be-
ing there today.
The evening current., 1917-09-01
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The evening current., 1917-09-01

Mrs. John Burns will be operated
on tomorrow at the Eddy County Hos
pital.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
SUGAR SHORTAGE
ONLY TEMPORARY
Large Amounts I'm New York Ware
house 9 Await Release of Russian
and Finnish Governments.

Washington. Oct. 2s.-The release
of $500 tons Of sugar held in New
York warehouses awaits the permits
sion of he Russian and Finnish gov
ernments, to whom the sugar belongs.
This announcement was made by the
food administration today. The other
sugar. amounting to rs, 500 tons, re-
Gently released at New York. was the
property of France and waa released
as soon as permission WAS secured
from the French government.
The food administration declares
that the shortage Is q purely tempo
rary one. that no one has really suf-
fered on account of 1t. and that 1t re-
CARDS the shortage as a good lesson
in the necessity OF conserving food.
Europe has had sugar shortage
worse than this for three years" said
Mr.. Hoover, grimly.
The sugar released at New York
can only be sold at a slight increase
over the governments price and the
manufacturers. so that the general
sugar market will not be disturbed
The sugar found in n Buffalo ware
house a week ago, the food admins
tration says, is for the use of milk
condensers nearby and Is not more
than enough for their needs. as fall
ure of their sugar supply would re-
salt In n tremendous loss of milk
The food administration today takes
occasion TO deny any lack of CO.
operation on the part Of G. A.
Spreckels, of the Federal Sugar Re
filming company, Mr.. Spreckels was
he fret great refiner to sign a con-
tract With the 70 ID administration.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-29
.D|luOy-A-hONTH
STRIDE IS STRUCK

Washington, Oct. 2s.-The United
States has hit the billion "a month
stride in her war expenditures and
has not yet attained her full rate of
speed Estimates of the payments for
the current month will show slight
ly over thousand million dollars. or
over $35.0o0,000 for each day.
The estimates submitted to con-
gress called for $4,000. 100000 for
tho year. or at tho rate Of billion
and three-quarters "A month. This
rate of expenditure will be reached.
II IL predicted, and passed later on
when all OF our armies are in the
field here and abroad.
Huge payments on the shipping
program and the navy's destroyer con-
struction. the summoninE of the drst
draft quota. and the provisioning of
the ever growing forces in France are
the items at home that have swelled
the budget for October. To this must
be added the loans to the allies which
this month have mounted to nearly
three hundred millions.