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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19

Mrs. Ella White went to Kan
sas City Monday for the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. McCor-
mick went to Higginsville Mon
day where they viii make
their future home.
Miss Virginia Aull went to
Kansas City Monday morning to
spend the day.
Mrs. Chester Hoover returned
Monday morning to her home in
Kansas City after a visit here
with relatives.
E. Smith went to Wellington
Monday on business.
Mrs. |. L. Keller left Monday
for her home in Marshall af-
ter a visit here with Mr.. and
Mrs. 0. O. Crawford.
Miss Pearl Fulkerson returned
to her home in Kansas City Mon
day after a visit here with
her sister, Mrs. F.. G. Young.
Miss Margaret Weis went to
Ladonia, Mo-, Monday fol
a two weeks visit with heI
brother, George Weis.
G. P. Warren went to Sedalia
Monday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Simpkins
returned Wednesday from ar
extended visit in Florida.
Mrs. Worth Bates left Wed.
nesday for a weeks visit with
her parents in Lincoln, Mo.
Mrs. Frank Kriehn anC
daughter, Mrs. John Sturgis anC
the latter's son, Irwin, went t.
Kansas City Saturday to spenC
the day.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19

Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Green went
to jefferson City Saturday
to meet their son, Ewing, who
is returning from the Mexican
border.
Rev. F. NJ. Burton went to
Grand Pass Saturday morning
on church business.
Mrs. N. H. Mignerey went to
Kansas City Saturday for a
brief visit.
Mrs. B. r. Young went to Kan
sas City Saturday for a brief
visit.
M. Ladeson, a former member
of the firm of Ladeson & Vein
stein, who has been here set
Ting up his business, left Thurs
day evening for his home in Cof-
feyville, Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Ristine an
nounce the birth of a girl, Thurs
day, January II, 1917.
H. F. Blackwell went to Kan
sas City yesterday to spend
the day on legal business.
H. c. Chiles went to Kansas
City yesterday on legal bust
ness.
Mrs. z. A. Wright went to.
Kansas City yesterday to spend
the day.
Laurence Peak went to Kansas
City yesterday to spend the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Marrs went
to Kansas City yesterday to
spend the day.
Frank Grieser went to Kansas
City yesterday to spend the
day on business.
j. K. Letter went to lndepen-
dence yesterday to spend the
day on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. West and
family of Kansas City arrived
yesterday for a visit here
with the family of G. A. Green.
Mrs. H. Smith, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs
| Henry Leutjen, returned yes
terday to her home in Kansas
| City.
Mrs. Richard Field went to In.
dependence yesterday for
S few days visit with her daught
er, Mrs. L. Fred Evans.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19
University Provides School For
Missouri's Busy Farmers.

Most agricultural colleges are
organized for the convenience OF
the youngster who makes school
ing his business during four or
five years of his early life. That
sort of training takes too much
of the average farmers time.
He must give the greater part
of the year to production. Con-
.sequently he does not get the
chance at the nine-months
course.
But here is something for the
average farmer. The University
of Missouri College of Agricul-
ture has arranged a special
short course for folks who must
spend most Of the year on the
farm. The full course consists
of four winter terms Of about
two months each. Two terms
are given each year. This gives
the busy farmer opportunity to
90 to school two or four months
a year and to work eight or ter
months. While it is best fol-
him to plan to take the whole
two-year short course, he may
take only one, two or three
terms.
The lectures and laboratory
courses are made extremel!
practical. Short course stu
dents, as a rule, want instruction
which they can put into prac
tice as soon as they reacl
home. That is the kind of worl
which is given. For example
some of the students learne
/, fruit packing last term. Effect
. i've marketing is not possibl
without intelligent packing
, These men, after learning tn
requisites for producing frs
!. grade fruit, took the necessar
! step in learning how to prepar
it for market.
2 In addition to the regula
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19

work for short course men,
special attention will be- given
next term to fruit spraying, barn
framing, rural cooperation,
dairy sanitation, pure seed
growing, home killing and cur
ing of meats.
The second term this year will
begin January 8 and continue
seven weeks. Announcement
concerning the course can be
had by addressing P. M. Brandt
superintendent of short courses
Columbia, Mo.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19
God Give Us Men.

God give us men! A time like
demands
Strong minds, strong hearts,
true faith and ready hands;
Men whom the spoils Of office
does not kill;
Men whom the spoils of Office
cannot buy;
Men who posses opinions and a
will;
Men who have honor-men who
will not lie;
Men who can stand before a
demagogue
And damn his treacherous fiat.
teries without winking.
Tall men, sun crowned, who live
above the fog
In public duty and in private
thinking.-Josiah Gilbert Hol
land.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19

to the end of a row they rest for
a little, and / take out my lace
and work on tor, if | am look
ing after the turkeys | can sit
on a stone watching them and
sew"
Mrs. Klench's idea of relaxa-
ton from one sort of work is
simply another kind-and if you
can do two or three kinds of
work at once, according to this
extraordinary woman, effect
ually protected against all fati-
que.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19
FARMERS JOIN FIGHT
FOR BETTER ROADS
Resolution Asks That Common
wealth Take Advantage Of
Federal Aid Law.

Federal Aid Law.
Resolved, that the good roads
section of the 1917 Farmers
Week program at the University
of Missouri, Columbia, repres-
enting all sections of the state,
respectfully petition the Forty
Ninth General Assembly as fol-
lows:
That they enact suitable legis-
lation to enable the state to take
advantage of the recently en-
acted Federal Aid Road Law:
That provision be made by
suitable legislation to insure the
proper and continuous mainten-
ance of all state roads.
The foregoing resolution was
adopted by the farmers OF MIS-
souri,, who attended the good
roads meetings of the annual
Farmers Week recently held at
Columbia.
The Federal law in regard to
roads was explained by Dean E.
j. McCaustland of the School of
Engineering of the University
of Missouri. The share which
Missouri will receive from the
new act, which appropriates
SIS, 900 to be apportioned tC
the various states within five
consecutive years for road work
is $780, 00.
"The law also provides
Dean cCaustland said, "tha'
the state must have an eficien.
state highway commission be
fore it can get the benefit of thi
fund. Missouri is not in condi
ton to take advantage of thi
opportunity now, but a bill Wi
be introduced in this Assembl,
to raise the standard of tn
department. 1t provides for
commission Of four men, tw
from each of the two leadin
political parties, which will az
point a highway engineer an
two deputies. A road map !
now being prepared providin
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19
Her Recreation Is Also Work.

Her Recreation Is Also Work.
Instead of idly folding her
hands to rest. Mrs. Walter
Klench, the best known woman
of Iowa and in the opin-
ion of some the most efficient
woman in America, spends her
spare time with lace making,
basket weaving, amateur pottery
and lectures. Mrs. Klench spoke
at the Farmers Week held
recently at Columbia under the
direction of the College of Agri-
culture of the University of Mis-
souri, and the State Board of Ag-
riculture.
81 do my own blowing" she
said, "and when the mules come
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19
Will Begin Campaign for Mis-
souri, Union.

SOuTI OHlOHs
The first steps in the cam
paign for a $250,O00 Missouri
Union building for the Univer-
sity of Missouri which is to be
built by graduates, former stu
dents, faculty members and
students of the University will
begin with alumni meetings in
the various cities of the state.
Robert B. Caldwell, president of
the Union and a well known law
yer of Kansas City, and Forrest
Donnell, a member of the board
of directors Of the organization
and a well known lawyer of st.
Louis, will have charge of be-
ginning the work. Meetings of
alumni in st. Louis, st. Joseph,
Kansas City, Springfield, Joplin.
Sedalia, and Hannibal will be
held soon. The work will even.
tually be extended to every city
in the state, where former Mis-.
souri, men are living and tt
every part of the United States
The Union building when com
pleted will provide a social cen
ter for the men and women O
the University and also for re
turning alumni. A temporar,
quarters is now provided and i
operating successfully. The or
, ganization at present has NOR
than 1000 members.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19

for the improvement of between
5000 and 1000 miles of road
within the five years in which
the state is to receive federal
aid"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19

Ewing Green returned yester-
day to Jefferson City, after
a visit here with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. A.. Green.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-01-19

Albert Gillen, Frank Weis and
E. F. MoIlenkamp went to Kan
sas City Wednesday to attend
the Implement Dealers Conven-
ton.
H. G. Rogers went to Whites
Island Wednesday on business.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
AMERICAN pep IN
BRITISH CABINET

London, July 19-Premier Lloyd
George will have an exponent of Amer
lean pep" as his new first lord of
the admiralty.
He is Sir Eric Geddes, who receiv-
ed much of his training in the United
States.
Premier Lloyd George has an
nounced the appointment of Geddes to-
gether with these other official
changes:
Sir Edward Carson becomes men,
Der of the war cabinet without port
folio.
Winston Spencer Churchill succeeds
DR.. christopher Addison as minister
of munitions, DR.. Addison taking min
lister with portfolio, in charge of re-
construction
Edwin Samuel Montagu, former cab
met member, is made secretary for
India.
Geddes has come up from Obscurity.
English born, he got engineering train.
ing in the Homestead Steel works Of
Pittsburg and with the Baltimore and
Ohio railway. going back to England
and later achieving a reputation in
railway circles for efficient construc-
ton work.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19

My impulse was to take her In my
arms Just as any one would pick up a
child, but l knew she did not intend
anything like that. SO took both her
hands instead.
Just at that moment some one rap
ped and Miss Dunmore said, "Come In"
Lucille entered, saw our handclasp,
blushed and stammered. II didn't mean
to intrude."
Intruder Not a bit of it." chartered
the other. II want to thank you for
sending this adorable man up to me.
think I've been in love with him ever
since he wrote that article III the pa
per about me last week"
OF course she meant as much by that
as You mean when you say that you
just love ice cream soda or buckwheat
pancakes with sausage, or whatever 1t
Is that you do just love. but to Lucille
1t verified all that she had suspected.
With one scornful glance at me she
left the room with a murmured excuse
about finding some clothing for Miss
Dunmore to put on.
That look from Lucille would have
spoiled for me the brightest day that
ever was minted, but the young lady
had not noticed it.
Il wonder why she didn't stay" she
unused. I'm afraid she doesn't like
me. l wonder II 1t Is ON account of
the clothes l wore. 1t was Just an ac-
cident that had them In my grip.
Ned-that's my iiance, you know
thought ] looked well in that costume.
SO l was always going TO keep 1t, even
after l was an old married woman
with ten children. ! wonder II the wa
ter will hurt it,"
told her thought 1t would be all
right when 1t was dried.
1.-THE captain said my tailored skirt
was too heavy to swim in and told me
to take 1t of. / did--and put my cos
tune on instead. Was 1t too dread.
ful?"
Soon Kent came up with bundle
of clothes for Miss Dunmore from
Miss Green, and, promising to wait
for her downstairs. ] excused myself
and went in search Of Lucille.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19

'Oh, you've read his play
NO. but l know just what ought to
be in every castaway story. This is
| land that we are on. you see. is quite
| different. Nothing more nourishing
| than spruce gum ever grows here. and
| there isn't native with poisoned
| dart within q thousand miles unless
| you count Lucille"
What do you mean by that?"
| l did not answer. An idea had
| terminated from something she had
| said. There was a natural food re-
source on the island. might be able
to develop it quietly by myself and
| then if it was successful confer it as a
boon on the entire community.
When we were about two-thirds of
the way around the island a singing
patter Of raindrops drove us to shelter
There was small lattice summer
house overlooking the lake near by.
and we FASTENED toward it In our
path was a shallow strip of water left
by the waves of the night before and
augmented by the rain. Vida looked
in dismay at the muddy water.
II never can cross it, she walled
These are Miss Green's shoes. and
must not ruin them"
We've got to get under cover"
argued.
You could carry me across" she
suggested practically is. If you
| can lift me-"
II carried you farther than that this
morning.
"Were you the brave man who risk
ed his life for me?" she exclaimed i'm
pulsively. then added with naive con-
ceit: IL know Ned can never thank
you enough. Just pick me up in your
big strong arms and put me down the
minute we get across.
So she gathered her skirts carefully
about her. and picked her up easily
and splashed through the puddle. l
carried her into the summer house.
Lucille and Bopp- were there. stood
a moment in stupetied silence and then
put Vida down.
1T started to rain,' stammered.
land we had to hunt up shelter. Miss
DunmOre was so afraid Of spelling
| your clothes.'
That's all right" said Lucille sweet
ly. II don't mind their being wrinkled
bit. I'm going to have that suit
pressed anyway"
Floundering in the net of woman's
sarcasm, was utterly at loss for
| an answer.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
Nebraska Lutheran Pastors Purge
Church of Odium

Omaha, July 19.-Twenty-seven pas
tors and heads of the nine branches
of the Lutheran Church of America
offio tally purged the church of the Ne
braska defense councils charges of
disloyalty to the nation in the war. at
a meeting here, when resolutions were
adopted affirming the loyalty of the
church in America.
The ministers represented the 300,-
600 Lutherans in Nebraska directly
and those of the entire country indi-
reCtly.
The resolution called attention to
the Augsburg confession, which COM
mands loyalty to the government. and
to the small catechism in which the
laity is enjoined to obedience to the
government
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
(ro be Continued
MOTOR FEES VARY WIDELY
States Lack Uniform Basis for
Registration and Ii
cenSe Charges.

1t cost motor-vehicle owners
in the United States in 1916 an
average of ST 80 per car for re-
gistration and license fees, accor-
ding to figures compiled by the
Office of Public Roads, United
States Department of Agriculture
in Circular 70, just issued. Auto
mobile Registrations, Licenses.
and Revenues in the United
States. 1916. New Hampshire Sc
cured in 1916 a gross revenue of
Sl9.67 and Vermont S19.O2 for
every motor car, while Minnesota,
where the registration is for 8
year period. received only about
so cents annually for each car.
In South Carolina and Texas no
annual registration fees were re-
CURED.
No well-developed and definite
basis exists for determining in a
logical manner the fees to which
different cars shall be subject.
In some States the fee is based
on the net weight of the vehicle;
in others, the carrying capacity,
the horse power, or some comb
nation of these factors is used
Requirements for registration or
licensing of chauffeurs. owner
operators. and dealers vary wide
~. In most States motor cars
are taxed also as personal proper
ty. In Idaho. Iowa, Michigan
New York. Oklahoma. Pennsyl.
vania. and Vermont the registra'
ton fees are in lieu Of all other
taxes.
The tendency recently is to in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
RENEW WOR\.OtT PASrt RES
Sweet Glover l. Valuable Soil
Renovation and Excellent
Forage for Stock.

Grow sweet clover" is the an
swer for poor soil or WORKOUT
pastures which no longer sup
port live stock profitably, accor-
ding to Investigators of the Uni
ted States Department of Agri-
culture. who have found that
| thousands of acres of sweet clo-
yer are furnishing annually album
dant pasturage for all kinds of
stock on soil where other crops
made but little growth.
In many portions Of the Middle
West sweet clover bids fair to
solve serious pasturage problems
according to Farmers Bulletin
$50, Sweet Clover: Utilization"
Just issued. Native pastures
which no longer provided more
than a scant living for a mature
steer on 4 or 5 acres, when pro-
perly seeded to sweet clover, will
produce sufficient forage to
carry at least one animal to the
acre thruout the season. Dairy
cattle, horses, sheep, and hogs all
do we'll on sweet clover. Land
which is too rough or too deple-
ted for cultivation or permanent
pastures which have become thin
and weedy may be improved
greatly by drilling in, after disk
ing, a few pounds of sweet-clover
seed per acre. Not only will the
sweet clover add considerably to
the quality and quantity of the
pasturage, but the growth of the
grasses will be improved by the
addition of large quantities of
humus and nitrogen to the soil.
Sweet clover has proved to be
excellent pasturage crop on many
of the best farms in the North
Central States. In this part of
the country it is often seeded
alone and pastured from the mid
die or the latter part of June I'M
til frost, or it may be sown with
grain and pastured after harvest.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
COUNTY OFFICERS
Brave Man.
County Seat-Pine City

do l understand you to say" said
the lawyer. looking hard at the princi-
pal witness. that upon hearing a noise
in the hall you rose quickly. lit can
die and went to the head OF the stairs
that burglar was at the foot of the
stairs and you did not see him? Are
you blind?"
Must I tell the TRUTH" stammered
the witness. blushing to the roots OF
his hair
'The whole truth" was the stern re.
ply.
Then" replied the witness. brush
ing aside his damp. clinging locks and
wiping the perspiration from his clam
my brow. my wife was in front ~
me" -London Tit-Bits.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
She Sent II Back,

There have always been lot OF give
and take in American women's social
adventures in England. But American
women have spirit. and II they have
.aken good deal they have given
back still more,
An Englishwoman some years ago
called on an American countess in Bel
gravia.
"Oh. thought you were out, That's
why called" the Englishwoman said
voice.
well. do you know. thought | was
out. too" the American replied. MY
stupid man must have mistaken you
for some one else"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
VISITS PRESIDENT WILSON
Former Member Of Reichstag Has
Price on His Head,

Washington, July 10. - Daniel Blu
menthal, former deputy OF the Ger
man reichstag from Alsace-Lorraine
mayor of Coln.ar and member of the
senate of Alsace-Lorraine was receiv-
ed by President Wilson at the White
House
Mr. Blumenthal, who has had price
set on his head by the German govern
ment after his flight to France the
day before the declaration Of war.
urged on the president the necessity
of making the restoration of Alsace-
Lorraine to France one Of the chief
conditions for peace.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
To Eat Ones eoots,

The expression Ito eat ones boots"
has foundation in fact.
Don Carlos, the son Of Philip H. of
Spain. once punished his shoemaker by
forcing him to eat a pair Of i'll fitting
boots the unfortunate man had made
for his royal patron.
History does not mention whether
the shoemaker ever made another pair.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
FIVE
FRIDAYS
By
FRANK K. ADAMS
-
-
Copyright. BY Frank A. Muaseo
Company
DcNr
SYNOPSIS.
Copyright. BY Frank A, Muose,
Company

SYNOPSIS.
Lucille Green, charming, hut with tads,
II visited at the Greens summer island
home by Monty Blasney She proposes a
weeks fast All food is hanished
Frank Borp. a rival sutton appears IN
expectedly, To set food for himself he
attempts the mainland by motorboat
The boat breaks down and Bopp Is ma
rooned. During fierce storm Mrs. Green
faints and Is revived by q stimulant
which intoxicates her
Blainey discovers Lucille and Bopp NIB
bling dog biscuits He proposes to end
the fast. but there u no food. Mrs. Green
suddenly disappearA and all hunt for her
B,ainey receives a telegram addressed
N Blaney from Vida Dunmore, an actress.
speaking OF marriage. He Is nonplused
but Lucile's jealousy Is aroused.
A supply boat Is wrecked on rocks near
by. The crew lands safe and Blainey res
cues Vida She is dressed as Rosaiind.
CHAPTER VIII.
More Complications.
~ KNEW you didn't look like Ned
Blaney," the girl said. you
see. I'm engaged to him. and l
ought to know what he looks
IKE unless IN uellflOuS. WnaC ura-
matte critic are you!"
"I'm the only one who is not the
author of an unproduced play"
I'm sorry you're critic. l don't
like critics. except one. had clip
ping that he wrote about me that was
the one thing that l saved from the
wreck. I'd show it to you. but Miss
Green borrowed it."
This Is It," handed her the water
soaked fragment Of paper.
did you read itT' she exclaimed
with girlish enthusiasm. isn't he
dear?"
THANK yOu," ! murmured.
"Are you that dramatic critic" she
demanded sitting bolt upright In bed
and holding out her hands to me.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19

grease the registration fees re-
CURED fog motor trucks. usually
~ proportion 10 weight, in view
of the deter,oratng effects OF
heavy truck traffic OH roads,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
"SEND GOOD OLD NlCKLE CT.
CARS" WRITES SOLDIER.

Chicago, July 19.-Letters re-
ceived here from American SOL
diers in France indicate that a
few stogies would be much ap-
preciated gifts by the men at
the front. Pipes, tobacco and
cigarettes are available. but.
says one letter, Eve are really
suffering for good old United
states nickel cigars"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19

If the grownups think canning
is a difficult process, the children
will show them how
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19

The Askov American covers
the county.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
TOWN OF ARNA
TOWN OF ARLONE
Sober

Supervisors-Wm. Boss, G. 7. Sober
quist, l.. w. Purdy.
clerk .............. John Christensen
Treasurer .... Cust yyostr,a,
Assessor ....... Magnus Christianson
Justice of the Peace ... c. n. brown
Nols'ap'e .........-.. Mike Bernbaum
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-07-19
RAILWAY TINE TARJE OF THE
GREAT NORTHERN At ASKOy

No. II Might Expressly leaves las a. m.
No. % Zenith Specially leaves 1928 a. m.
No. ~ Gopher State Expressl
IL
This train does not stop at
ASkov for passengers, but takes
and delivers mail. Stops at Bruno
and Sandstone.
To Duluth and the Range,
No. IS might Expressly leaves $3.50 a. m.
No. 20 Gopher State Expressl
mo. - Zenith Specially leaves ASA p. m.
Does not stop at Askov.