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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

c0conut, which IL used for many pur.
poses, furnishes milk to drink. The
fruit Is also used for shortening, for
we use 1t to make coconut butter. The
process Of davoring Is achieved by
drawing the water of from the nut and
then chopping the meat into small
pieces. This Is moistened with water
and put In a cloth and the cloth twist
ed. The milk or fluid IL forced through
the mesh o. the fabric and kept for
use as an extract. The oil of the COCO
nut is used for frying. The green
beans on the island are very valuable.
They grow almost all the year around
and are as tender as French peas.
zone thing In the household line
hope to take back to the women Is the
knowledge Of how to make soap Their
laundering facilities are very limited.
About all they have to do 1t with Is wa
ter. Before my time they utilized the
I've which is indigenous to the soil.
but that was later discarded. They
have substituted another process,
whereby they can create sort Of suds,
but this Is not to be compared with
real SOAP"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

Quintal, names with those Of George
HUM Nobbs, who later Joined the col
ony, which alone exist today. The
colony has been law-abiding, upright
community since its discovery In 1926,
when Beechey was astonished to find
there a race Of people speaking and
writing English, living In Arcadian
simplicity and devoting themselves to
agriculture, religion and music. Only
four generations have grown from the
founders. Miss Mccoy Ii of the third
generation.
Community Without Capitalism.
For Is years the princess" Of Pit
cairn island has been away from the
home of her forefathers, In order to
perfect herself In the art Of nursing
and dentistry. and so help her people,
who are without medical aid.
zone may live In Pitcairn, but can
not make commercial living there"
she says. Capital would upset the
fundamental principles Of govern
ment that has been equitable and pre-
vented crime.
1.-THE Bible was the only book. be-
sides that Of Common Prayer, left on
the island from the Inflated ship which
brought our forefathers to Pitcairn.
The present high order Of society there
has been the result Of living lives
guided by the Bible. While the religion
Of the people as known today Is that
of the Seventh Day Adventist church.
ministers do not have to exhort
against sin, for that Is unknown.
1.-THE island II only seven miles In
circumference and abounds In high
mountain peaks. About 1876 persons
are now living to old age there.
No Sin, No Courts, No JaIis.
"The land has been divided into five
family divisions. Good roads are
maintained by common work Of the
men. o-e common web furnishes wa
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CHERE is a place where sin Is
unknown. There they have no
PITCAIRN ISLAND rpos1 The SEA

THERE is q place where sin Is
unknown. There they have no
money. so why should they
have sin? There they live as
one big family; what one man has be-
longs to his neighbor IL his neighbor
needs 1t. There Is no capitalist there
to get dividends. There is no army to
tax the people. There only the Bible
rules, and the morality is such that
some of the customs which obtain In
so-called civilized countries would
shock the natives.
1t is little bit of Utopia. You
would seek long to find 1t, for 1t Is only
a mere speck away out there in the
south Pacific, Pitcairn island, that even
few navigators know, because it is oat
Of the regular line of trade. Public ut
tention was drawn to 1t recently by
the presence in this country of Miss
Emily Mccoy, known as the princess
Of Pitcairn"
She isn't a princess in the ordinary
acceptance of the term; she's the
daughter Of ]. r. Mccoy, president of
Pitcairn island. So little strife accom-
panies elections in this bit of Utopia
that the presidency, though nominally
elective, is really hereditary. Custom
DEGREES that the presidents daughter
inherit the Office. They call Mr.. Nc
Coy skiing" but that only means he Is
the benevolent despOt. Being his
daughter. 1t Is only natural that Emily
Mccoy should be called princess" and
that size should be next In line for the
regal hOnors.
Started In q Mutiny.
A glamour of romance hangs about
the island and Its people from the fact
that it was originally settled in 1890 by
the mutineqs of the English ship
Bounty, consisting of Fletcher Chris
tian. the leader Of the mutiny, eight
Engllshmen, six Polynesian men and IL
Polynesian women. It was not until
1908 that the outside world heasd of
the remarkable colony there.
In 1926 Captain Beechey found here
a colony of GO people under the patri-
archal rule Of John Adams, the only
Englishman left, who had risen to the
emergency and trained the growing
generation in education, religion and
husbandry. They were male and fe-
male descendants Of Adams. Edwin
Young. Matthew Mccoy and Matthew
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

Timothy McShane had been arrested
on the charge Of stealing costly gilt
chair from the residence OF Mrs. High
tone. On being arraigned before the
Judge, his honor asked Tim what he
had to say for himself, to which Tim
replied:
"Shure, yer honor, OF will explain
tn hull ting to yez. OF whit to see
Mrs. .Hightone on bizness fer me boss.
OF rung the bell. and sarvint kim to
tn dure. an whin axed to say Mrs
Highton the sarvint towld me to -
into the parlor an take chair"
"Well:" said the Judge.
"Well, OF TUX this wan"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
SAILOR GOVERNS ISLANDS

Rear Admiral James II. Oliver,
chief Of naval intelligence, is now gov
ernor Of the new United States posses
sions heretofore known as the Danish
West Indies. The ceremonies of trans
fer took place at st. Thomas, and in
Washington on the same day Secretary
McAdoo delivered to the Danish min
lister the government warrant for $685.
0OO. 700 in payment for the islands.
Important Notifications will be
constructed and the islands used as q
naval base for further protection Of
the Panama canal and for general
military purposes. Rear Admiral OIL
yer will serve as governor until q per-
manent form of government is fixed
by congress. Two naval vessels, the
transport Hancock and cruiser Olym-
pia. took part in the transfer cere-
monies. Capt. B. B. Bierer. command
ing the Hancock, officiated as the rank
ing naval officer.
The actual acquisition was marked
by the brief and formal memory of til
fs;n,, ~ tho Glars and ctrsnas ard Z,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
TAKES UP CENS0R'S DUTIES

Control Of publicity in connection
with the governments war activities
has been placed by President Wilson
in the hands CT a committee of public
information, whose task will be to
safeguard secrets OF value to the
enemy and at the same time to see
that all affairs of the nation are laid
before the people as fully and frankly
as possible. The committee named by
the president is made up of Secre-
taries Lansing. Baker and Daniels,
who recommended the step, with
George Creel, magazine writer. as
civilian chairman. Announcement Of
its creation was made In this executive
order made public at the White
House:
II hereby create q committee on
public information, to be composed Of
the secretary Of state, the secretary Of
war, the secretary Of the navy, and q
civilian, who shall be charged with the
executive direction of the committee.
I appoint Mr.. George Creel. The Sec
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ter and 1t is not operated by a cor
poration, such as find so popular In
America. 1t Is for all the people, as are
the roads and even crops grown by
individuals. What one person needs
he takes from another, the only Obll-
CATION being restitution as soon as pos
sible. In fact, it is hardly necessary
to take, for the ruling thought of the
people Is to give and they seek out the
wants Of others rather than await q
demand.
"A stranger visiting the island would
find every house open to him. When
he left such a thing as payment would
be an insult to the people.
"Of course 1t seems impossible to be-
lieve that an island supplies all the
necessities of life without work, but
that is almost true Of Pitcairn. The
fruits and vegetables grow almost
without cultivation. Goats run wild
and so do chickens. To get meat ono
only has to take down his gun and
kill. Guns and ammunition are sup
piled yearly by the English cruiser
which arrives from Tahiti. A few
trading vessels bring modern clothing
for which arras root is exchanged. No
style in clothing Is known, the women
wearing loose gowns from the Shout
ders to the feet and the men ordinary
clothing as known in this country.
They are worn until their uselessness
Is apparent.
''Courts and jails are unknown In.
stitutions. My father governs over
the people as father over all. Dane
ing on the island Is unknown. The
manner of dancing as countenanced In
America would not only shock the
sensibilities Of Pitcairn islanders but
those of the FIJI group. American
dances would not be permitted in Pit.
cairn, where modesty Is innate. Edu.
cation is paramount. Teachers have
sought admittance on the island for
years. All children attend school until
the age Of marriage. No case of VIC
lations of the marriage VOW ever have
been known.
Menu Of the islanders.
''The fOodstuffs consist of sweet p0-
tatoes. white potatoes, tarO. which Ia
a tuber product, and yams. For
meat we have the flesh of goats, which
is excellent, and chicken and fish. We
have no horses nor cows. But the
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On the Other Side.

lie said: Mother, what Is a fiIibus-
teri"
"Why, dear, a. filibuster Is IA, why
It's a filibuster. Of course, but 1t Is too
late to talk about 1t tonight. II you
walt until tomorrow mother will tell
you all about It,"
"But, mother, want to know to-
night, and l love to hear you talk.
mother. dear"
"Willie, It's bedtime" said his father,
land you can't inveigle mother into
any of your political plans for staying
I'D, because she Is on the other side."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
Men and Women

Women as we'll as men are made miser.
Ablo by kidney and bladder trouble. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root. the great kidney
medicine Ia highly recommended by thou
sands.
Swamp Root stands the highest for the
proved to be just the remedy needed in
thousands of even the most distressing
cases.
At druggists in 6oc and $l.oo sizes. You
may receive q sample size bottle Of
Swamp Root by Parcel Post, also q pam.
phlet telling you about Il. Address DR..
Kilmer 4 Co., Binghamtcn. N. r. and
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
No Sunday in Her Week.

Little Helen is an ardent supporter
of Sunday school. She wouldn't miss
going under any circumstances. A few
Sundays ago, however, she was i'll and
the family council decided it would be
day came. This plan was followed,
but the next day the secret leaked out
and she exclaimed:
"Oh, mamma you didn't put a Sun
day In my week !-Indianapolis News.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

Hattie could not spell very well, and
she did not always pronounce her
words correctly. She sat with pencil
In hand looking mt word she had
written.
"What do the first five letters Of
geography spell?' she asked.
George thought a moment and an.
swered: "They don't spell anything
"They do, too said Hattie. triumph
antly. "They spell your name"--for
she had written It "ge0rgernphy."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
cUTICURA STOPS ITCHING
Instantly In Most cases-WrIte for 4
Free Sample.

Cuticura Is wonderfully effective.
The Soap to cleanse and purify. the
Ointment to soothe and heal all forms
Of itching, burning skin and scalp NJ
fections. Besides these super-creamy
emollients II used daily prevent little
skin troubles becoming serious.
Free sample each by mall with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
STANCH friend OF AMERICA

Brazil has two motives In deter
mining her course toward Germany.
The torpedoing by the German subma-
rine of the Brazilian steamer Parana
Is one; q matured International policy
Is another. Brazil's diplomatic note,
In response to Germany's notice of un-
restricted submarine warfare, was
sufficiently vigorous to indicate that
the destruction of Brazilian vessels
under such circumstances would be
sufficient to cause the breaking of of
diplomatic relations, with the proba-
bility Of state of war to follow.
In this respect the situation is ex-
actly parallel to that of the United
States. Brazil, in the torpedoing of
the Parana, has the same reason that
we have to regard Germany as max
ing war upon her.
Brazil has the further motive for
taking warlike action in that this is
in pursuance Of her settled policy in
International affairs, which Is to line up
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
ENAMEL YOUR OWN CAR

Blaxshine the high gloss black auto en-.
amel that can be applied by anyone with
perfect results. Dries night. Blax-
shine for one car with brush and complete
outfit for applying. Prepaid. sass. Money
back Ii not satisfied. Write for sample of
work and description. Special inducement
to dealers We manufacture the famous
City Varnish Co., st. Paul. Mimi Free Your
initials In gold with each package.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
or.tory Rendered pIffIcult.

"What you ought to do Is to deliver
one Of those old-fashloned ringing
speeches"
.'No," answered Senator Sorghum,
''times have changed. A man can't
get up and make a speech now with.
out creating a suspicion that maybe
he's going to filibuster."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

with the United
when Secretary
not allowed stand the
fellowship with this country
Brazilian
Brazilian
frequent visitor Washington and especially sympathetic toward has
relations countries
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
PROTECTOR OF WILD LIFE

There is no more resOlute and in
defatigable defender of wild life than
Doctor HOrnaday. The campaign be-
gun by him last fall to prevent the i'm
minent determination # the sage
grouse, other grouse. and quail in the
states west Of the Mississippi river has
met with gratifying success. Seven
legislatures out of nineteen have
needed the warnings and appeals adj
dressed to them by the Permanent
Wild Life Protection fund. OF which
Doctor HOrnaday Is q trustee. to save
their valuable upland game birds
from total destruction. In FIVE states,
Iowa, Utah, Nevada, Idaho and New
Mexico, the laws demanded have been
passed, and in two others. Montana
and Washington, measures for protec-
ton In part have been enacted.
In Iowa the friends of wild life,
after a three months battle with the
organized hunters Of the state, won a
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

after three doctors said never would
stand up straight again. Twas . mid
wife for seven years and I recommended
tho Vegetable Compound to every wo-
man to take before birth and after
wards, and they Ill got along 80 nicely
that It surely 10 . godsend to suffering
women. If women wish to write to
me will be delighted to answer them. I"
Mrs. JENNIE MoYER, 342 E.North st.,
Lima, Ohio.
Women who suffer from displace.
ments, weakness, Irregularities, ner-
vousness, backache, or bearing down
pains, need the tonic properties Of tho
roots and herbs contained in Lydia E
Pinkhsm's Vegetable COMPOUND.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

He who offends another cannot re-
member 1t long, his mind being Occu-
pied with offenses against himself.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

The man who would always tell tAS
truth dare not tell everything TINT =
told him for the truth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

Do not mistake every yellow streak
for q golden opportunity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

lady friends came 70
zee me- and she I'd.
vised mo 30 COM
mence taking Lydia
=. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound
and to use Lydia E.
Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. I began TAX
ing your remedies
and took s.. Wworth
and In two months
waa n vA1l vnynan
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
BROKEN DOWN
IN HEALTH
Woman Tells How IS Worth
Of Pinkham's Compound
Made Her Well.

Lima, Ohio. oil broken down
lnhealth from displacement One Of mY
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enactment
Utah Nevada and New Mexico the veear
used allowed
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

This is a beautiful world to the Gin
with n new hat.
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Changed.

Changed.
crimson Gulch doesn't seem like
the same town since it went dry"
"That's right" replied Broncho Bob.
ut has changed both in JOY and grief.
The boys don't have neither so many
frOlics nor as many funerals"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

civilian chairman Of the committee Mr.
authorized
Cree
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10

Hubby--You think you're deep. bat
to me you are an open book.
Wine-But you can't shut me up.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-05-10
Are You GETTING Yours :

SI2 MONTHLY pENS10N9 NOW AIlOWe0
Any man who served % days defending white sss.
!ess assinss hostile !ndiana 10 oanpaiGns betwse1
widow! unlss. ncw dmT,lng : pss.;Hicsn: seonid
tor application. dive full nane, ego date Of muster
Ing ID, discharge and all military seryice. (nAues Of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02

OF fidelity to the ceremonial law OF
his religion. He did not propose to
risk defilement of himself by eating
and drinking what had been offered
to idols, and In the permission for n
vegetarian diet he avoided a conflict
with the custom of the court without
violating his own conscience. We may
say he could have eaten and drank
under protest and thus have cleared
his conscience. But compromise is
not fidelity where conscience Is con-
cerned. Whatever we are convinced Is
right II is our duty to do under all
circumstances. Expediency TX never n
safe guide when II conflicts with duty.
What a man believes is his religion,
and religion that Is not worth OBJ
serving at all times and places even
when 1t costs sacrifices or conflict, Is
not worth having.
We may destroy all the saloons in
America, yet unless we inculcate in
our youth the principle OF total alb
stinence as a principle worth standing
by. we can never hope to have "A
sober generation. Daniel was wise in
making abstinence from wine n part
of his religion, not alone because of
its connection with idolatry, but be-
cause he knew he was better off with
out the help Of alcoholic stimulants
The kind Of convictions Daniel had Is
what we need today. and all our
prohibitory laws can only modify the
temptations the young must endure,
and to which they must fall unless
they are first imbued with right prin-
ciples and conscientious decision be-
, fore they are turned loose TO face
the world on their own responsibility.
Back of all Daniels strength Of char
acter was that conviction that he was
a servant of the living God and must
live worthy OF that name under all
circumstances Let us Undue our
young men with the conviction that
God expects them to keep themselves
clean, and we have laid the founda-
I ton for more men like Daniel. "FOr
Daniel purposed in his heart that he
would not defile himself
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
DRUMRIGIfT.

Miss Jessie Carter spent Sunday with
friends at Yale.
Miss Lula Huston Of Oklahoma City is
visiting with her sister, Miss Fay Huston and
Mrs. Z. Is. Page.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Phillips have returned
home after spending delightful honeymoon
in Tulsa.
Mr. and Mrs. William Overstreet and son
Cecil spent the weekend here the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs James Salisbury of East Broad
way.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. T. Finley and family have
returned home from a visit with Mrs. Fin.
ley's parents at Lamar.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Edwards, who have
been the guests of Mr. and Mrs G. H. Fessler
for the past week returned to their home in
Kansas Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Snodgrass and daughter,
Mrs. w. G. Lee, and two sons have returned
homo from Saltwater and Arkansas, where
they have been visiting for the past two
weeks.
Miss Dorothy Hughes Of Carthage, Mo,
niece Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou s. Alard and who
has been their guest for the past several days
will go from here to Shawnee where she will
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02
WON'T MUSS UP OUR BACKYARD
Blind Minnesota Congressman Says
It's Best to Fight I'm Europe.

Full of preparedness sentiment and
enthusiastically championing the acts
of President Wilson in his conduct of
the war Thomas ID. Schal!, the blind
congressman from the Tenth Mime
sofa district. is in Minneapolis to
sTcnd a few days.
IT don't believe the people OF the
nation understand the condition Of
their country" he said. 'If they
would only realize that it is a lot bet
ter to fight in the other mans back
yard and tip his flower pots over in
stead of fighting in their own yard
and mussing up things here. l don't
think there would be so much criti-
c.sm. Any man who is an American
and who believes in protecting what
We have, can't do anything else than
he an American, in all that the word
signifies. backing up the president in
the program which he has drafted
for U.S.
Mr.. Schall is of the opinion that a
great amount of the antiwaT senti-
pient in this nation may be attributed
t. 100 much selfishness and too
much liberty"
Mr.. Schall is Of the opinion that
the war may be terminated within
the next six months. Failing this. he
says. it will be a long war. Asked
exactly what he meant by the tern.
long war;, he said that probably
would be three or four years.
Congressman Schall looks upon the
United States entrance into the war
as an almost God given opportunity OF
ging the nation tc state Of mill
tary preparedness such as he asserts
Is necessary for any real world power
to maintain its position.-Mineapo
Tribune.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02

be the guest Of her sister, Mrs Robert j.
White.
Mrs. w. A. Shouse left Monday for her
home in Clinton after being the guest of
Drumright friends for few days
Mr. and Mrs. j. II. Hulm and children
will return the first Of next week from Colo
RADIO Springs.
Mrs. c. j. Fessler has gone to Clinton,
Okla, for a visit with her parents.
Miss A1ene Crater went to shawnee
Wednesday for a short visit.
Mrs. Mae Mccoy OF San Antonio, Texas. the
guest OF NJ. Mccoy, will remain here until
her husbands return from France
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Perry returned home
Wednesday after an overland trip to White
wright and other Texas points.
Members OF the Enahaka Child's Welfare
and Mcdowell clubs met at the residence OF
Mrs. Arthur O'Dell Tuesday afternoon to per
feet plans for reception to be rendered the
teachers Of the public schools Of this city
within the near future
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-09-02

don't work you don't eat and IL you
don't eat you go go die.
live in houses. Oh, no! Houses
are too small. You can't breathe; you
can't eat; you can't do nothing. Houses
are not for wise folk.
''The war? Oh. yes, our men they
fight for dis country We good people.
We fight for dis country. We never
fight among ourselves, no never!
How far have you travelled? Don't
know, We go till tired and then 20
again."