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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
FIRE DESTROYS COUNTY
FAIR BUILDINGS

Fire last Saturday destroyed
the main building and three
sheds owned by the Pine County
Agricultural Society and located
at, Pine City. 1t is thought that
the fire was caused by a brush
fire in the neighborhood The
buildings were partially covered
by insurance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
''The Fall Of a Nation

. Manager Colby Of the Sand
stone Opera House announces
that he has procured the film pic.
ture. The Fall Of a Nation" Sc
quel to The Birth Of a Nation,
and will show same at Sandstone,
Thursday evening. May Is. Il is
q patriotic drama Of love and
war.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
AsKov PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MAY g. 1918
MORE FILINGS FOR
COUNTY OFFICES

Ross r. Rath of Pine City. filed
Saturday for the office of Coun-
ty superintendent of schools. Up
to date this makes three candi-
dates for that office, the two
others being Pryor of Hlnckley
and Miller of Pine City.
Royal A. Hunt of Pine City,
fled Monday for the office OF re-
gister of deeds. Mr., Hunt is
at present working out from the
state auditors office appraising
land. He has had many years ex-
perience in clerical work and has
practically grown up with the
ren in his hand. He will be a
strong contender for the office
which he seeks and il elected
will undoubtedly serve the Coun-
ty we'll as register Of deeds as
he knows the modern ways of
doing things. Ed Halva. of vii.
low River, the other candidate
for register of deeds who filed
some time ago, is also making q
strong race for the office of re,
gister Of deeds. James II. Wan,
del. the present incumbent, has
as yet not fled but he is ex,
pected to do so. However the
people of Pine County are look
ing for more action in the regis
ter's office and Mr.. Wandel vii
most likely be lifted from his
present seat and one Of the new
aspirants elected.
Frank Poferl, of Pine City flee
Tuesday as a candidate for re
election to the office Of count,
treasurer. No other candidates
have MS yet filed for this ofiic.
and it appears that there will b,
no others as Mr.. Poferl is giyini
| universal satisfaction.
-MAkE ". .s.s. pLEDcEs---
NOTICE or FIRST VILLAGE
| ELEJTtON
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
news AMONG
SCANDINAV|ANS
Interesting Items From Far
and Near About People
From the North.

Rear Admiral N. r. Usher,
commandant of the third naval
district, has taken possession of
the piers of the Scandinavian
American steamship line Ca Dan
ish corporation) at the foot of
18th street, Hoboken, N. J. The
piers were taken over for use
by the navy department.
The ministers of the Norwe-
gian Methodist conference in the
Red River Valley district, last
week, held their annual meeting
at Crookston, Mimi, presided
over by District Superintendent
Paul Haugen. The conference
decided that it would hold no
more meetings as long as the war
lasts.
Lieutenant A. G. Nord, Swed-
ish officer who was one of the
organizers of Canada's Scandina-
vian battalion, has returned to
Winnipeg from active service in
France. The lieutenant who has
been seriously wounded, does not
expect to be able to resume
fighting. He reports that the
Scandinavian contingent has
been merged with various other
Canadian units at the front.
Bent Falkenstjerne, Danish
consul for the Chicago district
which embraces practically al
the middle and northwestern
states, has gone away on four
months leave of absence, and P
O. Treschow, who has been sta.
toned in the foreign ministry OF
the Danish government at Copen,
hagen has been appointed acting
consul.
At a meeting of the Republi.
can factions in North Dakota
held at Minot last week, John
Steen, a native of Norway, was
nominated as the unanimous
choice for governor. 1t is the
hope of the Republicans that
they will be able to defeat the
Non-Partisan ticket in the state
and Mr.. Steen is said to be the
one man who can unite the vari.
Gus branches of the Republicans
for that purpose.
On May 5 Handers Messiah
was sung for the one hundredth
time at the annual Swedish mu.
sical festival at Lindsborg, Kans
The festival, known as the Mes.
siah Festival, will close Sunday
May IL, and among it's notable
features will be the appearance
of Olive Fremstad, the famous
Metropolitan Opera singer. After
the festival, all singers who take
part. will visit Camp Funston in
order to delight the soldiers sta.
toned there with their singing
Largely at the initiative of the
Danish National committee of or
carnations inChicago, the name
of the Bismarck school has been
changed to General Funston
School" The committee, thru
it's chairman, Waldemar Bauer
presented resolution to the
board of education, asking that
the obnoxious name be removed
from the school which is attend
ed by a large number of Ameri-
can children of Danish parent.
age.
A. B. Carlson, a Norwegian
banker at Canton, S. D., has Of.
fered a reward of $500 to the
person who will give him infor.
nation leading to the capture OF
parties who had tarred and
feathered his brother, 0. F. Carl
sen, a druggist at Lesterville, S
n Nobody, SO far, has claimed
the reward, and South Dakota
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
POTATO MEETING
In Town Hall Askoy. & p. m. Fri
day May 10.


The Federal Government is
calling on farmers for increase Of
acreage and yield Of food crops
best adapted to their localities
and is offering and is securing
good seed and assistance in form
ing cooperative organizations
for economic purchase Of farm
supplies and marketing of farm
products. Mr.. Corwin. the ma
nager of the Pine County Farm
Bureau, will lead in conference
on these topics, seed selection
and varieties, prevention and
fighting diseases. Come and be
prepared for raising the greatest
crop yet known to this locality.
Pine County Farm Bureau.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09

BAKE w.as. PLEreEs
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
MAKE Was. SLEpcEs
Letter From Finer MosbRk

,Askov American,
Askov, MINI.
Dear Sirs:-
Am not IN any special branch
as yet. Will get a training here
at the University as gas engineer
and when we get our examina.
ton will be assigned to the ser.
vice we are best fitted for. We
are five hundred Minnesota boys
here, all volunteers. Have three
Tyler boys for room mates.
All are treated fine and anx.
ious to pass q good examination.
Yours truly.
Elmer MosbRk.
Care Of Training Camp.
University Of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati. Ohio.
-asAkE Wa. SlEpcxs-
Buy : thrift stamp With il.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
Farm Bureau Recon- mends Green
Mountain Potatoes.
W.s.s. Pirncws-

At meeting Of the directors
Of the Pine County Farm Bureau
Association held at Hinckley Sa-
turday a resolution was passed
recommending the Green Noun
tain type Of potato. often called
Carmen No. 1. and having white
blossoms, as the best variety to
plant for late potatoes, because
it is a good yielder on wide var
iety Of soil and possesses good
market qualities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09

any Douy ever Will. MI. IdI IScil
is much wrought up over the in
cident and has declared that if
attempts are being made to drive
his brother away from Lester
vile, not one house will be left
standing in that place.
Charles f. Hallberg, a widely
known Swedish-American paint
err, has donated to the Great
Lakes Training station near Chi
cago seven of his largest can
vases valued at many thousand
dollars. The pictures all repre-
sent interesting incidents of
American history, such as THE
Battle between the Monitor and
Merrimac," Jacob Jones Leav-
ing for Europe" THE Atlantic,
in It's Glory" American De-
stroyer in Action" etc.
Among the drafted men at
Clear Lake, S. d., are three
Danes, Carl Pedersen, Jens West
gard and Jens P. Hansen, who
arrived in this country on the
same date and the same steamer.
They decided to stick together"
and all went to South Dakota,
where they worked for one man.
Last year they registered for
military service as aliens, but
quickly took out their first ma
turalization papers so that they
could get an opportunity to fight
for Uncle Sam. When the oppor-
tunity came they were ready.
and they went away together to
| the same training camp.
| London reports say that the
new Norwegian steamer. Sta
vangerfjord," is on it's way to
America on it's maiden trip.
Further details are lacking, but
the liner may be expected at IAN
Atlantic port" within few days.
"Stavangerfjord" is built to re-
place the "Kristianiafjord" which
! foundered off New Foundland
last year, since which time the
direct passenger traffic between
/ NORWAY and the United States
has been maintained by one
steamer only.
| The Swedish writer, Edwin
Bjorkman, who is head of the
Scandinavian department of the
Committee on Public Informa-
ton, with offices in New York, is
about to make tour of the mid
die west and expects to be in
Minneapolis about May 10. The
exact object of Mr.. Bjorkman's
trip has not been announced, but
lit is understood that he intends
to organize his bureau so as to
secure direct representation near
the large centers of Scandinavian
population in the central states.
| While the Folketing election in
Denmark April % gave the ra-
ideals and the socialists a very
slender majority, it appears
from the final returns of \ the
Landsting election held April 20
that the opposition parties have
won a signal victory under the
leadership of J. C.. Christensen.
The opposition elected forty-fve
members as against 27 returned
by the socialist and radical par
ties which have been in control
of the government for the past
four years. The ultimate influ-
ence upon the continued tenan-
cy Of the Zahle cabinet cannot
yet be estimated. During the
election campaign there have
been no signs Of foreign propa-
krcnda. This may be due to the
fact that all belligerents have
recognized Denmark's election as
a purely home affair, and that
whatever the result in its farth-
est effects may be. the foreign
policy of the government will
remain unchanged.
The War trade Board at Wash
ington last week announced that
it has reached a final and definite
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
MAKE w.S.a. PtEnCES~--
NOTICE or FIRST VILLAGE
ELECTION

The citizens residing within the
Incorporated Village Of Askov. In the
County OF Pine and State OF Mime
sofa. who are qualified to vote al
general elections arc hereby noti-
fed that the first election for said
Village will be held nt the Town
Hall OF tho Town OF Partridge In
said Village on Monday. the 9th day
sof May. 1918, between the hours OF
one o'clock In the afternoon and
seven o'clock In the afternoon. OF
said day. to meet and organize under
the provisions Of the General sta
tutes 81 Minnesota. 1913. and all
laws amendatory thereof. providing
for the incorporation Of Villages and
elect officers for said Village. viz:
One president: three trustees. one
for the term Of three years. one for
the term OF two years. and one for
the term Of ono year: also one trens-
urer; one clerk: two justices Of the
peace and two constabIes: and to do
any other business proper to be done
at said election when convened.
Dated May 9th. 1918.
r. r. Kilstofte,
N. 3. Petersen.
Carl Miller.
Inspectors.
MAY 9--i6)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
MAKE w.s.s. PLEDcEs---
Five Boys . From One Family
Serving Their Country.

= +
Erling and Vermund Oster-
gard and Erling Muller Of Tyler,
came to Askov Tuesday for a few
days visit at the home Of the
two formers sisters. Mrs. Rev.
Andersen. and Miss Sigrid Oster-
gard. These three young men
viii enlist in the navy from the
Minneapolis office. Three Oster-
gard boys have previously en-
listed and are serving in various
branches.
MIKE wsss gLsecEs--
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-09

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.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
Attention, African GOlfists!" As We'll
 As John Taylor

Last night about eight bells fem mine voice disturbed the receiver of The Age Herald telephone thusly:
 There's crowd of bad boys out here near my house shooting dice, and I wish yor would put a stop to it.''
 Now, you can expect most anything around a newspaper editorial room. but this request nearly ffoored ths city editor. and it was several seconds before he could regain his composura sufficiently to explain that we had never tried to break up an African golf' match except with the cubes. and that the police department was what she really wanted.
 No" she replied insistently. i1 have plIoned the officers several times before, and they pay ne attention to my complaints. I wish you would come out and see them.'
 It having been nearly a week since pay day, the c. E. was in no financial condition to comply with her wishes in the matter. so after learning that the game was a regular thing around Eleventh avenue and Fifteenth street on weekend evenings, tho C. E. made a careful notation in his date book and went back to his task to await the coming Of more prosperous day, and wondered ie John Taylor would read this story
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
Dr. c. w. Shropshire Will Address CivicI
 Association Tonight

Joint meetings of Civic association members and registrants of the asso- citation military training class will be held tonight on the roof of the Jeff ferson County Bank building to hear the illustrated lecture of pr. c, w.. Shrc pshire on the subject, Making Ourselves Fit to Fight" The regular morthly meeting of the association will thus be merged with the regular meeting of the training class.
 Urgent requests have been made by the army and navy departments for the education of the future selectmen on the important question of social hygiene The Civic association com- mittee. J. Reeves Howell. chairman, has undertaken an extended educa- tioral campaign among the civilian population in cooperation with the United States public health service.
 full attendance of the trainin g class is being urged by the instructor in charge. who announces that there will be no drill tonight in accord ance with the original plan to have the course of instruction varied by rc- casional lectures. Chairman Graham Perdue of the Civic association mem bership committee has issued hurry call for all of his group to bring at least one new member each to the meeting tonignt. which viii be gen erai get together assemblage.
 The Civic association training class has just been opened free to all cour- ty registrants under the Jurisdiction of local Board No 3 by special arr ra gement of Secretary J. r. Elliott. It is expected that tonights meeting, therefore, will be augmented by sew eral ney members from this source.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
STEAM PLANT ON
 WARRIOR RIVER ID ! BE COMPLETE OCT. 1
Capt. o. s. Webb, Inspec- tor of Construction, Who Built Transmission Line,
 Makes Statement

l The Warrior river steam plant unit now under construction for the United States government to furnish power to operate the Sheffield nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals will be ready October |, according to schedule made in Wash ington last December
 l Capt. O. s. Webb, inspector of con struction and locally in charge, was | in Birmingham yesterday. He stated 1 that he built the transmission end l from Gorgas, Ala, to Sheffield and
 completed 1t eight days ahead of the
 schedule, and was complmented by the I ord he made.
 We are now going to complete the power unit on the Warrior ahead of
 schedule" said Captain Webb, regard less of the difficulty in securing la
 bor and material.
 l "Our agents, the Alabama Power
 company, I highly commend for their efficiency and organization, as with
 out their invaluable assistance and CO., operation the government could not | have accomplished the desired results lin such record breaking time.
 ."The living conditions of all the iworkingmen, black and white, at our Warrior plant are of the best. We are endeavoring to please every one Of them and furnish amusements and social life, l so there will be contentment in our camp. l find from my experience as
 a constructing engineer that unless you treat your men right and look out for ! them and their entertainment, you will iencounter difficulties that are hard to overcome.
 I 50 many men make d mistake In ttrying to make q man, whether he be black or white do more work than he possibly cam that Is not the way l ac- Icomplish results.
 "We have established complaint of- | flee for the convenience of the men, | and whenever any of our men become dissa tisfied and want to quit. we want them to make complaint and give their reasons to our office 1nd let us know l the facts. for in such large construc- ton work it is very hard to know per sonally the many faults that occur. un. less they are brought to our complaint officer Capt. R. $. Burdette, who vii l see that every man working at oui plant gets a square deal.
 '1 want every working man on oui Hob who has suggestion to make il lregard to living conditions. entertain-
 ment or anything else. to help our caml
 welfare to go to Captain Burdette ant
 know it will be duly considered. | Tt is my intention to get every mar
 who is working at our plant and with | in the ages of the draft, IS to 45 ex. empted on the grounds that he Is abso. ilutely necessary on this government en- terprise. To lose him would vitaily af,
 feet the manufacture of explosives al Sheffield"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
DISCUSSES DUTIES
 0F THOSE AT HOME Rev. w. N. Claybrook Re- sumed Charge of Services
 at St. Mary's
Statement June 20. 1918 nEgOVRCES

The Rev. willoughby N Claybrook upon his return from his vacation period delivered an exceptionally earn est discourse to the congregation of St Marys-on- Highlands Episco- terday. He was pointing out to those who have remained at home their duty Toward those at the front
 .-Never in the worlds history has 1here been a war which was more cer- tainly Gods war than this," he said. seNever has the realization Of God's purposes been so forcibly shown as is evidenced in the spirit of our boys who have gone; in the letters they write home; in the earnestness with which they go at their task; in the joy of ridding the world of a great evil
 with this spirit among the millions at the front are we doing our duty at home? Do we appreciate the op- portunity that is presented to us for doing Gods work? It is an opportun- ity such as has never before existed and may never come again. Those of us at home can glorify God and full fill his purposes just as those who are offering their lives on the fields of battle are doing.''
 The rector referred feeling to the service flag of the parish represent ing 90 men in the service and paid tribute to the one gold star and what it meant. He said that he knew of no church congregation which eoualed St. Mary's in the proportion of its mem- berschip which was in the army and navy, and said that St. Mary's had more men in service in proportion to the number in the parish than had either France or England. He pointed to this as adding just that much to the obligation of those at home.
 The sacrament of the holy commu- nion was celebrated at 7:30 and II a. m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
MILITARY TRAINING |POL|CY ANNOUNCED
 ! BY MI
Dr. Dawson Returns From Conference Held at Fort Sheridan, Ill.,, With
 Full Details

Dr. John c. Dawson president of How Sheridan, Ill., where he attended con ference held in the interest of military training at aA schools and colleges which have been selected by the govern ment to become unit of the national student training corps. Howard college lis one of the units in the system as mapped out by the government, and the Announcement of the governments policy. made at the conference by General Reese. who presided and represented the government, is very vital to the colleges affected.
 "The conference was between the war department and all colleges that will Dawson last night. General Reese an- nounced the policy of the war depart ment with reference to each college, and
 that each college having student training corps will become an army post All male students over IS years of age will be inducted into the student army training corps and become private in
 
 s3o per month. tuition. board and clothes furnished free, the only cost being books. that will have to be paid for by the student.
 'The courses are to be arranged to meet the needs of the army. There will ba no day students-all will be in bar racks, and unor 24-hour military reg ulatons and discipiine.'
 This announcement will effect Howard and Birmingham Southern colleges in Birmingham. and will mean much to each institution as we'll as the youth that will be trained therein. Dr. Dawson is very much gratified over the outcome of his trip, and glad to feel settled over a situation that he has been unable to explain to the many prospective students until the war department made public it's policy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-02
A World Idea-A World Plan-A Big Brotherly
 Love for Christianity
PASTOR BACK FROM
 FIVE-WEEK VACATION
Minister Tells of His Trip, Laying Stress Upon the Progress Being Made at Wright Brothers
 Factory

A capacity audience greeted pr. George R. Stuart pastor of the First Methodist church. upon his return to Birmingham from a five-week vacation spent at the Miama chautauqua in the north, the Methodist Bible conference at Lake Juna- luska, N. C., which programme he pre- pared and conducted for week; an old-fashioned Methodist camp meeting at salem. Ga, which has been going for g. years; trip to Wright Brothers air. plane factory, winding up with two weeks in east Tennessee mountains at his old home.
 You know" said Dr. Stuart, q never rest, but when l am here I spend so
 much time rubbing ia one place until 1t gets sore, and the vacations that ] take, while I do not rest, l rub a new place until the old sore heals and then I am ready to come back and start rub.
 ping in the same place again.
 50, 1t is useless for me to say that I am glad to be back. and I am ready to start rubbing again. Before I start my sermon I want to say this about the Sunday automobile business: Tho eeiueHe anu Soh6toos uiu HUI ihtcisa that that order should prevent anyone who is old or infirm from coming to church who has been in the habit of getting here that way. 1t is recognized fact that the church of God Is es- | sential, and the government expects the church work to go on. Then, too. this stroke was intended to get the Sunday
 joy-riders and not those who use their cars for essentials