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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

Miss Serene Rtsset spent the wee
end In the Cities.
Mr.. PAGE was here on business
few days last week.
Perry Roach has heen visiting hi
sister at Mason. MINI.
Rev. Sommer held services in tn
church last Wednesday.
Henry Steinbring and Miss Cronel
went to Duluth Friday.
Gladys Carlson is assisting at tn,
home OF Mrs. Herman Lenx.
Mrs. ]. Roach who has been ava,
visiting at Mason. has returned.
Mrs. Hal Richardson and Mrs. J
Ballantine visited at the Kelch home
Emil Albrecht and Henry Holm
strom have both purchased Ford
cars.
Mrs. Herman Lenz returned from
her visit in the Twin Ports. last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Pointer visited
here Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
LEM.
Don't forget the dance and rattle
given by the War Commercial club
april 9Th.
Allen Grevious, who has been very
sick with pneumonia. is much better
at this writing.
Miss Elizabeth Franklin is assist
ing at the Grevious hotel during
Mrs. Grevious' absence.
Eunice Warren and her grand
mother. Mrs. Hayes. have gone to
Grantsburg for a few days.
The War Commercial Club have
changed the date of their dance on
account Of Lent, to April 9Th.
e. J. Steinbring took a carload Of
potatoes to the Cities Saturday for
the Markville Cooperative Assn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Carlson took
the train on Monday for Rochester,
where Mr.. Carlson will seek medi-
cal aid.
Mrs. Moses Walsh accompanied her
SOuS ASusSs 90 iol 90 NuC SttACo IubI
Monday. Dan returned to his work
at Milwaukee.
Mrs. Albert Prefer and Mrs. Mil
Ter OF Morgan. Mimi. are visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hen
richs. Mrs. Prefer Is a daughter
OF Mrs. Henrichs.
The following persons have pur-
chased shares since the Markville
Cooperative Assn has been estab-
lished: Joe Wellenreiter. Joe Mer-
leen and VIM. Albrecht.
Gunhild and Ebba Longstrom, who
formerly attended the Franklin
school, began school here on Monday.
They are making their home with
Mr.. and Mrs. r. ]. Steinbring.
The Markville Red Cross sent In
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Town of Wilma

From our Correspondcnt-
Chas. Munger attended cattle
sale. at Danbury. March IL.
Mr. Hendriks OF Danforth has been
hauling lumber from near Duxbury.
r. NJ. Lampson and Paul Nash
were business visitors at Cloverton
Wednesday.
Paul Nash and Ray Lampson have
been busy lately saving wood for
their neighbors.
There will be good program at
the hall Saturday night. Everyone
try to be present.
John Ludwig and Nels Matson have
been hauling hay from the Frisen-
dahl meadow to Danforth.
Paul Nash autoed to Sandstone last
Saturday and spent the evening with
friends. He returned Sunday morn
ing.
AT the town election March 18th,
the following officers were elected:
J. II. Grace as supervisor: Lee Bates,
clerk; VIII Grace, treasurer: Nels
Matson. constable: and Angelo Smith,
constable.
Carl Hanstad was at Markville
Tuesday: he brought out n load OF
freight for The Peoples Store. H..
Q. Hanstad was in the last of the
week and brought out another load.
They report the roads are getting
quite soft.
Sunday visitors were: Lampson's
at c. Nash's. Warren Shute's at Lee
Bates, Angelo Smiths ut Merrill
| Whites Petersen boys at Matson's,
II. o. Hanstad, Mrs. A. Hanstad and
Chas. Munger and family at Carl
| Hanstad's.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

~w.l ~ .a.a sss,'.as. sssf'tf ''sl a. -
sss,lshsa.t auaftar 81 zee ~"ssh
west aasrtss shs 81 ~ - .ss
s.,,lavsns n. sasth ,tne of the s,'sta
half al In. Northwest quarter " -,
MA Ut said Section f""sts
and the south s Sn,. 81 81 me said ssc,Ion
n,nr,esn 1s Ia the Northwest .ornsI
q the sea,nms"' ,s, 2a !. ~ Sss'., 81
ss,a Section a"@ N,ne,esn uo thence
south following the ives, I'm. o. ths
southwest quarter Of the Northsas'
quarter tsws 81 NE.l ct ns,d See,
ter tsEAl OF said Section nineteen az,
and the Northeast quarter tNhnl ~
said Section Thirty tsol TO the pom, . ",
beginning. The name. name OF sar ask p"! and
the number Of persons actually tes sud
ing in the territory above boundea ann
DESERVED on the 18th day or MarSn'
1918. was Ell as has been duly ascsr-
tanned by census taken under our
direction. on the 13th day OF March.
1918. as appears by the verincatiohS
hereto.
Dated March 18th. 1918.
Carl Miller. II. Petersen. l.. {. feaer-
sen, Nels Andersen: A; Gravesen; Mar
tin johnson. j.. c. Jensen, ANei D.
Petersen. Christian Hansen. John lep-
pink. Holger Petersen. Rasmus Peder-
sen. Martin Andersen. Jens Luhu, a. ~
Buck. n. b. Miller. T. n. Thomson. r.;
G. Bendiks. H. j. F. Paulsen. svend
Petersen. N. p. Jensen. =. p. ktlst3fte.
Henry Andersen F. Clarey NIELSEN
Martin Sorensen. John l.. Madsen. Jon.
J. Haue. Morten Christensen, Lars
Jensen.
State OF Minnesota,
County of Pine.
L. c. Petersen. Carl Miller. and II.
Petersen. being first duly sworn on
oath. say that they are three OF the
persons. who signed the foregoing petit
ton. that the census mentioned in said
petition was accurately taken on the
18th day of March. 1918. and that all
the statements made in said petition
are true.
L, G., Petersen.
Carl Miller.
III. Petersen.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of March. 1918.
Anton GraveSen
Notary Public. Pine County. Mimi
My commission expires April 1st, 1918
(Notarial Seal.)
March 21-28.)
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Red Cross Members.
Markville.

Miss Deborah ROBBERS, Chair.
man.
Miss Serene Bissett, Vice
Chairman.
Edith Steinbring, Secretary.
Mrs. Nathan Cohen, Treasurer,
Miss Josephine Stone.
E. ]. Steinbring.
John F Drummer.
Mrs. Geo. Grevious.
H. L. Steinbring.
Mark Andrews.
H. H. Richardson.
R. D. Rutherford.
J. A. Jacobs.
Chas. Schaf.
J. ]. Lorig.
E. Albrecht.
J. Schloeslin.
Mrs. R. D. Rutherford.
Nathan Cohen.
Rev. A. E. Mclean.
Mrs. Maud Drummer.
John Matheson.
Mrs. John Witt.
Isabel Matheson.
Thure Johnson.
Mrs. J. A. Chatelle.
Mrs. l. H. Grace.
Mayme Arendt.
Katie Arendt.
Chas. Roatch.
Elmer Matheson.
Mrs. Tom Hogan.
Mrs. L. Coleman.
L. Coleman.
Mrs. J. Ballatine.
Mrs. L. Leach.
Mrs. c. A. Bjork.
Mrs. John Anderson.
Iven Johnston.
Mrs. w. Quarfoot.
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Farmers-There is no easier or
cheaper way Of selling stock or
anything else on the farm, than
by using the American Want Col
umn; S cents q line.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-03-21

state ~ Minnesota,
Cauaty Ut faas>
Ns,sss - ssr~ey ssv*n. tia. IA as.
esss. esss u ~ssa - asrsse at.
tAches. an election VIII be hcld NJ the
Town Hall af .he Town OF rarsr.dxs.
IN the Town Of Partridge in pine Caan-
~. Minnesota. within the limits of the
prats,ssd viiiage As stated IN said pcti-
..on, ON Monday. the isth day OF April.
A. ~, and 5 o'eiock y. N, OF said day.
at which time and place the resident
electors OF the territory bounded and
or against Incorporation under the gem
eral statutes OF Minnesota. 1913. and all
acts amendatory thereof as provided
Dated March 18th. 1915.
The Board OF County Commissioners OF
Pine County. Minnesota.
Chairman.
Attest: w. II. Hamlin.
County Auditor of Pine County. Min
County Auditors seaD
PETITION
To the Board OF County Commission
ers of the County of Pine. State of
minnesota:
The undersigned electors. residing
the County ! Of Pine and state Of Min
nesota. said lands not being in any in
corporated village and part of the
to lots and blocks. do hereby petition
your honorable board to appoint time
and place when and where the cleo.
tors actually residing upon the said
lands may vote for or against the in
corporation as village OF the follow
ing described real estate in the County
Of Pine and State of Minnesota. to-wit:
The Northwest quarter tNWAl Of
Section Twenty-Five t2sl. the North
Ssol; the Southeast quarter s IsEtl Of OF
the South half Of the Northwest quar-
sna f se S Syaa;h a SsstG the T%sqS
east quarter tSh Of NEA) Of Section
(4O. Range nineteen (1s). containing in
all 500 acres. according to the United
which, said land includes the land en-
braced in the plat known as part
ridge. said plat having heretofore
been duly and legally certified to. ac.
Minnesota. and duly flied in the eff,ce
ty. Minnesota. The said land proposed
to be incorporated as village is
the Northeast quarter (NEA Of said
east following tn, South line Of the
Northeast quarter (NEA) of said Sec
ton thirty go and asIa the sscSD
ty-nine t2sl to the Southeast corner
OF the Northwest quarter (NWA) Of
said Section Twenty-nine l29. thence
North following the east line Of the
SSsrtsr s sos s9e
twenty (2ol and the Southeast quar-.
ter of the Northwest quarter SEA Of
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CHAPTER XIV.
The Croix de Guerre.


When we had been on the shore
for about three weeks we found our
selves one morning somewhere near
Sedd-el-Bahr under the heaviest fire
1 ever experienced. Our guns and the
Turks were at it full blast, and the
noise was worse than deafening.
A section of my company was lying
out in a shell hole near the commu-
nication trench with nothing to do
but wait for a shell to find them. We
were stiff and thirsty and uncomfort-
able, and had not slept for two nights.
In that time we had been under con-
slant fire and had stood off several
raiding parties and small attacks from
enemy trenches.
We had no sooner got used to the
shell hole and were making ourselves
as comfortable as possible in it when
along came a shell of what must have
been the Jack Johnson size, and we
were swamped. We had to dig three
of the men out, and though one of
them was badly wounded we could not
send him back to the hospital. In
fact, the Smelling was so heavy that
none OF us ever expected to come out
OF it alive.
80 il VA Hke keeping yau owr
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death watch, with the shells tunlns
up for the dirge. 1t was Impossible TO
listen to the shells. IF you kept your
mind on the noise for any length Oh
time it would split your eardrums'
am sure. So all we could DO was TO
Law low in the shell hole and wait Tor
something to happen.
Then they began using shrapnel on
us, and one of our machine gunnefs'
who got up from his knees to change
position, had his head taken clean OH
his shoulders, and the rest OF MIN
landed near my feet and squirmed a
little, like a chicken that had just been
killed. It was awful to see the body
without any head move around that
way, and we could hardly make our
selves touch it for some time. Ihen
we rolled it 70 the o.hCG side of the
hole.
Then, to one side of us, there was
a more violent explosion than any yet.
The earth spouted up and fell on u.s.
and big clouds of black smoke, sliding
along the ground, covered our shell
hole and hung there for some time.
|
French infantry, said it was shell
from a Turkish 155-mm. hoWltzer'
That was only the first. one. Inc
worst thing about them was the smoke
people who think Pittsburgh is
smoky ought to see about fifty of those
big hoWitzer shells bursting, one after
another.
We could not tell what the rest OF
our line was doing or how we We're
standing the awful fire, but we felt
sure they were not having any worse
time than we were. In few minutes
we heard the good old "75s" starr
rounding, and it was like hearing ar
old friends voice over the telephone
and everybody in our shell mole
cheered, though no one could hear Us
and we could barely hear each other
Still we knew that If the "75s" go
going in their usual style they woult
do for an enemy battery or two, ant
that looked good to us. The "75s'
made the noise worse, but 1t was al
ready about as bad as it could be
and a thousand guns more or les
would not have made it any harde
to stand.
One of our men shouted in the SCI
geant's ear that the men in line ahea
of us and to the right were trying t
give us a message Of some kind. Oh
sergeant stuck his head above tn
: parapet and had, look. But I stage
where T was-the sergeant could Sc
for himself and me, too, as far as
was concerned.
He shouted at us that the men
the other trench were trying to signs
something, but he could not make
Z out because the clouds of smoke woul
[ roll between them and break up tt
words. So he laid down again in TT
: bottom of the hole. But after viii
; he looked over the parapet and sa
a man just leaving their trench, ev
> IDENTIFY with a message for us, and
y had not gone five steps before he WI
e blown to pieces, and the lad who Il
lowed him got his, too, so they Stopp'
: trying then.
= And all the time Che ''75s" we
~ sending theirs to the Turks not f
= over our heads to 900 yards behil
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The man was telling us that SONS
time before they had seen the +Iurk1
bringing up ammunition from sono
storehouses, but they did not come
anywhere near. He said their sergeant
wanted our messenger to tell them
that. too. He would say a few words
very fast, then he would sh1yer again,
and his Jaws would clip together ana
he would try to raise his hand, Dut
could not.
Then our sergeant asked the name
of the other sergeant, and when the
man told him he said the man was
senior to himself and therefore IN
command and would have to be oDeyed'
He seemed to cheer up lot aIter
he said this and did not shlVer any
more, so I thought would volunteer
then, so I said to him, WELL mon
vieux, do you think we are seeing real
Smelling now?'. And then was going
| to say I would go, but he looked at
me in funny way for second ana
then said, 'Well, my son, suppose you
go and find OUT
thought he was kidding me at nfst'
but then I saw he meant it.. thought
two things about it-one was that any
thing was better than staying there
and the other was that the old dugout
was q pretty fair place after all. But
I did not say anything to the SER
| geant or the other men-just went
out of the dugout. The sergeant and
another man went with me and boost
ed me over the back wall OF the nole'
Law fiat on the ground for minute to
get my bearings, and then started on
I set my course for where thought
the communication trenches We're &c
the right. and just stood up and ran
for I figured that as the shells were
falling so thick and it was oper
ground 7 would not have any better
chance If I crawled.
I tripped several times and Wen'
down, and each time thought 1 was
hit, because when I got it in the thigh
at Dixrude it felt good deal al
though I had tripped over a rope
And one time when fell a shell ex
ploded near me and began to shive
again, and I could not go on for
long time. All this time 1 did no
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SMOKE
think I would get through, but finally, |
when I reached what had been the
communication trench I felt I had
done the worst part of it, and began
to wish very hard that I would get
through was not at all crazy about
going west.
The mouth of the communication
trench had been battered in and the
trenches it joined with were all filled
I'D. There were rifles sticking out
of them in several places, and I
thought probably the men had been
buried alive in them. But it was too
late then, if they had been caught, so
climbed over the blocked entrance to
| the communication trench and started
back along it. 1t led up through sort
| of gully, and thought it was bad
place to dig a communication trench
in, because it gave the Turks some
thing like the side of a hill to shoot at.
Every once in a while would have
to climb in and out of a shell hole,
and parts of them were blocked where
shell had caved in the walls. In one
place I saw corpses all torn to pieces,
range and had got to this trench in
great shape. At another place found
lots of blood and equipment but no
bodies, and I figured that reinforce
ments had been caught at this spot
and that they had retired, taking their
casualties with them.
The Turks still had the range, and
they were sending a shell into the
trench every once in a while, and
was knocked down again, though the
shell was so far away that it knocked
me down with force of habit more
than anything else. I felt dizzy and
shivered lot, and kept trying to think
of Murray or anything else but myself.
So finally I got to the top of the
little hill over which the gully ran,
and on the other side I felt almost
safe. Just down from the crest of the
hill was one of our artillery positions,
with the good old ''75s" giving it to the
Turks as fast as they could. I told
the artillery officers what had hap
pened, had a drink of water anc
thought I would take nap. But when
they te1ephOned the message back tc
! division headquarters the man at the
receiver said something to the officer
and he told me to stay there and be
. ready. thought sure he would send
me back to where I came from and
I knew I never could make 1t again
but I did not say anything.
! CTO BE CONTINUED.)
{ |
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us, and the howitzers were dropping
their 24O-pound bits of iron in every
vacant space and some that we're not
vacant. It was just one big roar and
screech and growl all at once, like
turning the whole dog pound loose
on piece of meat.
The conclusions felt like one long
string of boxes on the ear, and ou'
threats were so dry that it hurt to
swallow. which always makes Yon''
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~
Coming back along the same road we
halted to let another convoy of mules
go past, and an officer OF the Royal
naval division came up and began
talking to our officers. He was telling
them how he and his men had landed
at "X" beach, and how they had to
wade ashore through barbed wire.
"And, you know" he said in sur
prised way, as if he himself couIo
hardly believe it, ''the beggars were
actually firing On us!' That is just
like the Limeys, though. Their idea
is not to appear excited about any
thing at any time, but to act as though
they were playing Notwithstanding
around on a lawn with paddles in their
hands, half asleep. The Limeys are
certainly cool under fire, though, and
I think that because the Anzacs did
so well at Gallipoi people have not
given enough credit to the British
regulars and r. n. DIS who were
there too, and did their share OF the
work, and did it as well as any men
could.
~
his way again, and as he cut across
the road a French officer came up.
The Limey wore q monocle, which
caused the French officer to stare at
him minute before he saluted. After
the Englishman had passed hins the
Frenchman took a large French penny
cut of his pocket, screwed 1t into ms
eye and turned toward us so that we
could see it, but the Limey could not
. That was not the right thing to DO
especially before enlisted men, so Ou1
officers did not laugh, but the men did
and so loud that Limey turned around
and caught sight of the Frenchman
He started back toward him and
thought sure there would be a fight
or that, more likely, the Limey would
report him. Our officers should have
placed the Frenchman under arrest
at that.
: The Frenchman expected trouble
too, fol. he pulled up very straight ane
stiff, but he left the penny in his eye
The Limey came up to him, halted
few PAGES off and, without saying
word, took the mOnOcle out OF MI
eye, twibbled it three or four feet II
the air and caught it in his other ey
when it came down.
'sDo that, you blighter," he said am
faced about and was on his way dow
the road. They had it on the French
man after that.
This Philippe Pierre, Of whom
have spoken, told me a story aoou
two Limey officers that I hardly be
Ifeved, yet Philippe swore it was tn
tri1th. He had been in America befor
the war, and he said he had seen on
of the officers that the story is aDoC
many times in New York.
He said there were two L1mey on
GERS going along the road arguln
about the German shells which II
Turks were using. One OF the Ohcel
said they were no good because the
did not burst. Just about that tin
a shell came along and they p1cke
themselves up quite distance FRO
where they had been standing. A
other shell whizzed by and landed ii
on the side, of the road. The otfc
walked over, dug it out of the groun
and took away the detonator and flu
to prove that they did not explod
The only thing that would nal
me believe that story is that Phillip
Pierre said they were Limey Officer
No one but a Limey would remel
Der such an argument after bel
knocked galley west by shell CO
cussion. I do not doubt that Linn
would do it if it could be done, thoue
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Electric locomotive cling in
creasingly adopted il, ,....4. africa H
underground hauia4"
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The Way,lt Looked.

The Way. 1t Looked.
Elizabeth was not accustomed to the
nlying of grace.
One night she went for supper to
ehe next door neighhOrs.
Daddy" said she the next morning,
",yhat was that Mr.. Pumpton read of
ais platter
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CHAPTER XIII-Continued.

Wah the George rhH~" AHsSaSs
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-12
Seven Thousand Dollars Worth
of Hogs in Baker County Shipment

w., "enty-two wagons full of hogs
Nanec prosperity procession from
Trbe oon to Albany the past week.
sv uere We're go hogs in the wagons,
Naelng 225 pounds hog. They
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-12
BIG BATTLES NOW
PROMISE TO BREAK
MILITARY ACTIVITY GROWS IN
INTENSITY ON LONG LINE.
AMERICANS SUCCEED.

NEW YORK.-From the North
sea to the Swiss frontier the military
activity daily seems to be growing
in intensity, and it may be fair to
assume that in the not distant flu
ture some of the big battles that
have been forecast will break. The
American, British and French arm
les have been taking hacks at the
German line, either by fairly strong
patrol attacks or by bombardments,
while in turn the Teutons have been
giving considerable attention on va
rious sectors to their enemies.
From the American viewpoint, an
other successful maneuver by the
Americans on their sector of the
front is of the greatest interest. AS
on last Saturday the Americans
again have nipped in the bud an i'm
pending surprise attack on their
trenches.
The mist lifted from the American
sector Tuesday afternoon with the
result that there was fairly lively
shelling at several points as we'll as
considerable aerial activity. Several
air fights occurred above the trench
es and the anti-aircraft guns on both
sides were extremely busy.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-12

during the day a man looks skyward
and then quickly bends his head so
that his shrapnel helmet faces in the
direction of tn Nursting shell.
All the mer0cd +lv are well
satisfied with the iSarH meals
a day are always served, O.
times three. For breakfast the Ia.
frequently get a large bowl of oat-
meal as the principal dish, while at
dinner there is beef or some other
meat, and vegetables. Supper time
brings bacon, corned beef hash or
canned salmon. There is always
good white bread, made from Amer
lean -four, and plenty of it.
Within a certain radius of the
front line every member of the Amer
lean force is now required to wear
his gas mask at an alert position.
and never be without his shrapnd
helmet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1918-02-12
SCALE OF PROFITS IS
FIXED FOR FLOUR DEALERS
Food Administration Would Limit
Margin. May Investigate Excess
Prices. Dealers Are Cautioned.

WASHINGTON, D. CA scale of
profits for wholesale and retail deal
ers in wheat flour was suggested by
the food administration tonight with
the warning that any margins charg-
ed in excess of those proposed would
be considered cause for investiga-
ton. The scale follows:
Wholesalers. Gross maximum prof
it not to exceed from so to rs cents
barrel
Retailers. Gross maximum profit
on original mill packages not to ex-
coed 80 cents to $120 a barrel, de-
pending on the character of service
performed; on less than original min
packages not to exceed 1 cent a
pound.
Dealers were cautioned also
against charging more than pre-war
profits on wheat flour and against
asking more than a reasonable mar
gin on wheat flour substitutes.
Substitutes for wheat flour" the
food administration announcement
said, should not be sold at more
than reasonable advance over &C
tual purchase price of the particular
goods sold without regard to market
or replacement value"