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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
BETTER CHICKENS IN SOUTH
Produce Egos to Better Advan-
taoe-Some Obstacles.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agricuiture.)
Increased interest In poultry raising
in the general farming sections OF the
South. with purchase Of much better
stock, Is reported by specialist Of the
United States department Of agricul.
ture who recently Investigated the
status and activities Of Old Mother
Hen In Alabama. Louisiana, Mlssis-
sippi and Texas. Producers are work
ing not only to supply the home mar.
kct but eggs are also being shipped
from Mississippi, Alabama and Texas
to Memphis. st. Louis, New York and
other marketing centers.
The advantages OF the South for
poultry keeping are manifold, and In
clude a propltious climate. which en-
ables the flock owner to produce eggs
to better advantage during the winter
season. while he also can make use
Of simpler and cheaper houses than
can his northern associates. Further
more the favorable weather conditions
In the South promote the feeding Of
green stun to the hens practically the
| year around.
There are certain disadvantages. too.
such as prevalence Of insect pests, In
Guiding mites. lice, and In some sec.
tons mosquitoes and stick-tight fieas.
as well M the blue bug in parts Of
Texas. Furthermore southern mar.
kets are not high.paying consumers Of
locally produced eggs. This In par
ticularly true In the resort section q
Florida. where for many years the
trade has been accustomed to import
its eggs from the North and West. II
does not readily transfer this business
to local producers. In addition the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
CLAIM DESCENT FROM CELTs
Writer Asserts Scotsr1en Are = Unit
in Denying Stories Of Their
Saxon Origin.

IT was that deadly flower of Saxon
chivalry, Edward |, who caused the
early records of Scotland To be de-
Sfoyed. Fortunately. the Irish Celtic
arhallSts writings remain. and as his
torians none We're more competent or
able to form an impartial Judgment of
Scotland's early history than they were.
Nowhere in their annals do they make
the slightest mention of the silly
Theory OF the Saxon origin Of the peo-
pie OF southern or eastern Scotland
ana they also know nothing of the
fictitious division of HiGhlanders and
Lowlanders. Hector Boece is also ST.
lent on the supposed Saxon descent Of
the Lowlander and the expulsion of
the Celt. Instead he says we who have
our abode on the confines of England
through much commercial intercourse
and wars. have learned the Saxon
speech. and have forsaken our own
Our place names prove the essential
Celticity of Scotland. as the Celtic
forms outnumber the English by ten to
one, and the latter are mostly modern
or corruptions of the Gaelic. The Eng
hsh language pushed out our native
Gaelic, but neither Saxon nor English
displaced the men. and any outsiders
who fifteen hundred years ago were
permitted to survive within our Dor
ders would soon be fused into the
whole. and today we are nation or
race or breed second to none. and as
Professor Keith. the eminent ethnolo.
gist, says. "the Scot is the fertilizer
OF the British empire "-Edinburgh
Scotsman.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
OADDYJfvfN|NQH
FAIRY TALE fl
MOTHER ltONESS.
6y Nary Graham 6o !'!I!.!!!

"A lion" said Mother Lioness, "is
all very we'll"
Not always" said King Lion.
Sometimes l feel quite poorly; that
Ia don't feel Ill. hut I feel hungry
and that isn't nice feeling"
You always get fed promptly" said
Mother Lioness from her cage.
True. do" said King Lion. but
then ! enjoy that ! don't enjoy life
Just before feeding time My appetite
Is too big. enjoy IL afterwurd And
by afterward l mean when I am get
ting my food
That is the time l like the time
when l am either eating, or have just
eaten. when l feel So satisfied and SO
like licking my chops"
81 agree with you there" said
Mother Lioness. II am fond OF eating
myself"
"Ah. what happy roars l give when
l am eating and after I have eaten.
Then l am saying Thank you to the
Keeper. NUT / am also saying to my
self:
"'Ah. what fine feeling II Is to be
well fed. 1t makes lion feel more
like king than ever. gorgeously
grand. noble. well-tilled Hon."
"You talk like pig and not like q
lion," said Mother Lioness.
mo one would mistake me for q
pig" said King Lion. waving his name
proudly and giving great roar.
''They wouldn't mistake my roar for
a little sQueal or a grunt, would they p
asked King Lion.
NO." said Mother Lioness, but you
talk about food us though you were q
pig"
"YOu started the subject"
"Ah, no. I didn't" said Mother Lion
| eaS.
"Well, I've just been fed, no won,
| quarrel" said King Lion.
II started to say" continued Mother
Lioness. "that lion Is all very well
but lioness Ii q far greater creature
She IL wilder, far wilder and she hal
little lion cubs.
| "Now, we mother lionesses have
from one to six little babieA The,
say that mother bears have from two
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
WASN'T ASKING FOR MUCH
All Buffalo Wife Wanted Of the Hus-
band was Just Zone Of Those
Regional Banks"

stevenson. We believe it was--our
memory isn't as good as it was before
the income tax passed-tried to To-
cate the greatest happiness in
married life, remarks a writer in Buff
falo News. He said the greatest
need OF JOY comes from recount
ing tales of courtship, didn't he? Or
Is the pinnacle of happiness found in
social contact with others. whereby
husband and wife are spurred by the
law of contrast to love one another
more dearly? We forget which was
his conclusion.
Tennyrate. both are wrong and I'M
worthy OF so great a master OF litera.
ture. Our notion, you may say, is I'M
important, and very probably you
speak within the law when you say
so. But to us the greatest Joy comes
In that mystic hour beside the eve
ming lamp, when the gray moss hangs
low from the nuptial tree, casting
shadowy fancies about the heart of the
home. To sing to her, to write odes
her-all are pleasant occupations.
To read to her, though. is the very
height OF evening enjoyment she is
so attentive, hangs SO interestedly
upon every word. and then her re-
freshing wOman's views on what has
been read! For example, last night,
when he read two columns of compre-
hensive matter on the currency inno-
walton. after which she yawned, wound
up the clock and said:
Il wish you would stop tomorrow
and get one of those regional banks
and bring 1t home. l have one of the
A. NJ. 4 A. banks and a dime bank,
too. But think one of those regional
banks would be so much more desir-
able for larger money"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
New Insulating Material.

A new insulating material that Is
incombustible Is made by mixing SIT
per cent powdered asbestos, IA per cent
powdered mica, 20 per cent mineral
rubber "a soft substance found In de-
pOsits Of oleaginous schist); per cent
rosin and O.3 per cent Of bisulphide Of
selenium. After washing and evap-
Grating IN the air. a hard. non-absorb-
ent substance Is obtained which, on
heating, becomes plastic and can be
nodded to any shape.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
Flooles os Mixed Drsed0 Are 0lvla0
Way - Pussbrsde In oouth.

Floots 81 Mixed Drssdo Are olvlao
Way - Pursbrsds In oeuth.
southern market for eggs h usually
spotted" due to fluctuations In the
tourist trafYic.
During the heat Of summer egg
losses in the South aggregate . con
siderable sum, largely due to the ~.
velopment OF fertile eggs. Il II essen
tial that southern producers exert ".
cry effort to produce and, market only
infertile egs1 Ia order TO control this
source OF loss. A common opinion pre-
walls that the leghorns are particularly
adapted to southern conditions, but
according to the experience of the spe-
cialists Of the United States depart
msnt Of agriculture southern poultry
men realize just a. satisfactory ~
sults-and In many instances moro -
vorable returns-from the maintenance
Of the heavier. general-purposs birds.
a number Of failures In the poultry
business on the part OF newcomers q
Florida, who embarked In specialized
production Of poultry products, are *
planned by the fact that most Of them
were unfamiliar with local conditions
and started on too extensive scale.
A beginner In chicken raising IN Z new
locality should always start on small
scnle and expand his operations - 10
learns more about local conditions and
a. his returns from the business jus-
fffy. For the man who II experienced
In poultry raising and who viii adapt
himself to new conditions readily and
not take excessive risks, and who y
supplied with plenty Of working capi-
tai the southern states apparently Of
ter q fair opportunity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31

Voiced Frog, and
many other hne
artists.
Miss Fanny
Frog got together
VII the performers
and in no time at
all they had their
tricks all ready.
They could do
finer and better
leap-fr0g jumps
than ever before,
and they planned
10 have that as
their leading and
star act.
The circus came
OF spendidly, and
all the tricks were
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
WHITE-sHELLED Eco LAYERS


RTspArsd By the United States Dspart-
msnt OF Agricuiture.)
Poultry Of the Mediterranean or egg
breeds are best suited for the produc-
ton Of white-shelled eggs. Rspee.
sentatives Of this class are bred lAsGes
y for the production of en- Fathes
than for meat production. Ausoae ~
popular breeds Of this cla1s Ar: -.
horn. NinOrca. Ancona, md 49,
lusian. One Of the outstanding e1ass
actertstics u the en- hfse6n a 90
fact that they are claasea - neGs
teri That r % ! fulo. 49, a. Mee
become beDody and AateA tA11r
When fowls u thls claeD - ngk
arl114al incuho4ioa - 1goe
usuallx 6npla1ol. sas s| Ss q.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
New Kind Of Construction.

Several exhibition halls and assem-
bly, rooms have been built in Norway
by attaching to the uprights met
ting" fashioned from wooden rods
about a third Of an inch square In
cross-section. which are bound to-
gether with tin-plated iron wire. and
subsequently covered with a durable
plaster. Structures Of this sort, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine, are
easily and quickly constructed and are
said to be useful in winter time.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31

fine indeed. The parade was led by
Miss Fanny Frog, hopping along in
stead Of riding. hut looking very hand
some with ny upon her nose which
she pretended to be catching. It was
really 4 4make-believe fly.
Then there were clowns and there
was splendid side-show showing
frog with one leg. He sat on the
other while the audience came into
the sIde-sh0w!
And the concert ended the whole at
fair which the frogs Themselves thor
oughly enjoyed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
One n Time.

We attended country wedding ana
at the conclusion Of the ceremony
were astonished to see the bride start
on the honeymoon alone. When asked
the reason the bridegroom explained
that both couldn't be away at the
same time as there would be no one
to feed the stock and he would take
his trip down the river shooting ducks
when the bride came back.-Chicaso
Tribune.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
Oodolna Shop.

They struck up conversation In the
hotel lobby and finally one man sug.
gested q trip to the movies. The other
politely declined.
Don't you want to see Viola YAM
pirer
"Nope."
"Nor Yorick Hamm in his latest
comedyT
"Nope."
whats the matter, my friend?
Aren't you interested In the various
starss"
mot this evening. I'm an astr0n0-
mer taking a night or" ~
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
pass Il Alono.

The only kindness you do not de.
serve II the one you do not share.
When good fortune comes to you, prove
your right to It by passing 1t along.
Happiness II the most elastic Of eur
possessions. Whnt seemed barely
enough for one can be stretched 80 as
to include almost any number. and
the one who shares It has more for
himseif.-Girl's Companion.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
Proof.

my dear. was one of the very
first to leave" said man. who, on re
turning from an evening party. was
greeted reproachfully by his wife.
"Oh. you always say that" she re-
torted
'.Well, can prove it this time. any
how" insisted the husband. Look In
the hall and see the goid-mounted UNI.
brelIa I've brought home"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
AnatoIia.

Anatolia. mentioned in the news
from the peace conference in Paris, II
the name of one Of the five large prov
inces or districts into which Turkey
is divided 1t lies between the Medi-
terranean and Black seas. and the dis
trfct Is the home OF the greater part
of the Turkish population, numbering
about 100000 people. The other four
great districts OF Turkey are Armenia.
Syria. Mesopotamia and Knrdistan.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
Classified.

Jack-Say. Jill. you didn't know that
was an electrician? l missed my
calling.
,Jill-H0w's that?
Jack-Why, last night, over at
James the electric light fuse burned
out. Guess who fixed it? Me-T-my-
self.
Jill-Huh! You're no electrician
you're an idiot !-Pennsylvania Punch
Bowl.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31

getting up. Wake
up, boys and girls,
Miss Frog. Mrs.
Frog. and Mas
ter Frogs, wake
up, every one, the
spring Is here. The
spring has come.
Lots of our family
are awake al.
ready. In fact. we
ourselves wok q
up before. but
went off to sleep
again.
Dear me, that
was very lazy.
just like people.
I've heard Of boys
and girls. yes, and
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
FejI II Her Stomach,

Mamma" said three-year-old Eliza.
beth. dive me anozxer piece Of tan
dy. please"
'Why." asked mamma. what did
YIN do with the piece I just ave
your
II losed It." replied the little miss.
II dess put II In my mouf and Il failed
down Ia my 't0mach."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
Probably poadsh /.

Blank had had day OF. and when
he returned to the ONCE the following
morning his pals wanted to know why
he looked 50 disgruntled.
Everything went wrong!" grumbled
Blank
"How was that?" one asked.
ever 90 fishing with girl7
"Once."
ibid she protest against hurting the
fishr'
mo She said she was sure they
were perfectly happy. because they
were all wagging their tails."-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
Qualified.

He was applying for position a.
attendant In an insane asylum.
"Have you had any experience ham
ding irrational persons" he was
asked.
sS0me," was his response. Il was a
motiOn-plcture director for several
years"
And he was hired forthwith.-Film
Fun.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
Until yulx /.

$50 your chief symptoms are high
fever and constant thirst"
Yes, doctor; but II you'll cure ~
fever I'll take care of the thiF1E
Boston Evening Transcript
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31

Our Own Dark Philosopher.
"Ah don't say doctahs are bud
Characters" remarked Shinbone; but
dc worse folks are de mo- doctahs aro
WV 'em."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-07-31
DADDY,5TVFNDNG
QfAlRY TALE e.
~rARY @AHAn BONNER
THE CIRCUS.

"Goog-a-rum. Goog -a-rum." said old
Grandpa Frog. Its about time | was
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-24
Stock Market Notes.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-The firm
tone which characterized trading dur
ing the first two days Of this weeks
market operations continued at the
openingq today. U. S. Steel opened
at 1925 up IS Crucible at 1S5 up Z;
Bethlehem 9S5s, off Is. Central
Leather at e91a, up u; Mexican Pc
troleum at 200, up 1as; United Retail
Stores at ILL.,, up IS; Pan American
1871, up Is.
Steel shares advanced during the
first half hour, with U. S. Steel up
nearly point at 103As, Bethlehem up
point and Crucible showed a gain of
four points.
The advance, it is understood, re-
suited from a report that the senate
hearing beginning tomorrow may
mean compromise through govern
ment Intervention.
United Retail Stores got down close
to 100 and American Tobacco receded
over five points from Tuesdays high.
Studebaker led motors, selling
above 115.
q. S. Steel featured trading around
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-24
Daily Stock Letter.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.]
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.-The New
York Evening Suns financial review
today said:
The professional character Of the
stock market and the technical posi-
ton within 1t tended to keep the
list firm at all times and at inter-
walls quite strong. The steels did
very we'll from the beginning and at
mid day most Of them advanced to
top prices on this movement, United
States Steel crossing 104 and Beth
lehem B 49, Crucible fiuctuated
widely as did Baldwin Locomotive.
The shorts were left more or less
on tenter hooks up to the closing.
Transactions totalled well over q
million shares. An item Of interest
was a new high price for bar silver
in London at sc cents.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-24
FORMER KEOkUK
MAN WILL COME
Director Danieison Will Come to
Keokuk Y Friday Night With
Burlington VolIey Ball
Team

The Keokuk volley ball team is
getting in readiness for the Burling-
on men who are coming down here
Tor game Friday night G. M.
matte, chairman of the physical CONS
nlttee of the Burlington Y, and
PHYSICAL Director Danielson. former
OF keokuk, will accompany the
men here for the contest.
Inc local team is working hard
MS week and getting in fine shape
E-aet their opponents. AS yet the
neh who are to play in the much
kalked-of game have not been chosen,
ut they will be soon. The Burlirg-
Va squad is made up of the follow
kns persons: w. M Rischbarger,
george Jones, DR.. Walter Kriech-
paum, Clarence Weis, Jess Schrei
fhd ]. H. Catlow.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-24
|EBU|LO ROAD ON
PRESENT Level
n. is One Idea Suggested by mis-
souri, Highway Engineer After
Looking over Ground
Near Here.
GUILD DRAIN WATER
.l.ts Would be Put In Under the
Alexandria Highway to Garry
or the Flood
Waters
|oulD DRAIN WATER

. .,u,,d,ne the stretch OF road Of
than two Lilies in length on its
rosent elevation, and arranging for
rsinape under the read to carry off
! flood waters Of the Des M'ires,
Nv two plans sug. ested by the high
W. engineer of the Missouri state
;ahvav commission who visited keo-
lux yesterday. 49,
The engineer suggested leaving the
mad on practically the same plane
,at 4 lies today. This would obviate
20 ' cost of elevation or OF bringing 1t
I,s,nst the railroad tracks. as was
I,ssest,d al a former meeting. The
,ed would have for its bed limestone
Iock laid in by hand, with gravel and
|,sv Of special consistency on top OF
his and then the whole road hard sur
hced :.
In order to keep the flood tides OF
|ba Des Moines from cutting into the
had and practically washing it away
n times OF high water. drainage sys-
LENS would be provided for under The
Dad There were two Of these sug-
Tested and they would carry Off me
Eater and divert it from washing into
(he road as 1t does now
The Missouri party reached here
yesterday morning and conferred with
lone OF the road boosters. ana later
kent back and went over the or had
u figure out what could be done in the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-24
REV. WATERS
TO CONFERENCE
Pastor Of Bethel Church Speaks In
Highest Terms Of People
and Work
Here.

Rev. c. r. Waters left Keokuk last
night for Chicago where he will at
tend the annual Iowa conference OF
the Bethel A. M. e. church which is
in session there this week. More IN
trest is expected to be manifested IN
this conference than any OF the quar-
terly ones as the candidates FOR the
general conferences are looking lot
ward to elevations in various stations.
On leaving, Rev. Waters spoke not
only in highest terms OF his church
mem bers here, but also OF keoKuk
people in general, one of his friends
said today, and he also stated that ne
had had the most constant support
from his church this year that he haa
ever had. He took with him from the
Bethel A. M. E. church S115.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-24
TO DISCONTINUE
IOWA HOSPITAL
U. S. Army Patients VIII Not be Sent
TO Fort Des Moines
After October
Fifteenth. .

U. S. army general hospital NO. ~
which has been maintained at Fort
Des Moines, Iowa, for fifteen months,
and which has taken care OF t,z4o
natients wounded in the world war
during that time, will pass out OF exls-
,tenca October Is Whether a cavalry
troop is coming back to the post-lt
was q former cavalry barracks-or
whether a regiment of infantry will be
assigned there it is not known, a.
though Des Moines Is making an ei,
fort to get some soldiers IN the olo
buildings.
Lieut.. Col. E. R. Gentry commands
the post and will have charge or lts
dissolution. Over six hunored pa
tients are at the post at the present
time
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-09-24
Threatened by Forest Fire.

limited Press Leased Wire Service
MONROVIA, Calf, Sept. 24.-Con.
stable James Quiggle and force Of
sixty men left Monrovia early today
for the region of Mount Wilson, fol-
lowing receipt of reports that Mount
Wilson solar observatory, containing
one Of the largest telescopes in
North America, is threatened by the
forest fire in the Angeles national
forest.
During the night the wind drove
the fire to the west side Of the San
Gabriel canyon and the Monrovia
watershed is now threatened from
both the east and the west About
forty families were driven out of the
fire region during the early morning
hours.