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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-06-05

N. P. Jensen went to Minnea-
polls Monday to consult specia-
list regarding his health.
Henry Frahs has started
operations for the erection Of a
new house, just south of town.
Nick Larsen is hauling out
lumber for house which he will
build on his place south of town.
L. C. Petersen and Fred Deg
erstrom were in Pine City Tues
day in the interest of road mat
tiers.
Mrs. A. Henriksen and Mrs. H.
Petersen attended the Public
Health meeting at Hinckley
yesterday.
C.. M. Schmidt returned to Chi
cago, Monday, after a few days
visit here at the Carl Eckberg
home, south of town.
Wayne f. Jacobsen has the
frame work of his modern barn
up and is rapidly progressing
with the balance of the work.
Niels Miller has sold his Ford
car to Thue Christensen and ex-
poets to go to Minneapolis Fri
day to get another one for him
self.
Henry Larsen, northeast of
town, has purchased Ford car
from the Askov Hardware Co.,
expecting to get same the last
of this week.
Mrs. J. G.. Jenen and baby
came down from Wrenshall yes
terday for visit with her many
friends here, being a guest at
the Louis Brun home.
Arthur Olson, who is employed
in the ship yards at Duluth,
came down here Decoration Day
remaining until over Sunday
with his family, northeast of
town.
Andrew Henriksen went to
Duluth Monday on the early
morning train and returned the
same day with Chevrolet car.
His father accompanied him on
the trip.
Thomas Rasmussen has pur-
chased Harley Davidson motor
cycle with side car attached. 1t
has all modern equipment and
conveniences and costs the neat
little sum Of $50 plus the
freight.
Mrs. Niels Serritslev, east of
town, has been very i'll the past
week with heart trouble. Her
daughter, Karen, who is en-
ployed in Minneapolis, came
home Saturday to assist in car
ing for her.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Urban and
daughter. Violet. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Thornquist and son, Ches-
ter. motored down from Duluth,
Sunday, spending the day at the
Chas. G. Lindstrom home, north
east Of town. They returned to
Duluth the following day.
Miss Selma Johnson, who has
been with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Johnson. northeast
of town. for two or three weeks
returned to her work at st. Paul
Monday. Her sister. Emma, viii
remain at home while longer
Mr.. Tabery of the firm of AL
den & Tabery, Bertha, MINI.
who are presently engaged ir
. digging a ditch east of Bruno
was in Pine City Monday at the
, county commissioners meeting
Mr.. Tabery says that they figure
on bidding on the county ditch
to be constructed in the vicinit,
of Askov.
Walter Johnson, who has beer
doing farm work in Iowa, re
turned to his home northeast oil
town last Friday; he will remain
at home a while and assist hi:
parop<c With THAR farm, xrorlr
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
A HUMBLE LEAD-PENClL
FARMER

about all 1 have I owe to my bank
err. He has been the means OF getting
ahead almost from the beginning, sald
f. c. Shoup, of Grundy county. Six
teen years ago this same Shoup was
working as a farm hand in Grumpy
county, and had to ask storekeeper
to trust him for pair of boots. Last
March he moved onto a $4,000 farm.
On it he made q cash payment OF $l4.'
00O and in addition had $l4 900 worth
of farm capital inventories. During al.
of these sixteen years the humble lead
pencil has been one of the most import.
ant tools on the farm. When he asked
for credit of his banker he always
showed, with the aid of the pencil, just
how his affairs stood, as he always kept
a close record of all his transactions.
All has not been smooth sailing with
this One.time farm hand, however. Dur
ing the first two years as renter his
crops were destroyed by floods and the
persistence with which he kept plug
cling away makes it seem that perhaps
he is too modest in giving so much cred
it for his success to his banker In ms
business of feeding cattle and hogs Mr..
Shoup is known as an exceptionally
good judge OF livestock. ..
II have always used credit for my
capital" he said. If need money for a
snort t'lne, SAY SILKY ddys, " puy AeSu-
ers, 1 borrow. When l am through,
return it. II used my own money it
might be idle while until l could rein
vest it, Es
Listing the points in this story to
give us a formula for getting ahead,
we find them to be. perseverance, cred
1t, an always sharpened lead pencil
and a good wife. Mr.. Shoup was mar
ried at the end of his two bad years
with floods and had to borrow 500 to
pay the expenses of his big event, but
he says he got his real start in life on
his wedding day.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31

thought to the cost of production. Very
few farmers are able to tell off hand
with any eXactness what it costs to pro
duce a crop of any kind, and a man
simply can't tell without keeping some
records; the memory is treacherous.
Nov the farmers all over the coun.
try are asking that they be given the
cost of production, less a reasonable
profit the same as any other business
expects. The first thing to do is to find
out just what the cost of production is. y
-Des Moines Register. .t
FIJI 4
Harold johnson, who lives on the
Chris lessen farm in section II, Mil
ford township, favored this department
with call Saturday afternoon and re-
neWed his subscription for another year.
Harold is a brother to Swan over on the
s. L.. Gable farm, and has been in this
country for the past twenty or more
years. He came here without a dollar,
and was unable to speak our language,
and our ways were unfamiliar to him.
But he came to America with the inten.
ton of staying and becoming a citizen
and taxpayer, and he has lived up to
his intentions. Since starting out for
himself in the farming game he has
resided in different sections of the coun-
ty, but about three or four years ago
he purchased the Chris lessen farm of
100 acres in section II, Milford town
ship, for $185 per acre, and the advance
in the price of the farm alone has made
him a lot of money. He has on the
place considerable livestock, among
which will be found rs head of Duroc
Jersey hogs, all eligible to register. For
the foundation stock Harold went to
b. A. Samuelson up near Kiron and pur-
chased some good stock. He also has at
Orasapt time IN haa1 of hacIaop
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
A NEW POTATO KING
ENTERS FIELD

June c. Grove, a negro, born a slave
in 1861, who went to Kansas at the age
of seventeen years. with capital of
seVenty-five cents. is said to have made
the following statement: 1T is to the
best interests OF all the negroes in the
United States to live on the land and
make a living out of the soil. They are
not fitted for anything else. I'd like to
go to Kansas City, and to st. Louis and
Chicago, and New York and Philadel-
phia and say, as Moses said to Pharaoh:
Let my people CO. *
Not long ago. writes Donald Angus
in the December 18th issue of the Coun-
try Gentleman, June G.. Grove was Of
fered 100000 cash for his farm The
river bottom, politely refused the offer
on the spot. 4 His 523 acres are not for
sale at any price. Living Will l.n.l
the farm are his eight sons and three
daughters, their wives and husbands,
and his eight grandchildren. Four of
the boys are graduates of the Kansas
Agricultural college. When the family
becomes too large for the home place,
1900 acres which Grove owns in an
flow. If it is in his power to prevent,
not one Of his children will become a
city dWeller. 5N
THE spirit Of this man is we'll shown
by a painting in his house, built ten
years ago at a cost of $4,000. 1t shows
the tiny cabin in a sugar grove on the
Kentucky plantation where he was born
1t was put there, he said because 4
wanted my children to see it three times
day SO they could never forget the
humble surroundings from which they
sprung.
las might be expected, this one.time
SlDva n hiulo1v mo IN,
his community, is a progressive farmer,
He has a fine library Of agricultural
books, and told of his pride in building
UP the fertility Of his land. Some Of
the land has produced 416 bushels OF
potatoes to the acre
-[F]-
\ Practically every farmer solicited in
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
THE DEN1soN REVIEW, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 81, 1919

scat along with the Iowa hog, as the
two champion mortgage filters. A lot
of people say that the big trouble with
clover is to get standard that with
winter freezing and summer drouth, it
is too expensive to risk seed costing
S25 to $50 per bushel We don't know
whether the Ames experts will agree
with us or not, but we venture the as.
sertion that if soil was prepared as it
is for alfalfa seeding, there would be
less complaint about getting stand.
Then there is the practice of sowing
foreign grown seed which is i'll adj.
vised. Practical clover men say that
the nearer the seed is sown to the field
where it was grown the better the fer.
tility Of the SOIL"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
RuBRHEUMATISM FROM
STIFF ACHING JOINTS
Rub Soreness from joints and muscles
with aSSmall trial bottle of old
Sc. Jacobs Iiniment
Stop dosing" Rheumatism.

Stop dosing Rheumatism.
Its pain only; not one case in fit,
requires internal treatment. Rul
so0thing, penetrating "St. Jacobs LIN
Inent" right on the tender spot" an
by the time you say Jack Robinson
out comes the rheumatic pain. "St
Jacobs Liniment" is harmless rheu
matism cure which never disappoint
and doesn't burn the skin. 1t take.
pain, soreness and stiffness from ach
Ing joints, muscles and bones; stop:
scintica, lumbago, backache, neuralgia
SLimber up! Get a so cent bottle OF
cld-time, honest "St. Jacobs Liniment'
from any drug store, and in q moment
you'll be free from pains, aches and
Stiffness. Don't suffer Rub rheuma.
tisn away.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
BUYS FORTY ACRES OF

G. w. Lennon, who resides few
miles from Sac City, has purchased the
Hugh Mead place at $l40 an acre. On
the farm is a pond covering about 40
acres in extent. from which Mr.. Lem
mon expects great things. Some years
ago this pond dried up unusually early,
it being filed with water each year to
a depth Of about two feet. The place
was owned at that time by Mr.. Bur.
roughs who disced the ground and
planted corn. The season was just right
for, such a procedure and he took 200
bushels of corn per acre from the piece.
Mr.. Lennon is now planning to drain
the. pond and repeat the experiment Of
raising corn, although this has, been
tried once or twice before, and each
time proved failures. d, 1t is estimated
that twill cost about $4,000 to drain
the pond. n sss1it
4 Two brothers, Milo and Guy Keller,
of Correctionville, for a number OF
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31

over at Beresford, s. d., the experiences
of Charles Amber. a farmer Of that
vicinity, has demonstrated that this
plan carried out will protect the sheep.
In the fall Amber purchased TOO head
of sheep to which to feed a lot of rough
feed he had on l1ards sDegss 6sfcea.0t
twice raided the flock and killed num-.
Der OF the sheep. Amber was told to-
try hanging lighted lantern in the
yard, and he did so, and has been sue;
cessful in keeping the dogs from the
flock.
-[F1-
Roy Gebert. Of Denison, was calling
on Dow City friends Wednesday,.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
oLD-IuE COLD CURE !,
DRINK HOT. TEAL

Get q small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea at any pharmacy. Take Q
tablespoonful of the tea, put q cup Of
boiling water upon IL, pour through q
sieve and drink teacup full at any
time during the day or before retiring.
Ills the most effective way to break
= coad and cure grip, as it opens the
pores Of the skin, relieving congestion.
Also loosens the bowels, thus breaking
up;A cold.
Try it the next time you suffer from
Z cold or the grip. Il is inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
DON'T FEED DEAD ANIMALS
tn Iln(s0

1t is an old time practice to feed to
hogs carcasses Of cattle that have died
OF disease. 1t is the warning Of vet.
erinanrians that this practice is danger.
GUS and that it Is likely to transmit such
diseases as tuberculosis to hogs. Like.
wise it is dangerous to feed offaf from
slaughtered, animals to swine. All dis
eased carcasses of cattle should be- thor.
oughly destroyed by burning or by deep
burial under a liberal application Of
quick lime, a-fs
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
NEW PRESIDENT SPOTTED
POLAND ASSOCIATION

AT the annual meeting OF the Nation.
al Spotted Poland China association.
Henry Field, of Shenandoah, Iowa, was
elected president of the association in
recognition Of his progressive methods
in pushing the breed and the success
with which he has met since becoming
a breeder of Spotted Polands. He be-
gan raising Spotted" hogs a little over
a year ago because, as he says he
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
COLLEGE SELLS HERD BULL
FOR S3.1OO.

l. The Hereford herd bull of Iowa State
college, Standard SD, was sold to Mr..
Mish of Hudson for $500 at the Here
ford sale held at the International
show at Chicago. This bull was pur-
chased four years ago as a calf from
Cyrus Tow, of Norway, Iowa. The bull
was sired by Standard and was out OF
Lady b., which was sired by Disturber.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
GOOD OLD X 1, IOWA RED

Many farmers say that Ed M. Smith,
OF Winterset, is deserving Of a hearing
when he says that while the agricuI.
preaching the alfalfa gospel, he would
like to put a word for old Iowa red
clover Iowa's red clover deserves a
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31

a'slikes them" and that is reason enough,
he thinks his theory being that a man
should raise the breed of livestock he
likes best. There is a lot of truth in
this. Mr.. Field puts a great deal OF
energy and enthusiasm in anything he
undertakes and the National Spotted
Poland China association is to be con-
graduated upon having secured such
an able man as its president for the en-.
suing year.
-[F]-
Z Most sheep men know that a lighted
lantern hung in the yards at night or
near the sheep flock will keep the sheep
killing dogs from attacking the flock.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31

Winnebago county by the solicitors for
the farm bureau have Joined the asso'
ciation: 1858 new members have been Sc.
cured and $3461 was subscribed to car
ry oil the work in the county. Approx
mately 500 persons attended the prellm-
mary meeting before the drive.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31

years interested in bee keeping, have
secured excellent results this year. Re.
Gently they took 5000 pounds Of light
colored extracted honey from, twenty
four colonies, OF an average OF ESQ
pounds per colony. The best colony
gave 400 pounds OF extracted honey.
Hi
Thirty nine car loads of shelled corn
have been shipped from Pocahontas
county during the past year. The bulk
of it was shipped into other counties.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
COST OF FARMING AN IOWA
u ACRE

INDIANOI4A, Dec. 2S-Two high
school boys, Kenneth Work and Cleo
Flesher, of the Indianola high school,
have figured out the cost OF production
on q So and IS acre wheat field as part
Of their school work in the vocational
educational classes in the school,. The
figures are given as follows:
Kenneth Work, SIS acre field of wheat,
labor spent in field between September
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31
9 Head Of Horses

Team geling Old weighing 4O
teamma gdng 25OO 10
weight 1857 old; yearod col white pone
old H. sTss ga# y
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-12-31

Total cost TIL harvest time Il, 377 40
Total cost per acre to dates 23.74
Following ARE the figures of Cleo
Flesher on So acre wheat field. Labor
spent in the field was from October 18th
to 18th. The labor consisted of plow-
Inn ho np1 1r;JI;,,o.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-10
Guarantee Trust Co.
North Carolina and Atlantic Avenues
ATLANTIC CITY.

Daniel S. White, President; Henry
W. Leeds and Clarence L. Cole, Wee
Presidents; Herman NJ. Sypherd, Wee
President and Trust Officer; Harry T.
Sickler, Treasurer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-10
THE TIGERS TRAIL.


Belle a message telling her TO bring
the Idol to a certain spot and in return
she will receive the two missing por-
tions of the Pact. She signs the note
Tiger Face" Shotwell has no idea
of giving up the portions of the Pact
but he wants to get hold of the Tiger
Idol and use it to locate and steal a
great quantity of radium hidden in
the Gordon laboratory.
Belle and Jack keep the appoint
ment and are Immediately attacked by
Shotwell and his men. Jack is over
powered and bound to a tree while
Shotwell chases Belle into an old
shack in which she and the desperate
engage in a desperate fight. The rest
of the gang follow into the shack and
a great Tarantula bites one of the men
who falls to the floor in mortal agony.
The gang. Mortified at the sight,
fees while Belle, who has been knock
ed unconscious in her struggle with
Shotwell, falls to the floor and as the
episode ends. the Tarantula is seen
creeping up her bare arm while she
lies unconscious
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-10
ROSTER OF
Concluded from page 81

Concluded from page p
H. Stiles, w. G. Penhallow, Lewis R.
Smith, Warren C. Marshall.
Committees
F~inance-Weaver, Penhallow, Mar
shall.
Building-Smith, Weaver, Penhal-
low.
Teachers - Penhallow, Marshall,
Weaver.
Property-Smith, Weaver, Penhal-
low.
Grievance-Marshall, Smith, Wea-
yer.
Books and Supplies-Penhallow,
Weaver, Marshall.
Truancy-Weaver, Smith, Penhal-
low.
Regular meetings first Tuesday of
each month.
Board of School Estimates.
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; Wal
ter ]. Anderson and Edward N. Me
loney, Councilmen; John S. Weaver
and w. G. Penhallow. members Board
of Education.
Board of Health.
Neil S. Campbell, president aud reg
istrar of vital statistics; Marx W.
Blake, vi~ce-president; Jesse Bowen,
secretary; William L. Anderson, Guy
Wilson, George w. Singer, Samuel G,
Bowen, Jr.
Inspector-Dr. W. j. Hudson.
Meetings are held on second Thurs
day evening of each month at 7.30
o'clock in Council Chamber.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-10
Many Children Are sickIy.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours, relieve Fever
ishness. Headache. Stomach Troubles, Teeth
ing Disorders, move and regulate the bowels,
and Destroy Worms. They are so pleasant
to take children like them. Used by mothers
for over 80 years. All druggists. Sample
FREE. Address, Mother Gray Co.. lie Roy,
n. Y. ADVERTISEMENT
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-10

The big man with his pig roll and
the small man with his small roll are
each accorded the same considerate at
tention at our bank. PLEASANT
WILLIE TRUST co. adv.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1919-05-10

The P~leasantville Press is on sale
each week in Atlantic City at the
newsstand at the Shore Fast Waiting
Room, s S. Virginia avenue, and at
112O Atlantic avenue.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-24
ny JUSTIN McGI,A'rII.

PARIS, January c3.--PrcSidcnt viii
son is bringing to bear all his great
influence and power OF persuasion To
hasten the work OF the peace confer
cncc.
Tho President desires TO have big
questions practically determined before
he departs for home in February. He
is said 10 be OF Il mind now not to re
turn to France. fearing his return
might be an anticlimaN. and cause him
4 loss OF influence.
MIR. Wilson realizes that the time to
push his ideas is while his prc-cnii-
hence in tho peace council Is uudis-
puted. and while lie st.ll has :: strong
hold on the plain people. OF Britain,
France and other countries.
heard to-day from an American Of
fetal just. returned from Russia new
and interesting explanation of the sur
prising hold President Wilson has on
the common people in all European
lands.
/ asked this official TO explain the
hold of the Bolshevik regime in Rus
STA upon the people of that country.
This reply was startling:
1T Is the same hold that President
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-24
INTERESTS IN MEXICO
BEFORE PEACE DELEGATES
Appeal Made to Have Carranxn.s Right
to Seize Property Definitely
Determined,

WASHINGTON, January 23.-protcc.
ton or American and other foreign
interests in Mexico, valued at almost
$s.VOo,0OV,0V0 is to be put up TO the
Paris peace conference.
committee of American business
men. headed by L. L. Doheny, million
arr, ,;r' OF! mas,n,;ate, as one Of Two co.
week Tor France to put the question
hatlE before the peace delegates.
similar committees, it is Understood.
are being formed in England and
France The American committee
travels with the sanction of the State
Department.
The Mexican situation, lately grown
moro threatening to American and
other :orciGn Interests by reason OF
the new Constitution. Is to be made
part of broad general query which
The peace conference VIII be asked
10 answer
How far may new governments
20 in isn"rinG or coniiscatinE the
vested rights Of foreign inhabitants
and OF foreigners in the lands where
inc new governments are established %
How FAR CarranHa may go thus will
he made part and parcel OF Il gem
Cr:s answer which Will cover the
rights of foreigners in all the new
states to he established in Europe
as Il result of the war.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-24
PRESIDENT TO HASTEN
WORK OF CONFERENCE,
Desires to Have All Big Questions Practically Deter
mined, as He May Not Return to France
for Second Trip

Wilson has over nearly all the peoples
outside Russia" he said.
WHAT'S that?" / askcd in amaze
mcnt.
'Iio controls the eats" WAS the an
Swcr.
This is new idea OF the Presidents
great influence, but an interesting one.
From sources that have the conf
dencc OF the President, learned to-
day that he is firm for cXactin;s from
Germany in the war of indemnity to the
nations which Gcrmany's army over
ran and wantonly injured all that Ger
many is capable OF paying.
The plan OF fixing the indemnity
which the President is said TO favor
is not to decide upon any fixed sum,
but to have an inventory made Of Ger
many's industrial assets. and tax each
according 10 it's capacity.
In addition to the tax which is TO be
assessed on German industry. a tax
may be put OH each German city. and
tho government controlled railways
ami telephones also will he called upon
to contribute. The French are also pro-
posing that timber from the German
forests he supplied for tho reconstruc-
tiOn work in France.