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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

Default having been made in the
payment OF the sum Of Four Hundred
Forty four and 4e-100 Dollars. which
Is claimed to he due and Is due at the
date of this notice. and the further
sum OF $3.50 for taxes. upon GER
tain Mortgage. duly executed and de-
Glen X. Elliott, Mortgagors. to Eliza
X. Freeman, Mortgage. bearing date
the Gath day of July. 1914. and with a
power Of sale therein contained. duly
of Deeds I'm and for the County or
Pine. and State Of Minnesota. on the
2sth day Of July. 1914. At 10 O'Clock
a. NJ, in Book 10 OF Mortgages. on
page 56S.
Which said Mortgage. together with
the debt secured thereby. was duly
assigned to Cloverton State Bank.
c'oyer.on Mnneso,a by written as
cember. 1918. and recorded In the Of
iice of said Register OF Deeds. on the
.5th day or January. 1919, at 10 o'clock
a. NJ. in Book 81 OF Mortgages. on
page s0s and no action or proceeding
having been Instituted. Mt law or other
wise. to recover the debt secured by
sal" Now Mor1 Tn.1e," or any . Gsrt
Given. That by virtue OF the power
Of sale contained In said Mortgage. and
pursuant to the statute in such case
made and provided. the said Mortgage
VIII be forecloseh by n sale Of the
premises described In and conveyed by
said Mortgage. viz:
The East one-half OF the Southeast
quarter tEk or SEA) OF Section Thir-
ty.three t33). Township Forty-three
n3). Range Eighteen UD. In Pine
County and state of Minnesota with
the hereditaments and appurtenances:
which sale viii be made by the Sheriff
Of said Pine County at the front door
Of the Court House. I'm the Village OF
Pine city. In said County and State. on
the 18th day OF April. 1919. at two
O'Clock =. NJ. OF that day, at public
vchdue, tn the highest bidder for cash.
10 pay said debt of Four Hundred
Forty four 4G-t00 Dollars. and interest
and the taxes. If any. on said promises,
and Twenty five Dollars Attorneys
fees. as stipulated In and by said Mort
gage In case of foreclosure. and the
Disbursements allowed by law: subject
to redemption at any time within one
year from the day of sale, as provided
by law.
Dated February rs. A. -. 1919
Cloyerton State Bank,
Assignee OF Mortgage.
r. A. SandberR,
Attorney.
(Feb. 20-Mar. 27.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
ORDER LIMITING TIME To FILE
CLAIMS AND FOR HEARING
THEREON
state OF Minnesota, County of Pines
In Probate Court.

state OF Minnesota, County OF Pine---ss
In Probate Court.
In the Matter Of the Estate or Otto
Carl Reck. becendent,
Letters OF Administration this day
having been granted to George Beck
and Affidavit of No Debts having been
flied,
II n Ordered. That the time within
which all creditors OF the above named
decedcnt may present claims against
his estate in this Court. he. and the
same hereby is limited to three months
from and after the date hereof; and
that Monday. the :ard day Of June.
1919, at one o'clock =. NJ. In the Pro-
bate Court Rooms at the Court House
NJ Pine city i'm said County. he and
the same hereby is. nxed and appointed
as the time and place for hearing upon
and the examination. adjustment and
allowance OF such claims as shall be
presented within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof he given by the
publication OF this order in tho Askov
American. as provided by law.
Dated February 10th, 1919.
j. r.. Therrien,
Judge OF Probate.
rrohate Court Sean
tFeb, .7-Mar. 13)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
AUDITORS NOTICE OF HEARING on
PETITION IN DITCH PROCEEDINGS
state Of Minnesota. &

state Of Minnesota. County Of Pines
In the Matter OF the Petition OF G. II.
Beavers and Others. for Public
Ditch In the County OF Pine. State
of Minnesota. Designated and Num-
bered as County Ditch No. 10.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
Conviction Of Socialist Leader
Sustained Unanimously by
Highest Tribunal.
MUST SERVE 10 YEARS
constitutionaiity Of Enlistment Clause
Of Espionage Act Of 1917 IL Upheld
by Oecision-convicted on
Ohio Speech.

Washington, March 1.-THE conyic.
ton OF Eugene v. Debs, Socialist lead
err. found guilty of violating the es.
pionage act through statements made
In speech at Canton, Ohio, last June,
and sentenced to 10 years In prison,
has been sustained by the supreme
court
In deciding the case the court in
effect upheld the constitutionality of
the so-called enlistment section OF the
espionage act of 1917. Debs had con.
tended that this violated the constitu-
tional right of free speech.
Court Ruling Unanimous.
The opinion of the court was unani.
nous.
As In the case Of the espionage cases
decided last week the supreme court
In its opinion again made no specific
ruling upon the cOnstitutionality Of the
espionage act as a whole The court
based It's opinion largely upon the part
OF the indictment charging obstruction
OF recruiting service. which was unani-
mously upheld
Convicted Last Year.
The arrest Of Debs took place June
80, 1918, at Cleveland, Ohio. He had
been indicted for violating the espion-
age act by his speech at the Ohio so.
cialist convention at Canton about two
weeks before. He was tried in federal
district court at Cleveland, before
Judge ID. c. Westenhaver.
Debs was indicted on four counts.
charging him with the following acts:
Caused and attempted to incite in
subordination, disloyalty and mutiny
and refusal OF duty in the military and
naval forces of the United States.
"Obstructed the recruiting and en-
listment service.
Provoked, melted and encouraged
resistance to the government
Opposed the cause of the United
States war with Germany"
Free Speech Plan Falls.
Debs. testifying in his own Defense
admitted saying the things attributed
to him, and relied solely on the con-
stitutional guaranty of free speech.
81 have no dispute with the evidence
presented by the government" he said
81 would not take back a word OF what
believe right to save myself from the
penitentiary.
II deny nothing. repudiate nothing.
| retract nothing"
The jury found Debs guilty on three
OF the counts. and Sept. Ia sentence
was imposed by Judge Westenhaver
Ho gave Debs 10 years on each of the
three counts. but made the sentences
run concurrently,
II do not regard the idealism Of the
defendant a. expressed by himself a.
any higher. purer. nobler than the
idealism OF thousands OF young men
have seen marching down the streets
OF Cleveland to defend our country"
said the judge in imposing sentence.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13

San Francisco. March 1l.-Commer
cial telegraph operators of the dis
trict council. at y meeting here. adopt
ed unanimously resolution calling
upon s. ]. Konenkamp. international
president. to order a vote on a nation
al strike to enforce the demand that
Postmaster General Burieson recog
nize the telegraphers' union. This an
nouncement was made by P. c. O'Con
nor. president Of the local district
council. who. added that the action
was in line with that being taken In
ether cities
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13

As announced before, a com.
munity meeting will be held at
the town hall, Askov. Friday,
Mar. Ia, at 2 p. m. The speaker
will be John z. White Of Chicago,
Who has a nationwide reputation
as a public lecturer on Single
Tax and related problems. We
need to hear the idea Of Single
Tax explained, and Mr.. White is
the man to do it.
Do not forget the date.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
FOES EXPECT MEETING SOON
Preparing to Leave Berlin for Paris
About March 10.

Berlin March 11.-Preliminary peace
negotiations may begin at Versailles
about March 20. according to reports
in circulation here. Count Won Brock.
dorff-Rantzau the foreign minister, 10
arranging for . small party Of promi.
nent business men to accompany the
German commissioners as experts,
These men have been instructed to
hold themselves In readiness for pos
sible departure March II or March 10.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
ENORMOUS NATIONAL DEBT

Britain Owes $29. 6o5, as. 0e5, Com.
pared to $3.50. 77o,sso In 1914.
London. March ia white paper
issued showed the national debt on
March 81. 1918, was $29. 605. 47s .0s5.
compared with $3.50. 770.55O at the
corresponding date In 1914.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
Hotel Bill 47e, A Century Ago

Hotel Bill Ale, A Century Ago
Butter at Is cents a pound,
eggs at ii cents dozen. potatoes
at 33 cents a bushel and veal at
4 cents and mutton at 8 cents a
pound those were the prices
current just 100 years ago back
in old New Hampshire.
Rum was 81 a gallon, though,
and that was Of greater inn
portance. judging from the
quantities Of various things sold.
Tea was 81 a pound and sugar 20
cents, but those, too. did little
to make the cost of living high.
And a man got Sc cents day
for his work back in those times
when the eight-hour day was less
talked about. Also a new felt
hat cost him $I.50 and pare
Of shoes strong" So, and a
woman was charged 60 cents a
yard for cambria.
The quotations of a century
ago, showing what duty a dollar
did then in comparison with the
present days of high cost Of
living, are from a daybook kept
by John Rollins, a merchant in
Alton. N. H., from 1918 through
the year 1880.
Found by II. &. Varney.
II. c. Varney. st. Paul, a deputy
state public examiner. obtained
the old record while visiting
relatives in New Hampshire and
added it to his extensive collec--
ton of old money, records and
other curiosities.
Jeremiah Edgerly was charged
on October 6, l818-7-just a centu-
ry ago with 33 cents for two
meals of victuals, 6 cents for a
nights lodging and 8 cents for a
gill of rum. a total hotel bill of
AZ cents, which Mr.. Varney main
tanned was quite reasonable.
Pethuel Stockbridgc, after buy
ing a considerable quantity of
rum, was charged 20 cents "for
breaking glass in store window
by firing his pistol in an entry
showing that the pleasant pas
time Of shooting up a place was
in vogue years ago.
Rum Most Popular Purchase.
More rum was sold at Merchant
Rollins general store than meat,
groceries. clothing or anything
else. The old day book contained
more charges for rum than all
other items combined, showing
that consumption on the pre-
misses was the practice. And
when a custumer was charged
for hat or pair of shoes. a pint
or gill Of rum also was charged.
showing. perhaps. that he had
wet" the new article of apparel.
Widow Wiggin was a good Gus
tumor at Rollins. so the account
record discloses. and she. too.
bought rum and tobacco as well
as tea and mackerel.St Paul
Pioneer-Press.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13

If you are looking for a bar
gain, send $3.50 to the Askov
American and receive it for a
year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
TO TRY GERMAN OFFICIALS
Peace Treaty Likely to Call for Sur.
render Of Officers.

render Of Officers.
Paris, March 1.-THE preliminary
peace treaty, It 10 reported. probably
will include a clause requiring Ger.
many to turn over all officials found
responsible for war crimes. to be tried
by an international tribunal. II there
is no other alternative, II Is understood
an international indictment will b
published, branding Wilhelm as the
worlds greatest criminal. his punish.
ment being limited to this historical
document.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13
Another Tale Of Suffering.

Stanley karulak was up from
the Automba and Kettle River
district on Monday, together
with John Milzrak and Anton
Moholski, two other very pro-
gressivc and hustling Polish far
mers from that district. Mr..
karulak was up to a hearing in
probate Of the estate Of his
brother-in-law. John Homicz,
which was the outcome Of the big
fire of Oct. IL. Previous To that
Hateful day, John Homicz lived
on his little farm Of eighty acres
about six miles west of Kettle
River. He and his flock lived
there in happiness and content
ment. and spent seven years on
their farm home. Besides his
wife, he had seven children,
three fine little girls. Nellie,
Stella and Sophia. four boys. Stan
ley, John. Billy and Bohlak. The
fire swept down upon them in
the afternoon, and the brave
father placed his family, as he
thought in safe refuge in the
root house, and then went out
and locked horns with the fire
demon in a vain attempt to save
their buildings. Hurrying from
one place to another where the
fire ragged most furiously, the
father fought and worked
desperately. No person will
ever know just what horrors he
went through or what physical
pain he suffered. But after his
clothes had caught fire and
burned his limbs. scorched his
skin and blistered his face. he
made run for the we'll. The
well was about twelve feet deep,
with about four feet Of water
in it. His clothing was all burned
from his body except part Of his
shirt and his shoes. He dropped
himself down into the we'll as a
last desperate chance to save his
own life. His body was found
there day or two later, and the
flesh was so badly burned that
the shoes dropped from his feet.
And while all this was going
on outside. what was happening
to the wife and seven children
inside the root house? Nobody
will ever know the details, as no
one can tell us, but we can
imagine them first smelling the
smoke seeping through the
cracks of the door, then later
permeating the entire room,
then all growing dark and the
heat overhead becoming intense,
the smoke thicker and thicker.
We can see the frantic mother
trying to keep her flock around
her, probably on her knees I'M
ploring Providence to spare their
lives we can hear her prayers
and we can hear the wailings
of the children as they swarm
around and shrek with fear ard
trembling until their voices be-
come hoarse and their little
Threats parched and choked
with the relentless smoke-and
we can see them. one by one.
fainting away and falling on the
floor in the inky blackness of
that awful place~-until with the
death dealing vapor around them,
locked in each others arms as
long as possible. the last
whimper is hushed. the last tear
dried-they have passed beyond
the reach of worldly suffering!
Every one of them was found
dead by the searching party who
visited the farm next day. Nine
in one family! They were
buried in the Polish cemetery
there beside many others. who
suffered a similar fate on that
awful day.-Carlton Vidette.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-13

Get the habit of reporting
news to the American.
Have you a business card!
Come in and let us show you
some samples.
Time is money. Save time by
using the American Want Col.
umn.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-20
sTINGINEss

If there is anything on earth that
gives us a longing for eternal res.
and deep, damp solitude. it is a man
who comes to town or county,
builds up a big, paying business,
grows rich and then squats down on
the gold like a hen on door knob,
and is too stingy ever to let the grav-
els grind in his own big gizzard.
A real genuine 1S-karat. stingy
selfish man can't be honest, and il
he ever gets to heaven and has wings
he will fold them up and walk for
fear he will ruffie a plume or lose q
tail feather. The kind OF men who
build up town and county and en-
joy life are the enterprising ener.
getic, and liberal men, who believe
in living and letting others live; anC
who do not, when they get dollar
squeeze ii till the Goddess OF Libert,
feels like she had on corset. Sucf
squeezing is what causes hard times
and stops the circulation of the Amer
lean Eagle. If it we're not for oul
broad-guaged enterprising men i
would be impossible to build up
prosperous city. -DeLand Record.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-20
CHICKENS AND BIRDS

Did you ever run into one Of those
fellows who calls a chicken a bird
and dignifies a rooster with the name
cock? The Sun man has--once or
twice. Just the other day F. A. Brad.
bury, superintendent of the poultry
division Of the Pinellas County Fair,
to be held at Largo next week, and
all round poultry expert at large, be.
gan firing away about this poultry
show that is to be part of the az.
gregation Of wonders at the Citrus
City, that opens Wednesday Of next
week for a four-day stand-or what.
ever they call 1t In poultrydom.
Right at once Bradbury got to talk.
ing about "cockerels," "pens," sweep.
stakes" BIRDS" and the like. The
Sun man threw up white nag and
told him he was getting too technical
for him. Bradbury found out right
then he was talking to a boob from
the country, brought up on the days
when that part of fowldom was d.
vided, like Caeser's Gaul, into three
parts--chickens, hen and ROSTERS. He
got his start in life before anybody
ever thought Of doing up an old roos-
ter with medals and ribbons and call.
ing him a cock and before the old
family hen got onto the fandangle
ideas of aristocracy and insisted upon
having straw floor and being called
a bird. Bradbury gave some comfort
by saying he knew another fellow
once who was in similar position
that he himself was the fellow and
that he had learned better.-Clear-
water Sun.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-20
TIME TO CHOOSE FLORIDA LAND
(Florida Grower.)

(rlOTlud GrOWer.)
There are tremendous areas Of Flor.
ida lands as yet uncultivated, every
acre Of which can be drained and
made fit for farming with poten.
tial value far greater than the physi.
cal value of the soil itself, because il
is land Of soil plus a climate. How.
ever, most of these vast areas are fol
the development Of the future. eithe,
because they are as yet undrained, OF
because they are not near traEsporta.
ton, and therefore inaccessible, or be.
cause they are in backward sections
that do not as yet see the value d
advertising. or. seeing, it. do not util
ize it.
Whether the undeveloped acres neel
transportation and now fit for cult
walton are utilized Immediately or not
they have a constantly growing value
because there is certainty in the
near future they will be used; used
either for citrus fruit growing or TO.
trucking, both industries of course
having their limits Of profitable pro.
duction' or for general farming ans
the raising Of livestock, which indus.
try can hardly be overdone in oul
time and generation.
Here we have the kindly climate
the year round production of grasse.
and grains, abundant water and 8
ready market. Plus the tick we wer,
handicapped; minus the tick, which
is sure coming, there are hardly an,
limits to how far we may 60 alonl
that line. Get your land in Florid;
while the getting is good. The choic
est spots for citrus fruit growing, To-
trucking and the available good area
for general farming are fast gettinj
into hands that will hold onto them
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-01-20
HOW THEY GOT RICH

Mrs. Blank: 81 could have married
Mr.. Brown or Mr.. Jones IL I'd wanted
to, and both Of these men l refused
got rich; while you are still as poor
as a church mouse"
Blank: "of course. I've been sup
porting you all these years they
haven't."-Boston Transcript
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-04-24

of the income shall be furnished by
the person, corporation or partner
ship paying them. Returns of infor-
nation must be filed with the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, Sort
ing Division, Washington, D. c., Col
lectors of internal revenue are not
authorized to receive such returns.
Form 1899, upon which reports must
be made, may be obtained, however,
from the offices of collectors of Inter-
nal Revenue.
Returns of information must be
accompanied by a letter of transmit
tai on Form 1896 showing under oath
the aggregate amount of payments.
These forms also may be obtained
from collectors.
'"The penalty for failure to make a
return on time is a fine of not more
than $1,000.00."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-04-24
EMPLOYERS MUST FILE RE-
TURNS OF SALARIES PAID
EMPLOYEES BEFORE MAY Is

Organizations and individuals gen.
orally are advised by Collector of In
ternal Revenue, E. j. Lynch, st. Paul,
Mimi, to undefscore their calendars
May Is, the last day for the filing of
returns of information, giving the
names and addresses of all indivd-
uals to whom payments of salaries,
wages, rents, interest, commissions
and other gain, profits and income
of 100000 or more were paid during
the year 1918. An extension of time
from March 18th May 18th was
granted by the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue for the filing CT these.
GAIL employers, of labor, whether in
large or small numbers, are required
to make returns" said Collector
Lynch. organizations, such as cor
.porations, companies, partnerships,
etc., are required to file returns show
ing the salaries and wages paid to the
officers and employees.
GA separate return for each en-
ploye whose salary for 1918 was ST.
900 or more is required.
Blanks, trust companies and SIM
liar istitutions must make returns of
information showing interest paid to
or credited to the account of an indi-
vidual if the amount so credited or
paid was $1,000 or more.
= "Real estate agents are required to
report the gross amounts received in
rents or other income and RENTED to
their principals if such amounts for
1913 were $1,000 or more. The bill
provides that whenever necessary the
name and address of the recipient
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1919-04-24
CITY NEWS

Miss Elsie Schaefer spent Easter
with her parents at Grey Eagle.
Mrs. Clinton Williams of Westpori
spent Tuesday visiting Mrs. Orrir
Smith.
Mrs. R. M. Mcmillan of Willard
spent Wednesday in this city visiting
friends "~ -..-.
Miss Myrtle Anderson of Long
Prairie spent the week end with he,
parents.
Harry Elliott of Minneapolis spent
his vacation with his parents in Ho.
boken.
Gregor Schlicte of Osakis spent
Easter in this city with relatives ano
friends.
Mrs. M. D. Aygarn went to Mime
apolis Tuesday to visit friends for a
few days.
DR.. C. J. Hennemann of St. CLOUD
spent Easter with his mother, Mrs. C.
E. Hennemann.
Mrs. E. w. Russell of Grey Eagle
spent Monday and Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Clark.
Mrs. G. H. Childs and daughter
Joyce, spent Saturday in Minneapolis
where they visited friends.
Mrs. D. C. Van Camp and Mrs. N
Christensen spent Friday at Melrose
visiting relatives and friends
Chris Larson, postal clerk in the
post office at Minneapolis, is spending
this week with his father, Jeppa Lar.
son.
Miss Anna Dicks returned from
Breckenridge Tuesday where she has
been visiting friends for the past
week.
Miss Christine Miller returned on
Monday to st. Cloud after spending
the week with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas
Miller.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist church will meet in the
church parlors Thursday afternoon
Mays1.
When the RAIDER Orchestra announc.
es that they will give a dance you
know that means an enjoyable even
ing. They will give their next dance
at the Sank Centre City Hall Friday
evening, May second. Wait for it. ads
Welle Brothers the progressive
farmers near Freeport have sold their
fine farm and will offer large
amount Of choice pure bred Poland
China hogs, Short Horn cattle, fine
horses and machinery at public auc.
lion Tuesday, May sixth. (