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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13

on that basis. have run
across farmers, who have sold
one or more thousand bushels for
1920 fall Delivery for $1.2O to $500
per hundred and taking
money on hand to bind the deal. do
not doubt that it looks good the day
the deal is made. After good
convincing talk many really get the
impression that these nice fellows
are getting the worst Of it and that
you are safe and practically have
assured yourself against a loss.
Have you? To-day we can buy II
pounds of sugar for so pounds Of
potatoes. If you could make a deal
in the same manner and get ~
pounds Of sugar next fall for each
bushel Of potatoes, and so forth of
any other thing you want, you might
come out fine. When sugar some
years ago sold for .05 per pound it
one pound OF sugar and sometimes
more, so really sugar was three
times as high at that time as now.
only the trouble is you sold your
potatoes in the fall and forgot to Sc
cure your supply of sugar then.
If you divide your marketing
throughout the natural season, and
plant an average acreage, we can say
that we have taken speculation or
gambling out of our business. and we
will come out on safe and sane
basis. And If we agree to pool our
crop and market that crop. where it
is wanted, we can get what our crop
is worth in the open market, and
that is all. we are entitled to, and
we are entitled to that. and can get
it by placing our crop for sale on a
cooperative basis, and only in that
way. There is no other way about it
Just as I conclude my arguments
against speculation, "HOard's Dairy
man" came to my desk, and I notice
on the first page:
'''rhe Bran Market Speculation
The Shorts and the Longs Play
Merry Game
-and the Farmer pays"
Now it really seems to me
that these three lines say
exactly the same and just as much
as ! have said i'm all these many
words in this long article. will
leave it to your judgment, but it i.
the same old story. The Farmer pays
the fiddler. and he is ever so pleased
that the world will allow him to dc
so.
Ludwig MosbRk.
President Mimi. Potato Exchange
Askov, Mimi, May s, 1920
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Markviue

Fred Buck of Cloverton, made
Markville a visit last Monday.
Mark Andrews went to Clover
ton last Saturday on business.
A number of Cloverton people
were seen on our streets last
Sunday.
Miss Ella Richardson went To
Minneapolis to work last Friday
night.
Mrs. Jas. Roatch went to Web
ster last Thursday to see the
doctor.
Mark Andrews was away on a
business trip the greater part of
last week.
Werner Carlson is building a
house on his place east of town
near the state line.
A number Of Markville people
attended the sale at the home of
John Weaver last Saturday.
The spring work here is on in
earnest, blowing, and planting
being the order Of the day.
r. ID. Rutherford has just
built fine feed warehouse in
the rear Of his store building.
Several Cloverton people
came to Markville Tuesday to
take the flyer to the Twin Cities.
Several children have been
sick the past week, among whom
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Town of Wilma

Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Coleman
visited Duxbury Sunday.
Mrs. Lillian Anderson called
on Mrs. Stellberg Sunday.
Mrs. Delta Emert and children
are visiting in Sandstone.
Mr.. Britain, from GAINESVILLE
Mimi, is visiting his son, Ralph
Sam WATSON and family spent
Sunday with the Lee Bates fam.
lily.
II. O. Hanstad and Joel Ohm.
stad were Markville visitors
Monday.
Rev. Blair will be at Duxbury
Sunday afternoon at 7:45
Everyone be sure and come.
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Gambling IN Potatoes

What is gambling? Webster says
II Is playing for money. Playing
cards for money and playing lotteries
are prohibited by law. but is really
no worse morally and no more dis
tructive economically. than that of
playing the Board of Trade, specu-
lation in future values in crops and
stocks in the market.
Fortunes are lost and won some
times In a single day--very few
fortunes though are made and kept
by speculation or gambling. A very
small percentage of gamblers die
rich in money, the majority natur-
ally bust sooner or later; it cannot
he otherwise.
! have my own way to express my
idea or definition OF speculation and
gambling like this. when anybody
buys something he does not need.
he Is either a gambler or a fool, and
when anybody sells something he
does not own or control he Is either
a gambler or a fool" When anybody
buys 1000 bus. of oats or potatoes
from the board OF trade. or from a
farmer for future delivery, and he
does not need this oats for his own
horses or these potatoes to feed his
family or stock or for seed. he is
pure and simple--a gambler.
The farmer who sells 1000 bus, of
oats or potatoes or any other farm
product before It Is either planted
or harvested is both gambler and
n fool--nOthing more nor less than
n pure and simple gambler, and a
fool. The professional gambler will
win 80 times. when the ameteur
gambler might have a chance to
win 10 times. The average farmer
is not a professional gambler, and
a professional gambler will never
make successful practical farmer.
The ways and means by which
these two types of the human race
live and exist is so far apart, and
can not be mixed or cultivated by
the same mind no more than fire
and water can be mixed and still
be fire and water. and the farmer
who gets the gambling germ inocu-
lated in his blood and cultivates
that germ. will not last long, have
tried 1t. The fall 1916 when potatoes
FOR the first time sold for $1.OO a
bu., ] thought ii would never hold,
and | sold all my potatoes, regard
less of my practice for number of
years to market my crop gradually
through the season. and got caught
OF course. | paid $3.50 for my seed
next spring. The next fall had all
my potatoes in my cellar without
seriously thinking what ! was do
ing. however. | woke up before 1t
was too late and sold one-half at
$i.oO per bushel. and the other half
brought me soc per bushel next
spring. This year it was very
tempting to sell all In the fan and
still more tempting later in the win
ter and early i'm the spring. was
often considering the question II it
was not foolish to hold part of them.
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were Carl Isaacson, Cecil Allen
and MARCEL Andrews.
Gilbert Schmiege is on the
sick list this week necessitating
short vacation for the upper
grades in the local school.
Mr.. Goeble has returned to
Markville and is living in his
house opposite the chuch; he is
putting a coat of paint on his
house this week.
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This estimate is based on the
hired help, and there is no reason
why you should not. or some member
Of your family. should not earn the
same as you would have to pay for
hired help. Some might object to
land rent at SIS per acre; I might
want though to take few hundred
acres at that rate. 1t cannot
be had around here. would not
rent out clover sod for $25 per
acre for anybody to take off a potato
crop, could not afford to.
The average yields in the last 90
years for the Northern states have
varied from 65 to us bu. per acre,
but the acreage from year to year
generally does not vary more than
10 to l5fc. With this i'm mind we
must expect that the price of pota-
toes will fluctuate violently from
one season to another. This brings
me to the question which prompts
me TO write this article namely, the
selling end of the potato business.
When ! accepted the position as
president of the Potato ENchanse |
realized the responsibility and later
ON the magnitude Of the undertake
ing did not think for a minute
that | would be the figure head on
the wedding cake. and take all the
glory and let George" do the work.
have done practically nothing
but TO study and work out the prob
lens coming up since took hold of
this work. have left everything
else to George.
In my travel have encountered
many problems. and am encountering
how and then attempts to sidetrack
the Potato Growers from organizins
and joining a safe and sane mark
citing organization Of their own
(ParaSiteSo. One of these is the
selling Of the crop before it is
planted selling a number of bushels
at stated price per bushel This
means that ST. many bushels must be
delivered At that price. whether
they are produced or not. If not
produced, they must be bought and
delivered. or the difference of price
paid, the same as is done on the
Board of Trade day in and day out
This traffic is condemned by MANY
farmers. 1t is a more dangerous
kind of gambling than simply play
ing cards for money. There you
can stop when you have lost a few
dollars. but here you must live up
To your contract. The farmer might
sell his crop safe enough before il is
planted if he sold all the potatoes he
might harvest on given number of
acres and at a price so much below
Chicago. New York or Minneapolis
markets on certain day. or an aver
age of several days covering the per-
iod OF delivery. But that of course
would take the gambling out of the
transaction. and that proposition is
not attractive to the professional
gambler. l am quite sure
you can not make deal
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13

the m s e l v e 3, :"
" w h en- tn e y
are e due a t e d
enough" I b u .
run the answers
of many Ameri-
cans pressed with
the question as to
when the Filipi-
nos S h ould be
granted their in
dependence. Now,
ability" "capaci-
ty" and ''sum-
cient education"
What do they
mean in black
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13
PROSPERITY

In a good wheat year every one is
prosperous. The farmer must be pros
porous before anyone else may pros
per. We must have bread and the
world is willing tn pay the farmer q
liberal price for his wheat.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13

There might be a lot OF pot in
the farmers hands to break the
prices when roads were drying up,
but stuck. and am glad Of 1t today.
I have still nice little pile in my
cellar and most of them will stay
there until near planting time.
whether get $1.OO or 800 hun
dred-weight. and so will a part of
my crop, in the same proportion year
after year as long as l grow pota-
toes and am able to keep my mind
sane and sound.
Changing crops according to mark
ct fluctuations, is another way to
gamble. There once more we can
not beat the professional gambler
and should not enter the gambling
field. Plant the same porportionate
average of each OF the standard
crops suitable for your soil and eli
matte conditions year afer year.
Move slow. and make sure before
you do move.
What is speculation after all?
Speculation Is based on the idea
that the other fellows or most OF them
speculate on the wrong side. The
professional spectators are watch
| ing their chances to fleece the large
flock of farmers losing their heads,
their homes and their happiness
and hard earned money in specula-
ton. either in changing crops, or
changing rules for time of year to
marketing.
The cost Of producing a potato
crop probably varies more widely
than that OF most any other stand
ard farm crop. The following is a
| rough statement of what it will cost
| averagely per acre on from two to
ten or twenty acres for the 1920
potato crop:
Man labor aside from picking
up and hauling to the pits
or to the market. 46 hours
at soc ................. $3.50
| Horse labor aside from mark
citing or hauling to pit rs
hours at 25c .......... 1850
Seed, 500 pounds at6c ..... $500
Paris green. pounds at Soc. 1.2O
| Bordeaux mixture 100
Machinery and depreciation :. 500
Land rent ................. 1900
Picking up at Sc per bu., 100
DuSnefS S.VU
Hauling to market or cellar
and other general expense 400
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"When they show sufficient capaci-
IT," "When they are able to govern
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-05-13
FIL|PINOS Want
AMERICA TO Give
INDEPENDENCE
Maxine N. KalaW Declares U. S.
Cannot Consistently Refuse
"SeIf. Determination"
ev MAKING N. kALAW,

Secretary Of the Philippine Mission. Au-
thor The Case for the Filipinos.
SELF Government In the
Philippines" etc.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-09-09
REDTOP

Mrs. Jonas Hanson went to Ostlur
on Tuesday for visit with friends.
Harry Johnson and Conrad Eng
strom of Opstead are ditching for q
road east of town.
C. B. Madsen and w. Templin start
ed to work on their road contract
east Of town this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Haggberg and
son attended church at Isle on Fri
day evening.
Orville Gould returned home from
the twin cities on Tuesday.
Mrs. D. NJ. Danielson returned to
her home at Ostlun on Tuesday. She
has been in a hospital in the cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonas Hanson returned
home from Mora on Saturday evening,
where they attended the fair
John Love of Ostlun is the new
rural mail carrier on route 1.
John Arlington of Wahkon has
been loading car Of lumber here this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Haggberg and
son visited at the John Haggberg
home at Isle on Sunday afternoon.
School opened on Tuesday with Miss
Lizzie Wamberm of this place as
teacher.
Lumber is coming into the Hagg-
berg planning mill every day. R. Hagg
berg will be ready to plane the lum-
Der in a few days.
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BLUE HILL

Mrs. Gus Erickson returned home
on Saturday from visit to relatives
at Clara City.
Mr.. and Mrs Youngstrand and
daughter, Edith, of Minneapolis came
up on Saturday evening and visited
over Sunday at the Fagerberg home.
Sunday school next Sunday morning
at 1880.
Matt Johnson purchased two Po-
land China pigs from Raymond Saxon
of Baldwin the first of the week.
J. H. Craft has purchased mill for
grinding alfalfa meal, which has the
same feeding value, pound for pound,
as bran.
Hartman Camp and wife entertained
at their home on Sunday Mr. and Mrs
A. H. Durbin and family, Mr.. and Mrs
j. H. Craft and son, Percy, and Mr..
and Mrs. Calhoun and family. All en-
joyed the day together
Mr.. Bishop, mail carrier on route
l, Princeton, had holiday Monday,
and he certainly enjoyed it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Knapp and
daughters, Marjory and Janet, and
Mr.. Knapp's mother of Orrock Wis
tied on Sunday at the Ben Carpenter
home and attended church service in
the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Payette and daugh-
ter, Dolores, autoed to Dayton Oil
Saturday to visit relatives. They re
turned home on Sunday evening.
j. J. and R. O. Sproessig started out
last week to fill silos and filed Chas.
Brande's on Wednesday and two others
near Princeton.
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DISTRICT NO. 50

Mrs. A. H. Fullwiler Of Round Lake
sister-in-law Of Mrs. C. L. Campbell,
spent several days with her last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Adams and
Mr.. and Mrs. Vergin Bird of Mime
apolis stopped over night with their
aunt, Mrs. c. L. Campbell, on Sunday.
They were on their way to Harlem,
Mont, by auto.
Adley Stacey came up on Saturday
and stayed until Tuesday with his
folks.
Mrs. Allen Heath went to the hos
pital on Sunday to undergo an opera
ton. Hope she will return home i'm
proved in health
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Norberg went
to Spectacle lake on Sunday to hear
the talk on everlasting life.
A telephone call from Dave Looney
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First Pub. Sept. 9-3t)

Notice of Sale of DitchinG Job.
Notice is hereby given that on the 25th day
Of September, 1920 at 8 100 o'clock a. M, at
the Baldwin town hail. Baldwin township,
Shesburne county. Minnesota. will sell the
No. 1. town of Baldwin, established by the
town board of the town of Baldwin, of Sher-
burne county. state of Minnesota, by their or
der bearing date August 30th, 1920. viz: For
the work job, and also for one or more
divisions of such work, to the lowest RESPONSE
Bile bidder or bidders and that bids are invited
for said work; said work to be COMPLETED with
in the time required, and in the manner
specified, in said order of said board. And no
bid will be entertained which exceeds more
than thirty 500 per cent over and above the
estimated cost of the construction in any
case. stated in said order; and the success
full bidder will be required to give satisfac-
tory bond, to be approved by the town clerk
of said town, with two freehold sureties, for
the faithful performance and fulfment of
his contract, and to pay all damages that may
accrue by reason of his failure to complete
the Job within the time required in the con-
tract. The said order and estimates and pro-
file are on file. and may be seen at my office.
The approximate amount of work to be done
in the construction of such ditch is as follows
Ditch with open excavation of approximately
10000 feet; approximately 125 feet of which
is tile; approximately 1900 feet of which is
excavation along the public highway to be
moved distance of about IL feet onto said
highway: and otherwise constructed in ac-
cordance with plans and specifications now on
ME with the town clerk of said town of Bald
win.
s1.322.45.
The right to reject any and all bids is
Dated September 4th. 1920.
W. c. ANGsTMAN.
Town Clerk. Town of Baldwin. County
OF Sheburne. State of Minnesota
Evan H. Peterson
1 Princeton, Minnesota,
Attorney for Petitioners.
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First Pub. Aug. 1860
Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure.

Default having been made in the payment
six hundred ffty-three and 6o-1oo
,653.60) dollars, which is claimed to be due
I'D is due at the date of this notice under a
artan mortgage made by Duncan A. Sphinx
md Laura S. Sphinx. his wife, to the First
State Bank of Onannia, "a corporation under
November Is, 1918, and recorded December %.
1913. at l o'clock p. M, in the office of the
register of deeds of Mile Laos county, Mime
sofa. in book "4' of mortgages, page
"53S'' and duly assigned to Ruth White by
the said mortgage by instrument of assign
nlent, dated December 80, 1913, filed for
record in the office of the register of deeds
of said Mile Laos county. the 14th day of
corded therein in book "5" of mortgages on
page "16S,' and later duly assigned to First
State Bank of Onamia. "a corporation under
the laws of the State of Minnesota), by the
said assignee of mortgagee by instrument of
assignment, dated November rs, 1918, filed
for record in the office of the register of
day of June. 1920, at o'clock p. M, and
recorded therein in Book "15' of Mortgages
on page $685." notice is hereby given that said
mortgage will be forecosed by the sale by the
and the power of sale therein contained of the
premises covered by said mortgage, which are
therein described as follows: The north half
Of the northeast quarter (nh of neA). sec
ton seven I'D, township forty-three (43)
north. OF range twenty-seven (2O west, of
the fourth principal meridian. containing
eighty 800 acres more less according to
the government survey thereof in the coun-
ty of Mile Laos and state of Minnesota, to
the highest bidder for cash at the front door
of the high school building in the village of
Milaca, in said county, said high school build
ing being then used as temporary court
house for said county of Mile Laos, at IL
o'clock a. M, on Tuesday, October 5th. 1920,
to pay the amount due under said mortgage,
and attorneys fees as stipulated in and by
said mortgage, and the costs and expenses of
this foreclosure, no action having been brought
to recover said amount or any part thereof
Dated July T. 1920
FIRST STATE BANK OF ONAMIA,
Assignee of Mortgage
By w. A. Benzie President
By F. o. J. Peterson, Cashier
W C. Doane,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage,
u Princeton Him.
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at the lake says they are well and
he is doing first rate. He has a
big road contract and is in need of
help.
Anyone wanting two full-blooded
Poland> China sows with young pigs
about two weeks old can get them by
calling up c. L. Campbell
Threshing is being done rapidly in
this locality. Corn is being cut and
potato digging will be in full blast
in few days. The potato crop is
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Mrs Gus Erickson returned home
on Saturday from visit to relatives
at Clara Citv.
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First Pub. Sept 9-3t)
Citation for Hearing on Final Account and
for Distribution

ESTATE OF FLOYD HARRISON HATCHER
State of Minnesota, County of Mile Laos.
In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of FLOYD Harri
son Hatcher decedent
The state of Minnesota to the next of kin
and all persons interested in the final account
and distribution of The estate of said decedent:
The representative of the above named de-
cedent, having filed in this court his final ac-
count Of the administration of the estate of
said decedent, together with his petition pray-
ing for the adjustment and allowance of said
final account and for distribution of the resi-
due of said estate to the persons thereunto
entitled
Therefore. you. and each of you, are hereby
cited and required to show cause, if any YOU
have, before this court at the probate court
rooms in the village of Milaca, in the coun-
tv of Mile Lacs~and state of Minnesota. on
the 4th dayy of October. 1920. at 2 o'clock p
M: why said petition should not be granted.
Witness, the Judge of said court and the
seal of said court this 31st day of August
1920. VIM. v SANFORn D'''
1Court Seal.) Probate Judge
Evan II. Peterson,
Attorney Per Sc,
Princeton, MINI.
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turning out even poorer than most
people thought at first.
Willie Knew.

Teacher-This book says that pes
thence visited the people. Do you
know what that means?
Willie WILTSHIRE. That's what pa
calls grandma when she comes to see
US.
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MILE Laos COUNTY
TOWN CLERKS

TOWN CLERKS
Bogus Brook-A. ]. Franzen...".R. 4, Milaca
Borgholm-C. w. Sorenson. 1, Milaca
Rradbury-W c. Johnson. Onamia
Dailey-Sereno Johnson .."-...... r. 2, Onania
East Side-Oscar c. Anderson...R. l, Redtop
observation-disclosures Erickson.....R. l, Foreston
Hayland-Mearl E. Hummel......R. 3, Milaca
Isle Harbor-Samuel Magaw....R. l. Wahkon
Kathio-Wallace e. Schaumberg. Star R., Onamia
Mo-O. B. Kessler..................R.1 1. Foreston
Maca-H A. S. Sandholn. R. 2, Milaca
Mudgett-R. L. Baker..............R. 2, Onamia
Onamia-G. H. Carr. R. 2, Onama
Page-Erick Williams. ...............R. 3, Milaca
Princeton-Henry Marpe............. Princeton
South Harbor-Philip Woodward-R. l, Onama
VILLAGE RECORDERS
Foreston-Earl DeHart ................ Foreston
Isle-A. o. Peterson ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Isle
Milaca-E. A. Magnuson .................. Milaca
Princeton-Clair Smith ................. Princeton
Onamia-Stacy Orion ....................... Onamia
Wahkon-C. NJ. Halgren ................... Wahkon
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-10-05
To Get Strong and
Put on Flesh

People who have tried it say that
one Of the quickest and surest ways
fin which those who are weak. thin,
nervous and run down can grow
strong and put on pounds OF solid
stay-there flesh. is TO take 5-graiu
tablet OF Blood-Iron Phosphate with
each meal This is doubtless due to
the wen known fact that Blood-Iron
Phosphate quickly builds up de-
pleted nervous energy and at the
same time supplies the iron necessary
20 make rich. red strength building
blood II you are weak, thin, nervous
or are lacking in the old time vlgor,
endurance and optimism, 80 TO Cor
dell Drug Co. or any other good
druggist and set enough Blood-Iron
Phosphate 10 last three weeks and
take as directed II at the end Of
three weeks you don't feel one hun
dred percent better and aren't fin
every way satisfied, you can have
your money back for the asking.
Fair, isn't it, Better Try it today
Adv