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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-12-02

rcST NOMpctIt1O0s
Butter dealers from various
parts of the United States. gath
cred for a meeting in Chicago
last weak. expressed .considera-
BILE fear at the prospect of a for
midable foreign competition.
1t was said at the meeting that
Denmark is prepared to export
to America 100000 pounds of
butter week. and that this fact
would tend to bring prices down
in this country.
klRboe is Dead.
Andrew B. Kl@boe died last
week at his home in Seattle,
Wash. He was born 1860 at
Donna, Nesne Prmstegjeld, Nor
way. and came to the United
States in 1884 settling at Stan
wood. Wash. of which city he
was mayor for four terms. Sew
eral years ago he sold his drug
store at Stanwood and opened
another in Seattle.
Feek Passes Away.
One of the best known Swedes
in Brooklyn. N. Y, Edward l..
Feek, has died after suffering
from paralysis for some time.
He was a native Of Kalmar,
Sweden, had lived in America
for many years, was at one time
one of the editors of the periodi-
cal. "Frisk Luft". and had writ
ten extensively. In private busi-
ness he was a general contractor
at one time president of the con-
tractors association of Greater
New York. Mr., Feek was So
years old.
Showing Siverware.
William Arup. who in 1904 was
the official Danish commissioner
at the St. Louis worlds fair, left
New York last week for Copen.
hagen after having spent few
weeks in this country arranging
an exhibit of modern Danish
silverware. The Exhibit is now
open in New York and will with
in a few weeks be transferred to
Chicago.
Norwegian Art.
The Norske Klub in Chicago
has arranged an exhibition of
Norwegian-American paintings
and sculpture works which will
be open in the club rooms, 2346
North Kedzie boulevard. from
December IL to December l9.
Several prizes will be awarded to
the artists considered best by
the judges committee.
To Start Settlement.
Fifteen Swedish families have
arrived near Fresno, Cal, where
they intend to open a settlement
which is to be made especially
attractive to their compatriots.
1t is said that about 20 more
families have signified their in
tention of coming from Sweden
to join the settlement, and that
several others in eastern states
are preparing to go to the set
tlement whose name will be
Velander.
RumOrs or Truth!
Persistent rumors are being
circulated by a Danish newspa-
per in New York to the effect
that the famous Danish actor,
Olaf Poulsen, is contemplating
an American tour, and that
Frederik Jensen, the most cele-
brated comic actor in Denmark.
also is planning a trip to this
country. So far it has been impos-
ible to ascertain the truth Of the
rumors. but Frederik Jensen is
to have said that he
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
SARDINIA: THE ISLAND OF
PYCMIES AND WOLFRAM

A traveller Of fine Imagination sug-
gests that travel involves a double
journey-'one forward through space,
the other backward through time"
Your steamboat ticket from Civil
tavecchia, the port of Rome, entities
you to an eight-hour voyage to Sar-
DINA, but affords a premium Of sew
eral thousand years backward to Eu-
ropes earliest traceable history.
Sardinia has a double interest just
now because Of the reported native
demand for home rule, and because
Americans have found tracts contain
ing wolfram. highly priced as a source
Of tungsten.
Second only to Sicily among Medi-
terranean islands, Sardinia has been
referred to as the lost isle of that
sea. Geographically it has been said
to turn its back on Italy, for its east
coast is mountainous. This isolation
has compensation in preserving the
homogeneity Of a people who have q
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08

Ing his habitat for scientific pur-
poses, was sent out by the Miami
Aquarium association.
A yacht was the mother ship Of the
expedition and an express cruiser was
used rs scout boat. Canvas canoes
were taken along to get into the shall
low salt creeks, and nose into the la
g00n3 for deep entrances to the murky
swalnps where the flamingo hides. A
bahama guide, Peter Bannister. who
had aided Doctor Chapman's party ID
years ago, also went with the party.
After penetrating to the utmost
navigable points with the canoes 1t
was necessary to traverse miles Of the
"swash" or tidal mari marshes, carry
Ing the heavy cameras and motion pic
ture machines, In search for the birds.
Wading In water up to the waist, knee
deep in the mari mud, was the daily
program, while binding swarms OF
mosquitoes compelled nightly retreats
to the yacht, anchored several miles
off shore.
But the hardships found a worthy
reward when the party came upon col
Onies of several hundred birds. de-
scribed by a member of the party as
"a flaming mass Of brilliant scarlet
bodies, jet black beneath the huge
wings. with their long, slender necks
gracefully lowering and raising their
Roman-nosed heads as they sought be-
meath the water the tiny spiral shell
known to scientists as 'Cerithium,' up
on which the famingo lives exclusively
in its native habitat"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
REALLY NOTHING MUCH DOING
LICE Parsons Was Not Actually On
the Warpath, but It Seemed There
Were Casualties.

Everybody expects a Kentuckian to
tell feud story" stated Governor
Morrow Of Kentucky recently. ~The
thing has really been much overdone,
but the story Of Lige Parsons may b
worth telling. Like dropped into the
courthouse to see his friend, the pro-
bate judge.
Howdy. Liger greeted the Judge.
'Howdy, judgev
"What's dom down your way,
LigeY
Nuthin', judge, nuthin'.'
Tother evenin' I was a-settin', q
readin' Of my Bible, judge spoke up
Lige, when some shootin' begun. One
Of my gals said twas the Harris boys
down by the middle pasture. Now,
Judge, didn't mind them Harris boys
a-shoOtin', but I was afraid q stray
bullet might hit a calf Or one Of the
kids, so picked up my rife and
dropped a few shots down that way
and went back a-readin' Of my Bible.
Next mornin' I went down that way
an they was all gone 'cept four 80
Harper's Magazine.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08

special interest for students Of racial
history. Sardinians are small Of
stature. Even their soldiers have an
average height a fraction under five
feet, four inches.
But the most conspicuous curiosities
Of Sardinia are its nuraghi, great
round towers, relics Of the bronze age,
which served as fortified dwellings for
some prehistoric people. There are
5000 or more Of these towers, some 60
feet high, usually about 80 feet in d.
amster at the base, made Of stone
blocks and smeared with clay on the
inside. Stairways lead to upper cham
bers and platforms.
Interesting as are these relics Of I'M
known inhabitants, even more fasci-
mating are the traces of ancient civili-
cations to be found in the daily life
Of Sardinians of today. One may find
oxen blowing as they did in the days
of the Roman empire, implements
which were introduced by the success
sive occupants, one Catalan town
(Alghero) where there Is no Earring
note in the illusion Of old Spain, and
dances Of the classic Greek period at
the mountain feste.
Only in Sardinia and Corsica is the
mufioni. predecessor Of our sheep, to
be found. Wild deer and wild boar
are plentiful in the mountain districts.
funny fishing is major industry.
In area Sardinia is comparable to
Vermont. but has more than twice the
population Of that state. The island
lies directly south Of Corsica. and is
separated therefrom by the narrow
straits of BonifaciO. In shape it has
been compared to human footprint.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
THE FLAMINCO, A BIRD OF
BEAUTY AND MYSTERY,
IS SAVED FROM
EXTINCTION
EXTINCTION

Assurance that the flamingo, bird of
beauty and mystery. will escape ex-
tinction Is contained in letter from
H. E. w. Grant, colonial governor of
the Bahamas, which says:
"You will be glad to hear that an
order in council has been passed CIV
ing complete protection to the flamin-
go. This glory Of our marshes owes
the expedition debt of gratitude"
The action Of the Bahamas council
was taken following an expedition,
which trailed the flamingo, the most
beautiful Of the worlds larger birds,
to its last stand, took motion pictures
of the timorous creatures; and brought
about a realization Of how near they
were to becoming extinct in the new
world through humiliation by native
sponge fishermen. These fishermen
hunted them down for food purposes
at the nesting and molting season.
The first American naturalist to To-
cate and study the gorgeous flamingo
was DIR. Frank NJ. Chapman in 1901.
when he estimated that some 10000
flamingoes were to be found on one
OF the little known islands Of the
Bahamas group. Since then 1t Is be-
lieved that fully two-thirds Of the
colonies have persisted.
The expedition that spent ten days
in the abysmal salt swamps of Andres
island. filming the flamingo and study.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
HON0RED AS GREAT TEACHER
clan, the Foundation Of the
Science Of Geometry.

Euclid was an ancient mathemati-
clan, who is said by some to have
dourished In the third Gentry before
the Christian era. 1t is generally
held that he was a Greek, but the date
and place Of his birth are unknown.
1t is generally held that much of his
work was done at Alexandra, Egypt.
which In those ancient times was a
famous seat Of learning and the cen
ter Of extensive commerce. The most
famous work Of Euclid that has come
down to US is the Elements Of Geom-
etry in ID books. The first six are the
most valuable. They contain the
foundation Of geometry. on which is
based several branches Of higher
mathematics. These books are still
used in schools and colleges. The
next three books deal with the prop
critics of numbers but they are super
seeded by modern arithmetic. Euclid
also left other works. such as treatises
on harmony and optics.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS

The Marshall islands. along with the
Carolines, were seized by Japan soon
after the outburst of the war, and their
permanent disposition has been under
discussion. Their proximity to the
Philippines has been referred to in
this connection.
The two chains Of curiously shaped
atolls, or coral islands consisting Of
low-lying coral reefs encircling la
goons, known as the Marshall group,
lie a little south Of the center of an
imaginary line between the Philippines
and Hawaii.
Guam, Samoa and Honolulu form q
triangle Of trade routes, with its sides
not penetrated by important steamship
lines. Near the center of this isolated
Pacific zone are the Marshall islands.
Before the war Sydney was reached
by steamer, a voyage Of more than
SEQ miles. The only other egress is
a steamer to Ponape which connects
with the French line to Singapore.
Like two loosely-strung chains of
JCWClS, l1C ASloAOS ACNNA AAOA1 uOA LII
west to southeast, each with its la
COON setting encased by a strangely.
shaped circlet Of coral. some like tri-
angles, harps and stirrups, and one
outlining a bulls head with its horns.
.Straight-haired, dark-brown natives,
still preserving the religious signifi-
canoe Of tattoo and taboo, are to be
found.
Woman was given a higher position
than among most savages because sue
cession was through the female line.
But the chiefs power was absolute, to
the point of life and death. One am
bilious ruler learned an alphabet and
Is said to have beheaded all his SUBJ
jects who seemed likely to acquire
more knowledge than he had. In some
islands the mother was allowed to
keep only the first three children. She
had to bury the fourth.
Skillful and fearless navigators, the
natives used bread-tree wood to make
sailing canoes in which they would
VOYAGE for months. They devised
charts, made Of sticks, showing the To-
cations Of islands and the directions
Of prevailing winds.
Ancestor worship was their predomi-
nant religious sentiment. With pc
titions and gifts they worshiped the
departed whose spirits were supposed
to return to earth in certain palm trees
which they set off in stone Enclosures
Birds and fishes sometimes embodied
these spirits. they believed, and thus
certain species became taboo.
Homes of the natives were not pre-
tentious. Floors were raised above
the ground to escape the rats, and
matched roofs covered the combination
house and storage room.
The two island groups are known
as the Ratak and Ralik chains. Their
entire area Is not more than 100 square
miles; their native population $4,000
with fewer than 800 foreigners. The
seat Of German government was on
Jaluit and the most populous island
10 Majeru. with but 1000 persons
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
AIRPLANES TO WHIR OVER
THUNDEROUS FALLS

While Niagara Falls will continue
to hold their own as a mecca for hon.
ey-mooners and other travellers. they
must henceforth submit to comparison
with another natural wonder. the Vic
toria Falls Of the Zambesi, as Africa
becomes freQuented by tourists.
From being a place Of mystery, so
feared that Livingstone, who discov-
cred the falls in 1855. had great diff
Guilty in persuading his followers to
accompany him, the falls now are Wis
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08

ible from a railway that crosses the
river half-mile below them, and they
lie under the route Of the proposed
Cape to Cairo aerial service.
Louis Livingston Seaman, in q COM
munication to the National Geographic
society, describes q visit to Victoria
Falls and contrasts them with Nj.
agara. as follows:
EARLY in the morning Of the third
day, we were suddenly awakened by
the guard and treated to a scene Of
beauty never to be forgotten. Some
ten miles distant five enormous col
umns Of vapor were shooting their
roseate-tinted shafts hundreds Of feet
heavenward, while the faint roar Of
the falls told us the Mosioa- Tunga-
the smoke that sounds-was no longer
a mystery.
Each moment increased the beauty
and vividness Of the scene. With the
first rays Of the rising sun came a
picture Of color Of wondrous loneliness.
Delicate tints Of violet, crimson, and
beryl played through the mounting
spray as 1t shot higher and higher,
ultimately disappearing as virgin
clouds In heaven, while the ever-in-
creasing thunders of the waters lent
an added solemnity to the view.
Hardly could we wait to reach our
destination, SO great was our enthusi-
asm. But our hopes were doomed to
momentary disappointment, only to be
more than realized after a study Of
the environment; for, Notwithstanding
their magnitude, the first view Of Vic
toria Falls is decidedly disappointing.
although nearly a mile in width
and 400 feet In height, the grandeur
of their proportions is eclipsed by the
sudden disappearance Of the river, as
1t plunges into a narrow, rocky assure
extending across its entire width. Only
at a single central point is there a
breach in this assure through which
the falls can be seen and appreciated
in their full proportions, where the
converging waters rush madly to the
zigzag canyon below. So restricted is
this view that there is an entire abb
sence Of that awe-inspiring and most
paralyZing effect which strikes the Wis
tor dumb with wonder and amazement
when Niagara bursts on his near
vision.
ION first sight Of the Victoria Falls
one involuntarily exclaims, oh, how
beautiful! but they lack the majesty
Of our grand Niagara
"No single visit can adequately re-
veal the fullness Of their charms. but
repeated excursions must be made to
their islands and precipices, their grot-
tos and palm gardens, their rain for
ests and projecting crags, their rain
bows and cataracts and many-sided
views Of their exquisite setting in the
emerald framework Of tropic forests,
before their indescribable beauty can
be appreciated.
Had the falls been in America, the
Indians would surely have named
them Minnehaha, Laughing Waters"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
Where He Belonged.

Hiram" said Mrs Corntossel, "what
band wagon are you going to ride
ont"
"Mehitable," was the reply. Il know
how I am goin' to vote. but I won't
be fiourishin' on any band wagon. 1 am
not sufficiently prominent to have q
seat and be examined by the admirin'
populace. I'm only one of the fellers
that are supposed to be proud and
happy II they are invited to climb
down every now and then and crank
up the car
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
New Style or Ignorance.

new SIyIo " u000t1nG3.
Mary had new fellow" and 1T the
breakfast table members Of the fam
lily who had given him the once over
the evening before, were not backward
about making comments.
Father said: "Mary, why does ~
young man wear his hair 50 long"
Mary replied: ITO tell the truth I
don't know: it may be q new style or
1t may be just plain ignorance"
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
Prisoner Leans From Train.

Broken Bow. Neb.-Dennis Chester,
being taken from Great Falls, Mont.
to Kansas City for the murder Of Flor
ence Barton, escaped from three de-
tectives on a Burlington passenger
train near here and is still at large.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-12-08
Reduce Working Hours.

Springfield, Mass.-The Westing.
house Electric & Manufacturing COM
pany has put into effect a cut from
fifty-four to forty-eight hours a week
In its working schedule. affecting 1900
employees.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-09-10
LOWER WHITEWATER
(COntributed)

Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee Anderson re-
turned on Friday from their place on
the Missouri river where they have
been putting up hay for the last couple
of weeks.
Ray Carter was t%ransacting bust
ness in Saco on Friday and when he
was about ready to start home his
horses became frightened at an auto
mobile and ran into the steps in front
of Rognas store, demolishing one
wheel of the buggy. No other damage
vas done however.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. C. Busche and chill
dren, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. McCord and
Mrs. Harvey Lamb and childen took
Sunday dinner at the Osier home.
Lower Whitewater enjoyed a fine
rain last week and a good many are
busy blowing now.
Mrs. VIM. Pinkerman and children
were Saco visitors on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Mckee Anderson en-
tertained the Tathum, Vest, and Hun
tley families at a fried chicken supper
Friday evening.
Mrs. Franklin and children were
the guests of Mrs. Hans WAL on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. A. Huntley and two
little daughters spent Thursday of last
week at the Busche home.
Miss Dennis McMullen, who has
been spending some time at the Stro-
mmen home returned to her home
at Ynot last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. T. Glascock and
daughter Florence took supper Sun
day evening at the Waal home.
Levi Osier is hauling grain from
near the Canadian line to Saco for Mr..
Murdoch.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. McCord were
the dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. P. A.
Huntley at dinner on Friday.
Word was received from Stevens
Point, Wis, of the death of Mr.. H. l..
Slngrey, on Sunday, August 28th. Mr..
Singrey lived at Lower Whitewater
for some time and while here made
many friends who sympathize with his
bereaved family at this time. Mr.. Sim
grey leaves beside his wife, a daughter,
Mrs. Ira Stambaugh of Saco, and a
son Paul, of Stevens Point, Wis.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-09-10
WHAT'S THE s

There amt no use in kicking, friend,
If things don't come your way;
1t does no good to boiler round
And grumble night and day.
The thing to do is curb your grief
Cut out your little whine
And when they ask you how you are,
Just say "I'm feeling fine"
There amt nc man alive but what
Is booked to get his slap;
There amt no man that walks but
what
From trouble gets his rap.
Go mingle with the bunch, old boy,
Where all the bright lights shine,
And when they ask you how you are,
Just say, "I'm feeling fine"
Your heart may just be burstin, with
Some real or fancied woe,
But if yea smile the other folks
Amt very apt to know.
The old world laughs at heartaches,
friend,
BE they your own or mine,
So when they ask you how you are,
Just say, "I'm feeling fine"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-09-10
MEN MAY TAKE
E CROSS COURSE

Should men as well as women be
given the opportunity to learn how to
care for the sick in their homes?
Miss Eva Anderson, Director of
Nursing for the Northern Division of
the Red Cross, has recently received a
QUESTIONABLE from National Head
quarters, asking whether there is a
demand in this Division for a mems
course in Home Nursing.
There is unqestionably such a de-
mand, Miss Anderson says. Both field
representatives and instructors in
the curse have reported that in many
places where the work has been offer
ed, the men have not only expressed
their appreciation of its value to the
women, but have stated that they
would be glad of the chance to take
the cours themselves. Several times
high school boys have asked that a
class be organized for them as we'll as
for the girls.
people every where are beginning
to realize that a knowledge of simple
nursing methods is invaluable" Miss
Anderson said. "This is undoubtedly
one of the most noticeable results OF
the influenza epidemic, when thous-
ands of lives were lost for no other
reason than that patients were not
given proper care. If the men, pom
who sometimes fell the responsibility
of caring for a sick family, had known
only the facts and methods which are
taught in the Home Nursing course
it is certain hat many lives could have
been saved"
Copies of the questionable have
been sent to the Home Nursing in
structors throughout the Division. If
the responses indicate that there is a
sufficiently strong demand for the
work among the men, it is probably
that a course similar to that offered
to the women will be prepared for
them.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-09-10
STOCKMEN TAKE SIDES ON
FOOD VALUE OF THTSTT 7

Miles City, ept. 7.-Stockgrowers
in this region are about equally divid.
ed in the controversy over foo dvalues
of Russian thistles for cattle. The
weed has for years been n of the en-.
emies. of hay growers.
A resident of this section who OBJ
\ained successful results from the
thistle last winter offers some sug-
gestions for stockmen in regard to
proper feeding. Declaring that the
feed should be fed with salt, as it
is naturally salty with alkali, in which
kind of land it thrives best, he says
that the thistle should not be fed a
lone, but the animals should be given
some grain or other heat and energy
giving feed with it.
In his estimation, at least, the thistle
does not furnish sufficient nutritive-
ness, especially where the animal to
which it is fed is IN a weakened con-
dition.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-09-10
BOSS TOWNLEY GIVES
ORDERS; HE SHUNS THE
DEMOCRATIC CONCLAVE

/ the Democratic convention who are
attending or participating in the pro-
ceedings of the Democratic conven-
ton"
No Feeling ut.
In explanation of the above resolu-
ton, the state office wishes to say
that it recognizes the necessity for
complete cooperation on the part of
all the membership and expects that
they will follow the suggestion as
outlined in the interest of voluntary
discipline which has sustained and
maintained our organization for the
last four years and brought it tri-
umphantly through the series of con-
flicts which it has been compelled to
wage. 1t has never been defeated. 1t
won the primary fight twice. 1t has
now carried the primary election in a
manner which is echoing throughout
the length and breadth of the North
American continent. All this has been
accomplished by cooperation and CO.
ordination as inspiring as it is re-
markable. If you do not break ranks
now that you have achieved the initial
success in the great fight ahead of US,
we shall win the greatest victory ever
recorded IN the history of this state.
Let US stand together for the COM
mon good of all-State Manager.