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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-05-05
CHICKEN BULLETINS

Our County Agent, Fred 5.
Idtse, mailed me the other day
a package of bulletins on chick
ems. They are chuck full of
needed information, and are free
for the asking at the American
office. There are about enough
Of them so every member OF the
Askov S. C. White Leghorn Club
can get a copy each of the varl-
Gus kinds. Others interested
can also get copies free OF
charge by writing to United
States Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, ID. c., for
farmers bulletins Nos. sol, ga,
1913, l1OS, 11l2, l116 and TIA.
Blueprints Of poultry houses
may be had for 10 cents copy
from Division Of Publications,
University Farm, St Paul. MINI.
Send for No. 800 colony house
for chicks, No. l49 two pen
shed roof or No. l64 two pen
broken gable roof. ! can not see
how No. li9 could be warm
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family up here as soon as the
Sivertsen family leaves. The
section crew will be increased to
seven men and the territory
they cover will be extended two
miles at the south end, making
a total stretch of eight miles.
The scale for the crew remains
the same 4Sl cents per hour.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-05-05

enough in this climate; No. 164
is surely alright; but don't take
nv word for it, send for both
and decide for yourself.
Thee. Jensen.
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Large Confirmation Class.

A class Of % young people
were confirmed at the Danish
Lutheran church in Askov Sun
day by Rev. S. ID. Rodholm local
pastor, before a congregation
which filed the church to ca
pacity.
The young people who took
this important religious step of
their lives are as follows:
Harald johnson.
Aksel Hansen.
Carl Larsen.
Elmer Ecklund.
Ralph Gravesen.
Thorvald Sorensen.
Holger Dixen.
Henry Johansen.
Henry Slmonsgaard
George Larsen.
Anspar Rodholm.
Harry Eckmnd.
Gladys Jensen
Gudrun Kilstofte.
Lydia Jensen.
Gudrun Andersen.
Theresa Poulsen.
Ragna Sorensen.
Paula Madsen.
Olga Andersen.
Ottilia Poulsen.
Apncte Nielsen,
Ruth Jensen.
Myrtle Hansen.
Edna Adolphsen.
American Want Ads will brins
results if anything will.
Three months trial subscrip
tion to the American for SOC.
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Pine City Organizes Library.

Citizens of Pine City interest
ed in a public library met in
that village Tuesday evening
and organized the Pine City Lii
brary Association. Following Of
fcers were elected: = President,
Mrs. J. p. Miller; vice president.
Mrs. J. Y. Breckenridge; secre-
tary, Mrs. Paul Perkins; treas
urer, Nick Perkins.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-05-05

Want Ads in the American
are only 1c a word per insertion
Minimum for any one ad Csc.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-05-05
ASKOV MARKETS
SUCCESSFUL CONCERT

the printed program was
The annual concert given BY of Blue Danube Waves
the Askov Band at the ID b. 5 es being substituted tor
Hall last Friday evening and Peasant overture as
without a doubt the most program was getting
cessfu concert Given by this lengthy
ganization which is about J. Adam Bede of Pine
six and onehalf years old gave good half hour talk
u,, , ~ with considerable humor.
has only II members and is con 's '' '' " ~
siderable smaller than it ~" "' " 49, =,
few years ago it is nevertheless 'iu' ''' " "
in better shape and can handle ' ~ " :, :,
better grade of music as those "' " maven ''~ -
who are left play their parts S' " s :, =,
r for having peace with Mex
that he recommended sene
LustSpel overture ''e Ne' number of American
ond number the program ORG tb.re 70 edcae the
perhaps the best executed all, ,na j.; two
Of those played by the band and woud he O and we
Flower Song showed good tone ben NOT mood TO declare
qualities and expression by the Nexco He also said that
various players The solo l,e,ons character and IN
bers by Albert Sorensen v.s nle,sed h hear the
colo VIM Jensen baritone and n,sc rendered a this &C
Carl f. and Hans Mos ,,,e With tone ouali+v a,
back trombone all well tho "Ia47v' stuff which
rendered and given hearty APP "1azzv" character
plause by the audience, especial aroa crowd Of voun,
~ the trombone numbers which nl u,a nrosan ~ the cc
received the hearties applause crowd which nearly file
Ioi the evening hall about 35o-hut very
Miss Enccbreson sang Of the older people EXCEPT
pretty songs in a very artistic living within few bloc
and pleasing and the hall appeared to take e
called upon an by the interest in the concert
hearty applause The violin there.
duet by Fomer Sorensen and The dance after the c
H. Petersen also well Jolly one and good
ceived and the piano accompani furnished by the
ment to songs and violin Orchestra of FIVE pieces
music by Miss Poechman and Following is the pr
Mrs Fenger respectively, which rendered at tn
we'll rendered. cert
!. March-"Our Colonel James No
~ ns.snial' hsl,r bey
8 Piccolo Solo-"The Humming
Albert Soensen
The Altar of Genius A L. Mn
Vocal SoloA"lt'sa Beautiful World Homer 7o.rJee
B'Not in Thousand Years Geo fairmon
II Miss Engebretson.
h rianoaceo by Miss oschm
Il Violin Duet-"The Alpine Maien's Dream Tag Iabtsky
. II. Petersen and Folmer Soensen
sccoo by Mrs Pm
Violin Solo .DrSnmeh leder' H C. iumbye
H.
Pmnaec by Mrs P FenSer
HUMOROUS TALK
j.
s. Overture-"Poe and Peasant Fl Z San
1 g. Baritone Soo-Poka "Euphonius' II. G Mil
VIM. Jensen.
L Seecon--''Fl Flower Song G. Ian
/ s. Trombone Smear-"lawsy Massey
Il E. and Hans Mosbak
STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
Evening star., 1921-12-17
West Indies for Debts.

The talk of trading of British possess
sions in the West Indies for the British
debt to the United States will not down.
1t is being discussed lately more seri-
good deal Of British sentiment in favor
Of it. Lloyd's, the great British insur-
ance company, recently took a little
flyer on it. placing Is per cent premium
on the possibility of such action oc-
curing in 1922. That would mean about
would be ours a year from now.
An American economist has gone so
far as to list the islands, with their
acreage and possible valuation. There
are Antigna, Bermuda, Barbuda. the
Grenadines. Jamaica, St. kits. St
Lucia. st. Vincent, Nevis. Montserrat,
Tobago, Trinidad and others which,
along with British Honduras-the one
British hold on the South American
eontinert--.give total area Of 21.46S
square miles. Figuring these at the rate
paid by the United States for the Dam
ish West Indies, the economist finds that
they would be worth the neat little sum
Of $3,Ss5, ,SS8, $50. That would come with
in billion of paying the British debt
to this country.
There are only two obstacles in the
way Of this settlement plan. One is
that the average value of the British
islands to the United States would be
nowhere near that Of the Danish West
Indies, which were bought not for in
trinsic worth but for strategic purposes.
The other is that this country is rather
fed up on tropical islands, anyway. with
their jungles, marshes, mosquitoes, in
tractable natives, defensive require
ments and international complications
Uncle Sam yearns for the simple life.
and the life of a world-landlord is far
from simple.-Tacoma Ledger dnde-
pendent).
Evening star., 1921-12-17
The Senate and the Conference.

The Senate should await the Presi-
a discussion of the armament confer
ence and its labors. 1t will not lack
for opportunity. 1t is not to be ignored.
In good season, when the conferences
labors are concluded, the President, it
is understood, will lay the business
formally before the Senate for its con-
sideration and action.
Much of the feeling exhibited in
the Senate over the Paris peace treaty
grew out of Mr.. Wilson's attitude to-
ward that body while the pact was in
course of preparation. Although he
had promised upon setting out for
Paris that he would keep the Senate
informed about the progress Of the
business, he seemed to forget his
promise upon arriving on the scene.
The Senate heard nothing from him
until called upon to ratify his work.
without the dotting of an or the
crossing of t. Then the fun began.
Mr.. Harding began, and is proceed
ing, in different way and spirit. He
drew upon the Senate for two of the
American delegates. By that act he
assured the Senate of his appreciation
of its Importance in the negotiations.
OF course, when the time comes,
Mr.. Lodge and Mr.. Underwood from
their places in the Senate will con-
tribute to the discussion of the labors
in which they have had a share-will,
so to say, give an account Of their
etewardships, and interpret from their
points of view what they may have set
their hands and seals to as delegates
to the conference.
Mr.. Harding has treated the Senate
with high consideration, and the Sen
ate should reciprocate.
Evening star., 1921-12-17
Do Not Hurry.

Crowds in the streets, stores and
cars, the stress Of choosing gifts and
the work Of buying them and bearing
ali kinds Of packages, tend to excite
many persons. There, are 30 many
things to thlnk of, and SO many things
to do outside Of the usual schedule Of
office hours and meal hoursl The holi-
day shopping crowd Is the largest Of
crowds. and It carries more money
than other crowds It Is made up
mostly of women who take along
more money than usual. and having
no correct pockets carry 1t In little
satchels called handbags. mesh purses,
or something of that kind. A woman
has her fur neckpiece and a muff to
look out for. She has many bundles
and her hands are full. Often she is
in a great hurry and is flustered. This
Is harvest time for thieves. and it Is a
time when many purses are laid on
counters and forgot, and many purses
are lost by being dropped in the street.
The moral is. keep cool and watch
your purse as well as your step. Do
not yield to the feeling that haste is
necessary. Do not let yourself become
excited. Shop early, shop calmly and
keep a thought on your personal prop
erty.
Evening star., 1921-12-17
Public Fairgrounds.

A comprehensive playground sys.
tenn for the District is proposed in
the report Of the children's bureau
which has just been submitted at the
request of Senator Capper, chairman
OF the Joint committee on public
schools. 1t suggests the acquisition Of
100 acres of land by the District gov
ernment for this purpose, the immedi-
ate enlargement Of the directing force
and the creation Of a special board to
coordinate the activities of the play
ground department.
Washington'sy playground system
has "just growed," Topsy-like, from a
few school yards. Land has been ac-
quired piece by piece here and there
without any particular plan. Some Of
It has been bought, some borrowed,
and some of the borrowed land has
been lost to the system later. No
playground map has ever been worked
out to insure that the children of
every part Of the city shall have equal
opportunity at those recreation sta
tions. Some sections are entirely with
out 1lcilitiss.
The need Of municipal Fairgrounds
IL fully established. Backward. indeed.
Is the mind that refuses to grant the
Evening star., 1921-12-17

necessity of providing and maintain
ing recreation spaces for the young
sters in crowded city. 1t has but to
note the accidents in the streets, the
children crushed under the wheels of
traffic, the tragedies resulting from
forcing the little folks out upon the
pavements for their sports and exer-
cises. A public playground is a life
saver, and there LIS q definite obligation
now upon the municipality to provide
areas where the youngsters can play
in safety, not merely to keep them out
of danger, but to give them a chance
for helpful developing games.
This report of the children's bureau
is now being considered by the joint
committee on schools, and will prob
ably be given full thought In connee-
ton with the school building projects.
But the municipal playground system
should not necessarily be made part
of the public school system. Indeed,
the playground needs are to be meas
ured on totally different scale from
the school needs. 1t may be possible
to combine the two, but this should be
attempted only after very careful
study. If the Fairgrounds are to be
placed under separate management
and direction. association with the
schools may make difficulties Of ad-
ministration. In fact, this has been
the experience in the past, and 1t Is
necessary now to determine Just
whether the Fairgrounds shall become
part Of the school system and admin
istered as such, or kept separate. both
enthusiastically and physically.
Evening star., 1921-12-17

HE directs attention to the fact
that the conditions in the highlands
of South Angola Portuguese Africa)
are most favorable and give promise
Of a second Argentina In maize, wheat
and frozen meat; and he urges that
the railways. from the coast should
be continued with the greatest vigor
and that colonists should be sent out
Immediately.
He considers that the condition of
Portuguese colonies as whole Is at
least as favorable as that of the col
onies Of other nations In similar cli-
mate and situation"
Capt. Vasconcellos Is also the au-
thor Of monographs on Cape Verde.
Portuguese Guinea, Sac Thome, Prin-
cipe and other places; Of charto-
graphic works and a manual of COM
mercial geography. He is president
Of the Lisbon Chartographic Commits
sion member of the Lisbon Academy
Of Science, a fellow Of the Royal Geo
graphical Society of London and Of
other learned institutions. He has
contributed to both the Encyclopedia
Brittanica and the International Ge-
ography. He has been the recipient
of various Portuguese and foreign or
ders, being an officer of the Legion of
Honor. His recreation is the study of
Portuguese discoveries, explorations
and chartography, fascinating and
almost limitless subject. He was
born in 1852; his figure is slender and
wiry; his bearing is military and alert.
His English. while not so fluent as
that Of the Portuguese minister, is re-
markable.
Evening star., 1921-12-17
A Conference Feature.

One of the many excellent features
Of the armament conference which
should have a good bearing on the fu-
ture has been the bringing together
of men of light and leading in the
legislative spheres Of their respective
countries. The French, the English,
the italian, the japanese. the Chinese
delegates have had long training as
legislators, and will return to that
life at the conclusion of their Amer.
ican visit.
They have met in Washington on
terms of intimacy and oordiality Sec.
retary Hughes, Senators Lodge and
Underwood, and Elihu Root, all ex-
perienced in political business in
America. Three Of them are now In
political commission, and likely to re-
main for some time to come. Mr..
Hughes may have eight years before
him where he now Dc. while Messrs.
Lodge and Underwood are very "solid"
at home-seem to have life Jobs.
In the immediate future, therefore,
Evening star., 1921-12-17
France Worries Her Friends.

Friends of France are perplexed at
and deeply concerned over her am
bilious naval program. They recall
how shocked and aggrieved the
French people were at the charge that
France was militaristic. They do not
want to see that charge revived, but
they wonder how France expects to
escape it in view of the attitude of
her spokesmen in the armament con-
ference.
When BRAND pleaded the German
peril" as justification for huge
French army, the American people
We're sympathetic, even if they were
not convinced. They could not see in
q disarmed and PROSTATE Germany
any immediate menace to the safety
of France, but they knew how cruelty
France had suffered and made allow
ances for her fears. They did not
want it said of them that He laughs
at scars who never felt a wound" SO
they We're willing the question of land
disarmament should wait until French
nerves had more fully recovered from
the shock of war. And they were
ready to concede that there was some
merit in the BRAND contention that
with millions of trained men and an
industrial establishment intact Ger
many might prepare secretly and
quickly for another war.
But they cannot find any such en-
cuses nor make any such allowances
for Frances demand for the construc-
tion of ten great battleships. Germany
might manufacture small arms and
munitions in secret, but she could not
build battleship fleet in secret, even
if she could find the money and with
hold it from reparations, neither of
which she could do. France can ad-
vance no argument which will con-
vince the American people that she
needs a great fleet of battleships to
protect her from possible German ag-
gression. And if she does not need
them to protect her against Germany,
for what purpose does she need them
and to what use could she put them?
Unless France can furnish a convinc-
ing and satisfactory answer to that
question she must withdraw her naval
project or sacrifice much of the SYM
pathy and good will which the Amer
lean people now have for her.
Evening star., 1921-12-17
A. Russian-Plotted Crime.

Ever since the 10th of September.
1920. when a bomb was exploded in
Wall street causing many deaths and
much destruction Of property. search
has been prosecuted for those guilty
OF this atrocious crime. Many clues
have been followed and several ar
rests have been made, but until now
no definite results have been obtained.
Until the announcement that has just
come from Warsaw of the arrest there
of a man for completely in the outrage
it has seemed hopeless to expect q
solution. Long ago the theory Of an
accidental explosion was discarded on
the ground that there was no con-
ceivable reason for the existence Of a
large quantity of high explosive at
that particular point. The affair bore
unmistakable evidence of deliberate
ly planned crime.
The man arrested at Warsaw, it is
said, has confessed to having been
member Of a group acting under in
structions of the third internationale
al Moscow, which had promised $50, 600
to be divided among four or five per-
sons. This money, the dispatch states.
was received by New York commu-
nists from Russia. In one respect the
confession, as reported from Warsaw,
is not clear. This is the statement
that one of the persons implicated was
woman who had for several days
been watching from a window op-
posite the office Of J. p. Morgan to
observe his movements and to give a
signal to the planters of the bomb,
which was intended to destroy him.
Mr.. Morgan was in London. at the
time of the explosion, and must conse-
uuently have been absent from New
York for at least a week prior to the
explosion
1t is, of course, to be hoped that all
of those connected with the outrage
will be caught. If this man is telling
the truth it should be possible to
round up his associates, unless per-
haps they are now in Russia, where
they cannot be reached at present. An
nouncement of the arrest of Linden
field and his confession suggests that
steps have been taken to capture these
others, unless the statement is pre-
mature. The natural result of proc
lamation Of Linderfelds exposure OF
the crime and of his associates in it
would be to drive them into hiding.
Association of the Russian commu-
mist center with the crime is not sur
prising. 1t has been known for long
time that from that center has come
much of the radical propaganda that
has been active in the United States.
Most of the troublesome radicals In
this country are known to be identified
with groups that are in turn affiliated
with the third internationale. While
the soviet government has no direct
official connection with that'center, the
association q Is known to be close. The
third internationale, in short, is the
missionary agency of the soviet. Or
it perhaps may be stated thus, that
the soviet is the Russian political
manifestation of the third interna-
tionale. Whichever may be cause and
which effect, these two are linked in
vile Identification, as this crime OF
September, 1920, the truth Of which Is
now coming to light. has shown.
Evening star., 1921-12-17

in the French, British. Italian. Japa-
nese. Chinese. and American law
making assemblies will be men the
better qualified for work bearing on
world affairs because Of this WASH
ington opportunity for conference on
matters Of world consequence. Tneir
vision will be the larger and their
wits the keener.
World questions, at present much in
evidence, will continue In the spot
light for some years to come-certain'
ly until the instability now every
where existing disappears, or yields
some measure of it's menace and dis
turbing influence. Legislation bearing
on world conditions will be on the
card everywhere.
Evening star., 1921-12-17
Who's Who e:s':::s:: {: d: @:%:
XXIV-Capt. Vasconcellos
APT: Ernesto JHlis de garval-
ho Vasconcellos, second of
4 the two delegates represent


ho Vasconcell0s, second of
the two delegates represent
Ing Portugal at the confer
ence on arms Limitation and far east
ern and Pacific problems. was trained
for the navyI has made q lifelong
study of colonial affairs and 10 perma-
nent secretary Of the famous Geo.
graphical Society Of Lisbon. His Sc
lection as colleague Of visceunt d'Alte.
Portuguese minister to the United
States and chief delegate, gives evil
dence of the fact that Portu6aFs prin-
eipal interest In the conference Is In
relation to the iatter's consideration
Of far eastern affairs.
Capt. Vasconcellos has visited all
the Portuguese colonies, and because
Of his close study and the experience
Of years, Is considered an authority IN
colonial matters. At one time he
served as minister for the colonies. He
is the author of many notable articles
and books on colonial matters and IN
1897 became the editor of Revista
Portuguese, Colonial 9 Maritima."
During his incumbency he made an
intensive study Of maritime affairs.
and, under the caption of "Notas
Navaes" contributed monthly articles,
that his countrymen might be ADVISED
Of the progress made along those lines
in foreign countries.
In 1900 Capt. Vasconcellos wrote
"Colonias Portuguesas" for the Portu-
guese section of the Paris exposition.
This work, now in its third edition.
reviewed conditions in Macao, Timor.
Mozambique, Angola. Portuguese
Guinea and many other far-away
spots.
tugal became professor of military
and naval science of the Sociedade de
Biographies de Lisbos or Geographic
cal Society Of Lisbon. Following the
outbreak Of the world war. he was Rp-
pointed perpetual secretary OF the So
ciety.
American tourists in Lisbon never
fail to visit the building of this so
ciety, containing a splendid museum
and a remarkable library OF over 30.-
600 volumes. 1t Is related that the
ex-kaiser of Germany, Wilhelm II.
after an inspection of these remark
able COLLECTIONS and the building hous-
| ing them, with the usual Hohenxol-
lern tact remarked: TOO fine for
Portugal"
In 1919 Capt Vasconcellos wrote
| Portugal Colonial" published in Lis
bon by the Livraria Professional. This
| book, probably an expansion OF the
earlier work gotten up for the Paris
| exposition, contains a complete sum-
mary of the Portuguese colonies-their
extent. condition and products. For
this contribution to colonial science
| he was highly complimented by the
London Times, which said, in part: