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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1921-09-01

American Want Ads will bring
results if anything will.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
Consider the Peanut.

The term peanut politician" will have to
be thrown into the discard as insulting what has
become an industry of massive proportions The
American people are said to be eating 100000
100-pound bags of roasted peanuts every year
These the kind that you get at the circus,
at the ball game and from the little stand on
the corner. The kind you take the shells off of,
throwing them carelessy, joyousy about. This
estimate makes no account Of the peanuts that
are salted, shelled or made into butter or oil.
More than 100000 acres are planted to this
crop In the southern part of the United States.
The average yield per acre is set at "a bushels in
the she'll, with a ton of hay left over. In the
last decade the humble goober has made place
for itself in the kitchen as we'll as at the cir
Gus. The Department Of Agriculture has even
issued a recipe for making bread from peanut
-four, which is said to contain over four times
as much protein, eight times as much fat and
nine times much mineral ingredients as wheat
-four.
In time when the market price of the staple
southern crop, cotton has fallen so low, the ex-
istence of a growing demand for the peanut no
doubt has exerted cheering influence on farm
ers of that region. Although the world can get
too much cotton and more tobacco than it can.
smoke. it never yet small boy or base ball fan,
has got more peanuts than itscan consume.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
Detecting the Lie by Machinery.

A little girl once defined lie as being IAN
abomination before the Lord, and all ever
present help in time of trouble" Lots of folks
look upon it in just that light. Not that man.
kind is prone to dishonesty, or unduly given to
prevarcation, but the primitive mind was not
formed to draw fine distinctions and modern
social and business forms have come to be such
as almost exclude the naked truth. In fact, the
goddess is required to be garbed nowadays in
such wealth of raiment as man seldom sees upon
the streets. Yet Boston psychologist has per-
fected machine by which the liar may be de-
tected through the registered pulsations of his
heart. "The whole secret" he declares, "lies in
the scientific fact that any person telling
truth experiences an emotion which absolutely
affects the blood pressure and breathing" This
may be true for the amateur falsiher, but what
about the practced and experienced liar, off
whose tongue falsehoods roll as steadily as water
from an open faucet? Some men there be so
utterly habituated to lying that it might be ex
pected that they would experience the emotion
should they ever be in place where they had
to tell the truth For them the sphygmomanom-
eter would have to run backward.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
Speaking Of Eggs.

To be little bit better than the best is to be-
come famous, and this is the path being trod by
the Nebraska hen. Today the New York produce
market knows the brand of eggs indicated by the
name, Nebraska extra first" and pays from four
to eight cents dozen premium for them. They
are worth more than other eggs, too, for they
are graded and guaranteed for freshness, clean
Illness, size and quality of sshell. Standardiza-
ton, which has done so much for fruit and vege-
table growers organizations, is one of the ways
Eighty farmers, farm wives, produce dealers
and agricultural agents met recently at the state
college of agriculture TO discuss the success of
Nebraska graded eggs on eastern markets. So
rapidly has the idea Of grading IN order to re-
ceive better prices spread that egg circles have
been formed in several counties and agents have
been employed to grade and market. The poul-
try rasers of Hamilton county have been par
ticularly successful in this cooperative grading
and marketing.
Prof Frank E. Mussehl of the college is
leader in this movement. From the colleges
own flock OF 500 hens he produced an income
Of $500 last year. This was done by careful
grading of the eggs and selection of the chickens.
By use Of trap nests he was able to keep record
OF inc HulIlOcI ol csSS ldiu Oy cdSH Hcn, anu
then eliminated those which did not pay for their
board. This reaching after quality will have a
vast effect on better poultry breeding. One
farmer is said to have culled out A hens from
his flock and to have secured more eggs from
the remaining 56 than he had previously from
the entire 100
Thus are demonstrated the advantages OF
grading country produce. Not only is market
ing improved, but production as well is put on
a more efficient basis. Formation of certain
standards, and the striving to attain them is
certain to bring better results The rooster in
the story, finding large china egg in the yard
adopted the right principle. II am not complain
ing of the size of your eggs" he told the hens,
'but l merely wish to show you what they are
doing in other communities" The success of
the egg circles in those counties where they have
been formed is bound to stimulate the spread Of
better methods Of raising, grading and handling.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
Vigilante DAYS Return.

This old world is not as credulous as it once
was. In fact it is getting downright suspicious.
Here is an organization Of consumers formed to
make sure of the enforcement of the law for a
full pound loaf of bread and the pure food laws
in general.
Laws are passed and men elected to enforce
them, and yet large section of the public ap-
pears to be convinced that this is not enough.
Protective associations and vigilance organiza-
tions were never so numerous or busy in from
tier days as they are now. 1t is as if everyone
were watching everyone else and being regarded
with an eagle eye himself in turn
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
Special Privilege Hos Become
A Menace to the Nation

equilibrium is the final arbiter OF the
relations between capital and labor.
There is a normal proper balance
between the amount of current pro-
duction in the form of goods for
direct consumption and the amount
in the form of equipment for
producing consumable goods. the
latter being capital. There must be
a constant accumulation Of new capt.
tai. There must be a constant ac-
cumulation of new capital to proc
vide for industrial progress. Think
of all the new ideas for enlarging
the output Of the industries and i'm
proving the living conditions of the
people that are waiting upon sup
plies of capital! Look at the con-
dition of railways, and at housing
conditions today. Unless a proper
proportion Of current production is
converted into capital. the industries
will not be kept up to the needs Of a
growing population, the cost Of liv-
ing will increase, and the purchasing
power Of wages will fall. Wage in
crease, on the other hand, never can
make up for declining efficiency in
production. because all the wage in
creases must be passed on to con-
sumers."
But, it must be said in justice. not
all the seeking for special privileges
at the hands of the government is
being done by farmers and members
of labor unions. big business" in
many lines is far from being guilt
less. It is contended, in fact. that
big business was the original offend
er. and the agriculturalists and
labor leaders insist that they are
trying to get a share of the
pie as 1t is passed around.
It is the average American citizen
who is hurt when special privileges
are granted to special classes. and he
is no more willing these privileges
shall be granted to organization of
capital than he is that they shall ex-
tend to organizations of farmers and
laborers. And 1t is the average
American citizen who is making con-
gress and the administration feel the
weight Of his disapproval.
Copyright, 1921. by The Washington
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
Is the Dream Coming True2

Is Omaha really drying up? On the state
mcnt of the special prosecutor for the federal
court the conclusion is warranted that the dream
OF liquorless land is being realized in this vicn-
ty This is not to be wondered at. Whatever
of delusion might have dwelt in "home brew,
or the stuff the bootleggcrs peddled, it is
dwindling.
Folks have found that the connections pre-
pared at home as substitutes for the real thing
have little of the attractions once thought to
reside in the product of the brewers art. More
over. brewing was highly DEVELOPED art, and
the beer that went over the bar or came out OF
bottle was carefully prepared, with the proper
admixture of hops and malt, aged, and finally
served in way that gave it such qualities as
the inexperienced might never hope to obtain.
So also of the liquor. 1t was distilled from good
grain, blended and aged, to increase its favor,
its alcoholic content being gagged to nicely,
and finally it was disposed of to users whose
cultivated taste gave them capacity for judg-
nent as to the merits Of the brand. This can
not be reproduced by the moonshiner, nor would
he trouble to do so if he could.
The situation referred to by the federal at
,orney may in time be recorded all over the
land. Tipplers are firing of the improvised
"hootch," infinitely more dangerous than that
which it succeeded. America may never become
Sahara, but there will be noted steady de-
crease in the home breweries and the sur
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
DOCTOR SUGGESTS TRADING.

How can one reduce the size of
legs and thighs?" Athlete writes. II
am a high school student and have
done considerable running, but be-
lieye riding bicycle caused my legs
to enlarge. The last few years rode
bicycle at least 10 miles every
day and frequently 80 to 35
miles. ] kept this up for little over
year. but for the last year have
not ridden a bicycle. ! am anxious
to reduce my legs. as they interfere
with the fit of my pants.
In reply-Do not think of chang
ing your legs to fit your pants, for by
the time you got them changed the
style would be changed.
If you are right in thinking the
large girth of your calves is due TO
muscle, then your explanation prob
nbly Is correct. Riding bicycle does
increase the size of the calf muscles.
but the chief increase is in those of
the thigh. The only way to decrease
the size of muscles Is to permit them
to atrophy from disease. You would
be foolish to do that.
"Is there any exercise with the
legs" a. f. writes, that will make
lncHk StOuLeT
From this point I am answering
A. F. as well as Athlete, Since you
are dissatisfied with what you have
and want what the other fellow is
dissatisfied with, might be justified
in advising that you two swap legs.
Since so many people write me
about being dissatisfied with their
legs, I am going to say a few kind
words on the subject of size and
shape of legs-a subject on which we
have been having liberal education
for about four years.
The shape and size of the legs Is
largely determined by heredity with
men, just as with horses. cows. and
dogs. II a girl has slim legs it is
largely because her mother or father
or both had slim legs. In breeding
Herefords the mating is done with
view to getting so much size to the
leg at a point eight inches from the
ground.
In human mating the ideals are
different and therefore the size and
shape OF the leg is not determined
SO absolutely as in the case of Here
fords. Nevertheless inheritance is a
considerable factor. What inheri-
tance hands us we cannot greatly
change, and we waste time trying.
The shape and size of the legs is
determined by the size of the bone.
the distribution Of fat. and the pro-
portions of the muscles as between
belly and tendon. The last two of
these can be changed considerably
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
LONGING.

II time and years would not Ger creep
And youth and vigor we could keep,
Not be like derelict without cen a
hearthstone,
Drifting upon the sea of life
Unnoticed and alone,
Or like an old and gnarled tres
In a grove or forest wild.
Surrounded by young tender shoots
To you not reconciled.
'Tis better far before this age doth creep
To be with those who long have been
asleep.
BELLVIEW.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22

by exercise. The leg Is a bad place
to carry fat. Fat legged people al
WAYS are clumsy. Fortunately, fat
is deposited in little used zones. what
the army boys would call quiet sec
tors. II the legs are used excessively
and rubbed patiently the surplus fat
will be picked up. carted away and
relaid in some quieter locality, II
the legs are slim, persistent work.
such as walking. golfng. bicycling.
will build up the muscles. But the
increase will be in the calves. 1t is
there the bellies of the muscles are
found.
Nothing know of will increase
the size of the ankles and vicinity
That is determined by the size of the
bones and tendons. and these are un-
being laid down promiscuously. some
of 1t goes TO the ankles and vicinity.
Need Eight Hours Sleep.
S. Y. X. writes: 81. Please tell
me the amount of sleep required
each night for a boy and girl from
90 to "a years of age.
"2. Does either require more sleep
than the other?
"3. What effect does 1t produce II
they do not get enough Sleep"
REPLY.
I. Eight hours.
2. No.
8. They suffer from fatigue. be-
come irritable, and show other signs
Of fatigue.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22

Don't Tread on Me" is the meaning Presi-
dent Harding wishes to convey when he officially
tons will take it as a warning. Bridgeport
(Conn.) Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22

reptitious stills, for only the unwary or the un-
duly curious will care for the output hereafter.
The regular customers are getting on the water
wagon al last
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
The Bees Platform,

1. New Union Passenger Station.
2. Continued improvement Of the Ne
braska Highways, including the pave
ment of Main Thoroughfarss leading
into Omaha with Brick Surface.
3. A short, low.rats Waterway from the
Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha. with
City Manager form Of Government.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
Was Not in the Platform.

President Harding admits that he cannot
grasp the Einstein theory of relatively, but for
tunately that wasn't one of the problems he was
lected to tackle-Provdence Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
Quit Knocking Lands Round.

First they talk of mpeaching Judge Lands
md then they boom him for mayor of Chicago.
1t looks as if something dreadful were about to
happen to him, no matter which way it goes
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
R;ll's THINKER Needs q Rest

We suppose Mr. Bryan thinks the thing tc
do is to submit the Einsein theory to popular
vote and get an authoritative and final decision
on t.-Ohio State Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22

"Hire Hero week" which was proposed in
Chicago as a memorial observance, has more
practical sound than decorating the resting
places of the dead, though it does not suggest
a condition in which the nation can take pride
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22

A dog, imprisoned in cellar in Wisconsin,
kept alive by eating limburger cheese, but prob
ably never again will be able to follow any
ordinary scent.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22

A strike or lockout in the Satevepost factory
now probably is interfering with the Christmas
number.
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22

What Poland wants is some arbiter to settle
things in its own favor
Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-22
THE SPICE OF LIFE.

"pr Mott" says the palpably antiiesal
Yale News. had intended to take up the
study OF law. but his Y. w. c. A. work,
while student at Cornell influenced
Quoted by r. P. A., in the New York
Tribune.
A traveller in Japan tells OF curious
notices he saw in shop windows. and
especially an official municipal notice to
motorists: III a COW obstruct. toot 'er
soothingly; IL she continue TO obstruct,
toot 'er with vigor; IL she still obstruct
wait till she pass away!"-The Christian
Advocate New York;.
''sedentary work." said the college lee
turer, "tends to lessen the endurance"
student. 'the more one sits the less one
can stand"
Exactly" retorted the lecturer; "and
II one lies great deal ones standing Is
lost completely. Words.
The man getting his hair cut noticed
that the barber's dog, which was lying
fixed on his master at work. Mice dog
that" said the customer.
He Is. SIR"
He seems very fond Of watching you
cut hair
1T amt that SIR" explained the barber.
you see, sometimes I make a mistake
and snip off a little bit of q customers
ear'-The Christian Advocate (New
York;.
"Riding habits" says a fashion writer,
are very costly this season." 1t is this
sort iof thing that makes the walking
habit so popular.-Punch Uondon).
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16
EARLY CABBAGE IS HIGHLY.
 THONGHT OF BY HOUSEWIVES

Most people have a fondness of cab bage, served in one way or another, as it contains large quantities of the mineral salts so essential in the diet Early cabbage is especially desirable, as it furnishes green food at time when it is needed.
 In giving suggestions on growing cab bage. garden specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture say the proper variety must he planted Some kinds require a longer period for their growth than others. Jersey Wake field and Charleston Wakefield are most universally planted for the early crop, Jersey Wakefield being considered ear Hest of all The variety known as All Seasons has round, flattered head and is a good intermediate sort. Copenha gen Market is large round-headed early cabbage that is very much in favor among market gardeners. Late Flat Dutch and Danish Ballhead are considered the leading late varieties
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16

good plan to rotate crops, even in the small home garden. Cabbage is sub ject to several diseases, but fortunately these do not do much harm in small gardens. Insects, however, play havoc with the crop from the time it is plant ed. Cutworms are generally waiting in the soil during early spring to cur off the stems of the cabbage plants just at the surface of the ground.
 Protect the Plants From CutwOr1ns
 The best remedy, or rather preventa- tive, is to place bands or tubes of stic paper around the stems of the plants as they are being set in the garden Thin cardboard makes ideal plant pro- tectors. By cutting the cardboard into strips about3 inches wide, sections can be cut off and rolled around a lead pencil to form a tube. The protect ors should extend an inch below the surface and at least ? inches above After the stems of the cabage plants
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16

Plants must be started indoors, in a hotbed or be shipped from some point father souht where the season is ad- vanced. if extra early cabage is to be grown. One or two cigar boxes filed with fine soil and placed in south win dow vii form seed bed for starting 10 Oto 200 cabbage plants. The little seedlings must be transplanted to larg- CT boxes or to cold frame when htey begin to crowd each other in the seed boxes Cabbage plants are quite hardy and along the South Atlantic Coast are grown in the open by the acre.
 Plant early cabbage in the richest port of the garden, having previously worked into the soil all the routed man. ure that can be spared and then added high-grade commercial fertilizer at the rate of 10 pounds to every 100 feet Of row. The fertilizer should be vel mix ed with the top inches fo soil over space the full width of the row, which is generally 3 feet.
 Do not plant cabbage on land where it was grown last year especially if any of the heads were diseased or show ed any kind of trouble. It is always
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16
Pressed Pink Salmon.

Two eggs, 2 level tablespoons melted butter, 2 cupfuls fine bread crumbs, can pink salmon put through a sieve IA level teaspoon salt, pinch of cayenne pepper or pinches of papika. Mix all together turn into mold, cover and steam one hour. When cold, cut in thin slices. Serve with or without tartar sauce This Is excellent filling for sandwiches.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16
Plenty of Time.

"Oh, dear, I hope I'm not too late for the big picture" exclaimed the stout woman as she hustled into the darkened movie theater.
 Don't worry lady, said the usher. "They're only up to the name of the fourth assistant camera man.-New York Sun.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16
CLASSIFIED ADS

WANTED-To hear from owner or farm for sale. State price. Mrs. w. Booth, Box D, Hipark, Des Moines' Iowa 4-14 2t
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16

f you want to buy or sell some thing let your wants he known in the Classified Ad Column of the Dail, Picayune.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16

Room for rent with board. Also table boarders wanted. 4-14 d-15 Mrs. $. k. Young.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16

FOR RENT-Good pasture for horses and etttle tick free. Yern Buchanan
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16

the heads with air-slacked lime, to whic ha little Paris green has been ad- ded, or spraying them with arsenate of lead, ounce to gallon of water. are both affective, There~is no danger as the heads grow from the inside and hte outer leaves, to which the poison is applied, are al removed.
Daily picayune., 1921-04-16

have become toughened and begin to grow rapidly hte protectors can be taken off.
 Cabbage worms, the eggs for which are laid by the light-yellow butter flies that are often seen flying about the cabbage plants, do a great amount of damage. Dusting the foliage and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11

expected personally to see II this growth
of expenditures could be stemmed. He
said he had so many other. things TO
do that he had to rely on his commis-
sioners. who, he felt sure, kept ex-
penses as low as possible.
Mr.. Hylnn admitted that annual ex-
penditures of the street cleaning de.
partment amounting to S,tW,Ouu
when he took once had grown to Sl0,-
700, 900, exclusive of the cost Of snow
removal.
Cost of personal service, salaries and
final disposition of garbage had sonred,
he explained. He reiterated that he
was not in favor of lowering the pay OF
city employees.
The principles of economy to be OBJ
served In the Administration Of the city
ns set forth in Mayor Hylan's inaugural
address of January 1. 1913. were read
into the record. At that time, he said,
the city government must be put
on a wartime basis, economies effected
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-11
.HY[AN DIDN'T TRY
TO CUT EXPENSES
New York Mayor Can Recall No
Suggestions Toward
Economy
oHIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT

New York. Aug. 11.-Increased costs
Of conducting the various departments
in the city Of New York were under In
vestigation today when Mayor John r:
Hylan resumed the witness stand before
the legislative committee investigating!
the city administration. ,,
Mayor Hylan admitted inability TO
recall any instance in which saving
could be traced to suggestions IN the
reports of the Comptroller of Accounts
His only explanation Of the growing ex :
penditures was salary increases due. 70
the high cost Of living and greater nam
tenance costs.
The Mayor conceded he had never
made or ordered special investigation
to determine il savings could be ct-
fected in any department.
Appropriations for charitable instl :
tutions increased from 800 900 the
year Mr.. Hylan became Mayor to
SIS. 100. 900 this year, he was reminded
The Mayor insisted he could not be