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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02

An exchange says that in
Spanish cities at eleven o'clock
at night the doors of all rooming
houses are closed and locked
After that hour one can get in
only by calling the guard or
Waterman of his particular block
This is an old Spanish custom
which holds over to the present
day in nearly all the cities of
Spain. The Waterman carries a
lantern and the keys of all the
houses under his charge. The
young American probably Won
ders how often the Waterman is
disturbed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02
TEN INNINGS TO
DECIDE WINNER

CCOntinued from rage ~
game on third for Askov and as
that has been a weak spot on the
local team for a long time it
would seem wise to give him a
good try-out there as he appears
to have the right action for max
ing a good third-sacker. He fields
rapidly and throws good. Near
ly everybody on the team has
tried to play third and occasion
ally Simonsen has been taken off
second to play third. He of
course can handle it in fine shape
but is needed on second where
it seems that he is most at home
and is perhaps the best second
baseman in the county. Ed o.
son played first and for a man of
his size certainly gets around
quickly and is good at the stick.
Score by innings
Brook Park 00004O00O Is
Askov 80. % 0100 5000 "a
Umpires-Ben Harepat, Brook
Park; Otto Madsen, Askov.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02
HARVEST HAND RATE
OF IS is OBTAINED
Will Give Minnesota Farm.
ers Advantage Over
Plan of Last Year.

500 Line, Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railroad officials
have agreed to and the Interstate
Commerce Commission has APP
proved a flat rate of S. for har-
vest hands going into the North
west fields, according to an an
nouncement made this week by
the state headquarters of the
Minnesota Farm Bureau Fedora.
ton.
The rate became effective
from Duluth and Superior on
July 80 and from st. Paul and
Minneapolis on August /. 1t will
continue until August Is. To
take advantage of the rate, hands
must travel in groups of five.
The arrangement will elimi-
nate a handicap under which
Minnesota farmers worked last
year. Due to the fact that hands,
as a rule, desired to travel as far
as they could on one ticket, a
great majority of them went into
North Dakota. This year, the ar
rangement will enable men to
start two days earlier than usual
FOR points in Minnesota
Reports received indicate that
the st. Paul road will grant a
similar rate, but confirmation had
not been received up to the time
this was written.
The Farm Bureau Federation
officials played an important part
in getting the roads to agree to
the rate.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02
NOTICE OF SALE OF COUNTY ROAD
BONDS OF PINE COUNTY,
MINNESOTA.

Notice Is Hereby Given. that on the
2lst day Of August. 1923, at one
o'clock p. m. at the auditors office,
in the village OF Pine City, OF Pine
county, Minnesota the county board
OF said county VIII receive bids for
the sale OF $140,O00.00 Of County Road
Bonds of said county. In the denOmi-
nation Of 100000 each. to be dated
Sept 1, 1923, to bear interest at the
rate OF per cent per annum. payable
semi-annually, to mature as to prin-
cipal az follows:
Bonds numbered I to IA. inclusive.
on Sept. LIST, 1884.
Bonds numbered 10 to 90, inclusive,
on Sept. LIST, 1885.
Bonds numbered 80 to AZ. inclusive.
on Sept. LIST 1886.
Bonds numbered 43 to So, inclusive,
on Sept. LIST, 1887.
Bonds numbered 81 to 20, inclusive,
on Sept. LIST, 1888.
Bonds numbered n to 81, inclusive,
on Sept. LIST, 1899.
Bonds numbered S5 to SO, inclusive
on Sept. LIST, 1910.
|. Bonds numbered 80 to ll2. in
elusive, on Sept. LIST, 194l.
Bonds numbered fl3 to l26, in
elusive. on Sept Ist, 1912.
Bonds numbered 127 to I4O, in
elusive, on Sept. LIST, 1913.
Said bonds To- be issued under chap
ter 800, Laws 1928. for the purpose
OF permanently improving roads as
therein set forth.
All bids must be accompanied by a
certified check in the amount OF one
per cent Of the amount OF the issue,
payable Internationally to the treas
urer Of said county, to be forfeited to
the county in the event that the sue
cessful bidder fails to take and pay
for the bonds In accordance with the
terms OF his bid.
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids. All bids should
be addressed to the undersigned
BY order Of the county board.
Dated this 31st day OF July. 1923.
ANDREW p. EDIN.
County Auditor.
Pine County. Minnesota.
(Aug. 2-s)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02
AUDITOR MAKES
JULY SETTLEMENT
Monies Sent to Treasures
of School Districts,
Towns, Villages.

County Auditor Andrew p.
Edin has mailed out warrants to
the various school district. town
and village treasurers of the
county-this settlement being
known as the July settlement.
The schools got a total of
$l55, S32.97 and the towns and
villages $780, The amounts
to each are as follows:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02

spiritually and materially, as it
has in the past.
In the meantime much time
and energy could well and pro-
fitably be diverted to the fields
of the IL per cent.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02
IMMIGRATION

Alvin M. 0wsley, national COM
mander of the American Legion,
says, 1T will take five years to
write a sensible law TO govern
immigration and until that time
the United States should bar
those who are coming here seek
ing to avoid the consequences of
a war which they brought upon
themselves"
II is not the rich but the work
ing classes of Europe who wish
to emigrate to America, and who
ever heard of the people at large
bringing wars upon themselves?
If il was left to vote of the peo-
pie TO decide about wars we be-
lieve there would be far fewer
of them for who cares to enter a
killing match unless the honor
of ones country is at stake or it
means the protection Of the
home?
IL il is going to require five
years to write a sensible law to
govern immigration" it surely
must be a very delicate matter.
Years ago when foreigners came
to the Land of the Free by the
thousands, yes perhaps even by
the millions, little was said
about this immigration problem
but since the World War a big
stir has been made about it, In
the los, sos and Dos many for
eighers homesteaded out here in
the great Northwest and appar-
emily they have done the country
no harm, in fact they have turn
ed out to be very useful citizens,
They have built homes, reared
families, aided in the spiritual
uplift of the country, and from
all appearances have done well
and both they and America have
prohted. We believe if statistics
were looked up one would find
that large percentage of pio-
neers in the Northwest were inn
migrants people from the nor
thern countries of Europe
among them Germans, Scandina-
vians, Poles, Bohemians, Bel
gians, Russians, Scotch, English,
Irish, Welsh, French and SO on.
And these pioneer type of peo-
pie are needed here today-per-
haps not as much as 80, 40 and so
years ago, but there is still room
for many Of them.
The strange part Of It too, is
that out here in the Northwest
where there are so many foreign
born people the illiteracy is the
smallest. For instance, Minneso-
ta's illiteracy is about two per
cent and the adjoining states of
Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska and
the Dakotas is about the same
percentage, but in states like
Vermont and Kentucky. where
most of the people have been ma.
tive born for several generations,
the illiteracy is from 10 to Is per
cent of the population.
AS we see it in our humble POI
sition, there is no use of worry
ing so much about the immigra-
ton problem. but the attention
of those who are so much taken
up with il should be diverted TO
fields like Vermont and Ken
lucky where there is plenty OF
opportunity TO do some real good,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02
Don't
Dribble
Your
Money
Away
-
eF

Your wish is to become
the owner of something
worth while. Something
that will make you better,
happier and more useful. II
may be a beautiful home, a
good farm, a grand piano, an
automobile, a trip abroad, a
visit to California or some
other thing worthy of attain
ment that you have in mind.
There is no reason why
your wish should not be full
filled; but your dreams must
be followed up with resolve
and action. You must work
with that end in view.
Most people do work, but
only a few attain the desired
goal. Why is that? They
dribble their money away.
They spend a nickle here, a
dime there and a quarter or
a dollar elsewhere. When
the week or the month is
out the last penny is spent.
Sometimes, if we have made
a practice of saying charge
it, it will not even reach
around. We have spent more
than we have earned, and we
are on the down grade. If
we find ourselves there the
only salvation is to put on
the brakes good and hard at
once. 1t will be very diff
cult to climb to the top
again, but it can be done.
Now, it is just as easy to
save money as it is to drib-
bic it away. If we keep our
nickles and dimes together
they make in a very short
time dollars. Just make it
a practice to drop in at the
bank with your loose change,
get a deposit receipt and
store it away; the bank will
do the rest-add your drib-
blings together, pay you in
terest on it, and surprise you
at the end of the year with a
statement of your sum total.
Now, understand, this does
not mean that you should be
a miser. 1t only means that
you should be wise in deny
ing yourself some of the mi
nor and questionable pleas
ures in order to realize some
of the greater things of life.
Young man and young wo-
man, try this manner of saw
ing. You will be pleased
with the result. You will
value yourself a better citi-
zen, and rightly so, and your
fellowmen will esteem you
more.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02

How much chasing can you af.
ford to do for 25c? Try a Want
AID and be economical.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-02

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per cent illiterate know about
our government?
OF course there is another type
of foreigners in this country aside
from those who braved the bar
rem prairies and the wilds Of the
woods, and they are the ones en-
ployed in the coal fields, steel in
dustry, etc.-most Of them from
southern Europe, but it seems
that they also are needed here,
for in our high schools and col
leges we are not trained to do
that kind Of work and it must
be done by somebody.
There is any amount of vacant
lands here in this big broad land
we don't have to go outside of
Pine county TO verify that state
ment. for only about one-tenth
of this county is under cultiva-
tion-and what is needed is to
have it opened up and settled
with resultant prosperity. Fur
Their, any one knows that work
ers who have not been used to
the best are willing to take hold
and do things, establish homes
and accumulate something for
themselves. They take a pride
in their accomplishments and
they are not afraid to bend their
backs and pick stones and re-
move the stumps. To have pros
perity we must have workers
and not the kind who are ever
lastingly studying rules and reg
ulations of the unions, as for i'm
stance the bricklayers union
where they get $l.50 per hour in
New York City and are caution
ed for working too fast. IAN ar
ticle on the strength of the brick
layers union was published re-
Gently in The Farmer of st. Paul
and is worth anyone's time to
ready
II is not always so easy to tell
from what source the cry against
immigration comes. but we are
wondering if much of it does not
crop out from some of those over
Jealous and self-styled patriots
who especially during the war
and Immediately following were
hollering down with all foreign
languages, only one flag and one
language"-the so-called flag
wavers". There have been ex-
amples of disloyalty amongst
foreigners as well as with the
native born. but anyone who fol-
lowed events during the World
War knows that they were rare.
And these examples were played
up by the flag wavers". and it
was made TO appear that all for
eign born people belonged in the
same boat. Anyone knows that
it is an advantage to be able to
read, write and speak more than
one language and in foreign born
settlements where it has in
few cases been found that the
American language was not
taught as the predominating one
or where in rare cases il was not
taught at all, il has been due to
the laxity of school officers TO
enforce the school laws. these
same officers Sinking their duty
and passing it up for political or
other reasons and then holler
about the foreigners. Yes, they
should holler. such weakened
sticks! The American language
should and must be the FREEDOM
mating one in this country and
it is far removed from us to adj
vocate the teaching of any for
eign language in place of the
American.
Recently the daily press has
carried dispatches about Eastern
manufacturers wishing more i'm
migration on account of shortage
of labor. If they wish more inn
migration just for selfish pur-
poses, to exploit labor, simply be-
cause they think that they can
handle foreigners more easily,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-20
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE o. THOMAS

scraps mixed with the bran in the
| oats, sometimes with the other mix
ture. You can tell from the drop
pings what your flock needs, if you
pay as much attention to them as
you should They are like children,
and we stand in the position of prov
ldence to them or you need not ex-
pect eggs.
have sixteen pullets and ten
cockerels in an acre. They are fed
[ did not, in October, care for the
pullets to lay too early, that many
cockerels will keep the eggs from
being fertile, but 1 expect to sell
the cockerels soon. Am shipping
some this week. The pullets are CIV
ing me six and seven eggs a day,
about half are April Matched,
have only started the hens whose
eggs 1 expect to use for Matching.
Unless one has a warm dry place
large enough for the hen not to get
restless, Or a good brooder 1t does
not pay to begin Matching till the
very last Of December. l have none
setting yet. Will begin next week.
l buy sorghum in the heads, throw
it over in a sunny place. and 1t
keeps the flock busy, and they get
every seed.
l think that the reason Mrs. G..
does not get any more eggs is that
her hens are too fat, and don't get
exercise enough. / would not give
them one grain of anything, If they
can get to the green stuff, for twen-
ty-four hours. Then a good feed at
night in leaves, straw, or raked in
plowed ground will get them in con-
dition, then if they are on a range,
get them off in the morning with
nothing, but some distance away be
sure there is something scattered for
them to get. Put it there before
they are up or they will want to fol.
low you.
Corn is too fattening for steady
feed, and it forms the yolk of the
egg. There may have been dozens
of them in the forty hens; they did
not find the albumen ready for them
and were absorbed by the hen and
made fat. There is corn in all mixed
feeds we buy, but the makers of the
best sorts know how to proportion
it. Plant sunflowers, peas, buck.
wheat or other small grain and let
them gather some.
I had seventy-five head, all told,
in October, and my feed bill averages
500 a year. shall only keep thirty
hens, shall sell at least ten cockerels
and two-year-old, but you see, 1 shaE
soon begin to feed baby chicks.
If you have no green stuff your
feed bill will mount higher. You
will need sprouted oats to give the
hens, or do as I've done, plant it in
a trench, cover with a ten-inch plank
and when it begins to sprout pull the
plank off. Don't turn the plank
over; slip it one way about ten Or
twelve inches a day. Two trenches
filled at different times will keep
pen of ten we'll supplied. 1t is less
trouble than using a commercial
sprouter.
I buy enough feed to last several
months. We live away from town
and the wagon seldom goes in. Z
try to get peas, sorghum and the
green stuff early so as to have plen-
ty of the right things to start them
laying and keep the new feathers.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-20
A BEDTIME STORY
IT
FHHg
BY THORNTON ". BURGESS

kind retorted Danny. "You can go
if you want to, but am not going
until have seen more of this Sunny
South"
Nanny knew by the way that
Danny spoke that he meant just
what he said
please come, Danny" she begged.
"If I go back alone TIL worry all the
time about you
Then don't CO." replied Danny
promptly. Come along with me-"
Nanny hesitated. Then she thought
Of Mr.. Gopher Snake and her cour-
age failed her. Little cold shivers
ran all over her from the tip of her
blunt little nose to the tip of her
funny short tail. Without another
word she turned and started back
toward the shed in which was tho
great man-bird, or airplane, which
had brought them down there. She
thought that Danny would follow.
But Danny didn't. No, sir, Danny
didn't. Instead, he turned and start
ed off in the opposite direction. Once
tempted to follow. Then again she
thought of Mr.. Gopher Snake, and
again she shivercd. She knew that
she just couldn't go on after Danny.
She simply couldn't do it. So she
ran straight back as fast as her
short little legs could take her. as
scared a Meadow Mouse as ever
lived in all the Great World.
Not until she reached the shed in
which was the great man-bird did
she so much as look behind her. The
instant she was inside that she felt
better. 1t seemed friendly and safe.
But she felt safer still when she had
climbed into the great man. bird and
slipped into the little cupboard to
the dear, familiar nest She no long
er wanted to be free and roam
around. She was entirely satisfied
to be safe. And somehow she felt
really safe there. The relief was so
great that for time she dlGn't even
think of Fanny.
Copyright. 1923, by IT. w Burgesso
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-20
Feeding the Flock

tAAO Il AOSH
4 Mser Mrs. Thomas: have fine
bred of chickens, they are pretty, but
/ don't act eggs like L ought to- 1t
seems, for the attention 1 give them,
T. think I've made the mistake OF
feeding too much corn during the
fall months instead of buying other
filings to mix with it. What 1 use
for our table are fat and fine-just
never tasted any better.
! For the past few weeks I've fed
them about equal amount of corn
and oats and equal parts shorts and
corn meal. I was late about getting
oats and rye sowed and it is not pleG-
tiful yet for them.
Do they get too fat to lay? Would
you advise cutting down feed, eepec-
cfally corn? Their combs are red and
they look like they ought to be lay
ing, but get just one or two EGGS a
day. Have about forty hens and pull
let's, the pullets were early Matched
and are about grown in size. I'm
so anxious to get them started to lay
ing. I keep the poultry houses rea-
sonably clean, spray with creosote
dip, give sulphur and salts about as
you suggest in your talks.
Will surely appreciate suggestions
from you. Thanking you in adj
vance, Respectfully,
MRS. A. G.
Enjoy all your talks in Journal so
much.
Answer-Last October I bought
five bushels of. seed oats Wotice that
I bought seed OATS. They are lit
tie higher priced, but they are not
so full of chaff. 1 got a hundred
pounds of wheat bran, two sacks of
scratch, one of mash, twenty-five
pounds of meat scraps, ten pounds
of crushed oyster shell, and later
got SIS worth of sorghum seed. 1
am sure that my flour do not aver
age a peck of corn a month, and
only corn meal when I give them
a mash that has sulphur or a tonic
in it. The corn meal is good to mix
the medicine with, and then dampen
it all. Really cold days 1 some
times parch corn, put some rinds
and trimmings from the can that
holds the meat scraps, but If you
have ever parched corn you will re-
member that a gallon goes a long
way, by putting the rancid meat in
while it is parching it gets thor
oughly mixed, and makes a good
stimulating meal for a cold night.
just as the family likes a treat on
such occasions. For about ten days
I put a zinc bucket holding at least
ten quarts half full of oats, L poured
luke warm water on them and set
them in the sunshine. That night
I set it in the kitchen and see that
all the oats are under water, add the
best of the dish water if your pigs
don't need it worse. Then about
noon I get it stiff with bran, and
give it to the whole flock. 1t will
make the youngsters grow and set
the hens to laying. I feed the
scratch in deep leaves, and see that
they really scratch for their living
But I have the living there for
them to get when they do scratch.
See the difference?
I have q box, large and shallow.
in every pen, and once a day L put
at least a gallon of bran and as
much mash in there, you remember
that they get bran with the oats,
and they get a handful of the meat
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-20
Ends Stubborn Coughs
in q Hurry
For real effectiveness, this old
homemade remedy has no equal.
Easily and cheaply prepared.



You'll never know how quickly a
bad cough can be conquered, until you
try this famous old homemade rem
edy. Anyone who has eoughed all,
day and all night, will say that the
immediate relief given is almost like
magic. 1t IS very easily prepared,
and there is nothing better for coughs
Into a pint bottle, put 2H ounces
OF PInexs then add plain graduated
sugar syrup to make full pint. Or
or corn syrup, instead of sugar syrup.
two.thirds of the money usually
spent for cough preparations, and
gives you a more positive. effective
remedy. 1t keeps perfectly, and
tastes Observation-Disclosures like it.
soothing and healing the membranes
IN ali the air passages. 1t promptly
.loosens a dry, tight cough, and soon
you will notice the phlegm thin out
and disappear. A. days use will usually
break up an ordinary throat or chest
cold, and it is also splendid for bron-
chltls, Group, hoarseness, and bron-
chial asthma.
.Pinex is a most valuable concen-
trated compound of genuine Norway
pine extract, the most reliable rem
edy for throat and chest ailments.
To avoid disappointment, ask your
druggist for "21% ounces Of Pinex"
with directions and don't accept any
thing else; Guaranteed to give abso-
Lutte satisfaction or money refunded.
The Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne, Ind,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-12-20
10 Missing in Wreck
OF Lumber Steamer

MARSHFIELD, Ore, Dec. IL
Ten men were missing and seven
others were reported in great peril
early today as result of the wreck
of the lumber steamer c. A. Smith,
of Coos bay bar.
Last reports from the wreck were
that seven members of the crew
who were unable to leave the ship
under the battering of severe seas,
were clinging high up to the rig
cling while breakers poured over the
vessel in a vicious attack.
Most of the loss of life occurred
when a life boat capsized yesterday.