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YELLOW CAB OPERATORS
ASSIST IN RECOVERING
S EN- AUTOMOBILES

Forty thousand Yellow Cab drivers
in practically every city of the
country, are now actively assisting
police departments in the work of
recovering stolen cars. This idea
originated by Roy Payne OF the
Yellow Cab company of Topeka.
Kans., has been taken up with en-
thusiasm by every taxicab operator.
and very effective work has been
done.
These taxicab operators have ar
ranged with the chief Of police of
their various cities to notify the
cab dispatcher whenever n car is
stolen. This dispatcher broadcasts
over the phone to every driver
under his direction a complete de-
scription OF the car. As a result. all
drivers are on the alert, and be-
cause they cover most of the city
during the day and night, they
sooner or later run across h car
stolen.
During the last two years Topeka
taxicab drivers have recovered a
dozen cars and similar results have
been obtained in other cities.
This is only one of the many ways
in which Yellow Cab drivers
throughout the country are render
ing effective assistance to the citi-
zens they drive.
, 1923-09-30

Building buildings. As a prelimi-
nary step and in order to work up
a little muscle for the building pro-
gram he had in mind he plated and
disposed OF the West Central add
ton and the Crabtree addition,
where the town Of Mills stands.
The time now having arrived to
build. A. II. rolled up his sleeves,
tossed his trusty mortar hod upon
his shoulder and in a short time the
pioneer warehouse appeared upon
the scene. also upon the tax rolls.
The mortar hod being in good con-
dition and unchanged by this effort
our able builder mixed up another
batch of mortar, hauled a few
brick. and in a few days the Court
Hotel reared its head skyward and
begged to have its name emblaz-
oned upon the sacred tax list that it
might contribute to the high cost of
government. Then came the wyan-
dotte apartments. in which A. II.
and his little hod played no small
part. A new lot OF building ma.
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a homestead. The next year he
brought his family from the old
home in Kansas. The succeeding
year he formed a law partnership
with John b. Barnes. Stepping
right along see 1t was the alti.
tude and climatic conditions getting
in their work. Another year rolling
around, those strolling along the
public streets with their eyes open
could visualize a neat little sign on
the door and another on the win.
dow-Alfred H.. Cobb. Attorney at
discriminating his own legal
craft now. He sailed right along
and all winds were APPARENTLY favor
able ones.
There were odd spells in the prac
tice of law that allow a little Idle
time. These periods made A. H.
restless. He wanted occupation and
more occupation. Hurriedly survey
ing the town Of Casper, he con
cluded that the biggest and best
thing within his range of vision
that needing doing. was building.
, 1923-09-30

Seventeen a is not a Ions
space of time. as time goes. Even
at hat many things can and 40
happen while those few brief years
are rolling by. As an evidence of
something happening cast your
eagle eye over Alfred II. Cobb, at
torney at law. as he presents him
self today and then go back to h
year 1906. on the day he arrived
in Casper and hold him up for his
total wealth. 1t would not have
been worth while. The whole works
consisted OF IS cents ash money.
That was the cost of a very frugal
breakfast INT that was the purpose
for which it was expended. Being
broke is nothing in the life of n man
of brains and industry. and that
rare quality of getting on in the
world despite adverse circum-
stances.
As he accepted n job punching
cattle. n profession he knew abso-
lutely nothing concerning, he smiled
to himself as he adjusted his spurs
and knotted his bandanna. to note
the u~selessness of Kansas State
University and Ann Arbor, and col
lege degrees as a preparatory course
for this particular line of endeavor.
However his previous research in
language and his requirements I'm
mathematics enabled him to more
readily decipher cattle brands and
he made an entire success of the
cattle punching profession. 1t was
the stepping stone. in that day.
which all ambitious men employed
TO rise to the whittier they desired
to go.
Entering into the spirit or tue
country and the times friend Cobb
got busy and went right along. The
next year after his arrival he filed
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terial having been accumulated by
the dealers, and the mortar hod
growing restless from inactivity. A.
II. awoke one morning feeling the
need OF a little exercise. The out
come of the situation was the Patter-
son Oakland garage building. Then
came a short period of rest. The
time was used in installing a new
handle in the hod. This having
been properly accomplished and
sandpapered, building was resumed;
and the vacant lots at Durbin and
First streets are now covered by a
large brick structure containing 10
store rooms in which various bust
nesses are being conducted, includ-
ing that of Alfred H. Cobb and Son,
attorneys at law. You see mean
while. all these other things were
going forward. young William B.
the hopeful son. was growing up,
studying law and canning wisdom,
for the very purpose of taking his
father into partnership with him.
Now when you walk into A. HIS
office he not only seems proud and
happy over being in partnership
with his boy. but reposing on the
roll top desk is the old reliable hod,
still working however, but working
as a paper weight. Kept in a
handy place. for the reason o
never can tell what moment the
notion to seize 1t and rush out and
build a building, will take hold Of
a. H.
Up to date, excluding the small
ones A. II. has constructed and
owns eleven substantial buildings
IN city, all occupied and bring.
ing in a very sizabie rent roll.
That seems to be a pretty fair
record for a fellow who landed in
Casper only II years ago with n
total capital Of 35 cents, which he
Immediately and permanently in
vested in a breakfast. Which leads
n to the belief thai had A. H.
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been on deck with his mortar hod
when Rome was projected, he would
have built the old town In a day;
and thereby given disputants some
thing to stand upon. when wise
guys casually asserted that the
town was not built in a day as they
have SO frequently lone for a num-
Der Of years, when matters Of
haste were touched upon. And
there you have the answer to why
the town was so long in building
the name of A. II. Cobb was not in
the city directory.
A. H. is presumed to be resting
now from his strenuous building
operations. Don't place too much
confidence in his resting. For
rumor hath it. that he was seer in
his office late asst night posing over
the original plans and specifications
OF the Egyptian pyramids and ex.
aiming the working parts of the
cd mortar hod.
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GRECO italian
DISPUTE ENDED
WITH PAYMENT
Fifty Million Lire Is
Paid for Killing Of
Boundary Mission.

PARIS. Sept. 2e-United Presse
The Greco.Italian dispute. which re-
suited in occupation OF the Greek
island Of Corfu by Italian troops.
was considered a closed incident
here tonight following the action Of
the conference of ambassadors IN
ordering the Swiss bank to pay
Greece's forfeit of 10000, 900 lire to
Italy.
The conference decided Greece had
not done all in her power to bring
to justice the persons guilty of the
assassination Of the Italian mission
near JANA and that the deposit
made by Greece should be forfeited
on the insistence of the Italian
representative the payment was or
dered made Immediately.
, 1923-09-30
How's Your Stomach?


Red Cloud. Nebr.-"Some time
~ 1 wrote to DR.. Pierce's Invalids'
Hotel for his advice in regard to my
stomach trouble. which l was sure
was neuralgia. l began taking DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
along with the 'Anuric Tablets and
feel that l have been greatly bene.
fitted by their use. 1 had about
given up when I wrote DIR. Pierce
now 1 am feeling fine. 1 have every
faith i'm DR.. Pierce's medicine. -
Mrs. Dora Coleman.
II you need a building.up tonic
for stomach and blood obtain Or.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
from your neares druggist, or
write DR.. Pierce. President Invalids'
Hotel in Buffalo. N. Y. for free
medical Observation-Disclosures.
, 1923-09-30
ReducingY Your Fat
Without Dieting

Years & the formula for fat re-
duction was "diet"-"exercise." To-
day IL is Take Marmola Prescrip-
tion Tablets" Friends tell friends
these friends tell others. They
eat substantial food, live as they
like and still reduce steadily and
easily without going through long
sieges of tiresome exercise starva-
ton diet. n absurd and
salves. Marmola Prescription Tab
let's are sold by all druggists the
world over Mt one dollar for a case,
or IL you prefer you can order di-
rect from the Marmola Co. 1872
Woodward Ave, Detroit Mich.-Ad-
~vertisement
, 1923-09-30
HISTORY or COUNTY
ALSO ON SALE At
TREVETT' STORE

Tho name OF the Trevett con-
~fectionery store has been uninten-
tionally omitted from the names of
the concerns handling the sale of
Mr.. A. j. Mokler's History Of Ma
trona County" Guy and John
Trevett. the proprietors. are among
the zeal pioneers of Natrona county.
having lived in this county all of
their lives. They have seen much of
the history made that is recounted
by Mr.. Mokler in his history and
naturally appreciate its value.
THE History of Natrona County"
will be found on sale at the Trevett
confectionery the same as at the
other places advertised. Future ads
will carry the name of this concern.
an omission in the past for which
the Tribune apologies.
Donald GALLAGHER has moved hia
law office ~ INA Ra.LIg,uar nfa-
, 1923-09-30

Platinum is found in small gray
particles along with other metals,
gold and chrome-iron. Oc-
casionally It is discovered in the
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form of nuggets. which are natur,
ally valuable. A 25.pound nugget Of
platinum would Mt the present time
be worth over $4,000.
, 1923-09-30

One-fourth the golf balls used In
the United States. or 3.140,0 0 with
a value of s 1927 900. are being i'm
ported from England and Scotland
this year
, 1923-09-30

Donald GALLAGHER has moved hls
4 office to l04 Becklinger Bldg.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-05
NUMBER 2s.

in the family automobile. they
are no less nonplussed over what
is than their grandchildren over
what WAS.
1t seems to the old folks but
yesterday that they sat in the
old lumber wagon and were maxi
ing their way along this same
road. through the ruts and mud.
behind old Buck and Bright.
AS the rows Of tiles upon a
roof overlap each other so the
generations lay hold one upon
the other.
AS the pioneers were the
generation of shirt-sleeves so
their grandsons are the genera
ton Of silk shirts--as the pio-
neers were the generation Of
hard knocks, so their grandchild-
rem are the generation Of soft
cushions.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-05

1t was about noon on a spring
day in the early seventies. A
covered wagon drawn by yoke
of oxen had been slowly trek
king" through a wilderness of
virgin prairie.
A young man walked alongside
of the cattle that drew the
wagon, and seated in the opening
of the COVER was a young girl.
Her face and form, in the
center of that opening, made a
pretty picture.
The man was young and strong
and although his clothes were
not tailor-made nor his linen
laundry finished, he might well
be called handsome man.
1t was their wedding trip.
They were going out into the
world in the most literal sense.
They were coming West to found
a home, to begin life.
The young man had come from
a settlement farther east, the
year before, and had gone over
this very ground and picked out
the claim" that best suited him
and made the necessary entry at
the nearest land office. Then he
had gone back to the home
settlement again and spent the
winter with the folks and in the
early spring he was married.
Shortly afterwards he and his
bride babe the home folks fare
well and. with their few belong
ings packed in boxes. spade, an
axe and an old plow on board,
and with nothing between them
and the caprice of the elements
except the canopy of a covered
wagon, they set out for the
unknown
From two homes had gathered
the fathers and mothers. the
brothers and sisters, to bid them
godspeed. II was not without
some fear and trembling that
the little company watched the
wagon as it slowly wound its way
along the river path and was
finally lost behind a clump Of
willows.
After many, many days Of
weary travel. the young couple
at last arrived on the spot where
their future was to develop and
where they were to experience
the joys and sorrows of life.
They had come to the promised
land"
A few couples like them were
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-05
IN THE DAYS OF
BUCK AND BRIGHT"
An Excellent and Interesting Story From the Pen of
Editor Gunnar B. Bjornson, Minneota,
Describing Pioneer Life
the Prairies.

scattered far and wide over the
territory. But as yet the wide
prairie that surrounded them
could hardly be called settle
ment.
The man drove his team of
oxen to a little knoll not far
from the river and it was here
that they made their camp: The
first thing to do was to get some
kind of shack built that they
might have roof over their
heads.
It took a long time for one
man to fell the trees, cut the
logs and erect the cabin that was
to be their first home. They had
taken the wagon box off the
wagon and it, with its white
cover, was home" during these
long days of house-building. The
old white. canvas sheltered them
from sun and rain. The wagon
box was sitting-room, dining
room, kitchen and bedroom.
They both worked hard all day
and when evening came they
were glad to retire. Pretty
much, they followed the sun in
the matter of their bedtime.
There were no movies, lodges,
clubs or churches to keep them
either out or up.
The years came and went.
Our friends had turned the
virgin sod on many a prairie
acre. They had observed the
seed time and the harvest and
they had been privileged TO wei
come many additions to the
settlement.
In many ways they had been
blessed. But the years that inn
mediately followed the spring
time of their arrival on the
claim" had not been easy ones.
He came there a handsome,
strong, clear-eyed, clean-cut
young man. she a rosy-cheeked,
dark-haired. charming young
bride.
They had vitality. force and
spirit and they grappled with the
problem of existence with a de-
termination to win.
The long days OF hard toll, the
many hours of lonely waiting
were faced and finished in un-
complaining silence Of self-sacri-.
fee.
One yoke of cattle after the
other had served them in their
battle with the work of the
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AsKov. PINE COUNTY. MINNESOTA. MONDAY MARCH s. 1928

years, but none of these had been
more evenly matched. none of
them had walked in the yoke
with more assignment and
steadines than had the couple
that came in the covered wagon
that spring morning back there
in the early seventies.
Hardships? Yes. there had
been hardships aplenty.
Those first years, there were
but two or three neighbos with
in a days walk Of the little log
cabin.
A trip to the mill meant a ZOO
mile journey. Before you could
bring the nearest doctor, it
meant the completion of a so
mile drive.
And they were long hours for
the young wife, those hours
when he had to go away and
there were no neighbors to visit,
no one to talk TO. no living being
to go to for cheer or comfort!
And when he was gone TO mill
or market, and the winter storms
broke in the fury Of that period,
storms that it seemed impossible
for any human being to be out in
and live, then those were
anxious. sleepless, dreadful hours
that sometimes dragged them
selves into days and nights, for
the little woman that waited at
home--waited, looking out upon
the fury Of the storm that
seemed to spell death and
destruction as it rolled in pillows
against the walls of the little
cabin and literally engulfed this
shell of unseasoned timbers in a
sea of whirling snow! In those
hours when certain death stalked
in triumph over the prairies and
when it was folly to entertain
hope for any living creature that
crossed its path. what a moment
airy relief was it not to find
doubt struggling forward with a
ray of hope! The hopeless was
fixed with such certainty that
any doubt might be called a ray
Of hope.
And then when the storm
lifted and he came horne alive
and unframed, what rejoicingl
Had any person ever lived so
much joy and happiness as was
hers, who had waited all these
long hours, looking into the face
of death-pondering, praying,
weeping! Darkest despair dis
PEELED, not by the "circling moon
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-05
THIS EDITION

A total Of 1900 copies are
printed Of this edition which con-
tains the financial statement and
delinquent tax list Of Pine
County and is being sent to all
personal property taxpayers in
the county. Extra copies will be
on hand at the county auditor
and county treasurer's Offices as
well as at the American office
where a copy can be secured by
any one who may fail to get his
copy.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-05

beams misty light, but by the
real and powerful rays Of the sun
itself
After years of these expert
ences that tried her very soul,
and after repeated proof Of the
fact that in all well ordered lives,
periods Of sunshine viii follow
each manifestation Of the phe-
nomena Of rain. is il any wonder
that she loved the old log cabin.
the fields, the meadow and the
brook?
Here life had made her drain
the cup Of fear and anxiety TO
the very dregs and here had
been held to her lips the silver
goblet of Joys sparkling vine.
Years have come and gone
since that day.
He and she' have now passed
their allotted four score and ten.
The log cabin is gone. The old
oxen are but a memory. The
difficulties of doing the days
work have been greatly lessencd
Mills. doctors. merchants, schools
and churches are to be found
within easy, distance Of any
home. The very elements. when
feeling constrained to lash the
habitations of men. do so with
far less rage and fury than they
did when our friends erected
that first rough cabin, as a shrine
for their love and a shelter from
the storms, fifty years ago.
Children have come and gone.
Grand children now listen TO
the stories about the oxen,
the covered wagon, the log
cabin, the terrible storms and
the long distances that grandpa
had to go to mill or market and
the terrible storms that came
and brought 50 much anxiety to
grandma.
These children of the automo
bile, the telephone, the wireless
the photograph. the radio and
the rural mail service listen &c
the tales from the ox-days like
they would to stories of life upon
some other planet.
They can not realize that this
same grandpa and grandma are
really the very ones who came ir
that covered wagon, fifty years
ago and found right here an m.
settled wilderness.
And as grandpa and grandma
find themselves speeding over
the graveled road. of a Sunday
morning. on their way to church
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London Times New York Times copyright
b. arrangement with Earl Of carnarvon.
View looking down the rock-hewn
passage leading to the antechamber Of
the tomb OF Tut-AnkhAmen at Luxor.
Egypt. In which was found such q
marvellous collection OF objects. The
light showing through the modern steel
gate emanates from electric lamps In
stalled by the excavators
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duty as we understand it"
Abraham Lincoln.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-03-05

Notice: The State. County and
Teachers fund rate are added to
all OF the above total tax rates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-14
PAGE 6B
[ARGE EGIAIES uE

OLD SOUTH NOW BE E|NG BROKEN UP Ancient AckIand Plantation Will Be Restored by Louisi-
 ana State Government,
 Using Convict Labor
 NEW ORLEANS, La, Jan. iS.- The breaking up of one cf the larg- est estates of the old south is about to be made complete with the &C., quisition by the state of Louisiana of the celebrated Ackland planta- tions, which are to be taken under the right of appropriation for state uses in connection with the convict farms While the breaking up of the large estates in Great Britain is a
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PAGE 7B
.ARCHIIEGTG pI AM

@ " - t=AAtH || TO HONOR MEMORY OF FAMOUS MAN
 Many American Buildings Based Upon Models of Sir Christopher Wren, Who Designed St. PauIS CHICAGO. Jan. 13.-American ar chitects are preparing to observe next February, the two hundredth anniversary of the death of Sir Christopher Wren. famous English astronomer and architect, who has left an indelible impression on Amer ican architecture
 Sir Christopher died in London February 25, 1723. and is buried in St. Pauls cathedral, which he planned.
 The American observance will be consistent with the celebration in England, where the Royal Institute of British Architects has set aside the entire week. beginning February z6, 1S25, as Commemoration Week in honor of Wren. A procession will march from Mansion house to St. Pauls to hold memorial services in the cathedral, followed by a visit to the crypt, where the president of the royal institute will lay a wreath on | Wren's tomb.
 | Treasures of many learned so- cieties will be exhibited during the week.
 Many American Models In this country there is hardly a | city that dOas mt hoaSt ono or
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-14
After the death of Colonel and Mrs.

hands of the family. It was bought by a syndicate and became one of the most flourishing of colleges for women in the south and was known l as Ward Belmont college.
 As result of the emancipation of l his HOO slaves. Colonel Ackland was unable to carry on the immense draining systems on his cotton plan tations in Louisiana The embank- ments known as levies which pro- tected the land from overflow, fell into decay and finally the advent Of the boil weevil made the culture of cotton so precarious that the land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-14
subject of frequent comment the
 division of the largest estates of the south has received little notice.

or great estate which for many years had remained in one family. Prior tc' the Civil War Colonel J. A. s. Aclland, the father of William Hayes Ackland of Washington, D. C., was the owner of seven plantations in one body on the Mississippi river The plantations surrounded the Lake of the Cress where the Explorer La-
 Salle and his priests planted the cross on the discovery of Louisiana. Resides his nlantations Colonel Ack-
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land was the owner of many thou sands of acres on Matagorda Bay.

Tex, a town house in the city of | Nashville, Tenn, and the largest | stock farm in the south six miles | frem Gallatin, Tenn.
 Planned Palace
 Tn addition to these properties he | began to build in 1855 two miles from | Nashville, Tenn, what he intended | should be the most palatial private | residence in America with a ball | room, picture gallery and seven con- servatol ies, and which bore the name | Belmont after the place of Portia at l Padua. Fer many years Belmont | was a show place and even known in Europe. It is said to have suggested | the description of the home of Saint l Tlr1n that onCa D0n1tlar novel