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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
New Dairy Cow Tests
Started at "" Farm

Five grade cows, three of Hol-
stein blood, one of Guernsey and
one lust cow, which have been
getting a very ordinary ration
even poorer than the average
in a Minnesota COW testing asso-
citation, are now to be given their
chance. They have been placed
in pasture at University Farm
and will be given the best of care
and fed a balanced ration carry
ing silage and legume hay-not
for the purpose of trying to
break records, but rather to de-
termine how they can increase
production and profits. The cows
will freshen in the fall and in the
meantime will be put in the best
condition possible. Records will
be kept of what and how much
is fed and compared with the
feed given them when in the as
ISOLATION. Records of the kinds
of feed used, their cost and the
yield of milk and butterfat will
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

But all of this immigration,
from whatever source, brought
something to contribute if and
when we have the good sense to
realize it, sort it out and absorb
it. Much of it, it is true,
brought things that we not only
will not assimilate, but cannot
tolerate. But it is no more SEN
sible to reject it all than 1t
would be to embrace it all.
What makes an American? 1t
is not race, or creed. or birth
place or blood. 1t is a spirit.
And by and by all humanity will
learn that it is only the things
of the spirit that count and last,
and are real because they do
count and last. Knute Nelson,
for instance, is not American
according to the rule of birth,
because he was born in Norway.
But he is a better American in
many ways than many whose
ancestors all came here before
the Revolution.
According to the rule adopted
by a furtive, cowardly organiza-
ton that keeps it's member
ship secret and marches in silly
hoods and sheets, Americans
must be white Protestant,
Gentle and native-born. Yet
all of us know Americans who
are black, Americans who are
Catholics. Americans who are
Jews, Americans who are foreign
born, yet who need take a back
seat in genuine Americanism
for no descendant of the May
flower.
Being native-born, Protestant,
Gentle and white is no more
an assurance of good American
ism than it is to be the opposite
of all these things.
He is a good American who
embodies the noble traditions,
the noble aspirations and the
widest charity for all mankind
which constitute the spirit of
the truest Americanism. And
this regardless of his color, his
race, his creed or his birthplace.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
BOOSTS MINNESOTA.

Following good boost for the
state of Minnesota was published
in an eastern magazine recently:
From the mills of Mime
sofa comes a quantity of flour
that puts the state far in the
lead in this vital industry-not
only in the nation but in the
world. Besides, she is first in
iron ore, producing well over
half the entire output of the
nation. In agriculture Mime
sofa ranks high with an annual
crop of $500, 600, 900. Manu-
features exceed a billion dollars.
Lumber products bring big re-
turns.
With basic products that form
the very backbone of the ma
tons activity. Minnesota's bust
ness is enormous and world
wide"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

of farmers and that "the agricul-
tural school of the huge univer-
sity of Minnesota is sound and
creative There is nothing
stereotyped about the Lewis
writeup of Minnesota. the
Morse State. 1t is not a more or
less tedious statement of the
value of our dairy and cereal pro-
ducts and the number of our new
schools. For, as he sees it, the
interesting thing in Minnesota is
the swift evolution of a complex
social system and the change in
two generations from wilderness
to country clubs" In view of
what has transpired, it is small
wonder he asks the question,
What will the next two genera
tions produce" and then finds
that the question defes certain
answer.
The Minnesota School of Agri-
culture at University Farm is for
boys and girls from the farms.
To be eligible for entrance the
boys must have had at least six
months of practical farm exper-
fence. This requirement is not
made of the girls, for, as said by
Principal ID. ID. Wayne of the
school, home life is fundamen-
tally the same in town and on
the farm" The next school year
will begin October l and close
April 2. Write Principal Wayne
or registrar at University Farm
for official bulletin and booklet.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

The man who drives an auto
mobile with glazing headlights is
a menace to the life and safety of
every person who uses the road.
He is a criminal and should be
dealt with as other criminals are
dealt with. A few Jail senten-
ces imposed on offenders would
stop the practice and would make
life more secure on the public
highways.-Dawso Sentinel.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

In writing about the recent
passage of the $4,000 bond
issue by the county commission.
ers of Pine county, the funds of
which will be used to pave part
of the Federal highway through
the county. Editor Colby of
Sandstone, refers to those citi-
gems who were at that meeting
and opposing the bonding as
chronic kickers." There may
have been a few of that variety
at the meeting, but just because
they oppose the issue is no sign
that they are chronic kickes.
OF course there is always those
Arguments about how much we
lose in federal. state and other
aids il we do not bond, but
usually we get nothing without
paying for it. At any rate
there is good chance for argu.
ment on both sides and no neec
of calling anybody chronic kick
ers because they are on the OPP
posing side.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

The old gag that those who ac-
cumulate great wealth in this
country deserve it because they
have earned il was given a shock
the other day when Ferdinand
w. Suydam. a member of New
York ar~istocracy. died in the
asylum where he had spent most
of his life, having been adjudged
incompetent fifty years ago
Although he never had mental
capacity enough to earn a single
dollar in his life, yet he left 4
fortune of over a million dollars
His father left him $4,000 in.
vested in Chicago real estate anc
the increase of values from the
growth Of that city brought the
mentally defective Suydam al
immense fortune in unearneC
increment. - Mile Laos Count,
Times.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
BUILD NESTS IN ODD PLACES
nous In Making Their Homes In
Conventional Trees

"Where won't birds build?" asks
Bassett Digby.
"ln the grounds Of Bushey house
stands part Of the mizzen mast Of
Nelson's Victory. In the hole
where a cannon ball went clean
through it at the battle of Trafalgar
q pair Of robins built a nest, laid q
full clutch of eggs and reared q
brood.
"Down in Buckinghamshire l
climbed along a ledge on the face Of
q cliff in a chalk quarry, searching
the deep clefts for jackdaws' eggs,
with a long-hooked stick. l raked
out one clutch from q nest largely
composed of quite legible scraps Of
French newspapers. Goodness only
knows where the bird had gone for
them!
al discovered q great nesting
colony in a Russo Japanese war
vehicle dump tucked away in the
forest near Irkutsk, in eastern ST.
IBERIA. Here, behind a high log
stockade lay acres Of derelict am
bulance and ammunition wagons,
gun carriages and venerable drosh-
kas which had been requisitioned for
active service in Manchuria many
years previously. There was quite a
bird city there in the abundance Of
shelter hooks and corners and eggs
of about Is species simply teemed.
Numbers of birds nests 20
cruising about the country on our
railways every spring" - London
Express.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

The drop Of sc cents in the re-
tail price of gasoline in the
northwest states Tuesday was
welcome news to autoists and all
ser Of gasoline and goes to
show that the Standard Oil Com
pany and the Independent COM
panies have had a long profit.
The Governor of South Dakota is
probably the man who will re-
ceive credit for getting the price
decline started as out there they
were preparing to have the state
buy the oil in carload lots and
retail il at cost which would
mean a big saving to the public.
The Standard Oil Company an
nounced it had always been their
policy to meet competing prices
ana hence met the price set IN
South Dakota. The news spread
rapidly and neighboring states
were preparing to follow the ex-
ample set by South Dakota and
hence the general decline in
price. Independent companies
say it is a ruinous price but the
public smiles and is glad the
South Dakota Governor started
something. Anyway it is a good
thing that the Standard Oil Com
pany has a set policy and if they
will continue to meet competi-
ton regardless of how many cuts
the gasoline price receives the
public will be satisfied.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
OUT IN
RURAL DISTRICTS

That the Ku Klux Khan is en-
deavoring to secure members in
country districts also is eviden-
ced by the following from a re-
cent issue of the Candy Press:
Two hooded and white robed
lecturers of the 'ku klux Khan
visited Candy last Friday and ad-
dressed a large crowd of curious
and interested spectators on the
vacant space just north of the
C. & N. w. depot.
1T was the first public appear
ance in Candy of representatives
of this noted secret organization,
which now claims a membership
of more than eight million men,
The object of the speakers was to
explain the aims and purposes of
the organization and to secure
members in this community.
They passed out 100 or more of
their membership application
blanks among the audience and
evidently a number of them
were returned signed up, the
number was not made public.
The speakers refuted the charges
made against the organization
of unlawful conduct, and claimed
that these acts were proven to
have been done in most cases. by
non-members under the masquer-
AIDE of the Khan and in all cases
without the knowledge or con-
sent of the local or state Klan au-
thorities. The principal speaker
Friday was a minister from
Ohio"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

also be carefully kept. 1t is ex-
pected the experiment will be of
much value to dairymen of the
northwest. The experiment will
be conducted under the supervi-
sion of dairy division men of the
University of Minnesota and E.
A. Hanson, dairy specialist of the
university's agricultural extern
sion service.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
Don't
Dribble
Your
Money
Away
=

Your wish is to become
the owner of something
worth while. Something
that will make you better,
happier and more useful. 1t
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, 1923-08-16
Minnesota School of Agri.
culture Praised by Sim
clair Lewis.
and creative"

Sound and creative"
In these words Sinclair Lewis
characterizes and describes the
Minnesota School of Agriculture
in a recent article which is one
of a series entitled These United
States" which is being printed by
an eastern magazine.
The article is written in the
style and vein which mark the
authors books. Main Street" and
Rabbit" but there is naught of
cynicism or sarcasm or exaggera-
ton in his plain statement that
Minnesota has a scientific body
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
WOman'S Statement
Will Help Askov

II hated cooking because all | ate
turned sou and formed gas. | drank
hot water and olive oil by the gallon.
Nothing helped until | used Adlerika."
Most medicines act only OF lower
bowel but Adlerika' acts on BOTH up
per and lower bowel and removes all
gas and poisons. Excellent for obsti-
nate constipation. Helps any Ease gas
ON the stomach in TEN minutes.
Askoy Drug & Variety Store.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

John Palmer Gavit, former
managing editor of the New
York Evening Post, puts in a
phrase what needs to be empha-
sized in this country when he
says: Being an American is a
matter of culture and not of
blood"
Everybody, if he thinks in
stead of weakly yielding to mere
prejudice dashed with intoler-
ance, knows that this is so. But
not all Americans are thinking
and acting upon the basis of
this truth.
In an article in the new maya
zine, Our World, entitled Amer
lea Still in the Making Mr..
Gavit declares that much poison
Gus nonsense is being uttered
and believed these days about
the subject of race. Expanding
the subject he says:
Whether We like Il or not, how
ever frantically we may struggle and
protest and blunder In either wise OF
ill-considered efforts to control the
process; whatever cruelties and alb
surdities we may commit against i'm
migrants and against ourselves and
our traditions: whatever the "Ameri-
can race" Is to be In the time 20
come. II will be, must be. made by
an increasing Indignation OF culture
rather than by blood.
In every real sense. the zone hun
dred per cent American" OF the
future will have no exclusive marks
OF any sort that we a attribute to
anything we now isolate by any
racial name.
II Is time to stop beating the air,
time TO stop sitting d~isconsolate
amid our ikons. as Roman senators
are said to have sat while the hordes
from the north swept In to over
whelm their civilization. rotten with
luxury and injustice and the degcn'
eracy hat comes with breeding In
and-in.
II Is time to consider what th,
ancient cultures OF Europe are
bringing to us OF things worth
while. Things which we have beer
very stupid and very slow about
recognising,
That is definite and positive
and it is sense. Those who
struggle to preserve the belief,
for instance, that this is and
must remain an Anglo Saxon
race might as well give up. I,
was in the beginning very
largely Anglo-Saxon. Its roots
were in England. But there
were minor strains of Dutch
French, Swedish. Scotch, Welsh
and Irish so that the dilution OF
the Anglo-Saxon stream begar
early, and increased at an amaz
ing pace when the tides Of i'm
migration really set in at full
flood.
Much of this immigration i.
not yet assimilated, Some of it
perhaps, is not assimilable
though we could be surer about
that if some of US had not, fol
selfish purposes, promoted the
segregation of a large proportion
of this immigration.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16
WHAT MAKES AN
AMERICAN.

An excellent editorial under
the above caption a published
In the Duluth Herald some
months ago. The American Is
pleased to re-publish II and pass
II on for the perusal and thought
OF It's readers as II contains good
food for thought.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-08-16

No quicker nor easier method
of getting results than through
American Want Ads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-27
BOSCOREL

One of the finest catches of trout
exhibited this season were captured
by Louis Wolf in Crooked creek last
Friday. The string numbered seven,
varing in weight from one to two
pounds. Mr.. Wolf sent the trophies
of his skill to his friend, Gov Blaine.
A bolt Of lightning descended on
the lone quarters of brood sow in a
field on the Frank Shedivy place in
Marietta township one day last week,
shattering the little structure and
killed the animal and one pig. The
sly was near no tree Or fence and the
occurrence is one of the singular
freaks of lightning.
H. o. Holt, trusty, capable sales
man with Parker-Hildebrand Co. for
a period Of 81 years, is taking an en-
forced vacation due to physical i'm
pediment. Those faithful feet that
nave done duty all these years are
giving away under strain of constant
use on hardwood floors and the only
alternative is rest
Sebastian Heller, respected resi-
dent of the fourth ward, will be 81
years of age in September next and
his activity is remarkable. Mr.. Hell
Ter has been a resident of this sec
ton for over a half century, follow
ing farming in Marion township
until few years ago when he came
to Boscobel to reside with his son,
William-Dial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-27
FENNIMORE

Manager r. ]. Moore of the Fenni-
more Telephone Co. has resigned and
will return to Chicago.
Gordon l.. Webster of MontfOrt,
took charge of the Ludlow Grocery,
which he recently purchased, Mon
day.
Miss Inez Burr went to Monroe last
week to visit friends. She will go
from there to Chicago. Inez intends
being gone most of the summer.
Miss Mildred Kemp of Paonia, Col
orado, is making an extended visit at
the Dr. Truitt home Miss Kemp has
been attending lSinsinawa College.
The burns received by Ed. Berghe-
ger at the fire at Sitter last week
have proven to be very deep but he is
improving nicely under the care of
DR.. MarSden.
Miss Irma Dempsey, after a severe
tussle with pneumonia, together with
touch of brain fever, is improving
slowly but nicely, we are very glad
to state. She is under the care of DR..
Marsden and trained nurse, Mrs.
Tomena Holsether. Her fever is
nearly down to normal and we hope
to soon see her out again.-Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-27
MUSCODA

Vandy Swoboda Of Richland Cen
ter. formerly of duscoda, was releas-
ed from the Richland county jail
Monday, where he served term for
violation Of the game laws. Stimuli
taneously with his release he learned
that his wife, Myrtle, had secured a
divorce.
Glen McVay, who is now taking mis-
summer vacation, left for Seattle,
Wash, Saturday evening. He will
visit Portland and other places of in
terest. He will visit his three broth
ers, one of whom he has not seen for
sixteen years.-Progressive
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-27
BLOOMINGTON

Pierce Patterson broadcasted the
S. o. S. to neighbOrs, and party OF
them dropped in Saturday morning
and helped raise large cow barn
with lean-to on each side. Size
48x56. The visitors did a good job
Alvin, young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Erwin Oaklief, fell out of a tree that
he had ascended to a height OF about
fifteen feet one day last week, lit on
a rock pile on his head and shoulders
and only for the natural elasticity OF
a normal kids anatomy would have
been badly hurt, He was pretty sore
for day or two, but it now in good
shape again.
The open season on black bass
started last Friday and a good many
of our fishermen visited the sloughs
near Bagley. Some good catches are
reported. L. G. Hickok of Lancaster,
got seven pickerel at the Plondke
slough that day, also a couple of bass.
Linn Woodhouse of Bloomington also
got some nice bass All the fisher
men report the mosquitoes as being
the worst in years.
Recently N. A. Ferris sent per-
sonal check on the WoOdhouse &
BARLEY Bank to a member of his fam
lily at his old home near Beirut, Syria.
The check was endorsed by the local
manager Of the American Press and
a local bank at Beirut, and was paid
promptly and returned, passing
through the Federal Reserve banks
of New York and Chicago, with their
endorsements stamped on the back
The journey of a personal check to
the opposite side of the world ana
back in so short a time, with most Of
the old-time red tape" eliminated, is
an example of the improved modern
methods of the banking system
RopOrd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-27
WITHIN | HOUR
OF THE COURT
HOUSE SQUARE
Happenings From
Exchanges and
Reporters.
MONTFORT

MRS. P. T. Stevens, Mrs. c. K.
Stephens and Virginia and Jack de-
parted Wednesday morning for New
York for an extended visit at the
home Of Mrs. Stevens daughter, Mrs
Chas. Hill.
Harvey Di Vail, cashier Of the Cltl-
zens State Bank, and Miss Elsie Fac
Webster, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thos. r. Webster, motOred to Madl-
son, where they were quietly united
in marriage by DR.. E. L. Eaton on
Wednesday, June 20, 1923. They were
attended by the brides sister and her
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Klein
hammer. Their honeymoon will be
spent on a motor trip to the Dells and
to Superior. Two of our finest young
people, they have the best wishes OF
a host Of friends for long and
happy life together.
Mr.. Kuehn and two lady cOmpan-
ions Of VirOqua, driving Nash car
enroute to Chicago, met with an accI-
dent on the detOur near Bethel We'd
nesday. A bee got in the car and
when Mr.. Kuehn made swipe at 1t
the car veered and ran into the banK,
breaking a wheel and springing the
front axle. They remained here
over night and a new wheel came out
from Milwaukee Thursday morning.
Miss Eva z. Slack, one of the lady
occupants of the car lost a Chi
Omega Sorority pin while in town.
They were enroute to Chicago to be
made happy, and we hope their ex-
periences here were the very last
misfortunes they will ever have
Mail
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1923-06-27
ALUMINIUM WIRES ON
INTERSTATE "HIGH" LINE

In the course of the next few weeks
the Interstate Power company ex-
poets to have completed and in oper-
alton their new line from Postville to
Ossian, Iowa.
Work rehabilitating the Calmar-
DEBORAH line to provide for its opera
tion at $4,000 volts will be started i'm
mediately, and wheH this is complet-
ed, there will be a direct $4,000 volt
circuit from Galena, Illinois, and Pra.
du Sac, Wisconsin, to DEBORAH, which
will also make direct connection with
all 1920 volt lines to different parts
of the system. The new line repre-
sents the last word in equipment and
construction. One deviation from the
usual construction is that on the new
line copper has been dispensed with
and line wires are aluminium.