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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
WEBB POSTMASTER
AT-SANDSTONE

A. S. Webb, former postmaster
of Sandstone-about 10 years age
has taken charge Of that office
again having recently been ap-
pointed TO the position. He com.
menced on his new duties Tues
day, May LIST, relieving Miss
Lillian Reinholdson and her sis
tiers who have conducted the af-
fairs Of the Sandstone post-office
since the death of their father.
Chas. Reinholdson, about five
years ago.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
WILLOW MERCHANTS
HAVE SALE DAY
All Business Places Offer
Bargains for Special
Day.

Willow River merchants have
inaugurated a special monthly
sale day. the first Of which is Ia
be held this year on Saturday
May 9Th, when each business
place offers two special bargains
to the general public. Several Of
these monthly sale days have
been held at Willow River be
fore and have been found to b.
quite successful.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
MRS. OLSEN TO
SPEAK in ASKOV
Well Known Cloquet Wom-
an Will be Heard Here
May 18th.

An excellent program has been
arranged for the next meeting Of
the Parent-Teachers association
at the school house in Askov, Fri
day evening, May IL, commenc-
ing at 8 o'clock. when Mrs. Anna
d. Olesen Of Cloquet, will deliver
an address. The subject Of her
speech has not been announced
but assurances are given that it
will be something Of interest TO
all. 1t will be remembered that
Mrs. Olesen was a candidate for
the high office Of United States
Senator from Minnesota last fall
when she toured and spoke in
all parts Of Minnesota. She has
a national reputation as a leader
and speaker. II has long been
the wish Of many to have her adj
dress an Askov audience and
now that she has been secured
for a date here many will I'M
doubtedly avail themselves Of the
opportunity TO hear her.
J. P. Miller. county supcrinten-
dent of schools, is also scheduled
for a short talk that evening.
The complete program is as
follows:
Song audience.
Secretary's report.
Violin duet, Arthur Ellingson
and II. Petersen.
Address, Mrs. Anna d. Olesen.
Address. J. p. Miller.
Clothing exhibit by Miss Yea
sey's domestic science classes and
manual training exhibit by Mr..
Nielsen's classes.
Refreshments.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
LEAGUE STARTS
SUNDAY, MAY 13
Eastern Minnesota Base
Ball League Organ
lied for Year.

The Eastern Minnesota Base
Ball league which comprises vii
lagos in the counties of Pine, Chi
sage. Isanti and Kanabec, organ
lied for the year at a meeting
he'd in Hinckley Friday evening.
]. NJ. Brennan, the veteran base
ball player and enthusiast at
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
MINNESOTA 1923
SESSION LAWS
Supplement Containing the
New State Laws Mailed
Out This Week.

With this weeks issue of the
American is mailed out the Min
nesota Law Supplement of %
pages, containing laws passed by
the recent session of the 43rd
legislature. Index of all laws
will be found on page %.
Preserve this copy. You may
want il for future reference.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
Class Play.

"Fifty-ffty" is the title of the
class play to be presented by the
seniors of the Sandstone High
School at the opera house in that
village, Friday evening, May IL.
II is a comedy affair. Albert Ed
strom takes the leading part of
the boys and Florence Dahlberg
plays the leading girls part.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
Robertson Leaves Temporarily.

James Robertson who recently
disposed of his barber shop bust
ness TO Geo. A. Wolff of Mime
apolis. who is now in charge, has
gone to Winona to work tempo
rarily. Mr.. Robertson is one of
the old timers in Sandstone and
has worked so long around the
same chair that he has worn the
floor down on that one spot. to a
thin shell-a regular groove in
the hardwood floor. He is as
yet undecided as to what he will
do or where he will locate.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
ESTABLISH LARGE
DAIRY FARM
Northern Dairy Company,
st. Paul, to Farm
Near Sandstone.

An experiment in dairy farm
ing on a large scale is to be tried
out near Sandstone this summer
and if successful and paying it
will likely mean much to Pine
county as a good dairy country
through the boosting and good
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
WELFARE LEAGUE
IN EASTERN PINE
Citizens in the Cloverton
Neighborhood are Out
Against Moon.

Citizens of eastern Pine county.
have organized a welfare league,
also called a law and order"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
NEW MARSHALL
AT SANDSTONE
Gust Culin Chosen by Coun.
Gil to Keep Order.

At their meeting last evening
the village council of Sandstone
chose Gust Culin for village mar
shall, replacing VIM. Percy who
has acted in that capacity the
past year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03

The council is negotiating for
the purchase of a fire siren and
Tuesday tried out one on top of
the village hall which could be
heard for several miles.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

Baron Carl Gustaf af Ugglas
died last week at Detroit, Mich,
where he had made his home fol-
several years; the deceased was
a native of Stockholm, Sweden
where he was born in 1880; hav.
ing graduated from the high
school of technology at Gothen'
burg the baron went to the
United States in 1909. He was
a veteran of the world war.
Gifts and Cablegrams.
A committee of New York
women, natives of Denmark, last
week presented the king and
queen of that country with a
valuable gift on the occasion OF
the silver wedding anniversary
of their majesties. Cablegrams
carrying messages of congratula'
ton were sent by the Danish
club and the Frederik VIII Ma
sonic lodge of New York.
Most Famous Norseman.
u. S. Senator Knute Nelson who
died aboard a train last Saturday
evening, was usually referred tc
as the most famous Norwegian
in the United States. When the
senator three months ago OBJ
served his eightieth birthday an
niversary, the quite unusual
thing happened that the king Of
his native country instructed hi:
minister in Washington to felici
tate the venerable law maker
Knute Nelson was born at Voss
Norway.
Wants $4,000.
John Strem, a Swedish sailor
has taken steps to sue the Dollar
Steamship Line of Seattle, Wash.
in an effort to recover $4,000
damages which he claims to have
suffered by reason of the fact
that one day he fell % feet into
the hold of the steamer, Bessie
Dollar, at Everett. He says that
his fail was a result of negligence
on the part of the owners Of the
vessel who had, it is alleged, TAX
en- no precautions to prevent
such accidents.
Police Officials Here.
Hakon Jorgensen, police inspec,
tor of Copenhagen, Denmark, has
arrived in New York to attend
the annual police conference; he
is accompanied by E. Schaffer,
police auditor, and Miss lnger
Nielsen, finger-print expert. In
connection with this visit an
nouncement is made that King
Christian of Denmark, has APP
pointed Police Commissioner En-
right of New York, commander
of the order of Danebrog.
Lodge Buys Church.
Kringen lodge, of the Sons of
Norway organization, at Fargo,
N. D., has purchased the building
of the Plymouth Congregational
church in that city, and will re-
model it for use as a club and
lodge building; later on, plans
call for the demolition of the
church and the construction on
the same site of a modern lodge
building.
Decorations Bestowed.
The king of Sweden has be-
slowed the North Star order up
on Charles X. Johansen, for many
years publisher and managing
editor of the Swedish New York
weekly, "Nordstjernan', and al
so upon Hamilton Holt former
editor of the Independent, now
chairman in the board of direc-
tors of the American-Scandinavi-
an Foundation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03

Sandstone-Askov band concert
at Askov. May 18th.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
Accepts Brooklyn Passionate.

Rev. Oliver G. Fjeldstad, who
has been doing graduate work at
Princeton university. has accept
ed a call from the Norwegian
Lutheran Zion church in Brook
lyn, N. Y. The church has recent
ly become so large that it was
found necessary to have two pas
tors in its service.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
Branch Organized.

A western branch of the Socie.
ty for the Preservation of Swe.
dish Culture Abroad has just
been formed in Chicago; its pres.
ident is A. G. Whiting who has
long been identified with cultural
work among Swedish-Americans.
1t is the plan of the society to
organize district groups through
out the country.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
Subscription Price $3.50
Job Printing

We are equipped to do your
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Call and see samples. Our type
is Of the latest design and the
printing is up-to-date.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03
Gov. Nestos to Speak.

WV NcStOS 10 opedks
Ragnvald A. Nestos, Norwegian
born governor of North Dakota,
will be the commencement day
speaker at st. Olafs college,
Mortified, Mimi, on June 18th,
according to an announcement
made by that school early this
week.
Consulate Closed.
The consulate of Denmark at
Boston, Mass, has been closed by
an order of the Danish govern
ment. and in its place a vice con-
sulate will be established. No
appointment of a vice consul has
been announced at this time, but
it is thought that a Boston bust
ness man will be selected for the
post.
Agreement Reached.
Cablegrams from Moscow an
nounce that a trade agreement
has been reached between the
Danish government and that of
Russia. The negotiations leading
up to this result were carried on,
in behalf of Denmark, by a COM
mission headed by Julius Clan,
former consul-general at New
York.
c. F. Under Dies.
Charles F. Linder, well known
Chicago attorney-at-law. died in
that city last week, aged 43. He
was born in the Floda parish, So
dermanland, Sweden, and had
come to the United States in
1900; during the last Is years
Mr.. Linder practised law in Chi
cago.
Forty Years Old.
The Norwegian hospital in
Brooklyn, N. Y, last week OBJ
served its fortieth anniversary.
A banquet attended by $50 per-
sons was given by the hospital
manager at Hotel st. George, and
among the guests were the New
York consuls of the three Scan
dinavian governments.
Gets News of Wife's Death.
Just before Captain A. j.
Schmidt, commander of the Dan
ish Atlantic liner, Oscar II,
left for Denmark last week, a
cablegram was received announc-
ing the death of the captains
wife at Copenhagen. Miss Inger
Schmidt, a resident of New York,
is daughter of Capt. and Mrs.
Schmidt.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-03

Let us have faith that right
makes might, and in that faith
let us to the end dare TO do our
duty as we understand it."
Abraham Lincoln.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
$4,000 BUILDING
PERMITS FOR WEEK
Chamber of Commerce Home
Among Biggest Projects on
Inspection List.

Building operations costing in
vestors more than s1,557 900 were
recorded this week in the office of
the municipal building inspector. The
largest projects approved were the
home for the United States Chamber
of Commerce, Connecticut avenue and
II street, and for the board OF
temperance. prohibition and public
morals of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, at 1st street and Maryland
avenue northeast.
The list of permits follows:
c. II. Tompkins, to build warehouse,
rear 805 Dennison street; cost. $500
A. Loeff1er Provision Company, to
build garage. Anacostia and Benning
road; cost, $4,000.
A. c. Block. to build, 1905 Holly
street; cost. $500.
Lacy & Belt. to build. 3S12-3S16
4th street: cost, $4,000.
F. ]. Means, to repair, 1913 Wis
consin avenue; cost, $4,000.
G. b. Bryan. to build, 1905 Colorado
avenue: cost, $4,000
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States. TO build Office, 1911 H street;
cost. S1,000,000.
Max Spector to build, 1224-1226
Jackson street northeast: cost, $4,000.
Board of temperance, prohibition
and public morals. NJ. Z. Church. to
build office, 1st and Maryland avenue
northeast: cost. s350.000.
F. L. Hess, to build. 1923 Jackson
street northeast; cost, s6,400.
Penn Oil Company. to build store,
1900 18th street; cost, Sc, 500
4. S. McGrath, to build, 2221 King
place: cost. $1,000.
A. Z. Hongell, to build, 2125 Conduit
road; cost. $1,000.
J. P. Earnest. to build. 37oS Hunt
tngton street; cost, $4,000.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
R|GGS-TOMPK|NS
| PROJECT SUCCESS
Construction at 18th Street
and Park Road Justifies
Hopes of Its Promoters.

Near completion of the s1,000,0OO
joint building project of the Riggs
National Bank and Charles H. Tomp-
kins at the northwest corner of 14th
and Park road marks a milestone in
the business and realty development
of the Mount Pleasant section, II was
pointed out today in connection with
the announcement of the opening
Monday Of the new Riggs Bank branch
on that corner.
The operation is credited with
being the first business building de-
velopment of large proportions in
Mount Pleasant. 1t was undertaken
by the promoters and owners in the
belief that the future of the COM
munity warranted the erection OF a
substantial structure, with view
later, il necessary, TO adding enough
stories to carry the edifice to the
height limit fixed by the District
coming regulations.
six stores Rented.
That the operation was justified
from an investment standpoint is
testified to by the disclosure that six
of the stores fronting on 18th street
in the Riggs Bank building have been
rented, in addition TO about 30 per
cent of the Office space. There are
twenty-four Offices in the bank build
ing and a like amount of floor space
has been rented to one tenant. There
are also two stores on Park road.
An interesting feature of the prof.
ect is the announcement that the
Radio Corporation of America is pre-
pairing to erect two 100-foot towers
for radio antennae, one on the bank
building and the other on the STRAIT
ford building. The corporation in
Evening star., 1923-01-06

as an investment. and this is due to
the fact that they are constructed TO
be used by the owners as homes for
long periods of years and do not
reach the investment market.
Rows of small houses have been
somewhat profitable as investments
in past years. but. due to the high
cost of construction and other eco
nomic conditions, they at present are
not considered especially desirable
as investment. The housing shortage
due to the increase in population in
recent years also has resulted in with
drawing a large proportion of resi-
dence properties from the investment
field Tenants who heretofore rented
have purchased properties on INSTALL
ment payment plans in large num-
bers and this, naturally, has ma
terially reduced the number of resi-
dences that were formerly carried as
investments.
At the next meeting of the class the
subject of coming regulations will be
discussed by Maj Raymond A.
Wheeler, executive officer of the zon-
ing commission.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
Dress SWolIen
Window lambs
WithLinseedOil

Nearly every householder has
had occasion to lose his temper
when the window sash stuck. The
most frequent cause Of tight win
dows is moisture. which on enter
ing the unfinished edge of window
sash causes 1t to swell or twist
out of shape
The best remedy is oil applied
to the edges Of the sash. Lin
seed oil should be applied until
it soaks well into the wood. The
frame jambs also should be given
a coat or two of oil.
In painting or staining a door
it is essential that the edges be
covered as well as the surface.
Whenever necessary TO trim or
shave the edges after the door is
put up always see that they are
properly covered as before.
This is necessary for any kind
of wood and especially for soft
woods or veneered woods of any
kind.
Painting should be done prop
erly. An inferior paint properly
applied will stand up better than
a high grade paint smeared on.
Evening star., 1923-01-06
DESCRIBES REALTY
MARKET FEATURES
Business Properties of Most
Importance for Investment,
Says Thomas Bradley.

Real estate as an investment field Is
divided into certain well defined
groups or classifications, Thomas
Bradley, local realtor, told members
| of the Y. NJ. C. A. real estate class
this week. He analysed each class
and referred particularly to the
soundness of realty investments in
Washington
Business property in first-class To-
cations. according to Mr.. Bradley, are
considered the highest form of real
estate investment. The conditions
under which business properties are
rented frequently provide that the
some instances, pay certain of the
fixed charges. such as taxes. insur-
ance, etc. This results in the prop
erty producing a definite and fixed in
come, which is not affected by stress
of business depression or other eco
nomic disturbances and affords the
investor definite and permanent in
come. In connection with the vast in
crease In population in the city of
Washington due to the war condi-
tions, it was shown that business all
most Immediately developed to meet
the new situation. with the result
that business locations materially en-
HANGED in value and certainrbusiness
districts had been further extended.
Some streets that up to recently were
considered high-class residential sec
tions are now fast being improved by
business property construction, and
are gradually being merged into the
business section proper.
Growth of Chain Stores.
The development in recent years of
the chain store system whereby GER
tain corporations establish stores in
the principal cities throughout the
country has brought in a new and
distinct type of tenant, Mr.. Bradley
said. A very interesting feature of
the growth of the chain store idea is
the method used by them in determin-
ing desirable locations. In this con-
nection he stated that the current of
traffic was considered an important
feature in determining the desirable
ity of given locations. This phase of
the matter has been so highly devel-
oped that 1t is now possible for the
chain store interests to accurately de-
termine the amount of rent that they
can afford to pay in a given location.
This is based on the estimated gross
business considered possible from the
number of persons that pass a given
point within a given period of time
The modern apartment house, which
is almost an economic necessity when
well located, properly constructed and
intelligently managed, is also a high
class investment. Within recent
years the development of apartment
houses has reached a very high state
OF proficiency. Regulations govern
ing the construction of apartments
as promulgated by the coming COM
mission permit the maximum of COM
fort to the individual apartment
dwellers. An apartment house is
subject to depreciation and obsoles-
cence, the same as any other charac-
ter of building, and for this reason
II Is necessary for owners to accu-
rately charge off a sufficient sum an
nually to insure their investment over
a term of years.
Expensive Homes.
In discussing residence properties
as investments, Mr.. Bradley stated
that expensive residences do not pay
Evening star., 1923-01-06

The year 1923 will see buildings con-
structed in the United States to the
value of about s6.000.O0O. 900, in the
opinion of experts within the building
industry. This will exceed the year
just ended by more than $500, ,000, 900.
although 1922 set new high record
in this country. It is estimated that
the year begins with at least $780,
100000 in construction carried over
because it was not physically possible
to complete projects planned and un-
der way.
The country is behind with its build
ing requirements at least $1,000. .00o,-
600, and perhaps more. in the view
of some who have followed the situa-
tion for the last two or three years.
OF this years building 1t is predict
ed that more than one-thiTd will be
for housing projects; that slightly less
than third will be for industrial, Of
flee and business purposes and that a
Evening star., 1923-01-06

tends to establish a great broadcast
ing station in the bank building, SINH
lar to that in Aeolian Hall, New York
city, and it has leased five offices for
that purpose.
Boosts Activity.
Mr.. Tompkins' building. the STRAIT
ford building, contains eight stores
fronting on 14th street and six 'front.'
ing on Monroe street. There are IA 900
square feet of floor space in the struc-
ture. much of which already is occu-
pied.
Designs for the joint project were
drawn by George n. Ray, local archi-
tect. The Charles H. Tompkins Com
pany was the builder.
Since the establishment in that sec
tion of the Riggs-Tompkins enter
prise a noticeable increase of activity
in real estate and business circles
has taken place. it is pointed out
This activity also has been boosted
by the initiation of construction on
Moore's new Tivoli Theater, at the
northeast corner of 14th street and
Park road.
Evening star., 1923-01-06

will serve both as background and
frame for singer, speaker or the
pictured feature.
One feature of the new house will
be found in the unique main ceiling
lighting fixtures. The entire center
of the dome will be OF loaded work.
with crystal trimming and amber
glass. This fixture. though designed
to appear of the lightest construc-
ton, will have an inner frame of
structural steel on which a man may
stand to lamp the fixture or for any
other desired purpose.
The Ambassador when completed
will make the tenth Crandall theater
in Washington and the fifteenth in
the Crandall chain. the others being
the Metropolitan, Central. 9Th and f.
Savoy, Avenue Grand. Apollo. Lincoln.
Tivoii (building) and York in Wash
ton, and the Strand, Cumberland, Md;
Strand and Apollo, Martinsburg, w.
Va. and American Rialto, Roanoke,
Va
Evening star., 1923-01-06

building prices, either as regards ma
terials or wages. There is too great
demand for construction for that
result.
Building figures for the year just
ended show that the total volume of
contracts was not so much greater
than in 1919, in so far as floor space
is concerned, but there was an un-
usually large carry-over of partly fin
ished construction.
The types and volume of building
inStha different parts of the country
varied greatly for the year. In New
England and in the middle Atlantic
states buildings for residential pur-
poses were much more in demand
than in the middle west. Industrial
buildings and public improvements
wera more in demand in the middle
west. New York and Chicago led the
country in the volume of building
permits granted, with Los Angeles
third.