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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
POSTAL
 BUILDING SEEN
Separate Handling Of Parcel Post May Neces-
 sitate New Erection

The postoffice department has com pleted tentative plans for handling par eel post packages separate from other mail, and in Birmingham this will mean the, erection of branch postoffice in the immediate vicinity of the Terminal station, Postmaster R. B. Smyer re- vealed Tuesday,.
 Second Assistant Postmaster General Henderson is handling the plans for the new system, according to word re- of the parcel post service is the req son given for the proposed new ar rangement.
 Mir. Smyer believes the recent request from Washington for complete data as to the amount of postoffice space here and as to probable future requirements, had to do with the new plan..
 Business Increasing
 'It is hard to figure the future needs," he said, "but the volume of busi- ness here is increasing rapidly and if both parcel post and other classes of mail are handled in the central office it will not be a great while before an- other story will have to be added to the building. However, the tentative plan of the postal department, as un- derstand it, is, to separate parcel post from other mail and establish branch parcel post stations.
 "The logical location for such a branch in Birmingham would be as near as possible to the Terminal sta tion. All parcel post matter would be posted and forwarded from that branch, which would, of course, be under su- pervision of the central office. This would expedite the service generally
 Establishment of a branch station for parcel post matter would obviate the necessity of adding a story on the central postoffice for q number of years, in the estimation of Mir. Smyer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
WOMAN'S COLLEGE
 CLUB WILL MEET
Many Former Students Found
 In Birmingham

Members of the Womans College of Alabama Alumnae club have completed plans for an important meeting in the Blue Triangle club rooms at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, it was announced Monday.
 A number of new members will be taken in. and plan of activity outlined for the organization. The club was organized recently but already shows signs of growing rapidly.
 Many Woman's college graduates now are making their homes in Birmingham, and the leaders of the club want to make it one of the largest in the state.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
TO RECEIVE BIDS
 FOR NEW SEWER
Extension From Boyles To Ingle-
 nook Is Planned

Bids will be received Friday, April IS, for the extension of the Boyles sewer as far as Inglenook, at a cost of Approximately 20,500, according to motion passed by the board of reye- nue at Tuesdays meeting, upon the recommendation of B. H. Salter, sani- tary engineer.
 At a meeting last week, Mr. Salter was instructed to make a survey of the proposed line with view to getting work on it started as soon as possible. His report showed that it will be slightly less than one mile in length. He recommended that pipe varying in diameter from 10 to IS inches be used.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
KHAN LEAVES $IOO
 FOR NEGRO PASTOR
Text Suddenly Altered As Rev.
 Jones Opens Bible

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, April 8. Brethren, my text tonight will be-" I The Rev. ". N. Majors, negro pas tor of Bethel African NJ. E. church, began thus, as he stepped into the pull pit and opened his Bible.
 The preacher paused. His eyes wid- ened. Perspiration began oozing from his brow.
 In the book, right where he was to find his text, was letter marked "Erom the Ku Klux Klan."
 Regaining his composure, Rev. Ma jors opened the letter. Out fell q $100 bill. 4s
 A letter inclosed said that the motto of the klan was '.others before self and that they were desirons of helping the church pay off it's debt.
 Rev. Majors saide the $100 would save the church building from being sold.
 N"Want Ad Corner" The Age Herald convenient and results ure
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
STORE IS BANKRUPT
Involuntary Petition Filed Against
 Fex Gift Shon

Four creditors of the Fex Gift shop at 2121 Third avenue, north, filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against it in federal court Monday afternoon.
 W. NJ. Fex is operator of the shop. The petition charges the place is in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
c. $ o. GRANTS RAISE

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, April s. A wage increase of 51a per cent to engi- neers, firemen and hostlers was an- nounced here today by officials of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad company. The new scale will be effective as of April 1 last.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
Such popularity mn
 be deserved

DADIO-sweeping the country N daily gains new devotees - thousands.
 Chesterfield = matching Radios swift rise-is gaining thousands of new smokers every day. Such popu>
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
IINGHAM AGE-HERALD.| WEDNESDAY,, APRIL Q, 1924

solvent and that it recently committed acts of bankruptcy. The petitioning creditors claimsi aggregate approxi- mately $1 800, and are J. R. Hopkins, St. Joseph, Mo. ]; Morimura Bros, New York F. L. Morgan & Co, San Fran cisco, and Mack Miller Candle com pany, Syracuse, N. Y.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09

larity is never an accident. It can't just happen-it must be deserved.
 Chesterfield has come up fast be. cause men know, by Chester6eld's better taste, that here is real superi- ority-of tobaccos and bIendI
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09
MEETING PLACE CHANGED Rotarians To Hold Luncheon At Hill.
 man Wednesday

Birmingham Rotarians will shift arnno, et n,cincI fro,m tha Trtr;lar M to the Hillman hotel in order that their regular meeting place may be used by the. convention of the American Insti- tute of Electrical Engineers.
 The Glee club of Birmingham South ern college will be on hand to furnish the entertainment. Only such business as can not be postponed will be trans acted. Dr. Henry M. Edmonds, presi- dent, will be in the chair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-04-09

N"want Ad Corner" The Age-Herald building convenient and results ure sure. |
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14
FARM BUREAU SETS
FAIR PROGRAM DATE

Thursday, September 4. will be
Farm Bureau Day at the Mime
sofa State Fair.
AS announced several weeks
ago, Representative Gilbert N.
Haugen, co-author Of the McNary-
Haugen bill, will deliver the
principal address. Mr.. Haugen,
who has represented the fourth
Iowa district in Congress for the
last twenty years and who for
several years has been chairman
of the committee on agriculture
of the House Of Representatives.
will be thoroughly at home
among farm bureau folks.
Other speakers include Curtis
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14
FAMILY REUNION;
FIRST IN Is YEARS
Remembers His Home City.

The farm home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thue Christensen. north of town,
was the scene of a happy family
reunion Sunday, the first one in
Is years. The last time the FAM
lily was all gathered under one
roof was when they lived at Lake
Benton.
The four married daughters
who live at distant places and
who were at Askov Sunday are as
follows: Mrs. j. p. Jacobsen,
Mortified; Mrs. Hans Nielsen,
Arco; Mrs. H. p. Christensen,
Lake Benton; Mrs. Chas. Jacob
sen. Tusla, Okla. The husbands
of the first and last mentioned
were also here and the ladies each
had one or more of their children
along.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thue Christensen
have nine children altogether.
The five who live here at Askov
and also took part in the family
reunion are Chris t., Emil, Har-
old and John Christensen and
Mrs. Harry Mortensen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14

to Is minutes shortly after 2
o'clock wet the grounds. delay
ing the program somewhat and
made it difficult to show gymnas-
tics and folk dances.
The IL girls or 8 couples doing
folk dancing made a pretty APP
pearance in the old time cos
tunes. They had been drilled
under the leadership of Miss
Sigrid Jensen and Miss Sina Sor-
ensen. In the absence of Miss
Jensen Sunday the directing was
done by Miss Sorensen, and the
girls danced to piccolo music by
Albert Sorensen.
The fifteen gymnasts under the
able leadership of Christian Beck
did the best they could on the
wet grounds. Much of the work
was the primitive style of gym
nastics- the Niels Bukh system
Mrs. Jorgen Paulsen told 8
story for the children and the
band boys entertained with sew
.eral selections.
A little over $33 was earned
through the sale Of lunches
There will also be little income
through other refreshments
which has not yet been ascer-
tanned, but entire net proceeds
from the day will likely be be-
tween $35 and $40 which will be
used for improvements at the To-
cal cemetery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14

M. Johnson. president Of the
state fair association; J. F. Reed.
president of the Minnesota Farm
Bureau Federation; and Mrs. w.
o. BEDFORD, regional chairman of
home and community work for
the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton.
An important directors meet
ing will be held Immediately fol-
lowing the regular program.
Farm bureau headquarters at
the fair will be in the agricultur-
al building. where a special booth
will be maintained. The after
noon program will be held in the
hipprdrome building and will be-
gin at one o'clock.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14

Washington, Aug. 14.--Now
that the candidates have formally
accepted the nominations for the
Presidency and other major Of
fees, and all doubts as to an
eleventh-hour declination of
these honors have been complete
ly dissipated. the contenders po-
litely invite the attention of the
people to themselves and the
platforms of their parties. Com
ment is to the effect that custom
must be served even with . mott
fication rite which is nothing
more than an exchange Of felici-
tations.
Though the campaign is mani
testify in its early stages, it is
significant to note the change in
tactics. No longer do the leading
contestants for this great office
revile each other. Mud-slinging
has had its day and happily a
new program, based on the fact
that it is possible to be a gentle
man and politician at the same
time, is under advisement. It is
true, of course, that occasionally
exceptions may be noted in some
localities. In these instances, it
has been stated. that the local is
sues and the men involved are re-
sponsible for discord rather than
the men and matters connected
with the national ticket.
Nobody has ever disputed the
time-worn proverb that Politics
is the science of exigencies."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14

Unlike the movement of the sea,
it is almost impossible to deter
mine with the slightest degree
of accuracy. the tide Of the cleo
tons. Travellers returning to
Washington report that it is a
difficult matter to keep finger
on the public's pulse. Few can
tell just what the symptoms
mean. They say that the voice
of the people as heard in smok-
ing compartments of railroad
trains and the other popular
SUMMER forum. resort hotel YER
andas. confines itself more to a
discussion of q notorious murder
case now pending in Chicago than
to the great economic and politi-
cal issues upon which three great
parties ask the voters to render
q decision in November. It may
be sad commentary upon the
people, but comparison of the
space allotted to the morbid and
sensational features Of the Chi
cago affair will show that politi-
cal news is running a bad second
in the daily race for public atten-
ton. Leaders are frankly wor-
ried about this indifference.
There are some who profess to
see in the forthcoming investiga-
ton Of the Bureau Of Internal
Revenue and the Prohibition Unit
of the Treasury Department. a
scandal which will re-establish
political matters as the leading
Continued on Page -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14

New York, was unveiled last
week on the occasion of the 121st
anniversary of his birth. The
tablet has been placed in the
house in which he completed the
drawings of his Monitor.
Remembers His Home City.
Tinius Olsen, a Norwegian-born
Philadelphia citizen, recently
sent 5000 kroner to the jubilee
exposition fund in Kongsberg,
his native city, which this year
celebrates its third centennial as
an Incorporated community. Mr..
Olsen has donated altogether
1927, 900 kroner to various Kongs-
berg funds.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14
ACTIVITIES IN COUNTY
FARM BUREAU WORK
ny W. r. HAMMARGREN
County Agent.

The farmers Of Pine county
and others interested in the ad-
vancement of agriculture in this
co1nty can at this time secure an
additional war explosive which is
called pyrotol. There was 22o.-
600 pounds Of sodatol shipped in
to this county last year and the
farmers took advantage Of this
cheap explosive and consequently
we are frank TO say that more
land has been cleared per capita
lin Pine county this year than in
any one Of the last ten years.
Pyrotol comes shipped in 80
pound boxes the same as sodatol.
There are $50 cartridges in each
one of the boxeA consequently
800 Of these to 100 pounds of
pyrotol. The strength Of pyrotol
in rock blasting is equal to 409o
dynamite. Figuring that you get
800 sticks to 100 pounds this
|pyrotol will be cheaper than So
datol. II viii keep. provided II
is placed in a dry place. This exs
plosive will be distributed in Pine
county and all other points where
5000 pounds or more is ordered
at around &c per pound. We can
not give definite price at this
time but it will pot cost l0c. Az
long as the blasting caps last.
each one ordering 200 pounds
will receive one box Of 100 No. 6
blasting caps free Of charge. We
will have the first carload here
around September Is for fall
blasting. II you wish to get in on
this kindly remit TO the Pine
County Farm Bureau at the rate
Of 500 per hundred. Do not
wait but get in line so that you
can get your explosive this fall;
also be in on the free caps. Fig
ure on getting 200 pounds Of
pyrotol for between IS and 10
dollars together with 100 blast
ing caps. It is a considerable
saving. Send your remittance at
once and be in with the first ones.
The Pine County Cow Testing
Association No. /. which takes in
the territory Of Brook Park and
Hinckley, have sent US, through
their tester. Arnold Driver. the
following report for July: %
herds tested of which 81 herds
averaged Is pounds of butterfat
or more; 269 cows tested, 40 Of
which produced 40 pounds of but
terfat or more. The average for
the association per cow is 724
pounds of milk. an average test
of 40 producing 1913 pounds of
butterfat. The report shows
that c. Z. Carlson of Brook Park,
has the highest producing cow
which is a grade Holstein produc-
ing 4 ,6S3 pounds of milk with
total Of 67.3 pounds butterfat.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14
RAIN, SOME CHECK
TO SUNDAYS PICNIC

The picnic in the park Sunday
sponsored by the Ladies' Aid was
attended BY fair sized crowd
and everything went off in good
shape only that a rainfall Of 10
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14

A Family Newspaper
Dare to do Our Duty
Let US have faith that right
makes might, and in that faith
let us to the end dare 10 do our
duty as we understand it"
Abraham Lincoln.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14

You'll have TO cut out your own
foolishness. Doctors can cut out
most anything else that is the
matter with q person nowadays.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

The various Greater New York
singing societies. directed by Ole
Windingstad. a Norwegian con-
ductor renown, have decided to
arrange a concert tour of Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark in the
summer of 1926. At prelimi-
nary meeting held in Brooklyn
last week 76 singers signifed
their intention to take part. The
societies comprise Nordm@nd-
enes Sangforening. the Hoboken
Glee club, the Danish Dana and
the Swedish Svea societies.
Minister 80 Years.
A banquet was given in a Min
neapolis hotel last week in honor
of Rev., DIR. Emil Lund, for years
a pastor of congregations in the
Swedish Augustana synod, on the
occasion of his fiftieth anniver-
sary as an ordained minister. DIR.
Lund is a native of Falun. a
graduate of Uppsala university,
and was ordained at Visby; he
came to the United States in
1890, and has served several con-
gregations; also, he has been edi-
tor of the Minnesota Stats It'd
ming in St. Paul and the Augu-
stana Theological Quarterly in
Rock Island. Ill.
Liked the Films.
The extension division of the
California state university re-
ports that it has been so well
pleased with the results of show.
ing the Danish government films
to the students proper that it is
DESTROYS of obtaining them fol
use in the high schools of the
state. The films, loaned through
the Danish legation in Washing.
ton, show scenes from Denmark
as well as from Greenland.
Would Live in Norway.
United States Senator Reed
Smoot (whose mother was a ma
tive of Norway recently in ar
interview with a Norwegian
American journal said that if he
had his way, he would make his
home in Norway. and would in
vest all his money in the develop
ment of electric power through
waterfalls. The senator spent
several weeks in Norway las,
summer. and was deeply i'm
pressed by what he saw in the
way of industrial and other acti
Uties.
Seland May Come Back.
A movement is on foot to in,
vite Hans Seland, Norwegian dia
lect author and humorist, tc
make a tour of the Norwegian
settlements of the United States
Mr.. Seland visited America in
1903, and told his stories to large
audiences all over the country
He is also politically active, and
has done much, it is said, for the
purpose of aiding the interests
of the small farmer in his home
country.
Becomes Judge.
Sophus F. Neble, Jr., a son OF
the publisher of Den Danske
Pioneer, has been appointed mu-
nicipal Judge in Omaha, and is
at present taking care of the de-
partment of civil cases; in a few
weeks he will be transferred to
the criminal department as judge
Judge Neble was until recently
assistant city attorney in Omaha
Traffic to Baltic States.
The Swedish-American line re
Gently purchased a steamer,
henceforth TO be known as the
Borgholm. for the purpose Of
establishing regular traffic be
tween New York and Finnish
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14
AsKov. COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY. AUGUST a. 1924

SiS-httiSi tS0Ai A<iAtCs q "a 0kA<h VI
the Danish East Asiatic company.
has for years maintained a regu-
lar sailing route between Ameri-
can and Baltic ports. so in ship
ping circles the latest move Of
the Swedish line is interpreted
as the result of a desire to COM
pete.
Is Guest of Honor.
On the occasion of his visit at
Detroit, Mich, last week, Ivar
Svedberg. a famous Swedish min
ing engineer. was the guest of
honor at a banquet arranged by
the Scandinavian civil engineers
of the Automobile City. Mr..
Svedberg is chief engineer of the
Billesholms mines in Sweden, an
honorary doctor of the Lund uni
versity, and also member Of the
Swedish Engineers Academy.
Danes Will Gather.
Plans have been completed for
a meeting of Is lodges of the
Danish Brotherhood to take place
at Racine. Wis. September. b.
H.. Two business sessions will
be held, and there will also be a
program of entertainment num-
bers as well as auto tours through
the city and its vicinity. All the
lodges participating in the meet
ing, are located in the state Of
Wisconsin.
Contract is Let.
At a meeting in Minneapolis of
the Norwegian Society last week,
a contract for the modelling of
the statue to be erected in men,
DRY of Col. Hans Heg. commander
of the Fifteenth Wisconsin regi-
ment (the Scandinavian unity
during the Civil War, was let to
Paul Fjelde, sculptor. It is
planned to have the unwilling of
the statue to take place on the
Fourth of July. 1925. The origi-
nal statue will be placed at Madi-
son. Wis, and a replica at the
birthplace of Col. Heg, Lier. near
Drammen, Norway.
Col Bennett Dead.
The founder and first president
of the Odin Club, Minneapolis,
Col. Christian Bennett, died last
week in that city. n years old.
He was born in Malme, Sweden,
spent some time in Denmark and
participated as a volunteer in the
Danish war against Prussia and
Austria in 1864. Col. Bennett
came to America in 1867; in
1888 he was one of the organizers
of Battery B of the first battalion
of the Minnesota National Guard
and became captain of the bat.
terry.
To Study Cooperation.
A group of farmers and repre-
sentatives of farmers organiza-
tons of Oklahoma will leave for
Denmark in the latter part of
this month for the. purpose of
studying the methods employed
by Danish cooperative organiza-
tons. especially in regard to the
cooperative purchasing of farm
machinery and implements.
Beatty in Denmark.
f. w. Beatty, president of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, recent
ly spent several days in Copen-
hagen. and said in interviews
that he was always glad to en-
courage Danish emigration to
Canada, also that he and his com
pany were willing to do much TO
encourage Canadian tourists to
include the Scandinavian coun-
tries in their European timer
aries.
One More Tablet.
The fourth bronze tablet in
honor Of John Ericsson, the fam
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14
Beatty in Denmark.


The fourth bronze tablet in
honor Of John Ericsson, the fam
Gus Swedish-American engineer
and inventor. TO be placed in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-08-14
PUBLIC SCHOOL
OPENS AUG. Is


On Monday. Aug. Is. the school
bell will again call the young
sters back from q long and enjoy
able vacation. They will DO
greeted by the return Of seven Of
the same instructors who were
here last year.
F. Clarey Nielsen win again be
in charge - superintendent. The
balance Of the corps with home
addresses are a. follows:
Grace Craig ............ Minneapolis
Lola Kolstad ............ MoorheAd
Esther Abraham ........ Lindssrom
Esther Everson .....,....... Altkin
Anna G. Yngve .....,.... Cambridge
Ruth Poechmann ........ Rush CITY
Karn Hugdahl ~. Eau Claire. wis.
Hilda Norby ................ Fosston
Lucia Brown ........,..s.ss ~. fnui
Irene Patrick Nelson ........ Askov
sisrId 0stergaard ........... Tyler
Following Is an article written
by Supt. Nielsen concerning
school matters: