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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-04
KERRIcK-sArURDAY

All aboard for the Kerrick
Community Fair. Saturday. Sept.
9th. The Askov Band will fur
nish the music and likely a large
number from here will go along
up to spend the day with the
neighbors to the north as in for
mer years.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-04
FAIR DATES

State Fair at Twin Cities
Aug. 30 to Sept. 6.
Pine County Fair at Pine City
Sept. 8. 9 and 10.
Kerrick-Sept. 6.
Bruno-Sept. IL.
Cloverton-Sept. IL.
Willow River Sept. 20.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-04

the following described road. to-wit.
The road north Of the NEh OF Section
2, Chengwatana township, Is neglect
ed by the town board OF Chengwatana
charged by law with its maintenance
and repair, and that by reason of such
neglect, such road Is not reasonably
passable. and pray that by resolution
you fix a time and place when and
where you will consider the complaint,
and that the County Auditor give the
necessary notice thereof. as required
by law. Signed by Mathew Calvin
and eight others. Dated July is.
1924"
ITO the County Board. Pine County.
Minnesota: We. the undersigned free
holders OF the towns OF Arna and
Wilma. Pine county, Minnesota, do
hereby complain to your honorable
body that the following described
road, to-wit: The road laid out on
the east line OF Section one (1), Town
ship AZ. Range II. Is neglected by the
town board Of Arna, charged by law
with its maintenance and repair. and
that by reason OF such neglect. such
road Is not reasonably passable, and
pray that by resolution you Ak n time
and place when and where you Will
consider this complaint. and that the
County Auditor give the necessary no
tice thereof. as required by law.
Dated July IS, 1924. Signed by Mel
Calvin and twenty others"
Resolutions. setting the 9Th day OF
October. 1924, at two o'clock in the
afternoon as the day OF hearing on
these complaints. we're unanimously
adopted. and the County Auditor was
instructed to have notices served ac-
cording to law.
The following order was received
Order No. 1883.
II is hereby ordered that the change
In State Aid Road No. 10 reyokina
the designation OF that portion OF road
| running east from the center OF Sec
tion rs. Township AZ, Range IS. and
designating thar portion OF road run.
ming from center Of Section rs. Town.
ship AZ. Range rs. due east one-hall
mile. thence south to bridge over St
Croix River. made by resolution
adopted on September ~, 1923, by the
Pine County Board. be approved.
G. NJ. BABCOCK,
Commissioner OF Highways.
On motion the Board ad journed I'M
Ill August 20. 1924. at nine O'Clock
a. m.
Auditors office. Pine City, Mime
sofa, Aug. rs. 1924. nine o'clock a. m.
The board met this day pursuant to
adjournment. All members present.
An application for right of way
across Indian lands In Sections 30 and
81. Township Al. Range ~, was made
and sen. to the Department OF In
terror.
The Auditor was on motion unani-
mously carried. instructed to have
new roofs put on the vaults of the
Court House.
Commissioner Petersen made A mo-
ton, that the engineer be Instructed
TO. when the county road crew IA
through with the work on State Aid
Road No. 10. fix up the road between
Sections 10 and 20, Township 40.
Range 81. This motion was seconded
BY Commissioner Oakland. When put
Commissioners Petersen and Oakland
voting yea. Commissioners stepan and
Thomas voting nay. Chairman Han
cock voting yea and motion declared
carried.
Motion made BY Commissioner
Petersen and seconded by Commits
sioner Oakland that the County Audi
tor be instructed 20 advertise for bids
for grayeling State Aid Road No. 8
from Intersection Of Trunk Highway
tcontinusd on Page -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-04

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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-04

Following complaints we're fled
with the Board:
ITO the County Board. Pine County.
Minnesota: We. the undersigned free
holders Of the town OF Chehgwafana.
Pine county. Minnesota. do hereby
complain 10 your honorable body that
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-04
AsKov COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 1924


America-will hold its annual
meeting in Minneapolis on Sum
day and Monday. next. in con-
nection with the state fair. The
meeting will take place in the
hall of the Norwegian Lutheran
congregation on East Franklin
avenue.
Honored by King.
Karl A. Okerlind, Swedish vice
consul at jamestown. N. Y. has
been appointed knight of the
Swedish Vasa order in recogni-
ton of his services. Mr.. Oker-
lind has been Sweden's official
representative at Jamestown for
the last eleven years.
Scientist Coming.
Professor C. H. Ostenfeld of
the Copenhagen university, Den
mark, is expecting to arrive this
week at Toronto as a delegate to
the convention Of the British So
ciety for the Advancement Of
Science. Professor 0stenfeld has
for years specialized in the study
of Arctic botany, and intends to
spend several months in this
country studying American vege-
tation.
Proposes Sweden House.
DIR. Johannes Hoving of New
York, who has spent the summer
in Sweden. proposes in the press
of that country that steps be
taken toward the establishment
of a Sweden House in New York,
intended as a center for all Swed-
ish activities in the American
metropolis.
Will Lecture Here.
'Magister" Rosenk@r, one of
the teachers affiliated with the
Askov peoples high school, Den
mark, has recently arrived in the
United States and is planning to
make a lecture tour to Danish
settlements throughout the coun-
try. Mr.. Rosenker comes here
from the Wembley fair in Eng
land.
John Bach Dies.
John Bach, one of the founders
of the Norwegian Singing society
Of Seattle. Wash. died recently
in that city. He was a native of
Leinum j Orkdalen, Trendelagen.
Norway, where he was born in
1861; while a young man he came
to America. settling at Warren,
Mimi. but since 1883 he had
made his home at Seattle.
Publishes New Work.
DR.. J. E. W. Wallin. Swedish
American, who is professor of
clinical psychology at Miami uni
versity, Oxford. o., this month
publishes monogram on The
Education of Handicapped Child
rem. DR.. Wallin who has writ
ten more than $50 books and
pamphlets. is head of the Ohio
bureau of special education and
also of the states psyco-educa-
tional clinic.
Gets Publicity.
The Home Talent Week recent
ly arranged in Askov has attract
ed a great deal of attention. and
recently was the subject of an
exhaustive article in the Danish
|semi-monthly publication. ing
DOM. Omaha. Neb. Last week
it was extensively commented
upon in the Norwegian weekly.
"Nordmanden'. Grand Forks. N.
D., in which an appeal was made
to other communities to emulate
the Askov example.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-04
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

Slgurd T.. Roll OF Oakland, GAL,
has been appointed American
vice consul at the port of Christi
ania, Norway. and is now en-
route for his new post. Mr.. Roll
who is born in this country of
Norwegian parents. was at one
time secretary to the American
consulate at Bergen, Norway, and
is said to be intimately acquaint-
ed with Norwegian conditions.
Ex-Representative Dead.
Emil X. Steele of Brockton,
Mass, who on two different occa-
sions had been a member of the
Massachusetts, state legislature,
died last week at the age of So
years. He was a native of Swed-
en- whence he came to the United
States when II years old. Dur
ing the greater part of his life
he was affiliated with the shoe
industry in Brockton.
A Polyglot Diplomat.
1t created a good deal of sensa-
ton that DIR. John d. Prince, u.
S. minister to Denmark, recently
during the international JAM
boree of Boy Scouts at Copen-
hagen, addressed the gathering
via radio-in Is different Ian
guages. The Danish press be-
slows the honorary title of the
most learned philologist of Den
mark" upon this American.
Expects to be out Soon.
Latest reports from the St.
Paul hospital where DR.. H. G.
Stub, president of the Norwegian
Lutheran Church of America, is
recovering from two recent oper-
ations, indicate that he may
leave the hospital within. two
weeks. King Haakon of Norway
last week cabled his greetings
and good wishes to the venerable
churchman.
To Speak on Caldwell.
Professor Costa Forsell. head
of the X-ray and Pathological de-
partment at the Karolinska insti-
tute. Stockholm. Sweden, and
one of the worlds greatest au-
thorities in this special field, is
on his way to the United States
for the purpose of delivering a
series of lectures in memory of
the late American radiologist,
Prof. Caldwell.
Chicago Pioneer Dead.
Christian Friis, a native of the
Viborg district. Denmark, who
for more than 80 years had been
a resident of Chicago, died last
week in that city after having
been i'll for a considerable time.
Mr.. Friis who was widely known
among his compatriots, at one
time was employed by the West
Side traction company. but later
became the proprietor of a Mil
waukee avenue cafe.
OF Morse Descent.
Sybil Bauer. the American
swimming champion who created
a sensation at the recent Olym-
pic games in Paris, is of Norwe-
gian descent, her father, Carl
Bauer. now a resident of Chicago,
having immigrated to the United
States from Skien. Norway. Her
victories in Paris were won in
the presence of her father who
stopped in the French capital en-
route from Chicago for Skien
where he planned to visit friends
and relatives.
Fer Fedrearven' Meets.
The cultural Norwegian society.
For Fedrearven"-whose aims
are to preserve the traditions Of
Norway among Norwegians in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
BY JOHN 3. o,HRlEN

Two miles in 1876, $500 miles today
all the way, in fact, from Havana,
Cuba, to Catalina Island of the coast
of Southern California-is the record
in the remarkable development of toll
telephone service in this country. The
range in conversation has gradually
extended until now it is possible to
telephone between any two states in
the Union.
The first conversation by overhead
lines occurred on October 8, 1875. 1t
was between Boston and Cambridge, a
distance Of two miles. The expert
ment was a complete success and was
followed on October 26, 1876, by what
may be termed the first long distance
conversation in the world. Alexander
Graham Bell, the inventor of the tele-
phone, talked from Salem, Mass, over
a wire with his assistant, Thomas A.
Watson, in Boston, Is miles away.
This was the first public demonstra-
ton OF the telephone and it served to
bring home to the people of the nation
that there was now a new word in the
language, new idea in the scientific
world.
After this, developments were
rapid. BY 1880 a line had been con-
structed between Boston and Provi-
dence. distance of 45 miles, and this
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
Shaking Mop Out Windov

In a loud voice she was telling a
friend in the subway Of q Summing
trip she had recently made. "And do
You know, my DEAR" she said. "the
people are too lazy to dispose of rub
bish In the proper way. They fling 1t
from the windows into the street. It's
all your life's worth to walk down
there after dark. It's wonder some
one wouldn't teach them better"
There's law against 1t. of
course" the friend agreed. But even
people who know also break 1t. Up
where live it is a common sight to
see housewives shaking mops out of
the windows over the sidewalks, and
that's only one step away. don't you
thinkT'
But the loud-speaking one suddenly
became silent. The shot had gone
home.-New York Sun and Globe.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
Fire Done Avay With

The four new ocean-going dredges
designed by the United States Engi-
neering corps to clean American har-
bors Of sand and silt are said to he
the only human habitations since the
dawn Of civilization In which fire In
some form is not used or needed.
Everything is done by electricity.
Each vessel is 29S feet long and is
propelled by electricity from genera
tors driven by oil engines, All con-
troll is direct from the bridge. with
out reference to the engine-room.
Fifty-six electric motors operate
the dredging machinery and do all the
work Of the ship-from weighing the
anchor to driving the electric fans
that ventilate the crews quarters.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
CiUl Improvement Is
Object of "Rotarians'

The Rotarians are members Of the
Rotary club, which was formed In
Chicago In 1906 by four men--a coal
dealer, mining operator, merchant
tailor and lawyer. Rotary" was
chosen for the name Of the club be-
cause the members met in rotation"
at their places of business. Civil Inn
provement was the object Of the club
and the motto adopted is: Service
above SETTLE profits most who
serves best" Other clubs were soon
organized In other cities and In 1910
a convention was held in Chicago at
which national association Of Rotary
clubs was formed. Two years later
In order to include clubs from for
eigp countries the association was
made International At the beginning
Of 1928 the membership Of the ass0-
citation totaled over $1,000. Member
ship In local club Is restricted to one
man from each business or profession.
A new club must start with not less
than Is or more than rs members. The
clubs are grouped in districts. each
district electing governor to repre-
sent It on the international board,
which meets in Chicago every 60
days. The Rotarian, monthly pub
lished at Chicago, is the official pub
lication Of the. organization.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
Birds May Share Fate
of Antelope and Bison

Americas effort to preserve her
game bird supply has proved a COM
plete failure, according to T. Gilbert
Pearson, president Of National Assoc
citation Of Audubon Societies. He says
that many species Of birds are declin-
ing so rapidly that they are as sure
to pass as have the antelope and
bison.
"Some time ago." said Mr.. Pearson,
"Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborne, head
of the American Museum of Natural
History. issued widely quoted state
ment that the animal kingdom Is tot
tering. He said that nothing In the
history Of creation has paralleled the
ravages of the fur and hide trade.
which threatens the entire vertebrate
kingdom, and he added that final
cause of the close Of the age Of man.
mails can only be arrested through the
creation of sound sentiment and edu-
cation of the women and children.
"In the same manner the bird king
dom is tottering and will fall unless
the National Association Of Audubon
Societies keeps up its work Of arrest
ing the destruction of birds"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
THE CENTURY THEATRE

Clara Beranger, a graduate Of
Goucher College, Baltimore, wrot,
the story and screen play for Tho
Bedroom Window" a William de
Mile Paramount production, which
will be shown at the Century theatre.
Baltimore, during the week. begin
ming Monday, June 16.
The story is comedy-mystery.
It opens with the murder of a
wealthy New York Banker The
victims sister-in-law, a writer Of
hair-raising thrillers, comes up from
Greenwich Village bent on solving
the mystery for herself, and she
greatly resents the entrance of the
family lawyer into the case.
AS the lawyer and novelist each
succeed or fail in following the clues
they picked up, the audience grad
ually begins to solve the mystery it
self-that's what makes the picture
so full of real entertainment
Ferrar, the renowned piano ac-
cordionist, who has just completed a
tour of the Keith playhouses where
he was well received by both press
and public, will render selections ac-
companied by the Century Symphony
Orchestra under the direction of
Frank Rehsen, in special musical
act.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
Keeps Absolute Check on
Time Taken for Operation

Modern efficiency methods as ap-
piled in factories and shops often
make 1t necessary to study the time
required for different operations In the
manufacture Of certain products. For
this work it Is absolutely necessary to
have a stop watch. The conventional
stop watch. however, leaves much to
be desired, for the reason that. while
1t gives the time elapsed for certain
operation, it is necessary to indulge
In a considerable calculation for de-
termining the output per hour or day.
Now a time-study watch has been
evolved for the purpose OF eliminat-
ing all computation and making It
possible for an observer to read from
the dial the quantity desired. The cir
conference of the dial Of the watch is
divided into 100 parts, as in the we'll
known decimal dial, but instead OF
these divisions being numbered In the
ordinary manner they are marked with
figures which indicate the number OF
operations per hour. when the time OF
single operation is represented by
the elapsed time. In the instance OF
very short operations ten operations
instead of one can be timed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
Smoothing Concrete

Concrete in the rough was for Q
long time treated with carborundum
or some other abrasive stone to re-
move from 1t unsightly surface board
marks. Concrete houses where ce-
ment wash or paint is later used are
usually treated in this way.
An electric surfacing machine which
works dry, that Is without the appli-
cation Of water, performs the task
much more quickly and produces a
more perfect surface. The cutter
discs operate at speed Of 1000 rev.
olutions, under pressure. One set Of
cutters will do about 5000 square
feet of surfacing.
The discs revolve only when pressed
upon the surface Of the concrete. and
operate absolutely square to 1t.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
Soundproof Booths

Soundproof telephone booths are
constructed by various firms, and ow-
ing to the principle involved in their
makeup 1t is said that not the least
sound can escape from them while the
telephone Is being used.
The walls Of the booth are built OF
ave layers of thin wood. with the grain
crossed each time. and the layers are
glued together. the whole then being
covered with a special soundproof COM
pound.
Inasmuch as the whole Is made In
six dismountable panels booth can
be set up In a short time and panels
are not too large to be taken In
through an ordinary door. Insulated
openings are left in the partitions be-
forehand so that there Is no need OF
boring holes to install telephone or
electric light wires.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
Trustees of Church
Insure Pastors Life

A Rev idea in church building
finance made its appearance In
Rochester, N. T., recently when the
trustees of the Baptist temple, who
are putting up combined church
and office building in that city, in.
sured the life and health of their
pastor, the Rev. Clinton Wunder, for
100000 for the benefit Of the church,
the premium to be paid out of the
building fund.
Success Of the undertaking depends
so much upon the Rev. >Wunder's
energy. initiative. and devotion, the
trustees explained, that his death or
disability would be an irreparable
blow to it, and the insurance Is taken
out to- protect the plan so far as.
money can do 1t.
The policy calls for fifteen pay
ments. In the event Of the pastors
total disability the church will re-
ceive $1,000 year; in case Of the
death 1t will receive the full amount
Of 100000.
At the expiration Of twelve years.
If the church desires to surrender the
policy, 1t will have $4,000 in cash to
apply on the payment of its second
mortgage bonds. which become due
at that time. The premium will
amount to approximately $4,000 a
year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
Salem to Boston Demonstration : 1877
ranscontinental line Opened in 1915

was followed by the opening, on
March ~, 1884, Of the overhead line
from Boston to New York, 2S5 miles.
With the opening Of the New York
Boston line, long distance telephony
began to be real factor in the nation.
At last it was realized that the tele-
phone had become more than neigh
borhood affair. 1t was an epoch-mak
ing event in the history Of long dis
lance lines.
From that time on the development
was steady and certain. The 900 mile
goal was reached on October 10, 1892.
when the New York-to-Chicago line
was opened. By the early years in
the present century the line had been
extended to Omaha, and on May 8,
1911, New York and Denver were con-
nected by telephone. The range of
conversation was then 1900 miles,
but the telephone engineers were not
satisfied. For years they had been
looking forward to the time when a
transcontinental line could be estab-
lished and, within four years Of the
opening of the line to Denver, their
dreams came true.
In 1913 the overhead line between
New York and Salt Lake City, $500
miles, was opened, and on January
Is, 1915, the Atlantic Coast talked to
the Pacific when Boston and San
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13

Francisco were connected Dy WHe'
It had taken 40 years of pioneering
effort to make it possible to talk be-
tween these points, $3.50 miles away
but it was an event that served TO
justify the most sanguine hopes OF
Alexander Graham Bell and the
friends who never lost confidence In
him when the telephone was but q
feeble, little toy, able to articuiate
only few, unintelligible sounds.
h Next came the extension Of the line
to Los Angeles, followed on April IL,
1921. by the first conversation be-
tween Havana, Cuba, and Catalina
Island, via submarine cable, overhead
and underground lines and radio tel
ephone-distance $500 miles.
Today twelve 'repeaters," spaced at
intervals of about $50 miles, are used
in a New York-San Francisco tele-
phone connection. All told, there are
now over 1000 repeaters in the coun-
try.
The new art which has made long
distance conversation sound as If the
other party were talking from a
telephone just across the street" has
been built up with the vacuum tube,
a device adapted to telephone use by
the laboratories of the Bell System, as
one of its fundamentally important
parts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-06-13
WESTERN MARYLAND

The attention of our readers is di-
rected to the advertisement of Wes-
tern Maryland College appearing In
this issue. This college has made a
record for throughness and excel
lence not surpassed by any in the
state. During the past year, it has
received the highest rating for col
leges by the standardizing agencies
and it is now in every respect a Stan
dard AL college. Its beautiful loca
ton in the highlands of Maryland, its
fine equipment in buildings and
grounds, its high-grade faculty, its
modern courses of study. make it an
attractive place to get an education
A new dormitory, costing s150,000
and a new athletic field, built at
cost Of $4,000 and considered one
of the best fields in the eastern part
of the United States, are features
The college plant has now a value Of
$1,5000,000 and it is proposed to
augment this by at least that much
more.
The college offers eight courses
leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Arts. Courses may be elected which
prepare for the schools Of law, medi-
cine, and engineering, and which adj
NIT to the best professional schools
of the United States. A four year
course in Home Economics leading
to a degree is offered. In addition
to the regular courses offered, there
are supplementary courses, in Music,
Speech and Education. Completion
of the last named course secures a
certificate of the State Board OF
Education. A regular unit Of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps Is
established at the college, the
Government supplying the Professor
of Military Science and Tactics and
uniform and equipment.
The college opens Monday, Sep
TENDER 18th, for its fifty-eighth year.
Students are advised to register in
advance.