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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-06-05

smile at him. ~Has Moya been very
unkind. Mr.. verinderr'
He had Joined the party few days
before at Chicago ana this was the
FIRST sign Of interest Miss seldom had
shown In him. verinder was grateful.
"Dashed n understand Miss
Dwight at all. She blows hot and
cold" he confded In q burst Of frank
ness.
that's Just her way. We all have
our moods. don't wei I mean we
poor women. Don't all the poets credit
Us with Inconsistency" The least rip
pie Of amusement at her sex swelled
In her throat and died. away.
''oh. BY Jovc. II that's ALI I say.
do you have moods too. Miss Joycer
Her long thick lashes fluttered down
to the cheeks Was she embarrassed
az his question: He felt sudden lift
Of the heart. an access Of newborn
confidence. Dobyans verinder had
never dared TO INT his hopes as high
ms the famous beauty Joyce seldom.
<<tW W. WV Atc< t&AttN htH N@ktftt
stirred. Somehow--quite unexpected.
~ TO him--the bars between them
were down. Was II possible that she
had taken fancy to himf His imagi-
nation scared.
For moment her deep pansy eyes
rested In his. He felt sudden In
toxicatlon Of the senses Almost with
q swagger he drew mp a chair and
seated himself beside her. Already he
was the conquering male I'm headlong
pursuit. Nor was he disturbed by
the least suspicion OF having been
filled with the sensations and the i'm.
pulses that she had contrived.
Miss seldom had that morning Incl
dentally overheard Lady Farquhar tell
her husband that Dobyans verinder's
fortune must be nearer two million
pounds than one million. II was the
first intimation she had been giver
that he was such tremendous catch
/ fTa ia rnufinuoIi
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-06-05

gulch. He did not
l n I Q n d to be
caught mapping by
the officers"
II u n ting big
game has always
exercised a pow
erful fascination
upon those strong
I n h art n d
nerve. The big
gest Of all game
hunts Is when the
pursued Is a man.
not necessarily n
criminal. but one
who for the time
being has some
strong motive for
avoiding an In
QUESTION by his
fellow creatures
and is matching
IN IL -. ...lI.A
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-06-05

After she had tried in vain for
ten minutes to get the right tele-
phone connection. she sweetly in
quired; Hello, central. can you
suggest the wrong number to ask
for in order to get $3.50 Frank
linz"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-06-05

In former days money made
the mare go. but now the auto
makes the money 20.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-06-05

American Want Ads work
night and day.
Want Ads lc per word.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-06-05

you lads call him anything hut GRUMPY.
! reckon that's a nickname
Curly answered the question Of the
cowpuncher. His names Kumeny-
Jack Kilmeny. His folks used to I've
across the water. Maybe this Honor
able Miss Kilmeny and her brother
are some kin Of his"
"You don't sayi"
Course l don't know about that.
Ills dad came over here when he was
q wild young colt Got into some
trouble at home. the way I heard II.
Bought a ranch out here and married.
His family was high moguls In ENg-
land---or. maybe. IL was Ireland xny-
how. they didn't like Mrs. Kiimeny
from the Bar Double c ranch.
The impressive game Of tie older man
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
Radiator Plays Lullaby

They recently installed their nsw
baby in room in their apartment
which formerly had been the guest
chamber and SO far they are delight
ed with a hitherto unrealized attrae-
ton which the room possessed, says
the New York Sun and Globe. Every
night about 10 80, just after the baby
has been fed and should settle down
for the night, the radiator commences
to beat out tattoo that has had the
effect Of acting as lullaby to the
baby. Before 1t ceases he has fallen
asleep. but their Joy is tempered some
what by the fear that some night.
more wakeful than usual, he will not
have lapsed into unconsciousness b.
fore the radiator stops its tune and
the problem will then be what sub
stitute to give him.
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
Lip Reader Says Ne.D
Yorkers Talk to Selves

New Yorkers talk to themselves
more than residents Of any other city.
according to an observer who Is a
lip reader. The habit is due, lie holds,
to the terrific nervous strain under
which New Yorkers live.
Loneliness plays part also; there
being no acquaintnnces with which to
talk, the unfortunate Is forced to hold
conversation with himself.
'.The subway IL my favorite hunt.
Ing ground" said the observer. Those
who talk to themselves think they are
safe there, 1t being impossible to be
overheard because of the noise. Also
they have few minutes Of forced
activity. Being able TO read lips ID
most diverting. Recently. discov-
cred that one man whose lips were
moving silently but steadily was add.
Ing mp q long column of figures. A
sour-fAcsd man was swearing. Anoth-
er was telling Ills wife what he
,Cht Of her de:nonstr-ssaa Of In
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
CHAPTER XII

Neither looked Mt the other. In
stinctively Wells felt that which had
whelmed him was overcoming Ellen
also. .f
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
Lost Diamonds From Teeth

His dentist "misappropriated" three
diamonds set In the bridgework Of his
teeth which he had worn for thirtesn
years, Tom Cheek, negro politician Of
West Oakland. testified in his suit to
recover the cost of the jewels from q
dentist.
Cheek said he had the dentist ~
move the bridgework containing the
three stones and left 1t with the dem
tist to be repaired. When he returned
to the dentists office to get the bridgs,
Cheek said, the diamonds had besa
removed. The dentist asserted there
were no diamonds In the bridgework
left with hlm.-San Francisco Chron-
icle.
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
Tying Cast Iron Into
Knots Is Nosu Possible

Tying gray or white cast iron In
Knots Is now made possible by new
process invented by Alex. K. Schlaap.
The process is very simple. consisting
In heating the cast iron to a tempera-
ture shortly above the critical tenn
perature of ], 600 Fahrenheit, while pro-
tecting 1t In muffle surrounded by
a gas flame and open at the top. AS
soon as the gray cast iron reaches the
proper temperature the muffle and its
contents are removed from the furnace
and allowed to cool In the open air.
The whole operation requires about
As minutes. starting from cold cast
iron.
The method has been In continuous
use for year, chiefly for the pur-
pose Of softening gray iron castings
for machining purposes, and especial
ly for making automobile piston rings
The most noteworthy characteristic
Is the combination Of pliability, due
tility. malleability. and resiliency. In
its resiliency the heat-treated metal
most resembles steel. since 1t shows
this property both before and after
distortion. For example, a thin bar
might te coiled up Into spiral and
used as n spring, although, Of course,
not nearly as strong and resilient as a
tempered steel spring. 1t Is worthy
of note that this annealed cast iron
does not warp on standing. Samples
of annealed iron have stood for sew
eral months without changing shape
by as much MS one thousandth of an
inch. as compared with unannealed
castings of the same metal and pat
tern, which have warped.-Iron Age.
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
Milkmaid of the Arctic

Teckla, girl just over from north
ern Europe, who Is being Americanixed
by the domestic service route Is hav-
ing rough passage in her first few
weeks In kitchen of one Of the Bos-
ton suburbs. says the Boston Globe.
She cannot cook and she Is not used
to American methods Of housekeeping.
When finally her mistress asked in ex-
asperntion the other day:
"Teckla. is there anything you can
DOT"
"Yas, missus," she replied. in all
sweetness and assurance. ~ can milk
q reindeer"
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03

form Ellen that this gown must not
be pressed nor rumpled. "a trunk 2
To go with hangings into the hold1
No. no. Madame will keep It in the
box. and with 1t the stockings and
slippers. yes, A promise, madame |!
1t is creation of art" So the box
remained with the hand-baggage when
Ellen told Wells Of 1t.
Name of dog" madame the pro-
prietress muttered after Ellen had
left. ''The poor little thing. Fright
ened to death, married to that wor-
shipper of devils. My heart aches for
her. But" spreading out her hands,
ut ID none Of my business. That Is,
It IL for my business. She has lost
her soul, assuredly."
The banker had made good the a.
surance that all details should bs
cared for Wells found that his board.
ing the steamer had been made an
event for both passengers and crew
From some old chest Of the steamship
company, who In the earlier days had
chartered junks to MOBILES. the Thun.
der God dag was unearthsd. and
nePPed sullsniy. ln prossst u,
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
Xsk In. sar- a. while; -. =


America in its cycle. On the
Arabian desert where civilization
has not moved for several thous-
and years ! have heard exactly
the same sort Of rhythm ON
Arabic drums and the strumming
Of the khanoon Is just like the
banjo.
"But for the oriental setting
and repetition, one might think
one was hearing Broadway Jazz
band in the heart Of the desert.
Present day jazz is purely plain
tive music set in beautiful or
chestrations. Such songs as lin
ger Awhile with its dolce far
ssients title and its plaintive
melody is a perfect type of
the primitive with color and fin
ish added"
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
~ knsw Kayama's WV WG1 -
the way Of his father r
She chucklsd toothlessly to hsgsslk
CHAPTER XIII,

3llen remained in her room nee .
moment before answering the sum
mons to leave. It scanned friendly 70
her: the garden was peaceful, quiet
For what was she trading thts shss
tering house7 Then. fearful Of her
own inner thoughts, she walked quick
" down the corridor. past the row Of
bowling servants, to the gate whore her
aged palanQuin waited behind that Of
Kayama-San and three loads Of bag
gage, as IL proper. for q womah's.
In the jolting relic Of ancient days,
Wells mind became active; what, he
wondered, would be his feelings in the
midst Of his own people againf He
cast aside the possibility that any Of
the passengers might. have known
Robert Wells. Even II they had. he
was perfectly safe. The cut over HIS
eye had healed, but he still wore the
rakish, dishguring bandage. rF
There would be a few hour1 at
Yokohama. Surely 1t would be wise
to see that Ellen had Occidental
clothes. There must be some Amsri-
can or English shops where q woman
could buy things. The time would
surely come when she. would need
them, for her many boxes contained,
only glittering ceremonial kimonos or
opalescent ones for ordinary dress
and, lord, how he'd like to - her
dressed as-as Ellen should bel
He couldn't go with her to Do the
buying. Nor could he, as a japanese
should do, buy the things for her. He
would say that he disliked foreign
clothing and the necessary dealings
with the shopkeepers, and she could
have bit Of all-too-rare pleasure.
When he spoke Of it to Ellen. her
flrst thought was full Of the fear that
she would not select as she should,
and she suggested that mission
woman be asked to help her.
you would then appear befole my
eyes as a coal-sack," Wells ejaculat-
ed. mo expense is to be spared, child.
You must dress as the finest Of seiyo-
jim women. that I am not disgraced
I win pay for everything. Since this
clothing will be worn In America, 1t
must ,be-perfect."
Timidly, in the shop, Ellen hrst
asked for dress such as white wom-
en-" wear, adding that 1t must be the
finest. The French girl who waited
on her whispered this fact to the
French proprietress: the name Of "a
lens "lord" was discovered, and In q
brief moment the shops bonanza was
uncovered. Ellen was stripped Of her
kimono.
Madame must be outntted-yesE
from the very beginnings" the owner
Of the shop gloated. and before the
girl, passed in procession the latest
importations silky daintiness, cob
webs Of lace; stockings spun upon
fairy looms slippers of the same hue;
stouter walking boots-and finally
madame the proprietress was satisfied.
Then dresses: simple frocks, tweed
street suit, until madame brought
forth with reverent hands an evening
gown, thing Of amethyst beauty,
which contrasted with Ellen's hair
and made 1t of pyritic iridescence: q
gown trimmed with sea-soft jade chif-
fon from which the girls smooth
shoulders rose venus-like above q sui
try sea.
She glanced fearfully In the siass,
gasped at her own image there.
you sesl Madame il very lovslyf-
The proprietress was careful to In
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
1he aan sMns- .. bsvs ypu
'- wv Ypu
Egyptian Princess Calls
Music on Arabian
Desert and Broad
way Identical

Athena, Egyptian Princess
Waiting New York and devotee
oe oriental music, has her own
ideas Of where American jazz
VIII 60. They are different from
those Of some reformers who see
only . downward route for the
popular peptant.
This jazz which hear every
where" says Princess Athena,
direct descendant Of Cleopa-
ira, "happenS to have reached
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03
Lacked Harmony

Wifs-Henry, I'm afraid we'll have
to have the drawing room done over.
Huh-Whati
wife-rve Just found out that the
wall paper does not harmonixe with
the color Of the gown I'm going 10
wear when We entertain next THUR
day Boston Transcript.
A POST WzNTzD WIZ CIT II.
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03

feriority complex as he was alone.
But a serene-faced grandmoth@
was my greatest surprise. She was
repeating a long formula which 70
vealed complete knowledge Of ths
processes Of distillation. YORK
Letter to the Detroit News.
The Glenwood post., 1924-07-03

Wells slept Once Ellen heard him
cry softly. almost inaudibly in sleep:
"Kon va medzurashii yo da"-what
. night 1t Is for love.
ITO be continued)
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-10-22

cliffs verging on deep canyons
where the ashes might be distributed
to the four winds.
Mr. Wildschut is here shown ex.
|ploring an old Indian burial. Moth.
ing remains now, however, to show
that this spot was ever used for such
purpose even though the discovery il
one OF recent years. Relic hunters
have flocked here in large numbers
and simply combed the rocks for elk
teeth, beads and whatever else they
might find, carefully removing every
trace OF burial and leaving only
their initials plenteously carved all
over the rocks.
1t is for this reason tnat the mu.
seums are exercising so much effort
and spending great deal of money
to save these relics Of a race that is
fast forsaking its native customs, be-
fore they are forever lost.
There are many beautifully paint
ed and carved rock walls and caves
in the west. These paintings, or pic
tographs as they are called, are. in
most instances, very crude and to date
very little progress has been made in
classifying and deciphering them.
Mr.. Wildschut's work this year in
cluded visits to the Bannocks In Ida
no, the Shoshones OF Wyoming, and
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-10-22
Montana Man Is Collecting Indian
Relics and Compiling Data on Early
Customs of Northwestern Tribes

to procure, the Indians being loathe
TO part with them. The only one on
exhibition anywhere in the United
States is at the museum In New York
City and Mr. Wildschut was instru-
mental In securing 1t for that insti-
tuition after many weeks of work
The burial is that of child and pos
session of 1t was secured only after
pursuading the relatives how much
better and finer it would be to have
the body cared for and preserved in
a beautiful building rather than al
lowing 1t to crumble away and be lost
In the elements. After changing
their minds many times during the
process OF argument they finally
agreed and with their assistance the
large branch on which the body was
fastened was sawed off from the
tree, and 1t is now In the museum Of
the American Indian at New York.
Some tribes made their burials on
the tops of very high hills where they
covered the bodies which had been
wrapped in buffalo robes, with
mounds OF rock. Others deposited
them In cracks or crevices of the rim
rock In the foothills, covering the
bodies first with sticks and then with
irocks. Still others wrapped them
carefully with all their belongings in
robes and blankets and laid them on
the very tops OF almost inaccessible
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-10-22
Bitter Root Mia m Saws
He Saw ssWild MAN.
Inn the Selway Forest

At least one person in western
Montana believes that he has
found he solution to the report OF
the "wlld man." said 10 have been
seen In the Storm Creek country,
west OF MissouIa, and In the East
SeIway Forest.
The word received In Missoula
| from an oid-time Bitter Root resi-
dent who has made camping trips
into the section where the wild
man" is supposed TO have been seen.
His information is to the effect that
no encountered an elderly man, de-
mented, well-fed. fully clothed. wan
dering in that section. Pictures of
the man we're obtained
Regarding his encounter, and its
possible connection with the report
ed wild man" the Bitter Root man
says:
This man is supposed to be In
the Storm Creek country, which is
directly west OF the heads OF Mill
creek Tor Kootenai) and Bass creek
lake. Now have made two camp
ing trips to Bass and Mill creek lakes
and on one of these trips, saw what
supposed to be crazy man.
This man seems to be we'll fed
and very strengths strength far
belying his years. He did not seem
to be hungry but was crazy to OBJ
tain firearms. He took my gun and
had to be forced to give 1t up. Dur
ing the fray, one Of the party got
some snapshots.
"The headwaters of Mill creek
are very wild and are seldom visited
by campers and then only on foot,
as 1t is inaccessible to horses. After
reading about the wild man, believe
that this may be the man mentioned
and that he had strayed over the d.
vide into Mill creek"
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-10-22
FINDS CONDITIONS
in STATE WELL ON
WAY TO RECOVERY
REPRESENTATIVE OF FIRM IN
TWIN CITIES FINDS BASIS FOR
REPORTED IMPROVEMENT
j. l.. 0'DonnelI States His Tour of
Inspection Increases His Faith In
Stability of Business in the North
western States.

Trade conditions In Montana and
throughout the northwest are rap
idly rising TO prosperous heights
and the adverse publicity which
filled the eastern press about Mon
tana few months ago will SIM
mer down to ''boost rather than
knock" j. l.. O'DonnelI OF Min
neapoIis, a member of the firm of
Wyman ~ Partridge, declared on a
recent business visit to the states
cities,
MIR. O'Donnell states that he made
a trip to the state ut this time to
learn the actual business conditions
on which to build the company'a
trade and declares himself "elated"
and pleased with what he has found.
For several months we have
known that Montana is coming back
at a rapid pace, due to the immense
amount OF business that we are do
ing with Montana merchants, and II
was because we wished to learn the
foundation OF II all that we came
here" Mr.. 0'Donnell said. During
my stay have made q thorough an
alysis of trade conditions and find
every reason to believe that our bust
ness Is on a substantial basis.
Montana has had temporarily
what might be called bad name
In the east and inasmuch as we must
extend credit 1t was only natural
that we should be interested In any
reports coming from the state. The
result of this visit is that / am CON
WINGED that conditions are much bet
ter than | had expected, even after
we knew that the state was harvest
Ing big crop.
Until recently Montana NOR
chants, in common with those In all
northwestern states, were buying
from hand to mouth" This condi-
tion is gradually changing, and our
Minneapolis house is flooded with or
ders and forced to work night and
day to fill them"
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-10-22

current. These are valuable chief
ly as they manifest the workings of
the primitive mind.
The reverence felt for corn by the
Indians was revealed in their treat
ment of 1t, and in their songs. The
Mandans never left any grains scat
tered about, and no metal knives
were used to cut the stalks, metal
being related to Thunder, which was
war or destructive power. The
caches in which 1t was stored, were
first purified and blessed; purifica-
tion being accomplished by the
smoke of sweet grass.
OF the songs In praise of corn, one
attributed to the Omahas, is worthy
of quotation, It being poetry of the
Whitman schools:
"The maize being one of the great
est means to give us life, in honor of
1t we sing. We sing even of the
The Carbon County chronicle. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1924, 1924-10-22
THE CORN LEGENDS AND SPERSTTI0MS OF THE
IMDlAMS--TF1EIR BELIEF M C0RMS SUPERNATURAL 0RDGMi

duous at times. especially at the cere.
mony of cleansing OF the corn. On
I that occasion he wore winter attire.
and was unable TO discard II until the
ripening OF an ear of corn released
him from his obligations. He was
confined to his lodge except on the
stated occasions when he visited the
corn field. No matter how hot the
weather, he would not battle, and he
was not permitted to eat berries or
any fresh food His failure TO com
| ply with these rules would cause an
early frost to ruin the crop. Four
times he visited the fields, beginning
with the appearance OF the first corn
silk, and so insures the corn against
drouth, hail, wind, grasshoppers, and
other enemies.
If woman feared her crop would
be small. she brought d robe to the
priest who traced on it corn stalk,
its five roots, its leaves, blossoms and
ear, or ears. This drawing the wo-
man outlined In clay. The priest,
taking the robe into the sacred lodge.
wrapped II around a pole at the
height he judged &c be right II was
then carried to the field and planted
there. About its base the corn was
| heaped with the expectation that it
would reach the robe. The priest re-
ceived as pay for HIS services, a pre-
sent for each root, leaf, ETC., outlined
on the robe. With this end In view,
doubtless they we're drawn with a
free hand.
AT the summer solstice, the Paw
nees, until we'll In the nineteenth
century sacrificed young girl cap
tive, in honor OF the Morning Star.
An early writer witnessed this cere-
mony, and has described ii emitting
no horrible detail This account has
a marked resemblance to our lynch
ing bees, although the hymns sung
| by the Indians we're in praise of
Morning Star, and not the Prince of
Peace.
The victim OF this ceremony was a
Sioux girl, who had been treated with
such kindness by her captorJ that she
never suspected her fate, until she
was In the presence of the instru-
ments OF torture. On learning of her
death her tribe vowed to be avenged
for every bone in her body. as the
Pawnees discovered later to their
cost.
While not of ceremonial nature.
the subject OF corn should not
be dismissed before mention is made
of the field songs of the women. AS
| told In. Ffs.ss u4tt -,
girls took their porcupine quill en-
broidery with them to the corn field,
and there seated on elevated plat
forms, frightened away the birds,
and the small boys who were seeking
roasting ears While working, they
sang; and one designed for the eara
of any young man of the Dog Soci-
ETY., who might stray that way, has
been recorded, and shows that like
THE Colonel's Lady and Judy O'Gra.
| dy." under the skin, without regard
TO color, & slirraeigrsl cmfwyp mfwyr
to color, girls are girls the world
over. 1t is this:
Young man OF the Dog Society, you
said to me,
When 90 east on a war party, you
will hear news of me, how brave |
ami
| / have heard news OF you'll
When the fight was on you ran and
hid;
| And still you think you are q brave
young mani
Behold you have Joined the Dog
| Society;
But call you just plain dogl"