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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03
DRAY LINE CHANGES HANDS

+ Viggo Jensen and Fritz Holm
purchased the Askov Dray Line
from S. N. Mailing Tuesday and
took possession Immediately. The
purchase includes wagons, horses,
and all that goes with the bust
ness. The new firm will be
known as Jensen & Holm. Sue
cess to them. Mr.. Mailing plans
on working in the woods this
winter. -,.. ......s
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03

following courses are offered:
auto department., building con-
struction department, electric de
partment, machine shop, baking
department, highway construc-
ton and surveying, printing, and
related trades department. A re-
quest to either institution will
bring a catalog.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03
Tolls Not Abolished

Although tolls are nc longer col
lected from people walking across
Brooklyn bridge or from automobiles
all trolley cars, and elevated trains that
pass over the bridge still pay for the
privilege. New York city collects five
cents for every electric trolley car that
makes a round trip across the bridge
and dime for each car Of an elevated
train.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03
Five Per Cent to Charity
A Mistake

Farmers, laborers and clergymen
lead in Wisconsin in the amount of
their income given to charity, survey
Of the income tax returns show. Gen.
eral average of contributions to charity
in the state is per cent, the investi-
CATION showed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03
ASKOV

Mrs. A. Gravesen is i'll and con-
fined to bed with bad cold.
Chris Morgensen has been i'll
with the mumps of late. One of
his friends surmised that some
thing was up as Mr.. Morgensen
refused a second cup of coffee at
a social gathering a few days pre-
viously.
Jens Arnbal was up to Barnum
last week and purchased regis
tered Guernsey SIRE Starlight
May Rose King II, from H. C.
Hanson. The animal won third
prize in the Minnesota division
at. the Minnesota State Fair in
1924, and sixth place in open
contest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Bret
land, Minneapolis, accompanied
by the formers sister, Miss Mar
vina Breiland, st. Cloud, drove up
Wednesday of last week for a
visit over the Thanksgiving holi-
day with relatives at Bruno and
Askov.1 Accompanied by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Breiland,
they left again Friday for visit
at Stoughton, Wis.,, before return
ing to Minneapolis.
"A. TIL. Gr9nborg, the Danish
author who is visiting Danish
Settlements throughout Ameri-
ca, will speak in Askov Sunday
evening, December Is. Follow
ing his lecture refreshments
will be served in the church base
ment. Mr.. Gr6nborg will visit
in Askov for a couple of days af-
ter his lecture as he is doing
most of the places that he visits
and goes from here to Tyler
where he will spend Christmas.
Chr. L. Nielsen sold his 40 acre
farm, 2 miles east and J mile
north of Askov, to ]. B. Jensen
yesterday. Consideration $500.
The forty adjoins Mr.. Jensen's
forty acre farm on the south so
he will now have 80 acres-a bet
ter sized farmland which will
provide more work for his grow
ing sons. Possession will be
given April 1st. Mr.. Nielsen has
owned the land seven years and
made good improvements ON it.
In response to a telegram stat
ing that her father was very i'll
Miss Ida Miller left last evening
for Pine City and from there will
90 on with her brother, ]. P. Mil
Ter, county superintendent of
schools, to Hampton, Iowa, the
home of their father. Mr.. Miller
is IA years old, of the hardy and
sturdy type, always active, but
has not been In good health
since last spring. Miss Ingrid
Fenger Is substituting as teach
er of the Danish classes in the
local school during Miss Miller's
absence.
Byron Olsen came to Askov
Tuesday for a brief visit at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Olsen, leaving the fol-
lowing day for Tyler where he
is again to be one of the instruct
ors at Danebod folk high school.
Byron has been on the road for
the Northrup-King Seed Co. of
Minneapolis, for several months,
covering territory in South Dako-
ia and Arkansas. He has good
impression of Arkansas, says it
is live progressive state and has
a great future. There is still
much virgin soil and woods to
conquer. Natural resources
abound in Arkansas and the
folks down there, are boosters for
their home State. The one thing
he did not like about it was the
weather.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03
Poisoned ArroDs

The poison used by certain South
American tribes for tipping arrows is,
obtained from the same plant which
they use for making their daily bread.
Science Service.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03
Messing 1t

He (swearing)-On my word Of
honor-as gentleman.
She-Oh,' why did you have to go
and spoil it?-Life.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03
First Time Teller

The first dated scientific instrument
known is Persian portable astrolabe
used by travellers to calculate tie in
the year 9S4.-Science Service.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-12-03
ASKOV MARKETS

Butter, creamery, per Id. so. so
Eggs, per doz. ............ As
Eggs, Askov Brand Selects,
per dozen so
Chickens, under A lbs. per Id. IL
Chickens, over A lbs, perlb. .18
Potatoes, per cwt.. ESQ
Evening star., 1925-07-18

popular legend. The crystal waters
of the old family well, the gymnasium
apparatus of the plow and hoe and
saw, the fresh food from field, garden
or dairy, the constant outdoor life
the mental serenity which comes from
contact with nature, have been sc
lyrically extolled by orators, chiefly
urban. that it is hard to convince the
man in the street that the farmer
and his family are not healthier than
city folk
In enlightened country districts peo
pie know the danger of polluted
water, and as a general proposition
State and county officers. and espe
cially physicians, have spread and
are spreading among the poorer
classes of country people modern
ideas of conserving health. There are
backward country regions in the
United States. and there are progress
sive country regions where the intelli
gent inhabitants are well advised in
matters of sanitation.
Evening star., 1925-07-18

necessary to allow it's contamination.
Concentration of a large freight bust
ness at the northwest corner OF the
District will involve a haulage by
trucks through q section of the city
which is now free from such condi-
ton. The direct way into the city
from the proposed freight yard is
Massac chusetts avenue. The prospect
Of heavy truck lines passing through
that thoroughfare. traversing a strict
" residential section of Washington,
is not alluring.
Congressional action is likely to be
requisite for such work, inasmuch
as it involves the bridging Of the Poto-
mac, and thus IL is probable that the
whole question of the desirability of
development that so distinctly alters
the character of the area proposed for
the enterprise will be considered by
legislative committees. This matter of
the truckage through residential sec
tions will thus come up for discussion.
Furthermore the question arises
whether the location Of great freight
yard on the bank of the river at the
proposed point will in any way affect
OF be affected by the project for the
damming of the river for power pur-
poses and the creation of a lake
thereby.
1t is not for the purpose Of dis
couraging the commendable enter
prise that seeks to add to Washing
tons conveniences and facilities for
the reception and distribution Of goods
that these considerations are pointed
out. Rather is II sought to prevent
the development of Il condition that
may prove more harmful than the
present inadequacy, if there be such.
of the freight-handling facilities of the
Capital.
Evening star., 1925-07-18
Experts Barred at DAYTON.

Those who looked to Dayton, Tenn,
for enlightenment on the subject of
evolution versus the Bible will be dis
appointed by the decision of the court
to exclude the testimony Of experts
summoned by the Scopes defense.
Their purpose was to show the exact
: character of the teaching which is
prohibited by the State law, with the
contention that Scopes did not trans
teaching contrary TO the Bible. Had
they been permitted to place experts
on the witness stand the whole ques-
tion of evolution would have been
opened to discussion. The court rules
that the issue is simply whether
Scopes taught that man is descended
from lower order of creation. That
fact has been established by testimony
given on behalf of the State. If Scopes
will take the stand and deny, and by
other witnesses establish his denial,
that his teaching was TO that effect
he may offset the States showing and
have ground to claim acquittal.
Expert testimony at Dayton would
have made the show complete. 1t
would have given Mr.. Bryan his great
chance to deliver his forensic contribu-
tion to the cause of fundamentalism
| 1t would have provided the corps-al-
most an army corps-of correspond
ents present at the trial with limitless
copy. The reading public would have
been given volumes of matter bearing
on the Darwinian theory of the descent
Of man, perhaps less accurate than the
Darwinian text itself but more pic
turesque. 1t is doubtful whether the
public understanding of the question
would have been advanced. Certainly
the legal issue involved at Dayton
would not have been made more clear.
Judge Raulston has ruled correctly
ir barring the experts from the wit
ness stand. They have no place in
this proceeding. which bears simply
in a preliminary manner upon the
right of the State Of Tennessee to bar
certain teachings from the publicly
supported educational institutions in
that State. 1t is difficult to see how
they can be admitted to any one of
the courts before which this case must
pass before a final decision of the vital
question of constitutionality is rem
dered.
This whole Dayton trial has been
an unseemly spectacle. Fortunately.
has prevented it from degenerating
further into a contest between seek
ers for notoriety.
Evening star., 1925-07-18
Health in Country and City.

The relative health of city and coun-
try people is discussed in a report by
Or. George Z. Vincent. president of
the Rockefeller Foundation. He says
that health conditions are better in
cities than in the country, but he in
Guides villages and hamlets under the
term country" There is some gen.
eraliZation in the report to which
many persons make take exception.
There are sanitary factors in cities
not to be found in settled country re-
gions, and there are health possibili-
ties in the country not to be found
in cities Many persons living in the
country know little of sanitation and
dietetics, but there are also persons
in the country who know these sub
iects and follow rules laid down by
the best authorities and who have
common sense in things pertaining to
health. There are people in cities
who are ignorant and regardless of
the laws of health, but they are more
nearly under guard by Health Depart
menr officers than if they lived in
the country. The question is not
whether the country or the city Isl
the healthier, but whether city people
or country people know more about
rules promotive of health.
The president of the Rockefeller
Foundation says: The idea that rural
life is inherently wholesome and
healthful has all the vitality of j
Evening star., 1925-07-18
Coal and Public Rights.

Dispatches from Swampscott relate
that President Coolidge is keeping
close tabs on the wage negotiations ut
Atlantic City between "nthracite
miners and mine owners. and that he
is determined to use all his powers to
prevent Il suspension OF coal produc-
tion after September |. II is the hope
of the President and his advisers, Of
course, that the miners and mine
owners will come to an agreement.
thus making unnecessary interven-
tion by the Government There is no
desire to interfere with the liberty Of
action of those Immediately concerned,
but the public welfare is of supreme
Importance. 1t is recognized that the
mines are private property and that
the question Of wages is a private
matter between employers and en-
ployes up to a certain point but when
there is threat that coal production
may he suspended. the public comes
IN with rights paramount to those
either of miners or mine owners.
The difficulty the President will con
front. if matters come to a crisis. is
lack of specific authority in law TO in
tervene except through Cancellation
and offers to mediate. There is no
legal compulsion upon the mine
owners to continue operations or upon
the miners to continue at work, and
past experience does not warrant con
fdence that the compulsion of public
opinion will be Of much effect.
About one more great coal strike.
with its attendant hardships and suf-
fering. is all that is needed to
bring about adoption of a program
that will deprive miners and mine
owners Of considerable measure Of
this liberty of action upon which they
now lay so much stress. The public
will insist that it be safeguarded from
being made the victim of their dis
agreements Warrant for such pro-
gram would be found in the fact that
coal, being a vital necessity to national
life, those who engage in its produc-
ton, either as owners or laborers,
take upon themselves an obligation
not TO deprive the public of this neces-
sary commodity. Any one, miner or
mine owner, not willing to rest under
this obligation would be privileged as
an individual to withdraw from the
business of producing coal, but they
would not be privileged. through any
combination or concerted action, to
prevent coal being produced. Individ-
ual liberty is one of the prime objec-
tives OF the American scheme Of
things, but when individual liberty
runs counter to public welfare, cur
tailment of the liberty of the indi-
viduaI becomes necessary. There has
been such curtailment in d thousand
other ways. and there is no reason in
justice or logic why the business Of
mining coal should be an exception.
Evening star., 1925-07-18
"'BreakdOwns." "

Nervous breakdoWns, Sir William
Bennett announces, are increasing
greatly in England. Thirty years ago.
he says, there was no such thing
recognized by the medical profession
or the public. Now the number of
cases is astonishing.
There is the same situation in this
country. If anything. it is worse here.
One hears talk nowadays of friends
and acquaintances suffering from
nervous breakdowns" just as com
monty as one heard of appendicitis
cases when that disease was in its
heyday. The term used is sometimes
euphemism to cover a downright at.
tack of insanity. Usually it signifies
case of combined physical weakness
and disordered nerves, making the
victim unable to work effectively and
burden to himself and others.
What is the cause? Apparently
the high speed of living. Too much
activity of body and mind Covering
too much ground. Not necessarily toe
much work or too much play, but toe
much eXertion-too much exhaustive
of energy. And no doubt physical
causes play a big part. particularly
diet. Possibly half the breakdown
cases could be traced to digestive dis
orders.
If there is one remedy, 1t is sim
pier living. This does not mean nee
essarily retiring from the world or
ceasing to do what the world does
1t is not so much a question of less
action as question of more poise
The top is most steady when whirline
most rapidly. That is a good exam
pie of poise.
People live too emotionally, living
in their feelings, letting themselves
be hauled this way and that, when
they might keep calm minds In the
midst of action, like the steady driver
at the wheel of a speeding car.
The man in calm control of his owr
mind and spirit doesn't break down
And simple, plain. nourishing food
adapted to the eaters real needs. helps
immensely by freeing him from the
internal toxins which destroy menta
poise and power.-Waterbur Demo
crat.
Evening star., 1925-07-18
Bootlegging by Express,

An ingenious, and for time a sue
cessful, scheme for the transport of
liquor has just been discovered and
thwarted by the arrest of the par
ticipants in New York. Their plan was
to ship the contraband in travelling
trunks by express, dispatch the keys
to the purchasers by mail and get the
cmpties back by express. Books We're
taken in the raid containing the names
and addresses of persons, presumably
customers or prospects" to whom APP
proXmately 10000 orders had been de
| livered
This method of breaking the pro
hibition law is clever, and apparently
ii has been safe enough to enable its
promoters to carry it on undisturbed
for long time. But the question
arises whether the express companies
are not culpable in taking such ship
| ments. The trunks evidently went
out in quantities. A natural suspicion
! should have been aroused as TO the
nature of the goods contained in
trunks expressed in such large num-
bers.
1t is possible that in this case the
; express companies did, in fact, CO.
operate with the enforcement authori-
ties by tipping them off to the great
number of trunks going out from a
place not used for a legitimate bust
ness. Whether they did SO or not, it is
now plain that the enforcement or
ganization, with the knowledge of this
method of transport. can in the future
keep watch over shipments and check
up on the Ines of goods that are being
dispatched in this manner. The use
of the express for the dispatch of
rum-carrying trunks ought to be sus-
ceptible of control
Evening star., 1925-07-18
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

@. Ia it possible for rabies to be
transmitted TO human beings through
the milk or meat OF an infected ami
mal?-F. A.
A. 1t Is a generally accepted fact
that rabies cannot be transmitted to
normal animals through food contain
ing the virus of the disease unless
LESSONS are present in the alimentary
canal. However, the conclusion that
there is no danger to the consumer
from the meat or milk Of animals that
are rabid is not tenable, since abra-
sions of the lips. mouth, pharynx are
all too frequent 10 permit OF such
risks. These products must therefore
be considered as dangerous to health.
q. Is there anything l can put in
the water when washing stockings to
make them retain their sheen?-M.
f. l..
A. In rinsing hose a teaspoonful of
vinegar added to a bowl Of water will
help restore the luster of the silk.
Q. Is there any decision Of the
United States Supreme Court declar-
ing the United States to be a Chris
tian Nation?-C. /. d.
A. Mr.. Justice Brewer, in a decision
rendered in 1892 in connection with
the alien contract labor act, stated
that in his opinion the fact that the
form of oath, the custom of opening
the National and State assemblies
with prayer, the laws Of Sabbath OBJ
servance, with the closing Of courts,
legislatures and similar public assem-
blies on that day; the number OF
churches. missionaries, philanthropists
these and many other matters which
might - noticed add a volume OF un-
official declarations to the mass of or
ganic utterances that this is a Chris
tian Nation"
Q. Which is the oldest college
fraternity?-M. r. L.
A. The first Greek-letter college
fraternity was Phi Beta Kappa. which
was organized at William and Mary
College, in Williamsburg, Va, Decem.
Der 3, 1776.
Q. Is there a bank in New York
City which has social workers.
B. NJ w.
A. The Bowery Savings Bank has
esta blished within the main bank
building on the Bowery Offices for
social workers among both Jews anG
Italians. 1t advertised in the for
eign language papers saying that ad
vice on financial affairs would be free
" given. Signs were prominently
displayed in the bank informing
visitors that Hebrew, Yiddish, Italian
French, German and English are
spoken there. AS a matter Of fact
- languages may be understood
q. What kind of food is included
in the term "hors d'oeuvre "?-J. A. H
A. Under this term are classed al
foods that are regarded simply a!
accessories to a meal, and designed
to excite the appetite rather than Il
satisfy. 1t is probably because the!
are placed on the table apart from
other dishes that they have been so
called. Caviar is one of the mos
usual foods used in this way.
q. Are there any cotton mills il
China ?-B. S.
A There are today % Chinese
Evening star., 1925-07-18
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

you have done a man a service?
Are you not content that you have
done something conformable to your
nature. and do you seek to be paid
for it?
Just as If the eye demanded a
recompense for seeing, or the feet for.
walking!
For as these members are formed
for particular purpose, and by work
ing according to their several constitu-
tions obtain what is their own; so
also as man formed by nature to acts
of benevolence, when he has done
anything benevolent or in any other
way conducive to the common inter
est, he has acted conformably to his
own constitution, and he gets what is
his own.
He gets what is his own,
Once a person gets this idea into
his head he is in a fair way toward
becoming happy in this world.
None of us gets more than his own,
although some imagine they are
wrestling more than their share out of
the world. But with their wrestling
they wrest greed, an evil possession;
and so II is that men find themselves
with none to care for them simply be-
cause they have never done anything
to make themselves loved
Every one, therefore, gets what is
! his own.
This was the prize comforting
! thought of Marcus Aurelius, as II was
of our own John Burroughs. who
wrote one of the greatest poems of
our day and age, beginning:
Serene l fold my hands and wait.
Nor care for wind or tide or sea;
l rave no more gainst time or tate.
m
There we have tied up the first cen
| tury with the twentieth.
Those who have followed these easy
lessons in Marcus Aurelius will notice
| that in this particular article ] have
! changed thee" and thou" and thy
to their modern equivalents. with i'm
| provement in one way and loss in
another.
! Substitution of modern pronouns
makes the reading easier, at the same
| time takes away some of the strange
ness which clings TO the older words.
The change. on the other hand. de-
| prives an ancient writing of the an
/ tique flavor which ought to be in
/ s@parable. from it. This is about the
I only way we have of giving them this
! flavor.
AS previously pointed out in this
| series, ancient authors are essentially
/ modern, TOT tney treated OF tndt most
1 up-to-date subject, human nature,
/ which, like the poor, we have with US
! alWa :.
In reality, then. once we take out
thee" and thou" we bring an old
/ author down to the present with a
rush faster than auto racers get
around their track.
Balancing one loss against another,
! l am not sure that the uniform mod
! ern phrasing would not conduce TO
wider reading Of the great ancient
authors. So for the present we will
| continue in this style:
He who does wrong, does wrong
against himself.
The reader will find that same
| thought expressed in one of Emer-
sons poems beginning: When the
red slayer thinks he slays"; also in
Arnolds Light of Asia; previously.
. of course, in the Eedas of India. in
! Confucius, and, indeed, much Of the
! literature of the world.
! The modern teacher expresses the
/ same idea when she catches little
Johnnie cheating" at his lessons
You are only hurting yourself.
| Johnnie" she tells him.
! Marcus Aurelius tells the world
Evening star., 1925-07-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHIIANDER JOHNSON
The Trouble Factory.

In an overcrowded room
That is filled with words of gloom.
Where the heat is more than ninety
in the shade,
Men assemble
And we tremble
Mid mysterious threats of doom.
AS we learn how further trouble may
be made.
In a sweat shop where they strive
Just to live-nor hope to thrive
Weaving words to make their fellow
men afraid,
In humble
And tumble
Such as warlocks might contrive.
People show what further trouble may
be made.