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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
DUQUETTE

Miss Alice Norell of Duluth,
spent Christmas day at home with
her mother.
Carl Moline of Minneapolis,
spent the holidays with his sister,
Mrs. John Edin.
All Erickson made a business
trip TO st. Paul Saturday, coming
back Tuesday morning.
Miss Alice Hedberg who is en-
ployed at st. Paul, spent Christ
mas day with the family here.
Miss Anna Wagner who is at
tending high school at Sandstone,
is spending the Christmas vaca-
ton at home.
Mrs. Bonner and baby of SUI
perior, Wis, spent Christmas day
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
John Narcotic.
Miss Clara Narcotic and Mrs
Sprung spent a week with their
parents here, returning to SUI
perior Sunday.
Rudolph Lillebo, our popular
buttermaker, spent Christmas at
st. Paul with his parents, return
ing Friday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Wagner
and daughters were entertained
at supper at the p. Erickson
home Monday evening.
The Community Ladies' Aid
will stage a New Years party at
the hall Wednesday night, to
speed the old year out and well
come the new year with a little
jollifcation.
Fred Hedberg and sons, Edwin
and Mauritz. and Hiding Mag
nuson who are employed at the
St. Clair a Hogan logging camps
at Belden, came here to spend
Christmas with the home folks.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01

John Wolby and daughter,
Nora, spent Christmas day at Roy
Barnett's.
John Swensons are the latest
radio fans in this community,
Malvin having purchased a two
tube set as a Christmas present
for his parents.
Miss Hilma Johnson who teach.
es in the town of Windemere,
and Miss Inez Johnson who at,
tends high school in Moose Lake
are spending their vacations at
their homes.
The annual meeting of the
members of the Oak Lake Luther
an church was held Monday at
ternoon. Several new officers
were elected and other routine
business taken care of.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01

luth Wednesday to visit his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hoff-
man, for a few weeks.
Several neighbor ladies helped
Mrs. Kowitz celebrate her birth
day Monday last week. A delici-
Gus lunch was served and all en-
joyed a good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Purull are
rejoicing over the arrival of a
bouncing baby girl, born Deem
Der "a. Both mother and baby
are doing fine.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
Duxbury Neighborhood

r. ]. Shute took several truck
loads of rutabagas to Sandstone
for Nels Matson last week.
Lloyd WATSON took several
truck loads of rutabagas to Askoy
for X. Lampson last week.
Best wishes for a Happy and
Prosperous New Year to the
Askov American and all its
readers.
Elsie Glienke invited few OF
her friends to her home last Sun
day afternoon to help celebrate
her birthday.
Miss Floy Norton of Mime
apolis, spent the Christmas vaca-
ton with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Norton.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
THURSDAY, JAN. 1, 1925.

Your case would have been
stronger Mr.. -. if you had act
ed only on the defensive" said a
lawyer to an Irish client. but
you struck first. If you had let
him strike you first you would
have had the law on your side"
"Yis, Old had tn law on me
soide." replied the Irishman, but
Old a had him on me chest
a-poundin' the loife out av me-"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
NORMAN TOWNSHIP

Agnes Nelson left for Duluth
Friday.
Mrs. Hyatt returned from her
visit in Duluth Tuesday,
Art Sangren was on the sick
list a few days last week.
Jim 0gilvie installed a new ra-
dio in his home last week.
frankie Hoffman left for his
home in Duluth Wednesday.
Chas. Fletcher was in Pine City
on business one day last week.
Wallace 0gilvie sawed wood
for Steve Purull one day last
week.
Raymond Wildes and Helmert
Tengesdal visited at the Nelson
home Thursday evening.
The Art Sangren and Geo. Hy-
att families spent Christmas day
at the Olaf Nelson home.
A few of the neighbors went
over TO visit Mrs. Kowitz Satur-
day and to wish her happy
birthday.
Eda Nelson came home from
Duluth Monday to visit her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs, Olaf Nelson,
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs, Otto Wernowski
from Minneapolis, motored up
Monday to visit relatives over
the New Year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
FIow of Money

'TYou say that man could give
information about who is getting
the oil money!"
"He could tell where some Of it
goes" answered Miss Cayenne.
"He's q Florida hotel clerk." -
Washington Star.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
Wisdom BY Experience

Mr.. Weltodo-Do you think your
friend Hawkins will answer to fill
your place when you leave me?
Higgins (his man)-I think you
had best get a much larger man,
sor. Hawkins is just your size and
your things will fit him to T.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
That Was Much Better

Wife, had a lovely time at the
bridge party this afternoon.
Hub-DiG Won have the best
score?
"No; the best gown."-London
Tit-Bits.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
Giant Airship Tested

The air ministry in London has
been testing a giant steel airplane
having wing spread of forty yards
and with engines of 1000 horse
power.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01

Close family and this community
joins in extending sympathy to
the sorrowing ones.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
Largest American Cities

According to the 1920 census the
ten largest cities came in the follow
ing order: New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, st.
Louis, Boston, Baltimore, Pitts
burgh, Los Angeles.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01

Buy or sell-big or small deals
makes no difference, the
American Want Ads are at your
service.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
Tense Moment

Not even the smartest lawyer in
the world can read jurors mind
when he says: eyes, / know the
defendant"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01
lFrom Another Correspondent

(From Another Correspondent
Wishing you all a Happy New
Year.
Henry and Bill Harmon called
at the Steve Purull home We'd
nesday.
Wallace 0gilvie is busy these
days saving wood in the neigh
borhood
Bertha Kowitz came down from
Duluth Wednesday TO visit her
brother, Leonard Kowitz, and
family.
frankie Hoffman left for Du-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01

homes here. They all returned
to the Cities the latter part of
the week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-01

American Want Ads are read
by buyers and sellers.
Evening star., 1925-01-14
HOME TURFMEN WIN
BIG KENTUCKY RACES

By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, January IA
More than Sl,50O.0O0 was distributed
in purses and stakes during the 100
days of racing on Kentucky tracks
last season. WesteSn turfmen, for
the first time in several years, won
the majority of the purses.
The total amount distributed. in
Guiding fairs, was s1,675 525, or $780,
600 more than In 1928. Opening OF
new track at Ashland was the reason
for the increase.
Gallaher brothers led all the win
ming stables in Kentucky, due to the
good showing of Chilhowee. the crack
3-year-old just sold for a report
ed sum of $4,000. Their net winnings
were $S9,S74, OF which Chilhowee
alone won s75.130. Johnson n. Cam
den, president Of the Kentucky
Jockey Club, who raced an extensive
stable, won 4e races and earned s67,-
435. F. r. Bradley, master of the
Idle Hour farm. Lexington. KY, col
lected s645b7 on his runners.
Two women figured conspicuously
rs owners of the winners of the two
highest price races of the season. Mrs.
r. NJ. Hoots of Tulsa. Okla, sent the
winner of the Golden Jubilee Ken
lucky derby to the post in Black
Gold, who won s57,325 for her. An
Eastern horsewoman, Mrs. William K
Vanderbilt, collected S55,500 as a re-
suit of Sarazens victory in the third
international special at Latonia Oc-
tober II.
Jockey Harry Suits rode the most
winners, followed in order by Law
renee McDermott, Mack Garner Ed
die Pool and Ivan Parke.
Evening star., 1925-01-14


The B. P. said nothing, but he sat
himself down and. in stony silence.
studied the weather. 1t was growing
steadily worse. About two hours
later the world seemed simply oozing
moisture. The course was wrapped in
blanket of fog so thick you abb
solutely could not see into it for a
distance of 10 yards At this juno
ture the Best Player hunted up the
professional.
"As l recall it," he said, you've
often boasted you could play the
course in no matter what the condi-
ton"
Right" replied the pro.
"And what was 1t you wanted to
bet me-a matter of pounds or SOP"
Whatever you say"
The member spoke in voice harsh
and sarcastic.
Get your rubbers, your raincoat
and umbrella he said. This is an
ideal day to see whether or not you
can make good your boast"
Now the professional had spoken
confidently but in his inner self he
was not so sure of himself. When he
was out of the Best Players presence
he gave evidence of his perturbation.
To another lad and myself he said:
I'm all out of luck"
All lutd ICi AZ VI diIl uiN
burst out.
You're not out of luck" l said.
"All you need is a couple of pounds
of golf balls to win that bet
What dye mean?'
Just this Fix this other lad and
me with big bunch of balls. Take
a-plenty yourself Well go out
ahead of you and keep out of sight
in the fog. You play off the tee
for the spots you usually drive, but
be good and sure not to hit your ball
straight. Keep it in the rough. And
when you come up to the spot for
which you apparently aimed you'll
find a ball there. Remember. look
always in the fairway. Don't you
ever wander into the rough"
Good boy" said he. "Of course, l
can't claim the wager If we put ii
over, but it'll be a great joke. And
it'll let me out of an embarrassing
place"
Well, my friend and ! set out in
advance. with the professional fol-
lowing shortly. He had a gallery of
six members, headed by our friend,
the Best Player, all set to have
grand time at the pros expense.
But somehow 1t didn't come. Hole
after hole went by and it seemed as
Evening star., 1925-01-14
EIGHT POLO TEAMS
IN CHICAGO Event
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Indoor polo will receive its first Sc
we're test this week in Chicago when
eight teams engage in an elimination
tournament at the new Riding Club.
In the first contests tonight the
lineup will be: Cincinnati Philadel-
phia, Detroit-Brooklyn Chica go-New-
ark and New York Cleveland.
The tournament will be concluded
Saturday night with a match between
the two survivors.
John r. (Chick) Meehan, former
Syracuse foot ball coach, who recently
signed to guide the destinies at New
York University, went South in 1920
with the Boston Braves as recruit
outfielder, but although he produced
In the field he could not WELD the bat
efficiently enough to stand big league
pitching. Rather than be relegated
to the minors he quit the game.
Francis Ouimet and Jesse Guilford,
American amateur golfers, sail forth
on the last day of the month to con-
quer Bermuda. Ten other American
players will join the invasion, among
them being Frank Dyer, who won the
island title last season.
Navy and City College of New York
quintS have made exceptional records
in the first half of the college basket
ball season. The Middies have won
II consecutive contests, which include
three games with Middle Western op-
ponents. and City College of New
York seven.
Evening star., 1925-01-14
CHAMPION SET DOWN
BY N. Y. COMMISSION

NEW YORK. January 1I-Eddie
(cannonbalD Martin. bantamweight
champion for only a few weeks, must
remain idle until February for failing
to fight when he appeared against Augie
Pisano in Brooklyn recently. Pisano
suffers the same penalty. but will be
permitted to box tomorrow in a sched-
uied match.
Martins previous record, and the fact
that he contributed his services to
charity on the night In question, swayed
the New York State Athletic Commits
sion to leniency. The referees report
showed that the boxers had been put
out Of the ring after three rounds. and
the Judges agreed with the referee that
the men failed to perform satisfactorily
Tex ORourke appeared before the
board with two Englishmen whom he
intends to train for heavyweight title
honors, and Frank Flournoy, match
maker for Tex Rickard, hesitantly sug-
gested that Mike McTigue. the light
heavyweight champion. and Gene Tun-
ney be permitted to appear In Madison
Square Garden soon. The commission
decreed that both must have licenses
In the State before they can sign for a
meeting.
Evening star., 1925-01-14
SOUTH AFRICA TO ENTER
TEAM IN DAVIS CUP PLAY

JOHANNESBURG, Union of South
Africa, January 1.-THE South
African Lawn Tennis. Union has de-
cided TO enter a team for the Davis
cup this year.
The Union also has issued invita-
tions to the United States and Aus
tralia TO send teams to South Africa
in 1926.
South Africa was eliminated from
the Davis Cup play in the third round
in the European zone, last year The
team drew bye in the first round
won by default from Argentina In
the second and lost to the British
Isles in England, matches to l. in
the third round
Louis Raymond, a member Of the
team. won the Olympic title in 1920.
P. D. B. Spence and Ivie Richardson
are the two other singles players
on the team. Ireland is the only
country whose entry has been re-
ceived to date for the 1926 play by
the United States Lawn Tennis Asso-
citation.
Evening star., 1925-01-14
WRESTLING TROPHY
DEMANDED BY MUM

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, January IL
Gabe Kaufman. manager OF Wayne
(Big) Mum. recently crowned heavy
weight wrestling champion. in a let
ter to Billy Sandow, manager Of Ed
(Strangler) Lewis. former champion,
demands that the $4,000 diamond
studded belt, which was awarded
Lewis when he became champion, be
turned over to Mum.
The letter gives Sandow ten days
In which to deliver the belt to Kauf-
man. If this is not done. the letter
warns Sandow 'to be prepared for &C.
ton which will be both annoying and
expensive to you"
The belt. emblematic Of the world
champion ship. was awarded Lewis by
the Central Athletic Club of Kansas
City when he won the title three
years ago.
Mum defeated Lewis here in a
match in which Lewis was either
thrown or fell from the ring. A foul
was called on Mum, giving Lewis
the second fall.
Evening star., 1925-01-14

studied medicine three and one-half
years at the University of Nebraska
The new champion is 27 years of
age. He was born in Colby, a little
agricultural village in Kansas. With
his parents, two brothers and one
sister he moved to Fairbv-v. Nebr..
when Wayne was eight yesrs of age
There he gained his ear ' education,
graduating from the TairFury High
School He then entered the Univer-
sity of Nebraska, where he studied
medicine and played on the foot ball
teams of that famous Institution
famous chiefly for it's foot ball teams.
The war cut short his college
career, and he entered the service Of
Uncle Sam as bayonet instructor.
He served in several camns. includ-
Ing Camp Pike, where he played on
a championship foot ball team as a
guard, under the coaching of Mai.
John l.. Griffits, at present athletic
commissioner Of the Western Con-
ference.
Quit Boxing Game.
When he left the Army Mum took
a position as manager of an auto
mobile branch in Omaha, and later
was transferred to Sioux City. 1t
was there that Gene Melady of
Omaha, the man who made Earl Cad
dock wrestling champion, discovered
him and started him on career as a
boxer. Mum weighed 3I5 pounds
then. He trained down to 262 in
eight weeks, and in his first engage
ment was knocked cold. He quit the
game fiat.
Then some one suggested that he
take up wrestling. He did. To date
he has had 80 matches. He has won
them ALL. -
Less than four months ago he came
TO Kansas City and went under the
management Of Gabe Kaufman, pro-
moter of wrestling bouts. He was
given preliminary bouts at first, and
his work on the mat was so crude
that II furnished a lot of comedy for
the fans. He was very awkward. He
picked his foes up by mere brute
strength and slammed them into sub
mission just as he did Lewis. Then
he met Wallace Gugid, a Canadian
and won. He beat Joe Toots Mondt.
Evening star., 1925-01-14

Colorado cowboy, and then met the
champion, Lewis, surprising the uni
verse by his victory.
Mum Has No Science.
Mum has improved some since he
started, but he is not the finish product.
If he knew the game a other cham
pions have known 1t, he would keep
the title as long as he could retain
good physical condition. The reign
of the great Frank Gotch might be
beaten. Manager kaufman says he
Will Immediately put Mum under the
wing of an experienced scientific
wrestler to develop his knowledge of
the game and will fatch him with
all contenders for the championship.
Evening star., 1925-01-14

though the fellow just couldn't go
wrong. Fourteen holes were COM
pleted and he had a total of 81, only
one over fours. If he kept up that
pace for four more holes he would
be away under 80. The Best Player
thought of his bet and began to get
gloomy.
At this point the pro could keep
the joke no longer.
Hey, Mac!' he called to me through
the fog, II cant go any further. I'm
all out of balls. Bring over some"
My fellow conspirator and ap-
peared out of the gloom. Explana-
tions followed. We had a big laugh
all around. The Best Player had been
so taken in he never again challenged
the professionals claim that he could
play an 80 or better any day of the
year.
Evening star., 1925-01-14
WEST VIRGINIA u. BARS
TRANSFERRING ATHLETES

MORGANTOWN, w. Va, January
14.-Adoption by the athletic board
of control of West Virginia OF two
new rules to the eligibility qualif1ca-
tions of students in athletic competi-
tion has been announced.
One rule limits to three years the
participation OF any student in ath-
letic competition at the university.
The other bars from teams any stu
dent who has taken part in athletic
events at any other college or uni
yersity in the country.
Evening star., 1925-01-14

Never before had Ed Lewis, de-
veloper of the famous deadlock with
which he won most Of his matches
as champion of the world for the past
Ave years, met a man with such
strength. and it surprised him.
Lewis HeadIocks Easily Broken.
When Lewis applied his favorite
hold, meant to torture the OPPOSITE an
into submission, Mum. instead Of
using his hands TO help get out of
the hold, simply Strengthened up and,
with the use of his head and neck
alone, literally threw Lewis sprawl
ing across the ring. He broke the
hold every time in this manner, us
ually causing Lewis to flop to the
canvas. shaking him off much as a
Newfoundland dog might shake off
toy poodle.
In his few big matches-called
big" because they were with men
known TO wrestling fans-Munn has
used the one hold he knows. That
is to pick up his opponent by grab
bing him in the crotch with his right
arm and with the left around his
neck, raise him into the air, slam him
to the mat and fall on him. using his
weight to hold him down.
Crash StunS His Opponents.
In most instances. as was the case
in the Lewis bout, he has slammed
his foes so hard that he has dazed
them or hurt them.
He is almost devoid OF wrestling
science OF the type employed by Frank
Gotch, Lewis and other champions.
Mum is S feet 6 inches tall and
weighs $50 He has a reach of 81
inches. He is not fat. On the con-
trary, he resem mbles a boxer of the
Dempsey type after siege of careful
training, only that he is 50 much
larger than Dempsey.
He is 260 pounds of bone and muscle,
but not muscle of the usual wrestler
type like Zbyszko or Lewis, but
smooth, supple muscles of the type Of
Jim Corbett or Jack Johnson
Well Educated and ARabIe.
Mum is an affabie fellow, well edu-
Gated, a splendid conversationalist
who is capable of going before d
n edical convention and giving an
intelligent talk on notwithstanding
Evening star., 1925-01-14

other sport, pugilisr, promoters have
come to iiZe that paying throngs
viii turn out to see Dempsey night
only when he is pitted against an op-
ooneAt who seems to stand a chance
Of defeating him.
So with Tilden. Were he to drop
the game, leaving Winnie Richards,
the experts to fight for the title on a
nip-and-tuck basis, IL Is conceivable.
so far as gate receipts and general
interest are concerned, that the pros
poets of seeing real battles OF the
courts would outweigh the attrac-
tiveness OF seeing protagonist OF
unapproachable skill perform.
Would Ala ChaiIengera.
And again, with respect to the
Davis cup matches, foreign nations
in all probability would take keener
and more constructive interest did
they know they would not have to
try to hurdle the altitudinous figure
of Tilden.
In all this the writer does not wish
to be set down as assailing the cham
pion, or anything of the sort. He is
merely indicating how the u. S. l.
T. A. might feel II they viewed his
threatened retirement with hard eyes.
But when all is said and done the
writer has not the slightest idea that
Tilden will retire, albeit in his latest
article under his name he states that
he may" do SO. When 1t comes down
to dases the prospects OF retiring
from tho roar OF the crowd" which.
naturally enough. 10 sweet to his ears,
and from all the adulation and mental
and material satisfaction that fall to
the worlds titleholder. It is likely he
will experience an appreoiable change
of mind aud Of heart
Evening star., 1925-01-14
CONT NOT TO CONTEST
FOR WORLD CUE TITLE

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 14.-Roger Cont,
the French cue star, has practically
made up his mind to remain in Europe
throughout the Winter, and thus will
be non participant in the world
1872 balkline billiard championship
matches in the United States next
month unless he undergoes an elev-
enth-hour change of mind.
He has left for Switzerland on a
Today tour and afterward will visit
Holland and Belgium
Evening star., 1925-01-14
SUNFERENCE is BOUGHT
BY THE KENTMERE STUD

By the Associated Press.
Kenneth B. Gilpin, whose Kentmere
stud is located in the Shenandoah
Valley, near Boyce, Va, has bought
the five-year-old chestnut horse Sun
ference by Imported Sun Briar, out OF
Conference by Rock Sand, from the
Rancocas Stable. and he will be ship
ped to his new home within a few
weeks.
Sunference was bred by W. s. XII
mer at his Binghamton establishment
and was one of ia fastest horses
ever seen on the Aquaduct, running
the lnve furlongs in So 2-5 seconds,
and was a close second to Goshawk
in the $4,000 Great American Stakes
Evening star., 1925-01-14


have known men to go into the
woods on camping trips armed to
the teeth as protection against the
wild beasts" They have visions of
being charged by bull moose, torn
to tatters by a pack of wolves, rem
dered limb from limb by bear or
perhaps kicked in the jaw by mule
deer.
Many persons in the woods become
alarmed at the slightest sound and
look around among the trees appre-
hensively. The thought of staying
out all night in the woods ranks
with murder, tragedy and sudden
death in the minds of many persons.
Even within the fiimsy protection of
a tent there is a feeling of safety as
compared to the unthinkable busi-
ness of actually sleeping out under.
the trees
Of course, this In all a result Of