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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
ALFRED C. DIETZ MARRIED

The John F. Dietz family south
west of Askov, were happily sur
prised last Friday when their son,
Alfred C. Dietz, who has been work
ing in Lac Qui Parle county, came
home, for weeks visit with his
bride of only a few days, Miss Han
nah Sumner, whose home is at Louis
burg. in Lac Qui Parle county.
The wedding took place Tuesday,
Oct s., Both bride and groom were
born in Lac Qui Parle county. The
groom is the fourth eldest of the
John F. Dietz children. After visit
ing here a week, they will spend a
week in Minneapolis visiting rela-
tives, and will then return to Lac
Qui Parle county, where they plan on
taking up farming. Young Dietz
has been doing farm work there for
several years.
They were accompanied here by
the groom's brother, Jens Dietz, who
took them to Askov in his car. He
is also employed at farm work in Lac
'Qui Parle county.
A large party of relatives, friends,
and neighbors gathered at the home
of-Mr. and Mrs. John F. Dietz Sunday
evening to congratulate the newly
weds and enjoy a pleasant evening
with them.
The American joins with many
others in extending best wishes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14

If you want to buy or sell try an
American Want Ad.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
Trunk Highways Open
Through Wet Period
Every Community Accessible.
But All Roads We're Not Good,
BabcOck Points Out.

Minnesota trunk highways, with a
few exceptions which can be counted
on the fingers of one hand, have been
open and passable through a period
of rain this fall which would have
made 80 per cent of the roads i'm
passable ten years ago, a bulletin
from the State Highway Department
this week points out.
Motorists in Pine county can con-
firm this by comparing conditions on
the trunk highways this fall with the
same roads few years ago. Extern
sion of the state aid system, as we'll
as work done on other county and
town roads in this vicinity has made
it possible for them to operate their
cars almost everywhere in this coun-
ty all the time.
September, according to the u. S.
weather bureau at ST. Paul, had-only
one clear day, sixteen rainy days,
and a total of 5.53 inches of rain.
August had ten rainy days and. APT
inches of precipitation. October
started with almost normal months
rainfall in three days. Many sec
lions of the state had much more
rain, and some had less, but generally
it has been the severest test of Min
nesOta's road system since the trunk
highway plan was established in 1921.
1.-THE long period of rain has
brought some difficult problems and
lot of extra work for our MAIN
tenance forces, particularly on the
more heavily travelled gravel roads"
Commissioner C. M. Babcock said re-
Gently. "The long dry period in the
early summer, when much of the
surface material was ground into fine
powder, made the work more diff
cult.
Through all the rainy season, there
have been only two or three places
on the entire trunk highway system
where construction work or some
other unusual condition made the
road impossible for a short period,
and two. or three more where it was
necessary to use chains to get tn, ough.
Roads that have been graded and
graveled according to present day
standards, and where traffic is not too
heavy, remained practically as smooth
after a week of rain as in normal
weather.
"The long rainy spell, however,
has confirmed our previous know
ledge of the limitations of gravel
roads. The unpaved roads which car
ry the heavier traffic have been
rough and rutty in spite of the best
efforts of our maintenance forces,
and anything but comfortable to ride
on Fortunately the tourist season
was nearly over when the rainy spell
began. If we had had as much traffic
in September as in July or August,
some of these roads would have gone
all to pieces.
Through our weekly condition re-
ports, motorists can get advance no
tice of any stretches where construc-
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ton or other unusual conditions make
difficult going, and in many cases
make use of alternate routes.
There has not been a single COM
munity cut off from the rest of the
state for a single day by lack of pass
able roads. But the heavy main
tenance cost, together with the dis
comforts to motorists and the extra
vehicle cos, are added evidence, if
any is needed, that it would be eco
nomy to pave several hundred miles
of the more heavily travelled trunk
highways"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
Don't be discouraged.
There is

Don't be discouraged. There is
still honesty in the world. A Kansas
City woman lost a handbag contain
ing $1,000. A street car, conductor
found it and returned it. That's just
the ordinary routine of duty. There
are thousands of others who would do
the same thing and are doing it right
along. Most of us have had the
experience of losing something and
having had it returned Confidence
in fellowman and humanity builds;
up contentment and good feeling. It.
is good for the Individual.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
WILSTAD NEIGHBORHOOD

Sunday school at the Wilstad Swe-
dish Lutheran church, Oct. II, at 10
a. m. Services in Swedish at II a.
m. There will also be services COM
bined with the Luther League meet
ing in the English language in the
evening at o'clock.
The Wilstad Ladies' Aid meets with
Mrs. Nath Degerman Thursday, Oct.
21st.
Carl Blomquist was home from Su-
perior for a visit with his parents
Sunday and Monday.
Nels Samuelson and his niece, Miss
Gunhild Samuelson, visited friends
in Sandstone Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
ASKOV

Mrs. P. N. Fenger spent Sunday in
Duluth, visiting her husband and: son
who are both ill at st. Mary's hospi=
tai.
Major Max Sebald of New Ulm,
came here last evening for a weeks
visit at the home %of his brother, G.
Sebald.
The Misses Bonita Cornstrom and
Ruth Norberg and Walter Taylor of
Ogilvie, visited here Sunday at the
T. w. Hansen home.
Carl Miller was in West Denmark,
Wis, Sunday and brought home Mrs.
Miller and Miss Ellen who had been
there for a weeks visit.
". S. Petersen and Otto j. Petersen
went to Minneapolis last night and
expect to drive up couple of Ford
cars today for the local garage.
Miss Margaret Lunde who is en-
ployed in Minneapolis, came up Tues
day and will visit until Saturday at
the home of her folks, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hans Lunde.
A lot of little playmates called on
Arol Hansen Tuesday afternoon at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacob Hansen, the occasion be-
ing his seventh birthday. !;
Mrs. Norman Petersen left last
night for Phillips, Wis, in response
to a telegram stating that her hus-
band was in hospital there after be-
ing hurt in an automobile accident.
3 Einar Jensen, southeast of town,
bought new Ford Tudor sedan from
the local dealers last week, trading
in his slightly used Ford touring
car which the garage in turn sold
to julius Petersen.
. The cribbage players will meet to-
night at Eriksen's restaurant for
the second round of play. Last
week T. N. Thomson won eight
straight games. Playing will start
at 500 p. m. sharp.
The committee looking after the
local park has placed donation lists
in the various stores for the purpose
of collecting funds to defray expen-
ses created during the past summer.
The committee asks all those interest
- Gu 10 klnQly TeWomDoF These llSIS anu
give as they see fit.
J. G. Smith former general mer-
chant at Bruno, was in Askov Mon
day after having arranged some BUSH
ness affairs at Bruno. Mr.. Smith
was on his way to Grandy, where he
will now be engaged in the general
merchandise business. He has
bought out the Sward & Anderson
store. go
Mrs. ]. P. Jacobsen and son, Emar-
uel, and daughter, Miss Lena, came
up from Northfield Thursday and Wis.,
tied until Monday at the home of the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thue
Christensen. Miss Lena is remain
ing here to care for her grandmother
who has not been in the best OF
health lately.
Adolf Jensen and D. j. Ado1phsen,
Partridge town board supervisors,
have appointed Jens B. Jensen as
supervisor to fill out the unexpired
term of J. r. Petersen, Mr.. Petersen
having recently moved from the town.
ship to Askov village and on account
of his location is no more eligible as
town board supervisor. y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
TO HELP sYRIANs

A subscription list has been started
to gather money and send to Karen
Jeppe to assist her in her work
among the Syrians. Word has come
from, her that starvation and need
is very keen and financial aid at this
time would help to alleviate the suf-
fering. !, Donations large or small
will, be accepted locally by Mrs. A.
Henriksen up till Nov. list. Acknow-
ledgment will be made through the
American. ~
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14

A young lady was critically ex-
aiming a pair of shoes which the
clerk had just fitted on. She care
fully scrutinized first one foot, then
the other. Finally she said slowly;
Don't you think one of my feet is
larger than the other?"
mo, indeed, madam!" replied the
would-be diplomatic clerk ION the,
contrary, I think one is smaller than
the other
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14

Passenger-Say Captain, is there
no ahope-no hope whatever?
z Captain of the sinking ship-None
at all, sir-no hope at all!
Passenger-Just my luck! And'I
wouldn't eat any cucumbers for dinner
for fear I'd have digestion!-Wash-
ington POST
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
AGRICULTURAL YEAR BOOK

Congressman Godfrey G. Goodwin
writes in part to the American as
follows: 8
Il have allotted to me a limited
number of the year book for 1925,
issued by the Department of Agricul-
ture, and which is just off the press.
II would like to place year book
in the hands of those farmers who are
interested in the contents of this
volume. If you know of any farmers
in your own county who are interested
and they will send in their name and
address, will be glad to supply them
with this year book, up to the amount
of my quota"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
AN OMISSION

Below the poetry entitled "In the
Hills of Paradise" published in last
weeks American, was omitted the
name Ora circuit from Paradise, N.
D., by whom the poetry was written
and sent to the American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14

= do you know that l started life.
as a barefoot boy?" said the merchant
who had been rather successful
Well, answered the clerk, "T
wasn't born with shoes on either"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14

'How many halves in a foot ball
gamer, ..
There are seven: The two halves
of the game, the right and left half
on each eleven, and the quarter on
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14
WANT ADS

Too Late for Want C0lumn)
For Sale-Nine pigs, five weeks old,
at $3.50 each. or $50 for the bunch.
j. c. Armstrong, Bruno. 25w5-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-10-14

what were the mule drivers last
words?" .-.
HE said, Stand still, Jenny, while
I curry your heels!' Boys Maya
zine. .-.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

stances, and from then on circum-
stances began to conquer with Bell.
They afforded an opportunity. which
literally comes but once in hundred
years, of bringing an invention before
the public by the opening of the Cen
tennial Exhibition in Philadelphia two
months after the telephone had utter
ed its first words.
Through the influence of Mr.. Hub
bard, who was one of the Centennial
commissioners, Bell secured permits
sion to exhibit his phone in the de-
partment of education. 1t was placed
in an inconspicuous hallway between
a flight of stairs, and a wall.
Although he had on his twenty
ninth birthday. been granted the
most valuable patent ever issued.
Bell at the time was so short of money
that he did not intend to 20 to the
Centennial But once again circum-
stances interceded. Bell took his
fiancee. Mabel Hubbard, to the train
bound for. the great Philadelphia ex-
hibit one warm afternoon in June.
At the station he started to say good
bye, but the young girl had as
sumed all along that Bell was going
with her. and when she learned that
such was not his purpose, tried to
argue him into it. But Bell was firm,
and as the train pulled out he stepped
down to the platform. His sweet
heart, however was so emotionally
upset by the unexpected separation
that she burst into tears. They
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spoke a few words into the transmit.
ter and the incredulous emperor
could hardly believe his ears, but
heartily affirmed that the thing
talks"
Bells friend, Prof. Henry. was the
next to test the phones. and after
hearing a few words, asserted: This
comes nearer to overthrowing the doc
trine of the conversation of energy
than anything | ever saw"
Sir William Thompson, the formost
electrical authority in the world and
the engineer of the Atlantic cable.
also tested the device and announced:
1T does speak. 1t is the most Won
derful thing | have seen in America.
Mr.. Bell was achieved a result OF
transoe ndent scientific interest. 1t is
the greatest marvel hitherto achieved
by the electric telegraph
Mr.. Thompson's last sentence re-
calls tina. the word telephone" was
practically invented with the instru.
ment. In describing his invention in
his application for a patent. Bell called
it IAN improvement in telegraphy"
Having heard the words of wonder
from such men as Henry and Thomp-
son. the other members of the board
of judges, numbering about fifty in
all, forgot their fatigue. and spent
about three hours listening to the
phones. The next morning Bells in
struments were brought forth from
their obscure locality to the judges
stand where they were, for the re-
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proved too much for Bell. He leaped
back abroad the moving train, sans
ticket, bag and baggage. but bound
for the Centennial just the same.
For two months the telephone had
been on exhibit without causing a
sensation of any sort. There was so
many other attractions. There was
the first electric light, the first grain
binder, the musical telegraph of
Elisha Gray. and the printing tele-
graph of the Western Union.
Among such an imposing array of
wonders the telephone was looked
upon as a mere upstart that was
lucky to be admitted at all.
But circumstance. which had Sc
cured Bell a place TO exhibit his
phone, and brought him to, the dis
play. was yet to play its StranseSt
trick of all 4 sheer coincidence that
in one dramatic hour transformed an
unknown extra" into the star" of
the show.
One again Mr.. Hubbard opened the
act, this time by securing the some
what reluctant assent of the board of
judges to examine Bells apparatus on
! their next tour of inspection. Those
men put what they regarded as an
annoying duty off until the last mo-
ment, with the result that, though
| they started their tour early in the
afternoon, they did not arrive at the
telephone exhibit until O'Clock
in the evening. They were hot and
tired and toyed with the queer de-
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from the Sanders cellar in Salem. to
His landlord was Charles Williams. a
manufacturer of electrical supplies,
who subsequently sold his factory in
1881 to Bells company for more
money than he ever expected to
possess.
In that rented room Bell continued
his studies and experiments. He was
endeavoring to obey the command of
Prof. Henry to get the necessary cleo
trical knowledge, encouraged by the
example of Morse, the inventor of the
telegraph. who. though primarily a
painter. had overcome his electrical
problems. At times the ,ever-energetic
Bell thought he recognized in his ig-
norance an advantage for he did not
know too much to attempt the i'm
possible" He was. moreover. enabled
to make up in his knowledge of acous-
tics what he lacked in electricity; Il
condition which proved fortunate, for
he attacked the problem of construct
ing a telephone from the standpoint of
sound, and succeeded, while scores of
others attempted to do the same thing
from the standpoint of electricity and
failed.
TT was in the Court street house that
speech was first transmitted in the
memorable conversation between Bell
and Watson. on March 10, 1876 That
event marked the apex of Bells
achievement in conquering circum
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vice a few minutes in listless

vice few minutes in listless
fashion. 49, -
Suddenly something happened to
wake them up" An emperor, real
emperor, came down the hall and
rushed up to the nervous and excited
inventor with the exclamation, Prof.
Bell, I'm SO glad to see you again.
The imperial parsonage was Don
Pedro de. Alcantare, Emperor of Bra
zil and he was accompanied by his
wife. the Empress Theresa, and uni
formed escort of courtiers. He was
man much interested in humani
tartan work, having shortly before
| helped organize the first school for
deaf-muteS in Brazil at Buenos Aires
He had once visited some of Bells
classes in Boston University, where
he had been deeply impressed by the
inventors ability as a teacher of
visible speech.
His meeting with Bell at the Cen
tennial was so opportune as almost to
give the effect of having been prear-
ranged; in fact, 1t could not have &C.
CURED at better time II 1t had been
prearranged. The Emperor's presence
caused the board of judges to take
new interest in the modest man be-
fore them and in his apparatus which
they had come TO examine.
%kx \
COME wires had been strung across
the hall with telephone at each
end. Don Pedro went to one Of the
phones ana Ben to the other. He
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one would be able to surmise his in
tentions.
In addition to the Sanders fam
lily, which helr Bell whenever it
could, there came to the young mans
aid about the same time the friend
ship and support of Gardiner G. Hub
bard. an influential Boston lawyer.
This friendship, which incidentally
grew into family and business part
nership, also came about through
Bells teaching activities. Mr.. Hub
bard's daughter Mabel had been
stricken deaf following an attack of
scarlet fever when a baby. She en-
tered one of Bells classes when she
became Is years of age. and four
years later she became his wife.
Let 1t be said that most of this time
Bell spent overcoming circumsta
He was poor, poorer than he cared to
confess: his scientific knowledge was
inadequate to solve many of the
problems WHICH confronted him, and
both Mr.. Sanders and Mr. Hubbard.
who financed his experiments, were
opposed to having him waste his
time" over his telephone, often threat
ening to withdraw their support if he
did not confine himself to a seemingly
more practical project, the develop
ment of the musical telegraph
Yet all the while Bell was the en-
bodiment of the most dynamic thing
in the world-a man with an idea.
Bells idea. expressed in one of his
moments of confidence, was: IF can
make a deaf-mute talk | can make
iron talk
Occasionally circumstances would
come to the aid of this searcher after
a new light, or more properly. new
1t
searches with DIR. Clarence j. Blake,
a famous Boston physician. his nearer
remarked: why don't you use a real
ear?"
That Interrogation proved to be of
incalcuable value, and led, after num-
erous CHASTITY experiments with a dead
mans ear, to the idea of the mem
brane telephone.
On another occasion. while in Wash
ington for a consultation with his
patent attorney, Bell called upon Prof.
Joseph Henry. the Tyndale of Amer
ica." That interview completely con-
verified Bell to his own doctrines. The
words of the venerable professor. who
told Bell that he thought there was
1.-The germ of a great invention" in his
ideas. naturally stirred the young tele-
phone engineer very deeply. When
Bell asserted that he lacked the neces-
sary electrical knowledge to perfect
his apparatus the professor answered,
Get It."
II cannot tell how much those two
words encouraged me-" Bell wrote
shortly afterward. They kept ringing
in his ears and sent him back to
Boston with new hopes. No longer
| was he a man divided against himself.
He had a singleness of purpose which
henceforth was to actuate all of his
efforts.
His workshop had been removed
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Animal Intelligence.
1--WE HUNDRED white rats ar. ,

FIVE HUNDRED white rats are be.
ing given intelligence tests to de-
termine learning ability with respect
to age in the Stanford University
laboratories of psychology The study
is being financed by a grant from the
Carnegie Corporation of New York o..
S12 900 to be extended over q period
of three years. After the first year
higher animals. such as the cat, will
be studied
The problem in the case OF animals.
according to Prof. Calvin p. Stone.
who is conducting the experiments, is
to test the ability to learn at success
sive stages OF development. With rats,
ages of 20. 80. so. zoe and 200 days are
used. intermediate ages may be used
later in further expansion of the work
Both the learning of new habits and
the breaking of old ones are to be
tested. 49,.
Two types of tests are being con-
Quoted by Prof. Stone at present. the
problem box and the maze. The prob
lem box is "A square box OF wire
screening from which door leads to
| another box containing food. The door
can be opened only by stepping upon
small platform projecting from the
| side of the box.
When the rat depresses this plat
form with his feet an electric current
| releases the door leading to the food
A rat is given this test once daily for
20 days and the time required for him
| to depress the platform is noted. Then
a period of so days is allowed to elapse
| before the test is repeated to deter
mine his retention of the habit formed
| About 100 rats OF each age Is being
| tested
| The maze is one Of the oldest devices
| used to test intelligence and learning
ability. 1t consists of a labyrinthina
passage containing many blind alleys
| but only one direct path to the end
where food rewards the successful rat
| a hungry animal is placed at the
starting point and allowed to find his
way to the exit. The number Of false
moves taken and the time required
measure learning ability by this trial
and error method. In addition to the
i 500 white rats now being used in these
| experiments, breeding colony OF
| about 100 animals Is maintained
| A rough estimate of the relative
rate of physical development in the
! rat and in man would be about 81
to /. A rat one month old is equal in
| physical development to a child two
| dHu OHt-Hdn years Olu. FteSullS now
' at hand would seem to indicate that
the ratio of mental development is
| probably more nearly 80 to 1, accord
| ing to Prof. Stone.
Prof. Stone began his present work
June / and with one assistant worked
| seven hours daily during the Summer.
At present two research assistants
are devodng four hours a day TO the
work.
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To Thaw Pipes.

A GERMAN electrician has offered
"a a suggestion for thaving frozen
water pipes. The house lighting cur
rent is reduced to a low voltage by
means Of a transformer and then 1t is
sent through the frozen section OF
water pipe. The heat of the current
will melt the ice
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