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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
GRASSTON

The potato market is little weak
er here.
+ Mr.. and Mrs. L. o. Cote were shop
ping in Pine City, Saturday.
The Parent-Teachers Association
held their meeting in the school
house Tuesday evening.
Tne program was put on by the
town and was very good. Mrs. Paul
son gave a very interesting talk on
the up-bringing of children. Rev.
Ericsson spoke on crime, and Mr..
Luniman also gave an interesting talk.
A. T. Westrom favored us with one
of his popular songs, and the young
girls and little ones had several
good selections. Last, but not least
on the program was the coffee and
cake the ladies served.
Mention was omitted last week
that the Lutheran church board had
their annual meeting at the Charles
Halgersen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. l.. Christensen were
called to Iowa last week, to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Christensen's
father.
1t looks as though the cold scare
of the past week has all turned to
rain.
Under the able management of our
popular road boss, the writer now
has gravel screen all ready for
business. 1t is assumed that if the
frost goes out, road work will start
again in full blast.
Our lineman, Fred Swan, is putting
the telephone line in good shape 1t
is something that has been needed
for some time, and is appreciated very
much.
MIR. and Mrs. Bonnie Stegen called
at the Otto Pangerl home Friday ev-
ening. Mr.. Pangerl returned home
from the hospital last week.
A man was riding on a street car.
He lost his balance and fell into
lady's lap. The lady looked up and
said, "WhO are your" The man re-
piled, Il thought was a Swede, but
l guess I am Laplander''.
The school notes are in again this
week. Thanks.
The writer and family visited at the
Bonnie Stigen home Saturday even
ing.
The Parent-Teachers Association
has an invitation to attend the Bra
ham Parent Teachers Association
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
ROCK CREEK

o. A. Hartz was Twin City caller
Monday, returning the same day.
Fred Holm left for the Cities Mon
day evening, to spend a few days at
the university.
We regret to learn of Mr.. Bar
slows illness, and hope he will be
able to be about again in very short
time.
Mrs. F.. w. Holm entertained one of
the M. e. Sewing clubs Thursday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Gertie Johnson returned to her
home here Wednesday afternoon, af-
ter having spent some time with her
daughter, Mrs. Jonas Strandberg, in
Minneapolis.
The Hartz hall is being remodeled
for barber shop to be run by Barber
Henry A. Johnson of Rush City. Mr..
and Mrs. Holm are also going to have
some rooms there for the winter or
until the creamery provides them
with a house in the spring.
Viola Ferries spent the week end
with her folks in Hinckley. She re-
turned Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Allgood enter
tanned at dinner Saturday evening for
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Hartz, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Holm, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Hy-
land, and Mr.. and Mrs. Knedel and
family. The evening was spent in
playing cards and games. A pencil
and paper was given each man to
write the best cake recipe he knew,
and the prize was given Oscar Hartz.
Most of the recipes consisted of flonr
and eggs, which shows how much
cooking any of them do. Believe it
is best not to mention the BOBBY
prize, for certain reasons.
Mr.. Barringer has been busy doing
jury duty in Pine City.
Ben Cuds has just about moved in
to his new home and states it is as
comfortable and coy as any could be-
Last Sunday the members of the
former Lutheran Ladies' Sewing
club took their dinner and went to the
hall and surprised Mr.. and Mrs. O..
A. Hartz with a chest of silver. The
afternoon was spent in playing five
hundred.
Mrs. Jim Morrow entertained one
of the M. e. Sewing clubs Tuesday
afternoon, and Mrs. Otis Schmidt also
entertained one of the clubs the same
afternoon.
Everett Berglund is planning a va
cation to go north deer hunting with
his brother, Gunard, in the near flu
ture.
Charles Merriott is relieving one of
the BARRIERS in Pine City, while the
latter is deer hunting.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
SAND CREEK

Mrs. Frank Rasmussen left Monday
for Chicago, where she will visit re-
latives.
Mrs. F. M. Carlson and Mrs. Gust
Hagberg helped Mrs. John T. Larson
celebrate her birthday Saturday af-
ternoon.
The recent rains have made the
roads almost impossible in this vi
cinity.
John T. Larson is in Pine City,
serving on the petit jury.
The annual sale of the Helping
Hand club was a success both finan-
cially and socially. After a short
program, VIM. Barnick sold the home
made articles and packages to the
highest bidder. A delicious 10 cent
lunch was served. The amount re-
ceived from the sale and lunch was
SOTO.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
THE FATAL FAILURE

Who is the man defeated
Upon the field of life?
Not he who falls in conflict
Within the surging strife,
But the unwounded skulker
Who aims with selfish thought,
To keep away from danger
The man who has not fought.
Who is the man defeated?
Not he who fails and falls
Leading earth's brave endeavors,
Storming life's frowning walls;
But he who fronts no danger,
Attempts no sacrifice,
Who never made a failure
Because he never tries.
Who is the man defeated?
Columbus in his cell?
Livingstone dying lonely?
Or Gordon when he fell?
Not these, 1.-The lost, the hopeless,
Those who have striven and died
The real and fatal failures
Are those who never tried.
Selected.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
COOLIDGE firm
ON WORLD COURT
Chief Executive Dedicates Kan
sas City War Memorial With
Plea For Peace

Kansas City. Mo.-President Cool
idge served formal notice here that
the United States would adhere to
the World Court only on the condi-
tions laid down by the senate.
The position of the chief executive.
who from the first of his administra-
ton had urged American membership
in the court, was made clear in an
Armistice day speech in which he dis
cussed world problems and called for
mally for the first time for conscrip-
ton of capital as well as man power
in time of war.
The address was in dedication of
the Liberty Memorial, erected by the
people of this city in memory of its
citizens who served in the World war.
It was delivered at the hour when
eight years ago the armistice went
into effect.
"a permanent court of international
justice has been established" the
President said in setting forth his po-
sition on the World Court, ito which
nations may voluntarily resort for an
adjudication of their differences. l
have advocated adherence to such a
court by this nation on condition that
the statute or treaty creating it be
amended to meet our views. The SEN
ate has adopted resolution for that
purpose.
while the nations involved cannot
yet be said to have made final de-
termination, and from most of them
no answer has been received, many Of
them have indicated that they are un.
willing to concur in the conditions
adopted by the resolution of the SEN
ate.
while no final decision can be
made by our government until final
answers are received the situation
has been sufficiently developed so that
l feel warranted in saying that l do
not intend to ask the senate to modify
its position"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
Fiuht For Lines in lava Revolt

Samarang, Java, Dutch East Indies
Dutch colonists of Java are fighting
for their lives against a widespread
uprising of savage tribes. A pitched
battle has been fought in the streets
of Batavia, capital of the Dutch East
Indies. The rebellion has bsen TO
mented by communists, with complete
overthrow of the Dutch regime as its
objective, according to reports re-
ceived here. One Dutch provincial
governor and his assistant are among
the known dead, slain by rebels when
the uprising broke out simultaneously
in widely separated parts of the Dutch
possessions. Native constabulary in
the Dutch service has suffered heavy
casualties. rHs~,r-~,-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
Pirates Loot Ship, Get $4,000

Hongkong Twenty-six pirates
boarded the French steamer Hanoi at
Kwangchouwan, south of here, shot
and killed a guard, ransacked the
steamer, robbed the passengers and
then abandoned the ship, taking $50,
600 worth of bullion, $4,000 in loot
from the passengers and large guam
tity of guns and ammunition, it was
learned here. The Hanoi, vessel OF
1000 tons, plies between Haiphong,
French Indo China, and Hongkong, by
way of Pakhai, southrn Kwangtung.>
The bullion was being shipped from
the maritime customs at Pakhoi to
Hongkong bank. After killing the
guard, the pirates tossed his body
overheard and proceeded to loot the
ship, encountering no further resist
ance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
GRAssTON SCHOOL NOTES
(By Little Willie.l

Vacation would be nicer if there
wasn't school the next day.
Pump-pump-pullaway is the cause
OF the dilapidated appearance of some
of us. fellows.
| hear the P. T. A. is going to get
more books for US. Hot SINUS!
Skating is still more or less of a
ticklish proposition.
Teacher: Change this sentence.
"The lions paw was injured. Pupil:
1.-THE lions father was injured"
We have touch of Scotch (the
race) with us in high school now.
The third and fourth grade room
is all dressed up and no place to go.
Heap big chief, Rain-in-the-face,
etc., now adorn the first grade sand
table.
Future Daniel Boones are in the
making, judging from the converse
lions among our trappers.
I wonder who invented educationa
Teacher: What is a stakeholder?
Johnnie: A man who owns cows!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
G. M. C. Divides $4,000, 900

New York-General Motors corpora
ton made generous distribution to
its stockholders aggregating $S4,S00,.
900 for the quarter, part of which was
an extra cash dividend of 81 share
on the common, payable in the first
week of the new year. This action
by the directors, said Alfred P Sloan,
Jr., president, was the best possible
evidence of its current business and
it's financial position, but it also ex
pressed the confidence of the direc
tors as to the future.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
CHICAGO Reds Heckle Queen

Chicago-Three hundred Commun
lists, carrying incendiary banners de,
rogating Queen Marie and the Ru-
manian government, injected into Chi.
cago's welcome to the queen a~feature
not included in the plans which she
approved for her reception. Greeted
with social and military pomp, Marie
swept through the packed encourse of
the Illinois Central station and into
the royal car to find in the background
of the welcoming throng members OF
the International Workers Defense
league, Haunting legends, papers and
handbills assailing her and the gov
eminent she represents.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18

fromIndiana Monday. They made the
trip as far as the Cities in two days.
While in the Twin Cities they visited
at the homes of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Whyttenbach, Jr., the Nelson's and
other friends. August says there is
no place like Minnesota for him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Stole are the
happy parents of baby boy, born
Nov. 6.
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meeting Monday evening. Let's a.

meeting Monday evening. Let's all
go.
1t is predicted that the we'll dressed
man for 1927 must have an athletic
silhouette. There are quite few
that will have to have their shoulders
padded then. Let us therefore fol-
low after the things which make for
peace, and things wherewith one may
edify another Romans 14:19.
ALI the worlds a stage, but a lot
of us must work behind the scenes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
FLEMING TOWNSHIP

Saggaus purchased Ford from
Mariharts, week or so ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Mcdonald, who
have been visiting at the Saggau
and st. Peter homes, returned to Glen
wood, Sunday evening.
Mrs. Max Market has been on the
sick list the past week but is much
improved now.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18

Do you know that you can take a
bus at the Union Depot and get off
at the door of the Lincoln Hotel, Min
neapolis? Fare is ten cents.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-11-18
Leavenworth Warden RESIGNS.

Washington-Warden w. l. Biddle
of Leavenworth penitentiary has re-
signed. Biddle's administration was
investigated last summer by the de-
partment and a new system of admin
istration was recently ordered.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

The hanging of Gerald Chapman
last Monday night at Weatherfields
Prison, Conn, was a CHASTITY affair.
If the newspaper reports of the af-
fair are true, the enormity of Chap
mans crime is obscured by the bru-
tally of his execution. To break the
neck of live man by this process is
bad enough, but to break the neck
of practically a dead man in Sec
ond jerk is british. 1t is these kinds
of scenes that are creating senti-
ment in favor of the abolition of cap
ital punishment.
Gerald Chapman deserves no SYM
patty, and it will be argued that he
got what he deserved, but the method
and mode of his taking off seems to
us to have been blot upon our civ
ilization. Even drowning or asphyxi-
alton would have been more humane.
We claim to be enjoying the bless
ing of modern civilization, but it
does seem that at times we have a
recurrent attack of a return to the
barbarities which were presumed to
have seen it's end in the centuries
which have passed.
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THE NEGRO IN THE NAVY.


The French have resolved to eIiiai-
nate Abd-etKrim as a disturbing
fSctor--unless he accepts peace
terms; giving ,guarantees-before the
visit Of, Mulai YIssef, Sultan of Mo
rocco,t to France i'm July next.
Atd-el-Krinf, taking advantage Of
she report Of the proposed trip to
France Of the Sultan, announces that
France will not permit him to return,
but will establish Morocco as re-
public under the rule Of an "infidel
president"
The weather now is dry and clear,
with moderate heat. 1t is the best
season of the year for military OPP
erations-
negotiations Admitted by Paris.
Paris.-The first official admission
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

that peace negotiations between the
French and Spanish and the Riff
fans are being made is contained in
a communique issued by the Foreign
Office this afternoon following a long
meeting by Premier BRAND, Minister
OF War Painleve, Governor General
Steeg, Marshall Petain and two tech
nical assistants.
Basically the conversations were
aimed at methods of Conducting the
military operations and realizing
peace" but the communique shows
that the ministers and the Moroccan
civil and military executives chiefly
discussed much narrower subject:
THE eventual opening of official
negotiations is developing under
good conditions" says the commu-
nique. Conversations which are
now taking place between emissaries
duly authorized by Abd-el-Krim and
representatives of the Spanish and
French governments are considered
as very serious and favorable results
are expected therefrom.""
The question naturally arises
where theFpesee negotiations are be-
ing held and who the duly accredited
representatives Of ,.Abd-ei-Krinn' are.
A clue may, be in the arrival
from Morocco Of General Sirnoss, who
. participated in today's council and
brought the "latest information" to
! the Premier and his collaborators.
This Is considered in Paris as evil
'dence that the negotiations are going
on ut Rsbat or another point of No
rocco between natice chieftains rep
resenting Abd-el-Krim and the Span
ish and French civil and military
STATS. Likewise it is considered pro OF
that Captain Gordon Canning 81 not
the duly authorized negotiator re-
), ferred to by the French commun;nue
and that the Rifians are negotiating
! on their own behalf.
p On the other hand, SO far as Cap
tain Canning is concerned, he actu-
ally does represent Abd-el-Krim in
view of the long letter he brought
cnnningiy couched in biblical Ian
glIage by the Riffian leader. But
there is not the slightest chance of
Z, Captain Canning obtaining recogni-
!:
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been marking time awaiting develop
;ments, has evidently chosen war. This
is, indicated by late dispatch firm
Rabat which tell Of q Riffian attack
this morning against French outposts.
These Dispatches say that Abd-el-
Krim is preparing an offensive on a
large scale. This time he appears to
be provided with airplanes manned
by experienced pilots, which have al
ready been met by French aviators
scouting over the Riff territory, al
though they have not ventured over
the French lines. The chieftain is re-
ported to be hoping to achieve local
successes OF the front SO that he may
obtain better peace terms than those
drawn up by the French and Spanish
at the Madrid conference last au-
tumn.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

Some of the black folks at the
Detroit meeting must have thought,
before the convention was over, that
Marcus Garvey had gotten out of the
Atlanta prison, if we are to Judge
by the method and manner in which
he controlled affairs there. Those
who expect to overthrow Garvey
either in this country or out OF it
will find out that they have mann
moth job on their hands. The only
way for the disgruntled elements to
+ do it to "start a hell of their own
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

Some young girls are "crazy" to
marry and some young men are de-
termined to say single, until they
come under the influence of the
young girls. Then comes the argu-
.nent that it is just as easy to take
care of two as it is to care for one
In this kind Of discussion, the young
.ster has no show. for the girl car
convince him. He proceeds to under
go hypnotic spell, from which HI
.awakens only after he is married
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

Some people believe in short cut
TO Zion. When they get to the end
of the line they will find the road
blocked and they will be required to
turn around and go the way marked
out in the Book of Life.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

and then, in disgust, he takes to
drink or to some substitute therefor.
AS for the girl, she usually finds
consolation with an indulgent
mother, who knew all about it be-
forehand. God help the rising gem
Grafton.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

Some people wonder at the inf
deity in the churches nowadays. This
is caused by inducing sinners to join
the church before they have been
truly regenerated and before they
have made up their minds to tread
the narrow path defined in the New
Testament.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

If you want to be turned out OF
some of these churches these days,
YOU speak up for the truth and the
right and be guided by the divine
teachings of the Holy Master. d.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

The ministerial profession is heav-
enly when it is regarded with awe
and respected with reverence by both
the pew and the pulpit.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

Some people do not like the United
States Of America and yet they will
not leave this country for fear that
when they get out they cannot get
back.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

Treating white people with respect
will lead to your treating colored
people the same way with no loss
of your self-respect in so doing.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

Prayer is all right, but you should
get your MIND, hands and feet in 2
condition to follow up those prayers
with Worthwhile" actions.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

When colored men improve their
own condition and increase their own
self-respect, they are making pro-
gress in the right direction.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-10

A person who will spend fifteen
dollars for frivolity has hard time
finding fifteen cents for the church.
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Be cheerful, although you find
yourself handicapped in so doing.

This may be "a white mans coun-
try" but the. Constitution of the
United States doesn't say so.