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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28

The local fire department was
called into action about 6:45 this
morning when Janitor Hans c.
Johansen spread the alarm, the
fire bell was banging away and
the telephone operator calling
village residents out. Within a
few minutes the department was
in working trim at the school
house ready for action but no one
knew where the fire was. At a
glance it could be seen that
smoke was coming from the flat
roof on the new building. Access
to the roof was finally gained
through the attic and upon close
investigation it was found that
the smoke" was coming from a
small ventilator and that it was
formed by the warm air mixing
with the cold moist air, as the
thermometer registered about 80
degrees below zero. Announce
-ment by the fire chief that it
was false alarm came almost as
a disappointment to the crowd
that had gathered but they went
home good naturally and thank
full that it was so.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28
FREE DISTRIBUTION
OF YEARBOOK, 1913

Congressman Godfrey G. Good.
win has sent me a small guam
tity of books entitled "Yearbook
of the Department of Agricul.
ture, 1919, and asked that | dis
tribute these to parties inter
ested.
This book of a little over 500
pages on good white paper has
been printed by the government
and is distributed free of charge.
1t contains many interesting
facts and suggestions on farming
compiled by the department of
agriculture. A few of the sub
jects are as follows: Report of
the Secretary; factors of eff
cheney in farming; promising
new fruits; health laws; valuable
birds; practical tree surgery;
economic waste from soil erosion;
grain sorghums; statistics; etc.
The books are now at the post
office and anyone desiring one
may have it for the asking.
Askov Postmaster.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28

We are bound to maintain pu-
bile liberty and, by the example
of our own systems to convince
the world that order and law,
religion and morality, the rights
of conscience, the rights of per-
sons and the rights of property,
may all be preserved and secured
in the most perfect manner, by
a government entirely and purely
elective. If we fail in this, our
disaster will be signal and will
furnish an argument stronger
than has yet been found, in sup
port of those opinions which
maintain that government can
rest safely on nothing but
power and coercion.-Daniel
Webster.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28
CALIFORNIA LETTER

May 1 take this means to
thank you for the many nice
things that have appeared in the
columns of your paper about my
efforts in Askov, and to extend
greetings to my many friends.
| realize this acknowledgement
is somewhat delayed, but you
know how it is-while one is
in process of readjustment ones
frame of mind is not conducive
to writing and after one begins
work, one becomes too busy.
My vacation period was quite
short, for after a few interviews,
filling of blanks, kilograms and
special trips to Los Angeles, I
was admitted into the closely
guarded shrine of the school
teaching profession in Southern
California, and assigned to the
Pasadena high school. and junior
college. My father and / are
located at $50 North Greenwood,
Pasadena, where we will always
be glad to welcome any of the
Askov folks who may venture
into this part of the country.
The several letters describing
California that have appeared in
the American are most interest
ing. The letter of the Jensen
boys reminds me of the story of
the three blind men who went
to see the elephant. One felt the
elephants tail and decided the
animal was like rope. The
second felt his side and con-
Guided he resembled a wall while
the third grasped one leg and
was firmly convinced that the
elephant was most like a tree.
The three bad warm argument
when they came together to dis
cuss their impressions Of an
elephant. One can sympathize
fully with the boys in their i'm
preston of the desert. The
giant cacti are indeed grew
some looking things, standing
out alone in the barren waste
like the ghosts of traffic police
men, raising their skeleton arms
to warn one to go no further,
The country from Salt Lake is
rough, rugged and desolate.
However, viewed through the
plate glass of a swiftly gliding
pullman these things do not af-
feet one deeply, and when the
train drops suddenly into this
valley of palm trees and orange
groves, the contrast is most
striking and most pleasing. 1t
is too bad the Jensen boys upon
reaching Los Angeles, could not
have stopped long enough to get
square meal and to look around
bit. I'm sure they would
have added new and interest
ing chapter to their story OF
California.
My arrival in Pasadena aroused
much less attention than my
farewell from Askov. | lost no
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28
ASKOV

Henry Hyldahl was in Duluth
a couple of days last week seek
ing medical attention.
Banker Barstow and Senator
Larson. of Sandstone, were bust
ness callers in Askov Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Ravnholt
and son, Thorkild, who are at
present staying in Minneapolis.
have rented the J. P. Miller farm,
a mile north of town, and. will
farm there this year, taking pos
session in the spring.
A crowd of between 80 and 100
people were out to attend the
parent-teachers meeting Friday
evening which was addressed by
John C. Wright, special repre-
sentative of the Minnesota State
Prison at Saltwater. Mr.. Wright
gave a good and instructive talk
but time and space does not per-
NIT of review: Likely it will be
given next week.
About 60 people were in at
tendance at the Farm Bureau and
cow testing meeting held in the
town hall Tuesday afternoon and
which was addressed by E. A..
Hanson of the extension division
of the Minnesota College of
Agriculture. Mr.. Hanson gave
an instructive talk and laid stress
on the importance of continual
cow testing. He argued that it
is not enough to have the records
of COWS for one or two years but
the testing must be kept up if it
is to reap real benefit. Mr.. Han
son brought along the new tester
for the Askov Cow Testing As
ISOLATION. His name is Ardivan
Lewis and he is a young man
from Barnum who has had train
ing at the University Farm. He
started out on his new job here
yesterday. Geo. O. Jorgensen is
with him on the route until Feb.
LIST when he takes complete
charge.
The local rural mail carriers
are blowing through snow drifts
nearly every day and under such
conditions a little cooperation
from the patrons is heartily ap-
preciated by them. This cooper
alton is quite general along route
No. 2, C. M. Nelson reports, but
at five different points he has to
cut in through the fields and
through farm yards on account of
the road being blocked, this is
permissible in his case but it can
not be expected that public
travel can follow this course and
therefore it is hoped that the
roads will be cleared. Along
route No. 1 Anker M. Simonsen
reports that two Of his patrons,
Carl P. Nielsen and Damgaard
Thygesen, are exceptionally ac-
comodating in keeping the roads
past their places open and both
places are bad for drifting; their
efforts are very much appreci-
ated. The law requires that the
road be kept passable and that
5 the snow be cleared away from
each box so the carrier can put
the mail into the box without
leaving his vehicle. There are a
number Of boxes where the car
riers have to get out and at such
places the patrons are hereby re-
quested to kindly look after that.
Postmaster, Askov
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28

the association will be held at.
the farm February 9, 10 and II.
Not only we'll drillers but far.
mers and any others who plan
to put in new wells or water
systems are invited to the meet
ing. Three men from the Uni
versity Of Minnesota are on the
program, and an attorney at law
will explain 'The Lien Laws,
How They Affect the Well Drill
ers.''
William Boss, chief of the divi-
sion of agricultural engineering
of the university, will be toast
master at the annual banquet,
and it is now expected that D. B.
Mienzer of the United States
Geological Survey will be the
principal speaker.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28

AS we get it, the European
nations would be willing to pay
their debts to the United States
if they could borrow more than
enough money from the United
States to pay them with.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28
WE'LL DRILLERS LIKE
TO MEET AT gu" FARM

Three years ego Minnesota
we'll drillers organized a state
association, at University Farm,
St. Paul, and have since held all
their annual meetings there.
Announcement is now made that
the fourth annual convention of
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28

Stranger represent a so
ciety for the suppression of pro-
family. / want to take the pro-
family entirely out of your life"
Jones Hey, mother! Here's
a man who wants to buy our
car. -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28
ASKOV MARKETS

Butter, creamery, per 10. so. 46
Eggs, per doz. ............ .27
Eggs, Askov Brand Selects,
per dozen ............. 30
Chickens, under 81 lbs, per
ID. .15
Chickens, 3I-4 lbs, per ID. .15
Chickens, over4 lbs, perlb. 20
Potatoes. per cwt. 2.9O
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28

We often wonder why they
don't have Wrong Number down
In the book among the WIS, so
we could get it even more
promptly.-Ohio State Journal.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-28
HERDS AVERAGING
OVER Is LBS. B. F

The following table gives the
names of owners and records of
herds in the Askov Cow Testing AS
sociation which have produced more
than an average of 25 lbs. butterfat
per COW during the period of 81
days ending Dec. 81, 1925.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
Lettuce.

Lettuce is not just Ii trimming TO
be used as a parking place for a dab
of food. 1t is not just color scheme
in the salad. 1t is really a sensible
food containing the essential mineral
salts of lime, iron and vitamins A, B
and is chock full of vitamin G. An
absence or deficiency of vitamin G is
now known to be the cause of scurvy.
1t is a vitamin easily destroyed by
cooking or drying. 1t is markedly
present in lettuce soup and some few
people boil lettuce. but the best way
is to use it raw in salad.
Lettuce contains cellulosee, furnish
Ng bulk to overcome constipation. 1t
is not fattening and the overstout can
eat lettuce freely. But the fat man
must not dress his lettuce with olive
oil. for that adds a fattening quality.
The diabetic can eat lettuce. Persons
in the fat class can season lettuce
with lemon juice only or can use a
mineral oil French dressing or may
OnnaiSe.
Lettuce should be crisp. not wilted-
looking, like dank seaweed. A head
Of lettuce can be cleaned without
breaking the leaves apart. Immedi-
ately on delivery from the market
hold the head under gently running
water and allow the water to flush
the leaves open until 1t looks like a
big green rose. Then, turn it stem end
up for few minutes. draining off the
water. Put II on the ice in clean
piece of cheese cloth or a paper bag.
1t will be crisp and ready for use
when needed. The leaves can be
broken apart, or, If the hear is small
Evening star., 1926-08-21
Summertime
BY D.. C. PEATTIE.
Heal.All.

America and Europe share very few
plants in common. considering that
they are both in the north temperate
zone. But one plant that is found In
both continents is the little heai-all,
one of the commonest plants Of wood
ands. fields, roadsides. lawns and va
cant lots. and certainly the common
est of all the mint family. There does
not seem to be a place where 1t Will
not grow except deserts and swamps; L
have seen 1t on high mountain tops as
plentifully as on Washington lawns.
1t takes the name Of heal-all from It's
mythologically medicinal properties.
Why 1t also is called carpenters 8 weed
is beyond a guess. Its botanical name
of Prunella is not derived from the
name Of some long forgotten lady. but
from a medieval Latin name, Brunella,
which in turn was merely in Latiniza-
ton of Brauhn, an old German word
for bronchitis. which this weed was
supposed to heal.
One of the clearest cases of evoiu-
ton that l know of can be made out
for real-all. 1t is normally plant S
to 10 inches high. slender. with a
long spike of flowers. But when II In
vaded lawns and had to submit to the
lawnmower. 1t was in danger of never
blooming at all. Consequently. it has
there utterly changed form. and never
grows more than two inches tall.
Towering right on the ground in
little compact mat.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
Clues to Character
Broad Heads Rule.
BY J. O. ABERNETHY.

Animals with broad heads rule the
Jungle and the forest. AS the Hon Is
the king of beasts and the eagle the
king of birds, SO is the broad head the
king of men.
All broad heads are fighters. whether
they inhabit field, forest or streams.
Eagles, hawks and falcons are fighting
birds. Bulldogs are canine fighters.
Lions, tigers and leopards are fight
ing beasts. Whales and sturgeon are
fighting fish.
Every one of these animals. beasts.
birds and fish are wide between the
ears, and no one can doubt that they
are fighters. Visualize some animal
with narrow heads that we know are
not natural fighters, as the sheep. the
rabbit and the greyhound. Narrow
heads are preyed upon by wide heads
everywhere.
They are liberty loving, aggressive,
forceful and dominating. All great
warriors were wide between the ears,
so were all statesmen, executives and
leaders. You will find that broad
heads rule business. the professionals
and. the sports. And did YOU ever see
prize fighter that was narrow be-
tween the ears?
Ask him questions. but do not at
tempt to make up his mind for him,
for he will resent it. 1nduct him to
express opinions for this appeals to
him. He is accustomed to give his
views and have them accepted as
facts.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
BEAUTY IHAlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES.

germs between them, and helps pre-
serve them. 1t also bleaches and helps
kill hairs on the lips and chin. and
particularly the light fuZZ growing
above the lip, which sometimes makes
an ugly dark shadow above the mouth.
You should have a small orangewood
stick with d shaped piece of pumice at
one end. These are cents each. |
think, and are useful. for one thing.
for rubbing down ridges on the finger
nails, and. for another. for wearing off
dead cuticles around the nail edges
and also for taking tartar from the
teeth If you use il for this purpose.
dip the pumice in lemon juice before
rubbing II on the teeth.
Keep a small bottle of tincture of
myrrh handy. too, and rinse the mouth
frequently with this. Use enough in a
quarter glass of water to make a milky
solution. This prevents tartar. at least
10 a great extent. Keep zinc and sui
phur ointments within reach the first
bleaches the skin and cures eruptions,
the last is for dandruR or pimples.
Evening star., 1926-08-21

Cots can be made genuine decOra-
tive features in chambers. Here is a
hint for the girl who wishes to deco
rate IA room beautiful. She does not
need to have a handsome bedStead.
She can transform SO inexpensive a
thing as an ordinary cot into some
thing so artistic that it fills the same
place as such a bed in the scheme of
beauty.
The only thing that this transfer
nation requires besides the trimming
is a shelf fastened to the wall in
position just above the cot. This
forms the nucleus for a canopy, and
is the secret Of the arrangement. If
she is handy with tools, she can put
up the shelf herself. 1t should be at
least IA inches wide. and 1t may be
as much as IS inches wide and trifie
longer than the cot cover which it is
placed. The height of the shelf from
the cot depends upon the height Of
the ceiling in the chamber. but it
should be of the same approximate
height as the canopy of an old-fash-
toned bedstead--that is. it should be
considerably higher than an adults
head-so high, in fact, that even the
tallest person could not see the top
Of it.
Curtains. Valances and Spread.
The shelf should now be covered
on the under side with a decorative
material and to each side gathered
curtains should be tackled. While
across the front there should be a
deep valance. The curtains should
reach to the floor. The canopy is
now complete.
The cot should be dressed To match
this canopy The entire spread can be
of the identical fabric or merely the
valance portion. while the top of the
coverlid can be of a plain material
that matches some one in the decora-
tive fabric that you wish to stress IN
the color scheme of the room. Printed
linen. cretonne or dainty printed cam
bric that is enjoying a vogue today
can be used for the figured fabric.
Or IA plain mercerized sateen can De
used with dainty white dotted or
other figured muslin overcurtalns
and valances. This latter trimming
for the canopied cot requires a dainty
Evening star., 1926-08-21
EAT AND BE HEALTHY
Dinah Days Daily Talks on Diet
The Right Food Is the Best Medicine

and compact. 1t can be quartered and
served as hearts of lettuce. Romaine
belongs to- the lettuce family.
1t is said that Augustus Ceasar was
very fond of lettuce and once thought
that it's use was responsible for hts
recovery from serious illness. He
was so pleased that he erected
statue and dedicated an altar 10 It.
The account does not say what form
the statue took. But the housewife
can use her artistry i'll composing
salad of lettuce and anything else In
the iceboX. She will not only delight
the eye of the family, but will be sup
plying them with an essential food.
w. b. S.-What causes gas in the
inteStines?
A. Undigested protein (meat. eggs.
beans, etC.) will cause gas in the intes-
tines To avoid this condition use
little protein and avoid constipation
by proper diet
Miss J. K.--I am stout: can I eat
toa sted white bread. or is II fattening?
A. 1t is Eat instead of white bread
either gluten or whole wheat bread
or bran mullins IN great moderation.
l.. B.-When one Is on a reducing
diet can candy and pastry be taken
occasionally?
A. Candy and pastry are fatteninE
foods If you are trying to reduce.
you should not eat them at all. Alb
stinence from any food soon causes
the appetite TO lose all desire for that
particular food. Every time you fall
off YOUR diet 1t is only that much
harder to return.
READERS desiring personal answerS 70
their questions should send self-addressaI
stamped envelope 70 Dinsh DAY. care OF The
Star Diet and Food Bureau.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
WRC-RadiO Corporation of America
l1fR MnterSl

> p.m.-Semi-fina matches OF the
women's national singles tennis cham
ponships at Forest Hills. y. Y. broad
cast Jointly with VIZ. New York
$40 p.m.-Bible talk by Chaplain T..
l.. AckiSs. L. :. ~. under the auspices
of the Organized Bible Class Associa-
ton
$50 p.m.--Base ball scores.
pm Irving BOernStein Hotel
Washington Orchestra.
20 p.m.-\ew York philharmonic
concert Frederick Stock. conductor.
broadcast with stations WIZ and
WGY from the LewiSohn Stadium in
New York.
Program follows:
Overture, Russian and I.udmilla.
Glinka
"symphony No. >" in E minor.
Rachmaninoff
The Sorcerer's Apprentice" Dukas
Symphonic Poem No. / The Spinning
Wheel Of Omphale." OPP. No. 81.
Saint -Saens
Concert Waltz No. ." Op. IL.
Glazounow
Htirst time at stadiumD
$50 pm.-treddic Rich and his Ho.
to- Nst"r Orchestra. broadcast with
station VIZ from New York.
1880 Maurice Jarvis. dramatic
readings
II to - p.in.-Orcan recital by Otto
i. Beck broadcast from Crandall's Tiv.
oil Theater.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
ORCHESTRA TOEND
/ SERIES ON RADIO
Philharmonic Will Be Follow
/ ed by Dance Program and
|. Readings on WRC.

The New York Philharmonic Orches
ira. will make it's final radio appear
AnCe with Frederick Stock. conductor
of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
It's guest conductor in concert to be
bros dcast tonight by stations WRC.
WIZ and WGY, beginning at 7:25
o'clock.
In its program tonight the Philhar-
monic will play Rachmanioff's sym
phony No. in + Minor. a tone poem
OF Paul Dukas. The Sorcerer's APP
prentice" and The Spinning Wheel
of Omphale." by Saint -Saens. The
concert viii be opened with the over
ture and Russian "Ludmilla. >" by
Glinka. and will be concluded with the
Concert Waltz No. =" by Glazounow,
which will be played for the first
time at the stadium.
The second program of dance music
Will be offered WRC's listeners to-
night by Freddie Rich and his Hotel
Astor Orchestra. from New York
city. The dance music will follow the
Philharmonic concert
Heading the Washington entertain
ment on WRCs program will he a
group of selective readings by
Maurice JARVIS. heard on the air in
the past in performances with the
WI;C players and the Arts club
players
Dinner music viii be PLAYED by
Irving Boernstein's Hotel Washington
Orchestra beginning at o'clock. and
late organ recital ty otto +. Beck.
from ! to midnight.
Edward Griffith and his entertainers
In vocal and instrumental selections
Will feature the broadcast tonight Of
station WMAL. Another attraction
Will be Billy Gedney and Bernice Dor
sey in popular numbers.
Evening star., 1926-08-21
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WAL

room, one in which everything else
has the same exquisiteness. 1t would
be charming if you had old mahog
any furniture. or maple in quaint
style. 1t should not be used with
painted furniture. nor in room
where the furnishings are distinctly
modern.
Bed With High HeadbOard.
If you have an old-fashioned bed
stead with a very high headboard. the
same decorative scheme can be car
ried out as that used for the canopied
cot The shelf can be fastened to the
wall and just escape the headbOard.
Or. if the headboard is heavy, the
shelf may be fastened to it and then
the covering for the semi-canopy and
for the bed be made to match as de-
scribed.
Modified Magnificence.
Canopied bedsteads were at one
time magniflciently dressed in rich
brocade and costly silks often gilt
tering with gold and silver threads.
They We're not the dainty and attrac-
tive features that are seen in cham
bers today. They We're elegant, mas
sive, marvels of cabinet workers skill
and decorators artistry. These were
actually beds OF state from which
potentates received their chosen
friends. We bark back to these as
models for decorative treatment in
our canopied cots, but instead of be-
ing ponderous affairs we make them
beautiful in a lighter way. In our
modern heated chambers the heavy
curtains are not needed for protection
against drafts. The hangings
should not be enough to keep out any
fresh air. but merely be charming in
decoration
Evening star., 1926-08-21
Some Useful Hints.

Here are a few remedies which YOU
should keep handy in your medlcine
or beauty cabinet. | am assuming thaI
Won have the ordinary stock of anti
septics. laXatives and ordinary house
hold remedies This list is r1-ostlN FOR
beautjfyinS purposes.
one thing YOU want is a small Don
of charcoal tablets. These are good
for a bad breath, and also for tenn
porary gaseous condition of the stom-
ach. You want, also, small box o
sulphur tablets These are very rdxa-
tive, but they are excellent blood
purifiers. and they will make the com
plexion beautifully clear and peach
like after a few days use. They may
bring on pimples for the first day or
SO. because they upset the system
when they begin To act on il.
You want a bottle of peroxide of
hydrogen. Diluted half and half with
water this bleaches the teeth. kills