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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07
PIONEERS CELEBRATE
SILVER WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. G. LindstrOm
Welded Only Few Miles From
Place Of Celebration, on New

Years Eve.
About sixty relatives and
friends gathered at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles G. Lind
strom, midway between Askov
and Bruno, New Years eve to
help them celebrate their silver
wedding. 1t came as a complete
surprise to them, but the guests
received a hearty welcome, and
the occasion was most enjoy
able one.
Flowers were worn by the
honored couple in memory of the
happy event of twenty-five years
ago, and Mrs. Lindstrom looked
very bride-like in the wedding
dress she wore on that occasion.
Axel Berg, a student from the
Augustana Lutheran seminary at
Rockford, ILL.,, who had taken
charge of the church services at
Oak Lake, Bruno, and Wilstad,
during the holidays, was present
and held a short service
during the evening, consisting
of a short talk, the sing
ing Of hymns, and a period of five
minutes Of silent prayer as the
New Year was ushered in. It
was very impressive and will
long be remembered by those
present.
We'll filled baskets had been
brought by the guests, and after
all had partaken of the bounte-
GUS contents the theological stu
dent presented Mr.. and Mrs.
Lindstrom with a purse as a
token of esteem and friendship
from those present. They were
also presented with some silver
ware presents and flowers.
The wedding of Is years ago
took place at the home Of Mrs.
Lindstrom,s parents the Hogan
Hoganson homestead in the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07
THIEVERY. AT WILLOW RIVER

w. H. Hogan, AZ, a farmer liv-
ing near Barnum, was caught in
the act of stealing from the Ar
thur Thompson grocery store in
Willow River, early last Friday
morning. He was taken before
Justice Stephan at Pine City for
a preliminary hearing, bound
over to District Court and in de-
fault of $1,000 bonds was COM
nitted to the Washington coun-
ty Jail. He pleaded not guilty,
admitted being in the store, but
insisted that he did not break the
window. Hogan is a bachelor
and apparently was very drunk,
out celebrating the New Year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07
MRS. Ollie OLESEN
FUNERAL is HELD
Died Following Lingering Illness
After Operation for
~GOiter.

| WmI6 not unexpected OH de-
count of her serious illness the
past few weeks, the news of the
death of Mrs. Ollie Olesen at the,
Northwestern hospital, Minnea-
polls, Monday, came as a great
shock to the Askov community.
she being young woman in her
best years and the mother of
four children.
| About seven weeks ago Mrs.
Olesen went to Minneapolis to
be operated. After a weeks
stay at the hospital the operation
was performed and she was ap-
parently doing well when sudden
ly on Dec. g about two weeks
after the operation she was Ia
ken violently i'll and became un-
conscious. She remained in that
state, or practically unconscious,
until the end came nearly four
weeks later and relieved her of
the suffering and great struggle
she had made. With the excep-
ton of two or three days, her
husband was at the bedside con-
tinually during the four weeks.
A sister, Mrs. Roy Browning of
Minneapolis, was also at the
bedside when the final summons
came, just after midnight, at
1920 a. m. Monday. Pneumonia
broncho was given as the final
cause of death by hospital sur
geons.
I Lille Fannie Marie Clement
Olesen was born on May %, 1883,
near Ord, Nebr., where she grew
to womanhood and was later mar
ried to James Olesen. The farni-
| ly came to Askovin 1912 and she
has lived here since except for
two years 1917 and 19l8Ewhen
they were back in Nebraska.
Two children were born to this
union Fred, Is, and MILFORD, 10.
Her first husband died in 1919,
during the Influenza epidemic.
Four years ago she was married
to Ollie Olesen. Two girls have
been born to this union Fife,
8, and Delphia, 2.
Besides the four children and
husband Mrs. Olesen also leaves
to mourn her early demise five
sisters and two brothers, given
here in point of age: Mrs. Will
Worm, Harry and Elliot Clement,
all of Ord, Nebr., Mrs. Ralph
Flynn, Seattle, Wash; Mrs. Will
lOlesen and Mrs. Fred Olesen,
Askov; and Mrs. Roy Browning,
Minneapolis. All but Mrs. Worm,
Harry Clement and Mrs. Flynn
are here to attend the funeral
Mrs. Olesen's parents died many
years the father about Is
years ago and the mother a few
years previous to that. Several
aunts and uncles, living princi-
|pally in Nebraska, also survive.
Mrs. Olesen was of bright
and cheerful disposition with a
kind word and helping hand for
neighbors and friends. 1t is
doubly sad when a death occurs
at that age and the mother is
taken away from those little tots
who need her tender and loving
care.
The funeral services are being
conducted this afternoon Thurs
day. from the local Danish Luth-
eran church, Rev. S. D. Rodholm
delivering the funeral sermon.
Interment will be in the local
cemetery and the pallbearers are
Carl Miller, Conrad Christensen,
Ludwig Madsen, A. Henriksen,
julius Slot and Chris Eriksen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07
AsKov PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY JANUARY 4 1926

Svensk Filmindustri in Stock
holm, and is planning to show an
extensive series of pictures du-
ring the season beginning next
September.
A scandinavian Chair.
At. the present time move
ment to have scandinavian
chair established at the Univer-
sity of California is engaging
general attention in that state.
The movement is said to have
originated with a group of Da-
nish California societies, and the
initial subscriptions, amounting
to $500, have come from the same
source. Of the $500 students at
the university more than 900 are
of Scandinavian birth or descent.
1t is the goal of the sponsors of
the movement to raise $125, 900
to insure the permanencyN of the
chair.
One Hundred Years Old.
Mrs. Inga Bustad of Astoria,
Ore, last week celebrated her one
hundredth birthday anniversary;
she was born in Trondhjem, Nor
way and came to the United
States forty years ago. She is the
oldest resident of Clatsop county,
and also the oldest member of
the Presbyterian church In Asto-
ria; on her birthday a throng of
friends from near and far
gathered in her honor.
"POlonia, Restituta".
DR.. Alfred J. Pearson, at the
present time United States min
lister to Finland, and formerly
United States minister to Poland,
has just been honored by the
Polish government by being
awarded the highest rank of the
Polonia Restituta order in recog-
milton of his services in cement
| ing the friendship between Amer
lea and Poland. DR.. Pearson,
who is ID native of Landskrona,
Sweden, was for fifteen years
head of the modern languages
department at Drake University,
Des MONIES, Iowa; a few, years
ago he. was appointed minister to
Poland and since then has re-
manned in the diplomatic service.
New York Gets the Blame.
The fact that there are now
about $4,000 unemployed in Den
mark, is by some newspapers IN
that country ascribed to the
heavy New York speculation
which for some time has gone on
in the field of Danish exchange.
The Danish situation illustrates,
experts point out, how, under
favorable circumstances, power
full groups of financiers can hold
small European countries at ran
som.
A Surplus.
At the present time an inter
esting controversy is engaging
the attention of the Norwegian
American newspaper public be-
cause no decision has yet been
made as to what is to be done
with the $4,000 surplus left by
the Centennial in the Twin Cities
last summer. Published suggest
ions range all the way from a
memorial fund to be administered
by the Norwegian-American Hi
tstorical association, to loan Offices
established for needy Norwegians
in America; also, some writers
insist that the Norwegian Luth-
eran church in Minneapolis Ia
congregation where Norwegian is
used exclusively benefit by the
surplus, or at least by a part of
it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07
JOB PRINTING

We areyequipped to- do your job
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and see samples. Our type IS of
the latest design and the printing
is up-to-date.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-07

A little news item may not
seem important to you, yet the
general public wants to read it
Telephone or write the American
about it.
You invariably miss good bar
gains if you don't read the ADJ
and take advantage of them
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
COMING EVENTS

oct 9-Resuia@ meeting of Maine
State Hand Engine League, Inc. at
Thomaston. p NJ
Oct. S-9-State convention League Of
Women Voters, Columbia Hotel,
Portland
Oct. 12-Great Council of Maine. I'M
proved Order of Red Men, holds
State session in Auburn.
Oct 15-Maine trials for international
music contests at Auburn.
Oct 21-Bates College Cambridge
University debate at Portland.
Oct. 22-23-Cumberland county con
test Boys and Girls Agricultural
Clubs, Portland
Oct 23-Franklin county contest.
Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs,
Pennington.
Oct 22-24-State CHRISTIAN Endeavor
Convention, Headquarters. Lewiston
United Baptist church.
Oct 2S-29-Maine Teachers Associa-
ton convention at Bangor.
Oct. 30-All Hallows Eve.
Nov. Maine special primaries for
L. S. Senator.
Nov 7-t3-American Education week
Nov 10-20-National Grange meeting
at Portland
Nov. 29-Maine special election for U.
s Senator.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

Something over one year ago
Edgar Savage of Pennington de-
sirous of some better stock went out
and began to look around for it.
He had been keeping on his farm
pure bred Jerseys but while they are
good cattle his were not of the sort
that made him think he was getting
ahead and he determined to try
Guernseys as the right sort, of stock
for him. After looking around z
little and viewing the herds of his
own and some in adjacent counties
he bought three cows of belmont
Norton of North New Portland al
though his intention had been to
purchase but one. Then he had the
opportunity to get a couple OF cows
in trade for some Jerseys and
made the exchange forthwith. Then
one day he found a good heifer calf
and added that one to the collection.
With so many females a herd sire
seemed to be necessary and in due
time he ran across one that had
been purchased for his own herd by
Ralph s. Norton of Portland ana
that had been used in the herd OF
the late DR.. H. NJ Moulton of Cum
berland Center. This bull a two
year old named Glencairne Dixie
Chief that had been bred at Judge
Chichester's famous Glencairne Farm
in West Virginia and paid the price
necessary to become his owner. He
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
TELLING SEX or
DAY-OLD CHICKS

BY Tar the most surprising and in
terestlng theory is one which was
nrSt brought to my attention last
spring The method is as follows:
rake the chick by the back of the
neck with two fingers and hold 1t up
male chick, any breed, will drop its
legs and female will draw them up
close to the body. This seems so ridi-
culously easy, almost primitive, that
! at once began to make tests and
nave been genuinely surprised with
The success of this simple method,
Tor IT seemed to prove up" in a great
majority OF cases.
However, 7 found II better and
surer TO grasp the chick by the feet
and let 1t hang down. The male chick
VIII hang limp or extended. while the
female chick will struggle and draw
the. head and body up toward the feet.
My own tests of it this season have
failed in only one case out of over
50 chicks under observation
1T is a method that requires only
an instant of time and no great
knowledge or skill II it works cor
rectly with even IS per cent of the
chicks it is valuable, because the
novice can use it as well as the more
experienced breeder and it will work
as well with one breed as another.
Such method, with the added check
of comb, leg and head conformation
| and the color distinction. ought to
enable anyone to tell the sex of day
| old chicks successfully."-P Poultry
! Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
NEW SHARON

special meeting OF Excelsior
Pomona Grange was held at Farm
ington. Wednesday afternoon and
evening. A number of the members
Of New Sharon Grange attended.
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Head and
son. Arden of Arson were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. &. A.
Knapp.
Mr.. and Mrs. William White are
receiving congratulations over the
birth of a son, born Thursday. Sept.
so.
George Folsom. who is employed
in Pennington. was at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Knapp. a few
days this week.
The Misses Gladys and Alice Dunn
of Pennington. We're week-en guests
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. \.
Dunn.
Miss Blanche Furber is i'll follow
ing an operation for the removal of
tonsils, and unable to attend to her
studies at the Pennington Normal
School
Miss Eta Gordon suffered an i'll
turn last Thursday. but is improv-
ing at this writing.
The Ladies Guild of the Con-
gregational church met with Miss
Mary Paul Thursday afternoon
The Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E.
Church met at the home of Mrs.
Elmer E. Price. Friday afternoon.
Friends in town of Lewis Porter
of Pennington. formerly of this
town, will be sorry to learn that he
broke his arm while crankins his
car last Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
FALL PLANTING OF
SWEET PEAS

FAN planting Of sweet peas IL be-
coming moro and more q well-recog-
nized garden practice Of value, chief
iy because the ground isn't in shape
10 work when they should be planted
IN the spring, which is about the mid
die Of March, around st. Patrick's
day. The sweet pea Is q cool-weather
flower and must be planted early
either in the open ground, in q frame
or in the house to give full crop of
bloom before hot weather induces the
red spider which usually proves death
10 the sweet pea.
Fall-planted seeds are not put into
the ground until the last possible mo-
ment before the ground freezes. They
are then planted deeply, about three
inches. and given a good heavy mulch
which is taken off as soon as frost is
out Of the ground and a portion of
the earth carefully removed from the
seed row. leaving the seed to gerni-
nate In the bottom OF trench to be
filled in as the vines advance in order
to bury the roots so that they will be
kept cool.
II fall sowing has not been tried,
an experiment with a packet OF seed
will show how it Is done and take
away part Of the spring work. Spade
ply Of pulverized sheep manure and
bone meal.
The best type OF sweet pea for fall
sowing is the early-fowered Spencer
type for the early . crop of bloom.
Many gardeners place board length
wise Of the row where sweet peas are
planted to keep off the snow and rain.
Water standing on the seed row is
likely to rot the seeds. The seed bed
should be in a well-drained portion
of the garden.
These early-planted sweet peas
make fine sturdy plants and give
considerable start over seed planted
when the ground can be worked in
the spring. With a spring Of normal
temperature. the sweet peas should be
in full flower by late May or early
June, and continue until the hot
weather sets in in earnest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
JEFFERSON

SOUTHERN. ]. E. Whitmore
closed his labors with the churcn
SUNDAY. and returned to his home at
Hampden Thursday.
The annual Harvest supper WIN
be held in the vestry, THURSDAY
evening. Oct. 14th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Duston ana
two sons. Donald and Kenneth OF
Hampstead, \. H.. visited at A. W.
Jeans. Wednesday and THURSDAY
Herbert Hilton and sister Minnie
of Woods Hole, Mass. are vlsitlhs
relatives and friends in the place. !.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Holland or
West Somerville. Mass and Mrs.
Mildred Cronkhite of Bethel, Yer
mont are visiting Mr. and Mrs. .,
P. Hilton.
Manley Russell has returned from
Woods Hole. Mass, where he has
been employed this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Glidden have
moved to the home of p. A. Shepperd
where they have employment for the
winter
Rev. f. J. Hale will supply the
pulpit next Sunday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

was then equipped for showing and
with a little brushing up was able
to take all the first prizes at Frank
lin county fair where he competed
except where he was in competition
against his own animals when he
won first and second and also secur-
ed the four specials that were offer
ed. There were five full herds
shown last year but Mr.. Savage was
an easy first and this year there
was no herd to oppose him. There
was a good amount of competition
in other classes but he was uni
formly first except in senior heifer
calves to which ne lost out on junior
champion female.
In the two years of showing at
this small county fair he has won
in two years well up TO 5000 and has
sold a couple ofyoune bulls in the
mean time. II takes some time to
get a really good show herd but the
nucleus of one il here and may be
found in a year OF two in more ann
bilious company.
Mr.. Savage's stock is so well re-
garded that already his neighbors.
breeders of pure bred Guernseys are
buying sons of Glencairne Dixie
Chief to head their herds which is
an indication that thus far good
pure bred cattle pay and there is
also some satisfaction In owning
them.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09
Woman State Inspectors
Successes Many-FOld

Mrs. Alice Curtice Moyer.T
serving her fifth year as Ir85
Inspector Of the state of NhI
Mrs. Wing was appointed 10 haa
State Department Of industrial
spection in Marcl, 1921. She !
first woman in the state %
a distinct state department d
executive and TO act as a nd
of the Governors Cabinet, and !
the first in the country to u
such position. Last year
Wing was re-appointed 70
another four year term as Indgi
Inspector.
Among the Iignal success
Mrs. Wing 5 stewardship Of be
partment are the decrease Of .
trial accidents. the decrease IN
hour law violations. the decrea'
child labor, and the enforcena
the occupational disease law,
a strict enforcement by
Wings department of the child
law has taken many Missouri
dren out Of sweat shops ami
tories and sent them to school
statewide decrease in child
during her administration is
conservatiVely at Is per cent
ing the same period child .iaca
been on the increase in almost
other state in the Union,-Na
Viewpoint Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-09

pairs of oxen or steers on every
Maine farm and the most of the
farm work was done by them. The
introduction of the moving machine
made oxen too slow for farm work
and since that time they have been
superseded by horses which have
in some instances given way to the
tractor. They are even now used
for farm work in some sections but
so great a novelty have they become
that they are in good demand for
exhibitions at the fall fairs. Many
of them toll not neither do they spin
but occasionally they are of high
quality, higher than we used to sec
in the DAYS when they We're far more
numerous.
At the late Franklin County Fair
there was a team of fancy steers
owned by c. II. Harrington of Ches-
terVille. that looked to be the best
since those famous showmen Of
Hereford steers MOsher & Luce OF
Pennington, were winning annually
at the big Maine fairs.
Mr.. Harrington wintered two pairs
Of these steers and bought the three
other pairs in different sections.
in eirth came from the town Of
Buckfield. Another pair six feet
eight or nine were bought of Otis
Hilton, we'll known fancier of An
son. pair of two year olds, seven
feet, were wintered in the Harrington
barn. A pair of two year olds, feet
I or s, were secured from James A
Davis. of New Sharon, and the NTH
pair, year olds, were bought at
Athens fair last year.
Mr., harrington won 1880 prize for
best five pairs of steers, three years
old or under, the special SO offered
for best team Herefords and did not
lose a blue in the competition on ms
five pairs in the individual classes.
There is more credit in an exhibit
OF this kind than in a half dozen OF
the mediocre kind.
good exhibit Is a credit to the
breed, to the owner and to the assoc
citation, and a poor showing the re-
verse.
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~ PoultryNotes
Pullets or Old Hens

Orono, Oct. S.-Many poultrymen
in the state are asking themselves
at this time whether or not they
should save some of their old hens
to use for breeding purposes next
winter or whether they should use
only pullets for this purpose. In
well balanced breeding program un-
doubtedly both old hens and pullets
should be used, is the advice of the
Extension Service, College of Agri-
culture.
Chickens which are Matched from
pullets will be as vigorous and will
grow as well as those which are
Matched from old hens eggs and
there is considerable evidence to
show that pullets are more profitable
if Matched at the proper time and
carefully managed than old hens.
But there is one point which
makes old hens especially valuable
for breeding purposes. At or near
the close of the laying year, it is
possible to tell by certain external
characteristics whether or not hen
is an exceptionally good individual,
an ordinary layer, or a very poor
one. If poultrymen hope to in
crease the average egg production
of their flock, it is necessary that
these exceptionally good birds be
saved and used as breeders. An
other advantage of selecting old
hens after they have passed through
laying year is that they have
shown their ability to stand up I'M
der egg production over long
period indicating vigor. In a well
balanced breeding program, un-
i doubtedly both old hens and pullets
hn h,,+
be practiced with both pullets and
old hens.
Vitality and health are considered
of greater importance than egg pro-
duction in birds that are to be used
as breeders. The size of the bird is
another very important point.
Many f1ocks contain a large number
of hens which are considerably
under the standard weight for their
breed. Small birds are not desirable
! for market quality and many of
! them do not stand up UNDER severe
winter conditions as well as the
| larger individuals. Five pounds is
/ the minimum weight for Rhode
| Island Reds or Wyandottes, and five
and one-half pounds for Plymouth
! Rock hens which are to be used in
the breeding pen and every hen
! should CONFORM reasonably close to
! the standards for the breed or var
/ iety.
The selection OF old hens for
| breeders should be made during
! september or October and by the
| first of November they should be al
| lowed a rest period giving them an
| opportunity TO shed their feathers 50
| they viii be back into production by
! the time eggs are desired for hatch
| ing purposes. This rest period can
be brought about by taking away
/ the mash for short time which
! VIII force them to moult. During
the rest period the old hens should
be fed heavily on scratch grain and
given all the green feed they will eat
and if possible plenty of milk.
In order to hold the high egg
production which is now obtained
! In many flocks it WILDE necessary
TO pay very close attention to the
selection of birds used to produce
the next generation of pullets Be-
cause of. the fact that f1ocks are re-
, placed largely every year, poultry
men should give serious considera-
ton 10 their breeding program.