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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-14
BIG FIRE DAMAGE
AT SANDSTONE,
Half of Business Block is
Wiped Out. Loss
About 500, 600.

The village of Sandstone has
had a number of fires the last
few years, but most of them
were small compared to the
flames that ragged there Tuesday
evening, and which laid the ma
jority of the main business block
in ruins.
jim Robertson, we'll known
Sandstone barber, had been Ia
king care of the furnace that
heats several business places; he
was in the barber shop after sup
per and about $3.50 he went into
the basement to fire up for the
night. After being in the base
ment only a moment there seem
ed to be a terrific explosion and
like a flash the entire basement
was a mass of flames. Mr.. Ro-
bertson says that if he had re-
NAMED only a few seconds his
exit would have been cut off,
unfortunately he made one dash
for the stairway and Immediately
turned in a fire alarm.
The fire department responded
quickly but were greatly handi-
capped in getting a stream of
water on account of the hydrants
in the immediate vicinity being
frozen. After some delay, how
ever, a forceful stream was d.
rected at the flames, but it ap-
peared to have no effect. The
buildings were nearly all old
wooden structures and made an
extremely hot and raging fire.
In spite of playing losing game
the fremen stuck on the job, but
the flames gradually spread
from the one building to the
other, and it was soon apparent
that the block was doomed.
The Bell Telephone Co. CEN
trail office was located in room
almost directly over the fire ON
the second floor. The telephone
operator stuck to her duties to
the last minute spreading the
alarm, and in fact stayed little
too long for when she tried to
leave the building the hallway
was so full of smoke that she did
not dare attempt an exit that
way. AS a last and only resort
she was taken from the building
through the front window by
fremen. The central office was
completely destroyed and all te-
lephones In the village were con-
sequently thrown out of commu-
nication. Villages north of Sand
stone on the Great Northern
Railway were simultaneously
thrown out of long distance COM
munication with the outside
world as all their messages go
through Sandstone. The Bell
Telephone Co. construction crew
was ON the job the first thing
next morning and about 1890 in
the forenoon had the first long
distance line untangled and
hooked up ready for service. The
Askov exchange is now connected
direct to Pine City and a tempo
rary long distance telephone is
in operation in Sandstone at the
new Madison hotel.
The Minnesota Power & Light
Co. sustained quite loss also as
their main feed wires were run
ming along Main street; their
construction crew was on the job
nearly all night cutting and Tn
tangling live wires as we'll as
changing their wiring to give
service to the rest of the village,
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-14
LIFE IMPRISONMENT
TO BANK ROBBERS
Court Room at Pine City Was
TANNED to Hear the
Trial Tuesday.

Four men will spend then
lives in Minnesota's state prison
at Saltwater to atone for the re.
cent Finlayson bank robbery
which enriched them about
81 200 for two days they were al
liberty.
The four men, all of Superior
Wis, pleaded guilty in district
court at Pine City, Tuesday after
noon and were sentenced to life
terms under the law which pro.
vides that penalty for robbery Of
a building where securities are
stored or where banking business
is conducted, if it is occupied by
human beings at the time. Judge
Alfred P. Stolberg of Center
City, passed sentence. The men
were indicted by the Pine County
grand jury the same morning.
The men are:
Archie @. Andrews, 35, railroad
fireman, divorced.
George A. Minett, SO, street
car >motorman, married last sum-
mer.
Homer Payne, 10, single.
Albert Kyisler, 10, single, la
borer.
Made Confession
They were charged with and
confessed to robbing the First
State bank of .Fin'ayson, Mimi,
Dec. 20, of $1,194.12. A week
or 10 days previous, they ad-
mitted they had gone from their
homes in Superior to Finlayson
to rob the bank but abandoned
the attempt when they grew
fearful of consequences.
On the attempt which they
carried through the men pulled
pistols on bank officials and Gus
toners, locking them in Sthe
vault Ingenuity of the cashier
saved about $1,000, as he deliber-
ately overlooked a parcel with
that amount. The robbers
locked their victims in the vault
and sped away.
For two days they were at
large; then Payne was arrested
at Virginia and the other arrests
soon followed when Payne told
what he knew of the affair.
Andrews alone broke down
when sentence to. life at hard la.
Dor in Saltwater penitentiary
was pronounced. ,Minett was
matter of fact; Kvisler down.
hearted; but Payne was indif.
ferent, composed, alert.
The court room was damned
to the doors, with about SOC
viewing the arraignment anc
sentencing. County Attorney AL
bert Johnson conducted the pro
secution. Senator George H. Sui
Ivan of Saltwater, was counse
for Andrews and Minett. L. E
Mcpherson of Superior, appeared
for Kvisler, and the court assign
ed an attorney, S. G. L. Roberts
Pine City, for Payne.
When the men were asked il
they had anything to say before
sentence was pronounced, Rev
Doe, pastor of Kvisler's church
in Superior, pleaded for the
youth.
The men who left the Washing.
ton county Jail at Saltwater
where Pine Co. boards it's pris.
oners, Tuesday morning to come
to Pine City for trial, were taken
back to Saltwater the same eve
ming by heavily armed guards, to
spend their lives in the state
prison. Both trips were made
by automobile.
One of the five men connected
with the bank robbery, Ear
johnson, Superior, is still at
lo,.<e<, 1o,,4 Loo laox nJ.o+aJ
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-01-14
TO GIVE LECTURE
ON STATE PRISON
j. G. Wright, Stillyater, Will
Speak at Askoy Friday Eve
ming, January %.

The feature of the next parent
teachers meeting at the school
house in Askov, Friday evening,
Jan. %. will be a lecture by ]. G.
Wright of the Minnesota State
Prison at Saltwater on the sub
ject:: The Prison Industries and
Their Relationship to the Far
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during the year 1926 for the sum of
so cents per folio for the first inser-
ton and 25 cents per folio for each
subsequent insertion, and will cause
to be published in said Askov Amer
lean, the delinquent tax list for the
sum of Is cents per description.
And we will further cause to be
published in the Pine Poker, Pine
County Farmer, Pine County Pho
neer, Brook Park Banner, Pine Coun-
ty Courier, Hinckley News and the
Enterprise-Messenger (Markville),
the Auditors Financial Statement
and the Delinquent Tax List in sup
plement form as we'll as the official
county commissioners proceeding
from each meeting throughout the
year, the county to pay the further
sum of $S50.00 for the circulation OF
all the above mentioned matter in
the newspapers named and further
guarantee that the above bid will
not exceed the legal rate for publish
ing in Minnesota.
Yours truly,
Americans Publishing Co.,
H. Petersen.
Commissioner Fred Degerstrom Of
fered the following resolution and
moved its adontion:
RESOI wen. That Askov Ameri-
can be. and the same is hereby desip-
mated by the County BOARD of the
County of pine. as the newsnaner in
which the notice and list of the real
estate rem aiming dnlinOuent on the
first Monday of January 1928 shall
be published.
The question was on the adoption
of the resolution and the roll being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27
Hats Flow of Traffic.

Scores of editorials are written
yearly on the evils of grade crossings,
and all of them are laudable in pur-
pose One point is empha sized-that
of safety. There still is another, how
ever, which in these days of wide
spread auto use must be taken into
consideration. The question of eX-
pediting traffic is the point in mind.
An illustration is found in the Hyatts-
vile crossing.
Traffic between Washington and
Baltimore is heavy every day of the
year. Buses using the boulevard are
running on schedules. and thousands
of persons depend on getting between
the two cities in stated-and brief
time. AT Hyattsville is found the
only stoppage on the entire route.
Trains sometimes stop right at the
crossing, holding up constantly
growing stream of cars for many
minutes.
The elimination of the Hyattsville
CROSSING would cost great deal. But
in addition to cutting a danger spot
out of the BaltimoreW ashington
route it also would result in smoother
traffic flow all along the line. OF
course. the railroad company cannot
be expected to take kindly 10 sug-
gestion which ultimately would mean
factor in favor of a competing in
fiuence, vet it should recognize the
safety element involved.
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Too Many Spare Cars.

There is something wrong with the
psychology of automobile ownership.
according to a new view on an old
subject Yet this something wrong"
is entirely logical.
Life extension for automobiles has
received only feeble support for the
reason that automobiles differ in one
singular respect from human beings
When the old car gets a bit groggy
one can always go out and get ne"
one. When the human body gives
trouble there is no handy salesroom
where new versions can be acquired.
One thing that causes so much neg
lect of cars today is the ease with
which new ones can be purchased
Show rooms are handy. Makes and
models are plentiful The Install
ment plan is convenient.
One wonders what the situation
would be if owners felt that they could
not get new cars and that the old
ones would have to do for life. There
are a few isolated instances where
owners have held to their cars as they
would their own bodies, but the in
stances are painfully rare. The usual
custom is TO bang the car around.
fully aware of the existence OF an
enormous supply of new cars that
can be had with less effort, in some in
stances. than it requires to polish
and pamper the old one.
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good road from Halifax, through New
Brunswick. Quebec City. Montreal, up
the Ottawa River and across Ontario
to Sault Ste. Marie. From the 500
you must take the south shore of
Lake Superior through Minnesota to
Winnipeg, for there Is no coach road
north of Lake Superior. AS on the
Yellowstone, Midland and all Southern
roads, dry weather Is almost an es-
sential.
1.-THE truth is. nevertheless. that the
Transca NADIA In spots is mere trail
greatest wheat field. over the Rockies
proper the Crows Nest Pass is a well
made road crossing the Great Divide
at the low altitude of 2.400 feet, the
lowest of all transcontinental high
ways. And there Is the alluring alter
native Of going over the top via the
Incompatible Banff Windermere, dis
covering en- route Lake Louise and
the Valley of the Ten Peaks.
Completing New Road.
Beyond these one hops westward
over range after range on splendid
roads with the valleys between well
settled and garden-like until the Fraser
River Canyon through the Cascades is
reached. For 100 miles the new road
Is now being completed on most mod
erD lines. The final 100 miles into
Vancouver is on the fat over pave
ment and good road.
There need be little feeling be-
tween rival routes to the Pacific, he
cause each will eventually be al
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Sound. AS a matter of fact. Salt Lake
Is about 200 miles off the official route,
but for practical purposes Seattle Is
right.
1.-THE road Is a splendidly organized
development, and probably the best
transcontinental to date as regards
scenery and climate and even road
bed. although last year the 800 miles
of the Trail in Montana were reported
very bad from excessive traffic. For
it's final 400 miles into Seattle it is
practically 100 per cent good, ending
beauty--the Blewett and Snoquolamie,
perfection.
Getting Into Canadian Rockies.
Lastly there is the matter Of
Canada. In the past the chief mag
nets for the Pacific bound New Yorker
have been two--southern California
and the Canadian Rockies. The latter
were accessible only by the Canadian
Pacific Railway until short time
ago, and foreign motor cars had not
made their appearance until the open
ing of the Banff- Windermere High
way in 1928. The British Columbia
coast country is still pocketed from
the East. although by June, 1925. the
Fraser Canyon Highway Is due for
completion. and through road will
be open from Winnipeg to Vancouver.
For practical purposes the Trans
canada Highway. or the Kings Cana
dian Highway. as II may be called,
when completed on British soil, is
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Capitol Hills Motor Maze.

Although they may he in the in
terest of traffic safety--and there Ger
tainly is room for argument on that
score--the markings on the Capltol
Mall are not such as to evoke over
whelming enthusiasm from the thou
sands of tourists who come here each
year from every section of the coun-
try to feast their eyes upon the ira
ditional beauty of the domed building.
Imagine motorist driving up
Capitol Hill after coming from san
Diego on patriotic pilgrimage. what
maze greets him! Go this way
don't go this way. go the other way
follow the white lines. don't follow
the white lines. wait for the police
man to wave you over, no parking
parking, and so on and on and on.
Exaggerated? Place yourself in
the strangers position and see if you
think so. And how does the visitor
to Washington feel when he finds that
for the first time in history the
Capitols front yard has been marked
up enough to play deck croquet on
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Lacquering Your Own.

Have you ever wished for finish
that could be applied to certain parts
of the car, colorless and yet tough
enough to give those parts a protec-
tive coat?
This dream now has been realized
All paint stores are carrying brushing
lacquers. the kind they spray on cars
at the factories. only modified for
amateur use. These lacquers come
clear, so that when applied to any
colored car they simply add q little
gloss and, of course, wonderful pro
tective coat.
Such lacquers dry almost instantly
1t is nothing short of amazing to
touch up the window sills of the
closed car or the radiator shell and
have such parts thoroughly dry the
minute the work is finished. When
using lacquer on any large part where
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Now You Have It.
Answers to Last Weeks Questions.

l. Compression ratio is the proper
ton of total cubic area of one cylinder
of an engine while it's piston is at
the lowest point to the area of that
same cylinder when it's piston is at
the top of it's stroke.
?. The electrolyte OF a battery is
not weakened or greatly diluted
through semi monthly additions of dis
titled water because ii is water that
evaporates through standing AS well
as through the charging process.
g. An engine runs faster for any
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design IN the Overland WhiPpet are
bound to change your whole concep-
ton of Light Car mechanical features.
Its high-torque motor of 31s-inch
bore by 43s-inch stroke, is by far the
most economical light Car engine
made in America. 1t actually develops
more horsepower per cubic inch of
piston displacement and pound of
car weight than any other light
4-cylinder engine.
1t has an 8o-lb. torque this
means greaterpull power :. . the
ability to master hills without shift
ing gears.
Because of this greater efficiency,
the motor of the Overland Whippet
costs more to build yet less to main
tain than any other light car engine
made today.
The Overland Whippet is the only
Light 4-cylinder Car that has the mod
ern force-feed oiling system through
<h> <>1J focb;o oAJ cn1,eh
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given speed when the tires are softer
because low ered air pressure de-
crea SEES the diameter of the tires.
which, together with the hub, rim and
wheel spokes constitute the effective
wheel.
T. Water escapes from the doors of
a closed car through holes in the bot
tom when rain on the window panes
has leaked through.
&. All magnetos are not high-ten-
sioE generators. There are low-ten-
sion magnetos whose current must
be stepped up by means of induction
or ignition coils.
tCopyrgh, l026b
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judged on its merits and used for the
purposes for which it is best suited.
While undoubtedly it is more pleasant
travelling via the Northern roads, the
practical use of these must be linn
tied to six months in the year
There will be no difficulty in NOV
ing north or south when beyond the
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WHY THE CAR BUCKS.
Worn Valve Guides Often Prevent
Driving Slowly With Ease.

In trying to find out why the car
will not throttle down to a creeping
speed without hucking. many owners
forget to consider the possibility Of
worn valve guides. Just one worn
guide is sufficient to cause dilution Of
the gas mixture with too much air.
When an intake valve guide is worn.
all. is sucked around it and into the
cylinder every time the respective
valve is opened.
Accidents usually are caused by two
persons, and generally both are to
blame. comments the National Safety
Council
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This Nav Help You Park.

How long are the curbstone sections
in your city?
If this fact is known, and one also
knows the overall length of the car.
it is a simple matter to decide at
glance whether or not the car will
go into an available space.
Even where concrete Curbing is
used this is usually divided into sec
tons of equal length.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27

Mo-. to the Willamette Valley south
from Portland. But the official high
way guide says 1t runs from Wash
ington, ID. C., to Astoria, at the mouth
of the Columbia. while at the same
time admitting that 1t uses the right
of way and road markings of other
highways east of Idaho. Up in Seat
tie they say that the Oregon Trail is
a road from salt Lake City TO Olym.
pia, the southernmost tip of Puget
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last mountains. The Pacific Highway,
stretching over |. 200 miles from Van.
couver TO TIA Juana. Mexico. is the
most highly improved long distance
road in the world. With the excep-
ton of less than 100 miles in northern
California, the road is urbroken pave
Dlent from end to end"
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YOUR CAR and MINE
A Weekly Department of Hepfuness, Information and
Entertainment for Motor Car Owners.
By WILLIAM ULLMAN.
By WILLIAM ULLMAN.

a very smooth finish is desired, how
ever. it is important to thin II down
with special thinners that are also
sold at the paint shops and in many
drug stores. In working with lacquer
some difficulty is encountered in get
ting i on smoothly.
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One Of WB;tea, INSPECTED

The rear axle housing is banio-type pressed steel.
All 4hee brakes inches diameter of the mechanical
internal type They provide 1872 inches of bakng surface
per pound of weight than other American
light car built TO-DAY Each completely encased thus
ceptiblc weather conditions.
DESIGNED and built aUithoat restrictions
The engineers who designed this and the who built
it have worked without restrictions
Nothing has been spared that would improve its engineering
or its quality.
The Overland Whppe year Instead, it has
been honestly built give and years of satisfactory service
deliver thrilling and roubleee performance for thousands
and thousands of miles.
This newype has such costly equipment oneiece
windshield cow venator quckactng crankype regulators
doors and windows
Although the low windows unusually broad and
high exposed glass approximately 1914 square feet
The doors of this inches wide thus providing
easy entrance and exit.
beautiful velour trimming used for and cushion
backs with sides and headlinng to match.
domelight and handsome walnut-6nished instrument
board add unusually and complete interior equip
ment
To millions of American women this will bring entirely
new pride of ownershp-a delight in its comfort and
hnements.
You compare Overland Whppt with all other Amer
lean light the basis price alone But from the standpoint
of engineering performance comfort and quality has esab
shed entirely criterion by which all other light
must be judged.
The Overland Whppc is furnished in three body types
Sedan, Touring and Coupe.
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out the engine, lnstead OF INC 0ld-laSn1on'
1t is the only 4-cylinder light car that com
silicon steel valves with silent chain 'front.'
end drive and pump water circulation.
The position of the steering wheel is ad-
Unstable to fit the requirements of the in
dividual driver
The worm and gear irreversible steering
mechanism is typical of this cars quality
and is especially designed for full balloon
tires and 4-wheel brakes.
Timken bearings arc used throughout
the front and rear axles.
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Only to the cop does the pOssessor
of trick speedOmeter ever admit
that il is "Way too fast"
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go miles on a gallon
of gasoline

Here at last is automobile
that will run 40 miles on gallon of gasoline we'll
100 miles gallon of Oil with extraordinary mileage
tires and the smallest rating of any America today
Imagine you what this saving will mean the
owner nge year present operating just about
half Doubles the value of every dollar you spend for upkep
Exhaustive indicate that the average years
ing cost of Overland Whppet should you from SIS
$50 in gas, OIL tires and mechanical upkeep.
sNew standards Of mechanical design
tn. n.v rincples the new ideas . the new standards of
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ALLURING ROUTES OPEN
TO WEST FOR AUTOIST
SEEKING SCENIC RIDES

Continued from Fifth Page)
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design. -. a necessity which Mghe
car owners have not heretofore
enjoyed. Measured tests show
that it will stop in 81 feet from
a speed Of 40 miles an hour.
Its center Of gravity is ex-
tremely low, with ample road
clearance thus giving a sense
ofsecurity you have never found
in any light car before. i,
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For three years, Overland engineers Europe and
proved the practical advantages Of this before
released for production.
The distinctive body lines of the Overland Whppet frankly
resemble the automobiles of America and Continental
Europe Stand in front of this and imagine yourself
the bouevards of France.
radiatoris ypeay foreign line and contour
of the body the result ainsakng craftsmanship and study
Lowsvung rakish graceful as whpper that's
the only way describe it.
Complete symmetry of design has been achieved with compact
external dimensions
Compared with contemporary big, bulky the Overland
Whppt appears and much graceful That because
height and length are in true artistic proportion
In the Overland Whppet you have the feeling riding closer
the ground with the resultant of solidy and
absence Of that sdesway noticeable in the conventional
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The new principles the new ideas the standards of
J..;~ -. ~,oIN
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Come, see this Car. Take this advertise
ment with you and check the things we
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purposely understated every fact. We have
told you the story of the Overland Whippet
without exaggeration.'
You have never seen car like this before.
In fairness to yourself, see this wonder
full new-type car.
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