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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
GREAT MEN AND WOMEN
BY Edgar w. Cooley,
Agricultural Extension Department
International Harvester Company.

Every red-blooded, ambitious boy
or girl wants to be great man or a
great woman. 1t is laudable that
they should and at no time has there
been a greater opportunity for them
to be so.
In this old world many things are
waiting to be done and leaders are
needed in all walks of life, but be-
cause books and magazines are filled
with stories of men and women who
have achieved success in manufac-
turing, finance, invention, commerce
the arts and the professions, we must
not think that only in the cities and
towns can we do big things.
The farm offers as good, or better
opportunities than do the cities. Ehe
hillsides, the valleys, the timber land
the open fields-all these provide us
with wonderful workshops.
Farming is the greatest of all in
dustries. The successful farmer is
the greatest all round chemist, the
most practical scientist, the most in
cessant inventor. To succeed he must
be a financier, a shrewd merchant,
a far-seeing manufacturer.
He must know how to produce econ
omically, how to market profitabIy,
how to keep up the fertility of his
soil, how to increase his output and
yet decrease the amount of his labor.
Many farm house shelters a great
mana man who is as great as ary
man in any town or city. These men
may never have their pictures in the
papers but they have accomplished
marvellous things. They have built
up WORKOUT acres, turned loss into
profit, added millions to the wealth
of the world.
We do things differently than we
used to do them. During the past 40
years many great improvements have
been brought about, but in no other
line of industry have the improve
ments been more marked than in agri-
culture.
Every day, out on the farm, we are
discovering more and more of Natures
secrets and are applying them to our
own use and to the use of humanity
Is the telephone, or the electric
light, or the automobile any more
valuable or important than is the silo
which converts unpalatable roughage
into succulent feed for our live stock
the silo which converts waste ma
terial into human food?
Modern methods of treating ore are
no more wonderful than modern me-
thods of treating soil. Great physi-
clans discuss methods Of increasing
and prolonging the physical efficiency
of human beings, but we have learned
the secret of treating our dairy cattle
so as to secure the maximum amount
of milk, and when it comes to i'm
proving the breed-where is there a
method of improving the human race
that equals our method of improving
our live stock or our corn or any
other thing we grow?
No farm boy needs to go to town
to become great man. His oppor-
tunity may lie right out there on the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
Hold on a While.

The OIL man would say, with a smile,
"Worp wuzn't made in a minute
Hold on a whileu'
Nothing could ever upset him
Nuthin' his patience could rile;
Wait jest minute!
Amt nuthin' much in it
Hold on a while!'
And when at last he wuz goin',
He said, with farewell, sweet smile,
"I'll wait for you, boys,
In that Heaven O. joys,
But Hold on a whilei"
Frank L. Stanton,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

For Sale-Conn Eb baritone saxa-
phone, quadruple silver plated, in
velvet lined leather case. Used only
a short time. Cost $1S5. Goes for
S75.-H. Petersen at the American
office. 30w3-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

"And how do you like your new
teacher?" asked lady of a little boy
who has just started to school. ooh,
she's well enough in her way" the
boy replied, "but rather stupid and
her memory seems to be very poor.
Why, day after day she keeps us re-
peating to her the things that we
have told her the day before"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

For Sale or Rent-160 acre farm,
Az miles south of Denham. Good
buildings. Will sell with or without
stock and machinery.-Fred ]. Poliv-
ka, owner, Willow River, MINI.
33 1-3w3-3t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
TRAIN SCHEDULES

Listing Terminals and Pine County
Stations.
Light face figures A. M. and black
face figures p. M. time.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

For Sale-160 acres in Pine coun-
ty, 21a miles from Kerrick. All good
timber, black soil, no rocks. Priced
right if taken soon. Address Sam
Bauer, Box 129, LIE Sueur, MINI.
31W2-4t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

Perhaps you want to purchase a
second hand sled for next winter. A
little Want AID in the American now
might get you a bargain. You can
try it for a few cents.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

farm where he was born. In all
events he has bigger field than he
would have in town.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR THE WEEK

This column is for free use by
churches. schools. societies. lodges
ETC.. for the purpose of announcing
be charged. such meetings as are
held for social or educational pur-
poses and not for pecuniary gain.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

For Sale or Rent-My 80 acre farm,
1 mile west of Askov. Between 35
and 40 acres under pillow. Possession
March list or sooner.-See me or the
First State Bank of Askov.-N. F. An
dersen. 40w2-2t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
Law Friend, Not Enemy.

law TTItHu, NOC Enemy.
part of an address delivered by M.
G. Clark, superintendent of schools,
Souix City, Iowa.)
The love of law is basic to the well
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

Gudstjeneste og Altergang Bette
hemskirken Sondag den 2. October
Kl. 1920.
De, der onsker at gaa til Konfirma-
tionsundervisning Winter, bedes mode
Prasteboligen Onsdag den 5. Okto-
Der Kl. 8 Form.-O. H. Dyreborg.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

For Sale-Public Utility $50 and
10 preferred stock, also bonds. For
full particulars call or write M. L.
Melberg, Willow River, MINI.
25w2-2t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

For Sale-Fordson tractor, Ford
yer pillow, double disc, and a team of
horses with harness.-K. S. Sorensen,
Askov, MINI. 25w3-1t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

For Sale-Well improved so acre
farm, miles from Askov. Good build
ings and wind mill. Apply to First
State Bank of Askov or owner, Carl
Paulsen, Askov, MINI. 30w3-2t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

For Rent-The Axel A. Jensen res
idence, with or without ten acres
of land, in north part of village. For
particulars call or write N. P. Jensen,
Askov. 25w3-1t*
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

Sendagsskole H. C. Andersen Sko-
len den 2. October XII. 1890.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-05-26

his better judgement is a million.
aire."
The story of William WrIgley's
first efforts to put chewing gum
on the map reads almost Identical
to this one. For years he put ev.
cry cent that could possibly be
spared into telling the world about
his product. No amount was too
large; he kept everlastingly at it;
he never lost confidence. AS re-
suit today he is millionaire, own
ing baseball clubs and giving
thousands to see how far people
can swim. Get your biographies
and notice how many other sue
cessful business men have used the
same method.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-05-26
A DISCOURSE ON
AUTOMOBILES

4 hid you ever notice how nearly
- human an automobile is? II
has moods, temperamental, AND
nervous spells just like anyone else
only they always seem to CORE
spond to your own.
Say, for instance, how eager and
/ perfect it runs of a morning after
you have had comfortable sleep
an appetising breakfast and a cold
shower 1--WE know that it is warm
shower you take, but that you had
rather die than admit it,. Then
again one goes out driving on a
nice cool evening, drifts along
quiet dustless roads for an hour or
so, through crooked narrow lanes,
up hill and down, while the engine
chugs along as tho it was enjoying
the little jaunt and fresh air as
much as anyone. Suddenly you may
remember that it is lodge night, or
that your wife's sisters aunt is
coming over for a game of bridge
or rummy and that if your repu-
tatlon be preserved you must be
home in ten minutes. You step
on'er and the loyal old power plant
under the hood responds with a
roar. Over ruts, rocks and ridges
you glide without any noticeable
joltlng, down mile or so of
straight road at 45 per, up the
street, through the alley and into
the garage breathless and tingling.
OF course the old gasoline coach
has its ugly moods too, as anyone
will sadly confirm. Some days you
just can't get it started right
like person who gets out of bed |
On the wrong side or something.
You go out and find that the kids |
have left the switch or lights on
and that the battery is perfectly
dead. Never before did you realize
how hard the. internal contraption
was to crank, or how much grease
one could get on his hands by
merely lifting the hood. Of course
his happens to be the morning
7ou oversight, the hotcakes were
burned and the syrup tasted like
aster oil. After you get the fliv
lnder way one cylinder goes on a
'acation and all the others get ]
ore because they can't go along. ,
he road is full of nails and the I
any who drove the car last left
he spair tire without air. It's a
1onderful feeling and makes one 1
effect how happy everyone was
1hen the one-hoss shay was pop
lar.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-05-26
y H. LORIMER, in his ,

~ H. LORIMER, in his noted
- book Letters from a Self
made Merchant To His Son." tells
the following story:
Some years ago, I knew a firm
who did business under the name
of Foreman & Sewers. They were
regular vaudeville team. One big
and broad-guaged in all his ideas;
the other unable to think in any
thing but boys and misses sizes.
Foreman believed that men got
rich in dollars; Sewers, in cents.
Well, sir, these fellows launched a
speciality, a mighty good thing,
and started in to advertise. Sow
ers wanted to use inch space and
sell single cases; Foreman kicked
because full pages weren't bigger
and wanted to sell in car-lots. Sow
ers only half-believed in himself,
and only quarter in the product,
and only an eighth in advertising.
Foreman had a pretty good opin-
ion of himself, and a mighty big
opinion of the food, and he believ-
ed that a clever, well-knit ad was
strong enough to draw teeth. Fore
man was the senior member of the
firm and altho orders were small
he continued to bum credit from
all the advertising agencies. Sow
ers worried along in maroose dis
approval.
Zone night, when Sewers had
dreamed that he had been buried
in the potter's field, he planned a
final stroke which would stop Fore
man. That he wound up a long
talk, makes a grand total of $780,
600 that we have already lost
Foreman's head dropped, then, af-
ter short time, he looked up smil-
ing. why, old man. he said, that
just leaves two hundred thousand
still to spend before we hit the
million mark And Foreman kept
right on and managed some way
to float himself to the million
mark. There the tide turned and
after all these years it's still run
ming his way; and Sewers, against
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Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Elder anG
Clell Ashby who arrived here the
last of the week from Whaletown
B. C. and have been visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F,
Ashby, left Monday for few days
visit with friends and relatives at
Pennington and Spokane.
Mrs. VIM. Mills and Mrs. E. T.
Cushman returned Wednesday
evening from attending the Sum-
day School convention at Spokane.
Mrs. Lee Powell visited with Mr..
Powell at the Umatilla ferry the
first of the week.
Miss Sue Jean Ashby who has
been attending school at Ellens-
burg came home the last of the
week.
VIM. Mills is in Prosser on Jury
duty this week.
Lawrence Fletcher left Tuesday
for Moscow to attend the yearly
assembly of the Northwest Church
of the Nazarene.
Frank Bens made business trim
to Prosser the first of the week.
Rex Ashby who had his tonsils
removed last week has been at his
home here the past few days.
Frank Little who has been stay
ing at the home Of his sister Mrs.
Glen Ashby for the past several
months, left for his home near
Portland, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wendle
were Sunday guests at the home
of S. Kuh of Finley.
Calvin Williams of Hood River
left Wednesday for Walla Walla
after several days visiting with |
his sister Mrs. VIM. Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Ayers and
Mrs. B. B. Stewart of Yellepit
were visiting friends in town Sat
1rday.
E. C. Burlingame crossed sew
eral bands of sheep here the last
# the week. taking them to sum-
ner range.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-05-26

A balloonist claims to have as
cended 1900 feet. Seemingly such
operations should be controlled by
the blue sky law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-25
TWO WAYS To
BOIL RICE

Several methods are used for
cooking rice in the South. Which.
ever method is used, the resulting
product must be flaky and dry.
With rice belongs gravy OF some
sort. For this reason, rice takes
the place of white potatoes IN many
families, while the sweet potatoes
or yarns are used as a vegetable.
Boiled Rice /.
Wash the rice and add it slowly
to a large kettle half full of sailed
boiling water. The water must not
stop boiling while the rice is being
added. Boil quickly, uncovered,
about 20 minutes or until tender.
Drain and dry by shaking over the
fire.
Boiled Rice III.
Wash the rice and add to twice
as much cold water. Place in
medium-sized kettle. cover, let come
to boil and cook slowly five
Ginutes. Set back from fire and
keep covered half an hour. I'm.
e~ver and shake over fire. If rice
must be stirred, use a fork instead
of a spoon in order to keep the
grains whole.
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or q small table on casters in clear
ing the table.
4. Scrape dishes and pile in order
OF washing or Of stacking in dish.
washer or drieF.
5. When using = dishpan, change
the water frequently and use q
light suds.
6. Do not use the dishcIOth as a
Scrubbing cloth. 1t is for the dishes
only. Rinse thoroughly always, hang
1t on the rack, and let IL dry before
using again, and have 1t Numbered
as regularly rs the dish towels and
other household linen.
Z. In using q power dishwasher,
a nOn-sudsing washing powder Is
effective.
8. Wash dishes, rinse thoroughly,
and allow to dry.
9. Never wipe dishes, except for
rubbing up the glasses and silver
when necessary.
10. Save time in busy hours by
leaving the clean dishes for the
next meal covered on the kitchen
serving table or service wagon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-25

Even so, this thrice daily process
Is usually considered the Gin
derelIa Of homework. II would
entertain more il I didn't have TO
face a cluttered-up after-dinner
kitchen" was the confession Of n
recent visitor to the institute, and
there is an old adage which says
that the trouble with dishes is that
no sooner have you put them away
clean than you must get them ous
again.
1t In, therefore, encouraging to
know that a new day is dawnIng
in dishwashing. The dishpan as
we know it and the dish cloth, so
often challenged by the bacterl-
ologist as far as sanitary kitchen
practice is concerned, may before
long become only q memory, and
it is no longer considered advisable
or necessary to wipe the dishes.
Banishing Drudgery
Just as the washing machine
banished the drudgery of the wash
board from the laundry, so the
modern kitchen sink with the mix
ing faucet and spray attachment,
the dishwasher, and the simple
wire dish-drier are all changing
dishwashing into a labor saving
and a sanitary process.
1t is not only dishwashing we
have to think about, however.
Preparation for washing presents
nearly as many problems. There
is that cluttered-up kitchen to
avoid, and the scraping and stack
ing Of dishes for easy and thor
ough washing.
Preparation for dishwashing be-
gins when meal preparation begins,
and the first item in a labor saw
ing program might well be, Wash
as you CO."
The newer devices and equip
ment are transforming di3hwashing
procedure. We now have the
power dishwasher which, in its
latest and most convenient form,
Is an entire sink unit. In using
the power dishwasher we have
found a non-sudsing washing DOW
der most effective, as in our ex-
perience the use of the powder
results in a more forceful action
OF the spray of water over the
dishes.
In testing these units at the
institute, we have worked out
the following standard method of
dishwaShing:
j. Scrape the dishes thoroughly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-25
Pa Buzz prefers private bath

ROACHES-mos disgusting of
Az all insects! Kill them at once,
with Fit.
Fit spray clears the house in few
minutes of disease-bearing Aies,
mosquitoes. bed bugs, reaches,
ants and fleaS. 1t searches out the
cracks where insects hide and
breed, destroying their eggs.
Fit kills moths and their larvae
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-25

/ and arrange in the following groups
ready to 20 into the dishwasher:
(a) Bottom tray--saucers. small
plates. large plates, small vegetable
dishes, or platter.
(bl Top tray - cups. glassware.
silverware.
2. Place dishes in bottom tray
In dishwaSher and arrange them
In the order given above, starting
from the center Of the rack to the
outside. This means that the vege-
table dishes and platters will be on
the extreme outside. Before wash.
ing begins. it will be found help
ful to spray off all fine particles
with hand spray, leaving drain
open. This hand spray is now
provided on many sinks, IL In
simply q flexible rubber tube at
tached to the faucet. and has a
spray nozzle.
3. Place dishes and cutlery in ton
rack in dishWasher.
a. Fill dishwasher with hot water
about 40 degree f. to water line
indicated. II water Is soft, add two
or three tablespOonfuIS of dishwash.
ing powder. using more for hard
water. Lower cover and start ma
Chlne: and operate 1t for three
minutes,
5. Push mixing faucet over the
dlshwasiler and turn on water to
flush out drain.
8. Close drain and refill machine
with hot water for rinsinR, Oper.
ate machine for one minute. Ruh
up glassware and Silverware with
clean towel II necessary.
Hand Dishwasher
We have also the small hand dish
washer Of the spray type as IL.
Illustrated. In this method Of dish
washing the dishes are stacked in
wire dish-drier in such a way
that the spray can reach every
surface. The water is first turned
through the soap mixer, which is
filled with pieces Of soap, and a
spray Of soapy water is played over
the dishes until they are quite
clean. This is followed by a thor.
ough rinse with a spray Of clear,
not water. as hot as can be OBJ.
tanned.
Some sinks have at least IL
inches between the faucet and the
working bottom of the sink to fit
on the dishwasher and to use the
wire dish-drier TO particularly good
advantage. These dishwashers are
provided with a brush which is
very useful.
Before stacking the dishes in the
drier to be washed, we have found
1t helpful at the Institute to at
tach the brush to the nozzle of
the washer and, with the water
partly turned on, to clean off the
fine food particles from the dishes.
It's usefulness in washing cooking
utensils is obvious.
Ten-POint Program
The Institute Ten-Point Program
for Dishwashing summarizes the
above procedures.
/. Wash cutlery and cooking
utensils as you go in preparing
each meal.
2. Leave the last pots and kettles
soaking ut the range to keep the
sink clear for action,
8. Use a service wagon, a tray,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-25

which eat holes. 1t will save your
clothing, furs and rugs. Clean and
easy to use. Will not stain.
Fit is the result of exhaustive
laboratory research. 1t has re-
placed old ineffective methods.
Fatal to insects but harmless to
mankind. Recommended BY
Health Officials. Buy Fit and Fit
sprayer today. For sale every
where.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-25
WAYS To COOK
EGGPLANT

Before cooking eggplant in any
way it should either he peeled and
sliced, sprinkled with salt, and
placed under a weight for some
time, or be parboiled in sailed
water, then drained before COM
bining with other ingredients.
This treatment removes a certain
bitter flavor which would other.
wise destroy the delicacy of the
finished product. II the eggplant
cut off and the eggplant cut in
salt and both placed under a
weight. Then, after washing. the
solt center portion Is scooped out
and combined with the other in
gradients, returned to the shell and
baked. This method is more salts
factory than when the eggplant is
parhoiled before stuffing.
Fried Eggplant
Pare the eggplant and cut in
half-inch slices, Sprinkle with salt
and let stand under a weight for
at least an hour. Pour off dark
Juice that forms and wash the
slices. Dry and dredge with flour
and saute slowly in butter until
crisp and brown.
Or, sprinkle the prepared slices
batter or in flour. beaten egg and
crumbs and fry in deep fat.
BrOiIed Eggplant
Season the prepared slices with
salt and pepper, brush with oil,
sprinkle lightly with crumbs and
place on an oiled broiler. Broil
under moderate flame until tender.
This gives a crisper product with
less Of the fried taste.
Eggplant Surprise
Pare and slice eggplant and let
stand in sailed water one hour.
Boil in same water about eight
Lay slices on buttered baking dish,
sprinkle with salt and pepper, dot
with butter, lay thick slice Of
fresh tomato on top of each, add a
little sugar and few fine crumbs
Place a thin peice Of bacon on top
OF each and bake in a moderate
oven 1850 degree Fahrenheit) until
tender and a delicate brown.
Eggplant With Cheese
One eggplant.
One-half cup grated cheese.
Two tablespoons butter.
One-half cup cracker crumbs.
Salt, pepper.
Peel eggplant, cut in one-half inch
cubes and boil until tender in
sailed water. Drain, add grated
cheese and seasoning. Place in but
tered baking dish. Melt butter, add
crumbs, salt and pepper. Place
over top o. eggplant mixture. Bake
in moderate oven $3.50 degrees Fab
renhestl for one-half hour or until
crumbs are a golden brown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-25
BERRY ICE CREAM
j pint Of berries.
II Guns cream mr. syanr

I pIHL OF DeTFIeS.
IA cups cream or evaporated
milk.
q cup sugar.
Juice II lemon.
] cup water.
Wash the berries-strawberri
or red or black raspberries.
Sprinkle generously with the sugar.
and allow TO 81 nd for several
hours. Then rub through a sieve,
add the milk or cream, the lemon
juice, the water, and additional
sugar il the mixture does not seem
sweet enough. Freeze. Recipe
makes about three pints.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-07-25
Program For
Easy DISTINGUISHING

1t takes nothing short of poetic genius enthuse
dishwashng Christopher Morley has built up whole kitchen
philosophy around the dshpan and in his 'Songs for Little
House, there is the joysome task of washing the
dishes.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-01-03
HANDBALL PLAYERS NOTICE
 CHANGE I N SCHEDULE

On Tuesday, January 4, Flickinger and lessen will play Dyer and Swet- mann instead of Painter and Blue. Painter and Blue combination meet Flickinger and lessen December 21 on the old schedule. This puts the next playing date for Painter and Blue to Monday, January 10, 5 p. m.