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national affairs to the fore again.
At present those familiar with inter-
national affairs in Washington take
a pessimistic attitude on the PROPOSE
ton. 1t does not seem probable that
negotiations will begin for sometime,
but the reaction to the Presidents in
vitation will have vital bearing
in the building of war ships.
The merchant marine issue has
been presented to Congress at late
hour. Senator Jones, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Commerce, has
introduced a bill for federal-owned
merchant marine. The question will
not be settled at this session.
1t is expected that the Senate will
vote on the McFadden branch banking
bill this week. This measure has
been pending for considerable time,
and has been subjected to lengthy de-
bate. Advocates of the Boulder Dam
legislation are making an earnest at
tempt to obtain consideration before
adjournment. 1t is obvious that tax
relief legislation will not be revived
during the last days of this session,
as test votes last week showed that
the. Senate was antagonistic toward
emergency tax legislation.
Party leaders realize that the coun-
try must be interested at all times in
political issues. Therefore, spokes-
men for various groups are busy agi-
tating the prohibition matter Sen
ator Borah, an opponent of nullifica-
tion of the eighteenth amendment to
the Constitution, has challenged a fell
low Republican, DR.. Nicholas Murray
Butler of New York, to a test of
strength on the wet and dry issue
within the party, 1t may result in
putting on record every candidate who
may aspire to the Republican nomina-
ton for president and Vice President.
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Taxpayers Presented Arguments
for and Against at Board Meet
ing.-Pine City Creamery Paid
S312,532.34 to Patrons i'm 1926.

The board of county commissioners
met in regular monthly session, Mon
day, with considerable business to
transact. The main issue under dis
cussion Monday was whether or not
the county should purchase snow
pillow. A large delegation of over a
hundred taxpayers came to the meet
ing to assist the county board in ar
irving at a decision. Arguments both
for and against the purchase of the
pillow were heard by the board, those
in favor of the purchase being about
equal in number to those against.
No definite action was taken by the
board to purchase a plo& but prices
were called for from several COM
panies and definite action was post
poned until future meeting.
The high school basket ball team
lost to Duluth Cathedral high school
last Friday evening by a score of 16
to IA. The Duluth team put up fine
exhibition of basket ball and led the
locals throughout the contest This
game was of especial interest to the
fans since the Duluth team was
coached by Maurice Weinberger, a
former Pine City high school student.
and center on former high school
team. Next Friday the teams, both
boys and girls, go to Saltwater, for
return games with the high school
there.
At the annual meeting of the Pine
City Farmers Cooperative Creamery
Association, held Saturday afternoon,
P. H. Anderson and S. A. Streigel
were reelected to the board of direc-
tors by reclamation. Mr.. Streigel has
served several years as secretary of
the organization and his report for
the year 1926 showed that the total
income of the creamery was $751;
008.38, and the amount paid to pa
irons was $312,532.34. The amount
of butter manufactured was 798,432
pounds, and the average net price re-
ceived was 42.13 cents per pound.
The percentage of overrun was 1918
per cent and the net profit was
$2,213.52. .-
Edwin. Edin, deputy county auditor,
left last week for an extended trip
to the West He will visit at various
points in California and also lin
Seattle, Washington. While he is
away, his work in the auditors office
will be handled by his brother, Theo-
dore Edin.
Several of the students in the high
school normal training department
are doing practice teaching in the
country schools near Pine City. Miss
Bohrer, head of the department, SUI
pervises the work and after two
weeks period the cadets will meet in
regular session to discuss their prac-
tice teaching.
Jens P. Miller, county superintend-
ent, spent several days in Iowa last
week. He reports that there is no
snow there but several inches of mud.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-02-17
BRUSH (COLO.) FOLKS
KIND TO MINISTER

Rev. Frede Stottrup who with
his family formerly resided at
Askov, but who has been ill at
his home in Brush, Colo, for
several months, was given a hap
by surprise by fellow citizens re-
Gently. The story is told in a
Brush newspaper as follows:
A committee of three ministers and
one layman, Fred Steffensen, present
ed the Rev. Frede Stottrup, pastor of
the Danish Lutheran church in Brush
with a cash gift of $374.00 as an ex-
preston of gratitude to the minister
and his faithful wife in their ministry
in Brush. Rev. VIM. Jobush, minister
of the Presbyterian church, Rev.
Harold Jensen, pastor of the English
Lutheran church, and Rev. ]. T.
cambridge, pastor of the Methodist
church, represented the three congre-
cations in presenting the gift, while
Fred Steffensen represented the Da-
nish Lutheran church of Brush. The
committee waited upon the bed-ridden
and patient sufferer. Rev. Wm.7 Jo-
bush in his presentation speech to the
pastor who was propped up in bed
said: This gift from our four con-
gregations represents the appreciation
of you as faithful minister and
soldier of the cross. In spite of your
affliction you insisted upon continuing
your duties at your post and this is
not charity but present for your
kindness and as token of love. We
have never witnessed as fine'a min
isterial fellowship in any community
where we have labored as has been
our feast of love in fellowship here
in Brush between our group of
churches. The kindly thought and
consideration on the part of our
members and Christians has been
beyond anything most of us have ex-
perienced elsewhere. This gift is
sealing of this bond of fellowship
and continuing this spirit of love as.
long as we work shoulder to shoulder
in this great ministry of love in
Brush
Rev. Harold Jensen then offered
prayer for the family's reunion soon,
and Rev. ]. T. cambridge gave the
words of gratitude to "a faithful wife
who has so patiently and lovingly
ministered night and day in her de-
votion to her husband and family"
Rev. A. Lee Aldrich on Sunday
morning said, Before preach this
morning you people will give one
hundred dollars in cash to this faith
full soldier of the cross. / have never
met the man, and may never do so.
But / know what Jobush and Balm
bridge say about him is true In
less than six minutes not only the
$4,000 was raised, but $11.00 more
was found on the plate.
Rev. Jobush has pronounced Rev.
Stottrup publicly as the greatest
funeral sermon preacher he had ever
heard" Fred Steffensen told Rev..
Stottrup upon leaving his bedside,
I'VE have never accepted your resig-
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PINE COUNTY REAL
ESTATE TRANSFERS

O. D.-John W. Pearson and wife
to Norven H. Gillespie. Westerly
u of NW14 of Section 6, Fleming
Twp $1.OO, etc.
w. D.-Mary Bates to Nicholas
Kangas. NJ of NE14, .SW14 of NE114
of Section %, Pine Lake Twp. $1.OO,
etc.
w. DC. E.. w. Pearson to Anna
Falk. Lot % in Block II, DENIES
subdivision of Sandstone Quarries.
$1.00, etc.
w. D.-J. M. Waggoner and wife
to Charles ]. Forsberg. VIZ of NWA
of Section Z. Fleming Twp. $1.O0, etc.
w. D.-James G. Jewell to H. L..
Jewell. NWA of NWA of Section
II. Pokegama Twp, 100000.
w. D.-Ernest Ehmej and wife to
Brook Park Cooperative Creamery
Company. Let's and in Block 3,
Original Townsite of Brook Park
S1450.O0.
w. DIV. r. Zentner and wife to
John Clark SEA- of NWA and
NW44 of NEA of Section IA, Brook
Park Twp. 100000.
Administrator Deed.--Jens P. Mil
Ter, Administrator of Estate of Peter
Miller, deceased to Jens p. Jensen
Weis also known as Jens P. Jensen
vejs E1a of NEA of Section 16,
Partridge Twp. S238S.00.
w. D.-Luther Harvey and wife to
Frank Volta. Westerly $50 feet of
Lot 6, Block As. Original Townsite of
Pine City. $4,000.
Contract for Deed.--Ja mes d. Mark
ham to Frank Baumchen. SEA of
SEA of Section 21, Mission Greek
Twp. $4,000.
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ASKOV BUTTERMAKER
MAKES GOOD RECORD

M. Andersen, buttermaker in the
cooperative creamery at Askov, made
an unusually fine record for the
month of January. The secretary,
j. r. Petersen, has just received word
from the Land O'Lakes Creamery AS
ISOLATION that all of the butter ship
ped from the Askov creamery in jan
uary scored SO or better-thus get
ting the Land OLakes stamp. There
were So churnings during the month,
so this is a record of which MIR. An
dersen and all the members of the
creamery can justly be proud. Only
ZIP pounds of undergrade cream was
received at the creamery during jan
uary. 1t was not made into butter
here, but shipped out.
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If you want to buy or sell try an
American Want AID.
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A Want AID in the American will
bring results.
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Have your farm name registered;
the American will assist you.
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natibn and never will. You are still
our pastor and in six months you viii
be back in the pulpit and your family
united Tears filled the eyes of the
pastor while his wife remained
speeches.. He was told to use the
money in any way he felt the need
His physical Improvement is so great
that he may not need to leave for
California but will set aside $4,000,
should such|a trip be necessary.
In appreciation of what had
been done for him and his fam
lily. Rev. Stottrup gave out the
following statement:
"By this means l hope to reach
each and every single one of the many
friends who had a share in presenting
me with such a wonderful purse.
"And to think that it comes not
only from within my own congre-
cation, but also from the Presby-
terrain, the Methodist, and the Eng
fish Lutheran churches. This is truly
wonderful, the more so because
have never been prominent man
in the community.
II am truly thankful for this ex-
preston of sympathy. Please accept
the hearty thanks of my family and
myself"
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Community Church, Sandstone.
Sunday. Feb. 20)
In the morning at 1890 O'Clock,
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sMan5dfaann -
0A-1 o.
oEOTy Martha Martin

didly gay and bright In appearance.
Then the Black-Eyed Susans are
about, and all of the different Aster
relatives are to be found in the diff
ferent home spots.
And from the middle Of the sum-
mer on 1t seems to us as though the
coloring grew more wonderful day
after day, week after week.
when the autumn is actually here,
then 1t gets so that its beauty is be-
yond expression.
"We wondered how 1t could be so
beautiful this year as, day after day,
1t did become more marvellous and the
trees told us a secret and the shrubs
and the vines said that the secret was
n in which they shared, too.
'But they told me we could tell the
secret to anyone really interested in
Nature.
"And we can see that you are, Billie
Brownie"
"Oh, do tell me the secret" said Bill
lie Brownie. ut will give me so much
pleasure TO near IL.
"We asked the trees how 1t was that
they grew lovelier each day and how
1t was that they could become SO won
derful.
ut seemed to us that each day we
could not see them any more beauti-
full, and yet they were more beautiful
and we could tell that people felt the
same way about them.
people would say that the days
were so wonderful that they could not
describe them-that they had used up
all their words.
"And the trees told us this:
"Late Purple Asters,' the trees said
as they swayed in the breeze, we are
Mother Natures children, and we want
to look our best for u mother before
we take off our fnery and go to sleep.
awe are so pleased that she is
pleased that we go on each day trying
to look better and better, each of us
doing the same.
"'We add a dash Of color here or a
dash Of color there, and we just try
TO please her more and more and more.
And, as we try to please her more and
more and more, we keep improving
ourselves and looking better and bet
ter.
"'You know, this is the secret
When we receive praise which Is de-
served from one we so dearly love we
do better and better and better.
"'Praise only makes US want to
show that we will not disappoint the
one who thinks so well of us. We will
be worthy Of that praise
"That was the secret the trees told
u.s." the flowers ended.
And Billie Brownie thought 1t was
a beautiful secret, but he was glad
that all could hear the secret who
were really interested in Nature.
(Copyright.)
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CHE WHY of
SUPERSTITIONS
BY H. IRVING KING
PEBBLES
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES xxxxxxxxxxx>

GAYS Mrs. Bergen in a publication
- of the American Folklore society:
"Boys believe that they can prevent
the stitch In the side which is liable to
be induced by running by means of
holding a pebble under the tongue. 4
believe 1 could run all day and not get
tired If I could hold a pebble under my
tongue said one" Says Doctor Kun3
in his Magic of Jewels and Charms:
"Pebble-mania, or ~lithomania, is an in
herent trait In all mankind. From
the most primitive man to the most
modern this trait Is present in a
greater or a lesser degree" Not only
is man inherently inclined to collect
pebbles, but among primitive man
there was a tendency to ascribe to
pebbles Of any peculiar markings, OF
found under any peculiar circum-
stances, magic powers.
The boys belief in the sustaining
virtues of a pebble held under the
tongue is evidently an atavistic idea
which has its counterpart today
among peoples living in a primitive
state. The Australian aborigines be-
lieve that their medicine-men owe
their powers to the fact that they
have embedded in their bodies small
crystal pebbles, and that by trans
hitting these stones from their own
bodies to the bodies of others they
can transfer Herewith a part Of their
powers. The Malays have a class Of
pebbles called Mesticas which are
worn by their warriors pressed so
closely against the skin as to be-
come embedded In the flesh and which
are supposed to confer protection
against wounds-in some cases to con.
fer inv~ulnerability. A Dutch writer
Of the Eighteenth century admits that
these Mesticas confer invulnerability
but ascribes the fact to "diabolical
agencies" The boys pebble under the
tongue, the Mestica of the Maylay
and the crystal pebble of the Austria
|4ian are evidently one as to the main
idea-and all three are equally con-
ceptions Of primitive man.
% by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
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For Meditation
100000
By LEONARD A. BARRETT
JUSTICE WHERE JUSTICE Is DUE

THE sheriff of a certain county was
i taking six prisoners to Jail. One
of the six suddenly took an epileptic
fit. The unfortunate victim of the fits
was taken to a hospital where experts
examined him. They discovered that
the fits came on periodically and were
always followed by v reactions
which made him mentally susceptible
to almost any form Of suggestion. In
this case the victim Of the fits was a
stool-pigeon, condemned by a court
for grand larceny while the man who
succeeded in persuading him to COM
NIT the crime, the real perpetrator, es-
capped punishment.
Instead Of sending the unfortunate
victim of the fits to the prison why
not send him to some medical institu-
ton where such cases Of psychopathic
character are carefully diagnosed and
many times cured? A prison with no
facilities for mental recovery or even
moral uplift furnishes poor environ
ment for the cure of nervous or psychic
disorders. The criminal is thought of
not as a person but as a number. He
is one Of a large group paying the
price of justice instituted by the law
for the protection of society.
But is society really protected by
this procedure? The man with the
fits was sent up for a given number
of years for grand larceny. When
the time has expired he is released.
He leaves the prison not only with the
handicap Of a prison record but with
the cause of his mental disorder inten-
sified. He therefore becomes even a
greater menace to society than he was
before he became an inmate Of a
prison. Society is not protected by
the mere punishment of crime but by
the elimination of crime by removing
its cause. The law may have its
pound Of flesh and the penalty for
crime may be paid, but to what end?
Certainly not for the mere protection
of law but for the protection of So
ciety and that protection can never
be achieved until the u for crime
Is removed. Instead of a Jail sen
tence why not a life sentence In an In
stitution for the cure Of mental and
psychic disorders, or at least until
pronounced cured by experts In the
field of psychitary? Such institutions
might be supported by the state.
&c. 1921. western Newspaper Union,
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GA w s.
~ By Viola Brothers Shore
FOR THE GOOSE

FOR THE GOOSE
A BIRD In his own car Is worth
"A two in a taxi.
Us women likes men that takes
chances before marriage.
Formerly a woman couldn't give her
heart to a man unless she respected
him. She still can't.
In a bah room 1t don't matter how
silly a woman is, providin' on'y her
feet is lighter than her head.
FOR THE eANpER-
Sickness don't benefit nobody but
the doctor; and nobody ever got no
real returns outa lawsuit except law
yers.
Nothin' is big enough to be afraid
of Or little enough to despise.
In spite Of what the proverb says.
diligence Is on'y the stepmother of
success. Luck is the real mother.
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this instance, ream lace Is c%unningly
positioned to help form a bell sleeve,
also to embellish the skirt hemline,
and to add a unique touch to the CIR
die. For this 'sweetly feminine"
frock choose almond green g~eorgette
with cream lace for the color scheme,
although any Of the new colors will
be just as effective, such as pink
beige, bois de rose, valencia blue,
grecian rose, meadow pink, monkey
skin or orchid.
Filmy lace dyed to match the chif-
fon as well as heavy cream lace,
comes the style message from many
leading ateliers Of Paris.
A fascinating feature Of the new
lace program is that it abounds in
such delightful revelations of ingeni-
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contrasting cloth inlay. It seems rs
If a patch of solid>colored fabric or
leather serves to make the novelty
worsted Of which the sports coat Is
made look all the more novel by way
of contrast.
A tweed and a homespun novelty
mixture coat are shown In this pic
ture, each accentuating pockets with
inlays. the model to the left using We
lours, while the other employs bright
colored suede.
Belts, too, play an Interesting part
In the fashioning Of coats. Sometimes
they unite with the pocket in achisv-
ins>thic. In the model to the right a
tiny suede belt, matching the inlays
on collar, cuffs and pocket, slips IN
der a buttoned contrivance-such In
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THE ASTERs AND TREES
a@4AA&

0vII ERE all fond Of the autumn"
w said the Red-Stalked or Purple
Stemmed Aster, though some of US
stay around longer than others of us
If that is the correct way for me to
speak.
~ am well known and well liked, I
believe. My name is as 1t is because
my stem is reddish. There are a num-
Der Of flowers on various little stems
from my one big stem and I'm of a
violet color or pale lavender color.
1--WE have thin leaves which aren't
very big, quite different from the
leaves Of our cousin, Large-Leaved
Aster.
Those cousins, as you can guess,
have large leaves. Their name tells
you that"
"Ah. yes." said Billie Brownie, ~ do
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LACE TRIM NOW Is POPULAR;
NLAYS USED FOR ORNAMENT

a LACE SEASON. such as reigns
"A throughout all f~ashionland be-
speaks one other than the alluringly
feminine, and this is exactly in ac-
cordance with the demand of the
mode. The new colorful chiffon and
georgette frocks with their dainty lace
adornment are all that Imagination
may picture in the way of an ex-
quisitely feminized styling. All grace,
all charm, all loneliness are they.
The model here illustrated is distinct
~ characteristic Of the present mo-
ment fashion trend.
Artistic placement, as well as the
lace itself, impart enchantment to this
gown. Insets such as are here shown
ere much In favor for la~ce-styling. In
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the colorful dressy g~eorgette frock,
but especially r cream or lace yokes
introduced into the simple black dress.
Hand beading and embroidery on
lace are the "last word In the lace
program.
Because Of their style impor-
lance, one is led to begin with
pockets in telling the story Of the
seasons sports coats. Decorative as
well as useful pockets are an out
standing factor in modern coat
styling.
Now that the pocket is depended
upon to individualize the coat, design
ers are bending every effort to devise
unique and interesting effects. One
of the most successful is that Of q
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HEARING RESTORED

An invisible Ear Druminvented by A.
o. Leonard, which is q .Tiny-Megaphone,
fitting inside the ear out of sight, is
restoring hearing and stopping Head
Noises of thousands Of people. Request
for information to A. o. Leonard, Suite
642, 70 Fifth Ave-, New York City,
will be given prompt reply.-Adv.
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"Biack Beauty Still Leads

Judged by figures given out by tha
children's library Of Jackson county,
Oregon, "Black Beauty" still remains
the most popular book among the
youth of the land. 1t was found that
in 80 schools where 5,5l4 books were
distributed, "Plack Beauty. was, the
most frequently Ssread and '"Tom
Sawyer" was pext.
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Down BY the Tracks

"Sock mel dare you-sock me I"
Say! l wouldn't flatter you by al
tering the shape Of your face"
Mountains are the beginning and
the end of all natural scenery.-Rus-
kin.
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know that bit Of information now that
I have seen those cousins of yours"
Then Billie Brownie went and called
on Late Purple Aster.
The Late Purple Asters were larger
flowers, with long, thin petals and yell
low centers.
"You see," they told Billie Brownie,
"we're very fond of brilliant coloring,
and the autumn Is the time when the
coloring is so wonderful.
"Of course, when we arrive In the
middle of the summer the coloring is
beautiful, for the harvest makes it so
rich and lovely, and then the Golden
rods are about, and they are so splen-
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DoYouknow:
~??~That:~??~

0TTALCYON DAYS" The Greek
Il word for king-f1sher Is "Hal-
cyon." According to fable, the ancient
Sicilians believed the halcyon to nest
at sea In a floating nest about the
time Of the winter solstice. During
this time Of incubation, which lasted
about fourteen days, the a Of the
sea were always calm and unruffied.
"Halcyon Days" therefore have
come to signify a time of happiness
and prosperity; a time of tranquility
and peace.-Anna s. Turnquist.
e. 1921. Western Newspaper Union.)
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Middle Age

Middle age Is that period Of life
when you might as well eat It. as
you'll feel about the same next day
anyway.-Ohio State Journal.
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tmproveds so rapidly that l was astonished.
Think it saved my life and consider it
Q wonderful remedy Mrs. Louisa
Redfeld, 230 Dewitt st.
Tablets or Liquid. All dealers.
Write DR.. Pierce, Pres. Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, N. Y, If you desire free medical
advice.