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hen, II cockerel, 1 pullet, william
Aired; 1 hen, H. Pooler; 2-3-5 hen,
2-3-4-5-6 cockerel, 2-3-4 pullet, IL
young pen, best Red male, P. L. HAM
lin.
r. C. Rhode Island Reds: 3 cock,
1913 cockerel, Algot Randall; 1-2
cock, 1928 hen, 4-5-6-7 cockerel, 1-2-
1861 pullet, Homer Pooler; 3 pullet,
P. L. Hamlin.
White Wyandotte: 1 cock, 1-2 cock
erel, 1 hen, 1-2 pullet, c. E. Smith;
% cock, Lyle Temple.
Buff Wyandottes: 1-2 cock, 1894
hen, 1-2 cockerel, Lyle Temple.
Partridge Wyandottes: cock, 1913
hen, 1913 cockerel, 1-2-3 pullet, L.
F. Appleby.
S. C. White Leghorns: 1894 cock
erel, young pen, old pen, best Leg
horn male, champion cockerel, cham
pion young pen, Art Halverson; 1
cock, 1913 hen, William Glasow; 3-4-5
pullet, Art Martin; 1-2 pullet, Walter
Schwartz; best Leghorn female, Wal
ter Schwartz. <.r
Red Leghorns: 1894 cockerel, T.
B. Clark
White Minorcas: 1913 cockerel,
best Minorca male, Lyle Temple.
S. C. Anconas: 1 cock, PA hen,
Lloyd G. Finnie; 1876 hen, cock,
1928 pullet, champion male, cham
pion female, L. F. Appleby; hen,
1875 pullet, 1-2-3 cockerel, E. X. Err
vim.
Black Jersey Giants: 1 cockerel,
1-2-S-4-5 Ipullet, E. X. Erwin, (all
awards)! ysz~a-<s.-4,--~....,- -
Buff Orpingtons: 1-2 cock, 1924
,hen, 1-2-3@4 cockerel, 1-2-3-4-5 pullet,
champion Orpington male, George
Nicoll.
White Orpingtons: 1913 hen, cham
pion Orpington female, L. F. APP
pleby. - .
Light Brahmas: 1-2 cock, 1-2 hen,
1-2 cockerel, 1-2 pullet, R. ]. Holt.
Dark Cornish: 1 cock, 1-2 hen, 1-2
cockerel, 1-2 pullet, r. j. Holt.
White Cochin Bantams: All awards
to e. K. Erwin.
Black Cochin Bantams: All awards
to E. K Erwin
Bronze Turkeys: 1-2 cockerel, 1
hen, 1 pullet, John Hertinstein.
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NEWS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS

Ordinarily, foreign governments
appoint their consuls abroad without
consulting the wishes of the locality
involved, but Sweden recently asked
the Swedish residents of Winnipeg
for advice concerning the appoint
ment of a consul at that city; such
advice is not considered binding
upon the government, but OCCASION
ally serves as a guide to the APP
pointing authority. In this case, a
veritable balloting took place, the
result of which was that the Winni-
peg Swedes agreed to recommend
that C. H. Nilsson, a business man
of the Canadian city, be appointed
consul pending the arrival of an Of
fetal who will be sent to the post
direct from Stockholm.
To Lead Rotary.
II. C. Thomson of Aarhus, Denmark,
has been appointed leader of the
European work of the International
Rotary clubs, to succeed F. Warren
Teele, an American, who has re-
signed. For the time being Mr..
Thomson will remain in his home
city from which point he will direct
the work of organization in Scandin-
avia and Germany, but later he will
move to Zuerich, Switzerland, where
the European Rotary clubs have their
central bureau at the head of which
he is to be placed.
New Novel.
Very little Norwegian American
fiction has been published during the
present season, but one outstanding
work is "Slegten i Vaagefjorden" (The
Family of the Wage Fjord), by Will
helm Petersen who in years past has
written a large number of books.
This novel is different from the usual
run of Observation-Disclosures fiction in
this that it does not deal with Nor
wegian-American pioneer life but
takes up a subject that, in all its
ramifications, leads the reader to var
ious other countries.
Physician Died.
d. Carl Eugen Elfstrom of Brook
Ign, N. Y, died last week at the age
of GA. He was born in Jonk0ping,
Sweden, and graduated from the Car
olingian Institute in Stockholm fol-
lowing which he was a school teach
er in Sweden for some years. Some
thirty years ago he went to America,
studied medicine, and built up an ex-
s tensive practice in Brooklyn, especi-
ally among his compatriots.
Danish.American History.
DR.. Thomas P. Christensen of Iowa
City last week published volume.
entitled, "Danish-American History,
in which he reviews the activities
of all the more important organize
tions and agencies among the Danes
in America. The work which is
written in Danish, is divided into sew
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OurWdshn\ctonL Letter
By " pDaley

Washington, Dec. 21.-With the
exception of those living in distant
places, all Members of Congress have
returned to their home districts for
the holiday season. Little has been
achieved in the first three weeks of
the session. The time has been de-
voted largely to parley and incident
ally to the organizing of the Senate
and House, with the result that they
had little, time to devote to legisla-
tive matters. The real business of
Congress will be transacted when
they return early in January for a
session which will probably last I'M
til the first week in June.
1t is true that. the House rushed
through the tax reduction bill with
out prolonged debate. The Revenue
Bill of 1928 which passed the House
carries reductions amounting to
$3.50 100000, which is considerably in
excess of the maximum recommended
by President Coolidge in his annual
message. A most surprising factor
in the tax legislation was the defeat
of the Administrations proposals by
a substitution of minority amend
ments. The real fight will come
in the Senate when the Administra-
ton is expected to exercise it's con-
troll and cut down the rates allowed
by the House. The whole subject
is bound to be football of politics,
io11 u will a in
emily in the 1928 campaign.
The. House expects to give early
consideration to legislation liquidat-
ing alien property claims. The Ad-
ministration favors the measure. The
House Appropriations Committee will
continue hearings relative to pro-
posed expenditures for the Federal
Departments during the next fiscal
year. The Treasury Department, in
its annual report, points out that one
third of the taxpayers dollar is
spent on military expenditures for
national defense or payments to mil
itary veterans. One half of each tax
dollar is used for the services of the
public debt, the equivalent of 20
cents being required for interest and
premium payments, and 30 cents for
debt retirement. Ordinary civil ex-
penditures are much lower than the
average taxpayer believes.
Diplomats representing the World
Powers in Washington are giving
their closest attention to the Navy
building program now being con-
sidered by Congress. The ordinary
American voter gives little heed to
the problem, but our British neigh
bors are greatly concerned and the
cables are burdened with important
messages to the foreign offices. OBJ
servers say that President Coolidge is
becoming militant in recommending
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an extensive program which includes
seventy-one new warships at an es-
timated cost of $725,0O0,0O0, the
greatest Navy program since Presi-
dent Wilson's recommendations in
1915. Comment in Washington is to
the fleet that the President and his
advisors place little faith in the
Geneva Conference for the reduction
in ornaments. The exploits of Col
onel Lindbergh have spurred interest
in aviation with the result that Con-
gress is more than willing to appro-
pirate large sums of money for the
development of aviation.
So many suggestions have been
made for the flood relief legislation
affecting the Mississippi River Valley
that the House COMMITTEES finds it
difficult to arrive at conclusions.
The several states suffering from the
flood disaster are not entirely in
agreement as to the ways and means
of utilizing Federal aid. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that influence of the
Administration will be thrown in
support of the program proposed by
the Corps of Army Engineers which
gave a scientific study to the prob
lem.
1t is only natural that Congress
men should endeavor to obtain spec
ial concessions for their districts, es-
pecially if they were in the flood
h,,k
tarded flood relief legislation. The
word has been passed that the Ad-
ministration frowns upon any effort
to down the flood pork barrel or
patronage measures.
The Senate and House Committees
on Agriculture have an unenviable
task of sorting the numerous propo-
sails for foreign legislation. The
time of the committees will be fully
taken up with hearings of the various
legislation. There is no doubt that
some farm relief bill representing
a compromise will be reported be-
fore spring.
There will be struggle for Ad
ministration patronage in the erec-
ton of Post Offices and other Fed
eral Buildings in various Congress
ional districts, provided an increase
in the building program is recon-
mended by the Committee on Pub
lie Buildings and Grounds, and is APP
proved by the Secretary of Treasury.
The bill favorably reported by the
House Committee increases the ap-
preparation from $3.50, 900 to $780,
100000 for Federal buildings through
out the United States, making this
money available at the rate of $1O,-
600, 900 per year.
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TWO NEW BULLETINS
JUST FOR THE ASKING

Every corn grower in Minnesota
will be interested in Special Bulletin
No. 116, European Corn Borer," is
sued by the agricultural extension
service of the University and avail
able without cost on request to the
Office of Publications, University
Farm, st. Paul. The borer is pic
tured as probably the worst corn pest
that the American farmer has ever
had to contend with. The habits
of the borer, the Importance of con-
troll methods, the necessity of con-
certed action, together with descrip-
ton matter of corn pests which re-
semble the borer, are presented in
the bulletin. Better send for it.
Farm Accounts-How Mr.. Fair
field Kept Them" is the title of a
revised bulletin printed under the
supervision of the extension service
and now ready for circulation. There
is no charge for this bulletin-sim-
ply mail a postcard request to Uni
versity Farm and then take it from
your mailboX.
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ford to and will spend millions of dol
lars to try to retain control of this
gigantic annual profit, taken at both
ends of the line from the producer
and the consumer.
"The Farm Bureau has no fight
with the flour millers, the railroads
or any other transportation or manu-
featuring enterprise that adds an
economic value to farm products on
their way from the farm to the con-
sumner.
But the Farm Bureau is unalter-
ably opposed to the horde of specula-
tors and others along the route from
farm to market, who perform no SER
vice to producer or consumer but who
take their toll from both the farmer
and the consumer"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22
EXHIBITS FROM
FAR AND NEAR
A Total of 297 Birds En-
tered at Annual County
Poultry Show Held in
Sandstone I asst Week.
One Iowa Exhibitor.

At the thirteenth annual Pine Coun-
ty Poultry Show held at Sandstone
on December IA, Is, and 16, 297 birds
were entered. Exhibitors from many
parts of Pine county sent in their
chickens in spite of the cold weather
and blockaded roads. Undoubtedly
the weather conditions kept as many
ducers look with favor upon taking
out their stock in such inclement
weather as occurred during the three
days of the show.
The business men of Sandstone, had
contributed generously toward the
financial support of the show by TAX
ing out memberships in the associ-
alton. Many persons, also, not di
rectly interested in the raising of
poultry, visited the show and viewed
the many fine specimens of poultry
shown. Some excellent barred Ply
mouth Rocks were displayed by Mrs.
Condor of Mora, and also by L. F.
Appleby, Pine City, secretary of the
association. Some of the other lead
ing breeds exhibited were White Leg
horns, Single and Rose Comb Rhode
Island Reds, Buff Orpingtons, White
Rocks, White Wyandottes, Light
Brahmas, Dark Cornish, Bantams,
Anconas, and Black Jersey Giants.
On the second day, a group of boys
from the high school visited the show
under the direction of Mr.. Richards,
agricultural instructor, and were
given much valuable information on
the various types and breeds.
A poultry show of this kind in any
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eral chapters, dealing, respectively,
with early Danish immigration, the
diplomatic relations between the
United States and Denmark, the
church, the press, Danish-American
literature, lodges and societies,
school activities, ETC.; there are also
chapters on the Danish West Indies
(now the Virgin Islands), Danes in
Canada and Argentina, etc.
Silver Foxes i'm Norway.
Largely at the instigation of re-
turning Norwegian-Americ a very
large number of persons in Norway
have taken up the business of silver
fox breeding, and it appears to be on
the verge of becoming a regular fad;
several of the provincial papers of
Norway complain that the new in
dustry is detrimental to the econ
omic life for the reason that farmers
invest much more money in silver
foxes than they really can afford.
A good many of these animals are
now being imported from farms in
the United States and Canada.
'Bergens Tidende' refers to the new
industry as "the silver fox mania.
Sculptor Arrives.
Wilhelm Henning, a Swedish sculp-
tor of note, has arrived in New York
where he intends to make his home
Several of his works are to be found
in collections and museums in Stock
holm and elsewhere throughout Eu-
rope, and although he belongs to the
younger group of Northern artists, he
has already won fame which is
described as unusual At the present
time he is carrying out a commission
to model DR.. Johannes Hoving, for
many years a leader among the
Swedes of Greater New York.
A Gift to the Legation.
The widow of Christian Hauge, in
dependent Norway's first minister to
Washington, died recently in Oslo,
and upon being probated it was found
that her will bequeathed an immense
ly large portrait of her husband to
the legation in Washington. The
painting has now arrived and will
probably be hung in the reception
hall of the legation building when
Minister Bachke, who just arrived
from Norway, arranges his furniture.
Col. ListOe Dead.
Funeral services for Col. Seren Lis
toe took place at Fergus Falls, Mimi,
last Friday, his death having occur
red at the home of one of his sons
in Virginia few days before. Col.
Listoe was born at Ringkjobing, Den
mark, 80 years ago, and had made
his home in the United States since
he was 20 years old. For some time
he was a member of the Minnesota
state legislature, being the first Dane
to be elected to that body; later he
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community is an educational affair
of considerable value, especially for
those who make an effort to exhibit.
Many good points and bits of informa-
ton can be picked up by observing
the breeds and talking with other
breeders. Very liberal arrangements
have been made by the officers of the
association whereby a member Sc
cures a three years subscription to
the Poultry Herald for his member
ship fee of one dollar which he pays
to join the county poultry association.
The officers feel that a good show
ing was made this year in spite of the
severe weather conditions and are
hoping that next year the show may
be given under more favorable cir
cumstances, so that larger and better
exhibits may be brought out.
List of Exhibitors.
Sandstone: Art HalvOrson, Art Mar
tin, William GLASGOW, Walter Schwartz,
Cecil ]. Mckinley.
Pine City: T. B. Clark, L. F. Appleby,
p L. Hamlin, Homer Pooler, George
Nicoll.
Rush City: Lloyd G. Finnie, Will
liam Aired, r. ]. Holt, John Herten-
stein.
Lyons, Ia: c. E. Smith.
Beroun: ]. B. Kusiol.
Henriette: Algot Randall.
Brook Park: Edwardina Palm.
White Bear Lake: E. X. Erwin.
Morristown: Lyle Temple.
List of Awards.
Light Barred Rocks: 1 cock, Cecil ].
Mckinley; 1 hen, Mrs. L. E. Conger.
Dark Barred Rocks: 1 hen, 1876
cockerel, 1-3 pullet, 1 young pen, best
Rock female, Mrs. L. E. Conger; 1
cock, 2-4-5 cockerel, 2-4-5 pullet, 2
young pen, L. F. Appleby.
White Rocks: 1-2 cock, 1-2-3-4-6-7
hen, 1-2-3 cockerel, 2-3-4-5 pullet,
young pen, 1-2 old pen, champion
Rock male, grand champion cock,
grand champion old pen, ]. B. Kusiol,
Largest exhibitor in Pine county-35
birds); ga cock, hen, As cpckerel,
CT pullet, young pen, R. ]. Holt.
Partridge Rocks: 12 hen, 1924
cockerel, 12 young pen, Edwardina
Palm (all awards).
S. c. Rhode Island Reds: 1 cock,
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BIG CITY ALSO
HAS A HEART
At Christmas Time it is
Good to Note That There
is Good Will Towards
Men. Capital City Sets
Good Example.

st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 21.-"Peace
on Earth, Good Will Towards Men,"
When these words echoed over the
Judean hillsides nearly two thou
sand years ago it was intended that
they should mean all men, every
where.
In the years that have passed, how
that the message of the first Christ
mas was not meant to include the
big city; that the city was great
swirling mass of human beings. too
busy to care about the troubles of the
unfortunates; too self-centered to be
bothered caring for the down and
outer; a great social corporation with
out a heart.
In the majority of cases this i'm
preston is exaggerated. The city
has heart and big one at that.
The city has its problems and it
meets them, and an example of what
is going on daily in the great metro
politan centers of the United States
towards making life of the less for
tunate more pleasant may be found
here in the recent opening of an in
stitution which in reality is a COM
munity center for the laboring clas-
ses of the city. The New Bethel
Hotel, as the institution will be
known, will be operated as depart
ment of the work of the Union Gospel
Mission, a work supported by the
churches and public spirited citizens
of st. Paul.
The Bethel, which has been opened
Continued on Page 81
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was a registrar of the u. S. land
office, and for a number of years
publisher and editor of the Norwe-
gian st. Paul paper, "Nordvesten"
He served a year as American con-
sui at Dusseldorf, Germany, and for
% years was stationed at Rotterdam,
Holland, as American consul general
he spent the summers in Denmark,
and the winters in America.
Never Met Since 1879.
A few days ago ]. S. Peterson and
August Peterson, brothers, met &C
cidentally in Los Angeles street
car for the first time since 1879
Both had come to Rock Island, ILL.,,
with their parents, immigrants from
Sweden, and misfortune had scattered
the family. Now in the Los Angeles
street car, August Peterson noticed
the peculiar gait of his fellow pas
senger and thought it reminded him
strongly of his lost brother. He ap-
preached him, and in a few minutes
the relationship was fully established,
the Identification made.
VIII Farm i'm Denmark.
Princess Erik of Denmark form
erly Miss Lois Booth of Ottawa)
passed through Chicago last week on
her way back to California from Den
mark; her husband, son of Prince
Valdemar of Denmark, had preceded
her by a few days. Both the prince
and his wife, upon being inter-
viewed, had declared that they were
so fond of their chicken ranch in
California that they could imagine no
more satisfactory place to live, but
now a cablegram from Copenhagen
announces that the prince intends to
sell his California property, and will
return to Denmark where he plans
to buy a farm.
Going South With Byrd.
Capt. o. Visiting, master of the
Amundsen vessel, Maud, which for
three years was lost in the Arctic
ice, has been invited by Commander
Byrd to join his South Polar expe-
dition. The commander also has au-
thorized Lieutenant Balchen who
flew with him to France, and who is
going with him to the South Pole, to
open negotiations for the purchase of
the Norwegian vessel, "Samtiden",
which, if bought, will be manned by
Norwegian crew.
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SAFETY FIRST

If you have a clear mind,
And you're not color blind,
And can tell the red signal from
green: /
It's best to take care q
And to always beware, 8.
When crossing the crossings between.
There's many a man,
Hauled away in van,
That never rode that way before,
That never looked up ~
From Death and His cup,
But drank it and thirsted for more.
You are apt to be dead '.-
If you move with the red.
It's safer to wait for the green.
If you make a quick stride
For the opposite side,
Your chances are going to be lean.
For you never can tell
When they're ringing the bell,
At the crossing you reach in fog,
It's better to wait
Till they raise the gate,
You might be luckier dog. '.
You'd rather be seen
Just awaiting the green,
Though it takes you a minute or
more,
Than lie a few hours
Surrounded by flowers
And friends hanging crepe on the
door.
Larry Kitchel
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DECLARES FIGHT ON
CO-OPS WILL BE MET
WITH STRONG ACTION

j. F. Reed, president of the Mime
sofa Farm Bureau Federation, at St.
Paul Saturday declared that the
greatest menace to farmers cooper
ative effort in the history of American
affairs had taken visible form. at Chi
cago early in December, with the
organization of the Federated Agri-
cultural Trades of America.
- Early in December at the Palmer
House, in Chicago" stated Mr. Reed,
three hundred representatives of
some twenty-eight strong commercial
trade associations, representing grain
dealers, butter and ice cream manu-
facturers, milk dealers, cotton ship
pers, fruit and vegetables shippers,
sugar manufacturers, meat packers,
Gamers, wholesale grocers, large oil
interests, and fertilizers and imple-
ment manufacturers, met and declared
war to the finish against farmers CO.
operative selling organizations.
Forming an organization named
the Federated Agricultural Trades of
America" continued Mr.. Reed, these
three hundred men voted to raise i'm
mediately million-dollar campaign
fund as first step in the fight on the
farmers organizations.
IN. o. Jensen of Salt Lake City,
butter manufacturer, was elected
president of the new organization and
at once appointed committee of
fourteen men to perfect the plan of
campaign that will be waged against
the co-operatives.
"In this connection, I desire to de-
clare, with all the emphasis at my
command, that this campaign
launched in Chicago, will be met in
Minnesota with all of the strength
that the Farm Bureau is able to
marshal behind such outstanding
Minnesota co-operatives as the Land
O'Lakes Creameries, Inc, the Central
Livestock Assn of South st. Paul, The
Minnesota Cooperative Wool Growers
Association of Wabasha, the Lake Re-
gion Cooperative Egg and Poultry
Exchange and other similar organiza-
lions owned and operated by Mime
sofa farmers.
1T is high time that the people of
Minnesota and of the Middle West
form correct mental picture of what
is taking place in this land of ours
right at this particular period.
"In Holland, of every dollar paid
by the consumer for food products,
from 80 to 80 cents goes direct to the
producer.
I'm the United States, of every dol
lar paid by the consumer for food
products from 30 to IS cents goes to
the producer.
"Of twenty-five and one-half billion
dollars paid by consumers for food
products in 1926 in the United States,
only seven and one-half billion dollars
reached the original producer.
"The enormous sum of FIFTEEN
BILLION DOLLARS during 1926 was
raked off along the route from the
farm to the consumer by various mar
keting agencies, some of them useful
but many of them of no use or SER
vice in any way either to the original
producer or to the final consumer.
"That fifteen billion dollars per an
mum toll on the produce of the United
States is being taken by the members
of these trade associations which met
at Chicago. They are backed with
unlimited capital, strongly entrenched
in commercial channels and can af-