Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-26

in the vicinity Of Saint Cloud are
principally Gray and Red, although
there are slight variations in shade.
The term Gray is used for one of the
shades, although its color ranges from
a deep blue to almost black shade.
The Gray is perhaps the most popular
of the two GRANTEES, because of its ac-
feasibility to high lustre and because
Of it's marked contrast between the
polished and other finishes. The Red
GRANTEES range between reddish pink
shade to a deep chocolate or mahoga-
ny color. Both Red and Gray GRANTEES.
however are equally durable and are
judged by the purchaser according to
his personal taste as to color.
The Red granite chosen for the
burial vaults (Sarcophagus) of the
Egyptian Kings from the character
istic red deposits along the Nile is
identical with the Red granite from
the Saint Cloud District. Further
evidence of the popularity of Saint
Cloud granite lies in the fact that
there are two examples in the Hall of
Fame in the Nations Capitol at Wash
ington, D. G.
EXTERNAL EVIDENCE OF
GRANITE: External evidence of the
Granite deposits is found in huge out
crops running into bluffs and hills.
and even more conspicuously in mas
sive boulders which dot the rolling
prairies and wooded sections surround
ing the city. The whole country is
underlaid with gigantic rock, for
nation of true granite, so massive
that it is certain to be inexhaustible
for several centuries to come. One of
the most outstanding proofs of the
quality of Saint Cloud GRANTEES is that
there has been no perceptible wear on
the outcroppings above the surface,
although they have been exposed to
the elements for thousands of years.
1t was not until 1886 that the
granite industry in ST. Cloud became
well established and, profitable, and
this was when monumental work be-
came the leading factor of the indus
try. number of plants with fully
equipped cutting sheds, and machinery
being of the most modern patterns
enables the operators to turn out the
highest quality of work with celebrity,
multiplying rapidly from year to year
with newly established firms, and yet
all are Overcrowded with orders. The
name Of st. Cloud granite for Monu-
mental purposes has extended not only
to the fast West but tC the East and
South.
Although there are few firms in
st. Cloud whose practice it is to sell
at retail, the majority Of firms operate
on wholesale basis exclusively. Each
firm employs it's own staff of travelling
solicitors to call upon the retail deal
er in all sections of the United States
and Canada, in addition to direct mail
solicitation. Hundreds of dealers from
all sections of the country combine
business and pleasure trip to Minneso-
ia, stopping at st. Cloud to purchase
their immediate and future require
ments in granite and they then con-
tinue their journey into the heart of
Minnesota's Ten Thousand Lakes. st.
Cloud being situated as it is on sew
eral paved trunk highways and the
transcontinental lines of the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific Rail-
ways and is one of the terminals of
the Northland Transportation Com
pany.
The city of st. Cloud and it's granite
industries extend cordial invitation
to all visitors to visit their quarries to
view the manner in which the huge
blocks of granite are removed from
Mother earth, and to conduct visitors
through their polishing and cutting
plants to watch the rough quarried
granite in it's complete process of man
ufacture until it finally appears as the
finished Memorial that will everlast-
ingly express love and devotion to
someone that has gone before-to
mark for all time the hallowed ground
where the mortal remains of man have
been laid to rest. No destructive force
of nature, nor scarcely any of man
can erase those messages, no trace of
time can sully or obliterate its beauty
No change in human customs or in
human thought can dim it's symbolism
or impair its meaning.