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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-02-15

THIS offers a remarkable dental
i test. A test millions have made.
the last few years, with almost un-
believable results.
It gives cloudy teeth a clear and
beautiful wilderness. It adds high
polish and luster. 1t firms the gums
and gives them a clear and healthy
look.
On dental advice, the world is
turning to this way. Will you test it,
please: then note results yourself?
Pcs 0ys Sigperilfsg Josr tssfb and
gRns mid . fin cOGs
Dental science now traces scores Of
tooth and gum troubles to . germ
laden film that forms on your teeth.
Run your tongue across your teeth
and you VIII feel it :. a slippery,
viscous coating.
That film absorbs discolorations
from food, smoking, etc. And that
Is why your teeth look "off color"
and dingy.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
winners of the first four places are as

winners of the first four places are as
follows:
First. Frieda Hansen. Askov; second,
Margaret Hansen. Askov; third. Rich
ard Buck. Askov; fourth. Elizabeth
Buck. Askov..
In the trios there were two entries,
First. Paul overholzer. Hinckley;
second, Angus Mckay. Rock Creek.
HOGS-FAT BARROW
First. Margaret Palm, Brook Park;
Sylvester Bell. Pine City; fourth. Emil
Blomberg. Pine City,
POULTRY
STORY and Record Considerably
First. Dorothy Schott. Hinckley.
Ziegler. Hinckley. Toulouse geese;
third. Edwardina Palm Brook Park.
berg, Pine City. White Rocks.
School Exhibit.
An interesting and quite extensive
exhibit of the school work of Pine
county was given under the direction
Miller.
The exhibit consisted mostly of draw
ing, art work and industrial work and
the prizes were well distributed over
the county. with the most honors per-
haps going to Askov and Rock Creek
| schools.
A list of the school exhibits and prize
"'' ONE ROOM SCHOOLS
First. District No. 5. Carlson school.
Sandstone; second. District No. IL &C.,
Sturgeon Lake; third. District No. SO.
SEMI-GRADED
First. District No. 4. Rock Greek;
seeond District No S, s.; o Gr99ngen
=, First; Elna Nielsen, Askoy; second
a. Adele Ogilyie Iteaeher).
| Second Adela DetZ ASkOV.
HEALTH BOOKLETS, LANGUAGE
| HAMMER HANDLE
| Second. Elmer Dietz, Askov.
MEAT CARVING BOARD
| First. Victor Jensen. Askov; second.
Paul Jensen, Groningen; third. Andrew
N>"'''' ''i'' W IN, t5S STICK
| Second. Andrew Anderson. GrOnngen.
| WOOD PADS
First. second and third. Almina
EitenS, teacher, Groningen.
| SCROLL WORK
Second, Ernest Bjorklund. Groningen;
third. Andrew Andersen: Groningen.
First. Wanna Behrendt. Rock Greek;
second. Marion Erickson. Rock Creek.
BIRD HOUSE
Second. Vincent Misukanis. Sturgeon
REED BASKET
| First. Carman Bakken, Rock Greek;
second. Ingmar Bakken. Rock Greek;
| third, Dolores Lindgren, Rock Creek.
RAFF1A PILLOW
Second. Viola Erickson. Route 1. Stur-
geon Lake.
SILK CLOTHING POSTER
| First, Elna Nielsen, ASkov; second.
Adela Dietz. Askov; third, Alma Nielsen,
AskOv.
| HEALTH POSTER
| First, Adela Dietz. Askov; second.
Arlene Lindgren, Rock Creek; third.
Adele Ogilvie teacher. Pine City.
COLLECTIONS
| CAY Wild floWerS-SecOnd Dorothy
Larson, Route 2. Sturgeon Lake.
| OBJ Woods-Second. Roy Nordstrom.
Pine City.
| FANCY PILLOW SLIP
Second, Violet Erickson. Route 1.
Sturgeon Lake.
| FANCY TOWELS
| First, Metsel ZerfosS, Rock Greek;
second. Irene Mossberg. Sturgeon Lake;
third. Raymond Hoist, Rock Creek.
| PLAIN APRON
| First, Louise Willis. Finlayson; Sec
ond, Esther Belling. FinlaySon.
| FANCY TOWEL
| First, Jennie Dexter, Sandstone; Sec
ond, Ferne Tillman, Rock Creek
First. Myrl Beckman. Rock Creek;
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

then there is an exclusive showing
for newspapefmen only, the weights of
the contestants is speculated upon,
the referee question is given another
column or two, how many governors,
city mayors, millionaires and other
celebrities will attend the battle of
the century or ages" comes in for an
other days write-up, etc., etc. The
propaganda has already started about
another settoo between the two who
met at Chicago, it being argued that
Dempsey is still the logical contender
which Tunney wrested from said
Dempsey at Philadelphia a year ago.
Even the former champions mother
has something to say about another
scrap and of course it goes into the
sporting columns as more propaganda.
1t may be argued that people want
to read that stuff. And of course
many do. But the papers have worked
up that desire. Expert writer's who
know how to write Interestingly are
engaged at that work. To think that
following the battle about six columns
or more is dished up about those
blows delivered in ten rounds. 1t is
surely catering to the animal instinct
in man. About twenty years ago they
used to go forty rounds with only q
fraction as much said about it. Again
Barnum was right.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
McADOO OUT OF IT

There has been some speculation
as to whether Governor Smith of New
York or VIM. G. McAdoo, former Sec
rotary of the treasury and director
general of railroads, would get the
nomination of the Democratic party
for president. Mr.. McAdoo however
has withdrawn. placing party harm
ony and principles above personal am
bition. He does not desire a repe-
,tition of the 1924 Democratic conven-
tion. The editor of the Chattanooga
News had written Mr.. McAdoo for an
expression as to his attitude regard
ing the 1928 presidential election.
Mr.. McAdoo wrote in part as follows:
eff the Democratic situation should
again develop in such a way as to
cause repetition of the inconclusive
and disastrous fight in the New York
convention of 1924, it would be cal
amitous and the party would be re-
duced again to impotence in a presi-
Dental contest.
"True Democratic principles and
progressive Democratic policies which
you and l and our friends believe
to be essential to the public welfare
and which we have constantly cham
pioned, would be submerged in an
other disaster.
Everything possible should be done
to prevent the 1928 convention from
degenerating into a mere struggle of
individuals for personal preferment at
the expense of principles and policies
of fundamental Importance to party
character and to the welfare of the
Nation.
'My chief concern is the supremacy
of Democratic principles and progress
sive policies, for these mean the pres
ervatfon, unimpaired. of the Constitu-
tion of the United States, the suppress
sion of notification and the enforce
ment of law, without which stable
government is impossible and without
which the blessings of liberty will
disappear; justice to agriculture. with
out which the farmers cannot get
their rightful share of national pros
perity, and social and economic JUS
tice for all classes, without which
human opportunity cannot be widened.
81 shall not, therefore, be a candi-
date for the Democratic presidential
nomination in 1928.
'But the struggle for the preserva-
ton of the Constitution in it's integri-
ty, for the defeat of nullificaton, for
obedience to law and for the stern re-
preston of crime, for incorruptible
government, for impartial justice, So
-cial and economic; for orderly pro-
gress and for wider human opportun-
tiles must be carried on, and every
earnest patriot must see that it is
carried on"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

Steele county, one of southern Min
nesota's thriving farming districts,
made some important history at it's
annual county fair in Owatonna this
year. 1t tried out a free admission
plan and reports an attendance of
71,S41. AS the county's total popula-
ton is less than 10000 that is a re-
markable figure. Under the plan so
successfully adopted, receipts from
the grandstand and concessions paid
expenses; in other words the exhibits
and educational features of the fair,
which are all many want, were free,
while those who were principally in
terested in entertainment had to pay
for it. 1t might pay other county fair
promoters to look this up.-Duluth
Herald.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
FRIENDLY WORDS

In renewing his subscription to the
American, Oscar E. Johnson of Bruno,
writes: 1--WE like your paper we'll and
cannot get along without it." Jacob
Peters of Willow River, writes: eve
enjoy reading your paper and await
anxiously it's coming each time"
Commenting on the American cele-
brating it's 18th anniversary and
changing from six column to seven
column paper, Editor Colby of the
Pine County Courier writes: "The
American has made rapid strides and
has made a record for a newspaper
in a town the size of Askov."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
VINDICATION

The seventeen United States Sen
ators who stood firm against the Nc
Fadden Banking Bill in the last ses-
sion of Congress must feel indicated
by the recent confession of the author
of that legislation, revealing the fra
mer's apprehensions for the future of
American banking, as it may develop
under his legislation.
The danger that he now sees lurk-
ing ahead, as the result of the pre-
cedent established and the policies
permitted under the McFadden bill
are dangers that were visible to the
small handful of senators who fought
so bitterly against an overwhelming
majority.
Minnesota may well be proud of the
fact that in the small group of seven
teen men, who were gifted with the
capacity to discern the evils that
might arise from the McFadden legis-
lation, there was numbered her own
senior senator. Henrik Shipstead
In the light of recent observations
upon the effects of the banking bill
passed by the sixty-ninth Congress,
the remarks of the senator are colored
with the dignity of prophecy. Upon
the floor of the senate the Minnesota
senator declared that this legislation
involved the welfare and the very ex-
istence of the Independent country
banker, inasmuch as it paved the way
to the introduction of branch bank
ing, and, in the Light of later devel-
opments his description of the issues
involved comedies with that of the
very authors of the bill. AS he des-
cribed the real moment of the bill:
"It involves the question of whether
an Independent banker, so far as there
is now any independence in the finan-
cial field, may continue in the oper-
alton of his Independent business,
serving his local community, be ii
agricultural or industrial, or whether
the banking credits of this country
shall be concentrated progressively as
time goes on, into fewer and fewer
hands until the system as thus admin
istered succeeds entirely in eliminat-
ing the small banker. When that
time comes we will have banking on
a principle of the Observation-Disclosures
ism of Europe in the olden days."
Only now are some of the men whose
votes carried the McFadden bill
through Congress, willing to admit
that this indeed was the issue in
volved, and that, their strength and
their vote was given recklessly and
cast blindly against the interests they
were bound to defend.
Senator Shipsteads stand against
this legislation is typical of the kind
of service that he has given the peo-
pie of Minnesota, in the United States
senate. That his struggle in this
instance, as in many others was vain;
that what was his foresight upon this
issue, as upon many another ISSUE
has become less enlightened and en-
visioned lawmakers hindsight, is most
emphatically no occasion for the be-
lifting of his record. On the con-
trary it is but a further tribute to
him and to those who fought with
him, that they envisioned alone the
consequences of the law and struggled
alone against them. Their pitiful
minority is tribute to their courage
as the apparent effects of this law
are a tribute to their VISION
Rock County Star.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
A LITTLE TALK ON THRIFT
BY S. w. STRAUS

BY S. w. STRAUS
President American Society for Thrift
Efforts are being made at this time
to concentrate public thought during
the second week of October on the
very important theme of fire proven
ton. This is a phase of thrift that
should have the attention of every
citizen of the nation.
We are told by experts that during
the last six years upwards of $3,OO0,-
100000 worth of property in the Uni
ted States has been destroyed by fire.
This represents about one-half of the
amount we spend each year on new
buildings.
What is even more alarming is the
fact that the annual loss of life due
to fire is about $4,000, or more than
40 lives day-terrific price, indeed,
to pay for national vice that traces
it's origin almost entirely to indi-
vidual carelessness!
Fire and insurance experts tell us
that 80 per cent of all fires are pre-
ventable and are due to small acts OF
carelessness.
1t is paradoxical that many OF
life's most important happenings orr
ginate from unimportant causes. The
careless tossing of lighted cigar,
cigarette or match. the overturning
of a lamp, the accidental crossing OF
wires, the accumulation of oil-soaked
rags, and a thousand and one other
equally small circumstances have
caused historic tragedies.
Statisticians report that during ev-
cry minute of the day and night in
the United States property worth
$1,O64 is lost through fire. Substanti-
ally every hour of the day or night
brings the loss of two human lives
all due to a great extent to careless
ness and, therefore, unnecessary.
We cannot hope to merit the honor
of being a thrifty nation when we
permit the continuation of such Grim.
inal thriftlessness.
1t is we'll that one week early in
October will be devoted to efforts tt
arouse greater public attention to the
need of fire prevention.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
THE PERFECT STUDENT WORKED
HIS WAY
(LabOr)

The only perfect student the Uni
versity of Idaho ever had worked his
way through college. His name is
Jess Everett Buchanan, and he had
an unbroken string of "A's' through
out his course. 1t wasn't snap
course, either; he took his degree in
civil engineering, which means heavy
mathematics, and mathematics can't
be bluffed.
At that, Jess wasn't a bookworm.
He was so active in college affairs
that he was elected to seven honorary
fraternities.
For high capacity and sustained
grit and perseverance, that record is
hard to beat 1t makes all wholesale
criticism of the younger generation
sound a little ridiculous. Jess Bu-
chanan, like Charles Lindbergh, is a
living proof that the heart of youth
is sound.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

Hold-ups and rObberies are not very
frequent out in the country and that
is a good thing. We live more
peaceably here than they do in the
city. Perhaps though, according to
population the difference may not be
much. Recently a bachelor living
west of Finlayson was visited by two
thugs, knocked down and tied to a
chair One of the outlaws was
masked and they got away with SAT
in cash. The mans cries were heard
later by a neighbor and he was re-
leased. Some suggest that folks
should have guns polished up and
ready to meet such visitors, but it is
a poor suggestion. When a thug
drops in suddenly he has the drop on
the person he misuses and if both had
guns it might result fatally to the
citizen. More respect for law all
around and the lawbreakers being
given their just dues, a Tightening up
all along, the thugs being apprehend-
ed quickly and given sentence without
too much quibbling as is done in the
city of Milwaukee, will help matters
materially. The home is really the
foundation of it ALL Brought up in
honesty, to know and respect owner
ship will make the future citizens of
character. If they are kicked out
in early youth, abused and misused
they sometimes turn on the world
and degrade into desparadoes. Hav-
ing learned to do an honest days work
| is also very valuable. Likely many
thugs are too lazy to work and enter
upon the path of least resistance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

To amuse her playmates a little
five year old girl in Duluth set fire
to her dress the other day and died
shortly after as a result of the burns.
Matches in the hands of children too
small to understand their use are very
dangerous and, as in this case, some
times result in tears and sorrow.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29
BIG FIGURES

About a week before the ten-round
settoo at Chicago last Thursday the
Duluth Herald wrote editorially un-
der the above caption as follows:
The "gate" for the Dempsey
Tunney fight in Chicago next
week will be three million dol
lars.
Half of that will go to the
fighters, Tunney getting million
and Dempsey nearly a half a mil
lion no matter who wins.
The rest, less expenses, will go
to Tex Richard, promoter and
beneficiary of the greatest and
richest shower of free advertis-
ing in history, lavishly bestowed
by the newspapers; for in the list
of the expenses of this widely
popular entertainment the item
advertising" is close to zero.
And why should he pay for it
when he gets it free?
Surely this is nation of big
figures, where only big figures
can attract the least attention.
After the figures had been tabulated
it was found that the gate receipts
did not amount to three million dol
lars, the exact figure being $685. $50.
However it is a neat sum and leaves
about a half million dollars to the
promoter for his shrewd and cunning
work.
And then some people say it does
not pay to advertise! AS the Herald
says, free advertising has been show
cred upon them. To be sure this is
true and the big violators of that
stunt are the daily newspapers-the
Herald included. For days and weeks
before the battle they write columns
upon columns about their training,
how the big fellows buffet their spar
ring partners around, the public be-
ing excluded from the training quar-
tiers, then they are let in on it again,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

Times have changed. The women
folks used to talk about how many
biscuits they could make out of a
quart of flour. Now they talk about
how many miles they can get out of a
gallon of gas.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

"Why do you laugh at his jokes?"
asked citizen of another concerning
a wise guy, "it isn't possible you I'M
derstand them, is it," NO." replied
the other, "but if l didn't laugh he'd
try to explain them"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

second. Marion Beckman. Rock Creek:
third. Metsel Zerfoss. Rock Creek.
FANCY APRON
First Adela DietZ. Askov; second.
Elna Nielsen. Askov: third. Alma Mel
sen, Askov.
PLAIN APRON
Second. Bertha Schillng. F'inlaySon.
KIMONA NIGHT GOWN
First. Merriam Bakken. Rock Creek:
second. Arlene Lindgren. Rock Creek;
third. Marion Beckman, Rock Creek.
STITCHES
First. Helen Miller Groningen; Sec
ond. Harriet Anderson. Groningen: third
Jeanette Anderson. Groningen
DRESSER SCARF
Second. Ferne Tillman. Rock Creek.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

The Dear River News writes humor-
ously: 1--WE saw John Miller pull in
a Coolidge car the other day. 1t
didn't choose to rum"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

A young fellow was driving along
country road when he overlook a
group of school children, and when
he offered to give them a lift they
piled into his machine. There wasn't
room for all of them on the seats so
one of the girls had to sit on the
drivers lap.
do you like SCHOOL," he inquired.
Eyes, sir" she replied.
do you go to school every day?"
81 never miss a day."
Good little girl" he remarked,
kissing her on the cheek, land do you
like the teacher?"
Il am the teacher" she replied. 1.
Want Ads only 1c per word.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

If the earth were equally divided
among it's inhabitants, each person
would get 231a acres.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

About a week before the ten-round
settoo at Chicago last Thursday the
Duluth Herald wrote editorially un-
der the above caption as follows:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

Want Ads only 1c per word.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-29

The Boys and Girls clubs of Pine
county had exhibits in sheep. hogs. and
poultry, and the work of these boys
and girls is certainly very commend
able.
A boy or girl who can bring a calf,
sheep, or hog to the fair after having
put a whole summers care on the AMI
mai gets a real thrill when his ami
NAL is awarded a prize. The best COM
petition was in the sheep, there being
nineteen single lambs entered. me
Smyrna times., 1927-06-08
Xerxes' Mighty Army

Xerxes, the Persian king, used an
odd method to count his soldiers be
fore the battle of ThermOpylae in $50
B. G. He had the greatest army Of
invasion that ever had been seen upon
the earth when he moved against the
Greeks. He wanted to know how many
fighting men there were, so he had
10000 Of them counted and they were
huddled into as dense a mass as pos
sible and a wall was built around the
space they occupied Then the whole
army entered the enclosure In detach-
ments so that the number of times it
was filled, multiplied by 10000, was
approximately the total Of the invad
ing forces. This figure, according to
Herodotus, was 100000 foot soldiers
and $4,000 cavalry. With attendants
and the sailors and soldiers Of the
fleet added, he brought the total up to
2,317,OOO.
Smyrna times., 1927-06-08
Bamboo Acclaimed as
Most Valuable Plant

There has lately been an inquiry
into the question, What is the most
useful plant in the world? and the
prize has gone tc the bamboo. 1t is
said that the East, South Africa and
the West Indies could not exist with
out it,
The bamboo is hollow reed which
may grow a few feet high or a hun
dred. Sometimes its stem is round.
sometimes square, and the square kind
Is very useful for ladders or scaffOld-
ing All sorts of things, massive or
delicate, are made from che stems.
Houses are built Of them, and they
make water pipes and ships masts,
beds and tables, prison cages for Grim
inals, handles for agricultural fmple-
ments, penhOlders, umbrellas and rods
for bad boys! The young roots make
good food, and SO do the seeds, which
may be cooked like rice or used for
beverage, while the leaves can be used
for thatching or weaving into clothes
and mats. Verify, few plants do SO
many things for man.