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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-08-16
Germans Set Glider Records.

Germans Set Glider Records.
Rohen, Germany-Two new worlds
records for elders were set here. The
German flier Nehring established a
new distance record by flying 20 kiio.
meters (4347 miles).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-08-16

Clean Hands Not Necessary.
BE sure and wash your hands be-
fore you go to school, Jimmie" said
his mother.
"Oh, l don't need to do that" he
said. II never raise them when the
teacher asks question"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-08-16

Come to the Point.
David, yer are my glasses?"
ION your nose, ladder
Don't be so Indefinite"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-08-16

Want Ads only 1c per word.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03

after being neglected for nearly
of century, will be
presented to the state.
The barrack-like building on the
Fort Riley military reservation. was
the meeting place of the first terri
torial legislature in July. 1855, Con-
trolled by pro-slavery men, the leg
islature met for four days, voting to
move the capitol. over the protests
of free sellers, to Shawnee Mission,
south of Kansas City. Kan.
After that everybody apparently
forgot about the building. The root
and floors were gone and the walls
had crumbled before anybody real
lied that nature was about to COM
plete the slow process of destroying
the stone building where Kansas
had its official beginning.
Finally the Union Pacific railroad,
which has a right-of-way near the
historic building. decided to spend
10000 for its preservation. Carl r,
Gray. president of the railroad. will
present the building to Governor
Ben S. Paulen.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03
INDIAN RITUALS
| Being RECORDED
Ceremonies Of Fox Tribe Likely
to Disappear

Tama. Iowa, Aug, R1StriNing
to complete his record of the Old
pagan rituals of the Fox Indians OF
Iowa before modern influences COM
plete their obliteration, Dr. Truman
Nicholson, Smithsonian ethnologist
OF the Bureau of American Ethnolo-
gy, is spending his seventeenth con-
secutive summer among the peace
full. Industrious survivors OF this
once war-like tribe.
Unit, recently the Foxes observ-
ed their rituals in reNerentlal
spirit, but the younger generation
has taken different attitude, at
tending the festivals primarily for
social purposes and to take adran-
tage of the abundant feasts. so that
the old spirit is likely to perish with
the passing of the aging elders OF
the tribe.
These ceremonies take place
chiefly in the spring and fall and.
unlike Christian and other familiar
religious practices, have little to do
with rules OF conduct. Each ritual
has distinct purpose. such as the
avoidance of disease, insurance OF
success in war, and the insurance
of retribution in case anyone should
speak i'll against the chiefs village
and is supposed to have been or
dered by supernatural spirits.
| In summer. DIR. Nicholson relates
feasting and dancing are connected
with religious worship, but in winter
there is no dancing. Features of tn.
summer festivals are the foul
dances. the ceremonial eating Of dos
meat, and prayer to the Spirit Of
Fire and He Who Lies With Hi:
Face in the Smoke-Hole ii. e.. the
sky asking that they inform The
mythical originator of the festiva
that worship is being held.
The Foxes probably never ex
ceeded 1900 in number. in DIR. Mi
chelson'S opinion. but they figured
prominently in the early history o
the continent. Attempting to Ia,
the trade route between Louisian;
and Canada. they became involve,
in a 50-year war with the French
BY breaking up that route they wer'
partly responsible for the loss o
Canada by the French.
Although they came under Frencl
and Catholic influence around 1914
and received some intermixture o
European blood in the early days 0
American colonization. they Away
have been conservative people an
have maintained rightly their racia
purity since their return to low
from Kansas in the Civil War peri
cd. On the present reservation nea
Tama last year only one of the 81
! Foxes waS-a half-breed.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03
Swimming Dos and Don'ts
Issued by The Red Cross

Washington, Aug. 3 P-Do's and
don't for safety in swimming have
been issued by the Red Cross for
vacationers.
Look before diving
BE sure the water is at least
seven or eight feet deep and free
from hidden stumps and rocks.
Don't swim alone.
Avoid long swims after season
of inactivity. Train gradually.
wait until at least two hours
after eating before swimming.
when attempting long distance
swimming, always be accompanied
by a boat.
DO not change seats except In
wide and steady boat
eff thrown into deep water by the
overturning Of boat. do not lose
your presence OF mind, even II yor
cannot swim. Remember the water
will support your weight"
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03
dollar money nool create waves in

dollar money pool create waves in
the big markets.
AS matter Of fact some such
grandiose scheme has been tried be-
fore. 1t is remembered in history
precipitated BLACK Friday" Sep
TENDER "A. 1869. possibly the most
terrible day Wall Street ever has ex-
perienced.
G. old then ruled the markets and
Jay Gould ruled gold. He guessed
that the United States treasury
might during 1869 suspend gold
sales. and convinced his confreres
that under such circumstances an
advance in the premium on gold
would stimulate exports of wheat
and benefit the farmer-also Gould
and his associates.
Gould, james Fisk and others Or
gained gold pool The Treas
ury suspended its sales. The pool
advanced the gold premium from
1872 to 144. Operators in the Gold
Room" center OF trading in those
days, plunged and pyramided. The
corner in gold became so effective
and the situation so acute that the
Grant administration became inter-
ested.
The Treasury decided that ii must
provide some relief for those whose
losses We're enriching the pool opera
tors. 1t ordered its agents to sell
Si0O. 600, 900 gold and buy $780,
600. 900 bonds. Gould's partners,
with the exception OF Fisk, scented
trouble and liquidated their hold
ings. Receipts of the Treasury Or
ders threw the Gold Room" into a
panic and sent the gold premium
crashing from 1921. to 1873. The
Gold Exchange Bank was unable to
clear gold transa ctions which eX-
ceeded $500, 900. Gould's Tenth
National bank over certified his
| checks $500. 900 on that one day
in an effort to stave off panic. His
so assisting brokers repudiated their
contracts. His brokerage house re-
fused to disclose its clearings until
committee took charge and
showed that the firm had received
more than s2o.00o,o00. but had de-
! livered only about $7.50o,000. The
ultimate result was suspension OF
clearances for month and OF gold
trading for week, government,
investigation. denunciation of Gould
and the pool and widespread losses
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03
MILLION DOLLAR
POOL IS LIKELY
Wall Street Sees Possibility
Of This

New York, Aug. up - Sugges-
ton OF a "billion dollar money pool
has given Wall Street a new thrill
Possible, but not probable, bank
ers say, yet the potentialities OF the
undertaking, talk OF which started
during the stress OF the July
period of 10 per cent call money, in
terest market observers.
Accumulation OF such fund
actually $1,000, 0o0, 600 in credit, for
little would be held in cash-prob-
ably involves no lnsurmountable
difficulties. One bank alone OF the
dozens in 1.-The Street has deposits
exceeding that sum. Surplus funds
of a few OF the great corporations
now active in the money market
would go far toward supplying it.
Backers OF such pool would be-
come powerful potentates III tact as
we'll as in name. Wall Street or
dinarilv uses from s3o,0eo,0oo to
500, o0o.0 to finance its daily
onerations in the securities markets,
and with such enormous credit I'M
mediately available it would fear no
longer the tight money which has
kept the market nervous for weeks.
Undoubtedly the pool operators
could stabilize call money at any de-
sirable level and prevent such huc-
tuations as that which receh1i!
carried the loan rate to 10 per cent
and as quickly dropped 1t back TO
per cent
The interests in control might
cell be able to oppose any organ
ICED efforts, such as the Federal
Reserve is reputed recently to nave
made, to curtail speculation by rals'
ing the rediscount rate. AS long as
pool operators were willing, specu-
lation might grow to undreamed OF
volume and New York markets be
come beyond any question or doub
the greatest in the world-and II
history.
However. financiers say from eX
perience that those who oppose tn
bank OF issue find the way OF tn
dissenter hard. and possibly nov
means would be found to curb tn
activities of even so powerful com
bination.
But the idea OF this golden poo
from which spectators might an
their needed daily funds is not s.
fantastic as the enormous suggeste'
.capital indicates. For year
money pools" have been in opera
ton on a smaller scale. There ar
pools in every market and pools i
the money market today. Thei
sponsors seldom are named; in fac
they probably would be the first I
deny even the existence OF sue
pools But they actually are j
operation and since Wall Street ha
learned to talk in millions instca
of thousands. 1t may not be long b.
fore astute flnanciers, cloaked
mystery and shielded by anonymit
may by actuating ripples in a billie
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03
Walters Want White
But Who'll Do Laundry

Paris, Aug. 3 P-The walters OF
France, tired of their traditional
long-tailed full dress suit, want to
change to white jackets - if their
employers will pay the laundry
bills.
The waiter now furnishes his own
uniform. but instead Of having it
cleaned he usually dusts and
sponges off the stains OF many
soups and sauces He is willing to
furnish his white jacket, but says
he cannot afford to have 1t laun-
dered. and restaurant proprietors
say that they are equally unable tc
stand the expenses.
In Alaska, reindeer milk is de-
livered frozen into pint or quar-
blocks.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03

me of the good Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound had done her
SO l am taking it. l am feeling fine,
can sleep good and can do my work
without getting over-tired. | recon-
mend the Vegetable Compound and
will answer letters."-NIEs. LESTER
CUMMINGS, Box 33l, Ogden, Kansas.
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03

table Compound
! was rundown,
didn't feel like
doing any work
and could not
sleep at night.
The lea st thing
would upset me.
We live on a
farm and l have
my homework to
do but often l
could not do it.
Nv mother told
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03
STRONGER AND
SLEEPS BETTER
Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Ogden, Kansas.-"For three or
four months before taking the Vege-
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03
First Capitol of Kansas
Rebuilt as State Shrine

Fort Riley. Kas.. Aug. 3 Pl-The
original capitol of Kansas, restored
New Britain herald., 1928-08-03

THOSE who have favored US with their patronage
in the past appreciate what the August Sale
means here We make no extravagant claims.
Largest Stock" Lowest prices and "unequaled
quality" are phrases we never use either in
personal talks with customers in advertising.
We do claim you will get maximum value for your
investment when you buy fur coat here. For
eighteen years we have been building our business
on the goodwill gained from satisfied customers.
Evening star., 1928-12-30

nected with that particular hold. II
was always best to attempt to smother
fire before pouring water into a ship
* *x
ONE hour, two passed, while the cap
~ tain paced the bridge talking to
the officer of the watch. occasionally
Specting the hatch some feet below
Vapor still rose from minute cracks
and openings
Well" said Capt. Graham, "shoot
the hose in there"
For a quarter of an hour two hose
played through the small opening. Then
the captain called a halt. There was
no further sign of vapor.
''I'l get the men to work tomorrow
hauling the coal out" remarked the
mate. 'We1l have the ship pretty
straight by then, hawsers put away and
everything secure in case of bad
weather."
The night passed without further
mishap. The sea remained Sullen and
leaden, the sickly sky dipped water,
over her bows flung scattering of icy
spray. Capt. Graham, remaining on
the bridge until midnight, turned in
once more and slept until six, when lie
returned to the bridge to find the mate
standing in the wing and staring fixedly
toward No. hatch.
We'll, well" remarked Capt. Graham
briskly. What seems to be the
trouble?"
Thought saw smoke again. sir" an
swered the mate. shes still afire."
Both men stared for long minutes
and both saw quite distinctly
single pale feather of vapor rise from
the opening in the lumber.
Fine place to put galley COAL" said
Capt. Graham. The mate scowled and
made no reply. Better get it out on
deck" the captain added. 1T might be
the sacks Smoldering. We can dump
them"
''Wherell I put it on deck?" demand
ed the mate, gazing at the lumber that
filled the Carradine.
A hint of laughter appeared in Capt.
Graham's eyes.
That's something for YOU to worry
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Earthquake Recorder Developed by Government Scientist

ton nor of establishing another seismo-
logical station in our National Capital.
Mr.. Wenner and his aides merely seek
to develop more accurate and better
standardized instruments for the use
of trained Seismologists. United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey is also CO.
operating in this important work.
Science knows much about earthquakes,
but there still remain vital riddles TO
solve
The best earthquake records ever OBJ
tanned in the history of seismological
research have been made with the new
apparatus originated at the Bureau of
Standards. A somewhat similar seiS-
mometer was perfected some years ago
by a Russian prince and scientist, but
1t was much more complicated, costly
and not as accurate as Mr.. Wenners
apparatus. The new American seis-
mometer is relatively inexpensive, is
wonderfully accurate and boasts of re-
markably low upkeep costs.
The apparatus now in use in Cleve-
land Park records only the north and
south components of the earth's move
ments. Another quite different outfit
is now being designed and built by
Uncle Sam to keep tab on the up and
down vibrations of this world of ours.
1t gill be a simple matter to construct
a third apparatus like the first to reg
ister the east and west movements.
Such a trio Of seismometers will abb
stract from the quake waves which flow
through the earth complete information
about distant disturbances that occur
thousands OF miles away from the point
OF scientific record and study.
Evening star., 1928-12-30

in and slept. Capt. Graham took his
mates aft to put extra lashings on the
lumber there. It was not surging and
shifting yet. but it might. The dawn
was upon them again before they re-
turned to the bridge. The mate took
over. There was no sign of wheel re-
lief coming from for'ard, so the third
mate took the helm and the second tried
to sleep on the chartroom settee. Capt.
Graham paced the bridge. The Car
radine roared and plunged through the
wild, wind-swept sea.
y Il y
THE owners came aboard In San
l. Francisco. The Carradine had
limped in with an ugly starboard list
and her smokeStack caked with salt.
Her poop boats were matchwood. Her
port bridge boat had gone, the wood
work along that side of the bridge was
in splinters, and the port companion
was askew. The doorway to the saloon
hung on one hinge, and the saloon
itself was a wreck Quite obviously
the Carradine had story to tell beyond
the one concerning her jury rudder.
Capt. Graham was on the lower
bridge when the visitors found him.
Three men had been taken ashore with
broken legs or arms or ribs. What had
happened? They understood there had
been a collision and that the difdcult
feat of seamanship had been performed
of shipping spare screw and rigging
jury ruddeT at sea. What was the
truth?
Capt. Graham wondered duly why
it mattered now. 1t was over with and
done. He had brought his ship home
with surprisingly little damage, consid-
ering. He talked mechanically while ne
wondered. His listeners were fascinated.
What" said young man, the son
of one of the owners, would you con-
slider the greatest thing at sea, the
thing that counts most?"
Capt. Graham smiled and shut ms
tired lids over his sore eyes for mo-
ment. He thought, "Yes, that's 1t!
What is it we go to sea for, work for,
spend our lives for? Queer. Never oc-
CURED to me before"
AS in a panorama, there marched
across his vision his years on deep water,
his troubles, his fights, his ships, his
storms, his defeats. He saw the begin
ming of this voyage Of the Carradine,
the loading at GrayS Harbor, the second
engineer with his broken leg, the fallen
boom lying across the smashed case oil;
the third mate and the steward nghting
in the galley, the hose squirting to put
the fire out in the sacked coal, the men
moving lumber after the steam schooner
had ripped the screw and rudder clear,
the men moving lumber back again, the
struggle to check it when it was surg
ing to save it from going oversize, men
injured in the fight.
The answer was so very simple. He
understood that now. All his life and
movement and work were directed 10
one end, for one great master. There
was something greater than men and
ships, greater than deep water itself, q
veritable sovereign of the sea.
There you are" said Capt. Graham,
his face lighted with a strange inward
fire. He motioned with one hand to the
rattling winches, to the sweating men,
to the lumber going slingload by sling
load on the wharf.
IT beg your pardon" said the young
man. II asked what would you consider
the greatest thing at sea?"
I'm telling you," said Capt. Graham.
He waved his hand again. "Cargo!"
(Copyright, 1s2s)
Evening star., 1928-12-30

in the galley. The steward replenisfed
huge stacks of corned beef, cheese, bis
cults and bread. There might have
been complaints, might have been men
dropping out from sheer exhaustion,
but Capt Graham moved briskly about,
his keen blue eyes twinkling, his lips
laughing, and stream of conversation
and jestS pouring from him. He was
human dynamo. STAND up to it,
boys. Another hour and we'll be
through"
1t was always just another hour.
Dawn glowed through the whiteness,
paling the clusters, showing the sweat
ing faces, wan and drawn. Nearly all
the lumber was now piled up for'ard.
The Carradine seemed almost to stand
on her nose, her bows buried in the
fog-covered swells and the remnants of
her mangled rudder and screw dripping
and clear of the surface.
1t was finished at least. The engi-'
neers climbed up from the frail, swing
ing, wet stages. The crude, but effec-
tive rudder answered the helm. The
screw turned, as tentative letting of
steam into the cylinders showed The
drive-shaft was weakened, but the chief
said it would hold. There was brief
pause then. Men looked at each other
strangely and wondered stupidity why
they had been slaving so. One or two
began to sit down on the deck. One
or two commenced to shamble for'ard
for the foc'sle.
Stand to it, boys" said Capt. Gra-
ham cheerily. "WeIl just throw the
lumber back and make it fast. and then
we'll be off,"
They looked at him with sullen eyes.
His blue eyes ran over them, coolly,
twinkling little, as If amused. One
by one, the men shambled for'ard,
seized a plank, and brought 1t back.
Capt. Graham watched for a while, and
then, summoning the mate to join the
men and keep them on the move, he
walked to the bridge.
The weather would break any minute
now. Indeed, the Carradine was al
ready lifting the spray over her bows,
and there was an uneasy pitch and roll
to her hull that talked of a rising sea.
"Well keep her to the sea anchor
until we get that lumber made fast"
said Capt. Graham to the third mate,
who had the watch. Then he went aft
again.
The men were grumbling now. They
Jagged Capt. Graham shouted, reused
them again. His solitary, dogged will
held them at their toll And half a mil
lion feet of lumber was transferred from
the foredeck back again aft. BY the
time 1t was done, hours and hours later,
the wind was roaring, screaming t1end
from the north, and the icy spume was
rafting like gravel against the deck
houses and in the mems faces. The fog
was wiped away, to disclose murky
black sky and sea of livid green, shot
with slaty white, booming from horizon
to misty horizon.
The engineers, firemen, wipers and
oilers had long since gone below to tend
the engines. The seamen were left to
run lashings over the lumber. and once
this was fairly secure Capt. Graham
sent them below while he and the mate
and the second mate drove wedges
under the heavy chains from rail
to rail to tighten them. They went
for'ard, set the engine ahead, cut adrift
the sea anchor and made good the
course The Carradine plunged ahead
into the gale.
Now" said Capt. Graham. III the
ruddern hold, we're all right"
Evening star., 1928-12-30
Largest Diamond.

THE recent opening Of Parliament In
London when Queen Mary wore her
real jewels, recalls to mind the gift to
the American Museum Of Natural His
tory Of a model of the famous Cullinan
diamond by diamond company of Jo-
hanneSburg in 1905. The Transvaai
government paid $1,o00,000 for this
gem and presented it to King Edward
VII. 1t was subsequently cut In two
parts to ornament the crown and scep-
ter OF England. The total weight of
the diamond before cutting was 3,253.7
carats. or 22.5 ounces.
1t was found in the Premier mine,
Transvaal, South Africa, about I8 feet
below the surface OF the earth, and
the diScoverer was attracted by the
brilliance of small corner Of the stone
which was visible. 1t measured 4 by
az by 2 inches.
The Cullinan diamond received its
name after the founder Of the mine
in which 1t was found. It Is about three
times as large as the Excelsior stone,
which was found in 1905 and which
until the Cullinan diamond was discov-
cred was the largest on earth. The Ex-
celsior weight $40 carats, and when cut
into smaller stones 1t brought $4,000
900, the largest Of which was named
the Imperial.