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AHOGANIZED CHIFFnNIFR Wiz.
Mirror Oak Bedstead Springs.
Fine Toned Piano. Boulevard
2663-W.
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George Washington Oliver, so year,
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Georgia Eddleton, So years; 1902 e
Marshall St.; November "a.
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Elwobd H. Ross. 10 years; 1913
Grayland Avenue; November "a
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MOTHER RETURNS FOR FUNERAL
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Alice Anderson, 81 years; 110S St.
Peter St. November rs.
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Patsy Harris, 27 years; PA S. First
st. November 10.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
PINE CITY DEFEATS
RUSH CITY II TO 13
High Schools Play Close Basket
Ball Game Pine City Debat-
ers Win.-ROller Skating POpu-
lar at County Seat.

The Pine City high school basket
bail team won over Rush City high
school last Friday evening by the
close score of IA to Is. The game
was evenly fought all the way through
and not until the final whistle was
victory assured for Pine City. A re-
turn game will be played at Rush
City some time in February.
Roller skating is proving to be a
heavy drawing sport for the young
people of Pine City and surrounding
communities. At the masquerade
skate held Saturday evening, over 200
skaters were on the floor while an
equally large crowd looked on from
the gallery. Prizes were awarded to
those having the best costumes.
Among the prize winners were Wen
dell Huber, Lillian Korbel, and Cecil
Smith. Roller skating is a healthy
and pleasant sport and is increasing
in popularity at the Pine City armory.
The Pine City high school debating
team met and defeated the Cambridge
high school team Wednesday evening
of last week on the st. Lawrence
waterway question. The Pine City
team consisted of Ingrid Miller, Wv
ian Buchan, and Myrtle Hunt. Sew
eral other debates will be put on by
the local high school.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02

INVESTIGATION
DEPENDS ON ROADS
All-Year Highways Needed for
Mixed Farming.-Dairy States
Are Leaders in Building OF
Good Roads.
(By Minnesota Highway Department,

(By Minnesota Highway Department.
Minnesota is one of the five states
surfaced roads, state and local. Min
nesota has more than $4,000 miles
surfaced with gravel or better ma
terial. The only four states with a
greater mileage are Indiana, Ohio,
Wisconsin and New York. 1t is sig
nificant that dairying and other
forms of diversified farming are prac-
ticed to a large extent in all these
states.
Diversified farming created the
first demand for good roads, and i'm
proved highways in turn promote div
ersified farming. Milk and cream,
butter and eggs, must be marketed
at regular and frequent intervals,
and poultry, live stock and garden
products must be sold when in prime
condition and when the market is
favorable. This was not the case
with the main products in the early
days. Grain could be hauled when
the sleighing was good, or when the
roads were dry. Timber was cut in
winter and skidded or hauled on
sleighs to the nearest saw mill or
river.
Growth of the cities has also slim
ulated the demand for better roads.
At the 1920 census, $4,000 people,
more than a third of the states total,
lived in cities of more than 10000.
AS the cities grow, milk, cream, eggs
and vegetables must be brought from
larger and larger area. Trucks
carrying dairy and poultry products,
potatoes, vegetables and live stock
are seen on the trunk highways all
over the state every day of the year.
The trunk highway plan. which
makes motor vehicle owners pay the
whole cost of keeping up the main
through routes, has relieved the local
units of this expense and permitted
them to spend all their money on
the secondary roads. This has re-
suited in a greater improvement in
road of all classes in the last six
years than in the preceding fifty
years.
The employment of a highway en-
gineer in every county in the state
has been another large factor in
this development of roads. 1t has
enabled the counties to get mach
more for their road money than
when roads were built without plans
or engineering supervision. In many
counties the town boards are also
availing themselves of the county
highway engineers services.
Minnesota still has many thou
sands of miles of roads unsurfaced,
but a majority of the farmers are
within a mile of a surfaced road.
Many of the state aid and county
roads, due to lighter traffic, are in
better condition than some of The
trunk highways.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02

we'll as general details of the exposi-
ton which from present indications
will be one of the most successful
automobile shows ever held in Mime
sofas capital city. All the latest
models of leading makes of cars will
recently have attracted general pub
lie attention, such as the Dodge
Victory Six, the New Pontiac and the
New Chevrolet line.
More than 5000 square feet of floor
space is available at the Auditorium
and the show management has found
it necessary in order to meet de-
mands for display booths to make
use of 1000 additional square feet in
boxes in the theater section and is
arranging to build a special plat
form of 1000 square feet more. This
will give the Saint Paul show total
display space of more than $4,000
square feet.
Messages from other Northwest
communities bear congratulations to
the Saint Paul automobile dealers on
their decision to stage the 1928 show
in the Auditorium because of its
proximity to the transportation term
inals, hotels and cafes in the heart
of the shopping and theatre district.
Thousands of visitors who will attend
Market Week on the same days will
visit in Saint Paul because of the
opportunity of enjoying the Automo-
bile Show most conveniently. Mer-
chants from nine adjacent states will
attend the National Merchants Asso-
citation annual meeting to be held
in Saint Paul that week.
The Saint Paul show will be the
only Northwest exposition this season
at which both passenger and CONNER
cial vehicles will be exhibited. A
substantial portion of the space will
be devoted to the display of select
ed array of important accessories.
Reduced fares on all railroads.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
Our WASHINGTON Letter
By " HDaley
. sroul EDITORIAL ASSOCIATIONS 2tcnl

Washington, February Evidence
accumulates that party lines and par
t1san programs are gradually break
ing down in Congress. 1t is generally
agreed that the executive branch of
the government, known as the Admin
istration, is losing its hold on the
legislative group with the result that
Congress may soon take the bit COM
pletely and run wild. Various expla-
nations of this change are offered
but observers are of the opinion that
the retirement of the President from
power is largely responsible for the
legislative branch breaking traces
1t is the old story of man losing favor
when he retires from a post of influ-
ence.
There are two outstanding cases in
which the Congress deliberately turn
ed it's back on the recommendation
of the Administration. At present the
merchant marine policy of President
Coolidge differs widely from the plans
advocated by Congressional leaders.
The executive branch wants the gov
eminent to get out of the shipping
business, while a powerful group in
the Senate proposes the expenditure
of $250,0O0,00O and continuation of
government operation and ownership
of shipping lines.
The House of Representatives upset
the well laid plans of the Administra-
tion for the tax reduction and re-
vision program The President is de-
pending upon his friends in the Sem
ate to check the effect of the House
rebuke by pairing down the amount
of reduction. The Senate and House
are DESTROYS of enacting some form
of tax relief before adjournment in
June in order to have this subject
foremost in the political campaigns
incidental to the election of a Pres
ident in November. Those who oppose
the Administration recommendations
and insist upon greater reductions
than the Treasury Department deems
advisable for the national welfare are
confronted by Presidential veto,
which would completely wipe out
their best laid plans to make politi-
cal capital out of tax reduction legis-
lation. 1t is believed that the legis-
lative body would not care to run
counter to the Presidents wishes and
override the veto. Yet, they do not
fall in line at the crack of a whip.
1t appears that tax relief is far
from enactment. The agitation in the
Senate for revision of the tariff
laws may complicate the disposition
of the tax bill. Certain advocates of
new tariff realize they will en-
counter difficulty as a separate meas
ure and, therefore, propose to attach
certain amendments to the tax bill
in the Senate There is no secret of
the fact that concern is felt over the
possibility of a controversial dead
lock, due to the attitude of the House
against tariff measures originating in
the Senate. The House insists upon
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
SUSPECTS ARE
BOUND OVER
Youngquist and Snoek
Plead Not Guilty at Pre-
liminary Hearing on the
Smith Murder. . Bound
Over to Grand Jury.

Ben Youngquist and Bud Snoek,
implicated in the murder of Milo
Smith, near Rutledge, were taken to
the Washington county Jail the early
part of tfAe week. They were given
a preliminary hearing before Justice
Stephan of Pine City, with S. G. L.
Roberts acting as their attorney.
They pleaded not guilty to murder
and are bound over to the grand jury
which meets in March. The grand
jury will bring in either dismissal
or indictment and if the latter is
the case the accused men will go to
trial before a jury in district court
Snoek, who has persistently stated
that he has no memory of the crime,
is charged with having fired the shots
that killed Smith, while Youngquist
is held as an discriminating witness.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
LAMBS WERE HIGHER
DURING THE WEEK
Hog Trade Uneven With Narrow.
err Spread i'm Prices. Stock
Pigs Advance Sharply.-Cattle
Off for Two Days.

(By U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Minnesota Department OF
Agriculture)
South st. Paul, Mimi, Jan. 81, 1928.
killing classes of cattle met with
some declines of 15c to 25c for the
two days this week, with stockers
and feeders mostly Csc to soc lower
Trade in the hog division ruled some
what uneven, with light lights and
pigs in increased demand. Desirable
lights and butchers ruled 1Oc to 15c
higher with underweights and pigs
Csc to soc up. The lamb and sheep
market worked upward sharply estab-
fishing new high levels on lambs
since last June.
Mediumweight steers sold at $3.50
to SLABS, with bulk of the ordinary
supply of steers and yearlings selling
at $1,000 to $3.50. Bulk of the fat
COWS cashed at $500 to $S.75, heifers
mostly $500 to $1,000, cutters $5.25
to $6.25. Bulk of the medium grade
bulls sold at $3.50 and down, best
kinds stopping at S7.75. Stockers and
feeders sold slowly, with most sales
at $S.75 to $1,000, fleshy kinds $1,000
and down.
Additional strength in the hog
market found most of the desirable
lights and butchers selling at $50,
with 140 to around 160-pound weights
at S7.75 to $50. Pigs bulked at
$3.50, with packing sows from $6.75
to $7.25.
On strong market, most of the
desirable 80 to S2-pound fed lambs
cleared at $14.O0 to $14.1O, less de-
sirable and weightier kinds $3.50 to
S13.75. Gull and common lambs sold
mostly at $1,000 to $11.O0, with best
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
MILACA MAY HAVE
A POWDERED MILK
FACTORY ERECTED
Plan is Being Considered by Co.
Operative Creameries in That
District.-Plant Would Cost
About $4,000.

The farmers cooperative cream
cries in the Milaca district and men,
bers of the Land O'Lakes organiza-
ton of Minnesota, are considering
plans for establishing big powdered
milk plant to be operated in Milaca
in connection with the Farmers Co
operative Creamery there. The Mi
and is the largest creamery in the
district which makes it an ideal To-
cation for the plant.
The Mile Laos County Times says
that the plant, if erected, would be
of the latest improved machinery, the
spray system of condensing the milk
into powder, which gives a better
product than the old drum system
that is used by soflsslndividual cream
cries and brings better price for
the powder. 1t is estimated that such
plant would cost, building and all,
about $4,000. This cost would be
borne by the creameries of the dis
trict in proportion to the butter pro-
duced, making the cost to the Milaca
creamery in the neighborhood of
$4,000.
1t is claimed that the increased
price received for the usual waste
products of the creamery in skim
milk and buttermilk would soon pay
for the plant and prove very profit
able. A big plant of this kind is in
successful operation at Litchfield,
Meeker county.
A meeting of the officers of the var
ious creameries of the district is
planned for the near future to dis
cuss the proposition and see if some
plan can be worked for establishing
the project
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
NEWS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS

Swedish stage folk in Los Angeles
and Hollywood, Cal, seem to be quite
numerous, for an organization, known
as "Svenska Teaterklubben", is flour
ishing there, the membership being
made up of men and women who, for
the most part, are connected with
the movie" industry. 1.-The Swedish
Theater Club" intends to present on
February IS and 10 a play by Selma
Lagerlof, and many of the film folk
who hail from Sweden will here get
an opportunity to show that they can
act on the legitimate stage as well
as on the screen. Greta AlmrOth will
be the leading lady of the forthcoming
performance, and 81 other actresses
and actors have parts.
Bay is Library Head.
]. Chr. Bay, for % years medical ref
erence librarian and supervising clas-
SITTER of John Crerar scientific ref
erence library in Chicago, last week
was unanimously elected head of that
institution at meeting of its board
of directors. Mr.. Bay who is a ma
tive of Denmark where he was born
nearly 81 years ago, at one time was
president of the Ashland Danish folk
high school at Grant, Mich. He also
has been a botanist and bacteriOlo-
gist, and since 1901 has been in Ii
brary work, spending four years at
the Library of Congress in Washing
ton before he came to Chicago. Some
works of fiction and many of a scien-
tific nature have been written and
published by Mr.. Bay who, in addi-
ton, is known as one of the leading
librarians of the United States.
In American Version.
A New York publishing house has
launched an American version OF
Nordahl Grieg's novel, "Skibet gaar
videre", under the title of 1.-The Ship
Goes On. The author is a Norwe-
gian, this book being his first impor-
tant prose work; when it was origin
ally published in Norway some three
or four years ago, it created an al
most unprecedented sensation because
of it's drastic realism, and because
its description of life among sailors
was not merely colerful but also con-
sidered, in main, truthful.
"FeeIs Like a Dane.
DIR. John D. Prince, former U. S.
minister at Copenhagen, now occu-
plying that post at Belgrade, Jugo-
Slavia, recently was interviewed by a
Danish newspaperman whom he told
that he had become so deeply in
terested in the Danish language that
he and the members of his family con-
stantly spoke it in their home; all
his servants, DIR. Prince said, are
Danes, and his greatest pleasure of
an evening is to listen to the radio
broadcasts from the stations in Den
mark. Before being appointed to the
post in Denmark, DIR. Prince was a
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
OWLS INTERFERE WITH
ELECTRIC POWER LINE
Birds Strike Lines of Minnesota
Power 4 Light Company Dur
ing Night Flights.-Repairs
Quickly Made.

During recent months the $4,000
volt power lines of the Minnesota
Power 4 Light Company which fur
nish electric service to all of the
towns between Duluth and Hinckley
have been broken by large owls fly
ing into them at night causing ccm-
plete short circuit and burning off
of line wires and resulting in more
or less severe interruption of the SER
vice to the several towns.
There seems to be a great number
of these large owls in the territory
between Moose Lake and Rutledge
where most of the breaks have Oc-
Cured. 1t appears that the owls are
unable to see the line wires and
fly directly into them and always of
course, with fatal results to the owl.
The Power Company's men have
found the victims lying directly un-
der the line break and usually per-
fectly cooked with very little of the
meat left; because of the moisture
they contain the entrails are invari-
ably completely consumed.
The owls being night birds do most
of their flying during the darkest
hours and run foul of the power lines
mostly during stormy or windy wealth
er. Practically all of the recent in
terruptionS have occurred between
midnight and a. m. The Power
Company men are out on the job i'm
mediately no matter what the wea-
Their conditions, and in spite of the
extremely severe conditions due to
cold and darkness and oftentimes
heavy roads, or no road at all in
many places, restore service to most
of the towns in a very short time,
through the use of sectionalizing
switches. These switches are placed
on each side of all substatiOns Serv-
ing the different towns so that with
power sources at both ends of the
line any town can be served from
either side. The duration of the in
terruption in such cases is determin-
ed by the time required for the line
men to reach the section switch.
Repairs are quickly made after the
section in which the break is located
is isolated. The deep snow of recent
months has considerably retarded the
efforts of the men in locating the
break and making repairs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02

professor of Semitic and Slavonic
languages at Columbia University.
He is a native of New York City where
he was born in 1868.
Hallsthammer Exhibit.
Carl Hallsthammer is a Swedish
painter, now a resident of Chicago,
who has been privileged to open an
exhibit of his works. in the Museum
of Arts, Chicago. The fact that per-
mission was given him to occupy a
room for the purpose of displaying
his canvaSSeS, is in itself considered
recognition of his ability as an ar
fist, since such permission is given
on only extremely rare occasions. The
art critics of the Chicago press wax
frankly enthusiastical when they re-
refer to the Hallsthammer paintings.
Considered Authority.
DR.. o. M. Norlie, "a Amer
lean writer, and also a member of
the faculty of Luther College at De-
corah, Iowa, last week was quoted
very extensively in the House of Rep
resentatives, Washington, during a
discussion of certain aspects of the
national origins clause of the immi-
grafton law. 1t was said of Dr. NOrlie
that he was one of the few really out
standing statisticians of the United
States, and attention was called to
the fact that even the government Of
fees often find it desirable to appeal
to him for Information concerning
statistical facts as well as aspects of
the immigration problem.
Colony of Mercy.
At the suggestion of Rev. E. K.
Johnson, pastor of the Swedish Luth-
eran Ebenezer congregation in Chi
cago, a group of Swedish-Americans
have organized for the purpose of
founding what is to be known as a
Colony of Mercy. The institution will
open it's doors to feeble minded per-
sons and other mental sufferers
whose ailments have not advanced
far enough to warrant their being
sent to a public institution. Four
hundred acres of land have been
bought near Elgin, ILL.,, where build
ings will be erected in the near future
The complete official name of the
enterprise will be, Colony of Mercy,
Founded by Swedish-Americans"
Furuseth Still Active.
Despite the fact that he is 70 years
old, Andrew Furuseth, "the Liberator
of the Seamen", is still active; the
other day he arrived in Washington
to support Senator Shipstead's efforts
to prevent courts from interfering in
labor conflicts, for instance, by grant
ing injunctions which protect strike
breakers. Mr.. Furuseth who is a ma
tive of Norway, has for twenty years
been president of the International
Seamen's union, and is recognized as
an authority on the American mer-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
IN FAVOR OF
THE RAILROADS
Testimony at Sandstone Be-
fore Railroad & Ware
house Commission Large
ly Opposed to Freighting
by Truck on Pavement.

About Is people were present at
day when the matter of hauling
freight on the pavement between the
Twin Ports and the Twin Cities came
up before the Railroad & Warehouse
Commission. The three companies
making application for regular freight
Lake Superior Fish and Freight Co.,
North Shore Fish and Freight Co.,
and Highway 1 Transportation Co
They were present with their attor-
neyS and the railroads were also rep
resented. Interested citizens in towns
along Highway No. 1 from North
Branch to Barnum were also present
and testified as to whether or not
they thought the establishing of a
regular freight service by truck would
be of public benefit.
Nearly all of the testimony was in
opposition to the proposed service,
folks maintaining that the service
given by the railroads is very good
and adequate, and if the trucking
was commenced it would hamper the
railroads in giving the present eff
cient service through loss of some
patronage. There was some testi-
mony from Moose Lake and Barnum
in favor of the truck freight service
A hearing was also held in Duluth
the day before and another hearing
is to be held at St. Paul, the date to
be set by the Railroad & Warehouse
Commission. Following that it is en-
pected the Commission will make a
decision in the matter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
THE ST. PAUL AUTO
SHOW is OF BEST
Real Exhibits and Fine Enter.
tainment Provided for Visitors
to Minnesota Capital City Feb.
ruary 4 to IL.

The Saint Paul Symphony Orches-
ira, Saint Pauls newest accomplish
ment in the field of music will be
presented to the public of the North
west at the 1928 Saint Paul AutomO-
bile Show, February to II at the
Municipal Auditorium. This thirty
piece orchestra is being recruited
from among the best artists in Saint
Paul and other Northwest commune
ties under the direction of one of the
most famous leaders in this section
of the country.
Arrangements being completed by
the Saint Paul Automobile Dealers
Association, which is sponsoring the
show, provide for a series of concerts
in addition to the playing of dance
programs in the ballroom on the mez-
canine floor. In addition to an espe-
cially attractive daily vaudeville pro-
gram to be presented under the di-
rection of Saint Paul theatre mana
gers, special entertainment features
are being booked by Frank L. Mad
den, show manager, who attended the
New York automobile show.
A Real Exhibition.
The Saint Paul Show management
has emphasized Made in Saint Paul"
products and talent and Saturday an
nounced the closing of contract
with Holm and Olson for the prepara-
tion and construction of the elaborate
Japanese Gardens which will trans
form the Auditorium. into a floral
fairylanj during the Saint Paul Auto
mobile Show Week.
Saint Paul automobile dealers are
devoting many hours every day to the
preparation of individual exhibits as