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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-14
FLEMING TOWNSHIP

Mr.. and Mrs. SOren j. Jensen and
daughter, Emma, visited at the Ed
Beavens home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Market and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Beavens
and family were Sunday callers at
the Ed Beavens home.
Mr.. and Mrs Soren ]. Jensen, Emma
and Victor, were Sunday afternoon
callers at the Emil FOgt home.
Mrs. VIM j. Pearson visited with
Mrs. Armstrong Monday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-14
WINDEMERE TOWNSHIP

The Nj. E. Ladies' Aid met at the
Overland home on the 9th of Febru-
airy. The Rev. Swanson was able to
be there, and the attendance was
good Instead of the refreshments
being furnished the customary way,
the ladies all brought the things ne
cessary for the lunch, so that all the
work is not done by the member at
whose home the aid meets. This sys-
TEN will be continued. The next
Ladies' Aid meets at the Clickner
home, Feb. 20.
Lily May Thompson was a guest at
Anna MOssbergs Wednesday and
Thursday night of last week.
Bertel and Aglmer Brink put up ice
for the Pullings the past week. Mr.
Pulling has recovered from his re-
cent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth Franks, Mr.
and Mrs. ID. c. Street, Brisben and
Tracy, were dinner guests at the
Clickner home Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
Franks will make an extended visit
with the Clickners.
Johnny Johnson bought new DeX-
ter washing machine with gasoline
motor attached to it, at the farmers
store last week. Mildred Hammar-
quist is helping Mrs. Johnson with
the work
The Farm Bureau will meet at
school ID" next Tuesday evening,
Feb 10.
Mrs. Albert Skog and children are
staying with Nels Larson's at the
present time.
The Street Bros. took the following
neighbOrs on sleighride party last
Thursday evening, to the Carroll
home, where a pleasant evening was
spent: Mrs. Anna Mossberg, Miss San
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-14
DUQUETTE

The Duquette Cooperative Cream
cry association held its annual meet
ing at the Community hall, Wednes-
day, Feb. 9Th, with good represent
alive attendance. The years report
showed small, but sure gain, and
the prospects for the future are prom
Using. 1t was decided to declare a
dividend of y cent per pound of but
terfat, and pay it i'm the form OF
stock. to all those who furnish cream
to the creamery. Officers elected for
the ensuing year were as follows: n.
f. Peterson. president; Ed Armstrong.
vice PRESIDENT Hans Christensen.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES: and Joe kvas-
nicka and Chas Kunz. directors. w.
+. Hammargren gave a very instruc-
tive talk on feeding and testing, and
Mr.. Rentz talked on the marketing
and care of cream and butter. A
lunch was served after the meeting.
Mr. Sprague and Mr.. Mitchell were
Bruno visitors between trains Tues
day.
Letitia Hahn spent the weekend
with Mrs. Curry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bearling left for Mi
laca Tuesday morning. Chas. john
son is looking after the place while
they are gone.
Mrs. NJ c. Balsom left for Cincin-
natl. Ohio. Tuesday, to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Abercrombie, and eX-
poets to stay until spring.
Chas. Berger and George Wagner
unloaded a car of coal for the school
last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil koecher and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Peder Erick-
son, ALT Erickson. and Miss Corwin
were entertained for dinner at the
Edwin Johnson home Sunday.
John MelancOn sawed wood for Nir-
gil MattSon Tuesday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-14
derson, Gottfrey Olson, Edward Olson.
Lily May Thompson, Oscar Carlson,
Esther and Arthur Carlson.
OBITUARY

Albert Edwin Skog was born in the
town of Windemere, October 10th,
1887, and lived and grew to manhood
in said township. He was the oldest
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Skog. Mrs.
Skog died in March, 1918.
Mr.. SkOg was called into the SER
vice in the first draft from Pine cOun-
ty, in September, 1917. He left Pine
City for Camp Dodge, and from there
to Camp Pike, then to Camp Dix, and
Camp Merritt. From there, he went
across to France, where he served un-
til the end of the war.
Mr.. SkOg lived here until two years
ago, when he moved to Proctor where
he resided until January 81, when he
passed away suddenly. The cause of
death was heart disease, after being
sick with the flu. He is survived by
his wife and four children, two girls
and two boys, besides his father, six
sisters, four brothers, and many rel
ativeS and friends
The funeral was held in care of
the American Legion of Proctor, and
the body was placed in the Oneota
cemetery vault until spring, when it
will be brought to Windemere. The
last and final resting place will be
in the BlomskOg cemetery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-14
DENHAM

Miss Inga Dolly, who has been en-
ployed in Superior. Wis, came home
last Thursday She will spend a
month with her parents.
F.. l.. Olson and Miss Lydia Olson
spent the weekend at st. Paul, visit
ing relatives.
Mrs Dudley Westrud and children,
and her sister and children, left Mon
day for Minneapolis, where they will
visit relatives and friends.
Miss Emily Krcon left Saturday for
Cloquet, where she will spend few
days visiting her relatives.
Mrs. j. b. Nelson and Roy Hillbrand
accompanied their father, Benjamin
Hillbrand, to Duluth Monday. He
went to consult doctors.
Mrs. Stanley Mikrot, Mrs. Posaski,
and Irene MikrOt visited at the Kimin-
ski home Sunday.
Mrs. Johnson entertained Mrs. Chas.
J'pgren, Miss Mae Upgren, and Miss
Agda Rundquist at luncheon Wednes-
day of last week.
Wilbur and Hilmer Anderson visited
Leonard Nelson Sunday afternoon.
Don't forget to attend the Ladies'
Aid at Chas. Upgren's next Saturday
afternoon, and don't forget that the
Luther League meets at the Swan Oh
son home.
Miss Mae Upgren visited Miss Marie
Olson Tuesday.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Meth
odist church will meet at the John
Kroon home Thursday afternoon, Feb.
81. In the evening, Washington
birthday social will be held at the
same home. Everyone is cordially in
| vited to both gatherings.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-14
This Dangerous Age OF Speed.

Girls were harder to kiss in your
day, weren't they, srandpa?"
Well, maybe they were, but it
wasn't so blamed dangerous. You
didn't have to watch the old parlor
sofa to keep it from smashing into a
tree while you were doing it,"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-14
He Was Only Asking.

"Rastus," said SambO as the two
stood in front of a restaurant, which
would you rather I'd give you. a
chicken dinner or a plate of muSh?"
Well said Rastus, Il believe I'll
take the chicken dinner. Thank you
SambO."
"Yas sub, vas sub, you're welcome
but l amt gwine to get you either
one"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-02-14

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
Secret Sessions.

The Senate spent the larger part OF
its legislative day. yesterday. discussing
a*"viola ton" Of its secret sessions. 1t
was stirred because Of the publica ion
nf what purported to b. a record vote
on the confirmation Of the nomination
Of former Senator Lenroot of Wiscon-
sin to be A Judge of the United States
Court Of Customs Appeals. The COM
posure of some Of the Senators was ruff
hed. In their opinion. the dignity OF
the Senate has been affronted.
Secret sessions Of the Senate, while
conducting public business, have become
an anomaly. More and more the
country Is getting away from the idea
that any public business should BE-
transacted in secret. There il no good
reason for such secrecy. There Is no
good reason for withholding q record
vote taken on any nomination that Is
before the senate OF the United States
for Approval. The Senate Is in danger
Of making itself ridiculous. There Is a
live movement on foot TO DO away with
the secrecy rule. The root o. IN" EVIL
lies in that rule, and 1t should be
amended, certainly to the extent pro-
pesed br Senator Jones Of ws+hinc on,
who has offered an amendment pra;id-
ing that ncnins tons fer ONCE shall b.
IN open cxecu i've session, unless ths
Senate, by a majority vote, sha.'! deter
mine that Sny particular nomination
shall be eonsidored behind clos ed doors.
AS long ss the secrecy rul, Is contin-
ned in effect 1t may be expected that
Senators will b. aneered by the publi-
cation In the newspapers Of Whist
trarspires behind the closed doors Of
tl.s senate chamber. From tim. to
time. the publication Of reports 81 Pro-
eeediEes Of ths cenate in s:eret session
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
America to the Rescue.

There have been so msny d.sap-
continents 81 the Paris reparations
conference, with agreement recurrently
so near and yet so far, that the world
heaitates to believe the experts a.
length are on the verge CT meeting OIL
their minds. But tcday's dispatches tell
us the barometer Of hope has again shot
upward.
Tn, creditor delegates have formu-
lated their reply to certain conditions
which the German delegation propo3ed
as the price Of their acceptance OF
Chairman Youns's compromise settle
r1snt plan. The creditor representatives
approve of SIX of DR.. schacht's condi-
tions. Three others are still under dis
crssicn. Two conditions APPEAR TO have
been rejected outright. One is the Ger
man demand for tn right to convene
another conference whenever the Raichs
economic situation requires it. The
other condition calls for a two-yesr
mora torIum on payments IN case they
are ovcrstrainins German capacity to
ray.
A. he BEGINNING # this latest crucial
week in Paris the United STATS made &
dramatic gesture which may wsll b.
the handspring Of the optimistic atncs-
raere again Prevailing at the ccnfc1-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

President Hoover has discovered that
he has cabinet OF very "choosy" states
men. when It comes to cigars. At one
OF his earl est meetings witch his official
household in the White House Offices
the President passed around q box Of
his private smokes. To his astonish-
ment 1t was promptly revealed that
every mothers son of his executive ad-
visers who smoke is 50 much Of q bug"
on his own pet brand Of cigars that they
scorned to tackle any Of "the Chiefs"
offerings.
Charles MacVeagh, retiring American
Ambassador to japan, is paying his
farewell official visits to Washington
this week. He says he hasn't q glimmer
OF notion who's to succeed him at
Toxic and doesn't think Secretary CT
State Stimson has come to any decision
on that score. The name most common
~ mentioned In Washington for the
japanese post Is that of John w. Gar
rett Of Maryland. a former diplomatic
career man" Of long experience and
high repute. Garrett was secretary
general of the Washington Armament
Conference In 1922 and is said to
have made a particular hit with Ad-
miral Kato and the rest of the Japanese
uCiSk0tlOn OH lHdb OCCdSlUIl. 1C'IdppcHS
that Mr.. Debuchi. now Japanese AM
bassador to the United States. was at
tached to Nippon's delegation In a sec
retarial capacity at the washington
conference. He and Garrett are warm
friends.
r
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur. Secretary OF
the Interior, is about to relapse into his
medical incarnation for a day or two.
He is chairman of the Committee on
the Cost of Medical Care" which will
hold its Spring meeting in Washington
on MAY a. Brief statements will be
made there by members Of the COM
mittee in regard to recent progress and
further plans. The committee, which
consists of the most eminent medical
men in the country. Is in the third year
OF q five-year program OF minute in
curry into the economic aspects of ILL
ness and health. Dr. DIN West OF
Chicago epitomizes the committees
tesk as follows: The one great outstand-
ing problem before the medical pro-
fession today is that involved in the
delivery Of adequate. scientific medical
service to all the people, rich and poor.
1T a cnet whicr can be reasonably met
By them IN their respective stations in
life
Ccory.'9ht. 1897
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

has provoked discussion Of the subject
In the Senate i'self. Dire threats have
been made 70 expel newspaper cor
respondents from the prsss galleries be-
Cause OF the violation of the rule OF
secrecy. 1t has been apparent, however,
that these violations Of the rule orisi-
mated first with Sana or or a group of
Senators willing to make public what
had happened in the secret session. 1;
the correspondent was to be punished
there remained also the Senator or Sen
ators to b. dealt with.
In earlier days the transaction OF
public business In secret session of the
Senate was the regular order. More
and more. however. this practice OF con-
sidering important matters in secret has
been abandoned. Even affairs OF
great interna tional as we'll as national.
importance have come to be considered
in the open Senate, as in the case OF
he Versailles treaty after the close OF
The World War. Every step toward
publicity has been fought by men Of
conserve tive habits Of thought--mcn who
believe that what exists and has ex-
listed in the past is right. The Ameri-
cen people today are not willing to b.
kept in the dark by the Senate or any
one else. They wish to know what their
elective representatives are doing in re-
gard TO public matters and Why. Tn,
consideration Of tn. nomination Of the
man for jmpor ant Office under the
Government is Of public interest. and
thc public Is entitled to know how the
Senate acts upon such nonnina ions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
Explosive Lightning
Again Investigated
BY r. +. FREE, PH. n.

The mystery Of ball lightning" about
which scientific controversies have ragged
for more than century. has again
occupied the attention OF the Academy
of Sciences in Paris At recent
meeting NJ. z. Msthias. advocate of the
theory that ball lightning consists Of a
special kind Of matter, probably formed
from air gases by electric action, re-
ported additional instances Of these
mysterious ball-like lights which he
has found in accounts of eyewitnes:es
dating back to ITO. In some in
stances, NJ. Matthias reports, the eye
witnesses describe these glowing balls
as exploding with enormous noise,
louder than the discharge of many
cannon at once. In other instances
slowly end quietly. What NJ. Matthias
calls the Illuminating matter" OF these
lightning balls may either explode or
not explode. he believes, depending on
the circumstances, Just as explosives
like INT mey burn quietly in FIRE or
may explode violently when touched OH
by a decorator. The ball lightning is
described by most Of The people who
claim to have seen it. NJ. Matthias re-
ports, In very similar terms. During
an ordinary lightning storm round.
ball-shsped glow Is seen. usually NOV
ing through the air q few feet above
the ground. Presently the ball vanishes
or explodes. No one has seen one OF
these balls form, and some lightning
experts still deny that thew exist, the
reports Of witnesses bsip9 escribed 10
crtical illusions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

Conservatism Is at once tn, blessing
and bane of the gardener. Whereas on
! the one hand 1t makes his existence
more peaceful, on the other 1t causes
him to lose the spice of variety.
Gardens need more pioneers. men and
women who will experiment just for the
, sske Of novelty. II to be In motion Is
the essence OF life, as no doubt 1t is,
constant change is necessary In garden
ing.
Such change should mean more than
that wrought by the seasons in their
yearly swing. Any garden. no matter
how small or large. will show such veri-
atoms. They ere pleasant. beautiful.
ennobling, but standardized to a point
of surety.
Again let It BE- said that such surety
is OF the essence OF gardening II We
could not depend upon the lilacs. and
the iris end the pconies to work their
magic at approximately given times,
gardening would lack much OF its
pleasure.
| The fixity Of evergreens, the sure
growth Of ANIMALS. the fine spires of
hollyhocks, the gentle blue OF ageratum.
are some of the features viii n make
gardening what It is.
Their certainty Of performance glad
dens the experienced gardener no less
than the amateur. and makes glad him
who owns thousand acres no less than
the man who has only a small back
yard to cu.tivate.
Tbs pioneering spirit for which we
speak recognizes ali this. but also be-
lieves In irving the new thing just for
noveltv's sake
If the spirit could be extended to
more gardeners 1t would result In sur
prise being introduced into countless
gardens
Reflect a moment on the place which
the element OF surprise occupies in most
art works. A garden is living work
Of art and needs surprise not only in
its composition, but even mere in Its
elements.
The same old plants year after year
are perpetually satisfactory. Nothing
can be said against them. 1t is garden
lack OF which we speak not Of a flower
shortage itself.
Go into the first dozen gardens at
hand and note how little variation you
will fnd. This is not because there is
any lack Of ambition on the pert OF
owners, but solely because gardening
tends to become standardized.
You find the same backgrounds. the
same pools, the same rock gardens, the
same supdials and bird baths. each and
oil beautiful, but inclined to be monoto-
nous in their sameness.
The interest OF the beholder Graves
the nourishment Of something different.
He wants something which will give him
the same start a reader gets at the end
of an o. Henry story.
y n
No doubt this is why the simple rose
garden holds perpetual fascination for
the garden minded.
In most gardens there is a hodge,
podgc of plants. but in the old-time rose
garden there ives nothing but the rose.
queen OF flowers.
There is q certain soothing quality
about such planting which is still 70
be found by those who seek it.
Lack Of space has made 1t a novelty
to thousands, that Is why We include II
here. What we would like to see, how
ever, would be a garden devoted EN-
tirely to the rose. iris and gladiolus.
Rose, iris and gladloluS!
Such q garden woul3 possess charm
as well IS novelty in an equal degree
The nearest approach to 1t would be
the farms OF some commercial grower,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22

ton was the flrSt President or the
United States under the Constitution
and was the first President elected ac-
cording to the laws of the Constitution.
Q. Please give. an example Of the
letter w" used as vowel-M. D.
A. wv" serves as . cdnsonaut when 1t
begins a word or syllable. The letter
serves as vowel at the end Of A word
or syllable where 1t forms diphthons
with the vowel preceding it, as in the
words how" or grew"
@. Are any Americans buried n
Westminster Aboey?-A. s.
A. No Americans are buried in West
minister Abbey. There il bust Of
Henry w. Longfellow in the Poets Cor
ner. colore6 window and tablet 10
James Russell Lowell and a tablet to
Walter Hines Page.
@. Has a perpetual motion machine
| been invented?-M. T.
A. No perpetual motion machine has
as yet been invented. The law of the
conservation Of energy is an absolute
barrier to all schemes for obtaining by
! mechanical means what IL called per
petual motion" or a machine which will
do an amount of work greater than
the equivalent Of the energy. whether
of heat. of chemical combination. Of
electricity, or mechanical energy, that
Is put into IT, Such result would
be the creation Of an additional store
of eprr--7 in the universe which Is NOT
.ooss1ple by any human agency.
Q. Who was the first United States
hmbessador?-F. II.
A. Thomas Francis Bayard was the
first United States Ambassador. He was
Ambassador to Great Britain from 1898
! to 1897.
O. How long do doves live?-C. W. K
A. The life Of doves and pigeons In
general is about 10 to Is years. IN
captivity under favorable circumstances
| these birds might live longer time.
q. What is tn. origin and meaning
OF the word "suceotash" ?-S. II. D.
A. 1t IS Indian in origin. II Is a
corruption of q Narragansett name for
an ear Of corn as distinguished from
corn cracked or broken By pounding.
! Roger Williams used the word in this
t wise. By l77S 1t had the meaning Of
! corn mixed with beans and perhaps
j bears flesh. Now succotaan Is a mix
t'ire Of corn with Inns beans or string
beans. l.,
O. What countries in southeastern
AHia are Independent nations?--C. r.
| A. Siam Is the only one.
! O. How expensive were the first books
prnte6?--B. S.
/ A. There is record Of two printers
! IN 1873 agreeing TO publish $50 copies
Of the Bible Just how long these
! Bibles were in preparation Is debatable.
but the first record Of sales In that
locality, Venice, year 1892. and by the
same printers gives the selling price
at.6 to IL ducats. or $50 to $50.
Q. Was Frederick. Md, ever general
( y known as "Fredericktown"?-P.
| A. Fre6eriektown. Nd. was estab-
iished April 20. 1898. This name vss
Changed to Frederick" between 1925
and 1929.
! @. How MANY school teachers are
! there IN the United Ssatcs7-M. r.
! A. There are 1880 male teachers
/ ana SIS, $50 female teachers. total Of
! el4.15n. The teaching departments are
! divided into prirnarr, secondary and
/ l1'sher learning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Many readers send In questions
signed only with initials. ssking that
the answers appear in the newspaper.
The space Is limited and would not
accommodate a fraction Of such re-
quests. The answers published are
ones that may interest many readers,
rather than the one who asks the
question only. All questions should be
accompanied by the writer's name and
address and cents in coin or stamps
for reply. Send your question to The
Evening Star Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Haskin, director. Washing
ton, D. c.
@. Was Texas Guinan OF night club
notoriety ever in the movies?-F. B.
A. She was In the movies and be-
fore that venture WIS on the stage.
@. What are gamma rays?--w. B.
A. Gamma rays are electromagnetic
waves OF high frequency with wave
lengths Of from IA ansstrom units
down to Approximately 0.01 angstrom
units. Gamma rays are more pene-
tratine than x-rays. Gamma rays
have been used for treating such dis
eases as cancer, tumors, ulcers, con-
genital warts, etc.
@. Please name cooperative COL
leges other than Antioch In the Middle
West-D. r.
A. Marouette. at Milwaukee. Wis.
and Beres College. at Bsrea, KY, are
both cooperative colleges.
Q. Do the musicians in the Navy
Band have to serve part Of their en-
listment at ses?-C. v. r.
A. It is not required.
O. Where Is Prof. Ritchey, who de-
signed the great telescopes Of Mount
wilson Observatcry?-S. r. o.
on a new reflector in Paris which will
probably be the largest in the world.
This telescope will have q 24o-inch
mirror.
@. Have the Chinese. American In
dams or Jews ever prosecuted people
thinking they were witches?-H. r. H.
A. The Chinese or American Indians
never conducted an organized cam
pa,Qn asainat witchcraft in any way
comparable to that carried on in
Europe in tho middle centuries or in
America in the early history Of the
country. but there IL ample proof that
the Jews from earliest times placed
witchcraft under the han OF the law.
and among the earliest laws given by
Moses Is the one Thou shalt not Suner
A witch to live"
O. Can quail eggs be Matched In an
inruba tor?-B. 6.
A. Q,,ail may be successfully hstched
In incubators. The temperature should
b. kept at about s9l2 degrees. The
eggs should b. turned daily and the
air in the incubator well supplied with
moisture. 1t takes about Is days for
eggs to hatch.
@. When did Nietzsche live?-
H. M. K.
A. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ives
famous German philosopher who lived
from 1914 to 1900.
q. Was John Hanson the first Pres
dent?-J. M. F.
A. John Hanson. born in Green HIN,
Nd, 1715. was Representative in
the House of Delegates Of Maryland
from 1857 to 1881 and delegate from
Maryland to the Continental Congress.
1871 to 1888, serving as president Of
that body in 1881. the first to hold
this once after the adoption Of the
Articles Of Confederation. but rot I'M
der the Constitution. George Washing