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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03

laboratory at Urbana, the first factory IN
America for the production Of paper pulp from
cornstalks has been built and Is now operating.
But even when these industries have reached
their fullest development they will account for
only a small fraction of the total cornstalk
production of the Middle West. There viii be
cornstalks to burn.
There was no good chemical reason why BAG
terra should not make good fuel gas out OF
cornstalks as well as out of sewage.
Cornstalks are made pretty largely out OF
celluloSe which Is q complex chemical ar
rangement of carbon. hydrogen and oxygen.
For methane one needs only carbon and hydro
gen: the oxygen is gratuitous and really IN the
way.
The bacteria Of decay that live in sludge are
able to split celluloSe apart in such way that
half of the carbon hooks up with all OF the ny
drogen to form the methane, ana the oCner
half takes on all of the oxygen to form the car
bon dioxide. The second half Of the carbon IN
the cellulose therefore becomes simply sort OF
chemical dump wagon to cart OF the trouble
some oxygen.
GO MUCH for the chemical theory with which
DIR. Boswell started. Like all theories it
had to be tested
The apparatus which he and his assistant
rugged up in their laboratory does not look
much like the cleaning and mysterious arrays
of glass supposed to be the equipment of chem
lists. On the contrary, it looks very decidedly
"haywire.'
row of wide-mouthed brown bottles. hooked
up to a second row of bottles with glass tubing
through their shoppers, few glass stopcocks
to let out the gas when you want Sample
that is about all there is to 1t. Inside the
brown bottles is mess of ground-up corn
stalk soaking in water, with bubbles rising 10
the top every now and then.
C-I0 hlhhlnS
really exciting part of the whole business
They are the products Of the breathing OF the
bacteria, and they are made partly of the same
carbon dioxide that you yourself let go of when
you breathe, but partly also OF that very 1uel
gas, methane.
Certain kinds of bacteria have the ability to
breathe without free air. They get their oxy-
gen by breaking down compounds in which 1t
is combined. In the present case they get it
from its prison in cellulose. But such bacteria
can combine oxygen with other chemical ele-
mentS only so far as the oxygen goes, and II
there are any other elements left over after
such airless breathing they have to be let go
"as Is" or turned into other compounds not
containing oxygen
In the present instance the bacteria combine
the oxygen in the cornStalk celluioSe with the
carbon as far as 1t lasts, and then take the
leftover carbon and combine it with hydrogen
before letting CO. That Is why we get methane
as part of the product. II there were enough
oxygen to go round all we would get would be
more carbon dioxide, plus water. The success
of the work depends on keeping the bacteria
without an air supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03

THE bacteria ask wages for TINS WORK. Dus
after all they are very low wages. Tne
heating value of the gas produced IS 67s per
cent less than the amount theoretically pos
sibla from the cellulose. The bacteria TAKE
that much for their work, old-time milers
used to exact as toll certain traction OF the
grain they ground.
C,eIlulose is the daily bread of these bacteria.
In addition, they also demand their dahy meat
They must have something containing nlVro-
gen which is not present in celluloSe.
Nitrogen might be given them In the form
of various nitrate salts, as ammonia, or In
a number of other chsnical products. But q
much cheaper source can be found in the
various disagreeable stuffs we lump together
under the malodorous name of sewage.
Dr. Boswell suggests that when his method
of gas-making is once established in small, one
farm plants, all the waste products OF both
cornfeld and house can go into the same tank,
to emerge after fermentation as good clean
cooking gas.
After DR.. Boswell and BoruF had settled to
their satisfaction that methane could be gen
Grated from cornstalks in their array of glass
bottles, they proceeded to work on slightly
larger scale. They had q small sheet-metal
tank made modelled on the ones which Buswell
had already been using successfully IN his sanl-
tary work. But it was still of laboratory size:
a couple of feet high, suitable for operation
on chemists work bench
They called it the iron stomach" As 1t
stands In the laboratory at Urbana there Is
something of the "haywire" flavor about 1t
also but it digests cornstalkS and produces
methane and that's the essential thing.
Nov there is a larger iron stomach" in q
wooden shed a little distance away from
the university campus This one IS on a real
gas-making scale; it should turn out enough
methane to keep the average family gas stove
supplied with fuel.
high, though half its height is sunk into the
ground. The top part is cylindrical, and the
bottom slopes, funnel-fashion, to point The
leftover stuff settles down into the bottom OF
this funnel, whence it can be removed by
pump
To keep the cornstalk mass from wadding
into a solid lump. there is a second pump.
which removes water from the middle of the
tank and squirtS it back in at the top and
side when necessary, thereby preventing clog
ging.
DR. BUSWELL has done some figuring ON
the gas-producing possibilities of corn
stalks on the average farm He estimates that
ton of stalks will yield from 10000 TO 10000
cubic feet of high quality gas.
Taking the lower figure, ton OF cornstalks
would furnish gas for 400 people for one day,
allowing IS cubic feet per person per day. In
the corn belt where at least one-third of the
land is always in corn, circle l6 miles In
diameter would produce enough stalks to supply
q city Of 10000 inhabitants with gas for do
mestic purposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-03
BY FRANK THONE.

N THE good old days when the gas
light suddenly began to flicker, your
dad used to send Johnny downstairs
to put another quarter into the meter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
BRUNO

Mr.. and Mrs Metcalf returned Tues
day from a weeks visit in the Twin
Cities.
Mrs. Skinner and Hattie were in
Hinckley Tuesday.
Henry Starch motored to West Con-
cord Saturday. Leona accompanied
him to st. Paul, where she spent the
weekend with Miss Mable Figg, and
Mrs. John Stafford accompanied him
to West Concord. Mrs. Starch who
had been visiting at Kenyon, Fari-
bault, West Concord, and Zumbrota
returned with them Monday.
Mrs. c. o. Billman and children
spent from Friday to Monday with
her mother. Mrs. Nettie Laying.
Mrs. Eklund, Oscar and Carlton
Stafford were in Sandstone Tuesday
having DR.. Stokes doing dental work
Presbyterian Notes-Sunday school
at 9:45, church services at 1900 o.
clock. Bible study Tuesday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Eng
lund.
Peter Peterson. Harold Johnson, Joe
Peterson, and Arthur Teitz went to
Kelly Lake last Thursday.
The Luther League society will
give program and clothes-pin social
Friday evening, April 10, at 500 p. m
at the church. Ladies please bring
lunch for two and clothes-pin dress
ed as doll. Lunch will also be sold
Miss SINNERS class of piano pu-
pills held their regular Saturday after
noon club meeting at her home, Sat
urday, April 13. The class finished
the study of the life of Joseph Haydn
A short program of musical numbers
was given by three girls. The next
meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. Mike Plaisted, Saturday
April 90 At this meeting, the pupils
will begin the study of the life OF
Mozart
Mrs. Ludwick received a great sur
prise Sunday, when her relatives and
friends walked into her home to re-
mind her of her Goth birthday. She
received many nice presents and they
had a very elaborate lunch. The
party was given by her son and his
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Peterson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18

yer Flagstad, living at Barron, Wis,
in which she says the tornado which
passed through that section of the
country tore down their barn and
blew in all the windows upstairs in
the house, but the family escaped
without any injuries
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Watson and fam
lily were Sunday visitors at the John
SouthertOn home. :.
Charley Porkorney visited at the
Emil Olson home Sunday afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
EAST OF BRUNO

Jimmie Catlin's sale was very wei
attended and every thing sold good
Phyllis and Viola Plaisted stayed
with their grandparents several days
the past week.
Mr.. Charpentier bought fine team
of horses of ID. j. Curry, Friday.
John Rupp and family will soon be
riding on soft cushions as he has pur
chased a new Chevrolet.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Storebo spent Sun
day at the Victor Holmes home.
Mart Davis had Sunday dinner with
the Ed Rupp family.
Rose Kvasnicka, Irene Johnson
and Dorothea Golden are back tC
their school duties.
Donna and Kenneth Plaisted spent
the weekend in Bruno with their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague
Mr.. Billman is smiling once again
as his chief cook came home and has
relieved him of his job.
E. ]. Miller spent Sunday evening
at the AL. Osterkamp home.
Pearl and Ruby Rupp called at the
Carpenter home recently to hell
Miss Irene spend the day.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis visited at the
Ed Rupp home Monday.
Miss Louise Rupp is very much i'm
proved at this writing.
The Storebo boys spent Sunday eve
ming at the Mike Plaisted home. Al
interesting game was had.
Mrs. Elmer Breiland spent Friday
at the Otto Downing home.
Jap Hill has been very busy haul
ing hay.
Mr.. Charpentier returned to resume
his duties at st. Paul. He has his
family nicely settled in their new
home.
Mrs. C.. o. Billman visited her moth
err and friends at Bruno for severa
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sway were bust
ness callers at Bruno Friday.
Fred Matthes and Mr.. Withrow hello
their trial at Bruno Monday, it being
settled in Mr.. Matthes favor
Mr.. Berglund returned home Wed
nesday of last week. He went by way
of Isanti, leaving Mrs. Berglund there
to visit several days with her par
ents and friends.
Adolph Johnson and family visited
at the Geo. Robinson, ST., home Sun
day.
Einor Corbe spent Sunday at the
Howey home.
Miss Anna Rupp spent the week
end at her home, returning Sunday
Albert Osterkamp and family called
at the Charpentier home Saturday.
Several in this vicinity attended
the sale at the Eng place Monday
Mr.. ellison is busy unloading a cal
of flour and mill stuffs for the feeG
house at Bruno.
Several have been trying their luci
at fishing these days.
F. Martinez purchased a good farm
of the old gentleman, Mr.. Mach, re,
Gently.
The road drag did a very good job
Monday.
Just listen to the frogs new spring
song. They are trying to encourage
the fault-finders.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
PARK TOWNSHIP

Mrs. NelS Berg and Ruth were
callers at the Swan Matson home
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Thomson and
Vera visited at the o. T. Rudd home
Sunday evening.
Nels Berg and Adrian Berglund
left for Minneapolis Sunday morning,
to bring home Mr. -Bergs car, which
he purchased there.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sway called at
the T. B. Thomson home Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs o. T. Rudd received a
letter from their daughter, Mrs. Sc
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
FARMER-LABOR
PRESS SERVICE
BY H. G. Teigan.

The so-called small loan bill has
been put to sleep for this session at
least. On Thursday evening of last
week, the house on motion of one OF
the bills authors, voted to indefinitely
postpone the bill.
The thing that brought about defeat
of the proposed small loan measure
was motion by Representative Frank
T. Starkey of st. Paul, to amend the
measure in several particulars.
Mr.. Starkey's first amendment re-
quired companies engaged in the
the rates, terms and conditions under
which a loan was to be made and also
'in a conspicuous manner show the
interest rate per annum on unpaid
balances charged" This motion car
ried without much opposition.
Mr.. Starkey then moved that the
rate be reduced from 80 per cent to 1
per cent per month. The motion also
provided for fee on comparatively
small loans 1t had been the conten-
llOIl vi Tic pdIt vi IilC dutlloIS vi Lie
small loan legislation that they were
interested in saving the poor work
ing man" from the financial vandal-
ism of the loan sharks.
Starkey Flags AZ Pecent Rate.
"The business man of the cities has
been protected from the extortion OF
the money lenders by a legalized rate
of per cent" said Mr.. Starkey 1.-THE
government is now lending money to
the farmers at 51a per cent per an
mum. This measure would compel
the working man to pay an interest
rate of AZ per cent. / appeal to you
not to impose such an eXtOrtionate
rate upon the workers. l am certain
that there is not representative of
the working people from any of the
cities here who demands passage OF
this bill"
Following Starkey's speech, vote
was taken on his amendment. The
motion carried by vote of Ga to SIS
The following members voted for
the Starkey amendment to reduce the
interest rate from 312 per cent per
month as provided in the Paige-Quin-
livan small loan bill, to 1 per cent
per month:
Adams, A. G. Anderson, G. A. Ander-
son, Arvik, Atwood, Blodgett, Blum
Connell, Dahlmeier. c. l.. Davis, Day
Enstrom, Erickson. Gehan, Gilbert
son, Glaeser, Hastings, Helgeson, Hof-
stad, Holm, c. Johnson, D. w. John
son, Jordahl, Kennedy, Herman, Knud-
sen, Kolshorn. Kramer. Lager, Lager
stedt, Lewis. Lodin. Loftsgaarden, Nc
Donough, McNulty, Masek. Melby
Moser, Mullin, Mum, J. A. Nelson, N
j. Nelson, Nolan, Olson, Opsahl,
Payne, N. A. Peterson. Rodenberg
Rosetter, Samec. Schmitz, Schneider
Spelbrink, Starkey, Stockwell, Stran-
demo, SwensOn, ThOrkelson, VAIL
strand, H. H. Weeks. ]. A. Weeks
Youngdahl, Zech, Zimmerman.
Mr.. Quinlivan, one of the authors of
the small loan bill. then moved that
the bill be indefinitely postponed 1t
was apparent that one per cent per
month on loans was considered toe
low rate to save the poor working
man.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
MCPHERSON TOWNSHIP

Supervisors-J. d. Johnson. John Melan.
con. John Edin.
o Address: Nickerson. MINI.
Treasurer LeMay
Justice of the Peace----Peter Virgins
Constable ---------- Warner WahlQuist
NORMAN TOWNSHIP
Supervisors-Geo. NJ. Hyatt. A. ]. Lar
sen. w. M. Plaisted.
Address: Willow River, Mimi.
Treasurer Hanson
Justices of the Peace-Alfred F. Demo-
Walter Hammer.
OGEMA TOWNSHIP
Observation-Disclosures Stulen. Donald Mac
kenzie, Christ Hansen.
Clerk ----------------J. d. BeaufeauX
Address: Danbury. Wis.
Justice Of the Peace--z---Elwin Thayer
onstables-Darrold Waggoner. T. j.
Ryan.
PARK TOWNSHIP
Supervisors-Joe Kvasnicka. o. T. Rudd
Louis I-ivers.
Address: Bruno. Mimi.
treasurer sway
Justice. of the Peace 40. T. Rudd
Constable --------------Wm. Schrader
PARTRIDGE TOWNSHIP
Supervisors-N. C. Petersen. AXel r.
SHTiS. rTcucIlhScH
Address: Route >, Askov. Mimi.
Justices of the Peace-ArnoId sorensen
Emil Christensen.
Constables--Olav r. Keller. Fred Olesen
lPINE CITY TOWNSHIP
experimentation Connaker. NJ. Hudak
Alex Thieman.
Clerk ---Joseph Karas
Address: Pine City. Mimi.
Justice of the Peace------James Polk
Constables----Joe Boroz, VIM. GLASGOW
POKEGAMA TOWNSHIP
Supervisors-W. G. Ausmus. Geo. j.
Kubesh. H. w. Tesch.
r,.d A s,,nss R. 4. Pine City MINI
Justices of the Peace. B. KuzeI. w
III. Schultz.
Constable -----Jas. A. Kuzell
ROCK CREEK TOWNSHIP
Observation-Disclosures ]. Anderson. VIC
tor Pepin. Frank A. Peterson.
Address: r. 2. Rush City. Mimi.
Justice of the Peace--John A. Erickson
Constables-Ansel Glader. Harry l.
Mills.
ROYALTON TOWNSHIP
Observation-Disclosures Downing. A. j.
Weiss. Ed Peterson.
Clerk A. Davis
Address: r. 2. Pine City. Mimi.
Treasurer '--------------Alfred Walberg
SOHStdDie -------------Frank WINNER
SANDSTONE TOWNSHIP
Supervisors-Chas. Oberg. Gust E. John
son. A. ]. Eitens.
Clerk J. Wheeler
Address: Sandstone. Mimi.
Treasurer ----------------J.C c. Hansen
STURGEON LAKE TOWNSHIP
Supervisors-R. A. Bissonette, James
Zalesky, Chas. G. Peterson.
Clerk Frank King
Address: Sturgeon Lake Mimi.
Treasurer -------------Glenn f.. Olson
constable -------------- Bruce Barnes
WILMA TOWNSHIP
Supervisors-H. o. Hanstad. Harry
Gebhardt, Harry Duncan.
Clerk ----------------Fra Ludwig
treasurer n. Grace
Justice of the Peace----R. NJ. Lampson
Constable ------------Harry Gebhardt
WINDEMERE TOWNSHIP
Supervisors-Chas. Sampson. Frank
Lund~ ChaS. Hoglund.
Clerk WIN. H. Stage
Address: Sturgeon Lake, Mimi.
Treasurer --------------A.L L. Peterson
Justices of the Peace-Chas. j. Brandt.
Merle NJ. Street.
Constables-Tracy Street. Robert Burk-
hardt.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
The Home Lover.

Fearing he had lost his way. a
tourist leaned out of his car and
hailed a sleepy-looking native of a
small village.
Hey" he called. whats the name
of the next town beyond this?'
Dunno, stranger" drawled the To-
cal patriot. 81 lives hyar"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
CARD OF THANKS

The w. ]. and Emery Huntley families
wish to express their heartfelt thanks
for the comfort and help during the
trying hours in the passing away of
our beloved brother and uncle
w. j, Huntley.
Emery Huntley.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
st. Paufs Ey. Lutheran Church, Bruno
Rev, ID. A. Gimbel, Pastor.

Divine services Wednesday morning,
April oath, at 10 a. m.
After the services a short meeting
of the voting members will be held.
All members are urgently requested
to be present.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
KERRICK

The Union Ladies' Aid meeting
that was to have been held at the
Presbyterian church basement April
Goth has been postponed until the
roads are improved.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18

Think of it. You can get your
Want Ads into paper that has a
circulation of 21OO at the small price
of 1c per word, minimum Csc for any
one ad, by using American Want Ads.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
LUTHERAN CHURCH SERVICES
Emanuel Luth. Church, Bruno.

Luther League program and social
next Friday, April 10th, at 8 p. m.
Services next Sunday, April 21st,
at 1890 a. m.
Sunday school at $50 a. m. the
same day.
Vilstad Church.
Services next Sunday, April 21st,
at p. m.
Charles S. Rydell, pastor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18

Get the habit of using American
Want Ads when you want to sci
something quick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
HOUSE HOLDS NINE
/. MINUTES SESSION
Only SIS of 435 Members Are
Present, Simmons Presid-
ing for Longworth.

With IS of the 435 Members Of the
House present the House was in ses-
sion for minutes today and adjourned
until Wednesday, thus inaugurating the
empty formality OF meeting and ad-
journing twice a week for almost q
month.
Only a few Of the leaders Of the
House were present, nor will they be until
October IA. In the absence of Speaker
Longworth, Representative Simmons OF
Nebraska presided. In the absence OF
House Leader Tillson, Representative
Hadley of Washington was in charge OF
the program Minority Leader Garner
Of Texas wsS|1n charge Of the Demo-
cratic side.
After the reading Of the journal OF
the last session the only business trans
acted was to receive message from the
Senate announcing the passage of the
resolution regarding the death Of Sen
ator Tyson. No mention was made OF
the recent tragic death Of Representa-
tive Kvale Of Minnesota.
The meeting of the House today was
in obedience to the mandate of a reSolu-
ton under which Congress quit work in
June for its next Summer recess.
Members have been notified by William
Tyler Page, clerk of the House, by
direction 70 Speaker Longworth, that
the House will not undertake transac-
ton Of any business before october IA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
LIFE INSURANCE
DELEGATES MEET
Executive Committee of National
Association Board First
at Session.

The executive meeting of the board
q trustees OF the National Association
of Life Underwriters in the Hotel May
flower today featured a pre-conventior
program of the fortieth annual conven-
ton of that organization in the May
flower Wednesday morning. The con-
vention proper will run through Friday,
when election of officers and adoption
Of resolutions will take place.
Approximately $500 delegates are ex-
pected to attend the convention. An
advance guard began arriving today
The convention program will include
many addresses on the general theme
of selling the second $1,000 ,000, 900 Of
insurance. There also will be 81 ,000-
600 round table," as a special feature,
only those individuals who sold in
Surance amounting to that in the past
year being eligible to attend the latter.
The District of Columbia Life Under
writer's Association, host to the con-
vention, has high expectations that two
Of its members may be eligible to sit
at the round table
Tonight at 2 o'clock the board of
trustees Of the American College of
Life Underwriters, an auxiliary body
of the national association, will hold
an executive session in the Mayflower,
while a meeting Of the executive COM
mittee of the National Association of
Life Underwriters is scheduled to be
held in the Mayf1ower tomorrow morn
ing. Additional plans for the conven-
ton beginning Wednesday are expected
20 be discussed at the latter meeting.
The delegates will be welcomed at
the opening Of the convention proper
Wednesday morning by Harold D.
Kraft, president of the Life Under
writer's Association Of the District of
Columbia, and by Commissioner Sid
ney F. Taliaferro. Invocation will be
delivered at the opening session by Rev.
w. Coleman Nevis, s. j., president of
Georgetown University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-23
WASHINGTON BLDG.
SALE is CONFIRM Ed
Justice Gordon 0verrules Objec-
tions-Trustees Asked for
$4,1oo,0oo Bond.

Justice Peyton Gordon today over
ruled objections to the confirmation OF
the recent sale of the Washington
Building at Fifteenth and G streets for
zoos. 900 and directed the trustees to
execute a deed to Hooper, Kimball &,
Williams, Inc, IS Congress street, Bos-
ton, whose representative had bid in
the property at auction sale. The trus-
tees, Harold E. Doyle and Andrew B.
Duvall, explained to the court that the
terms of the sale required the payment
of one-third Of the purchase price in
cash and the balance to be secured by
two notes of similar amounts, payable
in one and two years.
Justice Gordon directed the trustees
to give a bond of $4,l00,000 for the
faithful performance of their duties
The bond is said to be the largest ever
given by court trustees in this district
The DIRECTORS to the confirmation OF
the sale noted objection to the order
of confirmation and will prosecute their
appeals now pending from the order
Of the court awarding priority to the
holders of the two deeds of trust over
the tenants having leases and the lien
,rs who built the building.