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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
WILLOW RIVER HIGH
SCHOOL NOTES
Editor: Mildred Prachar.

The basketball squads played their
first away-from-home game at Moose
Lake Tuesday night of last week. AL
though both teams lost, they showed
that they can be cheerful losers, as
we'll as winners. The girls made up
for the defeat suffered at Moose Lake
by victory over Finlagyson with a
score of 10 to s. The boys played well
out lost to Finlayson by score of
26 to IA. Thursday night our teams
will play Wrenshall on the home
floor. The game is promised to be
an exciting one. 1t is hoped that the
game will be as well attended as was
the Finlayson game. There will prob
ably be an alumni game during the
Christmas vacation.
School closes Friday, Dec. 20. The
high school will celebrate the coming
of the Christmas holiday by pro-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
WILLOW RIVER

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wahlstrom left
Tuesday for Superior, where they will
attend the graduation of Miss Hazel
Nordley from st. Mary's hospital.
Miss Nordley is second cousin of
Mr.. Wahlstrom.
DR.. w. C.. Ehmke has been very
busy the past ten days making
long drives in the country, besides a
busy office practice. He reports the
following births, Mr. and Mrs. AGA
Fenstermaker at their home in Ar
thyde, Thursday, Dec. 9Th, baby girl;
at Tony Martichuskis home, Dec. 6,
boy; to Mr.. and Mrs. p. S. Peterson,
Moose Lake, Dec. 9, boy; to Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Bartzak, Wednesday, Dec.
10th, a boy; to Mr.. and Mrs. Kasparek,
of Kettle River, Thursday, Dec. 18th,
a boy; to Mr.. and Mrs. S. Kwapic of
Split Rock, boy; to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Stepan of this village, Sunday evening,
a baby girl That left Friday, the
18th, open to take care of the follow
ing accidents, Francis Anderson of
Sturgeon Lake, who was operating a
wood saw, was unfortunate enough to
come in contact with the saw, lacerat-
ing his right hand; Godfrey Loegrien
of McGrath, was cut in the cheek with
an axe while cutting wood; Andrew
CLEANS 12-year-Old boy of Finlayson,
was caught in the corn shredder and
his hand was cut and torn; Mr.. Store
DO of Bruno, was cut on the right
wrist with an axe while working in
the woods. The veins and some cords
were severed and he suffered from
loss of blood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Wahlstrom
and children went to Superior Sunday
to visit his cousin, John Erickson and
family. They returned in the evening.
Mrs. Betsy Wadley, who has been
ailing all fall, was taken to Duluth
Sunday and placed in a home for the
aged for the winter.
Mrs. E. N. Miller of jamestown, N.
D., joined her husband here Monday.
They recently bought the tourist park
farm, where they will make their
home.
The program given by the finance
committee of the Community club last
Thursday night was very entertaining
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Oak Lake NeighbOrhOOd

Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Anderson visited
with the formers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arvid Anderson, near Moose
Lake, Sunday.
Hiding MagnusOn returned home
last week, after spending the sum-
mer and fall on the range.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Anderson, Esther
and Alma Anderson, and Hiding
Magnuson, spent Saturday evening at
Victor Swenson's.
Esther Anderson called at John
Ahlm's Sunday.
Roy, Alvin and Carl Anderson, and
John N. Wolby visited at the Ole
Fiske home Sunday.
Don't forget the Christmas program
at the Sunnyhill school Friday eve-
ming.
The Ladies' Aid meets at John M.
Anderson's Friday afternoon.
Bill Koecher has installed a radio.
Bill says it's just as good company as
O. wife would be; the only difference
is that he can shut it off when he
doesn't want to listen to it.
Ed Koecher and Robert Balsom were
callers at Alfred Anderson's Saturday
evening.
Hjalmer and Waldemar Erickson
are saving wood in this neighborhood
this week
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
HARLIS
Mr.. and Mrs. Wahlquist of Kerrick,
visited with their daughter here Sun

Mr.. and Mrs. Wahlquist of Kerrick,
visited with their daughter here Sun
day.
Lewey Pryor and Calvin Trester
motored to South Range, Wis. Sunday
afternoon, and are now employed
there.
Mrs. Ed Johnson and Lucille john
son were callers in Harris Saturday
afternoon.
Will Barbar called on Mr. Trester
recently.
Ed Trester and Lewey Pryor drove
to Holyoke Saturday.
James and Maurice Trester called
on Everett Lund Sunday.
Geo. Pennison, Everett Lund, and
Edmund Trester snow plowed the road
last Thursday.
Basil Falls and Dwight Heacock
were visitors at the Thester home
Tuesday. Maurice Trester returned
with them, and is now employed there.
Mrs. Myles Thomas and Mrs. Will
Barbar visited with Mrs. George Pen
nison Tuesday of last week.
The school is having a Christmas
program Saturday evening, Dec. 21st.
Everybody welcome.
Myles Thomas and Robert Barbar
were Holyoke callers Saturday and
Sunday.
Ed Trester was a caller at the Will
Barbar home Sunday.
Marion and Everett Lund were visi-
tors at the George Sorenson home re-
Gently.
Charlie Sorenson was caller at
the George Sorenson home recently.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Holly Berry Beliefs

A S FAR back as the Fifth
"a century Christians invest
ed holly branches with a SYM
bolism that helped to keep sa-
cred memories alive. The GRIM
son berries symbolized the
blood shed on Calvary by the
Founder Of the Christian reli-
gion; the prickly leaves held
remembrances of the crown of
thorns; and the bitterness of
the holly bark was symbolic of
. the draught of which Christ
partook while hanging on the
cross.
Once, in fact, there was a
custom of making a decOction
from the bark, and drinking it
in the midst of the Christmas
celebrations, so that-in the
words Of an old writer-'Ye
; shall not forget the cross as
We rejoice in the manger."-
Montreal Herald.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
''You Must Forgive Her."
Good Christmas Advice

THERE was such q crowd pushing
L into the toy department that was
almost crushed trying to get out. AS
was working my way toward the ele-
vatOr large woman among the crowd
just coming from it put out strong
arm and pushed me aside as though I
were troublesome child. I sup
pressed some very indignant words,
and felt rather proud of myself for
the feat, but my face must have been
less controlled than my tongue, for a
sweet-faced old lady back of the rude
woman looked into my eyes and said,
"Oh, you must forgive her, my dear
It's Christmas, you know"
I smiled back, and nodded, all my
irritation gone, and as went on about
my shopping, kept saying to myself,
ooh. you must forgive her-it's Christ
mas, you knOw!"
didn't know the sweet old lady's
name, and have never, to my knOwl-
edge, seen her again, but in all the
years since this happened, there has
never been holiday season when I
have not heard in my heart, at some
temperamental crisis, that soft voice,
in gentle admonition: "Oh, you must
forgive her, my dear-it's Christmas,
you know Myrtle Koon Clergyman.
ia, 1929. Western Newspaper JJnion)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19

gram Friday afternoon. The following
are some of the numbers on the pro-
gram, Monologue, "Oi, Vot Business"
by Dora Ellison; violin solo by Justina
Stepan; dialogue, "Just Between Us
Girls" by Lucille Void and Mildred
Prachar; school notes by Maxine
Taubman; piano duet by Bernice Bur-
ling and Vera Demo; monologue, Illus
bands is Husbands" by Mildred Brab-
enec; instrumental selection with
vocal chorus by Kief Melberg and Ker-
nit Lundgren.
Each student in high school has
bought at least ten Christmas seals
to help in the annual anti-tubercu-
losis campaign.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
q Dead in Baltimore Fire.

Baltimore-Trapped in the upper
floors while nearly 1000 tons of pa
per burned, four women lost their
lives, another is missing and believed
to have last her life, and Is others
were injured when fire swept the four
story building of the Thomas H.
O'Connor Paper Co. The fire, be.
lieved to have started on the second
floor, swept to the upper floors, where
between IS and 100 men and women
were working. A Negro saved 10 wo-
men by climbing up the side of the
building by means OF. pipe, lowering
a fire escape which had become JAM
med.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Secrecy In EIks Hills Case.

Los Angeles-An agreement where
by Elk Hills naval oil reserve leases
granted the Pan American Oil COM
pany, by former Secretary of Interior
Albert B. Fall, were kept secret was
recorded in the governments cancel
lation suit through the deposition of
Rear Admiral John X. Robinson, re-
tired. The deposition revealed that
Fall, Robinson and others had agreed
to keep the leases secret as they want
ed everything completed before con-
gress and the people heard about it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Byrd Relative Commits Suicide

Washington-Mrs. Caroline Van
Antwerp Byrd, IS, said to be distant
relative Of Commander Richard E.
Byrd, Arctic flyer, was dead today,
having committed suicide by firing a
bullet through her head. She was
found by her son, Harry B. Byrd, Jr,
real estate operator and former naval
officer, in the basement of their home
last night. Police said Harry 3. Byrd,
ST., the husband and father, had COM
mitted suicide some years ago.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Graf Will Radio Arctic Pictures.

Friedrischshafen, GermanyAWhen
the dirigible Graf Zeppelin takes off
for the north pole next spring, she
viii be equipped with a special radio
apparatus for transmitting pictures by
wireless. Even while the giant air.
ship is speeding over the limitless
white wastes of the Arctic, newspaper
readers will be able to follow the
flight in pictures as well as in words.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Join A Union.

Jones-Why so depressed, old man?
Brown-The horrible cost of living;
constant bills for materials, paint and
shingling.
Jones-What, your house?
Brown-No, my aughters.-Chicago
Tribune.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Gold Export and Import Figures Given

New York-Gold movements at the
port of New York for the week ending
December II, included exports of s1O,-
$4,000, of which s9,269,0O0 went to
France, s1,341 900 to Sweden, $780,
600 to Mexico, s1OS,OOO to Germany,
100000 to England, and 100000 to
Java; and imports of $4,000 of
which $4,000 came from Argentina
and s223,0O0 chiefly from other Latin
American countries. Gold held for
foreign account showed net decrease
OF s6,O02,0OO.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
WILLOW RIVER PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH SERVICES

Sunday school 1000 a. M, evening
preaching services at 7:45 p. m. A
cordial welcome awaits you. Come
worship God in the beauty of holiness.
Rev. o. G. FILLINGER, Minister.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Daddy Browning Faces $4,000 Suit.

New York-Edward w. Daddy
Browning, wealthy realtor, was faced
by the prospect of $4,000 damage
suit today in behalf of 14-year-old
Helen Vice, who, it is alleged, was
crippled when showed through a plate
glass window at Browning's Christ
mas party here last year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Friday, Thirteenth Brings 18th Child.

Kansas City-Mr. and Mrs. Gus For
rest of Kansas City are not supersti-
tious but they were impressed with a
strange coincidence on this Friday
the 18th. Mrs. Forrest gave birth this
morning to 13 pounds of twins, a boy
weighing seven pounds and a six
pound girl.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19

Christmas Eve
By
Francis FL. Mcmahon

CWAYING ouer the moonlit sno,O,
~ Music exultant of seraphim
Is thrilling the night wind to and fro
With secret notes of a Christmas
hymn.
Lordofthe World, whatpraise maywe
Soundlikewelconae tliatangels sing
In measureless wonder, silently
We wait for the sunTise-listening.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
PROGRAM AT ELLISON SCHOOL

Everyone is invited to attend the
Christmas program to be given at
the Ellison school, Friday, Dec. 20,
at 8:15 p. m.-Nina E. Reynolds,
Teacher, Dist. LA.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
8 Die AS Car Skids Into River.

Rockland, Me.-Two young women
and man met death in the icy cur
rent of Georges river on "Friday-the-
thirteenth" when their automobile
skidded, crashed through the guard
rail and dropped IL feet to the river
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19

You must have something that you
wish to dispose of; why not advertise
it2
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19

Java Volcano Has Eruption Hourly.
The Hague-Krakatoa, the Java vol
eano, is again violently in action, with
"a eruptions reported. The eruptions
have thrown cinders and ashes as
high as 800 feet, has been reported.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19

Save chasing and use American
Want Ads.
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One cent per word for Want ad.
Evening star., 1929-12-18

1922 is again in danger. It Is not the
Twenty-third street house, which has
gone the way of many other ancient
structures. It is a homestead in Elm
hurst, Long Island, occupied, it is stated.
by Moore and his family at the time he
wrote his poem, which was penned,
indeed, for his own children. The Moore
house is now menaced by subway. The
borough president of Queens seeks to
have it preserved. He suggests that 1t
be turned over to park and thus saved
for all tine. So he appeals to the public
for funds for the salvation of the struc-
ture, even though it may have to be
moved to make way for the underground
railway.
Something ought to be done about
this. Somebody ought to know where
Clement Moore lived when he wrote the
poem. True, it was a hundred and
seven years ago when he penned his
famous lines. There are no living
recorders of the fact. Perhaps as long
as one of the "shrines" has been de-
stroyed it will be just as we'll to con-
centrate on the Queens Borough build
ing, as something quite as good. But
1t is bit confusing to have two literary
landmarks of identical significance bob
up almost simultaneously. Maybe Moore
wrote the poem in both places, drafting
it in one and finishing it in another.
If so. one is as good as the other, and
the, survivor might as well be saved.
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Rival Literary Shrines.

Some weeks ago a sentimental reac-
ton was occasioned by the spectacle
of a woman tenant of a house on
Twenty-third street, New York CITY,
holding it against the onset OF the
wreckers who were seeking It's destruc-
ton to clear a big site for monster
building. Nobody cared In particular
about the woman's situation, but there
was some emotional sympathy for the
house, which was rated as literary
shrine" for in it, so ran the tale told
by the tenant and others, Clement
Moore, a barely remembered American
poet of a century ago, wrote "A VISIT
From st. Nicholas" a poem that mas
become immortal. That jingling verse
beginning Twas the night before
Christmas, when all through the house
not a creature was stirring, not even
mouse" has been the cherished posses
sion of American childhood for more
than hundred years. So some sympa-
thizers with the resisting tenant Of No.
429 Twenty-third street declared that
the building should be preserved, de-
spite the demands of progress and busi-
ness. But alas for sentiment! The
tenant lost her fight, the house was
razsd, and now No. 429 is only q
memory.
That is that. But 1t is not all the
story Now Genes the statement that
the house in which Clement Moore
wrote "A Visit From st. Nicholas" In
Evening star., 1929-12-18

Presenting ones friends with the
books they have borrowed during the
past year but failed to return would be
a unique and gracious gesture in the
way of Christmas presents.
Picture the happy look on the face
of old Tom Doolittle as he read a neat
card on Christmas morning:
Merry Christmas, old man!
IT hereby present you with the copy
of Josephson's 'zola and His Times.
which you borrowed from me last
June IA.
This gift, while less than your merit
deserves, will save you the trouble of
pretending to bring 1t back.
I hope you have enjoyed reading it.
Happy New Year!"
To Sallie Salamander, who borrowed
our prize copy of Rachael Taylor's
Leonardo the Florentine," with fervent
proteStations of bringing it back within
the week, we would send the following:
Hello, Sallie! Hope you are well,
and all your folks!
Since you never have returned
Leonardo the Florentine,' judge that
you must like 1t very much, so am
hereby giving the book to you with my
best wishes for merry Christmas.
Take good care of 1t, Sallie. It cost
me $6-at time when my funds were
low
Happy rew Year to you!"
Old Bill Muddle, who walked away
with our copy of Julian Green's THE
Dark Journey" on April last, ought
by rights to get gay card engraved as
follows:
MANY happy returns OF the day!
Instead of sending you a cigarette
lighter, as had planned. I remembered
that you never returned my Dark
Journey
II will agree that it is an excellent
story, and don't blame you a bit-now.
I was little put out for time, I will
admit, but got over that by the middle
Of September.
IF you still have the book, I here
with present 1t to you with my best
wishes for merry Christmas"
n X X
Mrs. Flo Floss ought to be forced to
stop playing bridge just long enough to
absorb mentally the following card,
adorned with green, gold and red:
Hello, Flo!
Just keep that book you borrowed
from me year before last and count it
as my Christmas present to your scin-
tillating self
1T has been so long ago that I have
forgotten its title, but It was a good
book-I recall that much about it.
mo doubt by this time you have
loaned it to a dozen different persons,
but you always seemed to have the
knack of getting things back.
Happy New Year, too"
X X
These sample cards will show what
We mean.
Here is neat method of making
gifts, which, SO far as We know, Is en-
ttrely original, never having been used
before in the history of publishing.
If it is objected that this would be a
cheap way of giving Christmas presents.
we reply that 1t would be no cheaper
than the original theft of the books;
Evening star., 1929-12-18
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM vile.

less during the Winter It's said that
Washington's workless element is being
steadily increased by the influx of men
who come under the impression that
the Hoover constructive expansion"
program not only originated here, but
is also being carried out in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
X
Behind the scenes a merry contest is
afoot concerning the name of the new
Navy airship to be built by the Goodyear
plant in Ohio. Akron, where it is be-
ing constructed, thinks it wouldn't be
half-bad idea to christen the big
dir1gible after that metropolis of rubber
and tires. Itll be another year and a
half before a christening ceremony can
take place, but Akronj- rs are already
on the job. The Nay regulations pre-
scribe how surface vessels should be
named, but there is no rule regarding
airships The Shenandoah was chosen
by Secretary DENLY. because it meant
Daughter of the Stars" Secretary Will
bur said he selected Los Angeles because
1t refers to angels, and angels are not
wholly disaSSociated with peace. He
would never admit that his coming from
Los Angeles had anything to do with 1t.
X X y X
A Washington junior high school girl
was recently asked which she preferred
"a man with a past, with a present or
with future. She said: Christmas is
coming Give me the man with a pres
ent." OF somewhat less authenticity is
the yarn of the Sunday school fiapper,
who said her favorite hymn is Him
that hath"
(Copyright, 1920
Evening star., 1929-12-18
Guns and Children.

The police regulations are definite
enough on the subject of firearms and
other dangerous weapons In the hands
of children. mo person under the age of
sixteen years" the regulations say, shall
carry or have in his or her possession
upon any street avenue, road. alley or
other public place in the District of
Columbia, any gun, pistol, rifle, air
gun, bean shooter. sling or other dam
gerous weapon of any character" and
it is unlawful for any person to sell
to any child or children under the
age of sixteen years firearms, gunpowder,
gun caps, fireworks or other explosive
in any quantity or quantities"
If these regulations were enforced
there would not have been the tragedy
Saturday afternoon in the Soldiers
Home grounds, when ten-year-old boy
was killed by a stray bullet from a
rife, possession of which at the time
was in dispute between two older boys
But the regulations are not enforced.
1t is no uncommon sight to see a
yOulSStSE, OF group OF Jnem, UdkulB
pot shots at sparrows on the streets
with an air rife, and almost any Sat-
urday one can hear the sound of shots
from Rock Greek Park, where boys. on
holiday lark, are hunting squirrels or
other small game.
Responsibility for enforcing the law
rests on the police. but a large share
and it should be the major share
rests on the parents of the children. It
lies with the parent as to the degree
of instruction his child is to receive
in the use of firearms, and if his child
is so instructed, the first lesson will be
the safe method of handling gun
But that has nothing to do with allow
ing child to carry his gun on the
streets, in the parks, or anywhere else,
where it endangers the lives of others.
The hazards of life for a child on The
city streets are great enough. without
adding to them the menace of guns in
the hands of other children.
Ten year old Benjamin Franklin
owned no gun. But other children did.
Evening star., 1929-12-18
A Tip to Druggists.

In these days of increasing chains"
! In every phase of business life, so in
line with modern economic ideas, plans
to seek the support of trade bodies and
citizens associations for patronage of
independent drug stores will prove Of
interest to the average citizen.
The District of Columbia Retail
Druggists Association has outlined a
plan to this end. The next meeting Of
the association has been set aside for a
discussion, with the independent grocer.
hardware dealer and representatives of
local endeavor in other lines Of business,
of ways and means of combating the
chain drug store growth. q.
The fight between the chains" and
the independents" must hold the In
terest Of every person who realizes the
power of combination in the modern
world From the standpoint of the So
called man on the street." however,
the major interest will lie in price and
service.
One Of the great holds Of the chain"
stores in all lines is their ability,
through large buying power, to cut the
prices to consumers. Often the loyalty
of a purchaser does not go so far as
paying five cents more for a desired
article.
The very rush Of buyers at some of
the "chc in" places gives the independ-
ent his greatest opportunity, in the
eyes of some students of the problem.
Where many buy there must be hurry,
with tendency to slight the individual
customer.
At the less crowded place the store
owner and his clerks have the opportu-
nifty, whether they use it or not, Of giv-
ing individualized attention to each and
every customer.
The entire tendency Of the modern
city is away from the individual toward
the mass. Yet thousands Of people
long for a return of small-town ways.
In the old days when a man paid bill
he was given some small gift. Those
days have long passed, but the atmos-
phere of cordiality which accompanied
them could still be part Of everyday
business. Often, indeed, it is, In both
types of stores, but the fact remains
that the independent" has the larger
chance to incorporate this style Of ac-
ton In his everyday dealings with the
public.