Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-08
OBSERVATIONS
ON A JOURNEY
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the Minnesota side of the Minnesota
river and Big Stone City on the South
Dakota side, both towns being also
close to Big Stone lake. Now we were
on Federal highway No. IL which took
us through Milbank, Summit (the
highest point in South Dakota), Web
ster, and other towns to Aberdeen,
our destination, where we arrived at
p. m. The route all the way from
Minneapolis to Aberdeen is through a
beautiful country, but quite dry this
year as it is in most parts of the
Northwest. Much corn is raised in
that country, and there is oats, bar
ley, rye, and now and then we see
some flax. There is little wheat to
be seen from the roadside, but con-
siderable alfalfa, some buckwheat and
now and then some sweet clover. 1t
is principally corn and small grains.
Where we are accustomed to see pO-
tato and rutabaga warehouses in Pine
county and the section north of the
Twin Cities, the landscape looks diff
ferent going west with the tall grain
elevators.
Artesian Wells at Aberdeen.
Aberdeen is city of from 10000
to $4,000, we'll kept, very neat and
clean. There are no curved streets,
none diagonal, all straight north and
south and east and west, so a person
is not long in getting acquainted with
the city. 1t is one of the main sta
tions on the Milwaukee railroad from
the Twin Cities to the Pacific coast
and several other railroads also enter
the city. There are no lakes in the
immediate vicinity and no large riv-
ers, but the city gets it's water supply
from deep artesian wells. On the out
skirts of the city is an artificial lake
where folks go swimming, the water
being supplied from the artesian wells.
The longest street which runs north
and south, and as above noted with
out curve, is 212 miles. The city
has one daily newspaper, the Amer
ican-News The editor, a ScOtchman,
whOes name is Anderson, was very
cordial and showed us the plant.
1t is needless to say that my father
and l were happy to arrive at Aber-
deem and see our relatives and for
me to again be joined with my family
who, however, did not arrive until
two days later-on Sunday evening,
from the coast. In the meantime
while waiting for my family we saw
the city and the countryside, also
visited the Tri-State fair which held
forth there for a week. At the fair
was showing of prison life by for
mer prisoners under the supervision
of A. A. Russell, warden. They tell
of how life is lived behind prison
walls and it is very educational. Mr..
Russell told the writer that they will
also show at the Minnesota State Fair
and if you are going to the fair l
would urge you to see it. There is
something to learn and we may say
more about it in the American later.
Mrs. Russell, by the way, is a former
ChisagO county girl
California is Very Dry.
When my wife and Evelyn arrived
on the Milwaukee train we were all
there to meet them. l asked Evelyn
if l should carry her grip and she
said: mo, dad, l am a traveller" and
she hoped and skipped along glee-
fully. They were very pleased with
the Pacific coast trip, especially the
visiting of relatives, but are not so
much taken up with California. 1t
was likely the wrong time of the year
to visit the Golden state as it is very
dry now. In fact they had not seen
a drop of rain in the seven or eight
weeks that they were gone. There
is some irrigation in California, but
that is an expensive proposition. OF
course at Pasadena where the million
aires live it is beautiful, but that is