Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-19
Cunningham
SEEMS CERTAIN
Stock Selling Has Progress
ed Well During Past
Three Weeks.
Plant Will Benefit Entire
Askov Community, Says
Donald Barr.

The Askov-Barr Canning Corporation
which was organized Monday night
Dec. 2, is practically assured now ac-
cording to Donald Barr, son of Presi-
dent ]. E. Barr of the J. E. Barr Can
has been in the community for the
past two and a half weeks selling
shares in the corporation.
As was announced in a previous
issue of the American, the plant will
be home owned and home controlled
with the first board, elected on the
organization night, consisting of An
drew j. Larsen, president; j. E. Barr,
vice president; V. S. Petersen, secre-
tary-treasurer; A. P. Jensen and
Louis Olsen, directors. This board
will hold office until the first Tues
day after the first Monday in January
when the first annual meeting will
be held
In comforting with a representative
of the American, Donald Barr was
free with his praise of the splendid
cooperation given him both in the
village and in the country in max
ing the project a realization, and
stated that his work was materially
aided by this cooperation.
Due to the great number to see and
the short space of time allotted him
to see them in on account of the APP
preaching winter, Mr.. Barr announced
that he was only able to call on each
one once and therefore those who
were absent from their homes at the
time of his first visit were missed.
However, he has set aside Friday,
Dec 90, as the day when he will be
at the First State Bank in Askov
and invites all those who are in
terested in the project and whom he
has not met to come in and at least
get acquainted with him there.
Boiled Dinner Not Only Item.
1t being apparent that almost the
entire community is interested in the
project and realizes its Importance,
Mr.. Barr states that besides the boiled
dinner which will be the principal
article to be packed and which has
met with much approval during the
short time it has been on the mar
ket, other items will be packed and
Offered to the wholesale trade such
as beets, carrots, and bagas. A can
of bagas, packed by the Barr Corpo-
ration at st. Cloud, was opened,
placed at the bank and sampled by
several who were we'll pleased with
the quality and taste of same,
speaks well toward the popularity of
this item with the consuming public
as soon as it is made known to them.
Mr.. Barr states that only one other
packer who attempted to put up
rutabagas failed and this was because
he had not prepared it in an appeal
ing manner to the public. While
talking on the canning of bagas, Mr.
Barr stated that their plant had done
some intensive work toward preparing
this item and has now arrived at a
product which can be offered to the
wholesale grocery and chain store
trade with the recommendation that
it will meet with universal approval
and on which an enormous volume of
sales can be developed.
VIII Benefit Community.
Besides offering a large and impor-
tant market to the farmer, said Mr..
Barr, it will tend to stabilize prices
of the farm products raised in this
community, it will increase land
values and attract more settlers
thereby placing more land under cul-
tivation. 1t will mean much to the
village i'm that it will create additional
business, offer employment to from
1875 to $50 people each season; create
an outlet for lumber, hardware and
other repairs needed to keep the plant
in operation and repair; and it will
cause approximately an additional
100000 to be circulated in the COM
munity, which in turn will make for
more rapid progress than is taking
place today, said Mr.. Barr.
In concluding the interview Mr..
Barr congratulated the community on
the splendid and wholehearted Co
operation it has given him during his
stay here and again intimated his de-
sire to meet those at the First State
Bank Friday whom he has not had
the pleasure of seeing