Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-16
ASKOV

Carl Krabbe and Carl Skov left
Monday for Albert Lea TO seek employ
ment there.
c. l. Hoaglund, two of his sons.
and a neighbor from the Brook Park
vicinity. were Askov callers Saturday.
They purchased two Guernsey heifers
from Chris Frederiksen-
Mr.. and Mrs J. s. Patrick and son,
Roy. and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pat
rick and two daughters, Mary and
Ann. of Hinckley, spent Sunday at
the Manford Nelson home.
Miss Anna Rupp and Miss Helga
Boo Of the local public school faculty,
visited al the home of Miss Rupp's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rupp,
east of Bruno. Saturday and Sunday.
Hans Christensen from the Kerrick
neighborhood. was an ASkov caller
Tuesday. Mr.. Christensen visited his
old friends, Lauritz Petersen and V. A.
Petersen whom he knows from Grand
Forks, n. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Matson and
daughter, Miss Catherine, and Otto
Andersen all Of Alta, Iowa, visited
from Friday until Monday at the j..
R. Petersen home. Mr. Matson is a
brother of Mrs. Petersen.
Mrs. Gunnar Fenger came here yes
terday from Cass Lake for a visit at
the home of her mother-in-law, Mrs.
P n. Fenger. Miss Bodil Fenger, who
had been visiting at Cass Lake for
some time. returned home with her.
Anker NJ. Simonsen started on his
annual Is days vacation the first of
this week, the most Of which he will
spend on his farm south of town.
During his absence John H. Sorensen
is serving on the rural mail route.
The Danish weekly newspaper in
Minneapolis, Diet Danske Ugeblad,"
which had apparently died" as Ii
had not been published for the past
two months, seems TO have been re-
vived as it came out again last week.
A. P. Norton, living east of Pine
City in Chengwatana township, &C
companied his son-in-law, E. NJ.
Deming of Sandstone, on visit to the
aohON Aui oUds. Willie
here the gentlemen made a trip Of
inspection through the American
plant.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Godfredsen and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Godfredsen and
little daughter Of Austin. visited here
Friday and Saturday with Ellen G.
Petersen. who is a sister of the two
gentlemen. Marie and Jens Petersen,
children of Mrs. Petersen, also came
and will remain with their mother
anG have started to attend school
here
L. P Larsen and son, Carl, of Wa
terloo. Iowa, came here Friday and
visited until Monday at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Chr. Sandahl. Re
turning home Monday they were ac-
companied by his mother, Mrs. Chris
tiane Larsen who recently came over
from Denmark and has been visiting
with her daughter, Mrs. Sandahl, for
a few weeks. After visiting in Water
loo and other points for few weeks
Mrs. Larsen will again come to Askov.
The crawling crew is working at
top speed on the road running east
from Askov and will complete their
job here within a fw edays. A fleet
of large trucks, loaded with from 2
to yards of gravel, are coming and
going continually, being approximate
ly Il mile apart; they are loaded by
the overhead dumping method. A
speedy little caterpillar scoops up the
gravel and dumps it from the over
head platform into the trucks below.
There is evidence throughout the op-
erations of speed, system and pep.
The seventeen and a half pound
rutabaga displayed in the post office
window last week lost some of its
pride the first of this week when a
brother was placed along side of il.
This latest exhibit weigh only 1912
pounds but is about as pretty and
perfect a specimen as one could ask
for. II was raised by J. P. Madsen
on his farm northeast of town. A
carrot weighing pounds and ounces
raised by Jorgen Christensen is also
on display in the same window. Mr..
Christensen raised l. acre of carrots
from which he viii get tons bring
ing an average price of SIS per ton