Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-06-11
KERRICK

| Inc Misses PnyllS ana DOrlS hogan,
Florence and Margaret Batter and
Lavone Melquist, left Sunday for
three weeks auto trip that will take
them through Yellowstone National
Park and other places in the west.
They expect to go on the north route
through North Dakota and Montana,
returning by the southern route
through Wyoming, Nebraska, and
Iowa.
]. D. Johnson of Nickerson, dropped
in for few minutes recently. He
was looking and feeling fine.
1t is understood that the surveyors
are working on the road west of Vic
tor Swenson's. The county intends to
spend $4,000 on this road this summer
There will be big dance at the
town hall again Saturday night. Dahl
gren and Hanson are giving the
dance, and music will be by the Cart
wright family of five.
Nearly every Sunday the Oak Lake
Duquette boys get together and fur
nish a considerable amount of fun by
their ball game on the local diamond.
Some pretty snappy playing is exhi-
bited at times.
Several of the students have library
books from the school. These must
be returned not later than June Is ac-
cording to the members of the school
board of district No. SO, or fine will
be attached. All books not returned
by June 20 will be charged against
the parents at $3.50 each. Parents
are asked to please have children re-
turn library books Immediately.
Margaret and jeanette Hogan re-
turned from Duluth Tuesday, having
finished their school term. Both girls
were graduated from the high school.
i Mrs. Gus Koecher and Roy left Mon
day for North Branch, where they in
tend to visit relatives and friends for
"a week or ten days. Gus expects to
take his vacation later.
Mr.. Peterson and his wife, formerly
Marie Hultgren, were in town over
Sunday for visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Hultgren. They had not been here
for several years.
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state wide cow testing was not largely
attended, although about 40 were
present. Mr.. Searles and w. F. Ham
margren handled the meeting and a
lot of good was derived from it. Mr..
Hammargren has promised dairy
feeding school this winter. Everyone
can learn something from these meet
ings if they will. Now, more than
ever, should the farmer weed out the
poor COW. At the present price of
butter fat, dairy cow giving about
100 pounds of fat per year is costing
the farmer around $40 a year for the
pleasure of keeping her. If you love
her, keep her. If you don't, better
let Swift and Co." put tin cans
around her.
w. P. Hogan and wife drove to Min
neapolis last week and spent few
days there. Bernice Hogan and Gladys
Herman returned with them for over
Sunday.
F. A. Kuhn, the new creamery man
at Duquette, was in town Sunday. Mr..
Kuhn is paying we'll and getting con-
siderable cream. He is an experienced
creamery man and it is hoped liberal
patronage will be extended to him.
Recent rains hurry the grass along,
quack grass excepted.
A number of neighbors gathered at
the Bert A. Bailey place Saturday
evening and made merry until the
small hours of the night. Everyone
had fine time.
A number of the young folks at
tended the dance at Duquette Satur-
day night and report a good time and
nice crowd.
Miss Vivian Wahlquist, who was to
undergo an operation for appendicitis
the first of the week, returned Satur-
day from ST. Mary's hospital, Superior.
She is so much improved that sur
geOns there found that it was not
necessary to operate, for the present,
at least.
| Recent visitors at the A. C. Smith
home were as follows: Mr.. and Mrs.
Clayton Becktold of Montevideo, Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Manning of Minnea-
polls, Arthur Manning and Miss
Gladys Bishop of Minneapolis.
Kerrick folks were very agreeably
surprised Friday when a car drove in
and Fred Petersen, his wife, Arno Pc
tersen, and little Fern, were the oc-
cupants. They had driven by the
southern route from Los Angeles,
Calf, and had been nearly a month
on the way, visiting along the route
1t was good to see them. They