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True Master SIeutH Stories
Continued from Thirteenth P0Oe

Continued from Thirteenth P0Oe
OUTFIT for making half dollars and Quarters
together with $3.50 in spurious coins
Chief Moran takes very literally the tradi-
ttonal phTasing Of the appropriation bill which
specifies that the funds made available are for
the suppression of counterfeiting" Operatives
under his direction, adept at seeming plots
against the currency, not infrequently make
flying raid that nets them stacks Of queer
money on the eve of its distribution. Several
huge rings were rounded up recently IN New
York and other important seizures made in
Los Angeles, Chicago and Buffalo. During the
Summer more than q dozen big raids were
conducted. VIZ
In the Spring tip came into the New York
ONCE of the Secret Service that counterfeiters
were at work in the Bay Ridge section of
Brooklyn, quiet residential area and that
they were working so persiStently that the notes,
IL they ever got out would food the country.
Alan G. Straight, chief operative, moved swiftly
to lay snare.
LIE put three of his best agents on the job
Of locating and Shadowing the "queersmen."
For several days they fitted inconspicuously
about Brooklyn and by ingenious methods Of
their own discovered that there were strange
goings-on in the fourth-noor apartment Of .
house on Eighty fourth street. Heavy machin-
cry had been brought in residents reported, and
agents
rented quarters nearby and settled down.
Within q week they had spotted the three
men who seemed to own the apartment There
was The Doc" n short thick-set man. who
wore q brOwn-checked coat and a derby on the
street. Another tall and slender and was
given to chewing tOothpick. The third man
was Of medium build dark, and wore horn
trimmed spectacles
For two weeks the agents trailed them every
where they went. They visited drug stores and
restaurants. waited on street corners and padded
doggedly behind when the three were apparently
just seeking exercise. At night they took turns
watching the apartment.
Suddenly they decided that the time was ripe
to act They had the complete dope on the
men and the presses in the apartment had
begun to turn. Taking along four other agents,
they went swiftly TO the apartment house Drop
ping men at the various exits and taking the
counterfeiters by storm. SO surprised were the
trio that they were taken without a sclifle
On one side of the room was a 35OO-pound
press of the newest and best type available.
Nearby was a complete engraving outfit and
lithographing paraphernalia. On the floor lay
heaps of partially printed bogus money, totaling
100000 in $50, $40 and $40 bills. And the
money was so cleverly executed that no ordinary
person would have suspected it,
Pericle Mannerini of Brooklyn, alleged hnan-
cial backer; Joseph de Nigia, alias Joe Ross, Of
Manhattan, muscle man." assigned to guard
the premises and keep gangs from encroaching
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Timber Marketing.

A N uncut virgin timber tract, on the face Of
it, would seem to be more valuable than
an area which has been covered with second
growth but thia has not been found to be the
case. The answer lies in labor and transporta-
ton costs and accessibility. As usual thing
timber tract which has been once cut and
grown over is more easily worked than virgin
land, and this means that the saving in labor
costs more than makes I'D for the superior
quality Of the timber in virgin tracts. Then,
too. the second-growth land Is usually much
nearer woodworking establishments, and there
fore more easily and economically in touch with
the market
little care in their marketing, usually get .
much better price logging out their own wood
rather than by selling the standing timber. The
marketing by kinds rather than as an indis-
c1lminate whole also tends to push the price
upward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Poor Wdr Ether Burned

THE hour hand has been through long
journey from the early days of American
participation IN the World War TO this Spring..
but it has taken all that time for justice to be
meted out to a worthless shipment Of ether.
supplied to the Army for anesthetic purposes -
The shipment, containing 10000 cases Of
canned ether, was found during the war too
high in acidity and of no value for hospital
work It was condemned and shipped to the
EdgeWood Arsenal
About five years ago it was decided that It
might be used for purely technical purposes
and was sold under that condition to a chenl-
cal company, which was put under bond to
limit its sale for that purpose. The bond was
violated, however, and the Government seized
the entire supply.
demned ether, intended to alleviate suffering,
but of no use for this purpose, has gone up IN
flames on the city dump at Elizabeth, y. j.
where 1t was shipped from the arsenal.
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and Mattio Mattera Of Brooklyn, a chemist,
were placed under arrest
In January similar victory was scored by
the Secret Service men, again in New York.
paSSer who presented himself at a certain
address on 1l2th street and with practiced ease
won the confidence of Lorenzo Petrosino was
Secret Service operative, done up in a clever
disguise. He was welcomed to the ranks, in
vited to discuss business over the coffee cups,
then taken for an inspection Of the plant on
Second avenue, where he met additional MEM
bers Of the ring and was served more coffee.
1t seemed that there were four plants, the
better to change bases in an emergency The
agents located them all They became familiar
with q number of names. Besides PetTosino.
there was Angelo Lasala, and these two men
had bought the paraphernaMa. There was
Alexander Goldberg, who engraved the plates
that Dante Cacici had secured, and there were
John Cello and GeneroSo Caruccia, who hunted
passers. The first hint Of the plot and perhaps
a suggestion as to the best modus operandi came
from an honest man who had been approached
as passeT.
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or somebody would have swarmed over the
fence. climbed a roof and caught it.
But they didn't rap anythi;G out of the lot
Old John wasn't pitching that way. He was
bearing down with everything he had, and he
had the old stuff up his sleeve that day.
Backed up by what the newspaper boys called
."superhuman support" John waded right
through those batters, and though they hit i'm
hard, they couldn't hit him safe-and, well
it's all in the record books-two no-hit games
in row for John Brown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

p OSCOE unkinked his long body
We'll, 1 got to run along now he said
land look at my SquaSheS."
But there's more" 1 insisted
More what?" he said
You started in to say something about
sentiment in base ball" I reminded him. 80
there must be more-about John Brown, I
mean"
"Oh. him?" said Roscoe well, he pitched
winning ball all the rest of that season and for
good many seasons after that. No more no
hit games but lots of f1rst-raters"
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Increased Candy Buying.

THE American sweet tooth required the spend
ing OF three-quarters Of o billion dollAEs
last year % satisfy its craving Figures gath
cred by the Department Of Commerce indicate
that snore than billion and q half pounds Of
candT were sold In this country, which was an
increase per Cnpata Of pound o year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16
IOWA VISITORS
MARRIED HERE
Liden-J OhnsOn Vows are Spoken In
FrederikSen Rock Garden
Monday Evening.

The rock garden on Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris. Frederiksen's farm was the
scene of very pretty wedding Mon
day evening when Miss Olive John
son and Abner Liden, both of Des
Moines, Iowa, were united in marriage
by the Rev. Johannes Mortensen.
The newlyweds came here two
weeks ago together with Miss Chris
tine Dixen and Mrs. Lars Lind Jor-
gensen for visit, and were so i'm
pressed with the present beauty of
the rock garden that they decided to
have the nuptial knot tied there. A
few special arrangements had been
made in the garden to better suit
the occasion. This beautiful natural
scenery together with the sincere
words spoken by the Rev. Mortensen
has surely left a deep and lasting
impression upon Mr.. and Mrs. Liden.
Miss Christine Dixen and Carl Dix
en- officiated as bridesmaid and best
man, and besides them a small circle
of friends were seated in the garden
as witnesses. Mrs. Svend Petersen
sang two solos, one before and one
after the services, and later when
all had extended congratulations and
best wishes several songs were sung
by those present. A splendid lap
lunch, served in the garden, termi-
mated the official function.
Peace and quiet reigned supreme
when suddenly there was great COM
motion in the farm yard on the OPP
posite side of the house, there was a
mixture of band instruments, tin cans,
fire crackers, vocal discords and what
not. 1t was a group of young folks
from the village who had come out
to add merriment to the occasion and
surely accomplished their purpose.
Ring games were played on the lawn
and late in the evening this was ter
minated with coffee and lunch.
The American joins with others in
wishing Mr.. and Mrs. Liden an
abundance of health and happiness.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16

000, 100000, or slightly in excess Of
the total investment in our railway
system. In 1921. 3SS,OOO miles, or 10
per cent of all United States roads,
were surfaced, whereas, at the end of
1880, some 100000 miles, or % per
cent of the total, had been improved
Twenty years ago there were few
State highway systems or highway
commissions, and State expenditures
for road construction or improvement
were relatively negligible. Today
however, every state maintains a
highway organization, while in 1929
State Governments spent $799,S76, 900
for highway construction and i'm
provement, and in 1880, total of
1897 100000.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16
ASKOV

Mrs. A. Gravesen, Ralph and Dag
mar motored to Minneapolis yester-
day for a days visit.
Lief Kirkegaard of Minneapolis, Wis
tied here the first of the week, being
a guest at the A. Gravesen home.
Miss Maren Larsen came here Sat-
urday from Chicago for visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. l.. Mosbek.
Miss Dagmar Christensen, who is
employed in Duluth, came last week
for a visit at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. And. Christensen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Olsen and Mr..
and Mrs. L. Byron Olsen visited at
Ellsworth, Wis, Sunday. The formers
daughter, Miss Gladys, is employed
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Georg Lindegaard and
son, George, and Miss Ragnhild
Strandskov visited relatives and
friends at Motley and Tenstrike last
Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. Carl Mickelsen and three chill
dren, Harald, Carl, and Edna, came
from Sturtevant, Wis, the first of the
week for a visit at the home of her
brother-in-law, Hans Mickelsen.
Mrs. ]. p. Frederiksen, Clarence,
and Helen came Sunday from Chicago
for a visit with old friends. At the
present time they are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. And. ]. Larsen.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Jensen and Mel
win, accompanied by their visitors,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Swanson of Day.
export, Iowa. motored to Faribault
Sunday and visited until the following
day with the ladies' sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chr. Andersen and
children of Minneapolis, came here
the first of the week for a visit at the
home of his brother, Emil Andersen.
Yesterday they left on a motor trip
to the northern part of the state.
Einar Dali of Chicago, came yester-
day for a visit at the home of his
uncle, Holden Hansen. Mr.. Dali re-
Gently had the misfortune to injure a
finger to such an extent that he will
not be able to work at his trade as
painter for a few weeks.
The negro of the. Piney Woods
School of near Jackson, Miss, who
was scheduled to entertain at the
Young Peoples Society meeting in the
church basement Wednesday night
did not come and a large crowd was
disappointed. The reason for the nom
appearance of the speaker is not
known except that possibly a mistake
in his schedule was made.
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monstrously large nose. The duels
numbered more than a thousand.
Ques.-C. W.: Is night-air un-
healthful?
Ans.-According to medical author
tiles night-air is especially healthful.
In spite of the theories of some of
our grandparents, it is just as health
full as the day air and it is even
more purifying in that it is less laden
with dust and humidity. Moreover,
according to recent experiments, the
cold air of the night has been found
to be more health giving than warm
air.
Ques.-M. B.: Who was the first
white girl born in America?
Ans.-Virginia Dare was the first
white girl born in America and she
was born on Roanoke Island, Virginia,
now apart of North Carolina.
Ques.-G. S.: Is gasoline an oil;
if so, why is it not used as lubri-
cant?
Ans.-Gasoline is oil in a refined
state-the lubricating properties hav-
ing been removed leaving only the
combustible properties.
Ques.-W. B.: Will one get any
money for crops when river floods
the land and browns the crops?
Ans.-According to available auth
critics such a catastrophe seems to
be an "Act of God" for which no hum
an agency can be held legally respon-
sible unless where the case is COW
cred by some special insurance. 1t
is true that a few years ago congress
granted FLOOD relief to sufferers
along the Mississippi but that is a
quite special case. AS a rule no COM
pensation is allowed by state or fed
eral government.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16
When were fire.

Ques.-H. B. w.: When were fire.
works first used?
Ans.-The history of pyrotechny
may be said to have begun when a
prehistoric firemaker first mixed salt
petre from his cooking with charcoal
from his fire, to use as finder. In
subsequent ages other ingredients
were added as pyrotechnic mixtures
developed and eventually, when the
principle of the gun was evolved by
Berthold Scwartz in the 18th century,
the pyrOtechnic mixture most suitable
for his needs was named gunpowder.
However, it was not until the early
part of the 18th century that dis
plays of any considerable pyrotechnic
merit were produced.
Quest. H.: How long has the
fountain pen been in use?
Ans.-In it's practical form, the
fountain pen dates back only to the
eighteen-eighties.
Ques.-D. j.: Is it possible to rid
my kitchen of tiny red ants which
have peculiar tendency of getting
into anything greasy, such as bacon,
lard, etc.?
Ans.-The ants that infest houses
are frequently divided into two class
es-those that like sweets and those
that like grease, the latter being the
kind that is annoying you at present.
The grease-eating ants may be con-
trolled by working small amount of
tartar emetic into bacon rind, or by
using one part tartar emetic to 20
parts of grease. Extreme caution
should be exercised in using tartar
emetic as it is a violent poison.
Ques.-D. K: What French author
had much trouble with his large nose?
Ans.-Savinier Cyrano de Bergerac.
who was born in 1919 and died in
1855, was distinguished for the many
duels he fought on account of his
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borg, Florence Sederberg, Grandma
Weinberg, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Rye and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Wen
borg and children and Julia Marti-
chuski and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Weinberg
and Mrs. Claus Anderson all were
dinner guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Anderson were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l. j. Peterson
of Moose Lake Wednesday evening of
last week.
Miss Rose Lundell and two of her
girl friends, spent Sunday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Perry here.
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CLOVERDALE
(TOO Late for Last Weekly

Mr.. and Mrs. John Swanson were
present at the confirmation reunion
at Almelund Sunday.
Miss Mary Sexton and her friend
Carl Lindblad of st. Paul, and Mrs.
Sophie Warner and John Sexton, also
of st. Paul, spent July Fourth at the
home of Roy Power. John stayed and
will work at Powers during the hay
ing season.
Emery Wolter left Wednesday morn
ing of last week for Jamestown, N. D.,
to spend several weeks. This is the
place from which they came when
they moved here, so he will have a
pleasant time greeting his friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alec Campbell and
children visited at the home of Mrs.
Olaf Pearson Friday evening.
Mrs. w. E. Dalzell of Hinckley, Wis
tied with her son, Lester, here Sunday.
Marie Ann and Maybelle Larson of
Hayward, Wis, returned to their home
Sunday night, after spending three
weeks with their uncle, Edwin Ro-
deem.
Mrs. Leslie Kofoed of Hinckley, Wis
tied Monday at her parents home
here.
Robert Buirge of Pine City, went
home Sunday night, after visiting at
the Redeem home for week.
Luther League was held Wednes-
day evening at the school house. The
crix,
Among those who attended the
gathering at the Redeem farm on
July 4 and were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Buirge and family, Mrs. Fritz
Johnson and family, and Mrs. Klande
of Pine City; R. A. Erickson and Mary
and George of North Branch; Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred T. Ranney, Miss Lucille
Doepke, Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip w.
Oberg, Mr.. and Mrs. John Buirge and
Warren, Mrs. Herbert Greenfield and
son, Herbert, and his friend, all of
Minneapolis; Bror A. Wickstrom of
Ladysmith, Wis, and Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar F. Larson and family, and Mar
garet Redeem of Hayward, Wis.
Miss Selma Miller and her mother
and brother of Ogema, visited at Paul
VOTERS Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Kofoed of
Hinckley, and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Wolter drove to the Yellow Banks of
the st. Croix river Sunday. On their
return they stopped for a visit with
Walfred Nelson.
DR.. and Mrs. Damn of Milwaukee,
Wis.,, spent a few days here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Dalzell, Mr..
and Mrs. John Christensen and sons,
and Mr.. and Mrs. James Kelroy and
family visited at the Joseph Petsko
home Wednesday night. Frank West
man and Mrs. Clarence Maves were
also there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lufkin and Betty and
Arlene, and friend of Newton. Iowa.
visited last week at the Chollett home
They went to Mud Lake to fish. SUM-
day the Chollettes were there too.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Calvert and
daughters, Peter and Betty Derungs,
Raymond Bettmeng, Plazi Derung, and
Catherine Wolfe of Huron, S. D., spent
last week as visitors at the Tom Wolfe
home.
Monday the Wolfes and their COM
pany went to Finlayson to visit the
John Derung home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16
ASKOV JUNIORS LOSE
TWO MORE GAMES

The Askov American Legion Junior
baseball team lost two games dur
ing the past week when Milaca de-
feated them Thursday on. the local
diamond IL to and Mora won on the
Mora diamond Monday to 2. The
Askov Lads have played good base
ball this year but in these two games
they just could not get going. The
boys will play their last official game
with Onamia On the Askov diamond
this afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16
% PER CENT OF
ALL ROADS IMPROVED

No more than twenty years ago the
United States had practically no hard
surfaced roads outside of the larger
cities, such as are now considered
indispensable for vehicular traffic
Yet, in 1910, of the 100000 miles OF
road, only 10000 miles we're sur.
faced.
By the end of 1880, the length OF
this country's roads had grown to
3,024,233 miles, representing 3S per
cent of the world highway total of
7,959,192 miles.
The investment in American high
ways is currently estimated at $685.
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DENHAM
(TOO Late for Last Week.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Stelmancwski
and daughter, Philomine, and son,
Leonard, and Edward Wochick, all of
Minneapolis, also Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Kosloski, were dinner and supper
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Kosloski Sunday. The Stel-
mancwski family and Peter Kosloski
of st. Paul. were weekend guests at
the George Kosloski home. Mrs. Stel-
mancwski and the children remained
here for longer visit.
Mr.. and Mrs Allen Irene and Shir-
ley and Mrs. Morse joined relatives
and other friends at a picnic supper
at the Wesley home on Coffee lake
the evening of the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Driver drove
to Pine City to celebrate the Fourth
of July and later visited with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Behrens until Monday eve
ming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Selmar Hanson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mentzer Upgren visited
at the parental Upgren and Wallin
homes over the weekend.
Mrs. E. r. Ohlson, Alphild Ohlson,
and Nels Johnson of st. Paul, came
Saturday morning and spent the time
until Sunday with the F. E. Ander-
son family. Margaret Anderson went
with them to st. Paul for "a fortnight s
visit.
Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Johnson,
the F. E. Anderson family and their
guests picnicked at the Fairmont and
Jay Cooke parks with the Dhont fam
lily of Crosby.
The Fourth of July was observed
in a number of ways here. The farm
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Rudolph Lar
son was the scene of a happy family
gathering. Lambert Larson, his wife
and children of Duluth were present,
as were also Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Wild
dell of Minneapolis, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Weinberg and children of Min
neapolis, Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee
of Duluth, who brought Eddie Lee of
Crosby, with them, and his little
friend and his sister. Leona Lee, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ryden and chill
dren. Most of the guests spent the
weekend with the exception of the
Harry Wenborgs, who will remain for
a two-weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Swanson and
children of Minneapolis, Nancy Rund-
quist, Mr. and Mrs. John johnson and
children, also of Minneapolis, spent
the patriotic holidays at the parental
Rundquist farm and visiting other
relatives and friends of this neighbor-
hood. Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Rundquist,
who have been visiting in Minneapolis
the past three weeks, returned here
with their daughters.
Miss Florence Sederberg of Min
neapolis, drove here to spend the
weekend with relatives. She had as
her car guests, her mother, Mrs. Sc
derberg, who visited with her sister,
Mrs. Swan Leaf and others, and Of
title Weinberg.
Axel D. Olson attended the wedding
of his sister, Miss Thilda to Harry
Anderson at Minneapolis recently.
Tillie is the second daughter of Mrs.
Gust Olson. The groom will be re-
membered as having been in the en-
ploy here of Axel Olson as wood cut
ter some years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Weinberg and
children were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Weinberg from Sunday evening
until Tuesday evening.
The Weinberg family enjoyed a pic
mic dinner at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eskel Anderson Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Weinberg and children, Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest weinberg, Ottilie Wen
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16

Summary-Two base hits, J. Cunning
ham, w. Cunningham; sacrifice hits.
Lynn Anderson; struck out. by Hand
schu S. by NJ. Anderson 8; bases on
balls. off Handschu 2, off M. Anderson
O; left on bases, Moose Lake 4, Sturgeon
Lake II; umpire. Jack Zalusky; scorer.
A. w. Carlson; time. 1 hr. IS min.
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Questions and Answers

Send in your question. State whether
you wish your name or initials used.
The ASkov American will try to an
swer as correctly as possible.
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STURGEON STILL
POINTS TO FLAG
CONTINUED from Page -

geon Lake and Sandstone will play
Moose Lake. If either Sturgeon or
Moose loses then the first half champ
ionship will go to the winner. If they
both win or lose then they will have
to play off.
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Green sub for Hansen.
BROOK PARK

Summary-Two base hits, Conway;
three base hits. ]. Harapat; struck out.
by Harapat IA, by Pearson 9; bases on
balls. off Harapat 1. off Pearson q;
scorer. B. John; time. 2 hrs. 10 min.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16
Mothers Cooking.

He-"And can you cook like your
mother used to-"
Shelves; if you can stand in
digestion like father used to-"