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Families Are More Than
Pleased With Result.

Minot, y. Dan unusual expert
ment in eugenics in which two
neighboring families in this county
swapped wives, husbands, children
and homes three years ago has
proved so successful In the three
year ''try-out" that both women and
their husbands are more than
pleased with the result, while
neighbors who prophesied failure
for the experiment have agreed they
were mistaken. Welfare workers say
ii is the most unusual case in their
experience, being absolutely unique.
The Knights and the Rikensruds
are the families involved Two hus-
bands, two wives, and seven chill
dren were included in the mixup
and the realignment which followed.
While the knights had FIVE chill
dren before the realignment, and
the Rikensruds but two, under the
new arrangements the Knights found
themselves with but four children,
while the Rikensruds had their fam
lily increased from two children to
three.
The two families were great
friends before the experiment was
tried and they remain just as good
friends today. The children attend
the same school, the parents went
TO the same church, and often the
four parents would pile into the
same automobile and go to the same
movie" show. They secured their
divorces together and had a double
marriage the next day. Then they
all came back to their new homes.
Neither the knights nor the Rik-
ensruds were among the "newly
weds" when they decided to ex-
change families. There was no
"hudden impulse The Knights had
been married II years and the Rik-
ensruds for II years when the read
justment was undertaken.
The head of one family is Will
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
Potatoes and Potash

Potash is needed in large amounts
by potatoes, according to fertilizer
experiments being conducted at the
Ohio experiment station. Since farm
manure is high in potash, averaging
about ten pounds per ton, eight tons
or more per acre will maintain the
potash supply. In recent years, large
acreages of potatoes are being grown
without manure, cover crops being
plowed down to give the proper physi-
cal condition. With this system, at
least so pounds of potash are required
in the fertilizer to insure a yield Of
300 bushels per acre.-Wallace's
Farmer.
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gions, principally Texas. but no
where is 1t as numerous as In the
Mississippi. and its far-hung tribu-
taries.
More than 15,433,OOO pounds of
pearl buttons were made from
fresh water mussels In 1890. where
as marine shells, practically all of
which were imported from Australia
and the Philippines, produced only
100000 pounds of buttons.
Saving the fresh water mussel
requires a roundabout approach.
The mussel has an unusual method
of Matching its young. First the ma
tive fish of the Mississippi basin
had to be saved, because, at one
stage in its growth. the infant mus
sci must hitch-hike TO the gills of
any fish that happens to swim by,
attaching itself with tiny hooks. In
this position 1t becomes overgrown
by skin or mucous membrane of the
fish, riding along for about ten
weeks, and then dropping to the
muddy bottom of the river to begin
its normal life as q mussel.
Fish rescue stations established
by the bureau of fisheries along the
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.Ggbts Of New York BY WALTER rRunBu11

At his home in the East Fifties,
John ID. Rockefeller, Jr., has a truly
pipe organ. He is a
pretty fair amateur organist him.
self, but frequently he calls in q
blind man to play for his family
and friends. This blind man is a
fine performer and knows any
amount Of classical music by heart.
Probably one Of the finest private
libraries in the United States is
owned by Walter Pforzheimer, the
investment broker. They tell me he
keeps most of his books at Hid
den Brook farm" his place in West
chester. The name of that farm
should itself make a good title for
a story.
In these trOublous times, men,
bers of the senate and house are
getting the largest mail in history.
Letters and kilograms from consti-
tuents pour in Washington in a
never ending stream. One day, by
two o'clock in the afternoon, 1900
kilograms had been delivered to the
Office of Royal Copeland, senator
from New York. Secretaries classi-
fy these kilograms and letters and
1t takes an efficient service to deliv-
er them, to say nothing of handling
them later.
Before his death, Coleman Du
Pont owned a number of New York
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
Newborn Babe Given
Intelligence Test

Iowa City, Iowa.-Dr. Orvis
G. Irwin of the University of
Iowa believes that it is never
too young for an infant to
start to learn.
Acting upon this theory, the
psychologist has begun a series
of experiments with babies
who are less than Is minutes
old, and expects to begin edu-
eating children when they are
still in the crib.
A stabilimeter, attached to
the child's crib in a cabinet in
the University hospital, OBJ
tains perfect record of the
child's every movement. The
breathing also is recorded.
These records are supplement-
ed by pictures taken with high
speed cameras.
Doctor Irwin believes that
the scientific studies will en-
able children to be taught self
feeding, walking and talking
at a very early age.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
Swap Of Husbands, Wives Is Success

liam Knight. Lawrence Rikensrud
heads the other. The Knights were
from Minneota, Mimi, originally,
while the Rikensruds were married
at Bottineau, n. D.
In time, the two families found
themselves living on adjacent farms
near Minot. Here they were close
friends for several years, the chill
dren growing up together and the
parents being about as intimate as
the usual farm families.
Four or five years ago a change
was gradually coming over the two
families. Instead of husbands and
wives pairing off together when the
two families came to Minot on
double shopping expedition, or TO
attend a picture show, Knight and
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
Fertilizers Do Much
to Improve Pasture
Records Have Proved Value
of Treatments.

What will fertilizers do for pas
lures? Twenty-six farmers in south
eastern Ohio answered the question by
making fertilizer trials. Each laid out
seven plots and under the direction Of
D. r. Dodd, soils and crops specialist
for Ohio State university, gave vary
Ing treatments to the different plots
and kept records Of the pasturage
yield.
The most profitable treatment was
so pounds Of nitrogen, 120 pounds of
phosphoric acid and so pounds OF
potash an acre. Plots which received
this application yielded 4,116 pounds
of grass an acre compared with 1,473
pounds where no fertilizer was ap-
piled. The treatment cost S10.63 an
acre which left S32.5S profit. Grass
from the untreated plots was valued
at S14O3 an acre. An increase of
2,447 pounds of grass wasScredited to
an application of 80 pounds of nitro
gen and 12O pounds of phosphOric
acid an acre. The cost was S9.G3 and
the value above cost was $3L53.
Other treatments and the returns
above costs were: 120 pounds of phos-
phoric acid an acre, S16.57; 100 pounds
phosphoric acid and so pounds potash,
S1923; 80 pounds nitrogen, S23.S2; 25
pounds nitrogen, 120 pounds phos-
phoric acid and so pounds potash,
S2624; 80 pounds nitrogen, 30 pounds
phosphoric acid and 20 pounds potash,
S2952.-Capper's Farmer.
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Vet Wants Compensation
for Corns War Gave Him

New Orleans.-Claiming that rig
orous wartime drilling gave him
"incurable corns" on the bottom of
his feet. Willie Lee Johnson, World
war veteran, appeared in Federal
court here and asked full disability
payment under provisions of the
war risk insurance act. Johnson, a
railway brakeman by trade, said
he had been unable to follow his
profession since his discharge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24

Mrs. Rikensrud often sat together,
while Rikensrud and Mrs. knight
coupled seats alongside the other
couple. Their friends got to teas
ing all four. 1t seemed a good joke.
But there was more to the affair
than just joke. One day In March,
1929, both women filed suits for di-
vorce, alleging cruelty. The same
lawyer acted for both. The two
husbands were in the courtroom
when the DEGREES were handed down
by the judge.
The following morning Rikensrud
married Mrs. knight and Knight
married Mrs. Rikensrud, with a
double ceremony.
The honeymoons were spent to-
gether.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
Rats Walk Tightrope,
Cheating Hungry Cats

Luray, Va.-Wire-walking rats
are added to the strange things that
are happening these days in the Old
Dominion. On the farm of Frank
L. Kontz, the rats travel on a
wire clothesline stretched between
the corn-crib and the smokehouse
without even a disdainful glance at
hungry cats waiting patiently be-
low. When two meet on the ac-
commodating wire, one rat retreats
to the corn-crib to allow the other
to pass.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
Agricultural Hints

Poultry experts estimate that a hen
producing 100 eggs per year has paid
her way for feed and labor and that all
eggs above this number represent
clear gain.
Twigs, dead flower stalks and gar
den debris should be burned rather
than placed in the compost pile. They
afford a splendid harbor for insect
poets If allowed to remain on the
premises.
Three crops per season are all that
an alfalfa stand should be expected
TO produce. In q number of tests II
has been demonstrated that four crops
have greatly reduced the stand during
the first season.
Feeding cattle dry hay just before
turning them on rich, legume pasture
reduces danger of bloat.
Peonies and iris like plenty Of wa,
ter as they are coming into bloom
Remember the big overhead they are
producing and give them water ac-
cordingly.
Plant potatoes at least or inches
below the level surface of the field
The tubers set deeper are less subject
to blight, rot. sunburn, second growth
!, other tuber defects.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
BY CHERIE NICHOLAS

1t is stylish to the nth degree is
this stunning costume of print and
plain fiat crepe. You can picture
it to yourself in almost any color
alliances, for these handsome print.
ed fat crepes come in an array OF
gorgeous colorings. such as black
with yellow and green paterning,
navy with wisteria pink and lettuce
green, dark brown with light blue
and ochre, and so on and so on. OF
course, if the predominating tone
in the silk be bright navy for ex.
ample, then the redingote coat will
repeat this identical blue. The
cuffs, the scarf, and the revers will
most likely duplicate the fresh
looking green in the modernistic
printed florals. These plain-with,
print redingote costumes are the
rage in Paris.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24

was in London; the prettiest Scotch
woman was in Chicago; the pref
tiest daughter of Sweden was in
New York. The loveliest Russian
woman | ever saw was in Paris.
But walk up and down Fifth ave-
nue. and you will see as beautiful
women as there are anywhere in
the world.
20. 1892. Bell Syndicate.)-WNJ Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
"Sell" Own Country

StockhOlm.-"Know your own
country" is the slogan of the Swed-
ish Tourist association, which now
has nearly 10000 members. Nearly
100000 booklets and brochures were
mailed and 200 kilometers of new
paths and roads were added to the
935 kilometers previously opened by
the association.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
Finds His Quarry
Former Army Pal!

Denver.-City Detectiv
James O'Donnell recently re-
turned to Denver from a trip
to Portland Ore, without his
man.
O'Donnell was sent to re-
turn George Hay to face
charges of embeZzlement.
But that was one time !
was perfectly satisfied to come
home without my man." O'Don-
nell declared.
"Hay, | discovered, is the
same George Hay who served
with me in the same wartime
outfit in France.
Believe me, when the gov
ernor of Oregon showed me a
letter clearing Hay / was
tickled to death"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
3OO-Year-Old Bean
Sprouts in Museum

San Antonio. TeXas.-A large
white bean, picked up in the
ruins of Grand Quivira and be-
lieved to be 300 years old. has
sprouted into a living stalk at
White Memorial museum here.
The bean was found in an
excavation 10 feet from the sur
face at ruins located 100 miles
south of Santa Fe, n. NJ. Fran
ciscan missionaries founded a
mission there in 1929, and prior
to that time the Piro Indians
maintained a settlement there
called Tabira.
The bean was soaked in
water for five hours March 10.
Less than two weeks later a
stalk six inches tall had grown
from the seed.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24

hotels, as well as notels In other
parts of the country. He used to
stay at his suite in the McAlpin
when he was in Manhattan, but he
also kept a suite at the old Wal
dorf, and 1t was there that he used
to give some of his famous dinners.
The Empire State skyscraper is
many stories taller than the old
Waldorf, but it never will have the
atmosphere of the building it re-
placed.
Collecting watches is a fad with
several rich men, but there is one
extremely wealthy gentleman who
goes further. He not only collects
watches, he repairs them. For some
reason he never is so happy as
when operating on a watch or a
clock. 1t is his relaxation and he
spends hours at it One day he
rode in the roadster of a friend.
The dash clock didn't work. The
rich man managed to get 1t loose
from its moorings, took it home,
and a week or so later shipped It
back to the owner in perfect run
ming condition.
Florenz Ziegfeld is continually
being asked by coeducational uni
versities to act as a judge in beau
ty contests. Some of the girl under
graduates probably believe that
Ziegfeld has only to see them to
offer them leading part in one of
his shows.
/ still think the prettiest Miss
America" | ever saw was the little
Campbell girl, from Columbus, Ohio.
She married an Ohio State football
player and retired from the profes-
sional beauty business.
The prettiest italian woman
ever saw, was in Naples; the pret-
tiest French woman was in AK les
Bains; the prettiest English woman
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24
Radio Arouses Woman;
Saves Family From Gas

Wollaston, Mass. = The raucous
voice of radio performer recently
aroused Mrs. Lloyd Gael from
daze caused by gas fumes escaping
from a defective water heater. She
was able to stagger to the street
and summon a police officer, who
rescued her husband and small
daughter.
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Memorial on Fort Site

be 200 feet high, overlooking the en-
tire battlefield. Dedication cere-
monies are scheduled for this sum-
mer. unless present excavations
postpone the work.
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Picks 240 Types of Grass

Durham, N. C.-Though North
Carolina is not one of the so-called
grassy states, DR.. Fl. l.. BlOmquist,
Duke university botanist, has col
lected 240 specimens of grasses
from this state.
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24

Before his death, Coleman Du
Pont owned a number of New York
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-06-24

The prettiest italian woman
ever saw, was in Naples; the pret-
tiest French woman was in AK les
Bains; the prettiest English woman
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Motions and Resolutions

By Commissioner Hogan:
Whereas, Onni Johnson of Palo,
Minnesota, has heretofore filed his
duly itemized, verified bill with this
ed to be due him because a horse
owned by him died while working for
st. Louis county on County Highway
No. 16 near Palo, which claim was
referred to the county highway engi-
neer and the attorney for this board,
for their investigation and recon-
mendation; and
Whereas, said highway negineer,
and the attorney for this board have
filed with this board their written
report, recommending that said claim
above referred to, be wholly dis
allowed. on the ground that there is
no liability on the part of the county
of st. Louis on said alleged claim;
and
Whereas. in the judgment of this
board, said claim is without founda-
ton in fact, or in law. as a valid
legal claim against the county of st.
Louis, and should be wholly dis
allowed.
Now, therefore, be it resolved, that
the itemized, verified claim of Onni
Johnson of Palo, Minnesota, in the
be and the same is hereby wholly dis
allowed, and the county auditor is
hereby requested to notify said claim
ant of the dis-allowance of said claim
as provided by law.
Commissioner Pete moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
commissioners Hogan, Sny-
der, Pete. Mackenzie and Chairman
Newman-5.
Nays-None.
ADOPTED July 9Th, 1892.
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Communications

S. S. Dahl, submitting verified bill
of w. A. Wargstrom in the sum of
$4,000 for garage rent.-13919.-Re-
ferred to the county highway engi-
neer and the attorney for the county
board.
Matt Pelt, asking that road in NEA
of SWA of section %, 60-16 be not
closed to public travel, or in lieu
thereof to commence immediate con-
struction of the West Taylor road in
said section.-13920.-Re to the
commissioner of the Sixth district
the attorney for the county board and
the county highway engineer.
Standard Oil company, relative to
bill in sum of $1,000 for gasoline cou-
pom book.-13921.-R to the In
dustrial Home school board.
Reo-Duluth, Inc, submitting bid
for furnishing used Ford truck for
the Fifth district.-13922.
Relay Truck company, submitting
bid for furnishing the Fourth district
with Relay snow special. : 1928. =
Referred to the purchase and supply
committee.
S. B. Shepard, county highway en-
gineer. submitting report on condition
of roads in townships SO and 81. range
IL Clown of Alden).-13924.
G. E. Adams, special attorney and
S. B. Shepard, county highway en-
gineer. submitting report on claim
of Onni Johnson, in sum of $175.00
for death of horse. stating that said
claim is not legal claim.-13925.-
Ordered received and filed.
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Reports of Officers

Sam NJ owens, sheriff, submitting
report for June, 1892, to-wit: Personal
property tax collections, 2,235.62;
board of prisoners, S5,692.7S; civil fees
1924. County treasurer's receipts for
s12, 1852. S2,311.29, $5,692.7S and 1924
attached.-13S92.
Sam NJ owens. sheriff, submitting
report of prisoners confined in county
Jail during June, 1932.-13S93.
J. p. Johnson, clerk of the district
court, submitting report for June,
1882, to-wit: Receipts, $S63.S0; work
done for st. Louis county, $15.O5.
County treasurer's receipt for SS63.S0
attached.-13S94.
Sheldon Watts. clerk of probate,
submitting report for June, 1882, to-
wit: Receipts, S27S.65. County treas
urer's receipt for $27S.65 attached
1895.
Cecilia M. Opel, teacher at jail
school. submitting report for June.
1932.-13S96.
Thomas F. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 2. on award of contract
for digging channel in section 80, So
19.-13S97.
Thomas F. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 2, on award of contract
for digging channel in section 80,
53-19.-13S9S.
Thomas f. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 4, on award of contract
for ditch clean-out in section II,
52-20.-13S99.
Thomas F. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 4, on award of contract
for digging hand ditch in section II,
53-19.-13900.
Thomas F. McGilvray. county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 4, on award of contract
for building ditch crossing bridge in
section 13, 53-20.-13901.
Thomas F. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 4, recommending con-
struction of ditch crossing bridge in
section %, 5S-2O.-1S9O2.
Thomas F. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 6, recommending con-
struction of hand ditch in section 80,
55-1S.-13903.
Thomas F. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector. submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 6, on award of contract
for construction of wooden bridge
ditch crossing in section IL, 53-19.-
1904.
Thomas F. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 6, on award of contract
to rebuild ditch crossing bridge in
section 3, 55-1S-13905.
Thomas F. McGilvray, county ditch
inspector, submitting report on coun-
ty ditch No. 6, on award of contract
for digging 60 rods of hand ditch in
section 81, 56-1S.-13906.
Thomas f. McGilvray, county ditcf
inspector. submitting report on coun.
ty ditch No. 6, recommending con-
struction of ditch crossing in section
3, 53-19.-13907.
Thomas F. McGilvray. county ditcf
inspector, submitting report on coun.
ty ditch No. 6, recommending clean.
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degree curve to the right 1S4.21 feet,
thence on a tangent 681.24 feet,
thence along an arc of 10 degree
curve to the left 349.47 feet. thence
on tangent about 1.340 feet to in
tersect the west section line of Sec
ton 80, township 60, range 81, thence
in a southerly direction along the
west section line of section 80, town.
ship 60, range 81, to intersect Green
Rock road about 500 feet north of
the west quarter corner of said sec
ton 80, township so, range 81. an
opportunity was offered for anyone
to be heard relative to the same. but
no one appeared. The committee
thereupon recommended that the
hearing on the petition of Odin j.
Rudstrom. ct al, be continued to
July 18th, 1882. at 1880 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Commissioner Snyder moved that
the recommendation of the committee
be accepted, and the said hearing
continued to July 18th, 1882, at 1870
o'clock. in the afternoon, which mo-
ton was declared adopted upon a
unanimous vote.
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land adjoining the highway herein
established and part of which lands
are herein taken for said road pur-
poses.
Resolved further. that this board
finds that the benefits to each and
every parcel of land affected by such
establishment of highway are in each
and every instance greater than the
damages thereto, and that the final
order of this board establishing such
highway shall award no damages to
the owners of such respective pieces
or parcels of land.
Commissioner Snyder moved the
adoption of the resolution and it was
declared adopted upon the following
vote:
Yeas-Commissione Hogan. Sny-
der. Pete, Mackenzie and Chairman
Newman-5.
Nays-Nene.
Adopted July Sth, 1892.
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COUNTY BOARD
PROCEEDINGS
CALL FOR EXTRA SESSION
COUNTY BOARD OF ST. LOUIS
COUNTY, MINNESOTA

The undersigned members of the
county board of st. Louis county,
Minnesota, do hereby call an extra
session of said board to be held at
the county court house in Duluth.
MIMI. at 1870 o'clock p. m, on July
7th, 1882, and the county auditor of
said county shall give each commits
sioner at least ten days notice of such
meeting as by law provided.
Dated: June 21st, 1892.
JOHN HOGAN,
Commissioner First District.
E. NJ. SNYDER,
Commissioner Second District.
H. A. ANDERSON,
Commissioner Third District.
JACOB L. PETE,
Commissioner Fourth District.
w. A. NEWMAN,
Commissioner Fifth District.
d. N. MACKENZIE,
Commissioner Sixth District.