Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-08

Minneapolis and visited with friends
here until today.
Mr. and Mrs. Hans G. Nielsen left
the first of this week for California,
where he will seek employment.
| Owe Krag came back Tuesday from
the CCC camp up near Chisholm,
where he had been for about three
weeks.
A. Gravesen has rented the old
Peter Molby farm to Lief Stottrup who
will take possession of same about
April LIST.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon E. Anderson,
Miss Margaret Frederiksen and Miss
Florence Clausen were visitors in the
Twin Cities Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. H. r. Buck and daughters.
Elizabeth and Marie (Mrs. Alvin Jen-
SEM, and Hans Mosbak were visitors
in the Twin Cities from Sunday until
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Werner B. johnson,
Carl Johansen, Richard Buck, and
Herman Christensen went to Mime
apolis this morning for a days visit;
Ralph Jensen went with them.
Chris Eriksen goes to the Twin
Cities and many other cities right
along on business, but lately he has
been making many special trips as
mayor in the interests of the village.
Miss Edith Lindegaard went to Min
neapolis with V. S. Petersen when he
was here for the oil company meet
ing. Miss Lindegaard will stay at the
Petersen home while she seeks med
ical attention in the city.
If the grounding came out for
walk Friday he surely would have
seen his shadow in the afternoon.
Here is hoping that the old tradition
is upset, just like so many other old
customs are thrown overheard now
a-days.
Svend Christensen, nine year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Soren Christen-
sen, southeast of town, had the mis-
fortune last Thursday to fracture a
bone in his right leg. The accident
happened when he jumped from the
hay loft down onto a load of hay.
Lars Rasmussen and his son-in-law
And. Rasmussen, from st. Paul, were
here Saturday and rented the Lars
Rasmussen 80 acre farm, 1 mile east
of town, to Carl Dixen, who will take
possession of same March 1st. The
farm is rented completely equipped.
Jens Andersen, west of town, re-
turned Saturday from another trip
to the University hospital. This time
the major portion of his one ear was
removed in an effort to check the
cancer ailment. He will have to go
down again in another month or two.
Rasmus Petersen, j. r. Petersen,
and Thorvald Sorensen were in Pine
City to appear before the county COM
misSioners as a delegation from the
village council to seek an explanation
of why there had been raise by the
equalization board on certain as
sessed valuations by the local asses
sOr. They were convinced that the
raise was correct and justified as a
whole.
Emil Fogt had the misfortune to
suffer a considerable fire loss Tues
day evening at his farm when the
old farm home (Which has been used
as a machine and repair shop for
some years) burned down and all
contents destroyed. The fire started
from unknown origin; Mr.. Fogt says
that he had at least $500 worth Of
tools and machinery in there which
is a total loss.
What just about spells hard times
came from the pen of a reader of
the Osakis Review and published in
the columns of that paper recently.
The item was reported to the Amer
| lean by E. A. E. Laage who formerly
lived in Osakis. The writer of the
item told of his childhood days when
he wore Eastwood shoes in the win
ter time and went to school two or
three months during the year but
not in a bus. His family's only fur
| niture was large chest which they
used as table and the chairs were
home made benches. He thought that
| every one else in the world had gravy,
| bread and rye coffee for breakfast;
| liver and cracklin hoecake for din
| ner and buttermilk and cornpone for
supper because that is what his fam
| lily had. He said he did not see a