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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
MANY BANKS LONG LIVED
In the United States
l68 Banks over 100 years old.
2,472 Banks over so years old.
1891 Banks over Is years old.

There are In the United States 168
banks that have been in continuous OK
istence for more than one hundred
years. There are 2.472 banks over nifty
years old. while 64H OF all the banks IN
this country. or 1881, are twenty-five
years old or older.
In other words, practically two-thirds
Of the banks in this country have come
through several successive periods Of
depression and panic, including 1907.
1914, 1920 and 1929-33. ,
The Oldest Bank
The oldest bank in the country. which
is in Boston. was chartered February
II, 1884.
In the $40 OF banks that are TWEEN
ty-five years old or older 10 lodged
a major portion of the banking re-
sources Of the nation. in commenting
recently upon the stability of a great
majority of the banks in the United
States. DR.. Harold Stonier. Educational
Director of the American Bankers A.
ISOLATION. said:
THE fact that we have 80 many
banks that have been in existence Q
long period Of years Is an eloquent
tribute to the genius OF American man.
agerial ability. for no other country
has experienced such wild gambling
eras and resultant periods OF business
stagnation a. those through which our
country has passed at frequent inter-
walls during the past century"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Colonists Liked Silvers
Brought It to New World

The American colonists were never
long behind England in, their fashions.
Early invoices. Inventories and willis
prove that good supply Of silver was
brought over by the colonists when
coming to the New world. Whatever
was new and fashionable appeared In
the homes and on the tables of the
governors and their c0terie at the
same time as In London, except for
the three or four weeks" sailing time
that necessarily INTERVIEWED, observes
a writer in the New York Herald Trib-
une.
When the silversmiths. in London
were melting up old silver, and erfgi
mating new styles, many a piece OF
Stuart and Queen Anne silver brought
over by the earliest cOlonists went
back to London to be converted into
more fashionable shapes. There is
record of Virginia gentleman in
1859 who did this, and nearly lost his
family silver by having it seized by the
customs as new silver. A century la
ter, George Washington, On the eve of
his Inauguration as President. sent
much family silver to london to be
melted and made into 'the newest and
most elegant shapes"
The earlier period Of destruction was
needless. The art Of making silver
was, among the very first accomplish
ments of the colonists. BY the year
1850 there was no need for Americans
to regard England as headquarters for
beautiful silver, except for the far
southern colonies, from which it was
easier to cross the ocean than to cross
the forests between them and the New
England silver center. Th& early
American silversmiths were blessed in
being restricted in implements, ways
and means, for 1t necesSitated sim
plfcity in their work. They patterned
their silver on severe lines, and thus
achieved beauty never surpassed.
When the advent of punch called for
larger utensils than they had been
making, a number of fluted bowls Of
the Queen Anne type were made. The
American makers were partial to the
simpler form as usual, retaining only
the deeper and lower curves of the
Queen Anne design in some of their
bowls, thus achieving greater capacity
and balance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
LonRfellow's Old Home

The Longfellow home in Cambridge,
Mass, built In 1760, is doubly famous
as the poets home and as the one
time headquarters" of Gen. George
Washington. In the early days Of the
Nineteenth century, the house which
entertained Washington, Talleyrand,
Queen victoria's father, and Charles
Dickens was used as roOming house
for college students. L0ngfellOw found
quarters there while he was young
Harvard professor. He became the
owner of the house in 1843, and II
stands In its original state. aided by
q few modern improvements and fire.
quent upkeep painting.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

New wealth which comes from the
soil IL Of special interest to those to
whom falls the responsibility Of main
tanning our credit structure.
Unless agriculture II successful farm
borrowers cannot ultimately succeed.
neither can the banks they serve. Fore
closure sales are not sound basis for
good farming or good banking. Bank.
ers, therefore are a. much interested
In the permanent success OF the agri-
cultural industry AZ are the farmers.
whether tho deposits come directly
from farm patrons. or indirectly
through the ordinary channels OF bust
uess.-D. H. Otis. Director OF Agricul-
ture. American Bankers Association.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
First Tea in Ensland

Tea was not brought to Eugland
until 1867, and was introduced into
the English court by Katherine Of
Braganza. From the first II was pat
ronized by royalty. Wien the Gus
tom originated tea was drunk much
weaker and In smaller cups than pre-
vailed later. In the second half OF
the Eighteenth century afternoon tea
became a smart social function.
Prehistoric Survival
South America has a type Of arma-
dillo which has been declared by nat
uralists to be an attenuated survival
Of q prehistoric monster. There have
long been legends to the effect that,
In the unexplored heart Of Brazil,
there still are remnants Of creatures
which lived on earth In great num-
bers some millions Of years ago. The
rhea leaves tracks very similar to
those left In fossil formations by di.
nosaurs. The dinosaur was not q bird
and was, In fact, q quadruped, but
the similarity II that both dinosaur
Of cons ago and rhea leave similar
three-toed tracks. The African ostrich
has but two toes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Oriri. Of Our Police

Some form Of police protection has
been In existence almost from the day
the first colony Of white people landed
on American soil. says Pathfinder Mag
azine. COnstables, with powers and
duties similar to those In England,
were established In the early town
ships and the Dutch established q sys-
TEN Of watchmen In New York about
1854. Massachusetts, gets the credit
for the first move towards an organ
lied police force because Of q system
Of nightwatchmen provided for unpro-
tected towns In 1899. A day watch,
called q ward. was later established.
A distinctive uniform was adopted b.
New York and Philadelphia In 1855
and to them goes the honor Of having
the first uniformed police force.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Sand From Lake Michigan
Built the Famous Dunes

Thousands Of years ago the great Ice
sheet that had covered Canada and
the northern part of the United States
gradually melted and retreated north
ward. It left in its wake heaps of
clay, piles Of boulders. plains OF sand
and pools of water. One Of the largest
Of these pools was named Lake Chi
cago, and after many changes came
to be Lake Michigan.
The winds and the waves began
their work on the shores Of the lake
as soon as the Ice sheet had melted.
Some parts Of the shore were washed
away by the force Of the waves. Some
of the material removed by the waves
soon sank to the bottom Of the lake,
but some Of 1t travelled far and was
then thrown upon the shore miles
away. Because of the winds and the
currents, the south end of the lake
received tons upon tons Of sand cast
upon the shore by the waves and
piled up by the wind into sand bars
and dunes. Century after century this
went on until the new earth thus
formed measured many square miles,
spread out as a crescent about the
southern end of the lake.
The fascinating thing about this
crescent is that while the outer edge
is 10000 years old the inner side was
built up yesterday and is receiving
further additions today. This permits
us to see the new sand heaped up
during the past few decades or cen
turtles with its new plants, the older
sand undergoing changes which are
transforming 1t into soil with its older
vegetation, and the mature soil, with
the oldest vegetation forming a eli
max forest upon q climax soil.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Ruins Of Cuxeo

In Cuzco, Peru, once the metropolis
Of the Incas, may be seen massive
ruins on a par with those to be found
In Egypt. When the city was cap
tured by Pizarro its temples were
marvels of magnificence. The Temple
OF the Sun was covered with roof
Of gold. The railroad to Cuzco skirts
Lake Titicaca, an inland sea. 185
miles long. 60 miles wide. and 1880
above the level Of the sea. The water
never freezes, even when the temper
AZURE drops to 30 degrees. and steel
knives thrown into II do not rust.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
7.Foot Roman Skeleton Found

Peasants blowing near POtenza in
southern Italy found the skeleton of
soldier still wearing his helmet and
the medal he won In the Second Punic
war of 200 B. c. The medal Is in
scribed Scipio Africanus on one side
and Hannibal Punicus on the reverse,
showing that the warrior fought for
the Roman Sclpio who, having con-
quered Hannibal the Carthaginian,
took to himself the name Of Africanus.
The man was nearly seven feet tall. rs
his skeleton proved before 1t crumbled
into dust at the touch Of the fresh air.
All that then remained were the en-
bossed helmet and the medal.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

Leather was first made by the an
cient Egyptians and its lore reveals
the quaint styles Of footwear through
the centuries. For example, notes Q
Cleveland Plain Dealer correspondent.
the English parliament in 1853 passed
an act prohibiting shoes with pixies
more than two inches in length. under
penalties to maker and wearer, and
those who would not comply were
accommodated.
Even at q late period shoes were
often twice the length Of the foot.
In 1000, in the reign Of william
Rufus. the great dandy Robert was
called the horned" because he wore
shoes with long points, stuffed,
turned up and twisted like horns.
The shoes became fashionable and
the toes continued to increase In ex-
tent until in the time Of Richard II
In 1890 they had attained such an
enormous length a. to be fastened to
the garter by q chain of silver or
gold.
St. Crispin was q Christian martyr,
born Of noble Roman family. About
the middle Of the Third century under
the reign Of Diocletian. he with his
brother Crlspianus fed from Rome
into Gaul, where he worked as q
shoemaker In the town which Is now
called Soissons- Here he distin-
gufshed himself by his exertions for
the spread Of Christianity, as well As
by his works Of charity.
ST. Crispin had tender heart for
the poor and needy and. according to
one Of the legends of him. ''his henev-
slence was 80 great that he even stole
leather to make shoes for the poor"
From this legend charity done at the
expense OF others has ever since beer
called "Crispinades."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Maltese log f.1ay Be Most
AZ ciens o: TOY Variety

Efforts have been made to accli-
matiez the Maltese dog in the Upited
States. but the American climate
seems unsuited to long-haired dogs,
whose coats and general beauty de-
teriOrate, according to an authority In
the Los Angeles Times.
Pampering and coddllng for cen.
turtles caused him to be considered
merely an ornament, meet play-fel-
low for mincing ladies" the
favorite Of great ladies Of imperial
Rome. Aristotle alluded to him, three
hundred years before Christ, establish
Ing his as the most ancient Of all toy
breeds. He is shown, always with
ladies, but not always complimentary,
in the work Of many Venetian painters.
Veronese portrayed him In two Of his
most famous paintings. "The Presen-
tation Of His Own Family to the Ma
donna" Cat Dresden) and 1.-THE Queen
of Sheba Before Solomon Cat Turin).
OF three islands bearing the ancient
name Melita, now called Malta, 1t Is
generally believed he came from the
Adriatic, rather than the Mediterra-
mean or the island Off the coast OF
Sicily. There Is no doubt that he is
Of European origin.
Born smoOth-coated, he does not
show signs until four months Of the
profuse coat, that at maturity COM
pletely covers his short COLBY body of
less than ten pounds. The texture Is
silky and preferably straight, often
likened to the consistency Of spuE
glass. He is not to be confused with
the Toy French Poodle Of like proper
tions, that has shorter kinky coat.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Hard ON Teeth

The Eskimo woman's teeth are con-
spicuous by their absence. They are
practically worn down to the gums be-
cause she chews the skins before sew.
Ing In order to soften them and to
have waterproof seams. The tough
hide files the teeth down slowly but
surely. An ivory splinter. whitfield
down to a fine point. Is used as a
needle. Filed teeth are not considered
A drawback In Alaska. since 1t Is q
fcregone conclusion that a woman
without teeth Is never a lazy woman.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Vandalism

The word vandalism" does not a.
ways denote malicious destruction,
says Literary Digest Vandalism Is de-
fined: Hostility to. or contempt for
art and literary treasurers; wanton or
ignorant destruction or DETACHMENT, as
Of monuments Of the past, or treas
ures OF art or learning" Accordingly.
vandalism may be hostile and mali
ciOus: 1t may be contemptuous. or it
may be due to ignorance. The de
struction Of treasured bit of sculp-
ture by small boys may be due simply
to ignorant mischievousness without
denoting any degree Of hostility or
maliciousnesA
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Whale Gets Caught in
Cable at Bottom of SEQ

Balboa, c. 1.-THE record catch of
the present fishing season, q cotton
whale, was made by Capt. P. e. Harne
Of the cable repair ship All America
while investigating the cause of re
cent Interruptions In the service Of the
) All America Cable company's line be-
tween here and Esmeraldas, Colombia.
The monster was hoisted from q depth
of 5000 feet of the coast Of Colombia
by the cranes and winches with which
the cable ship is equipped.
The whale was dead, having
drowned. according to Captain Harne,
when 1t became entangled in the cable.
Captain Harness theory, based upon
similar experiences. Is that the whale
was feeding by scooping along the
ocean bed. Digging too deeply in
search Of food, 1t picked up the cable,
which snarled over its lower Jaw.
Then in turning over to free itself the
whale wrapped the cable around its
throat. Its frantic efforts to get free
only tended to entangle 1t more COM
pletely In the cable. thirty fathoms of
which was coiled around It's body when
brought to the surface.
There were no marks to Indicate
that carnivorous fish had attempted to
feed on the huge carcass. This Is ex.
planned, according to Captain Harne,
by the fact that the whale, protected
by heavy coat Of blubber, Is able to
Withstand the high pressure at great.
er depths than other fish, which could
not descend three-quarters Of a mile
to the bottom where the creatures
body was mOored to the cable.
In order to free the whale II was
necessary to cut the cable and splice
In new section. Once freed, the
huge carcass drifted away.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Life Too Tame; He Holds
Up Bank; Gets CAUGHT

San Francisco.-Operating an ele.
vator was too tame an OCCUPATION for
Jacob Kessler. twenty-five recently re.
leased from prison. SO at lunch hour
he held ur q downtown bank, using
tear gas and a gun. and asking for
big bills. He got more excitement
than he bargained for, though, when
captured . short while later, as be
was trying to get more speed out of
taxi By poking the driver In the ribs
with q CUR.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

lie profession. This
change h a 8 a o {
come suddenly but
is the result OF an
evolutionary proc.
ess. Banking has
grown and changed
with the growth and
change Of our coun
try.
The banker who
has survived the
trials and tribula.
tions OF the past
few y airs has
proven himself q
- n
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
Odd Way to Punish

An odd way Of Furnishing incorri-
gible prisoners is used In Fontevrault
abbey, one of the grimmest prisons In
France. From 10 q. m. to Z p. m.
daily. they are locked in large room
and made to march for 50 out Of every
60 minutes between stone blocks set
In checkerboard arrangement about 4
feet apart. After this nine-hour ordeal,
they are given one bowl Of soup and
sent to bed.-Collier's Weekly.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
lnvsnted Lawn Tennis

The game Of lawn tennis was In
vented By IN Englishman, Maj. Walter
Clopton WlngHeld. In 1874 he evolved
a game that he called sphairistike and
which was designed to be played on
English lawns. In a short time It
obtained great popularity. The Greek
name was retained only a short time
Tennis. q very old game-"the game
Of kings" az 1t was called-had the
word "lawn" prefixed to 1t, and that
Ii still the proper name.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

Due to excessive ice and snow in
the winter Of 1899 10. copies Of the
Presidential message that was deliv-
cred early in December did not get to
the Ohio state capital until January 2.
In 1S45 President Folks message was
brought by stage coach In "a hours
and 2 minutes. "Such rapidity." de-
clared the Ohio Statesman. "can hard
~ be believed. and speaks volumes for
the enterprise Of the age"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

All that goes up is bound to
come down-taxes excepted.
People who blaze in diamonds
seldom set the world on fire.
Work is the yeast that raises
the dough.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

In 1918 Perry was sent with q
small squadron to the West Indies
to protect American commerce against
pirates. He contracted yellow fever
and died on his thirty-fourth birthday,
August q, 1919. He was buried with
military honors at Port Of Spain, Trim
idad, but In 1926, by direction Of con.
gress. his body was removed In the
sloop Of war Lexington and re-interred
at Newport, R. l. The state Of Rhode
Island erected monument to him.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21
BANKING EVOLUTION
By r. S, HEIGHT

President American Bankers Association
DANKING at one time was a private
- business. but more recently has de-
veloped into a profession-a semi-pub
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

When I'm afraid It's prudence,
when he's afraid it's cowardice.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

OF coursee your wife has poor
judgment, think whom she mar
ried.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-02-21

Smiles and tears speaks all
languages.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-28
Bill Robinson With
Will Rogers In Show
AT Fifth Ave. Theatre

"Of to Buffalo," "Jennycola, +"
Dust Off Your Shoes" Pigeon
Wiggle," "Rang-A-Tang" - those
are names that mean something in
the lexicon of the old-tirne dancer,
according to that prince of tap
danc artists, Bill Robinson.
THE trouble with the present
generation of dancers" says Bill,
who is currently featured in viii
Rogers I'm Old Kentucky" now
playing at the Fifth Avenue The
atre, lis that it lacks imagination.
I don't mean that dancers today
can't create steps = they do, and
nifty ones II but they're weak on
naming them"
The names he cited have def
mite meaning to old-time hooters,
Bill, himself, can go into anyone
of them as fast as it is called off.
He learned a lot of them while he
was selling newspapers on street
corners of his home town, Rich
mond, Va.
Customers often demanded a
dance with their paper" he says,
land you just had to know your
stuff or go out of business"
In I'm Old Kentucky Robinson
a number of steps from
his famous repertory, as well as a
brand new one which he calls a
waltz clog.
Robinson is featured with Doro-
thy Wilson, Russell Hardie, Chas.
Sellon and Louise Henry in sup
port of viii Rogers. George Mar
shall directed the picture.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-28
SHINES
AS HAWKEYES TIE
NORTHWESTERN

CHICAGO (ANP) - Held from
long spectacular runs by slippery
turf and $3.50 blocking by team
mates, Oze Simmons, all-Big Ten
Conference halfback, has justified
Coach Ossie Solem's praise of his
defensive ability by staving off
two sure-fire Northwestern touch
down runs as Iowa fought the ia
vored Wildcats to a 90 tie before
10000 in freezing weather at Ev-
anston Saturday.
In addition to the Texas-born
Iowan, three other dusky gridsters
saw service. There was Don Sim
mons, who alternated with Homer
Harris, whose home is Seattle, on
the Hawkeye right flank. In the
list minute of play Northwestern
sent in Clarence Hinton, sophie
more halfback from Peoria, ILL.,,
who has speed but whose 100
pounds of brown frame can hard
ly stand up under Furnishing con-
ference competition
AS ball carrier, the Black Bull
let worried the foes constantly Of
ten drawing their attention while
Capt. Dick Crayne went through
unmolested for long gains. Ozzie's
most spectacular run came in the
third quarter It meant only 9
yards forward, but four times that
many were traversed in small
sector near the east sideline as
Simmons, alone, stiff-armed, slith-
cred, ducked, lodged, hulued and
fought off six would-be tacklers,
any one of whom would have pro-
badly brought down any other
runner alive but Simmons. When
they did get him by sheer force of
numbers, Northwestern was so
glad they piled on and drew a 10
yard penalty for roughness.
Both Oze and Don have another
year Of Big Ten football. Harris
is sophomore.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-28

Two colored boys share headline
billing on Nate Druxman's Big
Bargain Card next Tuesday even
ing. They are Baby Joe Cans, the
Angelina who will make his future
home in Seattle, and Billy Lancas-
ter, the Spokane protege of Gus
West, who made such a hit on the
last card.
Nate had hard time in finding
someone to go III and trade punch
es with Cans. While Cans is not
a contender for the title, he has
given such worthless as Gorilla
Jones, Oscar Rankins, Ceferino
Garcia, "swede' Bergland, and
others, many an uneasy moment.
Most of the boys pass him up like
cold potato, so it was with much
glee that Druxman signed Manuel
Victoria, a tough Mexican middle
weight from Modesto, California,
for eight rounds.
Billy Lancaster and AL Hostak
the Georgetown flash, have been
rematched at six rounds. Billy
wanted the mill to go eight, but
the wise Eddie Marine would not
allow it, claiming he did not want
to rush his boy too fast. Lancaster
is a puncher who never stops wad-
ing in and Al Hostak is without a
doubt the cleverest prospect to
show in a Seattle ring in a decade.
Backing up these two feature
bouts we have Ross Dumagillas
and that little punching crowd
pleaser, Young Corpuz. These two
boys will fight it out for the Fill
Pine State Championship.
Russ Mcmillan, state bantam
champion, has been signed to meet
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1935-11-28

Just say u saw It advertised in
the Enterprise