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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
SpOrtsnen Discuss
Wallace Lake Dam

The Grindstone Lake Conservation
club sponsored a meeting in the Log
Cabin Inn in that community Friday
evening to which the Sandstone Rod
& Gun club, the Finlayson Izaak Wal
ton League, the Hinckley Sportsmen's
club, the Partridge Conservation club
and others were invited. There was
good attendance to take part in
the discussion on various matters
among which was the Wallace lake
dam proposal.
In regards to that project it was
decided to circulate petitions and
submit them to the State Game &
Fish Department. John Salvador, dis
trict No. supervisor stationed at
Pine City, talked as did also game
wardens Sheridan Greig and Charles
Beckman. Others who were heard
on the project were A. E. Eddy of
Hinckley, w. Abrahamson of Clover
dale, " E. Shafer of Finlayson, God
frey Olson and William H. Barnick
of Sandstone.
Earl Jamison was chairman of the
meeting which terminated with a
lunch being served by the Grindstone
club.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Denham Creamery
Adds New Churn

The Denham Cooperative Cream
cry reports a record year, manufac-
turing in excess of 10000 pounds of
fine butter, all of which sold in the
1892 score class, excepting the very
small figure of 5000 pounds scor-
ing 81.
The plant has just installed larger
and the very latest in churns,
which, according to their buttermaker,
is "some machine" The most revo-
lutionary features are, no iron COM
ing in contact with cream or butter,
the elimination of stuffing boxes and
an entirely different idea in working
and finishing the product. New pa
irons are being added right along and
it is expected to have over 200 pro-
ducers coming to the -the-min-
ute little factory in 1888.
Allen Irene, the buttermaker, Wis
ions 0,000-pound year production
for this plant in the near future. cts
there" he says. eve should get it,"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Peace and Plenty but no
Over-abundance is Evi-
dent in Little European
Country.
BY HELEN MORTENSEN,
Writing in National Scotsman.

When Denmark is mentioned to
anyone in the seed trade, the thought
in the minds eye is usually cabbage
or cauliflower seeds. While it is very
important, indeed, to educate every
one that Denmark is the cauliflower
capital of the world, it is also i'm
portant to reveal the human side of
little Denmark.
A surprising number of tourists
visit Denmark every summer, and
while it is pleasant to be vacation
ing tourist it really does not afford a
great deal of advantage educationally
unless one is blessed with that happy
faculty of looking and really seeing!
So many of us look at objects and
then pass on to the next thing without
retaining what we have just seen.
The tourist sees so many varied things
in such short period of time, that it
is practically impossible to derive any
benefit from so much looking.
When I first went to Europe, I
went there with a feeling that was
entering an entirely different world.
The fact that I was to see Denmark
with eyes that could look long and
leisurely at anything of interest gave
me such a wonderful sense of antici-
patton that my eagerness and en-
thusiasm for what I was about to ex-
perience knew no bounds. And / am
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Postwar Stares
Into Staring Eyes

Two wide staring eyes gazed out
from the darkened depths of
Rudolph Hassler's mail box when
Heinie Peterson, substitute mail
carrier at Luverne, undertook to
deposit the mornings mail. "Holy
Smoker" CALCULATED the startled
Heinie, as he hastily slammed the
door of the mail box shut. For
some moments he hesitated be-
fore venturing to open it again,
then gingerly peeked through
little crack to see if it really was
a ghost. But the eyes really had
a body back of them, as a screech
owl rustled its feathers in the back
end. Heinie chuckled as he left
the mail in the custody of the owl,
thinking of the surprise of the
owner, Mr.. Hassler, when he put
his hand in the box expecting a
letter from Santa Claus.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
International
News Review
BY GEORG sTRANDvoLD

A few days ago Chang Kai-shek,
head of the Chinese cabinet, resigned
from that position and was sue
ceeded by Finance Minister H. H.
Kung. But job, bigger than the
one he left, awaited Chang Kai-shek,
for henceforth he is, as the head of
all the Chinese armies, to conduct the
war of defense against the invading
Japanese; released from his chiefly
civilian duties the generalissimo, sup
ported by six advisory boards, can
now devote all his time and energies
to the war, and he has Immediately
started out to change methods. From
la war-a war from ambush, a war
consisting largely of sudden and
wholly unexpected surprise attacks,
war which is designed to embarrass
the enemy more than any other
method tested by military experience.
One may not expect definite re-
suits from this new strategy right
await requires preparation-but
already bulletins from the Far East
indicate that it is being employed,
and that the japanese cordially hate
it. Whether, in the end, it will
jeopardize the japanese prospects of
victory-well, it's too early to say
anything about that.
Relatively speaking, there has not
been much of Importance developing
on the arena of war since the fall
of Marking; just now the japanese are
trying to wrest from China the con-
troll of the Lunghai railroad which
may pave their way to China's new
(and temporary capital Hankow, and
most of the fighting appears to center
along that line. The japanese them
selves report that they have forced
about million Chinese soldiers to
flee from the northern front this
week, but that story is still uncon-
firmed.
Spanish War.
Meanwhile, the Spanish civil war
has proceeded undated, its present
center being the city of Teruel which
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Hinckley Woman
Buried Monday
Death Calls at the Merritt
Home Saturday to Take
Mother at Age of 81.

Funeral services were held al
Hinckley on Monday at 2:30 p. m. for
Mrs Alfred Merritt who passed away
at her home three miles southeast
of that village two days before. Rev
Paul Hendricks officiated. She was
laid to rest beside her husband in
Rose Hill cemetery. Pallbearers were
j. A. Sikkink, A. c. Gysbers, A. J
Hunt, w. H.. Jaquis, Hannes Rypkems
and Peter Klynstra.
Olive May Fraser was born in
DEBORAH, Iowa, on April 7, 1870. She
lived there until the age of II when
her parents moved to Aurora county
South Dakota.
On February II, 1889, she was
united in marriage to Alfred Roscoe
Merritt. The family made their home
in different sections of Dakota, Min
nesota, Canada, Nebraska and Mon
tana until 1909 when they moved to
Hinckley where they made their
home.
Nine children were born to them
She was preceded in death by her
eldest daughter, Gertrude, in 1918
her husband in 1918, and son, John
in 1918.
The seven remaining children are
Leona (Mrs. Martin Koksma), Bruce
and Robert of Hinckley, William OF
Beroun, Neal of Walker, Donald OF
Duluth, and Margaret Mrs. Thomas
Wallace) of Bakersfield, Calf. They
were all present at the services. 9th
er relatives from away, present, were
E. w. Merritt and T. H. Merritt Of
Duluth. Mrs Merritt also leaves to
mourn her passing her sister, Miss
Lucinda Fraser of Los Angeles, Calf.
two brothers, James Fraser, Litcher
S. D., and Allen Fraser, Pasadena
Calf, and 10 grandchildren.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Board Designates
County Newspaper

At a special meeting of the
board of county commissioners
held in the court house in Pine
City Wednesday afternoon the
bids for the county printing were
opened with the result that the
Askov American received the
designation as official newspaper
for Pine county during 1888. The
Hinckley News, published by
Rep. c. C. Mann, was chosen to
publish the second publication of
the Auditors Financial State
ment.
The Auditors Financial State
ment, the Delinquent Tax list
and the Official board proceed
ings throughout the year will,
however, appear in every news
paper in the county.
The proceedings for the annual
meeting of the board and also
for the special meeting held yes
terday appear elsewhere in this
issue of the Askov American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Bruno Organizes
Conservation Club

That Pine county will 60 forward
in the conservation movement is seen
by the number of clubs of that type
in existence. The most recent addi-
ton to the already good group of
sportsmens' organizations, is the one
at Bruno which was formed Tues
day night.
The meeting, held at the school,
house, was attended by ID. Another
meeting which will act on bylaws
and other matters will be held at
the same place Tuesday evening, jan
uary ID. At that time a speaker is
expected to be present.
Officers elected are Grant Gault,
president; Arthur Markus, vice presi-
dent; and Bert Rose, secretary.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
No Hunger In Denmark Says
"A Former American Woman

happy to say that I have not had a
moments disappointment.
Plenty of Thrills.
Everything thrilled me and the GAL
lery of my memory holds pictures that
know will never fade with the
years. Copenhagen's skyline is pic
tured herewith the beautiful CEN
turtles old spires that Old Man Time
has painted green in his leisure The
picturesque women at the fish market
displaying their wares consisting of
tail-flapping founder, crawling lob
ster and crabs, silvery herring, and
long, black mysterious looking eel.
The white bonnets and aprons-both
trimmed - add an interesting
note to the vivid green wooden dress
that seems to be part and parcel of
the women at the fish market. There
is the little old boot-black, whom they
say is deaf and dumb. He sits with
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Nedegaard Will Be
Union Supervisor

At meeting of the executive board
of the Farmers Union held in St. Paul
Saturday, N. P. Nedegaard, former
county president of the Farmers Hol-
iday Association, was selected to
supervise organization work in the
Sixth congressional district.
The Holiday Association, as is gen.
orally known, has amalgamated with
the Farmers Union for the purpose
of creating more solid front in its
appointed mission of working for the
interests of the farm population and
the common people as a whole.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
County School Head
Originates Games

County Superintendent A. E. Gus
tafson and his game making ability
has been recognized by the Mime
sofa Public Health Association with
the result that several thousand of
the games are being distributed to
schools of the state in connection
nth the Christmas Seal sales.
Health, safety, conservation and
education are the subjects of the new
games and they are all patterned after
the same plan. Each space on the
board has printed motto or instruc-
tive phrase concerning the subject
of the game. The games are printed
in bright colors on lightweight card
board and may be folded to 7x11
inch size.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Want TORead? Then
Borrow Some Books

Residents of Minnesota without
local library service, or with made
quate local library service, may bor-
row books from the Library Division
Room 1863, State Office Building, ST.
Paul. Ask for specific books by au-
thor and title, or state the subjects
on which you desire material.
The Library Division has no printed
catalog of its books, but can supply
lists of its books on about go SUBJ
jects. Write for list of these SUBJ
jects. Material is sent prepaid by
parcel post and must be returned by
parcel post. The only cost to the
borrower is the return postage.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Belated Fee Will
Draw A Penalty

Hotel, restaurant, tavern, cafe,
lodging and boarding houses and
places of refreshment operators and
others coming under the supervision
of the state hotel inspection will be
subject to a penalty of $1.50 if the
fee of $3.50 is not in the office by
January 81, according to Laura E.
Naplin, director of the Division of
Hotel Inspection.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Nurse Committee
NJ eets, Inspects
Health Program
New County Project is Max
ing Good Progress in Its
Scheduled Work.

The Pine County Nursing Advisory
committee met Wednesday evening,
January S, at the office of Miss Mar
ion Krogdahl, county nurse, in the
grade school building in Hinckley.
The following board members were
present: Mrs. H. E. Johnson, presi-
dent, Willow River; Mrs. Harvey
Reid, vice president, Hinckley; Mrs.
E. B. Linsley, secretary, Willow
River; Mrs. Norman Schroeder, treas
urer, Pine City; DR.. H. D. Stokes,
Sandstone; Oscar Eklund, county
commissioner, Bruno; John Patrick,
county commissioner, Hinckley; alb
sent members were DR.. E. L. Stephan,
Hinckley, and A. E. Gustafson, county
superintendent of schools.
Miss Krogdahl is getting her work
organized well and the first thing
she discovered was an epidemic of
smallpox Some cases were severe
while others were very light and lit
tie attention had been paid to them.
She organized schedule which
made it possible for all the people
in the county to be reached. Physi-
clans vaccinated 1859 school children,
pre-School children and adults, and
800 were immunized against diph-
iberia. So far, one death has oc-
CURED from smallpox, that of Mrs.
Henry Benson of Sandstone, who
contracted the disease while caring
for the Charles Tripler family near
Pine City.
Work Also in Schools.
Besides this type of work, the
nurses time is taken up by giving
classroom health talks and doing
school inspections of eye, teeth and
general health, attending meetings
of organized groups and making home
calls when necessary. She has found
in homes where there are children
of school age that their diets have
been neglected. They have no milk
or vegetables, only the bare neces-
sites of life.
Her next step will be to visit all
keeping check on the smallpox She
has found many children suffering
from tooth defects and would like to
contact some organization such as the
PIT. A. to help finance an inspection
by the dental society of the county,
and do preliminary work where nee
essary. She is also paying attention
to the pre-school children by making
home calls on them.
Her work so far has been very
efficient and the board asks coopera-
ton of all Pine county to help her
in this worthy cause. Those who
have made their pledged contribution
to this work so far are: Friesland,
$13.75, Askov Red Cross, $25, Hinck-
ley Red Cross SIS, Pine County Pub
lie Health Association, $100, to be
paid quarterly; school district %, $40;
district 72, S.; district 116 and 60, SIS
each. Mail your checks to Mrs. Nor
man Schroeder, treasurer, Pine City.
Charles Pearson of Grasston, was
made chairman of the county COM
missioners and has resigned as
member of this board. John Patrick
of Hinckley, was elected to take his
place.
The next meeting of the Nursing
committee will be Wednesday, Feb
ruary 2.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Infant Passes At
Duquette Tuesday

Edward John, the ~ days old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Melancon
of Duquette, succumbed to bronchial
pneumonia Tuesday morning. The
little child had been i'll but a few
days when death came. He was born
Oct. 81, 1887. His mother is the
former Ruby Rupp of Bruno.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13
Farmers Union To
Meet At Sturgeon

A meeting of the Farmers Union
will be held in the Sturgeon Lake
town hall Saturday night, January
Is, at o'clock. Every farmer is
urged to attend that meeting to learn
of the program which is to be under
taken.
N. P. Nedegaard, recently appointed
supervisor for the Sixth congressional
district, will be present and will be
accompanied by speaker from the
Farmers Union. There will also be
an entertainment and dance after the
meeting. Ladies are requested to
bring sandwiches or cake for lunch.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13

The state flower of Nevada is thu
sagebrush.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13

Hjalmar Petersen, former Cover
nor of Minnesota and now chairman
of the Railroad and Warehouse Com
mission, will make known his posi-
ton in the 1888 state political cam
paign in a fifteen-minute radio talk
over WCCO, WEBC, WMFG, WHILE
WDAY and WNAX, on Monday, jan
uary II, 1888, at $50 p. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-01-13

.-s-.-.----I
| A National Record
Largest circulation of any
newspaper in the United
States published in a COM
munity of its size.
BY far the largest circu-
lation of any newspaper in
Pine county.
A good advertising medium.
Evening star., 1938-04-17

Whatever happens to YOU" she
said, all my life will share with you"
Marry US. Good Father" he
whispered.
For brief second Good Father
Darselis looked startled. Then: 1T
is done. Sire"
For my bride, Geta Roone."
Sergei said. For me. Massarene
Good Father Darselis opened his
chapbook and laid Josephine's hand
over the Prince Sergei's and began
to intone the ritual of marriage.
When he had finished, the Prince
Sergei closed his eyes again. Colonel
Massarene stepped back and whis-
pered. "Iler Royal Highness, the
Princess of Tecklenberg Lechnen-
stein-Tashno. He bowed to Josephine.
His words meant nothing to her She
stood there not feeling. knowing only
the inevitability of death, Sergei's
and hers.
Johnfritz Ohe der Asche had been
at Domm-Stache. He had seen from
the church steeple what had hap
pened there. He was young, Johnfritz,
few years removed from boyhood
of running free in the fields and back
byways of the Domm Valley, and he
Travelled fast. He had seen Zu Stu's
Death Guards take over the Preobre-
gan Palace Seen the motor cortege
take the Nauburg Road, with the
Director in the middle car running
away from duty. with and for wom-
an and he knew that his father and his
brothers and his two sisters had died
in vain.
He pumped machine gun into the
ambushed Stanislawski Brigade with
the exultation of revenge when the
CONTINUED on poge 12)
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Destiny;s Daughter
Continued from pogs seven

brought her in. They tiptoed over to
the great bed and stood looking down
at Sergei.
Within her soul. the girl knew that
everything that had been Josephine
Wayne was irrevocably gone from
her She had no consciousness of her
body. save two very small, very hot
points behind her eyes; that was all
that breathed within her. Reflected
in those points. was the dying Prince
Sergei. who held in his laboring heart
all that she had been before
All tomorrow and tomorrow would
be empty; all of the world would be
place of hopeless seeking and never.
never finding Friends to smile -
and be an utter stranger to. Food to
eat - tasteless. Beds to sleep in
and be alone Cities to see and
never feel the living kinship of them.
Air to breathe - and never know its
sparkle. Now - tonight - you die
Josephine but your body must go on
living down the slow decay of unborn
years, while his lies cold in these
mountains.
Suddenly. without any preliminary
warning. Sergei opened his eyes wide.
HAS the sun touched the pine tops?"
he asked. Geta Roone rose from her
stool. ut lacks three hours of touch
ing. Sire"
Then he saw Josephine. Touch my
face. my love" She put her hand
against his lips.
Don't die, Sergei - oh, my lore,
don't die,"
The Good Father Darselis rose
from his knees and stood beside them.
mot -" Sergei whispered, "for
- three more - hours" Then
after moment, will you share them
with me. they are all - l have left?"
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Giraffe Without a Neck- Roy c#nrnAp ANDREWS

History. A magnificent group will
soon be opened to the public in the
Akeley African Hall 1t was collected
and financed by William d. Campbell,
young man who is spending his life
and fortune in bringing Africa to New
York.
1t was his ambition to kill an
okapi No white man had ever done it.
He prepared to go to the Congo and
remain there until he got the okapi.
If it took two months, fine; if two
years - well, he'd still be there. With
him were Major w. V. Dickinson and
G. ID. Christensen, an artist from our
Department of Preparation. In that
wet, torrid heat the skins must be
expertly treated Immediately and the
artist must paint the background and
collect the leaves and vegetation for
the group.
1t was a trek of 1867 miles from
Nairobi to Epulu, in the okapi coun-
try of the Belgian Congo. There the
hunt began. Although it was hindered
by torrential rains it required only
seven weeks to collect the okapi and
the accessories of leaves and plants
In the group you will see an animal
about the size of horse, with enor-
nous ears and. in the male, a small
skin-covered horn above each eye.
The body is brownish red with creamy
white legs and horizontal white stripes
on the upper forelegs and hindquar-
ters. That was the part of the skin
which first came to Sir Harry John
the beast was a zebra.
Evening star., 1938-04-17

Golden Fleece, for the neck. and his
St. Geneve Order. his Oscar the Brave.
his Order and Cross of the Blue Eagle
Nor did they move him a fraction in
doing it. nor discomfort him, for the
women of Wancszy have fingers of
down and the patience of eternity
The Good Father Darselis came in
and for a second Sergei knew con-
sciousness again.
Good Father" he said, Il go back
to my childhood. and the things of my
childhood. Pray for me. for l have
forgotten how" And because Father
Darsehs knew that Sergei would die,
he lit candles at his feet and his head
and whispered his prayers.
That was how Josephine saw him -
lying at the end of his road of thou
sand years-lying quietly in the fire.
light and the candlelight, with the
peace and the wisdom of the centuries
on his finely chiseled face, past all
hopes and all defeats - quits at last
with destiny. Colonel Massarene
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Meet the okopj = living fossil on This
Amozing Planet

"Of course, getting those bits of
skin made me frightfully keen tor the
whole animal. l offered some stiff
rewards to the natives if they'd bring
one in. And they did "a skin and
two skulls could see then that the
beast was not a zebra. The skulls
looked like giraffe to me packed
them off to Sclater, at the British
Museum. fast enough. And. by Jove.
it Was a giraffe"
Sir Harry was laconic about it but
nevertheless he was obviously pleased
that DIR. Sclater had named it Okopia
johnsioni in his honor. He had good
right to be pleased, for it was not only
one of the most interesting mammals
of the world, but the only large type
to remain unknown until 1900.
Although it was obvious that the
okapi was giraffe, what kind of
giraffe was it? 1t stood only about as
high as horse and the neck was not
unduly long In 1902 DIR. Forsyth
Major suggested it might be related
to the extinct fossil giraffe Palaeotra-
gus that lived during the middle period
of the Age of Mammals. That has
proved to be true. The okapi is veri-
table living fossil. For fifteen million
years or more it has been quietly
plodding up the hill of time changing
with the years almost not at all.
Why did he not become extinct
millions of years ago? No one knows.
Evening star., 1938-04-17
Of Our Presidents -

JOHN ADAMS lived the longest. Aged
80 at death.
James A. Garfield died the young
est Killed at 49,
Theodore Roosevelt was the young
est to be inaugurated Aged AZ.
Five were married twice: Tyler,
Fillmore. B. Harrison. T. Roosevelt
and Wilson.
One was bachelor: Buchanan.
Nine have served two terms by
reelection
None have been born in the months
OF May or June.
Two died on the same day: John
Adams and Thomas Jefferson both
died July a. 1926.