Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-03-28


Brotherhood in America. This COM
mittee has control of the society's
investments of cash and bonds which
amount to 31a million dollars. Mr..
Petersen is also chairman of the board
of trustees. On the same trip last
week he attended lodge celebrations
at Chicago, Racine and st. Paul.
Basketball Boys See Underground
Mine.
The Askov basketball boys were
stopped short in their aspirations for
going into the state tournament last
week when they were defeated by
Two Harbors, which also has one of
the best teams in the state.
But they enjoyed something else
while on the Range which was likely
more instructive and more interest
ing. At Eveleth the team was treated
to an extensive trip in the Spruce
underground iron mine.
w. H. Kaiser arranged the trip
under the supervision of Superin-
tendent Wilson and Captain Bennett.
The boys were provided with suitable
clothes and rubbers. Some of them
experienced the novelty of wearing
helmets and miners lamps.
The boys saw the unique under
ground auditorium, the new applica-
ton of belt method of moving ore
from an open pit to the surface via
underground tunnels. The installa-
ton of this conveyor system cost the
mine approximately one million dol
lars The boys were taken to the bot
tom of the mine, 404 feet below the
surface, where they observed pumps
running at the rate of $50 gallons per
minute. They also saw the ore COM
ing from drifts and its transfer to the
ships.
In less than six minutes they were
elevated back up to the surface and
normal conditions, when the jovial
"Swede' Degerstrom announced that
back at the office to "check out" Fred
casually inquired if his pay check
was made out.
The group received valuable in
structions on safety, improvement OF
mining methods, as well as many facts
and figures relative to the cost OF
operation and production of iron ore
in northern Minnesota.
Roland Keller came from Winona
for a weekend visit at the Alex
MadSen home.
Sunday guests at the senior Glen
home in Bovey.
Edmund c. Rix and family spent
the weekend with relatives anG
friends in Tyler.
Mrs. E. H. Rasmussen is visiting
friends and relatives in the southern
part of the state.
Miss Idamae Danielson left Sunday
for Wright to resume her school
faculty duties there.
DR.. F. T. Thompson and family
were weekend guests with relative:
and friends in ST. Paul.
Hermod and Folmer StrandskoI
came from Minneapolis to spend the
weekend with relatives and friends
DR.. and Mrs. E. 1. Parson were
weekend guests in Minneapolis, Mrs
Parson remaining there part of thi:
week.
John P. Jensen and family have
recently moved onto the Mrs. R. P
Rasmussen farm, on the old Sand.
stone road.
Harold Jensen, member of the
school faculty, has purchased usec
Chevrolet coupe from the Morgenser
Chevrolet Co.
Harry Sorensen came from Min.
neapolis for an Easter visit at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs
j. P. Sorensen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Thompson ano
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Diet;
and boys were Sunday guests at thu
Mikael Petersen home.
A six-pound boy was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Krogh yesterday
morning. Mrs. Krogh and son are
at the John Meier home.
Mrs. L. Byron Olsen and son anc
her father, Mis- Wogensen, of st. Paul
and Miss Gladys Olsen from Lake
City, came last Thursday for an Easter
visit at the Louis Olsen home L
Byron Olsen came up for the week
end visit two days later.
A number of farm deals are being
closed here with possession to be
given during April assuming the
final papers are O.K.'d): Mrs. Chris
Krogh purchased the former ID Duus
place two miles west; Mrs. Chas
Showers and sons purchased the Jens
Hansen farm; John O. Christensen
purchased the former Jens Henriksen
farm, one-half mile west; Martin
Brandt purchased the former Mikael
Petersen forty, northeast of town.
Sigurd Nielsen and family are NOV
ing onto the former Chris D. Nielsen
farm, southwest of town.