Askov American., 1942-03-12

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must be applied at the beginning of
the cool spring period or in early fall
for best results. A good practice is
to apply 10 to Is pounds of COM
plete fertilizer per 1000 square feet
in March and again in September
Logging Comeback
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Der Company cut quite a stand of
virgin timber the first year they were
here, the winter of 19O6-19O7, 1 be-
lieve it was
Salvaging the Waste.
1t was mostly "down timber" we
salvaged in those years, logs which
the lumber companies had cut and
which for some reason or another,
had not been hauled away on account
of spring coming too early or not
enough snow to haul them to the
river for floating down stream. They
were particular as to quality too in
those days. If there were too many
knots or other blemishes they were
just left where they fell. Many of
the first houses and other buildings
here were built of native lumber.
The first years here we thought we
would have wood enough to last for
years and years, but we found out
differently. We used to just cut up
the poplar and burn them with the
other brush. We never thought of
using them for firewood, but as time
went on and the logs were sawed
or rotted too much, we got onto using
poplars for wood, and then stumps.
The stumpS were never even thought
of as fit for wood to fire with, the
main object was to get rid of them
They were piled and burned. Soon
some one started using them for heat
ing stoves and for a number of years
we salvaged them. Now they are
nearly all too rotten for even fire.
wood
Land Clearing.
Hundreds of tons of dynamite have
been blasted here in Partridge to get
the stumps out of the ground. Stump
pullerS were also used but not to any
great extent. One man lost his life
while clearing the stumps with a
puller on the land which was owned
by the local church, on the same block
where the church now stands, near
what is now the Richard Petersen
place. 1 remember he was taken
over to our house and died during
the night. 1 lost an eye on account
of dynamite and there have been
several other accidents caused by
explosives.
There was even logging railroad
in Partridge township in the early
days starting by the side track here
in town and going past Mrs. Fenger's
place and the roadbed is still used
by Julius Frahs as the road to his
place. 1t went on out to the Werner
Clausen farm where we were told
the logs were dumped into lake
which used to be there for storage
and hauled to Partridge to be shipped
out by the Great Northern There
was another logging railroad east of
Partridge, called the Fleming Log
ging Railroad which started near
Bruno and ran south to the ST. Croix
river where the logs were dumped.
This logging road is now used as part
of the Pine county highway system
and is the only road many settlers
in eastern Pine county have to get
to their homes.
Many Camps Here.
There were still remnants of log
ging camps in Askov village the first
years. A camp was located on the
site of the present village park, near
Carl Miller's house, and mile north
on the lake was another camp and
at Kettle river at "Low Landing"
was third camp and some along
Big Sand creek. There were also
several dams along Big Sand to raise
the water so logs could be floated
to the st. Croix river
The country was literally criss-
crossed by logging roads for teams
the first years. They were the only
roads the first settlers had. Several
went through our lands through the
swamps which were the main roads
for hauling the logs. Then there were
tote roads which were used in the
summertime to haul supplies out to
the camps which were located in
various directions where timber
would be cut the next winter. Wide
sleds were used for hauling logs and
we can still see the tracks which were
made for the runners of the sleds to
follow which were flooded with water
to make an icy track for easy haul
ing. One team could haul up to
10000 feet of logs on a load with
the roads fixed up properly. The
roads were made as level as rail-
road and if there was a rise in the
road an extra team was stationed to
help pull the loads over the hump.