Askov American. [volume], March 20, 1930, Image 10

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Carl Paulsen who is now staying at
the Martin Miller home, has rented
Fritz Holm’s residence and plans to
move into same about April Ist.
A baby girl was born to Mr. and
Mrs. John Swanson Thursday of last
week. Mrs. Swanson and daughter
are doing fine at the hospital in Sand
stone.
Fred J. Polivka, a farmer in Bre
men township, was a business caller
in Askov last Thursday. Though he
has lived in Pine county many years
was his first visit to the Askov
community and he was much pleased
with the surroundings here. Mr.
Polivka also made a pleasant call at
the American office and saw the print
ing plant.
Mr. and Mrs. Emil Andersen have
rented the second floor of the resi
dence occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Georg
Schroll and will move to their new
location Sunday. The Andersens have
rented their new home in the village,
just opposite the creamery, to the new
buttermaker, Alfred Nielsen, who with
his family will move over here the
first of next week.
The Dr. James Slaven family autoed
up here Sunday from Pine City to call
on friends. On Tuesday the doctor
was here and did dental work at the
J. C. Jensen home, many of his for
mer patients calling on him. For the
past few years Dr. Slaven has been
located at Pine City but previous to
that was located at Sandstone for
many years where he learned to know
most of the people in the Askov com
munity. He will be here again next
Tuesday.
The married folks dance Monday
evening at the Assembly hall drew
only a small erowd but what was
lacking in quantity was more than
made up in quality as far as enjoy
ment was concerned Everybody just
got started laughing and having a
good time and it continued through
out the evening. Decorations, etc.,
were in honor of St. Patrick's Day and
the participants came dressed in cali
co and overalls. The retiring com
mittee named the following to con
stitute the committee for the next
dance: Mrs. A. W. Conaway, Mrs.
Arnold Sorensen and Arthur Olesen.
The board of directors of the Askov-
Barr Corporation met Saturday eve
ning to go over business matters and
more particularly to open bids for the
construction of the proposed build
ings here. All the directors were
present as was also Donald Barr of
St. Cloud. Opening of the bids re
vealed the following figures: Palmer
Bros., St. Cloud, $23,300; Edw. W.
Wahl, St. Cloud. $22,200; Chris Mor
gensen, Askov, $19,990; Askov Con
struction Co., Askov, $18,273. After
some deliberation the bids were laid
on the table for further consideration.
Borne changes were proposed in the
construction to reduce the cost and
these are being considered now. It is
quite possible, however, that a stock
holders’ meeting will be called be
fore the bid is finally let. The direc
tors also made an agreement with J.
E. Barr for him to furnish approxi
mately $2,500 worth of peeling and
dicing machinery as part payment on
his shares of stock which will be
all the machinery of that nature that
is necessary for the local plant. Be
sides this and a former purchase
there is considerable belts, pulleys,
shafting, etc., to be procured, but the
bulk of the machinery has been pur
chased now. It will be interesting to
note the following quotation taken
from the national advertising of the J.
E. Barr Packing Corporation: “Due to
phenomenal sales and distribution of
Barr’6 Boiled Vegetable Dinner, it has
been found necessary to build an
other factory for the canning of this
product at Askov, Minn., —in the heart
of the finest vegetable growing belt
In the entire northwest.”
APPRECIATION
“Kvimleforeningen" wishes to thank
all those who so generously donated
chickens and other ,food for our chick
en dinner in the church basement and
also those that so willingly helped.—
Mrs. Martin Johnson for her good
work ns cook, HJalmar Petersen’s
music was very much appreciated,
and we thank Fritz Holm for all the
free draying he did. Last, but not
least, we wish to express our appreci
ation to each and every one that par
took in the dinner and made it a
success.
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the Auction
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of Askov
Sat., March 22
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Clarence Morgensen was in Minne
apolis last week and drove up a new
Ford truck for the local dealers.
Anker H. Pedersen left yesterday
for St. Paul where he will attend a
three-day short course in horticul
ture at the University Extension Di
vision.
A. M. Dougan of Bruno, purchased
a new Ford town sedan from the
Askov dealers last week; Mr. Dougan
went to the Cities and drove it up
himself.
Mr. and Mrs. Byron Olsen and the
latter’s sister. Miss Helga Wogensen.
came here from Minneapolis and vis
ited over Sunday at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Olsen.
John Swanson who has been living
north of the village, has accepted a
position as walking boss for the
Twomeey-Williams Pulpwood Co. He
will enter upon his duties at the com
pany’ll camp 14 miles east of Mark
ville April Ist, at which time he and
Mrs. Swanson will move there to live.
The P.-T. A. meeting which is, if
possible, held on the third Friday of
the month, has been postponed this
month. At this time it is not defi
nitely known when the desired en
tertainment can be furnished, but
definite information will likely he
available for publication next Thurs
day.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Stadtlander,
Mrs. Chris Larsen and Mrs. Allen
Peck of Alexander, lowa, came here
Friday evening where they spent a
few days visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Johansen* Mr. and
Mrs. Stadtlander are the parents of
Mrs. Johansen while Mrs. Larsen is
an aunt.
Fritz Holm, Hans Koed, Svend
Petersen and Carl Hyldahl motored
to Minneapolis late yesterday in the
latter’s car to spend the evening at
the anniversary celebration of D. B.
S. Lodge No. 316 in Dania Hall. The
celebration was scheduled to start
with a seven o’clock banquet dinner
followed by entertainment and danc
ing.
The Askov Co-Operative association
has recently added another service
to their growing business, in that
they have installed a new fanning
mill. This outfit is for the accommo
dation of those .customers who wish
to clean their seed grains. Each cus
tomer is required to do his own work
and the company makes no charge for
the service.
Alvin J. Jensen motored to Law
rence, Kansas, last Thursday to get
Mr. and Mrs. Noble Merrifleld and
baby daughter who returned with him
yesterday and who will spend some
time here with Mrs. Merrifleld’s par
ents while Mr. Merrifleld is recover
ing from injuries suffered recently.
Mrs. Merrifleld will be remembered
as Ruth Jensen.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Breiland who
have visited various points in Cali
fornia, including Los Angeles, Oak
land and San Francisco, and also
Mexico since Dec. 1, returned here
Sunday, March 16. They report a
very enjoyable trip and while there
spent much time with Mrs. Breiland’s
brothers, Pete and Paul Heininge and
other relatives. They left here again
Tuesday for their home in Minne
apolis.
Oiling and Repairing
V All
The old harness has served you well the past season.
Oiling will double the life of your harness and keep the
leather from becoming dry and brittle and prevent the
soaking up of water, manure acid and other destructive
matter; bring it in now for oiling and repairing before the
spring work starts.
THORVALD ANDERSEN
SHOES AND HARNESS
ASKOV . - MINNESOTA
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Another Askovite Returns
After Nine Weeks Abroad
Miss Ethel Carlson and Fred John
son of Pine City, paid a short visit to
the former’s sister, Miss Mildred
Carlson, Wednesday evening.
Mrs. John Krantz who has been a
patient at the University hospital in
Minneapolis for the past several days
was operated upon Monday morning
for tumor goiter and is reported as
recovering nicely from the ordeal.
Chr. Morgensen and Mogens Tuxen
were the representatives from the
Askov creamery who attended the an
nual meeting of the Land O’Lakes
Creameries, Inc. at Minneapolis last
Thursday and Friday. Practically ev
ery creamery in Pine county was rep
resented at the meeting.
C. O. Hedlund and Fred J. Ziegler,
Jr. of Sandstone, representing the New
York Life Insurance Company, were
callers in Askov Monday. They report
that the company increased its busi
ness $950,000,000 in 1929, paid death
claims of $62,000,000 and $71,500,000
in dividends is being apportioned by
the company for 1930.
Hartvig Svening was in Askov yes
terday and showed pictures in /the
evening at the assembly hall on
travels in South America, incuding
Brazil, Argentina, and Uraguay, and
also from the Andrea Franks sea
men's mission in Rio de Janeiro, he
having been associated with the lat
ter work time. Mr. Svening
spent three years in South America
and in 1923 was connected with the
Danish department at the World’s
fair in Rio de Janeiro.
The Ladies’ Aid of the Danish Luth
eran church did very well with their
chicken dinner which was served to
about 250 people in the basement of
the church sunday noon. The tables
were neatly decorated and the dinner
was most excellent, a credit to the
cooks and the many helpers. The net
proceeds is $lO6. After the dinner
the Rev. A. E. Frost gave an interest
ing and instructive lecture on India
and their great leader Mahatma
Gandhi. He will give a series of
lectures on this subject. Following
the lecture coffee was enjoyed.
"Darling, you are the most beauti
ful woman in the world.”
“Oh, Harold, how quick you are at
noticing things.” Loiujon Tit-Bits.
(Corrected each Thursday morning.)
Butter, creamery, per lb. $0.39
Eggs, first grade .21
Eggs, pullets or seconds
Hens, 4% lbs. up * .21
Hens, under 4% lbs. .16
Stags and Cox .12
White Dux .13
Old ducks - .10
Geese, fat -.10
Potatoes, per 100 lbs.—
White 1.70
Rutabagas, per cwt. $1.50
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ASKOV MARKETS
ASKOV AMERICAN, ASKOV, MINNESOTA
Gives Impressions of Conditions as
They Exist Today in
Denmark.
Chris Eriksen, popular AsKov mer
chant, is back in the harness again at
his general store after being gone
nine and a half weeks on a trip to his
native country, Denmark.
On the way over there Mr. Eriksen
stopped in Chicago for a visit at the
J. P. Frederiksen home and other for
mer Askov friends; then on to Detroit
and Pontiac, Mich., where he visited
at the home of Knud Plesner, Rasmus
Jensen, Adolph Linge, Wm. Jensen,
and other former Askovites; then on
to New York to visit relatives of Mr.
and Mrs. Niels Serritslev; all of whom
send greetings with him back to old
Askov friends. After leaving here
Jan. 1, he stepped on board the big
ocean liner of the
ican Line just one week later, Jan. 7,
on the Tourist class accommodations
which he praised very highly but
which also he regretted very much
that he could not enjoy on the way
over. The ocean was rough, and that
didn’t agree with Chris’ stomach. The
big ocean liner was delayed at Nor
way on account of fog and that just
gave Mr. Eriksen an opportunity to
say good-bye to it and from there he
boarded a small fast mail boat and
incidentally arrived at his destina
tion in Broballe, Als, Denmark, in
time to tune in on the radio and hear
the ocean liner broadcasting that they
would be delayed a day or two on ac
count of fog. From then on and for
the next few weeks Mr. Eriksen had
just one round of enjoyment after an
other —family re-unions, parties, etc.
In company with friends and relatives
he traveled to various parts of the
country to view the progress made
there since he left seventeen years
ago and during which time he has not
been home.
His parents have retired from
farming and now live in Broballe
while the youngest son has the
original farmstead. An older brother
also has a farm of about 160 acres
right close to Broballe and six sisters
are all located close by. With the
exception of one sister they were all
in good health which gave opportun
ity for many family parties, and much
merriment.
Mr. Eriksen spent much of his time
visiting in the rural sections and he
noted that modern farm machinery
was used wherever the operator was
financially able to have it. Automo
biles are not as plentiful as they are
Ferndale Nursery
Spring will be here one of the first days—be prepared.
Let us have your order for that evergreen windbreak
which will'Save you fuel and feed and will add comfort to
home and stock.
Our Selection of Arbor Vitae, Spruce and Pine
Transplanted 8
Transplanted 12
Transplanted 16
Transplanted 20
Transplanted 24
A Circular “ Planning the Farmstead ” Mailed Free
FRl T IT TREES —from SI.OO down to 25 cents each according to
size and quality.
THAT FOUNDATION PLANTING needs your immediate attention.
We shall be glad to assist you in planning and selecting suit
able plants, either evergreens or flowering shrubs, or both.
f6r the perennial border and rock garden and rock wall
we have almost 300 varieties to select from. We ship them
to every state in North America, so they ought to be good
for any place in Minnesota. Complete Catalogue Mailed Free.
Don’t forget to secure your supply of RUTABAGA SEED. The
crop of No. 1 Danish Improved seed is short on account at the
severe winter of 1928-29. We shall be glad to book your order
and keep it for you as long as our supply lasts. Prices are a
trifle higher than last season. American grown seed is lower.
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LUDVIG MOSB^EK
Askar, Mlaaeseia
in the United States, principally be
cause railroad and bus transportation
is so convenient and cheap. Airplane
passenger service is also quite com
mon in the larger cities and trans
portation by that means is not much
higher than the first class fare on
railroads. The railroads still have
first, second and third class passenger
transportation. It was easy to note,
Mr. Eriksen stated, that of the pri
vately owned autos in use there the
Ford and Chevrolet were the most
common. In company with other
friends he hired a taxicab to go a few
miles one day. He asked the driver
what make of car it was he had and
was informed that it was an American
make. Mr. Eriksen protested as it
was a right hand drive which is not
used over here; but he had to ac
knowledge his mistake when informed
that it was a 1909 Rambler, only 21
years old, and yet good for 21 more
years. Much of the local transporta
tion is done by trucks owned by the
companies who do the selling or buy
ing. Hogs are collected 2 or 3 times
a week by the co-operative packing
concerns and they are very particular
with the porkers, they must be just
“so and so” and weigh 180 to 185
pounds. Merchants as a general rule
deliver all their merchandise and do
most of their selling, right from the
wagon or truck, somewhat like the
Watkins remedy wagons over here.
The same method is used by the bak
ers, butchers, etc., thus it was com
mon to have several “peddlers” call
every day and if the housewife did not
wish to buy she merely locked the
door; competition is not as keen as
here, yet the constant calling by these
“traveling sales wagons” almost be
comes a pest. There are no chain
stores there, nor collective buying
chains, but there are a great many
co-operative grocery and general
stores.
Mr. Eriksen also noted that the
establishments which resembled our
old time saloons had almost disap
peared, occasionally there is one such
place near a railroad depot., Wine,
beer and whisky is sold as commonly
as other merchandise by every grocery
store, and it is not permissible to
drink it on the premises. The aver
age household does not get its whisky
and beer with their meals daily, as
in old times, it is only on holidays
or when there is company that liquors
are served. He saw only one drunk
person, and that was in Copenhagen,
just the day before he started for
home. The American prohibition en
forcement law is not thought by many
in that country to be successful, Mr.
Eriksen said. _
The general conditions throughout
the country were, in Mr. Eriksen’s
opinion, quite good; they have electric
light and telephones in almost all ru
ral homes, the radio is very common
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and the reception there is much better
than here—interference is almost un
known; there appeared to be more get
to-gether spirit and friendliness there
than here and considerably more po
liteness. As usual the farmers con
tinue to eat substitutes while they
ship their good butter to foreign mar
kets, and their pork also has a high
value on the foreign market.
Although the Danes are intensive
dairy farmers they are just waking
up to the fact that T. B. testing is a
necessity amongst their herds and
they are surprised to learn that 75%
of their herds are not able to pass
the test, which may give them some
serious trouble in the near future.
They are also far behind in raising
chickens, having just started to sell
day-old chicks there; it was quite
common to see 2 or 3 roosters crowing
about a half dozen hens in the farm
yard.
They build wonderful roads, sur
faced with crushed rock and large
rock crushing machines are now in
common use as well as heavy steam
rollers. Not much concrete but con
siderable asphalt is in evidence.
The Danish government has a sys
tem w r hereby they provide help for
all who are out of work as well as
the poor and needy, and have a splen
did system for collecting their taxes.
The regular D. B. S. social will be
held in the hall Saturday evening,
March 22. This time the committee
in charge has arranged to have a
bunch of girls from the village fur
nish the entertainment. From pres
ent indications it can safely be said
that it will be good. It is scheduled
to start at 8:30, so members and their
families are urged to be there on
time. Bring lunch as usual.
MORE WANT ADS I
FOR SALE—One cement mixer with
engine complete. Price reasonable.
Albert Waletzko, County E. road,
east of Willow River, R. 1.
THE ASKOV LIVE STOCK Shipping
Ass’n will ship as soon as enough is
listed for a car. List with Askov Co-
Operative Ass’n or Christ Larsen,
shipper, telephone No. 9-FllO. 29wtf
Our Weekly Whispers
The Coffee You Like
You want it so, and you want it that way
all the time. Most people do. You get
the best results from
Old Folks Brand Coffee
Because the experts under whose care
these coffees are selected, cleansed, blended
and roasted keep the quality always the
same.
In Old Folks Brand Coffee
You get extra coffee value for the same
money; coffee that is absolutely pure and
clean. That is why this coffee is pleasing
so many people.
A New Shipment In Transit and Here are
Old Folks Brand Coffee
Whole or Ground.—Per Pound 32c
FIVE POUNDS FOR $1.50
Other Coffees Carried tn Stock at Comparative Prices.
C. ERIKSEN CO.
“WHERE THE DOLLAR DOES ITS DUTY”
ABKOY, MINNESOTA
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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 193®
Kvindeforeningen onsker at bringe
en Tak til alle og enhver for Gaver
og Hjaelp og Venlighed som Bidrag
til, at deres ..Chicken dinner” blev en
Sukces. Overskuddet blev $lO6.
RESOLUTION
I Anledning ar at Broder Chris P-
Christensen afgik ved Doden den 13.
Marts 1930 i sit Hjem ved Askov, vsere
det resolveret:
At eftersom Logen ved hans Bort
gang mister en god og trofast Broder,
bevidner vi vor Sympati for hans ef
terladte over T/ibet af en kaerlig
Fader og A2gtef»lle, og at vi til A2r&
for ham draperer Logens Charter for
et Tidsrum af 30 Dage, at denne Reso
lution indfores i vor Protokol, ind
rykkes i vort Samfundsblad samt
Askov American, og at en Kopi af
samme tilsendes afdodes efterladte.
Paa Loge Nr. 263’s Vegne,
Anton Hansen, President.
Lars P. Jensen, Sekretaer.
Want ads buy and sell.
What I Am
I am the vitamins from
fields of clover.
I am the vitality of
ripened'grain.
I am the spirit of sun
shine and fresh air.
I am the architect of
health the builder
of strength.
I am milk, you get me
from .
N. B. MILLER
Askov, Minnesota
Phone 5F14
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