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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-30
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ENGLISH GOVERNMENT
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burgesses (citizens) from each
borough (city) to sit with the
lords and clergy.
i At first it was a weak and tim
id body, quite overawed by the
great lords, but it was destined
to grow into the controlling
branch of British Parliament.
/ The reign Of Edward the third
witnessed the formal separation
Of Parliament into the two hous-
es of Lords and Commons. Ed
ward summoned to his Parlia-
ment the three estates, the
clergy, the mobiles and the bur-
gesses. The greater mobiles and
the greater clergy had personal
summons; the other classes were
to be represented by delegates.
| The inferior clergy refused to
attend Parliament. The great
spiritual lords who received per-
sonal summons, were not numer-
Gus enough by themselves to
make an estate, and so they
preferred to sit with the great
lay lords as temporal barons.
Thus those who were summoned
by individual letters, made a
House of Lords while the re-
preventative elements-knights
Of the shire and burgesses-came
together as the House of Com
mons"
The Hundred Years War was
begun during the reign of Ed
ward the third. This war marks
the beginning of the downfall of
feudalism. 1t was here that the
English bowmen, (recruited from
the hitherto despised peasant
class) defeated the French. Be-
cause many of the battles were
fought and won by these common
foot soldiers they became more
respected. This led to a closer
union between the different ele-
ments of society and the real ma
tional life of England dates from
this time.
Gradually the serfs were al
lowed to exchange their labor
services for fixed money rents
which amounted to change
from serfdom to freedom.
The maintaining of such long
and costly war made it necessary
for the kings to ask Parliament
for frequent grants of money.
Parliament took advantage of
this to secure gradual extension
of power. 1t became an estab-
nshed principle that redress of
grievances" must precede a
grant of supply"
| During this period, which was
the latter part Of the Plantaga-
nets and the Lancastrians, the
cause of the Commons in Par
lament made a great advance
and an ideal form of free govern
ment was established.
However. there was a decline
of Parliament. after the Wars of
theRoses. The war was between
the Lancastrians, whose strength
lay in the feudal mobility and the
Duke of York who was supported
by the middle classes of the
towns.
York and the cause Of the
towns conquered and the old no
bility was almost completely
swept away. The townsmen.
however. did not want political
power. A new nobility was Gre
ated but the kings were so en-
riched by confiscations that they
could often rule without new
taxes. and so could get along for
long periods without calling Par
lament.
TheYorkist kings set to work
to crush whatever feudal indie
pendence remained. Under the
reign Of the Tudors which fol-
lowed. the government was alb
solute in practice. tho still fol-
lowing old constitutional forms.
The occasional meetings of Par
/ lian,ppf r,raSnrx,cd fhnra fo,.,,,.
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The most active of the kings
enemies invited William Of Or
ange to take possession of the
government. William accepted
the invitation and almost the
first thing he did was to issue
call for convention to pro-
vide for the settlement of the
crown.
This convention drew up the
Declaration of Rights, which re-
hearsed all the old rights and IL
berries. William and Mary were
made joint sovereigns on condi-
ton of their asserting to the De-
claration. Thus the supremacy
of Parliament over the king was
once more firmly established.
The new sovereigns. like the old
Lancastrians had only a parlia-
mentary title to the throne.
The nation, however, was not
yet truly represented by Parlia-
ment. Out Of upwards of five
million Englishmen who should
have had voice in the govern
ment less than two hundred
thousand were voters, and these
were chiefly of the rich upper
classes.
In the nineteenth century the
work of reconstruction consisted
in giving more people a share in
the government. This was ac-
complished by series of reform
measures which rendered the
English nation, not alone in
name but in reality, a self-gov-
erning people.
The House of Lords, as it is
to-day, is composed of members
of the nobility and the bishops
Of the established church. The
sovereign virtually appoints the
Lords spiritual and all the peer
ages of the lords temporal have
been created by the crown.
The House of Commons is made
up of members elected by the
people, and is the chief source of
legislation. 1t has the para
mount right of originating the
imposition of all taxes, and the
granting of supplies for the SER
vice of the state.
When the Commons have
passed bill, the Lords may
throw it out once; but if the
Commons pass it again, after an
appeal to the country, the Lords
lHuSC give way.
The power of the English Ca
binet has been greatly extended.
The king acts only thru his min
listers and he is not present at
a discussion between the advisors
of the crown. The Premier is
the medium of intercourse be-
tween the cabinet and the sover-
eign.
If the ministry is outvoted on
any matter of Importance. it
must resign. If it does not do
so. and claims to be in doubt
whether it really has lost it's
majority, its opponents will test
the matter by moving vote of
lack of confidence" and if this
carries. the ministry takes it as
mandate to resign. There is
only one alternative: if the min
istry believes that the country
will support it, it may dissolve
Parliament, and appeal to the
country. If the new Parlia-
ment gives it majority, it may
go on: if not. it must at once give
way to new ministry.
In form, the new ministry is
chosen by the king, but in reali-
ty. he simply names the man,
whom the will Of the majority in
the Commons has plainly pointed
out. This man becomes prime
minister (Premierls and he Sc
lects the other ministers. Us
ually in a parliamentary cleo
ton, Fnglishmen really vote for
the next prime minister. just as
truly, and about as directly, as
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-05-30

Dora Rasmussen.
Askov's Roll of Honor
CHRISTENSEN. CHRIS
Co. H. 18th Inf. Camp Merritt. N. J.
CHRISTENSEN. EMIL
Co. NJ. lit Inf..U. s. A.. Camp Mills
Mineola. Long Island. N. Y.
CHRISTENSEN, HARALD
Co. d. AZ INIT. Cramp Shipyards.
Philadelphia, Pa.
CHRISTENSEN, KONRAD
Troop p, II Cavalry.
Camp Fort Oglethorp. Ga.
DAMN. HARRY
Ambulance Co. 1874 mo. 1 Iowa.).
l09 Sanitary Train. "a Dist.
Camp Cody. N. M.
FE,NGER. GUNNAR
Co H. SO Reg. Fort Smelling. MINI.
FREDERIKsEN. CHR.
Co H. 36 Reg. Fort Smelling. MINI.
HERMANsEN. PETER
Co. L. 81 Inf. 5th Div. A. e. F.
JACOBSEN, ANTON C..
3rd Recruit Co.. Eng. Unassigned,
Fort VIM. Mckinley,
nizdi' TnHppine ISLANDS.
JENSEN. HARALD l..
base Hospital. FIT. Sill. Okla.
JENSEN, THORvAI.D
Co. ID. 1876 Inf. Camp Cody. N. M.
Co. d. 1876 Inf. Camp Cody, N. M.
JOHNSON, JOSEPH N.
Co. G. 100 Am. Train,
JoRGENsEN. CARL c. F.
70 TT. Bin. 40 Bat.
1877 Depot b., Camp Gordon. Ga.
KILsTOFTE. ERODE b.
Room 619. Elgin Hotel,
Sth and Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis. MINI.
SERGEANT HELGE b. KILsTOFTE
20. - o2Sth Engrs.. Service B'n..
camp Dodge. Iowa.
LARSEN. CHARLEY
Co. NJ $50 INF. Camp Dodge. Iowa.
LAURSEN. N. C.
Bat. ID. 342 F.. A.,
Camp Funstun, Kans.
MEHR. LUDWIG
Co. NJ $50 Inf. Camp Dodge. Iowa.
MILTERSEN. PETER
Battery D. II F. A..
a. r. F.. via New York.
MODIFY. AAGE NJ.
Wagon Co. 5. % Engineers,
A. f. F.. via New York.
MoRTENsEN. A.
"a Co.. Bird Prov. Regt..
care care OF New York Postmaster.
Santo Domingo City. u. r.
MoSBEK. BERNHARD
80 Aero Squadron.
Rich Field. Waco. Texas
MOSBlEK, FINER
Care of Training Camp
University Of Cincinnati.
Cincinnati. Ohio.
NIELSEN. JENs PETER
GA Trench Mortar Battery.
Camp Funstun. kans
NISSEN. OLE
M Med; D.nt;. Field No: 2, Post Hosp.
PETERSEN, CHR. NJ.
2nd Co., p. NJ, Camp Dodge, Iowa,
RASMUSSEN. HERLUF
Sso Acre Squadron, Selfridge Field.
Mount Clemens, Mich.
Home on furlough)
HANSEN. JENs c. J,
23th Eng. Co. b,
a. r. F.. via New York.
JACOBSEN, RICHARD p.
LIST Glass Sergeant
Att'd to H'q Flight, 500 Aero Re,n
SQUADRON. T.. s. Army. Expedition
airy Forces. via New York.
JAkOBSEN. THORvALD
l6l Aero Squadron,
A. f. F.. via New York.
PETERSEN. vALDEMAR
l6l Aero Squadron,
A. r.. F.. via New York,
RASMUSSEN. JF.Ns N.
care OF New York Postmaster.
7. 5. Ship South Carolina.
RASMUSSEN. T.
Go. A. LIST BIN. goth Eng.
Forestry N. A.
a. r. F.. via New York.
Thomson. WALTER
Co. G, goth Eng.
"A. r.. r.. via New York.
CHRISTENSEN. sophus J.
Ga ssms j "a sssv es S5s Bspss sn
HANSEN. MARTIN c.
Co. ID. 3ls Eng. Camp Dodge. Iowa.
INGEMANsEN. CHRISTIAN
co. d s5l Inf. Camp Dodge. Iowa.
sTovRING. sIGuRD
Co, A. 2ss NJ. G. BIN.
lamp Dodge. Iowa.
JENSEN. .ANEL A.
GO, a. ~ Inf. Regular Cainp.
Nadsworth, S. G.
DfErZ. JENS
ses Field Artillery. Bat. B. A.E.F.
NIELSEN. PEDER
&. 5. n. Rifle Range. and Reg. Col.
camp Logan. Zion City. Ill.
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04

cril reserve s,atow and complying
with the reserve requirements. Yt thpt
,ysi"u Ho relieved from complying
with 1'I.tHa.' further r.er.r o..
vu.U... .. . ..H|
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eluuit Ily, tu.
p,lHIt..t ,UIi. f.. ...,..I I.
h,m t1 d.f., IH, nHt,.ul 1nI
other u@NI.u.. uf .H uIiI,.. .HId
fcrs tud pruJitjr 'l Hr r..uIHtE dr
p"sit'i I1 tho stlt, u.ub .Hmu.
siouci with tho state treasurer and
hv him held tu 90 Separate fIUj Co
hc expended %, the state baub com
missioner hN voucher to Tho state uu-
ditor aE, -uucNpvndrd balauc, lt the
end 81 each fiscal year 20 bc covered
into the salary fund of the state.
Present appropriations are iusufO-
cieut and the work ut this office ia
hampcrei by lack OF ava,lahI, funds
while ui the same time tho state is
dcpriccd % fees that cannot bc
earned and collected 10y reason of
that lack ~ available funds
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04

and cancellation 81 an bank charters
under which the holders nave ceased
To do % banking business.
The bank act should expressly
provide for tho iu, cstIration of the
financial strength 90 .f
Tor hunh vh1tt.I.
pIupl 90 usepttl.u. ..
TO the capital -turs 90 m
bank are Ihlo 100 loIst at tuu
10 meet the .uunI, IIluilIt, t-o-cIU-
edo Of bank st,ch. Tho auuL tut
shuul' make tho s-tpckhold,rs Iit.
hility imWodittDis available upon tho
taking possession ul 70 bank hN the
state hlnv commissioner afe-puurd-
eel 10y % provision fur the return
rut1hly uf any unused portion there
of
ESQ assessment made by directors
with consent OF stockholders and
uHIU Dos stockholders should affect
the statutory liability ot stockholders
on be allowed as an offset against
that liability.
The bank act should definitely
and clearly limit the liability TO
'ilhH VI l'INhuNs ilIllN ana
ations. Section 36 Of the bank act
IL ambiguous and Indefinite in that
respect.
The bank act should give to
banks express power 20 call for prop
erty statements as a basis FOR credit
and should provide cvcrc penalties
Tor the making ana rendering tu
banks Of false property statements,
THE bank act should provide FOR
the annual charging OF OF. say five
per cent, ON account OF banking
house aud lot ana furniture aud fix
lures until 30 per sent ut the cost
Of banking house and lot. and at
least 90 per cent Of the cost of fur
niture and fixtures Ice 30 charged off
The bank net should provide that
banks becoming members 81 the fed.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04

The i'IuWNlrato poUoI their praC.i. 90,
experience, pep and F.fufcue-s Hgj
brought iron horses bug ONES. Uapt-
ha" 90 he most economical perform
tucc tu the shortcsi time with 'hv
world starving tor wheat 'ho victory
farm manager arranged 90 show
k.tis,r Hill what American iug,uuttg
and Canadian fertility can dn.
Tho end uf the war uHl not affect
this i1t-tnrm sccdir- campaign. ar-
rnrdirr 90 Mr.. Oliver Even ~huU q
peace Do, declared % au early date. ,h.
need oi increased prssuct.ou VIII not
po obNiated." hc said After tn
Clvil war when the price oi farln
products scared 800 90 200 per cent
while transportation rat increased
hut little and IN some cases even de-
creased wheat went Jy To- $3.50 and
stayed above a dollar for tweut.
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wears after tho war. Ana yct after
the war. there was room tor ouur-
mou expansion Of the wheat growing
1reaS iU the development uf the
Missis uppi VALLEY. which eNpuusio D
70 not now possible as lt was then.
although tI, consuming population
boz an ppr.- OF .b. world is many
times greater The only place whore
a large production plan ca. be pm,
through t- 100 ihc 1auud an west,
will It's millions az acres Of new
land. saskatchewan i- the Creates
wheat producing region on the con
tinent, with "a wheat crop Tor icu
years seNenty-ouc Hnd three-t'nth-
per cent greater per acre than the
whole United states. IN 1915. Sns-
k1tchcNt h's wheat crop averaged 2>.t
bushels "r acre, against u bushels
per acre Tor the United state.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04

04aEAo
The victory farm OF $4,000 ares
In Snipo Lake district. saskatchewan.
which in % ten days drive VIII ue
seeded This -uriug with the aid li
siNtcn huge tractors. is the answer
.of chicago business men who never
iarmed "a lick but have or-1uized the
most efficient army Go ln /. the world
have ever seen
To break. disc. drag and seed two
third of the ~tupcudous acreage
IN ne Snipc lake district and De- 10
out uf hand. FREDERICK = Oliver and
his associates comb,d the bonanza
iurm 90 siuus for performers. First
they picked j. T.. H5uslin-, who hold,
the woild's record Tor brcnkiug WIKI
one tractor 900 tpr,s .n so days.
Then thcl engaged for his associate.
two Rcd River valley wheat Lius-.
George a. Walsh and . - Parker.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04

medicine for woman's ailments | ever
saw. Mrs. SARA SHAW, X. No. J.
Portsmouth, Ohio.
Mrs. Shaw proved the merit Of this
medicine and wrote this letter IN order
that other suffering women mnF nri
relief as she did.
Women who are suffering as 8f' MAS
should not drag along from dag to day
without giving this famous root and
herb remedy. Lydia T.. pinkham Nege
table Compound. n trial. For special
advice in regard 10 such ailments write
10 Lydia y. pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn,
Mass. The result Of It's forty years
experience is at your service.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04

I'm 1919 total resources C49 banksl
we're t3.,es.tNG.N7. individual dcpos.
It's. y3,a95.A9tIe, savings deposits.
$50, $1,000 certificates Of deposit, 81
tI3.Inu.iN
Tine total for the same iteus in
l9li ga hanksl were tiO.sI0.ISGg5:
t5.l1o.tg2.lN; i9.30g.G6, st.s2s.-
i,112.
In 1916 the items total (5S hanks)
respectively. fliiS0.5lG43. t7.-027.-
o'i.3A; N.Gag.G2lat. S~2.IiiSS5I56.
Following Us the report for the 40
banks Tor i9ls.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04

80 weak at n ]
could hardly get
around to do M
work, and AS ! had
-four In my family
and three boarders
il made II very hard
for me. Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Com pound
was recommended
10 me. | took II
and II has restored
my health. IL Is
p~artainlv the hest
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04
BEST MEDICINE
FOR WOMEN"
What Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Did
Foi Ohio Woman.

Portsmouth, Ohio -" suffered from
irregularities, pains in my side and was
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-03-04

%rN
DUR WANI ADS ARE always
lie the PUBLIC EYE
lheydrc seer BY he filh0adrc
6eDay lAlorcL tie BIZ Salary Nan
he Clerk. the Cash Girl.apd he
experienced SteRo8raphor
hey reach than I'll al1a
90
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New Britain herald., 1918-04-20
THE HALFWAY MARK.

Treasury Department reports ind-
cate that before niShtTall one half of
the s3.00O,0OO, for the Third Lib
erty Loan will have been raised. This
has been accomplished in l working
days and a like period rem aims in
which to put the Loan over" Sim
ultaneousIy comes the news from
France that the enemy was COM
pletely checked in his advance during
the past twenty -four hours This
| make the second half of the Loan
even more satisfactory than the first.
The great Teuton drive came to a
complete standstill yesterday, and
while it is not to be expected that
the Germans will cease to make fur
Their efforts, we have just cause to
be thankful to our brave soldiers and
their Allies for having repulsed the
enemy so decisively at this critical
moment. There is only one wav to
express our appreciation at this time
iri manner that carries weight with
IL. That way is by purchasing Lib
erty Bonds. Washington is hopeful
that there will be 100000 sub
scribers to the Loan, and that it will
total billions instead of s. If we
fulfil this hope the boys in France
will know what we think of their
work. Make our dollars speak to
them.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-20

there is anything she wishes to kho"
she has only to apply to those Ioc"liS
in charge who will sec that Shc re-
ceives all the Information require"
free of charge.
The officials Of the Farm Bureau
who have 50 generously devoted their
time and care to the establishment
and upkeep of the organization are
doing q patriotic service which can
not be too highly commended. IhcH
are working in full cooperation with
the Federal Government and are ablc
and eager to help the 'IadE OF 'le
houso'' if she will only ask their as
sstance.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-20

Paradox is d sailors middle name.
Since the beginning of naVles the
man o -wars-man's attitude has
always been u contradiction of facts.
mean particularly his attitude
toward learning.
No profession in the world is so
technical as th0 Navy No mechan-
ism is more vastly intricate than the
battleship. 30 organization more
complex than the Fleet. Yet it has
been harder to imbue the sailorman
with modern high brow engineering
than to convert the Thibetan pagan
to ceIllloid collar and the front
pew.
A little while before Nelson cap
sized the British system young Of
fcers were taught all straight dope
ABOUT the Cosmos. Cosmos is that
part of the Universe outside of the
\. Y. Blue Book. Nautical astron-
omy came from the Book Of Joshua
in the Bible. Heaven was definitely
! fixed as 2O,1S4,450 leagues above
the earth. And the sea was said to
be briny because it foated boats bet
ter so, and thereby was more con-
Vcnient for navigation than water
which was fresh
All TINS erudltlon was rldlCuied
not because of its character, but be-
cause it was learning at all-which
wasn't supposed to be in keeping
with domineering officers any more
than boots with the hornN-hoofeu
sWa bbers on deck.
In the same there was a great howl
some years ago when the secretary
of the navy directed that the blue
Jackets take the marines places
aboard ship and stand guard at all
sentry posts. Outra geous. was the
general sentim ent. The very idea Of
trying to make a soldier out Of
sailor.
But the problem had been m"t
and solved many years before tAi",
So many times since has the sal! "
proved that he can be Il splendid
soldier when the emergency arises
In China. Mexico. South Americ@l
Samoa. Egypt and the Philippines.
the American bluejacket has marched
and fought and drunk out of a can
teen like any other m uddy trench
man OF the rank and file.
The first instance on record of ma
New Britain herald., 1918-04-20
The Volunteer.

(By Herbert Asquith.)
licrc lies Il clerk who half his life
had spent
TOiIing at ledgers in q city gray,
Thinking that so his days would
drift away
With no lance broken in life's tour
namcnt;
yet ever 'twixt tho books and his
bright eyes
The cleaning eagles of the legions
came,
And horsemen. charging under phan-
tom skies,
Went laundering past beneath the
oriflnmme.
And now those waiting dreams are
satisfied;
From twilight to the halls of dawn
he went;
His lance is broken; but he lies con-
tent
With that high hour, in which he
lived and died.
And falling thus he wants no re-
compense,
Who found his battle in the last re-
sort;
Nor needs he any hearse to bear
him hence,
Who goes to join the men Of Asin-
court.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-20
Town Topics

some OF the worthy candidates in
the recent political campaign Ger
fanny overlooked an excellent opPor-
tunjty for a knock, and an equally
good opportunity for q promise, i'll
reference to Paradise Park. The
North End park and the South End
park both came in for praise and
criticism, but Paradise Park was not
even mentioned. Probably none OF
the candidates knew it was a park,
and for this ignorance they could
hardly be blamed. No one else
would either, but for the fact shat
the city map says it is one. Laid out
as a city park many years ago the
plot Of land bounded by Smal1eN, Elm
and Stanley streets was for a number
a prosperous locality, quite pretty
place. Years ago there was q well
defined lawn there and it was kept
in some sem Dlance of order. But to-
day, ugh, When thinking Of the city
beautiful it is BEST to blot Parad disc
Park out OF ones memory. IL has
a nice name and that is all. Of
course it might be difficult to main
tain park at that place. but II could
be done. And if too expensive Or i'm
practical why not cut it into garden
plots and let the neighbours profit
thereby? Anything is better than
the park as it looks today.
New Britain herald., 1918-04-20
THE KNITTING BARRIERS

We dropped into Il barber shop the
other day and stopped abruptly at the
door. We thought We had nlodc
mistake and had intrudcd upon
q Tuesday afternoon sewing cir
Gle, for every barber in the
place, who was not busy With
a customer, was jntrodust rio usiy
knitting sweaters and Wr:stlets for
the soldier boys. The knights Of the
razor had foraaken their implement
OF trade for the yarn and needle. And
they had become expert, too. While
in the chair We learned from the
man who shaved us that in every
shop in the city there are BARRIERS
who devote their spare time to knit
ting, and that movement is on foot to
have all the BARRIERS in this country
and Canada, who belong to the inter-
national association, agreed to con-
tribute a certain amount of knitted
articles every month We were so
impressed with the patriotic spirit
of the tonsorial artists that a feeling
of remorsc came over us we
thought of all the hard things we
have wished them when the razor
happened TO 'pul1'' a bit.