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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-09-25
County Commissioner
Proceedings
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On motion the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
Be 1t resolved that the sum OF
$4,000 be and is hereby set aside
from the Special County Road and
Bridge Fund, out Of money allotted
to commissioner district No. 4, to be
used for the construction of State
Road No. 6.
Gust Anderson
Robt. Derr
Nels Oakland
JOS. e. Zimmerman
N. A. Anderson
Board OF County Commissioners OF
Pine County, Minnesota.
Dated at Pine City. Mimi. this 18th
day OF Sept, 1919.
Attest Andrew p. Edin,
auditors SeaD County Auditor.
Contract for furnishing concrete
culverts for State Road No. 6 was
awarded to Concrete Products Co.
And contract for corrugated iron Gull
verts was awarded to Russell Grader
Mfg. Co.. said company submitting
the lowest bids.
Mr.. II. w. Harte and Father Leo
appeared before the Board in the
matter OF monument in honor OF the
soldiers who went into the worlds
war. After comparing the different
designs submitted the following re-
solution was offered by Commissioner
Gust Anderson who moved its adop-
ton:
BE 1T RESOLVED. by the Pine
County Board OF County Commits
siOners now in session that through
this Board we build a monument in
honor OF the soldiers who went into
the Worlds War.
Further that we accept the de-
signs OF the Twin City Granite Co.
presented at the meeting at the price
OF $4,000 and that the Board OF Coun-
ty Commissioners enter into a con-
tract for the same Said monument
to be completed by June 25th,
1920.
Further. that a committee be APP
pointed to take up the matter of
raising part OF these funds among
the schools Of the County and that
the county pay the balance.
Said motion being seconded by
Commissioner N. A. Anderson was
duly carried and said Resolution was
adopted.
.Robt. Derr
Gust Anderson
Nels Oakland
Jos. f. Zimmerman
~ A. Anderson
Board OF County Commiss toner's. Pine
County. Minnesota.
Attest Andrew p. Edin.
auditors ScaD County Auditor.
Dated Sept. IL. 1919.
The Board appointed the follow
ing persons on said committee: Jens
p. Miller, II. w. Harte. Father Leo.
Pine City; Geo. Empey; Hinckley: A.
s. Dean. Sandstone: G.. NJ. Erickson.
Willow River: II. Petersen. ASkov:
l.. II. Becklund. Rock Creek; p. A.
Sandberg. Cloverton; F.. l.. Olson.
Denham: G. II. Cunningham. Stur-
geon Lake: and ]. u. Johnson. Nick
erson.
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet on the 18th day Of Sept. 1919.
2 o'clock a. m.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-09-25

Frank Sickler. village Of Pine City
On motion said applications were
laid over till next meeting.
Resolution appropriating money
out OF the Special County Road and
Bridge Fund for the purpose of aid
ing said towns in building and re-
pairing roads were on motion duly
carried in the following amounts:
Town Of
Dell Grove $500.
Dosey $4,000.
Bruno $1,000
Fleming 1920.
Kettle River $500.
Finlayson $3.50.
Norman $1,000.
Bremen $1,000.
The following bills were audited
and ordered paid:
Revenue Fund
Burrough Adding Machine Co.
attention to machine ... 5.s5
Minneapolis Blue Printing Co.,
blue prints ................ OLA
Geo. ID. Barnard Stationery Co.
supplies Observation-Disclosures. 614
Miller-Davis Co. supplies 80. .85
Free Press Co.. supplies ..... 1926
Fritz-Cross Co.. supplies, 2
bflls ................. 1926
Pine County Pioneer, supplies $685.
Askov American. printing.
2 bills NATURALIZATION. 95.95
Interstate Lumber Co., coal $500
| Oscar Martinson, serving CT
tations. 3 bills .......... 42S
| r. j. Hawley, sheriff expenses
| DIS .............. $500
! Washington County, board and
clothing for prisoner, 2 bills 1870
John Atkinson. justice fees
| DIS ............ 800
Jos. r. Zimmerman. mileage 500
| N. A. Anderson, mileage go. $40
Gust Anderson, mileage ..... $50
Nels Oakland. mileage ....... 400
Parrish Boo Lumber Co., lumber
for court house ......... 2S.53
Poor Fund
John Joswiak. Mdse. to Mrs.
| w. Snuglenski .......$ 1900
Cunningham Mere. Co. Mdse.
to Ole Hanson ..........!. 1000
Willow River Mere. Co., Mdse.
| to Chas. Peterson ....... 1000
J. n. Tomhave. Mdse. to John
Vanderverf ............... 1900
A. J. Underhill. Mdse. to
| August Pfotenhauer ...... 1000
Arth Bros, Mdse. to Man
|
Pine City Mere. Co.. Mdse.
! to Louis SakowitZ ......... 700
j. F. Hawley. Mdse. to Mrs.
| bitdtoit S.VV
Joseph Suk, Mdse.. to Rose
| SWdTileT IU.UU
Geo w. Shubmehl Co., 6 bills 199.43
Rudolph Johnson. Mdse. ito
Mrs Lila, bills ........ 1915
Paul Gheringhilli. Mdse and
house rent, bills ...... 1910
Hilda koski. house rent. Mrs.
knude ............. 1890
James Gardner. house rent, Mrs.
Norton ......... 900
Mimi. State Sanatorium, care
Of Walter Blomgren and j.
W. Gi)liver ............... 64.55
| Schneider & Broker, threshihg
ut County Farm ........... 43.47
Equity Coop. Warehouse
Assn. Mdse. to Mrs. Robar 1000
n. l.. WHEELER feed for County
rarm ............... 1873
Benson Hanson Lbmr Co. Mdse.
for County Farm ......... 6O.54
Lee Webster, burial and
casket for J. B. Dobis ..... $500,
Hogan Bros. Mdse. TO Gust
Mahlmstrom ........ 5000
Federal Highway Fund
Lyle Corrugated Culvert Co.
culverts 49,. ..............$ 1000
Erickson Bros. supplies -. ITS
Hal Sherick, gravel ......... 41.40
Peter Christensen, gravel :. 1875
Parish-Boo Lmbr. Co.. supplies 1910
Martin Johnson. freight $50. so
o. Asklund. gravel inspector $500
Total Price Merch. .......... 1865
y. l.. Garbush. engineer en-
penses and salary. . bills. 3e3.45
Russell Grader Mfg. Co.
Robt F.. 0'Connell. bridge in
Spec'oF 1900. '''.......'. l4l.l9
Road and Bridge Fund
~ q n
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-09-25
Road and Bridge Fund

p. +. Starry, engineer expenses 131 60
Jas. Tyre. 3 stone forks $500. 900
w. F. Hogan. dynamite and
supplies Observation-Disclosures. 677
Chas Nelson. chain ... 500
Folsom Hdw. Co, .... 2.12
Benson-Hanson Lmbr. Co. lum-
her allowed at .. 1892
Henry Schultz. repairing
Pokegema bridge ..... 1850
Lyle Corrugated Culvert Co,
, road graders, > scrapers
and culverts. 4 bills Asa 81
Austin Western Road Ma
ehinery Co. scrapers and
grader repairs, bills ..... 55.75
Adams Road Machinery Co,
drag blades .-.......... $50
James Buckley. surveying 1900
Special Road and Bridge Fund
Standard Oil Co. gasoline and
oils. bills ..... lO3.s5
Lyle Corrugated Culvert Co.
culverts 1912
August Anderson, labor go. 500
Joseph Anderson. labor .... 1000
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
b. K. T. Asks IL Cents
For Former Scent Ride

A CCORDING to the B. R. T.'s inter-
probation of the two-cent trans
fer order IL cents can be charged for
certain rides which formerly cost a
nickel
mo transfer can be issued on q
transfer. even upon payment of two
CENTS" Edward Gear, secretary to
Lindley NJ. Garrison. receiver Of the
3. K. T., said yesterday. "If pas
senger buys one transfer, then wants
to change for q third line not a
feeder,' he must pay a second five
cent fare. This means a total pay
ment of II cents for the ride
Commissioner Nixon said last nicht
he intended his order to permit no
more than seven-cent fare where
nickel was formerly paid.
Two cents should be charged for
the frs. transfer, but thereafter
transfers should be issued free" he
SAID. "Doubtless the overcharre on
the B. r. I. lines is due to q mis-
understanding. This is to be ex-
peoted on the first day"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02

the companies were willing. The
Mayors rejoinder follows:
In answer to your letter reIat;vo
to a statement made by me that .Ibo
city administration stands ready to
Jake over and operate the lines owned
oy the city for a five-cent fare, if
the lnterborough and Brooklyn Rapid
transit Company cannot operate these
lines at profit at the present rate of
fare, why do they not turn them back
to the city,
"You state that If the operating
companies were to offer to retusn the
suoways to the city, the city could
not take them back, for the city has
neither the money nor the available
credit to finance the project
by not turn these lines back and
let the city administration worry about
the credit and the finances available
Il would like to know if the Inter-
borough or any OF its officials had
anything to do with the application
to the Court of Appeals for rehearng
in the Quimby case set down for Sep
tember 90, and if the Interborough. will
be directly or indirectly represented at
this motion for reargument, the pur-
pose of which application is to re-
quest the court to stultify itself by
reversing its decision, which holds that
the Public Service Commission has no
right to raise fares, and now says that
the Public Service Commission has a
right to raise fares to ten, fifteen or
twenty cents at the pleasure of COM
missioner whose sympathy does not
seem to be with the travelling public"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
$40 Y. VI. C. A. " orkers
From Overseas Home
Reach New York on Special
lra;n After Landing at Phila.
deIphia; 3 Brides Aboard

a special train from Philadelphia
brought to New York last night $40
men and women who had been overseas
as 7. II. c. A. secretaries. They
reached Philadelphia yesterday after
noon on the steamship Haverford
Forty-hYe states were represented in
the trainload and the Pennsylvania
Station was crowded with friends who
came to welcome them. The men went
to the Commodore Hotel and the
women to the McAipin.
There We're three women on-the train
who came to the United States as
brides. Four war orphans, who found
American fosterp parents. also were
Passengers. One Of them, Roland
Leclercq, a twelve-year-ol Belgian.
had scar over his left eye as the
result OF a saAre blow by German
soldier
Paul Terentfx and Alexander Brat
kewlch are Russian orphans whom the
3S9th infantry adopted informally as
mascots on the Archangel front.
Nadaiine Nanderhoven, whose home
once was in Brussels, was the fourth
war Waif
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02

mated and treasurer and executive seq
retary of the IL" and subway EN-
p.oyes' branch, said many OF the men
IN ms organization put in on an av-
erage OF but five or SIX hours day,
tneir weekly earnings running from
SIS 10 $50.
Ticket Sellers and Shopmen Ask More
Ticket sellers were also represented
at the meeting. They want material
advance over thei- present wage of %
10 ~ cents an hour. They. too, com
planned their pay envelopes OF sl4 or
SIS were frequently 81 and So short.
ne shopmen, VINO now get from II 10
81 cents an hour. also desire m
crease.
The demands, it seemed probable
last night. would be framed to call
for an eight-hour basic day, with nav
OF 90 cents an hour and time and one
hal1 for al over eight hours. These
are substantially the conditions under
which the electric railway employees in
Boston. Chicago and Detroit are now
working.
A secondary purpose OF the meeting
was to increase the membership Of the
union. It was said 90 per cent of the
Il and subway men and so per cant
OF the surface car employees are al
ready enrolled
P }. Shea OF Detroit. a member OF
the general executive board Of the
ANA lgamated. preside. James Hoi-
land, president OF the Nv York State
Federation Of Labor. and Hugh Frayne,
general organizer Of the Ame rican Fed
Grafton of Labor. were present
2. J. Shea read tel-s~am from the
car committee' Of Ma'hattar. COM
posed o. union men on the surface
lines Of tina. borough. which Indicated
that they were ready for a strike The
message was:
II strike order IS issued. We New
Workers OF blue. green and red car
lines viii stick together 20 the end"
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
Big Hotels and Many of
Prominent Clubs Among
Those That Have Aban.
doned Liquids With Kick
Dry Goods Sales Improve
But Merchants Are Not Ger.
tain That Coming OF Pro
laibi,ion Is Responsible

Wartime prohibition had claimed
24o victims among the c.ty's clubs.
saloons and liquor stores ct the close
of business hours yesterday.
That is the humber of licenses
turned In TO the Offices OF the State Ex-
else Department for refund since the
July l drouth. 1t is predicted that
many times that number of bars will
be forced to close before the proclama-
ton OF demobilization, which will give
the liquor interests brief RESPITE be-
fore the coming of National rrohibi-
ton IN January
Immediately after the close Of busi-
ness on June so there were ninety
applications for refund on licenses in
the city: TO that number there were
acded lo5 during the last three davs.
The Republican Club and the Union
League Club were among the first to
give up their licenses. Among the
other clubs that placed themselves in
the dry list are: Players. National
Arts, metropolitan Artists, Williams.
Nippon, Salmagundi, Columbia, Uni
versity, Midday Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Amateur Billiards and Machinery.
Practically all of the saloon keepers
VINO abandoned their licenses said their
chief reason was that the public Gjda't
care for the brand of beer they were
permitted to sell.
IF they are going to get soft drinks
,they want them soft and if they're to
be hard they want them hard" said one
retiring saloon keeper "This thine Of
calling a drink beer, but MAKING if
body" '''S
At the Brooklyn Offices Of the State
Excise Department the University and
tnvlnclble clubs gave up their licenses
along with forty-cight other holders of
liquor privileges. Most Of the Brook
lyn saloon keepers said they had sold
out their stocks Of wniskev, and their
patrons didn't care for substitutes.
Further efforts TO trace the effect
OF one month of prohibit on in
New York resulted in statements from
drygc DDS dealers that their business
had improved materially during Julv.
neither the purchasing was du, to
prom bltion or the prediction thai
prices soon would go much higher thev
could not say.
we have noted great increase in
buying during July, as COMPARED TO
previous Julys," said c. B. Calm. of the
Dry Goods Clearing House "Ordinarilv
this is the dull season. Retailers do
not expect heavy business. But our
reports indicate that retail buying is
increasing.
"0f course, there is no means bv
winch the cause can be traced. 1t is
kn own that prices are going to 20 much
hlgher soon. That might easily PROMPT
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
NeaU Jersey Trolleys =
Get Zone Fare System,

TRENTON, Aug 1.-The Public Util-
ity Commission to-day made public the
text of the decision whereby the Pub
lie Service Railway Company is granted
a zone system of fare charges for troll
leys, instead of the present rate of 7
cents.
The award calls for an initial fare
of 8 cents, and after the first mile an
additional fare of cents for every
mile or fraction thereof.
This is not to apply to passengers
from Edgewater to Grantwood, or from
Harrison Avenue to Eagle Rock, and
Martin Avenue to Murray Street in
West Orange. Fares in these zones are
20 be cents, since the vast preponder-
ance of persons riding in them are
headed for amusement parks.
The system will go INTO operation on
September IA
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
heayy business. On the whole, we are
wen satisfied with the situatiog.'
Binghanton Vet
And Dry Compared
Anti-Saloon League Bul-
fetin Says There's More
Money and Less Crime

AS the subject for the sixth Of ifs
series OF prohibition studies. the
Antl-SalOon League has chosen Binp-
hamton, Y. Y. city of approximatelv
10000 population. which went drv Oc-
tober I, 1913. In summary Of re-
suits there, issued yesterday, the
league does not maintain that Bing-
hamton has been bone dry. A wet
township ard number of wet towns
near ~ have prevented that. but it
does say the city has been 75 per cent
dry for eight months, with the fol-
lowing results:
Real estate valuations increased 50
to 20 per cent; rentals on principal
business street increased aDnroy-
lmately 20 per cent; department
stores and other mercantile establish
ments report rapidly growing bust
ness; bank deposits and interest
bearing accounts largely increased :;
business o. city court cut more than
- per cent; intcxication arrests
dropped from an average Of a hun
dred and sixty q month to sixtv.
Prohibition costs the people of
Blnghamton 81 head p wear to Off
set the loss Of excise taxes. but al
ready charity and other costs. for
merly charged to liquor and amount
ing to 100000, have been materially
reduced
The league says its survey shows
that not q desirable place formerly
occupied by saloon is unoccupied.
and rents have been increased. One
saloon property priced at S28.50o when
the city wen- dry is now held at s40-
200. Washington Street. formerly
known as the Bowery, has been trans
formed as q hre ir,acc -4roo. g..
retail trade. Real estate ON this thor-
oqghfare has increased more ,han
100000 in value.
Two Of the larger hotels. which re-
garded prohibition with some trenjd9-
ton, are doing more business than
cver' says the league. The Bennett
IS spending 100000 y improvements.
The league reports one national bank
gained $4,000 in deposits. another
S'Sl 600 and another S197000 one
trust company gained S209. GOO in the
INST six months Of prohibition: the
6lnghamton Saving Bank gained sr00.-
600 and the Chenango s2o5.00O.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
Rand School to Renew
Fight for Seized Papers
Justice McAvoy's Ruling Fails
10 Decide Merits, Coun-
sci Asserts

The Rand School of Social Science
intends to renew its fight to restrain
the. Luck joint committee from usins
any or the papers or documents seized
IN the recent raid on the institution
Counsel for the radicals announced
last night that the refusal of Supreme
Court Justice McAvoy to grant them
a writ of prohibition did not indicate
that their, application contained no
merits. They asserted that the legality
and correctness of the search warrants
had not been passed on and they would
proceed In the inferior court where the
documents were issued.
/. NJ. Sackin. associate counsel 70,
the school, said:
"Justice McAvoy in no way passed
upon the validity Of the search war
rants or the legality of the procedure
as he. holds that the inferior court
should first be given an opportunity
to correct whatever errors it may have
committed.'
A great mass Of evidence against the
l. W. W. and Bolsheviki gathered by
operatives Of the Lusk committee wa
turned over to Assistant District At
torney Rorhe, who has been ASSIGNED
by District Attorney Swami to present
the evidence to the special extraordi-
nary grand jury when it meets August
Il.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
Phone Service Inquiry
To Open Here on E1.ida,

ALBANY. y. =. Aur. |A i''e,,sDe, e,aregal
Investigation inro the telephone service
Of New York City Will begin at the Han
OF Records there Friday at l0a. m. Her
ngs will be held by the Pubic sarvie.
commission Of The 2a District. when
Tor 5eveeral weeks has been receiving a
steady flow Of complain.s. Notices have
been sent to Mayor Hylan, the telephone
company and TO the complainaTts.
III mas come 70 the knowledge Of The
commission through the press thaf the
New York Telephone Company acknowl-
ea&es the inadequacy Of its service" said
Ih@rles B. Hill. the chairman. "Under
the cireumstances the commission feels
that it should proceed on lis own initia-
1iye' rather than on individual com
plants, to make the Investigation"
Edward 3. Rogers, head Of the com
missions telephone and telegraph diw-
SION, reported that he had received more
complaints OF the service since May I
than IN the other ten years he had been
connected With the commission The de-
cisIon to investigate was unanimous.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
Officers Who Left Posts To
lie Dismissed From the
Service by Authorities;
Union Leaders Are Silent
Compromise to Bakers
Slight Increase in Bread
Price To Be Permitted
to Compensate Industry

LONDON. Aug. (By The Associ-
ated Press). Tonight Indications
seemed to point to the METROPOLITAN
police having met with failure in their
efforts to bring about q strike. There
was no sign anywhere that more than
few hundred men had declined to
report for duty. These were promptly
dismissed from the service. At inspec-
tlons of the police in the London dis
trlct tonight there were very few
absentees from the ranks
favorable concessions in respect to
wages and pensions recently given the
ponce as result of an Investigation
BY government commission is said to
nave acted as deterrent to striking.
tne men fearing to risk their positions.
1t IS said the so-caled "lightning
strike" was precipitated by the union
too hastily; that many of the men were
totally unaware last night that the
strike had been called, and that these
mlscaiculatlons gave the authorities
tlme to adopt necessary measures. The
London police officials were able to sup
ply men for special needs of theatres
and like places tonight without incon-
Venien1 pressure on the regular force.
Inc police union leaders held another
meeting in private tonight at SteDnev,
but declined to make any statement.
Strike Called a Failure
While labor leaders earlier in the dav
declared that more than $4,000 police
men and prison officials throughout the
country had left their duties. it was vas
asserted by Edward Shortt, the Home
Secretary, in the House of Commons
during the late forenoon that the strike
had been failure both in London and
IN the Provinces
The Secretary conceded that the
strike order had been obeyed by about
300 policemen out of LOO in Liver
pool.
"Policemen who are unable TO give
proper explanations of their absence
from duty" the Secretary continued.
VIII cease Immediately to be police
men. Regarding Liverpool | told the
chief constable that | would fully sup
port any step he considered neces-
sary."
No reports have been received as to
the effect of the strike call in the
provincial cities. but the belief is con-
ildently expressed in official circles
that the strike will prove abortive
throughout the country.
Bakers Strike May Be Averted
There is every prospect that the
bakers strike will be .averted. Pro-
longed negotiations at the Food Min
istry to-day resulted in the bakers
employers agreeing to submit wage
rates for arbitration. The question of
night work is to be investigated by a
special conference and dealt with by
bill in Parliament. 1t is understood
the government will sanction slight in
creases in the prices of bread to COM
pensate the employers for the in
creased cost in labor.
1t was stated that the men might
quit work tonight, but that they prob
ably would resume their duties Tues
day, unless there should be some hitch
IN the negotiations.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
Chicago Streetcar
Strike Ends To-day
Men Vote to Accept Agreement
Made by Delegates With
Company Officials

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-Chcago street
car men voted to-day to end the strike
by a majority of 3S6. Car service wi.
be resumed tomorrow morning, proba
bly, at o'clock, on both surface an
elevated lines, which have been tie'
up since early last Tuesday mornin;
by strike OF $4,000 men. The tota
vote was $3.50 to 1914.
The vote was on the question Of az
cepting a proposition agreed upon b
representatives of the union and tn
com panies last Monday. but which t.
membership rejected that night, votn.
to strike Immediately.
New-York tribune., 1919-08-02
'5ul'Ieson Violated Own
Order, Says Steenerson
Carried Mail in Airplanes at
Two Gents an Ounce,
II L. Charged
Ne10 York. Tribune
VIZ qb j,4Ufo,, P,.,o

- UeNWDlON DNrGHE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1~The prac-
tice Of Postmaster General Burleson Of
placing ordinary mail on airplanes was
IN direct violation Of his own execu-
live order prescribing six cents an
ounce airplane rate, Representative
Steenerson, of Minnesota, chairman Of
the House Committee on Postoffice and
Postroads. said to-day Mail is now,
BY order Of Mr.. Burleson, being carried
for two cents an ounce, said Mr..
Steererson.
Representative steenerson intro
duced a bill in the House to-day to pro
.hit mail from being carried by air
planes when marked .'Not by air
plane"
This resulted from the report of the
Postofiice and Postroads Committee on
the request made recently to Mr.. Bur
leson to furnish full information re-
ding the alleged loss of $63 900 be-
longing TO the Hartman National Bank
OF New York in registered mail in
IN airplane fire between Cleveland and
Chicago