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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
Falling Tree Breaks Hincklc,
Mans leg.

A falling tree broke the ley of
Ben Ausmus. who is living on the
Frank Keene place southeast of
town, about nine o'clock Monday
morning.
Young Ausmus. the i7-year-old
son of Fred Ausmus. was cutting
wood on the banks Of the Kettle
river with his brother when a
big oak tree over foot in dia.
meter fell differently from what
the boys expected. Ben saw the
tree falling and ran. He just
lodged the tree with his head
but was caught just below the
knee. The big tree tore most Of
the flesh from the back of the
right leg and made a compoune
fracture of the bone.
He was taken home and DR.
Stephan sent for but it was near,
| ~ two in the afternoon before
the. doctor could reach him. He
was then in very weak condi.
tion from the loss of blood. :
Hinckley Enterprise. Dec. 10.
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AsKov COUNTY, MINNESOTA THURSDAY DECEMBER a. 1919


"A short circuit of wires in the
fuse box just outside the central
office in Sandstone burned out
every connection but two on the
system at $50 Monday morning.
Manager Thomson was at Bruno
at the time but soon returned to
Sandstone and got busy. He
also secured the assistance Of
four linemen from Duluth who
have been busy since and it is
expected that the system will
again be in tip top shape Christ
mas day. No fire resulted. only
the telephone pole was badly
scorched.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Organized mt Pine City.

Following the hearing last
week at the Offices of the State
Banking Department at St. Paul.
the application for charter for
the new Farmers and Merchants
Bank in Pine City has been
granted. The hearing was at
tended by a number of the in
corporators, and by Cashier
Peterson of the Beroun Bank and
r. P. Allen, representing the
First National of this city.
The officers of the new bank
will be as follows: w. A. Sauser,
president; H. w. Daily. vice pre-
sident and N. Perkins. cashier.
The board of directors will be as
follows: Ernest Hinze, Walter w.
Peterson, Jos. Pangerl, August
Wickstrom and Paul Dorow.
Negotiations are under way for
the purchase of the Pine City
State Bank but at this writing
nothing definite has been arrived
at. In case the purchase is not
made, the new bank will open
temporary quarters in the build
ing recently purchased by w. A.
Sauser and used at present bv
G. w. Staacke. N. Perkins has
resigned as cashier of the Pine
City State Bank. his resignation
taking effect last evening. L. F..
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Perkins has been named as
cashier to fill the vacancy Great
ed. Pine County Pioneer, Dec.
|19.


Members of the local Grand
Army post enjoyed their camp
fire dinner at the home of .Adju-
tant Greig, yesterday noon.
These happy get-together events
|of the veterans '61-5 were
interferred with a year ago, by
the illness of Mrs. Greig and the
banquet of yesterday was a joy.
full resumption Of these annual
events. Among those present
were Comrades f. H. Long, M. @.
Guptil, H. S. Austin, N. H. Utter,
Jos. Kunz, c. A. Pearce, Jas.
Gardner and Robt. Greig of Pine
City and A. B. Barstow of Rock
Creek. Gradually this circle Of
these veterans Of the Civil war
is growing smaller slowly the
links of the chain Of their COM
radeship are yielding under the
strain of time but there is no
note Of regret in their gather
ings and the boys" of the World
war can't beat them very far, #
at all, when 1t comes to en- JOY
ing such an event to the limit
Pine Poker, Dec. 1s
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25
STATES LIVESTOCK MEN TO
MEET WEEK OF DEC. %

Livestock interests Of the
state will rally to University
Farm in force during Farmers
and Home Makers Week, Dec.
% to Jan. 3, when statewide
meetings Of stock associations
are to be held. Breeders Of
horses, sheep and swine will meet
in separate sessions Dec. 81.
Wayne Dinsmore, secretary OF
the Percheron Society Of Ameri-
ca, will speak to the horsemen;
the sheep breeders will be ad-
dressed by George McKerrow Of
Pewaukee, Wis, a breeder Of ma
tional reputation; Prof. H. w.
Vaughan. in charge Of swine
husbandry at University Farm.
and Percy Young of Prosper,
Mimi, will address the swine
breeders. The field day for stock
breeders will be Thursday. Jan.
/, when the Minresota Livestock
Breeders association will hold
its annual meeting. Duncan.
Marshall, minister Of agriculture.
Alberta, Canada; r. j. Kinzer.
secretary Of the American Here
ford Breeders association; D. d.
Aitkin. president Of the Ameri-
can Holstein- Friesian Breeders
association, and w. w. Marsh of
Waterloo. Iowa, q celebrated
breeder Of dairy cattle. will
speak at this meeting. Breeders
Of Holsteins, Aberdeen-Angus.
Guernseys. Herefords. Brown
Swiss, Ayrshires ard Jerseys
will meet Jan. 2.
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Sandstone High TA,ses.

The strong Sandstone high
school basket ball team lost to
Hinckley at Hinckley Friday
evening by the score Of 81 to 49,
Referee Lewis Of Moose Lake,
Hinckley has a very good team
this year. The Sandstone All.
Stars defeated the Hinckley All.
Stars the same evening by score
of Is to Is.
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few ATTEND ANNUAL
FARM BUREAU MEET
Small Crowd at Hinckley Satur.
day. hut nm Enthusiastic
Meeting Resulted.

The annual meeting of the
Pine County Farm Bureau AS
sociation was held at Hinckley
Saturday with an attendance Of
only about 50 as compared to be-
tween. 200 and 800 the year be-
fore and about 400 at it's organi-
zation two years ago. The small
attendance was a surprise and,
many were wondering what was
the cause as the meeting had
been given much publicity and
everybody knew about it.
A. D. Wilson Of the State Uni
versity, who was to have address
sed the farmers missed train
connection somewhere in the
southern part of the state and
consequently did not show up.
but the meeting resulted in a
very enthusiastic one anyway as
many different subjects came up
for discussion. about the only one
that did not appear being the
tonnage tax, and had that come
up the roof of the theatre in
which the meeting was held,
would probably have been raised.
One thing that was discussed and
which should not have been al
lowed to come before this meet
ing was the factional fight be-
tween the two creameries at
Hinckley. As Carl M. Madsen Of
Askov, said. this looks to me
like personal jealousy and fac
tional fight and is something
which the Farm Bureau really
has nothing to do with and has
no control over"
County Agent Corwin gave a
good annual report. This will
most likely soon be published in
his weekly news letter to the
press (of which there is none
this week).
State Representative L. c.
Petersen was called upon for q
few remarks and among other
things said he thought that the
Farm Bureau Association was too
sectional and that effort should
be made toward getting farmers
in all parts Of the county inter-
ested in the movement. He also
commended Mr.. Corwin for his
good work and his aggressive
spirit and said that he was sorry.
to hear that Mr.. Corwin intends
to leave Pine County in the
spring. He advised bending 81
fort toward inducing Mr.. Corwin
to remain. It is understood that
Mr.. Corwin intends to return to
New York state to farm for him
self.
Resolutions were passed favor
ing the Peace Treaty and the
League Of Nations as il stands.
two years more Of Government
control of railroads and no
change in the Federal laws per-
tanning TO oleomarRarine. :
Election Of officers resulted as
follows: President. F.. H. Hull.
Brook Park: vice president. Z.
Mosb@k, Askov; secretary-treas-
urer. A. c. Christianson. Hinck-
ley: board Of directors G. r.
Hay, Finlayson; =. ]. Chamber
lain. Brook Park: Godfrey Schott.
Hinckley; r. P. Kilstofte, A. r.
Jensen and Jens Mortensen.
Askov.
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NEWS AMONG !,
SCAND|NAvIANS
Interesting Items From Far
and Near About People
From the North.


From the North.
Newspapers in various parts
of the country have recently
discussed what they term "an
organized movement" said to be
in progress for the complete eli
mination of the Norwegian lang
uage from the congregations Of
the> Norwegian Lutheran Church
of America. 1t may be said al
ready at this time that if such a
movement actually exists, it will
meet the fercest opposition
from a powerful faction within
the church.
Danish President at Aberdeen.
DR.. Harald w. Foght, a native
of Denmark, who sis widely
known as an expert in educa-
tional matters having been con-
nected with the federal commits
sion of education at Washington,
D. c., was last week inaugurated
president of the State Northern
Normal School at Aberdeen. S. d.
Mr.. Foght has been writing con-
siderably on school matters and
is widely known especially as the
author of Rural Education in
Denmark"
25 Years Old.
"Arbetaren," a Swedish labor
journal in New York. has cele-
brated its twenty-fth anniver-
sary. "Arbetaren" has always
been a champion of a. liberal
not radical development in re-
gard to the relations existing be-
tween labor and capital.
Ole Thorson Dead.
Ole O. Thorson-"Gamle Thor
son." as he was affectionately
known died the other day at
Crosby, N. D. He was born in
1852 in. Fjotlands Sogn. Norway,
and settled at Belgrade. Mimi,
in 1882. Sixteen years ago Mr..
Thorson and his family moved to
Divide county, North Dakota.
Busch Concerto Heard.
A new cello concerto, composed
by the Danish composer Carl
Busch, of Kansas City, was pre-
sented for the first time by the
Minneapolis Symphony orchestra
at a popular concert a few days
ago. Herman Beyer-Hane was
the 'cellist who played the COM
position before an enthusiastic
and applauding audience.
Gone to Butte.
Rev. Paul Andreen. pastor of
a Swedish Lutheran congrega-
tion at Des Moines, Iowa, has
gone to Butte, Mont. to become
pastor of an English congrega-
ton which is affiliated with the
Swedish Augustana Synod.
Preparing for Christmas.
Ole Skrukkerud, a Norwegian
farmer living near La Crosse,
Wis, thought it would be all
right to stock up" for, the holi-
days, SO he acquired in round
about ways about two hundred
quarts of whiskey. The sheriff
heard about Skrukkerud's ac-
tivities, arrested him. and con-
fiscated the amber-colored fluid.
Bnt--here is the point OF the
tale: The next day every bottle
had been stolen from the sheriff,
and at the time when these lines
are being written, no trace has
been found of it.
Chief Scout in Z. >.
CAPTAIN C.. Lembcke, president
and chief scout of the Boy Scouts
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

methods IN vogue here might be
SUCCESSFULLY applied in Denmark.
Died in Texas.
Gustav Anton Carlson who
was well known in various parts
of Texas where he has been a
farmer for 25 years. died last
week at his home in Taylor. Tex.
He was born in Sandsj0 forsam-
ling. Sweden, 1868, and came to
America in 1894 settling immedi-
ately after his arrival at Hutto,
Tex. later moving to Taylor.
Norwegian Governor.
Norwegian voters in North Da-
kota are attempting to select a
guberpatorial candidate of Morse
descent for the 1920 campaign,
and so far P. o. Thorson. pub
Usher of "Normanden," in Grand
Forks, and Attorney r. A. Nestos
of Minot, have been prominently
mentioned as the probable lead
ers of the independent move
ment opposing Nonpartisan rule.
Existed 35 Years.
The Ladies' Aid Society of St.
Peters Lutheran congregation
Minneapolis has celebrated it's
thirty-fifth' anniversary; the
Lake Amelia Ladies Aid Society
and the Minneapolis lodge of the
Danish Sisterhood were invited
to participate in the anniversary
celebration.
Back from Sweden.
P. E. Benson, an iron manu-
facturer of Los Angeles, who
went to Sweden last June, has
returned to the California city
and reports that prices for in
dispensable commodities are
constantly increasing: Mr.. Ben
son visited numerous cities and
found that conditions were about
the same everywhere. He had
intended to remain in SwedeH
longer than he did, but he said
that it is cheaper to live in the
United States just now.
Shippers Protest.
A faction of Christiania ship
Fpers have formulated a protest
which has been forwarded to the
u. s. Shipping Board concerning
the question Of bringing about
a settlement Of the controversy
which arose from The fact that
the American government dur
ing the war requisitioned cer-
tain Norwegian vessels in U. S.
ports. Negotiations have been
in progress for a long time.
Phbiseite in February.
A dispatch from Paris indi-
Gates that the recent conference
between Premiers Lloyd George
and Clemenceau discussed the
date for the plebiscite to be held
in Slesvig for the purpose Of as
certaining public sentiment for
or against the restoration Of that
province to Denmark. 1t is
said that the date decided upon
isin the middle Of February.
but official announcement to
that effect has not been mada
French and British military. con.
tingents have been stationed in
Slesvig, as an army of tempo
rary occupation" with Danish
army officers in charge.
Sweden and the Leaxae.
A sudden opposition has
sprung up in Sweden against the
League of Nations. it is reported
in Stockholm cablegTams. The
protest is based ON. the reported
fact that the Allied and AsSoci-
ated Powers object to a con-
tinued intimacy among the three
Scandinavian countries.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

An exchange says that every
body will have good excuse for
not turning over . new leaf this
year. Paper ID too high and
scarce.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

American Want Ads ars only
1c . word They bring RESULTS.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-12-25

Make your wants known IN the
Wart Column.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-15
EMPLOYMENT
SERVICE GIVEN
GREAT BOOST
LARGE EMPLOYER, HEAD OF a
BIG INDUSTRY, WORKS FOR
MONTHS AS EMPLOYEE AND
TELLS EXPERIENCE.

Inc 1olowtng remarkable letter was
written by large employer of labor.
vice president of a large industrial
plant, who for the past several months
mas been working as a Iaborer in in
dustrial establishments of various
kinds and sections to learn at first
hand the sentiment of workers. He
has asked that his name be kept Sc
cret IN order that he may be able to
continue his studies.
Hon James W. Good, chairman, House
Committee on Appropriations, House
OF Representatives, Washington. D.
G.
''My Dear STR
"As result of my experiences of
the past few months, I find myself
greatly interested in the question of
the future of the United States EN-
ployment Service as now being con-
sidered by you and your committee.
Il am an employer of labor. In or
der to get to the viewpoint of the
country's workers, I have been work
ing as a laborer under an alias in sew
eral plans and factories. My obser-
vations to date seem to me pertinent
to the question now before you. In
word they are this: The difference
between Americanism and Bolshevism
is the difference between having a
job and not having one. To an ex-
tent which no one can conceive who
has not himself walked the streets
for work, the axle on which the whole
world turns for the working man is
the job. AS long as he can enjoy his
three meals a day and think of his
own and his family's future with some
certainty, he is a self-respecting citi-
zen, and all of this stuff about unrest
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| is of less interest to him than to his
employer. But when he is out of job
r-then the axle of his world is busted;
: it's jagged slivers enter and cut his
self respect and his very soul to pieces.
ITO be serong Of mind and body,
willing to work hard, to walk and walk
and ask and entreat and find no work
''nowhurs', to hear the curses of those
who are less hopeful than you be-
cause they've walked longer, and to see
your purse making a thinner and thin
ner wall between you and hoarse and
hollow chested bum land-that is
enough to try the most reasonable
mans faith in his country and its in
stitutions-alI of them.
'"This fact is well known to the
radical agitators. In their meetings,
have heard them urge redoubled eff
forts to enroll new members before
these men now out Of work get jobs
and so close their minds to our gos-
pei"
: "As you of course know, thousands
of employers are devising methods for
improving working conditions in their
plants, many of them instituting shop
committees, profit sharing, etc. These
are all good things. But they are the
frosting on the cake! The whole thing
holds the whole thing together.
THE biggest single piece of insur-
ance against Bolshevism that this
country can think about just now is
nationwide organization for bring
ing 100 per cent of the jobs available
into connection with the men who need
them for their daily bread and but
ter.
This connection is not made ef-
ficiently or even fairly when workers
have to go to the so-called fee agen-
cies." Jobs need workers as much as
workers need jobs No citizen should
have to buy a change to work Be-
sides, too many times the superinten-
dents or foremen who hire men
through these agencies get part of
the fee themselves-and therefore.
find means to fire one worker in or
der to have a share of his successors
fee. It is both unfair to the work
Sr and it is highly dangerous for the
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whole country to put the matter back
on the old basis where fifty men wait
outside a factory gate for every FIVE
jobs. Last winter with sixty or seven
ty negroes and foreigners, did my
share OF shivering while we all kept
our eyes on the spot where a laboY
foreman was to appear in order 20
pick out not more than three or four of
usi As we watched the gate, nobody
said a word-it was too serious mat
ter; besides each of US was competing
with the other. But after the three or
four had been picked, you should have
heard the cursesi
This is a hell of a note! have
walked this whole CD city and
stopped at every place and there ain't
no work a tall! What the hell is a
fellow going to do?" Then would fol-
low long discussions as to who was to
blame; the democrats or the repub-
licans, and I have heard good long
arguments placing 1t on both. have
also been in the national employment
offices where skilled and seni-skiIled
jobs were offered me in large num-
bers and where men by the scores
were being sent out to 'labor" jobs
leaving still other scores to wait their
turn. I remember one fellow who
after standing in line for hours. step
ped out for five minutes and then
came back TO find that he had just
missed being taken on. I shall never
forget the anguish of his curse.
Just what changes or what new or
ganization is required to make it per
manently possible for a man to know
how to find what jobs there are, is not
for me TO say. But I am perfectly
sure that the country will make a
tragic mistake to abandon the present
machinery before it is able to set up
something better in its place.
There are few things which would
please the Bolsheyist organizers more
at this particular moment. In the
next meeting following the abandon
ment OF the job finding service, can
hear the chairman mention the action
and add now, comrads, let me have
lat once those blanks we sent you for
the rames of every worker in this city
now out of a job SO that we can put
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-15
FIDUCIARY FORMS
FOR INCOME TAX
RETURNS AVAILABLE

Jacksonville, June 11.-Blanlxs for the
return of income tax on Fiduciary Form
No. 1041 have been received at the office
Of the Collector of Internal Revenue
James M. Cathcart, Jacksonville. Those
who are required to fill out these returns
should secure them at once from the
collectors office.
They must be On file in the office Of the
collector by June 18th.
Collector Cathcart has sent out this
form to those whose names were on file
in his office, but the obligation of get
ting the form rests with the person re-
quired to make 1t out. 1t is, therefore,
urgent that these blank forms be secured
at once so that the taxpayer may file the
return promptly as required by law.
Full instructions regarding the form ap-
pear on 1t.
Heavy penalty is imposed for failure 70
file it by June 18th.
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URUPgY SPECIALIST
RED PAINT SUPPLY
IN BUDAPEST IS
EXHAIISTEn RX ROI G

Princeton. N. J., June ss-The Commune
lists, or Bolshevilt, printed everything red
in Budapest until the paint supply WAS
exhausted. according to an American Of
f!cer who revently visited that Hungarian
city. This fact was mentioned In let
ter written by another American officer
attached to the peace conference Who
wrote from Vienna on May /. his letter
coming through by way of Paris In un$'
usually fast time.
The writer apparently did not proceed
beyond Vienna but received his inforrna-
ton concerning the decoration of Budas
pect with red paint from another AIneri-
con officer who had just returned from
that city. The writer said that American
money was worth much more to the people
of Vienna than their own paper money.
1.-THE dollar now buys thirty kronen
where It used to buy only five kronen,
he wrote. $50 we Americans are all
rich There are five six American
officers and an American mission I'm Wen
na and the Americans are weii-iiked
here getting favors in the hotels resta1i-
rants and theatres. sim people stare at
as quite openly when we walk down the
street One sees quite a few Germans
and Austrian officers and soldiers On the
street
There is now. he says, only one way
for an outsider 10 travel TO Vienna and
that is by the Inter-A1lied Express which
comes. through twice week TO Warsaw
and has cars which are dropped off for
Prague, Budapest and Constintinople.
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This was the second biggest battle
fought in Florida during the war.
All of the old veterans of this battle
are requested to be present on the
old battle ground on July 4th. and
help to celebrate this event. This is
the first celebration Of this battle to
be held and all the old soldiers, their
children and others are asked to be
present on this date to perfect plans
Of organization, which viii preserve
this old historic battle ground.
It is hoped to have sufficient repre-
sentation at this meeting to adopt
resolution asking the state legislature
at it's next session to consider the
matter of erecting a larger and more
suitable monument in memory of this
battle There are only a few of the
old veterans now left and this matter
is to receive early consideration.
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U.C.VSW WILL
HOLD UNWILLING
ON JULY 9TH

Arrangements have been made for
the unveiIing at natural bridge on
July 4, of the Florida Confederate
soldiers monument, which was re-
Gently erected I'm memory OF those
who fought in the battle OF Natural
Bridge, during the Civil War. The
battle was fought on the 9Th day of
March. 1855. at what is known as
EeSatural Bridge. on the St. Marks
river, Is miles south of Tallahassee.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-15

Twenty-three thousand screws are
used in the making of an ordinary
aeroplane, and 700 pieces of wood in
a single wing.
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IRONING DAY

This is always a hard, strenuous day for the
housewife, she has to keep hot coal stove going
all day. she has to travel back and forth between
the ironing board and the stove, the kitchen is
hot and uncomfortable. Is it any wonder she is
worn out and only fit for bed when the days
work is over? Why do all this drudgery when
you can have Iwantu Gas Iron which never cools
off, is HOT all the time, no travelling back and
forth to do JUST IRONING, but work in COM
fort and feel fresh and cool when the ironing is
finished Price $3.50 complete, with six foot
Stipend connection and hose cock which can
be attached to any fixture.
Sold on easy terms.