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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05
Ritliculing Flag Etiquette.

The people of this community,
or any other American communi-
ty. need not make fetish of
the flag or the national anthem
in order to be patriotic" says the
Williams County Farmers Press.
Nonpartisan league servitor of
Williston. N. d., commenting on
statement relative to patriotic
etiquette issued by committee
OF the local American Legion.
They need not remove their
hats. it continues. or hold them
over their hearts or sholders. or
stand on their heads when a flag
goes by or the band plays the
Star Spangled Banner.
All of which may be perfectly
true. but it it worthy of note
that people and newspapers who
find it of interest to make such
comment on properly reveren-
tial custom are invariably Of the
rat-eyed persuasion who are
always at outs with the peaceful
and patriotic citizens Of COM
munity such as are represented
by posts of the American Legion,
Of course. the devout loyalty of
the Williams County Farmers
Press is assumed. but in these
stirring days of the worlds need
and the high cost Of print pape,
what is the particular end to be
gained in devoting newspaper
space to an assault on patriotic
ceremony in general and to ridi
cule of the great body Of goot
American people who proudly
subscribe to such tokens of pa
triotic esteem?-St. Paul Pioneel
Press.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05

Your attention is called to an
advertisement elsewhere in this
issue announcing a good roads
meeting to he held in Askov on
Thursday evening. August IL,
when the so-called Babcock road
plan will be discussed. Senator
p. H. McGarry. author of this
proposed Amendment No. l to be
voted on at the General Elec-
ton this fall. will be one of the
speakers. He most certainly is
we'll acquainted with this am
endment and il should therefore
be interesting to hear him speak
and in turn for the audience to
discuss the matter with him
ask questions, etc.
1t is said that in some quar-.
tiers of the state folks are op.
posed to Amendment No. | but
as a whole it appears to be &C.
canted favorably. At any rate
it behooves us all to get well
posted on the matter so MS to be
able to vote as intelligently as pos
sible when the time comes. II
it is a good law (which we have
no doubt 1t is) we should vote
for 1t and ii not. turn it down
The meeting next Thursday even
ing should help to enlighten eve
ry voter in this community or
the Amendment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05
WHAT NEW EUROPE
THINKS OF AMERICA
(By G. S. STRANDVOLD)
(By G. S. STRANDVOLD)

in no way evinced a desire to
enter into close relationship with
the Lettish nation. and the
Scandinavians are too busy try
ing to redevelop their own re-
sources.
So, it is but natural that the
Let's look toward the United
States. 1t happens that America
is a country which just now is
seeking new fields for CONNER
cial and industrial enterprise,
and also that Litvia needs CAPT.
tai and men with wide horizons.
Where these two desires meet,
it is reasonable to expect graft
flying results.
The fundamental conditions
are present: Americans have the
capital and the initiative; Let's
have the required confidence in
American business ideals. They
consider all Americans gentle
men. They have been inspired
by the American attitude during
the great war and are not afraid
Of casting their lot with the men
from America.
New Organization Formed.
Some American investment ca
pital has always been attracted
to Riga. but Russian and German
money has hitherto been the pre-
dominant economic factor here
Now, a new influx of American
dollars is noted. but as yet it is
too little to be deeply felt. II
is said, however, that American
money is back Of new corpora
ton organized here under the
name of the Baltic Steamship
Syndicate whose main purpose is
to develop trade on the Baltic
ports. principally on Riga.
A number of large vessels are
to be purchased or built so as to
carry goods across the seven seas
of the world. under the Lettish
flag. and there are said to be a
great deal of excellent opportuni.
ties for the development of a
new branch of world trade that
will have one Of it's centers in
New York and the other in Riga
| 1t is plain that an American
adjusts his ear to sounds that
indicate the presence or non
presence Of affection and re-
spect for things American. In
fact. wherever your correspon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05

place in the very near future.
Pending this, and pending the
eradication of active syndicalism,
Litvia must concentrate her eff
forts upon an internal rehabili-
alton before any important move
ments for the commercial con-
quest of part df the world can
mean anything.
But as soon as the air has been
cleared, and as soon as some of
the difficulties now hindering
Lettish progress have been over
come the country undoubtedly
will make great strides ahead.
And back of the forward move
ment are Americans; some of
them are Let's who have lived
in America for a great many
years and who now come back to
their old country to apply their
skill and experience to the solu-
ton of problems uppermost in
the minds of the Let's.
The world may not soon hear
much about the country of Lit
via, but the name of Riga un-
doubtedly will take its place
among those of other great ports
of the European and American
continents.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05

subtle ways, and the immediate
result is a general social unrest.
It should be remembered that it
is by no means easy to complete
ly eradicate the Russian element
from province that was a part
Of the Russian empire only the
other day, so one of the first
tasks facing the Let's is the eff
fective destruction of Russian
syndicalism as it exists here to-
day.
The poison from Moscow works
thoroughly, and a number of IL
legal strikes are in prgress so
that just now all plans for the
development of the country must
aim at a not too close future.
Before some of the greater
problems can be solved, there is
also that of political recognition.
Lettish sovereignty has not yet
been recognized by the Allies.
Terms Of Treaty.
In the terms of the treaty of
peace now agreed to by the Ger
mans and the Let's it is stipu-
lated that the changes therein
described shall become effective
after the exchange of notes Of
notifications. provided that one
of the Allies by that time shall
have granted recognition. Ger
many cannot officially recognize
Litvia before one of the Alliet
powers has taken that step, ant
at present there is nothing to in
dictate that recognition will taxi
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05

dent has gone on his present
journey, he has tried particular
ly to center his attention on this
very thing, and it is exceedingly
gratifying to be able to report
back home that there are plenty
Of great and small details that
show the extent to which Amer
icanism is gradually saturating
the world.
Scent q Danger.
Some of the far-sighted Let's
with whom accident has brought
me in contact, discuss America
with the utmost enthusiasm;
they believe that the big coun-
try across the pond" will be-
come a true leader of the world,
but they scent danger from the
present political strife in the
United States.
Let me try to say exactly what
they mean. These men who
themselves have been sufferers
from Bolshevism in the most ex-
treme form in which it is ex-
tant. realize that it is proving a
menace to the institutions of
America. also, but they are not
certain that Bolshevism is being
fought effectively, for they feel
there is in America a tendency
to confuse liberalism with ex-
IRENE socialism and rabid syndi-
calism.
In other words: Intelligent
Let's are inclined to think that
some of the methods in vogue in
America should be slightly alt
cred. The fight against the Boil
shevistic epidemic must not be
carried on by men who are as
extreme in their reactionary ten
denotes as are the radicals in
theirs. The fight should be d.
,,rected by liberal elements and on
Ia somewhat loftier plane than
the present.
| | attach some Importance to
the statement which needs no
comments: my business is to re-
port. and here chiefly to report
what is being said and thought
about Americans in that new
Europe which was created by and
as consequence of the world
war. But it is at all events in
teresting as an example which
shows how closely Letts-as well
as some other Europeans
watching affairs in America.
Syndicalism Rampant Here.
| Apropos of Syndicalism in Lit
via, there is more than enough
of it. 1t is maintained for Rus
sian money and kept alive by
Russian agitators in thousand
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05

An exchange says: 1T is pos
sible. of course, that the former
czar of Russia still lives, but
it is not likely that he will try
to stage a comeback Just now"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05

1t used to be the fellow behind
the counter 1.-THE bar) who hand
ct il out with kick but it is
said that the kick now is on the
other side Of the counter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05
WHAT THE LET'S THINK
ABOUT AMERICA


the Hanseatic League, wants to
become a center of Baltic trade
once more. 1t is an ancient
town whose origin dates back to
the middle of the twelfth CEN
fury. For many, many years it
maintained it's position as one of
the greatest trade centers of Eur
ope. but the war has temporarily
paralyzed commercial life in the
city as well as in the country
around it.
1t may be sufficient for the
purpose to mention the fact that
the population within the last
few years has been reduced from
more than q half million to less
than two hundred Thousands:
This fact in itself seems to indi-
cate that a period of serious stag
nation has set in. and the recent
Lettish war with Germany has
not. of course, helped matters
much.
Peace May Help.
A few DAYS ago the German
Lettish peace was made effective.
end it is thought that it will
have a stimulating effect upon
the life of the republic. There
is plenty of energy and innitia-
tive here. but there is no cap
lital and no confidence in the inn
mediate future.
The Let's, however. are not
shortsighted: What they figure
cannot be accomplished this year,
may be accomplished at some la
ter date, and because they real
ize. that, they are planning for
a more distant future.
The problems facing the coun-
try just now are largely Of an
,internal nature. All that which
the war has shattered and de-
stroyed must be brought togeth-
er once more. must be restored
so that the world will again reck.
on with Litvia.
Seeking Co.Operation.
The time of the naughty BAL
tic barons" is past. They have
yielded to dapper-looking bust
ness men Of the Anglo-American
type. and quite a few Of them
have returned from the United
States where they have studied
commerce and industry from
various points of view.
These men and there are
many of them are seeking Am.
erican cooperation in a practi-
cal way because they think that
both countries will be materially
benefited if some Of the plans
now under discussion materialize
Not SO long ago Riga was the
home of a wealthy class of Rus
slams and Germans while the
Let's did not have much to say.
They were considered an inferior
class. Now they have come into
their own, and rs for the Rus.
sian and the German capitalists
well. they have disappeared
Some died in the war and others
have moved away to regions
where they are not fearing that
a class of supposed interiors will
"usurp" power.
The Let's are reigning in Lit
via and in Riga. Given the
wherewithal. they will exert con
. siderable influence in the world
but it will take some time to re
cuperate from the successful
but severe. fight for indepen
| dence through which they hav.
recently gone.
+ Element Of Confidence.
; The Lettish business men ar,
. surveying the situation. From
1 Soviet Russia they can expect n,
r active cooperation: Germany i
) willing enough to deal intimately
r with the Let's, but the wish i
c not sincerely reciprocated. A
: for the adjacent Baltic provinces
4 thew are in n nosition cometh;u,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05
The Continuous.

The Continuous.
ri like vaudeville" remarked a Cir
he other day. because the iatermS-
;iOn doesn't come until the end
Boston Transcript. |,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-08-05

Copyright 1920 by American Feature Syndicate
Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-11
CALEXICO AFTER
STANDARD OIL CO.

CALEXICO, Feb 81 use 100 gal.
Ions of distillate day." said w. H.
Harris, we'll known rancher, "and l am
unable to get any more. The Standard
lOil Company has cut off the supply of
distillate from the valley and the
Union, while continuing to furnish it,
would take care of their customers
only"
Mr.. Harris at once sent the follow
ing wire to the secretary OF agriculture
at Washington:
STANDARD Oil Company of Califor-
MIA has suddenly withdrawn sales of
distillate in the Imperial Valley, COM
pelling the use of gasoline at "a cents
n gallon compared with II cents pair
for distillate There are 12S big cater
pillar tractors here at work, plowing
for the next seasons crop, mostly
working day and night, "a hours.
Union Oil continues to furnish dis
tillate but only to their regular Gus
toners. We pray probe and relief if
possible from extra cost of the higher
but less efficient fuel. w. H. Harris"
This wire brought the following re-
.piy from Secretary Meredith, and
'lhere the matter rests so far as Mr..
Harris is concerned, save that it is
costing him a matter of $11 day
more than if he could use distillate.
'Your telegram received with ref
ference to withdrawal of distillate from
market in Imperial Valley. Have taken
matter up with department of justice
and understand that department has
requested you to send additional in
Iformation o the subject that may be
in your possession. We have also re-
quested Standard Oil of San Francisco
I'to wire reasons for withdrawal Mere
dith."
Mr.. Harris stated that he had no
tfurther information to impart and
that the fact that distillate rould not
be secured from the government was
sufficient for action on the part of the
I authorities.
The statement made by Mr.. Harris,
land it is undoubtedly true, that there
are 12S big caterpillar tractors at
l'work in the valley shows the extent
to which blowing operations are in
progress. 1t also shows what a tre-
mendous amount of fuel is required to
operate them.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-11
NEW BOOKS At
PUBLIC Library

The library has recently added a
| set of the Harvard Classics. DR.. FL
! liott editor of this set of fifty classics,
| said that his purpose in selecting these
classic was to provide means of OBJ
tanning such a knowledge of ancient
and modern literature as seems essen
tial to the twentieth century idea of
cultivated man.
The series begins with portions of
The sacred books of the oldest religions,
then makes selections of the best liter
ature from century to century, arriv-
ing at modern times. There is an ex-'
cellent index to the set makig it valu-
able as a book of reference.
Other books recently added are:
I Adult fiction:
Bacon Square Peggy.
Huzard-"Mirabele of Pampeluna".
I cCutchein-"S Sherry.
| Pertwee-"The Old Sard".
Lynde-"David Vallory'.'
Adult non-fiction:
Barrett-"Modern Methods in the
Office.
Dunbar-"Modern Methods in Bank
! ing"
I Hawk-"What We Eat and What
Happens to IT..
Modern Japan"
Hosmer-"The Jews.
| "Vested interests.
I Juvenile:
| Bailey-"Stories for Any Day..
Comstock-"Camp Brave Pine"
Coolidge Lilly.
Holder-"Adventure of Torqua."
Ingersoll-"Raisin Creek Exploding
Club.
Ingpen-"One Thousand Poems for
| Children"
Lindsay-"The Joyous Travellers.
Molesworth-"Miss Mouse and Her
! Boys.
att-"Australia".
Pratt-"China".
Pratt-"India'..
Pratt-"Northern Europe.
Pratt-Stories of Colonial Children.
Stoddard-"Lost Gold Of the Monte
zumas".
Patmore-"Children' Garland.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-11

carrying on the campaign are S1225. Or
approximately S25 more than was orig
inally planned 1t is thus apparent that
there is a deficiency of approximately
S400, which should be raised for the
purpose OF paying the remaining bills.
All of the American legion posts III
Imperial Valley are agreed upon, and
are unanimous in their support of the
kettner bill. and a movement is now on
foot whereby all the posts of the Valley
viii continue the campaign. However,
the immediate necessity is for this COM
mittee to close its campaign, and pay
the bills which have been contracted.
To do this about $400 is needed
y y. THOMPSON, President.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-11
602 CARL DADS
Of LETTUCE To
EAST MARKETS

Six hundred and eighty carloads of
Imperial Valley lettuce have been ship
ped east.
The following is the official bureau of
markets bulletin on various markets
and the conditions therein;
KANSAS CITY-39 degrees cloudy.
l Texas arrived. l car on track.
cars diverted. Demand and movement
moderate, market dull, California crates
Iceberg. Imperial Nalley-best $500;
poorer $50.
CHICAGO-37 degrees. raining. IS
cars California, l car Texas arrived. 40
cars on track, including broken. De
mand slow. market weak. Sales to
iobbers-few early sales. CALIFORNIA
Imperial Valley; California crates
Iceberg $500; poorer $3.50. FLORIDA:
no supplies on market.
PITTSBURG-3O degrees( cloudy. s
cars California, 4 cars Florida arrived.
Opening prices today, demand and
movement SLOW market unsettled. Sales
| o jobbers-few early sales, CALIFOR-
MA: quality and condition wide range,
| California crates Icebery, best $3.50
! sl75. FLORIDA: quality and codition
| Wlde range, L l. DuSIel HdlilptIS Htdu,
$1OO-1.25; few best $780, poorer low as
Csc
| PHILADELPHIA-29 degrees, partly
cloudy cars California, IA cars Flor
ida arrived. % cars on track, including
| broken. Demand and movement slow,
market weak. Sales to jobbers-FLOR-
| IDA quality and condition wide range,
| IL bushel hampers head, $1.50-1.25,
mostly 75c-$ $1.00: refused cars. wasty,
low as 25c. CALIFORNIA: quality and
condition generally good, California
| crates Iceberg $1.40-150.
| NEW YORK-24 degrees, clear. %
cars Florida, Z cars California arrived.
Supplies liberal, demand and movement
slow, market weak; condition of roads
retarding deliveries. Quality and condi-
ton wide range. Sales to jobbers-
CALIFORNIA: quality and condition
generally poor, California crates Ice
berg, best s1.5O-2.O0; inferior low as
| 60 1-2c refused. FLORIDA: 1 IL
bushel hampers head, best s100-1.25;
poorer 75c; about 10 cars refused.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-11
S4OO NEEDED
Continued from Page 81

district appropriation had already been
started; necessary stationery and liter
ature printed and other bills incurred.
As is shown by the report. funds to
the extent of sS25 have been raised by
subscription. The work which the COM
mittee planned was based on available
funds of $1,000. at the time that amount
was set aside by the Imperial Irrigation
district. The total expenses incurred in
Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-11

Wilbur w Randall, attorney, who
has been quite i'll for the past few
weeks was reported as being much bet
ter this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1920-02-11

On the mission of seeking aid
in the repatriation of about 1000
wounded Polish soldiers who are
now starving or freezing In un-
heated railroad cars or barracks
In Siberia. Countess Wanda Ra-
vita Ostrowski. director OF the
Polish Red Cross in Siberia, is
now in Washington. Countess
Ostrowski- is considered a perfeca
type of -Slav feminine beauty.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-11-26
Punsersncoen / China.

Sm Sungersneoens HGosler /
CHINA beretter oen brittle Itisito-
nur Iep. Sranf 9. Surner ira oct
9iltrift, Sieniinoiltriftet, boori ban
ion Meolem al BEN internationale
SieIpefomite bar Spipnet, ~felgenoe:
TiItriftet omfatter ct Areul paa To-
900 apabratmil % Ell geIolfning
paa onltrent 1000, 900, Der iaagoot.
Tom ale trues al Sungersosoet. Ne'
finaoiitriftet " al omtreilt llgnen.
be Sterrelie og llbitr9fning; Sban'
trngbiItrittet omfutter ct Ireol pou
10000 9paoratmil o. SoTlanoi.
itriftet $500. llbItrGfningen al oct
iernte Sunseroiitritt, Sbaniioiitrif'
tet, or e,,onu life brost paa oct rene,
8 init SiItrift en-" fortalte ban,
"a, 900 0&nneifer reoucerebe I'll
at eoe Ores, @ioielsp, S~leperipirer
% lignenbe. @anee Samilier be
aaar I Sortpilelie Selpmoro pco at
taae Gift. gn Snber bragte forle'
ben bieur nosle 2eonetsmibler, iom
@er1lene erfl9reoe bar BET bebite, &c
bapoe mot paa mango Maaneber.
faa Tinter ienere bar be ale
bebe. Saberen bapoe beiluttet at
aisre Ell gnoe paa Glenbiebeoen peo
at blanSe Mrienif / Waben, ban bap.i
Dc fisbt for fin ii6ite &pbhcrilmlt."
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-11-26
en- "2Gr,sfamp".

Faa en- at Sc tore @r9splGner
omfring oct Spi0e Sus ubfiGmpe.
bes Ranoag en- Scamp paa Sip og
Gsb melem 70 aalflnbaner ON
gGren al at nogisrc Sopeoretten paa
Trriiocnt og MrS. @iIions Wio.
bagsborb paa Sbonfsgtping.S agen,
Ger bar nemlig blepet Icnot to
&iGmpcfdlfuner iom Tr9ient til set
Spioc Slts, en- fra Soutb Erimble
/ aent,rcfp og en- fra Sanbelsfamme.
ret / Gucro, Ger. Oct blep beilut.
let at operIaSe I~igisrefien til SUD.
lcne ieIp. 9urcne blep bragt no
fua Yl9nen % Gsrene aabnet.
SeraSbanen flsi itrur / Spnet paa
@ipalen fra 9entIcfp, OF Der opitob
It gaifetag, iaa Siererle flsi. &e.
iultatet bar en- lGngere Sib / Spil,
men 4ampen enote meb, at ScraS.
blep lagt paa &pggen og,
iom Eegn paa, at BEN opereap ia
paa Naaoe % llnaabe itrafte begge
@en | @eiret, meoe,s aentucfp'eren
meo blobis aam 90 ilbe tilraffet
omfrirg, itolt oper fin Sci.
er oper &eprGientantea fra "&o1te
Star" -Statcr.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1920-11-26
Bdnkv0$enet.
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Gclplreer / Niifalaaret.
Sanfinofuooenc.

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september iorrige Aar.
ganfinoifuooene belsb ia til
$16,751, $4,000, Ell NeoaorG az
S4O3,465,000 iioen 30te Sllni, men
en 6orc8eIie al S7O,349,OOO ouer
september 1919. @cIebet al us.
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september innr bcIeb inioIertiS
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