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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26

by a sincere desire to serve the
people of the state of every class
and avocation, with justice, fair
ness and strict equality. No
faint Of graft or doubIe-dealing
has ever been charged against
him, and he is not inclined to go
south on every new-fangled, I'M
tried, hair-bralned Utoplan
scheme that comes up. He tries
to keep to the beaten path Of
experience and tried principles.
and that is a virtue not TO be
lightly reckoned in this day of
jazz music, jazz politics, and jazz
everything. The next Legisla-
ture ls lIkeIysto be extremely
jazzy and for that reason espe-
cially, we are in favor of return
ing a man of strong conservative
sentiments from this dictrict in
order to guarantee some stability
and equilibrium to the next
House.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26
&c. PETERSEN SHOULD
RE RETURNED

T.. u. I.insiey of the Pine Coun-
~ Farmer, occasionally takes II
upon himself TO display his wares
az a writer. Last week he penned
an article under the above cap
tion urging the return Of l. G.
Petersen to- the legislature. His
article follows:
Hon. l.. c. Petersen Of ASkov,
was here Saturday comforting
with as many Of our citizens rs
he could conveniently meet rela.
tive to his candidacy for re-elec-
tion to the next Legislature. We
note that his reception here was
very cordial and friendly. He
has served two terms and has
given a remarkable good account
Of himself in his support Of
wholesome and conservative law,
and in his opposition to freal
measures. He is = quiet and indus
trious worker. honest and franz
in convictions. conservative ant
prudent in action and actuateG
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26

that in some cases where the
individual is very shrewd. pro
0resslve. alert and fair in his
dealings he can forge aheac
much faster and accomplish
more. One reason is that he
does not have to confer with ~
many others in regard 70 every
move he makes and he is &C
countable only to himself Henry
Ford. for instance il a good ex-
ample.
Mr.. Hansen owns his owr
creamery and is therefore al
liberty to sell his product wher
ever he pleases and to those who
pay the best prices. An Indlvld
ual can go out in the open mar.
ket and take chances so to
speak
The Askov creamery is a CO
operative creamery and we
believe, has done very we'll In
comparing the prices paid for
butter fat by it and other cream
cries the fact that It was rebuilt
after being burned to the ground
couple Of years ago must also
be taken into consideration the
building debt must be paid as
time goes on and that can be
taken from no other scource than
the cream checks, hence the
farmers here are acquiring some
property which will later pay
bigger dividends,
Az above mentioned the indl-
vIdual can accomplish big things
and IL is surely not our purpose
here to discredit Mr.. Hansen for
We believe he has been a mighty
good asset to the Barnum com.
munity where he has apparently
been hampered but little and has
had the opportunity to do thing
for the farmers to their financial
advantage Yes as Mr.. Jensen
says, Askov probably needs
leader in the business life sucf
as MFR. Hansen, but would HI
have been given the opportunity
to go ahead with his undertake
lngs had he located here Is year
ago as was the case at Barnum
There is a question which coul'
be discussed at considerable
length.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26

The Fsch-Cummins Law. the
national transport alton act. has
been subject to much criticism.
II will therefore be interesting to
know how one of the old stand
pat Republicans defends the mea-
sure. Following IL from the pen
of Alvah Eastman of the 81.
Cloud Journal Press:
The transportation act. COM
monty called the Esch-Cummins
law, is being assailed by both
Democratic and Nonpartisan
campaign speakers. and they
either are ignorant Of its pro
visions, or they are deliberately
misrepresentlng it.
Their main contention is that
the government has guaranteed
dividends to its stockholders,
and that a large part Of this
stock represents socallcd water
ed stock.
This act was passed to return
the railroads TO the owners after
the war. and To regulate control
Of the making of rates. and tc
make these rates uniform over
the country authority being
given 10 the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission.
| II should be remembered tha
when the government took tht
management Of the roads, durins
the war. in March. 1918. the gov
eminent agreed to pay the own
ers an amount equivalent TO TIN
average earnings of the roads 70
the three years previous to Jun
80. 1917.
Under government contrc
altho the rates were increased b
:. the government % per cent, tn
! roads lost approximately $500
' 100000. This was the situatio
!, in December. 1919. when Pres
!. dent Wilson gave notice of h
) intentions TO turn back the roac
n to their owners.
e This guarantee. and the maj
v agcmcnt which resulted in a los
Of nearly two billion dollars. W,
: under the administration ,
e Woodrow Wilson.
e This was the situation whe
:. the Transportation act was pas
IS ed. Congress in recognition I
/" the demoralized condition of Il
It railroads under the McAdoo ma
4 agement decided il was only IA
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26
Askov

Ben Dietz left Monday for Bel
lingham where he will husk corn.
The Misses Helga Jacobsen
and Christense Gregersen left
Friday for Minneapolis to go to
work.
DIR. P. N. Fenger left last night
to attend the annual meeting of
the Minnesota Public Health
association at St. Paul.
Mis- Frederiksen arrived back
in Askov again Tuesday from his
nine months sojourn in Denmark
where he visited relatives. Mr..
Frederiksen said it is long ride
and was glad when he stepped
off the train at Askov and could
again put foot on solid ground.
Now that the village council
has arranged for q public dump
ing ground it would be q good
thing to have all tin cans and the
like removed from back alleys
before winter sets in so that the
rubbish piles will not be so large
in the spring.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26

Frank r. Dtlxbury and his
partner, Mr.. Richards, who are in
the real estate business at
BemidiI. were business callers in
Askov Monday. They were for
merry located at Pine City and
are both well known in this
county. They have located many
new settlers in the Benldjl
neighborhood.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26
WANTS BETTER PRICES

A. r. Jensen one Of our pro-
gressive farmers in this COM
munity was up to Barnum
recently on a little business
transaction with II. c. Hansen,
the we'll known egg and butter
man. At the American. office
few days later Mr.. Jensen made
the following statement:
1T is reQrettable that we do
not have a man here in Askov /
like III. G. Hansen of Barnum.
The Barnum people as rule get |
from 4 TO 6 cents more per
pound of butterfat than we re-
ceive here at Askov and there is
the same difference in the price
Of eggs, Simply because they
have a leader there who knows
how to go at it.
First Of all we must remem-
Der that Barnum almost has a
national reputation rs center
for producing quality eggs and
national regulations are very diff
Rcult to procure. We're there
many centers producing the
quality and quantity Of eggs that
Barnum does it would be rather
commonplace and the reputa-
tions would cease TO be national
and likewise the premium now
paid for quality eggs would most
likely diminish somewhat. How
ever il is very good o. have a
great goal and strive toward
that. Barnum has been building
on its reputation in the egg
market now for about Is years.
Askov started about the same
time but did not keep it up and
hence lost out on eggs but this
community Is again getting
interested in that line and for
the past year or two has started
90 build up a good market on
quality eggs. But we must not
expect to accomplish here in a
year or two what il has taker
Barnum Is years to build up. As
to the prices on eggs being &c
much higher at Barnum We arr
not NO sure that MIR. Jensen il
correct. An American reportei
questioned one OF the loca
poultry enthusiasts one wis
has been marketing stampe,
eggs right along the past yea
or two-or since Askov becam'
interested again having ais
watched the market closely
and he said that Askov price
were frequently as high as tn
Barnum prices and that Nj
Hansen at Barnum had remarke
to him that he wondered ho'
they were able to pay sue
prices here 50 early in the garn'
The local enthusiast. howevc
stated further that the Barnul
prices averaged about &c MOI
per dozen eggs than the Askc
prices.
As to the butterfat prices b
ing, higher at Barnum we ha'
not inquired into that but ha,
no reason to doubt what NJ
Jensen said. The old saying
that in union there u strength
and IL is 4 very true one b
nevertheless Il must be admitts
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26

To give the roads six months to
repair the damage 80 far az pos
sible and bring back an efficient
management. It continued the
guarantee given by the Demo
cratic administration for a period
Of six months and no longer
| The law provided that the
roads are entitled TO 81 per cent
net earnings providing they can
earn it, and it is upon this basis
Of 81 per cent net earnings that
rates are to be fixed by the Inter
state Commission.
| RI the road earns more than
| this 81 per cent, it has TO turn
over half the amount above this
T 81 per cent 70 a fund for the use
Of transportation as a whole.
The railroads under this act,
owing to the high cost Of opera
tion, ard the general depressed
condition Of Industries; IN which
repeated strikes were denora~
LIKING factor. have earned less
than one-half Of 81 per cent but
the gogernment is not called
upon to contribute one penny,
because Of this slump in earn
lngs.
The interstate commerce has
reduced the rates under this law
70 per cent, and will probably
make further reductions as soon
as business activities return
which undoubtedly will come
under the much abused tariff
bill
Another argument against the
Transportation act is the charge
of watered stock. Eight years
ago congress passed the LaF'ol-
'ette Physical Valuation act.
Under this act the Interstate
commerce commission has spent
eight years and Sl0.0OO,000 in an
effort to obtain the real value OF
the railroads Of this country. The
work was not completed when
the Transportation act was pass
ed. but with eight years work a
an estimate basis. the commits
sion affixed the value Of ths
American railroads at $4,000,
coo, 900. which was three billion
dollars less than the par value o
the railroad stock and bonds.
The price of stocks is regulate
by the earnings. and when tn
railroads failed to earn onl
! about ga. naturally the pric
went down, and under this dc
preston the aggregate value Q
the stocks and bonds fell I
about $4,000. 100000 which wa
the estimate in 1920.
This is the ground for tn
: watered stock argument. If tn
h roads are able to earn 81 pc
n cent net, the price Of the stock
. and bonds would go back to tn
!. $40, OOO. 900, 900 mark and perhaI
v higher.
II will be we'll to remembe
/, that the Value of the railroad
4 was fixed by the Interstate con
: mission after eight years Of II
. vestigation and the expendltui
Of $4,000. and it is reason
able to presume that the con
i, mission had a better idea as
- the value Of railroad propert
!, than people who have made 7
. study Of the problem at all. /.
= Toilette at least cannot
= charged with being friend
the railroads. and the valuatie
was made strictly in accordan'
:, with his law. and under II
. Democratic administration.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26

That psychology IL everybody's
science IL the assertion made by Rob
ert Chenault Givier. author OF a new
book on that subject. He says 10 his
Introduction: "Our important plans
and projects. our business schemes
and interviews. our investments Of
money and friendship. are one and NIL
examples ~ applied psychology"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26

This is valuable sweetening
agent only. II has no nutrient
value. II taken in excess it may in
jure the health. When used in mod
Grafton il aoes M harm.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-10-26

The -Cummins law. the
national transport act. mas
been suhjees To much criticism.
II will therefore be Interesting To
know how one of the old stand
pat Republicans defends the mea-
sure. Following IL from the pen
~ Alvah Eastman of the st.
Cloud Journal Press:
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-24
SEATS FOR GRIDIRON
FANS BIG PROBLEM

CHICAGO. Oct. 24--rBy the
Associated Pressl Football In
the Midwest rapidly is assuming
the proportions Of very success
full industry and causing Western
Conference officials to scratch
their heads in pcrplovity over tina
problem OF seating between g
100000 and 5000 200 person /:
this season IN bleachcrs designed
in the days when football was
lust another yiece OF colleg,
foolish',ness.
Between 1.5no.0O0 and 1000.
0O0 spertators Will cet tho thrill
of "bir ten. games this season.
and. judging from experiences in
former years. conference officials
helicvc that from cno-third 10 on >
half that marv will be turned
away because OF the lack Of ac.
concentrations.
Receipts from r7mes in the
ronfcrcn e this season will total
: n all probability more than ST..
100000. officials snid today. That
much will he expended in building
moro seats 10 Increase the stten.
dance
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-24

coachilg.) The IcCmCn, ratll5i
badly banged up in some places
as result Of the Elkins game.
will take on the speedy Morgan
town High team. which fell BY the
waysidc Saturday al Grafton hy
tho narrow margin of 10 o. The
game should he IN interesting
ono, and although l,nftorIy and
Reich win very likely be on tho
sidci;Tcs. FairmOHf may hand the
Moraaut0wn lads the old lemon.
There's one thing sure, the team
Will do better II there Is a crowd
OF loyal fans on t!'S sidelinps root
Ing TO boat the band. The Rutgers
aggregation will arrive here OIL
Friday morning on No. over tn.
baltimore G. Ohio and will have
their final workout at South Side
Park that afternoon in prepare
ton for the game with West Viz
ginia on Saturday. While 1t is not
likely that the New Brunswick
bunch will show all their trick
plays, tho fans will get chance
" NH' iNAWel VI lbl huNStIS
looks like n formidable organize.
ton. 1t is possible that the cast.
crners might try a multiple kick
or two. and this would be interest
ing. The team will work out be-
tween the halves and after the
game. according to the dope.
Big Game Saturday
Coach Carnage aud his Eas:
Side High School lads are getting
ready for big party at South
Side Park on Saturday afternoon,
when they will meet Warrington
High School in a contest that viii
have direct bearing on tho
Marion County championship.
Warrington, Is now leading the
field by reason Of her victory over
Fairmont High. To land the coun-
ty championship. East Side must
win from Warrington and then
defeat Fairmont High two weeks
later. The GamaGo boys, how
ever. are taking one game at
time and are thinking at this time
only Of the game with Warrington
on Saturday. On the dope sheet,
Warrington has the edge, but
those Of us who are foolish
enough TO play the dope should
know that this means nothing at
all. The Dlakemen will put out
their best efforts in the game, be-
cause by winning 1t they can prac-
tically cinch the county flag. As
an additional attraction for the
fans at the local ball yard on
Saturday is the fact that two
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Principal p. NJ. Rider will be in
charge of the program.
Personals
The Misses Alice Noone ana
Ruth McCombs were the only local
teachers who attended the Monon.
gahela round table at Clarksburg
last week.
Arthur Ammons was transnctin1
business In Falrmont yesterday.
Word has been received here
that |. c. Yost who recently under.
went a major operation In Mason
Hospital, Clarksburg, is improving
rapidly.
Because OF the inclemeucy of the
weather the high school football
team held blackboard practice in
the school building last evening. 1t
is believed by local fans that Fair.
view will have little difficulty In
taking both the gamo against Mon.
ongah here October % and the ono
against Fairmont at South Side
Park, November "a.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-10-24
SEVERE
Dumping IN TWO
GAMES THIS YEAR
injured at Pitt and Again at
Charleston May Be
in Condition.

MoRGANTowN. Oct. "a. The
Impression prevails locally tina:
Armin Aiahrt, the Dayton flash"
whote alEround playing in the West
Virginia backfield this fall has
bssn, an outstanding feature of sew.
etal games, will not be in tho Noun
taineer lineup when the snearsmeu
take the field against Rutgers Col,
iege here this Saturday afternoon.
They. feel, however, that Spears
most promising "ace" will break
into the contest at some stage and
arc depending upon him TO continue
playing football OF the calibre that
has marked him as one Of the most
valuable backs In this section.
y 1t Is not generally known that
Mahrt suffered painful injuries in
tho Pitt struggle and that when he
Kicked the field goal which won
that much.discussed contest he
should have been under the care
OF IA doctor. Trainer Cartmeil
worked with him during the week
aud succeeded in getting him in
shape for the w. & l.. contest.
Everything went along nicely until
another bump at the same spot Put
him on the side lines, He wanted
To re:enter the game at the start
Of the second half but acting on
Trainer Cartmell's advice Dr..
Spears refused his request. Mahrt
appears to be In good shape again.
but Gartmell claims he Is far from
being well and should not he start.
ed In the Rutgers game unless he
IS absolutely needed.
While Mahrt will be missed hts
absence will not weaken the often.
sfve strength OF the Mountaineer
bacbfield, which with Martin. En-
berg, Simon and NardIcci available
Is well fortified Mahrt's greatest
achievements this fall have bcea
on the offense and few have recog.
'nlzed his value rs defensive play.
er Critics, however, have recog.
itiEed that he Is the only Noun.
'taineer who can break up forward
passes. Many of these feel that II
he had not been injured IN the
game with the Generals the result.
may have been different. They
feel confident that he would have
tp0eksd down some of the reck.
Jess heaYes which enabled the Lex
Nngtonians to tie the score
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TO FACE CHARGE
OF MANSLAUGHTER

FRESNO, Cal, Oct. 24-Georee
T. Harlow, whom a corners jury
decided had committed justifi.
able homicide when he beat his
young wife 10 death after finding
her with a young man early yes
terday. will BE- tried for man
slaughter according to the district
attorney who drew up a complaint
yesterday which he expected to
file today.
H. c. Blanchard. 10, said to
have been the youth rho was with
Mrs. Harlow. was arrested yester-
day and sentenced 10 ninety days
10 the county Jail for dtsorderly
conduct.
Harlow, arrested despite the
coroner's decision. was held In the
same jail today. He is so years
old.
The tragedy occurred at the
Harlow home at North Fork. Har-
low said he returned unexpected
~ and. discovering Blanchard Ia
tue peu ToOni ran anu GOT MIS-
shot gum Blanchard ESCAPED.
Tearing somc Of his clothing. One
shot was fired accidentally. ac-
cOrdins 10 Harlow, who admitted
that he then beat his wife over the
head with the shot gun until she
was dead.
az didn't mean TO kill her." he
told tho authorities. II Just re-
allied something terrible had
happened and / went mad"
Harlow and his wife were mar
ried when she was "a.
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PUNTS AND PASSES
BY LARRY.

Games will be played for the price
OF one admission Tho East Side
Reserves will clash with Farming.
ton in Il preliminary bout. This
samc Will start at 1:i5 and the
second at O'Clock. The officials
for the biz game will be Leather
wood. referee; y. /. Garrett. UNI
3ire; Beverly Garrett. lIncsman.
l'c1u State Named
According 10 report from
Pasadena, Penn State will likei,
he the team to play the Pacific
Coast Conference champions in
the new stadium at Pasadena on
January /. 1928. j. j. Mitchell.
president Of the Tournament Of
Roses Association, says that Nm III
vitHtiOn will be sent TO the pcnu
state team to come west for tne
gam" Penn states share OF the
cat" none: would he $4,000
plus $4,000 for expenses
Honest Confession
Wade Pepper. writing IN the
CIarksburs Exponent. says that
your humble servant wins In.
cross-eycd monkey (this Is n new
prize Wade has .onndl for my
prediction OF 80 to o West Vir-
ginia last Saturday. However. Pep
per admits he takes second money
with Il prediction OF 30 10 0. Wheu
the first prize is a cross-eycd
monkey. VIC presume that aecont
prize Is at least II fOur-bOb flush
or a set Of dOmnOcs. Mike Lcati.-
erwoOd may order Pepper a now
set at once, and send the bill 10
Ray Garvin. who is a candidate.
Oh, well. Grantland Rice said 81
to 0 West Virginia. Looks like Il
was a good day all around for the
Jackass Society.
Hold 'er. Newt!
My contention last week that
nothing counts in a football game
but the final score was pretty we'll
substantiated in the Pitt.Syracusr
game on Saturday. Syracuse had
everything on Pitt but the extra
seven points that Pitt hal en-
Syracuse. Reading the statistics
on the game, Syracuse must have
beaten Pitt about As to I or some.
thing like that. They rushed all
over the PITT team. made all MAN.
Nor Of first downs. but Tiny
Hewitt intercepted 4 pass anC the
score was 81 to Il. Bah!
Now Watch Out!
Last Saturday Harvard romped
merrily to n victory over Centre
College and Dartmouth was down
ed by Vermont 6 TO 3. This week
Harvard and Dartmouth CONF 10.
gether for the first tlmc In a de-
cade. Harvard will win, Of COURSE,
So to O.. Possibly they will, and
again they might not we'll wait
and see. II remember correctly,
West Virginia had a right smart
team along about 1919 and they
went to Pittsburgh hopeful. Bang.
score Pitt &c, West Virginia o.
Pitt has a wonderful team. Yes
indeed. Next Saturday Pitt at
Syracuse. zingo.score Syracuse "a
Pitt 8, Same Saturday Wes. VIr-
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HOLD FIRST MEETING.

The first meeting OF the new
club year OF tho Fairmont Indus.
trial Supervisors Club was held
last night In tho Y. NJ. C. A. Build,
ing. A dinner was served at $3.50
to more than sixty members Of the
organization. Ralph II. Dolllson
presided at the meeting, and Otis
G. Wilson. city superintendent Of
schools, was tho principal speaker.
He talked on Fellowship" L. A.
Colo OF the Owens Bottle Co. and
]. a. Duffy OF the NJ. P. & r. Co.
were elected members Of the ex'
ecutive committee.