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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15
A SKI BOOSTER
FOR GOVERNOR

Quite frequently some queer
reasons" are set forth for the
support OF candidates for political
offices. The Moose Lake Star
Gazette contained an article last
week which Is rather amusing.
II read as follows:
A letter was received by the
Moose Lake Hardware company,
which appeared to be one of
several written under date of
April Z and sent out by Andus
Haugen of the Northland Ski
Manufacturing company to the
hardware dealers of Minnesota,
requesting their support for
George Leach for governor.
Among the qualifications men,
toned in the letter it was stated
that Mr.. Leach had made it pos
sible for the United States to
compete in the international ski
contest and had also been a warm
supporter of the sport, Evident
ly the Moose Lake Hardware
company did not consider this as
much of a qualification for the
office of governor, and their let
ter to Mr.. Haugen. in response to
his solicitation for support for
Leach's candidacy, is worth re-
peating. Here it is:
"Andus Haugen. st. Paul. MINI,
Dear Sir; We thank you for
your letter of the 7th inst, adj
wishing US that George Leach is a
worm supporter of the sport OF
ski jumping and that he has
made it possible for the United
States to compete in the inter
national ski contest in the last
olympiad, and asking us to vote
for him at the June primaries.
For your information we have
examined the list of candidates
for the office of chief executive
and from what meager informa
ton we had. decided that Curtis
Johnson of Rush City. was hes,
qualified by business training
and experience to discharge the
duties of the office of governor
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15
HURLEY FILES
FOR JUDGESHIP

Pine County Pioneer: M. B.
Hurley Of this city. has entered
the contest for the office of dis
trict Judge for the 10Th district.
Attorney Stolberg of Center City,
has also filed. and these two men
will oppose Judge Searles of Still
water, who is the present incum-
bent.
Mr.. Hurley is a Pine City boy,
has practised law here for a num-
Der of years. is a former county
attorney. and an ex-service man
with a splendid record as judge
advocate in the army.
Mike" has been dominant
spirit in Legion affairs in the
state and his association with
members of that great body will
materially aid him when the
voters go to the polls. He is well
qualified for the high office he
seeks and would discharge the
duties of that office to the very
best of his ability if elected.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15
Resents Humans Being
Like Machines.

The commercial club at Red
wood Falls has passed a resolu-
ton providing that all solicitors
for charity funds must apply to
the clubs committee on chart
ties for a card of recommends
ton before making solicitations.
The committee determines
whether or not the cause is a
worthy one. The plan is another
blow at individualism. The wor-
thiness of any cause calling for
aid is strictly a matter of the in
dividual to determine, and rather
make a mistake in giving than
have your benevolence depend
upon any committee. The pres.
ent-day attempt at making the
population of this country a uni.
form article, alike in detail as
if humans were the product of o
highly-perfected piece of ma.
chinery is a scheme that strikes
at the base of humanity itself
1t is the Russian idea. already
proven a failure there.-Tyler
Journal.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15
BOXING SHOW TO BE
HELD AT PINE CITY

The Leon Heath American Le-
gion Post has arranged a six bout
boxing card-in all &c rounds
to be held at the Armory in Pine
City tomorrow friday evening.
The main event will be be-
tween Gene Vadnais of Hugo, and
Ruddy lily of st. Paul, at 1877
pounds and will be six rounds.
lily is former amateur light
weight champion of the state.
All the other bouts are four
round affairs and will bring to-
gether Howard 0Brien, Stillwa-
ter, and Jimmy Middler, St. Paul;
Bill Skram, Saltwater, and Ed
die McFadden, St. Paul; Bobby
Rogers, Hinckley, and Lee Ard
ner, Pine City; Stonewall Jack
son, Cambridge, and Kid Ueslie)
Richards, Pine City; Pink and
Art Won Busch of Meadow Lawn,
will furnish the preliminary.
Johnnie (Kewpie) Ertle, for
mer bantemweight champion of
the world, will referee.
The affair was arranged
through Promoter Doran of Still
water.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15
MORE SPIRITUAL TEACHING

That modern education lacks
in spirituality, and that more at
tention should be paid TO culture
of the ideals. and less to merely
practical subjects, was stated by
Prof. T. c. Cherry, educator, be-
fore the Kentucky Educational
Association.
He said:
Public schools must meet the
perils of the hour not only by
war on illiteracy. but through
mental and spiritual culture; the
commercialism of the age is a
menace to coming generations
Teaching thrift in the
schools is fraught with danger
Savings bank accounts among the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15

potatoes, also culls. Nobody
wants culls. All should be No. 1.
Likewise with you. Be efficient.
Strive onward. the goal of Presi-
dent can be reached. Each child
should uphold and support his
teacher, school, town, county and
state" Mr.. Harte also told a
short story in bringing out each
of his points.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15

With fifteen candidates for the
office of governor in the state OF
Minnesota this year it will be
some problem for the voter to
make his selection. While the
primary election law may have
its defects still il leaves more of
a choice for the people and there
are good men running for office
this year if they can be sorted
out. Under the convention sys-
TEN the bosses gave the people
one candidate from each party
and it did not leave much choice.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15
OAK LAKE PLAYERS
ARE WELL RECEIVED

The play Somewhere in
France" presented by home
talent players from the Oak lake
neighborhood at the ID. b. 5.
hall, Askov, Friday evening, I'M
der auspices of the Askov Band
drew a crowd of about 200 peo-
plea much larger crowd than
had been looked for owing to the
heavy snowfall that day and the
day before-resulting in bad
roads.
The play has its origin in the
great World war and the scene
is France. While perhaps some
what out of date it is neverthe-
less interesting and gives a vivid
picture of the great trials of
France during that conflict
their anguish, hopes and desires.
B. V. Bradeen, playing the part
of Pierre Grandet, an aged
Frenchman, was especially good,
1t was noticeable that every
word from his lips was eagerly
grasped by the audience and
every move he made was care
fully watched. His highly emo.
tional part was well handled.
Signe Swenson had a difficult
role as Madame Grandet who
had lost three sons in the wal
and Victor Swenson, as Jean
their son, also had a most excit.
ing career. He was severely
wounded but his eye sight was
spared by the French surgeon
DR.. Montaine, played by Henry
Anderson. The part of Lieut. OF.
to Won Grossman, a German avi.
ator was played well, in a grufi
manner, by Andrew Bornhoft
who ably presented the argu
ments Of the German war lords
stating that the march to Paris
had not been stopped, only post
poned.
An exciting time occurred
when the aviator in the pres
ence of an American Red Gross
nurse-Mary Dale-played by
Selma Anderson-tried to be
little America and got toe
fresh. At this time Nanon-
the French girl-played by Lii
liam A. Johnson-and Jean came
to the rescue and presumably
the debt" was collected by Jear
later. Miss Anderson, as the
nurse, in a stern and no uncer
tain manner presented Ameri
cas- position in the war and their
reasons for not entering it soon
er, before the German aviator
Nanon had lots of fun with
the American soldiers when they
finally arrived. Papa Grandet
also liked the American boys
especially the one from Indiana
from whom he got his Bully del
ham" smoking tobacco.
Andrew Bornhoft entertained
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-05-15

The st, Paul Pioneer Press re-
ports that 52qo of st. Paul's peo-
pie own their own homes. That
may be a good record compared
with other cities we havn't the
statistics on it--but 900 would
be much better. The more that
own their own homes the better
Home owning tends to make
more home interest and more
healthy condition. The same is
true of farms.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04

who was President only one month
Zachary Taylor, who was President
a little more than year; Warren
g. Harding. who died August q
1928. after serving two years, four
months and twenty.nine days, and
Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield
and William Mckinley, who were
assassinated.
Grover Cleveland lived eleven
years, three months and twenty
days after completing his second
term, but as he was an ex-President
four years before his second term
began no is entitled to fifteen
years, three months and twenty
days.
A trio. of former Presidents died
on the Fourth of July. They were
John Adams and Thomas jefferson
who passed away in 1926, and
James Monroe. who died in 1881.
James X. Polk lived only three
months and eleven days after his
term expired.
William Howard Taft, Chief jug
tice Of the Supreme Court of the
United States, is the only living
ex-President.. He has been out of
the PRESIDENTIAL Office since March
4, 1913.
The length of time former Presi-
dents lived, other than those al
ready referred to, follows:
Franklin Pierce, IL years, Z
days: Rutherford B. Hayes,
IL years, 10 months. 13 days; Theo-
dOre Roosevelt, years, 10 months,
2 days; Ulysses s. Grant, 8 yeas,
4 months, 18 days; Andrew Jackson,
8 years, 3 months, days; Benja-
min Harrison, years, days;
James Buchanan, years, months,
% days; Andrew Johnson, years,
months and 27 days; James Mon
roe, 6 years. months: George
Washington, years, months, 10
days; Chester A. Arthur, 1 year,
8 months. 4 days; James X. Polk,
months, II days.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
WILSON, BELIEVED SELF
"INSTRUMENT OF GOD"

Ex-President Wilson "conscienti.
ously believed he was the public
instrument Of God" the Rev. DIR,
Earle Whitley. pastor of the Yer.
mont Avenue Christian Church de.
clared yesterday in paying the fol.
lowing tribute from his pulpit
He was a great public servant
a man Of towering intellect and
magnificent personality, who will
go down in history ais one of the
most tragic figures of the world
war as well as one of it's most out.
standing figures. The world mapni.
fled his faults, but when his de.
tractors have been forgotten, Wool.
row Wilson's name will be EN-.
fame. His was the greatest nC-Io
intellect; he was almost a mystic. a
predestinarian who acted without
ewerving or pausing-almost, at
times; without counsel-believing
conscientiously that he was the
public instrument of God"
The Washington times., 1924-02-04

peration. You will show all proper
respect by appearing in the review.
ing stand. The country cannot af.
ford to lose it's President Presi-
dent Wilson replied: The country
cannot afford to have a coward for
| President That was his brief and
final answer He rode in the pro.
cession.
1.-The very sternness of Woodrow
Wilson was the reverse side of his
humane nature. He hated injustice
with implacable hatred.
THE essence Of the German
cause was injustice. The diplo-
matte history Of Europe is a record
OF injustice to small and helpless
nations.
when the die was cast, when
the challenge from Germany came
to America, when the American
popular mind was ready for war,
Woodrow Wilson, the lover of peace,
became the uncompromising advo-
cate for the most stringent meas.
ures in conducting the war. And
during one of the most critical
hours, he exclaimed: L have a pas
sion for peace
Ordered "Nest'' Crushed.
"Of all the war-like speeches
made during the world war, none
was more audaciouS than the speech
which Mr.. Wilson delivered to the
naval officers of TN Atlantic fleet
on August II, 1917.
"The experts had said that II
would be impossible to mine the
North sea to cut off the German
submarines. The civilian Wilson
said it could be done and would
bring the German submarine war.
fare to an end. He said in that
war-like speech:
I'VE are hunting hornets all
over the farm and letting the nest
alone. None OF us knows how to
go to the nest and crush it, and
yet despair Of hunting for hornets
all over the sea when I know
where the nest is and know that the
nest is breeding hornets as fast as
I can find them.
am willing for my part, and
| know you are willing because 1
know the stuff you are made Of
| am willing to sacrifice half the
navy Great Britain and we together
nave to crush that nest, because IL
we crush 1t the war IS won.'
On His Last Tour.
"On his last tour Of the country.
when, though he knew he was
breaking, he was compelled by con-
science to present the great cause
OF peace to his fellow-country men,
he one day looked at a great mum.
Der or school children lining the
sidewalks Of Western city, and, in
addressing them, said: Il cannot
looks at these children without re.
flecting that l am their attorney
and they are my clients
From the point Of view of suner.
ilcial polltlcians, Woodrow Wilson
had one dreadful defect. They said
ne would not consult with Others.
NO statement was ever more un.
true.
"A study Of the records will show
that no other President ever con.
Ierred so frequently with Congress.
with Senators, with Congressnren.
slngiy and In groups, in the White
House and in the consultation room
at the Capitol.
They knew 1t. They found It
convenient to deny 1t for partisan
advantage. ' ~-
Their real quarrel with hin, WAC
not tnat he wouldn't consult with
them, but that he would not do
Wnat tney told him to do.
president Wilson was a leader.
not a docile follower of other mems |
Another grave fault in the
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
LONGEVITY FOR
PRESIDENTS
RECORDED
John Adams Lived Longest,
James Polk Shortest,
in Retirement.

Death Of ex-President woodrow
Wilson. exactly two years, ten
months and thirty days after he
left the White House following
eight years service. recalls the
varying length Of life of other Presi-
dents OF the United States.
John Adams, 1t is revealed, who
lived four months longer than a
quarter of a century after his White
House term expired, holds the
longevity record.
Records show that 1t was the
rule in the earlier days of the Re-
public for an ex-President to enjoy
many years of life after his service
as Chief Executive. Martin Van
Buren lived twenty one years, four
months, twenty days; Millard Fill
more, twenty-one years. three days;
James Madison, nineteen years,
three months, twenty-four days:
John Quincy Adams, eighteen years,
eleven months, nineteen days:
Thomas jefferson, seventeen years,
four months; John Tyler, sixteen
years, ten months, fourteen days.
Six Presidents died in office.
They were William Henry Harrison,
The Washington times., 1924-02-04

| President there was the Creates
record of constructive legislation IL
any four years of our country's his
tory. l saw arise under his direc
ton and leadership the great Fed
eral reserve SyeStm, revision of the
tariff, establishment of rural cred
it's, child-labor laws enacted, eight
hour laws adopted, dollar-diplomacy
destroyed and corrupt lobbies driver
helter-skelter from the nations Cap
itol.
"On April 6, 1917, President vii
son rode to the Capitol and read
amid wild cheers from the floors
and galleries, the great war mes
sage, one of the immortal docu
ments of history, which will be read
as long as the English language re.
mains living tongue II will be
read as long as men love liberty
have faith in justice and respect
human rights.
One Remark Keyu0te.
"On that fateful day l rode with
him back from the Capitol to the
White House. the echo of the ap-
plause for him still ringing in my
ears. For while we sat in silence
in the Cabinet room. He was pale.
AT last he broke the silence. Think
of what 1t was they were applaud
ing, he said. 1t means death for
our young men. How strange It
seems to applaud that
THAT simple remark is a key to
the understanding of Woodrow VIII
son. All politicians pretend to hate
and dread war, but Woodrow VIII
son hated it in all the fibers of his
human soul, hated it because he
had an imagination and heart,
an imagination which perceived the
anguished and dying, a heart which
yearned and ached over every diving
soldier and bled afresh with every
neW-made wound.
when word came back in 1913
that a German vessel, laden with
ammun1tions, was on it's way to
Mexico, President Wilson was in
telephone communication with Sec.
retaries Bryan and Daniels. After
the situation had been stated over
the telephone; President Wilson said
clearly and firmly: Order Admiral
Mayo to take Vera Cruz at once
E II was on the telephone and lis.
tened to the conversation between
the President and Secretaries BRYAN
and Daniels. During one of the
lapses, 1 said a word to the Presi-
dent about the tragedy Of It all.
He said in voice no longer clear,
as If trying to choke back a sob. III
breaks my heart, but it must be
DONE
Took Deaths to Heart.
Some of our marines were killed
at Vera Cruz. When the news
came, the President was unusually
quiet all day. He went about his
business methodically, but that
night he sat silent for a long time.
At last he said to me: L cannot
get it off my heart. 1t had to be
done. 1t. was right. Nothing else
was possible, but cannot forget
that 1t was I who had to order
those young men to their deaths
when the bodies of the marines
were subsequently returned to New
York for burial with military hon
ors. President Wilson signified his
intention of going there to ride in
the funeral procession. Some dis.
quieting rumors had reached us
that an attempt would be made
upon the Presidents life. When it
was found that his determination to
go was irrevocable, he was urged to
review the funeral procession from
a stand and thereby not take the
risk of passing through the entire
line Of march.
"one person said to him in des.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04

| The tears came, to rest in his
| eyes. Unashamed. he let them stay.
His lips trembled. ="
Men have said there was an
estrangement between the ex-Presi
dent and Tumulty since the close
of Mr.. Wilson's term Of President
1t may be true or untrue. There
| is no doubling the plain fact, how
ever, that Tumulty loved Mr.. Viii.
| son as well as one man can love
| another. Nor did he move to con.
ceal it, The, knowledge that Mr..
Wilson was ri. soon. to go, weighed
heavily upon him.
Patience Greatest Virtue.
Mr.. Tumulty said that patience
was Mr.. Wilson's greatest virtue
as he saw it,
The intimate stories here told by
him illustrate the many qualities in
MIR. Wilson, including his patience.
Many of these stories were not told
by Mr.. Tumulty in his book,
Woodrow Wilson AS Know
Him." They describe Woodrow
Wilson during his greatness, during
the epochal period of world history.
Mr.. Tumulty said:
"Mr. Wilson was a man as
strangely misunderstood by some
and as violently misrepresented by
others as any man in the whole
history of public affairs. He was
above all patient. He was kind,
thoughtful and. generous. The
world knows of his great ability.
Il knew Woodrow Wilson nearly
eleven years in the intimate rela,
tionship of private secretary. It
was in the autumn of 1910 that I
suddenly realized that out of the
cloisters of college there had
emerged the leader for whom 1 and
many like me of the younger gen.
GRAFTON had been seeking in vain-a
man who could put into simple words
aflame with truth, the things after
which the country had been vainly
cropping.
Recalls Early Promises.
while we youngsters fumed and
fretted and urged partial reforms,
the great vested interests quietly
Kept on buying what they wanted,
and we couldn't stop them. Then
from quiet sheltered Princeton
there came a professor who laid
the AK at the root of the tree, who
showed us that the cure consisted
OF putting the people into personal
contact with their Government.
HE promised the people of New
Jersey that if they should chose
him for governor, he would be the
leader of the State and return their
government, to them, which he did
by enactment of progressive, hu.
name laws embodying four funda.
mental principles of self.govern.
ment.
Suddenly the State became syn
onymous with enlightenment and
liberation. During his campaign for
governor, very shortly after his
nomination, came to know him
personally.
or course, I was campaigning sor
him and our itineraries brought us
together at Lakewood, N. J. After
that subsequently spoke from the
same platform with him, came to
know that man himself, quickly
came to love him for his heart as
had admired him for his brain.
1T was impossible to say how
proud was when he invited me
to become his private secretary in
Trenton, or how solemnly gratified
l was when, after he was elected
President, he invited me to come to
Washington as his private secre.
tary.
Woodrow Wilson was a builder.
His mind was constructive. Under
his direction In his first term as
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
Potato, Lecture Subject.

THE Potato Of Romance and
'Reality" will be the subject of an
address tomorrow night by w. b.
Stafford before the Botanical Society
OF Washington which meets in the
Cosmos Club.
The Washington times., 1924-02-04
Tumulty Reviews II Years of Close
Association vith Wilson
BY JOHN T. LAMBERT,
COamOnOlifan NeXVa Service

IN
No close to him No
andbra
at
O the for democrat
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-20
GoosEBERRY MILDEW

When you think Of gooseberry
bushes you think OF long sharp
thorns. The old idea about these
thorns was that they were placed on
the bush to protect it from enemies
AS long as animals were the only
enemies to the bush these thorns did
the work. But this thorn protection
idea was only theory, for 1t has been
found that the thorns, which appear
close to the leaves, happen to be a
part of the leaf and have nothing to
do with protection.
This is particularly true when goose.
berry mildew appears on the scene.
This is the worst enemy of the goose
berry and is in the form of fungus,
appearing first in the spring as a whit
ish, powdery or mealy growth on the
young leaves, shoots and fruits. If
weather and other conditions are ia.
vorable for the spread and develop
ment Of the disease, all the berries
soon become covered with the mildew
and are a partial or total loss.
AS the season advances, the whitish
growth Of mildew on the berries grad
ually turns dark brown or almost
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1924-06-20
Thousand Visit Idaho
Special Poultry Train

UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Moscow,
Idaho = Approximately 1900 people
from Boise, Nampa, Caldwell and
Parma visited the University Of Idaho
Union Pacific poultry special" train
during the first day Of It's ten-day trip
through 40 towns of south Idaho.
More than 1900 people from Weiser
Ontario, Payette and Emmett turned
out to meet the train on the second
day of it's trip. Practically all the
farmers and other interested people
who can get away are visiting the
train at every stop, according to re-
ports received at the university.
The program presented at each stop
aims to explain the place of poultry in
diversified farming, to encourage bet
ter methods of poultry raising and
marketing, and to show the impor-
lance and possibilities of the industry
to the Idaho farmer. The program was
prepared by the university and Its ex-
tension division.
The train consists of fiat car car
rying models to scale of the half
monitor" laying house, two room
brooding house, "half-monitor" colony
house, and the idaho" open colony
house; and stripped chair car con.
tanning seven booths demonstrating
the various phases Of poultry work
The chair car is placarded with Uni
versity of Idaho building and campus
pictures and on each side of the whole
train is large banner with the words
Union Pacific university Of Idaho
Poultry Special"