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Milford chronicle., 1925-09-04
CHURCH NEWS

A special meeting of the members
of Methodist Protestant Choir was
held in the basement of the church
on Wednesday evening, August 26th.
About thirty members manifested
their interest by being present to
discuss plans for the coming months.
After the election of officers a social
hour was enjoyed and refreshments
served. At late hour all retired to
their respective homes reporting a
jolly and profitable evening.
This cooperation on the part of
the choir makes it possible for spe-
cial music at each service. All our
members and friends are invited to
attend. Everyone welcome. Your
presence will aid the choir and they
hope to benefit you.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-04
Wise Birds

A certain fancier was about to
send out some carrier pigeons when
he was approached by a passerby,
who remarked: Excuse me, but how
far do your pigeons fly as a rule?"
ooh, thousands of miles some
times" replied the man.
"And don't any of them ever get
lost?" asked the stranger.
WELL" replied the man, you see,
used to lose one now and then, but
I've done away with that now. I've
had 'em crossed with parrots, so
that when they get lost they can ask
the road home. philadelphia Bull
letin.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-04
Home Education
''The Child's First School is the
Family"-FrOebel

Issued by the National Kinder
garten Association, 8 West 4Oth
Street, New York City. These ar
ticles are appearing weekly in
our columns.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-04

If there is anything in evolution
one ought to find a ripe cantaloupe
once in a while.-Miami News.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-04
ADVERTISING
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-SecOnd size white pOta-
toes. also small potatoes at 80 cents a
basket. j. Wallace Brown, Milford. 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-04

Budgets are all right, but the main
thing is a budget that won't bulge.
-WinOna Republican Herald.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11

down the normal mill consump.
ton by making the milling, bak-
ing. and other cereal industries
a dangerous hazard; while the
artificial bull price reduces final
consumption.
2. The inflated bull market
inspires overproduction of wheat
lin every wheat section Of the
globe. The Department of Agri'
culture estimates that the effect
of the recent bull corner" is 70
increase the wheat acreage OF
the spring wheat section. IA pei
cent for the crop now being
sown.
3. Market initiation and col.
lapse makes the wheat-raising in.
dustry a hazardous gamble in it.
self. The main staff of life for
112. 100000 persons becomes a
counter in a gambling game, and
the producers have about as
much chance for honest market.
ing Of their crop as the followers
Of rouge-et-noir at Monte Carlo
has for an honest fortune.
One of the most unpleasant
features Of the situation is tina,
the government itself-whether
with the mistaken notion Of help.
ing the farmer, or for political
reasons of its own--too often is
a party to developing the inflat.
ed price bubble, which is the ine-
vitable cause Of the ultimate col
lapse. Early last season, the De-
partment of Agriculture aided
the bull propaganda" by esti-
mating the American crop as
below normal and less than 700.-
600. 900 bushels; whereas, we had
a bumper crop Of 872.000.000
bushels.
When the Wheat SCARED.
Then the world scarcity
theory was heralded far and
wide. Now it appears that the
world crop of around 100000.
600 bushels. though less than the
record crop Of 1928, is above the
average crop since the World Wa
and above the normal world re
quirement for consumption. tn,
British estimate of exportabl'
surplus and requirements NOV
generally accepted as shown b.
the market--for the crop yea
ending July ! is as follows:
Surplus of exporting countries
| 1924, 000, 600 bushels
Requirements Of importing coun
tries, 784 900, 900 bushels
CONTINUED on Page 50
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
ASKOv WINS OVER
BRUNO' SCORE lis

BY winning over Bruno in
Sundays game at Askov the
Askov base ball team has evened
up its percentage so far this
season, winning two and losing
two contests, their percentage
being 500.
The locals had their batting
eye working better in this game
connecting for a total of 10 safe
hits. Bruno also had total Of
10 hits but made 6 errors whereas
Askov got by with 4. Thomson
who was on the mound for the
locals most Of the game did good
work there and also showed up
good at batting. putting across
3 safe hits. Brandt Of Bruno.
carried away the honors of the
day at batting. connecting for 4
safe ones.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
ASKOV MEAT MARKET
BURNED TO GROUND

Askov's fire department which
a few weeks ago was called upon
to save the residence of Mrs. l..
p. Jacobsen responded again
early Wednesday morning to the
clang of the fire bell.
The blaze was in the meat
market Of John l.. Madsen. a
frame building 18x2S. II had
gained such Roadway before
being discovered that neither the
building nor contents could be
saved and it burned to the
ground. With a north wind
sparks flew onto the former
livery barn building owned by c.
II. Hansen and the fire hose was
directed thereto to keep it from
burning. Maurice Nielsen saw
the fire when driving through
Main street at about las a. m.
and sounded the alarm. Cause is
unknown but there had been a
fire in the heating stove in the
evening and it may have come
from there. The loss is quite
well covered by insurance, Mr..
Madsen carrying $500 on the
building. $500 on fixtures and
$500 on stock.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
FUNERAL FRIDAY
FOR MRS. MALONE

The body of Mrs. Nora Malone
who died at the home Of a daugh.
ter in st. Paul Tuesday, will be
shipped here for burial, the fun
eral to be held at the Wilstad
Swedish Lutheran church tomor-
row friday afternoon at 2
o'clock. interment to be made in
Wilstad cemetery in the family
lot.
Mrs. Malone was a former
pioneer of Pine county. having
spent many years together with
her husband and children on a
farm in Norman township, but
since the death of Mr.. Malone
13 years ago has not been here
so much. She was of the pioneer
type of women, always ready and
eager to help those near and dear
to her. ever watchful for the
welfare of her children and
grandchildren. She lived to be
"a years old, death being caused
by high blood pressure and a
weak heart. She had not been in
good health the past two years.
Mrs. L. M. Eaton, Norman
township. is a daughter; besides
her there are two daughters in
the Twin Cities, also four sons
there and a son in Chicago.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11

for business in the gathering and
disseminating of information.
Another feature relating To
court decisions which will UNI
doubtedly come up before the
Congress is the income tax pub
licity matter. The highest tri.
bunal held that newspapers had
a right to- publish the informa-
ton as it obviously was the in.
tent of Congress to give them
this privilege. The thousands OF
taxpayers have other ideas on
the subject and resent the broad
casting of their private business
even though authorized by Con-
gress. The pressure from the
home districts is so great that
Legislators will be forced to
amend the existing revenue act
Although the question of war
debts and defense of Pacific pos.
sessions, such as Hawaii. will give
our internationalists a chance
to raise economic and military
questions on an international
scale. there is one domestic issue
which is growing in Importance
and which will probably over
shadow all others. This relates
to the gigantic power merger in
Ia States.
Official Washington notes the
handwriting on the wall in the
statement issued by William
Green, President of the American
Federation of Labor, in which he
advocated "a public policy to re-
tain ownership for the people
and to establish system of con.
troll of all hydro-electric and wa
ter power undertakings where
conditions and terms of operation
and development shall be deter
mined"
Very quietly the large financial
Continued on Page u
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
AsKov PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY JUNE H. 1925

country, will attend the Fourth
of July celebration at R@bild
National park, and also the dedi-
cation of the Memorial Mound
(Mindehejen) in Sendermarken,
one of the parks of Copenhagen.
Norway BorrOws.
The government of Norway has
invited group of New York
bankers to participate in a con-
vertfble loan amounting to be-
tween 80 and 33 million dollars at
an interest of Al per cent, the
loan to run for a period of 40
years. Final papers in the trans
action are being signed this
month. The loan was consum-
mated chiefly through the efforts
of Commander John Alleyn Gade,
an associate of one of the inter
ested banking houses, who is a
son of Norwegian parents.
Had Many Charges.
Rev. Peter A. Almquist who
died in Minneapolis a few days
ago, was born in Sweden in 1912,
graduated from Upsala Universe
ty in 1867 and was ordained an
Episcopal minister in Chicago in
1870. During his many years of
clerical activities, Mr.. Almquist
had filed pulpits of congrega-
lions in Mississippi, Michigan,
Illinois, New York, Massachu.
sets, North Dakota and Mime
sofa. He was considered an ex-
pert in certain parts of the his
tory Of Sweden.
Bank Closes.
The Danish Andelsbank, Copen.
hagen, which carries number of
deposits from Danes in the
United States, last week was
forced to suspend payments. The
loss of the bank, said to amount
to approximately % million Kro.
ner, is said to have been caused
by too extensive loans to cooper.
alive organizations. A group OF
these societies will, however, at.
tempt to reopen the bank and
continue activities.
The Centennial.
A veritable flood of literature
IN Norwegian and English has
been called forth by the immense
Nors e American Centennia
which took place in the Twir
Cities early this week. Nearly al
Norwegian newspapers in thi:
country issued Jubilee editions
and, in addition, many books ant
pamphlets were published in thi!
country and in Norway describ
ing various phases Of Norwegian
activities in the United State
and Canada.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
rWdshlnctonLetter
9y v pDaley

Washington, June 10-Even
with intense heat practically
paralyzing work in Government
Departments, political observers
are now turning their attention
to what will happen during the
winter months when Congress
convenes. Ordinarily when the
Supreme Court of the United
States hands down a decision
relative to laws the matter ends
there. However, there has been
a tendency of late to have Con-
gress change the situation by en-
acting legislation which will cir
cumvent the difficulties laid
down in the opinions of the
highest tribunal.
II appears that some of the
anti-business groups in the
Senate and House will launch
attacks upon trade associations
as a result of the decision handed
down this week by the Supreme
Court defining the extent of
trade association activities.
The prediction is made that a
bill will be introduced to
strengthen the Sherman and
Clayton acts which are aimed at
combinations in business. The
decision in the case of the Maple
Flooring Manufacturers Associa-
ton this week very definitely
lays down general principles re-
garding associational activities.
There has been considerable
doubt as to what a group of bust.
ness men could do and many asso.
Citations have suspended activities
pending the Qualification of the
issue.
The points outlined by the
Supreme Court indicate to asso.
Citations how to operate and keer
within the law. The court prac
tically wrote a code of conduct
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
TO BUILD NEW SCHOOL

Voters in the Bear Creek and
Sand Creek school district which
was set off from District No. 8.
the Sandstone district. about two
years ago. met Saturday after
noon and decided TO build new
school house to replace the so
called Bear Greek school which
is in a bad state of repairs. The
new building will be located a
half mile west Of the present
school on the section corner four
miles straight south of Askov vii
lage and is to cost between $1,000
and $1,000. The district has a re-
serve fund of about $1,000 and
will bond for the balance.
A new building was erected at
Sand Creek last year to replace
the one which burned.
Coleman w. Johnson is chair
man of the school board.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
EARTHLY CARES OF
PIONEER ARE ENDED

Mrs. Jensine Schroeder dice
Tuesday forenoon at 10 O'Clock
at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Nels Andersen, in the vii
lage following illness of a few
months. She was confined to
bed only a few weeks however,
death coming peacefully at the
end of a long and useful career.
She would have been SO years
old in July.
Jensine Jensen Schroeder was
born in the western part of Sles-
Wig in Hygum, Denmark, on July
26, 1886. She grew to woman
hood there and was married TO
Henrik Hansen Schroeder. They
emigrated to America in 1872
settling first at Albany, N. Y,
where they remained six years
and during which time Mr..
Shredder was employed in fac
tory.
Their desire to go to a new
country, build a home of their
own and grow up and develop
with the country brought them
to the prairies of Nebraska. They
lived there on a farm near Mar
quette for over 40 years.
Mr.. Schroeder died about six
years ago at Marquette and since
then Mrs. Schroeder had made
her home here at Askov with her
daughter, Mrs. Nels Andersen.
Another daughter and the only
other child, Mrs. Anna Thiesen,
died at Marquette 16 years ago.
There are Is grand children liv-
ing and Is great grandchildren.
After short services at the Nels
Andersen home Wednesday
morning the body was shipped to
Nebraska accompanied by a
grandson of deceased, Martin An
dersen. for burial beside the hus-
band.
The American joins with
friends in extending sympathy
to the bereaved relatives.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11

Intrinsically, or in accord with
the law of supply and demand,
the wheat was more valuable in
the spring, when the price was at
the lowest ebb, than in the peak.
price winter months. Both in
carrying costs and the diminished
supply should normally have
added to the value. But what
has the question of cost or value
to do with the gambling game OF
the bulls and bears?
Here we have it, in three years
out of four, the market price on
the grain exchanges drops an
average of 20 cents a bushel in
the brief period of 60 or 80 days,
The volume of the loss no man
can compute. If the loss were
confined to the actual wheat
handled, the shrinkage on the
American wheat crop would
amount to hundreds of millions
of dollars per annum. But the
gambling is by no means re-
stricted to actual wheat. For
every bushel of actual wheat,
there may be scores of bushels
represented by futures.
What Happened on the "Blaek
Friday.
On Black Friday" March 10,
last, Chicago alone sold 10000
600 bushels of wheat futures"
During the week ending March
ID, Chicago sold 527 100000 BUSH
els of wheat "futures"-or,
double the world visible sup
ply" In the month of February,
the Chicago sales of wheat
futures" reached 1851, 900 900
bushels-or, one-half the entire
world production in the Northern
and Southern hemispheres during
the crop-year 1924-25. Indeed.
the Chicago sale of futures" has
no parallel unless it is the post
war initiation of rubles. franks,
and marks. The ultimate result
of this American future infla-
ton finds a parallel again in
European rubles. francs, and
marks-as witness the inevitable
collapse and the shearing Of the
The defenders of this national
gambling game tell the farmer:
You do not suffer by the trans
action. because when the market
only Is to 20 per cent
of the crop is in farm hands"
That is true, both as to the peak
price month and the date Of the
collapse: and yet the wheat
raiser suffers irreparable damage
in three ways:
!. The up-and-down market cuts
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
THE SHEARERS
AND THE SHORN
Or Lambs That Fin d
the Wind I'm
tempered.
BY HENRIK SHIPSTEAD
U. y. Senator for Minnesota.
dearborn independently


Talleyrand, the reputed found
er of modern European diploma
cy and political intrigue, is sale
to have boiled down his philoso
ply. in substance, to the follow
ing: Society is divided into
two classes-the shearers and the
shorn. Wise men join the form.
err and avoid being caught with
the latter"
The ranks of American states
men, even of the present time-if
we may judge by the Talleyrand
standard of political efficiency
are not without wise men," In
the field of commerce and
finance, however, we behold the
epitome of the Talleyrand philo-
sophy carried out on a magnifi-
cent scale, as we watch the fly
ing shears of the Chicago wheat
pit and New York Stock Ex-
change engaged in their spring
time industry of Fleeing the
lambs"
Spring the Season For
Shearing.
Spring seems to be the scien-
tifically appropriate and popular
season for shearing the flock in
the marts of speculation-at
least. that is notably the case in
the marketing of agricultural
commodities. such as wheat. Con-
suit recent history-the wheat
market of 1925. of 1922. and of
1921. After the bulk of the
wheat leaves the farm, during
the autumn months, the price
begins to soar. The "bulP' move
ment reaches its peak somewhere
between then end of January and
the first of March. Then the
wise men" of high finance take
their profits, the market col
lapses, the public" shoulders the
wreck, and we have the Fleeing
of the lambs"
During the past four years. the
country has gone through that
shearing process three seasons, as
follows:
Market Peak Price Low-Pr.ss shearios
1875 January Is. ,7.es April 3 n.ss
1898 March il.7z July sl.os
is2i February i2.O.l1 April ti.ssh
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
BENEFIT DANCE At
SANDSTONE FOR BAND

A big community dance will be
given at the New Opera House in
Sandstone tomorrow friday
evening for the benefit Of a boys
brass band TO be organized there.
Tickets 81 whether or not you
come according to the committee.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO MEET NEXT MONDAY

The board of county commits
sioners will meet in regular ses-
sion at Pine City on Monday.
June Is, commencing at l p. m.
TO transact routine business.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
Arna Hem Coming.

Information has been received
to the effect that Miss Arna Hem
of Oslo, Norway, during the
autumn will arrive in the United
States to give a series of readings
of Henrik Ibsen's dramas. Miss
Hem has won a European reputa-
ton as an interpreter of her ia
nous countryman. and she is par
ticularly well known in British
literary circles.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11

Two-base hIts--Thomsen, Thomas.
Moffatt, Brandt 2; three-base hits
Hyldahi. Brandt.
Double plays-Thomsen 10 simon
sen to Hyldahl; Jensen 10 Simonsen.
Base on Balls---Off Thomson 2.
Thomas 2, Nielsen I.
Struck out--By Thomson 6. Mel
en- 2. Thomas 3.
Hit by pitcher--Hyldahl.
Passed Bale. Southerton.
Umplres and BreIland.
Askov plays Sandstone next
Sunday on the Askov grounds.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-11
G. Brusell Dead.
Off for Denmark.

Tuesday Of this week nearly
one thousand members of the
Danish Brotherhood embarked at
Hoboken, N. j., for trip to Den
mark. The voyage is being made
aboard the Oscar IL. During
their stay in Denmark the
members will travel through the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-02
Drops Dead While
Driving Horses in
Pulling Contest

The pleasure of the Central Maine
Fair was marred when Fred E. Bar
ron, who was driving pair of hors-
es in the pulling contests in front of
the grandstand yesterday afternoon
about 2 o'clock dropped dead. Mr..
Barron, who was "a years old, had
for some time been subject to faint
ing spells and his death was due to
heart failure resulting from the
heat and excitement.
Mr.. Barron was seen to drop at
the time that his horses were pull
ing very strenuously. When stand
by had reached him he was dead.
DR.. H. w. Gilbert of this city and
DR.. w. L. Gousse of Fairfield were
nearby at the time and they did their
best to revive the man. DR.. John G.
Towne, county medical examiner,
was on the grounds and he went to
the scene Immediately but all efforts
to bring the man back to life were
without avail.
After the pulling for the afternoon
was over it developed that Mr.. Bar
ron had won third money, his pair
Of horses having pulled the weight
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-02
Waterville Old
Folks to Augusta
ror Club Organization

w.teryille's delegation to the State
ting Mn" of the Maine Three-Quarter
r c.rtury Club which was held at the
'a.s. House in August yesterday was
r Nacb larger than was at first expect
NV. mi the automobiles in which the
y solks travelled to the Capital form
w. long, happy procession.
The cars were provided by the Wa
ella Kiwanis and the start was
~ from the Chamber of Commerce
49, rss in Winslow at 8 o'clock. In
rsrslow stop was made to pick up
y .ssrbcrs of the Winslow club. who
~ waiting at the Proctor & Bowie
va w. Many others went in their own
'a w., Florence M. Wallace, secretary
], the Observation-Disclosures Chamber
| :, commerce, accompanied the old peo-
y. and her presence and the help she
~ added much to the success of the
..sssion. The members returned to
~ civ in the afternoon and all spoke
.s,h great pleasure of their trip, es-
,.ciallv of the reception which was
,,udered them by Gov. and Mrs. Blew
xfer