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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
PINE COUNTY MUTUAL
LEvIES ASSESSMENT

A. special meeting Of directors
Of the Pine County Mutual Fire
Insurance Company was held at
Askov Saturday afternoon when
il was decided to levy an ASSESS
ment Of "a mills on ordinary
farm property and 5 mills on
churches, school houses. town
and society halls, country black
smith shops and automobiles. or
in other words 25c and Soc re-
spectively on each 500 insurance
in force. This levy is TO make
provision for the payment Of
losses.
Those present at the meeting
were C. SebaId. president; ]. r.
Petersen, secretary; and Fred
Degerstrom, treasurer; all Of
Askov; John Won Rueden. Hinck-
ley; Nels Matson, Duxbury:
Henry Petry, Fnlayson; L. A. E.
Laage, Askov; and Martin Olson,
Sandstone. J. c. Hancock, for
merly of Brook Park, but who
has now moved to Benson. was
the only missing director.
c. Sebald and J. r. Petersen
were selected to attend the an
nual convention Of the Minnesota
Mutual Fire Insurance Companies
at St. Paul Wednesday and Thurs.
day Of this week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
AsKov PINE COUNTY MINNESOTA THURSDAY

creameries in that part Of the
state and we can get the butter
through faster Mr.. Mcclure
tells the Farm Bureau.
H. F. Meyer. sales manager,
and Emil G. Johnson. assistant
manager in charge of finances,
have been in Chicago the past
week making arrangements to
provide warehouse facilities
where we can assemble. grade
and store the butter" said Mr..
Mcclure. Wherever we estab-
lish warehouse facilities where
butter is assembled and graded :
such as we have at Duluth---it Is
necessary to have banking facili-
ties also where loans can be had
for making advances on butter.
We are glad TO say that our assoc
citation has been very successful
in dealing with the banks of the
Twin Cities and Mr.. Johnson took
to Chicago the best of references
from st. Paul and Minneapolis
banks based on experience of our
dealings with them the past
three years." Mr.. Mcclure con-
tinued.
THE association handled about
four million pounds of butter in
December-an amount equal to
that handled in the flush in July.
This increase makes additional
warehouse facilities imperative"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
PINE COUNTY GIRL
SMALLPOX VICTIM

Ruth Smith, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Smith of West
Rock, died Of smallpox in the
Dale Street in6rmary at St. Paul
last Saturday evening at 1880
o'clock. She was taken sick on
Christmas day.
The remains were brought to
West Rock Monday and inter-
ment was made Immediately on
arrival. Funeral services were
conducted Tuesday afternoon at
the Lutheran church by Rev. Pet
erson Of North Branch.
Ruth Smith was born in Super
Tor and was % years, s months
and IL days of age at the time
of her death. She came to West
Rock with her parents about IL
years ago. She had been at home
the past summer and had gone
to st. Paul a couple Of months
ago to work. She leaves her
father. mother and two sisters
and two brothers. Pine Poker.
Jan. 8.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
MANY MOTOR CARS

The number Of motor vehicles
registered in the state Of Mime
sofa in the year of 1924 was $685.
030, as given out in a report by
Mike Holm. secretary of state.
OF these 465.164 were passenger
cars and the balance trucks.
buses. motorcycles and trailers.
Pine county paid $50.069.22 in
automobile licenses in 1924. Chi
sage county $47.340.36. Kanabec
s22, 389.04. Carlton $54.227.62 and
Aitkin county $37,S56.59. The
total for the state was $3.50
44I.57.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15

struggle for speakership of the
House. Nicholas Longworth. the
present Republican floor leader,
and Martin b. Madden. Chairman
of the all-powerful House Appro-
priations Committee are the lead
ing contenders for the honor.
The struggle is complicated by
the fact that each candidate has
a strong following among the
Democrats. There is possibility
that Representative Tilson of
Connecticut, may be the compro-
mise candidate.
In political circles there is con-
siderable speculation as to the
effect of Senator LaFollette's
temporary retirement from poll
tics. He has been i'll for a num-
Der Of years and recently con-
tracted a heavy cold which
brought back some old ailments.
On advice from his physicians he
will spend several weeks in Flori-
da. II is said that LaFollette has
practically abandoned hopes for
a third party movement. He will
endeavor to bolster his standing
as a socalled radical wing of the
Republican party.
Those who followed the leader
ship of Mr.. LaFollette in the
Senate have been unusually quiet
since the elections. Senator
Brookhart, whose high position is
still in jeopardy by reason Of an
election contest, has made only
one, and rather Intellectual
speech against the railroads. Sen
ator Wheeler. Mr.. LaFollette's
running mate has confined his
oratory to answering roll calls.
1t seems that the plans of small
groups Of legislators to obstruct
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15

we are keeping complete cost ac-
counts we shall be glad to assist
other farmers in the vicinity
who wish to keep simple farm
accounts. We can furnish to any
one in the community a farm ac-
count book and give assistance in
keeping it. We can also summar-
ize these accounts at the end of
the year and help these men TO
study their business through
their records. Mr.. Truman, our
route man, has a supply of these
books and will be glad to furnish
them to any one wishing them.
Our facilities do not permit us
keeping complete cost accounts
on more than twenty-nine farms
but we can give some additional
help to all farmers in the COM
munity who desire it. We have
located in the community to be
of service to it. Our work is sup
ported wholly by public funds.
We shall always be grateful for
any suggestions as to how our
work can be made more helpful
and effective"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
rWdshiN3tonLe
o. " ODalcy

Washington. Jan. 1.-The folks
back home find it difficult to
keep abreast of changes in WASH
ington. There is a peculiar fasci-
nation in the shifting scenes
when great men and women init
mately known in their respective
communities rise and fall in the
public eye with kaleidoscope
swiftness. II is these changes
which provide conversation in
the cloak rooms of the Senate
and House and in the drawing
rooms over the tea cup. This
week, for instance. the talk CEN
tiers on the new Attorney
General, the speakership of the
House. LaFollette. party loyalty
and inaugural plans.
The elevation of Harlan Stone
from the Department of Justice
to the Supreme Court brings
some heavy bidding for the at
torney-generalship. Though SEN
ator Couzens and some members
of the Michigan delegation have
voiced their objections to Charles
b. Warren, he is the leading can
didate for the office. Mr.. Warren
has been the American Ambassa-
dor to Japan and Mexico and was
temporary chairman of the Re-
publican convention in Cleveland
last year. While he is not very
intimate with the President, it is
known that Mr.. Coolidge has a
deep respect for Mr.. Warren's
ability as a lawyer and diplomat.
The objections of Senator
Couzens will not weigh heavily
with the President because the
latter has never been known as
an Administration supporter.
Various state delegations are
taking an active interest in the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
WANTS TO SERVE
THE COMMUNITY

George A. Pond. associate agri-
culturist and in charge of farm
cost work at University Farm,
writes the American giving a
complete up-to-date list of the
20 farmers in the Askov commun-
ity on whose farms are being
kept complete cost accounts un-
der direction of the University
Farm. Two farmers from the or
iginal list of rs dropped out and
5 new ones were added. The list
now comprises the following:
Arnbal, Jens.
Clausen, Hans.
Degerstrom, Fred.
Feldtmose, Knud.
Flint, Christ.
Frederiksen, Chris.
Gregersen Bros.
Gregersen, Jens.
Hansen, Jens.
Henriksen, Henrik.
Jacobsen, Wayne E.
Jensen, Christ.
johnson. Fred.
Jorgensen, A. c.
Larsen, Christ.
Miller. Niels B.
Morgensen. Christ.
Nedegaard, N. p.
Nielsen, VIM.
Petersen, L. c.
Petersen Bros.
Rasmussen, r. p.
Sandahl, Christ.
Simonsgaard, Peter.
Sorensen. Arnold.
Sorensen, Christ.
Sorensen, Jeppe.
Thomson. Lawrence.
Voetmann. Holger.
Mr.. Pond writes further in his
letter about assistance they ex-
tend in keeping simple farm ac-
counts as follows:
Il would like to state that in
addition to the farms on which
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15

Heard at the depot: He: IF
you hadn't taken so long getting
ready, we would have caught that
train" She: Yes. and if you
hadn't hurried me so. we wouldn't
have to wait so long for the next
one"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
GOPHER CREAMERIES
SEEK CHICAGO SPACE
Increased Business Volume De-
mands More Warehouse Facil-
ities-December Butter Handl-
ed Equals July Peak.

The Minnesota Cooperative
Creameries Association is seeking
warehouse facilities in Chicago.
due to increase in the volume of
its business. making it advisable
to divert some butter from St.
Paul.
According to A. ]. Mcclure.
general manager. more butter is
coming to st. Paul at present
than can be handled. so the asso
citation must divert part of the
butter coming from the south
ern part of the state to Chicago.
TT will be a shorter haul for
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
NEWS AMONG
SCANDINAVIANS
Interesting Items Concern
ing People From the
North.

Hjalmar G. Carlson, Worcester.
Mass, recently was awarded the
gold medal of the American So
ciety of Mechanical Engineers in
recognition Of an invention which
he made some years ago, by
which it has become possible to
manufacture munitions much
swifter than ever before. Mr..
Carlson is a native of 0sterget-
land, Sweden, where he was born
in 1878; he came to the United
States in 1891.
Golden Wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Niels Rasmussen,
North Talmon avenue, Chicago,
last week celebrated their fifth
eth wedding anniversary in the
presence of many relatives and
friends. Mr.. Rasmussen who
came to America from Horsens,
Denmark, married his wife at
New Haven, Conn.,, where they
had met for the first time. Ever
since 1893 Mr.. and Mrs. Rasmus-
sen have made their home in
Chicago, where they are popular
especially within the Methodist
church of which they are men,
bers.
A Morse Engineer.
The new bridge across the Nj
agara river from Buffalo to Can
ada 1898 #. long and 81 #. wide)
has been built under the sole
supervision of a Norwegian civil
engineer, Hans Ibsen, who was
born in Bergen, Norway; he
came to the United States while
a boy, worked in railroad shops,
studied at technical schools, COM
pleted his education in Norway,
and later became leader of sever
al great engineering enterprises.
Declined With Thanks.
Tulla Thams, popular Norwe-
gian ski jumper, recently receiv-
ed an offer of $1,000 contingent
upon his willingness to come to
the United States to participate
in three ski tournaments. AL
though he figured out that $1,000
just now is a lot of money
33,75O Norwegian kroner-he de-
clined the offer with thanks for
the reason that acceptance of it
would eliminate him from the
class of amateurs and make him
a professional.
Congregation is 80.
Last Sunday the st. Stefan's
Danish Lutheran church, Chicago,
observed its fiftieth anniversary;
the actual anniversary date was
January 10, but it was decided to
arrange a gathering in honor OF
the occasion for January IL. A
large number of members and
friends of the congregation were
present, the chief address of the
day being delivered by Rev. A.
Tn. Dorf, pastor of the church.
Next Year.
After negotiating back and
forth for a long time the execu-
tive committee of the John Erics-
son Memorial Commission at a
meeting in New York has def
nitely decided that the unveillng
of the national monument to that
famous Swedish engineer who IN
vented and constructed the
Monitor" of Civil War fame, IS
to take place in Washington, ID.
G. in May, 1926. provided that
the arrangements are agreeable
to the government authorities
directly interested in the enter
prise.
Henored by Gustaf.
DIR Amin Otto Leushener OF
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
INCOME TAX IN A
NUTSHELL

Who! Single persons who
had net income of 81 900 or
more or gross income Of
5000 or more and married
couples who had net income
Of $500 or more or gross
income of 5000 or more
must file returns.
When! The fling period
is from January / to March
Is, 1925.
Where! Collector Of in
ternal revenue for the dis
trict in which the person
lives or has his principal
place of business.
Howl Instructions on
Form 1040A and Form 1040;
also the law and regulations. |
What! Two per cent nor |
NAL tax on the first $4,000 of |
net income in excess of the |
personal exemptions and |
credits. Four per cent nor |
NAL tax on the next $4,000. |
Six per cent normal tax on |
the balance Of net income. |
Surtax on net income in ex- |
cess Of $4,000.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
VIM. Dahl Dead.

William Dahl, Sc years old, who
for many years was a teacher of
piano music in Greater New
York, died at Pleasantville, N. j.,
on New Years day. Mr.. Dahl,
who was native of Slagelse,
Denmark. belonged to a family
which has produced a number of
widely known musicians (among
them Balduin DahD; leaving
Denmark before he was 20 years
old, and having spent some time
in Buenos Aires, Dahl came to
New York more than 80 years
ago, and ever since his arrival
there took prominent and active
part in all the activities of his
compatriots in the metropolis.
He was a charter member of the
Danish Frederik VIII Masonic
lodge in New York.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
Died in Same Week.

Shortly after Christmas, Mrs.
Emma Christina Johnson of Troy,
Iowa, died of pneumonia, and the
day after her funeral-that is,
FIVE days after her death-her
husband, Thure Johnson, follow
ed her into the grave. Both the
deceased who were 81 years old,
had come to the vicinity of Troy
from Vestergetland, Sweden, and
were considered to be among the
Oldest settlers of the neighbor-
hood.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
To Compile Biographies.

Johannes Wong of Oslo, Nor
way, has arrived in this country
for the purpose of compiling
Norwegian-American biographies
to be published in connection
with this years centennial of
Morse immigration to the United
States. Mr.. Wong who at pres
ent is in New York, is planning
to visit all the larger cities in
this country as we'll as a number
of Norwegian settlements. His
book is to be published in New
York.
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Carl 0stby Dead.


Carl 0stby, who was in charge
of the restaurant of the Norske
Klub, Chicago, died suddenly last
week when a blood vessel burst
open. He was As years old and
unmarried. Mr.. 0stby who
originally was a travelling sales
man in Norway, for many years
had been in the restaurant bust
ness in this country and was ex-
ceedingly popular among his COM
patriots in Chicago and else.
where.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15

American astronomers of the day
has received an appointment as
knight of the North Star order
from King Gustaf of Sweden.
This honor has come to him in
recognition of the unstinted will
ingness which he for many years
has shown to cooperate actively
with Swedish colleagues. and it
is also emphasized that when
ever Swedish astronomers have
come to California, they have re-
ceived all possible aid from DR..
Leushener.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
Henored by Gustaf.

DIR. Amin Otto Leushener OF
the University of California, who
i known as one Of the leading
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-01-15
A Gift from America.

Alumna of the Wahl-Henius
Laboratory in this country have
subscribed 1920 Kroner to be
used for the erection of a monu-
ment at the city of Ribe, Den
mark, in honor of Emil Christian
Hansen, one of the pioneers of
the science of fermentology. The
announcement was made recent
ly by DIR. Max Henius, head of
the laboratory, shortly after his
55th arrival in Denmark from
this country.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-28
N. Y. WORKERS
PROTEST failing
OF BEN G|TLOW
New York Labor Fills
Webster Hall
Especial to The Daily worker)

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-The protest
meeting arranged by the international
Labor Defense against the falling of
Benjamin GltIow, member of the Gen.
trial Committee of the Workers (com-
munist) Party and Communist candi.
date for mayor in the New York cleo.
tions, and calling for his release,
damned the Webster Hall. Many work.
ers were not able to get into the hall.
Bertram Wolfe, Sam Lipzin, Robert
Dunn and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
were the speakers, who demanded the
immediate repeal of the New York
state criminal syndicalist act, the re-
lease Of Benjamin Gitlow and the
building of the International Labor
Defense into a powerful shield with
which it will be possible to protect
members Of the working class against
the onslaughts of the bosses. Cos
grove was chairman of the meeting.
Every appeal for the release of Git
low, the repeal of the criminal syn
dicalism act and the strengthening of
the International Labor Defense met
with an enthusiastic approval from
the assembled workers. The collection
to aid the International Labor Defense
to continue its task, netted 1920.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-28

Skryznski, who formed the cabinet
will be minister of foreign affairs,
minister of finance and prime minis
ter. He is looked upon with great
favor by the group following Gen.
Pilsudski. Skryznski attempts to pose
as liberal.
Grabski Remain in Cabinet.
Wladislaw Grabski, who was the
head Of the cabinet which fell, is now
minister of education and religion.
Grabski represents the big landown.
ers of Poland and during the world
war was spy in the Russian ochrana.
His record as a spy has been found
in the archives of the ochrana.
osiecki has been appointed as min.
lister of commerce and industry.
Gen. Majewski, who is opposed by
the nationalists, holds the post OF
minister of war.
Soviet Russian Policy.
1t is hard to tell as yet what the
attitude of the new cabinet will be
towards Sov' Russia. The big land.
owners AID industrialists of Poland
see in an alliance with Russia, a
market for their products and a
means by which Poland may keep her
head above water. The socialists and
the Witos party are opposed to any
alliance with the Union of Socialist
Soviet Republics and demand prepar-
atoms for an immediate war against
Russia in which they claim they will
have the support of the reactionary
powers of Europe.
Skryznski, who poses as a liberal
and favored commercial relations
with Russia in the last cabinet holds
the balance of power in the new cabi-
net. 1t is not known what agree
ment he has entered into when the
new cabinet was formed.
One of the first matters to come
before the new cabinet will be the
matter of commercial relations with
Russia and then it will be seen what
concessions were made by the big
landowners behind GrabsA and the
group behind Skryznski, in this re-
gard, to the socialists and the Witos
party.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-28

OF the United States in 1924-25 was
80 per cent above 1913, that of France
5 per cent above, Great Britain within
1 per cent Of the prewar level and
Germany still 81 per cent below.
German Exports Gaining Fast.
In four years these nations have in
creased their foreign commerce as
follows: United States "a per cent,
France % per cent and Great Britain
80 per cent. The postwar imitation
muddle in Germany makes it impos-
sible to state the increase in exact
figures but Klein says "it represents
a more rapid advance than was made
by either of its two leading competi-
tors"
The share of U. S. exporters in the
import trade of all other countries
was 20 per cent in 1928, the latest
year for which statistics are available,
compared with Is per cent in 1913.
America took 16 per cent of the ex-
ports of all these countries compared
with per cent in 1913. To keep in
dustry employed it must hold this in
creased share.
Labor Efficiency Aids Imperialists.
Choosing electrical goods, automo-
biles and steel as examples, Klein at
tributes the ability Of the United
States to compete TO "the tremendous
domestic demand" and tremendous
mass production due to employment
Of far greater efficiency both in man
agement and in labor"
But in a previous address Klein
pointed out that in Europe the anti
quated equipment OF prewar days is
gradually replaced by more modern
tools Of production, and Europe is
trying the experiment of applying
American methods" He asserts that
this almost certainly portends
stronger competition for American en-
porters.
He refers to the installation OF up
to.date machinery In France Italy,
Spain, Holland and Scandinavia since
the war as giving these countries the
edge on England and the United
States, especially in textiles. II
would be interesting to know what
proportion Of this represents Ameri-
can capital building up foreign COM
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-28
Dismiss Case Against
Morse for War Frauds

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The last
OF the war fraud indictments obtained
by the department of justice was
wiped from the records of the District
OF Columbia supreme court.
1t was the indictment of e. M.
Davis of New York and Ernest G.
Morse OF Cincinnati, former director
of sales of war material for the war
department, for conspiracy in connec.
ton with the sale of the Old Hickory
power plant at Jacksonville, Tenn.
Alexander Phillips, also indicted in
this case, died in August, 1922.
The indictment was nolle pressed
by Peyton Gordon, United States dis
trict attorney.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-28
petition for American labor.
How Long Will II Last?

Whether the United States can hold
the market which it requires in the
face of foreign competition will thus
depend less and less on its technical
and more on greater home market
sustaining more intense mass produc-
ton with lowering of production costs.
If the Locarno treaty is followed by
an economic United States of Europe,
such as the French industrialist
Loucheur hopes for, then European
industry may also have its assured do
nestle market. Two capitalist giants
will then face fight to the finish I'M
less the revolt Of the rest of the world
against the exploitation of foreign
capital has eliminated the market for
which they are fighting.
The question of immediate interest
to labor is whether the domestic de-
mand under existing wage rates can
support this mass production. Elk
perts suggest that much of this de-
mand is temporary, based on install
ment purchase plans. If so, slump
will come, with rising costs and in
ability to compete in foreign markets.
Then, unless labor is strong enuf to
force the other view, employers will
resort to their time-honored method of
meeting competition-wage cuts.