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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
PROCEEDINGS FROM
SCHOOL DIST. NO. 81

Bruno, MINI. Regular month
ly meeting of the. school board
was held at the Bruno State
Bank with Rose. Lingren, Stat
ford and Wahlstrom present.
On account of Mr.. Lindh's alb
sence Mr.. Lingren was appointed
chairman protein.
Minutes from the last meeting
were read and approved.
A motion was made, seconded
and carried that the clerk see
Floyd Fairchild about a well at
the professors dwelling with
authority to go ahead with the
work.
Mr.. Stafford was instructed
to look up prices on sink for
the professors dwelling, size
about 18x24 in.
Moved, seconded and carried
that the tools and supplies asked
for the manual training depart
ment by Mr.. O.. Swenson be al
lowed.
The following bills were al
lowed:
N. K. Norris, supplies for bell
system .....S 7.5O
Joseph Marihart, labor and ma
terials on busses .......... 1910
William Marihart. drayage of
school supplies, ............ 2.15
Abe Markus, repairs, supplies,
etc. ..... ....... 47.SC
The Parowax Co., janitor sup
plies ...... 41.5l
John Stafford, supplies for do
nestle science department :. 9.3E
A. W. Palmer & Co., supplies
in penmanship ............. 1882
Silver, Burdett & Co., text
books laos
Cy. o. GIBSON, inspecting,
plumbing and 2 gal, asphalt
paint ................ 3.5C
American Pub. Co., printing
notice for bids. ...... 2.72
Metropolitan. Supply Co.,, re-
gisters and class records -. 2.5e
L. A. Churchill, repairing school
buses 21.st
John Hegberg, labor on school
grounds $3.50
Carl johnson, labor on school
grounds observation-disclosures. 5O.2s
Carl johnson, hauling ashes
and rubbish -. ATE
Roy Snelson, labor on school
grounds 2.4t
| Carl johnson for Joe Peter
| son, labor in coal bin ...... 5.1C
John c.. Winston Co., text books
and supplies ,............... 7.3I
No further business, meeting
adjourned. .
John N. Wahlstrom,
"a. Dist. Clerk
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
BRUNO

Miss Adelaide FrisendahI is the
proud owner Of new piano.
Mrs. L. @. Lllnd was to Askov
Monday having teeth extracted.
Mrs. Ed Downing who has
been very sick is slowly improv-
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Rodenberger
returned from Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, Saturday.
A baby boy arrived at the
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Hyatt Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl R. Won
Schenk are the proud parents of
baby boy, born Tuesday.
Mrs. Evan Hammer and Mrs.
Fred Saastad enjoyed dinner
with Mrs, Walter Hammer last
Thursday.
Francis Pearson and Jim Moi
fatt motored to Duluth Thursday
and their wives returned home
Will tuCLH.
School closed Wednesday for
Thanksgiving vacation and the
teachers left for their respective
homes Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Gault and
Mrs. Murphy and James motored
to Duluth Sunday and spent the
day. They found Patsie improv-
ing, being able to walk quite a
little without crutch.
Mrs. A. M. Dougan entertain
ed at her home Friday from 8
to 5 in honor of Miss Dougan of
Mason City, Iowa. The ladies
had a very nice time and a very
fine lunch was served by Mrs.
Dougan.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
JUNIOR RED CROSS AIDS
. PEACE BY BIG GROWTH
Gains l42, 900 Members in Year
in Schools Throughout
United States.

A new high level In peace time
membership OF the American Junior
Red Cross Is recorded for 1925-its
ranks numbering 5,73S.64S school girls
and boys-a gain of $4,000.
This unique and powerful children's
organization started as a war meas
ure, but today is one OF the greatest
Influences for peace ever known. An
increasing participation in local pro-
grams of service has featured their
years growth. It is indicated that to
greater degree than ever pupils in
the schools are performing individ-
ual and collective acts Of service in a
true Red Cross spirit.
The success of the junior swimming
program, launched last year through
cooperation of the Life-Saving Serv-
Ice Of the Red Cross, has led to de-
termination to make it regular fea-
ture of both these branches.
An outstanding feature of the
Juniors work this year was the par
ticipation for the first time ofa Junior
Red Cross worker in the disaster re-
lief operations following the tornado
In Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana
Schools in many more fortunate local
fties displayed a keen interest In
sending toys and books for the use
Of the children in the disaster area.
The Junior Red Cross porgram has
fourished not alone in settled COM
munities, but has been extended to
Indian schools, and to native Alaskan
schools where many Eskimo children
undertook Junior work. In addition,
the international correspondence be-
tween schools is proving more and
more popular. American schools are
now corresponding with those IN thir-
ty-four countries.
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WHAT IS IN "A NAME !?
continued on Page S,

a bad heart who ought to be
Stunned by decent men.
For thy names sake we
often say in closing our prayers;
it is the same as saying for
Jesus sake" for He is our inter
cessor with the Father.
John Newton, the converted
#slave-trader who afterwards be-
came an eminent British preach
.er and poet, and boon companion
of William Cowper, wrote many
beautiful hymns which we sing
today. OF them all | like best
his hymn to the name of Jesus.
Here are four verses of it:
How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believers earl
1T soothes his sorrows, heals his
wounds,
And drives away his fear.
1t makes the wounded spirit whole,
And Gains the troubled breast;
IT'S mama to the hungry soul,
And to the weary, rest.
Dear name, the rock on which ]
build,
My shield and hiding-place,
My never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace!
Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend;
My Prophet, Priest, and King;
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my
End
Accept the praise / bring.
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son is honorary president of the

son is honorary president of the
society.
Clubwomen of the state are vi
tally interested in reforestation,
a message from Mrs. Bayliss said,
while Senator Mackenzie said all
sportsmen are deeply interested
in the forestry problem.
There is no question as to the
value of reforestation," Mr.. Rand
said, either from the viewpoint
of an industry, such as in Europe
where crops of trees are grown
just as we grow crops of wheat
here, or from the viewpoint of
benefit to the state, such as rails
ing and maintaining the water
levels of our rivers, streams and
lakes, providing refugees for our
wild game, and increasing our
scenic beauties, besides being the
backbone of one of the states
leading industries"
The society has asked w. B.
Greeley, chief forester of the
United States Forest Service, to
include Minnesota In the tin
erary of Professor Fred R. Fair
child of Yale University. PROBES
sor Fairchild will direct a study
of forest tax problems in select
ed regions for the United States
government. t E7ir ..a @,.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
Mrs. Ivan Skinner was In Sand
stone Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs. Ivan Skinner was IN Sand
stone Tuesday afternoon.
A number of ladies surprised
Mrs. Ivan Skinner Saturday
afternoon. They were: Mrs. r. %.
Lund, Miss Stella Saastad, Mrs.
Mansfield from Superior, Mrs.
Rudolph Lund, Miss Slayerd from
Superior, Mrs. Harold Ellwell,
Mrs. Evan Hammer, Mrs. Fred
Saastad and Miss johnson. A
dainty lunch was served and the
afternoon was spent in music and
singing.
The parent-teachers meeting
held Tuesday evening was largely
attended and the program was
very good. The address given by
Supt. Norris was especially inter
esting to the parents and a very
profitable one. Vice-president
Rose had charge of the business
meeting while Rev. Fi1linger had
charge of the program. Mrs.
Murphy was chairman of the
lunch committee and all enjoy
ed a fine lunch. The next meet
ing will be held Dec. Is when Mr..
Jacobson of the State Depart
ment will speak. Everybody is
urged to be present as these are
very. profitable meetings. Don't
forget the date, Wednesday, Dec.
18th.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
8 GOOD REASON TO FAINT

Pictorial Review: An Irishmar
coming out of ether in the ward
after an operation exclaimed all.
dibly: ssff
THANK Cod That's over!"
Don't be to sure" said the
man in the next bed, they left
a sponge in me and had to cut
me open again"
And the patient on the other
side said, they had to open me
too, to find one of their instru.
,ments."
Just then the surgeon who
had operated on the lrishman
stuck his head in the door ano
yelled, has anybody seen my
hat?"
Pat. tainted.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
PRESBYTERIAN NOTES

Sunday school 9:45; church II
o'clock; Junior. C. E. 3 o'clock;
Senior c. E. 7::30. Bible study at
the home of Rev. Fillinger Wed,
nesday evening at 7:3O.
Ladies Aid at the home OF
Mrs. Lawrence Churchill Thurs,
day at 2:30. Mesdames Rose, FIJI.
linger, and Ed Rodenberger will
assist in serving. Thursday, Dec
3. Everybody invited.
The Thanksgiving service will
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
LUTHERAN SERVICES

Norwegian Lutheran Thanks
giving services in Bruno next
Sunday, Nov. 20, at 2 o'clock p.
m. The theme will be: THE
Lord is coming. You are all
welcome. Sunday school from
l to 2. Send your children.
Yours in Christ's service.
S. T. Palm.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
LUTHERAN SERVICES

Services next Sunday, Nov
10Th, as follows:
Wilstad- Sunday school 10 a
M; services IL a. m. in the Swed-
ish language.
Bruno-3 p. M. in English
and Swedish.
G. A. Ostergren, Pastor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

besheld Thanksgiving morning at
10 O'Clock.
The Thanksgiving service
given under auspices of G. E. Sun
day evening was well attended
and very good.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
UNION LADIES' AID

The Union Ladies' Aid will
meet at the home of Mrs. Clara
Hedin Thursday, Dec. 3rd. Every
body welcome.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
Placed

Employment Agent Ito lapplicant)-
What's your work? i
Stammering House Painter-Er.pup-
pup-pup- ...... W.
Agent (writing)-Drives motor boat
all right, We'll let you know when q
Job turns up.-Judge
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

American Want Ads-Only 1c a
word.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

Collective
Parent (anxiously)-Nurse, is 1t q
"him," or "herp'
The Nurse-It's a 'them"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
He Did

He Did
Him-"You should see the altar In
our church," Her-"Lead me to it,
Wisconsin Octopus.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26

Spain Cuts Rail Rates
Following the reduction in first
class fares to attract third-class pas
sengers to better comfort while rid
ing, the Notre railway of Spain en-
joyed an unexpectedly large jump In
profits in the last year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-11-26
j Definitions

Nerve-Asking man just back from
his vacation to lend you ten.
Miracle him do it.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22

How many men and women out of
every thousand really understand
all about the League of Nations, the
latest coal conference, the fundamen-
talist dispute, the Dawes plan, the
French trouble with the Riffs, the
Spanish war with the Moors, the
Primo de Rivera dictatorship, the
Mussolini regime, the Painleve pro-
gram, the American sugar tariff, the
railroad merger idea, and a dozen
more big and important things of that
general nature? How many? Real
ly, not many, in spite of all of our
newspapers, magazines and books.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22
sECRET SESSIONS CLOAK oF MIsDEEDs

When three out members OF the Federal Trade Conn
mission adopted providing for all complaints filed
with commission something new into being
Big Business another cloak with which its r
deeds
There to be publicity unless complaints lead to formal
action against the accused And it found that the
defendant pracng deceit using unfair methods
the defendants reform and there viii be publicity
Thus every crooked business the country
the Trade Commission publicity
it. upon conviction will merely agree be good thereafter
This be going the limit protect the culpable
In court procedure complaint public property doesn't
matter how innocent the accused be- When complaint is
fled charge the public has to the whole story
And every subsequent step open publicity Newspapers
get and publish action and every word of testimony
But the Federal Trade Commission is doing with all this
open proceeding 1t is making out of itself tribunal It
subjecng ITSELF moreover every charge may
ed at secret tribunal.
How the public to know whether the Federal Trade Commits
sion working secretey is working justly? How shall the public
know that the Federal Trade Commission not shielding crooks
shielding friends shielding certain groups? The public
will not know anything and consequently it and perhaps
will, suspect anything.
The minority members of the Commission senced by this
decree They criticize in the Pittsburgh
plus the decisions of the majority Secrecy
order absolute The Federal Trade Commission camera
something in America It is something the American peo
pe loving justice and dealing ought to jump with both
feet vigorously and with determination to let the light back in
where it belongs
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22
THAT DODGE CLEANUP!

Big fnanciers of Wall Street put fast in the
famous Dodge Brothers Motor Company transaction They
know how to throw up there the Street this
they sent down the and is of the swes
of the "a ~
Dillon, Read Co., Wall Street bankers agreed to pay the
Dodges $4600000 They raised the by the simple and
well worked epedent of selling the public $75 100000 in bonds
and $35 900 in preferred stock total of $161 100000
Allowing for fees and promotion the boys
cleared at least $0OO0O0O that Were they satisfied with
that tidy killing? Not perceptby. Like Oliver Twist they
wanted They divided themselves 100000 shares of
Class stothe stock with the exclusive voting pow
That that the investors who bhey put up the
$6OOOOO0 will have nothing about the of
the property.
Great system isn't t The fell for the publicity
stuff about the deal and quite incidentally made possible for
the Boy Scouts of Wall Street to sell their stock and the
cleanup at small outlay for promotion
This the best since William Randolph Hearst let the dear
public in $120OOOOO good thingfor W. R. Hand ate his
cake and still has it.
The trouble about Dr. Cook and others who broke into Leaven
worth that they operating small scale with the
wrong system and didn't have the right backing!
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22


Therefore, the authors OF the little
pamphlet are entirely justified IN pre-
senting the two following paragraphs;
"Is this the public's idea Of indus
trial iustice7 Does the travelling pub
lie, the shipper and others dependent
upon maintenance of way employees
for safe tracks and bridges, approve
of this wage? Do ministers, teachers
and doctors, who advocate religious,
mental and physical improvement for
America, think it possible to raise
families, attend and contribute to
churches, educate children and main
tain the family health and decency on
$3.50 q year?
eff so. then let the American public
cease its hypocritical advocation Of
the living wage and indorse the abom-
Unable law Of supply and demand in
order that ill-paid railroad mainten-
ance of way workers may know def
nitely that there is hope for better
wages"
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22

We know lots about our own inn
mediate affairs. We have specialized
information. We are experts about
some one thing, most of us. Anyhow,
we have a high percentage Of experts.
And we have mastered industry and
we run industry much better than we
run politics. There are interesting
figures who make that very clear
figures about our per capita produc-
ton, our per capita distribution Of
commodities, such as clothes, auto
mobiles and schools.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22

$3.50 year; for the first four months
of 1924 it was s71.75 per month, or
the equivalent of 1851 per year.
This is the rate of compensation
about which the little pamphlet asks,
as it just and reasonable ?" The last
three words are taken from the Ian
guage of the transportation act of
1920, which requires the Railroad
Labor Board to establish rates Of
pay and salaries or standards of
working conditions which, in the
opinion of the board, are just and
reasonable"
The authors of the little pamphlet
contend that an annual wage of $3.50
is not just and reasonable. They
maintain that this income is far from
adequate to support a man and his
family in anything like decent condi-
tons. In proof of this assertion, they
submit estimates of the cost of liv-
ing made by IA different authorities
between 1900 and 1920. These family
budgets all refer to a man and wife
and three children under IL years of
age. Converted into the prices pre-
vailing in December, 1923, the average
OF these IA budgets is $1,449.1S.
This glaring injustice to a large
body of working men is declared by
the little pamphlet to be a matter of
public responsibility. If words and
institutions have any meaning, this
judgment is correct. The United
States Railroad Labor Board fixes the
compensation of all classes of rail-
road employees. Despite the pleas Cd
this underpaid section of employees,
the Railroad Labor Board has con
sistently declined T. award them Kv.
ing wages. In fact, it has formally
repudiated the doctrine Of a living
wage. So long as the board exists
and functions, the responsibility fol
its acts rests upon the Government
Of the United States and the peopI.
Of the United States.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22

If we are going to make the rum
ming Of democracy a really intelli-
gent thing, we must find a way to
a greater common information about
great public questions, or we must
find a way to their being handled
that is more intelligent than the way
now generally followed. Democracy
grows, like a plant. Where is it
growing7 How are we going to get
more intelligence into the business Of
running big public affairs3 There is
no more interesting subject for all Of
our little groups and circles and spec
ialized individuals to be thinking
about. How can we make right de-
cisions II we don't know what were
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22
The Cher7p
Tnee-
Where with our Little Ratchet
we tell the truth about many
things, sometimes profoundly,
sometimes flippantly.

How vast and wonderful is this
thing we cali civilizationI It includes
bath tubs and books, safety. razors,
Sarazen, soap and magazines and
books and plays and grocery bills
and jobs.
There are all manner Of groups and
generally the group lives much unto
itself and doesn't know what is going
on in other groups.
Civilization includes all kinds of
men and women who lead certain
kinds of lives in very small circles
pretty much shaped by the conditions
around them.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22
By The Way

Florida is about to begin trial Of
the notorious turpentine camp peon-
age cases. Also the Florida Legis-
lature is considering legislation to
abolish the lash.
Peonage and the lash have gone to-
gether through the ages. Where
there is one there is the other.
Cases to be brought to trial rest
on evidence that Negroes have been
forced to work by all Of the good old
devices, such as debt, false arrest and
conspiracy between companies to con-
tinue peonage and bulwark each 9TH
er in the hateful practice.
That anyone could be found to de-
fend the practice of peonage seems
ridiculous, yet there are those in Flor
ida who do defend the institution and
who are fighting for its continuance.
Where there is profit there generally
are those who viii defend the means
by which that profit is gained.
But eventually peonage will go. 1t
is to be hoped Florida has seen the
last of it. In any event, the country
will have its eyes on Florida for some
thing else besides its ocean beaches,
its real estate values and its fine
fruits. The country wants to know
what Florida is going to do about
peonage.
'Is It Just and Reasonable" is the
title Of small pamphlet issued BY
the United Brotherhood Of Mainten.
ance Of Way Employees and Railroad
Shop Laborers. This union comprises
the majority of the unsldiIed employ.
es on our railroads. The number Of
such employees exceeds a quarter of {
million men. Their average wage fol
the year 1928 was $73.88 a month, o.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22

decidingf And how can we know
50 that we can make right decisions
And can we know?
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22
CAPITAL COMMENT

A certain class Of business men are
chortling with glee over the predica-
ment Of the Federal Trade Commits
sion. The Commission has been
packed with friends Of its enemies,
and appears TO be in a fair way to
expire.
The Federal Trade Commission was
created to protect the public from un-
fair business practices and to protect
business men from unfair compe-
tition. Through their organizations
the work Of the board has been ham,
pered to a considerable extent, and
now through courts and careless APP
pointments they have, they believe,
effectively hobbled it.
Those business men who have swal-
lowed the propaganda of the anti
commission lobbyists may well stop
and think bit before they join in the
chuclde. They themselves may soon
wish for protection against unfair
competition.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22

Something new in boycottsl Be-
cause union plumbers were granted
an increase by the master plumbers
the men have been locked out Of all
building jobs by the Operative Build
ers' Association, which claims to con-
troll more than half the construction
in Washington. This is a sympa-
thetic strike with reverse English,
but, strange to say, local newspapers
are not condemning it as they would
if the workmen were trying to put it
over.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22

Pick up highbrow magazine. Read
its pages and there can be no other
conclusion except that here is some
thing written and published way up
in. the clouds somewhere, where the
air is pure and serene, where nobody
ever sweats or gets mad or breaks a
leg or has to bother about the in
stallment man. Nobody up there ever
has to wonder whether he is going to
get fired next pay day, whether the
union is going to be strong enough to
hold wages where they are or push
them up, or whether the baby's Group
is going to get better. It must be
wonderful up there, where everyone
is superior and knows all about every
thing.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-05-22

Something has been happening ov-
er in West Virginia. 'Sgettin' so a
coal mine owner has no more rights
than other citizens. Federal Judge
Baker announces that in future his
court will not grant temporary res
training orders until defendants have
had an opportunity to answer the
complaint. The plaintiffs failed to
convince this Judge that peaceful per-
suasion of miners to join the union
is a violation Of an injunction issued
way back in 1918. Shades of Judge
Jacksonl Mother Jones wins at lastl
Won Hindenburg, our statesmen
tell US, is perfectly safe" Somehow
we can't reconcile this with what they
told us in 1917. p