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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
LEAVES FOR CLEVELAND

Mrs. jeanette Johns left the city
Saturday morning for Cleveland, Ohio.
her home, after spending three weeks
in this city on account Of the illness
Of relatives. Mrs. Johns is the grand
daughter Of Rev. and Mrs. C. IT,
Clark, 5I2 E. 45th street.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
MOVES

Mrs. Parthenia J. Brown, well-known
member of Community Center Church
and member Of the choir for num-
Der Of years, has moved from 4744
Langley avenue TO ala Calumet av-
enue, to home Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Fl.
Young.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
THE APPOMATTOX CLUB
1852 SOUTH PARKWAY

The Appomattox Club invites its
members and lady guests to attend the
May Party, Thursday evening, May
u, 1926, at 900 o'clock p. M. Dane
ing, informal. "A card party Monday
evening, May 31st at $50 o'clock P.
M, progressive whist, members and
ladies, prizes. Hostesses: Mrs. David
B. Hawley, Mrs. Oscar Randall and
Mrs. Ralph Davenport
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
Boufant Eroclka

Bouffant frocks In varied combina-
tons of pastel colors are extremely
smart and admirably adapted to the
needs Of the younger girl A particu-
larry pretty model III OF pale pink com
bined with violet taffeta and trimmed
with wheels OF silver embroidery.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
ATTEND FUNERAL OF SISTER

Mrs Alberta Keeble. SIS e. 42nd
place, and her sister. Mrs. Josie Gallo
way. 81 F. 10th place, have gone to
Nashville, Tenn. where they viii at.
tend the funeral Of their sister, Mrs
Christine Lyda-Jones, on May 18th.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
RETURNS FROM VISIT

Mrs. Eliza Jackson, state grand
oueen OF Illinois and jurisdiction OF
a IL K. & d. Of A. has just returned
from ! trip through her jurisdiction
and also visit to headquarters at St
Louis. Mo.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
COL. JOHN r. JENKINS CON-
TINUES TO BECOME ONE OF
THE LEADING POLITICIANS
ON THE SOUTH SIDE

Col. John R. Jenkins, president Of
the Crispus Attacks League, COS East
43rd street. has the courage and the
nerve TO rub up against the leading
politicians on the south sidC and his
Crispus Attacks League is fast becom-
ing a power in politics in its neck Of
the woods.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
HON. AND MRS. ROBERT ].
ROULS TON ARE HOME
AGAIN AFTER "A PLEASANT
VISIT TO HONOLULU

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert J. Roulston,
456 w. 6lst Place, have arrived home
from an extensive and pleasant trip
through Honolulu, where they greatly
enjoyed the beautiful landscape seen
cry and the other natural arts which
bounds all parts Of that beautiful land
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
preston News Service)

l. Detroit Rights" Itself.
2. Miss Porter's Psychology Study.
3. Consistency, Thou Art a Jewel.
=. Capital Wrestles with Bathing
Beach.
$. The Literary Era.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
MRS. YOUNG OUT AGAIN

Mrs Lou Ella Young. ala Calumet
avenue. who has been quite III and
confined to her home for several
weeks, is able to be out again.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
miss Porter,s Pgychology Study

Miss Porter,s Psychology Study
America might well read the Study
in Psychology Of the American Ne
gro7 by Miss Nora NJ Porter. noted
white writer, whose enlightening con-
tribution is appearing exclusively in
the California Voice, Oakland, Cal.
Says Miss Porter: Held back so long
by unfavorable climate, the white man
was the last to develop culture. But
as soon as He began to be cultured. be-
ing enterprising and ambitious. he
built upon the foundation laid by the
dark races, and has moved forward SO
rapidly that he feels justified in calling
himself superior race; and we do him
justice to say that in most cases he
really does not know that he is mis-
taken"
Miss Porter continues BY saying that
blood TRANSMISSION can be practiced
from one TO the other, and in trans
planting skin, the white skin viii grow
white on black man and black skin
will preserve its color when grated on
to a white man" In all, Miss Porter
bravely advises her Race that it is
wrong, all wrong in putting such a
heavy price upon mans exterior, as
done by Nature.
When Moses married the daughter
Of Jethro, who was black woman,
and when Simon the Cyrenian helped
the Savior carry the cross on the way
to Calvary, no one thought that, years
hence, after civilization died and then
was born again, such internal strife,
based upon skin complex. would push
its hydra head into the New World;
but as Miss Porter says: 'sThe white
mans hostility as well as his ignor-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22

According to Pascal, Man is the
glory and the scandal of the Universe,
and it must have been that with this
mental background u. S. Senator a
week or two ago asked the simple
question: Can the Senator conceive OF
anything more demoralizing and I'M
dermining to the good citizenship OF
the people than to have a solemn
pledge in the Constitution and to have
great Senators stand upon the floor oil
the Senate and say the people are 60
ing to have what they want regardless
Of whether it is constitutional or not?"
To which the reply was made: Il can
conceive of nothing more deplorable,
nothing more tragic; nothing more
scandalous"
The respondent Senator, however,
just-a few days prior, had said: Did
not the South after the Civil War de-
termine for itself, without regard to
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
ments to the Federal Constitution
whether it would or would not have
ignorant Negro suffrage riveted upon
its neck? Did not every southern
man of every station in life exercise
every power that lay in him to stay the
consequences of that frightful curse?
Outraged human nature claimed its
rights, and there is nothing which /
regard with more satisfaction than the
fact that when | was boy, living in
remote countryside. all the white
citizens of that community were band
ed together like brothers for the pur-
pose of multiplying these amendments
to the Federal Constitution and defeat
ing the will OF Congress when it
endeavored to enforce them; and,
thank God, they defeated it."
Truth, il crushed to earth, will rise
again; but Consistency, thou art a
jewel.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
S,nce In n While

Occasionally gratitude Ia found else
where than In the dictionary.-Canton
Daily News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
Detroit Rights" Itself

Detroit Rights" Itself
That ancient doctrine Of Law which
declares that "a mans home is his
castle" has been upheld by Detroit
jury, and Henry Sweet, brother of DIR.
Ossian H. Sweet, who, with eleven
Negroes in all, has just been tried for
murder, was acquitted, the prosecutor
announcing that he had not decided
whether or not the remaining defend
ants will be brought to trial.
The principal facts in the case are
simple. A race physician, having es-
tablished his home in a community
over the objections Of white "suprem-
lists" was beseiged by a mob, bent
upon cleaning" the neighborhood OF
Race residents. In due course, after
countless outrages, prosecutions, and
malignant offenses, the good doctor, in
defense Of his castle" took ordinary
and reasonable precautions to protect
himself and his family from mob vio-
lence; and, somehow or other, in the
Climax of race disturbance, a white
man was killed by some one. Whether
the deceased was a member OF the mob
or an innocent bystander was not
clearly shown; but he was the victim
Of the indirect results of mob rule; and,
OF course, some one had to be indicted
for being the contributing cause Of his
demise.
Without regard to the sordid details
OF the Sweet case, it is consoling to
know that in the good state Of Michi-
gan. twelve good men and true, could
be found who resolved to uphold the
theory that mans home is his castle
that the defense of same is merely self
defense; and that the charge for life
snuffed out during the UNFOLDING of
such legal traditions cannot be placed
against the defenders.
The Sweet case is notable on ac-
count of those particulars, and because
of the fact that colored America, itself
hanging in the balance, regarded the
Sweet case as their case, gave of their
mite in the defense, and can not justly
gloat over the outcome, which should
be lesson to prospective mobbists the
country over.
As to the defendant principals, just
people everywhere, white and black,
will rejoice in their victory; for the
same menace could beset any man in
the protection of home and loved ones.
The fortitude which the physician dis
played; the fealty Of his relatives and
friends; and the cool judgment by
them displayed under soul-trying con-
ditions are examples for every man in
America; for the mob must be curbed;
peaceful, law-abiding citizens must Be
assured Of real liberty and that their
lives and their families lives will ever
be protected. Anything less than this
gives the lie to the cry Of democracy,
50 prevalent in this Nation.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-05-22
Capital wrestles with Bathing Beach

Capital Wrestles with Bathing Beach
With sweltering summer just around
the corner, Washingtonians, unlike
Jacob wrestling with the Angel, are
wrestling with what they have termed
the devil in the form of the proposed
bathing beach for Negroes in Section
c of Anacostia Park. If Section c ran
alphabetically, as to location in beau
tiful Washington, all would be we'll;
but it so happens that the dark, muddy
sector OF the placid Anacostia River,
designated by Congress for the ablu-
tons Of the brethren, is far, far away
from Seventh and You Streets. 1t is
even long way from Seventh and
IS" Mount Pleasant, and Blooming
dale 1t appears that the only colored
residents of D. c., who are strategical-
" located so as to be able to cool and
cleanse themselves, long after Con-
gress has adjourned and the burning
Washington sun increasing the sales
of bathtubs and shower sprays, are a
group living in the rural districts Of
the Southeast, whose bathers have
been wont to defy both law and man
BY bathing in September Eve style in
numerous bayous and inlets Of the
cool Potomac.
Consequently, CONSERVATION has be-
set the minds of not a few colored
residents, who are making long and
loud protest. not that they do not ac-
cept the bathing benefce of Congress,
but that its location is most displeas-
ing. They say it would be almost as
easy to travel to Atlantic City or
Sheepshead Bay as to traverse in a
one-man trolley car to the South Pole
Of the District
They point out that white bathers,
under the protection OF Congress, are
TO have easy access to pool near the
city's center Of population; and that
to assign them to the lower Anacostia
River site would be ike having Adj
miraI Dewey in Alaska, with instruc-
tons to capture Manila the following
day.
So the civic associations have met
in open protest with disconsolate APP
peals for better spot; and it IS said
that Congressman Martin B. Madden,
who, as chairman Of the House Ap-
preparations Committee, holds the
purse strings Of the public funds. is to
be importuned to make certain resery-
atoms before he pulls the cord In the
meantime, the cool weather has aided
Evening star., 1926-03-21

Ann Botsford, a member of the
University Of Kansas girls rifle team.
who has made a new record. In FIVE
weeks of national competition she
kept her scores perfect, which is claim
ed to be feat that will probably never
again be equaled. q ,naerxo, . ,n,,rrwoo.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29

provided a sensational expose of
departmental conditions but inso-
far as results were concerned,
amounted ito nothing more than
interesting reading matter for
the American public.
At present there is a dis
pute between the organized
group of farmers as to the
methods of farm relief. Ow-
ing to the short time before
this session ends, it is be-
lieved that the matter will not
advance beyond the talking stage.
The administration is said to OBJ
ject to government price fixing,
despite the objections from var
ious groups. American business
is also taking up the subject of
assisting agriculture.
The approval of the Italian
debt pact by the Senate brought
a sigh of relief from those in
terested in the forthcoming SEN
atorial contests. The disposition
of this controversy might place
it in the background as an cleo
ton issue; however, it is to be
observed that the world court
issue is stressed by candidates
for senatorial seats.
With the country in a pros
porous condition the big Bust
ness issue which usually pro-
vided campaign material is
side-tracked. Some legislators
are now attempting to revive in
terest in this matter by demand
ing inquiry into the consolida-
ton of large business houses and
it's effect on competition. The
question of trust" and trust
busting" sometimes provides in
teresting political fireworks but
| it's effect on the general public
is passive.
| For a time it appeared that
the tariff would be given un-
usual prominence but somehow
the sensations have not reached
the proportions expected.
Everybody is impatient and
anxious to get back home. The
impeachment trial is not attract
ing the attention that was an
ticipated. Apparently it means
little to the public if a public
servant goes astray with power
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29
Our Wdsfin2tonLetter
By " HDaley

spite the numerous inquiries and
investigations which are absorb
ing a considerable portion of the
present session of Congress, it is
generally recognized that there
will be little or no change in af-
fairs.
Although the legislators pro-
fess a desire to vote for various
measures which they regard mer-
itorious from a personal or po-
litical viewpoint, they are quite
willing to allow these matters re-
main statu quo until December
1. 1t is not always an easy or
convenient matter, from a poll
tical standpoint, to explain delay
in the consideration of legisla-
ton 1t is difficult to provide
an answer that satisfies the folks
back home when votes are actu-
ally cast and recorded.
It has been said that the fear
of change perplexed monarchs IN
by-gone days, and the same holds
at present with those dependent
upon public favor for their high
positions. The agitation for
the various measures finds many
of them like weathercocks as
variable as the winds. There
remains only a few days for legis-
lative elaboration, as it is now
understood that the Congress
will recess about May 20. The
calendar is crowded with bills
and their authors must make
gestures in order to convince
those interested in the measure
of their desire to have. the pro-
positions enacted into law. The
steering committees of the Sem
ate and House have their time
completely occupied in sorting
out the wheat from the chaff.
That is, measures of the utmost
Importance politically from those
which can be safely passed over
until next session.
Several months ago, with the
Mitchell case giving the country
a thrill, the average person pre-
dicted it would provide an i'm
portant issue for the incoming
Congress. Insofar as the poll
tical effects were concerned, the
Mitchell case proved to be a
successful publicity stunt but OBJ
viously a political "dud". 1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29

producers in the locality obtained
over $500, those who had even
a small acreage secured a very
handsome cash income. To a
marked extent the success in any
crop depends on the yield. Vari-
atoms in the cost per acre are
not great. A farmer having a
higher yield than the average
usually has a lower cost per
bushel. The average yield for
Pine county was 124 bushels so
the cost per bushel for most of
the producers in the county
would be more than 27c and con-
sequently a narrower margin of
profit would result.
The item of most interest to
producers now is what may be
expected this year. In 1924, po-
tatoes were low in price as a re-
suit of an over supply. Not only
was the production per acre of
127 bushels for the United States
the highest on record, but the
total production was also greater
than in any previous year. This
over-production and the accom-
panying low price, following sew
eral lean years in potato produc-
ton, caused reduction of TO
in the country's potato acreage
during 1925. The yield also
dropped to 104 bushels per acre.
AS consequence, the total pro-
duction was sufficiently below
the normal demand to drive pri-
ces up. The Agricultural Out
look for 1926 states that if there
is no increase in the acreage har-
vested in 1926, it is reasonable
to assume that the crop again
will bring a substantial profit.
If the acreage is increased to
the 1924 figure and a production
of 10 bushels is obtained, the to-
tai production will be equal to
the average of the last ten years.
If there is a 20% increase as
there was following the 1916
crop and a 10 bushel yield, more
will be produced than the consul
mers care to buy. Such an over
production has previously result
ed in a reduction In price to
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29
MISSIONARY TALKS

Miss Dagmar Miller, who re-
turned a few months ago to her
old home at Hampton, Iowa, af-
ter having spent five or six years
as missionary in India, spoke
before classes in the local school
Tuesday and Wednesday and
Wednesday afternoon addressed
the Ladies Aid at the parsonage,
about 100 being present.
Miss Miller dwelt upon con-
ditions in far-off India, the work
by missionaries, and need of such
work. She spoke also about Eli
B9gh, a Danish civil engineer
who came to India to take charge
of tea plantations to finance
missionary work. He came in
contact with people afflicted
with ieprosy, of whom there are
many in India, and has been very
active in their behalf.
Miss Miller came back from
India sooner than she had anti
cipated because of the climate
and the need of a rest. The i'll
ness of her aged father and sub
sequent death also called her to
America sooner. She has spoken
in many Danish communities
since her return. The collec-
ton taken at the Ladies Aid
meeting Wednesday goes for mis-
sionary work.
While in Askov Miss Miller is
guest at the home of her
cousin, Martin Miller.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
Those Taking Part in Clothing
Projects Over the County Will
Celebrate at Pine City, Satur-
day, May Is.

Through the Agricultural Ex-
tension service and the co-opera-
ton of the Pine County Farm
Bureau and Pine county, the
county agent, F. w. Hammargren,
arranged and introduced the
Clothing Project in different
parts Of the county the past win
ter. Under the able management
and instruction of Mrs. Duggan,
from the agricultural college, the
local leaders of each training cen
ter and their various groups are
now getting ready for Achieve
ment Day. By that, is meant an
exhibition of work taught them
by their instructor and to bring
out the different phases of the
project.
The local leaders and their
groups are now busy preparing
this exhibition and a program
that will be one of the most in
structive, unique exhibitions, and
pleasant surprises to the people
of Pine county that has ever been
put on before In this community.
From the samples of ready made
articles and clothing the good
housewives will carry away sug-
gestions that will be of value
and benefit to them the rest of
their natural lives.
There will be speaking by
prominent men, community sing
ing, and stunts of various kinds
so amusing and original that it
will keep the audience In con-
tinuous, mirthful humor. The
people of Pine county cannot af-
ford to miss being present at
this DAY of Days. Come and
boost your own community, your
own county and get acquainted
with its people.
This great community gather
ing will be held in the Armory
at Pine City on Saturday, May Is.
The various committees are now
working at full speed to have
everything in readiness by the
required date.
The local leaders and people
of Pine City extend their hearty
welcome to the people of Pine
county and other counties to help
them make this the biggest and
the most pleasant and instructive
Community day in the history
of the project. A picnic lunch
has been decided on as the most
feasible arrangement in regard
to eats.
Mrs. Saxon, Pine City
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29
ARE BUSY PAVING
IN PINE COUNTY

A big crew of men started
work Monday morning to COM
plete the half mile of paving
over Wolf lake, on State Highway
No. 1, the missing link on the
four miles of paving north from
Sandstone to the Finlayson cor
ner which was not completed last
fall. After completing that the
Kapan Construction Company of
Duluth, who have the contract,
will move on up and build the IL
miles of paving between the Fin
layson corner and Sturgeon Lake,
the road bed having been made
last year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29
Cost of Producing Potatoes per Acre,
1925. AskOv, Minnesota.

The figures presented are COM
puted from the reports of the
cooperators on the Askov Farm
Accounting Route. The cost per
acre was $40.52. This figure does
not include marketing charges.
The labor and cost of hauling
to town would have to be added
to get the cost directly compar-
able to the market price. The
average yield per acre was ISL
bushels which would result in a
costsper bushel of approximately
.27c ON the farm. AS all of the
crop that was marketed brought
at least 75c per bushel and some
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29

Can you crack nuts?' asked a
young boy of an old lady that
was visiting at his home. No,
my dear, / can't" the old lady
replied, Il lost all of my teeth
years ago." Then" said the
boy extending his hands filled
with walnuts, please hold these
while / go and get some more. !"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1926-04-29
POTATO COSTS
AND PROSPECTS
Prepared and Written by Andrew
T. HOverstad, Department of
Farm Management, University
Farm, st. Paul.

Potato production is a specula-
tive game. Occasionally the price
goes extremely high. During
the last Is years there have. been
four seasons in which high pri-
ces have prevailed. These years
were 1911, 1915, 1919 and 1925.
Those who had potatoes at these
times made very large profits.
Some idea of the margin between
the cost and market price in the
Askov area for 1925 may be
gathered from the following
tabulation:.
Cost of Producing Potatoes per Acre,