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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
THURSDAY, MAY s, 1927.

have often heard business men say
that If they could be assured that the
state would not build parallel pave
ments, paved toll road would be a
profitable investment.
Suppose for instance, that between
Minneapolis and Duluth motorists had
choice of paved toll road and a
free gravel road. In the summer
time many of those who are "just
out for ride. would probably prefer
the gravel. But do you suppose that
among those who are driving on bus
mess and want to get somewhere, a
toll of one cent mile would keep one
in hundred from taking the pave
ment, summer or winter? Paved
roads, according to reliable figures,
save from 215 to cents mile over
gravel or dirt roads when they are
good, and during recent weeks, we
know many who would have saved
five. ten, or twenty cents a mile if
a paved road had been available.
According to figures compiled by
the Minnesota highway department,
the cost of the paved trunk highways
now in use, based on the present traf-
fic, is one third cent per vehicle mile.
This estimate is based onsa liberal
allowance for depreciation, interest
and maintenance.
We would much rather have public
pavements than toll roads. But as
long as motorists consider their road
contribution as a tax instead of
part of their vehicle operating costs
and hesitate to spend the money me-
cessary to build adequate roads, they
are strongly inviting private capital
to look into this very promising field
of investment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Motherhood

MARY, the Christ long slain, passed
AV1 silently
Following the children joyously astir
Under the cedrus and the olive tree,
Pausing to let their laugh float to her.
Each voice an echo of voice more dear,
She saw little Christ in every face;
When 10, another woman. gliding near,
Yearned DER the tender life that filed the
place.
A ND Mary sought the wonan's hand, and
1 \ spoke:
81 know thee not, yet know they thy
memory tossed
With all thousand dreams their eyes evoke
Who bring to thee child beloved and
lost.
T TOO have rocked my little one.
L Oh, he was fair!
Yea, fairer than the fairest sun,
And like its rays through amber spun
His sun-bright hair.
Still can see it shine and shine"
Gwen so" the woman said, "was mine"
IT us ways were ever dashing ways
1 And Mary smiled
$50 soft, so clinging! Glad relays
Of love were all his precious days.
My little child!
My infinite star! My music Aed!"
"Even so was mine," the woman said.
THEN whispered Mary: Tell me, thou.
of thine" And she:
ooh, mine was rosy as bough
Blooming with roses, sent, somehow, !,
To bloom for me!
His balmy fingers left a thrill
Within my breast that warns me still"
THEN gazed she down some wilder,
1 darker hour,
And said-when Mary questioned, know
ing not:
~Who art thou, mother of so sweet a
Aower?"-
81 am the mother of Isoariot."
Agnes Lee.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05

It was held on the Ides of March,
when the people made offerings In the
temple served to elevate motherhood
into something Of the dignity which
rightfully characterizes it. ...
With the advent of the Christian
era, the festival still retained its old
forms but became infused with new
spirit. From the celebration with pa
gan rites in honor of Rhea, there de-
veloped an observance in honor Of the
mother church. In this celebration 1t
became the custom on mid-Lent Sum-
day for the faithful to visit the
churches in which they were baptized.
bearing gifts for the altar.
"Mothering Sunday"
From this festival of worship In
honor of the mother church, there
grew the observance of Mothering
Sunday, though the successive steps
in this development are not clear. 1t
is certain, however, that long ago
when young men and maidens were
bound out as apprentices and as serv.
ants, mid-Lent Sunday was set aside
for them to visit their mothers, TAX
ing for them some little present such
as a cake or trinket. A youth en-
gagged in such a pilgrimage was said
to 60 a-mothering, from which the
day came to be called Mothering Sun
day. The old bonds Of filial love were
Enlightened by this pleasant annual
visit, marked, as custom dictated, by
the excitement attendant upon some
novel and perhaps surprising gift
There was also a cheering and Pc
iculiar festivity appropriate to the day,
the chief dish being furmety, consist
ing of wheat grains boiled in sweet
milk and sugared and spiced. Another
delicacy much esteemed in Shropshire,
Yorkshire and Herefordshire was the
simnel cake The inside Of simnel
cake was like a rich fruit cake but
the outside was made of flour and
water. ~
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Fleet of 122 Ships Visits N. Y.

New York-Welcomed by airplanes
and greeted by blasts from the whis.
ties and sirens of harbor craft, the
vanguard of the greatest United States
fleet ever to assemble off New York
-122 Warcraft of various sizes-steam.
ed slowly up the bay to their anchor.
ages. The armada comprises the bulk
of the Atlantic and Pacific fighting
fleets and is manned by 10000 sailors.
The visit will last 16 days. Some of
the ships will be anchored in the Hud-
son river, others will be moored off
Staten Island, while still others will
put into the Brooklyn navy yard. The
warcraft are fresh from maneuvers
off the Panama canal and in Cuban
waters.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
BANDITS KILL So
IN TRAIN WRECK
Desperadoes Wreck Passenger,
Soak Coaches in Oil and
Apply Torch.

Mexico City-Fifty-five persons were
known dead and more bodies were ex-
pected to be recovered from the ruins
Of wrecked and burned train which
President Gales charged in an official
statement was attacked as part of a
church plot.
Estimates place the death list as
high as 100.
The rebel band of 500 or more de.
rallied the train, killed the guard OF
troops in battle and then soaked the
cars in oil and set fire to them.
Fifty-one bodies were taken from
the wreckage and four wounded died
en- route to Yurecuaro from the scene
of the holdup near La Barca, between
Limon and Feliciano, in the state of
Jalisco.
Dona Refugio Oregon Ponce de
Leon, eldest daughter of the former
president of Mexico, General Alvaro
Obregon, was reported among those
killed. She was shot while trying to
escape through a Pullman window
reports say.
Several Americans were on the
train, but none killed or injured.
The rebel band wrecked the train
by removing one rail from the track.
It was reported. The engine and ex.,
press car were derailed, and as the
train came to a humping stop, bullets
from the rebels guns. invisible in the
darkness, swept it from end to end.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Shiustead Invites CooIidqe

Washington-An invitation to make
his summer home in Minnesota was
extended to President Coolidge by
Senator Shipstead. Mr.. Shipstead pro.
posed some specific sites in Minnesota
but he declined later to reveal them.
He said the President hoped to give
some consideration to the selection of
his summer home when he has cleared
up some of the pending work now be,
fore him.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Your Best Friend

- Better appreciate your mother be-
fore your appreciation of her will be
no kindness to her, and the post NOR
tenn regrets will be more and more
of an agony as the years pass on
Big headstones of polished Aberdeen
and the best epitaphs which the fam
iIy put together could compose and
n garland of whitest roses from the
conservatory are often the attempt to
atone for the thanks we ought to have
uttered in living ears and the kind
words that would have done more.
good than all the Gala lilies ever
piled up on the silent mounds of the
meteries.-Exchange.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Chaplin to Pay Million Taxes

Washington-Charles Chaplin will
pay the government approximately
$1,000,000 in settlement of the gov
ernment's claims on unpaid taxes
covering a period of more than five
years. An agreement has been reached
here between attorneys for the movie
actor and produced and the govern.
ment by which this amount would be
accepted to satisfy all claims and
permit the release of the producers
property.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
u. S. Loses 13 Million Tax

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. before the
United States Supreme Court dis
closed that the government already
has lost $13,OOO,OOO or more in income
tax revenue and may lose hundreds
of millions more as the result of re.
cent Circuit Court of Appeals ruling
that bootleggers or others fearing
Standardization in their statements
may not be compelled to file income
returns.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Speed Plan for HASTINGS Dam

Washington-Senator Shipstead has
received telegram from Major Will.
liams, engineer in charge of the Has,
tings dam project, saying that prelim.
mary survey work on the project will
cost $4,000. Major Williams adds
that if this work is done at once, it
will advance the completion of the
project one year. Senator Shipstead
is planning to take the subject up with
Secretary of War Davis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Russian Museum is Looted

Moscow-Five old masters with an
estimated prewar valuation of 100000
have been stolen from the State Mu-
scum of Fine Arts, formerly the Alex.
ander III Museum. The pictures stol
en- were Rembrandt's Christ" ii
tian's Christ" Corregios "The Holy
Family" Carlo Dolccis' "St. John the
Divine and Giunta Pisano's "Flage
liatiop."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Sen. Reed Rushed to Hospital

Detroit-Senator James A. Reed,
chief counsel for Henry Ford in the
million-dollar libel suit, has been TAX.
en- to the Henry Ford hospital for oh.
servation. Reed was ordered to the
hospital when he failed to respond to
treatment given for an attack of
acute indigestion. The senator was
stricken on a train while en- route here
from Washington.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Call N. w. Liunite Worlds Best

Minneapolis-That the billions of
tons of Ignite coal of North and South
Dakota and Montana will revolution
lie industry in the entire northwest
is the opinion of Drs. F. A. Oetken
and Frank Mueller, German scientists
and engineers, here consulting with
Minneapolis financiers interested in
the development of Ignite property
near Lehigh, N. D.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Depew Visits Wall Street.

New York-Chauncey Depew, at SO
keeps an aye on what is doing in Wall
Street. Folks who noticed him visit
ing friends there could think of no par
ticular reason, especially since New
York Central, of which he is chair
man, was firm and his slogan is the
optimist always wins.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Chinese StranVIe 20 Spies.

Peking-The raid by northern sol
diers on buildings attached to the So
Wet embassy here had an aftermath
in the execution by strangling of 20
Chinese, including woman, arrested
in the buildings as Communist agi
tators. Lii Ta-Chao, a widely known
Communist, was one of those exc
cuted.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Parachute Dive Saves Filler.

Rantoul, ll.-Transformed into
human torch when. his clothing ignit.
ed after his airplane caught fire while
1900 feet in the air near Champaign
ILL.,, Lieutenant Stewart w. Towle
Jr., of the army air corps, stationed
at Chanute Field here, saved his life
by making parachute jump from the
blazing ship.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
u. S. Troops Kill 3 Nicaraguans

Managua, Nicaragua-American ma.
val forces in Nicaragua, after having
been fired on at three different occa.
sions came into conflict with an armed
band carrying red flags and wearing
red bands on their hats. Three mem.
bers of the band were found dead aft.
er the red" retired The Americans
suffered no casualties
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Mexico Establishes Rigid Censor

Mexico City-The Mexican govern
ment has established a censorship up.
on cables. No explanation has been
offered. Rebel activities in northern
Mexico have been increasing recently
and there have been repeated rumors
of the possibility of an attempted rev
olution from Mexicans across the
United States borders.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Will Fly to Labrador.

Lisbon-The Portuguese naval air
man. Nevez Ferrira, is preparing t.
hop off on nonstop flight from Lis
bon to Labrador. The cost of tn,
airplane is being borne by a residen
Of New England.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Vessel Sinks in 500 Storm

Sauit Ste. Marie. Mich.-The steam
or Yukondoc rests on the bottom OF
st. Mary's river beside Brady pierN
here where it was dragged by tugs
Just before settling.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Plan to Drain EVERGLADES

Tallahassee, Fla.-The state senate
had before it bill proposing expendi
ture of $20,OO0,0OO for draining of the
Everglades. The measure, Endorsed by
Governor John W. Martin, was passed
by the house.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05
Pastor Denies Existence of Satan.

Pastor Denies Existence OF Satan.
Berlin undamentalism won a vic
tory at Bromberg. Poland, when |;
pastor was sentenced to 80 days i'm
prisonment and $156 fine for den,
ing the existence of Satan.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-05-05


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The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
NEW BALLOON ALTITUDE
 WORLD RECORD |. S.

Belleville. Ills., May 5, (P)-A new worlds altitude, record for free balloons was apparently established today when Captain Hawthorne c. Gray descended in Golden Gate, Ill., inois. after he showed the record of approximately forty-one thousand feet. Two German aeronauts had made the previous record of thirty five thousand feet twenty-six years ago. Captain Gray on his descent found that he was falling fifteen hundred feet per minute. and at a height of eight thousand feet he immediately climbed out over the side of the basket and made a par achute landing. Gray said that a pain in his chest at the maximum height caused him some discom- fort.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
LYNCHING AT LITTLE ROCK

Little Rock, Ark, May 5, R)- Militiamen are guarding Little Rock after John Carter, negro, who admitted that he attacked a white woman yesterday, was lynched last night. Miss Glennie Stewart, the daughter of the white woman at- tackled, identified the negro, and she saw him killed by hanging. Her mother is in the hospital suf- fering from injuries the negro in- fiicted during the assault. The mob. together with a posse of off, cers pursued Carter into the forest and captured him. The mob num- bering several hundred took charge ot the negro and hanged him from a telephone pole, then riddled the body with bullets. Then they cut the body down and tied 1t behind an automobile and dragged it through all the principal streets and the negro district. During the night they saturated the body with gasoline and burned it in a street in the negro section.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
FRIDAY (relEcRAPH,c)
NOME GETS EVERYTHING
 IT ASKED FOR AND THEN
 SOME FROM LEGlsLATURE

From telegrams received by the Nugget, and also by the Chamber 0. Commerce.. from the legislators at Juneau Nome and Seward Pen in.ula is receiving everything asked for and a whole lot more. We are pleased to state that one of the big gtst projects, the Nome-Candle Tramway Bill. which was defeated last Saturday. has been re-intro- drced by Representative Sundquist of Candle. and has passed both Houses. and is now in the hands of the Governor for signature. In this connection it is only proper to state that the Nome Chamber of Com Eaerce. and many people of Nome and Candle sent wires to Sundquist requesting him to move for . re- consideration of the bill or intro- duce some measure which would in- sure the appropriation for the tram way.
 In tomorrow's Weekly Nugget numerous telegrams received yes- tcrday and today will be printed anu the public can read for itself of all the good things in store for the Second Division The Chamber of Commerce officials have been very active in trying to obtain needed legislation. and have worked most agreeably with our delegation throughout the entire session.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
BRITISH VIEW ON WAR DEBT

London. May 5. lP)-The British Government, in its note to the United s ates challenged the au- thority of the statement of March seventh. by Secretary of Treasury Andrew Mellon. of the United States tl.at Great Britain's payment of the debt to the United States will not constitute a drain on the British e tonomic reserve. The note declar- ed that in no circumstance will Great Britain receive from the Re- parations and inter-Allied war debts taken together. more than sEe pays to America, and that it is not the desire of the British Gov einment to retain for itself any, thing out of the receipts from the Preparations and inter-Allied war debts. The note expressed the de- sire "that at least the United States should take steps to remove the un- fortunate impression that has been created" by Secretary Mellon's statements.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
GRAY ADMITS HE PROMISED
 TO BUY POISON FOR SNYDER

New York. May I. tP,-Henry Judd Gray today testified on the witness stand that he one, nromis- sd -Mrs.-Ruth- Snyder that he would help her obtain the poison to kill her husband He testified that she tested out on him-Gray-the poi scnous means of killing her bus band to be sure that the sleeping powders she had were strong en- orgh. She made him take them, and after watching them she de- said Mrs. Snyder showed him a five thousand dollar life insurance pol icy on her husbands life. He said he asked her if the policy was pay able in the event her husband died By drowning. He said she told him that she thought her husband might be drowned that summer. Late in September. Gray said. she told him that she had tried to kill her hus- failed She said, T don't have any luck" he testified. He quoted her as saving. Tt is too bad the tube used wasn't long enough to reach his nose and stick it in there" As Gray testified, Mrs. Snyder sat bow eG in her seat with her head hang ing.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
BRITISH VIEWPOINT ON
 WAR DEBT MAY APPEAR

London. May I. P}-The exposi- ton of the British viewpoint re- sarding War debts. is believed to be contained in Note to the Unit ed States. the publication of which i, set for tomorrow. The Note, dispatched today, is believed to be the outcome of controversy over the War debt between Secretary Mellon and the British Chancellor Churchill. It is thought to be reply to Secretary Mellon's view point that Great Britain received more from the Continental War debt in the receiving. than did the United States in the Lending.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
LARGE APPROPRIATIONS
 MADE BY LEGISLATURE,

Juneau, May ,, (P-The House last night passed the Revenue Bill. In the General Appropriatio Bill in the House, not a single raise in tions. The General Appropriation measure carries approximately two millfon dollars. the largest single appropriation being one of eight hundred fifty thousand. For roads trails and schools, four hundred sixty thousand Taxes on shipping registered in Alaska was eliminat- ed in the tax bill.
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
COOLIDGE ADDRESSES PAN
 AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Washington. May 1. P)-Pres- ident Coolidge today told the Pan- American Conference that all mem bers of the Pan-American Union are on an equal footing with the United States. ..It is the estab- ished policy of this Government to use it's resources not to burden them but to assist them; not to control them. but to cooperate with them" he said. "Our Pan Ameri- can Union is creating new clviliza- tion in these Western Republics representative of all that is pest in the History of the old world"
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07
CANDLE CONTRIBUTES
 TO AIRPLANE FUNDS

A wire from Hilkey Robinson yes sta es that Candle contributes one thousand dollars to the airplane fund on the same conditions as Nome has agreed to do Anyone who desires to subscribe for stock may do so by calling on any mem her of the committee, which is as follows: Geo. s. Maynard, Chas H. Milot and Earl Modini
The Nome nugget., 1927-05-07

New York, May 5, (R)-Gray to- day said he tried to strangle Sny- der with wire after Mrs. Snyder lad beaten him unconscious and had chloroformed him. but I could not do it because I was too shaky and intoxicated" After killing Snyder Gray said he mussed things up to make it seem there had been a burglary. and tied up Mrs. Sry- der, and then took train to Syr. acuse. He declared that te threw from the train window tLe brief c1se which contained the poisOns " iich were left ever and Mrs. Sny- Ger had given him to dispose of. At Syracuse he called upon his rel ative and friend Haddon Gray and arranged with him to do me a favor by mussing up my bed and mail some letters" While killing Snyder. Gray said Snyder awoke ard seemed to be making strug- gle for his life and cried to his wife. "Mommie. Mommie, help me !" If she hadn't come to my aid. he would have gotten the best of me but she picked up the sash we ght and hit Snyder from behind. and then threw chloroform in his face and got his hands beside him and he then lay still. She said "Is he dead?" and I said "I think so." She then asked me to strangle him with a piece of picture wire. I tried but I couldn't, he said.