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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
ASKOV RESIDENCE
BURNED TO GROUND

The Askov fire bell which has stood
idle for nearly year, got some vigo-
rous exercise Wednesday morning at
A O'Clock. Chr Larsen, west of town,
had returned home from ST. Paul on
the early morning train and shortly
after leaving the depot he noticed
smoke coming from the residence oc-
cupied by A. M. DeYoung. He first
tried to wake up the occupants of the
house but got no response; then he
ran for the fire bell and started to
bang out the alarm. Miss Margaret
Schroeder, night telephone operator,
also got busy at once and spread the
alarm to village residents.
The village fire chief happened to
be the first one on the scene this time
and in company with MIR. Larsen
broke down the front door in an eff
fort to get in and save some of the
furniture; but the second the door
was broke in there was burst of
smoke and flames cutting off all pos
sibilities of entering. Within two or
three minutes it was evident that
nothing could be done to save either
building or furniture and the thirty
or forty men that had come by this
time then conferred their attention
upon saving the big D. B. S. hall,
only about % feet from the burning
house. Water was supplied from the
school to bucket brigade on account
of the village fire department hose
not being able to reach and in rapid
succession water was thrown on the
roof and side of the hall and only
through that effort and the fortunate
circumstance that the wind was in
the south was the hall saved. How
ever, the siding and roofing was
damaged considerably and about Is
large windows broken from the heat.
That's the second time the bucket bri-
gade has saved the hall.
Mrs. A. M. DeYoung and son have
been visiting at the home of her
folks at Cylon, Wis, for about a
month and Mr.. DeYOung had left in
the afternoon to join her there, so the
house was not occupied at the time.
Mr. DeYoung had left the house at
about o'clock in the afternoon, thus
the origin of the blaze is not known.
The building and all contents with
the exception of a washing machine
went up in smoke in one hour.
Jens Nielsen owned the building,
having bought it and remodeled it
considerably, back in the days when
prices were high, it having cost him
nearly $4,000, and he had it insured
for $1,000. Mr.. DeYoung's furniture
and household goods was insured for
$1,000. The damage to the D. B. S.
building is between 500 and 5000, it
is estimated.
Mr.. DeYoung was notified over the
telephone about the fire and it is ex-
pected that he will be over here to-
day or tomorrow to take look at it,
for that is about all there is to do
with it.
While interviewing Mr.. Nielsen he
stated that he would not rebuild on
that lot as it was not a very desir-
able location. The lot. would be an
ideal parking place for automobiles
when attending doings in the D. B. S.
hall
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
BIG CORPORATION RECOGNIZES
VALUE OF HOME NEWSPAPER

For the first time the General Mo-
tors Corporation is advertising all of
their cars together, Chevrolet, Pom
tiac, Oldsmobile, Oakland, Buick,
Cadillac), also, Delco Light plants
and Frigidaire, the electric refrigera-
tor. 1t is also the first time they are
going into the country weeklies,
spending on this trial campaign alone
several hundred thousand dollars.
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of
the General Motors Corporation,
writes: "The plan of this campaign
originated in my own office. 1 be-
lieve in the country weekly. believe
that no printed matter in the United
States is more thoroughly read, or
has more influence than the pages of
these home town papers. believe
it is not too much to hope that these
advertisements in your columns may
discover for us twenty, or thirty, or
even fifty prospects, to whom we can
send fuller information about one or
another of our cars. If this proves
to be the case, 1 hope that cam
paign of this character can become
a permanent annual part of our ad-
vertising program
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
LAMBS AND CATTLE
STEADY SELLERS
Light Hogs Stronger, Others Mostly
Steady.-Fed Ewes on Upward
Trend.-Pigs Steady.

(By q. s. Bureau of Agricultural
Economics and Minnesota Dept. of
Agriculture.)
South st. Paul, Mimi, March %,
1927-Odd head and small lots of
light and medium weight steers CASH
ed at $1,000 or better while best load
lot stopped at $3.50. Several other
sales we're made at $8.75 to $500
with less desirable material selling
downwards to around $500 or below
She stock cleared at $5.25 to $7.25,
some desirable heifers going around
$500, while a few fat weighty cows
cleared at $3.50 to around $500. All
cutters cashed at $4.25 to $4.75,
strongweights $500. Good heavy
bulls cleared upwards to $6.25 with
bulk of the medium grades at $3.50
to $500. Feeders and stockers sold
actively at bulk prices of $3.50 to
$3.50. Vealers sold about steady COM
pared with Monday, bulk good lights
around $11.00, Gull and medium grades
largely $3.50 to around $500.
Lights and light butchers sold fully
steady to strong, while butchers were
slow and about steady. Desirable $50
to 200 pound weights sold from SLIPS
to $11.5O with 200 to 225 pound aver
ages at $11.O0, heavier weights $1,000
to SLOTS. Sows were salable at 5000
to 1925, while bulk of the pigs cleared
at $12.75.
Fat lambs were about steady, best
selling at $500 with odd lots of ma
tives at $14.00 to STATS. Best clipped
lambs cashed at $3.50, some wooded
lambs going for shearing purposes at
$3.50 to $14.00. Fat ewes were
strong to Csc up, best lis pound fed
ewes cashing at 1925.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
PROCEEDINGS OF
ASKOV COUNCIL

The village council of the village
of Askov met in said village on March
II, 1927. All members were present.
Minutes were read and approved. The
newly elected officers, viz: Louis Oh
sen, president; Geo. Lindegaard, clerk;
j. c.. Jensen, justice of the peace;
Hans Koed, constable, took oath of
office. Bonds were fixed the same as
last year.
j. R. Petersen, elected as assessor,
asked to be excused as he did not
have the time to spare Fritz Holm
appeared before the board, asking for
new road grader. Motion made and
carried to buy same at once.
Motion made and carried to have
village council proceedings published
in the Askov American at $4,000 for
the year. Also to have the regular
council meetings as usual the first
Thursday in each month.
H. c. Hansen appeared before the
board suggesting that the board COM
municate with the Great Northern Ry
in regard to placing cinders at the
R. R. crossing south of the depot. It
was decided to let the street COM
missioner take care of this.
The following were appointed: E.
A. E. Laage, assessor; Svend Petersen,
fire chief; Carl Miller, street commits
sioner; and Fritz Holm, dance over
seer.
The following bills were allowed:
Walter S. Booth & Son, blanks.$ 0.3G
First State Bank, light ....... $3.50
Lars Christensen, janitor work. 500
American Publishing Co., print
ing ballots, caucus notice,
financial statement, council
proceedings-Ma 1926 to
March 1927 ................ 1858
The following money was collected
and paid to village treasurer:
J. P. Madsen and Hans Lunde,
dance permit, Feb. 2S......$ 100
J. c. Jensen, dance permit,
March Id l.OU
There being no further business,
the council adjourned.
Louis Olsen,
President of Council.
Attest: Geo. Lindegaard, clerk.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
CONFINEMENT is GOOD

Grove Patterson writes: eff you
are a young man or young woman
just entering the world of business
you will soon or late be faced by one
of your most serious problems. You
will be up against the necessity of
making up your mind which you like
better-present comfort or future OPP
portunity. Many men like their jobs.
They like them too we'll. They turn
down a chance to do larger things,
make more money, express them
selves more fully, because they do not
want to get out of the warm bed of
present comfort"
There is a lot of truth and good
logic in what Mr.. Patterson writes
above and yet we can't help but add
our little thought. 1t is not well to
lose ambition and to become too
timid, and it is far from well to be-
come lazy. 1t appears that there is
so much stress laid on earning power
dollars and cents now-a-days-in
fact too much. We can't all be lead
ers and great captains of industry
and many would be most unhappy
in such positions. They are not built
for it-don't care for it-and would
feel out of place. "That warm bed
of present comfort" may sound rural
like, yet it would be better if a big
ger percentage than now prevails had
such berths. There must always be
a lot of common people-and that
isn't saying that they shouldn't have
learning and understanding so they
can appreciate life to the fullest-but
contentment goes long ways.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
PINE CITY NEWS:
Continued from Page u

1TOIu fdSe
The Leon Heath Post of the Amer
lean Legion will stage get-to-gether
at the Armory in Pine City on April
6, in commemoration of the tenth an
niversary of Americas entry into the
World War. Commander D. r. Will
cox has appointed several committees
to arrange program for the occa-
sion. All ex-service men are invited
and rumors have it that there will
be several surprises and some mys-
terious forms of entertainment pro-
vided.
G. H. Beechel and w. F. Richards
have sold out their furniture and
grocery business in Pine City and will
go to Two Harbors to start hard
ware and furniture store. They will
leave Pine City about April list. The
Beechel grocery store has been pur-
chased by Lillian and Bess Lambert,
who are we'll known in Pine City.
Work on the new Methodist church
started this week, the first step being
that of wrecking the old building
which stands on the site to be Occu
pied by the new one. The old build
ing was erected in 1888 and has serv-
ed for nearly forty years as place
of worship for the Methodists. The
new building will be brick struc-
ture approximately 63x35 feet in
dimensions, and built according to
plans and specifications prepared by
w. L. Alban, st. Paul architect
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
NATURAL RESOURCES

Iron ore taxation was matter for
intensive discussion and thought for
about ten yeaers in Minnesota until
the state legislature finally passed
such a law after several unsuccess-
full attempts. Being always willing
to hear and present both sides of a
question the American will herewith
publish an opinion from the Iron
Range country.
Editor Rossman in an editorial in
his Grand Rapids Herald Review
says in part that "the most impor-
tant problem which Minnesota faces
is the conservation of it's natural re-
sources. Every other problem, COM
pared to it, seems Insignificant and
temporary. And no county is more
vitality concerned in conservation than
is Itasca.
"In Minnesota were discovered
wonderful deposits of iron ore. We're
it not for the iron ore deposits of the
Lake Superior district the middle
west would have little industrial de-
velopment. Automobiles would not be
made at Detroit. Chicago would not
be a great Industrial center. In Min
nesota is to be found the basis for
the industrial prosperity which has
meant much to the state, the west
and the nation.
'The Mesaba range made it's first
substantial shipments of iron ore
about 80 years ago. In 80 more years
with present production, it's now mer-
charitable ores will, be exhausted.
"And that exhaustion is definite,
destructive and immediate if present
policies prevail.
Until a few years ago the devel-
opment of the mineral industry was
sound and satisfactory. Rich ores
were being shipped in sufficient guam
tity to maintain the pre-eminence of
the entire district. Underground ores
with larger producing costs, were be-
ing mined. We of Itasca county saw
the development of the 'low grade
ores and the washing plant at Cole
raine. We have also seen the cancel
lation of the CaniSteo leases, the cut
of the payroll from 1900 men. to 500
men. The policy of conservation of
Minnesota's best ores, desirable from
the standpoint of mining operators
and the public, was followed until the
abnormal and artificial element of
mineral taxation stopped constructive
conservation work and compelled the
exhaustion of the high grade deposits.
"The iron ore deposits of Mime
sofa are not to be saved or guarded.
They are now being rapidly depleted.
And the coming generation will blame
us for it."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
SUCCESS MAYOR OLSEN!

The newly elected mayor of Askov
Louis Olsen, and other members of
the council and village officers took
oath of office last Thursday evening.
This is the first time that Louie, as
he is Familiarity known to his friends,
is holding a village office but as he
has served the community in several
other positions at various different
times and done his work well and con-
scientiously he will do the same again
and here is wishing him and his CO.
workers on the council successful
term or two. The thing that tends
to popularize MIR. Olsen is the fact
that he does not want to stay too long
on elective jobs, believing that a term
or two is sufficient, that others should
try the work and become interested.
This is also good democratic view
point to take. Sometimes in the case
of positions more on the clerical order
the same person if found to be the
right one for the job, understands his
time and again, to which there is
usually no objection; also sometimes
to do honor to some deserving person
he is reelected time and again to
offices where the administrative du-
ties are not the big item. But for
positions like that of mayor or coun-
cilmen, more on the administrative
order, it is not we'll that anyone is
elected for life or grows stale on the
job. Be the members of council
ever so honest or true they are apt
to sit and ld1l one another to sleep
if they are inseparable friends, think
ing that everything is serene. A
little new blood mixed in occasionally
often has a good effect, and further
more it shows democracy and conf
dence in fellowman. That of making
changes now and then holds good for
any political subdivision and also
community organizations of various
kinds. By this we do not mean to adj
vocate a wholesale change of officers
every time, not at all; good and eff
ficient men, still awake to the inter-
ests of all must and shall be recog-
nized and it is we'll too keep them
in the harness, but little new blood
now and then makes for more inter-
est on the part of the many, gets more
folks actively acquainted with the
work and also makes for more action.
Here is success to Mayor Olsen and
his co-workers on the council!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24

The sincerity of men who advocate
strict law enforcement is tested when
it comes home to their own family.
Men who stand on the street corners
and criticize officials because they do
not enforce the laws, in accordance to
their own ideas, are always ready to
plead with these authorities and ask
them not to prosecute when friends
or relatives are arrested for law VIC
lations. This proves that law enforce
ment is a secondary matter with
these folks and that spite" is the
predominating feeling.-Meeker Coun-
ty News.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
FAITHFUL SERVANTS

That country doctors still have
their trials and are men in whom re-
lance is placed, is attested in the
following from the Enterprise-Mes-
senger of Markville:, "The roads be-
tween here and Clovereton-were so
soft the first of the week that Doc
Freymiller made the trip on foot to
fill his appointments"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
WILLOW RIVER
(From Another Correspondent

ITTVW AHUCHtT CUrTtSpUHutHCJ
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Whiting
Tuesday, 9 pound baby boy, who
will be known as Everald Clair Whit
ing, Jr. Mother and child are doing
very nicely.
H. H. Houdek went to Minneapolis
on business Monday.
Sofas Stockey went to Minneapolis,
Monday, to visit his mother at the
hospital and to see how soon it would
be possible to bring her home. She
has been there for the past three
months with broken hip, caused by
a fall.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
BREMEN TOWNSHIP
(FrOm Another COrreSpOndent.)

Mrs. H. Dahlgren spent Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Erick Pyykka home.
The children cannot go to school
on account of the water. The bridges
are all under water. The people
ought to have boats in which to cross
the river.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
Let Work Follo.u Dream

Dream something. Then make
plan on the basis Of the dream. Then
20 to work And the dream will be-
come a reality.-AtchisOn Globe.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24

There is no question as to the good
ness of the small boy who has no
desire to throw stones at yellow dog.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24

Not to think through is to fail at
the beginning and not to follow
through is to fail at the close. ;
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
Fools and Experience

Experience is not wisdom. Many
people who have had great experience
are still fools.-Atchison Globe.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24

So many people think they are
broad-minded just because they are
too lazy to form conviction.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24
Round and Round

The Job of making both ends meet
is a job with no end
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-03-24

A Want AID in the American will
bring results.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-04

CHICAGO, April 3.-(FP)-WelI
aimed shafts were fired at American
Imperialism from within its mid
western citadel when Chinese and
Filipino students got into action at
the international conference on Pan
Pacific relations. The conference
was held at the University of Chi
cago March 1927 under the un-
official steering of the y, NJ. c. A..
Sixty student delegates Of almost
dozen nationalities participated.
The object Of the conference was
to seek a basis for better relations
among the people and nations in the
Pacific area. If clearer understand
ing of the bitter things orientals arc
thinking about American policy helps
along better relations the conference
was a success. But If the pious
breathings Of the American dele
gates for brotherhood were expec-
ted to soothe the exploited subject
races it was a glaring failure.
TO Follow U. S.
Americans started off on the
wrong foot Immediately when a
typical SNUG business man named
S. Hooking suayely told the East to
become efficient and properly sys-
tematized like the United States 7
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-04
60 CHINESE AND FILIPINO STUDENTS OF
CHICAGO HOLD CONFERENCE in AMERICA

it wanted to attain success. Other
Americans took strong pro-relig-
ious bent
"You can't push the bible on us
by sticking it on the end of a mar
ines bayonet," was the oriental re-
spouse. cts your greed for big
quick profits through enslaving our
man. woman and child labor that is
causing the trouble in China. None
Of the oriental students displayed
any sympathy with the machinegun-
missionary point of view.
Tells Filipino Experience
Filipino students warned the Chi
nese not TO accept the United States
as a friend or to depend on its honor
in diplomatic or other dealings.
eve Filipinos disarmed and relied
on American promises of independ-
ence." a Filipino delegate declared,
''and we have probably lost our indie
pendence forever Don't follow our
example but look sharp at the Yam
zee when he pretends to be a
friend"
Students participating in the con-
ference included Chinese, Japanese.
Korean. Filipino, Siberian, Negro,
Canadian, British and German be-
sides Americans.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-04
(By a Staff Correspondent

~ "a AoAetAA WI lNNpNliuSHb
WASHINGTON, April st has
been reliably ascertained that Great
Britain quite recently circularized
Washington, Paris, Rome, Toxic and
even Madrid, in an effort to effect a
common policy in dealing with the
Chinese problem.
With the exception of Rome, it is
understood that the British received
little satisfaction. Paris, Toxic and
Madrid are understood to have re-
iected the proposal entirely The
United States, under the tremulous
direction of Coolidge and Kellogg,
We're. not altogether unsympathetic,
although the British plan was not
agreed to.
Britain's Old Game
Great Britain has been at work for
months in an effort to unite other
Great Powers with her in her force
full stand" policy in China. Particu-
larly has this been true with regard
to the United States It is well known
that the British are desperately eager
to secure the cooperation of the
United States. From one authorita-
tive source it was declared that sew
eral weeks ago the British informed
Kellogg that they would be willing to
90 any reasonable length to bring
about a coalition of interests.
1t was even stated that the British
intimated that if the United States
we're willing to join in the proposal
that England was willing to offer
recognition to the Cantonese regime.
Kellogg is said to have sheered off
from this, because of his frantic fear
of giving the impression that he was
weakening in his wild opposition to
what he calls Bolshevism.
The Cruiser to Nicaragua
Great Brtain's eagerness to obtain
the backing in China Of the United
States is said to explain the mex
plicable conduct of the British in sud
denly rushing war-craft to Near
aqua some weeks ago, on the ground
that its nationals there were in
danger. Kellogg was in hot water at
the time over his stupid, lying policy
in Central America, and it is now
contended that the English sent a
ship there to bolster up his argument
that foreigners were in danger.
Easily Arranged"
At the time the incident occurred, an
insurgent Republican senator told
newspapermen that he had attended a
social gathering at which he was in
formed by a "high English diploma
tic officer" that "such little matters
are always readily arranged between
friendly governments"
1t was openly charged at the time
that Kellogg and the British had
staged the episode as an accommodation
to him after he had been proved liar
in his charges of Communistic plotting
in Central America, and was being
hard pressed for alibi for his mer-
cenary policy.
No Official Action
Although the United States has on
the face of things taken no official
Joint action with Great Britain in
China, it is very apparent to
insiders here, that the two reac-