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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22
PLEASE. TEACHER!

She was still rather new at driving
car and a little bit confused in
traffic. Down Broadway she forgot
to stop soon enough at the signal and
shot out into the middle of the street.
Pompously the traffic officer bore
down upon her.
Didn't you see me hold up my
hand?" he shouted fiercely.
The culprit gasped a breathless
"Yes."
Didn't you know that when l held
up my hand that it meant-Stop?"
mo, sir; I'm just a school teacher"
she said, in timid, mouselike voice.
land when you raised your hand like
that l thought you wanted to ask a
question"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

must learn it as well as he can so
as to be able to deliver the goods and
so that it shall not be a charity pro-
position. Years ago many country
weeklies were conducted on short
of charity basis, the local business
men gave the editor little hand-out
in advertising whether it did any good
or not, figuring that the poor sinner
must also live. That has changed
a great deal, and right from the start,
over 13 years ago, we went in here
with the determination that this was
not to be 'hand-out" proposition,
that we would do our level best and
that business men should advertise
only because it was of benefit to them
and because the newspaper would be
a boost to the community.
Another plank right from the start
was that advertising columns should
not dictate the editorial policy of the
paper, and this has been adhered to
ever since. We do not claim that our
opinions have always been right but
VIC uo SIdlLi IIldI IhCy HdtO UScH Cdll-
did, and we leave it to others to hold
different views and they may differ
with us right in our own columns. A
newspaper must have a soul of its
own and not be owned, controlled and
shut up by others, and it must have
courage to express a candid opinion
for the good of the public when such
occasions present themselves - and
they come at different intervals.
The press must not be suppressed,
that is, if it does not trample on the
rights of others. There have been
a few instances of withdrawing pat
ronage here due to editorial express
sions but they have been only few
and that is to the credit of our GUS
toners. We hear about the kept
press" occasionally and those who are
the lOudest to boiler about it are
sometimes the ones who would be
most likely to make it kept" by with
drawing patronage as soon as the
paper was not conducted along the
lines to suit them. 1t is to the credit
VI iCduCIS IlSSlS VI oily
paper to leave it as free as possible
to express candid opinions on any sub
ject as long as the paper does not go
beyond reasonable bounds and beyond
its rights. Free exchange of thought
makes for more enlightenment.
Another reason for advancement is
that we have always given as much
as we could possibly afford, not being
content with saying that this is good
enough for $3.50, or that we are put
ting too much work into it to make
it pay. We have extended ourselves
right along and are still investing in
the future.
The little comment from the pen
of Editor Fay Cravens, however, is
very much appreciated, inasmuch as
it comes from one of the best weekly
newspapers in the state.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22
Duquette, MINI.
HEAVEN AND LIFE

The world is wrapped in silence
AS I lie in sweet repose,
And as the night time lengthens
My cares with the day disclose.
At last the day is fleeting
The hosts of night appear
The world is one great shadow
And stars are bright and clear.
Life is like the darkness,
With only a few things bright,
Heaven is like the day time.
Where all can live in the light.
In Heaven there's no sadness,
No care, no death, no grief
But life won't last forever.
1t dies like a fallen leaf.
Heaven is Eternal
There all is calm and bright
In life it is a beacon
To guide us through the night.
-Thelma Spicer, Finlayson
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22
OPINIONS OF OTHERS
SNOW DRIFTS IN PINE COUNTY

Why can not the taxpayers and
others who have been invited into
Pine county enjoy the same comforts
as the same type of citizens are en-
joying in adjoining counties?
The people of Chisago county to the
south, and Kanabec county to our
west, are having their state aid roads
and other roads opened after each
snow storm so chat they can be trav-
elled by. motor driven vehicles in
winter the same as in summer. Are
we so poor that we cannot afford it,
or are we WISER more economic, or
more modern than the people who re-
side in other counties?
Perhaps we have not as much snow
here, or perhaps the people here are
all living in villages or close by
trunk highway and have no need of
using the highway in the winter time.
am sure something must be the
matter.
Have you ever stopped to consider
that the farmer has most of his
hauling to do in the winter time when
he is moving his crops to market
and hauling mill feed back for his
dairy COWS? Now, if this same farm
er happens to be a dairy farmer and
must spend ten hours going to town
and back, he must neglect his dairy
herd which he can not afford to do.
Beside there is not a livery stable in
f@x hn JS
while they are feeding. More yet,
very few horses nowadays on the
farm are used to walking 10 to IS
miles to town, belly deep in snow,
pulling a load through the snow
drifts. It's not like it used to be 80
years or so back when the then called
farmers knew little about dairy cows,
but spent their winters in the woods
using the team every day. That was
when brush and timber stood thick
by the roadside, and drifts were I'M
known, when livery men stood ready
to take the doctor to the bedside of a
sick person on short notice.
What happens now if a person gets
sick 10, IS, or 20 miles out in the
country? That person must die I'M
less you are fortunate enough to
bring him to town. You can't blame
the doctor nor the county commits
sioners. The blame must be on the
taxpayers for conditions of like sort.
The farmer, again, if he is pros
porous farmer that strives to make
a success among the stumps and rocks
in Pine county, must spend as little
time as possible on the road, but
more time in the dairy barn. And
| say that the farmer and the public
in general need good roads in the win
ter even more so than in the summer.
If you live in a village or close to
town and are interested in having
Pine county developed, think of those
that live from 10 to 20 miles from
town. l for one am paying out nearly
100000 in taxes every year and do
not complain, but | do not like to live
and expose my family to conditions as
we find them in Pine county. this
winter.
Let us all appeal to our county
board for a snow pillow at once.
w. ABRAHAMSON.
Cloverdale, Mimi, Dec. 20; 1927.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

The Hearst papers surely got their
fingers burned when they announced
that three U. S. senators-Norris
Borah, and LaFollette were being
bribed by Mexico Nothing to it at
all and the senators were promptly
given a clean bill by their colleagues
investigating the affair. In the first
place those staunch progressives and
champions of the peoples cause,
outstanding citizens of the nation,
would be about the last men to be
suspected of any wrong-doing. They
have been tried too often for that
especially the two seniors-Norris
and Borah. LaFOllette is rather
young yet and has not been through
the mill as have the two others-but
if he is like his late father he will
never be bought. If the Hearst press
has a conscience and if there is honor
in it they ought to be ashamed of
the mess they made
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

Today, Thursday, Dec. %, is the
shortest day of the year. Sunrise oc-
Cured at 1850 a. m. and sunset will
occur at 4:22 p. m. This will allow
eight hours and thirty-two minutes
of sunshine, providing the sun is out
and the long night following today
will have a duration of fifteen hours
and twenty-eight minutes. The sun
is rather slow in moving back toward
the northern climes, or rather the
earth is slow in fitting the other way
and the frightening of the days is
not noticeable for a few days, but af-
ter New Year it takes on more speed
and is quite noticeable each day. The
last two or three years winter has
set in earlier than has been the
custom for many years and this is
especially true this year. 1t looks
like we are to return to the old style
of getting winter in November and
spring in March. We are looking
forward to March, and with a good
covering of snow this winter there
will be little frost in the ground in
the spring, and the farmers will be
able to get at their spring work
earlier. The great changes in wealth
er here between summer and winter
makes for a vigorous climate
sturdy, healthy people who can and
will accomplish something.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22
A MERRY CHRISTMAS!

This is the season of Peace on
Earth-GoOd Will Toward Men" and
we desire to take this opportunity of
extending the wish for a real merry
Christmas to all our readers.
Our sentiments are well expressed
in aiChristmas greeting written by an
Eastern writer as follows:
This should be the most successful
Christmas in our history if we try
to make it so. Let us crowd hate and
its kindred, suspicion and gloom, out
of our hearts. Let us focus our eyes
on that guiding star which led the
Wise Men to poor abode, and in the
warmth of its glow rekindle in our
selves the genial flame of charity.
Let us, for the day at least, forget
the things that worry us. In their
places let us substitute thoughts of
. the many things for which we may
be thankful. Let us forgive our enc
mics and lean more heavily upon the
staff of friendship. Thus each of
and able to spread that cheer which
is at the heart of Christmas obser-
vance.
No season of the year so delight
fully excites ones Imagination or
calls more sympathetically to ones
tendereSt emotions. We do not need
to be reminded that the festive oc-
casion commentaries the announce
ment of the religion of peace and love,
for the feeling is all around us. 1t
expresses itself in tranquility for the
old and in joyous promptings for the
young.
Happiness is in the air.
The penetration of the Christmas
spirit encourages us in the faith that
the world is growing better, for it can
not be otherwise than that the re-
current planting of such seeds year
by year tends more and more toward
the fruition of universal love and
brotherhood.
Our greeting to you is for a merry
Christmas and the wish that all of
us may carry much of the spirit and
blessings of the day into every other
day of the year. Thus shall we draw
nearer to the fulfillment of the ideal
typified by Christmas.
THE PUBLISHERS.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

One sometimes hears the express
dollar bill and because an airplane
can not do such stunts is likely one
reason why it is not yet so univer-
sally used. A newspaper declares
that airplanes will never become a
popular vehicle for travel "as long
as they require quarter section of
level land to come down on 1t is
not every person who can afford to
own quarter section for airplane
purposes only. The auto is a popu-
lar means for getting about because
it can be started most anywhere by
simply pressing button-and it will
stand without hitching
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

and mighty glad to get it too. Those
times were in the second term of
Grover Cleveland. We used to say,
three years more of grief and Gro
yer will surely be glad when it is
over" Right well l remember those
times, also Coxey's army marching to
Washington or most any old place to
pick "hand-out". No, l don't want
any more &C eggs for mine.
]. E. PELTON.
Duquette, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22
AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS
AND TARIFF

A reader of the American has
clipped the following article from a
cation:
The success of American agricul-
ture is largely dependent upon its ex-
port trade.
While the farm depression of a
few years ago, reduced the number of
farmers, the fact remains that pro-
duction has increased, taking all of
the commodities into account.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22
DOES NOT WANT &c EGGS

Editor Askov American:
| saw in your issue of Dec. Sth, the
little article, 'do you ever long for
the good old days when eggs were
1Oc a dozen, etc"
| do remember those days, and if
you will turn a few pages back OF
your record you will find them &c a
dozen and good old 1Oc a bushel corn
made the &c pork chops, and we
worked all through daylight for $1.OO
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22
SPICE OF LIFE

Have cigarette?" Lots of
them, thanks"
In case of fire ring the towel.
We don't know where Ma is, but we
have Pop" on ice.
Happy is the man who believes in
his fellows, for it is more blessed to
be deceived in some things than to be
suspicious in all things.
If man empties his purse in his
head, no man can take it from him;
an investment in knowledge always
pays the best interest.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

sands of MeXicans. The Colonel's
mother is also making the trip to
Mexico by airplane, but is not quite
as daring as her son, to make it in
nonstop flight. She is making sew
eral stops and is expected there today
to join her son in all the festivities
in his honor. Lindbergh saw real
Mexican bull fight the other day, one
of those where the animal is tor
mented with numerous small wounds
until Infatuated and then killed by a
skillful butcher who is the hero
Here in the good old U. S. A. many
shoot the bull' but they are not
necessarily considered heroes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

When we are invited to a banquet
we take what is set before us; and
were one to call upon his host to set
fish upon the table or sweet things,
he would be deemed absurd. Yet in
a word, we ask the Gods for what they
do not give; and that, although they
have given us so many things.-Epict-
etus.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is get
ting front-page write-ups in the dali
lies again. This time he flew from
the U. S. capital, Washington, to the
Mexican capital, Mexico City. He was
received with open arms by President
Gales, the American ambassador,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

somewhat blindly-they admit they
can't quite solve the riddle.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-12-22

If you need help or want work, a
Want Ad in the American will do the
business
The border vidette., 1927-08-27
HONOR AMONG HUSBANDS


It was their first separation
and be promised faithfully, when
he started in the morning on a
twenty mile automobile trip to
another town. that he would re
turn in time for dinner at o..
clock.
But z o'clock found him still
absent and the clock kept steadi.
~ on until the hour of 10 was re.
gistered. and still no husband.
At last the now frantic bride
sent kilograms to five of his
friends living in towns that he
might pass through, asking. Is
John spending the night with
you?"
The husband reached home at
midnight with a broken automo
bile trailing behind the wagon
that bad brought him home.
A few minutes later, one after
another, the answers to the five
kilograms arrived Each one
said: Yes. John is spending the
night with me-"
The age of loyalty has moi
not passed by.
The border vidette., 1927-08-27
FLORENCE ANDERSON DIES

The death OF Miss Florence
M, Anderson. q year old school
teacher of Los Angeles. wound
ed early Tuesday morning during
Mexican bandit attack on the
northbound Southern Pacific de
Mexico train near Acaponeta,
Nayarit, Mexico, occurred early
Thursday morning in hospital
at Mazatlan, Sinaloa, where the
only victim of the bandit raid
had been removed from the train
and placed under the care of DR..
Chapman. A dum-dum bullet
has hit Miss Anderson, passing
through the vital organs and
piercing the intestines, resulting
in death. Miss Anderson and
a group of other American
school teachers. Including Alice
Freedman, Mary Benson, Alaska
N. Davis, Edith Moore, Corinne
En- brae, Rae Clark and Louis
Rider had been spending several
months IN Mexico City where
they we're attending classes in
Mexican Politics and economical
science. The young ladies were
returning to their homes in Los
Angeles. after joyous sojourn
at the Mexican capital. They
arrived in Nogales Thursday
en- route to Los Angeles, grief
stricken over the tragic death Of
their friend. who was beloved by
all.
The border vidette., 1927-08-27
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Superior Court of San.
ia Cruz County, State of Arizona.
Estate of Catherine II. Monroe,
sometimes known as Catherine
T.. Monro, deceased.
NOTICE is Hereby given by the
~ undersigned Administrator
with the Will Annexed of the
estate of Catherine T. Monroe
sometimes known as Catherine
T. Monro, deceased, to the credi.
tors of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased,
to exhibit them, with the neces-
sary vouchers, within four months
after the first publication of this
notice to the said administrator at
the Office of Duffy & Robins, in
the Herald Building, Nogales.
Arizona, the same being the
place for the transaction of the
business of said estate, in said
County of Santa Cruz.
FRANK J. DUFFY,
Administrator with the Will
Annexed of Catherine T..
Monroe. deceased.
Dated .Nogales. this 10th day
of August, 1927. (8-2O-5t.b
The border vidette., 1927-08-27

very abundant. The timber is Of
an excellent grade and the many
estuaries makes the great tract
of timber unusually desirable.
The continued growth of the
hardwood business of Roy & Tit.
comb, Inc. is further assured by
the acquisition of the vast timbe
tract The mill in Nayarit will
run full capacity supplying the
hard woods for the finishing mill
which is located in this city.
The mill will further expand the
coming season by the manufac-
ture of thousands of tomato
crates and lugs which will be
used in the vegetable packing
plants on the West Coast. At
the finishing mill located in this
city the material for cigar boxes
and home furnishings will be
turned out.
The border vidette., 1927-08-27
USE ARIZONA PRODUCTS

Whenever you talk about de
veloping industries, whether
farm or manufacturing, you run
into the Use Arizona Products"
idea. And if we are developing
more industries, it is because
Arizona people have been sold
on Arizona products by the In
dustrial Congress, Farm Bureau.
Chambers of Commerce, and
other CO operative agencies. And
if we're going to continue to de-
velop our industries and make
Arizona bigger and better, so
that we all can make more money,
we've got to remember to Use
Arizona Products" The mining
companies, the railroads, the
state highway department and
other big institutions, have been
following that policy for long
time, and getting perfect salts
faction. If they can, so can we
all.
And that's that!
The border vidette., 1927-08-27
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON APPLlCA-
TON or GUARDIAN FOR ORDER
or SALE or REAL ESTATE.

In the Superior Court OF Santa
Cruz County, State OF Arizona.
In the Matter of the Estate and
Guardianship of Louis Osborne
Hudgin, Walter Joseph Hudgin
and Alfred Armstrong Hudgin,
Minors.
On reading and filing the petit
ton of Louis Hudgln, the guardian
OF the estates of Louis Osborne
Hudgin, Walter Joseph Hudgin
and Alfred Armstrong Hudgin,
/ minors, praying for an order of sale
of certain real estate belonging to
the minor Alfred Armstrong Hud-
gin, for the uses and purposes
therein set forth;
IT is HEREBY ORDERED,
That the next of kin of the said
ward and all persons interested in
the said estate, appear before this
court on Tuesday, the 20 day of
September, 1927, at ten o'clock a.
M, at the court room of this court,
at the Court House in the City of
Nogales, County of Santa Cruz,
then and there to show cause why
an order should not be granted for
the sale of such estate;
AND IT IS FURTHER Or
DERED, That copy of this order
be published at least three success
sive weeks, before the said day of
hearing, in THE BORDER VIDETTE,
newspaper printed and published
in said City of Nogales, county of
Santa Cruz.
Dated August 26, 1927
w. A. O'CONNOR,
S-27-3t Judge.
The border vidette., 1927-08-27
ROY &1TITcOMB PURCHASE
TIMBER
wednesdays Herald)

One of the largest timber trans.
actions ever recorded on the
West Coast of Mexico occurred
this week when Roy & Titcomb,
Inc, of this city, owners of the
large hard wood mill in the state
of Nayarit, purchased from the
Aguirre estate of Nayarit the
timber rights of tract of timber
which extends from the railroad
to the sea comprising approxim
ately a half million acres.
The great timber belt is well
served with estuaries which will
be used to raft the timber to the
ardwood mill which is located
at San Bias.
The deal was transacted by
Fl. M. Clagett, general manager
of the hardwood interests of Roy
& Titcomb, Inc. who journeyed
south to meet the representatives
of the Aguirre estate.
In an interview granted The
Herald this morning E. Titcomb,
president of Roy & Titcomb Inc.
said:
THE transaction was most
agreeable. 1t assures a timber
supply for our mills for at least
ten years with the mills at full
capacity. We have had years
of dealings with the Aguirre
estate and the consummation ol
the deal was very pleasant tc
both parties involved. Mr.. Cla
gett acted in behalf of this con
Germ and no time was lost in
closing the DEAL"
The vast tract of timber land
just acquired by Roy & Titcomb,
Inc, consists of Amapa, Spanish
Cedar, Mahogany, Ava and
Huanacastle. The mahogany is