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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09
Observation-Disclosures
By " ODaley
= NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION sptclAL

Washington, February Sunless
there is marked departure from
present policies, little legislation will
be chalked up to the credit of Con-
gress when the first session adjourns
in June. The breach between the
legislative body and the executive
branch of the government, and then
between the Senate and House, be-
comes more obvious. Perhaps, the
situation will be Strengthened when
the casualties in the way of proposed
bills are counted after the early skir-
mishes for political gain. The con-
troversy is due, in part, to the determ-
ination of the Administration to re-
tain its power over an unruly Con-
gress and to the rebellion against the
usurpation of its perogatives by the
Senate.
The President has resumed his GUS
tom of entertaining Members of Con-
vited guests are given out which
shows that the gatherings are nom
partisan. Legislators say that the
conversation is general and the pur-
pose of the gathering over coffee cups
and hot cakes is exclusively social.
1t is noteworthy, however, that many
visitors have an opportunity of a few
words with the Chief Executive on
current problems, usually conveying
information to him rather than receiv-
ing inside" dope as a confidente of
Mr.. Coolidge. Astute observers de-
clare that these social meetings I'M
doubtedly influence political action.
The breakfasts were resumed at a
time when Congress was turning its
back on Administration proposals.
The bloc" system, a political out
growth which fails to recognize party
markings and labels, is gradually ris-
ing to power again. The campaign
season has influenced this new align
ment as legislation favoring the farm
err becomes important in various Sec
tions of the country. The demand
for tariff legislation is growing so
that House leaders find it difficult to
hold control. The Administration
caught mapping in the Senate, passed
the word to the House that the Nc
Master tariff bill relating to agricul-
tural products, must be pigeon-holed.
A coalition of Western Republicans
sometimes called Progressives, and
the Democrats is predicted for the
purpose of having the House assent
to the Senate tariff program. The
Administration, displeased with the
passage of the merchant marine bill
in the Senate, confidentially expects
the House to use the lake" and adj
minister the death blow to those who
want the government operation of the
merchant marine continued. On the
other hand, the Administration is call
ing on it's friends in the Senate to
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09
A Family Newspaper
4 MONSTER ENGINE

A new type OF railroad locomotive
has been demonstrating its ability on
the Great Northern line between the
Twin Ports and Twin Cities the last
couple of days. This engine is con-
siderably larger than the type used
here ordinarily and has both speed
and pulling capacity. On the run
through here yesterday going to Min
neapolis they were pulling so loaded
cars with a total of four hundred and
fifty thousand tons at a speed of 40
miles per hour. On the run through
here today they will carry half
million tons at a speed of 45 miles
an hour. One of the many new fea-
lures of this engine is that it has
three cylinders instead of the GUS
tomary two which gives it added
strength and speed. 1t is manufac-
turer by the Baldwin Locomotive
works and has been demonstrating
since in June, 1926, at various places
over the entire country both on pas
senger service and freight. On pas
senger service it has speed of IS
miles per hour. After a few days
demonstrating here it will be trans
ferred to Chicago
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09
LEGION PROVIDES
PEWS AT SMELLING
One Half Seats of Memorial
Chapel Will be Furnished by
Gopher Members Of the Amer
lean Legion.

Just as the Fort Smelling Memorial
Chapel chimes will bear testimony to
the unselfishness of Minnesota Legion
Auxiliary units which placed them
in the tower, the Legion emblem shin
ing from % auditorium pews seating
200 people will proclaim that Mime
sofa Legion posts also are generous
when a worthy project is placed be-
fore them. Of the $1,000 needed to
secure these pews, the Minnesota Le-
gion state organization is supplying
$500, the $3.50 balance being con-
tributed by Minnesota's 500 Legion
posts, of which Dent is the first to
answer the call, with SIS check.
Contributions of any size will be APP
preciated by Minnesota Legion officers
and by Chaplain Rideout of Fort Smell
ling who has worked long and hard
to see his dream of a non-denomina-
tional Fort Smelling chapel come true.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09

stall action of the House tax reduc-
tion bill which was passed by coal,
ition of Democrats and Republican
dissenters. The executive branch
has powerful weapons in patronage
and this trading scheme is not over
looked.
At least one-third of the Senate
membership is absorbed with duties
incidental to Investigations. The de-
mand for attendance at these sessions
and at meetings of other committees
keeps the average Senator on the
jump. Visitors to Washington find it
impossible to interview their Senators
because the time is fully taken up
with official duties. The majority
of committees sit during the afternoon
when the Senate is in session. The
tingling of bells announcing roll calls
is a signal for a recess of all COM
mittees The two electric trolley
cars running in the subway between
the Capitol and the Senate Office
Building are constantly in operation.
The Senate is now inquiring into
the oil companies and have scheduled
Investigations into public utilities and
communication systems. Proposals
have. been advanced for study of the
coal industry as a result of strikes
in the coal-producing regions.
Activities of certain Senators whose
hats are in the ring for the Presiden-
fso1 M of o10 or
For instance Senator Willis, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, an avowed contestant,
wanted to bait Secretary Hoover, who
apparently leads the field of candi-
dates. Hoovers friends worked fast
and the trap was averted. 1t is said
too many politicians make Congress
a pre-convention gathering rather
than a place to handle their legisla-
tive affairs.
citizen called as a witness before
a Congressional committee has rare
experience ahead. No rules of legal
procedure afforded in any court apply
on Capitol Hill. 1t takes bold in
dividual to hold out on the investi-
gators by resorting to faulty MEM
DRY. A long parade of witnesses will
start when the inquiries into public
utility affairs are authorized for the
quiz will extend to all states. Bank
ers and other business leaders whose
scowl sends the average citizen away
will cover before five Senators, who
may ask questions sometimes without
rule or reason. Yet, these investiga-
lions sometimes reveal facts that other
lines of inquiry could not possibly un-
cover. Opinion prevails that the in
vestigations will have an effect on
the Presidential campaigns, fact
known to the proponents of Senatorial
probes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09

will be held at Ortonville and Candy,
MINI. The goal of the committee in
charge is to subscribe 100000. In
view of the fact that the Kensington
runic stone-the basis of the rumor-
is still considered doubtful relic the
authenticity of which has not been
fully established, the Norwegian
American press is, generally speaking,
opposed to the monument movement;
it is claimed that it is early enough
to erect a monument when the Ken
sington stone has been found genuine
beyond all dispute.
NOrwegianS Honor Dane.
Last week a group of prominent
Greater New York Norwegians gath
cred at the Norske Selskab rooms at
| a banquet arranged in honor of Hans
JOhansen, principal surveyor of NOrske
Veritas (marine insurance firm); at
the same time announcement was
made that the king of Norway had
bestowed the knighthood of the St.
Olaf order on him. Mr.. Johansen is
native of Denmark, and almost
forty years ago became affiliated with
| Norske Veritas (head offices in OslO)
which firm he represented in France
and Belgium until he was transferred
| to New York. One of Mr.. and Mrs.
Johansens daughters is married to
| Ole Singstad the famous Norwegian
construction engineer who recently
brought the gigantic vehicular tunnel
under the Hudson river to completion.
Ibsen Celebrations.
On March 20, it will be one hundred
years since Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian
dramatist, was born at Skien, and
celebrations are now being planned in
practically all European countries, es-
pecially, of course, in Norway and
Denmark. France, England, Russia
and Germany are also planning Ibsen
festivities, and among Norwegians in
the United States programs will be
prepared in Greater New York, Chica-
go, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Francis
| CO, Grand Forks, N. D., DEBORAH, Iowa,
as well as in many other cities. The
American theatrical world is planning
series of Ibsen revivals, and liter
airy magazines are devOting special
issues to the proper commemoration
Of the man who is still recognized as
the greatest dramatist since Shakes
peare. Ibsen died in 1906.
Swedish Broadcast.
Radio station VIGIL last week de-
voted an hour to the broad-casting of
literary program in the Swedish
language; the affair was arranged by
the St. Eric society of New York, all
the artists being Swedes, and the ex-
pertinent is. said to have been sue
cessful enough to warrant further
preparations for Swedish radio enter
| tainment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09

MOTOR VEHICLE TAG
BUSINESS is BRISK
Applicants i'm Rush to Escape
Penalty Which is Added After
Feb. 15th.-Banks and Garages
Generally Assist With AppIi-
cations.

There has been a rush of applicants
for automobile licenses at the office of
the Secretary of State the past week,
according to reports received by the
American, and the rush probably
will continue growing until next We'd
nesday, which is the last day for
filing applications and paying the tax
without penalty. Most banks and
garages in the county that have ap-
plication blanks and rate books, have
also been doing a rushing business
the past week.
Under the law applications for new
licenses must be made not later than
Feb. Is, or the penalty of 25 cents per
day will begin to accrue. 1t is not
necessary that you get your tags or
have your application in the hands
of the Secretary of State that day.
If you get your application in the
mail with the right amount of money,
postage paid, so that it is postmarked
on or before the 18th, you will save
the penalty. Those who send in ap-
plications now may not get their
plates for two weeks or a month, due
to the congestion in the auto license
department, but the law permits using
the old plates until March 81.
The penalty for delayed registration
is Csc per day for 20 days, and one
dollar per month thereafter, for not
to exceed five months. The license
fee is declared by law to be both a
first lien on the motor vehicle and the
personal obligation of the registered
owner The law provides ample ma
chinery for collecting the tax on all
machines which were registered last
year and which are not licensed this
year or reported as dispOsted in some
manner.
In addition to the penalty for de-
layed registration, the law says that
any person who shall, with intent to
escape payment of any tax on motor
vehicle, delay or neglect to properly
list or apply to register the same,
shall be guilty of misdemeanor. An
other section of the law makes it
misdemeanor to use motor vehicle
which is not properly registered. 1t
is also a misdemeanor to use a ma
chine with plates belonging to another
machine, or to loan plates to another
person for use on another machine.
Defacing or altering either license
plate or certificate is also contrary
to law.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09
CREAMERY IS
OUT OF DEBT
Seventeenth Annual Meet
ing of Askov Creamery
Association Was Happy
Event Business Men In
Vited in to Celebrate.

The Seventeenth annual meeting of
Tuesday afternoon at the d. B. S. hall
drew the usual big attendance. Rout-
inc matters We're quickly disposed of
and the annual reports read and APP
proved. The election of officers for
the ensuing year resulted as follows:
Chr. Morgensen, president; Chris.
Frederiksen, vice president; DAM
gard Thygesen, secretary; A. Grave
sen, treasurer; Adolf Jensen, Fred F..
Hansen and P. Simonsgaard, directors.
The creamery association had in
vited all the business men in the vii
lage and several others to come and
attend their meeting, and they re-
sponded in large numbers, so that the
hall was well filled. Immediately
after the business session all those
present were treated to coffee and
lunch.
by many as it may be noticed from
their statement that the association
at the close of the year was entirely
free from debt. During 1927 they
have paid out nearly two hundred
thousand dollars of which $17S,153.55
was paid to the patrons for butterfat.
During the year they received 1854
931 pounds of cream with an average
test of 25.23%o, and a butterfat ca
pacity of 341 ,S46.9 pounds. With an
overrun of 23.97% this produced
423,7S4 pounds of butter, of which
93.06% was Land O. Lakes. The
average price paid patrons for butter
fat was $40 cents per pound with a
manufacturing cost of 2.37 cents.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09

Mrs. NJ. E. Robey. Mr., Ramage was
about ninety-five years of age and
had been living at his daughters
home for some time. Funeral serv-
ices were held at the Robey home at
II a. m. Wednesday, and the body
was shipped back to his home in
Canada after the services.
The Sandstone Teachers Training
students are doing their practice
teaching in various schools in Pine
county.
Rev. John Gjertson spent Monday at
quet.
The celebrated Dream orchestra of
Minneapolis will play at Sandstone
Thursday, Feb. 10th, at the New
Theater. Flood lights. Excellent
music. Don't miss it.
Miss Margaret Olson who is ill, was
taken to the st. Joseph's hospital in
st. Paul Sunday afternoon. She will
receive treatment there.
Miss Helen Larson of Minneapolis,
spent Saturday and Sunday at her
home here.
George and Arthur Halvorson, Ed
ward Larson and Werner Nelson at
tended the auto show at Minneapolis
Saturday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Halvorson and
daughter of Superior, spent the week
end at the John Gjertson home.
Auctioneer VIM. H. Barnick spent
several days in the Cities last week
on a business trip.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09
RADIO PROGRAMS BY
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY
James vi. Mcconnell. DIR. Charles
H. Mayo, Judge Wilson, DR..
Holland. and Others to be
Heard.-Seven Programs. Es-
say Contest.

Presenting seven of the most prom
inent people of the Northwest, Ham
line University of st. Paul, Mime
sofa, will begin on February 16 a
series of seven radio programs from
WCCO intended to give the high
school students and other young peO-
pie of the Northwest information by
experts in the fields of education, So
cial service, medicine, public life,
business, law, and the ministry.
The programs are given each Thurs
day evening from eight to eight
thirty o'clock during the Hamline
Half Hour over WCCO.
The speakers and their subjects are:
February 16, the Hon. James M. Nc
Connell, commissioner of education
for Minnesota, THE Field of Educa-
ton; February %, Miss Joanna Col
cord, general secretary Minneapolis
Family Welfare association, 'Philan-
thropy-New Style; March 1, DR..
Charles H. Mayo of Rochester, THE
Doctors Relation to Community Life;
March s, the Hon. Ray P. Chase,
state auditor of Minnesota, "Opportun-
tiles for College Men in Public Life;
March Is, Mr.. Chas. Donnelly, presi-
dent Northern Pacific railway, 1.-The
Railroad Consolidation Movement"
March %, the Hon. Samuel B. Wilson,
chief justice Minnesota supreme court,
Law as a pursuit.; and March 20,
the Reverend DR.. John w. Holland,
pastor First Methodist Episcopal
church, ST. Paul, THE Ministry's
Chance in Social Affairs.
In connection with the series, Ham,
line university is offering eleven hun
dred dollars in scholarships to high
school students in the state of Min
nesota who write the best essay on
the subject, How the radio may be
used to promote education. The
scholarships will be divided one hun
dred dollars to each congressional
district, and the writer of the best of
the ten prize-winning essays will re-
ceive an additional award of one hun
dred dollars in tuition and will be
given trip to st. Paul, where he or
she will read the essay over WCCO
on March 30.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09

by all the shipping and sailors or
CARNATIONS of Norway, being the re-
cipient of painting showing the ar
rival of his viking boat in the harbor
of New York in 1898. This boat was
replica of the so-called Gokstad vik-
ing ship, now preserved at Oslo, and
made the trip from that city all the
way to Chicago where it was one of
the famous attractions of the Worlds
Fair 35 years ago; the boat, in MAX
ing its Atlantic voyage, was manned
by a crew of II men.
Planning New Buildings.
Alumni of the Swedish Lutheran
Augustana College last week met at
the college library building to discuss
plans for erecting additional build
ings on the campus; it was brought
out that since 1885 no new building
had been added to the institution, and
that increasing enrolment made more
space necessary. The alumni were
urged to collect Immediately 100000
of the $1,5OO,000 subscribed for the
college. 1t was announced that Sc
niors and juniors now at the school
had subscribed $4,000 to the build
ing fund.
Anniversary i'm Argentina.
According to mail advices, the DAN
ish congregation at Tandil, Argentina,
several weeks ago celebrated it's fiji
tieth anniversary; the Danish emf
RI haf
70 years ago, and in 1875 a minister
was sent from Copenhagen to preach
to his countrymen; some time later
the City of Tandil presented a lot to
the congregation, and toward the close
of the year 1878 a church was erec-
ted. The majority of the members
are Observation-Disclosures children and
grandchildren of the pioneers; extern
sive repairs had recently been made
on the building so that the celebration
assumed the nature of not merely an
anniversary but also re-dedication.
To Study Botany.
M. Gottfrid Staalfelt of Stockholm,
Sweden, has arrived in the United
States for the purpose of studying
at the Boyce Thompson Institute for
Plant Research at Yonkers, N. Y. Mr..
Staalfelt, doctor of philosophy from
the University of Upsala, is travelling
on a Rockefeller Foundation scholar
ship, and part of his time will be
spent in studying plant life in the
Arizona deserts.
More KensingtOn Gatherings.
To stimulate interest in the plans
calling for the erection of monu-
ment concentrating the intrepidity
of alleged fourteenth-century Norwe-
gian explorers who are thought to
have reached what is now Kensing-
ton, Mimi, mass meeting was re-
Gently held at that place; in the near
future meetings of similar nature
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09
NEWS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS

A few years ago the American gov
eminent sent special agents to coun-
tries exporting manufactured goods to
the United States, the purpose of
their trip being to find out the pro-
duction costs of such articles. A
good deal of indignation was eX-
pressed at what was called "high-
handed proceedings, and it was es-
pecially pointed out that information
of this nature was strictly cOntiden-
tial, and that it might conceivably be
abused by the American agents.
Among the governments protesting to
the United States was Denmark, Sec
onded by the industrialists of that
country. AS a result of consistent
protestatiOns it is now announced that
the United States authorities in the
future will not insist on getting such
information except where it is volun-
tarily offered. 1t is thought that
this change in the American plans
involves Norway and Sweden, too.
Jacob FrOhlin Dead.
Rev. Jacob Frohlin of St. James,
Mimi, is dead at the age of 80 years.
He was a graduate of st. Olaf College,
Mortified, Mimi, and the Norwegian
United Church seminary in st. Paul,
and during the last fourteen years
served as pastor of Norwegian Luther
an congregations in ROselawn and
Milwaukee, Wis, his last charge be-
ing that of the First Lutheran church
at st. James. Mr.. Frohlin was a
native of New York and of Swedish
Norwegian parentage.
Stolen Mail.
A sack containing mail from Chi
cago to points in Sweden has, it now
appears, been rifled while in transit;
the thefts were not discovered until
but it is thought that they must have
taken place in Chicago since the sack
was sealed in that city. No one
seems to have any idea how much
money was contained in the letters
torn open, and the postal authorities
of Sweden and the United States are
now making an investigation.
On Vaudeville Stage.
Two young ladies, known as the
Danish Flea Sisters, arrived in New
York last week for the purpose of ap-
pearing on the American vaudeville
stage. They have a contract with
the Keith circuit and will start their
tour in the near future. The Flea
Sisters-their real name being Thorn
sen-are twins who hail from the is
land of Amager, an island off Copen-
hagen; during the last few years they
have attracted a good deal of favor
able attention in various European
countries.
Magnus Andersen HOnOred.
Captain Magnus Andersen, who re-
Gently made his second visit to the
United States, recently was honored
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09
SANDSTONE DEFEATS
MORA AT BASKETBALL
Debaters Win Over Pine City,
To Meet Hinckley.-Father of
Mrs. M. E. RObey Dies, Body
Shipped to Canada.

Sandstone defeated Mora at basket
ball Friday night by score of %
to Is. Sandstone meets Cambridge
next Friday when they will again
battle for honors. The locals have
been going good of late, winning the
last three games, and it is hoped that
the good luck will stay with them.
Sandstone defeated Pine City in the
debate on the Great Lakes Waterway
question. They will meet Hinckley in
the near future, when Sandstone takes
the negative side of the question.
Those on the Sandstone debating team
are Faye Colby, Elizabeth Swanson,
and Robert Dredge.
Matthew Ramage died Tuesday af-
ternoon at the home of his daughter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09
MINNESOTA'S PYROTOL
ALLOTMENT ALL TAKEN

you'll never miss the water till
the we'll runs dry" Likewise pyro-
tol, the cheap government explosive
used in land clearing, is not missed
until the supply has been exhausted.
That point has been reached, says
A. ]. Schwantes, land clearing spe-
Cialist of the university, who has
been in charge of pyrotol distribu-
ton and who now gives notice that
it is useless for farmers to send their
orders for explosive to the division
of agricultural engineering at Uni
versity Farm. PyrOtol was the last
of left over war material to be avail
able for use on farms.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-09

Owing to the constantly increasing
business at the creamery and in Or
der to avoid building for some years
it was decided that instead of having
cream delivered every other day it
would be changed to that half of the
patrons deliver on Mondays, the other
half on Tuesdays, the first half again
on Wednesdays, and so on. 1t will
make for shorter waits at the cream
cry and furthermore the retail stores
in town will have more uniform bust
ness throughout the week, also max
ing for quicker service there to the
farmers.
Just before the meeting adjourned
unanimous rising vote of thanks
and appreciation was accorded C. Sc
bald and j. r. Petersen, the retiring
president and secretary, respectively,
for the many years of faithful service
rendered the association.