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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12
WHEAT POOLING AND FARM
RELIEF

In the April 1 number of "The
Wheat Grower" the official organ Of
the North Dakota Wheat Growers as
ISOLATION, attention is called to a
pamphlet entitled 1.-The Local Country
Elevator" reprint of an article pub
lished in the March, 1928, issue of
the "Co-Operative Manager and Farm
err" of Minneapolis, which is being
widely circulated among the wheat
pool members and farmers of North
Dakota and Minnesota.
In the first place the farmers pa
per points out that the Minneapolis
publication is not issued by any CO.
operative association, as the farmers
understand that term, but that it is a
publication of the grain trade and
finds it's main circulation among ele-
vator managers.
The pamphlet in question contains
a number of paragraphs directed
against the wheat pools of the United
States and Canada, and this in itself
would mark it as not being truly CO.
operative in spirit. In addition to its
arguments against the pooling system
and the pools of the northwest in gen.
eral, the so-called cooperative publ
cation carries many clever arguments
directed against the McNary-Haugen
lation. This marks it as not being
farmers publication, but one issued
in behalf of the milling interests.
Northwest farmers, the wheat grow
ers in particular, desire and need
legislation that will put their business
industry. In the old days when the
land of the northwest was new and
fertile, crops grew in abundance and
farmers were able to make a small
margin of profit. Now the natural
fertility of the land is gone and it
takes much more intensive tilling of
the soil and more time and labor to
produce fair crop.
While conditions have been made
better for labor and for business and
industry through the restriction of
immigration and a protective tariff,
lllS IuCI 10 " dStlCdily tilC odLuC
position as he was before the war.
A great many farmers, unable to
break even in the operation of their
farms, have lost their lands and have
been forced to become tenants. Ten
ancy on farms has increased from 1913
per cent in 1910 to 344 in 1925.
Today, if figures were available, it
would probably be found to be nearer
one-half.
This condition is making peasants
of our farmers, with the lands in the
hands of the Weather class. 1t is
not a good condition for the country
to be in. ssts 81 rs-"4
The farmer needs an opportunity
that will re-awaken his ambition and
his hope of better conditions. He de-
sires his freedom and independence.
He is not apt to listen to arguments
against cooperative pooling of grain
or opposed to farm legislation, put
forth by the milling interests.-Duluth
News Tribune.
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per pound for butterfat less than the
well organized creameries are pay
ing? 1t takes real co-operator to do
it. So far as this talk about Kettle
River being in another county. one
might say, so. is the Land O'Lakes
Creamery, but we do not hesitate to
patronize it. Some of us feel that we
are living in Minnesota, and not in
Pine county alone, and we are for CO
operation first, last, and all the time,
even If it takes us over the county
line.
c. S. PULLING.
Sturgeon Lake.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12
MORE RED TAPE

what would you do if you lost
your money in forest and what
would you do if it was raining and
you had straw hat on your head?"
The foregoing is not meant to be a
riddle, nor is it any attempt at being
funny" but in the opinion of the
American, it is utterly foolish, and
there's nothing funny about it.
Failure to answer the above ques-
lions to the satisfaction of consular
authorities at Warsaw prevented a
woman from leaving her native land
and joining her husband in Mime
apolis. She undoubtedly would still
sentative Walter Newton of Mime
apolis, got busy and 'cut the red
tape" that was holding this woman in
Poland.
Such nonsense! what would you
do if you lost your money in forest?"
That question would puzzle most any
one. One person might answer: Hunt
for it, of course" That might be the
answer and it might not be. Another
might say: I'D jump into the river"
That might be right; some would,
very probably, if they should meet any
such fate. Then, this one: What
would you do if it was raining and
you had a straw hat on your head?"
What would anybody do? Let it rain,
wouldn't you? That Polish woman
probably had enough sense to come
in out of the RAIN" if she had the
chance, but we doubt if her inter-
rogators would have.
1t would be just as sensible to ask
the woman: "Why is an egg?"
The question this newspaper would
like answered, is: Why can't all such
foolishness be eliminated from gov
eminent? If it were, there probably
wouldn't be anarchism, communism
and the like.
This red tape possibly can do no
good, but on the contrary breeds only
contempt.
In the case in hand, though, thanks
to Mr.. Newton) the Polish woman re
ferred to, now is happily joined with
her family in Minneapolis.
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and wholly educational in plan and
purpose. 1t is an annual call to all
citizens of America, both young and
old, to lend their interest and support
in bringing about better forestry con-
ditions. 1t has no other goal than
that which a rightly informed public
opinion may of itself set up and seek.
The National American Forest week
committee is composed of more than
100 organizations which represent al
most every conceivable form of in
terest-the Federal Government, state
governments. the lumber industry.
outdoor, wild life, and recreational
interests, foresters, forestry and tree
associations, women's organizations.
and many others.
American Forest Week" is the out
standing opportunity of the year for
every form of interest in trees, for
ests, and conservation to find express
sion, each in it's own way and working
in its own local sphere of influence.
1t is very important that Minnesota
ponder over the various forest prob
lens. Years ago. when the first white
men came up the Great Lakes, they
found dense forests of pine and cedar
and oak and maple and kindred trees,
covering nearly all of what now is
Michigan, Wisconsin, and half of Min
nesota.
But. this is greatly changed. With
the progress of civilization, wide
spread and extensive cutting of tim
Der, forest fires, and so on, these vast
forest regions have, in a great many
instances, been laid bare. 1t is sure
that some concerted, workable plan
of reforestation must be adopted, not
alone in Minnesota, but throughout
the nation.
In Minnesota, the last of the timber
harvest is in plain sight. A few sim
pie figures tell the story:
In 1870, records disclose, there were
157 sawmills counted in the state.
They grew both in number and in size.
Following is the record of the
United States census:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12
GOODWIN WEAKENED

The antics of the tenth district Re-
publican convention would indicate
that Congressman Goodwin is not as
strong for the farmers as he pre-
tends to be. He voted for the McNary-
Haugen bill and will probably do SO
again, but it is quite evident that the
fat boys in Minneapolis put the fear
of God in him to such an extent that
he dared not stand up for Lowden.
Mr.. Goodwin has it in him to put the
tenth on the map, but he will never
get on the right track until he learns
Observation-Disclosures Post-Messenger
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GOLDEN RULE PAYS DIVIDENDS

Because he felt a personal moral
responsibility" to his former patrons,
]. r. Carter, president of a defunct
Naylor, Ga, bank, has paid his de-
positorS in full.
Not only did this man pay his de-
positOrs, but he redeemed all outstand-
ing shares of capital stock of the in
stitution so that the shareholders
would suffer no loss.
This mans act was voluntary; he
was not legally liable because of the
banks failure, it is disclosed. The
bank was closed after an audit, made
at the request of Mr.. Carter, by the
state banking department, showed a
shrinkage in assets exceeding capital
stock and surplus.
The American certainly agrees with
the Georgia banking officials in term
ing the mans action as remarkable"
for too often in bank failures, depos-
itors and shareholders alike are left
holding the sack" There probably
are instances in which the officials of
closed banks would like to pay their
creditors, but it's sure very rare. At
least, this newspaper cannot right now
recall any.
1t is evident in the case cited, that
this bank official is a firm believer
in the Golden Rule, and it isn't too
much to believe that he will receive
huge dividends because of his act.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12

Today there is only a remnant of
that great industry. There are no
large mills left in Saltwater. nor in
Minneapolis, nor Duluth, nor Brainerd
nor Crookston, nor Bemidji. Many
have been dismantled. The lumbermen
have moved away. The number en-
ployed has dwindled to a few hun
dredS.
The old order is thing of the past
The lumber industry in this state
hereafter, must be on an entirely diff
ferent footing and the forest crop must
be maintained on permanent basis,
giving a perpetual yield like other
crops.
That is the stage on which lum-
boring in Minnesota is now entering,
So it is entirely fitting that a spe-
cial week be set aside for the in
tensive study of this problem, and the
American is heartily in accord with
the plan.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12
SCOTLAND GROWING DRIER

John Barleycorn is waging a losing
fight in Scotland. The conviviality
which sullied the otherwise exquisite
pages of Burns has greatly diminished,
and if the signs are read Alright the
feeling toward it's extinction is spread
ing rapidly. One sign of no little i'm
port in this respect is the rejection
by the Chamber of Agriculture of the
distillers' appeal for the exertion of
pressure on the government to reduce
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-12
BILLS AFFECTING SCHOOLS

Editor Askov American:
1t may be of interest to readers of
the American to direct their attention
to the following bills now before Con-
gress, viz: S. POI, S. 2S41, and H. r.
5000.
They are intended to establish an
other cabinet officer to be known as
commissioner of education and who
would be appointed by the President,
Continued on Page 10Y
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OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short. timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our Information. Signed articles al
ways are more effective. but If the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. it will be withheld.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26
REDWOOD PIPES

TT Is not generally known to what
extent California redwood stave pipes
are used la the Western States, par
tlcularly on the Pacific Coast. for irriga-
ton purposes and mining and domestic
water supply. as well as for conductors
for hydro-electric power stations.
These redwood stave pipes are
largely utilized for conducting water
across deep canyons and gorges. They
are OF special Importance IN the noun
famous districts OF the West for ny
truulie engineering as the wood Is
light and easily transported. the slaves
being carried on the backs of horses
and hurros This wood. which Is SO we'll
adapted for pipes for power purposes
In these rocky regions, weighs only 2ia
pounds for each board foot. being CONF
parativeiy free from pitch, knots and
decay Cast-iron valves and cast iron
curves are largely used, although in
constructing wood Stave pipes around
curves the slaves are sometimes fitted
together and then partially banded,
such power being fnaiiy applied as Is
necessary TO cause the pipe to assume
..s,ss Ssa .&sraAe
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Sheep Raising.

IT Is said that in normal times the
United States uses about $50 OoO 600
bounds of wool, exclusive OF CARPET wool
vi that amour. about 500, 900 900
pounds are produced at home, The re-
mainder Is imported Wool is one OF
the Few important raw materials for
which We are at all dependent ON other
lands for there are certain fine fabrics
that are improved by making them OF
a mixture of domestic woods with va
rietieS not grown in this country and
that viii not be grown here. There
Tore II viii never be advisable TO cease
importing these varieties
That however, Is an unimportant
matter, II would be greatly to our ad-
vantage 20 increase largely the domestic
wool crop by raising more sheen In
the event Of war that should cut rs
on from foreign supply there Is
scarcely any article a fun supply Of
which would he more important than
Homegrown wool. nor il there any
article OF which II Is easier 20 increase
the home production. All that Is need
ed Is pasture land.
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BursIar.P

ouch are the provisions for secur-
ity III the new Bank of ENGLAND,
says the London Express. tina: 1t would
take len burglars year TO Get into the
nam vault-if there were no guards or
Alarms. This G0-foot-SQuare room lies
10 feet below ground. surrounded bv
SOLID concrete walls so feet daep and
eight ieet thick. Ten tons of dynamite
could not penetrate and so delicate are
the alarms in the surrounding messages
that glove droposd In en- innocent
looking spot would rims half a dozen
bells.
Even II n craftsman did succeed In
gettlng past the outer CiefenSeS--thC
alarms. guards, electrically operated
steel doors and me- ssive wallS-~hc would
stu find the main vault guarded hv
Two steel doors weighing Is tons each
When unlocked a child cou'a move
them With a touch. but when als mas
StVe LOCKS and bolts ars shot hon,s.
dynamits enough the wreck tr> vhols
building would be needed IL burst them
In addition there l. twefolt rvo-
lection against burglary and fire, for
through small tuanal ON lh> second
moor. tons of water will flood the vaults
~ the touch Of a hutton. So solidh
mas the building hScn canstrfeted-
desoite the miles and miles q. ,nserlsred
wiring which form tire alarm xvst~n-
that II Ia expected to last LOCO years.
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the desired shape The slaves are
driven endwise to close the butt joints
while the power is being applied. Jack
screws are customarily used for bring
ing the larger sized pipe into proper
curve. the larger slaves being made III
short sections. and the completed pipe
lines of large size having. OF course.
long radii "a curves that of a~foot
pipe being nearly 1000 feet. while for a
pipe | foot diameter. the radius would
not ordinarily exceed iS0 feet Rketed
steel elbows are necessary for very
sharp curves with the larger pipes. al
though cast~iron elbows are usually sat-
isfactory for the smaller sizes,
This demand for California redwood
Is very great. the supply coming from
The forest regions in the vicinity OF
San Francisco BAY, II IL estimated
that the present rate OF consumption
is about aS0. 600, 900 feet per year. and
that there are nearly half million
acres of redwood forest in Humboldt
County containing about $4,000 600 900
feet OF this material which win last
81 this rate Fbcut 400 years. -.
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in the knowledge that no mind-reading
could be expected of person just
arisen from bed of grip.
Wills face lit all up with enthusiasm
Say. Merits got dandy new stunt
that we're going to work out together "
WEI" l repeated doubtfully. You
don't mean you and ~"
We'll, II sort of thought that
maybe Merit and I might do 1t to-
gether," he said uneasily. You won't
be feeling up to anything by that tirae
you know. You were certainly fine at
that mind-reading stunt, but, OF
course"
l just laughed, and reached up and
pulled Wills cheek down to mine. He's
SO funny when he's trying not to hurt
your feelings.
You needn't try to fool me-" / said
You think I was rotten"
''Oh. no. don't. honey dear" he de-
MED. in such a Mortified guilty tone
that it gave him away completely. L
Just can't get over your plugging away
at that when you were so rushed and
sick. and-oh. honey, you are little
peach!"
/ rubbed my cheek against the back
of his hand
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most foods are packed. cryStalliaes and
crumhles away at 30 below zero. New
ertheless, tin must be used to a large
extent. but 1t will be coated with some
protective metal.
Pemmican. biscuit and chocolate are
The foods which pack the most nourish-
ment into small space. but great care
Is being taken to provide balanced
diet Dehydrated vegetables, a few
ounces of which are the equivalent of
pounds of fresh vegetables, form large
part of the supplies. as they are an ex-
cellent antidote for the dreaded Scurvv
The hunters of the expedition will pro-
vide 100 tons of fresh seal and penguin
meat as soon as they reach the Ant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-26

/ suppose there are scads Of ways To
ask a question that would sound I'll
right TO the audience.
That's the eye!" said win en-
Enthusiastically. Il knew you'd catch on
right away. That's all there Is to it
just learn the code
= 4 # 4
THE next afternoon got out the
code and looked it oyer. l nearly
dropped dead.
just learn the code" Why, 1t was
a whole book TO Learnt You might be
given anything. from a bank check tc
a potato There was page after page
N memorize. viii when he arrived
home. was optimistic.
''Oh, you can learn IT," he treasured
me.
II was some combination | had wished
on myself TO the bazaar with
one hand and learning parlor magic
with the other And in the meantime
doing my own work. And my work IN
creased a million fold by Jill's suddenly
wanting 10 walk. fSince we call little
John Jack" everybody calls Katherine
"Jiil")
She could do It. II you held her b,
both hands-~and she wanted TO do u
her pen and forgetting her,
was teiephoning about the bazaar
one afternoon, and Jill was yelling hei
head off, when Mother Horton came In
! explained that Jill wanted me TO wall
with her. Mother Horton thought ]
was perfectly awful that should b.
telephoning about bazaar when m
child needed me and / did feel kind o
guilty about 1T.
so I'd walk Jill around one room
after another, studying over WINS cod
and worry about the bazaar.
Every night WIN would want to prac'
tice the mind-readIng stunt Id usual
iy have 10 call up lot OF people abou
The bazaar first. and, by the time IL
| get 10 try 10 read his mind, I'd be 81
| dead sleepy couldn't remembe
/ whether I'd put cut Buster, 10 say moth
| ing of knowing q code
Then one day. when I was up a
| Mothers, she told ne ! ought 10 invite
| Or. Elinc0urt and his wife tn dinner
| He Is The new minister, and Mothe
said he felt hurt that the young people
weren't takine~4iim into their heart
more.
AS I said 70 mother. I'd Just as soor
take him inia ~4ay heart, but | didr
see how could lnd tims 10 ask him Il
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Equipment for South Polar Trip

arctic shore. Other items Of diet are
fresh eggs and butter, milk powder
orange and lemon powder. Much If
the food will be shipped across the
Equator to New Zealand. the starting
point. in refrigerator boats. At the
base on the shore of Ross Sea the men
will eat as we'll as We do here
Cooking will be done chiefly with oil
or canned heat stoves. Some of them
look like plumbers blow torches. and
one is specially designed to stay alight
in the worst blizzard. There are sew
eral cooks attached to the party, but
it is a saying that anything you start
TO cook while on the ice turns into
stew anyway. The firearms which are
depended upon TO supply fresh meat
are mostly standard models, but some
are convertible pistols which can be
used as short rifles.
AS the motive for the expedition is
scientific research, the technical equip
ment is elaborate and expensive. Besides
the meteorologiSt and geographer. there
are men who will study the animal life
and earth structure of the desolate
region. Each scientist has selected his
own equipment.
To determine the depth of the great
blanket of ice which covers the sup
posed continent. small sonic depth
finder similar to the one used by the
Navy has been devised 1t is portable,
weighing only $50 pounds. and measures
depth by timing the sound of an ex-
ploded cartridge. The sound penetrateS
the ice and reechoes from the surface
of the earth. II there is water beneath
the ice. one echo comes from the sur
face of the water and another. much
fainter. returns to the instrument some
what later from the bottom of the sea
Exploring is only half of the explor-
er'S task: preparing for the trip is the
harder half. But the Byrd expedition
is well prepared for any emergency. II
must be, for ii is locked behind an icy
barrier $500 miles from the nearest
human habitation.
There is little reason to expect that
Byrd's men will suffer the hard fate
OF those of Scott and Mobile. They
viii be well protected from Ill health
or accident. Radio outfits will keen
them in constant communication with
the world. Even the danger of a de-
nciency of sunlight has been foreseen.
Tor they are taking along an electric
artificial sun.
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LET DOT DO 1T!
Bv Fannie KiIbOu1ne
Dot Was Always Bear Her Share
Her. Were Willing o Have Her

| week was over, I discovered that idea
| for the false thing II Is. l found that
| I could parcel out the work among the
! committees as much as l liked but
| then l had to do the thinking for all
Of them. II simply appalled, me, the
! important things they forgot all about.
! Madge had charge Of the advertising
Yet she never thought OF going to Mr..
Wee. and getting him ia run an editorial
about the bazaar. Jeanne Garden was
supposed to have charge of the solicit
ins, and it never occurred to her TO
write all of the girls who had married
and left MontroSe. and ask them for
contributions The girls were amazed
at the way / thought of things. and
was simply amazed at the way they
didn't.
Il suppose it's having seen your
husband handle things" said Betty
Leach respectfully
/ don't think that was true. but I
didn't deny it. It is rather flattering,
the attitude of girls who haven't huS-
bands to those who have.
The attitude of the married girls was
entirely different. When I stopped in
AT Dulcie's and asked her to take
table for the bazaar. she looked at me
in the most superior way.
MCICys HdNCD L ltttlt EbE baEd3lS!
she said. with baby and a husband
to look after" She paused fer mo-
ment Il don't think it's fair 10 Will
for you to neglect your family to run a
bazaar"
I shouldn't have paid sny attention
to that. knowing by experience that
girl with her first baby is so heady With
responsibility that she thinks she in
vented the domestic life
1t must have had some effect on me,
though. Without it. when Will said
wistfully that evening, Il wish I could
get somebody to work up that mind
reading stunt with me-" Id have said
Il wish you could" And let 1t go at
that. But Dulcies hint had taken root.
and it occurred to me that. If I was
the only one who could run the bazaar,
l was also the only wife Will had So
I looked up with interest
Gould I help you with it?" I asked
brightly
You bet you could!" he said. Say.
it's the greatest stunt I've seen, You're
blindfolded. see? And get things som
people. and ask you what it is"
How am I going to know what 1t is"
/ asked. If I'm blindfolded?"
That's the stunt" said Will Its
a code. 1t all depends on the way /
ask the question. / say. What have !
here?' All questions beginning with
what mean metal. So you know what
I've got is metal. and go on to the next
word, II ! said. What is this?' the is
would mean 1t is a key. But saying.
What have means that it's a coin.
II / said. What have We here?' it
would mean half-dollar; but, What
have II means penny" He looked
at me- all eagerness. do you see how
Ii works.
Why, yes" said 1t sounds simple.