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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
PINE CITY MAN TO
VACATION ABROAD

A. NJ Challeen of Pine City, who
has been in business for over fifty
years will start on his first real va
cation on April. 18th. Accompanied
by his son George, Mr.. Challeen will
first motor to New York City and will
sail from there on April 81 for
France. After visiting France, they
will visit Germany, Switzerland, Eng
land, Denmark, and other countries,
and plan on spending good part of
the summer in seeing the sights of
Europe.
Mr.. Challeen started business near
Braham nearly fifty years ago and
later went to Rush City where he
built the hotel and conducted that
business for many years. Later he
engaged in the mercantile business at
Rock Creek and then came to Pine
City about 1910. At Pine City, Mr..
Challeen has built up a large and
prosperous business, being located
near the creamery. His business con-
nections have steadily increased and
succeeded in the past nineteen years,
due to his tireless energy, until he
has perhaps the largest trade of the
village.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
PINE CITY HIGH
RELAY TEAM WON
SECOND IN MEET

The Pine City high school relay
team won second place in the Little
Eight meet held at the University of
Minnesota field house last Saturday
evening, being second in close race
to the team from Mora high school.
Buffalo high school was third. The
members of the Pine City team were
Donald McKusick, Richard Wood, Leo
Wurm, and Carl Kick, with George
Roberts as alternate. Silver medals
were presented to the members of the
team by the, university.
The next meet at which the relay
team may participate is the Hamline
relays to be held on May 4th at Ham
lin University. On the 25th of May
the district meet of the Little Eight
will be held at Pine City and all high
schools of the district are invited to
send representatives for the various
events.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
FREE TESTING is
HAMPERED BECAUSE
OF WET WEATHER

The free T. B. testing of dairy herds
scheduled for Monday in the Askov
community, was somewhat hindered
by rain and poor roads. DR.. Curl,
veterinarian of Hinckley, and A. P.
Jensen of Askov, went out Monday and
succeeded in testing % herds and had
decided to go out again Tuesday, but
rain and poor roads caused testing,
for the present, to be abandoned
There are approximately Is herds
scheduled for the free test that have
not been visited yet and these will
have their turn in about three weeks
All those who are entitled to free tests
and who have not accredited herds,
are urged to sign on the list in the
bank so that the tester will be sure
to pass on every herd in the Askov
community on his next trip here.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
MANY BECOME
u. s. CITIZENS
Nineteen Take Final Citi-
zenship Oath at County
Seat as Pine City Legion
Auxiliary Presents APP
propriate Program.

Judge StoIberg held a session of
court at Pine City Tuesday for the
purpose of comforting final citizenship
papers upon nineteen candidates. A
program was given by the ladies of
the Leon Heath Post of the American
Legion and at the conclusion of the
exercises each citizen was handed a
small silk American flag as a memoir
ial of the important event.
Those who received their papers
were, Maren Krag Hansen, Askov;
Oenmark); Mrs. Elizabeth Albion,
Finlayson (Sweden); Efriam Johnson,
Sandstone (Sweden); John Albin ALL
bonn, Finlayson (Sweden); Mrs. Anna
Johnson, Sandstone (Sweden); Fred
erick Dixson Walker, Sandstone eng
land); Daisey Walker, Sandstone
(England); Albert Van Der Werf,
Sandstone (NetherlanO George Ba-
ran, Hinckley (Czecho); Mrs. Alma
Hedwig Jensen, Askov (Denmark);
Jacob Lee julius Jacobsen, Hinckley
Denmark); John Peter E. Bystrom,
Pine City (Swedem; Mrs. Alice Kalk,
Hinckley (Netherlands); Mis- Fred
eriksen. -Askov (Denmark); Efriam J.
Peura, Finlayson (Finland); Mrs.
Erna Meuer, Pine City Germany;
Jens Peter Madsen, Askov (Denmark);
Carl Arvid Johnson, Sandstone (Swe-
den).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
HOGS LOWER
CATTLE SLOW
Wooded Lambs Active at Steady Terms
VealerS Sharply Lower
Stock Pigs Steady.

(By U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Minnesota Department of
Agrlculture.)
South st. Paul, Mimi, April Is, 1929:
The cattle market generally favored
lower levels today. weighty steers and
fat cow stuff appearing Is to 25c
lower on paper, part of the decline
being offset by liberal water fills.
Quality was not up to recent days,
best yearlings stopping at $3.50 with
bulk of the supply of steers and year
lings selling at $11.5O to S12.75. Fat
cows turned mostly at $3.50 to $500
for lower grades, comparable heifers
at 1925 to $1,000, cutters $500 to
$500 while bulls ruled actively and
as much as 25c higher with range
of $3.50 to $500 taking the bulk.
Stockers and feeders sold readily,
number of loads going at $1,000 to
$11.65, with palmer types on down to
$1,000. Saturday sales included thir-
teen cars of half fat finishing steers
at $3.50. Vealers were SOC to $1.00
lower, spread of $3.50 to $14.00 TAX
ing extremes.
Opening to mostly Is to Csc de-
cline, bulk of the lights and butchers
today sold to packers at $11.1O with
some of the best lightweights and
light butchers upward to $11.20. Light
lights and pigs were unchanged with
most sales at $11.00 while packing
sows were chiefly at $3.50 to $g.75.
On a steady basis, fed wooded lambs
cleared at $16.75 to $500, Gull and
common offerings $1,000 to $14.00
with odd lots of good clipped lambs
around $500. A few fat wooded
ewes cashed at $1,000 to $1,000, strict
ly choice lightweights being consid-
cred salable around $10.75 or Csc
higher. Shearing lambs brought
$500 to $15.25.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18

ally business groups give their EN-
tribution to the government make up
the difference in salary from COM
|pany funds. This plan worked quite
effectively when Mr.. Hoover reorgan-
lied the Department of Commerce.
The minor officials fighting despe-
rately to hold thir jobs have obtained
endorsements from the political lead
ers in their states. One Cabinet Of
ffcer is disposing of these applica-
tions in an unusual manner. He sets
the politically endorsed aside and
then gives first consideration to the
records of those who appeal for re-
appointment entirely on merit. If he
finds that their record justifies their
retention the matter is closed and
preference for promotion is accorded
them over their more influential as
sociates. This aspect worries the po-
liticians.
The best laid plans of the Con-
gressional leaders to cOnfine the at
tention of the Senate and House to
the program of farm relief and tariff
revision. outlined by the president in
his first message this week, has been
upset. The prohibition issue is now
to the fore as the reform forces mo-
Billie to reach the latest activity of
serving liquor on vessels of Ameri-
Continued on Page 50
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
Our WASHINGTON Letter
1u " IODalev
8y " ODaley

Washington, April >17-Surprise and
dismay have struck the politicians
and the office-h holders as it becomes
evident that the Hoover Administra-
ton intends to introduce revolution
airy methods in patronage matters.
They have found that in at least one
government department the qualifica-
ton tables have been reversed to the
CONSERVATION of those whose hopes
of preferment depended wholly on po-
litical background and endorsements.
The entire personnel of the govern
ment is on tether-hooks as the Hoover
chieftains attempt to reconcile their
ideas of efficiency with political obi
gatiOns-a process fraught with dam
ger.
The situation does not permit the
freedom of action commensurate with
the new administration ideas as to
what constitutes worthy public serv-
ants. Politics is indelibly bound up
with all appointments. There are
hundreds of citizens now in private
life that Mr.. Hoover's aides would like
to have on the Federal pay roll be-
cause of their proven worth in private
business. There are instances where
many have volunteered to serve at a
sacrifice, while others have reluctant
ly refused government berths solely
because they could not afford to sus-
tain a cut in their income. Occasion
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
NEWS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS

can experts. RumorS have it that the
Ford Motor Co. is the other unnamed
bidder for the patent rights, but nc
confirmation has been forthcoming al
this time. 1t is only known that the
two American groups have sent their
representatives from Detroit to Oden-
Sc to confer with Mr.. Mortensen.
Veblen HOnOred.
DR.. Oswald Veblen, a son of DR..
A. A. Veblen of San Diego, CAL
known as the father of the Norwe-
gian bygdelag OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES re-
Gently given the honorary Doctor of
Science degree by Oxford university,
and two weeks ago the University of
Oslo, Norway, bestowed the same hon
orary title upon him. DR.. Veblen is
professor of mathematics at Prince
ton university. His uncle, Thcrstein
Veblen, probably the most famous of
all NOrwegian-American savants, is
recognized as one of the greatest So
biologists of the present day.
''Seeing America"
The first Seeing America" party
from Sweden arrived in New York
last week under the leadership of Dan
Bystr0m, editor of the Svenska Dag
bladet, Stockholm. Their itinerary
in this country includes New York,
Buffalo. Detroit, Chicago, Norfolk,
Va, and Washington. There are rs
persons in the party, several of them
distinguished in their, respective
Continued on Page -
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
MOOSE LAKE BODY
SELECTS OFFICERS
Permanent Livestock Shipping ASSO
citation Elects Otto Burkhardt
as Manager.

Officers of the new Moose Lake
Livestock Shippers association were
elected at the meeting in the directors
room of the First National bank at
that place Monday afternoon. The
articles of incorporation were sub
mitted by the committee appointed
for that purpose in a meeting held a
week ago.
The business of the new concern
will be conducted from Moose Lake
and the Moose Lake First National
bank will be the depository of it's
funds. The shipping point will be
either Moose Lake, Willow River, or
Sturgeon Lake, whichever it will be
found will accommodate the greatest
number of shippers.
The following places have been
designated as listing headquarters for
the various towns:
Moose Lake, First National Bank
tie River. Farmers State Bank and
Cooperative Creamery and Farmers
Cooperative store; Sturgeon Lake,
Farmers bank and Cunningham's
Mercantile store; Denham, creamery;
Willow River. Willow River Mercan-
tile company; Barnum, Farmers Co
operative store and the State bank
Otto Burkhardt of Willow River,
was chosen as manager, while from
the seven directors elected David An
derson, Moose Lake, was chosen pres
ident; Lynn Anderson, Sturgeon Lake,
vice president; E. E. Schmidt, Moose
Lake, secretary-treasurer; other di-
rectOrs are Ben Street and Henry
Hill, Kettle River: Gust Johnson, Bar
mum, and Olaf Alberg. Denham. The
annual meeting will be held in No
vember.
All the farmers who have livestock
for sale, are urged to list at any Of
these places. and will be taken care
of by the manager, Otto Burkhardt
The farmer should state on list wheth-
er he wants stock trucked in, or wants
to bring stock himself.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
CONTRACTS LET.
FOR REBUILDING
MOOSE HOSPITAL

Contracts for the work needed to
complete the Community hospital at
Moose Lake were let recently by the
board in charge of the construction
of that institution.
The plumbing and heating contract
went to j. Algot Sandahl, Moose Lake,
and the carpenter work will be done
by E. c. Swanson, also Of Moose Lake.
w. Salo of Cloquet, was awarded the
wiring contract, which includes a
nurses call system. The furnishing
of $4,000 lath was awarded to ]. E.
Hennesey Lumber company, Moose
Lake. The Gay Lumber company of
Moose Lake, will furnish 10000 feet
of maple flooring.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
ANOTHER SLANT
AT LAW BODY
House Passes Scent Gas Tax. and
Legislature Elects "U' Regents.
BY II. G. Teigan.

On Monday of this week the house
of representatives voted approval OF
Scent gasoline tax At the same
time the house refused to vote any
reduction in the automobile license
fee.
The measure originally called for
a Accent tax but an, amendment re-
ducing it to cents was finally APP
proved by vote of 81 to AZ. If the
senate should approve the bill as
passed by the house, the act will go
into operation on May 1, next.
Under the present 2-cent tax the
state received during the year of 1928
approximately $6,000,000. 1t is,
therefore, estimated that Scent tax
will net the state about 100000 per
year A third of this amount will,
however, be diverted to side roads
under the constitutional amendment
approved last November
Due to. the fact that such large
part of the money received by the
state from the gasoline tax will here
after be diverted to the development
and improvement of county roads, it
was felt by some legislators that it
would be much better to increase the
license fee, the income from which
goes entirely to the state highway
fund, than to provide for an increase
in the gasoline tax. 1t seems likely,
however, that the Scent tax bill
passed by the house on Monday will
receive approval in the senate and be
signed by the governor.
Legislature Elects Regents of
University.
The legislature elected board of
regents for the university a few days
ago. This was the first election of
regents by the legislature in more
than so years. The regents were for
merly named by the governor. But a
year ago the supreme court of the
state decided in suit between the
regents and the Big Three that the
board should be elected by the legis-
lature. Parhaps it would be more
correct to state that the Attorney
Generals Interpretation of the courts
decision placed election of the regents
once more in the hands of the legisla-
ture.
Most of those constituting the old
Continued on Page 1O)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
DO|NCS OF THE
LEGISLATURE
Cigarette Bill Buried in Sen
ate and ReforeStation
Program Was Smashed
in Same Body; Three
Cent Gas Tax Is It.
BY Martin w. Odland.
Special to American.

ST. Paul. Mimi, April 16.-1f a
prophet values his reputation, he'd
better not do too much prophesying as
to what the present Minnesota legis-
lature will do, for that extraordinary
body is apt to do just the opposite
of what is generally taken for granted.
For instance, some weeks back all in
dications pointed to a four cent gas
tax, yet last week, when the house
took up the gas tax bill for final ac-
ton, it fixed the tax at three cents
per gallon and the senate has fallen
into line.
Again, it was generally assumed
that the Dunn cigarette tax bill, which
passed the house a couple of weeks
ago, would go through the senate, but
on Friday, when the bill was reported
out by the senate committee on tax
alton, only 33 senators voted to make
it a special order and it had to take
ders-which means it won't be reached
before adjournment The roll call on
the motion to make the bill a special
order was:
Ayes: Adams, Arens. Blanchard
Bridgeman, Carley, Christgau, Han
son, Hougen, Johnston, H. A LARSON
Lawson, Lee, Long, c. A. Lund, McCu-
brey, Naplin, Peterson, Putnam, Put
Zier, Richardson, Rockne, Romberg,
Schmechel, Serline, Sharpe, Spindler,
Stemsrud, G. H. Sullivan, ]. ID. Sulli-
van, Thwing and Widell-33.
Noes: Anderson. Besette, Bonni-
well, Cannon, Child, Duemke, Hausler,
johnson, A. S. Larson, Lemm, Lennon,
Lilygren, Lommen, MacLean, Nc
knight, Mangan. Norm, Nelson, NOrd-
lin, Olson. Orr. Ribenack, Rollins, Sag
gau, Solberg, Swenson, TraXler, Turn
ham and Zamboni-29.
OF course all voting AYE" were for
the bill; all voting mo- against it.
Failure to pass this tax measure will
mean about 100000 less revenue
for the state each year There will
be further efforts to bring the bill
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
SANDSTONE BASEBALL CLUB SEES
BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR SEASON

The annual meeting of the Sand
stone Baseball club was held recently
and the following officers were elected
for the coming season: Percy Robin
Tson, president; B. S. Boiling, vice
president; E. M. Deming, secre-
|tary-treasurer; Jack Nielsen, receipts;
Fritz GabrielsOn, custodian of equip
ment; and Oscar Carlson, manager.
Other items of business were trans
acted such as procuring of players
and the fixing of the diamond. Sand
stone is expected to make a strong
bid for the championship this year
as new material will be on hand to
bolster the weaker positions on last
years nine. Sandstone will open
their season against Gronigen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18

A plan which has been under con-
sideration for some time, matured last
week when the Dania society of Chi
cago unanimously voted in favor of a
motion to arrange a membership trip
to Denmark in the summer of 1880. "A
Unique feature of this plan will De
the fact that arrangements are to be
made for giving the travellers an OPP
portunity of exploring Danish waters
and coasts aboard a steamer; the
cruise within Danish territory will ex-
tend over "a days and will take the
Chicagoans to all principal points of
interest. Overland trips by rail will
also be made when necessary.-The
DANA members are to show in Den
mark a Chicago film which will serve
as advertising for the Worlds fair
1888.
Want Patent Rights.
The General Motors Corporation and
another powerful American automo-
bile firm, not named, are bidding for
the patent rights of an invention re-
Gently perfected by A. M. Mortensen
of Odense, Denmark. The device he
has made is to replace the motor with
a contraption of more simple design, a
kind of explosion turbine, which can
produce more horse-powers than can
motors of the ordinary size. This
power machine is very small, mex
pensive in materials and workman
ship, and has been satisfactorily test
ed by German as well as by Ameri-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
ROADSIDE STANDS
SHOULD PROVIDE
PARKING SPACE
Location Too Close to Highway Gre.
ateS Traffic Hazard, Says State
Highway Bulletin.

The season when new filling sta
tions and refreshment stands will be
springing up along the highways is
at hand. A bulletin by the State
Highway department this week makes
several suggestions for the guidance
of persons planning roadside stations.
The department will not permit any
stands to encroach upon the highway
right-of-way. Beyond that the depart
bulletin suggests that if stands,
pumps and other structures are placed
at least twenty-five feet back of the
right-of-way line, it will provide park
ing and turning space which will be
a convenience to customers and in
crease business.
On many routes the Highway de-
partment is acquiring additional
right-of-way, to allow for widening
the roadway at some future time. In
such cases buildings, stands and
pumps must be moved back. While
the value of the land and damage to
structures, the owner or the business
faces the inconvenience of moving and
the loss of business during the NOV
ing operations. If stands are placed
farther back, business will not be in
terrupted in case it becomes neces-
sary to widen the highway.
Stands which are right up to the
highway right-of-way often constitute
an actual traffic hazard due to cars
stopping in front of them. Many driv-
ers hesitate to stop at stands where
there is not ample parking place to
insure safety.
Driveways to establishments near
the highway must be sloped so that
they will drain away from the high
way.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
Northern Minnesota Biq
Game Hunting Is Thrilling
Moose Lake Man Bags Bear 1n
1928 HINT FdUOrs One
Buck Lao.

Camp life and big game hunt
ing is Interestingly portrayed in
story written by Vern F. Pemble-
ton of Moose Lake, which was
published recently in the Record
er at Riceville, Iowa, the place
of Mr.. Pembleton's birth. In COM
pany with several other Mime
sotans Mr.. Pembleton enjoyed the
wilds of northern Minnesota last
fall and tells of their getting a
bear in an interesting manner.
Mr. Pembleton lived for a number
of years at Willow River and is
known to many folks in Pine
county, being now proprietor of
barber shop at Moose Lake. He
is a strong advocate of the pro-
posed one-buck law with an open
season each year. He says it has
been tried out in many other
states with good success, and
where they have it they are not
changing the law.
Mr.. Pembleton's story follows:
1t was on Nov. 18th, 1928, that we
left Moose Lake, Mimi. for our bis
game hunt.
The season opened Nov. Goth, but
we left few days before in order tC
get our camp in readiness. There were
eleven men in our party all told, and
we took one Ford truck with trailer
and Ford touring car also a Chevro-
let coupe and trailer. Our loads con.
sisted of two tents, bedding, wearing
apparel, food stuffs and last but not
least our bridge. We made a portable
so when we came to a stream, we
would put our bridge down and drive
all cars across, then take it up and &C
on to the next stream. We crossed
three streams this way. In doing this
we were quite sure we would not be
molested by other hunters following
us into our hunting grounds. We could
bridge the swamps the same way and
go safely over them, where it was not
frozen hard enough to carry our loads
After we had swamped out roads
through the wilderness for about five
miles we came to a nice stream so we
decided to pitch our tents and camp
there for the seasons hunt, which
lasted ten days.
The weather was warm and the
ground was not frozen very hard, and
there was no snow.
Some of Sthe boys got busy putting
up the tents and others were unpack-
ing our cars and some getting wood
to cook our supper. That night we
all slept on the ground.
The next morning the skies were
clear and it was not cold; we all felt
fine so some of the boys dug a root
cellar in the side of a hill, where we
could keep our vegetables and other
perishable goods, while the rest cut
up plenty of wood into stove lengths
so when we started to hunt we would
not have that to do when tired.
But l must tell you how we made
our beds. First we cut some blocks
eighteen inches high, then put small
poles on them and covered those with
balsam boughs. On the boughs we put
grass cut from the swamps and ther
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
BETTER HOMES WEEK

The week of April 81 to q is desig-
mated as Better Homes week and this
year will mark the eighth year of it's
observance. This week is set aside
for the purpose of enlivening interest
in the betterment of American homes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-18
JEAN JOHNSON TO
TALK ON PROGRAM

Miss Jean Johnson will appear on
the child welfare program that will
be given at the w. c. T. U. meeting
at Pine City Tuesday, April 90. There
will also be several other speakers
from local communities and music for
the program will be furnished by the
Pine City WOman's club. Everyone
is cordially invited to attend.