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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
LUMBER CO.,
WILLOW RIVER HAS
CHANGED MANAGERS

Frank j. Cox of ST. Paul, is now at
the helm of the j. r. Stanton Lumber
Co., at Willow River taking the place
of lack Wilson who resigned ard has
gone to ST. Paul where he will look
up new location.
The new manager, Mr.. Cox, is not
new man at the game, having been
located at st. Paul i'm the same line
of business with the father of j. r.
Stanton. He is a married man and
his wife and three children will join
him about December Is at which time
he will have a home ready in Willow
River.
Mr.. Wilson was with the ]. R. STAN
ton Lumber Co., at Willow River for
the past year and a half, and during
his stay there has made many friends
who will miss him, but at the same
time wish him success in whatever
undertaking he may choose.
The Stanton Lumber Co.. during the
past year has built an addition to
their lumber office and has added a
complete line of general hardware,
with the intention of better serving
their large patronage.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
ANOTHER PINE COUNTY
PRODUCT MAKES MARK

Pine county has received much
publicity in recent months through
several of its sons activities in sports
and the fastest report in this line
in a big way comes to this office
through the achievements of Ernie
Nevers who is member of the Chi
cago Cardinal professional football
team. Nevers first saw the light OF
day in Willow River when he was
born there in the old sawmill days
in the house now occupied by the E
E. Clough family.
One of the big dailies had the fol
lowing to say about him after his
almost single handed victory over the
Dayton Triangles, another National
professional football team:
Ernie Nevers passed, ran and
smashed the line, to score three touch
downs and gave the Chicago Cardin.
ais 19-to-0 victory over the Dayton
Triangles in a National pro football
game at Comiskey park today. New.
ers scored through tackle for the first
Card touchdown in the first period
and he went through the line for the
second one after intercepting a Day
ton pass in the second session. He
showed over for the final Cardinal
touchdown in the third period after
a march which started when Kassel
recovered Triangle tumble"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
OVERPRODUCTIONs

There has been a great deal of
talk recently about the possibility of
overproduction in milk and creamery
supplies in the United States and the
latest facts in this matter come from
meeting of the National Co-opera-
tive Milk Producers Federation. The
substance of the warning issued from
this body is that there is close to an
overproduction of dairy products now
and that all agencies which have been
urging expansion of dairy herds
should cease this practice.
The general consensus of opinion
among experts in the industry is not
to get as many and as big herds as
possible, but to increase the quality
of the herds and even cut down on
the number so that more profits and
less expense may be enjoyed.
Following this advice, testing as
sociatlons can offer valuable assist
ance and in this manner the culls
can be sent to the slaughter.
If an overproductiOn comes as is
warned then this will reflect on the
beef market as we'll as on produce.
And in this event now is the time to
cut down the herds and get only the
best obtainable. Then in the event
of an overproduction with lower prices
resulting, profit may still be real
lied by the efficient dairyman.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
FINNISH FOLKS
WILL CELEBRATE
Twelfth Anniversary of Independence
of Finland is on Friday,
December 6.

Defendants of Finland in America
will celebrate the Finnish Independ-
ence day on Friday, Dec. 9Th At Du-
luth preparations are being made to
make the day happy and memorable
one Former Congressman o. ]. Lar
son of that district, will speak in Eng
lish and the Rev. j. V. Johansson of
Hibbing, will speak in Finnish
Finland was a part Of Sweden from
the year 1854 to 1909, but in 1909,
after war between Sweden and Rus
STA, it was united to Russia as an
autonomous grand duchy. Twelve
years ago, or on Dec. 6, 1917, Finland
declared her independence, which was
recognized by all the powers, includ-
what form of government Finland
should adopt was finally settled on
July H., 1919, at which time the con-
stitutiOn was passed.
Finland is now a sovereign, demo-
cratic, parliamentary republic, and
the head of its chief executive author
ity is the president of the republic,
who is elected indirectly by the
people for a term of six years. The
present president is Lauri Kristian
Relander, who was elected on Feb.
16, 1925, and his term will expire on
March 1, 1881.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News.
papers, Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
Of the AskOv American)
DRIVERS LICENSES NEEDED
minneapolis Starr

When man is convicted for the
third time for driving while drunk,
there should be some law invoked to
make it impossible for him to repeat
the offense. Judge Thomas H. Sal
mon melted out the most severe pen
alty-a year in the wOrkhouse-to a
driver convicted twice before on the
same charge, but what is to prevent
this driver from getting drunk at the
wheel again, after his sentence is
served?
The most practical penalty for
chronic drunken drivers is revocation
of their auto driving privileges. Be-
cause there is no auto drivers license
law in the Minnesota statutes, such a
punishment cannot easily be imposed
or enforced.
No habitual criminal is any more
dangerous than the habitual drunken
driver and no offender deserves more
drastic treatment from the judiciary.
The obvious and simple method of
dealing with this tribe is to forbid
their driving cars. The workhouse
sentence, in the case of chronic Of
tenders, is only a temporary remedy.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
A GOOD EXAMPLE

The Ford Motor company has just
announced an increase of wages which
will take place In all the factories of
that company within the bounds of
the United States. The new scale will
allow seven dollars per day to the
lowest paid worker instead Of six as
formerly and the five-day week will
still govern the time clock. This is
the third advance in Ford's wage
scale which has long since made econ
omist experts cease to wonder as to
it's practicability.
Henry Ford has way of doing
things, which possibly, if known gen.
orally, would cause conditions to be
better for the working class of the
country and make for more peace
full environment everywhere.
, Industry will finally have to fol-
low more closely Mr.. Ford's style of
doing things instead of clinging to the
policy of the ancient kings where each
subject had to carry i'm certain pOr-
tion of his material wealth to a mon
arch which ruled them with an iron
hand.
In explanation as to the way the
company proposed to make up for the
tremendous increase in payroll, Ed
sci Ford, president of the Ford Motor
Co. stated that no increase in the
price of cars was contemplated and
that the difference would be made up
by more efficiency and better manage
ment being applied. This is broad
statement and the country as a whole
will watch with interest as it has in
the past and in the meantime the
wage earners will be more happy and
contented in the light of newborn
prosperity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

the table for both dinner and supper
Those who met with the Rev. and
Mrs. Thompson to help celebrate
Thanksgiving day were Mr.. and Mrs.
d. H. Rankin and family of Grandin,
n. d., Mrs. Rankin being a sister of
the Rev. Thompson; Mr.. and Mrs. F.
j. Thompson and family of North St.
Paul; Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Strom of
Mora, Mrs. Strom being niece of
the Rev. Thompson; Mr.. and Mrs. L.
T. ShattO and daughter of Hinckley,
Mr.. Shatto being brother of Mrs.
Thompson; Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Thomp-
son of North st. Paul; Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ L. Thompson and daughter of
Cloverdale, Mr. Thompson being the
Rev. Thompson's son; Mr.. and Mrs. F.
c. Meinking and son of st. Cloud,
Mrs. Meinking being a daughter of
the Rev. Thompson; Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Wicklund and family of Clover
dale. The reunion was planned with
considerable care and was very
pleasant occasion for those present.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
PROTEST APPOINTMENT

There appears to be some little stir
over the appointment of Donald o.
Wright, representative in the Min
nesota legislature from Minneapolis,
to the position of supervisor of census
in the Tenth Congressional district
which includes Pine county. Ameri-
can Legion Post No. 504 of Mime
apolis. and in the legislative district
that Mr.. Wright represents, has gone
on record protesting his appointment
together with other Legion posts.
They contend that Mr.. Wright is le-
of census supervisor in accordance
with the state constitution which
holds that mo senator or representa-
tive shall. during the term for which
he is elected, hold any other office
under the authority of the United
States or the state of Minnesota, ex-
cept that of postmaster" Aside from
this the Legion resolution charges
that Wright's attitude toward the eX-
service men has been purely selfish,
unsympathetic and antagonistic," and,
further that his wife held a political
appointment in the legislature, and
that his home drew double pay while
needy eX-service men were in dire
need of employment Copies of the
resolution have been sent to the Pres
ident of the United States, the Comp
troller General, the two Minnesota
Senators, and all Representatives
from Minnesota.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
UNAPPRECIATION

An acute case of unappreciation
was revealed this week in Minneapo-
lis when a 10 year-old youth from
Williston, N. d. was arrested there for
breaking into a theatre and stealing
SO. 1t was found that the boy had
been committed some time before to
the Mandan, N. d. state reformat DRY
and that he had been paroled to the
custody of his father who is North
Dakota's parole agent He had broken
that parole and left the state to end
up in trouble at the Twin Cities.
Under ordinary circumstances this
would be lamentable, but in this case
that his father had to do his duty as
parole agent and would suffer much
while doing that duty. Instead of try
ing to be a model prisoner to justify
the faith of the parent. he went deep
er into crime thus causing the father
much additional grief and causing
him to be thrust into the disgraceful
limelight of several states and even
the United States.
Children of course can't realize the
folly of some of their ways until the
parents are gone and even those COM
hitting lesser ingratitudes will never
know the grief and heartaches they
cause until they are parents them
selves.
The SO this youth stole we are sure
will not nearly repay him for his err
ror even though he should escape
physical punishment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
REAL MANHOOD

This is what mariners on the Great
Lakes and seas call the gamble sea-
son and frequent reports come to land
where some man or group of men has
made the supreme sacrifice in an eff
fort to save some of his fellows. When
the lake steamer Kiowa was sinking
Marie, Mich. Saturday night four men
were launching a life boat and the
captain upon seeing that the small
craft was in danger of being swamped
jumped into the water and was drown
ed with the three men. A few min
utes later the steamer sank, leaving
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
THE LEADER RETURNS

Pine county, Minnesota, the north
west, and the great group of progress
sives all over the United States are
happy to note that our Honorable
Senator Henrik Shipstead is back
again at his old post in the United
States Senate, after several months
of illness. One of the first state
ments by the senator was to highly
commend and praise the good work
of the coalition group in the Senate
Democrats, Northwest Republicans
and the group that has worked UNI
ceasingly to try to put agriculture on
a parity with industry which was the
promise and prediction pledges of
both. dominant parties last fall, but
so far forgotten by a large percent
age of Republican representatives and
senators especially from the east.
Senator Shipstead, the only Farmer
Labor member of the Senate, is the
outstanding man in Minnesota politi-
cal life today. He received the larg-
est vote ever accorded a man in the
history of this state. In Pine county
his vote last fall was 5347 as against
2414 for his Republican opponent,
Arthur E. Nelson. Partridge town
ship, the precinct that delivered the
best percentage for Shipstead of any
precinct in the county, gave him 237
votes as against 20 for his opponent.
Senator Shipstead said he is deeply
thankful for the messages of cheer
and goodwill he had received during
his illness from folks, not only in Min
nesota and the Northwest, but through
out the nation.
Folks are delighted to have him
back on the firing line with the many
other able progressive senators from
the Northwest. The Northwest is
especially well represented in the
Senate. There are some very able
men and some statesmen amongst
them. We expect a great deal from
Senator ShipStead that will be of bene-
fit to the people in the future.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
MORE CONSOLIDATION

According to an Associated Press
dispatch Paul Block and M. F.. Han
son, owners and publishers of the Du-
luth Herald, have assumed control
of the Duluth News Tribune, the
change taking effect Dec. LIST. The
Herald is an evening paper and the
News Tribune a morning paper. The
News Tribune still continues to be
published and perhaps the new owners
will continue the two publications as
they are. If the one publication is
laid down it will mean only one daily
newspaper. in Duluth which seems to
be the trend of the times. And even
though both publications are contin-
ued they will be under one manage
ment and will not disagree with one
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

another. 1t is a question if too much
consolidation is for the best, and
again bigger and better paper can
be published when the field is left
to one concern. However little COM
petition sometimes spurs on and
makes for putting forth best efforts,
especially when it is the right type
of competition-not the kind that is
out to kill off," Mr.. Block and Mr..
Hanson are owners of a chain OF
daily newspapers. at Toledo. Ohio;
Philadelphia, New York, and other
eastern cities.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
HINCKLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Reid and Miss
Mabel Noble entertained several
friends at bridge Tuesday evening,
Nov. 26. at the Reid home. Mrs. j.
P. Hurley and Frank Mclaughlin
won first prizes, second prizes going
to Mrs. Geo. Empey and Chas. Chris
Hanson; consolation prices to Mrs. ].
F. Danger and Geo. Empey. A de-
licious lunch was served by the
hOstesses.
Young and old are enjoying the
skating rink Mr. Archambia is the
manager this year and he will en-
deavor to keep the rink in first class
condition for his patrons
The juniors of the high school en-
tertained the faculty at a six o'clock
dinner Monday, Dec. 2, in the din
ing room of the domestic science de-
partment.
The American Legion Auxiliary met
at the home of Mrs. Frank McLaugh-
lin Wednesday afternoon, Dec A.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
HOG MARKET
MOSTLY STEADY
Cattle Sell Unevenly Steady to I'm
Spots 25c Lower; Lambs Also I'm
even, but Mostly CSC Lower; Pigs
and Light Lights Advance.
(By U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Minnesota Department Of
Agriculture.)

(By U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
nomics and Minnesota Department Of
Agricultural
South st. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 2, 1929:
The cattle market ruled slow with
buyers trying to check and in fact
erase part of the advance which devel-
oped last week. Numerous loads of
warmed-up and shortfed. steers scored
at $1,000 to $1,000 with mixed year.
lings reaching $3.50. Most of the
cows on offer cleared at 1928 to $3.50,
heifers from $7.25 to $3.50, a few
loads making $S.75 and better. Low
to $5.75 with bulk of the bulls selling
at $500 and down. Vealers were of
palmer quality than last weeks close,
good and choice offerings selling from
$3.50 to $14.0O, bulk $3.50 to $500.
The market in the hog division was
mostly steady compared with Satur-
day when the deal ruled weak to
mostly 15c lower than Friday. Bulk
of the desirable lights and butchers
sold at $500 with packing sows at
$7.75 to $S.25, bulk $500 and up
Light lights and pigs ruled strong to
Csc higher, pigs bulking at 1925 with
light lights at 1925 to SS.75 or better.
The lamb market closed slow and
mostly 25c lower with only a partial
clearance of the run effected, several
loads of choice fed lambs being held
around $3.50. Bulk of sales of good
and choice native lambs as we'll as
fed offerings were made at $12.25
with throwouts from $3.50 to $3.50 or
better. Bulk of the fat ewes sold at
$500 to 1928, culls from $500 to
around $500.
Feeders and Suckers.
Stocker and feeder trade in the cat
tie division although about steady was
rather slow, good westerns selling at
$3.50 to S1O.25 for steers, bulk at
1925 down. The stock pig market af-
ter running along on about steady
basis for several weeks advanced Csc
today, placing bulk of first hand sales
at 1925. Nothing choice in the way
of feeding lambs were received, most
of the Whitefaced Dakotas selling
around $1,000 with few lots up to
$1,000, some palmer lambs selling
down to $3.50 or below.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

Mile Laos County Times: Editor
Hjalmar Petersen, of the Askov Amer
ican, is not belying the name of his
publication in the least in his fight
against hiring a special tax collector
in his county. He holds that the
county has sufficient machinery for
collecting taxes and. that adding more
machinery will not help, but would
pile up more. expense for the county.
1t looks from this distance as if he
is right"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

80 per cent. The decrease in the
number of workers in manufacture
was 9 per cent and the increase in
per capita output of the worker 43
per cent. Rail transportation showed
a decline in the number of workers
employed, of SIS per cent and an in
crease in the workers efficiency of
IL per cent.
Shorter WOrkday Solution.
notwithstanding the increase in
the efficiency of the workers the work.
er's lot is not showing a similar inn
provement. In fact because of this
very efficiency thousands of workers
are annually being thrown upon the
industrial scrap-heap. The boss in
stalls machine to do the work of the
man. This creates unemployment
1t is this increase in unemployment
and its attending horrors that are
bothering Mr.. Hoover. OF course
there is a practical way of dealing
with a matter of this sort and there
are many foolish and impractical
plans. The Hoover way is one of the
latter, The practical way is to short
en- the work-day so as to provide con-
tinuous employment for every man
and woman who want work. The
shortening of the work-day must be
considered as a mere preliminary to
the taking over of means of produc-
ton and distribution by the workers
themselves.
AS yet labor in America has not
fully sensed the way out. If this
were so, President Hoover might have
other plans than those which he has
proposed as the means of relieving
the situation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

w. p. Hogan who does most of the
pen pushing on the Hogan's Mirror,
store publication at Kerrick, some
times leans little toward the humor-
Gus and often gets off good one.
Here is a recent one from his pen.
IF the printer who sets up this Mir
ror, spelled the stuff he sets up like
the writer sends it in, | would have
him arrested; as it is, l extend my
thanks"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

How times do change. Production
of motor vehicles. in the value of out
put, has now become Americas lar
gest manufacturing industry. In 1898
passenger automobiles in use in the
entire United States. Today registra-
ton of passenger cars exceeds 81
100000, and the much discussed sat
away.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

We are slow to realize that democ-
racy is a life and involves continual
struggle 1t is only as those of every
generation who love democracy resist
with all their might the encroach-
ments of it's enemies that the ideals
of representative government can
even be nearly Experimentation
Nj. La Toilette, in Autobiography, 1913.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

the pilot house above the water where
those on board rmained in safety un-
til the next day when they were res
cued. Had the captain not been filled
with the spirit of manhood, he too
could have been saved
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05
HOME OF PINE CITY
MINISTER is SCENE
OF FAMILY REUNION

A large reunion of relatives and
of the Rev. and Mrs. D. w. Thomp-
son of Pine City, on Thanksgiving
day, there being thirty-six guests at
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-12-05

American for 1 cent per word with
minimum of Is cents per insertion.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
TO WE'D WEALTHY. SPORTSMAN
Photo by Harris-Ewinr


MISS CRAIGIE MCKAY wealthy Pittsburgh heiress
and we'll known in Washington, is to be married TO
A. c. Schwartz, millionaire financer and sportsman.
Schwartz cabled of his engagement 10 Miss Mo
Kay from London. The couple met only recently in
California. Miss Mckay is member of the famous
Scottish Tnchape clan.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
us. REPORT.
VAGUE ON
REASON
BY A. M. ROCHLEN
!, Copyright, 1929, BY Los Angeles
Eixaminerl

Eixanlinerl
LOS ANGELES, Feb.
%. Private checkbooks
instead of public courts
settled one out of every
seven cases of national
dope laws viol t / o.ns
taken up by the Federal
authorities in 1928.
If the Governments
own figures are correct,
this means that either
Uncle Sam allows dol
lars to cover a multitude
of crimes that should. be
tried in open proceed
ings, or hundreds of
physicians and druggists
throughout the land are
fined and punished
without due process Of
law.
Answers U. S. Claim
This was the answer
today of State officials
and anti-narcotic cam
paign workers in the
West to the recent de-
fense of Federal mar
cotic enforcement Of
ficials of the cash COM
promise system as "justi-
fable and constituting,
in a measure, enforce
ment of the Harrison
act"
The fact that such a
large proportion of cases
reported for investiga-
tion or discovered by the
Federal narcotic agents
is compromised for cash
and closed to the public
is explained by the Gov
ernmental bureaus in
Washington with the
that they are
technical and minor"
violations.
No Explanation
The same answer isl
given in the. face of sta
tistics that show 1,221 |
cash compromisesagain3t
1850 cases tried in court
during the fiscal year of
1928.
But the explanations do not |
seem to explain, SO far as the
California State Board of
Medical Examiners, the Mar
rotic Research Association of
the Pacific Coast States, and |