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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12
SHAMEFUL INDEED

James W. Barrett city editor of the
New York World, in commenting on
the inability of re-jOurnalism stu
dents to spell, write or read intelli
gently, has the following to say:
1.-The thing that impressed me most
forcibly during my experience as a
teacher of journalism. was the reali-
cation that we are permitting young
men and women to go into journalism.
a highly specialized field, without
proper foundation. The plain and
simple fact is that a great many of
them can neither spell, write nor read
a newspaper intelligently. Instead of
taking courses in feature and editor
ial writing they should take high
school or grammar school English.
Some teachers in the English depart
ment at Colorado university told me
that bad spelling has become such an
acute problem that it has been neces-
sary to reduce the required minimum
for student from 5000 to 1000
words"
Without undue criticism of the
teachings in the public schools today,
and without speaking of any one sys-
tenn in particular, we wish to say that
it is alarming and is of sufficient i'm
portance to give the present-day ed
ucators food for thought.
AS Mr.. Barrett intimated, We are
permitting young men and women to
graduate from our schools without
having this fundamental character of
learning In our contact with various
high school graduates, we find
that many are in dire need of
more training in that all i'm
portant subject, reading, for at
its source is spelling; they are in
separable. With recognition to the
fact that the evolution of the world
has been rapid during the past de-
cade, we nevertheless maintain that
particular stress should be placed on
those three Oldfashioned principles of
Misunderstanding, writing and arith-
metic," in our school curriculum and
especial stress should be laid on
reading" for in it lies the interpre-
tation and the representation Of i'm
portant phases of our worldly activi-
ties. True enough, science and other
modern studies should have a part in
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12
COUNTY RESIDENT OF NINE
YEARS DIES

Mrs. Dora Swain Bassett, "a, wife
of Henry X. Bassett of near Rock
Creek, passed away at her home
August 20. The family had lived in
this county for the past nine years,
coming here from Vinton, Iowa.
The deceased woman is survived by
her husband and one daughter of
Rock Creek, seven grandchildren,
three sisters ad two brothers from
outside the state and many other rel
atives.
The funeral was held at the home
on Friday afternoon following the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12
ABRIDGED NEWS
CLIPPINGS FROM
OTHER PAPERS
FORMER COUNTY RESIDENT DIES

John Norlander, 5S, formerly liv-
ing 10 miles east of Hinckley in Ar
lone township, passed away at the
Bethesda hospital in st. Paul August
26. The body was brought to Hinck-
ley where funeral services were held
and burial was made in the Swedish
Lutheran cemetery at that place.
He is survived by five children,
three sons, Hiding NOrlander of Tam
pa, Florida; Carl Norlander. Milwau-
kee, Wis, and Einar Norlander OF
Hlnckley; two daughters, Mrs. Aleda
Peterson of Forest Lake, Mimi, and
Mrs. Ragnill Carlson of Hinckley, and
nine grandchildren.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12
death and the body was shipped to
VintOn, Iowa, for burial
MOOSE LAKE HIGH GAINS MORE
THAN GRADES

The total attendance of the Moose
Lake public school just begun shows
an increase over last year especially
in the high school department. There
are so far It's boys and girls enrolled
in the high school and over 23O in the
grades compared with last years fig
ure of 1876 in high school and 227 in
the grades.
The classes in high school are so
large that the school board has au-
thorized the school superintendent
F. w. Hanft, to hire another teacher.
Miss Edith Nyquist of Milaca, who
began her duties Monday morning.
There are now seven teachers OH
the high school faculty.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12
PINE COUNTY REAL
ESTATE TRANSFERS

w. D.-LOulS DICK TO Kari X. kef-
fer. Cons. $375OO. Dell ~Grove.) Lot
and part of Lot II, of Auditors Sub
div. of Sec. 21-42-21.
w. D.-George Peters to Paul and
Emile Kutsche Cons 100000. All of
Lot 6, Lakeview TOwnsite. Pokegama.
w. oh. w. Harte and wife to
William Cypus and wife. Cons. S1.00.
Wa of NW4 of Sec. 22-39-21. Po-
kegama.
w. Drank E. Sholes and wife
to William Durschlag Cons. $1,000.
We of SWA of NEA and SWA of
NW14 Of Sec 80 20, also NW4
of NW14 of Sec. $50 20. Chengwa-
tana
s. w. D.-Farmers State Bank,
Rock Greek, Mimi, to Godfrey Ander-
son. Cons. S1,75O.O0. Part of NJ of
Lot 3 of Auditors Subdiv. of Sec
28-3S-21. Rock Creek
Q. D.-Herbert Berger to Dorothy
Berger Cons. S1.OO. So of SW4 of
Sec. % 42-1S. Danforth.
w. D.-Toivo Oksanen to Alfred
Matson. Cons S2.10O.OO Lot in
Block 3, Hoglund's First Add. Finlay-
son.
S. w. D.-Luella c. Wheeler and
Cons. $1O6.4O. Lot 2 in Sec. 1913.
Chengwatana
w. D.-A. A. NOvak and wife to
Raymond G. Sebesta. Cons. Sl.0O
SEA of NW14 of Sec. 11-4O-21
Mission Creek.
w. D.-Andrew F. Johnson to Chas.
w. Hedlund. Cons. $10O NE4 of
NE4 of Sec. IA. NEA4 of SEA of NE14
of Sec. IA, Lot of Sec 10, and S12 of
NW4 of NW4 of Sec 1892,
less part. Pokegama
w. D.-James Klecan and wife to
Anna Durham and husband Cons.
S1.O0. Lot in Subdiv. of Block g.,
Willow River.
w. D.-Alfred Olson to Richard
Downing. Cons. $4,000. M of
SW4 of Sec. 16-3S-22 Royalton.
w. Dim Hosek and wife to
karOl Sroka and wife. Cons S1.OO
NE14 of NE14 or Lot 1 of Sec. and
WIG of NW4 of Sec. 2-43-2O Fin
laysOn Twp.
w. D.-Joseph Rous and wife to
Carl M. Madison and wife Cons.
S14O0 North 30 acres of NW14 of
SEA of Sec. 6-3S-21 Pine City.
S. w. D.-Hinckley Subdivision Co.
to E. r. Orr. Cons. S1.OO. All of
Block 167, Village of Hinckley.
w D-DOra Cnoar;pu opd
to Reuben P. Allen. Cons. $4,000. Lot
IL of Auditors Subdivision of Sec.
1881. Pine City.
S. w. D.-Markville State Bank to
David TOzer. Cons. $4,000. Lot in
Block 1, Markville
w. Deco. N. LAWS and wife to
Ethel E. Lloyd. Cons S1OO. E1a of
Sec. 20, and NE4 of NEA of Sec
-44-17. Park Twp.
S. w. D.-Markville State Bank to
Norman c. Matson and wife Cons
$1.O0 Part of SW4 of SWA of Sec.
9"42-17. e acres). Wilma
w. D.-Norman G. Matson and wife
to Archie Schmidt Cons. $1,000. Part
of SW4 of SW14 of Sec. 9-42-17.
u dcTeS). wilma.
w. D.-Theodore, A. Howkanson to
Adolph Flip and wife. Cons. S1.OO.
SEA of NEA of Sec. IA, and SWA of
NW4 of Sec. 13-44-1S. Bruno.
Q. D.-Elizabeth Fry and husband
to John M. Rees. Cons $50. Eb of
NWA of Sec. 21-41-17. Ogema.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12
YOUNG DRINKS ARRESTED

Two young fellows from Minneapo-
lis, were driving on the pavement
south of Hinckley one day last week
under the influence of liquor and were
promptly arrested by Patrolman Carl
Holmberg after a complaint had been
registered by passing motorist The
two were lodged in the county seat
Jail where they were assessed fines of
500 for one and $25 for the other.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12

the everyday studies Of the pupil of
today, but his or her future efficiency
and wellbeing should not be hampered
by neglect of the old requirements.
Reading and spelling are the stepping
stones to be used by man in his ford
ing of the stream of life and these
stones by no means should be skimped,
but made of such proportions that the
crossing can be made safely and in
diligently.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12
Not Posted.

Daughter-"Dad, | want some mon
ey for my rousseau
Father-"But, my dear child,
didn't even know you were engaged"
Daughter-"GOod heavens, Father
Don't you ever read the papers?"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-09-12

Coming
Broadway Babies. !"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
Indiana Mother
is Proud, Now

Don't allow your child to remain
weakened or rundown for any
length of time. In that condition,
children are so easily attacked by
the millions of tiny germs that are
seething and sWarming around us.
And it's so easy to get the bilious,
fretful, puny, underWeight ones back
into condition, with a hearty appe-
tite, rosy cheeks and abundant
energy, by using purely vegetable
product which physicians have in
dorsed for over fifty years.
Children love the rich, fruity taste
of California Fig Syrup and its acts
almost like magic to regulate their
little bowels and Stomachs. 1t gives
these organs tone and strength SO
they continue to act as nature in
tends them to do and you don't have
to keep dosing your child. -Four mill
lion bottles used a year and the en-
thusiastic words of mothers every
where prove it gives satisfaction.
Another Indiana mother, Mrs. G..
E. Durham, 426 Irving place, Indi-
annapolis, says: MY little daughter,
Dolores. suffered terribly from con-
stipation until she got very weak,
rundown and underweight. I gave
her California Fig Syrup and in just
a little while she was eating heartily
and gaining weight. Soon she was
her bright, normal self again"
Always ask for California Fig
Syrup by the full name to avoid
substitutes. Advertisement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21

whole family lives. together with the
grandfather, D. N. Brothers. is no
larger than the ordinary oil field
residence-three or four rooms. but
there always has been room for the
orphan sisters.
Una, the older, has started to
school, and $4,000 means piano
so she may take music lessons, and
money for art lessons in which she
shows aptitude.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
ORPHANS LEARN
USELESS FARM
WORTH MILLION
Oil Gushers Bring Gold TO
PenniIeSS Little
Girls.
BIZ Times Special

bY I1HltS Sp6ClUt
APPERSON, Okla. Feb. 21.-
Fortune has reached into this little
Usage county town and favored two
orphaned girls not yet old enough
to realize fully their good luck.
The girls are Doris and Una Hem
bree, 5 and years old, who have
Just been notified that they are to
share in first royalty payment of
sos, 500 from the farm their parents
left them.
Their share will amount to $4,000
and is only the beginning of wealth
which eventually will come from the
eight producing oil wells on their
farm near Maud, Okla, in the
greater seminole oil field area.
The girls live with their aunt,
Mrs. A. C. Lemon, at Apperson.
Their mother on her deathbed in
1926 placed the girls in the care of
her sister, Mrs Lemon.
The girls father, Oren Henbree,
died in 1924 from injuries sustained
when he fell from the roof of a barn
he was building.
When the mother died debt of
several hundred dollars stared the
children in the face. After the
fathers death the mother barely
managed to exc out an existence
and could not reduce the debt. Mrs.
Lemon and her husband, however,
after the mothers death, managed
to keep the farm, then thought to
be worthless.
But now the girls and their
guardian, Bert T1arris, Maude bank
er, have been o .dered to appear IN
court soon to calm their share Of
the estate which is now worth a
million or so. 1t is a safe bet they
will be there.
Mrs. Lemon has children of her
own. and the house in which the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
ROME, Feb. 21.-The principal
agrarian problem facing Italy at
present are the questions of in
creasing home grown wheat and a
grandiose scheme of reclamation
known as the integral land re-
clamation scheme"
This latter design, admitted on
all hands to be one of the most
comprehensive agricultural plans
conceived in modern times, con-
templates the reclamation of 4,471,-
600 acres of uncultivated land and
presents a mass of financial and
technical difficulties.
The two problems are closely
bound up together, and may even
be said to be one, for the integral
land reclamation scheme" when
carried into effect will have the
problem of growing sufficient wheat
in Italy to reduce imports to prac-
tically nil.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
HONOR CAvISK
FOR SERVICE IN
Welfare WORK
Given Honorary Member.
ship in Community Fund
at Banquet.

Because OF his outstanding scrv-
ice to public welfare, Msgr. Francis
H Gavish. pastor Of st. Johns
Catholic church, today was the pos
SCISSOR of the 1929 honorary member
ship of the Indianapolis Community
Fund
The honor was conferred Wednes-
clay night during the annual ban
quet of the fund at the Claypool,
attended by about 600 persons.
Father Gayisk, following receipt
of the award from Hugh Nick. Lam.
don, president of the fund, lauded
indianapolis persons who have come
to the aid of the needy.
Progress Outlined
ITO me it has been tremendous
impression to find busy men and
women who can drop their own
work and devote their time helping
fellow citizens" he said.
John r. Kingan, president of
Kingan & Co., was elected a new
member of the funds board of di-
rectors. Directors who were re-
elected are Mrs. Peter G. Reilly,
Monsignor Gayisk, Arthur v. Brown,
Mortimer G. Furscott, Walter G.
Marmon, Landon and A. Kiefer
Mayer.
Homer w. BorSt, executive Secre-
tary of the fund, in his report urged
that fund officials and workers be
prepared for more extensive work
year after year. He outlined the
incI~-$e of the fund since it was
first started, showing that 10000
persons subscribed to the initial
campaign while last year $4,000 per-
sons did so.
Crime to Be Fought
Borst sounded a plea for better
hospital facilities in the city, point
ing out that due to the increase of
population, accommodations offered
by hospitals are becoming smaller
in proportion.
He said that the fund, in the
future, will devote more time to the
crime problem through two avenues
of approach.
"One is through further building
up the system Of proba zion al
ready established in this county and
another is through development, TO
the fullest degree, of recreational
opportunities, he said.
Growth of social service in the
city was depicted in pageant
given following the dinner. Mem
bers of organizations associated
with the fund took part in it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21

a state in which probation has
worked to enormous advantages.
He said the system has been in
operation there twenty-five years
and in this time none of the penal
institutions have been increased in
size. He said that Boston is not
faced with the problems of
racketeering and rum wars because
of this.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
DENOUNCEs JOHN D.
Stewart Says Rockefeller
Campaign Unfair.

BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-DeniaI that
he knew of any Teapot Dome trans
actions or that he was in any way
involved in that affair, and de-
nunciation of the tactics used by
his enemies" are made in the latest
statement issued here by Colonel
Robert w. Stewart, chairman of the
board of directors of the Standard
Oil Company of Indiana.
Stewards statement was sent to
all stockholders. He denounced the
campaign of the Rockefeller group
in seeking his removal as unfair and
deceptive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
DRINKING LEADS
LISTS OF 1000
ON PROBATION
Liquor Contributes 377;
Report Shows 1923
Work Success.

More persons charged with
drunkenness were placed under
probation in county municipal
courts than any other class of law
violators during 1928, it was re-
vealed today in the first annual re-
port of Scion Vial, Grief probation
officer.
Walls report followed the close of
the first year that probation has
been operated in tie municipal
courts.
According to the report 1880
cases were referred. to the depart
ment last year and, of this number,
BIT followed court hearings on
charges of drunkenness.
Petit larceny was second in line,
with 149 such cases having been
handled by the department.
According to the report, 1872 per-
sons were discharged after satisfac-
tory probation terms and 155 were
discharged as unsatisfactory. Pro-
baton was revoked in sixty-one in
stances.
1893 Whites
White people under probation
added 1893 names to the records, of
which 727 were men, while of 232
Negroes. on probation, 202 were men.
The probation department also
handled the following other cases:
Assault and battery, So; failure to
stop after an accident, 2; failure to
support parents, 16; gaming and
visiting gaming house, SO; keeping a
gaming house, 8; lazy husband, AZ:
operating blind tiger, X; operating
motor vehicle under the influence
of liquor, 70; receiving stolen goods,
3; reckless driving, 10; speeding, 70;
transporting liquor, l, and vag-
rancy, IS.
City Court Sends 65s
Municipal court three turned 653
cases into the probation depart
ment; court four, $40; court one, 2,
and court two, 5.
Vial said efficiency of the depart
ment was t.. be increased during
the present year.
Vial pointed to Massachusetts as
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
MILLIONS IN BANK
TAXES MAY BE CUT
$6T,OO0,0OO in Assessments Hit by
Proposed Bill.

SiXty-Seven millions Of dollars of
bank assessments will be removed
from the state tax duplicates if the
Freeman Lowry bill assessing in
tangibles at 25 per cent of their
value becomes a law, William A.
Hough, state tax board chairman,
said today.
The bill awaits second reading in
the Indiana house of represent
atives, having ben reported favor
ably by the ways and means COM
mittee Wednesday,
Hough pointed out that total bank
assessments in Indiana amount to
$89,000,000, representing true cash
value of capital stock less the value
of bank building property. Seventy
five per cent of this amount would
be clipped from the tax duplicate,
he said, by provisions of the Free
man-Lowry bill.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
Owns Old Wheat Cradle

BIZ United Press
MARION, Ind. Feb. 21.-The old
time wheat cradle is not extinct in
Indiana, according to Ellsworth Har-
vey, president of the Marion
National bank. He possesses one
and takes pleasure in comparing it
with modern implements which have
taken its place.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
First of /. U. Goods pies

BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. 21.-
Mrs. Elizabeth Dunn, a member of
the first coed class at Indiana
university. is dead at her home here
after a short illness. She received
an A. B. degree from I. U. in 1871.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
LUCY BANNING, BELLE
OF 80 YEARS AGO, DIES
Five Romances Made California Girl
Famous.

BW ntted Press
LOS ANGELES. Cal, Feb. al
Lucy Banning, thirty years ago the
belle of southern California, and
the toast of Los Angeles, died today
in Florence. Italy, of pneumonia,
relatives here were notified.
Five romances kept her name in
the limelight. At the time of her
death she was Lucy Banning Ota,
wife of Japanese student. She was
the daughter of General Phineas
Banning, pioneer operator of stage
coach lines.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
Appoint Deputy MarshaIs

BIZ Times Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 2l-
United States Marshal Charles A..
Smith of the northern Indiana fed
eral court has named as deputies,
Walter Hoenig, Ft. Wayne division:
Harold E. Miner, Hammond division.
and William Cordier, South Bend
division.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
ITALY PLANS TO
RECLAIM LAND
MussoIini Works to Make
Country Self Supporting.

This is the fifth and last OF series
OF stories on European farm relief
problems.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
Bought Coffin 10 Years Ago

BIZ Special
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 81
John L. Siefert, 81, was buried here
Wednesday in a coffin which he
bought nineteen years ago. It had
been held by an undertaken since
1910.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-21
CENTRAL COLLEGE WILL
DEBATE N0TRE DAME
Contest to Take Place Friday in
Kephart Auditorium.

The affirmative debating team of
Indiana Central college is primed
for its initial contest of the season
with Notre Dame in Kephart me-
mortal auditorium Friday night.
Chester Ellis, w. Everett Bish,
Ronald Wolfe and Floyd Huffman,
alternate, will represent the teach
ers, who will uphold the subject:
Resolved, That criminal code SIM
liar to that now in use in England
should be adopted in the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
| UNKNOWN DES-
FRtPQNE Wp(TERS


and twisted smile. The throbbing
beat OF drum murmurlng the
pent-up passions of the Far East.
Dancers Swaying in amber-scented air.
The modern world is far away"
X X X x
I'm a maze you'll view the legendary
Strangeness of Japan golden-eyed
images, f1ower-laden houses, floral cere-
monies. regal Kyoto."
X X X X
Here, an old sage who looks like
Confucius himself, is spinning romantic
tales of the glories of his people. There
a fakir holds you spellbound for long
minutes Perhaps if he is in a good
humor he will make plant grow before
your eyes, or casually stick pins in his
neck or swallow a dagger"
X X X
THE Bermuda Islands are a cluster
of gems set in Summer sea Of sap
phire."
X X X
1.-THE music of Grieg's Peer Gynt
Suit, the exquisite purity of Zorn's
The Swan, the mystic conception of
Swedenborgian philosophy, the profound
symbolism of Ibsen's Master Builder,
the heroic saga of Amundsens life
all are requests to the world from chill
dren of Northern Wonderlands."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20

to have all their friends at their own
home, but even SO, Nancy and Peter
had learned that today is better time
to live than tomorrow. Some folks
plan to do everything tomorrow, but
the Pages believed in filling today cram
full. Their first week end guests we're
thee Dorrances. With them Nancy in
vited the AddiSons.
She spent one whole evening plan
ming the meals. IT don't want to spend
all my time in the kitchen while they
are here. I'd rather work hard for a
day or two before they come
Accordingly she planned to make up
two quarts of mayonnaise and to have
quart of good commercial variety on
hand as we'll She thought she would
bake ham and some cookies.
She knew that angel food improved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-20
Untrimrmed Hat for Town Wear
BY MARY MARSHALL.

sort but simply that there is an I'M
written law among the smarteSt women
to dress with conservatism in town.
Nowadays most changes In fashions
come by way of resorts anyway. There
are still any number of fashionable
women who would not think of wearing
colored shoes in town, but who have
many pairs of colored shoes for wear
out of town.
So while the impression to be gained
in any of the larger cities may be that
the best dressed women still wear hats
as severely untrimmed as ever-just
the opposite impression might be gained
at one of the smart resorts. The sketch
shows a trimming arrangement on one
of the new resort hats that 1t would be
quite simple for any amateur mi!llner
to copy for herself
Some lines a single rose or two Is
placed beneath the crown on the m
side of the brim, over one ear, and
spray of flowers may be arranged IN
this way so that the ENDS hang down
over one shoulder.
An attractive resort hat that saw
The other day was banded with braid
made from bright -colored wooden Wor-
sseds. The braided portion served as a
hat band while the unbraided endS
hung down the back in streamer ell
Copyright, 1929