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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
little son of Pine City, spent Sunday
at the F. d. Rogers home.

little son of Pine City, spent Sunday
at the F. D. Rogers home.
Mrs. August Voght will entertain
the Peace Lutheran Aid at her home
Thursday, May End. Everyone is very
cordially invited.
w. F. Bowers went to Minneapolis
Monday on business. He returned
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Lingren and
Miss Hattie Skinner of Bruno, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Madison of Sand
stone, were Sunday guests at the
Hoglund home.
Miss Hazel Hoglund entertained the
Misses Florence Peterson and Kath-
ryn Walker of Sandstone, over the
weekend.
There will be American Lutheran
church services Thursday evening,
May End. You are cordially invited
to attend.
H. L. Faudskar is again on the
sick list.
C.. ]. Hoglund accompanied j. H.
Lingren to Minneapolis Tuesday on
business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. E. Shafer and
daughter, Eleanor, mOtOred to Forest
Lake Sunday, and visited at the John
Lehecka home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mandus Nyberg and
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Shafer motored
to Duluth Sunday on sightseeing
trip and also attended a couple of
shows.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Irl Sutton and chill
dren of Minneapolis, who were here
for the funeral of Mrs. Sutton's ia
Their, returned to their home Fri
day.
| Miss Sauna Ranta accompanied her
uncle Efram Ranta to Minneapolis
Sunday.
Frank Novey in Bremen township,
lost his barn by fire Friday night.
Three of his six cows were burned
in the fire, which was caused by an
overturned lantern.
Mrs. w. F. Bowers entertained the
Eldeen club Tuesday afternoon.
Lynn Smith, representing the Fin
layson Farm Bureau unit, and Dale
Ryan of the Pine lake unit, were
present at a meeting of the Farm
Bureau directors in Hinckley Wednes-
| day afternoon of last week A repre-
sentative from the University was
present and plans for extension work
were discussed. Ways and means of
financing same were also discussed
| and plans were made to cut down on
expenses in some lines SO as to fur
Their the work along other lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Smith and Mr.
| and Mrs. Theo. H. Street were very
| delightfully."- entertained at the Ed
| Buggie home Tuesday evening of last
week.
Friends of Miss Ethel Zimmerman,
| a former teacher here, will be inter-
| ested in hearing she will be at Wa
dena again next year.
The Rev. E. A. Cooke of Barnum,
will preach at the M. E. church every
other Sunday afternoon at 2:3O. The
next services will be May 5th. Sun
day school will also be held on these
Sundays. At the meeting Sunday
afternoon, Mrs. H. Wickstrom was
elected superintendent of the Sunday
school and Miss Janice Carroll, sec
rotary and treasurer. Everyone is
invited to come and share in these
sevices.
| Norman Taylor, IS months old child
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Taylor, fell into
tub of soapy water in the kitchen
of their farm home Wednesday of last
week. When the accident was dis
covered it was feared the little one
was beyond help, but physician was
hastily summoned and although both
lungs were pretty well filled with
water, the little fellow was revived
and is getting along splendidly at
this writing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
General Lord Retires as Budget Head.

Washington, D. C-Brigadier Gen.
eral Herbert M. Lord, the director of
the budget, has decided to retire be-
fore the beginning of another years
labor The government fiscal year
ends June 80. General Lord took over
the destinies of the newly organized
budget bureau in 1922. He was the
second director, succeeding Charles
Gates Dawes, newly appointed ambas-
sador to Great Britain Dawes was
called to organize and head the bureau
by the late President Harding.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
Urges BIocs to End s-Year Fiah,

OT9CS 6iOCS 10 GHQ 6-redF ff9nt.
Washington-President Hoover ex-
pressed regret that some of the farm
organizations are again divided on
measures Of agricultural relief and
warned that such division encouraged
those opposed to all farm relief, say
ing it can at best only bring great
delays and danger of entire failure"
The debenture plan, put forward by
the national grange, incorporated in
the senate bill and debated briefly in
the house during consideration of the
farm measure, is the chief point of
difference between the farmers organ.
cations. However, the President did
not mention this or any other plan
save that adopted by the Kansas City
Republican convention last June.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
A Good Foundation.

Manageress: "I'm sorry you don't
like my cakes. This business has been
built up almost entirely on my cook
cry"
Travelling Man: 81 don't doubt it.
With few more buns like those you
could build hotel!"-Sale Tales.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
Soviet Gives Divorce for is Cents Ia

Soviet Gives Divorce for IS Cents Tax.
Moscow-The divorce mill has be-
gun to grind for foreigners. Russians
have enjoyed the privilege" of ex-
press action when a divorce was
sought and this without any cost
other than 15-cent stamp tax Now
the Moscow press announced the ex-
tension of the civilized soviet prin-
ciples" to foreign visitor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
Death Holds Up Parley End.

Paris-The dramatic death Of Lord
Revelstoke, leading British financial
expert on the PREPARATIONS committee,
only few hours before vital plen.
airy session of the committee has STAY
ed off the imminent complete break
down of the reparations negotiations.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
PrOpriety.

"Oh, gosh" the girl exclaimed. It's
started to rain. You'll have to take
me home"
why, ibid love to-" her bashfuI
escort stammered, but you know l
live at the Y"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
q Navy Filters Die in Crash.

San Diego, Calif.-Four naval fliers
met death this afternoon when two
planes collided and fell 600 feet just
north of Coronado. One plane of the
aircraft squadrons, battlefield, appar.
emily collided with the other and the
two fell into shallow waters covering
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
Norris Calls New Mellon MeetIn,

Norris Calls New Mellon Meeting.
Washington-The question whether
to proceed with it's investigation into
the right of Secretary Mellon to hold
office and if SO how, was the subject
of second meeting of the state ju-
dietary committee called by Chairman
Charles Norris.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25

A lot of politicians say that they
are in favor of putting teeth in the
law, but what they really mean is
false teeth.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25
Former Land Bank Officials Gull

Former Land Bank Officials Guilty.
st. Paul, Minn.-Two former officials
OF the Federal Land bank here were
found guilty in United States district
court of taking personal profits from
the banks transactions. The men con.
victed are ]. E. Martin, former gen.
eral counsel, and Harry ]. Speeter,
former assistant treasurer.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25

A 25c Want will bring big returns.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-04-25

A Want AID for 25 cents.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-27

street from the direction of the white
house.
Down came All open carriage
bearing Benjamin Harrison the pres
ident. and Grover Cleveland. the pres
ident They were all wrapped
up in overcoats and blankets and
wore silk hats.
Il stood at the curb and tipped my
hat and they responded by taking off
theirs. That courtesy was exclusively
for me. After that I felt l had seen
all wanted of that Inauguration
Two presidents had DOTTED their hats
to me in that kind Of weather and
anything more would have been
tame.
Speaking OF thrills reminds me OF
what happened at the time Of the
next inauguration. Cleveland was 60
ing out and Mckinley was coming in
On the night of March General
Draper of Massachusetts. who was
then chairman of the Committee on
Patents and later an ambassador.
came to me and said: Young man.
I understand you write very fair
hand I said. Yes. sir and he said:
Well. I expect to get the copyright
bill through the house and I wonder
whether I am going to get it down to
the white house in time to have it
signed" In those days. you know
we enrolled bills on parchment with
pen and ink. So Draper asked me to
write the bill. which I did. It was
the duty Of the committee on en-
rolled bills to take it to the White
House after it had been enacted. but
| took it down to President Cleveland
myself at o'clock in the morning.
MY wife decided she would like to
60 with me. We hired a night liner
which was one horse shay with the
cabby perched aloft on box, and
drove down the avenue. up to the
white house
I'VE were ushered in and was told
to 20 upstairs while Mrs. Page was
given permission to wander about.
went on up and saw o. l.. Pruden.
one OF the presidents secretaries, and
told him how anxious Draper was
about the bill.
so then l was taken in to see
Cleveland and he signed the bill! Will,
waited at his side. l went back |
and reported to Draper and he gave
me $40. which was quite little money
at that time.
1.-The sun shown internationally on
day. McKinley's mother |
was with him on the Inauguration
stand. He held an umbrella over her
to protect her from sun or rain-I
forget which-and the crowd cheered.
Later there was whale of a big
parade and all kinds of gaiety and
festivities in connection with passage
of power to the Republicans again.
Late in the afternoon I suggested
to Mrs. Page that we 60 down town
and look around. We walked on the
south sidewalk which was less
crowded and had gone about half a
block when. 10 and behold. along
came President Mckinley with an
escort, taking stroll. AS he came
along he recognized me and when I
said Good evening. Mr. President
he DOTTED his topper and returned the
salute.
You can bet that my wife got
great thrill out Of that We had only |
recently been married and my pres !
tige at home increased immensely"
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the assembling Of patriots about their
Chief TO encourage him In his hour
q deepest concern. National guards
men: Dronzed from service on the
Mexican border and with guns loaded.
nned Pennsylvania avenue from tie
white house to the capitol. sur
rounded by secret service men. The
presidential carriage was in the CEN
ter :of hollow square Of cavslrymen.
70 provide additional protection
lor the president and his party. 100
plain clothes men were posted a.
housctops along tho route "a tn
parade. y was essentially military
spectecle, with tense international r.
ls!lons iiacreaaing rs porteut 81 xar..
dsand Army vetotans buro With dif-
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love with him. Why? Merely because
Tony was in love with him, and be-
cause all the other girls offered their
hearts for him to trample on. But
Tony had been wise enough not to
marry him. E. They were dancing
together now, Tony and Dick. The
boy was arching one silken black eye
brow, quirking his too-perfect mouth
IN lazily provocative smile, holding
Tony's blue-diamond eyes with his
beautiful black ones. Not hair was
out Of place on his sleek, dark head.
A gardenia in the buttonhole of his
too-perfect Tuxedo.
AS he swung Tony almost against
the footrest of Crystals wheelchair
Dick Talbot caught the girls grave,
appraising eyes and smiled deeply into
them. Crystal did not smile, simply
because she did not feel a genuine
impulse to smile. Surprised intrigued,
Dick Talbot turned his head and
flashed her another, more challeng-
ing smile-eyebrows arched high, lips
quirked whimsically. Still Crystal did
not smile.
Hes practiced that smile before
the mirror hundreds OF times-iust as
! used to do" Crystal decided, and
was gravely amused. why, he's
nothing but professional male
beauty, as conscious Of his beauty and
sex appeal as any girl flirt could be-"
What are you smiling that Mona
Lisa smile about?" Harry Blaine de-
manded, as he dropped into the chair
drawn close to Crystals wheelchair.
Crystal turned her big, grave eyes
upon the young reporter who had
saved her from disgrace. She studied
his face intently, as If she had never
seen him before.
'Well-do pass?' Harry Blaine
laughed, flushing.
NEXT: An undesired triumph.
Copyright, 1929. NEA Service. Trc.)
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Ten minutes later. when the hub
bub caused by her entrance had died
down. and Faiths guests were dane
ing to radio music, Crystal lay back
In her wheel-chair. and watched the
scene with wide. grave eyes. She was
very still. Her illness weakened body
was deliciously relaxed. Her thin
white hands were loosely clasped in
her lap. She made no effort to dis
play their fragile beauty, as the old
Crystal would have done. She did not
even trouble to smile and her eyes
were as steady as If they had never
been addicted to the habit Of flutter-
ing coquettishly. She was through
with all that. Crystal reflected sub
consciously, as II she had indeed been
born again. as Tony expressed it.
While her translucent hazel eyes
seemed to be watching the dancers,
Crystal was really dispassionately ex-
aiming that real self Of hers.
Il am not really gay-so I shan't
pretend to be-" she told herself SER
enely. TONY and Cherry are natur-
ally gay. Faith is not; neither am I.
! am really intelligent, but I'm not
brightly clever, like Tony. can't be
audacious and sparkling in conversa-
ton, as Cherry is, and shan't ever
try again"
A sudden clear picture of that old
Crystal, frantically eager to attract
anything that wore trousers" as her
not dispassionately analytical mind
phrased It, made the girl smile
slightly. Her newly critical eyes
roved from man to man Of the couples
who danced before her. What II her
old methods had shared one OF them?
She wondered.
Dick Talbot. What was behind that
too-handsome face Of hts? Crystal
studied him carefully, without q
single f1utter q heart O. nerves. The
old Crystal had fancied l,erself il
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MOM'N POP

plause. Taft grinned good -naturedly
at the crowds. This brought from
Wilson adhcrents impulsive shouts Of
You're darned good loser" It was
the first democratic presidential VIC
tory IN 20 years. 50 the day Was ol,e
Of triumphal celebration ~ members
q that party.
Wilson, hOWeyer. after taking the
cath of Office. administered by Chie1
Justice White, IN Old Confederate
soldier, said:
This = not day Of triumph; Il
r : day of dedication. Here muster
MT tlae forces Of party but the forces
u humanity"
Uncle Joe" Cannon, standing Tor
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-02-27
By RODNEY BUTCHER
(NEA Service Writer)

Washington. Feb. 26.-Few young
men receive bows simultaneously from
two presidents Of the United States.
Few young men are permitted to in
wade the private chambers Of a presi-
dent at o'clock in the morning.
Both these experiences came to
William Tyler Page. who is now
clerk Of the House of Representatives,
while he was yet in his early twen-
ties. They are outstanding in his
memory Of the inaugurations and
surrounding events OF 1893 and 1897
and are part of q rich, reminiscent
narrative Of inaugurals over nearly
SO years which Page has told to this
writer.
Prior to those incidents Benjamin
Harrison was inaugurated in 1889 and
Page, recalling that most Inaugural
ton days have been wretched and
calculated to give people pneumonia.
remembers the weather during the
Harrison Inauguration as 1.-The worst
! ever saw"
All through the night before SOL
diers and civilians tramped the streets
In driving wind and rain.' he relates.
1T rained all day long on the 4th and
the parade was miserable affair.
Harrison's inaugural address was
nearly an hour in duration, which
was far too long under the circum-
stances.
1T didn't stop raining until late
In the afternoon and all the expen-
sive decorations were soaked and
dropping. Then came the inaugural
ball at the Pension Bureau and every
one there was played out and tired.
Nothing came up to expectations and
as recall thousands of persons JAM
med the depot long before the parade
started In great hegria away from
Washington.
The second Cleveland inaugura-
ton was another bad day. but I prob.
ably enjoyed It as much as anyone in
washington except Cleveland him
self. The snow fell the night before
and blew all that morning. There
was q penetrating north wind and
when the sun came out at 2 or 3
o'clock in the afternoon everyone
again called It Cleveland luck
THAT day had q morning engage
ment ct the Treasury A small bliz-
Yard was blowing, but the streets were
crowded and made my way round
about. avoiding main arteries of
traffic. arrived at about 1870 and
was soon done. intending to hurry
back to the Capitol for the cere-
r1ony.
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las came out Of the Treasury a
terrific wind was sweeping down Fiji
teenth street and the grandstands
we're not only empty but covered with
snow.
Il was the only person on that
side of the street.
Suddenly I heard q fanfare of
-rumpets and cavalcade Of horse
men began to turn into Fifteenth
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NEXT: An undesired triumph.
Copyright, 1929, NEA Service. Inc
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Editors Note: This is the
second OF . series Of articles by
Rodney butcher, giving william
Tyler Pages impressions Of the
Inauguration ceremonies Of other
days. Page has been . figure In
Washington public life since
1885.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-12
TRIBUNE'S PAGE OF COMIC STRIPS AND FEATU
!. 4, WASHINGTON
9~5|LETTER

or scheme was light green and 1t was
armed With horns. claws and talons.
Don't touch it, warned Richcy to
several who gathered around the desk
to gaze in awe. Then he attempted
10 return it TO the can With an en-
yelopc opener, unsuccessful until Hydc
rushed in heroically.
What arc YOU all 50 darncd afraid
of" he demanded. rs he tossed tho
thing in With a quick 5Woop.
At last reports tho beast was being
psychoanaiy1cd ut the Bureau OF En-
tomology.
Among recent political gossip Is the
rlimor that Assistant Secretary oi
Agriculture Joseph M. Dixon Is being
croorcd 10 oppose Senator Thomas J.
Walsh III tho Montana senatorial cleo
ton ncNt year.
Dixon failed to defeat Senator
Burton X. Wheeler last November,
losing by some T.. 900 votes while Hoo
yer WAS getting z majority oil 35.UoO
oycr Smith There arc some reasons.
however, why he might have more
success against Walsh. despite the
tendency III %off-ycars to return Dem
ocratic senator's where the race IS
Custofnarily close.
Dixon was sent to one Of tho west
crn govcrnOrs' conferences TO pass
along the message from Hoover S,ig-
costing delivery of the public lands TO
tho states and more recently sat IN
on an important reclamation confer
cncc in Chinook. Mont. Thus nc IS
enjoying opportunities for service 10
tho home state which should make
good campaign material in line With
the old argument that each state
should have at least one Republican
! senator while tho Republicans control
the administration if it is to get all
that's coming to it. Walsh is not as
strong among Montana farmers as
/ Wheeler, nor as rood a campaigncr
as the younger senator. But Inc Will
30 q hard nan to beat.
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@|M NfW'STORk 8

New York, Sept. 12.-Manicure girl
les, having remained in the back
ground for a few seasons, are back III
favor with the big spenders.
am told that the niftic Nellies Of
the nail polish brush III several Of the
swankier hotels now rate more dinner
parties and baubles than the leading
beauties of the Main Stem musical
shows. This is due largely to the inn
provement in manicure girl types.
Some years ago, the little French
manicure girl of the musical farce
variety disappeared and there came
an era of efficient but unlnspirlng
finger tinters. AS competition among
the high priced hostelries increased.
the barber shops began to be more
selectivc and dressed their girlies III
most fetching costumes. One of the
very ritzy spots claims a small but
select group Of manicurists which. 1t
guarantees. arc as beautiful as any
show girls of tho Broadway belt.
And how this does drag the dear
old visiting fircmcn into the en-
poriums!
This rivalry between the never and
sRifter-paccd hotels is. by tho way
resulting III the competitors offering
every form Of novelty to get the Wis
itors.
The staid old ways Of the late Ia
mented Waldorf are to be founl =
but q few spots. When the revived
Waldorf opens in its new home. 1t vii
probably have to completely change
It's old tone and pace.
The development Of a jazz orches'
ira which will make a national repu'
tation Is now attempted by almos
every metropolitan hotel. Several no
tells have found themselves with addet
national importance, due to wide dis.
tribution given photograph record
Of their orchestra leader.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-12
Nv RODNEY
(NEA Service Writcr)

! Washington, Sept. l2.-Onc of the
most certain things about Premier
Ramsay MacDonald's visit to Wash
inrton is the assurance that the Brit
ISL prime minister won't omc unless
lie and President Hoover nave reached
a complete naval undcrstandin. III
advance.
His appearancc here is planned as
q gesture of agreement between the
English speaking peoples, a felicitons
move OF probable great moral ettcct
toward world peace. The agreement
itsclf IS still being worked ont and
there Ii still lust q bare chance that
no satisfactory conclusion will ~
reached. III any event, 1t sllallid bH
understood that Macdonald has had
40 thought OF coming over here To
conclude the unsettled negotiations III
person.
Macdonald and Hoover both realize
that the British prcmicr's good VIII
trip without an agreement would be
worse than no good Will trip at all.
The political effect would BE- bad II
both countries and might especially
react against Macdonald, whose po-
sition Is none too strong. The effect
on British and American psychology
probably would be even more serious.
X X X
Laurence Rlciley. the Hoover seerc-
tarv. captured a strange beast recent
" on the Virginia estate where the
president goes fishing. Returning
from 4 holiday devoted 70 freight
ing, Richey brought the ANNA! back
In q nice clean tin can 70 lind ont
what it was and dumped II onto
Secretary George Akerson's desk for
the inspection Of Secretary of Agri-
culture Arthur M. Hyde, who was
waiting for an audience with the pres
ident.
The critter turned out to be Of the
crawling variety. about SIX lnches
long and less than an inch thick, most
n nS,ar onI
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YOUR

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The Children's Bureau III asking
the cooperation Of parents in combat
ing the influence of the public dance
hall, suggests more community
amusements.
Community amusements include al
most everything that draw groups Of
young people together for recreation:
naturally first attention is given to
the sports that center around the
Junior and senior high schools-base-
hall, football. swimming, basketball
ma dramatics-and nor recently
tennis and in still more progressive
communities. even golf.
I know how much scoffing and
suogting there Is about all this latest
lnndaneo. I wish I had a dollar for
every stime indignant parents have
Ihroadcast their ideas Of all the new
stoenfoolery" Of school boards. who,
TREY declare. are building gentle
iuen,s clubs these days-not school
houses.
Childless Citizens Protest
4 good many Of these excited clti-
kzeus. By the way, who have objected
"a having their school taxes spent for
l6xufics, as they regard the swimming
lpools and tennis courts and 50 forth