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Evening star., 1930-05-24
Prisoner Identified.

WINDSOR, Ontario, May "a Dr.
Joseph Zajac. under arrest here on a
charge of having married his sister, has
been identified. police said yesterday, as
John Paplykhan, who escaped from
Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus
in 1925 after having served six years
for bank robbery. Ohio authorities plan
extradition proceedings, but the accused
must face his trial here first.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
CANAL GUNS TESTED
Accuracy at 5000 Yards Amaze'
Observers.

PANAMA CITY, May "a P.-Firing
has been completed in tests authorized
by the War Department, with Panama
Pacific 16-inch guns at ranges OF from
$4,000 to 47,000 yards.
Results of the IL shots fired amazed
seasoned observers, who had not seen
such accuracy with weapon OF tne
conclusively that the modern arma-
ment of the Canal could hold on the
worlds mightiest battleships from near
ing its entrance.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
FECHET SELECTS THREE
BALLOON RACE TEAMS
Air Corps Chief Names Men Who
Will Represent Army at
Houston, Tex, June 10.

BY the Associated Press.
Gen. James E. Fechet, chief Of the
Army Air Corps, today selected three
teams to represent the Army in the
national elimination balloon race which
will start June 10. from Houston, Tex.
The team members are Lieut.. Walter
D. Buie Of Langley Field, Va, and
Lieut.. John p. Kidwell Of Scott Field.
Belleville, Ill: Capt. Karl S.. Axtater
Lieut.. Ralph e. Holmes of Fort Sill.
Okla; Lieut.. William r. Turnbull and
Lieut.. CORTLAND M. Brown, both of
scott Field, Belleville, Ill.
Evening star., 1930-05-24
TWO CONVICTED IN FRAUD
Witnesses Tell of Fabulous Guar
tees in Florida Land Deals.

tees IN EIorlda IAnu UeH1Bs
PHILADELPHIA, May "A R.-H. G,
Fitzgerald, Columbus, Ohio, and Alonso
E. Smith, Philadelphia, were convicted
in Federal Court today Of eight charges
of fraud and conspiracy. According to
testimony of Government witnesses, the
defendants sold lots in Melbourne
Heights" and melbourne Manor" Fla,
which later were found to be back
woods tracts covered with pine trees,
palmetto and pools of water"
Nearly a score of men and women
testified they had invested on the as
surance they would earn 100 to 200 per
cent profit in six months or their money
would be refunded"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14

which connects with the mail route
which runs through the center of the
township, and the IS" road two miles
south, which carries its travellers to
Sturgeon Lake and No. l and County
B on the extreme south which con-
meets US with our neighboring towns,
and which Kerrick citizens are en-
titled to no small amount of credit for
securing. OF the roads mentioned. of
which there are about forty miles,
all were built by the township with
the exception of the "B" road which
was constructed under the Elwell law.
The county has taken over about is
miles. one strip being the connection
link between kerrick and Sturgeon
Lake, another the Broad from Ker-
rick to Duquette, then the road north
and west from Duquette around Oak
lake, and the four miles which were
taken this summer and reshaped with
Gas Tax money.
The great American public is a ma
ton of kickers. / know it's so, be-
cause I'm that way myself, and have
heard enough others kick in my time
TO be well satisfied they are in the
majority-but it's good to have them
so-always wanting something better
makes for progress. and that is one of
the main things which has caused
this great country to make the Won
derful progress it has in the past fifty
years-but the writer will wager a
dollar to a doughnut that if any man
who has lived here for the past twenty
or twenty-five years will think back
keeping his thoughts to himself-will
have to admit to himself though per-
haps he wouldn't to the public, that
we had made wonderful strides.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
Y. N. C.. A. Boys
To Stage Play

The boy campers of Camp Miller,
the Duluth Y NJ c. A. camp on the
shore of Sturgeon lake will present
their annual program Deluxe in the
Sturgeon Lake hall Friday, August Is
at 1870 p. m. Programs of the past
presented by this camp have met with
the approval of large audiences, and
this years program, according to
those in charge, will out-shadow any
that has ever been staged. The bill
includes: The Camp Miller Minstrels,
a comic act, numbers by the orches-
ira; vocal solo, John Holt, tenor:
trumpet solo, Robert Whyte; saXa-
phone trio, ballet, Tumbling squad.
and comic movies.
The annual Camp Miller Sunday serv-
ices will be held at Blomskog church
at the head of Sturgeon lake Sunday,
August II. and camp director N. D.
Mcleod cordially invites all campers
to attend this service. Watson S.
Moore, one of Duluth's best speakers
and most outstanding citizen will be
there to present a real treat
The camp has an exceptionally fine
lot of talent. and they will present a
wonderful musical program.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
SOkOL Body Will
Stage Big Picnic

Everything is in readiness for the
big Sokol picnic next Sunday, August
18th. a Great time is assured the
visitors, many of whom will come
from distant towns to attend also the
dance at the Armory given by the
Pine City SokOls.
Old fashioned Czech orchestra has
been secured for the picnic to keep
everybody popped up.
Following is the program of the
picnic: 9:30-inspection of the camp
and watching the games and exercises
of Children's camp class held all OF
this week. also horse shoe pitching,
swimming, etc. 12:30-Dinner. Genu-
inc old fashioned Bullion will be
served as we'll as other refreshments.
1:45 p. m. Sport Program. Appropri-
ate prizes will be given TO all win
ners.
Events-Kiddies' s5-yard dash.
Boys and girls under years.
Girls free for all shoe races, under
Il years.
Boys one-legged race, under IL
years.
Boys and Girls needle thread con-
test, over IA years.
Young mems chariot race Ga knock
OUT.
Young ladies shoe kicking contest
(see EN- kick.
Womens chicken contest DIETER
than anything you ever saw.
Mems peanut race Just killing.
Boys and girls % yard free style
swimming race.
Water ball balancing contest. Young
ladies and men (you die of laughter)
AS you can readily see, the sport fea-
lures are novel and entertaining;
quite a diversion from the stale race
features ordinarily seen at picnics.
Invitation is rendered to the public
70 attend this picnic and break the
record attendance of last year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
MMdalnptonLettg
By " HDAley

Washington, Aug 13.-In this city
where scandals are taken far more
lightly and more quickly forgotten
than in other sections of the nation.
the threat of tattling in high places
has actually placed the town On edge.
The realm Of politics is always charged
with mixture Of truth and falsity so
that rumors must he largely dis
counted What the town wants to
know now is the color of revelations
Claudius Houston may make as a re-
suit of being forced to walk the
plank" as chairman of the Republi-
can National Committee. The all
absorbing question is what does
Houston know that will provide gun
powder to topple men and women
from important governmental or po-
1itical posts7" Usually the scandals
originating with a indicative person
are not effective for the average citi-
zen is inclined to doubt the vaporings
of the -sorehead" type.
1t is said that Houston, who has
been a Hoover lieutenant since the
days when the Hoover boom was
started. is more peeved at the Senate
group now in the saddle than holding
a grudge against the President
Other Republican leaders from the
South are not satisfied with the pat
ronage system and threaten to go off
the party reservation which affords
the Democratic chieftains no end Of
anticipation Yet, candor compels
the observation IN official circles that
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14

the minority party is by no means
cede that they are hopeful of soft
pedalling the factions with bright
vision of partisan gains in the Novem-
Der elections.
The new Republican party mana
gers, Senator Simon d. Fess of Ohio,
and Robert Lucas of Kentucky, have
an unenviable task in Strengthening
out the southern political situation.
A Republican leader has referred to
Colonel Mann, Hoover's southern cam
paign leader of 1928. as a colonel
without an army, while other Repub-
lican Administration leaders regard
the Mann insurrection merely as a
yawp from disgruntIed patronage seek
ers. Yet, there is ring Of fight
and defiance in the Mann manifesto
which does not augur well for the
G. o. p. harmony two years hence.
The Republican Chairman, Mr.. Tess.
is not acceptable to some of the ele-
ments in his own party, especially
some of the western Republican Sen
ators. whom he dubbed as pseudo
Republicans when they were "coalesc-
ing with the Democrats to defeat the
Hoover administration On the tariff
and farm relief.
The Hoover commissions estab-
lished as aids to the Chief Executive
are undergoing a severe test The
weather in particular. the drought.
Is bound to offer the Farm Board an
Continued on Page u
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
MARKVILLE TIES
PINE CITY TEAM
Pitching Duel Ends With Five Hits
Allowed by Each Hurler; Mark.
vile to Play Sandstone sunday.

Markville. to show its disregard for
the ability of Pine County Baseball
League teams, is scheduling games
with various ones. Sometime ago il
defeated the Brook Park team, and
Sunday it played the Pine City aggre-
cation to to , ten-inning tie on
the Markville diamond. The game
had to be called at six o'clock because
of the Sunday law. Berg for Pine
City and Rutherford for Markville
fought out pitching duel which end
ed with each allowing only five hits.
Rutherford struck out Is men while
Berg only retired by this method.
Double plays made by Pine City aided
Berg tremendously throughout the
game Ankley for Markville and Berg
and Robinson for Pine City carried
batting honors with two hits each.
Sandstone will play Markville on the
latter's diamond Sunday, August H.
Following is the box score:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
DIES FROM
AUTO SPILL
Fl. D. Wright, Minneapolis
Merchant, Loses Life Sun
day Near Rutledge.
DR.. L. j. Fish, Companion,
Seriously Injured; Lost
Control of Car.

One Minneapolis motorist was
killed and a companion seriously in
jured while driving on the pavement
north of Sandstone Sunday morning.
Homer D. Wright, 2640 Colfax ave-
nue. south, SO years old, and a retail
grocer and meat dealer, was the driv-
er of the Ford roadster, and the man
who lost his life He and DR.. L. j.
Fish, dentist, 1857 Emerson avenue
Sunday morning ON a fishing trip to
near Orr, north of Duluth The ac-
cident happened ar a. m, l Il miles
south of Rutledge, when they were
evidently going at a rapid speed and
the car swerved. The driver stepped
stead of the brake with the result
that the car swerved from one side to
the other and turned over in the ditch.
Mr.. Wright sustained a fracture of
the neck and crushing injury to the
head He did not regain conscious
ness and passed away an hour later
at the office of Drs. H. P. and Thomas
Dredge in Sandstone, to which place
ne and DR.. Fish were rushed by a
passing motorist from Duluth DR..
Fish suffered some broken ribs and
also injury to the head. He was re-
moved 10 his Minneapolis home in an
ambulance Monday.
The body of Mr.. Wright was taken
TO the Larson undertaking parlors
and later Sunday afternoon after the
arrival of Mrs. Wright, the body was
removed TO Minneapolis in a hearse.
Mr.. Wright leaves a wife and two
children daughter and SON
While the injuries to DR.. Fish are
serious il is expected that he will re-
cover.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
JOHNSON IMPROVING

Attorney Albert johnson of Sand
stone, who has spent several weeks
at the Pokegama sanatorium near
Pine City, on account of the one lung
being affected. is steadily gaining in
weight and is in good spirits which
his many friends out over the county
will be glad to learn. He will remain
at the sanatorium for some time yet
in order to be sure that his former
good health has been entirely re-
gained before he returns home to
Sandstone to again resume his law
practice.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
Club Standings for Half.

*Moose Lake did not play the full
schedule of games. One game re-
suited in a thinning tie with Pine
City and the other, rained-out game
with Hinckley in first half. was not
necessary in that sessions decision.
The Pine County Baseball League
schedule has been played with Sur
geon Lake and Moose being vilctors in
the first and second halves respective
ly. A tournament series will be
played beginning Sunday, Aug. "a
Sturgeon Lake won the first half
of a fourteen game schedule and
Moose Lake cinched the last half last
Sunday when it defeated Finlayson
in twelve-inning game. Those two
formidable rivals have won the right
to play it off in a three-game series
for the championship. At a meeting
of the interested team managers it
was decided to start this series at
Sturgeon Lake on Sunday Aug. "a.
The second game will be played at
Moose Lake on Sunday Aug. 81 and
| if third game is necessary it will
be played at Sturgeon Lake on Sunday,
Sept T.
1t is evident that the two contest
ing teams are evenly matched. Moose
Lake has eleven victories, one defeat
and one tie game to its credit That
team lost a game to Sturgeon Lake
! in the first half and tied with Pine
City in fifteen-inning game in the
last half Sturgeon Lake has twelve
victories and has two defeats both
coming in the last half being de-
feated by Moose Lake and. Askov. A
hot contest is anticipated ON the
oath when these rivals clash
| No doubt, Fred Rayner, the Crom-
well Telegraph operator will start on
the mound for Moose Lake. Rayner
has no defeats yet in the Pine county
loop and he has been very effective
against the Sturgeon Lake batters.
Whether or not he can repeat twice
again will be seen on the oath and
31st The battery for Sturgeon Lake
will be either Lee or Mack Anderson
on the mound and Lynn Anderson
catching. Lee Anderson has pitched
of the schedule and he may be called
upon to turn in the first victory for
Sturgeon Lake.
Two umpires from the Northwest
Umpires association will be used at
each game, and the games will be
called promptly at 2:30-
Sundays contests showed Finlayson
forcing Moose Lake into an overtime
period of twelve innings before the
Lakers could win s TO 6. Brook Park
downed Askov % to while Sturgeon
Lake was defeating Sandstone Is to 5.
Following are the box scores and
the scores by innings
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
NEWS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS

which other radio experts have sought
to conquer in vain. Mr.. Sanda, who
has spent part Of the summer at the
Iowa State University studying vari-
Gus broadcasting systems. last week
concluded a series of demonstrations
that impressed experts deeply. and he
is now prepared to commercialize the
invention.
Mrs Kajsa Eng. now at the Swe-
dish Old Peoples Home at Alex
andria. Mimi, is said to be the oldest
Swedish-born woman in the United
States, for she was born in Hodalen
(Sweden) on April z, 1927, and thus
has passed her 103rd birthday ami
versary. Mrs. Eng was married to
Per Erik Eng in 1s4s and immigrated
to Oscar Lake. Mimi, in 1866. Since
1898 she has been a widow. The man
ager of the Alexandria institution
says that Mrs. Eng enjoys exception
ally good health and that she is
alertly interested in the events of the
day.
Baalsrud Coming.
Through the United States legation
at Oslo, the government of Norway
has been invited to send an official
delegate to the international high
way congress which will be held in
Washington in October Highway
Director A Baalsrud has been ap-
pointed delegate and viii come to
America early in October; three Nor
wegian highway experts will accom-
pany him, and the four men will be
given an opportunity Of Inspecting a
Continued on Page y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
Renaissance of
An Old Settler
Roads i'm the kerrick Community are
Compared With Those OF
Former Years.

In this year of 1880 when everyone
is driving a car and most of US COM
planning because we have not had the
road paved in front of our door, it is
rather interesting for the older set
tiers to look back at what the roads
used to be like.
The writer has been lingering
around the "diggins'' for the past
thirty years in an attempt to make a
living, and when he first arrived there
was no road leading into what is now
the Kerrick station, except a tote
road leading to section 10 where Mr..
Miller now lives south of town, and
where Sexton & Co. had a logging
camp which employed up to 300 men.
This road in its search for high spots
zig-zagged in many directions and
measured over six miles. Our banner
road in those days was what is known
as the town line road running from
the Windemere line to DuQuette
which was then known as Old ker-
rick. and this had stretches of cor
duroy which made the going hard for
a person with false teeth and without
a cushion, but it was considered some
road. A four-mile section of this
road has just recently been taken over
by the county and the gas tax is being
worked out on it. The grading is
now complete, and with the work left
for the steam shovel or rather gas
shovel, and the finishing up, your
neighbor farmer can speed by without
having time to say good morningr
This road was laid out when Peter
Norel was on the board. and he being
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
ROYALTON MAN is
ADJUDGED INSANE

Frank Pangerl of Royalton town.
ship, age 2S years, was brought before
Judge of Probate Robert Wilcox last
Monday and examined as to his san
ity. He was adjudged insane and
committed to the hospital for the in
sane at ST. Peter. Sheriff Fred Deg
erstrom and Deputy Sheriff Joseph
Petschel took him to st. Peter Mon
day afternoon The young man has
lived in Royalton all his life. His
father, Frank A. Pangerl, committed
suicide some years ago.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
STORM DOES DAMAGE
NEAR GRONINGEN

A wind and rain storm OF con.
siderable force struck the GrOn-
ingen community last Thursday
evening doing considerable dam
age to hay, grain stacks, tele.
phone poles. and trees. The great.
est damage to any one party, how
ever. occurred when the house
and barn belonging to Mr.. RiSenS
was blown down.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14

Eight thousand tons of copper ore,
mined in Sweden, will arrive at Seat
tie. Wash. this week aboard three
motor ships coming direct from Goth
enburg through the Panama Canal.
This is said TO be the largest con-
signment of Swedish copper ore ever
shipped to an American port. Out of
an alloy made of Swedish. Alaskan
and South American ore, pure copper
is manufactured by the purchasers of
the cargo of the three vessels now
expected
Greenland Rum0rS.
From time to time rumors have
appeared in the press to the effect
that Denmark was about to sell
Greenland to the United States or
Canada. This summer such rumors
have been particularly persistent des-
pite the fact that they have been We
hemently denied by the Danish gov
ernment.-Now a story is afloat con-
corning the announced visit in this
country of Premier Staining Of Den
mark. his journey being connected
with alleged negotiations concerning
Greenland. The premier. however. Is
not coming to America until the sum-
mer of 1891. and he has made il
clear that he is not going to confer
with anyone. for the simple reason
that Greenland is not for sale.
Invents New System
Sigurd Sanda, Norwegian civil
engineer in Saskatoon, has perfected
an invention of teleyision broadcast
ing system which is said to have
solved all the technical problems
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
RUNS AWAY FROM
STATE INSTITUTION

The Pine county sheriff has been
notified that Joe Chmielewski, %
years old. from the Sturgeon Lake
neighborhood. has skipped from the
state school for feeble minded at Fari-
bault. and he was accompanied by
eight other inmates of the Institution,
one of whom has been caught. The
others are still AT large This is the
second time within a few weeks that
Chmielewski has run away from the
Faribault school
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
PINE CITY FLOWER
SHOW is ON AUG %

Citizens of Pine City are max
ing preparations for their annual
flower show which will be held this
year on Saturday, August %, at the
Farmers and Merchants State Bank.
Entries which are open to all will
be from 9 a. m. to IL m. The public
is invited to see the flowers all after
noon and evening. A competent judge
has been secured and the prizes will
be awarded at p. m. on the day of
the show. The Community club is
sponsoring the show and Mrs Rich
ardson Gray is chairman of the COM
mittee in charge.
Keegan: Did you say she had
poise?"
kreuter: Yes; avoirdupois"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
STURGEON LAKE AND MOOSE
LAKE Win IN Pine LEAGUE
PINE FAIR PLANS
ARE COMPLETE
County Event This Week Will Dis.
penSe Wonderful Entertainment
From Start to Finish.

The forty-third annual Pine County
Fair opens at Pine City on Thursday
of this week. Thursday is the entry
day and all exhibits must be in place
by p. m.
An excellent program has been pre-
pared for Friday and Saturday-Au-
gust 18th and 16th-both afternoons
and evenings. The grandstand attrac-
lions include six feature acts of tum-
bling, acrobatic, slack wire, juggling,
trapeze and other aerial acts. Mil
ler's Jewels of $780, a girls revue,
has been engaged and will perform
at all performances, with a different
program afternoon and evening This
revue has its own band and Eddie
master of ceremonies in addition 70
his comedy part and dancing with the
revue.
There will be baseball game on
Friday afternoon between Markville
and Pine City. These two teams
played , to tie in an eleven inning
game last Sunday. Horse races are
billed for Saturday afternoon, both
harness and running races. There will
be a big fireworks display both eve
nings with many new and novel set
pieces and aerial displays.
Public Wedding Saturday.
A public wedding will be performed
on the platform in front of the grand
stand, on Saturday evening, when
Miss Mabel Peil and Richard THE
man will be united in marriage. The
Rev. Steging, pastor of the Zion Luth-
eran church at Pine City, will offici-
ate. Elaborate plans have been made
for the wedding and it will be a very
pretty affair with all the dignity OF
a formal church wedding.
Midway Attractions.
There will be plenty of amusemen,
for the young folks on the midway
The Harry Hines Amusement com.
pany has been booked and is already
set up with ferris wheel, glider, chair
| o-plane and kiddie ride Shows anC
concessions will provide plenty of en-,
| tertainment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14
COMMISSIONERS TO
MEET MONDAY AUG. Is

The board of county commissioners
will meet in regular session at the
court house in Pine City on Monday,
Sept. Is al 1 p. m. Regular routine
business will be taken up and disposed
of as will other matters brought to
the boards attention at that time.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-08-14

FfnIayson 900 OF 900 000--s 10
Moose Lake Obj 0e0 200 e02-s II 5
Summary-Two base hits. Stelmacks
r. KIar. j. Klar. G. Suk: three base hitas
HengeI; sacrifice hits. a. SWANSON
Dodge. Peters: double plays. Rayner to
Dodge. Rayner to ID. Gay to Dodge:
Barquist to Dodge. struck out. by Ray
ner 8. by KIar .: bases on balls. off
Rayner 2. off KIar 4: left on bases.
Moose Lake II. FTnIayson 8: wild pitch
Kfar J.: umpire. Curry. scorer. Berg
seth: time. hrs 90 min
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