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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
WHEN WAR CONES

How war is worked up and for what
reasons is explained by Count Leo
TOlstoy as follows:
The bells will peal, long-lfaired men
will dress in golden sacks to pray for
successful slaughter. And the old
story will begin again, the awful GUS
tomary acts.
1.-THE editors of the daily press will
begin virulently to stir men up to
hatred and manslaughter in the name
af patriotism, happy in the receipt
of an increased income. Manufac-
turers, merchants, contractors for
military stores, will hurry joyously
double receipts.
"All sorts of government officials
will buzz about, foreseeing a pos
sibility of purloining something more
than usual. The military authori-
ties will hurry hither and thither,
drawing double pay and rations, and
with the expectation of receiving for
the slaughter of other men various
| silly little ornaments which they so
| highly prize, as ribbons, crosses, or
ders, and stars. Idle Ladies' and gen
tie men will make a great fuss, en-
tering their names i'm advance for the
Red Cross Society, and ready to bind
up the wounds of those whom their
husbands and brothers will mutilate;
and they will imagine that in so do
ing they are performing most
Christian work. And smothering de-
spair within their souls by songs.
RIGHTEOUSNESS, and wine, men will
trail along, torn from peaceful Labor,
from their wives, mothers and chill
dren-hundreds of thousands of simple
minded gOod-natured men with MUIR
derous weapons i'm their hands-any-
where they may be driven.
"They will march, freeze, hunger,
suffer sickness, and die from it. or
finally come to some place where
they will be slain by thousands them
selves with no reason; men whom
they have never seen before, and
who neither have done nor could do
them any mischief.
And when the number of sick
wounded and killed becomes so great
that there are not hands enough left
to pick them up, and when the air is
so infected with the putrefying scent
of food for powder that even the
authorities find it disagreeable, a
truce will be made, the wounded will
be picked up anyhow, the sick will
be brought in and huddled together
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01

not meeting with much encourage
ment, although a fortune is to be
spent on the Erie canal development
in New York state, from present out
look. Why the change in viewpoint
of President Hoover and the apparent
lack of leadership especially in bene-
fetal. > economic legislation to this
great Northwestern agricultural area?
We also were promised agricultural
parity with industry. A special ses-
sion of Congress was called to write
new tariff law. The Hawley tariff
bill, the worst agricultural tariff bill,
most unjust to the American farmer,
ever passed by an American legisla-
tive body in the history of tariff legis-
latfon, and a protest under the lead
ership of some of the leading Twin
City newspapers and agricultural or
CARNATIONS, was the result. This
protest was supported by many OF the
intelligent editorial writer's of the
weekly press Of the Northwest.
The tariff bill to aid agriculture in
the United States Senate had much
more support, as the northwest SEN
ators under the able leadership of
men like Senators Norris, LaFollette,
| Nye, Borah, Walsh and other progress
sive Republicans and Democrats put
up a valiant battle, against strong
opposition and log rolling led by Sen
ator Grundy, confessed arch lobbyist.
One of the Minneapolis newspapers
unfortunately assumed an attitude,
| highly commended by Senator Grundy,
of opposition to the excellent efforts
of our northwestern senators. The
tariff bill in the senate was an i'm
provement, but far from being what
agriculture was entitled to. The con-
ference bill does not look very bright
| for the Northwest, in fact the bill
is going to impose higher industrial
prices. The Northwest is certainly
being sidetracked.
Henry Ford in a public statement
makes mention of a few of the exist
ing agricultural handicaps today
high tariffs, taxes, and freight rates.
Many thousands of farmers and econ
Omists and small business men agree
with him.
James Reed, former United States
senator from Missouri, makes the
statement that this new tariff bill
perpetuates gross robberies for the
| benefit of favored few
1t will take billion dollars out of
the pockets of the American public,
| is predicted by others.
CHAS. BOECKMAN.
| Rock Creek, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01

in heaps, the killed will be covered
with earth and lime, and once more
the crowd of deluded men will be led
on and on till those who have devised
the project, weary of it, or till those
who thought to find it profitable re-
cefve their spoil And so once more
men will be made savage, fierce and
brutal, and love will wane in the
world, and the Outstanding of man
kind, which has already begun, will
lapse for scores and for hundreds of
years.
"And so the men who reaped profit
from it will assert that since there
has been war there must needs
have been one, and that other wars
must follow, and they will again pre-
pare future generations for a con-
tinuance of slaughter. depraving them
from their birth"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
FOR THE SUPERSTITIOUS

Several days ago party in AskoN
received a chain letter, and if this
party had been superstitious he woulC
likely have written nine more foolish
letters to other parties such as this
one and sent them on as admOnisheC
to do. This chain letter proposition
is about as obnoxious as the chair
stores and chain banks-all made fol
country folks to fall for.
The letter headed-"GOOd Luck
Good Health'-readS as follows:
Don't break this chain. Make
out nine copies of this letter and
mail to persons to whom you wish
good luck and good health. This
chain was started by colonel in
the American army in France and
has gone around the world three
times. 1t is translated in all
languages. Don't break the chain
under any circumstances. Send
out nine copies within "a hours
after receiving. After eight days
a happy event awaits you count
the days.. If you don't send out
any letters an unhappy event
awaits YOU Mr.. Billings owes his
fortune to the fact he did as re-
uuested. Mr. Common within eight
days after mailing his copies won
$4,000. Mr.. Clverz did not take
the letter seriously and saw
his farm fail nine days after
receipt of this letter.
1t is about eight days since the
Askov citizen received the letter ant
not having complied with instruction:
i'm sending the letter on to others ht
is about due for his misfortune. Sucf
bunk!
Time and effort can be spent tt
better advantage than to do suci
child-pIay. The man who won the
money would have secured it withCu
writing these letters, and it is alst
very possible that the firm which
failed was not attending to business
or there were other causes than tina
of not writing chain letters. If wei
conducted, business usually does no
fail i'm eight days.
A good place for such chain letter:
is i'm the waste paper basket as the!
do no good and it is a big waste o
time to give any thought to then
They are for the superstitious and thu
sooner superstition and ignorance il
driven out the better.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
WORTHY OF HIGH OFFICE

Receiving the unanimous en- 'Ors e.
ment of the Farmer-Labor party at its
state convention of few weeks ago.
for the office of governor. and accept
ing same with an extempcrane; us
speech that held the large gathering
spellbound, Floyd b. Olson, county at
torney of Hennepin county, has now
filed for the office of governor.
As a young man, the son of poor
parents. he fought his way as a news
boy and did odd jobs of various kinds,
determined to get an education in
spite of the obstacles. He was al
ways a help to his parents rather than
worked his way through law college
and as young attorney soon showed
the result of this wonderful back
ground of determination and aggreS-
siveness. After practicing law only
five years he became the county attor-
ney of the most populated county in
the state, an office which he has since
held, and where by far greater
amount of work is handled than comes
to the office of any ether county attOr-
ney i'm the state. Mr. Olson has made
good in this office to the extent that
he has become statewide figure
with an excellent record
Floyd b. Olson as governor of Min
nesota will assume leadership against
special privilege Legislation such as
the Brooks-Coleman law, gifts of
large tax reductions to the bus COM
panieS, and other measures of state
wide Importance. The campaign will
no doubt be battle as there are in
fluential groups i'm Minnesota who do
not want to see man of this type as
governor. He has sense of public
service, and has hosts of supporters
among Republicans, Farmer-Laborites
and Democrats. The AskOv American
is pleased to see man of Mr.. Oh
sons ability and eagerness' to serve
the common good. as candidate for
the office of governor of the state of
Minnesota.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
CHILD HEALTH DAY

President Hoover calls upon the
Thursday a day for organization
and promotion of interest in the health
of children. In proclaiming May 1
as Child Health day the President
says:
Our children have the right to be
inspiration; to work and to play
through primary school with we'll
minds based on well bodies: to enjoy
and to profit to the utmost by their
higher schooling because of whole
some habits of thought and deed:
thence to graduate into adult life.
strong in body and inculcated with
the sense of fair play and of respon-
sibility for the rights of others"
There is much of meaning in the
words of the foregoing proclamation
when one stops to consider that it is
the children of today that will make
the nations of tomorrow. Those ma
tions depend on the quality of the
citizens. We should all join in the
movement to make for stronger and
healthier bodies for our children to
grow and expand in and in doing this
we will have performed a mission
that can only be measured by the
strength and progressiveness which
will inevitably radiate from those
bodies in their activities through
adult life.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
SPORTSMANSHIP COUNTS MOST

With the Pine county baseball sea-
son about to start ii is an opportune
time to give consideration to what
baseball can do for the villages repre-
scented. Each team can carry forth
the name of its village to advantage
or il can carry forth that name to
disadvantage whichever that team and
its fans so desire.
In order that each team may carry
forth the name of its village to good
advantage each individual player on
that team must be a gentleman on and
off the field of play. Officials at the
game are selected by directors from
the various teams of the Pine County
Baseball League for the purpose of
giving unbiased decisions. Each
team selects its own captain before
starting to play and it is one of his
duties to represent his team in any
question that may arise during the
course of the game thus behooving
everyone else to abide by his findings.
To show up the teams name to dis
advantage the individual players only
need to follow a few simple rules
all talk ut once i'm contradiction to
the umpire's decisions, get personal
with the opposing players and the fans
or in general be gentlemanly.
The fans also can play n large part
toward favorably impreSsing neigh
boring villages as to the caliber of
their village by roofing for their team
in an imperSonal and general way
commenting on the good plays made
by both teams. In other words treat
the visitors when they come To your
town the same as you would treat
them if they came 10 your home. Re-
member it is only baseball game
and that the boys are all in it for the
pleasure to be derived therefrom.
Speak kindly to everyone and make
them want to come and see you again.
Make them remember your town by
the good and kind treatment they re-
ceived instead of remembering il for
the malicious and unkind treatment
they received.
Baseball is wonderful sport il
played right. 1t furnishes healthful
entertainment for both players and
fans. Let's all see that is Is played
in true. gentlemanly manner during
the season of 1880.
Each group OF fans should attend
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
WHAT'S WRONG WITH MINNESOTA
(Organized Farmer.)

Someone has furied out what's
to the conclusion that we send out of
the state too much of our hard-earned
money. He presents his argument in
this rather unique way:
''Nothing's wrong with us except
that entirely too many of us get up
in the morning at the alarm of q Con-
necticut clock. button pair of Chi
cago trousers to Ohio susrenders, put
on pair of shoes made in Massachu-
sets, wash in Pittsburgh tin basin,
using Cincinnati soap and cotton
towel made in New Hampshire; sit
down to a Grand Rapids, Michigan
table, eat pancakes made from Buff
falo. N. Y, flour, spread with Yer
mont maple syrup, buy fruit put UP
in California, seasoned with Rhode
Island spices and then sweetened with
Orleans cane sugar; put on hat
made in Philadelphia, hitch Detroit
mule fed on Texas gasoline to an Ohio
pillow and work like the devil all day
long on a farm covered with New Eng
land mortgages and wonder why our
taxes are $3.50 per acre while the
farmers of Ohio pay S1.OO tax and
drive on paved roads. And at night
we crawl under New Jersey blanket
to be kept awake by a bowling dog
the only home product on the place
wondering all the while why ready
money and prosperity are not more
abundant in this wonderful section OF
ours"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01

headlight testing stations designated
under the law passed in 1927 are be
ginning to show signs of activity,
says highway bulletin and continues
patrolmen have confined their work to
checking "Cne-eyed'' cars and other
serious defects in automobile lightin 6
equipment, but within "a very short
time they will begin to devote some
attention to glaring lights.
The glaring headlight menace has
played an important part in causing
accidents and loss of life and some
attention should be given to the en-
forcement of this law
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01

the games Sunday and pull for their
team to win but should do that pull
ing i'm an orderly and srortsmanlike
manner. This and this only will gain
more followers for the national pas
time and will make your village
known to neighbors as the home of
true sportSmen.
Give the visitors and your opponents
a hand when they deserve it. Hold
craftsmanship uppermost both in Ian
guage and deeds.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
ADMINISTRATION PROMISES
,ditor AskOv American:

Editor AskOv American:
Minnesota and the great Northwest
were promised great deal by the
administration leaders during the last
political campaign.
Mr.. Hoover. our president. an en-
gineer of national reputation, an ex-
pert on waterways, was an advocate
of the st. Lawrence waterway. and in
a speech at Louisville came out open
ly and forcibly for the nine foot chan
mel
The bill just passed by the House
of Representatives does not authorize
the nine foot channel: and our presi-
dent let it be known that he was op-
posed to same at present. The ST
Lawrence waterway development is
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
BOYS REFUSE MILITARISM
(Orpapizad Earmarl

After being attacked by the Teach
ers' Union and parents organizations
of the Brooklyn high schools i'm New
York state has died a natural death
Only IA boys among the $500 enrolled
registered for the class. although
school work credits were offered the
cadets.
Uncle Sam has been asked to come
and collect his equipment, and the
Teachers Union is pushing the battle
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short. timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the Wrltlr's opin-
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our information. Signed articles al
ways are more effective, but If the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. it will be withheld)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
NORRIS FOR GOOD LEGISLATION

Editor Askov American:
The Muscle Shoals bill for govern
ment operation has passed the United
States Senate by vote of 45 to 23
i'm spite of the most active lobbying
| by some very Influential interests
opposed to the bill. The lobbying
against this Norris bill which Senator
Norris has battled for. for the best in
terests of the American people, has
been immense and a scandal in our
political life. 1t is now before the
House of Representatives where they
are attempting to- discard same by
not giving it an opportunity to come
to a vote If the bill can be voted
upon in the House of Representatives
it will probably pass as the lobby
revelations have made it politically
dangerous to vote against it.
Another most important bill also
fought for by Senator Norris for years
is the Norris Lame Duck resolution,
passed by the Senate by an over
whelming majority.
| Senator Norris of Nebraska, paid
his respects to Speaker Mich Long
worth. Car of the House. last week.
Ten months ago the Senate passed
the Norris lame duck" resolution,
which is designed to put an end to
the practice which enables members
of Congress who are defeated in the
legislate for months after the people
have repudiated them.
| Ordinarily bill or resolution
which comes to the House from the
Senate is Immediately referred to the
appropriation committee, but Long
worth wanted to defeat the lame
duck" resolution, so he held it on his
desk for ten months, on the plea that
he hoped the House would change its
rules so he could send it to COM
mittee which would bury it.
Would Break the Machine.
'This lame duck resolution is the
most important piece of legislation
in 25 years." said Norris. eff we
pass this constitutional amendment
that little machine which controls the
|
shorn of its power
He pointed out that on five occa-
sions the Senate had passed his resO-
luton and that it had been killed
just as many times by the House.
| Fess of Ohio. in an attempt to pro-
tect Longworth. charged that Norris
was violating the rules in criticising
the speaker.
IF we remain silent forever about
any action of the House we are help
less indeed" said Norris, and he de-
manded that Tess produce the rule
which he was charged with violating
Speaker Forced to Act.
Tess was unable to find it and the
vice president ruled that Senators
could use their discretion in CRITICS
ing decisions of the House.
Norris protest forced Longworth to
take action on the resolution, but the
"Old Guard leaders are determined
that it will not pass. They want the
lame ducks to legislate. because
they seldom legislate in the people
interest.
To every person who is interested
in good government and the above
bills, write to our Congressman. God
frey G. Goodwin. Washington, and re-
quest him to use his influence for
both the Norris Lame Duck bill and
Norris Muscle Shoals BILL
MRS. ALIEN THIEMAN.
Pine City. April %. 1880.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01

College Boy (walking): Gimme
gallon of gas.
Garage Man (snappishly): Well,
where's your can.
College Boy (sadly): About mile
down the road.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01

into another school, where it looks
likely that the children may settle
the argument the same way. Even
the children are awakening.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01

Washington is the capital of the
Union; Reno of the disunion.-Arkan-
sas Gazette.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
WATCH YOUR LIGHTS

with the full force of the State
Highway Patrol On the highways
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-01
Family Theatre
Pine City
Where Sound Sounds Best

Friday and Saturday
Peter B. Kyne's
''HelIs Heroes
1000 Dialogue.
Educational Comedy
polished Ivory
Graham McNamee announc-
ing at the News Reel.
1Oc and 40c
Sunday and Monday
Virginia Valli and Noah Berry
in "The Isle of Lost Ships"
Vitaphone Talking Picture.
An island of lost ships. peO-
pied by derelicts of the sea
alive with romance and
adventure.
Pathe Review.
Comedy General Ginsburg'
Matinee 2:3O p. M; 10c & soc
Nights l0c q 4UC
Tuesday
Ken Maynard in
The Fighting Legion
500 Talking Western
Comedy, Oswald the Rabbit in
''Kounty Fair"
Trailing the Tiger"
Family Night.
Wednesday and Thursday
Monte Blue in "Tiger Rose
Vitaphone Talking Picture of
the Northwest.
sleeping Cuty" Novelty Reel.
Comedy "Mickey's Champs
10c & 35c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-21
FUTURE DAYS.
THOS. ]. OWEN & SON, AUCTIONEERS.
1881 EYE ST, NV,

TRQsTEEg SALE ALE OF yALg yNI;Eu M;
AVENUE SOUTHEAST AND l1Si SEC
OND STREET SOUTHEAST.
BY virtue OF three certain deeds Of trust
duly recorded in Liber No; $40. folios 1888,
I Ia ana l+t ct $sc, respectiyey Of the LANG
the undersigned trustees viii sell at public
aTqStlsa u fETnt ,S 81 the gTsMsss on
OF MARCH, A D. 1880. AT FOUR-THIRTY
O'CLOCK PM. the following described land
lumbia and designated as and being lots
numbered thirty-three L33), thirty-four (34I
and thirty-fve 1851 in Frederick A. Genau's
subdivision in square numbered seven hum
dred and forty-two CAD, as per plat re-
corded in Book 81, page 2, in the once Of
the surveyor Of the District of Columbia.
of three tWo-story brick DWELLINGS.
Terms Of sale: One-third of the purchase
money TO pc paid in cash, balance in two
equal installments. payable in one and two
years. with Interest at six per centum per
annum payable semi-annua1ly from day of
S sale secured nd by deed OF trust upon the
the purchaser. A deposit of 5000 on each
house viii be required at time OF sale. All
conveyancing: recording, etc. at cost OF
purchaser. Terms of sale to be complied
WIN within thirty days from day OF sale,
otherwise the trustees reserve the right to
defaultinR purchaser after Ave days adver-
tsement of such resale in some Newspaper
puonshed in WASHINGTON, d. C.
@. PERCY McGLUE,
WILLIAM p. NORMOYLE,
mill Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-21
THOMAS J. OWEN 4 SON. AucTIoNEERe.
1881 EYE ST NV

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL.
EES ,I1sI 2., BEING a TWo-sToRY BRICK
P PSW65MLslN Avn GSo2NNTIIAINIMG EIoHI
GARAGE, KNoWN AS A 75s PlSRLl.I ~
STREET NORTHWEST
corded in Liber sl22. at folio 236, Of the
iahQ records OF the District of Columbia, and
at At tne request of the parties secured there
MARCH LARS H., THE THIRTY-FIRST, 1880. At
FOUR-THIRTY O'CLOCK PM, the follow
ing oeScribed land and premises. situate in
tne Dlstrict OF Columbia and being lot num-
6ered ninety 1901 in Jacob B. Shapiro's sub
one hundred and forty-eight t3i4sJ. formerly
block numbered fifty (50), "Petworth Addi-
tlon to the CITY of Washington" as per plat
recorded in Liber No.. rs. folio 1877, Of the
records Of the ONCE OF the surveyor for the
terms. "
Terms of sale: Purchaser to pay one-third
OF the purchase price in cash, the balance
IN Two equal tnstallments, payable in one
ana Two years, respectively, with interest at
d dne ra5e OF SAG per annum, and secured By
cash at the option of the purchaser. Taxes
6nd interest paid or adjusted to the date
OF sale. All conyeyancing, recording, etc, at
the cost OF purchaser. Good title or no sale
A deposit OF $500 90 will be required at the
time OF sale and settlement to be within
post forfeited and the property resoid at
the cost and risk Of the defaulting purchaser
after nVe lbl days previous advertisement
OF sucn resale in some Washington neWs-
paper.
B. FRANCIS SAUL,
j. WRILEY JACOBS,
mhl9-d& is.exSu&mh22 Trustees