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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
AUTO ACCIDENT
FATAL TO ONE
Theodore Ring, Duluth, Has
Back Broken in Crash
Near Hinckley.
Seven Other Passengers ES-
cape Death Miraculously
Sunday Morning.

One man was killed and seven suf-
fered various injuries three miles
south of Hinckley, Sunday morning
at about 1920 when the car in which
they were riding skidded on the wet
pavement, plunged into the ditch and
upset.
The accident occurred while the
party was enrOute from Duluth to the
Twin Cities on a pleasure trip. Trav-
cling at a high rate Of speed, the
driver, Theodore Ring of Duluth,
noticed he was approaching the curve
and set his brakes too suddenly thus
causing the car to skid and Swerve
with such force as to cause it to leave
the pavement and plunge, literally, 40
feet through the air into the brush
and turn over several times. The top
of the car, Plymouth sedan, was
completely torn open and all of the
passengers were thrown out. Mr.. Ring
received a broken back and other in
juries which caused his death four
hours later at the Hinckley hotel
where the unfortunate victims were
taken and where they received first
aid treatment by DR.. E l. Stephan
following the accident. All of the
eight persons were conscious and Mr..
Ring was rational until the last, tel
ling as accurately as he could, how
the accident happened. He apparent
ly knew he was to die and was willing
to do so to escape from the terrible
xrrhi ah hn
other members of the party consist
ing of Mrs. Margaret Subszak her
four children three boys, and one girl,
Frank Cich, and Miss Martha Marti-
chuski were somewhat shaken up and
bruised. Mrs. Subszak received a
lacerated hip and a broken rib to-
gether with other bruises. The latter
named is the only one confined in the
hospital. She is being taken care of
at the Sandstone hospital.
Relatives of Willow River Folks.
Mrs. Subszak is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Michog of Willow
River, and Frank Cich is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Cich of Willow
River, he having joined the party
when they went through that village.
Miss Martichuski was practically I'M
injured
Immediately following the death of
Mr. Ring, the body was turned over
to Morris Folsom, Hinckley under
taker, who prepared it for burial, aft
er which an ambulance came from
Duluth and took the body to the home
of the victims brother in that city
where burial took place Tuesday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Subszak was taken to
the Sandstone hospital the following
day and present indications point to a
speedy recovery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
Former County Commissioner
Celebrates His 8Oth Birthdau
"Cdptain" J. c. Hancock Enjoys
Good Health; Homesteaded IN
Western Minnesota.

Today, Thursday, September Is,
1880, marks the S0th birthday ami
versary of former County Commits
sioner ]. c. Hancock who is presently
living at the home of his son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Hancock on a farm between Beroun
and Brook Park.
Relatives from far and near and
many friends are calling to congratu-
late the congenial old gentleman who
has lived a long and useful life, and
all join in wishing for him continued
good health and many more years to-
gether with his children and grand
children as we'll as the many friends.
Mr.. Hancock is a real Yankee. He
Worcester, Vermont. At the age of
20 he struck out for himself and went
west. He came to Wisconsin and
spent few years working in lumber
camps in the vicinity of Chippewa
Falls. In 1875 he continued the
westward journey and then came to
Morris in Stevens county, Minnesota,
where he took up a homestead and
was married in 1877. 1t was in Stew
ems county that Mr.. and Mrs. Han
cock endured the real pioneer life,
living in a small hut with no con-
veniences such as are known to the
average farmer of today, but they
lived happily, and tears come to the
eyes of Mr.. Hancock when he relates
of the experiences back in the 70s and
sos. Six children came to brighten
this little frontier home all of whom
are living. They are w. B. Hancock,
Morris; H. A, Benson; J. H, Seattle,
Wash; A. j., Great Falls, Mont; Mrs.
o. T. Anderson, Minneapolis; and Ben
Hancock, Brook Park. There are also
II grandchildren. Mrs. Hancock
passed away on June 5, 1925.
In 1891 the family moved to Ben
son residing there until 1910 when
they moved to Pine county. Mr.. Han
cock has been a farmer most of his
life, but was also for some years en-
gagged in the manufacture of brick
in western Minnesota
From 1920 to 1924 Mr.. Hancock
served as county commissioner of
Pine county from the Second district
During his public service in the coun-
ty he was always known as a man of
good judgment, honest, and sincere
To many of his friends he was known
as Captain Hancock or affectionate-
ly, Cap" for short After Mr.. Han
cock had finished his term as county
commissioner he and his good wife
moved back to Benson where Mrs
Hancock passed away a year later
Since that time Mr.. Hancock has
made his home with his various chill
dren spending much of the time with
his daughter in Minneapolis and also
with his son, Ben, on the old Han
cock farm near Beroun.
The happy SOth birthday celebra-
ton that is taking place today is in
the minds of many who are unable
to attend, and though absent the
friends are virtually with Mr.. Han
cock, and all wish for him many
years of continued health, happiness,
and contentment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
NEWS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS

Professor Halvdan koht of the Uni
versity of oslo. Norway. arrived in
New York early this week and will
spend some time studying and lee
turing in various parts of this coun-
try. Professor koht, now probably
the most eminent literary critic and
essayist of his country, has written
extensively upon the subject of world
culture. and also a Norwegian his
tory of the United States which has
met with much favor in his native
land.
Sues for $4,000.
John Holmberg. a Swedish sailor
in San Francisco. has instituted suit
against the Charles Nelson Co.. that
city. for $4,000 damages. The plain
tiff-still a citizen of Sweden-claims
that he was seriously and permanent
IL injured by falling steel beam
while he was working aboard the
steamer, "Jacox." belonging to the
defendants
Immune Majesty.
Pleading royal immunity, Fin Lund.
Danish consul in San Francisco. has
obtained dismissal of suit for
$4,000 filed against him in federal
court by one Erik Lyders who form
eriy was his attorney. Consul Lund
maintained that the suit, in effect.
was directed against the king of Den
mark. and claimed immunity for His
Majesty, in accordance with the in
ternationa Law and usage. His view
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
THE TENTH DISTRICT CONvEN.
TTON Is POSTPONED

The Tenth Parent-Teachers conven-
ton announced for Mora on October
IL will be postponed to October Is.
The postponement is necessary be-
cause Of the desire of many of the
participants on the Mora convention
program to attend the Lelan, STAN
ford Minnesota foot ball game in Min
neapolfs on October II. Mora extends
a cordial invitation to the coming con-
vention October Is according to Emma
8. Clark, chairman Of the tenth dis
trict Minnesota Parent-Teacher Con-
gTess.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18

point was endorsed by the court. At
torney Lyders alleged that the money
was due him for services in con-
nection with the handling of estates
OF Danish citizens on the Pacific
coast.
LAST Migration
During the autumn, Hjalmar Rued
Holland of Ephraim. Wis, will publish
volume, entitled The Last Migra-
ton. containing episodes and anec-
dotes of early Norwegian immigrant
and pioneer life in the United States
Mr.. Holand-who in former years won
recognition as the author of a book
on the history of the Norwegian set
tlements-was until recently the own
er. and is still the champion of the
authenticity. of the Kensington Runic
stone, found near Kensington, Mimi.
and alleged to be the earliest known
token of Scandinavian migration to
the North American continent. The
discovery of this stone as well as
the inscription chiseled into it-at
one time called forth very vivid and
stormy newspaper and pamphlet dis
cussion in which Mr. Holland took a
prominent part.
Invited to Lecture.
R E Zachrisson, professor at Up
sala university. Sweden, has accepted
an invitation to give a series of lee
lures at the State University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley during the coming
Continued on Page y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
HOLLAND IS
PROGRESSIVE
Congressman Chris t g u
Tells of European Trip
at Sandstone.
Principal Christensen Said
School of Agriculture
is Oldest in u. S.

The banquet at the Hotel Madison
in Sandstone last evening by the
alumni of the School of Agriculture
University Farm, residing in Pine
county, and students who have Ell.
rolled for the coming school term,
was a successful and happy event
The principal speakers were Congress-
man Victor Christgau of Austin, from
the First Minnesota district, and
Principal ]. o. Christianson of the
School of Agriculture. County Agent
w. F. Hammargren, Hinckley, was
the POSTMASTER.
The singing was led by Mr.. Christ
ianson, in which all joined and there
was good volume.
Christgau Speaks.
Congressman Christian said he
came up to this meeting because he
was glad to do something for the
School of Agriculture as it had done
sc much for him. The former princi-
pal, d. D. Mayne, had been his good
advisor until he passed away, and Mr..
Christgau admonished the new stu
dents to cultivate the present princi-
pal, Mr. Christensen. If in trouble
ask Mr.. Christensen for advice.
The speaker said there were nine
boys in their family and that two
thirds of them had graduated from
the School of Agriculture, himself
and five brothers. The school gives
good fundamental education which
will be very useful throughout life
whether the boy desires to follow up
an agricultural pursuit or he wants
to be a lawyer, banker, newspaper
man, doctor, or any other profession
or trade. A fundamental principal
of this education is to profit by the
experience of others.
Seeing Europe.
The Congressman told of having
visited IL European countries last
summer to study agriculture there.
England to a great extent has ig-
nored agriculture, but he was in
terested in it from the point of be-
ing a great consuming nation and
market for American products.
He had pictured Holland as rather
backward nation where they wore
wooden shoes, but found it to be very
progressive-in some ways ahead and
in other ways behind America Pros
perity in Holland began with the
schools of agriculture there 40 years
ago. They now have excellent mar
keting organizations He dwelt briefly
on the great dykes and how they pump
out the sea to make more agricul-
tural lands, every available parcel of
land being put into use. the canals
and canal boats. and added that Hol-
land is one of the most patriotic and
clean nations and that their govern
ment is along that line.
Russia is Experimenting.
Russia is poverty stricken but they
are interested in agriculture, said the
speaker. Farmers there live in vii
lagos and work out on small strips
of land. 2, 5, 10 acre tracts or so. A
much larger percentage of the Rus
Continued on Page ~
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
DRIVERS LICENSE
LAW is PROPOSED
State Automobile Association Drafts
Measure Seeking to Cut Travel
PeriIS.

The Minnesota Automobile ASsoc
alton, with the advice and aid o
groups all over the state, has pre-
pared a bill to be presented to the
next state legislature, for the icens
ing of all car drivers-the purpose Of
which is to lessen the dangers on the
highways and to make for less acct.
dents.
The proposed law says all drivers
except those exempted by the act
must obtain a license, and that nc
drivers unless licensed or exempt can
operate a motor vehicle on the hign-
ways of the state. 1t further provides
that:
No license is to be issued to
persons under Is.
No license shall be issued to
those whose license has been
revoked, until one year after re-
vocation.
No habitual drug addict or
drunkard may obtain a license,
nor shall licenses be issued to
those adjudged insane or with
mental deficiency.
No license shall be issued to
any person whom the commits
sioner believes to be incapable
of operating a vehicle with rea-
sonable care.
No license shall be issued to
a minor under Is unless signed
by the father or the mother or
guardian of the applicant.
Nonresidents are exempt from the
license law if they possess a license
in their home state.
Application for the license shall be
made on a form provided and nota.
rized and the applicant must agree
to submit to an examination by the
commissioner if he deems it neces-
sary. 1t is in the discretion of the
CONTINUED on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
Bruno Folks
ReLutiUe Gets
Tariff Place

DR.. John Lee Coulter, a nephew of
Mr.. and Mrs. A Coulter who live
south of Bruno, has been recently Sc
lected by President Hoover as one of
the members of the reorganized tariff
commission
Early in the winter of 1928 DR..
Coulter was appointed to the presi-
dency of the North Dakota Agricu-
tural college at Fargo and a few
months later he was chosen as chief
economist of the Federal Tariff COM
mission. In this capacity as well as
in his capacity as farm school head,
he proved his ability to accomplish
worthwhile results. In his position
as chief economist DR.. Coulter had
much responsibility in that he was in
charge of the tariff experts and in
vestigators of the government.
The newly reorganized tariff COM
mission will have six members and
including himself from the Repub-
lican party, Henry P. Fletcher of
Pennsylvania, Republican, and Thomas
Walker Page of Virginia, Democrat,
have already been named by Presi-
dent Hoover.
Well Fitted for Work.
DR.. Coulter was born on a farm
near Mallory, Mimi, and attended
grade school there. During the war
he was connected with the War In
dustries board, and before that was
member of the American commits
sion to Europe to study rural eco
nomics and credit. With his extensive
experience along tariff lines and with
farm problems, being himself raised
on a farm and having made a study
of the agricultural situation during
the greater part of his life, DR.. Coul-
ter should serve well in his new po-
sition.
The Coulters, respected citizens of
the Bruno community, will feel Justly
proud of their nephews elevation in
his countrys service.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
HUNTING SEASON DRAWS MANY

The hunting season which opened
Tuesday will draw approximately
100000 hunters 10 the states waters
according TO George V. Mccullough.
state game and fish commissioner.
The charge for residence small game
licenses is s1.O0 and non-residence
licenses cost $500 according to
Commissioner Mccullough For big
game-deer and bear-the season will
open Nov. Is and continue through
Nov. 25. The season for pheasant, quail
rabbit and squirrels opens October Is.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
COMMISSIONERS TO
MEET SEPTEMBER D

The board of county commissioners
will meet at the court house in Pine
City Monday, September %, at 1
O'Clock p. m. The regular routine
business will be transacted az well
as other items of business which may
be brought to the boards attention at
that time
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
STURGEON LAKE WINS
IN FIRST B. B. ROUND

The Pine County leagues repre-.
sentative. Sturgeon Lake. playing
in the state amateur baseball
tournament at Lexington Park, st.
Paul. defeated the Hancock nine
of the MinnekOta league in the
first round of play Wednesday by
a score of ii to 4.
This afternoon Sturgeon will be
paired with LeSueur Center which
team defeated ClaremOnt Is to 1.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18

Heard at the schoolhouse: Teacher:
IF you subtract fourteen from one
hundred and sixteen, what's the diff
ference?" Student: Yeah, that's
what / say. l think its a lot of
foolishness. too"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18
MOVIE NAN ENJOYS REST

Guy Thorne. manager Of the New
Theatre. returned Tuesday evening
from a wen earned weeks vacation
spent with his three brothers and a
sister at Galesburg. Ill
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18

Big Business wonders how to get
buying started again. Well, when a
pump won't pull up the water, you
prime it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-09-18

Every misfortune is to be subdued
by patience.-Virgil.
Evening star., 1930-06-04
Girls Flight Wins Title
OF "Queen of the Air''

From the New York Times.
A letter addressed to Miss Amy John
son as Queen Of the Air" at the Sydney
post Office bestowed on her title which
she has a right to wear. This York
shire girl, using a Moth plane from
Croydon, has achieved perhaps the
greatest individual feat in aviation by
flying 10000 miles to Australia over
desert, jungle and sea. But for q mis-
hap Rt Insein, near Rangoon, when the
propeller of the plane and q wing were
damaged and repairs became necessary
she might have beaten Bert Hinkler's
time from London to Port Darwin
which was IS days.
Miss johnson was pilot, mechanic
and navigator all the way. When she
made q forced landing in a clearing al
Tjomal, Java, on account of lack OF
fuel the wings of her plane were per-
forated by bamboo poles. She plugged
them with plaster and started again
Once she was Is hours overdue and al
another time "a. The Timor Sea, In
tested with sharks, did not daunt this
girl Of %, although she admitted:
"I know full well that the stretch
above the Timor Sea (400 miles, will
give me the biggest fright Of my life,
but am going on"
When at last she came down at Port
Darwin the London Daily News made
an elaborate apology to her for dis
crediting her adventure. King and
prime minister cabled congratulations,
and that seasoned veteran, Sir Alan
Gotham, declared that her flight with
"a tiny single-engined machine was too
marvellous for words"
Evening star., 1930-06-04
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

Of his only son, Iyensa Tokugawa, who
recently became Japan'S first Minister
to Canada. Before going to Ottawa,
Prince Tokugawa will stop on at Chi
cago to address the Rotary Interna-
tional meeting at the end of this month:
After leaving Canada, the prince will
return to Japan via Great Britain and the
Suez Canal. He is the principal surviving
scion of the Shoguns, who ruled the
Japanese empire from 1903 70 1858.
Educated at English universities, he
speaks our language with engaging
f1uency.
All Of the Coolidge boosters left in
Washington and now domiciled at other
points of the political compass are
holding their thumbs looking for William
v. Hodges, who is after the Republican
senatorial nomination in Colorado.
Hodges was treasurer of the Republican
national committee in 1924 and did q
job then and ever since regarded as q
wonder-namely, raising over $4,000, 900
and spending 1t In such q way that
there was not q cent that wasn't ac-
counted for by q voucher. Mr.. Mutt Of
Ohio, the present watchdog OF the
G.. o. p. treasury, wrote Hodges at the
end of the Hoover campaign that the
Hodges gold-digging system had been
followed in all respects in 1928 with re-
suits now known to all the world.
Hodges hopes to renew college-day ties
in the Senate with @ certain Dwight
w. Morrow, with whom he was at Co.
lumbia Law School 81 years ago.
\
Arthur M. Hyde, Secretary Of Agri-
culture, who returned only a day or
two ago from an official speech-making
trip through Missouri and Texas, is
spellbinding again away from Wash
ington this week. He was persuaded
to go to Indianapolis by Senator Jim"
Watson. Republican Senate leader, and
preach the gospel Of farm relief, as it's
being worked out by the Federal Farm
Board, to the Indiana @. o. P. Repub-
lican convention.
(CopyriRht, lS30)
Evening star., 1930-06-04
A Sound Program.

No better platform for traftic reform
in the National Capital could be
adopted than that recommended by the
Washington Automotive Trade Associa-
ton to Commissioner Crosby. 1t noG
only goes to the very heart OF trattc
congestion but sponsors relief for the
innocent victim of drivers recklessneSs'
The program mapped out by the trade
association has four main points and
each one is worthy OF study by the
commissioner. These points are: Aboll-
ton of the present rotary left-hand turn
and substitution of the universally used
Hoover turn; close study Of the traffic
light situation before making new in
stallations; the discarding Of many USE
less stop" signs and support of the
Capper- Mcleod bill for safety response
bility on the part of those who have
shown by their recklessness that they
should furnish financial protection to
the public.
The frst Of these recommendation
has been agitated ever since the yotars
Evening star., 1930-06-04

What Is finer In fiction than the
| march Of the striking miners In Emile
| Zola's "Germinal"?
Or the feast Of the goose In his
| "L'ASsommoir"
or the description Of the burning OF
Paris In "The Downfall?
The horse race scene from Mana" Is
held by many to be the finest thing OF
its kind.
These are four unforgettable stu
ations from four novels too little known
to the present generation of readers.
We know many honest readers who
pant in pursuit of the newest novels, In
the fond belief that they are keeping
up with books" when all the time they
had better be getting acquainted with
some Of the good old ones.
One is far behind, indeed, If he does
not know at least one Of the above
books, for they are timeless, and will
have the same appeal so years hence
that they have for discriminating read
ers now.
The discriminating reader Of fiction,
according to our ideas, Is he or she who
is not satisfied just to keep in the ever
moving stream.
He has a curiosity to 60 back and to
see what the stream was like half a
century ago, a hundred years back.
The literary brook had this advantage
over other streams: that, although 1t is
endless, one may dip into it at any time
past.
Thus the book stream partakes some
what Of the nature OF time, as 1t is
being regarded by the scientist who
idea.
Certain books may disappear, almost,
from the book stores, even from the
secondhand stalls, where all good
books 60 at last. It may require re-
search to find a particular novel.
If one knows what he wants, how
ever and genuinely wants it. no doubt
he will find it, for the printing Of
books has been heavy, since printing
was discovered. There is another fac
tor, too, which makes almost certain
the discovery Of what one wants. This
is the plain fact that no one book can
appeal to every one.
Thus any given novel, of any given
master Of the past, will exist in enough
numbers to permit the genuine seeker
to get copy.
It is thus with Zola.
Go to any book store and the pro-
prietor will be unable to supply you
with an English translation Of more
than half dozen of his 40 and more
novels.
THESE six, however, will include the
best.
Il
Our experience In urging friends to
read zola has been interesting, II not
Illuminating.
"Germinal," for instance, has long
been regarded throughout the world as
the finest labor novel ever written.
Conditions in the coal mines have
changed considerably since zola wrote.
but basically human beings are much
the same, and their reactions to such
things as wages, hunger, kind treat
ment or the reverse are very much alike
the world over.
1t is impossible for any one with any
acquaintance at all with business to
read "Germinal" without seeing at
once the merit Of the work.
Although the conditions Of living
may be at wide variance, there is a
sure relationship between the life led
by French miners Of long ago and all
ranks of workers, even IN prosperous
America today.
This work Is shot through with
strokes based solidly on human nature.
Yet when we recommended this novel to