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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
CHAPTER 25s-H. r. No. 1919.
AN ACT amending Laws 1929, Chap
Approved April 20. 1881.

CHAPTER 255-H. r. No. 11S5.
AN ACT to permit any city of the
first class located In q county hav-
ing q population of not less than
275,000 inhabitants and not moro
than $4,000 Inhabitants to reduce
assessments for local improvements
in certain cases and providing the
procedure for such reduction.
Ee' it enacted by the Legislature OF
the State of Minnesota:
Section /. Any city in this state
may reduce the amount OF any as
sss sment against property benefited
by local improvements where such as
sessment was made against any forty
40, acre tract of land in such city
and from which assessment an ap-
peal to the District Court and Su.
preme Court has been taken, but
which appeal was no: taken within
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
ON LAWS OF MINNESOTA PASSED LEGISLATIVE SESSION

resulting from depreciation or other
wise, without encroaching upon its
undivided profits or it's net earn
ings until the contingent or reserve
fund is exhausted. Provided that
associations issuing serial stock only
may accumulate separate con-
tingent or reserve fund for each Sc
ries of stock. and distribute the
same among the stockholders of each
such series. as each such series
natures and is cancelled"
Approved April 20. 1881.
CHAPTER 238-S. f. No. 1921.
AN ACT to legalize certain proceed
ings heretofore taken for the fund
ing of floating Indebtedness by any
county, authorizing the completion
of such proceedings and the issu-
ance of county bonds in connec-
ton Herewith and legalizing such
bonds.
Be 1t enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. In all cases where a
county has heretofore, acting through
its county board, Diet -rmined to issue
the bonds Of such county for the
pun pooC VI IuuulHS us CuLSldlulIlS
floating indebtedness as represent
ed by the warrants of such county
outstanding and unpaid on the 1st
day of April, 1881, and has by resolu-
ton provided for the issuance and
sale thereof, such proceedings al
ready had are hereby legaliZed and
declared to be valid and Of full force
and effect, and the county board of
any such county is hereby authorized
to complete the proceedings for the
issuance of such bonds in accordance
with such resolution and to issue
the bonds of such county in such
amount as many be in the Judgment
of the board necessary to fund such
outstanding floating Indebtedness.
Provided. that such bonds shall ma
ture serially in approximately equal
amounts each wear. the first of such
installments to become due in not
more than two years from their date
and the last of such installments to
become due in not more than twelve
years from their date and provided.
further, that prior to the issuance of
such bonds the county board shall
levy tax for the payment thereof
in the manner prescribed by Section
of Chapter 131 General Laws 1927.
Sec. 2. This act shall not apply
to or affect any action or proceed
ings now pending in which the
validity Of anv such proceedings or
bonds is questioned
Approved April 20. 1881.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07

CHAPTER ass. F. No. 993.
AN ACT authorizing the executive
council to accept title to certain
lands in behalf of the State of
Minnesota.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section l. The executive Council is
hereby authorized to accept in be-
half of the State of Minnesota, a
deed of conveyance to Lot One %.
Section thirty-three (33), Township
One Hundred fifty-one Q5D. North. of
Range Forty-five (4O West, of the
Fifth Principal Meridian, Red Lake
County. Minnesota. and upon which
property the United States Govern
ment. pursuant to Act of Congress
approved January 31st, 1881. is to
erect a monument and historical tab
let on the banks of the Red Lake
River at the place known as The Old
Crossing. to commemorate the sign
ing of a treaty on October End. 1865,
between the United States of Amer
lea and the Chippewa Indians.
Approved April 20, 1881.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07

LdAcS uue dlleT ucdTlHS upon HOLlCe
to the person interested, and it's find.
ings shall have the same effect as the
determination of the amount of such
taxes upon report made as herein
before provided.
"A person subletting land for the
use of which he received royalty shall
be required to pay taxes only on the
difference between the amount of roy.
atty paid by him and the amount
received"
Sec. 2. That Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927. Section 1927. be
amended to read as follows:
1927. Any portion of such tax
that has not been withheld and PAID
by the royalty payor as herein re-
quired shall be due and payable on
or before May 31st of each year."
Sec. 3. That Masons Minnesota
Statutes of 1927, Section 1928. be
amended to read as follows:
25592-8. The situs of royalty for
this State; and the tax herein pro-
vided for shall be a specific lien from
the time the royalty accrues upon
all and singular the right, title and
interest of the person to whom such
royalty is payable, in and to the land
for permission to explore. mine. take
out and remove ore on which the
royalty is paid. and shall be a spe-
cif1c lien upon such royalties as they
accrue. Every person paying royalty
to another which is subject to tax
hereunder and upon which the roy
atty tax has not been paid shall with
hold the amount of the tax upon such
royalty and remit the same to the
state treasurer at the time the roy
atty IS paid. Such payment to the
state treasurer shall operate to dis
charge to that extent the liability OF
the person paying such royalty to the
royalty recipient. At the time of
such payment he shall file with the
5tatc auditor and with the Minnesota
Tax Commission report thereof on
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07

CHAPTER 23S-S. r. No. 1863.
AN ACT to amend Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, Section
1851. relating to contingent Oh
reserve funds of building and loan
associations.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Mason's Minnesota
Statutes of 1927. Section 1851, be
amended to read as follows:
1851. Every association shall &C.
cumulate a fund to be known as a
contingent or reserve fund by setting
aside each semi-annual accounting
period at least two per cent of its
net earnings until the fund shall ul-
timately be equal to at least five per
centum of its accumulated CAPT.
tel and to at least fifty per
centum of the boo,s vclua of all real
estate owned by it. Such fund shall
not be available for the payment of
current expenses so long as the as
ISOLATION has undivided profits. 1t
shall not be available for the payment
of dividends: but any association
NAV charge AGAINST such fund any
losses upon investments. whether
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07

CHAPTER 246-H. F. No. 615.
AN ACT to amend MasOn's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, Section S278,
relating to fees of public examiner
for examinations of books and rec
Ords of counties.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. That Mason's Mime
sofa Statutes of 1927, Section 327s. be
amended to read as follows:
"(327s) All the powers and duties
conferred and imposed upon the pub
lie examiner in the foregoing sections
shall be exercised and performed by
him in respect to the offices, institu-
tons, public property and improve
ments of the several counties of the
state of Minnesota. At least ones
in each year, the public examiner
shall visit, without previous notice,
each of such counties and make a
Thorough examination of all accounts
and records relating to the receipt
and disbursement of the public funds
and the custody of the public funds
and other property. He shall pre-.
9cr'be and install systems Of accounts
,ana financial reports, that shall be
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
Approved April 20, 1881

CHAPTER 23S-S. F. No. 952.
AN ACT to amend Laws 1929, Chap.
ter 26S, authorizing fidelity insur-
ance covering state officers and
employees, and further providing
therein for the approval and filing
of fidelity bonds of all state Of
ficers and fidelity insurance con-
tracts issued hereunder and for
the payment of the premium there
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07

CHAPTER 245-H. F. No. 497.
AN ACT to authorize the DEPARTING mt
of Rural Credits to insure farm
property acquired through mort
gage foreclosures in certain mutual
and township mutual insurance
companies.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the State of Minnesota:
Section 1. The Department of
Rural Credits is hereby authorized
to insure any farm property acquired
through mortgage foreclosures and
owned by the state against loss by
fire, tornado, windstorm and or hail,
in mutual insurance companies hav-
ing a limited contingent liability of
its members, including township mu-
tual insurance companies, duly Ii
censed to do business in this state.
and to pay the assessments, pre-
miums and dues thereby accruing.
Approved April 20, 1881.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25
CALL TO BUSINESS

@AN
Out Of the fogbanks
Into the light
Out Of the stupor
Into the fight
Out Of the darkness
into the clear
Into the SO called
Strat-O-sphereI
Out OF old roads
Onto the new
Out OF the red ink
Into the bluel
III knew" said Elmer Twitchell
today, that If they kept up that
Cuban revolution long enough,
somebody would get hurtl'
What business needs is a more
compact swing.
Dr. Aurelio Hevia. Cuban revolu-
zionist leader. has been captured
IN a drug store. DO you suppose
this was just a way Of taking his
medicine?
Speaking Of Or. Hevia's presence
I'm an a%pOthecary shop, Elmer Twit-
chell says it served him right for
dallying around for a sandwich.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25

A Chicago woman divorced her
husband because he took a goat
automobile riding and wouldn't
take her. Sure thing. the goat
wasn't a back-seat driver.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25
A Sound Economic Position

Valley legislators are to be commended for their at
titude toward any measure which would make the plant
ing Of cotton in Texas during the year 1882 illegal.
In the first place, as pointed out by G.. G. Henson,
president of the Valley Gin Co., in an interview with The
Brownsville Herald on Monday, there are sections Of
Texas where farmers would absolutely be reduced to the
point of starvation if compelled to stop the planting of
cotton.
No money crop is available for planting in those sec
tons other than cotton, and an absolute cessation Of cot
ton planting would leave those farmers in a pitiable con-
dition.
In the second place, it is altogether likely that cut
ting off the cotton acreage in the Valley would result, as
pointed out by r Representative Milton West, in a largely in
creased vegetable acreage which would prove extremely
disastrous to Valley growers.
This increased vegetable acreage would not be found
in the irrigated sections so much as in the dryland Sec
tions of the Valley which are now planted almost wholly
to cotton. Release that land from cotton and the farmers
of those sections would be forced to raise vegetables in
self protection.
1t would appear that Of all the schemes proposed,
those which propose the holding out Of a certain proper
ton of the 1881 and 1882 crops are the soundest in prin-
ciple.
As pointed out by Mr.. Henson, the holding out of one
bale in every three would reduce the cotton crop of this
year on the market from Is million to 10 million bales.
Hold this years crop down to 10 million bales, and if
the resulting price increase is not satisfactory, hold the
1882 crop down to the same figure. The third bale sur
plus left over from the two years would give a crop of 10
million bales in 1888 without the planting of a single acre.
At the present price Of cotton the farmer can well
afford to keep some of his cotton in storage, as the price
he gets for it on the market will not pay the cost Of pro-
duction and amounts to so little in ready cash that the
money value Of one bale in every three will hardly be
missed.
The situation, serious as it is, has its bright spots.
For years economists have been telling the south that it
must get away from the one crop system with cotton the
one crop.
AS long as cotton was bringing a price which repre-
sented even a little profit to the grower, it was hard to
make the farmer who had raised the staple for years,
realize the exact fix he was in. With cotton down TO vr-
tually nothing, it becomes easier to point out the way the
cotton farmer should have trOd in years gone by and to
suggest that it is not too late to 90 that way in the future.
We do not believe that any measure which may be
passed by the Texas legislature will prove a satisfactory
solution to the economic distress in which the cotton
farmer Of the state il placed.
Permanent relief for the cotton farmer can come
only from the cotton farmer himself, and must be based
on well set out principles Of crop reduction combined with
diversification of his crop paintings.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25

spot over the right eye and a black
tail That's why | named i'm
Spot Where is he?"
THE long speech had come tum-
IL bling forth IN excited jerks.
The boy had his cap i'm his hand.
His sandy hair slanted cross his
forehead in dis0rdered wisps. lie
had blue. very serious eyes and a
determined manner.
where 81 he7r the boy repeated.
I'll show you Norma said. She
had been silent more because there
had not been opportunity TO speak
than for any other reason. we i
20 down into the basement"
She ted the way along the hall
and the boy followed. AS she was
about 10 open the door leading 10
the basement stairs he stopped her.
wait a minute" the y%oungster
said. cycling Norma %shreWdly. III
suppose you'll want 10 know II it's
really my Spot you've rot here. I
suppose you think maybe ! made up
some Of what | told you. We don't
have 20 20 downstairs TO find out
Listen TO this"
He got down on his two knees
before the onen door. leaned down
into the darkness below and ut
tered a shrill whistle. An instant's
pause and then the whistle was re-
peated with three sharp blasts.
For q moment the pair eyed each
other. Compassion swelled in the
girls heart as she saw the boy was
sure 10 face disappointment. He
was such q sturdy little urchin. SO
confident.
The boy did not whistle again. He
was leaning forward. hand cupped
to his ear. straining to hear.
Then a smile like sunlight
crossed his face. Hes comingi"
he cried trumphantly. Il hear
him!"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25
The
Once Ocer
BY II. I PHILLIPS

THOSE EUGENE MODES
Milady looks Just a bit blotto-
Her hats worn over one ear:
Eugene for melr is her motto;
The empress, she thinks, was a
dear.
Her bonnet Is rakishly tilted
Far over n side Of her head;
II gives her a look rather wilted
And brings back an a quite dead.
It's set at an angle disturbing
1t gives her a look all askew,
You'd fancy she'd not been obServ-
ing
The law Mister volstead put
through.
You seem hotsy-totsy", I tell her,
I'm such an ~off-center old hat:
She answers, Say, lissen, young
Teller
An empress once wore EN- like
thatl"
One question no more asks my
dearie-
1 haven't heard it OF late:
It's this-the old time-honored
query
MY hat. have / got 1t or
straight?"
Milady wears skirts that are sweep
ing
The sidewalk, the street and the
floor:
Methinks all the stores have been
keeping
The dresses that grandmother
wore.
They're stylish. they tell me, and
maybe
They are. and excessively chick.
But still it's my Judgment, oh baby,
They make you seem rather n
tique.
l-Ilady is deaf to all reason,
She wants her Partisan modes
hot;
he'll be promenading next season
With buStles, believe it or notl
A hustle! Oh, say, have a heart,
dear:
Use prudence, I pray. lady fair;
I'm certain you won't look the part,
dear,
With all that upholstery therel
A hustle? Declare it's not SO. sweet,
Abstain from this fashion, my
dear;
Resolve all this style to forego, dear,
And please be yourself, front ana
rear.
1t pains me to see you all playing
The Eugene modes, hat 70 boot,
However, / cannot help saying
In honesty, girls, you look cutel
Ting A-Ling
MI. Walter S. Clifford. president
Of the American Telephone q
Telegraph company, has been
named head man Of Mr.. Hoover's
unemployment board this winter,
indicating that washington's atti-
tude toward the depression Is sum-
med up. by the words Excuse II,
pleaSe!'
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25
Quotations

The usual way 90 fill a vacancy
Is by stealing somebody from some
other store. The result OF such "A
procedure is to pay $4,000 for a perS-
On who IN probably not worth more
than $500. or else you wouldn't get
him. Every store owner should on
ranlze y corps ~ reserve mater1RV
f0r executive Jobs. This reserve
should be carefully trained.
walter HOvluE. ln Nations Bush
ness.
The railroads never will get back
TIE travel constantly turning 70
private automobiles The public likes
to ride in lts own car. But when
business Is good again. the railroads
Will be I'D business Is inevitably rs
ever.
Daniel willard. president Of the
B. NV O.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25
Mew York
Letter

NEW YORK-Somehow, you don't
expect TO find Napoleon on Broad
way.
And at 10 cents a ticket In an
old vacant store. Napoleonic relics
seem fantastically framed. One ex-
poets a shooting gallery, or a beard
ed lady. or horrid chTomos OF the
Spanish inquisition - but hardly
4 collection OF odds and ends that
once belonged to a great maker ot
history.
yet there 1t Is, surrounded by
grange drink stands and ham sand
wich counters. 1t arrived only q
few days ago, the first musee-sO
the theatrical experts say-since the
old DAYS when Fourteenth Street was
the amusement center Of the town.
There's even a lock OF hair, pla-
carded as coming from the head ~
Napoleon. And the funny Broad
way crowd stops. peers and goes IN.
Eeing a Broadway crowd, they won
der what Napoleon's trappings are
doing there. Heaven knows what
they expected 10 findl But once in
side they discover merely an assort-
ment OF museum pieces. Since
Broadway Is not Observation-Disclosures,
folk wonder AZ the nerve OF a show
man who would set up anything less
exciting than q two-headed baby
show.
In the ornate suites. OF the late
David Belasco there was a parti-
Cularly interesting Napoleonic COL
lection. Belasco was said by some
to have something Of a little NaD0-
leon compile" AT any rate he fill
ed one OF his famous salon-rOoms
with statues OF the immortal war
rio--politician.
There were N~aDoleOns OF small
stature and Napoleons Of large sta
ture: Napolcons with n hat ana
without: some under glass and 81 .,
IN bas-relief. The story went the-
Belasco would walk among the many
NapoleOns and study the posture
never ceaSing in his admiration-and
rot above posturing similarly a few
days later.
Raymond Street. New York. gets
into the newspapers only when some
rebel against alirsy goes 70 the
famous "alimony prison" rather than
pay alimony TO an eX-wife.
But 10 appears that a definite cam
paign is about to be started against
falling gents for non-payment OF
alim0ny. Amusingly enough. Dudley
Field Malone. who has won internal
tiOnal fame as a divorce lawyer. is
Of the leaders Of the anti
alimony crusade.
Be all this as Il may. the Raw
mOnd Street jail was the spot where
the "alimony club" originated. At
one time. half a dozen prominent
men were -incarcerated at the same
time. Others. observing that the
better people" didn't mind Jail. re-
fused TO pay and Joined "the club"
Within a few years. scores Of actors.
writers and such were turning the
Jail into a sort OF clubhouse. They
had checker tournaments and card
tests. The Club gained wide rep
utation. II was, II YOU please. more
than passingly exclusive. So manv
non-silimonv PAYERS found their
way there that "the club" achieved
a national reputation.
Furthermore. men who had been
leading the feverish life OF Manhat-
tan found that "the club" offered
a restful vacation and were rather
grateful for the opportunity to take
time off.
one OF the most recent celebs 70
spend a month at the club was
Chic" Endor. the writer Of popu-
lar and humorous songs. and a night
club entertainer who once headed
the Yacht Club Boys band.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25
ODA IS THE
Anni0erSay
SEE y

Oh Aug. -. 1917. Premier venI-
zrlOs. Cf Greece. made a definifs
statement regarding the possibility
w "a Greek republic I'm the chamber
OF deputies AZ Athens.
Premier VenIZelCs declared that
he had often told the former King
Constantine that the nations or ne
world were gradually abOlishing
kingships and that ~ depended up
ON the existing kings themselves
w hasten IVY postpone this inevitable
ConsummatlOn.
THE government, nevertheless,
said the premier. "is ar the opinion
that II is our duty 20 give the mon
atuhv another trial. This, Of course.
Is a final trial. but I am sure that
the Creek people md the coming
Constituent Assembly will be dis
posed t0 render possible the
continuation OF our present system az
democracy presided over by a king
This statement was received with
prolonged applause rs clearly de-
timing the governments position on
the recent tendency toward n re-
rwhiir.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-25

A man who speaks II languages
vas married the other day 10 a
woman VIII. s..eaks IL languages.
It's a pretty safe bet that the u
languages will ret the better play.