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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-12
NORTH DAKOTA'S CATASTROPHE

With the deepest regret people all
over the country read the announce
ment of the worst tragedy that ever
visited and community in North Dako-
ta's history when Is out of II people
who attended recent social gathering
at Grafton succumbed to an attack of
a rare case of poisoning-botulism
Bacillus Botulinus, far more deadly
than the venom of snakes or the lock-
jaw germ lurked in home canned peas
served in a salad at the party. The
poisoning is a rare disease and so far
as is known there is no cure after the
victim has once shown signs of being
attacked by its murderous poison.
Deep sympathy is extended to the
North Dakota community which was
so suddenly visited by the hand of
death and took from it some of the
flower of its youth-children of its
pioneers. Commentator should be
extended to the Walsh County North
Dakota) Record for its efficient and
sympathetic coverage and graphic
description of the visit of death, for
it is such publicity as this that will
play large part in preventing re-
currence of the same disease, in that
care in serving home canned food is
all that is required toward it's pre-
vention according to Information made
known by medical men.
Though the case is an appalling
one, those who died have not died in
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war decade. Only Germany acts the
part pacific, because perforce she
must. Even there, the "steel helm
cts" of Hitlerism are no inconsider-
able factor.
1t surely looks as if, in the Ian
guage of ''the man in the street,
they are so DESTROYS of peace that
they are ready and willing to fight
for it. And at that, it might be worth
while recalling that Napoleon was one
of the worlds greatest pacifists. He
had a magnificent ideal of a united
and peaceful Europe, and but for Eng
lands meddlesome interference, he
might have put his plans into sue
cessful operation. One doubts, though
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Minnesota Legislature
Continued from Page u

place put into shape, a good road built
to it and in general make it beauty
place for tourists and the thousands
of people who are eager to visit the
childhood home of the great aviator
and his well known father who was a
congressman from that district for
many years and at one time candi-
date for governor of the state of Min
nesota.
The business men of Little Falls
rendered banquet for the visitors
at the Elk's club rooms i'm the eve
ming at which time Mayor Frank
Kievel was the POSTMASTER The
principal address was given by Gov
ernOr Olson who became very pop
ular with the folks of that community.
Senator G. Rosenmeier of Little Falls,
also spoke Z. briefly. Representative
Frank Renick of that city, Banker A.
A. Barton and many others were very
cordial toward their visitors in show
ing the sights of the city and sur
rounding country.
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SHIPPING BODY
GAINS IN 1880
Continued from Page -

Harold Mack was reelected man
aser, and E. N. Bengtson was re-
elected secretary treasurer Hollis
Ladd was elected director to succeed
VIM. KyrO. MessrS. E. NJ Bengtson,
Hollis Ladd, Frank Hobbs, Alex Carl
son and Clifford Carman constitute the
board of directors.
Association Shows Gain.
The association shipped total of
2S cars during 1880 and received a
of S258.33. The total cash return
from stock shipped was $3S,776.51.
Expense OF shipping, s2,5379O. Net
amount received by the farmers was
35,370.25. The net gain for 1880 was
S127.64 which with a reserve fund of
$4,000, shows the association to be in
a very good financial condition.
During the past year, the associa-
ton had a shelter erected near the
stOckyards and equipped it with a
stove. The cost of the building was
$4,000 and it is for the use of the
patrons and manager and those who
help load the cars during inclement
or cold weather.
Immediately after the meeting
closed Frank Hobbs accompanied by
Messrs. Alex Carlson, L. WINNER,
Harold Mack, and Clifford Carman left
for South st. Paul where they attended
the annual meeting at Central on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. IL
and II.
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has become confiscatory, has discour-
aged settlers, has held your state up
to ridicule and has bankrupted your
citizens.
The school tax must be removed
from unproductive lands and if fed
eral tax will not take care of it, then
state income tax must do it. AT
least you would then be taxing some
thing that is.
Put tax of only a few dollars on
your unproductive lands and you will
then invite settlers, the lands can be
sold and will become valuable. Don't
add the income tax, but rather sub.
Stitute it for your present worthless
unjust system, so that those who can
afford to pay will be paying their
share.
Everything / had has gone to pay
taxes in Minnesota. | have never had
any of it to enjoy.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-12
WINDEMERE TOWNSHIP

Mr. and Mrs. Void and son, Harold,
day evening visitors at Anna Moss
berg's.
Oscar Maygren called at J. w. Ny
strom'S Tuesday evening.
j. p. Clickner spent Tuesday at the
ID. c. Street home.
Arthur Mossberg and daughter,
Doris, were callers in Willow River
Wednesday.
Victor Anderson and Ellen and Miss
Mattson, Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Pulling
and Pete Trackamovitz spent Wednes-
day evening at he T. r. Street home.
Willie and John Storm were callers
in Willow River Tuesday.
Mrs. John Forsberg, Betty and Doro-
thy visited Anna Mossberg Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Brandt, Hey and Eunice and
Gerda Olson were Thursday afternoon
callers at Sivert Overland's.
Ernest Nyberg spent Friday evening
at ]. P. Clickner's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Pollard of st.
Paul, visited at the Pulling home Fri
day
Mrs. A. Mossberg, Grace and Eiffel
and Nellie Benson spent Sunday after
noon at Arthur Mossberg's.
Mrs. Clara jacobson and son, Anton,
were Sunday callers at Nels Larson's.
Harold and Alfred Overland, Ralph
Brandt and Sig Swenson spent Sun
day afternoon at the J. w. Anderson
home.
Mrs. Brandt, Eunice and Hey were
Wednesday afternoon callers at the
]. w. Nystrom home.
Ernest Nyberg spent Sunday after
noon at the Overland home.
The Pulling family, Mr.. Metcalf and
Mr.. DeJung were Sunday dinner guests
at the T. r. Street home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Forsberg had
as their Sunday dinner guests the
Oscar Carlson family.
Ruth Jorganson of St. Paul, spent
few days at her parental home last
week.
Mrs. c. S. Pulling, Mrs. S. M. Pull
ling and son, Robert Wayne, were
Tuesday callers at Clickner's.
Mabel Larson spent Sunday after
noon at Streets.
The Hullander family visited at the
G. E. Carroll home Sunday.
Mr.. Void, Donald and Rose Mary
were Monday callers at Streets.
A group of friends and neighbors
spent Monday evening at the August
johnson home, the occasion being
Gustafs birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Wells and Ruth
were Friday evening dinner guests at
the Pulling home.
Irene and Edna Anderson of Willow
River spent the weekend at their
home here.
Sheriff H. Rypkema was a Friday
caller in Windemere.
Gus Hammerquist consulted DR..
Ehmke in Willow River Monday.
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DISCUSS BETTER
ROADS AT MEET
Continued from Page ID


of the Duluth Chamber of Commerce
stated that although they would rem
der any moral support to the road pro-
ject they could not at the present time
help financially.
The resolution delegation was ap-
pointed by the chairman through a
motion placed by Jas. H. Hogan of
Kerrick, and includes one man from
each of the towns along the Great
Northern from Askov to FoXboro with
a number equal to the total from Hol-
yoke.
The general sentiment of the meet
ing was that if all co-operated and
worked with the same objective in
view that the desired results could be
obtained. Following the meeting a
committee of Holyoke women served
coffee to the visiting delegates.
The American is but $1.50 a year.
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FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers, Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)
GLORY OF WAR FADING

(The Capital Times, Madison, Wis.,
Mussolini tells us via radio that
Fascism desires peace above all else.
Stalen declares that the Soviet re-
public wishes more than anything else
to live at peace with all the world.
France and England are both loud in
their declarations for peace. Yet all
four governments are piling up arma-
ments and training troops far more
assiduously than during the last pre-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-12
OLD TAX SYSTEM IS NOT MEET.
ING REQUIREMENTS

Having read an article on state
income taxes by Hjalmar Peter
sen in st. Cloud newspaper,
Alice Mcclure Getchell of Seattle,
Wash, land owner in northern
Minnesota, wrote a letter to the
American commencing the stand
taken in said article. With said
letter she also enclosed copy of a
letter she had written to ]. F.
association, an organization OPP
posing the proposed state income
tax.
Mrs. Getchell's letter to Mr.. Reed
follows:
l see by the columns of the Mime
sofa press that you are launching a
fight against state income tax.
Please, oh! please do not stand in
the way of relief that has been so
long sought and so sorely needed.
You say your present system does not
justify you in looking for something
more equitable until you try to i'm
prove what you have. You have had
years and years to improve it and
your present system is colossal fail
ure, it is a crime. To prove that
am sincere in my contention l will
offer to the state of Minnesota every
acre of land I own there, if they will
pay me back the taxes | have paid on
the land. l will gladly give them a
clear title.
Your present system" has made
Minnesota land valueless and has
made bankrupts of the valiant souls
who have struggled under and against
the burden of taxation which it has
imposed.
All my life l have been compelled
to build schools and highways Gin
Minnesota) which l have never seen
or used. l have only wild unproduc-
tive lands with no income while those
with real wealth, mostly hidden, en-
joy the benefits of your government
without sharing adequately its bur-
dens.
Since 1914 the taxes on this wild
land of mine have increased 10000
in some instances. Your system has
made it worthless. 1t cannot be sold
at any price. The only piece l have
been able to sell in years, I sold on
contract year ago, and the pur-
chaser wrote me when his payment
became due 81 don't have to pay you
for your land. l can go right over
to the court house and get all the land
want just by paying few dollars
in taxes" How true that is, for there
are hundreds of thousands of acres
all the way to the Canadian border,
that your System" has made value
less.
In 1918 there was a slight influx
into CasS county and we thought we
might be able to sell some of the
land we had paid taxes on so long.
But what happened? The county
went on a perfect orgy of building
schools, etc. and showed the taxes sky
high over night, thereby discouraging
the would-be settler and only adding
to our already too heavy tax burden
How can you claim that the state
income tax is not going to be a sue
cess? 1t is proving a success in twen-
ty or more states?
Won't you please listen to reason
Taxation should be placed ON wealth.
on incomes, on profits, whereas your
system has kept everlastingly adding
to the tax burden on the non-income-
bearing lands and properties until it
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vain for the cause of their deaths will
be forced upon the minds of others so
vividly that its visit in other COM
munities should be prevented. In an
other column of this newspaper will
be found an article clipped from the
Grafton paper quoting the health doc
tor at that place in regards to the
prevention of botulism.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-12
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short. timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome.
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.)
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A Little Cooperation.

give been thinking, my son, of re-
firing next year and leaving the bust
ness to you"
There's no hurry, is there, Dad?
You go ahead and work few years
more and then we can retire to-
Sether."
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Church Notes.

Mrs. ]. P. Clickner will entertain
the NJ. E. Ladies' Aid at her home
Wednesday afternoon, Feb. IS. Every.
one is invited to attend.
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The American is but $1.5O a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
7ev Backe in Fight Daes Sole Hope of British to Win Open
Facts on Battle
For Heavy Title

Principals-Max Schmeling. Ger
many. champion, VS.. w. J.. tYoung)
Strih]!ng. Macon. Ga, challenger.
Stcl1c-World heavyweight cham
p!orsl2!p.
Place-Clcveland Stadium.
Number of rounds-Fifteen rounds.
to a decision, which will be rendered
By two judges. Referee to vote In
case of disagreement.
Time-Between 10 and 1918
o'clock eastern standard time).
Estimated 900 to
$4,000.
Estimated receipts-Between $780,
900 and 100000.
Schmeling,s share-40 per cent OF
the receipts, less tax.
Stribling's share-12i2 per cent OF
receipts, less tax.
Promoters-The Madison Square
Garden Corporation of Ohio, E. j.
Kulas. president Richard Dunn,
vice president and promoter.
Time of first preliminary-8:l5.
Referee-George Blake, Los An
geles. Calf
Juoges-To be Announced by
Cleveland Boxing Commission just
before the bout.
Scale of prices-$3, $40, $12.59,
$25. including tax.
Bctting-Stribling favorite at odds
OF 3 to and Z to S.
In case of rain-The bout will be
held tomorrow night: If weather
egain intervenes, Monday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03

The real struggle lies between the
men from II up 10 rs. No one outside
76 has much chance, even though the
British lion in the person of Bill Davies
at 10 promises TO give any one an argu-
ment. Otherwise the roar of the lion
is stilled to mouse squeak. The main
argument lies among Espincsa, who
may be expected today to break out in
rash of low scoring: Mac Smith
Hagen, who is playing again like the
lion tanner of old. And right there
asked Hagen how he enjoyed his round
yesterday. "Ycu saw it." he said, and
you saw how struggled But it work.
ed out didn't it. II you keep knocking
them toward the hole and some of them
go down you are bound to score. But,
gee. I'm glad that's all over It was
tough" Then among the real stake
horses ere Armour. Cooper, Diegel and
Won Elm The rest of them are more
or less out of it. One of the low boys
yesterday may break through, but this
tournament Is at 70 holes and it lies
among the seasoned gents who buckle
down when the going gets tight and get
more Scottish with their strokes than
the game itself
Bobby Jones is around, enjoying him
self as o. B. Keeler remarked today,
more than he has at any championship
in the last IL years. Bobby is here to
write pieces for the papers and he does
it as well as he plays. But he really
is getting a tremendous kick out of
watching the other boys struggle and
suffer as he did.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
.UzCUDUN FAVORED
TO CONQUER BAER
Reno Expects to Double Its
Population for Fight
Tomorrow.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
~ EMO, Nevada, July 3.-Paulino
- UZcudun, the Basque. and Max
Baer, rangy Californian, heavy
weight principals in Reno's
biggest fight in 81 years, took things
easy today while on the streets of this
divorce center trudged the largest crowd
the city has accommodated since July
4 In 1910.
Twenty-one years ago tomorrow Jim
Jeffries failed in his comeback attempt
to snatch the heavyweight crown back
from Jack Johnson.
Reno then was overflowing with all
the notables of the sporting world. and
the championship battle drew a gate of
S270,0OO.
John L. Sullivan. the old Boston
strong boy" was there. He sat in a
ringside seat. Not far away sat James
j. Coroett, his conqueror. And in the
ring above them was Jeffries. come out
OF retirement because of general clamor
that he try TO win back the title.
Tomorrow Uzcudun and Baer come
together in 20-round bout of not
much consequence, but this town on
the Eastern slope of the Sierras expects
to almost double its population for the
day. 1t will be promoted by Jack Demp-
sey, former heavyweight champion.
Reno. normally of 1880 population
planned to house the newcomers in
tent cities" and more than a hundred
side-tracked Pullman cars.
So far as the fight itself Is concerned
those who find their entertainment
strictly in the exchange of leather ia
vored Uzcudun. Odds of 5-4 were
quoted.
The fight will start at about 1890
pm. Pacific Coast time. in an arena
at the Silver State Jockey Club track.
Baer will weigh around 203 pounds
to 1913 for Pauline. The Californian is
% years old. Uzcudun is 30. Baer
stands 6 feet inches ard Uzcudun )
feet 11l2 inches. Pauline has a reach
OF G4l2 inches and Baer, 80 inches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
First Round Lead Golf Jinx
Only Two Early Pace-Setters Have Won Open
Crown i'm Last Eleven Years.

the Columbia Country Club. Wash
ington. with a SO and retained it
straight through the competition,
winding up with a score of 289. a
matter of 9 strokes ahead of the
field.
In the four championships be-
ginning with 1923 the leader of the
first round concluded the tourna-
ment in third place with astonishing
regularity.
In 1923 Jock Hutchinson got away
in the lead with a fine 20 at In
wood and finished third. In 1924
Wild Bill Mehlhorn, with a ~ on
the huge course at Oakland Hills,
was leading at the end of the first
round. but was in third place with
30l at the finish. In 1925 at Wor-
cester Francis Ouimets 70 topped
the list on the first day, and with
total of 292 he ended in third posi-
ton. And again in 1926 at Scioto
Wild Bill dashed to the front with
a SO and drifted back to four-plv
tie at 297 with Gene Sarazen, Leo
Diegel and Johnny Farrell
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
ONLY ONE CHANGE
IN LAUREL FIGHTS
Hunpt and Corris to Meet in
Feature Tonight in Show
Starting at $50.

w +: '5 s:sa: s: E: !; 4:
Mid-City Stadium near
Laurel. Md. will be held tonight, with
Babe Hunt and Pietro CORR as the fea-
ture battlers.
The only change in the line-ups OF
the bouts will find young Harry Wills,
Baltimore colored middleweight. in
the ring against Billy Edwards, WASH
ington. instead of young Gorilla Jones
Of New York.
Mickey Diamond. Philadelphia well
terweight. who reported "Wednesday
with sick stomach, has recovered and
will be in the ring against Arthur De
Beve. former French champion.
The semi-f1nal will bring together
Herman Weiner. Baltimore heavy
weight, and Mike Sullivan, young
Philadelphian.
Two four-rounderS will serve as ap-
pstiZers In lightweight battle Billy
Escinger. Washington. will tackle Jimmy
Reed Baltimore: Tod Morgan and
Harry Haas. Washington will tangle in
another four-rounder. Both are ban
tams.
The first bout tonight will start at
$50 O'Clock. A blow-by-blow descrip-
ton of the misunderstanding fight in
Cleveland will be broadcast.
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Cleveland Show Will Start
at 8:15-GaIIagher Down
for Five-Rounder.

BY the Associated Press.
~ LEVELAND. July Six pre-
liminary bouts, all involving
hcavywaignts, will precede the
Schmeling Stribling cham
pionship fight tonight with Johnny
Risko, the Cleveland rubber man. meet
ing Tony Galento of orange, N. j., in
the eighth ound semi-fnal.
The championship battle, scheduled
to start between 10 and 1915 pm, will
precede the Risko-G alento bout.
The preliminaries are:
Battling Bozo, Birmingham. Ala, VS..
Matte Brown, San Francisco, Calf, five
rounds.
George Pavelick, Cleveland VS.. Frank
Morres, New York. five rounds.
Frank Cawley, Pittston. Pa, VS.. George
Panka. Pittsburgh, five rounds.
frankie Simms Cleveland, VS.. Joe
Vincha, Boston. five rounds.
Charlie RctzlafT. Duluth. Mimi, VS..
Marty Gallagher. Washington, D. c.,
five rounds.
The first preliminary is scheduled to
start at BIS pm. eastern standard
tinel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-03
BY WILBUR WOOD.

CLEVELAND. July 3 (C.PAD.-The
second battle of Lake Erie. with Max
Schmeling of Germany defending the
world heavyweight boxing champion
ship against w. L. (Young Stribling of
Georgia. will be fought tonight in
Cleveland's new Municipal Stadium.
The German and the Georgian will
strive for fistic supremacy in a Is
round bout on the shore of that blue
expanse on whose water the first battle
of Lake Erie was fought more than a
century ago between Commodore Perry
and the British fleet.
That first battle of Lake Erie was a
great fight, but there was no gate.
After the roar of the guns had died
away Perry sent his famous message to
a waiting Nation-"We have met the
enemy and they are ours"
That is the message Stribling hopes
to send to the American people tonight,
the tidings that the heavyweight cham
pionship of the wcrld IS again in the
hands of an American. Schmeling Is
confident of broadcasting the same
message to the Fatherland.
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SAYS STR|B HOLDS
WINNING WEAPONS
Rice SEES Georgian's Lack
of Fire as Main Hope for
German Champion.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.

OLEVELAND, Ohio. July 3.-This
4 would be great life for
centipsde or duck. 1t might
require a combination of both
to take the jump from golf to Cleveland
and back again.
But while the open golf champion
ship is going on in Toledo, Max
Schmeling and Billy Stribling are now
ready to step into the ring at Cleveland
tonight and clear up number of mys-
teries. For both men are mysteries, as
far as this fight is concerned.
They will step into the ring as we'll
matched physically as any two heavy
weights that ever fought. They will be
less than three pounds apart. They will
have practically the same reach and
the same height. Both are strong and
perfectly conditioned.
Stribling has all the other weapons
ir his favor except aggressiveness. and
don't overlook the fact that aggressive
ness is a big part of any man-to-man
war
think Stribling ought to win. He
has too much on his side-speed, ex-
perience, boxing skill, two-handed
punching power, cleverness and ring
craft.
1t would be a terrible indictment of
his ring spirit if he lost to an opponent
carrying so many fewer weapons. 1t would
be like man with a knife whipping
an opponent with knife, an automatic,
hand grenade and machine gun.