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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11
Prohibition the Obstacle

OlllOllIOlI llIO OOOlQOlO
1T goes without saying that the
l. federal deficit must be taken
care of, but is there no other
way of doing so, except through a
burdensome increase of taxes at this
time-an increase which the Amer
lean people are in no position to
endure and that might prove a re-
tardent to business recovery?
Assuming that treasury officials
are correct in estimating that the
deficit will reach four billion dollars
before the tide turns, why not issue
twenty fve-year bonds to that
amount, and then divert the
enormous revenue bootleggers now
are getting into the public treasury
and let it provide the interest and
sinking fund.
You can think what you like
about it morally, but, as an
economic factor, prohibition is the
one great obstacle which stands
between the American people and
relief.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11
Daily Thought

But behold the hand of him
that betrayeth me is with me on
the table.-Luke 1921.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-11

Remember the divine saying. He
that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his
ife.-Sir Walter Raleigh.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

Filed February 2nd 1881
A W. QUINN
Clerk of District Court
Pine County MINI.
M ME R AM PERSONS 81 PAYING TAXES THIS LIST
ADDITION TO THE AMOUNT GIVEN ABOVE TO PAY
CLERKS FEES AND COST OF ADVERTISING
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26
Industry Is Biggest Consumer
Of American Corn
Starch Made From Farm Surplus Used In Fifty Ways.
Larger Markets Seen As Science Finds New
Commercial Outlets

modern industrial times its manufac-
ture was in the hands of strong guilds
and in the reign of James I, control Of
production was centered in an organ
ization with the fowery title
Masters, Wardens, Assistants and
Commonalty of the Art or Mystery Of
Starchmakers of the City of London.
Its production was an art and still is.
Making Market
The real value of the starch indus
try to the grower of corn, aside from
the benefit everybody derives from
using the finished product, lies in the
creation of market for cash corn
the corn not used directly on the
farm. One-third of all the corn shipped
to the central grain markets goes to
the manufacture of starch and prod.
ucts of starch such as corn syrup,
dextrins and corn sugar. This steady
demand tends to hold prices steady
and the greater the consumption Of
the grain the wider and better the
market. The making of starch vir.
tually links agriculture with industry,
for it makes the producer dependent
on the farmer for raw material while
the latter looks to the industrialist to
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

WHEN Julius Caesar was a boy,
w starch was used solely for stiffen-
ing the garments of the nobility; to-
day it does that for everybody and in
addition is used in more than fifty
ways, most of them to make other
products which are essential to our
civilization. That explains why there
are six pounds of starch sold to man.
ufacturers for every pound that you
buy from the corner grocer. Our
modern Industrial and scientific age
has turned starch into a necessity.
The history of starch goes back
2700 years and during all but few
centuries of that time it was lux
ury product. The earliest mention of
it was made by Marcus Porcius Cato,
ST., who described its making in the
first book on agriculture of which
there is any record. That was in the
year 1874 B. G.. There is evidence that
1t was used as far back as 800 B. c..
and it is known that the early Egyp-
tians priced it for making cosmetics,
which may explain the famed beauty
of Cleopatra, but general use did not
appear for centuries later.
Research has unearthed that starch
came into use in England in the 14th
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

create a market. Paper and paper
box makers, textile, candy, explosives,
battery and paste producers are just
few of the big starch consumers.
AS the market for their products
grows, the market for corn increases.
Starches whether made from wheat,
potatoes or any other product, are
identical in chemical composition,
hence one kind can be used as readily
as another in industry. The price Of
the raw material from which it is
made tends to govern its use. This
fact is not sufficiently appreciated in
tariff provisions, for starch produced
in the tropics, principally Java, is ad.
mitted duty free while imports from
all other countries are taxed to pro-
tect the American farmer. Were it
not for this loophole in the tariff wall,
the only competition our domestic
starches, made from American grown
agricultural products, would have
would be from each other.
Tapioca starch can be produced for
far less money than corn starch be-
cause tapioca is grown in the tropics
where land values are low and labor
costs only fraction of our own. That
gives it an enormous competitive ad.
vantage as is reflected in the increase
of import volume from 81 100000 lbs.
in 1921 to 171,OO0,00O lbs. in 1929.
Translated into terms of corn it means
that tapioca supplants more than
100000 bushels annually, which
though relatively small amount Of
the total corn crop, is very signif-
icant amount when we consider the
influence exerted by few million
bushels more or less in stabilizing
the market and price for corn.
Starch is starch whether made from
American corn or Javanese tapioca,
for that reason any foreign product
must compete with the domestic. The
truth of this is fast being realized and
the belief is that once full recognition
is given to it, efforts will be made
| to plug the hole in the tariff wall
which is now responsible for curtail.
ing the consumption of the home
grown product-corn.
Scientists maintain that the use of
| starch is still in its infancy; that we
are on the threshold Of discovering new
which will lift consumption to much
higher levels. This does not seem
improbable when we realize that
starch has undergone less than cen.
fury of scientific development and
| that no one knew what it was $50
years ago although it has been made
for 2700 years. Whatever the out.
come, the corn grower is certain to
benefit for old uses are expanding and
| more corn will be needed every year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26
Name of
Owner
Description

VILLAGE OF PINE CITY
TOWNSHIP OF PINE CITY
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

Century and we know that Queen
Elizabeth introduced it into laundries
and made it a source of state revenue.
It is stated that the wife of the
Queens coachman, a Dutch woman,
became superintendent of the royal
laundries and gave lessons in starch
ing to titled women. Laundering was
then done in the presence of mobiles
and tubs became mark of aristo-
cracy. Somewhat later starch came
into more general use, but only as a
passing fashion. People of every rank
suddenly took to using yellow starch
to stiffen their ruffs and linen, but it
was a luxury that couldn't last.
Starch didn't cease to be product
for the wealthy until science discov-
cred that good American yellow corn
could be processed in an inexpensive
way to make superior product. That
started an industry. The early proc
esses all required the partial fermen-
tation of grains-an odoriferous proc
ess of souring away the gluten. The
grains used prior to colonizing of this
country were none too plentiful and
whenever real scarcity developed
starch making was banned by the
authorities in the interest of feeding
the populace. The current method is
to take the kernel of corn and sep
arate it by mechanical means so that
the starch is removed without the
necessity of fermentation and every
particle of the corn can be utilized
in one way or another.
Sources Of Starch
While corn is the principal source
for starch, there are others. Wheat
rice, potatoes, sage, tapioca and ar
rowroot all yield a measure of it and
starch is starcL no matter where de
rived. The potato was the chief
source in this country until about
rs years ago when corn starch was
introduced by Thomas Kingsford
Since that time the amount of corr
used in it's manufacture has riser
steadily and at the present time ovel
100000 bushels each year are util
ized in the making of two and hall
billion pounds of starch and starch
products. So important has the prod
but the grower of corn-the American
farmer-that it has been safeguardet
by tariffs which prevent the dumping
of all forms of starch from foreign
countries, with the exception, strange
to say. of tapioca, sage and arrow
root starches, produced in tropica
countries where cost of production il
lowest.
Even before assuming such prom
inence or becoming basic industry
the manufacture of starch has beef
regulated and safeguarded. Unit
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26
A Way to Live
Life Is brief journey at the
best, and the more friendship and
kindness and affection you can
pack into it, the happier you WIN
be.-American Magazine.
A WAY to Live
American Victories in Air

During the World war American
pilots brought down 781 enemy air
planes and 70 balloons. These were
confirmed victories, and there were
undoubtedly a number of others which
occurred too far away to be officially
confirmed. America lost 289 airplanes
and - balloons.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26
United States "Colonies''

The area Of Alaska, Hawaii, the
Philippines, Porto Rico, the Canal
Zone, Virgin islands, Guam, American
Samoa, Wake and Midway islands is
equal to that Of seven American
states as follows: Washington, Ore
gen. California. Nevada, Idaho, Utah
and Arizona.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

Shingles IN Improvement
The homes Of many Of our ancestors
in other lands had rosfs Of tile or
thateh. When they came to these
shores they found no tiles awaiting
them. They made shingles. A 1t
turned cut, they were better Of With
eat tile or thatchsd reefs, because
the shingles were warmer In winter
aAA cssler in summer. Shingles have
baA popular in tbs country 1sr move
tAm 0o0 years.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

1liss CArman died in Connecticut.
bit was buried In his native town.
Fredericton, New Brunswick. On the
house where he spent his boyhood
days II bronze tablet bearing the
inscription: I'm this house lived Bliss
Carnan. Canadian bard and iaterna.
t1enally loved poet, 1s61-1Q29. This
tsAet r. erected BY the Imperial Or
d@. Daughters Of the Empire IN New
D1Aswic2. Earth Of ny Hssthsf
eaxtA, apiEit to Thee"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

huIiO u. LkdI sui, SWA VI INV
C. NJ. Robinson, WIZ of swA
Hans Erickson, 10 acres on e
c0IM M. SEX Robinson i;i'i sell Of neH
G. M. Robinson, swA of neK
Anton ]. Ouren, neA of swA
Bernt Kalberg, neA of sell
Bernt Kalberg, nwA of sell
Bernt Kalberg, sell of sell
Bernt Kalberg, swA of sell
A w. Larson, s19 of sk of 81
Anton Larson, nk of sk of s
Eskel Anderson, nell of nell
acre to DIST 81
Eskel Anderson, sell of nell
Emil F. Erickson, neA of swK
Emil F. Erickson, nwA of sw
Anna D. Olson. nell Of nwA
Anna D. Olson. sell of nwA
Charles w. Dahlin, seA of Sc
John A. Fransen, nwA of sw
John A. Fransen. swA of sw1
Hannah Weinberg, neK Of nell
Hannah weinberg, nwK of ne
Hannah weinberg. sell Of ne
Hannah Weinberg, swK Of ne
Harry ". weinberg, neK of i
Harry N. weinberg, nwA Of
c. N. Durkee, Lot 10 Aud s.
III. f. Wood, swA of swA :.
Albina Holecek, swA of nell
Albina Holecek, SEX of nwA
Stanley Swarmmer, sell Of n,
Frank Swarmer, swA Of nwA
Geo. Kosloski, sell of sell :.
Geo. Kosloski, swA Of seA .
Peter Wyatt, neA Of swA 30.
Peter Wyatt, nwA Of swK :.
John A. Surface. sell of swA
John A Surface, swk Of sw1
Prank Barton Jr., neA Of ne
Frank Barton Jr., nwX Of ne
Frank Barton, neK of nwA
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

TOWN OF POKEGAMA
ADDITION TO TOWNSHIP OF ST.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26

Robert II .Blankenship & Louis Dinzl,
neA OF neA ...n:::...:.;.;.,.::,.
gin 1135 and ITO # e of and 100 #
North of w. 4 corner, thence West Par
allel to the E & w Quarter line 62.7 IT
thence N 80 #, Thence ZIG # thence
Sc to point of beginning ..............
Herman c. Beccue, Lot 1 & and
SwA of neA :........
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-02-26
Minor Title

Effendi, a title Of respect in oriental
countries equivalent to the English
"sir," is given to members Of the
learned professions and to government
officials who have no higher titles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
BABY'SBODY,
RECOVERED
A FROM WATER
Mexican Police Will
Drag Lake For
Children

A young unmarried girl was
held in Matamoros jail today
charged with infanticide vhlla
Matanoros police were preparing
to drag an artificial lake near
Guadalupe, about Is miles from
Matamoros. where they expect To-
find the bodies OF ut least two
other babies.
The woman was jailed when the
body OF a newly-born child was
found floating on the water Satur-
day after people living nearby tn
formed police they saw the woman
throw the child's body into the
water. They told police they had
been afraid 10 report immediately.
Witnesses testified that several
babies. none over a few -~lrs Old
had been dumped into tine waters
during the past few years.
Police are puzzled ove tie fact
that no doctors or nurses have been
found who attended the woman
when the children were Sorn.
The woman is held IN jail with
out bond awaiting trial. scheduled
the latter part of this week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
NEGRO NABBED
FOR KILLING
Man Arrested At Norrias In
Fatal Shooting At
Raymondville

RAYMONDVILE, Aug. "a "a
year-old negro was arrested here
Monday morning in connection with
the fatalshooting OF an uniden-
titled negro cotton picker at the
Wilcox farm, 10 miles east of Ray
mondville Sunday.
The negro, as yet unchanged. was
TO be returned TO Raymondville to-
day and officers state they viii in
all probability file charges Of muir
der against him.
Witnesses state the man being
held got into an argument with
the other negro. He fired upon him
with an old style u. S. army rifle
just after the second man stg3ptv
into an automobile. witnesses said.
The wounded man died seven
hours later at San Perlita.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
ACREAGE CUT
THROUGH Law
Is OPPOSED
Attempts At Cotton
Legislation
Are Played

AUSTIN, Aug. 3.-R@Opposi-
ton 10 limitation Of cotton acreage
by law was expressed today by
bankers attending a cotton meet
ing here. The session was pre-
hminary to a southwide conference
tomorrow, called BY Gov. Ross 5.
Sterling, in an attempt to elimi-
nate cotton overproduction.
Must Have Patience
NJ. H. Gossett, president Of the
Federal Land bank at Houston,
said he could not concur in the
view that cotton acreage should be
reduced by law. He stated that
more work and less play among
farmers, together with patience
until the present general depres-
sion was over, probably would
solve the problem.
j. w. Hopes OF Dallas, presi-
dent Of the Texas Bankers asso-
citation, said he was "unalterably
opposed to a law forcing an &C
reage cut.
we tried TO legislate prohibition
and now we are worse off than we
were before" Hopes said.
Nine-Cent Cotton
Gossett admitted he saw no i'm
mediate prospect Of cotton rising
above 1t present eight or nine
cent price. He expressed hope that
prices OF articles which the cot
ton farmer used would decline in
proportion.
The farmer must raise more
bales and a better quality of cot
ton on fewer acres and at less
cost" Gossett said. He must do
more Of their own work" he
stated.
chards and food crops on his other
land" He pointed out that this
years cotton crop had been raised
at less cost than ever before. Far
mers. many OF them unable TO get
credit at the banks. are doing
more Of their own work, he state.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Nine Texans Hurt

TEXON. Aug. 3.-F9-A head-on
collision between two automobiles
ON the highway west OF Big Lake
injured nine persons last night.
James NOvin OF Paint Rock, and
Jess Thornton or San Angelo. were
seriously injured. Severe cuts and
bruises were received by Miss Opal
Reeves. Miss Zanata Novin, Mrs.
Ann Pope. her two-year-old baby,
d. T. Wood, Carl Peak and Gordon
Peak, al Of Paint Rock.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Gandhi Describes
Self as Reformer

HAHMEDABAD, India. Aug. B.
R-Mahatma Gahndi. ~dedicating
a new Hindu temple. described
himself today as neither saint nor
political but as social reformer.
Il take a thousand times greater
interest In my work as a reformer
than in politics." he said. IF I
dabble In politics IL is only to slim
ulate 49, vocial activities
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Rotarians Convene

LAREDO. Aug. 3-P-Delegates
from So counties comprising the
f~Orty-seventh district OF Rotary
international were here today 20
open the annual two-day confer
ence.
Among the first delegates 20 ar
rive was John A. Crockett OF Har-
lingen. district governor. who had
Just returned from the information
al Rotary convention IN Wanna,
Austria
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
MAY BE-
TRIED SOON
Case Likely To Be Called
In Matamoros For
Coming Week

Trials Of Dee Ham, Weslaco
youth, and Arnulfo de Ia Rosa, Rio
Rico policeman, on charges OF
homicide in connection with the
accidental shooting Of Miss Nina
Clark in a Rio Rico cabaret some
time ago will likely be held in
Matamoros next week.
Judge Jesus Rojas Of Matamoros
Is forwarding evidence gathered
at the preliminary hearing TO Luis
Gobela de Ia Tore, TamaulipaS at
torney general. for reviewing. Aft
or this review the cases will be
called in Matamoros.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Buildings Burn

HENRIETTA, Okla, Aug. 3-NP
Fire OF undetermined origin
swept one-third OF a business block
On Main street here today, causing
damage estimated at more than
$4,000.
"A theatre, two rooming houses
and three other business establish
ments. were in the fire-swept area.
The fire started in a barber shop.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
L~INDBERGRS READY
FOR DUR HOP

CHURCHILL, Man, Aug 3. Up
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
Americas premier air vacationists
were ready TO hop off at moor today
on the fourth leg Of their 7.000-mile
journey TO the Orient.
They had spent a pleasant night
In the modern Canadian frontier
town which boasts a six-mile sea-
port. They had been welcomed Ivy
the 1000 laborers and the eleven
women OF the town-the entire fem
mime population-when their pom
TONED monoplane churned its way
into the harbor from the Moose
Factory, Ont. $50 mics east. They
arrived at $50 p. m. (CST). They
have already flown a total Of 1900
miles.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Claims Child Cursed
q Hurt In Wrecks

MCKINNEY, Aug. 3@P-Four
men were in hospitals here today
for treatment or injuries received
in automobile accidents.
owen Stiff or Mckinney and
Walter Farley Of Dallas, we're In
iured near Chambliss- when Their
car overturned on a curve. Both
Of Stiffs legs we're broken and u
was necessary to amputate one Of
them.
Buster Fraze and Douglas Nc
Nab, both Of Mckinney, were in
iured in a collision.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Hungry oppers DeUour
Wagon Tongue in IoWa

eating everything from feathers to
fork handles.
Take the word Of DR.. (. c. Drake.
state entomologist, the grasshop-
pers will eat most anything.
He reported that in western
Iowa a wagon tongue had been
partially eaten BY the insects. They
devoured 50 much Of 1t that ii had
to be replaced.
They're bold. too. One OF them
was found sitting on the desk Of
Gov. Dan Turner just as state Of
ficials were getting ready to dis
cuss plans for Kidding the state Of
the pests.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Aid Unemployed

ENGLAND, Ark, Aug. .. -tP-
England. which was seriously al
fected by last winters drought.
turned benefactor today. 10 was
organizing a caravan Of trucks 10
take food supplies 70 the unem-
ployed at Henryetta. Okla, tho
scene recently Of a demonstration
not unlike those which took place
here last winter.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Bodies Sought

MONTREAL, Aug. 3-R All
shipping and passenger traffic
through the Lachine canal was at
q standstiI today. as search was
made for the bodies or ID men be-
lieved To have been swept away in
turbulent waters that poured OUT
OF the canal lock gates after the
steamship Rapids Prince crashed
into them yesterday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
SECOND TOKYO
NON STOP HOP
IS A FAILURE
Plane Made Contact
And Turned Nose
To Sea

FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Aug 3.-tPl
The monoplane Fort Worth
landed here at 7:35 a. m, after
falling in its second attempted non
stop Seattle Tokyo flight.
The Texas aviators, Reg. L. Rob-
bins and Harold S. Jones, who
were attempting a nonstop. flight
from Seattle TO Tokyo. were speed
ing down the Valley of the Yukon
early today in their plane Fort
Worth 10 Unalakleet after an aerial
~refueling here last night.
Accompanying them was their
refueling plane, loaded with 700
gallons OF gasoline. manned by
James Mattern and Nick Greener.
A second ~refueling was to be made
at Unalakleet, after which the two
planes were TO move out over the
Boring sea.
The Fort Korth took off from
Seattle yesterday at TOO a. m, C9:02
a. m. G. S. T) and covered the
1850 miles TO Fairbanks In II hours
and so minutes.
The first ~refueling was completed
in so minutes and the Fort Worth,
with 200 additional gallons Of gas
oline aboard. swung off toward
U~nalakleet, weather conditions hav-
ing proved more favorable there
than at Nome, an alternative reluel-
ing point. The refueling plane
landed, refilled its tanks TO their
full capacity and followed the Fort
Worth.
Favorable weather with possible
tailwinds had been forecast for
Robbins and Jones by the govern
ment bureau in Seattle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Fatal Fire Mystery

TEXARKANA, Ark, Aug. 3-tP1
Cause of a fire which swept the
interior OF the Williams home here
yesterday taking the life of Mrs. N.
G. williams. IL an invalid. re-
manned unknown today. Mrs. VIII
liams died on the 18th anniversary
Of her marriage. Her husband and
daughter were absent from home az
the time.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03

DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. 3.=P)-
The grasshoppers are hopping
right along. with appetites that
seem to be Unsuitable.
Encouraged. however. by the sue
cess OF some farmers in North and
South Dakota. Iowa. Nebraska and
Minnesota. exterminating the pests
with poison mixed with bran and
molasses. the Iowa department Of
agriculture prepared today to
spread the mixture by airplane
over the w~astelands Of Iowa in an
effort to halt the invasion Of the
pests.
In addition to playing havoc with
farm crops the insects have been
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03

OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 3.-Pl
Apparently unaffected by the
tense situation in Oklahoma's OIL
industry, Gov. Murray proceeded
calmly with the drawing OF a shut
down order for prorated wells that
will include a brief test on state
rights for the United States
supreme court.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-08-03
Gangster Found Dead

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-CP-Cang-
land deviated from its customary
methods today to silence another
victim. The body Of the latest target
of underworld vengeance was found
strangled to death and tied up in
blankets.