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Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

We noticed in the morning pap
er Wednesday that there was
some item regarding OIL on every
page Of the paper. The head
lines Of the first page told about
the shutdown Of wells By the
two governors. Printed pictures
showed the militia among the oil
wells There were interviews
with leading citizens politicians
and capitalists regarding the
probability of dollar oil. There
was editorial comment about OIL
The stock market was reported
responding to the OIL situation,
resulting il trading in the OIL
stocks
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

These headlines day after day
in the daily papers viii certainly
have their effect on the public,
and the facts which inspire the
headlines have already had their
effect on the industry. Distress
gasoline IS already a thing Of the
past and distress crude win no
longer be q menace.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

The OH industry, now at its
lowest ebb in history, has the
public eye as never before.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

price of oil win have advanced
to 81. Production Of oil at It's
highest peak this year-was 30O,-
600 barrels less than the peak Of
1880 when the drastic reduction
of production was under way.
Consumption Is steadily gaining
because gasoline has been so cheap
that people have found it no
luxury even in hard times.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

1t follows, as day follows night,
that the investment world Is
going to climb onto the oil in
dustry as never before. Every
one loves q market that Is on the
UPGRADE. The man who buys
a lease today feels that he win
be able to sell it at q profit q
few months hence because the
industry IL going to need more
production. The man who buys
stocks win be inclined to move
into the oils because he knows
that the Oil hEe going UP. The
only plaee ezs the public ever
makes moA n on the UP trend
Of the market
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

Il was generally conceded that
even if East Texas and Oklahoma
City were allowed TO continue,
that the industry would adjust
itself in two months at most.
But the people at large did not
understand this. All the world
is now certain that the PRICE
or OIL TB GOING UP and that
the OIL INDUSTRY rs CONG
TO BE coon.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

In other words, the country IS
facing an OIL SHORTAGE. with
out the help Of Governor Murray
or any other law-maker The oil
industry Is one Of the few indus
tries IN which there has been a
decline OF PRODUCTIONS against
an increase in CONSUMPTION
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

9xAANDOwNKRs ROYALTIES CoAgPANY
Box a2eB. Great Falls, Aontama-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

To turn off 100000 barrels Of
daily production from the oil
supply Of the United States is
something that forms an expert
ment that is exciting the in
terest Of every man, woman and
child in the United States.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

That is what has happened
in Oklahoma and Texas where
the great oil fields have been
shut down by the governors
Of the respective states.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1931-08-22

impossible that the pendulum viii
swing far over to the other side.
At that time, the chances for
making money viii go to those
who win have something to SELL
when the world is clamoring TO
BUY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-15

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apOlis" sleepers with attached
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DANCE SETS
Only S 90

An exceptional value is this light,
comfortable 1O-inch girdIe. SplendidIy
made, with lightly bOned front; elastic
inserts; four hose supporters. Sizes
rs to "a.
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VESTS

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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
FEDERAL EXPENSES

The deficit in the federal treasury
brings forth considerable criticism all
over America On the high cost OF the
federal government. The item OF
greatest expense-at least rs per cent
is to pay for past wars and to pre-
pare for new wars. This expense is
simply gigantic, running into not
only millions but billions of dollars.
In this line millions of dollars are
wasted in obsolete navy yards and
equipment and army posts. Some of
our experts such as General Mitchell
and others have testified to these facts
and brought it definitely before the
American people, but to date there has
been no result in the way of lessening
military activities.
The Scripps-Howard papers, one of
the great chain of newspapers in this
country, represented by the New York
World Telegram and Washington
News, offer three reasons and three
remedies for the federal treasury def
icit. One is increasingly large and
unnecessary military naval expendi-
lures. Another is that our new high
tariff wall has cut our customer in
come. The third is that the Republic
can administration has lowered the
income taxes of the rich. The solu-
ton is to reduce military naval ex-
penses, lower the tariff, and raise the
income tax rate of the rich.
These suggestions, which have been
given thought and study, are mighty
good and if carried out would do
much to solve economic ills of this
country, and which in turn would re-
fleet beneficially to the entire world.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
MINNESOTA'S GOVERNOR
walsh Co. N. D. Record)

Maybe our sister state of Mime
sofa did a good stroke of business
last fall. when it elected Floyd B.
Olson as the first Farmer-Labor gov
ernor in the United States.
Minnesota knew before the election,
of course, that Mr.. Olson was not a
hair-brained radical who was going to
turn the state upside down when he
became governor. His previous pub
lie record and his platform pledges
promised that.
Mr.. Olson, in his campaign, limited
that some of the state departments
were not being properly managed.
Now it is developing that he was right
about two of these departments, at
least. Already one prominent public
official, ousted by the new governor,
has been indicted. More are expected.
Furthermore, Governor Olson seems
to have demonstrated that he has a
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News.
papers, Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
of the Askov American.)

Waseca Herald: Many people have
been wondering why it required a
change in state administration to un-
cover the irregularities in the conduct
of the affairs of the State Rural
Credits Bureau. ALI state and county
offices are supposed to be checked
up at regular intervals and if they
are not conducted according to law,
failure to find the Irregularities must
be due to the ignorance or incompe-
tence of the examiners. Another
mess has been uncovered at Blue
Earth, where the judge of probate
has been knocking down excessive
fees from estates for years and there
are rumors that certain attorneys
have profited through his liberality
with other peoples money. The judge
has resigned and has promised to
refund his illegal charges. If the
Governors employees continue this good
work. his administration will become
popular with the taxpayers of the
state, regardless of politics.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
CONSTRUCTIVE LEADERSHIP

During the last congressional SeS-
sions considerable editorial space was
given in the Askov American in Oppo-
sition to the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill,
legislation put over through log roll
ing methods and which resulted in
the worst tariff law ever enacted in
American history. This legislation is
a reflection on those sponsoring it.
One of the results predicted by the
progressive group in Washington has
already come to pass and that is that
the high tariff wall cut our customer
income. Foreign countries are turn
ing their trade to other countries
where they find a market for their own
products. 1t also encourages American
capital to move its industrial plants
to other countries to the detriment of
the American worker and farmer.
With millions of American workers
out of employment and farm prices at
lowest levels in our generation the
tariff law has not accomplished what
its proponents attempted to credit it
with.
1t looks very much today like the
only constructive leadership for i'm
proved economic and social conditions
lies with a few progressives in both
the Republican and Democratic par
ties at Washington, and our own U. S.
Senator Henrik Shipstead, member of
the Minnesota Farmer-Labor party
We refer to such men as Senators
Norris of Nebraska, LaFollette of Wis
consin, Wheeler of Montana, Wagner
of New York, and Senator Couzens of
Michigan. The latter is the wealth
lest in Congress but he thinks and
acts in terms of the welfare of the
masses
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

fected by the simple process of filling.
In the past when Minnesota paved
roads sagged in spots they were re-
paired by tearing up the concrete in
the sagged section, filling in and re-
placing with new concrete-an ex-
pensive procedure. In this matter the
Minnesota highway department has
come to the front as in many other
ways in an economical manner by
acquiring a mud pump to force mud
and concrete under the cement through
two-inch holes drilled in the cement
until the sunken place is raised to
the desired level. The cost of this
work is only a small fraction of what
was expended in tearing up the pave
ment and replacing it after the fill,
before the pump was invented.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
SHOULD BE WISER

In urging disarmament as an Geo.
nomic aid, before the congress of the
International Chamber of Commerce,
President Herbert Hoover said that
nearly $5,O00,0OO,O0O is spent yearly
ON arms, 20 per cent more than before
the World war. One way to eliminate
part of those huge expenditures in
this country is to refrain from put
ting up federal funds or appropria-
lions as bait for the various states to
grab at. 1t works something like
school and road aids. The state must
put up some money to get a federal
hold-out and this being done it makes
a hold-up all around. Individuals,
generally speaking, have gotten over
the settling of disputes by way of fist,
sword or gun. That belongs to the
dark ages, and anyone resorting to
such means of settling disputes is
either bullheaded, ignorant, or in
sane. One would think that nations
should be able to rise above it with
all the wise heads each country lays
claim to.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
PINE COUNTY REAL
ESTATE TRANSFERS
Prepared by p. L. Hamlin.
Register of Deeds.

Asst. Sher. neapolis-Trust
Joint Stock Land Bank of Mpls., MINI.
to First Minneapolis Company. $291.57.
81 of SEA of Sec. -43-21. Pine
Lake.
w. D-Ignus Chmelik and wife to
Frank ]. and Harry Chmelik. Cons
$1.OO. SEA of iNE14. NJ Of SWA
NJ of sen, and that part of SWA
of NE14 east of Ry., all in Sec. 21-
39-21. Pokegama.
w. D.-Anna Berglund to Albert G.
and Neva D. Berglund. Cons. $4,000
VIZ of NWA of Sec. 23-3S-21.
Rock Creek.
@. D.-Chas. T. Swain to C. E.
Buttrick. Cons. $1.OO. Lots 81 and
% of Auditors Subdiv. of Sec. "a
41-21. Hinckley.
w. DC. E. Buttrick to Arvid w.
Nyline. Cons. $1.0O. Lots q and %
of Auditors Subdiv. of Sec. 24-41-21
Hinckley.
Q. D.-Elmer jacobson and wife to
Thomas Hannu and wife. Cons. $1.O0.
Part of Lot 1 of Sec. 2O-43-21. Pine
Lake.
w. D.-Gust Mahlen and wife to
Robert F. Peterson and wife. Cons.
$1,000. The south so rds. of SEA of
SEA of Sec. 10, and NW4 of NEA of
Sec. 30-41-17. Ogema.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

hostess club. Mrs. Howard Folsom OF
Taylors Falls. is general. chairman
The chairmen of the committees that
have been appointed to serve in vari-
Gus capacities for the twO-day conven-
tions are as follows: Housing. Mrs
H. w. Berge; Entertainment, Mrs. c.
M. Truesdell; Decoration, Mrs. H. G.
Murdoch; Publicity, Mrs. Albert
Amundson; Credentials, Mrs. F. w
Hobert; Luncheon, Mrs. Russell Lund-
berg; Courtesy, Mrs. R. c. Berg; and
Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scouts, Mrs
C. Addison.
Members of the Commercial club
of Taylors Falls, of which the Rev
w. C. Hirsch is president, have vol.
unteered to assist the women in en-
tertaining the convention and will
place their automobiles at the dis
posal of the visitors. The club will
decorate the streets and store win
dows. Through the courtesy of the
Commercial club those attending the
convention will be given a boat ride
and will be escorted through the In.
terstate Park by the Park Commits
sioner, C. M. Truesdell.
The general federation director
Mrs. Willard Bayliss of Chisholm, is
expected to be present, also Mrs. Sam
A. Rask of Blooming Prairie, state
president.
District officers include Mrs. H. B
Johnson, Rush City, president; Mrs
C. T. Fenton, Excelsior, first vice
president; Mrs. Leeds Cutter, Anoka
second vice-president; Mrs. Milton
Skoglund, Mora, receiving secretary
Mrs. L. L. Schaeffer, Stanchfield, cor.
responding secretary; Mrs. ]. H. Bard.
bury, Bloomington, treasurer; Mrs
Walter Huestis, Mound, auditor; Mrs
J. ]. Catlin, Buffalo, historian and
custodian.
Prominent speakers for the two-day
convention will include Mrs. Sam
Rask, state president, Henry N. Ben
son, attorney general of Minnesota ani
Hon. J. H. Hay of ST. Paul, who will
have for his topic your Community
History"
On the evening program, musica
numbers will be given by Clair Ho
bart, blind pianist and by Mrs. Claudia
Hansen Wunder, both of Taylors Falls
Presentation of the newly elected
officers will conclude the session
All County club members are invited
to attend this convention, according
to Mrs. Edward Danelski, president O
Pine County Federated clubs.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

had to rent some of our land at only
a fraction of its actual rental value.
In other parts of Minnesota there is
surplus of tenants and in number
of cases deirable tenants have been
unable to find farms. We intend to
establish a service whereby desirable
tenants may be given an opportunity
to rent state farms.
To Foster and Encourage.
While all of these operations in the
renting and selling of our numerous
farms are in progress we do not in
tend to forget that the primary pur-
pose of the bureau is to foster and
encourage agriculture, dairying and
livestock raising in the state of Min
nesota," and we intend to continue
loaning the funds of the state, always
keeping in mind that the greater
share of the trouble in which we find
ourselves today has been caused by
the unwise appraisals during the early
days of the bureau and the over-valu-
alton of security offered. We are
especially mindful of the injunction
of the legislature of 1881, who urged
us to be more conservative in the
making of loans than former boards
had been. We ask the cooperation
of our borrowers in not permitting
their installments to become delin-
quent and keeping their taxes paid
up, realizing that all our funds con-
sist of borrowed capital on which we
have to pay interest.
1t would be utterly impossible in
the short time allotted to us to go
into detail as to the aims and pur-
poses of this bureau as we see them,
but we hope that we may strengthen
the purpose of this bureau through
our activities and place it in such
condition that it will be determin-
ing factor in establishing the rate of
farm mortgages in the future and in
combating any attempt to raise this
rate. If we succeed in this, we will
feel that we have in a measure ac-
complished our purpose.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

Of the present market value so that
it will be necessary for the state to
dispose of them at loss. This does
not mean that we intend to throw
these farms on the market and sell
them for anything they might bring
but it will be the policy of the bureau
to dispose only of those farms that
can be sold at somewhere near their
actual valuation.
These farms will be sold only to
the prospective occupant direct, and
no land will be permitted to fall into
| the hands of spectators. No pur-
chaser will be required to pay COM
mission, and we will be able to sell
on long time contracts on terms that
have not been duplicated by any or
ganization.
l have received a large number of
inquiries not only from prospective
buyers in Minnesota, but also from
actual farmers in neighboring states,
men who have been farming on high
priced lands and who have found that
with the present low price of agricul-
tural products and the rate of taxes
in some of the neighboring states it
is virtually impossible for them to
make both ends meet and they realize
that this cheaper land in Minnesota
may be the solution of their troubles.
We intend to reorganize our real
estate department and expect within
a short time to be able to render a
real service to those men and women
who are interested in acquiring a
home of their own in some of the best
agricultural districts in the North
west.
We also have found that in some
parts of Minnesota there is shortage
of tenants so that in the past we have
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
FEAR AND WORLD PEACE
Capital Times, Madison, Wis.,

The mind of the militarist works
in a peculiar manner. The ordinary
mortal cannot hope to understand; all
he can do is watch and marvel, and
pray that some day enlightenment will
come to him.
General Ludendorff the other day
expressed himself, once more, on the
causes of the World war; and he re-
vealed his sincere belief that war
came because Germany was not suf-
ficiently prepared.
To be sure, Germany's war strength
in 1914 numbered 100000 soldiers.
But universal CONSUMPTION, says the
general, existed in Germany "only on
paper" This imposing array of SOL
diery constituted only 81 per cent of
Germany's potential man power.
furthermore, the general says, other
nations knew that Germany was neg
Letting her defenses; knew that she
had nowhere near as large an army
as she might have had. This, he says,
induced France and Russia to provoke
an attack on her, in the hope that
they might catch her mapping. Ger
many's military weakness, in fact, was
cause of the war, in that it led
Germany's enemies to jump on her.
Thus we are left to draw the amaz-
ing conclusion that if Germahy's army
in 1914 had only been composed of
eight or nine million men, instead of
measly five, the peace of the world
would have remained unbroken.
Absurd as all of this is, General
Ludendorff is merely expressing the
stock argument of the militarists.
Make your military establishment so
overwhelmingly strong that no one
will even dream of making war on
you, and you are safe; that is the
credo. General Ludendorff has simply
expressed it in its most extreme form.
The argument does not go over as
well now as it did generation ago.
A world impelled by fear to keep the
peace does not look attractive nova
days, and there are more people than
there used to be to suspect that such
a peace would be unstable. Fear, a
disable force in world affairs, is selling
at new low.
We have not yet carried this new
attitude far enough. however. In
domestic affairs we still lean on the
power of fear. We plan to keep crime
down by making people afraid to
break the law. We plan to keep pub
lie officials honest by holding over
them the fear of being caught cheat
ing. We try to make our neighbors
think and talk as the majority thinks
and talks, for fear of hostile public
sentiment.
Will time come when we take as
sensible an attitude toward the use
of fear in these fields as we are now
beginning to take in the field of inter-
national relations? If and when it
does we shall have an infinitely
healthier society.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all the friends
who so kindly showed their sympathy
and assisted us during the illness and
death of our husband and father. We
thank all those who sang at his fun
eral and those who made his casket
and the church so beautiful with their
floral gifts.
Mrs. Nels Nelson.
Ernest Nelson.
Leonard Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Nelson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

lot better understanding of the needs
of the state than has the legislature
which has been in session since he
took office. His recommendations.
for the most part, have been intelli-
gent; his appointments have included
some very able men; and altogether
it may be said that his administra-
ton is off to good start.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
A STEP FORWARD

When railroad beds settle so that
the rails are uneven and form says
they are repaired by lacking up the
rails and tamping dirt under the
ties. When gravel or dirt roads be-
come uneven due to settling of the
road bed in spots the remedy is eff
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
THE TENTH DISTRICT
WOMEN CLUBS WILL
CONVENE JUNE II, II

Preparations for the eighteenth an
nual convention of the Tenth District
Minnesota Federation of Women's
clubs to be held at Taylors Falls,
Mimi, on June II and II are now
being made. The Taylors Falls
Women's Civic league of which Mrs.
C. M. Truesdell is president, is the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

what! A little squip like you
wild animal trainer?"
my small size is the secret of my
success. The lions are waiting for
me to grow a little larger"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-07
CAPONE'S JURY
SET FOR TRIAL

CHICAGO. Oct. 7-(R-The un-
derworld earnings OF Al Capone,
Chicago'S public enemy No. I, are
TO come under the scrutiny OF a fed
eral court jury Of IL elderly sales
men, farmers, tradesmen, and small
businessmen.
Witnesses will tell What they
know OF Capone's profits from liq-
uor, gambling. and " in Chicago.
The jurors will decide whether the
scarred-face gangster evaded pay
ms income tax on L c earnings.
Capone was in fine fettle for the
trial.
For the jurors, 1t was just the
trial OF "a man named Capone,"
who is charged by the government
with committing a crime in con-
nection with his income tax re-
ports.
Only one matter threatened the
serenity of the trial. That was the
defense attorneys objection to the
manner in which the venire was
drawn. He declared IL could not be
a coincidence that several OF the
veniremen were members OF a
grand jury which considered EVIL
dence concerning Capone two years
ago.
Speed with which the Jury was
selected. occupying only about five
hours, indicated the government
plans to push the case a. inst
Capone to conclusion in as rapid
time as possible.