Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-09
MOOSE LAKE
OBSERVES nth
Congressman P it t eng e r
Talks, ASkov Band Fur
niSheS Music.
Sturgeon Lake D e f e a t S
Moose Lake in Base
ball Game.

A fair sized crowd greeted the eff
forts of the Moose Lake Booster club
in that village on July and helped
to carry to a successful conclusion
their plans for an appropriate cele-
bration. Although the day was not
suited to the sale of cold refresh
ments some business was done along
this line and the GOODNESS of the at
mosphere caused the coffee and hot
lunch stands to work in double quick
time to wait on customers. A merry
go-round was whirling kiddies and
grown-ups to their delight during the
day and a dance in the pavilion served
patrons liking that particular part
of the celebration. The Askov band,
under the direction of Hjalmar Peter
sen, furnished music on the grounds
during the day and in the evening
presented a concert. The fireworks
display was postponed until Sunday
night because of rain.
Patriotic Program.
Folks gathered at the camping and
tourist grounds on the lakeshore in
the forenoon where a patriotic pro-
gram was carried out. Attorney C.
J. Dodge of Moose Lake, chairman of
the committee in charge, introduced
the speaker of the day, Congressman
VIM. A. Pittenger of Duluth, and an
nounced the program. Mr.. Dodge had
asked the band to prepare a program
of national airs from various cOun-
tries including king Christian" the
Danish air, and when it came time to
play that number he announced that
there are many Danes in Askov and
that the band refused to play if they
could not use that melody also. Of
course the humorous chairman caused
laughter and applause. The audience
sang several familiar American airs.
Pittenger Speaks.
I'm dwelling upon the times as they
are today Congressman Pittenger said
that he was opposed to bOoms and de-
pressions and thought they should be
legislated against. He also denounced
demagogues and opportunists and said
that we have much to be thankful for,
living in a free country like America.
It was statesmen who signed the de-
claration of Independence. Going
back 1716 years, Mr.. Pittenger said
that folks wore iron rings about their
necks to show what king they be-
aonged to-this being in the days of
King John.
The speaker paid tribute to the
civil war veteran at Moose Lake
folks enjoying the nations birthday.
Turning to the efforts made in behalf
of the fire sufferers in the Moose Lake
fire of 1918, the congressman said,
that they had not had a square deal,
and that a new bill had been pre-
pared for Introduction in the next
congress, every member from Mime
sofa being for it.
Celebrations of this kind are not
new to Moose Lake and its public
spirited citizens responsible for stag
ing them are entitled to much credit
such undertakings as we'll as the ex-
pense.
The Sturgeon Lake ball club de-
feated Moose Lake in a baseball game
in the afternoon by score of 10 to Z.
1t was a game for the batters and all
that the pitchers could do was to
throw the ball over and let them hit
it and hope that the fielders would
capture it to retire the batter. The
two clubs knocked out twenty-five hits
for forty-one bases. On top of that
there were ten errors made by both
sides. Stanford Dodge of Moose Lake,
sent one over the fence for a home
run in the fourth inning with NO one
on the bases. r. McHale drove one
into the brush in right field which
was lost long enough to permit him
to circle the bases, pushing in Jack
Cunningham and D. Anderson ahead.
Charles Handschu, pitcher for
Moose Lake, was nicked heavily in the
fourth inning. The visitors gathered
seven hits in that inning and crossed
the home plate seven times. After
that inning Handschu frightened up
and scattered the hits so as to hold
them until the ninth inning when one
more run was garnered. Lee Ander-
son pitched a steady game for Stur-
geon Lake, holding the Moosers to
nine hits. Three runs were earned
off the pitcher, errors being respon-
sible for the other runs. The leading
batters of the day were Arne Swanson
R Olson, D. Anderson, and Ernie Mel
son, each of these getting three hits
in five times at bat. Jim Portel OF
the N. w. Umpires association UNI
pired the game and his work was
worthy of commentator.
The Moose Lake and Sturgeon Lake
Continued on Page A