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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
SCOUTS PLEASE
MANY WITH PLAY
Pine City TrOup Earns Tidy Sum to go
Toward Summer Camping
Expenses.

The boy scouts of Pine City, put
on their play entitled, "At The Depo
Lunch Counter" in the basement o.
st. Mary's church Wednesday evening
of last week with large audience
The scouts did some clever work as
actors and kept the audience in g
happy disposition throughout the play
Two feminine rolls were impersonateG
by scouts John Carlson and Edward
Peterson, the former taking the part
of the dainty, charming Flora Flip
erstwhile supervisor of the lunch room
magazine stand, and the latter taking
the part of the widow, and having as
her twin sons, Bobby Jorgenson and
Bobby Turner. The twins took theil
parts splendidly showing all the mis-.
chief and curiosity that might be ex.
pected from two little fellows when
travelling. Scout Edwin Blanchard
took the part of the colored porter
train-announcer, and conductor and
interspersed much spice in the play
by his manner of calling trains. Other
parts in the play were taken by Earl
Nelson, Nick Perkins, Robert Their.
rien, Raymond Ferguson, Paul Holt
William Gray, William O'Brien, Arid
Miller, Paul Holt, and William Sauser
Mrs. Nick Perkins directed the play in
a very able manner.
The scouts, through the play, Melted
a good sum for their treasury, thus
making possible a trip to scout camp
for several scouts that might not
otherwise be able to go.
The Pine City scouts have met reg
ularly each week during the past win
ter studying scout activities and en-
deavoring to pass from tenderfoot to
second and first class scouts. The
troop is sponsored by the Leon Heath
Post of the American Legion with D.
w. Thompson acting as scoutmaster
The Rev. Father O'Mahoney of st.
Mary's Parish, gave fine address of
welcome to the audience, endorsing
the scout movement heartily.
Assisting in the program of the eve
ming were Frank Gottry, Nora, Huber
and Mrs. Clint Boo, each Of whom
contributed several vocal solos that
were we'll received. Miss Larson of
the high school faculty led commun-
ity singing of three old time selections
and also sang two pleasing solos.
A novelty feature of the program
was the broadcasting of the events
by Ted Buselmeier who broadcast the
play and program from Station
SCOUT so that scouts listening in
on this station would know the Pine
City scouts were busy.
The Pine City band contributed sew
eral band selections preceding the
main program.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
YECG CAPTORS
ARE REWARDED
County Residents Receive
$3.50 for Catching Wis
cOnSin Bandits. :;
Pine County Bankers Asso-
citation Active in Get
ting Payment.

At last those who were instrument
tai in the direct capture of the two
Webster, Wisconsin, bank bandits near
Cloverdale last fall, will receive a
reward for their prompt and efficient
efforts. The announcement comes
from A. E. Eddy, secretary-treasurer
of the Pine County Bankers associa-
ton, that the National Surety COM
pany of New York who carried the
robbery bond for the State Bank of
Webster has presented a reward of
$3.50 to Gust Westman, August Stein
born and the Gordon Thompson fam
lily.
The reward comes through the eff
forts of the Minnesota Bankers as
ISOLATION and the Pine County Bank
ers association.
Immediately following the holdup
of the State Bank at Webster, the
alarm was spread to all the neigh
boring communities in Wisconsin and
Minnesota to be on the watch for the
bandits. Mrs. Gordon Thompson,
constable in Glover township, received
ShO 1hSSooSC duu SuC IoSSluSI Will
her two children and another boy,
placed a blockade across the road
and forced the bandits, who had elected
to go that way, into the woods. A
search was conducted for them by
hundreds of volunteers and they were
finally found by Westman and Stein
born the next day in a cabin on the
banks of Kettle river. The money
taken from the bank was found in
the cabin and the two bandits were
eventually found guilty and sentenced
to long terms in the Wisconsin state
prison.
The reward, while small, will par
TALLY repay those responsible for the
capture of the bandits for their risk
in being shot down by the desperadoes.
and will be appreciated by them.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
TRUCK AND CAR
BADLY WRECKED
Al Johnson, Duluth, Only One OF
Three Occupants Hurt; Collision
Happened on No. 1.

A REQ truck and Ford car col
lided on the pavement four miles
north of Sandstone, at the point where
the road from Finlayson intersects
with Highway No. 1, Friday forenoon.
The driver of the truck, AL Johnson
of Duluth, was shaken up considerably
and his right hand was cut. He was
given medical attention at Sandstone,
several stitches being taken in the
hand. His son who was with him in
the truck, was unhurt, as was also
Louis Duffny of Sandstone, driver of
the Ford car. Duffny was coming
from the west on the Finlayson road
and drove onto the pavement when
the collision occurred. He was alone
in his car.
The Ford car was a total wreck and
the truck was damaged considerably,
the front being caved in.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
A. JURGENSEN, MOOSE
LAKE, LAID AT REST

Funeral services were held at
Moose Lake last Thursday afternoon
for Andrew Jurgensen of Windemere
township, who died at st. Luke's hos
pital in Duluth after only two days
illness of heart trouble. He and his
brother, John H., who died last Feb
ruary, had farmed in the Windemere
community for many years.
The deceased was born in Sweden
Feb. %, 1865. He is survived by his
wife and one daughter, Ruth, of st.
Paul; one brother, Ole E. Jurgensen;
three half brothers, Conrad, Lawrence,
and Julius Olgreen, all of Moose Lake,
and a brother and sister in Norway.
Funeral services were held at the
Norwegian Lutheran church, with the
Rev. ]. o. Johnson officiating. Inter
ment was in Riverside cemetery.
The American joins with other
friends in extending sympathy to the
bereaved family.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
Washington vi Letter
by v pDaley

Washington, May 13-Unlimited re-
wards are ready for the man or
woman who will come forward with
an effective formula or magic stunt
calculated to arouse the general pub
lie from it's lethargy in matters politi-
cal. A survey shows that the boards
of strategy in the major party camps
deadly morass of Indifference. The
veteran leaders are now willing to
admit that the American public is
obviously out of humor with politics
and its hand-maidens. Therefore, both
Republicans and Democrats are hope
full that President Hoover will say
something in his series of speeches
scheduled in the East and Middle
West which will provide a wealth OF
controversial items. 1t is at best only
dim hope for few of his 'intimates
ever expect the President to blossom
forth as a dynamic personality breath
ing fire and birthstone into staid state
papers and perfunctory official mes
sages.
An atmosphere of Illustration enve-
lopes to grand commands here. The
discovery that voters no longer have
blind faith in their trumpetings OF
alarms has set the professional parti-
san agitators down a peg or two. The
public has devasting tendency to be-
come heretical and label their can't
ings as bunk" which is not at all
to the liking of professional manipu-
lators of facts. With interest at q
low ebb the two major parties are
now engaged in brewing poisons fol
consumption in their own circles. The
current mud-throwing in the frequent
use of short and ugly words between
Leaders Fess, Lucas, Raskob an(
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

The Tourist Association of Sweden
has issued a circular in which it in
forms its 10000 members that pros
poets of American tourists visiting
Sweden during the coming summer
must be considered decidedly disap-
pointing. The principal reason for the
expected decrease in the number of
American tourists is the general
economic depression which has a ten
dency, the report says, to "cause peo-
pie to think twice before they plan a
trip abroad"
Staining Not Coming.
Official announcements is made by
the government at Copenhagen that
Premier Thorvald Staining will not
be able to visit the United States this
year. The reason given is that he
faces important duties (which cannot
be postponed" M. Stauning's arrival
in this country has been heralded for
many months, and plans for his re-
ception had been perfected in many
cities; few days before the govern
ment announcement was issued, it was
said that the premier had booked
passage on boat leaving Copenhagen
June %.
"BOrealiS."
Last week the Logos Publishing Co.,
New York, issued book, "Borealis,'
written by Miss Marguerite Tjaeder,
young Swedish woman who has
lived in this country a few years. The
book deals, largely, with episodes al
legged to have taken place in Sweden
and Norway.
New ROlvaag Book.
o. E. Rolvaag, famous as the author
of Giants in the Earth"-a novel
dealing with early Norwegian pioneer
life in Minnesota-has just completed
new novel which will be a sequel
to his "Peder Victorious" The novel,
which will be published this fall
simultaneously in Norwegian and
English, forms the fourth volume of
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
Happy Sturgeon Lake Couple
Observe Fifty Married Years
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lake Haze
Lived IN County TaUenty-
fve Years.

Mothers Day had more than the
John Lake of Sturgeon Lake, for on
that day they celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary amidst their
children, relatives and friends. y
Mr.. and Mrs. Lake were married
in little village in Poland on Janu-
fiftieth anniversary of that event was
postponed from January q, until last
Sunday as then all of the children
could be present.
Polish Immigrants.
The first ten years of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lakes married life were spent in their
native country, Poland, and then like
many more of their countrymen they
emigrated to America, coming di-
rectly to Duluth. They spent fifteen
years in Duluth and a quarter of CEN
fury ago they moved to Sturgeon Lake
and settled on a tract of land one
mile east of town and out of that,
cultivated and built the farm that is
today their happy home.
Nine children blessed their home,
seven of whom are living and
came home Sunday to visit the folks
on their anniversary. The children
who were present on Sunday were,
Frank Lake, Mrs. Frank Lake and
family of Duluth; Nick Lake and Mrs.
Nick Lake and family, also of Duluth;
Lena and Helen Lake of Sturgeon
Lake; Joe Lake, and Mrs. Joe Lake
and family of Brainerd; Rose of New
Brighton, Mrs. c. Armstrong ELIZA
beth) and Mr.. Armstrong, of Chicago,
Ill. Two of the family have passed
away, Mrs. Paul Kick, Mary, and
Mrs. Ed Miller CKatherine). Mr.. Paul
Kick and family, of Gordon, Wis,
were here. Mr.. and Mrs. John Lake
have nineteen grandchildren.
Other friends and relatives who
gathered at the Lake home on Sunday
were Father S. T. Meyer of Sturgeon
Lake, Father Kryjewski of New Brigh-
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Strang and
family of Duluth, Victor Isaccson of
Duluth, George Dahl of Sturgeon Lake,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bartczak and
family of Sturgeon Lake, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Navoy and daughter, Mary Ann
of Brainerd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lake are healthy and
active and they take care of their
duties on the farm in creditable
manner.
The community joins with their
many friends and relatives in congrat-
ulating them on this happy occasion.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

Playing in an atmosphere where
weather conditions were more appro-
pirate for skating and ski jumping
the Pine City baseball team took the
second game OF their Pine County
Baseball league season from the
Askov nine by score of to 0. Berg,
pitching for the county seat team,
had somewhat better support from his
mates than did the Askov pitchers,
Nielsen and Pearson, and won the
game with an allowance of only four
hits while striking out twelve oppos-
ing batsmen. Hans Nielsen for Askov
struck out seven and Pearson two.
Other games of the league schedule
were Cancelled because of cold wealth
er and wet grounds.
The box-score of the Askov-Pine
City game follows:
ASkOV o: Pine CITY <
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14

Shouse is a perfect illustration of the
depths to which an Indifferent and
capricious public has lowered the
prophets and grudge-provokers. 1t is
small wonder that they are desper-
ately in need of new issues with which
to measure partisan strength.
The chats at the Rapidan camp over
the weekend were the beginning of a
long series of conferences planned by
President Hoover as a means of keep
ing his associates in the Administra-
tion in close touch with his ideas and
deals of government. The high rank
ing army officers were given full OPP
portunity to adjust their ideas to the
broad policies of the Commander-in-
Chief. Hoover made it clear to the
industrial leaders at the International
Chamber of Commerce meeting that
the United States intended to keep
down it's expenditures for ornaments
and expected other nations to mani
fest the same spirit of economy. The
President expects to show marked cuts
in military expenses when the budg-
cts for the next fiscal year are sub
mitted, early this summer. Budgets
will be pared as a means of checking
tax rate increases which now seem
inevitable. The rise in taxes auto
matically retards the recovery of bus
mess and is a source of grave con-
Germ.
A group of scientists have been in
session here this week, but their de-
alterations have not been given wide
publicity. Interest of the public and
the politicians has conferred on the
international debts, tariff demands
and other broad issues. Yet, the fact
is that the work of the meteorologists
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
DEATH CLAIMS JOHN
r. JOHNSON, BRUNO

John r. Johnson, 43, who has been
ill for the past month, passed away at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Nellie
Johnson, two miles southeast of Ker-
rick, and also northeast of Bruno.
He had been ill for several years,
less seriously, with inflammatory
rheumatism, but had managed to con-
tinue his occupation as a farmer.
Cancer was the direct cause of his
death.
Mr.. Johnson was born in Nebraska
on November II, 1887, and moved to
Wisconsin in 1891, coming to Mime
sofa in 1907 where he had resided I'M
til his death. He was unmarried and
had made his home with his mother
and another brother for many years.
He is survived by his mother, two
brothers, Aleck and Abe, all of the
Kerrick-Bruno neighborhood, and one
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
OGEMA MAN is
DASHED BY AXE

An accident, rare in form, might
have proved serious and even
fatal to Donald Mackenzie of
Ogema township, last Thursday.
Mr.. Mackenzie was working on the
construction of a cabin On Lake
Twenty-six east of Danbury when
he dropped a log on an axe lying
on the ground in such a way as
to cause it to strike him in the
face inflicting a cash and render
ing him unconscious for several
minutes. The wound, however,
is not serious and outside of being
painful, will cause no serious in
convenience to Mr.. Mackenzie.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
PLANS OF
HOLD UP THUGS
]. Harvey Coleman, st. Paul Druggist,
Formerly of Sandstone, Injured
i'm Battle With Two Men.

A former Sandstone druggist, J.
Harvey Coleman, but now proprietor
of drug store in st. Paul, was in
jured Friday when he frustrated the
hold-up of his drug store by two men.
Being known to many in Pine county
the following item about Mr.. Coleman
and the attempted hold up taken from
the st. Paul Pioneer Press will be of
interest:
1.-TWO bandits who attempted to hold
up his drug store at Grand and Cleve-
land avenues were routed Friday night
by ]. Harvey Coleman after rough
and tumble fight in which the drug
gist was slugged by one of the men
and his scalp gashed severely.
1.-The two men entered the store
shortly after 10 p. m. and one of them,
producing gun, ordered Mr.. Coleman
to hand over the cash, quick!'
Instead of obeying the druggist
who is large, heavyset man, lunged
at the nearest bandit. He succeeded
in grabbing the gun before the would
be robber could shoot and knocked the
man down.
while the two were tussling on the
floor, the second bandit struck Mr..
Coleman on the head with a black
jack, temporarily stunning him, and
both men fled. Mr.. Coleman, recov-
ering, made an attempt to catch them
but failed.
'The druggists scalp was cut Sc
verely by the blow and several show
cases were smashed in the fracas but
the bandits obtained no loot"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
SHERIFF ARRESTS
TWO IN BUSY WEEK

The sheriff's office has been very
busy during the past week and among
its activities is the arrest of William
O'Daniels, who was taken on a null
sance charge. He was arraigned be-
fore Justice Chas. S. Stephan, plead
guilty and was sentenced to ninety
days in the Washington county Jail
at Saltwater.
The John Fodder place in Pokegama
township was raided by the sheriff
and deputies Monday and gave up a
75-gallon still and 400 gallons of
mash. Feeder was taken before Judge
Alfred P. Stolberg in Center City We'd
nesday afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
CARE OF POULTRY
POINTERS GIVEN
County Poultry Leaders are Told t.
Keep Hens UncrOwded to Get
Best Egg Production.

Comfortable hens generally are
laying hens" was the conclusion
reached by local leaders in poultry
at their training meetings held at
Hinckley on May and at Bruno
May z.
Discussing housing, Miss Cooke,
poultry specialist of University Farm,
stressed the need of comfortable quar-
tiers for the hens as an important
factor in securing good winter produc-
ton. She assured the leaders that
flocks kept in quarters that are
crowded, improperly lighted, poorly
ventilated, too cold, not only do not
lay we'll but are subject to many
diseases, such as roup and tubercu-
losis. She urged the leaders to figure
accurately the number of hens their
own poultry houses would accommodate
and to dispose of the surplus, point
ing out that money obtained from the
sale of surplus stock could be used
profitably in buying better feed for
the laying flock.
Miss Cooke made it clear that good
poultry housing does not mean expen-
sive housing; in fact, quite often just
the opposite is the case. She urged
using local material in building
houses, and advised remodeling old
houses to accommodate small flocks.
She suggested postponing such ex-
pansion until prices are more favor
able and for the present centering
attention on good care of the flock
already being kept.
Good management of good poultry
is also important, according to Miss
Cooke. No ventilation system will
function 100 per cent without some
manipulation. Good equipment is es-
sential. Frequent cleaning insures
health and comfort for the hens.
Leaders will hold their meetings
as usual in their local groups within
the next two weeks. These groups
are located in the following townships
and are being promoted by the county
extension service, Chen gwatana, Brook
Park, Crosby, Barry, Danforth, Dell
Grove, Wilma, Bruno, Norman, Ker-
rick, Ogema, and Nickerson.
w. F. Hammargren, county Agricul-
tural agent, is attending the annual
spring conference of extension work
ers for northeastern Minnesota at
Grand Rapids on Thursday and Fri
day of this week.
He will take the lead in the dis
cussion on the statewide testing as
ISOLATION. Pine county being the
leader in this part of the state in
the number of members in this associ-
alton, the other counties are inter-
ested in how the work is being car
ried on in this county. Mr.. Hammar-
gren states that had it not been for
the fine cooperation of the cream
cries in this county it would not have
been possible to get this large number
of members, he further states that
the publicity given by the press of the
county has played a very important
part.
Speakers at this conference will
be F. w. Peck, director of extension
service, Miss Julia Newton, state
leader in charge of home work as well
as others prominent in agricultural
work
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
KERRICK 4-H CLUB
HOLDS FIRST MEET

The Kerrick township All club held
its first meeting Saturday evening at
the Sunny Hill school. County Agent
w. F.. Hammargren gave and interest
ing talk and several All songs were
sung as was also solo by Mervin
Fiske.
The officers elected for the year
are Leslie Armstrong, president; Har-
old Nelson, vice president; and Noreen
Barnett, secretary-treasurer. Carl
Anderson is reporter and Arne Ander-
son is junior leader.
The interest given to All club work
in this community is shown by the
fact that the club has more than
doubled it's enrolment over last year.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
WORK OF RURAL
CREDIT BUREAU
Explained by Chairman C.
F. GaarenStrOOm in Talk
Over the Radio.
Greater Portion of Fore.
closed Farms in North
west Section of State.

c. F. Gaarenstroom, who was
appointed temporary secretary of
the State Rural Credits Bureau
by Governor Floyd B. Olson, few
months ago, but who has now been
chosen chairman, gave talk
over the radio the other day, re-
viewing briefly the history of the
bureau since its inception in 1923,
and stated its aims and purposes.
Mr.. Gaarenstroom had an excel
lent opportunity to become very
we'll acquainted with the history
of the bureau during the investi-
cation of the former secretary,
H. H. Flowers, and his radio talk
is therefore published herewith
for the benefit of Askov American
readers. The new secretary of
the bureau is H. NJ. Johnshoy.
Mr.. Gaarenstrooms radio talk
follows:
The Rural Credit Bureau of the
state of Minnesota was organized in
1923, when economic conditions in
the agricultural communities were
such that some assistance by the gov
eminent was deemed absolutely neces-
Sary.
The deflation period which COM
menced in 1919 had driven thousands
of farmers from their homes and had
decreased land values to such an eX-
tent that people who formerly had a
moderate mortgage on their farm then
had only a small equity.
Bona fide sales of land had become
very rare indeed and the majority of
sales were through the medium of the
sheriff auctioning farms on foreclo-
sure sales. Investment companies
were not investing their funds in
Minnesota, were raising the rate of
interest on farm mortgages, and in a
number of cases were demanding a
cash commission ranging from no
to 21af % for mortgage renewals.
To Help Through Slump.
While it is true that greater part
of the deflation, especially in the
southern part of Minnesota, took place
in the latter part of 1919 and the
early part of 1920, when all products
raised on the farm had decreased to
a small fraction of their former value
through deflation policy, the situa-
ton had not improved between 1920
and 1923, but, if anything, had be-
come somewhat darker. Land still
was not moving, prices were contin-
ually decreasing and that is one of
the main reasons for the enactment
of the legislature which authorized
the Rural Credit Bureau.
The great majority of the legisla-
tors both in the House and in the
Senate were in favor of this law and
only a few raised a warning voice,
pointing out that law which placed
a large fund of money at the disposal
of a few people should adequately
safeguard and protect this fund so
that regardless of who was placed in
charge of this proposed bureau the
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-14
CAN TAKE
MOST SPECIES OF
FISH FRIDAY, MAY Is

Fishing rods, reels and tackle may
be conditioned today for tomorrow
(Friday) the fishing season will open
in what is termed the northern zone
in Minnesota. Wall-eyed pike, sand
pike Tor saugers), pickerel, great
northern pike, yellow perch and mus
kellunge may be taken. The crap
pie season will not open until June 81
Each one who intends to fish should
acquaint himself with the fishing
laws by requesting synopsis of same
when license is purchased.