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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
CROSBY TOWN GIRL
BECOMES A B RID E
CONTINUED on Page 81

A very quiet wedding took place at
the Presbyterian parsonage at Hinck-
ley at p. m, March II. when Miss
Marian Jane Jones, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. David Jones of Crosby town.
ship, became the bride of Austin Le-
Roy Palmer of Beardsley.
The bride was dressed in a gown
of spring green silk chiffon trimmed
in rhinestone sets.
The Rev. Paul Hendricks performed
the ceremony in the presence of the
brides immediate family. After the
ceremony wedding supper was served
at the home of the brides parents.
Miss Jones grew up in this vicinity
and was just completing high school
this year and her many friends wish
them long and happy welded life.
Mr.. Palmer is promising young
man and is also quite well known
in and around Hinckley, having made
occasional trips in this direction to
visit his relatives, the Hastings and
York families in Clover township.
The happy couple left Wednesday of
last week for their farm home near
Beardsley.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
rWdshmGtonL Letter
By " HDaley

the shelving of Senator Wagner, DEM
ocrat, as chairman of Senate COM
mittee on unemployment study has
brought ethical matters to the fore.
1t is argued that the election of Sena-
tor Hebert, Republican of Rhode Is
land, as chairman by his own vote is
unethical and worthy of an official
reprimand by the Senate. While Sem
ator Wagner has given special atten-
ton to the general problem it would
not have been good politics to permit
a minority member to run the show.
Obviously chairman has wide powers
and could place the Administration
and the party in power in an embar-
RAISING position. Hence, the side
tracking of Wagner.
The appendix to the Congressional
Record containing memorial addresses
shows quite clearly that hard-boiled
politicians are not always lacking in
sentiment. There is striking illus
tration in the euologies of the late
Representative David ]. O'Connell of
may be relatively unknown outside of
his own bailiwick, yet carve a place
for himself in the hearts of national
leaders. Not in recent years has such
an outpouring of testimonials been law
ished on legislator as were bestowed
on the deceased New Yorker. Fifty
five Congressman, representing all
shades of opinion and creeds kept the
House in reverent attention for hours
as they paid tribute to him. Some
how O'Connell never doomed high in
headlines, but the memorial services
disclosed his place in the hearts of
his fellows in the House.
The Government Printing Office is
doing a flourish1ng business these
days in selling reprints" of speeches
Continued on Page u
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
TAX BODY TAKES
PERMANENT FORM
Organization Is OutgrOwth Of County.
wide Convention Held at County
Seat Several Weeks Ago.

The organization committee ap-
pointed at the countrywide tax meet
ing at Pine City several weeks ago
met in the banquet room of the Hotel
Madison in Sandstone Saturday and
formed permanent organization
which it named, Pine County Tax Re-
form League. Officers selected to
head the organization during the COM
ing year are, George Walliek, Barry
township, president; A. H. Anderson,
Pokegama township, list vice presi-
dent; H. Nortrup, Kettle River town.
ship, I'd vice president; E. B. Green
valid, Finlayson township, secretary;
and H. j. Berglund, Bruno, treasurer.
Among the items of business trans
acted by the meeting at which several
from all parts of the county were
present was the adoption of bylaws.
Certain resolutions pertaining to tax
matters were also presented to the
meeting by the resolutions committee
and favorably accepted with discus
sion. Various committees will be ap-
pointed by the executive board in the
near future and will be made of di-
rectors from the various townships
and villages in the county.
Plans for the next meeting were
discussed and it is probable that a
meeting will be called for some time
in June.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26

Attention has recently been called
to the desirability of presenting in
these columns a few statistical facts
in regard to the home lands of the
millions of Scandinavians living in the
United States. 1t is not easy to con-
dense into the limited space available
great deal of Information, but a
brief survey may be given.
A Maritime Country.
Norway, well known in the middle
west because of the thousands upon
thousands of splendid citizens it has
contributed to America, occupies
with Svalbard) an area of about $780,
600 square miles-that is, approx
mately the same as the states of Min
nesota, Iowa and New Hampshire to-
gether. But the population is only
about 100000.
The country is essentially maritime;
her whale fishers and sailors are
known on all the seven seas, and the
flag of Norway flies in every port.
During the World war Norway-al-
loss of S31 vessels, with total of
1,23S,OOO registered tons. About
twelve hundred, Norwegian sailors
were killed in connection with the
torpedoing of boats. Despite these very
heavy losses, Norway had in July of
last year a merchant marine compris-
ing 1855 vessels with 100000 reg
istered tons; in other words, one OF
the smallest nations had one OF the
very largest merchant marines.
There are about 100000 farms in
Norway, and of these some 10000 are
under acres; conditions of nature
do not favor an extensive development
Of agriculture, but they have made
it possible for Norway to lead the
world in general identification, for
through huge water-power plants
some Is million horse power of cleo
tricity is being produced every day.
Plans are under consideration for
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
SANDSTONE WINS IN
DECLAMATORY MEET

In the declamatory contest at Sand
stone Friday night the Sandstone rep
resentation emerged carrying first
honors and Finlayson won second.
Both contestants won with dramatic
selections. In the rural school di-
vision the school at Friesland, which
has for its principal Miss Bernice
Koed of Askov, won first.
By winning first-place Sandstone
was awarded cup while the Fries
land school will get trip to the state
fair in the fall to compete against
similar schools from various counties
throughout the state. Three people
from Carlton judged the contest which
was attended by a large crowd.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
PINE CITY HATCHERY
TO HAVE A FORMAL
OPENING SATURDAY

Preparations for the big opening
of the Lewis Hatchery at Pine City
have been completed. Probably one
of the most interesting things in this
interesting world is the things to be
seen in an incubator at Matching time.
The struggling little chicks are in a
tight place but nature has provided
that when twenty-one days have
elapsed since the egg was subjected
to the 101 degrees heat, the chick will
proceed to work his way out Mr..
Lewis, recognizes the Importance of
the occasion of his first hatch so he
has invited the public in to view the
incubator and possibly take a peek
at the chicks. He is able to light up
by electric light the interior of the
machine so that the whole process of
Matching may be seen, through win
dows with which the machine is pro-
vided.
The machine used at Pine City is
Petersime and one of the latest mod
els. Thus far, only twelve of this
model of the Petersime have been
sold in the United States, as it was
first placed on the market this year.
The history of Matching eggs by
artificial means is very interesting
as it has been marked by the steady
application of science and invention
as has the development of other in
dustries. Millions of baby chicks are
now being shipped to all parts of the
United States, each year by both par
eel post and express. However, it
was not until as recently as March
Is, 1918, that baby chicks were ad-
mitted to the mails.
On Thursday evening Mr.. Lewis will
have a premier opening to which he
will invite few of the townspeople,
and on Saturday, March %, he will
hold grand formal opening to which
the general public is invited Mr..
Lewis is making several offers of free
chicks to those who purchase chicks
and supplies and one of his offers is
% free chicks to the customer coming
the longest distance from home and
purchasing one dollar or more worth
of feeds or supplies. The Lewis
Hatchery is located in the Pennington
building at Pine City on Highway
Number One.
Ralph, Lawrence and Harold Lewis
who are associated in the business
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
AirpLane Lands
From 5000 Feet
WithDead Motor

Zone thing about an automo-
bile accident is the fact that what
is going to happen is over with
quickly, but when an airplane
motor stops high in the air it is
a different matter" was the SEN
timent expressed to Jacob and
Marinus Jensen on the Jacob Jen-
sen farm northeast of Askov Sat-
urday afternoon by the pilot of
an orange colored coupe airplane
which made forced landing after
the motor had become stalled
while at an altitude of 5000 feet.
The airplane carrying two men
on their way to Superior was
travelling about 100 miles per>hour
three-fifths of a mile above the
earth when the motor suddenly
stopped. The pilot who proved his
mettle and skill at the controls
seeing his plight began forced
descent to earth which even with
the motor running in a rural
district dotted with trees and
stones is hazardous enough. But
with a dead motor, well. it is just
to bad unless man is cool and
knows how to handle a plane
under such conditions. However,
as Jacob Jensen who saw the
landing, reported to a representa-
tive of the American this pilot
appeared to know something about
handling a plane, for after the
motor had stopped he circled and
circled, each time gradually get
ting closer to the ground until
after some over eight minutes
the landing was made in stubble
field near to where Mr.. Jensen was
watching. When the plane struck
the ground it broke the landing
gears and tipped forward enough
to bend the propeller. Besides
this no damage was done. I'M
mediately afterward the two men
emerged from the cabin none the
worse for their adventure with the
exception of shaken nerves caused
by the tension in which they were
placed while enroute to the ground
possibly expecting at any moment
one or both of the wings would
collapse because of the trench
dous air pressure due to the lack
of propelling motor. However
everything ended well and after
a short session on the telephone
the men received passage to
Superior and came after a part of
their plane Tuesday leaving only
the wings to be hauled to the
northern city, at the time of press.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
AUTO ACCIDENT MARS
A HONEYMOON TOUR

A serious accident occurred
mile south of Hinckley last Thurs
day when a Graham-Paige auto
mobile attempted to pass a bus.
In passing the car turned out too
far onto the soft shoulder beside
the pavement and turned over.
The occupants, a bride and
groom on their honeymoon, and
another couple were severely in
jured. The groom received bro
ken leg and bruises and cuts while
the bride suffered broken arm
together with other cuts and
bruises. The other two besides
being shaken up received severe
decorations. The victims were
given first aid treatment at Hinck-
ley after which they were taken
to the cities by friends.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
FINNISH WOMAN DIES
AT FINLAYSON; WILL
BE BURIED FRIDAY

Mrs. Gabrial Mikkola, living one
mile west and one-half mile north
of Finlayson, passed away Monday fol-
lowing a months illness with endo-
carditis. Mrs. Mikkola was long
resident of the Finlayson community
having come there with her husband
in 1894. She was a member of the
Finnish National church.
Mrs. Mikkola, whose maiden name
was Anna Honkanin, was born in Fin
land May 2, 1855, and at the time of
death was rs years, 10 months and 81
days of age. She came to Minnesota
in 1891 with her husband following
her marriage to Gabrial Mikkola at
St. Petersburg in 1885, She is sur
vived by the husband and three chill
dren, Mrs. M. Koski of Minneapolis,
Mrs. ]. Kanto of Finlayson, and John
G. Mikkola of Detroit. The deceased
is also survived by sister-in-law,
Mrs. Andrew Mikkola, and her son,
Fred Mikkola, nephew, of the Finlay-
son community, and Mrs. William
Saari, a niece, of Annandale.
The funeral will be held from the
Finnish National church in Finlayson
tomorrow with the sermon being
preached by the Rev. G. A. Aho of Ely
and burial will be in the Finnish
Lutheran church.
Many friends join with the Ameri-
can in extending sympathy to the sor-
rowing relatives.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26

Washington, March 25-On his re-
turn from his Caribbean vacation next
Monday, President Hoover will find
first-rate political burdens waiting at
his doorstep. He will need all the
strength and vigor that his trip is
giving him. In addition to his duties
as Chief Executive of the nation, Mr..
Hoover is the active head of the Re-
publican party. The havoc wrought
to the party machinery at the Novem-
Der elections has not been repaired.
Certain preliminaries incident to the
denomination of 1892 must be set in
motion Immediately. Only Mr.. Hoover
has the final word on organization
schemes. The main stunt is to round
up delegates and powerful local COM
mittees and prevent costly schisms in
the ranks.
1t is believed that a direct out
growth of the Presidents visit to
Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands will
be the creation of a single Colonial
office to supervise and coordinate all
our insular affairs. At present con-
troll of the island possessions is scat
tered with the Departments of War,
Interior and Navy. The opinion in
Washington is to the effect that the
Presidents tour of inspection will
greatly stimulate plans for the eco
nomic recovery and development Of
the West Indies. There is a PROPOSE
ton to provide free port" in the
Virgin Islands to permit the manu-
facture, but not local sales of rum
for export. The islands flourished in
it's rum trade prior to occupation by
the United States and the advent Of
prohibition.
Whenever there is a question of
ethics or political expediency involved
the betting invariably follows the lat
ter. The hubbub in New York about
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
WILLOW PIONEER
PASSES AWAY
Was ut the Ripe age of Eighty three;
Resided in Willow River
FOrty.twO Years.

Joseph Zamorski died Monday morn
ing at 2 a. M, at his home about
five miles east of Willow River. He
came to that community about AZ
years ago and settled on this farm and
had lived there since. Mrs. Zamorski
died several years ago. There were
three daughters, one passing away in
Canada few years ago. The two sur
viving daughters are Mrs. Klein of
Kerrick, and Mrs. VIM. Smiglewski
who has been caring for the father in
recent years.
Funeral services were held at ST..
Mary's church, the Rev. FIR. JOS.
Majas, local priest, officiating and re-
mains were laid to rest in the Catho-
lie church yard cemetery.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
OLD PINE LAKE
RESIDENT DIES
Death Strikes Brainerd Home to Take
Man Who Earned i'm County
Twenty.Six Years.

William Spicer. 70, passed away at
the Brainerd home of a daughter Fri
day, March 20, after having suffered
from cancer of the face for the past
year. Mr.. Spicer had been afflicted
with the malady that caused his death
for the past several years and had
submitted to several operations with
only temporary relief being enjoyed.
Mrs. Spicer had passed away on Dec.
%, 1928, thus terminating a happy
union of 55 years. Since that time
Mr.. Spicer had made his home with
his children.
William Harrison Spicer was born
July s, 1852, in New York state COM
ing to Minnesota in 1865 when he
made his home at Mazeppa where he
met and later married Arina Davis
on Dec. 81, 1873. To their union eight
children were born, Mrs. Valerie Shell
don, Conrad, Mont, (unable to attend
funeraD; the Rev. Claude Spicer,
Browns Valley, Mimi; Mrs. Pearl
He'll, Theilman, Mimi; Lanklyn and
William of Faribault; Mrs. leila
Spicer, st. Paul; Mrs. Evelena Peters,
Brainerd and Mrs. Mamie Ballor,
Manistique, Mich.
The deceased resided at various
places during his lifetime included
among them being MaZeppa where he
lived after coming from New York
state until 1879 when he moved to
Atkinson, Nebr. From there he re-
turned to Mazeppa in 1894 and in 1902
he came to farm in Pine Lake town.
ship where he lived until Mrs. Spicer's
death at which time he broke up
housekeeping and took up residence
with his children.
The deceased was a member of the
Gospel Union creed and was an es-
teemed member of large circle of
friends. Besides his children two Sis
tiers, Mrs. Clarissa Davis of Newport,
Nebr.; Mrs. Sarah Port of Swan River,
this state; 4S grandchildren and a
number of great grandchildren sur
yive.
The funeral was held from the
Methodist church in Finlayson at
p. m, Monday, March %, and burial
was made in the Finlayson cemetery,
the Rev. John A. Hughes of Sandstone,
spoke the funeral sermon and three
SONS, the Rev. Claude Spicer, Lark
Ign and William Spicer acted as pail
bearers with Lloyd Spicer, grandson
and Ray Alloway and Everett Work.
Besides other relatives in attend
ance the following grandchildren from
away were at the funeral: Mr.. and
Mrs. Lloyd Spicer and Mr.. and Mrs.
Everett Work of Sandstone; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Alloway of Minneapolis and
Miss Helen Peters of Brainerd. Will
liam O'Connell and Ernest Deming of
Sandstone, also attended,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
EXTENSION WORK
ASSURED FOR 1881
Farmers Clubs and Others at Special
Meeting in Hinckley Recently DE.
eide to Raise Funds.

Pine County's agricultural extension
program will go forward under full
steam during 1881, despite the fact
that no county appropriation has been
made. This decision was reached
without hesitation at special meet
ing of the directors and others from
the various township units and farm
ers' clubs at Hinckley recently. Farm
Bureau funds and private subscrip-
lions will be raised in lieu of county
appropriations, as has been done each
year since 1928.
President George Wallick, who
called the meeting to ascertain the
attitude of the board members toward
attempting to continue the work with
out county support, found the senti-
ment unanimous, not merely for try
ing to limp along another year" but
to flight to the last ditch" as one
member put it. E. A. Burling of Will
low River, expressed the determine
ton and confidence of the entire
group when he said, I'VE have carried
on for three years already and we
certainly are not going to quit now
L. A. Churchill, county agent leader
for the northeastern district, assured
the board that if sufficient local
money is raised, the state and federal
support for extension work will be
continued. Several plans for getting
local funds were discussed and a
finance committee appointed, includ-
ing L. C. Smith and Clifford Carman
of Finlayson, E. A. Burling of Willow
River, and George Wallick of Hinck-
ley.
Subscriptions Build Fund.
At the present time, the All Club
work, livestock projects such as the
abortion control work, wOmen's home
projects and all other forms of extern
sion work are made possible only
through the generosity of public spir-
tied individuals who have made pri-
vate donations aggregating from $4,000
to $4,000 a year for extension work
since the time county appropriation
was discontinued in 1928. Several
hundred dollars have also been given
by the Pine County Farm bureau for
this work.
While working in close cooperation,
the farm bureau and the county agri-
cultural extension service are sep
arate and distinct organizations, the
county agent being responsible to the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
CREAMERY ASKS AID
FOR BUTTER INDUSTRY

At the regular monthly meeting Fri
day of the board of directors of the
Glow rd a lie Farmers Cooperative
Creamery association the following
resolution was adopted for the pur-
pose of mailing a copy of same to the
state senator and one to the represen-
tative from this district:
Whereas, the oleomargine is doing
much harm to our butter industry.
''And whereas, most of the raw pro-
ducts for making oleomargine is i'm
ported, be it resolved that we ask our
senator and representative to do every
thing possible to have a state tax of
not less than 5 cents pound put on
oleomargine, in getting that we are
only following some of our neighbor-
ing states"
(Signed) Alva Gay, president.
Magnus Christensen, secretary.
The board expressed hope that other
creameries will take similar steps to
curb the unfair competition.
He: Do you think your father will
object to my suit?
She: l don't see why he should; he
wears one almost as bad.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
COUNTY UNITS
GET $89,O35.29
County Auditor Sends Out
Allotment Warrants
This Week.
Townships Get $15,131.54,
Villages $10,819.14, School
Districts S63,O84.61.

Warrants covering the annual spring
tax distribution in Pine county were
mailed out to the various town and
school district treasurers. This dis
tribution is made up largely from
personal property tax collections and
such real estate taxes as have been
paid thus far. The amount received by
the various school districts and towns
is as follows:
TOWNS hinS
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26

people at large represented by the eX-
tension committee. AS provided by
state law, the county extension pro-
gram and the hiring of county agent
are entirely in the hands of the coun-
ty agricultural extension committee,
of three farm bureau Of
Continued on Page a
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26
Free Talkies.

Pop, what's monologue?"
"A monologue is a conversation be-
tween husband and wife,"
|, II thought that was dialogue"
mo, dialogue is where two per-
sons are speaking
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26

with their father will attend the for
NAL opening Saturday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-26

Largest circulation of any
newspaper in the United
States published in a COM
munity of it's size.
BY far the largest circu-
lation of any newspaper in
Pine county.
A good advertising medium.