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The Washington times., 1931-01-29
Promoting Peace
With One Pound Shells.

Canada the United States have been at peace for l6
years. No troops stationed the border No forts
guard the boundary line Hundreds of thousands OF Amer
cans live in Canada many thousands of Canadians live here
We speak the language have similar traditions ne
nations have set example OF 1rlendshp
for than century, unequalled by other nelghbors
in the world.
Now another Canadian killed by Government forces
killed with pound shell front doorstep so TO
speak There been other killings in the past will be
still others future And this killing at least seems to nave
been perfectly legal We cant how Canada can protest
Orr law was weknown the victim broke it, had his leg
torn off and shortly thereafter Legally was clear
case. .o c n4
ing down subject of friendly nation as efficiently ana
cold boodedly at war? It is true tnat we avs
killed lot of our people in enforcing that same law
That's our business is sufficiently bad business Ou
killing the people of other nations cannot be mdugeo III
frequently with impunity r,,:. -
Our idotc prohibition experiment has cost us billions OF
dollars and thousands of lives at home It now cosEng Us
one of onr greatest assets Canadian friendship abroad
How much longer sane Americans would like to know !"
this insanity to continue?
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

to be the life-tenant in a girls
h ~'t; he is perfectly satisfied
with a 30-day option or a few
weeks lease.
There will be more sweetness
and light in matrimony when
husbands and wives learn how
to drive home a point" in an
argument, without hitting at
each others vanity.
Sometimes the most illumi-
mating thing in the world is the
dying flame of a very light love-
affair.
An unhappy marriage is sell
dom broken off" It just grad
uallr stretches and stretches
until "the ties that bind" give
way.
Platonic friendship: What
most true love affairs begin in
and all happy marriages end
in.
Copyright. 1881, King Features,
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

1kUU1AISOAI-~-
You know you're lonely and
bewildered.
Come down!
Dare to admit your common
humanity.
Dare to admit that your silli-
ness,
Your sorrow and your sin,
Are all of a piece with the
Stiffness.
And the sorrow and sin of
Others.
Dare to admit that your
fears are no sharper,
And your tears no Saltier,
And your dreams no lovelier,
Than the fears and the tears
and the dreams,
Of others.
Surprise In Store
Dare to admit that
AND YOU'LL BE SUR
PRISED!
For suddenly your loneliness
will vanish,
And your tears will be less
bitter
And you'll forget nine-tenths
of your cuSSedneSs
In the widening joy Of the
new adventure.
And even the laughter you
may meet,
And the jostling and jeers
Will seem warm and dear to
you-
For there'll be a neighborli-
ness in them,
They'll be a sign that you're
accepted,
That you're part of the
gang
THAT YOU'VE COME
HOME!
Come on!
Climb down!
GET REGULAR!
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
Crime Pays
For a While

Crime pays pays than any other job you can hold
for while
II would be worth taking up that the whole story
nfortunatcv it is the whole story 1t is not even the
half of it. :. u, ,
Though crime pays you you pay it, and pay several hun
dred fold before the account is squared
You win at frst-ose heavily in the end
Consider the six youthful trigger men whose pictures filled
the papers the other day .. L
They averaged years In the last few months o
their own story they have robbed 800 New York peaKe
Their income they boast, about $4,000 week
Now two of them for murder with the deatn cna
the ofng the others for felonles that proved against
twenty thousand week good pay, but twenty million
week would not pay for that
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
ONCE-OVERS
Don't Advertise Your Woes!

Don't Advertise Your Woes!
You may be down and out
but don't advertise the fact.
1t depresses those who hear
as we'll as yourself and lessons
your chances of persuadlng
anyone that you are capable
of carrying on in a SuccesS1ul
way.
Who wants to employ a per
son who acts whipped ana
seems to have lost confidence
in himself?
Usually the first indication
that a man has been beaten
is his facial expression. his
tones and the sagging OF his
shoulders.
When pity inspires the Civ,
ing of a job-the job isn't
worth much.
It is usually a temporary al
fair.
Such a person is not likely
to get an opening because the
hiring agent believes that the
job-seeker-sob-artist has lost his
aggressiveness, ambition, inltla-
tive and confidence.
When it is necessary for you
to apply for a job dress as
suitably and as well as the po-
sition requires; hold your head
up; get some life into your
eyes.
Don't show over-confidence
but don't be hesitant about
your ability to meet demands.
Do what you can to prove
you are not discouraged down
and outer.
But first convince yourself.
Copyright, 1881, International
Features Service IU91
The Washington times., 1931-01-29

Dare to be human.
Dare to admit you're COM
mon clay, like other folk.
Dare to confess that you
don't know everything
That you sometimes make a
fool of yourself
That you fib. now and then
That you pull tantrums-
That you have yellow
streak
That you're occasionally just
a Plain Old Meanie.
Dare to climb down from
your pedestal and be regular.
No one believes in your ped
estal, anyway.
No one, except yourself,
thinks you are different.
You're only fooling yourself
by this de luxe attitude.
Then stop putting on your
act
Hop down and get human.
You don't want to?
What of It?
You're afraid that, if you ad-
nit your weaknesses.
People may despise you,
Or take advantage of you,
Or laugh at you?
Well, what if they do?
Being laughed at and de-
spised and taken advantage of
Is part of life
A very necessary part of life.
None of US can really grow
up until these things happen to
us.
And you need to have them
happen to you-
AS much as any other human.
So come down from that ped
estal.
You know you don't like it
up there anyway.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
Trifles, Light as Love

Trifles, Light as Love
Sometime a husband is only
an impressive monument on the
tomb of a woman's dead illU-
SionS.
Before taking a man for life,
every girl should have the op-
portunity of listening in, at least
once, when he is shaving in cold
water, on a cold morning, in a
bad light.
When you fall in love, you
cut your first mental wisdom
tooth; when you go to beauty
parlor to have your double chin
removed and your hair touched
up" you cut your last one.
Usually, the man who
wouldn't let a girl soil her little
fingers with the dusty robe, be-
fore marriage, will ask her to
get the car out of the garage,
in her evening gown, after
marriage.
Nowadays, a man doesn't ask
The Washington times., 1931-01-29

heroes now walk the streets in
need and want. in many cases
reduced to this state on &C
count of their wartime service.
Giving them what justly be-
longs to them would alleviate
their sufferings so much.
I have heard people make
the remark that if the soldier
we're paid the bonus he would
only spend it foolishly anyway.
In nine times out of ten he
would spend it for things he
needs-food, clothing and shell
ter-and even if he would
spend it fooliShly whose busi-
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
WISE MEN

Our actions often contradict
each other so amazingly that IL
seems impossible that they can
have come from the same shop.
-Charron.
There is no good in arguing
with the inevitable. The only
argument available with an east
wind is to put on your over
coat. Lowell
Give, if thou canst, an aims; II
not, afford,
Instead Of that, a sweet ana
gentle word. -Herrlck'
Some men make fortunes,
but not to enjoy them; Tor
blinded by avarice, they will
live to make fortunes.
-Juvenal.
BY mutual confidence and
mutual aid
Great deeds are done and great
discoveries made. Pope.
Nothing can be reckoned good
or bad to us in this life any
further than it prepares or in
diSpoSeS us for the enjoyment
The afflictions to which we
are accustomed do not disturb
us. -ClaudianuS.
Devotion, mother Of obedi-
ence. Daniel.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
DO YOU KNOW THAT

A set of immense gyroscopic
stabilizers, costing $1,000, 900, is
being installed in the new
Italian liner, Conte di Savoia,
which will be capable of hold
ing the ship on an even keel
in the rougheSt Atlantic
weather.
According to an estimate
made by Sir James Jeans, noted
British astronomer, the weight
of the earth is now six sextil-
lion (6,O0O,0 900, 900, 900, ,000, ,000,-
000) tons.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29

Do you know:
/. When COWS lie down early
in the day it is supposed
to be a sign of what
weather?
2. What is the word pants"
shortened form Of?
8. Who invented the loco
motive?
4. What does the word ave"
in Ave Maria mean?
5. What name is given to
place where birds are
confined?
Fill each blank:
6. Concave is opposite in
meaning to .
The Washington times., 1931-01-29

One of the largest pictures
ever taken is an aerial photo
shot along the Rio Grande in
the neighborhood of Ell Paso,
Tex. It is 25 feet long and
pictures $50 square miles of
land along the river.
A new type mixer has been
developed that does the work
Of so milkmaidS in IL minutes.
The mechanical mixers are
arranged on a revolving plat
form, milking so cows at one
time.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29

ness is it but his own? 1t is
money he has earned for a
job we'll done and no one has
a right to tell anyone else
how he should spend his own
money.
A SOLDIERS WIFE.
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. Honest friendship with nations entGngtng alliances
Nth none."-Georoe Washington.
e. PoporttonaL representation United States Senate
State to Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reupportonnent in the House OF
Representatives
g. SEPARATE departments of Army the NGUy and OF the
united under Secretary OF National DEFENSE
Federal action TO the limit OF poUer abolish
tlIiter1cy under q Secretary of Education.
Installation of the first OF January foHoD
ing the NoUen1ber election.
g. Seectue Immigration only those suited for An1et
can citizenship and American needs
Deportation undesirable aliens and extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
g. Complete publicity for income t1reS to pe0ent og tGG
dodgers from escaping tGr1tton.
Modification the VoLSteGd act to permit light 0neS ana
beers under Federal regulation
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
TIMES KNOWLEDGE TEST

7. The meeting of cardinals
to choose a Pope is called
8. Muscovy is the ancient
name for --.
9. A polka is a Of
Polish origin.
10. is the brightest star
in the heavens.
Match correctly:
II. slow tyro
IL. ariStocracy retarded
13. range placid
ID. novice scope
IS. gentle elite
ANSWERS on Magazine PaSe.l
The Washington times., 1931-01-29
Stolen Dogs Sold to
D. G. Medical College

Editor, Times:
1t is a disgrace that a promi-
nent college in Washington
should without investigation,
buy for vivisection purposes II
dogs from the same two colored
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27
SIXTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR TUGBOAT FOR
 ALASKA LAUNCHED

l As the initial unit of equipment for the recently organized Misabe Tug & Barge Service Co.,, new lighterage company, the twin screw $16,00O tugboat Misabe l, was launched last week at Seattle.
 The second unit of the com- pany'S fleet, a 50-foot ScoW, was to be launched the following day. The MiSabe Tug & Barge Ser vice, $50,0O0 corporation, is fin- anced by Seattle and Minneapolis interests and will operate in the lighterage business in Alaska.
 Capt. H. M. Peterson, shipping man of Puget Sound and Alaska for the past 28 years, is manager; James J. Bennett of Minneapolis, widely known mining man, is pres ident
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27

There were 12 members in the 1881 graduating class of the An- chorage high school, reports the Times. The 12 who received their diplomas were:
 Alice Sachico Mikami, Ida May Iceland, John Robert Meyer, Rex La Verne Anderson, Frank Met calf Reed, Dora Katherine Wer- ner, Mary Evelyn Bagoy, William Francis Barber, Lawrence Donald Bayer, William Loren Herriman, Romaka Cecelia Kamkoff.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27
ALASKA COLLEGE CAMPUS
 ROMANCE CULM|NATED

An Alaska College campus TO- nance had its continuation recent ly in Fairbanks, reports the Miner, in the marriage of Miss Sadie L. Pratt, and Samuel Payne Mover.
 Both Mir. and Mrs. Mover are students at the Alaska College and well known from Cordova to Fairbanks. Mrs. Mover is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. L. C.. Pratt of Cordova; MT. Movers home is in Anchorage.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27
JUDGES REST

RENO, Nev. May 26. (P) - After the second biggest day since the inauguration of Nevada's six weeks divorce law, Judges Cur Ter and Moran were taking mat terS somewhat easier following the granting of 54 divorces Monday. Twenty six divorce complaints were filed during the day.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27
FLYING SCHOOL

Tentative plans for the estab- lishment of a flying school have been formulated in Fairbanks by the Alaskan Airways but no de- finite steps leading to it's found ing will be taken unil a more thorough survey of the field has been made, reports the News-M Min CT.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27
SAW GOLD BRICKS MADE

Twenty students in chemistry at the Juneau high school visited the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company's ore reduction mill and witnessed the melting of gold in- to gold bricks, according to the Juneau Empire.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27

Beatrice L. Bird of Seattle and E. E. Murray, superintendent of the Alaska Pacific Salmon Corp, cannery at Rake, were married re- gently, reports the Juneau Empire.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27

A block of new cement work to replace the worn pavement on Fourth Street in Anchorage was authorized at recent meeting of the Anchorage Council, reports the Times.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27

UPROOTS, REPLANTS TREE
 MAYF1ELD, Ky, May 26, P)- A peach tree which was blown down and later blown back up by heavy winds from opposite direc- tions, is alive and in good condi- tiOn on the farm of w. A. Martin.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27
NOTICE

NOTICE -~- Beginning May l, the price of Mems Half-soling will be reduced to SITS a pair.
 SEWARD LEATHER WORKS
Seward daily gateway., 1931-05-27

Have you heard the new "OkEH" re cords at Sylvia's. They are wonderful.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16

fairs, will have had no personal con-
tact with war, but will know about
it only what has been told.
What do these changes mean for the
peace of the world? That depends
very much on what these children,
soon to. be voters, are taught about
war.
The generation that went to war
had been taught by history and story
and song that war was rather glor-
ious and beautiful. They found it
filthy and foul. They found its glor-
les all tinsel. They found no good
in it to any nation or any cause.
They found it the greatest stupidity
lingering on in human life from the
barbarism out of which humanity is
climbing.
If they can convey this true picture
to their juniors through the spoken
word and the gift of written speech,
as so many of them are doing, this
new generation that knows of war
only at second hand will have no
taste for it and will be we'll enough
aware of the falsity of the old his
toric and literary pictures of it's
glory to be resolutely for organized
peace and resolutely against the
stupid folly of war.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
ROAD BOND ISSUE
is PUT TO WORK
Bids Asked for on One Paving, Five
Grading JObS.-MOre to Be
Announced Soon.

The first of a series of lettings of
trunk highway construction jobs, made
possible by the recently enacted bond
bill, will be held May 5, it was an
nounced today by Commissioner c. M.
BabcOck. While the announcement
calls for bids on only one IS mile
paving project and five grading jobs,
totaling "A miles, Mr.. Babcock stated
that bids on several additional paving
jobs will be opened May 10, and that
grading and bridge work will be ad-
vertised from time to time during the
summer.
The May 5 letting, with contracts
previously awarded, will bring the
years program to 369 miles of paving
and 414 miles Of grading. About 70
miles of paving and $50 miles of grad
ing are on the tentative program for
future lettings, so that the years work
will aggregate 440 miles of paving and
IT'S miles of grading. Mr.. BabcOck
states that with the bond issue he
hopes to get most of the urgent grad
ing done in 1881 and 1882, so that
from and after 1888 large paving
program can be carried on with cur
rent income
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
DOING GOOD WORK

The appointments which have been
made to date by Governor Floyd B.
Olson, based more on ability than party
affiliation, are meeting with consid-
cradle commentator from the public.
Mr.. Pearlove, a member of the Big
Three, has an excellent background
as an expert with the federal govern
ment. Mr.. Sunby in the Purchasing
Department has had much experience
in business with the T. K. Kelley
Sales Service; and Mr.. Gaarenstrom,
county attorney of Martin county, as
temporary secretary of the State
Rural Credits Department, is bringing
out information and facts in the hear
ings conducted by that department
that are a revelation to the citizens
of Minnesota. The hearings show that
farm loans were made rather pro
miscuously especially during the first
years of the departments existence
These revelations justify strong OPP
position party and if Governor Olson's
work continues along the lines it has
it will be a credit to the workers and
voters who elected him by the large
majority last fall
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
A GOOD MAN PASSES

During the past week a good man
has passed on. Bert ]. Enger, prom
inent merchant and public benefactor
of Duluth, succumbed to a paralytic
stroke in far-off Honolulu. Mr.. Enger
will be mourned in Duluth for his
many public spirited deeds not only
in a financial way but in moral way
as well. He was the president and
controlling head of Enger & Olson
Furniture company in Duluth, and
since his success in a business way
has given to that city many things
which future generations will long
ENJOY and profit from. Included
among them is the municipal golf
course and the Left Ericsson ship, a
{half-sized replica of the boat in which
= the famous norseman crossed the At
lantic more than a thousand years
ago. For his civic deeds he was voted
the fifth member of the American
Legion hall of fame in that city.
Pine county has been the former
home of many people who have in
later years climbed the ladder to a
prominent position in public life and
it can boast it's part in having a little
to do with the moulding of some of
the early life of Mr.. Enger since he
once owned farm near Pine City and
operated it to finally sell out and open
general store in that village which
he also operated until 1903 when he
moved his furniture stock to Duluth.
Mr.. Enger passed away at the age
of 81 years and his passing takes
from this part of the state man who
has given much of his material
wealth to his neighbors, city and
country.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
FORM Err PINE CITY
WOMAN PASSES AWAY

Mrs. A. w. Piper, formerly of Pine
City, passed away in California Friday,
April 10, where she, with her husband
and adopted daughter had been MAX
ing their home. The cause of death
was dropsy. The body will be shipped
to Pine City where the funeral will
be held Saturday and where burial
will be made. Mrs. Piper will be re-
membered by nearly every one in the
county seat as being the wife of A.
w. Piper who for many years con-
Quoted the Piper Furniture store there,
but who sold his interests somewhat
over year ago to the Goodrich Bros.
She is survived by her husband,
adopted daughter and several sisters,
brothers and nieces. Mrs. r. E. Ham
lin of Moose Lake; Mrs. w. E. Carrier,
and Mrs. A. P. Norton of Pine City
are among the sisters surviving and
Mrs. E. M. Deming of Sandstone and
Mrs. Richardson Gray of Pine City
are nieces. Mrs. Piper was born in
Pennington.
The many friends of the family will
join with the American in extending
heartfelt condolences to the stricken
relatives
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
GRONINGEN

Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Nelson and Mrs.
Bjorklund visited at the George Al
lers home Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Haglin and
children of Duluth, were guests at the
Severt Haglin home Saturday and
Sunday.
Agnes Leni of Sturgeon Lake, spent
Saturday afternoon as a guest of Mrs
Geo. Nelson.
Saturday evening, Mr.. and Mrs. A
E. and L. D. Jones of Rutledge, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Nelson, sons, John and
Jewel, Gladys Nygreen, and Agnes
Sewi were guests at the Geo. Nelson
home.
Rex Miller came home Tuesday aft.
er visiting relatives in Wisconsin.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. E. Oslund motOre6
to Minneapolis Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Miller were Du-
luth visitors Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Ziegler and
Mrs. Lawrence spent Sunday after.
noon at the Ben Nelson home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
FOURTEEN YEARS
Duluth Herald)

Fourteen years ago yesterday this
country entered a war in Europe
which at first had seemed very far
away, which had grown nearer and
nearer, and which finally became such
a maelstrom of hate and strife that
it drew us in with the rest.
Fourteen years! Little time as
time goes, little indeed in its passage
but time enough for many changes.
A veteran of that war tells us that
the other day he was addressing a
public school when it flashed over
him with something of a shock that
when this country entered the war
not single one of the children before
him was on earth.
The generation represented by those
before him, which presently will be
the generation in full charge of af-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
HEARS PETERSEN BROADCAST

Editor Askov American:
l had the pleasure of hearing our
representative, Hjalmar Petersen, edi-
tor of the AskOv American, speak over
WCCO radio station. Same was sur
prise and pleasure to hear the very
fine talk on the subject of the State
Income tax. Same was a credit to
himself, his friends, and the people of
Pine county in sending his message
over the whole state and northwest
and l certainly hope something will
be done in this session along lines
recommended. 1 have been closely
observing Representative Petersen's
vote, his weekly letters in the Askov
American, and l feel the people of
Pine county and the people of the
whole state in fact have a genuine
friend of the farmers and common
people.
F. M. RODENBERGER.
Bruno, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
STAMP CURIOSITIES
ARE ON EXHIBITION

Ira C. Holt, of the Pine City post
office, has prepared an elaborate
stamp display from his large collec-
tion of stamps and has been courteous
enough to allow it to be displayed in
the window of the Askov American
building. The collection shows stamps
of 205 of the principal countries and
colonies of the world and shows for
instance, the smallest postage stamp,
anniversary stamps, the first post
card and other curiosities in the mail
department of the various countries.
Mr.. Holt has made stamp collecting
his hobby for several years and the
fine collection he displays shows how
we'll and how efficiently he has car
ried on the work. To stop at the
American window and view the stamp
collection is educational as we'll as in
teresting.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-04-16
ANOTHER REPUBLIC

The people of Spain have inaugu-
rated a Republican government and
the Royal family are now in exile or
are on their way to foreign shores to
live. King Alphonso boarded cruis-
er at Cartagena Wednesday morning
after motoring all night to reach port
on his departure into exile. He has
been king all his life and it will be
difficult for him and his family to be-
come accustomed to any other mode of
living, but the voice of the people has
been heard and answered and he had
to abdicate.
The old saying comes back to us
with force, Uneasy Lies the Head
That Wears a Crown"