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Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
BIG VILLAGES
in BATTLE FOR
BOXING BOUTS

CHICAGO, Jan. 81. W.P)-An at
tempt which Chicago fight officials
claim the Madison Square Garden
Corporation of New York is making
to promote Stribling-S -Schmeling
fight in Chicago for the benefit of
New York's unemployed met pro-
tests today from officials of Chica-
go stadium.
Sidney N. Strotz, president of the
stadium corporation, summed up
the objections in six questions in q
chairman of the Illinois Athletic
Commission.
The questions we're:
rs it true that the Illinois Ath-
letic Commission is SO interested in
Madison Square Garden that one
of its members is now in New York
conferring with Garden officials?
why have officials of Madison
Square Garden conducted negotia-
tions for the proposed fight in Chi
cago through only one member of
the Illinois commission? Why
hasn't the entire commission been
COnSulteQT
why did Madison Square Garden
attempt to get one of the commits
sioners TO promote the fight?
rs Chicago to be asked to con-
tribute to New York's unemployed?
What has New York done for Chi
cago's unemployed?
when did it become the province
Of newspaper chains to sign boxers
and promote professional fights?
why hasn't Madison Square
Garden emphasized that 1t received
one half of the profits in the
Schmeling- -Sharkey charity bout?"
The Chicago organization an
nounced two days ago it would take
legal action to prevent the New
York body, through a subsidiary
corporation, from promoting @
notwithstanding fight here.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
der the hest accepted practices of

der the hest accepted practices of
today.
! am glad TO know that I gave
my full emergencies to the removal
of the District offices and shops
from Calexico to Imperial. The re-
sulting improvement and economy
shows that such a move was well
worth making If you think the
director from Calexico gave up those
important district departments
without bitter fight, you have an
other guess coming.
Here is another point, about
which I am a little slow to speak,
but which you as voters may con-
slider of importance. I have lived
in Imperial Valley since the fall of
1904. My family has grown up
here. All of our five children went
through your grammar and high
schools. One of my children was
born here. I have ranched in the
valley all these years, and I have
practiced utmost economy in my
own affairs, with the result that
have had possibly a little more
than fair success. When you placed
me in charge of the District affairs
of this division, I Immediately un-
dertook to employ the same eco
nomical methods I have always
practiced in my own affairs. I can
honestly say that my first and only
thought in holding this high Of
flee is the promotion of public well
fare throughout the entire valley.
I was able to shift much of the
detail of my own ranching work to
one of my sons to give me more
time for this important office. I
have given most of my time to the
irrigation district administration.
I have tried to sense the desires of
the majority of the people and to
follow their wishes as nearly as
could, always stressing before the
other members of the board and
the officers of the District the need
for economy. Any one of them will
tell you that have, at times, been
hard to get along with because I
| refused to agree to certain expen-
ditures which I could not justify on
| business basis.
have taken part in the long and
bitter fight to get Boulder Dam
! and the All-American legislation.
I feel that we have begun to see
their realization, but I also know
that there will be real problems
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
| |SP0R i s.
Ski-Jumpers To
Seek New Marks

BIG PINES, CAL, Jan. 81. (Up)-
With colder weather and an addi-
tional furry of snow received during
the night, further assaults were to
be made today upon the world Is
ski-jump mark, following record
jump of 243 feet yesterday by Halvor
Bjorngaard, Ogden, Utah.
Bjorngaard recorded the leap to
eclipse the recognized mark of 229
feet. AL Engen, competing for Og-
den, recently established record
of 247 feet, but this has not yet been
recognized. Engen, himself, jumped
23l feet yesterday, as did Lars Hau-
gen, Lake Tahoe, Cal.
Halvor Hvaldstadt, Big Pines. who
set an unofficial mark of 25O.2 feet
last week, could jump only 2l5 feet
yesterday.
Other results included. Stefan
Trogstadt, Minneapolis, ITS feet;
Ted Tex, Detroit, 208 feet; Svere
Engen, Salt Lake City, 1876 feet.
The ski jump recently competed
here is 1900 feet from the top of
the runway to the base of the
apron, permitting a jump of $40 feet.
The snowshoe, cross-country ski
ing and skating events will be held
today or tomorrow If weather con-
ditions permit.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
Golf Tournament
Starts Sunday

Qualifying rounds for the coming
tournament at the Barbara Worth
Country club will begin tomorrow
morning at $3.50 o'clock at which
time arrangements have been made
for flights for all players, according
to Jack Strobel. chairman of the
tournament committee.
At the conclusion of qualifying
play the committee in charge will
have scores upon which to base
handicaps and designate the flights
in which each is to play.
The course is declared to be in
excellent condition for the matches
and the tournament is exciting
considerable interest among men,
berS of the club.
Women of tn organization will
have a tournament of their own at
later date.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
Trojans Beat
California Five

LOS ANGELES, Jan 81. W.P -
The University of Southern Cali
fornia basketball team, last years
Pacific coast conference champions,
but kicked around at the bottom OF
the league this year, defeated the
University of California five by a
80 to % score here last night.
The Trojans' heretofore mediocre
offense was bolstered by the addi-
ton of Jerry Nemer, sophomore
center, who was not eligible to COM
petition until yesterday. Nemer
scored 13 points, IL in the first half.
California came to life in the last
five minutes of play, and cut l3-
point lead to a close three markers,
mainly through the play of Ted
OhaShi, japanese guard.
The teams meet again tonight.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
Campbell Gets
Ready For Race

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Jan. 81.
W.P)-Captain Malcolm Campbell,
British race driver, groomed his
Bluebird racer for an initial trial
spin here today in preparation for
his attempt to break the worlds au-
tomobile speed record.
Captain Campbell said he will not
attempt anything spectacular to-
day, but will content himself with
testing the gears and motors of his
l450 horsepower car.
The trials in which he will at
tempt to break the existing speed
record of 23136 miles an hour will
be made February to 16. The
Bluebird is 25 feet long and is only
three and one half inches above
the ground. Its tires have been
tested for 800 mile an hour speed
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
ahead of us before we have actua|
built these great nrniecte

ahead of us before we have actua
built these great projects.
II you believe that / have ID
my work well In the past eiG
years; if you desire me to contin
for another four years as your d
rector, then I shall be happy to
on. There is in every man or v.
man, a feeling Of pride in q 4
that has been started, which malr
us all want to see it through
the finish. If you have faith in nj
ability to see this particular gre}
job through, then I respectfully "a
you to give me your vote on Febru
airy 4.
I shall speak again over Xxx
next Monday evening at 9:(
o'clock 1 will have other importal
things to tell you and hope you wi
be listening in at that time.
Note-The above is from an az
dress delivered by IRA Aten ov.
KXO Thursday evening at
o'clock. Ad
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
So. California
Sport Briefs

HOLLYWOOD, CAL, Jan. 81. W.p)
Jose Peregrina, 154, won six
round decision over Benny Miller,
ISL, here last night, after putting
Miller on the canvas in the first
round.
Young Papke decisioned Freddie
Merina in a four-round semi-final.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31

Malheur County, Oregon. has thi:
winter distributed more than tor
Of poisoned grain to combat an cpl
demic of field mice.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. U.P)
Sammy Jackson, Los Angeles ne
gro welterweight, won a 10 round
decision over Bobby Vincent, Oak
land, in a disappointing fight at the
Dreamland auditorium last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31

Hardware team of the Industrial
league lost to team of Yuma high
school alumni 43 to Al.
AS the scores indicate both games
were replete with high scoring by
both sides.
The Ell Centro collegians were in
danger during the early part of the
main battle, due to the speed shown
by the Yuma players, but in the
latter part of the contest Coates,
lanky Jaycee star, began finding
the hoop with a regYlayity startling
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
Here and There
In Sport World

| NEW YORK, Jan. 81. U.P)-Johr
Hope Doeg of Santa Monica, Cal.
national singles tennis champion
and his bride, who was Miss Doro-
thea Scudder of Newark, N. j..
were on their way to Bermuda fol
their honeymoon today.
| The couple were married late yes
terday in the Trinity Episcopal
Cathedral, Newark.
George Martin Lott, Jr., who
paired with Doeg in 1929 and 1890
TO win the national doubles cham
pionship, was best man.
CHICAGO, Jan. 81. U.pJ-Bat-
ting Bozo of Birmingham, Ala,
18412 defeated Bud Doran, Chica-
go, 1856, last night in 10 rounds!
MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Jan. 81. U.P)
king Levinsky, Chicago heav-
weight, won an easy victory over
Harry Dillon, of Winnipeg, when
he knocked out the Canadian in the
second round of their scheduled 10
round bout last night.
A terrific left hook delivered by
the Chicago fighter floored Dillon
80 seconds after the round began.
He was down three times in the
first round.
LONDON, Jan. 81. U.P) Great
Britain and American golf fans will
be given a chance to size up their
respective teams in plans for a pre-
Ryder cup match over SO holes be-
tween Charles A. Whitcombe and
Henry Cotton of England, and
Tommy Armour and Gene Sarazen
of the United States, materialize.
Tentative plans have Columbus, O.,
as the scene of the contest.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 81.
W.P)-University of Santa Claras
basketball team last night defeated
st. Mary's College % to 19 in the
first game of their 1881 series.
FRESNO, Cal, Jan. 81. U.p)-San
Jose State today appeared TO have
a firm grip on the far western con-
ference basketball title, after their
rout here last night by 54-22
score of the hitherto unbeaten
Fresno State squad.
The two teams play again to-
night.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 81. W.H
Sammy Jackson, Los Angeles ne
gro welterweight. won a 10 round
decision over Bobby Vincent, Oak
land, in disappointing fight at the
Dreamland auditorium last night.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-01-31
Local Basketball
Teams Winners

In two of the most hotly contest
ed basketball games seen this sea-
son on the local high school court
the Ell Centre, Junior college last
night defeated Yuma high school
~ to i7kand the Imperial Valley
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05

that would take him farthest from
the family wOOdpile in the back yard,
where he was set to work every Sat
urday making little sticks out of big
and tough ones of oak and hickory,
when he was firmly of the opinion
that he should have been playing
baseball.
That same man today enjoys moth
ing so much as spending day at his
place in the country saving and chop
ping wood.
Work-like everything else-is rel
alive. - ry ID a
What one must do is laboEi what
one chooses to do is play. Climb a
rough, rocky mountain because one
has, to, and it is tough job. Do the
same thing with a merry crowd and
picnic baskets, and it is fun.
There is a qualification to this. Do
something that you are under con-
straint to do and let some one I'M
expectedly pat you on the back and
tell you it is particularly well done,
and what was work becomes play.
Hard put to it is the man who cam
not find some play in his work.
Perhaps that is what the judge
meant when he wondered if golf was
a pleasure.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05
WOULD GO TO GOVERNOR

To Voters and Taxpayers:
InaSmuch as no concrete plan for
tax relief has as yet been taken up
and acted upon by the present legis-
lature and inasmuch as the session is
rapidly drawing to a close l am offer
ing resolution to be addressed to
Honorable Floyd B. Olson, governor
of the state of Minnesota, calling his
attention to the situation as it exists
in many of the rural districts and
which, if you think is worth while,
should be taken up at the coming
annual town board meetings and acted
upon and also to be considered by the
various school boards and village
councils. Since it is very urgent that
sible | would suggest immediate ac-
ton. Following is a suggestive form
of resolution:
Whereas the delinquent tax prob
lem has assumed an alarming char
acter not only in Pine county but in
Minnesota, and
Whereas we know that if present
economic conditions prevail for one
more year, and effective means are
not employed to stop this avalance
af tax delinquency it will be difficult
our local governing units of counties,
townships, villages, and school dis
tricts to function, and
Whereas we do believe that this
problem can and must be solved by
the joint efforts of the legislature and
the people who are living in the dis
tricts directly affected by this tax de-
linquency, and
1nasmuch as the circumstances
causing this problem are beyond the
control of the local governing bodies,
Therefore do we the voters in the
town of ------------, county of Pine,
state of Minnesota, this 10th day of
March, 1881, assembled in our an
nual town meeting, petition and pray
that you the honorable governor of
the state of Minnesota, to call into
convention representatives of each
county desiring to be represented in
said convention, said representatives
to be appointed by the county COM
missioners in their respective cOun-
ties. These representatives together
with committee of state Legislators
appointed by the governor, shall try
to find the most practical means and
introduce during the present session
of legislature such legislation as may
be proper for teh solving of this prob
lem of tax delinquency.
CHRIS. FREDERIKSEN.
Askov, Mimi, March 4, 1881
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05
EVOLUTION IN PLANE BUILDING

The once thought impossible fool
proof airplane that any one can fly is
not in the too far distant future if
the past rapid progress made by that
industry is any criterion. From the
slow hazardous machine that the
Wright brothers made and flew by
sitting between the wings to the pre-
sent luxurious taxis of the air with
salon and pullman accommodations is
long step. But now comes the an
snolncement of still another invention
which will revolutionize aviation so
much more. Grover Looming has de-
signed a monoplane and it has been
tested at the Curtiss airport by naval
officials. The new plane is of the
folding type and can be folded up and
carried in an eight-foot tube in a sub
marine or possibly other carriers
of people. It's wing spread is 3S feet
and it has cruising speed of 100
miles an hour. 1t can be assembled
or dismantled in three minutes, it is
announced.
Future sea-going people might often
witness ship wreck but possibly in
stead of being called upon to save the
passengers and crew they will see
them take off like flock of frightened
birds upon the hunters approach.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05

potential crooks can, through COM
plete knowledge of our institutions,
be inadvertently admitted to citizen
ship, it would be shame to with
hold papers from persons, especially
mothers, who make up in real iden-
tification with Americas ideals for
any lack of knowledge they may dis
play of it's forms of government.
A mother of three growing children
is identified with America through
them, if she is the right kind of
mother. Caring for them as they
should be cared for, she is giving
America something that even the
childless native-born is not. To, keep
her an alien when all her ties are
here, to separate her from her chill
dren in nationality because of an un-
real and technical deficiency, would
be unjustifiable.
Peering beneath the surface of
naturalization questions and answers
should serve to keep out the bad and
let in the good, wherever there is
doubt. 1t is gratifying to note that
Judge Geiger feels that way about it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05
THE WORLD SHRINKS

(The Capital Times, Madison, Wis.,
The world is growing smaller min
ute by minute. After a while it won't
even be necessary to wait for tele-
phone operator to make the connec-
tion when you are placing long dis
lance call. You will merely take
down the receiver, dial your number,
and hear voice one hundred or one
thousand miles away, answering.
An executive of the Bell Telephone
Laboratories, Inc, placed such call
in Chicago at a recent meeting of the
Illinois Manufacturers association.
In less than a minute his party in
New York City answered him.
After a while it won't matter where
we live. We will be able to see
one another and hear one another
at any time. And when we tire
of one person it will be much
easier to get away with so much dis
lance between. If the contact proves
interesting, aerial transportation will
prove that there is still another way
of eliminating miles. Life is being
planned very efficiently for the people
who will use tomorrow's calendars.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05
WHAT KIND OF A HOME.
Mortified NeWS)

Some of us know of homes which
are always in order; where no tell-tale
dust ever hides in the corners and
crevices; where meals are served on
the dot, and everything moves in
strictly efficient manner. I'VE look
with envy at the housewives who man.
age such homes, but is our feeling al
ways justfied?" asks the New York
State College of Home Economics.
Homes are for people, not things
it adds. A home which has to be
kept too neat to permit children to
play in it or which makes guests feel
as if they have to put down newspa-
pers to walk comfortably, has degen-
Grated into a mere house. Children
who rejoice to come home, who bring
in their playmates and know they will
be welcomed, live in true home even
though dinners may be late occasion
ly. The home that cannot make a
guest feel at ease lacks the wight at
mosphere, no matter how spick and
span it may be.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05

been pointing to the danger of the
of our great cities and
the decline of rural life. 1t is too
early as yet of course to say that the
cityward movement has been stopped
and yet there are new elements en-
tering the situation aside from the
Good roads have made the
farm much nearer the city and with
improved methods of transportation
have made it much easier for the city
man to live in the country if he so
desires. And who wouldn't so desire,
if he could do it without interfering
with his daily business. ,.,,yl e..
However the farm movement should
be encouraged as much as possible as
there are many vacant plots of fertile
ground awaiting the pillow shear to
turn up its sustenance giving quail
ties that they may in turn produce
the crop that will afford the grower
a living and eventually place that
land back on the tax rolls of the
country which might also help to al
leviate the situation now existing by
dividing governmental costs among
the purses of many instead of few as
is now the case in many localities
where so much of the unproducing
land has been entered on the delin-
Quent side of the books.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05
BACK TO THE FARM!

A farm-ward trek which increased
the agrarian population in 1880 for
the first time in ten years is attri-
buted by the Department of Agricul-
ture to the industrial employment sit
uation. The number who left farms
for towns and cities in 1880 was
1,548,000, compared with 1.S76,00O in
1929 and a peak movement of 2,155 900
in 1926. Last year 100000 persons
moved from the cities to farms-the
largest number since 1924, when a
peak of 1,396,0O0 was reached. The
total farm population as of Jan. 1
was estimated at 27,430,O0O as COM
pared with 27,222,OOO a year ago.
Here is a reversal of trend which,
if continued for another year or so
will become decidedly significant. For
years editors and public speakers have
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05
AGRICULTURE'S NEW LEADER.
SHIP

(Arthur Capper in Capper's Farmer)
My faith in the future of American
agriculture is greater today than it
ever has been. Times may be bit
hard, prices lower than they ought
to be and conditions throughout in
but there is a great corrective force
at work in agriculture and it's effect
will be increasingly evident from year
to year.
The hope of agriculture, the force
that will find the solutions for it's
many perplexing problems, the leader
ship that will blaze the trail to farm
prosperity, is in the younger genera
tion of farm boys and girls. On them
rests tremendous responsibility, a
challenging opportunity for service.
And they are eager to accept it. In
fact they have accepted it and are at
work, with an enthusiasm that can't
be downed, and an optimism and cour-
age that will not countenance defeat
During the last summer l have had
lCpCdICu SoHloClo Will IliCSC lol IL
boys and girls, men and women of
tomorrow. / have seen them at All
club meetings, at state fairs, at county
and local fairs, at farm picnics, in
conventions and at work on the farms.
have talked to them, heard them
discuss the problems of agriculture,
both of an economic and a practical
nature. l have seen the results of
their thoughtful labor and / have
sensed their desires and their ambi-
tions. The more talked to them, the
more l listened to what they had to
say, the more | saw of their accom-
plishments, the more fully l realized
the power of the force for good that
they represent. These boys and girls
are dynamic. They are not satisfied
with things as they are. They have
the determination to effect the
changes which will establish things
as they ought to be. They are not
the compromising kind. They are not
willing to accept a half way victory
for agriculture. They want nothing
less than equality with other industry,
a standard of living equal to that of
other classes of our population, a flu
ture that is limited only by their
ability to achieve.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-03-05
AGAINST TRUCKING BILL
Editor Askov American:

Editor AskOv American:
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature to regulate the truckers
of livestock. If you farmers don't
protest against the passage of this
bill, some special interests will get
things fixed so you cannot haul your
own livestock, in your own truck,
without getting permission from the
railroad and warehouse commission
and also depositing bond with that
body. Amy responsible person should
be allowed to haul livestock at any
time, without getting anybody's per-
mission, except the owner of the stock
The farmers, through the various
livestock shipping associations, have
all the protection that is necessary.
Competition is the life of trade. The
regulation sought is probably for the
purpose of fixing hauling charges.
The farmer pays the freight, there
fore, any regulation of livestock
trucking will be inimical to the best
interests of the farmer. If the rail-
roads and organized truckers cannot
compete under the present system.
then that is just their hard luck. 1t
is time right now to call halt to
the formation of mOnopolies at the
expense of the farmer. Write your
senator and representative in the leg
islature and tell them to kill Senate
File COZ, which is the bill referred
to above.
HARRY GEBHARDT.
Markyille, Mimi, March 2, 1881.