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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-24

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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
County Official
Loves FLOWERS
Treasurer Frank POferl Gets His
Recreation i'm Home Garden With
SO VaritieS of Flowers.

One Pine county official who thor
oughly enjoys his garden, gets his
exercise and fresh air there, rather
than through burning gas with an
automobile, is Frank Poferl, treasurer
for many years.
When the martins and the wrens
start their singing at four o'clock
summer mornings, the beautiful music
and the break of day beckons Mr.. Po-
ferl to his garden, and here he enjoys
some of his most pleasant and profit
able hours. Mr.. and Mrs. Poferl are
both lovers of flowers and she knows
how to make boquet that looks we'll,
but it was not until nine years ago
that Mr.. Poferl really got the garden
fever" Since then he has become
more interested each year and is con-
stantly experimenting with new vari-
cites of flowers and trees.
Besides their residence, garage, and
some chickens on a lot 55x150 the
Poferls raise enough vegetables for
their own use, even some to give
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
EBERT IN HANDS
OF LAW AGAIN
Former Hinckley Attorney Arrested
at Las Vegas, New, on Grand
Larceny I'm Second Degree.

After having completed a years
time at the federal prison in Leaven-
worth, Kans., on a liquor charge, and
then the three months parole-again
free man-John w. Ebert, former
Hinckley attorney, was taken into the
hands of the law again last week.
The charge this time is grand lar
ceny in second degree, growing out of
collecting note for the Farmers and
Merchants State Bank at Hinckley,
which money he appropriated for his
own uses. Sheriff Hannes Rypkema,
accompanied by his brother, Riemer
Rypkema of Hinckley, drove to Las
Vegas, New, to get Ebert, having Sc
cured extraditicn papers for their
man. Arriving at Pine City early Sat-
urday morning, Ebert was arraigned
before Judge Alfred p. Stolberg the
same day and bound over to the dis
trict court this fall. Bail was set at
$4,000, but the money not being pro-
duced the prisoner was lodged in the
Washington county Jail awaiting court
action.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
STURGEON WINS
IN FIRST ROUND
Pine County Baseball Team Defeats
Willmar to 3; Will Play Eastern
Minny Nemesis Today.

Sturgeon Lake, Pine County's entry
into the state baseball tournament in
Lexington Park, st. Paul, gave good
account of itself in the first game
played on Tuesday when the Pine
county boys defeated Willmar to 3.
The Sturgeon Lake boys, led by
Mack Anderson on the mound who al
lowed the downstate team only seven
hits, hit their real stride in the eighth
inning when they came from behind
and scored three runs to tie the score.
In the ninth they brought in the win
ming tally in a continuation of the
hitting attack of the inning before.
Isle, the Eastern Minnesota entry,
was shut out on the same day to 0
by Holdingford of the Great 500
league and this team will meet Stur-
geon Lake this afternoon. If Stur-
geon Lake wins this game it will ad-
vance into the semi-finals.
Pine county fans, pleased with the
showing the boys from Sturgeon Lake
made so far, will look for victory
again this afternoon to carry them
deeper into the tournament.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24

VOWS SPOKEN
AskOv Young Couple Wed at Morris;
Will Visit Here Before Going
to Housekeeping.

Two local young people,. son and
daughter of Askov folks, became man
and wife on Sept. Is at Morris when
Miss Esther Krogh and A. Edward
Dietz exchanged nuptial vows.
The groom is the son of Anton ].
Dietz and has been employed near Bel
bingham until recently when he has
been at the home of his sister in
Chokio. He has spent a great part of
his life here having attended the rural
schools near his home west of Askov.
He is of steady disposition and has
made friends wherever he has been.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jens ]. Krogh and like the
groom has resided in the AskNv COM
munity where she has attended and
graduated from the high school, re-
ceiving her diploma in the spring of
1880. Since her graduation she has
spent much time in the Twin Cities
where she has been employed.
The couple took short wedding
trip following the ceremony after
which they will visit a short time
here before taking up housekeeping.
A large circle of friends in the
Askov community will join with the
American in wishing them the best of
everything in their venture together
through life.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
OrWdshh>{3to Letter
8y " PDaley

err heads a similar contingent having
for their avowed purpose the enlist
ment of women voters to counteract
the potent influence of the opposition.
There is more to the scheme than the
actual vote of an interested woman.
1t is we'll known that women absorbed
in current political matters have
much to do with directing the votes of
male members of their household.
With economic conditions at a low
ebb, Governor Ross and her aides have
the G. o. P. ladies at a disadvantage
and bring nothing but torment to the
defenders of the present regime.
Not since 1917, when the mobiliza-
ton of industry was wartime essen
tial, has Washington been crowded
with the nations leaders serving with
out pay and hope of reward. Parti-
san matters have rightly been thrown
overheard as leaders work out plans
to prevent chaos and panic during the
coming winter and spring. Expenses
are kept at minimum through draft
ing government employees for clerical
activities. Many nationally-k known
executives and experts have drafted
their own assistants while on special
peace-time duty here. All are cogni-
zant of their responsibility and even
Federal employees VIGOROUSLY prone to
clock-watching habits have caught the
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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
FORMER co. AUDITOR
ENJOYS LIFE AT 70

w. H. Hamlin of Pine City, for
many years county auditor and at
one time county surveyor, but now
retired and specializing in a good
garden, celebrated his 18th birthday
anniversary Sunday amid relatives
and friends. Among those joining in
the celebration were his son, Philip
L. Hamlin, register of deeds, and fam
lily who live neighbors, and another
son, Robert E. Hamlin, embalmer and
furniture dealer at Moose Lake, to-
gether with his family. Frank Hanft,
superintendent of schools at Moose
Lake, and Mrs. Hanft were also among
the guests. On Monday Mrs. Hamlin
gave an excellent dinner to county
commissioners and other county Of
ficers in honor of her husband. The
conversation drifted back to old times
in the county and as usual all en-
joyed the happy event in this hos
pitable home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
HINCKLEY MAY
GET A PRISON
New Federal Institution Will House
Short Termers Such as Boot.
leggerS and FOrgers.

1t appears that Hinckley has been
chosen as the site for the new fed
eral open air prison for short term
offenders in Minnesota. The enter
prising citizens of Hinckiey as well as
other localities have worked hard to
get the site and due to it's location
and wooded country nearby this Sec
ton is a likely place. Plans for the
new institution will be drawn soon
after a definite decision is made, it is
reported and the new prison will be
ready for occupancy some time next
spring.
A New Venture.
These new forms of penal colonies
are the results of recommendations
made by a congressional committee
charged with the investigation of
prison reform and have been approved
by the Wickersham commission. In
1880 congress appropriated $1,000,000
for the purpose and 100000 for the
year 1881. 1t is out of this fund that
the new institutions are being con-
structed.
The prison in this section will be
the fifth one to be constructed under
the new arrangement, others having
been already erected at New Orleans,
La, Ell Paso, Texas, New York and in
the Detroit district, between Detroit
and Toledo, Ohio.
AS was stated before, applications
~ IN ~ OF
Washington from various places in
western and southern Minnesota, but
these applicants were told that there
was no chance since the institution
had to be erected near the centers of
population and this was one thing in
Hinckley's favor since it is located on
Highway No. 1 where buses enter at
regular intervals daily and where two
railroads pass through, thus making
for easy transportation to and from
the prison.
For Short TermerS./
The new prison will be for prisoners
sentenced for less than one year and
while bootleggers go to make up the
bulk of this class of prisoners, they
will share the new home with forgers
and others who may be given light
sentences. The department announces
that it is the desire to provide a
structure that will be light and airy
where the inmates will be properly
housed and which will relieve the
congestion in other penitentiaries.
With the wooded section near
Hinckley affording sufficient sources
for various modes of employment by
the prisoners and with its easy access.
the department seems to have chosen
we'll when it has selected this section
for the prison.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24

Washington, September 23-Little
if any attention has been given to one
of the most powerful efforts in modern
times to change the under currents
which control political destinies. The
smoke and fire from the battle over
candidates and issues of the 1882
Presidential campaign has been so
dense that snipers with their deadly
aim have been neglected. The real
ground work of the next national pO-
litical battle is being laid with care
by Republicans and Democrats alike.
They seek the control of the women
voters The fireside agitators are
abroad in the land preaching their
dogmas to large audiences under the
guidance of the major parties.
Speaking at Seattle, September Is,
former Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross
revealed the keynote of the policy
with the admission that the 1928 cleo
ton afforded a lesson to the Demo
Gratis that the women of this country
constitute a new force that can de-
termine the outcome of party con-
tests" With this objective the Demo
Gratis have sent out Mrs. Ross and
other party workers to SOW seeds of dis
sension among the feminine element
that will recruit them to the Demo
cratic banners.
The Republicans are alive to the
menace for Mrs. Yost. g. O. P. work
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
LOOKS OVER NEW
JOB AT MARKVILLE

Boyd Fleming who has been as
sistant- operator in the cooperative
creamery at Pine City for a number
of years, was in Markville Sunday to
look over the. cooperative creamery
there which he will operate after Oct.
list, and also to secure residence.
He was accompanied by his wife, and
his mother, Mrs. Grace Fleming, of
Askov. AL Kimlinger who was opera
tor at Markville for several years, left
September list for New Germany, and
in the meantime Mr.. Johnson has
been in charge.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
LIGHTNING KILLS
HORSE NEAR ASKOV

During the rain storm Saturday
night lightning struck the silo on
the Jes Larsen farm in FinlaysOn
township and electrocuted one of his
best heavy draft horses. Although
Mr.. Larsen heard the crash of the
bolt nothing was known of what it
had done until morning when he went
to the barn to do chores and found
the animal lying in a dazed condition.
The horse did not die until the fol-
lowing day.
1t is difficult to account for the
horse being struck since no metal was
touching it except that it was shod.
Fortunately no fire was started in the
barn and the loss of the horse was
partly covered by insurance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
LEGION
NATIONAL MEETING

MIR. and Mrs. ]. P. Hurley of Hinck-
ley, left in auto Friday morning for
Detroit, Mich, as delegates to the ma
tional convention of the American Lee
gion. At Cambridge they were &C
companied by DR.. o. Anderson and
from Minneapolis by Harold Rogers.
The three men are delegates from the
Tenth Minnesota district of the
American Legion while Mrs. Hurley
is a delegate from the Ladies' Aux
Hilary of the Tenth district. The Hur-
legs are both very active in American
Legion circles. Mr.. Hurley is vice
commander of the Tenth district Or
ganization and Mrs. Hurley is presi-
dent of the Auxiliary in the Tenth
district.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
AMERICAN ADS PAY
SAYS SANDSTONE MAN

Ivan Lundeen, implement dealer
in Sandstone, who has used the ad-
vertising columns of the American
several times praises the pulling
power of American advertising.
Mr.. Lundeen states that he has had
customers from outside of his trade
territory and advises any one who
has anything to sell-merchants or
citizens-to try an advertisement
in the American.
What Mr.. Lundeen has found out
about American advertising can al
so be learned by any one. Each
week there are over $500 Askov
Americans printed and circulated.
One purchaser of what you have to
sell or one seller of what you want
to buy will pay you dividend on
your investment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
MORATORIUM ON
INTEREST URGED
A. c. TOwnley Fights Interest Law;
Spoke I'm Pine County Vii.
lagos Saturday.

At his Pine county meetings, held
in Sandstone, Hinckley, and Pine City
last Saturday.. A. C. Townley, head Of
the Non-Partisan League of several
years ago and we'll known North Da-
kota political leader, spoke princi-
pally on the economic condition of
the country today and what has led
up to the Capitalization of wealth.
Much of his time was devoted to
an attack on interest, adding that
this is man made law that has come
into use in the English speaking
countries the last 800 years. He ad-
vOcates the repeal of this law and
for the time being proposes a five
year moratorium on all interest. He
said that one cent invested at the
time of Christ at six per cent interest
would buy the entire world today
Paying tribute to the real wealthy
through watered stock in the rail-
roads, steel trust, harvester company,
power trust and other interests, was
also gone into.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
FOR
Dissolution
Little or No Attendance in
Two Schools of Be1den
Town Causes Action.
County Board Accep t S
Crawling Job West of
Sturgeon Lake.

The board Of county commissioners
at their meeting Monday received a
petition asking that school districts
Nos. 10 and lis in Belden township
be dissolved. The hearing on this
matter will be held at the next meet
ing of the commissioners on Oct. 10th.
There has been little or no attendance
in these schools the past few years
and if dissolved the districts will
come under what is known as unor-
ganized school district which accord
ing to the law is under the supervision
of the county superintendent Of
schools, the county treasurer, and the
chairman of the board of county COM
missiOners.
Complaints on the condition of a
road in Chengwatana township were
heard The supervisors of the town.
ship agreed to improve said road.
A slightly used Adams IL foot
grader was purchased by the county,
the old grader being turned in on the
deal.
The petition of Owe Hermansen with
his land, southeast of Askov, to be set
off from school district No. to No. II
was granted. County Agent w. F..
Hammargren of Hinckley, was present
and bid goodbye officially, prepara-
tory to taking up his new duties as
district appraiser with the State Rural
Credits Bureau. Commissioners Mat
son and Ethel were appointed as a
committee to appear before the Min
nesota State Tax Commission on the
assessed valuation appraisal of the in
terstate bridge near Grantsburg, said
bridge being a privately owned toll
bridge. A resolution was passed by
the board calling attention to the
peddlers' license law and for the pur-
pose of Strengthening the enforcement
of same
The commissioners and the engi-
neer inspected and accepted the grav-
cling job of 10 miles on state aid road
No. west of Sturgeon Lake on Tues
day. Official minutes of the board
will appear in a later issue.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
NEWS AMONG SCANDINAVIANS

initiative in regard to the London naval
disarmament conference, and in con-
nection with the German separations
moratorium. The Norwegian paper
feels that the American president has
earned the right to be considered as
candidate, but, it says, if the award
ing body does not agree in this, the
prize ought to be given to Prime Mini
ster ]. Ramsay Macdonald of Great
Britain or Mahatma Gandhi of India.
Sibbernsen Suicide.
Ingvard Sibbernsen of Omaha, Neb.,
committed suicide by shooting himself
with a revolver last week; the trag-
edy was due to dependency brought
about by failing health and deprecia-
ton of stocks. Mr.. Sibbernsen, long
prominent in Nebraska banking cir
Giles, was born in Nyborg, Denmark,
20 years ago; about so years ago he
came to Columbus, Neb., from his ma
tive country, and soon thereafter made
his home in Omaha. He was con-
sidered wealthy and very generous
man, and in recent years referred to
as the grand old man among his Oma-
ha compatriots.
Antarctic Expedition.
Norwegian newspapers announce
that Bernt Balchen, Norwegian avia-
tor who was the chief pilot of Admiral
Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedi-
ton, is himself preparing a similar
expedition scheduled to start in De-
CONTINUED on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24
new AGENT
FOR COUNTY
South Dakota Man Chosen
by Extension Com
mittee Friday.
Fred B. Willrett Will Take
Over His New Work
on Oct. Is.

Fred B. Willrett was selected as
county agent for Pine county at a
meeting of the county extension and
executive committees on Friday eve
ming, Sept. II.
Members of the committee attend
ing this meeting were: E. L. Wilcox
chairman of the board of county COM
missioners; Andrew P. Edin, county
auditor; George Wallick, president Of
the Pine County Farm Bureau; ]. H
Holland, c. L. Hoagland, and l. A,
Ecklund, directors.
Mr.. Willrett was a graduate of the
Agricultural College at Ames, Iowa,
in 1929. For one year after gradua-
tion he was District Boys and Girls
club agent, working out of Canton, s.
d., and since that time has been coun-
ty agent of Sphinx county, S. D., being
located at Red Field. Mr.. Willrett
was selected as the new agent largely
on the basis of his wide experience
with All Club work. Considerable
consideration was given to his expert
ence in farming gained on the home
farm in DeKalb county, near Malta,
ILL.,, at which place his father owns
and operates a 34S acre farm.
The committee feels that it has in
Mr. Willret a man who will keep up
the good standards of extension work
in Pine county and man who will
be able to adapt himself to the con-
ditions of the county in very short
time.
1t is hoped by the committee that
the people of Pine county will give
him every possible cooperation when
he assumes his duties on Oct. 15:-f.
Hammargren Appreciatfye.
Through the press of the county w.
F.. Hammargren, former county agent,
announces his appreciation of the CO.
operation he has received from the
people of Pine county during the
eight and one-half years he has car
ried on as county agent. In express
ing this appreciation, Mr.. Hammar-
gren writes as follows:
''It has been pleasure to me to
work with the people of this county,
both those in the towns and in the
country, and to work with the boys
and girls from hundreds of families,
learning to know them intimately
through All Club work.
1T is my hope that the people OF
this county will give my successor
Mr.. Willrett, even more cooperation
If this iS nOSSihle So that he NAV he
able to carry on the work even better
than we have been able to do in our
humble service.
I'VE sincerely hope that the work
of the All boys and girls may be con-
tinued, and may be increased in the
years to come. We are, indeed, glad
to say that in leaving this work, it
shall not be necessary for us to leave
Pine county,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-09-24

Last summer a squadron of Amer
and when the bluejackets obtained
shore leave they INDUCED in a series
of fights which made it necessary for
the Danish police authorities to in
terfere. One especially brutal cpl
sode, taking part in the Tivoli Gar
dens, caused the death of Filipino
soldier upon which the Tivoli man
agement served notice on the sailors
that thereafter they would not be adj
mitted. Official reports were fled by
the U. S. legation in Copenhagen, and
now the navy department in Washing
ton announces the summary discharge
from the navy of all who took part
in the fights while on shore leave in
Denmark.
To Help Church.
Organization of the Augustana
Lutheran Foundation to accept condi-
tional gifts to the Swedish Lutheran
church of America was announced a
few days ago. The articles of in
corporation provide that the founda-
tion shall have the power to accept
gifts to the church, pay an annuity to
the donor while he lives or fulfill any
condition attached, and also reinvest
the money for the benefit of the synod.
Hoover Suggested.
The Oslo daily "Morgenbladet" edi-
torially suggests that this years Nobel
peace prize be given to President
Hoover in recognition of his effective