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Smyrna times., 1932-03-30
Hawk-Pheasant Battle
Is Told by Eyewitness

Milwaukee.-The following letter
was received by Milwaukee news
paper recently from Ray Schroeder,
Nashotah, Wis:
It live on Moose lake and there
are quite a few pheasants around
here. This morning, when I came
out of the house, I heard a pleas
ant rooster making a racket a half
block from the house and I started
to see what was the matter with
him.
Il ran to where he was and here
was the pheasant and a monster
chicken hawk, and they were just
having a battle royal. When I got
up to them the rooster ran down to
the lake. but the hawk was all
caught up and I got my dip net
and caught him. Now, this is the
truth. and | have the hawk here
alive"
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30
ROUTS CHICKEN THIEVES
Hugh Wallis of Church Hill, Md,
With Flash Light, Prevents Theft

Hugh Wallis of Church Hill, Md,
put one over on chicken thieves
one night recently when he drove
them off with a flash light and re-
covered all his chickens. Mr.. Wal
lis was awakened Thursday night
by a commotion in his hen houses
and thinking that animals were in
his chicken houses, dressed, grab
bed a flash light, and started on a
tour of investigation. He discov-
cred two men just outside Of the
houses. They made a bolt across
the property with Mr.. Wallis in
pursuit. He stumbled over a bag
and fell. The men got away. He
found the bag was full of chickens
and on further search he found 12
more bags all filled with chickens.
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30
Lest City in India
Upsets Aryan Belief

London. The old story
that civilization was brought
to India by the Aryans has
been upset BY the accidental
discovery of lost city dat
ing from 5000 B. G., says sir
Edward A. Gait. chairman of
the Royal Society of Arts.
r. D. Banerji. of the In
Indian archaeological depart
ment. while exploring in the
lower Indus valley, found
ruins built on the site Of an
older settlement.
A great variety of ancient
remains were found, includ-
ing seals with legends in an
unknown Photographic script
resembling those found at
Susa in Persia.
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30

The Executive Board of the
State Federation of Womens Clubs
met at Dover, Thursday, as the
hosts of Dover Century Club to
discuss plans for the coming State
Federation to be held at Rehoboth
and also the National Convention
or Federation to meet in Seattle,
Washington. Reports were heard
from the various departments.
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30

of shoes and Is pairs of overshoes
were given; fuel was furnished to
six families; medicine was given to
three families; milk was furnished
daily to 1872 undernourished chill
dren; two stoves were purchased
for two families at cost of $3.50;
a nurse was furnished for a moth
er for two weeks. The amount
given to the Dover Welfare Asso-
citation was S175.
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30

Murderers Pay Penalty
Germany convicts in 80 per cent
OF her murder cases.
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30
Firemen Save Kitten
From Death by Fumes

Utica, n. Y.-Firemen wearing
gas masks rushed into a basement
here to rescue a child whom neigh
bors said they could hear crying"
The basement was filed with am
monia fumes from a broken refriger-
ator system. Ten minutes later
they emerged carrying a black
kitten.
well, we did our duty"
coughed one of the fremen. "Our
first duty is to save life and the sec
ond property"
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30
Sign of Hard Winter

Redding, Calif.-lt may be sign
Of a hard winter, but a 250-pound
brown bear was killed within two
miles Of the city limits the other
day.
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30
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!, Be- Held at ches-
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b April the Fourth
| STOCK nAsnrrlNe G

.,ncers, livestockmezr
btg pEo'of'th II the Del-Mar-vt'
a'I1ssn ssps i, been invited to At. |.
snIs ha'f # meetings to o
''Ils, .sai, i interest on Mary. a,;y.
d tasi[ mem Shore under aus. aus
Easls'SM .ss Maryland Farm Ba- !,
ss1,,lstion. q las Announcement S.I +b( s
ssas'i s.s+ has been made BY YIN. sn'
f.,T, a'SI E. Eastern Shore n', a AsSo. tSe
'I,sa rsish is cooperating 1g.I IN nro. 70.
ll'nt "t'lto to bring together t e. 5ssI pso,
. i,.cllss problems in then
tive ! The fbe meetings are an
ID as follows; c,..tertown
psay april 4 cneS'S'' =" :
fPM. Easton. Md.
il.,iay, !, April s-centreVille
i P. NJ salisbury.
TP. NJ n.utor Md. 7
= A,l' !. prof. H. D. Monroe and
ITIism y : phillips of Chicago
ia.',-srs .a and mixers Of feeds
/. Nv tbe purchasing agency
1 Maryland Farm + Bureau P9aa ao aol
Prof. ". H. Klce, eN-
T. Dorltryman of the Univers-
/. Maryland; and President
/. " Davis of the Agricultur-
[noration Of Maryland. The
[,r.ticye Livestock Marketing
e. now being organized, will
[cIaiped by representatives Of
Esdsral Farm Board, K. A.
| EXPERT Of the Maryland Ex-
n Service; ]. W. Jones, sec
\ Of the Eastern Livestock
Erstiye Marketing Association
frank N. Payne, secretary "
MARYLAND Farm Bureau Feder-
Extension agents Of the
|4r:ity Of Maryland in each Of
rs;vective meeting towns will
Deak. Successful livestock
Us have been set up recently
Tirginia, West Virginia, New
Tennessee, North Carolina,
Penn.
tOrts are now being made to
N Del-Mar-Va livestock pro
! IN a similar agency where
pp prices will be received for
| livestock sold on a coopera-
basis. Producers, it is be-
|, will not only profit in the
4 Of commissions but in the
i increase in prices received
1e product.
Smyrna times., 1932-03-30
Gold Mine Is Gigantic

johannesburg, S. A.-The Wit
watersrand gold mine here has
more than 1000 miles Of subterra-
mean shafts. streets and avenues.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
STATE TAXES
THE Pine Poker)

When levy is made in Pine county
to raise money from taxes it is nee
essary to levy from 25 to 80 per cent
more than required on account of de-
linquent taxes. In other words, when
SIS is needed levy of 500 must be
made to raise the former amount
That means that those who pay their
taxes must pay 25 or 30 per cent more
than they would if there were no de-
linquent taxes. The same principle
holds true in the state In 1881, ac-
cording to Governor Olson, approx
mately $3,250,0OO less was collected
by the state in gross earnings taxes
than the previous year. This meant
that the real estate tax was increased
to meet the cost of government. 1t
wasn't Governor Olson's fault the
gross earnings tax receipts were less
but he is blamed for a higher state
tax rate. The governor is also being
blamed for appropriations made by
the last legislature. The Republi-
cans were in control of the legisla-
ture, so why blame the governor for
what the legislature did. His OPP
ponents say he could have used his
veto power. If money was being ap-
propriated too freely. why did the
Republicans pass the bills?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
REAL DIRT FARMER DARES
WRITE AGAIN

Editor Askov American:
notice that VIM. H. Lamson, in
his speech at AskOv. said that the
farmers writing In the readers col
umn of the American were not fully
informed. In my opinion this is
polite way of saying what Vice Presi-
dent Curtiss said in his Iowa speech:
"The farmers are too damned dumb to
understand"
l suppose the farmers should quit
expressing their opinions and leave
that to some intellectual genius such
as only the Republican party can pro-
duce.
So far as the presidential campaign
is concerned we are informed by Dolly
Gam that President Hoover was the
most heroic figure to emerge from
the World war. If we are to believe
her, the entire population of Belgium
would have starved, had he not been
there.
Now, if President Hoover had only
used some of his great genius during
the last three and a half years, per-
haps several million farmers would
not be staring bankruptcy in the
face as they surely are at the pres
ent time.
On the other side of the picture
stands Governor Roosevelt He advo-
Gates reorganization of the Depart
ment of Agriculture to give the farm
er better service for less cost.
He has called for a new plan for
financing farm mortgages to relieve
the burden of excessive interests and
the grim threat of foreclosure.
Think this over for minute and
remember that the Republicans killed
the Frazier bill that would have done
this very thing.
Well. on Nov. 8, you will have a
chance to choose between these
parties. On that day, my friends, is
your chance to do something for
yourself You surely do not want to
continue with what you have been
through during the last few years of
Republican rule. All this talk about
not changing presidential horses
are in water up to your ears right
now, and if you take another step in
the same direction. you are done for.
Now, in conclusion, l will say that
If l were three secretaries at the same
time l would be able to write a more
intelligent letter. but am neither
three secretaries nor a lawyer. | am
just an uniformed farmer like Farm
er Brown except that Farmer Brown
has an office in the First National
500 Line Bldg. Minneapolis, and l
live in Pine county. Also, my horses
are better than Browns, at least, they
are worth more when the assessor
comes around.
MELVIN ANDERSON.
Brook Park, Mimi. Oct. 3, 1882.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
UNITED ACTION NEEDED

Mayor William Mahoney. the intelli-
gent. fighting and courageous Irish
political leader of the states capital
city, declares that lin order to bring
about an economic change at least
a majority of Us must think alike.
After all it is a question of intelli-
gent action. We are not going to
solve the problem with the bayOnet,
violence or strikes.
1.-The problem of production is
solved. We have the resources and
equipment. The trouble is that the
wealth produced is not equitably dis
tributed. In a great crisis like this it
is necessary to invoke the power Of
government During the great crisis
of the war nothing stood in the way
of the government taking over the
railroads and factories.
81 know how you feel about poll
tics. Like the Chinaman who heard
that feather beds were comfortable
and got one feather and laid on it,
You can't do it by just electing one
man to office. You should rise up and
make a sweeping change. If you re-
elect your enemies you deserve what
you get. You can change things to
a large extent by electing people who
stand for a change in the system and
will make the government function
for you. 1t is the function of gov
eminent to care for the people,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
DUQUETTE WINS IN
SUNDAYS BASEBALL
GAME; SCORE 1873

DuQuette won the second of cham
pionShip series of baseball games with
AskOv Sunday on the Askov diamond
by score of Is to 8. The game
started and continued for two innings
with neither team making a score,
but both teams suddenly found what
they were in the game for and began
circling the bases. However, all of
their circling was not through safe
hits obtained, but scme were made
through errors. At any rate the vic
tory was earned by the up-county boys
and earned them a chance at the
championship of the league in third
and deciding game Sunday on the
Bruno diamond. An ad announcing
this event can be found i'm another
column of this issue and good
crowd is expected to see the game.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06

Of the hole that the former admin
istrations helped get him into? Those
big dailies that are writing long edi-
torials trying to discredit Gov. Olson,
did they write editorials on the graft
ers who were preying on the people
that should have been protected by
our Security Commission? Where
was the former Gov. Christensen at
that time? Probably building up a
political machine to send him to the
U. S. Senate?
During our long political career
the Republicans have held the stage
the major portion of those years. And
what are the conditions today. Ger
tainly no fair-minded man or woman
could blame the governor and his party
which has functioned less than two
years, and had to work under many
handicaps. Why not be fair and give
them at least fair trial? The old
G. o. p. has always maintained that
prosperity for all people must come
from their hands. Do farm and labor
conditions prove it? The ills of the
party supported and controlled by
capital and big corporate interests.
Farmer Brown, a real dirt farmer
since the campaign started. Before
that time he was known as Million
aire Brown only. 1t is amusing how
they like to don the cloak of the
farmer during election campaigns
the same old gag. How long are the
people going to fall for that bunk,
yes pure bunk? Three of our past
governors have used the same pap
with the same results. Let us re-
elect Gov. Olson and give him legis-
lature that is in harmony with his
program, and we are willing to trust
in the good sense of the common peO-
pie for the next two years.
G. N. HANSEN.
Rock Creek, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06

these two terms as president he was
not satisfied with the two-term ira
.dition laid down by George Washing
ton. He was still candidate for the
Republican nomination in 1912, and
not until after he lost out in that
nomination did he make such a
statement-not statement of his
convictions, but a case of sour grapes.
The only chance the Democrats
have had, as far back as the present
generation can remember, was during
Wilson's first administration. The
federal income tax and Inheritance
tax measures were passed. If there
were no difference in the Policies of
the succeeding Republican admin
STATIONS. why did they continually
reduce the rates on the large incomes
and inheritances during the so-called
prosperous times? Tee Federal Re-
serve Act? 1t was the only honest
attempt to stabilize the finances of
this country ever made, and even in
spite of the Republican misadmini-
stration of this act most economists
agree that it has been a great aid
in easing the present depression. How
about the Federal Land Bank system?
Ask the old timers who remember the
times when they had to borrow from
private loan companies on short terms
three to five years-and if they
could not raise the money on the day
their mortgage was due, they we've
obliged to accept an increase in in
terest rates and often pay large
premium besides to have their loan
renewed. This was the greatest aid
ever extended to the American farmer.
AS to the present major candidates
no explanation is necessary We all
have ready access to the radio talks
and newspapers that carry the
speeches word for word.
The Republican party knows that
there will be lot of dissenting votes
To their program. They know fully
we'll that the Democrats are going
to beat them in this election unless
they can manage to split the dissent
ing vote Hence the Republican prep
uganda; There is no difference be-
tween the Republicans and the DEM
ocrats."
LUDWIG MADSEN.
ASkOv. Mimi, Oct. 5, 1892
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
GOV. ROOSEyELTS STAND

1t is refreshing and encouraging
when a candidate for president on
major party will come out so open and
courageously as did Governor Frank
lin D. Roosevelt at Portland. Ore. re-
Gently, on the power queStion-one of
the major problems of the country.
The governors position on public
utilities may be summarized in the
following words:
l. Retention of the title of all
waterpower sites by the people.
.. Governmental operation and
ownership of public utilities when
necessary to obtain good service
and fair rates.
8 Federal regulation of public
utility holding companies to pro-
tect investors and insure fair
treatment of consumers.
This is in great contrast to the rec
ord of President Hoover with his veto
OF the Muscle Shoals bill, his hamper
ing of utility Investigations, and his
frequent statements in opposition to
the policies On the power question as
advocated by such progressives as
Governor Roosevelt. AL Smith, SEN
atOrs Norris, LaFollette, Shipstead.
and others. Govern Roosevelt shows
courage to challenge this NEST power
full group in American political and
economic life.
The ideas advocated by Governor
Roosevelt are very similar to those
advocated by that great statesman.
Senator Norris of Nebraska, Governor
Pinchot Of Pennsylvania, and men in
our own state, as Governor Olson who
has engendered the opposition here
of the power interests and other pub
lie utilities, and also the chain banks
who are to be found i'm the same pO-
litical group. Governor Roosevelt 5
stand on the power question comedies
also with that of Senator Shipstead
and Representative S. A. Stockwell OF
Minneapolis, the Norris of the Mime
to enlighten the members of the legis-
lature on this vital question than any
other man in Minnesota.
Governor Roosevelt is to be COM
plimented for his stand on this most
important question confronting the
people of the country. When we stop
to compare electric power rates Of
the United States with those of On
tario, Canada, it is readily seen that
there is need for regulation with
teeth in it or government participa-
tion in the business if the octupus
will not behave.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
PLACING TRUST

q To trust in one another. to have
faith and good fellowship, man to
man, is beautiful and gives feeling
of security. 1t is ideal relationship
and by all means is the relationship
that should exist between neighbors
and all folks. The person who thinks
we'll Of others and trusts in others
who have not shown their unworthi-
ness of trust, is the winner himself
and he makes others feel better by
spreading the atmosphere of good
cheer and love for fellowmen. But
it is no credit to any one to be blindly
trusting. The country cannot be saved
from the evils that beset it by those
who are responsible for said evils.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
ASkOv. Mimi, Oct. 5, 1892.
PAST PROMISES
Editor ASkov American:

AShON AUlGTICdH.
After reading the Hartland letter
in the last issue of the American.
again thought it would be necessary
for me to reconsider and vote the
Brown-Hoover ticket next November.
Being farmer and not having a high
school education | am somewhat I'M
decided if should vote for Mr. Brown
and for Mr.. Hoover For that reason
| would like to ask some of the voters
that voted for Mr.. Olson two years
ago. but who are now for Mr.. Brown,
if they would do us a favor Get in
touch with Mr. Brown, and ask him
in nice friendly way, if the big
daily newspapers that are telling US
day and night, all the good things
Mr.. Brown is going to do for us, If
telling us four years ago all the nice
things that Mr.. Hoover was going to
do if elected president of the United
States.
But don't be afraid boys, this is no
time to be fooling around. l am quite
sure if some of you will kind of slip
this question to Mr.. Brown, with a
smile on your face, he might be only
too glad to answer it. And please
don't forget to find out what make and
type of adding machine Mr.. Brown
used in figuring out that $5,O0O,OOO
tax saving for us. l am somewhat
afraid if Mr.. Brown used the same
machine as other millionaires used in
making out their income tax reports,
and if we would have to deduct in
proportion to what Andy Mellon re-
funded. then I don't know how much
we could figure out on that original
S5.OOO,O 900 tax saving. Well, anyway
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06

There is yet no danger of the world
being Over-pOpulated for while. A
fellow handy at mathematics has fig
ured out that the entire human race
nearly two billion people-can all be
packed into a half mile square. if the
stack runs half mile up in the air
in other words cubic half mile. We
know how far it is east. west. north
and south, but there is much room
when we go skyward Here in Amer
lea we have gone upward quite bit
and if they would go that direction
more than the other four directions
in China and India they would not be
so crowded
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06

Senator Henrik Shipstead: what
foreign governments owe us on their
debts amounts to less than One-half
of per cent of their national income
less than per cent of their ma
tional budget, and less than 13 per
cent of what they spend for arm
aments of war 1t ought to be OBJ
vious by this time to the most simple
Americans that these discus
sions with foreign nations, however
plausible their beginning, generally
end i'm an effort on their part to I'M
load their obligations on this coun-
try. and to make the United States,
which was the one entirely innocent
party in the great war. pay the whole
cost of that conflict
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
STAYING CLEAR

Have you heard of any of those
ten Republicans accepting Governor
Floyd B. Olson's challenge for de-
bate? No! And you won't hear of
it either. Face to face with the war
rior they could not "get by" with the
stuff they say behind his back. With
the intelligence. shrewdness. clear
and oratorical ability of the
states chief executive the lesser
lights who have much to cover up
are going to stay clear of him.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
THAT ROOSEVELT STATEMENT

Editor AskOv American:
1t might be worth while to consider
the circumstances under which TheO-
dore Roosevelt made the assertion
that there is no difference between
the Republicans and Democrats.
In 1904, when he was the running
mate of VIM. Mckinley. he WAS as
loud in his praise of the Republican
party as anybody. He uttered no such
statements upon taking over the presi-
dency after the assassination of Nc
Kinley. nor did he do so during his
own campaign on the regular Repub-
lican ticket in 1908. After serving
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06

II like to see a man proud of the
place in which he lives. l like to
see a man who lives in it so that
his place will be proud of him. Be
honest, but hate no one; overturn a
mans wrong doings, but do not over
turn him unless it must be done in an
overturning of the wrong. Stand
with anybody that stands right. Stand
with him while he is right and part
with him when he goes wrong."-Ab-
raham Lincoln.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-06
LAMSON EXPLAINS
'ditor Askov American:

EQltOf ASkOV American.
| cannot refuse your editorial ap-
peal for Information upon the work
of the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration and allied matters.
The $SO,OO0,OOO loan to the Dawes
bank in Chicago was not made to help
Dawes personally or to give him
money with which to speculate, but
was made to save the bank from clos
ing. He had resigned his high gov
ernmental position in order to help
save the bank, which was in distress
owing to heavy shrinkage in the
value of its investments and heavy
Withdrawals, but in spite of his pres
tige the bank was headed for the
rocks. If this big Chicago bank had
been allowed to close. it would most
certainly have resulted in runs on
many other banks both in Chicago
and elsewhere and have threatened
the collapse of our entire banking
system in the West, because people
would have reasoned that if the gov
eminent would not save a bank in
which Dawes was interested it would
not be likely to save any other bank.
The loan to this bank not only pro-
tected thousands of individual depOs-
itOrs in the bank. but many thousands
of depositors in smaller banks which
carried their reserve deposits in the
Dawes bank, and which would have
had to close if it had closed. Can
anyone conceive how the closing of
this big bank and these smaller banks,
and the resulting receiverships, could
possibly help the agricultural situa-
ton in the Northwest?