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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07

vestigation has disclosed that but few
senators and representatives are inn
mune from this practice. That is why
Congressman Mitchell does not hope
to get very far with his bill in our
national law-making body.
The people of Minnesota hear about
this practice of Nepotism every two
years when the State Legislature
meets. That is about the only time
any real opposition to this practice
shows itself. In the 1881 session leg
islators who recognized the danger
OF Nepotism made a real fight to
prohibit the practice of it in our
legislature. In the State Senate it
was abolished by common consent.
but in the lower house the forces, led
by Willis l. Norton, R. w. Hitchcock,
o. K. DAZZLE and other Nepotists,
barred the passage of the resolution
sponsored by Representative Mum, D.
w. Johnson, John A. Weeks, Young
dahl, Stockwell and Starkey. Despite
the opposition of the House organi-
cation, the anti-nepotism resolution
received DO votes, or only eleven short
of passage.
The fight to abolish Nepotism in
the Minnesota Legislature will be car
ried on. In past sessions, legislators
have bartered away their souls for
job for junior, for sister, or for the
wife. But the public is now genuine
ly aroused, and there will not be
handful of men going back to the leg
islature who will dare vote to con-
tinue the practice of NepOtism. In
times past the voters of Minnesota
paid little or no attention to the prac-
tice of Nepotism in the Legislature.
1t is different now. A protest against
this practice has swept the State.
High-minded citizens and editors have
taken up the cry Abolish Nepotism,"
and it has become the battle cry in
many districts in the present cam
paign.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07

said, has AZ officials receiving $4,000
or more each. The president gets
100000, the senior vicepresident,
$76,500, another vicepresident, $54 200
and yet another $4,000.
Congress said that in spite of the
financial condition of the ST. Louis
and San Francisco system, necessitat-
ing loan of $5,OOO,OOO from the Re-
construction Finance Corporation, its
president receives $4,000 a year and
the chairman of the board, $4,000.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07

Mile Lac County Times: The great
est weakness of cooperative organiza-
lions is that too many members expect
nothing but continued prosperity, and
are quick to resent anything like ad-
versity. Some people seem to assume
that a cooperative must be always
prosperous and that it does not need
the careful attention and nursing
through adversely that is so often re-
quired in private business. Of course
it must operate under the same con-
ditions as other business and it is
bound to have it's periods of pros
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07

Jackson Pilot: This is one year
when no publicity ballyhoo is needed
to induce citizens to discharge their
duty as voters. Because this is one
year when nearly everybody not only
intends to vote but is anxious to vote
And the reason is obvious. The peo-
pie have become keenly aware that
voting is important to themselves
They realize they are personally in
terested in government: that it di-
rectly affects their homes, their bust
ness, their jobs, their present well
fare and their need of improving it.
They have learned that to neglect
their duty as voters, or to discharge
that duty unthinkingly and indiffer-
emily, can bring and does bring very
sad results.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07
GOVERNOR WAS RIGHT

After describing the galaxy Of
names that the voter was confronted
with in choosing nominees for repre-
sentatives in Congress from Mime
sofa at the primary elect on and point
ing out that some districts may not
have representation after the sc neral
election this fall, the Duluth Herald
apparently tries to place much CT the
blame for electing congressman at
large this year at the hands of Gov
ernor Olson, in the following words:
But there must not be such
ballot again. The people must
elect this fall a legislature that
will pass fair re appOrtiOnment
bill, giving each district it's own
rep. e eEtative and governor who
will sign the bill and not veto it
as Governor Olson did.
AT its best, the situation
created by Governor Olson when
he vetoed tire reapI o. tionment bill
in 1881 is a mess, and it should
not be allowed to happen again."
If the Herald had stopped after
saying ~the people must elect this
fall legislature that will pass fair
reapportionment bill" there could be
no criticism of the editorial, but when
it tries to blame the governor for
the mess" it calls for an explanation.
All the Herald needs to do is to
read the governors veto measure and
it will note that he gave good and
valid reasons for the veto, one OF
which was a difference of 10000 in
population between two of the dis
tricts as passed by the legislature
The redistricting act was framed to
men who were camping around the
lesisla ure the last two weeks or more
What shape each of the nine districts
would have and fair balance in popu.
lation played small part in the ar
rangement.
After veto of the bill by the gov,
ernOr and his explanation of the veto
there was still two days left of the
session and ample time to have pas ed
a redistricting act that would have
been fair. Did the legislature do it?
No! A smart lawyer in the Senate
thought the bill would be valid with
out the governors signature, so the
bill by resolution was simply deposited
in the Secretary of States office. The
district court and the state supreme
court upheld the contention of the
Senate lawyer, but as is we'll known,
when the matter came before the
U. S. supreme court the decision was
reversed, Governor Olson was upheld,
Minnesota had no redistricting act
and therefore the nine congressman
had to be elected at large this year.
The Duluth Herald would of course
rather have another governor elected
this fall because Governor Olson is
too progressive to suit them, has a
mind of his own and does not bat with
the reactionary press, but the Herald
had better lay off from trying TO
blame the governor for this congress
siOnal mess" Here, like in other
measures he represented the people,
had the courage to do the right thing
and did it. By his actions he did
not curry favor with the congressman,
some of whom were left out of the
. race in the primaries.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely letters on topics
Of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writer's opin-
ions conform with those OF the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our information. Signed articles al.
ways are more effective. but II tho
writer does not. wish to have his
name used. 1t will be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07

perity and adversely. And the time
for cO-operators to stick solidly to-
gether is when they find that their
enterprise is suffering from adverse
conditions.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07

No wife can endure a gambling
husband, says a careful observer, un-
less he is steady winner.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07
Get $135,OOO Each.

COuzens told the senate as examples
that the president of the Pennsyl-
vania system and the chairman of
the Southern Pacific's executive COM
mittee each get S135,OOO year to
keep the wolf away from their doors.
Couzens, before obtaining authoriza-
ton to have a. full list of salaries
printed as a senate document, cited
the following:
President, Pennsylvania system,
$135,0OO; vicepresident, $5S,5O0; five
vicepresidents of divisions, $31, 500
each; vicepresident in charge of
taxation and real estate valuation,
$4,000; vicepresident in charge of
finance, $4,000; vicepresident in
charge of traffic, $4,000; vicepresi-
dent in charge of operations, $4,000;
and others down to $4,000 each.
Big Salaries Listed.
On the Southern Pacific system, he
said, the chairman of the executive
committee receives $4,000, the presi-
dent, 100000, the executive vicepresi-
dent, $4,000, the vicechairman of the
executive committee, $76,5OO, and
other executives, from $31, 800 down
to $4,000 each. The aggregate of 35
Southern Pacific officials getting $1O,-
900 or more, amounts to $1,191,93O.
The Baltimore & Ohio, Couzens
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-07-07
Brook Park Mimi, July 5, 1882.
The newspaper clipping follows:

The newspaper clipping follows:
Washington, July q (U.P)-Pay-
ment of salaries of up to $4,000 a
year to railroad presidents and other
executives will be disclosed in de-
tail to the senate in a few days, when
a document listing all such payments
to executives of class one roads is
printed.
Senator ]. E. Couzens (rep., Mich
obtained the figures from the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, and used
some of them with telling effect in
his fight to obtain enough money to
enable the commission to carry on
it's valuable work.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
PAYNE ORDERS
FLOUR QUIZ

John Barton Payne, chairman
of the Red Gross, today ordered
an immediate investigation OF
charges that Red Cross wheat
was being used in Memphis
Tenn, for political purposes. He
said:
81 never heard a word on the
subject until 1 read in the
press the statement of Senator
BOrah that he had received let
tiers charging a political ma
chine in Memphis was using
the wheat and flour to secure
votes.
Immediately 1 communicated
with Memphis and instructed
our local chapter there to get
the facts and to determine
whether there was any basis
for the story.
There is no politics in the
American Red Cross. 1 well
come always any charges. That
Is how we are able to keep the
Red Cross clean"
Charges that Representative
Crump CD of Tennessee, DO
ltical boss" of Memphis, rules
the distribution of Red Cross
flour through his political organ
ization were contained in letters
from two lodges of the Loyal Or
der Of Americans to Borah.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
PARLEY STRIVES
!. To SETTLE BIC
GUNS|SSUE

ENEVA, July 20 GN.S0.
The American, British, French
and Italian delegations to the
disarmament C co.nfere met
Jointly today in an attempt to
draw up a satisfactory text deal
ing with heavy mobile guns, the
sole outstanding point of disagree
ment in the projected resolution
for adjournment
The Americans were under
stood to feel it was impossible
to reach an agreement on this
issue, since the French and Brit
iSh have repeatedly declined to
modify their view chat reduction
of calibre should be according to
the reduction Of calibre on battle.
ship guns"
The resolution to close the first
phase of the conference has been
completed except for the heavy
guns clause. It's official text was
given out today, a seven-page doc.
ument covering all points except
land artillery, which it promises
will be discussed later"
The Washington times., 1932-07-20

DESOTO High HAITI? Forget it! Sure you it parked
~ the Ritz rolling down Park Avenue travelling
in the best society.
But don't let that fool you DeSoto looks expensive yet
it really isn't. Attached that cleaning radiator is
economy price tag. 1t puts real thrill in thrift
Why the custom models start as low as SITS and
Standard DeSoos begin $675! Use your old for the
down payment in and let give you generous
appraisal. Well show you how be smart and brjty
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
Denish0lUn Dancers
In Summer Festival

The third summer festival pro
gram will be presented today at
8:15 at the Sylvan Theater. The
concert will be presented by the
Washington Denishawn group,
headed by Lester Shafer and Mar.
ian Chase. The program is spon-
sored by the Community Center
Department and the office of
ublic Buildings and Public Parks.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
CANOE LISTS NEAR CLOSE

Entries for the American Canoe
Association championships in the
Washington channel next Sunday
close at midnight tonight. The
entrants are either winners or
runners.up in division champion
ships.
The course is a half-mile stretch
with the finishing line near Hams
Point, furnishing ample opportu-
nifty for spectators. Events and
results will be announced by
The Washington times., 1932-07-20

means of a public address ssytem.
The program, which Is to in.
clude single blade events. junior,
intermediate and senior; one man,
tandem and squad competitions,
double blades and tilts, is to be
formulated Immediately after en-.
tries close. The program is being
sponsored by the District Bicen.
tennial Commission. H. H.. Rup.
part is chairman of the padding
committee.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
DISPUTE
NOW GRAVE

BUENOS AIRES, Argentine,
July 20 .G.N.SD Paraguay and
E0livia are closer to war tC y
than at any time since the dis
pute between the two countries
over the Chaco frontier district
arose. according to advices re-
ceived here.
A dispatch from La Paz,
Bolivia, reports that Paraguayan
forces attacked a fortress in the
Chaco on July Is, killing a
Bolivian officer and one soldier,
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
Civil Service Drama
Group to GiUe Play

The Civil Service Players, new
theatrical group of Civil Service
Commission employees. will present
a one-act play, THE Tin Peddler's
Sweetheart" or MY, the Kitchen
Is Hot!" at Merrifield, Va, July
26.
The players recently presented
comedy at the Jewish Com
munity Center here.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
FIRE CARNIVAL

The annual convention Of the
Prince Georges County (MdO
Volunteer Firemen'S Association
will be held at Bowie on August
13. The program will consist o.
contests in various branches of
fire-fighting and rescue work and
the election of officers.
The Washington times., 1932-07-20
W. C. T. U. MEET

The Chevy Chase unit of the
w. c. T. U. is meeting this after
noon at the home of Miss Ruth
Boyer, 81 Quincy Street, with
Mrs. Mark A. Tyndall as guest
of honor Mrs. E. L. Eaton is
president of the group.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21
Requires Careful Picking

"Why the coming and mulling?"
"She is selecting her bridesmaids"
"Eh?"
"She wants them pretty, but not
too pretty"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21
DIRE RESULTS OF
WASTED RESOURCES

Perhaps the richest country In Eu-
rope In natural resources Is Ru-
mania, yet Its people live on the low
est level Of culture, in squalor and
poverty. Perhaps the poorest coun
tries in Europe in natural resources
are Switzerland, Holland and Den
mark, yet these have the highest gen
eral level Of well-being
Within the limits of common expe-
rience, prosperity depends not so
much on abundance Of natural re-
sources as upon the manner Of con-
trolling and using them.
The way in which natural re-
sources are controlled and used to
promote well-being Is a good measure
Of a civilization. Half million In
dian. fought for hunting grounds and
lived precarlOusly in what Is now the
United States. The Greece OF today
has been robbed and denuded until 1t
looks like desert. The peasants
goats have stripped the mountain
Sides as the army and the politicians
have the nation. A man will travel
long distances over the mountains to
gather bundle Of brush no larger
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21
TRUTH ABOUT POEM
"BEAUTIFUL SNOW"

The story that the familiar poem
Beautiful Snow" was written by a
young woman who committed sui
eide in Cincinnati Is romantic
yarn that has tagged after poem
for years. 1t is entirely untrue. Bur
ton e. Stevenson, in Famous Single
Poems," is one writer who explains
the source of the story.
During the Civil war an unidenti-
fed young woman died in the Com
mercial hospital in Cincinnati, and
among her effects was found a manu-
script Of this poem. 1t was sent to
Enos B. Reed, editor of the National
Union, who printed it and credited
its authorship to the dead girl.
But it developed when the verses
began to be copied among the news
papers that the lines had originally
appeared in Harper's Weekly of No
vember 81, 1858, some years before
the death Of the unknown girl.
The poem was published originally
unsigned. 1t was written by John
Whitaker Watson, who was born in
New York in 1924, graduated at Co.
lumbia university and studied medi-
cine, but entered journalism and de-
veloped into a writer Of sentimental
verse and sensational serials. None
Of his other poems ever achieved the
notice of this one, and because Of
the attention it attracted, he used
its name as the title Of book of
verse with he published in 1862
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21

Hanson Strain Leghorn Baby Chicks SC to
&c. Large hens laying large eggs. Rhode
Island Reds Sc to loo. THE w. G. HATCH
cry TWIN FALLS, IDAHO.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21

CHE doesn't look seventy. Nor
- feel that old. The woman who
stimulates her organs can have
energy that women half her age will
envyl
At middle-age your vital organs
begin to slow down. You may not
be sick, simply sluggish. But why
endure a condition of half-health
when there's a stimulant that will
stir a stagnant system to new life
and energy in weeks timer
This remarkable stimulant is
perfectly harmless. 1t is, in fact, a
family doctors prescription. So, if
you're tired of trying every patent
medicine that comes along, tell
the druggist you want bottle of
DR.. Caldwel's syrup pepsin. Take
a bit of this delicious syrup every
day or so. until you know by the
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21

than lilac bush, to use for fuel.
Yet Greece under good care could be
land Of plenty.
Poor, barren Switzerland has edu.
Gated her people, managed her for
ests, enriched her meadows, har-
messed her waters, and exploited her
natural beauty (Which is no finer than
that Of Greece) to support moder-
ate and thrifty, but relatively widely
distributed, well-being.-A. Fl. Nor
gan in antioch (Colege) Notes."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21

way you feel that your lazy liver
is again active, and your bowels are
poison-free.
Men, women, and children who
are rundown, who tire easily, get
bilious spells or have frequent head
aches, are soon Strengthened out
when they get this prescriptional
preparation of pure pepsin, active
SIENNA, and fresh laxative herbs.
(Syrup pepsin is all the help the
bowels need, and you do not form
the very bad habit Of always taking
cathartics.)
Keep bottle of DR.. Caldwell's
syrup pePsin in the house, and
take stimulating spoonful every
now and then. 1t is all that a great
many people ever take to keep
strong and vigorous, and absolutely
free from constipation.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21
Names in Odd Sequence

A curious sequence Of names Is
puzzling University Of Alabama pro-
fessors. In one freshman class John
James and James John occupy seats
near each other. Across the aisle
are Jacob Jacobs and Roger Rogers.
Three Bernard Cohens are signed up
for the same course also. That prob
lem was solved by placing the
Cohens on different schedules.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21
Has MANY Relatives

George Morgan Terrell, twenty
months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
L. Terrell, of Appalachia, Va, has
twelve living grandparents, or rather
eight great-grandparents and four
grandparents. A great-uncle Of the
child is fifteen years old and an aunt
Is four.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21
A $4,000 purchase will pay
$500 per month cash for ten
years-payment made by a
bank. For information write
P. 0. Box 1868, Portland, Ore.
Rust.Proof Alloy

At the recent meeting of the Amer.
lean Institute of Mining and Metal
lurgical Engineers Nicholas A. Zeig.
Ter, of the Westinghouse company,
reported the discovery of a new
cheap alloy, made of iron and alumni
nun, which does not rust when hot.
Red-hot rust, you know. is what
shortens the lives of furnaces, etc.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21

If boy is not noisy, that boys
mind is likely to be wOrking-and
he Is likely to have good one.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21

Religion is often the only consola-
ton of the poor man. Money pro-
vides other solaces for some others.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-04-21

A false ruinOr gains currency
quicker than the average man.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-06-25
Maintenance Wcrk On Roads

M. D. Williams, district en- gineer for the Bureau of Pub lie Roads in Alaska, arrived from Juneau on the bureau motorship Highway Tuesday afternoon to look over the local road situation.
 MT. Williams was unable to hold out much hope for extens- i've road operations this sum- mer, owing to the action of Congress in greatly curtailing the bureaus annual appropri- ations for road work. MT. Will Hams intimated that necessary maintenance work was all that could be expected under the conditions, although few more men may be added to the local road crew after July 1, when the new appropriations become available.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-06-25
Potterton Has Narrow Escape

Constable Potterton, of Stew wart, while returning from the Outland Silver Bar Thursday, lost his footing while crossing a slide near the Silver Bar and was precipitated down a steep slope which ended at the brink of a precipice several hundred feet high. As he plunged down the slope with increasing momentum, he was provident- tally able to roll on to his stom- ach and stop himself by grasp ing a handful of heather be- fore reaching the jumping-off place. Two punches of the heather tore out by the roots under his weight before a third clump enabled him to stop his descent. Had the third one not held it is probable that he would have gone over the cliff.
Hyder weekly herald., 1932-06-25
Rivers and Harbors
 Bill Favored By Senate

Hope that some action may be taken by Congress toward carrying out the local flood prevention plans of the War Department was increased this week by an announcement from Washington that the Sen ate finance committee had vot- ed a favorable report on the Shipstead bill for river and harbor development.
 The bill seeks to finance through a bond issue rivers and harbors projects authorized now or in the future and would enable the local project to be carried out if authorized by Congress. The bonds would be issued as needed to pay for the projects on which work was undertaken.