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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
HINCKLEY PIONEER
BURIAL SATURDAY
Adam Stradal, 81, EARNED in Mission
Creek Township 35 Years; Died
Yesterday Morning.

Adam Stradal, a pioneer resident Of
the Hinckley community, passed away
early yesterday morning at 1855
o'clock, at the farm home at the age
of 81, following lingering illness.
Mr.. Stradal was born on April 1,
1875, in Czechoslovakia and came to
America in his youth. He farmed
for five years in the state of Nebraska
before coming to Minnesota and set
Ting in Pine county. He was married
in Pine City and for the past IS years
he and his family resided in Mission
Creek township where they built up
good farm, he being of the sturdy
pioneer type of Bohemian people
having done his bit to build Pine
county. He came here in 1897, only
three years after the great Hinckley
fire when the country looked black
and desolate.S
Surviving are a wife and three
sons, Joe, John, and Frank, all re-
siding in the same community. An
aunt lives at Haugen, Wis.,, and two
brothers reside in the native country.
Funeral services will be conducted
by the Rev. M. Rieger at the st. Pat
rick Catholic church Saturday morn
ing at 10 o'clock, with interment in
Rose Hill cemetery. Sympathy is ex-
tended to the bereaved family in the
loss of good husband and father.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
CLOVERTON ASKS
FOR DISSOLUTION
School District I'm Wilma Township
Also PetitiOned County Board for
UnOrganized Territory.

The board of county commissioners
met at the court house Monday, and
on Tuesday and Wednesday forenoon
inspected county aid roads, finishing
up their business for this meeting at
the court house Wednesday afternoon.
A majority of freeholders in school
district No. 100, the Cloverton school,
and school district No. 121 in Wilma
township, presented a petition to the
board to be dissolved into unorganized
territory. District No. 3S, largely in
Aitkin county, but partly in the north
western corner of Pine county also
petitioned for dissolution.
Hans. T. Hansen and Carl X. Han
sen of Pokegama township, petitioned
to be set off with their lands from
the Henriette to the Grasston school
district, and Elmer Jacobson of Pine
Lake township, was set off with his
lands from school district No. 81 to
No. 81.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
ALL LIVESTOCK
SELLS LOWER
Cattle Very Draggy-Largely 15c to
CSC Down; Hog Market Averages
1Oc Lower; Lambs Weak-25c Off.

(By u. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco
Monies and Minnesota Department OF
Agricultural
South st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. %, 1882:
Following outside trends all classes
of slaughter cattle ruled very slow
and largely 25c lower here today. Fed
yearlings reached $S.25, best grassers
$500, bulk all grass steers $500 to
$3.50. Grass cows dragged at 1928
to $3.50, heifers $500 to $3.50, better
westerns to $3.50, with cutters from
$1.25 to 1925. Medium grade bulls
sold mostly at $3.50 down, vealers
$500 to $3.50 according to condition.
The hog market ruled weak to most
ly 10c lower, better 100 to $50 pound
butchers selling at $500 to $40, 25O
to $50 pound weights $3.50 to $500,
pigs and light lights largely $500 to
$4.25, plain kinds to $500. Packing
sows cleared from $500 to $3.50, bulk
1925 and up.
Slaughter lambs and yearlings ruled
weak to 25c lower, better natives 60
ing at $500 to $5.25, medium grade
lambs 1915, throwouts to packers
$3.50 to $2.75. Good grade yearlings
cleared at $3.50, medium to choice
ewes $1.00 to $1.75, common kinds soc.
Feeders and Suckers.
Outlet for feeder and stOcker cattle
was on steady to 25c lower basis.
palmer grades showing the decline.
Better westerns sold from $475 to
$3.50, bulk all weights $3.50 to $3.50.
Stock pigs continued unchanged at
$500 to $4.25, native feeder lambs
selling largely at 1925 to $3.50.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
Community Hall
UppermoSt With
Pine River Folks

The Pine River Community club
held its regular monthly meeting at
the Pine River school west of Fin
layson on Wednesday evening, Aug.
18th, with a large attendance The
business meeting was confined large
ly to the building program and the
forthcoming Community fair. The
business meeting was followed by
program consisting of debate, sew
eral monOlogues, dialogues and songs,
after which came the social period
and refreshments.
1t is hoped that the new Commun-
ity house which is under construc-
tion. will be ready for occupancy for
the September meeting. The club
plans on holding a fair early in the
fall. the date having not yet been de-
cided upon.
The program committee, Mrs. Will
liam Kyro. Miss Rosalia Webber and
Oscar Koivuniemi, provided a very
interesting program.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
Vivid Picture of India is
Given by Missionary Girtz
The People are Not Educated, but
LOVe To Sing, Talk and
Listen.

Missionary ]. NJ. Girtz of the United
Lutheran church of America, who
spent six years in India and is now
on his return trip to that country,
going via Denmark, after visiting
America since last fall, delivered the
sermon in the Askov church Sunday
forenoon and spoke again in the aft
ernOon on his work amongst the peo-
pie of Santalistan, province of Assam,
in the northeastern part of India. 1t
was intended to have the afternoon
meeting in the park but due to rain
it was held in the church. The
Ladies' Aid served refreshments.
The Rev. Girtz who formerly lived
in California, said that India is but
two-thirds the area of the United
States but has three times the popu-
-lation. It's population is 350,000,0 900
and it has one million small villages.
Every fourth person in the world is
a Chinaman and every sixth person
is an Indian. The people of India
are poor and they are not educated,
$50 being illiterate. But they must
have an outlet for what is in them
so they sing and talk and they are
good listeners, said the speaker.
The feeling that overlook the young
missionary when he came to India
nearly seven years ago was: What
can l do for this great multitude?"
Three-fourths of all the people in
India are Hindus, there are about
20 million Mohammedans, and five
and one-half million Christians. The
Santali people, with whom he works,
constitute a population of three mil
lions, part of whom are Christians.
Very Hot In India.
There are two seasons in India
the hot and the hotter season said
the speaker. The hottest season is
almost unbearable to the newcomer.
In January they get their vegetables
from the gardens and then they have
fairly cool weather for three months.
Nobody works in India till it gets
warm. They have more cattle per
Continued on Page 10Y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
Good Exhibits, Entertainment
and Speakers at County Fair
Free Admission for the First Time This Year. is Popular;
Folks Hear Governor Olson, Congressman Knutson,
and Einar Hoidale Many Witness Public Wedding;
Good Weather GreetS Crowd.

The 1882 Pine county fair is now
a matter of history. The exhibits
were good, especially considering the
dry season, and the crowds were
large. The good attendance, in some
measure was due to the fact that
no admission was charged. 1t was
estimated that on Friday about $500
people attended the fair.
Some fair visitors rather missed
horse races this year, but due to the
depression and shortage of currency
the management was obliged to fore
go some attractions. The vaudeville
attractions including acrobats, dog
act, bicycle act, and stunts on top OF
an So foot pole, were all on the high
class order and reflect credit on the
fair board in their selection of attrac-
tions. The Pine City band, under
the direction of Joseph Dufeck, fur
nished good music. They are es-
pecially entitled to a good hand for
doing this work free of charge.
]. E. Swanson & Son, the big farm
ers over in Royalton township near
thC lSdhtl SOuHts WOH SCNCh III ~
prizes on seven cattle exhibits, and
if it was possible to do any better
they likely would have done so.
Nine buttermakers from co-opera-
tive creameries in Pine county ex-
hibited their wares, Alfred Nielsen
from the Askov creamery winning the
first prize with a score of "a and
Allen Irene of Denham capturing the
second place. on 93.5 butter. C. w.
Fryhoeffer, federal inspector at the
Land O'Lakes central creamery, was
the judge.
The three speakers at the fair
Governor Floyd B. Olson, Congress
man Harold Knutson of st. Cloud, and
the Hon. Einar Hoidale of Minneapo-
lis, candidate for Congressman on the
Democratic ticket-spoke after the
vaudeville performances on Friday
afternoon, Friday evening, and Satur-
day afternoon respectively.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
BY GEORG STRANDvOLD

Sailors tell quaint and wondrous
tales about the doldrums-a part Of
the oceans near the Equator where
calm weather may prevail so per-
sistently as to hinder all progress Of
ships for weeks at a stretch.
AS with ships, so with the events
which mark the stages of the progress
of mankind; they may run into the
doldrums-that is, in other words,
they may strike snag which SEEM
ingly prevents them from stirring.
In the field of international events
such periods occur almost regularly
at about this time of each year. Heat
is torrid; the spas and the other sum-
mer resorts of Europe and America
beckon to tired diplomats, inviting
them to forget for the moment all
the worries, all the cares which or
dinarily rest heavily upon their frail
shoulders; correspondence between
the chancellories is at a standstill,
and generally speaking events simply
refuse to happen.
That is, on the surface; let no man
deceive himself into believing that
souls and things are as dead as they
seem to be. They are not. Nothing
is at the point where activity ceases;
there may be an intermission, but it
is utilized for the purpose of prepar-
ing-"the next STEP"
In the Far East.
During the past few days nothing
of supreme Importance has happened
in the affairs of the world in general,
but a little group of very distin-
guished gentlemen made it known,
nevertheless, that their brief-cases
contain documents which are of such
a nature as to open the possibility of
a new conflict in the Far East; they
are the members of the special COM
mission appointed by the League of
Nations council to investigate the
cause of the trouble between Japan
and China.
This commission has written a re-
port, the contents of which are still
officially shrouded in veil of i'm
penetrable secrecy-and which are
unofficially known to constitute a Sc
we're indictment of the Japanese policy
in Manchuria.
In this connection, the British point
of view appears to be of the greatest
significance, and London newspapers
make no attempt to hide their fears
that the report will cause the govern
ment of Great Britain great deal of
embarrassment during the next few
weeks.
''Grave Inconvenience"
OF course, no government will ever
concede that it fears anything, so
London merely describes the forth
coming report as possibly "a grave
inconvenience" for the British For
eign Office does not want to see the
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
Wearing of the Green.


Green caps to be worn by Fresh
men boys and green feathers by the
girls will enable members of the
Freshmen Week committee and other
upperclassmen to give the utmost aid
to incoming students. Wearing of
the Green" will continue until the
Homecoming bonfire several weeks
later, when '.Frosh" will carry out
the old Minnesota tradition and cast
their freshmen emblems into the
flames.
Freshmen Week programs are being
broadcast over KSTP, WCCO, WLB,
University of Minnesota radio station.
Preceding Freshman Week, the Uni
versity Y. M. c. A., cooperating with
the student committee, will conduct
its third annual Freshmen Camp at
Lake independence for $50 selected
high school graduates of Minnesota.
The Minneapolis Junior Chamber of
Commerce, the State Theatre, and
other Twin City groups will also CO.
operate.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
FRESHMEN WEEK
STARTS SEPT. 26
Miss McEachern, Pine City, is Chair
man for Hinckley District, to Help
New University Students.

With the appointment of district
chairmen in different parts of Min
nesota to represent the student Fresh
men Week committee at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, plans for the well
coming of incoming freshmen to the
university this fall will get under way
this week.
District chairmen will contact pro-
spective freshmen in their commun-
tiles, answering questions relating to
registration, eXtra-curricular activ-
tiles, opportunities for obtaining part
time work at the university, and other
questions in which incoming students
and their parents may be interested.
Win Ellen McEachern of Pine City,
is chairman of the Hinckley district,
which includes all surrounding towns.
The 1882 Freshmen Week will open
September 26 and continue until Oc-
tober 1. Incoming students will be
required to spend the first two days
registering for courses and taking en-
trance examinations. The remaining
four days will be filled with various
activities designed to orientate new
students at the university.
Entertainment for the Week.
A freshmen convocation, church
night suppers, mems an women's re-
ceptions and mixers, sightseeing
tours of the campus and the Twin
Cities, teas and luncheons will pro-
vide the freshmen with entertainment
during the week.
The Freshmen Carnival, annual
gala event eliminating the weeks
activities, will be held in the Uni
versity Field House Oct. list. Fra
ternities, sororities, clubs and other
organizations will operate booths,
shooting galleries, hot-dog stands,
side-shows and a merry go-round to
provide the carnival atmosphere.
Highlights of the carnival will be a
pavement dance and a polo game
featuring the run-off of the Twin City
championship.
Phillip Harris and Josephine Pease,
Minneapolis, will represent the stu
dent body as co-chairmen of Fresh
men Week activities. Professor Burk-
hard of the German department, will
be the official representative of the
faculty.
The Freshmen Handbook, issued
annually to incoming students, was
published early in August. The Min
nesota Daily, student newspaper, will
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
Y. p. S. LISTENS TO
RELIGIOUS PROGRAM
Fishermen's Club of Sandstone, Ap.
peared at ASkOv Sunday Evening;
Directed by Ernest Larson.

The Fishermen's Club of Sandstone,
a religious body of young folks who
meet every Tuesday evening in the
Dutch Reformed church of Sandstone
now being called the Sandstone
Bible church, entertained with re-
ligious program before the Young
Peoples Society of Askov at the As
sembly hall Sunday evening. A good
sized crowd greeted the young folks
from the neighboring community and
after a song by everybody, Byron
Olsen, president of the local society,
welcomed the visitors, said the young
folks in various communities should
have much in common, and then in
troduced Ernest Larson from Sand
stone, who was in charge of the pro-
gram.
First on the program was song
by thirteen voices-eight girls and
five boys. This was followed with
prayer by Ernest Larson, and scrip
ture reading and prayer by Ross
Jamison. The Danforth quartet
Albert Swanson, Carl Swanson, Mar
tin Johnson, and liner Carlson-sang
Wandering Child Come Home and
entertained with another song later
in the evening. Their voices blended
nicely.
Miss Marie Borgstrom of Duluth,
daily vacation bible school teacher
who has worked at Sandstone and
other communities of the neighbor-
hood, sang I'm Happy With Jesus
Alone" playing her own accompani-
ment on the mandolin. She sang
other solos, led singing by the entire
audience and directed the club song,
81 will Make You Fishers of Men If
You Follow Me-" Miss Borgstrom' s
pronunciation of words while she
sings is very distinct and it makes it
easy for the hearers to catch the
words.
Ernest Larson in a talk told the
audience that the Fishermen's Club
of Sandstone. was organized year
the morals of young folks-to follow
in the footsteps of Jesus Christ. F.
10. M-their emblem-stands for
Fishers of Men," Young Larson also
told some of the history of Jesus
Christine manger, no room in the
inn, Jesus working in his fathers
carpenter shop, His baptism in the
Jordan river, Judas betrayal of His
master, Jesus before Pontius PLATE,
the crowds crying Cruelty Him."
dying on the cross at Calvary, and
arising the third day. Some day He
is coming back to meet us, said the
speaker, and asked: Are you pre-
pared to meet your God?" Oft times
when in trouble the temptation over
comes us. The spirit is willing but
the flesh is weak. Young Larson Of
fered another prayer, and there was
more religious singing and the pro-
gram closed with prayer by young
Jamison.
Following the program all en-
joyed refreshments and then the local
Young Peoples Society had its bust
ness session.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
Sturgeon Lake Shuts Out
Willow River to Gain
Second Place.
Mack Anderson Allows Two
Hits, Peters Getting
Both of Them.
Standings of the Teams.

In the only game played in the
Pine County Baseball League Sunday
Sturgeon Lake shut out Willow, River
4 to 0. The game was played in
light drizzle of rain. In scoring the
shut-out, Mack Anderson allowed but
two hits and his team mates gave
him errorless support. Frank Peters
proved to be the difference between
Mack and a no hit and no run game
getting both of the hits. Anderson
struck out 10 batters and allowed
only two men to get to first base.
He was stingy with complimentary
tickets and therefore allowed no bases
on balls.
All of the other postponed games
from last Sunday because of the rain
will be played next Sunday.
Following are the box scores:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
GOV. OLSON SPEAKS

The grandstand and bleachers were
we'll filled when Governor Olson spoke
Friday afternoon and he was accorded
very close attention throughout his
hours address which was principally
on taxation. 1t was estimated that
between 500 and 1000 people heard
his address. Introducing the speaker
County Attorney NJ. B. Hurley of Pine
City, said it was privilege to have
the chief executive of the state as a
guest of the fair, and he added that
the governor is able and fearless, a
man of the people, grown up amongst
the common classes and man with
fine human instincts--one who knows
the needs of the people and labors
for them.
Governor Olson expressed appreci-
alton for the invitation and the privi-
lege to speak at the Pine county fair
and commended the secretary, w. S.
McEachern, also expressing apprecia-
tion for that gentleman's fairness in
his newspaper.
The governor opened his address
by saying that it is the inherent
right of all to be happy and free.
and it is the business of government
to arrange affairs so as to make peo-
pie happy-not the few. Special
privileges to a favored few will not
bring about universal happiness. Ten
million people usually gainfully en-
ployed now out of work and other
millions working on part time de-
stroys the buying power of the many,
causes underconsumption and conse-
quent hard times. The high tariff
is a special favor to industry.
The Promised Parity.
Parity was a fancy word used by
the Republican party in the campaign
of 1928, said the governor, but parity
between agriculture and industry has
turned out to be a myth as all we'll
know, for witness what the farmer
can buy today of industrial goods
with what he produces on the farm.
The farmers buying power now is
AZ cents as compared with the in
dustrial dollar. The governor said
any person or party but he was simply
giving the facts, in this instance Sc
cured from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, President Hoo
ver's own appointees. The farmer has
the right to ask the government to
fix farm prices, said the chief ex-
ecutive, but some folks will say that
that is not the business of govern
ment. We use the railroads, tele-
graph, telephone, gas, electric power,
and other public services, and we pay
a rate fixed by law. The railroad
fare and freight rates are fixed by
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
not according to depression or pros
perity, but to get a reasonable re-
turn on the money invested. The
gamblers figures on the blackboard,
the stock market manipulators, should
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
GAME AND FISH BODY
RESTORES MUD LAKE

The completion of work by the
Division of Game and Fish in the
restoration of Mud lake near Deer
River in the northern part of the state
brings back one of the greatest migra-
tory waterfowl breeding grounds on
the North American continent. This
is the second large recent undertake
ing covering waterfowl brought to a
successful conclusion by the division,
the other being the Thief lake pro-
ject in northwestern Minnesota.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
LOW FARES OVER LABOR DAY

The Great Northern Railway an
over Labor Day with an extra long
return limit, good between all Great
Northern stations east of the North
Dakota-Montana line, including Twin
Cities and Chicago. Three-f1fths of
one-way fare-good in coaches only.
One fare plus Is cents-good in sleep
ers. Tickets on sale September 2. 3,
4. 5. Return by midnight, Septem-
Der IL.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25

Golfers used to be out on the course
before dawn to get an early start.
When you see them on the course that
early these days they are looking for
golf balls.-Judge.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25
STURGEON LAKE

Summary-TWO base hits, Peters,
Mack Anderson; double plays, REDEEM
baugh to Nelson to p. Anderson: struck
out. by Danelski 5. by M. Anderson 13;
bases on balls off Danelski L left on
umpire Barquist; scorer. Gilbert; time.
1870.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25

issue a Freshmen Week number con-
tanning the program of the activities
for the week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-25

Largest circulation of any
newspaper in the United
States published in q COM
n1unity of its size.
By far the largest circu-
latiOn of any newspaper in
Pine county.
A good advertising medium.
The Washington times., 1932-06-17
To Summer Abroad

Mrs. Helen Royce Kakoyan-
mis-, of New York city, will sail to-
morrow for Europe, where she
will spend the summer. Mrs.
Kakoyannis will return to Wash
ington in the fall and will again
be at Wardman Park for the
autumn and winter months.
Mrs. Julius Frederick, of Mil.
waukee. Wis, Is passing a few
days at the Dodge, accom-.
panied by Miss Pauline Barrow,
also of Milwaukee.
The Washington times., 1932-06-17
Europe Bound

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hale
HarkneSs, who were married
Monday in Rye, N. Y, sailed
on the Europa for a honey
moon abroad. Mrs. HarknesS
is the former Miss Elizabeth
Grant, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Pierce Grant. and
Mr.. Hardness is the brother Of
Mrs. David Sinton ingalls,, wife
of the Assistant Secretary Of
the Navy.
Mrs. Knox Taylor of Santa
Fe, N. Mex. is at the Dodge.
The Washington times., 1932-06-17
Set Wedding Date

A wedding OF wide interest
here will take place Tuesday.
June 81, when Miss Elizabeth
Alexander, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. D. Alexander, jr, Of
Charlotte. N. c.. Virginia's Off
> cial hostess at the George
Washington Bicentennial cele.
bration, will become the bride
of Mr.. Charles Phillips Pollard,
son Of the governor of Virginia,
= Mr.. John Garland Pollard.
Mr.. Pollard and his bride will
make their home in Washing
ton.
The Washington times., 1932-06-17
Fete Capital Guests

DR.. and Mrs. Douglas Mac
Farlan, will entertain at din
ner at their home in Ardmore,
Pa, tomorrow evening, in honor
of Comdr. and Mrs. John
Bayliss Earle, of this city, who
will be the house guests of Mr..
and Mrs. w. Hollingsworth
Whyte, Of West Chester.
II
Mr.. David H. Blair is attend
ing the convention in Chicago,
Mrs. Blair and their son,
David. jr., are visiting relatives
in North Carolina.