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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17
SANDSTONE, WILLOW
TEAMS BEAT ASKOV

Askov basketball teams lost two
games Friday night in the local D. B.
S. hall before large crowd when the
Sandstone and Willow River high
school fives invaded the camp of the
locals. The Quarry City basketeers
trimmed Askov high school 20 to IS
and the Willow team won it's game
from the Askov town team II to Z.
In the first game of the evening
Willow and the Askov boys fought on
fairly even terms with Willow chalk
ing up more of their tries at the bas-
ket than the locals. Possession of the
ball was pretty evenly divided.
In the first half of the Sandstone
Askov game it was evident that Sand
stone outplayed the scarlet and white
clad boys from Askov, but in the last
half it was a different story and Askov
came back with a vengeance, but did
not offer the force to overcome the
lead and pace set by Sandstone.
The Askov band furnished snappy
music for the evening.
Edward Therrien refereed both
games and his work was as in the
past pleasing to the fans and teams
in action. Lunch was sold after the
game.
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money should be distributed directly
to each town, on a mileage percentage
basis, for reasons hereby set forth, as
in the past it has been proved, that
some towns are not able to meet this
required percentage, and that it has
been found uneconomical for the
towns to turn over to the county this
percentage in order to get a certain
piece of road built by the county. 1t
has also been proved that towns can
build and maintain roads cheaper and
more economical, and can use this
money where it is more necessary to
be spent REINFORCEMENT, and be it
further
Resolved: That a copy of this
resolution, be sent to our state rep
resentatives, and one to our board
Of county commissioners and one
copy be sent to the local paper for
publication, and one copy be spread
upon the records of this town.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17
HINCKLEY TOWNSHIP
WOULD CHANGE TOWN
GAS TAX SUPERVISION

At a recent meeting of the Hinckley
township board, among other items
of business transacted, a resolution
was adopted petitioning the state
representatives and county commits
sioners for a change in the gas tax
law which now places a portion of
the fund back to the townships for
road building if matched by a per-
centage of township money. The res
olution would have the money distri-
buted directly to the townships.
The resolution signed by Peter
Pearson, Joseph Gimpl and Frank
Johnson as supervisors follows:
"Resolved: That we the voters and
taxpayers of town of Hinckley, County
of Pine, State of Minnesota, go on
record and petition our state repre-
sentatives and county commissioners
as follows:
whereas, The one (D cent added
gasoline tax collected by the state,
and distributed back to the county,
has to some extent failed to fill its
intended purpose, which was levied
to build and maintain town roads in
rural districts, and as the benefit
from this said tax can only be Sc
cured from the county at present by
meeting the county with a certain
percentage on the dollar, be it there
fore
Resolved: That hereafter. this
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17

Want ads buy and sell.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17
SEED LOANS MAY BE
HAD FOR ALL COUNTIES

All counties of Minnesota are
eligible to participate in the govern
ment seed loans and applications car
be sent to F. w. Peck, director OF
Agricultural Extension, University
Farm, st. Anthony Park.
The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture is also furnishing free to any
farmer who applies to the department
for it, sufficient quantity of innocu-
lation to innoculate one bushel of one,
kind of seed, for alfalfa, sweet clov-
err, red clover, or alsike clover. Whe0
writing be sure and state which kline
of seed you wish to innoculate of the,
kinds above mentioned. All applica-
tiOns for this innoculatiOn should be,
addressed to Congressman HarolG
KnutsOn, Washington, d. C.
Mr.. KnutsOn also has for free dis
tributiOn a number of farmers bull
letins on subjects of interest to people
on the farm and in town. Write hina
for bulletin catalog.
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relief or the Rural Credit bureau, but
of the states investment funds, which
are the property of the University of
Minnesota and the school system, and
must invest these funds where they
believe best.
"The board finally agreed to buy
S25O,00O of the bonds at 425 per cent,
an increase of "a mills, so the bureau
will not have to stop functioning i'm
mediately, and to consider the remain
ing $1,750,000 after conditions have
become more stabilized. This action
was supported by, and the governors
motion opposed by, all other members
of the board, including State Treas
urer Julius A. Schmahl, State Auditor
Stafford King, Attorney General Hen
ry N. Benson, and Fred B. Snyder,
president of the DIVERSITY board of
regents. Governor Olson was sup
ported by c. F.. GaarenstrOOm, chair
man, and Thomas Frankson, secretary
of the Rural Credit bureau, both Olson
appointees.
The United States government
lends money at per cent to ship
builders and Boulder Dam and at
per cent to foreign nations said Gov
ernor Olson. L believe it would be
bad effect on agricultural credit for
the state to refuse to loan money to
its own farmers at Az per cent
"Mr. Snyder asked to read a state
ment of his position into the record.
Governor Olson then replied that, lin
view of this entry in the record,
want to add this: | do not believe
that either the Rural Credit bureau
or the farmers of Minnesota should be
penaliZed because of bad or fraudu-
lent loans made by a previous Rural
Credit bureau. Prior to 1925 these
loans have nothing to do with the
present necessity for farm loans.'"
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was supported by the regulars. TIL

was supported by the regulars. The
FL. group said mo" on the head
tax but the regulars said Eyes"
Both factions favored the so-called
beer bill. The sale of state test mill
was opposed by both groups. The
metropolitan drainage bill received
the o. K. of both factions.
The constitutional amendment for
an income tax proposal received the
support of both factions.
Fills Most Liberal.
Following is the rating of the mem
bers. They have been divided into
three groups, the first are the liberals,
the second the progressives, and the
third the conservatives. Each men,
Der holds the position accordingly as
he was liberal in voting. Where sew
eral members have the same score the
most liberal appears first and this
was determined by the members vote
on the "39 difference of opinion bills"
The asterisk ~ means elected with
Farmer-LabOr support.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17

chase Rural Credit bonds at 4.01 per
cent when we can buy highway bonds
at that rate" Here again the Cover
nor met the contention of the oppo-
sitiOn by showing that the State In
vestment board has not bought any
highway bonds because it has had to
meet competition in the open market
in the purchase of such bonds. More
over, he cOntended, in order to buy
highway bonds the Board of Invest
ment would have to dispose of U. S.
liberty bonds drawing 4.25 per cent
interest. This would obviously pre-
clude the purchase of highway bones
by the board.
Concluding his rejoinder to the
Benson contention, the Governor said:
'The higher the rate, the more will
go back to the taxpayer"
Vote Down Second Motion.
In concluding the hearing Governor
Olson again moved that the board
purchase $1,75O,000 Rural Credit bonds
at 4.25 per cent. There was no sec
Ond and when the Governor asked
Benson whether he was willing to sup
port this motion, the latter stated that
he was not yet prepared to vote on
that question. The discussion indi-
Gated, however, that the Attorney
General was ready to vote to purchase
state highway bonds at 4.01 per cent
and sell U. S. liberty bonds, now owned
by the board, bearing a rate of 425
per cent, to make the purchase. But
he did not seem disposed to do that
in the case of Rural Credit bonds.
Pioneer Press Summary.
A summary of what took place at
the meeting of the State Investment
board last Friday is contained in
story published in the Pioneer Press
of Saturday morning. The high spots
of it are contained in the quotations
below:
''The Republican and the Farmer
Labor factions of Minnesota's hybrid
state government split Friday in the
Olson, Farmer-Laborite, took office
year ago in January.
1T was a break that, if manner of
speech and efforts to set up between
the line issues for the approaching
campaign are any Indication, will not
elections.
MANY times drifting into heated
discussion, with frequent accusation
and insinuation, the split came at
meeting of the investment board
called by the Governor to reconsider
its rejection Wednesday of a request
from the Rural Credit board to pur-
chase two million dollars of its bonds.
Il found Governor Olson and two of
his appointees on one side and the re-
mainder of the board, all Republicans,
on the other.
Summarized, the views of the op-
posing factions were:
Governor Olson contended that the
investment board should purchase
whatever of the Rural Credit bends it
becomes necessary to sell to provide
for continuation of the bureaus loans
to farmers at low interest rates, be-
cause if the bureau is forced to sell
on the open market at present prices
it will have to increase the rate of
interest to farmers and all other loan
agencies will Increase their rates ac-
cordingly.
Republican members of the board
insisted that they are not, as members
of the board, the guardians of farm
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17

Tuesday. March 22nd, loo
p. m, II miles west of Finlaysonr
5 very high grade Holstein mich
cows, also other stock, farm ma
chinery and household goods
Henry Schultz, owner; VIM. H. Bar
nick, auctioneer; H. E. Shafer, clerk
3Sw27-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17
FINANCING OF
RURAL CREDITS
State Board of Investment Turns Down
Governors Proposal for Farm
Loans at Reasonable Interest.
BY H. G.. TEIGAN

Flight on Credit Bonds Splits G. o.
p. And FL. State Chiefs" is the
heading of newspaper story pub
lished in last Saturdays st. Paul Pho
neer Press.
The fight developed at a meeting Of
the State Board of Investment last
Friday over Governor Olsons attempt
to get the board to buy rural credit
bonds and thus keep the state in the
business of loaning money at low
rate of interest to the farmers. The
State Board of Investment is made up
of the following members: Governor
Olson; Henry N. Benson, attorney gen.
eral; julius Schmahl, state treasurer;
Stafford King, state auditor, and Fred
B. Snyder, chairman of the state Uni
versity board of regents. All of these
are Republicans except Governor Oh
son.
The Governor called Julius Schmahl
board purchase $2,00O,O0O of Rural
Credit bonds at the rate of 4.01 per
cent.
Snyder Opposes Plan.
ton by cutting the amount from ST.
100000 to 100000. Benson thought
that 100000 was too much money to
invest and that the interest rate was
too low. For that reason he moved to
amend further by making the amount
S25O,000 at a rate of 4.25 per cent.
This motion carried
Governor Olson then again moved
that the board purchase $1,75O,OOO of
Rural Credit bonds at a rate of 4.O1
per cent. There was no second.
BY this time things had gotten fair
ly warm and the Republican members
of the board realized that they had
to show their hand. They argued that
it would be unwise to assume reSpOn-
sibility for these bonds as the Rural
Credit system may not work out and
the burden will eventually fall upon
the taxpayers. To this contention
Governor Olson replied that "None of
our losses are going back on the tax
payer"
The Governors contention was we'll
founded, for of the GIG loans which
the present board, controlled by the
Farmer-Labor administration, has
made there is not one delinquent. All
delinquencies in interest payments
come down from previous administra-
tions.
Delinquencies Date from 1924.
G.. F. GaarenstrOOm and Thomas
Frankson, administrati on members of
the Rural Credit board, were present
at the meeting. They pointed out that
of the 2,24O farms now owned by the
state, 1855 per cent of the loans were
made in 1924 and 1873 per cent were
made in 1925. Moreover, they pointed
out that there are now 1888 loans
about to be foreclosed and of these
Z per cent date from 1924 and &c per
cent from 1925.
Mr.. Benson seemed most hesitant
to have the board of investment pur-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17

Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Byron Olsen were
callers in the Twin Cities Monday
and Tuesday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-03-17
MORE WANT ADS

FOR SALE-Big type Poland China
bred gifts for April farrowing-
Alfred Walberg, Route 1, Braham
25W27-2E
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4 NY man who comes in here

4 NY man who comes in here
n and begins asking questions
. especially if be tries to pry too
deeply into the conditions of the
miners Immediately becomes an
object of deep suspicion.
The whole town of Pineville,
with its population of $500 bust
ness men and others, Immediate
ly becomes a corps of $500 pri-
vate detectives bent upon seeing
what the visitor is up to.
know, because I was arrested.
Wishing to dodge this surveil-
lance, I arose at 5 a. m, hailed
rickety taxicab and went out to a
nearby mining camp before the
town was up and about.
I talked with the miners and
their wives in the shacks in
which they lived, desiring to get
their stories at first hand. I also
took a few kodak pictures.
Soon after I returned to town
and mailed my notes and films to
the home office as a precaution
against seizure, I was crossing the
courthouse yard when Police
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fetal prosecutor.
Mr.. Smith, though only % years
old, is the dictator of Bell county.
He runs everything. He is the
official who publicly elected the
visiting college students.
Been out talking to those
miners at Dean Branch, Walter"
Chief Osborne announced as he
motioned me to a seat. Took
some pictures too, and now he
says he hasn't got them"
From some mysterious source,
Chief Smith seemed to know all
about my movements.
Prosecutor Smith seemed equal
ly skeptical. I told him 1 was not
a Communist, had no Communist
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sympathieS and was merely bent
upon making a fair and impartial
investigation Of conditions. He,
too, demanded to see the missing
notes and pictures.
After considerable questioning,
he finally released me.
The chances of any over-curious
visitor departing suddenly and I'M
willingly from Pineville or Harlan
are real.
Both towns are quite candid
about it and joke about how many
they have escorted across the
state line.
Each town has cards advertising
its Fresh Air Taxi Company" as
the movement is known. A too
curious visitor gets one of these
as gentle hint.
If he fails to take the hint, a
Citizens committee" escorts him
to the Tennessee border where he
is dumped out and warned not to
return.
business men and others of
- Pineville still talk of how
Waldo Frank, New York writer
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Chief Osborne of Pineville took
me in tow.
st want to talk with you" he
said.
What's the matter?' I asked.
You know" he replied. Where
are those pictures you took out at
Dean branch this morning?
want to see those pictures and I
want to see your notes, too"
told him had already mailed
them to the home office. Appar-
emily, he didn't believe me, as he
kept right on the question.
r
CHIEF OSBORNE took me up
~ stairs to the Office of County
Attorney Walter B. Smith, the of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
RAIL LOANS OPPOSED
COuzens Will Seek to Halt Action by
Finance Corporation.

Couzens Will Seek to Halt Action by
Finance Corporation.
By Scripps-Ho0ard Newspaper alliance
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Sena-
tor James Couzens (Rep., Mich.)
will seek early action on his bill to
strip the reconstruction finance
corporation Of power to make loans
to railroads.
He said today he would take his
measure up with the senate banking
and currency committee, of which
he is a member, to see if hearings
are necessary.
1T is all very plain; hearings may
not be needed" he commented, re-
ferring to his attempt to prevent
the corporation from making loans
from its $2,OOOOOO,0O0 fund to en-
able railroads to repay loans which
banks had refused to extend.
His bill would give the interstate
commerce commission complete au-
thority over railroad loans.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
KILLS MOTHER, SELF
Act of Mercy Is Seen in
Double Shooting.

By Uhitcd Press
AMESBURY, Mass, April 4.-Miss
Majorie Jewell, 81, spinster book
keeper, killed her 88-year-old inva-
lid mother, apparently as an act
Of mercy" early Sunday, then COM
mitted suicide with the same gun
a revolver on which her fathers
name was engraved.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04

MOSCOW, April Russia has launched another five
plan, renewing the most amazing experiment in world
history.
The citizens of the Soviet republics have been stirred to
sacrifice and strenuous effort by the picture of the
economic situation of the rest of the world painted by their
leaders in contrast with the DEVELOPMENT Of Russia
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SUICIDE ATTEMPTS FAIL
Mrs. Joyce Moore, Eva Lou Martin
Are Treated at City Hospital.

Fear that she was losing her
mind was the reason given to po-
lice by Mrs. Joyce Moore, IS, of 1923
East Washington street, for attempt
ing suicide Sunday by swallowing
poison at the home of her mother,
Mrs. George Quinn, 925 North Haw-
thorne lane. Mrs. Moore was sent
to city hospital by police.
Eva Lou Martin, "a, of SOC East
Washington street, who attempted
suicide with poison Sunday was re-
turned to her home after being
treated at city hospital
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Ito Be Continued
SPOTTED FEVER FOUND

MaIady Is Discovered Among
Guards at windsor Castle.
By United Press
WINDSOR, England, April A.
Several cases of spotted fever we're
discovered today among members
Of the Scots guards and the horse
guards stationed at Windsor castle
here, where the king and queen live.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
Fights Mark Mexican Election

By United Press
MEXICO CITY, April 4.-Con-
greSsional primary elections in
Mexico resulted in no serious dis
orders, although there were sporadic
outbreaks of fighting in the prov
inceS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
PIMPLES
NEARLY COST JOB

"Pimples on my face almost lost me
my job. Thanks to SAXOL salve.
now have n clear smooth skin. M
Baltrick. Get genuine Saxol in the
yellow ox-Advertisement.
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Production of rayon is steadily
increasing in Japan and has
reached a monthly output of about
100000 pounds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-04
SOVIET LAUNCHES SECOND
F|vE-YEAR PLAN; CITIZENS
GRIMLY FACE SACRIFICES
World Prosperity Collapse While Russia
FORCES Ahead Used as Picture
to Inspire Nation.
SCOFFERS SURPRISED BY RESULTS
Definite Progress Made by Communist
Leaders in Gigantic Scheme Which
Has Made Over a Vast Empire

with its first Pastka or Fs Year Plan in its final
If in
front rank Of world economic What is the
do they
is frso of results
the in
terms dseusS
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who brought committee here to
distribute food among the miners,
and Allan Taub, New York attor-
ney, were taken for one of these
fresh air taxicab" rides a short
time back.
After returning to their hotel,
Frank and Taub we're seized by
citizens and officers, placed in an
auto (driven by a Pineville mer-
chant) and taken on a midnight
ride to the Tennessee line.
There, lights on all the cars
were extinguished. In the dark
ness. Frank and Taub we're beaten
badly.
Another chapter in the story of
Pineville is the indictment, charg-
ing criminal syndicalism, that
still ponds against Theodore Drei-
ser, who led a committee here to
investigate conditions among the
miners.
County Attorney Smith says
people like Dresser and Frank
come in here not to help the
miners. but to get publicity for
themselves on books they plan to
write.
OFFICIALS and "public-spirit-
" ed citizens" in both Harlan
and PineviIe are satisfied in their
own minds that this is the proper
way to handle the situation. There
is rivalry as to which. county has
chased out the most.
1--WE started it long before they
ever thought of it." Sheriff Blair
of Harlan county told me.
"Of all the nerve!" retorts
Prosecutor Smith, of Bell county.
why, they even copied some of
the wording on their cards from
us; it's rank plagarism!"
Since the notes that Chief Os-
borne and Prosecutor Smith de-
manded of me were on a gravely
forbidden subject - the eerime of
talking with miners and learning
how they live-I am quite conf
dent that if they had obtained
these notes they would have been
confiscated and would have been
escorted out of Pineville in a
hurry.
But they didn't get them - and
next I'll tell you the story that
those notes contained.
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Next-How the miners live,
story written from notes that
Kentucky officers tried to confis-
cate.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
PRESBYTER|ANS s
PLAN DINNER

More than 300 reservations have
been made for the national Pres
byterian dinner to be held at the
Mayflower on April 13, and it is
expected that the original esti-
mate of 400 guests will be largely
exceeded.
Mrs. Thomas w. Lockwood, jr.,
is selecting a committee OF
hosteSSes to receive Mrs. Benja-
min Harrison, widow of the for
mer President, and other guests.
WreathS will be placed at the
Washington Monument and at
the statue of the Rev. John With
erspoon before the dinner. The
program for the dinner itself will
call attention to the signing OF
the Mecklenberg D cl ar a t ion,
which antedated the Declaration
of independence; the loan of the
Presbyterian ministers pension
fund to the troops at Valley
Forge, and the sermon of Chap
lain Duffield, Presbyterian,
which caused price to be placed
on his head by the British au-
thoritieS.
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
NEW PRESSURE
! TIRES SHOWN

The first motor cars to be
factory-equipped with the newest
development irf tires, the giant
size low.pressure "dirigible bal
looms" requiring only half the
air pressure of ordinary tires, are
being shown and demonstrated
at a special exhibit beginning
today at the Graham Motor
Sales, Inc.
The new tires are mounted on
streamlined Graham Fights. They
are mounted on special small di-
ameter wheels, without spokes.
The entire circle inside the tire
is covered with a chromium
plated disc with the typical
Graham hub cup in the center.
Says Joseph B. Kingston:
These new tires effect as
great an improvement over
regular balloons as the latter
did over the old time high-pres-
sure tires"
The Washington times., 1932-04-06
Red Cross Will Hold
Huniene Courses Here

Two courses in home hygiene
and care of the sick will be given
under the auspices of the Am
erican Red Cross beginning April
IS, according to an announce
ment made today by Miss Evelyn
Patton at Red Cross headquarters.
The courses are free to those
who, on completion of their study,
will serve voluntarily in hospitals
and clinics here. Others are re-
quired to pay a small fee. Others
are required to pay small
fee. Persons interested should
communicate with Miss Patton at
the National Red Cross head
quarters here.