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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
LEAGUES B. B.
SEASON ENDS
Sturgeon Lake Wins One,
Loses One in the State
Tournament.
Brook Park to be Crowned
Champion at Dinner
Wednesday.

Sturgeon Lake represented the Pine
County Baseball League at the state
baseball tournament held at Lexing-
ton Park in st. Paul last week and
gave a fine account of themselves.
The Lakers won the right to play in
the tournament when they defeated
the Brook Park team in the first game
of a proposed championship series at
Finlayson the Sunday before.
In drawing at st. Paul. Sturgeon
Lake was paired with the st. Paul
Park team last Thursday morning at
IL o'clock. The county boys elimin-
ated that team from further champ
ionship play i'm Class B by the score
of 5 to 3. The Lakers then were
pitted against the fast st. Peter nine
on Friday and were beaten after a
thrilling twelve inning battle by a
score of to S. Bobbie Olson and
Joe Klar led the hitting in this game
with the former getting four hits out
of six times at bat and the latter
getting three hits from four times at
bat.
Brook Park is League Champion.
The Pine County Baseball League
championship contest came to an end
this week when the management Of
the Sturgeon Lake club forfeited to
Brook Park. The lateness of the sea-
son was the principal reason for this
decision.
The Sturgeon Lake club made an
aggressive bid for the championship
by winning the first half playoff game
and then taking the first game of the
championship series which earned it
the privilege of representing the Pine
County league at the state tourney.
Brook Park has demonstrated its
championship calibre throughout the
season. Lefty" Westerman and
Johnny Harapat have been doing
very effective mound duty and have
been accorded excellent support by
their team mates.
Brook Park will be rendered a
testimonial dinner at the Madison
hotel in Sandstone Wednesday eve
ming, Oct. 5, at which time the pen
nant will be awarded them.
Following are the box scores of the
tournament games at st. Paul:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
Economy, Frugality Talked
Blu the Former Governor

mark as did also the second stone he
threw, but the third stone, bigger and
rounder, hit it's mark and knocked the
head off Goliath. Mrs. Perkins adj
mOnished her listeners to aim we'll
and get the enemy in this political
campaign.
UphOldS President.
VIM. H. Lamson, Hinckley attorney,
and secretary of the Executive Coun-
Gil at the state capitol told of his
being closely associated with the for
mer governor, Mr.. ChristiansOn, for
six years, and called him very close
friend and an American statesman.
He said there is a feeling that Pres
ident Hoover did not do all that was
expected and added that the people
did not give him Senate and House
that was favorable to his program,
and it is important that he has con-
gressmen and senators who will work
with him.
Mr. LamsOn said he had read the
articles in the Opinions of Others"
column of this newspaper, but that
the farmers who wrote therein were
not fully informed, including also the
party who has written several letters
from Alaska. The articles, he said,
contained criticism of the big loans
to bankers, railroads, insurance COM
panies, and the other big boys by the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation.
The speaker maintained that the pres
ent administration furnished more re-
lief to farmers for loans and other re-
lief than to corporations and others.
He described how the $50 900 loan
to the Dawes bank in Chicago had
done much to save many of the
smaller independent banks and that
while $8O,OO0,OO0 sounded big it was
not such big sum to leading bank
in the city of Chicago.
Continued on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
HOLIDAY MEET
TO BE HELD
Pine City Will be Scene of
Gathering Monday
Afternoon.
Other Sections in S t a t e
Have Organized and Will
Hold Produce.

A meeting to organize a county
unit of the National Farmers Holiday
Association-the farmers strike-will
be held Monday afternoon, Oct. 3, at
D. m. in Pine City. The meeting
is expected to bring out large crowd
as the call is for county wide
meeting.
w. A. Dunbar of Cambridge. head
of the Isanti County Farmer Holiday
organization, has been in Pine City
making arrangements for the meet
ing next week. Among the speakers
will be Mr.. Dunbar and either John
Bosch of Atwater. head of the or
ganization in this state, or Mr.. Nelson,
his assistant At this meeting an eX-
ecutive committee and officers for
the Pine county organization will be
selected.
The farmers holiday movement is
creating a stir in agricultural areas
all over America and is interesting
farmers in foreign nations. A great
deal of interest is being shown by
farmers in this section, Isanti, Mile
Laos and Chisago counties having al
ready organized.
Opposed to Picketfng.
Mr.. Bosch, head of the holiday
group i'm this state, is opposed to
picketing but insists that raise in
agricultural price commodities is es-
sential At meeting of about 1900
farmers at Fergus Falls Friday night
he said however, that the time might
come when the holiday association
will place observers on roads to check
the amount of shipments and the dis
tricts furnishing the heaviest ship
mentS.
A Long Time Needed.
An entire years work, not 30-day
job, is faced by farm strikers who
hope to raise prices of their products,
said Albert Marquardt of Greenleaf
60 year old president of the Meeker
County Farmers Holiday Association
There will be no picketing author
lied in Meeker county," he said. "If
we can't convince people in more
friendly way than fighting, then it
can't be done at all"
At Montevideo the farmers picket
forces were cut in half, as about 100
continued to patrol the highways,
stopping all cars and trucks to keep
shipments of livestock and grain pro-
ducts from moving to market. Only
a few farmers attempted to move
their products but they were turned
back.
PipestOne considered forming an Or
ganization Monday and holiday may
be declared in that county.
A similar meeting was held in Chi
sage county last week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29

Nelson, Pettijohn 2. Gilbertson 3; two
base hits. j. Cunningham, Fischer 2.
klar; three base hits. Olson. Pettijohn.
Martens; home run. Fischer; stolen
bases. Upgren. Nelson; sacrifices. Linus
Anderson 2, Pettijohn 2; left on bases.
Sturgeon Lake Is, st. Peter Ia; bases
on balls. off Cady S. off Pettijohn 1. off
Lee Anderson L.. off Westerman Il:
struck out. by Cady 3. by Bergen 5. by
wild pitches. Cady 3 Westerman; hits
and runs. off Cady 10 and 3 in S2-3
innings (pitched to one batter in tenth) !:
off Pettijohn. and in Ia inning; off
Bergen 4 and 0 in 3; off Lee Anderson
10 and 5 in innings (pitched to one
batter in the fifth; off Westerman 6
and in eight innings winning pitcher.
pires. Boran and O'Shea. Time. 1883.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
SHOULD
BRING S. A TON
Buyers Agree to Pay No Less at the
Present Time.-Gr0wer
Directors Organize.

The directors of the Northern Min
nesota Rutabaga Growers Association
who were elected at a meeting in
Askov and Sandstone on September IL,
met in Askov Monday night and or
ganized. Christ Larsen was elected
president and julius Slot was chosen
to serve as secretary-treasurer. A
resolution was adopted to ask all
growers not to sell rutabagas for less
than S. per ton. The board of direct
Ors, Christ Larsen, Julius Slot, Askov;
J. F.. Dubie, Willow River; Harold
Mack, Finlayson; Chris Ingemansen
and Sigurd MOSb@k of Sandstone, sig
nified their intention to hold for that
price and they desire that all other
growers will do the same. 1t is their
belief that no more rutabagas can be
sold at three or four dollars a ton
states that there will be no agree
ments to sign since it is too late in
the season to get 80 per cent signed
but requests that everyone cooperate
and hold out for SIS per ton.
Buyers Agree.
A delegation from Askov including
Christ Larsen, A. Gravesen, Carl Mil
Ter, Louis Olsen and julius Slot met
with others interested i'm the First
National Bank in Sandstone Tuesday
afternoon and the buyers in Askov,
Sandstone and FinlaysOn agreed to
pay not less than S. per ton for ruta-
bagas at the present time.
1t is planned to send a delegation
to Cumberland, Wis. this week to
make similar arrangements with buy
ers in the rutabaga section there.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
men
LIBERTY SHORT
Flashing Revolvers Two
Men Took Cash at Sand
stone Filling Station.
Station Operator Trapped,
Worked Out of Basement
and Sent Alarm.

Two young men, % and 90, driving
Chrysler sedan held up the Stan
dard Oil Co. filling station operated
by c. N. Gray in Sandstone at the
fork where County Road B joins the
pavement, on Monday evening at 8
o'clock. They were apprehended at
Moose Lake and within an hour and
a half of the hold-up with revolvers
were back in Sandstone for identifi-
cation by Mr.. Gray.
The two young men are Walter
from near Perham in Ottertail county
The Chrysler car with the young
men came from the south. They had
the car serviced with gasoline and
oil, te service being given by Mr..
Gray who was alone in the station
at the time. They followed him into
the building and suddenly said: This
is stick-up." Each of the two men
were flashing two revolvers. Mr..
Gray said There is the till, 60
ahead" They got less than $40 in
cash. In order to guard against ar
rest and make more certain their
escape they ordered Mr.. Gray to the
basement. There are no doors and
windows from this basement except
for the trap door from the main floor.
The hold-up men placed a 60 gallon
oil drum filled with oil on top of the
trap door-a weight of between $50
and 4SO pounds. Upon leaving the
place they rat bullet through a
quart jar of oil outside, evidently to
further impress others of their tough
ness. They drove along the pavement
toward Duluth.
Caught I'm About 30 Minutes.
In the meantime Mr.. Gray got busy
with iron bars or whatever tools he
could find in the basement and
worked his way out prying away for
about Is minutes. The 60 gallons
of oil were spilled all over the floor.
Immediately the alarm was sent to
the sheriff and state police. The
hold-up men were apprehended by a
service station man at Moose Lake.
Highway Patrolmen Lawrence
Thrun and J. Morrison brought the
would-be ''toughs" to Sandstone and
held them at the station where they
had so recently been so bold, until
Sheriff Hannes Rypkema came from
Pine City and took them into custody.
He placed them in the lookup there
awaiting court procedure.
Mr.. Gray stated that the young men
were ordinarily we'll dressed, both
wore glasses and were fairly re-
spectacle looking, perhaps from good
families but misled. They wore wide
belts with brass ornaments, presum-
ably to look little tougher. The oil
which all leaked out of the drum
60 gallons-and worth about $50,
amounted to more than the few dol
lars the men got out of the cash reg
lister.
Search of the car after their ap-
prehension at Moose Lake revealed
that they carried, besides the four
revolvers, a high powered 1850 rifle.
Holding up any one at the point Of
gun is grave offense and the
young men will get plenty of time
in which to think over their deed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
Theodore Christensen IS an FaUO,
of Some Measure of
Initiation.

The Republican rally in AskOv Sat
urday evening and held at the As
sembly hall was attended by between
1875 and $50 people, half of whom were
from the neighboring villages of Bru-
no, Kerrick, Willow River, Sandstone,
Hinckley, and Pine City-largely
bankers, postmasters, lawyers and
leading stOrekeepers. The principal
speaker was former Governor TheO-
dOre Christensen, who is candidate
for Congress this year on the Repub-
lican ticket, and who with his ora
torical ability gave pleasing talk.
His address was much like the one
he gave at Rush City on the Tuesday
before, though he seemed to have
more progressive tendencies in his
Askov talk, and appealed considerably
to personal responsibilities to get the
country out of the financial rut and
hard times that it is now expert
encing, advocating thrift and frugal
ity, and other good qualities of man
kind.
In one of the two preliminary talks
Mrs. Emma Gum Perkins, pOstmis-
tress at Pine City, and one of the
leaders amongst Republican women
of the county, advocated the election
of Republicans from President Her.
bert Hoover and. down. She said the
president could be compared to a
bridge, wet below. dry on top, and
wide open in both ends, hence he
should appeal to all kinds of people
acceptable to all, and all could agree
upon him. She also told the story of
the little Israelite, David, who killed
the giant Philistine, Goliath, with a
stone. The first stone missed its
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
TWO SERIOUSLY HURT
WHEN CARS COLLIDE

Two persons were seriously injured
and one other suffered minor injuries
as result of collision of two auto
mobiles about one mile north of Stur-
geon Lake near the Stanley Mohelski
farm Monday at about $50 p. m.
The two seriously injured are Mrs.
Charles Lewis of Headin Field, N. j.,
and Arnie Pridnow of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Lewis suffered possible skull
fracture. while Mr.. Lewis was only
slightly hurt. They are being taken
care of at the Moose Lake hospital.
The Pridnow car was travelling
south, while the Lewis car was COM
ing north. One of the cars attempted
to pass a truck when it met the
other. Both cars were almost COM
pletely demolished.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
WOULD
DEBATE BROWN
Wants to Argue Issues With Either
Republican Nominee or
Substitutes.

A challenge to Earle Brown, Re-
publican candidate for Governor, to
debate the issues of the campaign
with him, so that the electorate will
be informed of the truth, was issued
this week by Governor Floyd B. Olson.
The invitation to a debate was
made in an open letter to Mr.. Brown.
At the same time, announcement
was made that Governor Olson will
deliver the keynote address of his
campaign Monday night. October 3, at
the st. Paul Auditorium. at which
time the governor will give an ac-
counting of his stewardship and reply
fully to the critics of his administra-
ton. He will set forth what he re-
CARDS as the true issues of the cam
paign.
The meeting at the auditorium will
start at $3.50 o'clock and the governor
will 'go on the air" from 9 to 10
o'clock. The radio hook-up will be
with KSTP as the key station and
will include WKBH of La Crosse;
WEBC of Duluth; WDAY of Fargo
and KSOO of Sioux Falls.
The truth pertaining to the issues
of the campaign. Governor Olson
pointed out in his letter to Mr. Brown,
"can be brought out only when Of
fetal spokesman of each group meet
with each other face to face on a
public platform and set forth their
cases, make their charges, and fur
nish their proof. with the public sit
ting as judge and jury.
eff you feel that your inexperience
in public speaking, and your lack of
knowledge of government and it's
functions, would prevent you from
doing justice to your side of the case,
am willing, and would be pleased,
to have any of the following acknowl-
edged Republican spokesman and
members of the Republican hierarchy
substitute for YOU"
Those suggested by Governor Olson
as substitutes for Mr.. Brown are: f.
l.. Mcmillan, state chairman of the
Republican party and campaign man.
ager for Mr.. Brown; Thomas Stress
guth, Republican candidate for lieu
tenant governor; julius Schmahl, state
treasurer; A. J. Rockne, chairman of
the finance committee of the state
senate; Charles Orr, chairman of the
last Republican state convention; R.
w. Hitchcock, chairman of the ap-
preparations committee of the 1881
Continued on Page 100
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
SON SUCCEEDS HIS
FATHER AS CORONER

The board of county commissioners
of Pine county met Saturday and
chose Frank P. Gottry as successor
to the late Walter p. Gottry, his
father who passed away last week.
Mr.. Gottry. editor of the Pine County
Pioneer of Pine City, was chosen from
a list of three candidates including
himself, DR.. F. F. Callahan and l. A.
Holler.
The new coroner is we'll acquainted
with the duties of the coroner's office,
since he has substituted for his father
many times as deputy and continu-
ously since the latter was injured by
an automobile several months ago,
which injuries finally caused his
death.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
ROOSEVELT STILL
LEADING HOOVER

The national straw vote being
conducted by the Chicago Herald
and Examiner is going strongly
in favor of the Democratic can
didate for president. The total
of the votes in the nation COM
piled to date gives Roosevelt
1862 and Hoover 1895. Three
hundred eighty-six electoral votes
are in the Roosevelt column while
Hoover has received only 145.
Two hundred siXty-siX electoral
votes are necessary to elect.
The vote in Minnesota so far
gives Roosevelt 4,143 votes to
Hoovers 1904. Eleven electoral
votes have been placed in the
Roosevelt column i'm this state.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
DIES 10 MONTHS
AFTER ACCIDENT
w. p. GOttry, Veteran NewSpaperman
at Pine City, Was Laid to Rest
on Saturday.

Walter p. Gottry, veteran publisher
of the Pine County Pioneer, and
county coroner. died early last Thurs
day morning at his home in Pine
City. His death came as the result
of injuries received last December,
when he was struck by an automo-
bile. While returning from the home
of his son, Dewitt, on the evening of
December l., 1881. he was hit by a car
driven by John w. Lowe of Mime
apolis, suffering among other injuries
a fracture of the skull. His injuries
were so serious that several months
had to be spent in Minneapolis hos
pital and even after being returned
home, he was almost constantly con-
fined to his bed.
Walter Page GOttry. was born Feb
ruary IL, 1868. at Stevens Point, Wis
consin, where he grew to young man.
hood, coming to Pine City in the year
of 1886. He became associated with
his brother in newspaper work and
for several years papers were pub
lished at Hinckley, Rush City, and
Pine City. Later the papers at Rush
City and Hinckley were disposed of
and the Pine County Pioneer at Pine
City was given their full attention.
The Pioneer was established in 1885
by his brother, Edward Gottry. Be-
sides the newspaper work, Walter
Gottry also owned livery stable for
many years and which was a busy
establishment in the days before the
automobile.
For the past Is years Mr.. Gottry
has been coroner of Pine county and
for more than 20 years acted as chief
of the fire department i'm Pine City.
Mr.. Gottry lived through those years
which saw the timber business in
Pine county flourish and then run out,
and he had vivid recollections of the
Hinckley fire, both as a newspaper
man and as one helping to care for
those left destitute.
On June %, 1891, he was united in
marriage to Marilla Griffith and to
them six children were born. Frank,
the oldest son. is now editor of the
Pine County Pioneer. Dewitt also
lives in Pine City, being employed at
the post office. There are two other
sons, Raymond and Clarence, and two
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Bentley and Lu-
Gle Gottry. He is survived also by
one brother, William Gottry of Pine
City, and one sister. Mrs. Robert
Penny of Amherst, Wisconsin.
Funeral services were conducted at
the NJ. E. church in Pine City on
Saturday afternoon with the Rev. r.
A. Saunderson. pastor of the early
days, delivering the sermon. The
pastor recounted some of the early
history Of the church of which Mr.
Gottry was a charter member when
it was formed in 1888, and he also
spoke of Mr.. Gottry's work in the
early years for the good of commun-
ity and his neighbors. Besides being
charter member of the church, Mr.
Gottry was member of the knights
of Pythias and of the Modern Wood
men.
The pallbearers were the four sons,
Frank. Raymond, Clarence and Dewitt
and Ray Bentley, son-in-law, and
Robert Penny, nephew. Interment
was made in the family lot in Birch
wood cemetery at Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
Marriage License Applications

The following have applied to the
clerk of district court of Pine county
for marriage licenses the past week:
John Brandon and Belle Beatrice
Brown.
Peter Brodie and Elizabeth NJ
Percy.
George w. Walters and Eleanor G.
Beamer.
John R. Gochowski and Angeline
c. lions.
Napoleon Budkiewicz and Genevieve
J. MikrOt.
August Lindbeck and Bera Bushey
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
WORK HOME NORTH OF
QUARRY CITY BURNS

The Albert Work home three miles
northwest of Sandstone, was de-
stroyed by fire Friday evening at
about o'clock. A defective chimney
was the cause of the blaze. Most
OF the contents were saved and the
house was partly covered by insur-
ance.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
STURGEON LAKE

FrrOfS, NUStdISOH 2, DOrHIeIUC, Up
gren. Klar; runs batted in. Mccain.
Dornfeldt- l.. Anderson =. McHale. Klar.
Peters; runs scored. Hasley. l.. Wells.
Mccain. Olson. Upgren. McHale. Klar.
Peters; two base hit. McHale; three
base hit. Mccain; sacrifices. Setter, Mel
son; stolen bases. Olson left on bases.
St. Paul Park 10. Sturgeon Lake z;
double plays. Dornfeldt to GuStafson to
Tusler; bases on balls. off Westerman g.
off Mccain 2; struck out. by Wester
man 10. by Mccain g. passed balls
Weik 2: wild pitch. Westerman; UNI
pires. Patterson and Thompson; time
1857.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29

Errors. j. Cunningham, Klar, Peters
L. Anderson. Gilbertson; runs scored
Olson 3. Linus Anderson, Upgren. Nell
son 2. Leroy Anderson. Wolner, Marens
4. PettijOhn 2. Cady. Fischer; runs bat
ted in. j. Cunningham. Fischer 8. Olson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29

hibits. Lunch will be served on the
grounds.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-09-29
st. Peter 8; Sturgeon Lake y.
STURGEON LAKE
ST. PETER

a--Batted for Cpgren i'm ninth.
j-One out when winning run S
in twelfth.
The Washington times., 1932-09-15
The Face Red Gang

It seems to be popular past
time to crack the head of the sue
cessful oadway columnist.
Blessed Event." which you may
see beginning late tonight at the
Metropolitan Theater, does it in a
brash and deviliShly amusing man.
ner. 1t is a high-flung comedy
favored with satire, acted-in the
play, at least at a breakneck
pace and sprinkled with sardonic
laughs. If Lee Tracy is one-half
as good as Roger Pryor was in
projecting Alvin Roberts, tabloid
columniSt, I will be satisfied.
Now about the journalistic
FrankenStein who inspires these
plays and pictures. Is he half
as bad as he's painted? think
not. He has brought the country
journal style to Broadway and
made them like it. An orchid.
as they say, for the talent close
to genius which can bring a run
of the mine newspaper man up
the ladder to 100000 a year.
Back Of it all is real news gath
ering ability. Taking the con-
ventional item and dressing it up
in feverish and entertaining type.
Flirting with Dame Rumor. AL
ways bearing in mind that gossip
is the best remembered part of
any conversation. Clarifying the
wisecrack and the newest gag.
Scorning dignity to be amusing.
Competing with the front page
and trying to keep ahead of it.
He moves in a world humping
with activity, glittering with gay
pretense and abandon, peopled
with celebrities of the show world
and in the public eye for time.
Their comings and goings. ro-
mances and friendships, feuds
and sorrows, fall into his cupped
ear. Does he exaggerate their