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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
HAIL SUFFERERS
HELP INCREASED
State Executive Council Raised the
Original Appropriation of $4,000
Up to $4,000.
Hail OF Last Summer Struck Nine
Counties, Including Northern
Portion of Pine.

Two or three months ago the State
Executive Council made an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to help out those farm
ers who suffered losses last July
through hailstorms. The counties
visited by hailstorms included Pine,
Carlton, Aitkin, st. Louis, Itasca.
Cass. Becker, Mahnomen, and Nor
man. Where the grains and root
crops on a farm were entirely de-
stroyed or nearly so the Executive
Council through its secretary, VIM. H.
Lamson, at the State Capitol has is
sued an order for feed-enough so
as to keep the live stock through the
farmer had no feed and no resources
with which to make the purchases.
The orders for feed allotted to farmers
after applications have been made out
and sworn to before notary public,
have usually been about $25, $40, $50,
rare cases over that amount. The
purpose of the state help, as above
stated, is to give just enough to keep
the live stock through the winter to
hailed out farmers in debt and I'M
able to make purchases.
Only small portion of Pine county
was in the area of the hailstorm of
last July, principally Windemere
township. First reports indicated
there would be about a dozen farmers
asking for state help, but this num-
Der has swelled considerably and APP
plications for feed orders from Pine
county are still being received by Mr..
Lamson at the capitol. A few farm
ers in kerrick township and a small
number in Norman township also suf-
fered losses from the hail. If there
are any more farmers in the county
who were hailed out and are in such
circumstances that they cannot feed
their livestock through the winter,
they should make application for the
aid right away without delay, as the
Executive Council desires to close it's
books on this matter shortly.
The original amount appropriated
by the Council for relief in all the
counties visited by the hail was $780,
600. Another $4,000 was added to
this amount two weeks ago when it
was found that more farms were
hailed out than at first estimated.
Application blanks to be filled out
by hail sufferers and to be sent to
the Executive Council can be secured
at the Sturgeon Lake State Bank or
from Representative Hjalmar Peter
sen of AskOv.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
NEGLECTING VOTE
ON AMENDMENTS
(The Labor World, Duluth)

From Mike Holm, secretary of state.
comes the report of the state canvas
sing board of the general election in
Minnesota. Striking and interesting
is an analysis of the votes cast on
the four constitutional amendments
submitted to the voters at the cleo
ton. There were 90 voters in every
hundred who failed to cast ballot
on any proposed amendment. Does
this mean 90 per cent illiteracy in
the citizenship of the state?
The report reveals that 1.054 .203
votes were cast at the election. On
amendment No. 1. the proposal for an
income tax, there were S29,976 votes
cast, which means that 224.227 per-
sons who voted at the election failed
to vote on this amendment. This is
too great a number in a state which
spends millions every year for educa-
ton. The income tax amendment was
lost in spite of the fact that more
people voted for than against it's pro-
pOsal.
On amendment No. 2. which pro-
NlutS lOT dill auto llCSllSe TAX OH InOtOT
vehicles owned and operated by GER
tain public utilities. 27.5 per cent of
the legal electors did not vote Never
theless it was adopted by a net ma
jority of 10000, although 289,277
more votes were cast in its favor than
against it. On No. 3, the land ex-
change proposal. 35 per cent of the
electors failed to vote thereon. 1t
was lost In spite of the fact that 49,
Csc more people voted for than
against it.
On amendment No. 4, which pro-
vided for the payment of local taxes
on lands owned by the state through
the rural credit bureau, about 80 per
cent of the electors failed to vote
thereon. 1t was also lost even though
it had clean majority of 206,245.
The income tax amendment drew
the most fire. 1t was given the widest
publicity, chiefly by its opponents
MinnesOta's big boys paid the bill and
they won. The other defeated amend
ments had no sponsors or opponents
with axes to grind. They were lost
for want of publicity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
INTERNATIONAL
NEWS REVIEW
BY GEORG sTRANDVOLD

During the first days of the present
week the special session of the
League of Nations began in Geneva;
the German parliament, elected No
vember 6. held it's opening meeting
in Berlin, and in Washington the con-
gress of the United States assembled
for what is likely to be its final lame
duck session.
When some future historian con-
centrates his attention about this
week. he most probably will consider
the League special session the most
important event Of these early Decem-
Der days, for its deliberations and
decisions may ultimately affect the
fate of not only the Far East, but
also that of America and Europe
Referred to Assembly.
Finding itself unable to shake the
viewpoints of Japan and China i'm re-
gard to the Lytton mission report
on the Manchurian conflict, the
League of Nations council, despair
ingly, referred the matter to nine
teen-power commission, but this body,
realizing the potential danger of deal
ing with the problem, hurriedly
shunted it off to the general assembly
of the League, summoned for the eX-
press purpose of debating the Asiatic
issue.
Every day it becomes increasingly
evident that the great powers are
anxious to avoid offending Japan
while the smaller countries, constitut-
ing the bulk of the League Assembly.
are equally insistent that the League
do something to rehabilitate itself,
something to restore the prestige
which this international organization
most decidedly has had to sacrifice
because of it's pathetic helplessness
In trying to settle the bloody conflict
between Japan and China.
There is no reason whatsoever to
believe that China as the prosecutor
and Japan as the defendant will
change any essential part of their
statements: China will repeat, point
ing to certain sections of the Lyt-
ton report, that Japan has wronged
Continued on Page y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
COUNTY UNITS
GET TAX MONEY
Tax Distribution 7 O t a Is
$1O3,690. 16; Checks Are
Mailed.
Pine City School Gets Larg-
est Check Amounting to
$8,767.65.

The December tax distribution to
the various county units of govern
ment was made by County Auditor
Edin this week with $2O,1S7.S0 going
out to the towns and 8,523.70 to the
villages. The school districts received
S74,97S.66. This money represents re-
ceipts from the November list tax col
lection and various other miscellane-
Gus receipts.
The Pine City school district No. 8,
received the largest amount, $S,767.65,
with Sandstone, No. 5, next with
S6,S36.25. Hinckley school district,
No. 2, received third largest amount
when $6.499.24 was sent to the treas
urer. Askov district No. II was
fourth with $4,050.96.
The amount received by each of the
III ST riots follows.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08

NOrwegians all over the world are
today celebrating the Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth of Bjernstjerne
BjornsOn, Norways great poet, writer,
and statesman. He was born at Kvik-
ne, Norway, on Dec. 8. 1882, the son
of a Lutheran pastor, and died in 1910.
Mrs BiornSOn, who was a wonderful
noted husband is still living in Nor
way. She celebrated her 9th birth
day on Dec. LIST.
In hOnOring NOrway's great "un-
crowned king" on the centennial of
his birth, Bjornson plays will be pre-
esnted at many of the festivities, his
poems will be recited. lectures will be
given on his very active life and his
beautiful songs will be sung by artists
and the common folks alike for he
was loved and admired by all who ap-
preciate good literature.
Among his early and most widely
read novels are "Synnove-Solbakken
published i'm 1857, translated into
English under the title of Trust and
Trial." and "Arne," published the fol-
lowing year. In the winter of 1SSO-S1
he lectured in the United States. He
was intensely patriotic and a strong
advocate of Norwegian national rights
as against Sweden, and as an orator
and author aided greatly in the move
ment which brought about the indie
pendence of Norway in 1905. In 1903
he was awarded the Nobel prize for
literature.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
LATE WELL KNOWN
ST. PAUL SURGEON
HAD PINE RELATIVES

DIR. Leroy A. Brown, former police
surgeon of st. Paul. who recently
passed away at a hospital in his home
city, was a relative of Mr.. and Mrs.
d. j. Mckay of Rock Creek township,
who attended the funeral in st. Paul.
DR.. Brown spent some time the past
summer at the Mckay farm and had
visited there on many occasions in
the past years. A daughter of the
doctor. Miss Lucia R. Brown, taught
i'm the high school of Askov for two
years, about six years ago, and will
be remembered by many here.
A short obituary on the doctor was
published in the st. Paul Pioneer
Press of Nov. %, as follows:
"Dr. Leroy A. Brown, n years old
former st. Paul police surgeon, died
Tuesday in Ancker hospital after a
three months illness. He lived at
934 Clark street and had been a resi-
dent here as years.
Born in Michigan. where he was
graduated from the medical school
of the state university, he came to
Not long afterward he moved to
Heron Lake. Mimi, where he re-
manned for about year. moving back
to ST. Paul in 1888 to resume his
practice here.
I'm 1915 DR.. Brown was appointed
to the staff of police surgeons by
Henry McColl, then commissioner of
public safety. On his retirement in
March, 1928. he estimated that in
his thirteen years of service he had
answered approximately $4,000 emer-
gency ambulance calls.
Following his retirement, DR..
Brown engaged in private practice
with Offices in his home. He is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. Ralph
f. Brewer and Miss Lucia Brown of
st. Paul, and son. John r. Brown
of kalkaska, Mich.'
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
HOME, B ELON G l N G S
BURN NEAR GRONINGEN

The house and all contents be-
longing to Jones p. RaSine burned
to the ground Monday at about
11:OO O'clock a. m. MIR. Rasine.
who lives alone on the place at
the present time, had gone to the
barn to do some work, having left
the house about 10 minutes be-
fore. When on his return he
found It envelOped In flames.
Nothing could be saved and
most of his belongings such as
food stuff, clothing and a life
time of savings Of keep sakeS,
ETC., were burned with the home.
The loss is a heavy one as Mr..
RaSine carried no insurance. He
is a pioneer settler at GrOningen,
having resided on the farm about
32 years. His family are all
grown and living I'm different
parts Of the country. He has the
sympathy of the entire cssn-
munity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08

Heard in school at Duluth: Profess
sor: Il will use my hat to represent
the planet Mars. Are there any ques-
tions before l go on?" Student: Yes,
is Mars inhabited?"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
SANDSTONE MASONS
ELECT 1893 OFFICERS

The Sandstone Masonic lodge had
election of officers at its regular
meeting in the Sandstone temple Mon
day evening. the result of which is as
follows: Nels Lundorf, worshipful
master; Svend Petersen, senior war
den; John Lundquist. junior warden;
Sam Gjertson, reelected treasurer;
Mark e. RObey, reelected secretary.
The newly elected officers will be in
stalled at the next regular meeting of
the lodge which is Monday evening.
Jan. 2.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
COMMISSIONER FROM
THIRD DISTRICT ILL

While out inspecting roads with fell
low members of the county board last
Thursday, County Commissioner Nels
Oakland of Dell Grove township, was
taken ill, and after an examination
at Pine City was removed Friday
morning to the Abbott hospital in
Minneapolis. Mr.. Oakland has not
been in the best of health of late,
suffering from urinal trouble. His
son, Oscar Oakland, visited the hos
pital Tuesday and at that time the
veteran commissioner was resting
easy. An operation may be necessary
to cure the ailment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08

The hardest job of all is trying to
look busy when you're not.
Evening star., 1932-08-20
STOCK LIST HOLDS '
IN NARROW RANGE
Prices Move Somewhat IT.
regularly as Profit Sales I
q Are Absorbed. a4f9
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 2o.-Stocks
started cut today hesitantly, but the
market hardened before the close. As
a rule price changes were unimportant,
the significant point being that yester-
days reaction was not extended.
One reason for the cautious trading
today was the prospect of publication
OF the Reconstruction Finance Corpora
ton loan list Monday, which might con-
celvably bring some surprises. Loans to
railroads are matters Of record, but no
publicity has been given to those ex-
tended to financial institutions. Then
there was the natural urge to even up
commitments over the week end, the
result being a narrow and inactive mar
ket during the first hour.
Utilities made the best showing,
closely followed by the rails. Specula-
tive interests has shifted to the electric
light and power stocks largely because
they are believed to be behind the
market and in strong technical posi-
ton.
Buying came into Standard Gas g.
Electric, not only the common but the
preferred. The senior shares gained
more than 3 points on top of similar
gain yesterday. The income account
has shown for some time a wide mar
gin Of safety for the preferred dividends
but buyers have been timid, probably
because of unfortunate developments
elsewhere in the utility field.
In the railroad list Canadian Pacific
held around the high of this movement.
Southern Pacific was strong in anticipa-
ton of good July earnings statement.
AtchiSon and Union Pacific both were
lower at the start, as was Northern Pa
cif1c, but most of the losses were re-
gained. Oil stocks we're unsettled by
the cut in the common dividend OF
Standard Of Ohio, and by fear of new
price war in the trade.
An outstandingly strong speciality was
United Fruit, up to points and ap-
proximately at the high of the year.
Standard Industrials did little one way
or the other Most of them looked
heavy and that was true also of Ameri-
can Telephone.
Evening star., 1932-08-20
0MMODITY FINANCE
PROPOSAL is PUSHED
Federal Agency Will Assist in Or.
derby Marketing of Farm Prod
ucts and Other Materials.
BY DIR. MAX WINKLER.
Special DISPATCH to The Star.

0PcSldl DlSpdlCH 10 Inc Quar-.
NEW YORK, August 2O.-One more
step to be taken by the Washington ad-
mln1stration to hasten Americas recov-
cry from the economic depression Is
formation of the previously discussed
Commodities Finance Corporation.
With a nominal capitalization. but
in control of funds aggregating $50, O,O0O,-
600. the corporation will engage in the
financing, carrying and orderly market
ing for domestic consumption or export
of agricultural and other commodities.
To carry out this program success
fully, the corporation will organize i'm
med1ately two subsidiaries, each with a
S2,OOO,0O0 capital stock to be supplied
by the parent company. One of these
atfiliateS will undertake the acceptance
business and the other will attend to
the purely financial side of the project.
Funds for the new enterprise are to
be furnished by large New York banks
out of the substantial excess sums at
their disposal. 1t is understood that the
corporation will not be authorized to
purchase commodities for its own ac-
count, but will devote its activities ex-
cluSively to the granting of loans.
The aims of the proposed enterprise
are distinctly productive, in that aid
will be extended to normally substan-
tial borrowers who, because of the re-
duction or dislocation of the banking
to which it was subjected earlier in the
year, are unable to obtain commodity
loans from their local banks or who can
Copyright, 1882, by North American News
paper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1932-08-20
POOL ACTIVITIES GAIN
WITH RISE IN STOCKS

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 20.-Activity by
pools continued to attract attention in
innumerable directions. The activity of
these pools has no relation to the busi-
ness of the corporations in whose stocks
they operate.
This may be cleaned from the fact
that prominent operator has started
a constructive operation in Internation-
al Nickel stock, although interests iden-
titled with the company declare it is
doing very little business and that there
is no reason why the stock should have
an advance.
A jump of points in the stock of
Gotham Hosiery also reflected the ac-
tivity of a group which has been op-
Grating in that issue for weeks.
Shares of aircraft manufacturing
companies were also brought to the
front under leadership of United Air
craft. Activity in these issues was said
to be in anticipation of the announce
ment of awards by the Government of
orders for flying machines.
Evening star., 1932-08-20
RAIL STOCKS HAVE ADVANCED
MORE RAPIDLY THAN BOND LIST
Comparison Of Gains in Equities Is Con-
trasted With Slower Rise In Fixed
Income Bearing Securities.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, August 20.-If one
talks today with q bond man, par
ticularly with a specialist in railroad
issues, he will say that bonds are still
cheap, In spite Of their 15-point av-
erage advance since the end OF May.
What he means is that they are out
Of line with the advance. that has oc-
CURED in railroad common stocks in
the past six weeks.
Taking group of II junior rail-
road bonds, consisting of Baltimore
g. Ohio Convertible 4l2s, Chesapeake
Corporation IS, st. Paul SIS, Chicago
g. Northwestern 434s, Rock Island Re
funding As, Erie Refunding SIS. Great
Northern Is, Illinois Central 434s,
Missouri Pacific Refunding SIS, New
York Central new AIS, Southern Pa
cifc AIS and Southern Railway IS.
we find that from their low prices of
the year they have had an average
advance Of about Is points and an
appreciation of over 100 per cent. On
the other hand. the common stocks of
these railroads have gained an average
of BIZ points and market enhance
ment Of over 200 per cent, the latter
being explained by the very low prices
at which most of them sold at the
bottom of the depression.
The argument of the bond expert is
that if there has been the change in
technical market conditions and in
the public attitude toward the rail-
roads that is reflected in a pronounced
percentage of appreciation in rail
stocks, the full force of this. has not
yet been expressed in railroad junior
bonds In other words, the equities"
of several carriers that seemed to be
headed for receiverships last Spring
have trebled in price and are now SELL
ing at figures which do not suggest
Evening star., 1932-08-20

any Of the recent anxiety over their
credit position.
Consequently, the bond man takes
the position that If there is not to be
a period Of general railroad receiver
ships, those bonds that have had the
largest declines, and at their lowest
sold at prices that would have been
regarded as extreme for rail stocks a
few months ago, have legitimate basis
for considerable more recovery.
Chicago &, Northwestern common
stock is selling within point of the
1882 low price for the roads 434 per
cent bonds and Illinois Central COM
mon at 1412 compares with low of
10 for the 434 per cent bonds. A short
time ago New York Central Az per
cent bonds sold at 80, only points
higher than this weeks quotation for
Central stock. The same relative con-
ditions are to be found in Southern
Pacific and Southern Railway bonds
and stocks
Under conditions of recovering earn
lngs the common stock of a corporation
will advance more rapidly than the
junior bonds. This is due in part to
the imagination of public which Is
more stock-minded than bond-minded.
1t interprets an improvement in earn
mgs in terms of a possible dividend re-
sumption on stocks and usually over
looks the fact that conditions that
would permit paying dividends again
would give substantial enhancement to
senior securities. So the bond man
would say that. before any of the II
railroads here cited could resume divi-
dends on their common stock, the
prices of their junior bonds would be
expected to advance 25 to 35 points
from their present average level. In
the meantime they would be paying
high rate of return on the cost of the
investment against no income being
received on their stocks.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star., 1932-08-20
Railroad Stocks.

NEW YORK. August 20 (SpeciaD =
There are three factors which explain
the prevailing demand for railroad
stocks First is the belief that the car
rfers have turned the corner" in that
management policies are now aggres
sive, with cooperation between highly
competing lines and disposition on
the part Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and Reconstruction Finance
Corporation to respond to any legiti-
mate appeal for aid Second is the fact
that q majority Of railroad shares had
been forced down to receiVership prices,
so that the rebound in a period Of i'm
proving sentiment was almost auto
matte Third is the disposition of the
public to purchase loW-priced stocks for
cash. On July the average Of 25 rail-
road stocks was little over $40 share.
While it has advanced to an average Of
S25 a share. it is still less than half the
average of the industrials.
Evening star., 1932-08-20
BULK OF STOCK BUYING
is NOW ON CASH BASIS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reliable market authorities in Wash
ington say the bulk of transactions on
the New York Stock Exchange are now
being carried on through cash pur-
chaSes.
AS proof. they point out that the un-
usually heavy activity on the Exchange
during the week ended August II was
accompanied by net loss of $1,000
900 in brokers loans during that pc
riod. This showed the entire decline
was absorbed in the account loans on
securities to brokers and dealers" for
account of other than their own or for
out-of-town banks.
In this connection, it was said that
substantial portion of the gold now
being released from earmarked foreign
balances might be employed in present
market operations, for rumors from
high market circles have for some time
limited the bulk of the present buying
movement is coming from abroad and
from the West.
Evening star., 1932-08-20
BANK CLEARINGS DROP
81 PER CENT IN WEEK
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 20.-Bank clear
ings this week at all leading cities in
the United States, as reported to Dun's
Review, were $4,117,911 ,000 a reduction
of 377 per cent from last year. At
New York City clearings were $2,785,-
$4,000, a loss of 377 per cent, while
the total for the cities outside of New
York of 81 ,331 ,939, 900 was 37.9 per cent
smaller.
Losses at most of the larger cities
continue heavy, but they are somewhat
less than in the preceding months of
this year and the slight betterment at
the South has further developed. A
feature worthy of note is the fact that
daily clearings for the three weeks of
August, which are generally close to the
low point of the year, are now again in
creased and are higher than t.. amount
shown for each month back TO April.
Clearings at leading cities, as COM
piled by r. G.. Dun & Co, showing de-
creases as compared with same period
a year ago, follow: