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Evening star., 1933-11-14
Almost Instant Relief From Colds
IN THIS WAY

If you catch a cold-don't take chances with
"cold killers" and nostrums. A cold may be
dangerous to take chances on.
The simple method pictured above is the way
doctors throughout the world now treat colds.
This is recognized as the QUICKEST, safest,
surest way to treat cold. For it often checks an
ordinary cold almost as fast you caught it. Just
do this:
/. Take Bayer Aspirin Tablets.
.. Drink Full Glass of Water.
Repeat this in Hours.
3. II throat is sore, crush and dissolve 3
Bayer Aspirin Tablets in half glass
of water and gargle. This eases the
soreness in your throat almost instantly.
Evening star., 1933-11-14

Your cold should be relieved quickly when you
do this because the real BAYER Aspirin en-
bodies certain medical qualities that strike at
the base of cold almost INSTANTLY.
You can combat nearly any cold you get
simply by taking BAYER Aspirin as directed.
Sore throat can be eased by gargling this way in
two or three minutes, incredible as this may seem.
Ask your doctor about this: And when you
buy see that YOU get the real BAYER Aspirin.
1t dissolyes almost instantly. And thus works
almost instantly you take it -
internally. And for gargle, it /R>
dissolves completely enough /EYESZ&N
for this purpose. Get box of ASSHXSZS2SS
II tablets or bottle of "a or E>SssN n
100 at any drug store. S@<L///
NOT HARM THE HEART sSN
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
KINDNESS INSPIRES

Rich or poor we can all be good
and kind to che another. we
reap what we SOW" is the old and
true saying. Net only is kindness
a good investment but it builds
the character of the one who
spreads it, Some editorial writer
(unknown) has brought out the
value of kindness very we'll in the
following words:
kindness gives birth to kindness,
wrote Sophie cles. A kindness received
leaves you with a delightful sort OF
feeling that makes you want to do
good deed to somebody else. But lesl
that feeling die out before the gooC
deed is done, we should act at once
That is the way to keep kindness alive
and going in the world.
One cd turn deserves another, we
say. But | am inclined to put it thai
one good turn inspires another. That
is the way human kindness spread:
and multiplies. 1t is difficult to sup
pose one who has not had kindness
buC SuppOSe lO ollS has ucCh hihu -
you, what then? Go out and do {
kindness at your first opportunity! b,
so d. ing, you will set in motion ;
whole sequence of kindly deeds, thu
effect of which may go far out beyond
your dreams. Kindness has a sort 0
continuous and cumulative effect
once you start a glow of kindness, j
flows on and on with an increasin:
impetus and volume. If you start sucl
flow, it will most surely take
curve somewhere along the line am
flow back towards you. Many of Gu
kindnesses may not be returned di
rectly and Immediately, but sooner o
later they come back to us from SOM
source.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
A DEED WELL DONE

When Governor Floyd B. Olson set
tied the recent packer strike he saved
a great deal of hard feeling by arbi-
trarily fixing up the differences
rather than to call out the militia.
The Mile Laos County Times COM
ments as follows:
1T looks as if the packing compa-
mics in Minnesota are admitting that
Governor Olson was right. They have
all raised the wages of their employees
since the strike. If the governor had
called out the militia to fight the
strikers it is not likely that the COM
panies would have decided to raise wa
ges, but would have continued to pocket
that much more of the wealth created
by their workers, claiming they could
MT afford to raise their pay. The
working men and the farmers have a
man who is heart and soul interested
in their problems now sitting in the
governors chair"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28

customed to a party boss and often
became his tools. They were quite
content to live under negative gov
ernment-negative to such an extent
as to make it nearly impossible for
the desires of the citizens to be writ
ten into law.
Col. House correctly fnterprets the
viewpoint of Progressives toward the
program of the national administra-
ton. Characteristic of their past rec
ord, the Progressives of the country
have judged the Roosevelt plans and
performance on the basis of merit
without consideration of politics or
partisanship. They have found much
to be admired in the program, and
to the measures that have squared
with their conception of the public in
terest they have given hearty support
Progressives recognize that the Ro" Sc
welt program is neither perfect nor
complete, and they rejoice in the fact
that the President himself appreci-
ates this. Progressives also realize
that no program could be either per-
feet or complete, that the task in
hand is vast and formidable and its
complications unprecedented, and
there is no known specific for many
of the ills that beset us.
AS Col. House aptly points out, the
days of Laissez-faire, of the old con-
cepts of rugged individualism,' are
over. The people are demanding and
to an extent are receiving new deal
and as time goes on they will more
and more choose leaders whose po-
litical and economic philosophy is in
tune with the times.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
NARROWER WAYS-AND
PLEASANTER
(The Minneapolis JournaD

The religious press of today makes
note of changing surface phenomena
while the onmoving religious tide runs
much the same as ever. But these
phenomena are interesting in them
selves and may be of value to many
to whom the general subject is a vital
one. Let us consider three or four
recent incidents.
DiscOntinuance of the passing OF
collection plates at its regular serv-
ices by the Highland Park Presby-
terrain Church in Denver as a means
of reducing it's church debt produced
surprising results. Two boxes were
placed in the vestibule fer use by
those who wished to contribute. The
discOntinuance of the ancient custom
at Cnce brought about an increase of
attendance of twenty per cent and,
after a few months, an increase of
thirty-three per cent. And here is
another point-contribution found in
the boxes showed similar increases.
The second incident is an organiza-
ton called Religious Activities of the
Associated Students of the University
of Southern California. The plan is
to unite all sects and denominations
on the campus in closer bonds OF
friendship for the furtherance of non
sectarian religious activities. Youth
is not so strongly attached to the ole
separations as the elders have been
If it can show h"w to cooperate out
side of the various affiliations without
surrendering individual faiths, it will
have accomplished much. So far, the
new association is working withOu
friction.
Another example of what must bt
considered a forward movement b
given by Ethel X. Lockwood. screel
artist, in a Los Angeles publication
Saturday Night. She writes:
l am going narrow. l for one
am through kidding myself. l fer
one am ready to come right out
into the open and fight for some
of the good old narrow principles
of my forefathers. I'm dead
against plays and moving pictures
that exploit crime and crimson
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers. Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)
WHY NOT MORE HAPPINESS!
Northern Minnesota Leader)

Northern Minnesota Leader)
AS one studies humanity the reali-
cation comes that there is much I'M
happiness, and most of it is unnec-
essary. Down through the annals of
history we read of how some usurp
the right of others to live their own
lives.
Parents of not over century ago
selected husbands for their daugh-
tiers and directed them into a life
that often was one of mental anguish.
The history of the human race is
the record of persecution, supersti-
tion and slavery. Mental slavery has
caused more crime and unhappiness
than any one other thing. Human
ity, though, and philosophy have adj
vanced much in the past SO years
but still have many obstacles to over
come. Tradition and custom make
many doubt their own minds and
reasoning faculties. We hear many
people speak of the good old days
We are of the opinion that the best
we can say for the good old days
is that they are gone forever.-May
brighter sun shine on the future
of humanity.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
FASTER TRANSPORTATION
(St. Pau1 Daily NeWSl

This year has been revolutionary
among air transport companies. One
after another the purchase of fleets
of new. high speed ships has been an
nounced, bi-motor low wing mono
planes leading the way. The first
group was rated at AS miles an hour.
The next group at 161 miles an hour
and with improvements, the second
group was shortly rated at III miles
an hour. Within the last few weeks
several air transports have been test
flown and shown cruising speed OF
1856 to 100 miles an hour.
st. Pauls own company, Northwest
new Lockheeds with cruising speed
of 2O6 miles an hour and promises to
fly passengers from Spokane to St.
Paul in little more than seven hours.
Other air lines promise a cross CONT
nent schedule around 16 hours.
Within the memory of old settlers
it took the larger part of year to
cross our country. Arthur Brisbane
is predicting high altitude flying at
500 miles an hour.
While this is taking place in the
air, the railroads have plans for light
weight streamlined trains scheduled
for 10 miles an hour. In Germany
on short stretches they have run
these new trains on 9O-mile sched-
ule.
Back a generation, automobiles had
top speed of As miles an hour.
Today a 5000 car does 80 and more
expensive cars up to 100. One fine
car claims an ability to show 100 ii
you find a road that is smooth and
straight.
All this is far cry from the four
mile-an-hour Red River oxcart SO
popular in this section only a few
| generations back. How many OF us
realize all this progress? Perhaps
| we have been so busy crying depres-
sion lately that we don't realize the
value of all our possessions and the
marvellous improvements that are
taking place.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
ANSWERS CARL DIXEN

Editor Askov American:
| very thoroughly enjoyed Carl
Dixenis article of last week, where he
valiantly came to the rescue OF our
mayor.
First, Mr. Dixen, let me state that
whether or not you or | are any good,
should not have anything to do with
getting relief work. Your card and
my card should show whether or not
we were entitled to this work. AS well
as | could find out, | was not even
considered for work, when you were
already working. If by making last
minute kick l was finally put on
figure out for yourself if | got on be-
cause | was good or because | was
considered bad. My answer to your
question, what kind of stock l am, is
bad stock. Did you ever vote in the
village of Askov?
Political or other kinds of suckers
do not interest me, l never fish for
suckers, face to face, nor with my
back turned to them. | never stated
that this work and it's wages could
|
not mention the wages and the work
will not last long, as you will soon
find out.
Can you blame me for getting hun
cry when | saw with what Zest you
went for the gravy yourself? That ac-
counts for me not stepping back. to let
some ether one of the one hundred
needy in this community fill my place
The Farmers Holiday Association
could probably have helped me and
you, if it had the backing of your
kind, and the last l heard from Pres
ident Roosevelt he was busy Matching
setting of political ostrich eggs, and
should not be bothered with cur po-
litical fly eggs here in Askov.
AS for my knocking, l am not very
good at that, but how l can kick, IL
that is what is meant by your fat
mouthful, hypocritic criticism.
Your questions about my great
value are easy to answer. have beer
valuable to someone else most of my
life, so that is why there is so little
real value left in my pants pockets.
1t stands to reason, if our mayor
likes to drive car, and has tht
money to buy gas with, that he shoult
be permitted to do so.
Now, Mr. Carl Dixen, l only man
aged to use your name three times il
this article, but l hope you will over
look this or charge it to my lack o
education.
Now, if there is. any more informa
tion you want, same will be forthcom
ling with the very much appreciated
permission of the Editor of the Asko'
American.
Yours happy,
LARS p. JENSEN.
Askov, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28

for the big banks have recently re-
peated this charge.
The cry is familiar one. 1t is the
same that the Tories in business,
manufacturing, banking, and other
fields raise at all progressive pieces
of legislation. 1t was raised when
wOrkmen's compensation, minimum
wage and maximum hour laws, ade-
quate regulation of utilities, anti
child labor laws, income and inherit
ance taxes, pure food laws, and ether
measures calculated to serve and pro-
tect the public interest were proposed.
To the mind of the modern Tory in
America, it is "confiscatOry" to stop
the degeneration of the race by pro-
hibiting the sweating of little chill
dren through factory child labor; it
is ':cCnfiscatory" to force an employer
to pay compensation to some poor vic
tim of machine production manned
through no fault of his own; it is
"confisc atOry" to ask the receivers
of swollen incomes to contribute a
just and fair proportion in taxes to
support the government under which
their profits have been made possible
But to the Tory mind it is not ''con-
fiscatory" to allow the insults and
Kreugers of the nation to plumber in
nocent investors or to let bank &C
smash and wipe out the savings OF
thousands of small depositors.
1t is not the guarantee of deposits
provisions that worry the big banker:
and their Tory spokesman so much as
the fact that under the guarantee law
banks will be subjected to new ant
stricter regulation that will preclude
some of the manipulations On the par
of big bankers,-the sort of thing re
vealed in the Pecora investigation O
Mr. Wiggin and some of his Wal
Street colleagues.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
A GOOD LAW

Money deposited in all the national
banks of the country and all the state
banks that choose to come under the
provisions of the bank guarantee law
the Glass-Steagall Bank Act-wili
be safe-guarded after January list.
The guarantee on deposits is up to the
amount of $4,000 for each deposition
at present, but under provisions OF
the new federal law the amounts will
later be increased.
To direct or advocate a guarantee
of bank deposits a few years ago was
anything but popular, in fact news
papers or individuals who advocated
such progressive legislation were
dubbed "Bolsheviks" or Red Radi-
GALS" Now that this forward step
has been taken in a national way the
banks coming under the insurance OF
deposits are glad to herald the new
safety plan to their depositors and
customers.
Insurance of deposits in banks
should have been adopted years ago
but better late than never. Untold
thousands of people have lost part
or practically all of their life saw
ings in banks that had gone to the
wall in the last dozen years. 1t was
dirty shame, to put it in plain
English, and for the good of banking
in general it is mighty we'll that fed
eral legislation was enacted and Will
result in getting much money out OF
hiding in stockings, under mattresses
strong boxes, easements. and the like
Money is made to be used-nOt abused
by either banks or individuals.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
COL. HOUSE SEES A NEW DEAL
Capital Times)

Col. Edward NJ House, 1.-The man
who guided the hand of Pres. Wilson,
writing in a recent issue of Liberty
magazine, makes the intelligent OBJ
servation that there can never be a
return to the old order of things.
Moreover, Col. House believes that the
leadership of the pre-depression re-
CINE has been discredited and per-
manently thrown into the discard.
New leadership by liberals to apply
liberal concepts of government and
economics has and is supplanting the
old Toryism of the past, he believes.
In the Liberty magazine article Col
House writes:
There will never again be in the
hands of the few such freedom of ac-
ton as there has been in the past
1t was tolerated longer than it would
have been if the masses had not been
swept along by the tide of buoyant
enthusiasm which maintained that
poverty was soon to be definitely
eliminated and that the general pos
session of wealth was to be merely a
matter of degree.
When that dream was shattered
there came the demand for regulation
and control. The prophets of un-
limited prosperity became objects OF
derision, and wonder was felt at the
credulity which had accepted their
predictions.
There has arisen a new school OF
throught led by such virile and ag-
gressive young men as the La FOlletteS
of Wisconsin, Hutchins of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, and their like in every
state of the Union. These men look
upon President Roosevelt with hope
and confidence but with certain
amount of reservation. They applaud
what he is doing and the manner oil
his doing it and are looking eagerly
forward to what should come. They
are distrustful of some of his ad.
visers, politicians of the old school
While the President has a certain
number of such men around him,
believe he knows that their day i:
over, and that men of the stamp o.
Hutchins and the La Follettes will
hold the reins of government in tht
net distant future.
If this crisis has awakened ou1
people to sense of their responsible
! ity it will have been worth while
Until now the people have not takel
enough interest in their governmental
affairs to control them. Many o
those who took an interest were &C
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
THE ASSESSORS RIGHTS

1t will not be many months before
assessors all over the state of Mime
sofa will again be making the rounds
to assess property for taxation pur-
poses, also monies and credits and
other taxable valuations. Much has
been said and written about tax dod-
ging, and to be sure, there has been
some of that, and likely there will
always be some effort to dodge taxes.
Pertaining to the taxing of monies
and credits a United States Supreme
Court decision was rendered away
back in 1881. The C urt ruled. as fol-
lows:
"A national bank may be COM
PEELED to disclose the names OF
it's depositors, and the amounts of
their deposits under the compul-
sorry process of a state court, in
order to ascertain whether any
money deposited therein. subject
to taxation within the county, has
not been duly returned for that
purpose by the owner
A federal court can not in such case
stay the proceedings in the state court
by writ of injunction.
The above case brings out the fact
that the assessor has the right to
examine bank deposit records in the
absence of statute authorizing the
same.
The Supreme Court decision of 1881
was further strengthened by an ap-
prevail decision about twenty years
ago which was the case of % Fed. End
series 1886, that being the most recent
approval.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
A CAPITALIST WITH A HEART

The Minneapolis Labor Review
published an editorial recently
commenting the attitude of an
old lady of the capitalist class in
regards to interest paying. The
editorial is herewith reprinted:
This publication might perhaps be
criticised in that it assails more than
it commends. But when in these
times of want and stress individuals
insist on acting like hyenas rather
than human beings, it is almost i'm
possible to refrain from this.
Yet much more pleasure comes
from writing something good about
somebody than condemning some
body.
Here we are going to say some
thing good for an old lady of the
capitalist class. She holds many
mortgages on farms in Minnesota
She is nearly ninety years old.
Voluntarily she wrote to the agent
handling her mortgages that she
wanted the interest rate on the mort
cages she held reduced from six anG
one-half per cent to four per cent
AS a result the owners Of the farm.
she holds mortgages on have beer
able to pay their taxes and get alont
and also pay the four per cent in
terest on the mortgages.
This fine old lady living a life o
seclusion probably knows little of thu
class struggle, but she has not onl.
sympathy but understanding. Sh'
does not seek to grind more wealth
in this time of depression.
She wrote further to her agent
Tell these farmers not to think
am doing anything for them. l fin'
/ live just the same with the reduce'
amount of interest"
Generally when people get to be 81
they are supposed to be in their dot
age, but this old lady has grasp o
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
/ ladies'" Narrow-you bet. From
now on I'm narrow and proud of

ladies'. NarrOW-yOu Det. from
now on I'm narrow and proud of
it.
The world must be running away
from vice as a source of entertain
ment. The depression, or something,
has taken the lives of large number
of sexy magazines, while, In recent
New York Times Book Review, a pub
Usher writes:
We have decided to curtail the
number of light-fiction titles on
our future lists-the sex, sin and
hammock fiction on which we
have concentrated mainly in the
past two years.
These incidents may indicate that
we are getting further away from the
influences of the World war, or they
may indicate that ''the thoughts OF
men" are widening with the process
of the SUNS" After all, the straight
and narrow path has beauties Of
scenery and pleasant companionship
that the broad way in the long run
fails to provide.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
Largely Up To You

If what some folks call depression
AS nothing but spin of Fortunes Wheel
If you keep your poise and self-pOssessiOn
No matter what you think or how you FEEL
If you view stupid situation
All cluttered up with "ifs" and Jaws and butts;
And take it at its proper valuation
challenge to your common sense and "guts'
If you rise above the mess and muddle,
If you glimpse a rainbow thru the clouds
When Doubt and Dread and Fear in huddle
And hope is being measured for a shroud;
If you can keep saving sense Of humor
For stories that slightly inexact;
If you disregard Report and Rumor
And not accept statement fact;
If you spread the gospel Of success
If you stir the spirit that instills
The latent life in lathes and looms and presses
And lift the steam above thousand mills;
If, briefly, you spend extra dollar;
If you can pry the Sacred Roll apart
And buy another shirt shoe collar
And act if it didn't break your heart;
If you have faith in those with whom you labor,
And trust in those with whom you make trade;
If you believe in friend and next door neighbor
And heed examples pioneers have made;
If you expect the to rise tomorrow
If you are sure that somewhere skies are blue,
Wake up and pack away the futile sorrow
For better days are largely up to YOU!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
IT'S ALWAYS COMPENSATORY
(The ProgreSSive)

On January 1 the federal law pro-
viding for the guarantee of bank de-
posits will go into effect. The law
has safeguards that promise to insure
its sound operation and good banking
will not be penalized for bad.
But reactionaries who have fought
this legislation are still raising the
cry that it is "confscatory." A pr m
inent New York lawyer. affiliated
with the corporate and banking in
terests there. and several spokesman
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-12-28
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writer's optn-
ions conform with those Of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our information. Signed articles al
ways are more effective, but II the
writer does not wish to have his
name used, it will be withheld.)