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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-01-19
WILLOW RIVER

VIM. HI. Lamson secretary of the
executive council, the state board of
investment and the state board of
pardons. was here Friday of last week
looking after the interest of the
farmers. whose crops were destroyed
by hail during the summer of 1882.
|. Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. c. Ehmke are
the happy parents of an So pound
boy born to them Thursday, Jan. IL.
AS he arrived on his uncle, Donald S
birthday, he will have the honor of
bearing the name of William Donald
Ehmke.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Olson of Stur-
geon Lake, visited his father at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Nyrud Fri
day.
Mrs. F. w. Stepan came from Min
neapolis Saturday, where she was Wis
iting relatives While there she called
on Mrs. Louis Patrin at Bethesda hos
pital, who is recovering nicely from
fractured hip, and sends greetings
to all of her friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billman of Bruno. re-
joice over the arrival of boy born
at the Cofer Hotel Tuesday of last
week. Mrs Robt. BoXell is taking
care of her.
Mrs. Chas. Swanson and son, Merle,
of Windemere, visited Sunday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Nyrud
The junior class play, THE Whole
Towns Laughing" is to be given
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Jan. 25 and 26, in the high school
gymnasium.
Phil Silesky, ST., of Pine City,
brought his son, Phil, here Monday.
He had been at home over Sunday.
Phil, Jr., took charge of the Fair
Store last fall and has worked up a
good trade and also made many
friends here.
Mrs. Ole Nyrud received word here
that her aunt, Mrs. Minnie Olson of
Stockholm, Wis.,. passed away Friday.
Mrs. H. F.. Schutt went to Pine
City Friday to attend the installation
of the Royal Neighbor lodge. She
also visited relatives and friends and
returned Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Whiting have
opened their lunch room in the build
ing back of the butcher shop on the
highway. Mr.. Whiting, who is a
pharmacist, is expecting shipment
of drugs very soon.
Lorraine Anderson of Denham, cou-
sin of Helen and Airline Anderson,
came here Monday and visited the
third grade at school with Helen.
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parsonage until Sunday morning and
returning home when the Rev. Lepisto
came here to conduct the morning
service.
Mrs. Mary NOrback, Mrs. Hilma
Hannu, and Mrs. Leo Mack spent
Wednesday afternoon of last week
with Mrs. Mary Siironen.
Grant Hildebrandt visited his par
ents at Northfield over the weekend.
Sunday dinner guests at the Erick
Albion home were Mr.. and Mrs. M E.
Ward. Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Ward, and
daughter, Mary Ann.
Vaino Witt was taken ill the first
of the week and is under the doctors
care
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Mack were guests
at the Paul Korpi home Friday eve-
ming
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Nelson of
Groningen, had Sunday dinner with
his sister, Mrs Ben Stockamp and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Stockamp were
guests at the Frank Hacker home
Sunday evening.
Mrs. Dempsey and companion of
Hinckley, attended the Aid lunch at
the home of Mrs. John Arth last
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Meidlinger and
Ralph Miller spent Monday at the Gift
ford Carman home.
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RUTLEDGE

Paul Datko was a Willow River bus
mess caller Tuesday of last week.
Mrs. Roy Dugan visited at the Irwin
Foster home last week.
Mrs. F. Guss, Mrs. G. Emmons, Ern-
est Datko, and F. Guss, Jr., attended
the funeral of Mrs. August Borg in
Pine City Wednesday of last week.
Elmer Abrahamson and Joe Schil-
ling attended Mrs. Borg's funeral
Wednesday of last week at Pine City.
Ladies' Aid of the NJ. E. church
was entertained at the home of Mrs.
A. Abrahamson Wednesday of last
week.
Mrs. Ida Elliott and Ignatius Zap
pie called at the F. GuSS home FIJI
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Youngbauer
returned home from Pine City Friday
They were accompanied by Mrs.
Youngbauer's father, Mr.. Borg.
Walter Ziegler of Sandstone, was a
Rutledge caller Saturday evening.
Tom Collins was weekend visitor
at his home in Rush City.
Tony Sprague visited at the j. L.
Brooks home Saturday evening.
Miss Eitens was able to resume
teaching Monday, after being on the
sick list last week.
Mrs. R. Bowers and Mrs. j. L.
Brooks were Monday dinner guests
at the F. Bowers home
L. NJ. Scott and Andrew Young
bauer were in Willow River Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karol Sroka were
Sunday visitors at the Joblonski
home.
All are glad to hear that Mr.. En-
mons is getting along so nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Doty of Finlay-
son, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Houde Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Meyers and
daughter of Moose Lake, were Sunday
visitors at Woodland Inn.
John Jaros has gone to st. Paul.
Miss Ruth Lundgren and Bert
Kadel of Sandstone, called on Miss
Eitens at the Abrahamson home Sum
day
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Harry Westrud and Miss Clara No
vack of st. Paul, spent the weekend
at the John Novack home. Jack No
vack, who had spent the past week
in the cities with relatives and
friends, returned with them.
Friends of the Leo Brabanec fam
lily were shocked to hear of his sud-
den death of pneumonia. John Bra
banec and Steve Music went to Chi
cago to attend the funeral and re-
turned from there Wednesday of last
week. Miss Mildred Brabanec came
back with them for a few weeks
visit at her home here. Heartfelt
sympathy is extended to the family.
They always spent their summers at
their cottage on the farm adjoining
John Brabanec, and on those vaca-
tiOnS made a host of friends here,
who realize what a great loss the
family has suffered.
All of Mrs. B. Amundson's many
friends will be glad to know that at
this writing she is slowly recovering
her former good health, after Sc
we're case of plural pneumonia. Her
brother, Mr.. Johnson, of Duluth, came
Saturday to visit for some time. Her
uncle, Mr.. Larsen, of Superior, Wis,
spent from last Thursday until Mon
day here, when the greatest danger
period was past.
SOfus StOckey of Rutledge, spent
Sunday at the r. B. Wood home.
Wednesday of last week Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Proctor, son, Leslie, and Har-
old PlaiSted of Duluth, visited at J. F.
Dubies. j. E. VERIFY and sons, Ralph
and Russell, of Duluth, also spent the
next day at the Dubie home. The
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HOW MODERN
WOMEN LOSE
FAT SAFELY
Gain Physical VigOr-YO uthfulne IS
With Clear Skin and VivaciOus Eyes
That Sparkle With Glorious Health

Here's the recipe that banishes fat
and brings into blossom all the nat
ural attractiveness that every woman
possesses.
Every morning take one half tea
spoonful of Kruschen Salts in glass
of hot water before breakfast-cut
down on pastry and fatty meats-go
light on potatoes, butter, cream and
sugar-in weeks get on the scales
and note how many pounds of fat
have vanished.
Get a bottle of Kruschen Salts
the cost is trifling and it lasts 4
weeks. If even this first bottle
doesn't convince you this is the cas-
lest, safest and surest way to lose
fat-if you don't feel superb i'm
provement in health-so gloriously
energetic = vigorously alive-your
money gladly returned.
But be sure for your health's sake
that you ask for and get Kruschen
Salts. Get them at any drugstore in
the world.
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CHURCH NOTES

The American Lutheran church
service will be held at p. m, We'd
nesday evening, Jan. 25, following
which the annual meeting of the or
ganization will be held, and officers
for the year elected. Confirmation
class will meet at p. m at the
A. r. Belling home.
Mrs. C. J. Hoglund win entertain
the American Lutheran Ladies' Aid
at her home next Thursday afternoon,
Jan. 90.
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NORMAN TOWNSHIP

Aug, Kruger sawed wood for Steve
Purull last Thursday afternoon.
Miss Lille Purull and Mrs. Wallace
Ogilvie spent Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. Overbecke.
Mrs. Geo. Hyatt and son, George,
and Mrs. Arthur Tietz visited at the
Steve Purull home Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Bert Forsyth visited with Mrs.
Devall Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Hattie Mack spent the week
end with her folks east of Bruno.
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chicken sandwiches, cabbage salad,
fruit cake and coffee by their hostess.
The next meeting will be January 20,
at the Mrs. Omar Forsyth home.
Jim Reckner, a former resident
here, who has spent three years in
Missouri, and the past two years at
Wausen, Ohio, came here Friday to
visit old friends and is staying at the
r. B. Wood home for an extended
period. He may buy small tract Of
land and put up a little cabin and
live here again, as he says Willow
River is good place to stay. All
are glad to welcome him back.
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ski, who is now attending a BARRIERS
college in st. Paul. also was home
for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Ogilvie and
children spent the weekend visiting
relatives in Duluth.
dren spent the weekend in Duluth,
at the Ed Proctor and j. E. VERIFY
homes.
The Lend-a-Hand Club met with
Mrs. Joe Dubie Friday. There were
nine members and five guests pres
ent. After tying three quilts and sew
ing a dress, the ladies were served
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Peace Lutheran Church.
Rev. H. Sporleder, Pastor

WV III SPoI IeIcI' u''eof
Sunday school and Bible class at
$40 a. m English service at 1O:45.
Subject: The Christian and the
World" The choir will sing an an
them. Choir practice at p. m.
Thursday. Saturday school at a. m.
Adult lecture class on Monday at 5
D. m.
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boys all had a real time. hunting cot

boys all had real time hunting cot
ton tails.
Little Robert Oliver is spending a
few weeks with his grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. Aug. Rausch.
Hugo Magnusen motored to the
Twin Cities and spent over New
Years there. He was accompanied
on the trip by his uncle. Matt John
son.
The julius Dobozenski home was
made happier New Years by the
homecoming of their daughter, Helen
and husband, Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Vim
cent of st. Paul. Anthony Dobozen-
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Eliza, dis towel am so small dat
All can't dry mahself propahly."
Quit yo' complainin', man. Eff dat
towel am too small, why don't you-all
use less watah?"
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st. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Willow River.
Rev. H. Sporleder, Pastor

Church service at 2 p. m. Subject
1.-The Christian and the World" Sun
day school and Bible class, at p. m
Confirmation class at 1:45 p. m. Sat
urday at Carl Crossings.
Evening star., 1933-09-04

benches will strengthen the debating
power of the little remnant the party
still has in the House of Commons and
give it the much needed help of Labors
foremost party organizer Optimists
already herald the day when Labor,
under Henderson's national leadership,
will once again inherit the seats Of the
mighty.
Meantime, great interest attaches to
the annual Trade Union Congress at
Brighton because CT the industrial ex-
pertinent now under way in the United
States, which is fascinating British
Labor to its depths. London dispatches
report that the Brighton congress may
be distinguished by formal demand
that an N. R. A program be introduced
by the British government. The posi-
bility exists that if industrial recovery
is achieved in this country under the
Roosevelt program British Labor may
be encouraged to adopt such policy as
its own platform and as soon as the
opportunity of a general election offers,
seek to win the country on the issue
of an NJ R. A. for John Bull on the
Uncle Sam pattern.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
Labor in Great Britain.

To America on this Labor day comes
news of significant import frcm the
British Labor party, which has fuleo
at London twice during the past decade.
On Saturday the party's venerated
elder statesman, Arthur Henderson. now
chairman of the Geneva Disarmament
Conference, was swept back into Parha-
msnt by a three-to-one plurality at
by-election in a Yorkshire constituency
"Uncle Arthur's" return to the House
of Commons of itself means little or
nothing in a body where Labor is now
faced by a government majority against
it of five hundred, but as an omen OF
the party's eventual comeback" Mr..
Henderson's reelection cannot be dis
missed, as meaningless. His vanqulshed
opponent was an outspoken government
candidate.
The result in Yorkshire will give a
lively flip to this weeks great Trade
Union Congress, representing 3,5oO,0OO
British workingmen, and whet organ
lied labor's determination once again
to become ruling force in British
politics. Prime Minister Macdonald,
twice elevated to power as Labor's
leader, has evidently burned his bridges
behind him, for he intervened person.
ally in behalf of Mr.. Henderson'S late
Conservative opponent. Uncle Arthur" p"
not the Scottish sage of Lossiemouth,
will undoubtedly be the next Labcrite
to occupy No. 10 Downing street should
the fates decree another workers gov
ernment in Britain. Meantime, Mr..
Henderson's temperance on the Labor
Evening star., 1933-09-04

first stroke of the alarm bell and then
in a trice went galloping to the scene
of the fire, are solaced by the fact that
the methods of today, while perhaps
more prosaic, are more effective. Good
old Tom has lived to see the fire losses
greatly lessened through the strange
anomaly of fighting fire with gasoline.
And with the evolution of the machine
has come a steady advance in the skill
of flremen.
In the suburban communities, which
are so well represented in today's pa
rade, the volunteer fire companies are
an important institution. Some of these
companies have a long history of
efficiency. Membership in them is
cherished privilege and Washington
welcomes them in its annual demonstra-
ton as neighbors who are always ready
for duty in the Capital in case Of great
emergency.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
The Firemen on Parade.

Always colorful and inspiring, the
has become a fixed institution of
Capital life 1t is no longer, as in the
beginning, a means of arousing interest
in the base ball game between the two
protective departments of the District
for the benefit of the pension funds Of
those branches of the city government.
1t has become a means of keeping
vividly before the community the high
efficiency of that force upon whom
Washington depends for security from
loss and tragedy from the flames. And
1t serves well in that purpose.
Gradually expanding from the initial
Idea of presenting only the local Fire
Department in picturesque pageant, the
parade now represents the flre-flghtng
facilities of other cities. Representatives
of nine States are in line today, includ-
ing the neighboring suburban areas.
AS heretofore, the contrast between
modern and older means of defense
against fire is marked by the inclusion
in the line of specimens of the old ap-
paratus, even back to the hand pumps
that made fire handling a matter of ex-
treme manual toll, with relatively small
chance of victory.
A fixed feature, which it is hoped
may be retained for a few more years,
is the presence in the line of the last
survivor of the old motive power OF the
fine engines. This faithful old horse,
Tom, whose partners, Barney and Gene,
have gone to eternal pastures, has be-
come a symbol of the Woodworking
days of the second phase of fire-fght-
ing development. First the engines were
hauled to the scene of the fire by the
companies of volunteers who manned
the pumps and lines. Then came the
steam horse-draWn apparatus. Finally
came the motor engine, swifter in
response and more efficient in the
delivery of water.
Those who sigh for the picturesque
spectacle of the past, when the horses
dashed from stall to harness upon the
Evening star., 1933-09-04

few words, despite their involvement, in
some cases.
Yet the essential pictures are short,
and very much to the point.
We see the humming bird "daintily
balancing and shimmerlng about" the
white butterflies "over the glistening
bronze of the pond surface" the tall
stemmed weed topped with a profusion
of rich scarlet blossoms" the rarer
gorgeous insects flashing laZily by on
winds like artists palettes."
x x x X
One of the poets pet ideas was the
difference between being and seeming.
Somehow being was important, SEEM
ing worth little, as he saw it.
He saw real being in a tree, as well
as anything or place.
Il should not take either the biggest
or the most picturesque tree to illus
trate it," he went on.
Here is one of my favorites now be-
fore me, fine yellow poplar, quite
straight, perhaps ninety feet high, and
four thick at the butt.
How strong, vital, enduring! How
dumbly eloquent!
What suggestions of imperturbability
and being, as against the merely human
trait OF seeming.
"Then the qualities, almost emo
tional, palpably artistic, heroic, of a
tree; SO innocent and harmless, yet SO
savage.
1T is, yet says nothing
How it rebukes by its tough and
equable serenity all weathers, this
gusty-tempered little whiffet, man, that
runs indoors at a mite of rain or snow"
He was fond of drawing lessons from
what he saw in Nature. He could do
SO. even in the invisible task of realiz-
ing his brotherhood with trees. Hear
him, tOrtuously bringing his ideas to
the surface:
One lesson from affiliating a tree
perhaps the greatest moral lesson any
how from earth, rocks. animals, is that
same lesson of inherency, of what is,
without the least regard to what the
loOker-on the critic SupposeS or says,
or whether he likes or dislikes
What worsc-What more general
malady pervades each and all of us, our
literature, education, attitude toward
each other (even toward ourselves)
than morbid trouble about seems, and
no trouble at all, or hardly any, about
parts of character, books, friendship,
marriage-humanity' invisible founda-
tions and hold-together."
K K x
Butterflies are real, not very endur-
ing.
They are almost gone, now. for a
year, when another Summer shall see
them on the wing again. Haunting their
frail but colorful presences over the
flowers
These insects are as much a part of
the garden as anything.
They are winged flowers. in effect, as
they add their color to the display
One does not have to be an entomol-
cgist TO appreciate the fact of beauty
inherent in them. They are easily
understood by any one with eyes. Their
graceful presence lends added charm
to most charming place
There are many flowers which one
might give up with a great deal less
loss than the butterflies, the moths, and
even the grasshoppers and tree crickets
Of all sorts
Here is praying mantis. as it is
called, hiding away like stick in the
leaves of the day lilies. Viewed head
on, from above, it is nothing but a
piece of bark.
Touch it, however, and watch it move
those curious long legs! No seeming
about it, it is very real, as much so as
tree, or butterfly.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
Labor Day.

It is said that the French Revolution
had the effect of obliging every one to
think. Perhaps Labor day promotes the
same universally of cogitation. Ger
tainly, it would be well if it served SO
useful an end. No worthy progress can
be accomplished in this world by any
other process. Social growth, industrial
development and economic expansion
perforce come only as results of con-
structive intelligence. Men think their
way to victory and success, freedom and
happiness. There is no other formula.
For the workers. Labor day is an
affirmation Of solidarity, mutual inter-
est and mutual helpfulness But also it
Is an occasion for the demonstration Of
a class responsibility. Marching in
parade or meeting in discussion, the
toilerS manifest an assumption OF an
obligation to society in general as well
as to their own crafts and trades.
They assemble as brothers in the fel-
lowship of travail. 1t is their function
to be the makers, the builders, the
operators and the preServers of the
physical aspects of civilization. And in
the glorious old tradition of their guilds
they consciously strive to merit the
praise Of the Master of Things as They
Are.
For the employers, on the other hand,
Labor day must have connotation of
appeal. To them it must be plain that
the workers are of the blood and sinew
of the Nation. the producers of the
material wealth which too often it is
their lot only partially to share. Their
dependence upon opportunity to toll
must be recognized, their right to re-
ward for tasks well performed must
be conceded. Those delegated by fate
to guide the industry and business of
the country never should fail to re-
the drawers of water are as human as
themselves and that there can be no
excuse for neglect of the obligation
which that bond implies.
oub pLODdp4y II ID W I14C puDI1S az
large, the millions of people who are
not laborers and not regular employers
of labor, the consuming classes, that
Labor day should have most signifi-
canoe They have no formal relation
to either the workers or the managers
Of large capital for whom they toll.
1t is only in their capacity as users
of the commodities and services pro-
duced by invested wealth and applied
energy that they come into contact
with either. They are not organized.
Their interests are not regimented. In
their detachment they can be philo-
sophical and fair. They are, in effect,
the judges and the arbitrators in the
circumstances, and when there is need
for their interference it should be i'm
partial
AS democracy and social justice grow
stronger in the human heart, the time
should come when Labor day will be
unnecessary. when there no longer vii!
be any utility in a day set apart for
the expression of labor's special in
terests. Recent experiences have
brought the classes closer together 1t
becomes increasingly clear that COM
mon destiny is the lot of all mankind.
Evening star., 1933-09-04
Chess.

Every now and again some one
thoughtlessly remarks that chess is a
dead game, that it no longer IS played
as once it was. But the recent visit of
Dr. Alexander Alekhine to Washington
brought to light abundant evidence of
a widespread interest in the subject. He
had numerous and enthusiastic gal
lery when he played twenty-eight op-
ponents simultaneously.
No one knows the origin Of chess. It's
invention has been credited by differ
ent writers to the Chinese, Hindus, Per-
slams, Egyptians, Arabians, Aracuanians,
Greeks, Romans, Scythians Castilians,
Irish and Welsh. 1t also has been
ascribed to the individual genius of
Japcth, Shem, Solomon, the wife of
King Ravan of Ceylon, the philosopher
XerXes, the Greek chieftain Palamedes,
Aristotle. Semiramis. Zenobia, Attalus
the mandarin Hansing, the Brahman
SisSa, the Persian astronomer Shat
renscha and the brothers Lydo and
Tyrrhene. Van der Line believed that
it was designed by the Buddhists as a
substitute for war The earliest au-
thority on chess was Masudi, an Arabic
author, who wrote about $50 A. D.
The Italians, it is supposed. received
the game from the Byzantines, the
Spaniards from the Moors. The CRU
sades are alleged to have contributed
to its popularity. The Conquistadores
brought it to America, and the last of
the IncaS studied it while he waited
for death. A legend tells that Queen
Elizabeth played Philip II, her hand as
the stake. William Caxton. in 1474,
printed book on the game and playe
of the chesse" The entire literature on
the theme, if it might be gathered in
one place, would fill very large build
ing.
Obviously, it is not game for mental
drones. 1t requires application, con-
centration, foresight and experience.
But the notion that it is not recrea-
ton is discountenanced by its devotees.
On the contrary, it has the power to
bring the human mind to a single focus,
and the player, therefore, is momen-
tarily enfranchised from all other prob
lens, all other cares. Psychologists
agree that such freedom is a form of
rest, exceedingly valuable in tense
and chaotic world.