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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
PHUN'S POP-VALVE

Be awake when opportunity knocks.
There was a man in my home town
who was left without father and
mother at nine months of age. He
got his start by crawling to a baby
show and winning first prize of $1,000.
The one age person who gets a
penny for his thoughts is getting darn
good money.
Why do they call her suicide
blonde? dyed by her own hand.
If love is blind and the home is
an institution, then marriage is an
institution for the blind.
There was a fellow in my home
town who was so thin that when he
scratched his stomach he got ripples
in his back.
Where do you draw the line be-
tween brotherly love and just plain
being fresh?"
A Nebraska paper says that taking
the four million NRA pigs from Amer
lean feed lots will increase the corn
surplus 100 million bushels" That is
like lifting ones self by the boot
straps. Ever try it?
Hitler taxes old maids and bache-
lors and pays a bounty on babies.
Here everybody is taxed until no one
can afford to raise a baby.
(By Hjustin Phun.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
DO WHAT YOU Do WELL

More thinking and action, and less
talk is the crying need of the day.
Some folks are paid for talking, like
the auctioneer, and the jokester on
the stage, but who cares to have
'auctiOneer" talk ringing in his ears
continually. Each person usually has
enough to do to attend to his own
knitting and if he does that well he
will have rendered service. Talking
with business associates, fellow mem
bers of the community and friends
and neighbors about the general wei
fare and working with that in view
is excellent but for anybody to be
sticking his nose into everybody else'S
business usually results in such per-
son getting his fingers burned. At
tending his own knitting involves
much. Action and less talk is the
crying need.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
ABOUT COLOR OF HONEY

The American Bee Journal for Sep
TENDER, 1888, contains an instructive
article about the color value of honey.
According to this article buckwheat
dark honey contains twenty times
as much manganese and five times as
much copper as alfalfa honey and
dark hOneys on the average contain
twice as much copper and four times
as much iron as light honeys.
The Importance of such minerals as
iron in food is well recognized and
enough is known at present to indi-
cate that the less common mineral
constituents of the diet are of far
more Importance than has been real
lied.
Thus it is learned from the article
that the intelligent honey consumer
should bear these facts about color in
mind when buying honey.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
DO UNTO OTHERS
Editor Askov American:

Editor AskOv American:
Well, then we have seen John Bosch,
the president of the Minnesota Holt
day Association and heard his mes
sage. 1t was not revolutionary. Just
plain, sensible talk about things we
all knew before. Nevertheless, took
a liking to him, unpresuming and
honest as he appeared to be.
Of course, l was disappointed. l
longhaired and clad in overalls, using
high sounding phrases condemning
everything and calling down the ven
geance of God on the powers that be;
but he did nothing of the kind. He
rather told us that we were the ones
at fault. If we had done our part in
the past the conditions would not now
be what they are.
Do unto others as you would be
done to by them is a good axiom, but
most of us fail to live up to it. We
would much rather do others as they
do us; as long as that thought is
most prevalent in our associations,
cooperative, political or of whatever
other kind there can come no saliva
tiOn for mankind.
Whenever our social education is sc
far advanced that we will consider
the needs of our neighbOr and do all
in our power to alleviate them before
we think of our own needs, then tbs
millennium will come and there will
be no need of banding together in
groups.
At the present time it is far from
being so. When l join an association
the first thing l think about is what
can | gain by joining. Will it put me
in a better position to gain more
worldly goods! | have also noted in
my talks with people on that subject
that l am not the only one that har-
Dor such thoughts; there are ever
those who would like to see the table
turned about, so they would be the
rulers. Then they would show the
class that now is the upper one, some
thing, give them something of theil
own medicine. Would that, really
make the world better place to live
in? l cannot see it that way. The
same sum of suffering would still
abide.
GRATING.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
MINNESOTA HAS HIGH
RANK AS FARM STATE

Minnesota farmers have good
reason to be interested in the dis
posal of surplus agricultural pro-
ducts, since they produce so large
a share of the farm commodities
Of the United States, points out DR..
A. A. Dowell, superintendent of the
Northwest School and Station of
the University of Minnesota, Crook
ston. In a recent address, DR..
Dowell said:
Ranking eleventh in size among
the 4S states, Minnesota, as an
average for the decade 1923-32,
ranked first in production of bar
ley, second in oats, in flax, in rye,
and in potatoes, sixth in corn, and
thirteenth in wheat. In wheat, the
state dropped from first place with
yield of over 95 million bushels
in 1899 to 10 million bushels, or
fourteenth place, in 1882.
For the decade January 1, 1924,
to January 1, 1888, Minnesota
ranked second in dairy cattle but
first in butter, third in horses, fifth
in hogs, sixth in beef cattle, and
fifteenth in sheep.
From a study of Minnesota's
agricultural development, one is
impressed not only with the rap
idity with which the farmers of
the state have shifted from exclu-
sive grain-growing into the produc-
ton of livestock and livestock pro-
ducts, but also will the important
| position the state now holds, as
compared with other common
wealths within the United States"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21

as well financially by just publishing
the news chatter around few blocks
that would certainly be pie" and the
path of least resistance. But such
smallness will never build any COM
munity. That type of lazy-man's
newspapers-the charity propositions
are a thing of the past. Some
storekeepers are still living back in
the age of where the editor stood with
hat in hand and meekly accepted the
crumbs that might fall his way. A
fine chance for independence where
the editor can express his candid
opinions under that hand-Out system!
Deliver us from any such procedure!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
BAROMETER OF GOOD TIMES

Grover Whalen of Wanamaker's
store in New York. predicts that adj
vertising lineage soon will be reach
ing, if not SURPRISING, the totals of
boom days. If Mr.. Whalen's express
sion is true then that is an indica-
ton of good times ahead for it has
been found that store sales increase
in proportion as newspaper advertis-
ing increases.
Then going on down the line with
the burden resting on the accuracy
of Mr.. Whalen's prediction if store
sales increase we will see the con-
sumner having greater buying power
which will be proof that the farmer
is getting more for his products, and
so on around the circle.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
PRACTICAL REMEDIES NEEDED

The farmer must show greater wis
dom in choosing or accepting his lead
ers. He must learn to distinguish
between the four flusher and the
practical leader and he must get over
tying up to oily speakers who can de-
scribe the farm pain the most graphi-
cally. This is the old trick of the
patent medicine salesman-that is,
description of the ache. The doctor
wins confidence by describing the pain
correctly and thoroughly and folks in
the audience have ailments that they
think the stuff in the bottle will
cure. We must have crusaders, to be
sure, but we have had about enough
of that and from now on the farmers
must give less heed to diagnosis and
more attention to practical remedies
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
HITCH HIKERS
(Eveleth ClariOn)

In every community there are g
number of business hitch mixers
They are business men who never
aid any cause, never carry their share
of any celebration, never take part in
anything which will help the town
They never do anything to bring the
people to town but are glad to have
the other merchant spend his money
in advertising to bring them to town
because they know "a crowd helps
business. They simply want to ride
free. Theirs is a selfish existence
and their hitch-hiking isn't particu'
larly harmful unless everybody joins
their class and then the town stops
still and starts spinning backwards.
There are business hitch-hikers in
every town but when everybody be-
comes a itch-hiker-watch out.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
AGAINST FIRE WARDENS
Editor ASkOv American:

On Aug. 26, 1888, l was sleeping
on a cot in my home and was awak-
ened by my wife to tell me there was
fire burning on my place and was
burning my hay, which l had cut and
had in the windrpw. 1 Immediately
sent her and my daughter-in-law after
help to put it out. The help arrived
and we started putting out the fire
but a certain fire warden, P. w.
DrOne, arrived on the premises and
after few insinuations went away
with the men l had got to help put
out the fire leaving me at my peril.
Thereafter l was arrested for set
ting, causing to be set and maintain
ing fire. l was taken before a JUS
tice at Bruno, plead not guilty and the
case was to be tried on later date.
But when l went over again for trial
they ruled my neighbors out who were
acting as council for me in the case.
l felt l could not afford to hire a
lawyer and my neighbors and friends
were acting free of charge, but the
justice was fair enough to give an
other continuance of the case in order
that l could get council, but again on
request of the Drone the case was
continued until Sept. II. Meanwhile
l made arrangements for lawyer to
represent me. Likewise this Drone
had obtained the county attorney to
prosecute, but as there was no evil
dence against me to produce in the
case, the county attorney ordered the
case dismissed.
Although this Drone has caused me
a heap of trouble and no little ex-
pense; also had cost the state, l ven
ture to say, more than he is worth.
You could see a gang wearing high
top shoes and wearing smiles under
wide trimmed hats leaving the place
under the impression they had done
real cute trick.
Mr.. taxpayer, don't you think It's
high time to do something to get
rid of such officers who are out to
modest and poster the people who are
trying to make this country fit place
to live in? We ask what is making
hard times and at the same time pay
| ing a bunch of those DrOnes who are
ever eager to eat the money some
other has worked hard to obtain.
l did not set this fire but it has
cost me plenty at time when could
not afford it to clear myself. l have
noticed in times past the many ar
rests made on the strength Of some
old grudge or on supposition and
then try to bluff the defendent to
plead guilty or put lot expense on
| the state and then in cowardly re-
treat sneak away and look for an
other prey. If we could abolish the
Fish and Game department and fire
those fire wardens, we would be doing
something worth while. We could,
with our overhead diminished, bal
ance the budget and have money In
our pockets and live in peace and
contentment. But no, it seems we
like to be ridden and very few have
nerve enough to buck, but if you all
felt as l do we would soon hove
our riders pulling leather and P. w
Drone and all other Drones would
be making their own money.
FRED SCHMIDT.
| Markville, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
A SOUL OF ITS OWN

Readers of rural newspapers gen.
orally are glad to get a newspaper
that makes an effort to cover news
from more than very limited area
of five to ten miles around the town
in which it is located. They want
the important news of the county seat
and other communities in the county.
What they want is information and
authentic Information. To hear
storekeepers argue about their prefer
ence for local sheet-a sort of build
ing wall around the community is
amusing and laughable. If a news
paper could "get by" with its readers,
render just as much service and dc
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writer's opin-
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 If the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. it will be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21

Don't drive so fast around the cor
ners, it makes me nervous" said a
young fellow to his chum after they
had sampled some moon. You don't
need to get scared the other replied.
lust shut your eyes like l do when
we come to the corners"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21

Every government official or board
that handles public money should
publish at regular intervals an ac-
counting of it, showing where and
how each dollar is spent. This is a
fundamental principle of democratic
government.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21

Darling, do you love me enough so
that you would be willing to wait for
me, through all eternity" asked a
young fellow of his best girl why,
I'd even wait for you until the farm
ers get relief from the government"
she replied.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21

eff you break our engagement I'll
publish your love letters in the pa
per-" said a young fellow to his girl.
las you please" she replied, there's
nothing in the letters I'm ashamed of
except the address,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21

eff you don't quit publishing jokes
about Scotchmen l will quit borrow
ing your paper" wrote Scotchman to
an editor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21

Happiness in life comes from ap-
preciating the little things. Edgar
A. Guest.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-09-21

A civilized nation is one that is
Mortified by other civilized nations.
Evening star., 1933-04-25
Out Where the Movies Begin
HOLLYWOOD Stars Reluctant to Take Cdmeramen's
Adyice on How to Improve Their Appearance
With Proper Types of Clothes.

first saw the possibilities in Clara Bow
and put her under personal contract
Eight auto statesmen were on deck
to dispose of a car to Dorothea Week
the morning after she carelessly re-
marked at a Hollywood party that she
must pick up car to get around in. u
Showing that some Of our better movie
names make little on the side by tip
ping the statesmen of as to who Is in
the market and for what.
"Stage Mother" is new vehicle which
Charles Brabin will direct and about
which he has no end of enthusiasm.
It Is the story of a woman of the
vaudeville world whose baby is born
following the death Of the father killed
while going through his bicycle stunts
before an audience. The story is the
struggle Of the mother to train the
daughter into a youthful cynicism which
will give her the advantage Of the
mothers experience with the unreliable
sex-men-without having had to go
through the actual mill of trouble and
disillusion.
Now, the strangest part of this story
is what Charles Brabin said to me
after we had both enthused about points
in the story. But who," he cried. "can
we get to do it? Who can play that
mother the way it should be done and
who will I get for that daughter?"
OF course, there are only some thou
sand leading stage lights around this
neck of the woods longing for chance
but it Is amazing how few of their
names cropped into the foreground of
our minds when we wanted to think of
a tr1,lv ,Ypuc,IaI nerformanco and one
not hampered by lot of conventional
old tricks and mannerisms.
(Copyright, 1888. by North American News
paper Alliance. Incl
Evening star., 1933-04-25
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, April Is (N.A
N.A).-How much do the Hollywood
stars know about showing themselves
of to best advantage?
Very little. If you listen to cameramen
and makeup men of this professional
colony. who will tell you that every one
of the famous fights like a tiger at
each and every move to make them ap-
pear like what they amt"
According to Charles Kosher, who
has been cameraman for Mary Pick
ford these many years, any woman can
make herself look thin or fat by the
colors and lines of her dress.
AN improperly cut skirt makes bulg
ing hiplines." says this authority; "and
round necklines make thick-lookine
chins and jaws. Dresses without
sleeves show the plump upper arms and
give the impression of great fat.
"Try to tell plump star that black
Is very flattering to the figure and
she'll always build up fine story about
how it throws haggard hollows into
her face. or makes her chin look saggy.
Another mania is the one for red,
which should only be worn by very
slim women-it makes every one look
large, regardless Of lines.
every woman" said this cynical
cinematOgrapher to me, should stand
before her mirror once month and,
If her eye doesn't tell her, her tape
measure should, just what changes are
going on in her silhouette. If she Is
gaining weight-see good dressmaker
even before she sees a good dietitian.
Halt the horror Of fat is having the
public-or your friends-thinking OF you
as a fat woman"
Charles Kosher has been cinematog-
grapher for Constance Bennett in her
last six pictures. This lady isn't trou-
bled by excess avoirdupois. In fact a
liberal diet of black olives, whole milk,
cereal with cream and other forbid
den foods is her daily menu.
Gilda Storm, the Broadway actress
to whom B. p. Schulberg has just given
q long-term contract, Is feet II inches
tall, brunette, weighs 95 pounds and
would like to be 6-foot blond.
In New York she played the lead
opposite Tullio Carminati In Christie
pher Comes Across" and had important
roles in "Coquette" and Manhattan
Medley" She has dramatic eyes with
much intensity in their black depths.
Schulberg's flair for discovering screen
talent is a very fine one-he 1t Is who
Evening star., 1933-04-25
EXCITING "WESTERN" E.
ON COLUMBIA SCREEN

Wild Riding, Bad Men and .
Dainty Heroine All Figure in Good
Story Of the "Wide Open Spaces"
If you Ike your entertainment spiced
with Zip vi" and can smell dust
every time you hear the creak and
jangle Of harness against q background
OF gathering hoofs of COW ponies rid
den by hard-riding buckaroos, stop in
at the Columbia this week and see
The Big Stampede" This picture Is
one OF the better Western films and
stars John Wayne as two-hsted young
sherif-even though he looks as II he
just stepped from the portals Of Yale
1t detracts nothing from his role-Noah
Beery, screen bad man, who continues
as the villain; Louis Alberni, . swash-
buckling vaquero; Mae Madison, pretty
pioneer girl, and Duke, a trained and
highly intelligent white horse.
You will enjoy Louis Alberni, known
better as sputtering, dinner jacketed
W1seacre OF more sophistcate films,
dressed in his picturesque outfit Of q
Mexican vaquero which he wears with
as much aplomb as he does the dinner
jacket. You will also enjoy Noah Ber-
rvs villainy and John Wayne's ener-
getic portrayal of the sheriff, and, In
all probability, you will hold tight to
what there is Of those Columbia seats
during the cattle stampede.
Like the majority Of Western films
there Is more action than plot and, in
this particular picture. the action takes
place during the settling of New Mex
leo and centers around the establishing
Of law and order in that State. John
Wayne Is the young sheriff who rids
New Mexico of rustlers and their leader
CNoah Berry,: Louis Alberni is the fun
and-fght loving "malo hombre" who,
with all his gang. is converted into a
deputy sheriff, and Mae Madison Is, Of
course, the young lady supplying the
love interest. However, a much whis-
tied hit song of few years ago has no
place in a depletion of Western life Of
some few decades ago, and for some
reason one has been interpolated.
A Terry Toon, Romeo and Juliet:
a Hodge Podge release, Women Of All
Nations; the Paramount newsreel and
last, but by no means quietest, a comedy
by w. c. Fields, are other enjoyable
features. j. N. H.
Evening star., 1933-04-25

dertaken by Frank Craven and Thomas
Mitchell. this play was given a warm
welcome by those who know-as also
by those who don't know. 1t is, how
ever, not such a lively discussion of a
man who murders his wife as one could
wish for-and but for one or two chills
and several well-spotted laughs (sup-
Piled by excellent Forrest ORR it re-
solves itself actually into another $3.50
mystery drama-with an ending which
you are told about almost as soon as
the beginning.
But for some stretches Of theatric
yawning in the second act, it holds,
however, your attention. As the curtain
rises and you are aware that Dr. Ernest
Tindals wife is lying silently and coldly
on the floor, and that she has been
strangled to death by her demon hus-
band, you are led through the remainder
of the play-conscious of the guilty man
and waiting until he shall be seized,
pinched and pushed off to his eternity
with the "boos" of all mankind behind
him.
The players last night did their stint
nchingly-although handicapped
by what must have been their knowl-
edge that most of them were turned
about The ladies, alas. came in only
occasionally Leona Powers getting
only a minute or so, Ona Munson re-
laxing into inevitable second-act tears,
Kathryn Givney Snatched from sight
Hibbard funny but brief, in a little
scene.
The gentlemen, headed by Donald
Woods and Forrest Orr, had long, long
roles with Mr.. Orr carrying home most
of the bacon. Mr. Woods seemed too
Evening star., 1933-04-25
AMATEURS GIVE PLAY.

Those who like good. funny plays
will enjoy "Oh Professor" as 1t was
presented last night by the st. Ga
briel's Players Ito be repeated tonight
in the st. Gabriel's Parish Hall, Web
ster street and Grant circle. This
complicated love tangle has many ex-
citing moments and to all appearances,
from the buzzing that ran throughout
the capacity audience attending the
performance, proved quite entertaining.
As proof Of what can be accom-
plished by good acting, Kathleen Baker,
in her minor role as assistant to the
dean Of girls seminary, displayed an
ability rarely found In amateur cir
cles. To Miss Baker goes the honor
Of giving the best performance. william
Collins, as the real Prof. Percival
Courtwright, also deserves commenda-
ton for his acting.
Virginia Magill, as the heroine, and
Joseph O'Donnell, as the hero, added
much to the smoothness of the presen-
tation. Other members of the cast, also
quite we'll in their roles, are Thomas
Gowen, Robert Adams, Audrey Ma
gill, Marie Weigert, Catherine Lester,
Leo Murphy and Helen Winkle. To
Justin F. Winkle is given special men,
ton for his directing, and also to
Stuart Kelley and Edward Coffey, for
their work as stage managers.
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