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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
CLOVERDALE

A special Luther League meeting
was held Sunday evening. 1t was
called because of the district meeting
in this division. The Rev. Lundholm
of Braham, spoke. His subject was
Prayer" The balance of the pro-
gram was as follows: Vocal duet,
lola and Vivian Thomas; song, the
choir; vocal duet, Beatrice Swan and
Harold Chollett; quartette, Willis Nc
seth and Emery Wolter; song, the
choir. Monday morning at 1920 the
pastors of the district spoke again at
services. Only small crowd at
tended
Monday, April "a, Miss Susan Kel-
roy and Clarence Voss were married
at the Catholic church in Sandstone.
For the summer they will live with
the brides parents, where he is en-
plOyed.
Jean Gray completed school in Pine
City Friday. Her parents moved here
about two months ago Since then
she has been staying at the Lindahl
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Beach and Mrs.
Paul Wolter left for Dakota, where
| they were called by the death of Will
| Richmond Mrs. Beach's father. He
was Mrs. Walters brother-in-law. Mn.
| Richmond is well known to a number
in the community, for he spent the
entire winter here with the Beaches,
| while under medical care. Early this
| spring he returned to his home, ap-
parently much improved in health.
| He leaves to mourn his passing his
wife and two daughters and a son.
pathy to the Borrowing relatives.
| Clarence Hemming Of Sandstone,
was visitor at the Olaf Hemming
home Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Olaf Pearson and Mrs. Walter
Orr and Leroy visited at Edwin Ro-
deems Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Leslie Kofoed of Hinckley,
spent from Friday till Sunday at the
Paul Wolter home. Miss Selma Miller
of Ogema, was her guest Sunday.
Edward Pearson spent the weekend
with George Powers near Hinckley.
The choir practiced at the Leslie
KOfoed home near Hinckley, Wednes-
day evening.
The Ingolf Summerland family OF
st. Paul, visited at the William BrOm-
merck home over the weekend. Miss
Ella Brommerick returned to st. Paul
with them.
ID. H. Keefe of ST. Paul, and several
men were busy picking stones Friday
and Saturday on the keefe farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. William BrOmmerick
and family visited at the home of
Mrs. o. Pearson last Thursday eve
ming.
American ads save you money.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

weakest and poorest to the top in the
opposition party in order that they
may be defeated in the subsequent
election"
Either the Herald wants to whip
the voters into being hide-bound party
folks or the newspaper has little
faith or confidence in the people.
Looks like they think there is big
group Of hypocrites.
A voter from one political party has
had the opportunity in the past to
call for the ballet of another party at
the primary electiOn-nothing to stop
him. The big difference with the ad-
vent of the consolidated primary bal
lot which we will have hereafter is
that the voter will not be obliged to
reveal his party identity. OF course
every citizen would expect that the
editor of a newspaper which Is boost
ing certain political party constant
ly should feel free to call for the
ballot of that party. But it might be
well for that editor to be employed
for a time in an industrial community
and by a corporation that expects him
to vote a certain party ballot and
then see how brave he would be in
asking for the ticket of party which
represents just the opposite in poll
ties and economics.
Surely, some of those editors feel
brave about going to the primary
election and asking for the ballot
which is the choice of the banker that
holds a mortgage on their printing
plant. but if the editor should have
change of heart, do some reading
and thinking for himself and come
to the conclusion that he would like
to vote differently, it might not be so
well if he were not in an Independent
position.
1t is certainly ridiculous for any
new spaper to say that the purpose or
the consolidated primary ballot law
is for the workers in one party TO
push the weakest and poorest to the
top in the opposition party.
Did it ever occur to any one getting
such a narrow slant on the new law
that party workers are pretty much
concerned about getting the best TIM
Der nominated within their own party
i'm order that they can put up a strong
and bold front against opposition par
ties at the general election?
Imagine the party workers in each
political party laboring to nominate
the weakest candidates in the oppo-
sition parties. and the result If that
was the height of their ambition. Ii
that were practiced would 1t not DE
worst for the Farmer-Labor party
which is now in the lead in this
state? And that is the very party
that put over the consolidated primary
| ballot law.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
SANDSTONE

The Rev. and Mrs. Richard Deursen
moved from the Falk apartments to
the Albert Larson residence in Gunn-
town Monday. This residence is near
the church in which the Rev. Deur-
sen breaches. The Larson family has
moved to their cottage at Grindstone
lake.
Archie Waller has accepted a posi-
ton with Bridgeman Russell, Duluth,
Louis SevOr was their buyer here the
past winter.
"A very important land deal took
place here last week when Andrew
Pajala traded his residence in the
village and an so acre farm east of
town for the 80 acre modern farm
with stock and all equipment of Sig
fred Walenjus near FinlaysOn. Mr..
Walenjus is not able to do farm work
OH account of illness and will move
here with his wife this week. Mr..
Pajala, who has worked for the quar-
ries company here the past several
years, will move with his family to
their fine farm. The farm has mod
ern buildings, is i'm a high state of
cultivation, and it's present value is
estimated about 500 per acre.
The dance in the New Theatre
Tuesday evening drew only fair
size crowd. but those present received
real treat, dancing to the excellent
music furnished by the Larry Hick-
man Merrymakers. This band of ele-
ven members, all first class musicians
and managed by Tom Furniss, 1873
| Summit Ave-, ST. Paul. are fine enter
| tainers. Tom, who is former Holly
wood resident, expects to take his
band back there this fall for a win
| terS engagement Manager Guy
Thorne is to be congratulated for the
| up-tO-date music he secures for his
dances. The Eli Rice band will play
a return engagement here Tuesday
evening.
VIM. H. Barnick has been elected
the local lodge at the Grand Lodge of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
which will be held in Rochester, June
21st
The ]. ID. Mckay oil company of
Rush City. started building a new
service station in Sandstone Friday.
1t will be a modern station and To-
Gated adjoining the Barnick Cities
Service station on Main street Sand
stone is having a real building boom
these days and nearly every resident
that wants to work at a reasonable
wage, is employed here now.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
GOT A BAD START
Mile Laos County Times)


1t may be necessary to liQuidate
the Rural Credits Bureau. but we are
sorry to see this agency pass out of
existence. 1t could have been made
a great help to the farmers of the
state if it had been properly managed
and safe-guarded when first estab-
lished However it became the vic
tim of INSCRIPTIONS politicians and
certain bankers who loaded it up with
lot of poor mortgages right from
the start. When the bureau was first
established rumors were in circula-
ton that this was what was happen
ing. but few people were able to be-
lieye that we had such INSCRIPTIONS
persons in control of state affairs at
that time. If the Rural Credit Blu
reau had been as carefully safe
guarded as the Federal Farm Loan
system the bureau would have proved
of great help to the farmers of the
state and would have continued to
function. The discontinuance of the
bureau is going to leave the farmers
of the state with little help in a finan-
cial way outside of the federal farm
loan system, and they are unable to
borrow much money from private
sources.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
ALMOST WIPED OUT THROUGH
PITBIICITY

The 1929 session of the Minnesota
LEGISLATURE took the prize for nepot-
ism-the hiring of relatives for work
in the capitol by members of the
Legislature. The practice Was ellml-
mated to "a considerable degree in the
1881 session when the prOgreSsives in
troduced a resolution against nepot-
ism and it got an awful panning. The
resolution was not passed but its be-
ing brought up had wholesome eff
feet.
The act of any one in public life
hiring relatives to work for him or
the securing of jobs for relatives
should, in itself, not be so bad. but
ii is the abuse of it that has set the
public against the practice.
There are various ways of big inte-
rests securing the votes OF cOnniving
and self-seeking small politicians, and
nepotiSm is one way. So when you
see any lawmaker constantly getting
his family Oh the public payroll you
need not bother to check up on his
vote for you can be pretty sure which
way it goes.
The big interests are also for small
salaries to lawmakers. That works
out something like nepotism. They
extend favors to lawmakers here and
there, give out jobs for their rela-
tives, and in different ways make up
for the salary that is lacking in max
ing both ends meet, and so get the
votes they are after by being "so
nice" Of course in that transaction
there is no actual exchange Of money
no, no, that method is too crude
and out of date.
But coming back to real nepOtism
With the. publicity it got in the past
two years and with the resolution
thing had almost faded out. General
ly speaking the members of the Leg
islature in this session of 1898 were
DESTROYS of spreading the available
jobs out to as many people as pos
sible. Nepotism was practically
thing of the past in the House but il
did crop out in the Senate. Concern
ing that, one of the political writer:
on the Minneapolis Star wrote durin:
the session the following.
After all of the talk INDUCED il
about the practice of nepOtism, it ha
made it's appearance in the state Sen
ate, where four relatives of senator
are safely fortified on the payroll, ant
it was rumored that another was to b.
intrenched yesterday. In times lik
these this is an economic crime sail
one senator in speaking of it. Il fai
to understand how any senator ha
the brass to do it,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
GIVES HOLIDAY ASSOCIATION
IMPORTATION

Editor ASkOv American:
| presume you members and farm
ers think that the Holiday Association
is all dead and your secretary gone
to sleep, as you have not seen any
thing in the press for some time, but
tell you it is quite contrary, as we
have meetings in some parts of the
county all the time, too many to men-
ton here, and your secretary is work
ing overtime, to take care of the most
important business.
We had a representative county
meeting April 81, and five delegates
were elected to go to DeS Moines,
Iowa, May ;, to attend the national
convention, the delegates being n.
p Nedegaard, John Percy, Richard
Downing. Bert Cole, John Connaker.
1t was decided that each local unit
make donations and put on social
meetings with dances to take care of
the expense.
May eighth will be the date of the
state convention at MOnteyideO in
place of st. Cloud as we have been
men of that place to use the audi
forum free of charge. St. Cloud
wanted S25 per day. We hope to have
a large delegation from Pine county
attending this convention as very like
ly it will be decided there if Mime
sofa farmers are going to continue
| selling for below cost or tie up.
We have had two meetings in Town
of Hinckley lately; one in school
house. Dist. No. 30. with ]. White
| from Ogilvie, as a speaker. Mr..
White is very clean speaker and no
one can say that he is trying to mix
politics into the Holiday organization.
Regarding this meeting | must say
that ignorance is our worst enemy as
there are farmers in this district who
still believe that the laboring class
| is getting the best of the farmer, and
| that their wages must be cut down.
They have been cut to the bone; fac
tories lying idle all over. nobody can
get a job; about % millions living on
charity for the last three years. Let
me tell you that soup lines and chart
ty organizations are. very poor mar
ket places for farm produce. If or
ganized labor within their unions are
and have been so strong as is claimed,
why did they not say stop when mod
ern machinery was put in to take
their place and they were thrown out
of a job? In spite of the fact that
their employer was still making more
profit than ever Why did they not
demand less hours per day? Because
they were net strong enough. If we
are drained flat the money and wealth
certainly went other places than to
labor. When labor resumes work and
fair wages we will receive fair price
for our farm produce. This held good
before and it always will. as it is to
labor we have to look for a market
We will have a meeting in the near
future on this subject.
The county unit will meet at Hinck-
ley May at 2 p. m, to elect dele
gates for state convention. Local
units be sure to be represented
HJALMER SANDELL, Secretary.
Hinckley, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
GOOD ELECTION CHANGE

Making into law by the 1888 Mime
sofa Legislature the consolidated pri-
mary election ballot, seems to be wor-
rying many of the reactionary news
papers.
The Belle PLANE Herald calls it
another new wrinkle of this years
legislative agony" Going on the
Herald states: "All three party bal
lots will be on one sheet, and the
voter in the privacy of his booth will
have the option of nominating the
candidates of whichever party he
chooses. The purpose is to permit
workers in one party to push the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
SANDSTONE BIBLE CHURCH

Service Sunday, May Sunday
school 10 a. m. Preaching service
II a. m. Subject: The Millennium;
a sermon on prophecy.
Eyangelistic service 7:45 p. m. Hear
the Gospel in song and sermon. Sub
ject: The Only Way.
Tuesday, 6:45 p. M, Girls Glee Club.
300 p. m, Fisherman Club.
Wednesday, s p. m, praise and
prayer meeting.
Thursday, 2 p. m, Women's mis-
sionary club.
Friday, 8 p. M. choir rehearsal.
The ladies of the Missionary club
of the Sandstone Bible church, will
meet ut the home of Mrs. j. Ploeger
May IL, at 2 p. m.
r. DEURSEN, Pastor
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

leading his class in scholastic honors.
Robert Arth has taken an active part
in school activities in FinlaysOn. He
is president of the student council,
captained the 1928 basketball team
and was their high scorer. He was
picked as one of the all-district for
wards by the coaches at the district
tournament. The track team will
find him in the weights, runs and
jumps. He will also play stellar
role on the Finlayson town baseball
team this summer Marlyn Smith has
been a member Ct the student council,
runs the middle distances on the
track team, and was manager of The
basketball team.
monthly ceremonial council Monday,
April "a, with a picturesque candle
ceremony, each girl selected her In
dian name and expressed her desire to
become Il member. A program of
short speeches and songs followed.
Friday, April IS, the girls success
fully presented their two plays at
ernoon, and the Pine River community
hall in the evening.
Primary Room.
George Brabec has returned to
school, after having been absent for
a few days because of illness.
Lillian Peura is absent from school.
Third and Fourth Grades.
Francis Zwiers started school in the
third grade Monday.
The third and fourth graders have
begun work on cut-Out and hand
painted Japanese frieZe.
Fifth and Sixth Grades.
Albert Zwiers enrolled in the fifth
grade this week.
All Of our classes are doing review
work in preparation for the final tests.
We are making booklets and cards
for Mothers day i'm art.
Our Young Citizens League elected
new monitors for the next two weeks.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
ONCE TOO OFTEN

Placing statutes in the constitution
should be avoided and that Is the
main reason for turning down III the
LEGISLATURE the bill for an amend
ment to the constitution concerning
the income tax. So many attorneys
including past and present attorney
generals of the state have said that
it is not necessary to amend the con-
stitution to provide for an income tax.
so when opponents of this newer form
of taxation insisted on cluttering up
the constitution with statutes the
friends of the income tax said nix.
The House had passed a fair
amendment bill providing for alloca-
ton of the funds but nothing was said
about rates of taxation or limitations.
Those against the income tax idea
in the Senate changed the amend
ment bill so that the maximum rate
of taxation would never be more than
seven times the minimum rate; the
exemptions to single persons should
not exceed $500 and exemptions to
heads of families would never be
more than $1,000. That bill passed the
Senate. The House objected and a
conference committee labOred for two
hours the last night of the session.
Opponents of the income tax in
the conference committee would not
give an inch. They insisted on the
limitations and the low exemptions.
Having passed the statutory bill
| friends of the income tax in the con-
ference committee said goodbye and
called it a day.
The Minneapolis Journal worked
day and night to delay the coming OF
the income tax day in Minnesota and
one of its methods of delay was the
insisting on an amendment to the
constitution. The amendment that
they wanted passed by the Leglsla-
ture and later to be voted on by the
people was like the one passed in the
Senate or worse. They wanted it
stacked with limitations so as to
make it as ineffective as possible.
In their campaign against statu-
tory bill and for an amendment bill
with rigid limitations they enlisted
the support of their friendly rural
press-the same newspapers made use
of before when they had chestnuts
to be pulled out of the fire. AS on
the lOng-forgotten Minnesota Plan
of farm relief the rural papers Joined
hands with the Journal and voted
overwhelmingly against the statutory
income tax in straw vote. That OF
course was used as an argument In
the Legislature but to no avail. Leg
islators know that the Journal and
its me too" friends are not repre-
senting the majority sentiment of the
state.
In this connection the Park Region
Echo made the following comment
: after the statutory bill had passed
the House and just after its passage
: in the Senate:
1.-The power of the press was well
illustrated last week when the State
Senate ignored the tremendous ma
! jority of country newspapers lined ur
against the statutory income tax, and
voted that law through by large ma
jority. When not even the hide
bound reactionaries in the State Sen
ate will take advice from the country
editors, how can common folks with
more or less progressive ideas be ex-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
Finlayson School Notes

Arrangements are being started
again this year to plant more trees
on the Fairgrounds. This enterprise
is carried on by the sophomore class
each year Flowers are being grown
in the basement, and will be set out
later on.
The Campfire girls held their init
alton last week, at which time they
became official members of the Camp
fire girls organization.
Robert Arth will be the valedic-
torian and Marlyn Smith the saluta-
torian of the elias of 1888. Besides
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers, Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)

Alexandria Echo: The legislature
has lifted twenty million dollars off
the backs of the taxpayers during the
next two years, by cutting cost of
government and finding new methods
of getting additional taxes from peO-
pie able to pay: the truck-owners.
chain stores and people with incomes.
Yet few die-hard Republican papers
still insist on calling Governor Olson
and his party liberals claiming
they are liberal spenders. There are
reactiOnaries in Minnesota who
wouldn't be satisfied with a state ad-
ministration composed entirely of
angels from heaven. unless they called
themselves Republicans.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
GOOD TO MOTHER
(FairmOnt Sentinel.)

When it can be truthfully said of
man after his death. The was good
to his mother, volume has been
spoken in his behalf. no matter what
the harsh judgments of the rabble
may be. Tender regard and loving
care of the one who has borne and
nurtured him covers multitude of
sins. No man who has done this is
wholly bad. And other virtues can
not justify the man who neglects or
mistreats his mother.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely JEFFERSON topics
of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writer's Opin-
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must he
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, 1933-05-04

st. Louis County Independent: Tax
ing the mining industry is killing
the goose that laid the golden egg"
is a common saying used by the min
ing industry pro. agandists during
each session of the legislature. The
goose is on the Mesaba range alright.
but as soon as the golden egg is laid
it is shipped to the east where it is
divided among the stockholders and
the big officials in the form of stock
dividends and beautiful salaries. 1t
isn't the taxes that is killing the
goose, it is the greed of those who
control the mining industry.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

Keep a bottle of soapy water in
one of the pockets of the automobile.
wrapped in an old clean towel; it will
prove handy for cleaning the hands
after making emergency repairs to
tires. etc., on the road.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

pected to take orders? 1t is high
time that the country press of Min
nesOta gets in step with the majority
sentiment of the state, instead of
dragging along'a block or two behind
the procession
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

The 5OO-and-last volume that Alex
andre Dumas, the great novelist,
wrote, was a cook book. 1t contained
recipes for preparing eggs in So diff
ferent ways.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

Alfred the Great was II years old
before he could read.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

The Raffesia Arnold, of Sumatra,
is the largest of all flowers. 1t grows
TO be more than three feet in di-
ameter.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

Flies have their organs of taste
located in their feet.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

trate the earth to a depth of nine
feet.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

"E Pluribus Unum" on coins is a
Latin phrase, meaning from many,
one" and is the national motto of the
United States.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

The famous ride of Paul Revere,
from Boston to Concord, was about 10
miles.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

A shark is the only fish that can
blink its eye.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

If a glass stopper becomes wedged,
sudden heat applied to the bottle neck
allows it to expand and release stop
per.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

An eel has two hearts. one in its
tail and the other near its head.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-05-04

There is no lead in a lead pencil.
1t is graphite-One of the forms of
carbon.