Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-02-01
ASKOV

j. K. Larsen has been confined to
his bed the past week with an attack
OF pleurisy.
A baby boy arrived yesterday morn
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
A. Robinson, south of Kerrick.
j. Albert Johnson left Monday fore
noon for ST. Paul to attend the an
nual Fairway Stores convention which
lasts three days.
The cold snap here over the week
end drove the thermometer down to
where it registered 80 below Monday
morning. The other extreme fol-
lowed on Tuesday and Wednesday. it
being "a above Wednesday forenoon,
only to start falling again at noon.
If you haven't purchased number
on one of the quilts made by the
women sewing under the CWA project
here then you will have to do so
before Saturday evening in order to
have a chance to win one. The num-
bers are on sale at the three general
stores and the quilts are on display
"
day evening, Feb. 3, in the Town hall,
the lucky numbers will be drawn on
all three quilts. 1t is not necessary
to be present to claim the quilt if
your number is the lucky one. The
winners will be announced in the
American next week.
The faculty of the Askov school en-
tertained for the Young Peoples So
ciety Wednesday night in the Assem-
bly, hall and their efforts were at
tended by the applause of fair sized
crowd. The meeting was to have
been held Sunday night but due to the
unfavorable weather it was postponed
until last night. The program was
made up of songs by the glee club
under the direction of Miss Gertrude
kilstofte; songs by the faculty; slides
and talks on architecture, Norway,
Sweden and Switzerland. A specially
on the program, out of the ordinary
here and much enjoyed by those pres
ent were two tap dancing numbers
by Miss Jean Tyre, accompanied by
Miss Mildred Carlson on the piano.
Arthur Rueber, who has had his
headquarters in Askov as deputy bank
examiner of the closed First State
Bank for the past seven months, is
now making his headquarters at
Moose Lake. He will have five banks,
surrounding Moose Lake and including
the one at Askov, and also an insurance
company at Duluth to look after,
which gives him one day a week at
each place. Frank Miller continues
to look after collections for the closed
Askov bank each day while Mr.. Rue
Der will be here each Monday to check
up and direct the work. Mr.. Rueber,
who was formerly a banker in Mon
tana and later a farmer in northern
Minnesota, is man of ability and
the many friends he made during his
short stay in Askov will be sorry to
see him go elsewhere, but will ap-
preciate his coming here once week.
The annual meeting of the Askov
Cooperative Association was held in
the D. B. S. hall yesterday afternoon
with a good attendance. The pres
ident, Adolf Jensen, called the meet
ing to order and Secretary Ludwig
Madsen read the minutes of the last
meeting and all directors meetings
which were all approved as read. The
financial statement of the association
reveals that the concern has Jared
much better than many others have
during 1888 in that it shows a net
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sales for the year were nearly S23, 1000
while last year they were less than
nineteen thousand. Summing the
whole thing up in a nutshell: they
had more business, less expenses and
hence more profit. This year, how
ever, the profit will not be distributed
and no interest will be paid on shares.
Instead of that the profit will go to-
ward covering a 10 per cent depreci-
alton on the building and equipment
and the balance put in the reserve
fund. The election of officers had the
following result: Einar Jensen, pres
ident; N. P. Nielsen, vice president;
Ludwig Madsen, secretary; Chr. San
dahl, treasurer; Conrad Christensen,
director; T. N. Thomson and Chr. Lar
sen, revisers. The retiring beard
members are Adolf Jensen and Chris.
Frederiksen who both refused re-elec-
ton. Ludwig Mosb8k was also a di-
rector, but on account of absence from
the country he was replaced last sum-
mer by N. P. Nielsen. The concern
has surely done well to come through
1898 with an $500 profit, for which
much credit undoubtedly goes to eff
ficient management by Viggo Jensen.