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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
ASKOV MAN TAKES
BRIDE IN ROCHESTER
ON SATURDAY NIGHT

earn Ranum, one of Askov's new
additions to its business world, took
unto himself a bride in Rochester
Saturday evening at an o'clock cere-
mony His bride was Ethel Warner,
whose mother lives in Rochester.
where the ceremony was performed
in the Danish Lutheran church.
After the ceremony a reception was
held at the home of the brides moth
err and the couple came to Askov the
following day where reception was
held for them in the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lars Christensen where they will
keep house in rooms prepared for
them upstairs.
Mr.. Ranum came to Askov in Feb
ruary, 1884, and purchased the small
grocery stock and took over the cream
buying business of John l.. Madsen
in the barber shop building. He has
increased the stock and business con-
siderably in his short stay here. Mr..
and Mrs. Ranum first met when they
were both employed in Chicago a few
years ago and Askov people will join
in welcoming Mrs. Ranum into the
community.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
PINE CITY WILL START
BASKET SCHEDULE

The Pine City high school basket
ball team will take on the Brook
Park high school team Friday eve
ming, December Z, at Pine City and
will then go through with a thirteen
game schedule for the season. The
home games will be played on the
armory floor as the high school gym
nasium is not large enough to play
fast game upon and there is little
room for spectators. The schedule
promises the fans some real compe-
tition as the opposing teams are to
come from towns with which there
is keen rivalry. The schedule follows:
Dec. Z, Brook Park at Pine City;
Dec. IA, Rush City at Rush City; Dec.
20, North Branch at North Branch.
January II, Barnum at Barnum;
Jan. Is, Hinckley at Hinckley; Jan.
Is, Brook Park at Brook Park; Jan.
25, Hinckley at Pine City; Jan. 80,
Sandstone at Sandstone.
February s. Sandstone at Pine City;
Feb. II, Rush City at Pine City; Feb.
Is, Braham at Braham; Feb. %, North
Branch at Pine City.
March 1, Finlayson at Pine City.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
SMALL CROWD
HEARS PROGRAM
ASkOv Church Treasury is Richer by
5000 After Musical Program
on Thanksgiving Night.

The program sponsored by the Eng
lish Division of the Askov Danish
Lutheran church last Thursday night,
was attended by only a fair sized
crowd. A good program was rem
dered and after all expenses were
paid a profit of 5000 was turned
over to the church treasury. Lunch
was served by the English Ladies' Aid.
The following program was given:
Orchestra, Let's Go March, Mari
tana, selection; male chorus, Welcome
Song, Evening Chimes; Ruth Hansen
and Ellen Miller, Where Did Yesterday
Go? Whispering Hope; male chorus.
Low, Pris og Are; girls chorus, Natten
er saa Stille, Thanksgiving Song; or
chestra, Mignonette, overture, Gospel
Hymns, selections; Mrs. Svend Peter
sen, The Lost Chord, The Rosary;
duet, Marvin Peterson and A. Mel
sen, Praise for Mother, Silver Threads
Among the Gold; Andrew Jensen,
three selections; male chorus, Bells
of St. Mary, Even Song; orchestra,
Arcadian Days, Danube Waves, waltz;
America, first and last verse, audi
ence.
Candy and popcorn was sold before
and after the program.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06

it by injuring anything or anyone;
but he could give a good account OF
himself if attacked by some large
vicious dog.
Those who knew him as the parish
pet will be surprised to know that
he afterwards started several run
Always. These runawayS might have
been prompted by resentment of the
horse to being denoted and used as a
common farm horse or perhaps The
broncho blood in him overcame the
part which was Percheron or it might
have been due to a change in man.
agement
Disliked Restraint.
Rev. Mack, being Lutheran min
lister, believed that one ounce of
training was worth one pound of re-
straining. Prince Royal was allowed
to stand out in the street united and
he did not abuse the privilege. The
writer of this letter tried a little re-
straint with disastrous results one Sun
day morning in November when the
ground was frozen hard. The gray,
after being harnessed to the buggy,
was tied to white painted two by
four on the porch. Perhaps he re-
scented the restraint or maybe he re-
membered the time when he carried
the man of the pulpit instead Of the
one of the pew. He tossed his head
and jerked loose the two by four and
turning quickly he broke the shafts
to pieces against a clothes line pole.
He fell going through the hog fence
and broke bone in the upper part OF
his foreleg. DR.. Mckim was called
and the horse was ten weeks in the
barn and had to learn to walk again.
The second time he ran away in
town, new two-hOrse walking cult
vator had been tied behind. the wagon
at the Webb Hardware Store. A Ger
man Lutheran with gray horse and
CONTINUED on Page 81
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
ASKOV YOUNG
MAN TAKES BRIDE
Petersen. Callahan Vows are Ex
changed on Thanksgiving Day
I'm Minneapolis.

The wedding of Miss Ruth Callahan
of Minneapolis, and Mr.. Clifford
Petersen, only son of Mr.. and Mrs.
N. C. Petersen of north of Askov, took
place at the home of the brides aunt
in the Mill City last Thursday.
Thanksgiving day. The affair was a
quiet ceremony with only a few rela-
tives present. Ernest Degerstrom of
Askov, was best man, and Miss DiXoE
of Minneapolis, was bridesmaid.
The newlyweds came home Satur-
day and are now with the groom's
parents where they will stay indefin-
itely. A wedding dance was held in
the North Star club hall Saturday
night to which many friends and
neighbors of the contracting couple
were present and danced to the music
furnished by Albert Petersen and
John Lundgren.
The bride, known to few here,
has been employed in a Minneapolis
restaurant, while the groom has been
attending Dunwoody Institute in the
department of auto mechanics. He
obtained his early education in the
Askov school. A large circle CT
friends wish the young couple much
happiness.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
SPEAKER STRESSES
FARM ORGANIZATION

A fair sized crowd attended the
meeting sponsored by the Askov unit
of the National Farmers Holiday As
sociation in the Askov d. B. S. hall
Monday night and heard a Mr.. Taylor
of Sheridan county, Montana, speak
on farm organization. Mr.. Taylor is
experienced in the movement of farm
organization, having been employed
by the Nebraska Farmers Holiday As
sociation in organizing that state last
summer.
The speaker stressed continued or
ganization by the farmers and adj
monished that unless they did, there
would be wholesale foreclosures by
early 1885. His address was interesting
and very good in that he offered con-
structive requirements for the changes
he advocated.
Mr.. Taylor, who now owns and op-
crates a farm in Montana, was once
a teacher in Aitkin county and made
his home at Willow River.
After the main speaking, N. P.
Nedegaard of Askov, who is county
chairman of the Holiday Association,
said few words and asked that each
one present go out and bring in a
new member to the association.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
T. B. STILL BIG
THREAT TOLIFE
Four Hundred and Thirty.eight PEG.
pie I'm Pine County Have
Died From 1t.

Four hundred and thirty-eight Pine
county men, women and children have
been killed by tuberculosis in the
past % years. During the same per-
iod nearly $4,000 deaths from this
disease have been reported through
out Minnesota. These facts are con-
tanned in a Christmas Seal bulletin
issued by the Minnesota Public Health
Association.
With more than 1000 tuberculosis
deaths occurring in the state for the
year 1888 alone, the actual death rate
has decreased slightly from the prev
ious year. Deaths reported in 1888
1882.
Minnesota is Low.
Minnesota has maintained its place
in the nation as eighth lowest in the
number of deaths per population. ac-
cording to a report issued by the Ma
tional tuberculosis Association. Ari-
IONA has the highest death rate of
any state with 1868 per 100000 pop
ulation which is a decrease from the
states showing for 1882 of $50 per
100000. Minnesota had 1871 last year
compared with 4O.S per 100000 for
1892.
While the percentage of deaths
from this plague has decreased re-
markedly during past years, it is still
a leading cause of death between the
ages of Is and As, the bulletin shows.
A constant battle against the disease
has been waged in every state and
county including a program of public
health, nursing, tuberculin testing,
clinics for school children and health
education for both children and
adults. all carried on by funds de-
rived from the annual sale of Christ
mas Seals.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
SHOPLIFTERS ARE
SENT TO ST. CLOUD
BY JUDGE STOLBERG

Being a petty thief is no reference
to leniency when one is brought into
court This was forcefully brought
out in the case of Victor and Veikko
Halonen, brothers, and Nels MAXI all
three of west of Sandstone in Aitkin
county, and Walter Peterson of St.
Paul, when sentences were melted out
to them by District Court Judge AL
fred P. Stolberg at Center City, after
they had plead guilty to charges of
grand larceny. Victor and Veikko
Halonen and Nels Maxi were SEN
fenced to two years in st. Cloud
and Walter Peterson to 2S months at
the same institution.
The charges were the outgrowth of
shoplifting at Klein's Department
Store at Sandstone which has caused
klein's house detectives to have a
busy time of it of recent weeks and
it was also found that they had been
are expected to plead guilty to shop
lifting in the near future before the
juvenile court.
Judge Stolberg, in sentencing the
men, made it clear that he is not
going to be lenient in his dealings
with future thieves of this kind from
this county and he pointed out the
passage of law, which makes the TAX
ing of any article from any building.
large or small, second degree grand
larceny crime subject to from one
to ten years Imprisonment.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
SNAKE RIVER WILL
HAVE NEW CHANNEL

The project to divert Snake river
through the south end of Lake Pokeg-
ANA has begun and work on the new
channel was started following the re-
cent approval by l.. P. Zimmerman,
acting administrator of the Mime
sofa SERA.
mile in length and As feet wide at
the top, requiring the excavation of
10000 tons of dirt. 1t will tap the
river at a point east of Grasston and
reach the lake at Jarvis bay. The
outlet from the lake will be at Stumne
bridge. Estimated cost of the PROJECT
is $4,000. The number of laborers
required to complete it is so.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
STROKE FATAL TO
BRUNO WOMAN
Mrs. Ludwig Peterson was 66 Years
Old and Had Resided I'm Bruno
Thirty Years.

The Bruno community was shocked
Thursday evening when it was learned
that Mrs. Ludwig Peterson, one of
Bruno's oldest residents, had passed
away after a residence there of 90
years. She passed away at her home
after ailing for the past year. She
suffered a paralytic stroke two weeks
ago, which left her belfast until the
end came Thanksgiving evening.
Agnes Finstuen was born in Nor
way April IA, 1868, and came to
America when six years of age. They
made their home in Goodhue county,
where she grew to womanhOOd. 1t
was there she met and married Lud-
Wig Peterson on July 3, 1894. They
moved to Bruno in 1904 where they
have made their home since. She
leaves to mourn besides her husband
three sons, Peter, Joseph and Louis
all of Bruno; three grandsons, also
of Bruno; also three sisters, Mrs.
Dale Hubert and Mrs. Maurice Linde
of Askov, and Mrs. VIM. Kalovotski
of Illinois, and one brother, Andrew
Finstuen of West Concord, also many
relatives and friends.
The funeral was held in the Bruno
Lutheran church with Rev. Charles
S. Rydell officiating and Carl John
son, Roy Hicks, George Lord and
Adolph Keuhn as pallbearers. The
body was laid to rest in the Vilstad
cemetery. A large circle of friends
extend sympathy to the Borrowing
family.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06

NEWS REVIEW
By GEORG STRANDVOLD

On the ground, apparently, that
their mere size gives them the right
to direct the affairs of the world. a
handful of great powers are renewing
their attempts to humiliate Germany
and Japan, unmindful, it seems, of
the fact that they are thus creating
a situation out of which war may
spring-some day.
French and British statesmen of
the lingo type keep on lecturing Ger
many on her supposedly secret re-
armament-while they themselves re-
serve the right to increase their OW n
forces beyond any limit ever dreamed
of before. In the French chamber
of deputies colossal war appropria-
tions were voted on the strength of a
statement to the effect that Russia
had promised military support in case
of war. AS soon as the statement
had served its purpose, it was with
drawn by the French government
which solemnly stated that it lacked
every bit of foundation.
In London Winston Churchill, car
rying on an energetic agitation FOR
greater air force, tells stories of
mysterious German rearmament-
for the purpose of inspiring huge APP
preparations for the air fleet.
Proofs, it seems, have not been
asked or submitted.
But it stands to reason that sys-
tematic goading of this kind may
some day arouse Germany to retail
late on the ground that the former
allied powers are just as guilty OF
violating the Versailles peace treaty
as they claim Germany is.
French Gestures.
This week the French government
has asked Germany to open negotia-
tions designed to consolidate peace"
but France insists that Germany must
remain a member of the League of
Nations, and must acknowledge the
alleged fact that German rearmament
violates the spirit and the letter of
the Versailles treaty.
Confronting these terms Germany
is not likely to respond so there is
reason to believe that France is mere
ly going through tactical display
of really meaningless gestures. They
are made all the more irritating when
French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval
finds it necessary to say:
Hitler has announced his desire
for peace. We ask him to translate
his words into action"
CONTINUED on Page b
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
HOGS HIGHER;
CATTLE SLOW
Bids and Asking Prices Far Apart on
Cattle; Top Hogs $3.50; Heavy
Shows A Trade Factor; Lambs
Steady.

South St. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 3, 1884:
few days have been a trade factor
in the livestock market. Sellers were
asking sharply higher prices for cat
tie today, while bids were placed on
conservative basis with the result
that trade ruled slow and around
steady. Most steers and yearlings
sold at $5.25 to $3.50, a few $500
to $3.50, others $2.75 to $500. Com
mon and medium heifers made $3.50
to $3.50, better grades $4.75 to $685.,
cutter COWS $1.50 to $500, common to-
medium beef COWS 1925 to $500, bulls
1928 to $2.75, better vealers $3.50 to
$500, few choice $3.50. Common
to medium stock steers were found at
$1.75 to 1925, better westerns being
held above $3.50.
Hogs were 1Oc or more higher, BET
ter 220 to 1926 pounds selling at $3.50
to $3.50, $50 to 210 pounds $4.9O to
$3.50, 160 to 10 pounds $3.50 to $3.50.
40 to $50 pounds 1925 to $4.25, fat
12O to 100 pounds $2.75 to 1925, bulk
stock pigs $3.50 to $500, bulk good
sows $3.50, big weights down to $5.25
or below.
Lambs were steady, shipper top
$500, bulk good to choice to packers
$6.75, extreme weights and fat bucks
$5.75, plain and inbetween grades
$3.50 to $3.50. Slaughter ewes brought
mostly $1.5O to $2.25. White-faced
feeding lambs weighing 81 to 81
pounds brought $3.50 to $5.65, most
natives and Dakotas $4.25 to $4.75.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
PEOPLE ARE ASKED
TO GIVE VEGETABLES

N. P. Nedegaard issues an appeal
to friends and members of the Farm
ers Holiday Association to bring in
vegetables, such as rutabagas and
potatoes, to Louis Olsen's warehouse
in Askov where trucks will come and
munities of the state for the needy.
Mr.. Nedegaard's appeal comes from
the state board of the Holiday Asso-
citation who met in st. Paul recently.
The vegetables should be brought in
Monday or Tuesday, Dec. 10 or II.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
SANDSTONE MASONS
ELECT OFFICERS

The Sandstone Masonic Lodge held
it's annual election of officers Monday
night at its regular meeting at which
only fair attendance of the mem
bership was recorded.
The officers for the ensuing year
are as follows: Worshipful Master,
c. ]. Lundquist; senior warden, Fred
Walker, junior warden, DR.. H. d.
Stokes; secretary, H. A. Johnson. and
for treasurer, C. S. Gjertson was re-
elected.
The installation of the officers will
take place at the next regular meet
ing of the lodge on Monday night,
December II.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06

An interesting story of a horse
brings to mind an old expression,
Kindness to dumb animals pays big
dividends" The story, as told by Ed
win Raynor of Fern Bank Farm north
of Sandstone, has as its principal
character, Prince Royal, the gray
horse shown in the above picture. In
the picture is seen Mr.. RaynOr with
the team, Mrs. RaynOr with Prince
Royal and August Rapp, neighbOr,
on the load of hay. The picture was
taken on Fern Bank Farm and has
been across the ocean to England with
relatives of the Raynors. 1t came
back especially for this appearance in
the Askov American. To best describe
the horse and tell of his life work a
letter written by one who calls him
self "Old Timer" lis herewith pub
lished.
Reared i'm DakOtaS.
Prince Royal, as he was known by
the members of a German Lutheran
congregation in the DakOtas, was one
of the few remaining horses that with
the aid of a gifted rider could have
told a story equally as interesting as
BLACK Beauty which appeared on
the screen. The old gray-Prince
Royal-would have a very different
story as the setting would be in a
wild country and a severe climate.
People with whom he came in con-
tact were mostly hardy DiOneerS with
stout hearts and strong hands. The
horse was reared in the Dakotas and
was part Percheron and part broncho.
At the age of eight years he was
used by Rev. F.. J. Mack in his duties
as pastor to the German congregation.
Being the parish horse Prince Royal
led many a sad procession to the
open grave, and also he would be
present on the more joyous occasions.
When he was given hospitality in
the pioneer barns, he would not abuse
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
PRIMO LEADS IN
THE WHIST PLAY

Kerrick and Bruno were winners in
last weeks Northeast Pine County
Whist Club play. Kerrick won from
Bruno on November 80 by a score OF
253 to 244 and on December Bruno
defeated Duquette by a score of 24l
to 215.
The total score for each of the
three teams in the club is: Bruno
with four games played, 1912; Ker-
rick with three games played, sol, and
Duquette with three games played,
63S. Bruno has two more games to
play and Kerrick and Duquette each
have three left in the last half before
the playoff between the winners of the
first and second half.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
HERMANSEN RITES
HELD WEDNESDAY
AskOv Farmer SuccumbS at the Uni.
versity Hospital I'm Minneapolis.
Buried at ASkOv.

Sofus Hermansen, the last of the
Hermansen twins, farmers in the
Askov community for 16 years, passed
away in the University hospital in
Minneapolis Sunday and his body was
shipped to Askov on Wednesdays
train. Mr.. Hermansen had been i'll
for several months and in fact hasn't
been in good health since his brother
Frederik's death two years ago. His
body was laid to rest after funeral
services conducted in the Danish
Lutheran church in Askov with Har-
old B. Johnson preaching the funeral
sermon. George C.. H. Jensen, G.. Sc
bald, Svend Petersen, Hans Abraham
sen, V. Heininge and Hans p. Nielsen
were pallbearers, carrying the BODY
to its last resting place in the local
cemetery.
Sofus Hermansen was born on Jan
uary 90, 1882, at Eroskobing, Der
mark, and came to the United States
in 1914. settling at Ord, Nebr., where
he resided until 1918 when he came
with his brother to Askov and located
on his farm northeast of town where
he lived until his last illness.
The Hermansen boys had a large
circle of friends who called on them
at least once a year when they were
both living and enjoyed their hospi-
tally. Both were members of the
Danish Brotherhood Lodge which had
charge of their funerals.
The deceased is survived by an
other brother, Herman Hermansen in
the United States, and he is located
at Hastings, Nebr. He came here
Tuesday and attended the funeral.
Two sisters and stepmother reside
in Denmark
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
GROWTH OF
COOP TRACED
Secretary of the Pine City
Creamery Tells Adult
Class of Movement.
Foreign Countries are More
Grounded in the Field
of Cooperation.

S. A. Striegl gave a very interest
ing talh to the adult education class
at Pine City on Wednesday evening,
November %. his topic being on CO.
operatives. Mr.. Striegl, who has
studied deeply into the subject be-
cause of his interest in cooperative
creameries, stated that the co-opera-
tives first started as a defensive meas
ure by people against organized
as a voluntary, non-political effort
by people to do for themselves the
things which wealth or capital ordi-
narily did for profit. Centralized
wealth has tended to eliminate indi-
vidual effort as it has sought profits
and eventually gained monopolistic
control over that needed by the peo-
pie.
Co-operatives, said Mr.. Striegl do
not object to private ownership and
do not necessarily seek to overthrow
the capitaliStic system. The COOP
erative is a democracy within itself
and seeks to gain for its members
He pointed out the fact that the
cooperative is not so firmly estab-
lished in the United States as it is
in some European countries. He
cited Rochdale, England, as a town
in which there was an example of
what had been done by a co-opera-
tive and said that in this town, TWEEN
ty-eight people banded together to
form one of the first co-OperativeS.
1t took them a year to save S105 and
with this small capital a cooperative
was started, with just a few things
for sale at first. This cooperative
was started early in the 10Th century
and by 1863 had grown to such an ex-
tent that it opened wholesale de-
partment. 1t continued to grow and
by 1929 had spread over the whole of
England with four and half mill
lion members.
Gives History of Movement.
Mr.. Striegl also pointed out the var
iOus phases of the cooperative move
ment and said that in Germany it
had entered the field of housing &C
tivities and had 100000 members in
this form of cooperative. He said
there had also been some very i'm
pOrtant types of the cooperative in
the field of medicine and said there
was a society at Hague, Holland, with
$4,000 members which employed doc
tors, nurses and druggists, and that
a great saving was effected with as
good or better equipment for doctors,
as was the case in countries having
only private practicing doctors.
He cited the insurance field in
which there was also great savings
iE cooperating and compared rates
of mutual companies with those Of
the private or commercial insurance
companies.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-06
FORMER WILLOW MAN
READS THE AMERICAN
IN NEW RESIDENCE

E. E. Clough, former Willow River
mail carrier, a good booster for the
AskOv American, and who was re-
Gently transferred to Barnum where
he is carrying mail, sent a renewal
to the AskOv American and stated that
they sure enjoy the paper.
Friends in this county miss the
Cloughs but they are not so far dis
tant that they cannot return frequent
ly to visit.